The Ninth Doctor

This is the second of reply-to-posts that I originally replied to Amy Ratcliffe's Blog with! Her post was a sweet message to say why Matt Smith was her Doctor:

http://geekfemme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/my-doctor-spoiler-its-eleventh-doctor.html

And here's my response that I feel took a lot of reading time for just a reply! XD (But hey, she wanted to know about other peoples' Doctors, so...!):


Matt Smith is definitely one of my favourite Doctors, but I haven't pinned it down; maybe it's the whimsy, the adventure or probably because he's downright mad!

But my Doctor is definitely Christopher Eccleston; his Northern charm and non-nonsense attitude...His eccentricities and his emotional weight...All adds up! I was introduced to Eccleston, not just as the Doctor, but the actor himself when 'Doctor Who' re-started in 2005. Since then I've been keenly following his other works, such as the first episode of a series called 'Accused', where I spotted a hint of Doctor #9 as his character walked to court, with the weight of his recent past on his shoulders. Also more recently was the adaptation of 'The Borrowers' where he played Pod Clock! ^^ And, it almost goes without saying, I cannot *wait* to see him in 'Thor: The Dark World'! (The God of Thunder vs. The Oncoming Storm! ^^) Which brings me back to 'Who'...!

The main thing for me in the Ninth Doctor was the gravitas Christopher brought to the role; a similar acting approach to the first three and the eccentric fun of #4. Plus all the fun #9 had, especially at others' expenses (i.e. how clever and important he is), could easily have been a foreshadowing to another character Steven Moffat has control of; Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock. And I believe I loved Cumberbatch's Sherlock for more-or-less the same reasons.

Since 2005, the Ninth Doctor has inspired me in many ways, mainly for how he was written and the amazing dialogue he had. Best example was when I actually composed my own Ninth Doctor speech made from a couple of his key quotes strung together with my own writing*...I performed it for my College course; twice! Had the leather jacket too! And sonic! ^^

Anyway...Everytime I see the final moments of 'The Parting of the Ways', my heart-strings are tugged...This is the Doctor who showed me many ways of looking at things with a positive and caring attitude, not with fear, but with wonder and amazement and acceptance, sprinkled with a new-found sense of adventure...My Doctor. When he cheekily reclaims how fantastic he was, I can't help but agree; "Absolutely fantastic!"


And that's my reply! ^^ Like the previous post, I still stand by my reply! Hehe

*Here's the speech (Updated in 2010 with 11th Doctor reference...It starts with the TARDIS materialising sound, then me walking on stage with the Sonic, as if I'm searching for something, then the lights come up):

"Who am I? That’s a very good question...! You could come along and find out, if you want! As long as you don't ask silly questions and don't wander off! Mind you, when I tell you I'm an alien, you probably would wander off...You think I was joking, don't you? You know, people have said to me ‘if you’re an alien, how come you sound like you’re from the North?’ I say ‘lots of planets have a North’...Well...Apart from ones like Ansoth...That’s only got a Southern Hemisphere; imagine a planet with no Northern Hemisphere! Sitting there, in orbit, like a bowl of hot soup! And then you get others who think they're clever when they ask ‘why do you look human?’ Well maybe it’s to do with the fascinating Earth, maybe it’s to do with me visiting for decades, maybe it's an accident in interplantary geography! Simple fact is; nobody knows...Not even me! And that's saying something! But I’ll tell you what I do know; I’m a Time Lord from a planet thousands of years and miles away. How did I get here? Would you believe it? Even if you don't, you're still listening...! Think back to when you were a kid, and they tell you that the world’s turning for the first time and you just can’t quite believe it because everything looks like its standing still. I can feel it; the turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles-an-hour and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty-seven thousand miles-an-hour and I can feel it; we’re falling through space – you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world and if we let go...That’s who I am. Some people say I’m a legend; others call me ‘the oncoming storm’. But I’m a traveller; a voyeur through space and time. I’ve come across creatures, beings and odd-things and entire civilisations just as important, if not more, than the human race. I survived a war that ravaged two of the greatest species in the universe and I’ve defeated entire armies of cybernetic organisms. It made me the man I am, today. So, do you want to come with me? ‘Cause if you do, then I should warn you, you’re going to see allsorts of things; ghosts from the past, aliens from the future, the day the Earth died in a ball of flame. It won’t be quiet, it won’t be safe and it won’t be calm. But I’ll tell you what it will be; the trip of a lifetime!

(Pause)

(I'm the Doctor by the way;) Run for your life!"

 Please do let me know what you think of that! (And see if you can seperate my writing from R.T. Davies'! Yeah I know, not hard...XD)

And for your amusement, here's an image of me when I first performed it in 2009! (Yes, I know the sideburns are more 10th Doctor, BUT...! Leather jacket for one thing! ^^)
http://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/culture-and-arts/performing-arts-summer-show/finale-gallery/pfscase_summer09_160.jpg/view

So there you have it! I couldn't love Matt Smith and the 11th Doctor anymore than I do...But if I had to choose, I'd choose my Doctor; the Ninth Doctor.


AM

(Again, many thanks and maybe apologies to Ms. Ratcliffe! I'll try not to 'hijack' her Blog again! XD)

EDIT:
I've recently found the final copy of the speech, so I've edited this one to match it...NOW it's the correct one! XD