Doctor Who - The Giggle - Reaction 

"And in years to come, you might find yourself revisiting a few. But just the old favorites, eh?"

Ncuti exudes the energy of 11 without the pain, and grief... I have a feel the chemistry between him and Millie will be awesome, since I just met the guy and I love him already.

27:24 I keep thinking about 15's wording there. He says, "I'm fine because you fix yourself. We're Time Lords. We're doing rehab out of order." He said it like he is somehow already benefitting from the work that 14 is going to do to fix himself. They want to build this Whoniverse thing. There are going to be spinoffs. Also, 14 has already travelled a bit since he bigenerated. He apparently took Rose to Mars and took Mel to Gilded Age New York. I am completely fine if they just leave 14 where he is. It is a wonderful happy ending. But they may also be setting up for some kind of spinoff (even if it's just the occasional movie or special) where he confronts and works through the grief and trauma of his past. Maybe by occasionally travelling for that purpose. Could be a lovely way to revisit some of the characters he went through those experiences with. Then, when he's had a life (and Tenant is done with the role), maybe he merges back into 15 or whoever the current Doctor is at the time. So they benefit from that rehab and the total consciousness of the Doctor eventually ends up back together. Could be interesting.

From the 50th anniversary special Eleven: I could be a curator. I’d be great at curating. I’d be the great curator, ha ha. I could retire, and do that. I could retire, and be the curator of this place. Curator: You know, I really think you might. Eleven: I never forget a face. Curator: I know you don’t. And in years to come, you might find yourself revisiting a few. But just the old favorites, eh?

Self-love and found family are both themes that we, as the viewers, needed for the Doctor to experience for so long. Amazing episode.

My theory: The Not Doctor said that he and the Not Donna wanted to go to the universe to play "vicious games". The Toymaker said, "My legions are coming." What if the legion are the Not Things, pulled over with or as part of the Toymaker's realm?

You people are way more postive than most other people talking about the special. I am glad I can find people like this

Man I fuckin loved this special, genuinely spooky at times and a wonderful heart warming ending. Also what a introduction for the next doctor, cant wait for Christmas

I'm so sad that Bernard Cribbins was too ill to do his part in this final episode. I would have LOVED to see Wilf in the final family scene. He was there for the table read... but when it came time to film, he was just in no condition to do it. :(

11:30 The Toymaker was originally played by Michael Gough, who you might better recognize as Alfred in the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman movies.

The face you made at "To come home" OH MAN, mine did exactly the same. The tears. It was so beautiful. Thank you RTD.

"It's just....nice, man."

RTD deserves props for going all in on making these game-changing decisions. It honors the past, brings new life into the series, ensures the future of Doctor Who for years to come. I totally understand if there are some who hate it, but that's what happens when people love something.

this marks the end of the trauma that started with the war doctor and the time war. This marks a new beginning, and im so excited for it.

All the warm self healing, love hugs. This episode was great.

The best of the special episodes. Neil Patrick Harris is incredible as The Toymaker

The Celestial Toymaker. Think of him like The Collector from Marvel, except his existence is based around games, he never cheats and he can't be killed, such is the life of an immortal being who can reshape reality.

Oh WeLl ThAtS aLrIgHt ThEn

It really says something about how loved Donna is as a companion. The Doctor settling down is slightly less controversial because it's with her and her family.

thankyou for keeping the scenes with social commentary in your yt reaction. most other reactors kept them out. what an episode

Absolutely loved this and your reaction to it. Knew the fakeout would get you. They have the whole build up, the music, the final phrase, feeling the mavity of 9-14's whole history, it was done perfectly and if it had been a normal regeneration it would have been ok. Only to completely bamboozle us in the best way possible. And giving us a happy end, also great social commentary that even tho it wasn't subtle, didn't overstay its welcome in the plot. It was just the setting. Also just loved that music number. Puts Q's mariachis to shame :D

I absolutely loved this episode! I’m so happy about that ending and I can’t wait to watch Fifteen’s run! I didn’t want to say goodbye to David Tennant again. Luckily I don’t have to.

