A lot of people were really negative on Amy for this episode. They say "Rory waited for thousands of years and didn't complain, yet Amy only waited for like 40 and acted like this". The big difference is Rory CHOSE to wait, and he knew what he was waiting for. Amy in essence was abandoned like, or at least from her perspective she was. It's not really a fair comparison for me
Not to mention Rory lived through history, able to interact with people and live a relative life, while Amy was all by herself with only a robot for company.
They're really not similar situations at all. Rory was not in a human body while he waited, so he was not changing. Amy was in an ageing human body and saw life as passing her by. Although he might not have interacted much with people, Rory did have an interesting world going on around him. Amy did not. Rory was not abandoned - he chose to wait.
Let us also not forget the fact she hates The Doctor, not Rory. She knows Rory wouldn’t do that. But the Doctor made her wait as a kid and then wait even more after. She probably got fed up and figured maybe this is how he loses companions.
Karen and Arthur really knock it out the park in this episode. Their performances are absolutely magnificent and this is why Amy and Rory remain my favourite companions to date. It was always fun to watch the behind-the-scenes stuff, as it was clear Matt, Karen and Arthur were all really good friends and it translates to their on-screen chemistry together.
Man, I'd forgotten how intense the feels were with this episode. I swear that Amy and Rory's story is the best continuing storyline Moffat ever came up with.
The end..the implication was that she basically committed suicide instead of living the remainder of her life without Rory. As the handbots said there at the end.."this is a kindness..."
I don't know why series 6 gets a lot of flack from whovians. It has a brilliant arc, and brilliant episodes. Even 'Night Terrors' isn't bad. Come to think of it, every episode is at least good. Definitely one of the best.
"It's not fair, you're turning me into you" has got to be the companion motto at this point. Did you think traversing time and space would be without consequence?
People travel through time and space everyday and aren't put through universe changing situations every time they do. Time travel isn't conceptually dangerous, practically it is because the Doctor loves going straight to apocalyptic events.
Public Service Announcement: Please don"t tease about future episodes... it leads to spoilers. Let Jess enjoy Doctor Who at her own pace. She reads the comments and she's smart. She can put things together when she reads hints/teases you guys leave here. It happened too many times already. She has asked for us to just talk about what she knows so far to keep from spoiling her. Let's respect that, shall we? Just my two cents.
Can I add, if someone posts something vaguely spoilery, please don't draw attention to it by replying and saying "THAT'S A SPOILER for X episode or X character". Don't like the comment or reply to it at all, that just gives Jess clues as to the importance of a random comment. You guys know exactly which comment I'm referring to for this specific episode.
Aw bless you, sending you all the virtual hugs! Such a heartbreaking episode, the definitive Amy and Rory episode. Also I always like seeing the darker side of the Doctor, especially 11 because he is always so kind and sweet. But him shutting the door in Amy's face is so sad.
I am unashamed to admit that I was a 18 year old man when this episode aired, and I absolutely bawled my eyes out - along with everyone in the house. This was so cruel. When she says, "Show me Home..." And that tiny blue planet appears... I just lose it...
70mphTV 12, rather obviously, was similar to the First Doctor (Capaldi's favourite) and was outwardly ruthless and self-absorbed. Eleven was based on Smith's favourite, Two, and became a manipulative and detached figure on the inside, whilst keeping a goofy face.
I always thought this was a severely underrated episode, and now i'm sure of it. I've only ever seen it the once, on broadcast, and now i want to watch it again.
What a great reaction, my favourite Matt Smith episode hands down. I loved this chance to further explore Amy and Rory's relationship, and it makes me cry every single time I watch it. Amazing story.
Watching these reactions has made me fall in love with these episodes again! Series 6 has a lot of my favourite episodes. I don't care when the reactions come, I love being surprised. I'm just glad you're loving watching the show! Love from New Zealand x
I think the reason I like watching your videos is because you get so emotional. I'm so unbelievably unemotional so it's refreshing to see someone actually have an emotional reaction
This is one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes and it always makes me cry too :( I'm always blown away by Karen Gillan's performance in this episode. Her acting in this is just amazing- I totally buy her as a middle aged Amy who was abandoned for decades. Like she plays the older Amy so differently than how she normally plays Amy and it works so well.
From the moment I saw the title of the reaction video, I knew that this one was going to hit you hard in the feels. It doesn't get a lot of replays on my viewer because it was too emotional to watch. Epically executed, and brilliant production values all around. Everyone brought their A-game to the screen. Thanks for posting this video.
A great reaction to my favorite Karen Gillan episode. Such a wonderful speech between old and new Amy, "Rory's the most beautiful man I've ever know". Still gives me the chills.
Well, that messed me up. But I also think you might be in need of a hug. So, sending youtube hugs your way at least. I remember watching this when it aired and it messed me up pretty badly then too. Though I don't have a particularly personal connection to the story, I do have a big connection to the characters themselves, so it still gets me pretty emotional. I also think this episode does a great job of showing the "not so nice" sides of the Doctor, but in a better way than a lot of other episodes do? It plays with his moral ambiguity, but it doesn't try to make it into "is he good or bad?" - he's still Eleven, who's kind and caring, but who sometimes has to be the one to make all the toughest decisions and that hurts him but he still has to do them. Sometimes people are a bit too busy with making the Doctor ominous that they forget that. So I love Matt's work in this episode too, even though he technically takes a backseat in the story. And through their separation from each other, his relationship with Amy is very well highlighted, with all its flaws, while the Amy and Rory relationship is pulled up front and shown to be a source of great strength for both characters, and I absolutely love that.
