Or at least if The Doctor witnessed him push the button - the Doctor doesn't always give second chances, but he should've been there to be able to give him A CHANCE.
Yeah for sure. It just felt like a lazy way to make 15 darker in time with the finale... which does make me wonder if it was in the original script or if RTD asked for it to be added for season arc purposes
Sadly, there were some easy fixes, which would've still allowed for a darker doctor
If they HAD died after The Doctor was unable to stop Kid, and he came to a (temporary) realisation that hurting him would do nothing to bring them back, it could've set him up to be less forgiving against The Rani
It would've been easy to fit in for sure. But honestly? Even then, it still would've been the doctor punishing a genocide survivor for lashing out which... Still doesn't sit right with me entirely
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If they HAD died after The Doctor was unable to stop Kid, and he came to a (temporary) realisation that hurting him would do nothing to bring them back, it could've set him up to be less forgiving against The Rani
But the positioning, when tied so closely to reality, would make a poor statement still, I guess