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Radix Dance Convention, Concord, NC: RESULTS

High Scores by Age:

Rookie Solo

1st: Belle Arauz-’Believe’

2nd: Kayleigh Smith-’Fathers and Daughters’

Mini Solo

1st: Kaylee Schwamb-’Birdsong’

2nd: Noelle Gockerell-’Finding My Way’

2nd: Journey Lockhart-’Stuff Like That There’

3rd: Corinne Larson-’White Foxes’

4th: Alex Tucker-’Bridge Over Troubled Waters’

5th: Liberty Kerr-’Jeepers Creepers’

6th: Lauren White-’Damaged’

7th: Katherine Harmston-’No Way’

8th: Annabelle Hernandez-’The Most Beautiful Things’

9th: Genevieve Stitely-’Hold Back the River’

9th: Sydney Stox-’Velma’

10th: Naomi Walker-’Ray of Light’

Junior Solo

1st: Lorelai Watchous-’After the Storm’

1st: Gabriella Dunham-’Empty Space’

1st: Maely Weaver-’Staggered In A Configuration’

2nd: Grace Woodbury-’Pas De Trois’

3rd: Havanah Chmiel-’Amen’

3rd: Emma Claire Carroll-’Home’

3rd: Annabelle Pritchard-’Take It Easy’

4th: Abigail Hodges-’Earth’

4th: Madelyn Belsky-’Hollows’

5th: Addison Bradley-’Dynamite’

5th: Savannah Robey-’For Me, It’s You’

5th: Callum McKenna-’Walk The Moon’

6th: Khloe Green-’Pray’

7th: Michele Kotay-’Piece by Piece’

7th: Claire Anderson-’September’

7th: Madeleine Larson-’Stupid With Love’

8th: Hayden Porter-’Experience’

9th: Brynleigh Bullington-’Grow’

9th: Kaylah Harrison-’I Gotcha’

10th: Anhelina Lezhachova-’Rain’

Teen Solo

1st: Samantha Melillo-’Airmail Special’

1st: Valadie Cammack-’Dethroning The Queen’

2nd: Ella Jones-’Familiar’

2nd: Savannah Manning-’Line Thickness’

3rd: Kaitlyn Winnell-’Last Light’

3rd: Tierney Denny-Lybbert-’Lean Back’

4th: Sarah Beth Coburn-’For You’

4th: Brooke Phillips-’Spiral’

5th: Kaitlyn Knight-’Colour Me In’

5th: Noah Ayden Grady-’I Just Want To Be There Again’

6th: Ariana Flanagan-’She Used To Be Mine’

6th: Niyah Smith-’Unchained Melody’

7th: Samantha Bell-’Dynamo’

7th: Peyton Bly-’Jealous’

7th: Sophia Hunsicker-’Take Flight’

8th: Nyka Wilson-’Last Dance’

8th: Heather Lauchengco-’The Violent Sky’

9th: Paris Moore-’Allegiance’

9th: Miranda Saliva-’Inside’

9th: Ella Howell-’Nothing’

10th: Kate Spangler-’Beloved’

10th: Emmy Fuller-’Maybe’

10th: Seth Hendley-’On The Street Where You Live’

10th: Kennedy Hodges-’The Call’

Senior Solo

1st: Ashton Eatchel-’Compression and Release’

2nd: Rosie Ryan Kennel-’Impossible’

2nd: Madeline Underwood-’Power of Love’

3rd: Emi Johnson-’Deviate’

3rd: Savannah Folding-’Heart Shaped Birthmark’

3rd: Riley DeChellis-’Reconnect’

3rd: Destiny Patterson-’What Good Am I?’

4th: Karsen Gresham-’I Bet You Don’t’

4th: Harley Jacobs-’In This Moment’

5th: Lamonte Sadler-’Amen’

5th: Kennedi Knoble-’I’m Going Down’

5th: Taylor Hunt-’Ready for Love’

6th: Reaghan Given-’Tis The Season’

7th: Cameron Bryant-Saxon-’Gravity’

7th: Alexis Reese-’Heroes’

8th: Tristin Edsel-’And So It Does’

8th: Julianna Holland-’Not Another Love Song’

8th: Brooke Melillo-’Tell Me Where To Look’

9th: Riley Campbell-’Alright’

9th: Makayla Davis-’Listen’

9th: Jalen Scriven-’Time’

10th: Sydney Law-’Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’

10th: Mikayla Moore-’Who Will Remember Me’

Mini Duo/Trio

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Level Up’

2nd: Havilah Dance Company-’Cha Cha Heels’

Junior Duo/Trio

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Someone You Loved’

2nd: Lux Dance Project-’Suffocate’

3rd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Independent Woman’

3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’What Is That Sound’

Teen Duo/Trio

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Before You Go’

