#having the melody-as-river reveal be so close to the end of the season and then getting rid of amy & rory before they can actually do

[quietwingsinthesky]

Hiiiii! So, a few days ago you were talking about the whole thing with Amy, Rory, and River. And when I saw those posts a thought arose in my head and I wish to share it with you.

Since River grew up with Amy and Rory as Mels. And Mels was Amy's best friend do you think that they ever talked about children? Since I know that it can come up when talking with friends, and like... do you think that Amy might've ever expressed whether or not she wanted children?

And if she didn't, that Mels would've had to listen to her mother say that she doesn't want children? The idea is so heartbreaking and sooo interesting.

What do you think about it?

no, no, see, you're so right and this drives me wild.

because, the way i see it, i don't think amy wanted children. she's somewhere on the 'hasn't thought about it' to 'vaguely negative feelings about it happening' range to me, which falls sharply into 'Not Happening Ever Again' post-s6. (specifically, in terms of having a kid herself, even if she could, i really don't think she would. i do love that she and rory end up adopting a kid later, because that does make sense, for amy pond who grew up alone in one universe with her family swallowed by cracks in time before the doctor helped her set it right again, for her to want to make sure another child won't be alone in the world like she was. getting off-track here.)

and that's so. because the first real memory river/mels has of amy is of amy shooting at her. and depending on how well the silence fucked up the rest of her memory, it might be one of the very first memories she has at all. that's how she met her mother, crying for help and getting a bullet instead. her mother tried to kill her, so of course, you have to think. she must have needed to hear that she was wanted, right? even if she was taken away, even if amy shot her, at some point, melody must have been wanted?

river is good at getting people to do what she wants, but she is very, very bad at subtlety. and mels is younger, has less practice, so when she wants to know this, she's just going to ask. blunt and quick, easy enough because amy's used to the way mels will open her mouth and you just have to be ready to roll with what comes out if you want to keep up. it's why they're such good friends (like mother, like daughter.)

they're nine, and mels asks if amy wants kids, and amy wrinkles up her nose and says she won't have time for children, obviously, once her raggedy doctor finally comes back. they're fifteen, and amy and rory dance will they-won't they in a way that makes mels twitchy to watch, and taunting amy about wanting to have rory's babies is a good way to get on her nerves. but amy calls her gross, tells her she's got more life planned than children would leave room for, and besides, imagine her, a mom? it'd be a disaster.

mels does. a lot. she looks at her mother and just sees her best friend instead. she's not even sure what she wishes was there, but. maybe amy's right. and besides. imagine her, a daughter, instead of the ticking time bomb she really is? it'd be a disaster.

they're sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and on. mels stands on the outside of a love story that births a universe. and her. how do you compete with that? not that she would know, not yet, she hasn't been there. but it doesn't make her feel any less alienated when amy and rory talk in whispers about a half-remembered world that's bled through to this life, about roman soldiers and boxes and the big bang of belief.

all these memories, they never mention children. on amy's wedding day, she's different, not like someone remembering a dream but someone who lived it. rory stands straighter, won't leave her side, and they're both so much older than they were yesterday. maybe now, right? a wedding's as good a time as any to decide you want kids.

mels not being at amy & rory's wedding is such an obvious lazy way of them trying to explain why they totally didn't just throw this plot twist together at the last minute that i'm not even going to acknowledge it. of course she was at their wedding. she's their best friend. there's too many people around the doctor, and she wasn't ready today of all days, so despite this horrible burning need under her skin to strike, she stays her hand. doesn't let him dance with her because she might just tear his throat out if he gets too close. stays with amy and rory as the maid of honor should. she must have been there for the awkward questions that always gets asked, 'so, any plans for a baby?' 'when am i getting grandkids?' 'oh, you two are going to have gorgeous children together.' standing a few feet from amy in her wedding dress and watching her mother tense and grit her teeth and brush off the questions. watching her look nervously at rory but never ask if he means it when his mom asks him if he'd prefer a son or a daughter, and rory answers 'either one, some day, not anytime soon.'

god i'm just going on and on, aren't i. but really, what's it like to know that amy never changed her mind. the next time she sees them, she's already been born and stolen. i don't like let's kill hitler for. so many reasons. but there is something compelling about how recklessly river lashes out at the world, at the doctor. even her sacrifice at the end is almost suicidal, throwing all her regenerations into this man without knowing if that will even work or if it might kill her to do it. but it makes more sense in the context of someone who has reached the end of a long, long wait for some kind of indication, any kind, that her mother wanted to have her. and finally been told, no. she didn't choose melody.

[butterfly-winx]

Lynphea is very well known for its produce and plentiful tropical and magical plants. However not many people can claim they have actually ever set foot on the planet. 

 - The large planet is uniquely almost entirely landmass and covered by thick forests, spotted by the few great lakes they have. And great they are, more the size of seas of smaller planets, certainly big enough to hold their own Ocean Gates. 

 - Though due to the limited size of the bodies of water, the merfolk residing on Lynphea is rather small, goblin sized and blue grey. They live in large pods and roam the waters without any permanent settlement.

- Contrary to what the lush canopy of trees suggests, forest doesn’t equal forest. The local classification system counts over 100 distinct arboreal biotopes. To outsiders the forests might not appear as different, but the differing seasonal behaviour of the plants and the biotope associated animals are fundamental to the life of Lynpheans.

- As is the case in many other civilisations the environmental circumstances hugely shape the lifestyle people are able to build. Lynphea is no different. Here three factors govern people’s lives: the physical distance from other people, the naturally available resources around them, and the remaining safe to use zones of the planet should no more resources be vailable.

- The people living here have built a life on dependency on wild fruit and cultivation techniques that are very foreign to people used to greenhouse and tended field agriculture. Strategic scattering of seeds and gentle pruning on the nearby vegetation allowed Lynpheans to grow “produce rich paths” close to their settlements. Responsible hunting techniques that are tailored to maintain the population of their prey made sure the species they eat are still able to fulfil their role in the ecosystem. Behaving in a responsible manner like this and avoiding either overpopulation or overuse of resources is critical when people are more dependent on nature than they are on other people producing. 

- When nature really cannot give more - which does happen as no two seasons are the same and sometimes one patch of forest can’t support as many people as it did the year before - settlements pack up and move on, or merge with another group. It’s the natural course of life and no one is too upset about it. The original settlement may be available again in a few season’s time anyway.

- Other than their survival being dependent on nature and hunting/gathering, Lynpheans soon realised that more than all that they also depended on each other. Their lives completely revolve around relations and building up a community. Education with that purpose starts as early as infancy. Child rearing is considered a communal task and all adults are encouraged to take part in it. Children are welcome to look for emotional support outside their birth parents and may even elect a non-related person as their Primary Carer. The adult must be of course consenting, but the process is a natural one and doesn’t happen onto anyone out of the blue- a child wouldn’t name an adult their Prim if they didn’t already spend a lot of time together and formed a bond. 

- Adults who are not comfortable with parenting won’t be any less friendly to probing children, but they have a way of drawing away and being court that lets the kids know they aren’t available. In some settlements adults are encouraged to wear specific colours to signal their reclusiveness, in others henna and other skin markings are used to signal the opposite. It varies from region to region.

- Raised in a sheltered environment of loving adults all around, the education of Lynphean children takes a harsh turn once they reach 11 years and they are released on Nature’s Teaching Path. By that age it is believed children are ready to learn independence as a person and develop their Unique Skills that they can contribute to society with. As important as that is, adults have also developped a way to hammer the ever-present Lynphen thesis home: no one survives without nature. So children are sent into the wilderness alone, as in without adult supervision, where they have to survive on what their teen predecessors have built and what else they can do to on the spot. What could become Lord of the Flies ends in a week of extreme behaviour from the 11-year-olds and forms the steady people who populate the planet. This stage lasts 3 years, adults will however check in on the children a few times a season and supply them with medicine they can’t reasonably produce themselves.

- After that the young adults take up a trade they spend the rest of their lives perfecting. Even though a lot of work is seasonal, and there are lot of seasons where all people in a settlement are needed to help out, people usually have a thing that is uniquely theirs. This might be a cultural practice, a creative hobby ar scientific exploration that they are encouraged to return to once the tasks of the day are done. 

- The community focused aspect both determines and limits the size of settlements. As the planet is comparable in size to that of Jupiter, but only has the population of Andros dispersed over the huge habitable zone. The majority lives in settlements of 200-500 people, but a town can get as small as 23-30 people, which equals one family unit.

- Numbers concerning the inhabitants of the planet, be it human, elf, mer or other are only estimates, as with a lack of centralised governance and the remote settlements official registries are impossible to make. But even if they did, Lynphea doesn’t share a lot with the outside world and doesn’t allow a lot of trespassing.

- With the absence of one governing body there never was a need for people to develop last names, which was mostly done to differentiate individuals in filing lists, mark families and track new births. As all of that is unnecessary on Lynphea, people have opted to give children several first names. In the North most commonly two names are used and the top ten most poplar names are related to bird species. The Eastern Forest and the Equatorial belt uses three names, one of which is chosen later in life by the child themselves after Nature’s Teaching Path is complete. Even further south four names are custom, and in the most eccentric region of the West with the largest settlement of 6000 people, up to six names are used.

- All three names are equal and when forced to off planet, Lynpheans will give it all as first name and attach a geographical tag. Flora’s full name on her Magics resident card reads ‘Flora Augmenta Lisahani of the Kapalong-Elet Valley’ where only the first three are actually her name. Kapalong and Elet are the two rivers that encircle the settlement she grew up with. 

- Spread so thinly and without a government one wouldn’t really think unity persisted on the planet beyond the individual settlements, so it is surprising to learn that the humans of Lynphea do think about the planet as one single country. They speak the same language with some dialects, they celebrate the same weather dependent holidays and practice the same birth and funeral techniques. The colours of their cloths or melodies of their songs that mark the regional differences aren’t all that important to them.

- Lynpheans subscribe to one federalist approach though, and that is the election of a Council, whose job is to collect information across the planet and share the most vital points concerning all residents. With the best interest of all people in mind at all times, they are also tasked with electing the Representatives they send off-world and with overseeing the Quarantine Workers.

- The planet that has been described as close to “paradise on earth” as possible has been battling with a horrible environmental/pandemic issue for decades. There is a rotten core in the Eastern Forests, caused by a malicious fungal growth that carries a very dangerous virus able to infect plants and humans alike. The disease it carries is highly infectious and is deadly in all known cases*, so research has been slow and little insight has been revealed about its cause, progression, and ways of halting the spread of the rot on the planet. The utmost imperative of Quarantine Workers is to isolate infected people or plants or even whole regions and to limit the spread to the best of their abilities. This in the rarest cases can mean abandoning communities.

- Entry to Lynphea is therefore tightly regulated with visa and requires a course of vaccinations as a pre-exposure premeditation. Visitors - and locals alike for that matter- are forbidden from even going near the edge of the infected zone. 

- Exit is even more strictly watched. Many adventurous Lynpheans have been very disappointed with the decision of the immigration office denying them opportunities and exploration off planet. It is hard not to feel trapped when all your life’s opportunities depend on the wind direction and dispersion pattern of deadly spores. Even worse is it for those who crash landed on the planet or came visiting and just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. They cannot ever leave for the fear of spreading the disease to other planets is to great. Lynphea has to become their new home, as it sooner or later would be their tomb.

- For this the Council and the Representatives are incredibly invested in international relations. The more people off planet they can enlist in their cause, the sooner they will be able to offer a cure and prevent 20% of their population still dying from it every year. They joined the Company of Light when it was still a war effort under the leadership of their planet’s own famous Farin Ebenezor Saladin - who has since then fallen out of the public’s favour. How well these  efforts continue to work entirely depends on the Representatives, six families of diplomats living off planet. As election time rolls around, the Council is split as ever, with all eyes on Krystal Gamma, daughter of one of the current Representatives, born off planet, but raised for this exact task. Will she run for office once she becomes of age when summer rolls around?

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Takahashi Minami (高橋みなみ )

"My appearance is slightly yankii, but my heart is a glass. Called Takamina, Takahashi Minami!" " (見かけはちょっぴりヤンキー心はガラスのハートたかみなこと高橋みなみです!)"

Nickname: Takamina (たかみな), Minami (みなみ), Souchan (総ちゃん), Miichan (みいちゃん)

Former Stage Name: Harukaze Konami (春風山波) (no3b Rakugo Challenge)

Birthdate: April 8, 1991 

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Bloodtype: AB

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Height: 148cm

Years Active: 2005-2014

Agency: OgiPro

Group: AKB48

Team: Team A

Generation: 1st Generation 

2005-2014

Trivia

Her hobbies are drawing and reading manga.

Considers her special talent to be copying pictures.

Her favorite colors are black, white, and pink.

Has two cats and had a dog named Ryu. Although she owns (Ten and Hi two, she has an allergy to cats.

Likes all animals, but cats are her favorite.

Her favorite book is Uncle Tom.

She likes the mangas NANA and One Piece.

Her favorite anime movie is Crayon Shin-chan: Calling the Storm; Battle of the Warring States.

Would like to be a voice actress in the future.

Likes music by Flumpool, Aqua Timez, w-inds, and Nakamori Akina.

She wants to visit Egypt.

Likes indoors better than outdoors.

Sensitive to both warmth and cold.

Her favorite seasons are spring and autumn.

Claims to be quite stubborn, and bad at giving up.

Feels happy at times when she can just relax, which she does by closing her eyes.

Her ideal female image is a person that looks perfect, but isn't.

She has three conditions that she looks for in a guy. Someone who is taller than her, funny and someone who manages money well. Also, she likes guys who wear suits, and thinks it is dreamy when they're fixing their collars.

Eats an apple every day to stay healthy.

Dislikes eating sushi, broccoli, and tomatoes (which ironically was her costume as a Veggie Ranger).

Loves katsudon, and eats it when she wants to get pumped up. Also, she would eat mother's katsudon for her last meal. She even has a katsudon year pass for Hotto Motto.

According to fellow AKB48 member Minegishi Minami, she constantly slouches.

Shares the same name in romaji as voice actress Takahashi Minami (高橋未奈美).

When she was 3 years old, she said she wanted to become a vegetable, specifically a cabbage, which was her Yasai Sister costume.

Keeps a Purikura album.

As seen on AKB 1ji 59fun (one of their TV shows), she can't skip properly.

As revealed in AKBINGO! (one of their TV shows), she is very sensitive and would be one of the first to start to cry on an emotional scene such as Bad Boys' Kyoto Oomizu's (MC of AKBINGO!) "wedding announcement" and "reunion with his mother".

In episode 26 of AKBINGO!, it was revealed that she also dislikes plum.

She is a constant target for Dokkiris (hidden camera pranks that are popular on Japanese variety shows).

Along with Mayuyu and Tomochin, her favorite Dragon Ball character is Son Goku.

When she was given the challenge for to perform Rakugo in a no3b's Kimi Shika Promotional Event, she was given the name "Harukaze Konami" as her Rakugo stage name.

As revealed to her in AKBINGO! (July 7, 2010), the only reason Takamina passed the initial written auditions was because of her height (148.5cm) and her birthdate (4/8/1991) both having the numbers 4 and 8.

During a segment in AKBINGO!, it was revealed that since their last check-up, she has been troubled by the result that she lost 5mm (in height, from 148.5cm to 148cm). In addition, during the EX-Episode for Majisuka Gakuen 2, she learned that Ichikawa Miori became taller than her 

She appeared in The Rock City Boy PV of American-born Pop Singer JAMIL.

Her Nogizaka46 counterpart in Aitakatta is Hoshino Minami.

Member of Light Music Club.

Gave Ota Aika her "General Captain Special Version" oshimen badge in HaKaTa Hyakkaten, the badge is so big (bigger than the one used by Oshima Yuko) that it also has it's own built-in stand.

Her audition song was Will by Hamasaki Ayumi.

Always ended up getting outed on every Muchaburi Dodgeball she participated except episode 69 (first Muchaburi Dodgeball episode).

Selected as JT 2016's ambassador of RockCorps

As of May 1st, 2019, she is married to an older man. This was revealed on her Instagram (@taka37_chan) as she posted a wedding pic with him.

She introduced her new husband on the first day of the new Reiwa era.

AKB48 Senbatsu Elections

1st Senbatsu Election - #5 (Senbatsu)

2nd Senbatsu Election - #6 (Senbatsu)

3rd Senbatsu Election, - #7 (Senbatsu)

4th Senbatsu Election - #6 (Senbatsu)

5th Senbatsu Election - #8 (Senbatsu)

6th Senbatsu Election - #9 (Senbatsu)

7th Senbatsu Election - #4 (Senbatsu)

Janken Tournaments

1st Janken Taikai - Round 1

2nd Janken Taikai - Round 2

3rd Janken Taikai - Round 3

4th Janken Taikai - Round 3

Singles Participation

AKB48 A-Sides

Sakura no Hanabiratachi

Skirt, Hirari

Aitakatta

Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru

Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou

BINGO!

Boku no Taiyou

Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka

Romance, Irane

Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008

Baby! Baby! Baby!

Oogoe Diamond

10nen Zakura

Namida Surprise!

Iiwake Maybe

RIVER

Ponytail to Shushu

Heavy Rotation

Beginner

Sakura no Ki ni Narou

Everyday, Katyusha

Flying Get

Kaze wa Fuiteiru

GIVE ME FIVE!

Manatsu no Sounds Good!

Gingham Check

UZA

So long!

Sayonara Crawl

Koi Suru Fortune Cookie

Heart Ereki

Mae Shika Mukanee

Labrador Retriever

Kokoro no Placard

Kibouteki Refrain

Green Flash

Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai

Halloween Night

Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby

Kimi wa Melody

AKB48 B-Sides

Dear my teacher (Sakura no Hanabiratachi)

Aozora no Soba ni Ite (Skirt, Hirari)

Dakedo... (Aitakatta)

Virgin love (Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru)

Namida Uri no Shoujo (Keibetsu Shiteita Aijou)

Only Today (BINGO!)

Mirai no Kajitsu (Boku no Taiyou)

Viva! Hurricane (Yuuhi wo Miteiru ka?)

Ai no Moufu (Romance, Irane)

Saigo no Seifuku (Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008)

Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai (Baby! Baby! Baby!)

109 (Marukyuu) (Oogoe Diamond)

Sakurairo no Sora no Shita de (10nen Zakura)

Majisuka Rock'n'Roll (Sakura no Shiori)

Majijo Teppen Blues (Ponytail to Shushu)

Yasai Sisters (Heavy Rotation)

Lucky Seven (Heavy Rotation)

Yoyaku Shita Christmas (Chance no Junban)

Kurumi to Dialogue (Chance no Junban)

Korekara Wonderland (Everyday, Katyusha)

Yankee Soul (Everyday, Katyusha)

Seishun to Kizukanai Mama (Flying Get)

Ice no Kuchizuke (Flying Get)

Yasai Uranai (Flying Get)

Noel no Yoru (Ue Kara Mariko)

Rinjin wa Kizutsukanai (Ue Kara Mariko) (WCenter Maeda Atsuko)

Sweet & Bitter (GIVE ME FIVE!)

Choudai, Darling! (Manatsu no Sounds Good!)

Yume no Kawa (Gingham Check)

Kodoku na Hoshizora (UZA)

Totteoki Christmas (Eien Pressure)

Ruby (So long!) (WCenter Watanabe Mayu

Ikiru koto (Sayonara Crawl) (WCenter Watanabe Mayu)

Hasute to Wasute (Sayonara Crawl)

Namida no Sei Janai (Koi Suru Fortune Cookie)

Saigo no Door (Koi Suru Fortune Cookie)

Kiss made Countdown (Heart Electric)

Mosh & Dive (Suzukake Nanchara

Party is over (Suzukake Nanchara)

Kyou Made no Melody (Labrador Retriever)

Kimi wa Kimagure (Labrador Retriever)

Juujun na Slave (Kibouteki Refrain) (WCenter Kojima Haruna)

Majisuka Fight (Green Flash)

Haru no Hikari Chikadzuita Natsu (Green Flash)

Hakimono to Kasa no Monogatari (Green Flash) (WCenter Kojima Haruna)

Barebare Bushi (Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai)

Kimi no Dai-ni shou (Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai)

Deai no Hi, Wakare no Hi (Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai) (Duet Yokoyama Yui)

Ippome Ondo (Halloween Night)

Yankee Machine Gun (Halloween Night)

Gunzou (Halloween Night)

Senaka Kotoba (Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby) (Center)

365nichi no Kami Hikouki (Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby)

Yasashii place (Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby)

[nerdtrash-iteration]

(Re)watching Doctor Who: series 6

Wow okay so. I already knew a fair bit of what happened in this series before watching it for the first time in 2019. I knew that River was Amy and Rory’s daughter. That she was a proto-Time Lord due to being conceived on the TARDIS. I knew that Amy somehow loses her as a baby and that she ends up being her parents’ childhood friend. Anyway, let’s get into this very mixed bag of a series.

Series 6 (Eleventh Doctor) 6.0: A Christmas Carol First of all, I adore this Christmas special, it’s become one of my favourites. I love the setting. I love the premise of the Doctor changing someone’s past to make them a better person. Love Amy and Rory having fun with costumes on their wedding night. I’m not really fond of Abigail basically being a sexy lamp, some of her story is a bit creepy if you think too much about it. But a very beautiful episode overall.

6.1 + 6.2: The Impossible Astronaut + Day of the Moon This isn’t a bad story, but I am biased against it for a few reasons. I don’t tend to like stories set in America as they often feel really out of place in Doctor Who. American TV is already so pervasive, give another location some attention. It felt alienating to have your first story of a new series be set in America, with government conspiracies and time jumps and fake deaths. It just really didn’t feel like Doctor Who. Also I know that the Silence return but I didn’t like that they were just all killed off in the second half. They were built up as such a big deal and then killing them didn’t look that hard. Would have been better as a mid-season finale I think.

6.3: The Curse of the Black Spot I found this story pretty forgettable except for the last ten minutes. The guest characters really didn’t do much for me. Story wasn’t really interesting. It all felt a bit too silly. However, those last ten minutes really did hit me hard. What was an ehh pirate adventure became a mystical poignant story about a pirate crew trapped in limbo: trapped between dimensions and between life and death. It felt like a sci-fi take on Davy Jones, I loved that. Shame it just came in at the end.

