Eleventh Doctor - confusion and ramblings
When the new doctor who series started I didn't want to watch it because I assumed sci-fi/horror - not my thing. Recently, I started watching it because a friend explained my assumptions were fairly off-bat. I've watched series 3 and most of 4 and will probably go back and watch the non-david tennant episodes at some later point. My problem is having to adjust to a different doctor. Having only seen one episode with Chris Eccleston in I know that aside from looking different his personality and the way he acts is a bit different as well, though how much so I'm not really certain.
Currently Paterson Joseph is supposed to be the likely next Dr. Who, (as posted on ontd, anyway). Lots of people commented along the lines of 'a black doctor! hurrah!' 'another step against racism!'. My problem is that I don't want a black doctor - and not because (I hasten to add) I think blacks are inferior or anything like that. I just think that if the Doctor has always been a slightly insane white british man why not keep those constants? When the Doctor changes so much each time (but is supposed to be the same person) shouldn't there be some things which stay the same if only to make the transition easier? As someone who has only watched the show with the tenth doctor I don't know if I'll ever like another doctor as much, but the is the further from the doctor before the better?
As I've typed this I've sort of lost my reasoning so sorry about that, but I need to post something to stop the posting-stage-fright (as though anyone will read this anyway).
On the off chance that anyone does read - why does the Doctor regenerate as a human (in looks)? If he's an alien that travels galaxies etc etc, why doesn't he ever regenerate as a Dalek-formed (bad example, I know) Time Lord?