Comparing the Doctors...

[kho]

I'm interested in comparing the Doctors of Doctor Who. Now, I know nothing of the previous Doctors (aside from 2 eps of Four) so really I'm interested in contrasting and comparing Nine and Ten, because I was just commenting to voldything's recent post on Nine, and I said something along the lines of while I love Tennant and wouldn't trade him for the world

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[ficchica]

CE is a great actor but I never, ever lost the impression that he was an actor playing The Doctor when I watched him in Dr Who. With DT from the very first he was The Doctor. I grew up watching 7 who had something of the eccentricity and darkness of 10.

[frelling_tralk]

Nine had more chemistry with Rose. And maybe that's just my thing with being resistant to change, but I thought that Eccleston and Billie had more chemistry. There was more "I'm in love with you" in the eyes and actions with those two than with Tennant. Not that Tennant didn't make me cry in Doomsday, and not that Tennant didn't do the Doctor well in series 2, but maybe I was still just too attached to Nine to be able to see him and Rose together. I'm pretty sure my big huge love didn't come for Tennant until 3, when Rose was out of the picture. Not that I in any way want Rose to STAY out, cause god, do I want her back. But yeah.

Totally. Ten and Rose struck me more as best friends having a giggle together. Whereas there was so much chemistry in Rose asking Nine to dance.

[frelling_tralk]

And okay *looks at icon* Nine/Rose were like that too lol. But I don't know, CE just seemed to play it as so much more intense. Whereas DT seemed to want to recreate the traditional asexual Doctor/companion dynamic IMHO