Doctor Who Season 9 Episode 8 "The Zygon Inversion" REACTION! 

failwhale34 next two episodes sleep no more and FACE THE RAVEN

No Doctor can deliver a great speech as the 12th! Nice reaction to a solid two parter! 👏👏👏👏👏

@@tonyjohansson7567 what about 11th in Akathen? It was awesome as well.

This episode aired the weekend before the 2015 Paris Attacks, so this speech was bounded around the internet like fire in the week after.

The Doctor's speech is very potent and has been one of my favorite pieces in the series!

and how much he embodies the powerful timelord he is.

lmao... right xD

Man, what I would do with 2 Clara's and a basement

@@iz723 you don't even need to be there, just have the two Claras in there alone and see what happens ;)

@@thepandorica1660 I have a nosebleed.

Some dirty shit goin on?

That was uncalled for and very very mean, but hilarious nonetheless

bruh

Bruh

Ah I'd argue not that long because he kept creating new versions of himself that died over and over so this version only had to deal with the very last bit of it.

@@happyhedgehog6450 Valid, although the way I see it when he faces the wall he says "that's when I remember. ALWAYS then" which for me means him remembering all the loops - because it's way more tragic that way so my head canon goes there (I like the Doctor suffering that way, let's not analyse what it must mean about me xd) . But the option of him remembering only the original and the latest loops works too so your argument stands.

She doesn`t leave. Even then...

I'm one of those people who think her character is undervalued. Sure, people get annoyed by the fact that she is once more "the most important girl in all of history" and all of that but unlike Donna or Amy she became this important due to her own actions not because something happened to her. Donna became important because she was somehow chosen to become Doctor-Donna or something, and Amy just happened to grew up next to the crack. Clara became special because she jumped into the Doctor's timestream on her own. And just like Rose she became very important to the Doctor, to help him understand who he is, to find back to the man he was before the Time War, because Capaldi wasn't sure about it anymore, just as Eccleston and Tennant had their doubts about themselves, something Smith never really had.

@@GermanLeftist Like I said in another post, can't blame her for wanting to be like the Doctor instead of just another companion...

Mario Quade Finally, someone with some actual sense!

@@GermanLeftist also timeline wise he has known her for a longer strech of time than anyone else besides River. Remember he went through 800 years before becoming 12.

...so famous that Nicholas Courtney, who played the Brigadier, used it as the title of his autobiography.

Did you spot another reference, the 'Sullivan gas'?. Undoubtedly a callback to Harry Sullivan, played by Ian Marter in the very first Zygon story in 1974, Terror of the Zygons.

"Jenkins! Chap with wings there; five rounds rapid!"- The Brigadier

Neat (also fifth reply)

From one of the finest U.N.I.T era stories, "The Dæmons"! Would be a great one to react to btw @failwhale34 !

I honestly don’t think there’s any speech that trumps this, but the next few slots even have to be taken up by some of 12’s, fuck me this man made ranting about pears an experience

I prefer the one in The Doctor Falls, but this one is a close second.

@@holdenb.huffman4042 The Doctor Falls is my favourite episode of all time, and the speech is probably my favourite? But this one just seems objectively better idk. I have more emotion connected to the TDF one, but this one is probably better (idrk what I'm tryna say but yeah)

Holden B. Huffman Same, I absolutely ADORE the doctor falls speech and these two speeches and heaven sent are why capaldi is MY doctor

George Linford i think World enough and time is sometimes forgotten about how good it was because it precedes the doctor falls, somebody watching that without knowing Simm is about to reappear would have the most fun time

The monologue takes seconds off of eternity

I see what you did there!

THE finale more like. You're missing out on Heaven Sent and Hell Bent.

I would say he has more than that, I can think of two from this season and two from next season. Heck three from next season actually.

Honestly, I almost cried just as hard a second time, when Osgood REFUSED to travel with the TARDIS team 😭😭😭

It’s what i love about this scene is that even though the doctor Saved Gallifrey the time war still happened and he fought in that war and that will never changed

and when he talks about his own children

It's more than just war.🤫

Correction: it was broadcast a few days BEFORE the attacks. If anything, I think that makes the speech even more poignant (also it was the day before Remembrance Sunday)

He was my Doctor a few episodes before, but this one sealed the deal for me..

Tbh he became my doctor when he showed up in medieval times on a tank while playing the electric guitar with sunglasses on but that’s also a pretty good reason

He got me in Flatline

The combination of Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline did it for me.

Exactly! I just realized, I almost cried that hard again, when Osgood denied travelling with them in the TARDIS...

Waiting for heaven sent.

The Sound Disciples heaven sent, world enough and time, the doctor falls. God Capaldi was unfortunate to have some pretty dull episodes but when he caught a good one he made a classic

@@keirlamont2806 yeah, when his episodes were bad they were *really* bad (Kill the Moon, Sleep No More), but when they were great, they were phenomenal.

Exactly- the two parter itself is mediocre at best, but the anti-war speech is what saves it and elevates it to the point of rewatchability.

