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tvmigraine · 8 months

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6:25AM Doctor Who Headcanons

"Full Fathom Five" is the Valeyard Origin:

The whole point behind "Full Fathom Five" is to show an Unbound Doctor that's willing to go darker and believes that the ends justify the means. This seems like a natural continuation of the direction that the Seventh Doctor was going so, if we consider that the timeline, this is what I interpret the regeneration cycle to be (not counting the other regenerations between Brooker and Jayston).

Through some trickery, this "Doctor" manages to escape the situation that's killing him over and over but now he's on his final regeneration. He's desperate and basically willing to do anything, his own morals eroded into dust, which eventually leads into the conflict we see in "Trial of a Time Lord".

Because of this encounter and the Sixth Doctor's desire not to become the Valeyard (some expanded media shows this more), this pushes this incarnation back and stops the Seventh Doctor becoming the Full Fathom Five incarnation.

The Unbound War Doctor and the Watcher are the same being:

The Watcher is really confusing and there's never going to be an answer to that regeneration that I'm fully satisfied with. What I've reasoned to myself is that it could relay on the strangest blip in the "Unbound" range - "Doctor of War" shows what would've happened if the Fourth Doctor destroyed the Daleks on Skaro, namely an early Time War. He regenerates into Colin Baker.

At the end of this story, giving few spoilers, the Doctor does eventually remedy this mistake and we see Colin Baker's Doctor in the place of Tom's, replacing him during the final events of "Genesis of the Daleks". However it's stated that the Baker War Doctor is still trapped outside of time, his consciousness basically pushing his life back onto the right path.

SO! My perspective is that the Baker War Doctor, being connected to this incarnation's eventual death already, is able to manifest in the form of The Watcher in order to help him regenerate successfully. (I know the Watcher appears in other places too, so maybe that's the Doctor of War continuing this duty in the hopes of keeping things right?)

Richard Griffiths' Doctor leads into "Curse of Fatal Death"

There is nothing to this theory except I think the outfits look very similar.

Doctor Who Magazine 255 ran an article called "What If?" that showed what could've become of Doctor Who if it had made it into the 90s. This had the 7th Doctor regenerate into an alternative 8th (Altern-Eight) played by Richard Griffiths. The outfits are similarly enough that this Doctor could, after going off air, eventually adopted the outfit that'd become the "Curse of Fatal Death" outfit.

The Cadet Sweets Doctor is a young First Doctor:

When the Doctor is younger, he has adventures on the back of candy cigarette packets where he encounters the Voord and the Daleks. Due to old age, he eventually forgets about it. Or maybe it's his dad, yknow what, The Cadet Sweets Doctor is his Dad, actually.

"Lungbarrow" leads into the Timeless Child:

I'm just going over an older theory I've had and it's stuck. The VNAs take place in a bottle universe with the Seventh Doctor discovering the origins of the Other and eventually leading to his own childhood. Instead of it happening how it was supposed to, the bottle universe starts to leak into the main continuity - the Foundling that Tecteun finds is the Other, but their timeline is changed by being brought into the main universe.

Time has to heal itself when the bottle universe fully floods into the main history - in some ways it does this by correcting the Foundling's life to inevitably become the Doctor, in other ways it does stuff like repeat adventures ("Human Nature").

"Battle For The Universe" is a sequel to "Shada":

"Battle For The Universe" is a board game from 1989 about the Doctor travelling with Tegan, Romana, Ace and K9. The game also has the most ridiculous redesign of characters, including the Doctor who looks like Skagra from the infamous "Shada".

At the end of "Shada", the defeated Skagra is forced to listen about the Doctor's exploits from start to finish by an AI. I think that the board game is showing Skagra in a crazed fugue state, having lost himself after listening to so many stories (which are being updated as the Doctor continues living) about the Doctor's exploits. Basically imagine a version of "Deadline" but it's about Skagra.

#doctor who #headcanon #doctor who expanded #shada #curse of fatal death #doctor who unbound

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aitadjcrazytimes · 5 months

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#lmao #for anyone who's curious the process went:#send ask to aita official #blog blows up #someone realizes its a chexer fic #i follow them bc they seem cool #i join their rvb server #their encouragement pushes me to finish the Actual Fic i was working on #i expand the fic to be more of a whole au after it comes out much better than expected #the next fic in the au that i work on has to do with a character's brain injury #this leads me to do research into brain injuries #''......huh. this sounds. a lot like the neurological symptoms that my doctors have been saying is just part of my anxiety disorder''#think on that for a while #go to the ER for unrelated reasons #remember my theory #bring it up to the doctor #Doctor Immediate Concern #doctors orders a ct scan #''eeyup! that there's some atrophying and a chiari malformation! y'ever had a head injury''#(i had had several)#''well! shit! time to refer you to neurosurgery :) see if we cant do somethin about all that memory loss and severe pain and shit''#and now we are here #it also lead me to research osddid systems for the first fic #and now my therapist is having me tested for osdd because i did not know that those symptoms were not a thing everyone experiences #so like. thanks for helping me meet friends who could encourage me to engage with the things i like + learn more about myself #^ ^ <3 #im actually not gonna say ''ok last update fr this time'' bc idfk maybe something WOULD be funny to post on here

