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The Age of the Wolf (6/9)

Rating: Mature overall, this chapter is teen

Pairing: Eighth Doctor x Rose Tyler

Written for @doctorroseprompts and Eight x Rose August. Prompt: Dimension hopping!Rose meets Eight / What if Rose was with Eight or met Eight during the Time War?

Read it on Tumblr: Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5 / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Chapter 9

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“I’m sorry, sir, but there’s been absolutely no sign of him.”

The Lord President turned angry eyes on the Doctor and his bondmate. “How can the Master just have disappeared without a trace?”

“The Cruciform was in chaos when the Dalek Emperor took control, maybe-”

“We were winning, how did we suddenly lose?”

“I can’t say, but the Master has always been very good at using distraction to-”

“Enough!” Rassilon narrowed his eyes at the Doctor. “The two of you have worked well enough together in recent years.”

“What are you implying?”

“I want every stone unturned until he’s found. The loss of the Cruciform is on him. I want answers. Check the Matrix. Check the Drylands. Get that little human hunter you’re friends with on it.”

“Leela has more important things to do than-”

“Recall every TARDIS that’s left Gallifrey if you have to. And while you are busy with that, have the…” Rassilon looked with disdain at Rose. “...Abomination you call wife check the fortifications over Arcadia.”

Rose bristled at the insult, but when the Doctor took a step forward, she grabbed his arm and shook her head and hissed under her breath, “Let it go, Doctor. Let’s...just go.”

“She’s a goddess. You’re not fit to breathe the same air as her.”

The Lord President laughed. “The closest the Time Lords have to a god is me. I brought Gallifrey out of the Dark Times. I gave us time travel. I molded us into the greatest society in all the multiverse. Your little human pet is only allowed here as long as she holds some usefulness. It’s lucky for you she’s so very bad at dying.” Rassilon sneered and made a gesture dismissing them.

Rose gritted her teeth and dragged the Doctor from the President’s private chamber.

He turned to her when they were alone in the corridor. “Rose, I’m sorry.”

“Not your fault the Time Lords elected giant prick as President. He doesn’t bother me.”

The Doctor raised his eyebrow.

Rose smiled. “...Much. I’m here for you, not him. Now come on, we’ve got a job to do.”

“The Master is slippery and a master of disguise. If he doesn’t want to be found-”

“Not talkin’ about lookin’ for that nutter. We should check the sky trenches and ramparts. That’s what’s keeping the people safe and is actually important.”

The Doctor pulled his wife against him and kissed her. “I love you.”

Rose sighed and rested her head on his shoulder. “I’ll never tire of hearing it.”

“Well, it’s a good thing I’ll never stop telling you.”

Rose pulled away with a sad smile and pressed a quick peck to the Doctor’s lips. “Love you too. Now let’s get going.”

“Rose!”

The Doctor ran to where his bondmate had fallen in the desert. She’d been inspecting the fortifications high over Arcadia, as commanded, when the Dalek Emperor's Flagship attacked. After being hit by an energy ricochet, she’d plummeted thousands of feet back to the ground.

When he reached her, she was unconscious and her clothing still smoldered. He fell to his knees in the sand beside her and used his jacket to extinguish any embers left burning. His hearts pounded with fear every time she was sent to do something dangerous, even knowing she couldn’t die. It didn’t matter; when something went wrong, it was torturous. They had been fighting side by side for 117 years and she’d had 37 almost deaths. Each time he worried that this time it would be different, that this time she wouldn’t come back to him.

“Wake up, sweetheart. Please.”

Her body took on a golden glow and her burns and injuries quickly healed themselves. Her eyes opened and her oxygen starved lungs gasped for air.

“Doctor!”

He bent over her prone body and hugged her close. “My darling Rose, I love you, but you scare me every time you do that.”

“Better me than you.”

“Don’t say that, love. If I could save you one moment of pain, I would.”

“How are you going to give me forever if you’re the one dyin’ all the time? Let me do this for us.” Rose pressed her lips to his in a soft, easy kiss. She collapsed back into his arms with the need to breathe. “We have to go...the Sky Trenches aren’t going to hold much longer.”

He looked down at her and shook his head. “I’ve sent word to the General at High Command, but before we go back we need to find you some new clothes.” She glanced down. Hers were burned nearly from her body.

The Doctor carried her through the Drylands toward a small settlement in the hopes that someone remained or at the very least had left some supplies behind after fleeing. He slowed as he approached a wooden homestead that, like the rest of Gallifrey, had seen better days. He awkwardly shifted her in his arms so that he’d be able to knock.

“Put me down, I can stand.”

They stood side by side, as the door was answered by an old woman. Her hand went to her mouth. “M-my Lord Doctor and Lady Moment.”

The old woman stooped to bow, when Rose gently stopped her. “None of that now. It’s just the Doctor and Rose.”

“Might we come in?”

“Oh! Of course, please.” The woman stepped back and waved them entry.

The woman walked over to her fireplace and prepared two bowls of porridge. She brought them to the table for her guests. “I’m sorry I can’t offer more.”

The Doctor and Rose sat on a worn bench.

“You are most kind, madam.”

Rose raised the spoon to her lips. “It’s delicious. Best we’ve had in months.”

“I hate to ask for anything more, but if you have anything to spare...Rose could use something to wear.”

The woman jumped up from her seat and went over to a large trunk. “My daughter left these behind when she and her husband enlisted in the war.” She removed a selection of women’s clothing.

Rose walked over and smiled gratefully at the older woman. “Thank you.”

Rose changed from the tattered remains of her uniform, into a long skirt, leggings, jumper, and a sleeveless jacket. She removed her mother-in-law’s charm from where she kept it around her wrist, and used it to tie off a small plait. Biting her thumb, she returned to the Doctor. His eyes sparkled in admiration and he gave her a chaste kiss. “You look lovely.”

Rose rested her head on the Doctor’s shoulder and cuddled into his side. “Doctor, I think it’s time we went back to the Capitol for the-”

“No. That’s...that’s our last option. We...it’s...not yet.”