The Giggle was a crazy special for sure, but I really liked it. It was both Weird & Wonderful. 🃏❤ I loved Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker. Teared up a little seeing the Doctor so happy at the table scene. It was heartwarming to get a happy ending

I am soo glad that someone gets the idea of just embrasing the chaos/whimsy of the show. I have seen some very angry people online responding to this episode. Most don’t see the irony of what the Toy Maker was saying obviously lol…I absolutely loved the episode and I am up for whatever is coming down the road. Sad no one lets anything breath anymore and giving it time to see what the plan is…then maybe make up your mind? Anywho thanks for the fun reaction I love watching you two react to all my favorite shows and I love me the trailer palozza’s keep them coming ✌and Allons-y!!!

20:55 Captioning was wrong. A lot of people have commented on that. It's the 14th and 15th Doctors.

I really liked this episode when I first saw it, and now the more I rewatch the more I love it ❤️❤️ I also really love your interpretation of the Doctor healing themselves and the 15th Doctor having a sort of new lease on life because of it ✨

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one thinking NSYNC when the puppet stage came into view 😂 I also cried during the show. It was heart warming and got me excited for the future, so proper Doctor Who

The trailer for the Christmas episode is nuts and then there's a MUSIC VIDEO for the Christmas episode that's Nuts times 1000.

"He didn't want to go and now he doesn't have to." DAMN YOU JAY 😢😢😢

These 3 episodes were basically RTD's way of saying "my bad" about Doctor/Donna's last parting. I'm more than OK with it.

I've been waiting for your reaction all weekend, and you didn't disappoint! This blew me away - and also creeped the heck out of me too!! My only complaint is that it wasn't long enough! But if NPH comes back I'll be down. One fun fact about the original Toymaker - he was played by Michael Gough, a.k.a. Alfred from Batman!

When I discovered Doctor Who for the first time, rifling through a character guide in a bookstore, one of the first characters that caught my eye was the Celestial Toymaker, and while other enemies got reintroduced in the modern era, I wondered when would be his turn. Finally, he is here, and he's spectacular! The Spice Girls dance was my favourite scene, I was like " I know it's a dramatic moment where the villain demonstrates his power, but I can't stop clapping to the rythm". Also, I CAN'T BELIEVE I didn't make a Doctor Horrible connection, but in my defense, I never watched the full video, only some of the songs. ADDENDUM: I also liked how the Doctor faced TM and told him "how are you so small?". It's both an "up yours, mate" moment and the go-to approach of the Doc to most of his enemies, from the Sycorax to the Master: "you don't have to do this, we can find another way", then the scoff from the baddie, then our favorite Time Lord reminding everyone why so many planets, especially Earth, have not become space dust: because the Doctor was there.

It’s crazy how 10/14 went from having the most tragic life to possibly the best possible and happiest one of all of the Doctor’s incarnations. Definitely reframes his first “I don’t wanna go” regeneration scene. Not mad at all. It’s also interesting how ten years ago in the 50th special, he was the young and naive one compared to 11, now he makes 11 look like a baby in comparison having been through three whole lifetimes before his return.

Me: No Nopey Nope. Creepy cannibalistic dolls, my worst nightmare *swiped aggressively at imaginary babbies on shoulders* Also Me: Colours of the World! Spice up your life! Every boy and every girl! Spice up your life! People of the World!... What an episode! So SO happy that David's Doctor didn't die and gets to just... live and really looking forward to seeing what the latest Doctor will get up to. As always loving your reaction. ❤️ Also I feel like I should add, as I'm from the UK, that Spice Girls was THE band for me when I was in my early teens lol.

The way I understand it is that eventually 14 (or "Doctor Noble" as I have decided to call him because as happy as I am to have tennant back I dont think he should get 2 numbers lol) will regenerate again and be pulled back into the bigeneration. It's not a duplication, it's just like... timey wimey therapy so that RTD doesn't have to rehash the doctor being super traumatised in his second era. Which is fair enough, giving the Doctor time war trauma was his big innovation back in 2005 and just doing it over again would be a bit old hat.

Please don't stop reacting to Doctor Who. I love my favorite reactors reacting to a show I love so much.

