For reference, the spaceship in this story is the Byzantium. When the Doctor met River for the first time back in the library episode, ‘Crash of the Byzantium’ was one of the incidents in her diary that she asked him if he’d done yet.
@@Venemofthe888 Well she never knew that ten was before 11. as she said in this episode she had photos of all his faces. but that doesn't mean she knows what order they come in :)
"Something you never, ever, put in a trap." I love Matt Smith's doctor. He's giddy and childlike, giggling and dancing his way across the cosmos, and then every now and then the mask slips, and you see the impossibly ancient being who has fought hurt and lost more than you can ever know, and it's positively chilling.
It's amazing he was able to pull that off as well as he did. There have been great actors to play that role. Some who are technically better actors. But he's the only one who I can completely see as that ancient being.
The crazy thing about the "whatever takes the form of an angel becomes an angel" rule is that, in Blink, Sally gives the Doctor a folder containing the DVD transcript and (I believe) photos of the angels. This happens before the Doctor and Martha are sent back in time by an angel. So it's *possible* that the angel that got the Doctor and Martha was born of those photos. It's unlikely given that he didn't know the image rule before this episode, but it's fun to think that the thing that saved the Doctor and Martha is the same thing that got them into trouble in the first place. Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey!
One little thing about the Doctor, River, and the familiarity of his past companions. River knows something that none of his prior companions that we've met knew, Not Donna, not Martha, not Rose, not Sarah Jane. Remember, as we learned in "Forest of the Dead" River actually knows the Doctor's name, or at least she did by that point in her timestream.
Hi Jules, if memory serves the beach scene of the Doctor, River and Amy was the very first filmed for series five. Alex Kingston (River's actress) helped Matt and Karen figure out how to get into their rolls/put them at ease etc. To help you understand the relationship between the Doctor and River (spoiler-free) is to think of it like this; the more the Doctor knows River, the less she knows him, and the more River knows the Doctor, the less he knows her. Their timelines are back to front and go in the opposite directions. A very unique and intriguing premise imo and I think you'll really love how their story unfolds :) Just keep in mind that the Doctor hasn't actually 'met' River yet so don't feel confused just enjoy!
They said in an interview that the first shot they took with River and the Eleventh Doctor was River falling on top of him as he rescues her in space. Apparently, she accidentally kneed him between the legs when they shot it.
Awww I love that this was their first filming! It's kind of weird to me how it's filmed out of order, but then I don't work in TV! I don't know how they manage it, but that's why they are actors and I am not haha! If I think about River too much, my head just gets too confused so... I'll take your advice and just enjoy 💜
A fun little bit of history; during the initial broadcast of this episode on BBC One, The Doctor's 'One thing you never put in a trap' speech was overshadowed by a pop-up ad for the next show, which kinda ruined the cliffhanger. This resulted in *tens of thousands* of formal complaints to the BBC (for comparison, other severe and sometimes outright offensive incidents have been known to generate *dozens* of complaints), and they promptly promised to stop doing it. I guess there's one thing you don't put in Doctor Who if you're smart; ads.
Is was Graham Norton, who also interrupted the first ever episode of new Doctor who in 2005. When Rose first sees the Autons in the shops basement, audio from the mics in the studio leaked into the broadcast over the doctor who audio When RTD wrote the novelisation of the episode he included a line in the book that rose could hear an Irish comedian on a radio in the background - Graham Norton
"That which holds an image of an angel becomes itself an angel." First gas masks, then broken clocks, then statues and now images of statues. I can't look at any of them the same way again lol. 🤣🤣🤣
Wait till somebody tells you that the cones or bollards you see at roadworks are actually the hats of sinister spindly, bow-legged, wobbly-armed monsters who rise up out of the ground after midnight and go running around in the dark...
Don't forget Mannequins, wheely bins, Christmas trees, television... oh and pretty much any darkness or shadow. Probably only a matter of time before cracks in the pavement start swallowing people up.
I was at my in-laws' house using the exercise bike. The room it's in faces their garden. I looked out and, lo and behold, there was a statue of a cherub angel looking right at me. I was terrified, lol!
I love this season of Doctor Who, it's one of those seasons that gets better when you rewatch it a second time. The re-introduction of River Song is just so great. I know I've said it already, but I just may say it for every episode it lasts. Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor.
So many great episodes ahead! Matt Smith performance as 11 is just fantastic here. Considering it's the first story he filmed. Also when you look back to the original river episodes in the library and she talks about 'her' doctor being so confident and doing things like opening the tardis door with clicking his fingers (which we saw 11 do in the 11th hour, following on from 10 doing it at the end of the library episodes). You can see further seeds of him being so confident being sown here with the trap speech etc. just great geronimo!
This is what I love about the next few series: they really start leaning into the time travel aspect of the show. They do cool stuff like have River communicate to the Doctor in "real time" from 12,000 years in the past.
Hi Jules 🙋♂... River Song is definitely 1 of my favorite characters from the series. She's a great actress ... brings so much to each episode she appears in. I'm glad you got to see her again, and I got to see you see her again 😂😉👍
Infodump: The "You leave your brakes on" thing was promptly retconned later as every TARDIS ever seen does the same noise. Those "dampers" only work inside the tardis. Anyone outside would still hear the worping, even with those "boring blue levers" on
But it does have a silent landing mode. We get one in the next season in fact. They make the same noise, because the show makers always did it for the audience to know that's a TARDIS, even when it's not his TARDIS, or back in the classic series when he had fixed the chameleon circuit and it took all sorts of shapes, not just a police box.
Just in case you didn't know, Steven Moffat took over running the show at the beginning of this season, and he wrote the stories that introduced us to the Weeping Angels and River Song
So fun fact this episode and its second half were the first episodes filmed for this series so it was the first time Matt Smith and Karen Gillan worked together on set
This is one of my all time favourite episodes! Ive been looking forward to this one! I like the dynamic between River and the Doctor and I'm glad you're enjoying it too 😊 Great reaction again Jules!
