Rho's Whovian Miscellany

i fandom-crossovered too close to the sun

.........what fandom is this talking about by the way

well, i'm not usually the fandom sideblog type,

but i just can't stop the ideas for a Rise of the TMNT crossover from flowing.

imagine there is one semi-redeemed dalek who works at the space dmv. they hired it because it makes lines go quicker. someone forgets their papers and instead of arguing about it, they hear a dalek start yelling PAPERWORK. PAPERWORK. and they apologize profusely and leave.

"average dalek doesn't kill anyone in its lifetime" actually statistical error. dalek todd, who works at the space dmv and has actually saved lives by providing spaceship driver's licenses, is an outlier and should not be counted

space dmv gets denied proper funding for equipment the fifth year in a row and dalek todd unleashes all his hatred onto updating all their computers with superior dalek tech so that they can process requests faster. everyone loves dalek todd. he's a joy to have in the workplace. sometimes he'll tell you that you would make a better dalek then [insert species here] and he would convert you in a heartbeat, but we think that's just his way of being friendly. if balance your coffee on top of his head when he gets mad, it heats up.

replaced his laser gun with an actual whisk and makes brownies for work parties. he can't taste so they are AWFUL but everyone appreciates the effort

Apparently this comic is making the rounds again, and the people who reblog it are just as angry with me as they were two years ago.

hey op fuck you (but in a good way because holy shit)

At this point this comic is nearly six years old and people are still angry ; it kinda warms my heart that so many people are as emotional about Nine as I tend to be

@orneryjen Excuse me holy shit

The original was brilliant and terribly sad; the continuation drawn by @orneryjen full of hope and joy. What superb joint storytelling!!

@sundayinthcpark

I think the Daleks are one of the best representations of fascist ideology and the failing thereof. Mainly in that they're really pathetic more than anything. They're sad little creatures locked safely away from the world inside their shells and desensitised to everything but hate. They could never build a real culture of their own yet they are utterly and dogmatically convinced of their own superiority. They are an entire civilisation built solely to destroy and categorically incapable of anything else (literally. Their design is comically inefficient). The single smartest Dalek who ever lived ran the numbers and came to the inescapable conclusion that their species is doomed to failure and the only way for them to survive is to rethink their ways... so they killed him.

this is kind of ignoring how god damn terrifying they are. like, these are the things that practically wiped out a multiverse spanning race of mostly immortal time travelers. they caused a fully immortal time traveler to break down crying in despair just by broadcasting a single word. they are the single largest source of ptsd for someone who has literally killed satan. they can't do anything but kill, but they are exceptionally good at killing. i think that "the last day" highlights this best, where it's stated that a single dalek can wipe out a full time lord city.

Exactly, Daleks are the perfect representation of fascism because their absolutely monstrous potential to destroy lives is their only legitimate accomplishment. I can't think of a better way to summarise their existence than that their creator decided a gun arm was more important than designing them with opposable thumbs.

they're a great example of real world fascism because if you pigeon hole them into "stupid angry idiot pepper shakers", you will fucking die, because they are still a very real threat to life. they are often stupid, always a deadend ideology, that is self-destructive and fueled by petty hate that can and will burn down everything around it, but the second you think they're just a silly group of stupid hatemongers, they will obliterate you and everything you love because they are still a VERY real threat that can be VERY dangerous if you underestimate the threat they pose.

a few days ago an irl told me about how the alphabet is on the wrong order on the doctor who wiki because in one episode a character recites the alphabet backwards but gets two letters the wrong way around and there has been no other representation of the full alphabet in any other dw media so technically there’s no proof that it isn’t canon and i’ve been thinking about that ever since

actually it gets funnier. there are multiple instances of parts of the alphabet being spoken in episodes. the problem is absolutely none of these have spoken that specific section since the episode that got the order wrong.

[ID: Tom Scott edited in front of the cloning booth from Heaven Sent /End ID]

Sorry for who-posting in the year 2019 but the Doctor is actually so named because he wrote and successfully defended a dissertation at an accredited university whereas the Master completed a 2-year graduate program in his chosen field, which points to the existence of a third less-advanced and less-specialized counterpart, the Bachelor

The Bachelor is never seen in the show because he’s still living with his parents on Gallifrey, listlessly applying for jobs and stress-eating

I thought the bachelor was being fought over by 12 women in a big house

galaxy brain:  The Bachelor Tv show has featured the same man for every season but he regenerates like the doctor

obsessed with the idea that the bachelor is ritually killed at the end of every season

Ten and Donna end up on a fucked up deadly space newlyweds show despite uh. Not being newlyweds but they get almost all the questions right. They start to sweat when the final question is "what's one secret desire you have involving the other?" And Donna writes "sometimes I wish I could occasionally shrink down the doctor real small so I could carry him around in my pocket and make sure he doesn't get lost' while Ten writes "sometimes I wish I was small enough that Donna could carry me around in like a cat backpack or maybe a shirt pocket" and they look at each other like AYYYYYY because not only are they deeply drift compatible they're also fuckin weird about it 💖

in 40 years there will be a historical doctor who episode where they go to the glasgow willy wonka experience and find out The Unknown wasn't an actor at all

They'll take roald dahl there just like how they took van gogh to the museum