The Timeless Children rewatch

Rewatching The Timeless Children and the Master really did just yoink the Doctor through the portal with him.
And I do wish it had been a longer shot so we could see him grab her hand. It'd be a neat parallel to the way the Twelfth Doctor had grabbed Missy's hand.

Also this episode really does show off how excellent Whittaker is as an actor. The sadness and conflict on her face the entire time she's with the Master!
Dhawan is excellent too; his Master is a little pleased with himself but similarly conflicted as well.

Really do wish the director had opted for more medium to long shots though. I want to see ALL of Whittaker and Dhawan's acting!

Toisin Cole's Ryan is such a sweetheart and I'll miss him when he goes. 😭 He's my favourite of the Thirteenth Doctor's companions and I love his relationship with the Doctor.

( This first bit has a lot of nice Doctor/Master stuff and it is good. )

( I hate so much of the canon this episode introduces, so here's some headcanons and theories to lighten things up )

( I'm very amused that 13 is very concerned about upholding that 'no humans on Gallifrey rule' and also wish that the Doctor would accept at least one of the Master's gifts to her. )

( A mini-rant on how terrible Chibnall is at monologues. )

( Really wishing we had the angle that would allow the audience how the Master is BREATHING on the Doctor's knuckles. Or that he'd kissed her knuckles. )

( Anyway, after a rewatch I still hate the plot of TTC and the canon it adds but still love all the emotions it made me feel. )

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also I should do a life update here, but bah, I've been mostly using my phone for fandom interaction and it is hard to do HTML even with my bluetooth keyboard.

at least I've not even done a proper tumblr post about the things that has happened since my last personal update, just lots of 'in person' informing via discord/PM and vague tweeting