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thewuzzy · 2 years

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Jack kissing Rose and 9 on prime time family telly did more for bisexual culture in Britain than the last fifteen years of corporate sponsored pride events

#more than 1 in 10 british people watched that moment on telly. more than 10% of our ENTIRE POPULATION experienced that moment together #and 3 million parents were forced to explain that this loveable #brilliant hero #is bisexual and could NOT frame it to their children as a bad thing #watershed moment #tv moments that changed history #uk shit posting #jack harkness #torchwood #dw #9th doctor #9 my beloved #john barrowman #bisexuality #5 million kids went oh so he likes boys too. cool whatever. and then went to bed not knowing that our lives had been changed for the better #rtd era

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onemorecoffeeshopau · 6 months

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Help I went into a fugue state and wrote 1450 words of Ianto trying to get Torchwood to take their right to maximum working hours seriously.

Link is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51791851

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The pay is good, as is the pension, but the holidays are non-existent and the pension is unlikely to be used when most Torchwood officers die before they retire.

“Have you ever considered hiring more people?” Ianto suggests at some point, when the team has worked through their third weekend in a row. “Then we could have a night shift.”

“More people means more ears, more ears means we’re easier to exploit. We’re big enough as is.”

“I’m not suggesting a whole office blocking, I’m thinking 5-10 extra bodies.”

“Loose lips sink ships.”

“Well that doesn’t even make sense in that context,” Ianto muttered to himself as he began making some notes on the general work structure. If they weren’t going to hire an HR department, then he may as well make do.

#torchwood #fanfiction #im meant to be doing nano #i mean i alsp am but my target is quote low #so its gping well #dping all the projects!#that's what happens when your 9-5 tries to bore you to death #ianto jones #unionising

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mejomonster · 10 months

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I haven't seen the new episodes yet. But from what I can gather this show is wish fulfillment and I'm quite excited that from what I've heard so far the plot is going like. The Most ideal way i would have hoped for it to be written

#lb #mysterious lotus casebook #like? oh yeah i can tell its Love and Redemption screenwriter or i wouldnt be SO satisfied #like 1. murder mystery cases check 2. natural scenery check. 3. cheng yi getting to do comedy check. 4. clingy young man with a shizun crush #whos a clingy bitch <3 check 5. clingy ex rival enemy whos obsessed with li lianhua living check #6. enough *bromance you could just use it as the dangai/danmei of the summer tbh (check check check)#7. themes about growing up about illness about trauma about whats right versus easy right versus normal check #8. wedding dress check. 9. my boy ye baiyi who usually plays a villain... pitentially playing one again CHECK #10 a sexy evil lady <3 check 11 the plot valuing sharing emotions as Strength over physical strength (huge check. lead protagonist #is ordinary. his biggest hurdle is facing his regrets and wanting to die and choosing to keep going)#12 moving lotus tower = howls moving castle CHECK #13 cute dog!!! (and not cgi dog like so many cdramas lol)#14 instead of fighting yr rival you move in with him and take care of him mutually <3 check #just like. excellent exceplent all around #oh and for me bonus: case of the week plots with character arcs as the other half of the episode writing #which i find is a much easier structure to watch on and off (like Guardian Torchwood Buffy etc)#also the show recaps the last scene at the start of the new episode. which again is great for making #things easier to remember

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secretartquotes · 2 years

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A moodboard for Torchwood One: Machines - 9 to 5 . I've so far listed to the first and second Torchwood One series . I've enjoyed all 3 stories in Machines ,but I have to say my favourite of the second series is 9 to 5 .

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maspers · 6 months

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Ranking the Miracucast by how good of a Doctor Who Companion they'd be.

Marinette: She'd be great at it, but she would also hate it and just want it to be over. She's tired and has no time for this shenaniganry. Please give her this chance to not be involved. 5/10

Alya: Would have SO MANY QUESTIONS. Could do very well, but I can see her veering dangerously close to Adam Mitchell territory. Careful there, Alya. 7/10

Adrien: Yes. 10/10

Nino: I think he'd be a decent TARDIS passenger, but he's the type that'd be part of an ensemble. Wouldn't work as well as a solo companion. 4/10

Chloe: Sorry Chloe fans, but no. The Doctor can pull a redemption arc out of anyone, but they also have no patience for bullcrap. It's just not happening no matter how much I want it to. 1/10

Sabrina: I think she would be great, but the fandom would not like her as a companion. 6/10

Mylene: Yeah, she would not like it. 0/10

Ivan: If Mylene isn't going, then neither is he. 0/10

Rose: Would be absolutely hilarious due to her name alone. Accompanying a Classic Doctor might be better for her. 7/10

Juleka: I don't care what you say she would be excellent and the fandom would love her. Ironically would probably fit better with a NuWho Doctor. 10/10

Kim: The Doctor does not want Kim in the TARDIS. Kim has been in the TARDIS at least once, and the Doctor has vowed that it will be the last time. They're wrong. 4/10

Max: The Doctor would ADORE Markov. Max would be Markov's plus one. 7/10 by proxy

Alix: Pretty sure she already is a companion. Like. In canon. We haven't seen it but it's definitely happened, fight me. Alix/10

