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doolallymagpie · 8 months
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two thoughts about human nature (the dr whomst episode):
martha should've got a fun edwardian outfit
it should've happened simultaneously with the book, and martha and benny should've got together every now and then to talk shit about compare notes on their respective Doctors Who
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world-of-wales · 2 years
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CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2011
19 AUGUST 2011 || The Duchess of Cambridge visited the riot effected areas in Birmingham along with Prince William.
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mconflowermusings · 1 year
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Feeling like I got something to prove, I’m destructive just like you.     Because I learned it from the best, lashing out when I’m a mess.      I don’t really mean to be so cruel but I hate the part of me that’s just like you.     I’m just like you. . . 
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c0rrupt3dsp1r1t · 2 years
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BStober days 16-18: AU
The Conductor!verse, a collaborative roleswap AU between DWEU and NuWho characters that actually started out as a different moodboard by @waltbraxiatel​. Of the prompts, I actually did this one first.
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gallifreyanhotfive · 5 months
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Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know
The Doctor has been known to keep a teddy bear in his pocket.
The Master's first TARDIS (Lolita) is the Doctor's TARDIS's twin.
The Eighth Doctor once had sex with a sentient planet.
Machiavelli, Richelieu, and Robespierre were all just different aliases for the immortal Hades.
The iceberg that the Titanic crashed into was actually the Monk's TARDIS.
Also on board at the time were several incarnations of the Doctor, the Decayed Master, Jack Harkness, John Hart, Ace McShane, and Bernice Summerfield.
The First, Fourth, and Fifth Doctors were all in London around when the Great Fire started in 1666.
The Eighth Doctor was briefly engaged to Queen Edith but ran away before the wedding.
Consecrated planets, moons, and asteroids cannot be mined under Galactic Law.
The Doctor used to make up imaginary enemies to play fight when they were a small, lonely child. One of these enemies was called Mandrake.
The Sixth Doctor once went back in time with Peri to kill a baby who would become an evil dictator but could not go through with it.
After Nyssa tried to fix the chameleon circuit, the TARDIS took the shape of a whale.
Tegan Jovanka is the Earth Ambassador to Gallifrey.
The First Doctor participated in a riot and became wanted by the CIA two days before running away from Gallifrey (although some sources dispute this).
While the Ninth Doctor witnessed Kennedy's assassination, the First Doctor witnessed McKinley's.
The First Doctor has been repeatedly eaten and regurgitated by a whale before.
Marilyn Monroe married both the Eleventh Doctor and King Henry VIII, who fathered Elizabeth I, who married the Tenth Doctor, and he had also been married to Amy Pond, who was also the Doctor’s mother-in-law through River Song. Talk about a confusing family tree!
The First Doctor fed a snapping wart fowl to Valyes's summer project, and Valyes has had a grudge ever since.
The Eighth Doctor once demanded to die naked upon being sentenced to execution.
All righty, folks. I'm very tired! Good night. I may add more later.
Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
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companion-showdown · 1 month
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Family Feud Nominations, Who is the Best Doctor Who Family
If I've missed a character out of one of the families let me know (within reason, I imagine all these families are massive in the EU, so prioritise tv or significant characters)
Currently, the only rule is no families may inculde anyone who is even ambiguously The Doctor, it'll get super complicated super fast imo
Any characters, eg River, who can link up multiple different families to create a single massive family unit will be treated on a case by case basis. If it is possible to pick one of the smaller family units that they are a part of to include them in while not including them in any of the others (in a way everyone will agree at least makes sense) they will be included in that family only, otherwise they will not be included
Please bare in mind when you are nominating that I am hoping to keep the number of nominations under 64 to run this as a mini-tournament. This is not a hard rule so if nominations do exceed 64 its not a big deal, just something I'd like everyone to bare in mind
Nominees
Foreman-Campbell (Susan, David, Alex)
Chesterton-Wright (Ian, Barbara, implied to be married after they leave)
McCrimmon (Jamie, Heather, V.M.McCrimmon, various others)
Waterfield (Victoria, Edward (father))
Lethbridge-Stewart (Kate, The Brigadier, Doris (Brig's wife in Battlefield), Archibald Hamish (TUAT), Gordon (Kate's son in Downtime), Kadiatu, The Great Intelligence, Lucy Wilson)
Grant/Jones (Jo, Cliff, Santiago (Jo's grandson in Death of the Doctor))
Smith (Sarah-Jane, Lavinia (aunt), Brendan Richards, Luke, Sky, Mr Smith, K9 (they are her family and I will not be hearing otherwise), Barbara, Eddie (parents in Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith))
Leela, Andred, Veega, Rayo
Adric and Varsh (brothers)
Nyssa, Tremas, and Kassia (daughter, father, step-mother)
Jovanka (Tegan, Vanessa (aunt in Logopolis), Colin (cousin in Arc of Infinity))
Turlough (Vislor, Malkon (brother in Planet of Fire))
McShane (Ace, Audrey (mother), Kathleen (grandmother), Liam (brother))
Tyler (Rose, Jackie, Pete, Tony (baby mentioned in Journey's End), no I will not be adding the metacrisis to this list)
Another Smith (Mickey, Rita (grandmother))
Slitheen
Harkness (Jack, Grey, parents, Alice Carter (daughter), Steven Carter(grandson))
Isolas (Fear Her)
Jones (Martha, Francine, Clive, Tish, Leo, Leo has a baby as well, Adeola Oshodi)
The Family of Blood
Redfern-Smith (Joan, John (various), possible dream children and grandchildren)
Shafe Kanes (from Utopia, Kristane, Beltone)
Mott-Noble-Temple (Donna, Sylvia, Wilf, Shaun, Rose)
The Adipose
Pond-Williams (Amy, Rory, River, Brian, Anthony, Amy's aunt and parents)
Owens: (Craig, Sophie, Stormageddon Dark Lord of All)
Gillyflower (Mrs Gillyflower, Ada)
Paternoster (Jenny, Vastra, Strax)
Oswald (Clara, Ellie, Dave (parents), grandmother, and I'm going to say Danny makes the cut, Orson)
Potts (Bill, Mother, Moira (foster mother))
O'Brien-Sinclair (Graham, Ryan, Grace, Aaron (Ryan's father))
Khan (Yaz, Najia (mother), Hakim (father), Sonya (sister), Umbreen (grandmother))
Lewis (Dan, Eileen (mother), Neville (father))