I love this one!! Between River and the Angel, it's so fun to see the Doctor get so frustrated that River's and his timeline are so out of wack. Plus, I love the actor who plays Octavian (Iain Glen) ❤
This was the first episode I ever watched of Doctor Who. 2011 after coming back from Europe where some people I was traveling with kept talking about it (specifically the Weeping Angels!) I immediately fell in love with River.
Hello, Jules!💜 An excellent episode, as you noticed, it gets you all wrapped up in what's happening and, before you know it - the end, for this week.😅 1:18 - With the wink of an eye. Yes! Exactly who you think it is. But, exactly who is she? A most cheeky character, however she fits into the Doctor's life. I love the banter between her and the Doctor. She definitely knows how to get under his skin.😜 "I had lessons from the very best. It's a Shame you were Busy that Day!" 🤣And she can fluster him instantly.🥰 Yes the Angels are less impacting here, than in Blink, and for the reason you state. This is a story of the Doctor, and River Song, with Angels, and a bit of a whingy, and disobedient Amy, demanding but not listening, then asking after the fact. River is certainly an enigmatic character 🧐 6:58 Amy could have been a little forthcoming here - like, maybe, but the video has changed.... 9:03 - Another moment of prediction - well done, Jules!🙌 Always on top of the plot.😉 The whole conversation with sacred Bob is fairly chilling here. But, cue the music, and the Doctor delivers the never put in a box speech...🥰 Great episode. I am thrilled you were so rapt with the story. I am very eager to see the next one with you. Happy day, Jules.💜🤗💜 I hope you get your work done, to your satisfaction, and knock off a tad early, so you can get to relaxing whilst ideas spring to mind as to what you can do in future tomorrows. Be Well.😊
Tom 🤗💜 Indeed this was a lovely episode, and nice to see River again! She's one intriguing lady who just OOZES charm and charisma. I would actually like to be more like her 🤣 I don't know what to think of her and her story yet (I'm not that far ahead with Who as I am with Buffy/Angel) but I've no doubt we will find out one day. She's a lovely lady, and I just hope she continues to be! I don't want her to be a secret meanie 😜 It's really hard not to compare these angel episodes to Don't Blink. That episode was just so special, and I still think of Sally Sparrow to this day. I really, really loved that episode. There's a lot going on in this two-parter that focuses on many things as well as the angels, so it might not be **as** impactful for me, personally, but I still loved it! And I don't want to compare so I won't 😅 I'm SO interested to find out more about River.... Time will tell! But I am definitely a fan. In fact, I am enjoying ALL of the characters so far! Amy is lovely, and the 11th Doctor has won me over 🥰 Thank you, Tom 🤗💜 I hope you had a good day! I'm so ready for the weekend. My work gets done bit by bit each day, but I never seem to catch up. One day 🤣
Yes, Jules.💜 The original Blink was a most special story. It's the one I often refer people to, when they ask about Doctor Who, but don't want to commit to a "kids" show, or whatever. It's a very clever, one of a kind story, and Sally Sparrow will always be one of my favorite characters. She, the actress, did a marvelous job, and really sold the story. Once again a powerful, yet sad tale, very moving I think, as well. 💜
Amazing episode, tense and anxious. The Angels are still creepy as hell here. But think you’re right about a river’s reappearance sort of diluting the impact of their reappearance
I remember how excited I was for this episode when it first aired (series 5 was the first I watched “live”, after having binged series 1-4 and most of classic Who), and I wasn’t disappointed! The TARDIS scene was so good, she’s right at home with her heels hanging on the scanner and turning off the brakes (she’s definitely just teasing the Doctor about that btw, since all TARDISes make that noise lol. She probably just knows a setting to make it land silently). I was also not expecting the cliffhanger to be at that point (although I knew it was a two parter), that last scene with the Doctor pointing the gun up and saying “there is one thing you never put in a trap” was in all the trailers so I knew it by heart at that point 😂 Awesome reaction as usual, I like your thoughts about River and can’t wait to hear more in the next reaction!
This is another great time when you're going into this getting surprised by things that at the time were known well in advance; the fact that the episode featured River Song and the return of the Weeping Angels, in this case. On a random trivia note; Matt Smith actually did bite Karen Gillian's hand in that scene; apparently he did it randomly in a few takes and Karen was never quite sure whether to expect it.
Thanks again for another great reaction dear Juliette! How smart of you to figure out that the soldier talking over the comm was already dead. You're such a switched-on hardcore fan who knows this show better than any of us! As River would say: "You're good… You are _very_ good!" By the way, you raised the issue of WHY the Doctor and River keep meeting in reverse order. I don't think there's any deliberate reason, merely coincidence.
Aww thank you 💜 Sometimes there's so much going on, it can be hard to catch everything but I usually pick up on anything else during editing as well 😊😊
This was the first episode of Series Five to be shot, and therefore the first featuring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. This is the second time that a new Doctor began his tenure by recording something other than his first adventure. Peter Davison had initially taped his second story, Four To Doomsday, while his introduction in Castrovalva was actually the fourth of his serials to be shot.
This was actually the first production of the Matt Smith era (2009)- that happens at times, due to cast, weather, scripts. So, Matt, and Karen find their feet quickly, Alex K' returns,....and it's not easy to avoid blinking.
The episode was partially inspired by Aliens. In Blink and Alien, we are seeing civilians having to deal with a horror creature(s), while in the sequel we have military, who is capable of combat, but the monsters are more numerous
Love watching you react to doctor who. Its a great feeling watching your emotions and seeing a projected version of the emotions I felt when watching these episodes for the first time. For culture reference, when series 4 was airing, the final episode Journeys End was delayed a week because Wimbledon overran. I was devastated!
