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just saw the new image for the Doctor Who Beatles episode

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in other rpf news, my dad has recently become a howard donald stan and the other day informed me that “when howard and jason are together it's called donage.”

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rpf conspiracy theories are so funny like don't get me wrong i dabble but pulling out '[this song] is exactly the same length as [this other song]!!!' is not the conclusive proof of a secret tryst you think it is.

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“and how can a woman be sure if a man truly loves her for herself, or for her power as queen?” “can not a man love them both?”

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“let’s run away together” trope fucks me up bc it’s almost always doomed. but what if it’s not this time.

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THE VIRGIN QUEEN (2005)

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Tudor Week 2023

Bonus: Another favourite Tudor myth - Princess Elizabeth and Robert Dudley meeting in the Tower of London

There is an enduring myth that Elizabeth Tudor and Robert Dudley secretly met whilst both imprisoned in the Tower of London under the reign of Queen Mary I. While this romantic tale is irresistible for novels and TV shows, it is almost certainly a made-up story. Elizabeth was not held in the Bell Tower, close to the Beauchamp Tower where Robert was kept, but in the Royal Apartments which were entirely separate. Robert and Elizabeth may have caught glimpses of each other as Elizabeth took the air and may have had the opportunity to smuggle letters to each other, but a clandestine meeting is almost certainly out of the question and no proof for it exists in any written sources. That being said, stranger things have happened in the Tower of London ... consider the fact that Katherine Grey, when imprisoned in the Tower herself during Elizabeth's reign, was supposed to be kept apart from her husband who was also in custody. Not only were the guards persuaded to let them meet, but they were also given enough privacy to conceive a child whilst in captivity. Bribes and emotional cajoling could possibly result in a Tower guard conveniently looking the other way. So it is no surprise that this legend of Elizabeth and Robert's joint imprisonment survives. And as far as Tudor myths go, it is one of the more enjoyable ones!

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Posting a Sebastian poll to tumblr without Sebastain Flyte is unbelievable. We're all going on a field trip to Brideshead. Is this not the languidly Catholic tortured homosexual website??

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it was sooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TAKE THAT TONIGHTTTTTTTTTTT

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TAKE THAT TONIGHTTTTTTTTTTT

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"Who's that girl" DWM 268 (1998)

So, who would have played the Doctor if she'd been a woman from the first? DWM rounds up the likely ladies …

Hermione Baddeley 1963-66 Renowned for unsympathetic roles in both Brighton Rock and the dour 'kitchen sink'-styled Room at the Top, film veteran Baddeley made an enthralling Doctor - part dragon, part slightly dotty maiden aunt. Eternal juvenile Melvyn Hayes was 'unearthly' grandson Stephen Vivian Pickles 1966-69 Although much younger, and never a lead, the versatile Pickles had been a familiar TV face for 20 years (Harpers West One, etc) before being cast as Baddeley's successor. Her sprightly, elfin Doctor had a penchant for dressing-up, like a St Trinian's tomboy who never left school

Liz Fraser 1970-74 A comic actress familiar from several Carry Ons, Fraser's initial trepidation at taking on an ostensibly serious role soon dissipated. Her bossy, big-sisterly show-off of a Doctor was best paired with dippy companion Joe Grant (later Playgirl pin-up Robin Askwith) Frances de la Tour 1974-81 Gangling, piercing-eyed Shakespearean actress de la Tour played a tweedy, louche, Bohemian Doctor part-based on Virginia Woolf. Caused a minor sensation when she married the young actor who played the second incarnation of Time Lord companion Roman — Peter Davison

Jan Francis 1982-84 Despite rumours that the next Doctor might be played by a man (former New Avenger Gareth Hunt is hotly tipped), the youngest actress yet is cast. Fresh from middlebrow thirties drama The Good Companions, Francis made for a sporty Doctor in Lottie Dod-style tennis whites Lynda Bellingham 1984-86 Known to SF fans for her role as Barbara the Butcher in an episode of Jenna's 7, Bellingham's controversial Doctor was a loud, hectoring grand-dame of the theatre. Unceremoniously 'regenerated' following the Doctor's on- (and off-) screen inquisition in the epic Trial of a Time Lady

Pauline Melville 1987-89 Virtually unknown fringe cabaret and cult comedy artiste is surprise choice for 'back to basics' Seventh Doctor. Fan fears that series will become showcase for childish high-jinks up-ended when Melville stories adopt a sombre, down-beat mood, performed with conviction and gravitas Miranda Richardson 1996 The eldest in a successful line of acting siblings, a favourite of BBC producers since high-profile lead debut in revisionist biographical drama of notorious 20th century 'villain', makes a bid for American network stardom via lavish new big-haired version of Doctor Who. Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig plays love interest Dr Brian

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this is probably an unpopular opinion but I think interpreting the doctor as passively evil is an interesting character experiment. like, by human standards they’re pretty much an immortal, ancient, godlike entity. they travel all of time and space, saving or destroying entire civilizations on a whim. they travel with humans because they’re obsessed, almost addicted, to human mortality and naivety. sure, they claim to love their companions, but involvement in their lives almost always ends in misery, and then it’s onto the next. imagine the TARDIS filled with abandoned bedrooms, clothes on the floor, beds unmade, toothpaste in the sink. their things frozen in time, dust-covered and tomblike. and the doctor is drifting through space, surrounded by evidence of all the lives they’ve ruined. anyway, if anyone has evil doctor fic recommendations pls drop them below.

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happy anniversary to whatever is going on in this show

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An illustration of a tiger from Shōzō Kawasaki's Chōshunkaku kanshō v.3 (1914). Full text here.