Post by The Doctor. on Apr 14, 2010 11:00:41 GMT -5
"He's like fire and ice and rage, he's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun, he's ancient and forever, he burns at the center of Time and can see the turn of the Universe, and... He’s wonderful."
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Character's name:
His real name is unknown, but he uses the title ‘the Doctor’, which is how he’s always addressed. Occasional aliases include ‘Doctor James McCrimmon’, and more commonly ‘John Smith’. He was knighted – And exiled in the same day – By Queen Victoria, under the name ‘Sir Doctor of TARDIS’. In his youth, his nickname was ‘Theta Sigma’, which is the closest anyone’s got to a real name.
Age and DoB:
One thousand. Well… Nine hundred and fifty. Well… Nine hundred. Close enough. He’s skipped a few birthdays here and there. Even though he’s pretty much lost track, his generally approximated age is around nine hundred and seven.
Gender:
Male.
Relationship Status:
The Doctor is alone, no matter what. Even if there’s someone there who loves him, who wants to care for him, and stay with him forever, he can’t settle down, and he certainly can’t love them. There was one girl, a long time ago. A different face, a different life. He knew he loved her, even if he could never confess that.
Job:
Saving the Universe, time and time again.
Default face:
Matt Smith.
(( Although this application is for the Eleventh Doctor – Sign of the times and all that jazz *sniff*– I’ll definitely roleplay the Ninth or Tenth Doctor as well, depending on what era anyone fancies having a crack at… =) Cor, we all love Ten to bits, don’t we?! ))
Roleplayer's Name:
Marie. Again…
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Height:
About six-feet tall.
Eye Color:
Browny-bluey-green. Ish. Hazel.
Hair colour/generalness:
Thick and dark brown, with a strange quiff that he seems to like a lot.
Anything else about how they look that may be important to the RPG?
the TARDIS offers a huge wardrobe, and every time the Doctor regenerates, he selects a new outfit to suit his new personality, which often does not agree with the taste of his predecessor. The Doctor – In his Eleventh incarnation – Was unable to have access to the wardrobe at the time of his regeneration, and spent the first couple of hours in the ripped and shredded suit of the Tenth Doctor. He stole a cobbled-together outfit from a hospital – After saving the world in twenty minutes, obviously.
Rather than his previous outfit of a long, nondescript pinstripe coat, Converse trainers and brown or blue suit, he is now seen looking like some mad professor. In sensible shoes, dark trousers and braces that match his nifty little bowtie, he also wears a neat shirt, and tops it all off with a tweed jacket. Although his look doesn’t exactly match any particular time zone, neither does he. He’s a man who will never really fit in anywhere, which makes all the more reason for him to wear what he’s comfortable in. There’s lot of running.
~
Hobbies:
- Running.
- Getting himself into trouble.
- Meeting new people.
- Travelling.
- Saving the Universe.
Likes:
- His TARDIS.
- A nice cup of tea.
- Friends.
- His Sonic Screwdriver.
- Getting one over the bad guys.
Dislikes:
- Lies.
- People who don’t listen to him.
- Not being able to do the right thing.
- Losing people.
- Thoughts of the past.
Strengths:
- Compassion.
- Empathy.
- A veritable genius.
- Regeneration.
-Oh, you know… Has a time machine.
Weaknesses:
- Doesn’t allow himself emotional attachments.
- Always has to do what’s right.
- Too clever for his own good.
- Can’t leave a mystery alone.
- The last of his kind.
Anything they're afraid of? Even subconsciously?
- Strangely – Although maybe not so strangely – He’s afraid of the Time Lords, his own people.
- Although he would never said that he is afraid of death, it’s there subconsciously. A fear of real death, no more regenerations. Just darkness.
- Daleks. Enough said.
How would they react to the following situation?:
Your character is sat in the tavern, when the serving wench drops a whole tray of drinks over them, causing the whole room to descend into hysterical laughter.
As ever, the Doctor would be kind and caring and considerate of the situation, offering to help clear up, pay for the damage, that sort of thing, and making jokes. He’d probably make a botch job of stacking the tankards – Which would then fall over – And cleaning the floor – Which he’d proceed to slip over one – But he’d keep light and humorous. The Doctor is incredibly clumsy, although there seems to be an elegance to that ungainliness. But then, his Sonic Screwdriver might just make an appearance, deftly causing everyone else’s tankards to explode all over their owners… He can’t stand injustice, always fighting for the needs and the rights of the underdog.
