In the episode The Big Bang, the Doctor falls into a crack in time and is erased from history so that he never existed. However, the planet Earth goes on existing safe and sound, despite the fact that the Doctor saved the Earth and the entire Universe from destruction multiple times in its history. Recently I began to wonder how this is possible. ( Read more... )

So, I’ve just seen the Christmas Special. I’m about a week late, I know. I’ve been visiting relatives. I love my family, but they don’t have ready access to BBC America or high-speed internet.

I have massive feelings about the Doctor's current status quo and about families and going home for Christmas. Be warned: there is a long, rambling post ahead ( Read more... )

Amy and Rory’s Guide to How Costumed Role Play will Save Your Time-Tossed Marriage

I watched the Night and the Doctor vignettes on the Doctor Who: Series Six box set today. My favorite by far is “Good Night”. Amy admits to the Doctor that she can’t sleep because she has two overlapping sets of memories inside her head and her life doesn’t make any ( Read more... )

So, I’ve just finished listening to Gallifrey: Series 3 from Big Finish. Panacea left me stunned and it helped crystalize something that has been in the back of my head since Imperiatrix.

I think Gallifrey serves as a fitting prequel to the Time War and New Who. The writers probably never intended it that way, but it fits remarkably well into its ( Read more... )

Title: Gallifrey - Spirit: Romana & Leela
Music: The Strategy by Guixav3/Pond5.com
Made by: bystander_3
Fandom: Big Finish's Gallifrey (Doctor Who spin-off)
Characters: Romana & Leela
Spoilers: Gallifrey 2.2 -  "Spirit"
Rating: PG
Description: A tribute to the unlikely friendship between President Romana of Gallifrey and her loyal bodyguard Leela of the ( Read more... )

So, I just re-watched The Wedding of River Song. There are many things that make so much more sense the second time through. There is a lot of really subtle acting taking place in the scene on the roof of the pyramid that you can't pick up on the first time, because you don't have the context for it yet. The scene plays out in a totally different ( Read more... )

WARNING: Spoilers for A Good Man Goes To War !

ALSO WARNING: Long, rambling essay ahead!

( Melody Pond, Time Lord DNA, and Quantum Waveforms )

Title: Gallifrey
Music: Gallifrey theme
Made By: bystander_3
Fandom: Big Finish's Gallifrey (Doctor Who spin-off)
Characters: Leela / Andred
Spoilers: Big Finish's Gallifrey, Series 1 & 2
Rating: PG
Description: The starcrossed and highly dysfunctional love affair between Leela of the Sevateem and Andred of the House of Deeptree.

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Title: The Pomegranate
Characters/Pairing: TenII, Rose Tyler
Rating: G
Spoilers: through Journey's End

( It was a Monday )