Rose reached for the Doctor’s hand and squeezed. “It’s getting close, Doctor, an’ I’m not saying it’s time to use it, but I think it’s safer for everyone involved if we have it with us. They’re...well I think Rassilon is getting suspicious, even more than usual, which is never good. And with the Dalek’s recent attack, he’ll be desperate. Not a great combination. Who knows how much longer we’ll even have access to the Vaults?”

The Doctor hugged her closer, and rested his cheek on the top of her head.

The Gallifrey High Command was in the War Room plotting changes to their current strategy. The General studied a hologram of the Dalek ships hovering above a map of the planet. His lieutenant, Androgar, entered the room with a report. “The High Council is in an emergency session. They have plans of their own.”

“To hell with the High Council. Their plans have already failed. Gallifrey's still in the line of fire. The Time Lock will buy us only a little more time.”

“As you can see, sir, all Dalek fleets surrounding the planet are now converging on the Capitol. Thankfully the Sky Trenches are still holding.”

“For how much longer? We’ve had word from the Renegade and the Abomination-”

“Sir!”

“What? She’s no more a goddess than I am, no matter what the common people believe. She doesn’t deserve the title Lady.”

“She’s been instrumental in our defense, surely she deserves a measure of respect.”

The General shook his head and muttered to himself, “The Doctor’s bloody humans. First I had to deal with Leela for years, and then this one.” He turned back to Androgar. “Regardless, they sent word that the Trenches are weakened after that last flurry of attacks from the Dalek Flagship.”

“But almost nothing in the universe can get through a Sky Trench...nothing in history’s ever gotten through. And there are 400 that protect the sky above Arcadia!” There was a large blast from outside and the building shook. The General’s underlings looked around nervously. “This is their biggest attack yet. They're throwing everything at us. Does the Lady Moment really think-”

A Time Lady burst into the meeting. “Sir, there’s been a security breach to the Time Vaults.”

A map of the area being discussed was loaded onto the security screen. A red dot could be seen moving along the corridors.

“The Omega Arsenal, where all the forbidden weapons are locked away.”

Androgar looked confused. “They're not forbidden any longer. We've used them all against the Daleks.”

The General clenched his jaw. “No. No we haven’t.”

Arcadia was in flames. The dead and injured lined the streets. Battle droids and Dalek fighters flew through the air firing lasers and energy blasts. Buildings were crumbling and civilians were fleeing, no longer safe in the “safest place on Gallifrey.” Time Lords and Gallifreyan Soldiers were fighting side by side, doing what little they could to protect their people from the overwhelming waves of enemy combatants that had descended upon them seemingly in no time at all. Children were crying in the street, separated from fleeing parents, as chaos reigned.

Daleks swept through the streets shouting, “Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!”

Rose and the Doctor walked slowly through the rubble, sadness weighing heavily upon them. Rose spied a small girl about to walk into the path of a formation of Daleks. She ran behind a toppled wall and grabbed the girl, covering her mouth so that she wouldn’t give away their location. “It’s okay, sweetheart. But I need you to be quiet.” The girl’s frantic mother fell to her knees before Rose in gratitude. “My Lady Moment, thank you! Thank you!”

“It’s okay. Now hurry. Get as far away from here as you can.” The little girl gave Rose a kiss on her cheek and hugged her before taking up her mother’s hand.

The family hastened down an alley, as a missile exploded into the side of a nearby building. They disappeared under the weight of the falling stones. When Rose turned around aghast, the Doctor was there waiting. He opened his arms and Rose held onto him tightly, crying silently against his neck.

“Oh, Doctor! I can’t...I can’t do this anymore.”

The Doctor looked down into Rose’s tear stained face, and nodded. “It’s time.”

They walked hand in hand back toward the Citadel. They passed a soldier screaming into his wrist-com. “Message for the High Council. Priority Omega. Arcadia has fallen. I repeat, Arcadia has fallen!” When the man had completed his task, he closed his eyes and leaned back against a wall. He locked eyes with them and his fear and dejection were palpable.

Rose and the Doctor nodded their respects, and while the weight of what they were about to do slowed their steps, they trudged onward, the calm in the storm raging around them.

The General was followed by several of his aides into the Time Vault. He walked directly to an empty podium and slammed his fist into his palm.

“That mad fool! The Eye of Discord is gone.”

“I don't understand. What’s the Eye of Discord? I've never heard of it.”

The General turned to Androgar. “The Galaxy Eater. The final work of the ancients of Gallifrey. The scientist, Roppen, made a weapon so powerful it is to only be used when all other hope is lost. It’s said he fitted the core with sentience and a conscience, so that the user must not only face their choice but argue on behalf of it. Because not only does it destroy all traces of an enemy, it destroys all traces that the enemy had ever existed including everyone who had ever even heard of them. At full power it’s capable of destroying every living thing in the universe.”

“Rassilon’s Rod! No wonder it’s never been used.”

“How do you use a weapon of ultimate mass destruction when it can stand in judgment on you? There is only one man who would even dare.”

There was a soft knock on the door to the Doctor and Rose’s private chambers within the Capitol. Rose was packing up the meager supplies that they kept there, and so the Doctor walked over to answer it.

At the sight of his best and oldest friends, he moved out of the way and bid them entrance. “Romana. Leela. Andred.” He greeted them each with clasped hands.

“Hello, Doctor. Rose.”

“Hello.” Rose walked up to the group and frowned. “I thought Brax was supposed to join us?”

Romana ran a hand through her hair. “I’m afraid he’s been taken in for questioning regarding the Vault. Your mother’s gone to plead his case.”

Rose turned to the Doctor. “We’ve got to help them.”

Andred shook his head. “No, you’ve got to do this.” He took the sack his wife was holding and handed it to the Doctor. “We’ll do what we can for your brother, but in the end it won’t matter. The end is coming. All that is left to be determined is how much of the universe will be going with it.”

Leela clasped her hand in Andred’s. “I shall make sure Brax spends the last of his time where he belongs.” She darted a glance at Romana. “With his friends.”

The Doctor studied those surrounding him. Leela, his beloved former companion; Andred, the most loyal of friends; and Romana, a Time Lady he watched grow from an inexperienced though brilliant young woman to an accomplished and respected leader. “Leave. Leave Gallifrey. All of you. While there’s still time. Please. Let some good facet of Time Lord society survive.”

