for honesty's sake

[tempestsarekind]

Seven episodes in, we've now seen more of the season than we haven't, and it's official: I am finding it impossible to like the Twelfth Doctor. I find him not just gruff or irascible, but out-and-out mean and cruel. And the show seems to be aware of this, which means that it doesn't make me angry the way that it did with Ten (where the show always

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[sadcypress]

When I watched the episode today, it made me wonder how Capaldi was feeling about the whole thing. As such a big Who fan for his entire life, how must it feel to have the chance to play him and be playing.... this Doctor. Because you're right- he hasn't had a chance to do much inspiring or wondering at the beauty of the universe or any of the other parts of the Doctor that bring us joy. It does frighten me a little to see the Doctor so unpleasant. I know that classic Doctors have been difficult before, but I don't know them like I know the new Doctors, and this is new for this era. It's hard to love. The show is definitely holding my interest, but in a much more intellectual way, rather than because of an emotional connection.

[tempestsarekind]

I'm feeling the same way: I think the episodes have all been really interesting, and I actually really like Clara and Danny (separately and together), but without the Doctor to root for as well (at least in the same way), I feel like I'm missing some of my previous emotional attachment to the show.

"The parts of the Doctor that bring us joy" - yes, that's exactly what's missing, and what an apt way to put it!