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radio-ghost-cooks · 4 months

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a dw headcanon

first of all, we're ignoring the timeline because i want these two to be happy. second, headcanon that Time Lords have extremely extravagant New Year's parties/festivities

when time is in the palm of your hand, it's easy to forget the passing of it. to forget that Gallifrey isn't free from the bonds of the clock. so, they set everything aside for one night to revel in the sound of time marching on.

since the fall of Gallifrey, the last person to hold such parties is the Doctor.

the Doctor rounds up everyone he can find. Jack, Martha, Donna, Rose, Mickey, Amy, Rory; they all cram themselves into the Tardis to celebrate together. there's cake and wine and champagne (and ginger) and treats from around the universe and dancing and music and everyone just enjoys each other's company. the Tardis decorates herself accordingly, dripping in gold and silver in every single room. no saving the universe, no attacks, no mysteries, just the Doctor and those he holds dear.

and sometimes, if he's lucky, the Master will attend.

Martha isn't too fond of it. but she doesn't really need to worry, because it isn't fond of large parties anyway, and it doesn't even like the Doctor, and it just slinks off to some distant corner of the Tardis. but the Doctor never leaves it out.

once everyone's either gone home or passed out in one of the bedrooms, the Doctor will gather up a couple glasses and a bottle of whatever liquor strikes his fancy, a plateful of food, and a handful of ginger candies, and quietly make his way to the farthest room the Tardis where the Master awaits.

it's almost always made itself a nest of the softest things in the room and curled up in it, purring so softly you have to strain to hear it. the Doctor flops down into the pile next to him, and they split the bottle as the Master eats his fill. they're always together as one year shifts into the next, no matter what. it means everything to the both of them (even if the Master won't admit it).

#happy new years eve #I love these two #the Doctor #the Master #tensimm #thoschei #doctor who #my headcanons #headcanon #side headcanon:#time lords purr

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