#also just got through spyfall and I gotta say

[camellcat]

just recently rewatched the end of time specials, and I can't stop thinking about the way the master caught the doctor only to let him drop anyway. hey guys. what the fuck? I like had a visceral reaction to that and I don't even know why. that's. what. why'd he do that. do it again

[valc0]

My favorite Doctor Who Songs nobody else is talking about

So, since I’m now an authority in music recs (HOW?) I decided to put together this list of songs that I found and that nobody else (to my knowledge) suggested to me or is suggesting for DW playlists. Yes it’s gonna be mainly the Masters and Thoschei because I’m trash, buckle up.

1. Lights Out - MSI

Punch your lights out Hit the pavement That's what I call entertainment Causing problems makes you famous All the violence makes a statement

The Master alternative song to play if his Scissors Sister LP didn’t work. And on this hill I will die.

2. An Unhealthy Obsession -  The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

I brought a pack lunch and some coffee for my stakeout in your tree... outside your house Gotta be as quiet as a mouse, or else you'll call the police And I'll get done for somethin' stupid like disturbance of the peace And piece by piece I am collecting all the things you leave behind And when you don't I rummage through your bins to see what I can find

This song is pure crack and absolutely sends me. Someone needs to put it as background music in  World Enough and Time because this is Missy and Simm!Master singing and nobody will ever convince me otherwise

3. Not a Common Man - Matt Smith (Yes, him)

Look at history, open the books There are statues with great looks There are Gods, there are Kings I'm pretty sure I'm the same thing 

Basically Matt Smith singing how his dick is bigger than yours. Big roleswap Smith!Master energy in here.

4. Monolith - Twin Pumpkin

If freedom is the last thing then blood is everlasting But it's hard to let you go Been searching for a truth clear, I'm running on a loop here I will never let you go You better take me down before I

The Master being a weirdo and some midly angsty feelings (it will get worse)

5. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - there are a LOT of versions, pick your favorite

And what do you want? I wanna change What do you got When you feel the same? 

Feeling of isolation, powerlessness, feeling trapped as a rat, what else do you want to convince you this is Simm!Master?

More under the cut...it’s 23 in total folks...

6. Heat Stroke - Black Math

I'm running towards the goal I keep my head low One foot and to the next I passed ya yeah ya too slow You said you like the pressure? Well how you like my back? I'm getting farther from ya Taste my dust No looking back 

Another my dick is bigger song for the Master.

7. Creature - Bones UK

Call me up, call me in the morning Sticking your thorn in If that's what you need You can call me anything, baby It will not change me I'll still be me

It literally says “You can call me woman or call me man (I won’t fucking change, bitch)” and that’s very Time Lord of it.

8. Madness - Ruelle

Feel the fury closing in All resistance wearing thin Nowhere to run from all of this havoc Nowhere to hide From all of this madness 

Yeah, this is Thirteen on Gallifrey destroyed. Are we feeling the angst nearing, kids? It’s gonna get worseee.

9. Meaningless - Pain Of Salvation 

(TW: the video is morbid & can be triggering, watch a lyrics video instead)

I need something of my own I need something cutting to the bone I need something that is mine If that must be guilt, then fine 

Not a lot of people are into Prog Metal, but this is very melodic and I just...this is Missy regenerating into Dhawan!Master and realizing the Doctor left him again and—I’m sorry I got dust in my eye. There are also two previous verses that are just the equivalent of every smut fic plot ever written since Spyfall so... 

10. Control - Halsey

I'm bigger than my body I'm colder than this home I'm meaner than my demons I'm bigger than these bones

Applicable to either The Master, The Doctor (when feeling like a dumbass victorious) or Rose Tyler as the Bad Wolf. Very versatile song, 8/10

11. Violet Hill - Colplay

I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below So if you love me, why'd you let me go?

Twelve going on Gallifrey and kicking ass to get Clara back? No? Just me?

12. Mercury // Mars - Sleeping At Last

Rows of houses sound asleep Only street lights notice me I am desperate if nothing else In a holding pattern to find myself

&

We laid our names to rest Along the dotted line We left our date of birth And our history behind

The Doctor regenerating and the Time War respectively. Honestly, these guys are DW fans and wrote an album with planet names about the Doctor and I will never be convinced otherwise.

