tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post4165638885933649457..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: Dark Water written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel TalalayDoc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-76487493355224153162014-12-11T03:46:57.181-08:002014-12-11T03:46:57.181-08:00I'm with Christopher. It was an obvious backgr...I'm with Christopher. It was an obvious background to their relationship. Although I'd be more inclined to suggest that it's one of unrequited love - the Master loves the Doctor, but the Doc simply sees him/her as a friend.<br /><br />In Deep Breath, Missy called the Doctor her "boyfriend" and way back in Ghost Light, the Doc listed unrequited love as one of his hates.<br /><br />It's been a doomed romance from the Master's very earliest appearances - why else did he go after an exiled Doctor at all when he could have conquered half the universe while the Doctor was trapped on Earth and unable to stop him?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274659146396436696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-59349789797092904992014-12-09T09:34:12.534-08:002014-12-09T09:34:12.534-08:00A very interesting review even when we disagree, a...A very interesting review even when we disagree, as always. Regarding the Master kissing the Doctor though: come on, think about it...the Doctor's constant inability to kill his former friend...the Master's pathetic obsession with the Doctor, his/her seeming lack of any credible motivation...his utter lack of thought about the endpoint of his schemes...re-writing the Magna Carta? Dressing up as a racist caricature wizard? Standing around in a scarecrow for months? Kidnapping the Doctor's companions for himself?<br /><br />The Doctor and the Master were lovers. Of course they were. What else could possibly explain the Master's behavior throughout the course of the series other than being a jealous ex??? Nothing! It's both a fantastic, giddy joke sure to p*ss the fanboys off *and* a brilliant (if obvious) inference into character psychology! I would have put in a throwaway confirmation in a Who script in my hopeful future career if no one else had, and Moffat went ahead and did me better! Hooray :DChristopher "Peaky" Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623932380413168376noreply@blogger.com