6.4: The Doctor’s Wife I heard about this story before I saw it and was worried it would be really awkward and cringe-y. No, I actually really enjoyed it. I adore the setting: a pocket universe with a disembodied antagonist that eats TARDISes. Excellent. I loved the interactions between the Doctor and TARDIS/Idris (I felt calling her “Sexy” was a bit too far, but I don’t hate it). I felt the scenes with Amy and Rory were a bit generic and predictable, with how House messed with them. But overall I really liked this episode. I love the complexity it adds to the disappearance of the Time Lords.

6.5 + 6.6: The Rebel Flesh + The Almost People This is a pretty decent story, but maybe a bit too long. I think the premise is great and really creepy. Good examination of personhood and bodily autonomy.  But I don’t think it really needed to be a two-parter. Or maybe it needed to just use its running time better. Too many scenes drag for me. And I really found the Flesh as a concept difficult to take seriously. How has this never been brought up before??? It really feels like the implications of the Flesh in human society should have been explored more. 6.7: A Good Man Goes to War I have mostly positive feelings towards this episode but it can still be a bit frustrating. I think the rescue is fairly well-paced. I really like the new characters introduced. I love the connection of “Melody Pond” with “River Song”. However there are some set-backs. I’m not really into the military Church or the headless monks. It felt like world-building for the sake of it that doesn’t actually go anywhere. I really like the Paternoster gang, but I don’t like how they are introduced. They are characters the Doctor already knows but there is very little explanation to Amy and Rory or the audience who they are. I really felt like I had missed something and didn’t enjoy that. Also the Silence’s plan feels a tad contrived. The idea of creating an assassin to kill the Doctor is interesting. But it feels way too risky of a plan. How could they guarantee their brainwashed assassin doesn’t escape and learn how to be better? Which is what happened. 6.8: Let’s Kill Hitler I had spoiled myself a bit here, having seen many scenes from this episode closer to its time of airing. But seeing it in full really left me frustrated. I do like the reveal of their childhood friend Melody and their daughter Melody being one and the same. But I really hate how she behaves in this episode once she regenerates into her “River” body. This is the problem with telling a story in this order. We know River will become a friend to the gang. So there doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of tension here. And her “Tee hee, I’m such a psychopath, I love you and I’m here to kill you” act drove me mad. She really felt like a bad fanfiction OC here. I don’t love River overall as a character but I know she can be much better than this. Also there was barely any use mad of the historical setting. I do love Rory saying “Shut up, Hitler” and River facing off against the Nazi soldiers though. 6.9: Night Terrors This was mostly another ehhh episode to me. I do like the reveal of the dollhouse and the idea of people being turned into dolls. I enjoy the premise of the Doctor being summoned by a frightened child. Although this is another overuse of the perception filter I feel. It feels like a device to just cover up parts of your story that don’t quite click together. I also didn’t really care for the guest characters here. 6.10: The Girl Who Waited I was fairly impressed with this episode. Great setting, really interesting moral dilemma. I felt like some of the screen time could have been used more effectively, some parts of the story felt like it dragged a bit. But a very solid story. 6.11: The God Complex I was really disappointed with this episode. I knew a bit about it and was excited to see it. I really like a lot of the guest characters, especially Rita and Gibbis. Many of the character interactions are great. I love that Amy’s fear was represented by her childhood self waiting. I really like the creepy hotel being a labyrinth. But I couldn’t stand the minotaur or the plot resolution. I also had issue with their being inconsistency with the rules of the hotel. I think some characters saw their room and ended up fine. Some seemed to just be killed off without enough explanation. The whole “feeding on fear” thing was really eh to me. It was a horror story that lacked in a lot of tension. 6.12: Closing Time I was very fond of this episode. Again awkward that Gareth Roberts wrote it. I’m very fond of Craig as a character. Also the Doctor’s interactions with Alfie a.k.a Stormaggedon were very sweet. Not the best Cybermen story but not bad. Certainly better than The Next Doctor. Also it was wild to see Lynda Baron as one of the shop clerks. She was a childhood icon for me as Auntie Mabel in the education programme Come Outside.

6.13: The Wedding of River Song Give me strength, what a hot mess of an episode. I don’t loathe it like many do, but it was a really frustrating watch. This is where the Silence arc pissed me off the most. Kept dangling vague ideas in our face on why the Doctor had to die. It really felt like a repeat of “Because...reasons”. At the time of writing, I have seen the series 7 finale and The Time of the Doctor so I know it does eventually resolve. But it was a really frustrating watch at the time. I also don’t like the Doctor being suddenly like “Yo River, we need to get married now because plot”. I know it’s justified with technobabble that it will change the moment of the Doctor’s “death” but it really felt very jarring. I mostly found the Doctor and River’s relationship very frustrating as it seemed like we kept being told that she was important to him, without really seeing it. I can’t be sure of whether he actually had any romantic feelings for her, it’s hard to say. But yeah, kinda a mess of a finale. So yeah I have had this post in my drafts for a while as series 6 is hard for me to talk about. Some stories I’m quite fond of and I like the Doctor and the Ponds as a group but overall it was too dominated by an unsatisfying series arc for me to enjoy it as much as series 5.

[katatty]

Recap: Veronaville Round 4 (Spring)

Just remembered I haven’t done an recap for the Veronaville round I recently completed yet, oops! Better late than never? For any new followers, this is a summary of everything important that went on during this spring rotation! I have a recap page HERE, if you want to read about what else has been going on in this neighbourhood. More general info here. Once I finish this round of my Hollyhead BACC I’ll be continuing with Pleasantview Plus - next up will be more college, followed by Downtown.

Yikes - this was an eventful round! Feels like it went on forever, haha! It’s actually only been 4 months though, which is a lot better than the 10 months Strangetown took... 

Started the rotation with Chloe and Nina’s house. It’s Spring and Chloe was taking full advantage of the romantic season to finally try and nail down that 20 Woohoos LTW. She went on a bit of a romance rampage including numerous townies, Ripp Grunt, and even her brother’s girlfriend. 

She and Nina also had some adventures as a couple, inviting the Summerdreams over for some redheaded bisexual action.

Unfortunately all this lovin’ distracted her from work a bit and she ended up getting fired - leading to some insecurity in her relationship with Nina, who was racking up promotions in her job at the Monty restaurant. 

They talked it out, though, and Nina was nothing but supportive. Communication wins! 

After that, Chloe decided the time had come to propose - and Nina said yes!!

There was some trouble brewing, however... 

Next up was Antonio’s branch of the Monty family! 

Beatrice kicked things off by asking Buck Grunt to go steady, which totally threw me for a loop.

Benedick was still going steady with Bo Summerdream.

All was going well between them, until his best friend Hal Capp revealed she’d been seeing him on the side. Ben was not happy!!!

Antonio was exploring his options and starting to date a little, too. Nina Caliente took him on a few dates. 

In the end, though, it was Florence Delarosa who captured his heart.

He took her on a date to a pottery class, and proposed at the end of it!!

Meanwhile her local business was booming, and she hired recent graduate Emily Lee to help out in the shop.

Small bit of relevant college stuff - at Mercutio’s graduation party, Juliette caught Romeo cheating on her with Roxie Sharpe.

However, after talking it through with her and Jonah he decided to put things with them to and end and try and patch things up with Juliette. 

He proposed to her at their dorm and she accepted, on the condition that he took her name when they married. Juliette is savvy! 

At the Monty Ranch, Mercutio returns home to help his grandmother with the llama rearing. He’s now the de-facto heir, as Isabella is NOT happy about the engagement. 

He quickly discovered his Nonna hasn’t been too lonely without him and has befriended some other elder ladies. She, Dora Ottomas and Jenny Smith meet regularly for mahjong. Jenny flirts and little here and there...

His fiancee, Goldie Hart, visits regularly. 

Meanwhile Isabella gets bitten by the local leader of the pack, becomes and werewolf and turns Mercutio for good measure. That’ll keep things even with the Capps...

Then it’s over to the other side of the river... The Capps have noticed the recent expansion of the Monty side and, not to be outdone, have invested in a new set of shops on their side! They hope to attract small business owners and will be approaching a few of their residents about going into business.

The first of these is the Tinkers! Melody is exasperated as always with her parents and can’t BELIEVE they think now is a good time to open a toy shop. It’s not just that Melody hates toys… her little brother Timmy was born recently and she’s worried the new business won’t leave her parents with a lot of time to take care of him. Her parents act like a pair of big kids most of the time, and she often feels like the only responsible person in the house. It’s tough, sometimes! 

Her fears aren’t entirely unfounded. She leaves her parents unsupervised for half an hour, and look what happens! This is the THIRD fire I’ve had with these guys. It’s worth mentioning I play them ISBI style when they’re not at work doing business stuff, haha. 

Melody’s girlfriend Miranda is at college, but Melody misses her like crazy and rolls wants to see her almost every day. They’re in an open relationship for now, at least until they can close the distance gap...

She hangs out with Bo Summerdream a little, who flirts with her a bit...

Wanda and Stephen prove to be fantastic parents as always, ignoring their screaming infant in favor of cuddling for hours on end.

They do an okay job running the shop, though. Mostly.

They don’t seem too worried about the Montys spying on the enemy turf...

At Capp manor, Contessa has a stern word with her daughter Cordelia, who just doesn’t seem interested in taking over the family business.

However, the family witchcraft certainly piques her interest and she decides to start studying it! Good magic, of course. 

Tybalt returns from college and moves home, immediately getting a job in the business. It’s not his passion, but he florishes nicely there, and gets along great with his aunt/boss Goneril.

He also proposes to his boyfriend, Tiave Tricou, and takes him home to meet the family. 

Juliette visits next for another word with dear old grandmother. They’re a little concerned about her engagement to Romeo, but agree to it as long as he takes on the Capp name and gives up his ties to his family.

Later that night, Caliban and Contessa get into a nasty fight. It’s the latest of many, and this time Contessa isn’t feeling forgiving! 

She casts a curse on him and has him killed by bees. 

Cordelia is heart-broken and immediately suspects her mother, not believing for a moment any of this was an accident. She shares these suspicions with Tybalt and he privately vows revenge, although she’s terrified for his safety and hopes he flees town.

In a complete change of tone, Denise decided to move to Veronaville with her son after their bakery in Bluewater Village went bust. They’re not sure why it flopped… maybe because Yves was the only one who could bake? Maybe because Gilbert was dating multiple employees at once, and they all quit when they found out? Veronaville was Denise’s pick for 3 reasons.

Nobody knows who they are, so they can pretend to be from Champ Les Sims! That way customers are bound to trust Denise’s croissants…

The Capp family are offering excellent business loans, hoping to improve tourism in the area. 

Since there are so many multi-generational families here, women might not be put off my Gilbert living with his mother! Denise is sick and tired of Gilbert playing the “I live with my mother” card whenever the threat of long term commitment looms. 

Their round is mostly all business, with Gilbert dating around a bit. 

He even asks out recently widowed Bella Goth a few times. She keeps saying no initially but when they have a chance meeting on a community lot she initiates things!

Denise, who I gave a romance secondary, also finds time for romance! She dates local criminal mastermind Rich Mann, partially in response to receiving threats from the Montys. 

Denise and Gilbert both keep rolling wants to learn hairdressing and Crystal Vu keeps wandering by, leading to endless makeover disasters...

Sorry, Crystal. They get it right eventually. 

Monica Bratford (Puck’s fiancee) starts renting a place, although she won’t be played until next round...  she’s looking forward to opening her own boutique in town and starting up her new range of cruelty free makeup products.

The house next to her is being rented by fellow graduates Brittany Upsnott & Ellen Frost! Britt wants to be a journalist and Ellen plans on going into law.

At Goneril’s branch of the Capp family, Desdemona and Hal bond on their terrible decisions in love. Des has a crush on her straight BFF Beatrice Monty and Hal has a thing for Benedick, who he worries he’s completely messed things up with forever. 

He needn’t worry, though. To my sheer amazement when Benedick came over they started joking and laughing like everything was totally fine and Hal never stole his girlfriend? I guess they just can’t stay mad at each other...

Des gets a bit of a makeover! To her surprise, Goneril approves. She’s been trying to go easy on her kids, lately.

Hal and Bo continue dating, but the differences between Capps and Summerdreams are starting to show. She’s not remotely impressed or interested in his new job...

Academie Le Tour like what they see, though. Between perfect A+ grades, topping his career in a single day, mastering dance (ballet) and maxing the creativity skill he is moneyed up ready for college!!!  He’s got the “Become the Law” LTW and I’ve no doubt he’s going to be a huge success as the corrupt Capp family lawyer.

So he was off to Académie Le Tour. Hal felt a little sad to be leaving town without fixing things with Ben properly, but maybe the distance would do them good. Bo was coming along to the same university as him, but we wasn’t sure what was going to happen with them. Things had been kind of rocky, understandably, the way they got together was all wrong and it just didn’t feel right without Ben in the picture… ugh.

Perhaps at college he could have a more sensible, drama-free love life? Or, better yet, he could stop worrying about relationships and focus on his studies! Yeah, that sounded great. He’d work hard, graduate with honors, start his own law firm, and worry about marriage and kids later, maybe when the family found a good match for him.

Des does a lot of good big-sister-ing, single handedly raising Lysander and talking Ariel through gender identity questions.

Goneril gets the promotion she’s been hoping for. It was her dream, she’d always thought. It was her dream.

And yet she wasn’t completely satisfied. When she’d imagined running the company, it wasn’t as a co-partner to a reanimated zombie of her mother. And she’d envisaged herself as the owner of the company, not simply doing all the hard work while her niece reaped in the rewards.

Albany, who aged up recently, talks Goneril through her insecurities, and assures her she’ll be on top (lol) some day. 

Ariel and Lysander grow up! Though their party is a total shitshow.

The Summerdreams are very same-old - Bo continues to slack off and the parents continue to make out all the time and neglect their kids.

She and Benedick Monty make the break-up official.

And so she spends a lot of time hanging out with BFF Lucy Burb instead. They dream of becoming criminal masterminds together someday... they do have pretty good chemistry and a slightly flirty dynamic, but neither of them has ever acted on it for fear of messing up the friendship. 

She dates Melody Tinker instead, which goes better than I expected! They fell in love and everything. 

Oberon and Titania got some “new” looks.  These two have centuries worth of clothing in their wardrobe…

Titania has a brief date with Chloe Curious, and asks her about her pregnancy. Chloe is cage-y initially, but is relived when Titania proposes she and Oberon adopt the baby. She and Nina don’t want kids, so it’s a perfect solution! 

Regan and Cornwall have a pretty decent marriage. It never used to be that passionate, sparks-flying-everywhere, can’t-get-enough-of-each-other love, but it’s grown a lot over the years. They’ve both supported each other through thick and thin, things in the bedroom have got gradually spicier, and become true partners in crime - at this point Regan doesn’t want to imagine life without him.

Their son Lear is a very dutiful, studious kid. He’s very moral and justice-oriented, for a Capp, and takes everything very seriously. He’s aware neither of his parents are law-abiding and isn’t too thrilled with it, but he’s sure he can talk them around someday…

It’s mostly quite an uneventful, homely round. 

She does go out for tea with her sisters, though, which leads to a few fireworks. Regan is horrified that her genie-wish has lead to so much suffering, and regrets brining back Contessa. 

Poor Goneril has a lot of pent up jealousy brewing, which she directs at Cordelia. 

They make up eventually, though :)

After a few more promotions and a particularly successful heist which lands Cornwall a hefty $20,000, the married couple decide to relocate Downtown. It’s a little closer to work, and a little further away from the family’s deadly drama...

At the end of the round, Romeo graduates and visits the family restaurant to invite everyone to the wedding. They’re not thrilled, and a shouting match ensues.

He’s very suborn and sticks up for Juliette, but the prospect of being disowned by his entire family rattles Romeo. Despite Mercutio and Bianca giving him their support, when the wedding day comes he’s hesitant.

He ends up running away from her at the altar,

Juliette chased after him, furious, and accidentally curses him. Romeo’s struck by lightning and dies. 

She’s momentarily horrified, but when confronted by Mercutio she quickly doubles-down, reigniting the Capp-Monty feud.

[twilighcreed]

Title: Wolves Bane

Pairing: Daenerys Targaryen X Male Stark Reader

Author: TwilighCreed/DawnWrites

Word Count: 3.9k+ 

Warning: Violence, blood, use if curse words, mentioned alcohol, alcohol abuse, depression, slight subtle suicidal thoughts, spoilers for season one, graphic. 

Summary: Y/N Stark was forced into exile after helping three fugitives escape beyond The Wall from King Robert. Four years after his exile, he receives news that Lord Arryn is dead and his family could be in immense danger. After accepting an offer to help get him home to his family, Y/N is to work for Magister Illyrio Mopatis and protect the princess, Daenerys Targaryen. What the lone wolf did not expect was to fall in love with a women he could never have…  

Author Notes: I apologize for the delays and you having to wait so long! Life has just hit me and it’s honestly taking all my time, and since I just moved I won’t have internet for another month. :( I know, I know! And I though I’d give you what I had so far for the first part (you’ve waited long enough). The other two chapters are gonna be longer than this, so maybe about 5k for the next two! I promise this mini series is gonna be finished, it’s just gonna take time. Thank you for your patience and time! Enjoy the first chapter! :) p.s. sorry if their are any mistakes! I checked several times but their might some slip ups!

Part One ► Pilot   [HERE] Part Two ► The Dragon’s Bodyguard  [NEXT] Part Three ► The Lone Wolves Howl   Part Four ► The Rouge Wolf of the North

The night was cold and dark, full of terrors beyond one’s imagination. The forest slept wistfully, a quiet midnight melody luling the beast of the night into a deep slumber, rocking it’s leaves and settling a light fog among the fallen leaves and branches of the earth, stretching it’s long fingers and clawing at the  frozen ground. The only sound was the rush of a nearby river, and the distant rusle of running footsteps…

One… two….three…. four figures ran across the dead leaves, abruptly to sleeping willows and creatures to a startling sound, wakening the surrounding forest with their ragged breath and panicked steps. They seemed lost, unable to keeping their bearings, their only objective was to get away from the shadows following them with the bright glow of torches and the barks of dogs. They wore rags as clothes, the only thing keeping them warm was the heavy set furs, but even that was like parchment against the raging storm that was about the decend on the helpless. Only one of the four wore clothes unlike the other, instead it was armoor and a heavy fur draped his shoulders, providing him warmth against the plummeting temperatures; only he knew the way to safety, only he was the sole hope they had of escaping  of jaws of unjust law from the King of the Realm, King Robert Baratheon.

“Hurry!”  the young boy in armor called out to his companions. Looking over his shoulder to see the struggling frames of the fugitives; his eyes wandered beyond them to see the hill behind, a bright transfixed glow from the hunters torches, revealing their closing position—no doubt from his father—men that had gathered to hunt the three criminals.

It was a manhunt. One that would end in all four of their deaths if caught, but, the young boy was determined to get them to safety. Beyond The Wall, safely from the clutches of King Robert and even his Lord father, all he had to do was get them to Eastwatch, there he had a friend who would smuggle them across. All he had to do was get them there… but with the shouts of men and barks of bloodhounds, even Y/N Stark was afraid they would never make it.

298 AC, The Free Cities of Essos, Braavos

A harsh and pinching sting sent Y/N out of his seat, landing harshley on the wooden floors of the tavern, jaw aching and the copper taste of blood in his mouth sent the man into an angry spiral of aggression covered by a facade of calmness. With a grunt and some effort, Y/N picked himself up off the ground and stood on two feet. Looking up at the tall bruat; his face twisted in angry, no doubt directed at Y/N.

He was a large dark skinned man with a fat lower lip and a crooked nose. His eyes twitched in anger and his lip curled back in a snarl, showing his ugly yellow teeth underneath. He lacked any facial hair, he was completely clean of hair except the little above his eyes. He was shirtless, the only pair of clothing he had were his deep royal purple trousers—that almost acted as another layer of skin, only it was cloth,—and his leather sandals. On his hip was a curved steel blade, short almost like a dagger, but long enough to wield like a sword.

Unquestionably Y/N recognized the man from a deal struck not so long ago on the shores of Tyrosh. It was a bargain between Y/N and the pirate: get him to Braavos undetected from authorities and he’d pay them handsomely with gold. That was the deal, but since Y/N notice how light his pockets were, he needed time to collect the desired amount, and since Essos regulated their currency mostly by slave trade and not coins, it was much harder.

“Was that really appropriate?” Y/N sneered, nursing his bruised jaw with a light rub of his hand, taking a moment to look around his surroundings and at the two other men behind his aggressor.

“Where is the gold?” the Captain spoke in broken words, his thick accent heavy.

Y/N glanced over at his side, near the foot of the stool sat a leather bag. Inside had the northerners belongings, including the gold, however it was just enough, and if Y/N gave him what he has, it would leave him with nothing.

Y/N looked back at the man. Reaching down, he plucked the satchel from the floor and reached inside, pulling out a small pouch of the gold promised.

The Captain seemed pleased, his posture slightly relaxing, his eyes kept on the bag instead of the devious plan unfolding before his very eyes. Even the other two behind seemed entranced by the sound of coins in his hand.

“Here is what was promised.” Y/N said, about to place the pouch in his open palm. “On second thought…” placing the pouch in his coat, Y/N reached over grabbing his full tankard, and slammed the heavy beverage into the side of the man’s head.

“I’ve changed my mind.”

With an easy distraction, Y/N clutched his bag close to his side and darted for the door. 

He would be a fool to believe it would be that easy.

“You’re gonna pay for that, you slimy son of a bitch!”

One of the  pirates—taller of the two—unsheathe his sword; swinging at Y/N’s head. With precision, Y/N ducked away just as the blade passed over him, giving time for the shorter (and smaller one of the three) to pull out his daggers, and toss them in the direction of Y/N. Narrowly missing the two daggers, Y/N made a dash to the door when a figure step in front of him.

With a vertical swing to cut Y/N in half, Y/N back stepped just at the right moment, the steel blade embedding itself into the wood with a loud clang—the Captain glaring.

“Too soon?”

The Captain gave a shout, and Y/N knew if he did not get away, certainly this man would have his head.

Taking several steps back, Y/N looked about, much of the bottom half of the tavern had cleared of any life, a few dearing souls stayed to watch his possible doom, most of them leaned over the rails of the second floor, watching with wide eyes.

Backing himself into an escapable corner, Y/N watched as the three started to close in on him, weapons of choice in hand and a lust for blood in their eyes—his blood. With quick eyes he looked all around, his eyes landing on a wooden fixture that hung from the ceiling, acting almost like a chandelier that spread out into different directions, almost like several crosses molded together, each end holding a lit candle.

