Yeah, the angst isn't gone, just hidden. [which makes it a billion times more compelling to me] I think I gained more compassion for the Doctor over the course of "Amy's Choice" than I did from the entirety of Ten's angsting. And, honestly, I do find late-stage Ten pretty affecting, especially in WoM and EoT--this is not just me complaining about Ten's emo.
When Kazran was ranting about dying alone in ACC, I got the strong feeling he was airing the Doctor's own fears out loud. Yes! Rather like Amy's "what is the point of you?" in AC--you just know those aren't entirely her words.
edit// oh yeah, and I'm of two minds about The Beast Below. It has a ton of great ideas, but it doesn't quite mesh into a coherent story for me. Reading about all the cut dialogue/scenes tho, it's not the fault of Moffat's writing. I can't even quite bring myself to talk about "plot holes" when it comes to that episode--the whole thing is so obviously meant to not really be taken literally that I can't see the point in even trying to. If you let it be what it wants to be--all emotions and atmospherics and allegory--I think it's an utter gem of an episode. YMMV, of course. I've never seen anything about the cut material from that ep--anything noteworthy?
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Yeah, the angst isn't gone, just hidden. [which makes it a billion times more compelling to me]
I think I gained more compassion for the Doctor over the course of "Amy's Choice" than I did from the entirety of Ten's angsting. And, honestly, I do find late-stage Ten pretty affecting, especially in WoM and EoT--this is not just me complaining about Ten's emo.
When Kazran was ranting about dying alone in ACC, I got the strong feeling he was airing the Doctor's own fears out loud.
Yes! Rather like Amy's "what is the point of you?" in AC--you just know those aren't entirely her words.
edit// oh yeah, and I'm of two minds about The Beast Below. It has a ton of great ideas, but it doesn't quite mesh into a coherent story for me. Reading about all the cut dialogue/scenes tho, it's not the fault of Moffat's writing.
I can't even quite bring myself to talk about "plot holes" when it comes to that episode--the whole thing is so obviously meant to not really be taken literally that I can't see the point in even trying to. If you let it be what it wants to be--all emotions and atmospherics and allegory--I think it's an utter gem of an episode. YMMV, of course. I've never seen anything about the cut material from that ep--anything noteworthy?