“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

( Spoilers for Day of the Doctor )

Below you'll find the second part of myanalysis of the Doctor's decline and fall as Ten, followed by his rehabilitation as Eleven. We've now reached Part Two, where I trace his moral and emotional journey through the Specials.

Thanks are in order to elisi whose own meta has so often inspired me, to Sonic Biro for all those wonderful screencaps, and to ( Read more... )

I promised more meta on Ten, including the reasons why I love him. When I started putting it together, I realise that sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. And sometimes, other people have the words you lack. The Killers, in this case.

I lack the technical skills to do vidding, and salute those who possess them. If I could, I'd make this ( Read more... )

CHAPTER ONE: WEEPING FOR ATTICUS, or THE TENTH DOCTOR's TRAGEDY

Should such a man, too fond to rule alone,

Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne…

…Who but must laugh, if such a man there be?

Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?

From The Epistle to Doctor Arbuthnot, by Alexander Pope

In response to elisi ‘s excellent meta here on the Christmas ( Read more... )

Over on elisi 's journal, there have been some fascinating discussions about Ten’s character arc recently, particularly some of his darker aspects like his behaviour at the end of FoB. This sparked off a train of thought rather too lengthy for a comment. It includes quotations and discussion of School Reunion and Family of Blood, among others, but no ( Read more... )

I've been wallowing in the new Murray Gold soundtrack album all afternoon (to the detriment of my studies). I was a bit disappointed in the Series 4 one, and the only track from it I ever really listen to is the Song of Freedom, but this is a stunner. What's interesting about it is that it's far more of a narrative - in effect, the story of the ( Read more... )