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Room 101 is a place introduced in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. It is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love in which the Party attempts to subject a prisoner to his or her own worst nightmare, fear or phobia.
Such is the purported omniscience of the state in the society of Nineteen Eighty-Four that even a citizen's nightmares are known to the Party. The nightmare, and therefore the threatened punishment, of the protagonist Winston Smith is to be attacked by rats. Smith saves himself by begging the authorities to let his lover, Julia, have her face gnawed by the ferocious rodents instead. The torture, and what Winston does to escape it, breaks his last promise to himself and to Julia: never to betray her emotionally. The book suggests that Julia is likewise subjected to her own worst fear, and when she and Winston later meet in a park, he notices a scar on her forehead. The original intent of threatening Winston with the rats was not necessarily to go through with the act, but to force him into betraying the only person he loved and therefore break his spirit.
David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the TV serial Casanova (2005) and as Barty Crouch, Jr., in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).
Tennant was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of Essdale Helen (née McLeod) and The Rev. Alexander McDonald (known to family and friends as Sandy McDonald). He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, Renfrewshire, where his father was the local Church of Scotland minister. Tennant's maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were staunch Protestants from Derry in Ulster, the northern province of Ireland, and were among the signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912; William was a member of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes's daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City.
[Herbie]
You fear the thought.
Whenever the name is spoken,
Cold sweat runs down your neck.
One day, you're sure, they'll come for you
To take control of all your thoughts.
[Thomas]
All the hate - they always lead you.
Shown off the face for two minutes of hate.
You close your eyes and break up with them,
But the "televisor" never sleeps.
[Herbie]
On your way down the gait, emptiness fills your eyes.
The fear of the things to come, it's burning your mind.
[Thomas]
The darkness 'round you whispers, you never felt so lonely.
It's just one strike and all the truth will be there.
The door ahead is open.
The fear of thousands passing by.
And it gets you close - to Room 101. (To Room 1-0-1)
[Thomas]
Here they come - the party has send their.
Through control - to capture the felon.
The game has come to an early end.
You have lost the hide-and-seek.
[Herbie]
A cold cell - caught in a prison.
Didn't expect that this is the place...
That you've been dreaming of.
The place with no darkness...
[Thomas]
On your way down the gait, emptiness fills your eyes.
The fear of the things to come, it's burning your mind.
[Herbie]
The darkness 'round you whispers, you never felt so lonely.
It's just one strike and all the truth will be there.
The door ahead is open.
The fear of thousands passing by.
And it gets you close - to Room 101.
[television voices]
[Herbie & Thomas]
On your way down the gait, emptiness fills your eyes.
The fear of the things to come, it's burning your mind.
[Chorus:]
The darkness 'round you whispers, you never felt so lonely.
It's just one strike and all the truth will be there.
The door ahead is open.
The fear of thousands passing by.
And it gets you close - to Room 101.
[Chorus:]
The darkness 'round you whispers, you never felt so lonely.
It's just one strike and all the truth will be there.
The door ahead is open.
The fear of thousands passing by.