Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light: Art and Thoughts on the Tenth Doctor’s Finale

Seeing the finale again reminded me why I still hold Doctor Who on a pedestal of inspiring and beautiful thematic storytelling. Once again, I just am dumbfounded and in awe at the way the entire fourth series and the specials built up so purposefully to this elegant, profound, and ferocious narrative display of gutting humility and selflessness.

The Tenth Doctor: a Character Study

Born From Love We first meet the Tenth Doctor just after a crucial juncture in the Doctor’s overall characterization, particularly the defining guilt that he’s been carrying in his Ninth incarnation about his final action in the Time War, namely the destruction of Gallifrey for the sake of all creation (View my series on how

The Day of the Doctor: a Case of Canon vs. Canon (Part 5/5)

I’ve spent five essays on the important issue of how the 50th anniversary episode doesn’t gel with the objective logic or moral conclusion of previous years of canon material. Such as, DotD contradicts established fact that the Doctor actually witnessed Gallifrey falling (read here) DotD contradicts the Doctor’s morality on Daleks and his abhorrence of

The Day of the Doctor: a Case of Canon vs. Canon (Part 4/5)

I know it’s been a while since I posted my analyses on how the ending of the 50th counters major canon points of previous years. It took a back burner for a couple weeks. XD Anyway! The previous sections showed how DotD contradicts established fact that the Doctor actually witnessed Gallifrey falling DotD contradicts the Doctor’s

The Day of the Doctor: a Case of Canon vs. Canon (Part 3/5)

The 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who troubled me for several reasons, and in the previous two parts of this analysis, I outlined how the 50th jars with canon in (1) how it contradicts the established fact that the Doctor was eyewitness to his planet being burned, and (2) how the 50th counters the Doctor’s