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- Doctor Who Reaction - "The Day of the Doctor " - 50th Anniversary Special - #DoctorWho
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Moffat nailed it. He had a needle to thread and managed it. He resolved the Time War arc without removing the guilt from 9 onwards that drove some their actions, but also potentially saved Gallifrey for the future. Moffat famously one said that he loved to create an impossible cliffhanger and then write himself out of it. As a viewer, we can see sometimes it doesn't quite come off, but when he nails it, it's glorious (Big Bang, I think was what he was referring to at the time).
To be honest, I still feel the episode should have ended with Ten and Eleven helping him do what he had to do so he didn't have to do it alone. Once they decide to retcon everything, the episode starts falling apart. Well, except for the very, very end. They could have skipped the retcon nonsense and went straight from where it should have ended to the bit with Ten and the War Doctor saying goodbye, and the Curator coming in.
@@ms_scribbles I much prefer what Moffat did
@@ms_scribbles it’s a retcon that completely works within the story. How does it fall apart?
This episode was strongly hyped as "10 and 11 TOGETHER!!" - but,really,it's all about John Hurt's War Doctor. The entire story is centered around him,and he is exceptional.
He brings all the emotion and shows why 9 had all the raw pain still simmering right under the surface. A brilliant job.
True. But 11 is still the main character & thankfully they really made it in a way that we didn't forget who the oldest here was.
Stephen Moffat, in an interview said that when he realized that he was going to be the show-runner for the 50th anniversary, he said that he felt a great responsibility to produce a great episode - and he came through. The War Doctor was created primarily because Eccleston did not want to participate in the 50th. But John Hurt, who nailed the pathos of the War Doctor, was a great casting decision. He shared that he didn't have much time to decide to take the role - so glad he did.
John Hurt was spectacular as the War Doctor of course, but I really feel it was such a shame Paul McGann didn’t get a shot in this episode. I just feel like the way the War Doctor was written would have worked so well with McGann’s performance!
John Hurt was great in his role, but the role should never have been made. It should have been Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor. There was so much Moffat could have done with Eight, considering that he claimed to be such a fan of the full-cast audios that Big Finish had been doing. I kinda feel bad for Big Finish, too. They worked so hard to bring the Doctor to the point in his life where he could psychologically be okay with blowing the hell out of the Daleks. They wove such a gorgeous storyline between the Doctor, his friends and family (yes, familly...long story) and the Daleks. And then Moffat just crapped all over it, and thought that it would be compensated for by...namechecking Eight's audio companions? I mean, I loved that Eight got to say Charley's name once more before he regenerated, but still...even that minisode shat all over all of the character development Eight went through by making Eight say he'd rather die than fight. Not at that point in his life he wouldn't! Not after everything the Daleks had done to him and his at that point.
Like I said, so much to work with, but as always with Moffat, he wants to be the one said to have created a Doctor. He wanted all the glory for himself, so he turned his back on Eight and Big Finish, and made the War Doctor. But...like I said, I liked John Hurt's performance as that Doctor. I just hate that the War Doctor existed in the first place.
@@ms_scribbles Woah woah mostly right but Moffat didn't "crap all over it". Blame the BBC. He did want to use the 8th Doctor the BBC didn't think he would pull viewers. I feel like your dislike for him is making you think really negatively.
I'm SO glad I was watching this on my own when this came out... As someone who grew up with 4, I may have teared up a bit when The Curator showed up.
I watched thIs live in the cinema in London. The folks in the audience who had been following the 4th Doctor in the Big Finish audio adventures gasped he first spoke off camera. The rest of the theater screamed, shouted, etc when they saw the back of his head and then his face :)
I saw it with about 2000 fans at a comic con. It went out live with the BBC. A bunch of us squealed when we heard his voice. Many more cheered when they saw his face. Quite a few just wondered who he was. hahaha. The biggest cheer was when David's name was shown in the opening titles. I went and saw it at the theater later and it was just a blast.
I saw it the theater in Portland, Oregon, and the gasps I heard and tears I saw at this moment were so life-affirming. Don't be ashamed of your fandom.
There were several of us old Whovians who stood up and exclaimed, "TOM BAKER!"
Sad that so few of the newer Whovians know the first 6 doctors.
