A Phonecall from the Eleventh Doctor | Deep Breath | Doctor Who 

And that's exactly what makes it so heartbreaking... 😭

Oh god, you’re soo right.

I don't get how people still like Clara as a character, she backstabbed the doctor SO many times and "almost took away what has been with him from the start" (tardis and the key throwing scene.) The whole fact that Eleven had to BEG her to stay and the whole fact that she basically rejected him because of his "old appearance" really says that she didnt like the doctor for who he is but for how he looks like and it's really heartbreaking because the doctor has so much love for Clara that he is ready to give her countless amount of chances.

@@intruder-. She didn’t really understand that they were the same person. She had an image of the doctor and that image was of 11, and then he suddenly did a complete u-turn on what she understood. Eventually she was one over by 12 and they have debatably the closest doctor/companion relationship to date. She was in the wrong for attempting to throw the tardis keys away though, but i can’t help feel for her because she was in a time of grieving and the doctor is the only person she knows who could potentially reverse what happened.

@@intruder-. She's not the first companion to be put off by a regeneration. Rose Tyler was put off by nine's regeneration ("Can you change back?").

Victor Kong oh, how to turn tables

Yep. 11 cared so Clara didn't have to, then Clara cared so 12 didn't have to.

That's right.

Its probably because the 11th doctor was young and 12th was old

@@keiranclarke2955 No, he did not have the trust in other humans in the same way his former incarnation used to have. That's why he needs Clara's trust so she can help him understand why he needs them.

Probably because he never had a chance to say goodbye to amy and rory

@@winteralf7300 other than that last page of the book that Amy wrote

@@winteralf7300 also at the fact he was on his last life, well until he got all the others from the other time lords

Well there is also the fact that its not really a goodbye, more like a pause

It's a small timey-wimey loop if you think of it

Oh, I felt assured. Took a bit at the start of the episode but then I remembered 4 was rather the same way when he was freshly regenerated. Sometimes some of the blocks are stubborn and don't fall into place right away, leaving the good Doctor a bit wonky.

Yes but you shouldnt need "reassurance" Peter's whole debut was a load of pandying to fangirls who couldnt deal with the Doc being old and it shouldnt have done that, the original Docs were older it shouldnt have been a big deal and this stuff made it a big deal apart from the fact it was insulting to Capaldi.

@@theyellowlightsaber3193 fans to the fans of the newer series of doctor who, this was their first old looking doctor so it was a good thing and hopefully in future years when there’s another older doctor, they can remember this episode

@@evanbabbitt3430 Well yes but there was too much pandying which in show made no sense cos its the first companion to have issue with the Doc being older. It shouldnt need to be a topic at all, he changes, big deal thats the point of the character.

My feeling about the 12th was exactly claras, i like the 11th so much, his humor, wit, and kindness was something i enjoyed a lot

Yes! exactly! I imagine Matt beneath the skin sad because he's old and unrecognizable to Clara

Couldn't agree more! ( ；∀；) That look on 12th's (Peter's) face...totally heartbreaking! One look and my eyes were crying buckets!! ( ノД`)… I did enjoy 11th's reappearance though! 🙌🎉😘 David is a beautiful person and he was my favorite (bearing in mind that I only got to watch the latest series which started with Christopher Eccleston) before Matt came into the picture! LOL David was dashing and mesmerizing - a handsome "alien" to sweep you off of your feet, with that little tinge of madness and darkness and sadness. But Matt was just exhilarating! He was crazy and jumpy and all-over-the-place... he really felt like something more than human, an alien, out of this world! (*/∀＼*) 😍 I wish I could watch the series with Peter as the doctor soon... but I'm just too busy. 😣😭

la tête de taureau c'est vraiment une série trop bien

+Maria Sanchez I TOTALLY AGREE. it was really sad to see him so heartbroken..

This is just so sad... I literally cried when Matt left- because doctor who is a big part of my childhood.. I rarely watched David tenant, but when matt's series started, I fell in love with doctor who. My sister started having a job in the evening, so we picked her up every Saturday, then got fish and chips, then just watched doctor who, I loved that so much. Now I'm 12, and well, I just wanna sigh. Thanks to this programme, I made the amazing friends I could wish for.

Yeah it's like the old Doctor got to be young for a couple of regenerations, then he lost it and he's like "dammit, I got an old body again."

11 also just spent years as a old man on trenzalore so he probably wanted to be young again

It's like 11 was asking what his next incarnation should look like - a self fulfilling prophesy.

I guess it makes me feel a bit better, when I undestand that their story is still continuening - elevens and Clara's... They are still together, just the face is different. That's all...