2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Bag Lady’

3rd: No Limits Dance Center-’Konstantine’

Senior Duo/Trio

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Always Together’

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’I’m Here’

2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’It’s Not All About You’

2nd Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Weak’

3rd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Song For You’

Rookie Group

1st: Havilah Dance Company-’Finding Neverland’

2nd: CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Girl In The Mirror’

2nd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Princesses’

3rd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Candy Shop’

Mini Group

1st: NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Just Got Paid’

2nd: NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Worksong’

3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Bones’

Junior Group

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’A Bay Bay’

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Salvation’

2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Crazy In Love’

2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Dive In The Water’

2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Love Myself’

2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Run It’

3rd: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Iced Out’

Teen Group

1st: No Limits Dance Center-’Coincidance’

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Give Me A Reason’

1st: CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Together At The Center Of...’

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Umbrella’

2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Falling Into You’

3rd: Havilah Dance Company-’Mans World’

Senior Group

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’I’m Delighted’

2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Tides of Lamentation’

3rd: Havilah Dance Company-’Amen’

3rd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Selah’

Mini Line

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Drip Like Me’

2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Bop Till You Drop’

3rd: CC and Co Dance Complex-’Joy’

Junior Line

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Vogue’

2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Dance Apocalyptic’

2nd: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Run’

3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Off The Rails’

Teen Line

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Lay Them Before Me’

2nd: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Here’

3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Midnight Street’

Senior Line

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Shout’

2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’How Low’

3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Human Nature’

Teen Extended Line

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’For Now, Your Light Is Dim’

2nd: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’A 90′s Throwback’

3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Work’

Senior Extended Line

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’The Reception’

Teen Production

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’This Particular Dream’

2nd: In Motion Dance Center-’Rise Up’

3rd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’East to West’

High Scores by Performance Division:

Rookie Jazz

1st: CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Girl In The Mirror’ 2nd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Candy Shop’

Rookie Tap

CC and Co Dance Complex-’Mr Sandman’

Rookie Lyrical

1st: Havilah Dance Company-’Finding Neverland’ 2nd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Princesses’

Mini Jazz

1st: NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Just Got Paid’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Girlfriend’ 3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Love Shack’

Mini Ballet

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Concerto in D’

Mini Hip-Hop

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Drip Like Me’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Lose Control’ 3rd: Havilah Dance Company-’Get Like Me’

Mini Tap

1st: Havilah Dance Company-’Up All Night’ 2nd: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’That Man’ 2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Bop Till You Drop’

Mini Contemporary

1st: NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Worksong’ 2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Bones’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Brave’ 2nd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Daughters’

Mini Specialty

CC and Co Dance Complex-’Joy’

Junior Jazz

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Crazy In Love’ 1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Dance Apocalyptic’ 2nd: Havilah Dance Company-’Like An Egyptian’ 3rd: CC and Co Dance Complex-’Meet Me’

Junior Hip-Hop

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’A Bay Bay’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Vogue’ 3rd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Run It’

Junior Tap

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Run’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’One Two Step’ 3rd: CC and Co Dance Complex-’Bloom’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Off The Rails’ 2nd: CC and Co Dance Complex-’Go Do’ 3rd: Lux Dance Project-’Be Alright’

Junior Lyrical

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Salvation’ 2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Dive In The Water’ 3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’The Swan’

Junior Specialty

1st: Evolution Dance Complex-’Love Myself’ 2nd: CC and Co Dance Complex-’Hallelujah’

Teen Jazz

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Umbrella’ 1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’A Thousand Doves’ 1st: No Limits Dance Center-’Coincidance’ 1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Tokyo Drift’ 2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Can’t Hold Back’ 3rd: In Motion Dance Center-’Black and Gold’

Teen Ballet

Lux Dance Project-’In The Dark’

Teen Hip-Hop

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’A 90′s Throwback’ 2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Work’ 3rd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Yonce’

Teen Tap

1st: Havilah Dance Company-’Mans World’ 2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’I Love Tap’ 3rd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Sorry’

Teen Contemporary

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Here’ 2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Spirit Bird’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Give Me A Reason’ 2nd: CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Together At The Center Of...’ 3rd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Embrace The World’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Midnight Street’ 2nd: Havilah Dance Company-’Another In The Fire’ 3rd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Carry the Weight’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: In Motion Dance Center-’History of Wrong Guys’ 2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Welcome to the Moulin Rouge’ 3rd: Havilah Dance Company-’Take Off With Us’

Teen Specialty

1st: CC and Co. Dance Complex-’For Now, Your Light Is Dim’ 2nd: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Lay Them Before Me’ 3rd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Falling Into You’

Senior Jazz

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Human Nature’ 2nd: NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Fever’ 3rd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Sparkling Diamonds’