That "switch" was a hallmark of Tom Baker's performance when he played the Doctor back in the 1970s. It's one of the (many reasons) why he remains my favorite Doctor to this day.
I first saw this episode on the big screen; a local cinema aired it in 3D. The atmosphere of an auditorium packed with fans watching this was an amazing experience.
Me too, dragged my friend who never even knew wut doctor who was thoughXDD
@@smeartyke LOL.
I got to see this and the season 8 premiere in theatres and while I don't really follow Doctor Who that much anymore, that memory will be with me forever. That and the regeneration cliffhanger at the end of The Stolen Earth setting my hometown alight when it aired stick with me.
I saw it with 2000 fans at a comic con. Talk about a buzz!
U lucky guy
Saw this in the theatres. It was fantastic. The Fourth Doctor was my Doctor. It was awesome to see the curator - Tom Baker back.
Tom is my Doctor, too. PBS aired 2 hours of Dr. Who back in the early 1980s on Saturday nights that exposed me to the Time Lords and Daleks...
Please, PLEASE do An Adventure in Time and Space. Not only is it a celebration of 50 years of Who but essential for literally any fan. It’s informative and beyond beautiful.
I’m glad you reacted to it, but the video disappeared? Was it a copyright issue? Is it possible to reupload it?
That line about the TARDIS, and how the noise it makes brings hope - I always think that's a little message to the fans. You can be going through the worst of times, but you can throw on an episode of Doctor Who and hear that sound, and suddenly there's hope. You're absolutely right about Paul McGann, he's tremendous in that prequel. You'll find that no matter who plays the Doctor, they're always the Doctor. The core of the character always remains.
Glad you liked it! Moffat definitely hit the landing. You are right that the Curator is the Fourth Doctor (the wonderful Tom Baker). He is the most iconic Doctor of all - the longest serving and hugely popular. I grew up with him and for me, like many, he will always be THE Doctor. A brief mention of Night of the Doctor as it was fantastic in so many ways. The actor is Paul McGann (as the Eighth Doctor) who was in the TV movie. He is great and it was nice to see him finally get a chance to reappear as the Doctor (having done lots of Big Finish but just the one appearance on screen). It also provides a nice bridge between Classic and New Who (as the Eighth is considered a Classic Doctor). It also does a great job at showing the impact and the stakes of the Time War - it is so bad that people regard Time Lords and Daleks as equally bad. Finally, it is important because it shows us the War Doctor's creation. Anyway, look forward to the next episode. Get the hankies ready!
Technicallyt, the Curator is not the 4th Doctor. He is an indeterminate number of regenerations forward. I mean, he even says that the Doctor will find himself revisiting old faces.
Still such an awesome episode. I freaking love the way they did all of this!
and to think this year is the 60th Anniversary of the show
I was fortunate enough to watch this when it was first broadcast, in a theater in West London. Many in the audience had been following the adventures of the 4th Doctor in the Big finish audio series, so when they heard his voice in the background, before they showed the back of his head, there was an audible gasp throughout the theater!
SO glad you finally got to this. I look forward to any reactor on RUclips watching Day of The Doctor because it's the closest ai can get to re-experiencing my first time watching it again, seeing the joy for someone else watching it for the first time.
You're right that 2013 was a very exciting year. In January there was a charity convention in Slough here in the UK, featuring 5 Doctors - Tennant, Peter Davison (The Fifth Doctor, and also, Tennant's father-in-law), Sylvester McCoy (The Seventh Doctor and the first Scottish Doctor), Colin Baker (The Sixth Doctor) and Paul McGann (The Eighth Doctor who you see in Night of The Doctor, who at that point had only ever appeared once onscreen - he was The Doctor for the TV Movie in 1996, which was an attempt to relaunch the show in an American co-production - unfortunately while the Movie got record viewing figures on BBC One in the UK, it didn't do anything like as well in the States, and so most of Paul McGann's run is in audio dramas for Big Finish Productions, who the BBC gives license to to make audio productions with Past Doctors and characters).
Anyway, this charity convention was immense, my parents bought me a ticket for my birthday and I got a photo with 4 out of 5 of the Doctors in attendance (Colin Baker was rehearsing for a play so wasn't available for the morning photoshoot).
