Doctor's Wife - Disturbing Realization - Spoilers

[jhumor]

So I just realized something that I haven't seen anyone mention anywhere:

I was actually disturbed that again the Doctor didn't give the bad guy a chance.  Nor did the TARDIS, oh yes, cool special effects.  And no, House and the TARDIS can't co-exist, but why not make it about them not being able to co-exist?  Why make it about 'killing House'?  I don't know, but this "Doctor is a bad-ass killing right and left" is getting to me.

As is all the Rory dying bits.  Why is the Doctor so into killing people and SM so into killing Rory?

Comments

[telegramsam]

This.

The pacifist, anti-violence Doctor didn't show up until well into the 4th or 5th Doctor's tenure I think.

And even then sort of came-and-went according to script writer/editor whim.

I was just watching Seeds of Doom earlier and the Doctor punched out a few people. I recall Pertwee knocking heads a bit as well, with all his Venusuvian Aikido.

Colin Baker's Doctor was also pretty ruthless at times.

There's plenty of precident for this, actually.

Plus, I really don't think he "enjoyed" any of it. I don't see him being gleeful with the death of either House or the Silents (more just relieved the danger was past, if you ask me).

The Doctor has never exactly been Gandhi. He does what needs to be done to stop whatever needs to be stopped. Does that make him arrogant? Possibly. But he has a habit of being right in the end.

[jhumor]

There was always some level of thought (or the companions stopping him and making him think).

Also, Venusuvian Aikido is more about self-defense than killing. If Eleven had punched the Silents out, fine. But out-right killing them? It doesn't sit well with me.

I don't expect people to agree with me. I usually hold to things that most people don't like: Love and Monsters - I don't think it was THAT bad. For what it was, I quite liked that episode (But then, I've always preferred Jackie to Rose :P)

I'm just trying to explain why I don't see it like everyone else. If this were a one-time thing, I wouldn't be pleased, but I could accept it. But this seems to be a direction that Moffett is taking Who that I am just not comfortable with at all. And to the Moff I have this to say: If there's a reason for it, fine, then give me a reason.