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I wear my Doctor Who fandom on my sleeve, so a lot of people have been asking "Doesn't Doctor Who regularly break your rule of 'no double mojos'?"
Hey, it's Sunday morning.
Let's open that one up.
Hey, it's Sunday morning.
Let's open that one up.
With Doctor Who the mojo is usually "aliens".
It can *look* like the Doctor's squaring off against a witch, werewolf, or vampire...
...but at one point in the adventure you'll find out that those are actual aliens.
And we're back down to one mojo.
It can *look* like the Doctor's squaring off against a witch, werewolf, or vampire...
...but at one point in the adventure you'll find out that those are actual aliens.
And we're back down to one mojo.
With a franchise and/or shared universe (to me) it's about the individual stories.
For example:
Superman (an alien with super powers) and Batman (world's greatest detective) have adventures where they team up in WORLD'S FINEST.
But you don't *start* with World's Finest...
For example:
Superman (an alien with super powers) and Batman (world's greatest detective) have adventures where they team up in WORLD'S FINEST.
But you don't *start* with World's Finest...
First you have a Superman story where you're introduced to one mojo.
Then you have a Batman story where you're introduced to one mojo.
Then you have a story where they team up and deal with a problem (that's usually a hybrid problem of their 2 worlds).
The team-up is the mojo.
Then you have a Batman story where you're introduced to one mojo.
Then you have a story where they team up and deal with a problem (that's usually a hybrid problem of their 2 worlds).
The team-up is the mojo.
Once that ground work is set, then their *next* adventure can be one where they tackle magic (and/or a different mojo).
You wouldn't kick off World's Finest as the way you introduce Superman AND introduce Batman AND have them fight magic.
That makes sense, right?
You wouldn't kick off World's Finest as the way you introduce Superman AND introduce Batman AND have them fight magic.
That makes sense, right?
Apply that to Doctor Who.
When you first meet the characters, you get the one mojo that he has a time/space ship.
They go to primitive times. For the purposes of that single unit of entertainment, we're dealing with one mojo...
When you first meet the characters, you get the one mojo that he has a time/space ship.
They go to primitive times. For the purposes of that single unit of entertainment, we're dealing with one mojo...
Then on their next adventure, we're introduced to the idea that we can go to alien worlds where we meet alien characters.
One mojo.
Eventually we're introduced to the concept that the Doctor is an *alien* time traveler. In the context of that one story, that's one mojo.
One mojo.
Eventually we're introduced to the concept that the Doctor is an *alien* time traveler. In the context of that one story, that's one mojo.
Now take a look at the change they made to Doctor Who lore when they 1st introduced it to an all-new audience by making it a feature length movie with Peter Cushing.
In that story, he's an inventor from Earth.
That's a conscious choice of the storytellers to cut down on mojos.
In that story, he's an inventor from Earth.
That's a conscious choice of the storytellers to cut down on mojos.
