Comments on: 12 Days of Christmas – Day 12 https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1396 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:16:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Thad Ritchards https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-1159 Thad Ritchards Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:51:32 +0000 http://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1396#comment-1159 Certainly we fans know a lot more about him that we did before, we know his planet of origin, race, some of his background personal history... There is still a lot of history yet to uncover though. Although I think doing a "Year One" would be a mistake. In many ways we don't need his history, we know who he is, in that he is a hero, someone for us to look up to, deconstructing that will take away a lot of that status. (That said, cf the Batman origin movies...) The current focus is, of course, the Time War, but a lot of that has come to light. Enough so that going back to it will be merely "filling in the gaps" a la Babylon 5 movies, rather than adding anything real. Best to just move on, and leave him mysterious. Certainly we fans know a lot more about him that we did before, we know his planet of origin, race, some of his background personal history…

There is still a lot of history yet to uncover though. Although I think doing a “Year One” would be a mistake. In many ways we don’t need his history, we know who he is, in that he is a hero, someone for us to look up to, deconstructing that will take away a lot of that status.

(That said, cf the Batman origin movies…)

The current focus is, of course, the Time War, but a lot of that has come to light. Enough so that going back to it will be merely “filling in the gaps” a la Babylon 5 movies, rather than adding anything real.

Best to just move on, and leave him mysterious.

]]> By: the_other_dave https://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-1158 the_other_dave Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:02:20 +0000 http://www.zeusblog.tetrap.com/?p=1396#comment-1158 No, I don't believe the Doctor is particularly less mysterious than say, his Third Incarnation, where we knew his world and he was an isolated exile fixed to his attachments to modern day Earth. The Time War has added a appropriate air of mystery to his interviening years, and really do nu-who fans go out and watch the Deadly Assasin for the grand revelations of Gallifrey and it's people. To the general public he is as mysterious (or not) as he always was. To new fans, there is a past if they wish to explore it, but it never provided all the answers anyway, and for us old fan, we saw the attempts in the Carmel Era/Times Champion reboot, and really the series blurring of the past in the Dalek apocalapse is more satisfyingly suitably vauge. The Doctor is the new Doctor, the man he always was, as far as we ever knew him then. P.S. The last three banners are undoubtedly the best... and I only got the countdown reference this morning. Nicely done. No, I don’t believe the Doctor is particularly less mysterious than say, his Third Incarnation, where we knew his world and he was an isolated exile fixed to his attachments to modern day Earth.

The Time War has added a appropriate air of mystery to his interviening years, and really do nu-who fans go out and watch the Deadly Assasin for the grand revelations of Gallifrey and it’s people.

To the general public he is as mysterious (or not) as he always was. To new fans, there is a past if they wish to explore it, but it never provided all the answers anyway, and for us old fan, we saw the attempts in the Carmel Era/Times Champion reboot, and really the series blurring of the past in the Dalek apocalapse is more satisfyingly suitably vauge.

The Doctor is the new Doctor, the man he always was, as far as we ever knew him then.

P.S. The last three banners are undoubtedly the best… and I only got the countdown reference this morning. Nicely done.

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