I miss Matt Smith's Doctor. The guy had some seriously huge shoes to fill after David Tennant, and right off the bat he knocks it right out of the park.
Sadly he didn't get as many brilliant stories as 9, 10, 12 (and possibly even 13 if the rest of her run isn't a huge flop). He was such a great Doctor and did so much with what he was given, but even that didn't save some of his stories.
@@cja5612 Most of the ones you mentioned aren't that great (good, but not great). He had some wonderful stories, but not as many as 9, 10 or 12. And, you sonehow left out his best story: Vincent and the Doctor. Also, Love and Monsters was fantastic but with a stupid villain
@@cja5612 The Eleventh Hour is absolutely fantastic The Time of the Angels/Flesh and Blood made the weeping angels shit and didn't explore the Doctor's first run in with River after the Library well Amy's Choice is good. The main problem that I have with it is that it doesn't really do much that the viewer doesn't already know The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang were good stories, but they had way too much in them and meh pacing, which is why I wouldn't count them as "great" Christmas Carol was a weird story that tried to mix up Doctor Who and the og Christmas Carol story, but it didn't really do it that well. The ending also doesn't feel completely deserved. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon had a good beginning, but the rest of the story was just meh. A Good Man Goes to War was great, but the ending felt forced. River's whole storyline in general just spun out of hand thanks to Series 6 God Complex is a good story but not very memorable (at least to me), hence why I don't call it great A Town Called Mercy is the best of series 7 And Love and Monsters is fantastic because it explores the everyday lives of people in the Who universe, something that RTD's era did a lot more than Moffat just in general, but this story capitalized on it and really brought out a lot of good stuff. The main characters and their love story was also pretty nice. What ruins the story is the villain and the ending, but even then the story is pretty great. And just to count how many great stories others have 9: Aliens of London/WWIII, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances = 5 in one season 10: Girl in the Fireplace, Impossible Planet/Satan Pit, Smith and Jones, (in my opinion 42 but I won't count it because objectively it's not), Human Nature/Family of Blood, Blink, Utopia, Fires of Pompeii, The Doctor's Daughter, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, Midnight, Turn Left, The Water's of Mars = 12 in three seasons 11: Eleventh Hour, The Beast Bellow, Victory of the Daleks (honourable mention because it's the only good Dalek story in his run), Vincent and the Doctor, The Doctor's Wife, A Good Man Goes to War, A Town Called Mercy, The Angels Take Manhattan (which actually made the Angels good again) = 7 in three seasons (overall more than 9, but less if you consider the amount of seasons) 12: Listen, Mummy on the Orient Express, Magician's Apprentice, Zygon Inversion (Invasion wasn't that great, but Inversion made up for it, especially thanks to the speech), Heaven Sent (Moffat's best story), The Pilot, Oxygen, Extremis, Pyramid at the End of the World, World Enough and Time = 10 in three seasons 13: Rosa, Demons of Punjab, Resolution, Spyfall1/2, (Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror is on the fence, but I won't count it), Fugitive of the Judoon, (I would argue that "Can You Hear Me?" and "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" are too, but again I won't count them) = 5 in two seasons, but we don't know how many more she'll have (even if it's just one, she only needs three excellent ones) I'd also argue that the amount isn't enough, rather you should also look at how good each great episode is compared to each other
@@ThomasTiernan To be fair to her, I blame Chibby for that. I'd want to see how she does with a script worth at least its weight in toilet paper before I start to seriously dismiss her ability to act. Granted, she's done a pretty bad job even considering the material she's had to work with, but still.
An other of his great lines was in the pandorica episode: " If you have any plans to take the Pandorica, just remember who is standing in your way. Remember every black days I ever stoped you, and then... and then! Do the smart thing... Let somebody else try first!".
I love how they show rather then tell that the Atraxi know the answer to the question. It scares them. Because the answer is right there in front of them, and he's not happy with them. What happened to them? The Doctor, The Doctor happened to them, and The Doctor will happen to them too if they ever come back and screw with the Earth like that again.
