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Jodie Whittaker's Doctor Who ought to be scary

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19457)
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https://www.indiewire.com/2018/11/doctor-who-female-doctor-review-1202023619/

"Through its many iterations, many of the show’s best moments come from times in which The Doctor proves to be flat-out terrifying," says Liz Shannon Miller. "His/her power is immense, and that power can be used to celebrate the best in those he/she encounters — or, it could just as well be otherwise. But so far, Whittaker is still missing the moment afforded every other modern-era Doctor, when the audience was forced to reckon with just how destructive The Doctor could be."

[–] Sueps (24) 5 years ago

I agree. Previous Doctors have uttered the phrase "under my protection" and it has struck fear into the hearts of unpleasant aliens. Most of them now don't even seem to realise who she is.

[–] Martoto (4299) 5 years ago

That's an aspect that's evolved in Doctor Who. But thankfully this Doctor has been slightly ambivalent about it from the outset.

Given how the Master began to have a different outlook as Missy. To the extent she was prepared to thwart her former self, it's likely that this regeneration of the Doctor's was influenced by a need or a desire to gain a different perspective and/or demeanour.