World Enough and Time

This is at least the third Who quiz where I've got the same result!

Doctor Who? Are You? Who? (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=72093)

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So how do you feel about it? Do you relate?

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I haven't seen many Hartnell episodes, but "cantankerous old thing" seems to suit me...! Another quiz summed up the character as:

You are the first Doctor! Oh, you can be a bit cranky, that's true. And your ego can be a bit of a put-off at first. However, underneath that
sour demeanor is the heart of a true hero! Your compassion for your fellow beings knows no bounds, and you'd happily sacrifice your life to save another.

Must say, I draw the line at sacrificing my life for anything, though! There are people and ideals I'd kill for, but nothing I'd die for: the point is always to make the other person die, otherwise it's a rather useless exercise. Besides, I'm a physical coward.

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Doctor Who? Are You? Who? (http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=72093)

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"cantankerous old thing" seems to suit me...!

LOL! Wear it like a badge!

"Heart of a hero" sounds good. All the best heroes are physical cowards. (Cf. Captain Jack - "I was much better off as a coward.")

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Hee - you're the Composite Doctor! You're all of them - ? What a weird answer to the question. Perhaps it's an illusion or a trick.

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lol... that was ood wasn't it?

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"Heart of a hero" sounds good.

But it's not mine. Any more than that hand in the jar is Jack's, if you follow.

All the best heroes are physical cowards.

His Loveliness disagrees, but then he's 12C; they do things differently there. Personally, I think he's quite mad to go charging off into battle without a helmet or shield or metal mail, just to prove a point about not being scared...
Definitely one of his 'blond moments'...! ;-D

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Are you thinking of Conrad's heart? The hand in the jar is Jack's, in a fundamental way, even if it isn't physically from his body. It is something he has chosen to keep, posess and value.

His Loveliness disagrees, but then he's 12C; they do things differently there.

Well, indeed, and I confess I was thinking of literary heroes rather than historical ones.

Definitely one of his 'blond moments'...! ;-D

The essence of 'prouesse'.

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Oh, very ood indeed.

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heh... gotta love WHO for turning typos into proper words!

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Sometimes it's hard to remember which is which!

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Are you thinking of Conrad's heart? The hand in the jar is Jack's, in a fundamental way, even if it isn't physically from his body. It is something he has chosen to keep, possess and value.

Several of my boys', actually...
(Do you know Pound, Canto IV?
"It is Cabestan's heart in the dish..." and the legend of the Eaten Heart of Guilhem de Cabestanh? I love that story, though in Seremonda's shoes, I'd have chucked my husband out of the window, not myself.)

Well, indeed, and I confess I was thinking of literary heroes rather than historical ones.

My literary ones tend to be a bit mad in that direction, too, though. Not taking care of themselves properly, being very dashing, and ending up on the wrong end of sharp pointy things. (Mischa von Elphberg, yes, I'm looking at you!) Still, it fuels my h/c complex...

The essence of 'prouesse'.

Exactly. He was lucky to get away with a shoulder-wound that time...

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so true... I make such funny typos sometimes tho... shows how much WHO is in my head!

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I don't know the Pound passage, but I do know the Legend of the Eaten Heart. Doesn't a version of that turn up in the Decameron, too?

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Yes - the Cabestanh story is in the Decameron (under the title of Rossiglione, as the heroine was Countess of Castel-Rossillon). There's also a similar motif in the tale of the Chatelain of Coucy and the Lady of Fayel, where his heart is sent back to her after he's killed on Crusade, and her husband intercepts it and cooks it.

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