Time for 11 and Clara!! Clara's theme S L A P S! Sorry for the delay, had this uploaded last week but it just got unblocked this morning. What'd YOU think of this one? To watch the next episode RIGHT NOW, UNEDITED to S10E11 ► PATREON: www.patreon.com/failwhale34
I think as a result of it being uploaded last week, it didn't show up in my subscriptions and I only realised this was here through the recommended section.
In joke yes. But that book was also available for purchase in our universe and Chapter 11 is where writer "Amelia Williams" broke the fourth wall in the book and talked directly to the Doctor. So it was a clue as well as an in joke.
@@siegeperilous At the beginning Clara was awesome. But since Capaldi took on the role of the Doctor, the writing went downhill and so at the end her character became meh. Mind you it was not the problem of Peter or Jenna acting skills. It was that BBC politics started to pour in to the show, poisoning it. So given the fact that this show was tilted towards liberalism, since the beginning, meant that it went way overboard. Rendering it unbalanced.
@@constanza86 Ah, yes. How dare they be more tilted towards human rights and people's feelings than 50 years ago. The hate, in my opinion, came mainly from her being a strong focus of the story. Many people disliked that.
@@yawmoght theres a difference between moving forward in 50 years and turning a great character into a whiny bitch. The whole thing about Clara getting cocky and thinking herself equal to the doctor despite being human is, in theory, a great overarching theme for her character. But the way it was executed left a lot to be desired (and that's completely ignoring her ending which left a lot of people unhappy)
If you are confused on why she said "where's my mummy and daddy", the people controlling her have been controlling her since she was a child and when she restore everything, she went back to her own consciousness(if that make sense)🤣🤣😅
Yeah I'm not sure if he didn't take note of that or missed it? I cried at the end when I realised that she had been controlled since she was a child. 😭
@@apoynta9858 They were probably supposed to *be* those two kids. The Victorian Clara was originally planned to be the companion and episodes were written with that version. The Impossible Girl was a fairly late addition to production.
i find it really funny that the actress who plays clara also plays queen victoria and matt smith plays prince philip (different shows) and in real life philip is victorias great great grandson
Also the two boys in the background of the book are meant to look like Sherlock and Watson, since Moffat and Gatiss were still doing Sherlock for the BBC.
Remember when Luke said the whole WiFi went mad in the end of time part 2? When the doctor saved him before he got hit by a car I think this is a throw back from Luke was talking about
Noo basically Sarah jane got Mr Smith to create a news report cover up as to why people got turned into the master. The cover up was saying there was a WiFi issue which caused people to have hallucinations.
Bells of Saint John is such a mixed episode. It's fine overall, but as a companion introduction, especially coming straight after the _awesome_ introduction in The Snowmen, it just doesn't really reach the same height. It's understandable how much people wanted the past-Clara back over present-Clara, because even the Doctor doesn't really allow present-Clara to really have a proper moment like he did with the past version.
4:10 Yes, we did! And, yes it is. 15:06 Notice that in spite of being on a crashing plane, Clara is still holding her tea cup! British to the core! 20:14 Riding a motorcycle up the side of the Shard is so 3rd Doctor!
I have always considered this at the 2012ish version of "The Idiot's Lantern". Also, FYI... when this episode aired, people posted the "symbols" of the wifi on chat sites, and some of us copied and pasted them as the names of our wifis....
Little easter egg at 11:53, in the book Clara writes in her age every year except at age 16 - since this episode takes place in 2013 when Clara is 24, she would have been 16 in 2005. In a later episode we see that her mother died in 2005.
I've watched this episode only a couple of times but I've only now noticed that when the girl from the book is on the stairs it is playing the angels take manhattan theme
I'm sure you've already been made aware of this, but the book by Amelia Williams, "Summer Falls", was, actually, published as a real book. And yes, it is supposed to be Amy who wrote it. 😉 Also, it breaks my heart a little bit that you didn't watch the prequel minisode that goes along with this episode first. 😭 It's so cute/sweet!!!