Senior Hip-Hop

1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’How Low’ 1st: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Make It Rain’

Senior Contemporary

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’I’m Delighted’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Selah’ 2nd: Havilah Dance Company-’Amen’ 2nd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Shout’ 3rd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Class of 2021′

Senior Lyrical

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Tides of Lamentation’ 2nd: Havilah Dance Company-’Home’ 3rd: Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Deep End’

Senior Musical Theatre

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Might as Well Be’

Senior Specialty

1st: Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’The Reception’ 2nd: Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’They Don’t Care About Us’ 3rd: Evolution Dance Complex-’Everything You Are’ 3rd: CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Class of 2021′

Best of Radix:

Rookie

CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Girl In The Mirror’

Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’Princesses’

Havilah Dance Company-’Finding Neverland’

Mini

CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Drip Like Me’

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Lose Control’

Havilah Dance Company-’Up All Night’

NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Just Got Paid’

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Bones’

Junior

CC and Co. Dance Complex-’Run’

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Dance Apocalyptic’

Evolution Dance Complex-’Salvation’

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’A Bay Bay’

Teen

CC and Co. Dance Complex-’For Now, Your Light Is Dim’

Evolution Dance Complex-’Spirit Bird’

In Motion Dance Center-’History of Wrong Guys’

Havilah Dance Company-’Another In The Fire’

No Limits Dance Center-’Coincidance’

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Lay Them Before Me’

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Umbrella’

Senior

Evolution Dance Complex-’Shout’

Havilah Dance Company-’Amen’

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Selah’

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’I’m Delighted’

CC & Co. Dance Complex-’Class of 2021′

Studio Standout:

Steppin’ Out Dance Studio-’East to West’

NXT LVL Dance Experience-’Just Got Paid’

Lux Dance Project-’#eeeooowww’

In Motion Dance Center-’History of Wrong Guys’

Havilah Dance Company-’Another In The Fire’

Evolution Dance Complex-’Shout’

Columbia City Jazz Conservatory-’Lay Them Before Me’

Charlotte Performing Arts Academy-’Selah’

CC and Co. Dance Complex-’For Now, Your Light Is Dim’

#radix #dance #2021 #concord #north carolina

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tardisgirlepic · 7 years

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Ch. 3: “The Empress of Mars” Analysis Doctor Who S10.9: Clara, Ravens, Victoria(ns), Oh My!

Apologies for getting these 3 chapters for “The Empress of Mars” out after the airing of “The Eaters of Light.” I post first on Archive Of Our Own, which I did before the 10th episode. With photos, it takes more time to post here.

If you missed the 1st chapter or the 2nd, check them out:

Ch. 1: Fastballs, Mars-Not-Mars, Rassilon References, Etc. Ch. 2: Friday, Odin & the Doctor; Missy’s 2 Faces; Etc.

NOTE: TPEW = “The Pyramid at the End of the World” TRODM = “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” THORS = “The Husbands of River Song” CAL = Charlotte Abigail Lux, the little girl from the Library TOS = The Original Series of Star Trek TNG = Star Trek: The Next Generation

Clara Has to Come Back

As we’ve seen in the previous chapters of this analysis, several indirect references to ravens have come up. They are references to Clara and her death. However, there are more substantial references to cover with additional symbology. For example, one of the actors from Jenna Coleman’s Victoria series shows up in “The Empress of Mars.” We’ll examine what that means.

On top of all of those references, there are several other issues that need to be resolved, regarding Clara and ravens. The Doctor has to complete the Great Work to be rescued. And by definition of the Great Work, he has to remember Clara. She has to show up somehow. What happened with her existence breaking the web of time? That has to be resolved, too.

We first examined why Clara has to come back in Chapter 13 of Fairytales and Romance in Doctor Who. My reasoning hasn’t changed, and all the raven references point to Clara coming back. One of the important topics in Chapter 13 refers to “Face the Raven” and the Birdcage metaphor with the djinni symbol and what this represents. It points to yet another issue that needs to be resolved.

Before we take a deeper look at Clara, the references to her, and the issues to resolve, we need to take a look at the Victorians because one of the men is named for the crow family, which includes ravens. Also, we need to look at the symbology of ravens and how they fit with the rest of the subtext.

The Victorian Men & What They Tell Us About the Doctor

Except for Colonial Godsacre and Captain Catchlove, the enlisted men are wearing 24s on their epaulettes or shoulder marks (yellow arrow) of their uniforms. Hopefully, the terms “epaulettes” and “shoulder marks” are correct for their Victorian uniforms.

The Enlisted Men

People associated with numbers like the 24s are faces of the Doctor, in this case the 24th Doctor. They all represent some aspect of him, collectively and individually.

