History Characters / DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor

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[[caption-width-right:241:''"There's something you better understand about me, 'cause it's important and one day your life may depend on it. I am ''definitely'' a madman with a box!"'']]

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* BadassGrandpa: Being over 1000 years old, he's technically ''always'' this ([[Characters/DoctorWhoClassicSeriesCompanions and in a literal sense to boot]]). But becomes a more exemplified example during his several hundred years guarding the town of Christmas. He needs a cane to get around, but he's still got the fire.

--->'''The Doctor:''' Did the Silurians beg you to stop? Look Solomon. The missiles. See them shine, see how valuable they are? And they're all yours.

* AllergicToRoutine: Linear time doesn't agree with him, and he actively hates having to wait for things in chronological order, or having to bother remembering the natural order of centuries when talking to humans. In "The Power of Three", we see that just ''sitting still'' on a planet for a few days annoys him more than anything, leading him to manically rush off, paint Amy and Rory's fence, kick-up a football ''five million'' times (or so he claims) and cut the grass... in about an hour. When he sees Amy’s life in the dullest village known to man he wonders what they do to stave off the self-harm.
** And while waiting for Van Gogh to finish a painting:

* AmbiguouslyBi: Eleven is the first Doctor to actively snog a male companion on the show. ([[ThrowItIn Not that it was scripted or anything.]]) Creator/StevenMoffat has even explicitly stated that the Doctor doesn't ''care'' about words like "gay" or "straight", and has some trouble grasping what they mean.
** A great throwaway example of this shows up in "Let's Kill Hitler" when he tells Mels that he danced with everyone at Rory and Amy's wedding, not seeming to understand why the men were "a bit shy."

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In 2017, Big Finish accounced they will be bringing the Eleventh Doctor into their ''Doctor Chronicles'' audio series, with Doctor impersonator, Jake Dudman, playing the role while also narrating. The release date for the audio boxset has not yet been announced.

[[caption-width-right:241:''"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things or make them unimportant. "'']]

-->''"There's something you better understand about me, 'cause it's important and one day your life may depend on it. I am ''definitely'' a madman with a box!"''

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-->''"There's something you better understand about me, because it's important and one day your life may depend on it: I am '''definitely''' a madman with a box!"''

In 2018, Big Finish accounced they will be bringing the Eleventh Doctor into their ''Doctor Chronicles'' audio series, with Doctor impersonator, Jake Dudman, playing the role while also narrating. The release date for the audio boxset has not yet been announced.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite having gone through more personal tragedy than most other incarnations, not to mention his continued trauma from the Time War and over a millennium's worth of self loathing, Eleven has possibly the happiest ending of any incarnation, having saved his Companion and the town he had been defending for centuries, made peace with some of his most bitter enemies, and in his last moments witnessed that not only had he truly saved his people but that the Time Lords were finally showing him gratitude for all he had done by changing history to save him, granting him a brand new regeneration cycle and aiding him in defeating the Daleks once again. The last thing he is sees is his first companion, Amy Pond, calling him "Raggedy Man".

* BowtiesAreCool: The TropeNamer. In his first season, he tends to wear blue bowties in the past, and red ones when visiting the future.
-->'''The Doctor:''' Oi! Eyes on the tie. Look at me. I wear it and I don't care. Trust me?\\
'''Boy:''' Yes.\\
'''The Doctor:''' That's why it's cool.

** "{{Bowties are cool}}". Morphs into: "It's an X. I wear an X now. Xs are cool." Or just: [[MadLibsCatchPhrase Xs are cool]]. The one exception to this is in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn "The Bells of Saint John"]]. "Monks are not cool!"

-->''"There's something you better understand about me, because it's important and one day your life may depend on it: I am ''definitely'' a madman with a box!"''

* PlatonicLifePartners: With the exception of River Song, this trope applies to his companions in general.

* StupidSexyFriend: Has a bit of a problem with this late in his life [[ShipTease when it comes to Clara]]. Though his mild crush on her is subverted by the fact that the attraction [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe is more circumstance and personality-related]] than looks-related. His following incarnation off-handedly admits that it was a mistake on his part and that he'll definitely stick to a BetterAsFriends relationship when it comes to the two of them. Subsequent event will contradict this statement.