"This isn't fair, you're turning my into you." Rory really is best boy Hands down one of my favorite characters in all of Who. He saw the Dr for what he was and not wut he wanted him to be.
Remember me tweeting you and asking who your favourite writer was on Who and you said you hadn't really been following the writers, but you loved whoever made Micky so badass in the Cybermen two parter? Same guy :)
Bless and thank you - you've reminded me again why Season 6 continues to be my favourite season of Who so far. 10 seasons in and 6 still remains the pinnacle. Imagination, emotion and heart. It will take a mountainous amount of work to beat it!
I knew you'd love this episode! I was waiting since we started season six for it. Only thing that could have made it better was River. I don't think that I ever cried more in a Doctor Who episode than this one. You really see how much Amy loves Rory. Their relationship starts out so bumpy, so by the time we get to this point, it's really satisfying to see her devotion to him.
George I just realised, discounting the two extra years she had to wait after the Atraxi, she waited three times as long in TwoStreams as she did in her own garden.
"I am so fucked up right now" Perfect description of this episode. One of my favourite episodes ever because of how beautiful it was written, it was a really incredible story but also added so much character to Amy and Rory and to their relationship. Don't worry Jess, this hurt me too...And rewatching this and your reaction didn't help change that at all...
I am going to declare a SPOILER on my comment here- even though its not not technically it is built on information already in episodes to this point and is about the content of this episode. But still it could be viewed as spoilerish perhaps depending on how you look at the topic and best to err on the side of caution in such cases. So SPOILER, sort of. But it addresses something very important in this episode which I feel is often overlooked, and especially so at the time of broadcast. It concerns River. A lot of folk at the time had issues with the series seemingly not addressing the fact Amy lost her baby. Or at least with the topic of why they had not gone back for her baby. Even though by this point we have already seen what happened- Melody was kidnapped on Demon's Run, she grew up in the orphanage in America, regenerated as a child in New York, made her way to England and grew up with her parents as their best friend Mels before being shot by Hitler and regenerating again into the River we know and whose adventures we have followed. Yet a lot of folk were still unhappy the issue of them not going back for baby Melody was not addressed. Well it is, in this episode. Just not head on as Doctor Who is not a gritty kitchen-sink drama or a soap. The ending of this episode, and the look the Doctor throws to Rory at the end are widely misunderstood in my view. How this episode is actually thematically about River becomes clear if you take the Doctors words to Rory and simply substitute older and young Amy for adult River and baby Melody- DOCTOR: There can never be two Rivers in the Tardis. The paradox is too massive..... When we save Melody, this future with River won't have happened. RORY: But River happened. She's there.... DOCTOR: Look, we take Melody, we lose River. She will never have existed. Only one River in the Tardis. Which one do you want? It's your choice. RORY: This isn't fair. You're turning me into you. In going through this experience Rory now understands why they can never have their baby back again- doing so would effectively 'kill' the River they know and grew up with. And having faced that choice with the two Amy's he knows he cannot go through with killing River, just as he could not go through with killing older Amy. Now he has to persuade Amy of that. When Amy awakens at the end the look thrown by the Doctor to Rory is about the seriousness of the conversation Rory and Amy are about to have. This is the extra spoiler warning bit- that this conversation between Amy and Rory must have taken place is clear from something Amy says in a later episode. We never see that implied conversation on screen: if it was unfair on Rory to decide between wives how much more so and bleaker for them to decide between saving River and sacrificing their time with their own new born baby, especially given they know what unpleasant things are going to happen to her along the way.To bleak for Who to take on directly- instead it is dealt with thematically here in this story. The reason they cannot save older Amy and have to chose one or the other and the moral dilemma it throws up- older Amy's life is just as legitimate, real and valuable as younger Amy's life- is the same reason and moral dilemma in both cases and completely explains why they cannot go back for Melody without killing River. Rather than the issue never being addressed as this series is sometimes criticized for, this is the episode which deals with it. Perhaps it did so a little too obliquely for its own good.
I had forgotten how heart wrenching this episode was. When you said it hit home, though, that got me. I think that's one reason why the show is so great, that it deals with events that we can relate to, some of us more than others. Thank you for sharing such a heartfelt reaction.
This is definitely one of my favourite episodes of DW! It manages to deal with the moral uncertainties of time travel and wraps it up in, what's essentially, a character piece. Rory and Amy are only complete when they're together and for (older) Amy that gave her sacrifice it's meaning. This was really well written along with great performances from the cast. I was thinking of you and wondered how you might feel about this story. I hate to see you upset and hope that you're ok after this, but you don't hide your emotions and that made it even more powerful. A heartfelt reaction from a truly beautiful person. We love you!! Thank you for everything!!
It's that last line from the younger Amy which always gets me - Rory has to explain to her what just happened. I suspect the younger Amy is not going to take what Rory and the Doctor did too well.
Everytime I see this, I wonder if someone watched the Time/Space mini-episode from the previous year's Comic Relief and thought "I know, what we need to do is make fluffy comedy masterpiece into a heartbreaking tragedy of horrifying implications."
Watched a few of your early reactions. You've come a long way from the disinterested sounding, "awww," when Jack got killed in Series 1. You've got a real emotional investment in the characters now. I didn't tear up watching this when it first aired, but I did watching you watch it. In a way, it's like what the Doctor had said - seeing it through the eyes of others. So glad you like these seasons as much as I did. Eleven and the Ponds forever.
