#professor yana

[corallapis]

[khruschevshoe]

I don't care what you say about the 60th anniversary specials. David Tennant's Doctor has never been fruitier than whatever the hell he was doing in Utopia. The way he looks at Professor Yana? Whatever the hell kind of vibes he was putting off in his conversation with Jack in the radiation chamber? Ignoring the two people who currently fancy you in exchange for looking near-worshipfully at your evil ex in human form because he embodies hope? Telling your other ex that you can't stand to look at him because he's wrong yet being more honest with him than you have anyone else for a long, long time? Unhinged queer icon. Who needs healthy admissions of feeling when you have whatever the hell kind of subtext-rising-to-text these two moments are conveying

[cactiaintracist]

the doctor: “if she is my granddaughter I’d definitely recognize Susan the second I meet her”

the master: “are you SURE!!?”

[dandelionjack]

sleeper is so fucking heartbreaking. not even the sex jokes balance it out. the ‘murderous alien desperately wants to be human/believes they’re a human until they discover that they’re not and haven’t been for a long time’ trope has been done like 7 times in doctor who but it gets me EVERY TIME!!!

the scientist from victory of the daleks. dalek oswin. cyber-bill. auton rory. sleeper beth… and, in a way, john smith, ruth, and professor yana. they just want to be human. they just want to be able to love. they just want to help… tragedy in its purest form. the universe had other plans

[inafever]

Please no more Derek Jacobi in David Tennant's films. It never ends well...

[witchofthemidlands]

that moment in which professor yana becomes the master is absolutely unhinged. he just goes from that snazzy soft spoken old gentleman to an eldritch horror with those incredible delgado vibes in seconds & it is an absolute tragedy that he (as the master) only had about ten minutes of screen time. could have been one of the masters of all time.

[roxannepolice]

This may be stretching the concept of work's intent and possibly conflating it with reader's intent, but I think if you scratch to the absolute bottom of chameleon arch in s3 the ultimate difference between the Doctor and the Master becomes being people oriented vs. goal oriented. Like, if you go beyond the question of "could the Doctor have been something of a bad person* and the Master a good person", and ask "under what circumstances would they be like this", it looks like the Doctor - or, what aside from a body (with all its mind-indepented memories) was left of them in John Smith - was. well. being oriented towards people around him. And. that's what had One go from crotchety man willing to kill over his secrets or even a freaking lighter into the Doctor that is. Meeting all those wonderful companions, starting from Ian and Barbara that would just tell him fuck off you're crossing a line and I will not have it. And no, I don't think it's a matter of "wanting to be liked", but rather seeing "oh my Omega, I actually hurt this person". And in the main story that worked out for good, and in fact I would say that when it comes to "origins of morality" and "how to live" questions, that is the more reliable way to go! But when that same mindset is surrounded by all the bigotry - as well as just living a nice life as it is provided to you! - of edwardian era, it results in... well, obviously, the way to deal with those evil guys is to FITE! and this is what all those teenage boys have been trained to do, should the need call (ah, the hanging cloud of knowledge a need will in fact call them so soon in this two-parter...)! And this... competent. but ultimately underdeveloped through no fault of her own maid needs to just have the distinction between fiction and reality explained to her, the poor thing probably thinks the invention of writing is only to be used for things that are absolutely true... Yeah, punch him.

I use the term "goal-oriented" for the Master, but I suppose I should clarify, because we all know that if it was pure goal-orientation, then there are infinitely easier ways to take over the world that *checks notes* man-eating sofas. Yes, the Master is absolutely into over-convoluted plans to the point where they become a goal in itself. But what I mean is, no, they can't just hang around seeing the universe, they need a goal to achieve, there has to be a point to all this, and survival and power are arguably the two most basic goals there can be, once you scratch happiness as a bit too indefinite. And obviously, that's the exact opposite of "how to live". In many ways its a much more animalistic and base motivation than anything a conscious mind might want. Kind of existence vs. life distinction. BUT? In those last few decades of universe's existence??? Where there is literally no other goal left than survival? Not necessarily your own survival, but rather survival as an abstract concept, survival of ANYTHING? That mindset, combined with brains, makes you the most wonderful person that could possibly be! You're there, doggedly pursuing the only goal left in the universe, putting all of the resources you have left, MAKING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY OUT OF FREAKING FOOD, and if anyone has any shot at surviving it is indeed thanks to you! There are two apparent contradiction to this (as of course there have to be in a story that's honest and not just making a point). The first is Yana keeping up the hopes of other people even while knowing it's likely false, and the second is him being willing to sacrifice himself so others will reach Utopia. But if you think about it. Both of these things are, in a way, utilitarian. Yes, hope is often framed as the ultimate irrational ideal, but once it's gone from everyone else, then... what is there to do? That's the end to the only goal left. So long as others hope you can get them out, you can go on tinkering just in bloody case. And while giving up your life for others tends to be framed as the ultimate act of good... there's a level at which Yana just freaking calucates himself as the easiest to expend. He's old and tired. The people who managed to reach the silo are either children or young and strong, there's a lot ahead of them. This is cynical and absolutely not the perspective to hold. But. at the end of the universe. This cynicism leads to sacrifice.

THAT IS NOT SAY YANA ISN'T JUST PLAIN NICE AND SHOWING MORE CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER'S FEELINGS THAN THE MASTER IN ANY FORMAT EVER DID! But I suppose when you're goal-oriented and everyone around you literally has no other goals than yours... why not just be kind** indeed?