~
Place of birth:
Gallifrey, once called the Shining World. But that’s gone now. It’s all gone…
Parents:
Unknown.
He never talks about them, although there are suspicions that he’s seen his mother more recently than he suggests. He once claimed Earth ancestry on his mother’s side.
Brothers? Sisters? Cousins? Inlaws?
- Susan Foreman – The Doctor’s granddaughter.
- Jenny Smith – The Doctor’s daughter, created from his DNA on Messaline. He originally only thought of her as a clone child, that she wasn’t really part of him, although he learned to appreciate her and her two hearts.
- Contrary to popular belief (Martha!) the Master is not his secret brother…
History:
Time and time again, fate seems to thrust a mysterious Time traveller known as the Doctor right into the right place at the right time. However, as the Doctor always arrives at times of catastrophe, it has created legends that suggest he is the cause of these events. In fact, he is usually instrumental in the resolution of crises, but like a story, he can also leave damage in his wake. The Doctor was a crucial figure in the Great Time War, and witnessed the destruction of the Daleks, the Time Lords, and his home planet, Gallifrey. The Doctor continues to appear where he is needed to alleviate the chaos that is created in both time and space.
The Doctor is a renegade Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, complete with two hearts, a respiratory bypass system and innate knowledge of pretty much everything in the Universe. Further anatomy of a Time Lord indicates a body temperature of 15-16 degrees Celsius and superhuman strength and stamina. His two hearts are supported by a binary vascular system, which enables them to survive major accidents and many physical and temporal shocks that would kill a human being. He has incredibly acute hearing and a highly developed Time Lord brain, with great memory capacity and telepathic ability. He is able to regenerate, a clever Time Lord trick to avoid death, although his thirteenth face will be his last. However, it has been suggested that an entirely new regeneration cycle can be bestowed on a Time Lord, presumably by artificial means. Time Lord life-energy is tremendously vibrant and powerful. When the TARDIS’ power supply was almost totally destroyed, save for one cell, the Doctor recharged it by breathing in his own life energy, giving up to 10 years of his life in the process. He is also one of the few two-armed beings to have mastered Venusian Aikido.
The Doctor and his companion is a recurring pattern throughout history – The man has been present at most major events over the course of life on Earth, and so many years into the future. He’s always there, watching, helping, saving lives. Because that’s what Doctors do. Fixed points in time should not be changed, not even at his hands, although he does have a tendency to poke his nose in. Trouble is his middle name – Not that anyone knows his first or last names, but it’s the analogy that counts. The ‘Time Lord Victorious’ is a man who rarely slips through, although the consequences can be disastrous when he gets to the headstrong stage of a belief that Time is his bitch.
The Doctor is qualified in ‘practically everything’, although he has never actually taken a medical degree. He was trained in the Gallifreyan education system, in the Prydon Academy. He was a member of the Prydon Chapter, a Time Lord Clan. The Prydonians were said to be the most powerful and devious of all the Chapters. At the Prydon Academy, the Doctor just scraped through with a 51% pass, on the second attempt. He has often hinted that he knows the TARDIS as well as he knows himself, which is believable, because he created the ship. During their Academy training, all Time Lords are required to construct a TARDIS, before surrendering it to the authorities.
Because of this, it only made sense for the Doctor to later ‘borrow’ – Without permission – The ship that he built himself, in order to flee the planet. It was being repaired and because of this, she is somewhat temperamental, and doesn’t always do what she’s told. Of course, the ship is bigger on the inside, due to the transdimensional portal of the front door. The chameleon circuit was meant to disguise the TARDIS as an item that wouldn’t be unusual to appear in the Doctor’s time of choice, although this was one of the malfunctioning properties of the stolen ship that the Doctor calls his own. As a result of this, his time ship is stuck in the form of a blue police box – An oddity that stands on street corners. The ship is mildly telepathic; she is actually alive, and can ‘see’ into the minds of her passengers. The TARDIS and the Doctor are mentally connected, making her just as much of a companion as any of his other associates.
