Doctor Who thread II: "I should have a hat like that." [SPOILERS]

[Philistine]

Which is the fault of those people. Actors act, it's the name of the job, if someone doesn't understand that, I don't know how much clearer it can be.

Spoilered just in case, since it's still talking about the "Year of Specials."

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And if the actors (and the writers and the directors et al.) are good at their jobs, then they create sympathetic feelings in the audience. It's not rational that this sympathy should then transfer from the character to the actor; but it's also not something most people can avoid doing, even if unconsciously. It's a pretty elementary bit of human psychology; so the extremely extended closing of "End of Time" indicates either extraordinary ignorance or truly breathtaking cynicism (not to mention unprofessionalism) on the part of the previous production team.