#Disk Doctors

[nat-20s]

one of the biggest complaints I've seen people make about the bi-generation is that they can now just have David Tennant show up whenever they want and that will idk overshadow the current doctor?? make the show stuck in it's own past??? and I'm like babes I dunno how to tell you this but they can do that with any doctor at any time. And frequently do. William Hartnell's doctor has made multiple appearances AFTER william hartnell died. So again I must ask. Are some of yall watching the same show as me???

#disk horse #kinda #dw spoilers #doctor who #i just feel...that this complaint...is silly

[theywontletmebeprincipal]

if I see one more motherfucker acting like burning man is divine retribution against the rich I’m gonna fucking snap. there’s rich douchebags there, yes, but it’s also an art event that’s been running for 30+ years that’s only been picked up by rich people in the last 10 or so. this isn’t fyre fest. even in the modern scene where wealthy people have started showing up, a ticket is just $500 for the whole stay. if you’ve ever been to comic con you’ve probably spent the same amount of money on a shorter event. congrats. call me crazy but I think assigning objective morality to people based on if they like to have drugged up artsy desert sex (or yes, even their wealth. I don’t think you guys understand the difference between being wealthy and being a billionaire) n then wishing divine retribution on them is a major dick move. what are we the catholic church. also the protestors who drove past people whose lives are in active danger are the bad guys in this situation. sorry

#every time smth like this happens I think abt that post that’s like #you understand doctors are wealthy yes. engineers. etc etc #yes there should be a focus on paying other jobs more too but not every rich person is a workforce exploiting ceo #the submarine was funny because it was 5 businessmen paying an obscene price to be in a disaster #this is people of all walks of life paying $500 to do art n ending up in a disaster anyway #civil disk horse

[mintedwitcher]

Putting aside the controversy of Thirteen's run, I think there's a very simple way that her tenure could've been massively improved, and that's to just cut down the number of companions.

Chibnall has a habit of overloading his casts, and it's objectively awful each time. (Staring directly at you, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, six leads what were you thinking?!)

What I would've done, personally, is split up the "fam" early on. Let that first episode be the same, introducing these characters to the Doctor. But here's where I'd change it:

When offered to travel, Graham and Ryan say no. They're grieving, they've just lost a family member, one that they both loved so much. That loss brings the two of them closer, but they don't need a big fancy adventure to cement that. They say no, and they stay home.

Yaz, however, says yes. Partly because the Doctor is a new mystery, and as (excuse me while I gag) a policewoman, Yaz is going to be drawn to that. But also because she's bored of her life. She's working a job that's sticking her with low-level calls (understandably, she's new), and she's just so bored of it, so when the Doctor promises a trip and that they can get back "in just five minutes," Yaz agrees.

First series companion: Yaz. Just her and the Doctor. This gives them more time to build a genuine friendship and bond, unlike the actual canon which was... surface level at best all around. Let them understand one another, have Yaz bring out the Doctor's sillier, feminine side (since she was most Definitely masculinised to try and appeal to the fanbase). Let them have some fun adventures, some thrilling ones, some dangerous ones, and let them become the Besties we know in our hearts they should've been. (We got bits of that in series 13 before the cast was bloated again, but like. Imagine a full series of that dynamic. The sheer badass potential. I crave it.)

Next series, something happens closer to home, and Yaz decides to become a part-time companion instead, choosing to stay on Earth more frequently than dashing off with the Doctor, staying with her family, working her normal job with the satisfaction of knowing that she's not cut off from the Doctor for good. (More akin to the 11/Ponds dynamic, rather than the Doctor's usual practice of vanishing on past companions.)

As for who would 'replace' her as a full time companion, I'd like it to be Ryan for a time, but not Graham yet. As much as I adore the granddad/grandson dynamic of Ryan and Graham, I think Graham had a tendency to overtake quite often, and Ryan was often the afterthought. I'd love to see Ryan really step up into that role, having gotten through his grief over his grandmother. (During this, I'd like to think that Graham somehow meets and befriends Dan, because he really does need a friend who is not his grandson or his grandson's old school mate, Yaz.)

Ryan and the Doctor could have a lot of really great moments, and I think that having the Doctor travel alone with Yaz first would've prepared her more for the intricacies of social interaction this time around, so she's more adept at handling Ryan's story, and more open to him on an emotional level, almost taking on a parental type role with him.

