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Inktober #14 - Liz Shaw

CONFESSION TIME: step-by-step showing how i’m scanning my pencil sketch and checking it against reference photo to find my mistakes so I can fix ‘em.

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“Much like Rose Tyler in 2005, and long before Buffy, Xena, and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica were lauded for capable female characters [and] progressive story arcs, - Ace became the emotional core of Doctor Who. While more adult connotations were initially vetoed by producer John Nathan-Turner, in companion terms Doctor Who was poised to step closer to the real world. Far from distracting from the character of the Doctor, this actually allowed the Time Lord to be viewed more as an enigma - removed from humanity but forever its champion. While we may never truly identify with the Doctor, here we had arguably the first companion, we all either knew, could be, or could spot on the street. Disproving the theory that a companion’s main role is to provide exposition, themes of teenage angst, racism, and sexuality all presented themselves in young McShane - a notable first for not only Doctor Who, but all genre TV of that age. Unaware of the significance of their actions, Andrew and his colleagues were formulating and plotting decades ahead of their time, “I only realised how different it was from the standard template years later. At the time, I just knew I liked it.””

— Doctor Who: how Ace set the template for modern companions

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You and I exist in a special relationship to time, you know? Perpetual outsiders.

Classic Who Watch | The City of Death

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Doctor Who episodes | Story: 027 | season 3 [10/10]   ↳ The War Machines

“Doctor Who is required.”

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The First Doctor and Susan- ‘An Unearthly Child’ and ‘the Five Doctors.’

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Some art in appreciation of Bill Potts ✨🚀

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“Well, he’s not just a mobile blowtorch, y’know.”

Nightmare of Eden - season 17 - 1979

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Tribute doodle to Colin Baker's excellent and often overlooked 6th doctor.

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Sarah Jane Smith Per Episode

Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Story #71

Well, you know the Doctor’s theory about these materialisations? They must need a tremendous energy force.

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Passing through. Helping out. Learning. insp

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Best friends <3

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P.R.O.B.E. (1994-96)

is it just me, or are we both turning into a couple of miserable old sods?

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During the 1990s, a decade when Doctor Who was canceled, you had to read the “New Adventures” novels. The traditional villains like Daleks didn’t appear; rather, the books focused on new enemies and humorous and idiosyncratic science fiction concepts. Bernice Summerfield, a sidekick introduced in these books, regularly tops fan lists of the best TARDIS crewmembers ever. She’s basically the Mara Jade of Doctor Who. 

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Amelia Pond. That was a great name. Bit fairy tale.

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"Are you in charge here?"

"No, but I'm full of ideas."