U guys really missed the Flash Gordon easter egg with the hand coming out and picking up the gold tooth? and the laughing? LOL so nostalgic.

The Toymaker I think is Jay as a villain just all out madness and loving it

The Silurians when UNIT "started" jumping to using Guns/Explosives first...

Also, I should mention you guys, I hav ebeen waiting for your review since it aired, and you did not dissapoint. And you guys caught the line of timelords doing therapy out of order :) Well done.

"The Doctor and the Toymaker played ball for a thousand years" no kidding, that would be a Moffat episode.

Ive seen two theories about the two doctors. 1. 14 goes on separately and becomes the Curator from Day of The Doctor. 2. Bigeneration was actually his future self being plucked out of time. When 14 is done he will regenerate into 15 and be plucked back to this point, closing the loop and leaving only 1 Doctor again.

They did set up several villains… “the boss” who I thought was the master but probably not since the master is currently in a tooth, the master and whoever picked him up, the toy makers legions and “the one who waits”. The last might be the first. Bunch of villain hints.

i sat there thinking how Russel brought us [me] a well deserved therapy session. i think all the dramas that Thirteen dealt with [The Flux et al] just weighed on them. the doctor had to fix himself [or maybe the TARDIS did an intervention]. i love it. i think what could be cool is that if they need to do a team up special, 14 can pop by and aid 15. i have a ridiculous headcannon thought on how close the new master is to 15 but i'll wait to see how Jinkx is revealed. good show! good reaction!

RTD said, you want to call us Doctor Woke? I'll give you Doctor Woke! I love how the gloves came off on this one. RTD knows authors who use subtext, and they are all COWARDS

I loved this episode. It definitely had the everyone lives kind of feel. I really appreciate it them, mentioning Adric, as when I first started watching Doctor Who in reruns when I was a teenager it was the arc that introduced Adric and I remember the arc in which Adric died so I loved that callback.

I can't be the only one that got massive 'Flash Gordon' vibes from that moment when the tooth was picked up can I? The hand picking it up, the "ding" then people laughing. That's exactly what happened at the end of the movie. A gloved hand picked it up then a ding came from the bling ring that used to belong to Ming followed by the sound of someone, presumably Ming (although the guy who played Klytus said it was him as he was supposed to be the bad guy in a potential sequel, any day now...) laughing in a somewhat maniacal fashion.

The first 3/4 of this one was amazing. I think my only let-down was how easily the Toymaker was defeated. Like Adam, I sat there wondering why he couldn't just jump off the building and catch it...wasn't like he would die, right? But super happy for Tennant's ending there. And it's open enough that they could even bring him back if needed later, however unlikely that might be.

I find it hilarious and ironic that Adam is wearing a Tony Stark shirt during the episode showing Stark Tower, I mean, UNIT headquarters. 😂

i dont know if its what RTD was going for but i was thinking the leftover tennant doctor might end up being the curator baker doctor in day of the doctor where he said he might revisit the old favourite faces when he retires

Spoilers for the episode… I think Ten becomes the Curator from the 50th anniversary.

I just realized Jay sings the p’review’d song. Always crack up when he makes up silly songs or bursts into song, now aware that I’ve been singing along with him. Fun times.

I acted just like you Jay….i dreaded this all week and I’m very happy how it worked out

I'm ashamed I didn't see the 2nd TARDIS' coming from the get go because of course Ncuti gets a prize for winning as well

I don't think I WILL type what I feel about it, Jay. And I'm right about that. I know I am.

Love how you guys are so positive and fun even if you think something is bad you never get mean or cruel in your criticism. Just an absolute joy. ❤

"LOOOoooOOooKs like I HATE ITTTTT" Im Dyinggggggg hahahaha

Genius level title on this vid, chaps. Chef’s kiss, no notes 🤣 Speaking of chef’s kiss, Ncuti is AWESOME. PLEEEEEASE keep reacting to this show into his run!

Yu-Gi-Oh references? I knew I like you guys for a reason.

