I think we can agree that everyone's just kind awful to each other in this and the end result is awkward as all get out. But the good parts are very good, unfortunately, for me, they weren't enough to save it.
I don't get why Twelve is being written as so abusive and controlling. I also don't get why Clara is being written as stupid and secretive (and stupid about her secretiveness!) unless it's meant as a response to the above.
The only one actually acting vaguely healthy in this Danny, but he's only sort of vaguely waving at the concept.
It is frustrating in the extreme.
I think that the Time Lord thing was more about Danny's own back story than about who the Doctor is. Danny is a poor kid who grew up to be a solider and obviously had an unpleasant experience with someone he respected tricking him into doing something he didn't want to do. Quite possibly because he thought that said office was some how "better" than him for not being a poor black kid who grew up in a children's home. He sees the Doctor and how he's acting with Clara, and how Clara respects and makes excuses for, he hears the Doctor being called a "Lord", and he jumps to his own conclusions. Which are IMHO not on the mark, but not completely off it either.
I feel like more of the Doctor's origins will probably be explored this series, and that Danny and the Doctor will at some point come to the realization of how very similar they bother are.
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I don't get why Twelve is being written as so abusive and controlling. I also don't get why Clara is being written as stupid and secretive (and stupid about her secretiveness!) unless it's meant as a response to the above.
The only one actually acting vaguely healthy in this Danny, but he's only sort of vaguely waving at the concept.
It is frustrating in the extreme.
I think that the Time Lord thing was more about Danny's own back story than about who the Doctor is. Danny is a poor kid who grew up to be a solider and obviously had an unpleasant experience with someone he respected tricking him into doing something he didn't want to do. Quite possibly because he thought that said office was some how "better" than him for not being a poor black kid who grew up in a children's home. He sees the Doctor and how he's acting with Clara, and how Clara respects and makes excuses for, he hears the Doctor being called a "Lord", and he jumps to his own conclusions. Which are IMHO not on the mark, but not completely off it either.
I feel like more of the Doctor's origins will probably be explored this series, and that Danny and the Doctor will at some point come to the realization of how very similar they bother are.