What gets me every time I listen to this piece is the metaphor of it. If you listen from the beginning, the piano keeps the rhythm. Its pace regular, a delicate thing, perhaps a metronome or a music box. Then another sound joins it. Can you hear it? A ticking. The ticking of a clock. The song slows. The ticks grow farther apart. The clock winding down. Time, running out.
"My dear Doctor: the path has never seemed more slow, and yet I fear I am nearing its end. Reason tells me that you and I are unlikely to meet again, but I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head and know that all things are possible. Hurry though, my love: my days grow shorter now, and I am so very weak. Godspeed, my lonely angel."
Doctor Who really had it all in these days. Tennant’s Tenth Doctor brought out so much emotion. You can see it so much in his stoic behavior upon realizing that Reinette is gone and receiving her final letter for him. The episode is so beautiful and the music brings that beauty to so much light.
It played it my mind one day over 10 years ago. One sad day when I once again I had to say goodbye to two people I love and care about with whom I've not seen in a decade.
(PLAY THIS MUSIC WHILE YOU READ): The only thing missing from David Tennant's farewell. After the book signing, I would have had the Tardis materialize in a cemetery in the foreground blurred with a large mausoleum with the name POMPADOUR in focus. It is a snowy winter day, snow is falling, and the ground is covered with a couple inches. We see the TARDIS in the foreground partly off camera to the right and we hear the familiar door creek as it opens. The shot is of David over his left shoulder from behind him at POV level while the camera moves with him toward the tomb. As he walks slowly to this large structure with this music playing (we see the cut scene back to Rose, "why her?") , and ascends up the stairs. (0:40) Closeup of his hand moving to rest on the gate, then side profile shot of David, surprised, as he finds gate unlocked. He pushes it open cautiously with his stern brow looking to see if everyone is there. We hear her voice for the first time. "Doctor!" David enters. We see flashbacks of Reinette as a young child, an adult, and a her final "no" to the Doctor. Then slow dolley down shot of the coffins and oil-lamp sconces simulating David's POV descending into the tomb. Cut to a scene inside the mausoleum as David descends the stairs slowly toward us starting to show discomfort. Oil lamp sconces line the walls down the stairs. Various coffins and oil-lamp sconces line the side of the main floor as well but David has his eyes forward as he seems to know where he is going. We would hear her voiceover as he descends "It is time." "And here you are, my lonely angel, on the slow path with me" with reverberation as if she were speaking in the mausoleum. (1:30) Shot from behind and below eye level of the casket and zooms out to show tall candles burning brightly on both sides of a beautiful, ornate coffin stretching from left to right. David reaches the casket. Shot of the casket face and we see the name Reinette Poisson De Pompadour and the date of her life, Shot close-up of David's face (sad) and then looking off to remember: Music switches to the happier version of this theme (when David meets Reinette as adult and she kisses him) we would see the scene as where he remembers Reinette telling him being a lonely boy/man and ""Dance with Me!" "It's time for a Timelord to learn how to dance." Shot back to David looking down at his hand. Then we see another hand, hers, join his. We would have seen a new scene where he dances with her and seeing the look on his face and hers that they were both happy (perhaps with an enhanced music score from Murray Gold, orchestral style, angelic voices. Come on David, Sophia, Steven, Murray, please film this! (perhaps for a Children in Need special) (2:30) The scene would have concluded with this music again with David pulling something out of his longcoat that we can't really make out, shows him winding it and placing on the grave. We see a close-up of his face speaking in French : "Je voudrais pouvoir vous ai montré les étoiles." with tears welling in his eyes. His hand on the stone next to her name and the object which is not quite in focus but we can start to make it out then we see his hand withdrawn slowly. "Oh Doctor, my lonely Doctor. Farewell my love." (cut to 3:00 in this song, The final scene (before the cut back to Donna's wedding) would have ended with a shot inside the tomb of the gated outside door with snow falling with the doctor now gone to a pan down, zoom to reveal the object is a