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honestly it drove me a bit insane how much of a crush Lethbridge-Stewart had on the doctor. gay gay homosexual gay

HI HI HI THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING ME THIS ASK!!! IT ISNT OFTEN MY DB TAGS GET NOTICED

YOU ARE CORRECT THEY DID GO OUT, IN FACT I'D EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO SAY THEY ARE MARRIED!!!!!! (I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT)

AND I AM REALLY GLAD YOU LOVE MY HC ABOUT THEIR SLEEP THING!!! (I ASSUME THAT'S THE ONE YOU ARE REFERRING TO??)

IN LIEU OF MY TYPING IT OUT AGAIN IN MORE DETAIL HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM THIS FIC IN WHICH I EXPANDED UPON IT:

(for context, the (fifth) doctor is in their bedroom in the tardis, but they can't go back to earth at that moment for Reasons, that the rest of the chapter explains)

Briefly, they consider getting undressed and actually getting into bed, but decide against it: given that they’re not remotely tired, to sleep now, it just wouldn’t be the same without Alistair. Timelords require only a fraction of the amount of sleep Humans require, but they can sleep almost as much, if they choose to – which the Doctor started doing long ago when they discovered how much they enjoy the feeling they get, sleeping beside him: feeling warm and fuzzy, and safe. Ever since then, whatever sleep they do need – which isn’t none, despite assertions that have been made by a number of their friends who have found them in the console room at all sorts of hours – they usually manage to get it whenever they’re with him; meaning they often don’t need to when they’re not. Well, that gives them an even better idea. Getting off the bed and straightening out their clothes, they go over to the sofa and open the universal video link-up, dialling the corresponding link that they and Alistair had set up at home, when their exile was lifted after the first Omega palaver.

THERE ARE A MILLION MORE HEADCANONS AND FICS WHERE ALL THAT CAME FROM!!!! I AM OBSESSED WITH THESE TWO...

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME IF U WANNA TALK ABOUT THEM MORE

He is to his species on his planet in his country, as the leader of a British government organization. But that's not as important to the massive expanse of the universe. Plenty of other Alistair Gordon Lethbridge Stewarts on different planets have done the exact same thing as species come and go. In the end, he's a spec of dust compared to the infinite vastness of everything else. He's not particularly powerful or important to the universe at all. Just another mortal human man.

I'm sure if fate were slightly different, the Doctor would've let Alistair travel in the TARDIS for a year and then left. That's not what happened though, this man, one they sort of knew briefly, took them in during a traumatic exile. Gave them a job and a home and someone to treat as an equal when everything else felt so distant. Something their supposedly "superior" kind refused to do.

Also, I think Alistair is a good example of a companion where it feels like he's not subtly below the Doctor. The Doctor doesn't have a TARDIS to control where the humans go or any alien planets/alternate times to spout knowledge about. Alistair is a human, but also the Doctor's boss, but also their closest friend. They exchange ideas, they argue, they tease each other. And you forget you're watching a 700 year old vagabond criminal alien with psychic powers. Because around Alistair, it's not what the Doctor wants to be. Alistair isn't special because he's the Brigadier, it's because he's kind and intelligent, strong and loyal.

Whenever the Doctor comes back Alistair is always ready. In a time where their Brigadeir is dead, he haunts the Doctor's mind, every decision they make influenced by him- even when they don't even notice. The two of them are always together. In every incarnation of the Doctor, Alistair is there, literally and/or figuratively. They weren't destined by fate to be together but no stupid amount of fate can tear them apart.

What do you mean most versions of the Doctor knew him because they kept coming back? What do you mean the Doctor's first response to being traumatically murdered, having his companions forcibly stolen and exiled is to go start a life with the Brigadier working for him?

What do you mean that even after regaining their TARDIS the Doctor keeps revisiting?

Three is dying and chooses to die at unit with the Brigadier.

Four tries to run away in fear high on regen energy afterwards and he's convinced by Sarah to stay because I quote "the Brigadier needs you!"

All the versions of the Doctor keep either revisiting the Brigadier or constantly talking about how great a man his Alistair was. The return of the Doctor rouses the Brigadier out of retirement when nothing else would. The Brigadier dies, the Doctor immediately befriends and swears to protect his daughter Kate. The Doctor keeps revisiting Kate just as they did with Alistair

i would hit the master with a book, repeatedly. i suspect you already knew that when you typed this 😆

as for write with or read to... hmm i feel like, either way, three would get distracted... but... hmm...

to be honest, i am just imagining both of them being there; however i think i'll actually write the book with alistair bc i have a headcanon that he draws/paints, so he could illustrate it for me!

and doc is sitting on the other side of the labs making quips about our scientific and/or historical inaccuracies... which means they're listening which means technically i am reading to them... ish...

not sure what the book is about but i'm gonna create two deeply in love characters based on the two of them, and wait and see how long it takes them to notice...