Most of the Weeping Angels are not statue props but young women wearing masks, costumes and paint that took two to three hours to apply. Adam Smith called them "an absolute nightmare to film with" because it took a long time for them to get ready and they had to stand still for long periods of time.
This episode was pretty awesome to me from the point where River escapes (let's face it, she is a BA!!) to the point where the Doctor shoots a gun (one of the few times we see him with a gun). But I like that he did not use the gun on his opponents (the Angels), rather to create an opportunity! As for Amy; the Doctor did say "that which holds the image of an angel becomes itself an angel." The image of the angel is in the eyes, inverted on the retinas! And especially because she kept looking at the eyes of the angel in the video, she was then susceptible to becoming one! The head soldier is Iain Glen who would go on to play Ser Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones (in case you've watched the show...). Such a cliffhanger! Can't wait!
Gotta love a Riversong episode! Also as a fan of horror, I think the angels are a great addition to Doctor Who! But I do agree with you that the previous angels story was more scary.
About River. What an amazing concept of time travel, isn't it? Two people travel through time in opposite directions. Because of this the Doctor learns more about River, but at the same time, with each new meeting, River knows less and less about the Doctor. So now we can suggest that the Doctor and River's final meeting will be the complete opposite of the events in the library - the Doctor will know everything about River, and she will know nothing about him.
Fun fact: when Steven Moffat wrote "The Time of Angels" he wanted to do with Weeping Angels after the "Blink" the same thing James Cameron done to xenomorphs in "Aliens" after Ridley Scott's "Alien" - basically leave the monster as iconic as it was in its the first installment, but change the genre from horror to action. It is debatable if he reached his goal or not, but it was a honorable attempt.
@@Scripture-Man I'm pretty sure he said so in one of his Q&As during a fan panel at some convention, years later after episode aired. I'm trying to find the exact video I've seen it in, but no success yet.
When I first saw this episode and River said "What do you know about the weeping angels?" I had the exact same reaction, those things terrify me. This is a really exciting episode though.
The end is another great speech from 11 and one of the reasons he's my favorite Doctor. Amy is another reason. They're so good together. I'd love to see the two of them work together on another project.
Truthfully I didn't become a River Song fan until a future story and her Big Finish audio plays (I do recommend them but suggest waiting until you're towards the end of Matt Smith's time on the show) but this was a fun reappearance by her after her debut last season! The Angels are one of my favorite DW monsters, definitely in the top 3 alongside the Mondasian (1960s) Cybermen and The Midnight Entity (the monster that repeated everything the Doctor said)
This is going to be a great episode today with the Weeping Angels and Dr. River Song played by Alex Kingston i really enjoy her character have a wonderful rest of the week thanks again Juliette.👋🇦🇺
No spoilers obviously (known by Whovians as ‘The River Rule’ because ‘Sshh….spoilers’) BUT something that’s worth noting: River first showed up while RTD was the show runner, but her library two-parter was written by Steven Moffat, he invented her. And he took over as show runner when 11 took over from 10, so her creator is now in charge and free to set up arcs/grand plans of his own…. I love River, and love your reactions as ever, thank you !
PLEASE tell me I’m not the only one who laughed when Eleven answered the radio saying “Hello, Angels.” and I’m not mad seeing it as a Charlie’s Angels reference. Oh, and hi, Ser Jorah! And “Hello, sweetie!” is SO going to be a shibboleth for River Song and the Doctor Who fanbase.
I see Weeping Angels, I click video and don't blink, it's just that simple 😂. So glad they made this a spectacle as a double-billed episode. Certainly one of the more darker entries of the season and right up my alley. The intro is just such a good showcase of how time travel can work in the Dr. Who universe with leaving messages thst echo through time, etc... it's also explored in Torchwood, so it's cool that it's a consistent theory 🥰. Also I loved your reaction when "Dr. Song" was revealed hehe, she's awesome 🥰💖. Can't wait for the next part! 💖
Don’t forget this is River before we see her die in the library so that probably why she different since we last saw her. Her and The Doctors timeline are mix up here. They keep meeting in the wrong other in their timeline together and the weeping angels are back. Not them bloody things again and this time they nap necks this time. Oh god. 😂
I love that trap speech so much. It's the first time the darkness that you saw in the ninth doctor really pops out in the eleventh. Eleven is such a good romp, but he can really get you when he gets all serious like that. I enjoy River so much more now than I did the first time round. I was just terribly confused and wasn't really sure I liked her, which was weird, because I have always adored Alex Kingston. But second time around and every time thereafter I really liked her, even if she is crazy over the top blowing herself out of airlocks. Unfortunately, it means Amy doesn't get much screen time when River is around and I don't think Amy is well enough established yet to take this much time from her so soon, but it is only one episode. Well, two. I am just anxious to get back to Earth and the things that Amy has been putting off.
Hello sweety intensifies! River is back! Oh we've ALL waited for this! No blinking intensifies! The Angels are back! ...mixed receptions about this. For many this is the one they started to ruin the Angels with the "the image of the angel itself becomes an angel" -line and (for the lack of better wording) "upgrading" their powers. To me the biggest crime they make in regards to the Angels though is that they SHOW us them move their head (in the next episode though). They just work far better remain far more scary when we DON'T see them move but instead see how close they get bit by bit over time. Plus it also implies their "true form" IS the said Angel statue, instead of it being just a cover they form once being seen as told before. Also, personally I'm not all that fond of how they now also make the Angels straight up murder their target instead of their original power where their touch just sent people back in time. (Despite me saying I wasn't all fond of that power back in Blink) I mean, I guess they can choose to do it or not, I suppose, but... still. On the next one, the one where Angel is full of Forest!
