Every Doctor Who fan has their favorite Doctor. Some even have their least favorite Doctor. And yet the irony is that there’s only one character, meaning what fans love or hate has more to do with the actor’s take on the character. But what makes a Doctor seem like the Doctor? What is the secret ingredient to capturing the essence of this eccentric Time Lord?
According to a new joint interview with writers Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies, thinking of the Doctor as segmented incarnations isn’t really how they approach writing the character at all. In fact, instead of the great differences between incarnations, (that fans love) to debate, Moffat and Davies seem to indicate that they never aim to write the Doctor particularly differently and that thinking of the character as a constant is the paradoxical secret to making each version feel authentic.
