#“the tenth doctor:”

[terranceholdsapencil]

I sometimes think its weird that everyone must have a 'favourite doctor'. I get the appeal, but how its so wide spread baffles me.

Theyre all one person, in the end, with each regeneration being all that came before and more, and a little different due to the experiences they had and the people theyve met, just how I am different from when I was 15 years old, but still the same.

I have a favourite doctor for conveniency reasons, mostly, 12- but even then, whats a 'favourite doctor'. My favourite performance? My favourite to have a fun time with? My favourite to make me aspire to be better? My favourite to laugh, my favourite to cry for? Theyre all different. I love 12 as much as I love 1 or 2 or 3 or 4. Maybe I have incarnations I dont feel as strongly for, but thats usually out of unfamiliarity with all they went through and by such an inability to truly grasp who the doctor was when they wore that face (e.g. my only experience with 8 being the tv movie) or because they amplify parts of the doctor Im less fond of (e.g. six being a little mean).

But in the end, theyre all of it anyway? All of the Doctor is mean, whether its the first doctor or the sixth or the tenth, all doctors are kind, whether its the second or fourth or 12th or 14th, all of the doctor has experienced grief, all of them is strong willed, brave, afraid.

I like the idea of having a 'favourite'. To me its a little like your favourite actors role, I love david tennants hamlet more than I like his alec hardy, but I still love his acting, period.

But this obsession of needing a favourite doctor, of needing to love one part of this beautiful, incredible character more than others, often it feels unfair to who they are. This grand person being reduced to a few years of their endlessly long life. To a single face.

Maybe that's what feels so real about thoschei. Companions tend to get attached to a face. To this one part. To the master the current doctor's body is secondary.

"Doesn't matter which face he was wearing, they're all the Doctor to me."

And they are, in fact, all the Doctor.

[miametropolis]

and what if I told you nine was less afraid of love than ten. what then.

[nipuni]

Phoenix

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon soon 😊

[ninthdoctorr]

david tennant's acting choices in utopia haunt me

[casasupernovas]

shoutout to my favourite doctor who blooper ever

Doctor: Martha, you trust me don't you?

Martha: Of course I do.

Doctor: Because it all depends on you.

Martha: What does? What am I supposed to do?

David Tennant, breaking character and returning to his natural Scottish accent: Well there's a watch, but I've lost it.

transcript from @suz-blog

[dyketennant]

good morning everybody

[claraoswalds]

Oh, is that who I am now? Well, it was never that far from the surface, mate.

[tivstiv]

He is 15% of the population if you ask me .

[g3othermal3scapism]

rose tyler visiting home wearing tshirts from artists and tours that havent happened yet or tv shows that dont exist yet and everyone thinking she just has weird obscure music taste and is rly weird. its 2006 rose tyler walking down the street and everyone who glances at her shirt is thinking ‘who in the fuck is olivia rodrigo and where did this girl get a 2024 tour shirt’

[dwgif]

#girls night

[kcchameleon17]

me during every episode of doctor who ever produced

[bobcatblahs]

HEY-

What if I told y’all that these two Doctors

Are more similar than these two Doctors

And I’m tired of pretending they’re not.

Nine was in so much pain, as is Fifteen- but both hid it behind blinding smiles. Throwing themselves in situation after situation, gotta keep moving, keep smiling… So much to see- so little time- or so they’d have you believe. Gotta keep moving. Passing thru. Helping out. Use the wrong verbs, kiss strangers… know the value of a good leather jacket.

They’re both just looking to be happy. To feel something other than all engulfing darkness. They both find the light in a brilliant, vibrant 19 year old blonde- though one relationship is romantic the other platonic.

Fourteen could only be more different from Ten by having a different face. He’s so broken and soft and outwardly affectionate and vocal about his feelings-

Ten was angry and cold and vindictive…

Fourteen is tired. Tired of pretending to be strong. Tired of the pain. He just wants to go home.

[nipuni]

Bad Wolf Bay

[8catsinatrenchcoat]

david tennant character vs. weeping angels

[nat-20s]

Ten and Donna end up on a fucked up deadly space newlyweds show despite uh. Not being newlyweds but they get almost all the questions right. They start to sweat when the final question is "what's one secret desire you have involving the other?" And Donna writes "sometimes I wish I could occasionally shrink down the doctor real small so I could carry him around in my pocket and make sure he doesn't get lost' while Ten writes "sometimes I wish I was small enough that Donna could carry me around in like a cat backpack or maybe a shirt pocket" and they look at each other like AYYYYYY because not only are they deeply drift compatible they're also fuckin weird about it 💖

[dyketennant]

since today (sept. 24) is jim henson's birthday i would like to remind you all of that time david tennant was in a live muppets performance as the doctor

yes i do think about this every day, and yes i did cry when i saw the full cast performance of rainbow connection from the end of the show