Is 'The Doctor's Wife' The Best Doctor Who Episode?
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2022
- The Doctor's Wife is one of the most acclaimed episodes in Doctor Who's history. Does it live up to the hype?
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Definitely the stand-out episode of series 6. The return of the coral TARDIS interior was such a satisfying moment. House was definitely one of Doctor Who's most memorable one-off villains. The Doctor's characterisation in this episode was superb. Most of time, the 11th Doctor was characterised as a bumbling man-child but here, he's portrayed as a dark, cunning and intelligent individual. Surrane Jones is the stand-out performance in this episode. She really sold the personality of the TARDIS. Ah, a real gold standard of an episode!
"Fear me. I've killed hundreds of Time Lords."
"Fear me. I've killed all of them."
Probably the most epic and my personal favorite Eleven line. *CHILLS!*
I remember the first time I watched it I was fully expecting him to respond with a one of those classic 10 monologues about being the oncoming storm and whatnot and was just absolutely blown away when I heard that line. Somehow it was just far enough out of my mind that I had almost forgot about his role in the time war
This is the Eleventh Doctor’s darkness within. In many ways it shows that Eleven is much more strong willed, able to contain his darkness and anger unlike the Tenth Doctor, who was seen give into his darkness and become the Time Lord Victorious.
This is a brilliant way of proving the Tenth Doctor right, that each regeneration is like dying, with a new man going sauntering away. It does this showing how the once angry, hate filled and short fused Tenth Doctor, has become the calmer, colder, strong willed and determined Eleventh Doctor. While at the same time showing how it is the same man, with that same darkness, now expressed in subtle lines like this.
@@tvguy61he killed them before 11 killed them all
11:04 speaking of Donna - she was another companion who the doctor tricked into going back to the TARDIS “for safety” only to have to completely backfire on them.
12:05 Has anyone else ever wondered if the Meta-crisis doctor is actually quite unhappy? Yes, yes, I know he gets to be with Rose but… can you imagine the doctor being truly happy stuck in one place forever without his TARDIS? I know he’s “different” than The Doctor in many ways, but he’s also not that different and we have seen how bored and frustrated he gets when he’s stranded for any amount of time, so even with Rose by his side I can’t imagine him truly fulfilled in that scenario.
We have seen how difficult it can be for his companions to adjust to normal life after they spend time traveling with The Doctor… so after 900+ years of traveling, I can imagine it would be quite an adjustment to be stuck in place and especially knowing that you’ll never be able to travel through time and space ever again.
you know theres a deleted scene where the doctor gives the meta-crisis doctor a chunk of the tardis to "grow his own tardis" so he could have his own one
@@gallohalt I didn’t know that - only what was mentioned here in this video about that idea being scrapped for whatever reason in the past. If it was a deleted scene, have the writers ever definitively confirmed if he did have that option of growing a TARDIS or not?
@@caitlynmarie2677 if you search in youtube "doctor whojourneys end deleted scene" theres a video called "doctor who - deleted scenes - part 4" and rtd does talk a little bit about the scene before it plays
In some written media, the Meta-Crisis Doctor has been confirmed to be growing a TARDIS in a U.N.I.T base located in Big Ben, and it's apparently close to being done. I don't know where this is from, cause I just picked the info up from his Fandom Wiki page.
@@badbromance272 I believe it's from a Big Finish story, so it's not 100% confirmed
I want to give a shout out to the "The only water in the forest is in the river" because that line was teased long before this episode came out, in the 2011 Edition of 'The Brilliant Book Of Doctor Who" there was a section where the Dream Lord gave out several lines and said one of them would be said in the upcoming next series.
In the end it turned out to be two, that line and a line from Marriage Of River Song.
Very clever foreshadowing
Do you know what the other one was?
I think it was “always 5.02 never 5:03” something like that that referenced the time break in marriage of river song
The "Always 502, never 503" quote was not a reference when it was written, but Moffat read it and decided to use it, retroactively making it a hint.
