I watched Bad Wolf (S01E12), The Parting of Ways (S01E13), and Christmas Invasion (S02E00) again today. I thought I was watching them to rewatch the Doctor discovering a new self (and watching Tennant begin his captivating journey into the realms of Doctor Who), but I ended up focusing on Eccleston's exit.
I haven't actually watched any other regenerations except for the new series. In Series 1, Eccleston captured that same melancholy of ending that Tennant had, although not to the same extreme. He portrayed that ...sadness at never experiencing the universe in the same way ever again. Although Tennant is and will forever be MY Doctor, Eccleston was my FIRST Doctor, and I found myself feeling disturbed that Eccleston was going away and this skinny, strange looking Doctor was taking his place and speaking his words. And I know as I watch Series 2 (again) I will watch Tennant use some of the same mannerisms Eccleston used, but very slowly come into his own passion and his own anger at injustice.
It gives me hope that I may come to love Matt Smith as much as my other Doctors. But even after a whole series of new episodes that I enjoyed tremendously, I still think who is this strange young man taking my Doctor's place and speaking his words.
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