#like in Tooth & Claw or Fires of Pompeii

[truebluewhocanoe]

ngl I was expecting the episode itself to end up in some kind of commentary on how the Doctor and Ruby were technically also there to "cosplay" (faking who they were to fit in with the people and just kinda treat their lives like a game), but I guess since they weren't doing Cosplay Murder it's not really on the same order of magnitude and didn't need to be said

[thehangerson]

doctor who nuwho masterlist

ive been meaning to post this on tumblr for a while and keep forgetting but a few years ago i made a nuwho / whoniverse watchlist including the spinoff shows in release order and now seems like the time to share it! i know ive seen theres a lot of new fans watching from 2005 on (from what im seeing mostly gomens fans. hi gomens fans) and a lot of ppl coming back to the show or rewatching in lieu of the new eps with david and catherine! so heres the list!

the full list masterdoc typed out for your copy-pasting pleasure is below the text break, but heres some links for those of you who are spreadsheet/doc fans.

google sheet checklist version

(the spreadsheet includes some tws and cws, which i update as i rewatch some things. if you have any i'm missing that you think should be included, please send me an ask or leave a comment and i'll add it!)

masterlist:

blue- Doctor Who, red- Doctor Who specials, green- Torchwood, purple- Sarah Jane Adventures, orange- Class

2005

01x01- Rose (03/26/2005)

01x02- The End of the World (4/02)

01x03- The Unquiet Dead (04/09)

01x04- Aliens of London (04/16)

01x05- World War Three (04/23)

01x06- Dalek (04/30)

01x07- The Long Game (05/07)

01x08- Father’s Day (05/14)

01x09- The Empty Child (05/21)

01x10- The Doctor Dances (05/28)

01x11- Boom Town (06/04)

01x12- Bad Wolf (06/11)

01x13- The Parting of the Ways (06/18)

The Christmas Invasion (12/25)

2006

02x01- New Earth (04/15/2006)

02x02- Tooth and Claw (04/22)

02x03- School Reunion (04/29)

02x04- The Girl in the Fireplace (05/06)

02x05- Rise of the Cybermen (05/13)

02x06- Age of Steel (05/20)

02x07- The Idiot’s Lantern (05/27)

02x08- Impossible Planet (06/03)

02x09- Satan Pit (06/10)

02x10- Love & Monsters (06/17)

02x11- Fear Her (06/24)

02x12- Army of Ghosts (07/01)

02x13-Doomsday (07/08)

01x01- Everything Changes (10/22)

01x02- Day One (10/22)

01x03- Ghost Machine (10/29)

01x04- Cyberwoman (11/05)

01x05- Small Worlds (11/12)

01x06- Countrycide (11/19)

01x07- Greeks Bearing Gifts (11/26)

01x08-They Keep Killing Suzie (12/03)

01x09-Random Shoes (12/10)

01x10- Out of Time (12/17)

01x11- Combat (12/24)

The Runaway Bride (12/25)

2007

01x12- Captain Jack Harkness (01/01/2007)

01x13- End of Days (01/01)

01x01- Invasion of the Bane (01/01)

03x01-Smith and Jones (03/31)

03x02- The Shakespeare Code (04/07)

03x03- Gridlock (04/14)

03x04- Daleks in Manhattan (04/21)

03x05- Evolution of the Daleks (04/28)

03x06- The Lazarus Experiment (05/05) 

03x07- 42 (05/19)

03x08- Human Nature (05/26)

03x09- The Family of Blood (06/02)

03x10- Blink (06/09)

03x11- Utopia (06/16)

03x12- The Sound of Drums (06/23)

03x13- Last of the Time Lords (06/30)

01x02- Revenge of the Slitheen Part 1 (09/24)

01x03- Revenge of the Slitheen Part 2 (10/01)

01x04- Eye of the Gorgon Part 1 (10/08)

01x05- Eye of the Gorgon Part 2 (10/15)

01x06- Warriors of Kudlak Part 1 (10/22)

01x07- Warriors of Kudlak Part 2 (10/29)

01x08- Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Part 1 (11/05)

01x09- Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Part 2 (11/12)

01x10- The Lost Boy Part 1 (11/12)

01x11- The Lost Boy Part 2 (11/19)

Voyage of the Damned (12/25)

2008

02x01- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (01/16/2008)

02x02- Sleeper (01/23)

02x03- To the Last Man (01/30)

02x04- Meat (02/06)

02x05- Adam (02/13)

02x06- Reset (02/13)

02x07- Dead Man Walking (02/20)

02x08- A Day in the Death (02/27)

02x09- Something Borrowed (03/05)

02x10- From Out of the Rain (03/12)

02x11- Adrift (03/19)

02x12- Fragments (03/21)

02x13- Exit Wounds (04/04)

04x01- Partners in Crime (04/05)

04x02- The Fires of Pompeii (04/12)

04x03- Planet of the Ood (04/19)

04x04- The Sontaran Stratagem (04/26)

04x05- The Poison Sky (05/03)

04x06- The Doctor’s Daughter (05/10)

04x07- The Unicorn and the Wasp (05/17)

04x08- Silence in the Library (05/31)

04x09- Forest of the Dead (06/07)

04x10- Midnight (06/14)

04x11- Turn Left (06/21)

04x12- The Stolen Earth (06/28)

04x13- Journey’s End (07/05)

02x01- The Last Sontaran Part 1 (09/29)

02x02- The Last Sontaran Part 2 (09/29)

02x03- The Day of the Clown Part 1 (10/06)

02x04- The Day of the Clown Part 2 (10/13)

02x05- Secrets of the Stars Part 1 (10/20)

02x06- Secrets of the Stars Part 2 (10/27)

02x07- The Mark of the Berserker Part 1 (11/03)

02x08- The Mark of the Berserker Part 2 (11/10)

02x09- The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 (11/170

02x10- The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 (11/24)

02x11- Enemy of the Bane Part 1 (12/01)

02x12- Enemy of the Bane Part 2 (12/08)

The Next Doctor (12/25)

2009

Planet of the Dead (04/11/2009)

03x01- Day One (07/06)

03x02- Day Two (07/07)

03x03- Day Three (07/08)

03x04- Day Four (07/09)

03x05- Day Five (07/10)

03x01- Prisoner of the Judoon Part 1 (10/15)

03x02- Prisoner of the Judoon Part 2 (10/16)

03x03- The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 1 (10/22)

03x04- The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 2 (10/23)

03x05- The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 (10/29)

03x06-The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 (10/30)

03x07- The Eternity Trap Part 1 (11/05)

03x08- The Eternity Trap Part 2 (11/06)

03x09- Mona Lisa’s Revenge Part 1 (11/12)

03x10- Mona Lisa’s Revenge Part 2 (11/13)

04x16- The Waters of Mars (11/15)

03x11- The Gift Part 1 (11/19)

03x12- The Gift Part 2 (11/20)

The End of Time Part 1 (12/25)

2010

The End of Time Part 2 (01/01/2010)

05x01- The Eleventh Hour (04/03)

05x02- The Beast Below (04/10)

05x03- Victory of the Daleks (04/17)

05x04- The Time of Angels (04/24)

05x05- Flesh and Stone (05/01)

05x06- The Vampires of Venice (05/08)

05x07- Amy’s Choice (05/15)

05x08- The Hungry Earth (05/22)

05x09- Cold Blood (05/29)

05x10- Vincent and the Doctor (06/05)

05x11- The Lodger (06/12)

05x12- The Pandorica Opens (06/19)

05x13-The Big Bang (06/26)

04x01- The Nightmare Man Part 1 (10/11)

04x02- The Nightmare Man Part 2 (10/12)

04x03- The Vault of Secrets Part 1 (10/18)

04x04- The Vault of Secrets Part 2 (10/19)

04x05- Death of the Doctor Part 1 (10/25)

04x06- Death of the Doctor Part 2 (10/26)

04x07- The Empty Planet Part 1 (11/01)

04x08- The Empty Planet Part 2 (11/02)

04x09- Lost in Time Part 1 (11/08)

04x10- Lost in Time Part 2 (11/09)

04x11- Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 (11/15)

04x12- Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 (11/16)

A Christmas Carol (12/25)

