Also, RIP John Hurt. He genuinely wanted to be the Doctor and was elated when Steven Moffat told him that he's not just the War Doctor, but an official Doctor. As sad as it was that Christopher Eccleston didn't come in for the 50th, I think it turned out for the better both in terms of the script and the final product that Steven Moffat then had to invent the War Doctor and thus bring in John Hurt.
@@michaelandrews117 They did bring McGann back for the pre-50th. short though, which was really great. I'd love to see him come back again for a multi-Doctor story.
John Hurt was great as the Doctor, but some scenes of the episode would be tremendously more epic if it was Nine instead of him, like the scene with the three Doctors breaking themselves out of the painting or them deciding not to destroy Gallifrey. Nine would feel completely differently because we would already know him, we would associate the whole of Series 1 with him. The Day of the Doctor would become a new variation of Three Doctors, and it would feel... fantastic!
She said the names in the intro were edited-out. Not sure by who. I do know that Blind Wave is coming close to doing their reaction for it (in about 2 months time), and their editor Lono has prepared it for them, so that you wouldn't even know something was removed there.
@@thatlonewolfguy2878 it was after Martha I think because when he's in the forest talking to the rabbit, he says he's 904 years old. When he was on the spaceship he was 903 but I could be wrong.
@@Aiden4Real We know exactly when it is on his timeline: between Waters of Mars and The End of Time. At the start of The End of TIme he walks out of the TARDIS on the Ood Sphere, and says that he went on a little tour around time and space before popping by the Ood, and married Queen Elizabeth I while he did.
Thanks for the offer. Crazy thing is I live in the UK and everyone cheered and laughed at almost ever other minute of the special but then *"NO SIR. AAH! ALL THIRTEEN!"* The lever is pulled, the eyes appear and for me it was *"YES!"* For everyone else it was suddenly *_"Silence Doctor. Silence has fallen."_*
I had the opportunity to watch this in the cinema in London when it premiered - The folks in the theater who had been following the 4th doctor's adventures in the Big Finish audios collectively gasped when they heard Tom's voice, and they and the rest of the audience cheered when they saw his face! A London newspaper critic watched it home, and said that he was glad he wasn't in the theater because he was screaming - the critics always get an advance copy of the program, but they had left out Tom's appearance to keep the secret safe! The fact that this was Tom's first appearanc in Who in 50+ years made it extra special. Also, his doctor was known for word plays, and he was able to get on in here - "Who knows, who nose?
David Tennant wrote a story about visiting his childhood self and telling him he'd play the Doctor some day, including his disappointment that he wouldn't get to fight the Zygons. That's fun to read after this.
The original Zygon episode was one of the only times that Dr who genuinely frightened me as a child, I was never bothered by any of the other dr who monsters but for some reason the Zygons gave me nightmares for several nights lol.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the fact Sess managed to get all the way to the 50th without even knowing the Tenth Doctor was in this. Amazing. That's more than even the real-time viewers got! Well done, Doctor Who community. And thank you to all those backing Sess up; blurring the names at the beginning, patrolling the comments for spoilers, and managing what seems like an impossible task.
Yeah and a RU-vidr named John Smith used set photos from that to create a near identical VFX shot for his fanmade Anniversary trailer before the actual one aired.
I'm kind of jealous. For the rest of us it was impossible not to know nearly everything. Capaldi had just been announced. David and Billie were in the trailers/commercials. And even if you made it to the special living in a cave the names at the start were not blurred out. It was literally impossible not to have it spoiled somewhat. So it's nice to finally see a genuine, spoiler free, reaction. Just wish it could have been that way for the rest of us.
