I hadn't thought about the parallel with Muss Martigan before, but that's very poignant. What I always remember, however, when hearing those words of the Doctor's is Martha's story, that she tells during the Year That Never Was: "He has saved your lives so many times, and you never even knew he was there. He never stops. He never stays. He never asks to be thanked. But I've seen him. I know him."
He tells her, 'But look at what you've become', and this is exactly what he's doing in the end when he stops and comes to the conclusion that he's lived too long, and also decides it's time for him to die. Of course once again I haven't the slightest idea whether this is intentional, even if the parallels in The Next Doctor can hardly be entirely coincidental.
The religious motives in the Doctor's story are so ambiguous. I've read people say that RTD was simply trying to replace God/Jesus with the Doctor, but it's much more ambiguous than that, and with all the power the Doctor has his position has always been a precarious one, even when he uses it for the right cause. It's a fine balance, and the invisibility in a way protects him, too.
One thing (amongst many others) that I found v. interesting in 'The Writer's Tale' was the fact that originally EoT would have featured at Dalek/Time Lord alliance.
I really must finish the book now; I stopped reading when I started writing because I wanted to focus only on the text, but it's such a fascinating read...
Thank you for writing this - it's absolutely extraordinary, and if there was any justice in the world it'd get published!
You're very, very welcome. I enjoyed writing it tremendously, and it makes me happy when someone else also likes the result. (As for publishing, if I had any kind of academic background in philosophy, I'd maybe try to do something with this, but as it is I don't really see much of an option...)
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He tells her, 'But look at what you've become', and this is exactly what he's doing in the end when he stops and comes to the conclusion that he's lived too long, and also decides it's time for him to die. Of course once again I haven't the slightest idea whether this is intentional, even if the parallels in The Next Doctor can hardly be entirely coincidental.
The religious motives in the Doctor's story are so ambiguous. I've read people say that RTD was simply trying to replace God/Jesus with the Doctor, but it's much more ambiguous than that, and with all the power the Doctor has his position has always been a precarious one, even when he uses it for the right cause. It's a fine balance, and the invisibility in a way protects him, too.
One thing (amongst many others) that I found v. interesting in 'The Writer's Tale' was the fact that originally EoT would have featured at Dalek/Time Lord alliance.
I really must finish the book now; I stopped reading when I started writing because I wanted to focus only on the text, but it's such a fascinating read...
Thank you for writing this - it's absolutely extraordinary, and if there was any justice in the world it'd get published!
You're very, very welcome. I enjoyed writing it tremendously, and it makes me happy when someone else also likes the result. (As for publishing, if I had any kind of academic background in philosophy, I'd maybe try to do something with this, but as it is I don't really see much of an option...)