Doctor Who and the conflict that wasn't

[donnaimmaculata]

Okay, so I'm the first to admit that I've fallen out of love with Doctor Who. I still watch it, but it's on a rather meh basis.

But: I did watch The Day of the Doctor (and am meh about it):

a) I, um, didn't understand the central conflict: I mean the reason why the Doctor in the time window between Eight and Nine did what he did was because he wanted to annihilate the Daleks and put an end to the war and the killing once and for all, right?

But Ten and Eleven knew that the Daleks would be back at least once per season. So... why not mention it casually at some point? Did it not occur to anyone that this might be an argument worth considering under the circumstances? Certainly a better argument than having Rose and Clara* whine wide-eyededly to think about the children.

b) I miss David Tennant. He was so hawt as the Doctor, it's unreal. I never knew how much I missed him until I watched him being delightful in Day of the Doctor. Shame one of his seasons was wasted on him being unbearable with Rose and another on him being horrible to Martha. I will have to rewatch the Catherine Tate series, she was a good companion.

c) I am looking forward to Peter Capaldi. I never realised how little I care about Matt Smith's Doctor until I saw him in company with the others. I hope Peter Capaldi will bring back some of my old love for the Doctor, he's usually very good at making me love him in anything he does. He's very talented like that.

*I don't see the point of Clara. I know many people like her, but she's so... wide-eyed and cute. And good with children. And... that's it. Once upon a time, her special skill was "being good with computers", but that hasn't been mentioned lately.

Comments

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

That's probably a different type of Time Lords. The ones in The End of Time were all evil megalomaniacs who had to be punished, whilst the ones in The Day of the Doctor were all innocent families who had to be saved. The whole retconning thing creates quite a few characterisation problems.

I just wanted somebody to point out that both the Daleks and the Time Lords would be back, even if the Doctor pushed the button, so that the War Doctor could have made an informed decision. I know it's a children's show, but the focus on sentimentality before reason was jarring in this case, seeing as a proper, solid, important argument did exist.