Swarm and Azure
Bel, Vinder and their as yet unborn child
Sunday (Ruby, Carla, Cherry, many many foster siblings)
The TARDIS and Lolita
Little House of Cwej
The House of Lungbarrow (Grandfater Paradox, Qenceus, Inocet, various cousins, Irving Braxiatel, Maggie Matsumoto, Ulysses, Penelope GAte, Anna Joyce)
The House of Dvora (Morbius, The War King, Thessalia, Romana, various others)
Langer (Clyde, Carla (mother), Paul (father))
Jackson (Maria, Alan, Chrissie)
Chandra (Rani, Haresh, Gita)
The Wu Diaspora (Cindy Wu and her clones)
Munmeth and Mutmunna (Medicine Man)
Ada and Alice Obiefune
Who (Susan, Barbara, Louise)
Jones-Davies (Ianto, Rhiannon, Johnny, David, Mica)
Summerfield (Bernice, Issac, Claire, Jason Kane, Peter, Wolsey, Keith, Rebecca, Cousin Eliza, Benedict I-IV, Christine)
Miller (Lucie, Pat (aunt))
Schofield (Hex, Cassie, Hilda)
House of Witforge (Narvin, Lenaris, Helico, Narvin's father, Rexin)
Faction Paradox
Pollard (Charley, Louisa, Richard, Margaret, Edward Grove, The Sound Creature)
Mesh Cos, Lon Shel, Julian White Mammoth Tusk
Cooper-Williams (Gwen, Rhys, Anwen, Geraint, Mary (Gwen's parents))
Chenka (Liv, Tula, Kal, Garlon Rosh)
Sinclair (Helen, Albie, Trev Bailey)
Forrester
Proctor (Cleo, Jordan, parents)
Nominations will be open until Midday Friday (03/05, 12:00 BST (GMT/UTC +1)), I will try and give a more specific time then
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adventure-showdown · 10 months
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What has been nominated so far
Note, just because something has been nominated, and so is listed here, does not mean it will be included, I will include the absolute most I can but if I can't find it on TARDIS wiki its not getting in because i can't verify its a piece of who media
Also note, there might be some mistakes on here, I'm copying the nominations across directly, there might be some stories that are listed twice without me realising, because of alternate titles, or I just didn't spot it, or stuff that was spelt wrong when it was nominated, feel free to tell me
I've done my best to spot when nominations of a series were intended to enter the individual parts rather than the series as a unit, if I've got this wrong let me know and I will fix it. (if a story is on one line its currently being considered as a unit)
Final note, a couple of things got nominated under multiple mediums, usually full length TV story and minisode, so if you can't find your nomination, maybe check one of the other mediums
You can make further nominations here, there are basically no limits so long as its set in the Whoniverse (or its about Doctor Who, eg An Adventure in Space and Time or The 5 (ish) Doctors Reboot)
the list is under the cut (I will endeavour to keep it up to date)
Audio
Main Range
The Marian Conspiracy
The Apocalyse Element
The Shadow of the Scourge
The Holy Terror
Storm Warning
Minuet in Hell
Loups-Garoux
The Chimes of Midnight
Seasons of Fear
The Time of the Daleks
Jubilee
Neverland
Spare Parts
Creatures of Beauty
Doctor Who and the Pirates
Omega
Master (Main Range 49)
Zagreus
Scherzo
The Natural History of Fear
Arrangements for War
The Harvest
Faith Stealer
Caerdroia
Terror Firma
Singularity
Other Lives
The Kingmaker
The Girl Who Never Was
The Condemned
The Doomwood Curse
The Magic Mousetrap
The Company of Friends: Benny's Story
The Company of Friends: Fitz's Stroy
The Company of Friends: Izzy's Story
The Company of Friends: Mary's Story
A Death in the Family
Robophobia
The Silver Turk
1963: The Assassination Games
The Widow's Assassin
Dalek Soul
The Grey Man of the Mountain
The Eighth Doctor Adventures
The Blood of the Daleks
Horror of Glam Rock
Immortal Beloved
Phobos
No More Lies
Human Resources
To the Death
Doom Coalition
The Eleven
The Red Lady
The Galileo Trap
The Gift
The Sonomancer
Absent Friends
The Eighth Piece
The Doomsday Chronometer
The Crucible of Souls
Ship in a Bottle
Songs of Love
The Side of the Angels
Stop the Clock
Ravenous
Escape from Kaldor
Better Watch Out/Fairytale in Salzburg
Companion Piece
Day of the Master
Stranded
Stranded as a Whole (I think, I couldn't find a story called Stranded)
UNIT Dating
What Lies Inside
Paradox of the Daleks
Connections
Here Lies Drax
The Love Vampires
Albie's Angels
Special Releases
Living Legend
Out of Time
Out of Time (individual story)
Wink
The Companion Chronicles
Solitaire
Peri and the Piscon Paradox
The Cold Equations
The Last Post
The Scorchies
The Tenth Doctor Adventures
Death and the Queen
The Sword of the Chevalier
No Place
The Creeping Death
The Tenth Doctor and River Song
Expiry Dating
Ghosts
Once and Future
The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50
The Diary of River Song
The Bekdel Test
The Lost Stories
The Queen of Time
Paradise 5
The Elite
Short Trips
I am the Master
Forever Fallen
A Full Life
Bernice Summerfield
Oh No It Isn't
The Faction Paradox Protocols
The Eleven Day Empire/The Shadow Play
Torchwood
The Last Beacon
Serenity
Rhys and Ianto's Excellent Barbecue
Gallifrey
Square One
First Days of Phaidon
Gallifrey IV
Warfare
Unity
Missy
A Spoonful of Mayhem
The Lumiat
Too Many Masters
The Paternoster Gang: Heritage
The Cars That Ate London!
A Photograph to Remember
Destiny of the Doctor
Smoke and Mirrors
Novel Adaptations
Nightshade
Fifth Doctor Box Set
Psychodrome
Iterations of I
Psychodrome
Iterations of I
Counter-Measures
The Fifth Citadel
The Forgotten Village
Peshka
The Concrete Cage
The New Counter Measures
Troubled Waters
The Hollow King
The Eighth of March
Inside Every Warrior
Comics
TV Comic
Time in Reverse
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor
Space in Dimension Relative and Time
Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor
Old Friends
Doctor Who Magazine
The Star Beast
Voyager
The World Shapers
Ground Zero
The Flood
The Fallen
The Land of Happy Endings
Direct to Home Media Films
PROBE
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
PROBE: When to Die
The Stranger
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
The Stranger: More than a Messiah
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
The Stranger: The Terror Game
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
Other
Downtime
Shada (1992) - version with linking narration
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Wartime
K9 (spinoff series)
Regeneration/Liberation/The Korven
The Bounty Hunter
Sirens of Ceres
Fear Itself
The Fall of the House of Gryffen
Jays of Orthrus
Dream-Eaters
Curse of Anubis
Oroborus
Alien Avatar
Aeolian
The Last Oak Tree
Black Hunger
The Cambridge Spy
Lost Library of Ukko
Mutant Copper
The Custodians
Taphony and the Time Loop
Robot Gladiators
Mind Snap/Angel of the North/The Last Precinct/Hounds of the Korven/The Eclipse of the Korven
Minisodes
A Fix with Sontarans
Born Again
Clara and the TARDIS
Dimensions in Time
Emperor of the Daleks (More than 30 Years in the TARDIS)
famine appeal 1986
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
P.S.