4:10 HOLY MOLY, I NEVER EVEN NOTICED THAT. Jeez, you must read really fast. You also read “Hello old friend” in that book in Amy’s last episode. Impressive.
I've just realised: If Miss Kislet was just a child when she was uploaded then she must have been taken by a different means. She wouldn't have been clicking on a wifi service. She's about 60. So she must've been taken about 50 years before. Maybe while the Great Intelligence was busy playing with Yetis on the London Underground.
@@josefschiltz2192 Maybe. Celia Imrie would have been older in 1969 than she sounds at the end of the episode. (It would have been good to see Bill Hartnell ride his antigrav bike up the outside of the Post Office Tower.)
@@paulkennedy8701 It would be even more interesting to see how the effect would be achieved! Of course, it would have not been beyond Neville Main to illustrate it for the TV Comic strip.
@@paulkennedy8701 The P O Tower was used in a TV Action Pertwee strip. I don't recall the plot, but that was illustrated by Gerry Haylock, who had previously drawn the 'Land Of The Giants' strip for the 'Joe 90' comic in the late 60's. The effect of going up the outside of the Shard was an unexpected pleasure of this episode and a very Pertwee action to take!
I love that episode so much I don't even know why, and like just I can't help myself being fascinated by Matt's acting honestly every small thing he does is amazing it's so interested, because it's just line at the beginning and he has to bring them to life like... we can realize how incredible his acting is
The direction of this episode made the TARDIS feel so real for me. Both moments where they go on the plane and when they skip to the next morning felt so natural, like "wow it really is a space-time machine"
@@ObsceneVegetableMatter The original comment said that the "of the Doctor" saga was the peak of New Who. I was simply disagreeing with that statement.
In the next episode, if you go back and check the date her mother died, it is the same date that Rose aired, suggesting she was kill by one of the Nestene duplicates.
Agreed. Although I'm in a minority, _Rings of Akhaten_ is one of my all-time favourite stories. It's beautiful from start to finish - visually, emotionally and musically.
When you paused on the book that Amy wrote you reacted to the book, but the Dialogue with it was also in reference to the 10th and 11th doctor, he said he was on chapter 10, and Clara said “11 is the best, you’ll cry your eyes out” which is in reference to 10’s regeneration (we all cried) into 11
Yeah, you nailed it when you said each episode of season 7 was going for a different tone. Like episode 3 was an out-and-out Western, the Angels in Manhattan was a noir job - this was made in homage to the best of the Bond-type spy franchise.
"Human souls, trapped like flies in the world wide web, stuck forever, crying out for help..." "isn't that basically Twitter?" BEST line in the show, and you don't even laugh?
When the Doctor downloads the minds of the captives back into their bodies... couldn't help thinking at the time how many would be restored when they were six feet under, about to be cremated, on the mortician's slab, or having their fluids drained by the undertaker. Is that just me?
Not sure is anyone pointed it out to you yet, but you know how there's a bunch of timelord words written on the top part of the TARDIS console? Someone decoded it and apparently each panel is the name of the Doctor's previous companions.
Honestly this is my favorite Doctor, my favorite Doctor clothes, of course I really like the sonic screwdriver and that Tardis interior Ohhh I love it ! "Wait hold on for a second, where did I put my bow tie... hmm... 9:55 OOhhh there you are !!".
I know this season/Clara's characterization in it gets flack from fans, but I personally found it a huge breath of fresh air coming off of s6 given how stuffed it was with plot and emotionally charged arcs. Never fully understood the Clara hate but I'm biased bc she ended up being my fav companion throughout her run.
