DID IT SUCK? | Doctor Who [THE DOCTOR'S WIFE REVIEW] 

The Doctor: She's a woman and she's the TARDIS! AMY: Did you wish really hard?

"Fear me, I've killed hundreds of Timelords" "Fear me, I've killed all of them"

Smith's doctor really is at his best when the silly facade has gone and he's just pure emotion, whether it's rage, sadness or fear. he pulls off the 'old man in a young man's body' so well, and I wish we saw more of that.

Neil Gaiman is most definitely a Classic Who fan, the little cube message box harkens all the way back to The War Games and with how the Doctor contacts them. His exploration of the TARDIS is very atypical of the Classic era but without the clear budget issues of repeating corridors or an abandoned hospital and of course his villain has that Classic Who flair of a bombastic voice with a huge degree of intrigue.

“You gave me hope and you took it away, that is enough to make anyone dangerous, GOD knows what it’ll do to me.” Smith delivered this line really well. Bone chilling. And I didn’t realise this episode had budget restraints, while it’d have been cool to come across the Tardis swimming pool, we get it in Journey to Centre of the Tardis!

I can say as a 5 year old in 2011 the Rory corps scene did scare the shit out of me i didn’t realise it was blood on the wall but that corps was still scaring.

16:20 and that's how you know Neil's a true fan. Not only does he ask these silly questions, but he knows not to answer them. Stories like these are just fan-fic with a budget, and they're glorious.

This is one of my favourite episodes, and it is one of those you could see working with almost all of the Doctors (including Classic). Something of note is the end, when the TARDIS sends herself off, she did not engage the “Blue Stabilisers” like River did in Series 5, which shows that unlike other TARDISes she won’t settle for a smooth existence, she instead prefers the bumpy, and often loud, journey that she is on with her thief.

"And then you stole me. And I stole you." Fascinating addition to the setting.

I'm just saying... Neil Gaiman is a fantastic writer and if you loved Michael Sheen in this him and David Tenant in Good Omens is just *chefs kiss*

I always thought that the “doctor’s room” was suggested to be the console room. It’s his home.

This is easily my favourite episode of the Smith era, but a *long* way

Its lovely to see how genuinely happy you sound while reviewing this. It's nice to see this episode get the love it deserves.

6:38 funnily enough. I had no idea that this conversation about “He was a big fella weren’t he?” And showing the arm with the snake tattoo was literally the man the Doctor was reminiscing about at the start of the episode. No wonder he got so mad, not only has he been deceived, but he’s literally listening to auntie and uncle mock his old friend while waving his dismembered arm around like a toy. That’s kinda fked.

Matts "please I don't want you to" line makes me tear up every time, love this episode.

this episode is amazing, I love Gaiman as a writer. it was so sweet to see the doctor and the Tardis communicate, and Rory being well utilised. it made me soo nostalgic when they enter the old control room.

One of the absolute best episodes of Doctor Who, god tier episode and I wish it had the budget it deserved. Even with that setback it’s incredible Has 2 of my favourite lines in the series “No but I always took you where you needed to go” And “Fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of time lords” “Fear me, I’ve killed all of them”

0:03 the name is a reference to an intentionally deceptive Classic Who title. Back in the day (really wish I knew what era it was), Doctor Who had a leak in the production team. To find out who it was, the producers told a select few people that they had a story titled 'The Doctor's Wife' to narrow down who it could be. If it was leaked, they would know. At least that was the story I was told.

The sequence with rory waiting for 2000 years in this episode is definitely the most horrifying this I've ever seen in a doctor who episode

12:04 as a general rule, we don't see blood in Doctor Who...unless it's a really good story, and the BBC will turn a blind eye. The End of Time: Part 2, Heaven Sent, The Doctor Falls, _this._ Only a handful, but without exception some of NuWho's best.

It’s always great to see Harry praise something he loves.

One of the greatest Doctor Who episodes ever. Dreams just coming true all over in this one.

Holy shit. Seeing Neil Gaiman standing in the tardis. It's magical.

I liked that Blue Peter design tbh, I had that play set

I miss the old Blue Peter competitions Doctor who used to have, seeing your own Tardis design on Doctor who is a fantastic reward for fans

Neil Gaimen is literally my favorite writer of all time. He wrote Coraline which I'm sure you're familiar with, as well as soooooo many other incredible movies/books

It can mean the main doors too, real police boxes would need to open outwards, cause the space inside was taken up with a desk and things, but seeing as it's The TARDIS, pushing doors inwards would make sense, being bigger on the inside and all

I remember flicking on this episode when I was doing some assignment work and when I saw Neils name in the opening credits I chucked down the stuff I was doing and texted my dad to put the telly on ( Neil is both our favourite author) it was such a cool surprise and an amazing episode!

