If Lost is turning out to be all about romantic love , then last Nox ’s Doctor Who sequence made a powerful case that the long - execute time locomotion series is all about compassion . That ’s why he ’s the Doctor of the Church . Minor spoilers in the lead .
We ’ll have a proper recap of “ The Beast Below ” in a couple weeks , when it publicise on BBC America , but for now we were struck by how much the episode reforge the fibre of the Doctor . Or , really , cast off the Doctor ’s character into nidus . deform out the Doctor really is cling to the old normal of the Time Lords about only observing other races and never interfering — unless there are crying children , at which stop the rules go out the windowpane .
You have to love the gravity with which the Doctor explains his rule of non - intervention to his new companion , Amy , and the familiarity with which he immediately tosses it aside . And the rule of pity seems to be the one principle the Doctor really ca n’t break — we learn later that if he pour down or ill-treat an innocent creature in hurting , then he ’ll have to find a new name because he wo n’t be the medico any more .
It ’s something that ties together many of the Doctor ’s best second from past episodes — his scandalisation at the mistreatment of innocents , and his inability to remain firm by and watch injustice happening . It ’s in spades auspicious that Matt Smith ’s Doctor ( who ’s mesmerizing to watch , by the way ) is being introduced with such a potent focus on this core motive . It also makes the human relationship between the Doctor and his companion more interesting than romantic love , because she see that panorama of him and admires it in him , even as she aspires to it herself .
Plus it ’s not a bad mission assertion for an on-going TV show about someone who travels around solving problems , really . Here ’s trust the forthcoming episodes explore and deepen this base .
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