snow globe with a couple looking very much like them (french maiden and thin man in a striped suit) dancing. The camera zooms slowly to their smiling faces turning in the globe with the snow falling in the globe while you hear the TARDIS dematerializing in the background. The music ends to the shot of the the maiden's face as comes to a stop and the smile then fade out. I know that Steven Moffat, David, Sophia, Murray, etc. will probably never read this but I hope you as the fan enjoyed this as much as I did visualizing it. I would have had a hard time focusing through a wall of tears in my eyes but I would have always been warmed with joy and love to the scene of them dancing in time, no words, just music, their touch, and pure joy. If you liked this, check out my other narratives for Tom Baker meeting Matt Smith: ruclips.net/video/1cbQVfVfSrI/видео.html and the regeneration of John Hurt into Christopher Eccleston: ruclips.net/video/20wJoBGL5YQ/видео.html
Thank you. It means a lot coming from a fellow fan. I would hope that the DW writers, actors, actresses, producer would read but I know many are too busy and remain anonymous. Did you also read my Tom Baker meet Matt Smith ending to the 50th and my Eccleston new regenaration scene?
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Wow, nice. But I don't think it would have fit to the farewell round. It didn't show sadness or loss directly, but just showed who he had travelled with, remembering the good times, not the bad.
I always wanted ten to visit her again, when he was going back to see all of his companions before he regenerated. Especially when he saw Nurse Redferns granddaughter
If ever a *Who* moment needed revisiting... The new *Doctor* and *Madame du Pompadour* cross paths a few years after *Tenant* had said to pick out a star and he’d be right back... _”but you’re not my Doctor”..._ adventures, then ...the *Doctor* walks in on an aged *Reinette* sealing a letter while this music plays and they share another moment...
I listened to this song nonstop back during my first break up in High School. I don’t recommend this lmao buuut ya gonna do it anyways, so stay strong, you are loved
This is why this is my favorite doctor who episode/story from the revived series while genises of the daleks us my favorite classic series episode/story
We have many memories of those associating and relating to us that have died before, after how much care and help they meant to us we do miss them dearly (as well as a pet) 💔 😔
@@honestiago4738 no it hasn’t. It about experience and friendship. The idea of it being political now is forced. Everything is shoved in your face with these new stories, which by the way are terribly written, and doesn’t even focus on the doctor that much. People literally complained that never fucking watched the show, because that have nothing better to do with their stupid lives then try and “fix” everything to their liking. Have edited the show past it’s main theme which is about a solo alien who travels the universe with friends. It suppose to be “HIS” story not a story about everyone else. If you want to see a story about everyone else then go watch another show. Clearly you never watched the classics.
While the Classics often had some political themes, it wasn't the point of the show, it was still a monster of the week that you could enjoy the hell out of, regardless of who you vote for.
What gets me every time I listen to this piece is the metaphor of it.
If you listen from the beginning, the piano keeps the rhythm. Its pace regular, a delicate thing, perhaps a metronome or a music box. Then another sound joins it. Can you hear it? A ticking. The ticking of a clock.
The song slows. The ticks grow farther apart. The clock winding down. Time, running out.
- this was a brilliant analogy❤️
"My dear Doctor: the path has never seemed more slow, and yet I fear I am nearing its end. Reason tells me that you and I are unlikely to meet again, but I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head and know that all things are possible. Hurry though, my love: my days grow shorter now, and I am so very weak. Godspeed, my lonely angel."
😭😭😭😭
why you gotta attack my emotions with a quote like that?
Doctor Who really had it all in these days. Tennant’s Tenth Doctor brought out so much emotion. You can see it so much in his stoic behavior upon realizing that Reinette is gone and receiving her final letter for him. The episode is so beautiful and the music brings that beauty to so much light.
i played this music when my cat died and i remembered all the good times we had, R.I.P Coraline (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
So sorry!
