i do think it's so interesting that essentially ianto dies bc Jack tries to pull a the doctor style move (going up to confront the alien bad guys face to face and grandstand about how humanity won't bow down to them and basically play "are you willing to take us on" chicken without actually having a plan for what to do if the alien bad guys just go "fuck you" and hit the kill everyone button) and because he's a character within the show he doesn't understand that the reason this always works out for the doctor is. fundamentally. because doctor who is a lighthearted family show for the whole family. and bc that means for the doctor there will always either be some kind of deus ex machina to save the day (or at least the main characters) or the show just won't have the alien bad guys go fine have it your way and gas everyone in the building. And that actually there's nothing keeping him and his loved ones safe bc they are missing the one crucial thing the doctor has which is the protection of the 9pm watershed. anyway i think genre blindness is awesome as a trope so i'm having a lot of what can from a certain point of view be called fun here




















