(September 29, 2014 at 2:49 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: I don't really understand what they are doing with Capaldis doctor, he just doesn't really seem to care about saving lives any more and that's just so out of character compared to the last 3.
They're trying to make a morally grey Doctor by making every episode literally be about just that. The subtext of the character is just the text, but I do agree that it's out of character and strangely contradictory to the whole spirit of the Doctor at all. So now we've got a show that's always been about the spirit of discovery and inquiry, where the main character is super dismissive of just about everything new: my heart sank in the first episode where the Half-Face Man started talking about the promised land and the Doctor, instead of giving the expected response of "what's that, then?" just shook his head and went "bullshit, that doesn't exist," and nothing could dissuade him for the rest of the episode.
Has anyone else noticed that every episode bar one this time around has been about the Doctor refusing to even entertain the possibility of something? Promised Land? No! Good Daleks? Nonsense! Robin Hood? Nuh uh! Danny Pink? Worthless!
How is this the new incarnation of a character that spent years and years waxing poetic about the beauty of life?
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