My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark

[elisi]

Fell down the rabbit hole of youtube videos, but this is the one that just hit me in all the best ways. And dear GOD the way it hits the beats! Apparently it was the vidder's first effort, which I find hard to believe, it's amazingly confident and well-edited (go to youtube and watch it bigger):

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Apart from the title, then 'My childhood spat back the monster that you see' is also one of the most Doctor-y lines I have ever come across. Features the 9th, 10th and 11th Doctor. Enjoy.

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[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like a hell of a thing. Good luck with it, and looking forward to seeing it when it's done!
I’ll let you know! ;)

It's funny because it's sort of the opposite of what I look for? I want something that pulls together lots of different pieces into a coherent whole. Guess it's just two sides of the same coin.
Oh, I also do totally look for something that connects many different pieces into a whole usually, just not for this project. Or, you know, you can see this as an excuse to use a bunch of songs instead of one for a character, because it totally is.


And aww, you really didn’t have to, but thanks!

See, the reason why I liked Fox On The Run so much was mostly because it was made last year, so EVERYTHING River/Doctor could be included.
But I still went on a vid-watching spree, don’t worry.

Matches to Paper Dolls was very good indeed, objectively, though not one I’d *personally* go crazy over.

I had already seen Poison! And my reaction to it had mostly been “fucking FINALLY, fandom, took you long enough”.

You have every right to be biased; The World Is Not Enough is absolutely amazing. And now the damn song is stuck in my head and I don’t even really like James Bond and thank you!

When it comes to purplefringe and such_heights, there *were* a few I hadn’t seen before and which I really enjoyed now that I went looking: Blank Space –it seems easy to make a video about the Master but apparently it isn’t, so kudos, and Suzanne was beautiful and how did I miss this song, give it to me.
Finally, Love Is Cool is a prime candidate for the Most Adorable Thing Ever, and moved me to almost Graveyard Near the House levels, though without simultaneously destroying my soul in the process (I think you’ve seen that one, right?) Much clapping.

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[elisi]

Apologies for the late reply. Busy week.

I’ll let you know! ;)
Cool cool cool.

Oh, I also do totally look for something that connects many different pieces into a whole usually, just not for this project. Or, you know, you can see this as an excuse to use a bunch of songs instead of one for a character, because it totally is.
There have been similar vidding projects...

There's such_height's Month of Ponds (scroll down a bit): individual vids for the first four episodes of S7 (you may be familiar), and moreso fan_eunice's The Eleventy Project where she tried to make a vid for every episode of S5 (within the week after the episode aired). They are still some of my favourite vids ever. (Although you may want to avoid them until your own list is finished?)

See, the reason why I liked Fox On The Run so much was mostly because it was made last year, so EVERYTHING River/Doctor could be included.
Oh I definitely get that. (Even if I'm still so-so on THoRS. As you may - or may not - have noticed I never wrote anything about it. And still don't know if I ever will.)

Matches to Paper Dolls was very good indeed, objectively, though not one I’d *personally* go crazy over.
Yeah, tastes differ. :)

I had already seen Poison! And my reaction to it had mostly been “fucking FINALLY, fandom, took you long enough”.
It's from 2012... However, as far as I have been able to ascertain, there does NOT exist a Doctor/River vid to 'Tomorrow Never Dies' which is just criminal. (Yes there is one to 'Nobody Does It Better'.)

You have every right to be biased; The World Is Not Enough is absolutely amazing. And now the damn song is stuck in my head and I don’t even really like James Bond and thank you!
My pleasure! It's damn near perfect. :)

I must also recommend EVERYTHING by beccatoria, especially Set My World Into Motion. (Having spent entirely too long trying to find a list of all her vids, I think her end of year tag is probably the best way to find more, should you wish so.)

there *were* a few I hadn’t seen before and which I really enjoyed now that I went looking
There are always gems. I think my favourite of theirs (well apart from Never Look Away) might be Blue Caravan.