Pond Life
Rain Gods
Space/Time
Tardisodes
The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later
The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel
The Doctor's Meditation
The Great Detective
The Last Day
The Naked Truth
The Shrink
Time Crash
Wall's Sky Ray lollies advertisment
Seret Message from the Time Lords (Weetabix advert)
Novels & Short Stories
Short Stories and Short Story Collections
12 Doctors, 12 Stories
Grey Matter
Lepidoptery for Beginners
Something Borrowed
Nothing at the End of the Lane
The Room With All the Doors
Standalone
Harvest of Time
Scratchman
The Stranger
Engines of War
The Eighth Doctor Adventures
Vampire Science
Alien Bodies
Seeing I
The Scarlet Empress
Unnatural History
Interference
The Blue Angel
The Burning
The Turing Test
The Year of Intelligent Tigers
The City of the Dead
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Anachrophobia
The Book of the Still
The Crooked World
Camera Obscura
The Gallifrey Chronicles
The Past Doctor Adventures
Divided Loyalties
Fear of the Dark
Fear Itself
Novelisations
Doctor Who and Shada (fan novelisation)
Virgin New Adventures
The Left-Handed Hummingbird
Human Nature
Lungbarrow
Faction Paradox
The Book of War
This Town Will Never Let Us Go
Of the City of the Saved
The New Series Adventures
The Blood Cell
Other
Step Into the 80s!/On Through the 80's! (adverts)
Ronald Rat continuity announcement
Zygon: When Being you Just isn't Enough (Porno)
The Man From MI5
The Infinite Quest
Dooms Day hour 1
Songs
Doctor in Distress
Doctorin' the TARDIS by the Timelords
I'm gonna Spend my Christmas with a Dalek
TV (this category is less about if it was televised and more about the length to distinguish it from minisodes)
Dreamland
Search Out Space
Webcasts
Real Time
Shada (2 nominations)
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oddlies · 5 months
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I’m so excited for a particular oc I have brewing… her name is Echo Summerfield… she’s a Vietnam vet who transitioned after the war. She wanted to before, but got drafted.
She’s an artist now and she really puts her emotions into her work. She paints and does embroidery and crochets. She has a mini farm practically at her house. She has rabbits and goats and ducks… maybe even a hedgehog…
She does not speak to her family anymore, unfortunately. Ties got cut quickly after she came home. She’d definitely rally against the war, too.
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genderfluidgothwitch · 7 months
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Re your tags on the ask post: PLEASE DO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WRITING. You deserve to gush about your creative things!
AHHHHHHH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
So I have many novels in the works, but my most important one by far is Just Another Tomorrow which I've been working on for over a decade at this point. I started it as an escapist fiction when I was in high school and it has morphed into a novel about life, therapy, found family, and other strong topics such as familial abuse, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, hate crimes, unorthodox coping mechanisms, and what love really means.
Maddie, a 17 year old, has been stuck with her abusive father since she was 4 years old. She was told her mother walked out on her and her father (truth later reveals she committed vehicular suicide). In her freshman year, she meets Cameron, who notices how solitary she is and tries to become her friend. He learns about her home life and becomes determined to get her out of there, by any means necessary.
The book starts on the night they run away, and follows them through their road trip. The book is told from Cam's POV, he is a very unreliable and biased narrator, but he's also a 19-20 year old dumbass who of course has privileges he never considered (two parents, nice house, stable jobs, etc), so he learns A LOT through the book. Between chapters, we get excerpts from Maddie's diary, to show her perspective on things. We learn about their history together through flashbacks, shown through Cam's POV as well, because the novel very much follows his train of thought (poor undiagnosed ADHD man). So basically something triggers the memory in the book and it goes into the flashback, it's very fun.
Anyways they're just trying to stay away from their hometown until Maddie turns 18, so that legally they're in the clear from her father. However, they run out of resources and they don't know what to do, so when they're stopped in a small town in Arkansas, he's trying to get some cans of soup and peanut butter, and an older couple comes into the shop and notices him. This is Rob and Edie, cofounders and current owners of Summerfield Family Campground. Edie asks if he needs help, and he nods, on the verge of tears, because of course this was his idea, he was supposed to have all the solutions, he was supposed to help Maddie, and now he's struggling. So they couple offers help, Cam and Maddie follow them to the campground, to a smaller offset called Utopia. This is where Rob and Edie host their found family, all sorts of people who they've helped over the year. This includes their biological son Vinny, his husband Daryl (nicknamed Dare because in college he took every dare given to him), Jess and her toddler aged daughter, Elijah, [Wren] (I have gone through about 13 names for this character and I cannot settle on one, basically genderqueer AuDHD who was a troubled foster kid), and a few others. Ta da, found family!
Anyways, this is where most of the positive character development happens, Cam learns, Maddie heals, everyone is happy, until cops discover that Cam and Maddie are runaways and that their parents are desperate for them to come home, so they have to run again.
Later, Cam accidentally finds Maddie's diary open to a page where she talks about wanting to go home because things were easier there (it was an older entry but undated bc they lost track of the days during their trip) and he gets mad, storms off, and gets hit by a car. They're both taken to the hospital, and that leads to parents getting called and basically the end of the running away. Cam's parents arrive first and he starts explaining to them why he had to do what he did. Then Maddie's father arrives and starts laying into her, tearing her a new one, making a scene, and that's when Cams parents intervene and say she's not going with you. He's banned from the hospital and goes back home bc he didn't wanna keep paying for the hotel. Happy ending, Maddie and Cam are safe and (relatively speaking) well. Obviously Cam has a long road of recovery ahead but he's alive, so can't really be too upset at the circumstances.
