Manga Doctor Who

January 18, 2009

Found via AiCN.

Gia of Anime Vice has put together a collection of fanart pictures of the Doctor, manga style.  Most of the pictures are cute, and I really like the strip art on the far right with the companions.  Very funny.  The art features the current 10th Doctor played by David Tennant.  He’s young, cute and very action oriented.  He’d be the perfect subject for a manga adaptation.  Especially as a bishonen, as this rendering shows (credit needed).

Now would be the perfect time for the BBC to captialize on this and allow an OEL manga of the Doctor to be made.  The announcement of the eleventh doctor, Matt Smith, has led to a lot of speculation, with the one that makes the most sense to me is that he will be going goth.  Yes, we’ve had Victorian with the 1st and 8th Doctors, but speculation I’ve heard and seeing what he’s done in the past makes him perfect for the goth style.  And it’s what’s popular with the teenage girls, a demographic Doctor Who hasn’t quite captured yet.  Russell T. Davies has already given the Doctor lots of angst in his 4 year run.  This just seems to be the next natural step.

Doctor Knight anyone?

11 Comments

  • ImaginaryPerson February 25, 2011 at 4:54 am

    I really love this picture. My only problem with it is… The doctor should be wearing a bowtie…

    • Lori Henderson February 25, 2011 at 7:05 am

      I couldn’t agree more. 🙂

    • naomi March 9, 2012 at 8:10 am

      no he should not, david tannent never had a bowtie as the doctor only when he had to play a servant in alternate london. so the picture is acurate as it should be

      • Lori Henderson March 9, 2012 at 5:56 pm

        It’s not about accuracy. It’s about preference. I do like Matt Smith’s Doctor more than David Tennant’s. So if there were a manga, I would prefer it be with the 11th. Though I still can’t deny how pretty Tennant is, especially in this picture. 🙂

    • Meow May 16, 2012 at 4:53 pm

      Tenth doctor wore a tie. This is correct. -.-

    • Erika Harmon October 18, 2012 at 2:43 am

      Actually this is the 10th doctor. Played by David Tennant not Matt Smith, so he doesn’t have a bowtie, Only the 11th doctor.

  • Lian April 5, 2011 at 11:51 pm

    Who is the guy in the bottom left corner? I can make out all the others as Jack, Rose, Martha and Donna. Is it the 9th Doctor?

    • Lori Henderson April 6, 2011 at 7:03 am

      Nah, the look is all wrong for the 9th Doctor. Too much hair, and he should be in a black leather jacket. I’m thinking more along the lines of the Master/Harold Saxon.

  • Melanie February 28, 2012 at 10:44 am

    It’s the tenth doctor, David Tennant. I have a picture proving so in the link included below. He is gorgeous :))
    http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41344000/jpg/_41344385_newdoctorlong_pa.jpg

    • Lori Henderson February 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm

      No, we were talking about the man down by Donna. I can’t think of any other man besides Jack to be featured so other than the Master.

      • Erika Harmon October 18, 2012 at 2:46 am

        I see what you’re saying, but The Master has blondish brown hair, It just doesn’t look like him.

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