Pulling out his steel sword, Y/N got into a defensive stance. 

No matter how much training he had received as a young boy, he would never be able to take on three men simultaneously. Maybe three guards, but not experienced pirates such as the ones he faced now.

“Your times is up pretty boy. I’m gonna gut’cha like a fish!” the Captain mocked, his lips pushed up in a smirk.

With a quivering hand; glancing between the three figures, Y/N watching as their features turned into a crooked pleasure, a pending victory about to come.

“I wouldn’t be so sure!”

With a toss of luck, Y/N threw the satchel in the direction of the wooden chandelier; the leather strap getting caught by an oddly needed hook in the decorative wood. The newly added weight making the chandelier rock back and forth.

With their eyes now on the bag, Y/N took the opportunity to swing at his nearest opponent—the tallest. 

Lunging forward, Y/N tipped the man off guard, sending him off his balance just enough for  Y/N to gain the upper hand and swipe his feet from underneath him, the pirate toppling onto the floor.

Hearing the heavy footsteps behind him, Y/N side-step just as a sword of the Captain came down where his head was. Elbowing the Captain hard in the ribs, he heard a gasp and then a grunt before getting out of the way of another swing. Repositioning himself, Y/N parried an oncoming lung, pushing against the blade, Y/N was able to throw the man backwards giving Y/N a slight edge. With a hacking attack, the Captain was forced to go on the defense allowing Y/N a small opening, with a true twist of his blade, Y/N was able to nick the Captains neck, a small stream of blood leaving the open wound.

Placing a large hand on the cut, the Captain looked down at his bloody hand, a vengeful glint in his eyes, “You bastard! Now I’m really gonna kill ya’!”

The Captain swung his curved blade horizontally, forcing Y/N to duck away, he got behind the Captain. Quickly standing up, Y/N slashed a thin line across the Captains back making him howl in pain, and with a swift strong kick, the Captain went barreling into the tallest of his henchmen.

Suddenly, two daggers landed right in front of him, the tips of them dug into the wooden beam beside him. Turning his head in the direction they came from, he narrowly missed another dagger throw at him.

“Where do ya’ think ya’ going?” a much higher pitch voice spoke with a slight lisp.

Sliding down to his nearest cover, Y/N pushed over a table onto its side, using it as a shield just he heard two more daggers hit the wood.

How many more does this man have?, Y/N though.

Peeking over just a tad, the pirate had gotten closer, throwing another small dagger his way, Y/N ducked, the unmistakable sound of steel impaling wood behind him. Pushing the table forward in a rush, he rammed the pirate into the wall just behind him. 

Hearing a grunt from the man, Y/N quickly got up; reached over and slammed a wooden chair over the man’s head, sending him into a state like comma. 

Turning around, Y/N dodged an attack by the taller pirate. A wild look in his eyes, he lazily swung his sword, hoping for a hit to injure Y/N, but with his sloppy footwork, Y/N was able to lock their blades together and with slight hesitation, head butting the man. An expected sharp and brutal pain burst inside his skull, his vision going slightly hazy and his balance wobbly.

Maybe that wasn’t a good idea…

“Arghh!”

Reeling around, Y/N caught sights of the Captain rushing after him, but before he could counter or step away, a hard and bitter pain spread like wildfire in his face causing him to stumble backwards, but before he could fall, a pair of hands clamped around his throat and he could feel his body being lifted up off the ground and then slammed into a hard surface—he could hear cracking of wood—and his back exploding in pain; his chest tight and any air he had left was gone.

“You northerners are too much trouble—I should have killed you when given the chance!”

And with that said, Y/N could feel his vice-like-grip tighten around the soft flesh of his throat, cutting off any hope of air supply. Slightly wide eyed and panicking, Y/N gasp for a breath, hoping to suck in any air. He could already feel the blood rushing in his head. 

In a weak attempt, Y/N tried to pry his fat fingers away but to no avail. Without breaking eye contact, Y/N reached out his right hand, feeling the area he was on, searching for anything to use as a weapon.

The Captain leaned over Y/N, pressing more of his weight against his hold—Y/N was sure he would break his neck if he added any more, and with a toothy yellow grin, he spoke in a low, almost taunting whisper, “Nighty-night, pretty boy.”

With the last of his strengths, Y/N gave a deep grunt in reply and with his fingers curled around the tip of a glass bottle, swung as hard as he could at the man’s head, breaking the glass instantaneously on impact. With the man now disorientated, Y/N was able to break free and out of his grasp. Kicking the man down, Y/N allowed himself a moments of rest to catch his breath, gasping really, while he rubbed his sore and bruised throat, coughing.

Once some of his strength returned, he reaching down and picked up his sword, turning, he placed the tip of his blade against the man’s throat, shaking.

“I should kill you…” Y/N rasp out, his eyes hard and his face even harder.

Adding more pressure, he watched as the Captains eyes widen when he broke the skin, painting the tip of his blade with fresh blood. Leaning down like the Captain did a few moments ago, Y/N mocked the man.

“If I ever see you again, no matter where or when, I will stain the streets with your blood… I will not give you mercy that I have so generously given you today…” Y/N threaten, “Do you understand?”

The Captain gave a nod.

Straightening his posture, Y/N placed his sword back into his leather sheath on his hip, and with hard feet, he walked over to the closest table underneath the wooden chandelier. He climbed up, grabbed his satchel and jumped down. Reaching into his bag, he pulled out several gold coins and tossed them onto the bar-table.

“Sorry for your troubles…”

And with that, Y/N disappeared into the evening sun in the beautiful streets of Braavos.

Y/N let out a deep groan as he pushed the ice cold bottle of wine against his forehead, switching between his head and jaw on occasion. I had been several hours since the fight and he can feel the aches and bruises of the fight he had not felt at the time, he was so lost in the rush he didn’t notice the gash just above his eyebrow and the busted lip and bloody nose, he was honestly just a mess, and all he wanted at that moment was a nice warm bed and the tending care of his mother’s soft hands… He felt an ache in his chest.

Y/N sighed.

He sat lazily on the docks of Purple Harbor, his feet dangling off the side just above the waters surface, inhaling the salty sea air and the calming dance of the water. He watched as the sun started to set just above the horizon, bright warm colors mixing together to create a breathtaking view. Bright reds, oranges, purples and yellows coming together in a beautiful mixture, it’s colors getting richer and deeper the more the sun started to creep past the sea’s horizon. 

It reminded him of Westeros, in the south they had beautiful sunsets. It stretch for miles to one mountain and to the other. He could recall those as a little boy at his father sides, riding along on The Kingsroad. You never really got to see such colors in the north where his home was, but if you traveled far enough south you might be able to catch one.

It was a habit he enjoyed along with his brother younger Jon. 

When the two boys would be caught doing something mischievous, they would run to the broken tower just northeast of the great hall, and for hours they would sit up on top, bonding, waiting for enough time to pass before they would go down and brace themselves for whatever was to come. And if they were lucky, Robb would join them on their trickery, and all three of them would get it. Brotherhood, it was what kept them all close, even his little sister Arya.

The though of home made the lone wolf even more lonesome. 

He missed the fresh snow he’d wake up to every morning, the smell of the bakeries fresh rise of bread at day break, the hammer on steel in the blacksmith’s anvil, even his mothers scoldings. He missed his fathers teaching, “The ways of becoming a Lord.”, he called them. Jon’s and Robbs lessons with Ser Rodrik, his sisters Sansa warm smile whenever he’d make her laugh after a rough day, as she got older she didn’t smile as much, boys started to distract her, and boy was Y/N in for it. He especially missed his younger sister Arya’s warm bear hugs she’d give him whenever they were alone, and the sweet, sweet sound of Rickon’s laugh as he held the youngest of his siblings.

Every memory he had of Winterfell was pleasant and brought him warmth, but whenever he thought of his land, and the deed he had done: a cold bitter grip would wrap around his heart and tear it in two, breaking the poor man’s souls into even smaller fragments, and all through the night he would pick each one up with each tear, and peace them all back together, one-by-one, and when he was done, all that is left is the hurting shell of a young broken boy.

But no matter how much he missed home, he never regretted helping the innocent people from the injustice of King Robert Baratheon’s  authority. The only thing he could regret was the look that haunts his dreams: his mother’s heartbroken face, the sudden depression and unbearable pain of loss of her firstborn and his fathers stone cold disappointed, grief stricken eyes. He’d never forgot that…

With another deep, lonesome sigh, Y/N took a large swing from the cold wine. Maybe if he drank enough tonight, he might be able to drink himself into a stupor and maybe, just maybe… he would never wake up from it…

“My, my… it seems even the strongest of northernmen wolves have their… weaknesses.”

Before Y/N’s own mind could comprehend his own actions, he found himself garbing his swords hilt and jumping to his feet, stance at the ready, sword pointed at the intruder. All of this of course with an intoxicated mind.

In front of him stood a figure, dressed in a cloak that obscured the person’s identity. They were short, and rather harmless looking, his posture was straight and from the looks of it, he was a man of wealth by his plump and pudgy physique. From the outwards appearance, he seemed to have a calm and relaxed demeanor. He also seemed unarmed, from the looks of it. Somewhere beneath his robes he could have a dagger for all he knows, and with a quick whiff of the nose, Y/N smelt something rather odd: perfume.

With watchful eyes, Y/N looked the man up and down before glancing around the docks. If there was one thing he learned at Ser Rodricks lectures: always know your surroundings. The last thing he needed at his moment was to be set up in a trap.

Sword still drawn, “Who are you?” Y/N commanded.

The man seemed to smile in his words. 

“Ah, forgive me young Lord Stark—it is alright if I call you that?”

Y/N tensed, his grip on hilt of his sword tighten and he fixed his posture almost instantaneously, his jaw locked and his mind racing with thought, all of it going back to his past life.

“How do you know who I am? Who are you? Answer me!” he almost shouted, his voice getting higher and higher by each word.

Y/N was so sure he had covered his tracks when he left Westeros. He changed his name, allowed his facial hair to grow, dressed much differently, talked in a manner his mother would frown upon, he changed everything about himself to never be found. 

How after all these years?

The man let out a deep lighthearted chuckle. Lifting his hands in a slow fashion he pushed back the cowl he wore revealing his face to Y/N.

Varys.

“Surprised? I was hoping you would be. You are a hard man to find, but, with the right eyes, you can easily part the wolf from the sheep, especially a Stark.” Lord Varys smiled. Taking in the young mans appearance, Vary’s was rather taken back at how much the Stark boy changed. No longer was he the respectable, honorable boy his father raised him to be, instead stood a man lost in the world, savage and untamed.

“What do you want?”

“I simply want to help you.”

Y/N narrowed his eyes, suspicious of the spymasters motive. Y/N did have every reason to mistrust the man. He never liked him, though he did find him somewhat of an interesting person, but never enough to trust.

“Why?”

Vary’s turned towards the water, taking steps towards its edge, he ignored the swords close presence, instead his eyes focusing on the Titan that stood guarding Braavos harbor entrance from the Shivering Sea.

“A marvelous structure, isn’t it? When I was but a slave boy, I used to hear talk among the other boys and girls, how the Titan stood for much more than just the city, but freedom from masters and chains. Braavos is the only city without slaves, so they say.”

Y/N watched the man, slightly lowering his sore arm.

“Why are you telling me this? You still haven’t answer my qe—”

“You want to go home, do you not?”

No words could describe the sudden feeling that pledged Y/N heart. Was it joy? Happiness? Relife? Perhaps pain? The thought alone of returning to his homeland brought him comfort, for so long he had been denied any sort of happiness after his exile, any warmth and safety was striped away and he was tossed into a wicked world that he had to learn or else the inevitable would happen. He was vulnerable. He wonder how his family would react if they received word of his death. He gulped, unable to speak a word.

Vary’s watched the boys eyes, the obvious desperation and thought of home evidence of his depression and longing for home. It was what he expected, but he could see something in his eyes holding the boy back from falling on his knees and begging to go to his family.

“You hesitate.”

As if struck by his words, Y/N quickly looked away in shame; his sword limp by his side. If truth be told Y/N was lost but most of all he was afraid.

“I can not go home. The King would have me killed before I step one foot off the boat. Even you can’t save me.” Y/N said, sheathing his sword into its leather confinements. He started to pick up his belongings, stuffing the wine into his bag he tossed it over his shoulder, reaching for his cloak when he was stopped by Vary’s words.

“Not even to save your family?”

Turning around, a sudden anger morphed his features into a cold stoic. Y/N’s jaw tensed and he took dangerous steps towards the spymaster, his hand grasping the fabric of his clothing, pulling Varys so close even the Lord could smell the wine on Y/N breath. Varys felt weary of the wolf’s anger, he’s never seen such furry in the boys eyes.

In a low, suppressed enmity voice, Y/N spoke,  “Do not use my families lives so you can have me as a pawn in your foolish games. I will not have it! Threaten them again, and I will finish what that sorcerer in Myr didn’t.”

Varys went pale.

“I thought so…”

Letting Varys go in an aggressive manner, Y/N turned around and walked down the docks, heavy in steps, his shoulders square and his eye’s fuming. He wasn’t prepared for what was to come.

“Lord Arryn is dead!”

Y/N stopped.

“Robert is travelling to Winterfell to ask your father to become Hand of The King. I fear if your father accepts, the realm will be at war! Stark and Lannister blood with be shed! Your family needs you Y/N!”

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                                                                                                January 15, 2018

[empyricn]

Three times Apollo fell from the sun and into the honeyed embrace of love, & the one time he didn’t—

Act I.

He’s always been prone to the way the wind sings to him, he thinks.

Noeul has bare memories of being so young that his fists spent more time curled than not, legs wobbly and the world too big around him; that’s when his ears first learned to piece melodies out of the commonplace. He remembers his childhood in gold-tinted sepia tone, the feeling of the sun on his skin and the breeze roping gentle through his hair. It’s always the same few memories that take hold of his wrist and pull him along every time he takes a walk down memory lane– -

–It’s summer and sweat makes home on the cotton shirt donning his small body, shoes a bit slippery because the air is so thick around them. He has his hand wrapped around two of Mama’s fingers as her arm rests between them, a light swinging taking to the joined limbs as he springs down the path with a bounce to his step, and a grin so wide he wonders in retrospect how his face wasn’t splitting open at the seams. Mama’s holding Artemis in her other arm, the sibling curled easily in her embrace even as Noeul tugs, and tugs, and tugs to go faster mama, faster! Noeul loves this park, is so fond of this underwhelming patch of shrubs and leaves stark in the middle of a jungle otherwise made of concrete. His feet keep pulling until they’re close enough that his mother loosens her hold on his hand, lets him jet off to the rusty, lonely swing set sitting in the middle of the public park. He’s on it a moment’s notice, feet fumbling as he pushes his short legs off the ground and propels himself into the air with no strength, but all the will. He throws his head back then, eyes closing as he soaks up the sun and basks under the hymns it whispers to him. And he’s laughing, Noeul is always laughing. His mama asks him just like she always does, what’s so funny? What are you laughing at, angel? And his answer is the same every time, they’re singing mama, they’re singing so pretty. And she just shakes her head, a fond smile tugging on her lips because she never does know what he means, pockets it away as Noeul being Noeul—her sunshine of a boy. ( Who did he take after? She hums sometimes in the quiet of the night to her husband, once both the kids have been put to bed with gentle hands and soft smiles. Where did he learn to love like that? ) What Noeul never learns how to tell her is: they’re singing mama, the clouds in the sky as they wink upon the sun come dusk. they’re singing mama, the birds in the sky that curl the wind under their wings with every blinking flight. they’re singing mama, the gentle lapping of water shores, the way the concrete of these buildings sits sturdy and seasoned under dusting roads. it’s all singing—it all sings to me, I hear it in your beating heart and in the way appa’s hands make good of things man-molded. It sings to me and I want to sing back mama, how can I not?

–It’s summer still, but this time he’s older. Old enough that he’s run out of patience, but grown into his charms. Their home sits above the garage, rusty, short windows always wedged open to air the room he houses because Noeul hates the feeling of being stifled between four concrete walls. But he has to spend some hours in it, because the one thing he hasn’t charmed his way out of is the insistence with which his parents want him to focus on school, learning, and breaking out of this oil-greased rut that’s smudged across the Sihm name. (He spends most evenings watching appa work away at the garage, hands fidgety and feet flighty even though he stays put because his father has always known how to catch him when his attention is slipping. Watch, learn. He always says, wiping down his hands on a rag as greasy as the hands he tries to clean, and Noeul just releases a breath, eyes earnest in their undercurrent of disdain because he doesn’t quite like the way the garage sings. It’s clips and a staccato rhythm that sits salted on his tongue, tinged bitter and hardened somehow– -not at all like the cotton-soft melodies Noeul has taken to chasing under the shine of the day, in street corners, and river banks. ) And that’s how he is spending today too, purportedly working on schoolwork even as he sits there at his desk, legs swinging and fingers tapping a rhythm that’s been stuck in his head all day. That’s when he hears it—singing. It’s soft, curls flat at the end of every verse and is roughened– -like the singer is unpracticed, unexperienced. But, by gods if it isn’t beautiful. Stillness has taken over his form, head cocking and eyes falling shut as if on command as his senses yield to it, to this: this common place magic of some neighbor singing made-up melodies as they hang out their laundry to dry. He’s scrambling to his window before long, gaze wanting to write the face of this muse to memory as his heart follows and beats the hymn into its ridges. It is his neighbor, of that much he was right, and he can trace the age on her face with the way the wrinkles are starting to set in. It pulls a smile from him, and he sits there until she has hummed the song to completion and woven another one into the air. He spends the evening like this, head resting against the metal rods caging him in and the sun out—a finger tapping the melody into his tanned skin, eyes shut and petal-lips pulled into a smile that breathes of relief and reprieve. He hunts down the neighbor lady two days after, asking her to teach him, please, teach him the song and it’s hard to know how he manages to convince her to teach him how to play the tune on the keys of an old piano that makes every song sound melancholic with age—but he does. His mother is surprised for only a few moments when he tells her to where he’s been disappearing these nights, blinking once or twice and asking how he’s managed to get himself free lessons from the neighborhood’s designated cranky neighbor; all Noeul can do is shrug, kiss her cheek quick and bound up to his room to practice the descent of those notes on the flat of his wall and imagine what the sweet symphony sounds like when played.

–It’s summer once more, and he’s older yet. He’s spent years learning just what effect a pull of his lips has on people, years painting reverent truths as homage to this beautiful world in form of melodies trained on the piano, the guitar, the violin, and his recent dabbling into the saxophone. His room is growing too small for all the haphazard instruments he finds to stow in it, bought from second-hand stores on cheap rates he made cheaper by a few words of warm honey and a dazzling smile propped on a leaning elbow, earnest eyes. It’s time for him to leave the nest, he knows, and he’s saving up—working other jobs now that he’s been a few months out of school. But tonight is not for worries ( though is it ever with Noeul? The sun shines too bright for you face to be so shadowed, heart of mine he’ll say to the way artemis’ sits with a distilled look on their face, some worry etched into the way their brows are furrowed )—the whispers of the night have sang to him about a new underground club opening, tucked away deep into winding city corners with a password locked entry and an exclusive guest list. You have to be somebody, or know a somebody to get in, and Noeul hasn’t completely figured out how to cast his golden aura large enough to convince the objective ‘other’ that he belongs in either category. He’ll figure it out though, of this he’s sure, sweet-talk something quiet with eyes that wink of the promised. He’s confident of his allure, but Noeul’s not all that naïve of it; so he waits when he reaches the shrouded opening, watching with careful eyes as people approach the gate and knock the rhythm of entry before having some short clip of a conversation with this faceless gate keeper. He waits, counts the seconds in his head as he polishes off the amber he’s been nursing, taking a long pull until its burning down his throat and into the settle of his chest before making his way to this final frontier. And he’s a master of his work, never reveals what his eyes promise or what covenant his tongue spills before he’s been let in, lithe body making waves past the bodies bleeding into the tight crowd of the dancefloor. He spends the night there, until the sun comes calling in the morning—he feels anew. He’s never heard melodies quite so skin-deep, not even by the hymns of the city itself. And so he vows, as he glides out with the early sun riddling his slow-blinking eyes, to give himself away to deep nights with neon lights to illuminate his way; to the deep bass thumping in his chest until he can feel it in his throat and tie it into his limbs, paint it into the air until everything around him as melted away and all that stays is—sound. He’s in love, Noeul thinks, so in love with how his skin feels heavy with the weight of a new kind of rush, a heady kind of rush. He likes how neon tastes on his tongue, likes how heavy bass feels on his lips enough to make a home of this yet. And well, Apollo is nothing if not a man of his word, and that he does. That he does.

Act II.

There is no Apollo without Artemis. This is the sole truth of his life, Noeul knows.

As different as the sun and moon, their mother has said so many times under her breath, on tired exhales, on soft smiles right before tucking them in for the night. How could you be as different as the sun and moon? He has never had an answer for her, never had his peace worried enough by it, because that was who they were. He was Apollo and they were Artemis; the difference of day and night was what tethered them to each other with an unending fierceness. And it isfierceness that marks the love they share, the bond they hold as siblings—as family. They circle each other, orbit each other’s paths; no one knows him better than them, and it is a blessing and a curse. They curse about it more often than not, small spitfires of arguments, teasing quips quick on tongues that don’t know any other greetings, muttered words thrown to cut, to draw quick blood in a ploy petty and ever-present. And it is ever-present, this push and pull between them; it’s a war they rage, in the ways most personal, because they know how to make each other bleed like no one else. He doesn’t have any one memory of when it started, but simply has held it as the truth of his world that his Artemis was a hunt in the making.

He doesn’t understand when they took the melodies of pocket knives when he took to the melodies of a clashing cymbal. He doesn’t remember when they shrouded the canvas of the dark night around their angled shoulders, a furrow to the set of their brows as they directed some misshaped cacophony of words his way because he was dancing on the edges of the light again, teetering so close to the edged-fall with a smile that spoke of the heavens. And he, well he had taken to the way the sunlight dusted onto his skin, the way the neon lights of this city they called home painted figures into dark eyes that he stared deep into while calling it making art.

It’s going to age you both, his mother muses, and it’s for humor more than anything else, some gentle cadence of reprimand for the two beloved children that are always chasing each other—never quite meeting. Doesn’t it get tiring to bicker?

