Fanmix: Doctor Who; Sleeping with Ghosts
Title: Sleeping with Ghosts
Fandom: Doctor Who
Spoilers: Through the "End of Time".
Characters/Pairing: The Doctor and the Master
Tracks: 9 (all MP3 format; runtime: 42 minutes)
Notes: A meta-ish type mix that I've been working on for the past four months. My goal was to create a mix that thoroughly examined the complexities of the Doctor/Master relationship through the use of lyrics. Here's hoping I succeeded...
The one thing I've always loved about this pairing is their relationship: it's complex, destructive, and beautifully chaotic. They've known each other all their lives; they're bitter enemies, and yet -- at the same time -- one just can't seem to bring himself to kill the other.
It makes you wonder: What type of history do these two actually have? Was it romantic in nature, or was it just a platonic friendship that ended when something went horribly wrong? Who knows, however all hints we've been given thus far seem to point toward the two of them having something that was indeed rather intimate.
As the Doctor himself said to the Master, "I wonder what I'd be without you."
01. the gallery | MUSE (ten/master)
[instrumental]
I see the piano in the background as being a representation of the Doctor, whereas the erratic nature of everything else is representative of the Master. The entire song is haunting, chaotic and otherworldly, which is a perfect example of their relationship.
02. fight inside | RED (master)
enemy, familiar friend
my beginning and my end
knowing truth, whispering lies
and it hurts again
what i fear and what i've tried
words i say and what i hide
all the pain, i want it to end
but i want it again
I see this as being from the Master's POV. He's fighting a war that's constantly raging inside of him, and while being tormented by what he has done -- especially to his childhood friend -- he still enjoys it immensely. A true masochist in every definition of the word.
03. bury me alive | WE ARE THE FALLEN (ten to master)
there's no use in crying
all my tears won't drown my pain
free me from your sorrow
i can't grieve you again
i watched you let yourself die
now it's too late to save you this time
you bury me alive
and everybody's gotta breathe somehow
don't leave me to die
too consumed by your own emptiness and lies
all i did was love you
now i hate the nightmare you've become
i can't let you fool me
i won't need you again
This song is basically about someone in a very toxic relationship (hence why I chose it). The Doctor is always trying to help the Master, despite the fact that the Master continuously pushes him away. He hurts the Doctor in every possible way he can think of, yet he never tries to kill him. It's actually quite heart-breaking, if you think about it. Here you have two people that have been friends for well over eight centuries, and now they're disgusted by each others' presence.
As John Simm put it in an interview, "they're two sides of the same coin."
04. he lied about death (metric) | STARS (ten/master)
don't fuck with our lives
The Doctor and the Master make their final stand against Rassilon.
05. the light that shines twice as bright... | LOSTPROPHETS (ten to master)
take me by the hand
and leave me to the slaughter
close my eyes and sing just let it go
the warmest rain, it falls
on the darkest crimson mountains
seeping from the wound
i think alone
don't say the pain will fade tomorrow
the last thing that i feel will be today
don't you know
you put me on my knees
and cut my throat
(i'll never feel this way again)
A look of utter heart-break flashes across the Master's face when the Doctor points the gun at him one final time. It's almost as if he's thinking, "Not you. Of all people, not you." That's when the Doctor does the same thing he always does: he comes up with a way to save the Earth without having to shed any blood, even if that means sacrificing his own life in the process. And that's when the unthinkable happens: the Master steps in, and saves him.
06. drove through ghosts to get here | 65DAYSOFSTATIC (ten/master: a retrospective)
[instrumental]
I'm a very analytical person, so I've put quite a bit of thought into what type of history these two seem to share. Is it really that much of a stretch to think that two of them were indeed lovers at one point in their lives before something horrific tore them apart? Their conversations are always rather intimate; and why else would the Doctor go through so much trouble to save one person? Yet all the while, he didn't think twice about throwing his entire race into a time lock (including that mysterious woman, whom I thoroughly believe was his mother). But he can't seem to bring himself to kill the universe's deadliest psychopath, even when he believed said psychopath was going to kill him?
07. a drowning | HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS (ten)
it's the glare from the reflection
making patterns in your eyes
it's the looking back in anger
for every second slipping by
undertow has come to take me
guarded by the blazing sun
look at everything around us
look at everything we've done
With everything that's transpired, Ten has to come to terms with his imminent death.
08. soulmates never die | PLACEBO (ten/master)
the sea's evaporated, though it comes as no surprise
these clouds we're seeing, they're explosions in the sky
it seems it's written, but we can't read between the lines
soulmate dry your eyes, 'cause soulmates never die
Call me weird -- hell, call me cheesy, if you want -- but I tend to like to think that the Doctor and the Master are indeed soulmates. The complete each other in every way conceivable: one being the representation of light, the other of darkness.
bonus track: fix the sky a little | 65DAYSOFSTATIC (master to ten)
[instrumental]
For me, this is the Master's final goodbye to Ten. You have the overlapping voices of what sounds like children, which in my mind symbolizes the friendship the two of them shared when they were on Gallifrey. Combine that with the epic climax of the song, and you have yet another wonderful instrumental representation of the Doctor and Master's relationship.
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Fandom: Doctor Who
Spoilers: Through the "End of Time".