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gallifreyanhotfive · 6 days

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Now, now, we all know that the One Who Waits must be *shuffles a deck of classic and EU character cards and they all go flying everywhere* Shit. Uh. It must be *gathers up cards hastily but they spill out over my fingers* Shit. Shit. I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry. Fucking hell. We all know that the One Who Waits must be *dramatically selects a single card and holds it up for the audience* the Doctor’s Aunt Flavia.

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ranmagender · 6 months

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Its easy to forget sometimes that doctor who has a tv show attatched to it

#doctor who #dweu #doctor who expanded universe #faction paradox #big finish #gallifrey

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kronos-lungbarrow-oakdown · 18 days

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why ain't we talking about how the Master keeps the Doctor on their toes and keep them aware what's the direction they should be going - which, honestly, is just the extreme opposite of whatever the hell the Master has going on - and the only regeneration that didn't meet/have a proper Master (a ying to their yang) was the most unhinged and the one who most had angry fits of all regenerations?

I was re-watching "A Town Called Mercy" and when the Doctor throws the "scientist" out of the city line to be rapted by the cyborg & point a gun at him to keep him there I can clearly imagine that if the Master showed up there Eleventh would automatically look at them and then the gun and be absolutely disgusted at himself.

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catboycephalopod · 3 months

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HOLY SHIT!!! Big Finish has resurrected their Novel Adaptations Range after SEVEN YEARS; They're adapting the first Virgin Missing Adventure novel "Goth Opera"! If you're a fan of the Wilderness Years books or of the 5, Nyssa, and Tegan TARDIS team you should check it it out! It's releasing in July and you can preorder it now, LINKS BELOW!

The VNAs and EDAs are a pretty niche corner of Doctor Who fandom these days so its really fucking cool to get more love for these stories and this era of the series (although they haven't adapted any BBC books yet). It'd be REALLY sad if they retired book adaptations because of meh sales so if you're even remotely interested feel free to check out the links below! THE CONTINUATION OF THIS RANGE GETS US ONE STEP CLOSER TO EIGHTH DOCTOR BOOK ADAPTATIONS. I NEED FITZ AND EIGHT YOU GUYS.

Link to Goth Opera page: https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-goth-opera-2998

Link to previous Novel Adaptations: https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/doctor-who---novel-adaptations

#doctor who #dweu #doctor who expanded universe #nyssa #virgin missing adventures #tegan jovanka #5th doctor #peter davison #big finish #big finish productions #classic doctor who #virgin new adventures #bernice summerfield

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yowzeight · 10 months

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girls be like I'm really normal about doctor who then proceeds to tell you the difference between EDAs 8DAs PDAs and VNAs

#dw #eighth doctor #edas #eighth doctor adventures #8das #vnas #pdas #virgin new adventures #past doctor adventures #8th doctor adventures #big finish #dweu #doctor who #doctor who expanded universe

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magpiefrankie · 1 year

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"I told you we'd get caught!"

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I don't usually hop on to trends like this but the moment I saw it I thought oh yeah. That's totally them. I've not seen an academy era version yet but I did see a tensimm one which coincidentally was the other way around.

#barbie #barbie meme #barbie and ken #doctor who #doctor who expanded universe #dweu #doctor who academy era #theta sigma #koschei oakdown #koschei #thoschei #the Doctor #the master #magpies art tag #magpies shitposts

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melbush · 5 months

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mrs flood & donna having an auntie iris

#i’m tipsy and this is a joke but also what if #doctor who #iris wildthyme #mrs flood #the church on ruby road #dw spoilers #dw eu #expanded universe #big finish #eighth doctor adventures

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no-nightingalez · 6 months

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Marvel fans are so silly to me when they complain about messing with canon. Like Doctor Who just completely changed part of the dalek’s origins for shits and giggles, and fuck yeah, you go, spaceman. Fuck up that timeline!

