Brad - you're not wrong. The "Victory Lap" specials that aired in 2008-09 really futzed with how Tennant played the character (and how the character looked at the universe around him); I suppose this might have been a logical reaction after "Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" and how things were left with Donna (which...grrrrrr...f*ck you RTD) but it was just SUCH a hard turn from the way Tennant had played the character to that point. By the time we got to "The End of Time"...yeah, I was wanting to just see him regenerate already too, although I think having an entire adventure with Wilf re-grounded the character for Tennant's swan-song (or so we thought).
On Monday, October 31, 2022 at 10:17:55 PM UTC-4 Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *M-D November > > >Clara was never my favorite companion, but I didn't loathe her as much as > I did, say, Rose Tyler. Her exit and Capaldi's final run as Twelve > coincided with the birth of my kids, and I don't think you need to be a > Timelord to figure out that shrieking Daleks and newborns don't mesh very > well, so I was in and out of that last series. Tuned in for Thirteen's > regeneration and first couple of episodes, but something about Chibnall's > version of the show just didn't agree with me or hold my interest. All > that being said, I still haven't forgiven RTD for his terrible treatment of > Donna Noble (who, along with Rory & Amy and Sarah Jane, belong on the > all-time list of great companions), but I'm willing to give him a shot. > > > > Unpopular opinion ahead: I don’t like Ten. > > > > Don’t get me wrong, David Tennant is a fantastic actor. But I found his > characterization to be grandly self-centered, culminating in the final > thirty minutes of his final episode – *after* he’s been mortally wounded > – companion-gazing. I may have yelled “Just regenerate already!” at the TV. > > > > I’m withholding judgment on Fourteen. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3bf8f7af-9164-4c25-9365-3919046e1789n%40googlegroups.com.
