Which is - why the hell didn't Eleven do anything about that whole army of "surplus population" that Kazran had downstairs in the freezer? I can imagine Ten's righteous indignation and his insistence on finding a way to get them all out while simultaneously saving the space-liner or whatever it was. But Eleven hardly seemed to notice they were there. Which is odd, when he doesn't consider that he's ever met anyone who's unimportant. Or do they not count because he's not met them all?
I don't know, the Doctor can often be a bit myopic in situations like this, I'm afraid (honestly, in this case, I think he was mostly focused on saving Amy and Rory and anyone on top of that was just bonus). For example, in the new series, you have Ten not helping or really caring about the Ood's plight in tIP/tSP. And I know that there's more examples even from classic Who, but I'm blanking on them at the moment.
He (the Doctor) tends to focus on those around him much of the time and sometimes forgets about the other people who might also be in need. Think of all the people who've died/have been hurt just because they weren't people he knew (or the ones he just felt moved to help on that day, for some reason). He's quite flawed that way. It's part of his alien-ness, methinks.
Plus, sometimes I think he can make small changes, but he often leaves humans/aliens to their own devices on the bigger, cultural things. I'm sure he believes that Kazran will have changed enough to release the people in storage, but then he might also believe that is something that the humans need to learn from.
(Sorry, I'm probably not making much sense, as I'm sleepy)
Also - the TARDIS can tow a planet to safety - why not a starship? *g*
Well, that falls into the usual bit where the TARDIS doesn't get used because it would solve the issues in most, if not all, of the stories. So, you have to sideline or de-power the TARDIS to make the story work. That's classic Who. *shrug* :)
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I don't know, the Doctor can often be a bit myopic in situations like this, I'm afraid (honestly, in this case, I think he was mostly focused on saving Amy and Rory and anyone on top of that was just bonus). For example, in the new series, you have Ten not helping or really caring about the Ood's plight in tIP/tSP. And I know that there's more examples even from classic Who, but I'm blanking on them at the moment.
He (the Doctor) tends to focus on those around him much of the time and sometimes forgets about the other people who might also be in need. Think of all the people who've died/have been hurt just because they weren't people he knew (or the ones he just felt moved to help on that day, for some reason). He's quite flawed that way. It's part of his alien-ness, methinks.
Plus, sometimes I think he can make small changes, but he often leaves humans/aliens to their own devices on the bigger, cultural things. I'm sure he believes that Kazran will have changed enough to release the people in storage, but then he might also believe that is something that the humans need to learn from.
(Sorry, I'm probably not making much sense, as I'm sleepy)
Also - the TARDIS can tow a planet to safety - why not a starship? *g*
Well, that falls into the usual bit where the TARDIS doesn't get used because it would solve the issues in most, if not all, of the stories. So, you have to sideline or de-power the TARDIS to make the story work. That's classic Who. *shrug* :)