#ian chesterton

[aramielles]

me starting classic doctor who : oh i love ian and barbara, surely they will be my favourite companions

jamie : appears

me : oh no here’s my fave

#doctor who #classic doctor who #ian chesterton #barbara wright #jamie mccrimmon #i absolutely LOVE ian and barbara like they are in my top 3 companions ever #but jamie #JAMIE MY SWEET SWEET BOY #i want to protecc him #i love him sm my sweet sweet boy

[idkaguyorsomething]

it always brings a smile to my face, remembering the first ever title drop on doctor who. it became a tradition for our titular character to introduce himself as the doctor and then have someone else understandably ask “¿doctor who?”. but no, the first time was susan mentioning that he was a doctor before anyone ever met him. then, since susan is his granddaughter and her last name is foreman, ian called him “doctor foreman”, leading this centuries-old mf who apparently doesn’t understand human naming conventions for a society he’s been presumably hiding out in for months to be the first ever character on the show to say the words out loud: doctor who

#note that he never actually introduced himself in that episode #so for all we know that’s when he decided to start going by the doctor #doctor who #classic who #first doctor #susan foreman #ian chesterton

[giddyaunt425]

5 after starting the Great Fire of London:

Bonus

1 after starting the Great Fire of Rome:

#fifth doctor #peter davison #5th doctor #first doctor #william hartnell #1st doctor #doctor who #classic who #classic doctor who #nyssa of traken #tegan jovanka #adric of alzarius #ian chesterton #barbara wright #vicki pallister #doctor who memes

[fanonical]

look people who've been around here for a while know exactly how i feel about the early doctor who serial edge of destruction but i rewatched it recently and i have feelings

so edge of destruction is the third ever serial of doctor who, right? it's an unearthly child, the daleks, then edge of destruction. and it's also kind of a bottle episode. edge of destruction is a two-parter, and is set entirely on the tardis featuring only the main cast

the plot is weird. everyone wakes up in the tardis with confusion and memory loss, not knowing what's going on. the tardis isn't safe, and strange things are happening. the ship seems to be malfunctioning, but there's nothing notably wrong with it. everyone's freaking out and accusing each other of sabotaging the tardis or hurting each other

now, as i said, this is early doctor who. companions barbara and ian had been kidnapped by the doctor and susan so they don't tell anyone that time travel is real, and at this point they don't trust the doctor and the doctor doesn't trust them. the doctor immediately starts accusing barbara and ian of sabotaging the ship to force him to take them home, which they angrily refute. they've spent the last two stories saving the doctor and susan from whatever's trying to kill them

barbara has a speech here which is brilliant and i can quote verbatim. 'do you realise, you stupid old man, that you'd have died in the cave of skulls if ian hadn't made fire for you? and what about what we went through against the daleks? not just for us, but for you and susan too. and all because you tricked us into going down to the city. accuse us? you ought to go down on your hands and knees and thank us! but gratitude's the last thing you'll ever have, or any sort of common sense either'

and the doctor spends the whole two episodes either accusing ian and barbara of being evil or being wholly unhelpful. (he straight up drugs everyone with a sedative at one point!) yeah, turns out the tardis is trying to tell them what's wrong via cryptic clues, and barbara's putting the pieces together. and the doctor still doesn't listen to her! she's so close to figuring it out and saving them all - they're all gonna die in about ten minutes and the doctor's basically given up, but barbara's trying to solve the problem

and in the end, they have the eureka moment and get out of trouble, but barbara's still understandably pissed. that is, until the doctor takes the time to apologise to her and tell her that yeah, she was right and he's sorry he didn't listen to her and he's going to do better to respect her opinions in future. they go into the next serial as friends, a first for the series to that point

so why do i love this weird little two-parter so much? because it is the moral centre of modern doctor who. this is the start of the characterisation of the doctor that we know and love. before this, the doctor is ruthless! he tries to kill a guy with a rock! he sabotages the tardis to satisfy his curiosity and lands everyone in danger from the daleks! he drugs them just because he doesn't trust them! he thinks he's smarter, better, and more important than the people he travels with

but then barbara stands up to him. she tells him that, no, she and ian are important too. and no, they're worth listening to. and yes, they can help and are worth something. and that's important, because barbara and ian are way more compassionate than the doctor is at this point. they want to help people they come across even if it means putting their own lives in danger.