​@@warrioroflight6122I think that's precisely why the scene was there. A lot of people jumped on board within the previous few years due to Netflix. Seeing the Ninth Doctor regenerate into the Tenth in a big old binge is one thing. But those people were following the Eleventh Doctor for months or years by that point, so this scene is pretty much aimed to them too. And then in the next two seasons, the Twelfth Doctor and Clara developed possibly THE best Doctor-Companion relationship in the history of the show. Four and Sarah Jane, Ten and Donna, got nothing on them!

Different faces, but he's the same time lord, that's exactly what Moffat wanted to show in this scene (The Chibnell Era is a mistake that will soon be fixed)

It really tripped me up when I watched it, because usually regenerations feel to me almost like a different character got the same job, whereas the acting and writing here had me completely believing that the same guy was in both scenes.

@@theserge8715 This comment was literally nothing about the chibnall era... why do yall always feel the need to mention it lmao?

@@Hario338 It's simple: I called the Doctor "Time Lord" , in series 12 this fact is disputed...

@@Hario338 He has a point there my friend

SMX Sonic lol

@@JacobSiegalKingOfSeagaliaBlack 11: Confused screaming

AHAHAHHA YES

LMAO

The doctor always want to be ginger

Matt's side of the phone call was shot during The Time of the Doctor, but he was speaking for Clara's side of the same phone call, and was actually literally phoning it in from Los Angeles where he was filming reshoots for Terminator: Genysis at the time

That would be weird for him to joke about since that's not how it happened

timrob12 Sources?

Andrew Coote Thats actually amazing lol

@@acoote1701 That's interesting considering that's a movie about wibbley wobbley timey whimey stuff.

12 might be gray but he might just be a bit more youthful than 11. He's kinda a mix between 1 and 4, really.

12 was the same age as 1 when 1 started

@@rebeccaworster2912 in all fairness while they were the same age, Hartnell was also in rough shape due to his undiagnosed heart issues.

@@Ethan-dn1wc There’s also the fact that William Hartnell was a heavy smoker (very common for the time) and Peter Capaldi isn’t. Peter seems to be in very good health

@@samsonguy10k For me, he’s a mix between 11 and 10. He’s starts showing his goofy side again in the next 2 seasons while also displaying 10’s seriousness.

Comparing 12 to 13, uhhh, the older seasons were just so much better writing

@@gentleseal1778 Yea with ma man moffat. I just love him.

Matt Smith had a large audience of children that joined when he first came on board. As big as Tennant was with the ladies, Matt was big with the kiddos, much like Tom Baker before him. The kiddos needed the hug, and the comfort.

And this is why even with the biregenaration faults I like how David physically gives the next doctor a hug and salute from himself! No better way to pass the torch!

Yeah I started watching Doctor Who back in 2013 with the 9th 10th and 11th. Matt Smith grew on me so much as a 14-5 year old and when I got my first sonic screwdriver as a gift I was ecstatic! But yeah it was difficult to say goodbye and it's been 10 years already since the 11th Doctor left. Hard to believe.

Realised*

Matt smith was my first doctor and I just couldn't get into the 12th doctor. The ultimate hiding animal was one of the best episode I just prefer matt smith's energy as the doctor.

@@burner8504 They spelt it right.

I think you are right, but tbh, it didn't help, when I saw Clara accepted him as the doctor, I felt a little bit betrayal. It's Capaldi's performance made me accepted him as the doctor, and I dare to say my doctor.

@@burner8504 You're correct and so is Bill. Realised (UK/AUS/NZ spelling), Realized (US/CAN spelling).

Oh God...... T_T

because he's secretly John Cena

"Why would you do this"

t e a r s

Try this, "Run you clever boy, and remember" 12; *Forgets*

JPGC that's a nice observation, that's pretty cool.

JPGC OK. Now I'm innerly sobbing.

EnchantingManiac GO SIT IN THE CORNER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE! *ahem* that's made it eleven times sadder now 😭

Mindblowing

I've never thought of that until now! That's amazing! Great job!

Matt smith in capaldi sad cos he's old and clara doesn't see him anynore

Than at the end, he looked at her and he can't see her..

Yes, exactly! And his words "please just... just see me!"... Capaldi was perfect!

I just realised that Bill Potts said this exact same thing in Twice Upon a Time!

😢

that's sweet

"... Whatever you say"

Can’t do that in the modern times can ye

@@TheOnlyGamingDML and you shouldn't be able to.

I'm not a Hugger... Ahh what the hell!

And to be honest in a lot of ways he ended up being the best doctor of modern Who. Capaldi I mean

But she never did. She took over his show and drove fans away.

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Which is so weird considering that the classic Who doctors are literally old men.

@@chaosrex1487 I love Capaldi, but I do love Matt Smith more.... Capaldi is definitely in my top three but imo he doesn't have that special place in my heart which the Eleventh Doctor does, but then again, we both have different opinions

:D

14 regeneration actually.

