If you are feeling down after losing the tenth doctor. Google "Tenth doctor the musical". RUclips wont let me link it directly as it is on a competing video service. It gives a great musical video tribute to all his seasons and ends on a positive note about him.
Tennant and Eccleston are tied as my favorites (never watched the original series, sorry), but Smith was great. I genuinely hated him at first, simply because he was "the guy I have to put up with after 10", but I grew to love him.
David Tennant was a huge Doctor Who fan when he was a kid. He became an actor because of Doctor Who. His dream job was to play the Doctor. He never thought it would happen. His dream came true. The choice to leave was really difficult. His last line "I don't want to go" was a feeling both the character and actor felt
Fun Fact: When wilf is talking about his time in the war Bernard Cribbins his actor was actually in the war so Respect and rest in peace to him for sharing his time in the war
Not to diminish his service, but like he said in the episode, he was part of the regiment in Mandatory Palestine, where there was no war - save between Arab and Jewish militias. He also signed up in 1947, which was after the war was over. The closest he got to it was a posting in Germany in 49.
@@Longshanks1690 He was born 29th December 1928, so 1947 would have been shortly after he turned 18. He signed up as soon as he was old enough. Not many 18 year olds would do the same now.
Seeing Nurse Redferns grand daughter always makes me cry cause redfern wasn't a companion, she didn't travel the the stars and fight devils and demons and would be gods. She was just an average woman and yet she had such an immeasurable impact on the doctor that he felt the need to see how her story turned out in the end.
Wilf (which he wasn't even called) was just meant to be a short one-time appearence in the "Titanic" Christmas Special. Then he got re-introduced. And expanded. And even for the small number of times he showed up... he is my favorite companion ever. The great Bernard Cribbens gave him life and soul, and I don't know anyone who wouldn't be proud to call this man their dad or grandad.
@@thepandorica1660 It was originally Stan in the script, but the decision to reintroduce him as Donna's grandfather happened before the Titanic episode went out so he's credited as Wilf there.
Whilst I'm not the biggest fan of The End of Time, I do absolutely love the reveal that The Doctor time-locked the Time War not because of The Daleks, but because of The Timelords and what they were planning
I still remember the way my heart sank when I realised "He will knock four times" wasn't referring to The Master... And The Doctor going back to see all of his companions once last time with this face before the end... truly heart breaking. I've also never not been broken by "...if you were my dad." Eccleston and Tennant's time on the show may be my personal favourite, but the adventure of a lifetime is still far from over. As Ood Sigma says "This song is ending, but the story never ends." You have some genuinely cracking things to look forward to, and what can I say to that but "Fantastic" or "Allons-y!" or perhaps, as our new Doctor said at the end there "Geronimooooo!" I'll leave you with the lyrics to "Vale Decem," the final song given by the Ood to The Tenth Doctor, in the original Latin along with an English translation: Vale decem (Farewell Ten), Ad aeternam (On to Eternity), Di meliora (The fates be with you), Ad aeternam (On to Eternity), Vale decem (Farewell Ten), Di meliora (The fates be with you), Beati (Oh blessed be), Pacifici (He who brought us peace), Vale decem (Farewell Ten), Alis grave (Lay down your burden), Ad perpetuam (We will remember you), Memoriam (Forever more), Vale decem (Farewell Ten), Gratis tibi ago (We give you thanks), Ad aeternam (On to Eternity), Numquam singularis (You are not alone), Numquam (Never), Dum spiro fido (Trust to the last), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell), Vale (Farewell)... "I don't want to go..."
I was young and very, very invested in the story the first time I saw this and the moment Wilf knocked four times I was sick to my stomach. And he was a soldier to the "end", willing to sacrifice himself if necessary. RIP Bernard Cribbins.
@@julesreacts You're quite welcome! Oh, and one more thing I forgot to mention! The four-beat "Heartbeat of a timelord" pattern that is The Master's never ending drumbeat might also be familiar to you in another way - it's also the rhythm of the Doctor Who theme music!
Hi Jules, if memory serves the older woman who appears to Wilf and at the end (covering her face like a Weeping Angel) was originally supposed to be the Doctor's mother in the script but was ultimately removed so that fans could make up their own minds about it. At the very end when Wilf asks the Doctor who she was, he looks at Sylvia and then to Donna, to mother and then child, which helps settle for me that it was indeed the Doctor's mother we got to see. Great reaction and I hope you enjoy the era of Eleven :)
I prefer to go with what RTD envisioned for it and what all the actors were told and thus played out in filming. It's the Doctor's mother. It's the only thing that makes sense with the Doctor's look, like a lost little boy trying to get help from mother, when he looks at her.
Either Susan or Romana would have been much better choices, IMO. They were both developed characters who viewers had actually met. The Doctor's mother, not so much. Unless she just doesn't want to do it, it's absolutely criminal that they haven't had Carole Ann Ford reprise her role as Susan in some capacity.
@@Alpha101Wolf_MC I think we're on the same page. But I don't actually know anything about that, I stopped watching DW halfway through 12's second series. He deserved so much better.
The 5 stages of grief of seeing a regeneration and a couple of episodes of the new Doctor 1. Sadness of seeing 'your' Doctor dyeing. 2. Saying 'I don't know about this new guy' 3. Comparing the previous Doctor to this new one and being annoyed, angry confusion about their first 2 or 3 episodes as they make the character their own 4. Accept this new Doctor and maybe start liking him 5. Their last series wondering what the next Doctor is going to be like and not looking forward to see the next regeneration And Repeat
That scene on the spaceship when the doctor is told to take the gun and save everyone is so wonderfully done. Bernard is always on the verge of tears at the best of times but when he says the doctor is the most wonderful man he's ever met, it's as if he was talking in real life. RIP you sweet man xx
The scene with Captain Jack took place in his timeline right after one of the most horrible sequences of events for him in Torchwood. So he needed some help. And you can see more David Tennant in the TV show Broadchurch. Three seasons.
The moment with Tennant in agony inside the box is probably my favourite scene in the entire show - the acting, the music, the context and writing, it’s all perfect. The Doctor, a godlike being who has survived encounters with the most dangerous beings in the universe, wants nothing more than to live - and he can’t, because he’s facing the one person who can stop the Doctor - a pure, innocent civilian who also deserves to live, and whom only the Doctor can save. As such, this incomprehensible man who knows more than almost anything else alive, and can get out of even the most dangerous of situations alive, makes the ultimate sacrifice; alone, afraid and in pain in an empty room, in the universal equivalent of the middle of nowhere. The only man who will ever know about this sacrifice can’t even tell the others he’s doing it for. Then, he dies. No sudden twist to save him, no magic cure, and he doesn’t even get that bittersweet company of a companion. Above all, he truly, genuinely doesn’t want to go. Truly powerful and unique. Prime Doctor Who right there.
Incase you didn’t know, when rose saw the doctor it was before she met him and he was in the shadows that’s why she didn’t remember meeting him before. It was such a good ending how he went back to visit everyone and saves some people
There's so much happening in this episode that I think there's one part that gets overlooked. The beginning when he tells The Master it would be his honor to travel the Universe with him. It's the only time in the entire show when The Doctor admits someone is superior to him and their knowledge and understanding of existence is greater than his. He genuinely wants to travel with The Master because he knows he could learn so much that he'll otherwise never understand.
There are so many tear jerking moments in this episode but the bit that gets me every time is when he says "Jeffery Noble" and the reactions from Wilf and Silvia. The fact that the Doctor was able to make Donna's life as comfortable as he could and by getting a quid from her deceased father, therefore her dad from beyond the grave was the one that made it happen... Just beautiful in the way only Doctor Who can
I think it was that moment for Sylvie that made her realise just how amazing the Doctor is, not in a grand scale like saving the world cos she's already seen that, but how amazing he is in a personal and small way.
i love what they did with the wedding present, it isnt just a great gift because its a lottery ticket, its the fact that he went back to get donnas father to pay for it so the doctor made it possible for him to buy his daughter a wedding present while providing a comfortable life for his whole family
The Time Lords used to be good people, before Rassilon became The Lord High President. He was the perfect leader for a war, and he did help turn the tide. But he was not the sort of leader who was good in peace time, nor the sort to give up his power. Under his rulership, the Time Lord's became as feared as the Daleks. It was also theorised that the reason the Doctor's regeneration was so explosive was because the massive dosage of radiation destabilised his DNA.
