#irradiatedbearchewtoy talks

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fifteen wears fitz's leather jacket btw

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fitz kreiner smoking a cigarette, looking cool and definitely not like a loser.

fitz kreiner leaning back in his chair, glancing up to see if the doctor is looking, or even still in the room.

fitz kreiner slowly teetering, then tipping backwards, then flailing, then falling into the tardis pool, guitar still in one hand.

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sam jones, died 2002. ruby sunday, born 2004. bigeneration. that is all.

welcome back sam jones

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fifteen is so dramatic and i don't think he' realises 's quite clocked on yet so everything is an emotional whirlwind for him

like, he's travelling with ruby who is very much matching his energy and i think that, because of that, he hasn't had to confront the increased drama queen levels of their new incarnation and just thinks that life is extra high stakes for no reason now

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this is written with the intention of being accessible to people who have only watched post-2005 doctor who but who knows how that will go

i want to talk about a really cool controversial-but-not-in-the-way-where-people-are-arguing-about-if-bigotry-is-acceptable-way classic doctor who serial. if you sit until the end, you get to see a selection of alien designs from other 60s serials

if you're familiar with this story, happy humming! if you're not, hopefully you will know exactly what i mean by that very soon.

if you haven't seen classic who—or at least 60s who—before, this may not be the best serial to convince you of how exciting it is, but i'm running on no sleep, a newly released episode, caffeine, and audhd so i'm at least going to try. my apologies for the stream on consciousness; i have tried to make myself somewhat coherent...

the serial in question is the 1966 pure historical 4-parter 'the gunfighters'. pure historical here meaning set in the past with no science fiction elements.

these were standard in the first few years of the show but stopped after 'the highlanders' in late '66/early '67. there was one after that—'black orchid', in '82—but the time period was less relevant and it wasn't to do with any notable historical events or figures.

the first doctor, steven, and dodo land in tombstone, arizona because the doctor has a toothache after eating a sweet in the previous serial, 'the celestial toymaker'—a serial a lot more revival-only fans are now somewhat aware of since the toymaker's appearance in the 60th anniversary special 'the giggle'—and wants to see a dentist. steven and dodo put on awful american accents the whole time. they get caught up with doc holliday (who ends up pulling the doctor's tooth) and wyatt earp, among others.

a song called 'the ballad of the last chance saloon' plays over (almost?) every transition shot. i love it, but not everyone does; people have very strong opinions about that song. if you don't like it, this serial is a lot to swallow, as it plays over 30 times in less than 2 hours. steven is forced to sing this song at gunpoint while dodo plays the piano. i wanted to just insert a still of that but i think some of you who wont watch the serial or search out clips need to see it.

speaking of the gunpoint thing, there's a good chunk of violence in this one. people get shot with actual non-laser guns and someone almost gets hanged, noose around the neck and all. this isn't abnormal for 60s who. before colour came into the picture, the doctor used to whack people around all the time. a personal favourite of mine is in 'the highlanders' when the second doctor beats up a lawyer, gags him, and locks him in a closet. even in the very first serial, 'an unearthly child', a guy is stoned to death on-screen.

'the ballad of the last chance saloon' has been released officially, most widely when it was released on streaming platforms in 2013 as part of a 50th anniversary album. that version was pulled from streaming a while ago, leaving a very sad gap in many of my playlists. even before removal, that version was cut down from the full 10:34 to 3:51!! which is probably a good thing, because that track can be a powerful weapon against the right target. here is the full version, for your listening pleasure.

on top of it just being a fun story that sticks in people's minds because of the music, there are some cool notable production/show lore moments linked to the serial. yes, you can find these all on tardis wiki, shh

doc holliday's actor, anthony jacobs, brought his 10-year-old son to set, as a treat for his birthday (the birthday detail is mentioned in this ABC radio interview from 2022). that son was named matthew jacobs and went on to write the 1996 tv film starring paul mcgann as the eighth doctor.

it was the only (on-screen) story to take place fully in the united states of america until... the tv film!

it marked the last serial for every episode to have its own name. after this, episodes are simply numbered. there are some exceptions later on in the show, but this was the end of the standard practice.

it hosts the only episode title in classic, 'a holiday for the Doctor', to refer to the character of the Doctor as such instead of Doctor Who

was this a big pile of nothing? maybe? but here are your 60s alien photos, as promised. all photos are from the tragical history tour collection! x x

finally, this is an open invitation to reblog adding as much as you wish about the gunfighters or any other classic/wilderness stories that you want to talk about. my only request is that you make it an unhinged as possible. ik that's tall talk considered this post and episode aren't notably unhinged but just go with it, okay?

i kind of want to do a bunch of these just rambling about classic stories to try and get people to actually watch it but i'm not committing to that so. we'll see.

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idk how to verbalise that the fourth wall breaking in series 14 feels very different to past fourth wall breaking. like yes obviously it's happened before, including quite recently, but i don't factor in those instances to how i'm thinking about it

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one thing i love about the doctor who fandom is the rumours. our rumours pre-date the internet age. a lot of them are plausible because the fandom and show lore we know exists is batshit.

the wilderness years conventions were such a strange fucking vibe, by all accounts, and before the days of recording being possible or a regular occurrence, all sorts of things were just openly discussed. there's no record of these things having definitely been said but it wasn't actually that long ago so plenty of people who were there when these things were said are still in our community but we don't have proof.

obviously, like with anything, there are less fun ways this affects things, and some probably-true rumours that are... Not Good. but outside of those sorts of things, i love this shit. and don't even get me started on the definitely true things.

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thinking Thoughts™ about the discussion of misogyny in classic who...

so many talking points, especially around the 60s, ignore the context of what is being discussed and then most people call it a day and don't discuss the most egregious things across all the 26 years of classic (and beyond)

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"mcdreamy" mcfuckface, more like it

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just saw ai fallout "art"... i fucking hate it hereeee

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15 canonically laughing at making (space) babies cry in his first non-special episode,,,, I LOVE HIM

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doctor who tv movie — the 1996 doctor who film

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torchwood — the doctor who spin-off torchwood (2006)

sarah jane adventures — the doctor who spin-off the sarah jane adventures/SJA (2007)

bbc class — the doctor who spin-off class (2016)

dweu — doctor who extended universe material (like books, audios, etc. basically anything other than the main tv run, tv movie, and on-screen main spin-off material. this includes k-9 and company.)

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maximus is a completely and utterly useless nerd loser whenever he's trying to be good at anything but when he's not he's a surprisingly competent nerd loser who is also maybe a lesbian and i admire him for that