Meeting them all was a pleasure and so thrilling. Then Series 7 resumed at Easter - I didn't enjoy most of Series 7 Part 2 as much but I loved everything from the Neil Gaiman episode onwards that year.
In November, the anniversary month, the BBC broadcasted loads of special programming to celebrate the show - documentaries on the science of Doctor Who, on the history of the show, doing a repeat of the first ever episode from 1963...
For most of the year, Moffat told us that Tennant was the only returning Doctor and the Classic Doctors wouldn't be featuring in any way, which was a disappointment to Classic Who or All-of-Who fans like myself. Most of the living Classic Doctors expressed disappointment, and Peter Davison, the 5th Doctor, even wrote and directed a comedy sketch about them trying to find their way into the 50th, alongside Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.
But then on Paul McGann's birthday, a week before the anniversary, the BBC dropped Night of The Doctor (it was apparently about to leak) - fans were BEYOND excited for him to get a mini episode as he's brilliant in the TV Movie but really developed his performance on audio over the years, and it shows with his performance in Night of The Doctor with such a fantastic script.
On the weekend of the anniversary itself, the BBC held a massive convention, with actors and stars of the show old and new. There was a panel with Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman and Steven Moffat, and the director (Nick Hurran, I think?) to promote the Special for the first 2 days and discuss it the day after (the last day of the convention on the Sunday was the day after the broadcast).
There was a Classic Doctors panel with Doctors 5-7 on the Friday and Sunday, but on the Saturday, the day itself, and the day I went, Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, with the scarf, was also there (he's the oldest and so 3 days might have been a bit much!). At that point the episode hadn't broadcast yet, so we had no idea he'd actually be in it that night!
There were also lots of smaller panels with past companions, directors, writers, producers and celebrity fans, and the chance to meet them through photo booths, autograph signings or catching them for selfies after panels.
On the anniversary day when I went, then at the last minute clearly someone realised that a lot of people would want to watch the Special having been at the convention all day - the week it was happening they announced a special screening in the main hall with whatever crew from the show were still there at the end of the day. About 2,000 of us sat and watched Day of The Doctor for the first time, and we laughed, cried and cheered at several moments throughout. I remember someone screaming 'That is NOT OKAY' when Tennant said 'I don't want to go' again, the loud laughs at all the jokes, and the audible gasps and cheers when All 13 Doctors - including Capaldi - turned up to save Gallifrey, and the particularly audible gasp when the camera cut round to Tom Baker, and so many of us, myself included, burst into tears of sheer joy.
My reaction was nothing compared to my Mum, though. My family stayed at home and watched the Special on TV, but my Mum made fish fingers and custard (the fish fingers actually being the sort of cakes that Smith ate on set), and Sonic Screwdriver glow-in-the-dark cocktails for herself, my Dad and brother and sister.
My Mum and Dad had grown up as kids watching Doctor Who - as children in the UK in the 70s, pretty much everyone of their generation did - and when I came out of the screening, I had a message from my Mum saying how much she was sobbing with joy at seeing HER Doctor, Tom Baker, on screen again.
Sadly, Christopher Eccleston had been offered the chance to return, and although he had indicated since he left the show that he didn't want to go back for the 50th, he was very generous with fans of the show. The British Film Institute put on a series of screenings every month of 2013 featuring each Doctor in order with a select story, and though Eccleston couldn't make the Ninth Doctor screening that September, he sent a letter to be read out for the audience, which was published online, talking about how grateful he is to the fans and how much he loved playing The Doctor and working on the particular story they were showing.
Eccleston also agreed to meet Moffat to discuss possibly returning, and after careful consideration, still turned it down. But he later said more recently that he feels vindicated in that decision - he felt the bit of the script Moffat had written to show him wasn't quite right for his Doctor (possibly down to Moffat feeling that though he wanted Eccleston and felt duty bound to try and persuade him to do it, he suspected it would still be a no, and so might have been thinking of this idea of a previously unknown Doctor in the back of his mind).
Eccleston said he felt vindicated because he felt Doctor Who, and Day of The Doctor, were much better for having John Hurt in it, who he was such a fan of. A few years ago Moffat did publish the short bit of script he wrote with Eccleston in mind, which was the beginning of the scene of The Doctor in the barn with The Moment (although at that point, he hadn't decided he wanted Billie Piper to play The Moment, and I think was considering getting Surrane Jones back who'd played The TARDIS in human form in The Doctor's Wife, or a completely new actor).
