User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-25566332-20140115180525/@comment-6032121-20180711223005

I know this discussion is old, but I would like to add my two cents and dispute the above allegation that it breaks Rule 1 by "not being a story". I have my doubts about its breaking Rule 4, though it's a defendable point, but how it's "not a story" I can't imagine.

It's a pretty amorphous sort of story, in that it doesn't play by the usual three-act structure most stories have, but there is a narrative at play. E.g., Davros has led the Daleks to take over the Hall, then comes to the forefront to gloat at his audience/captives, explains his plans, and then the Daleks badger the conductor into playing Dalek music — this isn't a random assortment of events, an actual story has been conveyed. Before and after, we see more of this concert which Davros & Co. are interrupting — we see much more of it than regular narrative pacing would advise, but it's still more events happening chronologically before and after Davros's invasion.