It seems to illustrate the Doctor's fundamental insecurity and his (latent/earlier) desire to fit in (which could have been indoctrinated into him by the culture on Gallifrey.)
First we have him talking to the kid about understanding why he doesn't push himself, so he doesn't get noticed (implying that the Doctor did the same, which would tie-in with the 'lonely child outside the window' in GitF'ace. His own acceptance of the racism and classism around him could reflect a time when he accepted the strict rules and such of Galifreyan society. It suggests that rather than rebellion from that society simply being the Doctor's nature, that their was some actual experience that acted as a trigger point. Smith has not had that experience, thus he might be eccentric, but he conforms.
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Date: 2007-05-26 07:59 pm (UTC)First we have him talking to the kid about understanding why he doesn't push himself, so he doesn't get noticed (implying that the Doctor did the same, which would tie-in with the 'lonely child outside the window' in GitF'ace. His own acceptance of the racism and classism around him could reflect a time when he accepted the strict rules and such of Galifreyan society. It suggests that rather than rebellion from that society simply being the Doctor's nature, that their was some actual experience that acted as a trigger point. Smith has not had that experience, thus he might be eccentric, but he conforms.