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Transformation Challenge: Doctor Who: Fanfic: Regeneration

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Aug. 24th, 2014 at 10:37 PM

Title: Regeneration
Fandom: Doctor Who
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badly_knitted
Characters: The Doctor
Rating: G
Word Count: 250
Content Notes: None needed.
Spoilers: Nothing specific, as long as you know the Doctor periodically regenerates into another incarnation.
Summary: The Doctor muses on his regenerations.
Written For: Challenge #93: Amnesty, using Challenge #61: Transformation.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.
A/N: This one’s in honour of the new Doctor, even though I don’t know yet if I’m going to like him…

It’s never just a change of face and body. Even though he’s still essentially the same person as before, he’s also completely different. Sometimes older, sometimes younger, different hair, teeth, eyes… personality. That was always the stickiest part; what sort of person was he going to be? Which of the many facets of his character would be at the forefront this time? Would he be happy-go-lucky? Moody? Sardonic? Eccentric? Dangerous? He could never be sure. New bodies were fairly straightforward to get used to, rediscovering his sense of balance, testing how his new limbs moved, seeing his new face in the mirror. A new personality required more complex psychological adjustments. He’d discovered that he didn’t always particularly like himself. Not right away.

Even so, the people his transformations were hardest on were his companions, left trying to figure out how to relate to a friend who has changed almost beyond recognition. He wished he could do more to help them adjust, but he was always in the same boat, so to speak; too busy trying to figure himself out to give them the attention they deserved.

Oh well. They all usually got things straight in the end. So did he, for that matter. He’d regenerated often enough that he ought to be used to it by now; it was just always so unsettling, disorienting. But it was kind of exciting too. Who would he be this time around? Regeneration was starting; he wouldn’t have to wait long to find out!

The End

Mood: frustrated
Location:my room

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china_shop wrote:

Aug. 25th, 2014 01:36 am (UTC)

Even so, the people his transformations were hardest on were his companions, left trying to figure out how to relate to a friend who has changed almost beyond recognition. He wished he could do more to help them adjust, but he was always in the same boat, so to speak; too busy trying to figure himself out to give them the attention they deserved.

Ohh, really nice! And I think a lot of what applies to the companion applies to the viewers too. Like you, I don't know yet if I'm going to like this new him.

Unsettling is exactly right. :-)

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bk_forever wrote:

Aug. 25th, 2014 11:03 am (UTC)

I was kind of trying to put my personal feelings as a viewer across so I'm glad you got that =)

I was just such a huge fan of Eleven, and then they give us the guy who played Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth (which 5 years on I STILL haven't got over) as the new Doctor... He was the one actor mentioned as a possible Doctor that I was sure I didn't want in the role, so of course he was the one who got cast. He's a great actor, but I have had the loathsome Frobisher stuck in my head for 5 years and I wasn't at all sure I would be able to see anyone else when looking at him. The Scottish accent helps, Frobisher didn't have Capaldi's Scots accent so at least they don't sound the same. Now if he can just avoid glasses this time, I might be okay. We'll see. I've watched the Doctor regenerate since the late 60s, I should be used to it by now, but it still throws me off balance, unsure of whether I'll like the new version! There's a period of adjustment for viewers as much as for companions and the Doctor himself.

Thank you!

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china_shop wrote:

Aug. 25th, 2014 11:29 pm (UTC)

Ahh, I have the advantage of not having seen CoE (or, in fact, any Torchwood). I know Capaldi from a few other things, but nothing in-universe.

I've watched the Doctor regenerate since the late 60s, I should be used to it by now, but it still throws me off balance, unsure of whether I'll like the new version!

I've only watched New Who. I looooved Eccleston, didn't take to Tennant (skipped a few seasons there), and enjoyed Smith... which makes me wonder if I'm just inclined to reject every second Doctor in a change-resistant, you're-replacing-my-favourite kind of way. We shall see. ;-)

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bk_forever wrote:

Aug. 26th, 2014 11:24 am (UTC)

I loved Eccleston, liked Tennant for the most part though I didn't like the way his character developed, particularly towards the end - the Doctor became rather an egomaniac. He also seemed to be the most intolerant of the New Whos. I completely adored Matt Smith, he made the Doctor fun again after Tennant went too dark. We'll see about Capaldi.

I'm always the same at changeover time, wondering if I'll like the new Doctor - so far I haven't HATED any of them and going on Capaldi's first episode, I should still be able to watch and enjoy the show. I'm always going to miss Eleven though, because of all the New Who Doctors, he's the one that I've loved the most.

You're so lucky you never saw CoE! I wish I hadn't - Once seen it can't be un-seen - but it was a case of false advertising. We were told that the relationship between Jack and Ianto would develop further, that we'd be happy with the direction it went, there were so many promises and instead Jack spent half the time denying they were in a relationship, Ianto was clingy and out-of-character, and then he was killed. =( If that weren't bad enough, the plot had holes big enough to drive the space shuttle through, it didn't make sense so I refuse to consider it canon. Except when I write the occasional fix-it, CoE doesn't exist for me, lol! After watching it, I didn't watch any TV at all for 3 months, I was too disillusioned and depressed by something I'd been watching for entertainment. It was one of those things where you're left with a feeling that there's just no hope for the human race, no matter what anyone does it's going to fail miserably, we're all doomed and even the heroes are worse than useless. We might as well just give up. I guess after 5 years it's still affecting me, which is why I mainly write happy fluff.

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