Romana took his hands between her own and smiled. Her eyes drifted to Rose before returning to her friend. “Oh, I think it will with or without us. Besides, we’re needed here. We each have our roles to play. We came to bid you goodbye and good luck.”

“No.” Rose teared up at the anguish in the Doctor’s voice.

Leela stepped forward to give the Doctor a hug and whispered in his ear. “You must leave now, while you still have the chance. Rassilon’s snares grow ever tighter.”

Andred clapped the Doctor on the back. “Doctor, it has been an honor knowing and serving with you.”

“And you, my friend.”

The Doctor turned to face Romana. She stood tall and proud. “Romana.”

She arched one delicate brow. “Yes, my Lord Doctor?”

He grinned. “Take care of that rapscallion brother of mine, would you? With whatever time you have left.”

Her eyes went wide and she blushed hotly. “I...what? I mean...I don’t know what you’re referring to.”

“No, of course not.” He kissed her on the cheek and grabbed Rose’s hand. “Well, my dear, sounds like we’ve got an important mission.”

She waved at the friends she had made during her life on Gallifrey. “Goodbye, all of you. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to know you.”

Leela smiled. “You are a true warrior, my Lady. And it was an honor to fight by your side.”

“That’s high praise indeed coming from you, Leela.”

Romana snorted. “I just can’t believe I lived to see the day that the Doctor voluntarily settled down.”

“Oi!”

“Who are you fooling, love? When we first met all you did was grouse about domestics.”

“Did I? Must have been because I didn’t think I could handle them without you by my side. Better with two, eh?”

Rose blushed. “Yeah. Better with two.” She laced their fingers together, and nodded her final goodbyes to their friends.

They closed the door behind them and then immediately opened it at another knock.

Rose gasped to see the Doctor’s son and daughter standing there.

“Hello, my Lady Moment, may we come in?”

“Sure. Of course.” She stepped back and bid them entry. “And please, I’ve asked you to call me ‘Rose.’”

They bowed to her and nodded to their father. “Doctor.”

“What are you doing here? Not that I mind, but you’ve both made it clear that you didn’t wish to have an association with me...us.” He gestured between himself and Rose.

The Doctor’s daughter looked nervously at her brother. “We may have been hasty in our estimation of you.”

“This War has gone on far too long and done irreparable damage to the universe. The High Council and our Lord President Rassilon are no longer acting in the best interests of Gallifrey. We see that now.”

Rose snorted. “The Citadel is literally crumbling around us, is that all it took?” The Doctor shot her a look.

His daughter blushed. “I’m sorry that we allowed our biases to prevent a deeper relationship to develop between us. It will be something that I regret for-”

“No. No regrets. You’ve come now and that is something I will treasure always.” The Doctor embraced his daughter who stood stiffly in his arms. He pulled back and kissed her crown. “Thank you.”

She nodded and gave him a small smile.

His son cleared his throat. “We came to warn you that the third prophecy has been found, and, er, well...we’ve also come to wish you luck.”

“Luck? What’s the prophecy?”

“‘The Last Son of Gallifrey will be the one to bring about the moment,” his eyes flicked to Rose, “that ends the Time War.’”

Rose paled as her hand went to her mouth. “The Last of the…”

The Doctor darted a glance at her. “The Moment. It says that exactly? And Rassilon is aware of this?”

His daughter nodded. “He was just informed.”

“We’ve got to go now, Rose. Right now.”

She was already moving toward the TARDIS in the corner of the room.

“Thank you. I’m sorry I wasn’t a better father to you, but-”

His daughter raised her hand. “No. No regrets is what you said. Please. Go and save what’s left of the universe.”

“Be what you’ve always been - the Doctor.”

“Please, both of you, run. Take your families and get as far from here as you can.”

The siblings shared a look. “Rassilon will send people to look for you here first, we can buy you some time.”

“Please-”

“We’re not like you, Gallifrey is our home. Save something of it in our memory and don’t diminish our sacrifice.”

“Never.”

“Now go.”

The Doctor paused and took one last look at his children, perhaps they were more like him than he’d ever given them credit for, before turning and following Rose into the TARDIS.

Lord President Rassilon, flanked by two members of the Chancellery Guard, strode briskly through the halls of the Citadel to his private Council chamber. He sat down at the head of the table with the other members of his Inner Council.

“Is there any word of the Doctor?”

The Lord Chancellor paused before stating, “Disappeared, my Lord President.”

The Lady Partisan informed him, “But we know his intention. He took possession of the Eye of Discord, it’s likely he'll use it to destroy Daleks and Time Lords alike.”

The Lord Chancellor inclined his head and picked up a scroll. “The Visionary confirms it.”

The Visionary, an old, weathered woman covered in tattoos, sat opposite the Lord President and furiously scratched quill to paper. “Ending, burning, falling. All of it falling. The black and pitch and screaming fire, so burning.”

“All of her prophecies say the same. That this is the last day of the Time War. That Gallifrey falls. That we die, today.”

“Ending. Ending. Ending. Ending!” The old woman screeched with fervor.

The Lady Partisan took a deep breath. “Perhaps it's time. This is only the furthest edge of the Time War. But at its heart, millions die every second, lost in bloodlust and insanity. With time itself resurrecting them, to find new ways of dying over and over again. A travesty of life. Isn't it better to end it, at last?”

The Lord President sneered, “Thank you for your opinion.” He stood and aimed his gauntlet covered fist at her. The whole thing pulsed with blue light and an energy beam shot forth. She screamed before being reduced to ash and atoms. He yelled at the rest of the Inner Council, “I will not die! Do you hear me? A billion years of Time Lord history riding on our backs. I will not let this perish. I will not!”

The Lord Chancellor stood nervously. “There is, er, there is one part of the prophecy, my Lord.” He unfurled a scroll and brought it to Rassilon’s side. “Forgive me, I'm sorry. It's rather difficult to decipher, but it talks of survivors, two, beyond the Final Day. And also a mention of two children of Gallifrey.”