It played it my mind one day over 10 years ago. One sad day when I once again I had to say goodbye to two people I love and care about with whom I've not seen in a decade.
I think of my cats too when I hear this :(
My cat just passed away today after 12 wonderful years and this was the song I turned to, I feel you and I’m with you.
(PLAY THIS MUSIC WHILE YOU READ): The only thing missing from David Tennant's farewell. After the book signing, I would have had the Tardis materialize in a cemetery in the foreground blurred with a large mausoleum with the name POMPADOUR in focus. It is a snowy winter day, snow is falling, and the ground is covered with a couple inches. We see the TARDIS in the foreground partly off camera to the right and we hear the familiar door creek as it opens. The shot is of David over his left shoulder from behind him at POV level while the camera moves with him toward the tomb. As he walks slowly to this large structure with this music playing (we see the cut scene back to Rose, "why her?") , and ascends up the stairs. (0:40) Closeup of his hand moving to rest on the gate, then side profile shot of David, surprised, as he finds gate unlocked. He pushes it open cautiously with his stern brow looking to see if everyone is there. We hear her voice for the first time. "Doctor!" David enters. We see flashbacks of Reinette as a young child, an adult, and a her final "no" to the Doctor. Then slow dolley down shot of the coffins and oil-lamp sconces simulating David's POV descending into the tomb. Cut to a scene inside the mausoleum as David descends the stairs slowly toward us starting to show discomfort. Oil lamp sconces line the walls down the stairs. Various coffins and oil-lamp sconces line the side of the main floor as well but David has his eyes forward as he seems to know where he is going. We would hear her voiceover as he descends "It is time." "And here you are, my lonely angel, on the slow path with me" with reverberation as if she were speaking in the mausoleum. (1:30) Shot from behind and below eye level of the casket and zooms out to show tall candles burning brightly on both sides of a beautiful, ornate coffin stretching from left to right. David reaches the casket. Shot of the casket face and we see the name Reinette Poisson De Pompadour and the date of her life, Shot close-up of David's face (sad) and then looking off to remember: Music switches to the happier version of this theme (when David meets Reinette as adult and she kisses him) we would see the scene as where he remembers Reinette telling him being a lonely boy/man and ""Dance with Me!" "It's time for a Timelord to learn how to dance." Shot back to David looking down at his hand. Then we see another hand, hers, join his. We would have seen a new scene where he dances with her and seeing the look on his face and hers that they were both happy (perhaps with an enhanced music score from Murray Gold, orchestral style, angelic voices. Come on David, Sophia, Steven, Murray, please film this! (perhaps for a Children in Need special)
(2:30) The scene would have concluded with this music again with David pulling something out of his longcoat that we can't really make out, shows him winding it and placing on the grave. We see a close-up of his face speaking in French : "Je voudrais pouvoir vous ai montré les étoiles." with tears welling in his eyes. His hand on the stone next to her name and the object which is not quite in focus but we can start to make it out then we see his hand withdrawn slowly. "Oh Doctor, my lonely Doctor. Farewell my love."
(cut to 3:00 in this song, The final scene (before the cut back to Donna's wedding) would have ended with a shot inside the tomb of the gated outside door with snow falling with the doctor now gone to a pan down, zoom to reveal the object is a snow globe with a couple looking very much like them (french maiden and thin man in a striped suit) dancing. The camera zooms slowly to their smiling faces turning in the globe with the snow falling in the globe while you hear the TARDIS dematerializing in the background. The music ends to the shot of the the maiden's face as comes to a stop and the smile then fade out. I know that Steven Moffat, David, Sophia, Murray, etc. will probably never read this but I hope you as the fan enjoyed this as much as I did visualizing it. I would have had a hard time focusing through a wall of tears in my eyes but I would have always been warmed with joy and love to the scene of them dancing in time, no words, just music, their touch, and pure joy.
