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"What makes you so sure that your life is worth more than those people on the ice? Is it the money? The accident of birth that puts you inside the big fancy house?"

if you would assign a paramore song to each of the new who doctors, which ones would you choose? (yes i just listened to last hope and i was like wow. twelve's thesis statement!!!!! insane.)

TWELVE'S THESIS STATEMENT TRULY!!!!

9 - renegade (it could work for the dr in general tbh, but i think it's HIS)

10 - let the flames begin -> part II it works very well for him i think

11 - caught in the middle. he doesn't know who he is, he only knows he still wants to be 10!!!! (and 10's answer to... who am i? was... rose. leave it up to 11 to take that to extremes with amelia) HE CAN'T THINK OF GETTING OLD IT MAKES HIM WANT TO DIE (I HATE ENDINGS) HE CAN'T THINK OF WHO HE WAS IT MAKES HIM WANT TO CRY!!!!

ok soooo 12's covered... he doesn't even know himself at all!!!!! but it's not about him, it's about HOPE!!!!! IT'S JUST A SPARK, BUT IT'S ENOUGH!!!!! 12 isn't exactly about reclaiming your identity (i mean what was that with 10 and 11... who ARE you guys...) nor building it from scratch, 12 TO ME is the most enthralled by the universe doctor (and the memory loss arc encourages me in my opinion), even though he may not seem like it... he has a face he can't remember at first, he's accused of being dalek-like (not capable of becoming one, being one), but ultimately he's like... oh hey so i have lived so long, but also i've never been alive before. clara ISN'T his identity like rose and amy are for their respective doctors, what clara taught him is. and that was primarily to BELIEVE!!! AND HAVE HOPE!!!! he forgets her, but he doesn't really because s10, even though it's his one season without her, is the one in which he's the most like her. there's something there... 10 remembers who rose was TO HIM, but 12 forgets that aspect which allows him to focus on what he remembers this figure of clara meant to the world. there's room to discuss myth of a person vs. reality there too which i've tackled hundreds of times on this blog specifically in relation to amyclara, but i don't wanna make a paramore post about smth else djkskfkr

can you recommend doctor who blogs to follow i don’t have enough 🥲

source blogs: @timelordgifs @dwgif @moffatwho @chibnalldaily @dailydwgifs @dailyclassicwho

cast: @davidtennantedits @karengillandaily @jennacolemandaily

my doctor/rose sideblog: @metacrisisdoctor

peeps who post dw: @whywhatswrongwithblue @tennant @doctor-rose @thirdeyeblue @deardiary17 @darth-tella @demdifferentstories-29 @lonelyzarquon @walker-scobell @motherflunker @queenofthecon @eccleston @lastbluetardis @angelic37 @naaer @junotter @hopemikelson @nostradamus0 @pulledacross @mournstera @tardxsblues @my-fortuna-thats-you @greywithane @youcouldbewonderful @hellaspooky @hellaleg @badxwolfxrising @letoghanima @doctorhoe @oswinroses and that's off the top of my head!

i'm LOOSELY planning MAYBE starting a sourceblog for rtdwho (both eras) but it won't be up til early november

anyway hope that helps!

In retrospect, were S9-S10 viewing figures the beginning of Doctor Who decline among the general audience?

I mean, at the end of the day the S4-S5 figures were. Like, you can point to how MoffatWho did midway, but that’s the big one. In terms of the decline of MoffatWho, I suspect what it comes down to is just that six years on the program is an awful long time for a writer, and people who didn’t really love Moffat fell away. If Davies were to have stayed two more consecutive years he’d have lost viewers as well. And of course, viewers spiked up massively for Whittaker. They just didn’t stay because, well, the show was an unwatchable piece of shit. This isn’t especially causally related to Moffat bleeding viewers though. More to the point, though, what decline? Just scored three top ten episodes in a row and is one of the most watched dramas on British television this year.

DOCTOR WHO ▹ Deep Breath

"When the wind stands fair and the night is perfect, when you least expect it, but always when you need it the most, there is a song."

Doctor Who 2014-2017 Christmas Specials

Doctor Who 2014-2017 Christmas Specials

Years: 2014 — 2017

Synopsis: The Moffat-led Christmas specials.

Pros: • A set of largely whimsical stories that succeeded more than they failed. • At their best, pushed forward the story of the Doctor in ways not wholly unprecedented. • Tended to highlight the raw talent of Matt Smith (Eleven) and Peter Capaldi (Twelve), who elevated the sometimes less transcendent stories.

Cons: • Often seemed…

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ANTI-MOFFAT POST not being mean just discussing some thoughts but if criticisms of Moffat's writing upset you feel free to just move on!!

Bro it's actually kind of sad realising how horrendous of a showrunner (in my opinion!!!) Steven Moffat really is bc like. I remember me and my sister going to see the 50th anniversary special at the cinema and having the best time surrounded by a bunch of whovians in costume and everyone clapping at the end and now rewatching it I'm just like..... I want to like this but it makes not a scrap of sense!! I can suspend my disbelief massively when it comes to Doctor Who. I can forgive plot holes and inconsistencies galore, truly, but w Moffat shit is nonsensical literally from scene to scene. And when I say he's a horrendous showrunner I don't mean he lacks the ability to be a good writer, and in fact with oversight he can be a great writer. But without oversight he gets way too far up his own arse, plants and plants and plants with no payoff, and his real-life misogyny (among other things) bleeds into the very fabric of his characters, INCLUDING the Doctor (and then he had the audacity to have the Twelfth Doctor lecturing the First on sexism..... The lack of self-awareness is astounding).

