#(a bit like a doctor tbh)

[twilight-zoned-out]

Learning about the Doctor Who specials' expanded budget: oh no, what if they overuse CGI to look more 'professional' and high-budget?

The first scene of the Doctor Who Special:

[ovenproofowl]

i'm dying over that reveal. truly. truly. because on paper, the concept that ruby's mother was just an ordinary person and what made her so special was this belief everyone had feeding into her own mythology, creating something larger than life, is actually pretty cool. and, yeah, from wild blue yonder we know the doctor absolutely handed the power of suggestion over to an unknown entity that made it something tangible.. so it works.

sort of

but like. that 15 year old girl decided to drop her baby off at a church in the middle of the night in the most ostentatious, medieval looking cloak and then proceed to point mencingly at the road sign on the off chance the security camera would pick her up and that would somehow give someone the idea to name her daughter after said road sign??

i'm just saying... if that's the way you handle giving your baby up for adoption then there is absolutely nothing ordinary about you

[msue0027]

Matt Smith would make a terrific and terrifying Master.

[spacespore]

The guys lol

[psychidelias]

There's something so beautiful about Red Dwarf just as a concept and as a series.

Comedy aside, it has one of the most meaningful messages I think I've ever seen. The whole idea of being hopelessly lost and alone in the infinity of space but still having hope and love is just unbelievable. Dave Lister is just the ultimate guy ever.

He's a loser, a nobody, a complete write-off in terms of his career, a depressed, lonely man who is the last of his species, the only one left, three million years away from home.

Yet he still has hope. He still appreciates beauty in the rockiest places. He still believes in justice and life above all else, so much so that his worst fear is losing his morality. He still goes on.

He's so far away from home that there's no realistic hope of getting back, but he doesn't care. He makes a home out of everything and everyone around him, eternally living in the only way -the best way- he can.

He's created his own Promised Land.

[sprnklersplashes]

I finished hell bent by leigh bardugo last night and I did enjoy it and while I don't want to compare it too much to six of crows I did appreciate the continuation of the idea that being a quote-unquote good person is privilege that not everyone is afforded and a lot of the people who pride themselves on being "good people" have simply never been in the position where they had to be anything else

[crookedfivefingers]

Doctor Who - 'The Forgotten' - Vol. 2

[tenthdocter]

I never really realised before how funny the banter between the doctor and the brigadier is at times lol

[redeemed-wren]

I'm hoping episode 3 let's Ruby see the dark side of the Doctor. I feel that adds a very important dynamic to a Doctor-companion relationship, when they see how dark he can be and still choose to travel with him early on.

Rose watching Nine drag Cassandra back to die. Eleven yelling at Amy "Nobody human has anything to say to me today!" Donna begging Ten to stop drowning the spider babies, and then again to go back and save someone in Pompeii.

Fifteen has been FUN and I know he can do emotional range, I've seen his fear and his tears already. But I want to see him dark, and I want to see Ruby respond to that. I think it would add a LOT of depth to their relationship and is something missing.

Plus showcasing the Doctor's flaws (selfishness) will make him a much more interesting character. I want to see some conflict between the Doctor and Ruby.

[banesberry-anomoly]

Rolls up with a new Clef design

[katyahina]

Rare

[fauvester]

time honored garak-bashir tradition of dangerous holosuite romps

[rising-phnx]

so apparently??? not only does my mother carry the hEDS gene (she's hypermobile but doesn't fully meet the criteria) but my cousin on my father's side and her four kids were all just diagnosed, as well????? so I guess I was kind of fucked from the start here.

[breathlesswordsbloodyknees]

I am v inspired about the silly boat doctor show. The inclusivity shown is heartwarming in a way that makes me v emotional. Like it's a Ryan Murphy show, it's cut between smashes of ridiculous drama and off the wall jokes and dialogue. Like the storyline in gay week had me in my feels about the kind of support I wished I had from my family. The real ken doll character scenes were very touching and empathetic. The show is done in a much more, if I can say, mature way than his previous works, of course, inbetween scenes of boob job mishaps and hot hot people making out. It's done with a kindness though.

I hope it has time to breathe and unfold. I'm excited to see where it's going to go.