The TARDIS isn’t the only gadget that he constantly uses. Also, incredibly handy, are the Sonic Screwdriver, which can do pretty much anything, other than open deadlock seals, and his Psychic Paper. This is blank until psychically activated, and projects from the mind of the reader an image of whatever the person using it wants them to see. Both invaluable tools, the Doctor keeps them about his person at all times.
The Time Lords were a long-lived and incredibly technologically advanced society, which possessed the secret of Time travel. The Time Lords preferred to observe the Universe and rarely interfered in the affairs of other worlds. Unable to agree with this policy of non-intervention, the Doctor became a renegade, but only after the Time War. When the Daleks discovered that the Doctor’s people had tried to tamper with history to prevent their creation, the Daleks declared war on the Time Lords and a massive conflict, the Last Great Time War, began. The Doctor played a crucial role in many of the Great Time War’s most desperate battles. Every time that the Daleks come back, the Doctor finds a new way to get rid of them, each time thinking that they’re gone for good. However, even when he loses everything – Friends, companions, even his whole race and home planet – They always manage to survive. The Daleks always come back.
His planet and people were wiped out during the Time War, during the Time War, against the Daleks, making him the last of his species – Or so he thought. It came to pass that the Master, a friend of his from Gallifrey, had survived by hijacking the chameleon arch and turning himself human for the duration of his life. When his Time Lord consciousness was returned to him through the opening of the fob watch, he regenerated, and stole the Doctor’s stolen TARDIS to take him back to Earth, assuming the position of Harold Saxon, Prime Minister of Great Britain with the use of mind control. He’d always been manipulative. After his supposed death, then his return at the unwilling hands of his former wife Lucy, he was ‘killed’ again, although one never really knows if he’s going to stay dead…
Donna Noble was, at one point, the most important woman in the whole of creation, and it tore his hearts apart when he had to wipe her memories in order to save her life. She had the power to create or destroy, with that little bit of Time Lord in a human form that made her the cleverest being ever. However, the DoctorDonna could never have survived independently – There was never meant to be a human Time Lord; it would have burned up her mind. Leaving her with the parting gift of a lottery ticket, the Doctor is assured that she’s safe, letting her live her new life with her husband, as happy as she was when travelling Time and space.
The young medical student Martha Jones met him in a hospital on the moon, and instantly proved her prowess when it came to difficult situations. Since then, she’s met Shakespeare, seen the destruction of her entire planet, and then saved it. Understanding the complications of travel with the Doctor was never going to be easy for anyone who’s said they’ll spend forever with him, although Martha, after her romantic implications were all-but ignored by the enigmatic Time Lord, got out while she could. She had her own patients to look after, and they were the focus of her attention. However, there’s always that possibility than she would come back to the Doctor, and he would welcome her back with open arms.
Rose Tyler, at nineteen years old, really clung to his heart. The Doctor sacrificed his ninth incarnation for her, when she looked into the Heart of the TARDIS. The energy gave her power over Time and space – In order to bring Jack back to life. Permanently – Although it also started to destroy her. With a kiss, he took that energy from her, let it destroy his body, and regenerated into the Tenth Doctor. Their relationship only grew from there, and she seemed to understand that the decisions he made were not always the ones he wanted to implement, and realised he was a victim to the Time he travelled. After losing her to the Void when the Cybermen returned from Parallel Earth, he thought he could never get her back, although that, fortunately, was not to be. Since then, he’s seen her more than once, although he can’t help that twinge of jealousy at the thought of his identical double living the life, with Rose, which he desperately wanted to.
Jack Harkness could also be counted as a companion, although the two of them had a rather different relationship to any of the others. The two met during the London blitz, during the incident with the Empty Child, when the Doctor was in his Ninth incarnation, and it was discovered that the whole thing was pretty much all Jack’s fault. He was killed by the Daleks on the Game Station, formerly Satellite Five, although was brought back to life by Rose. But, unable to control the power that she had been given, in looking into the heart of the TARDIS, Rose gave Jack infinite life, spanning the whole of Time itself. Because of this, the ex-con man and the Time Lord have a tenuous companionship – The Doctor monitors Time as much as he possibly can, so when something like Jack comes along, something he doesn’t understand, something he can’t control, it throws him. In a sense, the Doctor loves him – Although never in the way Jack tends to understand. No matter what, he cares for him, and doesn’t want to see any harm befall him – Even though it wouldn’t do much damage anyway!
