It really does put all sorts of thoughts in one's head (re: the last companion / The Doc's behavior in TRB or hell, Ten's general "no second chances" behavior). Also the implication of what he says at the end of "Gridlock". That last season wasn't so much a cure, but one big long attempt to forget or ignore the issues of Nine. But yet this suppression also possibly aggravating an underlying scariness, erupting in his dealing with the Racnoss and her progeny.
It makes me feel kind of anxious for Martha (if I wasn't a bit already, even if the breakneck pacing of the four eps of this series has distracted me for the most part). What has this girl gotten herself into? Can she really be the "someone to stop [him]"? I probably wouldn't be surprise Rusty may sugarcoat the depth of Ten's darkness somewhat (because if you really took the time to think of it... it probably comes off a lot worse than he's probably intending). However, I am very curious about if he will address something like Ten Facing The Ramifications of His (Genocidal/Faux-God) Actions or how far Rusty intends to go with it. Also how Martha will react to it all. Pushing the Doom Button on Gallifrey was noticably omitted from Ten's waxing poetic about his dead planet/peoples.
I read somewhere that this Doctor has the potential of being a genocidal Doctor. (or is he already?)
He already is. Gallifrey go boom? The Racnoss children? The Cyberpeople? What kind of person (nine centuries old or not) would result from killing (or believing to have killed) one's entire planet and people? Probably the kind that probably wouldn't have all that much mercy anymore (he admitted as much in "School Reunion", didn't he?) Granted, these things seemed to have to go down the way they did, but... still. Does Ten's favorite litany "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." really cut it? All things considered? Especially weighed against, "That's just the sort of man I am." of almost shocking coldness from this guy who is supposed to be this childhood hero figure? I'd think, that if the Time Lords really were alive (but then, err, not per the Textbook Enigmatic), they probably wouldn't be so quick to call bygones on the Doctor. Anything but.
I just can't help but think Ten still has some kind of enormous (possibly imminent) cosmic comeuppance waiting in the wings ... and losing his little (unquestioning, human idealized/envied, sweet but naive, methadone-stand-in of a) girlfriend is likely not it.
A shippy moment for me would be Martha hauling off and belting him in the jaw. Knock him down, give him a fat lip.
I definitely would like to see those two get into a big, teeth bared and unguarded, row at each other. I'd welcome anything with The Doctor, especially Ten, showing more sides of himself preferably in a not-so-intentional way and then ends up saying more than he would normally to newest security blankets. Speak some truth damn it. That's as long as I can believe Martha wouldn't run away in terror or immediately demand to go home (as, probably, any sensible human being not Liek In Lurve with the Doctor would/should). Martha does seem to be designated as the one who will truly help the Doctor heal ("Gridlock"), but not through the lying or pretending. As it seems she's not going to put up with that shit... but it's a bit unfair to her as well because she just doesn't really know the full scale of that apocalyptic can of worms she's opened / wants to open / threatens to open. I hope Rusty can pull off her apparently being this real healing factor for Ten without turning her into some Mary SueRose.
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Date: 2007-04-23 10:04 pm (UTC)It really does put all sorts of thoughts in one's head (re: the last companion / The Doc's behavior in TRB or hell, Ten's general "no second chances" behavior). Also the implication of what he says at the end of "Gridlock". That last season wasn't so much a cure, but one big long attempt to forget or ignore the issues of Nine. But yet this suppression also possibly aggravating an underlying scariness, erupting in his dealing with the Racnoss and her progeny.
It makes me feel kind of anxious for Martha (if I wasn't a bit already, even if the breakneck pacing of the four eps of this series has distracted me for the most part). What has this girl gotten herself into? Can she really be the "someone to stop [him]"? I probably wouldn't be surprise Rusty may sugarcoat the depth of Ten's darkness somewhat (because if you really took the time to think of it... it probably comes off a lot worse than he's probably intending). However, I am very curious about if he will address something like Ten Facing The Ramifications of His (Genocidal/Faux-God) Actions or how far Rusty intends to go with it. Also how Martha will react to it all. Pushing the Doom Button on Gallifrey was noticably omitted from Ten's waxing poetic about his dead planet/peoples.
I read somewhere that this Doctor has the potential of being a genocidal Doctor. (or is he already?)
He already is. Gallifrey go boom? The Racnoss children? The Cyberpeople? What kind of person (nine centuries old or not) would result from killing (or believing to have killed) one's entire planet and people? Probably the kind that probably wouldn't have all that much mercy anymore (he admitted as much in "School Reunion", didn't he?) Granted, these things seemed to have to go down the way they did, but... still. Does Ten's favorite litany "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." really cut it? All things considered? Especially weighed against, "That's just the sort of man I am." of almost shocking coldness from this guy who is supposed to be this childhood hero figure? I'd think, that if the Time Lords really were alive (but then, err, not per the Textbook Enigmatic), they probably wouldn't be so quick to call bygones on the Doctor. Anything but.
I just can't help but think Ten still has some kind of enormous (possibly imminent) cosmic comeuppance waiting in the wings ... and losing his little (unquestioning, human idealized/envied, sweet but naive, methadone-stand-in of a) girlfriend is likely not it.
A shippy moment for me would be Martha hauling off and belting him in the jaw. Knock him down, give him a fat lip.
I definitely would like to see those two get into a big, teeth bared and unguarded, row at each other. I'd welcome anything with The Doctor, especially Ten, showing more sides of himself preferably in a not-so-intentional way and then ends up saying more than he would normally to newest security blankets. Speak some truth damn it. That's as long as I can believe Martha wouldn't run away in terror or immediately demand to go home (as, probably, any sensible human being not Liek In Lurve with the Doctor would/should). Martha does seem to be designated as the one who will truly help the Doctor heal ("Gridlock"), but not through the lying or pretending. As it seems she's not going to put up with that shit... but it's a bit unfair to her as well because she just doesn't really know the full scale of that apocalyptic can of worms she's opened / wants to open / threatens to open. I hope Rusty can pull off her apparently being this real healing factor for Ten without turning her into some Mary Sue
Rose.