#also new doctor who episodes

[inniave]

after surgery i'm buying myself pentiment goddamnit

#reasons to live #also new doctor who episodes #i've been wanting to play for soooo long but haven't really had the money to spend #so i'm using this as an excuse #trying to focus on all the fun/good/cool things that i can do after #seeing hozier later in the summer #watching the wild flowers come up in the backyard #this is hell but i will get through it and there WILL be an other side i will make sure of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #there's a chance we can get it done tomorrow if the doctor thinks it won't be super complicated #i hope we can cause the longer this goes the more we suffer #i just want it to be over #once i'm all healed i am going to smoke a cigarette and savor every fucking puff i haven't been able to smoke for over a k month now :/ #another thing to look forward too #and i think i have a vinyl preordered???? am can never remember what other parts have bought #oh and i'm going to binge rewatch the hunger games (all of them) after surgery #been meaning to do that & im using this as an excuse to do nothing but watch movies all day #got some audiobooks downloaded that hopefully they'll let me listen to during (unless it's going to be loud (??) then i have music) #i'm taking my puppy stuffie husband got me when we had to live apart for a summer before we got married #puppy is so special to me #he goes everywhere with me #i love him so much #i would just hold him and cry and cry and cry when husband had to leave :(((( #i am so scared #there's so many young parts too who are just i mean they are the ones holding a lot of this shit like i cant imagine what it's like for the #the little bit that leaks through to me is horrific and makes me want to fucking vomit #i'm worried for them #they're splitting bad :((( and i don't have any way to help #we're doing our tapping and tre and everything but idk how much that helps on the inside #idk man #it's all so much

[expelliarmus]

#mine #doctor who #dwedit #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #millie gibson #dw spoilers #finally making some gifs!!! :'))) #also overall had a very fun time while watching the new episodes! #so happy dw is back!!!!

[starleska]

ohhh my goodness look at Maestro's musical staff + notes neck tattoo…!!!! i love it 🥴💖🎶

#this whole look is MAGNIFICENT i am in love #can we talk about how terrifying Maestro is in this clip. identification via voice + tuning fork is a new level of fear #also please do be aware i'll be posting Doctor Who spoilers as the clips come and the episodes drop but tagging them appropriately!! #doctor who spoilers #doctor who #maestro #jinkx monsoon #starleskatalks

[thewildwoodpigeon]

Susan foreman is such a weird character to me. She's technically the whole reason the plot of the entire series kick off, but dosent have much impact on the plot beyond that, with her constantly playing damsel in distress and isn't allowed to do all that much by either the charcters or the writers, which sucks! Susan, in concept is such an intresting character! I do like her! It's just that the writers did so little with her at the time when she could of been so much more.

#Also btw sorry if this is inaccurate to the doctor who lore or something I'm a new fan. I'm still watching the first doctor episodes. (I'm o #Also sorry if this is poorly worded I am TERRIBLE at writing my opinions and I also didn't read this over in a draft or anything #Just needed to get this out of my system lol #pigeon postings #Doctor who #Classic who #First doctor #Susan foreman

[kris-py-president]

With how many references there are in this season about the doctor being a parent, we are definitely going to have some Susan content. I mean, when doctor who keeps shoving the same clues in your face over and over again, it's best to not overlook them.

#the doctor these past few episodes being REALLY REALLY clear about the fact that they had kids at some point #its like #yeah man youre gonna get child jumpscared at some point this season #anyway #ugh #i cant shut up about this #that episode was so good jesus christ #doctor who boom #boom #new who #new new who #doctor who spoilers #dw spoilers #ncuti gatwa #ruby sunday #also i half expected ruby to start regenerating there for a second ngl #lmaooo #doctor who

[soupforsoup]

I need everyone to see this because the difference between Maria gently holding Luke's hand and leading him versus Sarah Jane fully Dragging this kid by the wrist is so funny, like miss girl's commitment to Not Being A Child Person, only to adopt and treasure this boy as the center of her universe twenty minutes later??? Tears, tears running down my face

#this is hilarious to look at and also makes me want to cry #luke had a full five seconds of independence in this episode and the rest of the time he was incurably a lost puppy I love him #I lovelovelove watching when new characters come in and how they react to luke's whole Being and The Way He Is #but this is so funny to me #the sarah jane adventures #sarah jane adventures #sarah jane smith #maria jackson #luke smith #sja #doctor who

[regenderate]

people are soooo mad about the new sonic screwdriver not having an element of thirteen's sonic and saying thirteen era is going to be erased or whatever as if thirteen ever mentioned anything that happened in twelve era despite having literally just lost like all her friends...

