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[edit] Ten's persona
- Thus far, the Tenth Doctor is lighter and more easygoing than his predecessor, both flippant and energetic, but still quick to anger when he perceives an injustice. He is also more gregarious, being friendlier with Rose's friends and family than his predecessor.
I'm suprised we haven't mentioned the Tenth Doctor's "no second chances/I used to have so much mercy" attitude. It seems to me that the Tenth Doctor is a lot less forgiving that his Earlier incarnations, the Ninth included. --GracieLizzie 12:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I agree: there is a hardness to his character. Another reference is his actions in the Runaway Bride when Donna had to shout at him to stop (and recommended that he find a companion because 'sometimes you need someone to stop you.') Gwinva 14:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mary Sue?
This is not a criticism, but would it be fair that the Doctor is one of the few examples of a good Mary Sue, or mary sue style character? I'm thinking, impossibly smarter and better educated than everyone, alien birth, access to advanced technology, everyone likes him, except his enemies who get roundly defeated or humiliated... ANTIcarrot 19:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe, but I see him more of the "Wise old man" character, but as a main character, than a Mary Sue myself. --GracieLizzie 22:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- He's also a wizard character -- sonic screwdriver=magic wand, etc. DonQuixote 23:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Master admiring the Doctor
Oops, I just realised that I'm mixing-up my lines. That's what I get for copyediting away from my DVD/video collection. Sorry about that.
However, then I the thought occurred to me that the line as-is, "A cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about," is a bit ambiguous and any reading of the line is inference (is he in admiration or is he fantasising?). I think that, before adding that the Master admires the Doctor, we should find a better, less ambiguous, line to quote. DonQuixote 17:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Featured Article Status
I am considering nominating this article for Featured Article status, as the content is excellent and concise. What does everyone else think? Smomo 13:23, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- I agree - the information is useful, relevant, well-written and up to date. It also doesn't lean heavily towards one doctor but concerns them all. Just one mistake I can see - the "Spoiler Warning" doesn't end - but I'm not sure where the end should go. JameiLei 13:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- We'll need a lot more citations before this can be promoted to FA. I don't know if it would even pass GA these days with the current level of citations. (Wikipedia as a whole has become much more stringent about requiring citations for FAs and GAs than it was back in the days when Doctor Who passed FA.) I won't oppose an FA nomination, but I think that it might be better to work on improving the citations on the current Doctor Who FAs than to nominate this article right now. To see how much work is required, take a look at the Featured Article Review for Dalek; this shows how much work was required to get Dalek up to the current FA standards. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 16:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Early Life
I think someone should put in somewhere that not much is known about his early life save for the fact it was lonely and that his favourite bedtime story was a book entitled Moxx In Socks. I got that bit from Nightmare of Black Island.
[edit] The Doctor's Alias
Alias, name, title, whatever you call it. The article asks the question, why is he called "the doctor"? My theory is that he's called that because you could suggest that he is a "doctor of time". Seeing that there can be doctors of almost any profession (not just medical), the doctor could be a a time doctor. But why? I would think this because basically the role of the doctor is to go through time and space resolving problems, just like a doctor. Remember the Reapers (Father's Day)?
Maybe because the doctor wonders all over the place, healing time, fixing the earth's problems, maybe he could be reffered to as a "doctor of time". Does anyone else agree with this theory? --rjcuk 12:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- This is all original research and cannot be included. Alientraveller 12:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Okay, then, Alientraveller. So what if I put this information on my blog and then linked to it as a source on the article? Is that legal? I can see what you mean, though. I mean, look at Meaning of life - original research is written all over it! Thanks if you can reply :D --rjcuk 10:26, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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- After reading Wikipedia:Verifiability (and the other 'three core rules' pages), I found out that blogs are not good sources. As this is original research, and is only a theory and opinion, it has no home on Wikipedia. None at all. Oh well... Thank you very much for pointing this out, Alientraveller! I've learnt a lot about Wikipedia's rules now, thanks to your direction! --rjcuk 11:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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- It has to be published by a reliable source ie RTD or the BBC, it can't be sourced on your own theory(s) or rumors that you have heard weather they are true or not.--Wiggstar69 12:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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- Thank you! I have found a reliable resource - two actually - one of them being from Tom Baker himself! (after doing a quick Google Search). I'm just gonna check Wiki's article now to make sure nobody else has already done it and if not then I will add this important detail! --rjcuk 23:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] The Doctor's Body Temperature
It's stated in the background section that the Doctor's internal body temperature is 15–16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit). Do we have a canonical source for this (ie. a mention in an episode) or is it from spin-off material? It occurs to me that on two occasions we've seen him in hospital (Spearhead_from_Space, Smith and Jones) and there's been no mention of anything abormal in connection with this. Digby Tantrum 14:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
