#THE BIG BANG

[galahadwilder]

Sutekh: I’m gonna hide here for a bit and turn into a GOD

Sutekh: I, uh. Okay Fenric and Ragnarok were a bit much for me. But I’ll be a god soon—

Sutekh: okay so there’s a Time War but it’s probably fine, better sit this one outWHAT THE HELL IS THE COULD’VE-BEEN KING AHHHHHH

Sutekh: okay so that’s over I’m free might be a good time to come out — wait something’s haunting alongside me, what the hell is “Bad Wolf”

Sutekh: holy me Bad Wolf is ALL up and down the Doctor’s timeline I need to hide until I’m sure she’s COMPLETELY gone

Sutekh: is she still here

Sutekh: oh hi River you’re here again WAIT WHY ARE YOU BLOWING ME UP

Sutekh: okay Amy is clearly not safe for me since she can rewrite time apparently I need to —

Sutekh: wait where are all these tiny brunettes coming from WHO IS CLARA AND WHY DOES SHE KEEP THWARTING ME

Sutekh: WE’RE GOING BACK INTO THE TIME WAR ARE YOU CRAZY? And wait ITS THE FUCKING BAD WOLF AGAIN?????

Sutekh: okay look other me’s trust me don’t come out of hiding it’s not safe

Sutekh: okay Clara’s gone, yay, I’m — wait she’s up his timeline too isn’t she. Medammit. Now I have to wait out TWO OF THEM?

Sutekh: Okay these three are—they’re normal. They’re normal, right? No weird bullshit?

Sutekh: I’m sorry Ruby Sunday is WHAT? I CANT AFFORD TO WAIT TO FIND OUT I CANT KEEP GETTING HIT WITH THIS SHIT START THE PLAN START THE PLAN MAYDAY MAYDAY

[wheelybard]

Doctor Who be like: You'll be deeply traumatized but the timeline is aborted so it never happened.

[doctor-the-13th]

I see no difference.

Bonus:

Imagine River and Amy come back from the dead just to do this.

[dont-let-me-eat-pears]

Amy's boys | "The Vampires of Venice" / "The Big Bang"

[nkp1981]

Alex Kingston As River Song In "The Big Bang", 2010

[notyoujamie]

And now it's time for one last bow, Like all your other selves. Eleven's hour is over now. The clock is striking twelve's.

[soupy-sez]

Atlanta, S1E1 "The Big Bang"

[just-a-twinge-of-cosmic-angst]

Same software, different case

The Visitation (1982) and The Big Bang (2010)

[doverstar]

Fun fact: it was a catholic priest who hypothesized the big bang theory we know today because he felt it pointed towards a creator. Whether you accept the big bang/evolution or not is up to you, but I just wanted to point out the fact that a lot of our current understanding of science was developed by believers, with this being an example.

Is this a fun fact? I have fun thinking about the lengths people will go to to avoid the truth - the way you might have fun watching someone go to great lengths to avoid talking to an acquaintance in a grocery store. Mildly entertaining, mostly sad to see. Just because someone is a Catholic priest does not mean they believe the truth - it may mean they believe some of the truth, or that they believe none of the truth and think that what they believe is the truth. There was no big bang. At all. It doesn't matter what a Catholic priest hypothesized. The Bible is very clear about how everything came to be. The Catholic priest could have a brain the size of Mars and if what he said is contrary to what the Bible says, he's wrong, end of discussion. :] I wouldn't say a lot of our current understanding of science was developed by believers if what you mean by "our current understanding of science" includes things that go in the opposite direction of what's true. People who belong to the Lord believe what the Bible says. The Bible says God created the world in a week by speaking. No explosion. No evolution. He said it, and it happened, and there's no way around that. Now, does real science point unavoidably to the existence of intentionality in all creation? To design? One hundred percent. It's fascinating. Creation does point to a Creator. But there was no big bang. People really like to pick and choose pieces of the truth and attempt to tweak it so that they don't have to give up what makes them feel comfortable or in control. If only they knew how much easier it is to accept who we really are and how things really work, and then to make one's decisions based on that. To recognize we control nothing is the most freeing experience.

[angry-pole]

Doctor Who - S5xE13 - (The Big Bang) ~ Original Air Date: June 26, 2010

[comicaloverachiever]

The Life and Death of Amy Pond

From childhood to adulthood

[an-american-whovian]

Further proof these two had no business dating.

