Also a rather clever way of keeping the show going regardless of the actors portraying the roles availability. (I've seen the same thing with daytime soaps, but they don't always feel the need to provide a logical reason for why there's suddenly a new actor playing the role -- they just state, so and so is now playing the role of ____.)
Also a rather clever way of keeping the show going regardless of the actors portraying the roles availability. Which goes right back to Hartnell having to leave... The show literally regenerates. :)
they just state, so and so is now playing the role of ____. I guess it beats killing the character off...
a. the character leaves town and lives happily ever after b. the character dies c. the character dies, gets plastic surgery, comes back with amnesia, and finds out they were this character d. character gets kidnapped and has plastic surgery e. the character gets replaced by a new actor and we're just told a new actor is playing the role.
There are a couple of actors who are so associated with the role that if they leave the character is basically gone.
I was thinking about The 100, which seems v. bloodthirsty. Loving all the soap plastic surgery, that's fab. :)
Haven't watched soaps since I was about 14. Well, back then I didn't have a TV, and now I don't have the inclination or the time. I can barely keep up with something like Dr Who which has 13 episodes a year... Watched the first 4 episodes of The Night Manager, and have yet to watch the rest.
I was thinking about The 100, which seems v. bloodthirsty.
Post-apocalyptic series similar to The Walking Dead sans zombies, so, sort of goes with the territory. Wouldn't make any sense if it weren't bloodthirsty. Most of the character deaths are storyline dictated.
I don't watch live tv. It's all pre-recorded or on-demand. And I don't watch the news -- avoid it, outside of the weather in the morning. Really only watch one or two tv shows during the week if that. One instead of the news every night, and sometimes a second that I have on tape if time permits. Occasionally binge watch programs on weekends. As result a lot of television shows tend to get deleted from the old DVR. And if a tv show doesn't hold my interest for more than fifteen minutes, it's gone.
I don't watch live tv. It's all pre-recorded or on-demand. Yeah, we're quite similar. Doctor Who is one of the few things I'll try to watch as it airs - as well as various comedy programmes which may be on.
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(I've seen the same thing with daytime soaps, but they don't always feel the need to provide a logical reason for why there's suddenly a new actor playing the role -- they just state, so and so is now playing the role of ____.)
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Which goes right back to Hartnell having to leave... The show literally regenerates. :)
they just state, so and so is now playing the role of ____.
I guess it beats killing the character off...
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a. the character leaves town and lives happily ever after
b. the character dies
c. the character dies, gets plastic surgery, comes back with amnesia, and finds out they were this character
d. character gets kidnapped and has plastic surgery
e. the character gets replaced by a new actor and we're just told a new actor is playing the role.
There are a couple of actors who are so associated with the role that if they leave the character is basically gone.
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Haven't watched soaps since I was about 14. Well, back then I didn't have a TV, and now I don't have the inclination or the time. I can barely keep up with something like Dr Who which has 13 episodes a year... Watched the first 4 episodes of The Night Manager, and have yet to watch the rest.
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Post-apocalyptic series similar to The Walking Dead sans zombies, so, sort of goes with the territory. Wouldn't make any sense if it weren't bloodthirsty. Most of the character deaths are storyline dictated.
I don't watch live tv. It's all pre-recorded or on-demand. And I don't watch the news -- avoid it, outside of the weather in the morning. Really only watch one or two tv shows during the week if that. One instead of the news every night, and sometimes a second that I have on tape if time permits. Occasionally binge watch programs on weekends.
As result a lot of television shows tend to get deleted from the old DVR. And if a tv show doesn't hold my interest for more than fifteen minutes, it's gone.
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Yeah, we're quite similar. Doctor Who is one of the few things I'll try to watch as it airs - as well as various comedy programmes which may be on.