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Doctor/Master (crack) theory.
This is inspired by The Doctor's Wife (no spoilers) and A Christmas Carol (minor spoiler), plus I borrow SHAMELESSLY from The Naming of Things by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ariafic (Summary: How to become the Master. This is the best Master fic EVER.)
The Enmity of Ages...
TEEN KAZRAN: What, now? I kiss her now?
DOCTOR: Kazran, it's this or go to your room and design a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes.
'A Christmas Carol'
Once upon a time on Gallifrey there were two little Time Lord boys called Theta and Koschei who were bestest friends. And as they grew older, Koschei realised that he was head-over-heels in love with Theta, but Theta was utterly oblivious, and also liked girls and quite clearly didn't think about Koschei like that...
Now Koschei wanted to the centre of Theta's world in every way, so he did the logical thing: Killed himself and turned into a girl. (A red head, obviously.)
This (not surprisingly) made Theta FREAK OUT, even though he was also excited and attracted and intrigued, but at the critical moment he lost his nerve and ran away to his room and began designing a new kind of screwdriver.
Gallifrey hath no fury like a Time Lady scorned, so Koschei killed herself again (out of spite) and resolved to stay male forever (that'd teach Theta not to appreciate what (s)he'd done for him!), and the friendship never recovered, although the complex feelings stayed with them always.
And the Doctor was left with a particular weakness for strong-willed red heads...
Never the End
ariafic (Summary: How to become the Master. This is the best Master fic EVER.)TEEN KAZRAN: What, now? I kiss her now?
DOCTOR: Kazran, it's this or go to your room and design a new kind of screwdriver. Don't make my mistakes.
'A Christmas Carol'
Once upon a time on Gallifrey there were two little Time Lord boys called Theta and Koschei who were bestest friends. And as they grew older, Koschei realised that he was head-over-heels in love with Theta, but Theta was utterly oblivious, and also liked girls and quite clearly didn't think about Koschei like that...
Now Koschei wanted to the centre of Theta's world in every way, so he did the logical thing: Killed himself and turned into a girl. (A red head, obviously.)
This (not surprisingly) made Theta FREAK OUT, even though he was also excited and attracted and intrigued, but at the critical moment he lost his nerve and ran away to his room and began designing a new kind of screwdriver.
Gallifrey hath no fury like a Time Lady scorned, so Koschei killed herself again (out of spite) and resolved to stay male forever (that'd teach Theta not to appreciate what (s)he'd done for him!), and the friendship never recovered, although the complex feelings stayed with them always.
And the Doctor was left with a particular weakness for strong-willed red heads...
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Headcanon forever.
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It's weird, because absolutely everyone else I know who ships Doctor/Master shipped it before Doctor/River. I'm the other way around--I only got into Doctor Who during series 5, and I went back to watch the other series specifically in hopes of lots more River Song (yeah...) and I wonder how that shapes my views on Master/Doctor.
A lot of Master/Doctor and Doctor/River shippers I've spoken to have said they ship Doctor/River in part because, like the Master, she's the only one who really seems to be on equal footing with him. Basically River = feme!Master so they ship it. Then there's only old me, who shipped River/Doctor long before I even knew that the Master existed as a character.
Am I making sense? I've been running errands on very limited sleep all day, I'm not sure I'm making sense. Thoughts?
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It's a pretty technical/narrative interest, though. It would be a stretch to say I ship it. You've got a character whose basic purpose is to be evil--I just can't take that seriously.
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But the middle ground in between that, including pretty much everything onscreen . . .
There's a character whose purpose is to be evil. Let's just say that's not calculated to appeal to my narrative interests.
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Hmm. I'd say that his purpose is to be the anti-Doctor. And the thing is that without the Doctor he loses his purpose - this is one of the reasons my new theory appeals makes me so happy: The Master is a reaction against the Doctor ('The enmity of ages' indeed - worst. breakup. ever). Of course you explore this beautifully in your fic, but let me also rec Nowhere Man in case I haven't before.
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ETA: Actually, going over old ground, then there's an interesting split in the RTD years, where Ten loves two people who are polar opposites (nicely reflecting his own personality split), whereas River is a much more complex character, both good and bad...
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But Rusty morally objectifies characters (as do many writers), and I'm sure there's legit reasons for doing that too. But it boils my blood if I think about it too hard, which is why I mostly ignore this sort of thing when it crops up in fiction.
On either side I doubt it matters too much how much the writer manages to add shading and characterization on top of their framework--the underlying offense is always going to be there.
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And it's quite funny, actually, because this was sort of the case with Spike on BtVS... except he (and his relationship with Buffy) kinda got away from the writers, and the things they were supposed to 'be' got completely out of hand. It's one reason I love them so much. ♥
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So, yeah, that will probably happen at some point.
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Heh. I have now spoiled you silly, of course, but hey-ho. It's only 144 episodes...
*ducks and runs away*
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(And usually the "how" and "why" is more interesting than the "what" anyway *points to icon*)
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And it's funny, because I absolutely adored the Doctor/Master relationship (it's what finally tipped me into proper obsessiveness) - all the dark mirroring and twisted love etc etc (I can link you to my VERY VERY LONG essay that I wrote after S3 if you like?), and I was very happy with that and was very clear that I'd never ship the Doctor with a human (or someone mortal). And then S5 happened, and I had to eat ALL MY WORDS.
Yes I love Doctor/River because of the way it echoes Doctor/Master, but also because of all the differences. Doctor/Master is impossible, it'll never happen. Doctor/River does happen, and how! And whereas Doctor/Master throws both of them into rigid roles (because the Master is EVIL and the Doctor is therefore good), Doctor/River is far more complex, because she's... not exactly a light of goodness (to say the least) and yet the Doctor marries her (or as good as), which makes him a lot more morally suspect too.
And now I'm not at all sure I've made any sense, since *I* am half asleep. Hey ho, tangents are nice, aren't they?
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Seriously, tho. Awesome.
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(The basic idea is
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It all makes sense. For a given value of "sense", of course.
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Koschei is the Master's Real Name (or Original Name), according to fanon (and yes, definitely from Koschei the Deathless - or is it the other way around? Hmmm....)
And Theta Sigma was the Doctor's nickname at school. (This according to the teeth and curls. *g*)
It all makes sense. For a given value of "sense", of course.
Thank you! :)
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And that would explain Tegan too; works for me!
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:)
And that would explain Tegan too; works for me!
It's an explanation that fits everything!
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So THAT'S WHAT'S UP WITH THE READHEAD FIXATION. Clearly an obsession of that magnitude would only make sense if it had something to do with the Master!
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Who can? ;)
And The Naming of Things is CANON.
Yes. Yes it is.
So THAT'S WHAT'S UP WITH THE READHEAD FIXATION. Clearly an obsession of that magnitude would only make sense if it had something to do with the Master!
It ALL MAKES SENSE! \o/
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That's it in a nutshell!! Right there.
*NODS*
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