crumbled completely and irreversibly when bing-ge blurted out his little “come with me” to shen qingqiu. almost out of blue. something shifted and never came back when it all steadily spiralled heavily even further, with bing-mei whispering in a trembling voice (and I imagine him being frightened to the core), that “he” must’ve become like “this” only due the absence of shizun in bing-ge’s world
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Reasons I love the Spymaster #62: He likes dolls!
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#62: He likes dolls!
I really, really like dolls, and I really, really like the Spymaster [and I really, really do have a Spymaster doll!], so this reason makes me especially happy!
Anyway, we know from Spyfall that the Spymaster likes using his TCE on people to reduce them to tiny figurines and then keeping them. He remarks to the Doctor that he has kept the original O in miniature "close to his hearts": in a matchbox in his shirt pocket.
In The Timeless Children, the Spymaster also TCEs Ashad, whose miniaturized corpse becomes a plot point and source of his revivification in The Power of the Doctor.
The Power of the Doctor expands on the Spymaster's interest in miniatures. Besides keeping them as tiny mementos of past kills, he also plays with them. Check out the careful arrangement of the TCE'd seismologists:
Obviously the Spymaster has been lecturing them for a while, as this scene begins in medias res. His play makes him the brilliant cynosure and the seismologists his silent, approving audience giving him their full attention. Part of his play occurs because he's not sure when in this elaborate setup the Doctor will show up. Part of it also probably occurs because it represents what he wants: to be the smartest person in the room and revered for it.
Not only does he play with his miniatures, but the Spymaster also explicitly refers to them as a collection. "Do you like my seismologists?" he asks Thirteen. "I think I've got the whole set now!"
The Spymaster himself calls this interest in miniaturized corpses an interest in dolls. "That ain't just any Cyberman," he explains to Tegan and Ace when miniaturized Ashad unminiaturizes and revivifies before them. "It's a Russian doll!"
I know he's referring to Ashad as a Russian doll because a) there are other Cyber people hiding within Ashad and b) he's impersonating Rasputin in 1916, so he's keen on Russian references.
But I also think that the Spymaster just really likes dolls. Of course he likes the miniatures that he makes because they serve as tangible reminders of occasions when he overpowered people with his superior weaponry. Additionally, I think dolls also appeal to him because, unlike people, he can make them do exactly what he wants them to. He can't control much, but he can control his collection of miniature corpses.
To finish off this discussion, here is a picture of my own mini Spymaster. I promise I did not TCE him!!! I heavily resculpted and repainted a Disney Store Naveen head and put him on an action figure body.
Hey...stop making rude gestures!!
P.S. Do you need MORE of the Spymaster in your life?
My most recent charity anthology, Gender Who?,features loads of Thirteen/Dhawan being their feral bastard selves and being happy!
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