11 Shocking Similarities Between Doctor Who And Sherlock

8. The Anger Issues

Everyone agrees that a provoked Time Lord is infinitely more frightening than an army of allied Weeping Angels and Silence (how would that work, anyway? Can Silence blink? Would the Weeping Angels forget the Silence and assume their true form while still being seen by the Silence? Oh, never mind!), but the wrath of John Watson is far more likely to puncture a hole in the fabric of time. John usually cues the audience when he is about to lash out, as indicated by his hands held rigidly at his side. He contorts his face and inhales deeply due to the effort of restraining himself from wringing Sherlock's neck, but it never works. His Last Vow proved this when a livid and frustrated John intentionally sprained Bill Wiggin's arm because the addict made the mistake of delaying John's purposeful ascent to the top floors of the drug dealing headquarters. Mr Watson didn't even need that lead pipe disguised as a revolver to inflict fear in the souls of men. And don't forget poor Sherlock who was mangled, maligned, nose bloodied and probably suffered a few fractured bones after approaching John Watson a bit prematurely in light of his long absence. He deserved every injury, but perhaps John was slightly harsh? Nah. John's competition, though, does have the advantage of living for over 2,000 years - an estimated 30 additional lifetimes - to perfect the art of infuriated ranting. The Tenth Doctor was probably the most proficient at emitting bouts of Time Lord fury, as seen in The Runaway Bride when he mercilessly drowned the Rachnoss, Human Nature when he severely punished the Family and The Waters of Mars when he became corrupted at the notion of "Time Lord Victorious". But everybody knows which anger-driver mad man should truly be feared.