Doctor Who 7x16 The Time of the Doctor

Doctor Who never seems to stop surprising me with new bests, firsts, and favorites. Matt Smith's is my favorite regeneration. I love his contemplative speech, I love the Raggedy Man callback, the whole shebang. [deleted my thoughts and comments on Capaldi, better to wait for you to watch a bunch. he's an incredible actor but I have both good and bad things to say about the season] Kidneys!

It's been 11 and half years since this episode first aired, and to this day I bawl like a baby when Amy turns up. "Raggedy Man... good night." Every. Single. Time.

Such a great episode for Matt Smith to bow out on and sucks handles had to go too but I'm looking forward to see your reactions to 12's era, my personal favourite Doctor!

11th was my first doctor, but 12 is THE doctor.

Once you get use to him you're going to love the 12th. Actually, I don't think this is a spoiler that Peter Capaldi also played Caecilius the father from Pompeii.

Goodbye Matt Smith, hello Peter Capaldi, I love this episode, the shot of the doctor with the silence is still one of the best bits this show had produced, it was also a brilliant ending to an amazing doctor Now 12 is my favourite doctor but you might take a bit of time to get used to him, he's different but still the doctor

10 was my first Doctor but 12 is MY Doctor, can't wait to go on his journey with you!

"This is gonna go one of two ways..." That hurt, knowing that it will be actually both.

I'm several episodes behind in your Doctor Who reactions so won't watch this one just yet however I wanted to jump in to say that you are entering my favorite era of the show (series 9 being my absolute favorite) with my favorite Doctor. My intention is not to set high expectations, or bias your opinions as everyone has different opinions and you may very well dislike this era or doctor, but just wanted to say as someone who's been loving your reactions since way back when, I'm so excited that you are now in my favorite era (even if you don't like it, I'm still here for your reactions to it). Ok, so now I've got to catch up quickly so I can follow along in real time lol.

Yes, Smith was a great Doctor. Capaldi is 1 of my favorites. Should go back and watch Tennant episode involving Pompeii. Will, probably say more on YT edit. Okay, back to Alice Madness Returns.

"Talk very fast. Hope something good happens. Take the credit. Generally that's how it works." - The 11th Doctor

"On the fields of Trenzalore, at the fall of the eleventh. When no living creature can speak falsely or fail to answer, a question will be asked. A question that must never ever be answered." - Dorium in 'The Wedding of River Song'. Dorium told us all about this episode and we didn't even know it yet. The quote "Because what's the point in them being happy now if they're going to be sad later? The answer is, of course, because they are going to be sad later." from 'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe' seems so connected to the 50th anniversary specials when you think about it. You watch 'The Day of the Doctor' and you're so happy, past Doctors and a (sort of) companion coming back, Gallifrey coming back, it's literally a whole celebration of the first 50 years of the show. Then, you get to the very next episode 'The Time of the Doctor' and by the end of it you're crying with sadness as 11 is regenerating. If that quote from 'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe' doesn't perfectly sum up these 2 episodes, I don't know what else does. Handles is officially the longest companion to the Doctor. He was with him for 300 years. Sure, the Doctor has met a companion and still seen them hundreds of years later (like with Amy) but he wasn't with them for all those years. Whereas with Handles, he was. Also, the regeneration is so quick because it was basically fully completed. He had a full on regeneration to change to his younger form. 10 only had to heal a few scars, 11 had to completely deage every cell to reset himself. So, the regeneration was already like 90% done. So it makes sense to be so sudden. Also fun fact, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan both had wigs on during that final scene. Karen was filming for 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and Matt was filming for 'Lost River' and both required short/bald cuts. They were very annoyed with themselves for not thinking to film a blooper where they do the scene in each other's wigs.