And yet, Noeul has never learned how to tell her this: no mama, Artemis is the half of me I cannot body. If I’m the crack of lightening, they are the rumble of thunder. If I am the flight, they are the hunt. I pull the sun across the breaking breath of a morning sky to give them the reprieve from the dark that they lull into the most sacred kind of protection. They light the night sky with stars for me to count, with muses for me to paint, mama. If this is the war we cull, the beauty in the battle is not lost on me at all.

This is the tongue they speak in now, this—thinly veiled disdain, this bleeding steadiness and unending loyalty. Every race he wins over them ends the same, with embers laid on tongues as they lash out with some faded residue of bitter anger. Every race he wins over them ends the same, with nudged shoulders and a shake to his head saying does it matter? Does it matter in your heart of hearts, or are you warring with me because it’s what we do best? And perhaps it is a hidden blessing, because Artemis has always been better at the ways of the hunt than him, better at painting battles than muses—and with them he learns how to war all on his own. On the basis simply, of: Artemis is his own blood. If there are wars they fight between them, there are crusades he will rage for them. There is no canvas to pull the sun into without Artemis’ watch, no home to return to without the fleeting trace of their retrieval.

There is no Apollo without Artemis, of this Noeul is sure.

Act III.

He meets them when it’s spring, and the flowers are in full bloom. Any other even a touch more cynical than him may have scoffed at the ideal of it, at how picturesque retrospect made it to be—but Noeul has always been a devout to the muses and the ways in which they work their wishes. He meets them when he first joins the team. They are: angled faces with locks of hair that falls like vines, eyes that blink of cherry blossoms, and voice a swift breeze two shades cooler than the night’s suffocation. It’s not all consuming just then, no it doesn’t douse him and pull him under then and there. The fall is slower than that— -

It starts easy. Apollo smiles his honeyed smile and Persephone is all too familiar with honeysuckles and what they have to offer. It’s a bare brushing of hands, eyes that swim with something deeper than mirth, no pretenses in keeping anything budding under wraps because Noeul has never wasted his time in cloaking his wishes with false expressions. It builds easy from there too, he weaves his hand with theirs and leans in just so to ask if they want to come with him to his haven, to the tucked away escapes built into the tunnels of Hong Kong that speak in bass and pay in the ways of bodies moving. And he whisks them away then, away for a night of devotion where they make art out of wet street pavements and flickering neon lights, something questionable melting on their tongues until the colors above them are technicolor vibrant and the memories of the night are as hazy as the feeling settling in his chest the morning after. The night is the first of many, because he’s found himself this someone who’s culled like the earth under him, who doesn’t burn when he takes to his shining, beaming. It becomes routine to see them draped around each other when the team lines the track, an arm around the shoulder, a leg thrown over the lap. ( Perhaps the display ought to feel cheap, but how can it when the face that sits upon this is that of Apollo himself, of Persephone? ) They fall into each other easily, in ways bodily and past, and Noeul doesn’t even think to thin away how much of himself is being poured out; that’s never how he’s lived at all.

He doesn’t even catch it happening.

His body has seen plenty, has loved plenty—but it has never loved like this. He doesn’t see it coming until it hits him hard when the fights start prickling like thorns on the side of the rose-bed they have laid, until the way they have rooted themselves into each other starts to grow on the wrong side of too sharp and tethers as they try to fight it, wrangle it into being right again. It hits him then, when they’re yelling about something again– -and Noeul’s never really been the type to raise his voice, but by gods he can feel the anger feeding off of Persephone and it bleeds into this skin of his that is always drinking, reaching, before his mind can even catchup- –and he can’t take this, doesn’t want this. This: yells that sound like shards grating in his ears. ( Noeul wants that breeze of a voice again, he wants the tulip of their skin under his finger tips and the lavender fresh breath mingling with his until his mind feels clear aside from the chimes that are alerting him of his descent. No, he cannot lie of this. Of his fall.

– -Apollo fell in love. )

Then leave! It’s out before he’s thinking about what he’s said, because his ears ring with the sound of breaking glass—because all he feels from this body he knows so well is anger. And it’s bright red and alarming, the aura of it so harsh and crude against his eyes that he doesn’t want to make art of it, he wants to bleach it clean and start over. When his mind does, in fact, skip through the hoops and catch up with what his heart has already revealed, he’s deflating. Noeul thinks he should have the decency to look away, but he can’t. He’s never been good at denying himself pretenses, hasn’t he said this before? Persephone voices no argument, because deep down he thinks they know this was the inevitable they had been climbing to. Somehow, somehow they had known. ( And of course they had. They hold the earth in their palms, of course they had seen past him before he had seen past himself. ) If Noeul was a man built around his ego, he would have called the way he reached for them a weakness. But it’s not—it’s him reaching for what he knows best amidst the air that has suddenly grown cold; reaching for Persephone.

They don’t leave, not that night.

They spend it together, tracing the paths on each other’s skin that they have long marked as theirs because it feels a disservice to end things so abruptly. He holds them close, keeps a hand curled through those locks of hair he remembers billowing in the chilled, night breeze from the first time they met, presses himself into the curve of their neck and stays there—immobile, reverent as ever. ( But there’s something hollowing in the reverence now, in the devout way in which he tries to etch into memory the ways in which this body has become home. )

Do you love me? Persephone asks. And there’s no guilt roped to it to make him confess and keep them roped, there’s no drama attached to a soliloquy of pain– -it’s simply a question. The question. ( Persephone asks because they’ve seen him burn, they’ve seen the way he smiles so sweet, the way he’s so goodto them; alas, Apollo’s the fool thinking he holds an infallible heart. ) Apollo doesn’t have the words to answer them, thinks it some betrayal to go back on the claim that marks his identity so clearly. Instead he traces a thumb on their cheekbone, face unmoving from where it rests against their neck, a melody rising to his lips—the same melody that’s been trapped in his mind since Persephone walked into his life with spring on their trails, in the middle of the cold, dry winter.

They leave come morning. It ends as easily as it had started, once. They fade from the personal crevices of his life, even if he still sees them at the track and has to take a second glance every time to make sure they’re not some figment of his memory. Sometimes Apollo wishes he had answered them when they had asked him of his love, of his heart. Yet, Noeul never learned how to tell them this: yes. Yes, I loved you. I loved you and it was all destined to end the same. I am made to burn the love that comes my way, a star has no other prophecy written for it—not until its collapse.

Interlude.

What does Apollo know of love?

Nothing. Nothing at all. He is not the deity of love, he’s but a master of the muses. That is where he excels best, with his art, his music—that is his truth. And what of my burning? He thinks, on nights when he has been alone too long, spent too many nights away from his studio, away from the track, even away from the knowing eyes of his sibling who sees the parts of him Apollo keeps buried deep and down by chance, not choice. Nothing; ashes. Ashes. Is the answer her finds, head tilting back as he downs whiskey that sits like amber in his glass. He is still glory cloaked in gold, his lips sun-kissed and body woven together to the rhythm of the world around him. He is glorious in the here, glorious in the now—Noeul is a snapshot in time, a golden moment to be turned sepia toned with the passage of time. He’s here to chase nothing, he’s here to make art, to paint the wind golden under his touch. Is he not? Is he not?

It doesn’t take Noeul very long to remember the ways in which he used to love, doesn’t take long for him to return to the underground with a new repertoire. He’s a vision as he moves around the dancefloor breathing to his music, and he finds beautiful faces to pull into his embrace, to dance with him, to learn the melodies of so he can immortalize them in the next track he composes. There goes Noeul, smiling that smile of his that narrows down the rays of light between him and his beholder, culling rhythms from the way the bodies move and coaching them through the sifts in the wind. He finds company to warm his bed, finds a willing body to admire and sketch into the sketch pad that lies next to his bed now ( a new addition, a way for him to give life to the visions that often swim in his head, to find a way to show to people the beautiful he sees in the grime, the broken, the impure ). Some faces stay longer, taking to the cotton of his sheets and asking him to play that song again, I love the way the guitar sounds when you sing with it. And who is Noeul to say no to this attention, preening as he is under the warmth of it, mauve-lips pulling up and eyes winking like a tease as he draws the guitar on his lap one more time. He forgoes serious confessions, and simply tilts his head, letting out some sigh as he pulls out his sing-song signature line: don’t fall in love with me, now. He says the words to tease long enough that his company laughs, and the laughs descend like chimes and Noeul loves the sound of it. He does. He loves the sound of it like an artist loves another’s art—from a distance, with a reverence, with a devotion.

They come and go, the faces change, remain interchangeable, and he lets them all stay until he’s heard what chimes sound like on a different tongue’s laugh. He etches that sound to memory, plays it scratch record, freeze frame—again until it’s all that lights his days. He likes hearing it on his teammates, likes hearing it on faceless bodies he meets, hell, likes hearing it better than beating silence.

He returns to the track too, notches up the gear a side too high until the whirring of the car speeding bleeds into a held note that he can place on the scale. He likes the ascent of it, laughs from his stomach when it hits just the right frequency and cheers, fist pumping when he pulls in another close win for the week, for the team. So much of this city bruises, leaves purple knuckles, split-lips, shattered glass in its wake that Noeul thinks it’s almost his duty to make something beautiful of the wreckage. He can see it so clearly, has never had any epiphanies short of visionary from the mundaneness of his daily life. Perhaps, it’s best if he makes good on bringing it to life for the others too.

( And perhaps, just perhaps when someone faceless returns into his life—some body that had warmed his sheets, that he had loved in that fleeting way of his and says I love you, I think I love you. Perhaps, perhaps it is best if Noeul places a soft, gentle palm on their cheek and presses an even softer, gentler kiss on their forehead and says it’s best if you don’t, beautiful. It’s best if you don’t. )

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Ch. 2: “The Eaters of Light” Analysis Doctor Who S10.10: The Doctor Is a Prisoner, Stripes, Duplication, Rescue

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Siblings Theme

“The Eaters of Light” opening shows first a young girl, and then almost immediately we see her older brother.  Siblings are a theme with a major reference last week pointing to siblings, and this week we have 2 more pairs of siblings. 

However, the main reference to siblings comes from one the children to be rescued, whom we examined in Chapter 18 Fairytales and Romance in Doctor Who.  In the Season 8 episode “In the Forest of the Night,” Maebh’s older sister, Annabel, appears at the end, seemingly transforming from a bush to a girl.

This would appear to point to the importance of siblings coming up in the finale or Christmas special.

Judy & Her Brother, Kar & Ban

In “The Eaters of Light,” young Judy goes to the ancient Pictish stones to listen to the music. She has a sense of fearlessness about the potential ghosts getting her because it’s the music that is important to her.  Her brother makes multiple attempts to pull her away, fearing the ghosts and getting in trouble if something happens. 

At the end, we see her come back to the stones alone to listen to the music.

In comparison, we see another pair of siblings: Kar and her brother Ban.  Kar, while fearful of the Eater of Light, is the one near the beginning of the episode facing the most danger of any of the Picts, including her brother.  As gatekeeper, she has to face the beast to keep it from getting loose and devouring everyone, but things didn’t quite go that way.  She let it through to destroy the Roman army, whom she thought was more dangerous.  However, to protect the Picts, she doomed her whole world.

Kar’s actions mirror Bill’s since Bill let the Monks in to save the Doctor.  Kar is also a mirror of the Doctor, and this also seems to be foreshadowing the Doctor dooming the world by letting Missy loose.

At the end of the episode, Kar faces her beast and is more like Judy, while Ban is more like Judy’s brother in that he didn’t go into the gateway.

Nardole’s, Bill’s & Sibling’s Stripes

Since the very 1st Doctor, stripes and plaids (tartans) have been used in some of the Doctor’s outfits, as well as his companions’. 

Stripes are a reference to the English idiom “show one’s stripes” or “show one’s true stripes.”  A variant of it is “to show one’s true colors.” It means revealing one’s true beliefs, desires, character, or personality. 

The patterns give us some information about integrations and sexuality.  Time Lord integrations, for example, mean they are both male and female at the same time.  Stripes going one way are homosexual while plaids, which go both ways, are bisexual.

Nardole

Nardole wears a lot of plaid, although at the beginning of “The Eaters of Light,” he is wearing something odd: a bathrobe.  This is a reference to Amy wearing her nightclothes while on Starship UK in “The Beast Below,” where everyone is dreaming. This calls attention to the resolution coming for the Star Whale.

Anyway, shown below is Nardole in his horizontal-striped hat (yellow arrow), vertical-striped bathrobe (cyan arrow), and plaid pants (white arrow).

These stripe patterns are really interesting.  I don’t remember seeing something like this before.  We know Nardole is made of different parts, as he’s part cyborg. His lungs are human while he isn’t. The 3 patterns suggest to me that his head is one part with horizontal stripes.  His body represents a different part with vertical stripes.  His legs represent something else and are integrated.

Also, it’s possible this can suggest that his head, for example, is male, his body female, and his legs are one of each or come from an integrated being.

When the Doctor is in the rift and comes out, we see that Nardole has tattoos on his face.  He’s blending in, as he says.  His changes represent an integration.  Check out his clothes below, which also suggest an integration.  

Now, he truly looks like a patchwork person.  He represents the face of the unactualized Doctor, who has taken on more integrations.

Nardole’s hat (yellow arrow) hasn’t changed.  It’s still horizontally striped.  However, he’s not wearing his bathrobe.  Instead, he’s wearing a solid shirt with an historical kilt, which I believe is called a “great kilt.”  (I’m only aware of them because of the Outlander TV series.  Please let me know if there is some other name for it.)  The plaid on his chest is running diagonally (green arrow), while the knee-length skirt part (white arrow) is worn normally.  He has a different plaid for pants, like knickers with solid socks.  But he has horizontal-striped shoes (yellow arrow).

It looks like he closed his eyes and pulled whatever out of the closet, but it really shows that he’s made of different parts.

Bill

In contrast, Bill has stripes only going one way with curves.  Sometimes, she wears vertical stripes.

Siblings

The siblings at the beginning of “The Eaters of Light” wear plaid, shown below.  This suggests they are both integrated beings (both male and female).  Integrated beings in DW are the ones who are more likely to be turned into a cyborg or some type of hybrid.  In fact, Judy also has fasteners (white arrow) like Nardole does.  Her brother has red and blue plaid, which may indicate he is 2 beings in 2 different universes or time streams.  We’ll examine another example of Judy’s mirror in another time stream in a bit.

Are Missy & the Doctor Siblings?

With siblings a theme, I have little doubt that siblings have to be a part of the rescue, as we’ve seen with Annabel.  Maebh was a mirror of young River, so that suggests that it’s River’s sister who gets rescued.  And Baby Melody Pond wasn’t just one being, as we examined in the subtext.

Right now, it seems the Doctor might be trying to get his wings and rescue Missy, which could also be an analogy to River rescuing the Doctor. 

It’s clear that Missy is mirroring the Doctor.  It may be that Missy represents the Doctor’s duplicate, so we have a real Doctor and an imposter.  It could also be that Missy represents the Doctor’s own beast that he has to kill. Could she be the Doctor and the Doctor the Master?  That’s how DW is mirroring a lot of what has been going on.  In a false universe that has to die, it’s not out of the question.

The subtext shows that things are going backwards, too, so we’ll have to wait to see what the subtext says in the upcoming episode, “World Enough and Time.”

One other thing is that Missy’s tears did seem genuine in this episode.  Once again, though, she was mirroring the Doctor with the music, when he and River in THORS were at the Singing Towers of Darillium.

The Rescue

There are several indications that the rescue is near.  We’ve already seen a reference to “The Beast Below.”  However, there are other signs.

The Horse Is Back

There’s a really tiny horse (red arrow) in the bookcase on the other side of the TARDIS, so letting Missy out is part of the rescue plan.  It’s obviously going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

This really is an odd shot in the camera’s placement being far away and below Nardole and the Doctor. That gives some power to them. Also odd is the Doctor’s and Nardole’s placement in relation to each other.  Nardole represents the child Doctor, which we looked at a long time ago, although we’ve also looked at many other mirrors, too.  He’s 237 years old, BTW.  That figure came up in TPEW as a statistic of the Doctor’s sonic glasses.

The TARDIS on the Rock, the Legend of the Blue Box & the Rescue

After Judy and her brother leave the Pictish stone temple, the camera pans to the TARDIS carved into the rock, shown below.  This is very similar to 2 other occurrences of the blue box being idolized: “The End of Time” and “The Fires of Pompeii.”

“The End of Time,” Part 1 “The End of Time” is John Simm’s Master’s last appearance.  In the Chapter 18 of Fairytales and Romance in Doctor Who, we examined the Legend of the Blue Box as told to Donna Noble’s grandfather by the woman who was hired to be the Doctor’s mother.  In the church they were in, there is a tiny TARDIS (white arrow) in the stained glass window, along with what looks like Jesus with 11 Apostles.  The Doctor’s Mother metaphor wanted to rescue him, so the TARDIS on the rock is a signal that we have come back to this story, along with the Master’s part to play.

“The Fires of Pompeii” But that’s not all. In “The Fires of Pompeii” at the end, after the 10th Doctor and Donna saved Lobus Caecilius and his family, their shrine to the household gods changed from Roman gods to the Doctor, TARDIS, and Donna, in the image below.  

Oops!  The Doctor and Donna are now thought of as gods, so there’s a God complex.  They changed time, which could have rippled through to the Mary Celeste and other things. 

Scientifically, these changes would have created a parallel universe. 

Pictish Beast, River Reference, Crows & the Doctor Is a Prisoner

The creature we see pictured on the Pictish stones is a real symbol.  

According to Wikipedia:

The Pictish Beast (sometimes Pictish Dragon or Pictish Elephant) is an artistic representation of an animal depicted on Pictish symbol stones.

The Pictish Beast is not easily identifiable with any real animal, but resembles a seahorse, especially when depicted upright. Suggestions have included a dolphin, a kelpie (or each uisge), and even the Loch Ness Monster.

Did Loch-less eat a bunch of Roman soldiers at some point?

The Eater of Light should be aquatic, given the Pictish Beast representation, but that is another oddity of the episode.  The Eater of Light, however, does have tentacles similar to a squid.  It’s like a hybrid, and that may be the point.

Anyway, there are mentions of the wind and a labyrinth, regarding the beast. 

(Vitus leads the way with a flaming brand. There is a hissing sound and he stops. They whisper.) VITUS: Shh!

LUCIUS: It's nothing. It's the wind in the rocks. Forward, centurion. Keep going. There are lots of entrances the beast could get through. It's a labyrinth.

River said in THORS that it was never just the wind, so this is a reference to River.  And it’s really interesting that Missy ends up crying because of the music.  Lucius in particular is the Doctor’s mirror.  We’ll examine him more in the next chapter.

Lucius mentions the labyrinth, which is a reference to “The God Complex” and the Minotaur.  Because the Minotaur is a metaphor for the Doctor, which we looked at in the “Extremis” analysis, that makes the Eaters of Light also a metaphor of the Doctor.

“The Eaters of Light” is an interesting name.  We know the Sun has to die, along with this Matrix universe, so he’s fighting a losing battle.  This means people on the outside are trying to save the Doctor.  However, he’s fighting it on the inside, which again is also a metaphor for the internal struggle.

Crows, the Gateway & the Doctor Is a Prisoner

The TARDIS on the Rock is not the only symbol being idolized.  The crow flies over and sits on the rock in the opening of the episode. It says, “Doc-tor! Doc-tor! Doc-tor! Doc-tor!”

Given the crows at the end are remembering Kar fighting in the temporal rift, it suggests the Doctor at the beginning is the one in the temporal rift, as the gatekeeper – the Door metaphor.

Here’s an image below of the Doctor with a pot hanging from a chain.  He actually crosses the path of the chain.  The scene is easier to see if you watch the episode.

That meshes with what we’ve examined before in “Heaven Sent.”  The Sun is a Door, creating the plague of monsters, which actually played out in “The Eaters of Light.”  Of course, plague means duplication, and there are several references to that again in this episode.

The Crow & the Dark Doctor: White & Black Guardians, Key to Time?

One of the Crows sits on a rock when Nardole and the Doctor come by.  It says multiple words, including, “Dark Doctor.”  Since the Doctor is imprisoned, it makes sense that this would be the Dark Doctor.

Before “The Eaters of Light,” I had only seen the first 2 episodes of a season-long arc that might also pertain to the Dark Doctor that started with the 4th Doctor. However, I also found it in some 5th Doctor’s episodes.  I haven’t investigated this more, due to lack of time.  But the arc could also explain what is happening, at least some of the episodes do.

Back in the first season with the 4th Doctor’s companion Romana I, there was a quest given to the Doctor by the White Guardian, regarding the Keys to Time. According to the TARDIS Wikia:

The White Guardian, more accurately called the Guardian of Light in Time (TV: The Stones of Blood), was the anthropomorphic personification of order and good in the same way that his opposite, the Black Guardian, embodied evil and chaos. However, different interfaces of the Guardians held different perspectives, with the Black Guardian later claiming to represent freedom while the White Guardian embodied domination. The Fifth Doctor even criticised him as the lesser of two evils, embodying the letter of the law rather than the spirit. (AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights)

I’m specifically including the non-canon audio description here because I don’t know enough about the subtext of the Guardians to come to my own conclusions.  The description provides a cautionary note, which I wholeheartedly embrace.

In fact, if this universe has to die but the White Guardian wanted to maintain it for stability, that would be a contradiction.  The Doctor and Master may be operating in the same way here if the Master wants to destroy the false universe, but the Doctor wants to keep it.

Key to Time

Anyway, the quest for the 4th Doctor and Romana is to find the 6 parts of the Key to Time. According to the TARDIS Wikia:

The Key to Time was a powerful and legendary artefact which the Guardians of Time used to maintain the equilibrium of time itself, (TV: The Ribos Operation)

In “The Ribos Operation,” the White Guardian tells the Doctor about the Key.

GUARDIAN: The Key to Time is a perfect cube, which maintains the equilibrium of time itself.

(A holographic image of a spinning cube appears for illustration, then fades away.)

GUARDIAN: It consists of six segments, and these segments are scattered and hidden throughout the cosmos. When they are assembled into the cube, they create a power which is too dangerous for any being to possess.

DOCTOR: Well hidden then, I hope, sir.

GUARDIAN: There are times, Doctor, when the forces within the universe upset the balance to such an extent that it becomes necessary to stop everything.

DOCTOR: Stop everything?

GUARDIAN: For a brief moment only.

DOCTOR: Ah.

GUARDIAN: Until the balance is restored. Such a moment is rapidly approaching. These segments must be traced and returned to me before it is too late, before the Universe is plunged into eternal chaos.