It was prophesised that the Doctor’s song was ending, and that ‘he will knock four times’. The Doctor casually imparted on several occasions that he was going to die, and that moment finally came in the home of the Naismiths. In order to save Wilf, Donna’s grandfather, the Doctor sacrificed himself. The radiation that flooded into him kick-started his regeneration cycle, although he paid a visit to all of the companions that would stay with him forever, to give them a parting gift. Donna got her lottery ticket, with a pound borrowed from a great-grandfather of hers; Martha and Mickey, now married, were saved from a Sontaran with a mallet; Rose was visited briefly, to wish her a Happy New 2005 – The best year of her life – Sarah-Jane’s son Luke was saved from death crossing a road, and Jack was given a friend. He felt as though he could ‘die’, then, having said his goodbyes. And so, he did.
The TARDIS crashed in a young girl’s back garden, and a man with a different face fell out. The Doctor, after his regeneration, discovered Amelia Pond, at the age of seven, who would grow up to think of her ‘Raggedy Doctor’ as her imaginary friend, and would eventually become his companion. After saving the world in twenty minutes, he invited her to travel with him, and they visited the Starship UK. She proved herself to him, and the Doctor and his new face and new hair and new teeth and new personality is pretty sure that she’s the right companion for him. Although no matter how many lives he lives, he never forgets any of the people that he’s met, especially those who have given their lives for him, so they he might continue to be the man that people look up to. Bedtime stories consist of the exploits of the Doctor and his companion and his TARDIS, and so, so many people are sure that they still want those tales to continue.
No matter what face he’s currently sporting, the Doctor has a passionate, loving side to him, in that he always wants to see the best done for his companions, and for the people he helps. However, there is also a ruthless streak that can sometimes become evident, although not often. He always gives any enemies a second chance; he always gives them the option to change things. He’s seen so much death in his life that he wants to avoid any and everything else. But, no matter what, he will always be the Doctor, the man who saves lives.[/size]
Roleplaying Sample:
Image of your character:
Basics:
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Character's name:
His real name is unknown, but he uses the title ‘the Doctor’, which is how he’s always addressed. Occasional aliases include ‘Doctor James McCrimmon’, and more commonly ‘John Smith’. He was knighted – And exiled in the same day – By Queen Victoria, under the name ‘Sir Doctor of TARDIS’. In his youth, his nickname was ‘Theta Sigma’, which is the closest anyone’s got to a real name.
Age and DoB:
One thousand. Well… Nine hundred and fifty. Well… Nine hundred. Close enough. He’s skipped a few birthdays here and there. Even though he’s pretty much lost track, his generally approximated age is around nine hundred and seven.
Gender:
Male.
Relationship Status:
The Doctor is alone, no matter what. Even if there’s someone there who loves him, who wants to care for him, and stay with him forever, he can’t settle down, and he certainly can’t love them. There was one girl, a long time ago. A different face, a different life. He knew he loved her, even if he could never confess that.
Job:
Saving the Universe, time and time again.
Default face:
Matt Smith.
(( Although this application is for the Eleventh Doctor – Sign of the times and all that jazz *sniff*– I’ll definitely roleplay the Ninth or Tenth Doctor as well, depending on what era anyone fancies having a crack at… =) Cor, we all love Ten to bits, don’t we?! ))
Roleplayer's Name:
Marie. Again…
Appearance:
~
Height:
About six-feet tall.
Eye Color:
Browny-bluey-green. Ish. Hazel.
Hair colour/generalness:
Thick and dark brown, with a strange quiff that he seems to like a lot.
Anything else about how they look that may be important to the RPG?
the TARDIS offers a huge wardrobe, and every time the Doctor regenerates, he selects a new outfit to suit his new personality, which often does not agree with the taste of his predecessor. The Doctor – In his Eleventh incarnation – Was unable to have access to the wardrobe at the time of his regeneration, and spent the first couple of hours in the ripped and shredded suit of the Tenth Doctor. He stole a cobbled-together outfit from a hospital – After saving the world in twenty minutes, obviously.