+Oscar Thonpson 13 regenerations; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, War, 9th, 10th, 12th, 1 (I'm saying 1 'cause it's the first regeneration of the new cycle).

Sarthak Mohanty I was counting Peter as 14th.

+Avaline “XxRobloxJulesxX” Kress Colin Baker was ginger

Voice crack when he just finished regenerate and voice crack just before he regenerates

That's what I like about 11, he doesn't like goodbyes yet he did this, he knows how painful loosing someone is after Amy and Rory and never wants or I guess his next incarnation to go through that

I think it’s even more important because of what Matt went through when he first started out as the doctor. People hated he was so young. Plus he was following David who quite literally didn’t want to go and was fighting it every step of the way. He of course won us over by ironically being like the first one to really show the doctor’s age in NuWho. But I remember being 12 and not wanting to lose David and so i already would have had a low opinion of anyone who followed. I can imagine it could have been kind of therapeutic for Matt to be able to help bridge the gap.

and also i think where he tells her to not be afraid, he meant to not be afraid that he might not want her anymore!

It's part of the problem of this episode, it's entirely written from the perspective of telling the fans that this is still the Doctor, he doesn't have to be young and good looking. But Clara is the last companion to need this lesson as she has met all the incarnations. This entire episode makes far more sense if it's written with the idea that Capadli had been cast as the 10th and it was with 9 on the phone to Rose.

That's your opinion.

@@wildste nah... in Day of the Doctor also she says... I never imagined *you*, as the one who blew up Gallifrey. She clearly thinks of the Doctor only as the eleventh. Another thing, I don't think Clara retains the memories of that because 1. She was in his time stream and 2. Name of the Doctor was retconned in Time of the Doctor.

@@atharvadeshpande6907 She remembers, in Day of the Doctor, she comments on when she went through all his past lives fairly early on

Oh how Capaldi got screwed over in the end by the BBC, at least he got his childhood roll and had great moments.

CinemaBiohazard yup

CinemaBiohazard watching whittaker as the doctor is too much for me.... I can't see the same person not just as another person but as another person with a different gender... I don't say the doctor can't be a girl, I'm just saying that in my opinion a time lord should not change to the other gender after regenerating...

Ariel Eytan but it had already been stated a lot earlier that regeneration doesn't care about gender. I mean the master also became female after regeneration. So did the general eventually. The doctor isn't the only one.

CinemaBiohazard Yes, and that should provide comfort to those who miss the Dr when they regenerate, its still the same person but different looking.

Ariel Eytan Yes its a bit odd, because you could ask why hasnt he changed in previous regenerations if it was possible to do so ? Surely law of averages would have meant half would have been female, in the real world of course.

That line has hit me home many times and has opened my eyes very easily to something I was kind of reluctant to admit. It kinda singlehandedly helped me open up.

And he's back!

@@dbkwk9about time …

Yes! When Clara's theme starts gently playing at the moment she begins to accept him is beautiful

During the worst of the Chibnall era, I always said the following: “The Chibnall era of Doctor Who has had writing, storytelling, directorial, and cinematic decisions that I either disagree with, dislike, or flat-out think are incorrect.” “None of that damaged my enjoyment of the show nearly as much as the loss of Murray Gold.” RTD, Moffat, and Chibnall are what help guide and morph Doctor Who. Murray Gold’s music IS Doctor Who.

You can't see him, can you? You look at him and you can't see him. Do you have any idea what that's like?

LordofSorrows I understood that reference

He got better as his hair grew longer

I never realized him growing long hair while watching his run. That is so weird...

I preferd 12th with shorter hair we needed another like the 9th with short hair

Whiskii I cried the most watching last epusode of season 7 and first of season 8. They both hit me right in the feels, so to say

Eleven and Clara were a great partnership. Twelve and Clara were mismatched.

most of the Capaldi episodes are more sad than Matt Smiths ones..

I think the Ponds and eleven were the best couple...like Donna or Rose and Ten

But at the start...the rudeness of Peter covewrs it up...at that time i disliked him..bit in the end...he was a great Doctor..the whole story counts ;)

I can still hear handles.

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Please just don’t make it anymore emotional than it already is

Jake B “ugh” no he didn’t, at least not on screen so get yo ass out of here

without ruining it what heart? i mean the doctor has two so

@@Splitpro_Games The left one

No, the right one!

Both hearts.

Watch the ending again she wasn't his friend 12 admitted that he viewed himself as a boyfriend to her and matt said in an interview that it would be awkward for his girlfriend and wife to be in the same room

Absolutely agree. Peter took most of his first season to grow on me and for me to see him properly as not just the doctor but the same doctor as Smith. But when it was announced he would leave after season 10 I was very sad and wished (and still wish) he would stay a little bit longer, at least for one more season. In retrospect I wouldn't want him to stay if Moffat still left but if they both could have stayed one more season I would have loved it.

