"Let's say I had a chance to ask John, "Hey John, would you like us to finish this last song of yours?". I know the answer would've bee "Yeah!". He would loved that." ㅡ Paul McCartney on "The Beatles - Now And Then - The Last Beatles Song (Short Film)."
For convoluted legal reasons, the very first episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, is unavailable for the public to screen (they cover the details here: https://www.ign.com/articles/why-the-first-four-doctor-who-episodes-ever-made-wont-be-on-bbc-iplayer ). So I’ll be recapping it with some screenshots here!
[Image ID: The words “An Unearthly Child” superimposed over an image of a 1960s police box]
We open with a scene of a police officer walking through the mist, opening the gates to the Foreman Junkyard and passing by a Perfectly Average Police Box.
Cut to Coal Hill High School, where the bell has rung to signal the end of the day and we see our leads, BARBARA the history teacher and IAN the chemistry teacher.
[Image ID: a man and a woman talking in a high school chemistry classroom. There is a chalkboard in the background]
BARBARA: We need to talk about Susan.
IAN: Susan?
BARBARA: You know, the fucking weirdo.
IAN: I do know, though when you put it like that-
BARBARA: Look, her grades are really high but her homework is shit, and when I went to go see where her home address is I ended up in a random junkyard.
IAN: Well, that could’ve been a typo in the school system.
BARBARA: Maybe, but when I went to go ask her about talking to her grandfather, she said that it would be absolutely impossible. For her only living relative, don’t you think that sounds a little-
IAN: Don’t!
BARBARA: Sus?
IAN: *sighs* Well, there’s probably some perfectly reasonable explanation for it.
BARBARA: I promised to go lend her a book, want to help me get to the bottom of it?
IAN: Sure.
Cut to SUSAN in another classroom, stimming!
[Image ID: Susan standing in the foreground, holding a radio with one hand and drumming her fingers on her wrist with the other. Barbara and Ian are in the background]
BARBARA: I have that book about the French Revolution you wanted, Susan.
SUSAN: Oh, thanks! I’ll return it tomorrow.
BARBARA: You can return it when you’ve finished it.
SUSAN: I will have finished it by tomorrow :3
IAN: Nice Beatles tunes you’re listening to there.
SUSAN: Wow, I didn’t think you were young enough to know about the Beatles.
IAN: Listen, student of mine, I was just about to give Barbara a ride home, and I’ve got extra room in my car if you want a lift.
SUSAN: Umm, you know what, I think I’d rather walk home in the dark. That has spookier vibes. Yeah.
BARBARA and IAN exit the room. We hold on SUSAN, who starts flipping through her book.
[Image ID: Susan flipping through a book]
SUSAN: The fuck is this bullshit?
Cut back to BARBARA and IAN
IAN: Well, that settles it. Something is definitely off about that situation. We should stake out her home address and see what’s up with that.
BARBARA: Now you’re talking!
[Image ID: BARBARA and IAN standing in a classroom, looking at each other lovingly]
Cut to BARBARA and IAN in IAN’S CAR, parked outside the Foreman Junkyard eating Taco Bell.
[Image ID: the blurriest photo ever of Ian and Barbara sitting in the front of Ian’s car]
BARBARA: Did you know Susan doesn’t know how English currency works?
Flashback to the classroom, where all of Susan’s classmates are laughing at her.
[Image ID: Susan standing in the classroom, looking very upset]
SUSAN: Shit, you mean you haven’t converted to the decimal system yet? Now I’ll have to learn what sixpence and a shilling is!
[Image ID: Barbara and Ian sitting in Ian’s car again, with Ian looking slightly annoyed]
IAN: You know people from other countries exist, right?
BARBARA: Don’t chicken out on me, this whole operation was your idea.
IAN: I think you’re just really curious about this whole situation and that there’s a simple explanation for it all.
BARBARA: Her homework lately’s been shit! It’s the right thing to do!
IAN: Barbara, we’re staking out a junkyard in my car eating Taco Bell. There’s been shittier homework. Bad social skills, good schoolwork, and reading books in improbably short periods of time, you know what that sounds like to me? Autism.
BARBARA: It’s the 1960s, you’re not supposed to know that exists yet.
Then they notice Susan stepping into the junkyard and get out to follow her.
[Image ID: BARBARA and IAN standing in front of a police box, placing their hands on it]
IAN: A police box? In a junkyard? Who’s going to have an emergency in here?
BARBARA: Forget that, where’d Susan go?
