Talk:Ninth Doctor/Archive 1

classical series v.s new series

Why has the Doctor got his sonic screwdriver back after it was shot (and destroyed) by a terileptil in the fifth doctor's aera? And why is a Delta Wave a healing device in the old series and a deadly weapen in the new series. Any other things that the new series got wrong? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.139.34.138 (talk • contribs) 03:51, January 29, 2006 (UTC)

Is there a law saying he couldn't build a new one? Besides, the Seventh Doctor had a sonic screwdriver in the Fox movie. And what are you talking about re: Delta Wave? Is this a joke? 23skidoo 04:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The anon is talking about this. Hardly significant, except that the made-up technobabble term used in The Parting of the Ways happens also to be a real scientific term which was used in a technobabble context in Kinda. Dunno if it's a coincidence or if RTD just doesn't know anything about neurochemistry. Personally, I know so very little about telebiogenesis. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:00, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

There's also the possibility he's just being intentionally ridiculous -- knowing the format, and its absurdities, as well as he does.--Aderack

In the first episode of the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, his sonic screwdriver is destroyed & at the end of the episode the TARDIS creates him a new one when it finishes its own regeneration. - SBee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.192.115 (talk) 22:46, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Received pronounciation

Maybe I was hearing things, but I thought the Seventh Doctor spoke with a Scottish accent, not this so-called "received pronounciation" -- a term I've never heard beyond Wikipedia. 23skidoo 04:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Look again. The article says that the Seventh and Eighth Doctors spoke with non-Received Pronounciation. RP is another term for old-school "BBC English", and it's a real term — Google gives ~109,000 hits. McCoy did have a Scottish accent, and McGann had a slight Scouse lilt, but neither was as pronounced (ha!) as Eccleston's Salford accent. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 05:05, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Quirks about this Doctor

from Lady Aleena a.k.a. LA @ 06:24, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Wardrobe

I have been trying to find a coalation between the color of the Doctor's shirts with the episodes each color was seen in, however, I can't seem to find one. There are only three colors that I have seen: red, blue, and green. The red and blue ones are of the same cut, the green is of a slightly different cut. Other than the shirt, I have seen no other change of wardrobe for the Doctor. Rose has changed outfits at least 7 times, Jack has 4 by the end of the 9th Doctor series. Notable? - LA

Insulting species

Has this Doctor insulted species in any other episode than "The Doctor Dances," the episode where we found out that the Doctor has to shave and still can't do it without cutting himself after 900 years of life? Notable? - LA

He keeps calling humans "stupid apes" in a few episodes, I think that counts. :) --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 06:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but is it notable enough to add to the article, that and the fact that the Doctor still cuts himself shaving? LA @ 23:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

The latter, not really. The former, possibly. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 01:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

New image

I love the new image, the other was goofy and didn't capture this Doctor's personality at all.
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 21:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought he looked like a fierce eejit. This one makes captures his personality very well, I think. GusF 22:52, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I have only seen bits of the other Doctors, but I have to say that this one is my favorite.
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 03:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

"Recently regenerated"?

The article says when the Ninth Doctor (Eccleston) first appeared "it is implied that he had recently regenerated". Where is this implied, and how recent was the regeneration? Firstly the Doctor looked in good health, which he generally isn't shortly after regeneration, and secondly when Rose and Mickey find out about the Doctor through Clive (the guy who maintains the website about the Doctor), Clive shows them pictures of Eccleston's incarnation in different scenarios in history, indicating he had been travelling around for some time beforehand. --Thoughtcat 08:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

In Rose, when he looks into the mirror and comments about the size of his ears and says "It could've been worse." Some have taken this to mean that he's only recently regenerated and hasn't had a chance to look in a mirror. (Similar scenes take at the start of every regeneration.) The pictures that Clive had don't really prove anything either way, since there's time travel involved, it could have happened at any point — for example, in the gap between him leaving Rose in the TARDIS at the end of the episode and then coming back. Not saying that any of this is what is actually happening, but there's enough wriggle room, and the scene with the mirror definitely implies a recent regeneration (although there's ways around it if you want to work at it). --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 10:14, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Good stuff, I hadn't realised that - I think the page should be updated with this info - happy for you to do it. --Thoughtcat 14:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's discussed at some length in the trivia section of Rose, which is why it's not detailed in any significant degree here. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 15:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh right, sorry, yes, this is mentioned in the overview section. Apologies --Thoughtcat 14:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

• Interesting point here - one of Clive's pictures showed The Doctor on the Titanic. If that happened, then the Tenth Doctor will have to be careful not to meet his earlier self! Digifiend 13:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

mind reading

can the ninth doctor read minds because on the x-mas invastion the tenth doctor tells harrot jones how she felt in world war three but he didnt hold her head like with madam de pompedor and enter her thorts sailor cuteness-ready for love 19:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I believe that all of the incarnations can. Lunakeet 20:32, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

...or she mentioned her mother just before the missile hit (which wasn't shown onscreen). Something like..."I hope my mother's ok" -- BOOM!. DonQuixote (talk) 03:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

The Time War

I believe something more needs to be said about how not only is/was he the sole survivor of the Time War, but he himself is the end of the war. Not only does he feel Survivor's Guilt, he was directly responsible for destroying his own race. Even on a being such as him, that had to have a huge impact. Some of the grief is still evident in the Tenth Doctor. I just don't know how to word it without messing up the flow or references. =/ Tim 04:05, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Claude

The character claude on NBC's Heroes is also played by eccelson and during his time on the show claude says the doctors cathphrase 'FANTASIC' quite a bit, this should be mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Cuthberton (talk • contribs) 16:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

If Astrid counted as a companion...

Why shouldn't Lynda count as well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ô.ô wow ô.ô (talk • contribs) 22:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Astrid is only counted as a companion because she was specifically mentioned by the production team as being a companion. DonQuixote (talk) 01:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I see...thanks! Ô.ô wow ô.ô (talk) 22:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

What does this mean?

"Under producer Russell T. Davies, the new series was aimed at a contemporary audience"

Were previous series aimed at time travellers then? Mezigue (talk) 20:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I take it to mean that it isn't aimed at fans of the previous series. However, I have to give them props for doing an excellent job of maintaining continuity. While not aimed at us old fans, they don't ignore us either. It really does seem to be a faithful continuation, despite the many updates.

One major change made for contemporary audiences is the nature of the relationships between the Doctor and his companions. One of the rules of the original series was, "There will be no nookie in the TARDIS." (I hope I remembered the John Nathan-Turner quote correctly.) The companions were there solely as audience surrogates, so the Doctor would have someone to explain things to. The Doctor maintained a certain distance from his companions, and after their departures, they were rarely mentioned again. The Doctor rarely showed even the mildest discomfort when a companion left, excepting the deaths of course. Even the departure of his own granddaughter made no lasting impression. In contrast, look at Rose. 174.70.117.125 (talk) 11:00, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

The Doctor's feelings on his own death

Removed "(this despite the knowledge that he would probably just regenerate)" after reference to the Doctor's fear of his own death in the Personality section. In the last episode of the 10th incarnation of The Doctor, he describes that he really does go through a form of termination when he regenerates, and that his personal identity/self dies & is replaced. April 17 2011 - SBee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.192.115 (talk) 22:51, 17 April 2011 (UTC)