Talk:You Are the Doctor (audio story)
Valid or not?
I'm not real clear on how this can be a "choose your own adventure" story and yet still have only one narrative? Shambala108 ☎ 23:04, June 25, 2016 (UTC)
- The Doctor is made to replay the same sequence of events with changes in a "choose your own adventure" style within the story. JagoAndLitefoot ☎ 23:41, June 25, 2016 (UTC)
Here's a chart that outlines the basic structure of this story:
| Track | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ends with Chimbly giving the listener a choice of going to track 2 or track 3 | |
| 2 | This is the bad choice. Ends with the Doc and Ace dying. Chimbly then tells the listener to start from the beginning | |
| 3 | This is the good choice. Ends with another choice, this time between 4 and 5 | |
| 4 | This is the bad choice. Ends with the Doc and Ace dying. Chimbly then tells the listener to start from the beginning | |
| 5 | This is the good choice. Ends with another choice, this time between 6 and 7 |
The entire story is told in this pattern. This was made to be listened to in order. Near the end of the story it is stated that the Doctor and Ace actually died multiple times. So in short, there is no choice. C o T ☎ 23:47, June 25, 2016 (UTC)
Found this on random search and I still don't get it. You have a choice between 2 and 3? And later a choice between 4 and 5? And still later a choice between 6 and 7? What if you choose 1,3,5,6, isn't that different from 1,3,4? Shambala108 ☎ 00:13, December 12, 2019 (UTC)
Agreed. All that's been demonstrated here is that this story has an in-universe justification for its own "choose your own adventure" nature. That's cool and all, but it doesn't change the actual fact that everyone's path will be at least slightly different. This sounds somewhat similar to "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" to me, and I wouldn't call that something with "only one narrative" and "no real choices". NightmareofEden ☎ 22:09, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
That said, this certainly doesn't appear to be a particularly GOOD "Choose Your Own Adventure" story if it really is that predictable, but there are still technically multiple paths even if the multiple deals are justified in story. Unless it's ONLY ever intended to be listened to in order and NOT designed to actually be "played"? Which seems like a bit of cheat to me but at least I can see it being VALID if so. NightmareofEden ☎ 22:13, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