The sunglasses, electric guitar, tank, colosseum combo was what really convinced me.

I felt this about Matt Smith coming from Eccleston and Tennant at first. It's a staple of the show, really

Same. I had to power through to really see Capaldi. I didn’t give him the credit he deserved. I started this series with Matt Smith. I think the young, pretty face helped me love the doctors silliness more, and I felt like the silliness got lost behind of the old man. But I was wrong. He is The Doctor. As much as any of the rest of them. And he deserves to be seen.

Imo capaldi is amazing as the doctor

@@Seirin-Blu He is. The only thing is that everyone has "their" Doctor. The Doctor they know first. The audience and Companions alike. And especially that first time it's hard to embrace the Doctor can change

Really pisses me off some Who fans didn't like him because when we got Jodie and even more forced sjw gay nonsense she became honestly the worst Doctor of them all and is just a straight off a copy cat of past doctors. Mainly David Tennant with Matt Smith's goofiness child like behavior. Which is now made David Tennant "the best one" rumored to be the 14th in order to just fix the mess BBC has given us

I really recommend you to go back and watch his seasons if you haven't already. Season 9 and 10 have some of my favorite New Who episodes.

KingOfTheRing even though out of the 4 new doctors, capaldi is the closest to the original 8

I know this comment is 2 years old, but I'm new to this show and I read your comment and cried the tears I was holding.

I cried !!

Painting The Roses Red If they need "reassuring" for a regeneration then they aren't real fans.

killboggins Oh my god, stop. The 'real fan' topic is literally the most annoying thing. Some of us have been fans for over a decade, and some fans may have just started watching a week ago, but it doesn't make them any less a fan. If you love the show, then you are a fan, end of discussion.

Painting The Roses Red I agree with this so much. Ten's exit seemed like it was written to alienate Matt Smith's Doctor, as if he was some kind of impostor. But this scene was the perfect antidote to that, showing that Capaldi is as much the Doctor as anyone before him, all the way back to Hartnell.

TranscendentLion Exactly! The worst part for Matt was that we didn't even have a familiar companion ease us with the sudden change, it was just "We're taking away everybody you loved! Have this young guy with no eyebrows and an eight year old! Don't worry, it's definitely the same show. You just don't know anybody on it anymore!" This time, we had Clara, so that helped hugely, and then we also had Matt's Doctor nudging us towards Capaldi, so of course it's going to be a lot easier this time around.

I didn't like smith when he 1st came, but I gave him a chance and I think I might like him more than tenant

That was exactly what drew me to the show… how the 11th doctor was so young yet so old at the same time.

Matt Smith played the Doctor the same way as Peter Davidson, as an old man in a young man's body.

Same i loved matt smith the most!

Other Railway Productions You never really get over losing your first Doctor. Mine was Pertwee, it took me a couple of seasons before I forgave Tom Baker for replacing him, but I did, eventually, and now he is one of my all time favourites too. Still Jon will always be MY Doctor.

kopitarrules i started watching dr who from matt smith. So... yah...

Nick Latham Well i live in singapore... so i have to illegally watch dr who (don't tell anyone) when i did, I saw matt smith in the episode where amelia and him met the great artist that commited suicide due to depression.

Nick Latham nice

yes, I agree very much

It's sad, but David Tenant takes it for me. "I don't wanna go." 😰

Me too. It was almost like the actor, himself, was saying he didn't want to leave the show

+CorneliusButtknuckl1 That made him seem like a bit of a wimp. He should have manned up.

+Luke Turner exactly

"Yes mam"

She's an absolute master at that vocal quiver.

+Magatsu Orpheus I've only begun to catch up with the new series beginning with TENNANT I had almost given up on the series beforehand and enjoyed 10 and 11 'S run [still haven't seen all of them yet] but I get the general feel of it and have found a new enthusiasm for this series I believe they went as youthful and trendy as they could with SMITH I grew up with the series [[from behind the couch to being in front of the couch!!] and SMITH is younger than I am! so they probably felt a different personality development was necessary to keep fans guessing!! CHEERS!!

+Magatsu Orpheus Plus it kinda puts a dent in the whole 'each Doctor is a completely different person.' Which simply isn't true: the Doctor gets a little scrambled for a bit after each regeneration, but it's the same Doctor each time, even if he looks completely different. But this was a nice touch to show that despite the change in many aspects of the show, it still is the same show, and just because he's not her 'boyfriend' doesn't mean that he mourned her death any the less. See? This scene works on a variety of levels!

+Magatsu Orpheus I definitely needed this scene

+Magatsu Orpheus The change from Tennant to Smith was a lot bigger. It shows more of a lack of faith in the audience to put this scene in.

