#Kate Stewart is the Doctor

[objectivelyimpermanent]

I'm sure that this has already been noted, but is Rogue a Timelord?

Rogue and the Doctor are equated to one another a lot. Some of this could be just two people finding similar interests to encourage fondness, thereby driving the romance plot. Both are troublesome and both like Kylie Minogue. The Doctor does seem like a more experienced or emotionally healthy (or "post-therapy") person trying to get someone more shy or less experienced out of their shell.

But it's more that that. There's the obvious in the name: Rogue sounds very Timelord of a name. But there's also the framing of when they introduce themselves to each other. Rogue is interrogated as as much a name as "the Doctor" is a name.

There's also the obvious time-travel in a ship that can be cloaked with a central console that makes it look a little like a retro-TARDIS. Others also have pointed out that 15's offer to Rogue to argue "across the stars" sounds a lot like the offer 10 gave to undead Simm!Master.

Retro-TARDIS. Time travel capabilities. Apparent 20th-21st centuries Earth-focus, with the fondness for Kylie Minogue. Apparent recognition of 14/10's face on Rogue's part, and we know now that faces can reappear, so that doesn't necessarily root any possible acquaintanceship at any point in either of their timelines.

Now, I'm not saying that Rogue is the Master. I think there's something even funnier.

What if Rogue is also the Doctor?

[yesokayiknow]

every single episode with kate stewart is just

kate: oh my god it's my friend the doctor i love the doctor [immediately experiences 40 minutes of intense trauma]

[timelordgifs]

#is catherine tate going to be in the unit spin-off???

[notyoujamie]

[dwgif]

Doctor Who The Legend of Ruby Sunday

[supermarket-goblin]

The idea of Rose Noble, no longer connected to the Doctors memories, getting an internship at UNIT and using her work to gain inspiration for her monster plushies? Cute, fun, great. Can you imagine Kate walking into the break room and finding her sewing and its like "Why does that plush look like the god of death?" And Rose just being like "I made it marketable". Funny, iconic.

[canlifechillforasecond]

Things Never To Say To Someone Who Just Came Out

Bonus

[clowncollegevaledictorian]

Is UNIT just a pyramid scheme at this point. Kate my love you cannot hire everyone you meet.

[little-alien-duck]

I think it was actually smart and responsible of kate to hire rose bc if she didn't do that rose would be investigating aliens on her own for sure and absolutely getting herself into dangerous situations alone with no resources but working at unit kate can keep her on less dangerous tasks while she's still a kid. the perpetual job of lethbridge-stewarts is to babysit ppl who would otherwise go run headfirst into danger and kate knows that

[donutdrawsthings]

I think it would mean a lot to Kate Stewart to meet the Doctor who ultimately started her father's UNIT journey. Because of Timey Wimey stuff she can't tell him who she is of course, but she can still show some thanks.

Bonus:

I like to imagine since Donna works for UNIT now, she likes to ask Kate along for lunch occasionally. And I also think 14 wouldn't hear the END of it once she finds out about Jamie.

[claraoswalds]

I've gotta say, this is the biggest nightmare of my life, but... I look quite good. I can't argue.

[ngatwa]

DOCTOR WHO: EMPIRE OF DEATH

[deeneedsaname]

I 100% thought that Kate was gonna smack the Doctor and instead she just gave him the tightest hug ever. Kate you are the strongest person alive

[villiarty]

73 Yards // The Legend of Ruby Sunday

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The Doctor + Kate Lethbridge-Stewart

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Personally if I was abandoned by Kate Lethbridge Stewart I would completely give up and walk into traffic