It goes along with what you were saying about the faith and trust Jack should have earned by now. I find myself liking the Doctor a bit less and less by these actions.
Yes. Having endured a year of captivity for the Doctor's sake, Jack deserved a little less casual treatment from the Doctor after waiting for him for 138 years. An apology for being told he was 'wrong'? Thanks for his help? I'd have been happy if he'd had as much of a 'thank you' as Martha got in "The Family of Blood". After all... the last time Jack saw the Doctor, he died for his sake. In good faith, and willingly. And now the Doctor has the nerve to be angry with him because of Torchwood! Hard to please, or what.
My ray of hope in the matter is that the 'big picture' story isn't over yet and there may well be a story later on that gives us a more satisfying angle on the relationship between Jack and the Doctor. (Which is, for me, a central focus.) But it does change my sense of the balance between them. The mentor no longer has the role of any kind of moral superiority.
Someone (can't remember who, sorry) pointed out that maybe that's why the Doctor disabled it, so the Doctor would be able to locate Jack whenever HE needed Jack.
Yes. I like that better than any other explanation, but it has two problems. (1) It feels like fan-wank, true though it may be. and (2) It still implies high-handed choice-making on the Doctor's part. It isn't as if Jack had been avoiding him for 138 years - more a case of, in all that time, Jack would come running if only he whistled. The Doctor could have just said, "Keep in touch." Or given him a cell phone.
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Date: 2007-10-19 09:03 pm (UTC)Yes. Having endured a year of captivity for the Doctor's sake, Jack deserved a little less casual treatment from the Doctor after waiting for him for 138 years. An apology for being told he was 'wrong'? Thanks for his help? I'd have been happy if he'd had as much of a 'thank you' as Martha got in "The Family of Blood". After all... the last time Jack saw the Doctor, he died for his sake. In good faith, and willingly. And now the Doctor has the nerve to be angry with him because of Torchwood! Hard to please, or what.
My ray of hope in the matter is that the 'big picture' story isn't over yet and there may well be a story later on that gives us a more satisfying angle on the relationship between Jack and the Doctor. (Which is, for me, a central focus.) But it does change my sense of the balance between them. The mentor no longer has the role of any kind of moral superiority.
Someone (can't remember who, sorry) pointed out that maybe that's why the Doctor disabled it, so the Doctor would be able to locate Jack whenever HE needed Jack.
Yes. I like that better than any other explanation, but it has two problems. (1) It feels like fan-wank, true though it may be. and (2) It still implies high-handed choice-making on the Doctor's part. It isn't as if Jack had been avoiding him for 138 years - more a case of, in all that time, Jack would come running if only he whistled. The Doctor could have just said, "Keep in touch." Or given him a cell phone.