Geeks ! I summon your brains!

[thebitterguy]

Hoo'd win: Dr. Who, or Batman?

Fight!

Comments

[gnaremoob.livejournal.com]

Batman would win. He has that kick ass utility belt and the kick ass batmobile.

[thothmeister.livejournal.com]

BatMan would ultimately win. The Doctor knows all life from all times and planets, but Bats is a fighter, the Doctor is not.

[kinra.livejournal.com]

Batman would probably win the fight, but Dr. Who would ultimately have the broader situation figured out such that it wouldn't be a decisive victory; once the punch-up ended, the Doc and Bats would reconcile, much as often happens with Ra's al-Ghul.

[mytholder.livejournal.com]

But...he knows Venusian Aikido!

More seriously (I can't believe I just typed 'more seriously' when answering the question of who'd win in a fight between Dr. Who and Batman...kill me...), I'd give the edge to the Doctor over time. Better technology, smarter, and the TARDIS is a hell of a lot better than the Batcave/Batmobile.

[noondaypaisley.livejournal.com]

The Doctor would be smart enough to never get into a real punch-up with Batman (Batman would kick his ass). But if they "fought" in the end the Doctor would work his way around to the solution that he wanted.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

That depends on who's writing the episode. Some of the Who writers have granted the Doctor nearly super-heroic fighting abilities, as well as the ability to hypnotize opponents with a glance.

For most incarnations of the Doctor, and assuming you're talking about a single one-on-one brawl, sure, Batman.

But the Doctor would have the upper-hand by the end of the storyline. Heck, he's defeated GODS.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

If it was a pie eating contest, the Sixth Doctor.

But seriously, the Doctor would make Batman his companion and would get very ticked off when Bats painted the Tardis black.

[thothmeister.livejournal.com]

I think that (based on what some others hav e said here) the Doctor would have a long-term edge... if he had enough time to bring the fight into the TARDIS he could buy himself time to figure something out while Bats tried to find his way... but in close quarters the Batman could take him down in two blows (not one because the Doctor's anatomy is different from ours... his pain centers may be different).

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but there's no way The Bat could be hypnotised with a glance. It takes magick to alter his mind, yeah!

(Wow, how fanboy can I get?)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

The Doctor does have telepathy and other ill-defined mental abilities. The Batman is suspectible to psionics, I think.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Telepathy yes. Hypnotise with a glance, perhaps, but, well, The Batman's mind isn't exactly pliable, and I think it would take "mind control", which is not the same thing as "telepathy" to even remotely have a chance of controlling the Darkknight Detective.

The vague recollection I have of an episode of The Doctor using "hypnotism at a glance", it was some thug/servant/groupie/bottom rung of the nemesis' hiearchy type - not the equivalent of one of the most strongest wills in the world.

Is Batman susceptible to psionics? Never claimed he was immune to them - merely claimed he was a strong will that "hypnotism at a glance" wouldn't work on. Now, throw Gorilla Grodd and The Ultra-Humanite working together, okay, then he's a puppet. Zatanna wiping his memory of certain events, sure, it's official continuity, so gotta go with that - but that's magick, and not the where's the bunny variety.