........... In total contrast to the Bedwetters Broadcasting Company which has managed to ruin the series since this was made. BBC are not heroic any more, they have no sense of what they had and use their programs to be preachy and manipulating.
@@Farweasel the fuck? You know Rory is the dude in the back CATCHING THE CLOTHING. Also bbc is the best part of my day turning on the tv to see what's happening in the country I live in is great to have. One more thing "preachy" isn't a word I would describe the doctor with. I also think they got new producers
I am not convinced that the phrase "when a good man goes to war" was referring to the Doctor. I think that the "good man" in that phrase was Rory and the Doctor was just helping.
You have one episode, a single hour to convince your audience that you are THE doctor in your first episode, it's a make or break moment and Matt Smith showed up and aced it.
Yeah well, Jodie destroyed it all. Thanks to her and Chris Shitnall I do not want to see another doctor who ever, anything after Peter Capaldi does not exist for me.
@HQ No. Because you do not want to acknowlage the truth that Chibnall is shithead showrunner and bad writer and he ruined whole doctor who lore and 50+ years of history with his shitty writing! Also Jodie is not good actress at all, watch all other shows she is in and they are bad, okay? Face the truth. Not saying that Steven Moffat was perfect, but even the worst of his episodes were way better than any of the best chibnall ones! Moffat wrote some of the best and strong female charecters like Amy Plond, River Song, Donna Noble, Missy and Clara even though I did not like her that much, she was stil,l better than new doctor.
I watched this season on TV before streaming services existed and I missed the first episode. I didn’t like Matt Smith. After a few episodes, I caught a re-run of this episode and all of a sudden, I got it. I decided I loved him. This episode unlocks his quirk, humour + charm ✨ He’s now my favourite doctor by far 😍😍😍
@@ShadowKoto boring? Caling that shit boring is like calling the Pope religious. It was a fuckin train wreck, riddled with CRT and CGT garbage, a misshapen buttplug for an enemy, and ultimately focused more on the Doctor being a woman, than the core of the series, which is "The doctor goes on cool adventures with their companions!"
mine was the 9th doctor but the 11th did have better speeches I have to admit, but I prefer Christopher's moments and emotion, i think it can make the villain more epic but the 11th + 10th doctor made the DOCTOR more epic
When you think about it, leaning so heavily on his reputation may have gotten him some enemies along the way, but it also probably did wonders for preventing casualties, simply by way of scaring away potential troublemakers and enemies. 10, on the other hand, tended to only lean on his reputation as a last resort, and preferred to avoid confrontation by running away. Makes you wonder what might have happened if 10 had tried to *intimidate* the Family of Blood instead of trying to hide from them.
@@Blazieth he didn't try to hide from them, the entire point is that he was trying to give them a chance, he showed compassion for them. But since 10 is no second chances he was quite brutal with them in the end, rather than killing he instead forced them to suffer eternally. I also think you need enough of a reputation to use this power which makes it a card you can only pull so many times. I also wouldn't say after analysing 10's character that he run's away a lot, I would say that he's actually a lot more like 9 being more cold and merciless coming straight out of the time war.
I think this might have been in reference to the library of the dead where the swarms of the vashta nerada retreated once the doctor said , "I'm the doctor. Look me up." :D
Matt Smith isn't my favorite Doctor. David Tennant is mine and Christopher Eccleston is my fiance's. That being said, I have so much respect for Smith's performance as the character. This is just one scene that exemplifies all the reasons why.
I like how in a later episode people talk about how the Doctor once called the Atraxi back to Earth for "a scolding" because that's literally what it is, it's a telling-off
I mean, it was a bit more than that. It was an establishment of the pecking order. By calling them back, informing them of how outclassed they were, and sending them screaming off into space, he ensured they wouldnt try again later. But yeah, that was also a very big "Dont run yet, im not through yelling at you!" moment.
@@chrishubbard64 As well as an establishment of boundaries. Earth is full of six billion innocent people. You can't just threaten to burn down an entire planet to catch one criminal and then piss off into space like nothing happened once you've got what you wanted.