** And the boast to top them all, [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]:

-->'''[=Ten=]:''' 400 years? Is that all it takes?!\\
'''[=Eleven=]:''' ''[coldly]'' I moved on.\\
'''[=Ten=]:''' ''[voice cracks]'' WHERE? Where could you be now, that you forget something like ''that?!''

-->'''[=10th Doctor=]:''' 400 years? Is that all it takes?!\\
'''[=11th Doctor=]:''' ''[coldly]'' I moved on.\\
'''[=10th Doctor=]:''' ''[voice cracks]'' WHERE? Where could you be now, that you forget something like ''that?!''

* BerserkButton:
** Don't threaten or hurt ''anyone'' the Doctor's taken a liking to. For example:
*** When Amy is kidnapped in "Good Man Goes To War", the Doctor goes out of his way to humiliate the captor.
---->'''The Doctor:''' Those words. [[NeverLiveItDown "Run away." I want you to be famous for those exact words.]] I want people to call you Colonel Run-Away. I want [[HumiliationConga children laughing outside your door 'cos they've found the house of Colonel Run-Away]]. And when people come to you and ask you if trying to get to me through '''the people I love''' is in any way a good idea… [[FateWorseThanDeath I want you to tell them your name.]]
*** Or when The Weeping Angels kill the marine he liked, Bob, and then start taunting him with it, he wipes the Angels from existence by the end of "Flesh and Stone".
*** Or when he finds out House killed Time Lords who were once his very close friends in "The Doctor's Wife".
---->'''The Doctor:''' ''[[[TranquilFury quietly]]]'' [[YouAreNotAlone You gave me hope]] and then [[LastOfHisKind took it all away]]. That would make ''anyone'' dangerous, God knows what it would do to ''me!'' Basically... '''''RUN!'''''
*** Or his constant companion, the TARDIS, as the Silence and House learned when he had them brutally killed.
** The Last Great Time War is also still a major BerserkButton. In "A Town Called Mercy", the Doctor flies into a violent rage and tries to have a man who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo did what he had to do]] in a bloody war, killed by throwing him out of the town at gunpoint into the jaws of an enemy. Only Amy pulling WhatTheHellHero makes the Doctor stop.

--> '''Doctor''': Sorry madam... ''try that dress in red!''

--> '''The Doctor''': Who da man?\\
(''Complete silence from Amy and Rory'')\\

--> '''Doctor:''' Is this how time normally passes? Reaaaally slowly, in the right order?

'''[=10th Doctor=]''': ''[voice cracks]'' WHERE? Where could you be now, that you forget something like ''that?!''

-->'''Doctor:''' Ooh, now, what's this? Now, I love this, a big flashy lighty thing! That's what brought me here. Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. Give me time. And a crayon.

-->'''Doctor:''' I'm being extremely clever up here and there's no one to stand around looking impressed. What's the point in having you all?

----> '''Doctor''': ''[[[TranquilFury quietly]]]'' [[YouAreNotAlone You gave me hope]] and then [[LastOfHisKind took it all away]]. That would make ''anyone'' dangerous, God knows what it would do to ''me!'' Basically... '''''RUN!'''''

-->'''Doctor:''' Ah. Yes. Blimey. Sorry. Christmas Eve on a rooftop, saw a chimney, my whole brain just went: "What the hell!"

--->'''Doctor''': Spoilers.

--->'''Doctor''': Oh no you ''don't!''

-->'''Doctor''': Not noticing, just going! Not noticing, just ''going!'' Not noticing, just '''going!'''

--->'''Doctor:''' Don't let the cool gear fool you, I am getting on a bit.

-->'''Doctor:''' It's fine, we're entering conceptual space. Imagine a banana, or anything curved. Well, actually, don't, because it's not curved or like a banana. Forget the banana.

--> '''Eleven:''' [[LargeHam IF YOU WANT MY LIFE! COME! AND! GET IT!!!!]]

-->'''Eleventh Doctor''': ''[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Love from Gallifrey, boys!]]''

-->'''Eleven:''' It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are. Like breath on a mirror... We all change when you think about it. We're all different people, all through our lives. And that's OK; that's good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. [[MeaningfulEcho I will not forget one line of this. Not one day]], I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me.

