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I'm K. Tempest Bradford, a writer, blogger, tech geek, and all around nerd. I'm such a big science fiction/fantasy/speculative fiction fan that I even write it (I know, pretty hard core!).

I have a non-Tumblr blog and that's where the majority of my long-form posts go. This blog is for my more fannish activities, link sharing, and squeeness.
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Avengers: Gallifrey

voixmortelle:

The Avengers’ names written in Circular Gallifreyan.

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doctorwho: This can’t be good podcasterarkle: ASSEMBLE! ASSEMBLE!

doctorwho:

This can’t be good

podcasterarkle:

ASSEMBLE! ASSEMBLE!

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I’m a geek. I’m a writer. I spent all of my time in my childhood obsessing about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who. I was alone, I was an outsider — what do you expect? I was that bullied kid at the back of the class weeping for loneliness. I don’t think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I’ll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.

Steven Moffat


Read the rest of the interview here.

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This… explains a lot. (Not that one couldn’t have guessed.)

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Mickey Smith is completely underrated

the-eleventh-blog:

  • The guy fucking saved the universe with a yellow truck.
  • He was loyal to a woman who fell in love with a man no one can compete with.
  • He went to another universe just to be with his Grandma.
  • He broke into a motherfucking school with a motherfucking metal dog in the backseat.
  • He has a god damn 80’s song dedicated to him.

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doctorwho: Some amazing Doctor Who fanart by Robin E Kaplan!

doctorwho:

Some amazing Doctor Who fanart by Robin E Kaplan!

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whoniverseconfessions: ‘I know that everyone dislikes certain qualities in companions, but I feel the most sympathetic for Martha. Too many Whovians believe that Martha was useless as a companion, when I see it otherwise. So many times was she the one caring for the Doctor, when usually the Doctor loses his companions in some odd manner, making them undesirable burdens. And even when Martha is stuck in a sticky situation, she still becomes witty and finds a solution somehow. Forget her unrequited love; she’s amazing.’

whoniverseconfessions:

‘I know that everyone dislikes certain qualities in companions, but I feel the most sympathetic for Martha. Too many Whovians believe that Martha was useless as a companion, when I see it otherwise. So many times was she the one caring for the Doctor, when usually the Doctor loses his companions in some odd manner, making them undesirable burdens. And even when Martha is stuck in a sticky situation, she still becomes witty and finds a solution somehow. Forget her unrequited love; she’s amazing.’

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whoniverseconfessions: ‘Martha Jones was the most cunning of all the New Who companions. She was brilliant, the most innovative, and the most efficient as a companion. Her abrupt love for the Doctor did not show dependency, but rather Martha’s faithfulness for him. And one cannot just say that Martha didn’t do anything in series 3, because twice in that series did she end up crucially saving him, and even when she was stuck in a bad situation, she still had the wit to make the most of it. No one can hate Martha Jones.’

whoniverseconfessions:

‘Martha Jones was the most cunning of all the New Who companions. She was brilliant, the most innovative, and the most efficient as a companion. Her abrupt love for the Doctor did not show dependency, but rather Martha’s faithfulness for him. And one cannot just say that Martha didn’t do anything in series 3, because twice in that series did she end up crucially saving him, and even when she was stuck in a bad situation, she still had the wit to make the most of it. No one can hate Martha Jones.’

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whoniverseconfessions: Why do all the New Who companions have to have some mystical destiny? Child of the TARDIS, most important woman in the universe, etc. I miss the old days when we could identify with our companions and they didn’t need a tragic story/backstory.’ THANK YOU. jesus yes. But I want y’all to notice something: the companions in NewWho that all have this special destiny stuff? All. White. ALL. Also: it’s just super unimaginative. It’s the same over and over and over. The new companion will be the same. We’ll find out that she’s the daughter of the son of the TARDIS and was specially made in a bottle in order to be the Doctor’s wife once River gets stuck in the Library.

whoniverseconfessions:

Why do all the New Who companions have to have some mystical destiny? Child of the TARDIS, most important woman in the universe, etc. I miss the old days when we could identify with our companions and they didn’t need a tragic story/backstory.’

THANK YOU. jesus yes.

But I want y’all to notice something: the companions in NewWho that all have this special destiny stuff? All. White. ALL.

Also: it’s just super unimaginative. It’s the same over and over and over.

The new companion will be the same. We’ll find out that she’s the daughter of the son of the TARDIS and was specially made in a bottle in order to be the Doctor’s wife once River gets stuck in the Library.

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whoniverseconfessions: ‘I think I may be the only person in the fandom who doesn’t much like Sarah Jane Smith. She’s all right, yes, and I’m sure Lis Sladen was a lovely woman, but since her return to the series she seems to have risen to a level of importance over most other companions which is especially stupid when you consider that a large proportion of her ‘fans’ have never seen her original episodes.’ I bet this anon is mad that Sarah Jane is taking love away from Rose. Awww, poor sad you. Also, I’m wondering how this anon could know that the fans have never seen her original episodes? Because it’s not as if they’re lost to history. I watched like 7 on Netflix last week. Does this anon not realize that, long before Rose, Sarah Jane was one of the most popular Doctor Who companions ever? I didn’t know very much about the show when it first started, but one thing I did know is that SOOOOO many people loved Sarah Jane. She was already raised up above other companions in popularity before she returned tot he show. It’s WHY they had her back on the show. Helloooo. NewWho fans are such damn dicks sometimes.

whoniverseconfessions:

‘I think I may be the only person in the fandom who doesn’t much like Sarah Jane Smith. She’s all right, yes, and I’m sure Lis Sladen was a lovely woman, but since her return to the series she seems to have risen to a level of importance over most other companions which is especially stupid when you consider that a large proportion of her ‘fans’ have never seen her original episodes.’

I bet this anon is mad that Sarah Jane is taking love away from Rose. Awww, poor sad you.

Also, I’m wondering how this anon could know that the fans have never seen her original episodes? Because it’s not as if they’re lost to history. I watched like 7 on Netflix last week.

Does this anon not realize that, long before Rose, Sarah Jane was one of the most popular Doctor Who companions ever? I didn’t know very much about the show when it first started, but one thing I did know is that SOOOOO many people loved Sarah Jane. She was already raised up above other companions in popularity before she returned tot he show. It’s WHY they had her back on the show. Helloooo.

NewWho fans are such damn dicks sometimes.

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