I agree, the script and acting in this episode were absolutely magnificent.

TBH, if RTD wasn't already coming back for series 14, I'd love to see Gaiman as a showrunner,

think neil gaiman should write more episodes such a great writer

It's always enjoyable to see when the Tardis is actually shown to be alive and interacts with people

So glad you love this episode as much as i do. One of the few from this era i actually remember vividly mostly because of how dark it got with the Rory hallway scene. That shit sends chills down me everytime. Great stuff.

8:00 well in a way it was touched upon in the third First Doctor serial “The Edge of Destruction” in a way with the TARDIS trying to stop them from flying into their would be death

Yeah I remember thinking as a teen watching this scene of dead Rory "ooh god some children are gonna learn today." lmao.

dude i forgot how good this episode really is - absolute masterpiece

Bloody lovely! And depressing to consider that Chibnall either forgot all this - or just didn't care - when he made the duplicate TARDIS kill itself to wipe out the Daleks. I want to see a see a whole season where the adversary is that very same pissed-off TARDIS (that manage to puke all the Daleks into The Void before returning to teach the Doctor a lesson!) that's tricked some hapless surviving Timelord into believing they were piloting it...

"Blue Peter struck again" had me dying XD

I thought the swimming pool thing was because Amy couldn’t swim

If you ever get the time, I feel it would be really interesting to look at how bad the later episodes of Red Dwarf (like season 7+) were compared to the earlier seasons? Love your channel!

I haven’t watched the review yet but i have high expectations because this ep is in my top 10 ;)

The original script had the Tardis graveyard disguised and sexy snap her fingers, disabling all the Tardis chameleon circuits

This is one of my favourite episodes of all time, looking forward to hearing your thoughts

The only reason I cared about this episode to some extent was because it was the first episode I ever saw a single bit of it was in my grandmothers flat and I had no idea what the show was all about then years later when I watched most of new who I recognised this for whatever reason I highly doubt anyone read that nor does it make sense it’s four in the morning

I would have loved to have seen Gaiman as showrunner tbh, he would have been really interesting and I really liked what he did with Good Omens

I absolutely love this episode! So glad you finally reviewed it!

The doors open outwards in several stories such as The Eleventh Hour. I'm not sure if the Series 1 advert was canon where the doors open outwards, but the sign could be argued to refer to them too, as Gaiman suggests in the writing you referred to about a minute in.

hold up hold up hold up MICHAEL SHEEN IS THE VOICE OF THE HOUSE

I’m not being funny but why does Rory feel the need to say I’m a nurse in every single god damn episode 🤣🤣

This was my favourite 11th Doctor episode. Loved the concept, loved the execution, loved Rory and Amy, loved the music, loved the antagonist! And Idris: easy on the eyes!

Neil Gaiman should take over from Chris Chibnall after series 13. Then again Moffat made a bunch of great episodes before he took over.

I will always adore this episode. I honestly believe that this is the one moment where The Doctor didn’t care at all what happened to his companions. Throughout the episode you get to watch as The Doctor’s care for anyone else’s safety slowly run out, with all his concern being consumed with an uncontrollable desire to avenge House’s victims. The most depressing part of it all is that all of this is in hope of forgiveness. Just look at how quickly The Doctor’s patience ran out at the end, look at how he is clearly out of fucks to give, seeing the “God” of this universe as a joke. The way The Doctor replies to House’s endless attempts to intimidate him, for example the petty line as House brags saying “fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of Timelords.” Only to get the emotionless reply of “fear me, I’ve killed all of them.” In that moment, you get to see The Doctor as he’s willing so sacrifice his own life in a desperate attempt of forgiveness. It is truly horrifying.

You got me crying at work with this one lol

It’s so weird that you mentioned Howl’s bedroom JUST as I thought of it! It’s like you read my mind

0:48 I honestly thought an audible ad was about to happen, as I know some people use Neil Gaiman's Sandman in their ads for the sponsor ad

A 9 A 9?? i was Expecting a 10 out of 10 i love this episode

One of my absolute favourite episodes. Second only to the 50th anniversary special. Absolutely loved it. Is there any way we can get Neil Gaiman to be the next Doctor Who show runner?

the house was originally going to be the Great Intelligence

Stardust is an amazing film and has a wonderful soundtrack !!!

