To begin, the Doctor IS a superhero. For reals.
He matches up with all of the guidelines which are, loosely:
- Have a super power or be alien.
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Regeneration! Ta da! |
- Have a dicey relationship with the laws of physics (as currently known/understood by human race.)
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The TARDIS. Bigger on the inside. |
- Have a really good origin story/traumatic childhood. (see: Time War)
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Home, aka "The planet I blew up during the Time War" |
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I would have added a Dalek photo here but Dalek fangirls are funnier. |
- Have poor taste in clothing.
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Capes? Anyone? You? Oh, you already have a bow. |
- Have the desire/ability to save people from dire situations
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Saving the world from the Sycorax in his pyjamas -- just like every other superhero! |
- AND, Have a strongly ingrained reluctance to kill
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Unless it's one of these guys. Then it's ON! |
So there.
Now, why is the Doctor the Greatest Superhero EVER!!!? It's because he's FUNNY! Standard (i.e. made in America) superheros take themselves waaay too seriously.
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The spanx under the spandex is what makes us frown. |
Apparently saving the world is some real serious business and there is nothing, NOTHING funny about me wearing my underpants on the outside. Nothing. Stop giggling.
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Does this man look like he takes himself seriously? |
The good Doctor, however, really doesn't walk around with a cop face on while planning to save the universe. He uses the TARDIS like a regular person would -- to get babes. The saving the world stuff just keeps coming up when he's on his way to show some fine lady and/or her friends a good time on Arcateen V 'cause chicks dig Butterfly People and writing bad poetry. He carries a sonic screwdriver because it's more useful than blasters or other such single-purpose tools and it starts with the word "screw." He's the last of the pompously-named Time Lords and he's just out to have a good time.
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The Sexiest U-Boat Captain alive |
So the Doctor is the greatest superhero EVER because he's willing to help everyone and is all about having a laugh on the way. (This officially makes him 73% cooler than Superman since good ol' Kal-El is pretty dull once you get over the x-ray vision party trick.) And, in case you were wondering, of all the doctors who have ever been THE Doctor, Christopher Eccleson was the hottest.
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