The Constant within the Doctor Who was

The Constant within the Doctor Who was
Even his closest companions stared in amazement and confusion (along with audiences at home) as each new Doctor Who emerged from the mysterious process of a regeneration. Yet it was never long before our bewilderment gave way to joyous recognition:
Despite the new face, the new personality, this was the Doctor.

Yet for many people, the latest Doctor- Russell T. Davies’ ‘hip, sexy’ Doctor- did not inspire such a reaction. The scriptwriter who had shown considerable success during the series with Chris Eccleston had somehow failed to deliver the innermost quality of the Doctor, that special something that made the Doctor the Doctor.

What was that special quality? Just what was it that we saw- and recognized- as our gaze was so successfully led beyond the superficial, and inwards? As we gazed at the each new Doctor Who, what was it that lead us to joyously exclaim,
“Oh, it is the Doctor, after all!”

Consider for a moment the question just how a being (a 'Time Lord') can live to a thousand years old, performing deeds of nobility and courage across the Universe, traveling in time and space as he goes? It goes without saying that such a personality has to have a very strong, unchanging foundation to guard against this tremendous blast of constant change.

The unchanging quality of the ever-changing Doctor was his highly-evolved, innermost being: a pure, untainted, compassionate soul. And now, like the Greek pulling down the Gods to their own level, tainting their images with their own human shortcomings, a similar tragedy has befallen the beloved personality of Dr.Who. In the hands of R.T. Davies' blind, commercially motivated efforts to supposedly ‘make the character more accessible and available’, the destruction of the very foundations of that great soul has begun.

Unless the Doctor is able to somehow throw of this greatest challenge yet, and escape from the hands of his current ignorant scriptwriter; it is a doomed, soulless zombie using the name of the Doctor that will wander space and time.

Pretending to save the universe- shedding more and more of that noble soul as he goes.