Pff, how do we know it's tea? How do we know there's ANYTHING in the cup? He could just be pretending to sip and slurp and then telling the Daleks that he's drinking tea. How would they know the difference? Rule Number One: the Doctor lies. Where did he get the cup? I don't think the Daleks have cups. And Colony Sarf emptied his pockets... (Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that it's unexplained. Like a magic trick, I don't want to know.)
Missy upgraded herself and then decided to 'upgrade' the human race as well. Huh. Hadn't really thought of it in those terms.
The tin soldier said "no" and the wicked stepmother was defeated by someone she hadn't even bothered to think about. Just like Professor Yana with Chantho. Nice. (And I love Danny as The Tin Soldier.)
I suspect Missy decided to kill Clara when the Doctor woke up and asked for her. Because how DARE he? X) Yeah, Gallifrey hath no fury like a Time Lady dismissed.
A wonderful way to demonstrate that Clara has moved on from Danny's death. If she were still in mourning for him like she was in Death in Heaven, she wouldn't have hesitated for one second. Ooooh. True.
I know a bit about tarot and the Hanged Man often stands for sacrifice - the mythological counterpart is Odin hanging from the World Tree and giving up his eye in order to gain wisdom. I know about Norse mythology! (Being Scandinavian and whatnot.) So that makes sense to me. Thank you.
Now, Clara at the end of S7 did exactly this - she jumped into the Doctor's time stream (if you look up the tarot card image of The Fool, you'll see the similarity) and sacrificed herself for the greater good, saving the Doctor, the universe and causality itself. Yeah, it all fitted beautifully. I'd have pulled out more specific points, but by then I was so tired omg. Thanks for fleshing it out! :)
It was Danny who played the Hanged Man there, Danny who sacrificed himself twice: when he flew into the clouds and tore himself to shreds (just as Clara was torn to shreds) to protect Clara and the Earth, then when he chose to stay in the Underworld and send back his little boy instead, to keep a promise. Danny was monstered just like Clara, but in a different way: suppressing emotion to achieve his goal. I love this to pieces! I touched on it so very briefly, but never followed it through. <3
So now Clara has been put in that position again in a very visual way... will she have to make the ultimate sacrifice like Danny did? Will she have to give up being herself? Something like, I presume. Everything around her points to that. Not necessarily in a bad way, but SOMETHING.
Twelve reminded me so much of Seven here, I loved it. Playing the fool, whilst being twenty steps ahead. Yes.
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Where did he get the cup? I don't think the Daleks have cups. And Colony Sarf emptied his pockets... (Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that it's unexplained. Like a magic trick, I don't want to know.)
Missy upgraded herself and then decided to 'upgrade' the human race as well.
Huh. Hadn't really thought of it in those terms.
The tin soldier said "no" and the wicked stepmother was defeated by someone she hadn't even bothered to think about. Just like Professor Yana with Chantho.
Nice. (And I love Danny as The Tin Soldier.)
I suspect Missy decided to kill Clara when the Doctor woke up and asked for her. Because how DARE he? X)
Yeah, Gallifrey hath no fury like a Time Lady dismissed.
A wonderful way to demonstrate that Clara has moved on from Danny's death. If she were still in mourning for him like she was in Death in Heaven, she wouldn't have hesitated for one second.
Ooooh. True.
I know a bit about tarot and the Hanged Man often stands for sacrifice - the mythological counterpart is Odin hanging from the World Tree and giving up his eye in order to gain wisdom.
I know about Norse mythology! (Being Scandinavian and whatnot.) So that makes sense to me. Thank you.
Now, Clara at the end of S7 did exactly this - she jumped into the Doctor's time stream (if you look up the tarot card image of The Fool, you'll see the similarity) and sacrificed herself for the greater good, saving the Doctor, the universe and causality itself.
Yeah, it all fitted beautifully. I'd have pulled out more specific points, but by then I was so tired omg. Thanks for fleshing it out! :)
It was Danny who played the Hanged Man there, Danny who sacrificed himself twice: when he flew into the clouds and tore himself to shreds (just as Clara was torn to shreds) to protect Clara and the Earth, then when he chose to stay in the Underworld and send back his little boy instead, to keep a promise. Danny was monstered just like Clara, but in a different way: suppressing emotion to achieve his goal.
I love this to pieces! I touched on it so very briefly, but never followed it through. <3
So now Clara has been put in that position again in a very visual way... will she have to make the ultimate sacrifice like Danny did? Will she have to give up being herself?
Something like, I presume. Everything around her points to that. Not necessarily in a bad way, but SOMETHING.
Twelve reminded me so much of Seven here, I loved it.
Playing the fool, whilst being twenty steps ahead. Yes.