November 16: Doctor meets Doctor

[Deja Q]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/22/doctor_who_confirmation/

[AllegroRondo]

1. Wow, Peter is looking older

but its been, what, 25 years since he was the Doctor?

[trotsky]

2. Yep, thereabouts.

Of course he was only 29 when he took the role - younger than Tennant was when he assumed it.

I'm glad the current writers & producers are willing to indulge in a bit of fanwank. Should be interesting to see what they do!

[Deja Q]

3. Correct. Age 29 in 1981... His tenure lasted from 1982 to 1984...

(His 1981 appearance was the regeneration scene in "Logopolis".)

RTD has done fanwank before (the series 2 appalling finale "Doomsday"), so I'm not sure how he'll pull it off.

Mind you, series 3 is a treasure to behold, so anything's possible...

Besides, I'm a sucker for multi-Doctor stories. They never get along with each other...

[IndianaGreen]

4. The first Doctor I saw on TV was Tennant. My, has he aged!

Our PBS affiliate showed Tennant's Doctor Who, then they started showing the Tom Baker episodes. I was confused!

The first Doctor Who I saw was the film with Peter Cushing as the good doctor fighting the Daleks.

[AllegroRondo]

5. I love the multi-doctor bickering

such as William Hartnell in the 3 Doctors
"Is this what I've been replaced with, a dandy and a clown?"

But I suppose when you have a character with that big of an ego, he could never get along with himself.