To Take Up Arms - The Politics of "The End of Time"

[sensiblecat]

Tomorrow I have to return to Stratford and my work on Coriolanus, that most political of Shakespeare's plays. I'm not particularly looking forward to that, but for now I'm still free to bore you further with my meta on The End of Time. I should add for spoilerphobes that the below will almost certainly reference not only Part One, but also the

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[scarfman]

but this time around his companions will take joint responsibility to press the button (big and red?) that must be pressed
Others than I have noticed that Davies' season finales always incorporate the companion(s) saving the day instead of the Doctor.

[sensiblecat]

Yes - and that's being developed further. In Planet of the Ood the Doctor did nothing directly to resolve the situation; he was at most an enabler. And in WoM he wasn't just helpless - his presence was malign when he succumbed to the urge to influence events.