# Being a particularly trashy Doctor Who question, of especial interest to straight women and gay men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927 "2013-02-21T00:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/1 "2013-02-21T00:38:56Z")
If you absolutely had to shag one (1) male member of the cast in order to save your nearest and dearest from never having existed, or if your nearest and dearest was away and you could get away with shagging one (1) male member of the cast, or if you saved the life of Prince William and his great with child wife and the Queen in her gratitude gave you a coupon for a free shag with one (1) male member of the cast, and only one (1), who would you choose? You can only choose one in the poll, but feel free to name who’d be your second or third or anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/2 "2013-02-21T00:45:02Z")
And guest stars count. Or previous Doctors. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/3 "2013-02-21T01:02:14Z")
How the hell can this poll not be multi-choice?! :dubious: Fine. Just…fine. The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant). NO! Wait, I mean The Ninth Doctor (Chris Eccleston). GAH! No, it has to be Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). ARGH! Can’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/4 "2013-02-21T01:09:21Z")
Eccleston. I have got SUCH a thing for him. Second place to Capt. Jack. I know a lot of people dig Tennant, but while I thought he was a great Doctor, he didn’t inspire fanfictiony feelings of lust in me like my top two choices do. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/5 "2013-02-21T01:18:42Z")
Captain Jack, with Christopher Eccleston as a very close second. I have no sexual attraction to any of the other listed characters/actors. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/6 "2013-02-21T01:19:06Z")
Only one? Gotta be Jack. But, aside from him, I’d happily have a roll with Eleven, Ten, Rory, Canton Delaware III, Eight, and Three. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/7 "2013-02-21T01:58:31Z")
Is it with the character, or the actor? ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/8 "2013-02-21T01:58:35Z")
I’d go with everyone’s favorite pan-sexual, “Captain” Jack Harkness. Then, in order of appearance: Jamie McCrimmon Brig Lethbridge-Stewart Harry Sullivan Eighth / McGann Tenth / Tennant Mickey Smith (after he got tough and buff in _Rise of the Cybermen_) Jackson Lake (David Morrisey) in _The Next Doctor_ Rory Williams ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/9 "2013-02-21T02:14:57Z")
I’m going to be painfully unoriginal and say Captain Jack, because John Barrowman would be neither safe nor clothed if I were within about 25 feet of him. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/10 "2013-02-21T03:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Is it with the character, or the actor? [/QUOTE] Good question; let’s go actor. BUT, in character. (The actual characters leave too many corpses.) I’m really quite surprised that it’s such a Cap’n. Jack landslide and that there’s so far no love for Matt Smith. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/11 "2013-02-21T03:18:06Z")
Atta boy, Captain Jack! I voted for him…can I have him speak Scottish to me? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/12 "2013-02-21T03:33:36Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Good question; let’s go actor. BUT, in character. (The actual characters leave too many corpses.) > > I’m really quite surprised that it’s such a Cap’n. Jack landslide and that there’s so far no love for Matt Smith. I was assuming it was characters. Captain Jack would be enthusiastic. I can’t help but think that the Doctor (in whatever incarnation) would be kind of awkward, if you could even get him into bed. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/13 "2013-02-21T04:05:00Z")
It was kind of a tough decision between Cap’n Jack and Doctor #10. I figure Harkness first because he would be the most fun, and he clearly knows what he’s doing. Training the Doctor would also be fun, but I’m not always in the mood for training. And, while I like Matt Smith as the Doctor, his lack of eyebrows really bugs me though I can’t say why. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/14 "2013-02-21T04:12:48Z")
I’m a straight-as-they-come man, but I’d give Captain Jack a go… ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/15 "2013-02-21T04:40:07Z")
Oh, the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, no question. He was my invisible lover for _years._ Of course, I’d like him to be in his prime. He’s 79 years old now. Also, I’d like him to be reasonably sober at the time, so he doesn’t throw up on me during it. There’s a few stories out there about him and the bottle. But the man was fantastic in my dream world. I’ve moved on, but wow…drroooool… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/16 "2013-02-21T04:41:12Z")
Capt. Jack for sure. I will give an honorable mention to Tom Baker. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/17 "2013-02-21T05:14:39Z")
I must be weird. Captain Jack Rory James? (or whatever the blond dude in the parallel universe with Ricky was named.) No one else ever tripped my trigger. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/18 "2013-02-21T05:21:14Z")
I’ll take David Ten-inch please! > [@Toucanna](#): > > Jackson Lake (David Morrisey) in _The Next Doctor_ Ooh he would be my first choice from guest stars, oh yes! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/19 "2013-02-21T05:29:50Z")
I’m thinking Rory. It was the Roman thing. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927/20 "2013-02-21T06:02:55Z")
I would go for Rory because he’s the only one who seems like a real person; his character is very lovable and loyal, and he really is quite a dish in his own way. OP didn’t say how this shagging could come about, i.e. how you would make this character willing to trade his luscious and comely wife even for an hour for some guy he never met (and let’s face it, I am not now and never have been love’s young dream). That makes the fantasy a bit harder to sustain… Roddy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-particularly-trashy-doctor-who-question-of-especial-interest-to-straight-women-and-gay-men/650927.md?page=2)