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Doctor Who The Shakespeare Code | 3.02

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twelve is not more ruthless or cruel or endangering than any of his predecessors. he just doesn't hide it. I think he was the kindest doctor because he didn't hide his ruthlessness from his companions, didn't hide it behind a goofy bow tie or the charm that makes people follow him to the end of the universe. . . he showed Clara exactly who he was and the brutal things he was willing to do if he believed they were right. And he didn't pretend to feel bad about them. I think after amy and rory he got tired of how easily people believed he was good, how easy that made them to kill, how their faith in him always always meant they never got home. So he does the kindest thing he can think of, and doesn't hide that they're not just choosing to travel with him, they're also choosing to travel with the death that follows him everywhere he goes. I think he's the first doctor not to hide from that second companion and the part he plays in keeping it onboard.

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Forever obsessed with Donna just straight up having a fully domesticated time lord in her house. You know she's posting pictures of The Doctor napping, Skimbleshanks loudly purring on his hip, with captions like "the oncoming storm and the cat he said he didn't want" to the companions group chat

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Their postures are so telling, because it’s one of those rare times that they’re so close together, and the Doctor is relaxed, but the Master isn’t. He trusts that she’s not a threat, but Missy cannot fathom why..

Please, tell me, really, are you all right?

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My dad sends me. Doctor Who character analysis sometimes and here's his latest:

11, more than any other Doctor, is the reason that River says, "Never let the Doctor see you get older." Rose, Martha, Amelia, Clara, Billie, Ryan, and Yaz are all young, all full of a sense of wonder for the things that the Doctor shows them. Donna is an adult. She first decided to become a companion because she was in a rut and wanted to run away from that. So 10 thought she would be like the the others. On their first trip, 9 showed Rose the end of the Earth. When she assumes that he is going to save the Earth, he corrected her. Stating that this is an unchangeable event. From the beginning, he trains her not to question his judgement on what he says cannot be changed. Donna was too old to fall for that and pushes back constantly. Okay, so you can't save everyone in Pompeii, then just save one person. It isn't an all or nothing proposition. He learned from that and tried to do better. Until he got too arrogant and tried to save someone he really should have let die. But then he became 11, the Doctor who forgets. The one who keeps running away more than any other. 200 years running away from Lake Silence. Years in a cloud over Victorian London. Years spent in a monastary.

If he can't save everyone, then fine. He won't save anyone.

Then he became 12, with a face to remind him of Donna's lesson.

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HI REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID THE DOCTOR HAD ONE CONSTANT COMPANION? AND IT WAS DEATH? REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID THE MASTER WAS DEATHS CHAMPION. REMEMBER THE MASTER DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS DEATH. (“BECOME ME, BECOME DEATH”). WHAT DO WE THINK LADS

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Does it ever explain where 13’s earring comes from? The earring itself is the perfect choice for the Doctor. Two hands clasped together. One gold. One silver. Humanity and alien. Hand in hand. All attached to stars because who could ever give them up? Especially the Doctor, the one being in the universe who’s never been able to give up showing humanity the stars. The Doctor holding a companion’s hand and dragging them to galaxies far far away.

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I love trying to parse together anything about the Doctor's Academy years. He was a "terror" for 120 years. He regenerated one teacher and nearly regenerated a second one. He had no friends until school. he put a teacher in a time loop. He made a bacteria that put multi cellular lifeforms into a coma. He was in a band. It took him two tries to graduate with the bare minimum grade. No one can agree how long he went to school for or if he even graduated. He has a doctorate in cheese making. His friends kept trying to get him to join a rebellion and the government kept erasing his memory about it. The doctor is recorded to have attended a gallifreyan university that doesn't exist.

Like, what is this? I love this. Everything and nothing is canon and the world is a beautiful place.

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ok so I was looking at the list of conspirators for the assassination of Caesar on Wikipedia (not exactly super reliable but I’m gonna roll with it) and guess what I found

Peter Capaldi plays caecilius in the fires of Pompeii and at some point during the episode I think he says something about moving to Rome (but don’t quote me on that it’s been awhile since I’ve watched the episode). but, the most important thing is

THIS MAN STABBED CAESAR

And if Donna and the Doctor didn’t save him or his family, then history could’ve turned out completely differently because one person was missing from the let’s-kill-Caesar squad

I desperately want to know if this was one purpose and no I’m never getting over it

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Anyway one of my fave Martha scenes is from Smith and Jones when she closes Mr Stoker's eyes. Its not her most iconic or wow type scene but I think that's why I like it so much. Mr Stoker and Martha weren't besties. He even made that snarky comment about her not finding the heart properly. But in that moment she gave him that last bit of dignity and it speaks volumes about what type of person she is. She always sees the humanity in people, even if they're not human too. After Crete got converted she still saw the lil boy he used to be and she only met him for a few hours at most. It's not just about her being nice but how she actively humanises the people she meets no matter how little she knows them. Prolly shapes how she sees Ten too...

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clara oswald is like rose tyler in the sense that she was an ordinary girl who fell in love with an otherworldly man who rescued her from mundanity. she is like donna noble in the sense that she becomes one with the doctor, a sort of hybrid where she reflects everything he is. she is like river song in the sense that she exists for the doctor, her life's purpose completely tied to his life (river was born to kill, clara was born to save) but also in that, like river, she's a dead girl the moment she meets the doctor.

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thinking about the doctor hotwiring warp drives for fun as a teenager on the weekends (not that they had weekends, or teenagers)

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It just occurred to me today that First Contact occurs in 2063, which is also the year of Doctor Who's 100th Anniversary.

So, we're gonna have a big ass geek fest that year, right?

Can we all promise to be there? To not give up. Because we have a big freaking party to look forward to.

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THE ORIGINAL BOOPER

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here comes the oncoming storm in his little coat and beanie