The Internet's Reaction To The Twelfth Doctor

As told by my tumblr dashboard.

In case you live on a planet unreachable by the TARDIS...

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8-4-2013: 12th Doctor was announced, via a live broadcast featuring guest stars (including the 5th Doctor!) and the new Doctor himself.

1. First, we tried to get ready.

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If you didn't know that we'd be welcoming a new Doctor to the world today, which rock have you been living under and can I borrow it to finish writing my dissertation?

2. After all, new Doctor = VERY BIG NEWS.

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3. We needed to know...WHO?

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4. Some people were safe from the madness...

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5. ...others knew exactly what to expect.

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6. Yup, some people knew the fandom very, very well.

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7. Warnings were given.

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8. Predictions were made.

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Ha. HAHA. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

No.

9. Stephen Hawking was awesome.

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Hawking? Awesome? Well, duh. But just when you thought he couldn't get any cooler...

10. We were pretty nervous.

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Many of us were still recovering from the Sherlock preview.

11. Who? Who? WHO???

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12. THEN.

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13. Tumblr dashboards exploded.

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14. Twitter was taken over by Whovians.

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15. Google-fu was unleashed.

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16. EVERYONE needed to know EVERYTHING he had ever done EVER.

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I was in the audience and after the show, Capaldi shook a few hands in the front row. Then more and more people seemed to realize, "OMG this is the new doctor!" And then A RUSH OF WHOVIANS.

I think he realized in that moment that for the rest of his life, he'd have crazed fans after him. I would say poor guy, but dude, he gets to be THE DOCTOR.

17. People discovered his role as Malcolm Tucker.

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18. Then tumblr discovered Tucker's potty-mouth...

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19. ...and had fun.

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20. Somebody got to Wikipedia really quickly...

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21. ...and someone else found this gem.

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22. Obligatory compilations of gorgeous pics came together...

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23. ...and really amazing fan work.

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wow.

24. Not everything was custard and fish-fingers though...

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Moffat upset quite a few people...

25. Matt Smith stabbed us all in the heart.

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A tear? No, that's just a drunk giraffe in my eye...

26. No, really, need a hug sweetie?

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I volunteer as tribute.

27. But the British rallied and came together as a united people...

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Beautiful.

28. ...while other Fandoms united in support of the Whovians.

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29. In the end, the fandom seems pretty happy...

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They're definitely having fun theorizing how to get out of this paradox...

30. Welcome, Mr. Peter Capaldi!

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31. BUT WAIT!

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