Post by Tomspy77 on Aug 13, 2015 16:42:33 GMT -6
NUWHO 10TH ANNIVERSARY: WHAT IS SERIES 5’S MOST UNDERRATED STORY?
Wrote the bit on Vincent and the Doctor...
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4thDoctorgrin
Wrote the bit on Vincent and the Doctor...
I have always enjoyed those moments in Doctor Who lore where the good Doctor name drops some of the famous humans he has bumped into on his travels. Richard the Lionheart, Da Vinci, Houdini, Alexander the Great… the list could go on and on.
I was especially excited when I found out the Doctor and Amy Pond would be mingling with my favourite artist of all time, Vincent Van Gogh. Unlike a majority of the ‘confirmed’ historical celebrities the Doctor has met, the interactions between the two were not left up to the viewers’ imaginations. Instead, we see firsthand how the Doctor’s visit affected the painter’s life and also how Van Gogh himself makes a real impression upon both the Doctor and Amy.
Vincent and the Doctor shows us that no matter how small and foolish your passions and endeavours seem, you can never be sure of their value to others over the course of time. In that mindset is almost stands as a testament to the person sitting in a small hovel of a room somewhere with an empty belly and bottomed out bank account, writing the next great novel in perfect and terrible isolation.
Additionally it addresses the silent horrors of depression and mental illness and how even the greatest men and women in their respective fields might harbour something dark that stalks their psyche.
I was especially excited when I found out the Doctor and Amy Pond would be mingling with my favourite artist of all time, Vincent Van Gogh. Unlike a majority of the ‘confirmed’ historical celebrities the Doctor has met, the interactions between the two were not left up to the viewers’ imaginations. Instead, we see firsthand how the Doctor’s visit affected the painter’s life and also how Van Gogh himself makes a real impression upon both the Doctor and Amy.
Vincent and the Doctor shows us that no matter how small and foolish your passions and endeavours seem, you can never be sure of their value to others over the course of time. In that mindset is almost stands as a testament to the person sitting in a small hovel of a room somewhere with an empty belly and bottomed out bank account, writing the next great novel in perfect and terrible isolation.
Additionally it addresses the silent horrors of depression and mental illness and how even the greatest men and women in their respective fields might harbour something dark that stalks their psyche.
Read more at Kasterborous.com!
4thDoctorgrin