It should surprise no one that Sage and I are big fans of the phenomenon known as WGWG (White Guy With Guitar). WGWG fever is sweeping the nation…just look at the last five winners of American Idol (which at least one of them had no business winning, but that’s a rant for another post). There’s just something about a (cute) guy with a guitar or a piano that stirs all sorts of adoration within the hearts of tweens (or tweens at heart like we are) everywhere. I mean…WGWGs are always incredibly in touch with their emotions. They write lovey-dovey songs or songs so filled with agony that you can’t HELP but cry over them. And then want to snuggle the WGWG and take away all their pain. So naturally, there are quite a few WGWG songs on our Rose and The Doctor playlist. Let’s take a look at a few shall we?
“Love Comes Tumbling Down- Matt Nathanson
“All the stars above our heads
The faster they came
The faster they went
All the stars above our heads
Spin you round through the roar of this crowd tonight, tonight
Dance you round through the bones of this town until daylight comes
Hope, hope will put the colors in the sky
Hope, hope will set this world of wrong to right, to right
Love comes tumbling down”
This song makes me think of any moment that The Doctor completely gets bowled over by Rose. This moment from “The Unquiet Dead” is the one that comes to mind…
The Doctor: Blimey!
Rose: Don’t laugh!
The Doctor: You look beautiful.
[Rose stops laughing and smiles instead. The Doctor looks away, awkwardly]
The Doctor: Considering.
Rose: Considering what?
The Doctor: That you’re human.
JUST LOOK AT HIS FACE. So bowled over by her that he even the romantic comedy cliché giant swallow upon seeing her (though to quote Sage ” he did it an imperceptible, timelord-y way”). And I love how he awkwardly tries to cover up how besotted he is by immediately insulting her species. And then the way he extends his arm and says delightedly, “Ready for this? Here we go. History!”? You aren’t fooling ANYONE, Doctor. You are the very definition of “besotted”, sir.
“I Won’t Give Up” – Jason Mraz
“I don’t wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I’m here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got, yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you’re still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn’t break, we didn’t burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I’ve got, and what I’m not, and who I am
I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up, still looking up.”
The Doctor (hologram): This is Emergency Program One. Rose, now listen. This is important. If this message is activated then it can only mean one thing: we must be in danger. And I mean fatal. I’m dead, or about to die any second with no chance of escape—
Rose: No!
The Doctor (hologram): —and that’s okay. I hope it’s a good death. But I promised to look after you and that’s what I’m doing. The TARDIS is taking you home—
Rose: I won’t let you.
The Doctor (hologram): —And I bet you’re fussing and moaning now. Typical. But just hold on and listen a bit more. The TARDIS can never return for me. Emergency Program One means I’m facing an enemy that should never get their hands on this machine. So this is what you should do: let the TARDIS die. Just let this old box gather dust. No one can open it, no one will even notice it. Let it become a strange little thing standing on a street corner. And over the years the world will move on and the box will be buried. And if you want to remember me, then you can do one thing. That’s all. One thing. (The hologram turns to look at Rose.) Have a good life. Do that for me, Rose. Have a fantastic life.
And then Rose Tyler, an ordinary shop girl from London, absorbs the heart of the TARDIS and the whole of the Time Vortex because she refuses to abandon her Doctor. Because if there is one thing Rose Tyler never does, it is give up on The Doctor. Even if it means dying.
“If You Ever Come Back” – The Script
“I’ll leave the door on the latch
If you ever come back, if you ever come back
There’ll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat
If you ever come back
There’ll be a smile on my face and the kettle on
And it will be just like you were never gone
There’ll be a light in the hall and a key under the mat
If you ever come back, if you ever come back now
Oh if you ever come back, if you ever come back now
Now they say I’m wasting my time
‘Cause you’re never comin home
But they used to say the world was flat
But how wrong was that now?”
I like to think that after she was taken away from him, The Doctor always kept Rose’s room in the TARDIS ready for her. He took the sweater Donna found in “The Runaway Bride”, folded it, and put it on her bed for her so she would find it upon her return. Even though he knew in his MIND that she never could come back, he made sure her room was ready. Because his HEART never gave up hope on her returning.
*cries*
(Also Sage, who continues to be the worst, just said to me…”I think that all of their rooms are still there and the TARDIS just protects them.” These are the conversations we tend to have, especially when one of us is writing. Totally normal.)
“Ships in the Night” – Mat Kearney
“Feels like we’re learning this out on our own
Trying to find a way down the road we don’t know
Turn the lights down low
Walk these halls alone
We can feel so far from so close
Like ships in the night
You keep passing me by
We’re just wasting time trying to prove who’s right
And if it all goes crashing into the sea
If it’s just you and me
Trying to find the light
Like ships in the night
You’re passing me by, You’re passing me by
Like ships in the night
And I’m gonna find my way
Back to your side”
Words can not adequately describe how much I LOST MY MIND when Rose Tyler appeared on my television screen at the end of “Partners in Crime”. And when she appeared on the TARDIS control panel in “The Poison Sky” or on the screen in the bus in “Midnight”. Or basically all of “Turn Left” when I determined that Rose and Donna Noble would totally be best friends. It basically killed me how Rose and the Doctor KEPT MISSING EACH OTHER ALL SEASON…and no more so than in “The Stolen Earth” when Rose, even though she was watching all the other companions connect with The Doctor, wasn’t able to make it known that SHE WAS THERE TOO. And she HEARS him say “Everyone except Rose.” And the heartbreak of that separation shows on both their faces. AND HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW THAT SHE HAS COME BACK FOR HIM. It’s terrible.
But at least we know the episode ends well with The Doctor and Rose finding each other at last, right? They see each other at the opposite ends of the longest street ever and then run and fall into each other’s arms and kiss a kiss to end all kisses.
Shut up.
Also, a playlist post would not be complete without a fan video, so enjoy this one about 10 and 11 and their companions…
“In this old cafe
I come here everyday and watch you.
I watch you.
Sometimes I hear your voice
Over all the noise you bleed through
And I hear you.
Slowly all the faces turn to yours,
Like no one else exists anymore.
I’d talk to you if only I could speak
And I’d dream of you if I could fall asleep.
People say love is hell.
A shiny prison cell where time stops.
But the door’s unlocked.
Now you’re a part of me.
Trust me I’ve tried to leave,
I’ve tried to walk,
But I’m all talk.
Slowly all the faces turn to yours
Like no one else exists anymore.
I’d talk to you if only I could speak
and I’d dream of you if I could fall asleep.
Then I stand up and go talk to you.
You start to smile like you want me to.
And we stay together for the end of time…
But this is only happening in my mind.
Slowly all the faces turn to yours
Like no one else exists anymore.
I’d beg for you if only I could speak
and I’d dream of you if I could fall asleep.
I’d dream of you if I could fall asleep.”
Basically, sometimes Eleven goes back and watches Rose, even though he knows he shouldn’t and he’s never able to talk to her.
NOW SOMEBODY WRITE A *GOOD* FIC OF THAT. Cause boy, I’ve read some BAD ONES.
And on that devastating note, that’s it for this week. Sorry (NOT SORRY) to end on a downer, dear readers!
As a WGWG fangirl myself, this post is golden.
Also, that last song. *throws self over a cliff*
Ugh, I know right? The first time I heard it, I had to stop and take a moment to collect myself. -K