A difference between the Eleventh Doctor and his predecessors is a lack of darkness in the character. At least, that's my first impression - are there darker moments I've overlooked? Your thoughts solicited.
I keep hearing people say this, and I keep disagreeing. I think Eleven is dark in a different way - on a more personal level. And I think Smith's performance is subtler than Tennant and Eccleston's ever were (though that worked with Eccleston because the pain was nearer the surface, more visible) - Eleven's darkness is buried, so deep, but I still think it's there, in his decisions and his actions and his callousness.
I'd say, the decisions he makes in The Beast Below. Pretty much all of Amy's Choice. And I personally have theories that he spends 90% of this series manipulating Amy to his own ends, but that's my theory (and biased by shipping them, so.)
That's reminded me of those startling moments when he suddenly loses his temper - in "Beast Below", the "nothing human" speech, and later in "Flesh and Stone": "Like me, for example!"
Amy reckons she's got the Doctor under control, but I do suspect it's the other way around. He he he. (Hmm, that also applies to River.)
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Date: 2010-06-28 08:07 am (UTC)Amy reckons she's got the Doctor under control, but I do suspect it's the other way around. He he he. (Hmm, that also applies to River.)