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random-human-being2311 · 10 hours

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the expanded media whovians keep trying to get me to start listening to big finish and I'm so sorry guys you're amazing and all but to me it always reads like

!! WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR'S EXTENDED WARRANTY !!

thank you guys I appreciate your effort but I'll fall down that hole when I get to it, I'm currently busy obsessing over some other stuff at the moment

#doctor who #doctor who eu #classic who #big finish #dw eu #whoniverse #dw #dr who

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gallifreyinstituteforlearning · 1 day

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What does a traditional family/House dynamic look like, especially in terms of children?

[Does the whole House live in one large building, or is the House more of a common family space? Are children usually cared for by their parents, or is child minding more of a communal responsibility along the lines of "it takes a village to raise a child"? Etc.] < please treat these questions as additional questions like the ones on a school test that the teacher puts in to make sure that the student understands the original big question. I only included them so you could know what I meant when I say "House/family dynamic", because I know that can be confusing

Gosh, I wish you'd have written my exams.

What does a traditional family/House dynamic look like?

Houses are both residences and familial hubs containing a lot of related Gallifreyans. Here's what the dynamic typically looks like, especially when it comes to raising children:

🏠 Brief House Overview

First, a bit of context - Gallifreyan Houses are huge, often sentient structures. They're designed to support entire extended families, often containing multiple generations.

Interior Design: Houses often have high ceilings, large rooms, and sprawling corridors. This setup is on purpose - designed to make newly loomed Gallifreyans feel like children (many loomlings are created with fully-grown adult bodies).

Living Spaces: Houses contain individual bedrooms, communal living spaces, and operational facilities such as the Loomshed. They also have their own crypts for dead House members.

Animated Features: The Houses often have animated furniture, which, if not properly trained, might chase people around. Paintings whisper at passing cousins, and Druges, large automated humanoid servants, roam the premises, performing various duties.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Family Dynamics

Gallifreyan families tend to be large and very hierarchical, with cousins, aunts, uncles, and other relatives living under the same roof. There's a strong thread of communal responsibility and shared upbringing when it comes to childrene (childe = singular, childrene = plural):

Childcare: Childrene are typically cared for by a combination of their parents and other relatives. Parents are present and will look after their child, performing the usual trips out to the galactic zoo or whatever.

Education: The responsibility for education and upbringing is communal, with older House members playing a significant role in brainbuffing (the educational process designed to shape young Gallifreyan minds). This is supported by the help of Avatroids - mechanical beings who were (basically) enslaved by the Time Lords. The boy Doctor had his own personal Avatroid named Badger, whose job it was to protect and educate him.

Communal Responsibilities: Given the House's size and structure, childcare is often a collective effort. The extended family takes part in guiding the children's education and development, with the aim of instilling a sense of duty and obedience ie. House values.

🧒 Children and Brainbuffing

As mentioned, childrene undergo brainbuffing, a rigorous educational process that equips them with a ton of knowledge before they step out into the big wide world. This process involves both formal schooling and informal training at home.

Early Education: During the first eight years, childrene are educated in writing, culture, mathematics, and science, surpassing the knowledge level of many human college students. Extended family members play a significant role in this process.

Traditional Activities: Despite the emphasis on duty, childrene can happily engage in activities like lushberrying and playing with onion dolls. However, there are no playgrounds on Gallifrey due to the focus on obedience.

Communal Upbringing: The entire House contributes to the upbringing, fostering a strong sense of community and collective responsibility.

🔥Then Comes Life

At the age of eight, children are snatched away from all of this and put into Chapter Academies away from their Houses and families for around 200 years. Bummer.

🏫 So ...

Gallifreyan Houses blend family living with communal responsibilities. They focus on fostering a sense of duty and service, with a significant emphasis on education and discipline. While parents play a crucial role in raising childrene, the communal approach ensures that every child has a network of support and guidance throughout their early years, which is then completely turned on its head.