@@bowlerhatfilmsandreviews2778 Stop calling it the marriage it's the wedding of river song
I love how Smith delivers darker lines in a much lighter tone Tennant did, a reminder that the darker doctor is always there, he always bears the burden of having killed his people for the greater good and the liminalty between darkness and normality is becoming more and more vague, although its not really addressed until season 8 its definitely intresting and good character development
Over the course of RTD era, I kept waiting for the cloister bells to return and they only did at the end of Turn Left. I was just so pleased that the writers had not forgotten that if things were really bad then the Tardis would know.
When a remake goes on for too long it starts referencing itself instead of the original. For example Fugitive of the Judoon brings back Jack/the chameleon arch/the Judoon/nano genes
All of these are references to RTD era, further muddied because supposedly Ruth did the chameleon arch before the tenth doctor and turned her Tardis into a police box before William Heartnel did, but my main complaint is that there was more than 50 years worth of lore to explore and Chibnall chose to redo 2007.
If you are going to make an episode about time lords and Tardises than The Doctor's Wife is how you do it. You look up old episodes about Nisa and Teagan being trapped in the winding corridors and marking their path with yarn and lipstick. You bring back "the round things." You remember that Tom Baker deleted rooms before when escaping E-space. You also recall that he too swapped back and forth between two console rooms. You add The War Game's message boxes and you bring back the cloister bells. It is definitely an episode for the long time fans of the show. It's a shame it did not have the same budget as Journey to the Center of the Tardis but I actually prefer it more.
Honestly I wholeheartedly agree. Also to note it's spelt Nyssa and Tegan but that's pedantic
This is not a remake, is a continuation of the show.
@@mayotango1317 I never said it was. I said "a remake"
Even if it's not, your complaint has nothing to do with my actual comment, you are being a stickler for no reason.
“Did you wish REALLY hard” will always be my favourite one liner from Amy 😂 that’s such a her thing to say and that banter between the two is hilarious. 11 is so happy 😄
Yes!! There’s two legendary lines in this episode. That one and “just another Ood I failed to save”
This is such a spectacular episode, everything about it firing on all cylinders. The delivery of "fear me, I've killed all of them" is perfect, so cold and understated. And I cannot even see a glimpse of the final conversation between the doctor and the TARDIS without welling up, it's so beautiful
My favourite angry Matt smith moment is when he snaps at the colonel in a good man goes to war, best bit of acting in the whole series
My only gripe about that scene is when he says "look at me I'm angry that's new". Because Matt's Doctor baseline is more light hearted compared the others. That feels true in the moment you see the scene for the first time. But literally his second episode he's so angry he almost sends Amy home after he finds out about the whale, and again he's furious once he finds out about the flesh. Yes you could argue that he was testing Amy that time when he grabs her. But it did seem he had made a psychic link with the flesh since the things he mentions aren't things he should be able to know unless the flesh doctor told him off-screen to blend in.
And I would also argue countless other times where he doesn't show anger in that type of rage, but it's often when the doctor is angry and silent you should be the most worried. When he is angry and talking that generally seems to be him needing to vent. But when he is angry and silent, it generally doesn't end well for the other party, not that the doctors of any incarnation are generally on the losing side of any conflict. But they generally measure their responses and let quite a few things go all things considered, but when they don't. The losing side would probably have preffered death to the alternative.
@@Bacbi agreed I think that line was the scripts attempt of showing how the doctor felt invincible after being treated like a god that whole story so that the reveal of the trap at the end would play better and be a more humbling experience for him. But other than that specific line not being accurate the scene is perfect
I like in the beast below when he shouts NOBODY HUMAN HAS ANYTHING To SAY TO ME TODAY!
@@greigbutler4498 great moment
@@greigbutler4498 That's the moment that cemented Matt as the Doctor for me.