Loved your reaction! Just the dose of positivity I needed. I adored this special! Adam, I know exactly what you mean that Doctor Who is back. I haven't been this excited, happy, and emotional about Doctor Who in a long time. These three specials were everything I've been missing...proper scary, creepy, zany, touching, and just plain FUN! Honestly, I'm struggling to understand why some are having so much trouble with the bi-generation idea. I think for a show to last 60 years and beyond it has to keep reinventing itself and being surprising. And I mean, it's sci-fi, a particularly wacky breed of sci-fi at that. Anything goes. I thought the bi-generation was perfect, a brilliant way to soft reboot the show. I friggin love that 14 gets a beautiful happy ending and finally gets to rest and have a family and 15 gets a fresh new beginning healed from all that trauma. Speaking of 15, I'm in love already. The last time I took to a Doctor so quickly was David Tennant's first appearance. I am so excited for the Christmas special and Ncuti's first season!

11:47 “lemon meringue! Count to ten!”

Just found this channel and I cant tell ya how much I loved this video. The guy in red reminds me of me. Love the comedy mixed with emotion from him. Love the dialogue between the two guys too.

Just noticed 16:14 the King card is the old Toymaker costume.

I’m glad to see the 10th Doctor finally get a happy ending. And if you think about it, he actually does need the time to stop and properly mourn for the people he lost in all of his lives. 😊

Damn you guys hit the propper notes. I was thinking Oompa Loompa but those arpeggios with different starting pitches sound pretty on point

yaz when she finds out the doctor is ready to settle down with a family but he's a man again

I know a lot of people hate the bi-generation, but I kinda loved it. So many theories and so many interesting discussions. In any sense, both are the Doctor; there’s no fake. I found this episode very fun and has been excited for the next era

I feel like I'm the only one who noticed that Donna said she taught Rose how to play the recorder "until she said 'this isn't who I am'." and connected that to the second Doctor who I believed had a recorder, and that was during the time Rose had the meta crisis locked away inside her so she was remembering the Doctor and Donna's experiences subconsciously, and it wasn't until it was unlocked that Rose finally figured out who she was and was finally herself. Rose deciding to try the recorder was her trying to figure out what type of doctor she was.

​Like 14th and 15th Doctors one to honor the Tradition and other one to continue the Legacy.

Man i love you both ! You get doctor who to a fundamental level in my opinion and you always have interesting opinions and discussions ! Keep making content dudes ! ❤ Ps: my heart is full thanks to the doctor finally getting a win

Allamaraine! 😄 can't believe I didn't see the similarities before!

Did someone noticed that the UNIT tower is almost identical as the Stark Tower? 🤔😁🤣 I swear for a second I hoped to see Loki crush on it or Stark flying out one of the windows. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So the Toymaker was an nearly omnipotent being (smiling guy in the hat it cut to for a second) who interacts with the universe through games. Games he almost always wins cause he rigs it so wining will kill you anyway. The First Doctor (The GOAT Doctor) was pulled into his game and played chess for possession of the Tardis, while companions of the era Ben and Polly had to play a life sized board game, with life or death consequences. Important to note the Toymaker doesn't touch the pieces he just tells them to move. While getting to the point he's going to win the Doctor realizes if he wins the pocket universe they are in will vanish with everything in it including them. He tricks the Toymaker saying he has to let Ben and Polly go cause they won their game and he will set the Tardis to take them away before he makes his last move. Once inside he imitates the Toymaker's voice and makes the last move remotely, de-materializing the Tardis as the pocket universe collapses and ejects the Toymaker out of the Universe for a time. Many of the things he does here are things done with less budget in 1965. Flawed copies of people, controlling people with puppet strings, and that goddamn 'please punch me' grin. And of coarse toys, so many toys.

My headcannon is that 14 retires and becomes the Curator while the Doctor stays on his adventures

When they split, 14 presumably was commando since 15 was wearing the boxer briefs.

I still don’t know how I feel about them undoing DoctorDonna, but Tennant being happy makes me happy.

Well yeah as you’ve seen this is one of the earliest villains of Doctor Who called the celestial Toymaker who faced the 1st Doctor!

19:37 At this point I had said, “Don’t you dare say, ‘I don’t want to go’”!

