Comments | lonewytch: meta: The Empire Never Ended

lonewytch

meta: The Empire Never Ended - Nightmare in Silver

May 18, 2013 10:44

In which there is dualism, Zoroastrianism and the Goddess Isis; the Doctor is a Magician, Emperor and the Monster in the mirror; the theme park is the cauldron of rebirth; Philip K Dick's Empire never ended; and there is form out of nothingness.

( Everyone who had ever lived was literally surrounded by the iron walls of the prison; they were all inside it and none of them knew it. )

myth and metaphor, damn you moffat, so much love, meta, doctor who

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hawkmoth May 18 2013, 11:42:50 UTC

Once more you have blown my mind ( ... )

lonewytch May 20 2013, 11:35:14 UTC

Thank you :) Glad you enjoyed.

Ah, yeah, definitely links ot hte Dream Lord there, as someone who embodyied the dark side of the Doctor and all the mirroring that went on between the two of the in Amy's Choice.

~nods~ yeah, it also really remided me of the Doctor sticking his head inside that box in The Impossible Astronaut....heads in boxes as a theme has been a little quiet recently, but it's still a Moffat fave!!!

Yeah, there's a bit where he speaks first with the 9th Doctor's accent, and then with the tenth Docotr, and uses some of their catchphrases. It's where he's in the comical castle, tied to the chair and speaking to Clara across the table.

Yeah, i agree, i think her saying "my children" was nanny seak, she does see them clearly as her children and repsonsibility.

WASN'T THE FINALE FAB?????

hawkmoth May 20 2013, 12:52:24 UTC

The finale was brill!

Here's how it blew my mind:

http://hawkmoth.livejournal.com/333646.html

a_phoenixdragon May 18 2013, 15:41:34 UTC

Whoa.

I knew this episode would be a plethora of fantastic for you - and my gods, you have just laid this all out to perfection and sewn it all together in such a way that it feels like a whole cloth. Just gorgeous meta, love. As always you have made me see deeper and understand more than I did before!

*HUGS*

lonewytch May 20 2013, 11:36:30 UTC

Thank you darling, glad you enjoyed. I was all like "OMG dualism! OMG Philip K Dick" ..and then i just got a bit gddy with it!

Exquisite finale was exquisite.

elisi May 18 2013, 16:31:45 UTC

Immediately after the Doctor cuts into this conversation, we go to a shot of him which draws together several symbols - with a box which has a circle in a square, his head inside it, and an egg shape at the bottom.
That shot appeared, and I almost shook my head, because seriously, they're just having a laugh now...

But where was the theme of music/song saves which has been in every single episode up until now. Anyone?
... The only thing I can come up with on the spur of the moment is Queen = River Song = saves the children/wins the game

Mostly I want to rewatch the Doctor playing chess with himself over and over...

lonewytch May 20 2013, 11:38:40 UTC

That shot appeared, and I almost shook my head, because seriously, they're just having a laugh now...

IKR? ~shakes fist~ Moffat!!!

On Queen=River=Song saves the kids...yeah. I was just so surprised not to see something more explicit like there has been in all the other eps. Perhaps it ended up hitting the cutting room floor.

It was a stellar ep wasn't it?

ext_1788773 May 25 2013, 18:45:44 UTC

Excellent meta. Love them all.

Have you seen this yet? It's a little tease of a hint towards the 50th :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYWghABqh3w

lonewytch May 25 2013, 21:36:47 UTC

Thank you! Glad you've enjoyed them.

Oooh, no i hadn't seen that Strax vid. He's got to be the Time War Doctor, right? Looking forward to the 50th sooo much .

ericadawn16 May 26 2013, 04:45:06 UTC

I love how you analyze each episode so deeply and so much more thoughtfully than the usual "Moffat is so freaking sexist and this is why..." that I'm used to.

I look forward to the season finale when you're ready. There was so much to it and River! Ugh, he made me cry again.