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<blockquote data-quote="trappedslider" data-source="post: 6239879" data-attributes="member: 41932"><p>Let's take a look see </p><p></p><p>A story arc (a contraction of "over-arching storyline") is a sequence of series installments,TV episodes, comic issues, or a certain period of time in a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGame" target="_blank">Video Game</a>that puts characters through their paces in response to a single impetus; basically, an ongoing storyline. This can be a few episodes, an <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LayoutOfASeason" target="_blank">entire season</a>, or even the<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MythArc" target="_blank">focus of the entire series</a>. </p><p></p><p>Arcs are not necessarily consecutive episodes. The story may reach a point where, although the arc is not completely resolved, it ceases to be of immediate concern to the characters, thus allowing the writers to intersperse (or <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Filler" target="_blank">insert</a>) non-arc episodes. This is the case whenever an episode or a series of episodes have self-contained storylines, which are then cut-off by a continuation of the arc. Usually, the filler/self-contained stories don't have any major effect on the arc itself, set up character development to be used in the arc, or show off character development displayed in an early storyline.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StoryArc" target="_blank">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StoryArc</a></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Doctor Who] From Classic Who</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Season 8's arc introduced the Master, who was a common villain in each serial and was captured by UNIT in the <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeasonFinale" target="_blank">Season Finale</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Key To Time arc (all of Season 16) - the search for pieces of a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CosmicKeystone" target="_blank">Cosmic Keystone</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The E-Space Trilogy (<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E3FullCircle" target="_blank">Full Circle</a>, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay" target="_blank">State of Decay</a> and <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate" target="_blank">Warriors' Gate</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Following directly on from this was the season-crossing Return of the Master trilogy, comprising <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken" target="_blank">The Keeper of Traken</a>, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis" target="_blank">Logopolis</a> and <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva" target="_blank">Castrovalva</a>, released as New Beginnings on DVD as it also took in the Fourth Doctor's <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheNthDoctor" target="_blank">regeneration</a> into the Fifth.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Black Guardian Trilogy (<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead" target="_blank">Mawdryn Undead</a>, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus" target="_blank">Terminus</a> and <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment" target="_blank">Enlightenment</a>) - involving Turlough's relationship with the Black Guardian.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Trial of a Time Lord (Season 23 — the first 12 episodes consisted of three distinct stories with a common <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FramingDevice" target="_blank">Framing Device</a>, which took over as the main story for the two-part <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeasonFinale" target="_blank">Season Finale</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In addition, thematic arcs showed up in the classic series: season 18 concerned the theme of entropy and decay, in preparation for the regeneration in the final episode; each serial of season 20 involved the return of a classic enemy, building up to the movie-length special "<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors" target="_blank">The Five Doctors</a>".</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Seasons 25 and 26 had a story arc of "The Cartmel Masterplan", implying the Doctor had some great secret. The series was cancelled before this could conclude, but some elements made it into the Virgin New Adventures. Here it was claimed the Doctor might be the reincarnation of a mysterious figure from the Dark Times of Gallifrey. However there was also a story arc of Fenric, in "Silver Nemesis" the Doctor seems to be playing chess with an unknown opponent, leading to "The Curse of Fenric", where it is revealed an evil being from the Dawn of Time had been manipulating the 7th Doctor's adventures. This involved <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArcWelding" target="_blank">Arc Welding</a> with "Dragonfire" in Season 24, revealing the time storm that sent Ace to Iceworld was caused by Fenric so she would travel with the Doctor.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There was a loose story arc from "Destiny of the Daleks" to "Remembrance of the Daleks" involving the Dalek/Movellan War and Davros attempting to regain power over the Daleks.</li> </ul><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trappedslider, post: 6239879, member: 41932"] Let's take a look see A story arc (a contraction of "over-arching storyline") is a sequence of series installments,TV episodes, comic issues, or a certain period of time in a [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGame"]Video Game[/URL]that puts characters through their paces in response to a single impetus; basically, an ongoing storyline. This can be a few episodes, an [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LayoutOfASeason"]entire season[/URL], or even the[URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MythArc"]focus of the entire series[/URL]. Arcs are not necessarily consecutive episodes. The story may reach a point where, although the arc is not completely resolved, it ceases to be of immediate concern to the characters, thus allowing the writers to intersperse (or [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Filler"]insert[/URL]) non-arc episodes. This is the case whenever an episode or a series of episodes have self-contained storylines, which are then cut-off by a continuation of the arc. Usually, the filler/self-contained stories don't have any major effect on the arc itself, set up character development to be used in the arc, or show off character development displayed in an early storyline. [URL]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StoryArc[/URL] [sblock=Doctor Who] From Classic Who [LIST] [*]Season 8's arc introduced the Master, who was a common villain in each serial and was captured by UNIT in the [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeasonFinale"]Season Finale[/URL]. [*]The Key To Time arc (all of Season 16) - the search for pieces of a [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CosmicKeystone"]Cosmic Keystone[/URL]. [*]The E-Space Trilogy ([URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E3FullCircle"]Full Circle[/URL], [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay"]State of Decay[/URL] and [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate"]Warriors' Gate[/URL]) [*]Following directly on from this was the season-crossing Return of the Master trilogy, comprising [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E6TheKeeperOfTraken"]The Keeper of Traken[/URL], [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis"]Logopolis[/URL] and [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva"]Castrovalva[/URL], released as New Beginnings on DVD as it also took in the Fourth Doctor's [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheNthDoctor"]regeneration[/URL] into the Fifth. [*]The Black Guardian Trilogy ([URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS20E3MawdrynUndead"]Mawdryn Undead[/URL], [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS20E4Terminus"]Terminus[/URL] and [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS20E5Enlightenment"]Enlightenment[/URL]) - involving Turlough's relationship with the Black Guardian. [*]The Trial of a Time Lord (Season 23 — the first 12 episodes consisted of three distinct stories with a common [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FramingDevice"]Framing Device[/URL], which took over as the main story for the two-part [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeasonFinale"]Season Finale[/URL]) [*]In addition, thematic arcs showed up in the classic series: season 18 concerned the theme of entropy and decay, in preparation for the regeneration in the final episode; each serial of season 20 involved the return of a classic enemy, building up to the movie-length special "[URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors"]The Five Doctors[/URL]". [*]Seasons 25 and 26 had a story arc of "The Cartmel Masterplan", implying the Doctor had some great secret. The series was cancelled before this could conclude, but some elements made it into the Virgin New Adventures. Here it was claimed the Doctor might be the reincarnation of a mysterious figure from the Dark Times of Gallifrey. However there was also a story arc of Fenric, in "Silver Nemesis" the Doctor seems to be playing chess with an unknown opponent, leading to "The Curse of Fenric", where it is revealed an evil being from the Dawn of Time had been manipulating the 7th Doctor's adventures. This involved [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArcWelding"]Arc Welding[/URL] with "Dragonfire" in Season 24, revealing the time storm that sent Ace to Iceworld was caused by Fenric so she would travel with the Doctor. [*]There was a loose story arc from "Destiny of the Daleks" to "Remembrance of the Daleks" involving the Dalek/Movellan War and Davros attempting to regain power over the Daleks. [/LIST] [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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