#adrasta

[lelianaslefthand]

ON HIS TIPPY TOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cleowho]

“It's alright. I got K-9.”

The Creature from the Pit - season 17 - 1979

[dailybutterfly]

Butterfly #104: Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta)

Image credits: 1, 2, 3

This butterfly can be found in North America.

[thematrix-theuniverseofdoctorwho]

Lady Adrasta "Doctor Who - The Creature From The Pit"

[asimmingpunsquared]

unsurprisingly, things don't go very well.

[bellybiologist]

Today's stream doodles! Adrien Agreste, Amicus from Adrasta, and Aiden camp buddy.

That was most likely the last stream for this month. Thanks to all who supported me and joined to watch! (Now we prep for NEXT month xD)

[liulith]

Names for fem!Alastor

I've seen people use "Alastoria", or common given names that start with Al like Alice, but there are so many other options! For example:

Alastor. Who says it can't be unisex?

Aliénor. It was the name of several queens and nobles in the Middle Ages - such as Aliénor d'Aquitaine. A queen's given name seems fitting for someone like her (Variants: Alienor, Eleanor... + Aénor/Aenor/Adénor, the name of Aliénor d'Aquitaine's mother)

Alecto. One of the Erinyes, a chtonic goddess of vengeance whose name means "endless anger". ("Alastor" was one of Zeus' epithets, but as a separate personification, he was the Erinyes' sidekick)

Astoria (I know, it's basically Alastoria without the "Al", but it's also a real name!)

Adrasta Greek goddess of inevitable fate and inescapable punishment

Electra/Elektra, mythological character who avenged her father by killing her mother (+ Electra complex... If Alastor has daddy issues maybe fem!Alastor could have mommy issues haha. Plus it sounds like electricity which creates a fun parallel with Vox whose name means "voice")

[sillydoctorwho]

Hi, welcome to Round One of the Silliest Classic Who Death Tournament! I'll be posting four polls a day for four days (one every two hours from 9am BST).

Oh, and please excuse the terrible puns and goofy titles :)

Links added below as and when I can. Here's the schedule:

Wednesday

Jazz Hands! (Gharman, GotD) vs Aggedor-dor-dor (Torbis, CoP)

We Hade To Grey (Hade, Sunmakers) vs Defenestration (Hippias, Time Monster)

Tree Hugger (Scorby, SoD) vs Sack O'Spuds (Cyberman, Invasion)

The Scream (Guard, Armageddon) vs Camera Collision (Morbius, BoM)

Thursday

Biiiig Stretch (Braun, PoE) vs Blobsorption (Adrasta, CftP)

Your Excellency's Safety Is My Sole Concern (President, CoA) vs The Electric Wall (Tesh, FoE)

Fuck the Police (PC, ToWC) vs Wile E. Coyoted (Ice Soldier, KoM)

Mandrel Mangle (Passenger, NoE) vs Down, Boy! (Cyberman, RotC)

Friday

Sofa-cation (McDermott, TotA) vs Sudden Drop (Zake, Sontaran E.)

I Have Failed! (Dalek, DttD) vs Space Sucks (Varan, Mutants)

Wardrobe Malfunction (Sardor, HoN) vs Punch Decapitation (Cyberman, AotC)

Mysterious Box (Cyberman, AotC) vs Cardvoord (Voord, KoM)

Saturday

Old Age (Kerensky, CoD) vs Bubblegum Bomb (Sarn, TatR)

Karate Flop (Solow, WotD) vs (In)security (Security Chief, WG)

You Are All Doomed! (Soldeed, HoN) vs Ganging Up (Dalek, DttD)

The Monster's Revenge (Kettlewell, Robot) vs Badonker-donked (Poacher, PoM)

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 2 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

City of Death

Synopsis

While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Fourth Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? Why does he seem to have counterparts scattered through time? And just how many copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?

Propaganda

even if your not a classic who fan, you have seen moments from this, “wonderful butler, he’s so violent”, “youre a beautiful woman, probably”, “if you wanted an omelette I’d expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef”. The location shooting, iconic, the music, iconic, the plot, so iconic I was once watching something (non doctor who) that referenced it as a fake historical event. Dare I say duggan is the greatest side character of all time. Romana’s outfit, the design of scaroth, the implication time lords can fly. it’s not my favourite overall, but its damn near close, it deserves AT LEAST the semi finals, AT LEAST. If you’ve not seen it or any classic who, go watch it, its so good, one of the best of the era. Also, how could I forget, the most watched episode on broadcast out of all of doctor who, including new who. (yes it was because itv was off the air due to strikes, but im glad its this episode that holds the record) (anonymous)

The Creature from the Pit

Synopsis

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II receive a distress signal and arrive on Chloris. It is a lush and verdant world with only small quantities of metals, all of which are controlled by its ruler, Lady Adrasta. Adrasta keeps order with the aid of her Huntsman and his Wolfweeds - mobile balls of vegetation. A band of thieves, led by Torvin, organise raids on her palace to steal whatever metal they can. But in the mines of Chloris is something huge, a creature thrown into the pit to be forgotten... and the Doctor is about to join him.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

[whumpsoda]

evangeline and/or adrastus adopt me PLEASEPLEAEPLEASE 🧍🧍🧍

They both pinch your cheek, cooing over you as their enthrallment takes quick hold of your mind and you sink to the floor. “Aw, of course, baby!” Adrastas exclaims, hoisting you up in their arms and giving you the biggest of hugs.