After the reveal of Capaldi, I took my kids to see World War Z. I was like "hey, look, I think that is the guy that will be playing the next doctor!" when I saw the guy that worked for the World Health Organisation. Then I looked at the credits. Anyone ever see how Capaldi is listed in the World War Z credits? ... W.H.O. Doctor
6:55 The length of the Time War is relative, depending on where you are located within it. For example by Gallifreyan reckoning it went on for 500 years, however in other locations the War became infinite, endlessly repeating over and over again due to the looping and twisting nature of the paradoxes created (re-writing history, deleting persons/armies/civilizations from ever existing, stealing fleets from the future to fight battles in the past/present, etc...).
@@hexogramd8430 im personally partial that he experienced it for the shortest amount of time for any time lord, but only because he skipped from hell to hell, only seeing it at its worst.
Sad that more people don't know about Faction Paradox, some really interesting extended lore stuff there about The War in Heaven, which actually happened (before? in a way? wibbly-wobbly, you know how it is) the Last Great Time War
My one disappointment in this episode, was that the time war was shown as a conventional war. I’d have liked to have seen hints of temporal weapons, such as a young adult suddenly either a baby or a skeleton. But I also understand the 50th has to keep the child watching in mind, and that might be too much.
@@CrankyGrandma I think the idea of this episode is that it's the Last Day, there are no more temporal weapons in use because they've been used so much to the point that it was causing problems for everyone, including the Daleks and Timelords and they weren't doing anything to turn the tide of battle, they became pointless because both sides probably had their ways to fight back at this stage. This is also the big last siege, the Timelords were pushed back to their home and losing the war, all the Omega weapons were even useless and used against the Daleks to no effect except for the Moment itself. At this point I think if it weren't for the Doctors, then the Daleks win, because they simply had the ultimate upper hand and managed to draw out such a siege on a whole planet.
25:00 Friendly reminder that no matter how awesome you become in life, you'll never be as badass as three of the Doctor doing a slow motion, gunslinger walk over a dead Dalek, while this particular theme is playing.
Four is probably the most iconic Doctor of them all, so bringing him back specifically was super intentional. He served as the Doctor longer than any of them and is one if the most beloved. I would love to see your reaction to some of his episodes specifically! (He's also the Doctor that spent the most time with Sarah Jane, so there's that too...)
As shown in the making-of video, the creepy figures under the sheets were actually the other living classic doctors (Peter, Colin, and Sylvester) as sort of a hidden cameo.
This episode put the Doctor’s personalities in perspective for me. Nine was broken but tried to carry on. Rose was who he needed to get back to being the Doctor. Ten regrets and 11 forgets.
For me, this was Moffat's finest hour, hands down. I saw it in the theatre and loved it. Tom Baker's cameo at the end (which I'm so glad wasn't spoiled for me) was the icing on the cake... I got something in my eye...
Remember, in the Shakespeare Code at the end where Elizabeth The First shows up and "off with his head" and 10 doesn't know why? Well, now you know. :)
In ‘the end of time’ tennet mentions to ood sigma “Got married, that was a mistake, to good queen Bess, let me tell you her nickname is no longer... Never mind that.”
I've just noticed at 06:03, when the Daleks are being smashed apart, that there is the soft biological part thrown out of one. Now that's attention to detail by the production!
I saw this in a cinema inside the O2 London when it was on. The moment when the curator walked in was amazing. People were shocked when you first heard his voice, then during the scene you could hear people crying and all sorts, myself included, its something i'll never forgot.
"How long has the war been going on?" In a lot of ways, since the Celestial Intervention Agency tried to have the Doctor prevent the creation of the Daleks... ...in other ways, forever, since it was fought across all of time.
Watching this makes me wish nobody knew Tennant and Piper would come back. It would've been great. Unfortunately it was announced like 6 months before :(
So glad that we've got the chance of seeing John Hurt play the Doctor. What a wonderful actor. About Eccleston, many people think he disregards the time he was 9th and the fandom, but he actually said he loved it. The thing is that he has some issues against BBC because of the way the channel (supposedly) treats its employees, Chris didn't like it at all and took a stand by leaving early and not returning.
