I loved Eccleston. I recently was rewatching some episodes and the scene in The Doctor Dances when he says "Oh yes! Give me a day like this!" breaks my heart every time. I can just feel the Doctor's pain and loss and joy at having a day where everything works out.
With everything we know about the Time War now, this scene seems so much more powerful to me. The man has went from killing his own race to being, essentially, a PTSD veteran trying to adjust back to "normal life". To me, 9's arc was about becoming the Doctor again, struggling against his hardened instincts to become the man he once was, and this is where he is truly "The Doctor".
randomnumbers18 on June 22nd, 2017 at 20:04 UTC »
I loved Eccleston. I recently was rewatching some episodes and the scene in The Doctor Dances when he says "Oh yes! Give me a day like this!" breaks my heart every time. I can just feel the Doctor's pain and loss and joy at having a day where everything works out.
peterlloyd94 on June 22nd, 2017 at 20:14 UTC »
With everything we know about the Time War now, this scene seems so much more powerful to me. The man has went from killing his own race to being, essentially, a PTSD veteran trying to adjust back to "normal life". To me, 9's arc was about becoming the Doctor again, struggling against his hardened instincts to become the man he once was, and this is where he is truly "The Doctor".
toadsanchez420 on June 22nd, 2017 at 21:23 UTC »
I'll tell you what, I got fucking shivers when he said "You would make a good dalek" in the episode 'Dalek'.