@fozzyb
you expressed an opinion as to how The Doctor should not behave… or how Doctor Who should not be written. It begged the question… how would you want this character, with all its history, to be presented? Kindly spell out what you would like to see. Bear in mind this series has been marked by two well publicised departures, and many people want to talk about this, even joining the forum apparently specifically to do this, while exhibiting little evidence that they’ve ever watched Who before.
However, put like that, it all sounds a bit worthy, so I zhushed it up. It’s like Roger Rabbit cuffed to Bob Hoskins. In my head anyway.
I’m not saying feeble Doc syndrome ain’t a problem. How many times did Peter Davison really need to surrender? But in comparison, Ncuti is almost The Timelord Invictus, if not A Good Man Off To War. Only sociopaths raised by religious fanatics think it’s a good idea to kill Hitler. As RTD and Moff both point out, this is not what you want. No more than Pertwee’s Venusian Aikido. Or Colin Baker’s acid bath wisecracks
@ps1l0v3y0u Sorry for the late reply, while I would never claim to be the number 1 Dr Who fan, I have watched it enough to offer more than a passing opinion on the program.
For me this has been happening for a while culminating in this series in which the Dr is increasingly becoming increasingly for want of a better word ‘wet’ and not the main focus, see Yas in the Whittaker eps, Donna was arguably the main focus in the return of Tennant and the latest Ncuti was a complete wet lettuce.
Cried in virtually every ep, don’t mind him showing emotion at an appropriate time but still, relied on Ruby in pretty much every one, turned up for a whole 15 seconds in 1 ep, (am aware it was filming issues but come on work round it) , relied on Rogue to make a decision at the end. Pretty much the only ep . in which he acted the hero was the last of the series . For me the series was a let down after a long wait and unfortunately for Ncuti he has been let down by the writers