2011

06x01- The Impossible Astronaut (04/23/2011)

06x02- Day of the Moon (04/30)

06x03- The Curse of the Black Spot (05/07)

06x04- The Doctor’s Wife (05/14)

06x05- The Rebel Flesh (05/21)

06x06- The Almost People (05/28)

06x07- A Good Man Goes to War (06/04)

04x01- The New World (07/08)

04x02- Rendition (07/15)

04x03- Dead of Night (07/22)

04x04- Escape to L.A. (07/29)

04x05- The Categories of Life (08/05)

04x06- The Middle Men (08/12)

04x07- Immortal Sins (08/19)

04x08- End of the Road (08/26)

06x08- Let’s Kill Hitler (08/27)

04x09- The Gathering (09/02)

06x09- Night Terrors (09/03)

04x10- The Blood Line (09/09)

06x10- The Girl Who Waited (09/10)

06x11- The God Complex (09/17)

06x12- Closing Time (09/24)

06x13- The Wedding of River Song (10/01)

05x01- Sky Part 1 (10/03)

05x02- Sky Part 2 (10/04)

05x03- The Curse of Clyde Langer Part 1 (10/10)

05x04- The Curse of Clyde Langer Part 2 (10/11)

05x05- The Man Who Never Was Part 1 (10/17)

05x06- The Man Who Never Was Part 2 (10/18)

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (12/25)

2012

07x01- Asylum of the Daleks (09/01/2012)

07x02- Dinosaurs of a Spaceship (09/08)

07x03- A Town Called Mercy (09/15)

07x04- The Power of Three (09/22)

07x05- The Angels Take Manhattan (09/29)

The Snowmen (12/25)

2013

07x06- The Bells of Saint John (03/30/2013)

07x07- The Rings of Akhaten (04/06)

07x08- Cold War (04/13)

07x09- Hide (04/20)

07x10- Journey to the Center of the TARDIS (04/27)

07x11- The Crimson Horror (05/04)

07x12- Nightmare in Silver (05/11)

07x13- The Name of the Doctor (05/18)

The Day of the Doctor (11/23)

The Time of the Doctor (12/25)

2014

08x01- Deep Breath (08/23/2014)

08x02- Into the Dalek (08/30)

08x03- Robot of Sherwood (09/06)

08x04- Listen (09/13)

08x05- Time Heist (09/20)

08x06- The Caretaker (09/27)

08x07- Kill the Moon (10/04)

08x08- Mummy on the Orient Express (10/11)

08x09- Flatline (10/18)

08x10- In the Forest of the Night (10/25)

08x11- Dark Water (11/01)

08x12- Death in Heaven (11/08)

Last Christmas (12/25)

2015

09x01- The Magician’s Apprentice (09/19/2015)

09x02- The Witch’s Familiar (09/26)

09x03- Under the Lake (10/03)

09x04- Before the Flood (10/10)

09x05- The Girl Who Died (10/17)

09x06- The Woman Who Lived (10/24)

09x07- The Zygon Invasion (10/31)

09x08- The Zygon Inversion (11/07)

09x09- Sleep No More (11/14)

09x10- Face the Raven (11/21)

09x11- Heaven Sent (11/28)

09x12- Hell Bent (12/05)

The Husbands of River Song (12/25)

2016

01x01- For Tonight We Might Die (10/22/2016)

01x02- The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (10/22)

01x03- Nightvisiting (10/29)

01x04- Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (11/05)

01x05- Brave-ish Heart (11/12)

01x06- Detained (11/19)

01x07- The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did (11/26)

01x08- The Lost (12/03)

The Return of Doctor Mysterio (12/25)

2017

10x01- The Pilot (04/15/2017)

10x02- Smile (04/22)

10x03- Thin Ice (04/29)

10x04- Knock Knock (05/06)

10x05- Oxygen (05/13)

10x06- Extremis (05/20)

10x07- The Pyramid at the End of the World (05/27)

10x08- The Lie of the Land (06/03)

10x09- Empress of Mars (06/10)

10x10- The Eaters of Light (06/17)

10x11- World Enough and Time (06/24)

10x12- The Doctor Falls (07/01)

Twice Upon a Time (12/25)

2018

11x01- The Woman Who Fell to Earth (10/07/2018)

11x02- The Ghost Monument (10/14)

11x03- Rosa (10/21)

11x04- Arachnids in the UK (10/28)

11x05- The Tsuranga Conundrum (11/04)

11x06- Demons of the Punjab (11/11)

11x07- Kerblam! (11/18)

11x08- The Witchfinders (11/25)

11x09- It Takes You Away (12/02)

11x10- The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (12/09)

2019

Resolution (01/01/2019)

2020

12x01- Spyfall, Part 1 (01/01/2020)

12x02- Spyfall, Part 2 (01/05)

12x03- Orphan 55 (01/12)

12x04- Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror (01/19)

12x05- Fugitive of the Judoon (01/26)

12x06- Praxeus (02/02)

12x07- Can You Hear Me? (02/09)

12x08- The Haunting of Villa Diodati (02/16)

12x09- Ascension of the Cybermen (02/23)

12x10- The Timeless Children (03/01)

2021

Revolution of the Daleks (01/01/2021)

13x01- The Halloween Apocalypse (10/31)

13x02- War of the Sontarans (11/7)

13x03- Once, Upon Time (11/14)

13x04- Village of the Angels (11/21)

13x05- Survivors of the Flux (11/28)

13x06- The Vanquishers (12/5)

2022

Eve of the Daleks(01/01/2022)

Legend of the Seal Devils(4/17)

The Power of the Doctor(10/23)

2023

The Star Beast(11/25/2023)

Wild Blue Yonder(12/2/2023)

The Giggle(12/9/2023)

The Church on Ruby Road(12/25/2023)

2024

TBA

[adventure-showdown]

What is the greatest Doctor Who story ever told?

Everything has been split into groups of 32 that I think are of similar levels of notoritiy, but likely not popularity. Seeding within the groups decides the matches. At the end of the round groups are paired up and mashed together to do it all again.

What that means right now is the order the matches below are listed in has no baring on what they'll be against in the next round

There will be 16 matches a day with Fridays off

Lastly, you can still submit propaganda for posts here

ROUND 1

ROUND 2

Day 16

The Metaphysical Engine or What Quill Did vs Alien Avatar

The Last Oak Tree vs Dead Man Walking

Black Hunger vs Dream-Eaters

From Out of the Rain vs Detained

A Day in the Death vs Nightvisiting

Fragments vs Taphony of the Time Loop

Lost Library of Ukko vs The Custodians

Sirens of Ceres vs Children of Earth

K9 and Company vs Regeneration/Liberation/The Korven

Mutant Copper vs Reset

For Tonight We Might Die vs The Lost

Miracle Day vs The Cambridge Spy

Mind Snap/Angel of the North/Last Precinct/Hound of the Korven/Eclipse of the Korven vs Fear Itself

Exit Wounds vs Something Borrowed

Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart/Brave-ish Heart vs Oroborus

The Fall of the House of Gryffen vs The Curse of Anubis

previous and future days under the cut - unfortunately i've had to get rid of the links because there were too many and the post broke, however they are all tagged #round 2

Day 1

The Mind Robber vs Galaxy 4

The Moonbase vs The Daleks' Master Plan

The Evil of the Daleks vs The Space Museum

The Gunfighters vs The Macra Terror

The Dalek Invasion of Earth vs The Celestial Toymaker

The Reign of Terror vs The Daleks

The Rescue vs The Ice Warriors TIE

The Ark vs the Romans

The Tenth Planet vs The Web Planet

An Unearthly Child vs The War Machines

The Invsion vs The Keys of Marinus

The Underwater Menace vs The Aztecs

The Edge of Destruction vs The Massacre

The Sensorites vs The Seeds of Death

The Chase vs Marco Polo

Planet of Giants vs The Time Meddler

Day 2

The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances vs Love and Monsters

Human Nature/The Family of Blood vs The End of the World

The Waters of Mars vs The End of Time

The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit vs Fires of Pompeii

Blink vs The Unquiet Dead

Boom Town vs Utopia

Army of Ghosts/Doomsday vs Father's Day

Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks vs Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

