thoughts on the 11th Doctor

[dbskyler]

No, this is not simply an excuse to use my new fez icon -- okay, well, a bit -- but I promise that I do have some rambly thoughts to share on Eleven, too!

If I were to come up with one word to describe the Eleventh Doctor, it would be "quirky." I think he's the quirkiest Doctor we've had since the Fourth Doctor, and in some ways he gives Four a run for his money. I've seen "Big Bang" an insane number of times now, and one of my absolute favorite bits is when the Doctor's holding the fez, pauses because he's not sure what to do with it, and then places it on his head. Then he goes forth with it staying on his head and proclaims to River, "I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool." I just love what that says about his character -- how he just picks something up at random and latches onto it.

I also really like the fact that we seem to have well and truly left the angst behind. Don't get me wrong; I enjoy some level of angst (just take a look at how many angsty fics I've written), but in the end I prefer optimism, and hope, and happy endings, and I was very glad that we got all of those this series.

So here's to a great first series for Eleven, and may we have many more series to come!