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PLAYER INFO
Name: jessi
Age: 22
Contact: jessimond@plurk
Other Characters Played: homer jackson

CHARACTER INFO
Name: the Doctor
Canon: Doctor Who
Canon Point: the end of the fourth
History: Tenth Doctor specifically
Personality: The most important thing to remember about the Doctor, before even knowing what makes him tick, is that whatever emotion he feels at any particular moment, he feels it so completely that he often loses himself in it. Perhaps it's because he regenerated as the last of his kind-- born from war and loneliness-- or perhaps it's because he's akin to a human child who never quite grew up all the way. Whatever the reason, it doesn't really matter. That's just how he is. Emotional, though he'd never tell you that, and an all or nothing kind of guy.

At first glance, the Doctor's extremely adventurous and fun. Which makes sense, because how could someone who travels to different worlds and different times not be adventurous and fun? No one wants to travel with a grump, and though the Doctor can have his moods (especially when someone does something he doesn't like-- usually a Dalek) his spirit is infectious. Maybe that's why he's so good at attracting young female companions. He takes them places they've never been. He gives them experiences that are unique, that only they share, and shows people the universe, all of creation, and he shows them through his eyes.

As a consequence of this, he tends to be a bit overly-curious, and sometimes loses sight of the task at hand. He's an explorer but also has a very scientific and meddling mind. He finds different worlds and galaxies fascinating, and makes both friends and enemies wherever he goes. For instance, he, Rose and Mickey traveled to an abandoned space station, only to find that it held a portal to the fireplace of a mansion in 18th century France. The mansion turned out to be a palace in Versailles, and the fireplace led directly into Madam de Pompadour's room. The Doctor, instead of keeping his distance and fixing the problem unnoticed, approached Madam de Pompadour (Reinette) and developed a relationship with her. This relationship, his feelings for her, led to him becoming too involved with her and while he saved the day in the end, he also told her she could travel with them, but was unable to return to her in time to take her to the stars. His effect on people can be devastating in this way. He wants nothing more than to share all of time and space with people, but they so rarely can handle it or make it out alive. Sometimes it seems he only brings death and destruction when really he'd like to bring happiness.

Time Lords, by nature, are a peaceful race. They're explorers, and they seek to examine and protect when necessary. The Great Time War, however, changed the nature of the Doctor, and he became twisted-- anger, violence and the need for vengeance permeated his otherwise peaceful demeanor, and he became a force to be reckoned with. He began to be known as The Oncoming Storm throughout the universe, and soon they spoke of the Doctor's wrath alongside his kindness. After he'd just regenerated, the Tenth Doctor struggled with these feelings. On Christmas Day, an invasion of the Sycorax put a wrench in his regeneration process, and he actually lost a hand in his battle with one of them. The hand grew back, though, and he defeated the Sycorax, much to the chagrin of the Prime Minister, Harriet Jones, who was faithful to Torchwood and its purpose, and was not a fan of the Doctor. She used him to get rid of the Sycorax, and then tried to ban him from Earth, and in return, he ruined her career with four words. "Doesn't she look tired?"

This is a prime example of the Doctor's wrath, and his willingness to steamroll those who get in his way. Earth has always been one of his favorite planets, and he's made it a point to always protect humans from any harm, and the threat Harriet Jones posed to him just wasn't plausible in his eyes, so he ruined her to protect Earth and its inhabitants. While his decision to cut Harriet Jones off at the knees is easily a cutthroat act, he did it out of a greater sense of loyalty. He is loyal to Earth as a whole and its protection, just as he's loyal to the universe as a whole. Just as he was loyal to his planet, and the fact that he had to betray them all eats him alive every day of his life. He's plagued by survivor's guilt, and it could be said that he acts as he does to overcompensate for the immeasurable feeling of loss he lives with.

He is a protector by nature, and works his hardest to nip any threats he may come across in the bud. He is capable of making hard, potentially life-ruining decisions, like time-locking his planet during a battle with a Daleks, and sending Rose to a parallel universe to be with her parents instead of traveling with him. He makes the choices so others don't have to. He sees himself as above everyone else-- above humans, because he's seen and experienced the destruction of worlds and has no desire for that to happen to another one he loves. And he does love, though he may act as though he doesn't, even though he may miss his chance to tell Rose Tyler he loves her on Bad Wolf Bay. He burned up a sun just to say goodbye. If that isn't love, then there's no such thing. He's also incredibly protective of Rose in general, especially when her face is stolen by the Wire, just before the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It was only when Rose was in danger that the Doctor nearly killed himself to save her.

Though he loves humans and Earth, he does, as mentioned earlier, think himself much better than them. He continually calls them "young" and tends to make decisions for the whole of humanity based on what he knows is right. It makes him very arrogant, and he also comes off as rude to many people he meets. Though, it's hard, in the end, to stay mad at him, because when a 900 year old alien is willing to sacrifice himself for you, when he's willing to travel to the center of a planet and face a Satan-like creature and fight off enemy after enemy, no one really wants to think about what an arse he can be.

His arrival in the In Between world will, no doubt, bring a mixture of emotion that hell feel all at once. He'll be confused as to how he got there, most definitely, but that'll pass soon enough, and be replaced with excitement and curiosity. A new world he knows nothing about, ready for him to explore and discover? Sounds bloody brilliant if you ask him! Though, the idea that it's an "in-between" space is a bit worrying. Does that mean he's in the place he's sent the Daleks and Cybermen to? He'll definitely try to answer that question, and he'll try, eventually to find a way out, though who knows how effective it'll be. He'll also feel lost without his TARDIS, angry that she's gone and vulnerable without her, though no one will know that.

Abilities: None. Unless you count being able to see all of time and space in your head at once. Which, you probably do, so there's that. A bit of a ruckus in there most of the time, really. Oh, and he can't die. He just regenerates into a new body. Neat, right? Well, it's neat unless someone kills him whilst he regenerates. Because then he's just dead. And he's also got a little screwdriver that's sonic and can take reading off of anything that's not wood. It can manipulate codes in computers and give life to wires or batteries without any to spare. But really, rubbish against wood.

First Person Sample: from his last game
Third Person Sample: The Doctor wasn't used to it. The feeling of massive, irreparable loss, and he knew he should be, after losing the whole of his race, but he just-- he wasn't. He wasn't sure it was something he'd ever get used to, and to tell the truth about it all, he hoped he never had to, because if he didn't it meant he was still at least partly the man he used to be. Person he used to be? Alien he used to be? Whatever, just an expression, not important.

What was important was the fact that she'd come back for him. Rose. His Rose had come back, had risked her life countless times to be with him and done it once more because she didn't want him to be alone. She didn't think he deserved his punishment of traveling all of creation by himself, and that-- the fact that she thought that-- that was incredibly important. More important than his safety, or her safety. She'd given up a life with her mother and her father to travel with him. She'd never see them again, but it was worth it to spend the rest of her life with him. Of course it was.

But it'd been her father who saved her, in the end, hadn't it? He'd popped up just at the last moment, grabbed her before she got sucked into the negative space with the Daleks and Cybermen and that was it. The tear was closed, the world was saved and she was gone. That was how the universe worked. Mysterious and cruel and unfair and the Doctor knew that. He knew that, but somehow he was sure he'd never learn. He was never meant to have anyone, not permanently at least, and that was his punishment for thinking otherwise. It'd been stupid, he knew now, and he didn't intend to make the same mistake twice.