age: 950+ , looks mid-30s
species: human/timelord
occupation: maths
romantic/sexual orientation: pan-romantic, demi-sexual
♦ The Metacrisis Doctor, affectionately known as ‘Doc’, arrived at Coal Hill with his now ‘accidental’ husband Jack Harkness. The two spent years travelling the universe through space and time together until a spike in rift activity caught their attention. Now he works as a Maths teacher at the school while keeping an eye on everyone and their safety; while also investigating and trying to find the Doctor once more.
♦ The Metacrisis Doctor generally goes by the name of ‘the Doctor’; however, he’s adopted the moniker of ‘Doc’. Symbolically, it represents that he’s “half of the Doctor”, and since most faces of the Doctor (and in particularly his tenth face) won’t answer to that name, it works.
♦ Doc can’t always keep track of all the billions of cultures and customs that he has in his head, which is why his manners range from acceptable to appalling. In his defence, licking marmalade off your knife is considered perfectly good manners on Xorrx VIII in the Wombat Era.
♦ Doc originally interviewed for the physics teacher position, then flunked out of it when he started talking about particles that hadn’t been discovered in the 21st century.
Doc started with a personality that was a carbon copy of the Tenth Doctor personality at the start of the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration. While the scars from the Time War were still fresh, he was also young, in love and full of hope.
However, as time went by, he became more jaded, less exuberant and less warm. His break with Rose made him close himself off once more. His inability to regenerate also made him somewhat more cautious, and he grew less impulsive, more prone to thinking (and brooding).
At heart, he is still idealistic, but he is reluctant to become attached to people around him (other than Jack, whose immortality means that he can never lose him). He’s also conflicted - on one hand, he believes in helping and wants to help; on the other hand, he is somewhat disillusioned with humanity and their treatment of aliens, and is still wrestling with questions of whether intervening to save humanity is the right thing or not.
☑ idealistic, courageous, caring
☒ stubborn, cynical, feeling avoidant
♢ jack harkness: Doc loves Jack. In Jack, he’s found someone who can relate to him, someone who’s human but also not, who can understand the stress and strain of immortality, who knew him both before and after the metacrisis. Jack was the first person to help him realise that his differences from the Doctor were a good thing. Initially, his interactions with Jack were driven by guilt over his actions in abandoning Jack on Satellite V, and his tenth’s face callous treatment of him; he was very much driven to try and try and undo some of the damage that time and immortality had wrecked on him. That protective streak grew rapidly to something more, but Doc refused to act on his feelings when he was mortal. Now that he’s effectively immortal, he still finds it nearly impossible to articulate those feelings, preferring to pretend that he and Jack are nothing more than friends.
Still, he very obviously did not protest when they accidentally got married, and while he rolls his eyes when Jack calls him husband, he doesn’t actually refute it.
And Jack keeps getting flowers from a secret admirer on Valentine’s Day. Except that it’s Valentine Day’s day from the 51st century on the Boeshane Peninsula.
♢ the doctor: It’s Complicated ™. Doc likes the Doctor a lot, and wants to get along with him. He also wants to help the Doctor, being the one person who really knows (or knew) the Doctor and the pain that he carries. Unfortunately, like siblings with the best of intentions, they end up squabbling more often than not, only to help each other out without hesitation with the other really needs it.
At the same time, they occasionally get territorial over old companions, investigations, and competitions over being the cleverest in the room.
♢ clara oswald: Doc remembers Clara from the pocket universe, and he likes her a lot - thinks she’s clever, witty, and makes a great souffle. He’d like to get to know her better, and not-so-secretly wants to steal her from the Doctor. After all, he’s the one with the better hair and is obviously cleverer.
