something about this quote + missy's piano + his guitar. playing clara's theme as a remnant of a lost memory... when nothing is remembered, when nothing is left, still the song continues on. the long song – passed on through generations to every new queen of years, down along the eons. your song is ending but the story never ends
Some of you forget that the song used at the end of The Christmas Invasion
WAS SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR DOCTOR WHO.
It’s called ‘Song for Ten’ and in the episode it’s sung by Tim Phillips, but on the soundtrack it’s sung by Neil Hannon. I personally prefer the TV version as it feels more triumphant and full.
And what makes it better, is that it’s written from 9/10’s perspective! The TV version only goes over the first half of the song, the happy part, it’s about the doctor and rose!
But the second half… oh goodness. ‘So have a good life, do it for me, make me so proud, like you want me to be. Wherever you are, I’m thinking of you, oceans apart. I want you to know…’ ITS ABOUT THE DOCTOR AND ROSE BEING SEPARATED! AND THE WAY THEY CUT OFF THAT LINE LIKE ‘If it’s my last chance to say it… Rose Tyler…’ AHSBSJBEKCND
‘And I woke up today AND YOU WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE?!?’ LIKE BRO AKBDJWBJDISBKCJWKOCJWNFLOCBAKXOISBEMFOC ATOP YOU’RE KILLING ME MURRAY GOLD!
Here are some of my favourite bits from the new Doctor Who special;
(MASSIVE SPOILERS)
UNIT supplying their wheelchairs with stun guns and missiles. like. sure thing kate
14’s psychic paper still looking like 13
THE INTRO!!!! IT’S LIKE I’M PROPERLY FALLING INTO TIME AND SPACE
The fact that they brought in a trans actress, not only emphasising her importance for her being trans, not only for her to be supported by Donna but also link her up to the Metacrisis and the DoctorDonna is really beautiful to me
Also Rose gets up the Doctor for assuming the Meep’s pronouns (whose pronouns are just “The Meep”). Russell T does it again
The aliens going after the Meep are kinda chill actually
Honestly I was expecting the Meep to be at least dubiously evil, but the way they did the twist caught me off guard, so well done for that
David Tennant in a barrister’s wig
The scene in the Meep’s ship with the Doctor and Donna got to me. He’s so desperate to not let Donna die but in this life-or-death situation, it’s all he has. Kinda similar to the bit in The End of Time.
Then when the DoctorDonna comes back, a variation of “I am the Doctor” plays! Murray Gold’s score was on-point (and in the coming specials, it’ll stay that way!)
The Doctor just creating fucking screens and temporary walls with the new Sonic Screwdriver! So cool! (but also still resonating concrete with it. fantastic)
THE NEW TARDIS!!!!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!!! DONNA SPILLS COFFEE INTO IT!!!!!
This whole special was absolutely fantastic. I still can’t believe we’ve got two more specials to go through, and I can’t wait for either of them
i believe a leitmotif is a kind of haunting. ghosts are able to pass through the walls of a house and musical themes are able to move through imaginary walls between different tv series. when something is gone it keeps existing
^you don’t know how long it took to find the sheet music for this fucking motif because i can’t just type ‘ooooooOoo oOo OoO…oOooOo’ and every one of the doctor’s themes is also referred to as the doctor’s theme