This is my newest print, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor from Doctor Who! This print will debut at the Gallifrey One convention February 16-18, 2018, but you can’t attend, you can pre-order the print from my Etsy store NOW and save $5!
50 species of lizard and one species of snake reproduce through parthenogenesis (that’s the fancy word for producing offspring as a female without having sex).
Except.
Whiptails are stimulation ovulators. That is to say, they can’t ovulate without having sex.
So not only do they are give birth through immaculate conception, they’re ALL LESBIANS.
There are two kinds of parthenogenesis seen in reptiles. That used by whiptails and the other all female species is true cloning – the egg contains the female’s full genetic material).
Other species including komodo dragons use another form of parthenogenesis where they actually fertilize themselves, with a haploid polar body used instead of a sperm. Because of the way reptile sex chromosomes work, this form of parthenogenesis can produce males as well as females – however, the females produced have weird sex chromosomes and can only lay other females. It’s used as a backup reproductive strategy if they can’t find a mate. This works because in reptiles, unlike mammals, its the males that have two sex chromosomes the same (ZZ) and the females different (ZW). Females produced by parthenogenesis are WW – and that’s what happened to the whiptails. They lost the Z chromosome and now are all WWs.
I love how instead of just being a weird and cheesy sci-fi series, Doctor Who’s attitude as a franchise is basically “Well, what if the universe actually is weird and cheesy?” and cranks it up on purpose
If these BTS pics are accurate about where a story will be set next season, I hope the Doctor is more Twelve than Ten when it comes to addressing their POC companions’ legitimate concerns.
What, are they doing Victorian England again? Where are these pictures? Does Thirteen get into period clothing, and if so, does it involve velvet? (Hey, I’ve got my obsessions.)
Oooh I’ve never seen that, no. But as with most ‘Obviously’ posts it’s not true! In SFX magazine for the Christmas special coverage Moffat says “I was 20 pages into the script. It was going quite well but I thought, ‘I want Bill to witness this. I want Bill to notice that they’re the same man. I want Bill to say things to him.” No Clara!
So that post probably has an ulterior motive of some kind, booo.
I was looking at screencaps and when I saw the expression on his face I couldn’t help myself
If you look closely you can see Bill’s knee in the picture. She was his best friend and he was going on about how she’s not a pudding-brain and how great she is.
But obviously the Doctor was really thinking of Clara in that scene.
#SHIPPERS RUIN EVERYTHING
Is it really the shippers who ruin it or is it the people who can’t see a very obvious joke even when it’s right in front of their nose?
But hey, if that’s what you want, who am I do deny it? Here’s a shippy manip made especially for you:
Thanks, I’m touched. I love it when people erase other companions, especially the black ones. I mean what’s the POINT of a woman existing if a man doesn’t want to fuck her?
…yeah, I just don’t get how the joke is funny, given the contexts. Sorry, my bad.
Yeeeeah, replacing a black character with a white one for any scene just isn’t a good look, at allllll.
