When humans (or indeed the Doctor) decide who gets to live and die, they take the place of God - they control rather than submit. The Family could represent many things - the Church militant, or fascist ideology, or just capitalism at its most brutal. One huge plot point was that the Blessing had been hidden for so long, but as with so much of RTD's work, it's worth doing a bit of handwaving for the richness of the symbolism.
I thought I was going to hate Rex being given eternal life, but when I actually watched the finale it was rather beautiful. Now Jack isn't alone any more, and it's going to be fascinating to see where that goes. Somthing I've always loved about Jack is his openness to emotional connection, his essential humanity - he'd always rather love and pay the price than remain emotionally apart. In that sense he's very different from the Doctor, though they share common ground in their experience of a superhuman lifespan and the different persepective that brings on change and time. They are both given a divine vision, but it's what you do with it that counts.
I love the thought that RTD has given Jack another Doctor figure - and he's black!
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Date: 2011-09-16 04:45 pm (UTC)I thought I was going to hate Rex being given eternal life, but when I actually watched the finale it was rather beautiful. Now Jack isn't alone any more, and it's going to be fascinating to see where that goes. Somthing I've always loved about Jack is his openness to emotional connection, his essential humanity - he'd always rather love and pay the price than remain emotionally apart. In that sense he's very different from the Doctor, though they share common ground in their experience of a superhuman lifespan and the different persepective that brings on change and time. They are both given a divine vision, but it's what you do with it that counts.
I love the thought that RTD has given Jack another Doctor figure - and he's black!