I like how Amy's feelings in this episode are kind of used to mirror the audience. Amy doubts the Doctor and doesn't really trust him because of how he abandoned her as a child, while the audience is going in sceptical of whether Matt Smith can live up to David Tennant's legacy, so when the Doctor asks Amy to "believe for 20 minutes", it almost feels like he's talking to the audience as well, and asking them to believe in him too. That's just my interpretation of it, but for me it's just another factor that makes this already wonderful episode even better
This episode is, hands down, the best season opener the show has ever had, and quite high up the list for best episodes period. It had SO MUCH it needed to do (introduce Eleven, introduce Amy & supporting cast, new showrunner, new TARDIS, while also having a story of its own), and it does all of that and more while making it look easy. I've lost count how many times I've watched this episode (either on my own or in reaction videos) and still every time "Hello, I'm the Doctor" leaves me in chills.
That actress at the end who was also in Broadchurch only happens to be Bafta, Golden Globe and Oscar award winner Olivia Coleman, one of the most celebrated performers around. Steven Moffat is on record as saying one of his greatest regrets was under utilising her in this episode. Incidentally, in addition to Olivia, David Tennant and Arthur Darvil, I can think of about 5 other actors from Broadchurch who also appear in Doctor Who - mostly in future episodes, and a couple who end up with very major roles indeed! In fact, Broadchurch has not one, but three Doctors in the cast. That aside, great to see you both together, and really loo,ing forward to your reactions to Matt Smith's era and beyond. I really like this season opener, and feel it's one of the best. Certainly has a magical feel to it.
Well, she wouldn't be the first actor/actress to be "recycled" if she's put to greater use in the future. Not the least, Chibnall knows her quite well from Broadchurch. Alas, Doctor Who has a "talent" for underutilizing actors. They've had the likes of Derek Jacobi, David Suchet and other legends, and while at least Derek Jacobi came back reprising his role in other media, that's difficult for Suchet's role.
I love the contrast of Matt Smith's Doctor's personality vs the actions he takes. He's known as the Warrior, but he's the sweetest and kindest Doctor. He's the personification of what it means to be "gentle". A harmless man is incapable of significant violence. A gentle man is capable of GREAT harm, but CHOOSES not to.
Amy is surprisingly trusting of him when he says he can certainly get her back in time for "things" in the morning....considering five minutes turned into twelve years plus two.
much prefer smith to tennant and eccleston. his doctor is much more of a special unique figure to me. the previous two were just cool guys with a time machine whilst smith really feels like a complex ancient alien who is both desperate to be part of humanity and also far beyond it.
I think Eccleston pulled it off pretty well. I agree with Tennant though. He's my favorite actor to have played the Doctor, but I'm not a huge fan of how he was written. Almost all of the ancient alien feeling was gone and they pretty much just made him an action hero.
@@piggyintheshadows It also didn't help that Tennant's Doctor kind of went out like a bitch. His first episode, he spent the entire episode trying to convince Rose that he was the same man as the Ninth Doctor. His last episode was him whining through the last 20 minutes about how he was going to die and another man would be replacing him. Honestly, that last 20 minutes or so soured me on the Tenth Doctor for years.
@@KthulhuXxx Same. I have a hard time watching that era now. It soured me to Ten's character and it soured me to RTD's writing because it seemed like borderline sabotage. He was leaving so all he cared about was going out as dramatically as possible, having all the talk about him being dead and some stranger taking his place didn't help the transition whatsoever. If you look at the ratings almost two million people didn't tune in for Matt's first story. Some of that I'm sure was just the people who only watched for Tennant, but I have to think that exit made people hesitant as well.
@@piggyintheshadows Well, the writing makes or breaks a lot of things. I was sceptical about Matt Smith's ability to convey the age of the Doctor, given he was very young at the time, but the scene on the rooftop was not just badass, it was spot on to deliver the idea that this was a guy who was hundreds of years old, had thwarted scores of threats and wasn't going to be intimidated.
After I finished s4 I couldn’t bring myself to watch further for a while, probably close to 5 or 6 months. Then I went back to it and started watching Matt smith’s run and he has had my heart ever since I finished his run last year.
After Ten’s regeneration I was firmly against a new Doctor but I decided to give Matt Smith a chance. From the moment he threw a plate out the door I was hooked on him. He’s now my Doctor and nothing will stop that. You have to give every Doctor a go to see how they do. It’s just the nature of the show.