Dalek vs New Earth

Rose vs Planet of the Ood

The Runaway Bride vs The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky

The Girl in the Fireplace vs Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead

Partners in Crime vs The Christmas Invasion

School Reunion vs The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

The Unicorn and the Wasp vs The Sound of Drums/Last of Time Lords

Tooth and Claw vs Midnight

Day 3

A Death in the Family vs The Eleven

Ship in a Bottle vs Blood of the Daleks

Albie's Angels vs Phobos

No More Lies vs UNIT Dating

Horror of Glam Rock vs Companion Piece

The Grey Man in the Mountain vs The Love Vampires

Human Resources vs The Widow's Assassin

The Company of Friends: Izzy's Story vs The Side of the Angels

Day of the Master vs The Crucible of Souls

1963: The Assassination Games vs The Red Lady

Stranded vs The Sonomancer TIE

The Doomsday Chronometer vs The Silver Turk

Absent Friends vs The Eighth Piece

Paradox of the Daleks vs Better Watch Out/Fairytale in Salzburg

Inside Every Warrior vs Robophobia

Stop the Clock vs To the Death

Day 4

The War Games vs The Abominable Snowmen

The Sea Devils vs The Time Warrior

The Time Monster vs Fury from the Deep

The Tomb of the Cybermen vs Terror of the Autons

The Three Doctors vs The Ambassadors of Death

The Highlanders vs The Power of the Daleks

Doctor Who and the Silurians vs Carnival of Monsters

The Faceless Ones vs The Daemons

The Enemy of the World vs The Monster of Peladon

The Mind of Evil vs Frontier in Space TIE

The Claws of Axos vs Inferno

Spearhead from Space vs The Ark in Space TIE

The Horns of Nimon vs The Seeds of Doom

Planet of the Spiders vs The Web of Fear

Colony in Space vs The Green Death

Invasion of the Dinosaurs vs The Curse of Peladon

Day 5

Vincent and the Doctor vs Closing Time

The Snowmen vs The Beast Below

The Doctor's Daughter vs The Rings of Akhaten

Vampires of Venice vs The Doctor's Wife

Gridlock vs A Town Called Mercy

The Wedding of River Song vs Amy's Choice

The Girl Who Waited vs Time of the Doctor

Hide vs Smith and Jones

The Eleventh Hour vs Curse of the Black Spot

A Christmas Carol vs The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone

A Good Man Goes to War vs Name of the Doctor

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship vs The God Complex

Day of the Doctor vs Asylum of the Daleks

The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood vs The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon

Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel vs 42

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS vs Turn Left

Day 6

The Lumiat vs A Spoonful of Masters

Nightshade vs Rhys and Ianto's Excellent Barbecue

Solitaire vs Paradise 5

Serenity vs The Last Post

No Place vs The Hollow King

Warfare vs Square One

The Cars that Ate London! vs Out of Time

Iterations of I vs A Full Life

I am the Master vs Forever Fallen

The Creeping Death vs Expiry Dating

Peshka vs The Forgotten Village

First Days of Phaidon vs The Scorchies

Gallifrey IV vs The Queen of Time

Wink vs Death and the Queen

Too Many Masters vs Peri and the Piscon Paradox

The Concrete Cage vs The Fifth Citadel

Day 7

City of Death vs The Creature From the Pit

The Key to Time vs The Ribos Operation

The Keeper of Traken vs The Masque of Mandragora

Image of the Fendahl vs The Brain of Morbius

The Horror of Fang Rock vs The Armageddon Factor

Terror of the Zygons vs Mawdryn Undead

The Sunmakers vs The Androids of Tara

The Sontaran Experiment vs The Pirate Planet

Genesis of the Daleks vs Destiny of the Daleks

Warriors' Gate vs The Invasion of Time

The Stones of Blood vs The Hand of Fear

The Leisure Hive vs State of Decay

Logopolis vs Robot

Full Circle vs The Face of Evil

The Deadly Assassin vs Pyramids of Mars

Meglos vs The Robots of Death

Day 8

Heaven Sent vs Cold War

Under the Lake/Before the Flood vs The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion

Flatline vs The Return of Doctor Mysterio

The Angels Take Manhattan vs Dark Water/Death in Heaven

The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar vs Empress of Mars

Smile vs Extremis

Hell Bent vs Knock Knock

The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People vs The Husbands of River Song

Mummy on the Orient Express vs The Power of Three

Twice Upon a Time vs Listen

Face the Raven vs The Eaters of Light

Robot of Sherwood vs The Pilot

The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang vs The Girl Who Died

The Pyramid at the End of the World vs Oxygen

Time Heist vs Deep Breath

The Lodger vs World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls

Day 9

The Bekdel Test vs The Blood Cell

Human Nature vs Doctor Who and Shada (fan novelisation)

The Book of the War vs The City of the Dead

The Adventuress of Henrietta Street vs The Stranger

Mad Dogs and Englishmen vs The Crooked World

Anachrophobia vs Alien Bodies

Harvest of Time vs Interference

The Blue Angel vs Vampire Science

Lungbarrow vs The Turing Test

Oh No It Isn't vs The Eleven Day Empire/The Shadow Play

Living Legend vs The Gallifrey Chronicles

Engines of War vs The Year of Intelligent Tigers

Scratchman vs The Scarlet Empress

Psychodrome vs Camera Obscura

This Town Will Never Let Us Go vs Unnatural History

The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 vs A Photograph to Remember

Day 10

The Caves of Androzani vs Warriors of the Deep

Revelation of the Daleks vs Paradise Towers

Snakedance vs The Mysterious Planet

The Visitation vs Ghost Light

Survival vs The King's Demons

Black Orchid vs Battlefield

Planet of Fire vs Frontios

Attack of the Cybermen vs Enlightenment

The Curse of Fenric vs Mindwarp

Terror of the Vervoids vs The Mark of the Rani

Kinda vs Trial of a Time Lord

The Two Doctors vs Earthshock

The Five Doctors vs The Ultimate Foe

Terminus vs Vengeance on Varos

Castrovalva vs Ressurection of the Daleks

Delta and the Bannermen vs Remembrance of the Daleks

Day 11

Whatever Happened to Sarah-Jane? vs Kerblam!

Flux vs The Caretaker

Eve of the Daleks vs Revolution of the Daleks

Praxeus vs Last Christmas

Village of the Angels vs Revenge of the Slitheen

The Ghost Monument vs War of the Sontarans

Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror vs Resolution

The Tsuranga Conundrum vs The Haunting of Villa Diodati

Demons of the Punjab vs Eye of the Gorgon

The Halloween Apocalypse vs Rosa

The Woman Who Fell to Earth vs Once, Upon TIme

Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children vs Spyfall

The Power of the Doctor vs Can You Hear Me?

Invasion of the Bane vs Fugitive of the Judoon

It Takes You Away vs The Witchfinders

Arachnids in the UK vs Thin Ice

Day 12

Downtime vs Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Dalek Weetabix advert vs The Fallen

Divided Loyalties vs The Land of Happy Endings

Summoned by Shadows vs Space in Dimension Relative and Time

More than a Messiah vs Step Into the 80s/On Through the 80s

Famine Appeal vs The Devil of Winerborne

Unnatural Selection vs Lepidometry for Beginners

Ground Zero vs Merry Christmas Doctor Who

The Zero Imperative vs When to Die

Fear Itself vs 12 Doctors, 12 Stories

Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough vs The Room With All the Doors

