Add to that she realizes who he is because I'm sure in the book, she never mentioned he called himself "The Doctor"and that was only in the diary - which means this is only person who could know....
Yes, the acting is very very good. The small pause, lowering her shoulders, the facial expressions of both of them. It is one of my favourite scenes. Such a big story being told with few lines but very good acting.
You know, I always assumed when she said “Were you?” that she was going to say “Were you him?” or something like that, and I just now realized she asked him if he was happy in the end.
Also, when he asked "was she happy in the end", he still regretted the heartbreak that he had inadvertently brought into her great-grandmother's life; as was mentioned in the episode, he gave Martha a list of things to do in case of this or that - but hadn't included instructions on what to do if he fell in love! And before he regenerated he wanted to know if she had somehow moved on and been happy -
Elite Snowman king Because the writing is absolute shit. All they care about is putting hip or current shit in the episodes and not focusing on actual storylines
@@primastico6950 if you mean the soul before the 2005 i'm afraid no because we can't find easy to download.. but i insist tenant it's the most sentimental actor in the last 5 actors of the doctor
Keep in mind that he was holding back his regeneration energy all this time so he could say goodbye to all his friends! This shows how much he cares for his friends
The book scene is the one that crippled me. The Martha and Micky scene was a bit sad but not too awful. The SJ and Luke scene choked me up a bit. Jack’s scene wasn’t sad but I think he knew what was going on with the doctor. But this scene was like a bullet through the heart. The sadness and regret in his voice because he knew, he had hurt her. She had fallen in love with this man who could never be with her. And the quite way he speaks really nails home the pain. He asks ‘was she happy, in the end?’ And you can tell he wants to change the past. Truly the saddest goodbye.
Agreed :( He offerd her great grandmother (the nurse in 1913 i know you know what i'm talking) To travel with him but she said no and told him to go :C .,_,.
The scene in the bookstore is the best and such a wonderful touch. Of all the characters in the series, touching back on this one was brilliant and wholly unexpected.
a lot of people who dont watch dr who just think its silly childrens tv, but there are episodes with brilliant serious acting in it. thats why i love it
I agree. The only non-former-companion he visited ... and it shows such a respect for the connection and love she and John Smith shared, and an acknowledgement of its strength. I was so touched that she/this was included.
It was at 1:21, right at that exact moment when she realized this was definitely the man her grandmother talked about. He didn’t ask if the story was real, anything about the story, or of the mysterious man from another world, but, “Was SHE happy in the end.” Something personal that a reader wouldn’t ask, but a man who held guilt for wronging a woman. Why would your average reader care about her to wonder about her life after the fairytale. Who asks that question, but someone who knew her.
When I first saw this the scene with Joan's great grand daughter it was so unexpected. After seeing the doctor say good bye to great companions like Martha, Jack, Sarah Jane, he goes to someone we have never seen before. It might be my favourite part in this whole visiting people sequence because it was so unexpected but so right. He really did love Joan and the acting is amazing
One thing to note is that The Doctor was holding back the regeneration energy all this time. He waited in line while he was dying. He must have loved Ms Redfern to risk regenerating in public especially when we see the magnitude of the explosion that happened.
A great many people say that the saddest moment in modern Doctor Who is the actual regeneration of 10 to 11. While I do think that it is sad these whole couple of episodes "The End of Time" are peppered with emotional scenes, whether it is this scene or 10's resignation when deciding to save Wilf; which just charges the emotional steamroller toward the end. It is the best I think ending sequence, a tour of those his life has influenced throughout his tenure as the Doctor. This is one of the reasons that I think that David Tennant is on par with Tom Baker as the best Doctor.
@@vixis Me, too. Four was my first and I loved him, but I only made it part way through Eleven before I stopped watching, in part because I just couldn't get over Ten. There were other reasons, too, but that is the big one.
I just realized somewhere in the Tardis there’s a book about John Smith and his lover. The doctor probably never forgets about the life he could have had.
The book signing scene, is probably my favorite payoff of the entire revived series. It would have been so easy for the writers to have left it out. The fact that we got this payoff was great, but the fact that it was this good just hit it home for me. Chills and tears every time
I love the look The Doctor gives Joan's grand-daughter when she asks him if he was happy in the end because to me it just says "It doesn't really matter does it?"