Uh, have you watched the classic show at all? The timelords were nearly always portrayed as either a nuisance at best or downright antagonistic at worst. The Doctor has a whole speech about how the monsters he's fought are nothing compared to the evil the timelords are capable of, and that's long before rassilon returned.
@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502I don’t think they were ever outright villains, but they were portrayed as pompous, vain, arrogant and out of touch with the rest of the universe, lording it over creation. It was a stifling and sterile environment, which is what drew the Doctor to travelling in the first place. Certainly dangerous with the power they wielded but mostly they used that power to be self-righteous windbags and they didn’t become active villains until this episode.
Also, with the regeneration, part of the reason it was so violent & explosive was because he'd held it off for so long, visiting every former companion (of only a handful of which we saw onscreen)
@@legendg219 I think that it may be to do with the Radiation dosage, and how it may have permanently affected the Doctor's DNA. I always noticed how each regeneration seems to become more and more unstable every time, with the amount of pure energy that is expelled from the Doctor's body. And every time, the Tardis console room has changed. I think this is probably because there is too much damage each time to keep it, so it is 'archived' in the Tardis data banks.
@@TheNovaBridger That could be a reason too. I think that the radiation may have permanently altered and damaged the Doctor's DNA. So much so, that each regeneration becomes more and more unstable.
Your reaction to Wilf knocking is all of us. EVERYONE was so shocked by it, it was heartbreaking. But Wilf is worth it. Wilf is incredible, and kind, and so, so sweet. Him and the Doctor talking is SUCH a lovely part of it, everything about Wilf being his dad, how they'd both be honoured, it makes me cry everytime. And the Doctor truly is honoured to be able to save him. The fact that after that whole adventure, going through all that, he survives, and then it's his love that kills him. It's just so fitting. The look Martha and Sarah Jane both give the Doctor. The same look. They just know. It's such a beautiful sequence, him visiting them all, but they can tell it's goodbye, and it breaks their hearts right along with ours. We're about to have a new showrunner, new doctor, new companion, new everything, so this was done as a sort of 'rounding off' of RTD's time running the show. Obviously it's the same show, same timeline, it's not like this is all being cast aside or forgotten, but this is the end of RTD's big plan, his grand scheme of connected characters and shows and linking everything together, and he knows the new showrunner has plans of his own, so this is kind of a 'last hurrah' of checking in on certain people from this era, just in case we don't see them again.
We think he's escaped the prophesy . . . and then the simple, ordinary knock comes in sets of 4, and we know. And we know that the Doctor knows, too, because even though he rails against the situation and even though he does have a choice, it's a choice he made the instant he heard the knock and understood; it was not possible for him to make any other. It absolutely gutted me -- and still brings me to tears rewatching it.
When I first watched this episode, it was Ten’s last scene that brought me to tears, obviously. Now, it’s Sarah Jane’s. Unbeknownst to anyone, that was going to be her final scene in Doctor Who, and it’s so simple but also so powerful at the same time. She just looks at him, fills with glee and smiles… but with a bittersweet undertone that says she knows this will be their final meeting. This shouldn’t have been the last time she was ever in the show, but I’m oddly glad this is the one.
each of us cry the same when our fav doctor regenerate.. mine is not here yet but i understand the feeling. i can asure you that what is next is going to be epic.
Don't worry, Jules. Losing your favorite Doctor is part and parcel of "Doctor Who". But the 11th Doctor is going to go through a lot. A lot of happiness, a lot of grief. And trust me, you're gonna like it.
God I always go into this like “this happened 14 years ago, you are a big man now instead of a child, you can do this without tearing up” then all the stuff happens and ends with “I don’t want to go” and I’m nearly sobbing because David was my Doctor too. The upside is Matt is REALLY REALLY good and his era is a lot of fun and heartbreaking too, he had MASSIVE shoes to fill after David and people thought the show would’ve been over without him, he pulls it off though and he is widely regarded as a top doctor.
RUclips has deleted my attempts to link this before, but if you google "Tenth doctor the musical", you will find a wonderfully done musical video summary of the 10th doctors adventures. It also ends on an up note which removed some of my sadness at the end of that version of the character.
The mystery woman was implied to be The Doctor's mother (and I think revealed to be so in an interview), tho it's never stated in the show itself. Another fun call back is the song playing in that bar where Jack is. It's 'My Angel Put the Devil in Me', the song Tallulah sang in Daleks in Manhatten.
Just learned that the song that played during his regeneration is called "Vale Decem" which means "Goodbye Ten" in latin... and it´s breaking my soft little heart
Bernard Cribbins gets me every time in this episode - he was also a big part of the first Doctor Who thing I ever saw as a kid, being the 60's Doctor Who film Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (bit of a weird one and even harder to explain its existence - very much of its time but worth a watch). Saw him in so much growing up and always loved him, such a great man
My headcanon to explain the existence of the Peter Cushing movies is that he's the aged version of the metacrisis Doctor, who went off to live with Rose, built/grew his own tardis, and had his own adventures with that universe's version of Daleks.
And once again, the cycle completes and we lose another Doctor, breaking our hearts, but as with every loss, we get introduced to a new one, and rest assure, I am sure that in time the floppy haired overgrown child that is the 11th Doctor will worm his way into your heart, and then shatter it all over again when his time comes and the clock strikes 12. Also, a fun little thing, the Doctor visiting his past companions was a lot longer than what we see on the screen, according to something the 11th Doctor says later, he went back to see _all_ his companions, every single one. Additionally, there is, or at least was a companion magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, which had a comic in it, and during this year, the Doctor had two original companions to replace Donna after her departure (one of whom was a descendent from 2nd Doctor Companion Jaime McCrimon) and in the last issue before series 5 started, the comic was a catchup with them, ending with the reveal that this is their stop on the Doctor's tour down memory lane.
Farewell Ten, you were magnificent. And farewell to the head writer/show runner up until now, Russel T Davis, who also left after this episode. From this point onwards the show runner will be Steven Moffat, the writer behind The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. I hope you enjoy your time with the Eleventh Doctor, who is played by Matt Smith and is the youngest actor to play the Doctor in the Doctor so far at the age of 26 when he was cast.
For me this is what it all comes down to: Everything that happens; the master, the time lords with their grand plan etc and it’s him saving just 1 more person that kills him😢 That’s the tragic beauty of this show.
The "knocks four times" thing, and the fact that we hear Wilf do that is... pretty perfect really. Jules got it straight away too. I remember that moment myself, when you realise the Doctor has to save him.
David Tennant's acting throughout the three series was fantastic, but he absolutely shined in these last two episodes. So much emotion delivered perfectly! But the quality absolutely continues with the next series. Really looking forward to seeing you begin.
I can totally get that! It's so hard to move on and accept a new Doctor. I try really hard not to compare and I truly hope that all the Doctors are wonderful and magnificent in their own way 💜
@@julesreacts The brigadier summed it up best when he spoke about the doctor - Wonderful chap, all of them. As great as Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant were, Matt Smith The 11th Doctor Is my favourite of the nu who doctors. His introduction considering it was such a tough act to follow, where the BBC were even considering not carrying on the show after Tenants success, is a masterpiece of TV. Having a completely new slate with new showrunners and no linking companion from a regeneration. Your reactions and feelings to it all sums up what Doctor who's all about and what makes it such a unique program. It's the reason why the shows still going after 60 years and how fans have felt throughout all the eras. ❤️
Tennant is my favourite and one of my fav actors - but also kinda great that you haven’t seen Matt Smith in anything/didn’t recognise him :o, he’s a great actor too
Your reaction to the new doctor was the exact same as all of us. So much emotion saying goodbye to someone we loved so much, you just don’t have the emotional capacity to love this new guy yet. But like 9-10, you carry on and before you know it he’s The Doctor you know and love. There’s certainly plenty to look forward to!
I didn't! even Matt Smith being one of my favorite actors didn't help, especially by seeing how much bad written his era turned out to be which maybe my 11-18 years old might have liked but not on rewatch and although I always return to 2005-2010 era, I can live another ten years without needing future seasons
Not only was this the end for david tennant's 10th doctor, but it was also russel t davies' last episode as showrunner. The next doctor is Matt Smith and the next showrunner is stephen Moffat who wrote the episodes Blink and The Empty Child 2 parter as well as creating Sherlock (with mark gatiss) So, you're allowed to mourn the passing of 10, but take comfort knowing that exciting things are coming.
