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georgiacooked · 1 year
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Have the second new Companion print for next month's Capitol event! This time featuring Ian and Barbara, the original Time-And-Space faring teachers.
Decided to go monochrome for this one, but I might try a colour version too!
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A fluffy Ian/Barbara fic for Valentine's Day.
Hopping on one foot, Ian Chesterton laughed as he tried to remain steady. Barbara, sitting at her dressing table, applying her make-up whilst looking in the ornate mirror, smiled as from the corner of her eye she saw her husband passing by on one leg, no trousers to be seen and his shirt undone.
“If you’re to make that meeting by nine, Ian, I’d put a sprint on.”
“I’m trying. I suppose I really don’t want to go to this meeting.”
Barbara spun around. “I know. I don’t want to do this lecture this morning either. Not when it was meant to be our day off together. When was the last time we spent the day together, Ian?”
“Chance would be a fine thing. We’re both such busy bees these days.”
“I shouldn’t complain, but oh Ian, we had that romantic day planned.”
Finally placing on his trousers, Ian leaned over and kissed Barbara on the head. “How about tonight after all this work stuff, we just get dressed up and go to a posh old restaurant and treat ourselves to some fine wine? It can’t be a daytime thing but there’s no reason we can’t enjoy a meal together and have a night of it.”
She smiled. “That sounds lovely.”
Later that evening when Ian arrived home, Barbara was in the kitchen, pouring herself a cup of tea as the whistling kettle came to the boil.
“You want one?” she asked.
Placing down his briefcase and then kissing her cheek, he smiled. “Love one. I’m parched.”
“Oh, Ian, I’ve had such a tiring day.” Barbara could already feel her feet aching in her high heels.
“Sorry to hear that. Wish I could help but I’m exhausted too. Had to stay late in the end.”
“We didn’t book a restaurant,” she said with a sigh.
“No.” He paused and looked at her sympathetically. “Oh, I’m sorry, Barbara, I’m not a very good husband, am I? I should’ve booked us a table earlier.”
“No, Ian, you’ve been busy. Tell you what, why don’t we make something easy for dinner?”
“Something that requires minimal effort would be nice.” He rubbed his chin.
They laughed together as they carried two plates of beans on toast into the living room on fancy trays. Ian had placed a rose onto Barbara’s, a flower he’d picked up on the way home.
“You didn’t pinch that from Mr. Bennett’s rose garden, did you?”
Ian’s eyes rolled upwards, ignoring the question for a moment before answering. “Shows what you know. Mr. Bennett asked me to take one!”
“I see.”
“Barbara, I wish I could’ve bought you a nice gift but I just haven’t had the time.”
Barbara pointed her fork at him. “Eat your beans and then we can have some pudding.”
“Ooh, what kind?”
“Anything we happen to have in the cupboard.”
“But Barbara we haven’t been shopping.”
“Oh.”
Pudding afterwards consisted of a small piece of madeira cake they found in the cake tin that may have been there since Barbara had baked it several weeks earlier.
“Bit tough but still, beggars can’t be choosers.” Ian licked his fingers, removing the last crumbs.
“Why don’t you just get the hoover and be done with it?”
“Alright, alright. Don’t get snappy with me, Barbara.”
There was a moment of silence. Ian snuggled up close to his wife to remove the tension. As he nuzzled her, he felt the tension ebb away. He smelt Barbara’s hairspray and coughed.
“Sorry, Ian, went a bit mad on it today.”
“No problem. I like your hair. It’s getting taller though. One day it might start leaning like the leaning tower of Pisa.”
“Oh, Ian!” She slapped him away. “This is hardly romantic.”
“No, you’re right, hairspray and beans on toast. Maybe we should slip into something more…comfortable?”
“Ian, are you thinking what I think you’re thinking?”
“I think you are thinking what I’m thinking.” There was a mischievous look on Ian’s face. “Come on, let’s get ready.” He grabbed her hand and pulled her from the sofa.
Ten minutes later, they sat back on the sofa, dressed in their full nightwear—Ian in his striped pyjamas, dressing gown and matching slippers and Barbara in her long nightdress, dressing gown and warm socks.
“Ah, perfect,” she said as she laid her legs across Ian, wriggling her toes in his face.
Ian sniffed.
“Don’t do that joke again, my feet are very clean, thank you.”
He laughed. “Are you sure, I’m getting a hint of cheese?”
“Oh, do shut-up, Ian, I’m trying to get comfy. I’m tired.”
She closed her eyes as she moved about until she was in a perfect position, cuddled up in Ian’s arms, snuggling close to him, her head under his chin.
“There, that’s better.”
Ian ran his fingers up and down her arm. “This beats a boring old restaurant any day. Beans, Barbara and cuddles on the settee.”
“I’m so tired.”
“Me too.” He closed his eyes. “It’s funny, isn’t it? All this romance lark.”
“Hmm?”
“Just trying to have a romantic evening and then being content just as we are now. We did all the adventuring but I’m quite happy here.”
“As long as we have time together.”
“I really do love you Barbara,” he said, whispering into her ear. But when he looked at her, she was breathing softly and her eyes remained closed. “Barbara?” He ran his hand over his hair. “Night, Barbara.” He kissed her cheek.
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Ian and Barbara <3 <3
it's the first book: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cr3kqA_QdIHO6s9gWKIOFR-1MTSrWWf5
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anthonyofawesome · 10 months
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Thought I was doing the mentally healthy thing of clearing out my Tumblr drafts, but that led me to reblogging 45 consecutive Ian/Barbara posts which is 😬 not that.