13. Get Better - Nothing But Thieves

Am I gonna get better, better? Because this feels like this might last forever Will I ever get better?

No, Doctor. You will never get better just fucking stop trying we love when you suffer, the score always gets higher when you suffer, ask the TrUe Dw FaNs out there. (tbf I like when they suffer)

14. Invincible - OK Go

When they finally come to destroy the earth They'll have to go through you first I bet they won't be expecting that When they finally come to destroy the earth They'll have to deal with you first

Eleven being Eleven and going on a rant on how he’s the fucking best and OK Go writing a song about him is something I would’ve never expected.

15. Neon Rust - Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Away on the wind being blown to hell What happened, it was all going so well Sweet golden rose, don't ever rust Be ever so delicate, when lending your trust

Listen, I don’t even ship Tenrose and I’m not a huge fan of Rose character either, but this is Tenrose and I love this song! Also, it’s angty and super extra, just like Ten is.

16. A lot of Meg Myers songs:

Some People

Tear Me To Pieces

Make A Shadow

Desire

Sorry

She’s a trove for Thirteen x Dhawan!Master songs and made me start a thoschei playlist just because of that. I mean...

Hurts to love someone, someone like you It's getting hard to find the light in your eyes Your face is a story and I know every line Trying to reach out but you're dancing out of time

Can you PLEASE be more specific with your pain?!? I don’t think this is SPECIFIC enough for Thirteen!!!!

17. Eyes On Fire - Blue Foundation

I won't soothe your pain I won't ease your strain You'll be waiting in vain I got nothing for you to gain 

Anyone remember this being the only good thing about Twilight other than  Hayley Williams’ beautiful face—I mean—voice? Besides that, this is the perfect Twissy song, fight me in the pit. 

18. Hurts Like Hell - Fleurie

I don't want them to know the secrets I don't want them to know the way I loved you I don't think they'd understand it, no I don't think they would accept me, no 

The angst! The pain! The unexpressed feelings...The Fam finding them on the floor, tussling over a bag of Cheetos like the stupid racoons they are...

19. Half Light - BANNERS

When you're in the half light It is not you I see And you live a half life You only show half to me 

This is pure Thoschei feels and nothing else but still manages to give me life.

20. Premonitions - Vaults

Let's take it right back to where we used to go But we never look back, no we only look forward To all the new pain and violence that we blame No we never look back, no we only look forward 

Look at me banging pans together and rant about the beauty of this song and how much it fits in my Thoschei obession.

21. Bad Company YONOAKA

So tell me what you want, tell me want you want Why have you come for me?  'Cause I was fine before you came to my door Now it's my blood you see  

I discovered this the day before The Timeless Children aired and I still stand by the idea that it’s oddly specific and I love it so much.

22. What Do You Want - Nico Vega

You've been lazy Maybe you're afraid Of sleeping in the dark Like a little baby With a nightlight Well baby, its bad You can go ahead and hate me For bringing in news But you could still choose Ain't going to be a party But you turn it all down 

The Master being a little shit to the Doctor and calling them both “lazy” and “a little baby” is now my religion. I’ll name it “Being an hopeless idiot”

23. Come On - Mondo Cozmo

'Cause come on, come on There's a fire in the sunrise Hello, hello, I'm the rider of the storm Come on, come on, we'll be staring at the skyline Hello hello, then we'll watch the city burn Come and watch the city burn

The Master serenading this one under Thirteen’s window with a guitar after he set fire to a car (That coincidentally was hers)

[youremyonlyhope]

Spyfall Part 2

Yay part 2! I’m so ready. Give me more.

While on my lunch break at work today, I nearly opened tumblr on my phone. Then I realized it was after 2pm so the episode was currently airing in Britain. I could have been spoiled if I hadn’t stopped myself. 