Nathaniel: I want to say he'd be great but in my heart I know he would be Very Stressed. Definitely would not want to travel with the Doctor, but would keep getting dragged along by his friends. The fandom would love him though. 5/10

Lila: As she is now? Absolutely not. The Doctor would despise her. -10/10, BUUUUUUT if she was picked up before Volpina (or pre-Chameleon at the latest) I think she could be redeemed like in the Scarlet Lady AU. She would be hilarious. She gives me Turlough vibes. If the Doctor can deal with Turlough and Missy then he can deal with Lila. She has the potential to be unique and have an interesting character arc compared to other companions, and let's be honest NuWho needs something unique and interesting. 8/10

Luka: Like Nino, he works better as part of ensemble. Would be an excellent supporting character for Marinette or Juleka if they were companions, or maybe be a very cool Oneshot Companion like Wilf. 3/10

Kagami: The Doctor would have their work cut out for them, because Kagami is a "stab first ask questions later" person and the Doctor doesn't vibe with that normally. Neither The Doctor nor Kagami would be happy with this arrangement. So naturally Kagami's sole season would be one of the best in the entire show. 9/10

Marc: He would travel with either the Second or Thirteenth Doctors. He would do wonderfully, but his seasons would definitely be more focused on the Doctor than Marc himself. Sorry Marc. 7/10

Ondine: Is too busy keeping Kim out of trouble. And as stated previously, the Doctor does not want Kim in the TARDIS. 2/10

Felix: I just don't think it would work. Felix could definitely be a major recurring character, but somehow I can't really see him actually being a companion proper. He does get bonus points for being British. Perhaps instead of being a companion he spends his free time annoying Torchwood. 3/10

Zoe: She'd be great. But the universe would be Very Cruel to her. People will die, and she will not be happy about it. 8/10

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bisexual-monarch-tournament · 1 year

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Welcome to the Bisexual/Pansexual Monarch Tournament!

This tournament will decide who is the most popular bi or pan character on Tumblr! It is inspired by the Sexyrematch tournament by @sexymanotd and other tournaments.

I chose 32 canonically bi or pan characters to compete for the crown. I might add some more contestants if this tournament gets popular enough. The brackets have been decided randomly.

Here are the brackets and contestants for the tournament:

Round 1:

Group A:

1. Harley Quinn (DC Comics) vs. Alphys (Undertale)

2. Sasha Waybright (Amphibia) vs. Deadpool (Marvel Comics)

3. Asami Sato (The Legend of Korra) vs. Clarke Griffin (The 100)

4. GOB Bluth (Arrested Development) vs. Luz Noceda (The Owl House)

Group B:

5. Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood) vs. Eleanor Shellstrop (The Good Place)

6. Alucard (Castlevania) vs. Sara Lance (Legends of Tomorrow)

7. Loki (Marvel Comics) vs. Jon Kent (DC Comics)

8. Edelgard von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem) vs. Nandor the Relentless (What We Do in the Shadows)

Group C:

9. John Constantine (DC Comics) vs. Dio Brando (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

10. Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) vs. Marceline (Adventure Time)

11. David Rose (Schitt's Creek) vs. Wonder Woman (DC Comics)

12. Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics) vs. Catwoman (DC Comics)

Group D:

13. Poison Ivy (DC Comics) vs. Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)

14. Korra (The Legend of Korra) vs. Apollo (The Trials of Apollo)

15. Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time) vs. Zagreus (Hades)

16. Tim Drake (DC Comics) vs. Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

I’m looking forward to the start of the tournament! Stay tuned for the first round! Let me know who you want to win in the comments or tags.

#bisexual #polls #poll #tournament #bisexuality #bisexual/pansexual monarch tournament #pansexual #pansexuality #bi #pan #brackets

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gallifreyanhotfive · 4 months

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Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 17

The Valeyard told the Sixth Doctor that his Seventh incarnation was full of schemes in order to play a game that was never his to win and that his Eighth would never shake the shadow of death.

When separated from the TARDIS, the Doctor's memory usually begins to fail him.

Agatha Christie was a companion of the Eighth Doctor.

Tania Bell was placed in 107 Baker Street by Torchwood, her employer, to keep an eye out for the Doctor.

Rose was once turned into a vampire. She attacked the Ninth Doctor.

When the Eighth Doctor lies to his friends, it's obvious he's doing so because he gets a "terrified and guilty" expression on his face.

Handrel once said a single incarnation of a Time Lord can live for 10,000 years.

The Eighth Doctor once appeared on and won a television show called You Either Know It or You Don't.

The Curator likes pigeons.

The Seventh Doctor is sometimes terrified of the Third Doctor, particularly by the realization that the Leader of the British Republic in the Inferno universe is his counterpart.

In the Seventh Doctor’s mind, the First Doctor plays the role of the librarian and the keeper of the gardens. The Fourth Doctor is the ferryman. The Fifth Doctor represents the Doctor's conscience, but he is enchained in a pit in their mind. Ace eventually frees him though. He thoroughly locked the Sixth Doctor away due to Valeyard-related drama.

The Seventh Doctor manipulated Mel into leaving. This would allow him to go on as Time's Champion without her morality interfering.