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irate-iguana · 7 months
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We need more weird historian rep in Doctor Who. The companions are too normal when faced with the prospect of time travel. I want a companion who makes a list of super specific historical destinations related to their dissertation. I want somebody whose first reaction to finding out that the Doctor is a time travelling alien is to create a Microsoft Word document and ask, “What caused the Late Bronze Age collapse?”
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giddyaunt425 · 2 months
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robiniswriting · 4 months
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ian chesterton and barbara wright are the blueprint because the doctor was initially just this old, kinda tetchy scientist who thought humans were stupid and also annoying, but then he accidentally kidnaps these two teachers because they followed his granddaughter home after realizing her address was an empty lot and growing worried for her. they cared enough to get personally involved beyond what was technically required of them.
throughout their adventures he watches as barbara defends ancient civilizations, remaining kind and empathetic in the face of violence and pain. he sees ian risk everything time and time again to get barbara and susan home safe. he watches them convince others to stand up and fight for what’s right. he sees the way they never give up, never give in, and above all, always try their best to do the right thing.
they don’t always get it right! but they never stop trying, and slowly, ever so slowly, we see the doctor change from a man who holds himself above and apart to the quipping, quirky hero we are so well acquainted with in new who.
the doctor has always modeled his morals on the humans he travels with. they are the ones he turns to when he begins to fly too far above it all. so really, we owe the existence of the doctor to ian and barbara: the first of so many. they deserve more love.
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gallifreyanhotfive · 3 months
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Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 2
While attending Jago and Litefoot's knighting ceremony, the Sixth Doctor had to go in disguise because of the grudge Queen Victoria had against him, which was started by the Tenth Doctor.
Once, the TARDIS jumped a time track, leaving the Tenth Doctor at Powell Estate for a week. During this time, he lived with Mickey.
A team called the "Plastic Surgeons," comprised of the Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, and a lone Auton, won a Mannequin Challenge competition.
The Shopkeeper from the SJAs may have been an incarnation of the Corsair according to RTD.
The War Chief once had an aborted regeneration, which left him deformed, his past and future selves joined together. He had a conjoined dual skull and an extraordinary set of limbs.
The Third Doctor took Jo back in time in an attempt to kill that same would-be-dictator baby but also failed to do so after seeing his Sixth try the same (some of you already know where I am going with this).
After being irradiated on Metebelis III, the Third Doctor was stuck in the time vortex for ten years, dying very slowly.
Ian and Barbara's son became a pop singer.
The Eleventh Doctor once traveled with a robotic copy of a Tyrannosaurus rex named Kevin. His tiny arms made him unable to help pilot the TARDIS.
Kamelion and the TARDIS had a child together.
Missy killed the incarnations that came both before her (Saxon Master) and also after her (the Lumiat).
The Venusian Lullaby sounds like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen because Jago and Litefoot sang it on Venus to soothe the Shanghorn.
The First Doctor caused High Tutor Albrecht to regenerate by experimenting with a perigosto stick and a temporal feedback loop.
The First Doctor rigged a drinks machine to produce mercury during his time at the Academy to experiment with, nearly causing his professor to regenerate.
The First Doctor's dorm room had posters in it and became timelocked after an experiment gone wrong. No one ever figured out how to get rid of the timelock.
Basically, the Doctor was a menace even as a student, but everyone knew that.
Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
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sci-firenegade · 10 months
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I was compelled to do this.
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idkaguyorsomething · 7 months
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no but the pilot episode of og doctor who is so funny because it is literally just two british schoolteachers threatening to call cps because they think the doctor is keeping his granddaughter in a box so the doctor just decides to fucking kidnap them and then they get lost in time and space because this ancient bastard hasn’t known how to pilot his time machine since day one
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cosmik-homo · 16 days
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60s who be like what's a kidnapping and some dalek invasions between friends. oh, it's a bunch? ok.
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georgiacooked · 1 year
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A little sketch of Ian and Barbara I drew for my partner last year. Hopefully I’ll get the chance to paint it!
We love them, your honour.
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headcanonsandmore · 1 year
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Some perfectly normal Doctor Who factoids
The Master is canonically Rasputin.
Time Lords can all levitate and fly. The Doctor seems to forget this.
The Doctor is canonically Merlin.
There are two different explanations for the Loch Ness Monsters.
The Doctor once had a talking penguin as a companion.
Vampires are a canon species.
Tegan and Nyssa have such a strong queer subtext to their friendship that there is a wiki page online dedicated to it.
Speaking of Nyssa, she once got turned into a vampire and became obsessed with eating Tegan.
Ace McShane once fell in love with a cat-girl.
The Doctor is both a semi-mythical figure in the founding of time lord society, as well as also being the reason for the time lords having regenerative abilities. They are also just a run-of-the-mill time lord who ran away from Gallifrey. All of these are equally canon.
The Doctor once broke the fourth wall to wish the viewers a Merry Christmas.
The Third Doctor knows various martial arts.
It's implied that Time Lords cannot get drunk on alcohol unless they drink ginger beer beforehand.
The Eighth Doctor was once sentenced to death and promptly demanded to die in the nude.
The Doctor effectively kidnapped their first companions.
Time Lords reproduce via a technology known as looms.
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cleowho · 3 months
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“1963?”
The Rescue - season 02 - 1965
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your-own-scifi-nerd · 8 months
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honestly, I might do a Star Trek version of these since everybody seems to like them so much
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giddyaunt425 · 9 days
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5 after starting the Great Fire of London:
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Bonus
1 after starting the Great Fire of Rome:
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