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So I'm thinking about the Fourteenth Doctor, and the bi-generation, and how he may have come to an end. What happened to him after those years he spent with Donna and her family, and with so many other friends on Earth (oh, I am headcanon-ing, friends), existing day-to-day and beginning to heal? After he learned how to let himself be loved, and shown compassion, and forgiven—and, eventually, learned to love, forgive, and care for himself? What happened when, at the end of this journey, his regeneration energy (I assume?) traveled back (in some hand-wavey fashion) to become the Fifteenth Doctor, who is born out of that love and forgiveness and compassion and is ready to move forward in the universe?

Fourteen becomes Fifteen—but what about the TARDIS?

Fourteen's TARDIS was created for the same reason Fourteen was: they needed to slow down, to be gentle. They needed to find a home that wasn't moving at the speed of light. So maybe this TARDIS is a little gentler, too. Maybe she's a little more careful of herself and her charges.

When Fourteen takes Rose to Mars, they land right where they're supposed to, and Rose sees wonders. Nothing bad happens, and they return home five minutes after they left.

When Shaun wants to see a football match from 1988, he opens the TARDIS door and she takes him right there, flying all by herself, to Fourteen's chagrin.

When Fourteen takes Mel to New York, they have adventures that don't involve running, or hiding, or screaming with anything but laughter. When Fourteen takes Jo, Ace, and Tegan to the Jurassic era, the only danger he faces is when he makes an age joke.

When, after Sarah Jane dies (yeeeears in the future, tyvm), Fourteen takes Luke, Maria, Clyde, and Rani to see Florana—the place he promised to take Sarah Jane all those years ago—the TARDIS chooses the safest, most beautiful moment in time for them to honor her memory.

When Donna and Martha and Yaz and Shirley sneak in for a joyride, they have the time of their lives, and the TARDIS covers for them. (Fourteen suspects, but can't prove it.)

When Fourteen is struggling, and chafing at life on Earth, and just needs to run, to fix things, to solve puzzles, to get away from the day-to-day of it all, the TARDIS lets him. She takes him so many places he's never been before, and they're all beautiful and wild and remind him what he loves about the universe.

(He tries, a few times, to go places that might bring him pain, and she gently refuses.)

And every now and then, someone will try to get in. This TARDIS doesn't have a key; she just opens to those in her care, and refuses entry to those she doesn't trust. She is safe, and so are they.

When Donna's in her eighties and can't get around as easily, the TARDIS takes her where she can manage. When Rose is overwhelmed with the pain of the world, the TARDIS takes her to places where none of that pain exists, and lets her stay as long as she needs to.

They live magnificent lives, and the TARDIS takes care of them. And then, at the end of it, Fourteen is ready for what comes next, and he becomes Fifteen. There's only one Doctor again.

But this TARDIS...

I think she stays, right in the corner of that yard. She leaves and then lands so precisely that roots and ivy grow over her. The Doctor is gone, and eventually Mel and Sarah Jane and Jo and Donna and Martha and everyone that traveled with the Doctor once upon a time in a different TARDIS are gone too.

But Rose is still there. Luke, Maria, Rani, and Clyde are still there. Their families, their kids. The TARDIS opens to them, and shows them the universe. She takes them only where she chooses to, and it's always exactly where they need to go.

She always takes them home, to the garden that once belonged to Donna Noble.

The Doctor finds new companions. Some of them come home to Earth after awhile, but they're not stuck dreaming of the universe. You showed me the furthest reaches of the galaxy, Sarah Jane said. You showed me supernovas, intergalactic battles, and then you just dropped me back on Earth. How could anything compare to that? We get a taste of that splendor, but then we have to go back.

These new companions, they return to Earth and their lives there, but every now and then, they swing by that old house that the Noble family has lived in for generations. They say hello to this old/new box, and she invites them in.

They don't have to say goodbye to the universe. She's right there in Chiswick, waiting for them.

And sometimes—on rare occasions, when they need it, or when he (or she, or they) does—she takes them to the Doctor.

“why does 15 cry in every episode” because ncuti gatwa is the most beautiful crier in the whole wide world. do you go to art museums and complain about them using the color blue

What's happening between PC Andy and the fifteenth Doctor??? I can't understand a damn thing 😭 But I love them!!!!

In terms of 15's angst over killing Sutehk, even though almost every Doctor has killed, I feel like every incarnation of the Doctor sees their regeneration as a clean slate to some degree. It's almost like a New Years' Resolution— the Doctor won't kill anyone in this life, they'll be better this time, they'll get to hold to their ideals now, they're all better, etc etc etc.

And every time they shed their first blood in a new body, it makes them just that little bit more afraid that death is impossible for them to escape.

Just a few Doctor Who textpost memes I made :D

Every Doctor described by me based solely off their appearance.

One: Looks like he'll tell me to get off his lawn, but then feel bad and give me some sweets

Two: Looks whimsical and deeply silly

Three: Looks deeply serious. Also quite stylish.

Four: Cool scarf, but eyes that have seen my date and manner of death.

Five: Looks like he doesn't know what a continent is

Six: Looks like he owns several cats

Seven: Looks like he knows a guy who knows a guy, in every situation.