Charizarzar Not really. Smith's Doctor was a lot like Tennant's, but more exaggerated.

Indeed. It's very clever. I don't think I've ever seen this technique used before. We go through it all with Clara, we associate with her and her misgivings about the new Doctor, and therefore we can also better accept him (and Peter) as the new Doctor just as she does. Also, as a bonus, it bonds us closer to her character as well. Very clever, indeed.

In a similar way, that's probably why so many people hated Matt Smith when he started. David's departure was so emotional and heart-breaking. His literal last words were "I don't want to go." and The Eleventh Hour was a completely clean slate. New TARDIS, new Sonic Screwdriver, new title sequence. There was no easing into it.

They tried something similar with Rose, but she just kind of got over it without this kind of closure for the audience.

Every season after this CE special has been absolutely bland.

@@robbiereilly In the Christmas Invasion Too, When Tenth Doctor Use the "Fanststic" word to Rose, to show that is still him.

+FoxIGaming Same here. Matt Smith is my favorite doctor and the very moment I heard his voice on the phone, I broke down.

+marioandsonicFTW Most people would probably have cried as well when they seen this scene.

Same a little heart broken

every1 did:(

I never liked Matt Smith's interpretation all that much.

Maybe, maybe not.

Bootstrap paradox?

+Karlo Cvitak yeah I like the idea

Considering that he told Mr. Clever (the Cyber-Controller) that "who knows what we'll get" if he were to regenerate, it's pretty apparent that he only took the option of directly controlling his regeneration the one time, during The War. So while, al la Karn, he COULD do it, he probably simply 'let go', as per his norm.

Well here's the thing. Even if we only take official tv anniversary specials into account, 1 has seen his next two and his 5th faces, 2 has seen his next, 5th & 6th, 3 has seen his 5th, 5 has seen his 10th, the War Doctor has seen his 10 & 11th, & 10 has seen his next face. They forget of course but it's there in the deep recesses of their minds. The Doctor's faces are preordained. And then there's Big Finish which is official where numerous crossovers involving 4-8 have happened. And the comics where last year 10-12 & right now 9-12 have met/are meeting. Oh and for the 50th, every incarnation from the original cycle met. And of course how much of The Day of the Doctor do they all remember? They were all there, communicating & saving the day. So theoretically every incarnation has met every incarnation. It's all preordained. All his faces already happened. So knowing he got old & grey? Not news. Not a factor. It already happened. 11 met 12 many times. As will 12 meet 13 & so on

oh god you just reminded me of that and now /i'm/ crying

+Gabriela Cardoso I think what I love about it especially is Capaldi's speech afterwards. "I wasn't listening, I didn't have to, that was ME talking." And that's a good way to handle regeneration - as differently as the Doctor may look or act, deep down, he's the exact same person, and I love that.

Yes, exactly!!

when i watched this episode i still wasn't sure of i'd like the new doctor matt is my favorite... but when clara smiled it was like at least for her... she knew everything was going to be ok, nothing makes the world shine as much as when a pretty woman smiles,

+stephen crider i think matt is the best doctor to.

I think the producers knew there might be some hesitation to fully accept Peter as the new Doctor. With every regeneration, there is always that period of time for the audience to adapt to the new character, the new actor. But, in this case, since Peter is so much older than Matt, I believe it was necessary not only for Clara to be nudged into 'seeing him' as the Doctor, but also simultaneously for us to be nudged, too. It was very clever of them to do it this way, for us to go through the experience with Clara. Very clever indeed.

You little dalek , this is what i was about to say :)))

Elena Mia Never, I repeat, NEVER say the D work again.

The 11th Doctor You don't like the D?

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It's beautiful to me how RTD and Moffat took these decades of procedural sci-fi serials and turned them into this character arc commenting on the human spirit. Of course not at all to discount Cornell, Briggs, and the others who did so as well in the intervening years.

Series 8 Clara is great imo

Zachs Mind Less homework more major fan of the show because in an interview they brought out some of his fan letters as he tried to become the head of the official Doctor Who fan club.

+Zachs Mind Great comment. :-) I mostly see the Fourth in him too (even the faces are rather similar), and some traits are reminescent of the Third or Seventh. As for the impersonation: I remember Smith doing some impersonations of previous incarnations, possibly because the Doctor was just reminescenting of what he was doing back then. I remember he did a very Hartnell-esque chuckle in one scene of The Snowmen (he was even somewhat similarly dressed). That made me smile back when I first watched it. :-)

I say he is a mix of the 3s. 3rd Doc, 6th Doc and 9th Doc. He's more serious like them in series 8... Though series 9 he has got a bit more upbeat. You see a more vast mix of doctors in series 9.

he is literally the biggest doctor who fanboy ever. have you seen the thing on Graham Norton when they read out letters he wrote to the BBC as a kid? he was so adorably obsessed!

