Dalek: “Sir, he doesn’t have a plan. We can-“ Colonel Runaway: “Say my name.” Dalek: “Runaway!” Colonel Runaway: “You’re damn right we should. I’m already packing my bags.”
yeah, the way spittle was flying out of his mouth during his rant to the captive Dalek in the episode that reintroduced them to the franchise was just CHILLING "WHY DON'T YOU RID THE UNIVERSE OF YOUR FILTH! WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE!" *chef's kiss*
From his point of view at that moment he had destroyed his entire planet and people to get rid of the Daleks... and here they still were, and his people were all gone.
I will admit about the writing of the series after his run, it made more sense. This doctor was angrier and more willing to take life. The future regenerations were shown to have learned from this one. They tended to have cooler heads, and were a bit more forgiving. They'd still be willing to touch a bunch of buttons they shouldn't and turn any well laid plan into a fireball, but you were usually given a chance to stop the shenanigans and surrender first. It let the Doctor show a growth in patience as he healed from his trauma. It also let him realize that descending on entire alien races like a hammer blow might work, but it would cause problems afterward.
I love how one of the Daleks looks at Rose after 9th says no, and then tries to elaborate that they'll exterminate her, as if even this cold-blooded murder cyborg was thinking "Oh man, that's cold."
Shame they didn't include the best part. When the entire Dalek battle fleet just starts freaking out "The Doctor is coming! The Doctor is coming! THE DOCTOR IS COMING!"
The nice part about Daleks is they're malicious, but not exactly petty. They have very good threat assessment. Ergo why they don't just kill Rose right there. Doctor is coming either way, she's irrelevant, they need to HUSTLE
@clayxros576 because she's not important at that point the bigger threat is the Doctor himself and just pissing him off lowers your survival from marginally above not gonna happen to "we'd be better off staying in the Time War."
Yep and he said he'd come back to the show if they sacked a bunch of the writers and such that have been taking the IP downhill in recent years. The ones 'going woke' if you will
What’s sad and amazing is he thinks he didn’t do a good job. But this scene is the reason I’m as hooked on doctor who as I am. (I regularly rewatch clips and episodes from every series)
He is were the "run" started and it carried on through tenant and smith and clara that one line sparking a theme to last for years "hi I'm the doctor 😊 run for your life"
Me: how many children was on Gallifrey when you burnt it Doctor? Oh that's right nearly 3 billion and they say Hitler was evil! Rose: seriously the Doctor killed 3 billion children? Me: yep! Rose: Take Me Home...NOW
@@RosenrotRtLiebchen87 Yes and the Doctor destroy Gallifrey along with committing genocide. And it took him 400 years to think of another way to end the Time War. Doesn't stop the fact that the War Doctor kill 3 billion children and the fact that the tenth Doctor said (if you look up the genocide) in the dictionary you'll find a picture of me
"And doesn't THAT just scare you to death!" When someone is so powerful, so dangerous, so unpredictable, that a simple statement like that can be volumes.
@@ahawdjkmwodjikma6543 the only Doctor in new who that could be considered outright bad is thirteen and that’s because her writers were entirely incompetent. Other than that every doctor brings their own flavor. Nine is harsh but fun, tennant is fun and heroic, smith is equal parts silly but dangerous, and twelve had an amazing knack for public speaking that sucks you in also his dry wit is hilarious
Ninth doctor is super underrated, stern but sincere, intense but silly, morally ambiguous at times, but always ended up doing the right thing. Wish he’d been there longer than one series
Agreed. I will say that, in my opinion, Christopher Eccleston's one-season run as the 9th Doctor is way better the Jodie Whittaker's entire 3-season run as the 13th Doctor.
@@williamcortelyou9072 True, but the saying still kinda applies to any regeneration of the Doctor...also, in the "Twice Upon a Time" number Twelve was called that by the alien (I think)
It's was the first regeneration since the Doctor of War so the time war was still fresh for him and dictated some of his actions and yea it's just a saying, just like " Demons Run when a good man goes to war"
He did. He carries a screwdriver. A screwdriver is a tiny pointy stick for screwing something up, down, or sideways, or stabbing someone or something or nothing. Perfect for conceal carry for stabbing later on or screwing someone's day.
