Modern Regeneration | Doctor Who 

I'm glad the 8th Doctor got his moment in modern Doctor Who. Even as a short runup to the 50th anniversary, McGann killed it with his performance. I only wish it was included as part of the whole 50th anniversary episode, and not just a lead in to it. "Will it hurt?" "Yes." *"Good."*

Love how the 13th doctor had the sense to regenerate outside of the tardis.

"You know what, so was I." yes you were, Eccleston. My first Doctor. The first one I watched, and the one who got me to love the show.

I know people wanted 12 to regenerate at the end of The Doctor Falls. But, I love Twice Upon a Time and glad he regenerated then. He learned to accept change and keep going after his final battle with the Cybermen

The exclusion of Mels turning into River is criminal.

8th doctor's last words: Physician, heal thyself War doctor's last words: Wearing a bit thin. I hope the ears are a bit less conspicuous this time. 9th doctor's last words: rose before I go I just wanna tell you that you were fantastic absolutely fantastic and you'd know what? So was I!!!!!!!! 10th doctor's last words: I don't wanna go!!!!! 11th doctor's last words: When the doctor was me 12th Doctor's last words: Doctor I let you go 13th Doctor's last words: right then Doctor whoever I'm about to be tag you're it Final words of the doctor 😢

18:30 give props to the only Dalek sensible enough to shoot the Doctor on sight.

Paul McGann's regeneration was outstanding! I know it's been said many times but we missed out on a superb Doctor. Each regeneration still breaks my heart; original or new.

11 is always gonna be my doctor, but my god is 12’s regeneration the absolute best the show ever produced. The tardis noises and the angelic singing

The Modern Regeneration style may be known as the gold glow along with the high pitched sound effect, but there has been at least some variation between each version if you look close enough. For example the Eighth Doctor's regeneration looks quite simplistic compared to his future ones, the Ninth Doctor's looked like a yellow version of the time vortex, the Tenth Doctor's regeneration was like watching a volcano erupt, the Twelfth Doctor's slow motion regeneration effect appeared more as wavy lines like watching a lightning bolt, and the regenerations in the Chibnall era looking more like an orange river with how the particles flowed. The only downside to the Eleventh Doctor's regeneration effects were that the camera was very shakey that it was difficult to see it clearly, but also the actual change was a small light up around the Doctor's neck and the change happened off screen.

Peter Capaldi's regeneration was the best one for me. After everything he went through, he was a good man.

The fact that these are not in chronological order is infuriating to me.

Got to love Tennant returning with the classic triple "what!?"

That Matt Smith one gets me every time. 😭💞

(25:16 - 35:11) The 10th and 11th Doctor both have by far the saddest regenerations in New Doctor Who.

I love the music used when Jodie regenerated into David 44:47

Starts and ends with legendary comebacks. McGann's modern redemption minisode and the glorious return of David's spikey hair 😂 at least he gets the right hair in an anniversary special

I will always remember when Matt was the Doctor. I hope he returns in 60th maybe in Wild Blue Yonder.

I always love seeing David Tennant back in action! To save the best for last!

It's interesting that the modern style of regeneration started with the 8th Doctor, almost as if the Time Lords altered it in the Time War to protect themselves...

Still to this day I can't stand how fast 11 changed to 12. The monologue was fantastic but really needed time afterwards to let you feel the sadness. I felt the tears come but then boom 12 was already there before I could shed one.

26:44 “I don’t wanna go” 😢😢

Sylvester had the last unique regeneration into Paul, with the blue lightning, face gurning and bone crunching into a new face. Making them all look the same I suppose makes it easier to film and gives a standard look, but I miss the creativity and unique changes like Tom and Peter had.

I love Nine and Ten’s because they’re the absolute peaks of opposing ends of the emotional spectrum. Nine was cold and alone, bitter, vengeful, regretful and hesitant but by chance meets Rose, just an ordinary bored human inspired by the universe to try and be more, to be better, like he was in his beginnings, and she heals his tattered psychosis. Before Nine the Doctor didn’t really know or care for love. He allowed kinship and socialisation but was still starkly alien. In allowing love’s help, he is able to die dignified and renewed, optimistic and most of all unafraid, as he knows the process will be more traumatising for his friend. So he reassures her in the little time he has left. Ten meanwhile accrues the most friends of any Doctors and further allows the excitement and fun love provides, but by the end of his life absolutely nothing remains. One after the other, everything is taken from him swiftly and cruelly. Rose, Jackie and the redeemed Mickey the Idiot are separated from him eternally beyond unbreakable boundaries. Martha is unsatisfied by unrequited love and seeks it elsewhere. Astrid sacrifices herself for the greater good along with many others on the Titanic. Donna saved the universe but cannot know, nor ever remember her best friend or the wonderful things they saw and did. Adelaide defies his shattered morals and kills healed to maintain rightful order. Wilfred would rather the Doctor allowed him to give his life to save him, thinking himself expendable. In the end, he takes one final look at them all shining without him and ponders if he could ever face loss again, coming to terms with a solemn loneliness unlike any other. He didn’t want to move on, he wanted to right every unjust wrong he faced and become the best of himself, but there was no time left. It could not be helped. He faced his end afraid, totally alone, with the weight of guilt and sadness sharpening the pain into a dagger straight through his hearts.

