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I did NOT just read Bill Potts slander in the dw tag. THE BILL POTTS who questioned and challenged, and confronted the Doctor and kept him in check, who had so much of the Doctor's respect that he asked HER to tell him what to do, curious and open-minded Bill Potts, selfless and brave and insanely strong, survivor Bill Potts, so kind that even becoming a cyberman didn't turn her into a ruthless heartless machine and didn't break her spirit, even though she was literally without a heart, Bill Potts who had so much love in her heart that she sacrificed herself to save a village of people she just met and carried the Doctor out of explosions twice and saved his life with her tears? The Bill Potts who survived for 10 years in literal hell but still remained hopeful and soft? The Bill Potts who spent months in a world where everyone was brainwashed but her mind was so strong it could resist brainwashing and she was the one who saw the truth and the one who was able to save the world despite knowing it could kill her? Let's be real, not every companion would have made it through retaining humanity and kindness like Bill did. They took her heart but she never let them take her soul. Are you calling THIS the lack of character?? Not on my watch.
I've been sick for the past week, so I been binging Doctor Who again. To everyone who said that I would love Twelve you were right!
I have to admit I didn't like him at first. At first he is a little darker, a little colder, and really lost, but he goes on a great character progression over his three seasons.
First of all, his relationship with Clara is so interesting and complicated. He glomps right onto to her, more intensely then I think with almost any other companion that I've seen so far. He has this enormous fear of losing her, especially in the first season. Which does make sense considering how lost he feels, but again I think this is the first time I've seen this dynamic play out.
Previous companions really push the Doctor to be better, Donna does it for Ten, Amy does it for Eleven, but it's different with Clara. There are moments where she does remind the Doctor to be a more caring person, but the feeling I got was more like the Doctor was pulling Clara down to his level more often then not, and often to Clara's determinant.
I do think a third companion could have been helpful some times, someone to provide a different, more rational perspective at times, because the Doctor and Clara were often in this intense feedback loop bubble, especially in the second season.
Clara's ending was heartbreaking and lovely at the same time, and I'm so glad he got his memories back of her at the very end, because she deserved to be remembered.
Secondly, I love Bill Potts! She was so refreshingly normal. After a couple of companions that were extra super special, the impossible girl, Amy saving the universe with her imagine alone, etc, it was so refreshing to have a companion who was just a normal everyday person. I loved her friendship with the Doctor, it just felt so sweet and chill, not that things are ever really all that chill with the Doctor, but that is the term that comes to mind. Also, Nardole was hilarious! I loved that he really wasn't afraid to call the Doctor out on his bullshit.
Lastly, Missy. I loved Missy to bits, the best version of the Master so far for me. I loved her when she was unhinged, and when she was trying to change. My only compliant is I wish we had gotten more of her. More of her being unhinged and more of her and the Doctor trying to work out things between them. They had part of one episode near the end where Missy was going to try and do a good mission on her own with the Doctor as her guide in her ear, and God I would have loved a full episode or episodes of that. And yes, I ship it! I ship it like crazy. I love a friends-to-enemies-to-allies-to-maybe friends again-to lovers. I'm so sad the Doctor will never know that she chose him in the end.
I'm probably missing a lot, but overall I loved Twelve and his companions, and his Master.
I'm probably going to take a long break before I start Thirteen's run. I just need to sit with what I've seen for a bit.
the doctor would love the pikmin, i mean come on, a species that aren’t even an inch tall with a wide diversity of skills and colors? theyd have a field day, especially 11 he’s love the lil guys 🥺
A wild Bill Potts I drew
(Please don’t repost. Like seriously)
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“like a penguin with its arse on fire”
— bill potts, giving the most accurate description of peter capaldi’s run i have ever heard in my life
Say what you will about Doctor Who but its “immortal gays in space” trope is a nice change from the bury your gays trope.
sometimes a family is an immortal viking, a girl with no heartbeat, a time lord old enough to be your messiah but who consistently wears plaid pants and a hoodie, and their celestial gay daughters.
every day i pray for doctor who to stop neglecting companions other than rose and doctors other than ten and every day RTD spits in my face and says "more Rose angst"
I just want Martha or Bill or Rory or, god forbid, 11-13 to be treated with respect 😭
HAPPY FRIDAY I MISS THEM
I know what you mean. I still don't get all the hatred Martha's still receiving. And if I find out that it is because she did what all companions must do at one point (if they don't die first, that is), I swear I am going to break something.
I really don’t understand why people hate companions. I just don’t get it. Yeah, some may not be your favorite, but to sit there and say you HATE them? I loved every companion. I loved Rose, I loved Martha, I loved Donna, I loved Amy and Rory, and I loved Clara. And I know I will love Bill. Why? Because they are flawed, because they aren’t perfect, because they represent real people like us, because they sometimes get on my nerves and because the Doctor chose them. I love all the companions because I can see little bits of myself, good and bad, in all of them.
Unfortunately, I feel like I’m one of the few who feel this way.
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Criticism to Bill's "Death"
Jack Harkness was a gay character who lived for centuries. Seriously, other than the Doctor and Master he was one of the only characters who could have potentially lived forever (or at least until the Face of Boe died). Martha and Mikey Smith were two POC characters who were not only smart as hell (one a doctor the other a computer wizz) and were kickass (last appearance anyone?) but they also arguably got the happiest ending of the New Doctor who era as they found each other through the Doctor and were able to continue defending the Earth within their own time period, while also being some of the only companions to leave the TARDIS and the Doctor of their own accord. Yes it is horrible that POC and LGBT+ characters are treated so horribly by the television and film industry but you cannot only call Doctor Who out on this for the case of Bill. If she had been a white heterosexual man I'd believe that Moffat still would have had her/him killed off for the sake of shock and entertainment as was the case for Rory Williams. Just enjoy the show for what it is and for allowing such broad representation as it is. I say this as someone who really loved Bill's character but, while being upset for her apparent permanent state, can appreciate the drama and need for tension as it is the episode before the finale.
Bill Potts and her girlfriend Heather (pride day 2)
Justice for Bill because she was funny and kind and the dynamic with Peter Capaldi was amazing.
Imagine 13 and Bill together! Would've been incredible.
Rose in The Unquiet Dead (2005) | Bill in Thin Ice (2017)
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