I love the determination behind what he's saying with one simple word: *No.* Then explains himself in excruciating detail. The pacing of this reminds me of the scene where Rory is confronting the Cybermen; _nothing is going to stand in his way._ And after the pause... "Would you like me to repeat the question?". Just like Nine here telling Rose he's coming to get her. Such perfect timing...
“But you have no weapons, no defences, no plan!?” “Yeah… and doesn’t that scare you to death!!?” Love that!! Hopefully we’ll see you in the 60th Christopher!!! 👀
@@greigbutler4498 I can’t understand why Big Finish never made an audio where Nine teams up with Ten, I mean, they constantly do audios with both actors, why not do a multidoctor story just once? Chris was the only Doctor who never got to interact with another incarnation
@@adamnevraumont4027 They don't know his plan. Either way, keeping her captive (as human as she is) is a bad idea. Humans meddle with stuff. Better to kill her off asap so you can devote less resources to keeping her captive and under surveillance, more to destroy the Doctor when he starts whatever plan he has
@@shaunhayes3072 I think it was just so the episode could happen without a paradox If they acted logically, we or the Doctor would see the TARDIS materialize around her (if that's what he actually did) because the Doctor wouldn't let her die, therefore leaving the episode with no stakes
Yeah he's my favorite. I really liked how he played a doctor who really hated the daleks. He was pissed when he saw one for the first time in centuries
In one of the old episodes, a time lord makes a comment that the Doctor possesses 'The Moment', which was a reference to having the ability to create a solution and a way out at the juncture point in time. The moment cannot be planned on ahead of time, it must occur in the moment when it is needed the most.
I always loved that scene from ‘the library’ episode where the doctor tells the vashna occuying the suit to ‘look him up’ and the scary shadow monster immediately recedes
@@danielhaire6677 Also, from "The Pandorica Opens", "REMEMBER every black day I ever stopped you, and then, AND. THEN. ANNND THEN. - DO the SMART THING…let somebody else try first.”
If anything the doctor is more dangerous when the odds against him because he has to pull some insane stuff to survive. The doctors most intelliegent moments are when he is backed in a corner with no viable chance of survival
Also awesome, is that he totally explains the plan and the Daaleks are like but how the hell are you going to do that and he's like "IDK and isn't that just terrifying" So he's simultaneously saying here's my plan My plan is that I don't have a plan
Also scary cause the Doc has centuries to back up his threat. And they know that. He gas no plan, no weapons, but he WILL carry out his threat. The only person ever who can make Driven Exterminators panic
Nine brought back the Doctor so well, and set the tone for everyone else that came after. “No plan no weapons, doesn’t that scare you to death?” Is a Moto I try to live by.
@@famicom_guy Not just the BBC but RTD and his production team specifically. Probably why he’s doing a “multi-doctor” anniversary special for Big Finish with an alternative universe Doctor instead.
I wish he had 3 seasons like the other doctors 😭 10 might be my favorite, but 9 is the one that hooked me in. He did so, so well (and still does in the audio books!)
In a way, it's good that Christopher only had one series as it allows us to savour some of the best episodes in the rebooted franchise. Also, this was the Daleks at their best. Loved the depth and distortion Nicholas Briggs added in S1 as their voices in S2 and 3 sounded too clean for me.
In a bittersweet way, his run being shorter works for the Doctor's wider character arc. He nearly went full villain at 9's finale, and him regenerating soon after to a (less merciful) more happy persona represents him starting to heal from his war trauma. Chris was a 9/9 for sure, but I can't help but feel we got the perfect amount of him, not too little.
This was MY Doctor. When I never watched the show and only saw Tennant clips on Tumblr I thought the show was all about David until I eventually caved and watched the show for myself. Eccleston surprised me when I expected Tennant, but by the end of my very first season of Dr.Who I was so sad to see him go. The show still went on to be FANTASTIC, but it wasn't the same ever again. I will say Matt Smith is my 2nd Doctor because he really gave it his all and had fun with it, but Eccleston will forever be my first and most favorite Doctor of them all.
Same here. I was hurt and sad when he left the show. I was quickly thrilled by David Tennant and then Matt Smith but the writing just went downhill after that and it was hard to watch.
