DW Christmas Special
No coherent thoughts, just two images. Because that ending just glowed.
Because remember this:
WILFRED: Oh, Doctor... What about you, now? Who've you got? I mean, all those friends of yours...?
THE DOCTOR: They've all got someone else. Still, that's fine. I'm fine.
And now... He doesn't just have friends, he has family. Who always set a place for him. I can't even. The look on his face as it sinks in... He has a place where he belongs! ♥ ALL THE LOVE.
The Doctor spends all his time trying to make others happy, he forgets about himself - I am so pleased that Santa Moff is looking after him, and making sure he is happy too.
ETA: I also liked Promethia's point that now he has a wife, the Doctor is even more like Santa Claus. This is very much of the good. ♥
ETA2: How did I forget? 'Caretaker' is my favourite new name for the Doctor. Because that's exactly what he is: The Caretaker of the universe. (And Caretakers aren't Great Warriors. They take care of things. With mops. See where I'm going with this? *g*)
ETA3: OK, one thought: The Doctor didn't really save anyone. All he wanted was to give a family a happy Christmas. He couldn't save the trees - although he obviously wanted to - and happily let Madge do it. Nor did he rant and rave against the people turning the trees into fuel - he was just happy that the trees were OK. Also, he didn't save Madge's husband (and didn't plan to either) - that came about through Madge's ready acceptance that she could save the trees, so she would. And because of that, because she was ready to embrace pain for the sake of someone/something else, she in the process got her husband back. Ditto the Doctor - by trying to give the Arwell family a happy Christmas, he was given one himself. I can't think of a better Christmas message. ♥
ETA4: Oh and re. the point about the Doctor not saving the day... That's because he's not The Hero. He's a Trickster, a Wizard - the one who facilitates other's journeys. To quote malsperanza:
I especially like [the Trickster] because he is often not the protagonist or hero, but the other fellow--the catalyst or outsider whose unexpected arrival and unpredictable behavior turn the world upside down and get the story rolling. And sometimes even tell the story.
This Christmas Special was the perfect illustration of that.
ETA5: Nothing to do with the rest of the post, except it is Christmas related... I bought the girls the Doctor Who Annual 2012, and when flicking through it discovered that it contained 'Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday'. And it is AWESOME!!!! (Also, if this is typical of a Gallifreyan fairy tale - which it clearly is - then it is NO WONDER that the Doctor sees the world the way he does!)
Because remember this:
WILFRED: Oh, Doctor... What about you, now? Who've you got? I mean, all those friends of yours...?
THE DOCTOR: They've all got someone else. Still, that's fine. I'm fine.
And now... He doesn't just have friends, he has family. Who always set a place for him. I can't even. The look on his face as it sinks in... He has a place where he belongs! ♥ ALL THE LOVE.
The Doctor spends all his time trying to make others happy, he forgets about himself - I am so pleased that Santa Moff is looking after him, and making sure he is happy too.
ETA: I also liked Promethia's point that now he has a wife, the Doctor is even more like Santa Claus. This is very much of the good. ♥
ETA2: How did I forget? 'Caretaker' is my favourite new name for the Doctor. Because that's exactly what he is: The Caretaker of the universe. (And Caretakers aren't Great Warriors. They take care of things. With mops. See where I'm going with this? *g*)
ETA3: OK, one thought: The Doctor didn't really save anyone. All he wanted was to give a family a happy Christmas. He couldn't save the trees - although he obviously wanted to - and happily let Madge do it. Nor did he rant and rave against the people turning the trees into fuel - he was just happy that the trees were OK. Also, he didn't save Madge's husband (and didn't plan to either) - that came about through Madge's ready acceptance that she could save the trees, so she would. And because of that, because she was ready to embrace pain for the sake of someone/something else, she in the process got her husband back. Ditto the Doctor - by trying to give the Arwell family a happy Christmas, he was given one himself. I can't think of a better Christmas message. ♥
ETA4: Oh and re. the point about the Doctor not saving the day... That's because he's not The Hero. He's a Trickster, a Wizard - the one who facilitates other's journeys. To quote malsperanza:
I especially like [the Trickster] because he is often not the protagonist or hero, but the other fellow--the catalyst or outsider whose unexpected arrival and unpredictable behavior turn the world upside down and get the story rolling. And sometimes even tell the story.
This Christmas Special was the perfect illustration of that.
ETA5: Nothing to do with the rest of the post, except it is Christmas related... I bought the girls the Doctor Who Annual 2012, and when flicking through it discovered that it contained 'Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday'. And it is AWESOME!!!! (Also, if this is typical of a Gallifreyan fairy tale - which it clearly is - then it is NO WONDER that the Doctor sees the world the way he does!)