sound familiar? yeah, the doctor's whole thing of helping everyone they come across and compassion towards everyone starts here. this is one of the most enduring things about the doctor and it would never have happened without barbara telling the doctor he's full of shit

and it's all because he listened to an ordinary woman

#Doctor Who #Classic Who #Ian Chesterton #Barbara Wright #First Doctor #Susan Foreman

[doorstovenus]

classic who people falling in silly ways supercut

#they really do fall like planks of wood #poor sarah jane really goes through it #i am sure there are many more but this is what i’ve collated from my classic who watch so far #classic who #doctor who #sarah jane smith #ian chesterton #sixth doctor #6th doctor #seventh doctor #7th doctor #peri brown #ainley!master #fifth doctor #5th doctor #fourth doctor #4th doctor

[ourteyeseen]

I wasn’t lying when I said Ian is slowly becoming one of my favourite companions of doctor who

(I’m sorry this isn’t Magnus protocol related i have other interests lol) I haven’t drawn grey scale for so long

#doctor who #digital art #fanart #art #classic who #ian chesterton #first doctor #1st doctor

[braddersbangerz]

Graham’s companion support group.

#dwedit #dw edit #thirteenth doctor #yasmin khan #graham o'brien #dan lewis #ian chesterton #jo jones #mel bush #tegan jovanka #ace #kate stewart #flashing tw #power of the doctor #dw spoilers #doctor who #jo grant

[robiniswriting]

ian chesterton and barbara wright are the blueprint because the doctor was initially just this old, kinda tetchy scientist who thought humans were stupid and also annoying, but then he accidentally kidnaps these two teachers because they followed his granddaughter home after realizing her address was an empty lot and growing worried for her. they cared enough to get personally involved beyond what was technically required of them.

throughout their adventures he watches as barbara defends ancient civilizations, remaining kind and empathetic in the face of violence and pain. he sees ian risk everything time and time again to get barbara and susan home safe. he watches them convince others to stand up and fight for what’s right. he sees the way they never give up, never give in, and above all, always try their best to do the right thing.

they don’t always get it right! but they never stop trying, and slowly, ever so slowly, we see the doctor change from a man who holds himself above and apart to the quipping, quirky hero we are so well acquainted with in new who.

the doctor has always modeled his morals on the humans he travels with. they are the ones he turns to when he begins to fly too far above it all. so really, we owe the existence of the doctor to ian and barbara: the first of so many. they deserve more love.

#yeah they ate that. im just sad that ive finished the first doctors run and dont get to see them anymore #shoutout to ian for coming back in power of the doctor. AS HE SHOULD!! #doctor who #the doctor #ian chesterton #barbara wright #classic who #classic doctor who #new who #companion #doctor who companions

[gallifreyanhotfive]

Random Doctor Who Facts You Might Not Know, Part 2

While attending Jago and Litefoot's knighting ceremony, the Sixth Doctor had to go in disguise because of the grudge Queen Victoria had against him, which was started by the Tenth Doctor.

Once, the TARDIS jumped a time track, leaving the Tenth Doctor at Powell Estate for a week. During this time, he lived with Mickey.

A team called the "Plastic Surgeons," comprised of the Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler, and a lone Auton, won a Mannequin Challenge competition.

The Shopkeeper from the SJAs may have been an incarnation of the Corsair according to RTD.

The War Chief once had an aborted regeneration, which left him deformed, his past and future selves joined together. He had a conjoined dual skull and an extraordinary set of limbs.

The Third Doctor took Jo back in time in an attempt to kill that same would-be-dictator baby but also failed to do so after seeing his Sixth try the same (some of you already know where I am going with this).

After being irradiated on Metebelis III, the Third Doctor was stuck in the time vortex for ten years, dying very slowly.

Ian and Barbara's son became a pop singer.

The Eleventh Doctor once traveled with a robotic copy of a Tyrannosaurus rex named Kevin. His tiny arms made him unable to help pilot the TARDIS.

Kamelion and the TARDIS had a child together.

Missy killed the incarnations that came both before her (Saxon Master) and also after her (the Lumiat).

