I was younger than you before, and I will be older than you in the future

Robb 2021-10-22 14:34:16

Tonight ended the second season of "Doctor Who", somehow I remembered a sentence in the legendary "Sun Also Rises" which is obscure and incomprehensible: I used to be younger than you, and I will be older than you in the future. It applies to everyone who meets the doctor. This is especially true for women who have left a mark in the doctor's life.
Miss Smith, I must have been a flower-like age when I met the doctor for the first time. When I see you again, I no longer have my demeanor, but she is reborn as suave, handsome, and there is a rose of the same year by her side. It is inevitable to be jealous. Yes, but if it is only so, it seems too superficial. Years of waiting allowed her to recognize reality. As the Time Lord, as the owner of the TARDIS that can travel through time and space at will, he can't have eternity with anyone, whether he wants or doesn't want it. Rather than waiting until the moment when you have to be separated, it would only increase your sadness, or spend your no longer youth in the endless waiting, turning around and walking your own way, Miss Smith made a sensible choice.
At that time she was not the uncrowned king of France, just a little girl who met a strange man. And this man spent her life in less than a day. We can only see a small part of her life through the doctor. But when he was away, she grew old for five years and ten years, perhaps day after day thinking of the lonely boy who guarded her and loved her deeply. For him, there was no such long torture, just a few minutes. By the fireplace, he said to her: "You go choose a star, I will pack it and give it to you. Just three minutes, wait for me." He hurried away, she hurried to the window, happily looking up at the starry sky, there will be There is a gift of love, then what? The waiting is coming. When he came back, all he saw was the hearse driving out of the Palace of Versailles alone in the mist and rain. No matter who the doctor loves, only Madame Pompadour can be his soul mate. The actor who plays Madame Pompadour, who plays Beth in moonlight, can't like it in that drama, but in it, she convinced me that she is Madame Pompadour who can be made into a perfect woman.
Finally it's our heroine Rose's turn. To be honest, I have always questioned the British aesthetics. Although the culture is different, the love of beauty is so different? So, I had to discover her personality charm. It turns out that she is a very competent heroine except for her heartlessness to Micky. Especially the spirit of dedication to save the world. She said to the doctor that she wanted to be together forever, but was ruthlessly cut off from time and space. The Bad wolf scattered in the universe heralded the end of their sadness and helplessness. Miss Smith said to her: "All of this is worth your heartbreak." Heartbreak, you die naturally, but after death, it is the beginning of another ordinary Rose, if you are willing to accept it.
Rose by the sea may still be crying, but the doctor is still going to continue his journey. Who knows how many such partings he has experienced? Time will heal the doctor's pain, bring him new partners and new adventures, but it is also the source of the doctor's loneliness.
"I was younger than you before, and I will be older than you in the future." No matter you or I, it is time and space to sigh helplessly.

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Doctor Who quotes

  • [repeated line]

    The Tenth Doctor: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

  • [series 4 trailer]

    Donna Noble: There are things waiting in the darkness. Creatures of metal, fire and blood. But he's out there, burning through time, facing a thousand dangers across the stars and never giving up. He looks like a man but he's a legend and his name is the Doctor. He'll come back to save us and this time I'm going to be ready. Then just like that...

    Donna NobleThe Tenth Doctor: We'll be gone.