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[(Anonymous)]

Apologies for the late reply. Busy week.
No worries :)

There have been similar vidding projects...
Oh yes, I’ve seen those. But even though I greatly admire such dedication, I don’t think that such a thing is for me. See, I don’t believe that most episodes contain enough by themselves to *actually* make such videos. Okay, yes, some do, but not all of them. So mine is in a purely theoretical level. Well, if I give anyone a cool idea to try out, cool, that’s beside the point, go ahead, people.

Although you may want to avoid them until your own list is finished?
Not to worry, a few stubborn, difficult episodes, and many songs to choose from are all that remains, I won’t get influenced or anything.

Even if I'm still so-so on THoRS.
You seemed very excited when it had come out. Care to elaborate? Is it just that, as you had put it, you prefer the whole relationship-building with Eleven and you saw this as more of an epilogue? Like, it’s good but others are better?
Not that I love it to pieces or anything. Though I think that some particular scenes, the music, and the magnificent meta make it totally worth it overall.

I must also recommend EVERYTHING
Thank you, I’ll check them out. Can’t seem to find much DW-stuff going through there, but maybe a more careful look is needed.

There are always gems.
Well, at least there are many. The most frustrating thing is when you find an AMAZING video –see the aforementioned Graveyard Near The House for example, which yes, I have recommended and I hope you liked– and the artist has no other videos for that fandom! The horror!

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[elisi]

Not to worry, a few stubborn, difficult episodes, and many songs to choose from are all that remains, I won’t get influenced or anything.
Oh good, that was my main worry. I just find this stuff interesting. :)

You seemed very excited when it had come out. Care to elaborate? Is it just that, as you had put it, you prefer the whole relationship-building with Eleven and you saw this as more of an epilogue? Like, it’s good but others are better?
It's sort of a lot of things. Like, it has River, which is automatically wonderful. But... River is a Pond. She belongs with Ponds - her parents, Eleven. Twelve is not a Pond. He's OK, I quite like Twelve (well, S10!Twelve. S8 and S9 are... less appealing). But the juxtaposition is just jarring. It's not *my* ship, and although I can appreciate how it ties everything up, and how Twelve might have enough distance to deal with all the issues that had built up in the Doctor/River relationship, that simultaneously makes it less compelling. It ties things up nicely, most of the loose ends gathered up with a bow. It just doesn't do much for me.

F.ex. my favourite bit of the S9 soundtrack (apart from Breaking the Wall - which yes, is apparently called The Shepherd's Boy) is "A Restaurant with a View" because it's a re-working of The Enigma of River Song from the S6 soundtrack. <3

(There is more to it, but it's late & I'm sleepy now... I may write a post.)

Thank you, I’ll check them out. Can’t seem to find much DW-stuff going through there, but maybe a more careful look is needed.
No, it was very difficult to find even the one I linked to. :( But World Into Motion is quite exquisite just on its own. I have rarely seen a vid like it.

and the artist has no other videos for that fandom! The horror!
Oh this. :(

see the aforementioned Graveyard Near The House for example
PONDS! Ponds Ponds Ponds OH MY HEART!

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[(Anonymous)]

It's sort of a lot of things.
Aww, I see. It might just also be an intrinsic character/chemistry/dynamic thing. Like, yes, River and His Fluffiness *are* cute, but it’s how I prefer Rose and Jack with Nine instead of Ten, and Clara with Twelve instead of Eleven, for instance.
That being said, I think we can all appreciate it as a “River Song episode with a Doctor guest appearance” as you had put it :)

