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The Day of the Doctor FULL LENGTH Reaction | Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special (Patreon)

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The Day of the Doctor FULL LENGTH Reaction | Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: https://youtu.be/wQ1PvgpRgA4

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special FULL LENGTH Reaction | The Day of the Doctor

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Robbie Cormie

I’ve been looking forward for months for you doing this one since you started watching Dr who. You will love this . It’s the very best x

Zachary Vail (Zeebee)

OMG it’s here! I will have to wait til I get home from work to watch it though. This is possibly my favorite Doctor who story. I actually was able to see it in theaters which was awesome.

Nathan Jasper

Possibly my favorite episode of all of doctor who, I just love the lore of the War Doctor and the explanation of 10 and 11 as the man who regrets and the man who forgets. That's exactly why 11 is my doctor because he tries to bury and forget his shame rather than live in regret and while I have no idea what it feels like to carry the weight that he does I certainly understand and relate to wanting to forget my past. And this story being about confronting that past and owning it, it's so beautiful and redemptive.

Lazzy

Honestly incredible that you made it here unscathed by spoilers. You got to experience this in a way that not even us who were around when it released got to because there was just too much information floating around about who was going to be in it. Watching this reactio nwas a joy. Took me 13 years back in time to when I first saw it.

Benjamin

definitely need a headphone warning with this one, Angela squeals still ringing in my ears xD

Dryfesands

Fantastic reaction! So glad you remained unspoiled for it. Do you intend to do "An Adventure In Space And Time" too? It's a lovely bit of Who-lore.

Robert A.

I watched the edit...then decided to spring for this. Now I gotta dig up my blu-ray... (^_^)

Alex

She did last week 👍

Shanaeri Rynale

Great reaction to what I personally feel is part of peak doctor who. So while this episode is a summit it is shared by so many, and so many more to come.

Luka Poser

This episode was written last minute and made in a scramble, but it somehow came out so good! It filmed in 3D and got a theatrical release. Everything just ties together so well. Like the paintings show off the 3D but are also super relevant to the plot. The Zygons were written in for David Tennant because he loved them in Classic Who, but they also reflect the multiple Doctors. The Tenth Doctor gets to save Gallifrey just around his lowest point in The Waters of Mars. The Moment being played by Billie Piper means Bad Wolf technically helped to end the Time War twice! There are some lovely intro shorts featuring Smith, Tennant and Strax, which were shown before the episode during the theatrical release. You can find them on Youtube!

Fr. Brench

Such a treat! Both your reaction to this, and this episode when it was new :) Like seeing the 8th Doctor in The Night of the Doctor, the Curator was another huge unspoiled surprise. That slow reveal was perfectly executed, and fandom exploded with happiness.

Nathaniel Castle

Iv seen this so many times and it never fails to give me chills

Thomsen

I don't believe Christopher Eccleston will ever return to Doctor Who TV. I will however give a shoutout to the Doctor Who audio books, under Big Finish Productions. Where he's currenly doing audiobooks, with more to come. On The Big Finishing Youtube channel, you can see more about it.

Alkaris

This is an all-round great episode and fits perfectly for 50th anniversary. Just getting to see the faces of the Doctors never gets old. Just for the ending, I remember what it was like when I first watched it, having no idea they would show up cuz it was a well kept secret until the show aired. But a nice welcome surprise of course.

Gallows Girl Amy

"You know, I really think you might..." When I heard that voice, the first time I watched this, I completely lost it. Tom Baker was the first Doctor I watched on the regular back in the day. I don't know if you know but his companions included one Sarah Jane Smith and later on K9. We can assume The Doctor never did keep his promise to come back for Elizabeth. Which would explain why she had her guards chase him down after all that business with Martha Jones, Shakespeare and the Carrionites.

Cirieno

The video is running fast again... I use the "Enhancer for YouTube" extension (other extensions are available) and drop the video speed down to 0.96x.

Lazzy

I've wanted to give those a try, but maaaan there are so many. It's hard to know where to start and where you listen to them.