The Terror Game vs Eye of the Beholder

Old Friends vs In Memory Alone

Wall's Sky Ray lollies advert vs Nothing at the End of the Lane

Something Borrowed vs The Flood

The World Shapers vs The Star Beast

Day 13

The Chimes of Midnight vs Minuet in Hell

The Holy Terror vs Spare Parts

The Happiness Patrol vs The Company of Friends: Benny's Story

Dragonfire vs The Company of Friends: Fitz's Story

Doctor Who and the Pirates vs Singularity

The Condemned vs The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

The Girl Who Never Was vs Neverland

Other Lives vs Caerdroia

Scherzo vs The Company of Friends: Mary's Story

Jubilee vs The TV Movie

The Harvest vs Seasons of Fear

Terror Firma vs Storm Warning

Zagreus vs Arrangements of War

Master vs The Natural History of Fear

The Marian Conspiracy vs The Apocalyse Element

Loups-Garoux vs The Kingmaker

Day 14

Death of the Doctor vs The Gift

Lost in Time vs The Mark of the Berserker

Small Worlds vs Secrets of the Stars

Sleeper vs Everything Changes

Countrycide vs To the Last Man

They Keep Killing Suzie vs Out of Time

Cyberwoman vs The Nightmare Man

Combat vs The Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith

The Wedding of Sarah-Jane Smith vs The Empty Planet

Random Shoes vs Adam

Goodbye, Sarah-Jane Smith vs The Mad Woman in the Attic

Prisoner of the Judoon vs Ghost Machine

The Curse of Clyde Langer vs The Lost Boy

The Last Sontaran vs Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Sky vs The Day of the Clown

Mona Lisa's Revenge vs Captain Jack Harkness

Day 15

Time Crash vs Tardisodes

Dreamland vs Dr Who and the Daleks

Shada (webcast with 8) vs The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later

Ronald Rat Continuity Announcement vs Pond Life

P.S. vs The Shrink

The Daleks' Invasion of Earth 2150AD vs Doctorin' the TARDIS

Farewell, Sarah-Jane vs The Infinite Quest

Shada (1992 version with linking narration) vs An Adventure in Space and Time

Night of the Doctor vs The Doctor's Meditiation

Real Time vs Dimensions in Time

Clara and the TARDIS vs The Great Detective

Rain Gods vs Scream of the Shalka

Doctor in Distress vs Space Time

Night and the Doctor vs The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Shada (2017 animated reconstruction) vs Born Again

Search Out Space vs The Curse of Fatal Death

[kurokoros]

Thinking about how S3 portrays the Doctor’s grief about losing Rose surprisingly well for a campy alien show. Of course, there’s the rather obvious references to Rose in dialogue, especially in “The Runaway Bride”, but what is interesting to note about the direct mentions of her by the Doctor is that the only time he mentions her in a joyful way it’s to reassure Donna and Jack that she’s alive and well in a parallel world. When he’s not reassuring other people that she’s okay, the Doctor treats Rose like she’s deceased, which, for all intents and purposes, she is in their universe. He can’t see her again unless it’s in the past. She’s legally been declared dead. “She’s happy in a parallel world” is similar to the way people say “they’re in a better place” about a loved one that died.

But beyond that, narratively there are references to the Doctor being unable to cope, being stuck, and clinging to the past. Throughout S3 the Doctor takes unnecessary risks in a way that seems borderline suicidal. In “The Runaway Bride”, “Smith and Jones”, “Daleks in Manhattan”, and “Evolution of the Daleks”, there are moments where the Doctor makes deliberate decisions to put himself in danger or otherwise provoke an enemy into targeting him, and, as shown in “Turn Left” in S4, the Doctor would have died permanently in “The Runaway Bride” had he been alone. Further, on at least three occasions during S3, the Doctor struggles with heart problems. His hearts stop in “Smith and Jones” because of the Plasmavore, a Carrionite stops one of his hearts in “The Shakespeare Code”, and in “Human Nature” and “The Family of Blood” the Doctor quite literally loses one of his hearts after his DNA is rewritten. 

As for being stuck and clinging to the past, seven or eight episodes (depending on if you count “Utopia” or not) out of S3 involve the Doctor (and Martha) being stuck and unable to leave. “Gridlock” has them stuck in traffic. “42″ has them stuck on a ship hurtling towards a sun with no way back to the TARDIS. “Human Nature”, “The Family of Blood”, and “Blink” all have the Doctor and Martha quite literally stuck in the past. And in the three part finale the Doctor is trapped with the Master. Similarly, seven out of thirteen episodes are set in the past (”The Shakespeare Code”, “Daleks in Manhattan”, “Evolution of the Daleks”, “Human Nature”, “The Family of Blood”, and “Blink” ) or on planets the Doctor previously visited with Rose (”Gridlock”). I include “Gridlock” in the counter because it’s directly called out by Martha as being a place the Doctor brought Rose to, thus it’s a place from the Doctor’s linear past with Rose. The season also ends with time reverting back an entire year. Comparatively, S1 had four episodes set in the past (”The Unquiet Dead”, “Father’s Day”, “The Empty Child”, and “The Doctor Dances”) and S2 had 2.5 (“Tooth and Claw”, “The Idiot’s Lantern”, and “The Girl in the Fireplace”--which also takes place on a 50th Century spaceship, hence the half point). There are less episodes set in the Earth’s past or the Doctor’s past in S1 and S2 combined than there are in S3, and S4 only has two episodes set in the Earth’s past (”The Fires of Pompeii” and “The Unicorn and the Wasp”).

You can say what you want about RTD’s writing, but you can’t deny that he was pretty brilliant in terms of symbolism and running themes. You can see the same thing in S2, which has a running theme of the Doctor and Rose being separated and trying to get back to each other.

[ejruler]

i’m ill and need something to do so here i am compiling a list of good doctor who episodes to watch when you’re looking for a certain theme.

DISCLAIMER: this only includes nu-who, and excludes all spin-off shows such as torchwood

also the series / episode numbers are based off the netflix catogerisation because that’s what i have at my disposal

timeline of river song

(lots of episode crossovers so this is her timeline from the moment she regenerates into river song)

let’s kill hitler (6.8)

closing time (6.12) - river is only right at the end of this episode so you can skip it if you would like

the wedding of river song (6.13)

a good man goes to war (6.7)

the impossible astronaut / day of the moon (6.1/6.2)

the pandorica opens / the big bang (5.12/5.13)

the time of angels / flesh and stone (6.4/6.5)

the angels take manhattan (7.5)

the husbands of river song (9.14)

silence in the library / forest of the dead (4.9/4.10)

the name of the doctor (7.14)

captain jack hardness in all his glory

the empty child / the doctor dances (1.9/1.10)

boom town (1.11)

bad wolf / the parting of the ways (1.12/1.13)

utopia / the sound of drums / last of the time lords (3.12/3.13/3.14)

the stolen earth / journeys end (4.13/4.14)

the end of time (4.18/4.19)

fugitive of the judoon (12.5)

and if u want the face of boe too:

8. the end of the world (1.2)

9. new earth (2.2)

10. gridlock (3.4)

the master:

utopia / the sound of drums / last of the time lords (3.12/3.13/3.14)

the end of time (4.18/4.19)

dark water / death in heaven (8.11/8.12)

world enough and time / the doctor falls (10.12/10.13)

spyfall (12.1/12.2)

episodes to cry over:

bad wolf / the parting of the ways (1.12/1.13)

army of ghosts / doomsday (2.13/2.14)

human nature / the family of blood (3.9/3.10)

the sound of drums / last of the time lords (3.13/3.14)

voyage of the damned (4.1)

the fires of pompeii (4.3)

the stolen earth / journeys end (4.13/4.14)

the end of time (4.18/4.19)

vincent and the doctor (5.10)

the pandorica opens / the big bang (5.12/5.13)

a good man goes to war (6.7)

the wedding of river song (6.13)

the angels take manhattan (7.5)

the snowmen (7.6)

the day of the doctor (7.15)

the time of the doctor (7.16)

dark water / death in heaven (8.11/8.12)

face the raven (9.11)

heaven sent / hell bent (9.12/9.13)

the husbands of river song (9.14)

world enough and time / the doctor falls (10.12/10.13)

twice upon a time (10.14)

episodes for a fun time

rose (1.1)

boom town (1.11)

new earth (2.2)

tooth and claw (2.3)

school reunion (2.4)

smith and jones (3.2)

partners in crime (4.2)

the unicorn and the wasp (4.8)

the eleventh hour (5.1)

the lodger (5.11)

the doctors wife (6.4)

dinosaurs on a spaceship (7.2)

a town called mercy (7.3)

the bells of saint john (7.7)

robot of sherwood (8.3)

the caretaker (8.6)

mummy on the orient express (8.8)

smile (10.3)

thats my list :)

this is mostly from memory so if i missed anything feel free to add

[wonderlandleighleigh]

Next Week is our Fandom Spirit week!