Collective Symbolism Collective symbolism is a term I use to refer to a group of people or objects that are meant to function as a whole, like all the enlisted men. They are a unit. In fact, the Trinity acts the same way where 3 people are One. In the case of the men, they are all faces of the Doctor, so collectively they symbolize several things.

First, like the usurped Doctor, they are under the command of someone else – in this case, the captain, instead of the figurehead colonel.

Second, the men represent instruments of the exploitive system of colonialism. There certainly are episodes, like “Planet of the Ood,” where the Doctor in subtext is part of an imperialistic system, and we’ve certainly seen a totalitarian one in canon within “The Lie of the Land,” where the Doctor was the face of the government.

Third, we can assume, for the most part, that they volunteered. Both young Grant in TRODM and Subject 6 in “A Town Called Mercy” prequel are Doctor mirrors, and both volunteered for something but didn’t know the ramifications.

Fourth, like the Doctor, the men may be doing things that go against their individual values, like Vincey, whom we’ll talk about below. Also, we saw this with Subject 6, who became Kahler-Tek. He never would have chosen being turned into a cyborg-killing machine, but he was conned into believing he was going to be on a peacekeeping mission. I’m specifically bringing this up because Bill brought up killer robots and The Terminator, which are very similar to Kahler-Tek.

After the war, with anger and vengeance Kahler-Tek set out to assassinate those who turned him into a killing machine. Playing multiple parts, the Doctor, however, was also a mirror of the man who turned Subject 6 into a cyborg.

Individual Symbolism Individual symbolism is a term I use to refer to individuals within a group that functions as a whole. Individually, 3 of the enlisted men are highlighted in the episode: Vincey, Jackdaw, and Sergeant Major Peach, who plays a small but significant part.

Vincey, because he is a different race from the other men, mirrors the Doctor living among humans. And Vincey, wanting to marry a woman of a different race, exemplifies the Doctor wanting to marry a human. Sadly, Catchlove uses Vincey as a human shield to save himself from the Ice Warrior weapons. We don’t see the weapon blast hit Vincey, unlike all the other men. Instead, we only see a shadow on the wall, which is significant, before we see his final ball form. He dies and becomes a ghost before he gets to marry the woman he loves. He represents the child Doctor who got usurped by some other stronger power.

Jackdaw is an interesting name. It’s a member of the crow family, which includes ravens, so here is a direct reference to ravens. He represents some of the worst traits of imperialism and just humanity in general. He’s insubordinate in that he not only defies Sergeant Major Peach’s orders not to go near the Ice Queen’s tomb, but also he drugs Peach, going beyond the initial insubordination. Here’s another instance of usurping control from the rightful owner.

He’s greedy and steals a blue crystal from the queen’s sarcophagus. This is retelling of how the 3rd Doctor stole the blue crystal on Metebelis III in “The Planet of the Spiders,” which we examined in my analysis of “Knock Knock.” The 3rd Doctor didn’t know he was stealing anything because he went into a cave, saw a crystal, and took it, not realizing the spiders would want it back in the future.

That aside, we learned in that story that the 3rd Doctor caused all the problems between the spiders and humans; in the same way that Jackdaw caused the conflict between the Ice Warriors and the humans. Both cases are caused by greed. However, in the Doctor’s case, it’s a different type of greed.

In “Planet of the Spiders,” we learn about the Doctor’s harmful quest:

SARAH: Oh, I don't understand. You're not saying they've taken over the Doctor, are you? DOCTOR: Oh no, Sarah, no. No, he's talking about my greed. SARAH: Greed? You? DOCTOR: Yes, my greed for knowledge, for information. He's saying that all this is basically my fault. If I hadn't taken the crystal in the first place. I know who you are now.

So here the Doctor’s greed for knowledge sounds just like Odin.

Since Jackdaw represents the Doctor (or a usurper of the Doctor) and the Doctor’s greed comes up in multiple ways, this suggests it’s the Doctor and/or his usurper who caused this alternate reality beyond this episode.

Cowardice may also be at work since the 12th Doctor wasn’t with River in the Library before she died, causing looped time with the Doctor as a slave to love.

Sergeant Major Peach, while not nearly as fleshed out as Vincey and Jackdaw, plays the important role of being part of the triad. Since Jackdaw drugs him, he represents the sleeping Doctor, who lost command, letting the greedy part take over. This may mean Jackdaw also represents the Valeyard, the Master, or even the human version of the Doctor.

Peach’s drugging is also an example of how Jackdaw puts Sergeant Major Peach to sleep and makes Vincey an unwilling accomplish to the insubordination and criminal activity. It’s also an example of how Vincey volunteered, most likely, for the army, but is getting more than he bargained for, like young Grant and Subject 6.

