Why does he have to cry all the time?
I’ve only seen up to Rogue so far, so apologies if this doesn’t happen so often in later episodes.
Anyway, too much crying - it takes away the impact.
Apparently, Russell T. Davies decided the new Doctor should be more open about his emotions. This was a very specific decision. Not sure why he thought that was necessary -- although the cynic in me would say 'because of the Disney contract' -- and not quite sure why it involves so much crying. But... yeah, I agree with you. Less crying. Then it has more impact. In much the same way, Matt Smith spent most of his time being goofy, so on those occasions when he got angry, it meant something.
I get the reasoning, to show men cry, as mens mental health is a big topic at the moment.
The problem is if it's all the time it starts to lose it's impact. I remember hearing people saying this about the end scene of dot and bubble. It's a very powerful moment but imagine if we'd not seen the doctor previously cry, it would have hit much harder
I get the reasoning, to show men cry, as mens mental health is a big topic at the moment.
Yeah, maybe it's about men's mental health. Encouraging young people to know that 'heroes' can show their emotions instead of bottling things up and all that. Reasonable and well-meaning enough when you put it like that.
Or maybe Ncuti Gatwa is just really good at crying on cue and they thought 'Oh, we must use that.'
But, yes, you don't have to do it every week. share
I think RTD did say it was partly to help people realise crying isn't a bad thing but defo shouldn't be all the time.
One of the issues with shooting series back to back is worrying that none of the issues people had will have been heard in time. Not saying that writers should always listen to fans, but overall a lot of people found the crying too much and the finale too convoluted/easy fix with no consequences