There's a LOT more than that to the book, but that's the gist of it. I'm really proud of Just Another Tomorrow. Special thanks to @xmarinaryx who has seen this book from start to finish more times than I can count, and has marked up many a page with red pen.
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strange-destinations · 10 months
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤ (if you want!)
Hell yeah, let's go:
sepelio - the Bernice Summerfield/Hannibal fusion AU (for obvious reasons)
wires got the best of him, the s2 Game of Rassilon Parker Killian character study that got out of hand but I'm still very fond of because come on. Parker.
Over the Moon - an interactive fiction/game piece for an obscure 1999 text-parser IF game that I wrote for last year's Yuletide. Abstract, strange, and I also wrote a soundtrack for it.
mice on venus - Seven and Ace modern AU, in which they play Minecraft and talk about family issues. I promise it's a lot better than it sounds.
Don't Get Attached - Sapphire and Steel, 10k of Silver and Ruby getting attached to a human and suffering about it.
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WAHHH OKAY IM EXCITED THAT YOULL WRITE FOR HIM!
can we get 15, 16, 19, 20 from the courting meme for nova please 🙏 love and peace
Nova Summerfield:
15. ♥ Do they enjoy talking to their partners before going to sleep or is it straight to dreamland?
Nova certainly talks until he dropped so you’re always prepared for his whispers of ‘sweet nothings’ to simply be about his findings for the day or some other experiment he was taking part in. He never lacked passion but he also wasn’t completely self-centered, turning to you with a sleepy grin and asking how your day was. He normally asked you first as he knew once he started talking to you he only stopped once he completely passed out, and he did want to know how you were doing before that happened.
16. ♥ Do they have at least one bonding activity they devote to doing with their partner exclusively?
Nova doesn’t have a ton of free time, or hobbies really, so your special activity is completely up to you. He doesn’t mind having movie nights together (and perhaps if he can get Marion used to you, you could even join the family movie nights) and he’s okay with most things as long as you’re spending time together. He tended to default to what you wanted to do naturally as a way to make up for the fact you don’t spend much time together because of him, and the way he gets so lost in projects you might not hear from him for days.
19. ♥ What was their first impression about their partner/person they are courting?
Nova thought you were striking. It wasn’t just beauty but there was something about your personality that had caused him to stop in your tracks, pulling his brain from the previous topic it had been pondering and directing all his attention to you. There weren’t many things that could do that which made him even more fascinated with his draw to you, but he’s unknowingly wary when it came to striking up a conversation with you.
20. ♥ How did their relationship start?
It started after a conversation about his ex-fiancé. This would normally be a red flag but he had a few other flags you should’ve paid attention to, so why stop now? Your relationship didn’t start immediately after either, he wasn’t asking you out in the same breath as he talked about his past lover and her tragic death, but it was a topic that allowed you to grow closer to him. You understood his apprehension now, why he could flirt with you one day and then be all science business the next; he was still protecting himself even if he had mostly come to terms with her loss. You felt the trust he had in you in that moment, and the way you reacted to his words showed Nova he could truly place that trust in you.  
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casasupernovas · 2 years
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Here it is. My commentary for 'Human Nature' and 'The Family of Blood'. Part 1.
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Whew. I have been putting this off for a while because I have a lot to say. Lots of missed opportunities, questionable choices and more. Without further ado, here are my thoughts.
Let me preface this by actually saying what the story is, or was. This story is written by Paul Cornell, based off of his book of the same name from the 90s Virgin New Adventure's Doctor Who book series. After the show had been cancelled, it was this material amongst Big Finish that kept the fandom going. The story featured companion Bernice Summerfield and the Seventh Doctor and is basically the same plotline: the Doctor becomes a human teacher named John Smith in the early 20th century. Due to being a book, it's a lot more detailed and the villains are a lot more intense but that's the basics. I'd also like to note that despite Cornell's credit, showrunner Russell T Davies made it clear in 'The Writer's Tale' that he contributed/edited and signed off on stories for Series 3, even going so far as to not have his name on some, something he did not have a grudge over. So bear that in mind when I discuss some choices the episode makes.
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So, off we go and in a pretty solid and gripping opening scene, we are thrown right into the middle of a pretty intense scenario featuring the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. They are being chased by something and the Doctor has to make a pretty quick choice to throw them off. So, the Doctor chooses to so something that entirely depends on Martha. His life depends on Martha. Hands out the watch. I'm invested immediately. It then cuts off to a different scene where confusion. What. Where. How? The Doctor is speaking funny, saying he dreamed of being a traveller. Why is Martha dressed as his maid? Why is she calling him Smith? Why is she saying he's human. Why on earth are they in 1913. We the audience are left to ponder what the hell is going on as the credits roll to reveal the title: 'Human Nature'. One thing I do really like about this story is how it doesn't immediately answer questions, but trickles through, and uses flashbacks to weave it all together.
We learn pretty quickly that this isn't a conventional Doctor Who story, and for the first time in the series, the Doctor is largely absent for TWO episodes, which is quite a bold decision to make. But a great way to ensure that the audience understands his importance and want him back. I read somewhere that David Tennant was actually sick during the filming for this, which added another layer of the Doctor being gone, due to him being obviously less like himself and quieter, something observed by the crew.
So, this is not the Doctor, but John Smith, a history teacher, who notably in the only lesson we actually see him teach, tells the class about battle, combat, the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Remember this episode is set in 1913, November 1913 to be exact.
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I do remember wondering if Martha had also changed, but being convinced that it was a story where she was the only one who knew the truth, due to her being the one to dismiss John Smith's dreams and tell him he is human. And we see her once more, performing the role of a maid. Martha Jones. Brilliant Martha Jones is having to be a maid. In 1913. Wow. I wasn't mad at this at first, mainly because this just reinforced to me how deep in trouble the Doctor and Martha must have be in. The stakes are high. I had already realised he has changed into a human to avoid these advesaries, just not known why. Martha clearly wouldn't have had to do this without good reason. To be placed in such a hostile environment as we begin to see, only fortifies the idea that this is the most dangerous scenario the Doctor and Martha have faced.
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We are also introduced to Jenny, Martha's only friend in 1913. People have spoke of the 'Doctorfication' of Martha Jones this season as she has to take the reigns multiple times in ways many companions never do. So, like the Doctor, she gets her own companion in Jenny. Jenny who points out Martha's Londoner accent and admires her boldness. Because she's clearly the first person to challenge the roles they both are placed in, as women but also as a black woman. Martha and Jenny is then patronised and talked down to by Baines and Hutchinson, two boys attending the school in the most snooty, pompous, blood boiling way possible.
