"Could it be that Martha expresses his rational side, which is one of the reasons why he can't engulf it or her in love?" "In fact, it seems the only things that are not fully restored are his relationships with Jack and Martha."
Donna says Ten needs someone to stop him. During the third series, Ten may hope that 'someone' is Martha. Rose in the second series tends to disagree with the Doctor less and less. Maybe Ten is afraid Martha would become like this once their love is mutual?
If he can't love Martha back is because Martha is his rational side, then maybe he punishes Jack by destroying his vortex manipulator is because he wants to punish himself, to punish this eternal wanderer in his heart. He knows it's time to change. To change some of his old ways. Without the Time Lord society, he has nothing to rebel against. And his 'I don't do domestic' attitude doesn't make his human companions(Rose, Sarah Jane) very happy. He'd like to change, but he doesn't know how to stop. The punishment upon Jack is also a self-punishment.
And the Master is his dark and irrational side waken by the Time War. So he tries to become reconciled and coexist with it.
"Hmm. The implication could be 'end of an era' or it could be 'ongoing story'. " "In a way it's a pity that TLOTTL was the end of the series because it left us hanging and it left the situation at the end of that episode look much more static and permanent than it actually may be. I'm trying to readjust to seeing it as part of an ongoing continuum."
I agree. That's the problem. We don't know the big picture. And maybe something will even get retconned in the next series...
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Re: The Doctor: Transformation or Stasis?
Date: 2007-07-27 12:19 am (UTC)"In fact, it seems the only things that are not fully restored are his relationships with Jack and Martha."
Donna says Ten needs someone to stop him. During the third series, Ten may hope that 'someone' is Martha. Rose in the second series tends to disagree with the Doctor less and less. Maybe Ten is afraid Martha would become like this once their love is mutual?
If he can't love Martha back is because Martha is his rational side, then maybe he punishes Jack by destroying his vortex manipulator is because he wants to punish himself, to punish this eternal wanderer in his heart. He knows it's time to change. To change some of his old ways. Without the Time Lord society, he has nothing to rebel against. And his 'I don't do domestic' attitude doesn't make his human companions(Rose, Sarah Jane) very happy. He'd like to change, but he doesn't know how to stop. The punishment upon Jack is also a self-punishment.
And the Master is his dark and irrational side waken by the Time War. So he tries to become reconciled and coexist with it.
"Hmm. The implication could be 'end of an era' or it could be 'ongoing story'. "
"In a way it's a pity that TLOTTL was the end of the series because it left us hanging and it left the situation at the end of that episode look much more static and permanent than it actually may be. I'm trying to readjust to seeing it as part of an ongoing continuum."
I agree. That's the problem. We don't know the big picture. And maybe something will even get retconned in the next series...