But I'm not agreeing to the idea that the Doctor was a dick given the set up of the episode.
Sorry, but yes, he was. He lashed out at an innocent person--a person who was also scared, btw, and with far more reason, seeing as she was personally in actual peril at the time he was yelling at her--because he was upset, in a circumstance he could have EASILY fixed.
Had the Doctor read the book, he would have known about the wrist, but he ALSO would have known that the circumstances weren't as dire as he thought and he might have, I dunno, been nice to the woman he supposedly loves as she stands there trapped by a Weeping Angel, and again after she'd broken her wrist to free herself. Hell, even if he'd been there, and ended up being responsible for it, he would have been there for her, helping her, instead of LITERALLY adding insult to injury. She also wouldn't have felt the need to hide it from him later.
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Sorry, but yes, he was. He lashed out at an innocent person--a person who was also scared, btw, and with far more reason, seeing as she was personally in actual peril at the time he was yelling at her--because he was upset, in a circumstance he could have EASILY fixed.
Had the Doctor read the book, he would have known about the wrist, but he ALSO would have known that the circumstances weren't as dire as he thought and he might have, I dunno, been nice to the woman he supposedly loves as she stands there trapped by a Weeping Angel, and again after she'd broken her wrist to free herself. Hell, even if he'd been there, and ended up being responsible for it, he would have been there for her, helping her, instead of LITERALLY adding insult to injury. She also wouldn't have felt the need to hide it from him later.