Just then, the DOCTOR steps into the screen!
[Image ID: the First Doctor standing in a junkyard]
DOCTOR: Rassilon’s toenails, the only thing this planet has is weed and racism!
IAN: Hey you, have you seen a young woman wandering around here?
DOCTOR: No, I can’t say I have. And who are you again?
BARBARA: We’re Susan’s high school teachers. We’re here to check on her because we suspect that she might be hiding her grandfather’s corpse around here while the rats eat her homework.
DOCTOR: Uh huh… perhaps you have the wrong junkyard.
Suddenly they hear Susan’s voice coming from inside the police box!
SUSAN: Grandfather, you left the bong on the stack of scrap metal again!
BARBARA: Susan!
DOCTOR: Shit.
IAN: Are you her grandfather? Is she being locked inside that box? What the hell? Susan, try to dial the police from inside there!
[Image ID: the Doctor looking at Ian smugly in the foreground while Barbara looks on in the background]
DOCTOR: I think the two of you are just hearing things. You know how it is with junkyards and their junkyard echolocation. Common knowledge. This is just an ordinary, empty box.
IAN: If it’s just an ordinary box, then you wouldn’t mind stepping aside so we can look inside, would you?
DOCTOR: Oh, fuck off already!
IAN: Not in a million years. Susan, we’re coming for you!
The two of them tussle while BARBARA runs around them and opens the door to the police box.
[Image ID: some blurry shit that looks like an old man throwing hands with a guy in his 30s if you squint]
Barbara steps into the police box, and all three of them end up on the inside!
[Image ID: Barbara, Ian, the Doctor, and Susan all standing around the interior of the police box]
SUSAN: Grandfather, did you grab the bo- oh.
BARBARA: O_O
IAN: How is it bigger on the inside? That defies the laws of physics?
[Image ID: the Doctor holding up one hand as he lectures Susan. Ian watches them in the foreground]
DOCTOR: You’d better get used to it, because you’re my prisoners now. Susan, I told you something like this would happen if you tried to attend high school. Now we’ll have to get a litter box or something for them. I think Koschei left some collars and a leash somewhere around here last time he visited…
IAN: You can’t keep us prisoners in here, that’s inhumane! Besides, someone else is going to stumble onto this box eventually.
DOCTOR: Well then, it’s a good thing that neither I nor Susan are human, then? And I’ll just have to pilot the box elsewhere.
IAN: Pilot a box? But physics-
SUSAN: No, it’s true. Grandfather and I are both Time Lords from the planet Gallifrey, although those names won’t be established for another couple of seasons. The box is actually a time traveling ship called the TARDIS, which is an acronym that I came up with that’ll give a headache to anyone trying to understand the lore. We’re exiles, actually.
[Image ID: Barbara looking at Susan sweetly but sternly]
BARBARA: Susan, sweetheart, have you ever heard of brainwashing?
SUSAN: You’re inside the ship! How do you want proof more definitive than that?
IAN: That’s it, I’m out of here.
Both Barbara and Ian attempt to leave the ship, but find themselves being held back.
[Image ID: Barbara and Ian try to open the doors of the TARDIS but are unable to. Their faces are in distress]
BARBARA: Damn, that old bastard must’ve locked the doors somehow.
DOCTOR: Did you not hear the part where I said you’re my prisoners now?
IAN: I saw him pushing one of those buttons on the console!
DOCTOR: You’ll never find out which button that was! It takes decades to learn the controls to the TARDIS. Even I haven’t learned them all yet!
SUSAN: You threw away the instruction manual, grandfather.
Ian rushes at the control panel and presses a button, but the Doctor presses another button and he gets fucking tasered.
[Image ID: Susan watches as Ian gets electrocuted]
DOCTOR: Bad human! Down!
SUSAN: Grandfather, no!
DOCTOR: Let’s get out of here, we’ve stayed in one place too long already. They wouldn’t let me join the Coal Hill PTA, anyways.
SUSAN: I won’t let you!
The Doctor starts operating the controls to the TARDIS, but Susan jumps at him from behind and knocks him off balance.
[Image ID: a couple of smudges that look like Susan and the Doctor tussling behind the TARDIS console]
SUSAN: They have the Beatles and free love and people my own age here!
DOCTOR: My child, you’re several decades older than every other human at that high school.
SUSAN: I don’t care, you can’t tell me what to do anymore!