I thought we all knew that... However if Children of Earth are still cannon in the main Whoniverse, do you think Jack would salute the Doctor just like this instead of getting mad at him for not helping with 456?
Haven’t seen it but, assuming that it is torchwood, isn’t torchwood supposed to act on the basis that the doctor isn’t always there to help? Maybe I’m assuming too much but I don’t see why he’d have to be mad at him, in particular, for not helping. He treats the doctor like an amazing guy sure, but jack is probably one of the most aware that the doctor isn’t a god.
There's no action, tension, cliffhanger or major plot twist, yet the Verity Newman scene is one of the best scenes of the Tennant era and the best of the farewells, even beats the one with Rose. Genius writing to tie everything up!
I've only just realised that the music in that bar was the same as when the girls danced in Daleks in Manhattan. Even the music's a tribute to one of his episodes
Yeah, the Tenth Doctor died sad and alone. Even the Eleventh acknowledged it (by not answering Sarah Jane's question on the subject). But then the Doctor got to meet the Ponds.
Befitting that Jessica Hynes should play a character who writes a sci fi book as she herself has written sci fi. Like that seemingly casual things are actually well grounded.
This never gets old. NEVER. The music, the scene, the emotions, the goodbye. Absolutely heartbreaking 100% Thank you Russell T. Davies & David Tennant & everyone during 2005-2010 for great times !!! 💙
I like to think that “The Doctor” was a term used in her Grandmother’s diary, but never used in the book she wrote. So when she heard him, she knew he said an impossible thing that she never shared before, and that’s when she knew…
Just watched Human Nature and Family of Blood and Joan was a wonderfully splendid character. She was the perfect fit for John Smith. She was one of the few people who had the same gravity as The Doctor. She stood up to him twice, when he was John Smith and wanted to refuse the choice he had to face, and when The Doctor came back to flippantly ask her to travel with him and she asked him about his whimsical choice of places to hide. Although she loved him she wasn't some silly girl just mooning over him, she was a serious person who understood honor and duty and what choices meant. That pain never left him and it was beautiful that they showed it in the end when he meets her granddaughter and still worries that he caused her to not live a happy life.
I don't think any performance will ever hit me harder than David Tennant in his final episodes of Doctor Who. It's so rare nowadays to have the character end their run on such a high note, with such well written content and so well executed. To have put in the effort of gathering all the former companions and side characters just for one last scene each, as if to tell us, 'They're gonna be ok. Martha, Mickey, Sarah Jane and Luke, Donna and her family, Jack, Rose, they all lived happily ever after.' So satisfying. And so endlessly sad that the Doctor, this Doctor, will forever be deprived of the ability to just live and be with the people he loves. Every single actor nailed their characters, but the end of David Tennant's run surely marked the end of an era that will likely never come again.
I love so much that they tied back in to Joan, it makes it feel like for once a single-episode character actually had a lasting impact, and it shows that the Doctor seriously affects people's lives even if he's only in them for a brief moment. I hope we get more of that in the newer seasons.
You can feel the regret with the book signing scene. He regrets what he did so much he couldn't ever let it go. What an amazing scene down to the acting of Jessica to the music as well.
I like how this scene implies that not only did 10 see all of his past companions or everyone who entered the TARDIS, but everyone he made an impression on, like Sally Sparrow, Jackson Lake, Elton Pope, Lady Christina, Jenny, The Brigader, any one-off or minor character you can think of throughout the entire show up to that point that wasn't a villain, he saw ALL of them, leaving no stone unturned.
The “Doctor” episode Trilogy give a legitimate reason for the Doctor to do this and break his never looking back rule. This was his last Regeneration, the last time his face will change, and looking at the original Timeline seen in Name of the Doctor(Which was prior to him saving gallifrey and thus forcing them to give him a new cycle so there would be a 12th Doctor to have the correct calculations to save Gallifrey.), this would have been his only chance to do so, and he knew that, being Timelord he probably could sense points in his own time stream and know that in his future he not a moment for him to say goodbye. That and Ten was the most sentimental of the Doctor’s faces.
I feel like Donna got it worst. She met her love in the library and literally went away without meeting him because she didn't see him and he could speak. And then she had to forget the Doctor..
the bookshop scene was what made me start balling my eyes. but that last scene with wilfred sent me into an absolute hysterical weep. A solider watching the man that saved his life dying…knowing he could not do anything to save the doctors. Not only that but Wilfred was one of the only people who genuinely admired the doctor and everything he stood for. a alien who only cared about the safety of the human race. His sole protector. And the man that allowed his granddaughter to see the universe and he was ecstatic about it.
