Eleventh Doctor
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The Eleventh Doctor was the eleventh incarnation of the Time Lord known as the Doctor. He was sporadic and very alien compared to his previous incarnation, yet he retained his youthful vigor for defending the universe.
Biography
Turns gay
Appearance
This incarnation had long dark hair which initially made him believe himself female. He confirmed that he wasn't with the presence of an adam's apple, but was still annoyed that he was not ginger. He had a large chin, which seemed to initially unsettle him. He commented on his nose though noted that he'd had worse.
Clothes
For most of his first adventure, the Doctor wore the tattered clothes of his previous incarnation. Like his third and eighth incarnations, (DW: Spearhead from Space, Doctor Who) he stole his clothing from the staff room of a hospital. Unlike the previous occasions, however, this particular theft, was at least meekly protested by one of that hospital's staff.
The eleventh incarnation's primary outfit consisted of a plain brown tweed jacket with elbow patches, a dress shirt, a bow tie, braces, a gold wrist watch, rolled up navy-blue trousers and black boots. (DW: The Eleventh Hour) He would later vary the colour of the shirt, bow tie and braces from maroon to teal. The tweed jacket had pockets which were bigger on the inside, as the Doctor was able to produce a large UV lamp from his inside pocket (DW: The Vampires of Venice) along with many other things. He also managed to put a large piece of the TARDIS into his pocket. (DW: Cold Blood)
His second jacket was checked in design (DW: Victory of the Daleks, The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone) though he lost it while escaping from Weeping Angels aboard the Byzantium starship. After that incident, he resumed wearing his first jacket. (DW: The Vampires of Venice onwards) The jacket became tattered after the Doctor was shot at by a Dalek. At one point, after having lost his second jacket, he was seen to be wearing his first jacket, as well as wearing a black wristwatch instead of his gold one. This was later shown to be the Doctor from the future who came back in time to talk to Amy. (DW: Flesh and Stone)
- The Doctor from the future donned a black wristwatch instead of a gold one. This was a production error.
While in the National Museum, the Doctor found a fez in one of the displays. He decided to start wearing a fez with his outfit stating that "Fezzes are cool", in the same way he had with bow ties. The fez was later removed by Amy and destroyed by River Song, both who disapproved of it. While rewinding through his own timeline, the Doctor felt for the fez on his head, but it was not there. He concluded to himself that he could easily buy another. (DW: The Big Bang)
While attending Amy and Rory's wedding, the Doctor wore a formal tuxedo and trousers, along with a white bow tie, white scarf, and a black top hat. (DW: The Big Bang)
Psychological profile
Personality
The eleventh incarnation was highly energetic and very lively, much like his predecessors, with additional liveliness during his post-regenerative period. He was extremely brash and unafraid to show his eccentricities, appearing to act alien. He was also easily agitated when people or objects did not do as he wished them to, and would resort to physical confrontation and somewhat reckless behaviour to achieve his goals. He had, like a number of his other incarnations, fantastic leadership qualities. Much like his ninth and tenth incarnations, he also has a large amount of knowledge of Earth slang and colloquialism as he was aware of Facebook, Twitter and Bebo. He appeared to have remembered a few of his predecessor's catchphrases, such as "Fantastic!", "There's been some cowboys in here", and repetition of the word "What!". He was extremely resourceful and quick thinking, able to spin things to his point of view, and could find positive outlooks in negative situations. He was somewhat more melodramatic in his brilliance, going so far as to prove Fermat's last theorem, faster-than-light travel and why electrons had mass, just to prove he could be trusted. When thinking about a problem, he blocked out all outside distractions, to the point where he told Amy "you're dying, shut up" so he could solely concentrate on working out how to save her. (DW: Flesh and Stone) He also remarked about how he saved the world "for about the millionth time". (DW: The Eleventh Hour)
Much like his second incarnation, this incarnation showed a childlike recklessness, but always had a grander scheme behind his actions. Also similar to his second incarnation, the eleventh had a knack for acting smug, occasionally boasting about his feats, knowledge, and reputation.