A beautiful reaction from one of my favourite episodes featuring Amy and Rory. What a lovely couple they were. So heartbreaking that Rory had to choose.
Very good video. Doctor Who is more emotional in its reincarnation. It wasn't like that when I watched it as a kid back in the 1970's and early 80's. It makes me cry when something sad happens too. I've just turned 50 and cry whenever I see the film Frozen. They say Crying releases emotional tension and helps us feel better in the end. All the very best, Trev from East London, UK.
t43iavmoi: Adric's death and Three leaving Jo's engagement party on his own are really the only properly emotional moments that I can think of in the seventies and eighties.
So one Doctor Who per week means Series 6 ends the last week of July. Series 7 Part 1 ends early September. 50th Anniversary Special the week before the 54th Anniversary. Series 8 ends the week of Valentines Day. Series 9 ends in mid-May. This year's Christmas special will be at the end of August next year.
I so love watching your doctor who reactions. But what I also love is the little pieces of your life you share with us. Makes me wonder who was the one who waited. Keep up with these amazing reactions. I can wait once a week for them. Take care
Some really great acting all around with Amy stealing the show but also we really get to see the "dark and callous when necessary Doctor", a Doctor who knows that he basically has to kill the older Amy to preserve the younger version of her... and narrative wise we see more of the the old man in the young mans body doing drastic things for what he thinks is right. It's beautiful and twisted and that is what makes it so heartbreaking but right at the same time.
Another awesome reaction. Thank you. I thought you'd appreciate it. It's very emotional for a standalone episode (it's another one that always gets me). The symmetry of Amy waiting for Rory who had previously waited for her is kind of beautiful. I love the line where Rory says he doesn't care that Amy got old, he cares that they didn't get old together. And that look on 'old' Amy's face as she just stands there watching Rory carry 'young' Amy, breaks my heart. I think the actors who play Amy and Rory did a great job. But I doubt this will be the last episode that brings a tear.
I've been waiting for you to get to this episode... I knew we would all be crying together! lol Seriously this is in my top 5 episodes of all of New Who - the writing, the acting, the amazing set design and costuming... It just hits every element perfectly for me. For some reason it doesn't seem to be mentioned a lot when people talk about "best" episodes, which is a shame - it's brilliant. IMHO of course. ;)
I have waited so long for you to react to this episode. one of my favorites of all time. I think you cried as much as did haha. Heart breaking. Thanks for watching this show. Always look forward to your reactions of this.
This was one of the VERY few times where I didn't like the Doctor in terms of his actions. He really came across as a villain here, even though in the end he was right - there can never be two Amys. By the way, that look he gives Rory at the end...god I love/hate this episode.
Sorry, should have worded that better - what I meant was that (having started watching around S4 and continuing through 5 and 6 so on before watching the earlier ones), it was one of, if not my first, experience of seeing and treating the Doctor like a villain...kinda.
I ADORED this moment when I saw it. I'm a big fan of 7, who eventually came across as far darker and more about the bigger picture than the others, and 11 shared a lot in common with him. Even before this episode, 11 lied and kept secrets from his companion. I really like that we have moments like this, that remind us the Doctor isn't human and sees the universe and time far differently to us.
Do you plan on watching the movies: "An Adventure in Space and Time", about how the show started, and the TV movie, "Doctor Who" from 1996 which was an attempt to bring the show to America?
An Adventure in Space and Time can be watched anytime really since it's spoiler free, but yes it would be awesome if you can secure a watching of it...
I really, really hope she watches "An Adventure in Space and Time" before or after the 50th Anniversary Special. It's too good not to watch. More people should see it and I'd love to see her reaction.
Aw you have me almost in tears watching you. I love how much you love this show too, so Thank you again for reacting to Doctor Who and dont worry about scheduling, Im just happy that you do it all! Peace to you!
I really enjoy how you are very honest with your reactions. If there's an emotional scene you'll showcase your emotions and I really admire that. It makes you very genuine. As for your upload frequency...do what suits you best. You say once a week and that's fine, whether it's Wednesday, Thursday, Friday doesn't matter. It'll give us something to look forward to regardless. Keep up the good work.
Just wanted to say: I really love these reactions. I'm not sure why but a few days ago one of your series 1 vids popped up as recommended. Seeing that someone had got reactions from the (revived) beginning of my favourite show got me curious and I clicked play on Series 1 - Episode 1. It was fascinating watching someone discover the show for the first time and this morphed into 'I wonder when she's going to start liking it' :p. I think if I had been watching back then, I would have said something like "yeah...I don't think this is the show for you", but Micky got you through those early days and plenty of fun reactions followed. I got hooked wondering what you'd make of such-and-such an episode or a particular moment and after a few days binge-watching (from my POV you've moved home twice this week) I'd caught up and have watched this vid the day it was uploaded. I've not had a great time recently, but your videos have provided plenty of entertainment and consequently stopped me being a miserable git. I will be checking out reactions you've done for other shows I've seen and will of course look forward to future Doctor Who ones.
Aw bless ya Jess, it's impossible not to have the heartstrings pulled seeing your reactions and how it can bring home things that are important to you. A brilliant episode it was too... the next story is fantastic, plus Spence, my mate since schooldays is in it too playing the main creature.
One of my favourite episodes, possibly my favourite of Series 6 (although I love the one after this too, and The Doctor's Wife), though it hits home a lot as well in a personal way - so I'm glad to see I'm not the only one this episode completely messes up!