Before Logopolis, the Fourth Doctor passed through a period of dense time, causing him to age rapidly. Even after restored, he remained greatly weakened and was unsure of if he would be able to regenerate. Because of this, Milady put in a request to the Department of Watchers to help him prepare for that regeneration. This weakness could potentially also explain why the Fourth Doctor regenerated after falling a shorter distance than the Tenth Doctor did when he jumped out of a spaceship.

The Fifth Doctor could "swim" through the time vortex.

K9 Mark I could not climb stairs, but K9 Mark II could.

The First Doctor helped design the Privy Gardens.

The Doctor speaks fluent dolphin.

The Master has been recorded to have 470 known incarnations in total.

The Master's personality has always been influenced by the Assemblage, an organic computer made by all those incarnations.

The First Doctor likely made Susan's wedding ring, having planned to get gold for it from Aristea.

The Fifth Doctor eventually realized he had mistreated Adric because the boy reminded him of his own self as a child, but this realization came after Adric was already gone.

Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

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the-torchwood-archive · 3 months

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Torchwood Timeline (April 2024)

This is my canon timeline for the Torchwood TV stories, novels, and audio productions. It's fairly similar to the wiki timeline with a few small tweaks. It's also completely spoiler free, unlike the wiki timeline.

Some entries have firm dates, some have months, some have general decades, so I've tried my hardest to fit them into where I feel they fit. If anyone spots anything that I've missed or sees any glaring problems let me know and I'll try to suss it out. New stories will be added as they are released.

1879:

TV: Tooth And Claw

1885:

Torchwood Cardiff is founded

December 24th 1894:

Audio: The Empire Man

1897:

Audio: Infidel Places

1898:

Audio: Save Our Souls

December 24th 1898:

Audio: The Crown

1899:

Scenes from TV: Fragments

Jack joins Torchwood

May 17th 1899

Audio: The Victorian Age

1908:

Torchwood Glasgow is founded

1915

Audio: What Have I Done

Post TV: COE Day 5 in Jack’s timeline

1940s:

Audio: Curios

Audio: The Dying Room

1953

Norton Folgate projects himself to 2016 for Audio: Ghost Mission

1955:

Norton Folgate is projected to 2009 for Audio: Outbreak

1956-1959:

Audio: Goodbye Piccadilly

Audio: Madam, I’m

Audio: Parasite

Audio: Ashenden

Audio: The Unbegotten

Audio: The Black Knight

1965:

Scenes from TV: Children Of Earth Day Four

First contact with the 456

1970s:

Audio: The Dollhouse

1973:

Audio: Double

Torchwood Los Angeles severs all ties

1978:

Audio: Dead Plates

1980:

Scenes from Prose: Trace Memory

Toshiko’s scenes

1999:

Alex Hopkins kills his team and Jack Harkness becomes head of Torchwood Cardiff

2000-2004:

Audio: Piece Of Mind

Ben Brown hired by Jack Harkness

Suzie Costello hired by Jack Harkness

Ben Brown deceased

2001-2004:

Scenes from Prose: Trace Memory

Owen’s scenes

2004:

Scenes from TV: Fragments

Toshiko’s scenes

Late 2004:

Audio: Blind Summit

Ianto returns to Wales

Audio: Suckers

February 2005:

Ianto is hired by Torchwood London as Junior Researcher

Scenes from Prose: Trace Memory

Ianto’s scenes

26th March 2005:

Audio: One Rule

Ianto is working as Yvonne’s PA

2005:

Audio: The Last Love Song Of Suzie Costello

Audio: Tube Strike

Audio: New Girl

Audio: Through The Ruins

Audio: Uprising

Audio: My Guest Tonight

Audio: Lola

Audio: Less Majesty

Audio: The Law Machines

Audio: 9 To 5

Sebastian Vaughn hired at Torchwood Three

Audio: The Vigil

Late 2005:

Scenes from TV: Fragments

Owen’s scenes

March 2006:

Owen Harper is recruited into Torchwood Cardiff

TV: Aliens Of London

April-September 2006:

Audio: Sync

September 2006:

TV: Boom Town

Jack confines the team to the Hub

29th November 2006:

Audio: Moving Target

2007:

Audio: Wednesdays For Beginners

Audio: Crush

Audio: Retirement Plan

Audio: Locker 15

Autio: The Rockery

February-March 2007:

TV: Doomsday

TV: Army Of Ghosts

Scenes from TV: Fragments

Ianto joins Torchwood Cardiff

Audio: War Chest

February 2007-September 2009:

Audio: Coffee

Scenes take place between TV: Army Of Ghosts and TV: Children Of Earth Day Five

August-November 2007:

TV: Everything Changes

TV: Day One

TV: Ghost Machine

Prose: Another Life

Prose: Slow Decay

TV: Cyberwoman

Audio: Broken

Scenes take place between TV: Cyberwoman and TV: They Keep Killing Suzie

TV: Small Worlds

TV: Countrycide

Audio: The Great Sontaran War

TV: Greeks Baring Gifts

Audio: Restricted Items Archive Entires 031-049

Audio: Instant Karma

Audio: Ex Machina

Audio: Drive

November 2007:

TV: They Keep Killing Suzie

November-December 2007:

