An even better analogy for Doctor Who...

[hmpf]

than the Star Wars extended universe would be Highlander, I just realised. Loads of potential in the basic concept; some stellar moments, a *lot* of meh, and some absolutely atrocious moments, but you kind of have to slog through the bad stuff to catch the good stuff.

Speaking of Highlander, I think the RTD Doctor is going through his Methos-as-a-Horseman phase. Less overtly barbarian, but just as much about power tripping. And at roughly the same age as Methos was when he became a Horseman, too! (Based on Cassandra's age, and the assumption that Methos was probably nearer the end of his time as a Horseman than near the beginning when he 'met' her, I've always assumed he started his Horseman phase at roundabout age 1000, and stopped around age 2000. The Doctor's a bit younger than 1000, but not by much.

BTW, the Doctor seems to have been around 900 years of age a long time, by our standards, doesn't he? I mean, considering he's gone through nearly all the regenerations available to a Timelord since the beginning of the show, shouldn't he be much older by now? Or are we to assume he's actually using up the lion's share of his regenerations in just, what, a hundred years or so? (How long has he been giving his age as around 900 anyway? ETA: Just looked it up. It seems he's been around 900 since he was the Sixth Doctor. So, he's basically regenerated five or six times in the last decade or two(?) of his life. That's rather alarming... ETA2: Reading on, I encountered the "he simply has no clue" theory. Which makes a lot of sense. *g*)

Comments

Re: Yeah, but that's exactly my point.

[captainesc.livejournal.com]

Okay, I didn't understand what you meant. Yeah, I suppose you'd have to lean on "doesn't know what he's talking about."

Though at this point he's getting younger per incarnation. 13th Doctor will be an infant.

Re: Yeah, but that's exactly my point.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

You don't have to say he doesn't know what he's talking about. You simply have to treat it as what is likely closest to the truth anyway. Likely NuWho hasn't varied his age because it's easier on the writers to just leave him at one age they all use. If that's the case than the explanation of the Doctor's age constantly being 900 is like a woman who's age is constantly 29. It isn't that she doesn't know her age. It's that she prefers to hold at that one age. I think the Doctor is well over a thousand years old and damn well knows it. He just has stopped admitting to his actual age.