Totally agree with and loving the way you have broken down and identified 9/10 as the tragic hero. Wonderful.
And I’m not sure I can add anything to your analysis of 10 as Godlike being, specifically from a monotheistic approach, because it’s a complete and comprehensively perfect analysis. Thank you.
I’m fascinated by the idea you identify that Moffat has taken the Doctor from the role of monotheistic god, to the role of pagan god/fairytale character – because this is really the archetypal role he originally occupied.
The irony of 10 is that the monotheistic approach has that separation of spirit and matter as a fundamental principle. Even though man is made in the image of god [or god in the image of man], there is a disconnect there in the basic theology/mythology [Which is basically what you said, but I’m just thinking out loud. ]
The thing about pagan gods and the pagan mythic approach is that supernatural characters are in the world in a way that the monotheistic god isn’t. They are woven through the real world, through matter.
I think the important thing is that while the Doctor might be god-like from a human POV, in his own [green]world, he is quite simply being who/what he is supposed to be.
*nods profusely*
And that truly is their role! Rather than a whole world (Gallifrey), aloof and remote, to watch over the universe, we have a Mother and a Father figure - very hands-on, but also elusive and mythical
And that’s such a wonderful thing. I’m so glad Moffat took it here, because if you’re going to draw on the mythic structure of paganism rather than Monotheism, then a balancing and union of the energies of God and Goddess is the ultimate and logical conclusion.
Now the thing that really made me sit up and take notice, is how the Doctor gets out of his unavoidable death: He cheats.
I read so many people moaning about this when it happened, on the forum I frequent. Moaning that it was a cop-out and a cheat, that they felt like Moff had pulled the wool over their eyes with a cheap trick. But that’s totally misunderstanding where Moff has taken the Doctor up to this point.
Elisi, your meta is so wonderful that it’s blown my mind a little and I really can’t form many coherent thoughts to add. I think I’m going to be thinking about this for quite a while!
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Totally agree with and loving the way you have broken down and identified 9/10 as the tragic hero. Wonderful.
And I’m not sure I can add anything to your analysis of 10 as Godlike being, specifically from a monotheistic approach, because it’s a complete and comprehensively perfect analysis. Thank you.
I’m fascinated by the idea you identify that Moffat has taken the Doctor from the role of monotheistic god, to the role of pagan god/fairytale character – because this is really the archetypal role he originally occupied.
The irony of 10 is that the monotheistic approach has that separation of spirit and matter as a fundamental principle. Even though man is made in the image of god [or god in the image of man], there is a disconnect there in the basic theology/mythology
[Which is basically what you said, but I’m just thinking out loud. ]
The thing about pagan gods and the pagan mythic approach is that supernatural characters are in the world in a way that the monotheistic god isn’t. They are woven through the real world, through matter.
I think the important thing is that while the Doctor might be god-like from a human POV, in his own [green]world, he is quite simply being who/what he is supposed to be.
*nods profusely*
And that truly is their role! Rather than a whole world (Gallifrey), aloof and remote, to watch over the universe, we have a Mother and a Father figure - very hands-on, but also elusive and mythical
And that’s such a wonderful thing. I’m so glad Moffat took it here, because if you’re going to draw on the mythic structure of paganism rather than Monotheism, then a balancing and union of the energies of God and Goddess is the ultimate and logical conclusion.
Now the thing that really made me sit up and take notice, is how the Doctor gets out of his unavoidable death: He cheats.
I read so many people moaning about this when it happened, on the forum I frequent. Moaning that it was a cop-out and a cheat, that they felt like Moff had pulled the wool over their eyes with a cheap trick. But that’s totally misunderstanding where Moff has taken the Doctor up to this point.
Elisi, your meta is so wonderful that it’s blown my mind a little and I really can’t form many coherent thoughts to add. I think I’m going to be thinking about this for quite a while!