If you want more of John Hurt's War Doctor in the Time War, check out the Big Finish Audio Dramas. The series consists of 4 box sets/anthologies of 3 hour long episodes/stories each: Only the Monstrous (2015), Infernal Devices (2016), Agents of Chaos (2016) and Casualties of War (2017). The final set was released posthumously the month following John's death. Additionally as a companion to this a new series featuring Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor was commissioned with the first 4 episode set released in October 2017 and the remaining 3 sets of 4 episodes expected in July 2018, 2019 and 2020.
After he left the show, he said he didn't want to be typecast. It was a while later but eventually he admitted it was particular individuals at the top he clashed with, now wether that was at the top of the show's production team or at the top of BBC Drama we might never know fully but given that these days the BBC shakes up fairly regularly it is likely he felt ok about going back. So who knows, come the 60th Anniversary he may feel up to returning to a role he has admitted to feeling very proud of. See here for a transcript of what he said in 2011: badwilf.com/eccleston-explains-why-he-left-doctor-who/
@@nathanjordon6950 He was going to come back actually and saw the script for Day of the Doctor so i don't think so. He'll even be doing 9th Doctor Big Finish stories this year.
@@MovieMagic515 I know he is but big finish isn't run by the BBC, they just have licensing by the BBC. This was a long time ago but www-telegraph-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/12/christopher-eccleston-bbc-blacklisted-doctor/amp/?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D#aoh=16101526650022&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Ftv%2F2018%2F03%2F12%2Fchristopher-eccleston-bbc-blacklisted-doctor%2F
The length of the war has never been stated explicitly (and given that it's fought all across time and space it's probably impossible to determine ^_~), but given how slowly the Doctor ages within a single incarnation and how old he appears here compared to his first appearance in "Night of the Doctor" he's probably been fighting for several centuries.
One thing I’m really disappointed with is how they showed the “time war” being fought with guns and explosions. A time war should be about re-writing history. The Faction Paradox books and audios did a great job with this. They describe “The Great War” as a battle over causality itself. There are planets whose history became so convoluted that no one could approach them anymore without being scattered and temporally wrenched apart. There are references to Faction Paradox throughout 11’s run. They were originally in some of the eighth Doctor novels and were spun off from them.
isaacc7 To be fair though, that was just the last day of the time war. They were surrounded by the Daleks, and had used up everything they could to win. I imagine that included fighting the war in a time traveling paradox way.
Honestly, the doctors acting made this. The plot was a little disjointed but matt, David and John absolutely nailed their performances. Also, well done for Moffat. His writing has always been a rollercoaster but he hit the nail on the head here !! Great episode, looking forward to Xmas special tomorrow !! Great reaction!
Seeing Tom and Matt interact is one of my favourite things ever. Two brilliant and fabulous Doctors, talking. My Whovian heart just didn't respond when Tom cameoed. I didn't even know they'd bring him back since they ruled out classic Doctors making an appearance!
I was worried he wasn't going to be in it but my scarf wearing self was jumping for joy. Yes, I have a 12 foot long Doctor Who scarf that I wear with pride.
I saw this at a comic con with about 2000 fans. When we heard Tom Baker's voice about half of us squealed. When they showed him, a few more cheered (and a fair number said "Who's that?") It was so exciting!
I love how he twitches his nose at the end, linking to his very first story "Robot" where he did the exact same thing. It's a little thing, but it's a nice one.
Tom Baker didn't return for the 20th anniversary special (The Five Doctors), but did eventually return for the 50th. Maybe we'll see Chris Eccleston in the 75th anniversary special? And now that you've seen the 50th, it really is time to watch The Five (ish) Doctors Reboot!
Dylan Shadowstar The Five Doctors is a celebration of 20 years, and is the one story in the entire show that id only recommend to people who have watched previous Who stories, because it's literally built on references and a paper thin story.
VERY sadly, Eccleston opted to maintain his distance from the show including this special. It was originally intended that he be playing the John Hurt part.
ChrisInScotland I'm sure that might have been the case, but the idea was always to have the 3 modern Doctors playing off of each other until Chris backed out.