This incarnation also had a more serious side to his character. He showed little tolerance for dire mistakes and being belittled by others, even threatening to leave Amy back at home after one mistake. (DW: The Beast Below) He often took his frustrations out on others by exploding with anger and coldness. (DW: The Beast Below, Flesh and Stone, Amy's Choice) He was also more prone to violent actions and sometimes used them as his first option to achieve his goals. He repeatedly attacked a Dalek with a spanner in order to provoke it into showing its true nature and immediately struck Dr. Bracewell in order to incapacitate his detonation. (DW: Victory of the Daleks) He also appeared to be almost downright threatening to the Atraxi after they surveyed a projection of him. Using his near-legendary reputation to his own advantage. (DW: The Eleventh Hour)
This incarnation also possessed a sense of arrogance, stating to Amy that "time is not the boss of me" (DW: The Time of Angels) and "you don't ever decide what I need to know". (DW: The Beast Below)
The eleventh incarnation shared many, but much milder, traits of the sixth incarnation, such as the solemn nature when not being taken seriously and the belittling of Humans. Also reminiscent is the lack of interest in his companions, much more than his previous incarnation was, even ignoring them when busy with his work. He also largely preferred his companions to follow his instructions but usually fell back to his previous incarnation's habit of letting his companions try their own plans. He scolded Amy for her initial refusal to go back to the TARDIS with Rory while he tried to stop the Saturnynian's plan. (DW: The Vampires of Venice) Unlike his previous incarnation, this Doctor seemed slightly annoyed with River Song instead of enjoying her company, as he could not stand the fact that River knew more about his own future than he did, and resented her apparently superior control of the TARDIS. He was also mildly callous like his sixth and ninth incarnations, not believing in using white lies nor did he dabble around with the truth like his tenth incarnation. He was straight to the point and did not beat around the bush, no matter how bad the situation was. He held up an awestruck Rory by his collar in order to stop him from babbling and get information out of him quickly, (DW: The Eleventh Hour), calmly told Amy that she was on the verge of dying despite River Song's attempt to calm her by lying, (DW: Flesh and Stone) and casually explained that even if the TARDIS fell into a threatening cold star, it wouldn't matter because everyone inside would have already frozen to death. (DW: Amy's Choice) Also like his sixth incarnation, this incarnation occasionally badly misjudged people. Similar to how the sixth misjudged Lytton, the eleventh stated he wished he had known Father Octavian better just before he was killed by a Weeping Angel. (DW: Flesh and Stone)
The eleventh incarnation's more extreme emotional moments seem linked to making hard choices and the potential that innocents may suffer and die as a result of them. When it appeared he had to lobotomise the Star Whale in order to save it more pain, he seemed disgusted with the situation and himself, remarking that he will have to change his name because he wouldn't be the Doctor any more. (DW: The Beast Below) He also had a tendency to ramble when he was panicking or stressed. When discovering that countless Dalek craft were situated outside Stonehenge, he rambled on about how "they'll never expect three people to attack twelve thousand Dalek battleships, because we'd be killed instantly, so it would be a fairly short surprise. Forget Surprise", turning the Daleks and Cybermen against each other because the Daleks "are always so cross", and when he heard the Sontarans he asked the question "Who stole all their hammocks?". (DW: The Pandorica Opens (TV story))
Much like his fourth, sixth, and ninth incarnations, this Doctor was much more outwardly alien and wasn't as in touch with Humanity as his fifth, eighth and previous incarnation were. The eleventh incarnation believed that a Human's ability to feel pain and suffering defined their Humanity. (DW: Victory of the Daleks) He was unable to comfort an upset Vincent Van Gogh (DW: Vincent and the Doctor) and found it difficult to act like an average Human when staying with Craig Owens. (DW: The Lodger) This incarnation was also aware of the flaws Humans had and reminded them of those flaws, a trait his ninth incarnation had. He seemed to suggest that he saw Humans as beneath him, unlike his tenth