#michael david simms

[nerds-yearbook]

Sylvester McCoy's Doctor regenerated into Paul McGann's Doctor in Doctor Who: The Movie on May 14, 1996. After being shot by criminals, the Doctor was taken to a hospital, where his alien biology caused Dr Grace Holloway to accidently kill him. The Master also took over a new body and was protrayed by Eric Roberts. Doctor Who: The Movie was a failed pilot for an American Produced series. While the series didn't come to be, McGann cotinued to protray his Doctor in audio form and eventually in cameos in specials and later episodes of the revived Doctor Who series. ("Doctor Who: The Movie", TV Movie Event)

[mobius-m-mobius]

#Sir Derek Jacobi is just gonna keep getting away with it huh 😔 (insp)

[mizgnomer]

Crowley vs. The Tenth Doctor - Parallels Good Omens Season 2 - Part 4

Season Two’s [ Part One ] [ Part Two ] [ Part Three ] Season One’s [ Part One ] [ Part Two ]

[thymelessink]

I thought I'd share some older eye studies

[stere0typical]

I need writers to stop having David Tennant play characters who beg their camp, gay, blond "friend", who is the only other being like them in the universe, to run away with them to go see the stars, but they say no since they're fundamentally different, and end up back at the corrupt government they ran away from, that wants to fight a war that will end with the two's planet being destroyed because I will never not bawl over it.

[ingravinoveritas]

It's been brought to my attention that John Simm apparently played Ebenezer Scrooge in the production of A Christmas Carol that Michael went to see tonight and now I can't stop thinking about the two of them hanging out afterward and comparing notes about the benefits of being David's Master...

[thekingofspin]

if I had a nickel for everytime two tragically in love immortal non human beings who have been best friends for over 2000 years who only have eachother since the rest of their species are out to kill them and one of them says "i forgive you" in the worst possible dramatic moment and one of the two is also played by David Tennant

I'd have two nickles, which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[roxannepolice]

[princeloww]

reminder to go vote for the tv choice awards!!! david tennant is nominated in drama actor, doctor who is nominated in family drama, michael sheen's a very royal scandal is nominated, inside number 9 and ghosts in comedy, charlotte ritchie and reece shearsmith in comedy actor, etc

[isqueedmyself]

Did I not reblog...? And now I can't find it. No, someone said we should have a Sherlock Holmes series with Tennant as Holmes and Sheen as Watson. I said (on FuzzBeak, drat me) that Tennant would make a fine Holmes, but Sheen's energy would be better for Moriarty. And for Watson, let's have John Simm. What do you guys think?

[nerds-yearbook]

The pilot for Harsh Realm premiered on October 8, 1999. Fox, happy with the success of the X-Files, granted the green light for the Chris Carter created show, but then pulled the plug after only 9 episodes. The show centered around a virtual reality world called Harsh Realm. Creators of the comic Harsh Realm (James D Hudnall and Andrew Paquette) sued Fox for not receiving any credit. ("Pilot" Harsh Realm, TV Event)

[denimbex1986]

'“You talk about no one, ever. You just keep charging on”

Well, that was mad.

Who knew when we all settled down to watch the latest Doctor Who that we were getting The Two Doctors Reboot, nice and early? We basically got a 40 minute episode then a 20 minute episode here, bringing the 60th birthday trilogy to a close, and setting up, well, seemingly everything.

The Giggle, then, is a fairly traditional episode of Doctor Who on the surface. A foe from the past, a fancy corridor to run down, the world under threat. That sort of thing.

What’s more, it’s an episode that wasted no time at all bringing The Celestial Toymaker back from the 1960s, now not in the guise of Michael Gough, but looking incredibly like Neil Patrick Harris instead. Harris with a German accent no less, behind the counter of a 1926 Soho store when we first meet him. He’s dancing to the Spice Girls by the time we watch him drop a ball, and that gives an indication as to just how fast and furious The Giggle would turn out to be.

After the opening credits, we’re in London, and all is not well. Lots of smoke, looting, cars rampaging on pavements. On the surface, a little bit of a horror movie, with a creepy ventriloquist’s dummy mixing in a bit of the 1940s movie Dead Of Night with a dose of Saw.

There was a threatened subplot setup about John Logie Baird, the invention of television, and the seeding of something that’s been subtly threatening the human race since the invention of said telly. But once Russell T Davies had made his point, it was pretty quickly shelved. It’s an idea that at any other time could have happily been explored in a full episode. Here, it was needed to the point that it wasn’t. And when it wasn’t, it was gone.