One of the positives of this episode is how it does not shy away from calling out just how arrogant and downright vile the attidudes of the country could be, especially during this period of time in British History. Baines and Hutchinson were not born that way. We see later exactly what kind of education these two are getting. Hutchinson then makes a racist remark to Martha, comparing the colour of her skin to filth before laughing and leaving. Martha is clearly riled by it but chillingly and accurately says (more to herself than Jenny) after Jenny points out the bleak apparent truth that boys like that would be the leaders of the country, that that may not be the case, knowing in the next year, a whole generation would be killed in a bloody, unnecessary and tragic war.
It's at this point it's made crystal clear that Martha Jones knows. Whatever is going on here, why she is here, with the absent minded John Smith, who flits by, 'head's in the clouds' says Jenny, Martha is the one who is in the know. And knowing the war is coming and being in this environment has to be so emotionally draining, especially as she knows there is nothing she can do to stop it. Not that they would listen to her, according to Martha, Jenny and Mr Smith are the only people who show her kindess here. Which is interesting, because John Smith doesn't seem kind to Martha at all in these episodes. Just polite. There is a difference. Not once does he ever defend her from condescension from the staff. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
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We are then introduced to a character that also was in the original book - Nurse Joan Redfern. In some typical cutesy/awkward banter between her and John, it's pretty clear what is going to happen in this episode. I remember literally saying out loud "NO!" When Joan said "we make quite a team." Because I knew that I was gonna get a love story and I didn't want it. Mainly because it would take time away from the main companion, Martha, something that happens far too frequently this season. In fact, Martha is not just mainly reduced to the woman pining on the outside, but the woman pining alone. Martha Jones is seperated from the Doctor for most of this season, no doubt to reflect his literal emotional distance but all this achieves is a isolated companion. Which, as a viewer who is always excited to see who the Doctor meets next and how they interact, is a huge disappointment. And kind of maddening. Especially as this new woman is a racist. The scene before literally told us bold faced that this school has racists in it. Baines does not call out Hutchinson for his comments but laughs with him. The school is clearly full of racially prejudiced people and no doubt the staff. Which includes this lady. So I immediately knew she was going to be one so I automatically didn't like her and certainly was not going to invest in whatever love story they were going to push. I've seen many people say making her 'complicated' by showing her accurate prejudice for the time period is a good thing because it makes for a complex chatacter reading. Which I only agree maybe 10% with. Because it's true. People are complex beings. We see with Joan in her first scene that she is capable of being empathetic, polite and helpful. But we are later confirmed that she's also a racist. And as a black person, I am quite frankly tired of having to give characters like this grace. Because that courtesy is never extended the opposite way. I've made up my mind and being a racist is a pretty good reason to not like someone. Anyway, during this scene John Smith falls backwards down the stairs.
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Martha bursts in as Joan tends to his wounded head because of course she does and Joan pointedly reminds her of her position, saying it is rude to enter "a master's study without knocking." To which Martha hilariously, mockingly, knocks on the already open door and comes back in. As Martha queries what happened, John Smith looks away and mumbles that it wasn't that big a deal, probably embarassed because it only happened because he was flustered by Joan. Again, even though what Matron is saying is accurate for the attitude of the time, the person that Martha says is 'kind' to her doesn't exactly defend her from Joan's little rebukes. Doesn't say "it's okay it's only Martha." When she enters his study, doesn't say "she's just wants to make sure I'm okay" after Joan cuts Martha again after she asks if she's checked for a concussion. And most cutting of all, Martha can't even use her medical knowledge to help because Joan knows more than her. Yeah, 20th century Matron knows more than the 2007 medical student. It's not just because Joan is older, or because Martha is a servant either. I'm sure Martha wanted to scream in frustration. We are immediately shown just how difficult Martha's role here is. We know she's clearly looking out for the Doctor here, but how is she supposed to do that when she is looked down on by everyone, so much so her voice is not heeded as useful or needed but borderline impertinent.
John Smith changes the subject though, and tells Martha how he was telling Matron about his impossible dreams and we get another plot twist. The biggest indicator that the Doctor is an alien are his two hearts. So the shock when Matron confirms only one heart. The Doctor is indeed human. How? We don't know yet, but we know it's tied to the watch. In another hint, John Smith says he dreamt he was hiding.
We then get John Smith showing Matron the journal showcasing classic Doctor Who villains, old faces officially making the 8th Doctor canon and of course, a callback to Rose Tyler, the sixth direct mention this season in episode 8 oh joy. I made a post before about what a missed opportunity it was to not show Martha's page. It does exist. I don't wanna watch John and Joan go all 'ooh' over his apparent 'fiction'. I want a moment where Joan finds the journal by mistake or purpose and finds Martha's page, because the journal doesn't just show crazy things but John Smith's lingering fears that something is not quite right. They're not just dreams, they're nightmares too. And in Martha's page he is clearly simultaneously disturbed and intriged by her. It's also an intriguing peek into the residual thoughts the Doctor has on her. That he doesn't know her too well (who's fault is that?) and that she wants to help. This is never addressed in the show and the page is never shown. Once again, Martha's character takes a backseat.
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It's not lost on me that in this racist period, even with a rewritten brain, Rose still gets a poignant emotional beat and Martha is left in the wings. Again. I'm tired of Martha getting the backseat in her own damn season. In 1913. An era where white people are supposed to be superior. Does this ever get addressed? No. It gets worse. And it's painfully clear that there were no black people in the writers room because the optics of this are crazy.
Martha is concerned by the book of course, they need to be HIDDEN. Can't very well stay lowkey if he's writing the sh*t down can they? I think it's also the first time Martha has seen the journal. It's probably the first time he's began to speak about it openly. Maybe he's only just begun to dream about his true self. We found out that they've been there for maybe a maximum of almost three months. This seems to be a new development, or maybe he has been writing all the time. So Martha tries to downplay it, lest Joan get too curious. But Joan rather alarmingly confirms to Martha that she knows something is wrong with him, "it's like he's left the kettle on." We also get the Doctor and Martha's cover story - she arrived with him and he got her a job as a maid, and they know each other because she used to work for the Smith family, he 'inherited' her. Yikes. And Joan, in a 'sorry not sorry' brusk manner says for her to back off essentially; "you sometimes seem a little familiar with him. Best remember your position." A loaded statement. Not just pointing out her being a maid. But a black one. Remember your place. He's not just a man but your superior.