incarnation. When speaking with Father Octavian about Alfava Metraxis, he compared Humans to rabbits and claimed he would never be done saving them. (DW: The Time of Angels) When Amy suddenly forced herself upon the Doctor and kissed him he immediately responded with "But you're Human!". (DW: Flesh and Stone) The eleventh incarnation still showed a deep respect for Humanity, calling them an "extraordinary species" and telling Alaya that it was dangerous to underestimate them (DW:The Hungry Earth), subsequently allowing Amy and Nasreen to represent Humanity in the debate with the Silurian elder to find a common ground for both species, rather than representing Humanity himself. (DW: Cold Blood)
The eleventh incarnation had shown a dislike of war and the use of weaponry, at least for violent means. He fired a gun to detonate a gravity globe and expressed no displeasure against weapons being used on the Weeping Angels, though this could have been because the weapons clearly had no effect on them. (DW: The Time of Angels) However, he became almost threatening when Ambrose Northover suggested they use weapons against the Silurians, claiming it wasn't how he solved problems. As she protested, he told her firmly with a small smile that she was better than using weapons and was asking nicely. Later he told Alaya that there was a "peace to be brokered" and that he wouldn't let her provoke a war. (DW: The Hungry Earth) While posing as a normal Human being, the Doctor played football on Craig Owens' team and was disgusted and became threatening when one of Craig's friends asked him if he would help "annihilate" the other team. However, the Doctor soon realised that Craig's friend meant simply beat the other team at a football game. (DW: The Lodger)
The eleventh incarnation had also shown a tendency to refer to Amy by her surname, much as his first incarnation did with Ian Chesterton. Also similar to his first incarnation, this Doctor was not keen on hiding his emotions, usually making his anger obvious through violent actions and tone of voice. However, unlike his previous incarnation, he seemed unable to respond well in a romantic situation with Amy Pond. (DW: Flesh and Stone) Despite this awkwardness in response to an attempted seduction, the eleventh incarnation did show an ability to be affectionate and comforting with Amy, such as when he kissed her on the forehead (DW:Victory of the Daleks, Flesh and Stone/The Big Bang) and held her hand. (DW: Amy's Choice)
This incarnation had also shown some concern about his legs. Immediately after his regeneration, his first act was to make sure that he still had legs. (DW:The End of Time). Later on, after he had thrown himself into the explosion in the heart of the TARDIS, the first thing he did was check his legs were still there. (DW: The Big Bang)
This incarnation was shown to have resolved much of the survivors guilt seen in his ninth and tenth incarnations, to the extent that he referred to the time war as simply a 'bad day'. (DW: The Beast Below)
This incarnation seemed more willing to sacrifice himself. Several times he told Amy and Rory to return to the TARDIS in times of great danger, and sacrificed himself to create the big bang two. (DW: The Time of Angels, The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice, Cold Blood, The Big Bang)
Habits and Quirks
This incarnation could tell how old something was by taste, a trademark of the fifth and tenth incarnations. He was often late, for example arriving twelve years later than he intended (DW: The Eleventh Hour), like his fifth, ninth and tenth incarnations. He also appeared to have incredibly good eyesight as well as an eidetic memory, and was able to scan an entire scene and pick up little details. He implored others to observe every detail in an area and make brilliant deductions from doing so.
He also showed a penchant for talking with his hands, being able to calculate a situation with hand gestures. While trying to understand the Cracks appearing in the Byzantium and what it could mean, he made a circular gesture as if he was forming a clock then erasing it. (DW: Flesh and Stone) He also shaped out a large nose with his hands when he referred to Rory Williams, whom he had a habit of patting chummily on the face. He also had a habit of spinning in circles when walking and spinning around in a complete counter clockwise circle to look in one direction instead of turning to the right. (DW: The Eleventh Hour, The Big Bang)
Like his tenth incarnation's fondness for bananas and little gift shops, this incarnation was fond of bow ties.