#lifeblogs #doctor who #i also feel like there might be. narrative reasons. to have all the other new who doctors #but also i think part of it is that her sonic's aesthetic is so different from the others it's hard to integrate #which goes into a whole other conversation about her aesthetic more generally but that's not what this is about #also like moffat era doesn't mention rtd era that much either #it's different because it's an anniversary but like. we have not seen the episode yet. we do not know what will happen

[gallifreyanhotfive]

spoilerposting is fucking cringe. watch the episode live, don't support the move to streaming.

Oh sweetheart I'd be tagging my spoilers and talking about the new content (or whatever the hell "spoilerposting" means lmao) even if it hadn't moved to streaming because 1) people like to talk about the new episodes and 2) I want to give people who have not watched it the opportunity to block the spoilers tags. Don't be such a killjoy, darling!

But also thank you for the funniest fucking ask I've gotten all day! Honey, I live for being cringe!!! Imagine how dull life would be if you were always worried about what was or was not "cringe." Huh. Couldn't be me lmao

For now though,

#im laughing my ass off right now tbh #of course im gonna talk about the new episodes!!! #im a dw blog!!! #but im also going to tag it appropriately!!! #because im not a dick and want to give people a chance to watch it first!!! #but this was highly amusing lol #doctor who #dw #dr who #classic who #new who #dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #spoilers #ask #asks

[tea-earl-grey]

something i'm thinking about that's making me a little hesitant of the specials is that i very obviously see that they're trying to have Fourteen (still gritting my teeth when I say that) parallel Ten and fix some of Ten's mistakes. and yeah that's cool! the Tenth Doctor has the fascinating character arc that is really interesting to dissect and parallel. we've already seen The End of Time parallels with Donna & Rose saying that you need to let it go (vs Ten's "I don't want to go."). the glass wall in Meep's spaceship paralleling the radiation chamber with Wilf. Fourteen saying "Why does it have to be this?!" instead of "Why does it have to be me?!" and logically the best way to justify David Tennant coming back as the Doctor is to say this new mini-era is to fix the Tenth Doctor's mistakes and respond to that era of the show.

but my issue is that we already did that. the Twelfth Doctor's era is such a perfect response to Ten's. Ten often hid behind their whimsical charisma until it bubbled over (most notably in the Time Lord Victorious arc) but Twelve always had that brutal honesty and darkness and instead learned to embrace whimsy and kindness over time. Twelve was put in a similar position as Ten & Donna where they believed the only way for Clara to live is to erase her memory and Clara calls him out on that bullshit because she won't have her memories and her life stolen from her and instead the Doctor's memories are wiped. both Ten and Twelve's era have an immortal character (Jack & Ashildr/Me) and Jack is in love with the Doctor and pretty blatantly hero worships them whereas Ashildr does. not. like. the. Doctor. and challenges their views. Twelve and Missy managed to have the healthiest relationship that the Doctor and the Master ever had when uh. Ten & Simm!Master very much did not. Twelve managed to stay in one place on Darillium for 24 years and at St Luke's for at least 70 years while Ten constantly needed to move forward. Ten was the first Doctor to meet and remember River while Twelve was the last (onscreen at least). Ten agonized about sacrificing themself for Wilf, for one innocent because they believed they could have been so much more, and Twelve doesn't hesitate for one moment over laying down their life for a doomed village in The Doctor Falls. Ten's last words are "I don't want to go." and Twelve's last words are "Doctor, I let you go."

i'm not against Fourteen mending their past mistakes and i expect these parallels to continue but i really hope there's something more to Fourteen having their old face back because frankly i don't think we can parallel and dissect Ten's era any better than Twelve's era did.

