Me after watching +6 hours straight of doctor who: so what if…tma doctor who au………..
Martin is the plucky companion who is working a dead end job when he’s attacked by an alien race of worms who wish to shell out humanity (literally) and farm the planet for resources. He’s begrudgingly saved by the perpetually scowling time lord known as the Archivist, who only does so because he is also trying to not get eaten by alien worms as he collects parts to repair his ship (which was damaged by a rouge K-9 unit that mysteriously got inside). Neither are quite happy about this situation but in an attempt to flee Martin hits a wrong button and they end up stranded on a distant planet with no way of getting back so they’re forced to work together to make repairs and maybe bond and have what could vaguely constitute as a heart to heart in the meantime (at least, what Martin assumes is the Archivist equivalent of a heart to heart). And then everything is fixed and dandy and Martin is able to return to his planet but then the Archivist is like so um. Maybe would you perhaps like to go and see a different time or planet since you did like help me out even though it was KIND OF your fault that we ended up in this mess and I’m not saying like I want to spend more time with you or anything but you know it’s only polite? To take you on a little adventure? You know? 🙄 and Martin is like um. I mean I’m kind of unemployed now so sure (and also maybe he thinks that the Archivist is a little cute but he CANNOT admit that because it would be SO shallow of him to say that he hopped in a spaceship with a random guy he barely knows bc he thought he was hot, but also maybe if he hangs out with him more they could maybe get to know each other better? And like. Maybe even hold hands. As a totally normal thing that space traveling companions do 😳)
And they like. Go on adventures together
ALT
Nodding along and shaking your hand…you are so right and correct for this and I can definitely see this becoming A Thing bc at first it’s just a random alias that he uses when he’s trying to not be singled out as the infamous Archivist but then like um maybe it’s kinda nice when Martin calls him that 😳 like maybe there is something there and— yes, Martin, he’s feeling fine. No, he’s not warm. Yes, his pulse is very normal for a person with two hearts, leave him alone you know nothing about Totally Normal Time Lord Things
But also I’m just imagining a conversation like
Martin: so if Jon was just an alias, what’s your real name?
Archivist: …the Archivist.
Martin: haha, very funny. Where’d you get that one?
ALT