Sorry, a lot of information there, but this Special and the time and history leading up to it was so fascinating! Really hope you enjoy all that comes next.
Just to say, if you don't get to be all caught up in time for the 60th, I'd recommend not watching Jodie's last episode in full - you're better off just watching the regeneration on RUclips and going into the 60th relatively fresh. Jodie's last episode has a lot of plot threads that are from the rest of her run so will probably be a bit confusing to watch if you haven't seen the rest of it at that point! Whereas my understanding is that the nostalgia in the 60th won't relate as much to her era as it's only just finished, so the 60th will probably be easier to follow even if you aren't all caught up by then than following Jodie's last episode!
Did the BBC air the first Doctor Who episode ever back on TV in 2013?
@@takebackconstantinople82 Yep, BBC Four aired the first story one night - An Unearthly Child/100,000 BC
I do hope he watched Jodie’s run before the 60th, even if he doesn’t catch up in time. Over time I’ve really come to love her era, even with it’s problems. And it had some wonderful gems. Demons of the Punjab is top tier, and Flux gave us the best Sontaran and Weeping Angels eps in my opinion. The Power of the Doctor and the lead-up to the 60th is still very much in relation to her era as well as the Classic Era.
The man who played the Doctor in Night of the Doctor was Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor. Who, if you take into account all of the expanded media, was the longest reigning Doctor - he was the current Doctor from 1996 to 2005, so nine years. Until Night of the Doctor he only had one on-screen performance - the TV movie in 1996, and the majority of his era was a series of comics, novels and audio dramas. And his audio stories are _fantastic_ . I've only listened to his first series, but it instantly put him around the top of my favourite Doctors list. If RTD does do a whole Whoniverse full of spin-offs for his return, I'd love a TV series following the Eighth Doctor. He deserves some screentime.
If you look very closely at John Hurt's regeneration just a second and pause before it cuts to the next scene you can see Eccleston's eyes emerging and the chin.
How fitting for this video to be released on Tom Bakers Birthday
Woo we finally made it to this incredible episode! For me, this is no doubt one of the greatest episodes of all time from the show. Your reaction and discussion were amazing as always! You are correct about the hype for this episode. 2013 was truly a great time to be a fan of the show and the buildup to the 50th Anniversary was unreal. I get so much nostalgia when I think back to those days because IMO, it was the best time to be a fan of the show.
The classic Doctor at the end, Tom Baker, might be the best at portraying the alien nature of the Doctor. Whenever he is on screen he always find unique ways to react to situations and he was able to make the most absurd rubber monsters seem like real threats, because when he got serious, you knew that things were to be taken seriously.
The actor who plays the 8th Doctor in "The Night of the Doctor" is Paul McGann he only had played the Doctor for 1 full episode the 1996 TV Movie he's the bridge between Classic and NuWho.
This is easily my favorite episode, 11 being my favorite doctor and getting to see him interact with 10 was so much freaking fun!!
I love this episode. I started watching Who in 2012, and when this came out in 2013 I was at the absolute PEAK of my fandom. I even got to see it in theaters with hundreds of fellow Whovians, and it was magical. When Tom Baker appeared, a woman next to me just started weeping haha. Considering how last minute so much of this was (trying to figure out who they could get, cast wise), Moffat absolutely KILLED it.
"No sir, all 13"
With that one line Capaldi made me think that man has the potential to be my favorite.
Attack eyebrows armed and ready to fire.
One of my favorite episodes. I remember watching this when it aired. I loved the line about the sound of the Tardis bringing hope to anyone who hears it so much that I made that sound the ringtone on my phone. And it has been every since.
my first episode of Who was when i was 4 in 1974 with Tom's first episode, i got really lucky and had just the one doctor for nearly my entire childhood
I love the suggestion, by the circular bits on the wall, that the museum is a section of The Curator's TARDIS, cleverly disguised as his workplace after he retired.
The chemistry between all the doctors is amazing & definitely the highlight of the episode.
I love this episode, although its probably not in my top 10. Though, this might be because I watched this and the next episode close to each other, and the next one overshadows this episode for me.