It's probably not too surprising to see the Angels and River Song again as both were created by Moffat so it's natural he'd want to do more with them as showrunner, in fact when River first appeared they did seem to be clearly setting her up as a recurring character to be explored in the future. I do find it amusing how an episode with Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones) involves something arguably similar to greyscale ;)
Steven Moffat didn't waste much time in bringing back his two biggest creations from the RTD era: River Song and the Weeping Angels. I agree that while this story is good, it's got nothing on Blink. Blink is still one of my favourite Doctor Who stories, but it's hard to recapture the magic of the Angels' first appearance. One small thing I don't like about this episode is the joke about the Doctor leaving the TARDIS' brakes on. This simply isn't true. Not only has the Doctor's TARDIS always made that sound (originally created by scraping a key along piano wire), but every other TARDIS seen in classic Who made the same sound. Unfortunately Moffat is a self-described "slutty writer" and will sometimes write jokes regardless of the implications. Other than that though, it's a really good two-parter, packed with important moments. This was actually the first episode they filmed for the season, so a lot of our first looks at Eleven and Amy came from location photos from this episode. The whole concept of the church becoming militarised again, as it was in times past, is an interesting one. It's also tantalising to gleam some more details about River. You will get the full story eventually, but Moffat does a greay job of drip-feeding it to the audience. Oh and Moffat confirmed that River had other adventures with the Tenth Doctor offscreen, and a few years we finally got some in an audio box set called Expiry Dating. I'm glad you're enjoying this one so far Jules, I can't wait to see what you think of the next part.
Ashley!! I hope you have an excellent weekend!! I never knew there would be so much controversy about the TARDIS brakes haha! I thought it was a hilarious moment (blue boring-ers was GREAT) and didn't realise that it was a bit wrong 😅
grumpy old fanboys 🤣 now I'm imagining you there, with a notepad and pen, picking apart the inconsistencies! But you do it with glee and a triumphant "HURRAH!" and a tut when you notice something hahaha
For reference, the spaceship in this story is the Byzantium. When the Doctor met River for the first time back in the library episode, ‘Crash of the Byzantium’ was one of the incidents in her diary that she asked him if he’d done yet.
I wonder if that makes a error in hindsight since 10 and 11 are very different looking doctors
@@Venemofthe888which could hint that multiple doctors bouncing through time can meet other companions he knows
@@Venemofthe888 Well she never knew that ten was before 11. as she said in this episode she had photos of all his faces. but that doesn't mean she knows what order they come in :)
@@TheLukecottle Thats a very good point actually and i hadnt considered that
@@Venemofthe888River also said in the Library that the Doctor looked younger than she'd ever seen him.
"Something you never, ever, put in a trap." I love Matt Smith's doctor. He's giddy and childlike, giggling and dancing his way across the cosmos, and then every now and then the mask slips, and you see the impossibly ancient being who has fought hurt and lost more than you can ever know, and it's positively chilling.
Nicely said.
Something you never, ever, put in a trap - Spongebob ^^
It's amazing he was able to pull that off as well as he did. There have been great actors to play that role. Some who are technically better actors. But he's the only one who I can completely see as that ancient being.
@@TheWyldKarde "And you're sure it was Trenzalore?"
@@JakkFrost1 we're a LONG way from Trenzalore
The crazy thing about the "whatever takes the form of an angel becomes an angel" rule is that, in Blink, Sally gives the Doctor a folder containing the DVD transcript and (I believe) photos of the angels. This happens before the Doctor and Martha are sent back in time by an angel. So it's *possible* that the angel that got the Doctor and Martha was born of those photos.
It's unlikely given that he didn't know the image rule before this episode, but it's fun to think that the thing that saved the Doctor and Martha is the same thing that got them into trouble in the first place. Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey!
This episode is described as the "Aliens" to Blink's "Alien. An actionized sequel to a classic horror story.
Nice analogy! ;-]
You beat me to it. That is how I have always viewed the two epidodes.
There's a horror movie called Alien? That's really offensive!
@@NattyDoctor No wonder everybody invades us... =:o(
Having never seen either Alien film (yet), that is really quite interesting to know in advance.
One little thing about the Doctor, River, and the familiarity of his past companions. River knows something that none of his prior companions that we've met knew, Not Donna, not Martha, not Rose, not Sarah Jane.
Remember, as we learned in "Forest of the Dead" River actually knows the Doctor's name, or at least she did by that point in her timestream.
What about his granddaughter?
Yeah, pretty sure both Romana and Susan knew the Doctor's real name.
Hi Jules, if memory serves the beach scene of the Doctor, River and Amy was the very first filmed for series five. Alex Kingston (River's actress) helped Matt and Karen figure out how to get into their rolls/put them at ease etc.
To help you understand the relationship between the Doctor and River (spoiler-free) is to think of it like this; the more the Doctor knows River, the less she knows him, and the more River knows the Doctor, the less he knows her. Their timelines are back to front and go in the opposite directions. A very unique and intriguing premise imo and I think you'll really love how their story unfolds :)
Just keep in mind that the Doctor hasn't actually 'met' River yet so don't feel confused just enjoy!
They said in an interview that the first shot they took with River and the Eleventh Doctor was River falling on top of him as he rescues her in space.
Apparently, she accidentally kneed him between the legs when they shot it.
Awww I love that this was their first filming! It's kind of weird to me how it's filmed out of order, but then I don't work in TV! I don't know how they manage it, but that's why they are actors and I am not haha!
If I think about River too much, my head just gets too confused so... I'll take your advice and just enjoy 💜
@@julesreacts Kind of mimics the crossed timelines in this case (but not matching either).
I would say he met her in series 4, but maybe you mean it differently than I do.
@@HuntingViolets I can see what you mean, but for me I see it as the Doctor meeting River for the first time at Demon's Run.