Eight: Looks like he writes poetry and should wear one of those yellow vests that say "nervous", the ones they put on dogs

War: Idk man I just kinda feel sorry for him

Nine: Looks like he has strong opinions on music and Catholicism

Ten: Twink. Looks like he enjoys musicals

Eleven: Twink. Looks like he was a theatre kid

Twelve: Looks like he has strong opinions on really obscure historical events

Thirteen: Looks like she studies marine biology

Fourteen: Deeply serious looking again

Fifteen: Looks like he has a musical number prepared for literally every situation. Once again, deeply fashionable

Do you see the vision

“doctor who is too silly now!”

oh you mean the doctor who that has flattened human skin as a character? the doctor who that has the episode love and monsters? the doctor who that says that the english royal family is werewolves? the doctor who that has james corden in it? the doctor who that in the same episode that james corden is in not only does the doctor speak baby, but the baby wants to be named Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All, AND the doctor can also play soccer very well.

doctor who has always been silly

they truly are one of the prettiest doctor and companion duos like… omg 🥺💕

I just love how the fandom has given the doctors nicknames to go with their numbers- at least these are the ones I could find:

9th: ears.

10th: pinstripe, sandshoes.

11th: bowtie, chinny.

12th: eyebrows.

13th: lucky 13 (or just lucky), rainbows, sparkles.

14th:??

15th: love ( the love doctor?), lovely, icon.

(For 15, I have just seen a few of these names a few times)

Honestly, I want to see more nicknames. I know a few of the classic doctors but can't remember them rip. Personally, I have been calling 14th weathered, but that's just me.

Yea, took the words right outa my mouth- plus gave us an entire PowerPoint, lol

WARNING: DOCTOR WHO SPOILERS EXPLAINING REGENERATION SHENANIGANS

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okay so I was kind of not on board with the concept of bi-regeneration, mainly because of how it seemed like all of the Sad and the Trauma that the Doctor had undergone got kind of handwaved away? i'm all for ncuti's Doctor being sort of a fresh start/jumping on point for new viewers, but i didn't get how that could work if like, literally 40 minutes ago he was David Tennant being a sad wet puppy dog of a man

however, after rewatching it, i've realized what i think happened there, and it goes all the way back to something introduced with the 4th doctor's regeneration that was never explained: the Watcher

^this spooky guy

so, for those that don't know (or haven't seen every episode of a show that is over half a century old), the Fourth Doctor regenerates at the end of a story called Logopolis (he falls off a satellite dish, but that's not important right now). all throughout the episode, this weird figure, The Watcher, stands off in the distance, and even intervenes slightly by saving the Fourth Doctor's companion. there's not much given in the way of an explanation until the Fourth Doctor regenerates, saying "it's the end. but the moment has been prepared for..."

the watcher walks up, and gets absorbed in a super rad 1980's digital effect (never change doctor who), while his companion just gives us the not-super-helpful-for-lore statement "He was the Doctor all the time!"

then, in a crossfade, the Doctor goes from Four to weird-powder-man to Five

canonically, the Watcher is explained as a future version of the doctor that comes about in sort of a weird overlapping thing with the doctor's timeline, it's very wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey.

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SO what does this have to do with biregeneration and satisfying character arcs/moving on from trauma?

Well, remember, Fifteen said this, about Time Lords doing rehab out of order:

so, here's the thing: Fifteen is the Doctor AFTER Fourteen (duh, I know?) But to be clear...Fourteen lives out an entire lifetime with Donna and family, gets to a ripe old age, and then, when his lifetime of healing is over, he gets yeeted back through his own timestream just to zoot himself out of David Tennant's chest.

Remember, his first words to Fourteen (after popping out of his chest) are "So good to see you! So good!", not the RTD classic "what?". He greets himself like he's almost expecting this, he then says "does anyone want to tell me what the hell is going on here?" which only makes sense if he's coming from a different point in his own timestream (remember, when two doctors interact, memory gets really weird, 10 and the War Doctor don't remember the events of Day of the Doctor until they live through them as 11).

SO TO BE CLEAR: Ncuti Gatwa is playing the Doctor AFTER he has spent years healing from his traumas. His Doctor is fine because Fourteen takes the time to rest and work on himself.

tl;dr: I didn't like biregeneration at first because I thought it looked like this:

In actuality, it looks more like this:

Glad to see Fifteen following the usual MO for picking up companions: burst into their life, be enigmatic, decide to leave alone, wait sluttily in the TARDIS for them to catch up. Love that for him tbh.

(I have thoughts about the special but I want to dissect first before I post that.)

WHY WAS THIS THE SEXIEST, SLUTTIEST STORY OF DOCTOR WHO WE'VE HAD SINCE PLANET OF FIRE!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!

it might just be me but 15’s sonic screwdriver kind of reminds me of the Matter Exchanger from Bratz: Super Babyz (2007)

Damn, those slugs heard "Eat The Rich" and went 'say less'

This episode was just... RTD cooked. No. He built the kitchen. Fr.

Millie Gibson (Ruby Sunday too), the woman you are...

RIP Ricky September, you were fantastic.

Lindy Pepper-Bean WTF.

Also, was this like a comment on our racist society or am I overanalyzing it?

Jonathan Groff is the moment.

Also, Ncuti keeps acting his ass OFF in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE. I stan.