Mainly the fact at how long she ended up staying I think, and how much importance the writer seemed to think she had. I think Steven had too much fondness for her and didn't know when to let her go so when she finally did a lot of fans let out a sigh of relief instead of being sad about it. Personally, I wish Victorian Clara had been the one to go off with him. I liked her much better tbh. Still, I'd take another season with Clara over another one with Jodie. Here's hoping Chris listened to some criticism
Jessica Emmas I totally get all this, my only remarks are that Clara only appears in 3 more episodes than Amy Pond, and Amy is often a fan favorite (although I do recognize that people also feel she stuck around too long as well, but that doesn’t seem to have any effect on fan favoritism). Also, that many companions during their run are given the Important treatment. I mean, Rose “Swallowed the Time Vortex” Tyler, Donna “Most Important Woman In All Of Creation” Noble, River “Literally Part Time Lord/Married To The Doctor” Song.... my point is that everyone loves those characters despite how ridiculously hyped up they were in their runs, but people don’t seem to extend that treatment to Clara.
That book and the one featured in "The Angels Take Manhattan" are actual novels. But.... its the LAST PAGE that is worth a read.....Also, have you ever seen the obituary for Amelia Williams?
Aw, I love his purple jacket. And yes, I love Clara, too. She's such a change from Amy, who had such a nasty, self-centered streak to her that always got on my nerves. Clara's just *fun* and will be a good way to pull the Doctor out of his funk.
did someone explained to him who is GI? the great intelligence is a classic who villain but i don't know that much about him, i won't try to explain, all i know is the current who episode where it appears (the snowmen, this episode, ...)
Rings of Akhaten might be my all time least favourite episode of Dr. Who ever, it's maximum levels of cringe and kinda relies too heavily on nostalgia for series 1 (specifically episode 2 of that series, they're practically the same episode even). The Long Song is decent, but sadly is also cringe albeit cringe by proxy or by association. Also the speech? Don't get me started on the speech, it is the epicentre of all that is cringey and bad about Series 7 as a whole. It's the worst speech the Doctor has ever given. Ever. It tries way too hard, it doesn't tell us anything we don't already know about the Doctor not even the 11th Doctor specifically, and for what? Because the writers were like, "S**t we haven't done anything even close to interesting or new this episode, what do we do?" "I know! Throw in a speech that sounds like it was ripped straight from a moody teenager's diary and make it all about how tormented the Doctor is about the bad things that have happened to him or that he's done to others! Because we've never done that before!!!" "MY GOD, YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Boom! Done! Horrificly bad episode of Dr. Who P.S - Sorry I probably got a bit carried away there, but it needs said or I felt compelled or something, I dunno too late now I guess :P
Also! Continuing the unoriginality of this episode, this is now the 2nd time we see an "evil" sentient/living star. The 1st time being in series 3 episode 7 "42", the only difference this time is that the star in Rings of Akhaten has a "scary" face and has some different abilities... Whoop dee doo!
The name on the book says AMELIA WILLIAMS.. She had to take Rorys last name cause they werre stuck in new york , at those times i guess, it was normal that the wife takes the husbands last name.. FUN FACT she wanted to keep her last name she said in an episode. But now Rory had the last laugh there at least !! lol
A bit sooner than that. Although I believe he's on season 10 or something in real time, he's just uploading these afterwards. So he already knows about her.
I know a lot, I mean a LOT, of people don't like Clara but I think she was one of the better (NewWho) companions, and I'm super excited to see your reactions to this era!
Liked Victorian Clara, and I even liked Oswin. Really wish one of them had been the full timer instead, that would have been way more interesting. Imagine, for one a modern set episode would be a trip to the future and for the other it would be to the past. Imagine the possibilities. Also, I think their characters shone a bit better. Modern Clara is just kind of... bland in comparison, at least by the end of her run. P.s. she had too many fake out exits, it did get a bit grating for a while
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Time for 11 and Clara!! Clara's theme S L A P S! Sorry for the delay, had this uploaded last week but it just got unblocked this morning.
What'd YOU think of this one? To watch the next episode RIGHT NOW, UNEDITED to S10E11 ► PATREON: www.patreon.com/failwhale34
I think as a result of it being uploaded last week, it didn't show up in my subscriptions and I only realised this was here through the recommended section.
Did you forgot to react to FMA bloopers?
hey you could watch doctor who's spinoff show the Sarah jane adventures after ur done with new who and maybe watch some classic who
failwhale34 I waited for yoooouuuuuuuu
Failwhale34. Getoutahere!! I sort of knew you were ahead on Patreon. I had no idea you were THAT far ahead!
