Quote: Griff @ May 23 2011, 9:44 AM BSTI suppose it's just a matter of degree. I take your point that whether you're writing sci-fi or a hospital soap you still have to set up and explain your A plot, B plot etc, whether that's disease-of-the-week or monster-of-the-week, I just think that if you've landed the TARDIS in a parallel universe where everything is topsy-turvy, you have a bit more explaining to do. But maybe explaining the rules of universe of the week is no different from explaining the rules of disease of the week. Not that storytelling is all about explaining. But you know what I mean. Perhaps I'm coming round to Marc's point of view.
I was surprised you took that view in the first place. And surely far from being a burden, a new world each week is an incredible opportunity.