They knock over several levers and press multiple buttons in the process, and a few seconds later, the wheezing noise of the TARDIS taking off is heard. Everyone inexplicably passes out, and we fade to black. Then, the TARDIS reappears in an ancient landscape, where we see a strange face looking upon it…
It was a nice spring earning and Julie, Eddie, and Frank were outside in a nice flowery field catching or just watching bugs.
Frank and Eddie don't really get much time together due to Eddie being a mail man so they thought this would be the perfect time to hang out together. On the way there they met Julie skipping around and being her usual self. “HAY JULIE”. Eddie yelled crossing the street. “Hm”? Julie turned around to see her best friend Frank and his boyfriend. “Hiya fellas, whatcha doing”? “Oh, we're just going down to the flower field to look at some bugs and to catch up on things”. Frank said with a smile holding a small leather bag that he carries around for his books and notes. “OOOOO~ that sounds like a lata fun. Can I tag along”? “Sure why not”. Eddie giggled turning to his boyfriend. “Is that ok with you hun”? “Sure I don't see why not.” “YAAAAY~”!!! Julie jumped with joy as she ran over the boys.
—Time skip cause i’m too lazy——
They had made it to a big field of flowers of all different kinds, peonies, tulips, windflowers little rose bushes on the sides, etc. There were many different bugs to look at. Butterflies, bees, Beatles, spiders, etc.
Julie giggled as she ran threw the flower patches. “Guys look, these ones are orange and yellow too, just like my horns”. She said pointing at the tulips and then right back to her horns.
“It sure does”. Eddie gasped. “FRANK LOOK, this one's orange”. Eddie pointed to an orange and black butterfly. “Ooooo~ that's a mark butterfly”. Frank said looking very happy to be talking about his interests.
Meanwhile, Julie was in her own little world chasing the bugs and nationally falling over the ruts of an occasional tree here and there.
“Oof, dat one really hurt”. She quickly put her hands on her mouth and looked over at frank and Eddie laughing at each other in the distance. “Thank god they didn’t here dat”. She groaned (“i cant regress now, I’m with my friends right now. Ooo- but what will they say if they find out”). Everything was flooding her head till she started spacing out.
“Julie”? “Hay Juuuulieeeee, you ok”. “Hu, oh ya m fine”. Julie said trying not to sound so kiddish even thought thats her hole personality but today she was a little off. Her voice was a tad bit higher and she kinda slurred her words. “You sure cause we’ve been calling you for like two minutes now”? Frank sounded a bit worried. “Mhm, m fine, ima be ight back”. Julie then got up and started walking. She didn’t know where she was going, she just new she wanted to get away from the couple.
“Oof”. “Owy, owy, owy”! Julie cries, slowly turning into sobs. “JULIE”!!The boys cried out. “Are you ok”. Eddie says running over to the mentally younger. Julie is still sobbing uncontrollably. “Shh shh, hay everything’s gunna to be ok”. “M-m-m-m sowry”. Her sobs slowly turned into soft cries. “Theres no reason to be sorry, you just had a little accident, your ok, hehe”. Eddie reassures her. “M- what do you want me to do ki—oooh hehe”. Julie looks over at frank making grabby hands towards him. Frank gets down to her level.”are you little right now”. “Mhm” she blushes hiding her face from the two mentally older boys. ”Why didn’t you tell us”. “Cause is didn wan you to e weiwded out. I didn wan you to stwap bein m fwend”. Julie started to tear up. “I don’t know if you know this already but”. Julie looks up at Eddie. Eddie takes out a small stuffed bear and an orange,yellow,blue pacifier. “Im an age regressor too. Well a flip”. “Same here, and when where both small Howdy comes and takes care of us”. The two mentally boys looked over at Julie as she’s giggling ind stimming.
“Now, can we go catch buofwies”.
“Yes, yes, we can”.
Im so sorry that it took me so long.school has been tough cause i had a bunch of tests, but tysm for the request this was a lot of fun to make, especially with some of my headcanons.:)
🎶✨️when u get this u can put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. After, you can send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers🎶✨️ (only if you want to)
I love the word "actually" here. As opposed to the songs I pretend I listen to but don't.