“Does it name them?”

“Not as such. But it does foresee them locked in a final confrontation, ‘The Enmity of Ages,’ which would suggest…”

Rassilon’s eyes lit with recognition. “The Doctor and the Master.”

The Chancellor pointed to a section of the parchment. “One word keeps being repeated, my Lord. One constant word. Earth.”

The Visionary cackled, “Earth. Earth. Earth. Earth. Earth. Earth.”

The Chancellor pulled up a holographic projection of the Earth. “Planet Earth. Indigenous higher species, the human race.”

“Earth. Earth. Earth.”

Rassilon examined the primitive planet. “I don't know what the Doctor sees in it, but maybe that’s where the answer lies. Just think, our salvation. On Earth. There is a certain justice in that. The Doctor plots to take Gallifrey, but the Master will give us the Earth.”

The Visionary tapped her finger against the table in a rhythm of four.

Rassilon looked sharply at her. “A rhythm of four. The heartbeat of a Time Lord.”

“History says the Master heard such a rhythm when he looked into the Untempered Schism during his Awakening. A torment that stayed with him for the entirety of his life.”

“A drumbeat. A warrior's march.”

“A symptom of insanity, my Lord.”

“A solution to this madness. Send the signal.”

The Chancellor opened a small rupture in time. “Four beats transmitted back through time, and implanted in the Master's mind as a child.”

“Perfect, then we have a link to where the Master is right now. His disappearance was ordained.”

“But we're still trapped inside the Time Lock, sir. The link is nothing more than a thought, an idea.”

“Then we need something to make the contact physical. Something simple.”

The Visionary chanted, “So small and shining. Shining bright and cold. The tiny, tiny star, falling, falling, burning, burning, burning.”

Rassilon looked down to his staff and removed a diamond from the tip. He rolled it between his fingers and smiled. “Small enough to follow the link. And if this were on Earth, at the same time as the Master…” He took the diamond and threw it at the projection of the Earth.

The Doctor and Rose walked for miles through the heat of the double suns. They crossed rust colored sand dunes and barren lake beds, heading for the Doctor’s childhood home. The only sound was the rise and fall of their footsteps. The Doctor had the sack containing the Eye of Discord slung over his shoulder. Every once in awhile Rose would offer to take his burden, but each time he’d solemnly shake his head. They were both lost in thought, when suddenly Rose asked, “Why did we park so far away? You didn’t want her to see?”

“Want who to see?”

“The TARDIS. We’ve been walking for ages.”

“It’s given me time to think, plus I didn’t want to make it easy for the Time Lords to find us.”

Rose captured his hand in hers. “But they know my energy signature well enough. Shouldn’t be too hard to track us down...unless, you’re not planning on doing something stupid are you?”

He laughed bitterly. “Worse than destroying my own people?”

“You know what I mean...I’m not leaving you. Not when we’ve made it this far together.”

The Doctor sighed. “No. Right or wrong, I won’t send you away, don’t think I’d be strong enough to do this on my own.” His fingers played with the band of Rose’s wedding ring. “The Time Lords shouldn’t be able to find you. Your wedding band is a bio-damper. It hides you from them.”

“The wedding band you gave me on our 80th anniversary? The wedding band I’ve been wearing for nearly four decades?”

“Erm, yes...”

She lightly slapped his arm. “An’ you never said? Over a century in, and you still manage to surprise me.”

He gave her a small flirty grin and an overly dramatic kiss on the cheek.

They walked in silence for several more minutes, before Rose asked, “Thinkin’ ‘bout what?”

“Hmm?”

“You said you needed time to think. ‘Bout what?”

He let out a deep breath. “Ways to avoid what we’ve got to do.”

“Doctor…”

“I don’t think I can do this, Rose. I...I know Rassilon and the High Council are planning something unspeakable. There’re rumors he’s considering the Ultimate Sanction, but I can’t...when I think of all the innocent people...all the children...how can I?”

“If there was any other way...”

“I can’t believe that this is the only way. There has to be another. I just need more time to think. To find it.” He stopped suddenly, dropping the sack, and turned to Rose. “Rose, you have to tell me what you know.”

“What’re you talkin’ about?”

“From the future, what did I tell you about how the War ends?”

“Doctor! You know I can’t.”

The Doctor gripped Rose’s upper arms. “Rose, please.” Rose bit her lip hard to keep from breaking down and cupped the Doctor’s jaw. “I...just this once. I can make it-”

“Doctor, I can’t.” She held his gaze and begged him to understand.

He closed his eyes tight.

She whispered, “I’m sorry. I can’t tell you what you want to hear.”

“I’m so afraid I won’t do the right thing.” He laughed harshly. “I’m a coward, Rose. You married a coward.”

“You...you’re the bravest man I know. I love you. I’ve always loved you just like I will always love you.”

“I don’t deserve you.”

“Stop it. Just remember, you’re not alone. Yeah? I’m right here. You said it yourself, ‘‘S better with two.’”

The Doctor pulled her close and feathered kisses across her brow, the bridge of her nose, before finally tilting her head and kissing her deeply. Rose ran her hands through his hair. He’d let it grow out a little longer than when they first met. He knew how much she adored playing with the curls. Their foreheads rested against each other as they caught their breath. From the corner of his eye, the Doctor noticed a star shoot across the sky. “What? No!”

“What was that?”

The Doctor laced their fingers together and bent down to retrieve the bag with the Eye of Discord. “They broke through the Time Lock.”

“Who?”

“The Time Lords. If they can get out, then so could anyone else. Come on. We’ve got to go. We’re out of time.”

Rassilon stood proudly and addressed the full Time Lord Senate. “Now the High Council of Time Lords must vote. Whether we die here, today, either by the Daleks or one of our own. Or do we return to the waking world and complete the Ultimate Sanction? For this is the hour when either Gallifrey falls, or Gallifrey rises!”

The chanting of the Time Lords is almost deafening. “GALLIFREY RISES!”

Rassilon lifts his staff and leads the call. “Gallifrey rises! For Gallifrey.”

“FOR GALLIFREY!”

“For victory!”