Out of All the Who I have watched, This is my favorite episode. It is obvious to everyone that Sir John's Doctor should have been 9 BUTTTT He took it and made my favorite Doctor out of the War Doctor. The way those 3 played off each other was magic, it is such a shame that we can't get anymore War Stories R.I.P Sir John
I found your channel a few weeks ago after someone in the subreddit for Dark mentioned you for having some of the best reaction videos to that show. And after binging your Dark videos (which were absolutely amazing btw) I saw that you also do videos on my other favourite show. So I watched your entire catalogue of Doctor Who vids in just under a week so I could be here on time for the 50th anniversary!
And what an amazing journey it has been so far to re-experience my two favourite pieces of television with someone like you. Someone who's so incredibly attentive and perceptive, someone who notices all of the small details and really gets DEEP into the shows. Yours is one of the few reaction channels where I watch the discussion portion in its entirety every time.
While it's a shame that Eccleston didn't return for this, I am so happy we got the privilege to witness the late great Sir John Hurt in this role. And the good news is, he also recorded four entire box sets of Big Finish audio dramas, all set in the Time War. So if you want, there is more of John Hurt's War Doctor out there!
Tom Baker's cameo appearance is so special. Even on my first watch with very little knowledge of Classic Who I could feel the weight. But now, having seen all of it, it hits me even more. Especially because the Fourth Doctor is easily my favourite of them all, Classic and New Who combined.
And you're right, he's even more alien than Eleven. Four is by far the strangest, least human-like incarnation of the Doctor. And the craziest thing is: Tom Baker wasn't even acting when he played the part. He really is just that strange and weird and whimsical and wonderful! May be stay in good health for a long time to come. He just turned 89 today.
I don't think Eleven actually rewrote anything about the Time War. I believe that he really never killed the Timelords. It's just that whenever the Doctor meets themself, their timelines get out of sync and only the oldest version can actually remember everything that happened. So once the War Doctor goes into his Tardis and regenerates, he forgets most of the details of what actually happened at the end of the war. He forgets about meeting his future incarnations. And so Nine is left in a universe where the Time War is over and there are no more Timelords or Daleks left. He does remember the Moment and seeing as he is the sole survivor of all this, he understandibly thinks he's the one who ended it all. It isn't until he relives those events for a THIRD time that he actually realises what really happened.
About how long the War Doctor spent in the Time War, my theory is 400 years from his own perception. And this makes the Doctor's age quite interesting. Eleven is about 1,200 years old at this point, the War Doctor is 400 years younger, so 800. And that tracks, Nine is 900 at the start of Series 1, so he would have had about 100 years in that incarnation before meeting Rose. Incidentally, Ten actually lived for only six years, making him by far the shortest-lived incarnation of them all.
But here's the problem: All of this collides with Classic Who. The First Doctor stole his Tardis when he was 236 years old. Two once mentioned being something like 450 years old, Four claimed to be around 750. And now here's where it doesn't add up. Seven says he's 953 just hours after his regeneration. That's already older than Nine. Spin off media provides a possible solution: Eight at one point calculated his age to be 1,012 but was very unsure and might have lost count. So he decided to reset his age and start counting from his most recent regeneration which made him three years old by that count. And that's the headcanon I choose to go with. Eight lives for about 400 years before turning into War, War fights for 400 years, Nine spends 100 years before meeting Rose, etc. It does contradict one story where the Eighth Doctor seems to spend 600 years on one planet but whatever. Doctor Who canon is broken anyway.
In my personal headcanon, the Doctor is always actually around a thousand years older than they say. All because Eight lost count when he was just over a thousand and started again from zero.
The actual truth is probably that the Doctor has no idea how old they are anymore. It's kinda hard to keep track as a constant time traveler.
Not long now before you get to Capaldi, my personal favourite NewWho Doctor! And it's also where Clara begins to REALLY shine!
This was such a nice comment 🥺🤍
I’ve been following your journey through Doctor Who since nearly the beginning. I can’t believe you are actually here. This is one of the top episodes I look forward to people reacting to. You are on the brink of my favorite era of the show.
The one we've been waiting for 🤩
There is a minisode (Night of the Doctor) and a documentary (An Adventure in Space and Time) to watch
Adventure in space and time is a biopic not a documentary a documentary is a film made of archival document footage
Thank you for the information
Tom Baker turning up was a stunning thing. I had no idea that was coming.