I see the Doctor is still talking to herself. Old habits die hard. “Don’t panic.” Love Hitchhiker’s Guide. “RYAN.” HUH “RYAN SINCLAIR?” WHAT? This is reminding me of something... what am I being reminded of... BLINK MAYBE??? YES THIS IS JUST LIKE “SALLY SPARROW DUCK NOW.” THIS IS BLINK. IS THIS BLINK? BECAUSE THIS IS BLINK. ...Who in the world is this lady... “Obviously I’m a recording and can’t hear you.” THIS IS BLINK. Also this is throwing shade at Blink with the “Obviously” part...  It is his TARDIS!!!! IT’S A TARDIS. THE HOUSE IS A TARDIS. THE FANS WERE RIGHT. At first, I wasn’t sure if it was a TARDIS or just the Master making a joke by having the house fly by them. But nope, IT’S A TARDIS. I literally screamed “IT’S A TARDIS” out loud. “Magic Apparrating Man! Lady. Apparrating Lady! Every time...” That made my dad laugh. But I mean, 1100 years at least of being a man, not counting the 4 billion years in the confession dial. It takes getting used to. Marooned in the past. Chibnall, I really hate to say this, but this is becoming a little too similar to Blink. Just because of the being trapped in the past and leaving messages for the present thing. The lace bonnet had looked super.... weird in the other realm. In a cool way. A way that made me wonder what material it was made of and if she was really from the mid 1800s or if she was just an alien with clothing that imitated the style. Because the way the lace glowed was cool. Also. Why does Ada seem familiar to me? OH NO. Lol. “O no.” I didn’t even do that on purpose. That face she made as she realized the Master’s not in control was such a Doctor face. “Ada, I really do not approve.” Aww Doctor. Never change. I like the old lady taking a picture with an iPad. Yaz calling her mom is a very Martha move and I approve. The Silver Lady was in the Master’s TARDIS.... “From his master” oh ok. “Multiple time periods” OOoohhhhh. Not multiple Earth dimensions then. I was gonna say that I was thinking of Weeping Angels earlier in the day today... I’m not saying these are Weeping Angels... but getting the vibes from the time travel and pulling people in and out and stuff. Oh and I was right that they can transport people purposefully. Did I say that in the last post? I can’t remember. But when Yaz was transported last episode I was like “So they can transport people places?” and the answer is a definite yes, and also in time. Also. Ada Lovelace. I know that name... I know I know that name... “Deep breath” ok now I miss Twelve. Of course it’s WWII. This music reminds me of like... Star Wars... Something from the sequel trilogy sounds like this... or at least has this vibe... Also. I don’t know how I feel about an Indian man in a Nazi uniform. That just... they wouldn’t have let him do that, first of all. Second of all, can we not? These are all women so far that the Doctor is bumping into... And I feel like it’s meaningful... Why would he do that to his mom? Noor Khan, I feel like I DEFINITELY have heard of her. Important women in science? I’m guessing Ada was a mathematician I think, but I can’t really remember. “They promised us that a war on this scale would never happen again.” “This is not the first time?” Ugh. WWI and pre-WWI people finding out about WWII always hurts. IT’S THE DOCTOR DOING THE SOUND OF THE DRUMS. Just the sound of the drums gives me chills. Is this a Old Who thing? The mind reading? She said it was classic. “Not exactly the Aryan archetype.” THAT’S WHAT I WAS SAYING. OOoooooh a perception filter. So they think he’s white. Ok. Ok that’s better.

Also, I’m sorta glad they’re actually addressing race affecting time travel to different time periods. They didn’t do it with Martha enough/at all. They tried to do it with Bill, and I did appreciate the “History is a whitewash” and London being blacker than Bill thought it was, but because London was diverse it wasn’t really an issue (besides the racist the Doctor punched). But I’m glad this is an actual situation where being another race is genuinely DANGEROUS since that’s how it was.