The point that Davies was making? Well, you could call it subtext, but it was so close to the surface of what was going on we may as well call it text. The unbeatable enemy here wasn’t The Toymaker, it was humans. Worse: the brand of humans who think they’re always right. Facebook comments boards in walking, talking form.

Even UNIT doesn’t know what to do about them.

As Davies points out, they shout, they cancel. They’re even offered Zeedex, a vaccine against trouble of sorts, and they criticise it.

It would be fair to say that The Giggle is not Russell T Davies at his most subtle, but clearly deliberately so. He’s got something to say, and boy, does his script say it.

Yet as soon as he’s done with that, the television and the doll are shuttled off, as there’s much else to get through.

It would, after all, be fair to say that The Giggle had a hell of a lot going on, and much was splashed on the screen.

If last week’s Wild Blue Yonder was the slightly more contained of the three episodes we’ve just had (and my favourite), perhaps saving a few of Disney’s dollars by sticking mainly to a single location with a small cast, here Davies is emptying the piggy bank in ten minutes flat.

Again, it’s not special effects per se (although they were not skimped on – witness the folding up shop): it’s scale. A busy London street looks really busy. Chaos looks like chaos The helicopter flying over London actually looks like a helicopter flying over London.

And that’s before we get to the new UNIT headquarters. The first clues were the branded armour on the UNIT troops. Then, off we pop to a tower that looks like it’s been bought off Tony Stark, and not at a discount.

I think most of us are expecting, thanks to the Whoniverse logo that now precedes episodes of Doctor Who, that we’re going to be getting spin-offs in due course. The scale of the UNIT set and the sheen of its new tower means my money’s on that being one spin-off right there. Especially as it offers a welcome pension scheme for erstwhile Doctor Who companions. There’s a job offer for Donna Noble for a start.

It turns out there’s a second spin-off that’s also set up: David Tennant’s 14th Doctor is still in play, and we’ve now got two TARDISes. Will that be explored as a possible option? Who knows, but I’d not bet against seeing Tennant again in the show.

Let’s go though to what was set up as the meat of the episode: the face-off between Neil Patrick Harris’ much-hyped The Toymaker, and Tennant’s Doctor. All with Donna Noble involved too. A rematch, now in our universe, nearly 60 years in the making.

It’s The Toymaker up against a doubtful Doctor too, one questioning his effectiveness. “Take away the toys, what am I?”, he questions, giving the Time Lord the kind of gravitas and weight that Tennant has always excelled at. At one stage almost a failing Doctor too, one with his confidence stripped away.

Is this the continued weight of the Flux on his shoulders here? It – along with Trial Of A Time Lord – certainly gets another reference here. At one stage, a puppet show even. Heck, the puppet version of the Doctor’s history: we’re up to spin-off number three. Would watch.

Interesting fella then, The Toymaker. He reminded me of when Russell T Davies re-introduced The Master all the way back in 2007. John Simm’s take on that particular foe was played big, a rampaging, loud, scene-demanding antagonist, not shy of a pop song. Certainly a marked difference from how we’d seen The Master before.

Neil Patrick Harris – at his most creepy in a suit in the background, staring at the camera – is more than up to what’s asked of him here, and it’s a not dissimilar approach. The words ‘quiet’ and ‘subtle’ were not part of the pitch.

It’s a whole lot of fun though, if not always a settled and particularly interesting take on the character. When he appears from the sky as a puppeteer, I confess, I wasn’t unnerved. When he was silent, staring in the background, I was.

A doll reciting poetry while walking slowly past a clock in the wall? Yep, that was creepier. A dance with Jemma Redgrave – welcome back! – to the Spice Girls? Again, less so. The smaller the ask, the more unnerving The Toymaker became.

But then, after all the build-up, not actually much time. It was lovely to see Bonnie Langford’s Melanie Bush again – quieter than usual – but again, not much time with her. Perhaps we’ll meet her again. Hope so.

The first 40 minutes then, the episode that we though we were getting, was perfectly decent, entertaining, breezy, and occasionally very funny (Donna knowing exactly when to run). Credit to director Chanya Button for keeping up with it all.

The last 20 minutes? Well, where do you start.

Doctor Who has always changed, always evolved, and rightly so. Right before our eyes tonight, it was rewriting its rule book again, and there was much to take it.

It was, in two words, a lot.