I hope you’re going to watch An Adventure in Space and Time as well. It was released around the same time, and tells the story of how Doctor Who started. It’s also important to watch for… reasons.
Loved seeing one of the old doctors get to play this role again before he passed on.
Truly a satisfying anniversary episode!
it's quite the episode! I remember watching it when it aired, I had a friend over at my house, she said she wanted to watch it with me because she knew I was so obsessed with the series (have been since I was in elementary school, now I'm in college!). But she'd never seen any episode before and was VERY confused lol
Great stuff:) Sooo... An Adventure in Space and Time?
Yep, watched it recently, loved it 👌🏼
I saw it in the cinema in 3D, was such a great atmosphere.
I was there for the 3D. The best part was the audience. Some of them cosplayed and and lead a sing along before the show.
The wonderful Tom Baker was one of my Doctors ( Pertwee before him, my first) the manic, quirky moments of all of the “modern” Doctors are his influence to me.
Disappointed you didn't react to An Adventure in Space and Time, I think you'd really like it.
It’s coming after 8x3 👌🏼
@@_FILMBuFF_ I know that now from the recent community post, just back then it seemed like you'd skipped it, but thanks for replying anyway 😂
It would be fun to watch "The Three Doctors" and of course the 20th anniversary episode "The Five Doctors", there's also a wee special called "The Five(ish) Doctors" which you can now watch as you have seen the 50th, a lot of fun and well worth a watch.
I’m so glad you loved this episode ☺️ It’s so good! So many tears every time
Peter Capaldi may have the greatest first shot for an incarnation of a doctor ever
It took me until 2023 to realized that the Curator’s room is actually a Tardis. I noticed the round things where it is only the Tardis have this feature. And the fact that Tardis Split in 2023 this makes a lot of sense now.
Hopefully Peter Capaldi will grow on you when you get to that era.
The old man at th end the Curator yes that was Tom Baker (The 4th Doctor) and the most iconic and longest serving Doctor to date.
The Zygons were also from Classic Who and most popular monsters however sadly they were used as a joke in this episode.
As great as it was having Tennant back i wanted the Classic Doctors to have a larger part rather than just footage and stand ins it was a great episode but it felt more like a celebration of NuWho than it was of Classic Who.
The moment should had been Susan the Doctor's granddaughter than Rose that would had made more sense so i felt they lost an oppotunity here by not using her.
It’s a shame Ecclestone didn’t want to be a part of this. The role of the “War Doctor” was supposed to be him but when he refused to be a part of it they had to come up with this unknown doctor; which works really well but it’s a shame we didn’t get to see Christopher again.
I'll always be bitter that they never asked McGann. That would have made more sense than Eccleston too
@@alexhodgkinson6718Moffat wanted McGann, the BBC interfered feeling that he wasn’t a big enough star.
you should watch an adventure in space and time (dcumentry/movie of the making of doctor who )
Capaldi hype!
HYPE HYPE HYPE!
So excited for 12!!
Woot woot!
I love that the Moment brought him hope the day he needed it the most.
i like that he hinted that the doctor may reuse an old face like the tom baker doctor
How about viewing it in a cinema on day of release, then going home and watching the 3D version. Now that was amazing
I'm so happy to hear your praise of the Eighth Doctor played by Paul McGann. Until "The Night of the Doctor," his only on-screen appearance was a 1996 TV film which was their first attempt at a reboot. The lack of Eight Doctor visual media is so frustrating and painful. There are many audio dramas that delve into his character, but I have a difficult time connecting with that medium.
If you ever get a chance to try again, give it a shot. If you find a way to be more comfortable with the medium, the stories Big Finish tells with the Eighth Doctor often are the best Doctor Who stories I have ever come across.
Finally!
Amazing episode!
I watched this from France at the same time it was airing and it was a great evening, I loved every bit of that episode!
I was really hoping we would get a season of Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.
I'm here just to let you know that after all the 'backlash' Chibbs era got during his first season, I (and Russel T. Davies apparently) still enjoyed watching this show, the adventures, not every episode being mind-blown or even a miss, (remember the first seasons?) but also great adventures (though sometimes having the feeling there could have been more to the story) and it never felt like a waste of my precious time.
