I don't think that Nine was intended to be sexy, it was a side effect of his awesomeness. I think that it may have been a factor in casting Ten, though. Clearly not an issue in casting Eleven. Because he looks eleven.
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
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Vortex - Mar 19, 2010 7:37:37 am PDT #12317 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Stephanie - Mar 19, 2010 8:57:10 am PDT #12318 of 30001
Trust my rage
I never wanted sexy in any of the old doctors; I guess I got spoiled by the new ones. I suppose I'm just in the "I hate this new Doctor" phase. I'm trying to get over it.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2010 9:16:50 am PDT #12319 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I still kinda hate Ten, except I love him. But he's no Nine. And that resentment is taking some getting past, even now. But I don't hold it against Matt Smith. Most of what I've read him say about the character sounds fun.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 19, 2010 9:22:11 am PDT #12320 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
In a sense I will find it a relief to once again not want to see the Doctor naked.
Kathy A - Mar 19, 2010 10:04:26 am PDT #12321 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ten won me over pretty quickly--by the time he had that poolside confrontation with the Headmaster in "School Reunion," he was the Doctor to me.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2010 10:07:21 am PDT #12322 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nine was just so crazy and on a razor's-edge of pain the whole time. When he smiled, it felt so highly earned.
Ten's crazy in a different way, and prone to more spontaneous grinnery.
Honestly, if I come to like Eleven as much, and then have to miss him too when it comes time for Twelve, it's just too much emotional involvement.
For values of "too much" that keep me watching, natch.
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2010 10:27:23 am PDT #12323 of 30001
brillig
Nine was just so crazy and on a razor's-edge of pain the whole time. When he smiled, it felt so highly earned.
His "Let me have this one" in "The Doctor Dances" still makes me teary.
Tom Scola - Mar 19, 2010 10:50:28 am PDT #12324 of 30001
hwæt
FF: So I went and calculated exactly how much energy "1 quadrillion electronvolts" is.
It's 0.00016021917 joules.
Or 0.000000038268 Calories.
It's really minuscule.
Barb - Mar 19, 2010 10:58:32 am PDT #12325 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
::loves Tom::
Theodosia - Mar 19, 2010 11:00:14 am PDT #12326 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
You know, I'm really sorry that we're not going to get more Ricky Jay, because he was kind of awesomely evil.