Nation is obviously bored with his creations by this point. Though it doesn't help that the production team had decided that twelve dalek episodes a year was a good idea - that's a quarter of the yearly episode count!
I'll always maintain that any series that has a really popular enemy shouldn't just bring them back yearly - much better to give them a break and only bring them back when you think you have an interesting story to tell. The Borg, The Master during JNT's run, the Daleks in the latter half of Rusty's run - they all suffer and become less threatening as the writers struggle to find things to do with them.
By Daleks' Master Plan Nation was literally handing in scene breakdowns with no dialogue, which then meant Dennis Spooner did most of the writing, hence it being a better story than this one.
I adore Power. I still think one of the creepiest scenes ever within the show is the Doctor trying to warn everyone, while a dalek drowns him out by repeating, louder and louder, "I am your servant!"
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Date: 2010-02-07 08:02 pm (UTC)I'll always maintain that any series that has a really popular enemy shouldn't just bring them back yearly - much better to give them a break and only bring them back when you think you have an interesting story to tell. The Borg, The Master during JNT's run, the Daleks in the latter half of Rusty's run - they all suffer and become less threatening as the writers struggle to find things to do with them.
By Daleks' Master Plan Nation was literally handing in scene breakdowns with no dialogue, which then meant Dennis Spooner did most of the writing, hence it being a better story than this one.
I adore Power. I still think one of the creepiest scenes ever within the show is the Doctor trying to warn everyone, while a dalek drowns him out by repeating, louder and louder, "I am your servant!"