To reintroduce some structure into my life (because being furloughed has meant that structure has been hard to come by), next week, @dettiot and I will be celebrating NERD SPIRIT WEEK! 

Each day, we will eat and watch in accordance with whichever fandom we have picked for the day, as well as likely write fic and probably do a fair amount of shitpposting about our beloved fandoms as well. 

Our schedule is below: 

MONDAY: Winchester day (Supernatural)

Eating: 

Cherry Pie

Salad

Watching: Tall Tales                   Bad Day at Black Rock                   Monster Movie                   Changing Channels                   French Mistake

TUESDAY: Bartowski Day (Chuck)

Eating: Fro-Yo              (Possibly hot dogs if we can find turkey ones)

Watching: Chuck Vs. The Alma Mater                  Chuck Vs. The Ring pt 1                  Chuck Vs. The Honeymooners                   Chuck Vs. The Ring pt 2                   Chuck Vs the Cat Squad 

WEDNESDAY: Who Day (Doctor Who)

Eating: Bananas              Chips 

Watching: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances                   Tooth & Claw                    The Shakespeare Code                    The Fires of Pompeii 

THURSDAY: Moya Day (Farscape)

Eating: Crackers              Fudgecicles or Creamcicles 

Watching: Crackers Don’t Matter                    Scrach n’ Sniff                   Avenging Angel                    Meltodwn                    John Quixote 

FRIDAY: Skywalker Day (Star Wars)

Eating: Blue milk              “Ration” bars (likely granola or luna bars)

Watching: New Clone Wars Episode!                    A New Hope                    The First 4 Episodes of the Clone Wars series                    The Force Awakens                    (Possibly some Rebels or Mandalorian)

SATURDAY: Bat Day (Bat family)

Eating: Waffles

Watching: Batman                    Batman Returns                    Under the Red Hood 

SUNDAY: Avengers Day 

Eating: Chicken Shawarma              Fondue 

Watching: Iron Man 1                   Thor 1                    Captain America The First Avenger                   Avengers 1

[inherbookishhead]

Episode 12x07: Can you hear me?

The episode that has the potential, but fell just a bit short to be a great one. 

Spoilers below

The good:

The beginning of the episode totally gave me the Fires of Pompeii vibes: is it me, or they reused the set of Fires of Pompeii (and accidentally borrowed a better CGI-ed werewolf creature from Tooth and Claw?)

I loved how they made fun of the Doctor’s inability to shut up because she just has to show off in front of her companions, a habit, that she can’t quit even when the companions are not around. 

This episode we are having a SassyGraham. Did I mention I love Graham? I l-o-v-e Graham. 

I liked the Harry Potter-like bit with the cartoonish storytelling of a tale of two gods. 

The episode made a really great point about being aware of one’s own mental health and seeking help when needed. 

The not-so-good:

The villains. We are talking about two more immortals, who have lived who-knows how long. Could they be just a wee bit more nuanced? Or at least not flat out decide to take things slow on Earth (which means starting with one little street in London), so that the Doc could conveniently stop them within, what, 30 seconds? Really?

The “biggest” nightmares of the fam (apart from Graham) were not that scary. Although I can give it a pass since it’s intended for kids to see as well. 

The Doc, as it turns out, has some crazy juggling skills with that sonic screwdriver that defies the gravity and lands right into her hands when the plot demands so. Has the Doctor ever had this superconnection with the screwdriver before?

And probably the moment that made me really angry. “I’m socially awkward”, says Thirteen to Graham, who just opened up to her about his fear of cancer returning. The Doctor doesn’t have anything to say to him and the moment is played for comedic effect? The Doctor might be socially awkward in many situations but not to be able to say a single adequate sentence to Graham about his very raw fear for his life? Thirteen herself has made so many speeches in these 2 seasons reassuring either her fam or others on numerous topics, and she couldn’t say anything to Graham? Seriously? This just put me off Thirteen so much. 

Overall I enjoyed the episode. Even considering all of my gripes with it, it’s still a very solid filler episode. 

[oc-character-development]

Doctor Who episodes (series 1-12) from my favourite to least favourite:

(A/N: this is just my opinion everyone is entitled to their own and I thought I’d share mine, if you disagree with me, then that’s completely okay 😊)

Day Of The Doctor (I LOVE THIS EPISODE TO BITS)

The Eleventh Hour (MY DOCTOR’s opening episode)

Vincent and The Doctor (Richard Curtis is a genius)

Human Nature/Family of Blood (can’t decide which one’s better)

Silence in the Library/Forest of The Dead (can’t decide which one’s better)

Smith and Jones (the first episode I watched, all the way back in 2007 so for that reason it’s in my top 10)

Midnight

Christmas Invasion

Heaven Sent

The Parting Of The Ways

The End of Time Part 2 (I don’t want to go 😭)

Waters of Mars

Voyage of The Damned

Utopia

The Doctor Falls

The Sound Of Drums

World Enough and Time

Pandorica Opens

Amy’s choice

Zygon Inversion

The Stolen Earth (DOCTOR WHO’S INFINITY WAR. They did crossovers before it was cool)

The Girl Who Waited

Fires Of Pompeii

Partners in Crime

Blink (best Doctor Lite episode and weeping Angel episode)

Runaway Bride

Shakespeare Code (My first historical episode of Doctor Who- and the episode that got me hooked properly on the show)

Girl in The Fireplace (I ship 10 and Renette more than 10 and Rose)

School Reunion

The Doctors Wife

Journey’s End

Empty Child/Doctor Dances

Dalek

Name Of The Doctor (The Yowzah scene makes me cry)

Angels Take Manhattan (Goodbye my favourite Tardis team 😭)

Big Bang

End of Time part 1

Time of The Doctor (don’t talk to me any time after I’ve watched that episode. It breaks me)

The Husbands of River Song (Durillium breaks me, do you know how hard it was to watch that episode and not cry at the end because my family would start asking questions?)

Zygon Invasion

Deep Breath

Thin Ice

The Pilot

Under The Lake

Flatline (oh so that’s what really happened to Jeff from Casualty- literally the actor left that show the week before and then turned up in Doctor Who the next episode 😂)

Face The Raven

Oxygen (Capitalism in Space!)

Into The Dalek

A Christmas Carol

Magicians Apprentice

Witch’s Familiar

Curse of The Black Spot

Day of The Moon

Sontaran Stratagem

Rose

Doomsday

Dark Water

Death In Heaven

Mummy on The Orient Express

Turn Left

Planet of The Ood

Bad Wolf

Unicorn and The Wasp

Impossible Astronaut

The Beast Below

The Next Doctor

Listen

The Caretaker

The Wedding Of River Song

Sontaran Stratagem

Army of Ghosts

Impossible Planet

Satan’s Pit

Poison Sky

Rise of The Cybermen/Age of Steel

Planet of The Dead

Tooth and Claw

The Crimson Horror

Fathers Day

Empress of Mars

Extremis

The Snowmen

Cold War

Journey To The Centre of The TARDIS

Evolution of The Daleks

Daleks In Manhattan

Asylum of The Daleks

Last of The Timelords

New Earth

Hell Bent

Sleep No More

Rings of Akahaten

Time of Angels

The End Of The World

A Good Man Goes To War

The Doctor’s Daughter

A Town Called Mercy

The God Complex

42 (scared me so much as a kid that I couldn’t watch the episode for 12 years, well done Chibnall for once)

The Pyramid at The End of The World

Nightmare in Silver

Eaters of Light

Lie of The Land

Vampires of Venice

Time Heist

Before The Flood

The Bells of St John

Night Terrors

Let’s Kill Hitler

Flesh and Stone

The Unquiet Dead

The Girl Who Died

The Girl Who Lived

Victory of The Daleks

The Long Game

The Woman Who Fell To Earth

Demons of The Punjab

Fugitive of The Judoon (the episode’s character return had my Uni’s Doctor Who society cheering like there was no tomorrow)

Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror

Rosa

Orphan 55

Resolution

Spyfall Part 2 (Dhawan is my favourite Master)

Spyfall Part 1

Can You Hear Me?