Neil Gaiman is my all time favorite writer. The Graveyard Book is one of my favorite books he's written. The Doctors Wife was also supposed to be much darker and include a much more intricate exploration of the inside of the TARDIS. But they had to go with running down corridors because of our good ol friend *budget*
it's michael sheen that voices house?! how did that go over my head? he did such a good job that i didn't even realise it was him
Imagine a world where Neil Gaiman somehow was In charge of all Doctor Who
Personally I could see him pull off something more spectacular with something like the Ruth Doctor having a spin off series that shows all kinds of adventures you couldn't do on regular Who, before how ever many regenerations she had before becoming the first doctor. But if he wanted to showrun and had a story after the next round I'd be all for it. Although I am hoping to fall in love with some new writer during the RTD era 2.0 that you could feel would know how to do the next transition in 4-5 years better.
I have three words for you: Nightmare in Silver.
Sounds pretty awful actually.
Harbo got something wrong. The tardis IS the longest serving character. We see the tardis before we meet the doctor
Wondered about that too. We first meet Susan and she goes to th4 Tardis steps inside we hear her talk while her teachers wonder why she's in that box.
i'd love for Gaiman to write a Dalek story
I never knew the House entity was voiced by Michael Sheen until about last year and I was *so* surprised but also not at the same time. His performance was so enjoyably creepy! 👏🟦
WHAT, oh my God, as someone who has watched good omens I find that incredible lol
@@katarinabrunk8698 As someone who has *also* seen Good Omens, I KNOW RIGHT?! 😊😆
Mr Sheen is an amazing actor and a blessing, it’s nice to see him in more evil roles.
I love to see a long (really long in this case) running show allow the fans that grew up watching it have a chance to write/act/direct their beloved show. It somehow makes the show feel really special, like by fans for fans kind of way.
Except for you, Chibnall.
This is one of those episodes that doesn’t have any issues. It’s a complete stand-out, amazing writing, amazing actors. Winning two awards, is just brilliant. In season 5, Matts Doctor is goofy, fun, the voice of reason. Then a season later he becomes the underdog, takes no shit from anyone. I love that.
This episode is beautiful. eerie, magical, whimsical, terrifying and heart-breaking all in one. a true emotional roller-coaster
I know it’s a hallucination but Rory dying yet again is just depressing and I feel sorry for him
And unimaginative. It's the elephant in the room though in this episode, which is otherwise very good: the whole chase-around-the-TARDIS bit with Amy and Rory is filler at best.
Neil Gaiman is such a Classic Who nerd lol
One thing that is usually missed is that this episode redeems Suranne Jones appearances on Dr Who related media as she appeared as the Mona Lisa brought to life in the Sarah Jane adventures
That’s a decent episode. Good character stuff for Sarah Jane and Luke as they continue to learn new things about being a mother and son, and the Chekhov’s drawing pad is pulled off well.
I like how at the end when the doctor is talking to the TARDIS "the doctor's wife", rivers theme plays.
OH MY GOD. I've never noticed that!
I hope we see an incarnation of the Corsair debut in Return of the Sea Devils
"Did you wish REALLY hard?" is probably the funniest line in all Who.
It would have been amazing to see what a bigger budget would have revealed of Gaiman's vision for the inner levels of the Tardis.
Definitely a stand out episode and one of my personal favourites. The only thing that would stop it from being a series finale is that it would need build up, which no doubt would have been the Doctor receiving cubes throughout the show. I think the revelation it was a trick would be a massive let down for a finale, whereas as a stand alone episode it’s absolutely amazing!
Amy and Rory feel like an actual couple, we get a scary malicious entity taking the the physical form of the TARDIS, the Doctor being tricked and lured into a trap, TARDIS exploration. The Doctor and the TARDIS being able to actually interact and the new squad revisiting the best modern console room. There's so much here.
Probably my favourite exchange in all of Doctor Who
“You didn’t always take me where I wanted to go”
“No but I always took you where you needed to go”
This episode is utter perfection as far as I’m concerned, such an amazing concept, wonderful acting, just overall outstanding
It also has probably my favourite 11 line in response to House saying “fear me I’ve killed hundreds of time lords”
“Fear me, I’ve killed all of them”
Chefs kiss
This literally gave me the chills :o
I love that exchange, though the 7th doctor might disagree :P
Would like the doctor's wife to play the doctor. She's so kind and charming in gentleman jack. Would be perfect!