I just realised he sent the book for "The Doctor" as if he was gifting this book to whoever comes next (The 11th Doctor) to read whenever he wanted. Nice bit of detail there
Two parts of the scene with Verity and the doctor touch my heart - obviously when he asks "was she happy in the end?" Given that their parting was so painful and she was so hurt, he wanted to know if she was eventually happy.. but when she realizes who he is, and asks "were you'? and the doctor gives a slight smile.. wow..
The book scene is such an unexpected and very welcome one. That moment of realisation as to whom she was signing the book for and the doctors response. Utterly amazing.
Literally how I feel when the love of my life finds her happiness and I'm just left here. "In the end was she happy" "were you" that line breaks me everytime because I do the same painful smile every time
Punch straight to the feels. 10-12’a endings will never be topped. I wish there had been a 5 year hiatus after 12’s amazing speech right before he decided to regenerate again. Leave us wondering and give us time to breathe. Jodie wouldn’t look different in 5 years.
I have read that some thought this was an unnecessary meeting since the character was not a reoccurring character. BUT…I think this speaks to how real the Doctor is written. His time with her was his experience as a human, with all the joys and pains, and may be the only true love he ever experienced. His asking only if she had been happy may be from his guilt and concern with how he left her. And, as others have said, the question to him of Were you captures his existence. I am still relatively new to DW, but I thought these last scenes were heart wrenching and DT brilliant.
My favourite part of the "saying goodbye to friends" part is when The Doctor was visiting John Smith's wife/girlfriend's (forgot her name and it was a long time ago I saw the episode) great granddaughter cuz that shows that he remembers that life and still cares about the wife/girlfriend he maybe couldn't visit her when she was alive cuz of time.......stuff but heartwarming moment nonetheless
What also gets me aside from "was she happy" was the idea the doctor managed to arrange so Donna's Dad was able to provide for his daughter via a lottery ticket This doctor had so much heart and its hard to imagine any other doctor doing something as thoughtful and kind as that
Okay,now I can't decide which Regeneration is sadder: Tennant's or Capaldi's. On the one side,Tennant says goodbye to most people he saw on His Adventures,but He didn't have a Regeneration speech. On the other side Capaldi got to say goodbye to nardole,Bill and Clara,but that wasn't that sad. But it's heartbreaking how he Talks to His Future self. I don't know...
I have to agree with iamsherlocked345. I'm a huge fan of Capaldi, and I put him right up there with Tennant, but his regeneration was disappointing to me. It was just him showing off for an audience of zero how clever he is.
I think that Capaldi's regeneration is meant to be hopeful. Him accepting his regeneration with a grand speech is meant to pass on the torch to the next one with a hopeful attitude that they would be able to do right by him. While in comparison, Eleven's speech serves as Matt Smith's farewell to the character and the Doctor's farewell to us.
vale decem is a whole entire song with latin lyrics and stuff. vale (by itself) is just a pretty violin piece with one singer singing the same word over and over again "vale." so, i think they are either the same piece, or two pieces that sound very, very similar.
@joszher She is the great grand daughter of the character the doctor fell in love with as a human when he used the chameleon circuit in "Human Nature" to hide from the Family of Blood
You’d think instead of meeting her granddaughter as a way of saying “goodbye” to her, he’d just go and back in time and say goodbye to her directly. It’s not like she wasn’t aware of who the doctor was. Would of been more touching imo.
"Was she happy , in the end ?" "Yes , yes she was - were you ?" That wistful smile , choking back the tears : "no , I could never be happy without her...." 💔
Joan Redfern was angry with the Doctor when she last saw him, but Verity Newman, who learned about him from JR's journal, showed no ill will on meeting him. Joan must have written about him with understanding or maybe forgiveness for his actions.
i wonder if the woman who wrote that book based off her Grandmother's diary had read a description about The Doctor from the diary, the way she just hesitates to look up like after writing the name she realizes there is a chance the man from the diary is stood in front of her but isn't sure she can bring herself to look
1:00 I don't know if it was intentional but behind Joan's granddaughter, there's a display stand of Anatomical Charts for the human body referencing how Martha proved she was a Doctor to Joan by naming the bones of the hand.