“FOR VICTORY!”

“For the end of time itself!”

“FOR THE END OF TIME ITSELF!”

#eight x rose #doctorroseprompts #the age of the wolf #time war #doctor who #leela #andred #romana #rassilon #the general #50th re-write/fix it #eight is the war doctor

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bigbad-tardis · 4 years

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Ok y’all, about to start the Gallifrey audio series.

Part of it is because I wanna write Rose interacting with other Time Lords and I can’t do that without actually listening and reading material with other Time Lords in it. (Lets just say it’s gonna be an 8 x Rose AU at first, with Nine x Rose sprinkled in throughout) (I bet I’ll never get around to writing it. I’ve got three fics I’m working on right now)

Also I’ve heard so much about Braxiatel and Narvin that I just need to listen so I can finally understand. And I love Romana II. Tho I don’t know if they play a big role yet.

I’m excited and a bit apprehensive, but we’ll see how it goes.

Also I’m just gonna put this here because I know Leela is one of the main characters. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY LEELA MARRIED ANDRED. LEELA AND RODAN HAD WAY MORE SCREEN TIME TOGETHER DURING THE INVASION OF TIME.

I mean I know it’s cause they were both women, but still. I’m a Rodan x Leela shipper and no one can stop me.

#doctor who #gallifrey #big finish #gallifrey audios #romana ii #irving braxiatel #narvin #leela #rodan #rose tyler #eightrose #ninerose

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thedalektables · 5 years

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Everything Stays

Written by @capitankaru (KaruAmbrogio on AO3)

Eighth Doctor (T) 40k

Rose is hiding from the Time Lords and the Doctor offers her protection.

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Genre: #adventure #fluff #hurt!comfort #songfic #ua #world building Songfic: #Rebecca Sugar - Everything Stays DW Episode: #season1 #season2 DW Timeline: #classic who Relationship Status: #bonding #forced wedding #proposal DW Trope: #bad wolf #circular paradox #telepathy Domestic Trope: #job Angst Trope: #amnesia #stranded UST Trope: #bed sharing #caught Whump Trope: #oc's death #suicide Other Rose: #bamf!rose #time lady!rose DW Aliens: #time lords Characters: #andred #irving braxiatel #jack harkness #oc #romana Location: #alien world #alien market #beach #gallifrey

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Year: Posted in September 2019 Chapters: 13 chapters | ~3k per chapter | Short chapters POV: Read from Rose's point of view Ending: Surprising ending | All questions get answered | Bittersweet ending

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#Adventure: Eight and Rose investigate to find out if the princess is in danger | Rose and Eight saves the princess | Jack, Rose, and Eight against a killer robot | Rose and Eight investigates 13 missing persons | Rose and Eight escapes from the Time Lords #Alien World: Rose is hiding on Kry-Stal | Eight brings Rose on Athelo | Rose ask Eight to bring her on Zebiter | Rose, Eight, and Jack are chillin on an alien beach | Rose and Eight are on Gallifrey | Rose and Eight escape from Gallifrey #Circular Paradox: Rose and Eight meet with a Jack from their future | Rose and Eight work with a Jack from their future | A future Jack answers some of Rose's question | Rose is from Eight's future | Eight brings Rose back to her rightful time and place #Classic Who: Rose meets Eight before the Time War | Rose travels with Eight | Rose is on Gallifrey before the Time War | Rose and Eight escape a Gallifrey before the Time War #Fluff: Eight hugs and kiss Rose on the forehead to celebrate their victory | Eight holds Rose close and kiss her on the temple | Eight hugs Rose and seems sad that he might lose her | Rose hugs and kisses Eight on the jaw | Eight tells Rose how much he loves her | Eight gets so happy when he learns Rose and him are bonded | Rose tells Eight that she loves him | Eight and Rose shares an intimate telepathic communion | Eight promise Rose he will marry her | Eight kisses Rose goodbye | Memories of Ten kissing Rose #OC: Rose has two firends on Kry-Stal | The princess and members of her staff | Tourist guide and the rest of the group #Telepathy: Rose and Eight feel each other telepathically | Rose and Eight mix their feelings together as they kiss | Rose and Eight shares an intimate telepathic moment where they comfort each other #Time Lady!Rose: Rose is a Time Lady from Gallifrey | Bad Wolf changed Rose into a Time Lady #World Building: Creation of alien planet's ecology and socio economic structure

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Violence

Chapter 02: Rose threatens to kill herself with a laser cutter against her heart Chapter 06: A man slaps and manhandle a young princess Chapter 08: Mentions of Jack being attacked by a killer robot Chapter 09: Rose and Eight find a dead OC | Parasite like alien that grows off dead bodies

Chapter 01 : Kry-Stal

General Rose's been in hiding on an alien planet called Kry-Stal for the last 12 years | Rose goes shopping for parts to build a vortex manipulator #Job: Rose opened up a bakery #songfic: Title inspired by the song Everything Stays, by Rebecca Sugar #Stranded: Rose is stranded on Kry-Stal #Alien Market: Rose shops for part in an alien market

Chapter 02 : Lost and found

Teen - Suicide threats Rose finds everything she needs | Rose works on fixing a beacon signal | Eight enters her bakery in the middle of the night | Rose runs from him and he catches up with her #Job: Rose opened up a bakery #Stranded: Rose is stranded on Kry-Stal #Alien Market: Rose shops for part in an alien market #Suicide: Rose threatens to kill herself if she is to be brought back on Gallifrey

Chapter 03 : Home

General Eight and Rose brings Hoon back to his home planet | Rose tells Eight the truth about her | Eight offers her protection #Job: Rose opened up a bakery #Protective!Doctor: Eight offers Rose protection

Chapter 04 : The Doctor

General Eight brings Rose in an renouned alien librairy | Eight and Rose witness a brawl between the local princess and cardinal | The princess ask Rose and Eight to investigate and protect her

Chapter 05 : Princess Dello

General Eight and Rose are brought into the kitchen to help the royal staff | Rose talk with the princess | Eight join Rose during the night and they talk #Job: Rose take a job as a baker while she investigate

