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Natalia | she/her | 20 | currently obsessed with Doctor Who (especially Gallifrey audios) and The Magnus Archives

[natequarter]

etra prime as a sort of heaven sent situation... not the confession dial bit specifically, but her own bespoke torture chamber. the daleks want one great secret that could destroy gallifrey; romana can do nothing but keep them at bay for as long as possible by 1) trying to find a way out, 2) letting them hurt her, and 3) telling them smaller secrets that will hold them off for a little while but won't betray gallifrey

[theangelshavethephonebox]

Just rewatched the war games with a friend and we decided that the fuckass bowl cut was part of the CIA uniform. And so therefore, we present to you: Narvin with a bowl cut

[icarianstars]

Extermination leelaromana reunion my beloved <3

[the-worms-in-your-bones]

We need an incarnation of the doctor that’s just some kind of fucking creature again

[evil-dans-council-axe]

"gaslight. gatekeep. gallifrey" - rassilon, probably

[willowandlily]

[lerios]

the way that blue angel doesn't just cast romana as a priest but explicitly mirrors her duties to the church with being president of gallifrey. the ceaseless demands of god the church and the congregation dragging her away from the free life of renegadeship she enjoys... she's powerful she's holy and she is completely trapped

[whifferdills]

GALLIFREY: TIME WAR: HOMECOMING: This hole was made for me:

Rassilon’s death cult and the Dalek’s apocalypticism, the religious fervor mounting as they spiral towards each other. “There is no CIA anymore, only me” (the mix of cocky and pathetic & the awareness that Narvin could simply regrow the CIA from himself like he’s a plant cutting, but that this version of him very probably won’t…There He Is My Weird Little Man). Eris’ skeletal battle TARDIS. Leela, again, jumping into the void with the most fragile of tethers because that’s what she does, she saves who she can, even if it’s Romana, especially if it’s Romana.

Tell me again how you’re not a traitor. The Daleks using null space because of course they do, the War can’t be stopped that easily. Narvin staring his whipped-dog fear in the face as Rassilon takes over the ship. Leela doesn’t need Narvin to ask her to protect Romana but the fact that he does is very…..and she’s gonna take that responsibility maybe a little too seriously, isn’t she. Narvin asking to hold Livia’s hand as they die is the sweetest and saddest thing. Sentimentality indeed.

In the beginning was the word: Romana, who has spent the entire series trapped between her trauma from Etra Prime and her devotion to/obsession with/self-destructive, is it codependency if the planet is slightly psychic, whatever with Gallifrey, & also the possibility of elsewhere Dr Who and Brax represent - Romana, having been pinned beneath all that history and re-enacted trauma, now imprisoned in the Matrix archives as Daddy God King Rassilon re-writes the world. i am chewing on my keyboard ~

Livia remains low-key one of the more intriguing, complex characters in DW. i’d love to know what the fuck her deal is

Speaking of Trump analogues: Mantus trying to sell out to the Daleks is very Chris Noth in “Revolution of the Daleks”.

DW’s optimism and BF’s endless content ethos aside….you could kill off Narvin right here and it’d be fine, narratively speaking.

may or may not ever write anything coherent about TW 🤝 Flux but like. This series has been about trauma and imperialism and how the system will crush you or mold you or just spit you out, and about destruction as a devotional act, and history as a cycle, and the collapsing of institutional into familial abuse. not saying it’s perfect but when it works oof ouch does it work

i am. hmm. wary, of War Room presumably picking up Leela’s guilt at being a collaborator bc with Big Finish that could go any which way but like imagine if they don’t fuck it up…society_if.png, etc

[dw-ebook-preservation-society]

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[ezekiel13]

Paul McGann actually is the eighth doctor he’s just forgotten and thinks he’s just a regular guy who’s really into history. This is why he’s doing history podcasts on BBC sounds. He feels a connection to the BBC (that’s where they make Doctor Who, after all) and also history (time travel).

[d3yeeted]

bernice summerfield my beloved

[gracefelldownaflightofstairs]

I think she’s neat 

[polarity-disturbed]

Okay, Doctor Who—at this point, you have to bring Romana back. If for no other reason than to let her ruthlessly roast the Doctor’s recent regeneration choices.

“You gave me grief for reusing the face of a princess we met once, and but you have now reused a face and regenerated into the face of your ex? Are you joking????”

Let her bully them. She’s earned it.

[universtellar]

[the-fuckwizard]

Psychoanalyzing that daydream scene in Reborn. Braxietel, your psychology is so JUICY. Do you crave praise and genuine interpersonal connection but you have no notion of how to accept that besides storybook romance? Do you need to be told you're a good boy? Whose a good boy? Such a smart doggie, yes, it's you Brax!

[lerios]

narvin pulling rank on eris even after they've both been disowned and almost murdered by the society that gave them ranks. tastyyy. you can take a time lord out of gallifrey......

[the-oracle-of-the-lost]

if we're talking about gallifrey rarepairs today can we please talk about romana/livia because they've really been living in my brain since at least time war 2 came out.