The Doctor Who thread

[griffin]

I think the plot device of him being half-human was what had fans having trouble accepting it as part of DrWho canon... to the point of having fan-writers of the recent seasons go to some length to make it impossible for Timelords to be half human (eg... Donna Noble).
I'm in the minority, who thinks that it would have been interesting to have him be a half-breed like Spock, and explore his human side & family now that he's the only Timelord (currently). But now that it has been retconned to have him be fully Timelord, that's not going to happen.

[Hursticon]

I think the plot device of him being half-human was what had fans having trouble accepting it as part of DrWho canon... to the point of having fan-writers of the recent seasons go to some length to make it impossible for Timelords to be half human (eg... Donna Noble).
I'm in the minority, who thinks that it would have been interesting to have him be a half-breed like Spock, and explore his human side & family now that he's the only Timelord (currently). But now that it has been retconned to have him be fully Timelord, that's not going to happen.

I'd almost completely forgotten that point! - It did seem a little odd and even a little late in the piece to reveal such a thing (30 years late! ), it might've been an interesting path to travel (ala Spock ) but I think I too prefer the Doctor to be 100% Time Lord... He's human enough in personality to not really require sharing our biology.