Who else cried when this song played during 11's regeneration when Amy showed up and said, "Raggedy man, good night."

In memory of 11. You will be missed, you madman.

"I really am just a madman with a box..."

10 & 11 (Tennant & Smith) were the PEAK of Doctor Who. I cried with them more than any other Lonely Man and his Blue Box. Words can't explain how these 2 crept into my heart and have left such a legacy and impact on everyone who watched the series revival. Also, don't listen to Song Of Captivity/Freedom and Long Song right after one another, I did & it broke me.

''Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgement...all these people whose ancestors devoted themselves, sacrificed themselves, to you...can you hear them singing?'' You can see and hear the warm reverence in the Doctor's smile and voice. You can feel the dignity and courage that he's both drawing from the people and summoning from within himself as they stand against a seemingly insurmountable threat staring down at them. That little precursor is just as powerful to me as the epic speech that followed.

I just noticed that they played a small part of the song while eleven was regenerating. It was funny because Amelia said " Goodnight , raggedy man" and this song says "Wake Up!"

I can confirm my tears ducts are perfectly working.

I have a theory about this song. I know that it is unlikely but it's pretty interesting. At the beggining it says "Rest now, my warrior" I don't think that they were speaking about the God, I think that it is for the Doctor. The Doctor didn't die, he regenerates into another man and then the previous Doctor goes to sleep, to rest. He is a warrior, he saves the entirely Universe a lot of times, including Akhaten, because he has already been there. Then, the next Doctor wakes up, he lives.

This song will never fail to bring a tear to my eyes, it's purely beautiful. 'Rings of Akhaten' may have not been the best episode in the world, but with that powerful impassioned speech by Matt Smith accompanied with one of the most delicate and beautiful tunes I have ever heard - that episode will be one I shall never ever forget and for all the right reasons

Doctor: Look at how special I am! Clara: No, fuck that. I have a leaf.

People truly don’t understand how good doctor who is its the best show in my opinion

Maybe this song will help me sleep. If it's good enough for an ancient deity, it's good enough for me.

Murray Gold is REALLY underrated, he should have WAY more recognition for Doctor Who alone, hell this song is BEAUTIFUL. So much power! And that's with the rest of the soundtrack, he's a genius.

Just imagine if they gathered together every individual and sentient species the doctor ever saved to say goodbye to him and this little girl gets everyone of them to start singing....damn the feels

I quoted the very beginning of this at my Mom’s funeral. “Rest now, my warrior” It still hits hard when I listen to this but I do love it. Sadly most didn’t watch the show, so they didn’t know the absolute pain in the following words that I was screaming on the inside…… “Wake up….. wake up…… and let the cloak of life cling to your bones, cling to your bones….. wake up…. Wake up” mom……but I know she won’t. She was my warrior, and I hope she rests well. Sorry to spill a very personal thing here in a comment section, but to those that share my love of this song, I just felt compelled to share.

First time reading the lyrics, and holy SHIT. All this time I thought the song was referring to the parasite, but it wasn't. It's to the Doctor. No wonder it was played during his regeneration into 12. "Let the cloak of life cling to your bones." Fitting, considering how old, and well, bone-y 12 appears. :D

This song makes me cry, because it brings so many memories of 11.. We miss you. Raggedy man..goodnight

I only just realized how suiting this is for a regeneration theme. The dying Timelord/Doctor is resting now, but the new Timelord/Doctor is waking up to a new age.

Who is listening in 2020??? I miss 11°Doctor

Something old something new something borrowed something blue

I want this played at my funeral but im not sure if people would find it weird. sod it im dead i dont care.

Rose Went Away So The Doctor Is Blue Ask Donna "Where's The Doctor?" She'll Reply "Doctor Who?" Sarah Jane, and Martha, and Now Both The Ponds, Had Their Fun With The Doctor Now Their All Gone So Ask Me Again Why The TARDIS Is Blue There's A Sad Man Inside.... With Both His Hearts Torn In Two

I love that sound of multiple people singing in unison, for it sounds like the voice of humanity.

