As previously mention in, Sketch of The Ninth Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston, we are re-introduced to a brand new Doctor Who with Series 1, and with that, we come face to face with the Ninth incarnation of the legendary Time Lord solely known as, “The Doctor“.
At the moment we met The Ninth Doctor, we came to know a man who has carried a great amount of pain and guilt from what is unfortunately a dark past. But this battered Doctor soon gets a second chance at finding peace and redemption with the help of his new companion Rose Tyler. Near the end of The Ninth incarnation’s run, The Doctor confronts that from which he has been running from all his life… The Great Time War. The Doctor is shocked to find out that not all the Daleks were destroyed during those violent moments, and that a single fleet has managed to expand their numbers by cloning more Daleks. With an Armada fully established, the Daleks set out to begin their conquest of the universe, but not before starting with the destruction of the planet Earth.
The Doctor along with Rose Tyler, Captain Jack Harkness, and a small band of friends he has made throughout his adventures, they set out to take down the Daleks even if it means death. In the end, it’s actually Rose that helps The Doctor destroy the remaining Daleks by looking into the Time Vortex concealed within The TARDIS itself and using that power to wipe them out. Of course, no human is meant to look into the Time Vortex and as a last act of compassion, The Doctor sacrifices his life by absorbing the radiation that coursed through Rose’s body and was slowly killing her. It’s at this very moment that the Doctor enters a sort of Catharsis. As his Ninth incarnation dies and begins his metamorphosis into the next regeneration, The Doctor is letting go of the past and starting a fresh new beginning. With one last smile to Rose, the newly vindicated Time Lord becomes The Tenth Doctor.
I loved The Ninth Doctor, but it’s The Tenth incarnation I really came to connect with as an adult, this experience was both nostalgic and easily comparable to the same moment I connected with Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor back when I was a kid. From his sharp pinstripe suit and awesome converse shoes combo, to his fresh new outlook on life, the performance that David Tennant gives as The Tenth Doctor re-ignites that familiar feeling I used to get so long ago. Ugh! I can’t help how cool this version was. He had this distinct light-hearted, talkative, easy-going, witty and cheeky manner to himself. But also on the flip side, he repeatedly demonstrates a vengeful and unforgiving streak as well. In a nutshell, The Tenth incarnation turned out to be a very complex and interesting character as The Doctor has always been known to be. Other great aspects include, that it’s also with The Tenth Doctor that the series started producing storylines that re-introduced elements from Doctor Who history, many of which came in the form of the lovely Sarah Jane Smith played by Elisabeth Sladen and K-9!
Mr. Tennant, you rock sir! I so can’t wait to see your return during the 50th Anniversary Special Episode along side Billie Piper!
Stay tune for, Sketch of The Eleventh Doctor played by Matt Smith!