Colonel Godsacre & Captain Catchlove

We’ve examined Godsacre’s cowardice. Interestingly, he has a rope around his neck (red arrow), which is part of his uniform. However, it serves 2 other purposes. The Y shape symbolizes a plague cross: a plague created by cowardice and fear. Second, it symbolizes the noose around his neck: the noose from the past and also his impending death.

As Captain Catchlove states, there is a mistaken identity regarding Godsacre. He is not, as commonly thought, a hero of the Battle of Isandlwana. The Zulu’s wiped out the H Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Foot, and the British suffered a major defeat. So, here, once again, we have a case of mistaken identity, which has become a theme.

I’m not familiar with British army designations, but I find the use of 24 in “The Empress of Mars” interesting, given the 24th Foot’s fate. If they are the same, they all represent ghosts, which wouldn’t be surprising at all. They are in the Library metaphor as disembodied minds, which suggests their bodies are dead.

Regarding the image above, Catchlove, as well, has a rope around his neck although it’s darker (blue arrow) so not as obvious. It mirrors Catchlove’s own role as a plague carrier, a hidden coward whose death is pending.

Godsacre is a mirror of the Doctor and Master, where both have run away from leadership. Godsacre ends up executing Catchlove after the captain takes a hostage and threatens everyone’s safety. Then, the colonel says something interesting about the usurper.

GODSACRE: That man was not one of us. Please, do not judge mankind by his cruelty or indeed by my cowardice. Spare my friends and my world.

Godsacre makes it clear that Catchlove was cruel, but I find the statement “That man was not one of us” most interesting. Catchlove represents the person controlling the Doctor. And “Not one of us” suggests an alien, and so does the helmet with all the eyeholes.

I see killing Catchglove as a symbol where the Doctor finally takes control back and rids himself of the usurper.

Godsacre, Friday, the Doctor, Valhalla & Redemption

Godsacre’s words and actions in this whole scene are really those of the Doctor, which is evident at the end. He gives the Ice Warrior salute after agreeing that he knew this would happen. He thinks like a warrior:

GODSACRE: That man was not one of us. Please, do not judge mankind by his cruelty or indeed by my cowardice. Spare my friends and my world.

IRAXXA: Your request does you credit, soldier. It will be considered.

(She powers up her weapon.)

GODSACRE: God save the Queen.

SOLDIERS: God save the Queen!

IRAXXA: You will die with honour, with bravery, and in the service of those you swore to protect.

GODSACRE: Thank you. You don't know what that means. Thank you.

IRAXXA: But not today. In battle, soldier. To die in battle is the way of the warrior. Pledge your allegiance to me and my world, and I will ensure you have the opportunity.

GODSACRE: My life and my service are yours. (kneels) To the end.

IRAXXA: To the death, my friend. To the death.

(The Ice Warriors salute him.)

BILL: You knew that would happen.

DOCTOR: Always been my problem.

BILL: What?

DOCTOR: Thinking like a warrior.

(He makes the Ice Warrior salute, and the lift doors close on the scene.)

Dying with honor and bravery is what Valhalla is about, at least from a warrior’s point of view. And Valhalla is a symbol of redemption.

In this scene, we see the promise of redemption for the Doctor, and he has pledged himself to die in battle for the queen. And that matches the symbolism we first looked at in Chapter 18 of Fairytales and Romance in Doctor Who, regarding the fall of Nelson’s column in the Season 8 episode “In the Forest of the Night,” representing the fall of the Doctor. Admiral Nelson was mortally wounded in a battle, foreshadowing the Doctor’s end. It also represents Clara’s fall, since she was also there when the column fell. Her fall means she has to go back to Gallifrey.

It’s clear from all the mirroring that Friday is also meant to be a mirror of Odin. In fact, just as Iraxxa symbolically chooses Colonel Godsacre for Ragnarök, Friday also metaphorically chooses the Doctor for Ragnarök when Friday asks for help in the brig. As the Doctor is also a mirror of Godsacre, Iraxxa symbolically also chooses the Doctor.

To be more accurate, I believe the whole thing with gender bending and Friday being both a namesake of Odin’s wife, as well as having Odin traits, is that he is symbolic of being multiple creatures in one. This connects to being like a Janus with 2 faces.

However, going beyond the concept of duality is unification, which we’ve examined in multiple ways. It’s the goal of the Trinity operating as one, and it’s the goal of the Great Work where the Doctor has to become one with the universe. Therefore, it’s interesting that he said of Friday and the Ice Warriors:

DOCTOR: The creature within is at one with its carapace.

And this connects to the idea of 2 beings of opposite qualities (male/female, night/day, etc.) coming together to create a unified being that represents the Trinity as well as the One. In Friday’s case, it would be Odin and his wife coming together in a unified manner to form a Trinity, as well as a unified being. In fact, to show us this symbolically, Bill took Friday’s hand. It represents an integration of 3 beings: 2 faces of Friday and 1 from Bill. While Bill represents other integrations, they are not important here.