I for one am always excited when a new Doctor starts, and look forward to finding out what they bring to the role. Every Doctor is different, and yet the same. But I've been watching this show since I was a little kid more than 50 years ago, so I've gone through quite a few regenerations 🙂.
Twas ever so. Another podcast (Decorative Vegetable) has this as a feature at the end of each of their Classic Who reviews--listing the actors who have appeared before in Who (a surprising number are 'recycled' in different roles) and the other roles/shows in which guest actors have appeared.
The actress who plays Amy also appeared in S4 E2 about Pompeii....she was one of the soothsayers. Matt is my favourite so I'm very pleased that you warmed to him so quickly.... enjoy him whilst he lasts girls!
I think Matt Smith is my favorite modern doctor. I feel like Tenant is too “leading man” and not quite quirky enough. I like my doctors to have kind of a quirky weirdness to them and Smith has it in such a fun way.
Agreed, and Smith and Capaldi are my favourite NuWho Doctors for that very reason. They both convey "quirky", "weird" and - importantly - "alien" in ways that the others don't quite manage.
I personally believe that this was intentional. David Tennant's doctor was so human that he didn't want to regenerate at all - he felt too deeply and got too connected to his companions. Whereas, Matt Smith's doctor is quite removed and very alien-like; weird and quirky and totally crazy. And then 12 was really serious and almost the opposite of eclectic because 11's alienness and nature was, in the end, his companions' and his downfall.
Also, the phone that the Doctor is using at the end (the one he writes the virus on) is Rory's phone -- and that's why it has the pictures of the coma patients (which we know from when he was going to show the pics to his boss earlier). And that's why Amy can phone the Doctor. She knows Rory and Rory had given his phone to the Doctor.
I never see it mentioned in reactions, but I think the Doctor trying out different foods at the beginning is a reference to Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. When he first comes to the Hundred Acre he claims everything is his favourite food until he tries it, and then he hates it. What he eventually goes for is not fishfingers and custard, but Roo's strengthening medicine, but otherwise, Tigger and the Doctor share a certain similarity.
20:17 what I learned from being married is, "Never get married, just find someone you hate and buy them a house, it's the same thing only faster." 😁😂🤣😅
Oh, and Olivia Colman's character (who gets possessed by Prisoner Zero at the end with her two daughters) was a coma patient. You see her in the beginning when everyone is saying 'Doctor' in their sleep. It's easier to recognize her in that scene once you're familiar with Olivia -- especially as she has a distinctive voice.
If you've seen the BBC series Merlin, you might also recognise the character Jeff (the guy on his laptop) as Percival from Merlin. Other characters from Merlin also feature in Doctor Who, including Uther, Merlin and Gaius
Yes, Tom Hopper (who played Jeff and has been in stuff like 'The Umbrella Academy') is definitely British/English. In fact, he's only recently done American TV. :)
I've just found your reactions and I've really enjoyed the ones I've seen so far. This is the third time the Doctor has stolen clothes from a hospital after a regeneration. I love that continuity!
Speaking of actors you recognize, I had the strangest sense of deja vu with the man whom Amy tells to go and have coffee while she uses his car door to trap the Doctor. I only realized much later that he was also on an old guilty-pleasure series of mine: She-Wolf of London (he played Professor Ian Matheson’s father).
My favourite episode, TARDIS team and era (so far) and that's having been a fan since the very early 1980s. I hope you enjoy the ride, this is where things get complicated!
Keep in mind that not only is there a new Doctor, but the new Showrunner, Stephen Moffat, wanted to change the mood of the show away from just sci-fi, and give it more of a fairy-tale feel. You get a reference to this when the Doctor says "Amelia Pond.. like a fairy-tale".
The actress playing young Amy is actually Karen Gillan's cousin. P.S: It was funny that you compared Rassilon's death glove to Thanos' infinite gauntlet and then the next episode you have Nebula as a new companion ;D
The 11th Doctor is very rude at the beginning of this episode and I didn't like him, but by the time he said: "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically... Run", I was charmed. Not completely sold to his aggressive side, but charmed nonetheless. And I personally like your send-off of "Time... Space... " It is simple, but fitting. Not overly thought out or clever, but it makes it more real, like the two friends you are just watching a tv show together.