#doctor who #new who #dw spoilers #the star beast #tenth doctor #fourteenth doctor #twelfth doctor #meta #also sorry if i'm coming off as not liking Ten bc i very much do like them but in a way that like. i want to study them #i'm excited for the next two episodes (esp wild blue yonder) but i'm also a little cautious #anyways i will die by the fact that 12's era is the best of doctor who #i get it if it's just not your taste or w/e but to me it's the platonic ideal of doctor who

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

Minor Doctor who spoilers i guess but not really

did Space babies give anyone else The beast below vibes??

#minor spoilers #but also not #just vibes #doctor who #nu who #doctor who spoilers #this isn’t a bad thing fwiw #just an observation #beast below is in my top 5 episodes honestly #new doctor who #doctor who s5 #doctor who s14 #i refuse to call it 1 #rtd can fuck off with that #rtd2 #ncuti gatwa #millie gibson #matt smith #karen gillan #the beast below #space babies #might just be me #eleventh doctor #fifteenth doctor

[3gremlins]

i just love that a show as big as doctor who came out with its whole chest and said FUCK YOU TERFS YOU ACTIVELY MAKE LIFE DANGEROUS FOR TRANS PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE NO PLACE HERE

like tysm, russell t davies <3

(also finally justice for donna)

#i know rtd had some issues in the past but the new dr who ep was so good it was some growth #i wasn't sure about david tennant's return b/c as much as i love him it feels like a step backwards but this was good #i do think jodie whittaker deserved better tho #doctor who #doctor who spoilers #doctor who special #episode 1 was so cute and i also loved the meep #which i think was a puppet? i hope because it was good and looked puppety in the best way (also love a chaotic evil villain) #trans #i think my only note as a non binary person is it bugs me slightly when people try to explain non binary in fantasy/sci fi #like the “whole you're non binary because of x” trope but ill let it slide this once #it's just so big for something that big to come out and tell off the dangerous fascist bigots for once #doctor who special spoilers #sex education did it a bit too in s4 but that show's not as big as doctor who but i still appreciated it

[twicearoundthebend]

15 year old me would be going absolutely insane over the media coming out rn

Percy Jackson tv series? Hunger games prequel?? Dan and Phil games is back??? David Tenant as the doctor again????

Wild.

#percy jackson #the hunger games #dan and phil #doctor who #not to mention the new doctor who episode also being about Donna

[expelliarmus]

#mine #doctor who #dwedit #david tennant #catherine tate #beloveds!!!! #i saw the newest dw trailer on tv today!!! #i need the new episodes now!!! #oh and i've gotten back into catching up on my big finish audios #i'm listening to the newest classic doctors new monsters set #it's been very fun #oh also i got a new student today #and his mom was a bit worried about how he'd be on his first day at a new school #but he saw my lanyard during carpet time and was like 'is that raichu?' #and all of my other kids were like 'LOOK AT ALL HER OTHER POKEMON THINGS' and he was very happy #and i was like bro you are going to fit right in #ok i haven't talked in the tags about my day in a long while hahaha #byeee good night tumblr friends!!

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

Tbh saying that people hate the 13th doctor 'just because she's a woman' is a really bad-faith stupid take. You can enjoy 13. But if you make a point like that it's actually you who's dismissive and making it about gender.

#I tried really really fuckin hard to like 13 BECAUSE she's the first female doctor and I knew everybody would throw a hissy fit #unfortunately I could talk for hours about why I don't like the writing or characterization #unfortunately. #and I um. I havent watched the new episodes of 14 yet but I'm scared because I think it's gonna suck #from what I've seen #and I'm gonna be stuck in the middle again as someone who really doesn't like it but also isn't a raving homophobe racist #zero nuance from everybody you either gotta be super on board with the weird new direction or people want you to join the dark side #and people will claim 'the show's always been like this you're just stupid and nostalgia blind!' when the show is straight up a musical now #I'll give it a shot but I'm worried #it's such a damn shame because I was so excited when I heard that not only is the new doctor ICON NCUTI GATWA but that RTD is also back #dcotor who

[billpottsismygf]

I've been stewing a little over the last few days about the news regarding the Doctor Who airing times and, although there's been a lot of discourse and probably everything has been said already, I just need to get my rant out there anyway.

