Just wanted to expand on a couple points, since you got me thinking Yay! I love it when that happens. :) Thinking good!
The Doctor didn't just destroy Gallifrey--he incinerated it, fully expecting to die in the fire as well. Oh... I'd forgotten that line! That's gorgeous. (And terrible of course.)
There's a bit of religious subtext here; for the Doctor, the fires were meant to be cleansing, wiping out his past sin of failing to destroy the Daleks when he had the chance by literally throwing himself (and his people) on the pyre. I like it. Very nice. All in all I feel like a kid in a candy store - I've been watching for 3 years now, only looking on DW as entertainment, and then 'Sound of Drums' hit me over the head with all the layers and since then I see meta where ever I look. It's almost like falling in love... :)
that the Doctor's regeneration in PotW was caused by fire, the Time Vortex burning him from the inside out. *nods* That's how I've always seen it.
It seems, from my perspective anyway, that he's chasing the fire, attempting to find a way to be consumed in the same manner as his people. That is wonderful. I'll have to think that over more, but yes it makes perfect sense.
Knowing the Master (because those two just manage to get into each other's heads so beautifully), he was counting on the Doctor starting that funeral pyre at the end of TLoTT, facilitating his coming back some other way. Mmmmm... yes. That could work. (I *knew* fire imagery was important! It's always about the fire!)
I was actually reminded of the character of Lucy in the musical Jekyll & Hyde I'm not familiar with that musical, but those are some very nifty parallels.
Thank you so much for your comment - so much food for thought! :)
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Yay! I love it when that happens. :) Thinking good!
The Doctor didn't just destroy Gallifrey--he incinerated it, fully expecting to die in the fire as well.
Oh... I'd forgotten that line! That's gorgeous. (And terrible of course.)
There's a bit of religious subtext here; for the Doctor, the fires were meant to be cleansing, wiping out his past sin of failing to destroy the Daleks when he had the chance by literally throwing himself (and his people) on the pyre.
I like it. Very nice. All in all I feel like a kid in a candy store - I've been watching for 3 years now, only looking on DW as entertainment, and then 'Sound of Drums' hit me over the head with all the layers and since then I see meta where ever I look. It's almost like falling in love... :)
that the Doctor's regeneration in PotW was caused by fire, the Time Vortex burning him from the inside out.
*nods* That's how I've always seen it.
It seems, from my perspective anyway, that he's chasing the fire, attempting to find a way to be consumed in the same manner as his people.
That is wonderful. I'll have to think that over more, but yes it makes perfect sense.
Knowing the Master (because those two just manage to get into each other's heads so beautifully), he was counting on the Doctor starting that funeral pyre at the end of TLoTT, facilitating his coming back some other way.
Mmmmm... yes. That could work. (I *knew* fire imagery was important! It's always about the fire!)
I was actually reminded of the character of Lucy in the musical Jekyll & Hyde
I'm not familiar with that musical, but those are some very nifty parallels.
Thank you so much for your comment - so much food for thought! :)