@@windywednesday4166 I mean the writing went downhill at the same time as matt smith joined, not after, cuz moffat doesnt know how to characterize the doctor or write overarching plotlines
Definitely a good scene, however I think I have to call my favorite moment from Nine being in the Rose episode when he is telling her "who he is" and talking about the spin of the earth. It's honestly a rather simple speech compared to my favorites from other Doctors, but I think that's part of what makes it such a strong one. If it isn't my favorite moment, then it does still hold the place of favorite speech from Nine.
I still think about his opening Monologue to Rose on the regular. It was the moment that actually made me fall in love with the series. "I can feel it... The turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour. And I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world. And, if we let go... That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler. Go home." CHILLS EVERY TIME
Honestly to every species in the universe except for humans, the doctor is the enemy. Including the time lords. Even later when Matt Smith is introduced (or even David tennet) the doctor gives big speeches.
Tennant played Killgrave in Jessica Jones, Matt Smith played the villain in Morbius as well as an evil character in The Dance of Dragons, Peter Capaldi played the Thinker in Suicide Squad, etc
Rose was such a Phenomenal character so beautifully acted. Christopher Ecclelston was so different from the other Doctor Who Actors. He really left an impression.
They said explicitly that he had no plan (how could they know that?), and he agreed that they were right, so he was not revealing his plan, just his objectives.
Urm… Who said the Doctor wasn’t the villain? From the Dalek’s perspective he’s the most evil creature in all creation. He’s the devil made real, the death of all things… He is The oncoming storm
Yeah, he later describes himself as having been "full of blood and anger and revenge." Maybe not the villain, but he's not really a hero in this moment either. He acts as if he's still fighting the time war... until he refuses to pull the trigger in the next episode.
I mean, the Daleks are defined by hatred, they are entirely indefensible, it's pretty weird to say that being terrifying to a Dalek makes one a villain.
@@docAvid314 doing evil even when done to evil is still evil. The doctor isn't a hero. The doctor is just a person trying to do what they see as right. They are genocidal and wiped out entire species...or tried to. Even their own species. Retcons get confusing. At the very best you could call them an anti-hero.
@@docAvid314 you say that. My point, however is that to the Daleks the doctor is a villain. Remember that no one actually choses to be "evil" from the Dalek perspective they are the good guy's they are doing what they think is right, and then along comes a demon, the devil himself, and destroys them. There is nothing they can do, across time and space this one person stops them over and over again.
A lot of people miss the Big Brother reference here. This episode starts like an episode of Big Brother with The Doctor becoming a housemate. “[Name], I’m coming to get you!” Was what Davina would always say just before someone left the house in Big Brother. It’s a subtle way to top and tail the episode.
He was exactly what was needed; he brought an edginess and goofy humour to Doctor Who after years of it being seen as a bit of a nerdy joke. He paved the way for David and Matt and for the series to regain mass popularity. He was also great in The Second Coming
I loved Christopher’s Doctor. Caring. Compassionate. Ruthless. Ferocious. Still heavily wounded from the Time War. Where he destroyed (or believed) both Time Lords and Daleks.
He did more than that. He brought new people to watch the show. I’m old I used to watch Doctor Who back in the 80s. I was surprised to learn that my teenage nieces were watching this.
I miss this type of doctor so much. He died with Capaldi. Capable, confident, a believable representation of a Time Lord who has lived for hundreds of years, seen everything, done everything, always three steps ahead of everyone else. I think I'm gonna re-watch those seasons instead of trying the new one.
@@obiwankenobi687 you sure, him referencing he has no guns, and "Doesn't that scare you to death?" Also, in Hellbent, if I'm not mistaken the Gallifrey military sides with the Doctor because he's weaponless and "The first thing you notice about the War Doctor is that he has no weapons, and for many, that's also the last"
@@Gabriel131512 This is the first series of the show, the War Doctor was in Day of the Doctor after S7, and effectively retcons the thing that underpins the 9th doctor's arc in this season. The doctor not having weapons is kind of a common thing with the character because he generally hates them.
Wow... In the debate of best doctors I feel like this man isn't as discussed as much as he should be. For such a short time he made a hell of an impression
He did something even better. The show couldn't have skyrocketed like it did without the absolutely fantastic performance he put on as Nine. He literally built the bedrock on which the modern show sits.