For the uninitiated or the unsure, the brief rundown is that new episodes will drop online at the same time worldwide before the BBC 1 broadcast. This will be Fridays 7pm US time (EST I think) and Saturdays midnight in the UK. There will also be the usual Saturday evening broadcast on BBC 1, 18 or 19 hours later. Also, the premiere (10th/11th May) will drop the first two episodes of the series at once.

Simultaneous broadcast is pretty cool, and I believe the 60th specials dropped at the same time as the UK evening broadcast, giving an afternoon time for the US. That's great, but it's really messing with me that this new system completely shafts the UK in terms of viewing times. I'm not saying that only the UK has passionate fans, but I am saying that the UK is where Doctor Who is a cultural institution more so than anywhere else in the world, and seeing it prioritise the US is incredibly frustrating.

Moving to the specific fallout, there's the part of me that is upset on my own behalf, as my autistic self is really struggling with the notion that to watch the show ASAP I will now have to do so at midnight (on a Friday night too!). Since I was 9 in 2005, I have only twice gone to bed with a new episode unwatched. Occasionally that has been at stupid times in the early morning because I've been doing things for Saturday night, but generally I have watched the broadcast as much as possible, and often with other people as a community event. As a child it was always with my dad; as an adult it's often with friends!

Ultimately, though, I'll be fine. I'll watch by myself on iplayer at midnight because I am an adult who can make these choices, even if I'm sad that I probably won't get to have the viewing parties I had started to have with friends in recent years. (Though, who knows, we all have weird sleep schedules. Maybe midnight viewing parties are still on the cards.)

However, for all the kids out there I am so incredibly annoyed. I can't imagine if any of the iconic episodes from my childhood had aired the night before and I'd been unable to stay up for them. Blink? The Stolen Earth? Doomsday? I don't wish to overstate the matter, but I truly believe Doctor Who has remained such a cultural institution precisely because of its status as a family show. People are raised on it and then raise their kids on it and so on.

What are kids going to do now? Some might be allowed to stay up for the midnight release, though not many, especially for that double release which will end at like 1:30am. Others might watch it when they get up, but likely without the community aspect of the whole family sitting down for it. Still others might wait for the Saturday evening broadcast, having to dodge spoilers from other kids and adults as they go about whatever Saturday activities they have.

Regarding spoilers, I've seen some snarky comments saying 'just avoid social media lol', but firstly that's quite difficult in this day and age, and secondly it's not just social media. For one, there are all the tabloids that will plaster any new details across the front page, but also I can vividly remember talking about the brand new Doctor Who episodes at school, and how big an aspect that was of the community excitement. My teacher even did an impression of a weeping angel the week Blink aired, moving closer with a scary face when I looked away for a moment. Sure, there won't be school on a Saturday, but plenty of kids will be doing activities with other kids (dance classes, football, drama clubs etc.). What will happen when some kids have been allowed to watch the new episode and others haven't?

It may seem trivial to some, but I don't think it is. Where's the event aspect of it? Where's the community? Sure, I'm biased as an autistic Brit who grew up with the show and doesn't like change, but this new model seems designed to dilute both the excitement and importance of a new Doctor Who episode on a cultural level.

#doctor who #whew it feels good to finally type up all my thoughts and feelings #I've got over some of the initial autism 'oh no friday night midnight on iplayer arrghhhhh that's not how you watch doctor who' #but I'm still feeling a greater frustration with this decision and how much it will alter the culture around doctor who #which is not just contained to hardcore fans #but to more casual fans and most importantly families and kids across the whole country #mine #dw #dwmine #there's also how late I'll be able to stay online having thoughts and buzzing about New Episode #but again #my sleep schedule is fucked anyway so I'm not the one with the biggest problem

[plumspider]

I GOT DALEKS OMG

AND THEIR WEAPON THINGYS JIGGLE

OMG AHH

#I’m actually so happy #also #who’s excited for the 60th anniversary #I am #and the new episodes #and the old episodes #ahh #dr who #doctor who #dr who fandom #daleks #dalek #revolution of the daleks #60th anniversary #doctor who 60th anniversary #the doctor #David Tennant #Catherine tate #donna noble #matt smith #tenth doctor #fourteenth doctor #eleventh doctor #(these are the ones I’m watching currently)