I admit to being a bit baffled by this argument, to be perfectly honest. Though the Doctor has angst in both seasons, it is very clearly shown to be sharper and more pervasive in S3. The only difference between the two seasons is Rose. His planet was just as blown up in S2, but he was all about 'seeing the universe with these eyes' with only brief stabs into things like 'I'm so old, I used to have so much mercy', while in S3, the ratio is quite the reverse.
Are you sure? I haven't done an exhaustive count, but it seemed like he had quite frequent lapses into angst in S2 -- starting in New Earth, when Hame speaks of the "lonely god, the wanderer without a home". He says nothing, but he looks simply devastated. Next ep, Victoria's speaking of her wish that lost loved ones could communicate from beyond.
And so on throughout the season. It rarely happens in the presence of Rose, which annoyed me, because it meant she only got half the picture, but it was quite consistent. Anyway, I think her absence was necessary to highlight her role as emotional ... "band aid" is an awful term, but it's the closest thing I can come up with. (Just woke up from a nap. Not too coherent, I think.)
With Rose around, the first person he'd connected with since the destruction of Gallifrey, the Doctor's genocide-related pain was numbed. When she left -- as he always knew she would, and he was quite happy to send her away in "Doomsday" -- I guess it would be like going cold turkey on your pain meds. *shudder* And all that old muffled pain came rushing back at full force.
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Date: 2007-09-23 07:00 am (UTC)Are you sure? I haven't done an exhaustive count, but it seemed like he had quite frequent lapses into angst in S2 -- starting in New Earth, when Hame speaks of the "lonely god, the wanderer without a home". He says nothing, but he looks simply devastated. Next ep, Victoria's speaking of her wish that lost loved ones could communicate from beyond.
And so on throughout the season. It rarely happens in the presence of Rose, which annoyed me, because it meant she only got half the picture, but it was quite consistent. Anyway, I think her absence was necessary to highlight her role as emotional ... "band aid" is an awful term, but it's the closest thing I can come up with. (Just woke up from a nap. Not too coherent, I think.)
With Rose around, the first person he'd connected with since the destruction of Gallifrey, the Doctor's genocide-related pain was numbed. When she left -- as he always knew she would, and he was quite happy to send her away in "Doomsday" -- I guess it would be like going cold turkey on your pain meds. *shudder* And all that old muffled pain came rushing back at full force.