"Clara : what Chapter are you on ?
Kid : 10
Clara : 11 is the best "
What's that suppose to mean Moffat ?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ??!!!?!
Yup, that's an in-joke if ever there was one :)
In joke yes. But that book was also available for purchase in our universe and Chapter 11 is where writer "Amelia Williams" broke the fourth wall in the book and talked directly to the Doctor.
So it was a clue as well as an in joke.
I’ve watched this episode so many times in the six years and I’ve only just noticed that.
🤣🤣🤣
lol moffat knew we would all cry at 11th regen ;c
I'm so glad you like Clara, so many fans hate on her. She's actually my favorite! ❤
Clara is my favorite too. I’m unsure where the hate comes from.
@@siegeperilous At the beginning Clara was awesome. But since Capaldi took on the role of the Doctor, the writing went downhill and so at the end her character became meh. Mind you it was not the problem of Peter or Jenna acting skills. It was that BBC politics started to pour in to the show, poisoning it. So given the fact that this show was tilted towards liberalism, since the beginning, meant that it went way overboard. Rendering it unbalanced.
@@constanza86 Ah, yes. How dare they be more tilted towards human rights and people's feelings than 50 years ago.
The hate, in my opinion, came mainly from her being a strong focus of the story. Many people disliked that.
@@yawmoght theres a difference between moving forward in 50 years and turning a great character into a whiny bitch. The whole thing about Clara getting cocky and thinking herself equal to the doctor despite being human is, in theory, a great overarching theme for her character. But the way it was executed left a lot to be desired (and that's completely ignoring her ending which left a lot of people unhappy)
I always loved Clara.
If you are confused on why she said "where's my mummy and daddy", the people controlling her have been controlling her since she was a child and when she restore everything, she went back to her own consciousness(if that make sense)🤣🤣😅
Not some people, The Great Intelligence. Like it did with that man in the past.
Yeah I'm not sure if he didn't take note of that or missed it? I cried at the end when I realised that she had been controlled since she was a child. 😭
I feel like no one is really talking about just how absolutely fucked up that part is. Horrifying
Lily
Not like it’s the first time. See previous episode, for instance.
Oooooh, thank you I nerver understood that part
"The woman in the shop" , you might want to hang onto that piece of information for later...
He knows who the woman in the shop is by now
It's a surprise tool that will help us later
Chris Lambert no he doesn’t that’s series’s 8
@@shotgunn3535 yeah it was season 8 but he was finishing up season 10 at this time on Patreon
Hey missy ur so fine your so fine you blow my mind heyy missy
The 2 kid characters are probably the most pointless characters of this season.
Great reaction btw
Thanks fam! And yes- complete throw always 😭 LOL
I assume that is part of her character as a babysitter...
I think it's mainly just a reference to the two kids to the in the Christmas episode as the governess
@@apoynta9858 Nah, it's a part of Clara's story. Their mum, who was her friend, died, so she stayed to help look after them.
@@apoynta9858 They were probably supposed to *be* those two kids. The Victorian Clara was originally planned to be the companion and episodes were written with that version. The Impossible Girl was a fairly late addition to production.
"Motorcycles suit the Doctor well" You can say that again!
I always found it an interesting reversal to have the Doctor so smitten with a companion and not the other way around.
Failwhale : i am a fan of clara
Me : hallelujah
same oml
Yessssss
The great intelligence is a classic villain from the 2nd doctor
I knew it was early on but didn’t know which doctor. Wondering if it’s on BritBox. In case I try it out that might be a serial I’d want to check out.
i find it really funny that the actress who plays clara also plays queen victoria and matt smith plays prince philip (different shows) and in real life philip is victorias great great grandson
no i have never taken notice to thw writer if the book was! and also that "chapter 11 was the best one you will cry you eyes out"!
😭😭😭
holy shit I didn't even notice the author of the book until now and I've seen this episode a ton of times.
