Have Dreams, Will Travel • Posts Tagged ‘London Olympics’

Honestly, I felt that the inclusion was the perfect nod to the Doctor. Those who know him have all immediately recognized his materialization. But to those who don’t know him, it was merely noise and not enough to warrant further thought. (I mean, all the companions come running from blocks away when the TARDIS lands in a city, yet no one else ever takes notice). Plus, The Doctor has never gone out of his way to grab the limelight. He (mostly) just observes. So I think that was Danny’s way of letting us, those in the know, know that the Doctor was indeed there, and that if he had to step in to stop any threat, then we will never have to know. Because that is the true Doctor, the silent guardian.

A really nice comment on this article mentioning the TARDIS noise during the Olympic Opening Ceremonies (via notdoingmywork)

orbitingasupernova:

waiting-for-the-tardis:

Seeing as there’s still Matt Smith hate going on in his own tag, I thought I’d make one last post on the subject. Matt has every right to be carrying the torch in Cardiff, and he is not the one you should be aiming your hate at.

I love David, but he is not the Doctor anymore. It has been years now since he was involved in the show. Not only is it fairer to give the slot the Matt, but the BBC will want to use this as an opportunity to advertise the show. Using the current Doctor is only logical. You don’t advertise a show with a person who isn’t even in it anymore.

It has nothing to do with Fear Her. It’s Cardiff. He’s one runner out of about 8000 people. They didn’t give Matt the torch to somehow stick to continuity, or to honour Fear Her. They did it because Doctor Who is popular, and known all over the world. He’s representing Doctor Who, not an episode that aired about five years ago. Why would David represent the current show if he’s not even in it anymore?

He’s torch bearing as Matt. Not the Doctor. It’s irrelevant to canon and continuity.

Fear Her aired five years ago. To a TV audience. Most people are not going to remember it, or have even watched it. Most people however will know at least what Doctor Who is.

He is not replacing anybody, especially not David. He is in Cardiff. Ten held the torch in London. Ten took the torch into the stadium. Ten took the torch and lit the flame. Matt is simply carrying it in Cardiff for a bit. The argument “it goes against canon” is weird, because even if it were David carrying the torch it would still be completely different to how it played out in the show.

If you’re going to complain, it shouldn’t be in regards Matt. It should be in regards to how it’s only Matt, and not David as well, as they arguably could have done both. There are 8000 runners carrying the torch. Matt is only carrying it in Cardiff.

David is of course busy in Poland. So really, the reason why he isn’t taking part could be entirely down to him preferring to finish his work over there. Meaning really no-one is really to blame.

I’ve seen some people talk about going and booing Matt. Which if this happens, I will be so fucking humiliated by this fandom. Legit.

I wanted DT to do it too, but fuck if you do that booing shit you’re a horrible person.

If you boo Matt Smith, how dare you call yourself a Doctor Who fan. If I were there and I heard people booing, I would punch them in the face.

The original post makes an excellent point. It had nothing to do with Fear Her. It has everything to do with Doctor Who being awesome and giving it a worldwide spot.