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David C Young's avatar

Dr Who has always been about having fun. That is indeed a strength. Bad Wolfe year, Shakespearean actors wrestling with disembodied mannequin arms. What's not to love?

I am reminded of the line from John Cleese re a scene with Fog they wanted to reshoot, "Is the fog funny?"

In Dr. Who, they can routinely answer, "Why, yes it is"

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Alexandra Bowman's avatar

Exactly... and something I've thought about since posting this is that the point of science fiction, in my view, is to run simulations on real-life issues with fantastical and ethical symbols. Plot holes will be present with this symbolism-based approach, but ultimately irrelevant much fo the time when the real signified story or thesis is concerned. When there is no signified and there are a lot of plot holes, though, then you can stumble on some issues.

Thank you so much for reading, David!

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