meta: The Fate of All is Always Dust - The Name of the Doctor (part 1 of 2)
In which the use of words, and names are very important; there is a big difference between knowledge/information/wisdom/myth; the Akashic Records, the Astral Plane and the Golden Ratio make a mystical appearance; there is a lot to say about form/emptiness, what the soul is made of and how things are more than the sum of their parts; the Doctor can
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I truly didn't realise how masterful was the dialogue between Vastra and De Marco. So thank you indeed for pointing out its importance. Breath-taking.
How beautiful was the whole part about Dreams and Astral Plane and the Whispermen behing information, the Doctor being blindfolded -I may have meowed with joy. Notice that Ada who was "smitten" with the Doctor was also blind... I rather read it as a form of blindness for the companions, those who are smitten with him. Like Clara, they jump into the unknown, sometimes getting lost. But as the Doctor plays a game with Archie and Angie, he will find them.
I'm not sure about the whole Soufflé metaphor or parts making up for the whole, to be fair I still don't understand how Clara went from herself to super-clever heroine Oswin or Victorian!Clara... But you clarified WHY she survived the big jump in his timeline which didn't make sense at all to me; because she is made of stories... Does that mean the Clara we are going to see next will be a Oswin-y type of Clara because she is now a story he picked from his head -literally? Erm, at least her extraordinarily easy survival works on a meta level for me now... So thank you!
What still bugs me about the theory Hurt's Doctor is the one who committed the Time War Genocide is that I don't see how it will appear in the 50th, which is going to be... not as dark as many expect it to be. It's a birthday anniversary after all.
Oh but everything was gorgeous about your meta! Thank you so much for writing it!
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Ahhhhh, of course, i'd totally forgotten about blind Ada!
'm not sure about the whole Soufflé metaphor or parts making up for the whole, to be fair I still don't understand how Clara went from herself to super-clever heroine Oswin or Victorian!Clara
I think loads is left open with Moffat's Who - we don't always get the full explanation. That's not a complaint - the pay off is that Moff works more symbolically - however, as such, detail gets lost. The mechanics of her survival all comes back to the leaf, and it's that which will define her identity - i need to epxlore that more, and its links to the World Tree and death/rebirth, also Clara as echo/ghost - hopefully i'll write on this in my next meta (but it's not gonna be around for a couple of weeks as i'm swanning off to scotland in 2 days time).
What still bugs me about the theory Hurt's Doctor is the one who committed the Time War Genocide is that I don't see how it will appear in the 50th, which is going to be... not as dark as many expect it to be. It's a birthday anniversary after all.
Yeah - i know what you mean. However, remember the xmas special that was all about death and mourning and someone dying tragically at the end? And i was all like "BUT MOFF- IT'S CHIRSTMAS?!!!" I'm not sure i'd put it past Moff to have some really dark shades going through the 50th. Whatever the Hurt Doctor did, it was dreadful, and they're gonna address it.
Thank you so much for your comment! It's really appreciated.
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