Like many Doctor Who stories from the new series and some classic, the stories are predictable. We all know the Doctor will win, the companion will survive in some shape or form, and the monster will either be defeated or run away vowing to return in some other episode in the near future.
This whole idea of having an event so massive an so climactic, to then have one ship or person "fall through time" to another point in the past to only start again not only messes with the mind of Whovians and continuaty experts, but is also a weak idea for future story telling. So what will make Twine Light Media's Doctor Who any different you ask? The answer is simple....
we have a beginning, middle and end to the overall story of Doctor Who. Each episode will stand alone, but if you were to watch each episode in order from beginning to end the overall story would lets say...."speak for itself".
We don't have any of this "i fell through time on my own" crap no sir we don't! The origins of these characters are all explained weither they've time travelled to that point in time or even placed there by the player of the "game" is all to be revealed. Time is f**ked.
The fact the 11th canon Doctor has under unknown reasons (as the series has just started again) regenerated into the non canon 12th incarnation and then only to under apparent violent and mysterious circumstances to become the 13th Doctor we know in the SL series is lets say "all part of a bigger plan by someone bigger then the Doctor". If you imagine each episode has its own story, characters and setting the one thing that remains constant is the Doctor as well as his TARDIS. So, imagine a chess board and a player at either side of that board playing against one another, the pawns are the characters in the episode but the king is the Doctor and the other is the Master (black & white) would that mean the Master is bad and the Doctor is good? Not really. What happens when a player hits check-mate? Who are the players of the chess game we speak of? Could it be Rassilon in all his mighty power? Could it be Omega planning a revenge escape from his anti matter prison? Could elements of both these characters that we've come to love & hate all these years really be leading to something much bigger then themselves? What if the Doctor was ment to meet himself? Wat if the Doctor was ment to regenerate? Wat if the Doctor is a fixed point in time himself and he can't undo anything he has done or even going to do?
The answers are these. Doctor Who Second Life is more then a bunch of fans creating yet another type of story on the web in honor of their hero. But a group of talented writers and storytellers that combined prove to the world that anyone can write a great story with the right elements. The notion that every action has a reaction and that dropping a large bolder into a river can change its course is somehting that has always been a part of Doctor Who since it started. The fact that our new show will actually challange the audience into guessing what is happening or going to happen.
Each episode won't have its questions answered, but will in the long run. RTD stories had no point to them and were always left unanswered. The main episodes for this were Tennants last "The End of Time parts 1 & 2". But anyway...I truly believe Doctor Who second Life will reshape the fan community in terms of Who type stories.
Who are the players that sit either side of this "chess board?
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