How my brain works, part 2374538450

[dreamer_easy]

We were re-watching Sontaran Strategem, and I couldn't think what the heck Sylvia Noble holding the axe reminded me of, until I found this again in Cave in the Snow:

"'Of course, Prajnaparamita is female,' she added, referring to the Mother of All Buddhas. 'She's the Perfection of Wisdom which cuts away all our concepts and desires to make something very stable and settled. We build up our ideas. We try to make them concrete. She cuts away, cutting, cutting, cutting. She cuts things back to the bare essentials." (p 133)

The Doctor tries to solve the problem with cleverness - plus he's focussed on the big picture, instead of the danger in front of him. Sylvia cuts right through all of that and saves the day. :)

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[iblis-kukl.livejournal.com]

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

BWA

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Well, I thought the Doctor was being artificially stupid at that point. I can't see Pertwee or Baker not thinking of the axe. But noooo, it has to be the human in nuWho, so that people can laugh and point at the dumb Time Lord.

Of course, it may be that they were referencing Prajnaparamita and I was just too culturally impoverished to spot it.