Missy, you missed one. Broadchruch has Tenant, Coleman and Darvill like you said, but how could you forget it also starred Jodie Whittaker! (And before anyone jumps on me for spoilers, does anyone really think Holly hasn't already heard about the 12th Doctor!)
Are you gonna react to the mini TARDISodes that come between the actual episodes for this season? _Please_ tell me you're gonna watch those too. They fill in some really neat little gaps!! (and are only a few minutes each~)
Could it be that the actors from Doctor Who were in Broadchurch because the current Doctor Who showrunner and previously, at times episode writer, is Chris Chibnall who wrote the complete Broadchurch series! Matt Smith will gain a place in your hearts and I have subscribed in order to watch your videos, as all the series progress.
Prisoner Zero and Patient Zero are two different things. You both know you meant Prisoner Zero, we know that, too. But you did call it Patient Zero multiple times. Just thought to point it out for future reference.
hahaha, yes the era of the Doctor taking on Satan, throwing him a collapsing star and escaping with his girl, then floating and glowing as he no longer is an aged elf to give forgiveness for all past sins of the Master are over. Now the show crosses the line.... hahaha, I love perspectives on shows, there is such an emotional, tie in, to it all.
@@somedudeontwitterstalkedme3829 The Doctor didn't defeat Satan, Rose did. The Doctor didn't cause himself to change, Martha, the Master's Archangel network of satellites and all the people of earth did. Why shouldn't the Doctor forgive his last friend on Gallifrey for attempting to kill him and his friends?
This season is the most fun for me. From start to finish it's packed with all kinds of adventure. The only episode that I don't like in it is 7. It feels like they wasted both Toby Jones and his character for a minor meaningless filler.
also no shame in hating a Doctor, or just disliking one. I cannot stand the Smith era until the later half of Season 7 personally. There are some okay episodes in between, but as a whole I do not gel with the era
I'm afraid that Matt Smith was, and remains, my least favourite Doctor of New or Classic Who. There are some great stories but the characterisation just grates on me. This is not down to Matt, who seems a very capable actor, but to the writers and more particularly, the showrunner who, in trying to portray a more alien character after Tennant's very human Doctor, chose to present him as a puerile simpleton, albeit with flashes of genius. It has been said that the Eleventh Doctor's character harks back to the Second (Patrick Troughton) but where Troughton portrayed _childlike_ glee in the events around him (as, indeed, did Hartnell, the first Doctor, from time to time), Smith too often simply strikes me as _childish_ which is quite different. I know this is not a widely accepted view as Matt Smith generally runs closely alongside Trennant as the most popular Doctor with modern audiences. My favourite iteration is the Second (Troughton) although I still have a soft spot for Hartnell and Pertwee (the latter perhaps because his run coincided with my early teens and what young boy couldn't but envy anyone with such a lovely companion as Katie Manning--BIG crush). Of the new era Doctors, Eccleston leads among those you have watched to date.
he does a lot more than just flashes of genius and clever things than the previous doctors. no doctor before was given so many clever and outside of the box solutions so consistently. what is interesting about him is the double side of his persona and perhaps his true personality behind the silly. he is far more than just childish. the wisdom of the character is far beyond that of others before him.
*My initial response was not meant to be mean, just an observation, everyone has validity, when it comes to an opinion piece, we are all allowed to disagree and we don't have to agree, that is the beauty of all of this. I am not meaning to be disparaging of your opinion and did not wish to make it seem like you were wrong. I am just pointing out my thoughts. I am an Engineer, by schooling, so it is difficult sometimes to human speak to humans, sorry if I come across as kind of a dick: I meant what I wrote, it states, what I mean, I wish I were a better person who could describe it in a less attacking fashion* I will keep the comment the same, but I realize, there was probably a better way to get there and that is my bad.... This is typically what happens when a person ages, the things that they enjoyed as a younger person, tend to take on a nostalgie kick and everything in the past, becomes so much grander, then it really was. When we are confronted with those things through the eyes of a younger prism, it then becomes childlike and less, because we are seeing it through the lens of "been there, done that". For many this was the 1st Doctor, childlike was a brilliant way to go... imho It is why every generation talks about how their period of music was a great one and the new one is just noise.... It is the inability to let things go, the inability to share with others and the inability to suspend disbelief and fold into the story., that tend to leave us as we age (Part of the allure of "The Chronicles of Narnia", kids aged out, when they stopped dreaming big) The great thing about Moffat is that his stories are such a rich tapestry to unfold, that this initial showing of the Doctor, means the vast majority of people will enjoy the hell out of this run, left to their own devices, most people have to first get over their "fear of change", because Tenant was in every season thus far, so he is the constant. But because not everything is for everyone, we are all allowed our opinion, we just have to remember that they are only opinions and not facts. Like this is all my opinion (except based on the concept of "sharing", that is a real trait, with real studies)
@@somedudeontwitterstalkedme3829 while nostalgia certainly plays a part in how we remember the past--those rose tinted spectacles are as effective in real life as they are in remembering TV shows--age does not preclude us from forming rational judgements about what are largely subjective matters. Without being too explicit, for the sake of spoilers, while the Ninth is my favourite among the new era Who that we have *so far* shared on this channel, it is 13 that I have most enjoyed overall (another far from universally accepted opinion). I don't purport to speak for other viewers, whether old or young, but I am content to express my views as someone who has been with the show since '63 while clearly marking them as my own subjective opinion and reflecting where these views are not in line with what I recognise to be the majority view in the fandom--at least so far as I can ascertain from what is certainly a diverse audience.
