Doctor Who: The Caretaker (spoilers, rants)

[mme_hardy]

So. We have:

• A paternal figure and a boyfriend fighting over a woman, with the men's conflict as the center of the plot.
• An older man trying to direct a younger woman's love toward a proxy for himself.
• A black man being demoted by an authority figure from an intellectual role to a physical role.
• Repeatedly.
• THE MILITARY IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THIS SEASON. REALLY.
• The Doctor going way beyond the line in being an asshole. Way beyond.
• Goddamned Paradise.
• Again.

On the plus side we have:

• Several good laugh lines.
• Chris Addison being evil.

To summarize, in my household we kept shouting "This is really badly written!" at the screen.

Shape up, show.
 

Comments

[mme_hardy]

Yeah. Frankly, more and more I'm going "Project your self-loathing on yourself, already, you're the one who needs it!"

Also, we were reminded that he has Childhood Gallifreyan Issues from not being good enough to be a Time Lord and only good enough to be a soldier -- specifically, not good enough at mathematics IIRC?

[ironed_orchid]

I watched seasons 1-4 of nu-who during the break between current seasons, and 10 also has problems with soldiers, which are evident in the Jenny episode, and in Donna asking him if he turns companions into soldiers, and the Daleks telling him he has created soldiers to do the fighting for him... plus there was the whole A Good Man Goes to War thing... so there are some precedents, but they were not as abrasive or writing in 30 foot high neon as in this season.

[muccamukk]

And he used to have horrendous fights with the Brig, Bambrera et al back in the day, but 30-FOOT-HIGH NEON!

Plus, as snarky as he'd get, it was never as bad as almost refusing to speak to Journey Blue, and calling Danny stupid what fifteen times in a row?

As mentioned above, if he's pissed at himself, I'd rather THAT was the point made abundantly clear, and the rudeness to random people who have nothing to do with the topic could go die.