Like genuinely I'm not a Moffat hater for the sake of it. When I was younger I did enjoy the early Matt Smith seasons and assumed the reason I never really understood or remembered the finales was bc I was too dumb, rather than bc it's just a bunch of loosely related scenes strung together and called an answer. I had issues with a lot of things at the time like Amy's weirdly sexual (yet rooted in childhood???) obsession w the Doctor, the fact we're supposed to believe that the Doctor and River are in love but only get that information in references or more weird hypersexualisation, the way the Doctor became the goddamn centre of the universe instead of just a traveller, humble in the face of the unknown. But I could still get something out of the show. Now, between catching up on S12 and restarting RTD era, I'm reminded of how it feels to really love this show without having to make so many excuses for it. No, it has never been and never will be perfect. A lot of the issues in MoffatWho were crumbs in RTDWho that he simply seized on and magnified. And I know there are ppl who genuinely love his era and you know what, I'm happy for you, cos I wish I did. But that's the thing, being a fan of MoffatWho was always something I was trying at; it was always an effort. Yet even as prepared as I was to give up on Doctor Who altogether by the time S11 came around, loving Chibnall's run is as effortless as it was to love S1 when I was 11. It makes it really hard to go back to something I mostly dislike just bc it's Doctor Who and I don't want to write off Eleven and Twelve.

Anyway I'm sure I will revisit those eps in the future as I'm a completionist; I doubt I'll be able to just skip them on a rewatch, and for all my negativity there IS good stuff in those seasons, whether it's Vincent and the Doctor or Hell Bent (edit: oh nononono I meant Heaven Sent I always get those two mixed up lol, Hell Bent is actually atrocious) or just Twelve being a crotchety janitor. But I'll never be as naive as I was when I first watched it again. I'll never be able to give Moffat credit that all his little "mysteries" are actually going somewhere. And after reading the disgüstingly misogynistic things he's said in real life I will never be able to give him the benefit of the doubt that the misogyny in his writing is just an unfortunate accident.

I really don't like to dump on creators for no reason so this is not about that. It's more just reckoning with the fact that something I was watching in formative years just does not hold up at all and that good memories I have of things like the 50th anniversary are tainted by the knowledge that the 50th anniversary..... Is bad actually. Like actually quite bad. And that just sucks dude!!

WELCOME TO MOFFATWHO - aka a blog dedicated to Moffat’s era of Doctor Who.

Why? Because I do enjoy this era a lot and I know there are people who also like it. It’’s not that I don’t love other eras and head writers, but Moffat’s era has a really big chunk of my heart. 

This blog will - obviously - focus on Eleven and Twelve, all of their companions & all the beloved side characters. Just chilling & enjoying the content from series 5 to series 10. So if you like Moffat’s writing and miss it - do consider following this blog. It could be fun. 

Also, feel free to point me in the direction of your fanart/fanfics/metas, as these are not that easy to find among all the great gifs and graphics. 

Hope some of you will follow and that you’ll enjoy this blog!

So it’s almost the 18th of November again... anyone for a Moffat Appreciation Day? Special gratitude if you want to talk about Bill or Agatha Dracula in general...

@moffatappreciationlife​ @moffatwho​ 👀

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"If I grow to be half the man you are, Clara Oswald, I shall be very happy indeed."

Jenna Coleman as CLARA OSWALD in DOCTOR WHO (2012–2017)

The annoying part is not that some people hate MoffatWho - which is as valid as an opinon as any other - it’s that they say it like everyone else shares this opinion and only a problematic shitlord fool could disagree.

Can you recommend me some good DW blogs?

dw specific blogs, @dwgif, @timelordgifs, @dailyclassicwho, @moffatwho, @themastergifs , @rosetylerdaily, @whywhatswrongwithblue, @dailydw

some ppl who i enjoy who post dw content: @cersxisbitch, @darth-tella, @queenofthecon, @thirdeyeblue, @nostradamus0, @lastbluetardis, @tennant, @hopemikelson, @eccleston, @tardxsblues, @my-fortuna-thats-you, @doctor-rose, @deardiary17, @gingerteaonthetardis, @hisfortuna, @tenteen, @altindie, @fay-lure, @goldensyren, @naaer, @lacokita, @junotter, @bellamysgriffin, @quitesrighttoo, @sadwolves, @aemma-arryn, @rachelwiesz, @youcouldbewonderful

my besties who somehow stayed with me since 2013 lol @tinyconfusion, @marsdetective, @tickle-me-dalek, @pulledacross

also my own sideblog/shrine lol @metacrisisdoctor

hope that helps! if i missed anyone it's bc my brain is pea sized

People who enjoy RTDwho: "I love this series, it just sucks theres so much fucking racism. Mickey Smith, Martha Jones, and literally every black character on the show deserved so much better. Half the time the background characters are either Mystical Seers, exist literally just to be the butt of various jokes, or they're hysterical cowards who are cruel at the drop of a hat. I love Doctor Who, the Sarah-Jane Adventures, and Torchwood, but the racism is really prevalent."

Meanwhile, people who enjoy Moffatwho: "Steven Moffat is the most brilliant writer who has ever lived. He has never done anything wrong, ever. His writing is perfect and sublime and sexism?? What sexism??? What do you mean he's idolizing pedophilic relationships? What do you mean he's ableist? What do you mean he's homophobic?? His best friend is Mark Gatiss how can he be homophobic? Wait WHAT DO YOU MEAN MARK GATISS IS TRANSPHOBIC? YOU SAYING YHAT IS HOMOPHOBI, YOURE THE REAL TRANSPHOBE HERE!!!!!"

Lounging Simm!Master inspired by this important post by @fleurdeneuf. 

That 'no it's a lie, a lie is not a twist' quote you put on amy and river's conversation is honestly so true for all of moffatwho tbh

my magnum opus. ‘it was a robot all along’