If you havent seen it, check out A touch of Cloth. She is great there. Also, Karen Gillan is is series 3.
@@apanapandottir205 Thank you! Will do
suranne jones is my ideal choice for the doctor. i regret ever thinking it because now i wont be happy with anyone else
@@madmangogaming same haha. But I like the new guy too lol. We'll see:p
I like this episode a lot. Although something about the title is just so weird?
Like Series 6’s titles for their episodes seem to be callbacks or foreshadows to previous or future episodes
Like this is literally called “The Doctors Wife” even though the finale is called “The Wedding of River Song”
Like really? It’s so strange lil
Apparently the Doctor is into polygamy
@@KevinLeroyGrant Hah that’s so true XD
In the cyber man 2 parter with David tennant, the doctor says how the tardis draws energy only from stuff from their universe which is why the tardis isn’t alive in the other universe so it’s weird it doesn’t happen in this episode
1:58 This first happened in the end of time, and it also subsequently happened in night of the doctor, as well as with Missy, Rassilon and 13.
As much as I love all of the other stand-out moments and exchanges in this episode, I don't think there are many Doctor Who moments that are more touching than the very end, after Amy and Rory left and the Doctor is standing at the console by itself.
"Are you there? Can you hear me? Nah, I'm a silly old... Okay, the Eye of Orion or wherever we need to go-"
*lever on console pulls itself*
It's so simple but the way the TARDIS answered in its own way and the way the Doctor lit up with such joy is downright magical. As much as I prefer the Davies era overall, The Doctor's Wife might just be my favourite episode.
"Do you have a room?". One line that sets an entire series. Epic.
Every time I put this episode on our main T.V it’s ruined by granny saying “oooooh that’s Karen McDonald from Coronation St” (my granny is lovely and I love her very much,she she makes the best Poitín 🥃shhhhh❗️soda bread and mutton stew AKA as Irish stew but OMG she tho won’t shut up 🤗) I haven’t even watched Coronation St!!!!!!
Ha ha, great story. Its similar to why I can't watch Who when its aired on xmas day, the older and very young family members going 'who's that?', 'wasn't he in that drama', 'is that the woman who does the sofa adverts?' 'why are they running in a corridor?', 'what's that alien doing here?; etc etc. Can't watch without it turning into a who's Who quiztime! 😁
going through a re-watch and just got to this point last night. This is probably my favorite episode ever. the full spectrum of emotions not only the doctor go through but the viewer with him is such a rollercoaster, Matt really knocked this one out of the park.
Of the new Doctors, this was one of my favourite episodes. When she first screamed Where's my thief? I knew instantly that she was the TARDIS. 7:22 - 7:27 was one of my favourite exchanges, because it explains sooooo much. In the episode where Matt Smith meets Tom Bsker, I would have had one little bit added. After parting with Matt, Tom walks slowly up to the side of the TARDIS, gently puts one hand on it and says "Hello, old girl." Two tiny pats and then he continues on his way.
Neil gaiman wrote the book Coraline I lot of people like that book.
This is definitely a favorite WHO episode for me and I really look forward to watching your video on this fine story about the Tardis. Thanks for posting!
I'm not really a fan of Season 6, but this is definitely the exception. It's such a brilliant episode in every way, from concept to execution. The relationship between the Doctor and the TARDIS is both the most important and most overlooked aspect of the show, so it's nice to see it brought to the forefront. Especially since it manages, with one simple line - "I always take you where you need to go" - to recontextualise all of the Doctor's travels in a way that makes more sense, while also adding another dimension to his bond with the TARDIS.
I'm absolutely loving this series of reviews! Been binge-watching them, series 1-5 for the past two weeks. Should be proud. As a massive WHO fan I, like many others, wish that Neil Gaiman would've considered the showrunner position after Moffatt. However, I hold out hope that he'll return in some capacity in the future:)
So many great lines in this one. Mine is this exchange:
Idris: There’s a sign on my front door. You have been walking past it for seven hundred years. What does it say?
