I was thinking about the Time Lord Victorious… Doesn’t the Tenth Doctor become one because of Donna? Isn’t what happens in The Waters of Mars an echo/mirror of The Fires of Pompeii?
At Pompeii, when the Doctor was going to leave without saving anyone because the city’s destruction was a fixed point in history and he was ‘in charge’ of keeping this rule unbroken, it was Donna who tried to stop him. At Bowie Base One, he’s about to leave too as it's flooded, but now he can’t, even if it might change history.
Isn’t it darkly, almost sadistically ironic that this time, from Adelaide Brooke’s point of view, he should have been stopped not from leaving but from staying?
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DOCTOR WHO || The Waters Of Mars
MIA BENNETT
"He saw Mia staring at him as she held onto Yuri's hand, as if she was scared he might fly off like a balloon in a storm if she didn't, or maybe frightened that her sanity already had. “What is that thing? It's bigger. I mean, it's bigger on the inside. Who the hell are you?"
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The Doctor as a lonely God is so important to me. A God without power. A God isolated by their immortality. A God who doesn't have superpowers or magic or the ability to make sweeping changes but who is still set apart from everyone they've ever loved because they are the only one of their kind. A God who wants connection more than anything else but can never make the final step to truly loving and connecting with someone because there will always be the knowledge of their companion's inevitable death hanging over their head. A God who has no power on their own, everything that can help them affect change tied up in their tools and their ship and their tech, and yet still doing everything they can to make things better. A God that holds grudges and bestows forgiveness and cannot let go of the only other God in their orbit because what are they without their mirror? A God that does not want to be saluted, does not want to be worshipped, but sometimes that is the closest they can get to love and they find themselves, in their worst moments, understanding why the Master is the way they are. A God that is lonely. A God without power. A God who sometimes convinces themself that they have more power than they do and it leads to their worst mistakes, like in the Waters of Mars or Demon's Run or Hell Bent or Dalek or Timeless Children. A God who, at the end of the day, understands that they are isolated, alone, and yet must love with everything they have, love the universe, love their companions for fleeting moments, because the top of the mountain is too boring, too cold, to spend eternity on, and humans burn like stars, quick and warm and glorious to behold.
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doctor who liveblog pt 24
planet of the dead
- with that set up they were asking for someone to come in though the roof and steal the cup
- yoo the tardis was stolen
- i forgot to say anything but that was mad and the cgi was terrible, avg episode of doctor who
the waters of mars
- one tumblr user has told me this episode is good so i’m expecting big things
- so this is the one planet he needs a space suit for?
- doctor, doctor, fun :D
- space carrots!!
- uh oh the space carrots
- JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
- i’m going to be fuming if we’re not on mars by 2058
- uh oh they’re all about to die
- humans almost reaching extinction sounds about right
- uh oh they’re zombies
- i got too invested to live blog but omg adelaide killed herself??? and the ood????!?! what is going on??
- that was such an amazing episode tho, i love it when they morally grey my protagonist
the end of time pt 1
- so excited to see both the master and donna’s grandad in the episode cover
- christmas again?!
- yooo tiny tardis in the stained glass
- yayay the ood
- bro married queen elizabeth i?!
- yay ood paradise
- ominous prophecy from the ood as always
- oh great the cult of saxon
- oh she killed him again that’s nice
- oh did he live
- oh wilfred and his little christmas antlers i adore him
- he is loving that burger
- NO THE BURGER LADY
- FOUR KNOCKS
- DONNA!!!
- awww she’s engaged
- i miss her so bad
- who tf is that?
- the doctor and the master were childhood friends??? ohhh this is juicy
- what the fuck is going on
- that’s his daughter?! fucked up relationship
- oh he’s got a gun
- yes then companion wilfred
- helppp they got the master on a lead
- uh oh green aliens
- billionaires always obsessed with living forever
- this feels like a very elaborate prank to pull on the doctor
- THE TIMELORDS?!
- also say don’t spray bro
the end of time pt 2
- omg we’re on gallifrey
- oh we’re flashing back
- uh oh they’ve tied him up
- nooo donna
- oh shit she exploded them
- this is gay as hell
- well u didn’t have to hit him
- no not wilfred
- yayy the green aliens!!
- at least wilfred is getting to live out his dream of going to space
- oh he’s taking the gun
- ngl i have no idea what’s going on
- I JUST REALISED WHERE I RECOGNISED THE GREEN ALIEN MAN FROM, HE’S IN HORRIBLE HISTORIESSSSS
- that’s all i care about tbh
- pew pew pew
- he should def be dead
- uh oh timelords
- so we’re all just gonna pretend like doctor and master are normal names
- oh yay the people are back
- oh shit there’s gallifrey
- yes then the master
- he’s alive!!
- no the four knocks again shitttt
- WAIT IS WILFRED STUCK NOOO
- oh fucj the doctor
- oh he’s still breathing
- they just can’t kill this guy
- oh he’s regenerating
- MARTHAAAA
- mickey?!
- THEYRE MARRIED WTFFFFF
- my girl always has to have rose’s sloppy seconds 😭😭
- i’m so confused which universe is this
- oh he’s doing a goodbye tour
- aww donna got her wedding
- ROSEEEEE
- ohhh he’s gone back to see her one last timeeeee
- ohhh the ood
- i do not remember this being that dramatic last time
- hello matt smith
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