#Gallifrey Intervention Earth

[familyparadox]

It really tells you how bad Ace had it when her only health father figure is Narvin of all people. Like Narv you got some massive character development and Ace gets a dad who is not manipulating her lots.

#other Father figures include Brax and Seven. #Seven and Brax both massively manipulat her #For that matter so does Romana #like is Leela also their only healthy mother figure? #Narvin and Leela are Ace’s health parents. #narvin #ace mcshane #gallifrey #gallifrey enemy lines #gallifrey audios #gallifrey intervention Earth

[umbrellasareforever]

Giving Gallifrey: Intervention Earth another listen (because it’s a fun audio story imo) and it’s led me to wonder; why hasn’t Big Finish done a series of audios with Ace as a Celestial Intervention Agent? 

Is there just no interest in that? I feel like Ace is a very well-loved character, surely people would want to listen to her going on missions of her own with her TARDIS and either temporary companions or somewhat longer running ones. 

#Ace McShane #Gallifrey #Gallifrey Intervention Earth #Big Finish #My thoughts #Doctor Who Extended Universe #DWEU #Romana III #Narvin

[pixel3603]

The music in intervention Earth >>>>>>

#gallifrey audio spoilers #gallifrey audios #gallifrey intervention Earth

[lnhumanity]

Today was a ‘Trey memes’ day. Click the images to go through the first three properly

#Doctor Who #Gallifrey #Big Finish #Romana #Narvin #Romana II #Romana III #Romanadvoratrelundar #Trey #Intervention Earth

[ozzieinspacetime]

So I'm on The Devil You Know in my first listen through of all the Gallifrey audio stuff and I'm really liking it so far! However I have seen, in my perusing of the tags, that it gets. Bad. From here.

And I don't think you can really get much worse than Gallifrey 5 (I mean seriously that whole section is just. Nothing for 3 episodes) or intervention earth but. Can you? Is it really that bad???? Like I don't love the premise of them exploring the war in depth anyway because Its such a thing that is served better untold, but like. How bad is it. Is it unlistenable bad? Or is it "this sucks a tiny bit" bad

#if mischaracterisation of any kind happens i will straight up stop listening #im gonna give it the benefit of the doubt and go in positive! but i am worried #sort of like if you had to rank it from 4.2 (best) to intervention earth (worst) where would you put it. #gallifrey time war #big finish gallifrey

[nightmarepdf]

leela wasnt in intervention earth so they had to have a earth person who lived in the forest call narvin a coward for her

#he IS a coward #but he’s my coward #nightmare listens #leela of the sevateem #narvin #doctor who #gallifrey #big finish #intervention earth

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 49

If you recall from a previous part, it is a class 2 intervention for a Time Lord to set themselves up as a god, and the punishment for this is vaporization. (Audio: False Gods) On an unrelated note, the Doctor is referred to ans treated as a god by many races and species in many different stories.

The Fifth Doctor has given Turlough and likely his other companions long, extended lectures on cricket. (Audio: Phantasmagoria)

The Master was connected to everything and nothing while stuck inside the Eye of Harmony. (Audio: Planet of Dust)

Sarah Jane was aware of the Master before they met in the Death Zone. (Novel: Managra) This suggests that maybe she heard of him through journalism or through UNIT, or maybe, of course, the Doctor spoke about the Master often enough that she became somewhat familiar with who he is.

The Twelfth Doctor once performed surgery on Danny Pink when he had been caught in a blast on an alien world. It was very important to both of them that Clara never found out about it. (Audio: War Wounds)

Time Lords have an instinctive fear of the Ravenous, like how sheep tend to be afraid of wolves and how deer freeze in headlights. (Audio: Deeptime Frontier)

By one account, Sarah Jane thought of the Third Doctor as a father figure but the Fourth Doctor as a mad uncle. (Novel: Managra)

The Master keeps a well stocked liquor cabinet. (Novel: Deadly Reunion)

Under the influence of cyberparticles, K-9 would say "no" instead of "negative." (Audio: The Fate of Krelos)