Thomsen

I would recommend starting with Snare. It's the first Eccleston/Piper audiobook and all of them are loosely connected. But I do agree, they are sadly quite hard to find. Unless you know where to look.

Chris B.

Glad you had such a great time with this! Apart from unfortunate decision to spoil surprises in the opening credits, plus a little bit of undercooked special effects during the closing scene with all the Doctors, there's not a single missed beat in the special. It's nearly perfect and a great way to celebrate the whole series. Regarding your closing question on how Eccleston would be willing to return as the Doctor, he has voiced the Doctor alongside Billie Piper in some newer audio dramas, but for live-action he stated his terms during a longform Q&A alongside Billie Piper: "Sack Russel T. Davies, sack Jane Trantor, sack Phil Collinson, sack Julie Gardner, and I'll come back," and followed up with, "I love being associated with the character, just don't like being associated with those people...". There's video out there if you wanted to hear it yourself, though could be spoilery. Regarding Chris's comments, I will give Russel T. Davies some credit for his conciliatory response later about Eccleston's terms and taking ownership of the poor experience that Chris has spoken about in regards to his time during the ninth doctor series.

Welsh History Podcast

Honestly I say this every time this is watched by someone, this is my favourite Doctor Who episode. So well written, just enough nostalgia and with a brilliant story to boot. This is really why I love Stephen Moffatt his series can have ups and downs but I always felt like he knew how landings need to be stuck, even when it is not his best one. When he is on his day boy oh boy.

DSJ.

That's a bit unfair - there wasn't a 'decision to spoil surprises in the opening credits', it's that they knew that they couldn't hide David and Billie's involvement, and so they made the most of it in the publicity leading up to the special by announcing it and, and then gave them credit in, er, the credits. So at the time, everybody knew they were going to be in it. It wasn't an 'unfortunate decision', as if they decided to spoil it for the sake of spoiling it. Also, 'undercooked special effects during the closing scene with all the Doctors' - that seems very pernickety. As ever in Doctor Who, they used all their resources and did the best they could. Only a philistine would complain about some slightly off special effects. It was beautiful, and no more and no less beautiful than if they'd had perfect recreations of every Doctor, dead and alive, young and old. Tsk. Also, they weren't *that* undercooked, calm down. I'd even dispute the 'undercooked' opinion, but even if they are 'undercooked' - well, see above.

DSJ.

I believe that Billie Piper, when she was approached, didn't want to return as Rose, thinking that wouldn't work, since Rose's story was done. But once Steven Moffat told her that her role would be the conscience of the Doctor, with a familiar face, she was all in. Also, you have seen the Gallifrey High Council shenanigans - in The End of Time ;) I think that Day of the Doctor, from Ten's perspective, took place just before The End of Time. Which is doubly tragic - he helps to save Gallifrey, and then forgets it, and then faces Rassilon and the Time Lords again and fights to send them back to what he says is Hell. Meanwhile, his past self/ves is/are already saving Gallifrey. But at the end of his life, he doesn't get to know that :( Until late on in Eleven's life, which is to say, in another life. Sadness and happiness all at the same time, all the way down, one might say.

DSJ.

Omg yeah, as I recall, there was a period of time when technically there were no Doctor actors contracted to appear and Moffat had to write a script without any Doctors lol. He apparently went a bit out of his mind with the stress of it all. Thankfully, it all worked out, and he pulled it off. Re the Tenth Doctor getting to save Gallifrey at that, ahem, moment - yeah, it's a happy happenstance, but also... see my comment above. Doubly tragic. Maybe even triply tragic. ('Triply tragic' - man, that'd be a good band name. For a band of three, of course.) Never thought of it that way - Bad Wolf/Rose ending the Time War twice! Even after all these years, still new details and interpretations - which speaks to the strength of this episode, and the writing in general. Thanks for pointing that out :)

Sense Departed

Personally, This is where I stop watching doctor who, letting it end on a high note. I think most people regardless of their opinion of the show would agree, that this episode is the Delineation point where the show's writing style starts changing.

DSJ.

