Doctor Who 4x14 The Next Doctor - Clean Edit

Kind of hoping you can't find the next one and you can move onto waters of Mars, next one is a bit of a throw away and doesn't add anything but some may say it's funny.

Luckily it’s smooth sailing from here

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This special could be dismissed as a bit of filler, were it not for the talent of the incredible, incomparable, and irreplaceable David Morrisey, whose talent matched David Tennant's in every respect. Among his many accomplishments, he crated a truly unforgettable villain on THE WALKING DEAD. Plus, he's just such a snack. :-)

A beautiful Christmas episode! And it's very true what you said about saying goodbye - don't fear, although David Tennant is so special, so are others. Concerning your confusion at the beginning: Don't forget that Doctor Who is always inconsistent with their timey wimey stuff - so although the Doctor's not supposed to meet himself, it happened before - it would have been unsusual but not impossible at all to introduce the next doctor before the current one dies - and that is undoubtfully what they wanted to make us believe: That this was the 10th Doctor's last episode and that'll he regenerate into the one with the memory loss, maybe regaining his memory in the adventure with the 10th. But yay, more Tennant ahead. More possibilities to make us laugh and cry...

This one isn't too highly rated but I have a new found appreciation after seeing it for the first time in years with your reaction. Keep em coming Juliet, many thanks for the great reactions

Wonderful reaction, thanks Juliette! Please don't complain about the tears, with Doctor Who we often reach the highest highs (remember "Everybody Lives Rose, Just this Once!") and the lowest lows (for me it was Donna's exit and the Doctor's sort of eulogy of her to her family). When I watched this episode when it first aired, I had known the title for a week or more leading up to watching it and I knew we were at a transition point, so I really did think this was The Next Doctor, with some timey-wimey stuff happening for the transition.

Hi Jules, this episode was such a fun romp after the high drama of the season 4 finale. Good to have some laughs, even though, being Doctor Who, there is some heartbreak mixed in too. Glad you enjoyed it. The next special is a lot of fun too. Russell T Davies was really toying with us with the ‘fake’ registration at the end of ‘Stolen Earth’ and then calling this story ‘The Next Doctor’! Fun fact: David Tennant did a run as Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company after Season 4, partly the reason why there were only specials in 2009. So, he filmed this episode immediately after finishing ‘Journey’s End’. The original ending of that episode saw the Doctor returning to the TARDIS (after saying goodbye to Wilf) with a Cyberman lurking behind him at the console. There’s a clip of it somewhere on YouTube. Ultimately (and quite rightly!) they decided to delete that scene (excuse the pun!!) as it detracted from the emotion of the Doctor’s farewell to Wilf and Donna.

Wonderful episode, always a pleasure to rewatch it! And yep, they've gotta get you right at the end with that gut punch of "... they break my heart." Gets me teary eyed every single time. I think Tennant really does bring out a really deep and emotional side to The Doctor that always feels so sincere. Argh he's just the best! And there's even more great episodes ahead in this season!

I remember these specials well, I'm glad you liked this episode and I know you'll like the next few episodes as well (spolier: there will be more tears to come)

David Morrissey plays the next doctor and IMO have made a wonderful regulation Doctor. Also, recently the woke braniacs over at the BBC decided to rename xmas epis as "holiday special" so as not to offend muslims, non xtians and devil worshippers.

The Doctor's belief that he has no reason to live even more heartbreaking when you remember when he dropped Martha off at the end of the Doctor's Daughter and he told her that there's always something to live for. The loss of Donna has changed him.

Following the AMAZING and EMOTIONAL ending for Season 4 I'm looking forward to this fun romp. I remember when it first came out I had no idea who would be replacing David Tennant so the first half of this episode had me completely fooled, thinking we were watching "the next doctor" and this was the transition episode. And he would make a great one. I don't know if you had any spoilers ahead of time or if this fooled you too but I'm looking forward to watching it with you either way.

That’s perfect timing! I literally just subscribed to u on here about half an hour ago and just watched your Journeys End reaction (still sniffling from the tears btw) and now I get to watch this one right after! Thank you!