“How could we ever resist someone as naturally docile and obedient as you?” Evangeline smooshes your cheeks in her hands in a loving manner.

[6-and-7]

Hues of June 10

Time Ram: A Nugget of Purest Green

It's Peter Davison in The Creature From the Pit, and he most certainly isn't going to do that scene. He'll just All Creatures Great and Small it instead. Never fear, however, our trusty hosts are here to sex up this story with strip clubs, human centipedes, and the minutiae of tentacles. Nyssa gives some bandits a serious bonding experience. Tegan interprets for Erato. Adrasta tries to break up the team. With hammers. With guest appearance by Waris Hussein! (May contain Mr. Blobby.)

Alt. versions under the cut

[lelianaslefthand]

"this man is such a dweeb i need him carnally"

[cleowho]

“Do you know, I'll tell you something fascinating...”

The Creature from the Pit - season 17 - 1979

[doctorwhogirlie]

Doctor Who: The Creatures from the Pit

Season Seventeen ✨ 1979 - 1980 ✨

Doctor: 4th

Story Length: 4 Episodes

Companions: Romana II and K9 Mark II

Main Setting: Chloris

Main Enemy: Lady Adrasta

Creatures: Clorian

My Personal Rating: 2/10

The Fourth Doctor and Romana II receive a distress signal and arrive on Chloris. It is a lush and verdant world with only small quantities of metals, all of which are controlled by its ruler, Lady Adrasta. Adrasta keeps order with the aid of her Huntsman and his Wolfweeds - mobile balls of vegetation. A band of thieves, led by Torvin, organise raids on her palace to steal whatever metal they can. But in the mines of Chloris is something huge, a creature thrown into the pit to be forgotten… and the Doctor is about to join him. Source.

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Why is K9's voice different in this one. I don't like it.

I wasn't a fan of the wolf weeds in this story, they were creepy.

Romana is just perfect in this one, I mean she's perfect in every story. But in this one, I wrote in my notes 'Queen'

I liked the scene with the whistle, poor K9 rushing because he could hear it. Made me giggle.

Overall I wasn't a fan of the story, and poor K9 got bullied in this one.

(Please don't take these too seriously, I am not a real life reviewer, just someone who likes the show)

[drwhotht]

Never Not Old

Never Not Old Eileen Way is one of those actors.  We’re reasonably certain, but only just mind you, that she was middle-aged, perhaps even younger, at some point, although we swear we can’t remember it.  And, more importantly for our purposes at this point, Doctor Who provides plenty of evidence to prove the point. There she is as Lady Karela in The Creature from the Pit in 1979, the nasty, wizened spine behind the equally nasty Lady Adrasta.  And there she is again–16 years earlier!–almost at the very beginning, in the middle two episodes of An Unearthly Child as the ‘Old Mother’ in the Cave of Skulls. She even appeared in the second Peter Cushing movie in 1966 as ‘Old Woman.’  Way was born in 1911 which means she was only 52 when Doctor Who came into her life and career.  She wasn’t old.  It just always seemed to be that way. After all it pays to specialize. The new-ish, young-ish HD caps for The Creature from the Pit are now online. Tags and categories: Tour Updates, HD Re-classic-ation, An Unearthly Child, The Creature from the Pit via WordPress https://ift.tt/CWpyzXx May 03, 2023 at 08:00AM

[reachingforthevoid]

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

I rewatched this serial on 31 March 2023. I last watched it a few years ago with friends who were watching all of Doctor Who from the start… Oh, and we have a new actor providing the voice for K9 — David Brierley — who lends an archly camp tone to the character. It is wholly appropriate for this season in the stories in which the “tin dog” appears.

We begin on an alien planet where women rule. Meanwhile, in the TARDIS, K9 is reading a Beatrix Potter book to the Doctor until Romana spoils the ending! How rude. She’s also doing a bit of junk removal and they discover an emergency transceiver and receive a distress call. Of course it’s coming from the planet where women rule and the Doctor is captured. I adore how the locals immediately assume Romana is boss. While the Doctor meets the Lady Adrasta, Romana meets a bunch of men involved in banditry and desperately seeking metal. 

This serial is not to everyone’s taste, but I think it’s fun in an absurdist and sneakily naughty way. I mean, who buys the story that Erato’s phallic design was entirely an accident? Especially with the femdom aesthetic of Adrasta and her people.