river: regenrates, understands space and time + time vortex, knows gallifreyan engineering, can properly pilot the TARDIS and other time travel technology, gets a new ‘name’ timelord style, has two hearts, reads/writes gallifreyan + old-high gallifreyan, has super strength and human+ biology, has an augmented lifespan, understands non-linear perception of time, can change her appearance at will like a timelady, manipulates regeneration energy, literally has human PLUS timelord DNA, has her mind uploaded into the library Matrix after her death, exists
“It was such a basic mistake, wasn’t it, Madame Kovarian. Take a child, raise her into a perfect psychopath, introduce her to the Doctor. Who else was I going to fall in love with?”
HELLO ALL!!! FALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU’LL GET TO WEAR JEANS AND LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS AND SWEATERS!!! YOU WONT GET ALL HOT JUST WALKING OUTSIDE FOR 3 minUTES!! THE LEAVES WILL BE CHANGING AND COFFEE WILL BE APPROPRIATE AT 10AM AND 10PM!! THERE WILL BE BETTER DAYS AHEAD. I’m exited for us!
in every fandom there’s this one fic that everyone and their mother recommends, but when you go and read it it turns out to be weird or out of character or in some way just not that great, and you find yourself wondering if the whole thing is some kind of fandom wide inside joke
“It’s ridiculous that we get these old guys with young women draped round them. When I started Doctor Who and we were doing photoshoots we’d be asked if Jenna could just lie down there while I, you know'— he leaps up and acts out a young woman sprawled coquettishly about while he gets to stand and look powerful over her. ‘I had to say, ‘Look, that’s just not what we’re about. The relationship between my Doctor and his companion is one of deep love. But it’s a strange sort of platonic bond. It becomes clearer and more moving as this particular series goes on.’
‘Of course [the TV industry]’s sexist. Most of my peers have partners their age, so if we have a dinner party with a bunch of actors, the wives or partners are largely the same age. Then you see your friends on screen and they are suddenly with some extraordinary young lady who wouldn’t be at the dinner party. It’s ridiculous.’
‘It is true that women reach a certain age when people decide that they’re not useful anymore as actors. There are a few significant theatrical roles that they might be viable for. That’s not fair, it’s not right, it’s not a proper reflection of what goes on in life.’
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Peter Capaldi
on 12′s relationship with Clara and sexism in the TV industry (x)
