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medieval lit is really fun. there will be a footnote that is like “nobody knows what the author meant there and scholars have been debating it for centuries” 

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[ID: the "if you don't like dr pepper you should try again" meme. The meme has been edited to replace "dr pepper" with "classic Doctor Who bad special effects and low budget practical effects". End ID]

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when i was watching the time warrior, and the doctor knocked out two guards at once, i was struck with a vision of the fourth doctor bashing their heads together so strong that i was heartbroken when i saw it was just three using venusian aikido. when will my husband the fourth doctor return from the war...

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it's probably fair to assume that most of classic who's contemporary companions and also some of nuwho's are anglicans, but leela is my atheist best friend. and also doesn't know what a christian even is

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i think the funniest difference between new who and classic who is the companions. Like nearly all new who companions have some grand prophecy about them or some special connection to the doctor (Bad wolf, DoctorDonna, Clara being the impossible girl, etc) while every classic Who companion is just like. Some bloke.

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i love seeing the difference between nuwho and classic who bc the revived eras like 'he just saved the universe for the 5th time, the lonely god, there are entire galaxies afraid of him' and then classic whos like 'in today's episode our favourite silly guy the doctor runs over a dude with a boat and beats up like 20 people with his bare fists. stay tuned for more'

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if the doctor tried the "make sarah think i'm dead again" trick on leela she would just laugh at him

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three's bad habit of ignoring his friends when he's working looks like arsehole behaviour, but this actually isn't one of his arsehole traits (though he truly is a jerk). it's hyperfixation. there's no point in meddling with his experiments, because the only thought is head is SCIENCE and he literally cannot hear you. sorry. that's adhd for ya

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Absolutely horrid that a 10hr sleep does not cure you of all that ails you

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thinking about it, three does to everyone at unit what ten does to martha. except instead of "you're not rose :(" it's "you're not liz :(" because she's the only scientist we meet at unit and therefore often the only one capable of understanding what the hell he's on about. he doesn't consider jo irredeemably stupid because she's human, but because she's not a scientist, LIKE LIZ WHOM I MISS. solution? must make jo... more like liz! problem solved! NO military. ONLY scientist. liz.

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“humans need spirituality/religion in their life to some degree” [BUZZER SOUND] wrong, anecdotal, vaguely christian (atheists are lost souls who need saving and whos atheism damns them to a life of meaninglessness and therefore crime and vice).

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some regeneration stories have this real heartwarming end of an era feeling. others clearly give off the impression that they don't have a clue what they're doing, and still more seem pointedly designed to just get it all over and done with before someone snaps and strangles tom baker for real

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christmassy more like christmussy am i right

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hm i think season 7 may actually be my favourite third doctor series

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i like that peter capaldi's idea of a self-indulgent regeneration story is classic-style cybermen and jon pertwee's idea of a self-indulgent regeneration story is apparently CHASE SCENE!!! now with added wacky vehicles

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it's mike yates' world and unfortunately we are all very much living in it