Cor I remember all the speculation before this episode was out. The scene with Verity Newman was filmed before anything else, even Planet Of The Dead cos of Jessica Hynes' commitments soooo a lot of people thought the journal was a large part of the End Of Time story XD
I always find this scene interesting. We always get the story from the Doctors perspective but in reality everyone is just a passer by in the Doctors world. This is Joan's grand daughters only encounter with what is really a mythical/legendary character. This scene really solidifies his legend status to me.
It's such a small scene but played soooo well by Jessica Hynes. The little pause before she looks up at him to prepare herself. It's heartbreaking.
Add to that she realizes who he is because I'm sure in the book, she never mentioned he called himself "The Doctor"and that was only in the diary - which means this is only person who could know....
Yes, the acting is very very good. The small pause, lowering her shoulders, the facial expressions of both of them. It is one of my favourite scenes. Such a big story being told with few lines but very good acting.
You know, I always assumed when she said “Were you?” that she was going to say “Were you him?” or something like that, and I just now realized she asked him if he was happy in the end.
Also, when he asked "was she happy in the end", he still regretted the heartbreak that he had inadvertently brought into her great-grandmother's life; as was mentioned in the episode, he gave Martha a list of things to do in case of this or that - but hadn't included instructions on what to do if he fell in love! And before he regenerated he wanted to know if she had somehow moved on and been happy -
Absolutely. There's that moment of dawning realisation, and then of bracing herself. Very well acted.
The scene with Joans grand-daughter just breaks me. I weep like a child. So well acted, so well written, I just can't deal with this.
I couldn't agree more why can't we get these kind of episodes and ideas today !!
Elite Snowman king Because the writing is absolute shit. All they care about is putting hip or current shit in the episodes and not focusing on actual storylines
me too my friend...i belive tenant is the best doctor of all series seasons...
@@user-tw6cw8ik4r let me guess you haven't watched the classics
@@primastico6950 if you mean the soul before the 2005 i'm afraid no because we can't find easy to download.. but i insist tenant it's the most sentimental actor in the last 5 actors of the doctor
Keep in mind that he was holding back his regeneration energy all this time so he could say goodbye to all his friends! This shows how much he cares for his friends
Me holdin in a fart so I dont kill my pals
Julia K
The hardest choices require the strongest wills.
this really made me love it even more thanks for that
That explains why the TARDIS exploded when he regenerated and 9 and 11didnt
What's even more touching is he probably held back his energy to read the book as well.
The book scene is the one that crippled me.
The Martha and Micky scene was a bit sad but not too awful.
The SJ and Luke scene choked me up a bit.
Jack’s scene wasn’t sad but I think he knew what was going on with the doctor.
But this scene was like a bullet through the heart. The sadness and regret in his voice because he knew, he had hurt her.
She had fallen in love with this man who could never be with her.
And the quite way he speaks really nails home the pain. He asks ‘was she happy, in the end?’ And you can tell he wants to change the past.
Truly the saddest goodbye.
Agreed :( He offerd her great grandmother (the nurse in 1913 i know you know what i'm talking) To travel with him but she said no and told him to go :C .,_,.
I think that part of the doctor really did love her. It probably hurt to much to visit her in the pass. That or he could go to far from where he was.
Jack’s scene started off sad. He was drinking his grief away after his boyfriend died.
@@kaizoisevil and after he regretably had to sacrifice his grandson to save humanity, don't forget
Rewatching for the who-knows-how-many-th time, the bit that still hits me hard is when she asks "Were you?"
The scene in the bookstore is the best and such a wonderful touch. Of all the characters in the series, touching back on this one was brilliant and wholly unexpected.
a lot of people who dont watch dr who just think its silly childrens tv, but there are episodes with brilliant serious acting in it. thats why i love it
I agree. The only non-former-companion he visited ... and it shows such a respect for the connection and love she and John Smith shared, and an acknowledgement of its strength. I was so touched that she/this was included.
"Were you?" Two words that essentially sum up the entire show and yet can bring tears to your eye upon hearing them.
And then at the end of 60th anniversary, the question was finally answered - 10th (and 14th) are finally happy.
