I never read any of the novels, so I didn't get it from there, I don't think.
The difference with Doctor Who, though, is that a. at that time period people were still treating video acting and theatre acting as the same craft (or were only just beginning to realize that film didn't require the same sweeping gestures to translate to the audience and b. the BBC did most of their work on the kind of live-film that didn't allow for a lot of retakes and editing. But to use it on purpose? No thank you. ::shudder:: And it's such a powerful story, I just hate to see it done that way sometimes. I still really do like it though, but it's in spite of the filming not because of it.
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Date: 2009-02-23 06:05 am (UTC)The difference with Doctor Who, though, is that a. at that time period people were still treating video acting and theatre acting as the same craft (or were only just beginning to realize that film didn't require the same sweeping gestures to translate to the audience and b. the BBC did most of their work on the kind of live-film that didn't allow for a lot of retakes and editing. But to use it on purpose? No thank you. ::shudder:: And it's such a powerful story, I just hate to see it done that way sometimes. I still really do like it though, but it's in spite of the filming not because of it.