Thing is, if you write for a living, it is a democracy. What she says is bollocks. As if she or any other producer would commission something that no one would be interested in. As if they don't tell people what to write. It is actually a big lie. A writer can do what they want for themselves, fine, that's writing for therapy. Those big US studios don't let them alone, and interfere all the time to shape it the way they want. It's why some writers, those with a bit of power, won't work for them. It's why JK Rowling was so careful with the films, and turned the US options down. I know screen/telly writers and know how hard it is to keep the integrity of what they write if the studio has different ideas. the stuff Moran and RTD are saying is actually just not true. Also William Goldman, one of the most successful screenwriters, has written books on this exact subject, and how little control he often had when making earlier films, it was the more independent stuff, like the Princess Bride, where he was able to have more control.

Interesting about Amazon! I hadn't bought it, and was going to order it before it aired, just didn't get around to it, and now really don't want to. I feel a bit torn as part of me wants to have Ianto's last eps, but they are repeating it on BBC3, and I have watched the first two, and kept getting bored! Which really surprised me, I loved the JCB bit, but was only half watching the rest.

I might go on the UK one and see what the comments there are. With S2 I own them, and have seen them all at least three times, even the ones with Martha which I don't like as much, I think they are the weakest, but still I find enough in there to keep watching. Most of S1 I can do the same as well, except the pre cyberwoman ones which I find limited, and random shoes as well.