Loves Doctor Who. Stans 60s Who and EDA'S. Also loves many things like JJBA, Steven Universe, Fullmetal Alchemist, Buffy, Invincible, Community, Marvel/DC, etc.
Probably the greatest cast of characters I've ever experienced in fiction. Finally made a TierList of the Cyberpunk 2077 characters (most of them at least). Are you even surprised who my top 2 were?
Forget 7 and Ace being an unstoppable duo in stopping the corpos and being delinquents, 9 and Ace together would have burned everything corpo-related down to the ground. The two are pure anarchist punks, and would have got on so well together. I need this dynamic!
We've had Teacher/Student and Cool Uncle/Relative dynamics with the Doctor and Companion, and The Doctor would tell the companion to reign in their rage, but I would love a dynamic that show both are delinquent punks that hold so much rage equally. Gimme this type of dynamic.
Wild Blue Yonder finally cracked the case on what to do with the NewWho runtime. Just make a self-contained story, with little characters and ease up on the stakes. That way, the 45-60 minute runtime is justified without going too ambitious or rushed.
There's been intimate and affectionate Doctors inbetween, but 14 might be the first Doctor since the 6th Doctor to be 'truly' intimate with their friends. Like, there's genuine closeness, and they'd drop any hint of terror and destruction if their friend is in distress.
Need to watch it again, but Wild Blue Yonder could be up there as being my favourite NewWho story. At least in the top 4. It had everything I wanted, and I have not loved a story this hard in a *long* time.
Small detail I love about 7 and Ace is that while past Doctors would scorn their companions if they act rash, 7 tells Ace to bottle up her rage and release all of that anger and explosive behaviour towards the more important and bigger obstacles, like corpos and powerful people.
Fascinated by this line from The Time Warrior and the implications of The Doctor's true appearance. Like, a Gallifreyan's true form is an Eldritch being, but puts on a human filter as that's a form that reassures people. But Sontarans are a rare species who can *see* The Doctor.
I do like the Beatles homage in these two comic covers...
That said, Doctors 1-4 and 9-12 got rep, can't help but wonder that there's something missing... like there's a gap inbetween these two groups... not quite sure though...
My favourite Doctor Who headcanon is that The Time Destructor in Daleks' Master Plan accelerated 1's age so severely that it made him weaker than normal and he was trying to holding on. He could handle smaller scaled conflicts, but the Cybermen and Toymaker were too big for him.
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Giorno: Oh, are you talking about my father who died on a exploding boat or my father that got bested by some 17 year old kid?
Polnareff: Umm....
I much prefer when a Doctor exits an adventure completely exhausted and/or bloodied and bruised. It's evident with Doctors 1-3 and how a lot of stories show their clothes tattered and them sweaty. There's a harshness and a edge that never gets replicated again, barring EU DW.
@Pt6Confirmation
While I'm not a fan of how he depicts Jotaro sometimes (seriously, he looks 50 in the 2000 OVA), when his art hits, Junichi is my favourite official artist for Jojo besides Araki. His sketch art and his work on the 1993 OVA is stunning.
Matt Smith voice acting in 2010 was so funny, because in the Adventure Games he made the 11th Doctor sound like a quiet, yet angry psycho, who was on the brink of murdering whoever was closest to his vicinity.
The Runaway Train was one of my first audio-related Doctor Who stories, and I remember nothing about it, except for 11 constantly wanting to punch someone, and I've been stuck with this image of 11 going around time and space wanting to fight someone 😂
My irl friend's favourite Doctors are 3 and 11, which I'm not knocking him down on, they're great Doctors, but it's an interesting opinion considering how far removed these two Doctors are from each other in personalities. Are any of your two favourites different from each other?
The Master and Jo have one of the most complex dynamics in the Series. With The Master, there seems to be genuine care for Jo, often reassuring and even apologising to her, possibly the only human he shows care for. Yet, he's still driven by his goals. It's a fascinating dynamic.
Hear me out: A Multi-Doctor story that has 5 and 9 together.
5 is a Doctor that more than any other incarnation, thrives on being upper-class and 'British', whilst 9 thrives on being working-class. It would bring a fascinating dynamic of the two conflicting against one another.
Purple is such a definitive colour for the Doctor, it compliments his character and style so perfectly. It's surprising that we don't get more purple-based outfits.
A thing I love about Classic DW is that each era has different, distinct subgenres:
1st Doctor: Historicals
2nd: B.U.S
3rd: Thriller/Superhero
Hinchcliffe 4: Gothic Horror
Williams 4: Comedy Sci-Fi
JNT 4/5th: Hard Sci-fi
6th: Body Horror
7th: Cyberpunk
8th: Lovecraft Horror
I already love The Valeyard, but the VNA'S recontextualising 7's darkness because he's scared of becoming The Valeyard and felt he had to go to extremes to not go down that fate, not realising that he's doing similar things that The Valeyard does, makes him a top 5 DW villain imo
8 is absolutely the type of Doctor to go back to a previous 7th Doctor companion and try and amend the relationship to prove to them he's not 7 anymore...
While doing almost exactly the same things 7 would do, only subconsciously instead of overtly, and with different methods.