The Fourth Doctor recalled beating Ernest Hemingway at tiddlywinks, and apparently, Hemingway never forgave him for it. (Audio: Death Match)

The First Doctor and Susan were being pursued by the Chancellery Guard when they stole the TARDIS and ran away from Gallifrey. (Audio: The Beginning)

The Fifth Doctor once used his cricket bat to deflect a sword blow, but his cricket bat was damaged by the impact. This saddened the Doctor. (Comic: The Tides of Time)

The Guardians of Time number six in total and is called the Six-Fold God. All the aspects of the universe are split amongst the six of them. Included in the Six-Fold God are the White Guardian of Light in Time, the Black Guardian of Darkness and Chaos, and the Crystal Guardian of Dream and Fantasy (also known as the Toymaker). (Novel: Divided Loyalties)

The Fifth Doctor and Turlough once showed up to stop an evil from committing murder, only to find multiple versions of the TARDIS nearby and that the previous victims, burnt beyond recognition, all had two hearts. The Doctor realized that he was caught in a paradox and that the previous victims were his future selves who had also shown up to stop the murders. (Audio: Repeat Offender)

According to some, the Doctor was the best agent the Celestial Intervention Agency ever had. (Audio: Intervention Earth)

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#doctor who #dw #dr who #classic who #new who #big finish #big finish doctor who #big finish audios #dw eu #doctor who eu #doctor who expanded universe #fifth doctor #eighth doctor #third doctor #fourth doctor #turlough #vislor turlough #sarah jane smith #the master #first doctor #susan foreman #k9 #k 9 #time lord #time lords #gallifrey #the toymaker #twelfth doctor #danny pink #clara oswald

[joumanadraws]

Short Trip

Here's an original Gallifrey short story from me!

Please excuse the sloppy rendering in places, I really wanted to finish it before I went away and I was dying towards the end. If I collect and print my little comics in the future, I'll do a lot of touching up.

I still barely understand Tumblr so I didn't put any spoilers in the tags...

This takes place sometime after season 6 (after the Axis saga) and before Intervention Earth.

I had an absolute ball imagining this encounter with ensuing character dynamics and I hope you enjoyed these pages... I'd love to hear what's your favourite moment if any!

By the way, the setting is based on real places I visited in the past, where large places of worship were genuinely carved into rock, in Armenia and Ethiopia. Here are a few snapshots with details you'll recognise...

#gallifrey #gallifrey audios #big finish #narvin #fan comic #leela #doctor who #fan fiction #short trips

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Does their enhanced peripheral nervous system mean that a gallifreyan could deal with, say, chronic pain, on their own( at least until I can convince mine to go back to Gallifrey for a checkup)?

Gallifreyan Pain/Chronic Pain Management

Nerve manipulation definitely plays a part in pain management, but Gallifreyans have a few additional techniques to help manage pain effectively, which your Gallifreyan would have already been taught.

🤕 Pain Management

Endorphin Production: Gallifreyans can consciously stimulate the production of endorphins - the body's natural pain relievers. This allows them to reduce the intensity of severe pain. However, this obviously has its limits, and endorphins will only take the edge off for short periods.

Nerve Manipulation: Gallifreyans can manipulate their nerves to some extent and regulate their response to pain. This involves controlling blood flow, potentially leading to localised numbness. However, this form of control is pretty limited and really not suitable for all types of chronic pain for obvious reasons!

Limitations: While endorphin production and nerve manipulation can help manage pain, these methods might not be enough for long-term relief. If pain persists or becomes too severe, more extensive medical intervention may be required.

Drug Intervention: Human analgesics can be used supplemental to help your Gallifreyan manage pain, but they usually require increased doses compared to humans. Non-opioid painkillers like paracetamol are recommended for mild pain. Stronger Earth painkillers would need a prescription and may be harder to obtain on Earth for your Gallifreyan. Aspirin should be avoided completely due to the risk of severe allergic reactions, potentially leading to coma, death, or forced regeneration.