Yes, there's a great tensimm fanfic about this:

*I admit I think one of the most interesting aspects of John Smith was precisely making him not a good person but hardly the worst man there ever was maybe it's because I've read edwardian era books that makes me think his paternalisation of Martha really wasn't the worst way for a white man to treat a poc even without outright violence. But if he was a really good person then that would just tell you making him give up his existence was bad because he's a good person whereas as it is the question is what makes the subjectively real existence of this particular not very good but not really worse than millions of people like him man that devloped subjectively very real bonds with others more expendable than any other's?

** Gosh my mixed feeling for Twelve, like I love him, he's up there with 2,3,4 and 10 as character-defining for me, but why just why have him always turn out to be ultimately right about his absolute morals, he's kind of the antithesis to time lord victorious, so long as you do the kind thing then there's always an unforeseen ex machina to prove you right, you'll never fuck up REAL bad, a real dilemma is not between making the choice that's subjectively or objectively good, it's between two objectively bad choices once again Simm!Master fell where he stood no less than Twelve.

[thelesbianthespianposts]

master sexuality headcanons

[nkp1981]

The Master And Professor Yana

[dw-tma]

The Magnus Archive wiki describes the Web as

“The fear of being controlled or trapped, especially being unaware of one's own entrapment. The fear of being forced to do things against one's own will, of being manipulated. Also the fear of spiders. Manifests as spiders, spider webs, web-like patterns, puppets.”

[corallapis]

[khruschevshoe]

Me, a dumbass, realizing that the Master in nuwho has only ever been revealed as a twist after an entire episode of them acting as an ally or at least non-assuming acquaintance to the Doctor or their companions:

something something foils parallels the Master could have been the Doctor if they weren't so obsessed with control the Master keeps trying to prove to the Doctor that they are one and the same THE MASTER AND THE DOCTOR ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN EQUALLY CAPABLE OF GOOD AND BAD AND IT IS ONLY CHOICES THAT KEEP THEM WHO THEY ARE

[rambleonwithrosie]

Okay fellow whovians...

I am rewatching 10 and maybe I've forgotten or maybe I just found a plot hole. But inH the Lazarus Experiment episode in Season 3 Martha's mom Francine leaves that famous frantic voicemail at the end warning her daughter that the Doctor isn't safe and explaining she has it on authority from Mr Saxon himself... so here's my question.

Why is The Master trying to stop Martha from traveling with the Doctor by using her mum? Like surely he has to realize if Martha isn't with the Doctor then there's a good chance he never gets freed from his watch and stays Professor Yana stuck at the end of time looking for Utopia. Like... am I missing something here or is the Master literally so blind in his hatred of the Doctor that he'd fuck his own timeline up just to inconvenience him by having him lose his companion?

I'm having a little Whovian crisis over here send help!

[eggto0ast]

i love this outfit lol no one drawz him in this

[ask-the-robo-trio]

I heard that nonbinary day happened but I don’t know what day it is. So I decided to post this on pride month.

[kronos-lungbarrow-oakdown]

50 followers special

Wanna talk about media that literally describe the Doctor? Or even Doctor and the Master? Here:

I can't think of a music that fits War!Master, War!Doctor, Simm!Master (last sanction) and Twelfth Doctor better than this one.

However, the part of this music that most gets to me and makes me think about them is this:

So you wanna start a war?

In the age of icons?

So you wanna be immortal?

With a loaded gun on?

For me it portrays them on point because the War!versions, Simm!Master and Twelfth were all fighting - somehow - against the tyranny of Rassilon and of Gallifreyan's political structure as whole!

And the tone of the music - in my opinion implies that "the age of icons" isn't something inherently good. It is meant to signify that it's an age of "heroes". The word "icons" is purposefully chosen.

The Oxford language dictionary defines "icon" as "a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of of veneration" which in Gallifrey comes with power, position and poise.

The Master and the Doctor did nothing but demonstrate all of those three on the years following their departure from Gallifrey - in their own ways.

The Eighth Doctor & War!Doctor.

When the Doctor is called back he runs from war, yes. He is relatively young and doesn't have as many burdens as Twelfth does but he still afraid of what he might become. He knows the potential he has of becoming object of immense power to be wielded against the universe he loves so much. There is no doubt that they will, Gallifrey changed history of whole planets to have their "help" - aka time manipulation at its finest.

War Master

The Master on the time war might be doing unhinged things but he probably loathes himself for obeying the orders coming from the country that did nothing but reject him and, yes, his old friends from long ago. The Master knows how cold he can go to disassociate his actions in the name of Gallifrey from himself... until he forgets himself.

They both are forces to be reckoned. Aware of their potential and the damage they can do to themselves and the universe.

Call me crazy, but I don't think the Master wanted for the universe to prostrate itself on its knees for him this way. He is very autonomous and independent and most of all individualistic. He wants it to himself not to give it to Gallifrey.

On the other hand we have the post-war; Simm!Master and Twelfth Doctor which not only put to prove what they could do but - I imagine - went beyond what they thought capable of do and with this comes the disgust they must have felt at... everything.

I believe that once you go through something like this you can't really pinpoint what you are disgusted at, what or who you are angry at. You just are. You just feel.