R.I.P Elisabeth Sladen 1946-2011 She will be loved and missed :...(
may she be forever a companion within our hearts
Same:(
Brigadier got a goodbye longer than sarah but I suppose it will happen 😊
It was at 1:21, right at that exact moment when she realized this was definitely the man her grandmother talked about. He didn’t ask if the story was real, anything about the story, or of the mysterious man from another world, but, “Was SHE happy in the end.” Something personal that a reader wouldn’t ask, but a man who held guilt for wronging a woman. Why would your average reader care about her to wonder about her life after the fairytale. Who asks that question, but someone who knew her.
And also happens to be named "The Doctor"
When I first saw this the scene with Joan's great grand daughter it was so unexpected. After seeing the doctor say good bye to great companions like Martha, Jack, Sarah Jane, he goes to someone we have never seen before. It might be my favourite part in this whole visiting people sequence because it was so unexpected but so right. He really did love Joan and the acting is amazing
theZbanana if you listen carefully she might’ve almost let it slip that she’s the same woman somehow
Her realizing so fast is a testament to her belief in that story.
@@thrasher930 yes!
One thing to note is that The Doctor was holding back the regeneration energy all this time. He waited in line while he was dying. He must have loved Ms Redfern to risk regenerating in public especially when we see the magnitude of the explosion that happened.
who is ms redfern lol
Papa Acahalla that and the "was she happy?" Line shows that The Doctor still loves her and cares for her
Hilarious the nurse the human doctor fell in love with in human nature family of bloody
Well... The explosion probably happened BECAUSE he was holding it back.
And look at 12th - he held the regeneration back for two episodes...
Domihork He was holding it back for 2 weeks
A great many people say that the saddest moment in modern Doctor Who is the actual regeneration of 10 to 11. While I do think that it is sad these whole couple of episodes "The End of Time" are peppered with emotional scenes, whether it is this scene or 10's resignation when deciding to save Wilf; which just charges the emotional steamroller toward the end. It is the best I think ending sequence, a tour of those his life has influenced throughout his tenure as the Doctor.
This is one of the reasons that I think that David Tennant is on par with Tom Baker as the best Doctor.
he was litterally voted the best doctor out of all the doctors like last year or i think this year. but i agree. quite on par with tom baker
wilf was NEVER worth squat , being a bumbler
Got to agree there. My First was The Fourth but the Tenth .. broke my heart.
@@vixis Me, too. Four was my first and I loved him, but I only made it part way through Eleven before I stopped watching, in part because I just couldn't get over Ten. There were other reasons, too, but that is the big one.
HE WAS WORTH EVERYTHING.
The long pause the Doctor gives when Joan's granddaughter asked if he was happy.....just....damn :(
That "smile" where you can tell he's thinking "so much like your grandmother" and also trying not to cry himself.... oooof
I just realized somewhere in the Tardis there’s a book about John Smith and his lover. The doctor probably never forgets about the life he could have had.
The scene when he met the descendant of the matron from Family Of Blood was awesome, and very moving. A very nice touch.
Wait where?
@@lag00n54 'Was she happy in the end?'
The book signing scene, is probably my favorite payoff of the entire revived series. It would have been so easy for the writers to have left it out. The fact that we got this payoff was great, but the fact that it was this good just hit it home for me. Chills and tears every time
Imagine it from her POV: the man who probably inspired her, the man who she looked up to came to her on a regular signing event!
I love the look The Doctor gives Joan's grand-daughter when she asks him if he was happy in the end because to me it just says "It doesn't really matter does it?"
Nobody mentioned that captain jack was in that bad still reeling in guilt after he sacrificed his own grandson to rid earth of the 456
I thought we all knew that...
However if Children of Earth are still cannon in the main Whoniverse, do you think Jack would salute the Doctor just like this instead of getting mad at him for not helping with 456?
I'm assuming this piece of info is torchwood?
Haven’t seen it but, assuming that it is torchwood, isn’t torchwood supposed to act on the basis that the doctor isn’t always there to help? Maybe I’m assuming too much but I don’t see why he’d have to be mad at him, in particular, for not helping. He treats the doctor like an amazing guy sure, but jack is probably one of the most aware that the doctor isn’t a god.
@@Domihork Gwen kinda put it best in the last episode ... The Doctor must sometimes look at Earth and then turn away in shame ..."
