The Doctor's Daughter reactions... I guess.

[orange_crushed]

I am incapable of thinking normally at this point: every sentence I frame becomes a macro.

SPOILERS FOR 4x06: The Doctor's Daughter.



WHY GOD WHY










Too soon ?

I will say that I did enjoy the episode- the Doctor remembering his own children, and bonding with Jenny, was really gorgeously done on Tennant's part. His face, people- his face. God, for a minute, it was like you could see him imagining her birthday parties and scaring off her first boyfriend. And then, like it does, it all comes crashing down.

Jenny- or Genny, correct me if I'm wrong- was actually very adorable and I liked her after the initial setup; her innocence and freshness played well off of an extremely world-weary Ten. And I am thrilled at the idea of seeing her again- honestly, very thrilled. That's she out there and he's out there, and someday they'll have an incredible reunion. It gives me plotty fic ideas which may or may not pan out.

But still... the parallels with the Master's death, dredging up the Gallifrey angst just to add more Gallifrey angst. And so on. I liked the story, I liked the episode, I liked the reveal of the "generations" fighting the war, I liked that Donna got some lines of win; but it left me feeling very- tired. So tired. Exhausted, and not a little sad.

I feel like the Doctor must: how many more will die ? How much more can be lost ?

Please, RTD, give us hope by the end- have some light at the end of the tunnel. And not a cheap candle, either; I expect either bright-ass fucking daylight or those superhot weed-growing lamps at the very least.

I expect to need sunglasses.

You hear me, RTD ?

Comments

[kb91.livejournal.com]

I'll just say word, word, wordity word.

I loved this episode -- and I adore sweet, fun-loving Jenny with her infectious smile! -- but all this gratuitous Doctor angst is getting ridiculous. OK, he's the last of his kind ... yes, he has gobs of emotional baggage ... We get it already!

Unless, like you say, there is a big payoff at the end. Then I will be able to look back at these episodes and pet him and say, "Don't cry, emo!Doctor, it will all get better soon."

(And I mean, really, from a writer's standpoint, doesn't there have to be a big payoff? Why set up this four season long story line, only to have things end up exactly where they started, with an emotionally damaged Doctor who has lost everyone and everything he loved, with no hope for the future? What kind of story-teller does that?? And the answer better not be RTD.)

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

I did love Jenny. I think my face was exactly like the Doctor's when she got shot, like ohwhatnoNONONOOOOOMGWTFBBQ.

And I think you're perfectly correct when you ask the question "doesn't there have to be a big payoff ?" From a storytelling standpoint, yeah, if you're telling the kind of story they claim to be telling. If you're telling a story about connection and love and courage then there ought to be a payoff. We're supposed to love the Doctor because he stands up for what's right and good; so if he gets nothing but shit for it in return that's... kind of a sad lesson.

I say more hugs. MOAR HUGS NAO. And less killing and weeping. Hugs and kittens and ice-cream and handholding.