This is the end of an era. It’s a goodbye to many of these wonderful characters and wonderful time. The best era of doc who. So many call backs, so many tears! Also, where Jack is follows up from the most heartbreaking Torchwood season… he’s been through a lot of things…
It's been a while since I read it, but I once read that the Time Lord lady (Time Lady?) who was speaking with Wilf was (at least at one point) supposed to be The Doctor's mother.
Ohhhh probably wont see this but been on a re watch reaction run today and wanted to add when they said Geoffrey Noble. Fun fact but one he appeared in the special where Donna first appeard and 2 there is a deleted scene for series 4 episode 1 with Geoffrey noble because originally Geoffrey noble was to do the stuff Wilfred Mott ended up doing but after the actors death they changed Wilfs character to fit in with the Nobles.
When David left the show and the relatively unknown Matt Smith took over everyone thought it was going to be downhill from that point but Smith filled the enormous shoes left by Tennant and made the role his own. You have so many new adventures to look forward to 🎉🎉🎉
Season 4 is hands down my favorite season of all of Doctor Who, both old and new. I love watching people go from side-eyeing Donna in Runaway Bride to blubbing about her fate. They were the perfect pair.
The character Verity Newman is named after Verity Lambert, who was the first producer in the original series, and Sydney Newman, who created the series. The Master's original plan was to trap Earth in the Time War in place of Gallifrey.
Your doctor who reactions are my favorite, I love your emotion and love for the doctor, it brings me back to when I first saw these episodes, I felt the same as you with every song regeneration, new doctor shows up, and I fall for each doctor eventually
LOL. What she didn't realise is that The End of Time Part 2 isn't "an episode", it's _"the_ episode"; the zenith of the show, bridging the two great Doctors of the modern series.
Hey there, Jules. I know this is difficult now, saying goodbye to the Doctor, perhaps even YOUR Doctor. Having been a fan of the show since 1978, I know how it feels. Saying goodbye to Four (Tom Baker) was very hard for me as a kid. I tend to be a bit skeptical of new Doctors, and had been skeptical of Tennant as well, though he won me over pretty quickly. And even though I was ready for Tennant to depart after the events of "The Waters of Mars", I wasn't sold on Matt Smith when his casting was announced. But let me tell you that before "The Eleventh Hour" had even wrapped, Matt Smith had totally won my heart as Eleven, who went on to become my most beloved Doctor of the revived show for the longest time. I think you're going to love him, because perhaps more than anyone else since Tom Baker, Smith just seemed like he absolutely WAS the Doctor, and was absolutely born to play the part of a very old man in the body of a very young one. But for now, by all means mourn the loss of Ten a bit before you buckle up for your next journey in the TARDIS. I absolutely cannot wait to see your reaction to "The Eleventh Hour," and I'm almost certainly going to watch the full-length version to boot. Until then, be well!
Awww thank you... It makes me feel better knowing the Eleventh Doctor is so loved. He really does seem lovely, from what I've seen so far. I used to think the Ninth Doctor was MY Doctor, then I fell in love with the Tenth Doctor. And now I wonder if I'll feel the same with them all. I think that David Tennant gave us a very, very special era of Doctor Who. One that I will never forget 💜
We may have loved him before, but to me this episode really cements Wilf as one of the all-time best companions/companion-adjacent characters in the history of Doctor Who. One thing that I think sets him apart is how he is one of the few characters who we see really genuinely care for the Doctor as a person. Farewell Wilfred. RIP Bernard Cribbins. ❤
You do know that Bernard Cribbins was in Daleks Invasion Earth a 1966 movie with Peter Cushin playing the Doctor, which basically makes him a Dr Who Legend...May he R.I.P...
The woman who had been punished to have her hands over her face like a weeping angel is sorta unofficially/at least at this time meant to be the doctors mother - thats what the writer said and implied when showing Sylvia in frame with Donna when Wilf asks who she was
This is such a sad moment for me in Doctor Who. It's an end of an incredible era with Russell T Davies. It's the end of my favorite Doctor. It's much more than just a new Doctor, it's the end of something incredible. When I first watched Doctor Who, I was introduced to it from my cousin. Shortly after that, I was in a really bad state in my life. I stayed in my room and didn't really leave for weeks at a time. I binged watched Doctor Who for all that time. I would wake up, watch Doctor Who, and then go to bed pretty much. Watching the incredible stories of the Doctor and his companions really helped me out a lot. Seeing Rose want more for her life than the mundane filled me with so much hope even though I knew I would never live such an interesting life as her of course. This era of Doctor Who will always and forever be an important part of my life and who I am. This finale still makes me sad even after all this time, even after seeing it so many times. Being sad though means that you care. It means that the stories and the characters all impacted you in a meaningful way. I will never trade that for anything. It's okay to be sad. Thank you so much Jules for these videos. It may seem overly dramatic, but it's been such a joy watching these again with you. I'm excited to see you start on the next episode in a whole new journey with the next Doctor.
I'm glad that Doctor Who was there to help you through that. Not every tv show can do that for someone. Doctor Who means SO MUCH to SO MANY. I remember laying in bed when I was just a little kid, hoping for the TARDIS to appear, and the Doctor to take me away...
First there was tearful Rose's "I love you," and the Doctor unable to say it back before the connection was broken. Then...knock, knock, knock, knock, the Doctor's last words, "I don't want to go." So heartbreakingly tragic. How brilliantly acted!
I remember was I was little thinking that Doctor Who couldn't possibly go on after David Tennant but you're in for an absolute treat with Matt Smith...I promise!
Fun Fact: They actually foreshadowed Wilf’s involvement in The Tenth Doctor’s regeneration at the end of Series 4 Episode 5 *’The Poison Sky’* when Wilfred and Donna’s mother step out of their house. It’s only then do we see that their house is *#11*
This is just...the most crushing thing i had to watch. Ever. In my life. It gets me every time. The acting is just perfect. The writing is top score. And the music on top of all that is just destroying... The saddest "good bye" in the history of TV shows. The true meaning for the 4-knock-end was just terrifying to reveal. It just shows how much the character of the Doctor lives up to its name. Knowing that Wilf could die if he's left in there, and knowing that he himself can just get though it and regenerate, just shows the essence of the Doctor: that he's willing to sacrifice himself just for one person. Even if he regenerates, he loses his self to another future self. He gets replaced. I will continue to cry to this episode till the end of time. As for the new Doctor, he grew on me. Curious how fast the new adventures and mindfuk will grow on you, as well as the new Doc.
I feel everything you wrote!!! It was SO sad that it was Wilf all along.... I never, ever would have thought that and I'm thankful that it wasn't spoiled! It's one of the biggest shocks I've had so far either Doctor Who. Thank you 💜
This episode is so good and so so sad. I remember being so heartbroken to say goodbye to David. Eleven (Matt), however, is my personal absolute #1 favorite and I can't wait for you to fall in love with him just like you did with Ten ❤️❤️
This was probably one of my all time favourite episodes so far. It was just SO well done. I am excited to meet a new Doctor! We will miss the Tenth Doctor, but we need to embrace the new ones as well 🥰
I occasionally watched 10 when I was at my grandmother's place, I got into DW around 2012-2013 when Matt Smith was already The Doctor, but reruns of 10 aired on BBC America when I visited my grandma. I finally binged 9, 10, and the first part of 11 on Netflix when I found it. I had just caught up in time for the 50th Anniversary and I watched the 50th Anniversary on a, probably, sketchy website. 🤣 11 was and still is my favorite. I look forward to you getting to know him too!
Elisabeth Sladen's knowing look is usually what gets me. She has experienced a doctor regeneration as a companion, so for her to recognize the look in his eyes and her watery welling up in hers, and my own tear floodgates open.
