Doctor Who: 10 Things We Learned From Into The Dalek
2. Who The New Doctor Is
In New Who, the pattern has been that a Doctors first episode will introduce them but their second episode will provide the moment that nails down who their Doctor is. For the Ninth Doctor, it was killing Cassandra. For the Tenth, it was his ultimatum to the Sisters Of Plenitude and healing the Flesh. The Eleventh had the polar opposites of getting involved on Starship UK because of a crying child, and later deciding to lobotomise the Star Whale. And the Twelth... Well theres quite a few. Which is fitting since the Twelfth Doctor comes across as an amalgamation of traits from previous Doctors. The costume and the redesigned Tardis console room invoke the cultured scientist of the Third Doctor; he still has some of the Eleventh Doctors absent-mindedness and speech patterns, the Tenth Doctors established hate of the military skyrockets, and its all wrapped up in the ego and borderline callousness of the Sixth Doctor. But the two moments that really hammer home who the Twelfth Doctor is are once again polar opposites. The first is decision to take of advantage of Rosss impending death and his complete disregard of it later when theyre literally standing in him while in the Daleks protein pool; Hes the top layer if you want to say a few words. And the second is his constant attempts to create a good Dalek. Those moments encapsulate who this new Doctor is: callous and egocentric but at the same time; desperate to find good in the universe and even create it if he can. Temperamental but still a man of significant moral character.
JG Moore is a writer and filmmaker from the south of England. He also works as an editor and VFX artist, and has a BA in Media Production from the University Of Winchester.