I also think that Moffat approached Christopher Eccleston and they had a long discussion, but in the end Christopher chose not to come back for this episode. Whatever the reasons, and the behind-the-scenes drama behind Christopher's initial departure from the role and his continued antagonism to returning to the role, I appreciate that Moffat a) reached out, and - far more importantly - b) included Christopher with archive footage and those special effects eyes on John Hurt. He respected Christopher's decision, but didn't leave him out - rather the opposite, in fact. He made him a uniquely important part of the episode, and the broader story of the Doctor. In some ways, despite his absence, this is an episode about Nine.

Golladan

Anyone else unable to find this on Prime Video? ETA: nvm I think I found it. Don't know why that was so hard to find.

cult ofskaro

I'm crying with you, I've been so excited for this one.....love your videos

Chris B.

@DSJ Fair enough on the inclusion of David and Billie being known. I watched the show as it first aired on BBC America and actually didn't know they were included (only knew that Capaldi had been cast to play the 12th once Matt had finished), but if news of the two was being openly discussed in media then yeah there's not much one can do about that. And for the special effect of the Doctors all together at the end, I stand by that it's a little undercooked. Yeah it's definitely nitpicking, but some of the Doctors were done a bit dirty by placement blending of the faces to the bodies, and I don't not notice it. Agree to disagree there, though I don't appreciate the pejorative directed at me for it. Doctor Who shouldn't be immune to critique and criticism just because we love the characters and stories, and I won't participate in the recent trend of toxic positivity for beloved properties or characters and stories, especially by someone trying to shame me for my criticisms and critiques.

Literaltruth

So, most of the audio dramas are not like a series that follow on from each other - they are mostly just like as if they are an extra episode slotted somewhere in whatever seasons of the show that particular Doctor/Companion combo existed in. Basically if you like a particular Doctor and companion then you can pretty much listen to any audio drama with them in it and just imagine it takes place somewhere in their season of TV. The exception to this is Paul McGann - he only had one appearance on TV and then the show was on haitus for years so they ran his audio dramas in full seasons. The rights to his companion on that one TV show were owned in part by Fox so she didn't carry over. There's two main series with Paul McGann and you can start with either - there's the first set of "8th Doctor Monthly Adventures" featuring the companions Charley (a lady adventurer from 1929) and later C'rizz (a reptilain humanoid alien companion). There's four seasons of this - but since it was made before 2005 some people find it a difficult listen because it's paced very slow and the stories are much more like Classic Who than modern Who. Then there's the confusingly titles "8th Doctor Adventures" which are a series of Paul McGann stories produced by Big Finish and the BBC. These were released in 2005 and their vibe is much more like the Ecclestone/Tennant/Smith era of Who. They were also designed to be a fresh jumping on point - so the events and companions of the previous Charley and C'Rizz series is never mentioned and the Doctor has new companions. There's four seasons of this. They've also been recently making 9th Doctor Adventures in the same style - with both Christopher and later Billie Piper reprising their roles (the early seasons of the 9th Doctor have him travelling alone because Christopher is insistent that Rose was the 9th Doctor's one and only companion). Mostly, though, you don't have to listen in any particular order - just pick a Doctor you like with a companion you like and start there. There's even some fun stuff they do where characters that never met on the show have stories (like Alex Kingston and Eccleston have a 9th Doctor & River Song episode)

Literaltruth

So, now that it's no longer a spoiler - there's some backstory about how this story came about. It's a big tradition going back all the way to the Third Doctor in the 1970s that for big anniversary episodes they do a Multi-Doctor story where they try to get as many Doctors in as possible. They had REALLY been hoping that Christopher Eccleston would come back and that they would have shown him being the one that ended the Time War. However, Chris has always felt that he was poorly treated by production (he spoke up a lot about what he felt was mistreatment of the crew during his season and it created so much animosity that they agreed he would leave after one season when that wasn't originally the plan - but they he felt that the BBC and Russel T Davies and the other producers really betrayed him and sabotaged his career with the way they announced his departure). Moffat hoped to convince him, but because there was so much of the old production staff still there and because he was still very hurt, he refused. That's why Moffat invented the "War Doctor" - he'd also always wanted to have a story about a "hidden regeneration" and he decided to bring that in to this at the last minute. Unfortunately that's why Eccleston only appears on screen briefly and in archive footage, he wouldn't even come back for a cameo. Tennant was a little unsure if it was too soon for him to come back - but ultimately he just loves being the Doctor so much that he didn't take much convincing. And also, he's a huge fan of the classic show and knew how special multi-Doctor stories were back then. There was an original plan that the 50th Anniversary without Eccleston was going to be basically entirely that montage you saw in the previous episode - it was basically going to be all about Clara repairing the Doctor's timeline and her Forest Gumping her way through old episode of Doctor Who but for 90minutes. Which, frankly, sounded awful - so thank the Lords of Gallifrey Stephen Moffat came up with the idea for this story and managed to pull it all together in time for the anniversary

