Was Tennant *Your* Doctor?

[Pindar]

But none - absolutely none of the arguments you've put forward preclude the idea, or even discourage the notion, of a Gallifreyan working class. Not a single one. Yet you're behaving as if your reasoning is impeccable and we're all morons for not subscribing to it.

I just googled Gallifreyan working class and came up with a link to this novel.

The Eight Doctors; by Terrance Dicks

http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc01.htm

In the continuity notes at the bottom of the page it says:

The Shobogans were first named in The Deadly Assassin, and this novel confirms that they are, in effect, Gallifrey’s working class.

I guess non-cannon but maybe interesting.

Apologies if someone has already gone over this I couldn't be bothered trawling the whole thread.

 

[DWF]

But none - absolutely none of the arguments you've put forward preclude the idea, or even discourage the notion, of a Gallifreyan working class. Not a single one. Yet you're behaving as if your reasoning is impeccable and we're all morons for not subscribing to it.

I just googled Gallifreyan working class and came up with a link to this novel.

The Eight Doctors; by Terrance Dicks

http://www.drwhoguide.com/whobbc01.htm

In the continuity notes at the bottom of the page it says:

The Shobogans were first named in The Deadly Assassin, and this novel confirms that they are, in effect, Gallifrey’s working class.

I guess non-cannon but maybe interesting.

Apologies if someone has already gone over this I couldn't be bothered trawling the whole thread.

We supposedly met some of the Shobogans in The Invasion Of Time, I say supposedly since they were never mentioned onscreen that way.

http://www.lofficier.com/dwuds1.html

SHOBOGANS Name the Time Lords gave to those who refused the benefits of Gallifreyan civilization. Castellan Spandrell thought of them as vandals (4P). Some Shobogans preferred to live in the wilderness outside the Capitol; they were known as Outsiders, or Outcasts. A group of them, led by Nesbin, helped the Fourth Doctor and Leela repel the Sontarans' invasion (4Z).

 

[DWF]

^Oh and btw, a spelling error on a made-up word? You, of all people, really want to try that one with me?

I know it's a make up word yet you keep mispelling it.

You really are not in a position to call anybody's language skills in to question (99% of the people on this board aren't, myself included).

I did back up my arguements

The Doctor is an alien from another planet some supernatural being though and he's mere presense doens't make hmim

Grammar nazism isn't becoming of anyone, and (as shown here) it usually only serves to expose the hypocrisy of the accuser. So let's not throw stones in our glass house, eh?

This entire argument is silly, and you really have cheek to have a go at The when you've been the most obtuse person in this thread?

I don't know if the Time Lords had a working class, or anything equivalent. I think it's likely for a clearly and staunchly hierarchical society to have one, but all of us are just speculating based on the very little information on Time Lord civilisation we can glean from the series. That's my position, in case it wasn't clear.

But none - absolutely none of the arguments you've put forward preclude the idea, or even discourage the notion, of a Gallifreyan working class. Not a single one. Yet you're behaving as if your reasoning is impeccable and we're all morons for not subscribing to it.

It's called carpel tunnel look it up. And try to add something you can back up with something from the show instead of trying to pick apart my posts for spelling errors.

 

[Jim Steele]

It's called carpel tunnel look it up. And try to add something you can back up with something from the show instead of trying to pick apart my posts for spelling errors.

And we're back to the glass house. I'm done with you, goodbye!

 

[Sci]

I'd just like to point out that at a certain point there ceases to be any real reason to continue arguing with a person who refuses to concede the possibility that other interpretations of a work of fiction can have validity without threatening his own interpretation.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ I think that point was reached a long time ago!

 

[The]

^Agreed. I have no patience for willful ignorance, or childish denial. I'm done with the conversation, as well...

 

[Awesome Possum]

I was never a Doctor Who fan going up, but I was aware of it and enjoyed Tom Baker from what I saw. I saw all of the Ninth, but the Tenth became my Doctor. I don't know why.

Finding out he was leaving broke my heart and I don't know how I'll make it through his last episode.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

I knew of Doctor Who before Eccleston was the doctor, but back then I really wasn't that much into it. But for me, Tennant is my doctor.

 

[MyCylon]

I'm, curious. How popular is Eccelston's Doctor with Doctor Who fandom in general?

 

[Rackon]

I'm, curious. How popular is Eccelston's Doctor with Doctor Who fandom in general?

I quite liked Eccelston's doctor, enough that I was a bit sad when he left. I'm not sure how he's perceived by fans in general.

But I've been watching who for 30+ years, so I'm used to regenerations by now

Tom Baker is my doctor - I simply love the man in the role. I didn't care for K9, or that era's Daleks, but I adored Tom Baker. My favorite story is The Deadly Assasin, followed by the Talons Of Wen Chiang.

I've actually found something to like in all the Doctors. (I even liked Paul McGann, just not the movie he was in.) But I thought both Eccelston and Tennant brought something really fresh and exciting to the role. Tennant has had the benefit of some great stories too. Bu there is something unique and very compelling about him as DW, and a sense of depth and danger that I also felt with Baker.

I think Tennant's very close to Baker in my personal pantheon so I shall be sorry to see him leave. OTOH, leaving us wanting more is not a bad thing in TVland. Change is the nature of Who, so I can't be sad, but will simply look forward to the next regeneration.

 

[Snaploud]

Yes, he was my doctor. I'm only familiar with the new series, however (meaning doctors 9 and 10). He seemed to be a strange replacement for Christopher Eccleston, but Tennant definitely grew on me.

 

[DAK]

I'm, curious. How popular is Eccelston's Doctor with Doctor Who fandom in general?

He's my personal favorite, and I grew up watching Doctor Who from Tom Baker onwards.

To answer the original question, no way is Tennant *my* Doctor. I've come to like him in the role, but I won't be as sorry to see him go as I was when Eccleston left.

 

[wamdue]

I'm, curious. How popular is Eccelston's Doctor with Doctor Who fandom in general?

this video may give you a feeling for what some of the fans thought about Eccelston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlgWxU-4bg

 

[Bob The Skutter]

The first Doctor I know I watched in first run was McCoy, but I remember watching Pertwee and Tom Baker in repeats too.
But I would classify Eccleston as "my" Doctor, as he is the first who made me really like the show.

 

[wamdue]

well in that case my first Doctor was Peter Cushing, followed by Hartnell & then Eccleston, then Pretwee and then Tennant and then Baker & then Peter Davidson

 

[HappyDayRiot]

But Peter Cushing wasn't the Doctor. He was Doctor Who.

 

[Worf2DS9]

To answer the original question, no way is Tennant *my* Doctor. I've come to like him in the role, but I won't be as sorry to see him go as I was when Eccleston left.

I'd agree with those sentiments. When Eccleston left so early, it was upsetting, almost a slap in the face. Here was Doctor Who back on television after so long with this great Doctor taking us through time and space, who then abandons us after one season.

With Tennant, as much as I've come to associate him as "the Doctor", it's almost like it's time for him to leave. It'll be sad, but I'm ready to welcome the new guy when Ten(nant) regenerates.

 

[GabeHimself]

My first doctor was actually McGann, not that I remember much of that TV Movie but it was the first thing I watched related to Doctor Who.

I would say Eccleston is my Doctor. And while Tennant did some brilliant acting, he cannot trump Eccleston.

And I will forgive Chris his acting in G.I. Joe.

 

[wamdue]

But Peter Cushing wasn't the Doctor. He was Doctor Who.

still the first Doctor of any kind that I saw.