#The Trial of a Time Lord

[devilofwinterborne]

Peri Brown -> The Mysterious Planet

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Tegan would whoop the Valeyard's ass and I'm not joking

[junkyardbluebox]

Ainley!Master with Doctors 4-7

[finndiseicla]

I was thinking about the popular fan theory that 16 year old fanboy Chris Chibnall's embarrassing appearance complaining about Terror of the Vervoids on live television was possibly the inspiration for the character Whizz Kid in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

If that's the case, then does that mean Benni and Vilma from Orphan 55 were based on Pip and Jane Baker?

[daddyslittlegirlofsammy]

It's just him and his curly hair against the universe

I don't know where the first one comes from but the other three are from the "The Trial Of A Time Lord"

[nkp1981]

Doctor Who: The Trial of a Timelord: The Mysterious Planet, 1986

[ninjastormhawkkat]

Doctor Who Theory

Spoilers for those who haven't watched the latest 60th anniversary special "The Giggle" When Ncuti Gatwa mentioned bi-regeneration, plus how it was shown in the episode, that made me think something. For those who have watched or read about the special "The Trial Of A Timelord" from the Colin Baker era, The Master made this quote when revealing the identity and briefly explaining the existence of the Valeyard; "The Valeyard is an amalgamation of the darker sides of your nature, somewhere between your twelfth and final incarnation" - The Master (Anthony Ainley) Now the word amalgamation means the action or process of uniting or merging two or more things. The Valeyard is a result of an action or process that combines all the Doctor's darkest natures into one being. Before fans have speculated that one of the future Doctor's is going to turn into the Valeyard...but what if that is not the case. What if during the twelfth and final incarnation of the Doctor, a future Doctor is not corrupted, but rather the Valeyard is created through bi-regeneration? What if the series introducing bi-regeneration is in a way showing fans how the Valeyard will come into existence. This is just speculation and who knows how the future of Ncuti's Doctor will go. But also from the episode "The Giggle" The Toymaker hinted at an opponent coming from the shadows, someone or something that made the Toymaker run. An opponent for a future game. Could this be hinting towards the Valeyard? Who knows?

[ma1kayl]

Doctor Who: The Collection Custom Cover Revisions (Vol. 2)

I've never really liked how I did the covers for season 22 and 23, so I redid them. Here they are:

[not-from-mars]

Gotta love the bit at the end of the trial of a time lord where the doctor’s like “sooo are you still gonna execute me for that genocide I did?” and the time lords just go “nah we don’t really feel like it 🤷. hey do u wanna be president?”

[dwimpossblog]

The Ultimate Foe

The Doctor's trial comes to its' epic conclusion in The Ultimate Foe!

[mylifeiscomics]

ehm… these flower aliens looking a bit like… 👀😬

[thematrix-theuniverseofdoctorwho]

The Sixth Doctor And Mel “Doctor Who - The Trial Of A Time Lord”

[thedoctorwhocompanion]

Out Now: Bonnie Langford Returns as Mel in Doctor Who Magazine #595

Out Now: Bonnie Langford Returns as Mel in #DoctorWho Magazine #595

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine puts Bonnie Lanford centre stage as she’s set to return to Doctor Who as Sixth and Seventh Doctor companion, Mel Bush! This is her first major interview since her return was announced; Melanie Bush is set to come back, opposite Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor, for the Series 14 finale. Plus, DWM includes We Need to Talk About Mel Bush, arguing that Mel is…

[junkyardbluebox]

Caption This!

[aardwolfpack]

I think the T.A.R.D.I.S. materialized here once.

Tongaporutu, Taranaki, New Zealand 

by Dylan Toh & Marianne Lim from Australia 

Source | Google Maps

[relicsongmel]

Iris, Miles, and their mutual "secret"

The Ace Attorney fandom is no stranger to discussions of homoerotic subtext in the game's script—pretty much everyone who's spent more than five seconds here will be able to tell you that. Screenshots of lines that imply romantic tension between same-gender characters are all over the place, to the point that many fans are drawn to the series purely by its reputation as "the gay lawyer game." Some scenes are more well-known than others, but one I find brought up fairly regularly is this conversation between Miles and Iris:

This is optional dialogue that can be triggered by presenting incorrect evidence on Iris' Psyche-Lock during the Investigation portion of Bridge to the Turnabout. The argument here is that the "secret" Iris is referring to is the same as her own: that being, a romantic interest in Phoenix Wright. Which is definitely hilarious when you consider that Iris has known Miles for less than a day and she's already reading him for filth (granted, she could have been clued in by the similarly infamous "indispensable friend" line, and she's also exceptionally good at reading people despite Miles thinking otherwise). As a Narumitsu shipper myself I am not immune to enjoying that interpretation; however, I feel like there's a lot of nuance in this scene that isn't often addressed by the fandom at large. Which is unfortunate because watering it down to just Iris calling out Miles for being the gayass he is (to be fair. she's not wrong) does a MASSIVE disservice to both of their characters, and I'll explain why.

