Spin Madly On - Doctor Who

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Doctor Who
The Doctor/Rose

Admittedly, I had a very rough time with Nine's regeneration. Before I watched the show, the Doctor I knew best was Ten. I was vaguely aware of Eleven, but I don't think I particularly knew Nine existed (mostly because if there's one thing that gets my dander up it's the fact that people don't love and appreciate Nine like they should but anyway). I didn't know what to expect from him when I first started the show, but I definitely didn't think I was going to fall in love with him. Because I did. It only took a few episodes for me to be sure that he's one of my absolute all-time favorites, and when he regenerated into the once-familiar Ten, I didn't want to keep going at all. And I honestly mean "at all." Far as I was convinced, Nine was MY Doctor, and now that he was gone, I didn't want to see another man using his screwdriver, or puttering around the TARDIS, or holding Rose's hand.

I'm better now, although I have occasional relapses into prejudice, so this was half a tribute to my Doctor and half a way to finally let go of that prejudice so I can get on with the show already. It's pathetic how behind I am.

The general idea is that even though Nine is gone, time keeps moving, and the world still needs the Doctor. While he's laid up, he's basically in the process of letting his previous self go, and he wonders if things can be the same with Rose anymore. The actual plot of the Christmas special is rather in the background, mostly because this isn't (totally) about what was happening in the world while the Doctor was recovering -- it's about what was happening inside him. It's from the Doctor's point of view mostly because although I definitely emphasize with Rose throughout the Christmas special (I was probably almost as upset as she was about the whole caboodle), it must be weird to have a part of yourself die like that. It's not just physical appearance, after all, which would be traumatizing enough, but bits of your personality, wiped away and replaced by something else, something different. And new teeth. Can't forget how strange it'd be to have new teeth.

So, I just... needed to find a way to accept both Doctors. And this was the best way I could think of. I don't really think Nine will ever stop being MY Doctor, but at least I (hopefully) can properly accept Ten without getting sad every few episodes.

I don't know what I'll do when I have to get used to Eleven.

~Kristyn

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• christmas
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[grieverwings]

@Rachelplum Aww, thank you! :D I just didn't really think I'd like him as much as I do, and I know I'd like the show NOW if I was caught up enough to watch it, but I keep having these periods where my heart goes NINE IS THE ONLY DOCTOR NO MORE EVER. But yeah, thank you so much! <3

[Rachelplum]

This was lovely, and so fitting! The song choice was perfect, and suits the whole situation rather well :) Chris Eccleston was my favourite doctor too, actually I stopped watching part the way through the 10th doctor - partly because I just kept missing it when it was on tv, and partly because it just wasn't the same xD Anyways! This was lovely :)