🔄 Healing Coma and Advanced Techniques

Gallifreyans can enter a healing coma when pain or damage becomes overwhelming. This state allows the body to focus entirely on healing, which can help cure the cause of chronic pain/severe injuries. While this is spectacularly handy, it should only be used when absolutely necessary, as it effectively shuts down normal bodily functions temporarily and makes the Gallifreyan very vulnerable.

🏫 So ...

While Gallifreyan pain management techniques can cope with some issues, chronic pain often requires specialised care to improve their quality of life and prevent further complications or long-term damage. If your Gallifreyan is experiencing chronic pain, please encourage them to get a checkup on Gallifrey and seek advice from a medical professional.

Hope that helped! ��

→🫀Gallifreyan Anatomy and Physiology Guide (WIP) →⚕️Gallifreyan Emergency Medicine Guides →📝Source list (WIP)

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[thienvaldram]

My own for fun fleshing out of the idea posited by Jonathan Morris that the other voices Xoanon adopts in the Face of Evil are forgotten incarnations plucked from the Doctor's subconscious.

Specifically played by Pamela Salem, Rob Edwards, Anthony Frieze and Roy Herrick.

The First Xoanon Doctor (Pamela Salem)

This incarnation was posted on Earth by her request, as part of the Time Lords solidifying of the Web of Time as history, arriving in the era of the First World War. Upbeat and playful, she had a knack for outmanoeuvring her opponents even in spite of the cultural pushback against the form this incarnation took. She also often came across as anachronistic due to a lack of understanding of the culture of the era of this planet that she was assigned to. She, however, was occasionally prone to seeing humans more as interesting specimens than individuals in their own right.

The Second Xoanon Doctor (Rob Edwards)

Coming across as an eccentric but kindly Professor-like figure, wearing a scruffier version of a formal outfit. This incarnation took up teaching on Earth. He was heavily interested in the idea of luck as an external force and wore a clover on his lapel to represent that. He was prone to meddling in events outside his purview, but only subtly, within his remit as an agent of the Time Lords and thus often employed luck or what appeared to be luck as a ‘weapon’ of sorts in said situations, despite his pleasant exterior he was capable of doing almost anything if he thought it would benefit the ‘greater good’. He was the first incarnation to meet the Abbot.

The Third Xoanon Doctor (Anthony Frieze)

This incarnation lived for a long time, aging up from a child to an adult. He spent a lot of his time on Gallifrey, getting involved in the internal politics of the planet as an advocate for the Non-Intervention policy. He regretted the meddling his immediate predecessor was prone to, though he still returned to Earth to observe the planet and would occasionally intervene if he found a situation significant enough to warrant it. He was brash and abrasive, and had a superiority complex, but still was a kind-hearted person when the chips were down. He met his end in service to Gallifrey in the midst of a Time War.

The Fourth Xoanon Doctor (Roy Herrick)

A calmer, younger, mellower incarnation. This Doctor prided himself on his moral compass, whilst he still acted as an agent for the Time Lords, he treated the role as secondary to his interest in the planet Earth and its people. He was granted an official remit to travel across the Universe, rather than just the history of the planet he was observing, as a result of a great service to Gallifrey during his early life. He was also one of few early incarnations of the Doctor who contemplated any form of relationship with a human, though he ultimately never went through with it. Despite this, he still maintained a wide social network in the era to which he was assigned.

(Did an amateur artwork, also including headcanons for the 'eras' under the assumption of them directly preceding the Morbius Doctors from Forgotten Lives)

#doctor who #dweu #doctor who eu #forgottenlives #forgottenlivesobverse #morbius doctors #xoanon doctors #pamela salem #rob edwards #anthony frieze #roy herrick #obverse books

[a-wartime-paradox]

The BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures "War in Heaven" arc, as it may have originally been

The BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures, at their start, didn't have any arc set-in-stone, and so author Lawrence Miles wrote the masterpiece Alien Bodies, kick-starting the "War in Heaven" arc. However, on 3 July 2000, The Ancestor Cell was published, putting an end to the War in Heaven arc, at least within the EDA range.

