Does the whole 'bigeneration' thing as an introduction for Ncuti Gatwa make anyone else feel icky? Because I definitely feel like they did Gatwa dirty with a botched transition between regenerations because people are getting a liiiiiiittle too nostalgic with the whole RTD/Tennant thing.
Tennant is a brilliant actor, and I'm not trying to downplay everything he's done for the show, but by leaving Tennant alive, they robbed Gatwa of an introduction that shows respect to his iteration of his character, instead leaving him to be the Random New Person while The Real Doctor is yet to come into the completion of his arc.
It's just a disappointing diversion from giving Gatwa's Doctor the focus and development he deserves.
that was a fun little christmas special
people don’t spray paint “bad wolf” in cryptic areas like they used to
The best thing about old doctor whos is they are all just random uncles that the press drags out of retirement so they can give iconic takes like this
the Master was really out there dressing like he was the ultimate fanboy at a Doctor Who convention
official bbc doctor who instagram you are insane for this actually
about to throw hands with l*ndy pepper bean
Anyways. I'm glad we've moved past the "heavy handed allegory for racism between two different sentient species where they are all best friends in the end" episodes and into the "racism is so deeply engrained into society that in the absence of active anti-racist deconstruction people would go to any length to avoid confronting their biases and changing their worldview"
nobody ever talks about my favourite tardiswiki category, people from the real world, which is dedicated to real world people who also exist in doctor who, and gives us such highlights as
Karen Gillan was an actor who existed in several universes.
and
One account even indicated that Tom Baker and the Fourth Doctor were the same individual.
Rose Tyler was poor. She didn't finish her A-levels, she lived in government housing, she worked a shitty retail job with no hope of college or university on the horizon, she was 300% what her classist society would view as trashy; thick mascara, dark roots, the whole nine yards.
But she was the most important woman in the universe to the Doctor, to so many she impacted; beautiful, brilliant, adored. She was the love of his live(s), and so, so many who met her were touched in some way just because she was herself, and because her conviction, her love, and her compassion were so powerful that they radiated across universes, throughout time, and changed everything, over and over again.
And I know all of this has been said so many times, for almost twenty years now, but Rose, I think you will always be my favorite fictional woman of all time.
I’ve been trying to change this to a secondary blog please help. (Any pronouns)
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