Rach

Absolutely disagree. I, and plenty others, think Capaldi's era has the best writing on the show. I could write an essay on how brilliant the character writing in particular gets. (But I'll spare you all that!!) There is, as there always is, a bit of a vibe shift, and of course different eras and vibes work for different people, but for me the peak is yet to come after the 50th.

Literaltruth

Another interesting story is that the actress who played Queen Elizabeth (who is best known for being Stacey in Gavin and Stacey) has talked about how she was cast last minute and had given birth 6 weeks before filming and was having to breast feed and express in between takes. She had so little time to prepare that she didn't have time to work on her accent so Elizabeth is distinctly Welsh at points and she barely knew what she was saying. I think she did an excellent job given the circumstances but her performance was seen as bad by a lot of fans at the time - and she's said that she frequently appears as the worst one in lists of "Actresses who have played Elizabeth I".

Rach

What an absolute banger! I saw it in the cinema and you can imagine how mental everyone went when Capaldi's eyes appeared. I can't imagine the pressure Moffatt felt having to put together a 50th anniversary episode, but man did he knock it out of the park. I always cry at the end, from them joining him on gallifrey onwards, so you aren't alone there!

Martin

I grew up watching Tom Baker so when I heard his voice off screen I lost my shiiiiiit lol But yeah pretty much a perfect episode, just an amazing watch, and one you will watch again and again, so happy you got to watch it spoiler free unlike us at the time :/ But just a fantastic way to do an anniversary show :)

Paulo

I’m overwhelmed.

Stephen Wray

its running insync with iPlayer

John

I read that Christpher couldn't be in the 50th because he was filming Thor: The Dark World at the time.

John

First time I saw this episode, I may or may not have squeed like a little girl when I heard Tom Baker's voice. Anyone who knows him can't mistake that booming voice. Tom Baker's Doctor wore the long multi-colored scarf that you see Osgood wearing.

Karl Ward

I loved, as usual your reaction! I was lucky enough to watch it live in our local cinema surrounded by Dr Who fans. The 50th anniversary, I was 50 years and 33 days old!! Never, ever apologise for your reactions, you were, and are, fantastic!

Karl Ward

Oh, and you can listen to Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor on the very well produced Big Finish audio dramas, David Tennant too!

vaughn DeGeer

Tom baker who was the curator played the 4th doctor and you should at least check him out. Every actor who has played the doctor is someone’s beloved doctor. I love them all, but I was introduced to doctor who on pbs with tom baker, he was the longest running doctor.

Ejigantor

Quite a good episode. I really enjoy it, and tear up at a few spots every time I watch it. Being in the US and not engaging with behind the scenes info or promotional material, I had no idea going in who was going to be in it, but was expecting a multi-Doctor story because that's what they do for anniversary specials. And first time through, I was caught up watching The Doctor dangling from the TARDIS hanging from a helicopter, and I didn't even notice Billie Piper's name in the opening credits, and so was just as surprised when the Bad Wolf showed up. I really like the "Negotiate the best ever peace treaty because nobody knows what side they're on" bit. And, "No sir, all thirteen!" gives me chills every time. And then those eyebrows.

