Man...after reading all this (GREAT DISCUSSION) I'm so eager to see the rest of S3, and Torchwood as well! Think TW doesn't air until Sept on BBCA.
Someone said something...lemme scroll back up because I loved it...oh, about the Doc's problem is that he sees too much of the big picture. I absolutely love that. Not only has he seen so much, but as a Time Lord, he's seen different outcomes of events. For all we know, some of these sacrifices could actually be for the greater good, some outcome that only he knows about. To be honest, I have to wonder how it is that the Doc isn't totally whacked by now. Closest we've come to that was Peter D and Colin B, because PD's regeneration was the "roughest", and Colin B was just...out there. LOL! No wonder Sylvester McCoy was a clown (though I tell you, he could crank up the power when he wanted to! Definite darkness underneath the mask.)
What I really love is the differences and how one leads to another. You have the original, who is just a cranky old man that knows a lot and is impatient with those that don't. In a sense he's very much a child in the Time Lord way even though his appearance is an old man. He's pompous and thinks he knows everything.
The second Doc was the vagabond, the one that was trying to find his place. He retains that child-like aura, and this being his second regeneration, is trying to come to terms with that whole senario and who is he, while still dealing with issues of life and death and morality (interesting notions for one who has so many lives). He's the teen, he's testing the waters. At times he's very immature, at times he suddenly seems to know things that are way advanced of even his years.
The third was the later teen/early 20's, the one that is more concerned with image and self expression. There is more confidence here, more of a certainty in who he is, what he is. He is more liable to make friends now, he's more willing to test these theories and notions that he's developed. He still is arrogant, but by this time has a "bigger picture" to look at, and allows that to temper him to some degree. But he is still very set in his ways.
The fourth one is the young adult. Tom Baker just took the character and made it his. He's cocky as they all are, but at the same time is more forgiving. At this point he accepts his need *not* to be lonely, which shows in his various companions (I believe he had the most companions of any doc). Part of this is his need for acceptance, not so much on an emotional level but more because his "job", who he is, is becoming planted in his brain. This doctor shows more discovery, more doubt, more of the original child-like tendency, and is becoming more philosophical.
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Someone said something...lemme scroll back up because I loved it...oh, about the Doc's problem is that he sees too much of the big picture. I absolutely love that. Not only has he seen so much, but as a Time Lord, he's seen different outcomes of events. For all we know, some of these sacrifices could actually be for the greater good, some outcome that only he knows about. To be honest, I have to wonder how it is that the Doc isn't totally whacked by now. Closest we've come to that was Peter D and Colin B, because PD's regeneration was the "roughest", and Colin B was just...out there. LOL! No wonder Sylvester McCoy was a clown (though I tell you, he could crank up the power when he wanted to! Definite darkness underneath the mask.)
What I really love is the differences and how one leads to another. You have the original, who is just a cranky old man that knows a lot and is impatient with those that don't. In a sense he's very much a child in the Time Lord way even though his appearance is an old man. He's pompous and thinks he knows everything.
The second Doc was the vagabond, the one that was trying to find his place. He retains that child-like aura, and this being his second regeneration, is trying to come to terms with that whole senario and who is he, while still dealing with issues of life and death and morality (interesting notions for one who has so many lives). He's the teen, he's testing the waters. At times he's very immature, at times he suddenly seems to know things that are way advanced of even his years.
The third was the later teen/early 20's, the one that is more concerned with image and self expression. There is more confidence here, more of a certainty in who he is, what he is. He is more liable to make friends now, he's more willing to test these theories and notions that he's developed. He still is arrogant, but by this time has a "bigger picture" to look at, and allows that to temper him to some degree. But he is still very set in his ways.
The fourth one is the young adult. Tom Baker just took the character and made it his. He's cocky as they all are, but at the same time is more forgiving. At this point he accepts his need *not* to be lonely, which shows in his various companions (I believe he had the most companions of any doc). Part of this is his need for acceptance, not so much on an emotional level but more because his "job", who he is, is becoming planted in his brain. This doctor shows more discovery, more doubt, more of the original child-like tendency, and is becoming more philosophical.