We’ve had a premature David Tennant regeneration before, but when he started getting the glow some 15 minutes from the end of The Giggle, I confess I was expecting a more traditional handover, albeit with Davies giving us an unexpected 15 minutes to get to know, well, the 15th Doctor.

What we got was something new: bi-regeneration.

That, plus a TARDIS with a jukebox. A Doctor parading around in his pants. Fourteen and 15 hugging it out. And an actual happy ending for a Doctor. Bet the BBC gets letters about some of that, too. Probably from the same lot that wrote in last time.

Things just kept on coming. This was full-on blockbuster television, and a very clear sign of where things are heading.

Just one of those things we got in the last act would have been new: in Davies’ latest generation of Who, we got the whole lot in a quarter of an episode. You ain’t going to get much slowdown in a Saturday night slot either.

I should note that a few things have been seeded here alongside the pair of Doctors and their respective vehicles.

The Master’s clearly back in play, and not just because of the namecheck of the Archangel network. The picking up of the tooth at the end (yep) had a ring of the last reel of 1980’s Flash Gordon about it. We know The Master’s in there: but who picked the tooth up? Someone at UNIT presumably. For now, they’re not telling.

There’s more too.

Who are the “legions” that the Toymaker talks of? Again, there’s clearly more threat coming, because he was incredibly easily defeated here after being told how deadly he was. It made the regular batterings of the Daleks look difficult. But also, we’re told of The One Who Waits. Who’s that? Whoever or whatever it is, it’s clearly Ncuti Gatwa’s problem. And it sure looks, from the glimpse that we’ve had, that Gatwa is going to have a lot of fun trying to solve it.

He may even need to invest in a pair of trousers.

Even writing this all down though, what I got from all of this, as much as Russell T Davies was repainting and rewiring the show, was a deep love of it from him. The time taken to pay tribute to Sarah-Jane. The mention of Adric. That aforementioned puppet show. Even protecting moles from Wilf. All of this is the woven fabric of the show, and it’s very, very clear that Davies is building on it, not disposing of it. I love that.

Here, he’s used a trilogy to give fans new and old something. The old farts like me are far more Wild Blue Yonder, I’d imagine, but I had fun with The Giggle, even if I wanted more of The Giggle in it. The last 20 minutes took me very much by surprise, and for a show that’s entering its seventh decade (!), how impressive is that?

It’s been a fun trilogy of episodes, this. And what we got here was the culmination of an ambitious, top-to-bottom reintroduction of the show that’s already got a fresh run of episodes waiting for us, beginning with the festive special.

This, then, is Doctor Who. And this is now the future of the show.

It ain’t going to be everyone. But all signs are, it’s going to be quite a ride. Roll on Christmas…'

[time2memedrjones]

Lol

Genre of image: Writer and the two little guys with homoerotic tension that he created and one of them is blonde and one of them is David Tennant

[companion-showdown]

Anniversary Tournament

Last year for Doctor Who's anniversary I ran a tournament between Doctor Who stories, and I wanted to so something different again this year. A tournament between real people important to the history of Doctor Who, actors, writers, producers, directors, composers, production designers. Technically it'll be a tournament for the most infuential person to Doctor Who and its development over the years, but really I want it to be a celebration of all of these people, and not just the winner.

To that end, the nomination form, you can also submit nominations normally, ie sending me an ask or replying to this post, however I won't be accepting propaganda through those methods.

I'm thinking I'll close nominations on the 18th of November, that might change but probably not by much

Current Nominations:

if green then at least one person has submitted propaganda for them

Actors

Arthur Darvil

Billie Piper

Carole Ann Ford

Christopher Eccleston

Colin Baker

David Graham and Peter Hawkins

David Tennant

Frazer Hines

Freema Agyeman

India Fisher

Jacqueline Hill

Jodie Whittaker

John Simm

Jon Pertwee

Lisa Bowerman

Liz Sladen

Matt Smith

Ncuti Gatwa

Nicholas Courtney

Pat Gorman

Patrick Troughton

Paul McGann

Peter Capaldi

Peter Davison

Rodger Delgado

Sean Carlsen

Sophie Aldred

Stuart Fell

Sylvester McCoy

Tom Baker

William Hartnell

William Russell

Composer

Delia Derbyshire

Dudley Simpson

Murray Gold

Paddy Kingsland

Peter Howell

Rob Harvey

Ron Grainer

Segun Akinola

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Designers

June Hudson

Peter Brachacki

Raymond Cusic

Directors

Christopher Barry

Graeme Harper

Paddy Russell

Rachel Talalay

Richard Martin

Waris Hussein

Fandom

Marnal Gate

TARDIS wiki creator

The Audience

Craig Ferguson

Producers

Barry Letts

Graham Williams

John Nathan Turner

Philip Hinchcliffe

Verity Lambert

Julie Gardner

Writers (including script editors and showrunners)