Domihork he probably knew there was nothing he could do because it might’ve been a fixed point in space&time
There's no action, tension, cliffhanger or major plot twist, yet the Verity Newman scene is one of the best scenes of the Tennant era and the best of the farewells, even beats the one with Rose. Genius writing to tie everything up!
I've only just realised that the music in that bar was the same as when the girls danced in Daleks in Manhattan.
Even the music's a tribute to one of his episodes
Alex Dawson finally someone who sees it
Yeah, the Tenth Doctor died sad and alone. Even the Eleventh acknowledged it (by not answering Sarah Jane's question on the subject). But then the Doctor got to meet the Ponds.
He reliesed when he asked if she was happy he could of been happy too if would of stayed with her
He doesn't ever die! He comes back with the same mind, memories and personality; only his appearance changes. To him, it's only like changing clothes.
Befitting that Jessica Hynes should play a character who writes a sci fi book as she herself has written sci fi. Like that seemingly casual things are actually well grounded.
Kasino80 nice picture!
This never gets old. NEVER. The music, the scene, the emotions, the goodbye. Absolutely heartbreaking 100%
Thank you Russell T. Davies & David Tennant & everyone during 2005-2010 for great times !!! 💙
I come back to it every now and then and always cry! Such a beautifully realised scene. That moment when it dawns her who he is.
Couldn’t agree more
I like to think that “The Doctor” was a term used in her Grandmother’s diary, but never used in the book she wrote. So when she heard him, she knew he said an impossible thing that she never shared before, and that’s when she knew…
Exactly! But what would she have called him in private intimate times?
Certainly not "doctor"!
Just watched Human Nature and Family of Blood and Joan was a wonderfully splendid character. She was the perfect fit for John Smith. She was one of the few people who had the same gravity as The Doctor. She stood up to him twice, when he was John Smith and wanted to refuse the choice he had to face, and when The Doctor came back to flippantly ask her to travel with him and she asked him about his whimsical choice of places to hide. Although she loved him she wasn't some silly girl just mooning over him, she was a serious person who understood honor and duty and what choices meant. That pain never left him and it was beautiful that they showed it in the end when he meets her granddaughter and still worries that he caused her to not live a happy life.
I can watch the bit with Verity Newman a hundred times. It's epic.
Especially with the sad music.
what gets me are the lines "was she happy in the end" "yes yes she was" "were you?" they touch me for some reason...
I think I now have indeed watched this over a hundred times. Still gets me. So well acted and filmed.
Still rewatching this.
Aaaand, watching it again.
0:55 who else noticed the reference in the book author, "Verity Newman" a mix of the two main creators of doctor who
Yes, Verity Lambert and Sydney Newman, two of those were responsible for creation of Doctor Who back in 1963
Also, in the episode 'human nature' the John Smith character states that his parents were called Verity and Sydney
I know what Captain Jack was thinking.
everyone knows what Capt Jack was thinking...lol
Random TV It's a big club. We should get t-shirts
XD ye
The doctor's gift to Captain Jack was being a wingman
One up the bum, no harm done
‘Was she happy’ hit harder than any doctor who scene ever did for me. That whole episode I was in bits. Huge bow to David and the writers
I don't think any performance will ever hit me harder than David Tennant in his final episodes of Doctor Who. It's so rare nowadays to have the character end their run on such a high note, with such well written content and so well executed. To have put in the effort of gathering all the former companions and side characters just for one last scene each, as if to tell us, 'They're gonna be ok. Martha, Mickey, Sarah Jane and Luke, Donna and her family, Jack, Rose, they all lived happily ever after.' So satisfying. And so endlessly sad that the Doctor, this Doctor, will forever be deprived of the ability to just live and be with the people he loves. Every single actor nailed their characters, but the end of David Tennant's run surely marked the end of an era that will likely never come again.
This is very old but I can't see myself not crying after this
I love so much that they tied back in to Joan, it makes it feel like for once a single-episode character actually had a lasting impact, and it shows that the Doctor seriously affects people's lives even if he's only in them for a brief moment. I hope we get more of that in the newer seasons.
You can feel the regret with the book signing scene. He regrets what he did so much he couldn't ever let it go. What an amazing scene down to the acting of Jessica to the music as well.
