“0 buildup?” I feel like the episode makes it preeeeetty clear prior to that scene where the Doctor’s rage levels are. - ThreadSky

nicktheponderer.bsky.social • 14 days ago

“0 buildup?”

I feel like the episode makes it preeeeetty clear prior to that scene where the Doctor’s rage levels are.

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Okay, it shows his rage levels... But what about this event specifically sets off that rage? What makes it different to any other time he's faced mass death? What triggered him specifically to see Gallifrey in the crowds of a song contest? There's no depth. And it still doesn't explain Belinda

docvillier.bsky.social•14 days ago

That darker side of 15 has been just below the surface for a few different episodes and I've been waiting to see it surface... But this wasn't the moment. There was no big build to make him crack, it happened in a second and was explained with one line. Would've made more sense in the finale imo

cliffchapman.bsky.social•14 days ago

He thinks Belinda's dead. And he's just seen hundreds of people who are literally just there for a night out sucked in to the vacuum of space, by someone more interested in sadism and revenge than any useful, intelligent political act.

docvillier.bsky.social•14 days ago

And how is that different to every other catastrophe he's ever faced? It's not the first time he's faced the prospect of losing a companion and it's not the first time he's watched thousands of people die

cliffchapman.bsky.social•14 days ago

That's probably why. It gets wearing. And RTD has a theme of the Doctor needing a companion around to remind him not to lose it & become his enemies because he's always a hairs breadth from it otherwise, after all he's experienced. It's not perhaps the only interpretation of the Doctor, but it's his

docvillier.bsky.social•14 days ago

Maybe. Perhaps it's sitting wrong with me because in the metaphor of the storyline, the dude is the ISC's version of a person from Gaza with the corporation being Moroccanoil/Israel... So to see the Doctor torture someone who was persecuted (even if they were doing evil) feels wrong

amyb24.bsky.social•14 days ago

I agree with both of you in different ways. But idk. I feel like Kid should've been written as more hesitant about going through with the act. Then the Doctor could/should've been more compassionate, and tried to talk him down. Shared understanding of the rage, but told him it wasn't the way.

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