It comes back to the body, mind, and spirit being one, which is exactly where the Doctor has to be to become one with the universe. Therefore, Friday, as a Doctor mirror, represents the unactualized potential of the Doctor, where he has to become one with himself. Right now, he is imprisoned by the duality within himself.

The concept of Oneness also represents Valhalla and redemption. However, the Doctor can’t be One with himself with missing memories.

Raven Symbolism

Depending on the culture, ravens have different symbolism. Because ravens are black and eat carrion, in some cultures they are inauspicious symbols. They can also be creator symbols, good omens, tricksters, and more. Here are just a few interpretations that are relevant to the Doctor’s story.

Greek & Roman Mythology

According to Wikipedia, “In Greek mythology, ravens are associated with Apollo, the god of prophecy. They are said to be a symbol of good luck, and were the god's messengers in the mortal world.” Clara and the Doctor didn’t seem to have good luck, but things aren’t quite what they seemed.

Norse Culture

According to Wikipedia,

French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss proposed a structuralist theory that suggests the raven (like the coyote) obtained mythic status because it was a mediator animal between life and death. As a carrion bird, ravens became associated with the dead and with lost souls. For example:

In Sweden, they are known as the ghosts of murdered people

The raven in “Face the Raven” was a Quantum Shade, a being associated with a ghost.

Natives of the North American Pacific Northwest

Many native peoples in the North American Pacific Northwest consider the raven the Creator of the world, but they also consider it a trickster god.

Jackdaw certainly was a trickster and a con man.

England & Tower of London

According to Wikipedia, legend says that the Kingdom of England will fall if the ravens of the Tower of London are removed.

This is very interesting because in the 11th Doctor episode “The Day of the Doctor,” Kate tells Osgood:

KATE: The ravens are looking a bit sluggish. Tell Malcolm they need new batteries.

So are the ravens outside the Tower of London like robots? Are they cyborgs? There is a connection here to the raven we see in “Face the Raven” UNIT was infiltrated by Harmony Shoal.

The Doctor, Clara, Master & the Djinni Trap from “Face the Raven”

There is an interesting comparison of images between Clara and the birdcage in “Face the Raven” and the Master and the birdcage in “Last of the Time Lords.” We examined this back in Chapter 18 of Fairytales and Romance in Doctor Who,

In “Last of the Time Lords,” the Master imprisons the Doctor in a cage after suspending the Doctor’s regenerations and artificially aging him. The Doctor in the future becomes a tiny alien that fits in a birdcage. This supports the 12th Doctor changing the massive Sun into a dwarf Star. Going back in time, we see the colossal Beast in “The Satan Pit” and then the T-Rex in more recent history, so the beast is getting smaller.

Here’s Clara in the image below looking into the raven’s birdcage in “Face the Raven,” mirroring the Master as he looks into the birdcage with the Doctor. However, there is one important difference. The Master was totally on the outside of the bars. Clara is shown partially behind the bars because she is also part of the Raven, part of the Doctor. She and the Doctor are integrated, and she is a hidden face of him. This would be like the 2 faces of a Janus.

In this mirror, Clara is the Master, and the Doctor is the raven. We’ve also seen how River is a mirror of the Master from “The Time Robber.” River is a hidden face of Clara. This does match the mirror we see below.

Back in Chapter 13 of Fairytales and Romance in Doctor Who, when talking about Clara and the raven in “Face the Raven,” I presented this information below that we need to revisit. There’s a djinni trap (white arrow) behind the raven’s cage. The trap is an 8-pointed start contained within a circle. The smoke (red arrow) is djinni smoke from the raven (a Quantum Shade) passing through the bars. The bird is a djinni, a being with special powers.

Here’s a photo of Clara next to the djinni trap. She never crosses its path.

However, this next photo has terrible implications because the Doctor crosses the into the djinni trap, meaning he is inside the trap and is the Quantum Shade that kills Clara. Now, we can’t assume that he was actually transformed into a raven. (The subtext and text suggest so many things.) We know that Rory mirrors the 12th Doctor, and these events mirror Rory’s transformation into a plastic Roman soldier, who was forced to kill Amy. If the Doctor remembers Clara, he has to remember this too.

In canon right now, the raven is really a metaphor for Clara’s death.

Going by the Swedish symbology of the raven, the bird is the soul of the murdered Doctor. That makes sense since Danny Pink, a mirror of the Doctor, killed the child he was. We examined this awhile back.

Ferdinand Kingsley in Victoria

Ferdinand Kingsley is the son of Sir Ben Kingsley. You may recognize him from Victoria. He portraying the chef, based on a real chef in Victoria’s household, Charles Elme Francatelli. His performance in Victoria is meant to tell us that Queen Victoria is a mirror of Clara.