I forgot to mention on your previous episode that if the first part made you cry that much, this one I expected there would be a torrent of tears… yeah. It was a long send off though, lots of solo episodes to say goodbye to David and this incarnation of the Doctor. It’s probably been said, but that “I don’t want to go” was equal parts from David as it was the character, he absolutely loves this role. The prolonged goodbye should have been something we got with Christopher, but the sourness of certain real world events caused a split between him and people at the BBC and some who worked this show behind and in front of the camera. Certain things went on that should have been addressed, but as much as it was not that long ago, it was still a time where certain things went unpunished or at least not taken care of as well as they should be and that’s how things went and sometimes unfortunately still go in this industry. As for specifics, you can look it into yourself if you wish, but sometimes some watchers just want to it know, they don’t want to ruin certain characters. I don’t think it does, but I understand how it can rob some people of joy in watching something so it’s not for me to do that. Anyway, that’s not where I intended to go with my comment, more so a lament over what Christopher could have had with his departure. I love David’s acting as Ten, but it just makes me sad Chris didn’t have time to explore as long as David did with his character, so this ending for Ten makes me bittersweet over 9’s ending too. Collectively it’s nice though, because I think David intentionally borrowed some mannerisms from Chris’ portrayal, especially early on and then made some of himself, that’s the awesome thing about this character, which each new actor colours in a little more of the personality and history of the Doctor and they all make it a little better in some way, some larger than others, and David by far left the largest mark on the modern Doctor. Can’t wait to what you think of 11 though, he has some fantastic moments and jumps boldly into things and has some really wonderful moments. As do some certain new people coming along… it’ll be great to see!
Joe 💜 I'm so glad you enjoyed this episode as much as I did. I do know what you mean about Christopher. His regeneration seemed rather quick compared to David. It does feel that David was so loved at the time. I don't know what future regenerations are like and if they get the same send off as David, but I hope so for their sake 💜
The lady was supposed to be the doctor’s mum, but the writer revised the script to make it implied rather than directly told. When asked who she was, the doctor nodded at Sylvia to imply “mum”. I tell ya the tone shift between doctors can give you whiplash. That’s because David’s exit was the last of Russell Davies script and the new doctor was Steven Moffats script.
I remember this as it was airing at the time. David Tennant was EVERYWHERE on the BBC that Christmas, in idents, guesting on other shows (Such as QI and hosting a Doctor Who-themed edition of "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" with Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins also as guests, which was hilarious), it was a massive deal. The episodes were a great send-off to the 10th Doctor, but also the true end of an era, as along with Tennant leaving the show, Russell T Davies also stepped down as showrunner (Until his return last year), with Series 5 not just marking the debut of Matt Smith, but the beginning of Steven Moffatt's run in charge (he was already a writer on the show, "Blink" being his most iconic episode). Give Smith a chance. I know you were invested in the 10th Doctor, we all were back then, but once he's settled in after that first episode, he will win you over, hopefully. And if you're still mourning 10, You have the 50th Anniversary "The Day of the Doctor" to look forward to!
I think the ending of this episode still makes me cry more than any other DW episode. I know how sad you’re feeling, but I think you’ll warm up to the new Doctor in no time. In my opinion, next season is when DW gets really good! The stories, the writing, the plot twists. I love Tennant’s Doctor, but Matt Smith will always be my favorite.
This is one of the hardest episodes, and yet one of my favorite, David to me will always be my favorite Doctor, though the next Doctor does come in a very, very close second. this episode has another of the five greatest Doctor speeches in it, but more importantly, it has the best moment of any Doctor episode because David was so beloved by the fans and Crew, that he was given a reward that no other Doctor ever got, he got to say fare well to all his companions and friends before regenerating. I know it's sad, and a new Doctor will be hard to get used to, but, wellllllll........
Charlie 👋💜 I will absolutely miss David's "wellllll's" but that's what I have you for now 🤭 that's you're new role, whether you chose to accept it or not! I've seen a few episodes now with 11 and I'm definitely warming up to him. So I'm hopeful 💜
this episode always gets me that scene with Wilf and the doctor on the ship is fantastic. I also love the scene between the master and the doctor I always saw the noise in the masters head as symmetry to the doctors trauma all the screams he'd hear this especially hits with the "I don't know what id be without that noise". Finally the moment at the wedding the doctor giving donna one last gift from her father as he couldn't himself and that gift being a winning ticket making sure she is taken care of so poetic.
Love how real and raw your emotions are. You can't fake that. Everything you felt is what we fans felt at the time. You have so much joy and sadness still to come.
Thank you 💜💜 this is why I want to just be myself when watching. I might not be the most professional, but I'd like to think what you see is real and genuine interest and emotion 🥰
i think rthis season is undeniably the absolute Pinnacle of both acting and writing in the entirety of Doctor Who, and the most Incredible season finale, Honestly i prefer this over Journeys End, The Raw Emotion compelled by the outstanding soundtrack and score, a true, FUCKING MASTERPIECE
RIP Elisabeth Sladen, her final appearance in the show. She passed away a year later in 2011, bringing an abrupt end to The Sarah Jane Adventures.
And we lost Bernard Cribbins in 2022.
Yeah, you can really see in that scene, how sick she must have been. It's an honor to have had her in this.
Sooo true
@@Shoomer1988 I won't live as long as Bernard, but if I'm a fifth of the man Wilf was, I will die happy.
her loss was one of the biggest in my life. the first time a celebrity’s death affected me. i was 10
11th Doctor: Geronimo!
Jules (and most of us): I'M NOT OVER DAVID YET
I started laughing that she was sobbing and confused with Matt Smith being all funny and quirky after that very emotional ending 😭😭
A think a lot of people who loved 10 would agree with that reaction. For me I picked up Doctor Who with 11 and man alive he hooked me completely.
@@Jon_FM same for me. I started with 11 so it wasn't hard for me to fall in love instantly
If you are feeling down after losing the tenth doctor. Google "Tenth doctor the musical". RUclips wont let me link it directly as it is on a competing video service. It gives a great musical video tribute to all his seasons and ends on a positive note about him.
Tennant and Eccleston are tied as my favorites (never watched the original series, sorry), but Smith was great. I genuinely hated him at first, simply because he was "the guy I have to put up with after 10", but I grew to love him.
David Tennant was a huge Doctor Who fan when he was a kid. He became an actor because of Doctor Who. His dream job was to play the Doctor. He never thought it would happen. His dream came true. The choice to leave was really difficult. His last line "I don't want to go" was a feeling both the character and actor felt
Funny how that seems to happen to Scottish Aries men. There was another.
@detectivesquirrel2621 Matt's last lines were the same. They reflected the Doctor and his feelings about leaving
Fun Fact: When wilf is talking about his time in the war Bernard Cribbins his actor was actually in the war so Respect and rest in peace to him for sharing his time in the war
Not to diminish his service, but like he said in the episode, he was part of the regiment in Mandatory Palestine, where there was no war - save between Arab and Jewish militias. He also signed up in 1947, which was after the war was over. The closest he got to it was a posting in Germany in 49.
@@chanceneck8072 Ive dont now leave me alone
Beat me to it good sir
@@Longshanks1690 He was born 29th December 1928, so 1947 would have been shortly after he turned 18. He signed up as soon as he was old enough. Not many 18 year olds would do the same now.
@@mrbrit1218 As I said, not diminishing that service but it is simply the case he didn’t fight in the war.
“i won’t stop you, sir, but is this it?” is one of the saddest lines in new who. wilf really thought he was going to die in that moment 😭
the doctor turning to wilf and saying "I'd be proud, if you were my dad" breaks me every time too
Wilfs ride or die, he's a real g
Seeing Nurse Redferns grand daughter always makes me cry cause redfern wasn't a companion, she didn't travel the the stars and fight devils and demons and would be gods. She was just an average woman and yet she had such an immeasurable impact on the doctor that he felt the need to see how her story turned out in the end.
I also respect him for not visiting Joan. He hurt her and broke her heart. She would never want to see him and I love that he understands that.
Wilf (which he wasn't even called) was just meant to be a short one-time appearence in the "Titanic" Christmas Special. Then he got re-introduced. And expanded. And even for the small number of times he showed up... he is my favorite companion ever. The great Bernard Cribbens gave him life and soul, and I don't know anyone who wouldn't be proud to call this man their dad or grandad.
What was he originally called? If it was something simple like Salesman then Wilf would still be his actual name
@@thepandorica1660 It was originally Stan in the script, but the decision to reintroduce him as Donna's grandfather happened before the Titanic episode went out so he's credited as Wilf there.
I can't imagine this show without Wilf. He was a highlight of this series for me!
@@julesreactsIt's a shame we didn't get to see him up there jiggling about with all those aliens for very long. 😂 RIP Bernard Cribbins.
“I don’t want to go” - most heartbreaking words in tv… also the exact opposite of “alonsy” 😢
The tenth Doctor's last line always get me welling up. It is the same when I see Wilf at Donna's wedding saluting.