A fun little bit of history; during the initial broadcast of this episode on BBC One, The Doctor's 'One thing you never put in a trap' speech was overshadowed by a pop-up ad for the next show, which kinda ruined the cliffhanger.
This resulted in *tens of thousands* of formal complaints to the BBC (for comparison, other severe and sometimes outright offensive incidents have been known to generate *dozens* of complaints), and they promptly promised to stop doing it.
I guess there's one thing you don't put in Doctor Who if you're smart; ads.
i remember when it happened live and i was annoyed cause the ending was everything so i had to rewatch it on bbc 3 later in the week
Is was Graham Norton, who also interrupted the first ever episode of new Doctor who in 2005. When Rose first sees the Autons in the shops basement, audio from the mics in the studio leaked into the broadcast over the doctor who audio
When RTD wrote the novelisation of the episode he included a line in the book that rose could hear an Irish comedian on a radio in the background - Graham Norton
The River Song story Arc is so well written, all the way from the end, to the beginning, and the end.
Indeed. Our meetings with Dr Song won't be ENTIRELY in reverse order.
This here is actually the first episode Moffat and Smith filmed and yet Smith looks like he's been doing this for years
He looks like he was born to be the doctor with how natural he seems in the role
"That which holds an image of an angel becomes itself an angel."
First gas masks, then broken clocks, then statues and now images of statues. I can't look at any of them the same way again lol. 🤣🤣🤣
Wait till somebody tells you that the cones or bollards you see at roadworks are actually the hats of sinister spindly, bow-legged, wobbly-armed monsters who rise up out of the ground after midnight and go running around in the dark...
We'll need blindfolds soon, so we don't see anything at all 😭
Don't forget Mannequins, wheely bins, Christmas trees, television... oh and pretty much any darkness or shadow.
Probably only a matter of time before cracks in the pavement start swallowing people up.
I was at my in-laws' house using the exercise bike. The room it's in faces their garden. I looked out and, lo and behold, there was a statue of a cherub angel looking right at me. I was terrified, lol!
@@alyzu4755 nah, I would have straight up locked the doors and closed the curtains.
Never have I clicked on a video faster! One of my favourite episodes, certainly best of the series, and one of my favourite reactors!
There is one future episode in this series that I love even more than this one. Not gonna say which, as she hasn't watched it yet.
Others: Doctor Who is a children's show.
Me, after hearing the end of Bob: This is horror.
Oh, absolutely! I never thought Doctor Who was like THIS before I started watching! It's amazing!
"...there is one thing you never, ever put in a trap."
"What's that, sir?"
"Me."
How are there people that don't LOVE Matt Smith's Doctor?!
He's awesome, isn't he!
This was actually the first episode filmed so the chemistry that the actors have together is quite genuine
I love this season of Doctor Who, it's one of those seasons that gets better when you rewatch it a second time. The re-introduction of River Song is just so great. I know I've said it already, but I just may say it for every episode it lasts. Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor.
One of the reasons I love Amy as a companion, not an ounce of jealous when she meets River, just intrigue and admiration, same with Donna.
Donna's banter with Martha when they first met is one of my favorite scenes.
"HE. Is too thin for words. You give him a hug, you get a paper cut!"
That speech at the end still gives me goosebumps!
I also just made the realisation that this makes it twice Karen's character is "turning to stone"
2:15 when they filmed that, Alex Kingston accidentally kneed Matt Smith in his "knackers"
So many great episodes ahead! Matt Smith performance as 11 is just fantastic here. Considering it's the first story he filmed. Also when you look back to the original river episodes in the library and she talks about 'her' doctor being so confident and doing things like opening the tardis door with clicking his fingers (which we saw 11 do in the 11th hour, following on from 10 doing it at the end of the library episodes). You can see further seeds of him being so confident being sown here with the trap speech etc. just great geronimo!
This is what I love about the next few series: they really start leaning into the time travel aspect of the show. They do cool stuff like have River communicate to the Doctor in "real time" from 12,000 years in the past.
Hi Jules 🙋♂... River Song is definitely 1 of my favorite characters from the series. She's a great actress ... brings so much to each episode she appears in. I'm glad you got to see her again, and I got to see you see her again 😂😉👍
Hello Steve 🤗 always lovely to see your smiling face! I hope you are doing well 💜
@@julesreacts You ALWAYS make me smile 😉😍🤗👍
The first day of filming on the beach! I still remember when the photos were leaked everywhere, feels like yesterday
Ah, River. Sassy, arch, flirty, badass. I love her so much.
Brilliant episode! It is so perfectly done,
Whenever I hear the word “spoilers “ I think of river song
Superb reaction, excellent edit. Nice choice of scenes for a synopsis of the episode.
Oh thank you so much!
Infodump: The "You leave your brakes on" thing was promptly retconned later as every TARDIS ever seen does the same noise. Those "dampers" only work inside the tardis. Anyone outside would still hear the worping, even with those "boring blue levers" on
They're blue boring-ers! One of my favourite lines so far 🤣
But it does have a silent landing mode. We get one in the next season in fact. They make the same noise, because the show makers always did it for the audience to know that's a TARDIS, even when it's not his TARDIS, or back in the classic series when he had fixed the chameleon circuit and it took all sorts of shapes, not just a police box.
@@coladict wasn't that part of the cloaking device? That has a reason to work that way and not "you and everybody else do it wrong"
"There's one thing you never ever put in a trap... Cheese!"
No wait, that doesn't sound right...
Just in case you didn't know, Steven Moffat took over running the show at the beginning of this season, and he wrote the stories that introduced us to the Weeping Angels and River Song
The beach scene was filmed at a place called Southern Down about 20 km from where I live
So fun fact this episode and its second half were the first episodes filmed for this series so it was the first time Matt Smith and Karen Gillan worked together on set
This is one of my all time favourite episodes! Ive been looking forward to this one! I like the dynamic between River and the Doctor and I'm glad you're enjoying it too 😊
Great reaction again Jules!