Matthew Williams To quote Moffat “ I knew that Chris was almost certainly going to say no. I met him a couple of times and he was absolutely lovely...And I three-quarters talked him into it. We had to work out what else to do. At that point neither David nor Matt were under contract either. I had Jenna. And I did come up with a plotline that was just Clara and The War Doctor. We’re weeks from filming. I haven’t written a script and don’t even know if anyone who has ever played the Doctor is going to be in it.”
Matthew Williams I think the idea may have briefly or originally to have all three but that never made it past the “in Moffatt head”phase and Eccleston never backed out like people think...he was never signed on.
ChrisInScotland I've reloaded the page since I finished watching and have read you lighting up everybody that said anything about Chris' non-participation. It's okay. There's a difference between intention and diplomacy. Chris has FAMOUSLY said that he wanted to do the one year and that's it. We can't know exactly Moffat's process in writing, but it's pretty clear even from the tidbits you've been using as refutation, that he wanted Chris involved. So Chris was offered the opportunity to participate and he said no. Let's just agree on that and move on. Further replies on this thread will be met as trolling and subsequently ignored.
Loved the reaction, I love how you had no clue what was happening and that you didn’t even seem to know David and Billie were in it and thought Matt was regenerating. Brilliant episode, I watched it for the first time in the theatre and was so good. Watched it a few times since and love it more every time. There was so much hype, at least here in the uk with crowds going to watch the yard is helicopter scene and it was fantastic. So good. John hurt was fantastic and, even with his huge iconic career, he always said he was so proud to have played the Doctor.
So many reasons I've been long waiting for this reaction. 1. Your past reactions to the Doctor being such a pacifist (which he became even more vehemently so than he was before the war, which was Classic Who). I think it's really only after reaching this point in the show that it drives home that the Doctor's aversion to both guns, violence, war (and by some association, soldiers) is largely self-loathing. 2. There're callbacks to the ethical quandaries he faced such as in The Waters of Mars or in The God Complex where he found the hotel room with his greatest fear. I'm certain his greatest fear is himself, that he is or could readily be the most terrifying monster of all. 3. The cantankerousness between the Doctor's incarnations meeting each other and disliking each other's quirks and personalities is metaphorical for his self-loathing (or anyone faced with the aspects of themselves, past or current, they don't like and wish they didn't have). 4. I think the reason I love the 50th special so much is because while the entire series is always about the Doctor saving others (or when his companions save him), this is the story where he saves himself. Of course, as usual, his companion was there at the most critical moment to say the right thing. 5. As someone who watched Four on tv (he was the first incarnation most of us in the US saw when the show was brought here), yeah I mentally fangasmed at hearing his unmistakable voice, as did half the theater. (I also highly recommend watching his more noteworthy Classic era serials. Every Doctor has fans for whom that actor was "their" Doctor, but Tom Baker held the role for 7 years and for so many his performance and characterization was iconically *the* Doctor. Even among Classic Who stories, his stories are classic. Love for Sarah Jane came largely from her time with Four too.) 6. Re: Eleven being "The Man Who Forgets", that does characterize his portrayal of the Doctor so well. Matt Smith was the youngest actor ever cast to play the Doctor (beating out Peter Davison), and Eleven can be interpreted as the Old Man running from himself and his past, his youthful external appearance and more child-like personality as a form of denial and avoidance, increasing from Nine to Ten to Eleven. 7. I think when you go back and rewatch earlier seasons now, it contextualizes what Nine's state of mind would have been when he returned to Earth after the end of the Time War, and thus why Rose is supposed to be uniquely special among the Doctor's companions. Also, someone blanked out the opening credits to preserve the surprise of who would be appearing in the 50th? Haha, rather brilliant..! :)
I love that pretty much the whole DW reactor community is in this comment section. We’ve all been waiting for this, and it was just as great as we all imagined. Loved that you didn’t know Tennant was in it till he showed up, that was brilliant.
