oodwhovian:I don’t like the argument that certain fans use to excuse the Eleventh Doctors actions. T

oodwhovian:I don’t like the argument that certain fans use to excuse the Eleventh Doctors actions. That argument being ‘well the Doctor has always committed genocide and killed so stop acting like Eleven is wrong.’ Yes, the Doctor has committed genocide before and probably will again. He has used weapons and violence. They all have. The difference is how it’s done and the consequences after. Often the Racnoss situation is brought up but look, Ten offers her a choice and ample opportunity to leave. Nine and Ten both offer their enemies a chance to walk away. They offer help, they offer to look for new homes for them. Ten goes as far as to become human to try to avoid killing a species. Ten offers to help Davros and Nine can’t bring himself to kill the Daleks in POTW. They so obviously struggle with their decisions and feel remorse afterwards. The companions, like Rose, are sure to tell them when they are wrong and you can see how horrible Nine feels when he realizes what he almost did. The problem with Eleven is that he doesn’t seem to look for any other way. He’s so quick to violence and is so flippant about his actions and the actions of those around him. He dances around and jokes with his “wife” about how many of the Silence she can kill to buy them time. His companions are often belittled and never call him out on his BS. The narrative doesn’t even show how wrong his actions are. There are no consequences and it’s never discussed that other ways could have been used, other choices. This is a kids show and they need to be shown and told that even the Doctor can make a bad choice and be called out on it. I just feel like Eleven is often applauded instead of chastised for the atrocities he commits. I think the second paragraph is a bit of an exaggeration—I don’t think Eleven is presented as infallible, nor are his companions that weak. But some of his actions are definitely left unquestioned when they shouldn’t be. Day of the Moon is the most egregious example I can think of.Also, I’m not surprised to notice some people saying that Eleven is more similar to Classic Doctors than Nine and Ten are. I wouldn’t know if that’s true, but it doesn’t really matter. The fact is that if you show your main character making morally dubious or downright wrong choices, it doesn’t matter if there’s a precedent. You should be addressing it.And then there’s the “the Doctor’s personality changes with each incarnation” argument, but what’s the point of having a main character with no overarching character development? Why would you want that? If the Doctor really was as bad in Classic Who as some people make him out to be (again, I wouldn’t know) then didn’t he make great progress as Nine and Ten? Why would you want a main character who can regress like the Doctor does from Ten to Eleven with no exploration of that development in his character? -- source link

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