Jeremy B

Your reaction to David riding out of the TARDIS on horseback put a big smile on my face too! I adore this episode. It's like a big Doctor Who movie. I've watched it so many times and it never fails to make me happy - just a big love letter to the show, celebrating everything that makes it so special. All those nods to the past, so much heart and a fun adventure with the highest of all stakes. I was at the 50th anniversary convention in London the day after the 50th special aired and the panel with Moffat, Matt and Jenna was so special, it was lovely to be able to applaud them and say thank you in person for such a brilliant episode. For fans of my vintage, hearing Tom Baker’s big booming voice at the end was a spine-tingling moment. Just awesome to include him. Giving Paul McGann's Doctor a regeneration was something the fans had wanted for years. The Doctor we all wish we'd had more time with. He's so good in so little screen time here. Great way to bring back Billie and getting around the fact that Rose couldn't be there. She does a fantastic job of playing the Moment as it takes the physical form of Bad Wolf. Christopher had issues with Russell and his production crew, but not with Moffat and his team, so he accepted Moffat's dinner invitation to discuss the anniversary and hear the plans for the story. Ultimately, he thought there wasn't much of a role for the Ninth Doctor. He's still extremely proud and protective of the character and though he would essentially be a third wheel to David and Matt, so he politely declined the next day. Moffat didn't see Paul McGann's Doctor as being the right fit as the character to have ended the Time War and wanted a more battle-hardened character, so the War Doctor was born. John Hurt was cast very last minute, so the original script for The Name of the Doctor ended with the words: “And the most famous actor in the world turns around.” There are lots of lovely little Easter eggs in the script and on the screen – the line “there’s a protocol for that” refers to the time UNIT last dealt with Three Doctors at once in 1973’s ‘The Three Doctors’. Then there are all the photographs of past companions across 50 years of the show on the noticeboard in the Black Archive. Coal Hill School where Clara teaches is the same school the First Doctor’s granddaughter Susan attended and where original companions Ian and Barbara also taught. And many more little moments like the I.M. Foreman, Scrap Merchant, 76 Totter's Lane street sign at the very beginning - the very scrap yard where the First Doctor's TARDIS was located when Ian and Barbara stumbled across it in the first ever episode of the show. The lines at the beginning where the Time Lords are discussing the emergency: “The High Council is in emergency session; they have plans of their own” “To hell with the High Council, their plans have already failed.” This refers to David Tennant’s final story ‘The End of Time’ when Timothy Dalton’s Rassilon attempts and fails to mount a terrible plan to ensure Gallifrey’s survival, thwarted by the Master. I’ve just thought of another Easter egg you’ll probably know: “Tell Malcolm to put new batteries in the ravens” at the beginning. Malcolm was the UNIT scientist in the David Tennant special ‘Planet of the Dead’. You may be able to find ‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’ somewhere which was broadcast the same night as ‘The Day of The Doctor’. Featuring former Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy and a host of companions including John Barrowman, it features the three trying to get past Steven Moffat and get a part in the anniversary special. It’s very, very funny and affectionate.

vaughn DeGeer

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Jeremy B

Christopher did hear Moffat out and went to dinner with him to discuss the script. Most of the key people he had an issue with had left by this point, at the same time as Russell. Moffat had to start over with a pretty much fresh team in senior positions. Ultimately, he thought there wasn't much of a role for the Ninth Doctor. He's still extremely proud and protective of the character and though he would essentially be a third wheel to David and Matt, so he politely declined the next day. If I recall, he's been gracious enough to say that it was the right decision for the show because John Hurt was so good. The idea with Clara piecing together the Doctor's existence together from the gaps in history where he should be, wasn't the original plan. It was pure desperation because the BBC had no-one under contract other than Jenna. Moffat had promised a Doctor Who spectacular, but without any Doctors under contract (at that point) and the script deadline fast approaching, he needed to start writing something. So he thought of the Clara / Forest Gump idea as the only possible alternative. Thankfully the administrative wheels turned behind the scenes, Matt and David signed on and Moff could return to plan A. Then there was the mere matter of who would be the third Doctor in the story....

Jeremy B

Fully agree. Capaldi is my Doctor and has the best arc of all. In a way this anniversary episode was the high point of early New Who, but there is greatness to come in the seasons ahead.

