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I really should be finishing cleaning my house. Instead I'm (surprise) randomly thinking about Doctor Who. More specifically the Doctor's sex life, or lack of thereof. Yes, I know this is a topic that has been done to death...but hey, I'm new so I'm still working these things out in my head. And while I wholeheartedly approve of fannish created hot and dirty Time Lord porn involving any number of human characters, I waffle on the question of Doctor/Human, er, relations with the Doctor as presented to us on screen.
The presence of Jack tells us that cross-species romping in the Whoverse is, as a rule, really no big deal so that obstacle is off the table. Here's where I get stuck. What I can't quite reckon is does the Doctor view humans as a different species or a lesser species? If it's the second then the argument kind of ends right there for me and I imagine he views companions getting the hots for him the same way I do when my dog tries to hump my leg. Mildly annoying, but hey it's a dog..it's what they do...so you shove them off but still buy special doggie treats and scritch them behind the ears 'cause they are cute and cuddly and you love them to bits anyway because they make good pets and friends. I might tell my cat that she's gorgeous and mean it, but then it doesn't exactly mean the same thing as if I say it to one of you, ya know?
Ah, but if it's the first then it's a whole 'nother can of worms. Technologically backward, shorter lived, or not as intelligent doesn't necessarily equal lesser, after all the Time Lords might have the advantage there but we have plenty of evidence that they could be right bastards and not at all lacking in flaws. Is the ability to see and manipulate the universe on the big scale better than being able to do the same on the small one...or just a matter of perspective? And granted, it's a difference in perspective that brings all sorts of other issues to the table about power balances and lack of understanding and all sorts of dodgy and painful questions...but it doesn't rule out the possibility that someone might try. Or at the very least have a moment of "OMG my companion(s) are kinda hawt...just the once then."
And thirdly, there is the possibility that he thinks of humans as lesser and is wrong. Or, I suppose fourthly thinks of them as different, not lesser and is wrong...which, wow you could write some really depressing and twisted fic on that theme in which the Doctor goes for it only to slowly realize that he's attributed equal status to and is having sex with what is essentially a pet. I don't think I'd want to read it, but you could.
So, a poll I guess.
[Poll #1011274]
The presence of Jack tells us that cross-species romping in the Whoverse is, as a rule, really no big deal so that obstacle is off the table. Here's where I get stuck. What I can't quite reckon is does the Doctor view humans as a different species or a lesser species? If it's the second then the argument kind of ends right there for me and I imagine he views companions getting the hots for him the same way I do when my dog tries to hump my leg. Mildly annoying, but hey it's a dog..it's what they do...so you shove them off but still buy special doggie treats and scritch them behind the ears 'cause they are cute and cuddly and you love them to bits anyway because they make good pets and friends. I might tell my cat that she's gorgeous and mean it, but then it doesn't exactly mean the same thing as if I say it to one of you, ya know?
Ah, but if it's the first then it's a whole 'nother can of worms. Technologically backward, shorter lived, or not as intelligent doesn't necessarily equal lesser, after all the Time Lords might have the advantage there but we have plenty of evidence that they could be right bastards and not at all lacking in flaws. Is the ability to see and manipulate the universe on the big scale better than being able to do the same on the small one...or just a matter of perspective? And granted, it's a difference in perspective that brings all sorts of other issues to the table about power balances and lack of understanding and all sorts of dodgy and painful questions...but it doesn't rule out the possibility that someone might try. Or at the very least have a moment of "OMG my companion(s) are kinda hawt...just the once then."
And thirdly, there is the possibility that he thinks of humans as lesser and is wrong. Or, I suppose fourthly thinks of them as different, not lesser and is wrong...which, wow you could write some really depressing and twisted fic on that theme in which the Doctor goes for it only to slowly realize that he's attributed equal status to and is having sex with what is essentially a pet. I don't think I'd want to read it, but you could.
So, a poll I guess.
[Poll #1011274]
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