The Doctor: That’s not instructions!
Idris: There’s an instruction at the bottom. What does it say?
The Doctor: “Pull to open.”
Idris: Yes, and what do you do?
The Doctor: I push!
I still remember the first time I saw this episode with my brother. We were blown away. It really was a gift to doctor who fans.
“I used to have a lot of round things… I wonder where I put them.” 🤗
Give me a novelisation of this story. I want all of those unused ideas on paper, and Gaiman would get so many chances to develop new ones too
Been waiting for this one. One of my top 5 eps. Magnificently crafted. Thank you.
What are all your 5?
For me, the best preformance of this episode is Suranne Jones. Completely mad, perfect delivery of the jokes and actually also playing it straight. Love it.
To be fair, you could hand Gaiman a blank check with access to all the money in the universe, and it still wouldn't be enough to keep up with his vision.
I became a fan of the concept of the TARDIS when I was nine years old, and visiting England with my family, and seeing the second Peter Cushing Dalek feature film in cinema there.
I learned a few years later it was based on a television program, and when the Tom Baker series began airing in America in the 1970s, I was hooked on that aspect as well.
When the Cloister Bell was introduced, it seemed like it would be a one-off.
Now, like the ominous heartbeat sound of a Dalek ship control center, when I hear the Cloister Bell, my insides twist. I literally use the Cloister Bell as a ringtone for one of my less trustworthy acquaintances with whom I often have to deal.
I feel _The Doctor's Wife_ is one of the high-water mark episodes.
I always think I’m not a huge fan of this one but then whenever I check it out i realise how phenomenally written it is, so thematically deep, well design and wittily written!! Great analysis!!
“Did you wish really hard” 😅🤪
Did you wish really hard 😂😂😂
And fear me I've killed hundreds of time lords. Fear me I've killed all of them. Definitely my favourite conversations.
When I watched Doctor Foster I just kept thinking so that was Idris's life before she became the Tardis
Excellent review.
Absolute banger of an episode, although I'd be very intrigued to have seen this done as a two-parter, which would have given us more TARDIS jiggery for Amy & Rory at the hands of House aaaaand of course more glorious character work between Matt and Suranne...or Smith & Jones if you will...😉
the house was originally intended to be the great intelligence
Man I love all the ironic lines in this episode.
The way sanctity of the TARDIS is being subverted also was done in Amy’s Choice, limited options despite being in the place that should present an infinity of them. The solution both times involve purging the TARDIS of an outside influence, the psychic pollen for Amy’s Choice and House here.
This is my favourite episode of Smith's tenure, my favourite of the Moffatt Era as a whole and easily in my top ten episodes of the revival.
That cube looks more like the Space Gem.
It's my favourite episode ever, looking forward to this one!
Jsut came to mind that since house trapped timelords, the 2 people the doctor was talking to who already lived on the asteroid were literally made FROM timelords..
I loved it when I first saw it. It’s been a while since I also had a massive crush on Matt Smith back then.
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Not the best perhaps, but one of my favorites by far. I really like the Impossible Planet/ Satan Pit as well
On the console room, the Corral one does give me nostalgia but not a big fan of the Bits-and-Pieces one. Eleven's second one and Twelve's is just damn sexy, though.
Can anyone else hear HOME - Flood in the background of this video. Good choice. Good video.
The "Naughty Girl" follewed by a second of silence cracked me up harbo, I've spilled my drink!
Without exception, when that mythical pair of eternal partners-in-heroics exchange their final words, I'm reduced to more of a blubbering weepy shambles than Eleven is, by orders of magnitude.
WEIRD, i just watched this episode last week and had no memory of it, damn Silence
One of my favorite episodes in Series 6. Glad you got around to reviewing it!
Honestly if Suranne Jones hadn't been Idris I think she would be such a fun actress to play The Doctor
This episode in particular reminds me of how we'd make pizza every Saturday and watch the new Doctor who while we ate.
Brilliant casting in Jones.