If you liked this, check out my other narratives for Tom Baker meeting Matt Smith: ruclips.net/video/1cbQVfVfSrI/видео.html and the regeneration of John Hurt into Christopher Eccleston: ruclips.net/video/20wJoBGL5YQ/видео.html
Thank you, being an ISFP, I have gone back many time and listened and enhanced the narrative above. Enjoy. David's doctor was a special one.
Doug M That was beautiful! 😊😢😭
Thank you. It means a lot coming from a fellow fan. I would hope that the DW writers, actors, actresses, producer would read but I know many are too busy and remain anonymous. Did you also read my Tom Baker meet Matt Smith ending to the 50th and my Eccleston new regenaration scene?
Wow, nice. But I don't think it would have fit to the farewell round. It didn't show sadness or loss directly, but just showed who he had travelled with, remembering the good times, not the bad.
That was beautiful to read whilst listening to this. Honestly
I always wanted ten to visit her again, when he was going back to see all of his companions before he regenerated. Especially when he saw Nurse Redferns granddaughter
If ever a *Who* moment needed revisiting...
The new *Doctor* and *Madame du Pompadour* cross paths a few years after *Tenant* had said to pick out a star and he’d be right back... _”but you’re not my Doctor”..._ adventures, then ...the *Doctor* walks in on an aged *Reinette* sealing a letter while this music plays and they share another moment...
Good as that would be, Reinette probably wouldn't have looked aged as she died very young, she was only around 40.
Saddest episode I've seen. Legit made me cry and I hardly cry at movies or shows
I saw the episode last night, brought tears to my eyes.
the themes of murray gold are so wonderfull
This song makes me sad in my heart
I first read this comment, then your name. I have no words for this…
the music is particularly captivating in this episode which is my favourite. beautiful x
One of the things I loved about that episode.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever listened to.
Girl in the Fireplace is the best episode of Doctor Who. CHANGE MY MIND!!
I can't...
It is ong 🔥
🟦⬜🟥 Madame de Pompadour l'histoire ne vous oubliera pas
I love this with my very soul. Will I ever have another lover before I perish? I miss you Roxie.
I listened to this song nonstop back during my first break up in High School. I don’t recommend this lmao buuut ya gonna do it anyways, so stay strong, you are loved
Such a sad soundtrack
Your right.
this is one of murray gold's most beautiful pieces. i'm in tears
"I'm always alright." :(
I love this theme!
This is why this is my favorite doctor who episode/story from the revived series while genises of the daleks us my favorite classic series episode/story
THE TEARS
Ok who's cutting onions? 😭
Doc: I'm so sorry, Mharti. I think I-I am a terrible doctor. (sobbing) 😭 Mharti: Hey, cheer up Doc, there is no reason to cry. 😧
We have many memories of those associating and relating to us that have died before, after how much care and help they meant to us we do miss them dearly (as well as a pet) 💔 😔
Plus hearing some famous people who you've known from all those years can be in a way heartfelt 💔 😔
Arrow Sad Music
Best Song ❣️
0:53 That pitch change in those background violins... wow... ;(
So sad
Ahhh way back when doctor who wasn’t a political piece of garbage
Doctor Who has always been political. If you don't understand that you've never really understood the show.
@@honestiago4738 no it hasn’t. It about experience and friendship. The idea of it being political now is forced. Everything is shoved in your face with these new stories, which by the way are terribly written, and doesn’t even focus on the doctor that much. People literally complained that never fucking watched the show, because that have nothing better to do with their stupid lives then try and “fix” everything to their liking. Have edited the show past it’s main theme which is about a solo alien who travels the universe with friends. It suppose to be “HIS” story not a story about everyone else. If you want to see a story about everyone else then go watch another show. Clearly you never watched the classics.
While the Classics often had some political themes, it wasn't the point of the show, it was still a monster of the week that you could enjoy the hell out of, regardless of who you vote for.