Post by Ela on Mar 1, 2017 5:00:17 GMT
It's so hyberbolic, it really just threw me. I mean, it probably won't bother me now that I'm expecting it, and I really do like these stories, but the ending line just felt really awkward.
All along the series, we hear him announcing he's fought the war so long and done so many terrible things that he doesn't deserve the title "The Doctor", yet he never actually does anything that seems to line up with that. It supposedly all happened before the BF series picks up and, one would think, crystallizes when he burns Gallifrey. I think they should have taken a great risk and had him do things that really were not Doctory. Things that were Valeyard-like, except in favor of the Time Lords. Things that would believably lead him down the path to ultimately killing all Daleks and all Timelords in one fell swoop.
I loved the series and I loved the performances. I think this all adds up to a disagreement with a War Doctor who is different in any respect other than the use of The Moment to save the universe, perhaps multiverse - an act I can see The Doctor (not "war") doing when nothing else is possible.
The question remains: why does he already consider himself a monster at the beginning of the audios......?
This is apparently in response to a post that was moved to the Casualties of War thread. I don't know if you've heard Casualties of War yet, but if you have and/or if you are referring to events from that box set, you may wish to move your post.