The Eighth Doctor Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of The Eighth Doctor? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for The Eighth Doctor from Doctor Who Classic and what is the personality traits.
ENFP (7w6)
The Eighth Doctor personality type is ENFP, which stands for "Extroverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving." It's one of the most common personality types among Doctor Who fans, according to research by University of Cambridge psychologist Susan Cain.
Cain, who has studied the type among other fans, says the Doctor is particularly adept at recognizing and communicating with alien species unlike himself, making him an ENFP.
The Doctor's fierce loyalty to the Time Lords also makes him an ENFP.
"Even though he doesn't know it, he's always trying to save his planet," Cain says. "He's always trying to protect his people."
This ENFP personality type also explains why the Doctor is so good at explaining his mission and the reason he needs to do what he does.
"When you're thinking and feeling and perceiving all at the same time, it's very difficult to regulate your feelings and your thoughts," Cain says. "You can't just stop and focus on one thing and not the other."
How the Doctor's type is relevant to your career
If you're planning on becoming a teacher, consider the similarities between the Doctor and the role of a teacher.
The Eighth Doctor was a romantic figure, who loved to explore, lover of knowledge, always reading books and trying to learn new cultures, always with an enthusiasm in his travels, but also kind and considerate to the people he met, especially his companions, even that sometimes acted eccentrically, with the passage of time and the beginning of the war of time the doctor lost his enthusiasm, entering a strong depression, even more with his feeling of wanting to help other people.Played by Paul McGann in one movie, I mini-episode, in addition to several books, and audios from Big Finish.
