[ SECRET POST #2333 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2333 ⌋

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - ships it ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like for a while now, there's been an undercurrent that makes it feel like the Doctor is only interested in mysteries to solve, not people to help.

This isn't a criticism of the character at all, btw - he hasn't actually demonstrated disinterest in people's problems or anything. It's just a criticism of the writers' general trend of thinking that the only plots worth writing are the ones centered around a Holmes-esque "case". Even the companions - Amy and Clara both - are "cases" and "mysteries", as if the writers think the audience wouldn't care about them unless they were a plot point.

And there are no more stories depicting the Doctor and companion exploring some cool place for the hell of it, running into people who need help, and simply just stopping to help, maybe with some mystery thrown in for good measure. Well, there was The Rings of Akhaten, but that's all I can think of.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it's a personality flaw Moffat either has himself, or thinks makes for good drama? Because he writes Sherlock as a psychopath/sociopath for the very same reason, to get away from focusing on the victims. (Which is the diametric opposite of Canon Holmes but don't get me started.)

"And there are no more stories depicting the Doctor and companion exploring some cool place for the hell of it, running into people who need help, and simply just stopping to help, maybe with some mystery thrown in for good measure."

This! They even managed to do this with Three, who was MAROONED ON EARTH.

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This! They even managed to do this with Three, who was MAROONED ON EARTH.

Yep. Alternate dimensions and Time Lords who need a handy errand boy/scapegoat are handy that way.

[awkward_as_heck]

I wouldn't mind if the Doctor only cared about solving the case if that was how his character was portrayed. Instead the Doctor acts all effervescent, attempts to be charming and friendly which it feels hollow because of how interested he is in the mysteries. It feels like the writers didn't put those two characteristics together. I think Eleven should have been made a chessmaster character trying to solve a mystery because they could have had the silliness and games and attempts at charm and fixed most of the inconsistencies.