Doctor Who ficlet: Here Come The Drums

[istne_pieklo]

Title: “Here Come The Drums”
Author: Shaitanah
Rating: G
Timeline: Episode 3x12 of the new Doctor Who, The Sound of Drums
Summary: Only the Master can break the silence around him. [vague Ten/Master] Please R&R!
Disclaimer: Doctor Who belongs to the BBC and a bunch of other people. I wouldn’t mind having my own TARDIS though. Complete with the

Comments

[dayadhvam_triad]

:O I love how you use the language to paint this picture of the Doctor among all this isolation and then--the Master's voice coming to him, comparing it to the Big Bang, too!--it makes it seem like the Doctor's universe has suddenly expanded and he's suddenly more aware of the Master and of the other Gallifreyan. :DD

His voice always starts out slowly, quietly, whispering to him, calling his name - like the first tentative notes of a concerto - and then it crashes down on him, washes all over him; powerful music chimes and swells and grows louder; it’s like opera. *_______* Music! ♥

I like how you make the Doctor live in silence, and the Master live with the sound of the drums. It's so... evocative and pretty. :)

They could share the drums and the silence; that way none would be too unbearable.
If you're talking about the drums and the silence not being unbearable anymore, I think "neither" would work better than "none" in this sentence. But anyway, I love the Doctor's yearning for home (... Gallifrey got destroyed, right? Cue my Doctor Who Wiki knowledge ^^;); it's very wistful, and very sad.

Lovely piece of work. :) ♥

[istne_pieklo]

Oh yeees... The most tragic thing is that he doesn't even care that this last remaining Time Lord is an enemy and a psychopath. T_T All that matters that he's a Time Lord!
Music always wins!!! XDD
The Master himself said he couldn't get rid of the sound of drums))) He should have agreed to let the Doctor help))) I doubt he would have been able to, but still... companionship would have been nice))
Ouch... sorry, gonna fix it now! Thanks!
Gallifrey got destroyed as well as the invaders' fleet during the last Time War - and it was the Doctor who destroyed the, DX That makes it even more sad((
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

[dayadhvam_triad]

Sometimes I feel that it must be very hard to know that he will keep on living even as his companions age and die. How lonely that is. :(

Music! :DD

... and just what kind of companionship are you hinting at? :P

Aww, the Doctor had to destroy Gallifrey! :( ... agh. I really want to watch the series now... ^^;

[istne_pieklo]

That's why he doesn't wait for them to age. He abandons them)))
Uhm... I meant traveling together, but now that you mention it... ah, yeah! XDDD
GO WATCH! XDDDD I think I'm already deeply in love with this show!

[dayadhvam_triad]

Aw, the poor Doctor. :(

I probably will, sometime. >___> Too much to read/see, too little time to do so. ^^;

[istne_pieklo]

Yeah((( As far as I understood this element of tragedy defines only the new show. Apparently his Ninth incarnation was born as a result of the war, so before the new show he wasn't the only Time Lord left. T_T
Ah yes, familiar situation...

[dayadhvam_triad]

Aw, really? I know that the First Doctor had a granddaughter, and there was another Time Lord Romana, and so forth... ;_____;

[istne_pieklo]

Yeah, I read about it. But that was all before the new show((( Nine and Ten were alone.
Here, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a5-I_kl2fU the Master dies. I cried my eyes out. (That if if you don't mind the spoilers...) That man is his enemy and look how he treats him! T_T

[dayadhvam_triad]

... ;_________________________; Poor Doctor! DD: "We're the only ones left! REGENERATE!" D: And the funeral pyre ;___;

[istne_pieklo]

YES!!!! T_T It's so tragic((( And I love the music during the funeral scene.
I've just made a post in the other LJ where I posted this vid and another moment that I adore))) So slashy)))

[dayadhvam_triad]

;_______;

I just noticed! :) And haha, right above that on my f-list is a post about Doctor/Master at fanficrants. Talk about coincidences! ;)