I can handwave some of Twelve's obnoxious behavior as a response -- one which unfortunately seems to come naturally to his character -- to his depression and loss of confidence in himself. Capaldi is playing that well. (When Eleven said something on the phone along the lines of "this regeneration is going to be a doozy," he wasn't kidding.) Although, how did we get to the Doctor being at such an emotional low? Even if memories of not having killed the Time Lords after all didn't hold up, he still ended Eleven's era at a high point. Coming back to a bad regeneration is the only thing that makes any kind of sense to me. (Shades of Six, perhaps
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A lot of how we will reflect on this season depends on what happens in the finale I think. If it turns out there has been a point for all of the awfulness - the Doctors abuse, the horror that is Danny/Clara - then we might come away nodding and thinking hey, yeah, that was quite clever.
But this seems like... it is increasingly a long shot.
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I mean he wasn't the Doctor in this episode, because... totally out of character throughout. But at least he wasn't being abusive.
Which is to say, oh dear me yes, Capaldi deserves *so* *fricking* MUCH better.
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But this seems like... it is increasingly a long shot.
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