Doctor Who Community Research: Emotional Attachment to the Doctor

[whovian1]

Hello, my name is Esteban Nicolas Rivera, Graduate Teaching Assistant of the English Department of the University of Cincinnati. I am conducting a research study on community sustainability when faced with loss in Doctor Who. If one wishes to participant in study, download the attached informed consent sheet and state at beginning of your comment

Comments

[ibishtar]

When Eccleston regenerated, I wasn't sure the next one would be as good, although he had me laugh with the "new teeth, that's weird". I decided to watch The Christmas Invasion, and if he didn't convince me I'd just watch the Shakespeare episode (S3 had started airing when I began to watch the show) and be done with it

[hekatelesedi]

I cried like a fiend when Ten regenerated. I actually "boycotted" Who for a while because I'd grown so attached to Tennant. I still loved it and watched Nine and Ten episodes, but I couldn't watch Matt for a long time. Finally, I watched Eleven, and with the words "Still not Ginger!" I was sold.

[cjtremlett]

I'd like to be included in the study

[raptorgirl]

Ten is my Doctor, but I was ready for him to be put out of his misery already when the time came because the show had turned into such an overblown angst-fest by the end of his run. So I reacted more nonchalantly than I had originally expected to. It was weird getting Matt Smith in, and it took me a bit to adjust to him, but that's the nature of the show -- it changes.

[xsteiner]

After Ten's regeneration I cried for about two or three days without stopping. Never in my life have I been so upset about... death? of the fictional character