But if this winds up as a massive undo button for everything that's happened to Nine & Ten, I will seriously lose my shit.
THIS*9. I've been avoiding spoilers, but I've seen people speculate that RTD might pull out the big red reset button. I hadn't thought it was likely or a good idea, but now that it looks disturbingly possible I am worried. I like continuity. I like actions having consequences. I like it when "impossible" means something, especially when that word is applied to changing the outcome of the Time War. God help my twisted little soul, I like how profound heartbreak balances against madcap joy in the Doctor. A big reset would undo all of those things.
I don't even like the idea of undoing the Time War and bringing back Gallifrey even if the rest of Nine and Ten's era stands. Perhaps it's because I imprinted on Nine, but the Time War is central to how I watch Doctor Who. Even when I watch classic Who, it has a poignancy whenever Gallifrey or other Time Lords appear because of the loss I know will come. As much as I would like for the Doctor's sake to have that trauma taken away, as a member of the audience I prefer the slow process of watching him learn to live fully despite the weight of all that loneliness and guilt.
Errr, that got long and ranty. Sorry!
Because having Jack onscreen without addressing CoE would just...no.
*shudder* I agree with you. Failing to address CoE's ramifications on Earth is bad enough (it would have been hard to fit it into such a crowded episode, but really, some of that plot clutter and Master cackling could have been cut). If they ignore its effects on Jack, it will be a grievous storytelling mistake.
Yes, this, exactly. Continuity in storytelling, consequences, all of this. I can handle RTD going to dark places, for the most part, when it serves the story (as opposed to his notable fondness for breaking his toys just for the hell of it). "Journey's End" may have broken my heart, but I actually liked all of the narrative choices made in it, even Donna -- because there are consequences, and the Doctor does terrible things to prevent even more terrible things, and, yes. Awful and tragic, but yes. A reset would just -- invalidate everything we've loved and invested into this show. Ugh. (I don't actually believe he's going to go there; I'm just nervous.)
THIS*9. I've been avoiding spoilers, but I've seen people speculate that RTD might pull out the big red reset button. I hadn't thought it was likely or a good idea, but now that it looks disturbingly possible I am worried. I like continuity. I like actions having consequences. I like it when "impossible" means something, especially when that word is applied to changing the outcome of the Time War. God help my twisted little soul, I like how profound heartbreak balances against madcap joy in the Doctor. A big reset would undo all of those things.
I don't even like the idea of undoing the Time War and bringing back Gallifrey even if the rest of Nine and Ten's era stands. Perhaps it's because I imprinted on Nine, but the Time War is central to how I watch Doctor Who. Even when I watch classic Who, it has a poignancy whenever Gallifrey or other Time Lords appear because of the loss I know will come. As much as I would like for the Doctor's sake to have that trauma taken away, as a member of the audience I prefer the slow process of watching him learn to live fully despite the weight of all that loneliness and guilt.
Errr, that got long and ranty. Sorry!
Because having Jack onscreen without addressing CoE would just...no.
*shudder* I agree with you. Failing to address CoE's ramifications on Earth is bad enough (it would have been hard to fit it into such a crowded episode, but really, some of that plot clutter and Master cackling could have been cut). If they ignore its effects on Jack, it will be a grievous storytelling mistake.
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