Haunting of Villa Diodati

Dinosaurs on A Space Ship

Cold Blood

Aliens of London/World War 3 (again can’t decide which one’s better)

Ghost Monument

Smile

In The Forest of The Night

Power of Three

Boom Town

The Hungry Earth

Hide

Arachnids In The UK (ranked so low because of the Spiders that episode doesn’t sit well with an arachnophobe)

The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe

Praxeus

Knock Knock

Last Christmas

The Witchfinders

It Takes You Away (again purely because of the carnivorous moths- I have a phobia of moths. Also the talking frog was ridiculous- it’s a good idea, bad execution)

The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Twice Upon A Time (let me explain- I love Peter Capaldi’s regeneration except from the children can hear my voice line. But Moff made the 1st Doctor sexist. Which he actually wasn’t in Hartnell’s portrayal... not to the extent he’s portrayed as in the episode. I Did not like the writing of the the first Doctor, but liked the Archibald Lethbridge-Stewart reveal at the end)

Idiots Lantern

Love and Monsters

Lazarus Experiment

Haunting of Villa Diodati (frustrating because it had potential)

The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

Kill The Moon

Closing Time

Kerblam!

The Lodger

Rebel Flesh

Almost People

Ascension of The Cybermen (Rise of The Cybermen 0.2- seriously Ascention is another word for rise, so it’s ACTUALLY called Rise of The Cybermen)

Fear Her

The Tsuranga Conundrum

The Timeless Children (the episode that gave me my first hangover)

[baking-accident]

good starter ten episodes for people who want to watch doctor whomst because of david tennant (feel free to add more): - tooth and claw (season 2): queen victoria and werewolves - gridlock (season 3): fun future dystopia! cat people! giant crabs! and the doctor gets a lovely speech about his destroyed planet - daleks in manhattan/evolution of the daleks (season 3): daleks in the sewers, pig people, a 30s showgirl jazz song that gets stuck in my head to this day, andrew garfield is there - blink (season 3): doctor-light episode, he and martha only get a few minutes of screentime, but has a great and creepy story with one of the most unique and iconic monsters - the fires of pompeii (season 4): ancient rome, lava people, and a moral dilemma. donna really gets to shine in this one - silence in the library/forest of the dead (season 4): scary virtual reality stuff and a great monster - midnight (season 4): god i cannot recommend this one highly enough. it's like a really good twilight zone episode from the low budget to The Real Monster Is Humanity. ten is very pretty and very troubled. lots of spooky stuff goes unexplained. only downside is not much donna

[thelasttime]

What are your favourite episodes of doctor who so far madie? I think my all time faves are impossible planet/satan pit, human nature/family of blood and midnight but idk there's so many good ones

i hate the ones that have horror/scary things so none of THOSE

i like: fires of pompeii, the doctor’s daughter, the shakespeare code, the girl in the fireplace, and tooth and claw

[myfandomrambles]

ADHD & Autistic Doctor

(Doctor Character Study part 2e)

An Analysis of the doctor through the view of him having ASD & ADHD part 5. I want to thank @browneyesandpinstripes Parenthesis denotes the source of a material. Brackets are an aside comment.

10th Doctor:

Ten is hyperactive even when he is at his lowest point. He has still had very strong presentations of his neruodiverngence even though he is a very social and considered one of the most “human/normal” doctors. Even in his human form, he retains much of these behaviours. Showing that even when he isn’t a time lord much of the neruodiverngence stays with him. (TV: Human Nature / The Family of Blood)

Special Interest/stimming with his little machines (TV: Blink, TV: Partners in Crime, TV: Utopia, TV; The Sound of The Drums)

Always rambling from the get-go.  ( TV the Christmas invasion). You can also see this often when he is thinking but it will drift around a bit on the subject ( TV: Smith and Jones). Continues this behaviour of going on tangents and missing the point of things ( TV: Human Nature, TV: Blink, TV: The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky)  

Rambling combined with not getting social things get you lines like “I thought there'd be happy slapping hoodies. Happy slapping hoodies with ASBOs. Happy slapping hoodies with ASBOs and ringtones. Huh? Huh? Oh, yeah. Don't tell me I don't fit in” (TV: School Reunion)

Will ramble sometimes even to himself  (TV: The Girl In the Fireplace)

Rambles/info dumps about the year they arrived in and ends up talking about his thumb (TV: Tooth and Claw)

Distracted by small things, like stopping fighting monsters killing the whole human race to talk to rose about his hair. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

Doesn't quite know the proper time to talk, or handle the situation when dealing with Reinette rambling and the getting distracted while fighting the enemy. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace) Also when Donna is sucked in, he gets distracted by why she's there. He then starts to ramble on saying a bunch of stuff his brain definitely working faster than his common sense (TV: The Runaway Bride). We see this again when the doctor says “ It's a bit rubbish. How many prisms has it got? Way too many. The magnification gone right over the top. That's stupid kind of, Am I being rude again?” The doctor misses the social cue and his mouth moves faster than his brain so he has to check for roses perception. The doctor says a little before then "Well, they were bald, athletic. Your wife's away, I just thought you were happy" (TV: Tooth and Claw) Another example is when the doctor says, “Conglomeration, that’s what I said!” Jack replies “You’re supposed to say sorry.” (TV: Utopia) Again here he needs prompting from jack to realise what is the appropriate social response. Talks about why they haven’t taken Reinette’s body parts right in front of her (TV: The Girl in The Fireplace). Oblivious to jack and Martha's feelings for him (TV: The Sound of The Drums)

He never stands still often running about the TARDIS hitting things with mallets and jumping around to make it fly.  (TV: The Stolen Earth)

Extremely impulsive, this is often combined with a need to be brave. Deciding to stay in danger because its whats there (TV: The Impossible Planet) Choosing to fly down an air shaft to protect river on the flimsy evidence that she had a screwdriver that was his (TV: Forest of The Dead) He eats out of the jam jar not really thinking about if he should or not. (TV: Fear Her) Jumping through the time portal when he knows he can not come back (TV: The Girl in The Fireplace)

Climbs on things he shouldn't sometimes to make a point. (TV: The Evolution of the Daleks) Lays back on chairs sprawled out in a way that is not particularly appropriate (TV: Partners in Crime) Sitting and standing awkwardly (TV: Utopia)

Experiences sensory/info overload saying “Oh my head, My head” holding his head. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

Echolalia “So, physics. Physics eh? Physics. Physics. Physics! Physics. Physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics, physics.”  “No. Good for you.  Good for you. Oh, good for you, Sarah Jane Smith.” (TV: School Reunion ) “You're Mister Thick Thick Thickity Thick Face from Thicktown, Thickania” (TV: The Girl in The Fireplace)

Disorganized throws his coat around everywhere (TV: The Girl in The Fireplace)

Doesn’t get turns of phrase, and missing points. Donna says;“Don’t tell me the TARDIS has gone”  The Doctor Replies“Okay” Donna then asks”So where is it?” A confused Doctor answeres,“You.. told me not to tell you?” (TV: The Fires of Pompeii)  Another example; “Tell you what then, don't step on any butterflies. What have butterflies ever done to you?” (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

Possible sensory issues with pears (TV: Human Nature). Always wear the same 2-3 suites possible for sensory issues and a sense of normalcy.

Starts having a meltdown until Donna brings him back down (TV: Partners in Crime)

11th doctor

A very stereotypically ADHD and autistic character. An awkward, socially oblivious obviously strange character. His characteristic truly shines through but are definitely augmented by his C-PTSD and his struggles with identity carried over from ten.

Constantly twirling and jumping while flying the TARDIS or messing around underneath always having to be active (TV: The Doctor's Wife, TV: The Impossible Astronaut, TV: The Vampires of Venice, TV: Dinosaurs on Spaceship etc.)

