There's also been a heavy vein of 'the Doctor is a monster who's lived too long' in modern Who that . . . I understand why it's there from the Doctor's perspective, but has always sat uneasy with me as something coming from the show's side? And this just shoots an arrow straight through the heart of it. It's funny because I see it completely opposite? Time Lords - like, normal ones who don't become renegades and throw a life away every other day - have regenerations that last 1000 years each approx. Meaning that an average Time Lord lives 10,000 years at least. possibly up to 13,000 if they're properly careful. The Doctor whinging about being 'living too long' when he's barely 1000 is ridiculous. (Sidebar: It makes perfect sense wrt Ten etc etc, the man had issues.) It CAN make sense if viewed through the lens of having lost his whole species and thus being the only one living that long. But in and of itself it's not a bad or unnatural thing, it's like a human hanging out with dogs and lamenting that they're too old when they're 20 or 30.
frankly Chibbs has one-upped him by making the Doctor something like the principle of immortality itself. And how he's handing it all right back to Rusty with that boulder sitting right in the middle of it. Let us have no retconning here: make Rusty deal with what he has wrought. *claps* I hadn't thought of this, I LOVE IT.
The Doctor whinging about being 'living too long' when he's barely 1000 is ridiculous. Well, he's probably lying about his age, but you make a good point, and I would dearly love to see Romana show up and make it.
But in and of itself it's not a bad or unnatural thing, it's like a human hanging out with dogs and lamenting that they're too old when they're 20 or 30. *heavy snort* I'm gonna remember that one.
*claps* I hadn't thought of this, I LOVE IT. I am most definitely over-hyping myself for Rusty's return and there is a heavy serving of schadenfreude involved, but like . . . how can I not? SO, WE MEET AGAIN, RUSSEL. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT THIS TIME. *muaahhhhhhhaahahah*
Well, he's probably lying about his age, but you make a good point, and I would dearly love to see Romana show up and make it. omg Romana... What bribery do you think he'd accept? (Also I'm not sure he's lying as such, I'm with Moffat and think he just doesn't know. *g*)
*heavy snort* I'm gonna remember that one. I am pleased.
I am most definitely over-hyping myself for Rusty's return and there is a heavy serving of schadenfreude involved, but like . . . how can I not? SO, WE MEET AGAIN, RUSSEL. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT THIS TIME. *muaahhhhhhhaahahah* Mmm. This AND having to bring back Gallifrey.
*snort* Although what would Romana-as-written-by-RTD be like? My mind just goes blank. I've no idea, but I'm fascinated by the prospect.
Half of me thinks he might actually pull it off. He's got all the right functions . . .
The other half is pretty sure it'd be a car wreck or dull as dishwater. He's certainly never shown an interest in similar female characters in the past.
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It's funny because I see it completely opposite? Time Lords - like, normal ones who don't become renegades and throw a life away every other day - have regenerations that last 1000 years each approx. Meaning that an average Time Lord lives 10,000 years at least. possibly up to 13,000 if they're properly careful. The Doctor whinging about being 'living too long' when he's barely 1000 is ridiculous. (Sidebar: It makes perfect sense wrt Ten etc etc, the man had issues.) It CAN make sense if viewed through the lens of having lost his whole species and thus being the only one living that long. But in and of itself it's not a bad or unnatural thing, it's like a human hanging out with dogs and lamenting that they're too old when they're 20 or 30.
frankly Chibbs has one-upped him by making the Doctor something like the principle of immortality itself. And how he's handing it all right back to Rusty with that boulder sitting right in the middle of it. Let us have no retconning here: make Rusty deal with what he has wrought.
*claps* I hadn't thought of this, I LOVE IT.
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Well, he's probably lying about his age, but you make a good point, and I would dearly love to see Romana show up and make it.
But in and of itself it's not a bad or unnatural thing, it's like a human hanging out with dogs and lamenting that they're too old when they're 20 or 30.
*heavy snort* I'm gonna remember that one.
*claps* I hadn't thought of this, I LOVE IT.
I am most definitely over-hyping myself for Rusty's return and there is a heavy serving of schadenfreude involved, but like . . . how can I not? SO, WE MEET AGAIN, RUSSEL. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT THIS TIME. *muaahhhhhhhaahahah*
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omg Romana... What bribery do you think he'd accept? (Also I'm not sure he's lying as such, I'm with Moffat and think he just doesn't know. *g*)
*heavy snort* I'm gonna remember that one.
I am pleased.
I am most definitely over-hyping myself for Rusty's return and there is a heavy serving of schadenfreude involved, but like . . . how can I not? SO, WE MEET AGAIN, RUSSEL. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT THIS TIME. *muaahhhhhhhaahahah*
Mmm. This AND having to bring back Gallifrey.
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omg Romana... What bribery do you think he'd accept?
"You keep going on that you've 'lived too long' and you're barely out of short trousers."
"I'm older than you!"
"And yet still just as immature. Why is that, I wonder?"
"No psychoanalysis, I beg of you."
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Yeah. Everything old is coming back into fashion...
"No psychoanalysis, I beg of you."
*snort* Although what would Romana-as-written-by-RTD be like? My mind just goes blank.
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I've no idea, but I'm fascinated by the prospect.
Half of me thinks he might actually pull it off. He's got all the right functions . . .
The other half is pretty sure it'd be a car wreck or dull as dishwater. He's certainly never shown an interest in similar female characters in the past.
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Although he'd have to bring back Gallifrey first! :)