I should be doing schoolwork right now.

[melannen]

I have been kind of sniffing around the edges of Dr. Who fandom lately. (What with the new show and all.) I have been a casual Who watcher for yonks. I can't remember ever *not* knowing that the TARDIS is shaped like a police public call box as camouflage and this ought to make perfect sense to everyone.

But then I get into the fandom and get confused. Because I can't keep my Doctors straight.

No, actually, I can keep my Doctors straight. There are 9 Doctors (because I haven't seen any of 10 yet), I never get them confused, and these are their names:

1. The one who made me realize I have a thing for old guys.
2. The one who has a Three Stooges haircut.
3. The one who looks like Alexander Hamilton the guy on the $20 bill.
4. The one with the scarf.
5. The ugly one.
6. The one who looks like Willy Wonka.
7. The cute one.
8. The American one who was trying to be Lord Byron.
9. The one with the ears.

People start throwing around things like "McCoy" or "The Third Doctor" and I get confused.
It doesn't help that people seem to think that the ugly one is actually cute, so I always think they mean one of the others. (Possibly due to the fact that he apparently played Tristan Farnon? Tristan is teh sex, but I never saw any film adaptations of Herriot.)

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[terredancer.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted to say 'but doesn't that include *all* of them?'
Except that I only have *one* labeled 'the cute one', so, y'know.

*snicker* Okay, yeah.

I can never get used to Sixth's costume. It was atrocious, and the first time I saw it again after many years, I ended up with a headache for the next two days. At least, that's my story. But I'm biased because I totally have the love on for Seventh, as evidenced by the icon.

but I never saw the episodes in any sort of order, so it doesn't come naturally to me.

Yeah, that's a problem. I think I've seen most of Seventh/McCoy/this Doctor (indicates icon again), and then there's Scarf-Doctor, and then there's the one from the first season of the new series. I'm trying to download Fifth's first season now, because I have seen nada from him.

Sometimes, I seriously think the only reason I keep them all straight is from being friends with caitlin for so long. And fandom kind of reinforces that, too.

10 sort of grew on me. But I do think that actually watching him in the downloaded copies of the Children in Need special and Christmas Invasion helped. Also, it helped that his actor is an unabashed fanboy.

Mind, it's also making the fangirls go crazy, which is annoying. *rolls eyes*

[melannen.livejournal.com]

... I loved Sixth's costume. I would ... well, not kill, but do some pretty unethical things to have a coat like that. I have a feeling his fashion sense is pretty close to mine. (Mind you, I'm not *disagreeing* about it being *atrocious*.)

Six is probably the one I've seen least of. I have pretty much watched them whenever they were on television and I was near a television, all my life. Unfortunately, they were usually on at the wrong times, so I manage to catch about three or four widely spaced episodes a year.

I've seen most of Ace's doctor, and the one with the scarf has always been *the* Doctor to me, and I've seen quite a few of the first Doctor's episodes, and quite a few of the ones with UNIT, and the TV movie, and the first half-dozen episodes of the one with the leather jacket. The one with the Three Stooges hair and the one with the cricket uniform I've probably seen only a few of.

10, not at all. Like I said, I'm reserving judgement. But the Doctor's not supposed to be that pretty. It distracts from his sparkling personality, and draws annoying fangirls.

On the other hand, if he can play it like Barty Crouch, he may grow on me.

[terredancer.livejournal.com]

*grin* To each their own.

It's said that whenever it was on, I had my butt plonked down and you couldn't remove me. I was pretty young when that was going on, and I didn't react well when they took it off. Ace's Doctor was always "my" Doctor, and in some places in fandom, he's very much not popular, and I have to fight down my indignation. *wry* I like the one with the scarf enough, but he's not my Doctor. I've actually seen all 13 with the one with the leather jacket, and oh, I adore him.

I was sort of like "You may not be my Doctor, but you'll do" at one point.

As for the rest, I think I might have seen an episode or two of cricket-boy, because there are things that seem familiar to me about his era. None of the ones with UNIT, one with the Three Stooges hair, and none from the rest. I hear I'm deprived. :) (*cough* Depraved might be better.)

Even given what's been out so far, it's probably too soon to tell on 10, but I think he will definitely have his moments. I'd love to see him play it so that because he's pretty, people will underestimate him, and for him to play on that...

Of course, if he played it like Barty, I wouldn't mind that either.