What is Esther Most Correct About?: The Tournament
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We all know and love that I am correct about everything (or at least admire the confidence. Or maybe just put up with it. If not that then what are you doing here?), but what am I most correct about?
Round Two (link) (link but chronological):
"twelveriverrose autism4autism4autism stone butchfemme telepathy sex" vs "Jack and Rose had karaoke nights"
"Donna Noble is Jewish" vs "tentooriverrose"
"Rose regularly took naps on the jumpseat in the TARDIS" vs "Jack and Rose had a scrapbook in s1"
"Lots of River fans are wrong about River" vs "River is often wrong about River"
"Bad Wolf as disability" vs "Rose is autistic"
"elevenrose would be Worse than tenrose" vs "Immortal Rose would keep the Doctor's jackets after each regeneration"
"The Doctor and Clara are Pointedly a secret third thing" vs "Rose and Clara are exes"
"Grace should've been a companion instead of Graham" vs "13 should have hung out more"
"River carried pictures of the Doctor specifically because of the audio Signs" vs "River should have actually been giving back the diamond in THORS"
"Mia is short for Stayuexisumigorkefloryan" vs "Pete's World sucks" AND "Pete Tyler sucks"
"Gomez!Master comes after Dhawan!Master in their personal timeline" vs "Rose and Martha would have been besties"
"Jack and Rose should have gotten a more meaningful reunion" vs "Jack created the Bad Wolf computer virus"
"Rose realized she was bisexual before series 2" vs "Rose came out to Mickey in Pete's World"
"The implied pre-Winner Takes All breakup is canon" vs "You do keep turning up. Like a bad wolf." is the best "bad wolf" drop"
"The Doctor is a butch dyke" vs "rosetosh. not sorry."
"It's weird to think Martha still has a grudge after 15 years" vs Heaven Sent
Round One (link) (link but chronological) (Recap of Matches 1-16) (Recap of Matches 17-32) (Bonus Match):
17. "River carried pictures of the Doctor specifically because of the audio Signs" vs "Pottery is one of River's special interests"
1. "twelveriverrose autism4autism4autism stone butchfemme telepathy sex" vs "The Eleventh Doctor is a stone top"
2. "Jack and Rose had karaoke nights" vs "Jack and Rose had movie nights"
3. "Donna Noble is Jewish" vs "The lining of Ten's coat looks like old bowling alley carpet"
4. "tentooriverrose" vs "eleventooriverrose"
5. "Rose regularly took naps on the jumpseat in the TARDIS" vs "Eleventoo survived"
6. "Jack and Rose had a scrapbook in s1" vs "AUs where Turn Left is the same but Rose isn't in the s4 finale"
7. "River has futuristic tattoos" vs "Lots of River fans are wrong about River"
8. "River jumping off of buildings is hot" vs "River is often wrong about River"
9. "Bad Wolf as disability" vs "Rose has telepathy synesthesia"
10. "Rose is autistic" vs "AUs where River is not the Ponds' daughter"
11. "elevenrose would be Worse than tenrose" vs "twelverose would be plenty intimate even without frequent hugs"
12. "tentoorose are Not normal about their relationship" vs "Immortal Rose would keep the Doctor's jackets after each regeneration"
13. "Clara sucks, that's what makes her fun" vs "The Doctor and Clara are Pointedly a secret third thing"
14. "Rose and Clara are exes" vs "s8 is (mostly) good"
15. "Outing Yaz wasn't a #AllyMoment" vs "Grace should've been a companion instead of Graham"
16. "13 should have hung out more" vs "Ace would not flirt with Graham"
18. "The fan audio Exhausted Supplies is canon" vs "River should have actually been giving back the diamond in THORS"
19. "Mia is short for Stayuexisumigorkefloryan" vs "Rose develops major anxiety around cars"
20. "Pete's World sucks" vs "Pete Tyler sucks" (tie)
21. "Sarah Jane vouched for Rose in the Turn Left parallel universe" vs "Gomez!Master comes after Dhawan!Master in their personal timeline"
22. "Rose and Sarah Jane were besties" vs "Rose and Martha would have been besties"
23. "Jack and Rose should have gotten a more meaningful reunion" vs "Jack thinks Rose looks like Billie Piper - no one else really sees it"
24. "Rose blames Jack for every zombie she meets" vs "Jack created the Bad Wolf computer virus"
25. "Rose realized she was bisexual before series 2" vs "Jack says Rose's type is arsonists"
26. "Rose and Mickey made up in Pete's World" vs "Rose came out to Mickey in Pete's World"
27. "The implied pre-Winner Takes All breakup is canon" vs "No Hot Ashes >>>>>>>>"
28. "You do keep turning up. Like a bad wolf." is the best "bad wolf" drop" vs "The Clockwise Man was a better use of clockwork droids than GitF"
29. "The Doctor is a butch dyke" vs "Eleventoo deserves more love"
30. "rosetosh. not sorry." vs "Rose met the Tarot Girl in Pete's World"
31. "It's weird to think Martha still has a grudge after 15 years" vs "Ten's gender 🤝Thirteen's gender"
20 of my favorite quotes from The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances shooting scripts for the 20th anniversary!
these are just quotes i found interesting or nostalgic or i just like - it's mostly about Jack Harkness, ngl
“Jack turns. We see him for the first time - an iconic fist-look-at-a-hero shot, the reddening sky of Blitz London behind him, the searchlights, the laming buildings. He’s impossibly handsome, dashing - the jawline of Dan Dare, the smile of a bastard.
