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abandonedgod:

Even though I love this idea of Gallifreyans as a species having prosopagnosia, I’m still not sure if it’s actually true, since the Doctor has the habit of commenting his face and it’s distinct features (the chin, the eyebrows, i.e.) relatively often. I don’t know much about prosopagnosia and therefore I’m not sure whether it’s possible for people having/suffering from it to make such remarks. Does anybody know something more about that?

We can totally do that! In fact, things like distinctive eyebrows or sticky-out ears (the focus of Nine’s comments) are a big part of how we tell people apart.

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thetempest:

 

charamei:

Aaaaaahhhh no okay sorry I need to reblog it again because I am having Thoughts and Feelings

I mean Time Lords as a whole are awful at the concept of disguise I mean their major spy organisation has a distinctive black-and-white uniform which they never take off for crying out loud

But what we have when conversations like this happen is an unfortunate convergence of two Gallifreyan cultural things coming into play at the same time

#1 is Things Should Be Labelled As What They Are (aka Everyone Is In Uniform At All Times)*

*Romana somehow avoided this. Go you, Romana! You are the only one!

and #2 is Gallifreyans Are Prosopagnosic And Recognise One Another By Telepathy

And like yes if your entire species is faceblind and its primary sense is telepathy (and on the whole its members have a much lower sense of individuality than humans do because of the hivemind) of course the emphasis on clothing is going to be different

Humans use clothing to protect and cover up, yeah, but we also use it to show off and to express ourselves and neither of those things is nearly as important to a hiveminded species with vision as a secondary sense as it is to us

Gallifreyans use clothing as a label because Things Should Be Labelled As What They Are

Is it orange with a single V-stripe and double sleeves and a reasonably heavy weight of fabric well then clearly you are a Prydonian Time Lord

And yes the renegades do this too the lack of a uniform is the Renegade Uniform I would refer you to the fact that the Master is always in black and the Doctor picks a single theme per regeneration and sticks with it unless major trauma happens (looking at you, Eight)

Things Should Be Labelled As What They Are and so when the Doctor picks a new wardrobe at the start of a regeneration all they are really doing is re-applying the Renegade label hello yes I am a renegade this is my new renegade uniform

(It must have taken poor Twelve quite some time to come up with the cunning plan of wearing a different uniform I mean that is some hardcore breakage of Gallifreyan brainwashing there)

So for Gallifreyan Norm #1 we have ‘Nobody ever wears clothing that doesn’t indicate their function in society therefore nobody will ever suspect I am a renegade if I am wearing a Shobogan’s uniform, not even Clara’

And then for #2 there’s this unfortunate thing that Gallifreyans don’t see faces and like yes I’m sure the Doctor is aware that humans do recognise one another by sight (they go through this every time they regenerate after all) and they know their face hasn’t changed since Clara last saw them

But

What does ‘sight’ mean

Well clearly since everyone is always wearing a uniform it means face + uniform

This face + that coat = Sixth Doctor whereas this face + guard uniform = Commander Maxil

Oh sure my face is the same but Clara won’t recognise me as me because I am not wearing my renegade uniform she’ll just think I’m a Shobogan with a very similar face that’s how humans work right?

No Doctor

No it isn’t

But nice try

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spockvarietyhour:

airyairyquitecontrary:

spockvarietyhour:

well overall Frontier in Space is strong, wasn’t expecting the Cliffhanger. And looking at the BBC episode guide for the next episode just look at how fabulous the Doctor looks in Planet of the Daleks

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I think this sums up Pertwee’s run on the series nicely.

And I’m sad now because this was Roger Delgado’s last appearance on the series as the Master!

I believe in never missing an opportunity to tell this story about Roger Delgado, because it’s both one of the sweetest and one of the most trolly things I’ve ever heard of:

During his time as the Master, Delgado would sometimes find that when he was out and about doing ordinary things, like grocery shopping or waiting in a queue at the post office, he would feel someone’s stare boring into him. At about mid-thigh level. And he would look around unobtrusively, and there would be a little kid, usually standing behind its mother’s legs and holding onto a handful of her skirt for safety. Staring at him with the greatest suspicion and concern. Was it him? In their town? What the hell was he up to? Should they do something?

And Delgado would gaze back, give them a small, vulpine smile, and softly say ‘Yes, it’s the Master, small child.’

And there would be a little sharp intake of breath and the kid would disappear entirely behind Mum’s legs.

He always enjoyed thinking of the little thrill of pure terror and wonder he had thrown into their lives – and after all, no permanent psychological harm was done, since after a few days when the world wasn’t destroyed, they would have concluded that the Doctor turned up and discreetly took care of things, so everything was all right.

And, at least until they grew up enough to realise that they’d just seen an actor and he was having a bit of fun with them, they got to believe, no, to know for certain that everything they saw on Doctor Who was true.

heheheee

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weijiangling:

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iridescentoracle:

johannesviii:

Jack Harkness is probably the reason why bilateral symmetry is the template for all intelligent lifeforms in this series’ universe.

Please tell me I wasn’t the only one making this theory while watching Utopia in Season 3.

#…that makes way too much sense

BEAUTIFUL

ROFLMAO

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

First, I couldn’t stop laughing. Then I spent an hour trying to figure out how a normal human manages to have kids with a cloud or a download.

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