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The New Doctor Who

 
  

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STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
16:58 / 02.02.09
Erm... you do realise that, what with conscription and civil wars and stuff, many, many people in real life who actually ARE "battle-wearied" can still look quite, well, YOUNG, don't you?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
17:01 / 02.02.09
True, but most of them aren't actually 900 years old. I can understand the idea that even an immortal race needs a few crinkles around the eyes to express that.

I think everyone with the background to do so has a favourite Doctor, and new Doctors are initially written off and then, with the exception of Colin Baker, eventually accepted. Often, "your" Doctor is the first Doctor you see - you imprint, really.

Personally, I like Jon Pertwee. I was about his age in the 70s, and watching him run around in a clearly sexual relationship with a much younger woman... well, it just sort of felt right, you know?
 
 
Dead Megatron
17:38 / 02.02.09
Stoat - Yeah, of course I realize that, but I would not really compare Doctor Who with real life, would you? If Matt Smith does the melancolic Doctor and make it work, I would have no problem with him (though I don't think Mofat wants to do that from now on, based mostly on his decision to focus on "new" enemies and plot lines, giving the show a "young" feel to appeal to a new audience instead of old fans...). Plus, much of the reasons on why I liked Doc-9 so much were due to Eccleston's acting and many of the antics he gave to the character over Tennant's somewhat boyish (and eventually grim) Doc-10*, as well. Not that it was not good, I just like Eccleston a bit better in the role.

Haus - You understand me so well...

* For instance, I loved the way he refered to humans as "monkeys" whenever he got angry/disapointed at them(us), or the way he managed to make a brass-colored tincan chained to the ground sound so dangerous and terrifying just by saying "You have a live Dalek here?" (or something like that. Mind you, it was my first ever contact with them, being at the time new to the show.
 
 
Lama glama
14:28 / 03.02.09
with the exception of Colin Baker, eventually accepted. Often, "your" Doctor is the first Doctor you see - you imprint, really.

Is it a signifier of something dark and horrible within me that I really like Colin Baker's Doctor, despite the insufferable McCoy being my "first"? It's probably just a bad taste thing, isn't it?
 
 
Mono
06:37 / 05.02.09
So, this New Doctor came into the shop where I work yesterday. He was all elbows and knees and a bit over the top, but seemed like he might be genuinely odd in an ever-so-slightly-Julian-Cope-ish sort of way.

Or maybe I was just hoping...
 
 
Quantum
08:18 / 05.02.09
In a parallel world, Julian Cope is the next Doctor.
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
17:21 / 08.02.09
That is equal parts terrifying and appropriate.
 
 
DavidXBrunt
08:18 / 16.02.09
Ronnie Corbett due to guest star in the Sarah Jane Adventures Comic Relief Special. Which, you know, is nice.
 
  

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