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

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[elfdream]

I saw Tennant first but it was a sporadic sort of viewing. I didn't see enough of him to get attached to him. I decided to wait for the 'new' guy and start with him. I admit that I made up my mind to like him when I heard so many people refused to give him a chance simply because he was not Tennant but in the end I would have liked him anyway. I THEN went back and watched Tennant and grew to like him as well but when it was time for him to go I was ready for him to go. I feel the same way about Smith. I enjoy his Doctor and I think he does a great job with it but I honestly believe that he and Moffat have done all they could do with that particular Doctor. Time for new blood. Doesn't mean I won't be sad and I won't miss him. I will but by the time Season 8 rolls around I'll be ready for Capaldi.

I don't understand why some believe 11 to be similar to 10. To me 10 was the most human like of all the Doctor's and 11 was an eccentric alien. In the beginning I could see it but as time went on 11 grew to be totally different...at least to

[jackdavfan692]

My response to Ten's "death" was rather unusual, and I suspect, uncommon. The tears started to flow the moment Ood Sigma said, "We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to sleep.", and didn't stop. But Matt ended up being so funny when he first appeared onscreen as Eleven that I started laughing through my tears. I knew right then I would like him and welcome him with open arms despite the fact that Ten was, at the time, "my" Doctor :].

My affection for Matt/Eleven grew in three phases. The first was the usual response after losing one's Doctor- I figured he'd be good, but would never be able to compare to David/Ten. Eleven saying, "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically, run!" in "The Eleventh Hour" is when Matt became the Doctor for me, but I still hadn't completely warmed to his take on the character. That changed during the moment in "The Big Bang" when he was talking to sleeping Amelia, specifically this line: "[I'm] Just a daft old man who stole a magical blue box and ran away." After that, my mindset was this- 'I