--->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' I don't know but I can't feel my feet... and other parts.\\

-->'''Doctor:''' We all change, when you think about it. We’re all different people, all through our lives. And that’s okay.

-->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Hi, honey, I'm home!\\

-->'''Eleven:''' ''[holds up psychic paper]'' I think you'll find I'm universally recognized as a mature and responsible adult.\\

'''Eleven:''' It's shorted out. [[LampshadeHanging Finally, a lie too big.]]

-->'''Doctor:''' That's probably a lot. It looks like a lot doesn't it? I can never tell.

'''Eleventh Doctor:''' It's a fez. I wear a fez now. [[CatchPhrase Fezzes are cool]].\\

'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Hah! Never going to happen!

-->'''Eleventh Doctor:''' Sorry. Checking all the water in this area. ''[leans in close]'' There's an escaped fish ''[[[NoseTapping taps nose]]]''.

-->'''Doctor:''' Goodbye, Clara. [[TearJerker Miss ya.]]

-->'''Doctor:''' RORY! SHE'S HAVING AN EMOTION!

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* {{Flanderization}}: Though he was always something of a ManChild throughout his run, it is heavily emphasized in his last season. He is first portrayed as more of an immature DeadpanSnarker in series 5, with moments of childlike glee and being good with kids, but can still crack a joke and will still maintain a competent, if not quirky, presence. Eleven becomes goofier in Series 6, but his darker, sterner side as well as his fatal faults (arrogance, vindictiveness, deceitfulness) are explored in depth this season. By series 7, he will often cover his eyes or groan when Amy and Rory kiss, is genuinely confused by innuendos, randomly kisses his friends, and acts manically more like one of the children he encounters than he would have before. Amy even makes jokes about getting him a babysitter by series 7.

* {{Flanderization}}: Though he was always something of a ManChild throughout his run, it is heavily emphasized in his last season. He is first portrayed as more of an immature DeadpanSnarker in series 5, with moments of childlike glee and being good with kids, but can still crack a joke and will still maintain a competent, if not quirky, presence. Eleven becomes goofier in Series 6, but his darker, sterner side as well as his fatal faults (arrogance, vindictiveness, deceitfulness) are explored in depth this season. By series 7, he will often cover his eyes or groan when Amy and Rory kiss, is genuinely confused by innuendos, randomly kisses his friends, and acts more like one of the children he encounters than he would have before. Amy even makes jokes about getting him a babysitter by series 7.

* {{Flanderization}}: Though he was always something of a ManChild throughout his run, it is heavily emphasized in his last season. He is first portrayed as more of an immature DeadpanSnarker in series 5, with moments of childlike glee and being good with kids, but can still crack a joke and will still maintain a competent, if not quirky, presence. Eleven becomes goofier in Series 6, but his darker, sterner side as well as his fatal faults (arrogance, vindictiveness, deceitfulness) are explored in depth this season. By series 7, he will often cover his eyes or groan when Amy and Rory kiss, is genuinely confused by innuendos, and acts more like one of the children he encounters than he would have before. Amy even makes jokes about getting him a babysitter by series 7.

* {{Flanderization}}: Though he was always something of a ManChild throughout his run, it is heavily emphasized in his lastseasons. He is first portrayed as more of an immature DeadpanSnarker in series 5, with moments of childlike glee and being good with kids, but can still crack a joke and will still maintain a competent, if not quirky, presence. Eleven becomes goofier in Series 6, but his darker, sterner side as well as his fundamental faults are explored in depth this season. By series 7, he will often cover his eyes or groan when Amy and Rory kiss, is genuinely confused by innuendos, and acts more like one of the children he encounters than he would have before. Amy even makes jokes about getting him a babysitter by series 7.

* {{Flanderization}}: Though he was always something of a ManChild throughout his run, it is heavily emphasized in his last two seasons. He is first portrayed as more of an immature DeadpanSnarker in series 5, with moments of childlike glee and being good with kids, but can still crack a joke and will still maintain a competent, if not quirky, presence. By series 7, he will often cover his eyes or groan when Amy and Rory kiss, is genuinely confused by innuendos, and acts more like one of the children he encounters than he would have before. Amy even makes jokes about getting him a babysitter by series 7.

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