Another short picspam

[rynne]

There's something I've been seeing about a certain scene in The Stolen Earth...


So, I've seen a few people who didn't like the reunion scene in TSE--or at least, didn't like how cliche the "seeing at a distance and running towards each other" thing was. I can get their point--yeah, it was pretty cliche. But the thing is, I don't think anything else could have fit quite so well. How significant has running been to these two?

Screencaps from obsessive_caps


Doctor: Run!

It was the very first word he said to her! The very first! Before they knew each other's names, before any other words were spoken, before almost anything else, they ran together.


Doctor: Very first word I ever said to you. Trapped in that cellar. Surrounded by shop window dummies... oh... such a long time ago. I took your hand... I said one word... just one word, I said... "Run".
Rose: Doctor?
Doctor: Hello.

He regenerates, and it's "Run" that convinces her it's still him. They started running, and they never stopped. All across the universe. Running, running, running...



That montage from Army of Ghosts, snapshots of their life together--and one of the scenes is of them running. Running and smiling and laughing. We don't know if they're running from something or just for the sheer joy of it, but they obviously have joy in it. Running, together.

So really, when they finally see each other again...



...how could they do anything else but run?

Comments

[honorh.livejournal.com]

Lovely encapsulation of why that scene worked. Cheesy and cliched, maybe--but so very appropriate for those two.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely. It just fit so well with their lives together, and I love it for that.

[okelay.livejournal.com]

I loved it. it was fitting. running towards eachother,like they've been metaphorically doingall season. nowits literal
weve seen them run towards each other a million times. itmakes sense
running and big,air-lifting,lung-crushing hug!

im still waiting onthatlast part!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

They totally need their hug!

[demeter918.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was cliche but seriously, how else were they going to pull of that reunion? Anyone who's watched the show should know how significant running is to the Doctor, and especially to the Doctor and Rose. I mean, that short special set between The Christmas Invasion and The Parting of the Ways centered around the theme of running and how that is what Ten uses to show Rose that he's still the same.

... and yeah, I agree with you completely. *wibble* And now I'm going to go off and weep. That combo of images gets me every single time.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Seriously. Running is just so significant for these two, and I love that RTD continued the theme. :D

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

I did think that was cute despite not being a Rose/Doctor shipper.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

It was totally cute! :D

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

How could anyone not like that scene anyway? XD

After two series of pain, sometimes the slightly cliche and over the top is just what's needed. And for those two, as you've said, it was so perfect.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how anyone could not like that scene--I just saw some people thinking it was too cliche. I guess they either didn't notice or didn't care about how appropriate it was for these two. :D

So true.

[orange-crushed.livejournal.com]

It was a beautiful scene, and I adored every second. Seeing his face light up- the impossibility of it, the epicness ! They've already been ripped apart in a terrible accident during an end-of-the-world battle and separated by an entire universe, how much more dramatic and sweeping could it be ?

Personally, anything less than that would have been a disappointment- we waited in anguish since last week, when he first realized Rose was involved in all of it, and he was obviously searching for traces of her this whole episode. And then, of course, the running and the joy. It was romantic and cliched and absolutely fantastic.

And, you know, then the shooting and the exploding and whatnot, but we'll see how that goes. ;)

Re: So true.

[rynne.livejournal.com]

Yes. Considering everything that's happened to these two, their reunion really needed to be that dramatic. I just love that RTD continued the running theme, considering how important it was to them, even if it is a bit cliche.

[nic]

This scene (the running part) brings SUCH a huge smile to my face. You're totally right about how key it is for them!

[rynne.livejournal.com]

It was such a sweet moment, even cheesy and cliche as it was. :p