Shocking realizations.

[ceebee_eebee]

Well, I just watched The Stolen Earth and I've come to a shocking realization about my feeling toward the Tenth Doctor, which in retrospect, should probably have been a lot more obvious to me...



I've never made it a secret that I am not much of a fan of the Tenth Doctor, and I've blamed it on a wide variety of factors from Tennant's acting, to the ickiness of the Doctor-Rose relationship in S2, to the incredibly annoying "lonely god" bullshit. In reality, though, I think it really all comes down to Harriet Jones. What do I mean by that? Well...

Harriet Jones is one of my favorite characters in Who. I'm talking old skool and new skool combined. I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuv her. She is one of the bravest, most genuinely heroic characters in the whoniverse. And what does the Tenth Doctor do practically the minute he shows up? He fucks her over in one of the most selfish and shortsighted moves in the history of his character. This was a woman who was supposed to usher in a new golden age and he destroys her for daring to challenge his decision on what was best for the future of the Earth. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! It enrages to me to such a degree I can barely think straight.

And now, in The Stolen Earth we are reminded of just why Harriet Jones is one of the most amazing human beings the Doctor has ever had the fortune of coming into contact with. And that's when I realized the truth. I think I have never been able to forgive the Tenth Doctor for what he did to Harriet at the end of the The Christmas Invasion and it's colored my feelings toward him this entire time. It was an action that I don't think I'll ever forgive him for, and it makes me love the Doctor just that little bit less. Which, again, I blame the Tenth Doctor for. In that one stroke, he diminished a character I love more than I can begin to say. Damn. It makes me sad all over again just thinking about it.

(Oh, and if RTD fucks this up and turns around to make Harriet a villain...there is no where on this earth he would be safe from my wrath.)

OT: What the hell is it that Ianto says after they see the Doctor for the first time and Gwen says she thought he'd be older? No matter how many times I play it back, I still can't make out Ianto's line.

Comments

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly. I think Harriet's actions were understandable, but even if they WERE wrong, I can't forgive the Doctor for passing judgment on her the way he did. The selfishness and arrogance were too much. But I hear what you are saying about RTD undermining her with that storyline. Makes as much sense as anything else given Rusty's fondness for constantly airing his mother-figure issues.