expiation — application

Player: Terra
Contact: timescars
Age: 25+
Current Characters: N/A
Link to Reserve: Here!

Character Name: The Doctor
Character Canon: Doctor Who
Canon Point: Post 'Last Christmas' 
Age: 2000+, but appears to be in his early to mid-50's. 

Crime: "The Doctor has been charged with affecting the lives of others and spinning the wheel of their fate." 

I wanted to go with something that was ambiguous enough for him to interpret for better or for worse. He's lived so many lives and done as many good things as he has bad to those that he's taken on adventures with him. Even those that don't travel with him, but cross his path, are sucked into the vortex that is his life. 

Background: Wiki

Personality: 

Positive 

 

Pragmatic
This version of the Doctor knows that he has to make the hard choices, but the hard choices aren't always cushioned with kind words. He's good at removing himself from situations so that the burden of the decision falls on his shoulders instead of others around him and has said before that he doesn't have the luxury for outrage. He'll always try to save everyone but he also knows that sometimes the only choice you have is sacrificing some life for the greater good.

Righteous
Despite grappling with the idea of whether or not he was a good person for the first chapter of his season, the Doctor realized that all he was trying to do at the end of the day was do the right thing. He's a 2000 year old being who has had time to develop his own opinions of right and wrong, and he's a stubborn man, but he can and is always willing to learn from others at the end of the day.  

Compassionate
The Doctor has met so many different types of peoples and scenarios over his lifetime, but if given the choice, he will always err on the side of kindness. We see countless times how much he actually does care for people even if it's buried under the dry Scottish accent and furrowed brows. He'll willingly sacrifice himself and throw himself into situations so that others don't have to do the same and often dispenses humor to try and put others at ease (with varying results). His compassion is very apparent when he's face to face with children: he insists it's okay to be scared because it's a superpower. He will always be the monster that the monsters fear if it means saving or comforting others. 

Negative 

 
 

Blunt 
He doesn't mince words. Even in a dire or sad situation, the Doctor doesn't have much skill in terms of bedside manner. It can come across as rude, and regular social niceties are somewhat difficult for him to grasp although he has since gotten better at it. At one point with Clara he relied on the use of cue cards to try and guide him through situations so he wouldn't sound as rude. 

Manipulative 
The Doctor always lies. Always has, always will. It isn't usually out of malicious intent and it usually chalks up to what he thinks is best for the situation at the time. Despite being this silly, kooky man at times, the Doctor is incredibly good at orchestrating situations to run in the way that he deems it best. 

Selfish
The Doctor ran away from the Time Lords and shuns quite a few of their haughty characteristics. However, he's not perfect and can be at times, an incredibly selfish person. Even though he knows that time must pass and march on, he still clings to people and ideas just like the rest of us do. We see it when he loses Clara and he thinks he's lost Bill. The Doctor acts out when he's cornered and it sometimes results in him tossing aside any consequences that might come with his actions when he's upset. 

Abilities: Wiki.

Any psionic ability related to reading someone's mind or wiping someone's memory will have an opt-out option and will be discussed with other player(s) and mod team if it comes into play.

In regards to his ability to regenerate, happy to nerf the regeneration ability and replace it with the Expiation death system. 

Inventory: 

• Sonic screwdriver (nerfed powers; as per this question here)
• TARDIS keys
• Psychic paper 
• Gold wedding band worn on his left ring finger
• Mobile phone
• A yo-yo 
• 2 x tangerines 
• Several pieces of chalk
• A guitar pick signed by Jimi Hendrix
• A small stack of cue cards, half blank, half with something written on them in Clara's neat handwriting; the top cue card reads, "DON'T BE RUDE" with several lines beneath it

Samples: 

• Sample one - Expiation TDM top level 
• Sample two - Insomnia meme with Claire Fraser (Outlander)

Questions: 

I know we briefly discussed the use of the sonic, but I had a similar question about the psychic paper being on him. Please let me know if you'd like it to be missing or if it's okay to have it on him when he arrives!