“Jack is sitting at the instrument of what appears to be some kind of space vehicle - it isn’t too dissimilar to the cockpit of a fighter plane; a mix of fighter pilot imagery and Star Wars… and a camper van. Does he live here?”
“Jack riches over, clicks a switch. Rose’s first impression was dead right. He’s shockingly handsome.”
“A little silence. Rose shifts, a little self-consciously - making all those awkward little flicks and tweaks of someone who’s aware they might not be looking their best but suddenly would like to. She’s a little thrown but she gives her best shot a defiance”
Rose: “So, who are you supposed to be then?” Jack: “Currently? Captain Jack harkness, 133 Squadron, Royal Air Force, American volunteer”
“A little reluctantly - but he is terribly handsome - Rose gives him her hands. Gently, Jack takes hold of them, starts to examine the cuts and bruises with what looks like a pencil torch.[...] He smiles at her, still holding her hands. And she’s terribly aware of this very handsome man, very close.”
“He clicks another control. An ice bucket with a bottle of champagne in it pops out of the wall, James Bond style (along with two glasses)”
Rose: “Do you have the time? “Without taking his eyes off her, Jack raises his zapper again, point it at the giant clock-face. The clock-face illuminates, bathing them both in its light. This is now impossibly romantic. And half past nine.
“Jack, whirls, rolls, comes up on one knee, weapon levelled at the glass screen - it’s classic James Bond - except - the weapon in his hand is a banana.
“Jack laughs. He’s deciding he likes this guy”
The Doctor: “Nine hundred years old, me. Been around. I think you can assume at some point I’ve… Danced.” Rose: “You??” The Doctor: “Problem?” Rose: (staring at him, intrigued, fascinated - is he a bloke after all?)
Rose: “Well. His name’s Jack, he’s a captain” The Doctor: “He’s not really a captain, Rose!” Rose: “You know what= I think you’re experiencing captain envy.”
Jack: “Didn’t look like talking” Rose: “Didn’t sound like dancing”
“And off he goes, straightening his tie, smoothing back his hair. Rose stares after him, a little flummoxed by this turn of events. Something in her face is screaming “No, no, not on that team!”
“Algy, old sport, it’s me”
Rose: “Doctor, that bomb…” The Doctor: “Taken care of it” Rose “How? The Doctor: “Psychology”
“And he throws his arms. And the nanogenes stream from him, a golden storm of them - straight to the Gasmask Creatures. The creatures stagger, some of them fall - the Doctor, at the centre of the storm, arm flung wide, loving this, roaring with laughter, absolutely joyous-”
“He stands ready to face his doom like a man. Or at any rate, like a man with a drink. We start pulling back from him, as he looks out over the stars one final time. It's a pull-out that feels like the end of the show, like this is the last we’ll see of him.
Jack: (looking numbly round the room) “Bigger on the inside…” The Doctor: “You’d better be”
The Doctor hits a switch on the console. The music changes - up tempo: Gleen Miller’s “In The Mood”. The Doctor: “I can dance!” He grabs Rose, spins her perfectly and they’re off round the console. And if you thought Jack could dance, this guy0s got nine hundred years on him. Rose: “Actually, Doctor, I thought that Jack might like the dance” The Doctor: “I’m sure he would, Rose, I’m absolutely certain… (He spins her, twirls her… Jack stands there, starting to smile, taking in this strange new world he’s suddenly part of.) … But who with?”
HAPPY 20 SLUTTY SLUTTY YEARS ON OUR SCREENS CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS
credits to the book Doctor Who, The Shooting Scripts for season one. and a special thanks to @by-gray for telling me about the book in the first place
im jusyt gonna start pretending that ive never watched dr who the tv show and am vaguely aware of it. doctor who? liek the audio dramas ? oh you mean the books. got it.
I'm very happy to introduce you to Felix, whom you might also know as Regenderate. Felix wrote not one, but two pieces for the zine! Make sure to check out the sneak peek tomorrow.
Felix is a Rose Tyler defender, Fifteenth Doctor enjoyer, and connossieur of Russell T. Davies' body of work. When not thinking about Doctor Who, Felix can be found downloading PDFs off the Internet.
Here's a little example of Felix's writing:
But—here they were. The Doctor. Every cell in their body had changed, and they’d still come back for Yaz.
From In the Aftermath, available on AO3.
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in general i get annoyed with any take that says yaz wouldn't stay with the doctor or wouldn't have feelings for the doctor if they're not thirteen, it's always such an uncharitable read of her character but also of the show as a whole, like we've seen multiple people stay with the doctor or meet the doctor again after regeneration and it's not like it's an uncomplicated process emotionally speaking but it's insulting to yaz to say she wouldn't or couldn't go through it.
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