Applies to all Doctors - SCARY

[clocketpatch]

I'm half-Mary Sue... On my mother's side...

Okay, so I was fooling around with the Mary Sue Litmus Test ~ www.springhole.net/quizzes/marysue.htm

And, for kicks, I decided to do the Doctor.

His score was 224

The test has this to say about the scores:

0-16 Points
Most likely Not-Sue. Characters at this level could probably take a little spicing up without hurting them any.
17-21
Probably not a Mary-Sue, although a character can go either way at this point. Fanfiction writers should pay attention to ensure that their characters aren't getting too Sue-ish. For an RPG or original fiction character, however, you're probably perfectly fine.
22-29
Some definite Sue-like tendancies here. A little polishing might be in order to put original fiction and RPG characters back into the balance, especially if Kirking is involved. Fanfiction characters should probably have some work done.
30+
Fanfiction authors beware - Mary's on the loose. There's still a chance you can save this character with some TLC, though. Role-players and original fiction characters, you should also strongly consider giving your character a workover.
36+
Fanfiction authors, you might just want to start over. Role-players and original fiction authors, at this point your characters are likely to provoke eye-rolling and exclaimations of "yeah, right!" from your readers. (Well, at least from me.) Immediate workover is probably in order.
50+
Kill it dead. Or make sure you read the instructions properly (some people don't do this, which causes freakishly high scores) and take the test again.

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[Kit]

...Wow.

(And you can post in the Doctor board, not just the sub-boards. Moved it for you.)

[lynda]

That's...quite shocking.

[Kit]

Let's have everyone fill it out for the Doctor and compare results! =D

[Kit]

I got 68. Which is still bad. Poor Doctor.

[lynda]

I got 124.

[notwoodhouse]

I got 72

[Abbyromana]

I got a 32. Not the best, but he's border line .

[primsong]

I ended up with 86 on a once-through, oh dear... I never would've even thought of applying this to him!

[merrythemad]

oooh the language question killed me! *winces* I got an 81, but I did it with all Doctors in mind, mayhap if we nit-picked and did them by number it wouldn't be such a ridiculously high number?

[jjpor]

Yeah, I got 120 for the good Doctor on this, and I was deliberately skipping quite a few questions I thought weren't relevant, so it could have been higher.

Still, there's a difference between having an especially capable, admirable and skilled protagonist in a story and them being a Mary Sue. I think a lot of main characters in popular culture, especially at the SF-fantasy end of the scale, would get fairly high scores on this test. They call them heroes for a reason, you know; and I think whether a character is a Mary Sue has more to do with the intent of the author (conscious or unconscious) rather than any particular traits they show. Having said that, some of the questions there do remind me of particularly hilariously Mary-Sue-ridden fanfics I have read... Personally, in my original as opposed to fan fic, I have a thing for ridiculously resourceful/unkillable/smartmouthed baddies as opposed to heroes, but I tell myself they're not outlets for any latent sociopathic impulses I may have because they're usually utterly unlikeable swine who do meet sticky ends eventually. I tell myself.

[merrythemad]

*smacks JJ's wrist* do behave, love, not long until they are on to you.

(there was more to go here, but I'm not awake yet, I shall edit later when i can phrase things properly)

[jjpor]

Jan 4, 2009 7:38:02 GMT merrythemad said:

*smacks JJ's wrist* do behave, love, not long until they are on to you.

Ow, me wrist! I always behave, don't I? ;D I am kind of worried about who this "they" you speak of might be *glances worriedly over shoulder*

[IMForeman]

I tried it with River Song and got 52, which was lower than I thought I would get, actually.

[evelyn]

Okay - as a truly obsessive fan of quizzes, listing, Mary-Sue bashing, several of the Doctors, and useless statistics...



I see a frightening trend here. I was amused that One got zero Sueness, though. ^_^

[clocketpatch]

as someone who must fiddle with graphs on a near daily basis, and who has a long standing love of graphs.... YAY!

I love the pseudo science of it all. And it's so pretty!

What program did you use???


;D

[teeceeoh]

I'm not really surprised One got nothing, though. I mean, all he was initially was a cantankerous old man who gradually mellowed out, who just happened to travel in a machine that could travel through time AND space. The fact that he had no control over where it went probably helped, no doubt.

I could try doing this quiz on my non-canon version of the Twelfth Doctor, but I'm guessing it wouldn't really count, as the real Twelve doesn't exist - yet.

[evelyn]

I thought Twelve was played by Rowan Atkinson. No, wait, that's not right... ;D

And I used this website for the graph. I would love this page to pieces were it not digital.
nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

[primsong]

This is - I don't even know how to describe it. Brilliant and terrifying might work.

[merrythemad]

Oooh, I love this idea Evelyn! Maybe we should each do it to allow for personal bias, as we each favor different (well okay you all like three) some of us favor different Doctors heeheehee, it may cancel out personal bias. Just a thought. I fail to see how four scored so low though, doesn't K-9 count as a Marysue-like pet? K-9 is Mary Sue for four, lol.