![]() ![]() Partial victories include ‘ Arachnids in the UK’, ‘ Spyfall Part Two’, and ‘ Revolution of the Daleks’. He is visibly shaken by this at the end of the story, as he is at the end of ‘Midnight’ where an entity on board a tourist bus defeats him and is only beaten by the unnamed hostess’ sacrifice. In ‘ Warriors of the Deep’ the Doctor manages to avert a nuclear war ending life on Earth, but achieves this by killing all the Silurians and Sea Devils on an undersea base. It’s rare that an antagonist will completely achieve their aims (Rasmussen in ‘Sleep No More’, for example, whose Sandmen-enabling Morpheus process was still broadcast despite the Doctor’s interventions), but there are several victories that feel hollow or partial. The most obvious example of failure is the Doctor not ‘winning’, or doing so in a way that doesn’t meet their ideals (say, the story’s antagonist(s) succeeding in some way, or the Doctor only defeating them through violence). ![]() How the Doctor fails, and how the character responds to that failure, are key to the success of Doctor Who’s ongoing story. Sometimes there’ll be a run of stories where this happens before Doctor Who reverts back to its format: the Doctor and friends having fun adventures. From time to time the Doctor doesn’t save the day, or their victory is tarnished somehow. Doctor Who has a reputation as teatime horror designed to scare children, but a safe scare because ultimately the Doctor will win. ![]()
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