#there will be one notable occasion where he forces craig to let him babysit

[transgenderdoctorwhomst-old]

I'd like to hear more of your broody 11 ideas pls

Love when people make the doctors act not human <3

when he's not travelling with the ponds i think he copes by fostering large (human infant sizedish) baby animals so he can Hold them and Take Care of them until it breaks naturally. he does not want to subject himself to the Ice Bath Stop Being Broody time. he also does not want to have/adopt an actual baby right now. therefore, project his overwhelming Wanting To Take Care Of Thing feelings on to animals or his friends.

i think gallifrey would've made medications to help people snap out of it. he does not have access to gallifrey. renegade time lords have a Great time coping.

the doctor, amy, and rory swiftly develop plan "amy distracts the doctor while rory prepares an ice bath, and then rory wrestles the doctor into it." amy distracts him by letting him hold her Firmly while watching TV. sometimes she can escape by shoving a soccer ball at him to hold while she gets food or whatever. the doctor always tries to fight them even though he literally told them how to break him out of it if he's being "too much of a nuisance" or just generally they need him in his right mind for one reason or another.

it takes way too long for him to explain this behaviour to them. i am actually inclined to think river will explain it to them. not because she experiences it too, that's up for debate, but because she's had more than a few instances of him popping by her cell for a broody snuggle. and by the third day of the doctor clinging on to them like a koala they are Desperate for an answer.