Throughout most of this season, there definitely feels like there's a vendetta out against Martha. In her debut she's clever, brilliant, beautiful and confident. And for some odd reason, it feels like the show feels like that is wrong. So we need to pull her down a couple pegs. Have the Doctor aggressively reject her at the end of the episode. And in the next. Take her to the slums with drug addled versions of her human race. Then the Great Depression where we have remind the audience that she is only just a unrequited love interest. Separate her from him so they can't bond as a companion/Doctor duo. Have him dump her back home then return immediately because she is apparently something he can pick up and drop off like a doll whenever he fancies. Then, in the episode where we are supposed to get headway, we tear him away from her in the early 20th century.
Martha Jones is brilliant, but it sucks that she has to do so much alone.
I'm barely through the episode but this post is already too long, so this is part 1. Part 2 will be up soon!!!!!
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Seventh Doctor - Project: Blue Box
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TV Stories
◆ Time and the Rani
◆ Paradise Towers
◆ Delta and the Bannerman
◆  Dragonfire
◆ Remembrance of the Daleks
◆ The Hapiness Patrol
◆ Silver Nemesis
◆ The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
◆ Battlefield
◆ Ghost Light
◆ The Curse of Fenric
◆ Survival
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Audio Adventures
- 7th Doctor Adventures
◆ Last of the Titans
◆ Return of the Daleks
◆ Dominion
◆ The Trial of a Time Machine
◆ Vanguard
◆ The Jabari Countdown
◆ The Dread of Night
◆ Bad Day in Tinseltown
◆ The Ribos Inheritance
◆ London Orbital
◆ Scream of the Daleks
◆ Operation Dusk
◆ Naomi’s Ark
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- Main Range
◆ Unregenerate!
◆ Bang-Bang-a-Boom
◆ Flip-Flop
◆ The Fires of Vulcan
◆ Red
◆ We Are the Daleks
◆ The Warehouse
◆ Terror of the Sontarans
◆ 1963: The Assassination Games
◆ The Defectors
◆ The Sirens of Time
◆ The Genocide Machine
◆ The Grey Man of the Mountain - ★★★☆☆
◆ The Fearmonger - ★★★★☆
The Fearmonger is a story with a lot of say about the social politic scenario it was made and that uses of its themes to work perfectly with the regulars and their relationship - that brings them closer by putting the trust Ace and Seven have in each on check. A good start for their ternure in audio.
Complete review: here.
◆ Dust Breeding
◆ Colditz - ★★★☆☆
◆ The Rapture
◆ The Shadow of the Scourge
◆ The Dark Flame
◆ The Harvest
◆ Dreamtime
◆ LIVE 34
◆ Night Thoughts
◆ No Man’s Land
◆ Nocturne
◆ The Dark Husband
◆ Forty-Five
◆ Shadow Planet/World Apart
◆ Muse of Fire
◆ The Flying Dutchman/Displaced
◆ The Magic Mousetrap
◆ Enemy of the World
◆ The Angel of Scutari
◆ Project: Destiny
◆ A Death in the Family
◆ Lurkers at Sunlight’s Edge
◆ Protect and Survive
◆ Robophobia
◆ The Doomsday Quatrain
◆ House of Blue Fire
◆ Black and White
◆ Gods and Monsters
◆ Afterlife
◆ Revenge of the Swarm
◆ Mask of Tragedy
◆ Signs and Wonders
◆ You Are the Doctor and Other Stories
◆ A Life of Crime
◆ Fiesta of the Damned
◆ Maker of Demons
◆ The High Price of Parking
◆ The Blood Furnace
◆ The Silurian Candidate
◆ Red Planets
◆ The Dispossessed
◆ The Quantum Possibility Engine
◆ Project: Lazarus
◆ Master
◆ Valhalla
◆ Frozen Time
◆ The Death Collectors/Spider’s Shadow
◆ Kingdom of Silver/Keepsake
◆ A Thousand Tiny Wings
◆ Klein’s Story/Survival of the Fittest
◆ The Architects of History
◆ The Shadow Heart
◆ The Psychic Circus
◆ The Monsters of Gokroth
◆ The Moons of Vulpana
◆ An Alien Werewolf in London
◆ Persuasion
◆ Starlight Robbery
◆ Daleks Among Us
◆ The Two Masters
◆ Warlock’s Cross
◆ Subterfuge
◆ The End of the Beginning
◆ Dark Universe
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- The Companion Chronicles
◆ Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code
◆ The Prisoner’s Dilemma
◆ Project: Nirvana
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- The Lost Stories
◆ Thin Ice
◆ Crime of the Century
◆ Animal
◆ Earth Aid
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- Classic Doctor, New Mosnters
◆ Harvest of the Sycorax
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- Short Trips
◆ The Devil’s Footprints
◆ Dark Convoy
◆ Doctors and Dragons
◆ The Riparian Ripper
◆ Inside Story
◆ The Shadow Trader
◆ Crystal Ball
◆ The Shrine of Sorrows
◆ Dead Woman Walking
◆ Critical Mass
◆ Washington Burns
◆ Forever Fallen
◆ Police and Shreeves
◆ The Hesitation Deviation
◆ Twilight’s End
◆ The Night Before Christmas
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Books
◆ Timewyrm: Genesis
◆ Timewyrm: Exodus
◆ Timewyrm: Apocalypse
◆ Timewyrm: Revelation
◆ Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible
◆ Cat’s Cradle: Warhead
◆ Cat’s Cradle: Witch Mark
◆ Nightshade
◆ Love and War
◆ Transit
◆ The Highest Science
◆ The Pit
◆ Deceit
◆ Lucifer Rising
◆ White Darkness
◆ Shadowmind
◆ Birthright
◆ Iceberg
◆ Blood Heat
◆ The Dimension Riders
◆ The Left-Handed Hummingbird
◆ Conundrum
◆ No Future
◆ Tragedy Day
◆ Legacy
◆ Theatre of War
◆ All-Consuming Fire
◆ Blood Harvest
◆ Strange England
◆ First Frontier
◆ St Anthony’s Fire
◆ Falls the Shadow
◆ Parasite
◆ Warlock
◆ Set Piece
◆ Infinite Requiem
◆ Sanctuary
◆ Human Nature
◆ Original Sin
◆ Sky Pirates!
