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Timeline: context clues and the greater MCU timeline mean that this film takes place before Captain America: Civil War.It's fitting that someone who wields the Time Stone has a broken watch on his person. Something tangential - Strange's broken watch has sentimental value to him, and he wears it through the movie.So, accidentally, the Doctor has put himself at a disadvantage in a fight to keep Kaecilius from affecting Earth - foreshadowing that later, he will intentionally put himself at an even bigger disadvantage in a fight to keep Dormammu from affecting Earth. Unfortunately, Kaecilius' power relative to the good guys is increased several times over in the Mirror Dimension. When Doctor Strange finds out that Kaecilius can manipulate the real world, he sends everyone to the Mirror Dimension so that Kaecilius and his followers can't affect the real world.Sure, this wasn't directly spelled out, but the fact that The Ancient One's prophetic powers were failing is indicative that her time was up, one way or another. Why didn't Doctor Strange use the Eye of Agamotto to heal the Ancient One's wounds? Because it would have caused one of the time paradoxes Mordo and Wong were so worried about.Thematically, it's stalling for time while Doctor Strange saves a patient's life. The very first indication of the movie's overaching theme of time? Strange asking another surgeon to cover his watch, as the ticking sound is distracting. Not to mention that surgeons, specially those who work on particularly delicate areas (like a neurosurgeon), need extreme precision and efficiency, two concepts commonly associated with punctuality and good use of time and, of course, in emergency cases, that need to be attended at soon as possible, time is a decisive factor. This is very fitting for a doctor, who, while studying his career, had to schedule himself to attend all the classes, study by his own and, later on, practice at the hospitals with real patients. Strange seems to have an obsession with time, as he has a wristwatch collection, and later, thanks to the Book Of Cagliostro, becomes a Time Master.In other words, Strange realizes that his accident have opened new doors for him. After his accident, Strange tries in vain to repair his hands, but later finds a true calling as the Master of the Mystic Arts. Throughout the movie, Strange initially starts out as preserving his own reputation and career. Within the context of the movie, it fits Strange's Character Development. The song is about fulfilling your potential by following your dreams.
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The song "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire.The scene with Kaecilius trying to convince Strange to join him really drives the point home that he would never have accepted the regime HYDRA wanted to bring.