Much like his tenth persona, this incarnation had horrible social skills. He went into detail about his encounter with Amy at Rory's Bachelor party, (DW: The Vampires of Venice) and often interrupted himself, and others, to tell someone to "shut up!" Also, this incarnation was frequently out-done verbally by Amy, to the point of becoming flustered at some of her wittier remarks. He also had a habit of making various subtle light-hearted innuendos with Rory (DW: The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice) but ended up clueless when Amy tried to flirt with him. (DW: Flesh and Stone) However, he had become a little more adept at dealing with, or at least deflecting, such innuendos by the time Amy and Rory were married. (DW: The Big Bang)
He also had a habit of rambling, making rapid amendments to his speech, to the point where it seemed like he was talking nonsense. (DW: The Time of Angels, The Vampires of Venice)
A habit that seemed to mildly disturb the Doctor when Amy pointed it out to him was his propensity for tasting things in order to determine their chemical and mineral composition. This ability recalled one he displayed in the early days of his tenth life. (DW: The Christmas Invasion, Tooth and Claw, The Idiot's Lantern) Once, when Amy asked him if he'd always "been this disgusting," he replied, "No, that's... recent." (DW: The Hungry Earth)
Frequently, this incarnation had asked his companions and others to trust him before he began any plan. This Doctor had also frequently hushed others while he trying to think. Before the eleventh incarnation pointed at someone or something, he usually clicked his fingers and then pointed. When he walked somewhere at a pace, he usually did so with his head looking at the ground. He also displayed a preference for sitting down casually and nonchalantly with leg crossed, appearing quite comfortable and in control during crisis' or tense situations, something he alluded to with a reference to the "comfy chairs" in the Byzantium starship. (DW: Flesh and Stone)
This incarnation had displayed a penchant for unexpectedly pulling miscellaneous objects out of his jacket when needed, akin to his fourth and tenth incarnations. These items included:
- A magnifying glass. (DW: The Beast Below)
- A Jammie Dodger biscuit. (DW: Victory of the Daleks)
- A library card. (DW: The Vampires of Venice)
- A large UV light wand. (DW: The Vampires of Venice)
- A red and yellow rubber ball. (DW: Amy's Choice)
- A pair of binoculars .(DW: The Hungry Earth, The Pandorica Opens)
- A slingshot. (DW: The Hungry Earth)
- A pair of infrared thermal imaging sunglasses. (DW: The Hungry Earth)
- A red handkerchief with white polka dots. (DW: Cold Blood)
The eleventh incarnation had shown several uses of his telepathic powers, once apparently using them to influence Amy's 'dream' of her younger self joining him so that she dreamed of Prisoner Zero's true form, although this may have been influenced by him speaking to her rather than any telepathic ability. (DW: The Eleventh Hour) On another occasion he filled Craig Owens in on his true past by head-butting him to apparently 'force' his memories into Craig's head, although this experience was apparently disorientating to both. He may have used this method due to a lack of time for more subtle measures. (DW: The Lodger) He also used them to leave Amy a message when she woke up and was released from the Pandorica, telling her to rest. (DW: The Big Bang)
TARDIS
As a result of the damage caused by his tenth regeneration, the Doctor's TARDIS seemed to regenerate itself. While its interior radically changed, the exterior was also slightly affected. Most noticeably, the right exterior door was again emblazoned with a St. John Ambulance symbol, as it had been on his initial incarnation's TARDIS. The light on the roof also once again resembled a fresnel navigation lamp, the blue was brighter and the windows had changed to include white borders around the glass panels and alternating frosting on the bottom panes. The exterior configuration was similar to the design the first incarnation used.