The Venusian Lullaby sounds like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen because Jago and Litefoot sang it on Venus to soothe the Shanghorn.

The First Doctor caused High Tutor Albrecht to regenerate by experimenting with a perigosto stick and a temporal feedback loop.

The First Doctor rigged a drinks machine to produce mercury during his time at the Academy to experiment with, nearly causing his professor to regenerate.

The First Doctor's dorm room had posters in it and became timelocked after an experiment gone wrong. No one ever figured out how to get rid of the timelock.

Basically, the Doctor was a menace even as a student, but everyone knew that.

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

#doctor who #dw #dr who #classic who #new who #fifth doctor #first doctor #dw eu #doctor who eu #doctor who expanded universe #big finish doctor who #big finish audios #big finish #tardis #kamelion #jago and litefoot #eleventh doctor #barbara wright #ian chesterton #third doctor #missy #the master #the lumiat #tenth doctor #rose tyler #mickey smith #the war chief #the corsair #sixth doctor #simm!master

[sci-firenegade]

I was compelled to do this.

#doctor who #first doctor #susan foreman #barbara wright #ian chesterton #sci's musings

[kitmarlowe]

#doctor who #classic who #dwedit #cwedit #first doctor #william hartnell #ian chesterton #william russell #gif #i love them they're very silly

[terranceholdsapencil]

"I might be any number of things, young lady. As it happens, I am the Doctor.

The original, you might say."

My favourite companion and the first Doctor :)

Colours under the cut :)

#doctor who #classic who #doctor who fanart #classic who fanart #1st doctor #first doctor #ian chesterton #ian made him what he is today and I thank this random teacher from london so much for it #theyre just so #i love them :)

[idkaguyorsomething]

the convoluted doctor who lore gets extra funny when you realize that, at two separate points in the past, two different companions to two different doctors ended up running into rasputin but both came to the conclusion that he was a pretty nice and normal guy. which, depending on how you interpret the power of the doctor, is either a nice subversion of a lot of tropes of stories used in pre-soviet russia, or side-splittingly hilarious as you start imagining the master getting roped into various adventures with different versions of the doctor that he can’t fuck with yet or else he’ll destroy the timeline, forcing him to play nice with the humans as part of his 4D Time Chess Master Disguise Plan #3852

#doctor who #rasputin #in case you’re wondering the companions were #ian chesterton #liz shaw #and #jo grant #who kept explicitly making references to the master throughout the story #but wait it gets better #at one point it was proposed to make a story with this one time lord called the meddling monk #who just decides to start fucking around with the timeline and forces rasputin to listen to boney m #but apparently this actually drives rasputin to the brink on insanity and destroys the entire timeline #forcing the monk to regenerate into rasputin to take his place and live out his life #and that’s why he decided to go by the monk #it was never technically canonized but could you imagine the mindfuck #you have a time lord impersonating another time lord impersonating a normal guy who may or may not have actually existed in the whoniverse #who even knows at this point #the untempered schism didn’t drive the master mad it was a funky disco beat #grigori rasputin #dhawan!master

[giddyaunt425]

#first doctor #ian chesterton #barbara wright #susan foreman #second doctor #jamie mccrimmon #victoria waterfield #zoe heriot #third doctor #brigadier alistair gordon lethbridge stewart #jo grant #john benton #mike yates #fourth doctor #sarah jane smith #harry sullivan #fifth doctor #tegan jovanka #nyssa of traken #vislor turlough #adric doctor who #sixth doctor #peri brown #seventh doctor #mel bush #ace mcshane #doctor who #classic who

[notyoujamie]

Goodbye, Doctor! Thanks for the ride!

#dwedit #doctorwhoedit #cwedit #doctor who #classic who #modern who #my gif #** #*dw #ian chesterton #jo grant #tegan jovanka #mel bush #ace mcshane #the chase #the green death #resurrection of the daleks #dragonfire #the survival #the power of the doctor

[cosmik-homo]

60s who be like what's a kidnapping and some dalek invasions between friends. oh, it's a bunch? ok.

#doctor who #classic who #first doctor #barbara wright #ian chesterton #william hartnell #second doctor #victoria waterfield #patrick troughton #classic doctor who #my edits