Alan Moore

Anthony Coburn

Chris Chibnall

David Whittaker

Donald Wilson

Douglas Adams

Eric Saward

Gerry Davis

Grant Morrison

John Lucarotti

Johnathan Blum

Justine Richards

Kate Orman

Kit Pedler

Lance Parkin

Lawrence Miles

Marc Platt

Paul Cornell

Robert Holmes

Robert Shearman

Rona Munro

Russell T Davies

Steven Moffatt

Terrance Dicks

Terry Nation

Other/impossible to categorise

all the thousands of people who've worked behind the scenes

Michael Grade (BBC higherup who hated doctor who so so much)

Peter Cregeen (actually cancelled Doctor Who)

Sydney Newman

Nicholas Briggs

Gary Russell

John F Kennedy

Sue from Catering

The real historical figures who've appeared in the show

Shakespeare

[michael-the-candybar]

Intro (Ig 😭)

Basics

Name: Michael/Mic (nickname pronounced like tic not mike)

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality: Pansexual and asexual!

Intrests

Movies: The Maze Runner, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Spiderman, Deadpool, Any Adam Sandler film, It, Scream

Shows: B99, Superstore, The Office, Friends, Heartstopper, Doctor Who, Camp Cretacious, Gravity Falls, The Owl House, Amphibia, She-ra, Derry Girls, SVU, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, Arcane, The Good Place

Music: David Bowie, Conan Gray, Taylor Swift, Blink-182, The Smiths, Olivia Rodrigo, MCR, ABBA, Marina, Radiohead, Mitski, Boy Genius, Phoebe Bridgers, Chappell Roan, Gigi Perez

Hobbies: Drawing, Reading, Guitar, Yarn bracelets, Painting, Embroidery

Favourites

Actors: David Tennant, Andrew Garfield, Adam Sandler, Dylan O’brien, Thomas Brodie Sangster

Colours: Red, yellow and green

Fics: A Serpent And His Rose by Lovelylittlemaniac, Starvin’ Darlin’ by showinalittlelife, Kill Your Darlings by MesserMoons

Songs: I hate It Here - Taylor Swift, Alley Rose - Conan Gray, Mama’s Boy - Dominic Fike, Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths, Can’t Catch Me Now - Olivia Rodrigo, Now and Then - The Beatles, I Know The End - Phoebe Bridgers, Please Be Rude - Gigi Perez

Random

Me core characters: James Potter, Remus Lupin, Evan Rosier, Luna Lovegood, Eddie Kaspbrak, Newt, Dipper Pines, Peter Parker, Edric Blight, Issac Henderson, Jonah Simms, Neville Longbottom, Luke Dunphy

I hate mushrooms and math

(this will probably be edited a ton)

[secondratefiction]

Requests are Open!

Been off for a bit, and feel like trying to write again. So all the fandoms and characters I write for will be listed below the cut. If the character is marked [*], then they're one of my favorites to write for.

I specialize in headcanons and short/blurb type pieces

Batman/Batfam:

Dick Grayson, Jason Todd*, Tim Drake*, Damian Wayne, Duke Thomas

Harry Potter:

Harry Potter*, Ron Weasley*, Fred Weasley*, Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Viktor Krum*

Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit:

Boromir*, Faramir, Legolas, Aragorn, Samwise Gamgee, Pippin Took, Thorin Oakenshield, Fili*, Kili*

Star Wars:

Din Djarin*, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jango Fett, Boba Fett

TMNT:

Raph*, Mikey, Leo, Donnie*, Casey

The Lost Boys*:

David, Dwayne, Paul, Marko, Michael Emerson

The Covenant:

Caleb Danvers, Pouge Perry, Tyler Simms, Reid Garwin*

The Outsiders:

Sodapop Curtis*, Two-Bit Matthews*, Dally Winston, Tim Shepherd*

That 70s Show:

Steven Hyde

Stranger Things:

Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Dad!Jim Hopper, Billy Hargrove

The Hunger Games:

Peeta Mellark, Finnick Odair,