#the fifteenth doctors

[variousqueerthings]

my cute post about fourteen with the noble family is flying off the shelves, but not enough people interested in the queerness contained within the deeply intimate erotic implications of fourteen/fifteen being consciously inside one another? no fans of science fiction premises queering the visceral physical nature of knowing someone/oneself deeper than anyone else? the queerness of asexual reproduction depicting an intense connection with the self that is nigh-indescribable but is canonically beautiful and loving? the queerness inherent in fourteen's and fifteen's relationship with one another retroactively stretching back to encompass every single iteration of the doctor? the queer ideas encapsulated through depicting one being with oneself like that? the queerness that is pushing the limits of thinking up language about how we relate to our own/others bodies in space/time that is possible in science fiction? nobody think bi-regeneration is very sexy queer-coded?

#doctor who #dw #the doctor #the fifteenth doctors #the fourteenth doctor #dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #where are all my weirdo scifi concept fans at... psstpssstpsssst #i do enjoy a bit of cuteness myself but really im here for the scifi fuckery -- the good and the evil #thinking about fucked up toymaker fic if he'd taken the doctor's suggestion #or what he was saying about killing the doctor over and over #also thinking about no-thing tardis with the doctor inside #and also ofc fourteen and fifteen having this intense connection #there will be More feelings once fifteen gets going esp if/when (ok we know it's when) the master returns #ohhh and the doctor and gods! its gonna be great #bi-generation

[thelvadams]

The Fifteenth Doctor's new Sonic! ⚡️

#dw spoilers #doctor who #dwedit #dwgifs #timelordgifs #ncuti gatwa #fifteenth doctor #sonic screwdriver #thelvadams.gifs #the new design will take some getting used to #but this is SUCH a good detail #aside from the connection to ncuti it's just such a good doctor line

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

Fifteen immediately changing the TARDIS to warm toned lighting is such a mood

#he has his priorities right #I'm immediately sold on his doctor #ncuti gatwa #doctor who #doctor who 60th anniversary #the giggle #15th doctor #fifteenth doctor

[notyoujamie]

And we didn't stop for a second to say, "What the hell?"

#dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #spoilers #dwedit #doctorwhoedit #cwedit #doctor who #classic who #modern who #parallel #my gif #** #*dw #second doctor #third doctor #fourth doctor #seventh doctor #fourteenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #adric #sarah jane smith #the giggle #the war games #spearhead from space #the armageddon factor #earthshock #the hand of evil #the daleks' master plan #the greatest show in the galaxy

[unnamednarrat0r]

#doctor who #the giggle #dw spoilers #the doctor #fourteenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #text post

[stevenrogered]

I am not going to lie to you. When Russell told me that we were putting a ramp in the TARDIS, I cried. I did. He actually told me about a fan who had contacted him, who was a wheelchair user, and said how much he admired Russell’s work. He said, “Even though I can’t get in the TARDIS, because it’s not wheelchair accessible, I just love it.” And Russell was like, “So, we change that instantly. We change that.” When he told me that story, that really hit me straight in the heart. I know what that will mean for the disabled community, and many disabled Whovians who haven’t had that. -Ruth Madeley

#doctor who #dwedit #doctorwhoedit #dw spoilers #ruth madeley #shirley anne bingham #doctor who spoilers #david tennant #the doctor #14th doctor #fourteen #fourteenth doctor #ncuti gatwa #15th doctor #fifteen #fifteenth doctor #mystuff #for anon :) #1k #5k #10k

[dwgif]

DOCTOR WHO (2005—) "The Waters of Mars" // "The Church on Ruby Road"

#doctor who #dwedit #rtdedit #tenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #our edits #tom #dw specials #userdiana #userteri #userlanie #miatendos

[lomakes]

Changing of the Guard✨

#doctor who #the doctor #doctor who fanart #thirteenth doctor #fourteenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #david tennant #jodie whittaker #ncuti gatwa #dw fanart #dw #lo art #never not thinking about you babeyyyy!!!!! #character of all time

[softestaries]

Ncuti rly just rocked up trouserless, played a high-stakes game of catch, told his younger self to get some fucking therapy, cloned the Tardis (HELLO?), and left to go clubbing. Iconic behaviour. No notes.

