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As it seems new and specific to this Doctor, the no-soldier rule might be a reaction to recovered War Doctor memories, Gallifrey being hidden rather than destroyed notwithstanding. Pretty sure Centurians, however plastic, count as soldiers.
ETA: Anybody else suddenly have an urge to see this Doctor have a conversation with Jack Harkness?
Just me, then?
That makes sense as a way to reconcile the no-soldier rule with the Doctor's past, but I still got the overall feeling that the no-soldier rule is primarily there to set up conflict in regards to Danny Pink coming on board the TARDIS. It works, but it still feels lazy and contrived.
ETA: Anybody else suddenly have an urge to see this Doctor have a conversation with Jack Harkness?
Jack would still flirt like whoa. Could be fun.
I can actually buy that as a post-Time War thing.
Kinda seemed like a decision he had come to right then after the Dalek saw hatred at his core, to me.
I liked this episode. The Doctor is still figuring out who he is which I find interesting, and this is the best I've like Clara. Not into the Mr. Pink story, really, but maybe that will get better.
Surely there's a real (and not just metaphorical) connection between Mr. Pink & Ms. Blue?
I wondered that myself, Jon.
Ben was an able seaman and might have corrected anyone who called him a soldier.
True, but still military. I'm assuming that's the basis of the Doctor's objection.
It definitely struck me as a reaction to the Time War, and having resurfaced memories of the War Doctor.
So, Defiance. I'm still a few eps from the season finale, but is the Casti-face thing ever addressed in a satisfactory manner that indicates the writers have at least heard of blackface and its associated history here in the real world? Because in the first ep where it came up, we had Alak at least paying lip service to the idea that dressing up as another race/species was creepy and offensive, but then in the very next episode he was apologizing and had apparently come around to the idea that actually wearing face-paint and a wig to look like another race/species was a great way to learn about their culture and NO NO NO. I mean, what the fuck, show?
I didn't think it was like blackface, rather more like the very prevalent skin bleaching and hair straightening that goes on across India, Africa, the Caribbean and South America.
When you're painting up the ladder the vibes are very different.
For my birthday I'm getting some Doctor Who DVDs. The set will include the Face of Evil, the Hand of Fear and the Brain of Morbius. I'm sensing a pattern here. Alas, I have yet to acquire the Head of Vecna.