Also the two boys in the background of the book are meant to look like Sherlock and Watson, since Moffat and Gatiss were still doing Sherlock for the BBC.
Same, this is one of my fav episodes and i've missed that shit repeatidly
Remember when Luke said the whole WiFi went mad in the end of time part 2? When the doctor saved him before he got hit by a car
I think this is a throw back from Luke was talking about
Noo basically Sarah jane got Mr Smith to create a news report cover up as to why people got turned into the master. The cover up was saying there was a WiFi issue which caused people to have hallucinations.
Bells of Saint John is such a mixed episode. It's fine overall, but as a companion introduction, especially coming straight after the _awesome_ introduction in The Snowmen, it just doesn't really reach the same height. It's understandable how much people wanted the past-Clara back over present-Clara, because even the Doctor doesn't really allow present-Clara to really have a proper moment like he did with the past version.
4:10 Yes, we did! And, yes it is.
15:06 Notice that in spite of being on a crashing plane, Clara is still holding her tea cup! British to the core!
20:14 Riding a motorcycle up the side of the Shard is so 3rd Doctor!
A recurrent theme with Clara, the tea cup.
Someone said to me that the reason The Doctor change suits cause he wore it with Amy and hes trying to move forward. and also great Reaction as always
It's also a bit darker/moodier as he's shifted away from the fairytale of the 'Raggedy man' that he was to Amy.
This was probably made by a parent to scare children of their phones.😄
Well Moffat is a parent and I think his being a father has a lot of influence on his writing.
I have always considered this at the 2012ish version of "The Idiot's Lantern".
Also, FYI... when this episode aired, people posted the "symbols" of the wifi on chat sites, and some of us copied and pasted them as the names of our wifis....
Little easter egg at 11:53, in the book Clara writes in her age every year except at age 16 - since this episode takes place in 2013 when Clara is 24, she would have been 16 in 2005. In a later episode we see that her mother died in 2005.
I've watched this episode only a couple of times but I've only now noticed that when the girl from the book is on the stairs it is playing the angels take manhattan theme
A lot of people hate Clara, but I absolutely love her! It’s hard to rank the companions, but she’s the closest to my heart!
I love Clara with 11 just not 12 tbh
Marvlotte Definitely. I always thought Jenna Coleman & Matt Smith had fantastic chemistry together.
Martha is my top fav companion, but Clara, oh i love her so much 😭😭😭
And i like her with both Eleven and Twelve, but maybe Eleven a little bit more 😭
I say this A LOT but I love this episode 😂👍🏽
Imo it's okay I quess gets better and better tbh
Same I rewatch it a lot, I love the dynamic between Clara and the Doctor in this one and it's just such a joy to watch ✨
I’m just waiting to see his reaction to how Clara is everywhere
the Doctor is so cute in this, I love his and Clara's dynamic 🥰🥰
Reading out the list and then the delight, realising that he invented the quadricycle.
Clara is witty and adorable. Love her!
The woman said "where are my mummy and daddy." She had been mind controlled since she was a child.
"Where are my mummy and daddy" that shit gets me every time
I'm sure you've already been made aware of this, but the book by Amelia Williams, "Summer Falls", was, actually, published as a real book. And yes, it is supposed to be Amy who wrote it. 😉
Also, it breaks my heart a little bit that you didn't watch the prequel minisode that goes along with this episode first. 😭 It's so cute/sweet!!!
4:10 HOLY MOLY, I NEVER EVEN NOTICED THAT. Jeez, you must read really fast. You also read “Hello old friend” in that book in Amy’s last episode. Impressive.
I've just realised:
If Miss Kislet was just a child when she was uploaded then she must have been taken by a different means. She wouldn't have been clicking on a wifi service.
She's about 60. So she must've been taken about 50 years before. Maybe while the Great Intelligence was busy playing with Yetis on the London Underground.
It may interlink with WOTAN, being only a couple of years before.
@@josefschiltz2192
Maybe. Celia Imrie would have been older in 1969 than she sounds at the end of the episode.
(It would have been good to see Bill Hartnell ride his antigrav bike up the outside of the Post Office Tower.)
