1 October 2009
Now I’m calling this an ‘essay’ although really it’s more a series of interconnected lines of thought or... something. Inspired by ‘Marble House’ (It’s all ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hollywoodgrrl’s fault!!!), it focusses on the Doctor - who he is, what he is, what he can and can’t and won’t do, and why. And how these issues are in many ways illuminated by John Smith and the two-part episode he features in.
There are no definitive answers here, I’m just poking around in this utterly fascinating character, turning him around and looking at the different facets. It feels horribly disjointed to me, but I’ve been fiddling with it for weeks now and I’m getting fed up of re-writing.
(Btw you need to have watched Handlebars and Marble House, otherwise a lot of this will probably make no sense. Because they are brilliant and shocking in ways that words can't do justice.)
Spoilers up to and including 4.13 (Journey’s End). No spoilers for CoE. (Although I'm sure they'll show up in comments.) Mostly deals with Ten, obviously, and written before Waters of Mars aired.
( DW Essay: Time Lord Nature. )
hollywoodgrrl’s fault!!!), it focusses on the Doctor - who he is, what he is, what he can and can’t and won’t do, and why. And how these issues are in many ways illuminated by John Smith and the two-part episode he features in.There are no definitive answers here, I’m just poking around in this utterly fascinating character, turning him around and looking at the different facets. It feels horribly disjointed to me, but I’ve been fiddling with it for weeks now and I’m getting fed up of re-writing.
(Btw you need to have watched Handlebars and Marble House, otherwise a lot of this will probably make no sense. Because they are brilliant and shocking in ways that words can't do justice.)
Spoilers up to and including 4.13 (Journey’s End). No spoilers for CoE. (Although I'm sure they'll show up in comments.) Mostly deals with Ten, obviously, and written before Waters of Mars aired.
( DW Essay: Time Lord Nature. )
Now I’m calling this an ‘essay’ although really it’s more a series of interconnected lines of thought or... something. Inspired by ‘Marble House’ (It’s all hollywoodgrrl’s fault!!!), it focusses on the Doctor - who he is, what he is, what he can and can’t and won’t do, and why. And how these issues are in many ways illuminated by John Smith and the two-part episode he features in.
There are no definitive answers here, I’m just poking around in this utterly fascinating character, turning him around and looking at the different facets. It feels horribly disjointed to me, but I’ve been fiddling with it for weeks now and I’m getting fed up of re-writing.
(Btw you need to have watched Handlebars and Marble House, otherwise a lot of this will probably make no sense. Because they are brilliant and shocking in ways that words can't do justice.)
Spoilers up to and including 4.13 (Journey’s End). No spoilers for CoE. (Although I'm sure they'll show up in comments.) Mostly deals with Ten, obviously, and written before Waters of Mars aired.
( DW Essay: Time Lord Nature. )
hollywoodgrrl’s fault!!!), it focusses on the Doctor - who he is, what he is, what he can and can’t and won’t do, and why. And how these issues are in many ways illuminated by John Smith and the two-part episode he features in.There are no definitive answers here, I’m just poking around in this utterly fascinating character, turning him around and looking at the different facets. It feels horribly disjointed to me, but I’ve been fiddling with it for weeks now and I’m getting fed up of re-writing.
(Btw you need to have watched Handlebars and Marble House, otherwise a lot of this will probably make no sense. Because they are brilliant and shocking in ways that words can't do justice.)
Spoilers up to and including 4.13 (Journey’s End). No spoilers for CoE. (Although I'm sure they'll show up in comments.) Mostly deals with Ten, obviously, and written before Waters of Mars aired.
( DW Essay: Time Lord Nature. )