Castle: Naw, nothing overtly fairy tale, just a bit of a jarring contrast in the story itself. And I can see where it might be thematic, and reflective of the sisters different personalities...especially if you go with the alternate ending on the DVD. (This whole conversation will make much more sense if you get a chance to watch the film!)
Lungbarrow: Yup, exactly. It's funny...the guy who wrote that book is actually quite brilliant. He wrote an episode of the series which I really liked a lot (Ghostlight). He's written some excellent audios, including the one upon which a couple of episodes in this new Who season are actually based (Spare Parts). He just had some really weird fannish theories (looms, the Doctor's backstory, etc.) which they really shouldn't have let him establish in a book. He doesn't seem to be completely married to the ideas, though, because ironically he's written a couple of audios for the Doctor Who Unbound series (a sort of 'What If?' series with alternate Doctors including David Warner and Sir Derek Jacobi!) based around the idea of 'What If the Doctor had never left Gallifrey, and stayed home and become a writer instead?' And the alternate first Doctor he features here lives on a very different, Loomless Gallifrey, with a Susan (played by the original actress!) who is very much his own granddaughter. Woo hoo. *g* I definitely plan on checking those out at some point, when I'm caught up on more of the regular audios.
Also interestingly...Marc Platt was supposed to be the guy who wrote Ace out of the series if it had not been cancelled. There was an interview where he described in pretty good detail the plans for that season, and it was so perfect it hurts, especially in light of the way the books completely mishandled Ace and her Doctor. (Though the audios are thankfully going their own way, and it's fantastic. *g*) In my head, the way he described is the only way for Ace to go--in fact, I wrote a couple of short stories about it years back.
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Date: 2006-04-19 04:16 pm (UTC)Lungbarrow: Yup, exactly. It's funny...the guy who wrote that book is actually quite brilliant. He wrote an episode of the series which I really liked a lot (Ghostlight). He's written some excellent audios, including the one upon which a couple of episodes in this new Who season are actually based (Spare Parts). He just had some really weird fannish theories (looms, the Doctor's backstory, etc.) which they really shouldn't have let him establish in a book. He doesn't seem to be completely married to the ideas, though, because ironically he's written a couple of audios for the Doctor Who Unbound series (a sort of 'What If?' series with alternate Doctors including David Warner and Sir Derek Jacobi!) based around the idea of 'What If the Doctor had never left Gallifrey, and stayed home and become a writer instead?' And the alternate first Doctor he features here lives on a very different, Loomless Gallifrey, with a Susan (played by the original actress!) who is very much his own granddaughter. Woo hoo. *g* I definitely plan on checking those out at some point, when I'm caught up on more of the regular audios.
Also interestingly...Marc Platt was supposed to be the guy who wrote Ace out of the series if it had not been cancelled. There was an interview where he described in pretty good detail the plans for that season, and it was so perfect it hurts, especially in light of the way the books completely mishandled Ace and her Doctor. (Though the audios are thankfully going their own way, and it's fantastic. *g*) In my head, the way he described is the only way for Ace to go--in fact, I wrote a couple of short stories about it years back.
And sorry--seem to be a bit rambly today. :?P