I like my angst subtextual . . .

[promethia_tenk]

So, I've long maintained that "The Beast Below" is a far, far better episode than most people give it credit for.  Then yesterday I was batting around some things with elisi , whose thoughts on such matters I can't really separate from my own anymore, and the following came to me:

Ok, so, "The Beast Below:"

Eleven is going to kill the starwhale. Or, more specifically, he's going to make it a vegetable so that it can still fly around but it "won't feel it."

Eleven is the starwhale.

And then he'll have to find a new name because he won't be the Doctor anymore.



So . . . what do you do around here to stave off the, you know . . . self harm?



(Aside: has anyone else ever tried to make this point before?  I swear I would have remembered it if I'd read it somewhere else, but maybe I missed something?)

Comments

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

All the stuff about what the Doctor's going to do to the starwhale comes before Amy makes it into a metaphor.

You're right, as usual. *resists urge to read the entire season backwards* Well played, Doctor Who.