Absolutely brilliant, sorely underappreciated episode even today. When it originally aired the ending utterly destroyed me, I was just inconsolably sobbing into my sofa in the dark for like 20 minutes.
The first time I saw this episode, I really didn't pick up on it, but after a rewatch? This became one of my favorite episodes of all time. This one BROKE me. That moment, where the older Amy and the Doctor eyelock at the end had me holding my breath. Amy stayed alive all those years with that sword by her side, and when she sees that tardis open before her, she throws it away without second thought as she sprints for escape. And in one of the most heartbreaking moments of the series (imo) the doctor slams the door shut. Not only do we get to see incredibly touching development/history of Amy and Rory this episode, but we're also witness to the cold logic of the Doctor. When he shut that door...I just lost it. This just shows, as many companions/people have said it, there are very REAL consequences for traveling with the doctor.
"Your choice, Rory." For me, that was the Doctor at his darkest. Pick which wife you want to kill! Glad to see it wasn't just me, that felt the horror of the decision, he forced on a traumatised man.
So I cried so much when I rewatched this episode (as I always do), then I cried some more watching your reaction to it. Never before has there been an episode where I looked at Amy and thought "That's so River!" more than I did during this episode. Warrior Amy was kicking butt and taking names. And that last scene where she tells Rory to go ahead because she's got his back, and then she takes out all those robots one after another totally reminded me of River when she takes out all the monsters (that we think are called the Silence but...) after they rescue Amy and when the Doctor isn't looking but Rory sees it happen. I love that scene and I love seeing more of River in Amy (it's not the 1st time but it's one of the times that left the biggest impression, especially when I comes to being a warrior). But this is also a stand out episode for Rory! I already loved Rory before I ever saw this episode but my love for him grew exponentially after seeing this episode. I can't imagine how wonderful it would be to be loved by a man like Rory. But it surely seems beyond amazing. This is one of my top 3 favorite episodes from this season. Glad you loved it too!
Just to let you know, when you get to the 50th Anniversary Special called 'The Day of the Doctor' make sure you watch this awesome little Doctor Who History Special type-thing Mark Gatiss (the Mycroft Holmes Actor and Sherlock writer) wrote. It's amazing and in no way boring or anything. It's called An Adventure In Space and Time. I thought I'd better let you know as you probably wouldn't know otherwise. Cheers!
Hi, She'll watch this with 50th celebrations, as intended. Also incase you are unaware, Jess doesn't like hearing episode titles, although in this case she is aware of this one. Just as a courtesy for future comments? Thanks :)
A lot of people were really negative on Amy for this episode. They say "Rory waited for thousands of years and didn't complain, yet Amy only waited for like 40 and acted like this". The big difference is Rory CHOSE to wait, and he knew what he was waiting for. Amy in essence was abandoned like, or at least from her perspective she was. It's not really a fair comparison for me
Not to mention Rory lived through history, able to interact with people and live a relative life, while Amy was all by herself with only a robot for company.
They're really not similar situations at all. Rory was not in a human body while he waited, so he was not changing. Amy was in an ageing human body and saw life as passing her by. Although he might not have interacted much with people, Rory did have an interesting world going on around him. Amy did not. Rory was not abandoned - he chose to wait.
Herminbean Tell me about it. Rory volunteered to wait alone. Amy was almost abandoned like a dog.
Let us also not forget the fact she hates The Doctor, not Rory. She knows Rory wouldn’t do that. But the Doctor made her wait as a kid and then wait even more after. She probably got fed up and figured maybe this is how he loses companions.
40 years, 2000 years... all very impressive. But, four and a half billion years...
Watch Doctor Who, they said. It's such a fun show, they said.
Karen really shows how fucking incredible of an actress she is awesome reaction
Karen and Arthur really knock it out the park in this episode. Their performances are absolutely magnificent and this is why Amy and Rory remain my favourite companions to date.
It was always fun to watch the behind-the-scenes stuff, as it was clear Matt, Karen and Arthur were all really good friends and it translates to their on-screen chemistry together.
Man, I'd forgotten how intense the feels were with this episode. I swear that Amy and Rory's story is the best continuing storyline Moffat ever came up with.
The end..the implication was that she basically committed suicide instead of living the remainder of her life without Rory. As the handbots said there at the end.."this is a kindness..."
I don't know why series 6 gets a lot of flack from whovians. It has a brilliant arc, and brilliant episodes. Even 'Night Terrors' isn't bad. Come to think of it, every episode is at least good. Definitely one of the best.
"It's not fair, you're turning me into you" has got to be the companion motto at this point. Did you think traversing time and space would be without consequence?
People travel through time and space everyday and aren't put through universe changing situations every time they do. Time travel isn't conceptually dangerous, practically it is because the Doctor loves going straight to apocalyptic events.
Public Service Announcement: Please don"t tease about future episodes... it leads to spoilers. Let Jess enjoy Doctor Who at her own pace. She reads the comments and she's smart. She can put things together when she reads hints/teases you guys leave here. It happened too many times already. She has asked for us to just talk about what she knows so far to keep from spoiling her. Let's respect that, shall we?
Just my two cents.
Or comments that can lead to spoilers...
Yeah there are far too many people who think they're clever, but give things away because nobody is as clever as they like to think they are.
I got ya guys, fear not.
Can I add, if someone posts something vaguely spoilery, please don't draw attention to it by replying and saying "THAT'S A SPOILER for X episode or X character". Don't like the comment or reply to it at all, that just gives Jess clues as to the importance of a random comment.