Audio: Hidden

TV: Random Shoes

Audio: The Last Beacon

Audio: The Conspiracy

Audio: Fall To Earth

Audio: Uncanny Valley

Early events of Audio: The Office Of Never Was

18th-26th December 2007

TV: Out Of Time

Audio: The Grey Mare

December 2007-Janurary 2008:

Audio: SUV

Audio: Missing Molly

TV: Combat

TV: Captain Jack Harkness

TV: End Of Days

January-May 2008:

Audio: Zone 10

Audio: Lease Of Life

February 2008:

Prose: Kaleidoscope

14th February 2008:

Audio: Dinner And A Show

February-August 2008:

Audio: Sigil

May 2008:

Torchwood goes to Tibet

Jack returns to Cardiff after TYTNW

TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

TV: Sleeper

Audio: Serenity

20th June 2008:

TV: To The Last Man

June-July 2008:

Prose: Something In The Water

Audio: Everyone Says Hello

Prose: Trace Memory

TV: Meat

29th June 2008:

Audio: The Lincolnshire Poacher

July-August 2008:

Audio: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor

Audio The Office Of Never Was

Audio: In The Shaodws

TV: Adam

Audio: Tropical Beach Sounds And Other Relaxing Seascapes #4

August 2008:

Prose: The Twilight Streets

August-October 2008:

TV: Reset

TV: Dead Man Walking

TV: A Day In The Death

August-December 2008:

Audio: Corpse Day

Audio: The Hope

Audio: The Three Monkeys

Audio: Gooseberry

31st October 2008:

Prose: Pack Animals

November-December 2008:

TV: Something Borrowed

Prose: Skypoint

TV: From Out Of The Rain

TV: Adrift

Audio: Believe

TV: Fragments

TV: Exit Wounds

Audio: Expectant

Prose: Into The Silence

Audio: Lost Souls

January-February 2009:

Prose: Bay Of The Dead

Prose: The House That Jack Built

Prose: Almost Perfect

Audio: Department X

February 2009:

Audio: Ghost Train

May-September 2009:

Audio: Dissected

Audio: Rhys And Ianto’s Excellent Barbeque

TV: The Stolen Earth

TV: Journey’s End

Audio: The Sin Eaters

Prose: The Wrong Hands

Prose: Virus

Audio: Asylum

Audio: Golden Age

Prose: Consequences

Audio: The Dead Line

Prose: Risk Assessment

Prose: The Undertaker’s Gift

Audio: The Devil And Miss Carew

Audio: Submission

Audio: Outbreak

September 2009:

TV: Children Of Earth Day One

TV: Children Of Earth Day Two

TV: Children Of Earth Day Three

TV: Children Of Earth Day Four

TV: Children Of Earth Day Five

Late 2009:

Prose: Long Time Dead

March 2010:

Audio: House Of The Dead

Events of TV: The End Of Time and Audio: One Enchanted Evening in Jack’s timeline

March-June 2010:

Prose: First Born

June 2010:

Prose: The Men Who Sold The World

October 2010:

Audio: Poppet

18th-21st March 2011:

TV: The New World

22nd March 2011:

TV: Rendition

March-July 2011:

TV: Dead Of Night

TV: Escape To LA

TV: Categories Of Life

TV: The Middle Men

TV: Immortal Sins

TV: End Of The Road

September 2011:

TV: The Gathering

TV: The Blood Line

September-December 2011:

Audio: Army of One

Audio: Fallout

Audio: Red Skies

Audio: Mr Invincible

2012:

Prose: Exodus Code

Audio: Cadoc Point

November-December 2012:

Audio: Dog Hop

Late 2016

Audio: Forgotten Lives

Audio: Visiting Hours

Audio: More Than This

Audio: Ghost Mission

Audio: Made You Look

January-June 2017:

Mr Colchester joins a rebuilt Torchwood

Audio: We Always Get Out Alive

Audio: Night Of The Fendahl

Audio: Smashed

Ng joins Torchwood after this point

Audio: Driving Miss Wells

Audio: Sonny

Audio: Changes Everything

Audio: Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy

Audio: Oor

Audio: Superiority Complex

Audio: Love Rat

Audio: A Kill To A View

June 2017-October 2018:

Audio: Zero Hour

Audio: The Empty Hand

Audio: Poker Face

Audio: Tagged

Audio: Escape Room

Audio: Herald Of The Dawn

Audio: Future Pain

2017-2018:

Audio: The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood

Takes place between TV: Superiority Complex and TV: Herald Of The Dawn

October 2018:

Audio: Cardiff Unknown – October 2018

October-December 2018:

Audio: See No Evil

Audio: Night Watch

Audio: Flight 405

Audio: Hostile Environment

Audio: The Green Life

Audio: Sargasso

Audio: Another Man’s Shoes

Audio: Eye Of The Storm

January-March 2019:

Audio: A Mother’s Son

March-August 2019:

Audio: Scrapejane

Audio: Day Zero

Audio: Thoughts And Prayers

Audio: Red Base

Audio: Aliens Next Door

Audio: Colin Alone

August 2019:

Audio: Misty Eyes

2021:

Audio: Goodbye Piccadilly, Audio: Ashenden, and Audio: The Unbegotten for Andy’s POV

Early 2022:

Audio: The Red List

2022:

Audio: Moderation

Audio: Propaganda

Audio: At Her Majesty’s Pleasure

Audio: Cuckoo

Audio: Pariahs

Audio: How I Conquered The World

Audio: The Five People You Kill In Middlesborough

Audio: A Postcard From Mr Colchester

Audio: Death In Venice

February 2023:

Audio: Doomscroll

2023:

Audio: Heistland

Audio: The Apocalypse Starts At 6PM

Audio: Thirst Trap

Audio: Another Postcard From Mr Colchester

Audio: Sabotage

Amendments/Additions:

Feb 2024: Moved Audio: The Vigil from 2007 to 2005

April 2024: Added Audio:Another Postcard From Mr Colchester and Audio: Sabotage to 2023

April 2024: Added Audio: Tube Strike to early 2005

April 2004: Added Audio: Missing Molly to early 2008

#torchwood #timeline #resource

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benevolenterrancy · 5 months

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So apparently people enjoyed the silly MDZS comics I drew this year while reading the books! + one sherlock holmes and one torchwood pic 😂 for variety i guess

#tumblrtop10 #tumblr2023 #year in review #mdzs #wangxian #sherlock holmes #torchwood #wei wuxian #lan wangji #jiang cheng #wen ning #ianto jones #jack harkness #my art #gonna post my own personal favourites from this year #intersetingly enough i don't think there is a single crossover between my most popular and my personal favourites which is hilarious #though that's probably because my comics tend to be the most popular but aren't necessary the pieces i put as much effort or skill into maki #also the fact that anything in a fandom smaller than mdzs kinda got forced out by virtue of numbers xD #not to say i dislike these ones - there's a bunch here that i'm still really fond of

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thethirdromana · 2 years

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Ten Dracula covers, rated

The original first edition cover. Reminds me of Aubrey Beardsley's controversial Yellow Book, which I'm guessing wasn't a deliberate choice. There would have been a paper cover as well, which I can't find an image of. I enjoy the lack of information this cover is giving me. It's Dracula by Bram Stoker, what more do you need to know? 5/10.

IN HIS LIZARD FASHION. Points to the illustrator of the 1919 edition for choosing this iconic scene. Minus points for the gravity-defying cape and an oddly stout, comfortable-looking Norman castle. 9/10.

It's Whitby Abbey! When you think about it's a bit odd that Dracula is so strongly associated with Whitby when not all that much of the action actually takes place there, isn't it? I think I will deduct points for Dracula standing on top of the Abbey like Jack Harkness in Torchwood. 6/10.

The first of the Lucy covers, from 1927. I have so many questions about this. Why are her boobs so pointy? Why is her arm... like that? Why does Dracula have a Hitler haircut? 4/10 but thank you for trying.

More Lucy from Arrow Books, 1974. The most important thing to know about Dracula is that Lucy has shapely legs, apparently. The low quality isn't helping, but I have further questions about this one. Is that supposed to be a stone circle in the background? What is the lump on Lucy's right-hand side? Definitely in the wrong place for a boob, but I can't see what else it could be. Further minus points for the fact that Lucy appears to have a perm. 3/10.

Dracula the dandy! From the Modern Library, 1932, though the illustration is originally from a 1928 edition. I am deeply disappointed that they didn't include the straw hat. 2/10.

The 1933 Irish language edition. The yellow eyes! The cowboy hat! The cute bat ears! The fact he seems to be standing at an 80-degree angle! The adorable wolves! The tufts of hair implying a decidedly wacky haircut! It takes the Modern Library idea and makes it BATSHIT. 12/10.

It's never a good sign when you can't tell who a book cover is supposed to represent. I mean, I'm guessing it's Dracula given the bat-cape, but I'm not sure why he's gazing out from the top of some kind of deeply troubled tree like Caspar David Friedrich meets 80s romance novels. And what, exactly, has happened to his feet? 1/10.

Dracula as St Peter? 3/10, mostly because of its fascinating theological implications.

(yes I know they intended to imply Satanism but this is more fun)

YES YES YES. I don't know where this cover comes from but it's the most book-accurate by far and I love it. The hairy hands, the fingernails, the moustache - why settle for less?! The knowledge that this Dracula is about to be walloped in the face by a shovel-wielding solicitor at this precise moment seals the deal. 100/10.

#dracula daily #dracula #cover art #edited to replace images so they're a consistent size

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iantos-coffeemachine · 1 month

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read the torchwood archives book today, and felt like sharing some things because this book gave me a headache (ft the ages of tw3 members and when they allegedly got recruited. "allegedly" because the consistency is bar to none and must be taken with a very large grain of salt).

tldr: information is very inconsistent and i would trust information given in the show more than from this book about timelines any day. i apologise in advance if none of this makes any sense lol

explanation under the cut cause this turned out to be much longer than i thought it would be lmaooo

reblogs always appreciated, helps the post circulate 🫶

these are all documents in the torchwood archives book where it says each member's date of birth (among other info) where it does state clearly that ianto is the youngest (1983) but what i Wasn't aware of was that owen was born only a year (+ 6months) before him

here is also a note from the margin on owen's page

now this is where it gets confusing. because s1 came out in late 2006-early 2007, i assumed that that would be more or less when they were set (me when im Wrong). s1e10 (out of time) is very clearly set during/around christmas, despite coming out before christmas, and e11 coming out on christmas eve, which obviously throws the timeline off. we know s1 of tw occurs sometime during 2007 before doctor who s3e10/11 (when jack runs off to the tardis and briefly comes back to the main series), so that matches up with the dates written in the margin of the document page.