At some point the Doctor threw his much-abused TARDIS Instruction Manual into a Supernova. He later justified the move by saying he "disagreed with it". (DW: Amy's Choice)
Key Life Events
- The Doctor regenerates. (DW: The End of Time)
- The TARDIS destruction makes the Doctor crash on Earth in 1996, where he meets a young Amelia Pond. (DW: The End of Time / The Eleventh Hour)
- Meets Amy Pond and her boyfriend Rory Williams 12 years later and saves the world from Prisoner Zero and the Atraxi. The TARDIS regenerates on the inside and outside. (DW: The Eleventh Hour)
- Travels 2 years to the future, and invites an older Amy to travel with him in the TARDIS. (DW: The Eleventh Hour)
- Travels to the Starship UK with Amy where he helps Liz Ten to discover the truth about the ship. (DW: The Beast Below)
- Re-encounters Winston Churchill and the Daleks in World War II and witnesses their resurrection. (DW: Victory of the Daleks)
- Re-encounters River Song and assists her in escaping the Byzantium while rediscovering the Weeping Angels. (DW: The Time of Angels)
- Uses his Sonic Screwdriver to scan a crack on board the Byzantium and discovers that the Cracks can unwrite time. Resists Amy's romantic advances, claiming to be 907 years old. (DW: Flesh and Stone)
- Invites Rory aboard the TARDIS and takes him and Amy to Venice on a romantic getaway. Unintentionally causes the extinction of the Saturnynian race and hears the silence for the first time. (DW: The Vampires of Venice)
- Faces a manifestation of his dark side controlled by psychic pollen given the name the Dream Lord. (DW: Amy's Choice)
- Faces a threat from the Silurians. (DW: The Hungry Earth))
- Examines the Crack and decides to put his hand inside and reached inside it to find a piece of the TARDIS door. The Doctor's life is saved by Rory after Restac fires her weapon at the Doctor and Rory pushes him out of the way, taking the blow at the cost of his own life. Witnesses Rory's body being absorbed into a Time Field. (DW: Cold Blood)
- The Doctor and Amy Pond visit Arcadia and the Trojan Gardens. (DW: Vincent and the Doctor)
- Meets Vincent Van Gogh. With Amy, takes Van Gogh to the year 2010 in an attempt to make a difference in his life but ends with Vincent still committing suicide at the age of 37. (DW:Vincent and the Doctor)
- The Doctor is trapped on Earth for some time and tries his best to have a normal "human" life but is trying to solve the mystery of the staircase with Craig Owens. (DW: The Lodger)
- The Doctor and Amy visit Space Florida. (DW: The Big Bang)
- Travels to Planet One to read the very first words of the universe, translated by the TARDIS. The Doctor is trapped inside the Pandorica for the wrong reason, by his allies and greatest enemies, the Alliance. (DW: The Pandorica Opens)
- The Doctor escapes the Pandorica with the help of Auton Rory, and uses a vortex manipulator to travel through time to save Amy and the entire Universe almost sacrificing himself to the cracks in the process, but is remembered by Amy at her wedding reception and brought back. The Doctor asks River Song who she is River responds and answers "You will find out very soon" and adds "I'm sorry but that's when everything changes". The Doctor receives a call from "[Your] Majesty" that an Egyptian goddess has escaped on the Orient Express, the Doctor, Amy and Rory go on another adventure in the TARDIS. (DW: The Big Bang)
Undated/Unchronicled events
- There are several gaps in which a number of adventures may have happened:
- Between Rory joining the Doctor and Amy on the TARDIS and his death. (DW: The Vampires of Venice, Cold Blood)
- Amy's Choice took place during this time.
- Between Rory's death and visiting Planet One.
- The Doctor and Amy visit Arcadia and the Trojan Gardens during this time.
- The events of Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger take place during this time.
- After Amy and Rory's wedding.