#doctor who #doctor who children in need #doctor who expanded universe #dweu #14th doctor #david tennant #dalek #marvel #mcu #dw spoilers #my txt

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secretlyhuntokar · 3 months

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Irving Braxiatel

reblog if you agree. reblog if you disagree. hell, reblog if you have no opinion on him. the world shall know the name Irving Braxiatel

#doctor who #doctor who expanded universe #irving braxiatel #braxiatel

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a-random-whovian7 · 11 months

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#doctor who #doctor who lore #8th doctor #1st doctor #13th doctor #fugitive doctor #7th doctor #doctor who eu #timeless child #doctor who poll #doctor who expanded universe #doctor who books

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fluffylord · 1 month

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is that true?

#I need an expanded version of this scene #my poor twissy heart #i am going to explode #peter capaldi #doctor who #12th doctor #twelfth doctor #michael gomez #missy #the doctor falls #twissy

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gallifreyanhotfive · 4 days

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Just...the emphasis on the Doctor’s complexity in terms of space and time. The fact that he said he was extradimensional.

They don't often say that part out loud on TV. Most of the content about extradimensional Time Lords is in the expanded universe.

Just...yes. Yes. The Doctor’s not human. He can't even be fully perceived by humans. He's extradimensional. Yes.

Lordieeee, are we eating good right now

#doctor who #dw #dr who #new who #doctor who spoilers #dw spoilers #spoilers #fifteenth doctor #ruby sunday #time lords #doctor who eu #doctor who expanded universe #dw eu

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paradox-n-bedrock · 29 days

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I actually find Donna and Shaun's marriage kind of fascinating and think there's a solid middle ground to be found between the "dead relationship, full of resentment and apathy" and "ideal couple, super in love" camps. I try to give hints of that in the stuff I've been working on (expect gratuitous use of that Shaun Temple is Tired tag), but I really want to explore it a little more deeply.

There are potential consequences from Donna suddenly being a package deal with her best friend and canonical love of her life but neither immediate divorce nor a seamless transition into an alternative relationship structure feel very likely (though there's no shame in using either or dealing with it off-page if it doesn't suit the fic). I just crave some more complex, nuanced takes on them adapting to the changes in or the dissolution of the marriage.

Plus, people are sleeping on the sheer drama of: you fell in love with an amazing but troubled woman and fifteen years later she unlocks memories that fundamentally changed her as a person, including the relationship with someone she wanted to stay with forever. Oh, and the two of them are inseparable again, so you've got a brand new member of the household.

I know we appreciate Shaun's ability to just roll with stuff, but it's a major change regardless of whether you prefer platonic or romantic DoctorDonna. Like Donna being herself in all her glory is gonna make or break that marriage, no matter where their existing relationship is at. And both options have the potential to be interesting. Do they not fit together anymore, no matter how happy for her Shaun might be, or, despite some growing pains, is it as good for their relationship as it is for Donna personally? Does having the memory issue and the financial stress solved allow frustrations in the relationship to heal? Or do they find they're not as securely bound together as they thought? I do think romcom jealousy is boring but suddenly watching someone else irrefutably bring out the happiest, best version of your spouse might bring up some complicated emotions.

As an aside, the parallels between Shaun and Lee also make me a little crazy. She picked another handsome, easy going, virtually silent man who seems to defer to her the vast majority of the time. Their kid has her last name. She sits at the head of the table like a queen holding court. I love it, anything else wouldn't feel right, but I just can't stop hearing, "What does that say about me?" "Everything."

#doctor who #doctordonna #doctor x donna #fourteen x donna #fourteendonna #donna noble #fourteenth doctor #tendonna #shaun temple #dw meta #this is the expanded version of a twitter thread i made earlier #and it is bc i immediately started another fic #sorry i cannot stop thinking about them #help me #or enable me and give more dopamine #your call #paradox writes

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kronos-lungbarrow-oakdown · 1 month

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Koschei's (youngest) child (from political marriage): uh, so, if- you could let me and my fellow companions pass, please?

Guard: *doesn't even acknowledges them*

Theta & Koschei (eldest) child (from a disastrous divorce): *holds up an Oakdown emblem* We are going in and you shall not let anyone else enter.

Guard: *trembling and nodding*

Theta & Koschei child: next time you decide not to let my half-sibling pass I will be sure Lord Oakdown hear about it. And believe me when I say he is not kind with people who mess with his youngest child.

Guard: *nods frantically*

#thoschei #best enemies #spydoc #doctor who #the master #the doctor #dweu #doctor who expanded universe #dw #theta sigma #koschei oakdown #academy!era #academy era lore #doctor who academy era #academy era #oakdown #Lungbarrow #Theta Sigma Lungbarrow #kronos time bubble

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