Kingsley’s name is also important, containing “king.” The 12th Doctor crowned Clara in “Last Christmas,” making her queen. He became king. This follows the Great Work at the Sun stage, which says they are King and Queen. Heliodorus in the painting from “The Time of the Doctor” that we previously examined says the Sun, the King, is the usurper, which matches Kingsley’s name and his character’s actions. The Doctor has to move to the Red stage – the final one of the Great Work, so he is no longer the Sun.

Clara & Queen Victoria

We see an image within the episode of Queen Victoria, played by the actress from the 10th Doctor episode “Tooth and Claw.”

Its reference here serves several purposes. First, it brings back all the themes from “Tooth and Claw”: the werewolf, kidnapping of the Scottish boy, usurpation, monks, etc. Second, it brings in the idea of Rose and the queen, since Rose was wearing a t-shirt with the crown. She was mirroring the queen. Clara in “The Snowmen” worked at the inn called “The Rose & Crown,” tying Clara and Rose together. Third, it brings in the idea of Clara as the queen since Jenna is playing the queen in Victoria.

The Doctor pledged his life to the queen. So Queen Iraxxa is a mirror of Queen Victoria, who is a mirror of Clara and Rose.

Most likely, events will follow in a similar manner as the self-sacrifice of Amy and Rory, where they jumped off the building in “The Angels Take Manhattan.” It took Amy and Rory together to break the paradox. Whatever way it happens in Season 10, people most likely have to sacrifice together to break the paradoxes.

Clara would have to go back to Gallifrey, the Library metaphor. And I still believe the Doctor will choose to stay with Clara and River in the Library metaphor.

The 1881 Reference Foreshadows Ragnarök & 2 Doctors

While we go back to 1881 on Mars, the year has another significance. It’s a reference to the 1st Doctor story, “The Gunfighters,” where we see the events leading up to the fateful gunfight at the O.K. Corral. It’s the outlaws vs. the lawmen, which can easily be symbols of the Beast vs. God or from Ragnarök, the giants vs. the gods.

Even more interesting was the idea of mistaken identity and 2 Doctors. Doc Holliday, the dentist in Tombstone, Arizona, pulls one of the Doctor’s teeth. While Holliday goes in the back room to talk to his girlfriend, the Doctor is still sitting in the patient’s chair. One of the outlaws comes in thinking the Doctor is Holliday and tells him to be out on the street for a gunfight.

Holliday hears this and is very happy to allow the Doctor to be the Holliday imposter. Somehow, he even talks the Doctor into wearing a gun. Holliday is obviously a coward for allowing an innocent man to get caught up in this.

There’s a Last Chance Saloon, and there’s a woman who sings throughout the episode, like a Greek chorus. The song is about last chances, which is very appropriate for Season 10. Here’s just a small sample, and there’s a hanging:

So fill up your glasses and join in the song, The law's right behind you and it won't take long. So come you coyotes and howl at the moon, Till there's blood upon the sawdust in the Last Chance Saloon. You've a good chance at swingin', It's your last chance to hide. It's your last chance at singin' Till your long last ride. It's your last chance of cussing At your hard-earned doom, It's your last chance of nothing. It's the Last Chance Saloon!

BTW, the Doctor initially introduced himself as Dr. Caligari, which is a reference to the 1920 German silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, where an insane hypnotist uses a sleepwalker to commit murders. Here again is another reference to being usurped by mind control.

According to Wikipedia on the O.K. Corral gunfight, which symbolizes Ragnarök:

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881 in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud, with Cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury on one side and town Marshal Virgil Earp, Special Policeman Morgan Earp, Special Policeman Wyatt Earp, and temporary policeman Doc Holliday on the other side. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys, who objected to the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. Billy Clanton and both McLaury brothers were killed. Ike Clanton claimed that he was unarmed and ran from the fight, along with Billy Claiborne. Virgil, Morgan, and Doc Holliday were wounded, but Wyatt Earp was unharmed.

At the end, we see the Doctor holding a wanted dead or alive poster with Doc Holliday on it, which actually symbolizes the Doctor. So he has a price on his head.

Odin & the Doctor Hanging, Etc.

We saw how Odin would sacrifice a lot for knowledge, including his eye. He also hanged himself. Hanging is obviously a theme because of the talk of it in “The Empress of Mars,” as well as in the song in “The Gunfighters.” And there are quite a few times that I’ve seen the 12th Doctor’s head at the end of a rope or chain, a couple we’ve examined. For example, we examined it in my “Thin Ice” analysis.

However, it’s come up with the 12th Doctor multiple times in the subtext.