@@dutchman8887 Perhaps I need to rewatch the 11th, it's been a few years. It might be a while yet though as my current rewatch is still early in the 4th Doctor...
13:21 "How did they get the pictures of the people..." Rory had seen all the comma patients around time, he had been taking pictures that he tried to show to the Female human Doctor, who was his boss, who told him to take time off. Rory was in the park taking more pictures as evidence then the Doctor showed up and looked at his phone. When he saw the pictures is when he made the plan to go to Jeff's house and use the computer and send Amy and Rory off to see about the coma patients. The Doctor uploaded the pictures, when the "Eyeballs" found him and then screamed, "who dey man".
I love watching people react to this specific episode, because in my humble opinion, this is one of the best "first times as the Doctor" episodes of "Doctor Who". I love the fact, that it comes right after David Tenants reign supreme. It is like Pela retiring and you end up with Messi ( I am uniting the World, so Brazil and Argentina get a shout-out) There was a reason that David was the 10th Doctor, he was *perfect*, because of him, I sometimes misspeak my double "oo's". "The Judoon on the Moon, in a Platoon, coming soon" But this dude.... Matt Smith.... the 11th Doctor... Geronimo!!!!!
Agree. I have turned on a few people to Who and I told them to either start with Rose or The Eleventh Hour to jump into the show because those are the two perfect beginning episodes for a person taking over the role as the Doctor (Spearhead From Space for Jon Pertwee’s debut would be third but I wouldn’t push people onto the classic unless they want to take the deep dive)
Even as a hard leans Classic Who fan...I think this is a top story and definitely the best premier new Doctor story... but then again I’m very partial to Amy ❤️
I like how Amy's feelings in this episode are kind of used to mirror the audience. Amy doubts the Doctor and doesn't really trust him because of how he abandoned her as a child, while the audience is going in sceptical of whether Matt Smith can live up to David Tennant's legacy, so when the Doctor asks Amy to "believe for 20 minutes", it almost feels like he's talking to the audience as well, and asking them to believe in him too. That's just my interpretation of it, but for me it's just another factor that makes this already wonderful episode even better
I was in immediately myself. Of course I could not get into Tennant as the Doctor.
remember though he didn't abandon her on purpose. he was just too high on regeneration energy and didn't remember how to properly use the tardis
@@boredwithadhd Well and add to that the tardis basically exploded inside so had to regenerate itself.
Young Amelia is Caitlin Blackwood, a real life cousin of Karen Gillan. And this was her acting debut.
And she'd never actually met Karen Gillan until she was cast as her younger self!
@@StarManta they knew each other but had never met personally
After getting used to Zoom and Skype watching for over a year, having people watch TV in the same room suddenly feels very personal, lol.
"The woman at the end" (aka Oscar-winning actress, Olivia Colman)
This episode is, hands down, the best season opener the show has ever had, and quite high up the list for best episodes period. It had SO MUCH it needed to do (introduce Eleven, introduce Amy & supporting cast, new showrunner, new TARDIS, while also having a story of its own), and it does all of that and more while making it look easy. I've lost count how many times I've watched this episode (either on my own or in reaction videos) and still every time "Hello, I'm the Doctor" leaves me in chills.