I love this one!! Between River and the Angel, it's so fun to see the Doctor get so frustrated that River's and his timeline are so out of wack. Plus, I love the actor who plays Octavian (Iain Glen) ❤
The best thing to say about the Doctor and River's relationship is it's multifaceted lol
Sounds like a good way to put it haha
This was the first episode I ever watched of Doctor Who. 2011 after coming back from Europe where some people I was traveling with kept talking about it (specifically the Weeping Angels!)
I immediately fell in love with River.
Hello, Jules!💜
An excellent episode, as you noticed, it gets you all wrapped up in what's happening and, before you know it - the end, for this week.😅
1:18 - With the wink of an eye. Yes! Exactly who you think it is. But, exactly who is she? A most cheeky character, however she fits into the Doctor's life. I love the banter between her and the Doctor. She definitely knows how to get under his skin.😜
"I had lessons from the very best. It's a Shame you were Busy that Day!" 🤣And she can fluster him instantly.🥰
Yes the Angels are less impacting here, than in Blink, and for the reason you state. This is a story of the Doctor, and River Song, with Angels, and a bit of a whingy, and disobedient Amy, demanding but not listening, then asking after the fact.
River is certainly an enigmatic character 🧐
6:58 Amy could have been a little forthcoming here - like, maybe, but the video has changed....
9:03 - Another moment of prediction - well done, Jules!🙌 Always on top of the plot.😉
The whole conversation with sacred Bob is fairly chilling here. But, cue the music, and the Doctor delivers the never put in a box speech...🥰
Great episode. I am thrilled you were so rapt with the story. I am very eager to see the next one with you.
Happy day, Jules.💜🤗💜 I hope you get your work done, to your satisfaction, and knock off a tad early, so you can get to relaxing whilst ideas spring to mind as to what you can do in future tomorrows. Be Well.😊
Tom 🤗💜 Indeed this was a lovely episode, and nice to see River again! She's one intriguing lady who just OOZES charm and charisma. I would actually like to be more like her 🤣 I don't know what to think of her and her story yet (I'm not that far ahead with Who as I am with Buffy/Angel) but I've no doubt we will find out one day. She's a lovely lady, and I just hope she continues to be! I don't want her to be a secret meanie 😜
It's really hard not to compare these angel episodes to Don't Blink. That episode was just so special, and I still think of Sally Sparrow to this day. I really, really loved that episode. There's a lot going on in this two-parter that focuses on many things as well as the angels, so it might not be **as** impactful for me, personally, but I still loved it! And I don't want to compare so I won't 😅
I'm SO interested to find out more about River.... Time will tell! But I am definitely a fan. In fact, I am enjoying ALL of the characters so far! Amy is lovely, and the 11th Doctor has won me over 🥰
Thank you, Tom 🤗💜 I hope you had a good day! I'm so ready for the weekend. My work gets done bit by bit each day, but I never seem to catch up. One day 🤣
Yes, Jules.💜 The original Blink was a most special story. It's the one I often refer people to, when they ask about Doctor Who, but don't want to commit to a "kids" show, or whatever. It's a very clever, one of a kind story, and Sally Sparrow will always be one of my favorite characters. She, the actress, did a marvelous job, and really sold the story. Once again a powerful, yet sad tale, very moving I think, as well. 💜
Amazing episode, tense and anxious. The Angels are still creepy as hell here. But think you’re right about a river’s reappearance sort of diluting the impact of their reappearance
I think the teaser showed The Doctor aiming the pistol. Shocking! Thanks, Jules :)
I remember how excited I was for this episode when it first aired (series 5 was the first I watched “live”, after having binged series 1-4 and most of classic Who), and I wasn’t disappointed! The TARDIS scene was so good, she’s right at home with her heels hanging on the scanner and turning off the brakes (she’s definitely just teasing the Doctor about that btw, since all TARDISes make that noise lol. She probably just knows a setting to make it land silently).
I was also not expecting the cliffhanger to be at that point (although I knew it was a two parter), that last scene with the Doctor pointing the gun up and saying “there is one thing you never put in a trap” was in all the trailers so I knew it by heart at that point 😂
Awesome reaction as usual, I like your thoughts about River and can’t wait to hear more in the next reaction!
*_Hello, sweetie!_*
Welcome to the Riverlands. 😁
Great episode and oh goodness with River - that's how you reintroduce a character. :)
12:26 These broken Weeping Angels remind me of the Plaster Splicers from Fort Frolic in the 1st Bioshock.
In case it wasn't mentioned by anyone, the lead officer older actor also played the devoted protector of Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones.
This is another great time when you're going into this getting surprised by things that at the time were known well in advance; the fact that the episode featured River Song and the return of the Weeping Angels, in this case.
On a random trivia note; Matt Smith actually did bite Karen Gillian's hand in that scene; apparently he did it randomly in a few takes and Karen was never quite sure whether to expect it.
This episode is so different on the rewatch. After learning more about river some much takes on new meaning
Thanks again for another great reaction dear Juliette! How smart of you to figure out that the soldier talking over the comm was already dead. You're such a switched-on hardcore fan who knows this show better than any of us! As River would say: "You're good… You are _very_ good!" By the way, you raised the issue of WHY the Doctor and River keep meeting in reverse order. I don't think there's any deliberate reason, merely coincidence.
Aww thank you 💜 Sometimes there's so much going on, it can be hard to catch everything but I usually pick up on anything else during editing as well 😊😊
This was the first episode of Series Five to be shot, and therefore the first featuring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. This is the second time that a new Doctor began his tenure by recording something other than his first adventure. Peter Davison had initially taped his second story, Four To Doomsday, while his introduction in Castrovalva was actually the fourth of his serials to be shot.