in s2e12 (fragments), it says that by that point ianto had been working for tw3 for 21 months (or it had at least been 21 months since the first time he met jack, but i feel like its safe to assume those two didn't happen that far apart), and if that happened in early 2007, it would mean that the end of s2 would be set sometime in late 2008-early 2009 which also matches up with when doctor who s4 was set, when again jack leaves and goes to the doctor (we know this is after the end of tw s2 because the only people in the hub are jack, gwen, and ianto, therefore happened after owen and tosh's deaths. also other pretty obvious things im almost definately forgetting about).

anyways all that to say that during owen's fragment (ha) of fragments, it says he met jack 4 years before late 2008/9ish, and then had spent "months" looking for jack which would set katie's death at around 2004/5, and his torchwood recruitment at mid-late 2005 but. that doesn't make any sense if in the note in the margin it says 2006.

yk what Also doesn't make any sense? tosh apparently joining tw3 in 2005 (and other things mentioned in the tw archives). because we know fragments was set in 2009 at the latest, where it states that tosh got arrested by UNIT 5 years prior, which would mean at the latest in early 2004, which again contradicts the tw archives.

tosh apparently got arrested by UNIT in early 2005ish, which would make it a year later than possible if fragments is in fact set in 2008/9 and her arrest happened 5 years before it. her being held in UNIT makes this worse cause it would mean she joined tw3 somewhere in mid-late 2005, which makes sense with the dates given in only the book, but with nothing else outside it, since the latest it could possibly be if we followed the show would be 2004.

because of the inconsistencies of recruitment dates (and birthdays of everyone apart from ianto and suzie, but i will Not be getting into that rn), it's pretty difficult to put exact dates on recruitment, but what i've generally managed to gather according to information from the book (and other snippets of lore i can remember off the top of my head) is:

owen: joined tw3 2005 or 2006, making him around 23yrs old when recruited, but is stated to have been born in 1980 in s2e13 (exit wounds) so possibly 25/26.

tosh: joined tw3 either in 2004, or 2005, making her around 28-30yrs old, but stated to have been born in 1981 in exit wounds, so possibly 24-25.

suzie: joined tw3 anywhere between 2000-2005, making her 27-32yrs old at recruitment.

gwen: joined late 2007, making her 29yrs old.

ianto: joined tw3 early 2007, making him 23yrs at time of recruitment, would've turned 24 that same year though.

edit: ianto joined tw1 as a junior researcher in 2005, which would make him 21-22yrs old at the time.

in conclusion: the book seems pretty inconsistent with information. birthdays, recruitment days, loads of other things are off, so despite having spend almost a whole day compiling information for this post from this book, i don't think it's a very trustworthy source for timeline stuff (or much else really). i don't think the writers really bothered with making the timeline consistent and accurate because, let's face it, most fans probably don't care enough to make a complete and accurate timeline down to months and years for a spin-off show from the mid-late 2000's. if you're still reading this, you deserve financial compensation. won't be the one providing it though.

#jack harkness #gwen cooper #owen harper #toshiko sato #ianto jones #suzie costello #torchwood #doctor who #rants

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whywhatswrongwithblue · 8 months

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Do you have tentoorose fic recommendation in which one goes missing (maybe gets kidnapped and severely injured/tortured) and held hostage while the other goes absolutely batshit insane in their desperate search to find and rescue them, and also to make the one responsible for the damage pay?

hello! yes! i do!

A Scatter of Echoes by Elialys (ten&rose, tentoo/rose)

A tragic accident leaves the (human) Doctor devastated and spiralling down...to the point where the Prime Doctor has no choice but to get involved.

This is honestly my favourite tentoo/rose fic ever so if you haven't read this yet...DO IT NOW

2. bitter pill by the_spin

Post Journey's End. Things don't exactly go as planned.

3. Out of the Howling by thirty2flavors and Goldy

Whatever reaction she’d expected from telling her boyfriend that his alien duplicate from another universe was contacting her telepathically, this wasn’t it.

4. Blood and Anger and Revenge

Years after settling in on Pete's World, the Doctor must face something he thought he could escape.

5. King and Country

On Tony’s eighth birthday, the Doctor is kidnapped by a paramilitary group who will do anything to defend Earth from aliens.

7. The Long Way Home

After losing the Doctor, Rose sets off to find him again.

8. Ten Minutes

Hoping to prove to the Doctor that she can handle herself, Rose strikes out on her own and ends up trapped in a room with a bomb.

9. Aliens Don’t Celebrate Christmas by sapphire_child

It’s 10.5 and Rose’s first Christmas together in the alt!verse – and what would the festive season be without Ten's unlucky tuxedo and an invasion of rogue aliens at the Torchwood Christmas party?