Matt Smith chose the 11th Doctors outfit himself lol Bow Ties Are Cool! 😂
Based partially on Pat Troughton in "Tomb of the Cybermen". Now ties are cool
That actress at the end who was also in Broadchurch only happens to be Bafta, Golden Globe and Oscar award winner Olivia Coleman, one of the most celebrated performers around. Steven Moffat is on record as saying one of his greatest regrets was under utilising her in this episode. Incidentally, in addition to Olivia, David Tennant and Arthur Darvil, I can think of about 5 other actors from Broadchurch who also appear in Doctor Who - mostly in future episodes, and a couple who end up with very major roles indeed! In fact, Broadchurch has not one, but three Doctors in the cast.
That aside, great to see you both together, and really loo,ing forward to your reactions to Matt Smith's era and beyond. I really like this season opener, and feel it's one of the best. Certainly has a magical feel to it.
Well, she wouldn't be the first actor/actress to be "recycled" if she's put to greater use in the future. Not the least, Chibnall knows her quite well from Broadchurch.
Alas, Doctor Who has a "talent" for underutilizing actors. They've had the likes of Derek Jacobi, David Suchet and other legends, and while at least Derek Jacobi came back reprising his role in other media, that's difficult for Suchet's role.
I love the contrast of Matt Smith's Doctor's personality vs the actions he takes. He's known as the Warrior, but he's the sweetest and kindest Doctor. He's the personification of what it means to be "gentle". A harmless man is incapable of significant violence. A gentle man is capable of GREAT harm, but CHOOSES not to.
Amy is surprisingly trusting of him when he says he can certainly get her back in time for "things" in the morning....considering five minutes turned into twelve years plus two.
much prefer smith to tennant and eccleston. his doctor is much more of a special unique figure to me. the previous two were just cool guys with a time machine whilst smith really feels like a complex ancient alien who is both desperate to be part of humanity and also far beyond it.
I feel the opposite.
I think Eccleston pulled it off pretty well. I agree with Tennant though. He's my favorite actor to have played the Doctor, but I'm not a huge fan of how he was written. Almost all of the ancient alien feeling was gone and they pretty much just made him an action hero.
@@piggyintheshadows It also didn't help that Tennant's Doctor kind of went out like a bitch. His first episode, he spent the entire episode trying to convince Rose that he was the same man as the Ninth Doctor. His last episode was him whining through the last 20 minutes about how he was going to die and another man would be replacing him. Honestly, that last 20 minutes or so soured me on the Tenth Doctor for years.
@@KthulhuXxx Same. I have a hard time watching that era now. It soured me to Ten's character and it soured me to RTD's writing because it seemed like borderline sabotage. He was leaving so all he cared about was going out as dramatically as possible, having all the talk about him being dead and some stranger taking his place didn't help the transition whatsoever. If you look at the ratings almost two million people didn't tune in for Matt's first story. Some of that I'm sure was just the people who only watched for Tennant, but I have to think that exit made people hesitant as well.
@@piggyintheshadows
Well, the writing makes or breaks a lot of things. I was sceptical about Matt Smith's ability to convey the age of the Doctor, given he was very young at the time, but the scene on the rooftop was not just badass, it was spot on to deliver the idea that this was a guy who was hundreds of years old, had thwarted scores of threats and wasn't going to be intimidated.
After I finished s4 I couldn’t bring myself to watch further for a while, probably close to 5 or 6 months. Then I went back to it and started watching Matt smith’s run and he has had my heart ever since I finished his run last year.
When did you finish Series 4? Because it can't have been during their airdates
After Ten’s regeneration I was firmly against a new Doctor but I decided to give Matt Smith a chance. From the moment he threw a plate out the door I was hooked on him. He’s now my Doctor and nothing will stop that. You have to give every Doctor a go to see how they do. It’s just the nature of the show.
@@thepandorica1660 I finished it sometime summer 2020 haha I’m still a pretty recent whovian 😂
@@Sentient_Zee wholeheartedly agree 👏
I for one am always excited when a new Doctor starts, and look forward to finding out what they bring to the role. Every Doctor is different, and yet the same. But I've been watching this show since I was a little kid more than 50 years ago, so I've gone through quite a few regenerations 🙂.
