Jul 13, 2025
Fifteen: I love you, Doctor.
Thirteen: I never say things like that.
Fifteen: That's why you've got me.
Thirteen: I should say that to Yaz!
Fifteen: You never do.
But she knows.
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Fifteen: I love you, Doctor.
Thirteen: I never say things like that.
Fifteen: That's why you've got me.
Thirteen: I should say that to Yaz!
Fifteen: You never do.
But she knows.
I can't believe I missed the three year anniversary of Thirteenth name-dropping her wife while proposing to her girlfriend.
Things that I appreciate about 13th era that I never see talked about:
Jodie doing a Lunar New Year video
Everyone in Sea Devils being cast respectfully to their/the characters ethnicity, not just going "well they're Asian so close enough". (+ the director was British-Chinese)
Thirteen wearing a gorgeous (masculine) cheongsam jacket - my heart SANG when I saw that, that's how you do cultural exchange/appreciation correctly, I'm still on cloud nine about it.
Bel is so fucking cool. "Love is the mission" is a banger line.
The show has a history of being genuinely racist towards East Asians and generally ignoring/erasing us so I treasure Chibs' era for this, I felt so seen and included for the first time.
This is the great thing about the Chibnall era people who hadn't really seen themselves in the show before got to, and they adore the episodes where they see that rep, like the Sea Devils or TTC where lots of people who were adopted saw themselves. I think thats a beautiful thing, and something I appreciated about the era, it doesnt need to be something I see myself in I just love that lots of different people got to see themselves.
But honestly its seems like the wider fandom can never praise anything that they cant personally see them, they would rather drag it down and pretend theres nothing good there.
Also I think the show was really trying to be more open to everyone and bring more people in and do things right and get the right people in the room to make the stories etc. Maybe they didn't always get it right but I believe they were always trying, and you can't ask for much more then that because thats how people get better at these things, by doing them even if they have a mis-steps and then learning and trying again..
I'm really glad 13 era who tried to go further than just British history, so more people could see themselves in the show and have the show explore their history. There are so many other countries with rich and interesting histories! Hopefully Legend of the Sea Devils is only the first episode exploring Asia and the wider region and not the last!
To see this representation on a show I have loved for so long means more than I’ll ever be able to express. I often wondered if I was crazy for believing something like this could happen on a show as established as Doctor Who, but 2022 has felt like a dream I never want to wake up from. As a result, 2018 me will be crying until further notice.
there is something beautiful, and so real, about the way that yaz fell in love with the doctor. they say that yaz's love came from nowhere, but it didn't. it came from those little quirks the doctor has, and the way her face lights up when she sees a biscuit. it came from late nights on a tardis, and unspoken words behind heartfelt speeches. it came from stolen glances and slight touches. it came from the promise of an infinity at the side of a mad, incredible woman. this love, it buried itself in the darkest parts of yaz's heart and settled there, growing ever so slightly, until all she could see was the doctor. it did not come from nowhere, it came from the moments we had missed, and it grew until we could not deny it anymore.
their story didn't start as one of passion, longing and unwavering love. it started as a crush, one that yaz didn't even realize, and it turned into something so beautiful and real.
i don't understand why people struggle so much to accept that yaz loves the doctor. how can we not expect her to fall in love with the doctor? falling in love with the impossible was the most human thing she could've done.
“I wish this would go on forever...” x
Chibnall era episode tournament!
ROUND 1
Legend of the Sea Devils
Spyfall Part 2
Make a wish and skim it.