Whilst I'm not the biggest fan of The End of Time, I do absolutely love the reveal that The Doctor time-locked the Time War not because of The Daleks, but because of The Timelords and what they were planning
I still remember the way my heart sank when I realised "He will knock four times" wasn't referring to The Master... And The Doctor going back to see all of his companions once last time with this face before the end... truly heart breaking. I've also never not been broken by "...if you were my dad."
Eccleston and Tennant's time on the show may be my personal favourite, but the adventure of a lifetime is still far from over. As Ood Sigma says "This song is ending, but the story never ends." You have some genuinely cracking things to look forward to, and what can I say to that but "Fantastic" or "Allons-y!" or perhaps, as our new Doctor said at the end there "Geronimooooo!"
I'll leave you with the lyrics to "Vale Decem," the final song given by the Ood to The Tenth Doctor, in the original Latin along with an English translation:
Vale decem (Farewell Ten),
Ad aeternam (On to Eternity),
Di meliora (The fates be with you),
Ad aeternam (On to Eternity),
Vale decem (Farewell Ten),
Di meliora (The fates be with you),
Beati (Oh blessed be),
Pacifici (He who brought us peace),
Vale decem (Farewell Ten),
Alis grave (Lay down your burden),
Ad perpetuam (We will remember you),
Memoriam (Forever more),
Vale decem (Farewell Ten),
Gratis tibi ago (We give you thanks),
Ad aeternam (On to Eternity),
Numquam singularis (You are not alone),
Numquam (Never),
Dum spiro fido (Trust to the last),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell),
Vale (Farewell)...
"I don't want to go..."
I was young and very, very invested in the story the first time I saw this and the moment Wilf knocked four times I was sick to my stomach. And he was a soldier to the "end", willing to sacrifice himself if necessary. RIP Bernard Cribbins.
love the fact that they say VALE (Farewell) 10 times in a row too. Such a cool, creative and perfect send off for the 10th
That's beautiful.... thank you for the lyrics 😭😭
@@julesreacts You're quite welcome!
Oh, and one more thing I forgot to mention! The four-beat "Heartbeat of a timelord" pattern that is The Master's never ending drumbeat might also be familiar to you in another way - it's also the rhythm of the Doctor Who theme music!
Hi Jules, if memory serves the older woman who appears to Wilf and at the end (covering her face like a Weeping Angel) was originally supposed to be the Doctor's mother in the script but was ultimately removed so that fans could make up their own minds about it.
At the very end when Wilf asks the Doctor who she was, he looks at Sylvia and then to Donna, to mother and then child, which helps settle for me that it was indeed the Doctor's mother we got to see.
Great reaction and I hope you enjoy the era of Eleven :)
I prefer to go with what RTD envisioned for it and what all the actors were told and thus played out in filming. It's the Doctor's mother. It's the only thing that makes sense with the Doctor's look, like a lost little boy trying to get help from mother, when he looks at her.
She IS the Doctor's mother. Doc Martin, that is.
Either Susan or Romana would have been much better choices, IMO. They were both developed characters who viewers had actually met. The Doctor's mother, not so much.
Unless she just doesn't want to do it, it's absolutely criminal that they haven't had Carole Ann Ford reprise her role as Susan in some capacity.
I like her as the doctors mother instead of the one we got from Jody’s time as a doctor
@@Alpha101Wolf_MC I think we're on the same page.
But I don't actually know anything about that, I stopped watching DW halfway through 12's second series. He deserved so much better.
The 5 stages of grief of seeing a regeneration and a couple of episodes of the new Doctor
1. Sadness of seeing 'your' Doctor dyeing.
2. Saying 'I don't know about this new guy'
3. Comparing the previous Doctor to this new one and being annoyed, angry confusion about their first 2 or 3 episodes as they make the character their own
4. Accept this new Doctor and maybe start liking him
5. Their last series wondering what the next Doctor is going to be like and not looking forward to see the next regeneration
And Repeat
18:25 - "Wilfred, its my honor." Still makes me cry. Also when Wilfred's final salute to the Doctor at Donna's wedding.
That scene on the spaceship when the doctor is told to take the gun and save everyone is so wonderfully done. Bernard is always on the verge of tears at the best of times but when he says the doctor is the most wonderful man he's ever met, it's as if he was talking in real life. RIP you sweet man xx
Wilf: They're cactuses, Doctor: that's cacti, Alien: that's racist.
Lmao
The scene with Captain Jack took place in his timeline right after one of the most horrible sequences of events for him in Torchwood. So he needed some help.
And you can see more David Tennant in the TV show Broadchurch. Three seasons.
The moment with Tennant in agony inside the box is probably my favourite scene in the entire show - the acting, the music, the context and writing, it’s all perfect. The Doctor, a godlike being who has survived encounters with the most dangerous beings in the universe, wants nothing more than to live - and he can’t, because he’s facing the one person who can stop the Doctor - a pure, innocent civilian who also deserves to live, and whom only the Doctor can save. As such, this incomprehensible man who knows more than almost anything else alive, and can get out of even the most dangerous of situations alive, makes the ultimate sacrifice; alone, afraid and in pain in an empty room, in the universal equivalent of the middle of nowhere. The only man who will ever know about this sacrifice can’t even tell the others he’s doing it for. Then, he dies. No sudden twist to save him, no magic cure, and he doesn’t even get that bittersweet company of a companion. Above all, he truly, genuinely doesn’t want to go. Truly powerful and unique. Prime Doctor Who right there.
Incase you didn’t know, when rose saw the doctor it was before she met him and he was in the shadows that’s why she didn’t remember meeting him before. It was such a good ending how he went back to visit everyone and saves some people
Yeah, I figured as much. It was so lovely that he had that quick visit with her 💜
There's so much happening in this episode that I think there's one part that gets overlooked. The beginning when he tells The Master it would be his honor to travel the Universe with him. It's the only time in the entire show when The Doctor admits someone is superior to him and their knowledge and understanding of existence is greater than his. He genuinely wants to travel with The Master because he knows he could learn so much that he'll otherwise never understand.
There are so many tear jerking moments in this episode but the bit that gets me every time is when he says "Jeffery Noble" and the reactions from Wilf and Silvia. The fact that the Doctor was able to make Donna's life as comfortable as he could and by getting a quid from her deceased father, therefore her dad from beyond the grave was the one that made it happen... Just beautiful in the way only Doctor Who can
I think it was that moment for Sylvie that made her realise just how amazing the Doctor is, not in a grand scale like saving the world cos she's already seen that, but how amazing he is in a personal and small way.
i love what they did with the wedding present, it isnt just a great gift because its a lottery ticket, its the fact that he went back to get donnas father to pay for it so the doctor made it possible for him to buy his daughter a wedding present while providing a comfortable life for his whole family
The Time Lords used to be good people, before Rassilon became The Lord High President. He was the perfect leader for a war, and he did help turn the tide. But he was not the sort of leader who was good in peace time, nor the sort to give up his power. Under his rulership, the Time Lord's became as feared as the Daleks.
It was also theorised that the reason the Doctor's regeneration was so explosive was because the massive dosage of radiation destabilised his DNA.
Uh, have you watched the classic show at all? The timelords were nearly always portrayed as either a nuisance at best or downright antagonistic at worst.
The Doctor has a whole speech about how the monsters he's fought are nothing compared to the evil the timelords are capable of, and that's long before rassilon returned.
@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502I don’t think they were ever outright villains, but they were portrayed as pompous, vain, arrogant and out of touch with the rest of the universe, lording it over creation. It was a stifling and sterile environment, which is what drew the Doctor to travelling in the first place.
Certainly dangerous with the power they wielded but mostly they used that power to be self-righteous windbags and they didn’t become active villains until this episode.
Also, with the regeneration, part of the reason it was so violent & explosive was because he'd held it off for so long, visiting every former companion (of only a handful of which we saw onscreen)
@@legendg219 I think that it may be to do with the Radiation dosage, and how it may have permanently affected the Doctor's DNA. I always noticed how each regeneration seems to become more and more unstable every time, with the amount of pure energy that is expelled from the Doctor's body. And every time, the Tardis console room has changed. I think this is probably because there is too much damage each time to keep it, so it is 'archived' in the Tardis data banks.