There are only like 10 actors in the UK that's why they're all in everything
8*
Twas ever so. Another podcast (Decorative Vegetable) has this as a feature at the end of each of their Classic Who reviews--listing the actors who have appeared before in Who (a surprising number are 'recycled' in different roles) and the other roles/shows in which guest actors have appeared.
Is the most annoying thing you can say
The actress who plays Amy also appeared in S4 E2 about Pompeii....she was one of the soothsayers. Matt is my favourite so I'm very pleased that you warmed to him so quickly.... enjoy him whilst he lasts girls!
I allways loved how the tardis was its own dimention inside with moving rooms and coridors that change on their own
It can be stabalised tho which why they can navigate it
I love the fact that he reveals who he is, and the Atraxi just go "Oh Shi*t!" and immediately run away - That's how powerful the doctor is
I think Matt Smith is my favorite modern doctor. I feel like Tenant is too “leading man” and not quite quirky enough. I like my doctors to have kind of a quirky weirdness to them and Smith has it in such a fun way.
Agreed, and Smith and Capaldi are my favourite NuWho Doctors for that very reason. They both convey "quirky", "weird" and - importantly - "alien" in ways that the others don't quite manage.
I personally believe that this was intentional.
David Tennant's doctor was so human that he didn't want to regenerate at all - he felt too deeply and got too connected to his companions. Whereas, Matt Smith's doctor is quite removed and very alien-like; weird and quirky and totally crazy.
And then 12 was really serious and almost the opposite of eclectic because 11's alienness and nature was, in the end, his companions' and his downfall.
Since we're in the Matt Smith era my sign off suggestions are.....
"GERONIMO"
"Bow-ties are cool"
Also, the phone that the Doctor is using at the end (the one he writes the virus on) is Rory's phone -- and that's why it has the pictures of the coma patients (which we know from when he was going to show the pics to his boss earlier). And that's why Amy can phone the Doctor. She knows Rory and Rory had given his phone to the Doctor.
I never see it mentioned in reactions, but I think the Doctor trying out different foods at the beginning is a reference to Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. When he first comes to the Hundred Acre he claims everything is his favourite food until he tries it, and then he hates it. What he eventually goes for is not fishfingers and custard, but Roo's strengthening medicine, but otherwise, Tigger and the Doctor share a certain similarity.
20:17 what I learned from being married is, "Never get married, just find someone you hate and buy them a house, it's the same thing only faster." 😁😂🤣😅
Oh, and Olivia Colman's character (who gets possessed by Prisoner Zero at the end with her two daughters) was a coma patient. You see her in the beginning when everyone is saying 'Doctor' in their sleep. It's easier to recognize her in that scene once you're familiar with Olivia -- especially as she has a distinctive voice.
It's so weird seing two people sitting on the same chair!
4:51 I love how aggressively you started petting your cat when things got exciting 😂😂😂
Matt Smith was my first doctor, I'm very attached to him and the Ponds.
If you've seen the BBC series Merlin, you might also recognise the character Jeff (the guy on his laptop) as Percival from Merlin. Other characters from Merlin also feature in Doctor Who, including Uther, Merlin and Gaius
Yes, Tom Hopper (who played Jeff and has been in stuff like 'The Umbrella Academy') is definitely British/English. In fact, he's only recently done American TV. :)
I watch that episode about 10 year ago and I felt the same way but a few more episodes Matt Smith became a fan favourite.
Matt Smith is my favourite Doctor!!!!!
I've just found your reactions and I've really enjoyed the ones I've seen so far. This is the third time the Doctor has stolen clothes from a hospital after a regeneration. I love that continuity!
Speaking of actors you recognize, I had the strangest sense of deja vu with the man whom Amy tells to go and have coffee while she uses his car door to trap the Doctor. I only realized much later that he was also on an old guilty-pleasure series of mine: She-Wolf of London (he played Professor Ian Matheson’s father).
My favourite episode, TARDIS team and era (so far) and that's having been a fan since the very early 1980s. I hope you enjoy the ride, this is where things get complicated!
Keep in mind that not only is there a new Doctor, but the new Showrunner, Stephen Moffat, wanted to change the mood of the show away from just sci-fi, and give it more of a fairy-tale feel. You get a reference to this when the Doctor says "Amelia Pond.. like a fairy-tale".
The actress playing young Amy is actually Karen Gillan's cousin.