Chapter 06 : Run with you

General Eight and Rose learn the princess has been kidnapped | Eight and Rose save the princess #BAMF!Rose: Rose is the one speaking up to save the princess

Chapter 07 : Zebiter

General Rose choose to call herself the Wolf | Rose and Eight visit a leisure planet with gardens | Rose and Eight meet with a Jack from their future | Jack tells part of the truth on Rose's past #Amnesia: Jack tells Rose that she is missing two years of her life #Jack Harkness: A Jack from their future brings Rose a message #Protective!Doctor: Eight holds Rose against him when Jack approach them

Chapter 08 : Hello again

General Jack goes through a teleport and comes back followed by a killer robot | Jack, Eight, and Rose hides in a shop | Eight and Rose takes a lift to the shop's basement #Jack Harkness: A Jack from their future brings Rose a message

Chapter 09 : The old team

Teen (Dead OC's bodies and parasite like alien incubating in dead bodies) Eight and Rose find 13 dead people in pods | The tour guide ambush Rose and Eight in the basement but they manage to escape | Jack help Eight and Rose ro make the basement explode #BAMF!Rose: Rose stretches time to run from the tour guide #Jack Harkness: Jack helps Eight and Rose make the basement explode #OC's Death: A woman on the tour is killed by a killer robot | We don't see the death, just the dead body

Chapter 10

General Eight, Jack, and Rose are chillin on a beach | Eight tells Rose how much he loves her | Rose and Eight kiss #Beach: Rose, Eight, and Jack are chillin on an alien beach #Bed Sharing: Rose and Eight cuddles and spoon on a bed #Jack Harkness: Jack answers some of Rose's questions #Protective!Doctor: Eight offers Rose protection against the Time Lords

Chapter 11 : Gallifrey

General Rose talks of her arranged wedding to Eight | Eight and Rose arrives on Gallifrey to meet with president Romana | Braxiatel interrupts the meeting | Rose gets all her answers and even more #Amnesia: Rose goes to Gallifrey to get her memories back #Andred: Andred is the commander that greats Rose and Eight when they arrive on Gallifrey #Bonding: Rose realise she is bonded to her Doctor and his Tardis #Gallifrey: Eight and Rose lands the Tardis on Gallifrey #Irving Braxiatel: Eight's brother interrupts their meeting #Protective!Doctor: Eight offers Rose his support and stays by her side as she gets her answers #Romana: Rose and Eight have a meeting with President Romana #Time Lords Rose and Eight ask the Time Lords for her memories back

Chapter 12 : Know thyself

General Rose tells Eight that she loves him | Romana tells Eight and Rose that the council decided she must marry or be exiled | Eight and Rose escape the Citadel and find Rose's rightful place and time #Amnesia: Rose plead her case to get her memories back #Caught: Braxiatel surprise Eight and Rose in an intimate telepathic communion #Forced Wedding: The council is forcing Rose to marry Braxiatel grand-son #Gallifrey: Eight and Rose escape from Gallifrey #Hurt!Comfort: Eight and Rose shares a telepathic moment to comfort each other #Irving Braxiatel: Braxiatel surprises Eight and Rose in an intimate telepathic communion #Proposal: Eight tells Rose he will marry her #Protective!Doctor: Eight plead Romana to help Rose | Eight helps Rose escape from the citadel #Romana: Romana goes against the council to help Eight and Rose #Time Lords Rose and Eight escapes the Time Lords

Chapter 13 : Running home to you

General Rose gets back to her Tardis and remembers everything #Amnesia: Rose get's her memories back #Bad Wolf: Rose was changed into a Time Lady by Bad Wolf #Bonding: Ten and Rose are bonded #Proposal: Memories of Ten asking Rose to marry him #Season1: Fast track memories of season one #Season2: Fast track non canonical memories of season two

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pixel3603 · 2 years

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But sir that’s my emotional support rarepair

#artie speaks #doctor who #classic doctor who #classic who #romana ii #romana #romana/leela #the Doctor/romana #Leela/Andred #Liz shaw/patsy haggard #Liz/patsy #p.r.o.b.e #tegan x nyssa #do they count?#I’m tagging them anyway

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jackmcspringheel · 2 years

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An Andred x Leela Moodboard

#Doctor who #DW edit #Leela #leela of the sevateem #andred #andredacelus #leela x andred #my moodboards #doctor queue

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irving-braxiatel · 5 years

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DW:AITAS quotes from today and last time

