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As I've mentioned, I'm rewatching Doctor Who. And while I stand by my opinion on Moffat, I'm having some mixed feelings about ten.
I really liked ten, the first time I saw him. He's fun! He's funny! He's got great one-liners! Tennant has a great deal of personal charisma and he killed it as the doctor. But going back and watching him...oof, is there Some Stuff To Unpack. Don't get me wrong, I still like him a lot, but I think that says more about me and my tastes than it does about the quality of that doctor. The thing is, ten's missing a lot of the compassion that supposedly drives the character, and while that's interesting to explore on a meta and micro level, it also makes him...fundamentally un-doctorish. Nine (and thirteen) are defined by the fact that they love people, and helping. They see people hurting and they want to fix it. Ten...just sees a puzzle to be solved. You remember that bit, when nine has that choice against the dalek-- killer or coward, and he chooses coward? I'm pretty sure ten would choose killer, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
I really liked ten, the first time I saw him. He's fun! He's funny! He's got great one-liners! Tennant has a great deal of personal charisma and he killed it as the doctor. But going back and watching him...oof, is there Some Stuff To Unpack. Don't get me wrong, I still like him a lot, but I think that says more about me and my tastes than it does about the quality of that doctor. The thing is, ten's missing a lot of the compassion that supposedly drives the character, and while that's interesting to explore on a meta and micro level, it also makes him...fundamentally un-doctorish. Nine (and thirteen) are defined by the fact that they love people, and helping. They see people hurting and they want to fix it. Ten...just sees a puzzle to be solved. You remember that bit, when nine has that choice against the dalek-- killer or coward, and he chooses coward? I'm pretty sure ten would choose killer, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
