I meant during the new series' run. The older incarnations didn't follow much of a pattern at all.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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Jessica - Nov 20, 2009 6:57:39 am PST #10990 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
beekaytee - Nov 20, 2009 7:39:06 am PST #10991 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm with Shir in thinking about WoM that there was something wrong with the Doctor from the very beginning of the episode.
Was he just wandering the face of Mars for the fun of it? That's a pretty desolate holiday, don'tcha think?
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 20, 2009 8:28:33 am PST #10992 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
bonny, re WoM: The Girl and I spent the the second half of the episode repeating a 'This is why he needs a Companion' mantra.
I'd love an American Doctor, complete with American accent - or, indeed, any non-British incarnation. But given negative British reaction to the 'Americanizing' of the TV movie (which I quite liked, but many people didn't), it seemed that people still wanted their Doctor in British form back then. Whether things would be different now that there's a wider fanbase, I don't know. But, as great as Tennant's English accent is, it's interesting that RTD didn't want him to use his own Scottish accent for the Doctor. And it might have been a nice touch of variety, too.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2009 9:07:30 am PST #10993 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And it might have been a nice touch of variety, too
Eccleston used his normal accent, didn't he? "Lots of planets have a North" indeed.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 20, 2009 9:14:37 am PST #10994 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
"Lots of planets have a North" indeed.
Hee. Yeah. Is he the only Doctor whose accent has been recognisably regional?
Fiona - Nov 20, 2009 9:27:13 am PST #10995 of 30001
Well, Sylvester McCoy had a touch of the Scottish burr about him. Which is probably the reason they didn't want DT to use his.
Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2009 9:29:28 am PST #10996 of 30001
brillig
I still like Nine better than Ten. I'm sad he only wanted one season.
Shir - Nov 20, 2009 9:30:00 am PST #10997 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
OK. I might be totally out of the blue, but... you're saying that Tennant didn't use his Scottish accent?
Because I heard Scottish accent. Hell, one of the nights I was watching a Whorathon. The following day, in class, when I read a passage in English (since I can't help but mimic other people's accents), I read it when a somewhat Scottish accent because of that.
Jesus, it's like I've been watching Who from an alternate universe, not an alternate continent.
And bonny and Seska, I'm with you, all the way with the mantra. He wouldn't get nor stayed there if he had a companion.
Polter-Cow - Nov 20, 2009 9:30:42 am PST #10998 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I might be totally out of the blue, but... you're saying that Tennant didn't use his Scottish accent?
He's doing an English accent, isn't he? He sounds different when he talks with his normal Scottish accent. Which he used in Blackpool, I think.
§ ita § - Nov 20, 2009 9:31:37 am PST #10999 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Have you heard Tennant speak normally, Shir? He has a strong Scottish accent. Hell, you can almost see him speaking differently. Someone, scare her up an interview clip on youtube. I can't get there from work.