“Look after my mum” So is she not dead? Or is he mocking them? They can’t have destroyed Gallifrey again. He’s lying It was probably the Master himself that killed everyone if he’s not lying. “How else would I get your attention?” Awwww. That’s almost sweet. It’s sweet by Master standards ok. Ok... letting Nazis attack the Master... for being a spy... while he’s a person of color... is pretty harsh... Of course the Nazis can’t do much damage... And the Master did willing side with them to find the Doctor... But still... Very harsh... I guess after everything the Master has done... Maybe he deserves to be on the receiving end of racism since he hates humans so much... But still. “Forget you heard that word.... Otherwise I’ve just disrupted the whole of history. Again.” Doctor. Babe. Control yourself. Ok so it was people who were important in the development of computers in general. Cool cool cool. I appreciate that Ada and Noor were the ones the Doctor specifically bumped into. “You kept clicking agree” Yeah... yeah... he got us there. “This is like the Matrix” - My Dad. OH wow the Master came the long way round. 77 years. I’d almost say poor dude. Conversion!?!? NO. NOT CYBERMAN! IF THERE’S CYBERMEN THEN IS THIS A 3-PARTER?! “Oh.” “That’s your name.” HA. HA, good one Doctor. “I forgot the plane!” No you didn’t, Doctor. Don’t worry. You can do it anytime, as long as you do it at some point. “Are we being replaced?” Oh Graham. But also, I want the next companions to be from the past. See in Blink we didn’t get to see the Doctor setting everything up like we’re seeing it now. So that’s cool. Imagine if we had seen Martha standing behind the camera annoyed, then running around to say “I gotta support him!” That could have been fun. I think I just want more Martha in Blink. “The Fascists. Do they win?” “Never” Yeah I really hope not, but time is repeating itself. I guess it will also repeat them not winning. That’s sweet that the Doctor still wants her to know that computers are a thing because of Ada. And I appreciate that the show didn’t try to be like “She helped make computers because of the Doctor.” because no, she made them because she was always going to. Oh wow we’re going back to Gallifrey?? We haven’t been in a while. Been wondering if we would.

I didn’t write anything for the last few minutes because I’m just like... HUH.

First of all, I knew the Master did it. Called it.

Second of all. I was like “Oh no. The Doctor just got Gallifrey back, do we HAVE to take it away again? To make her angsty?” Then we heard the Master’s reason for destroying it and I was like ok maybe there’s justification.

Third of all. The Time Lords have always sucked. We’ve known this forever.  The Doctor has said that the Time Lords went wrong at the end of the Time War and that they choose to remember them in a good way and forget the ugly side. So we know the Time Lords suck. That’s not a surprise. What is it that they did that was so bad, the MASTER of all people felt the need to put an end to it? The Master. As in the little boy who was driven crazy because the Time Lords chose to put the Sound of the Drums in his head and use him as a weapon. He didn’t destroy Gallifrey then, so what could be worse than that? Do I even want to know? They’ll tell us, but I don’t know if I want to hear it. We might be going very dark this season...

Fourth of all, yay! They’re asking the Doctor questions and she’s answering! Yay! And Yaz asking “Can we go to your planet?” was the second Martha thing she did.

And fifth, yay! We’re probably getting an overarching theme this season! And maybe the Master isn’t completely evil, since everyone’s so worried about Missy’s redemption! He’s just hurt by what he found, felt he had to destroy Gallifrey, and is still upset about it. When he said the Timeless Child I literally said out loud “OH. OH ok so we’re really doing this then.” because I felt like all the predictions of the Timeless Child being involved were probably right... but not like this.

EPIPHANY. What if he really was just doing all this to get the Doctor’s attention? He wants the Doctor share the burden of the truth, but doesn’t know any other way to get her to listen besides do horrible things. What if he didn’t kill, plot, and plan just for the hell of it and maybe rub Gallifrey in the Doctor’s face, but the ultimate goal was to get that message to the Doctor so the Doctor could find out about Gallifrey.

Honestly I’m concerned about what it is that the Time Lords lied about. What did the Master mean by “who we are as a species” like... I’m scared.

Also halfway through the episode my mom came in (she’s super behind, as in she hasn’t even watched Capaldi’s seasons yet) and she said “You have to stop screaming ‘IT’S A TARDIS IT’S A TARDIS’ of course it’s a TARDIS that’s what she drives.” So apparently my mom heard my freak out over the Master’s TARDIS. She heard me screaming last episode too when I was jumping at the Master reveal.

Anyway. Sorta Blink-esque in that Ryan, Yaz, and Graham being saved is an endless loop if causing itself because of previously planted messages from the Doctor. But also, we got a mini history lesson, which was the point of Doctor Who in the first place. Gallifrey’s gone and apparently Time Lords suck, but what else is new. And we got the Master finding out the effect that race has in certain (or all) time periods. Hopefully the Master’s back soon. We really were spoiled rotten by Season 10 when they gave us Missy in like half of the episodes. I need more Master. Give me more Master.