MEGAN REACTS - Doctor Who - The Zygon Inversion (Live Reaction) 

This episode was the point where Capaldi officially took his place as my favourite Doctor. Spending 10 minutes ranting about how war is bad while not only not coming across as preachy and sanctimonious, but also landing with a hefty amount of emotional weight is a difficult challenge, and he manages it so well. And it's even more poignant given that it aired the day before Remembrance Sunday, and just a week before a devastating terrorist attack in Paris. I have issues with this two-parter, but that speech is such a magnificent way to end everything. Also, the Doctor's Union Jack parachute is almost certainly a reference to the opening sequence of "The Spy Who Loved Me", and as a James Bond fan that makes me very happy

9:55 "Why American?" - Capaldi's riffing on the TV host Hughie Green, who presented the hugely popular _Double Your Money_ and _Opportunity Knocks_ between the 1940s-70s, and two of his catchphrases appear in this scene ("It's make-your-mind-up time" and "I mean that most sincerely"). Although English, Green had picked up a vaguely "American" twang after living in Canada.

Not sure how this would've went if Capaldi wasn't the Doctor for this episode. Splendid acting.

They say, this man, capaldi, can say a thousand words, with a single look. What a thespian he is. Truly legendary.

Bless you Megan, we all cried like you when we watched THAT speech. Thank you Capaldi, thank you Moffat, thank you everyone 👍🏼

Best speech in the history of Doctor Who

Of all the epic speeches the Doctor has given across 6 decades, this remains to me the most epic!

"London! ...what a dump." :D

two words ONE TAKE!!! Peter did the war speech in one take and the crew around him were in tears, look at Gemma you can see her tears too. I always enjoyed Peter Capaldi, we finally have a classic era doctor in modern who and his face finally matches his age, there is only one episode coming that is better than this but he didnt do THAT in one take. One of the best speeches not just in dr who but modern television full stop!

And this is when capaldi became by doctor. He just fuckin gets it. He understands the doctor better than any actor before him.

Peter Capaldi's defining moment as the Doctor

One thing that makes this 2-part even more powerful is something I've noticed hasn't really been noticed or at least addressed. In the 50th Anniversary special it was revealed that the Zygon homeworld was collateral damage and had been destroyed early on in the Time War. In a tangential way, the Doctor is responsible for all this.

the zygon two parter is the exact middle of capaldi’s run, and in many ways, in the themes it explores, it’s the heart of his era; an anti-war story dealing with consequences from the past, culminating in a beautifully delivered speech that’s captivating and emotional in a way only capaldi can do. off topic, but the amount of great episodes in S9 is unbelievable. yet another fab two parter. (let’s ignore the episode that comes next lmao).

This was the episode that really showed what Capaldi was made of in my opinion

I took the 15 times as if there had been other insurrections ending in the black archives, not lets replay this scene 15 times.

I remember a lot of people said how amazing "the war" speech and later when watching it, fully understand why. To this day, that speech still resonate to my heart. Definitely one of best speech ever being said in DW.

9:14: Five rounds rapid!! Love it!!!😁 Dad would be proud! 9:58: Get ready, here comes that speech!

This monolog is what made Capaldi pass Matt Smith as my favorite Doctor. One of the best acted scenes ever.

The moment Capaldi cemented the part

lets watch this AGAIN I enjoy crying together AGAIN

Take Megans phone away from her or turn it off during reactions. Apart from that we do loves a good speech

It was actually an impression of Hughie Green the Doctor was doing. A lot of People missed that.

this 2 parter was just AMAZING the twists, the emotion ooh just beautiful.

That speech is the soul of the Doctor laid bare. It's everything the character is, and everything the character believes, condensed into a few minutes of astonishing acting. Better than that, it's television that actually matters. The show at its very best

I mean what can you say. I mean it feels like another lighter episode and then the tone change. The Zygon committing suicide onwards gets darker and real. Everything builds towards everyone coming together in the Black Archive. Then the best speech in new Who. I mean that speech is something else the power, emotion, truth and observations are on point. A message we should all listen too. I loved Capaldi from the start and this was him at his best. His finest hour had come and he wasn't done yet. Yes the two parter does have some issues and I don't care. You don't realise what you had until its gone. Gone it has.

Amazing. And to think what's still to come :O

one of my favorites and i think one of the best doctor speeches.

I have watched this two parter more than any other story of this series. The twists and turns are fantastic. The story is great. I always get emotional at the black archive speech especially when Murray Gold’s beautiful score kicks in.

nice reaction as always guys! any quiz on the horizon or classic who episode review? where are you now with your classic marathon?

This two part episode is the story that I recommend to people who have never watched Doctor Who before. Capaldi's dialogue in the Black Archive is my favorite in all of the series. Also a stellar performance by Jenna Coleman playing two parts in this story. Osgood is probably my favorite almost-companion of all time. Stay safe everyone!

If Doctor Who wasn't cancelled/axed in 1989 Star Trek would have played a huge impact on 90s Doctor Who

We're getting close!!!

For the next two-parter I'm gonna wait until Part Two has been uploaded to watch Part One so that I can subvert the "it's been longer for you than it has for us" narrative! I feel it's what the Doctor would have wanted! #timey-wimey!

I love how the speech is a 10 minute taste test for what's to come in 3 episodes.

The Zygon inversion speech should be shown in schools so kids can see what the horrors of war does to a person. Even the Doctor

That speech gets to me every time. It's particularly poignant for me because this episode aired not long after the terrorist attack in Paris so it felt especially timely.

Sleep no more more like I sleep more when it's on haha, but really it's a cool idea that doesn't fully land for me I'm excited to see Megans reaction though!

Do it again when Megan is paying attention

If the treaty has already resulted in near-catastrophe 15 times in the TWO YEARS since it went into effect, maybe it's time to renegotiate the treaty? Or at least come up with alternate means of enforcing it? :)

I didn't like the way the zygons were portrayed the best thing out of this episode was when Kate Stewart says 5 rounds rapid which is a call back to the brigadier I like that and the doctors war speech which although I'm not an emotional person that scene moved me.

The Ninth Doctor would have been played by a black actor. Star Trek DS9 debut in 1993 with the first black captain in the franchises history. The Tenth Doctor would have been female due to Star Trek Voyager

Series 8 really worked for me as awkward as it was. Series 9 in general was one that I fast lost much affection for. And this two parter just bored me. I was feeling totally disengaged from it. I'd need to think more about the speech but since I lost interest I don't really care to. It's very idealistic and naive on a surface level. It assumes that both sides are reasonable. The problem I've seen some people raise is that the episode was at great pains to establish the terrorist Zygons as essentially ISIS (the flag couldn't be more blatant) and it suggests they can just be shouted at and told how bad they are and they'd go "oh yeah, you're right". Nice ideal but the reality of such a scenario is that they would just kill you. It's a Kangaroo court scenario. Bonnie is a mass-murderer and is just let off... It wants to be an impressive speech but it doesn't really stand up to much scrutiny in the analogies that it's aiming for. The heart of it appeals though.