Several times throughout the original run (and once in a short skit) The Doctor would have an adventure that involved working side by side with himself to fend off the end of everything. As exciting as this was, it was clarified (Clara-fied?) that this is usually not possible. Something about safeguards being in place, if I recall correctly. But ( Read more... )

I've heard a lot of people complain that the Master (as Eric Roberts and John Simm) were totally over the top. My opinion is that those people have never seen the Anthony Ainley Master, who was completley OTT and was loving every minute of it (I point to Time Flight as evidence ( Read more... )

... and the crack in time.
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Title: Welcome to my TARDIS
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, The Doctor (10), OFC, the Rani
Disclaimer: Neither Torchwood or Doctor Who are mine
Summary: What happens when Louise Ruth enters the Rani’s TARDIS
Spoilers: None
Rating: R
Warning: Lots of blood in both endings. OFC death in one.
A/N: These are two different endings to my Doctor ( Read more... )

I hope it isn't just me,

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I'm not exactly new to Doctor Who; my father watched it obsessively when I was a kid and it became part of the background noise of the weekend. Mostly, I remember bits of the Three and Four.

Let's just say now I'm paying a lot more attention. And I've got a lot of catching up to do. Luckily, I'm surrounded by Whovians (online and in r/l). :)

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This has been nagging me for a while, and I’ve only just realized why: Cat Cora from Iron Chef America looks like she would make a fabulous regeneration of the Rani.

A thought regarding the last three episodes of series three.

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So with all the speculation over the years about the Doctor and Master possibly being brothers, I suddenly thought the other night: isn't there a bit of a sensible-older-sister/bratty-little-brother dynamic between the Master and the Rani in Mark of the Rani? All that incredibly juvenile teasing and wrestling over the phial of brain extract? ( Read more... )