Jeremy B

Rassilon's plot in The End of Time happens just before the events of The Day of the Doctor. The General says near the beginning of the anniversary episode: "To hell with the High Council, their plans have already failed." But you're absolutely right, the tragedy is that neither he, nor Nine before him, know that they had already saved Gallifrey alongside War and Eleven.

Jeremy B

Yep, Chris took the time to hear Moffat out over dinner and appreciated him reaching out. Ultimately, he's very protective of the Ninth Doctor and didn't feel it was the right fit for his character as he'd be the third wheel to David and Matt.

DSJ.

I'm pretty sure the sequence of events that you and I describe are one and the same ;)

Joe Cleveland

The Big Finish stuff Eccleston has done is soooo good! And Tennant's, too!

Joe Cleveland

I love this episode, but my personal favorite Who is still a few seasons down the line. Every Doctor is someone's beloved favorite Doctor, every era of Doctor Who is somebody's beloved favorite era of Doctor Who. (Stop watching wherever you like, but I don't think that it's something to congratulate yourself for.)

Joe Cleveland

Aside from all the amazing returning actors and easter eggs, my favorite moment might be when Clara walks through the dungeon cell door after the Doctor(s) think they've figured out how to open it.

Robert A.

Do you ever go to sci-fi conventions? Christopher has been making appearances at conventions around the world and doesn't mind talking Doctor Who at them now.

Captain Painway

What Joe said, and assuming "most people" would agree with you is rather arrogant. The loudest complain about later seasons (and got really bad with Jodi), but many of us love the show after this episode. (spoilers for tone of series, no specifics) Capaldi has more of an "arc" than any other Doctor, more personal growth and development. Jodi's run was fun, from front to back, and about finally coming to grips with all the trauma The Doctor has. I won't say more as it could be considered spoilers.

Carl Wilson

Nope. The Capaldi era is my favourite too.

Carl Wilson

The conceit is that The War Doctor doesn't get a number, because the later Doctors didn't count him as one of them. (Obviously the real reason was that Moffat had just invented him, to fill in for what was supposed to be Christopher's role - but the retcon works pretty well.) I really love this special, and it's full of ideas that will resurface later. Btw I'm pretty sure most of us in North America weren't spoiled for who was going to show up on this episode the way the Brits were. It wasn't headline news here, and social media wasn't as all-encompassing yet in 2013. Like a lot of Gen X North Americans, as a kid I thought Tom Baker was the one and only Doctor because he was the one you'd most often see in syndicated reruns on PBS (or TVO for me in Canada) in the 70s-80s. I had one Halloween where I wore a long coat and big scarf, and nobody else really knew who I was supposed to be. So it was very delightful to see Baker as the curator, although confusing - the explanation that maybe the Doctor "revisits some old faces" in his future is very cute.

Dannielle

"No sir, all thirteen" Cue excited squealing!!

Drake

Christopher Eccleston didnt split with them on good terms, but "apparently" there was "timing issues" why he could not be in the special, but considering how he talks about the people in charge ... i dont think he will work with any of them ever again but then he is back at conventions and the "bad blood" seems forgiven so maybe who knows

Drake

this aired at the same time as on TV in cinemas all over the world. i saw it in english in a small cinema in a small city in germany, it was packed and the most fun time i ever was in the cinema EVER, everyone in there was a fan who just truly loved it

Logan de Hoyos

My favorite special of all time. Really wish we couldve gotten Christopher in this but the stars didnt align. My 2 favorite doctors in one story was absolutely fantastic. My 14 year old self was absolutely giddy and emotional throughout the whole story, just as you were and im still that same way watching today. Amazing reaction as always and hope you find the Christmas story entertaining before moving on to season 8.

Cross Hatched95

Ahh ahhh ahhha ahhh here we go here we go! Everyone calm down! Whose shouting? Oh it’s me! Calm down!!

