Raptorific
I go to Temple and enjoy soda. I also like dinosaurs and Batman. I promise, I am not a child.
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Throughout the episode, the Doctor keeps blaming himself for everything bad that happened, but really, other than the Dalek himself, the blame rests squarely on the shoulders of two human beings: Henry van Statten and Rose Tyler.
Henry van Statten had the opportunity to let the Doctor kill the Dalek, but intentionally stopped him out of greed. No one is disputing van Statten’s fault in that scenario. The Dalek should have died right then and there and 200 people would have lived.
But here’s my thing: The Doctor has a second chance to kill the Dalek, and at that point in the story, the Dalek is literally begging for death. Rose tries to stop him, and the Doctor tells her that it killed hundreds of people. Rose responds that it’s not the one pointing a gun at her.
Well guess what, Rose?! The Doctor is cleaning up your mess. That thing killed hundreds of people because you unleashed it. I get that it was an accident, but you are in no position to make the Doctor feel guilty for trying to kill it.
People always say that it’s better that Rose showed the Dalek compassion, and that’s why it didn’t kill her or van Statten, but it was that compassion that set it free, and it took 200 innocent lives before it figured out it shouldn’t be killing. Had Rose been careful and not touched the screaming robot (because, as we all know, the best way to show compassion to something in the metal shell is by touching the metal shell), all those people would have lived and the Doctor could have reasoned van Statten into killing the Dalek without anyone dying who didn’t need to.
Like, I get that the Dalek learned a lesson and whatnot, but it died a few hours later anyway, so there’s really no reason it couldn’t have died before learning that lesson and saved everyone a lot of trouble.
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- Only former U.K. Prime Minister to later serve as President of the United States
- First British Prime Minister to assassinate a United States President
- Only U.S. President to have previously assassinated another sitting U.S. President
- Only U.S. President to have been born somewhere other than America.
- Removed William Howard Taft’s role as the only person to have served in all three branches of the U.S. Government
- Removed Gerald Ford’s role as the only President who was never elected to the office of President or Vice President
- Removed Spencer Perceval’s role as the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated
- First British Prime Minister to be assassinated by their spouse
- Largest and most efficient genocide in human history (600 million dead in his first few days in office)
- Oldest U.S. President
- Oldest British Prime Minister
- First person to serve simultaneously as the Pope, the Ayatollah, and the Dalai Lama
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Headcanon: The U.S. Government was given the Aircraft Carrier Valiant by the U.K. Government as recompense for the Prime Minister assassinating the President.
And then they couldn’t figure out how to fly it so they gave it to Nick Fury.
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Post reblogged from Raptorific
“I’m still a trickster,” he thought. “Just because they’ve slapped a gag on me doesn’t mean I can’t weave webs of lies.”
Loki Laufeyson, AKA Low-key Lyesmith, AKA Tom Hiddleston, paced his cell. “If I can’t take my rightful throne, I can still cause chaos with my hands,” he thought.
He sat down, closed his eyes, and began to tap at invisible keys. From the outside of his cell, it might look like he was playing an invisible piano, but anyone who knew Loki would know better. He had mischief on his mind.
First he went to imdb and edited the Doctor Who page to credit Jenna-Louise Coleman as “Susan Tyler.” That was just a warm-up, since he knew that many of the people of Midgard hadn’t worked out how unreliable imdb was yet, the work was practically done for him.
Next, he planted an article on E! Online, listing three fan favorite actors as contenders for Finnick Odair, knowing full well none of them stood a very good chance of being cast. Then, he thought he’d go for a double-whammy.
He logged onto one of his many Hunger Games blogs and started telling everyone the casting for “Catching Fire” would be released on Friday. He didn’t need to see it, just knowing that everyone who believed him would be disappointed satisfied his hunger for discord.
Finally, to top it all off, he made some posts on his numerous Hunger Games blogs that said Finnick Odair had blonde hair and blue eyes, just to get a rise out of people.
While the sounds coming from his mouth were near-inaudible behind the muzzle he’d been forced to wear, they were near unmistakable:
“Ehehehehehehehehehe!!!”
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“I’m still a trickster,” he thought. “Just because they’ve slapped a gag on me doesn’t mean I can’t weave webs of lies.”
Loki Laufeyson, AKA Low-key Lyesmith, AKA Tom Hiddleston, paced his cell. “If I can’t take my rightful throne, I can still cause chaos with my hands,” he thought.
He sat down, closed his eyes, and began to tap at invisible keys. From the outside of his cell, it might look like he was playing an invisible piano, but anyone who knew Loki would know better. He had mischief on his mind.
First he went to imdb and edited the Doctor Who page to credit Jenna-Louise Coleman as “Susan Tyler.” That was just a warm-up, since he knew that many of the people of Midgard hadn’t worked out how unreliable imdb was yet, the work was practically done for him.