Rather than his previous outfit of a long, nondescript pinstripe coat, Converse trainers and brown or blue suit, he is now seen looking like some mad professor. In sensible shoes, dark trousers and braces that match his nifty little bowtie, he also wears a neat shirt, and tops it all off with a tweed jacket. Although his look doesn’t exactly match any particular time zone, neither does he. He’s a man who will never really fit in anywhere, which makes all the more reason for him to wear what he’s comfortable in. There’s lot of running.
Personality:
~
Hobbies:
- Running.
- Getting himself into trouble.
- Meeting new people.
- Travelling.
- Saving the Universe.
Likes:
- His TARDIS.
- A nice cup of tea.
- Friends.
- His Sonic Screwdriver.
- Getting one over the bad guys.
Dislikes:
- Lies.
- People who don’t listen to him.
- Not being able to do the right thing.
- Losing people.
- Thoughts of the past.
Strengths:
- Compassion.
- Empathy.
- A veritable genius.
- Regeneration.
-Oh, you know… Has a time machine.
Weaknesses:
- Doesn’t allow himself emotional attachments.
- Always has to do what’s right.
- Too clever for his own good.
- Can’t leave a mystery alone.
- The last of his kind.
Anything they're afraid of? Even subconsciously?
- Strangely – Although maybe not so strangely – He’s afraid of the Time Lords, his own people.
- Although he would never said that he is afraid of death, it’s there subconsciously. A fear of real death, no more regenerations. Just darkness.
- Daleks. Enough said.
How would they react to the following situation?:
Your character is sat in the tavern, when the serving wench drops a whole tray of drinks over them, causing the whole room to descend into hysterical laughter.
As ever, the Doctor would be kind and caring and considerate of the situation, offering to help clear up, pay for the damage, that sort of thing, and making jokes. He’d probably make a botch job of stacking the tankards – Which would then fall over – And cleaning the floor – Which he’d proceed to slip over one – But he’d keep light and humorous. The Doctor is incredibly clumsy, although there seems to be an elegance to that ungainliness. But then, his Sonic Screwdriver might just make an appearance, deftly causing everyone else’s tankards to explode all over their owners… He can’t stand injustice, always fighting for the needs and the rights of the underdog.
Character History:
~
Place of birth:
Gallifrey, once called the Shining World. But that’s gone now. It’s all gone…
Parents:
Unknown.
He never talks about them, although there are suspicions that he’s seen his mother more recently than he suggests. He once claimed Earth ancestry on his mother’s side.
Brothers? Sisters? Cousins? Inlaws?
- Susan Foreman – The Doctor’s granddaughter.
- Jenny Smith – The Doctor’s daughter, created from his DNA on Messaline. He originally only thought of her as a clone child, that she wasn’t really part of him, although he learned to appreciate her and her two hearts.
- Contrary to popular belief (Martha!) the Master is not his secret brother…
History:
Time and time again, fate seems to thrust a mysterious Time traveller known as the Doctor right into the right place at the right time. However, as the Doctor always arrives at times of catastrophe, it has created legends that suggest he is the cause of these events. In fact, he is usually instrumental in the resolution of crises, but like a story, he can also leave damage in his wake. The Doctor was a crucial figure in the Great Time War, and witnessed the destruction of the Daleks, the Time Lords, and his home planet, Gallifrey. The Doctor continues to appear where he is needed to alleviate the chaos that is created in both time and space.
The Doctor is a renegade Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, complete with two hearts, a respiratory bypass system and innate knowledge of pretty much everything in the Universe. Further anatomy of a Time Lord indicates a body temperature of 15-16 degrees Celsius and superhuman strength and stamina. His two hearts are supported by a binary vascular system, which enables them to survive major accidents and many physical and temporal shocks that would kill a human being. He has incredibly acute hearing and a highly developed Time Lord brain, with great memory capacity and telepathic ability. He is able to regenerate, a clever Time Lord trick to avoid death, although his thirteenth face will be his last. However, it has been suggested that an entirely new regeneration cycle can be bestowed on a Time Lord, presumably by artificial means. Time Lord life-energy is tremendously vibrant and powerful. When the TARDIS’ power supply was almost totally destroyed, save for one cell, the Doctor recharged it by breathing in his own life energy, giving up to 10 years of his life in the process. He is also one of the few two-armed beings to have mastered Venusian Aikido.