The third question could have been better = "Has this world been in danger from off-planet threats before" The Atraxi then start playing the videos of all the other attackers, showing the invasions, and the Doctor then says that the Atraxi have to be asking themselves "what happened to them". Cue the Doctor montage as usual Instead of just asking if the world is protected, the Doctor gets the Atraxi to see that the world has been attacked before, and has survived. He would be letting the Atraxi perform a tv tropes "Explain, Explain, oh crap" on themselves
People doubted this guy because he was "too young", he ended up being one of the best Doctors to ever incarnate the part, for some he's even the best one... I honestly think every one who ends up playing this character is the best of its time and adequately represents an era.
Top 3 favorite doctors for me 1. Matt Smith 2. David Tennant 3. Jon Pertwee (third Doctor classic series). Unfortunately due to the classic series being incomplete with most of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton episodes being lost I am only able to formulate my opinions from Doctor 3 and beyond. I did love Tom Baker and Peter Davidsons roles of 4th and 5th respectively but it is hard to form a top 13 i guess of all the doctors when my opinions shift every 4 to 5 years when a new doctor is cast.
@@Prima13 There has been 14 and we are about to go into the 15th ( 1) William Hartnell ( 2) Patrick Troughton ( 3) Jon Pertwee ( 4) Tom Baker ( 5) Peter Davidson ( 6) Colin Baker ( 7) Sylvester McCoy.
I have never watched Doctor Who and have no clue whats going on, but this dude appears to be the baddest, coolest, most amazing chaotic neutral of all time.
@@matthewjones2095 Totally agree. I think Jodie Whittaker could have been an amazing Doctor with proper scripts. The scripts have been the real problem.
The 11th Doctor has the BEST theme song. And this is one of my favorite scenes in the entire nearly 60 years of the show. When he says "Basically, Run" you truly see the age in his eyes. He's the youngest looking of the Doctors but sometimes shows more age than any of them with those eyes.
i watch this clip every few years, this time around, i noticed the same thing, the 'old and tired but still capable' look in his eyes, and thought 'oh wow is that why i like this scene so much'
That was what made Matt Smith so good, he could play the Doctor as ancient, he could play the Doctor as childlike, but even more importantly he could play the Doctor as both at the same time.
@@irishboy_pa lol, people get so caught up in who does and doesn't make a good doctor. if you are enjoying the show, does it really matter? i have enjoyed all the doctors for various reasons.
@@Johninadelaide2022 Same with all the Hollywood movies, after a point it just seems a bit strange that other countries were not being attacked by aliens so in the past couple of years they have started including other places as well.
Only two kinds of people make a habit of standing out in the open unarmed: complete idiots and true badasses. And the Doctor is far too old to be the former.
There is a lesson from Rory that could have saved Clara had the Doctor taken it to heart. Rory told 11 that what makes him dangerous is that he makes people want to impress him. We see Clara emulating 12 several times and working...until the one time it didn't.
I heard years after the fact that people had fan theories that Rory was secretly the Master. It was super weird and I don't know the details of the theory, but I knew it existed. I was still catching up with DW in 2013 and by that point, Rory had left the show anyway.
@Digital Fates atraxi at first: whatever comes trough that gate, hold you position atraxi after a few moment: RUN (this meme was made possible by gandalf and his great meme formats)
The Elders tell of a young ball much like you. He bounced three metres in the air. Then he bounced 1.8 metres in the air. Then he bounced four metres in the air. Do I make myself clear?
Fun fact: Near the end of this season, that Doctor was so feared that all of his enemies had to pool in all their resources to create the Pandorica which was supposed to trap the Doctor forever but even that couldn't stop him. Imagine how terrifying the Doctor would be if he had moves like Kratos.
It's the fact that the Doctor doesn't fight like Kratos is what makes him terrifying - he'd probably have thought of ways to get rid of you before you finish a thought and even then he'd choose to run. Making him a brutal warrior would be a disservice to his character
@@marcusj17 Time Lords are stronger than humans. The Doctor probably could have moves like Kratos, if he wanted. What's scary is that he doesn't need to. Its like the old saying, "its the quiet guy who is most dangerous." The Doctor is dangerous because he chooses not to be. If he truly wanted to, he could probably wipe out most of his enemies very quickly. They're just lucky he's not a genocidal maniac!