- The Doctor and Amy go in search of the Doctor's favourite painting. Rory is not present. (WC: The War of Art, WC: Amy's History Hunt)
- Between Rory joining the Doctor and Amy on the TARDIS and his death. (DW: The Vampires of Venice, Cold Blood)
- The Doctor and Amy discover the Daleks have taken over Earth in 1963. Following them back to Skaro they are able to undo the damage they have done. (VG: City of the Daleks)
- The Doctor and Amy discover an ancient Cybermen army hidden underground in the Arctic circle, being undug by Cyber Slaves - events occured on May 4th 2010. (VG: Blood of the Cybermen)
- The Doctor and Amy visit Smyslov 3 for the first time, in their perspective, and learn that their future selves visited there. (WC: Wish You Were Here)
- The Doctor and Amy fight the Entity inside the TARDIS. (VG: TARDIS)
- The Doctor and Amy visit Smyslov 3 and disable Tanik's missiles. (WC: Wish You Were Here)
Behind the scenes
- The comic strip The Crimson Hand, published in Doctor Who Magazine from issue 416 in December 2009, was the last strip to feature the tenth incarnation. Similarly, the American comic book publisher, IDW Publishing, announced at the New York Comic Con in February 2009 that it will begin publishing original comic book adventures featuring the eleventh incarnation as of issue 18 of Doctor Who Ongoing, scheduled for publication in December 2010.
- On 19th April, it was confirmed that Matt Smith would be appearing in the fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures as the eleventh incarnation, alongside Katy Manning as former companion Jo Grant.
- Benedict Cumberbatch (star of Sherlock, another show by Steven Moffat) was rumoured to have been offered the role of the eleventh incarnation and turning down the role,[1] however, he denied this.[2] Coincidentally Matt Smith auditioned for Sherlock for the role of John Watson but was rejected for being "more of a Sherlock Holmes."[3] That auditioned ended up causing Smith to be a prime canidate for the eleventh incarnation.
- British tabloid The Sun has reported that the eleventh incarnation's costume would be changed for Matt Smith's second series as the Doctor. The reason for this, the article cites, is that the majority of the series will be filmed in winter months and the tweed jacket isn't warm enough. The article does not specify if the entire costume will be changed or simply a warmer tweed jacket will be found, but language used in the article seemed to indicate the Doctor's "professor-style outfit" will be changed, suggesting the former.[1] However, pictures from the filming of the 2010 Christmas Special revealed that the basic outfit had not changed.[4]
- On the cover of Death of the Doctor, the Doctor is seen wearing a plain white shirt under his tweed jacket. A trailer for the series showed him wearing the white shirt.[5]
- Matt Smith has made several public statements — as on The Jonathan Ross Show and in the question-and-answer session following the New York theatrical premiere of The Eleventh Hour — taking credit for the tweed jacket, braces and bow tie that his incarnation eventually wore. He has also relayed that there was some reluctance from Steven Moffat and other top executives to the bow tie in particular, but that it nevertheless "sat right" with his performance. Smith's influence — according to CON: Call Me the Doctor and a mid-April 2010 appearance on Fox Broadcasting Company's Strategy Room — was the character of Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr., as he was most often clothed on the campus of Barnett College.
- When queried about the exact nature of the bow tie, Karen Gillan told the audience of the 2nd April 2010 edition of the CBBC programme, Laugh Out Loud, that Smith's bow tie wasn't a "proper" bow tie, but instead a pre-tied dicky bow. This can be confirmed by carefully watching him put on the tie The Eleventh Hour, although the action is somewhat obscured by the Atraxi projection.
External links
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1298040/New-Sherlock-Holmes-Benedict-Cumberbatch-turns-Doctor-Who-role.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
- ↑ http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/08/20/sherlock-star-benedict-cumberbatch-wouldn-t-fancy-being-doctor-who-115875-22500295/
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a201372/matt-smith-rejected-for-bbcs-sherlock.html
- ↑ http://www.geeknative.com/12624/first-pictures-doctor-whos-new-costume/
- ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/sarah-jane-series-4-autumn-teaser-9057.htm
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