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@barnable Hi and thanks for the kind words! I completely understand about my posts being confusing as to where they belong. As I typed I was thinking about how off topic they seemed to be getting, but I continued since this was where I started. Sorry about the whole “trashing” Matt Smith thing. I’ll admit he did grow on me, but I can’t help that I was never truly satisfied with his character(I’m going to blame it on the writers since I feel he did show promise at times). To clarify a little, I have rewatched some episodes. “The sound of Drums” for example…which I must admit I was saddened to see it thoroughly trashed on here by a few posters. My work is demanding(normally 6 12+ hour days a week) and that can keep me from rewatching as I tend to look for new Scifi/horror(my particular genres of choice). I’ll end my post here with a question…Since I’ve found it so easy to veer off the topic, is there a common practice so as to not insult others? Should I go to a more pertaining thread and tag the person there? I so don’t want to irritate anyone.

 

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@serahni Really glad you didn’t want to meet on the battlefield at dawn! I get what you mean by the show “being in constant motion and undergoing constant change and reinvention”, but I feel confident enough in DT’s acting to say he still could have contributed a lot more to the show had he remained the Doctor. He could have kept being “The Doctor” that time and time again stood up to the “threat” and said, “You’ll have to go through me”. I can’t help feeling he mastered the character of the Doctor. Just the right amount of guts and just the right amount of compassion. I’m not an expert and see there’s so much I don’t know. I’m sure it’s been discussed somewhere, but with each regeneration, couldn’t this be considered a glorified version of “multiple personality disorder”?

 

My problem for understanding more of the series as a whole probably stems from my self diagnosis of ADHD. No matter how much I like a show/movie, it’s not often I can go back and rewatch them to break them down and look for references that aren’t obvious. I’m jealous of the ones that can do that…and thankful for the info they provide!

 

Beez

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@purofilion Hope my “tag” is correct. About Clara experiencing the Doctor’s timeline, I feel so “DUH” after thinking about that now and really appreciate the heads up on what should have been obvious to me.

 

As for the Doctor being the same no matter who plays him, I don’t quite agree wholly. As I’ve read through posts here, I’ll admit I’m nothing more than a novice and don’t have the “Whovian” intelligence as I’ve seen demonstrated by so many here. I have never looked for the casual references/easter eggs a lot here see. I basically watch an episode once and wait until the next. My take on DT’s Doctor is he was a “take the horse by the reins” kind of Doctor. Now I did see that behavior in other people playing the Doctor, but it was much more apparent to me with DT’s. I know that each are following a script so that has a lot to do with it, but David IMO played that “balls out” type really well. Christopher Eccleston to me was a “let’s have fun” Doctor and as for Matt Smith(I’m really gonna get it for this one), he appeared to be a bumbling idiot the majority of the time(cringes).

 

As for David and Billie’s “soapy romance”, I’d have been a fool to not have noticed it. I think I chose to ignore it for the most part. I saw her as someone who knew an adventure with the Doctor could possibly mean imminent death, but didn’t really care and dove in head first. I can see where her “love” for the Doctor was probably the basis for that type attitude. None the less, they both made the show very exciting for me!

 

I hope I’ve not made too many enemies with my “novice” opinions.

 

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Howdy all. I was going to attempt to read through to see if it has been mentioned already or not, but with my time schedule I just simply can’t. Has anyone else noticed Clara twice now saying she “didn’t” want to go with the Doctor? I can’t recall any of the Doctor’s companions not wanting to go(not counting the episodes before 2005). It really perplexes me! Hope I’m not hated for this next part, but I’ve never been too keen on Clara. It even took me a while to come around to Amy Pond(another reason to maybe dislike me, I wasn’t a big fan a Matt Smith…didn’t hate him, but never want David Tennant to change as well as seeing Billie Piper leave the show). How could you not want to go with the Doctor? It seems like Peter is developing more and more with each episode and I’m liking it! Thoughts/Opinions please…repost if you’ve already mentioned this as well!

 

Beez

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Hello! Brand new here but been a Doctor Who fan since the 80s when I started watching it with Tom Baker. I’ve not read through all the comments or searched for this being brought up(sorry if it’s been/being discussed elsewhere here, but twice I’ve now seen Jenna NOT want to go off with the Doctor. It really stands out to me! Thoughts or redirection to where a conversation on this might be going on would be greatly appreciated!

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