2005, 1st episode of the revived Doctor Who, "Rose", written by RTD. A conspiracy theorist summarizes the Doctor for Rose:
- The Doctor is a legend, woven throughout history. When disaster comes, he's there. He brings the storm in his wake,
and has one constant companion.
- Who's that?
- Death.
2024: "He has hidden within the tempest. He’s braved the storm and the darkness and pain and he whispered to the vessel. All this time he whispered and delighted and seduced and the vessel did obey."
Well, he really meant it.
Well, that was unexpected. But some hints got their explanations: the strange seizures of Sugar, the fact that he can knock back literally litres of liqour without getting sloshed, that debriefing when he was chastised for registering his feelings, that talk "We just observe."
To be honest, I expected some kind of awkward international spy ring who "just observe" because... why, exactly?
I see a kind of wild game the show's creators played:
1. A classic detective noir, if finished like a proper detective story, would probably have left a dry reception, like "Okay, we've seen this 100x times."
2. Secret spy ring or a shady organization... Just observing? Yeah, right, thanks for nothing.
3. At least, this is a twist that's not everyday for a detective noir.
Let's see how our PIA's story unfolds.
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