Warbler said:
Doctor Who isn't "Once Upon a Time in America". There is a big difference between characters that are supposed to be evil and characters that are supposed to be the good guys but are rude jerks. Also, You can't call how the character was on the original show for over 25 years(with the acception of the first few episodes) and how the character has been in the new show, a fluke. The Doctor is the hero of the series, he is supposed to be likeable. At least he has been for the overwheming majority of the time.
Thank you this isn't a dark story about gangsters and killers. if that is what you want to watch then you are not a fan of Doctor Who,because you want the show to be something it is not. Also the first doctor went through an arc in his first 13 episodes and he was likable by the end of Inside the spaceship and even before that he had a reason for doing what he did. He took Ian and Barbra with him because he was afraid their knowledge of him would disrupt the timeline. In The Daleks he didn't mean to put anyone in danger he just wanted to explore a city that they had no reason to believe their was any danger in and in Inside the spaceship The TARDIS was driving everyone crazy so he thought Ian and Barbra were trying to steal the TARDIS so he did what he had to in order to protect Susan. At no point did he seem to take joy in the deaths of others and at no point was killing people his ideal option. Even at the end of the Daleks he expressed regret that the Daleks had to die and he tired to barter for the lives of the Thals.
Now he seems to travel for no other reason then he wants to mock people as they die and he seems to be trying to turn everyone he meets into a monster.
Now maybe you think turning The Doctor into Jigsaw from the Saw movies makes the show more adult but that isn't what I have ever watched the show for so if that is the road it is going down you can count me out. That isn't why the show appeals to me and I have no interest in watching the Doctor turned into the biggest dickhead in the history of TV. Sorry.
If Moffat wants to write dark sci-fi with no heroes of any kind then he should create a new show along the lines of the new BSG and I wish him luck and all the viewers that want to see that could go watch the new show. I just wish he would stop trying to turn Doctor Who into something it is not and has never been.