‘The Night of the Doctor’ Mini Episode is here!
The Bringer of Darkness, the Oncoming Storm, the Doctor, the Warrior – A Time Lord! The 50th Anniversary features Matt Smith, David Tennant and a mysterious incarnation played by John Hurt. Only one appears in the mini episode, The Night of the Doctor. But which?
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Amy Pond has no characteristics > She doesn’t use insults as terms of affection / is abrasive to those she loves
This headcanon post of mine made me wonder again about the relationship between Amy and her aunt, and not for the first time I’m coming to some not-so-great conclusions…
Leaving a seven-year-old alone at night (no babysitter, no-one to check on them, nothing) for seemingly no good reason is…not great parenting, let’s face it. According to the clock on the wall in The Eleventh Hour, Aunt Sharon was absent from about 8:30 pm to about 11:20pm- I dunno what was going on for four hours at night that was more important to her than her niece, but there you go. And the fact that Amy doesn’t seem too bothered about this kinda implies it’s a pretty regular occurence, too. Not great. I know Doctor Who isn’t remotely set in the real world, and the absence of parental authority figures adds to the fairytale feel, but I think in the real world people would be asking Sharon questions before too long. Or I hope so.
There’s that, and then there’s The Big Bang, where we actually meet Aunt Sharon. She doesn’t seem particularly approving of Amelia’s flights of fantasy, and has hired a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist seems perfectly nice and gentle when questioning Amelia about her ‘stars’, but Sharon’s frustrated sigh of “Oh, Amelia!” when Amelia talks about it implies to me that Sharon has no patience at all with what she probably sees as her niece’s mental issues. Her facepalm at the wedding when grown-up Amy makes her “imaginary friend” speech says the exact same thing. That’s not a look of concern, more a look of “oh god not this again.”
So yeah. I don’t think Aunt Sharon was abusive, not that at all, but based on what we know about her I don’t think she was a very good parent, and it’s not really surprising that Amy (in Series Five, before she gets her parents back) is a bit abrasive and afraid of abandonment. And that she took the Doctor accidentally leaving her behind for so long so badly- she’s used to being let down by adults.
Holy shit. This is the first time we’ve seen Rose since 2009…
…THAT FEELS SO WEIRD. (Here’s what appears to be the one remaining upload of the leaked trailer.)
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Let’s play a game, Doctor Who fandom! It’s called, “who said the obnoxious/insulting thing, Russell T Davies or Steven Moffat?” Do reblog with your guesses before hovering over the quotes for the answers, but there are no prizes other than props for the winners, sorry!
All giveaway data such as episode names has been taken out to make the game more…”fun”. Hit my askbox if you want more detailed sources. The management is not responsible for any ill effects suffered from reading this tripe. (but trigger warnings are in place.)
Go go go:
1. “I think kids will not have a problem with [a female Doctor], I think fathers will have a problem with it because they will then imagine they will have to describe sex changes to their children.”
2. [on designing humanoid aliens] “I suggested that everyone wears bindis. It’s all I could think of. We can’t afford alien prosthetics on every single extra.”
3. [being asked what historical figure would make a good Doctor] “Hitler. He was stern and strong. He would be great.”
4. [on the fans who were criticising him for killing a popular character] “Nine hysterical women.”
5. “I like that Helen Mirren has been saying the next Doctor should be a woman. I would like to go on record and say that the Queen should be played by a man.”
6. [on trying to insert book titles into dialogue] “DONNA: It’s like Ten Little Ni- DOCTOR: Niggles aside, let’s look in the library. But I thought it was too risky, so I cut it.”
7. [on fans who don’t like his episodes] “Ming-mongs.”
8. “There’s a huge, unfortunate lack of respect for anything male.”
9. A young married couple without a kid? You’re just dating. You tell yourself you’re married, but you’re just dating.”
Amy Pond has no characteristics > We don’t know what she was like at school
[Answer: She was a tomboy when she was little, she was often in trouble, she played hockey violently, she liked History, she picked on Rory and she had lots of attention from boys]
One final brand new image from ‘The Day of the Doctor’.
We’re going to keep messaging this because it is very important: the trailer for Doctor Who: The Day of The Doctor will premiere this Saturday, November 9 on the BBC America YouTube channel and on BBC One!