“Listen”

The first time I noticed it was in “Deep Breath” at the beginning of the episode, which we looked at. However, the shocking one was “Listen,” where the Doctor had to know if a hidden being existed at the end of time after everything was dead. Something might slither out from underneath the bed.

In this image below, the lights in Orson Pink’s ship changed to a purple color – death – all on their own. A noise made the Doctor stand. Check out how the Doctor’s head is centered in this camera shot with the chain-like pattern on the wall behind him. The Doctor’s head is symbolically hanging from the chain. It was shocking the first time I saw it.

So I wondered who was hanging the Doctor.

In his quest for knowledge, he unlocked the airlock, but it opened on its own. Something hit him in the head. Below, he has a head wound (red arrow), and he’s unconscious.

The really odd thing about this is that the TARDIS’s cloister bell starts ringing, signaling an impending disaster. Clara realizes what is happening and intercedes. She runs over to the TARDIS console, using the telepathic circuits, to take him to his childhood. It looks like he may have stopped breathing at one point and comes back to life because he took a big breath, as though it was his first. It would symbolize his death as a child, which is further supported below.

Clara lands the TARDIS in the barn, where the Doctor’s child self was. The really odd thing here is what we initially see. The image below is dark, so it’s not very easy to see everything, but there are ropes (white arrows). This was shocking, too. We also hear someone crying, which turns out to be the child Doctor. The suggestion here with the ropes is the Doctor tries to kill himself, or someone tries to kill him. With the other subtext from “Tooth and Claw,” among others, we know the Doctor was killed by something.

Once the TARDIS takes off, we see that the child is a prisoner either metaphorically or physically with the bars on the window.

With all that is going on here, the ropes suggest he was hanged. With him crying all the time, as the man put it, the child probably saw the future, and was scared of it. He could also represent the “weakling, heartsick” Scottish boy from “Tooth and Claw” who was stolen by the Monks and possessed by the werewolf, who “carved out his soul and sat in his heart.”

We know the young Doctor died and became a ghost, as we previously examined, when Danny Pink killed him.

Important Camera Angles Showing Contemplation of Taking One’s Life

Camera angles can tell us a lot about what a character is really doing or thinking, which may be different than what the text says. This is especially true when a character is planning on taking their own life. On such occasions, we’ll see, for example, the camera angle from the line of view of the character’s body. I’ll show you what I mean in several examples with Rory and the Doctor.

“The Angels Take Manhattan” Let’s take a look at Rory first because we know he was contemplating suicide, and he’s a mirror of the 12th Doctor. Shown below, Rory is making the sign of the cross with his body, so he is being crucified.

The important camera angle, showing the definitive suicide contemplation, switches to this view below. The camera is above Rory’s head, looking down along his body, one of the classic storytelling way to show us Rory’s thinking.

“Dragonfire”

Here’s an example from the 7th Doctor story “Dragonfire.” It was used in the 11th Doctor episode “The Name of the Doctor,” where Clara jumps into the Doctor’s timeline and we see her as all his main companions.

In this image below, which is not the telltale camera angle, we see the Doctor climbing over the railing of the ice cliffs. He’s doing this for no reason that is obvious here. There’s nothing around, which is odd and does raise suspicions of a character contemplating suicide.

Here’s the camera angle that tells us the Doctor is contemplating suicide. The angle is along his body and looking down. The 7th and 12th Doctors are the only ones that I can think of who have thought about suicide, but then the 12th Doctor has a lot in common to the 7th Doctor. They’re both Scottish, but it goes way beyond that.

“The Return of Doctor Mysterio” Near the beginning of TRODM, the 12th Doctor ends up hanging by his feet outside young Grant’s window.

In this next shot, the classic suicide contemplation camera angle switches to above the Doctor’s body (red arrow).

However, before this, TRODM also shows another classic way to show a character is contemplating suicide. It’s hard to tell here, but the Doctor is tilting his head to look down, which he does. We, then, just see the street. If a character looks down on their own without someone saying the classic, “Don’t look down” or something like that, the character is contemplating suicide.

We know from Nardole’s comments toward the end of the episode when the Doctor is crashing the spaceship that he is contemplating suicide.

NARDOLE; You are completely out of your mind! DOCTOR: How is that news to anyone? NARDOLE: I know you miss her, but couldn't you just write a poem?

At the end, he is seriously suffering. His shirt is unbuttoned at the top and his hand is rubbing his neck and chest like he is in pain. This physical action suggests he is in both emotional and physical pain, like he’s trying to reduce the tightness and other physical heartache symptoms in his neck and chest.

So the 12th Doctor’s self-sacrifice theme has been foreshadowed from the very 1st of his episodes, “Deep Breath.” Here’s the half-faced man, his mirror, dying on the cross.

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