I may be somewhat critical of Joseph Lidster's Big Finish stories (even then, it's less him and more BF not carrying his big status-quo changes), but his work on Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures is not just top-tier stories for those shows, it's top-tier Doctor Who.
I love a lot of the post-regeneration Doctors that wear their predecessors' outfit, but I think these are my favourites mainly because I can see them still wearing them as a defacto outfit throughout their eras.
Ian: Sold, has to survive a shipwreck and is forced to fight a friend at a gladiator arena
Barbara: Is continually harassed by Nero
The Doctor and Vicki:
It's pretty telling that the two most praised Cybermen stories in the New Series are just a loose adaptation of a story that is not only highly praised, but is seen as the best representation of the Cybermen.
I don't want any Doctor actors to have their visual eras cut short, but I'm glad that Colin and McGann are the 'audio' Doctors. They have the best voices, being thespian and explosive, yet also soothing. Helps that 6 and 8 have the most linguistic, flowery language out of any Doc
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Got to admit that he did a great job conveying the anger. I still prefer Bakugo's voice for just being hilarious and being so distinctive, but this was a good job nonetheless.
Usually whenever a companion is hurt, any other incarnation, while angry, would just threaten the enemy. But 4 in The Sontaran Experiment goes full on Beserker mode, and goes to tear Styre apart without any plan. It's an underrated character moment that I wish we had more of.
@Pt6Confirmation
Gold Experience and Crazy Diamond have built in Hamon, because of their healing abilities being similar to their fathers, Jonathan and Joseph's Hamon.
Me: Well that trailer was alright, but it feels like we're retreading familiar 2008 ground and 14 just does not feel distinct---
Comic side of Me: OHMYGOD BEEP THE MEEP, BEST TRAILER EVER, RTD YOU GENIUS, COMICS ARE CANON, BEEP THE MEEP!!!!
It is usually rare, but I do love whenever The Doctor just cries. It's often a very vulnerable feeling for an ancient alien, and I do kinda wish that there were more moments of it.
(Unless it's the 10th Doctor, then I'm yelling at my TV for him to stop crying, the whiney baby)
@hajnarus
I'll be honest and say that pt 3/4 had the best style (although objectively, pt 6/7 look the best). It was that perfect balance between buff men and proportioned fashion.
Spoilers for The Giggle
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Why would you repeat this ending? And make it just as terrible as the first time!! RTD, just let Tennant go! Endings for incarnations are allowed to exist!!
The first 45 minutes I absolutely loved, and could've made The Giggle up there with Magic Mousetrap and Endgame as the best Toymaker story. The last 15 minutes I hated as much as Journey's End and End of Time, everything I feared was true. RTD just cannot let go, can he?
If this was any other NewWho Doc, I would have been aggravated at how non-aristocratic and casual the Doctor is acting compared to Docs 1-8. But Ncuti just somehow makes this Doctor look cool and thrill-seeking, like a modern Pertwee.
“Gin and tonic division” 😭😭
This Doctor is so smooth. I know it will not be for everyone but I like how more relaxed? This Doctor is. He’s just chilling in the club.
There's something about the crime procedural vibes of The Woman Who Fell To Earth that makes it the best 13th Doctor story for me. If the entire era had that subgenre, as that's where Chibnall's best writing strength lies at, it could've been the freshest Doctor Who era in ages.
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Side note: I love how people hate on Jotaro for leaving Jolyne, when his reasoning is almost the same as Lisa Lisa's reasoning for leaving Joseph, and everyone loves her for that.
Always fun to think of each Doctor's Big Bad
1: Daleks/Monk
2: Cybermen/Great Intelligence
3: Master
4: Davros/Sutekh
5: Master/Mara
6: Valeyard
7: Fenric/Nobody No-One/Valeyard (in spirit)
8: Rassilon/Faction Paradox/Sabbath
9: Daleks
10: Himself
11: Silence
12: Missy
13: Master
Dunno if it's different lighting from Season 18 compared to 19-21, but does it look like Peter Davison in Logopolis has a much darker, almost brown-ish colour in hair compared to his usual blonde look? Very odd, that.
I don't think any anniversary in Doctor Who will ever compare to the absolute insanity that was the 40th. Where the 3rd Doctor and UNIT fight the real Greek Gods, and 8 is possessed by a Time Lord Boogeyman, and his companion is taken through Alice in Wonderland-like scenarios.
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This was anime-exclusive, and I'm so glad David Productions added this in. I have mainly negative thoughts about the Judgement Arc, but this felt conclusive for Polnareff's character. He finally let go of his grief with his Sister's death and is able to move forward.
The Hinchcliffe era often plays on Gothic Horror tropes, but The Fendahl feels like a step above any monster in that era. Less conventional horror and more slow existential dread, a fear of the unknown. It's probably the Series' first step into Lovecraftian Horror.
He speaks theatrically like a Classic Doctor, he dresses like a Classic Doctor, most of his stories in Big Finish are structured like Classic Who, he was included in the 'Classic Series' website by the BBC.
By all accounts, I'd say he is a Classic Doctor.