Before this novel was published, Lawrence Miles had other ideas for the War in Heaven, and I for this post have attempted to reconstruct a rough timeline for what could have been, from the available evidence. Bear in mind that I have taken some creative liberties and speculation. As there will be quite a few different stories in different ranges, some released and some unproduced, I've decided to code them for convenience: first off, assume everything is a published EDA unless told otherwise - then, green is for a part of the "Bernice Summerfield" New Adventures, blue is for Past Doctor Adventures, orange is for anything else, and bold is for unproduced (these can be combined).

Prelude

Down (September 1997)*: the Gods are introduced, setting up a War seemingly separate to the War in Heaven. This most likelywasn't originally intended to tie-in to the EDAs, or be part of the War in He and, but was brought in by Dead Romance.

Alien Bodies (November 1997): Faction Paradox, the Enemy, the Celestis, and the state of Gallifrey and it's cloneworlds during the War in Heaven is introduced and established as being in the Eighth Doctor's future.

Unnatural History (June 1999): small skirmish with Faction Paradox. It is altogether unclear whether they come from the War or from the Eighth Doctor's time

Act 1

Dead Romance (1 March 1999): the universe of the VNAs, that of Chris Cwej, is implied to be in a bottle in the EDA universe, as itself contains a bottle. Later stories would draw continuity with the VNAs, and The Ancestor Cell (not counted in this list) saw the merger of the bottle into the main universe. This is also implied to be the case by the fact that Cousin Eliza - Christine Summerfield - appears to be in the prime universe by The Faction Paradox Protocols. Personally, I reconcile these by concluding that only the later VNAs starring Bernice Summerfield, which lacked the BBC Doctor Who license, are part of this "bottle", and that Christine used the Gods of that universe to climb out of it, as she implies at the end of the novel.

Interference: What Happened On Earth (August 1999, part of "Interference"): a major interaction with the War; the Doctor prevents the destruction of Earth by wartime powers, thus marking his first major intervention in the War, as Earth is a cradle point of casualty. The War also infects the Doctor's timestream back to his third incarnation, in Interference: What Happened On Dust.

Toy Story (1999/2004)*2: Lolita talks to the TARDIS.

Interference: Foreman's World (August 1999, part of "Interference"): I.M. Foreman reveals the bottle universe, says the people within created their own bottle universe, and it is lost. This effectively confirms the implementation in Dead Romance. Interestingly, as far as I know, most people read Interference first, completely missing the fact that the ending of it is meant to confirm Dead Romance, not foreshadow it. At least, I completely missed that.

Beneath the Planet of the Spiders (after "Interference"): The Fourth Doctor combats the Eight Legs in place of the Third Doctor, and presumably the effects of Interference are further explored.

Valentine's Day (after "Interference"): the Doctor exiles himself for fear of regenerating into something worse than Faction Paradox could imagine. With his absence, the Daleks rise to power. The Doctor then trains a replacement, with the combined help of the Time Lords and Faction Paradox. Ideas of a replacement were adapted by Miles into The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, where the replacement is Sabbath Dei.

The Taking of Planet 5 (October 1999): Mictlan, realm of the Celestis, is destroyed, and the Doctor aids in saving the rest of the universe.

The Shadows of Avalon (2000): The specifics of Compassion's transformation into a TARDIS, and potentially the transformation in totality, were probably not part of Miles's original plan. However, he notably didn't contradict it in The Book of the War, so this will still be included.

Act 2

From here on out, there aren't any actual plans for Eighth Doctor novels, although that is likely just due to the small gap between Interference and The Ancestor Cell. Nevertheless, this has the interesting diegetic effect of making it seem that the War has started to escape the Eighth Doctor, and is widening it's girth.

