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:::But that just leaves the same question. If it's wishful thinking, why that wish? | :::But that just leaves the same question. If it's wishful thinking, why that wish? | ||
:::Sure, I can understand people wishing for the Rani to come back. But it would be much simpler to just bring the Rani back as herself than to write out River Song by turning her into the Rani, and that would leave us with both characters instead of just one. | :::Sure, I can understand people wishing for the Rani to come back. But it would be much simpler to just bring the Rani back as herself than to write out River Song by turning her into the Rani, and that would leave us with both characters instead of just one. | ||
:::As for the Valeyard, [[Trial of a Time Lord]] is one story. To quote from the article on [[The Mysterious Planet]], "While listed [on this website, and by many fans] as a single story this story and the three others that make up 'The Trial of a Time Lord' are in fact one long story making this the longest Doctor Who story." | :::As for the Valeyard, [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] is one story. To quote from the article on [[The Mysterious Planet]], "While listed [on this website, and by many fans] as a single story this story and the three others that make up 'The Trial of a Time Lord' are in fact one long story making this the longest Doctor Who story." | ||
:::On top of that, the Valeyard reveal didn't actually bring back a familiar old character--we already had the Doctor, and we never got any significant Doctory-ness out of the Valeyard after he was revealed. That would be like bringing back the Master as himself through series 3, and then right before the finale saying, "Oh, by the way, Martha's brother is also the Master, but now he's gone and we've got just the main Master." Nobody would be clamoring for that. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 18:32, May 7, 2010 (UTC) | :::On top of that, the Valeyard reveal didn't actually bring back a familiar old character--we already had the Doctor, and we never got any significant Doctory-ness out of the Valeyard after he was revealed. That would be like bringing back the Master as himself through series 3, and then right before the finale saying, "Oh, by the way, Martha's brother is also the Master, but now he's gone and we've got just the main Master." Nobody would be clamoring for that. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 18:32, May 7, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:I think a large part of the reason that people want X to be Y is that a reveal is much more dramatic when it's been set up for a while but you haven't seen it. Considering, for example, the Rani above; it's much less dramatic if the character you've just met turns out to be the Rani than if one you've known all this time is the Rani and has been manipulating events all season. It's an extension of the Yana reveal. It's more dramatic for Yana to be revealed to be the Master than for the Master just to show up at the start of the episode. | :I think a large part of the reason that people want X to be Y is that a reveal is much more dramatic when it's been set up for a while but you haven't seen it. Considering, for example, the Rani above; it's much less dramatic if the character you've just met turns out to be the Rani than if one you've known all this time is the Rani and has been manipulating events all season. It's an extension of the Yana reveal. It's more dramatic for Yana to be revealed to be the Master than for the Master just to show up at the start of the episode. | ||