#doctor who #dw #HE'S SO UNBOTHERED IT'S SO FUNNY #I LOVE HIM #fr 14 was about to crumple to the ground over the Tardis and 15 was like ok nw i'll just make another one. i wanted a jukebox anyway #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #fifteenth doctor #doctor who spoilers #fourteenth doctor #dw spoilers

[death-by-sc0tland]

“david overshadowed ncuti blah blah blah” dude everyone in the fandom is falling head over heels for ncuti’s doctor just from the 15 minutes of content we’ve had with him plus ncuti himself got to act alongside his idol he grew up watching like i don’t think there were any losses here

#anyway i’m really looking forward to the christmas special #doctor who #ncuti gatwa #fifteenth doctor #the giggle #dw spoilers #1k #5k #10k

[rohirriiim]

DOCTOR WHO (2005-?) I The Church on Ruby Road

#doctor who #dwedit #doctorwhoedit #userveronika #tuserhan #usersugar #useraurore #userzo #userelio #userrlaura #useremu #rtdedit #nessa007 #mine #ncuti gatwa #millie gibson #fifteenth doctor #ruby sunday

[thelvadams]

DOCTOR WHO • 'The Church on Ruby Road'

#they were over 2000 years old #they should have been at the club

#dw spoilers #doctor who #dwedit #dwgifs #timelordgifs #ncuti gatwa #fifteenth doctor #the church on ruby road #vindicia #thelvadams.gifs #good for him 🥰 #also forgive the next time trailer quality

[unexpectederawhilesubmitting]

WARNING: DOCTOR WHO SPOILERS EXPLAINING REGENERATION SHENANIGANS

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okay so I was kind of not on board with the concept of bi-regeneration, mainly because of how it seemed like all of the Sad and the Trauma that the Doctor had undergone got kind of handwaved away? i'm all for ncuti's Doctor being sort of a fresh start/jumping on point for new viewers, but i didn't get how that could work if like, literally 40 minutes ago he was David Tennant being a sad wet puppy dog of a man

however, after rewatching it, i've realized what i think happened there, and it goes all the way back to something introduced with the 4th doctor's regeneration that was never explained: the Watcher

^this spooky guy

so, for those that don't know (or haven't seen every episode of a show that is over half a century old), the Fourth Doctor regenerates at the end of a story called Logopolis (he falls off a satellite dish, but that's not important right now). all throughout the episode, this weird figure, The Watcher, stands off in the distance, and even intervenes slightly by saving the Fourth Doctor's companion. there's not much given in the way of an explanation until the Fourth Doctor regenerates, saying "it's the end. but the moment has been prepared for..."

the watcher walks up, and gets absorbed in a super rad 1980's digital effect (never change doctor who), while his companion just gives us the not-super-helpful-for-lore statement "He was the Doctor all the time!"

then, in a crossfade, the Doctor goes from Four to weird-powder-man to Five

canonically, the Watcher is explained as a future version of the doctor that comes about in sort of a weird overlapping thing with the doctor's timeline, it's very wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey.

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SO what does this have to do with biregeneration and satisfying character arcs/moving on from trauma?

Well, remember, Fifteen said this, about Time Lords doing rehab out of order:

so, here's the thing: Fifteen is the Doctor AFTER Fourteen (duh, I know?) But to be clear...Fourteen lives out an entire lifetime with Donna and family, gets to a ripe old age, and then, when his lifetime of healing is over, he gets yeeted back through his own timestream just to zoot himself out of David Tennant's chest.

Remember, his first words to Fourteen (after popping out of his chest) are "So good to see you! So good!", not the RTD classic "what?". He greets himself like he's almost expecting this, he then says "does anyone want to tell me what the hell is going on here?" which only makes sense if he's coming from a different point in his own timestream (remember, when two doctors interact, memory gets really weird, 10 and the War Doctor don't remember the events of Day of the Doctor until they live through them as 11).

SO TO BE CLEAR: Ncuti Gatwa is playing the Doctor AFTER he has spent years healing from his traumas. His Doctor is fine because Fourteen takes the time to rest and work on himself.

tl;dr: I didn't like biregeneration at first because I thought it looked like this:

In actuality, it looks more like this:

#doctor who #fourteenth doctor #fifteenth doctor #the giggle #dw #dw spoilers #dw 60th #tenthree #the doctor

[joscribbles]

fifteen

#doctor who #fifteen #fifteenth doctor #ncuti gatwa #my art #fanart #so hyped for him #he was amazing in the giggle

[scriptscribbles]

Ncuti Gatwa you have my undying love

#sex education #doctor who #barbie #ncuti gatwa #eric effiong #fifteenth doctor

[ncutii-gatwa]

here comes the oncoming storm in his little coat and beanie

#dw #doctor who #fifteenth doctor #this man has killed millions? no way #he's too adorable #ncuti gatwa #3k