Interview with Russel T.Davis and Steven Moffat about the books "Rose" and "The Day of the Doctor".
Added 2024-12-15 15:00:07 +0000 UTC
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I've never seen this before so this was interesting to watch. For the most part I'd say the novels follow the TV story pretty well. But as mentioned here there are things that they've be able to add especially with hindsight. And some scenes have been changed. For example the scene where all the Doctors show up in Day of the Doctor. This part is played out very differently in the novel and of course is able to add in Jodie's Doctor. I think yes there is a big difference with what works when you are writing with it being on screen in mind of being read. When I started writing my novel I had the first scene as one that I could see how it would look on a TV screen. However I realised that within the confines of a novel it didn't work as a great opening and thus put that scene a little later in the chapter. I can see you're point in reading beofre viewing something. Certainly when I read Rose and Day of the Doctor I can picture the scenes as they appeared on the screen. However I do remember as a kid reading the classic stories The Moonbase and Day of the Daleks before seeing the stories on TV years later and while they are not regarded as 'great' stories I have a fondness for them probably because of reading the novels and imaging it in my mind.
Jade Ellis
2024-12-15 18:59:00 +0000 UTCThat was great fun. And I'm glad you remembered to stop the video before the small spoilers in the final video screen - I was getting a bit nervous as you were getting to the end about whether you would pause it at the right point. The book covers are really nicely done, aren't they? They are very much like the original Classic Who novelisations and would fit nicely on the bookshelf with RTD's other Doctor Who books. If you want to get into the mind of a writer as they are writing the stories, I will recommend, again, the book "The Writer's Tale" which is essentially a long-form interview (by email) going into detail about how RTD wrote his Doctor Who scripts - from the initial concepts to the final filmed versions - with discarded ideas which are re-introduced in different ways in another episode. That sort of thing. If you're interested, the book details are on your discord in the "books" channel.
Andrew Vignaux
2024-12-15 17:35:52 +0000 UTC