First I shall list the unproduced novels that would fit into here, and then offer my diegetic summary:

The War (after 12 March 1999): Pertaining to an unknown range, perhaps the Past Doctor Adventures (as it also included the non-past Infinity Doctors and would have included the future Requiem), this would have featured Joanna Lumley's Thirteenth Doctor being in a concentration camp with other "strays from other realities", all taken from BBC sitcoms which the BBC still had rights to. @verityshush commissioned Wenart Gunardi to make a cover for this, in the style of the Virgin New Adventures (the anachronism fits)

Requiem (after 1998's "Interference"): There is a "huge, bone-like thing" in the sky over a war-paranoid Gallifrey. Miles contested that "The Ancestor Cell" copied the idea of this, but the thing in the huge black bone structure in Requiem reportedly was totally different to in "The Ancestor Cell".). There would have been 5 sequels to Requiem, all following this "future incarnation of the Doctor". Presumably these would have crossed over with the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures at at least one point, if not more.

Below is my deigetic imaging of what could have been.

The War in Heaven expands beyond the Eighth Doctor's timestream, and begins infecting both alternative timelines (The War) and future incarnations (Requiem). The future incarnations may be an "infection" of the developing War, as the Doctor "originally died on Dronid", but as it's heavily implied that's not quite what happened, he could have easily experienced Requiem first and then gone back to the beginning of the War (which should be impossible, but just look at how many times the Eighth Doctor interacted with the future War) to be found on Drornid.

Despite expanding beyond the Eighth Doctor, it still chases him, or to be more specific, the War Queen Romana chases him, Fitz, and their timeship Compassion. Eventually, in unknown book (unknown because future novels with the War Queen Romana never even got to the pitching state, but feel like they should have existed), the Doctor would regain his TARDIS, and in my ideal world it would have regenerated (not because I don't like the Victorian parlour, quite the contrary, I the arc would be more impactful if it had a permanent effect). I think that after he gets his TARDIS back, the Eighth Doctor should just keep on as normal, not really seeing the War all that much, perhaps even his TARDIS has engineered itself to not ever collide with it again - without the Doctor's knowledge? - but there's no "cataclysmic", The Ancestor Cell -like removal of the War.

Compassion, now a timeship separate from the Doctor, Fitz, and the Doctor's TARDIS, would leave the "TARDIS team" and eventually get the companion "Carmen Yeh"*3

Finally, an unnecessary but nice note on how Compassion become the mother of timeships:

The Book of the War, specifically the entry on "Carmen Yeh", features Compassion confronting the War King, and entering into diplomatic relations with him. This is likely the intended point by Miles of when Compassion would have aided in the reproduction of the 103-forms, as opposed to The Shadows of Avalon's version (rape).

*I have not actually read this book, my info for it derives solely from Nate Bumber's blogspot about the Bernice Summerfield War

*2 This was first published in the charity anthology Perfect Timing 2, and then later reprinted in Mad Norwegian Press's edition of Dead Romance

*3 In the Perfect Timing short story "Schrödinger's Botanist", Carmen Yeh would meet Compassion and join her.

Tagging (with permission): @doctornolonger

#faction paradox #doctor who #eighth doctor adventures #the war in heaven #eighth doctor #lawrence miles #essay #a wartime paradox

[familyparadox]

Intervention Earth and the Infinity Doctors, one story from different perspectives.

When I first listened to Intervention Earth a few years back I noticed something odd. I felt that their where significant similarities between the two stories. I will now list those similarities.

They both centre on future incarcerations of the series’s respective main Characters (or potential future in the case of Infinity) who only act as there main incarceration in that story with several camps both before and after.

Omega is the main villain in both.

He (or a permutation of) is referred to as Ohm.

At the end what happens to him is never resolved

Both lead towards a similar War which is distinct from the Last Great Time War

The Stories which tie of these respective war arcs (the Ancestor Cell and Enemy Lines) both see the War erased.

To me this suggests that both stories lead into the War in Heaven and thus The Ancestor Cell and Enemy lines also fulfil the same narrative point much like infinite does with intervention.

Honestly I find this rather fascinating.

