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Grimm said:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Dave:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Grimm:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Dave: I am plumbing my brains for a Vertigo or Wildstorm WTF. Generally these imprints have a better quality of story: the only one which leaps to mind is the issue of the Authority when the mad Doctor's powers suddenly run out. I just didn't get that at all.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Psychic precondition of the power transfer: one hour time limit. Sure, he probably could've removed it, but I think he really just wanted one last battle for the fun of it. But then we wouldn't have that great ending line: "Sixty minutes are up, asshole!" <img border="0" title="" alt="[nyah hah]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Whoops, sorry, I messed up: I meant to say why did he become good towards the end? The Doctor anticipated that this would happen. How? It didn't happen the first time around, when he went crazy and got imprisoned, did it? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They did explain this. It took me a couple of times reading it to quite catch it. I'll pull out the tpb and summarize. But first I need food. And sleep.




Almost a year later. . .heheheh.

Essentially the difference is this: The current Doctor has all of the combined powers of all of his predecessors. He is the only Doctor to have this level of power. This also means his senses and mental state are on another level. "empathy for every single living thing" I think was the phrase used in the story.

He knew when he gave up his powers, that eventually the rogue Doctor's senses and mental state would catch up to his power level, and he would no longer be a genocidal madman. All the Authority had to do was keep him busy long enough for that to happen. Essentially, the rogue Doctor got played by the junkie.

I don't know how well I've explained that, but maybe it's helpful.