@@paulkennedy8701 It would be even more interesting to see how the effect would be achieved! Of course, it would have not been beyond Neville Main to illustrate it for the TV Comic strip.
@@josefschiltz2192
Very much the wrong shape of course. (The tower. Not Bill.)
@@paulkennedy8701 The P O Tower was used in a TV Action Pertwee strip. I don't recall the plot, but that was illustrated by Gerry Haylock, who had previously drawn the 'Land Of The Giants' strip for the 'Joe 90' comic in the late 60's. The effect of going up the outside of the Shard was an unexpected pleasure of this episode and a very Pertwee action to take!
Clara's theme is one of my favorites. I'm glad you liked Clara right off the bat; can't wait to see your reaction to the Impossible Girl reveal. :D
I was on the fence about Clara in the beginning but I definitely was won over during Peter's run.
I love that episode so much I don't even know why, and like just I can't help myself being fascinated by Matt's acting honestly every small thing he does is amazing it's so interested, because it's just line at the beginning and he has to bring them to life like... we can realize how incredible his acting is
The direction of this episode made the TARDIS feel so real for me. Both moments where they go on the plane and when they skip to the next morning felt so natural, like "wow it really is a space-time machine"
Entering the final build up to the absolute peak of nuwho with the "of the Doctor" trilogy.
Can we not also count "night" and say it's a quadrilogy?
@@ObsceneVegetableMatter Oh shit yeah night of the Doctor was quality, you're right how did I forget 🤦♂️
I'm going to be the unpopular one and say that "Night" was the only good one in the quadrilogy.
@@SpectrumStorms As is your right, but i'm not really sure what your comment brings to this particular discussion.
@@ObsceneVegetableMatter
The original comment said that the "of the Doctor" saga was the peak of New Who. I was simply disagreeing with that statement.
In the next episode, if you go back and check the date her mother died, it is the same date that Rose aired, suggesting she was kill by one of the Nestene duplicates.
Cnat wait to see you upload day of he docotr one of my favourite
I am incredibly, EXCESSIVELY gay and I still think Clara (whose real name escapes me at the moment) is the cutest thing ever
Jenna Coleman
That just makes you human.
She's very pretty, but I don't like her attitude 😅 she would annoy the hell out of me
rings of akhaten is worth watching its a good moment for him and emotional
Agreed. Although I'm in a minority, _Rings of Akhaten_ is one of my all-time favourite stories. It's beautiful from start to finish - visually, emotionally and musically.
Rings of Akhaten is one of my favourite episodes from Series 7.
ftumschk
The music alone can bring a tear to my eye. And that speech... 😭
When you paused on the book that Amy wrote you reacted to the book, but the Dialogue with it was also in reference to the 10th and 11th doctor, he said he was on chapter 10, and Clara said “11 is the best, you’ll cry your eyes out” which is in reference to 10’s regeneration (we all cried) into 11
Welcome to my favorite companion, and I have been watching Dr Who since 1967 :)
oH, Wendy Padbury! (sigh). Then Lis, Clara and Katy!
I never noticed the book was by Amy!!! And i’ve seen this over 20 times!!!
Clara is one of my favorite companions.
This is one of my favourite episodes x
The more you know. I literally never noticed the authour until now... Thanks mate :D you have show me the light...
I have rewatched this show SO MANY TIMES and never once realised that Amy wrote the book😭😭😭
Yeah, you nailed it when you said each episode of season 7 was going for a different tone. Like episode 3 was an out-and-out Western, the Angels in Manhattan was a noir job - this was made in homage to the best of the Bond-type spy franchise.
"Human souls, trapped like flies in the world wide web, stuck forever, crying out for help..."
"isn't that basically Twitter?"
BEST line in the show, and you don't even laugh?
This episode is basically just the Doctor flexing for 50 ish minutes, and I love it
4.05 Yep, it's one of a few easter eggs in this season. 5.42, remember the 'woman in the shop' :)
“Old villian we havent seen till now” (but last episode? He was the villian?)