I think, then, it'd be fitting to have a split-season model (like series 7a and 7b), where Graham finally comes aboard in the later half, convinced to go on "just one trip" with his grandson. We get the family dynamic there between Graham and Ryan, on much more solid ground now that they've had time off-screen to put in the work for their own relationship and grief. We also get Graham taking on a sort of brotherly, almost paternal role towards the Doctor, too, because she looks so young despite her real age, and Graham is just as protective of her as he is of Ryan, and the Doctor is equally protective towards the both of them.

Then, give Thirteen a few episodes fully on her own. Give her the space to take what she's learned from her latest companions and internalise it, give her room to work on her own, either by choice or by necessity. Really delve into this 'new' incarnation of the Doctor, what she's capable of. Three episodes, I'd say. Then, have her go and pick up the 'fam', because she's learned how to ask for help this time around, and she knows she needs her friends by her side for whatever is to come. Along the way we can have her meet Dan, a one-off companion, and a handful of the rest of the bloated cast (seriously how were there so many main characters in a NINE EPISODE SERIES jfc I am taking your pens and keyboards away from you, CC), and etc etc etc.

Just by breaking up the companion structure, suddenly the plot and the characters have so much more room to breathe and become a cohesive unit by the end of it. I understand that Chibnall wanted to shake up the typical formula by having three simultaneous companions, but it just fell flat, and the end result was that none of those characters - even the literal lead of the goddamn show - had any space to develop. Genuinely, if you asked me to recount a single line by ANY of those companions, I couldn't give you an answer. Not a single one. Ask me to do the same for Clara, or Amy, or Rory, or Donna, Martha, Rose, hell even fucking Astrid, and I'd be able to give you a few each, probably verbatim, because those characters were developed.

Sometimes, the formula of a show needs to be shaken up. But sometimes it's been the same for a long time because it works. This is one of those cases.

#obligatory disclaimer: this is not hate #thirteenth doctor #yasmin khan #ryan sinclair #graham o'brien #doctor who #i would've added dan as a long term companion but tbh i don't remember him much sooo... sorry #long post #wow actually did not realise how long this got until now oops #pls god do not let this summon the disk horse

[brookriver-mudlark]

my friend's watching Sonic X and providing commentary throughout

#i don't know the context ask my friend instead #sonic x #sonic the hedgehog #doctor eggman #robotnik #duel disk #yugioh

[lifblogs]

So I was trying to talk about how she thinks I should “move around” and is being an ableist butt about my injury. She thinks it’s wrong that I’m bedbound at 25. And also that that is somehow my choice and my fault. I’m not lying right now when I say I want her to have my injury for five minutes, and then I can tell her to “move around.”

#yes mom let’s ignore the er doctor #who told me i have to be lying down #i’ve also explained to her what happens #in your spine when you sit and why that’s bad for me #but does she understand? nope #btw the er doctor thinks my already herniated #s1 disk has been severely damaged #personal #my mom #ableism

[throwaninkpot]

Ajghdfgjhkdf this is fun, I saw someone earnestly calling doctor/rose p*dophilia bc she was 19 when they met. Versus hypothetical doctor/martha which is obviously the more ethical and adult shipping option.

Babes. He's 900 years old. I don't think Martha being aprox. 27 makes the age gap any less of a thing. Also, that is not what p*dophilia means.

#I'm not being facetious it genuinely made me laugh bc it was so silly a statement #sorry to be doctor who posting in the year of our lord 2024 #just be glad I didn't have tumblr or lj when I was 12 bc it would have been this on steroids #I never tag anymore but idk does this count enough as #disk horse #that I ought to tag to spare my beloved mutuals' dashes?

[windlion]

While I think we were all hoping that Murderbot would be cast as a POC, there's still a few ways this could go in an interesting direction. (There is absolutely no excuse if they make any of the other cast members with POC names white. Nope. None.)

One: they use make-up/effects. You want that construct without melanin? How about NO melanin. Stick with the white and red color scheme! Let MB get new colors when ART remodels.

Two: they're mass-produced genetically engineered clones, of COURSE some asshole went Aryan eugenics on it and every single secunit is a 6'2" white blue-eyed blond. And that was stereotyped as The Image of Authority. The have-to-have accessory for any fascist. Even knock offs and generics HAD to follow the script. No one now is really sure why that's the baseline but it stuck. This has only gotten weirder as time and cultural/genetic drift in the rest of the human population has trended towards brown and choose-your-own-colors.

