Ten Things for which I am grateful to Russell T Davies

[caz963]

Things like this tend to happen when I'm at home ill, because I get more time to think than normal. So I'm sure you'll be glad to know that I'm on the mend and will be returning to work shortly!

I read a blog post the other day (sorry, but I can’t remember where it was), the subject of which was Ten things we love about Russell T Davies’ Doctor

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[caz963]

Ah yes - thanks for the link. That's the one I saw.

he isn't afraid of the big emotions and the big questions.

Yes, absolutely. And I know that some people felt the emotion was too much, but I never did. I like to feel these things, even if sometimes, it's not especially pleasant.

I always thought that one of the things DW could do at its best was to look at important issues, even if it was just a snapshot - and hold them up to examination. Planet of the Ood does that very well, I think, and that's just one example from the new era.

ETA: Re Casanova - that's about the best way I can put what was, for me, the defining characteristic of the man as RTD presented him. He liked women for who they were rather than just what he could get from them. Of course, it helped that the women were more than ready to give him something back (!), but that was sort of the point - it was given readily and by way of a "return", if that makes sense. I could write a lot more about the way I see Casanova the character, which in itself shows what a big impression the writing and characterisaion made on me.

[solitary_summer]

I like to feel these things, even if sometimes, it's not especially pleasant.

Me too.

Re Casanova... I was so hesitant to watch it, because I'm pretty much on the asexual side of things, and, well, it's Casanova, but I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Despite the tragic ending there is just so much warmth in the story. My only problem was that I watched it only after TEoT and for a while I had a hard time mentally disentangling Ten and Casanova.