You're the winner in my life as a time lord. She's are very special lady that takes care and loves me. WHO KNOWS 🙂🙂
Love these reviews but my one complaint about this one is that you definitely didn’t get the idea behind the killer in Saw😂
It's entirely likely that we'll see more older TARDIS control rooms come back over time when the narrative calls for it, via CG anyway. All the way back in the 90s, they used CG to make most of the bridge of the TOS Enterprise for the TNG episode Relics, and, for the 90s, it was pretty convincing. Certainly we can do better than that now.
100% agree with your assessment 😇
I've been waiting for this one!!!
I didn’t realize how good this episode was when I first saw it. Actually I didn’t understand it at all.
Thank you for explaining it to his poor sailor.
This remains my favorite Mat Smith episode. Dare I say, it's the best one that isn't the 50th anaversary special.
I may have to re-watch all of season 6...maybe I missed the point when I first saw it
Quite a good episode, but for me the 40th anniversary release "Zagreus", with Nicholas Courtney as the TARDIS is closer to how I saw and felt the Doctor and the TARDIS's relationship being.
That said, great video and everyone is more than entitled to have their own opinion, that's what makes life fun.
1:56 yes and no, in the 1999 special staring rowan Atkinson (Mr bean) he regenerates a few times then into a women
Incidentally enough, the 13th doctor in the special was the one to be a woman
@@Ember_Trans_Cat Indeed, It was quite funny
The phenomenal Surrane Jones.
If you like that kinda stuff, Suranne Jones and Karen Gillan are both in the amazing show A touch of Cloth.
Why didn't the Tardis or the Doctor searched for a cameleon circuit in all those tardis cases ? Even if the Doctor loves the Blue Box look , a cameleon circuit is usefull when they need to be in hiding in plain sight ? If bits were all over and the Doctor's habits were to collect bits from all over and use in his Tardis at least in 9-11 Doctor's generations why not steal a device that is crucial in times of need from a long dead construct that was one a Tardis .
This is my second favourite after the girl in the fire place
This is my fav episode
“What are you gonna do, throw them away?” Yes that’s literally what he did. It’s a scrapyard 😂
The first time I watched this episode, I admittedly had nightmares.
This is one of best episodes of new who but I can’t help but think how high my expectations were for nightmare of steel after seeing this story, I stopped watching doctor who in 2011 and watched both series 6 and 7 back to back in 2014 before series 8 how could he write this and then nightmare in silver 😂💔
I mean, yeah, this episode is top class. Contender for the GOAT, though not my personal pick. Impossible not to love this one through and through.
not as important, but this episode also taught most of us the word "petrichor"
Oh wow, 2.1k like, I love how the whole number flicks through just to add a fucken .1
Imo, the only smith episode that could seriouly be in the competition for best dw episode.
Meh, he had so many great ones.
In my humble opinion; Vincent and the Doctor, a Christmas Carol, a Good Man goes to War (some dislike this one but I think it's an impressive "Dark Doctor" episode, a theme for which I'm always excited), The God Complex are some of the best and most unique Doctor Who episodes. Also, the Eleventh Hour is the best introduction episode to a new Doctor.
Possibly Smith’s best!
Knowing this episode was intended for series 5 explains a lot about this episode. Much like the bubble universe this episode takes place in, The Doctor's Wife is a weird oddity in Series 6.
I'm not a fan of series 6 at all, but the Doctor's Wife is certainly a cut above the rest of the series. Unfortunately, Amy and Rory seem to have regressed again because the show seems to constantly forget they're married now, but they still have the same conflict all the time. Suranne Jones and Matt Smith have great chemistry, and it's one of the few times Smith really gets to show his fill range as the Doctor. But annoyingly, we have to constantly cut back the less good stuff with Rory and Amy.
No marriage is perfect or ideal, there will always be doubts or moments that remind each other why they love each other in the first place.
@@mayotango1317 But that's not the same as pretty much never acknowledging they married very recently, and the show never presents it as that. And, Amy literally tried to cheat on Rory with the Doctor on the literal morning of her wedding.
Yes. It's perfect.
I love Neil Gaiman