Down from Heaven comes eleven...

PLAYER INFO

Name: Kalan
Age: 23
Time Zone: MST (-7 GMT)
Contact Information: plurk @ roflskate, ooc journal @ roflskate
Other Characters Played: N/A

CHARACTER INFO

Name: The (Eleventh) Doctor

Canon: Doctor Who

Age: Physically, he looks to be approximately in his mid-twenties. Mentally, he is definitely well beyond the scope of any human, and in this incarnation, he certainly ACTS much older than he appears. And as for his actual age… it varies. He said once in his seventh incarnation that he was 953, however in recent episodes, he’s restated his age as being around 908. Showrunner Steven Moffat has stated that “[the Doctor] doesn't know what age he is. He's lying. How could he know, unless he's marking it on a wall? He could be 8,000 years old, he could be a million. He has no clue.”

So… to be safe, I’ll say “unknown” but at least he likes to THINK he’s around 1000ish. Give or take a few hundred... or thousand years.

Appearance: A Matt Smith shaped Time Lord

History: There is little that is known about the Doctor's life before arriving on Earth. What we can piece together is that he was born into a family of some notability, attended the Time Lord Academy where he met the Master and The Rani (two Time Lords that would eventually become some of his archenemies), had a family (he indicates being married before), and was an all around respectable (sorta) Time Lord.

Until he got bored, stole a TARDIS and ran away with his granddaughter...

Canon Point: Series 7, Episode 6, The Bells of Saint John

Personality:

“Then what are you like?”

What sort of man the Doctor is varies. Literally. Throughout his long life, he has regenerated ten times and been eleven different people (or rather one person with eleven different variations on his personality... but more on that later). So before asking ourselves what sort of man the Doctor is, we have to first ask ourselves what sort of man the Eleventh Doctor is.

“I dunno – Gandalf. A space Gandalf.”

Compared to some of his predecessors (in particular the Tenth Doctor), the Eleventh Doctor has a distinctly more alien feel about him. Much of this comes from his complete inability to understand (or perhaps even care about) some basic human customs. One of the first glimpses we get of this disregard is in The Eleventh Hour, where he changes his clothes, seemingly not caring who might be watching. However, the episode that perhaps exhibits his "alienness" to the greatest degree is The Lodger, where the Doctor has to pretend to be a regular twenty-first century human. Right from the beginning, it's obvious that he doesn't belong on Earth in this time period, getting off to a wonderful start with his new roommate by kissing him and both cheeks and asking if "that's how we greet each other now". His understanding never really improves, and at one memorable occasion, he assumes that football is played with sticks. Especially when contrasted with every day humans in every day situations, it becomes apparent that the Doctor is definitely not human.

This incarnation of the Doctor has also been described as "an old man in a young man's body" and "someone who believes himself to be far cooler than he actually is". Unfortunately for the Eleventh Doctor, these statements appear to be absolutely true. This delusion is best evidenced by his insistance that the bow tie he wears is "cool" and his refusal to listen to anyone who says otherwise. He extends his instance of "cool" to various other items that most people would find ridiculous, such as fezzes and stetsons. Furthermore, he also uses hideously outdated slang. In The Eleventh Hour, after saving the planet, he triumphantly exclaims “Who da man?” before being met with strange looks and deciding that “[he’d] never say that again”. At a later point, in The Rebel Flesh, he exclaims "Yowza" and then quickly questions his word choice after. Unfortunately, while the Doctor may be many things, cool is most definitely not one of them.

However, when push comes to shove, he is most definitely not a man that you want to cross. Like some of his previous incarnations, he has a little bit of a temper. His first appearance in The Eleventh Hour, he saves the world from an alien threat and then calls them back to scold them. His next to appearances have him yelling at Amy for not telling him a vital piece of information and both verbally and physically assaulting a Dalek when it will not admit what exactly it is to the Doctor. In The Time of Angels, he delivers an extremely firm affirmation (a bit of an understatement) to the weeping angels:

The Doctor: Oh, big, big mistake. Really huge. Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put in a trap. If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap.
Angel Bob: And what would that be, sir?
The Doctor: Me.

Basically right from his first appearance, if you manage to get this Doctor mad, expect there to be nothing short of hell to pay.

He also keeps more painful memories to himself more than his previous incarnations, particularly about being the last of the Time Lords. This is evidenced when in The Beast Below, he describes the events of the Time War as being a “bad day” and leaves it at that, rather than elaborating. A series later, in The Doctor's Wife, he brushes on his guilt when he is asked by his companions if he wants to be forgiven for his actions. While it still does weigh on him, he doesn't broadcast it as much as his previous two incarnations did.

"Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... run."

Yet despite these variances, there are still some core traits that define the Doctor throughout each and every one of his regenerations.

First and foremost is his love for travelling the universe and seeing the various species that inhabit it. With his ship, the TARDIS, he has explored all of time and space for centuries, and shows little sign of ever tiring of his travels. In addition, he has a vast assortment of knowledge on nearly every subject imaginable (and never hesitates to share this knowledge or point out just how brilliant he is). However, out of the entire universe, he appears to have something of an affinity for the planet Earth and its history. Also, the Doctor has (nearly) always been something of a protector to the planet. He emphasizes this once again when he tells a group of aliens that “[he’d] put a lot of work into Earth” and tells them that “[it] is protected”.