You guys know exactly which comment I'm referring to for this specific episode.
chinareds54 i delete anything spoilery. I go through all the comments before Jess even looks at them, so by that stage it all should be clear
what an episode !!! I cried with you , that last line from Amy "Where is she?" literally destroys me , Love you lots my dear xx
This is where, if anyone had a doubt, Amy made it clear how much she really loves Rory. "Rory's the most beautiful man I ever met."
17:55 "This isn't fair. You're turning me into you."
At 16:30, I just find it amusing that Rory took one of them out with a painting. But why is it a Da Vinchi one? Wouldn't a Van Gogh be more fitting?
I thought the same! Lol
Aw bless you, sending you all the virtual hugs!
Such a heartbreaking episode, the definitive Amy and Rory episode. Also I always like seeing the darker side of the Doctor, especially 11 because he is always so kind and sweet. But him shutting the door in Amy's face is so sad.
I am unashamed to admit that I was a 18 year old man when this episode aired, and I absolutely bawled my eyes out - along with everyone in the house. This was so cruel.
When she says, "Show me Home..." And that tiny blue planet appears... I just lose it...
This episode really rammed home how utterly ruthless Eleven could be.
70mphTV 12 is more outwardly ruthless. 11 was very cunning and manipulative, he was a much darker doctor than people often realise.
None are as ruthless as 7
79.03.13 oh absolutely! 7 was on another level 😂
Jack Hart Two, Seven, and Eleven are the manipulative ones definitely, as well as Four and Twelve to an extent.
70mphTV 12, rather obviously, was similar to the First Doctor (Capaldi's favourite) and was outwardly ruthless and self-absorbed. Eleven was based on Smith's favourite, Two, and became a manipulative and detached figure on the inside, whilst keeping a goofy face.
I always thought this was a severely underrated episode, and now i'm sure of it. I've only ever seen it the once, on broadcast, and now i want to watch it again.
One of the standout episodes of Doctor Who entirely. Hits me hard in the feels every time.
What a great reaction, my favourite Matt Smith episode hands down. I loved this chance to further explore Amy and Rory's relationship, and it makes me cry every single time I watch it. Amazing story.
Watching these reactions has made me fall in love with these episodes again! Series 6 has a lot of my favourite episodes.
I don't care when the reactions come, I love being surprised. I'm just glad you're loving watching the show!
Love from New Zealand x
i think the 11th doctor has made you cry more than 9th and 10th combined .
I think the reason I like watching your videos is because you get so emotional. I'm so unbelievably unemotional so it's refreshing to see someone actually have an emotional reaction
This is one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes and it always makes me cry too :( I'm always blown away by Karen Gillan's performance in this episode. Her acting in this is just amazing- I totally buy her as a middle aged Amy who was abandoned for decades. Like she plays the older Amy so differently than how she normally plays Amy and it works so well.
"I waited...I waited for you" Those words just keep coming back to haunt the Doctor. :(
Oh, I see what you did there.
rocketcon OH PISS OFF
(Sorry I meant to say PISS OFF DONT MAKE ME SAD)
rocketcon too soon
So much for british punctuality.
From the moment I saw the title of the reaction video, I knew that this one was going to hit you hard in the feels.
It doesn't get a lot of replays on my viewer because it was too emotional to watch. Epically executed, and brilliant production values all around. Everyone brought their A-game to the screen. Thanks for posting this video.
A great reaction to my favorite Karen Gillan episode. Such a wonderful speech between old and new Amy, "Rory's the most beautiful man I've ever know". Still gives me the chills.
One of my favorite episodes ! This episode had me going :"That's it! I am officially a Doctor Who fan!"
Well, that messed me up. But I also think you might be in need of a hug. So, sending youtube hugs your way at least.
I remember watching this when it aired and it messed me up pretty badly then too. Though I don't have a particularly personal connection to the story, I do have a big connection to the characters themselves, so it still gets me pretty emotional.
I also think this episode does a great job of showing the "not so nice" sides of the Doctor, but in a better way than a lot of other episodes do? It plays with his moral ambiguity, but it doesn't try to make it into "is he good or bad?" - he's still Eleven, who's kind and caring, but who sometimes has to be the one to make all the toughest decisions and that hurts him but he still has to do them. Sometimes people are a bit too busy with making the Doctor ominous that they forget that. So I love Matt's work in this episode too, even though he technically takes a backseat in the story. And through their separation from each other, his relationship with Amy is very well highlighted, with all its flaws, while the Amy and Rory relationship is pulled up front and shown to be a source of great strength for both characters, and I absolutely love that.
This is one of my favourite Matt Smith episodes.
"This isn't fair, you're turning my into you." Rory really is best boy
Hands down one of my favorite characters in all of Who. He saw the Dr for what he was and not wut he wanted him to be.
This was the most emotional episodes for me, especially since I invest on the characters and the dialogues. I couldn't stop crying for 20 minutes.
As soon as I saw the title, I thought "She is going to be a wreck at the end of this..." And so you were.
Remember me tweeting you and asking who your favourite writer was on Who and you said you hadn't really been following the writers, but you loved whoever made Micky so badass in the Cybermen two parter? Same guy :)
This is one of my favourite 11th Doctor stories! And I actually love Rory in this episode, not usually a huge fan of him.
Bless and thank you - you've reminded me again why Season 6 continues to be my favourite season of Who so far.
10 seasons in and 6 still remains the pinnacle. Imagination, emotion and heart.
It will take a mountainous amount of work to beat it!