P.S: It was funny that you compared Rassilon's death glove to Thanos' infinite gauntlet and then the next episode you have Nebula as a new companion ;D
Welcome to the era of my favorite Doctor!!! 😊
In person!!! 😳😍🥰
YAAAAAAAY!!!!
15:47 this scene is fucking good
The 11th Doctor is very rude at the beginning of this episode and I didn't like him, but by the time he said: "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically... Run", I was charmed. Not completely sold to his aggressive side, but charmed nonetheless.
And I personally like your send-off of "Time... Space... " It is simple, but fitting. Not overly thought out or clever, but it makes it more real, like the two friends you are just watching a tv show together.
Matt Smith is my favourite Doctor Who.
Missy, you missed one. Broadchruch has Tenant, Coleman and Darvill like you said, but how could you forget it also starred Jodie Whittaker! (And before anyone jumps on me for spoilers, does anyone really think Holly hasn't already heard about the 12th Doctor!)
that tear tho
series 5 is my favourite series of doctor who!!!
Are you gonna react to the mini TARDISodes that come between the actual episodes for this season?
_Please_ tell me you're gonna watch those too. They fill in some really neat little gaps!! (and are only a few minutes each~)
Matt smith is the youngest actor that has played the Doctor.
great to see you together!
Could it be that the actors from Doctor Who were in Broadchurch because the current Doctor Who showrunner and previously, at times episode writer, is Chris Chibnall who wrote the complete Broadchurch series! Matt Smith will gain a place in your hearts and I have subscribed in order to watch your videos, as all the series progress.
Prisoner Zero and Patient Zero are two different things. You both know you meant Prisoner Zero, we know that, too. But you did call it Patient Zero multiple times. Just thought to point it out for future reference.
a young nebula
Spoilers. In broadchurch there is another actor who will be a future doctor :)
unblocked at last great reaction
Please watch “Amy in the Tardis” minisode
Keep this episode in mind, important for the future!. And at 18.08...look at the crack in the screen....familiar?.
I'm in love
Yay my fav doctor
And thus begins the era of the Doctor as a superhero/demi-God.
hahaha, yes the era of the Doctor taking on Satan, throwing him a collapsing star and escaping with his girl, then floating and glowing as he no longer is an aged elf to give forgiveness for all past sins of the Master are over.
Now the show crosses the line.... hahaha, I love perspectives on shows, there is such an emotional, tie in, to it all.
@@somedudeontwitterstalkedme3829 The Doctor didn't defeat Satan, Rose did. The Doctor didn't cause himself to change, Martha, the Master's Archangel network of satellites and all the people of earth did. Why shouldn't the Doctor forgive his last friend on Gallifrey for attempting to kill him and his friends?
@@daffy8995 hahahaha, okay... hahaha
I thought that era ended with Tennant. At least Smith and Capaldi didn't hover in the air and shoot lightning from the palms of their hands.
@@ftumschk stop that is someone else's fault... there is a reason of course for why it is cool when he did and not cool any other time.
This season is the most fun for me. From start to finish it's packed with all kinds of adventure. The only episode that I don't like in it is 7. It feels like they wasted both Toby Jones and his character for a minor meaningless filler.
also no shame in hating a Doctor, or just disliking one. I cannot stand the Smith era until the later half of Season 7 personally. There are some okay episodes in between, but as a whole I do not gel with the era
I'm afraid that Matt Smith was, and remains, my least favourite Doctor of New or Classic Who. There are some great stories but the characterisation just grates on me. This is not down to Matt, who seems a very capable actor, but to the writers and more particularly, the showrunner who, in trying to portray a more alien character after Tennant's very human Doctor, chose to present him as a puerile simpleton, albeit with flashes of genius. It has been said that the Eleventh Doctor's character harks back to the Second (Patrick Troughton) but where Troughton portrayed _childlike_ glee in the events around him (as, indeed, did Hartnell, the first Doctor, from time to time), Smith too often simply strikes me as _childish_ which is quite different.
I know this is not a widely accepted view as Matt Smith generally runs closely alongside Trennant as the most popular Doctor with modern audiences. My favourite iteration is the Second (Troughton) although I still have a soft spot for Hartnell and Pertwee (the latter perhaps because his run coincided with my early teens and what young boy couldn't but envy anyone with such a lovely companion as Katie Manning--BIG crush). Of the new era Doctors, Eccleston leads among those you have watched to date.
he does a lot more than just flashes of genius and clever things than the previous doctors. no doctor before was given so many clever and outside of the box solutions so consistently. what is interesting about him is the double side of his persona and perhaps his true personality behind the silly. he is far more than just childish. the wisdom of the character is far beyond that of others before him.
