Post by Escher on Aug 10, 2023 12:15:41 GMT
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Steven Moffat, the former showrunner of the long-running British cult classic, Doctor Who, provided an in-universe explanation as to why the first two incarnations of the Doctor had their episodes broadcast in black and white. Moffat declares the early incarnations of the Doctor suffered from achromatopsia and were incapable of perceiving color. He goes further and indicates the stories are being told from the Doctor’s visual perspective. Moffat’s revised canon is written into his 2018 book “The Day of the Doctor.”
Moffat’s book claims the First and Second Doctors episodes were in black and white because the Doctor’s incarnations were colorblind and unable to differentiate colors. Moffat takes this perspective and uses it to explain the canon predispositions of later Doctors to dress outlandishly due to their fascination with color, once they were able to see it.
Entertainment journalist Craig Elvy suggested that the Doctor’s former colorblindness implies “the audience is watching Doctor Who through the eyes of the Doctor – not from the neutral, third-person perspective viewers naturally assume. By extension, that also means Doctor Who’s stories are being told through the Doctor’s mental perspective, complete with their bias, their fallible memories, and maybe even their deliberate lies.”
Entertainment journalist Craig Elvy suggested that the Doctor’s former colorblindness implies “the audience is watching Doctor Who through the eyes of the Doctor – not from the neutral, third-person perspective viewers naturally assume. By extension, that also means Doctor Who’s stories are being told through the Doctor’s mental perspective, complete with their bias, their fallible memories, and maybe even their deliberate lies.”