My bone to pick with the usual analysis of this scene is mostly centered around the larger conversation to be had regarding the treatment of female characters in fandom spaces. All too often they tend to play second fiddle to the male characters, and a similar principle holds true for ships with their canonical male love interests: mostly ignored in favor of the the more popular M/M ship(s). At best these women are sidelined, at worse they are flattened into wingmen for the boys (as is frequently the case with many AA girls and Narumitsu, Iris included), and at the absolute worst they are demonized for their perceived "competition" with whatever gay ship is most popular and therefore the Only Valid One for the male characters involved (as exemplified by some very "passionate" fans that I generally try to avoid interacting with). Whenever this scene gets brought up, the focus is almost always exclusively on Miles and what the interaction says about his relationship with Phoenix; Iris is only relevant insofar as she's the one initiating Miles' Homosexual Moment™—you could replace her with almost any other character and there'd be a similar level of neglect for their role in the interaction. Only very rarely will you see attention given to what Iris' question about Miles' secret means when she is the one asking it, and what it can tell us about her relationship with Miles/what she thinks of him, and vice versa (absolutely wild how even Miles himself is often flanderized despite being the fandom's golden child). It's all too characteristic of the systemic misogyny that has plagued fandom since its inception, which is deeply frustrating to me as someone who adores Iris as much as I do (if that wasn't obvious by now). So that said, let's dive deeper into what I think the missing link is here: namely, the Iris-Miles dynamic as it pertains to their relation to Phoenix.

Iris and Miles is one of my favorite relationships to explore in the whole series—but as I've described above, unfortunately a lot of people get it wrong in my opinion. Discussion about the two is frequently centered around Narumitsu Love Drama—which is a conversation worth having, don't get me wrong—but the elements at play there aren't always represented the way I envision them, which again, is frustrating. Take the idea of potential jealousy, for instance: it's pretty standard love triangle fare that can be (and often is) quickly turned into demonization when it's used in a shipping context, character assassination be damned (re: Narumitsu fanfic authors that project their personal dislike of Feenris onto Miles via his jealousy of Iris and/or how they tend to portray Iris unfavorably). However, it's not inherently a bad thing to explore: personally, I do believe that there is mutual jealousy between the two of them. Miles might not have the full context of Iris' history when this conversation takes place, but he's emotionally intelligent enough to pick up on what Iris means to Phoenix, and vice versa. And him being a jealous hoe about it isn't out of the question when you consider that he's a bit of a loner by nature and doesn't have many close friends or outlets for socialization outside of his job. The crucial element that's sometimes missed, though, is that Miles not only lacks the self-awareness to realize he's a jealous hoe...he's also a self-sabotaging jealous hoe.

And the same can be said for Iris, who is similarly introverted and doesn't often leave her home at Hazakura Temple.

The whole reason Miles is peering into Iris' heart in the first place can be found in this exchange, after he breaks her Psyche-Lock:

Miles uses the Magatama in order to gain the answers he needs to bring the truth to light and get Iris acquitted, and he does so for the express purpose of reuniting her with Phoenix so they can find closure—in fact, he reiterates this to her multiple times. He obviously recognizes how Phoenix is suffering from what happened between them (I'd argue he sympathizes with Iris' plight as well) and has resolved to do what he can to help him heal, but there's no reason for him to be so insistent that she rectify things with Phoenix when it does nothing but harm his own chances with him. Unless, of course...that's the whole point.

To convince Iris to reveal her secret so he doesn't have to face his own, because he thinks himself undeserving.

And Iris, noticing this because she empathizes with that feeling of unworthiness, calls him out on it in an almost uncharacteristically forward manner when she asks him what he's hiding.

Takes one to know one, indeed.

Iris highly respects Miles for taking on her defense despite the risk to his job as a prosecutor. She's willing to trust him after hearing he's a friend of Phoenix, hearing him out and letting him reason with her. She still keeps her cards close to her chest in some regards, but she's more honest with him than she's been with anyone else in her life apart from her sister. She sees his commitment to the truth and how it starkly contrasts with how she's lived her life to this point, and thinks that this is the type of partner Phoenix deserves—not someone like her, who only knows how to survive using lies and deception. She sees so much strength in him but still recognizes the insecurity lurking beneath his tenacity, which is why when he falters in his logic, she takes a leap of faith and gives him one last chance to examine his reasons for pushing the burden of his unspoken affections onto her, as if to say: "Look in the mirror. Is this really for me? Or is it for you? Do you really seek the truth for its own sake, or do you merely hope to find one truth so you might run from another?"

Her question to Miles is a gamble—a coin flip of self-sacrifice. If she loses and he presses on, she has to face the secret within her heart she's been suppressing for five years. But if she wins and he gives in to the truth in his, she has to live the rest of her life watching it unfold and knowing she threw away her chance to finally stop living in fear of her own love.

Either way, there's no escaping heartache for her anymore.

Miles and Iris both want what's best for Phoenix and prioritize their vision of his feelings over their own. However, they are also both deeply emotionally repressed people who find difficulty in being direct with their feelings, and are predisposed to self-sabotage due to childhood trauma. These tendencies may manifest in different ways for both of them, but the fact remains that such people would likely not compete for a person's affection in the traditional sense, which is exactly what we see with how Iris and Miles deflect their feelings for Phoenix. These selfless, lovestruck idiots toss that man around like a game of hot-potato because their mutual self-hatred for the ways they've harmed him has rendered them terrified of the reality of what he means to them, and desperate to find a way out of admitting to it. It's the most compelling explanation I can think of for why the usually unassuming Iris makes such a bold judgment about what Miles might be keeping locked away, and why Miles goes to such lengths to make sure she talks to Phoenix and tells him the truth—his agreement to defend her was conditional on that exact promise. They go through this whole song-and-dance of playing wingman to ignore their own feelings while still trying to bring Phoenix the happiness they think he deserves—and then they wonder why seeing Phoenix give the other one attention burns them up inside.

Because they’re dumb. And I love them.

TL;DR the Iris Psyche-Lock scene in BttT is so much more than just "haha Miles gay" and I wish people talked about it more. Also Iris and Miles are way more similar than they appear at first glance and if I think about it for too long it makes me physically ill thank you for coming to my TED talk