DOCTOR: Eternal chaos?

GUARDIAN: Eternal as you understand the term.

We haven’t heard about the Key that I can remember in nuWho.  However, there are keys around the necks of the Smilers in “The Beast Below.” While we already looked at that symbolism a long time ago, there may be additional symbolism to consider.

Bill, the Doctor, White & Black Guardians, 9th Legion

Bill and the Doctor have the debate at the beginning about what happened to the Roman 9th Legion.  It really is very odd, which gets my suspicion meter going about the subtext. According to the Doctor at least 5000 people died, but, according to Bill, no one died.  Maybe she’s reading alternative history from the changed timeline? Regardless, the oddness turns to a macabre subject of having to check this out.

It’s almost like a game or bet.

The White & Black Guardians & the Game

I bring this up because when I watched the 4th Doctor story “The Stones of Blood,” which has similarities, the White and Black Guardians have a similar game type thing going on.  That was surprising and odd.

In the 5th Doctor story “Enlightenment,” which I also watched (wow, I’ve got to check out titles!), the Black Guardian wants the Doctor’s companion to kill the Doctor. Enlightenment is exactly what we’ve been examining with the Great Work, so it made me really take notice.

We find out that enlightenment gives beings the ability to see all of time.  Then, they can create and destroy as they like.  We’ve examined how the Sun stage is dangerous.  The creation we’ve seen has been with the plague cross, and certainly we’ve seen destruction with solar flares, for example.

Anyway, one of the characters ends up throwing a crystal at the Black Guardian, who erupts in flames and disappears.  However, the White Guardian says while he exists, so does the Black Guardian.  This tells me they are dualistic.  That totally makes sense from what we’ve examined.

Which is probably like the dualistic nature of the Doctor and Master or the Doctor and Missy.  As long as there is no unification, there has to be duality.

Judy’s Red Wellies Refer to Doctor Duplication & a Monster

“The Eaters of Light” opens with young Judy walking near the Pictish stones.  In the image below, she is lying on the ground and listening to the Celtic music.  

Her red wellies are a reference to Jennifer Lucas, who as a child, shown below, got lost on the moors while wearing them.  And that leads into several pieces of foreshadowing, which includes Rory.

This makes Jennifer and Judy mirrors: one dressed in blue plaid and the other in red plaid, suggesting 2 different universes, like in “Hide.”

Jennifer is one of the characters in “The Rebel Flesh” and “The Almost People.”  It’s the 2-part, island castle episode where several people, including the Doctor, end up with duplicates called Gangers, who start to rebel. Also, we find out Amy has a Ganger on the TARDIS while another version is about to give birth.

A solar storm hits the army-run, 22nd century factory, that mines acid.  The surge in power turns the workers' Gangers into self-aware individuals. 

At one point Ganger Jennifer reminisces about her child self while looking at the photo above:

G-JENNIFER: When I was a little girl, I got lost on the moors, wandered off from the picnic. I can still feel how sore my toes got inside my red welly boots. And I imagined another little girl, just like me, in red wellies, and she was Jennifer too. Except she was a strong Jennifer, a tough Jennifer. She'd lead me home. My name is Jennifer Lucas. I am not a factory part. I had toast for my breakfast. I wrote a letter to my mum. And then you arrived. I noticed your eyes right off.

Judy had the spirit and fearlessness of confronting ghosts that Ganger Jennifer didn’t have.  In fact, fear and anger were at the heart of the problems: fear of suddenly becoming human and anger for lack of acceptance.

AMY: Doctor, you said they wouldn't be violent. DOCTOR: But I did say they were scared and angry.

A rebellion breaks out led by the Gangers, especially Jennifer’s, and the Doctor must mediate between them and the original people.  The Doctor, himself, ends up with a Ganger.

However, there’s something more ominous going on in these 2 episodes.  Jennifer ends up with 2 Gangers, and one turns into a monster and kills the 2nd Ganger.  Jennifer, herself, dies of hypothermia, leaving just the monster, which wants revenge for humans thinking of Gangers as disposable people.  The Ganger concept is similar to the throwaway people in “Oxygen.”

And the subtext shows that Rory is a mirror of Jennifer.

Ganger Jennifer has a hidden face with the reflection in the image below, but the mirror is divided into 3 sections.  She is in 2 of the mirrors, having 1 original face and another, the other Ganger.  

In this image below, Jennifer is in a stall while Rory looks on.  He also has a reflection spanning 2 mirrors, so he is a mirror of Jennifer. Also interesting is that Jennifer is the name of the Doctor’s daughter.

This scene in the bathroom mirrors, in a lot of ways, the scene between the 12th Doctor and Bill in “The Pilot,” where Heather comes through the mirror.

This all suggests the 12th Doctor has an imposter, who is a monster, which fits what we’ve examined.

At the end of “The Rebel Flesh,” the original 11th Doctor tells his Ganger, who is about to sort of die

DOCTOR: Your molecular memory can survive this, you know. It may not be the end.

This location is a 13th century castle, which is 13 or 1 on a clock, depending on how you look at it.  And both are faces in the subtext of the 12th Doctor.  In comparison, shown below, is Hydroflax’s robot without the head. However, in this image it looks like it has a clock for a head in a perfectly centered camera shot.  

The time is about 1:50. The monster part is a robot and is labeled 1, as opposed to the 12th Doctor’s actual number.  Hydroflax is a time head, referencing Amy’s concern that her baby might be affected by Amy‘s travel in space.  Things in THORS are running backward, as well as being distorted.

Duplication & Killer Robots Going Back in Time to Change History

In both the previous episode and “The Eaters of Light,” there are references to duplication and killer robots going back in time to change history.

Mary Celeste, Duplication & Assassination in The Chase

The Mary Celeste reference brings in the entire 1st Doctor story The Chase.  Check out the episode titles.   Back then DW titled each episode.  (The Mary Celeste shows up in “Flight Through Eternity.”):

·      "The Executioners"

·      "The Death of Time"

·      "Flight Through Eternity"

·      "Journey into Terror"

·      "The Death of Doctor Who"

·      "The Planet of Decision"

Season 10 is tracking many of the elements of this story: duplication, assassination, killer robot, dreams, nightmares, psychological manipulation, slime and tentacled beasts, Doctor fighting Doctor, death of the imposter, etc.  And OMG, Frankenstein’s Monster shows up!   Along with Dracula, and it just so happens the Eaters of Light need blood.

Overall, The Chase is about the Daleks (their 3rd appearance) chasing the Doctor in their own time machine through space and time, similar to what Heather did in “The Pilot.”  This, too, harkens back to several elements of “Human Nature” and “The Family of Blood.”

The Daleks’ goal is to kill the Doctor, whom they say is human, along with Barbara, Ian, and Vicki. However, they first want to duplicate the Doctor, creating an assassin robot to “infiltrate, separate, and kill.”

They make an exact replica in the episode “The Death of Doctor Who.”  The Doctor ends up fighting him.  However, in the following season’s “The Gunfighters” story, which we examined in last week’s episode, it’s the Doctor who is the imposter.  Did the Daleks create more than one Doctor robot? I haven’t seen enough of the 1st Doctor to possibly have a guess.

Anyway, the crew’s disappearance on the Mary Celeste in this 1st Doctor story is attributed to the Daleks showing up just after the Doctor. The crew thought the Daleks were the Barbary Terror.  It’s also called the White Terror in the episode, a supernatural being which appears to sailors at sea and takes their souls.  It sounds a lot like the siren in “The Curse of the Black Spot.”  The concepts of white and black here, along with concepts from “The Eaters of Light” could refer to the duality.

In reality, the Barbary Terror referred to pirates operating out of North Africa, enslaving Christians mostly for the Ottoman Empire.  So the use in the episode refers to slavery and most likely mind control.  It also sounds like the werewolf in “Tooth and Claw” that carved out the boy’s soul and sat in his heart.

The Lusitania, Assassination & Meddling with Time

Nardole mentioned the Lusitania to the Picts but didn’t elaborate.  More ship problems.  I knew the history of it, but I didn’t know the reference in the DW universe.

Tip: Usually, words that stick out, like names, have some subtext meaning.  It’s good to look them up.

The Lusitania is important because of the non-canon audio story. According to the TARDIS Wikia:

The RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner torpedoed by the U-20 on 7 May 1915. This act helped provoke the United States into entering World War I two years later. One of the people killed onboard was a petty criminal named Eric Charles Vincent.

In an alternative timeline, the Lusitania did not sink due to the Fifth Doctor's intervention. Vincent, having survived, went on to kill Alexander Fleming in a botched robbery attempt in December 1927 before the biologist discovered penicillin. Without the protection offered by penicillin, Earth fell prey to new strains of meningitis and pneumonia in 1956. The survivors never developed a space programme. Consequently, the Knights of Velyshaa were not defeated by the Earth Alliance in 3562, as they otherwise would have been. (AUDIO: The Sirens of Time)

Since the audio story supports my new hypothesis, it’s important.

Tip: Be careful with using non-canon references.  If they have other support in the canon or subtext, then, most likely, they are valid to use to support your subtext work.  If they don’t have support, keep them in mind, but I suggest not using them for the time being.  Through your subsequent research, you may find supporting information.

Last week, Bill mentioned something interesting in “The Empress of Mars”:

NARDOLE: The Tardis registered multiple life forms below the surface, so this seems like the best place to look. BILL: Maybe someone's been messing around with time. Like in The Terminator.

In The Terminator, a killer robot time travels to prevent a revolution by assassinating someone.  He’s meddling with time.  In the case of the Lusitania, the 5th Doctor meddled with time.

Moreover, “messing around with time” is a reference to the next 1st Doctor story after The Chase called The Time Meddler.  I hadn’t seen this one, either, so I watched it after I finished The Chase.

Check out the episode titles:

·      "The Watcher"

·      "The Meddling Monk"

·      "A Battle of Wits"

·      "Checkmate"

Wow, a Monk and chess! Also, certainly we’ve seen the Monks as watchers, and the face of the 12th Doctor as the totalitarian government was a Watcher.  Also, the Doctor is in a battle of wits with the Monks.

Once again, I was blown away just by the titles.  I need to go check out all the other DW titles to see what I can glean.  The story also tracks closely with what is happening.

The Monk is the 3rd Time Lord to make an appearance in DW, beside the Doctor and Susan Foreman. 

I haven’t watched all the 1st Doctor stories to figure this out, but it looks like there is more than one imposter.  And there is something really odd in The Chase when Vicki, Barbara, and the Doctor just lie down on the ground, like they are taking a nap.  There was something wrong about it, like they were robots, who got turned off.

There are 2 really important concepts that can help explain nuWho that come up in “Journey into Terror.” It’s a haunted house of psychological terror.   At one point, the Doctor and Ian are stumbling along with only the light of a small torch to guide them.

IAN: Oh, there's one thing about this place, Doctor. It certainly stimulates the phagocytes. The phago? You know, it's uncanny, strange and weird, but it is familiar.

Since phagocytes are certain types of cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful bacteria, foreign particles, dead or dying cells, etc. “phagocytes” makes no sense here given what we think we know.  This tells us something is wrong.

However, it also connects to nuWho and the idea of the Doctor getting an infection, like in “The Lie of the Land” or CAL having an infection, needing Doctor Moon, the virus checker.

On top of that, here is something really fascinating and very relevant just a few seconds later:

DOCTOR: Pre-conditioned. That's it. Pre-conditioned! IAN: What are you talking about now? DOCTOR: This house is exactly what you would expect in a nightmare. Yes, we're in a world of dreams. Creaking doors, thunder and lightning, monsters and all the things that go bumpety bumpety in the night. IAN: With one vital difference, Doctor. This house is real. It exists. DOCTOR: Yes, yes it exists in the dark recesses of the human minds. Millions of people secretly believing. Think of the immense power of all these people, combined together, makes this place become a reality. IAN: Then we're safe. DOCTOR: Safe? What on earth do you mean, dear boy? IAN: But the Daleks can't touch us here? Not in the human mind. DOCTOR: You know, I believe you're right. Yes! The Daleks can never land here! (They go down the stairs, pausing at the creaky one at the bottom.)

They realize they are pre-conditioned to believe in this dream.  But it’s millions of people secretly believing.  It’s belief that is sustaining this world.  And Ian and the Doctor are wrong.  The Daleks show up.

Here, again, are the concepts of the Library metaphor with CAL and Doctor Moon, in Season 10, especially in “The Lie of the Land.”  We also examined something similar in the 2nd Doctor story “The Mind Robber.”

Belief is what allows evil Fenric to continue in “The Curse of Fenric,” and it feeds the Minotaur in “The God Complex.”  It’s necessary to stop believing or breaking people’s confidence.  So far, it’s been Ace’s confidence in the 7th Doctor, Amy’s confidence in the 11th Doctor, and Bill’s confidence in the 12th Doctor.

Bill attempted to assassinate the Doctor once her confidence in him was broken in “The Lies of the Land.”

This may be foreshadowing the Doctor and Missy.

The Saxon King & Harry Saxon

The meddling Monk believes that if he goes back in time and kills the Viking King Harald Hardrada and the rest of his men, who invade Britain shortly before the Battle of Hastings, the last Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson would be freed up to successfully repel William of Normandy’s invasion at Hastings.  The Monk believes in the long run that this would be better for the entire world, and he could help humans have extraordinary technology, like airplanes by the 1300s.

The Monk says he helped the ancients build Stone Henge with aid of anti-gravitational lift – must be Merlin.  The Monk is associated with the Roman Cross, making him a face of the 12th Doctor.  At one point, he and the 1st Doctor are associated with the Redemption Cross.

In the last episode of the story, “Checkmate,” the 1st Doctor leaves a letter on top of the Monk’s TARDIS that looks like a sarcophagus.  Below is the Monk reading the letter.  The Roman cross (yellow arrow) is behind him.  The sarcophagus is to the right.  

The Monk opens the letter:

MONK: The Doctor. (reads) My dear fellow, I'm sure will you excuse me but I didn't want to say goodbye, as you are obviously going to be very busy for some time. He's right there. Just in case you still have ideas about your master plan, I've taken precautions to stop your time meddling. (Laughs. How could he stop a Mark 4?) Possibly one day in the future, when you've learnt your lesson, I shall return and release you. Release me? (Laughs again. Ha! Me? Oh, the old fool. I wonder what he meant by release me? Well, I'll be going.)

The Doctor stole his dimensional control.  Check out this image below.  It looks like the dimensional problem the 12th Doctor had in the Season 8 episode “Flatline,” when the TARDIS shrunk with the Doctor inside.

Harry Saxon

The Master took the name Harry Saxon for a reason.  Saxon’s have come up 2 times that we’ve seen.  Once with Merlin, who was helping the Britons battle the Saxons, and once above with the Monk.  So the Monk is now helping the Saxons in The Time Meddler.  Does the Doctor helping Missy represent this?

Who will kill whom?

Aberdeen, the Assassination Theme, Lies & the Big Bad Wolf

“The Eaters of Light” opens in Aberdeen, Scotland, which is another reference to “Tooth and Claw,” bringing in all the references to Queen Victoria, Clara, the werewolf, and all the other references we’ve examined in previous analyses, especially “The Empress of Mars.” 

The 12th Doctor, himself, mentioned a wolf and likens it to the monster:

BAN: The Keeper of the Gate. My sister. DOCTOR: Well, let's hope she's the brains of the family, because there's a big bad wolf of a monster out there and you live in a house of sticks.

Also, Aberdeen showed up in “The Lie of the Land.”  The Doctor was on the prison boat off the coast of Aberdeen.  We know that episode was running backward.  The Doctor was possessed in the subtext.  The same thing is happening in this latest episode.

Aberdeen & the Assassination Theme

Queen Victoria would have traveled to Aberdeen by train, but the implication of the tree on the railway was that it was an assassination attempt.  Assassination has also become a theme with all the references we’ve been seeing.  “The Deadly Assassin” – the 4th Doctor story examined in the "Extremis" analysis – tells us there is also framing going on.

We know the Sun has to die.

Next Chapter

In the next chapter, we’ll examine the references to love and separation, which is a theme, and we’ll also examine the references that foreshadow the fall of the Doctor.

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Timestamp #225: A Good Man Goes to War

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Timestamp #225: A Good Man Goes to War

Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes to War (1 episode, s06e07, 2011)

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

Prequel: Brain Trafficking

Dorium Maldovar meets with three cloaked figures. He tells them that his agents have procured the exact security software they have requested, extracted from memory – the literal brain – of a Judoon trooper. He exchanges it for a bag of sentient money.

Dorium doesn’t understand why they are doing all this to imprison one child, and he’s astonished at the child’s identity and relationship to the Doctor. He warns them: “God help us if you’ve made him angry”.

A Good Man Goes to Wars

On the Demons Run base, Amy consoles her new daughter, Melody Pond. She promises that help is on the way and is distraught that she has been unable to care for Melody since she was born.

Elsewhere in the cosmos, Rory and the Doctor have been hunting for Amy. They lay waste to an entire Cyberman fleet, news of which reaches the troops on Demons Run. Soldiers “The Fat One” and “The Thin One” – together, the Thin-Fat Gay-Married Anglican Marines – converse briefly with Cleric Lorna Bucket, a woman who has once met the Doctor in the Gamma Forests. Lorna sews to pass the time and was the only Cleric to show empathy for Amy’s plight. While The Thin One and Lorna discuss the Doctor, The Fat One is led away by the Headless Monks, the cloaked figures who met with Maldovar, and asked to make a donation into an appropriately head-sized box.

In London, circa 1888 AD, a Silurian named Vastra returns home after dispatching Jack the Ripper by her blade. Her maid Jenny informs her that the TARDIS has appeared in the drawing room, and Vastra knows that it is time to repay an old debt.

At the Battle of Zaruthstra in 4037 AD, Command Harcourt and Madame President Eleanor are ready to leave an infirm child as they retreat, but the child is saved by an unlikely nurse. A Sontaran named Strax tends to the child, then leaves as the TARDIS arrives.

At Stormcage, as River is breaking back into her cell, she meets Rory in his Centurion garb. She’s just returned from a birthday celebration with the Doctor in 1814 and Rory is summoning her to Demons Run. River explains that the Battle of Demons Run is when the Doctor will finally know who she is and that she cannot be there until the very end. During this event, the Doctor will rise higher than ever before, but will fall so much further.

At the Maldovarium, the Eyepatch Lady confronts Maldovar. She is known as Madame Kovarian, and Maldovar explains that the Doctor is raising an army. He also explains the origin of her base’s name: “Demons run when a good man goes to war.” When Kovarian leaves, the TARDIS arrives for Maldovar.

Back on Demons Run, while Colonel Manton rallies his troops, Lorna tries to present Amy with a prayer leaf. It’s a fabric token embroidered with Melody’s name in Lorna’s native language. They discuss the Doctor’s status as a legend and how each of them met the Time Lord. Amy accepts the gift and the apology.

Lorna returns to the colonel’s rally just in time for Manton to reveal the true face of the Headless Monks. Of course, the Doctor is masquerading as one of the monks, and as everyone in the crowd draws arms against him, the lights go out and the Doctor vanishes. The Clerics and the monks start shooting each other until Manton reestablishes control over the assembly by having all of the Clerics disarm themselves. Meanwhile, Vastra and Jenny have taken the control room in order to monitor the situation.

The assembled troops are suddenly surrounded as an army of Silurians and Judoon materialize. Commander Strax holds Manton at gunpoint. Manton claims that his fleet will come to help if Demons Run falls, but the Doctor counters: The fleet won’t know to come if Demons Run can’t call for help. The Doctor uses the Dalek-upgraded Spitfires, courtesy of Winston Churchill, to disable the communications tower.

Madame Kovarian readies her ship with young Melody in tow, but she’s thwarted by Rory with help from Henry and Toby Avery. Kovarian and Manton are brought before a barely restrained Doctor. He wants Manton to order his troops to “run away” so that he’ll be remembered by it for all time. Kovarian eventually yields and orders Manton to give the word.

Rory, with help from a sonic screwdriver, frees Amy from her cell. They both weep over their baby and the reunion. The Doctor soon joins them and their reunion is complete with a bout of humor. The Doctor speaks baby after all, and Melody has a lot to say.

Madame Vastra reports that the Clerics are leaving without any bloodshed. When she gloats that the Doctor has never risen higher, Rory remembers River’s warning.

The group gathers in the hangar. The Doctor doesn’t want to leave until he figures out why the base was used in the first place. The Doctor also produces his baby cot so Melody can settle down for a nap. Vastra calls the Doctor away, but before he goes he explains how Amy was split between the Ganger avatar and Demons Run. As the Doctor leaves, Strax brings in Lorna as a prisoner.

In the control room, the Doctor finds out that Melody has a mixture of human and Time Lord DNA. Presumably, it happened as a result of conception while exposed to the Untempered Schism, just like how the Time Lords began. Vastra is concerned that their victory was too easy.

In the hangar, Lorna claims that she’s a friend who only wanted to meet the Doctor. She also claims that he’s a great warrior, hence his name. Unfortunately, they soon fall under siege from the Headless Monks. While Vastra and Maldovar return to the hangar, Kovarian contacts the Doctor as he thinks back to the child in the astronaut suit from 1969. Kovarian explains that the child represents hope in their endless, bitter war against the Doctor.

A force field snaps into existence around the TARDIS and the hangar is sealed. The Headless Monks advance with their attack prayer and Amy retreats to safety while everyone else prepares for battle. Maldovar tries to reason with the monks, but he is cut down.

As the battle is met, the Doctor connects the dots. Kovarian has replaced Melody with a Ganger. The child is still lost. The Doctor arrives moments too late. The monks have been defeated, but Lorna and Strax have paid the price. The Doctor and Jenny try to comfort Amy. He also speaks briefly with Lorna before she dies, promising that he remembers her just like he remembers everyone he meets.

The Doctor is ready to give up on his quest against the Silence, but channels his anger toward the newly-arrived River Song. He wants to know where she was, but River says that she could not have turned the tide of the battle. She warns him that his name, which means healer across the universe, could become just like the people of the Gamma Forests know him: Mighty Warrior.

Demons run when a good man goes to war Night will fall and drown the sun When a good man goes to war

Friendship dies and true love lies Night will fall and the dark will rise When a good man goes to war

Demons run, but count the cost The battle’s won, but the child is lost

The Doctor demands to know who she is and she leads him to the baby cot. The answer is inscribed on the cot in Gallifreyan and the Doctor’s mood shifts dramatically. He rushes to the TARDIS, asking River to get everyone home safely, before flying away to find Melody.

