𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀; 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟲.

about to throw hands with l*ndy pepper bean

Nooooooo 😭 that's horrible!

I don't WANT them to bring back Tennant whenever they want! I want them to just let Gatwa have the chance everyone else has gotten!!!

They'll probably tie up the loose end whenever they think the publicity's dropping enough for them to bust out Tennant again :/ which could be any time they want.

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.

Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who: hehe, it's the guy that flirts with everyone!

Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood: isn't it ironic that the man who can't die is surrounded by death? isn't it funny that he runs away from the consequences just like the Doctor runs away from him? doesn't it kill you, Jack? doesn't it hurt?

brax being rejected by romana in his own daydreams whilst romana writes self-insert fanfiction about her and the doctor, his cringe younger brother, at the academy is peak comedy

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"

seeing a lot of "the episode was about social media and suddenly out of nowhere turned into a commentary on racism" THE WHOLE EPISODE WAS ABOUT RACISM. THE WHOLE THING. IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT RACISM. from how white everyone was to lindy immediately blocking the doctor while only "sliding" ruby to them all being rich kids to lindy being appalled ruby and the doctor were in the same room to everyone saying they could "tame" the wild woods and "be pioneers". it was ALWAYS about racism.

yes the social media aspect ties into it bc racism is RAMPANT on social media. i specifically noticed how lindy made an effort to say how her clothes were sustainable and then turns around and commits microaggressions against the doctor. its the exact flavor of showboaty performative activism you see everywhere. just because you didnt notice it doesnt mean it wasnt there.

the Doctor has a really really thick Cadon accent and they occasionally slip into Cadon-dialect Gallifreyan and everyone gets really confused because even if Lungbarrow is a disgraced House it’s still a highbrow oldblood dynasty and millenia of good breeding has somehow given way to this half-feral little creature who can talk the most flexiloquent politician into a corner and yet does so in the Gallifreyan equivalent of a Gloucestershire farmer’s drawl???

Can we take a second to appreciate that from John and Paul’s point of view they wondered off through their recording studio, found a piano with some funny looking notes floating above it, played a little tune a whim, gave each other a gay little side glance before the piano flew away into the next room followed by intense screaming and then their entire reality turned into a musical and they received no explanation for any of it?

Tho to be fair it was the 60s, they were probably high as a kite and were used to this kind of thing by now

YES. Yes YES YES YES I watched Doctor Who all throughout my childhood and I was never able to explain why I DEEPLY DISTRUSTED and hated River until very, very recently.

TELL MY WHY NOBODY else seemed to have an issue with the BLATANT and CONSTANT sexual harassment. The Doctor was so obviously, visibly uncomfortable??? And she couldn't just. Stop???

Also, say what you want about tough love and whatever tsundere bullshit you think was going on but genuinely, hot take, I don't think constantly disrespecting your spouse is a good thing.

"what's your hot doctor who take?" "i like david tennant and i think river song was BAD"