Yeah, Capaldi deserved this. He complained to the official fandom that he wanted to be the leader. Now he gets a chance to say "Screw you" to all the people who turned him down for just being a child at the time XD If anyone has not seen Graham Norton reading out his fan-mail, go do it. It's really worth it. Capaldi blushes so much from the embarrassment.

The little "miss ya" is what destroyed me. You can tell he really does miss her; not just at the moment he was calling, but in the sense that this version of him is dying and will be forever separated from Clara.

I personally replayed the video to that point and it made me cry my eyeballs out all over again 😭😭😭

I was a w.r.e.c.k. Did anyone else say "Miss you too", because I did.

@J LOCC "even if I am alive it feels like dying. Some new man walks off in my clothes, and.. I'm dead." - 10 The doctor post-time war seems to feel incredibly connected to their regenerations; 11 here is very sad that he's finishing this life and I understand why. He's going to be different after this, at least in some ways.

@@protowalker True, although Ten was a MASSIVE Emo too

No, that would be the "frog" from "It Takes You Away" crossing over into our universe. lol

Ikr ;-;

+TheBagelragel Fixed point in time, plus Gallifrey shennanigans

+Rares Macovei god that episode was terrible

Bryan Mayle Hell Bent you mean ?

Rares Macovei yeah, Heaven sent was really good though

My problem with this scene isn't like others concerns my problem with this scene is how Clara is still unable to realize that twelve is the doctor.

***** that reference c:

Orlando Soto Leyton One of the MANY things that I hate about The End of Time Pt.1 and Pt.2. The way 10 left was abysmal, far too emotional to the point where you felt RTD was actually trying to convince us that The Doctor was actually going to DIE for good! Every other doctor before and after Ten accepted and even welcomed Regeneration, they didn't see it as the reaper coming to claim him! 1st Doctor: Acknowledged that his body was "wearing a bit thin" but never did he try to avoid it, he accepted the end with grace. 2nd Doctor: Now HE is the only one who had the right to be against his regeneration, because he was being FORCED to regenerate by the Timelords, he had no choice in the matter so naturally he was against it. 3rd Doctor: After returning from his encounter with the Spider Queen we see he's frail, dying. Probably unsure if he'd regenerate at all, but still even as he was laying there on the verge of death, he focused on consoling Sarah-Jane as she sat there crying. He didn't think about himself. 4th Doctor: After all of his adventures, all of his heroic acts. He knew at Logopolis that his end was coming, but he didn't moan or mope or cry, he got the job done saw his friends one last time and smiled, reassuring them that "the moment had been prepared for" before The Watcher merges with him causing the regeneration to start. 5th Doctor: Now this was one of the most heroic acts The Doctor ever did. In order to save Peri he gave her the antidote knowing full well that there was a chance he wouldn't regenerate. He potentially sacrificed himself for good in order to save someone he cared for. 6th Doctor: Well, anyone knows that we never saw what happened to The 6th Doctor before his demise. But the episode before that had him musing about Carrot Juice. He wasn't contemplating life and death or the flaws of regeneration, he was doing what he does best. Being The Doctor. 7th Doctor: Again, his Regeneration happened whilst he was "dead" but before hand, as he was being operated on, he had the right to intervene and be emotional due to his knowledge of human medical procedures damaging his regeneration process, thus reducing his chances of surviving. 8th Doctor: He had a big reason t have disdain for regeneration, due to everything that happened in the Time War along with what we see happen in The Night of The Doctor. Everything he has seen has driven him to the conclusion that The Doctor was no longer needed, they needed a Warrior. You could tell he didn't like it, but he knew that something had to be done and he/The War Doctor was the only person capable of doing so. War Doctor: After everything he had been through, The Time War itself raging through time space and equilibrium. The lives he had lost, the battles he fought, when it came to his regeneration he looked upon it similar to how he viewed it as the 1st Doctor "wearing a bit thin" he even joked about his potential appearance, viewing his regeneration as the end of his time as The Warrior and once again becoming The Doctor. 9th Doctor: Similar to the 5th Doctor, the 9th Doctor potentially sacrificed himself by absorbing the heart of the TARDIS from Rose into himself. Though he states that he can regenerate I've always felt that a small part of him wasn't so sure. Nevertheless, just before he changed he was joking about the process, then he reassured his companion that she was fantastic before stating that he himself was fantastic also. Going out with a smile. Looking forward to his next life. 10th: As I stated at the beginning of this very long comment (apologies) 10's departure was over emotional to the point where it felt like he was actually going to die. Not to mention the fact that he WASTED a regeneration simply because he "liked" being him (Vanity much?) Throughout the whole of The End of Time, all he did was cry and moan about his "death" that was surely coming for him. He didn't leave with his head held high, he left his time as The Doctor with a whimper, crying and nearly killing himself and destroying the TARDIS in the process. 11th Doctor: After roughly a thousand years or more of constant warfare on Trenzalore the Doctor knew this time that his life was over. No more Regenerations, no more chances. This was the end and he knew it. Even the , knowing he'd die he went and faced his foes with honor and bravery. Then when the Timelords granted him a new regeneration cycle, he gleefully accepted it as he regenerated. Then when the time came, he mused on his changing and ultimately saw it as a good thing. He looked on it as his chapter ending and the Doctor's continuing. Again, sorry for the immensely long comment, but just look at the example and see that 10's regeneration was handled so poorly that was almost another waste of a regeneration.