The Doctor and his companion is a recurring pattern throughout history – The man has been present at most major events over the course of life on Earth, and so many years into the future. He’s always there, watching, helping, saving lives. Because that’s what Doctors do. Fixed points in time should not be changed, not even at his hands, although he does have a tendency to poke his nose in. Trouble is his middle name – Not that anyone knows his first or last names, but it’s the analogy that counts. The ‘Time Lord Victorious’ is a man who rarely slips through, although the consequences can be disastrous when he gets to the headstrong stage of a belief that Time is his bitch.
The Doctor is qualified in ‘practically everything’, although he has never actually taken a medical degree. He was trained in the Gallifreyan education system, in the Prydon Academy. He was a member of the Prydon Chapter, a Time Lord Clan. The Prydonians were said to be the most powerful and devious of all the Chapters. At the Prydon Academy, the Doctor just scraped through with a 51% pass, on the second attempt. He has often hinted that he knows the TARDIS as well as he knows himself, which is believable, because he created the ship. During their Academy training, all Time Lords are required to construct a TARDIS, before surrendering it to the authorities.
Because of this, it only made sense for the Doctor to later ‘borrow’ – Without permission – The ship that he built himself, in order to flee the planet. It was being repaired and because of this, she is somewhat temperamental, and doesn’t always do what she’s told. Of course, the ship is bigger on the inside, due to the transdimensional portal of the front door. The chameleon circuit was meant to disguise the TARDIS as an item that wouldn’t be unusual to appear in the Doctor’s time of choice, although this was one of the malfunctioning properties of the stolen ship that the Doctor calls his own. As a result of this, his time ship is stuck in the form of a blue police box – An oddity that stands on street corners. The ship is mildly telepathic; she is actually alive, and can ‘see’ into the minds of her passengers. The TARDIS and the Doctor are mentally connected, making her just as much of a companion as any of his other associates.
The TARDIS isn’t the only gadget that he constantly uses. Also, incredibly handy, are the Sonic Screwdriver, which can do pretty much anything, other than open deadlock seals, and his Psychic Paper. This is blank until psychically activated, and projects from the mind of the reader an image of whatever the person using it wants them to see. Both invaluable tools, the Doctor keeps them about his person at all times.
The Time Lords were a long-lived and incredibly technologically advanced society, which possessed the secret of Time travel. The Time Lords preferred to observe the Universe and rarely interfered in the affairs of other worlds. Unable to agree with this policy of non-intervention, the Doctor became a renegade, but only after the Time War. When the Daleks discovered that the Doctor’s people had tried to tamper with history to prevent their creation, the Daleks declared war on the Time Lords and a massive conflict, the Last Great Time War, began. The Doctor played a crucial role in many of the Great Time War’s most desperate battles. Every time that the Daleks come back, the Doctor finds a new way to get rid of them, each time thinking that they’re gone for good. However, even when he loses everything – Friends, companions, even his whole race and home planet – They always manage to survive. The Daleks always come back.
His planet and people were wiped out during the Time War, during the Time War, against the Daleks, making him the last of his species – Or so he thought. It came to pass that the Master, a friend of his from Gallifrey, had survived by hijacking the chameleon arch and turning himself human for the duration of his life. When his Time Lord consciousness was returned to him through the opening of the fob watch, he regenerated, and stole the Doctor’s stolen TARDIS to take him back to Earth, assuming the position of Harold Saxon, Prime Minister of Great Britain with the use of mind control. He’d always been manipulative. After his supposed death, then his return at the unwilling hands of his former wife Lucy, he was ‘killed’ again, although one never really knows if he’s going to stay dead…
Donna Noble was, at one point, the most important woman in the whole of creation, and it tore his hearts apart when he had to wipe her memories in order to save her life. She had the power to create or destroy, with that little bit of Time Lord in a human form that made her the cleverest being ever. However, the DoctorDonna could never have survived independently – There was never meant to be a human Time Lord; it would have burned up her mind. Leaving her with the parting gift of a lottery ticket, the Doctor is assured that she’s safe, letting her live her new life with her husband, as happy as she was when travelling Time and space.
