Classic Doctor Who Companion Adric Hitting Beloved Video Game Character Mario Mario In The Head With

Classic Doctor Who companion Adric hitting beloved video game character Mario Mario in the head with a branch.

I don't need to explain myself to you.

yeah, the beast thing is so weird. I'm currently making my way through the 5th Doctor's run, so it's fresher in my mind, but the Mara's who shtick it that it's some local god born of the hatred and violence in one's soul (i think????? haven't checked the wiki and also Kinda's one of those episodes where things just start happening). So there is a point you can make about how violence and hate turns people into monsters and beasts, but God of Corruption, Insanity or the Mind. The Mara's a lot closer to how Sutekh is kind of acting so far, with possessing people and all that, so I also hope we see a modern exploration of the Mara. The current direction with the Pantheon is a little reductive, but I guess because it got banished it hitched a ride back into the universe with everyone too ig??? still forming my opinions on the whole pantheon stuff, but i do agree that the Mara would be great to see beyond the little cameo in TLoRS.

Did anyone else feel like the Mara should have been the god of the mind? It's been a while since I've seen the stories featuring it but if I remember correctly he didn't actually have anything to do with beasts outside of the fact he was a snake. But he was constantly possessing people, and screwing with their minds, so I feel like that would have been a better fit for his domain... Idk though, like I said it's been a few years since I watched Kinda/Snakedance so I might have forgotten something about how he was letting out the animal within or whatever. Anyway I hope they come back next, because they were a fun villain

something something kate stewart seeing her childhood hero who she loves like a second father treat her coworker as completely disposeable and sending him to his death just bc they were distracted by something More Important changing her forever

Me, remembering that a headcanon that has become a fundamental part of how I view the show isn’t actually canon: oh. um. well anyway

I somehow still haven’t posted these here??????

this came to me as an idea fully-formed and i couldn't not draw it. love that photo of adric peeping into the tardis SO MUCH like he would have the best 0.5x photos