#twelve years and four psychiatrists works great for this manic pixie dream eldritch horror

[seaweedstarshine]

This part of The Crimson Horror novelization lives rent free in my mind:

‘I could materialise the TARDIS around her on stage!’ cried the Doctor. ‘No—’ he concluded bitterly. ‘Too conspicuous. Blow pipe?’ ‘What?’ ‘Use a blow pipe dart to knock her out. Just for a bit. Long enough to get her back here. Strong cuppa. Two rounds of toast. Gentle interrogation…’ ‘Right,’ I sighed. ‘Or—’ ‘Befriend her as a child! Easy! I can nip back in the TARDIS, make a huge impression on her when she’s just a nipper then reappear in her life and then it’ll be all bunting out, hail the conquering Doctor, all that. It’s worked before!’

He liked the results on Amy, so he tried it on Kazran Sardick, until causing lasting childhood trauma is one of his go-to solutions for easy compliance! That's my eleven. My eldritch horror.

#twelve years and four psychiatrists works great for this manic pixie dream eldritch horror #'is friends the right word for the people you acquire?' -the dream lord #eleventh doctor #11th doctor #Amy pond #Kazran sardick #doctor who #new who #the doctor #crimson horror novelization #words by seaweed #dark!Doctor #am I using that tag too freely? I was hoping to use it for my serial killer AU doctor fan arts I have yet to fully render let alone post #this novelization is however. very. mark gatiss (you know if you know) #the ONE exception to novelizations always being better than the episode #not only because he apparently forgot about the whole impossible girl arc which is the reason they're in victorian times in the first place #Kazran is a companion btw I will die on this hill. in audios the Doctor took him on adventures without Abigail too