+Orlando Soto Leyton If you read all of that I salute you xD!

The Godly Brony Well when you compare his actions in the episode to all the others she has seen/met he doesn't act like the Doctors before him. I can see your point that Clara shouldn't need to be told that he is still the doctor but I shall counter that with the question: Why do people need to be told don't bring a hair dryer into the shower and turn it on?

Caitlin Williams one of the most tear-jerking moments in doctor who I think.

Too many tear-jerking moments in Doctor Who for me.

It was a brilliant scene.

How about Doomsday?

Nah, for me it's still Doc10 saying goodbye to Rose. I dont fight back the tears but it sure is hard not to start bawling.

You can truly mean it all you want. You’re not the judge of all television history lol. You can declare whatever you want about anything. Nobody else has to agree

@@burner8504 I was drunk

While I get the sentiment, I really don’t understand why people like to make these types of hyperbolic, superlative statements about movies, shows, etc. “This scene is the greatest example of so and so…” Art is subjective; there is no “greatest” of anything

@@raginbakin1430 I was drunk

Same!!!

11 was my first, but he's only my 2nd favourite Doctor. My #1 favourite Doctors are 10 and 12, and I really can't decide between them.

Small confession, I finished Matt smith's era for about a month now, watched this episode, but I'm still Grieving both Matt, Amy and Rory, I've never been so emotionally Shaken by a series in *Years* I'm still going to watch capaldi's seasons, maybe today cuz of this line of events Just, Damn, Feels

Mia Karlsson What kills me is how each New Who Doctor has, during a brief moment right before they regenerated, broken character and spoken AS themselves to the audience. Chris: "You were fantastic. And do you know what? So was I." David: "I don't want to go". Contrary to popular belief, this was actually David voicing the fact that he didn't want to leave the show (but had decided it was time) Matt: "I swear I won't forget any of this, not one line. I will always remember when the Doctor was me". Breaks my heart every time.

***** no he did think of it and they had multiple takes he didn't want to full on start crying because that was out of character

David did not think of the line, it's an urban myth. He didn't like the line

On the dw confidential they had multiple takes one where he did say the line another where he did and didn't cry another where he started to tear up which made the final cut and another one where he started full on crying

Mia Karlsson hen he regenerated and he said that he'll never forget when the Doctor was him, I think Matt actually meant that in a way.

I know... memories

oh god i cried when i first watched this

It seems I did too. It just hasn't happened for me yet.

The 11th Doctor go away 11th doctor you are not a good doctor

The Beastois HAHAHA, you again, HE IS THE BEST!

Kills me everytime 😔

Be funnier if he just said 'turn left, same person, oh and thanks I think I'll regenerate into that bloke from Pompeii.' Seriously, this is probably when he got the idea...presuming that the Doctor can actually (and successfully) choose his face.

In the old series a female Timelord regenerated and the Doctor was aghast she could choose her own face. She then mocked him, "that is why you should not have left school" or some such, aka he's an under-graduate time-lord wise and doesn't know half the abilities available to him.

+ben Smith ahh you mean romana

Floods of tears

Krynictrace a

The Doctor loves River Song and that is a fact

Lmfa just re watched all Matt Smith's episodes and onto capaldies and just thought that

I want to like your comment but i dont want to ruin the 222 number of likes.

@@amziez1218 Love or guilt? Sorry but that 'romance," was so contrived.

Same he was my first doctor before I even really understood the show .. but his speech to little Amy made me cry and it perfect.

I felt the scene was for the fans who were agast when Capaldi was announced as the Doctor. Many were used to a young Doctor... A boyfriend, as the new Doctor says. This scene, to me, was Moffat telling them, "It's the same Doctor. Don't be scared."

***** In Time Of The Doctor he was more or less reassuring himself and basically just using Clara as someone to speak his thoughts to. Then Clara was over-shadowed by Amy's appearance. Here, Clara gets a proper goodbye. Which is why the Doctor never bothered to say it during the actual change.

