# General Doctor Who questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081 "2011-11-16T01:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/61 "2011-11-19T01:37:07Z")
Well, there was that hand-holding bit in _Tomb of the Cybermen_ back in the Troughten/Doctor Two years… but if it was a Sign it was a really subtle one. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/62 "2011-11-19T01:44:18Z")
…for those who hadn’t seen it, the sketch from this year’s Children in Need: funny stuff! 😃 Also contains a trailer for the Christmas Special: obvious spoilers… [http://www.combom.co.uk/2011/11/doctor-who-doctor-widow-wardrobe.html](http://www.combom.co.uk/2011/11/doctor-who-doctor-widow-wardrobe.html) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/63 "2011-11-19T01:50:32Z")
…just wanted to add that this clip contains everything I love about Matt Smith: so if you need an introduction to this Doctor this is about as good as you will get! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/64 "2011-11-19T03:20:56Z")
…three boots…? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/65 "2011-11-19T13:35:52Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > …three boots…? Time Lords are full of surprises. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/66 "2011-11-19T14:12:14Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Hey, here’s a silly question for folks whose memories of classic Who are fresher than mine: When did the Doctor first become unambiguously gay-positive? I mean, it’s very up-front post-2005, but it seems so natural and in keeping with the spirit if the Doctor that you don’t really blink. I think that’s very much a Russel T. Davies contribution. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/67 "2011-11-19T14:35:44Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Hey, here’s a silly question for folks whose memories of classic Who are fresher than mine: When did the Doctor first become unambiguously gay-positive? I mean, it’s very up-front post-2005, but it seems so natural and in keeping with the spirit if the Doctor that you don’t really blink. > > Obviously wouldn’t expect the same level of frankness but is there any precedent apart from the fourth Doctor lifting a few pages from Oscar Wilde? 😃 I think Adric had a bit of a crush on The Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/68 "2011-11-20T01:21:53Z")
> [@Monkey\_Chews](#): > > You missed some great Doctor Who! His first season was fairly atrocious, but they really got their act together for his second and third seasons and pulled out some great stories. _Remembrance Of The Daleks_, _The Curse Of Fenric_, and _Ghost Light_ rank up there with with the best of Who, and there were quite a few other good stories too. They added a few layers of mystery and depth - and even a manipulative streak - to the character after his initial debut as a spoon-playing buffoon. “Battlefield” is also quite enjoyable - some of the Doctor’s most compelling speeches. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/69 "2011-11-20T03:53:26Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I know that David Tennant has many fans, and Tom Baker was super popular, but > Is there a generally acknowledged to be **Most** popular and the **Least** popular" Doctor Who? (I would excuse Paul McGann from both since he didn’t have the role long enough to develop much of a fan base.) > > How is Matt Smith working out? I haven’t seen any of his yet. . . There is a [theory about favorite Doctors](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/popculture/988c/). As everyone says, #6 has generated the most voluable thumbs down. There are rumors that the character was supposed to mellow, but was unpopular enough that it was regenerated away before that happened. I like Matt Smith, but then I have a high tolerance for goofy. I also liked most of Torchwood, mostly because of Captain Jack. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/70 "2011-11-21T11:02:02Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Well, there was that hand-holding bit in _Tomb of the Cybermen_ back in the Troughten/Doctor Two years… but if it was a Sign it was a really subtle one. Is that the bit where Jamie and the Doctor think they’re helping Victoria? Very funny scene. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/71 "2011-11-24T09:50:36Z")
…open Season 5 and 6 spoilers below! Don’t click the link or read any further if you aren’t up to date with the Matt Smith episodes… . . . . . . Here are the four mini episodes “Night and the Doctor” that feature on the latest box set DVD release. (and one what looks like a deleted scene) > **[Watch Night and the Doctor](https://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/night-and-the-doctor-28392.htm)** > > Watch all five Night and the Doctor mini-episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/72 "2011-11-24T23:00:49Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > Most will agree Torchwood isn’t very good, but the 5-part Children of Earth mini-series was excellent. Well, the bits that ripped off _Quatermass_ were, anyway. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/73 "2011-11-25T00:34:14Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > And, btw, I should like to have a Coke and perhaps some sexual intercourse with David Tennant, so if anybody knows him please give him my number. Thanks. Isn’t he still married to Peter Davison’s daughter? That changes the feel of ‘Time Crash’ a lot, btw. > [@Sampiro](#): > > How is Matt Smith working out? I haven’t seen any of his yet. Oh, he’s brilliant. A bit glum, but very doctory. I think he and Pertwee are my two personal faves right now. And the companions (there are two regular and one recurring) are pretty cool. I especially like Rory, but you have to have Amy to get Rory really, so the group then. I like that they seem to be keeping the same bunch of companions for several years, instead of changing the cast every season as R. Davies did. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/74 "2011-11-25T02:12:18Z")
I think Matt Smith is an amazingly good Doctor, but I don’t really like the direction the writing has taken since he’s come on board. I don’t mind a bit of good ol’ creepy melodrama here and there, but the new crew seems to have forgotten that it’s possible to mix some humorous episodes in as well. It’s all creepy scary nonstop nowadays. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/75 "2011-11-25T02:14:44Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Isn’t he still married to Peter Davison’s daughter? Yep, and they’re expecting a kid. > [@](#): > > That changes the feel of ‘Time Crash’ a lot, btw. Forget Time Crash…It _really_ changes The Doctor’s Daughter (where she played the title character). ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/76 "2011-11-25T03:37:11Z")
Yeah, but they’re in character there. In ‘Time Crash,’ Tennant’s fanboy-turned-successor attitude toward Davison was stepping out of character by the end. It was endearing, but the shadow of the future adds a bit of, ‘can I have your daughter’s hand?’ ---
**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:** [November 25, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/77 "2011-11-25T23:40:54Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Yep, and they’re expecting a kid. Actually, they already have a daughter. I think she as born last spring, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/78 "2011-11-26T03:48:28Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Isn’t he still married to Peter Davison’s daughter? That changes the feel of ‘Time Crash’ a lot, btw.Oh, he’s brilliant. A bit glum, but very doctory. I think he and Pertwee are my two personal faves right now. > > And the companions (there are two regular and one recurring) are pretty cool. I especially like Rory, but you have to have Amy to get Rory really, so the group then. I like that they seem to be keeping the same bunch of companions for several years, instead of changing the cast every season as R. Davies did. I think Rory is amazing … imagine loving someone so much you are willing to sit for 2000 years waiting and keeping them safe _swoon_ He looks fantastic as a Roman soldier. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/79 "2011-11-26T05:28:14Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > [Tom Baker on Blackadder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfW9znJYjw) [Peter Davison in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” as the Dish of the Day.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK-zYBIuotE) ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081/80 "2011-11-26T12:06:00Z")
I think that the backstory behind the Dr. changed very early on in his fictional existance. In the original D.W. which I watched as a kid, I was always under the impression that he was a (human) Victorian eccentric scientist who’d invented a time m/c,who came forward to our present time (latter part of the 20thc.) to take his grandkids through space and time to increase his knowledge, and educate the young’uns. ( both his own and the kids at home watching.) I was given to understand that he was actually having sex with his assistant in one of his recent incarnations, but I might have got hold of the wrong end of the stick here. I have heard that Tom Baker IRL is very much a joker, with a wicked sense of humour. And thats all I’ve got. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-doctor-who-questions/603081.md?page=5)