quite a while back, i speculated (with spoilers) about the theme of total war in the third season of newdoctorwho.

the themes didn't play out quite the way i expected, so i thought i might revisit them.
(spoilers for like everything.)

i had thought the master would be in human form--that is, not a timelord, but his essence or whatnot in charge of a ( Read more... )

over on doctor who, the dramatic argument is being made that the only moral way to respond to a total war is by becoming ambivalent about your own survival at the cost of others.

just in this season, we've already had three human characters who have responded to experiences with total war--plus daleks. both lazarus and diagoras say that, because of ( Read more... )