10. Chimera by gallifreyburning

“I’m only trying to be helpful, honestly,” Rose says. “Because if you’re holding me prisoner here, that means there’s this bloke coming to get me. And he’s been diagnosed with a problem – a condition. A blood and anger and revenge kind of condition. He’s not exactly in remission yet. When he shows up, there might be a bit of bloodshed, and I think we’d all rather avoid that.”

#answered #i have a couple more i think #tentoo #rose #tentoorose #rose tyler #dw fic #fic rec

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fuckyeahfightlock · 5 months

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20 questions for fic writers 2023

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

207

2. What’s your total A03 word count?

1.2 million (!!!)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

BBC Sherlock (Sherlock TV, ACD), Doctor Who/Torchwood, Black Sails/Treasure Island, Maurice (film/novel), Raffles/Raffles TV, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Dexter, The Sandman (comics), Versailles, The Untamed, MST3K

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

The Imposter Art and Nature Boyfriend Material Eight and Fifty Nights Wind and Winter

No surprise three of those are from the same series (my most popular one). I kind of feel like The Imposter is my fandom legacy, which is fine by me; I'm proud of it.

(they're all beauties, in my eyes)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I started out responding to every one. I barely do anymore, only because when I was writing long, chaptered fics, it became overwhelming. Lately I get many fewer, so I do respond to some. I tend to reply to comments on non-Sherlock fics more now, because the fandoms are smaller and I like to gas us up a little!

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Am and Was, the final story in my fight!lock series Bleed So Pretty, ends with a double suicide.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably All Said and Done, the happy ending for the 1920s stately home series, Dawn Before the Rest of the World. But a lot of my fics have happy endings, even most of the angsty ones.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have! Very early on someone got very angry that AUs even exist, and took it out on one of my stories (maybe it was the first AU she ever read???); she mostly complained that I was writing Them out of character, which is probably true to some extent, but everyone has their own tolerance levels for that kind of stuff, so, whatever. Someone got very angry that one of my missing-scene fics based on a novel included verbatim text at the beginning and end (context being necessary to the bit I wrote in the middle), even though I made that VERY CLEAR in the beginning notes; she was not satisfied and felt I was a plagiarist, which to me is not a concept that even applies to transformative works, so again, whatever.

I don't mind any comment except ones that boil down to "I don't like this," because there's nothing I can do about that. I can fix spellings and punctuation, sew up plot holes, and make other minor adjustments to the technical stuff. But if someone just comments that they don't like the story, I'm helpless.

9. Do you write smut?

Very much so! I have written entire long novels just as set dressing for smut.

10. Do you write crossovers?

Several! I decided as soon as Sherlock came out on BBC that it takes place in the very same universe (London, present day) as Doctor Who/Torchwood (so, aliens exist). So I crossed those over a bunch. Doctor Who/Torchwood also got crossed over with Dexter, and with The Sandman comics. ACD!Holmes crossed over with Raffles, based on a screenplay of a film featured on MST3K. Black Sails is already Treasure Island pastiche, so that counts though I'm not responsible for it.

(this legendary bitch was only a bitch from a legend in Treasure Island)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I was a victim of netscraping of the AO3 by various pay-to-read schemes, twice. But to my knowledge, no one person has like, copy/pasted my fic and put their name on it as the author.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

A couple in Russian, a couple in Chinese.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Twice. It's not really my jam.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Johnlock.

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

A final story in my Road to Home series, a fix-it fic where Donna gets her memory back (which I began writing in 2013 or 2014). Now that she's got it back in canon, it seems even less likely I'll ever finish it.

(Russell T Davies accepted it maybe a little TOO hard)

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Right now, discipline (mine, not in my BDSM AU characters')

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I've done it, probably not 100% correctly or well, but I try really hard (not just google translate! I consult native speakers!) to get it right. Generally I recommend keeping it to a minimum unless you learn the trick where AO3 lets you hover a cursor over text and you can put the translation in the pop-up. Too few people are multilingual.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

I wrote self-insert Duran Duran bandom fic starting when I was 12, in 1984. My first fic on the AO3 was a Sherlock fic.

(my first husband, John Taylor)

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

Don't make me choose! I can't choose a favourite child. Today I was writing on One-Man Advantage, so that's a fave because of recency bias, but I was also thinking about Stages, so that's a fave because when I think of it my heart aches. The Re/Formation of Billy Bones is a fave because I love the backstory I created for him and I think I wrote it well. At Depth is a tiny hidden gem. I love all the Christmas ones and all the snowed-in ones. I love the kinky ones and the fluffy ones and the ones with OCs. I love some I've forgotten about. I love'm all.

Thanks for tagging me, @onesmallfamily !

