#the name of the doctor

[dandelionjack]

do you think a susan twist copy has ever interacted with a clara oswald echo as they unconsciously battled for dominance along the strands of the doctor’s twisted timestream and despite both of them believing themselves to be ordinary humans with normal lives they looked into each other’s eyes and felt a glimmer of uncanny recollection of horrors yet to come

[notyoujamie]

+

[improbabledreams900]

The Doctor + really needing that retirement

[intuitive-revelations]

While the difference in scale isn't really big enough to fully explain it, part of me is so desperate to somehow connect Sutekh's "evolution into a Titan" with the TARDIS police box's gradual increase in size over the years, if he really has been attached to it for so long, in the same way people have joked about him shrinking with it in Flatline.

If Sutekh did change size with the TARDIS it also has potentially quite horrifying implications for the size-leaked TARDIS in The Name of the Doctor.

If he was indeed there, then I wonder what became of Sutekh in this time track...?

[thinkdoctorriver]

And die with a smile

[galahadwilder]

Sutekh: I’m gonna hide here for a bit and turn into a GOD

Sutekh: I, uh. Okay Fenric and Ragnarok were a bit much for me. But I’ll be a god soon—

Sutekh: okay so there’s a Time War but it’s probably fine, better sit this one outWHAT THE HELL IS THE COULD’VE-BEEN KING AHHHHHH

Sutekh: okay so that’s over I’m free might be a good time to come out — wait something’s haunting alongside me, what the hell is “Bad Wolf”

Sutekh: holy me Bad Wolf is ALL up and down the Doctor’s timeline I need to hide until I’m sure she’s COMPLETELY gone

Sutekh: is she still here

Sutekh: oh hi River you’re here again WAIT WHY ARE YOU BLOWING ME UP

Sutekh: okay Amy is clearly not safe for me since she can rewrite time apparently I need to —

Sutekh: wait where are all these tiny brunettes coming from WHO IS CLARA AND WHY DOES SHE KEEP THWARTING ME

Sutekh: WE’RE GOING BACK INTO THE TIME WAR ARE YOU CRAZY? And wait ITS THE FUCKING BAD WOLF AGAIN?????

Sutekh: okay look other me’s trust me don’t come out of hiding it’s not safe

Sutekh: okay Clara’s gone, yay, I’m — wait she’s up his timeline too isn’t she. Medammit. Now I have to wait out TWO OF THEM?

Sutekh: Okay these three are—they’re normal. They’re normal, right? No weird bullshit?

Sutekh: I’m sorry Ruby Sunday is WHAT? I CANT AFFORD TO WAIT TO FIND OUT I CANT KEEP GETTING HIT WITH THIS SHIT START THE PLAN START THE PLAN MAYDAY MAYDAY

[surrowndedbylights]

There is something so special about The Name of the Doctor when you think about it from River's perspective. Like, this is post library River. Right after she died with her last memory being the man she loved not knowing who she was and how she knew him. And then she finds a way to go back to him as a ghost, knowing that he can't see or hear her or interact with her in any way, except he does. And the River who thought that she would never be able to talk to the doctor again, now sees him telling her that she is always here to him and that it hurts so much to speak to her after remembering what happened in the library and then kissing her like she's oxygen and properly saying goodbye this time like they are going to see each other again and yeah I'm very not alright about this scene as you can tell

[pizzacade]

According to The Doctor: His Time and Lives, several background and supporting characters were converted into splinters of Clara Oswald after she jumped into his timestream (which was illustrated by Jenna Coleman's likeness added onto preexisting photos). They include:

Anne Chaplet from The Massacre (original actress: Annette Robertson).

Gia Kelly from The Seeds of Death (original actress: Louise Pajo).

Bettan from Genesis of the Daleks (original actress: Harriet Philpin).

Rachel Jensen from Remembrance of the Daleks (original actress: Pamela Salem).

and Sarah Clark from Father's Day (original actress: Natalie Jones).

[expectiations]

The Doctor and River Song

-> The Name of the Doctor, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 13

[hernamewasriversong]

Doctor/River + incorrect quotes (1/?)

[ocean-irl]

[thehumanwiki]

so basically—

[thelegsnoserobinson]

7x13 The Name of The Doctor

[emeryhiro]

The Doctor's reactions to River's final goodbyes - 07x14 - 04x08

[dailyclassicwho]

DOCTOR WHO (2005) — 7.14 “The Name of the Doctor”

[nkp1981]

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