I remember when this aired, my mum and I had just moved into our new flat after being homeless. We couldnt afford movers so my friends came to help and when this aired we all sat round and watched it and it's probably one of my favourite memories. Those three months were hell and this episode to me signals the start of my new beginning.
I remember watching this so well. I was literally shaking when all the Tardises showed up and I realized what they were doing and you could hear all the doctors. It was the most amazing experience I ever had watching a fictional television show. Just phenomenal. And Steven Moffat ist an absolute genius. How he managed to pull this off as a writer, I'm flabbergasted every time. The complexity of the story but still not too complex so even a non-fan can enjoy it. (I've heard from many people who watched this in the cinema bc their fan friend dragged them there and they became fans through this episode.) The way Steven put so many nods to the past in, so many inside jokes and references etc and yet it never feels as if it's hammed in or slowing down the story or that it becomes a nostalgia fest. The fact that he basically rewrote the doctor's history with the time war without taking away the emotion and pain and tragedy of the previous seasons. I'm just floored every time at that man's writing talent. Anyway, great reaction. I love watching your DW reaction videos, it makes me rediscover those stories all over again.
I remember being in front of my television a full 15 minutes before it even began. There were so many good moments and I was positively giddy when Tom Baker shows up at the end!
The "5(ish) Doctors Reboot". Just to make it clear, since that's different than the 5 Doctors (the actual Dr. Who Episode) which could rightfully be called the 5(ish) Doctors itself. Also hoping to see it.
Its worth pointing out that originally Moffat wanted Nine to be the Doctor with the war past, but Eccleston didnt want to come back so he had to invent and insert John Hurt. Had it been Ecclestons Doctor, it would have made more sense to have Rose / Badwolf appear.
I just realized something, Day of the Doctor has the ultimate Time Lord weapon... The Moment.... the 4th Doctor's final line "this is the end, but the Moment has been prepared..."
"Day of the Doctor" is THE definitive HUGE Anniversary special for any tv series. It's how it should be done. It's a real shame STAR TREK for it's 50th year didn't follow WHO' FANTASTIC example and do something like the 50th Year that Dotctor Who Had. Every month in 2013, there was a something cool about Doctor Who (The Twelve Revisiteds specials, BF did a special 50th anniversary Audios adventure, Books, apps, "The Five-ish Doctors" special, everything) leading up to the "Day Of the Doctor" "The DOTD" was even the big screen in theaters all at the same time all around the world at the same time it was on TV. It was the first time Doctor Who was properly on The Big screen..in 3D Even, and since then, they have done other WHO events on the Big screen with Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel, Dark Water/Death in Heaven, and even The Five Doctors was Riff-Riftraxed. Trek had one Documentary on the History channel that to me felt rushed...THAT WAS IT! No other Specials..no big promo..no big nothing. Yeah, There was Star Trek Beyond..but it wasnt as big as The 50th anniversary special like Day of the Doctor was for WHO.
I still think after Chris turned this down, they should have opted to go with Paul McGann as he is the perfect age, has the acting ability and is a known Doctor.
Francis Bartoszewski Definitely, why not just use the 8th Doctor. We never got enough of him and it still fits in canonically. McGann is one of the finest British actors around right now.
Rebel Phoenix He hardly did anything for the show, and acts like he's the most important part of it. Just look at how passive aggressive the other actors are towards him, like Davison and C. Baker. Clearly he's not the greatest of blokes. He hardly gave a shit about the show and was asked to come back, whereas every other Doctor actor would give anything to be in the show again but are never asked.
Apparently, McGann was not thought to be a big enough draw for overseas sales (which don't rely to any significant degree on 'old' Who fans) hence the casting of indubitable star John Hurt. Interestingly enough, not a single line of the special need be rewritten to fit the Eight Doctor into the War Doctor's role.
