I seem to recall that the Doctor Who of my childhood could do cliffhangers, but then the writers had three or five attempts to do a compelling cliffhanger, depending upon story length. The current series, breaking from this format seems to loose much, particularly a sense of tension and of menace.
Perhaps I was just lucky in growing during the days of Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker?
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Date: 2008-08-18 09:41 am (UTC)Perhaps I was just lucky in growing during the days of Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker?