#in rtd i trust

[angelic37]

Human with a Time Lord brain. Perfect combination.

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[marlenacantswim]

favorite scene from Russell T. Davies's The Second Coming (2003) has gotta be when the Ninth Doctor (who is, in fact, the son of god) starts eating pasketti in front of the unwitting host from s4e10 "Midnight" and she immediately breaks down.

[mrsmarymorstan]

Wooooooooow. Okay, so. I mean. The Goblins eating the children was one thing. But the Goblins stealing children from outside the church to eat them on Christmas Day SURE WAS SOMETHING ELSE HUH?

[butchfaith]

was there absolutely any need for the line "do you come in a range of colours"

[doccywhomst]

the way that every single fanon version of fourteen's outfit is light years better than the official costume...... i'm inconsolable

[raywritesthings]

Won’t lie, I am incredibly disappointed in Doctor Who’s choice to make Yasmin Finney’s new character be named Rose. The fact that in his post about it RTD defines her as just “another Rose” - like did he really not learn his lesson already?

I don’t care if she’s from a parallel Earth. I don’t care if she’s Rose Temple-Noble, and therefore Donna’s daughter like some people are speculating. I don’t care if it’s just a random fluke (though I doubt that). The fact is, Russell already went down this road in series 3, when he constantly had characters compare Martha negatively to Rose, and in the specials, when he named the Next Doctor/Jackson Lake’s companion Rosita, and had Ten remark “good name”.

Stop. Comparing. Black Women. To. A White Woman.

All people are going to talk about is Rose Tyler, and how this new Rose is like her or not like her, how much they miss the old Rose, how much they hate this new Rose compared to Rose Tyler, why couldn’t the “real” Rose have just come back instead, etc. If she is actually Donna’s daughter as some theorize, then plenty of other fans will just be talking about Donna, and her sad ending, and how her friendship with Rose was so amazing and profound it got through the mindwipe and so on. The point is, they will be talking about two white characters who have already had their time to shine instead of the new Black character, just like in 2007 with Martha’s run. The show had finally gotten to the point where it didn’t need to reference Rose Tyler every five episodes, and now that RTD’s back he’s just swinging the pendulum completely the other way.

Freema did not go through so much racist, sexist abuse for him to just get away with repeating this on another actress. And Yasmin will have it worse, because she is trans. People out there on the internet are already going to be posting or sending disgusting, vile things her way, and reigniting the “Rose Tyler vs New Character/Companion” debate is just going to make it so, so much worse. The fact that in the show’s canon, Rose Tyler treated the only trans woman she ever met (Cassandra, who was an extremely transphobic caricature written by RTD and portrayed by a cis actress) with derision and disgust, calling her “not human” and saying she “would rather die than live like [her]” is either going to embolden some transphobic fans or be desperately swept under the rug by the production team. If I see anyone on tumblr making transphobic or racist commentary about Yasmin Finney, whether blatant or a thinly-veiled dog whistle, I will be blocking on sight.

Some people are speculating that this Rose is going to be the new companion to Fourteen. And as amazing an actress as she is and as awesome as it would be to have a duo of Black actors headline Doctor Who for the first time ever, it would be an awful idea to kick off this brand new era with a companion who shares the same name as a previous one. A lot of folks have said it already, but this obsession with RTD’s first era as showrunner is frankly putting the show’s forward momentum in a chokehold. If people can’t get over the past and enjoy new characters and stories and themes (and they don’t have to enjoy all of them! I certainly haven’t over the years), then the BBC may as well have just canceled the show again. It’s running on the fumes of nostalgia, and David Tennant isn’t going to save the ratings by coming back once a decade. If people refuse to care about any other Doctor, then I say just let the show die.

Yasmin Finney seems genuinely excited to be joining the show and working with RTD, whether it’s for this one 60th anniversary special or for something longer-term is yet to be announced. But she deserved so much better, and Black women and girls both cis and trans deserved so much better, than to be overshadowed by a white, cis woman yet again.

[doctornolonger]

It seems that Britbox is losing Doctor Who outside the UK. With it now nearly certain that Disney+ will be snatching up the Who back catalog – not just future releases, as has been officially confirmed – it’s time to start thinking about how they’ll be splitting up NuWho into separate tiles! After all, surely Disney doesn’t want viewers to think they have to watch all of it before starting the Tennant specials and Gatwa series.

Ways they might do this, ranked from least to most cursed:

They restart the numbering so Gatwa’s first series is 1. “NuNuWho”?

One tile per Doctor, so series 5 is rebranded as “The Eleventh Doctor: Series 1”. This would extend nicely to Classic Who as well, but it’s a bit misleading, since starting with the Tenth or Twelfth Doctors wouldn’t make any sense.

One tile per showrunner era: RTD 1.0, Moffat, Chibnall, and RTD 2.0. Given that handovers have coincided with soft reboots in the past, this would make perfect sense; my main worry would be what names they’d come up with for each era…

One tile per showrunner, so RTD 1.0 and 2.0 go on a single tile. Viewers are encouraged to go straight from The End of Time to the 2023 specials. (If this happens, expect the first Fourteenth Doctor special to begin with a Twice Upon a Time-style long-range “Previously on…” flashback to series 4 (this might happen anyway tbh).)

One tile for series 1–4 and 14+ called “Doctor Who”, and one tile for series 5–13 called “Doctor Who: Legends”.

BIG FINISH ON DISNEY+ B  I  G  F  I  N  I  S  H  O N  D  I  S  N  E  Y +

Have I missed any? Which is most likely?

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant as the Fourteenth (!?!) Doctor

for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

[callixton]

the thing about rtd era is that he was very good at making it easy to latch onto seasons/companions bc they served very specific purposes in the doctor’s arc. i think this started to fade with moffat and was gone by chibnall and it breaks my heart bc it means that jodie’s seasons are much less memorable to me overall. i would’ve killed for her to have just one more season with a different showrunner and i hope she has the chance to come back in some meaningful way and show us how things could have been

[mulderscully]

ten is not overrated, he had one of the best eras and none of the other new who eras compare. he deserves all the recognition he gets because he brought doctor who back to life and people only like to say he's overrated because they resent the fact that their favourite doctors didn't get the attention and quality of writing ten's era got.

SAY THAT

(tho, i do think dt wouldn't have gotten where he did without christopher eccleston doing such a great job during s1.)

[united-federation-of-trek]

the doctor is emotionally well??? mentally healthy even????

[lesbiten]

IT JUST WAS SOOOO aughhhh it FELT like doctor who. maybe a bit too high of a budget still but its BETTER. it even had the nonsense science talk and the plot points that are awesome but fall apart if you look at them too hard. its perfect

[fivenyssateganadric]

is the new companion casting legit or just a rumour? like did she get spotted on set? I still feel like it’s kinda weird given that we haven’t even seen Ruby properly yet apart from the special.

[thegaygorgon]

I have had my reservations abt nu nuwho but having watched xmas special. IM SO FREAKING THEREEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! putting on my 15th Doctor and Ruby Sunday #1 Fan (after phin ofc) hat and tuning into every episode release.

[13thdoctor]

it really does get truly difficult for me to get through some of the moffat era writing. it's actually depressing how exhausted steven's making me of my own special interest. I need to rewatch 10 or something. at least capaldi makes 12 worth it. he's such a brilliant doctor that I actually CAN stand and get through his seasons, and I adore Clara. (hes actually one of my favorite doctors ever up there with 10 & 9) but GOD. 11's episodes are just so hard for me to get through especially since I DONT like Amy or rory (we're calling him Face of Blevins) that much. I'm so TIRED. and can I be honest with you all. is this a safe space. I haven't seen a single episode involving 13.

[thebadtimewolf]

can we point out that 15 in one ep did what martha did in s4 and sat a tennant doctor down to talk out their trauma and then she left them alone with a donna behind to have her own adventures or are we gonna ignore that...

im just saying 15martha is coming