@sopheirion asked: Doctor Who + most attractive female character
- Martha Jones, you saved the world.
- Yes, I did. I spent a lot of time with you thinking I was second best, but you know what? I am good.
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Fascinating race, THE WEEPING ANGELS. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss, they just zap you into the past and let you live to death. The rest of your life used up and blown away in the blink of an eye. You die in the past, and in the present they consume the energy of all the days you might have had, all your stolen moments.
I wanted to write out the song’s different POV’s for myself since fictionalization also plays a big role in this album, just to make things more clear in my mind. And I thought I’ll share my notes for anyone else interested. Everything in this post is just my opinion! Just to be clear, everything is up for interpretation. I feel like folklore gives me many vibes of Taylor’s older albums as well.
- the 1: Taylor’s POV. Quotes Me!: “For never leaving well enough alone”
- cardigan: a song part of the “love triangle” Taylor described. POV of a girl named Beth.
- the last great american dynasty: POV of Rebekah Harkness, former owner of Taylor’s house in RI, at the end it shifts to Taylor’s POV. Rebekah was also known as “Betty”, -> cardigan
- exile: Taylor’s POV I think. Interesting is “and i didn’t like the ending” which reminds of the lyric in “if this was a movie”.
- my tears ricochet: Taylor’s POV I think. It gives me treacherous vibes kinda, but the lyrics are literally the opposite. taylor said the song is about an embittered tormentor showing up at the funeral of his fallen object of affection.
- mirrorball: Taylor’s POV. she is the mirrorball. she sings “I’m still on that tightrope” which immediately reminded me of “lost your balance on a tightrope”
- seven: child POV (taylor?). this is the only song in which she sings “folk songs” and sings about braids which reminded me of the album photoshoot.
- august: teen POV / POV of the “other” girl part of the “love triangle”. the summer love. this is one of the songs that gave me such debut album vibes.
- this is me trying: student / young adult POV. why I’m thinking this is because of “I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere // fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here” and the use of metaphors like alcohol. anyway, more mature. I was thinking, these 3 tracks (seven, august and this is me trying) are actually perfectly fit behind each other on the track list. They are all different timeframes. I think there’s a lot of taylor in this song too
- illicit affairs: Taylor’s POV. “you showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else” -> red / golden / daylight reference. the whole song makes me think of “i loved you in secret”. it actually gave me “the other woman” vibes first, but then i read the lyrics again and i don’t think it’s part of the love triangle, but august is because it fits the “young love” narrative.
- invisible string: Taylor’s POV, very clearly <3
- mad woman: Taylor’s POV. yeahhh!! tell ‘em….
- epiphany: military / doctor’s POV?
- betty: part of the love triangle, the guy’s POV.
- peace: Taylor’s POV. “I would die for you in secret” she sings again, like in earlier albums “I loved you in secret” // “Remember how I said I’d die for you?”
- hoax: Taylor’s POV. “don’t want no other shade of blue but you”. she also sings “my kingdom come undone” which reminded me of the kingdom lyric in long live. thought it was interesting they both are closing tracks.
Hello. My name is Rose Tyler…. That’s sort of a plant. We might be related… I’m talking to a twig.
ROSE TYLER IN SERIES 1 OF DOCTOR WHO
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He’s like fire and ice and rage. He’s like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He’s ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time, and he can see the turn of the universe.
And he’s wonderful.
“This is Gallifrey - Our Childhood, Our Home”
Murray Gold, for Doctor WhoFull disclosure: Murray Gold, who composes the score for the BBC’s landmark sci-fi series Doctor Who (the revived series, anyway) is by far my favorite film/television composer working today and probably my favorite film/TV composer of all time. So I might be a tad biased. But I defy you to listen to this piece of music, written for the third series of the show, and not feel things.
Like film scores by greats such as John Williams or Hans Zimmer, you don’t really need to know the context of this music in order to understand the emotional meaning of the piece. This track makes me feel things that I can’t put into words, and it does it even if I don’t think about the context.
Of course, when you do know the context, the piece becomes even more meaningful, which is again a mark of a great film score. Without getting too complicated and too much into the vast backstory (nearly fifty years’ worth!) of Doctor Who, the gist of the context for this piece is that the Doctor (our protagonist) thinks he is the last surviving member of his race (the Time Lords). In an epic war with a rival alien species, the Doctor was forced to destroy his own planet and all of his people in order to end the violence. For many years, he has believed that not only will he never be able to go home again, but that he’ll also never again see or speak to another Time Lord like himself.
And then, like a miracle - a terrible, dangerous miracle - an old rival, the Master, turns out to not be dead after all. So the Doctor is forced to explain a little bit of his history to his travelling companion. He speaks about his planet, and about the Master, and as he does, this is the music that plays.
He aches, speaking about a past he wants to stay buried because it’s too painful, and thanks to Murray Gold’s epic score, we ache with him. If the term “nostalgia” can be described as “the pain of memory” and a longing for something that’s lost, then this piece is nostalgia made into music.
This score, for a science-fiction television show, stands up against the very best film scores. It is one of the things that elevates the new series of Doctor Who above the cheesefest it could be and allows it to instead be one of the more cinematic television shows airing today.
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“If they get back in contact - if you talk to Rose - just tell her… tell her… oh, she knows.”
It’s a long story, but basically, I’m a bit of a hero. See, I spent some time on Earth… fought some robots, saved the planet a couple of times.