I remember how, back in the olden days (read: 2005-2009), actions in Doctor Who used to have consequences.

If a flying saucer damages the Big Ben, then it’s going to have scaffolding around it in the coming seasons. If the Doctor brings down a dystopia without staying and making sure that society recovers from it properly, then it’s going to bite him later. If London suffers from alien invasions two Christmases in a row, then it’s going to evacuate on the third. If the Doctor is forced to wipe a companion’s memory and reset all her character development, then he’s going to spend the next year traveling alone, ridden with guilt.

Then came 2010. The Doctor returned to the screens — but not my Doctor. (Which really has nothing to do with who portrayed the Doctor better, David T. or Matt S.: they are both just actors and work with the lines they’re given.) In this New and Improved season, bad things aren’t treated as bad things. Amy sexually assaults the Doctor, and while he’s initially horrified, he soon shakes it off and keeps traveling with her. Then in The Two With The Silurians…

Rory dies. Worse yet, he’s unpersoned. And it happens, ultimately, because the Doctor takes him and Amy to the wrong place. This would be a good moment for the Doctor to realize that his reckless actions put people around him in danger, perhaps remembering Donna or, heck, Lynda-with-a-Y.

What does the Doctor do? He takes Amy to an art gallery, then to a monster chase in Van Gogh’s time. Of course.

Head, meet desk.