Warbler said:
AntcuFaalb said:
Warbler said:
The Doctor is the hero of the series, he is supposed to be likeable.
This gets to the root of my question: Why?
I don't think "that's the way it always has been" is a good excuse to not change things when the time comes to make a decision.
The Doctor is supposed to be a dynamic character, no? Maybe this unlikable Doctor will learn something in the course of doing unlikable un-Doctor-y things and his next regeneration will pop out someone much more down-to-Earth.
But meanwhile we are stuck with a doctor that is "doing unlikeable un-Doctor-y things", and you don't see a problem. Actually, "that's the way it always has been" is a good reason not to change things. When he is a certain way for over 30 years, in multiple regenerations, its kinda difficult to explain the change now.
As for your "Why?",
1. normally the good guys are likeable. Its kinda difficult for a good guy not to be likeable. Its normally considered good to be likeable.
2. This Doctor isn't a "cool" not likeable. He's not a guy that "you love to hate". He is really unlikeable as in "I hate watching hime, I get no enjoyment out of watching" kind of unlikeable.
3. Its kinda difficult to make an enjoyable show when the main character is unlikeable. Yeah, you can make him evil or unlikeable to the rest of the characters in the show. But unlikeable to the audience? That just doesn't work.
Yeah why would i watch something when I don't like the character the story revolves around? That is why the prequels failed. Anikin was a whiny brat,Padme was so stupid she married a guy after he told her is slaughtered a whole village of people,and the Jedi came off as a weird cult that kidnapped children if they had a microbe in their blood. It's hard to be invested in a story if you don't care about the characters. Sorry that is just how I see it. The 12th Doctor is the only Doctor I can't stand and so I don't care what happens to him and so I don't care about the story any more. Sorry.