Doctor Who Drabble: New Feet

[badly_knitted]

 




Title: New Feet
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tenth Doctor.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 205: Footwear at dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Every new pair of feet needs new footwear.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.





The Doctor has already been through quite a few regenerations, each new body requiring a change in style. The velvet and lace his third body had favoured would have been completely out of place on his ninth. His eighth might have been able to carry off such a flouncy style, he had the hair for it, but the cricket whites of his fifth regeneration would have looked silly on him.


It’s the same with footwear; different feet need different shoes, preferably something he can run in.


The Doctor waggles his new toes. His tenth pair of feet are definitely sneaker-wearers.



The End

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Jon Pertwee was very dashing, I had a bit of a crush on him when I was little =) Maybe it was just the velvet though...

I can see Ten frowning down at his feet until a light bulb goes on in his brain *grins*

Thank you!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

I can kinda see crushing on Pertwee; he's very charming, in a mildly brusque way. ^.^ He's probably one of my favorite of the early Doctors.

Haha, yes! And then that wide, heart-melting grin as it hits him! :D

Very welcome, as always! :D

[badly_knitted]

He was my first Doctor and my second favourite of the classic Doctors, after Four.

Ten did have a lovely grin, but I can't forgive him for being so awful to Jack =(

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

My first Doctor was Five, and he's pretty high up on my favorites list. I just can't really get into Four; I think Tom Baker was good, but I don't really like how his version comes across. Maybe he just needs to grow on me; I don't know. I like him well enough in The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis; but most of the stuff I've seen with him prior to that just hasn't won me over. (I know that he's by and large practically everyone's favorite Classic Doctor, so I feel like a heretic.)

He could be pretty heartless, it's true. I'm barely rewatching Season Three, and I just feel so awful for Martha. :-/

[badly_knitted]

I think a lot has to do with age when you first watch the episodes. I mean, I was still a kid and he just struck a chord with me at that age. It's been forever since I've seen any of his episodes though so whether I'd still feel the same if I did get to re-watch them is anyone's guess. My fondness is in memory, I guess you could say.

Oh Martha, unrequited love is so hard, but she was incredibly brave throughout. I really loved Martha.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

That makes sense. Tastes do change with time, so maybe it would have been different if I'd seen him at a younger age. I was twenty when I first even discovered the show, and I only saw my first Fourth Doctor episode about three years ago; so who knows?

I don't know how she put up with Rose's ghost for so long; it takes a lot longer than that to get over someone, so whatever hope she might have had that Ten might see her was pretty well futile. It was so strong of her to wise up and walk away, and I'm glad she found a way to be happy afterward. Martha's so underrated, and unjustifiably; she's such a great character. It's good to show that the Doctor's hearts aren't the only ones in danger of being broken by anyone's association with him. (We did see that with Jack after the Game Station fiasco, but it was so much more explicit with Martha that it stands out more.)

[badly_knitted]

Jack was older and had his hear broken many times. I'm not saying that he necessarily hurt less than Martha did, but perhaps having been there so many times he was resigned to it. Martha had less experience, but she was never going to be lovelorn and brokenhearted because she had an inner strength that belied her youth. She did what was best for her and walked away from adventure to focus on her family. They needed her more than the Doctor did.

There are things I loved when I was younger that now I don't know what I saw in them, so age is often a factor. Then again, there are other things I still love as much as I did wen I was a kid. Everyone has their favourites anyway, and none of us are wrong, we just have different tastes, which is good because otherwise everything would be the same.