Amy demands to know where he’s gone and who she is. River shows her the prayer leaf and explains that Melody Pond in the language of the Gamma Forests translates to River Song. “The only water in the forest is the river.”

River Song is Amy and Rory’s daughter.

The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later

Strax awakens two days after the Battle of Demons Run, having been healed by alien technology. Vastra and Jenny tell him that they are the last to leave and invite him to join them in London. After all, Jenny has been ostracized from her family for her sexual orientation, Vastra is presumably the last of her kind, and Strax is all alone. There could be a future for them all together.

Strax refuses at first, but once he learns that London will involve crime-solving and plenty of adventure, he agrees to accompany them.

This story serves multiple purposes and it serves them well. Primarily, it ties off the thread of Amy’s abduction and opens the story of a war against the Doctor with Melody at its core. Second, it presents a cliffhanger to close out the first half of the season and tease the direction of the second half. Third, it offers a springboard for the team of Vastra, Jenny, and Strax.

That team is an intriguing combination of a Silurian, a human servant, and the unlikely Sontaran nurse. All three are outcasts of some sort, and that characteristic provides the glue to bind them. Strax provides a wonderful parallel to Rory through their mutual professions and Vastra offers a connection to the Doctor, the man who saved her at some point in his on-again-off-again guardianship of her species.

We get a beautiful inadvertent tie back to The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang with the Cybermen. In that Timestamp, I mused about the status of the Cybus and Mondasian Cybermen at this point in the franchise. The Cybermen in that story were Cybus models, survivors of the Battle of Canary Wharf, and had either built or assimilated into a fleet. The Mondasian Cybermen, last seen in Silver Nemesis, still had to exist but I had wondered if the two could co-exist.

Obviously, they can to some degree, as the Cybermen seen in this story were obviously Mondasian – they didn’t have the Cybus C on their chests – but have evolved (or assimilated into) the more bulky Cybus body time. I’m excited to see their return.

The other blink-and-you’ll-miss-it note surrounds River Song. On the surface, it seems like the River that Rory visits in Stormcage is the same River that arrives after the Battle of Demons Run, but the context clues point in a different direction. River at Stormcage had to consult her diary, which means that Demons Run has already happened for her. The River at Stormcage was from a later point in her timeline and she knows what happens to the Doctor. A minor addition is a reminder that River once remarked how the Doctor could make whole armies turn and run.

In a smaller callback, we see the Church again, previously met in The Time of Angels.

All told, this was a great story, a wonderful springboard, and a terrific cliffhanger.

Since the Timestamps Project is proceeding (for the most part) in airdate order, the next stop on this journey is a return to Torchwood. At some point, the streams will cross for a brief period as Doctor Who continues Series Six.

Rating: 5/5 – “Fantastic!”

UP NEXT – Torchwood: The New World

The Timestamps Project is an adventure through the televised universe of Doctor Who, story by story, from the beginning of the franchise. For more reviews like this one, please visit the project’s page at Creative Criticality.

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Disney Plus UK movies and shows revealed: here’s the full list at launch

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The full list of Disney Plus UK films and shows coming in time for launch has been released, and you’re in for a treat. Among the 500 films, 350 shows and 600+ episodes of The Simpsons, you’ve got close to a complete set of Marvel movies and every Star Wars film minus The Rise of Skywalker (which is coming at a later date, Disney UK confirms). 

Below, we’ve reproduced the full list, which comes courtesy of Disney and is noted as being correct at the time of issue. Other highlights on Disney Plus UK at launch include James Cameron’s Avatar, the Home Alone trilogy, a payload of Pixar movies and even all of Fox’s X-Men movies (minus more mature films like Logan and Deadpool). You’ve also got 2019’s live-action Aladdin and The Lion King movies to look forward to.

If you like what you see, you can sign up to Disney Plus for a year at just £49.99, which is £10 off when you pre-order before the March 24 release date.

You’d be hard-pushed to find many gaps in there, and you’ve got a lot of TV to get through. Shows like Agent Carter and The Runaways are well worth checking out on the Marvel side, even if their canonical status is a bit dubious. 

The full list is gigantic, and it comes direct from Disney, so you’ll have to forgive the odd formatting of some of the content on here. Have a look, then, at the full list of films and shows coming to Disney Plus UK on March 24…

How to watch the Star Wars movies in order

The Mandalorian season 2: what we know

The best Disney Plus movies

Disney Plus UK: full list of movies and shows

Let’s start with Disney-specific movies…

101 DALMATIANS (1996)

101 DALMATIANS II: PATCH’S LONDON ADVENTURE

102 DALMATIANS

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR

THE ADVENTURES OF BULLWHIP GRIFFIN

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN

THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD

AFRICAN CATS

THE AFRICAN LION

ALADDIN (1992)

ALADDIN (2019)

ALADDIN AND THE KING OF THIEVES

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

ALLEY CATS STRIKE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

AMERICA’S HEART & SOUL

AMY

ANNIE (1999)

THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG RIDES AGAIN

THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG

THE ARISTOCATS

ATLANTIS: MILO’S RETURN

ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE

BABES IN TOYLAND

BAMBI

BAMBI II

BEARS

THE BEARS AND I

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST-THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS

BEDTIME STORIES

BELLE’S MAGICAL WORLD (1998)

BENJI THE HUNTED

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 2

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA 3: VIVA LA FIESTA!

THE BIG GREEN

BIG HERO 6

THE BISCUIT EATER

THE BLACK CAULDRON

THE BLACK HOLE (1979)

BLACKBEARD’S GHOST

BLANK CHECK

BOLT

BORN IN CHINA

THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS’ STORY

BRINK! (DISNEY CHANNEL)

BROTHER BEAR

BROTHER BEAR 2

BUFFALO DREAMS (DISNEY CHANNEL)

CADET KELLY (DISNEY CHANNEL)

CAN OF WORMS (DISNEY CHANNEL)

CANDLESHOE

CASEBUSTERS

THE CASTAWAY COWBOY

THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE

CHEETAH

THE CHEETAH GIRLS 2

THE CHEETAH GIRLS

CHICKEN LITTLE

CHIMPANZEE

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

THE CHRISTMAS STAR

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

CINDERELLA (1950)

CINDERELLA (2015)

CINDERELLA II: DREAMS COME TRUE (2002)

CINDERELLA III: A TWIST IN TIME

COLLEGE ROAD TRIP

THE COLOR OF FRIENDSHIP (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES

CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN

COOL RUNNINGS

THE COUNTRY BEARS

COW BELLES (DISNEY CHANNEL)

CRIMSON WING

D2: THE MIGHTY DUCKS

D3: THE MIGHTY DUCKS

DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE

DAVY CROCKETT AND THE RIVER PIRATES

DAVY CROCKETT, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER

DINOSAUR

DISNEY ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (2016) (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY AVALON HIGH (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY BAD HAIR DAY (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY CAMP ROCK (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY CAMP ROCK 2 THE FINAL JAM (VERSION 1) (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY CLOUD 9 (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY DADNAPPED (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY DEN BROTHER (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY DESCENDANTS

DISNEY DESCENDANTS 2 (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY FREAKY FRIDAY (2018)

DISNEY FRENEMIES (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY GEEK CHARMING (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY GIRL VS. MONSTER (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, IT’S CHRISTMAS! (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY HATCHING PETE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY HOW TO BUILD A BETTER BOY (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY INVISIBLE SISTER (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY KIM POSSIBLE

DISNEY LEMONADE MOUTH

DISNEY LET IT SHINE

DISNEY MINUTEMEN

DISNEY PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGRAM

DISNEY SECRET OF THE WINGS (AKA: DISNEY TINKER BELL AND THE SECRET OF THE WINGS)

DISNEY SHARPAY’S FABULOUS ADVENTURE

DISNEY SKYRUNNERS

DISNEY TANGLED BEFORE EVER AFTER

DISNEY TEEN BEACH 2

DISNEY TEEN BEACH MOVIE

DISNEY THE CHEETAH GIRLS ONE WORLD (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DISNEY THE SUITE LIFE MOVIE

DISNEY WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE THE MOVIE

DISNEY ZOMBIES

DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2009)

DISNEY’S KIM POSSIBLE MOVIE: SO THE DRAMA

DISNEY’S LEROY & STITCH

DISNEY’S TARZAN & JANE (2002)

DISNEY’S TEACHER’S PET

DISNEY’S THE KID (2000)

DON’T LOOK UNDER THE BED (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DOUBLE TEAMED (DISNEY CHANNEL)

DOUG’S 1ST MOVIE

DUCKTALES: THE MOVIE TREASURE OF THE LOST LAMP

DUMBO (1941)

DUMBO (2019)

EDDIE’S MILLION DOLLAR COOK-OFF (DISNEY CHANNEL)

EIGHT BELOW

EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES

THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE

ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

THE EVEN STEVENS MOVIE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

EXPEDITION CHINA

AN EXTREMELY GOOFY MOVIE

FANTASIA (1940)

FANTASIA 2000

THE FINEST HOURS

FIRST KID

FLUBBER

THE FOX AND THE HOUND 2

THE FOX AND THE HOUND

FRANK AND OLLIE

FRANKENWEENIE (2012)

FREAKY FRIDAY (1977)

FREAKY FRIDAY (2003)

FROZEN

FULL-COURT MIRACLE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

FUN AND FANCY FREE

FUZZBUCKET

THE GAME PLAN

GENIUS (DISNEY CHANNEL)

GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE

GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2

GET A CLUE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

G-FORCE

THE GHOSTS OF BUXLEY HALL

GLORY ROAD

GO FIGURE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

GOING TO THE MAT (DISNEY CHANNEL)

A GOOFY MOVIE

GOTTA KICK IT UP (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (AKA: ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE)

THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER

THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED

GREYFRIARS BOBBY

GROWING UP WILD

GUS

HACKSAW

HALLOWEENTOWN (DISNEY CHANNEL)

HALLOWEENTOWN HIGH (DISNEY CHANNEL)

HALLOWEENTOWN II: KALABAR’S REVENGE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

HANNAH MONTANA AND MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT TOUR 3D

HANNAH MONTANA THE MOVIE

THE HAUNTED MANSION (2003)

HEAVYWEIGHTS

HERBIE GOES BANANAS

HERBIE GOES TO MONTE CARLO

HERBIE RIDES AGAIN (1974)

HERBIE: FULLY LOADED

HERCULES (1997)

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (DISNEY CHANNEL)

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR

HOCUS POCUS

HOLES

HOME ON THE RANGE

HOMEWARD BOUND II: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO

HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS

HONEY, WE SHRUNK OURSELVES

HORSE SENSE (DISNEY CHANNEL)

HOUNDED (FKA: THE DOG HOUSE) (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME II

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (ANIMATED) (1996)

ICE PRINCESS

I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (’63)

INSPECTOR GADGET

INSPECTOR GADGET II

INTO THE WOODS

INVINCIBLE

IRON WILL

JOHN CARTER

JOHNNY KAPAHALA: BACK ON BOARD

JOHNNY TSUNAMI

JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE

THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN

JUMP IN!

JUMPING SHIP

THE JUNGLE BOOK 2

THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016)

THE JUNGLE BOOK (ANIM) (1967)

THE JUNGLE BOOK: MOWGLI’S STORY

JUNGLE CAT

JUSTIN MORGAN HAD A HORSE

KRONK’S NEW GROOVE

LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)

LADY AND THE TRAMP II: SCAMP’S ADVENTURE

LIFE IS RUFF

LIFE-SIZE 2

LILO & STITCH

LILO & STITCH 2: STITCH HAS A GLITCH (2005)

THE LION KING 1 ½ (2004)

THE LION KING II: SIMBA’S PRIDE (1998)

THE LION KING (1994)

THE LION KING (2019)

THE LITTLE MERMAID II: RETURN TO THE SEA

THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)

THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL’S BEGINNING

THE LIVING DESERT

THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE

THE LONE RANGER (2013)

THE LOVE BUG

LUCK OF THE IRISH

MALEFICENT

THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH

MARS NEEDS MOMS

MARY POPPINS (1964)

MARY POPPINS RETURNS

MAX KEEBLE’S BIG MOVE

MCFARLAND, USA

MEET THE DEEDLES

MEET THE ROBINSONS

MELODY TIME

MICKEY, DONALD, GOOFY: THE THREE MUSKETEERS

MICKEY’S ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS

MICKEY’S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS (2004)

THE MIGHTY DUCKS

MIGHTY JOE YOUNG

MILLION DOLLAR ARM

THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK

MIRACLE

MIRACLE AT MIDNIGHT

MIRACLE IN LANE 2

MOANA (AKA: VAIANA)

MOM’S GOT A DATE WITH A VAMPIRE

MONKEY KINGDOM

MOTOCROSSED (FKA: 12TH LAP)

MR. BOOGEDY

MR. MAGOO

MULAN (1998)

MULAN II (2005)

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

THE MUPPET MOVIE

MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND

MUPPETS MOST WANTED

THE MUPPETS

MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

NATIONAL TREASURE

NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS

NEWSIES

NEWSIES: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (TIM BURTON’S)

THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS 

NOW YOU SEE IT (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN

OLD DOGS

OLD YELLER

OLIVER & COMPANY

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961)

ONE MAGIC CHRISTMAS

OPERATION DUMBO DROP

THE OTHER ME

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

THE PACIFIER

THE PARENT TRAP (1961)

THE PARENT TRAP (1998)

PERRI

PETER PAN (1953)

PETE’S DRAGON (1977)

PETE’S DRAGON (2016)

PHANTOM OF THE MEGAPLEX

PIGLET’S BIG MOVIE

PINOCCHIO (1940)

THE PIRATE FAIRY (AKA: TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY)

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

THE PIXAR STORY

PIXEL PERFECT (AKA: LORETTA MODERN)

PLANES

PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE

POCAHONTAS

POCAHONTAS II: JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD

POLLYANNA

THE POOF POINT

POOH’S GRAND ADVENTURE: THE SEARCH FOR CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER (FEATURETTE)

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT

THE PRINCESS DIARIES

PROM

THE PROUD FAMILY MOVIE

QUEEN OF KATWE

QUINTS

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET

READ IT AND WEEP

READY TO RUN

RECESS: ALL GROWED DOWN

RECESS: SCHOOL’S OUT

RECESS: TAKING THE 5TH GRADE

THE RELUCTANT DRAGON

REMEMBER THE TITANS

THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

THE RESCUERS

RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN

THE RETURN OF JAFAR

RETURN TO HALLOWEENTOWN

RETURN TO NEVER LAND

RETURN TO OZ

RIGHT ON TRACK (AKA: THE ENDER SISTERS)

A RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT

RIP GIRLS

ROBIN HOOD (1973)

THE ROCKETEER

THE ROOKIE

RUBY BRIDGES

SACRED PLANET

SALUDOS AMIGOS (1943)

SAMMY, THE WAY-OUT SEAL

SANTA BUDDIES

THE SANTA CLAUSE 2

THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE

THE SANTA CLAUSE

SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS

SAVING MR. BANKS

THE SCREAM TEAM

THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS

THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD

SECRETARIAT

SECRETS OF LIFE

THE SHAGGY D.A.

THE SHAGGY DOG (1959)

SHIPWRECKED

SKY HIGH

SLEEPING BEAUTY

SMART HOUSE

SNOW DOGS

SNOW LEOPARDS: THE GHOSTS OF THE MOUNTAINS

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

SNOWBALL EXPRESS

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (2010)

SPACE BUDDIES

STARSTRUCK

STEPSISTER FROM PLANET WEIRD

STITCH! THE MOVIE

THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MEN

THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD

STUCK IN THE SUBURBS

SULTAN AND THE ROCK STAR

SUPER BUDDIES

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)

THE SWORD IN THE STONE

TALL TALE

TANGLED (2010)

TARZAN (1999)

TARZAN II (2005)

THAT DARN CAT (1997)

THAT DARN CAT! (1965)

THE THIRTEENTH YEAR (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THOSE CALLOWAYS

THE THREE CABALLEROS

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993)

TIGER CRUISE (AKA: VOYAGE)

THE TIGGER MOVIE

TINI: EL GRAN CAMBIO DE VIOLETTA

TINKER BELL

TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE

TINKER BELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST

TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE

TOM AND HUCK

TOMORROWLAND

TREASURE BUDDIES

TREASURE ISLAND

TREASURE OF MATECUMBE

TREASURE PLANET

TRON

TRON: LEGACY

TRU CONFESSIONS (DISNEY CHANNEL)

TUCK EVERLASTING

TWAS THE NIGHT……. (DISNEY CHANNEL)

TWITCHES

TWITCHES TOO

THE UGLY DACHSHUND

THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT

UNDERDOG

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODDBALL

UP, UP AND AWAY (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THE VANISHING PRAIRIE

WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY

WENDY WU: HOMECOMING WARRIOR

WHISPERS: AN ELEPHANT’S TALE

WHITE FANG

THE WILD (2006)

WINGS OF LIFE (AKA: POLLEN)

WINNIE THE POOH

WINNIE THE POOH: A VERY MERRY POOH YEAR

WINNIE THE POOH: SPRINGTIME WITH ROO (HOME VIDEO) (2004)

WRECK-IT RALPH

WRINKLE IN TIME, A (2018)

XIONG MAO HUI JIA LU (AKA: TRAIL OF THE PANDA)

YELLOWSTONE CUBS

YOU LUCKY DOG

YOU WISH! (2003) (DISNEY CHANNEL)

THE YOUNG BLACK STALLION

ZAPPED

ZENON: GIRL OF THE 21ST CENTURY (DISNEY CHANNEL)

ZENON: THE ZEQUEL (DISNEY CHANNEL)

ZENON: Z3

ZOOTOPIA (AKA: ZOOTROPOLIS)

Disney TV shows on Disney Plus UK

Now onto Disney-specific TV shows, which includes favourites like Duck Tales and Recess (but not The Weekenders yet!). 

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 1 1993/94 EPS 1-22)

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 2 1994/95 EPS 23-45)

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 3 1995/96 EPS 46-67)

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 4 1996/97 EPS 68-89)

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 5 1997/98 EPS 90-113)

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 6 1998/99 EPS 114-135)

BOY MEETS WORLD (YR 7 1999/00 23 EPS 136-158)

CHIP ‘N’ DALE’S RESCUE RANGERS (YR 1 1989/90 EPS 1-65)

DARKWING DUCK (YR 1 1991/92 EPS 1-78)

DARKWING DUCK (YR 2 1992/93 EPS 79-91)

DISNEY ANDI MACK (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY ANDI MACK (YR 2 2017/18 EPS 14-39)

DISNEY AUSTIN & ALLY (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-19)

DISNEY AUSTIN & ALLY (YR 2 2012/13 EPS 20-45)

DISNEY AUSTIN & ALLY (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 46-67)

DISNEY AUSTIN & ALLY (YR 4 2014/15 EPS 68-87)

DISNEY BEST FRIENDS WHENEVER (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-19)

DISNEY BEST FRIENDS WHENEVER (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 20-32)

DISNEY BIG CITY GREENS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-7)

DISNEY BIG HERO 6 THE SERIES (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-6)

DISNEY BIG HERO 6 THE SERIES (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-25)

DISNEY BIZAARDVARK (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY BIZAARDVARK (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 22-42)

DISNEY BUNK’D (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY BUNK’D (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 22-42)

DISNEY BUNK’D (YR 3 2017/18 EPS 43-58)

DISNEY CAPTAIN JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES (YR 4 2014/15 EPS 101-120)

DISNEY DESCENDANTS: WICKED WORLD (SHORTS) (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-18)

DISNEY DESCENDANTS: WICKED WORLD (SHORTS) (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 19-36)

DISNEY DOC MCSTUFFINS (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY DOC MCSTUFFINS (YR 2 2013/14 EPS 27-63)

DISNEY DOC MCSTUFFINS (YR 3 2014/15 EPS 64-92)

DISNEY DOC MCSTUFFINS: TOY HOSPITAL (YR 4 2015/16 EPS 93-120)

DISNEY DUCKTALES (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-15)

DISNEY DUCKTALES (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-25)

DISNEY ELENA OF AVALOR (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-10)

DISNEY ELENA OF AVALOR (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY ELENA OF AVALOR (YR 2 2017/18 EPS 27-51)

DISNEY GIRL MEETS WORLD (YR 1 2013/14 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY GIRL MEETS WORLD (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 22-51)

DISNEY GIRL MEETS WORLD (YR 3 2015/16 EPS 52-72)

DISNEY GOOD LUCK CHARLIE (YR 1 2009/10 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY GOOD LUCK CHARLIE (YR 2 2010/11 EPS 27-56)

DISNEY GOOD LUCK CHARLIE (YR 3 2011/12 EPS 57-79)

DISNEY GOOD LUCK CHARLIE (YR 4 2012/13 EPS 80-100)

DISNEY GRAVITY FALLS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2012/13 EPS 1-17)

DISNEY GRAVITY FALLS (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-20)

DISNEY GRAVITY FALLS (YR 2 2013/14 EPS 21-41)

DISNEY HANNAH MONTANA (YR 1 2005/06 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY HANNAH MONTANA (YR 2 2006/07 EPS 27-56)

DISNEY HANNAH MONTANA (YR 3 2008/09 EPS 57-86)

DISNEY HANNAH MONTANA FOREVER (YR 4 2009/10 EPS 87-101)

DISNEY HENRY HUGGLEMONSTER (YR 1 2012/13 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY HENRY HUGGLEMONSTER (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 27-49)

DISNEY JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES (YR 1 2010/11 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES (YR 2 2011/12 EPS 27-64)

DISNEY JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND PIRATES (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 65-100)

DISNEY JESSIE (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY JESSIE (YR 2 2012/13 EPS 27-54)

DISNEY JESSIE (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 55-81)

DISNEY JESSIE (YR 4 2014/15 EPS 82-101)

DISNEY JUNIOR MUPPET BABIES (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-20)

DISNEY JUNIOR MUPPET BABIES SHOW AND TELL (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-10)

DISNEY JUNIOR MUSIC NURSERY RHYMES (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-20)

DISNEY K.C. UNDERCOVER (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-29)

DISNEY K.C. UNDERCOVER (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 30-55)

DISNEY K.C. UNDERCOVER (YR 3 2016/17 EPS 56-81)