Matt's speech at the end is a killer, it's so good! It's such a good episode and also fantastic round up of his time on the show, a beautiful ending. Goodbye bowtie :(

Interestingly, Matt Smith wore a wig for this episode, as he had a buzzcut for a film with Ryan Gosling. So when you saw the Doctor bald it was probably a far easier make up job to pull off. To make it even more weird, Karen Gillan was also wearing a wig as Amy, as she was also nearly bald, as she was filming for Guardians of the Galaxy. Probably the baldest episode of the whole show!

i cant sync with the full version it is going faster what is wrong with it :D

Delighted to see you are entering into the next Doctor; and the bittersweet ending of his character here is one of the craziest we get, with almost 3 seasons worth of story flowing into one last story. I’m not sure if others have mentioned, but essentially this last episode was originally planned as an entire series in his head by Steven Moffat, and so when Matt Smith announced his departure, he had to think on his feet and reduce it somewhat. However, I feel this was the perfect way to tie everything together; and seeing your heartfelt reaction really was heartwarming and bittersweet to see how attached we get to each Doctor. I eagerly await the next episode, and can’t wait to find out all your thoughts on the stores to come in the future. We’re with you on this journey and proud to be here. One last Geronimo! Goodbye, dear Eleventh. And now onto The Twelfth…

Twelve’s here!!! My co-favorite Doctor, can’t wait to see what you think

Half way through what I consider to be the golden era of NuWho, which for me starts halfway through series 4 and runs through to the end of the Moffat era. Ive been watching since Pertwee (3rd) and for me much of this part of the modern era rivals and even exceeds much of Classic and sits comfortably alongside its best.

This episode, in my opinion, really manages to tie together the 11th doctors era into one last adventure. Bringing back the story threads of Silence / "silence will fall", the crack in time, the Kovarian Chapter (led by madam kovarian in series 6), the oldest question hiding in plain sight and of course Trenzalore. The Regen scene itself is one of my favorites of the doctors. Partly due to Matt's speech of change and respecting who you've been and taking that into the you that you will grow into in the future. And also partly due to Murray Gold's soundtrack that quite frankly is just so beautifully stitched together from different themes. And now we enter the era of the 12th doctor who is probably my favorite of the modern Doctors. I genuinely can not wait to see how you feel about his era. You have also seen the actor before as he appeared in the series 4 episode the fires of Pompeii alongside 10 and Donna (as well as a pre Amy Pond Karen Gillan). Now we have an end of an era. Or to put it another way "this song is ending, but the story never ends".

Beautiful reaction as always. 11 is amazing and that speech alongside Amy appearing always kills me, as well as the poem scene with Clara. Just would like to really recommend an adventure in space and time before you move onto the next series at its part of the 50th Anniversary 😊

When you watched the last story I wondered if you'd pick up on the significance of "No Sir, all Thirteen!" as a sneak peek of the next Doctor, and I'm glad you didn't. You didn't seem to recognise the new Doctor either but you'll soon realise where you've seen him before in the show. This is the saddest regeneration for sure and no matter how many times I watch it even listening to the soundtrack gets me welling up, perhaps the only regeneration (or even moment in the show) that gets me in tears. I knew poor you wouldn't stand a chance. When first watching it was adult Amy's surprise cameo that really did it to me. Moffat really knew how to do regeneration scenes and stories and both of his were wonderful. Aside from that, this was a great ending for Eleven with so many returning enemies and calling back to the various story arcs of his era, including finally explaining the nature of the Silence and wrapping up the Trenzalore story. It was particularly sweet that fish fingers and custard was both his first and last meal and Amy managed to be the last face he saw as well as the first. Twelve is actually my all time favourite Doctor. He'll take a bit of getting used to after Eleven as it's another particularly big change but hopefully you'll come to appreciate him as I get the impression you will for all the Doctors you meet, no matter how much you're sad at losing the last one.

This day, the tears weren't so happy...

RIP 11... but BEST DOCTOR IS HERE

David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi are generally considered the peak years of "new" Doctor Who. Most people immediately liked Matt Smith, whereas Peter Capaldi was a harder transition for many (not me). Tennant is my favorite doctor, Matt Smith a close second, but Peter is great also. There are many people who consider Peter to be their favorite doctor. So don't despair if it takes a little longer for Peter to grow on you. Steve Moffat is still the showrunner and primary author, and although there are always a few clunkers, there are plenty of great episodes still coming!

So exited

Don't worry, you'll also love 12/Peter Capaldi. He takes a while to really get into the role but once he gets there, boy does he get there.

Who's been cutting onions......... 😢. The Christmas Cracker poem always gets me lol.

Here we are at the end of the 11th doctors era and I definitely got tissues ready for this one. 11 was just as good as 10 and i still remember crying on Christmas Day when it aired and he changed, broke my heart but I carried on and the 12th doctor is just as good and magical in his own way! Season 8 here we come!!! ❤️

Been waiting for this one