I'd have to agree with every word of the above. If there was one question I'd ask RTD it's this - "Did you always mean the Doctor to fall in love, or did you see Billie and Chris together and suddenly have a lightbulb moment?"
With any show, the long-term plot development is going to be affected by actor availability and other resources, also by what plays well with the audience. Having now seen DT in other stuff, including "Hamlet", I do recognise things he does well, almost to the point of being stuck in a groove with them. When DT rejects Ophelia, he does it the way the Doctor rejected Rose - it's about his own hang-ups, hating himself so much he can't really help despising any woman who loves him. And he's good at that, and the audience seem to lap it up, so I think they took the easy option in the end and gave the audience, and DT, more of the same.
In doing so, I feel they betrayed the original optimistic spirit of DW, and it's time for a change. I'll have very mixed feelings about the future if DT stays on for S5. Given the way his stage career's re-ignited, though, that seems unlikely to happen.
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With any show, the long-term plot development is going to be affected by actor availability and other resources, also by what plays well with the audience. Having now seen DT in other stuff, including "Hamlet", I do recognise things he does well, almost to the point of being stuck in a groove with them. When DT rejects Ophelia, he does it the way the Doctor rejected Rose - it's about his own hang-ups, hating himself so much he can't really help despising any woman who loves him. And he's good at that, and the audience seem to lap it up, so I think they took the easy option in the end and gave the audience, and DT, more of the same.
In doing so, I feel they betrayed the original optimistic spirit of DW, and it's time for a change. I'll have very mixed feelings about the future if DT stays on for S5. Given the way his stage career's re-ignited, though, that seems unlikely to happen.