@@TheNovaBridger That could be a reason too. I think that the radiation may have permanently altered and damaged the Doctor's DNA. So much so, that each regeneration becomes more and more unstable.
Your reaction to Wilf knocking is all of us. EVERYONE was so shocked by it, it was heartbreaking. But Wilf is worth it. Wilf is incredible, and kind, and so, so sweet. Him and the Doctor talking is SUCH a lovely part of it, everything about Wilf being his dad, how they'd both be honoured, it makes me cry everytime. And the Doctor truly is honoured to be able to save him.
The fact that after that whole adventure, going through all that, he survives, and then it's his love that kills him. It's just so fitting.
The look Martha and Sarah Jane both give the Doctor. The same look. They just know. It's such a beautiful sequence, him visiting them all, but they can tell it's goodbye, and it breaks their hearts right along with ours.
We're about to have a new showrunner, new doctor, new companion, new everything, so this was done as a sort of 'rounding off' of RTD's time running the show. Obviously it's the same show, same timeline, it's not like this is all being cast aside or forgotten, but this is the end of RTD's big plan, his grand scheme of connected characters and shows and linking everything together, and he knows the new showrunner has plans of his own, so this is kind of a 'last hurrah' of checking in on certain people from this era, just in case we don't see them again.
Heartbreaking note, allons y means "Let's go". He says this everytime just before he jumps into an adventure. His last line is "I don't want to go".
We think he's escaped the prophesy . . . and then the simple, ordinary knock comes in sets of 4, and we know. And we know that the Doctor knows, too, because even though he rails against the situation and even though he does have a choice, it's a choice he made the instant he heard the knock and understood; it was not possible for him to make any other. It absolutely gutted me -- and still brings me to tears rewatching it.
When I first watched this episode, it was Ten’s last scene that brought me to tears, obviously.
Now, it’s Sarah Jane’s. Unbeknownst to anyone, that was going to be her final scene in Doctor Who, and it’s so simple but also so powerful at the same time. She just looks at him, fills with glee and smiles… but with a bittersweet undertone that says she knows this will be their final meeting. This shouldn’t have been the last time she was ever in the show, but I’m oddly glad this is the one.
She did meet the 11th doctor
@@fireredninja9320 Delete spoiler JFC
7:38 no she’s not River. This woman is believed to be the woman who raised the First Doctor so basically his mother
Wilf's reminisce of the war is based on Bernard Cribbins' real life experience
each of us cry the same when our fav doctor regenerate.. mine is not here yet but i understand the feeling. i can asure you that what is next is going to be epic.
Fun fact: the song that plays when the Ood says they'll sing is titled "Vale Decem" which means "Goodbye Ten"
That's beautiful 💜
Don't worry, Jules. Losing your favorite Doctor is part and parcel of "Doctor Who". But the 11th Doctor is going to go through a lot. A lot of happiness, a lot of grief. And trust me, you're gonna like it.
God I always go into this like “this happened 14 years ago, you are a big man now instead of a child, you can do this without tearing up” then all the stuff happens and ends with “I don’t want to go” and I’m nearly sobbing because David was my Doctor too.
The upside is Matt is REALLY REALLY good and his era is a lot of fun and heartbreaking too, he had MASSIVE shoes to fill after David and people thought the show would’ve been over without him, he pulls it off though and he is widely regarded as a top doctor.
RUclips has deleted my attempts to link this before, but if you google "Tenth doctor the musical", you will find a wonderfully done musical video summary of the 10th doctors adventures. It also ends on an up note which removed some of my sadness at the end of that version of the character.
@@kyoshiro13 I know how you feel. I constantly get comments deleted by RUclips. Very irritating!
The mystery woman was implied to be The Doctor's mother (and I think revealed to be so in an interview), tho it's never stated in the show itself.
Another fun call back is the song playing in that bar where Jack is. It's 'My Angel Put the Devil in Me', the song Tallulah sang in Daleks in Manhatten.
i have so much to say but no spoils !! i must keep it for myself !! must resist !!!
Matt smith is a brilliant doctor you’re in good hands
Fear not... a star is about to be born... the clock strikes 🕚
Matt Smith is my fav Doctor. God I cannot WAIT for her to react
Matt Smith for Doctor but Tennant for story.
@@braytechexoscience2790
@@Jimmy_Jones No, Tennant is everything
Series 5 onwards was shit
Just learned that the song that played during his regeneration is called "Vale Decem" which means "Goodbye Ten" in latin... and it´s breaking my soft little heart
"I don't want to go" will forever be painful as that is how we felt, how The Doctor felt and how David felt
Bernard Cribbins gets me every time in this episode - he was also a big part of the first Doctor Who thing I ever saw as a kid, being the 60's Doctor Who film Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (bit of a weird one and even harder to explain its existence - very much of its time but worth a watch). Saw him in so much growing up and always loved him, such a great man
My headcanon to explain the existence of the Peter Cushing movies is that he's the aged version of the metacrisis Doctor, who went off to live with Rose, built/grew his own tardis, and had his own adventures with that universe's version of Daleks.
Jules: @ 0:27 I think I'm ready
Me: @ 0:28 Oh, my sweet summer child, no you are not
😭😭
And once again, the cycle completes and we lose another Doctor, breaking our hearts, but as with every loss, we get introduced to a new one, and rest assure, I am sure that in time the floppy haired overgrown child that is the 11th Doctor will worm his way into your heart, and then shatter it all over again when his time comes and the clock strikes 12.
Also, a fun little thing, the Doctor visiting his past companions was a lot longer than what we see on the screen, according to something the 11th Doctor says later, he went back to see _all_ his companions, every single one. Additionally, there is, or at least was a companion magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, which had a comic in it, and during this year, the Doctor had two original companions to replace Donna after her departure (one of whom was a descendent from 2nd Doctor Companion Jaime McCrimon) and in the last issue before series 5 started, the comic was a catchup with them, ending with the reveal that this is their stop on the Doctor's tour down memory lane.
Farewell Ten, you were magnificent. And farewell to the head writer/show runner up until now, Russel T Davis, who also left after this episode. From this point onwards the show runner will be Steven Moffat, the writer behind The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. I hope you enjoy your time with the Eleventh Doctor, who is played by Matt Smith and is the youngest actor to play the Doctor in the Doctor so far at the age of 26 when he was cast.
Vale, Decem!
And thus, my favorite era of this show begins.... 🥰
11 was amazing
Series 5 is my favourite series. I love Moffat.
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For me this is what it all comes down to:
Everything that happens; the master, the time lords with their grand plan etc and it’s him saving just 1 more person that kills him😢
That’s the tragic beauty of this show.
The "knocks four times" thing, and the fact that we hear Wilf do that is... pretty perfect really. Jules got it straight away too. I remember that moment myself, when you realise the Doctor has to save him.
David Tennant's acting throughout the three series was fantastic, but he absolutely shined in these last two episodes. So much emotion delivered perfectly! But the quality absolutely continues with the next series. Really looking forward to seeing you begin.
I remember I couldn’t get my head around David tennant not being the doctor anymore. David was my doctor and it was hard to move on for a little while
I can totally get that! It's so hard to move on and accept a new Doctor. I try really hard not to compare and I truly hope that all the Doctors are wonderful and magnificent in their own way 💜
@@julesreacts The brigadier summed it up best when he spoke about the doctor - Wonderful chap, all of them.
As great as Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant were, Matt Smith The 11th Doctor Is my favourite of the nu who doctors. His introduction considering it was such a tough act to follow, where the BBC were even considering not carrying on the show after Tenants success, is a masterpiece of TV. Having a completely new slate with new showrunners and no linking companion from a regeneration. Your reactions and feelings to it all sums up what Doctor who's all about and what makes it such a unique program. It's the reason why the shows still going after 60 years and how fans have felt throughout all the eras. ❤️
@supercall157 How did you think we felt when Tom Baker left whose been with the show longer than David Tennant has.
Took me years to watch series 5
Tennant is my favourite and one of my fav actors - but also kinda great that you haven’t seen Matt Smith in anything/didn’t recognise him :o, he’s a great actor too
This is still in my top three episodes of all time if not my favorite. It still gives me goosebumps watching to this day.
You know actually the one of the more recent specials is actually my favorite though it references this episode so it got extra points that way x3c
Hi Jules! here from Argentina, i saw this episode fifty times! And every time I cry! I was crying with you! Thank you for your reaction!
