Hello Cthulhu

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angusabranson made a post which reminded me of the awesome SAN-draining properties of Hello Cthulhu. If you too wish to feel your brains dribble out of your ears follow that link...

On a related thought - wouldn't Doctor Who make a lot more sense if the Doctor was a Mythos entity? Not one of the "suck your brains" variety, at least directly, but wherever he goes chaos and death soon follow. Probably not Nyarlathotep, but maybe one of the other gods that can assume human form. Anyone got any suggestions as to which one?

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Meanwhile, in the Wet Blanket department...

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Um...well, in my view, no. For one thing, the Mythos entities are indifferent to humanity except as either food or a means to get back into this universe. That view only works if you ignore everything the Doctor does, says, thinks or feels.

It's only since the revamp that chaos and death are perceived as "following" the Doctor. For most of the life of the series he went where chaos and death were about to happen in order to prevent or limit their effects. It's kind of like saying policemen cause crime, which I suppose if you're some sort of a libertarian might seem like a tenable view, till you try it without them.

This "blame the Doctor for the monsters" idea (alternatively and subversively given in one episode as "the Doctor is worth the monsters") runs all through RTD's reimagining of the story, along with the "real life is much more fun" trope that I've grumped about elsewhere. Frankly, it's getting hard work watching through it, even when it's quite clear (as in "Bride") that he had nothing to do with the onset of the chaos at all.

Re: Meanwhile, in the Wet Blanket department...

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I'm not wholly serious about this, but I see what you mean. It does seem to be a reinvention of the character, to an extent.