I think this (http://community.livejournal.com/torch_wood/747517.html) was the discussion I was thinking of, and I seem to have misremembered it a little. It's more about concepts of the afterlife, with existentialism really only mentioned in passing. However, I've been inspired to dig out my (rather dusty) copy of "A very short introduction to Existentialism" - there's definitely some interesting points to be made.
One thing strikes me looking at the forgiveness examples - the Tenth Doctor is less given to those kinds of second chances (right from The Christmas Invasion). For all that he seems friendlier than Nine, I actually find him a 'harder' character at his core - less stand-offish, but finding the detachment easier when he needs it. I wonder if he'd have been able to activate the Delta Wave in Parting of the Ways, and wonder even more what he's going to make of Jack. But maybe it's just that he's even more mercurial than most of the Doctors have been and his extremes of emotion are far more pronounced.
I'll report back with more thoughts once I've ploughed through the idiot's guide to Satre. ;)
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Date: 2007-04-16 01:47 pm (UTC)One thing strikes me looking at the forgiveness examples - the Tenth Doctor is less given to those kinds of second chances (right from The Christmas Invasion). For all that he seems friendlier than Nine, I actually find him a 'harder' character at his core - less stand-offish, but finding the detachment easier when he needs it. I wonder if he'd have been able to activate the Delta Wave in Parting of the Ways, and wonder even more what he's going to make of Jack. But maybe it's just that he's even more mercurial than most of the Doctors have been and his extremes of emotion are far more pronounced.
I'll report back with more thoughts once I've ploughed through
the idiot's guide toSatre. ;)