According to the showrunner, the tragedy was necessary to move the story forward and raise the stakes of the war. And realistically, when it comes to war, the loss of lives is "inevitable," so it wouldn't make sense for all the characters to live to see the end of the series. Never mind your fantasy creatures from under the sea, what we’ve done to the oceans is real, so the drama has to get a patina of reality that you wouldn’t necessarily put into every episode of Doctor Who — it kind of just opens us up to the fact that someone’s got to die.
Author: Jennifer Chu
Published at: 2026-02-21 23:08:45
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