Then again, I still like watching 'Love and Monsters' and most 'fans' hate that episode, so I probably watch this show from a different perspective.
By now you also have the answers to your questions, it IS a great episode, we watched it with the kids, their friends, the girl from next door even brought fishfingers and custerd, about 14 people in my living room, some completely dressed up (ofcourse with fezzes and sonic screwdrivers) and the 23rd of november 2013 is a big monumental evening we still hold dear.
I was in London at the 50th anniversary convention and saw it on BBC1. 2 DAYS later i was in a Theatre in Phoenix seeing it again in the Theatre in 3D. The minisodex were integral. The US screening had an intro by Strax.
I may be biased due to this episode being one of the first I watched when it aired as well as all the buildup surrounding it, but I consider Day of the Doctor to be peak Doctor Who. Might be my favorite episode.
Nice one been looking forward to this reaction
it would be worth your time watching some old who episodes
I feel like series 7 is a bit of a messy series overall but I do enjoy it quite a bit, but I definitely think your idea they move on from Clara's impossible girl arc from this episode so they can flesh her out more is accurate. From here onwards, one of my favourite official episodes, she becomes much more individual and distinctive imo.
I absolutely love this episode. It’s just the best. Fantastic reaction
And introducing: Peter Capaldi's eyebrows.
Dalek khan mentioned "no more"
Are you reacting to Classic Who sometime in the future?
Our wait has reached it's end and this reaction has been prepared for.
seeing this in the movie theater was AMAZING
This was filmed in 3D and released in cinemas. It was so cool.
This more than satisfied. It hit the right note. A story that was easy to follow but with great characters and emotion. As many have mentioned it also aired in theatres. It was amazing to watch in a theatre. And amazing to see Tom Baker make his return. He was my Doctor when I was a kid.
Now this is pod racing
Paul McGann, the Eighth Doctor, is still the longest-running Doctor, despite being the shortest lived on TV. Thanks to Big Finish (with Nicholas Briggs, voice of the Daleks since the show came back in 2005, as executive producer), the Eighth Doctor came back to audiences in audio play form back in 2001 in the lovely audio play "Storm Warning", and has been running stories multiple times a year ever since. That's 22 years of Eighth Doctor goodness that contains two of my favorite companions to ever exist, Charlotte (Charley) Pollard and Lucie Miller. They feel almost like proto-Rose and proto-Donna, with Charley being the clever young woman he found to be a good partner that he eventually fell for and then lost in a rather complicated way, and then Lucie is the best friend he found later on who's the loud, brash lady who has no qualms with putting the Doctor in his place when he starts feeling a bit up himself, who he then also loses in another very complicated and Doctor Who-y way, leaving him alone and devastated.
The 8th doctor is Paul McGann, who played the doctor in 1996 movie (night of the doctor )
yess. Finally
The zygons were done sooo much better in classic who, but its cool they finally brought them back for the 50th. Shame you didn’t upload this in two videos, so much to react to. Iv never seen my local cinema more packed then when they showed the day of the doctor!
This was a really satisfying episode for me, It was so fun to see Tennent and Smith together.
41:44 My opinion is basically every single thing you already said. Moffat had an incredibly difficult task and made it better than I could have imagined. John Hurt was brilliant. Paul McGann was equally great in the prequel (how does _Night of the Doctor_ have a full episode's worth of depth in just 6 minutes?!). My only complaint, maybe, is that Clara is a completely different character than she was in past episodes. But of course the 50th needed to focus on The Doctor(s), not on Clara, so her transition after finishing the Impossible Girl arc really had to be off-screen.
There was debate at the time as to whether Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor / Curator) was a future Doctor re-using one of his old faces or the past Doctor having another part of his story that he would forgot about later. Given 42:37, it's pretty clearly the former.
As a long term fan, was this a knock out??? Not quite, but nearly... There was definitely a lot there... but as an older fan I was left wanting a little more... But if you view this along with all the other material released at the time, it did scratch that itch.... Check out "The Five-ish Doctors"... it was made by other of the older Doctors featuring many who were not included.
I absolutely love the 50th special. I got to watch it in the theater along with hundreds of other diehard fans. I count that as the best movie-going experience of my life and one my favorite life experiences, full stop.
Wish you made it a two part reaction to include more of the episode. So much that had to be cut from this to fit it in...