Family Of Blood (or is it Human Nature) really shows how terrifying the doctor is. He could do so many things to you, he could kill you in a second, but he dosen't. He never runs because he has to, it's the mercy of a time lord.
@@thefriendlycar2nist836 Yes, and even in the Family of Blood story arc he was still somewhat merciful. Otherwise the Family would not only be imprisoned but they would also suffer an eternity of painful torture. Lucky for them, sadism is not part of the Doctor's nature.
Well, as latsr episodes state, the fact the Doctor lacks powerful, flashy weapons and never used amazing displays of brute strength made him even scarier. "The Imp of the Pandorica, the Shadow of the Valeyard, The last tree of Garcennon, the Butcher of Skull Moon... He is the Doctor of War" Also "The first think you notice about him is that he's unarmed. Usually, is the last thing you see, ever" The Doctor is this weird guy (sometimes a quirky girl who looks like a pixie on drugs, but that's how Regeneration goes) that goes around the cosmos in a wooden box with a screwdriver in his hands because he wants to fix things But when he finds people who break things and other people because they're just too evil to be reasoned to, he breaks them And finds every time new and amazing ways to break them so utterly, so completely, that in time the whole Universe started fearing the sound of the TARDIS materializing because it meant that someone had to be saves and someone was bound to get obliterated Kratos at least gives you a fair warning and you know how he'll break your bones With the Doctor, you know only that if you're a good one you'll be saved, and if you're a bad one you'll suffer
Bet the Atraxi was screaming internally like a little girl at the fact that it had to deal with the latest incarnation of the most feared being in all of time and space
@@foty8679 there is a man who ended the greatest war in history, never carries a weapon because he need not and might be a myth because all you've heard is second hand rumors. If that myth became real would you take any chances?
@@foty8679 every race knows of the Doctor. He destroyed his entire planet and the entire Dalek race. They are only alive because one escaped the time lock. He may never be armed, but he has a natural ability to "weaponize people", meaning his companions often don't share his live and let live policy. Case in point, River Song. There was once a weapons factory on Villengard that was known throughout the universe. The Doctor visited just once. It's now banana groves
@JZ's Best Friend it could be argued that it's four, accepting "I'm" as a single word, five, since "I'm" is a contraction for "I am" but also three, if you made the point that "I'm" is actually a contraction, not a "word" (or two) per se.
I like to imagine the Atraxi on the ship during the montage like ok sure is the world protected whatever let's see um, here we go... oh Cybermen damn those things are no joke but I guess there must've been some kind of fluke... oh wait no they attacked multiple times!?? Alright well maybe this world is just really good at fending off Cybermen in particular what else we got, hmm here we go some Sontarans attacked once and war is their whole thing aannnnnd then the sky lit on fire..... Ok what else surely that's it..... is that a F*cking DALEK!? HOW MANY TIMES DID A DALEK ARMY ATTACK? HOW IS THIS PLANET STILL HERE?? Ok let's take a look at what these people did to stay alive... ok this one was this guy and that one was.... also this guy and, this guy, again... again... every. single. time..... We need to leave.
Oddly enough the planet is in fact not *still* here. It's here *again,* after the daleks stole it that one time and the doctor just flew the planet back.
@@alansmithee419 Earth's been stolen a whole bunch of times. It was the plot of one of the earlier Doctor crossovers IIRC and some of the other serials.
This is the best introduction to a Doctor we’ve gotten in the modern era, bar none. Matt Smith had an hour to convince us he could follow in the footsteps of the absolutely unbelievable David Tennant and he KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. When he tells the Atraxi to run, you feel it in your bones that this man has lived for 900 years and he may be plenty goofy, but you threaten anything and anyone he loves and you’ll wish you anywhere and anyone else.