***** Maybe not you. Maybe not me. But a lot of brand new fans from all over the world certainly did.

Joel Mole Whole point of the scene was to let go of Matt Smith!!! Beautiful scene. Some Doctor Who fans are incredibly cynical.

Joel Mole Fairly sure Matt acted his scenes while recording Time of the Doctor and didn't phone in his performance. Was a really good performance. Doesn't appear lazy at all.

Amy*

Matt and David were my favourite as for any normal fan but usually fans love David just a bit more but for me I just love Matt a bit more. his portrayal of the doctor a broken and lonely man looking amongst the stars for a sense purpose whilst using humour to hide his past and true self.

Doofus. EVERYBODY realises the 11th was clever "in his own way" , he's the Doctor, they're all clever.

david graham david graham wow you are clever replying 4 years later aye 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️😬 let’s break it down 5 years ago when this clip was put up, many people complained about why Matt smith made a cameo in this episode so I just made the comment to put it in perspective for the so called doctor who fans. Ovbs me and clearly you are big fans but for the people that jumped on the band wagon without knowing why Matt made the cameo was just baffling. You sir have a nice day 🤦🏽‍♂️

Captain Geronimo he perfectly embodied a scared person that slowly opens himself

It makes perfect sense... I love the 12th Doctor and I always know that all of the previous Doctor's are in there somewhere and that's what you have to remember.

+Artur Mizuno like the eleventh doctor said on the phone "he's more scared than anything"

Well, seen that the Twelfth is like the First I've got a theory that Time Lord Personalities are Always the same if you are to gain a new cycle. The First personality bieng the one you get at the first time of a new cycle.

When Mattie started speaking, I immediately recognized his voice and almost started sobbing ...

and it did. even I can't go over it even after Hell bent. but I am anxious to see what is 12th Doctor going to do next.

Let US be brave

+zinki120 Ooh, I think I know what's gonna happen now... He must get back.

I don't want to go....

If you want tears watch this, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ubTJI_UphPk.html regarded by many as the best ever episode.

Perfect time to jump on. The new run is on Disney+ and is good so far (just not as excellent as this).

Exactly!

***** Of course.

actually the eleven remember Rose, Martha and Donna and twelve remember Amy and Donna and how he dress in his fourth incarnation(the scarf)

No it's hard. Different face, different body and most importantly different personality. The 11th was perky and happy and loved to hug and to care but this doctor is so different. He doesn't like hugging. All of them are very different. I loved the 11th Doctor and your telling me to instantly love this one just because all he did was regenerate.

-Killjoy They're different yet similar. They all have the same idealism and all obey the same rules (their/his own rules) He's the same. He's still the Doctor. No matter if he hides behind a bowtie, a scarf or a vegetable.

Personally it's a tie between smith and capaldi

+Jacqueline Poole for me

I agree and I do have my favorite "doctor's assistants". Although Amy Pond is memorable I also like Rose and Clara and would rate them among my three favorites. After doctors 10 and 11, I also like the first one played by Christopher Eccleston and still wish he had stayed for one more season. Sometimes, I wonder how the series would turn out if Keira Knightley or Eve Myles (from Torchwood) had been one of the doctor's assistants. I would have loved seeing Bill Nighy play one of the doctors too.

dewy200884 TEN'S WAS THE BEST (or worst, depending on your perspective)

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He already knew that as it had already happened to him, from his POV this scene takes place after he received the new regeneration cycle, so after the Tower scene. He was young in this because of his body resetting.

Say it louder for those in the back

The 13th's stories were still a bag of burning turds.

Female doctor isn’t the problem it’s the writing Jodie Whittaker can only do so much with what she’s given

Though it was obvious in this scene that he somehow knew he would not regenerate into a woman.

@@torakunoichi Dear god I feel so sorry for her. She never TRULY got a chance to shine the way she should have. Chinball was a terrible showrunner.

MY H E A RT

Trying really, really hard not to cry. Failing miserably.

It also made me realize he finally understands how River Song felt when she first met 10 in the library

bill said that to him too.

oUCH

The Doodler I’m confused can someone explain

@@unoriginaluser575 he will forget who clara is. Even when he was talking to her.

You can’t see me can you? You look at me and you can’t see me. Do you have any idea what that’s like?

UniversalMinerHD Same. Wish Matt and Jenna could have had more episodes together.

UniversalMinerHD Matt was Amy's doctor Clara was meant to be capaldis companion... The new one is just ruining the god damn process

That's your opinion.

+Assoluta Its because Jenna and peter got on has well in real life.This must make a difference when working with some-one day in and day out.

+Kathleen Smith Didn't Matt and Jenna faired real close too in real life?

@@DeCrazyMadness I believe so, she and Capaldi just had more time together