You're so welcome! Thank you 💜
Your reaction to the new doctor was the exact same as all of us. So much emotion saying goodbye to someone we loved so much, you just don’t have the emotional capacity to love this new guy yet. But like 9-10, you carry on and before you know it he’s The Doctor you know and love. There’s certainly plenty to look forward to!
You will like/love Eleven too. And then you will feel like this again after. It's the beauty of this show.
It's so hard, getting so attached... They really are brilliant, aren't they 💜
@@julesreacts Regeneration- it never gets any easier
I didn't! even Matt Smith being one of my favorite actors didn't help, especially by seeing how much bad written his era turned out to be which maybe my 11-18 years old might have liked but not on rewatch
and although I always return to 2005-2010 era, I can live another ten years without needing future seasons
Not only was this the end for david tennant's 10th doctor, but it was also russel t davies' last episode as showrunner.
The next doctor is Matt Smith and the next showrunner is stephen Moffat who wrote the episodes Blink and The Empty Child 2 parter as well as creating Sherlock (with mark gatiss)
So, you're allowed to mourn the passing of 10, but take comfort knowing that exciting things are coming.
Tennant was my first doctor and had been my favorite ever since
This is the end of an era. It’s a goodbye to many of these wonderful characters and wonderful time. The best era of doc who. So many call backs, so many tears!
Also, where Jack is follows up from the most heartbreaking Torchwood season… he’s been through a lot of things…
It's been a while since I read it, but I once read that the Time Lord lady (Time Lady?) who was speaking with Wilf was (at least at one point) supposed to be The Doctor's mother.
Ohhhh probably wont see this but been on a re watch reaction run today and wanted to add when they said Geoffrey Noble. Fun fact but one he appeared in the special where Donna first appeard and 2 there is a deleted scene for series 4 episode 1 with Geoffrey noble because originally Geoffrey noble was to do the stuff Wilfred Mott ended up doing but after the actors death they changed Wilfs character to fit in with the Nobles.
Ooh I have heard something like that! Very sad about the actor 😔 I haven't seen the deleted scene yet, I'll have to watch them all one day!
I just love how each actor brings their own touch to the Doctor. It's never the same, but it's still the same Doctor.
" I dont wanna go ". That gets me EVERYTIME . Davids DR will NEVER be beaten.
When David left the show and the relatively unknown Matt Smith took over everyone thought it was going to be downhill from that point but Smith filled the enormous shoes left by Tennant and made the role his own. You have so many new adventures to look forward to 🎉🎉🎉
Season 4 is hands down my favorite season of all of Doctor Who, both old and new. I love watching people go from side-eyeing Donna in Runaway Bride to blubbing about her fate. They were the perfect pair.
The character Verity Newman is named after Verity Lambert, who was the first producer in the original series, and Sydney Newman, who created the series.
The Master's original plan was to trap Earth in the Time War in place of Gallifrey.
Her face when Matt Smith appeared and it shifted to a more comedic tone 😭😭😭 same lmao
yeah Matt is great but it's always kind of a clumsy awkward scene after how emotional it was 5 seconds ago. No way around it though
I think if I watched that episode again, a few times, I'd appreciate the entrance of 11 a bit more. The first time watching is rough 😭😭
Your doctor who reactions are my favorite, I love your emotion and love for the doctor, it brings me back to when I first saw these episodes, I felt the same as you with every song regeneration, new doctor shows up, and I fall for each doctor eventually
Thank you!! I really appreciate your kind words 💜
Jules at the start "I'm ready for this"
Me "False"
Reactor: I am so ready for this next episode...
Whovians: No, you're not!!!
LOL. What she didn't realise is that The End of Time Part 2 isn't "an episode", it's _"the_ episode"; the zenith of the show, bridging the two great Doctors of the modern series.
The only thing I had ready were my tissues, as always 🤣
Literally my reaction
2:29 this is easily in my top 10 favorite dialogue scenes of all time Doctor Who... 😔😩😭
I make this bad joke on a technicality too often but, "he will knock sixteen times" just doesn't have the same prophetic ring to it 🤓
Well he knocked four times, four times.
@@alanbeaumont4848 I'll give him that 😅
Hey there, Jules.
I know this is difficult now, saying goodbye to the Doctor, perhaps even YOUR Doctor. Having been a fan of the show since 1978, I know how it feels. Saying goodbye to Four (Tom Baker) was very hard for me as a kid. I tend to be a bit skeptical of new Doctors, and had been skeptical of Tennant as well, though he won me over pretty quickly. And even though I was ready for Tennant to depart after the events of "The Waters of Mars", I wasn't sold on Matt Smith when his casting was announced.
But let me tell you that before "The Eleventh Hour" had even wrapped, Matt Smith had totally won my heart as Eleven, who went on to become my most beloved Doctor of the revived show for the longest time. I think you're going to love him, because perhaps more than anyone else since Tom Baker, Smith just seemed like he absolutely WAS the Doctor, and was absolutely born to play the part of a very old man in the body of a very young one.
But for now, by all means mourn the loss of Ten a bit before you buckle up for your next journey in the TARDIS. I absolutely cannot wait to see your reaction to "The Eleventh Hour," and I'm almost certainly going to watch the full-length version to boot. Until then, be well!
Awww thank you... It makes me feel better knowing the Eleventh Doctor is so loved. He really does seem lovely, from what I've seen so far.
I used to think the Ninth Doctor was MY Doctor, then I fell in love with the Tenth Doctor. And now I wonder if I'll feel the same with them all. I think that David Tennant gave us a very, very special era of Doctor Who. One that I will never forget 💜
When 9 became 10, Rose looked not only confused but shocked... because she swears she's seen his face somewhere before...
Really? That's cool! I thought someone said he stayed in the shadows, but I do love the thought of her having seen him.
Thus passes an era of Doctor Who. Highly nostalgic, though I’m personally more fond of this next era with 11. 11 is my doctor ❤️
I STILL cry at his regeneration. The way the music and emotion swell, it's just so powerful.
“You did this to me. All of my life! You made ME!” That part always gives me chills
We may have loved him before, but to me this episode really cements Wilf as one of the all-time best companions/companion-adjacent characters in the history of Doctor Who.
One thing that I think sets him apart is how he is one of the few characters who we see really genuinely care for the Doctor as a person. Farewell Wilfred. RIP Bernard Cribbins. ❤
You do know that Bernard Cribbins was in Daleks Invasion Earth a 1966 movie with Peter Cushin playing the Doctor, which basically makes him a Dr Who Legend...May he R.I.P...
The woman who had been punished to have her hands over her face like a weeping angel is sorta unofficially/at least at this time meant to be the doctors mother - thats what the writer said and implied when showing Sylvia in frame with Donna when Wilf asks who she was
This is such a sad moment for me in Doctor Who. It's an end of an incredible era with Russell T Davies. It's the end of my favorite Doctor. It's much more than just a new Doctor, it's the end of something incredible. When I first watched Doctor Who, I was introduced to it from my cousin. Shortly after that, I was in a really bad state in my life. I stayed in my room and didn't really leave for weeks at a time. I binged watched Doctor Who for all that time. I would wake up, watch Doctor Who, and then go to bed pretty much. Watching the incredible stories of the Doctor and his companions really helped me out a lot. Seeing Rose want more for her life than the mundane filled me with so much hope even though I knew I would never live such an interesting life as her of course. This era of Doctor Who will always and forever be an important part of my life and who I am. This finale still makes me sad even after all this time, even after seeing it so many times. Being sad though means that you care. It means that the stories and the characters all impacted you in a meaningful way. I will never trade that for anything. It's okay to be sad.
Thank you so much Jules for these videos. It may seem overly dramatic, but it's been such a joy watching these again with you. I'm excited to see you start on the next episode in a whole new journey with the next Doctor.
I'm glad that Doctor Who was there to help you through that. Not every tv show can do that for someone. Doctor Who means SO MUCH to SO MANY. I remember laying in bed when I was just a little kid, hoping for the TARDIS to appear, and the Doctor to take me away...
First there was tearful Rose's "I love you," and the Doctor unable to say it back before the connection was broken. Then...knock, knock, knock, knock, the Doctor's last words, "I don't want to go." So heartbreakingly tragic. How brilliantly acted!
The 10th Doctor had an epic run, and the 11th will not disappoint with an epic run of his own.