And did you notice that a bit after Matt walked through the Hologram,AMY Smiled? I have a feeling she KNOWS that the guy talking WERE THOSE Doctors....WHY else would she Smile,lol?
"Leaving is good. Never coming back is better." - The Doctor, Doctor Who "Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones too. So they'd leave me alone." - Ender Wiggin, Ender's Game.
I think it's interesting that he stole Harriet Jones' strategy. A strategy that he thought was dangerous enough to take her down. It's the first hint that 11 isn't as silly or soft as he pretends to be.
@@elzzz2000 Agreed. He put his money where his mouth was. She spoke softly, yet carried a (swearwords) large stick. And swung it.... she did get redemption, though.
This was when we knew Matt Smith was the Doctor. He scares off a planetary-level threat Earth has no defense against, at all, with just three questions and a smile, while getting dressed. "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically, run".
@meaturama that comment is so incredibly stupid, I'm not even going to mock you for it. Just think about the word "unrealistic" and cry yourself to sleep tonight.
I love especially how that eye didn’t take its sight off of the Doctor until they were gone. They immediately understood what they were dealing with and decided Earth was *no* longer a viable work to screw around with.
2:32 I know I am late but I just wanted to point out this moment. While the end monologue is amazing, this moment actually establishes the Doctor more as a person. The monologue establishes him as a presence, an ever present protector of innocent, no matter where, no matter when. But this single reply to a question shows just who he is as a person. The tone in which he repeats the question shows just how unfathomable it is to him. The thought of deeming an entire planet filled with life as unimportant is so, well, alien to him that he cannot believe that someone can even ask such a question. He obviously knows it logically, what with how many times he saved one world or another from people who thought that way, but he himself just cannot even imagine thinking about a planet filled with living beings as unimportant. It is an amazing character moment that later comes back as a full on speech with Capaldi and his value of an unimportant life.
To be fair, he came dangerously close to viewing individuals as "unimportant" towards the end of his previous incarnation (i.e., when he declared himself the Time Lord Victorious in "The Waters of Mars"). But he almost instantly realised he's gone too far, and now, with a new incarnation enabling him to wipe the slate clean, he returns to his genuine values.
"Humans call me the Doctor. That's because I like them. "The Daleks call me the Oncoming Storm. I have a certain degree of respect for them. "If you don't get out of here right now, I wonder what name you'll be inventing for me? Or will there be any of you left to give me a name? "Tell you what, let me start over again... "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Run." [Edited to correct my originally saying "Onrushing Storm".]
"No, there have been so many. And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them? Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically, run." One of the most iconic dialogues in popular culture.
Someone had summed up 9 through 12 9th doctor - Tiger 10th doctor - Tigger 11th doctor - kitten trying to climb up stairs (and failing) 12th doctor - Grumpy Cat Apt assessment and damn, the kitten was just so damn watchable.
I love how the doctor practically said "fuck around and find out" to a floating eye and the eye just noped out of there. Edit: WHY DOES THIS HAVE 1K LIKES!?!?
The eyeball was also seeing where other high-level threats had attacked this planet, and the planet was still intact/unconquered and there was no other evidence of the attacks. Which the doctor reinforced by telling the Atraxi "now you've got to be wondering, what happened to them". When one of the threats is the Daleks, and the planet still survives/thrives, that means something very powerful is defending the planet. Then the Atraxi realize that powerful being is right in front of them and knows who they are
@@toddkes5890 One of those images was a Sea-Devil and native to Earth also the Reapers only cauterise certain disruptions to the timeline and weren't invaders - not that anyone could do anything that we know of anyway - but the general point still stands!
it's most effective when the one being told has some context to back it up with ... since they reviewed history and saw him every time ... they understood ... if he says he is going to wipe them out with a spoon he means he will wipe them out with a spoon ... and he can do it ... they just avoided the extra beat down and followed his suggestion
Can we talk about Murray Gold's "I Am The Doctor" in the background? IMHO, one of the most striking themes in the history of the show. And it's in seven beats to the measure. When it starts at 0:46, it elevates the entire scene to a different level.
