Sure it could be played for laughs, but they're handling this "straight"; and it seems like a wonderful little fetishgimmick to keep the punters in wonder.
OOOrr... DEE-OH.
The Seventh Doctor feels responsible for splitting the timeline, where after there's a 1960's mirror universe Nazi Scientist who speaks fondly of Hitler now and then saddled as his side kick rather than allowing her to run free in the 1950s regular universe trying to find some way to resettle the dis-railed timeline to put Adolf back in charge of the planet...
An antihero is one thing, but this is a Nazi.
Surely a Dalek or even the Master would make a more palatable sociable companion?
Love or loath?
OOOrr... DEE-OH.
The Seventh Doctor feels responsible for splitting the timeline, where after there's a 1960's mirror universe Nazi Scientist who speaks fondly of Hitler now and then saddled as his side kick rather than allowing her to run free in the 1950s regular universe trying to find some way to resettle the dis-railed timeline to put Adolf back in charge of the planet...
An antihero is one thing, but this is a Nazi.
Surely a Dalek or even the Master would make a more palatable sociable companion?
Love or loath?