I knew you'd love this episode! I was waiting since we started season six for it. Only thing that could have made it better was River. I don't think that I ever cried more in a Doctor Who episode than this one. You really see how much Amy loves Rory. Their relationship starts out so bumpy, so by the time we get to this point, it's really satisfying to see her devotion to him.
Forgot how emotional this ep was, one of the best considering its 'Doctor-lite'
Amy had already waited 14 years to travel in the TARDIS - She's waited 50 years 😧
36*
George I just realised, discounting the two extra years she had to wait after the Atraxi, she waited three times as long in TwoStreams as she did in her own garden.
@@DanKuman 14+36=50
"I am so fucked up right now"
Perfect description of this episode. One of my favourite episodes ever because of how beautiful it was written, it was a really incredible story but also added so much character to Amy and Rory and to their relationship. Don't worry Jess, this hurt me too...And rewatching this and your reaction didn't help change that at all...
I am going to declare a SPOILER on my comment here- even though its not not technically it is built on information already in episodes to this point and is about the content of this episode. But still it could be viewed as spoilerish perhaps depending on how you look at the topic and best to err on the side of caution in such cases. So SPOILER, sort of.
But it addresses something very important in this episode which I feel is often overlooked, and especially so at the time of broadcast.
It concerns River.
A lot of folk at the time had issues with the series seemingly not addressing the fact Amy lost her baby. Or at least with the topic of why they had not gone back for her baby. Even though by this point we have already seen what happened- Melody was kidnapped on Demon's Run, she grew up in the orphanage in America, regenerated as a child in New York, made her way to England and grew up with her parents as their best friend Mels before being shot by Hitler and regenerating again into the River we know and whose adventures we have followed.
Yet a lot of folk were still unhappy the issue of them not going back for baby Melody was not addressed. Well it is, in this episode. Just not head on as Doctor Who is not a gritty kitchen-sink drama or a soap.
The ending of this episode, and the look the Doctor throws to Rory at the end are widely misunderstood in my view.
How this episode is actually thematically about River becomes clear if you take the Doctors words to Rory and simply substitute older and young Amy for adult River and baby Melody-
DOCTOR: There can never be two Rivers in the Tardis. The paradox is too massive..... When we save Melody, this future with River won't have happened.
RORY: But River happened. She's there....
DOCTOR: Look, we take Melody, we lose River. She will never have existed. Only one River in the Tardis. Which one do you want?
It's your choice.
RORY: This isn't fair. You're turning me into you.
In going through this experience Rory now understands why they can never have their baby back again- doing so would effectively 'kill' the River they know and grew up with. And having faced that choice with the two Amy's he knows he cannot go through with killing River, just as he could not go through with killing older Amy. Now he has to persuade Amy of that.
When Amy awakens at the end the look thrown by the Doctor to Rory is about the seriousness of the conversation Rory and Amy are about to have.
This is the extra spoiler warning bit- that this conversation between Amy and Rory must have taken place is clear from something Amy says in a later episode.
We never see that implied conversation on screen: if it was unfair on Rory to decide between wives how much more so and bleaker for them to decide between saving River and sacrificing their time with their own new born baby, especially given they know what unpleasant things are going to happen to her along the way.To bleak for Who to take on directly- instead it is dealt with thematically here in this story.
The reason they cannot save older Amy and have to chose one or the other and the moral dilemma it throws up- older Amy's life is just as legitimate, real and valuable as younger Amy's life- is the same reason and moral dilemma in both cases and completely explains why they cannot go back for Melody without killing River.
Rather than the issue never being addressed as this series is sometimes criticized for, this is the episode which deals with it. Perhaps it did so a little too obliquely for its own good.
I had forgotten how heart wrenching this episode was. When you said it hit home, though, that got me. I think that's one reason why the show is so great, that it deals with events that we can relate to, some of us more than others. Thank you for sharing such a heartfelt reaction.
This is definitely one of my favourite episodes of DW! It manages to deal with the moral uncertainties of time travel and wraps it up in, what's essentially, a character piece. Rory and Amy are only complete when they're together and for (older) Amy that gave her sacrifice it's meaning. This was really well written along with great performances from the cast.
I was thinking of you and wondered how you might feel about this story. I hate to see you upset and hope that you're ok after this, but you don't hide your emotions and that made it even more powerful.
A heartfelt reaction from a truly beautiful person.
We love you!! Thank you for everything!!
22:01 , "if anything happens to those two, i'm gonna loose it...", 7x05 , she wasn't kidding was she...
Fun fact - interface was voiced by Imelda Staunton who played Delores Umbridge in Harry Potter
It's that last line from the younger Amy which always gets me - Rory has to explain to her what just happened. I suspect the younger Amy is not going to take what Rory and the Doctor did too well.
Matt Smith doesn't get enough credit for episodes like these.
The most underrated Doctor Who episode for me. Quite quite brilliant.
Everytime I see this, I wonder if someone watched the Time/Space mini-episode from the previous year's Comic Relief and thought "I know, what we need to do is make fluffy comedy masterpiece into a heartbreaking tragedy of horrifying implications."
The Doctor's look at the end is everything! Matt's, Arthur's & Karen's performance this episode is brilliant.
The visual nod to Ten and Rose, with Amy and Rory putting their hands to the window(like the wall)
Such a great episode. Definitely my favorite Amy and Rory episode.
Watched a few of your early reactions. You've come a long way from the disinterested sounding, "awww," when Jack got killed in Series 1. You've got a real emotional investment in the characters now. I didn't tear up watching this when it first aired, but I did watching you watch it. In a way, it's like what the Doctor had said - seeing it through the eyes of others.
