#Scream of the shalka

[ohmerricat]

broke: the doctor having two hearts represents “one being happy, one being sad” (sorry 13. it’s cute but like…)

woke: the doctor having two hearts symbolises the idea that he cares about everything twice as much

bespoke: the doctor has two hearts because, to quote paul cornell writing the shalka doctor, he “doesn’t like the military but has so many friends in it; he says he doesn’t kill but then… exterminates thousands”. always of two minds about any decision, any impossible choice. he’s completely human and completely alien. completely merciful and completely ruthless. contradicts himself constantly. breaks his own rules, sets new ones, repeat. the #1 hypocrite. two hearts like the two guards at the door of that riddle — one always lies, the other always speaks the truth — but not even he remembers which one is which

[gallifreyanhotfive]

In Boom, the Doctor recites a poem about the moon and the President's wife. This is intriguing, considering that Missy told Clara that she had cared about the Doctor "since the night he stole the moon and the President's wife" in The Magician's Apprentice. However, in Hell Bent, the Doctor claimed that that story had been a lie. Instead, it had been the President's daughter and that he had lost the moon.

Later on, in Rogue, we saw an image of the Shalka Doctor among the Doctor’s other faces. This is relevant because the Shalka Doctor had fallen in love with the President's daughter while he was on Gallifrey, but she had been killed by an alien race. The Master had aided the Doctor in repelling this alien race but had lost his physical body in the process, leading to the Doctor building him an android body. As a result of the President's daughter's death, the Doctor and the Master were sent on dangerous missions by the Time Lords that retreated into the Matrix. The transfer of the Master's consciousness into an android body ties into The Time of the Doctor, when the Doctor mentioned that he had had an android boyfriend. In this essay, I-

[causalityparadoxes]

[image description: Top text reads, "Died 2003. Born 2024". Below on the left is an image of the Doctor, voiced by Richard E Grant, from the 2003 animated episode, Scream of the Shalka. On the right is an image from the 2024 episode Rogue, of a blurry face that looks like it could be Richard E Grant. Bottom text reads, "Welcome back Richard E Grant as the Shalka Doctor". end description]

[intuitive-revelations]

Doctor Who: Rogue | Shapeshifter

"And if I've only got five vexels, then I beg of you: look!"

+ silly bonus:

[madmanswords]

I love the Big Finish Twitter

[quinton-reviews]

How I sacrificed everything to beg Russell T Davies to canonize Richard E Grant's Doctor

Several years ago, when it was announced that RTD would be returning to Doctor Who, this trend started of people commenting on his photos "Like this comment if David Tennant is coming back," "Like this comment if Donna is coming back" etc.

So I decided to comment: "Like this comment if you're going to canonize Richard E Grant's Ninth Doctor." And so, he liked my comment. And then he blocked me. And for years now, when I tell people that RTD blocked me on Instagram I have to stop and explain the whole story.

Anyways, last night this happened:

That's an image of Richard E Grant in a lineup of all the TV Doctors, including Hurt and Jo Martin. According to people who worked on the show, it's a special photo taken of Grant just for this scene.

So thank you Russell, it was worth it.

Incidentally, I just want to explain that I was a big DW fan before 2005, so I saw Scream of the Shalka at age 6 and was really dejected when Dad explained it wasn't going to continue. I've long head-canoned that the Richard E Grant Doctor is out there somewhere, with Time War shenanigans accounting for it all. Here's my custom Shalka Doctor:

[themastergifs]

THREE YEARS OF THEMASTERGIFS (November 5, 2020)

Dearest, I've been thinking. We need your TARDIS. We can't go up, but we can go down.

[sodac3ndy]

SHALKA FANS... WE WON...

[humanstein]

"One of the most exciting things about ROGUE is the consequences of the scene below - enough to make hardcore fans scream! #DoctorWho"

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Art by Lee Sullivan

[melbush]

scream of the shalka will be canonised friday night just trust me (manifesting)

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Yesterday I asked a tipsy friend who has never watched the show about the Doctors etc etc

She knows they're all the same person but not much else.

[tvmigraine]

Imagine you're watching TV for a show you've not only worked on for a good period of your life, but even tried to make a revival that ultimately never went anywhere. Imagine you're watching and they're doing this heroic powerful moment for the lead and suddenly YOUR version crops up without you knowing and WHAT?!

[familyparadox]

So apparently the Shalka Doctor photo for the new episode was specifically taken for this episode? Hey Shalka what were you doing in the studio huh? What were you doing Richard E Grant being ready for a doctor who photo shoot? Huhhhh!!!!

Shalka Doctor return confirmed?

[raineszramski]

Hmmm. I should really get around to finishing this one, too...