My favourite bit of the S9 soundtrack (apart from Breaking the Wall - which yes, is apparently called The Shepherd's Boy) is “A Restaurant With A View” because it's a re-working of The Enigma of River Song from the S6 soundtrack.
Hmm, yes, but the thing is I *already* have The Enigma of River Song :) So gimme new, Murray Gold. Of course, I am still cross that the magnificent bit from The Witch’s Familiar where Twelve is going “I’m going to count to ten, and then I expect to be presented with one Clara, or I start busting motherfuckers” while poor Clara and Missy are listening from the sewers wasn’t included, and I’m pretty sure that *is* a re-working of a thing, so what do I know.
(Speaking of unreleased re-workings, check out the cool western version of Ten’s theme from Hell Bent called “Unarmed” by DoctorWhoUnreleased2015, it’s damn near perfect.)
New personal favourites –so yes, The Shepherd’s Boy and The Singing Towers are out– include but are not limited to, the very Beethoven-y “A Fly On A Painting”, “Two Events In Life”, “One Confession Away” and “Break Free”. I used to joke that Gold secretly has a TARDIS, so he grabbed the soundtrack from Barry Lyndon, went to our old friend Ludwig van and was like “Amaze me!” And that the Doctor was trying to give us a covert message in Before The Flood.
Oh, and “Harmony and Redemption” is pretty good too.

PONDS! Ponds Ponds Ponds OH MY HEART!
Awww! (hugs) See, I just wanted to make sure.
My reaction was a shout of “Who gave you the right?!” and a bunch of incoherent, inarticulate cries while clutching my heart.
I don’t know what’s more frustrating, that like I said, this person hasn’t got any more DW videos, or that this masterpiece has less than 700 views –and about a third of those are mine.
Still though. (cries forever)
I need to go watch Love Is Cool or some Doctor Puppet again, it’ll cheer me up :)

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[elisi]

Aww, I see. It might just also be an intrinsic character/chemistry/dynamic thing. Like, yes, River and His Fluffiness *are* cute, but it’s how I prefer Rose and Jack with Nine instead of Ten, and Clara with Twelve instead of Eleven, for instance.
Yup that's it. And I much prefer Clara with Eleven - I'm not saying her arc with Twelve isn't fascinating, but Clara & Eleven are just adorable and fluffy, and Clara & Twelve are complicated and difficult. I have almost completed a S8-S9 re-watch (only have the final three episodes of S9 to watch and just can't get myself to watch, even though they're excellent), and yeah, just SUCH HARD WORK. :( I appreciate what those seasons do, but they're not easy viewing.

That being said, I think we can all appreciate it as a “River Song episode with a Doctor guest appearance” as you had put it :)
Aye.

Hmm, yes, but the thing is I *already* have The Enigma of River Song :)
Ah see from my POV, it's a link back to all the stuff I like (a bit like when the Gallifrey theme plays around Prof Yana), tying it all together.

Of course, I am still cross that the magnificent bit from The Witch’s Familiar where Twelve is going “I’m going to count to ten, and then I expect to be presented with one Clara, or I start busting motherfuckers” while poor Clara and Missy are listening from the sewers wasn’t included, and I’m pretty sure that *is* a re-working of a thing, so what do I know.
I'll have to listen out for that. And hey, they never included the best bits of the Waters of Mars that I listened to a fanmade version of for AGES.

Speaking of unreleased re-workings, check out
Will try to find them all!

My reaction was a shout of “Who gave you the right?!” and a bunch of incoherent, inarticulate cries while clutching my heart.
What struck me is that it seems so LONG? There are some vids that seem to go on forever, (and I wish they would), and this is one of them. Like, 'Keep giving me more'.

I need to go watch Love Is Cool or some Doctor Puppet again, it’ll cheer me up :)
Or Moves Like Jagger...

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[(Anonymous)]

Yup that's it. And I much prefer Clara with Eleven - I'm not saying her arc with Twelve isn't fascinating, but Clara & Eleven are just adorable and fluffy, and Clara & Twelve are complicated and difficult.
See, I love complicated and difficult that is textually acknowledged that it’s complicated and difficult! But I get where you’re coming from, not an easy viewing indeed, it *is* hard work.

I'll have to listen out for that. And hey, they never included the best bits of the Waters of Mars that I listened to a fanmade version of for AGES.
I KNOW! Yes! That one. (Sigh)

There are some vids that seem to go on forever, (and I wish they would), and this is one of them. Like, 'Keep giving me more'.
Oh yes. Well, it’s a big, beautiful song, so.
Also, I take it that you must have really enjoyed “The First Question” then, the final version is over eight minutes long!

Or Moves Like Jagger
(does the Drunk Giraffe)