The Doctor says he only had time to save one person and he saved Ida (which is fair enough, he knew her well and didn't know the Ood at all). I'm not sure if we're meant to feel slightly uncomfortable about the Ood and their situation, in the way the story makes us, because although the humans and the Doctor clearly do care what happens to the Ood, it is also clear they are not really a priority. But I certainly think that by the time Planet of the Ood came around Davies was aware of the vibe that was created here and had decided to run with it - in some ways its a shame he did so by making the Ood much more obviously exploited, rather than just kind of taken for granted as they are here.
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Date: 2012-03-17 05:21 pm (UTC)