also dw about the essay in the replies i agree there's very little in gitf that lends itself to the doctor being aspec, especially compared to how the rest of rtd1 handled it. with the exception of gitf the doctor is never shown to express unambiguous attraction to others
youtu.be/vZySewkDmnk?...

RIGHT i really have beef w moffat for his aphobic comments (about sherlock as well). dt's performance is. maybe the only good thing abt the ep for me? there's also a bit in the commentary he starts fighting for his life on the aspec doctor hill even tho that clearly wasn't the intent of the script 😭

i don't want to clog up your notifs but i am very passionate about this character and this arc apologies

obv you don't HAVE to love him we all have our preferences but i do think he's a very interesting n complex character in his own right especially wrt the inherent tragedy of the doctor's character - they kinda regenerated into the worst possible personality to cope w the loss they constantly face

(we know the reasoning is dubious, but that's his thought process)
his journey across s2 was about the conflict between the desire to be w her forever and knowing that he will inevitably lose her. satan pit's ending was him giving himself up to the former. he even likens her to a god he worships

the gloucester brothers from the new bbc4 audio drama king lear :)

someone else posted the link abt the 2nd part of the statement but the 40k number is from here. obv coughlan is amazing but i don't think we need to pit them against each other, they're both doing good work in supporting the community

messy sketches of that one shakespearean actor guy #davidtennant

i am so unwell

tell me the method letterboxd i promise i won't use it for nefarious purposes

anyway i forgot to post pics but the theater grind i went on last week was very very fun