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There are many many controversies in Who fandom, and there is no opinion you can assert without offending one faction or another, but one of the least controversial opinions is that the writer who was consistently the best in the old series was Robert Holmes. Holmes can be accused of being a hack, it's true, but if he was a hack, he was a great hack, taking elements from everywhere he could find them (classical mythology, his own politics, and famously, Hammer horror films) and fusing them into glorious, memorable stories. He had a great sense of dialogue, and his characterisations were always spot on. And he always, ALWAYS had an eye on the series as a whole, not just his episodes in it.
I think there's a case to be made that Joe Lidster is the Robert Holmes of our generation.
This latest arc of SJA, for example. ( here be spoilers )
Mr Lidster: I salute you. And so does my daughter. When she's stopped hugging the cushion...
I think there's a case to be made that Joe Lidster is the Robert Holmes of our generation.
This latest arc of SJA, for example. ( here be spoilers )
Mr Lidster: I salute you. And so does my daughter. When she's stopped hugging the cushion...
