#i do like the actual scenes and 14/15's interaction but i just wish it hadn't been written this way

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I have a gripe with people saying “What do you mean David overshadowed Ncuti, his performance was so good and he stole the show!”

I do agree with the people talking about how good Ncuti’s performance was, but I think they’re missing the point. It’s about the principle of Ncuti getting his introduction to himself. It’s not about Ncuti’s performance but the fact RTD chose to write Ncuti having to share his screentime with his predecessor during regeneration when no other Doctor has had to do that for their introduction.

#updates from cipher #before anyone argues with me in bad faith about how 12 got introduced during the ‘no sir all 13’ scene in the 50th: he still got his own #introduction with ‘I will always remember when the Doctor was me’ -> ‘I’ve got new kidneys!’ #‘David not dying made me feel better about Ncuti’s introduction’ excuse me we are watching the Main Character Gets Replaced Eventually show #the main character dying is something we knew was going to happen. ncuti was announced before david. #i do like the actual scenes and 14/15's interaction but i just wish it hadn't been written this way