"I'm going to watch the credits:" Matt Smith as The Doctor David Tenant as The Doctor John Hurt as The Doctor Tom Baker ad The Curator Doctor Peter Capaldi's eyebrows as The Doctor Thanks to Paul McGawn for his prequel as The Doctor. And some other people too... I loved how many of the actors playing The Doctor involved in this anniversary. It was great seeing them all involved in this milestone for the show.
I've still not managed to get through the curator scene without crying and I'm a middle aged man, ha! 4 and 11 are my favourite doctors and seeing them sharing the screen was just magical and I was so glad the 50th celebration was on Matt's watch. Great reaction as always. I've loved Dr Who December. If you keep making Dr Who vids, I'll keep watching. Merry Christmas.
@@MovieMagic515 bet you're eagerly awaiting for the new big finish boxset volume with Eccleston returning as the doctor too?😁 May can't get here fast enough
I so love watching your videos. It lets me experience these awesome episodes all again anew. This takes me right back to 2013 seeing this in the cinema where they handed out jelly babies on the door!
I loved this! Thank you. Btw Tennant’s reaction of “I don!t like it” to the TARDIS redecoration is kind of a running joke that the past incarnations never like the redecoration. Also, Eccleston was asked but refused to return for the 50th
I know I have spammed the comment section to death, but my love for your channel, you as a person and this episode couldn't contain myself. Thank you for getting to this point, a big moment in Doctor Who history and I am so happy you were able to experience this
Don´t feel sorry! Or even ashamed! I´m glad I´m not the only one having this problem. But sometimes, you just have way too much important stuff to say and I think it kind of sucks A LOT, that RU-vid just pushes one of them way far back in the timeline, as soon as you post your third individual comment! Well, unless it gets a lot of thumbs up, of course, but how am I supposed to achieve that?-.... Also tried it with just replying to other stuff, to get ALL my thoughts out, but it seems there is a similar problem! Apparently this got me automatically put into the spam filter at some point on another channel, and I was NEVER posting any shit! Long story short: *PLEASE FIX THIS SHIT, RU-vid!!* THANK YOU VERY MUCH!......
No apologies necessary, mate. Channels like Jess's are like a godsend because we get to be like the Doctor and relive the awesomeness once more through someone else's eyes. The fact that Jess through some miracle is seemingly impervious to spoilers is a delightful bonus.
This is my favourite ever doctor who episode. Not just because of the episode, but what it represents to me. There was solidarity in the Doctor Who community, this episode was broadcast to the world simultaneously, it was just an amazing time of anticipation. It reminds me of who I was then, what I was like, everything. It's the clearest nostalgia I have, and my favourite thing in Doctor Who.
IT'S HERE!!! Jess, what an incredible journey you've gone on, and that you've let us be a part of. I have to say, Doctor Who December has so much reminded me of a tradition we have with Christmas calendars, where every day leading up to Christmas you'd get these small presents or some little trinket, and it was so much fun. This series has really felt like that, I've enjoyed it all a great deal. (And in Sweden, we celebrate Christmas on the 24th, and I just managed to get this done before all the relatives arrived, so, YAY!) This special... I watched it in the cinema, the day after it aired, and it was such an amazing experience. I cried, laughed and gasped out loud, at the edge of my seat the entire time. I feel like you might have had a somewhat similar experience with that at least. And yeah, there are so many easter eggs. The more I watch of Classic Who, the more I discover. I think it's a brilliant episode in both paying homage to Classic Who and New Who as well as opening up the universe for new possibilities in the future. It's beautiful and funny, it takes itself seriously when it needs to, and not seriously at all when it can. I love it. It's so hopeful, and I love when Doctor Who manages to pull that off. I have to say, I did enjoy them bringing back Billie Piper, and for me, it really felt like she was a different character in this. I know Moffat wanted her in there to pay homage to her because she was the companion that brought back the show, but I really like the Moment as a character. And I feel like she's very different from Rose here. Also, Billie Piper has developed into such an amazing actress, and it's a lot of fun that she gets to show that off. I was impressed that David Tennant being in this had managed to be kept secret from you - but what a great reaction that produced! Same goes for so many moments in this - all the Doctors, "No, Sir, all thirteen!", John Hurt being amazing, the fez, the curator! Even though you don't have much experience with Tom Baker, it says a lot that his appearance still can cause an emotional response. He's not been the most... active when it comes to participating in Doctor Who anniversaries, so to say, and I'm so glad he was a part of this. I could talk about this special all day, but I won't because it's Christmas and I have presents to give away and to open and people to meet. But Jess, you really made my entire December a lot brighter with this, and I teared up along with you. Looking forward to see what more you have to show us, and to the rest of Doctor Who December, though I'm sad it's coming to an end. What a blast it's been though! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY DAY OF THE DOCTOR!