Impulsivity is very true with this doctor. He calls theAatraxi back without truly thinking it through, in this case, it worked out fine because he was as scary as he thought he was (TV: The Eleventh Hour) He runs out of the TARDIS to see a little girl without checking out where he is properly on a whim (TV: The Beast Below). Follows vampires just running away without telling the others (TV: The Vampires of Venice). Lands inside a pirate ship because he felt like it. (TV: The Curse of The Black Spot). He sits at the president's desk in the oval office (TV: The Impossible Astronaut) Impulsive wastes time and changes his clothes when he should be trying to stay alive (TV: Let’s Kill Hitler)

Like all the doctors he will talk fast and skip around often ending u talking mostly to himself. (TV: The Time of The Angel's, TV: The Curse of The Black Spot)  He’s aware he does it but still has trouble stopping it “Crikey, Charlie, look at that. Ooo, I know someone who'd love to have a look at that. And the Ponds. Mustn't forget the Ponds, Neffy. Haven't seen them in ages. I'm riffing. People usually stop me when I'm riffing or carry on without me. That's also an option.” (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Talks to himself while working through things (TV: Vincent and The Doctor)

Incapable of sitting still constantly restless (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, TV The Power of Three, TV: The Lodger, TV: Vincent and The Doctor)

Sometimes completely zone into something and misses what people say. (TV: The Time of the Angels)

Hyperfocus on single things causing him to agitate those around him, and miss what's going on (TV: Vincent and The Doctor)  So focused on one thing Amy has to help him actually remember to run. (TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Often distracted to the point of misplacing his companion (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)

Can try and be helpful and empathetic but can sometimes end up worsening things as he struggles with understanding the other people's reactions.

Sensory issues with food. Apples, bacon, eggs yoghurt, beans. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

Dyspraxia, Trips and slides while running ( TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)

Obsessive behaviour and hyper fixation on The Impossible Girl mystery to the point of it is all he can think of (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

Oblivious to how social interaction should work. Struggles with volume and often considered odd (TV: The Lodger). Just talking to Clara about random stuff while dressed as a monk (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

No sense of time (TV: The Lodger)

[liesandarbor]

Which are your personal favourite DW eras and episodes, if Clara era turned you off a bit (a shame, I think S10 really did improve)?

I think anything from Donna to Amy/Rory was done well (series five was some of the best writing for a TV serial ever), and also think Martha was a very underrated series.  Although, series seven kind of started tanking, I think the Amy and Rory arc was closed well, if not for a few weak writing moments.  

If I had to give it a go, here is a… not so brief list of my favorites from the seasons that I actually cared about (because… I love all of it, how could I not)

90% of the Christmas episodes; the 50th, etc

(Especially Time of the Doctor. If you compiled my tears at TOTD and TATM, you would have … maybe not an ocean, but at least a small Pond)

Season 8… I liked some, not notable enough that I could name.  Like, Danny died, that was sad I guess.

Season 7A

all of it 

fight me, I loved it, it was the best 5 episode swan song a girl could ask for

Not them, Brian.  Never them.

The Rings of Akhaten (7x7)

The Name of the Doctor (7x13)

The Doctor’s Wife (6x4)

The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People (6x5/6)

A Good Man Goes to War (6x7)

The Girl Who Waited (6x10)

The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood (5x8/9)

The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang (5x12/13)

Seriously, this arc was amazing

The Fires of Pompeii (4x2)

Silence in the Library/The Forest of the Dead (4x8/9)

Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (4x12/13)

The Shakespeare Code (3x2)

Human Nature/The Family of Blood (3x8/9)

Tooth and Claw (2x2)

The Girl in the Fireplace (2x4)

Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (2x12/13)

The Long Game (1x7)

Father’s Day (1x8)

Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways (1x12/13)

I guess, for me, it isn’t specifically what episodes so far as what arc.  If the episode contributes to the overarcing plot that they’re delivering, I find myself more invested than not.  The whole standalone episode thing is nice, but it just isn’t what I watch the program for… and there are other shows that will give me what I want, now.  So it’s really hard to trust again! 

I quit after a few episodes into series ten, but I’m tempted to get a nice ol’ bottle of wine and go back to it sometime.  The stars just haven’t aligned yet - I have so much else to watch! So little time. :) 

[daisylikesmedia]

Series 4 Episode 2: The Fires of Pompeii

Yooo is that a historical tragedy?? Pog!! Today we’re looking at the Fires of Pompeii, let's get into it.

Oh hey it’s the first historical of the series so we’re gonna go to 18/1900s UK and meet a historical fig- wait they DIDN’T DO THAT omg FINALLYYYY. It’s so refreshing to finally have a full historical set outside of the UK. Arriving in Pompeii on volcano day is such a great premise for a Dr Who episode and the setting just oozes personality. 

And that’s not the only reason I love the way this episode approaches a historical, because even with the setting in mind, it avoids doing the one thing I hate the most out of a historical. Glorifying a historical figure for no real apparent reason. See Unquiet Dead, Tooth and Claw, Shakespeare Code, etc. Like this might just be me being a geography>history kinda girl but I just do not have much interest for famous brits from hundreds of years ago. And this episode, instead of focusing on a historical figure, focuses on a central conflict between our main cast:

Should we save Pompeii?

Doc says no, Donna says yes, we’ve got ourselves a character conflict. And it’s with this that we learn more about The Doctor and Donna. There are shades of the time lord victorious coming through now with The Doctor saying this is a fixed point “because he says so”. There’s a real arrogance about our hero heading into series 4 and this does get addressed in this episode. On the flipside, Donna shows herself to be incredibly compassionate towards these strangers around her. She shows herself to be very trusting, and can’t stand to sit back and watch as people die. This eventually leads to a middle ground where The Doctor finally decides to save a family. Just one family, but he saves them. He breaks his rules, and this will come back in a big way as he reaches his swan song.

I also love the concept of these villains. Giving the citizens of Pompeii psychic powers via rock n lava goes kinda hard as a villain concept. The Pyrovile don’t take centre stage during this story, but I don’t think they need to. This story isn’t about them, it’s about the choice that The Doctor has to make. Last episode had a villain (the nanny) that also wasn’t the centre of attention, but the issue with her was that I was left with more questions than answers. The Pyrovile however make more sense to me, and I wasn’t confused about them by the end of the story.

TL:DR/Overview: This is the real kickstart to Series 4. A historical that goes somewhere adventurous, and places our main cast in a strong conflict that runs throughout the episode, and the rest of 10’s run as a whole. Amazing setting, amazing focus, amazing cast. It’s S tier babyyyy. Also I’m moving Partners In Crime down to B tier, because if I don’t our top tiers are going to become wayyyyy too stacked ldfkhj.

P.S: I’m gonna be away for a couple days as I’m heading back to my uni town to spend some time with a friend, so don’t expect another review until Saturday. Hope the sun wasn’t too oppressive for y’all and thanks for reading <33

[gokaihearts35]

My opinion of new series Doctor Who

Top Doctor

I love all the doctors in the new series, but I still prefer Peter Capald, even reviewing every episode. While I really like the ninth doctor,As he stayed only one season had no way to stay on top of the others, comparing how many different situations the other doctors suffered. The tenth and eleven were the most difficult to decide the positions, I love both, plus the tenth has several negative characteristics that I hate

