[ SECRET POST #2251 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2251 ⌋

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Comments

[omorka]

It has been established, at least by comparisons with Romana and the Master (and now even River), that the Doctor is sort of rubbish at regenerating. He held on to his first body unfashionably long, and he can't get his new bodies to do look like he wants. I suspect that if the regeneration after the Time War didn't get whatever combination of randomness and subconscious impulses drive his new form to go in that particular direction of "as different as possible," it's just not going to happen. (Unless you subscribe to the theory that his regeneration companion's needs/desires figure into the new incarnation somehow, and one of the future regeneration companions is a lesbian . . . )

[inkmage]

I've found and subsequently adopted the headcanon that the next regeneration's mannerisms are based on what the previous one regrets. Let me see if I can find the original person's reasoning....

[intrigueing]

I think both this and omorka's "companion's needs figure into it" theory makes a lot of sense, even though I think it only makes sense by accident -- because "what changes would the audience want to keep this show fresh?" aligns with "what would this guy change about his personality if he could?" so well. So when the showrunners gave the next incarnation a new personality, it always looks like the Doctor did it subconsciously on purpose.

e.g., One would've liked to be more emotionally open with his companions and not feel he had to pretend to be all mature and important, so Two matches that really well. Four was wildly unsuited to looking after Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, so he became Five. Five, after the sheer unbelievable amount of depressing shit and moral quandaries he had to deal with, would've liked to be a lot less sensitive and more confident and decisive and impulsive, so he became Six. Whatever Eight had become by the end of the Time War must've been somewhere along the lines of a shivering ball of traumatized insanity, so he became emotionally guarded and prickly as Nine. Ten was basically totally done with being a nervous wreck and having meltdowns all the time because he wore his heart on his sleeve and was so obsessed with being right and being liked, so he became Eleven. And then there's Eleven kind of shaping himself to suit Amelia. Et cetera. The rest of them also fit, but I'm too lazy to write a novel about it.

Mind you, I'm sure the "logic" of the progression was totally unintentional on the part of the writers (at least for the Classic series) but it's still kind of fun to look at.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

One could make a rough idea that Two was hoping that whatever he got landed with once the Time Lords were done with him, it was capable and charming. Three ended up quite debonair and capable of active roles.

As for Four, maybe Three wanted to be friendly and fun-loving, so he got the goofball with jelly babies (but still having a serious side behind that front). Also I get the feeling that Four was a lot more independent, so maybe Three was wanting to get away from Earth more, but even after being given his travel right back after the mess with Omega, he wasn't yet so willing to cut all ties with UNIT. Four practically cut all of those.

[kittenmommy]

As for Four, maybe Three wanted to be friendly and fun-loving, so he got the goofball with jelly babies (but still having a serious side behind that front).

I always thought that Four would be the one I really wouldn't want to tangle with. He was a fun-loving goofball who would utterly fuck your shit up if you gave him a reason to/crossed him.