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Two is mean too
Apr. 20th, 2006 04:39 pmSo I find all this darkness with Ten, hrrm, I don't know. I don't really agree with it. So far it's mostly fanon, and there have only been two stories and even if we do know pretty much where they're going with it... It feels a bit like we're watching series 25/26 Seven and then creating NA!Seven based on that. And telly!Seven is Quite Good Really, while NA!Seven is an utter bastard that I mostly pretend doesn't ever exist.
Actually what I think is that Nine and Ten seem like throwbacks to the earliest Doctors, to Hartnell and Troughton, rather than later years. Oh, there's stuff that's more later!Doctor: Three onwards were generally concerned about their companions first, saving the universe second (random examples: Doctor pretty much willing to sacrifice universe in The Time Monster because he can't bring himself to kill Jo; Doctor gives up all his future!knowledge about the Daleks to Davros to stop him hurting Sarah and Harry in Genesis). But those first two were a wee bit different. And I don't really think there was any real consideration of the Doctor's 'darker' side after Two until Six.
But Hartnell played really a very dark character to begin with, only really caring for Susan and wanting to get away from danger rather than trying to help. And, yes, he mellowed, but really, what about Two? He's a nice chap, isn't he?
He's the nice chap, who in The Evil of the Daleks managed to almost destroy Jamie's trust in him: "Anyone would think it's a little game, and it's not. People have died. The Daleks are all over, fit to murder the lot of us, and all you can say is that you've had a good night's work. Well, I'm telling you this; we're finished. You're just too callous for me. Anything goes by the board, anything at all. You don't give that much for a living soul except yourself. Just whose side are you on?"
He's also the nice chap who, in The Wheel in Space, was willing to sacrifice his companions lives in order to stop the Cybermen. He was the one who declared that he was going to go out and fight those evil things in the universe because it had to be done. So, um, yeah, what I'm saying is the Doctor has always, in some degree had that darkness there, even my beloved Two. It's not really a new thing and just, hmm, it just seems to be all that's being seen at the moment. OMG! HE IS NICE TOO!
Oh, and now Totally Doctor Who is on. There were some lovely cartoon figures at the beginning. Oooh, David Tennant is on it, yay! Though it is doing that thing I no like - there's some sort of 'companion academy' with kids competing to prove they would be The Best Companion, which is, um, fine, I suppose. But add this to "I only take the best" and the Attack of the Graske "prove you're good enough to travel with me" thing and I really, just, no, don't like the message there. THE DOCTOR DOESN'T CHOOSE THE COMPANY HE KEEPS. Hmph.
And while I was looking for the Evil of the Daleks quote, I found this one, which reminded me of why I love Sarah. Cause I do:
The Doctor: Listen, there are no measurements in infinity. You humans have got such limited little minds. I don't know why I like you so much.
Sarah: Because you have such good taste.
The Doctor: That's true. That's very true.
OMG! OMG! Clips of Tooth and Claw and OMG!!! WHY IS IT NOT SATURDAY?
Actually what I think is that Nine and Ten seem like throwbacks to the earliest Doctors, to Hartnell and Troughton, rather than later years. Oh, there's stuff that's more later!Doctor: Three onwards were generally concerned about their companions first, saving the universe second (random examples: Doctor pretty much willing to sacrifice universe in The Time Monster because he can't bring himself to kill Jo; Doctor gives up all his future!knowledge about the Daleks to Davros to stop him hurting Sarah and Harry in Genesis). But those first two were a wee bit different. And I don't really think there was any real consideration of the Doctor's 'darker' side after Two until Six.
But Hartnell played really a very dark character to begin with, only really caring for Susan and wanting to get away from danger rather than trying to help. And, yes, he mellowed, but really, what about Two? He's a nice chap, isn't he?
He's the nice chap, who in The Evil of the Daleks managed to almost destroy Jamie's trust in him: "Anyone would think it's a little game, and it's not. People have died. The Daleks are all over, fit to murder the lot of us, and all you can say is that you've had a good night's work. Well, I'm telling you this; we're finished. You're just too callous for me. Anything goes by the board, anything at all. You don't give that much for a living soul except yourself. Just whose side are you on?"
He's also the nice chap who, in The Wheel in Space, was willing to sacrifice his companions lives in order to stop the Cybermen. He was the one who declared that he was going to go out and fight those evil things in the universe because it had to be done. So, um, yeah, what I'm saying is the Doctor has always, in some degree had that darkness there, even my beloved Two. It's not really a new thing and just, hmm, it just seems to be all that's being seen at the moment. OMG! HE IS NICE TOO!
Oh, and now Totally Doctor Who is on. There were some lovely cartoon figures at the beginning. Oooh, David Tennant is on it, yay! Though it is doing that thing I no like - there's some sort of 'companion academy' with kids competing to prove they would be The Best Companion, which is, um, fine, I suppose. But add this to "I only take the best" and the Attack of the Graske "prove you're good enough to travel with me" thing and I really, just, no, don't like the message there. THE DOCTOR DOESN'T CHOOSE THE COMPANY HE KEEPS. Hmph.
And while I was looking for the Evil of the Daleks quote, I found this one, which reminded me of why I love Sarah. Cause I do:
The Doctor: Listen, there are no measurements in infinity. You humans have got such limited little minds. I don't know why I like you so much.
Sarah: Because you have such good taste.
The Doctor: That's true. That's very true.
OMG! OMG! Clips of Tooth and Claw and OMG!!! WHY IS IT NOT SATURDAY?
