Very Late Meta

[stick_poker]

Eleven steals all the scenes, doesn't he? I don't know why I've suddenly noticed this now, but whatever was happening in the scene before he's there, it all quickly gets diverted into what Eleven's doing afterwards.

Nine said 'I'm the Doctor, now forget me' and Rose could have done just that, if she hadn't been looking for some way out of her life

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[bendingwind]

I think it fits nicely, too, with the episodes we've seen so far. I feel like there's a tendency for smaller, more focused casts--just the people the Doctor is paying attention to, which fits nicely with his assertion that the universe only seems new through his companions' eyes. RTD-era Who, told through the companions, focuses on everything as fascinating a new and features much larger, more diverse casts of characters (if there's anything I miss about him, it's that) whereas the Doctor's already seen it all, so he only focuses on the individuals who are immediately important and/or useful to him.

Let me know when I stop making sense.

It is interesting, based on some of the other posts, that I notice that Eleven is actually somewhat more continuous from Ten than is generally assumed (because, thank you Moffat, the angst has taken a back seat to the show finally). I really think there's a fascinating evolution from post-War Nine--shying away from attention, even that of a companion in Rose, just wanting to be alone--to openly angsty Ten, willing to be in the limelight but not particularly wanting it--to Eleven, who's just like, 'to hell with it' and upstages every single scene. I think it really highlights what others have said (often disapprovingly) the Doctor is moving on. The Time War and the loss of Rose are still very much there, but he's... moving on.

Which I like.

Down with the overbearing angst.

[elisi]

goldenmoonrose summed it up perfectly: Ten needs people. Eleven needs to *help* people.

ETA: Re. the continuation between Ten and Eleven, I also have meta on that which I can link you to? (I ramble... It's a thing.)

[bendingwind]

re: any and all meta

[elisi]

LOL!

Well there's Time (Lords) Can Be Re-Written. Meta on Ten -> Eleven, which deals with the change from one to the other, and then Becoming Eleven where I look at how Eleven slowly becomes more and more himself.

Enjoy. :)

(And follow the tags for more, if you're curious.)

ETA: I'm presuming you've read sensiblecat's The Divided Self - Thoughts on Ten's Character, and how he became Eleven? And - looking through stuff from last year - I realised that there's a good bit of Ten/Eleven stuff in my review of Vincent and the Doctor.

[promethia_tenk]

I adore what you're saying about perspective and focus and scale. Nothing good to add, but I think you are absolutely right.