Doctor Who Drabble: The Right Look

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Title: The Right Look

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: The Doctor, any incarnation.

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 019: Dressed / Undressed at dw100.

Spoilers: General.

Summary: Every new regeneration needs a new look.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

A new face, body, and mind always mean a change of wardrobe. Often when he regenerates, he finds his old clothes no longer fit, and that’s even if they survive whatever caused his regeneration.

One of his first tasks, once everything has settled and his new brain can think coherently, is to find something to wear that suits not just his physical appearance but also his new personality. It can take a while, trying on countless outfits, but he knows the right look when he finds it.

Not until he’s fully dressed does he finally understand the person he’s become.

The End

Comments

[dm12.livejournal.com]

What is it they say, "The clothes make the man (in this case, being)."

[bk_forever]

Indeed, and in the Doctor's case it's more appropriate than ever.

Thank you!.

[akawho.livejournal.com]

Clothes make the man? Maybe that's why I never could get into the 6th Doctor. *shudders*

[bk_forever]

He has some strange tastes at times!

Thank you!

[nightchild78.livejournal.com]

A very fine analysis of the Doctor's psyche. You and only you could see all those small yet meaningful details behind the obviousness.

[bk_forever]

Awww, Thank you! *squishes* =D

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

Great drabble

[bk_forever]

Thank you =)

[maldeluxx.livejournal.com]

And the clothes really do give an outside sign that this Doctor is new and different very well... and the clothes are tasteful *most* of the time XD

[bk_forever]

Each Doctor has his own sense of style - some are better than others!

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

He usually makes fun of his previous incarnations choice of style.

[bk_forever]

Well of course! He's never want to admit that his previous incarnation might have had better taste in clothes than his present one. Plus, some of the classic outfits deserved to be made fun of! It just points up how different each incarnation is from those that came before.

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

He is his own worst critic.

Eleven to Ten: Oops!...I'm wearing sandshoes.

[bk_forever]

Well, if anyone has a right to criticise what he wears, it's his other selves!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

True. He finds it easier to talk trivial issues in regards to himself rather than what's really bothering him.

[bk_forever]

He does avoid looking too deeply within himself. I think what he finds there scares him.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

He has been given nicknames of all sorts by various people or other life forms. Usually towards the negative variety. Maybe thats part of where its from.

Sliver of ice in his heart?.

[bk_forever]

He knows he has darkness inside him, some people see that darkness, but he doesn't want to give in to it. It's a side of himself he tries to block out, keep separate, but he can tap into it when he really has to.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

In the promos they kept going on about Twelve being more "darker" than his previous incarnations. I dread to think if Moffat intends to do that. Ten was pretty scary when he became the Time Lord Victorious.

[bk_forever]

I think Twelve IS darker than Eleven, he's certainly prone to gloominess at times, and he's more ruthless. Even so, I like him better than Ten in Time Lord Victorious mode, which I found really creepy and just... wrong.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I was hoping Twelve had learned from his past experiences. One example is how he dealt with the situation in "Kill The Moon".

Eleven used his reputation as a way to scare any threats to humanity etc until it worked against him. He was more on the sneaky side. Amy and Clara both called him their best friend but he was always having to withheld information in regards to them.

As for Ten, he was the most unstable. He usually would run away until his hand was forced. Then he would seek revenge. He reminded me of John Simms Master. I guess being reminded over and over again that he was going to die made him irrational?. It made me miss Donna more seeing him like that.

We saw Nine at his most vulnerable and Rose came at the right time to distract him from the Time War.

Overall the Doctor will always have the ability to go "dark side" considering that his going back to traveling without a human champion for long periods of time. Ten was the most social and when he decided to go "cold turkey", he flipped.

Anyway. Once again I have strayed away from the original topic. So Doctor and fashion eh?.:)

[bk_forever]

LOL!

I think perhaps Ten was so unstable because he was the most human, which doesn't say a lot of good things about humans.

The Doctor, in all his incarnations, is always just trying to figure himself out. we see ourselves best when reflected in others, that's why he needs his companions.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Its always weird to see the Doctor still in his previous incarnations clothes.

Rose imprinted on Nine which is why Ten can be emotional,like humans. But when he turned himself human he didn't think about falling in love.

In Sci-Fi shows anything is possible but there are still consequences to consider. The Doctors character
is a metaphor for human behavior. Making a choice between whats right and wrong.

The champions are a representation of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

[bk_forever]

That's why Doctor Who is such a popular series, it lets us see humanity's potential, ordinary people being amazing. The Doctor is a hero people can look up to, because he's one man who can sweep in and save the day.

The old clothes never fit right, making him look awkward and unnatural.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Other heroes do not have the intellect of the Doctor to solve any kind of crisis. That's what makes him special.

Its bittersweet to see the Doctor in his old clothes because on one hand he is still the Doctor but on the other hand the man he previously was is gone.

[bk_forever]

It helps viewers make the transition though - same clothes, so it's still the Doctor, but the face is different. I think that was important during the early days of Who, because the lead character's face and personality changing was such a radical idea.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It's not like a soap opera where viewers are suppose to disregard when the character is played by a different actor all of a sudden. Who ever invented the concept was clever.

[bk_forever]

Seriously clever, it's pure genius!

I can't bear soap operas.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I use to watch Neighbors and Home and Away until I realize how repetitive it was.

[bk_forever]

Mum used to watch Coronation Street and Emmerdale, I hated being in the same room when they were on. She watched Neighbours when it first started because it coincided with her lunch break when she worked in a shop around the corner, so she'd watch it while she ate.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

My mum likes watching Days Of Our Lives. If I hadn't watched The Bold And The Beautiful back in the nineties, then I would have missed out on making fun of it later on.

If I had an early mark from school, I would come home to see my mother watching The Young And the Restless. I think my mum watched these programs to escape from her troubles.

[bk_forever]

I think a lot of people do that. I read and write fanfic to escape.