ID-ris, presumably? The Id of the Tardid relative in space. Can't be a coinsidence, that name.

Probably my fave New Who episode, and certainly demonstrated how good Matt could be with a great script. It has pretty much everything contained in what is quite a claustrophobic setting and ALL the performances shine (pretty much had me looking up other shows with Suranne Jones, her face conveys so much emotion). Humour, darkness, horror, emotion - the complete package! It made Nightmare in Silver that much more disappointing but I'm guessing/hoping that wasn't Gaiman's fault.

While the sign does refer to the phone door compartment, real Police Box doors always did open outwards, not inwards. At least in videos I've seen. I'm not travelling to Earl's Court or Glasgow to test a real one.

The God Complex review or we riot! :-)

I'm ever the critic, but I loved this episode

You forgot the bit where the tardis says "I love you" in the subtitles xp

I am so very glad you loved this episode

It was CRIMINAL that Moffat didn’t consider Gaiman for what is now Chibnall’s job 😔

I love how season 6 was a very low season but this one jumps all the way to the the top of the episode lists of smiths era

As an American I say if you want to dump coffee into the ocean I say go for it, fair is fair after all.

So Good Omens, American God's and Coraline on the watch/read list for you then 😁 (Coraline audiobook read by Neil Gaiman is best)

00:48 Ah, a man of great taste I see

Oh god you reminded me of stardust, I remember when I was a wee lass it randomly came on and I loved it, are you ever gonna do a review or did it suck on it, I would love to see your view on it

The doctors daughter is not only the doctors wife, but hes also a classic doctor Pete Davidson's daughter

the doctors daughter is not only the doctors wife (Tennent) she is also the doctors daughter ( Davidson)

I loved this episode so much I bought it on iTunes as a kid

It's weird, Gaiman wrote one of my favourite Smith era episodes (this) and also one of my least favourite Smith era episodes (Nightmare in Silver)

Me and my brother all ways imagined the doctor slept in racing car bed

Fear me. I've killed hundreds of time lords. Fear me. I've killed all of them.

Why didn't the Tardis or the Doctor searched for a cameleon circuit in all those tardis cases ? Even if the Doctor loves the Blue Box look , a cameleon circuit is usefull when they need to be in hiding in plain sight ? If bits were all over and the Doctor's habits were to collect bits from all over and use in his Tardis at least in 9-11 Doctor's generations why not steal a device that is crucial in times of need from a long dead construct that was one a Tardis ?

That picture of Tennant and his wife...Oof. They don't look so good. New parent faces.

I didn't think the Tardis needed to be alive, but it's done now.

Can you review the BBC TV show Death in paradise?

Can’t wait for you to rip apart The Rebel Flesh or whatever the two parter is called

Don't want to seem like a know it all but I do believe the doors were ment to open outwards as shown in the Peter Cushing dalek movies, and if you watch documentaries about the mk 2 police boxes they actually do open outwards, but yeah and my mum and I had this argument as she also thought it ment the phone door, but the TARDIS doors have always opened inwards I guess for a more pleasing look, I don't know fully the reason but I'm sure there's someone who has a bit more knowledge on the reason on this

I love Suranne Jones in all her work

Good Omens!! You have to read/watch Good Omens!!

So how did Rory not die of dehydration like a lot earlier for him like 3 days should have killed him

As much as I love this episode, I can't help but wonder if the episode is carried by it just being a good idea.

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1:42 wow, co pletely missing the callback to the final secone doctor serial. And unnecessarily throwing shade at one of the better 12th doctor episodes (apart from the coporate sell-out part).

8:03 zagreus

since watched you channel I never really appreciate some of the good doctor who episodes and the true meaning of the work behind it

One of best episodes of by who also check out good omens it one of his best

10/10, Anything less and I’ll riot

That's part of the course with the doctor and that's being utterly and completely confused 10th Doctor all the way down to the 12th and 13th so it doesn't surprise me when the doctor confuses me not really

I bought the serie for this Ep alone. I simply HAD to have it

Good omens Might be worth a review 🤔 😁

YOU FINA;LY DID THE GAIMAN EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!

infinite quest/dreamland review??

When you going release Torchwood series 1 and Sarah Jane series 1 on youtube