I’ve been exited all day for this reaction! Hope you’re having an amazing week Jules 😊
Thank you!! It's definitely getting there as tomorrow is FRIDAY 😅💜 I hope you enjoyed!! I thought it was just an incredible episode!!
I remember was I was little thinking that Doctor Who couldn't possibly go on after David Tennant but you're in for an absolute treat with Matt Smith...I promise!
It’s been years, and I’ll never heal from Wilf’s salute 😭
He's so special 💜
Fun Fact: They actually foreshadowed Wilf’s involvement in The Tenth Doctor’s regeneration at the end of Series 4 Episode 5 *’The Poison Sky’* when Wilfred and Donna’s mother step out of their house. It’s only then do we see that their house is *#11*
This is just...the most crushing thing i had to watch. Ever. In my life. It gets me every time. The acting is just perfect. The writing is top score. And the music on top of all that is just destroying... The saddest "good bye" in the history of TV shows. The true meaning for the 4-knock-end was just terrifying to reveal. It just shows how much the character of the Doctor lives up to its name. Knowing that Wilf could die if he's left in there, and knowing that he himself can just get though it and regenerate, just shows the essence of the Doctor: that he's willing to sacrifice himself just for one person. Even if he regenerates, he loses his self to another future self. He gets replaced. I will continue to cry to this episode till the end of time.
As for the new Doctor, he grew on me. Curious how fast the new adventures and mindfuk will grow on you, as well as the new Doc.
I feel everything you wrote!!! It was SO sad that it was Wilf all along.... I never, ever would have thought that and I'm thankful that it wasn't spoiled! It's one of the biggest shocks I've had so far either Doctor Who.
Thank you 💜
This episode is so good and so so sad. I remember being so heartbroken to say goodbye to David. Eleven (Matt), however, is my personal absolute #1 favorite and I can't wait for you to fall in love with him just like you did with Ten ❤️❤️
This was probably one of my all time favourite episodes so far. It was just SO well done. I am excited to meet a new Doctor! We will miss the Tenth Doctor, but we need to embrace the new ones as well 🥰
This one is a feeler.
My favorite doctor always seems to be the one I’m watching in that moment. Loved 10. Love 11.
Awww I love this! That's a good way to look at things.
I occasionally watched 10 when I was at my grandmother's place, I got into DW around 2012-2013 when Matt Smith was already The Doctor, but reruns of 10 aired on BBC America when I visited my grandma. I finally binged 9, 10, and the first part of 11 on Netflix when I found it. I had just caught up in time for the 50th Anniversary and I watched the 50th Anniversary on a, probably, sketchy website. 🤣 11 was and still is my favorite. I look forward to you getting to know him too!
I'm only new to the 11th Doctor but he's actually lovely so far 💜 he follows along from David very nicely!
The scene at Donna’s wedding. Oh my days! 😢 I can’t handle it! Farewell Ten 😔
Elisabeth Sladen's knowing look is usually what gets me. She has experienced a doctor regeneration as a companion, so for her to recognize the look in his eyes and her watery welling up in hers, and my own tear floodgates open.
I forgot to mention on your previous episode that if the first part made you cry that much, this one I expected there would be a torrent of tears… yeah. It was a long send off though, lots of solo episodes to say goodbye to David and this incarnation of the Doctor. It’s probably been said, but that “I don’t want to go” was equal parts from David as it was the character, he absolutely loves this role. The prolonged goodbye should have been something we got with Christopher, but the sourness of certain real world events caused a split between him and people at the BBC and some who worked this show behind and in front of the camera. Certain things went on that should have been addressed, but as much as it was not that long ago, it was still a time where certain things went unpunished or at least not taken care of as well as they should be and that’s how things went and sometimes unfortunately still go in this industry.
As for specifics, you can look it into yourself if you wish, but sometimes some watchers just want to it know, they don’t want to ruin certain characters. I don’t think it does, but I understand how it can rob some people of joy in watching something so it’s not for me to do that.
Anyway, that’s not where I intended to go with my comment, more so a lament over what Christopher could have had with his departure. I love David’s acting as Ten, but it just makes me sad Chris didn’t have time to explore as long as David did with his character, so this ending for Ten makes me bittersweet over 9’s ending too. Collectively it’s nice though, because I think David intentionally borrowed some mannerisms from Chris’ portrayal, especially early on and then made some of himself, that’s the awesome thing about this character, which each new actor colours in a little more of the personality and history of the Doctor and they all make it a little better in some way, some larger than others, and David by far left the largest mark on the modern Doctor. Can’t wait to what you think of 11 though, he has some fantastic moments and jumps boldly into things and has some really wonderful moments. As do some certain new people coming along… it’ll be great to see!
Joe 💜 I'm so glad you enjoyed this episode as much as I did.
I do know what you mean about Christopher. His regeneration seemed rather quick compared to David. It does feel that David was so loved at the time. I don't know what future regenerations are like and if they get the same send off as David, but I hope so for their sake 💜
The lady was supposed to be the doctor’s mum, but the writer revised the script to make it implied rather than directly told. When asked who she was, the doctor nodded at Sylvia to imply “mum”. I tell ya the tone shift between doctors can give you whiplash. That’s because David’s exit was the last of Russell Davies script and the new doctor was Steven Moffats script.
I remember this as it was airing at the time. David Tennant was EVERYWHERE on the BBC that Christmas, in idents, guesting on other shows (Such as QI and hosting a Doctor Who-themed edition of "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" with Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins also as guests, which was hilarious), it was a massive deal.
The episodes were a great send-off to the 10th Doctor, but also the true end of an era, as along with Tennant leaving the show, Russell T Davies also stepped down as showrunner (Until his return last year), with Series 5 not just marking the debut of Matt Smith, but the beginning of Steven Moffatt's run in charge (he was already a writer on the show, "Blink" being his most iconic episode).
Give Smith a chance. I know you were invested in the 10th Doctor, we all were back then, but once he's settled in after that first episode, he will win you over, hopefully.
And if you're still mourning 10, You have the 50th Anniversary "The Day of the Doctor" to look forward to!
I think the ending of this episode still makes me cry more than any other DW episode. I know how sad you’re feeling, but I think you’ll warm up to the new Doctor in no time. In my opinion, next season is when DW gets really good! The stories, the writing, the plot twists. I love Tennant’s Doctor, but Matt Smith will always be my favorite.
This is one of the hardest episodes, and yet one of my favorite, David to me will always be my favorite Doctor, though the next Doctor does come in a very, very close second. this episode has another of the five greatest Doctor speeches in it, but more importantly, it has the best moment of any Doctor episode because David was so beloved by the fans and Crew, that he was given a reward that no other Doctor ever got, he got to say fare well to all his companions and friends before regenerating. I know it's sad, and a new Doctor will be hard to get used to, but, wellllllll........
Charlie 👋💜 I will absolutely miss David's "wellllll's" but that's what I have you for now 🤭 that's you're new role, whether you chose to accept it or not!
I've seen a few episodes now with 11 and I'm definitely warming up to him. So I'm hopeful 💜
this episode always gets me that scene with Wilf and the doctor on the ship is fantastic. I also love the scene between the master and the doctor I always saw the noise in the masters head as symmetry to the doctors trauma all the screams he'd hear this especially hits with the "I don't know what id be without that noise". Finally the moment at the wedding the doctor giving donna one last gift from her father as he couldn't himself and that gift being a winning ticket making sure she is taken care of so poetic.
26:35 Years later and still my favorite season; although there are other top contenders nothing beats the Doctor and Donna for me.
I watched this when it first aired in 2010 and it took me MONTHS to recover.
7:53 wilfs little retelling there was inspired by a story Bernard cribbins himself told.
Love how real and raw your emotions are. You can't fake that. Everything you felt is what we fans felt at the time. You have so much joy and sadness still to come.
Thank you 💜💜 this is why I want to just be myself when watching. I might not be the most professional, but I'd like to think what you see is real and genuine interest and emotion 🥰
i think rthis season is undeniably the absolute Pinnacle of both acting and writing in the entirety of Doctor Who, and the most Incredible season finale, Honestly i prefer this over Journeys End, The Raw Emotion compelled by the outstanding soundtrack and score, a true, FUCKING MASTERPIECE
Trust me when I say you will love 11. I also mourned the loss of 10 and wasn't ready for 11. You will be pleasantly surprised ❤
So many emotions 😭 That resolution is just so much.
And now say hello to Eleven. 😮