1) 12

2) 11

3) 10

4) 9

Top Companion

Some characters surprised me as how much I liked. I did not remember that Rose was so fun and even with her various faults until I liked her more than I remembered, Donna I thought I would be better positioned since she has the best and More amusing relationship with the tenth doctor, but had forgotten how incredible Martha was, in several episodes she had to act alone to survive and save the day even with the tenth doctor treating her horribly and condescending several times. Rory and Amy did I did not remember how much I liked their relationship, and how beautiful it was Amy's relationship with the Doctor was, I liked her more than I expected. Clara I already knew that  would be in first place, I love your relationship with the doctor, its complexity, its flaws, is the most complex and developed character of the new series (Clara, we knows that she loves stories, she sees the life of her parents as a fairy tale, loves and wants to take care of children she has an authoritarian personality and tries to take control of the situation (I'm not just talking about their several episodes of the eighth season about this, but also looks to the end of The Bells of Saint John different from the other companions that when the Doctor are invited them to Tardis instead of jumping inside the Tardis she sends him come back the next day, she takes control of the situation and it shows that it will do the thing of traveling with him on her terms, she takes control of the situation instead of the Doctor who let her travel with him is the Doctor waiting to know if she will travel with him). I hate it when they say that Clara is too perfect, when she is the companion with more defects being quoted and who are important for the stories and their development, this does not make sense. Clara is my favorite companion of the new series and the most of the people completely lose the arc point of the Impossible girl: The whole point of her season 7 arc was The doctor realizes that he was wrong and she is only a normal person who later did something incredible, like Rose and Donna. Initially she tried to balance her normal life with the life With life with the doctor, And as Danny died it was as if there was nothing else that bound her to Earth, she saw herself as a protagonist of a book, she and Doctor were the heroes who could always save the day and escape the danger, of course it ended Being so equal to the Doctor who ended up dead, plus she and the Doctor forged such a deep bond and he this season (the ninth) was already tired of letting people die (Ashildr's bow, the girl's death in the bow of the underwater base ) and did not want to lose anybody else and with desire of revenge against the Time Lords he ended up going too far and breaking the laws of time and he brought her to life, plus what could end up breaking the universe, but he with his selfish did not want Give up saving Clara, so he had to erase his memories of her, and you can notice he learned the lesson that everything has to end an hour, that nothing is forever, in the at the The Husbands of River Song. Clara of course would return to Gallifrey, her final arc was a critique of the trope of killing of female character and that any person can be the Doctor, that he is not just a being, but an ideal that anyone can try to be, Idea that has several Moffat scripts, like Extremis, The Zygon Inversion, The Witch's Familiar and several others. . Bill, while I quite liked her, she was very simple, and I sincerely liked the others more than hers.

1) Clara

2) Rory

3) Martha

4) Amy

5) Donna

6) Bill

7) River Song

8) Rose

9) Nardole

10) Captain Jack

11) Mickey

Top Season ( The best to worst)

9

4

8

5

10

3

1

6

2

7

Top Season Finale

One thing I prefer in the Moffat season finale is that it focuses on the characters' relationships with each other and their developments, how situations are dealt with, and are centered on the dialogues between the characters while those in Russell T Davies are more focused in action, how the situation affects the characters and their choices. In RT Davies are situations that are increasing, threatening the Earth or the Universe, while Moffat is the opposite, starts with a great threat, with several villains to become small situations, with only a few characters in one place, talking between they, in Davies the characters struggle with the external situation, in that of Moffat they struggle with their interior.

1-Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent

2- World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

3- The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

4- Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords

5- Dark Water / Death in Heaven

6- Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

7- Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

8- The Name of the Doctor

9- The Wedding of River Song

10- The Stolen Earth / Journey's End

There are no episodes that I did not like, for me, every episode goes from good to great. Actually it was very difficult to do the lists, because several episodes were good and great, so some positions were decided not only how much I liked, but by elements of the episodes.

SERIES 1

10º — The Long Game

9º — The End of the World

8º — Rose

7º — Boom Town

6º — Father's Day

5º — The Unquiet Dead

4º —  Dalek

3º — Aliens of London/World War Three

2º — Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

1º — The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

Series 2

10º — Fear Her

9º —   The Idiot's Lantern

8º — Tooth and Claw

7º — Love & Monsters

6º — School Reunion

5º — New Earth

4º — Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

3º — The Girl in the Fireplace

2º — Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel

1º — The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit

Series 3

9º —  The Lazarus Experiment

8º — Smith and Jones

7º — 42

6º — Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

5º — Gridlock

4º — The Shakespeare Code

3º —Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords

2º —  Blink

1º — Human Nature/The Family of Blood

Series 4

10º — The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky

9º — Partners in Crime

8º —  The Unicorn and the Wasp

7º — The Doctor's Daughter

6º — The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

5º —  The Fires of Pompeii

4º — Turn Left

3º — Planet of the Ood

2º —  Midnight

1º — Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead

Season 5

10º —  The Vampires of Venice

9º —  Amy's Choice

8º —  Victory of the Daleks

7º — The Beast Below

6º — The Lodger

5º — The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood

4º —  The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone

3º — The Eleventh Hour

2º — Vincent and the Doctor

1º —  The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

Season 6

11º —  Night Terrors

10º — The Curse of the Black Spot

9º —  Closing Time

8º —  Let's Kill Hitler

7º —  The Wedding of River Song

6º —  The God Complex

5º — The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People

4º —  A Good Man Goes to War

3º — The Doctor's Wife

2º — The Girl Who Waited

1º — The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon

Season 7

13º  - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

12° -  Hide

11º —  Cold War

10º —  Nightmare in Silver

9º —  The Power of Three

8º —   The Bells of Saint John

7º —   The Angels Take Manhattan

6º —  Asylum of the Daleks

5º — The Name of the Doctor

4º —  Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

3º —The Crimson Horror

2º — A Town Called Mercy

1º — The Rings of Akhaten

Season 8

11º — Kill the Moon

10º — In the Forest of the Night

9º —  The Caretaker

8º — Into the Dalek

7º —  Time Heist

6º —  Deep Breath

5º —  Dark Water / Death in Heaven

4º —  Listen

3º — Robot of Sherwood

2º —  Flatline

1º — Mummy on the Orient Express

Season 9

6º —  Sleep No More

5º —  The Girl Who Died / The Woman Who Lived

4º —  Under the Lake / Before the Flood

3º — The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion

2º —  The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar

1º — Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent

Seasn 10

10º — Knock Knock

9º — Smile

8º —  The Pyramid at the End of the World / The Lie of the Land

7º — Empress of Mars

6º — The Pilot

5º — Thin Ice

4º —  Oxygen

3º —  The Eaters of Light

2º —  Extremis

1º — World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

Chistmas Specials

12º —  The End of Time

11º —  The Next Doctor

10º —  The Christmas Invasion

9º —  The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

8º —  The Return of Doctor Mysterio

7º —  The Runaway Bride

6º —  Voyage of the Damned

5º —  The Snowmen

4º —  The Time of the Doctor

3º — The Husbands of River Song

2º —  Last Christmas

1º —  A Christmas Carol

Regarding the list of episodes of cybermen and daleks, one can notice that the list are not only of the ones I liked the most, but also how well I found them to have used these villains in history

Top Cybermen  Episodes

1- World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

2- Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel

3- Dark Water / Death in Heaven

4- The Next Doctor

5- Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

6- Closing Time

7- Nightmare in Silver

Top Daleks Episodes

1- Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

2- The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar

3- Army of Ghosts/Doomsday  

4- Dalek

5- Asylum of the Daleks

6- Into the Dalek

7- Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

8- The Stolen Earth / Journey's End

9- Victory of the Daleks

Top Episodes of Russel T Davies

12 - Gridlock

11 - The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

10 - The Runaway Bride

9 - Partners in Crime

8 - Voyage of the Damned

7 - Aliens of London/World War Three

6 -  Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

5 -  Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

4 -  The Waters of Mars

3 - Turn Left

2 - Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords

1 – Midnight

Top Episodes of Steven Moffat

12 - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

11 - The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon

10 - Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead

9 - Blink

8 - The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar

7 -  Extremis

6 – Last Christmas

5 -  A Christmas Carol

4 - The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

3 -  The Day of the Doctor

2 - World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls

1 – Heaven Sent/Hell Bent

Top Episodes of Mark Gatiss

1) Robot of Sherwood

2) The Crimson Horror

3) The Unquiet Dead

4) Empress of Mars

5) Cold War

6) The Idiot's Lantern

7) Victory of the Daleks

8) Night Terrors

9) Sleep No More

I love Robot of Sherwood, I think it's a really funny episode, Clara was great, I loved the Doctor's dynamics with Robin Hood and had a great message about heroism and inspiration and fiction from the heroes. The Crimson Horror, I like to focus in the Paternoster gang, mostly in Jenny, and I loved Winifred Gillyflower and Ada, they were great characters. As of Cold War, the episodes for me are just regular. Victory of the Daleks and Sleep No More are not so bad episodes, both have good ideas and scenes, in Victory I liked the story of the scientist, the fact that nobody believed in the Doctor and in the end the daleks win, already in Sleep No More sincerely not I see what's so bad about this episode, it has a good idea, a good mood and a good ending, of course there are several things I would do differently, but there's nothing bad about the villan. The only one I do not like, that I hate is Night Terrors, I hated the kid in the episode and had several things that I think did not made sense. Overall I like Mark Gatiss, he did not write my favorites of the seasons but he is not such a bad roter as people say.