# So "Who" was Your First Doctor?

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-was-your-first-doctor/721299/121 "2015-06-08T16:12:20Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Because each regeneration is a death.
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> The Doctor dies. The new Doctor is not the same person. He has the old Doctor’s memories, yes, but it’s not just the body that changes. The new Doctor has a new personality, new habits, new likes and dislikes. Each incarnation has adopted a new outfit, new mannerisms, and the old Doctor is no more. He is replaced by what amounts to a new person.
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> Ten wasn’t ready to go, and resented being in the position of having to save Wilfred by sacrificing himself. He did it, of course, because that’s who he is. And a good thing, in a way, because this Time Lord Victorious thing he started doing was Not A Good Thing. But he was not ready to go.

I must say, I didn’t like that either. There’s a lot of leeway in how an actor plays the Doctor, but to me, bravery in the face of death is non-negotiable.

That said, I did love his “farewell tour” when he got to see Sarah Jane and everyone again for one last time.

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