Cross Hatched95

Peak doctor who. Genuinely as good as it gets. The day Matt met David ❤️

Geoff Richards

In case you didn't notice, one of the Osgoods passed the asthma inhaler to the other when they were in the black archive. Of course they both knew from their struggle in the under gallery which one had it (the Zygon took it, but I think the real Osgood took it back). So the two of them were the only non-Doctors who knew whether they were human or Zygon. But they decided to keep it to themselves, presumably in the interests of allowing the Doctor's peace plan to work.

Kevin (GiantFutures.com)

FINALLY got to watch this with you! I was driving all day yesterday! This episode kind of feels like Avengers: Endgame. Not so much in seeing all of these Doctors coming together…though that as well…but also in that this story is basically the culmination of 7 Series+ of Doctor Who storytelling, since the start of the modern series had long used that break between Paul McGann’s and Christopher Eccleston’s Doctors to bring mystery and pain and motivation to every doctor since, and now…we get the story they all had been telling. It’s fantastic. It’s still not my favorite episode…or honestly…maybe not even my Top 3? It would break it potentially with some clever bookkeeping, but my favorite episodes…they are yet to come. I just finished watching the first season of the Apple TV+ show Criminal Intent, which stars Peter Capaldi in a much more morally grey role than the Doctor, so I am eager to see more than just those eyebrows of him again in this role. Soon. (Criminal Intent is mostly just worth watching for Capaldi….I need to start Season 2 soon.) Keep on keeping on! Allons-Y!

Carl Wilson

That joke with the cell door is also great because it's where they set up the idea of the screwdriver software making the calculations over hundreds of years, which becomes so important to the ending.

James Fleischman

Tom Baker has such a distinctive voice and is such a character in real life

Paul Hess

We all know the TARDIS gets inside your head and translates for you across all languages and sounds. When the 10th Doctor encountered the Rabbit and gave him that speech, he was speaking Rabbit at the time, and the Rabbit understood everything he was saying. Of course it couldn't care less because it was more interesting to nibble on the lettuce.

Kevin Bartelen

What I've heard is that Eccleston was supposed to be the War Doctor, but he turned it down because he had never worked with Moffat and didn't want to risk ruining his Doctor's character.

Iggy2099

I have been waiting for this since I found you were watching Doctor Who I am so excited

Stephen Mumford

Ah, shoot. I missed that the purchasable full reaction was with the entire original episode blurred and silenced. Ah well, consider my 3 bucks a tip for your fun YT channel in general then!

Dan Benge

I believe both Christopher and Billie have both returned for some recent audio episodes. I don't know how available they are outside the UK, but I'd assume they'd be safe to listen too as they're set during 9 and Rose's travels together.

Miniko

woops, same haha :/

Ben “Bentendo” Dawson

Eccleston did have talks with Moffat about appearing in this special, but ultimately decided he still wasn't ready to return to the series. It was that decision which led to Moffat creating a new War Doctor to fill that space. So as much as Chris would have been great, John Hurt was amazing. If you really want Christopher back, then you need to get into the Big Finish audio dramas. He's done several series already, including ones with River and Rose. McGann's Doctor in his minisode referenced all his Big Finish companions, which was a nice nod from Moffat to finally acknowledge the Big Finish side of the franchise on screen. But yes, go get into Big Finish!

Ianto Almond

Seen a few reactors doing this episode but finally got a proper reaction to "no, all thirteen!" At last! Hehe. Glad you got to go into this with no spoilers, such a fun one. Fun fact, Moffat wanted Billie back as she was such a big part of the revival but didn't want to tread on Russel T Davies' toes, so that's why she's not Rose. Same thing with David, didn't want to change Tennant's last words, so here he leaves with "I don't want to go" again.

L K Piper

I bought this, but forgot you habe to blur the whole thing and i have to watch it simultaneously. Its my fault and im happy to support you regardless!

Lee

I can't imagine Angela has time to read any Doctor Who novels, but the one to read is Steven Moffat's adaptation/expansion of the 50th Anniversary Special. To say it is brilliant is a vast understatement. It's truly the best way to experience the story.

Stephano Feinberg

so the war doctor is separate to the counting of the doctors regenerations as the war doctor is the one regeneration the doctor does not acknowledge but technically the count is one off if you included him as a 9th regeneration