A very Whovian post

[dweomeroflight]

This is really only happening for two reasons;

a) because I want to share my master playlist with blackpearl_phan

and because

b) lets face it. Sometime between last year and this year I became an insane Whovian fan. You know, one of those scary ones, who will probably be a Who fan for life and go around trying to convert the world.



Well here's my Master playlist from the Martha Jones finale of season three and three songs for when he and the doctor meet again. Clearly, I have far too much love for maniacs, or I just have the extreme hots for John Simm ;)

1. Utopia Within Temptation

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on Utopia?
Why does it hurt to kill the ideal of who we are?


Basically sums up the entire utopia story arc and Yana's need to believe that he can succeed.

2. Rule the World- Take That

The stars are coming out tonight
they're lighting up the sky tonight
for you
for you

yeah you and me baby we could ride on a star
if you stay with me girl
we could rule the whole world

-Lucy and The Master obv. standing together wtaching the universe burn.

3. Kryptonite 3 doors down

If I go crazy then
would you still call me superman
if I'm alive and well
would you be there holding my hand?

Lucy/Master His proposal

4. The world is not enough- Garbage

the world is not enough
but it is such a perfect place to start
my love
and if together we are strong enough
we can take the world upon our love

The crazy Master clearly

5. It's the end of the world as we know it- REM

it's the end of the world as we know it
and I feel fine.

The Master removes one tenth of the world's population... he doesnt care

6. Finally- ce ce Peniston

Finally it's happening to me
right in front of my face
and I just cannot hide it

The Master has The Doctor. He dances around like crazy.

7. Grace Kelly- Mika

I could be green, I could be blue, I could be violet sky
Gotta be mean, gotta be clean, gotta be everything more etc

It's a crazy song just like The Master is

8. I can't decide- the scissa sistas.

Hilarious. No explanation needed.

9. The Drumming Song- Florence and the machines

There's a drumming noise inside my head
It starts when your around
There's a drumming noise inside my head
It makes such an almighty sound

The drums, Doctor, the endless drumming...

10. 4 oclock- EA

4 oclock, 4 oclock
out of bed I creep
to climb this tower of shame
but the hours still the same
only madness knows my name
at 4 oclock

The Master really hates those drums

11. Songbird- Bernard Fanning

Songbird you got tales to tell
How many times could you describe your living Hell?

Lucy's life with the Master is far from easy.

12. Disease- Matchbox 20

I got a disease
deep inside me
makes me feel uneasy
tell me what am I supposed to do about it

Make the drums stop Doctor!!!

12. God help Me- EA

God help me
I don't see
how I can live this way
and I don't know why he's
touching meeeeeee
won't you shine in my direction and help me
won't you lend me your protection and help me

Lucy secretly wishes the Doctor will help her out of the situation

13. Bad Romance- Lady Gaga

I want your loving and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could make a bad romance

Caught in a bad romance

Lucy and The Master's relationship again

14. What have you done? Within temptation

would you mind if I killed you?
would you mind if I tried to cause you Hell?
It's over now...
what have you done?

The Master's love hate relationship with The Doctor

15. Funhouse- Pink

This used to be a funhousee
but now its filled with evil clowns
I'm going to start the countdown
I'm going to burn it down, down, down

The Master goes crazy fucking around with Planet Earth because he can

15. Deceiver of fools- Within temptation

Deceiver of hearts, deceiver of fools
he rules again

The Master is in control, Martha tries to stop him

16. Please don't leave Me- Pink

Please, please don't leave me
I always say how I don't need you
But it's always gonna come right back to this

The Master refuses to generate while The Doctor sobs

17. Viva la Vida- Coldplay

I used to rule the world
seas would rise when I gave the world
now in the morning I wake alone
sweep streets I used to own
one minute I held the key
next the walls had closed in on me
I discovered that my castle lay
upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand

The Master is reduced to homeless bum lol

18. The Man who sold the world- David Bowie

You're face to face
with the man who sold the world

The Master and The Doctor meet again

19. Forgiven- Within Temptation

You gave up the fight
you left me behind
but all thats done's forgiven

The master and the doctor at peace? at least for now...

