This is first regeneration of the New Who Era. How do you think it was handled? Was this a good transition from one Doctor to the next? There is a fair amount of meta commentary by the characters about the change. Did that help the transition or did it pull you out of the story?
I think the meta commentary by the characters definitely eased the transition and was another mark of the difference in storytelling between Old and New Who. In Old Who there was generally very little fuss about regeneration: the companions were a bit confused but accepted it pretty easily, because the story overall was top priority, not the feelings of the characters. RTD, though, made emotional realism much more important, and I think this regeneration was superbly handled because of that. Rose is in shock and grieving the loss of Nine, reflecting how the new fans are feeling. Then wham! Ten wakes up and handles the baddies in great style, and is very much the Doctor after all, and we can go on.
I loooooove the regeneration stuff. I think it was papilio_luna (although forgive me if it was someone else and I'm remembering wrong) who pointed out that a surefire way to get us to accept Ten is to TAKE HIM AWAY AND MAKE US REALLY NEED HIM. I mean, when you watch TCI for the first time you're like "who is this nutcase?" but then by "did you miss me?" everyone gets to shout YESSSSSSS
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This is first regeneration of the New Who Era. How do you think it was handled? Was this a good transition from one Doctor to the next? There is a fair amount of meta commentary by the characters about the change. Did that help the transition or did it pull you out of the story?
I think the meta commentary by the characters definitely eased the transition and was another mark of the difference in storytelling between Old and New Who. In Old Who there was generally very little fuss about regeneration: the companions were a bit confused but accepted it pretty easily, because the story overall was top priority, not the feelings of the characters. RTD, though, made emotional realism much more important, and I think this regeneration was superbly handled because of that. Rose is in shock and grieving the loss of Nine, reflecting how the new fans are feeling. Then wham! Ten wakes up and handles the baddies in great style, and is very much the Doctor after all, and we can go on.
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