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Lovely, fantastic quotes from Television Without Pity's recap of two Season One Doctor Who episodes. They broke my brain.
'I think I want the TARDIS to just be the Bad Wolf, Medium As Message-style. Imagine that much love. If the loud, crashing, bright scary thing that was coming to get you was God all along. And He was only coming to take you home.'
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'But like, if anybody tells you anything along these lines? That they know more than you, and that gives them power. Or that they created you, so they own you. Or that you should listen to them and not question it. Or that you don't have a duty to investigate the real truth about everything you put in your body -- whether it's through your mouth or your eyes or your ears -- and see how it tastes to you. And hold yourself up against whatever they tell you, and see if it feels right or if you want to know more than they're telling you ... the best policy is to disobey. Always. Even if it's just in your heart, even if it's just that second long enough to make sure. All this philosophy and mythology and religious claptrap is nothing compared to what this show is telling you: Just disobey.'
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'And Rose -- more Rose than True-Blue God for a sec -- looks down at him with all the love in the world: "I want you safe." The Doctor's shocked. Nobody's ever been in a position to give him that before. There are tears on her cheeks. "My Doctor," she says sweetly, intensely. "Protected from the false God." It's love, not just cold knowing. I like sad songs, like, "all the umbrellas in London could not stop this rain," because they make you ask the opposite question: What if all the umbrellas in London actually were over your head? Wouldn't you feel safe then?'
'I think I want the TARDIS to just be the Bad Wolf, Medium As Message-style. Imagine that much love. If the loud, crashing, bright scary thing that was coming to get you was God all along. And He was only coming to take you home.'
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'But like, if anybody tells you anything along these lines? That they know more than you, and that gives them power. Or that they created you, so they own you. Or that you should listen to them and not question it. Or that you don't have a duty to investigate the real truth about everything you put in your body -- whether it's through your mouth or your eyes or your ears -- and see how it tastes to you. And hold yourself up against whatever they tell you, and see if it feels right or if you want to know more than they're telling you ... the best policy is to disobey. Always. Even if it's just in your heart, even if it's just that second long enough to make sure. All this philosophy and mythology and religious claptrap is nothing compared to what this show is telling you: Just disobey.'
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'And Rose -- more Rose than True-Blue God for a sec -- looks down at him with all the love in the world: "I want you safe." The Doctor's shocked. Nobody's ever been in a position to give him that before. There are tears on her cheeks. "My Doctor," she says sweetly, intensely. "Protected from the false God." It's love, not just cold knowing. I like sad songs, like, "all the umbrellas in London could not stop this rain," because they make you ask the opposite question: What if all the umbrellas in London actually were over your head? Wouldn't you feel safe then?'
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