◆ Zamper
◆ Toy Soldiers
◆ Head Games
◆ The Also People
◆ Shakedown
◆ Just War
◆ Warchild
◆ SLEEPY
◆ Death and Diplomacy
◆ Happy Endings
◆ GodEngine
◆ Christmas on a Rational Planet
◆ Return of the Living Dad
◆ The Death of Art
◆ Damaged Goods
◆ So Vile a Sin
◆ Bad Therapy
◆ Eternity Weeps
◆ The Room With no Doors
◆ Lungbarrow
◆ The Dying Days
◆ Illegal Alien
◆ The Hollow Men
◆ Matrix
◆ Storm Harvest
◆ Prime Time
◆ Independence Day
◆ Bullet Time
◆ Relative Time
◆ Heritage
◆ Loving the Alien
◆ The Algebra of Ice
◆ Atom Bomb Blues
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What would you consider some really good books/audios for Benny characterization?
Oh anon. I am sorry for the absolute *massive* wall I am about to write :3c
... under a read more because I take pity on my dash
Tbh, I haven't read all of her VNA outing so far, but out of the ones i've read, some that do a really good job at her characterisation are:
Love and War : It's her first outing after all, but she comes in the doctor's life as a fully realized person already, with a strong personality that shines so much, it's a really good one to kinda. Get her as a person, at least how she started. There's a reason she ended up such an iconic companion, and that book is part of it.
The Left-Handed Hummingbird : While not quite Benny centric, it really highlights all that she adds to the TARDIS team, and I think really showcases her ability to deal with both Ace and the doctor.
Theater of War : That one opens on Benny on a dig, and then things start to go wrong, which is like. Peak Benny stories tbh. It's a good one to see also how she interacts with the academic world, as well as her in the more physical, dirt up to her knees and trowel in her hands aspect of her job.
All-Consuming Fire : The entire second part of the book is written from her perspective, through her journal entries, and it does a really good job at capturing her voice, as well as showing how she as a human from the future adapts to more long term stays in the past.
Return of the Living Dad : That one is all about Benny, it does a great job at showing her familial issues, her starting to build a married life, her future prospect, how she'd regard being a mother... Really good character stuff throughout tbh?
The Dying Days : The last doctor-led VNA, and one where Benny is pretty much guiding everything throughout. it's both a celebration of her as a character, and of the entire range as it stood so far. Does a wonderful job at highlighting how well Benny does as a lead, she truly shines in it.
I'd say there's likely a lot more in the VNAs, but I've still got a lot to read there!
Ok so!!! Onto her solo NAs, which I have fully read! I've got Opinions :3c
Dragon's Wrath : Another strong one on Benny as an archeologist, and also showing how she fits (or more like, doesn't really fit) in as a teacher in an university. It's fun, it's well made, and it has some really good Benny stuff, especially with regards to her own perspective towards history, artifacts and learning. I wouldn't really recommend the audio version though, I feel it doesn't quite nail those elements the same way.
Beyond the Sun : I love how that one highlight Benny as teacher, how much she cares for the kids in her care, and how she does struggle a fair bit between that and her rather complex feelings towards Jason. It also features her writing her own code of ethics, and I feel it's worth checking out, both the book and audio version.
Down : A strange and wild one. Not the best Lawrence Miles book tbh, and with some of the issues to be found in many of his work, but it does a rather good job at also exploring the contradiction and hypocrisies of Bernice Surprise Summerfield. She's far from a perfect person, and she struggles with that knowledge.
The Medusa Effect : Benny and dealing with conspiracy and the fallout of the war with the daleks decades ago, something very personal for her. It's another good show too of what she is willing to do and accept, and what she isn't.
Tears of the Oracle : It does a good job at showing both Benny mourning Dellah and all she lost there, and her exploring and carrying on that legacy, through yet another archeological dig. Tbh, I just think that one is a very good book all in all, highly recommend on all aspect.
Ok, staying with the books!! Her Big Finish books start off strong, but frankly there's not really anything worth checking out post-collection era in terms of Benny characterization in the books.
The Doomsday's Manuscript : It's in the same vein as Theater of War and Dragon's Wrath, and I feel like reading it after those two also really shows her evolution as a character. it sets the tone for who Benny is in her Big Finish era as well.
The Squire's Crystal : A bodyswap story! And as such it also explores... what makes Benny well. Benny? What defines her as a person? Good stuff, lots of gender feels too, and Avril Fenman is here so like. A win for sure.
The Glass Prison : Not always an easy read, as it covers the birth of her son while she is locked up in a prison by a fascist empire, but Boi does it do some wonderful thing with Benny at her lowest & most doubtful. Some gruesome bit for sure tho.
Genius Loci : This one is about a younger Benny, barely in her 20s, not yet a professor, or even pretending to be one. We see an extremely raw Benny, and we also see the roots of who she will become. I love this book so much and I love how Aaronovitch writes Benny, and I'll forever be sad that the planned young Benny series by him didn't pan out, because he sure knows how to get her character right.
For the anthologies... A bit of a less complete list, because there's a Lot tbh
Nobody's Children : All three novellas are great and have got such good moment about Benny as a person tbh?
... Be Forgot (from the Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury anthology) : Benny in the aftermath of the Collection occupation, and just. it's a short one, and I think it's really worth reading!
Life During Wartime : Not all stories are Benny centric in that one, but I would recommend the entire anthology nonetheless. It has some of my favorite Benny moments, both in how she navigates resisiting the Axis and trying to survive and keep her son safe. Really, really good stuff, especially the story "Drinking with the Enemy"
Collected Works : A bit hit or miss, but Benny does shine a fair bit in it!
Present Danger: Not super Benny centric, but the stories she does get are frankly, very good!!
Now, onto her audios! There's going to be a bit less there, because tbh, I feel like prose is just a lot better to express her character.
Walking to Babylon, Birthright, Just War (also known as the time ring trilogy): While being adaptations, they take a lot of liberties, and overall create the first original narrative from Big Finish about Benny. It's quite good stuff, not always the easiest to listen to, but frankly, that's kinda par for the course with the Benny series
The Extinction Event : Mostly for her perspective on planetary destruction and artifact preservation, considering how recent losing Dellah is for her at that point.
Death and the Daleks : The climax of everything going on in Life during Wartime, and some good Benny moment in there. Good audio tbh!!
The Goddess Quandary : Benny and her best friend Keri, and their relationship is a bit explored in that one
Tub Full of Cats : Frankly one of the best outing for Benny on audio, I feel it highlights well the multifaceted aspect of her character. She makes some decisions in that one, that's for sure.
The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel: Benny and Mycroft Holmes on the case! A fun one, good stuff too to contrast with All-Consuming Fire in terms of how she's grown since tbh.
Resurrecting the Past/ Escaping the Future : The climax of the entire single releases, a good double parter, and a good Benny story.
