> Moffat was also seizing the opportunity to state his vision of the Doctor. This wasn't quite as successful. I bought the very old and very lonely but Smith didn't sell very kind.
I think you've missed it slightly. Moffat wasn't presenting old-lonely-and-kind as a fait accompli. He was showing the way it's going to be from here on. Amy was channelling the Moff in that scene: given an opportunity to take charge, she says Right, you, you're old and lonely, now it's time to start being kind.
The Doctor's solution to the Morton's Fork was classic Ten: he was this close to saying I'm sorry, I'm so sorry as he waved his screwdriver about. But Amy told him that my Doctor doesn't just wantonly euthanize whales without looking for a third option. You can see the lesson go in: Matt had a learning experience, and from now on the Doctor is going to be different, but it's presented as character development with continuity.
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I think you've missed it slightly. Moffat wasn't presenting old-lonely-and-kind as a fait accompli. He was showing the way it's going to be from here on. Amy was channelling the Moff in that scene: given an opportunity to take charge, she says Right, you, you're old and lonely, now it's time to start being kind.
The Doctor's solution to the Morton's Fork was classic Ten: he was this close to saying as he waved his screwdriver about. But Amy told him that my Doctor doesn't just wantonly euthanize whales without looking for a third option. You can see the lesson go in: Matt had a learning experience, and from now on the Doctor is going to be different, but it's presented as character development with continuity.