#doctor who #faction paradox #dweu #gallifrey audios #intervention earth #the Infinity Doctors

[hollow-keys]

Trying to reconcile the version of the Time Lords we saw in War Games and pretty much all subsequent appearances uurrrgggghhh.

Don't get me wrong, the problems do very much start in the War Games, it's not entirely blameless of later inconsistency. It just gets worse in later appearances. The Time Lords are portrayed as completely against intervention (outside of "righting" the timestream in a Council approved fashion) and the Doctor is diametrically opposed to that. They are at irreconcilable odds.

It's established that calling the Time Lords in would mean the end of the Doctor's freedom, implying that the only reason they didn't capture him before was because they didn't have a trace on him (which they got afterwards, making them able to track and remotely control his TARDIS, making escape impossible). Once a trace has been established, it must therefore be almost impossible to break, and the Council's control over a TARDIS cannot be overridden.

Of course, this set up makes it very difficult to justify further adventures because the show wouldn't be the show if the Doctor wasn't travelling freely and interfering, so they exile him to earth to allow adventures to continue happening while still having consequences.

Now I don't think the Council would be okay with the Doctor having freedom to interfere at all, even on one planet, but it has to happen for the show to keep going. My current theory is that the Council knew of interference in the space time continuum that was going to happen on Earth (mostly because of the Master but also instances outside that) and decided to let the Doctor operate there. While he would think he was operating freely he was actually doing their work for them. This could loop back into season 6B, where they don't give him any real freedom at all and he's under no illusion of being their operative. When whatever incident happens that leads to him refusing to work with them anymore, this more subtle form of control becomes the best option for the Council. While they're not 100% comfortable with this arrangement, they know if he does anything they don't like the effects will be localised, traceable and therefore, reversible.

So that begs the question, why not just imprison him on Gallifrey rather than employ an unreliable agent? Why not kill him? Well, I've thought about this also and my explanation is that it's because there are factions on Gallifrey that are pro interventionist/intervention sympathetic and a public trial which imprisoned a Time Lord for interfering in a benevolent way, just to help people, would rile up those factions and possibly lead to rebellion, or someone freeing the Doctor, or both. An execution would cause even more outrage. Exile with some liberty is a less controversial measure and more likely to keep everyone in line.

Okay, so why did they end his exile in the Three Doctors? Well, after Omega drained their energy, their systems went to shit and they didn't have the resources to maintain the Doctor's mental block or keep track of him with more pressing matters at hand. If people knew they were in a weakened position that could be bad for them so they pretended it was a purposeful pardon.

After this point, I don't really have an explanation for why he was allowed to remain a free actor after they'd recovered from the Omega mess, even less so for why they're so incompetent in The Deadly Assassin and beyond (the President loophole is ridiculous, how do they not know how their own systems work? How is the Doctor suddenly able to outsmart them so easily?) but it's a start.

#rambling #time lords #the doctor #doctor who #classic who #📨

[refined-narvin-appreciator]

I wish I could peer into an alternate universe where multiple series of Gallifrey set in the Intervention Earth timeline were released and we got a bunch of old man Brax and Trey.

#big finish gallifrey #gallifrey audios #big finish #doctor who

[galliversary]

Introducing Aakheperure, our inside cover artist—and one of our page artists, merch artists, and collab artists!

Where can we find you?

Threads: aakheperure

Twitter: Aakheperure

Who is your favorite Gallifrey character?

I grew up watching Leela and Romana on TV, but Narvin is my favourite character. Writer/creator Gary Russell never intended for Narvin to be a ‘mere cypher’ and excellent writing plus Seán Carlsen’s terrific performances have facilitated his development and personal journey, making him rightly a fan favourite.

What is your favorite season of Gallifrey?

I enjoyed the slower paced "wordy" early seasons of political intrigue and less "monster of the week". It was refreshing to spend time in slower low stakes stories where the focus is on characters and their interactions rather than constant peril and event driven narratives.

What is your favorite episode of Gallifrey?

Two episodes stand out for me: Annihilation. Vampires, Werewolves, Geoffrey Beevers and Katy Manning joining the regular trio. What's not to like?

