Yeah, I find it refreshing that Bill isn’t actually interested in glory. She’s in it for the learning experience, not to run away from life or be a hero, etc… Which, unlike other companions, actually makes her the anti-Doctor. :O
'Do people ever hit you?' / 'Well, only when I'm talking!' <-- *snort*
The Clara memories are everywhere… There is no escape.
It's her initiation into his world, dying and rebirth, etc. But I'm feeling like this is maybe also foreshadowing in this case.
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she also has yet to have the standard early-season 'companion saves the Doctor and/or everybody, thereby proving her worthiness to be there to the Doctor, to us, and to herself' moment. It's episode five and Bill's had plenty of clever insights, but she's yet to jump in and outdo the Doctor.
That makes sense to me. Considering Bill’s role is the “student”, I predict this above moment will actually be the climax of her arc.
Nardole remains the secret fave. No point denying it.
It's like when Angels Take Manhattan aired and all of those people were complaining about why can't he just find some loophole to go back to New York and visit them and you wanted to shake them and go 'THE POINT IS THAT HE CAN'T. WHY DOESN'T ACTUALLY MATTER.’
lol, this. DW is not a plot show, it’s an ideas show. Nothing to be done about it.
Everyone says it's not their fault. Well, yes, it is. All of it. It's all your fault. So what are you going to do about it?' <--- I can't decide if this vein of thought is reassuring or terrifying. Both, probably.
tbh I thought this was the Doctor’s typical coping mechanism - taking all the responsibility is preferable to accepting not everything in the universe is within his control.
HOWEVER, in light of the Marx of it, being the owner of one's destiny might be the key there.
’The nice thing about life is, however bad it gets, there's always one last option available: dying well . . . This is the moment you've been waiting for since the day you were born. Don't screw it up now!' <--- I have this horrible feeling this logic is going to come back for us later.
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'Do people ever hit you?' / 'Well, only when I'm talking!' <-- *snort*
The Clara memories are everywhere… There is no escape.
It's her initiation into his world, dying and rebirth, etc. But I'm feeling like this is maybe also foreshadowing in this case.
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she also has yet to have the standard early-season 'companion saves the Doctor and/or everybody, thereby proving her worthiness to be there to the Doctor, to us, and to herself' moment. It's episode five and Bill's had plenty of clever insights, but she's yet to jump in and outdo the Doctor.
That makes sense to me. Considering Bill’s role is the “student”, I predict this above moment will actually be the climax of her arc.
Nardole remains the secret fave. No point denying it.
It's like when Angels Take Manhattan aired and all of those people were complaining about why can't he just find some loophole to go back to New York and visit them and you wanted to shake them and go 'THE POINT IS THAT HE CAN'T. WHY DOESN'T ACTUALLY MATTER.’
lol, this. DW is not a plot show, it’s an ideas show. Nothing to be done about it.
Everyone says it's not their fault. Well, yes, it is. All of it. It's all your fault. So what are you going to do about it?' <--- I can't decide if this vein of thought is reassuring or terrifying. Both, probably.
tbh I thought this was the Doctor’s typical coping mechanism - taking all the responsibility is preferable to accepting not everything in the universe is within his control.
HOWEVER, in light of the Marx of it, being the owner of one's destiny might be the key there.
’The nice thing about life is, however bad it gets, there's always one last option available: dying well . . . This is the moment you've been waiting for since the day you were born. Don't screw it up now!' <--- I have this horrible feeling this logic is going to come back for us later.
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Off to watch the new ep. Hold on to my hair.