#the midnight chimes

[frayed-symphony]

If you’re looking for Christmas gifts for kids that are under £10 I just added my third picture book The Midnight Chimes to Amazon!

The Midnight Chimes; http://amzn.eu/d/9eeFzmk

256 Postcards Ago; https://amzn.eu/d/f7ThGRO

Hurricane Lane; https://amzn.eu/d/gHI9UHk

[cool-stuffandthings]

We're getting novels of Doctor Who Big Finish stories!!!

[paulgadzikowski]

[gallifreyanhotfive]

[dykepaldi]

merry christmas everyone xx

[harryinramshackle]

Going on a date, hoping it goes well (I'm melting)

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[anditendshowyoudexpect]

CHRISTMAS WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT MY PLUM PUDDING

[finndiseicla]

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without subjecting my family to the expanded universe.

[theonekierce]

Christmas just wouldn't be christmas!

(some closeup details and version without text under the cut >.<)

[dbot456]

Currently wishing a very happy Chimes of Midnight season to all who celebrate

[do-you-know-this-dw-story]

the chimes of midnight (audio: 2002)

[frayed-symphony]

More Concept and creature design dump for my 3rd and final self-published picture book The Midnight Chimes;

Sketches for the setting;

Fairy world creature designs (sadly didn't use these);

Fun character interactions to end on;

Links to read the book;

-Amazon paperback; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP45HMBD -Limited edition gold foil paperback (listing currently closed); https://etsy.com/uk/listing/1035131739… -eBook; https://frayedsymphony.gumroad.com/l/duvee

Thank you!

[dandelionjack]

an essay about Rogue, The Chimes of Midnight, and how i believe all this ties in to the overarching themes of the series EVEN IF the inside-a-tv-show theory proves untrue

“Rogue” named himself after a stock character. he is the archetypal Handsome Rogue because there has to be a Handsome Rogue role in a period drama story set in Austenesque Regency England.

it’s all theatre — smoke and mirrors. just like the war waged against imaginary foes in boom (because there needs to be an Enemy in a wartime story) was theatre; the creation of the Bogeyman in space babies (because there needs to be a Scary Monster in a children’s bedtime story) was theatre; The Woman following Ruby in 73 yards (because there needs to be a Ghost in a folk horror story) was theatre. dot and bubble less so, but it’s wise to note — the dots created the slugs after all. they invented the slugs so that there would be a tangible Creature for the finetimers (and the Doctor) to fear, rather than simply being betrayed by their own technology. because that’s exactly what the false, harmful narratives colonialists tell themselves — stories of taming and conquering a wild Mother Nature and her ferocious beasts — have trained them to expect from the world. the dots were telling a story too, or rather putting on a play.

the penultimate episode of any doctor who series, if not always leading directly into the two-parter finale, will typically begin to tie up loose narrative strands that have stretched across the entire season. at a first impression rogue doesn’t seem to be doing that. but then you take a closer look at the antagonists: creatures that play a role for fun without the slightest regard for those around them. lethal LARPers. cosplayers out to kill. to put it pretentiously, a hyper-realistic theatre of cruelty.

to nobody’s surprise, i’m bringing up my favourite eighth doctor audio drama — the chimes of midnight. edward grove gives every person trapped in the time loop a designated role: the chauffeur, the doctor-detective, the plucky young lady of the house, the lady’s maid, the scullery girl, the housekeeper. they keep playing these roles, over and over, until they begin to forget their original identity, until the part they’re playing takes over their entire sense of self. the servants keep dying over and over because they cannot transcend their roles, because they believe themselves to be “nothing but a scullery maid”. they are reduced to the parts they play in the narrative until they become nothing outside of it, until they become confined to a single location.

the chimes of midnight is set in Edwardian-era England, a time of restrictive, prescriptive class, status and social roles which defined a person’s life and career trajectory — this strict delineation is driven to its logical conclusion and deconstructed under the unnatural conditions of Edward Grove. similarly, rogue is set in a Regency-era mansion — another historical period defined in the popular imagination by its complicated social rules, elegant courtship dynamics, strict class barriers, gossip and elitism. these two doctor who stories don’t have any intentional watsonian connection, but they are deeply linked on a thematic level.

high society is forced theatre. a 24/7 LARP. play your part, put on your costume, don’t interrupt the performance. the audience is waiting. they’re oh so hungry for tragedy.

the biggest part of them all, the most sought-after role, of course, is The Doctor. a standard to live up to. a name to wear like a banner, a pledge, a promise. he has to be like this because this is what he’s like.

the Scullery Maid scrubs the kitchen floor. The Detective searches for clues. the Chauffeur starts up his car. the Duchess hosts a glittering soirée. the Rake hides a secret fling with the Wallflower. the Rogue breaks hearts and broods on the balcony.

and the Doctor? the Doctor dances. “onwards and upwards”. forever in perpetual motion, spinning and spinning and spinning across the stars. never pausing to breathe. never stopping.

p.s.: so, pray tell, what is Ruby Sunday in all this? “The Companion”, of course. smart, funny, sassy, quick-witted, brave, cheeky, curious, self-sacrificial. she almost feels generic because she’s meant to be. she wasn’t born. she was written. an essential part of the story too. circling the Doctor like a satellite forever.

[romanathree]

i made a drawing for the chimes of midnight :D (this is on my redbubble!! The link is in my bio)

[ID: a digital drawing of Charley Pollard from the Eighth Doctor, Doctor Who audios. Charley has medium length blonde hair, pale skin, wearing a grey dress, white socks and black buckled shoes, and is sitting in an old fashioned pose with her hands tucked into her lap, looking off to the side. Behind her is a large circle with three different manual clock faces showing different times, with a plum pudding off to the side and the outside of the main circle decorated with festive holly berries. End ID]

[gallifreyanhotfive]

I love the yearly surge in chimes of midnight and plum pudding memes way to go everyone

[zagreuslives]

Edward Grove Is Alive. We are making him alive.

Drew this in a fever dream while listening to Chimes of Midnight with a 101F temperature

Don’t feel like finishing all the little details of the structure, but I’m VERY proud of all the details in the clock’s face. If I had more time, this would look much better, but here’s some 1/3rd finished art 😂