"Yeah but alt!Brax was a dog" "at first i thought you meant 4.4!Brax was just so spineless he's like a dog" "No, he was literally a dog that one time" - "She also has obsession (minor): Romana" - "Are the children safe" "As can be expected: Vahta is looking after them." - "I keep forgetting I have this cool laser thing" "Oh right, you got the space lightsaber" "I love how we're calling it that" "Well, you started it with the space jedi thing" "I know, like they're not already in space" - "I'm trying to decide what hair to give puppet!Rassilon" "Mohawk" - *Ominously, in a deep voice* "Web of time" - "You do get a few weird looks, but people have peacock feathers on their hats." "Yeah but that's fashionable" - "plot twist: Vahta is the Other" - "Lord burner, Rassilon really missed his calling as master of ceremonies" "At least he didn't call them 'the assassin of Rassilon '" - "Who ya gonna call?" "Ospeksyllables!" *hums ghost busters theme* - "I think the caste system was already invented at this point" "What a terrible society, they invented classicism before time travel" "So did we" "We haven't even invented time travel yet" - "Ospek is gay for the web of time" - "So they basically have a Vegas style wedding... and I'm trying to think, how did we get from there to Romana being killed?" - "Have you had any visions of [Leela]?" "Yes, she seems very strong" Tre, in a dreamy voice: "Yes she is" - "I have seen many visions of their story. It would make a good book, or an audio drama perhaps." - "Double arrest him!" - "You have a very colourful vocabulary" "Yes, well, Andred brings that out in me." - "They've basically been binging Gallifrey season 1" - "I don't really trust anyone in the CIA" "Give it a few more episodes" - "The more you get to know Narvin the less dear he is" - "Because we-" *Gets cut off by sudden Gallifrey theme song* - "You think an Imperiatrix is a very fancy type of hat" "In which case I nod sagely and say 'Ah yes, an Imperiatrix' "Ospek and the quest for the lost Imperiatrix" "Next time you are in a hat shop will you ask for an Imperiatrix?" "Oh, absolutely." - "We'll say she is... a black sheep of the Patrexes. That is apparently just the role of deputy coordinators of the CIA" - "All I see is Romanas and [Leelas]" "Now there’s a mood I think we all know." - "The Other is safe, we know how they die. Suicide by protest against rassilon" "Or so the records say. Cue X-files music" "You want to believe?" "Yes" - "Did I notice anything off about them?" "No, just... they have a face" "That seems ominous" - "Sorry, Romana was scratching at a picture of Braxiatel" - "Can I roll to seduce the entire crowd?" - "Does a 44 hit you?" - (context: my character is unconscious) "I mumble in my sleep 'Tre I trust you not to get me killed, but also just remember if I do get killed I will haunt your matrix partition forever'" - "I aim my staser at Vahta" "Oh sure, shoot while I'm already down" "Wait, no, the shield gun!" "Want my actual killing gun while you're at it? Then you can kill me instead of stunning me" - "Did you like the Virus I made?" "I don't think it's your best work, darling. Nor do I think you are Sartia's best." - "Is therapy exempt from the laws of time?" - "The other is probably having the Gallifreyan equivalent of their morning coffee, and you just appear in their office, cat and all." - "Has Ospek actually done the thumb dislocating thing?" "Oh absolutely. They needed to be able to gesture while shouting, and also they wanted to prove they can do it." - "Your invading army is not of the Pythia, they are clones from the future.... I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I know how it sounds." - "Tre smiles back... with dimples. The dimples are important." - "If faction paradox approached Vahta she would definitely consider it. But the fashion, that's a but much. She would find the skulls a little too morbid" "Too much hot topic" - "You have too much faith in the power of your thumb!" - "Tre is not a furry?”

#DW:AITAS #Doctor Who: Adventure in Time and Space #DWAITAS #DW:AITAS Quotes

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son-neko-art · 2 years

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Day 26 of Whovember ! Okay, again this is where I show how much I am Leelandred trash. If you are a fan of classic Who then you might recognize this pose of Andred’s that I’m parodying. I see him as a himbo who just does stuff like this without even thinking about it and I don’t think Leela would mind. I prescribe more to the Lungbarrow book version of these two since I think that the Big Finish series did them and their relationship dirty.

#doctor who fan art #doctor who #leela #andred x leela #Leelandred #andred #leela x andred #andredaselus #Redlooms #leela of the sevateem #classic who #whovian #chancellery guard #time lord #gallifrey #whovember #lungbarrow

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natequarter · 3 years

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uh uh okay i’ve never watched doctor who but uhhhh andred x leela (i’m really hoping this is a ship you like) + flower shop?

"I thought," Leela said, "you were taking me to investigate a concoction of poisons."

"Er," Andred said. "How do you feel about roses?"

#asks #andred #leela #doctor who #THANK YOU I LOVE ANDRED/LEELA

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magicofthepen · 4 years

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Gallifrey Relisten: A Blind Eye

The end of Series 1! (I will admit I had to stop myself from immediately jumping into Lies because that’s when things really get going for me.) Some thoughts:

Mentions of/spoilers for: Neverland, Zagreus, Spirit, Insurgency, Enemy Lines, the Time War audios (but in a vague way).

Romana announces her name and title and then immediately follows that up with “I want no record of my being here” lol.

This episode is the closest we get to “everyone has to dress up fancy for an event” and it’s a shame we don’t get more of this! I would love more off-world and/or dress up episodes that are less......dire probably isn’t the right word because there’s some heavy things going on in this episode...maybe frantic? There is definitely a difference between the degree of tension in A Blind Eye and the degree of tension in the off-world episodes in Time War, for instance. (Also A Blind Eye has more banter.) I’m pretty sure it’s just A Blind Eye and Spirit that capture this sense of “we’re going to do something different for an episode” and I like it! (I feel like this is part of my ongoing push for a post-Enemy Lines, pre-Time War series of misc. CIA missions and shenanigans. Please someone just shove more side adventures into gaps in the timeline.)

The banter! The banter. (“You have your business face on. / You’re a transtemporal crook Arkadian, meeting you could never be a pleasure.”) 1. Arkadian is a supremely entertaining villain, and 2. he’s a tremendously good villain opposite Romana specifically, purely for snark and banter reasons.

I was never a big fan of the Sissy Pollard portrayal — the character’s personality feels too....exaggerated? Over the top? And not in an effective or interesting way.

Romana’s defense of Charley is actually quite sweet, given that they weren’t super friendly in Neverland/Zagreus.

Romana chastises Leela for careless talk, but uhhh if you wanted to keep things subtle and not reveal anything, maybe don’t have Leela suddenly grab Sissy?

“Madam, the Alps are in the other direction.” “Are they? Damn.” / “Be careful, you’ll break it!” “I’ll break you in a minute.” Truly, maximum levels of scathing Romana snark in this episode.

I have never seen anyone mention this, so I always assumed I’m not hearing it right, but....when the original!timeline train is about to crash into them....does Romana tell Narvin to fuck off?

Andred has a whole scene with no other Time Lord witnesses in which he could have told Leela the truth and yet.

“I am a Guard Commander of Gallifrey” apparently I never paid enough attention to what he actually said here because I think that was the first time I noticed that Andred gave his Chancellery Guard title, not his CIA title.

“Arkadian! You’ve met with that crook!?” Shoutout to Narvin for some A+ false indignation here.

I’m not sure there was a way to write a parallel between between real world Naziism and Leela’s fictional past without having it come off a bit as oversimplifying/cheapening the horrors of Nazi Germany. (But I’m white and raised Christian, so I’m also really not the person to be speaking in depth about the portrayal of Nazis in this episode.)

Does Arkadian know about Andred? I assume that he would just because he generally knows most things, but hmm it adds another layer.

Narvin is genuinely surprised when Romana gives in and agrees to leave lol.

