#doctor who: deep breath

[lonelyzarquon]

[themastergifs]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHELLE GOMEZ (November 23, 1966)

[glitterypin]

Deep Breath (s08e01)

[it-hurts-because-it-mattered]

You know what I don't see acknowledged enough? Most notably that the show never explains it, but I've also never seen fans put it into words.

Why Clara is so unsettled by 12 looking old when he regenerates. There's a whole thing in Deep Breath of Jenny and Vastra assuming the worst, that she wanted him young and pretty, but once Clara shuts that down they just ignore that she was unsettled by his age and focus on her seeing him as The Doctor, despite the change. They never take the time to acknowledge why she had that issue.

There are two big reasons, the one they actually imply a little is that when he looked young he felt approachable, like a peer, someone she could be comfortable with and stand beside, not someone standing over her (and that also reflects in their personalities; 11 was casual and easily put off balance by Clara being forward or flirty or controlling, while 12 (at this point) pretends he can't see her properly and is mature and disconnected and unflappable by anything she does.

But the big part... She just watched 11 age a millennium in a few hours. She watched, in drips and drabs, him live out his regeneration for so long that he died of old age, more or less. Then he regenerates, and instead of a whole new life, he's already old. How long does he have, when he starts off old? Does she have to prepare for another death already, when she just faced one, and had to fight to get him one last chance at life?

[notyoujamie]

[arixlana]

happy ten years to doctor who’s ‘deep breath’

twelveclara remains one of my favorite duos ever!

[thelovebat]

they were made for eachother

[fluffylord]

Observe silence when this guy playing with time demands it.

[tardxsblues]

Then there's a woman out there who's very keen that we stay together. How do you feel on the subject?

[comicaloverachiever]

Breaking the Fourth Wall

Doctor Who | 7x01 / 8x01

[lonelyzarquon]

[themastergifs]

Well, that's quite a good beat, really, isn't it?

THE MASTER + spinning

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Doctor Who S08E01: Deep Breath Originally aired August 23, 2014.

Peter Capaldi's first full episode as The Doctor premiered ten years ago on this day, kicking off the eighth series of Doctor Who (and the three-season run of my favourite Doctor).

[cynical-canidae]

Jenna and Peter are so talented. Forever thinking about the way that Twelve leans towards Clara as she walks away like he is a flower and she is his sun. The way he follows after her like a baby duck. The "you're fetching, then. :)" as a subtle way to call him handsome. The way she stops to wait for him so that they can walk side-by-side, finally on the same wavelength again. UGH!!!!

[pleasantwasteland]

6 millionth time watching deep breath and noticed catrin stewart plays this little flicker of insecurity when vastra says you might as well flirt with a mountain range. because vastra is strange and ancient too.

[notyoujamie]

Planet of the Spiders | Deep Breath | The Giggle