Doctor Who Drabble: Doing What's Right
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badly_knittedTitle: Doing What's Right
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badly_knittedCharacters: The Doctor.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 955: ‘Justice’ at
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dw100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Justice is better than revenge.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
The Doctor has never been interested in revenge; he doesn’t want to harm, he’d rather heal, which is why he chose the name he’s known by across most of the universe.
Revenge serves nobody, it merely piles more pain and suffering on top of that caused by the original crime. Justice is better, if it can be attained, although he accepts that isn’t always possible. There are limits to even the Shadow Proclamation’s authority, and anyway, what justice can there be if there’s no one left to pay reparations to?
Still, he does what he can to make things right.
The End
Revenge serves nobody, it merely piles more pain and suffering on top of that caused by the original crime. Justice is better, if it can be attained, although he accepts that isn’t always possible. There are limits to even the Shadow Proclamation’s authority, and anyway, what justice can there be if there’s no one left to pay reparations to?
Still, he does what he can to make things right.
The End
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Date: 2025-09-02 08:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-09-02 08:57 pm (UTC)Thank you!