Oh, I love that. And yes, the times he's been all giddy and manic this season(I'm thinking S&J here)...it's all seemed more desperate, less happy. Although I loved Doctor/Rose from the first, I must admit to surprise at how much he's taken a darker turn without her.
He really, really has. It's had a profound affect on him. Which is wonderful to see, because it means that RTD and Co. meant everything they (and the show) said about Rose. But it's also incredibly painful, because being emotionally true to this story means taking the Doctor to a very dark place. He's so tired, this tenth incarnation of the Doctor. He's tired of people not understanding he's an alien, he's tired of "bigger on the inside", he's tired of explaining things like psychic paper and sonic screwdrivers. He's tired of death following him around like it has nothing better to do. Rose gave him life -- Rose was so full of light and laughter and she willingly gave that joy to the Doctor.
Now, that light (the power of the day, the Carrionite tells us) is gone. The Doctor is lost, laughing at the darkness (as the Plasmavore said). And he stands in front of the Daleks and screams at them to just kill him. He can manage to scrape out happy ending for other people (for some of them), but not for himself (the one strand of personal hope that he's given by the Face of Boe, he finds impossible to believe).
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Date: 2007-05-01 02:28 am (UTC)He really, really has. It's had a profound affect on him. Which is wonderful to see, because it means that RTD and Co. meant everything they (and the show) said about Rose. But it's also incredibly painful, because being emotionally true to this story means taking the Doctor to a very dark place. He's so tired, this tenth incarnation of the Doctor. He's tired of people not understanding he's an alien, he's tired of "bigger on the inside", he's tired of explaining things like psychic paper and sonic screwdrivers. He's tired of death following him around like it has nothing better to do. Rose gave him life -- Rose was so full of light and laughter and she willingly gave that joy to the Doctor.
Now, that light (the power of the day, the Carrionite tells us) is gone. The Doctor is lost, laughing at the darkness (as the Plasmavore said). And he stands in front of the Daleks and screams at them to just kill him. He can manage to scrape out happy ending for other people (for some of them), but not for himself (the one strand of personal hope that he's given by the Face of Boe, he finds impossible to believe).