Sesska's Favorite TV Moment of the Week (10/8-10/14) (Patreon)
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It was an interesting week for me when it came to Doctor Who. The podcast got released with an overwhelming positive response (Thank You Lovelies) but I also uploaded this episode. But I have also had people talk to me about Matt Smith’s speeches and whether this was better than the Pandorica speech. Well seeing as I wasn’t a fan of the Pandorica speech at all, this is no competition for me.
For me, even if you take everything else away in this episode….I wasn’t viewing this speech as a grand way to try and stop or feed a “God”. I completely viewed this as The Doctor’s first chance to let out all sorts of frustrations he’s been having especially in regards to losing Amy and Rory. We see it time and time again where The Doctor loses someone and then has to move on with his life.
I think most of the companions of this show have had a meaningful impact on The Doctor but at the end of the day, they all end up being stories. They all are become memories to him. Beautiful memories but memories nonetheless. In that moment when The Doctor says “I have lost things you will never understand”….I have no idea why but my mind just had a flash of 11, Amy and Rory standing there in their ponchos and Amy saying “if we’re going to die, we might as well die looking like a Peruvian folk band” and I absolutely lost it.
In my opinion, The Doctor became numb after his loss as he has so many times in the past. And this speech was when he let it all out. Not just about his losses but about everything he’s seen, everything he’s done (good and bad). Though the leaf bit was sweet and the most insight I’ve gotten into Clara, the speech blew that moment away for me. Matt Smith nailed it and embodies everything I’ve ever wanted The Doctor to be.
The tragedy of it all is that he keeps living this remarkable life but everyone he has ever loved becomes just a story to him.
“I’ll be a story in your head but that’s okay. We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one”
-The Doctor to Amy
Fitting how it works the other way around.
Don’t mind me, I’ll be in the corner bawling my eyes out yet again.