Tsk tsk!

[trinityvixen]

Okay, Who fans and fanatics: Who the hell neglected to tell me that the new Doctor is a Scot? Do you have any idea how much more sexy that makes him? Hello!? I don't care if he isn't using his normal accent in the series, this is a serious lapse on your parts. I need to be informed when main characters are played by people with incredibly awesome accents. I watched a behind-the-scenes for the Christmas Special, and DOOD. I knew I liked that guy back when he was a tongue-flicking psycho Barty Crouch Jr, but WHOA. Scottish, too? REPRESENT!!!

Also, why am I not surprised that Captain Jack is gay? No way you'd get a straight guy to be that bisexual on screen, not even in England...

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I gathered that the representation of the Doctor varied so much that you could pretty much chose your camp--silly or serious Doctor. Christopher Eccleston was always fairly goofy, but underneath was all this guilt and morose fatalism. I think David Tennant does it slightly differently, and he's coming at the character as manic to cover for the Doctor's lonliness. Notably, Tennant's Doctor has shed Nine's guilt and is now aware of the reality of being alone, so he embraces everyone. It's not a lack of gravitas, it's clinging to what he can get. Which is why he tends to run away a lot, because retreat is preferable to loss. I still think he's very serious and aware of just how awful it is to be able to know all time.