Was the episode originally just the brain aliens?
Then they shoved in the superhero parts because of all the Marvel stuff in cinemas?
shareWell the Marvel stuff has been dominating cinemas since 2012, long before this episode was even conceived, so it seems kinda ludicrous to assume that the episode didn't always have that premise.
Especially since the brain aliens get far less focus than the superhero stuff.
How do you think the writing process for this show works?
Doctor Who: The Best Christmas Carol
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Was the episode originally just the brain aliens? Then they shoved in the superhero parts because of all the Marvel stuff in cinemas?
Young Grant said to the Doctor, you gave me medicine and a glass of water, you said you were a doctor, I thought it was for my cough.
It sounds reasonable to posit that the crystal came pretty early on in the mental road map.
Think of those maps of the Roman Empire which show roads so straight, with a slight ten degree alteration here and there. The mental process is like those roads in that when something gels, the road has bent. As far as when the latest Christmas Story was conceived, my guess would be: when the Doctor gives a crystal to a child who immediately develops strange powers, when that plot is conceived. The crystal is the inflection point on the road map would be my guess as to what came first. I say first, but it is more like 3,017th.
(When a story gets its independence is always a fascinating study, as indeed are inflection points on graphs in other disciplines.)
Remembering Nardole and Heads in the previous Christmas Story pushed Nardole and Zip Head bad guys into the current Christmas Story. Now the independently growing story has plot, superhero plot device, villains, companion, and on it grows.
Well the Marvel stuff has been dominating cinemas since 2012, long before this episode was even conceived, so it seems kinda ludicrous to assume that the episode didn't always have that premise. Especially since the brain aliens get far less focus than the superhero stuff.
How do you think the writing process for this show works?
My guess
By now, it would be a well-oiled machine with heavy reliance on built-in feedback. The architect kicks it off, receives scripts of varying stages of completeness and quality, sends them back for revision or expansion. Having received them a second time, the architect commits to the whole and its dozen or so parts, sends them back for polish, and amends his own piece(s) of the puzzle.
A good architect would say to the writers: You have all of time and space. The only limitations are budget, ability to be presented on TV, and the basic character of the Doctor, Companion, and Tardis.
Same architect would help out with: If you need a starting point, here is the arc as currently conceived. Or, use a Rutan Host there and a Raston Warrior Robot here. Or, assume there is still a Cyberman inside the Tardis, and that the viewer will never notice we exploded and re-assembled the Tardis some years ago. Or, if you need another companion, the current one is compatible with a 300yo insect with a four legs and arms, and dislikes spiders.
All my guess until the Writers' Room is employed, with concurrent change of architect.
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