Hope that helped! 😃

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aziraphaleapologist · 2 months

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i’ve only seen a few episodes of four’s era but i found this outtake and i’m fuckinf crying because of it. why does he say it as if that’s his actual line

#doctor who #classic who #fourth doctor #whoniverse #4th doctor #sunken scrolls

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illustoryart · 6 months

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So... all of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will - where do you want to start? ✨

Hello Whoniverse! 💙🔷💙

#doctorwho #doctor who #whoniverse #whovian #tardis #doctor who fanart #my fanart #wibbly wobbly timey wimey #doctor who quotes

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benoits-neckerchieves · 5 months

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David Tennant and his family in the TARDIS !!!

Source: @ georgiatennantofficial on Instagram

#look how happy he is !!#david tennant #doctor who #georgia tennant #doctor who 60th anniversary #tardis #doctor who series 14 #good omens #doctor who spoilers #doctor who memes #14th doctor #10th doctor #dr who fandom #dr who series 14 #whovian #whoniverse #the doctors daughter #the star beast #beep the meep

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tylerposey · 5 months

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DAVID TENNANT & NCUTI GATWA "The Giggle" — Behind the scenes of 'Doctor Who'

#david tennant #ncuti gatwa #dwedit #doctorwhoedit #doctor who #dwgif #timelordgifs #usertennant #userveronika #usersugar #tuserpris #behind the scenes #whoniverse #gif #mine #*

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irate-iguana · 8 months

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We need more weird historian rep in Doctor Who. The companions are too normal when faced with the prospect of time travel. I want a companion who makes a list of super specific historical destinations related to their dissertation. I want somebody whose first reaction to finding out that the Doctor is a time travelling alien is to create a Microsoft Word document and ask, “What caused the Late Bronze Age collapse?”

#i know ian’s a history teacher but i want a little freak working on their phd. caffeinated and sleep deprived and broke #i haven’t seen a ton of old who though so please let me know if someone does match this description #and my memory of most of moffat’s era is fuzzy at best #edit: BARBARA’s the history teacher i’m sorry i wrote and queued this at 3 AM #doctor who #whoniverse #original post

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scottishmushroom · 4 months

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THE DOCTOR IS CANONICALLY QUEER! THE DOCTOR IS CANONICALLY QUEER!

*maybe I should’ve said the Doctor ✨continues✨ to be canonically queer, bc some of y’all are coming at me. This one just felt different to me, and I think we’re going to get more than just hints or throw away lines.

#doctor who #doctor who christmas special #ncuti gatwa #15th doctor #whoniverse #dr who #doctor who spoilers

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witchofthemidlands · 5 months

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Me watching Midnight for the first time aged 8:

Me watching Wild Blue Yonder for the first time aged 24:

#apart from the last five minutes of course 🥹#the second i saw him i started sobbing #fourtenth doctor #fourteenth doctor #donna noble #midnight #wild blue yonder #doctor who #whoniverse #dw spoilers #i got the number wrong i was eight i cant see the right numbers for the life of me #this is why i failed my maths

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please-attend-carefully · 2 months

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The BBC wants to automate posts on the same week we're all losing our minds over Whoever has been running the Big Finish Instagram.

#doctor who #bbc doctor who #big finish #big finish audios #the doctor #seventh doctor #fifth doctor #sixth doctor #bernice summerfield #Thoschei #morbius #Gallifrey #doctor who podcast #the master #whoniverse

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thelvadams · 6 months

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Welcome to the WHONIVERSE!

The TARDIS doors are open… BBC iPlayer welcomes the biggest collection of Doctor Who, with over 800 episodes of Doctor Who and its vast worlds beyond, available from 1st November. 💫

#doctor who #dwedit #dwgifs #doctorwhoedit #timelordgifs #whoniverse #new who #classic who #fourteenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #thelvadams.gifs #this is my joker

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sharlinefreire · 8 months

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he's a trans man, he's genderfluid, he's babygirl, he's a 97 year old grandfather, he's a single mother, he's a creature of unknown origin, he's a forest spirit, he's a twink, he's an abstract thought, he's an independent woman