Talk:The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)

Enemy: Sabbath ... really?
I wouldn't call Sabbath the enemy in this story. Amoral, yes. The antagonist to the Doctor, maybe. But the enemy? His goals, although no doubt derived from his arrogance, are the same as the Doctor's. His actions are as "ethical" (barring the odd bit of assassination, blackmail and sending someone to "rough" the Doctor up) by the standards of his era. He wants what's best for humanity, and goes about it in a manner you'd expect of someone in his time. He's like Greg House would be, if he was indoctrinated into a Secret Organisation and fighting a shadow war against something beyond his frame of understanding. The "Babwyn" are the threat. The nominal monster of the piece (in so far as the Reapers are the monster in Father's Day). You could argue that the Doctor is the enemy, as it's his actions that cause all the events in this story to come about (destroying Gallifrey).

Bumbles the Time Lord 05:47, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

What distinction is there between "antagonist" and "enemy"? "Enemy" doesn't just mean "evil characters". Plenty of Doctor Who stories have somewhat sympathetic villains, and Sabbath is just one example. I agree with the inclusions of the Mal'akh, though. They certainly do serve the "monster of the week" role in the story. But there can be more than one "enemy". NightmareofEden ☎  15:05, 25 December 2021 (UTC)