Time Lords never forget to bring a towel
A true staple in intergalactic travel
I’ll take eight!
I am Dan and I enjoy trees and libraries and old things and clouds and Brooklyn and Virginia too.
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I’m not gonna lie. I practically cheered when Rita said this. You know why? Because I am so, so happy that a mainstream, popular show is acknowledging the current climate of fear of Islam. Look at how Rita has conditioned herself to react with humour, because she genuinely thinks that people who find out that she’s Muslim will judge her negatively. This is the world we live in today. I’m not Muslim, but half my family are, and for years, I have been judged as being a terrorist just because I associate with Muslims. I have had to deal with people making judgements about my family. Insinuating that they are terrorists. Insinuating that I am a terrorist. Sometimes, not even insinuating. Islamophobia has become so widespread and, dare I say it, “accepted” that I don’t even see it subtly implied any more. So yeah, I was stupidly happy when this happened.
Not to mention that Rita is a fucking fantastic character. She is intelligent, brave, beautiful (inside and out), good, kind, compassionate…I could go on. To me, she is genuinely one of the best television characters I have seen in a long time.
Fun fact: I’m not religious and I doubt I ever will be. That doesn’t mean I don’t care. I know that most religions preach kindness and compassion. So I’m not going to tolerate people generalising that one group is the opposite of that.
Rant over.
I vote we bring back Rita from the dead and make her companion from here until eternity.
Y/Y.
^ All of this. It matters.
Doctor Who is actually full of these moments. Rita was marvelous.
I’m most purely an agnostic although in practice an atheist. I don’t believe in gods and I oppose organized religion, but I leave room for anything being possible.
What I cannot stand is that too often, non-white and non-christian characters are merely a collection of tropes used for comedic or dramatic purposes. So I appreciate the subversion of bigoted tropes.
Look. Look: It took the Doctor less time to ask Rita to join him in the TARDIS (about 15 seconds) than it took him to ask young Amelia (a little more than a half hour, as judged by the crash, kitchen, and bedroom scenes) or even grown up Amy (I don’t know, two hours? Fourteen years?).
Rita faced her fear and shattered faith. With what bravery she had left, she told the Doctor goodbye, to stop the Minotaur, and it really was okay, that the Doctor, our Doctor, did not have to have her blood on his hands. When does the Doctor not need to hear that and how often does he hear it?
(Source: benbarnesistheswanqueen)
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“Are the peoples of this world guilty of any crime by the laws of the—”
Fine, Atraxi. Fine. Okay.
(Source: time-lord-swag)
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AUDRA! DAN! DALEKS!
Cyberman: Our species are similar but your design is inelegant Dalek: Daleks have no concept of elegance Cyberman: This is obvious. --- Dalek: You propose an alliance? Cyberman: Yes. Dalek: Request DENIED. --- Cyberman: Daleks beware, you have proposed war on the Cybermen. Dalek: This is not war, this is pest control. --- Cyberman: We are five million Cybermen. How many are you? Dalek: Four. Cyberman: You will destroy the Cybermen with only four dalek? Dalek: We could destroy the Cybermen with only one Dalek. You are superior in one respect. Cyberman: What is that? Dalek: You are better at dying. #burns all around -
(Source: girl-panic, via to-goboldly)
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Doctor Who Season 6 now available on Netflix!
@paperclippe! #doctorwho relevant to your interests!
Relevant to all my interests!!! (even though we have already finished Series 6 not via Netflix)
It’s even on Netflix TV, too!
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