Post by The Yak Emperor on Apr 29, 2024 9:36:19 GMT
For me, it's post-regenerative trauma.
In principal, it could work, since it does make sense that there would be side-effects. But I bring this up simply because it's never been executed well in the show. Even in the Christmas Invasion which I love so much, the weakest part is David Tennant being in bed for most of the episode. Colin Baker strangling Nicola Bryant is just the pits, the complete nadir of Doctor Who in its entirety. Paul McGann yelling "Who am I?" brings similar thoughts to mind. Again, Deep Breath is a great episode let down by Capaldi being incapacitated half the time and pottering around London going through these stupid cantankerous-old-man-shouting-at-cloud routines. Both 3 and 4's "post-regenerative trauma" were ploys they used to trick people into thinking they were infirm while they plotted their next move, so I don't count them. Castrovalva is a weak story made weaker by Peter Davison bumbling around for the first half. It just never really works. Beyond anything, it's boring. We want to get to the action, and we've seen the whole "Doctor moping around like he's just had a shot of morphine" schtick a million times by now. While I'm not a big fan of Doctor Who since 2018, one thing both Chibnall and RTD got right was doing away with this tired trope.
In principal, it could work, since it does make sense that there would be side-effects. But I bring this up simply because it's never been executed well in the show. Even in the Christmas Invasion which I love so much, the weakest part is David Tennant being in bed for most of the episode. Colin Baker strangling Nicola Bryant is just the pits, the complete nadir of Doctor Who in its entirety. Paul McGann yelling "Who am I?" brings similar thoughts to mind. Again, Deep Breath is a great episode let down by Capaldi being incapacitated half the time and pottering around London going through these stupid cantankerous-old-man-shouting-at-cloud routines. Both 3 and 4's "post-regenerative trauma" were ploys they used to trick people into thinking they were infirm while they plotted their next move, so I don't count them. Castrovalva is a weak story made weaker by Peter Davison bumbling around for the first half. It just never really works. Beyond anything, it's boring. We want to get to the action, and we've seen the whole "Doctor moping around like he's just had a shot of morphine" schtick a million times by now. While I'm not a big fan of Doctor Who since 2018, one thing both Chibnall and RTD got right was doing away with this tired trope.
