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I would like to thank RTD for making so many people look back at Thirteen's Era and start to go "you know what? Maybe we judged the writing too harshly on this one." Maybe it is a good idea to bring in new writers and more women and people of color behind the scenes and allow them to write and direct things like Demons of the Punjab (top 5 ever Doctor Who episode) and the Haunting of Villa Diodati and Fugitive of the Judoon. Maybe Thirteen WAS camp, because the universe who decided to be a frog and the mud that did witchcraft and the Pting and the plastic that ate birds were unhinged and fun. Maybe we got some GORGEOUS cinematography out of it. Maybe Thirteen's take on gender is more interesting than the 60th anniversary specials. Maybe Yaz DID get an arc in the Flux/standalone specials and people just didn't pay attention. Maybe the Power of the Doctor paid more respect to former eras of Doctor Who than any of the 60th anniversary specials did. Maybe Chibnall acted with far more grace to the RTD Era (Jack) than RTD did to Chibnall (treatment of Yaz and Thirteen). Maybe it was actually cool to see less well-known or underexplored historical figures like Mary Seacole and Ada Lovelace and Nikola Tesla and Noor Inayat Khan end up onscreen. Maybe Thasmin wasn't queerbait, it was an interesting exploration of the doctor/companion romance IN KEEPING with Thirteen's established character with one of its keystone episodes written by a queer woman.

Yes, Chibnall was flawed. I'm never gonna pretend that the Battle of Ranskoor Av Kalos wasn't a piss poor finale that felt like a first draft of themes and idea. I'm not gonna pretend like the multiple companions in the TARDIS ever felt properly balanced or explored. Yes, the moment with the Master and the Nazis was FUCKED UP. The Timeless Child might have deserved more than one episode for the ImplicationsTM to be fleshed out. But EVERY Doctor Who Era has its flaws, ESPECIALLY when it comes to racism, and I'm TIRED pretending as if Chibnall's writing is significantly worse than the other two showrunners.

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haven't seen many people worried about rogue being trapped in some barren dimension with 5 very angry chuldur yet, but i thought i'd put my thoughts out there anyways.

rogue has absolutely convinced them all not to kill him in exchange for him creating stories and drama for them. rogue is now dungeon master for the chuldur family, and is stuck dming the longest, most chaotic dnd session ever played, while he waits for the doctor to find him.

they're very excitable and he's currently trying to convince them that the rules actually make the game more fun, and no, you can't just switch out your player character to play my dm npc instead, that ruins the stakes.

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Birding is your kind of hobby if you get a visceral high from doing this

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Ok my verdict on the new new who era now that we’ve actually seen a decent sample size.

Love:

-ncuti and Millie’s chemistry

-obsessed with ncuti gatwa

-camp

-gay

-the new tone which is so tongue-in-cheek and whimsical

Dislike:

-the genre shift from sci-fi into sci-fi fantasy (everything they’re doing now they could do in sci-fi world by just being like “it’s a special brand of aliens” what is UP with this whole “gods” thing)

-the random musical numbers…why this….

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the doctor being like “why did I run? I never run from things” girl why you lying 😭 you’re always running from things that’s like your signature move 😭

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Some people online: So glad to see Doctor Who being fun and campy again! This previous era was too serious!

The previous era:

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Finished Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz.

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What’s your favourite line from good omens?

The invisible and unbreakable one that joins Crowley and Aziraphale.

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Unrestrained winter fun

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birthday card I made for my GD-obsessed friend (biru is his favorite level):

screenshot I used for reference:

I'm not really an artist so I'm very proud of how this turned out! my friend was pretty happy too :)

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I was just listening to river say "He's the doctor. He doesn't just go around falling in love with people." And I'm just like babe, thats ALL he does! He's a whore. Falling in love with random people is ALL she does. They are a whore for humanity. That's the thesis of doctor who.

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In honor of the new minecraft wolves

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GUYS

GUYS

THERE'S

NEW

MINECRAFT

WOLF

VARIANTS

I'VE ONLY BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN PLAYING MINECRAFT

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/new-minecraft-wolves

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"Omg, this companion hasn’t been on the show in years, move on."

Like the whole show isn’t about a sad little idiot who doesn’t know how to move on.

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Tinkering! 🥰

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