I would say "A Good Man" tops it just for The Doctor's theme... But then again they both tell very different stories, which is why I love them both. I Am The Doctor feels like it tells the story of a man constantly on the run, a man who knows his time is up but also has come to terms with some of his past in a way Ecclestone and Tennant hadn't. A Good Man feels a bit slower. It's the story of a man who can finally stop for a moment and take in everything that has passed over the last decade. A man that's no longer on the run, but searching for his home. You feel the sense of a person finally able to decide the kind of person they want to be. That you can get so much about each respective Doctor just from their themes really highlights how good Murray Gold is.
Rory: "Um, did he just bring them back? Did- did he just save the world from aliens, and then BRING ALL THE ALIENS BACK AGAIN?!" Rory Williams - the ultimate audience surrogate.
When you get enough knowledge/awareness of this series-specifically The Doctor, himself-you know him saying "Run" is an equal measure Threat *AND* Promise.
Yep, "Run, and I let you go. Or stay, and I DONT let you go." I mean, ive seen the fury of the time lord. I know what kind of twisted stuff the doctor can pull if you push him far enough.
This is definitely the scene that sold me on Matt Smith. "This is a fully established level 5 planet! And you were going to *burn* it. What? Did you think no one was watching?"
A small detail that I’ve just noticed is, while The Doctor gives his speech, you can see him slowly changing into his final look. They didn’t need to do that, maybe it wasn’t planned and it was just Matt Smith performing, but it’s such a nice little touch that adds a different element to the scene.
this was my real intro to Doctor Who. Matt Smith for me had this great balance of child-like goofiness, a sense of a wounded battle harden man who has seen some crazy shit, and also this kindness and compassion for all the innocent that needed his help along the way.
Translation: "I'm not saying that I AM going to fudge you up, but here's my resume. 'Battles Won' are highlighted in yellow. Please excuse the blinding glow". 😂 (Don't judge. It's late and it sounded funny when I was thinking it.)
They basically did a version of this in a later series. The doctor intimidated some sort of death cult (while naturally been unarmed) by telling the host to look him up in the fatality index (a complete list of everyone who has ever died) under "cause of death", and then proceeded to just be really chill when the list just kept getting longer and longer.
@Randall Swanson you're overthinking it, probably because of your unfamiliarity with Doctor Who. It was a childish joke, nothing more. She was checking *him* out
I was devastated when David Tennant left and I swore that no other doctor would have my heart, but Matt Smith came and this scene alone made me realize there was maybe room in my heart for another doctor. And boy was I right. I absolutely LOVED Matt Smith as the doctor. 😅❤️
Dude, you basically summed up my own reaction to David getting replaced. Now he's my second favorite, with Matt taking the top spot for me, though I know and respect the fact that David is the more popular one.
They really played up how Matt Smith was the "youngest Doctor" but during his run, he played him more mature than a lot of others. He always felt like the Ronald McDonald Doctor. Friendly and magical. The show went back to its family show friendly roots for his run.
I remember William Hartnell. And to think the programme was devised as an educational one for the young, featuring visits to turning points in history. I have a soft spot for the visit to the seige of Troy. As the horse is being dragged in a seer (Cassandra) is prophesying doom and destruction with over frequent cries of Woe! WOE! A cynic (Paris?) mutters " try saying Whoah to the horse." As I recall The Doctor is taken on by Agamemnon as his "wise man", irritating Ulysses no end, and told to find way to break into the city. His " companions" suggest the obvious HORSE ruse but he refuses saying it is just a myth. Finally, he gives in and the rest is "mythic history" (Schlieman might have a view on that).
Ironically he was actually the last one, at least until they gave him more regenerations. I think when Tennant regenerated, he realized he was about to use up his last regeneration, so he subconsciously wished for a young face so that he can pretend to be young for the last chapter of his life. After getting more regenerations, he realized he does not need to pretend to be young anymore, so he subconsciously accepted an older face.