The track in question is 'This time there's three of us', and incorporates several themes we've heard over the years, eg. there's one in there from Waters of Mars when Adelaide is holding Ten in the airlock questioning him. I guess Murray just developed one of those lesser heard themes in to a full track for later. Clever boy.
[gasp] It's posted early! Yes! I'm dropping everything and watching this right now. Edit: Great reaction. I laughed so hard at the end when you said "they showed Twelve ... which makes me nervous because that means at this point, he was cast". :D I do sometimes wonder how this episode would've been if Chris came back for it. I think a lot of the banter towards Ten and Eleven would remain the same ("am I having a midlife crisis!?" for example) but I'm interested in how it would be written because they couldn't do the whole story about The War Doctor being forgotten about. Also, I like that it was Bad Wolf and not Rose. That made it better.
Re: that last point, I agree. I was a little leery when I heard Billie Piper was going to be in it because I'm not a huge fan of Rose, so it was a relief when she turned out to be a different character.
It's rumoured that now that the old 2005 Who show runner, Russell T Davies is returning, that Tennant might return as well to be the new Doctor. Which would make sense by this episode, because of how Tom Baker says he'll "revisit some old favourites" in the future. I honestly hope it happens! I like Jodie and think she's exceptionally talented, she was just saddled with a horrible circumstance and writer/show runner.
Notice in the tom baker scene, the "round things " on the wall strike a resemblance to the round things in toms tardis and was also pointed out by David tennant when they entered the war doctors tardis. One of the greatest specials .
Big Finish Audio has recently released two box sets of stories set during the Time War. One box set starring John Hurt as the War Doctor, and one starring Derek Jacobi reprising his role as the War Master.
I saw this in the movie theater when it came out. And when all the Doctors started flying in all the theater went electric. And when the "No sir... All 13." Moment happened all the air I the theater was sucked out. And then when Tom Baker (the fourth Doctor) showed up people FREAKED out. That was amazing because Tom Baker refused to do the 20th anniversary special so to see him for the 50th was amazing and very unexpected.
even though I'm pretty sure she's been spoiled on most aspects of this episode (not blaming anyone, people just get excited (or just the amount of gifs from this episode blowing around the internet)), but thanks for blurring them anyway, the names always ruin the surprise I always thought...
well, i've seen comments from back in s4 when tennant regenerated that said tennant comes back in this ep, I've also seen people tweeting gifs of parts of this episode all over twitter. There's just no way she's managed to avoid Tennant coming back at the very least.
Your reaction to this one was everything we could hope for! The only things you might have missed are things that were Easter eggs going all the way back to Classic Who (and you caught a few of them, too). Looking forward to you catching up to the rest of us this year!
Yep. A heavy and emotional special indeed. Glad you weren't spoiled on anything. That face at 9:59, I'm sure many of us had the same look. Had many a fan-gasm moments as well. Excellent writing and visuals, took us for a fantastic ride.
When this first came out, it was early morning in Australia. Couldn't really sleep, and had to get up really early. Ended up taking the day off work because I was way too tired by the end of it. It was worth it.
Also I was super happy to see billie piper, but was sad she never got to interact with Matt or David's doctors. Though behind the scenes she is friends with both matt and david.