River Song. Pure class!! Love her!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Trivia: Filmed on the same beach as The Doctor and Rose's last meeting in "Doomsday"!!
Yes, I mention Bad Wolf Bay in the next episode!
@@julesreacts Awesome! Always looking forward to your Who videos!!!
This was actually the first production of the Matt Smith era (2009)- that happens at times, due to cast, weather, scripts. So, Matt, and Karen find their feet quickly, Alex K' returns,....and it's not easy to avoid blinking.
The episode was partially inspired by Aliens. In Blink and Alien, we are seeing civilians having to deal with a horror creature(s), while in the sequel we have military, who is capable of combat, but the monsters are more numerous
Love watching you react to doctor who. Its a great feeling watching your emotions and seeing a projected version of the emotions I felt when watching these episodes for the first time. For culture reference, when series 4 was airing, the final episode Journeys End was delayed a week because Wimbledon overran. I was devastated!
River Song is a surprise a minute!
the river storyline is so good. love love love her
7:50 "Observing a quantum object; observing an image of a quantum object. These are the same."
Eyyy! I get that reference! It's always good to meet a fellow Traveler.
Most of the Weeping Angels are not statue props but young women wearing masks, costumes and paint that took two to three hours to apply. Adam Smith called them "an absolute nightmare to film with" because it took a long time for them to get ready and they had to stand still for long periods of time.
“I had lessons from the very best , shame you were busy that day” 😉
SO GOOD 🤣🤣
This episode is great and part two is even better and you will love her arc. It is amazing.
I love how river winds the Doctor up about the TARDIS noise if that was true he keeps leaving the breaks on then why do all TARDIS sound like that
The unfolding story of River Song is AMAZING.
You will enjoy it.
We all Love her.
This episode was pretty awesome to me from the point where River escapes (let's face it, she is a BA!!) to the point where the Doctor shoots a gun (one of the few times we see him with a gun). But I like that he did not use the gun on his opponents (the Angels), rather to create an opportunity! As for Amy; the Doctor did say "that which holds the image of an angel becomes itself an angel." The image of the angel is in the eyes, inverted on the retinas! And especially because she kept looking at the eyes of the angel in the video, she was then susceptible to becoming one! The head soldier is Iain Glen who would go on to play Ser Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones (in case you've watched the show...). Such a cliffhanger! Can't wait!
Gotta love a Riversong episode!
Also as a fan of horror, I think the angels are a great addition to Doctor Who! But I do agree with you that the previous angels story was more scary.
Ooh Katie, you're more brave than me! Horror has me hiding most of the time 🤣
RIVER TIME ❤
About River. What an amazing concept of time travel, isn't it?
Two people travel through time in opposite directions. Because of this the Doctor learns more about River, but at the same time, with each new meeting, River knows less and less about the Doctor.
So now we can suggest that the Doctor and River's final meeting will be the complete opposite of the events in the library - the Doctor will know everything about River, and she will know nothing about him.
Fun fact: when Steven Moffat wrote "The Time of Angels" he wanted to do with Weeping Angels after the "Blink" the same thing James Cameron done to xenomorphs in "Aliens" after Ridley Scott's "Alien" - basically leave the monster as iconic as it was in its the first installment, but change the genre from horror to action. It is debatable if he reached his goal or not, but it was a honorable attempt.
Oh. I'd heard the episodes being COMPARED to the Alien films by fans. I had no idea until now that this was always Moffat's INTENTION!
@@Scripture-Man I'm pretty sure he said so in one of his Q&As during a fan panel at some convention, years later after episode aired. I'm trying to find the exact video I've seen it in, but no success yet.
@@Kostyurik Thanks, that's great trivia! :-)
One of my favorite 2 parters of the entire series! I love every minute! Enjoy Jules! No " spoilers" from me! 🤗😁
LOVE the doctors last line in this ep.
This music will ALWAYS hit so hard that it gives chills...
Omg yay, been waiting all week for this one!
When I first saw this episode and River said "What do you know about the weeping angels?" I had the exact same reaction, those things terrify me. This is a really exciting episode though.
The end is another great speech from 11 and one of the reasons he's my favorite Doctor. Amy is another reason. They're so good together. I'd love to see the two of them work together on another project.
Truthfully I didn't become a River Song fan until a future story and her Big Finish audio plays (I do recommend them but suggest waiting until you're towards the end of Matt Smith's time on the show) but this was a fun reappearance by her after her debut last season!
The Angels are one of my favorite DW monsters, definitely in the top 3 alongside the Mondasian (1960s) Cybermen and The Midnight Entity (the monster that repeated everything the Doctor said)
11 Rory River and Amy... the Dream Team!
This is going to be a great episode today with the Weeping Angels
and Dr. River Song played by Alex Kingston i really enjoy her character
have a wonderful rest of the week thanks again Juliette.👋🇦🇺
No spoilers obviously (known by Whovians as ‘The River Rule’ because ‘Sshh….spoilers’) BUT something that’s worth noting:
River first showed up while RTD was the show runner, but her library two-parter was written by Steven Moffat, he invented her. And he took over as show runner when 11 took over from 10, so her creator is now in charge and free to set up arcs/grand plans of his own….
I love River, and love your reactions as ever, thank you !
And this was the two parter that hooked me into matt smith as the new doctor.
River Song character arc is unique and it gets better with each series. We are Doctor POV this series.
15:44 enforced method Acting there as Matt Smith actually did bite Karen Gillans hand
Alex Kingston is a gift
I love this two-parter. The Weeping Angels are so creepy and the creepy episodes are my favorites.
In his defence it is a fantastic noise
PLEASE tell me I’m not the only one who laughed when Eleven answered the radio saying “Hello, Angels.” and I’m not mad seeing it as a Charlie’s Angels reference.