Watching 11th hour, sighing to myself "David Tenant is gone...".......Matt Smith saying "Hello, I'm The Doctor. Basically,....run." Me saying, with goosebumps, "David who?"
I'm not even a Whovian (yet - although I've watched lots of little clips here and there on RU-vid) - and this is the scene I watch time and time again.
"What I've got to ask is, what happened to them?" I'm stealing this one liner. An antagonist in one of my works would really feel the sting of this one.
the dialogues in doctor who is so iconic that is why I like David Tennant and Matt Smith as doctors and I can't help rewatching their episodes over and over again until I get nuts!! these actors are a bonus to BBC doctor who show and they kicked up the subscribers in official doctor who youtube channel.
@@g3neralcross911 Eccleston just wasn't down for it. As far as I know he avoids connections to Doctor Who still. Doesn't even want to be brought back for cons or anniversaries or team ups or anything. Idk what specifically made him so damn sour about Doctor Who.
@@SSPerfectChaosRCT Idk, he actually went to his first convention a couple years back so who knows. He does actually like the show itself from what iv read but he just didn't like the people running it behind the scenes and the way it was run. Maybe that soured his look on Doctor Who, he nearly did come back for the 50th however didn't because he didn't like the the direction his character was going in or because he wanted another director. Edit: Turns he does like the show, hes returning to do Doctor Who Audiobooks now which is fantastic.
"The man who can turn an army around at the mention of his name. Doctor. The world for healer and wise man throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know? But if you carry on this way, what might that word come to mean? To the people of the Gamma Forest, the word Doctor means Mighty Warrior."
Tennant will always be my Doctor, I will always see him as the best Doctor. But Matt Smith grew on me and was really good at being The Doctor. And this scene will always be chilling in how absolute he is in his declaration of "Run".
Can’t deny I was sceptical at first for Matt Smith as The Doctor, but this scene was perfect. Showed him as a new man, new face, but still in control. With the footage montage, the previous Doctors shown and the music, I bought into him and so glad I did!
Matt smith was always my favorite doctor, i remember sending him a picture of a sonic screwdriver of my own design after this episode... a year later i had forgotten i had done it when a letter landed on my doorstep from Matt smith himself and he gave me thanks for the design. I thought this was the best thing that could have come of me sending him my drawing, and i kept that letter to this very day. The look on my face when Jodie Whittaker’s sonic resembled the screwdriver i had drawn so long before was priceless. I font know if it was sheer coincidence or not, however i would like to think that Matt smith had pulled some strings for me :D
I’d really love to see your design and compare it with 14’s. To have the knowledge that something you created is partially in a show such as DW is incredible 😍😍
Amy Pond, opportunist extraordinaire; "Are you not going to turn your back?" "...nope!" And even the memory of her called 11 out on the raggedy at the very finish.
@@ThisIsMego 11 on casual nudity-- 11: (having told his companion about their holographic clothing so as to respect the undress code of their destination) We're all naked under our clothes.
" You just summoned aliens back to earth! ACTUAL aliens! Deadly aliens! Aliens of death! And.. now you're taking your clothes off.." " *a m y h e s t a k i n g h i s c l o t h e s o f f* "
You know it only just occured to me that at this point the Doctor had nothing. Literally nothing. No screwdriver, no TARDIS and, unlike with Prisoner Zero, no back-up to take care of the Atraxi for him. When he says "basically, run," it's a big bluff and empty threat. They weren't hostile at this moment, but if they wanted they could have done whatever they wanted and he couldn't have stopped them. Except he built that bluff on his reputation, showing them everything he had faced and everything he had done to protect Earth before so to the Atraxi it seemed much less of an empty threat and more like he could take on literally anything that dare threatened this planet.
@@thesparduck117 No idea what that is. But anyway, it's from this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0zILZJsLYhI.html Door Monster, Self-Fulfilling Idiocy 3.