The young medical student Martha Jones met him in a hospital on the moon, and instantly proved her prowess when it came to difficult situations. Since then, she’s met Shakespeare, seen the destruction of her entire planet, and then saved it. Understanding the complications of travel with the Doctor was never going to be easy for anyone who’s said they’ll spend forever with him, although Martha, after her romantic implications were all-but ignored by the enigmatic Time Lord, got out while she could. She had her own patients to look after, and they were the focus of her attention. However, there’s always that possibility than she would come back to the Doctor, and he would welcome her back with open arms.
Rose Tyler, at nineteen years old, really clung to his heart. The Doctor sacrificed his ninth incarnation for her, when she looked into the Heart of the TARDIS. The energy gave her power over Time and space – In order to bring Jack back to life. Permanently – Although it also started to destroy her. With a kiss, he took that energy from her, let it destroy his body, and regenerated into the Tenth Doctor. Their relationship only grew from there, and she seemed to understand that the decisions he made were not always the ones he wanted to implement, and realised he was a victim to the Time he travelled. After losing her to the Void when the Cybermen returned from Parallel Earth, he thought he could never get her back, although that, fortunately, was not to be. Since then, he’s seen her more than once, although he can’t help that twinge of jealousy at the thought of his identical double living the life, with Rose, which he desperately wanted to.
Jack Harkness could also be counted as a companion, although the two of them had a rather different relationship to any of the others. The two met during the London blitz, during the incident with the Empty Child, when the Doctor was in his Ninth incarnation, and it was discovered that the whole thing was pretty much all Jack’s fault. He was killed by the Daleks on the Game Station, formerly Satellite Five, although was brought back to life by Rose. But, unable to control the power that she had been given, in looking into the heart of the TARDIS, Rose gave Jack infinite life, spanning the whole of Time itself. Because of this, the ex-con man and the Time Lord have a tenuous companionship – The Doctor monitors Time as much as he possibly can, so when something like Jack comes along, something he doesn’t understand, something he can’t control, it throws him. In a sense, the Doctor loves him – Although never in the way Jack tends to understand. No matter what, he cares for him, and doesn’t want to see any harm befall him – Even though it wouldn’t do much damage anyway!
It was prophesised that the Doctor’s song was ending, and that ‘he will knock four times’. The Doctor casually imparted on several occasions that he was going to die, and that moment finally came in the home of the Naismiths. In order to save Wilf, Donna’s grandfather, the Doctor sacrificed himself. The radiation that flooded into him kick-started his regeneration cycle, although he paid a visit to all of the companions that would stay with him forever, to give them a parting gift. Donna got her lottery ticket, with a pound borrowed from a great-grandfather of hers; Martha and Mickey, now married, were saved from a Sontaran with a mallet; Rose was visited briefly, to wish her a Happy New 2005 – The best year of her life – Sarah-Jane’s son Luke was saved from death crossing a road, and Jack was given a friend. He felt as though he could ‘die’, then, having said his goodbyes. And so, he did.
The TARDIS crashed in a young girl’s back garden, and a man with a different face fell out. The Doctor, after his regeneration, discovered Amelia Pond, at the age of seven, who would grow up to think of her ‘Raggedy Doctor’ as her imaginary friend, and would eventually become his companion. After saving the world in twenty minutes, he invited her to travel with him, and they visited the Starship UK. She proved herself to him, and the Doctor and his new face and new hair and new teeth and new personality is pretty sure that she’s the right companion for him. Although no matter how many lives he lives, he never forgets any of the people that he’s met, especially those who have given their lives for him, so they he might continue to be the man that people look up to. Bedtime stories consist of the exploits of the Doctor and his companion and his TARDIS, and so, so many people are sure that they still want those tales to continue.
No matter what face he’s currently sporting, the Doctor has a passionate, loving side to him, in that he always wants to see the best done for his companions, and for the people he helps. However, there is also a ruthless streak that can sometimes become evident, although not often. He always gives any enemies a second chance; he always gives them the option to change things. He’s seen so much death in his life that he wants to avoid any and everything else. But, no matter what, he will always be the Doctor, the man who saves lives.[/size]
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