Characters/Pairing: The Doctor and the Master
Tracks: 9 (all MP3 format; runtime: 42 minutes)
Notes: A meta-ish type mix that I've been working on for the past four months. My goal was to create a mix that thoroughly examined the complexities of the Doctor/Master relationship through the use of lyrics. Here's hoping I succeeded...
The one thing I've always loved about this pairing is their relationship: it's complex, destructive, and beautifully chaotic. They've known each other all their lives; they're bitter enemies, and yet -- at the same time -- one just can't seem to bring himself to kill the other.
It makes you wonder: What type of history do these two actually have? Was it romantic in nature, or was it just a platonic friendship that ended when something went horribly wrong? Who knows, however all hints we've been given thus far seem to point toward the two of them having something that was indeed rather intimate.
As the Doctor himself said to the Master, "I wonder what I'd be without you."
01. the gallery | MUSE (ten/master)
[instrumental]
I see the piano in the background as being a representation of the Doctor, whereas the erratic nature of everything else is representative of the Master. The entire song is haunting, chaotic and otherworldly, which is a perfect example of their relationship.
02. fight inside | RED (master)
enemy, familiar friend
my beginning and my end
knowing truth, whispering lies
and it hurts again
what i fear and what i've tried
words i say and what i hide
all the pain, i want it to end
but i want it again
I see this as being from the Master's POV. He's fighting a war that's constantly raging inside of him, and while being tormented by what he has done -- especially to his childhood friend -- he still enjoys it immensely. A true masochist in every definition of the word.
03. bury me alive | WE ARE THE FALLEN (ten to master)
there's no use in crying
all my tears won't drown my pain
free me from your sorrow
i can't grieve you again
i watched you let yourself die
now it's too late to save you this time
you bury me alive
and everybody's gotta breathe somehow
don't leave me to die
too consumed by your own emptiness and lies
all i did was love you
now i hate the nightmare you've become
i can't let you fool me
i won't need you again
This song is basically about someone in a very toxic relationship (hence why I chose it). The Doctor is always trying to help the Master, despite the fact that the Master continuously pushes him away. He hurts the Doctor in every possible way he can think of, yet he never tries to kill him. It's actually quite heart-breaking, if you think about it. Here you have two people that have been friends for well over eight centuries, and now they're disgusted by each others' presence.
As John Simm put it in an interview, "they're two sides of the same coin."
04. he lied about death (metric) | STARS (ten/master)
don't fuck with our lives
The Doctor and the Master make their final stand against Rassilon.
05. the light that shines twice as bright... | LOSTPROPHETS (ten to master)
take me by the hand
and leave me to the slaughter
close my eyes and sing just let it go
the warmest rain, it falls
on the darkest crimson mountains
seeping from the wound
i think alone
don't say the pain will fade tomorrow
the last thing that i feel will be today
don't you know
you put me on my knees
and cut my throat
(i'll never feel this way again)
A look of utter heart-break flashes across the Master's face when the Doctor points the gun at him one final time. It's almost as if he's thinking, "Not you. Of all people, not you." That's when the Doctor does the same thing he always does: he comes up with a way to save the Earth without having to shed any blood, even if that means sacrificing his own life in the process. And that's when the unthinkable happens: the Master steps in, and saves him.
06. drove through ghosts to get here | 65DAYSOFSTATIC (ten/master: a retrospective)
[instrumental]
I'm a very analytical person, so I've put quite a bit of thought into what type of history these two seem to share. Is it really that much of a stretch to think that two of them were indeed lovers at one point in their lives before something horrific tore them apart? Their conversations are always rather intimate; and why else would the Doctor go through so much trouble to save one person? Yet all the while, he didn't think twice about throwing his entire race into a time lock (including that mysterious woman, whom I thoroughly believe was his mother). But he can't seem to bring himself to kill the universe's deadliest psychopath, even when he believed said psychopath was going to kill him?
07. a drowning | HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS (ten)
it's the glare from the reflection
making patterns in your eyes
it's the looking back in anger
for every second slipping by
undertow has come to take me
guarded by the blazing sun
look at everything around us
look at everything we've done
With everything that's transpired, Ten has to come to terms with his imminent death.
08. soulmates never die | PLACEBO (ten/master)
the sea's evaporated, though it comes as no surprise
these clouds we're seeing, they're explosions in the sky
it seems it's written, but we can't read between the lines
soulmate dry your eyes, 'cause soulmates never die
Call me weird -- hell, call me cheesy, if you want -- but I tend to like to think that the Doctor and the Master are indeed soulmates. The complete each other in every way conceivable: one being the representation of light, the other of darkness.
bonus track: fix the sky a little | 65DAYSOFSTATIC (master to ten)
[instrumental]
For me, this is the Master's final goodbye to Ten. You have the overlapping voices of what sounds like children, which in my mind symbolizes the friendship the two of them shared when they were on Gallifrey. Combine that with the epic climax of the song, and you have yet another wonderful instrumental representation of the Doctor and Master's relationship.
-------------------------
DOWNLOAD THE FULL ZIP HERE.
(64.63 MB; includes all of the original album cover art)
- mix cover art done by yours truly. it's also included in the zip, however feel free to delete it if you don't want it.
- megaupload can be a hateful bitch, so if you have any problems, try refreshing the page or just try again later.
- comments make me :D but you don't have to if you don't want to.