Maybe he's romanticized Gallifrey so much, he's anxious to have another go and see if he can feel at home on his homeworld?
Well, that's all Moffat's doing because since the beginning the Doctor's home wasn't Gallifrey--it's Earth. The only reason why the Doctor (and his granddaughter, Susan) end up on Earth is because the Time Lords banished him from Gallifrey. Maybe having a 400 year distance has romanticized Gallifrey...but the romanticizing of Gallifrey is a huge retcon of the Doctor's attitude about the other Time Lords in "The End of Time." So I could understand thinking about Gallifrey in a good way--in a wistful way because it's gone now. But being gung-ho about bringing it back--jerky Time Lords included--and wanting to go home just doesn't jive with what has previously been shown on the show in terms of the Doctor's relations with other Time Lords.
(I hate being so pessimistic; but I just don't trust Moffat that he's going to keep the tension between the Doctor and other Time Lords based on the white-washing of them he did in the 50th.)
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Well, that's all Moffat's doing because since the beginning the Doctor's home wasn't Gallifrey--it's Earth. The only reason why the Doctor (and his granddaughter, Susan) end up on Earth is because the Time Lords banished him from Gallifrey. Maybe having a 400 year distance has romanticized Gallifrey...but the romanticizing of Gallifrey is a huge retcon of the Doctor's attitude about the other Time Lords in "The End of Time." So I could understand thinking about Gallifrey in a good way--in a wistful way because it's gone now. But being gung-ho about bringing it back--jerky Time Lords included--and wanting to go home just doesn't jive with what has previously been shown on the show in terms of the Doctor's relations with other Time Lords.
(I hate being so pessimistic; but I just don't trust Moffat that he's going to keep the tension between the Doctor and other Time Lords based on the white-washing of them he did in the 50th.)