2:34 when the girl hits that high note it sends chills down my whole body every time

I always get mixed feelings when I listen to this song... It makes me cry; 1. Because it's so beautiful 2. Because I freaking miss Eleven It makes me happy; 1. Because it's so beautiful 2. Because I freaking love Eleven

This song... IT GIVES ME THE FEELS!

Play this song at my funeral

0:56 as soon as the harmonized voices start, it brings tears to my eyes and goosebumps on my skin 😭

Technically, it is the most important leaf in history. Without it, no Oswin to lead the Doctor out of the Asylum, no governess(right?)to help defeat the Snowmen, and no Clara Oswin Oswald to be the companion of the Doctor and save his life.

1:35--The sound of the choir singing as an image of the Doctor pointing his sonic screwdriver fades in gives me chills. The look on Matt's face is beautiful. It says, "I've been around for centuries and I'm going to defend all that is good in the universe no matter what". Powerful.

Raggedy man. Madman with a box. No weapons. Nothing to lose. He stopped the impossible. Fantastic. He fought Daleks and Cybermen. Allonsy. He fell in love. He met his old love. Sarah Jane Smith. Geronimo. Thank you Doctor. Vale Decum. Farewell. Vale. Pandorica. You should kill is all on sight. Thank you goodnight 11.

I’d never watched The Doctor before, I remember growing up knowing that Matt Smith was the Doctor and when I was kid I saw this episode and I remember having chills. I was 11 or 10 not sure, but now I’m 18 and I watched from 9-13 and still when this happened I cried a little , feeling like a little girl again on my couch. Not only is Doctor Who a time lord in the show but he’s timeless in my life. Thanks 11 for being My Doctor.

I absolutely love the bit in Matt's regeneration when Amy comes to him. "Live, wake up." AHHH I cried so hard!

This is so beautiful!. Dr.Who has the best song soundtracks ever.

This song is 10 years old?! Where did the time go? I swear it feels like yesterday that Matt was the Doctor. IDK how to feel now 😭

"Okay then. That’s what I’ll do. I’ll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgment. All these people whose ancestors devoted themselves - sacrificed themselves - to you. Can you hear them singing? Oh, you like to think you’re a God. Well, you’re not a God - you’re just a parasite, eaten out with jealous, envy, and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them. On the memory of love, and loss, and birth, and death, and joy, and sorrow…so…SO…come on then, take mine. Take. My. Memories. But I hope you’ve got a big appetite. Because I have lived a LONG life, and I have seen a few things. I walked away from the last Great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the *birth* of the universe and I watched as time RAN OUT, moment by moment, until NOTHING remained - NO TIME, NO SPACE, JUST ME! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a mad man. And I’ve watched universes freeze, and creation burn - I have seen things you WOULDN’T BELIEVE AND I HAVE LOST THINGS YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND - and I know things. Secrets that must never be told. Knowledge that must NEVER be *SPOKEN*! KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL MAKE. PARASITE.GODS. BLAZE! SO COME ON, THEN!!! TAKE IT!!!! TAKE IT ALL, BABY!!!!! HAVE IT! YOU. HAVE. IT. ALL!!!!!!!!!!"

I swear, the more I learn about this episode, the more incredible it is. Mat Smith's era may have had it's share of horrible episodes but this one is definitely not among them. One of the few episodes that lets us look past the front he puts up for the people around him. We finally get to see why he's been acting the way he has since he regenerated. He views life as a burden, each loss pushing him closer to the edge. Lets not forget that this episode happens relatively close to when Amy and Rory died. It's the closest to suicide the Doctor has come since the relaunch and if not for Clara, it would have succeeded. Meanwhile the lyrics of the song are constantly prompting him to take a hold of life instead of throwing it away. How fitting that this song should also play at his regeneration, when he is finally ready to take the good with the bad in life and fully embrace it. THIS is where Matt Smith's Doctor truly shines.