[clanoffelidae]

As much as I totally get that the Master was being shown as a domestic abuser as much as they were allowed to for a family program in ‘The Last Of The Time Lords’, I choose to instead believe that he was just extremely reactive due to, you know, having just run away from a war that scared and traumatized him so severely that he disguised himself as a human at the END OF THE FUCKING UNIVERSE in order to hide from it, and Lucy just tried to hug him from behind or something when he didn’t know she was there and so he immediately threw a punch on reflex; because it is infinitely funnier to me that way.

Lucy: -walking up behind the master- good morning hone- :)

The Master, an extremely anxiety-ridden and traumatized war veteran who just escaped said war: AH- -throws a punch on instinct-

Lucy:

The Master: DON’T FUCKING DO THAT

Lucy:

The Master: -clutching at his hearts as he tries to calm down-

Lucy: that’s it i’m shooting him

Like it’s just so much funnier to me that way. Free my man he did everything wrong but I don’t care.

[anteroom-of-death]

Okay since @soulless-angel25 and @annabellioncourt interested.

Rose Tyler's ending is positively an uncanny horror story disguised as romance/perfectly happy.

Imagine you're Rose Tyler.

Imagine growing up without a father, but from how your mother talked about him, he clearly hung the moon and painted the stars upon the sky.

Imagine growing up with a disabled mum who can't make ends meet in a traditional way, so until you can work, you rely on welfare and whatever favors your mother can scrounge up from men.

Imagine having a slew of toxic boyfriends who clearly leach off you and your innate goodness and talents. So much so that one convinced you to drop out. Effectively ruining your chances to ever getting better. Doing better, rising above your station.

Imagine getting a job at a fancy shop, helping the better off than you look the best, while you're trying to put food on your table and force your current boyfriend to grow up.

Imagine that's gone.

Imagine then meeting a man who you suddenly get it. You suddenly understand why your mother talked of your father in such a way.

Imagine the fright and worry that your poor mum had while you were gone. The sleepless nights. The police. The fear that only comes when a mother doesn't know if their baby is safe in their bed, warm and happy.

Imagine then that he shows you sights and wonders and things far beyond anything you can imagine. Or even mentally process.

Imagine going back in time and comforting and meeting your dead dad. Seeing him take his last breaths and the light fade from his eyes. And his bravery! Your mum was right about him, no exaggeration.

Imagine seeing an enemy that destroyed your man's people. And you're there, half trying to save the day, half trying to comfort him from his PTSD.

Imagine he sends you back home.

Imagine that you're worse off, not only do you crave things that you never did. But you can't get a job now, probably. The gap on your resume makes you not an optimal candidate.

Imagine now, that you do go back to him. You do something so painful to save him and your friends, and the universe at large.

Imagine that he changes. He's no longer the man you fell for. He's different. He claims he's the same, but it's not.

Imagine you have to learn to fall back in love.

Imagine it works.

Imagine that you're in a parallel universe. Your mum and dad are there, but you're not. Your mum looks healthy. They're rich. Your fathers a success! The guilt must eat at you, were you what was holding him back? Were you what caused your mother's health to fail?

Imagine seeing your father lose your mother. It's a replay back to your childhood in reverse.

Imagine now, that both of these universes collide. And your mum and your dead dad whos rich get together.

Imagine you feel relief. But incredible loss. You've lost your man, your special someone. The one who sets your inner world's stars and moon in your sky.

Imagine your mum gets pregnant. You have a brother. He never suffers and never has to go through what you have. It must feel alienating. He gets it all. Two parents, unlimited food, unlimited treats, joy without pain. While you're still fighting 20 or so years of these contradictions.

Imagine now, the sky is going dim. The universe is under some sort of attack. It's up to you to find the one person in the entire multiverse that would be able to understand it and stop. Imagine the anger you must feel because not on your watch will you let suffering happen.

Imagine you find him. You've been replaced multiple times by now.

Imagine you see him. And he nearly dies.

Imagine you fight and win and the multiverse is healing. But you have to go back.

Imagine that your man just gifts you a carbon-copy version of himself. But sometimes is not quote right. It's him but not. He even looks a little different, again.

Imagine you take this consolation prize. You go back to your new new new new life. It looks perfect, you could want for nothing logically. But is it enough? Will it ever be?

Imagine everything looks perfect, is it really??

All these events must lay on you and suffocate you.