Aaaaand that's about it really!! A long, long list, so to thank all of you who bothered to read this far, have a picture of Benny:
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yes my cat is named Benny
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Jake Napier, Marion County (Florida) Inmate A0216579, Florida inmate X49003, born 1982, incarceration intake August 2022 at age 40, scheduled for release July 2058
Murder, Arson, Felony with a Weapon, Obstructing Justice
Jake Lee Napier was scheduled to go to trial charged with fatally shooting and burning a 62-year-old man more than four years prior.
But Napier, in consulting with his lawyer, decided against picking a jury and instead accepted a plea deal from the prosecution.
Standing beside his lawyer at the podium, Napier pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, arson to occupied structure and evidence tampering.
The Judge asked the 40-year-old if he wanted to say anything before sentencing. Napier thanked his lawyer and the judge. He apologized for what he did.
Then, pursuant to the plea agreement, the judge sentenced Napier to a 40-year prison term as a habitual offender. Records show he has multiple convictions. He has 1,469 days of credit for time already served at the jail awaiting resolution of this case.
At the conclusion of his hearing, Napier was fingerprinted by a bailiff. He shook the hands of his lawyer and an investigator and was led to the back by a bailiff.
Neither the victim's or Napier's family was in attendance for the hearing.
On July 28, 2018, sheriff's detectives were called to the 5400 block of Southeast 145th Street in Summerfield. They were told that a man had in shot in the side of the head and set on fire. The victim was identified as Walter Russell Elliott.
With a search warrant, detectives entered the residence and found Elliott's body in a chair. The man had burns on his feet, legs and back, the detectives said.  Federal officials later told local detectives that the fire was an arson.
Surveillance video showed Napier and another man, Joseph William Angelo, in the house. Napier was seen pouring gasoline on Elliott's body. Another video showed Angelo giving Napier a lighter and Napier igniting the gasoline.
A fire started and continued for several minutes before two individuals extinguished the flames. The video showed Angelo taking a handgun from his waist as he was talking with Napier.  Two days after the death, detectives got a warrant for Napier's arrest. At the time of the killing, Napier was visiting from Texas, detectives said. Napier was later found in Texas and taken into custody.  
Days earlier. Angelo was arrested by detectives.
Angelo told detectives in an interview that he was at the Summerfield residence when the murder occurred. He also admitted to having a gun and said he gave Napier a lighter.
Now 54, Angelo, (Florida inmate D00708) also a convicted felon, was sentenced in 2020 to a 20-year prison term.
Editor note:  Booked 12 times over a ten year period with Marion County, Florida jail -- gives a new definition to a ‘frequent flyer’ 
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gallifreyanhotfive · 6 months
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Do you have any recommendations on Dr. Who books/audio format things? I haven't watched the show in a bit because Moffat wasn't my thing and I can't seem to find the old stuff. (If you have any advice on where to find that too I would be very grateful) Following your blog has been a nice reminder of why I liked the show so much. Hope you have a good day!
Aw thank you! Depending on your location, you can find classic who episodes either on BBC iPlayer or Tubi (with ads).
As for books/audios, I'll try to keep this brief as I could write an essay on this.
For books, my favorite author is Kate Orman. Orman writes wonderfully, and my personal favorite is The Year of the Intelligent Tigers. I also really liked Goth Opera, Camera Obscure, History 101, Autumn Mist, Lungbarrow, Divided Loyalties, Somewhere Never etc etc etc etc (so many more but I'm forcing myself to stop here). You can often find free versions of basically every novel (at least all I've looked for) on the internet either as pdfs or epubs or whatever. The Internet Archive is particularly useful. Some examples:
And now for the audios! I personally have sold my soul to Big Finish. I have literally hundreds of recommendations. They do have some audios for free, such as those that came from the Paul Spragg Memorial Competition. You can also find a lot of them (up until Zagreus I think) for free on Spotify. There is also almost always a killer sale going on on the website on top of that too.
As for my recommendations, it's pretty dependent on what Doctor or companion you want to listen to. They even have series centered on UNIT, Romana's Gallifrey, Benny Summerfield, and a ton of other things (including a Masterful special that just had a bunch of Masters fucking around and finding out). I'll put in some of my favorites, one for each Doctor, from what I own (which is far from everything, but I do my best).
One: The Sontarans. It was the first time the Doctor had ever encountered the Sontarans, so he was unfamiliar with them. It takes place during Dalek Master Plan, so Steven and Sara are there.
Two: Lords of the Red Planet! It's a good Ice Warrior origin story and has Jamie and Zoe in it. :)
Three: Terror of the Master. I had pre-ordered it as soon as I heard about it. Three....Delgado Master....what more do you want from an audio? It's narrated by Jon Culshaw.
Four: The Wrath of the Iceni. It was a brilliant historical with Four and Leela and Boudica. Leela gets quite a lesson in this one, first being mad at Four for not helping Boudica and then at Boudica for being cruel.
Okay now we are getting into my favorite Doctors (5-8), so these decisions are going to get difficult.
Five: The Kingmaker! Shakespeare spikes Five's drink to get him absolutely wasted to sneak on the TARDIS, the TARDIS gets hiccups as a result, leading to Peri and Erimem being separated from the Doctor. Shenanigans ensue.
Six: Doctor Who and the Pirates. Six and Evelyn have a really meaningful discussion with one of her depressed students. The third part is a musical!
Seven: The Shadow of the Scourge. Benny Ace and Seven against 8th dimensional eldritch abominations. Seven gets turned into one of these insectoids, and body horror ensues.
Eight: Oh dear I can't choose. At the moment, probably the Great War from Dark Eyes 1. Eight meets Molly and is still grieving here. He is very much doomed by the narrative.
War: The Neverwhen. Lots of the War Doctor is good if you like Time War horror, but this one has a lot of time-as-a-weapon and is well written.
Nine: Battle Scars. A nice short story about that one family Nine saved from the Titanic mentioned in the episode Rose. Has a really fantastic girl in it and a Nine dripping in PTSD.
Ten: The Time Reaver. Ten and Donna! There's this gun that basically slows down time for a single person, so that a few minutes for everyone else is centuries for them. Ten is a self sacrificing dope.
Eleven: The Geronimo boxset is the best in my opinion, but I haven't been able to listen to many of these yet.
Twelve: Another one I haven't managed to buy a lot of yet, but Dead Media is amazing. It's written to sound like a podcast with adverts and everything and is set during his time at St. Luke's. And I cried at the end.
Anyway, I'll shut up now. This was so much fun! Thank you!
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