Meme post: Concerning This Time Round

(Administrative note: I've added the 'promptme' tag to the original meme prompts post, so it can be easily found just in case anyone wants me to ramble on about anything else.)

thisbluespirit also asked me to explain This Time Round, and Storytime in particular. I'll try, at least.

It's a question probably as old as storytelling itself: Do characters have an existence outside the narrative that gave them birth? Where do they go, and what do they do? The question's been addressed many times over the years; Doctor Who itself had a go in The Mind Robber.

( Nineties fandom came up with their own answer: )

Meme post: Concerning This Time Round

(Administrative note: I've added the 'promptme' tag to the original meme prompts post, so it can be easily found just in case anyone wants me to ramble on about anything else.)

lost_spook also asked me to explain This Time Round, and Storytime in particular. I'll try, at least.

It's a question probably as old as storytelling itself: Do characters have an existence outside the narrative that gave them birth? Where do they go, and what do they do? The question's been addressed many times over the years; Doctor Who itself had a go in The Mind Robber.

( Nineties fandom came up with their own answer: )

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