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[janie_aire]

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A Forest of Meta

spoilers through the episode

Tree / Mirror / Evangelium, Psychochronography, and Gender

Comments

[radiolaires]

This was great!

The mirror shots were impressive. And a bit upsetting now that I am aware of them... And the Doctor photographing the audience... Clever direction/writing.

Thank you also for clarifying the "Witch of the Well" expression by saying the well is the mirror is the door to the bubble Universe. I was not seeing it and considering it silly writing.

The interesting things about Clara being mirrored by the TARDIS is that first it visually places her between the TARDIS and the TARDIS (interface) turning her into some sort of painted glass/slide (the TARDIS would be the light, Clara the slide, the interface the projected image)- confirming your idea Clara is/will be a somewhat TARDIS; secondly it questions the limits between spaces/worlds central in this episode, because the image is projected outside the TARDIS, as Emma projected Caliburn's image outside the Universe to help the Doctor. When we know the TARDIS has multiple times refused to let Clara in... A lot of transgressions indeed. If the TARDIS transgresses for Clara what does it say about her nature?

Thank you for the excellent meta as always.

[janie_aire]

There are reversed images for the Forest Cliffs, Emma wearing the Third Eye Crystal when she's calling out to the Doctor through the mirror-portal, the Forest Beast as it's attacking the Doctor... and for some reason, Clara starts wearing her red satchel over her right shoulder instead of her left at the end.

What's upsetting about the mirror-shots?

[radiolaires]

Really fascinating.

It's a bit like waiting for Hitchcock to pop up in his films... You are only able to see THAT :).