River Song - Blog Posts
the only reason river and 11s relationship doesn’t look almost exactly like s10 12/missy is bc 11 is too immature and irresponsible and river is too afraid that he’ll feel ashamed and run away if they try to have an actual honest conversation about river’s inclinations for violence <3 in this essay I will
river song really made a dalek beg for mercy huh
I love that every Doctor has this a realization of “Everyone I travel with ends up hurt or traumatized and it’s all my fault and I’m sooooo selfish because I keep letting them travel with me, I’m lonely and hate traveling by my self but I have to do it anyway so I don’t hurt anymore of my companions” and the next episode/regeneration the Doctor gets a new companion.
I started writing a Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who crossover fic on a Ao3, where Rory Williams and John Watson meet in University and become friends.
It's not complete yet but I will try to update it regularly. So maybe (please), if it seems interesting to you, check it out.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64501414
I always find it super weird in the new doctor who seasons whenever they try to push the idea that the doctor has never settled down in one place for an extended period of time because… well he has. Quite a lot actually.
Just off the top of my head I can think of quite a few.
The weeks its implied that 11 spends with the Ponds in ‘The power of three’
The unknown amount of time he spends grieving in the sky of 1980’s London in ‘the snowmen’
The centuries he spent protecting Trenzalore in ‘the time of the doctor’
12’s 24 years living alongside River on Darillium in ‘the husbands of River Song’
And 12’s retired life as a professor watching over Missy in his final season
It’s not overly common but it happens just enough that it always makes me raise an eyebrow whenever they try to do the “the one adventure you’ve never had before” stuff again. Like, some of these are incredibly important to the doctor’s story and it’s always weird when they try to pretend they never happened.