As we all know, Doctor Who is usually about the companions and how they deal with the challenge of travelling through space and time. But every now and again we need to look at the Doctor himself and see how his lifestyle affects him.
One such example is Waters of Mars; another, it seems from a new Steven Moffat interview with Digital Spy, is this year’s Christmas special, The Snowmen.
“It’s rare that you get to do moments like this in Doctor Who where you get to talk about the impact of his lifestyle on him – it’s usually about the companion… It’s going to affect him now and then and he’s a right old misery at the beginning because he’s suffered a really quite traumatic loss.
You can watch the interview below (assuming it’s working…)
Does this mean Matt won’t be acting like a total buffoon in this episode – if that’s the case I can’t wait. I’ve never disliked a Doctor before and I’ve been watching since Tom, but number 11 is really ruining the show for me. Bah Humbug!!
It’s not like the Ponds died and yet the Doctor has been written into being a misery and destined to mope around the Christmas special.
We need more continuity in the writing, when Adric became a smudge on the viewing screen of the freighter, the Doctor was all for a trip to the Great Exhibition for Tegan and Nyssa to get over the loss of their companion. The Time Lord equivalent of “Dry your eyes princess and crack on”
Since the Ponds didn’t perish, a day trip to Alton Towers should enough to perk him up…. he could even take Brian…
Put that down to the classic series never wanting to dwell too much on those sticky touchy-feely emotions.