I didn't understand the forced regeneration thing, and the more I think about it, I still don't. He kept saying he was the Doctor, but he looked like the Master and had the Master's conscousness. In what way was he not the Master?
Also out of curiosity, as I am about 1-2 sessions absent and might be missing a lot of context: is there any possibility the Tenant we are seeing will be the Valeyard I seem to recall them teasing the Valeyard a lot between him to Smith and Capaldi).
Well, for one thing Tennant's still my favorite of new Who, so I'm good with it.
For another, in a way, this feels like them doing something a little different, even if it is different by way of something the same. And if it is, well, that's brilliant, innit?
I know that Tennant is extremely popular (and I liked him well enough in his time), but bringing him back as a subsequent official incarnation of the Doctor seems like a cheap ratings grab.
I have no idea what a “cheap ratings grab” is. But Tennant ain’t cheap.a cheap ratings grab.
Well there’s no ads on the BBC, so ad revenue isn’t the driver here. There are on overseas markets, but my understanding is that foreign viewership is fairly niche.Short term ratings grabs are an artifact of advertising-driven TV's business model, in which driving up the price they can charge for ads in the short term is useful.
I have no idea what a “cheap ratings grab” is. But Tennant ain’t cheap.