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Doctor Who Face the Raven | 9.10

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DOCTOR WHO | 1.09

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just some doctor/clara: [34/∞]

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@TVARCHIVE TV APPRECIATION WEEK ↳ day 5: favourite seasons of tv (insp)

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Thirteenth Doctor x Dhawan Master | Doctor Who 12x02 | Spyfall Part 2

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Sry, I’ve been watching Series 10 clips again—this is now a Nardole stan account. Apologies to anyone who followed me for anything else.

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Dipping my toes back into the Doctor Who Tumblr community after years of being in the Twitter trenches is like a breath of fresh air.

Don’t feel like I know my way around like I used to but it’s so much more peaceful here 😭

If anyone has any insights on what goes on here nowadays or what I’ve missed then hit me up. For now I’ll just be camping in the doctor who tag.

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i love old doctor whos cos they're just random uncles that the media occasionally drags out of retirement so they can give iconic takes like this

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Thank you Peter Capaldi 🤍🪐✨

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It's infuriating when people bring up the fact that the show has a history of casting actors who have previously been in the show as The Doctor, when all of those times those actors played minor roles.

Like, you do see how casting a previous Doctor and previous companion as new incarnations is very different to brief appearances, right?

Especially when those two actors are so integral to the early years of the revival and to the cultural perception of Doctor Who as a show. And even more so when those two actors were central to what many view was the golden age of the current showrunner's time helming the show.

I have no doubt Billie will be amazing, and I'm not saying this as a way to hate on her, but I do think the concerns that many of us have are valid, and exist precisely because this is a direction the show hasn't been in before, and one we don't particularly like.

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i absolutely love billie piper guys but i just fucking need them to cast someone who hasnt been in the fucking show before in a main role

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they truly can't let ruby be angry once?? she can't have a MOMENT of rage at conrad? she has to be all bittersweet forgiveness?? WRITE WOMEN BETTER RUSSELL

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Can I just say I absolutely despise what they did to Belinda, using her as a vessel for the Doctor’s sudden child fixation when her character has never expressed any interest in children, then rewriting her whole timeline to accommodate afterward.

It feels especially infuriating when the previous episode *nailed* the misogyny and compulsory heterosexuality of Conrad’s World, only to see so much of it replicated at Belinda’s expense in the ‘restored’ world.

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Me, two weeks ago: omg you guys Doctor Who might be kinda good again?????? what is this??? Me now: actually i take it back, Doctor Who exists to disappoint me specifically. how fucking hard is it to write halfway decent television???? I'm not even asking for GOOD television, just DECENT television would be fine

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Made a side blog so I can yap and reblog endlessly about Robron without drowning out any posts about the blue box show on my main blog.

I have far too many thoughts about those two but still want to keep this main blog primarily for Doctor Who.

Feel free to follow @robrondingles if you fancy ☺️

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It’s so funny seeing discourse already happening around Aaron betraying Robert by sending him back to prison and Robert betraying Aaron by telling John about the kiss.

Did the six years away make people forget what Aaron and Robert’s relationship has always been? Or are people still viewing them through the healthier, domesticated lens of 2018-2019 that’s now long gone?

Aaron and Robert hurt each other to protect themselves. It’s a consistent pattern in their relationship. Aaron hurt Robert because he knows if he doesn’t do everything he can to keep him away he’ll eventually just end up running straight back into his arms and undo six years of trying to rebuild his life without him. And he’ll keep doing it until he can’t take it anymore. And Robert hurt Aaron because he truly believes their relationship might be over and he’s got nothing left to lose.

And yet it’s just not that deep because this is them. This has always been them. They’re messy and chaotic and at times toxic but they’re also soulmates and exactly what the other needs. And I fear unless some people remember that, we’re just going to keep going through this again and again when Aaron inevitably acts cold and shuts Robert out when he needs him, or when Robert acts out and does something destructive and impulsive because he’s hurt.

Of course I’m looking forward to them getting back to a healthier place where they don’t hurt each other and they get better at communicating again. But we’ve got a long and at times probably very difficult road to travel down before we get to that point.

We’ve been here before and we know it ends in their eventual reunion. Everyone just needs to sit tight.

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Despite both series being let down by incredibly weak finales, that doesn’t take away from the fact that RTD2 has had some genuinely brilliant episodes. In fact, episodes 1-5 of season 2 was one of the strongest runs the show has had in a long time.

That being said, I can’t help but feel like Doctor Who is in desperate need of new voices and a new direction.

Curious to know what everyone else wants to see moving forward…