Ms. Joy — it’s funny because we the listeners know that the one random character must be there for a reason, so it feels like the only reason the characters don’t know she’s suspicious is that they don’t know they’re in an audio drama episode and so she must be important to the plot.

Did Narvin really intend for Romana to go with “Torvald”? “At least he’s have been exposed?” Way to throw your President under the bus sir (although possibly he assumed that Torvald wouldn’t actually assassinate the President?)

“See, it is always a monster.” Wait, I take it back, Leela knows she’s in a Doctor Who (adjacent) episode.

“The only name in town where there’s temporal naughtiness to be done” — the Arkadian = Brax crack(?) theory is the most “I can’t unhear this” thing that’s happened to me since Narvin/Torvald. What is it with y’all and Series 1, I’m losing it.

...does Andred have a plan when he lowkey kidnaps Romana or is he just panicking? He is quite genuinely pleading with Romana to go along with him into the TARDIS and sounds genuinely desperate. But then he seems to regain control and starts more tactically trying to persuade Romana to work along side him without giving her any real answers. Although really, he must know that he’s very close to discovery — maybe he wants to resolve the past!Torvald situation first? Or maybe he’s not thinking that far ahead?

“I have no paws.” Awww K9.

“I think you’re a bad President. I think you’ve willfully sacrificed Gallifreyan influence upon the altar of your own increasingly cranky liberal agenda.” 1. “increasingly cranky liberal agenda” is such a specific insult wow, 2. I can’t tell how much of this is Andred still trying to be Torvald and how much he actually means this? The politics of this incarnation of Andred were always a bit fuzzy to me, even in series 2.

Also. Any conversation between Romana and Andred has a whole weird vibe on relisten when you know about the uhhh future murdering that’s going to happen.

I do love a Dramatic Reveal, and this one is incredibly dramatic.

....does the train crash? Does the train not crash? I’ve always been a bit confused about what happens in that moment — I assume Romana doesn’t actually plan on the train hitting the TARDIS, and we hear the TARDIS dematerialize so I think the train is fine? But it’s a weirdly ambiguous sound/end of scene.

“I can tell you are lying. It’s when your lips move.” Okay Leela snarking at Arkadian is also very good.

It is genuinely so interesting how connected this plot is to Neverland/Zagreus — if I had to pick one “you should listen to this audio before Gallifrey” I'd go for the Apocalypse Element because of the enormous ripples it casts in terms of Romana’s characterization (and also it’s more stand alone), but I imagine this episode would be particularly confusing without Neverland/Zagreus? (Would be curious to hear people’s experiences.)

“I never lie!” Romana, that’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told.

The narration of what happened to Andred by Andred and Romana is um. It’s a little bit obviously an info dump for the listener, but I’m not sure it’s the best way for Leela to find out? I mean, hearing the context and explanation probably was a better idea than just “oh btw I’m Andred”.....possibly this felt weird to me because of the acting? It’s very emotionally detached, very “so this is what happened” — Andred manages some emotion afterwards when he’s pleading with Leela but uh. He could have sounded more apologetic here.

Leela. Leela. “You have watched me suffer and worn my enemy’s clothes?” / “The man that I loved is dead.” Goddddd I want to give her a hug so much ughhhhh. Leela just goes through so many awful things throughout....all of Gallifrey actually, and she still remains such a good person with such a genuinely caring heart......give her a break please.

“I think the only person who’d actually benefit from a temporal war would be a...dealer in arms? A trader in secrets? A fixer and a fiddler. A dishonest broker with no scruples and no shame.” / “An interesting theory Madam. Prove it.” I just really like the delivery of this bit. Although: I realize there were several things going on at this point, but really, they just let Arkadian walk away at the end?

And thus ends Series 1. It has some highs and lows but it honestly ranks near the bottom on my constantly-in-flux list of favorite-to-least favorite Gallifrey series. (Weapon of Choice is probably the only episode I actively look forward to relistening to?) I said in my Weapon of Choice post that Series 1 was a nice “palate cleanser” after Apocalypse Element and the Charley arc through Zagreus, and that was true for the first time listening, but I think some of those same attributes mean I’m kinda meh about relistening to it. It just doesn’t hold my interest quite as much as many of the other series. (Series 2 though....👀)

EDIT: I realized I forgot to tell my personal story of my first time listening to the Andred reveal, and I wanted to have some record of that, even if I don’t quite remember the specifics of my reaction. In general, my first listen of Gallifrey was shaped by knowing a lot of major spoilers, which is what happens when you spent a lot of time lurking on Tumblr blogs in advance of listening to the series. (It actually led to a lot of super fascinating experiences of “well I know X happens, but I don’t know how or why” and being really curious to find out how X played out.)

So I knew something about Andred and Torvald going in, and I think I should have known that it was simply Torvald = Andred, but somehow I got it in my head that oh no, no it’s weirder and more complicated than that. But of course there are a lot of hints throughout series 1 that Torvald is Andred, so the first listen was this cycle of me going “I think maybe Torvald is just Andred? Nah, it’s going to be more convoluted than that. But no really, it makes sense that Torvald is Andred...” etc. etc. So it was a weird experience of knowing pretty early on that Torvald might be Andred, but still not being quite sure until the end of series one. The other bit of this is that I can’t remember at what point I knew that Andred died (and how) — I think I may have known he died before I listening to Gallifrey (or at the very least I knew that he was written out in some way or another earlier on), so that may have also confused me further re: the series one question of: what actually happened to Andred? All around, an odd experience of “I was spoiled...but somehow I still wasn’t sure what was going on” and I wasn’t surprised per se but it was still a reveal.

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#gallifrey audios #i think i've timed this correctly to post around the same time as the podcast episode is coming out?#because i've decided i do like relistening on my own first and gathering my personal thoughts #and then hearing others' thoughts #it's a bit daunting because i feel the need to go 'i reserve the right to change my opinions if i'm persuaded in a particular direction'#but yeah!#edit: added what i remembered of my initial reaction to the andred thing because i meant to talk about that #romana #leela #narvin #andred #ramblings #emily listens to big finish #the relisten of rassilon

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