#daleks in manhattan

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Wardrobe // Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) // Doctor Who Seasons 3 & 4 (2007-2008) + Torchwood Season 2 (2008) + specials

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(though who wouldn’t flirt with Andrew Garfield given the chance)

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Evolution of the Daleks (2007)

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Doctor Who | S3E4 | Daleks in Manhattan

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Happy pride

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they could never make me hate you doctor who series three episode four daleks in manhattan

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Oh wow, you guys weren't kidding, the 10th Doctor was actually genuinely suicidal

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Top Ten Suicidal Tenth Doctor Moments*

*in no particular order

Smith and Jones: Just TAKING IT when the plasmavore is draining him.

Daleks in Manhattan: Screaming at the Daleks to kill him before it negotiated with them to not kill the others.

Evolution of the Daleks: Hugging a lightning rod during a thunderstorm with the intention of getting electrocuted.

Evolution of the Daleks: Saying that the Time Lord Daleks first blood should be him to quote "baptise them."

The Lazarus Experiment: "The only certainty is that you'll end up alone" GIRL??? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT????

Utopia: Asking Jack if he wants to die.

The Poison Sky: Saying goodbye to Martha and Donna.

Forest of the Dead: Literally begging River to let him just die for her.

Turn Left: Actually dying because there was no one there to stop him.

The Next Doctor: "Don't you have anyone to live for?" "😐 *stares at him with his suicidally depressed autism eyes*"

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a lot of people talk about love don’t roam being about rose which, sure, obviously, the first time i heard it in the runaway bride and recognised the lyrics i cried, but what people don’t mention nearly often enough is that my angel put the devil in me is more than just a gag tune for tallulah’s showgirls to perform at the cabaret. it’s a song from the perspective of martha.

that’s essentially the plot of smith&jones. the little streetcar is the tardis

referring to the fact that ten kept promising martha ‘one last trip’ before he dropped her off. then another, and another. hey, it don’t have to be eternally, because he’s not the kind of guy to stick around…

davros’ admonishment in journey’s end: the doctor may be a pacifist who never carries a weapon, but he turns everybody around him into soldiers. martha’s no exception; she holds the osterhagen key. ten may be her guardian angel, but her traumatic experiences while travelling with him harden her spirit, and by s4 she’s working for UNIT. she was an ordinary medical student and he put the ‘devil’ of adventure in her, just like any other companion

now this one’s pretty self-evident. cold grey eyes and a simple smile. guile and charm and mystery. whisked her away like a witch on a broomstick. one and one and one: three hearts between the two of them. or maybe ‘three’ is martha, the doctor and the tardis. or — worse — martha, the doctor and rose.

the fact that the song is playing during this scene in the end of time also casts its meaning in a different light: jack has been radically transformed through meeting the doctor just like martha was. from a conman and a coward to an unlikely hero. jack shoulders the burden too. so many lives upended because of this bad bad angel. don’t make crowley jokes

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I'm crying. I'm sorry.

We in the Dalek server found early versions of the scripts for Daleks In Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks (scripts for the entirety of S3 can be found here). As we read through it, we started making jokes about how early-script-Sec sounded like an edgy anime villain mad scientist. So. This.

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Doctor Who | S3E4 | Daleks in Manhattan

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is my favorite chappell roan song 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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your honor how am I supposed to look at them and not imagine mashing them together in all sorts of inventive ways?

your honor have you SEEN them

LOOK at them your honor

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"oh hi frank"