I love how they said that they didn't want Jodie to regenerate into David with him wearing women's clothes because he will look silly; and then put the Master into Jodie's clothes.

I always liked the slight 'jaw morph' effect from 9 to 10.

I want the 14th Doctor’s regeneration to be either “Allons-y”or “I’m ready to go”.

I’m so glad McGann is included in this!!

2:52 "And all the other companions I probably had but can't remember due to constant memory loss..."

I like the modern regeneration but I’d like to see it go back to the older way once in awhile too. I liked when he was surrounded by his friends like when Tom Baker regenerated at the end of Logopolis. Switch it up and have each regeneration be a bit different. Have David’s Doctor in the upcoming specials be hugging Donna or her daughter or both. There’s a flash of light and we see Ncuti has arrived. It would be a nice way to pay tribute to the original series along with the the new series at the same time.

26:42 probably made everyone cry it even made me cry and I'm a tough cookie to brake

When you realise that every doctor since 10 has had a regeneration fake out (mainly for the trailers) before they actually regenerated 😅

matt smith regen made me cry😭😭😭

Honestly I loved the scene with the 8th Doctor, where it was a moment of "why me?" "you're last here" where I'm CERTAIN it was a GREAT mystery filled event that made my mind go wild with theories right down to feeling like it was a Star Trek Crossover at some point.

Does anyone else think that the destructiveness of a regeneration has to do with how long that iteration lived? Nine had only been around for like a year or 2 after he regenerates from War. 10 was active for much longer, and 11 spent over a thousand years on Trensalor before regeneration, and he blew up the daleks with his.

i see 10s Vale Decam regeneration and i instantly break no matter how many times i see this regeneration i always break, David Tennant the BEST Doctor he OWNED the role

My favorite Doctor is back!

Fantastic. Sad. Love regeneration keeps show going. Lifelong fan

11's first regeneration just looked extra crispy. Imagine if they manage to sneak in a new Doctor like that - our mines would have been blown. Of course, he would have missed one of his best seasons, but still

it feels like every Doctor regen gets progressively more powerful...

I think David Tennant's final regeneration broke me the most, because that damn music was so heartbreaking

Please give the 8th doctor his own series he deserves it

Peter regeneration speech is the best speech in the history of doctor who in my opinion

Best thumbnail of all time

'Physician Heal Thyself' Absolutely love McGann's line

Why I love doctor who, the enotion that comes out in the regeneration. So emotional and no matter the doctor I will always have tears coming down my face

Best show ever

25:07 This still hurts to watch even today

I cried buckets when Smith changed.

It would have been better if a timelinehad been followed instead of jumping around from doctor to doctor. Didn't we miss some of the Master's regenerations or were they not always shown? Despite the lack of order it was a good clip show and refresher course in Regeneration 2.0 (Regeneration Course 1.0 covers the first 7 regenerations.)

37:47 Did you notice the 4 knocks asap the Master is regarded how clever

honestly, the 13th Doctor's final words make more sense when you realize that Chibnall and the BBC were literally not even sure if the show was going to continue past that point. no new actor or writer lined up, the 80s all over again. for all the writing woes of his era, i'm very thankful Chris managed to convince Davies to come back. i would've taken another era headed by Chibnall than have no more Doctor Who.

Fun fact right before 11 regenerated and was walking up the stairs in the tardis, and you only saw his shoes, that was originally supposed to be the reveal of 12. They changed it and reshot it so 11 could say goodbye.

Nice!

God I miss Gwen Cooper, she could have her very own series imo. Possibly working along side other organisations and finding/working with the other torchwoods 😮 there was mention of other torchwood institutes out there, this is such a good plan for other series' now that the whoniverse is expanding.

