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Originally Posted by The_bluester
Again, showing a darker character too. It was no "blink" but not bad.
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It is interesting to compare the train/mummy episode to the "Mark of the Rani" episode with the sixth Doctor currently on ABC I-view.
In the train/mummy episode, the Doctor is concerned about the impending deaths but can't get empathetic or emotional, else he won't solve the problem and save others. And there is real menace behind the unknown powerful psychopath controlling the train. In the end, a fairly moral show.
In the Rani episode, the Doctor seems pretty indifferent or detached to the fate of the half dozen or more villagers who wind up getting killed by the Master and the Rani - sort of like they are all minor characters in the script, so don't matter. And there is no great menace surrounding the two psychopath Time Lords - you know that when the Doctor has the drop on them, he won't do them in, so that they will be free to continue on their psychopathic killing sprees in later episodes. An amoral show?
Regards,
Renato