Who else didn't realise that this song was really about the Doctor until that tiny trace of it they put into his regeneration scene? Mind - blown.

I have never been more emotionally attached to any series until I started to watch Doctor Who. What an amazing serie, I find no fault whatsoever. David Tennant and Matt Smith, these two were so damn amazing as the Doctor.

I genuinely want this song to be played at my funeral. I don't think I have any other song that I would want. It's just so beautiful.

Just imagine how freaking AMAZING it would be to play in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

I think this song is beautiful. My sister thinks its creepy

Cant believe this episode was released 6 years ago, feels like yesterday i was watching it when it first came out! Matt Smith was one of the biggest parts of my childhood with his portrayal of the eleventh doctor

when hearing this I can only think of 11th doctors last speech about how we all must change 😭😭

rest now my Doctor your hardship is over now everything ends its time for one last bow, like all your otherselves your hour is over now. a new dawn has begun and shall rise into the sky the first page of a book the wind will carry your name and legands shall bring it forth for your name... shall be told to the children of our children the eleventh will never be forgotten your name will burn in the suns of Gallifrey you are, and always will be The Doctor and your name... rest, rest now, our Eleven ...is The Doctor

Matt Smith was one AWESOME Doctor :)!

One of the most beautiful five minutes in TV history

years later, i still get goosebumps instantly hearing this song. i haven’t even seen the episode in years but this song is just imbedded into my memory.

The first Doctor Who episode I ever saw was "The Angels take Manhattan", I believe "Rings of Akathen" was the second. Both left me in tears, which is pretty rare for me.

My feels are exploding in every point of time

This melody would really cut deep to the Depressed after going through a great deal of pain and suffering, coaxing them to look up and see that there is more to life than the past, and the future will always be there to hope for.

I’m not crying I just have a Tardis in my eyes

I plan on having this played at my funeral. This song is so powerful and so moving. I remember this episode and it still brings tears to my eyes.

I love seeing comments from a few months ago that say "Smith has to regenerate to this!" I guess they got what they wished for.

I love that we’ll always have this episode. And others like it. I feel we won’t be seeing anything like this in doctor who for a while.

A week ago we had to put my dog to sleep, when my parents had left to take him to the vet to have him put to sleep, I couldn't cry but I wanted to so I thought music might help and I thought what better music to cry to than music from Doctor Who so I put the audio on headphones on full and I listened to this song and I cried and I thought of fond memories of that faithful stupid dog of mine, long may he rest!

the most sad song of the whole world for me. this song means so much to my heart.

I demand that this be played at my funeral.

The Year is 2020 . This song made cry just like when i heard it for the first time. It chilled my soul

"I will always remember when the doctor was me" ~11th doctor

This combined with Matt Smith's speech... the feels were strong with this episode. I was ridiculed by people at my school for liking this episode, but I stand by the fact that it was amazing - this scene with this music was amazing in itself!

I realize this was playing while the the doctor was regenerating in the tardis with Clara

I sing this so Amy and Rory could wake up again ;-; i miss them too much

I just want to say I really love the little girl's voice who sings it. She just sounds so innocent and sweet. She is a really great singer, but at the same time, she has a childlike sound to her voice and it doesn't take away from what she is singing at all. Maybe I'm the only one who noticed that, I'm a bit of a choir nerd lol

i'm gonna miss Matt so much

Now I must come to terms with my past... My many mistakes, my many regrets, I must face my past... and wake up.

When Matt was regenerating that time in the background this song was being played

The Rings of Akhatan is one of my favorite Doctor Who episode for this song alone.

This is the most beautiful song out of Doctor Who imo :)

This is my alarm for whenever I get up. Makes me feel like a badass getting up

11 will always be my favorite. :) But all things must end or nothing would ever get started.