I hope someone likes ;)



I also wanted to talk briefly about The Beast Below and some thoughts I've had about the difference between season five and earlier seasons if anyone cares... lol



Ok so The Beast Below aired last Sunday and its taken me till now to get my thoughts together on it. I've heard people say that this was a poor episode, but tbh I actually thought it was quite good. I think alot of people forget that we're only two episodes in and like most good BBC programs, the actors have to build up their characters somewhere. Also as my brother pointed out, The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below is probably the strongest season opening since season one with CE. I do agree with brendanpodger who said somewhere else that he missed the days of four part or even six part episodes from old old who days. I do think this episode would have worked better as a two parter, but considering what we got, I still enjoyed myself thoroughly.

In fact, something really, really shocking happened. I cried. I freaking cried again at the end of the episode. It was the whole Amy Pond quote... "“What if you were really old and really kind and alone? Your whole race dead, no future, what couldn't you do then? If you were that old and that kind and the very last of your kind, you couldn’t just stand there and watch children cry," or you know, something like that. That followed by the completely innocent hug got me. As my friend said "wow, either you cry at everything, or you hated RTD far more than you thought you did." You see, one of the things that my entire family was dreading throughout this episode was the return to "last of my kind" emoness and romance pining shiz, so it was great when Amy and The Doctor stayed just friends and any moments where The Doctor could have had a whinge, he immediately changed the subject. My brother actually gave an outright sigh of relief in one part.

This episode made me love Matt Smith even more than before. My brother pointed out to me that in this episode he was an oddly appealing mix of Ford Prefect (you may want to take a deep breath... say ommmmm) and Jon Pertwee with his Doctor of old man in young body shenanigans. In fact, this entire episode had huge Hitchhiker's Guide parallels to me, which my brother did note after the first episode eg the part where The Doctor puts a water glass on the ground and tells the confused couple he took it from "Sorry I'm looking for an escaped fish." This HHGTTG vibe is a great one and I hope it stays around.

The other thing that I realised about this episode, and may also be a contributing factor in why I cried, is the way that The Moff is trying to give the whole season a fairy story feel. In many ways, the way that Matt Smith and Karen Gillan play their characters with this newfound sense of both adventure and magic and wonderment, could stand in for how fans like myself feel. On another website one fan said "Like Amy Pond, I for one am a grown woman sitting on my suitcase, looking up at the stars and waiting for a Doctor to come." That feeling of magic and wonderment is something that has been missing from the series for awhile because DT's Doctor became so jaded. I'm finding that I'm grinning with Matt Smith, looking at the worlds and aliens they find themselves with with the same wonderment Amy Pond has, and at the end of the episode, I find myself thinking that the magic has somehow transferred to me. I know that sounds corny and lame, but its truly what I've been feeling about this last season.

Finally, someone posted a piece on the different Doctor's and how he suspected that people disliked Matt Smith because he wasn't a definable Doctor yet, like CE and DT were. He then went on to say that in many ways having an unknowable Doctor was a good thing. For a long time, audiences were finding out about the Doctor through DT, which was great for awhile, but served to make him too human, and not Doctor like enough in the end. Now we are finding out about The Doctor through Amy Pond. One commentator said "David Tennant was just ten, Matt Smith is every Doctor before him, when you watch him you believe that all of the other doctors that have come before him are still there, fighting to come out." That's pretty much exactly how I feel about both DT and MS.

wow, explanations and thoughts over. Anyone feel free to comment.

Comments

[blackpearl-phan.livejournal.com]

That's an amazing playlist!!!!!! and I agree with you Beast Below review, particularly the part about Tennant and Smith.

[brendanpodger.livejournal.com]

The new series(and by that I mean the last three Docs) has let us see an interesting progression happen. And the best thing about it is the Dr's companions that have been the key to this change.

Someone else(sorry I can't remember who) said that when Christopher Eccleston started as the Dr the character was mildly insane, and his time with Rose brings him back from the brink of insanity.

After this David Tennant learns to care for people again but is prone to negativity and depression.

I think Amy is going to teach the Dr a new lesson. She is going to teach Matt Smith about Joy and Hope.

[promethia_tenk]

I see our feelings are much the same about this episode <3

I don't care how many holes it has, it is magic. It glows.

[dweomeroflight.livejournal.com]

It is magic. It glows.

I think your reaction to it depends on how much you like sci fi versus fantasy and me? I LOVE FANTASY. And this story was fantastically great!

I think I could meta talk about series five forever and its fantastical fairy tale vibe... have you read my essay on all of series five?http://dweomeroflight.livejournal.com/17482.html#cutid1
Oh how I love you for what you've done with New Who Santa Moff!

I would forgive The Beast Below absolutely EVERYTHING if only for Amy's quote at the end. Also I love the poem she recites like you wouldn't believe.