{ I'm only gonna break, break, break, break, break your heart. }

[delga]

Oh, hey, something else I liked about Doctor Who: the way in which the Doctor and the Master were suddenly aligned. I know, I know, mirrors, &c. but I loved the look on the Master's face when he realised what the Doctor was going to do, and then the echo of get out of the way as he wreaked havoc on the Time Lords. I enjoyed that a terrible amount.

Apparently the weeping woman was the Doctor's mother. Which is very Maryām of her, I guess. I wish that wasn't stipulated because, guys, it could have been Romana! Unless she's the other weeping woman idk.

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Tomorrow we're leaving for Surrey. In the morning we have the Hindu portion of the funeral and some time late in the day we have the cremation. I am tired just thinking about it but it's one day. And then some sort of peace, for my uncle if no-one else.

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Watched Moon last night/this morning. It was not what I thought it was going to be but Sam Rockwell was wonderful in it. The set was absolutely beautiful, and like most films of this ilk, the silence was lovely.

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[denorios.livejournal.com]

My brother had a small fit when I told him it was the Doctor's mother, and went off muttering about how Time Lords aren't born and they're actually all cloned or something. I don't know, he's an Old Skool fan. He thinks New Who is an abomination.

[zeitheist.livejournal.com]

I thought it was his mother! (I'd seen suggestions it was Romana but also Susan, who was the very first Doctor's companion and also his granddaughter, and who he presumably screwed over and left in the time lock?). Where was this confirmed, can I just ask?

I loved the moment where the Master and the Doctor were less these two opposing forces and more an echo of what they once were - it happened once in the first episode and twice in the second, where there was a moment that made me consciously realize "jesus, these guys used to be friends". I could see the boys they must have been in the Time Lords that they had become, to be ridiculously prosaic.

I'm not sure if it's standard practise to wish you luck for a funeral, so instead I will say: I hope it grants you some kind of serenity, and I'll be keeping you in my thoughts.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

It was Julia Gardner/whateverhernameis in some...thing. I read it on wikipedia, either way.

John Simm gave that small smile before bounding out of the way. THAT was the moment for me; beautiful.