The cookies he sniffs in 11:44 are the same cookies he has in the third episode with Amy and this is the third episode with Clara in it!
When the Doctor downloads the minds of the captives back into their bodies... couldn't help thinking at the time how many would be restored when they were six feet under, about to be cremated, on the mortician's slab, or having their fluids drained by the undertaker. Is that just me?
Love this series 💗
21:44 Its an older villain that i have yet to see till now. Yet the origin of said villain was the last christmas special. 👍
The Great Intelligence
Great reaction! Can't wait for the next upload!! :D
I have seen this episode several times. WHY have I NEVER noticed the author of the book? 😂 I just kept focusing on the cheeky “11 is the best.” Line.
Clara and River were the best companions of the 11th Doctor.
this was a great into episode to clara. the next episode is one of my favorites in season 7.
I think this one's very underrated.
I don’t know how many times I saw this episode before noticing the author. You’ve got some sharp eyes there!
Not sure is anyone pointed it out to you yet, but you know how there's a bunch of timelord words written on the top part of the TARDIS console? Someone decoded it and apparently each panel is the name of the Doctor's previous companions.
I like this episode quite a bit. It still isn't my favourite
They shouldn't call him The Mad Monk, because he's not a monk😁😆
I’ve always loved this ep. Dunno why.
failwhale: I don't think I like the purple on him...
Me: I LOVE the purple on him...😍
Merry Christmas!
I agree with you!! I love Clara !!! She is my all time favorite companion!!!
Clara is my favourite companion. Hope to see your reaction on the next episode soon
My great grandma was called Clara Sykes.
"Angie is staying over at Nina's."
Ponder ....
Honestly this is my favorite Doctor, my favorite Doctor clothes, of course I really like the sonic screwdriver and that Tardis interior Ohhh I love it !
"Wait hold on for a second, where did I put my bow tie... hmm... 9:55 OOhhh there you are !!".
*mom: dinner time!*
*me: what is it?*
*wifi soup!*
I know this season/Clara's characterization in it gets flack from fans, but I personally found it a huge breath of fresh air coming off of s6 given how stuffed it was with plot and emotionally charged arcs. Never fully understood the Clara hate but I'm biased bc she ended up being my fav companion throughout her run.
Mainly the fact at how long she ended up staying I think, and how much importance the writer seemed to think she had. I think Steven had too much fondness for her and didn't know when to let her go so when she finally did a lot of fans let out a sigh of relief instead of being sad about it. Personally, I wish Victorian Clara had been the one to go off with him. I liked her much better tbh. Still, I'd take another season with Clara over another one with Jodie. Here's hoping Chris listened to some criticism
Jessica Emmas I totally get all this, my only remarks are that Clara only appears in 3 more episodes than Amy Pond, and Amy is often a fan favorite (although I do recognize that people also feel she stuck around too long as well, but that doesn’t seem to have any effect on fan favoritism).
Also, that many companions during their run are given the Important treatment. I mean, Rose “Swallowed the Time Vortex” Tyler, Donna “Most Important Woman In All Of Creation” Noble, River “Literally Part Time Lord/Married To The Doctor” Song.... my point is that everyone loves those characters despite how ridiculously hyped up they were in their runs, but people don’t seem to extend that treatment to Clara.
That book and the one featured in "The Angels Take Manhattan" are actual novels. But.... its the LAST PAGE that is worth a read.....Also, have you ever seen the obituary for Amelia Williams?
Aw, I love his purple jacket. And yes, I love Clara, too. She's such a change from Amy, who had such a nasty, self-centered streak to her that always got on my nerves. Clara's just *fun* and will be a good way to pull the Doctor out of his funk.
I paused at, 9:51, to ask you if you are grinning because of when you said, "That's a throwback.", he threw his hat back behind him? 😒🤔😎😂
3:58 Oh look! Pond!
Mobile phone is genuinely one of my favourite who jokes (edit. 7b also has my favourite score, up the shard ect. Are regular listens for me)
did someone explained to him who is GI? the great intelligence is a classic who villain but i don't know that much about him, i won't try to explain, all i know is the current who episode where it appears (the snowmen, this episode, ...)
