I love that; the way we are led to expect one thing from a character, and then are given something different, and better. Someone more fascinating than one would dare to hope, and not written to formula.
I also love the way fans from the age of 4 to 104 can relate to him and enjoy him.
Of cousre Jack turns out to be anything but "shallow, superficial, cowardly" - but I think he still has a fear that he is those things, and has to struggle to meet his own standards - which are, of course, his own interioralization of what he thinks the Doctor is, the hero he wants to be.
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Date: 2007-10-19 10:20 pm (UTC)I also love the way fans from the age of 4 to 104 can relate to him and enjoy him.
Of cousre Jack turns out to be anything but "shallow, superficial, cowardly" - but I think he still has a fear that he is those things, and has to struggle to meet his own standards - which are, of course, his own interioralization of what he thinks the Doctor is, the hero he wants to be.