Contains spoilers forThe Magicians Apprentice,The Witchs FamiliarandGenesis Of The Daleks.
Do I have the right?
Thats dialogue from a rightly celebrated scene in a similarly popularDoctor Whostory:Genesis Of The Daleks.
Indeed, nor can a lot of fiction.
Do the ends justify the means?
He leaves Davros to his fate, which is an ambiguous act.
Does the Doctor think through his actions?
Does he just flee instinctively?
If he thinks about it, what is he hoping to achieve?
Perhaps the Doctor, notoriously the universes most blood soaked pacifist, was unwilling to get his hands dirty.
Alternately, does he leave the boy knowing that he will survive?
He is Davros and the Doctor knows he will survive, somehow.
Of course, this isnt the first time hes done that.
After the Have I the right?
Hes simultaneously heroic, selfish, right, wrong, and foolish.
If he is on a pedestal, then its plinth probably has something of a slope on it.
and then immediately jettison those beliefs was worth the risk.
The Witchs Familiar airs on BBC One on Saturday the 26th of September at 7.45pm.
