Doctor Who Series 9 OST: 49 - The Shepherd’s Boy (Breaking The Wall)

Featured in Heaven Sent and Twice Upon A Time.

[TheScottishFox]

Personally, I think that's one hell of a soundtrack.

[NiennaFan]

THIS SCENE WAS ONLY FIVE MINUTES?!? IT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY AS MY MIND WAS BLOWN TWICE

[usualblokeluke]

How many soundtracks in eternity?
And the shepherd's boy says...
"There's this soundtrack of a pure legend. It takes 12 hours to learn it and 12 hours to listen to it. Every hundred years, a little composer comes and orchestrates the musicians to play the legendary soundtrack. And when the sound of music has echoed away, the first soundtrack of eternity will have passed!"
You might think that's a hell of a long time.
Personally, I think that's a hell of a composer.

[azapro]

'Heaven Sent' will go down as one of the greatest ever Doctor Who episodes, classic or revived. Peter Capaldi was a phenomenal one man show, you just don't see performances like that on TV these days.

[TheAdorkableRJ]

''Well I suppose...one more lifetime...won't kill anyone. Well except me...''

[TheScottishFox]

How many seconds in eternity? And the Shepherd's Boy says, "There's this mountain of pure diamond, it takes an hour to climb it and an hour to go around it. Every hundred years, a little bird comes and sharpens it's beak on the diamond mountain. And when the entire mountain is chiselled away, the first second of eternity will have passed. You must think that's a hell of a long time. Personally I think that's a hell of a bird.


Oh there it is. Silly old universe. The more I save it, the more it needs saving. It's a treadmill. Yes, yes, I know. They'll get it all wrong without me. Well, I suppose one more lifetime wouldn't kill anyone. Well, except me. You wait a moment, Doctor. Let's get it right. I've got a few things to say to you. Basic stuff first. Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And never ever eat pears! Remember, hate is always foolish and love is always wise. Always try to be nice but never fail to be kind. Oh, and you mustn't tell anyone your name. No one would understand it anyway. Except...children. Children can hear it sometimes. If their hearts are in the right place. And the stars are too. Children can hear your name. But nobody else. Nobody else, ever. Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind. Doctor...I let you go.

[ryboi]

This is what sold me on Capaldi, not gonna lie. I'm a Smith boi. This Episode and music, opened me. Then when he regenerated, the music fits, ever so perfectly. Murray Gold, what a musical genius.

[AS-wkgg]

Heaven sent.

One of the best episodes ever.

[Tahkaullus]

If you think because she is dead that I am weak, you understand very little.
If you had any part in killing her and you are not afraid, you understand nothing at all.
So, for your own sake, understand this.
I am the Doctor. I'm coming to find you. And I will never, ever, stop.

[lbran]

I find it interesting that this song has a short repeating melody line that slowly builds over time, just like the doctor slowly smashed through the wall with short bursts of energy.

[rhyschant]

Never be cruel. Never be cowardly and never ever eat pears!

Remember that hate is always foolish, and love is always wise

[Reslivo]

This is an absolute masterpiece. We've sorely missed Murray Gold the last two seasons.

[zacroper]

Murray Gold "hey audience you're gonna love this new theme for 12, it's called A Good Man"
Audience "Oh great this sound pretty great"

Murray begins scoring Heaven Sent

Murray Gold "hmm what if I used that song from the 50th in this episo..."
Audience "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD CAN THIS BE HIS NEW THEME"
Murray Gold "umm sure but what about A Good M..
"Audience "CAN THIS BE HIS NEW THEME, USE IT IN EVERY SPEECH FROM NOW ON"
Murray Gold "Sure"

Twice Upon a Time Ends

Audience "wait...what happened to a good ma"
Murray Gold "Anyway I'm off never coming back bye"

[Bonovoxx]

"...I've got a question. Have you ever wondered how we made it this far? I mean—we're not the smartest or the strongest or the bravest or the best... I mean think about it... it shouldn't work—but it does. And it works because we've got one thing in common. Each other. Think of who's listening to this message and I bet you'll think of someone you respect. Someone whose judgement you trust. Someone who makes you laugh. Someone who makes you happy. Someone who makes you feel it's okay to be exactly who you are. And I promise—in fact, I guarantee—that someone listening to this is thinking about you in exactly the same way. Okay, so you've made some bad decisions. You've hurt people. You've hurt yourself. You've stumbled through life from one self-inflicted disaster to the next without anything even approaching a plan. To which I say—welcome aboard. Maybe you're not good... but you're sure as hell good enough."

[DavRossTheWhovian]

You wait a moment, Doctor. Let’s get it right. I’ve got a few things to say to you. Basic stuff first.

Never be cruel, never be cowardly. And never ever eat pears! Remember hate is always foolish and love, is always wise.

Always try, to be nice and never fail to be kind. Oh, and you mustn’t tell anyone your name. No one would understand it anyway. Except….

Except children. Children can hear it. Sometimes if their hearts are in the right place, and the stars are too. Children can hear your name.

But nobody else. Nobody else. Ever.

Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind.

Doctor.... I let you go!

[joedinnie]

“You mustn’t tell anyone your name, no one would understand it anyway except children...children can hear your name if their hearts are in the right place and the stars are too”

[theapocalypseswordsman]

“Why do you continue to fight? No matter what you do, you will die here”
“There’s a story I know:
There’s this emperor, and he asks the shepherds boy; how many seconds in eternity?
And the shepherds boy says; there’s a mountain made of pure diamond, it takes an hour to climb and an hour to go around. And every one hundred years, a little bird comes to the mountain to sharpen his beak. And when the diamond mountain is chipped away and gone, the first second of eternity will have passed.
Now you might think that’s a hell of a long time, personally, I think that’s a hell of a bird.
You see, that’s our story, that is our fate. No matter how many time you strike me down, no matter how many times I die, I will always return. I will rise again and again and again, and I will sharpen my sword and I WILL FIGHT AND DIE AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD AND GONE. I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE LAST OF YOUR LIGHT HAS FADED AWAY TO NOTHING. And when the last of your memory and your power is gone, I will rise once more, to see the world as it should be”

[Alkonium]

The Doctor is still breaking a wall at the end of Twice Upon a Time. The difference is it's a metaphorical wall between him and his imminent regeneration.

[Jackson-ubuv]

Just to let you know, it was also used in The Doctor Falls, when he's running around and destroying Cybermen.

[rjmcallister]

This is the middle of the three episodes that end season 9 and Clara's time. It is a tragedy of how the Doctor loses his Impossible Girl ("Face the Raven") and decides he must get her back, at all costs. "Heaven Sent" shows how much he will give of himself to make that happen. Four and-a-half billion years. Then, in "Hell Bent" (which he is to save Clara), he sacrifices all he is and all he stands for to make it happen. Yet he cannot keep her and must lose his memory of her to have her survive. He is redeemed by finding his Tardis and Clara's final message: "Run you clever boy...and be a Doctor". Murray Gold's music is as much a part of the show as any character. I went ahead and ordered several of the soundtrack CD's.