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galacticlamps · 2 years ago

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Alright, I’m gonna say it:

I don’t think we as a fandom give Professor Travers nearly enough shit for apparently genuinely believing (because why would he lie?) that the Doctor was the one who could’ve attacked him & his companion the night before on the mountain side. I mean I get that it was dark and confusing and frightening for him & all but come on, he’s supposed to’ve tried to fight the damn thing, and yet he’s able to confuse this:

for this:

(excuse the out-of-universe photos, but you guys know how little real footage of this one exists)

They’re not even wearing their heads in this one & they’re already dwarfing him:

He Is Just! A Little! Guy!

#this post was brought to you by the What Exactly Does This Man Have A Degree In? Gang #second doctor #the abominable snowmen #abominable does not mean 5'7"#also shoutout to the novels for making travers' dead friend retroactively very scottish apparently?#i suppose 'death of your obnoxiously scottish male companion' is actually an accepted reason to stop making sense in this era #nevermind post cancelled travers gets a pass i guess #in a win for himbos everywhere doctor who's first non-lead recurring character is in fact a professor who's mainly notable for being stupid #congrats i guess

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