So glad you like these seasons as much as I did. Eleven and the Ponds forever.
Before watching video: nah I'm not gonna cry...........*cries more than the first time*
I'm in the bath while I'm watching this and I've pretty much flooded it with tears.
Fun fact: the voice of the Interface is Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge).
It's my favourite episode of series six, it's so emotional and amazing and we'll written and everything
One Doctor who video every week sounds good 😊
jaCKoPlays or 5 a day.
Lol kidding, 1 a week is good, I'd say 2 but it's up to Sess.
A beautiful reaction from one of my favourite episodes featuring Amy and Rory. What a lovely couple they were. So heartbreaking that Rory had to choose.
Very good video. Doctor Who is more emotional in its reincarnation. It wasn't like that when I watched it as a kid back in the 1970's and early 80's. It makes me cry when something sad happens too. I've just turned 50 and cry whenever I see the film Frozen. They say Crying releases emotional tension and helps us feel better in the end. All the very best, Trev from East London, UK.
t43iavmoi: Adric's death and Three leaving Jo's engagement party on his own are really the only properly emotional moments that I can think of in the seventies and eighties.
So one Doctor Who per week means
Series 6 ends the last week of July.
Series 7 Part 1 ends early September.
50th Anniversary Special the week before the 54th Anniversary.
Series 8 ends the week of Valentines Day.
Series 9 ends in mid-May.
This year's Christmas special will be at the end of August next year.
aww you poor thing! *send you a hug from France"
A very truthful reaction of this wonderful episode. I'm waiting for the next one ^^
I so love watching your doctor who reactions. But what I also love is the little pieces of your life you share with us. Makes me wonder who was the one who waited. Keep up with these amazing reactions. I can wait once a week for them. Take care
Of all episodes this is the only one that made me cry and that's not easy to do. One of my favourite doctor who episodes
Some really great acting all around with Amy stealing the show but also we really get to see the "dark and callous when necessary Doctor", a Doctor who knows that he basically has to kill the older Amy to preserve the younger version of her... and narrative wise we see more of the the old man in the young mans body doing drastic things for what he thinks is right. It's beautiful and twisted and that is what makes it so heartbreaking but right at the same time.
Has anyone said you dress for each Doctor Who episode beautifully and lovely? I noticed. You have a fashion sense.
My favourite episode! So happy you loved it!
Another awesome reaction. Thank you. I thought you'd appreciate it. It's very emotional for a standalone episode (it's another one that always gets me). The symmetry of Amy waiting for Rory who had previously waited for her is kind of beautiful. I love the line where Rory says he doesn't care that Amy got old, he cares that they didn't get old together. And that look on 'old' Amy's face as she just stands there watching Rory carry 'young' Amy, breaks my heart. I think the actors who play Amy and Rory did a great job. But I doubt this will be the last episode that brings a tear.
This is a great episode from a great season. I love the scene of the two Amys talking to each other. Awesome reaction as usual.
Going back through your older videos cause I love your reactions. Thanks for spending your time on us. I for 1 appreciate it
12:23 Tears every time !!!!! I love that conversation.
this is one of my favourite episodes!!!! ^^ love the concept
I LOVE how emotional you get.
Every time the Doctor has to hurt someone he loves and cares, I can feel his soul grow a little darker and another layer of burden he has to take.
Yeah, I understand your reaction to this one. A great, tragic episode, with Karen Gillan knocking it out of the park.
And I've heard it said that British TV is relatively emotionless … that's not been my experience with it.
I've been waiting for you to get to this episode... I knew we would all be crying together! lol Seriously this is in my top 5 episodes of all of New Who - the writing, the acting, the amazing set design and costuming... It just hits every element perfectly for me. For some reason it doesn't seem to be mentioned a lot when people talk about "best" episodes, which is a shame - it's brilliant. IMHO of course. ;)
I have waited so long for you to react to this episode. one of my favorites of all time. I think you cried as much as did haha. Heart breaking. Thanks for watching this show. Always look forward to your reactions of this.
This was one of the VERY few times where I didn't like the Doctor in terms of his actions. He really came across as a villain here, even though in the end he was right - there can never be two Amys. By the way, that look he gives Rory at the end...god I love/hate this episode.
"...few times"
Someone hasn't watched 1,3,6 or 7 lol
Sorry, should have worded that better - what I meant was that (having started watching around S4 and continuing through 5 and 6 so on before watching the earlier ones), it was one of, if not my first, experience of seeing and treating the Doctor like a villain...kinda.
Sometimes there are no good choices.
I ADORED this moment when I saw it. I'm a big fan of 7, who eventually came across as far darker and more about the bigger picture than the others, and 11 shared a lot in common with him. Even before this episode, 11 lied and kept secrets from his companion. I really like that we have moments like this, that remind us the Doctor isn't human and sees the universe and time far differently to us.
Patrick Fisher I wouldn't say the Doctor was being villainous. It was just showing his slightly darker side. The Racnoss, the Family, the lot.
If I´m not mistaken, I believe, that this episode actually aired BEFORE any tv Michonne did!.....
She means the comics
“It’s like Michonne’s pets” any comparison between my two fave characters makes me very happy!
Do you plan on watching the movies: "An Adventure in Space and Time", about how the show started, and the TV movie, "Doctor Who" from 1996 which was an attempt to bring the show to America?
I recommend watching those before the 50th anniversary episode(s).
An Adventure in Space and Time can be watched anytime really since it's spoiler free, but yes it would be awesome if you can secure a watching of it...