Holy crap @ 3:58, of all the times I've seen this episode over the years I've never caught the name of the author, Good eye Failwhale :|
I can't wait for the next episode..Not my favorite episode really except for his speech and the long song, it's a bop.
Rings of Akhaten might be my all time least favourite episode of Dr. Who ever, it's maximum levels of cringe and kinda relies too heavily on nostalgia for series 1 (specifically episode 2 of that series, they're practically the same episode even). The Long Song is decent, but sadly is also cringe albeit cringe by proxy or by association. Also the speech? Don't get me started on the speech, it is the epicentre of all that is cringey and bad about Series 7 as a whole. It's the worst speech the Doctor has ever given. Ever. It tries way too hard, it doesn't tell us anything we don't already know about the Doctor not even the 11th Doctor specifically, and for what? Because the writers were like, "S**t we haven't done anything even close to interesting or new this episode, what do we do?" "I know! Throw in a speech that sounds like it was ripped straight from a moody teenager's diary and make it all about how tormented the Doctor is about the bad things that have happened to him or that he's done to others! Because we've never done that before!!!" "MY GOD, YOU'RE A GENIUS!" Boom! Done! Horrificly bad episode of Dr. Who
P.S - Sorry I probably got a bit carried away there, but it needs said or I felt compelled or something, I dunno too late now I guess :P
Also! Continuing the unoriginality of this episode, this is now the 2nd time we see an "evil" sentient/living star. The 1st time being in series 3 episode 7 "42", the only difference this time is that the star in Rings of Akhaten has a "scary" face and has some different abilities... Whoop dee doo!
Rings of Akhaten is beautiful. This is the weirdest take I've ever seen.
Oh come on, Rings of Akhaten is lovely. I hate Moffat, but even I can say that episode is gorgeous.
Oh that was chilling! 6:01
You were totally right... It was a Classic villain. Just not one you were expecting.
Her name is Clara not Oswin!
can't wait till u see the day of the doctor, so good best season seven-episode/ special in my opinion
no one :
you : *calling Clara Oswin*
xD
Dudeeee!! Wat you said about the book!!!! Never noticed that!!! Ofc amy would write a book in that time.
Love this reaction!
The name on the book says AMELIA WILLIAMS.. She had to take Rorys last name cause they werre stuck in new york , at those times i guess, it was normal that the wife takes the husbands last name.. FUN FACT she wanted to keep her last name she said in an episode. But now Rory had the last laugh there at least !! lol
the author is amelia williams aka amy pond :OOOOO
I configured my router to show a pair of guest networks using special UTF-8 symbols just for fun. Same with my phone's hotspot host settings :D
Remember this phrase “woman in the shop”. You’ll get payoff in about 2 seasons.
A bit sooner than that.
Although I believe he's on season 10 or something in real time, he's just uploading these afterwards. So he already knows about her.
Watching this right now!
Americans don’t understand what they’re missing with jammy dodgers
She pressed 4 instead of 3 and 23 was missing in the book there's something significant about 3
We won’t hear about the helpline/woman in the shop ever again.
Huh, I wonder if this is why I distrust the cloud
I know a lot, I mean a LOT, of people don't like Clara but I think she was one of the better (NewWho) companions, and I'm super excited to see your reactions to this era!
She is, just not in this season unfortunately
@Thomas' Reactions Yes, except for River. Then again, calling River a companion feels wrong, she is so much more.
Liked Victorian Clara, and I even liked Oswin. Really wish one of them had been the full timer instead, that would have been way more interesting. Imagine, for one a modern set episode would be a trip to the future and for the other it would be to the past. Imagine the possibilities. Also, I think their characters shone a bit better. Modern Clara is just kind of... bland in comparison, at least by the end of her run.
P.s. she had too many fake out exits, it did get a bit grating for a while
@Thomas' Reactions To you there are so much better companions, some think Clara is the best companion. So what?
@Thomas' Reactions But to a lot of other people she might be.