Unpopular opinion: I enjoyed Matt's run even more than David Tenant's. Matt Smith is by far my all time fave, not only because he was the best doctor, but he also had the best companions, best other supporting characters, best episodes...just all around that was the golden era of Who (from what I've seen thus far, I haven't gotten super far into the classics yet)
@@Efflorescentey it's the forest, not the village. In fact, the village in the episode this clip is from has a duck pond with no ducks. The only water in the forest is the river. There can be many waters in a village.
People are talking all about the Doctor and he is great but can we just take a minute to realize that the when the Doctor asked "Is this world a threat?", the Atraxi looked over Earth's entire arsenal, our greatest, deadliest weapons and said "No."
When Tennant left like so many others I just didnt think anyone could follow him. Then this scene happened and Matt Smith became one of my all time favourite Drs.
Yeh, but it was the way Matt played it, so nervous, not quite understanding who he was, just like you might expect and then Wham! This is who I am, all the nervousness and unsureness gone in the blink of an eye. You watched his transformation into the Doctor before your very eyes and it was epic.
This was Smith's Doctor Moment (the moment you know that the actor is the Doctor). Best part for me is, after hearing fans moaning about Tennant leaving, SMith literally burst their bubble as he walks through Tennant's face and says, "Hello, I am the Doctor."
Yes, every Doctor has a moment that defines their incarnation. 9 had me at "Pleased to meet you Rose. Now run for your life!" - followed by his speech about the Earth turning... 10 had me at "No second chances" 11 had this one. Even the War Doctor had "No More" 12 didn't get his until Hell Bent in my opinion (the whole "Am I a good man" meant his character wasn't fully defined, and then Clara became the main focus) Still waiting on 13's...
they did it right though. this built on the legacy others made, and it knew it. he didn't act like other iterations of the doctor were trash, or that he was better than them, or that they somehow needed to be 'fixed' ...it paid homage to all those that came before, then announced itself as the latest edition of that bad-assery. that is how you get the fans on your side.
@@fireemblemheroescuzynot9625 It may still come in the audiobooks but sadly it never came in Chibnell's run. There were brief flashes like when she took on the lone cyberman in villa diodati but it never clicked for me, personally. I don't put the blame on Jodie
I've always loved how natural Arthur Darvill is with his reactions. That tiny moment where he gestured, "did the giant alien eyeball just sniff him?" is gorgeous.
This episode was a master piece they told a story that immediately establishes the new doctor and made the transition from ten to eleven seamlessly I was sad when ten left but seeing eleven first adventure almost made me forget ten and I immediately was on board with the new doctor.
For years I've admired and loved the Doctor Who lore, and legacy from every story I've heard from so many people. Then one day I finally sat down and managed to catch an episode. It just so happened to be The Eleventh Hour. From that moment on, I was hooked.
This is how you introduce a new Doctor. The energy, music, brilliance and eccentric quirkiness. After one hour I still missed the old Doctor, but already loved the new one.
I think Chibnall needs to look back at times like this, where it’s fully shown who the Doctor is, when all the parts of the plot are put together to establish the character in perfect light, and this is after David Tenant, Matt had some big shoes to fill.
This is completely true!! The writing on the past couple of seasons is just so bad and not up to the standards of the 9, 10, or 11. 12 Wasn't as bad as the newest doctor the writing and stories are almost cringe worthy
The part of this scene that always makes me giggle like a fiend is that the eye never looks away from the Doctor. It doesn't take its gaze off of him. I'm sure there are stories still, as it was retreating to its space, its planet, that it never once stopped looking at the third body orbiting an inconsequential star.
I gotta say Matt Smith won me over with this one scene. It was typical Doctor kick ass arrogance, a trait all of the Doctors have iconically showed and he did it with aplomb!!
Basically, Tennant did this same kind of thing on the first day of his regeneration i.e. save the world from aliens - the main difference, David did in in pajamas and a bathrobe/dressing gown. Also, Matt stole clothes at a hospital just as many previous Doctors have.
""... in pajamas and a bathrobe ..."" I wonder if it is a kind of uniform. Who wore it first? The Doctor, or Arthur Dent? Mind you, Arthur Dent wasn't able to stop the Vogons, but he was willing to fight the Council 😉😉😂😂😂