I agree. It felt more like a highlight reel than a reaction.
The BBC would shut that down immediately, they’re quite strict with these DW vids and show footage being used. So it could be a 40 minute episode or a feature length episode, they would still only let 10 mins of show footage or less to slide.
@@_FILMBuFF_ That's why I suggested making it a two-parter. I can guarantee no one would have minded this episode being cut in half.
@@canadian__ninja That’s what I’m saying, they would shut down any two part reaction immediately, they do manual checks as well. Out of all the stuff I do on my channel, The BBC is the most strict, every single vid has to be disputed to be unblocked.
Phenomenal episode!
you need to watch the doctor who 50th anniversary shorts there's the night of the doctor and there's the 5 ish doctors reboot which are both part of the 50th anniversary celebrations
Re: Clara. You are right. It does feel like a new start for her. It is in the next series that she went from being an interesting companion for me to one of my favourites.
Really episode and it was in cinemas all over the UK. I think I watched it at home with friends in 3D. Very fun but also has some things to say about the time war.
I love that special oh so much.
42:44 interesting to hear you say you won't be watching all of Jodies run, I guess you heard about the horrendous dip in the quality of writing during her three series unfortunately (I can confirm it's REALLY bad), I have no doubt now that Russell T Davies is back in charge it will pick back up again though.
Why did you not react to the mini episode released before day of the doctor called night of the doctor
It was listed in the title of his Patreon upload for this, so it was seen, just not here. (Also he does comment on "how much older" the War Doctor is, which implies he saw the younger version).
It's up on patreon
HOW DARE you not know the GREATEST Doctor of all, Tom Baker. The best cameo in all of nu Who.
O watch this on theaters, when the show was way famous.
Bad Wolf Rose Interface + “all THIRTEEN /cut to attack eyebrows” personally my top2 things abt this episode :) 12’s split second appearance is one of the hypest thing ever in this show. Brilliant idea, whoever thought to write it in. And Billie Piper is just fantastic here. The only thing that could have topped those two things is if we saw the Doctor regenerate into Nine. How amazing would that have been?ahh how I wish it had been Nine in this episode instead of Ten. After all, Nine was the direct successor of the War Doctor. Nine’s reaction to seeing the War Doctor would have really been something fascinating and no doubt very painful. Okay and also: Nine + Bad Wolf Interface Rose; I wanted to see those two together soooo much. Bad Wolf existed after all because of Nine, because of Rose’s love and wish to protect him . (“I want you safe, my Doctor.”) And the idea of Rose as a representation of the Dr’s conscience is a concept that’s more meaningful and connected to Nine. So seeing their characters/actors on screen together would have really been more impactful and meaningful, for me anyway. I respect CE’s choice, of course, it’s just that the heart wants what the heart wants 🥲💔
Maybe the best episode of DW ever. The only thing Moffatt couldn't pull off was bringing Eccleston back for the War Doctor's regeneration. But he did get the 4th Doctor back at the end. Did you watch the prequel minisodes, Night of the Doctor and The Last Day?
“A full on character arc for Clara.” a companion arc (Clara) and a Doctor arc (12) at the same time, somehow both intertwined and separate ❤️ s8
My impression is that what we learn is that the Doctor never did destroy gallifrey. But he forgot, and thought he did. The doctor never remembers meeting himself so the whole event is forgotten. Tennant and Eccleston still regret what they think they did. Its not that history was changed.
I wish I had seen this in 3D; #DarkWater #DeathInHeaven instead.
I loved this episode :)
My only problem with this special is that their final solution isn't much better than just killing everyone. I mean, the victims wouldn't notice the difference, since they are frozen in time.
people hype up the writing of river’s story but the first time queen elizabeth was shown in s3 she’d already lived through this episode 😂
You shouldn’t have tried to squeeze the whole thing in ten minutes, it’s actually impossible
I love the special into, it was awesome
Yep, it was perhaps the toughest edit I’ve ever had to pull off. Unfortunately, it could only be 10 minutes of show footage or less, The BBC is quite strict about it.
@@_FILMBuFF_ but it’s a movie, not an episode. I’ve seen plenty of reactions to this particular movie, and none of them were 10 minutes as 10 minutes it is the time limit for an episode of a show