As it happens, I don't have a music taste of which I can be particularly proud; I listen mostly to lofi to help me work, these days, and nightcore to help me stim.
hope to god i wake up and yesterday does not happen to me. i will be so fucked because i listen (sorry) to the beatles but i only know like maybe 5 songs by memory BARELY and i feel like id go insane stimming she loves you yeah yeah yeah and people going lol? at me.
this blog has no set DNI (because anyone should be able to have a nice visual stimming experience), but i block freely.
this blog does, however have a blacklist (yes, i am aware it differs from my main’s, but i am updating my main’s blacklist soon)
BLACKLIST
fiction:
danganronpa, DSMP, harry potter, black butler, countryhumans, hetalia, friday night funkin’, lore olympus, vivziepop media, k*lling stalking (i), poppee the performer,
music:
the 1975 (band), marilyn manson (musician), melanie martinez, lana del rey, michael jackson, the smiths (band), red hot chilli peppers (band), BOTDF (band)
media i will only do if you acknowledge the problems with said media (greylist)
fiction:
the barbie movie, fiction depicting real people (hamilton ((especially)), clone high, our flag means death ((i love both of the last ones, don’t come after me))
music:
dance gavin dance (band), kiss (band), led zeppelin (band), the beatles (band), korn (band), type o negative (band), pink floyd (band), escape the fate (band), foo fighters (band), slayer (band), asking alexandria (band),
fuck you im dropping my small headcanons for mike and micky.
Micky: blind as a bat, puts in contacts every morning.
He often forgets to take his contacts out at the end of the day and sleeps with them in. He quickly realizes it in the morning when his eyes are burning 😟
Loves mexican food a lot!
Uses a lot of womens hair products 🤭
he has adhd (or it would be known in 1965 as Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood 💀💀) but is undiagnosed.
He's good at cooking, but he often gets distracted and lets things burn/boil over.
He's a big fan of more psychedelic and underground music, but still loves mainstream music, like the beatles and the rolling stones.
He is pansexual! but he doesn't know any queer terms, so he sometimes feels like he might be gay, but he experiences equal attraction to men and women and of course anything in the middle.
He loves guacamole and always has the ingredients for it!
He took lots of random studies in community college, most relating to science. He's really good at math and science! He also took some psych courses.
He uses lots of moisturizers and generally lots of womens body care products
He stims often by bouncing or drumming with his fingers or any item he's holding at the moment
He works as a mechanic! (Circa 1965)
He often visits his mom, who also lives in LA, and who is also a nurse!
Is literally a bottomless pit. The only person who will go back for fourths
He has a tendency to blow money and has really bad impulse control. He'll often come home with some random trinket or article of clothing that was pretty pricy
He definitely had a fling with another man in community college. Brings it up in the most casual way at times, often met by odd stares.
Mike: he also enjoys womens body care products and hair care products 😁 he likes to take extra care of his hair and keep it looking nice
He likes doing chores! He likes to stay as busy as possible (mainly due to his guilt complex with living with micky rent free)
He's really allergic to cats!
He grew up in a really small heavily rural and woodsy town in texas. When he comes to California , its quite jarring.
He has undiagnosed autism and deals with many sensory issues such as light sensitivity both indoors and out, texture issues with textures such as felt and microfiber, which he tries to wipe off from his hands or any part of himself when he comes in contact with it, and auditory issues, mostly when things get too loud or when there's a repetitive sound. He also very much likes routine and often gets upset when even the smallest thing about it is different.
He stims/self regulates with pacing, sometimes rapidly.
He has anxiety, CPTSD and depression but just kinda raw dogs life unmedicated/undiagnosed
He really likes milk and will often have several cups a day🤭
His favorite snack are pretzels!
The hat he wears (the one that appears in early episodes for reference) was made by his mom for him when he was really young. it's a comfort item and he protects it almost with his life
He most likely had a beard for the first month he lived with micky, shaving it later on, much to mickys dismay (he liked mikes groovy beard🤭🤭)
He's allergic to shellfish 🦐
He's always really cold (Micky is always really warm. They have a symbiotic relationship)
Horrible at math and pretty much everything academic, nearly flunked highschool and most other grades. The only thing he liked was english and a bit of history.
He is aromantic and asexual and sometimes finds himself in a crisis about it, wondering if something's wrong with him (completely self indulgent leave me alone)
Likes to hide things in his hat! It's got that cartoonish hammer space where anything goes in.
Not a heavy eater, he eats very slow and never really finishes his plate. He doesn't really eat often, mostly because he completely misses hungry cues
Doesn't sleep at all. The most rest he gets is from nodding off occasionally throughout the day
Like micky, he's extremely forgetful, so between the two of them, they often forget important dates or locations of things and will end up in a comedic back and forth of "i thought you knew!!!!"
He's really scared of needles and will pass out if met with one
I have like way more but i will spare your lives n shit .anyway can you tell im normal about them