And Intervention Earth - strong Ace stories with the return of Omega (Stephen Thorne) who terrified me as a kid for his pathos and madness.

What is your favorite scene/moment in Gallifrey?

When Darkel betrays Narvin by putting a bug bomb on him - his allegiance shifts from purely the office of President to Romana herself; even if it took her (and Leela) a while to see it.

#gallifrey audios #gallifrey #big finish gallifrey #big finish #doctor who zine

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 1 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

Jubilee

Synopsis

Hurrah! The deadly Daleks are back! Yes, those lovable tinpot tyrants have another plan to invade our world. Maybe this time because they want to drill to the Earth's core. Or maybe because they just feel like it.

And when those pesky pepperpots are in town, there is one thing you can be sure of. There will be non-stop high octane mayhem in store. And plenty of exterminations!

But never fear. The Doctor is on hand to sort them out. Defender of the Earth, saviour of us all. With his beautiful assistant, Evelyn Smythe, by his side, he will fight once again to uphold the beliefs of the English Empire. All hail the glorious English Empire!

Now that sounds like a jubilee worth celebrating, does it not?

Propaganda

One of the most thematically rich and well crafted stories in Doctor Who. No story understands both the Daleks, and British imperialism better than Jubilee. Best Doctor Who story. (@finalpam8000 )

Neverland

Synopsis

The Web of Time is stretched to breaking. History is leaking like a sieve. In the Citadel of Gallifrey, the Time Lords fear the end of everything that is, everything that was... everything that will be.

The Doctor holds the Time Lords' only hope — but exactly what lengths will the Celestial Intervention Agency go to in their efforts to retrieve something important from within his TARDIS? What has caused the Imperiatrix Romanadvoratrelundar to declare war on the rest of creation? And can an old nursery rhyme about a monster called Zagreus really be coming true?

The answers can only be found outside the bounds of the universe itself, in a place that history forgot. In the wastegrounds of eternity. In the Neverland.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Spare Parts

Synopsis

“I'm not even sure they are people by the end. They're just so many tinned left-overs..."

On a dark frozen planet where no planet should be, in a doomed city with a sky of stone, the last denizens of Earth's long-lost twin will pay any price to survive, even if the laser scalpels cost them their love and hate and humanity.

And in the Mat-infested streets, round about tea-time, the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa unearth a black market in secondhand body parts and run the gauntlet of augmented police and their augmented horses.

And just between the tram stop and the picture house, the Doctor's worst suspicions are finally confirmed: the Cybermen have only just begun, and the Doctor will be, just as he always has been, their saviour...

Propaganda

The essential Cybermen story. A sad melancholic story which rips out your heartstrings. (@finalpam8000 )

Creatures of Beauty

Synopsis

A planetary ecological disaster... An incurable, disfiguring, genetic disease... Aliens, in breach of galactic law ...

Nyssa, under arrest... The TARDIS, inoperable... The Doctor, facing interrogation...

Another situation of dire peril is unfolding for the Doctor and his companion. However, what if it is not clear who is right and who is wrong? Who is ugly and who is beautiful?

Where does the story begin, and where does it end?

Sometimes, it is all a matter of perspective.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Doctor Who and the Pirates

Synopsis

All aboard, me hearties, for a rip-roaring tale of adventure on the high seas!

There'll be rum for all and sea shanties galore as we travel back in time to join the valiant crew of the good ship Sea Eagle, braving perils, pirates and a peripatetic old sea-dog known only as the Doctor!

Gasp as our Gallifreyan buccaneer crosses swords with the fearsome Red Jasper, scourge of the seven seas and possessor of at least one wooden leg! Thrill as Evil Evelyn the Pirate Queen sets sail in search of buried treasure, with only a foppish ship's captain and an innocent young cabin boy by her side! Marvel at the melodious mayhem which ensues as we sail the ocean blue!

And wonder why Evelyn still hasn't realised that very few stories have happy endings...

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

#round 1