Can someone explain to me what all the extra out-of-order non-regeneration scenes were about? Why they were included, and why in that order?

HA longest time I always feel Capaldi Dr influenced Rick and Morty. and at 15:57 I like the idea just him telling Clara He did, but instead just accidental/incidental death between them. Where I'm sure the General just needed to regen around that time.

Two regenerates they forgot to add Melody's regeneration and the 2nd Mels Regeneration from Lets kill Hitler

38:45 never noticed the cobwebs before 😂 does that mean there's regenerating spiders looming about the Tardis?

Was there much point posting this when Dave's regen is 1 month away

For a change, I’d like to see a regeneration with a swirling tornado type effect making its way from the Doctor’s feet to his head and ….. WHOOSH!

Even though it would be very risky (in part because of how much Doctor Who has fallen into tropes), I wish one regeneration would be a case of the Series 4 one but instead goes straight into the next incarnation, maybe by having the series beforehand building up to the idea that the Doctor would regenerate in the finale for the sake of getting a full goodbye like the other incarnations but then go into the next series as themselves only to have an important episode part way through where they need to regenerate and then just continue the adventure as the next incarnation.

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The 10th doctors regeneration is my favourite and also eleven.

13:39 radiohead the bends

McGann is the man here, great performance,

@27:55 matt smith saying nose will always crack me up

Nice video of all the regeneration scenes. The order feels kinda random. Not sure what the purpose of this ordering system is of the regeneration scenes? Is there one, or are they just kind of randomly scattered throughout the video?

Capaldis is so sad seeing as Chibnail forced him out

Tenth Doctor still hurts me

I'd love to see a couple of seasons with McGann as the Doctor, hes great here.

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I loved Clara as a companion, idk why people hated her. Jenna Coleman is just too damn cute

You missed melody , Mels and 13 changing back from the master

Donna was definitely the best companion, because she was a mate.

Hey BBC! Release 'Torchwood: Absent Friends'

River, Tecteun and the Timeless Child’s regenerations should be included too.

Always thought adding regenerations to the 13th doctor was a lazy plot. I'd just let him regenerate leaving it a mystery why he was able to do it after the 13th. Then I sent 14 to look for an answer to it and the only answer was "you're not 14, you're 17." Leaving an even bigger mystery.

Still so upsetting but I'm glad my favorite is coming back..

Because of blackmail from RU-vid-France, I can no longer watch your videos : but I can continue to like.

Hope this means we're getting a different regeneration effect for 'The Giggle'.

These kinda VFX looks better than the rgenerations of the past. They must keep it looking like this FOREVER.

That Amelia hit so hard, I don't know why.

Me to

I hope the 14th doctor will say "im ready now, next one come on up!..."

The two old men (War and 12) are the only ones to keep their eyes open as they regenerate. So 9 and 13 were the only Doctors to come into the universe with eyes wide open

You people are acting into the reality of the coming future 🔥.. Very interesting 👏🏾..The call box, next lifts or jet to take people to the other planets, intelligent ideas 🤔

I just rewatched the caves of androzani part 4. I’m gonna rewatch time and the Rani part 1 tomorrow. Anybody know what I’m doing?

I wondered if you were going to include Lenny Henry, Rowan Atkinson and the other Comic Relief Doctors in the lineup, just to be completist!

Obviously John Hurt is a legend, but I still maintain that Paul McGann should have been the war doctor. He's a true talent, even in the 5 minutes of well deserved love he gets in the run up to the 50th.

RTD, I know You may be able to read this comment. Please serve Paul McGann some justice and star him as The Doctor in a Multi-Doctor Episode, like what past writers did in The Day of The Doctor, The Three Doctors, and The Five Doctors

We need some variation. None of the regenerations in the classic era looked the same. The modern style looked awesome when Eccleston changed into Tennant but it's gotten played out. That's why I loved how it was just a quick flash when Smith changed into Capaldi.

The 11th generation was emotional

Now explain how it works

Im Im a MAN! Twig and berries! :) Still not a redhead! LOL! LOVE IT!

Why wasn’t melody ponds regeneration included in this 😢

on lake silencio, the doctor shouldn't have even been able to regenerate if the rules he stated at the end of his last episode were true

Doctor no more

The scene with Lake Silence really gave us the biggest clue he wasn't dead. He had no regenerations so it was all a ruse.

Going from the best to slowly going downhill and to the cursed number 13. I dont think anyone could have predicted that the Thirteenth Doctor would have been the worst Doctor. 13 however, is a very unlucky number.