DISNEY KICKIN’ IT (YR 1 2010/11 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY KICKIN’ IT (YR 2 2011/12 EPS 22-45)

DISNEY KICKIN’ IT (YR 3 2012/13 EPS 46-67)

DISNEY KICKIN’ IT (YR 4 2013/14 EPS 68-85)

DISNEY LAB RATS (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-20)

DISNEY LAB RATS (YR 2 2012/13 EPS 21-46)

DISNEY LAB RATS (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 47-72)

DISNEY LAB RATS: BIONIC ISLAND (YR 4 2014/15 EPS 73-98)

DISNEY LAB RATS: ELITE FORCE (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-16)

DISNEY LEGEND OF THE THREE CABALLEROS (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY LIV AND MADDIE (YR 1 2013/14 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY LIV AND MADDIE (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 22-45)

DISNEY LIV AND MADDIE (YR 3 2015/16 EPS 46-65)

DISNEY LIV AND MADDIE: CALI STYLE (YR 4 2016/17 EPS 66-80)

DISNEY MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE (SHORTS) (YR 1 2012/13 EPS 1-19)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE (SHORTS) (YR 2 2013/14 EPS 20-39)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE (SHORTS) (YR 3 2014/15 EPS 40-57)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE (SHORTS) (YR 4 2016/17 EPS 58-76)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE (YR 2 2007/08 EPS 27-65)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE (YR 3 2009/10 EPS 66-100)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE (YR 4 2011/12 EPS 101-122)

DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE (YR 5 2013/14 EPS 123-132)

DISNEY MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-30)

DISNEY MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 31-55)

DISNEY MILO MURPHY’S LAW (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY MINNIE’S BOW-TOONS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-10)

DISNEY MINNIE’S BOW-TOONS (SHORTS) (YR 2 2012/13 EPS 11-20)

DISNEY MINNIE’S BOW-TOONS (SHORTS) (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 21-40)

DISNEY MUPPET MOMENTS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-41)

DISNEY PHINEAS AND FERB (YR 1 2007/08 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY PHINEAS AND FERB (YR 2 2008/09 EPS 27-65)

DISNEY PHINEAS AND FERB (YR 3 2010/11 EPS 66-100)

DISNEY PHINEAS AND FERB (YR 4 2012/13 EPS 101-136)

DISNEY PUPPY DOG PALS (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-25)

DISNEY RANDY CUNNINGHAM: 9TH GRADE NINJA (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY RANDY CUNNINGHAM: 9TH GRADE NINJA (YR 2 2013/14 EPS 27-50)

DISNEY RAVEN’S HOME (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY RAVEN’S HOME (YR 2 2017/18 EPS 14-34)

DISNEY SHAKE IT UP (YR 1 2010/11 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY SHAKE IT UP (YR 2 2011/12 EPS 22-52)

DISNEY SHAKE IT UP (YR 3 2012/13 EPS 53-78)

DISNEY SHERIFF CALLIE’S WILD WEST (YR 1 2013/14 EPS 1-23)

DISNEY SHERIFF CALLIE’S WILD WEST (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 24-45)

DISNEY SOFIA THE FIRST (YR 1 2012/13 EPS 1-25)

DISNEY SOFIA THE FIRST (YR 2 2013/14 EPS 26-56)

DISNEY SOFIA THE FIRST (YR 3 2014/15 EPS 57-86)

DISNEY SOFIA THE FIRST (YR 4 2015/16 EPS 87-116)

DISNEY STAR VS. THE FORCES OF EVIL (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY STAR VS. THE FORCES OF EVIL (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 14-35)

DISNEY TAKE TWO WITH PHINEAS AND FERB (SHORTS) (YR 1 2010/11 EPS 1-10)

DISNEY TANGLED: THE SERIES – SHORT CUTS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-4)

DISNEY TANGLED: THE SERIES (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-25)

DISNEY THE LION GUARD (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-28)

DISNEY THE LION GUARD (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 29-58)

DISNEY THE LODGE (YR 1 EPS 1-10)

DISNEY THE LODGE (YR 2 EPS 11-25)

DISNEY THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK & CODY (YR 3 2006/07 EPS 66-87)

DISNEY THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK (YR 1 2008/09 EPS. 1-21)

DISNEY THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK (YR 2 2009/10 EPS 22-51)

DISNEY THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK (YR 3 2010/11 EPS 52-73)

DISNEY TRON: UPRISING (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-18)

DISNEY VAMPIRINA (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-25)

DISNEY VAMPIRINA GHOUL GIRLS ROCK! (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-7)

DISNEY WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE (YR 1 2007/08 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE (YR 2 2008/09 EPS 22-51)

DISNEY WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE (YR 3 2009/10 EPS 52-81)

DISNEY WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE (YR 4 2010/11 EPS 82-110)

DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (YR 1 1985/86 EPS 1-13) (BVI-TV)

DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (YR 2 1986/87 EPS 14-21) (BVI-TV)

DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (YR 3 1987/88 EPS 22-29) (BVI-TV)

DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (YR 4 1988/89 EPS 30-39) (BVI-TV)

DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (YR 5 1989/90 EPS 40-47) (BVI-TV)

DISNEY’S ADVENTURES OF THE GUMMI BEARS (YR 6 1990/91 EPS 48-65) (BVI-TV)

DISNEY’S DOUG (YR 1 1996/97 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY’S DOUG (YR 2 1997/98 EPS 27-34)

DISNEY’S DOUG (YR 3 1998/99 EPS 35-65)

DISNEY’S DUCKTALES (YR 1 1987/88 EPS 1-65)

DISNEY’S DUCKTALES (YR 2 1989/90 EPS 66-95)

DISNEY’S DUCKTALES (YR 3 1990/91 EPS 96-100)

DISNEY’S FAIRY TALE WEDDINGS (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-6)

DISNEY’S KIM POSSIBLE (YR 1 2001/02 EPS 1-21)

DISNEY’S KIM POSSIBLE (YR 2 2002/03 EPS 22-52)

DISNEY’S KIM POSSIBLE (YR 3 2004/05 EPS 53-65)

DISNEY’S KIM POSSIBLE (YR 4 2006/07 EPS 66-87)

DISNEY’S LILO & STITCH: THE SERIES (YR 1 2003/04 EPS 1-39)

DISNEY’S LILO & STITCH: THE SERIES (YR 2 2004/05 EPS 40-65)

DISNEY’S MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE (YR 1 2005/06 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY’S MIGHTY DUCKS (YR 1 1996/97 EPS 1-26)

DISNEY’S QUACK PACK (YR 1 1996/97 EPS 1-39)

DISNEY’S RECESS (INTL VERSION) (YR 1 1997/98 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY’S RECESS (INTL VERSION) (YR 2 1998/99 EPS 14-26)

DISNEY’S RECESS (INTL VERSION) (YR 3 1999/00 EPS 27-65)

DISNEY’S TEACHER’S PET (YR 1 2000/01 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY’S TEACHER’S PET (YR 2 2001/02 EPS 14-39)

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID (YR 1 1992/93 EPS 1-13)

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID (YR 2 1993/94 EPS 14-22)

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID (YR 3 1994/95 EPS 23-30)

FIRST CLASS CHEFS: FAMILY STYLE (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-10)

GARGOYLES (YR 1 1994/95 EPS 1-13)

GARGOYLES (YR 2 1995/96 EPS 14-65)

GARGOYLES (YR 3 1996/97 EPS 66-78)

GOOF TROOP (YR 1 1992/93 EPS 1-78)

LEGO DISNEY FROZEN: NORTHERN LIGHTS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-4)

LION KING’S TIMON & PUMBAA (INTL. VERSION) (YR 1 1995/96 EPS 1-25)

LION KING’S TIMON & PUMBAA (INTL. VERSION) (YR 2 1996/97 EPS 26-46)

LION KING’S TIMON & PUMBAA (INTL. VERSION) (YR 3 1998/99 EPS 47-85)

LIZZIE MCGUIRE (YR 1 2000/01 EPS 1-31)

LIZZIE MCGUIRE (YR 2 2001/02 EPS 32-65)

MIRACULOUS TALES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR (YR 2 2017/18 EPS 27-52)

THE MUPPETS (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-16)

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH (INTL VERS) (YR 2 1989/90 EPS 27-32)

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH (INTL VERS) (YR 3 1990/91 EPS 33-42)

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH (INTL VERS) (YR 4 1991/92 EPS 43-50)

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH (INTL VERSION)(YR 1 1988/89 EPS 1-26)

PJ MASKS (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-26)

PJ MASKS (YR 2 2017/18 EPS 27-52)

SO WEIRD (YR 01 1998/99 EPS 01-13)

SO WEIRD (YR 02 1999/00 EPS 14-39)

SO WEIRD (YR 03 2000/01 EPS 40-65)

SOY LUNA (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-80)

THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK & CODY (YR 1 2004/05 EPS 1-26)

THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK & CODY (YR 2 2005/06 EPS 27-65)

THAT’S SO RAVEN (YR 1 2002/03 EPS 1-21)

THAT’S SO RAVEN (YR 2 2003/04 EPS 22-43)

THAT’S SO RAVEN (YR 3 2004/05 EPS 44-78)

THAT’S SO RAVEN (YR 4 2005/06 EPS 79-100)

VIOLETTA (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-80)

These are categorised as ‘shorts’, meanwhile, and they include Steamboat Willie, the original Mickey Mouse cartoon. 

THE ART OF SKIING

THE BAND CONCERT

BEACH PICNIC

BEARLY ASLEEP

BEEZY BEAR

THE BIG BAD WOLF

BOAT BUILDERS

BONE BANDIT

CANINE CADDY

CHEF DONALD

CHIP AN’ DALE

CLOCK CLEANERS

CORN CHIPS

DESTINO

DONALD’S GOLF GAME

DONALD’S TIRE TROUBLE

FERDINAND THE BULL

FLOWERS AND TREES

FOOD FOR FEUDIN’

FRANKENWEENIE (1984)

FROZEN FEVER

THE GODDESS OF SPRING

THE GOLDEN TOUCH

GRAND CANYONSCOPE

GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS

HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY

THE HOCKEY CHAMP

HOW TO FISH

HOW TO SWIM

INNER WORKINGS

LEND A PAW

THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL

THE LITTLE WHIRLWIND

LONESOME GHOSTS

MICKEY DOWN UNDER

MICKEY’S BIRTHDAY PARTY

MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (FEATURETTE)

MICKEY’S DELAYED DATE

MICKEY’S RIVAL

MICKEY’S TRAILER

MR. DUCK STEPS OUT

MR. MOUSE TAKES A TRIP

OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE (THEATRICAL)

THE OLD MILL

THE OLYMPIC CHAMP

PLUTO AND THE GOPHER

PLUTO’S CHRISTMAS TREE

PLUTO’S SURPRISE PACKAGE

PLUTO’S SWEATER

RESCUE DOG

SANTA’S WORKSHOP

THE SIMPLE THINGS

SOCIETY DOG SHOW

STEAMBOAT WILLIE

SUPER RHINO

THREE BLIND MOUSEKETEERS

THREE LITTLE PIGS (1933)

THREE LITTLE WOLVES

THRU THE MIRROR

TOBY TORTOISE RETURNS

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

TRAILER HORN

TUGBOAT MICKEY

THE UGLY DUCKLING (COLOR REMAKE-1939)

WINTER STORAGE

THE WISE LITTLE HEN

YE OLDEN DAYS

Finally, these are the specials under Disney-related TV. 

ARENDELLE CASTLE YULE LOG

DISNEY THE WIZARDS RETURN: ALEX VS. ALEX (TV SPECIAL)

DISNEY UNDER THE SEA: A DESCENDANTS SHORT STORY

DISNEY’S FAIRY TALE WEDDINGS

DISNEY’S FAIRY TALE WEDDINGS: HOLIDAY MAGIC

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: THE LITTLE MERMAID LIVE!

Disney Plus UK: Pixar movies

A complete collection of Pixar movies awaits you on Disney Plus UK. 

BRAVE

BUG’S LIFE, A

CARS

CARS 2

CARS 3

COCO

FINDING DORY

FINDING NEMO

THE GOOD DINOSAUR

THE INCREDIBLES

INCREDIBLES 2

INSIDE OUT

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY

MONSTERS, INC.

RATATOUILLE

TOY STORY

TOY STORY 2

TOY STORY 3

TOY STORY 4

UP

WALL-E

Meanwhile, these are the Pixar shorts you can look forward to. 

THE ADVENTURES OF ANDRE & WALLY B.

AIR MATER

AUNTIE EDNA

THE BLUE UMBRELLA (2013)

BOUNDIN’

BUGGED

BURN-E

DAY & NIGHT

DUG’S SPECIAL MISSION

EL MATERDOR

FOR THE BIRDS

GEORGE AND A.J.

GERI’S GAME

HAWAIIAN VACATION

HEAVY METAL MATER

HICCUPS

JACK-JACK ATTACK

KNICK KNACK

LA LUNA

LAVA

THE LEGEND OF MOR’DU

LIFTED

LOU

LUXO JR.

MATER AND THE GHOSTLIGHT

MATER PRIVATE EYE

MATER THE GREATER

MIKE’S NEW CAR

MONSTER TRUCK MATER

MOON MATER

ONE MAN BAND

PARTLY CLOUDY

PARTY CENTRAL

PARTYSAURUS REX

PIPER

PRESTO

RADIATOR SPRINGS 500 1/2

RED’S DREAM

RESCUE SQUAD MATER

RILEY’S FIRST DATE?

SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM

SMALL FRY

SPINNING

TIME TRAVEL MATER

TIN TOY

TOKYO MATER

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING MATER

YOUR FRIEND THE RAT

Disney Plus UK: Marvel movies

The Marvel movies arrive in full swing, with more films than the US version of the service launched with. You won’t see the Spider-Man movies on this list, since Sony owns the rights to those, or The Incredible Hulk which is distributed by Universal. Plenty more X-Men movies than the US got, though…

ANT-MAN

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

AVENGERS: ENDGAME

BLACK PANTHER

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

CAPTAIN MARVEL

DOCTOR STRANGE

FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

IRON MAN

IRON MAN 2

IRON MAN 3

MARVEL RISING: SECRET WARRIORS

MARVEL STUDIOS: ASSEMBLING A UNIVERSE

MARVEL SUPER HERO ADVENTURES: FROST FIGHT!

MARVEL: 75 YEARS, FROM PULP TO POP!

MARVEL’S AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

MARVEL’S HULK: WHERE MONSTERS DWELL

MARVEL’S IRON MAN & CAPTAIN AMERICA: HEROES UNITED

MARVEL’S IRON MAN & HULK: HEROES UNITED

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

THOR

THOR: RAGNAROK

THOR: THE DARK WORLD

THE WOLVERINE (2013)

X2

X-MEN

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

These are the TV shows you can enjoy from Marvel, meanwhile. 

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 23-44)

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (YR 3 2015/16 EPS 45-66)

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (YR 4 2016/17 EPS 67-88)

MARVEL’S RUNAWAYS (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-10)

MARVEL’S RUNAWAYS (YR 2 2018/19 EPS 11-23)

THE AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES (YR 2 2011/12 EPS 27-52)

HULK AND THE AGENTS OF S.M.A.S.H. (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 27-52)

MARVEL COMICS X-MEN (YR 2 1993/94 EPS 14-26)

MARVEL COMICS X-MEN (YR 3 1994/95 EPS 27-45)

MARVEL COMICS X-MEN (YR 4 1995/96 EPS 46-70)

MARVEL COMICS X-MEN (YR 5 1996/97 EPS 71-76)

MARVEL ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (YR 2 2012/13 EPS 27-52)

MARVEL ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: WEB-WARRIORS (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 53-78)

MARVEL’S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 27-52)

MARVEL’S AVENGERS: ULTRON REVOLUTION (YR 3 2015/16 EPS 53-78)

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 27-52)

THE SUPER HERO SQUAD SHOW (YR 2 2010/11 EPS 27-52)

MARVEL COMICS SPIDER-MAN (1995) (YR 1 1995/96 EPS 1-65) AKA NEW SPIDER-MAN

MARVEL’S ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VS. THE SINISTER 6 (YR 4 2015/16 EPS 79-104)

MARVEL’S AVENGERS: SECRET WARS (YR 4 2016/17 EPS 79-104)

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (YR 5 2017/18 EPS 89-110)

MARVEL COMICS X-MEN (YR 1 1992/93 EPS 1-13)

SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (YR 1 1999/00 EPS 1-13)

SPIDERWOMAN (YR 1 1979/80 EPS 1-16)

MARVEL COMICS THE INCREDIBLE HULK (YR 1 1996/97 EPS 1-21)

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (YR 1 2013/14 EPS 1-22)

SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS (YR 1 1982/83 EPS 1-24)

MARVEL’S FUTURE AVENGERS (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-26)

THE AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES (YR 1 2010/11 EPS 1-26)

FANTASTIC FOUR (YR 1 1994/95 EPS 1-26)

HULK AND THE AGENTS OF S.M.A.S.H. (YR 1 2012/13 EPS 1-26)

IRON MAN (YR 1 1994/95 EPS 1-26)

MARVEL ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-26)

MARVEL’S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (YR 1 2012/13 EPS 1-26)

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-26)

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-26)

SPIDER-MAN (1981) (YR 1 1981/82 EPS 1-26) (AKA: SPIDER-MAN 5000)

SUPER HERO SQUAD SHOW, THE (YR 1 2009/10 EPS 1-26)

MARVEL’S ULTIMATE COMICS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-4)

MARVEL RISING: INITIATION (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-6)

MARVEL’S ANT-MAN (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-6)

MARVEL’S AVENGERS: SECRET WARS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-6)

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-6)

MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-8)

MARVEL’S INHUMANS (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-8)

MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 9-18)

MARVEL SUPER HERO ADVENTURES (SHORTS) (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-10)

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (SHORTS) (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-10)

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (SHORTS) (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 11-16)

MARVEL’S ROCKET & GROOT (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-12)

DISNEY PHINEAS AND FERB: MISSION MARVEL (TV SPECIAL)

DISNEY PHINEAS AND FERB: PHINEAS AND FERB STAR WARS (TV SPECIAL)

MARVEL RISING: CHASING GHOSTS 

Disney Plus UK: Star Wars films

Great news: every Star Wars movie minus The Rise of Skywalker has made the cut, and that will follow at a later date. 

EMPIRE OF DREAMS: THE STORY OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGY (EXTENDED HV VERSION)

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY 

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI

STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE

Here are the Star Wars shows and specials you can look forward to, as well:

LEGO STAR WARS: DROID TALES (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-5)

LEGO STAR WARS: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-5)

LEGO STAR WARS: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-13)

LEGO STAR WARS: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 14-26)

LEGO STAR WARS: THE RESISTANCE RISES (SHORTS) (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1

STAR WARS FORCES OF DESTINY (SHORTS) (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-16)

STAR WARS FORCES OF DESTINY (SHORTS) (YR 2 2017/18 EPS 17-32)

STAR WARS REBELS (SHORTS) (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-4)

STAR WARS REBELS (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-15)

STAR WARS REBELS (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 16-37)

STAR WARS REBELS (YR 3 2016/17 EPS 38-59)

STAR WARS REBELS (YR 4 2017/18 EPS 60-74)

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS – THE LOST MISSIONS (2014/15 EPS 1-13)

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (YR 1 2008/09 EPS 1-22)

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (YR 2 2009/10 EPS 23-44)

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (YR 3 2010/11 EPS 45-66)

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (YR 4 2011/12 EPS 67-88)

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (YR 5 2012/13 EPS 89-108)

STAR WARS: THE NEW YODA CHRONICLES – CLASH OF THE SKYWALKERS

STAR WARS: THE NEW YODA CHRONICLES – RAID ON CORUSCANT

STAR WARS: THE NEW YODA CHRONICLES – DUEL OF THE SKYWALKERS

STAR WARS: THE NEW YODA CHRONICLES – ESCAPE FROM THE JEDI TEMPLE

STAR WARS: THE NEW YODA CHRONICLES – RACE FOR THE HOLOCRONS

Disney Plus UK: National Geographic movies and shows

Here, we’ve grouped all the National Geographic movies, shows and specials together. 