@7Spideycomics
Also Omni-Man believes that he himself shouldn't be redeemed by the public, he's just only trying to do the best he can and help people in a selfless manner.
Gonna sound strange, but as much as I adore 7, I find McCoy to be one of the more limited actors to play The Doctor. He is fantastic, especially in the quiet scenes, but whenever he shouts or snarls, it feels OTT and forced compared to other thespian actors like Colin or McGann.
The Five Doctors and Greatest Show in the Galaxy are fascinating stories about DW because underneath the campy aesthetics and fanservice, they're pessimistic meta stories about letting DW as a franchise end, otherwise the higher ups (Ragnarok) and fans (Borusa) will milk it dry.
I wish that the individual episode titles were still a thing in Classic Who. They were dropped after The Gunfighters and that's a shame because it gave each episode in their respective stories their own identity.
It is a bit jarring hearing an older, gravely Peter Davison voicing what's supposed to be a Doctor that's young in Big Finish, until I headcanoned that 5 chain smokes on the side to calm himself down from the usual TARDIS Team bickering.
You all can have your "Rose Tyler-", your "Raggedy Man, Goodbye" and your "I Don't Want To Go"...
The saddest Doctor Who moment is still the 3rd Doctor finding Laika the Dog on her own in space and giving her a funeral on a empty planet. Tears me up every time.
The Virgin NewWho Doctors trying and failing to convince people not to sacrifice themselves to save the day vs the Chad 4th Doctor just giving Maximilian Stael a pistol so he can shoot himself in Image of the Fendahl.
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I swear, this is the only episode that Anime Jotaro actually has any fun, and it's so endearing to see besides seeing him scowling 98% of the time.
In general, the whole 'deadliest force in the universe' trope is one of the weaker things about DW, especially when it's told and not shown, and it's even a ongoing problem in Classic Who (tho the longer runtime does show the capabilities of a force to prove it's so powerful).
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Jean Pierre Polnareff. The one that lost almost as much as Jonathan. His sister, his best friend (twice), his dog, his body and then his life. But he mostly had a funny attitude to move forward, one of the best Stands, and fierce loyalty and determination. One of the best Jobros.
I've got nothing to add about the An Unearthly Child discourse (although I will defend the cavemen episodes for eternity), but hey at least The Eight Doctors decanonises the events of that story, so perfect workaround.
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People say Dio was why Jotaro stayed away from Jolyne and his wife. I say it was Kira. Seeing the most normal bystander have such a destructive Stand, k!ll hundreds and mutilate a town, it probably made Jotaro think that his family wasn't safe around Stand Users like him and Kira
June Hudson is perhaps my favourite outfit designer in Doctor Who. She's able to make colours pop and give the outfits a larger-than-life eccentric quality that isn't seen elsewhere. Each outfit that is sketched and finalised fits perfectly for their respective characters.
Amazing that an era has a story that states 'DW as a franchise is being milked, time for it to end', and another story going 'fandom has tried to catalogue DW, only to find out it's changed for the better', yet both stories' themes never feel like they contradict each other.
The Five Doctors and Greatest Show in the Galaxy are fascinating stories about DW because underneath the campy aesthetics and fanservice, they're pessimistic meta stories about letting DW as a franchise end, otherwise the higher ups (Ragnarok) and fans (Borusa) will milk it dry.
This is the best thing RTD has ever done. Since Dark Eyes, the Big Finish I loved went downhill, more so when they bought the NewWho license, with most stories amounted to being 'Glup Shittos'. With this restriction, maybe confrontational and experimental stories can happen again
I do think that Eric Roberts' performance as The Master goes OTT and wacky when he dons the Time Lord garb, but his performance prior is amazing. Obviously, it's just The Terminator, but I think that slow-moving, wrathful persona really works for him, and adds an unsettling vibe.
@SSF1991
Even in the 'Golden Years' with the 2D games, Sonic 3K had realistic and grounded environments. They've been here since 1994, I think they're a mainstay for the franchise
There's some bitter irony about Charley, someone that 8 cared for but was ultimately detached and closed off, taking part in an event that ultimately lead to his future friend, Lucie's demise, someone who 8 was originally detached by but grew to care for.
South Park constantly calls out Cartman, who wants to exterminate gingers and Jewish people, racist, homophobic, sexist, killed his own dad and stepmom and grounded them into chili so his half-brother ate them.
Right-wingers: Hmm, Cartman is a good person who I agree with.
To this day, I am so miffed that the story to celebrate 25 years of the 8th Doctor, ends up being a multi-Doctor story with 11, meeting two versions of Rose Tyler and fighting Sontarans. Three things that have nothing to do with 8's legacy. What a celebration of 25 years(!)
Just in case if you forgot that Russell T Davies came from the Wilderness Years first. Can you imagine an 8 year old who's only been exposed to the relative PG NewWho run, sees the Rose novelisation and reads it, seeing the absolute carnage on display, lol
It's said that Day of the Doctor hurts 9/10's character arc of grieving over the Time War, so I like how Doom Coalition gives a different meaning to them blaming themselves, by having 8 stop a Time Lord from changing the future, but in doing so, the Time War now *must* happen.