#rogue novelisation

[doodles-dearest]

so howre we feeling about that novelisation

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

[howthebestwaslost-blog]

[dragons-are-epic]

Thirteen days to go!

[outofutopia]

Just read the Rogue novelisation. Now I've got a canon divergent fic idea that I probably won't write because I'm lazy and long fics in english scare me. I've got the idea though.

[days-since-rogue-dw]

On good reads, you can preview the rogue novelisation!!!!

[harbek]

Let this man chill. (He's listening to Kylie Minogue's greatest hits.)

[moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom]

dear diary today I was in tears thinking about “he hadn’t known her, of course. there wasn’t the time.” but yeah it’s been a great day-

[clarasteam]

additional spoilery thoughts about the Rogue novelisation: Rogue's ship edition

"The mess aside, the make of the ship did not surprise him. It was an old asteroid hawk from the 50-56, often sold on the cheap in many star systems. If anyone's ship was a shed, this was the one. He looked across the console, trying to see if there might be anything that could help him to escape or at the very least steer the conversation towards suggesting Rogue should get a broom."

I like the humour here, but also the matter-of-factness about what kind of ship this is; just because it looks like a big bird doesn't mean Rogue is one of the Chuldur, or indeed Horus. the idea of what's common across star systems is also helpful for my puzzling about the Chuldur recognising the transport gate, though the Doctor doesn't have a reference point for that in the way he does for the ship type.

there's a bit more dialogue in the Kylie scene, the Doctor asking "So, do you play this before missions to get in the zone, or...", and there's more of Rogue trying to grab the sonic ("Too slow... close... miss again... At least try!"), and this is what leads to "I'm just standing still, baby."

we don't get "Give me that device. Now", or the miming to "Boy, your lovin' is all I think about" [eta: it does say the Doctor "was now miming the lyrics" while Rogue tries to grab the sonic, but we don't get that specific moment], or the Doctor handing the sonic over; instead, Rogue succeeds in snatching it.

in this version, the Doctor doesn't find out the transport gate goes to the incinerator until after the D&D and Kylie business; some other bits are also in a slightly different order, and there's a chapter (Lord Barton and the Duchess in the ballroom) in between "I press send" and the Doctor telling Rogue he's got the wrong man and offering him the psychic paper as proof.

we also don't get Rogue's "I'm just so trigger-happy", and I would love to know when and how that got added :)

variants and revisions = my jam

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[dwrogue]

Via AMadmanNotABox: chapter titles for the Rogue novelisation (they also have the first chapter, which seems to be about Rogue on a previous assignment infiltrating a futuristic office).

Rogue

An Unwanted Guest

The Party

The Doctor

Alice

Lord Barton

Small Talk

The Dress

The Library

The Night Sky

The Wallflower

The Stranger

Shaking It Off

The Yossarian

A New Outfit

The Artificer

Impolite Society

Inside the TARDIS

A Letter to Rogue

The Dance

Back in the Garden

A Short History of the Chuldur

A Terrible Match

The Chuldur

The Escape

The Host

Carla

The Wedding

The Objection

The Fate of Ruby Sunday

The Trap

Goodbye

The Forgotten Place

[theheroheart]

it was a very good song choice, because for over a month now, i ALSO just can't get Rogue out of my head

[howthebestwaslost-blog]

TVepisode!Doctor, dragging the freshly rescued Rogue to the Pemberton Estate pond: Can’t explain now, this timeline is wrong, there’s something we need to put right…

[azazel-dreams]

Rogue (Doctor Who) by Kate Herron & Briony Redman

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[sydneyadmu]

REBELCAPTAIN + THINKING ABOUT EACH OTHER’S EYES

[rowanthestrange]

I don’t know what a D&D nerd doing a character pretending to be a different one looks like, but I like to imagine ‘Rogue’ sat there with his original game plan for the Chuldur with his Mr Darcy Seducing A Bird character sheet, then surprise! His Bounty Hunter character sheet actually underneath.

But after the Doctor got involved, writing things up, and sliding underneath them both his The Master character sheet, giggling.

[currentlyonstandbi]

not sure exactly how canon the legends novels are at this point (whether it's maybe an 'until proven otherwise' situation) but the revelation in rogue planet that anakin deliberately tests the boundaries and patience of those closest to him in order to gauge whether their love for him is real or not was too much to handle