Oh yes, we're back to Doctor Who. In the Whoniverse, every Whovian has "their Doctor", meaning either the first Doctor they watched and got attached to, or their favorite Doctor, or both. You might have noticed that this post is titled "My Doctors" with an "S". It's not that I have more than one. As a Whovian, of course I have my Doctor. I started out watching the Ninth Doctor, but MY Doctor is actually the Tenth. However, I've decided to dedicate this post to all three of the New!Who Doctors, Nine, Ten, and Eleven because they are the ones that really got me hooked on this show.
NINE- played by Christopher Eccleston
Accounting for regeneration, each of the Doctors have slightly different personalities. Nine is probably the most hardened out of all eleven of his regenerations. But take a look at the facts. He has just lost all of his family and friends, his entire race. His planet burned before his eyes and it was his fault. He was the cause of genocide for two whole races. Imagine having that on your conscience. He is a hardened, slightly angsty warrior who's trying to make up for it by saving everyone else. The Time War seemed to have removed some of his moral principals though, he doesn't have very much mercy. But then he meets Rose who helps him see the better way of dealing with things. Of course, he's still the Doctor, so he's not all angst and stiffness, he's definitely got a silly and fun side too. Nine's sense of humor is very unique next to other Doctors'. He's not straight out goofy like a lot of them, nor is he particularly witty, but he's got a sort of subtle silliness. Like switching a gun for a banana, or offering air from his lungs as a gift of peace, or acting indifferent in a life-threatening situation. He's also the sassiest out of the three New!Who Doctors, which I love XD
REGENERATION INSPECTION: "*looking in a mirror* Ah, could have been worse. Look at the ears though."
CATCHPHRASE: "Fantastic!"
TEN- played by David Tennant
Yes, this one is my Doctor, but that's beside the point. So the Doctor says that this regeneration of himself "certainly has a gob". He definitely does. He's one of the most talkative of all his regenerations. He's a bit more bouncy and lively than his previous self, but he still retains a bit of that sorrow and stiffness. He's the most emotionally open out of all his regenerations, I think. He's cried openly more than any of his previous selves, and he is easily angered. In fact, when he meets River Song (who knows him as the Eleventh Doctor), she expresses her frustration with his being so emotional. But I think that's one of the reasons I personally like him so much, because of his emotion. Plus he's just adorable all around. He's easily excited by the funniest things (like the anatomy of a robot that just tried to kill him).
REGENERATION INSPECTION: "What do I look like? No, no, no, no, don't tell me. Let's see, two legs, two arms, two hands. Slight weakness in the dorcile-tubicle. Hair! I'm not bald! Ooh, big hair. Sideburns. I've got sideburns! Or really bad skin. A little but thinner, that's weird. Give me time, I'll get used to it. I have got a mole. I can feel it. Between the shoulder blades, there's a mole. That's alright, love the mole. Go on then, tell me, what do you think?"
CATCHPHRASES: "Allons-y!" or "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
ELEVEN- played by Matt Smith
The floppy-haired, bowtie-wearing madman. Doctor number eleven is definitely the quirkiest of the New!Who Doctors. I sometimes think that, although Time Lords have no control over what they get when they regenerate, their sub-conscience sort of taps in somehow sometimes. I think this was the case for the Eleventh Doctor because Nine and Ten went through so much emotional turmoil that Eleven's personality was designed specifically to defend himself against future pain. He's a complete goofball and a child, but he also has an unusual coldness and darkness about him sometimes.
REGENERATION INSPECTION: "Legs! I've still got legs! Good. Arms, hands, ooh fingers! Lots of fingers. Ears, yes. Eyes, two. Nose? I've had worse. Chin, blimey! Hair... oh my gosh! No! No! No! I'm a girl? No! And I'm still not ginger! There's something else. Something important. I'm- I'm... Ha! Crashing! GERONIMO!!!"
CATCHPHRASES: "Geronimo!" or "(insert object) are cool."
You're hilar! I love these versions of the Doctors too!
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