I read this last night and tried to comment, but LJ was being pissy again :(
Not that I have all that much to say other than that this was a fascinating read and to thank you for your thoughts. I do agree with topaz_eyes and sensiblecat about the diference in... perspective, though. Whether the Doctor is or is not "bigger than the universe" can be argued, it's just that it feels smaller to me.
Everything Ten was informs what Eleven becomes.
Yes. This is something I was saying quite early on - because I found that I could only relate to Eleven through what I already knew of Ten - and that bothered me because I couldn't find anything about Eleven himself to latch on to. In many ways, I still find Eleven a bit of a blank slate; I agree with what you say of him - he's calmer, he's more resigned and less inclined to rail against the injustices of fate (so far!) but IMO those things are all reactions against who he was before... not his "own" qualities. And I know that makes no sense whatsover now I've written it down and reread it!
Finally, I have to agree with sensiblecat on the subject of Classic vs. Nu Who. The shows have a very different feel to them - not just in terms of look and budget - and whatever else he is, RTD does have an amazing knack for tapping into the - I was going to say zeitgeist, but I'm not sure that's quite the right word! - but he knows his audience and he rebooted DW very skilfully in order to appeal to it. I'm not sure that Moffat isn't trying to reshape the round hole for a square peg.
Yes - he is a writer rather than a publicist, but knowing how these things work, he'll most likely have been tied into publicity strategies contractually. Even though DW is a real moneyspinner for the BBC in the UK, it also costs them quite a bit and I think that this last year - with the stage show, and the Experience among other things - they've reached saturation point regards the marketing opportunities over here. So they're looking for other markets, with the US being the obvious one to target. I agree, as a writer he wants to tell the best story he can, but as the showrunner he's going to be under other, more commercial pressures, too.
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Not that I have all that much to say other than that this was a fascinating read and to thank you for your thoughts. I do agree with
Everything Ten was informs what Eleven becomes.
Yes. This is something I was saying quite early on - because I found that I could only relate to Eleven through what I already knew of Ten - and that bothered me because I couldn't find anything about Eleven himself to latch on to. In many ways, I still find Eleven a bit of a blank slate; I agree with what you say of him - he's calmer, he's more resigned and less inclined to rail against the injustices of fate (so far!) but IMO those things are all reactions against who he was before... not his "own" qualities. And I know that makes no sense whatsover now I've written it down and reread it!
Finally, I have to agree with
Yes - he is a writer rather than a publicist, but knowing how these things work, he'll most likely have been tied into publicity strategies contractually. Even though DW is a real moneyspinner for the BBC in the UK, it also costs them quite a bit and I think that this last year - with the stage show, and the Experience among other things - they've reached saturation point regards the marketing opportunities over here. So they're looking for other markets, with the US being the obvious one to target. I agree, as a writer he wants to tell the best story he can, but as the showrunner he's going to be under other, more commercial pressures, too.