Oh, and hi, Ser Jorah!
And “Hello, sweetie!” is SO going to be a shibboleth for River Song and the Doctor Who fanbase.
I see Weeping Angels, I click video and don't blink, it's just that simple 😂.
So glad they made this a spectacle as a double-billed episode. Certainly one of the more darker entries of the season and right up my alley.
The intro is just such a good showcase of how time travel can work in the Dr. Who universe with leaving messages thst echo through time, etc... it's also explored in Torchwood, so it's cool that it's a consistent theory 🥰.
Also I loved your reaction when "Dr. Song" was revealed hehe, she's awesome 🥰💖.
Can't wait for the next part! 💖
I'm not convinced that looking at videos of Weeping Angels is a good idea, actually.
Yes, it's just Doctor Song at the moment 😅 Two Doctors!! Goodness, she intrigues me.... What a fascinating lady!
Fair to say, I think, that this is another one we've all been (patiently?) waiting for you to get to.
Don’t forget this is River before we see her die in the library so that probably why she different since we last saw her. Her and The Doctors timeline are mix up here. They keep meeting in the wrong other in their timeline together and the weeping angels are back. Not them bloody things again and this time they nap necks this time. Oh god. 😂
Yup, This is a younger River
It's going to be great. ;)
I'm finally caught up! lets goo!
I love that trap speech so much. It's the first time the darkness that you saw in the ninth doctor really pops out in the eleventh. Eleven is such a good romp, but he can really get you when he gets all serious like that. I enjoy River so much more now than I did the first time round. I was just terribly confused and wasn't really sure I liked her, which was weird, because I have always adored Alex Kingston. But second time around and every time thereafter I really liked her, even if she is crazy over the top blowing herself out of airlocks. Unfortunately, it means Amy doesn't get much screen time when River is around and I don't think Amy is well enough established yet to take this much time from her so soon, but it is only one episode. Well, two. I am just anxious to get back to Earth and the things that Amy has been putting off.
Awesome video as always cant wait for the next one
The Queen, River Song, is back!! 💜💜💜😍😍😍
Hello sweety intensifies! River is back! Oh we've ALL waited for this!
No blinking intensifies! The Angels are back! ...mixed receptions about this.
For many this is the one they started to ruin the Angels with the "the image of the angel itself becomes an angel" -line and (for the lack of better wording) "upgrading" their powers. To me the biggest crime they make in regards to the Angels though is that they SHOW us them move their head (in the next episode though).
They just work far better remain far more scary when we DON'T see them move but instead see how close they get bit by bit over time. Plus it also implies their "true form" IS the said Angel statue, instead of it being just a cover they form once being seen as told before.
Also, personally I'm not all that fond of how they now also make the Angels straight up murder their target instead of their original power where their touch just sent people back in time. (Despite me saying I wasn't all fond of that power back in Blink) I mean, I guess they can choose to do it or not, I suppose, but... still.
On the next one, the one where Angel is full of Forest!
The image of an angel becomes itself an angel
The scenes on the planet were Matt smiths first scenes for the show
So River dies in her first ever story, so every appearance after that is in the past for her
I'm still trying to wrap my head around all this timey-wimey goodness!
The angels in series 3: will take you back in time
The Angels in series 5: literally just SCP-173 but can talk
Wonderful reactions, once again, from Jules and her latest adventure with New Who.
SO many questions, SO many SPOILERS! :)
It's probably not too surprising to see the Angels and River Song again as both were created by Moffat so it's natural he'd want to do more with them as showrunner, in fact when River first appeared they did seem to be clearly setting her up as a recurring character to be explored in the future. I do find it amusing how an episode with Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones) involves something arguably similar to greyscale ;)
Steven Moffat didn't waste much time in bringing back his two biggest creations from the RTD era: River Song and the Weeping Angels. I agree that while this story is good, it's got nothing on Blink. Blink is still one of my favourite Doctor Who stories, but it's hard to recapture the magic of the Angels' first appearance.
One small thing I don't like about this episode is the joke about the Doctor leaving the TARDIS' brakes on. This simply isn't true. Not only has the Doctor's TARDIS always made that sound (originally created by scraping a key along piano wire), but every other TARDIS seen in classic Who made the same sound. Unfortunately Moffat is a self-described "slutty writer" and will sometimes write jokes regardless of the implications.
Other than that though, it's a really good two-parter, packed with important moments.
This was actually the first episode they filmed for the season, so a lot of our first looks at Eleven and Amy came from location photos from this episode.
The whole concept of the church becoming militarised again, as it was in times past, is an interesting one. It's also tantalising to gleam some more details about River. You will get the full story eventually, but Moffat does a greay job of drip-feeding it to the audience.
Oh and Moffat confirmed that River had other adventures with the Tenth Doctor offscreen, and a few years we finally got some in an audio box set called Expiry Dating.
I'm glad you're enjoying this one so far Jules, I can't wait to see what you think of the next part.
Ashley!! I hope you have an excellent weekend!!
I never knew there would be so much controversy about the TARDIS brakes haha! I thought it was a hilarious moment (blue boring-ers was GREAT) and didn't realise that it was a bit wrong 😅
@@julesreacts don't worry, it's only controversial for grumpy old fanboys like me. 😆
I hope you have a great weekend!
grumpy old fanboys 🤣 now I'm imagining you there, with a notepad and pen, picking apart the inconsistencies! But you do it with glee and a triumphant "HURRAH!" and a tut when you notice something hahaha
"Hello sweetie" and "spoilers" you're going to love River's tie in with the Doctor.
River Song is my favorite recurring character in the entire New Who universe.
Juliette observed: "OK... So they can multiply if they take over someone..." A. Yes, it's the same with cats....
HAHA!