However many years since I first watched The Rings of Akhaten and this still one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

At 1:15 seeing Matt Smith and this song... the feels on the bus go round and round ;-;

Take mine. Take my memories. But I hope you're got a big a big appetite. Because I've lived a long life. And I've seen a few things. I walked away from the last great Time War. I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe and watched as time ran out, moment by moment, until nothing remained. No time, no space. Just me! I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a madman! And I watched universes freeze and creation burn! I have seen things you wouldn't believe! I have lost things you will never understand! And I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken! Knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze! So come on then! Take it! Take it all, baby! Have it! You have it all!

I hope one day he will come back. Maybe just as a mistake like the 10th but please. The time with him was too short and I can't stand the 12th Doctor (might be because I barely understand him). But then we need the Ponds back again as well. The girl who waited and the last centurion, the boy who waited 2000 years for his love to come. It broke my heart when they died.

That's what I love about the doctor and this tune. Despite us always seeing him/her as the mad one running about eccentrically doing things and saving people, this song helps those of us that know of them, see him and all his incarnations as that singular extremely old, long lived and tired figure that has done so soo much endlessly, and countless times saved so many from enormous catastrophise and been worn out through so much emotional joys and devastation, that he isn't just a single figure anymore but an entity that can, as small as it is, face even a planet sized being and still over shadow it. Ya know, as much as a leaf does.

I don't want to sound depressing but I want this song sung at my funeral in the same way with the slow singing and small pauses

Raggedy Man 2010-----------------2013 Also in memory of Amy pond and Rory Williams. also handless

Crazy how a show can affect you like this. Make you think, make you cry, and get you so attached to the characters that you really feel hurt when they're gone...

Never fails to make me cry, we miss you 11, raggedy man... goodnight

I believe this will be played in the christmas special... like Vale Decem. More sorrowful though. Prepare those tears people!

Yes, it was a great speech and one if the best from Matt Smith as 'The Doctor' however in this episode, I also have to give props for the speech given from Clara when she holds the leaf. To me, that was just as meaningful and beautiful as she was talking about time that never was due to tragedy. The whole two episodes was so impactful all across the board that not one scene or word didn't..it was just..awesome.

Rest in peace, John Hurt.

Is it bad that I'm tearing up? Can't wait for 12th doctor

one of my favorite doctor who songs

This song let's me finally let go of my dead grandad I miss him so much I let you rest now grandad rip

2020 I still came here to hear.

If BBC would makes an episode where the Doctor actually dies, BUT after he dies, all the people that he saved, they will all sing this song and while they are singing, he slowly rises off the ground with light particles covering his entire body, and after the song is halfway over, the light particles will slowly disappear, and the Doctor's body will be set standing up and his head slowly rises and when he opens his eyes, he will regenerate (like David Tennant's regeneration) into a new Doctor. Like if you like this idea 😃

It's so moving. A haunting melody that is releasing fear and defying it. It's beautiful, and nothing I expected to find in Doctor Who

This is so good that it's not useful to notice the lyrics go "rest now... WAKE UP"

When the show was actually good, i wish hearing this song would bring our old doctor back 😔😔😔 oh how he is missed.......

This is my alarm now "LIIIIIIIIIIVE! WAKE UP!"

They're all different people all throughout their lives, but that's good, so long as we remember who they used to be. Rest in peace Doctor

Doctor Who has to have my favourite soundtrack out of any television show. This song is so powerful and beautiful, it damn near made me cry when I first saw it. And years later, when I return to revisit it, it is just as powerful as before. I doubt this show will end anytime soon, because I've never seen anything as powerful as it. Even when it is over, Doctor Who will always be something special to me.

this song triggers a straight up core memory for me

This and Vale Decem are just brilliant. All the memories of my two favorite Doctor's, David and Matt in two songs.

I love this song. It brings me to tears every time I hear it.

Ohh I remember the doctors speech in this how it made me feel so sad after what he said he’s been through

Elle est juste magnifique cette chanson 😍😍😢

i just realised... " what if all the shit that is happening to the doctor is punishment for stealing the Tardis from the time lords?". mind IS blown