ATLANTIS RISING

BEFORE THE FLOOD

DIANA: IN HER OWN WORDS

EXPEDITION MARS: SPIRIT & OPPORTUNITY

THE FLOOD

FREE SOLO

INTO THE GRAND CANYON

INTO THE OKAVANGO

JANE

KINGDOM OF THE BLUE WHALE

MIRACLE LANDING ON THE HUDSON

PARIS TO PITTSBURGH

SCIENCE FAIR

SERIES

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS (YR 1 EPS 1-8)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-3)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 2 2012/13 EPS 4-15)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 3 2013/14 EPS 16-25)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 4 2013/14 EPS 26-35)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 5 2014/15 EPS 36-45)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 6 2014/15 EPS 46-51)

BRAIN GAMES (YR 7 2015/16 EPS 52-57)

CONTINENT 7: ANTARCTICA (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-6)

COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY (YR 1 2013/14 EPS 1-13)

DR. K’S EXOTIC ANIMAL ER (YR 1 2014/15 EPS 1-6)

DR. K’S EXOTIC ANIMAL ER (YR 2 2015/16 EPS 7-14)

DR. K’S EXOTIC ANIMAL ER (YR 3 2015/16 EPS 15-22)

DR. K’S EXOTIC ANIMAL ER (YR 4 2016/17 EPS 23-30)

DR. K’S EXOTIC ANIMAL ER (YR 5 2017/18 EPS 31-40)

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET (YR 1 2013/14 EPS 1-6)

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET (YR 2 2014/15 EPS 7-16)

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET (YR 3 2015/16 EPS 17-24)

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET (YR 4 2016/17 EPS 25-32)

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET (YR 5 2017/18 EPS 33-40)

DRAIN THE OCEANS (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-10)

GREAT MIGRATIONS (YR 1 2010/11 EPS 1-6)

THE INCREDIBLE DR. POL (YR 1 2011/12 EPS 1-4)

THE INCREDIBLE DR. POL (YR 2 2011/12 EPS 5-20)

THE INCREDIBLE DR. POL (YR 3 2012/13 EPS 21-26)

THE INCREDIBLE DR. POL (YR 4 2013/14 EPS 27-36)

THE INCREDIBLE DR. POL (YR 5 2013/14 EPS 37-46)

ONE STRANGE ROCK (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-10)

ORIGINS: THE JOURNEY OF HUMANKIND (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-8)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-6)

SUPERCAR MEGABUILD (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-10)

SUPERCAR MEGABUILD (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 11-18)

WILD YELLOWSTONE (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-2)

YEAR MILLION (YR 1 2016/17 EPS 1-6)

BIZARRE DINOSAURS

BREAKING2

EARTH LIVE

EASTER ISLAND UNSOLVED

GIANTS OF THE DEEP BLUE

HOW DOGS GOT THEIR SHAPE

INCREDIBLE! THE STORY OF DR. POL

JOURNEY TO SHARK EDEN

KINGDOM OF THE APES: BATTLE LINES

MAN AMONG CHEETAHS

MARS: INSIDE SPACEX

MISSION TO THE SUN

PLANET OF THE BIRDS

SEA OF HOPE: AMERICA’S UNDERWATER TREASURES

SECRETS OF CHRIST’S TOMB: EXPLORER SPECIAL

SECRETS OF THE KING COBRA

SHARKS OF LOST ISLAND

STONEHENGE DECODED: SECRETS REVEALED

THE LOST TOMB OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

TITANIC: 20 YEARS LATER WITH JAMES CAMERON

TREE CLIMBING LIONS

WINGED SEDUCTION: BIRDS OF PARADISE

WORLD’S GREATEST DOGS

Other movies on Disney Plus UK, including Avatar

Three Ice Age movies and the Home Alone series arrive on day one, along with James Cameron’s Avatar.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (1987)

ALIENS OF THE DEEP

AVATAR

BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE

BIG BUSINESS

CAMP NOWHERE

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (2003)

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES

DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1998)

DOCTOR DOLITTLE 2

FLICKA

GARFIELD A TAIL OF TWO KITTIES

HOME ALONE

HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK

HOME ALONE 3

ICE AGE

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT

ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN

JACK

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

LIFE WITH MIKEY

MRS. DOUBTFIRE

NEVER BEEN KISSED

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN

RICHIE RICH’S CHRISTMAS WISH (1998) (AKA: A CHRISTMAS STORY)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

ROVING MARS

SISTER ACT

SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT

SPLASH

STRANGE MAGIC

SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1940)

TEEN SPIRIT

THE LAST SONG

THE MISTLE-TONES

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

THREE DAYS (2001)

THREE MEN AND A BABY

THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY

TURNER & HOOCH

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT

WILLOW

YOU AGAIN

Disney Plus UK: The Simpsons episodes at launch

That’s 30 seasons of The Simpsons at launch, just like Disney Plus in the US. 

THE SIMPSONS (YR 1 1989/90 EPS 1-13)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 2 1990/91 EPS 14-35)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 3 1991/92 EPS 36-59)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 4 1992/93 EPS 60-81)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 5 1993/94 EPS 82-103)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 6 1994/95 EPS 104-128)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 7 1995/96 EPS 129-153)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 8 1996/97 EPS 154-178)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 9 1997/98 EPS 179-203)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 10 1998/99 EPS 204-226)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 11 1999/00 EPS 227-248)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 12 2000/01 EPS 249-269)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 13 2001/02 EPS 270-291)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 14 2002/03 EPS 292-313)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 15 2003/04 EPS 314-335)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 16 2004/05 EPS 336-356)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 17 2005/06 EPS 357-378)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 18 2006/07 EPS 379-400)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 19 2007/08 EPS 401-420)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 20 2008/09 EPS 421-441)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 21 2009/10 EPS 442-465)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 22 2010/11 EPS 466-487)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 23 2011/12 EPS 488-509)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 24 2012/13 EPS 510-531)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 25 2013/14 EPS 532-553)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 26 2014/15 EPS 554-575)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 27 2015/16 EPS 576-597)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 28 2016/17 EPS 598-619)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 29 2017/18 EPS 620-640)

THE SIMPSONS (YR 30 2018/19 EPS 641-663)

These are other TV shows and specials coming to the service:

ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS

ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE

JUST LIKE ME! (YR 1 2015/16 EPS 1-21)

JUST LIKE ME! (YR 2 2016/17 EPS 22-71)

MIRACULOUS TALES OF LADYBUG & CAT NOIR (YR 1 2017/18 EPS 1-26)

Originals on Disney Plus UK

These are all a known quantity, but here are the Disney Plus originals you can stream on day one:

LADY AND THE TRAMP

STAR GIRL

TIMMY FAILURE

TOGO

ONE DAY

These are the original shows, including the crown jewel, The Mandalorian. 

BE OUR CHEF (27 MAR)

CLONE WARS

DIARY OF A FUTURE PRESIDENT

DISNEY FAIRYTALE WEDDINGS

DISNEY INSIDER

ENCORE!

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES: THE SPECIAL

MARVEL HERO PROJECT

PICK OF THE LITTER

SHOPCLASS

THE IMAGINEERING STORY

THE MANDALORIAN

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM

Finally, these come under the shorts category.

FAMILY SUNDAYS

FORKY ASKS A QUESTION

LAMP LIFE

ONE DAY AT DISNEY

PIXAR IN REAL LIFE

SHORT CIRCUIT

SPARKSHORTS

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Christmas Quotes

Official Website: Christmas Quotes

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• A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year. – Walter Scott • A good conscience is a continual Christmas. – Benjamin Franklin • A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas! – John Greenleaf Whittier • A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor • A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! – Charles Dickens • A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour’s birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christmas With all the hosts above, And still we sing the newborn King His glory and his love. – Timothy Dudley-Smith • A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let’s hope it’s a good one Without any fear. – John Lennon • And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One! – Charles Dickens • And So This Is Christmas; And What Have We Done? Another Year Over; A New One Just Begun; And So Happy Christmas; I Hope You Have Fun; The Near And The Dear Ones; The Old And The Young. – John Lennon • And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. – Dr. Seuss • And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans–and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused–and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself. – Sigrid Undset • Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you … to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old … Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest ting in the world … stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death… Then you can keep Christmas! But you can never keep it alone. – Henry Van Dyke • Aren’t we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. – Matt Groening • At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season’s here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime. – Edgar Guest • At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows. – William Shakespeare • At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas Tusser • At Christmas, I no more desire a rose. – William Shakespeare

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[clickbank-storefront-bestselling] • Call a truce, then, to our labors – let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ”faint and forced the laughter,” and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past. – Rudyard Kipling • Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man.Why wait for a call when you have a command? – Robert Hughes • Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year. – P. J. O’Rourke • Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas. – Ronald Reagan • Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. – Phillips Brooks • Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart…filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. – Bess Streeter Aldrich • Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. – Oren Arnold • Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. – David Cameron • Christmas hath a beauty … lovelier than the world can show. – Christina Rossetti • Christmas is … a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Every December we can look back and marvel at the designs of God and realize how very little we are in control of the events that shaped the past year. Then, with hearts full, look to the celebration of that silent, holy night, and all its certainty. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass those of our own. – Karen Kingsbury • Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday. – Gladys Taber • Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” ~ (1925- ), English political leader. – Margaret Thatcher • Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves. – Eric Sevareid • Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving • Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. – Winston Churchill • Christmas is a time in which, of all times in the year, the memory of every remediable sorrow, wrong, and trouble in the world around us, should be active with us, not less than our own experiences, for all good. – Charles Dickens • Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. – Phyllis Diller • Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice. – Vance Havner • Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home. – Gilbert K. Chesterton • Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. Schulz • Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts. – Lenora Mattingly Weber • Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don’t light a candle in a room that’s already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that’s so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are. – N. T. Wright • Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision. – William Arthur Ward • Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. – Ruth Carter Stapleton • Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase • Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge • Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. – Calvin Coolidge • Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater plan. It’s glorious dream in the soul of man. – Wilferd Peterson • Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives. – William Parks • Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. – William Saroyan • Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief. – Carol Ann Duffy • Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you. – Timothy Keller • Christmas is the day that holds all time together. – Alexander Smith • Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united. – Norman Vincent Peale • Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends. – Larry Wilde • Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. – Richard Lamm • Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.- Edna Ferber • Christmas my child, is love in action…When you love someone, you give to them, as God gives to us. The greatest gift He ever gave was the Person of His Son, sent to us in human form so that we might know what God the Father is really like! Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans • Christmas reminds us we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, jouncing and ricocheting amid aliens, but are a part of something, which holds and sustains us. As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family. – Donald E. Westlake • Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. – Stephen Fry • Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale • Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. – Dr. Seuss • Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together. – Rosie Thomas • Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans • Christmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. – Freya Stark • Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God. – John Piper • Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music. – Tom Sims • Don’t let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. – Taylor Caldwell • England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. ‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale; ‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year. – Walter Scott • For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. – William Jewett Tucker • For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. – Charles Dickens • For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is “hurry”. And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. (…) With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal. – Burton Hill • Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin – inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night. – John J. Geddes • From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. – Katharine Whitehorn • Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. – Peg Bracken • Happy Day After Christmas, Merry Rest of the Year, even when Christmas is over, The Light of the World is Still Here! – Matthew West • Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! – Charles Dickens • Have you any old grudges you would like to pay, Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day? -Gather them now and lay them away When Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, And life is short from beginning to end; Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes. – William Haines Lytle • Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still. – Walter Scott • I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses. – Taylor Caldwell • I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the gift wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping. – Steven Wright • I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become… but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress. – May Sarton • I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this world and the next – but that after all is the idea! – Evelyn Underhill • I do like Christmas on the whole…. In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year. – E. M. Forster • I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness. – Carrie Fisher • I grew up with a Christmas tree, I’m going to stay with a Christmas tree. – Thomas Menino • I have always thought of Christmas time… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens • I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness. – Julia Peterkin • I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give! – Carolyn Wells • I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. – Bernard Manning • I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. – Ray Stannard Baker • I think commercialism helps Christmas and I think that the more capitalism we can inject into the Christmas holiday the more spiritual I feel about it – Craig Ferguson • I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world. – Norman Vincent Peale • I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens • I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said ‘Happy Birthday’ on it. I didn’t want to waste it so I just wrote ‘Jesus’ on it. – Demetri Martin • If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept. – Howard W. Hunter • I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white. – Irving Berlin • I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. – Irving Berlin • I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. – Irving Berlin • In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it “Christmas” and went to church; the Jews called it “Hanukka” and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Hanukka!” or (to the atheists) “Look out for the wall!” – Dave Barry • It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you. – Mother Teresa • It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you…yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. – Mother Teresa • It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – William Thomas Ellis • It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas; Soon the bells will start, And the thing that will make them ring Is the carol that you sing Right within your heart. – Meredith Willson • Its Christmas Eve! Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. – Bill Murray • It’s true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you’ll find you’ve created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. – Caroline Kennedy • Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures. – Winston Churchill • Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world.” Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in “In the Dark Streets Shineth. – David McCullough • Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing. – Grace Noll Crowell • Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years… Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart. – George Matthew Adams • Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. – George Matthew Adams • Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign. – Christina Rossetti • Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. – Johnny Carson • Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. – Pope John XXIII • Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store. – Dr. Seuss • Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about. – Lynn Johnston • My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? – Bob Hope • Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. – Kin Hubbard • Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. – Kin Hubbard • O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God! – Guy Wetmore Carryl • O come all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. – Frederick Oakeley • Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer… Who’d have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? – Bill Watterson • On Christmas day you can’t get sore, your fellow man you must adore. There’s time to cheat him all the more the other three hundred and sixty-four – Tom Lehrer • One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books. – J. K. Rowling • One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. – Andy Rooney • Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. – Laura Ingalls Wilder • Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner Rice • Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime. – Charles Dickens • Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren’t for Christmas We’d all be Jewish. – Benny Hill • Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; Love makes it a delight. The joy of brightening a child’s heart creates the magic of Christmas. – William Carey Jones • So every year when Christmas comes, I realize a new, the best gift life can offer is having friends like you. – Helen Steiner Rice • So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take. – Harry Reasoner • That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. – Jerry Seinfeld • The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Bill Vaughan • The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not “Weep and Repent.” And the good will is expressed in a material, earthly form-by giving presents to one’s friends, or by sending them cards in token of remembrance . . . . – Ayn Rand • The Christmas story is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still remains as the ultimate basis … of the belief of free men of good will everywhere. – Hal Borland • The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. – Samuel Johnson • The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young. – Phillips Brooks • The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. – Phillips Brooks • The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. – William Carey Jones • The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. – O. Henry • The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the ‘today’ of the Liturgy,” the Pope clarified. “The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas. – Pope John Paul II • The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. – Helen Keller • The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. – Louisa May Alcott • The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. – Alfred Lord Tennyson • The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. – Alice Cooper • The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas. – Billy Graham • The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. – Henry David Thoreau • The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas. – Timothy Keller • There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas. – Robert Staughton Lynd • There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. – Henry Van Dyke • There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. – Bill McKibben • There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas. – Charles Dickens • There’ll always be Christmas as long as a light Glows in the window to guide folks at night, As long as a star in the heavens above, Keeps shining down… there’ll be Christmas and love. – Edna Jaques • There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. – Erma Bombeck • This is Christmas – the season of perpetual hope. – Catherine O’Hara • This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays! – David Dellinger • Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. – Dag Hammarskjold • Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete. – Charles Dickens • To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others. – Henry C. Link • To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. – E. B. White • To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.” ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927). – Calvin Coolidge • T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. – Clement Clarke Moore • Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white’. – Bing Crosby • We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. – Pope Paul VI • We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365. – Mary Martin • Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Wilson Lynd • What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. – Phyllis Diller • What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for? – Salman Rushdie • Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. – Grace Noll Crowell • When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: …To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart. – Howard Thurman • When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? – Gilbert K. Chesterton • When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled. – Joel Osteen • Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life. – Corrie Ten Boom • Xmas Trivia: Before it became a major shopping holiday, Christmas is believed to have had a “religious” meaning. – Andy Borowitz • You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. – John R. Rice

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• A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year. – Walter Scott • A good conscience is a continual Christmas. – Benjamin Franklin • A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas! – John Greenleaf Whittier • A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor • A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! – Charles Dickens • A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour’s birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christmas With all the hosts above, And still we sing the newborn King His glory and his love. – Timothy Dudley-Smith • A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let’s hope it’s a good one Without any fear. – John Lennon • And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One! – Charles Dickens • And So This Is Christmas; And What Have We Done? Another Year Over; A New One Just Begun; And So Happy Christmas; I Hope You Have Fun; The Near And The Dear Ones; The Old And The Young. – John Lennon • And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. – Dr. Seuss • And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans–and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused–and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself. – Sigrid Undset • Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you … to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old … Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest ting in the world … stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death… Then you can keep Christmas! But you can never keep it alone. – Henry Van Dyke • Aren’t we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. – Matt Groening • At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season’s here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime. – Edgar Guest • At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows. – William Shakespeare • At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas Tusser • At Christmas, I no more desire a rose. – William Shakespeare

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[clickbank-storefront-bestselling] • Call a truce, then, to our labors – let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ”faint and forced the laughter,” and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past. – Rudyard Kipling • Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man.Why wait for a call when you have a command? – Robert Hughes • Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year. – P. J. O’Rourke • Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas. – Ronald Reagan • Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. – Phillips Brooks • Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart…filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. – Bess Streeter Aldrich • Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. – Oren Arnold • Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. – David Cameron • Christmas hath a beauty … lovelier than the world can show. – Christina Rossetti • Christmas is … a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Every December we can look back and marvel at the designs of God and realize how very little we are in control of the events that shaped the past year. Then, with hearts full, look to the celebration of that silent, holy night, and all its certainty. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass those of our own. – Karen Kingsbury • Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday. – Gladys Taber • Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” ~ (1925- ), English political leader. – Margaret Thatcher • Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves. – Eric Sevareid • Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving • Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. – Winston Churchill • Christmas is a time in which, of all times in the year, the memory of every remediable sorrow, wrong, and trouble in the world around us, should be active with us, not less than our own experiences, for all good. – Charles Dickens • Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. – Phyllis Diller • Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice. – Vance Havner • Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home. – Gilbert K. Chesterton • Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. Schulz • Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts. – Lenora Mattingly Weber • Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don’t light a candle in a room that’s already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that’s so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are. – N. T. Wright • Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision. – William Arthur Ward • Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. – Ruth Carter Stapleton • Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase • Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge • Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. – Calvin Coolidge • Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater plan. It’s glorious dream in the soul of man. – Wilferd Peterson • Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives. – William Parks • Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. – William Saroyan • Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief. – Carol Ann Duffy • Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you. – Timothy Keller • Christmas is the day that holds all time together. – Alexander Smith • Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united. – Norman Vincent Peale • Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends. – Larry Wilde • Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. – Richard Lamm • Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.- Edna Ferber • Christmas my child, is love in action…When you love someone, you give to them, as God gives to us. The greatest gift He ever gave was the Person of His Son, sent to us in human form so that we might know what God the Father is really like! Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans • Christmas reminds us we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, jouncing and ricocheting amid aliens, but are a part of something, which holds and sustains us. As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family. – Donald E. Westlake • Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. – Stephen Fry • Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale • Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. – Dr. Seuss • Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together. – Rosie Thomas • Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans • Christmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. – Freya Stark • Christmas: the Son of God expressing the love of God to save us from the wrath of God so we could enjoy the presence of God. – John Piper • Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music. – Tom Sims • Don’t let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. – Taylor Caldwell • England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. ‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale; ‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year. – Walter Scott • For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. – William Jewett Tucker • For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. – Charles Dickens • For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is “hurry”. And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. (…) With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal. – Burton Hill • Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin – inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night. – John J. Geddes • From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. – Katharine Whitehorn • Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. – Peg Bracken • Happy Day After Christmas, Merry Rest of the Year, even when Christmas is over, The Light of the World is Still Here! – Matthew West • Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! – Charles Dickens • Have you any old grudges you would like to pay, Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day? -Gather them now and lay them away When Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, And life is short from beginning to end; Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes. – William Haines Lytle • Heap on more wood! – the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We’ll keep our Christmas merry still. – Walter Scott • I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses. – Taylor Caldwell • I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the gift wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping. – Steven Wright • I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become… but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress. – May Sarton • I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this world and the next – but that after all is the idea! – Evelyn Underhill • I do like Christmas on the whole…. In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year. – E. M. Forster • I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness. – Carrie Fisher • I grew up with a Christmas tree, I’m going to stay with a Christmas tree. – Thomas Menino • I have always thought of Christmas time… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens • I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness. – Julia Peterkin • I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give! – Carolyn Wells • I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. – Bernard Manning • I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. – Ray Stannard Baker • I think commercialism helps Christmas and I think that the more capitalism we can inject into the Christmas holiday the more spiritual I feel about it – Craig Ferguson • I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world. – Norman Vincent Peale • I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens • I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said ‘Happy Birthday’ on it. I didn’t want to waste it so I just wrote ‘Jesus’ on it. – Demetri Martin • If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept. – Howard W. Hunter • I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white. – Irving Berlin • I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know. – Irving Berlin • I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. – Irving Berlin • In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it “Christmas” and went to church; the Jews called it “Hanukka” and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Hanukka!” or (to the atheists) “Look out for the wall!” – Dave Barry • It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you. – Mother Teresa • It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you…yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. – Mother Teresa • It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – William Thomas Ellis • It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas; Soon the bells will start, And the thing that will make them ring Is the carol that you sing Right within your heart. – Meredith Willson • Its Christmas Eve! Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. – Bill Murray • It’s true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you’ll find you’ve created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. – Caroline Kennedy • Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures. – Winston Churchill • Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world.” Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in “In the Dark Streets Shineth. – David McCullough • Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing. – Grace Noll Crowell • Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years… Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart. – George Matthew Adams • Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. – George Matthew Adams • Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign. – Christina Rossetti • Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. – Johnny Carson • Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. – Pope John XXIII • Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store. – Dr. Seuss • Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about. – Lynn Johnston • My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? – Bob Hope • Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. – Kin Hubbard • Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. – Kin Hubbard • O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God! – Guy Wetmore Carryl • O come all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. – Frederick Oakeley • Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer… Who’d have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? – Bill Watterson • On Christmas day you can’t get sore, your fellow man you must adore. There’s time to cheat him all the more the other three hundred and sixty-four – Tom Lehrer • One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books. – J. K. Rowling • One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. – Andy Rooney • Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. – Laura Ingalls Wilder • Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner Rice • Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime. – Charles Dickens • Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren’t for Christmas We’d all be Jewish. – Benny Hill • Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; Love makes it a delight. The joy of brightening a child’s heart creates the magic of Christmas. – William Carey Jones • So every year when Christmas comes, I realize a new, the best gift life can offer is having friends like you. – Helen Steiner Rice • So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take. – Harry Reasoner • That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. – Jerry Seinfeld • The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Bill Vaughan • The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not “Weep and Repent.” And the good will is expressed in a material, earthly form-by giving presents to one’s friends, or by sending them cards in token of remembrance . . . . – Ayn Rand • The Christmas story is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still remains as the ultimate basis … of the belief of free men of good will everywhere. – Hal Borland • The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. – Samuel Johnson • The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young. – Phillips Brooks • The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. – Phillips Brooks • The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. – William Carey Jones • The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. – O. Henry • The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the ‘today’ of the Liturgy,” the Pope clarified. “The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas. – Pope John Paul II • The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. – Helen Keller • The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. – Louisa May Alcott • The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist. – Alfred Lord Tennyson • The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. – Alice Cooper • The very purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas. – Billy Graham • The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. – Henry David Thoreau • The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas. – Timothy Keller • There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas. – Robert Staughton Lynd • There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. – Henry Van Dyke • There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. – Bill McKibben • There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas. – Charles Dickens • There’ll always be Christmas as long as a light Glows in the window to guide folks at night, As long as a star in the heavens above, Keeps shining down… there’ll be Christmas and love. – Edna Jaques • There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. – Erma Bombeck • This is Christmas – the season of perpetual hope. – Catherine O’Hara • This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays! – David Dellinger • Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. – Dag Hammarskjold • Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete. – Charles Dickens • To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others. – Henry C. Link • To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. – E. B. White • To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.” ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927). – Calvin Coolidge • T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. – Clement Clarke Moore • Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white’. – Bing Crosby • We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. – Pope Paul VI • We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365. – Mary Martin • Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Wilson Lynd • What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. – Phyllis Diller • What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for? – Salman Rushdie • Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. – Grace Noll Crowell • When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: …To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart. – Howard Thurman • When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? – Gilbert K. Chesterton • When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled. – Joel Osteen • Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life. – Corrie Ten Boom • Xmas Trivia: Before it became a major shopping holiday, Christmas is believed to have had a “religious” meaning. – Andy Borowitz • You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. – John R. Rice

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