My thought was that Russell T. Davies was taking a page out of Joss Whedon's book: kill off some of the main characters when you leave (or write a movie that fans really asked for) so that you don't have to write any more episodes/movies and neither can anybody else.
That doesn't explain the 5-episodes instead of 13, but it does explain him writing the script to destroy the Torchwood base in Cardiff. Not happy with that at all. Maybe it's a fuck you to the BBC and not the fans. After all, BBC moved the show to a higher-profile station - if I read the article correctly - and then decided they wanted only five episodes instead of 13. Still, I'm not impressed with Davies destroying everything.
Of course, I'm still annoyed at how Russell T. Davies ended his version of Doctor Who, not to mention some of the choices he made during his days writing the show. I'm not surprised that he chose this route. I'm just surprised that he let Gwen live! (since he killed off every other human connected with Torchwood.) I suppose Jack had to say goodbye to someone...
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Date: 2009-07-13 06:57 pm (UTC)That doesn't explain the 5-episodes instead of 13, but it does explain him writing the script to destroy the Torchwood base in Cardiff. Not happy with that at all. Maybe it's a fuck you to the BBC and not the fans. After all, BBC moved the show to a higher-profile station - if I read the article correctly - and then decided they wanted only five episodes instead of 13. Still, I'm not impressed with Davies destroying everything.
Of course, I'm still annoyed at how Russell T. Davies ended his version of Doctor Who, not to mention some of the choices he made during his days writing the show. I'm not surprised that he chose this route. I'm just surprised that he let Gwen live! (since he killed off every other human connected with Torchwood.) I suppose Jack had to say goodbye to someone...