Stay by release date order.
Be "the Guys who waited" ;)
I really, really hope she watches "An Adventure in Space and Time" before or after the 50th Anniversary Special. It's too good not to watch. More people should see it and I'd love to see her reaction.
She should watch it just be before she watches the 50th anniversary special
Aw you have me almost in tears watching you. I love how much you love this show too, so Thank you again for reacting to Doctor Who and dont worry about scheduling, Im just happy that you do it all! Peace to you!
I forgot how extraordinary this episode is!
I really enjoy how you are very honest with your reactions. If there's an emotional scene you'll showcase your emotions and I really admire that. It makes you very genuine. As for your upload frequency...do what suits you best. You say once a week and that's fine, whether it's Wednesday, Thursday, Friday doesn't matter. It'll give us something to look forward to regardless. Keep up the good work.
Just wanted to say: I really love these reactions. I'm not sure why but a few days ago one of your series 1 vids popped up as recommended. Seeing that someone had got reactions from the (revived) beginning of my favourite show got me curious and I clicked play on Series 1 - Episode 1.
It was fascinating watching someone discover the show for the first time and this morphed into 'I wonder when she's going to start liking it' :p. I think if I had been watching back then, I would have said something like "yeah...I don't think this is the show for you", but Micky got you through those early days and plenty of fun reactions followed.
I got hooked wondering what you'd make of such-and-such an episode or a particular moment and after a few days binge-watching (from my POV you've moved home twice this week) I'd caught up and have watched this vid the day it was uploaded. I've not had a great time recently, but your videos have provided plenty of entertainment and consequently stopped me being a miserable git.
I will be checking out reactions you've done for other shows I've seen and will of course look forward to future Doctor Who ones.
It was fun finally seeing her heart lock into a Doctor; the 11th Doctor to be exact. :)
Aw bless ya Jess, it's impossible not to have the heartstrings pulled seeing your reactions and how it can bring home things that are important to you. A brilliant episode it was too... the next story is fantastic, plus Spence, my mate since schooldays is in it too playing the main creature.
One of my favourite episodes, possibly my favourite of Series 6 (although I love the one after this too, and The Doctor's Wife), though it hits home a lot as well in a personal way - so I'm glad to see I'm not the only one this episode completely messes up!
Absolutely brilliant, sorely underappreciated episode even today. When it originally aired the ending utterly destroyed me, I was just inconsolably sobbing into my sofa in the dark for like 20 minutes.
Thank you for letting yourself be vulnerable. Your reactions are raw and honest, and a highlight of my week. :)
Amy's stunt work has improved a ton between this episode and Guardians of the Galaxy
know Karen does seem a little blue in GOTG
The first time I saw this episode, I really didn't pick up on it, but after a rewatch? This became one of my favorite episodes of all time. This one BROKE me.
That moment, where the older Amy and the Doctor eyelock at the end had me holding my breath. Amy stayed alive all those years with that sword by her side, and when she sees that tardis open before her, she throws it away without second thought as she sprints for escape. And in one of the most heartbreaking moments of the series (imo) the doctor slams the door shut. Not only do we get to see incredibly touching development/history of Amy and Rory this episode, but we're also witness to the cold logic of the Doctor. When he shut that door...I just lost it. This just shows, as many companions/people have said it, there are very REAL consequences for traveling with the doctor.
Ooo - first - Fully expecting this to have broken you into pieces. Hope it wasn't too hard to watch.
*Rory kicks the Tardis door*
The doctor: YOU KICKED MY TARDIS
Well, I died starting at around 18:00. I guess this is what human emotion is like.
Without a doubt the best episode of this series by a mile.
"Your choice, Rory."
For me, that was the Doctor at his darkest. Pick which wife you want to kill!
Glad to see it wasn't just me, that felt the horror of the decision, he forced on a traumatised man.
So I cried so much when I rewatched this episode (as I always do), then I cried some more watching your reaction to it. Never before has there been an episode where I looked at Amy and thought "That's so River!" more than I did during this episode. Warrior Amy was kicking butt and taking names. And that last scene where she tells Rory to go ahead because she's got his back, and then she takes out all those robots one after another totally reminded me of River when she takes out all the monsters (that we think are called the Silence but...) after they rescue Amy and when the Doctor isn't looking but Rory sees it happen. I love that scene and I love seeing more of River in Amy (it's not the 1st time but it's one of the times that left the biggest impression, especially when I comes to being a warrior). But this is also a stand out episode for Rory! I already loved Rory before I ever saw this episode but my love for him grew exponentially after seeing this episode. I can't imagine how wonderful it would be to be loved by a man like Rory. But it surely seems beyond amazing. This is one of my top 3 favorite episodes from this season. Glad you loved it too!
One of my favourite episodes.
I LOVE this episode. Amazing. Glad you loved it too. Eleventh, Amy & Rory forever!!!
Just to let you know, when you get to the 50th Anniversary Special called 'The Day of the Doctor' make sure you watch this awesome little Doctor Who History Special type-thing Mark Gatiss (the Mycroft Holmes Actor and Sherlock writer) wrote. It's amazing and in no way boring or anything. It's called An Adventure In Space and Time. I thought I'd better let you know as you probably wouldn't know otherwise. Cheers!
She's quite far from the 50th
Hi, She'll watch this with 50th celebrations, as intended.
Also incase you are unaware, Jess doesn't like hearing episode titles, although in this case she is aware of this one. Just as a courtesy for future comments? Thanks :)