I think that is the beauty in this ending...and maybe the point of it. We are all rising to the need...bringing out our fic and our hope. We refuse to let this happen in our world. This is why I compared the end to the Batman movie. Because the idea that we have to have a lie to support our fragile hope...irks me...yet, I do see that Gotham gets the hero it deserves. If we don't expect our heroes to be better than the Doctor is at the end of JE...then we are never going to get better heroes.
If we expect sorrow and get...something less than sorrow...we call it a gift.
The Doctor isn't a hero here...or at least he's not the hero the Earth deserves. He is taking care of us...like children...assuming that we can't really make our own choices. Is it a coincidence that the Doctor's Army are called his children? Is it a coincidence that only Rose and the two Doctor's are considered worthy of cells? The others must kneel. I don't know...it could all just be pomp and flash...or it could be that RTD really does think the Doctor should be a god.
Certainly, I would be the last person to offer you any hope at this point...because...as you say...my theories don't play out in reality as often as I might like. Though I was right that we would have another Doctor from the HAND and from Donna...and Rose was coming back...after Doomsday. Even that Rose coming back was planned all along. And...well...if I'm right about the Valeyard...that will be very cool indeed.
Rae wrong about the Master and about Jenny...and the Rani...though I did like that Moffat said he'd like to bring the Rani back. Go Steven!
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Well...you've got to have hope I guess
Date: 2008-07-21 11:28 pm (UTC)If we expect sorrow and get...something less than sorrow...we call it a gift.
The Doctor isn't a hero here...or at least he's not the hero the Earth deserves. He is taking care of us...like children...assuming that we can't really make our own choices. Is it a coincidence that the Doctor's Army are called his children? Is it a coincidence that only Rose and the two Doctor's are considered worthy of cells? The others must kneel. I don't know...it could all just be pomp and flash...or it could be that RTD really does think the Doctor should be a god.
Certainly, I would be the last person to offer you any hope at this point...because...as you say...my theories don't play out in reality as often as I might like. Though I was right that we would have another Doctor from the HAND and from Donna...and Rose was coming back...after Doomsday. Even that Rose coming back was planned all along. And...well...if I'm right about the Valeyard...that will be very cool indeed.
Rae
wrong about the Master and about Jenny...and the Rani...though I did like that Moffat said he'd like to bring the Rani back. Go Steven!