*My initial response was not meant to be mean, just an observation, everyone has validity, when it comes to an opinion piece, we are all allowed to disagree and we don't have to agree, that is the beauty of all of this.
I am not meaning to be disparaging of your opinion and did not wish to make it seem like you were wrong. I am just pointing out my thoughts. I am an Engineer, by schooling, so it is difficult sometimes to human speak to humans, sorry if I come across as kind of a dick:
I meant what I wrote, it states, what I mean, I wish I were a better person who could describe it in a less attacking fashion*
I will keep the comment the same, but I realize, there was probably a better way to get there and that is my bad....
This is typically what happens when a person ages, the things that they enjoyed as a younger person, tend to take on a nostalgie kick and everything in the past, becomes so much grander, then it really was.
When we are confronted with those things through the eyes of a younger prism, it then becomes childlike and less, because we are seeing it through the lens of "been there, done that".
For many this was the 1st Doctor, childlike was a brilliant way to go... imho
It is why every generation talks about how their period of music was a great one and the new one is just noise....
It is the inability to let things go, the inability to share with others and the inability to suspend disbelief and fold into the story., that tend to leave us as we age (Part of the allure of "The Chronicles of Narnia", kids aged out, when they stopped dreaming big)
The great thing about Moffat is that his stories are such a rich tapestry to unfold, that this initial showing of the Doctor, means the vast majority of people will enjoy the hell out of this run, left to their own devices, most people have to first get over their "fear of change", because Tenant was in every season thus far, so he is the constant.
But because not everything is for everyone, we are all allowed our opinion, we just have to remember that they are only opinions and not facts.
Like this is all my opinion (except based on the concept of "sharing", that is a real trait, with real studies)
@@somedudeontwitterstalkedme3829 while nostalgia certainly plays a part in how we remember the past--those rose tinted spectacles are as effective in real life as they are in remembering TV shows--age does not preclude us from forming rational judgements about what are largely subjective matters.
Without being too explicit, for the sake of spoilers, while the Ninth is my favourite among the new era Who that we have *so far* shared on this channel, it is 13 that I have most enjoyed overall (another far from universally accepted opinion). I don't purport to speak for other viewers, whether old or young, but I am content to express my views as someone who has been with the show since '63 while clearly marking them as my own subjective opinion and reflecting where these views are not in line with what I recognise to be the majority view in the fandom--at least so far as I can ascertain from what is certainly a diverse audience.
Oh dear, wait for Jodie Whittaker ruin the show.
@@dutchman8887 Perhaps I need to rewatch the 11th, it's been a few years. It might be a while yet though as my current rewatch is still early in the 4th Doctor...
13:21 "How did they get the pictures of the people..."
Rory had seen all the comma patients around time, he had been taking pictures that he tried to show to the Female human Doctor, who was his boss, who told him to take time off.
Rory was in the park taking more pictures as evidence then the Doctor showed up and looked at his phone. When he saw the pictures is when he made the plan to go to Jeff's house and use the computer and send Amy and Rory off to see about the coma patients.
The Doctor uploaded the pictures, when the "Eyeballs" found him and then screamed, "who dey man".
I love watching people react to this specific episode, because in my humble opinion, this is one of the best "first times as the Doctor" episodes of "Doctor Who".
I love the fact, that it comes right after David Tenants reign supreme.
It is like Pela retiring and you end up with Messi ( I am uniting the World, so Brazil and Argentina get a shout-out)
There was a reason that David was the 10th Doctor, he was *perfect*, because of him, I sometimes misspeak my double "oo's". "The Judoon on the Moon, in a Platoon, coming soon"
But this dude.... Matt Smith.... the 11th Doctor...
Geronimo!!!!!
Agree. I have turned on a few people to Who and I told them to either start with Rose or The Eleventh Hour to jump into the show because those are the two perfect beginning episodes for a person taking over the role as the Doctor (Spearhead From Space for Jon Pertwee’s debut would be third but I wouldn’t push people onto the classic unless they want to take the deep dive)
Even as a hard leans Classic Who fan...I think this is a top story and definitely the best premier new Doctor story... but then again I’m very partial to Amy ❤️