MonkyingAround's Songfic Contest

Round 5

Spoiler alert! This entry takes into consideration the events of the Doctor Who episode The Satan Pit.

Science And Faith-The Script

"But I've seen a lot of this universe," I began to rattle off at the sight of a muscular depiction of Satan, or at least one that claimed to be. I stood between two eloquent vases set up on pedestals, a fair distance left between them. 

Of everything I've seen in this whole universe, seeing the lengths that people would go to in support of the God that heads the religion they believe in, it's hard to keep faith in one yourself. You become reliant on yourself and those few around you more than anything else. While travelling extensively across the universe it really can put up an argument against science and faith, and of course with me being who I am I'm more likely to believe in the former. 

"I've seen fake gods, and bad gods, and demi-gods, and would-be gods, and out of all that, out of that whole pantheon," I continued, swaying in my place some, anger growing with every word of my soliloquy I spoke.  " If I believe in one thing, just one thing, I believe in her." 

These vases acted as a prison to keep the devil from escaping, supplying a gravity field to the planet. Despite knowing that if I were to try to kill this interpretation of Satan it would break the gravity funnel and put the ship at risk of the black hole, I knew that I had to. I grabbed a piece of metal from off of the cavernous ground and whacked the vase sitting to the right and then the left. The muscular devil that towered over me lit aflame, almost like a projection when someone walks through it except it was much more... Spectacular in feeling. I knew that I would probably end up being sucked into the black hole with Satan, but at least I was able to take the thought of having defeated him to the grave.  

"This is your freedom," I changed subjects, addressing Satan as his body was ripped apart. "Free to die. You're going into that black hole and I'm riding with you!"  

I've done so many things in my past, good things as equal as bad things some may say, but I see more bad than good. I destroyed my own planet. I ended the Last Great Time War, which I knew I had to do, but it was at the cost of being the only one left. Being the last of your kind to survive comes with a great load of feelings of loneliness because you feel that no matter how many friends you have or you think you have, you're still alone. I spent so much time alone, so much time questioning why I was left. I'd lost anything and everything I could believe in, but then I met her. 

Like a light in the dead of the night, Rose Tyler came into my life. I may have been bitter at first, but looking back at how I was and how I am now, I now that I needed her and realize exactly how much she has helped me.

Science and faith are always pitted up against each other, science demanding proof of realities whereas faith is a strong belief in something regardless of if there's proof of its existence or not. Even though I travel the world and have vast scientific knowledge doesn't mean I still can't have faith in something, anything really. Of all the things I've seen on this planet, in this whole universe and everything in between, everything that could change my current views, there's one thing I believe in. If I believe in one thing, just one thing, I believe in her. 

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So here's my entry! While 'writing' this it kind of felt like stealing but that's what fanfiction is, eh? I thought of this idea rather quickly after reading the prompt for this week and this idea came in instants. About a month ago I watched a lecture done by a World Religions professor who for the final project of the class she taught, she showed her students these two episodes. I remember things that were brought up but can't regurgitate it and for it to make sense. The song Science and Faith seems to be pitting science against faith, as I wrote above, and I just kind of dwelled on The Doctor's thoughts some, basically saying that because he's a scientifically minded person, as all watchers of the show would know, he could still have faith in something, that being Rose Tyler. 

I just wanted to do something different for this entry, something that I haven't really done in the past, so I thought that this fit the bill. I just hope that it's enough for me not to get eliminated. Most of all though, I hope this entry made sense.