IO TG this two parter frustrated me. It had so many promising elements and ideas and I don’t think it ever managed to get them all working together

At that moment Capaldi was every doctor from his past. Every single one. He is considered one of the best Doctors

The one from the finale, right? I love that one.

Season 10 was way better than people say

Arnav Ranade okay... But let’s agree that s11 is universally recognised as Dog shit? Yes? Capiche?

The "Be Kind" Speech?

@@davile.5547 yep and season 12

And for keeping Clara in this episode...

there was, his name was david tennant

@@hypnoticrobotgaming Tennant never came close to this level of performance. Overrated as all hell, if his episodes aired today without the rose tinted glasses and nostalgic feeling towards him. Nobody would think he was anything special.

@@thesimpsons17 I'll just disagree, because I'll watch Tennant 100 times over Peter. Sure Peter did amazing and this episode is one of my favourites but theres a reason Tennant is overall agreed to be the best, because he was

@@hypnoticrobotgaming well never agree and that's fine. I watch classic and new who constantly and the only episodes I skip are Ten or Thirteen episodes. Popularity doesnt mean quality, millions of people watch Mrs Browns Boys.

@@thesimpsons17 everyone has a different favourite doc. Some love 9, I hate 9. Some love 11, I hated him for most of his run. I will always love 10th

Gojirawars 03 He’s completely caught up with the show.

@@Gojirawars03 he's literally finished the entire show

I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT IT HURTS SO BAD

George Linford Well I didn’t know he was. I assumed he was on the episode he uploaded, at least.

@@Gojirawars03 look at the the pinned comment.

not even close? It's easily top 3

It's definitely the non-finale highlight of the Series (9)

Excuse me? Ignoring Heaven sent it's definitely the highlight for me. This Series was certainly among the strongest though, with the only duff being the next one....

@@BulbasaurRepresent I mean that this episode as a whole is, for me no where near heaven sent, but yes, it is my second best episode of the season.

This season was amazing

He actually won it for directing. His short film " Franz Kafka's It's a wonderful life" won the oscar for the best short film.

​@@wibblywobblytimeywimey459 It was for Best Short Film and he wrote and directed it, so I think it was for writing too. Best of something would encompass all of those I think.

@@sublayer2593 Peter was the writer of the film as well. However , the Oscar for the best short film is presented to the producer and the director of the film, and not to the writer. So he didn't win it for writing, but for directing it. Also, Peter himself has said that he won it for "directing" a short film, and he's always referred to as an oscar winning director.

@@wibblywobblytimeywimey459 The Oscars rules for it call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film". However, it used to be producers for the first 5 decades it was awarded. So nowadays and when he won it, it was for all round bringing the short to be, including writing (concept) and directing (creative execution).

@@sublayer2593 You're right, the award is presented to the persons who are most responsible for creating the whole thing including concept and execution. However, in situations where the director, the producer and the writer of the film are all seperate, traditionally the producer and the director get nominated because they have a more crucial role in actually bringing the whole thing together. If you look at the people who get nominated for best films, you'll find that very rarely does a writer who is not also the director or the producer of the film, get nominated.

Because you are now rewatching, you catch small things that foreshadow during a rewatch. I actually cried when I heard that line again

Noticed what

@@iz723 In Hell Bent, The Doctor forgets Clara. In this episode, The Doctor says Clara never leaves his mind.

@@GoodKingMort But even then she didn`t leave the Doctor`s mind. She`s there, somewhere, not clear, but she`s still there...

@@GoodKingMort oh that! Also he gets his memory of her back at the end of twice upon a time.

Amen

Well, Kate Is an elegant lady and Osgood is quite cute too...

Jenna IS too damn hot....

Growing out his hair did wonders for his look on the show. The short hair was too severe.

Yes alright calm yerselves down

I liked Capaldi from the start but yes, this was the moment!

Oh no... this is going to wreck me

I’d dropped off of DW somewhere in his first season. I didn’t dislike him, just kinda fell off in general from watching. Cut to years later and I see that speech in a clip…he is easily my favorite Doctor now. (Nothing against any others of course)

For sure, i'm suprised how many people dislike Series 9

The best trilogy of the show, just two episodes away 😊

The Pandorica I would say turn left, Stolen earth and journeys end is better

@@mimiceagle2654 I wouldn't really count that as a trilogy, but it's still not as good as this finale regardless. They are definitely great episodes though ☺

The Pandorica fair enough yet I do count that as a trilliogy especially as Rose in there and is references the stars going out

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Or as Dara O'Briain puts it - "Somethin' fer the dads!"

Hey, he technically did fix them so... mission accomplished! 😂

I will do! Glad people enjoy it. :)

Gibbzee an extra thank you for keeping most of the speech in 😉 had to see his reaction and wouldn’t be the same without most of it in

Except that never happened, but there are still more screams than he is able to count. He did not destroy Gallifrey but he still fought the timewar for a very long time.