Next, he planted an article on E! Online, listing three fan favorite actors as contenders for Finnick Odair, knowing full well none of them stood a very good chance of being cast. Then, he thought he’d go for a double-whammy.
He logged onto one of his many Hunger Games blogs and started telling everyone the casting for “Catching Fire” would be released on Friday. He didn’t need to see it, just knowing that everyone who believed him would be disappointed satisfied his hunger for discord.
Finally, to top it all off, he made some posts on his numerous Hunger Games blogs that said Finnick Odair had blonde hair and blue eyes, just to get a rise out of people.
While the sounds coming from his mouth were near-inaudible behind the muzzle he’d been forced to wear, they were near unmistakable:
“Ehehehehehehehehehe!!!”
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Do y’all remember when Karen Gillan was cast, before they revealed she was Amy Pond, and lots of people were convinced she would be playing a younger version of Donna Noble, and that the Doctor had gone back in time to travel with Donna before her brain got messed up, simply on the basis that they both had red hair?
Let’s consider that before we start forming complex theories on the identity of Jenna-Louise Coleman’s character before being given any evidence to support them.
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So what are your feelings on Donna Noble? I felt she was a much stronger companion than either Rose or Martha, specifically because she /didn't/ put up with his bullshit except when she absolutely had to, and the lack of any romantic feelings between them just made everything so much more fun: no need to spend precious minutes on a romance that, ultimately wouldn't go anywhere (not that DW romances can't be fun, of course!)
Asked by fostersffff
I had trouble with Donna when she was new, but I think it’s mostly because I was still hurting from Martha’s departure, and it bothered me to see the Doctor treat a new person so well right after he’d treated Martha so poorly.
Looking back, I love Donna, and it’s mostly because she’s a human and she sees no reason why that shouldn’t carry the same amount of gravitas as a Time Lord. She and the Doctor had an amazing relationship, too, they were best friends. What I like about Donna is one of the same things I liked about Martha: She wasn’t given value by the Doctor, only given an opportunity to recognize the value she already had. I feel like if I knew Donna in real life, she and I would get along really well.
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meganannedear replied to your post: Finally! Someone else who likes Martha more than Rose!
Rose says, repeatedly, during the first season, that she is 19.
Yes, but when she first boarded the TARDIS, she was 17. Allow me to explain.
The writers have given her birthday as April 27, 1987. This is consistent with “Father’s Day,” set in October 1987, where she is under a year old (approximately 5 or 6 months). It’s established that she started traveling with the Doctor on March 6, 2005. That means that she was just over a month shy of her 18th birthday when she first came aboard the TARDIS. Of course, keep in mind that they also lost a year in their first few adventures, so instead of her next birthday being her 18th, it would legally be her 19th.
Also, I’d never give the Doctor as a reliable source for age. He keeps saying he’s 900, even though he was 953 back in his Seventh body. I don’t think he understands how aging works.
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Finally! Someone else who likes Martha more than Rose!
Asked by knee-uh
Martha’s got nothing but character traits I like. Rose had some great stories, but honestly, she’s pretty close to the bottom of my list (Most of the one-shot companions he’s had are below her, and Adam is below her too, but everyone else is above her on the list including Mickey).
Because let’s face it, Martha was scores more intelligent and experienced than Rose, allowed herself a romantic (but not dependent) attraction to the Doctor, and honestly put up with more bullshit (usually from the Doctor himself) than any other companion. Not only that, but in the end, she leaves the Doctor in such a mature fashion. She leaves the door open for future contact, but makes it clear that she exists outside her relationship with the Doctor, and her family needs her more than he does right now.
Also, Martha’s save-the-day moment is so much more hers than Rose’s was. Rose was possessed by the Time Vortex, and the entity using her body re-wrote time so her body would always be there to get possessed. Rose had no choice in the matter, she couldn’t have said no to saving the world if she wanted to. Martha chose to walk the Earth and coordinate a simultaneous worldwide nonviolent revolution, and in doing so, turned the entire population of the world against a dictator. The Doctor was 100% unnecessary in Martha’s defeat of the Master. Not only that, but Martha un-killed at least 600 million people and left them with no memory of their death and no lasting side-effects, whereas Rose (read: the entity possessing Rose’s body) managed to un-kill one person incorrectly, and accidentally brought him back to life forever.
I’ve got nothing against Rose, but so many people are overtly hostile simply for liking Martha more. Then I explain why I like Martha more and they pretend I’m trying to attack Rose. It’s entirely not my fault that the good things Rose did sound like bad things compared to Martha. I’m not saying y’all are wrong for liking Rose, only that Martha stacks up way better under my criteria than Rose does. Martha’s better for me, but she might not be better for y’all.
Also let’s not forget that Rose was 17 damn years old when they met. I’ve done the math on this one, and checked it twice. She was 17 when she first set foot on the TARDIS.