#Wind is a ridiculous creature #do I have any faith they're going to do something NOT white saviory or just full whitewash? none whatsoever #but there's still hope and fanfic #I would be impressed if they re-cast after ART tinkered a la The Doctor #because why the fuck not #spent yesterday binge re-reading Murderbot #NOT going to tag this because #absolutely do not want any Disk Horse #not the least because I am white so goddamn white y'all bleached flour over here I am not here to invalidate people

[lunar-gl1tch]

wow somebody is soooo quick at replying to anybody not deferring to their moral high ground you'd think they sit there refreshing and waiting for it

id tell you to eat my ass but you'd probably take it for encouraging cannibalism

#what shitty people do in the “name” of somebody does not mean the somebody sent them to harass them. #stop taking fake and doctored and in bad faith 'evidence' to....do the exact thing you're accusing them to do #please #make a minimum of looking into callouts that are not about conduct but 'they said the Bad Word in 2016' #this is why that fucker got away with #seriously. they have no influence on your lives #interesting that i never see these callouts for male youtubers #i wonder why #could be anything #anyway #disk horse done unless u wanna talk like a normal human being lol #any harassment gets the smap history lesson!

[chicago-geniza]

Agnes Callard's Rules For Life…I've been inadvertently following #51 lol

#Agnes said rignity of disk don't go to the doctor eat foods you're allergic to #philosopher polycule tag

[masters-and-magnets]

I have done the art thing.

#and it's almost 1 am rn lol #stayed up all night making this :') #doctor who #tenth doctor #10 and 11 were the best doctors #MY DISK SET IS MISSING TEN'S LAST EPISODES AND I'M SO SAD #digital art #drawing #art #also I have like... an art Twitter now #yay #but it makes me wonder who ever liked twitter #like tumblr has such a better layout to me-- #anyway #i'm rambling and sleep deprived #adios

[antvnger]

Then the Cloak could carry far more than just the good Doctor. It could carry the Quinjet if necessary.

@indoraptorgirlwind

#ask scott lang #scott lang #ant-man #indoraptorgirlwind #cloak of levitation #the cloak of levitation #doctor strange #growing disks #ant man #antman

[qoldwater]

Me @ all bitches with chronic pain/illness/going through a rough time: you're in so much pain that you're entitled to an evil laugh or two, and I mean a big bellowing cackle, maybe even a menacing chuckle to spice it up perchance

#chronic pain #i have a herniated disk and my doctor appointment is on the 3rd #im fucking dying but I'm gonna be evil about it #:)

[mybrainproblems]

when ppl say that late seasons are great only because of destiel and the confession... honeypie you've got no clue how many levels of insanity i've traversed to be a dabbcrit dabbfan dabb apologist and understander and destiel is not the only thing that makes s12-15 great

dabb era is about fathergods and their sons and cycles of familial trauma and free will and defiance of the panopticon authorfathergodnetwork being denied and how thee christian god is real and evil and hates you personally and this goes back to season four [takes a hit]

kisses to everyone who Gets It 😘

it just makes me sad that dabb era gets reduced to destiel when it has so many meta meta themes that deep fry my brain! 😤

#look..i am countless hours and two hundred american dollars deep into dabbology. i don't mean that nobody else gets it #but i am in *deep* on dabbnatural as a special interest #i'm convinced that dabb era will end up being someone's doctorate level thesis on meta meta narratives in media #no i am not going back to university to do this :') #not rebloggable bc i don't want to disk horse but i need to get out this frustration

[sarahwatchesthings]

They broke the Doctor. New operating system install cannot proceed.

#her hard disk is corrupted #doctor who #the power of the doctor

[faggotron9000000]

guys i don't know how to tell you how much "people online making fun of you" is not "gatekeeping"

no one can "gatekeep" trans identity because there is literally nothing random strangers can do to stop you from identifying as trans. they can be horrible to you about it, sure, and you can decide to be trans anyway. even transmeds who really really really want to gatekeep trans identity and healthcare are incapable, they simply do not have the power to stop you from being trans or stop other trans people from welcoming you.

i dont really like this weird leftist/queer theory crossover that talks about "community" like a resource that can be broadly withheld by people making jokes or being rude. like i get how you got there i just think its bananas to use language that conflates queer ppl as a whole, or even individuals who are popular/influential, with the ppl who literally write your prescriptions/leases/laws.

#the primary medications i need are literally illegal and i can only get them from doctors who de facto assume that i am insane and criminall #i really don't think these two powers compare lmfao #disk horse

[scentedluminarysoul]

"Eat a vegetable" they said

Fine. So I put lettuce and cucumber on my bacon and egg sandwich.

Health™

And now my back and leg hurt like hell and my foot is going numb

#What #Another disk hernia thingies #Why #But yeah sure #My back is completely fine according to multiple doctors #Surely #For sure #Definitely fine #Fuck my life