[thehumanwiki]

rating all NuWho finales based entirely on how cool the titles are

because yea

(putting a read more because this will take a while, lol)

Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways

5/10. Bad Wolf is a cool name! For cool ppl! It’s the season’s mystery! It slays! But The Parting of the Ways? That could be used for like, half of the finales in this show. That’s a generic name. Not a fan. It even has one more “the” than it ought to. That’s a tryhard name. (Rose and The Doc don’t even part ways for another season! It’s a LIE!)

Army of Ghosts / Doomsday

6/10. Army of Ghosts! That’s freaky! It catches my attention! I’m interested, Mr. Davies, tell me more about that! Doomsday is also a generic name though. Like it could be used anywhere. It gets more points than S1 however because Doomsday is a very cool word and I like it a lot.

Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords

8/10. YES. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THESE TITLES. Utopia? That’s a word that can’t be applied to many other episodes! That’s a memorable word! That’s a fun word! The Sound of Drums? What the hell is so significant about drums?? In a FINALE episode?! There must be something SCANDALOUS about the drums, tell me everything! (And they did! But this isn’t about what happens in the episode this is just how hard the titles fuck.) Last of the Time Lords??? Holy shit! That means we’re delving into that aspect of him specifically, and you can’t duplicate that easily! But more importantly, that sounds cool! Cool names, absolutely W from whoever named RTD’s stuff.

The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End

5.5/10. Same boat as S1, tbh. The Stolen Earth? Excellent, no notes. Journey’s End sounds generic af though. But I gave it a half point lead because Journey’s End has the Vibes more than The Parting of the Ways, lol.

The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

8/10. Yea I see the vision Mr. Moffat, I see you. Love what you’ve done with the place btw. Like, neither title is generic! And both are super interesting! Look honestly I forget how to do commentary I’m just one sleep deprived fan who likes Vibes they just slap OK

The Wedding of River Song

9/10. Oh. Oh yes. Oh I am LOVING this. Nothing gets me going like seeing a wedding that is somehow the culmination of a high stakes season. Like, how is there a wedding there?! And. River Song is there? Do you promise? 🥺

The Name of the Doctor / The Day of the Doctor / The Time of the Doctor

6/10. OK I’m honestly not sure which ones are finales or not, but y’know what? The name matching is fun. I like that. That is good. But besides the first one, these are p generic episode names. Sorry.

Dark Water / Death in Heaven

8/10. Dark Water is a p good episode name. It’s not the most interesting, but I like it. BUT ***DEATH IN HEAVEN***?! Now THAT is a finale title! I have never SEEN such a title! THAT is an IMMACULATE title! SPLENDID!

Heaven Sent / Hell Bent

10/10. The matching names? The rhyming? The low-key religious theming? The ominous nature? EXCELLENT. No notes Mr. Moffat. Great vibes.

World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

9/10. I would give this striaght up 10/10 if I could figure out what “World Enough and Time” meant. The vibes are perfect but like. What does it mean 😭 And The Doctor Falls??? OH MY ATTENTION HAS BEEN GRABBED BY THE THROAT DO GO ON PLS—

The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos

4/10. Kolos? What is this, Pokémon XY? Anyways, I feel like this is just dialogue that would be said in passing in a sci-fi novel that everyone forgets. Sorry 😞

Ascension of the Cybermen / The Timeless Children

7/10. Cybermen are OK. It’s a fine title, I have nothing against it. The Timeless Children??? The vibes are just SPLENDID here. Especially because it’s a Bad Wolf situation where it’s like “hey wait a fucking minute I’ve heard that somewhere else—” Good stuff! W for Chris.

Chapter Six: The Vanquishers

6.5/10. Adding chapter to the title does make it automatically cooler, so that’s a bonus half point right there. Otherwise, it’s neat. Like it’s good. The vibes are fine and I like them, but not THAT fine, y’know?

The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death

7/10. Look, even if it’s not generic, anything with “death” in the title *feels* generic. The Legend of Ruby Sunday still saves this tho, because I am INTERESTED, girl. TELL ME EVERYTHING

In conclusion, episode titles peaked with Capaldi.

[jareckiworld]

Sam Chivers — The Big Bang (BBC Science Focus, illustration, 2017)

[dandelionjack]

rory in pandorica/jack in utopia. you shouldn’t exist you’re a fragment a figment a temporal displacement a walking impossibility. you came back from the land of the dead again and again for the one you love or something like it and they looked right through you with no warmth or recognition. your orpheus forgot to turn around. there’s a janky vortex manipulator involved. you’re at the edge of the universe and the only star left in the sky is the one that won’t recognise you