Nor is Doctor Who a public service instruction guide for modifying child behaviour. It’s a family show whose aim is to entertain. Yes, goodness. Thank you. Simple truths need to be said. (I was also somewhat confused by the issue arising in this episode because… the message was good? You mentioned Clara's line about dreams not being real, there's also Twelve's about how fear makes you strong. Embrace your fears, your anxieties, learn they're a part of you and learn to face them? That's sure bad…)
I DIED at the Cherub thinking there were Silents on her ceiling too. Goodness, that's too cute XD And your solution to the problem cracked me up as well. Sensible Parenting Gets It Right.
Anyway, on to the actual meta :) I love the way you explain the Doctor's state of mind and how it drives the whole episode—once you start on that idea, it all falls together much more smoothly. With all the parallels with all the other children with their very own nightmares, and all the meaningful lines that call back to the Doctor's very own experience. The episode turning the tables on him, with all the parallels with little Rupert—that's very clever indeed… (And the dual meanings ♥)
AND CLASSIC!WHO PARALLELS. ♥ I am enthusiastic about this. ♥ One is so unsettling at first, indeed, because he is not all about morals, nor close to humans at all—he seems to shift as time goes on, with Ian and Barbara. His defining himself against the Daleks… Oh yes.
I think the Doctor is this strange, occasionally often very dangerous man, and he needs to be in a dialogue with someone as strong as he is, intellectually and spiritually… to make him the hero he can be. Without that person by his side, that very special person, he’s nowhere, he’s a threat. Oh, this is so true—thanks for sharing that quote. From the Time Lord Victorious to "Don’t be alone, Doctor," and really throughout the history of the show… it’s always so, so true. He needs them to keep him grounded…
And so much love for Clara and children, pretty much ever ♥
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Yes, goodness. Thank you. Simple truths need to be said. (I was also somewhat confused by the issue arising in this episode because… the message was good? You mentioned Clara's line about dreams not being real, there's also Twelve's about how fear makes you strong. Embrace your fears, your anxieties, learn they're a part of you and learn to face them? That's sure bad…)
I DIED at the Cherub thinking there were Silents on her ceiling too. Goodness, that's too cute XD And your solution to the problem cracked me up as well. Sensible Parenting Gets It Right.
Anyway, on to the actual meta :) I love the way you explain the Doctor's state of mind and how it drives the whole episode—once you start on that idea, it all falls together much more smoothly. With all the parallels with all the other children with their very own nightmares, and all the meaningful lines that call back to the Doctor's very own experience. The episode turning the tables on him, with all the parallels with little Rupert—that's very clever indeed… (And the dual meanings ♥)
AND CLASSIC!WHO PARALLELS. ♥ I am enthusiastic about this. ♥ One is so unsettling at first, indeed, because he is not all about morals, nor close to humans at all—he seems to shift as time goes on, with Ian and Barbara. His defining himself against the Daleks… Oh yes.
I think the Doctor is this strange, occasionally often very dangerous man, and he needs to be in a dialogue with someone as strong as he is, intellectually and spiritually… to make him the hero he can be. Without that person by his side, that very special person, he’s nowhere, he’s a threat.
Oh, this is so true—thanks for sharing that quote. From the Time Lord Victorious to "Don’t be alone, Doctor," and really throughout the history of the show… it’s always so, so true. He needs them to keep him grounded…
And so much love for Clara and children, pretty much ever ♥