Adam you get my undying love for asking about Rory 😂😂

Because even if we left the one we grew up in, or found ourselves surrounded by those who love us... we will always want to go Home.

Eventually 14 will regenerate in the traditional sense into 15. He will be healed by that time and the timeline will be healed too. The 2 Tardis’ will also probably recombine. This also opens up for 14 and Donna to pop up in possible spinoffs. The new concept is no different to the concept of regeneration back 57+ years ago. Mind boggling at first but quickly accepted.

I like to think of these specials as a soft reset. 60 years is a long time and as the series went on, it got progressively and progressively dark. While there is always an ere of darkness to Who, it lost some of that sense of wonder and adventure. I will be honest when I say I stopped watching midway through Capaldi and never saw Whitaker. The show felt it was missing something. With the surprise regeneration into Tenant again I was intrigued and not in the slightest disappointed. Ncuti has such a fun energy and sense of wonder that earlier Doctor's had and I will be interested in seeing where they take this.

I kept saying " I can't watch david regenerate again." Russell saw us millenials imprint on david and was like man I can't do that to them again. 🤣🤣 I'm still waiting for Rose and Metacrisis to come back and meet Donna's family.

23:10 Jay, our sweet sweet boy ❤😢

I’m scared of puppets now.

The Disney captions say "Tenth Doctor," the BBC ones just call him "the Doctor" and Ncuti Gatwa "New Doctor."

The dance scene had me laugh so hard I was crying almost to the point I damn ner pissed myself! ❤

I was really hoping his last words would be ‘I wanna go’, not like he wants to die but like he wants to go to a coffee shop with Donna or something, so it would be all symbolic and stuff. Still though, very happy with his ending 😭❤️❤️

Bigeneration isn't really that big of an issue when you think about it. The Doctor said himself last episode that using the salt at the edge of reality would let in superstitions and myths into reality, which is why Toymaker was able to use our universe as his playground instead of the usual domain that Fourteen mentions this episode, and they did also say bigeneration itself was supposed to be a myth. And it isn't actually splitting things into multiples, Fifteen says multiple times this episode that they're just doing rehab out of order. Once Fourteen is done resting sometime in the future, he'll snap right back to this moment and begin again from here as Fifteen. That's why he says what he says when he first appears, and why he's mentally well-adjusted. And yeah, in a BTS thing Russell T Davies said that he liked the idea of every single regeneration having been bigeneration, but he very clearly wasn't saying that as explicit canon, just as an idea he liked that would give each other Doctor their own timeline. And that was already essentially true before this episode. Doing it exactly like this ever again would definitely cheapen things

Yeah he's never really gone anywhere but especially the Chris Chibnall years it didn't feel like they were heading towards something or that they had any kind of overall plan which made Jodie seem inconsequential when she absolutely should not have been. When Moffat took over there was a sense of momentum right from the start. They were heading for something big. Chibnall kind of felt like he was just killing time. The timeless child is the only thing I'll ever remember from those years. Now back with RTD we've already got two bad guys that seem like they'll come back. Unless The Meep and The Toymaker are somehow working together. There's an energy that hasn't been around for awhile and it seems to indicate that we're in for some fun times. I can't wait.

I swear 15 and 10 are like besties, especially with 15 like looking after 10

I saw a theory that I loved which is that Tennants Doctor becomes the curator from the 50th Anniversary. What y'all think?

I was shocked to see Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris ) as the Toymaker.

Adric!!! They spoke his name.

Best video title I've seen covering this subject. Well done!

Now I really want y’all to watch Broadchurch because not only do you get David Tennant but you also get Jodie Whittaker AND Olivia Coleman AND Arthur Darvill.

Remember, that offer was 60k POUNDS a year. That's like 150k USD, and Donna got her to double it, easy.

I don't know if you guys have picked up on this yet but the puppet being the first televised image is historically true (minus this evil cosmic alien, of course). See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stooky_Bill

I need more toymaker, he doctor who version of Q and love it

So the Toymaker altering reality with his presence caused the bi-generated… there were no rules while he was regenerating so he stayed.