#long post #20 questions #writing #fic

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soulless-angel25 · 4 months

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So I have now chosen which characters will be written on each day for DW Femslash, I used a wheel spinner and respun a few times (in cases of same person being hit twice, it being river/amy, bill/doctor, and a few other exceptions). Also added the prompts for each day <3

Day 1, Alternate Universe- River Song/Rose Tyler Day 2, Rose- Rose Tyler/Donna Noble Day 3, Second Chance- Amy Pond/Trans!Rory Williams Day 4, Regeneration- River Song/Rose Tyler Day 5, Martha- Martha Jones/Trans!Jack Harkness Day 6, Post-Doctor- Martha Jones/Trans!Mickey Smith Day 7, Kids/Families- Rose Tyler/Trans!Tenth Doctor Day 8, Torchwood/UNIT- Donna Noble/Martha Jones Day 9, Donna- Donna Noble/Rose Tyler Day 10, Embrace- Clara Oswin Oswald/Rose Tyler Day 11, Memories- River Song/Rose Tyler Day 12, Amy- Amy Pond/Trans!Rory Williams Day 13, Settled down/Wedding- Rose Tyler/Trans!Eleventh Doctor Day 14, Valentines/Holiday- Rose Tyler/Clara Oswin Oswald/Trans!Tenth Doctor Day 15, Polyamory- Yasmin Khan/Thirteenth Doctor/Rose Tyler Day 16, Clara- Clara Oswin Oswald/Trans!Twelfth Doctor Day 17, Career- River Song/Yasmin Khan Day 18, Past- Clara Oswin Oswald/Rose Tyler Day 19, Bill- Bill Potts/Yasmin Khan Day 20, Realization- Amy Pond/Yasmin Khan Day 21, Beach Dates/Swimming- River Song/Trans!Eleventh Doctor Day 22, Crossover- Rose Tyler/Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail) Day 23, River- River Song/Trans!Fourteenth Doctor Day 24, Vacation/TARDIS- Clara Oswin Oswald/Trans!Twelfth Doctor Day 25, Future- Amy Pond/Martha Jones Day 26, Yaz- Yasmin Khan/Clara Oswin Oswald Day 27, Gender/Gender-bend- Martha Jones/Genderbent!Mickey Smith Day 28, Event/Party- Rose Tyler/Trans!Ninth Doctor Day 29, Time- Rose Tyler/Trans!Ninth Doctor

#doctor who #dr who #the doctor #rose tyler #river song #eleventh doctor #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #martha jones #mickey smith #jack harkness #donna noble #amy pond #rory williams #clara oswin oswald #clara oswald #bill potts #yasmin khan

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doctorwhogirlie · 2 months

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Doctor Who Asks: 2.0

Why do you love Doctor Who so much?

2. Which Doctor would you most want to travel with?

3. Which Doctor and Companions would be your perfect Tardis team?

4. Would you rather hang out with Jamie Mccrimmon or Sarah Jane Smith?

5. Classic Who or New Who?

6. Would you rather be a Dalek or a Cyberman?

7. What's your favourite story from each Doctor? 1-15

8. Do you think any creatures have been overused? If so, which ones?

9. Who is your favourite Doctor Who writer?

10. What is your favourite piece of music from Doctor Who?

11. Who is your favourite from the Torchwood team?

12. What is your favourite Torchwood episode/story?

13. What is your favourite Sarah Jane Adventures episode/story?

14. What is your favourite Sarah Jane Adventures creature?

15. What is your favourite Torchwood creature?

#doctor who #doctor who girlie #classic who #classic doctor who #new who #torchwood #sarah jane smith #sarah jane adventures #the sarah jane adventures #first doctor #second doctor #asks #anon #doctor who asks

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gmariam321 · 5 months

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So recently I've had a flurry of notifications from AO3 for a lot of my Torchwood stories, including several reviews. Thank you if you've recently left one! :) Needing a distraction (and wondering why one story in particular was suddenly being read so many years later) I decided to read some of my old stories at night and had some thoughts. . .

I remember how much fun Jack and Ianto were to write, as well as the rest of the team. And I think I did a pretty good job with their dialogue and banter.

I created some cool original characters and settings, not to mention some kick ass plots I'm pretty proud of (and some not so much)

I sure wrote a lot of time travel and time loops. The one I read last night was not very good, though. :P

Speaking of that particular time loop, it took me more than half the story to remember what it was about and what was going to happen. Ironic that I wrote it and that it was also about memory loss.

Sometimes my writing was pretty darn schmaltzy for two grown men fighting aliens.

I can't believe I turned Santa Claus into a time traveler with a vortex manipulator and that Jack and Ianto worked for him. The first bit was kind of cool and actually well thought out; the end was kind of schmoopy.

Adam was an annoying character.

Fanfiction solves all the plot and character problems, including ones that maybe weren't even there to begin with. And a lot of fanfiction is ten times better than canon, like almost every story out there about how Jack and Ianto first hooked up after Lisa's death.

I wrote a story where Ianto considered leaving Torchwood but didn't. Are there any stories where he did, but kept his memories and kept dating Jack? Just went and worked a normal 9-5 job and hoped he'd get to see Jack in between Torchwood runs? I could see it working. I half wonder if I wrote it but don't remember.

The Torchwood premise was really quite ridiculous, a team of five misfits protecting the city from a dangerous Rift and aliens. At the same time, so many amazing possibilities!

I once started a story about Ianto's shadow self and wish I'd done more with it. I wonder how many other ideas are in my years-old unfinished folder.

Again, thank you if you are still reading TW fanfic and leaving kudos! Even years down the road, it touches the writer and we appreciate it. It's been fun to jump back in for a while. Maybe when I'm done rewatching Stargate I'll give Torchwood a binge. :)

#torchwood #ianto jones #jack harkness #janto

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