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aletterinthenameofsanity · 3 months

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Me, to my new date: doctor who thinks it's a sci-fi story because the Doctor thinks it's a sci-fi story and because the companions think it's a sci-fi story, but it's really just a story about ghosts. a story about an ancient creature carrying the ghosts of everyone they have ever loved, meeting new people, and seeing them only as future ghosts. they are haunted by the future and the past and the present because they are the only constant in a world constantly in flux, and they are running as fast as they can to things before they burn and fade to dust but everything will always end, you understand, because this is the only thing the Doctor understands and yet they keep going. they love too much to stop. doctor who is not science-fiction, it's horror and optimism and spiritual more than anything else, it's religious unto itself, the TARDIS is a haunted house and a church and a graveyard and a hospital and the Doctor is the most haunted being in the universe but more than anything, this is a love story, because how can you love something without being haunted by it- hey, what are you doing?

My date, shoving breadsticks in their purse: I have to go-

#more unhinged doctor who meta #doctor who #meta #*into a bullhorn* IT'S A GHOST STORY #ninth doctor #tenth doctor #eleventh doctor #doctor who meta #twelfth doctor #thirteenth doctor #it's abt the time war & dalek & the parting of the ways & doomsday & the last of the time lords & journey's end & angels take manhattan #it's about hell bent and death in heaven and the doctor falls and it takes you away and the woman who fell to earth #it's about the montage of all of the people the doctor has let down #it's about astrid peth and amy pond and rory williams and rose tyler and bill potts and clara oswald and grace o'brien #it's about gaps in memory and memories that live too long to ever heal #the doctor is a haunted house #it's a show about cycles by its very structure #the moment that regeneration became a mechanic for the writers to use and companions began to move out the doctor was DOOMED #but what makes them fascinating is that they see themselves as doomed and blessed at the same time #because they will never ever stop running #clara oswald #amy pond #rose tyler #bill potts #the ghosts are INEVITABLE

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companion-showdown · 8 months

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Who had the most tragic departure?

This is specifically about the events which led these companions to stop travelling with the Doctor long term, even if we saw them again later, so as an example, Rose's departure is Doomsday, even though we see her again a few times after that. (for some characters this might be a bit ambiguous, pick whichever one is the most devestating)

But who am I kidding? I can't tell you how to vote, use as much context as you like from what we know of them after, and vote with your heart for whichever exit makes you feel the worst.

GRAND FINAL:

Donna Noble vs Adric

previous rounds under the cut

SEMIFINALS:

Jamie McCrimmon vs Donna Noble

Adric vs Lucie Miller

ROUND 3:

Peri Brown vs Jamie McCrimmon WINNER: Peri Brown

Donna Noble vs Sara Kingdom WINNER: Donna Noble

Dodo Chaplet vs Adric WINNER: Adric

Missy vs Lucie Miller WINNER: Lucie Miller

ROUND 2:

Peri Brown vs Katarina WINNER: Peri Brown

Jamie McCrimmon vs Clara Oswald WINNER: Jamie McCrimmon

Donna Noble vs Zoe Heriot WINNER: Donna Noble

Fitz Kreiner vs Sara Kingdom WINNER: Sara Kingdom

Nardole vs Dodo Chaplet WINNER: Dodo Chaplet

River Song vs Adric WINNER: Adric

Oliver Harper vs Missy WINNER: Missy

Lucie Miller vs Bill Potts WINNER: Lucie Miller

ROUND 1:

Amy Pond vs Peri Brown WINNER: Peri Brown

Katarina vs Chris Cwej WINNER: Katarina

Jamie McCrimmon vs Charley Pollard WINNER: Jamie McCrimmon

Roz Forrester vs Clara Oswald WINNER: Clara Oswald

Donna Noble vs Bret Vyon WINNER: Donna Noble

Samson & Gemma Griffin vs Zoe Heriot WINNER: Zoe Heriot

Mike Yates vs Sara Kingdom WINNER: Sara Kingdom

Fitz Kreiner vs Rory Williams WINNER: Fitz Kreiner

Nardole vs Gillian & John Who WINNER: Nardole

Ace McShane vs Dodo Chaplet WINNER: Dodo Chaplet

River Song vs Susan Foreman WINNER: River Song

C'rizz vs Adric WINNER: Adric

Astrid Peth vs Oliver Harper WINNER: Oliver Harper

Sarah-Jane Smith vs Missy WINNER: Missy

Rose Tyler vs Lucie Miller WINNER: Lucie Miller

Jack Harkness vs Bill Potts WINNER: Bill Potts

You can find links to previous tournaments here

#tragic departures: masterpost

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