#rogue novelisation

[doodles-dearest]

so howre we feeling about that novelisation

[fearsomeandwretchedandwrong]

[off-traveling-in-the-stars]

i will never be over how the line in the rogue novelization isn't "wow" when he sees the Doctor's faces. he says "you're beautiful" WHAT IF I GO INSANE.

[howthebestwaslost-blog]

[dragons-are-epic]

Thirteen days to go!

[ofutopia]

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.

[beautifulscreaminglady]

MOTHERFUCKERS PUSHED THE RELEASE DATE TO DECEMBER 31ST?!

[days-since-rogue-dw]

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

[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…

[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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[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]

We need the Straxcut 😭

Turns out the Rogue audiobook is surprisingly hilarious.

[howthebestwaslost-blog]

Spoilers for the DW Rogue Target Novelisation…

(not super secret, but if you want to go into it completely unspoiled)

Soooo… Rogue has a ten year live-in, I-jump-you-catch-me relationship with a man he still calls his boyfriend, but one dance and an interrupted kiss with the Doctor and he’s down on one knee?

[sydneyadmu]

REBELCAPTAIN + THINKING ABOUT EACH OTHER’S EYES