That moment when you realize The Moment is the most powerful weapon of mass destruction in the universe and is doing everything it can to not be used, including breaking the lock on the Time War like it was nothing and enabling the Doctors to change history.
I love love LOVE this episode and I LOVE your reaction. it felt like the best Christmas present to me! (and I didn't even get the others yet) This episode has everything in it that I love about that show. I cried and laughed and was completely blown away. Great story, great actors, great music! I so freaked out after the first time I watched it and had to call my friend and talk about it to calm down. I'm so glad I found your channel, it's amazing.
CHRISTMAS IS OFFICIALLY HERE! I adore this episode and this reaction. Seeing you reach this monumental point was well worth the wait, and I was so moved by the subtle moments that really affected you. I loved it so much, and I’m so glad you did too!
I watched this in the cinema here in Oz and I was one of MANY people who were whooping frequently. When Tom Baker introduced himself as the curator "You know I really think you might" the intake of breath in the cinema was giant... love this episode. Absolutely love love love it. Never mind the fan service (which is just outstanding and absolutely on point for an anniversary special) but the amazing dialogue, the incredible characterisations, the fantastic playfulness of the fez popping through, the glasses comparison, the unlocked door,... but then the cleverness of the zygon and human not knowing who each other are. Just such an amazing bit of TV. And... John Hurt in Doctor Who. Hello!?
This was AMAZING!!! Every single minute was a joy!! It's Christmas morning now and I've had to travel, but I needed to watch this before the house goes totally crazy! There were so many wonderful moments in this, but I always love that it was Matt who was the Doctor for the 50th. By this point he had long proved the doubters wrong and he deserved that scene at the end with the legend Tom Baker!! THANK YOU for an amazing reaction!! This whole month has been beyond special!! Happy Christmas!! Take care!!
It's never stated how long the war lasted. Centuries? The Zygons are a returning classic villain, although this is only their second appearance. The old guy is Tom Baker, the earliest surviving actor to play the Doctor. And of course you briefly see Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. Also, you might find these two quotes from _The End of Time_ interesting: "The Doctor still possesses the moment and will use it to destroy daleks and time lords alike." "I saw the Phosphorous Carousel of the Great Magellan Gestadt, saved a planet from the Red Carnivorous Maw, named a galaxy Alison. Got married. That was a mistake. Good Queen Bess. And let me tell you, her nickname is no longer. Ahem. Anyway, what do you want? " [Bess meaning Elizabeth, and her nickname being the virgin queen]
The War has gone one ever since the Time lords sent the 4th Doctor to Skaro to try to stop the Dalek's Creation. So for Centuries! The Time Lords Fired the first shot in the time war!
Alexandra Shepiro The first shot of the time war was when 7 blew up Skaro in Remembrance of the Daleks, Genesis was after that but earlier in the Doctor’s timeline.
Merry Christmas Sesskasays! Brilliant reaction. Thank you for sharing this reaction with us. You are fantastic. Props to those who also moderate and help you avoid spoilers :)
I'm glad you weren't spoiled on any part of the 50th anniversary special. I enjoyed this reaction very much. During it, I wondered whether there ever was an original timeline in which the Doctor destroyed Gallifrey. Maybe the alternate timeline produced in this episode was the original all along. It's just that the Doctor wasn't aware of the truth because of temporal issues.
Lovely reaction video. And as someone who started watching Doctor Who in the 1970's I couldn't begin to explain the pure joy I felt seeing Tom Baker in the show again (even in just a cameo role).
I keep coming back to this reaction, I have watched it so many times over the years and it's absolutely perfect. Watching you experience Day of the Doctor for the first time takes me right back to November 2013 - the excitement, the joy, the tears and the surprises. I can't take my eyes off of you during the whole section from when 10 and 11 arrive in the barn to the end credits, you express every emotion and I am on the roller-coaster with you. It is really emotional and cathartic for me and that's why I keep coming back. Thank you so much x
