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<blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 4215608" data-attributes="member: 40123"><p>I'm thinking you missed the whole point of that scene. The Doctor was all for leaving Jenny behind because: </p><p>1) she was an artificially created lifeform, and therefore not "real" in his eyes. </p><p>2) she was made to be a soldier. Soldiers of course, carry guns. And according to the Doctor's holier than thou moral code, people with guns are not worth his time nor his help.</p><p></p><p>What Donna was trying to prove to him wasn't Jenny's status as a Gallifreyan, but that she was as real as he was, and not an "echo", as he referred to her. One of the Doctor's most enduring traits is his love and respect for all life. Had he turned his back on her, he'd be a hypocrite now wouldn't he?</p><p></p><p>In fact, this story held a lot of special moments for me in that the Doctor was chastised for the streak of arrogance he'd been recently displaying in the past couple of episodes. There was a moment in <em>Planet of the Ood</em> when he bluntly pointed out to Donna that slavery was just as common in her time as it is in the 42nd century. Then there's his snide attitude towards UNIT in <em>The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky</em>, all cause they carry guns, despite the fact that they're a military outfit, so of course they'd carry weapons. Weapons that have saved his butt on more than one occasion if I recall right. </p><p></p><p>The Doctor may be right most of the time on certain things, but it's good to see him put in his place every once in awhile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="horacethegrey, post: 4215608, member: 40123"] I'm thinking you missed the whole point of that scene. The Doctor was all for leaving Jenny behind because: 1) she was an artificially created lifeform, and therefore not "real" in his eyes. 2) she was made to be a soldier. Soldiers of course, carry guns. And according to the Doctor's holier than thou moral code, people with guns are not worth his time nor his help. What Donna was trying to prove to him wasn't Jenny's status as a Gallifreyan, but that she was as real as he was, and not an "echo", as he referred to her. One of the Doctor's most enduring traits is his love and respect for all life. Had he turned his back on her, he'd be a hypocrite now wouldn't he? In fact, this story held a lot of special moments for me in that the Doctor was chastised for the streak of arrogance he'd been recently displaying in the past couple of episodes. There was a moment in [I]Planet of the Ood[/I] when he bluntly pointed out to Donna that slavery was just as common in her time as it is in the 42nd century. Then there's his snide attitude towards UNIT in [I]The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky[/I], all cause they carry guns, despite the fact that they're a military outfit, so of course they'd carry weapons. Weapons that have saved his butt on more than one occasion if I recall right. The Doctor may be right most of the time on certain things, but it's good to see him put in his place every once in awhile. [/QUOTE]
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