ROBIN SCHERBATSKY

ROBIN SCHERBATSKY

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (7.01) | HOW I MET YOUR FATHER (1.10)

The Power of the Doctor feels like the perfect encapsulation of the Chibnall era in one episode. A microcosm, if you will: rushed, overstuffed, some bits that are really good, some bits that anger me, some genuinely touching moments, some fun moments, some good ideas executed poorly, a lot of mediocrity, mixed production, dropped plotpoints that go nowhere, poor or inconsistent characterisation, overall being an absolute mess and giving me a massive fucking headache.

i feel very Seen

2014 // 2019

the thing w Ian and Barbara is, there’s a bunch of other DW companions who had much more positive starts to their relationships with the Doctor but who very likely hold significant grudges due to the way things shook out.

whereas Ian and Barbara are like ‘yeah he straight up kidnapped us and it was a terrifying experience and we almost died multiple times as a result of his actions. but we moved past it & became quite good friends!!’ 

so they’d be like. completely positive about the whole experience bcos like ultimately they had a good time and it brought them closer together and they were able to go home. but then they’d just come out w the most Harrowing Shit. like oh yeah one time the Doctor tried to bludgeon a guy to death with a rock. another time he broke his own TARDIS so he could go exploring and we all almost died of radiation poisoning and that’s how we met the daleks!! & everyone else at the companion support group is like what the shit what the shit

man, I think my low-point was marching into a bank in a cow-patterned crop top demanding to know why my card kept getting declined when I had $300 in my account, only for the man behind the counter to suck his teeth and carefully point out the negative sign in front of the 300