The Traveler's Guide
Hello there! This is an RP blog for the Eighth Doctor, from the Doctor Who movie, Night of the Doctor, the Big Finish Doctor Who Monthly Range, and the Eighth Doctor Adventures audio series, primarily. As this is a sideblog, any follows or likes will be from @just-kept-running. Below the cut you will find blog rules, the Doctor's bio, a bit about how the Doctor is played here, and a brief mun bio.
Conventions of the Shadow Proclamation
This blog is selective and non-exclusive for IC interactions.
I reserve the right to refuse an RP for any reason. (Though in most cases I'll at least explain what the reason is.)
Mun and muse are both well over 25.
I will not RP with any mun who does not have listed somewhere on their blog that they are 18+.
No god-modding. (Please see the "Abilities and RP section for more info.)
Please do not like open starters you do not intend to reply to.
DO NOT reblog RP threads you are not involved in. I block for this.
There may be smut on this blog. These interactions will be much more selective.
I will not answer NSFW anon prompts.
NSFW material will be tagged "nsft." ("Not safe for Tumblr," as the site has gotten very weird about that in the last 5 years or so.)
The trigger tag is "tw: [trigger]." So, for instance, "tw: violence."
If you need something beyond the usual triggers tagged, please let me know.
OOC posts will be marked with // at the beginning and a tag denoting the post is OOC.
The mun is not the muse. Just because Eight has said or done something in a thread, that does not mean I condone it in real life.
This blog is OC, crossover, and multi-muse friendly.
If your muse is not someone Eight could be expected to know on the basis of his canon, he will not know them immediately unless we have discussed this ahead of time.
Ever the Optimist
Eight's about page info will be moved here soon. In the meantime, it can be found here on browser or mobile browser. This page does not show in the app. This portrayal is based primarily on the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, the short feature Night of the Doctor, the Big Finsh Doctor Who monthly range, and the Big Finish Eighth Doctor Adventures audios. There may also be references to the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels, the various Eighth Doctor comics timelines, and various bits of Faction Paradox. The nebulous world of Doctor Who is just complicated like that...
That Which Rassilon Feared (Abilities)
Eight has some inhuman abilities that will likely come up in threads. These include:
Touch-telepathy
Empathy
Foresight
Knowledge of history
Touch-telepathy:
All Time Lords are telepathic. However, this ability varies from one Time Lord to the next. This is one ability in which the Doctor is actually quite weak. He can communicate telepathically with any person or species that are strongly telepathic, such as the Ood and other Time Lords, but he has difficulty communicating across any significant distance. He is also not able to exert any influence over another person, telepathic or not. In order to communicate telepathically with a non-telepathic entity, such as a human, he must be touching them.
Empathy:
While the Doctor is terrible at telepathy, he is a fairly strong empath. He is usually able to pick up on even a non-telepathic being's emotions pretty clearly even without touching them.
Foresight:
Seers are uncommon, but not unheard of, amongst Gallifreyans of all races. Generally, in order to be considered a true seer in Time Lord society specifically, the Time Lord in question must have this ability across all regenerations. However, the Doctor only has this ability during their Eighth regeneration. Eight is able to "see" the threads of different possible timelines and discern which is the most likely to occur. He does not have as much control or insight as a non-Time Lord Gallifreyan might, however, and these things often come to him in flashes.
Knowledge of History:
This is less an "ability" and more just the fact that the Doctor is a Time Lord. He has extensive knowledge about the history of the universe of linear time and some knowledge beyond that.
Use in RP:
These abilities are likely to come up in threads. However, if there is an instance in which this would have a measurable effect on the scene playing out, I will consult with my RP partner about it. Eight will not be able to influence your muse telepathically regardless, as he’s just not a strong enough telepath. However, he is likely to pick up on any strong emotions your muse is feeling. Any and all use of these abilities, though, is something I'm happy to discuss. I don't want to end up god-modding your muse any more than I want you god-modding mine.
Who is the Author
Hello! I'm C.S., also known as Cyan. I'm genderqueer and use they/them or xe/xir pronouns. I've been a Whovian for basically my entire life, having grown up on Four and Six reruns. Eight, though, is my favorite. I can remember watching the movie when it premiered back in 1996 and I fell down the rabbit hole of Eight's EU appearances after suffering a back injury. I couldn't do much, but I could certainly put in headphones and listen to audio dramas. I've been writing various Doctor Who characters on Tumblr since 2013, though I've had a bit of a gap in that. (I've still been part of Tumblr RP that whole time, I just haven't been RPing in this fandom that whole time.) I'm very much looking forward to getting back to writing Eight!