Second and almost equally as important is his love for his companions. In regeneration after regeneration, he has shown himself willing (and on occasion has) to die for his companions. This level of devotion can be seen with his most recent companions, Amy Pond and Rory Williams. He first met Amy as a young girl, though circumstances (and time travel) being what they were, he ultimately would not travel with her until fourteen years later. Despite (from his perspective) only knowing her for a short amount of time, he has no problem going toe-to-toe with the fearsome Weeping Angels to save her life. While initially it appears Amy might have some romantic inclinations towards the Doctor, nothing comes to fruition. Instead Amy's fiance, Rory Williams joins the two of them on their travels as well. While initially the Doctor and Rory have a bit of an adversarial relationship, the Doctor nevertheless soon comes to care for him just as much (though perhaps in a slightly different manner) as he does Amy. Ultimately, he comes to regard them (as he does of nearly of his companions) as his "best friends". No matter what, he's a man determined to protect his friends, whatever the cost may be.

He’s also someone who tends to do a lot of running, both figuratively and literally. In fact, the whole series began when he ran from something (it is never actually specified what it was) on his home planet. While if the occasion calls for it, he will confront enemies head on, he has a tendency to avoid things when asked about his personal life. For instance, when he meets up with River Song, someone who by all indications will be incredibly important to him in his personal future (time travel being what it is, they keep on meeting out of order) The Time of Angels, he asks Amy if they can leave right away, to avoid spending time with her. This discrepancy in their timelines, as well as the Doctor's clear anxiety over someone knowing so much about him, forms the conerstone of his and River's relationship (whatever it may or may not be in the future). The Doctor's tendency towards avoidance is again demonstrated in A Good Man Goes to War when he dodges questions about his past life and if he has a family. Finally, in The Impossible Astronaut, a future version of the Doctor shares with his companions how he has been running for his whole life. Indeed, despite his outward bravery, there are some things that he just cannot and will not face.

So, who is the Doctor? He’s a thousand different things at a thousand different times. He’s a grandfather, an eager traveller, a man of action, a free spirit, a man carrying the weight of the world, an insufferable genius, a meticulous plotter, a hopeless romantic, a survivor, a lonely god and finally, a madman with a box. But above all else he’s the Doctor. And that will never change.

Abilities/Powers/Skills:

As a Time Lord, the Doctor's physical make-up is different than a human's (though outwardly, they look practically identical), but they have a slightly lower body temperature, and a "respiratory bypass system that allows them to survive strangulation and the vacuum of space for brief periods of time.

Mentally, Time Lords also have some degree of psychic ability, normally initiated via physical contact. Some of the abilities the Doctor has demonstrated include:

▸ Memory erasure
▸ "Mind-Melding" or reading other people's minds, and allowing them to see his memories in return
▸ Telepathy with various creatures (including cats)
▸ Mild hypnotic amilities
▸ A "psychic headbutt", which was more or less an information transfer

Though the TARDIS normally translates for him, he also can speak a wide variety of different languages ("baby" being the one he commonly demonstrates in this incarnation).

Weaknesses:

According to the Third Doctor, the common medication aspirin is deadly to him, as well as some decontamination processes commonly used on humans. Furthermore, most of his psychic abilities require direct physical contact with the individual in question in order for it to be effective. In addition, he can be killed in pretty much the same way as regular humans (being shot, stabbed, poisoned save for a particular concoction that allows him to survive arsenic, etc). While regeneration is an ability that Time Lords may use to avoid death, if possible, I'd like to request this power be nerfed (especially should a Twelve decide to app once he gets enough canon).

Special Items:

sonic screwdriver
As what basically amounts to the Doctor's intergalactic swiss army knife, the sonic screwdriver has been with the Doctor since his second incarnation (though it's gone through various models itself). In this particular incarnation, the screwdriver appears to operate based on a combination of the user's thoughts, and holding down a button. Throughout canon, it has been shown to be capable of many things, from opening unlocked doors, to scanning a ship's interface (a complete list of known abilities is available here). However, the sonic screwdriver does have certain limitations in canon (ie. it doesn't "do wood" and cannot open padlocked doors).

psychic paper
To the trained eye, psychic paper appears to be just a blank piece of paper, but if one isn't expecting it, the paper will show others whatever the user wants to see written. It is limited by critical thinking, psychic resistance and skepticism. Furthermore, if the story is too unbelievable, it will just display squiggly lines (as when the Doctor called himself a "responsible adult").

the TARDIS
Short for "Time and Relative Dimensions in Space", the TARDIS is the Doctor's trusty spaceship/time machine that is permanently stuck looking like a blue box because in 1963 the BBC had no budget for Doctor Who and it was cheaper just to use the same set piece because its "chameleon circuit", which would allow it to blend in at any time and place, broke one time the Doctor was in the 1960's. In general, it can be used to travel anywhere in time and space, however crossing into alternate universes can be somewhat problematic, particularly after the Time War.

HOWEVER, given the nature of the setting, the TARDIS currently is functioning more like a spaceship, and any attempts to travel through time will result in a whole lot of NOTHING happening. Though the Doctor will attempt to repair it, the level of success will vary.

It's also a LOT bigger on the inside. And, more information can be found here!


RP Sample:

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