#okay #so can we talk about how fucking smart this show used to be #maybe things were ridiculous #sometimes #but LABOR CAMPS #ENGLAND FOR THE ENGLISH #and an anti-war captain #and the most telling thing that goes unsaid here #is why history education is important—because who knows if Donna would have realized on her own what ‘labor camps’ mean #and an empowered and educated working class might have stopped the government from going this far #this is also an example of the shock doctrine at work#and ALL OF THAT I got from thirty seconds of a family show #yeah maybe it wasn’t as flashy as it is now #but rtd’s era was so much better #because of moments like this (via omfgcate)

Sherlock is a show about brilliant people not giving a damn about anything.
except Mrs.Hudson
touch her and Sherlock will give more than a damn
Touch anyone Sherlock cares about, and he’ll give more than a damn.
touch all of them and he’ll jump off a building
GO SIT IN A CORNER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID.
a reminder to the whovians who just discovered our fandom:
david tennant auditioned to play hannibal and bryan fuller still wants him to play a “seriously deranged serial killer” on the show in the future
Rose/Clara parallels
If we don’t find out they are connected in some way by the 50th anniversary, I’ll be really surprised.
“Matt and I did a play together called Swimming with Sharks before we worked on Doctor Who and we really get each other. I think we manage to surprise one another quite a bit, and we’ll definitely work together again at some point in the future.” -Arthur Darvill