Despite the Fifth Doctor's casual nature and whimsical attire, the plots of his time grew a bit more serious. One human companion was killed in action, and another proved to be a secret agent with murderous intent. The end of the Fifth Doctor's reign came when he sacrificed himself to save still another companion. I haven't watched any of this Doctor's episodes, but I did see him come back through time to meet the Tenth in a special short made for charity.
Quotations:
"There's always something to look at if you open your eyes!"
"You may disguise your features but you can never disguise your intent."
The Fifth Doctor is a SAGITTARIUS. I'm sure I must be making the shoe fit somehow, but the list of characteristics seems to match up yet again... "optimistic, jovial, honest, but also a bit tactless, blindly optimistic, and reckless." The Fifth Doctor seemed to try first to turn enemies into friends, and only fight them as a last resort. His idealistic emphasis on making the world a better place also seems to mesh with the Sagittarius penchant for pondering the meaning of life and valuing freedom and truth.
The New Year's Resolution for the sometimes flighty Sagittarius is to think about cooling your jets once in a while. Instead of looking ahead to the next, greener pasture, have a look at what's around you right now. As with some of the other signs, such a remedy can also feed into the other aspects of this personality type, such as philosophical contemplation.
[See the introduction for more about sources and motivations for this series of posts.]
True confessions: I'm a little bit in love with this Doctor. (New fave.)
ReplyDeleteThe more I look around, the more fans of this one I find. I went looking on youtube for some representative clip of him doing his thing, but I stopped at this one because I kind of fell in love with the song that plays over of the montage.
DeleteI only know about Peter Davison from later associations...I never got to see him on TV as a child. Tom Baker, yes! But then we moved, and moved, and moved (the life of an Army brat), and the TV was never so readily available again. :(
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm not so sure that the 5th and 6th Doctor's adventures were so widely syndicated (outside the UK) as the 4th.
DeleteWow -- I didn't know any of this! Quite wibbly-wobbly. I'd always hoped they would bring back Jenny some time. At least they know where to find her if they want her. :-)
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