I like how this scene implies that not only did 10 see all of his past companions or everyone who entered the TARDIS, but everyone he made an impression on, like Sally Sparrow, Jackson Lake, Elton Pope, Lady Christina, Jenny, The Brigader, any one-off or minor character you can think of throughout the entire show up to that point that wasn't a villain, he saw ALL of them, leaving no stone unturned.
The “Doctor” episode Trilogy give a legitimate reason for the Doctor to do this and break his never looking back rule. This was his last Regeneration, the last time his face will change, and looking at the original Timeline seen in Name of the Doctor(Which was prior to him saving gallifrey and thus forcing them to give him a new cycle so there would be a 12th Doctor to have the correct calculations to save Gallifrey.), this would have been his only chance to do so, and he knew that, being Timelord he probably could sense points in his own time stream and know that in his future he not a moment for him to say goodbye. That and Ten was the most sentimental of the Doctor’s faces.
I feel like Donna got it worst. She met her love in the library and literally went away without meeting him because she didn't see him and he could speak. And then she had to forget the Doctor..
the bookshop scene was what made me start balling my eyes. but that last scene with wilfred sent me into an absolute hysterical weep.
A solider watching the man that saved his life dying…knowing he could not do anything to save the doctors.
Not only that but Wilfred was one of the only people who genuinely admired the doctor and everything he stood for. a alien who only cared about the safety of the human race. His sole protector. And the man that allowed his granddaughter to see the universe and he was ecstatic about it.
I just realised he sent the book for "The Doctor" as if he was gifting this book to whoever comes next (The 11th Doctor) to read whenever he wanted. Nice bit of detail there
No words contain my love for the "Verity Newman" scene. Nothing but magic. That's why we watch this thing.
Two parts of the scene with Verity and the doctor touch my heart - obviously when he asks "was she happy in the end?" Given that their parting was so painful and she was so hurt, he wanted to know if she was eventually happy.. but when she realizes who he is, and asks "were you'? and the doctor gives a slight smile.. wow..
“Was She happy in the end?” “Yes… of course” “where you?” *silence
So Heart Breaking
I love the little Easter egg/tribute to Sydney Newman and Verity Lambert by naming her Verity Newman. Truly the end of a spectacular era.
The moment when he tries to smile after she asks if he was happy made me go and cry again the first time I saw it
The book scene is such an unexpected and very welcome one. That moment of realisation as to whom she was signing the book for and the doctors response. Utterly amazing.
Literally how I feel when the love of my life finds her happiness and I'm just left here. "In the end was she happy" "were you" that line breaks me everytime because I do the same painful smile every time
That scene in the bookshop gets me every time.
Punch straight to the feels. 10-12’a endings will never be topped. I wish there had been a 5 year hiatus after 12’s amazing speech right before he decided to regenerate again. Leave us wondering and give us time to breathe. Jodie wouldn’t look different in 5 years.
'You Put The Devil In Me' :it's the same song played in the series 3 episode 'Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks'
Doesn't look like she was writing anything in the books when signing autographs lol
Her pen isnt even touching the book
@chelcxleigh She's the granddaughter of a woman the Doctor fell in love with while he was human, without all his Time Lord memories.
thats sad but all im imagining is the doctor stood in line for the book like “come on im dying here can’t wait long”
David Tennant was the best, wish he could have been in more seasons.
If only he did. He could’ve broken Tom Baker’s record
I have read that some thought this was an unnecessary meeting since the character was not a reoccurring character. BUT…I think this speaks to how real the Doctor is written. His time with her was his experience as a human, with all the joys and pains, and may be the only true love he ever experienced. His asking only if she had been happy may be from his guilt and concern with how he left her. And, as others have said, the question to him of Were you captures his existence. I am still relatively new to DW, but I thought these last scenes were heart wrenching and DT brilliant.
I don't know why, but it really makes me laugh to think of the Doctor standing in line at the book signing. All for that big reveal 🤣
I cried at this scene I loved the Tennant era so much my childhood just all came back to me
The Doctor: Says goodbye to all of his friends in meaningful ways.
Also the Doctor: "Hold up I gotta make sure Captain Jack gets laid."
To be fair Jack was depressed because he had to watch his lover die and sacrifice his grandson to get rid of the 456
My favourite part of the "saying goodbye to friends" part is when The Doctor was visiting John Smith's wife/girlfriend's (forgot her name and it was a long time ago I saw the episode) great granddaughter cuz that shows that he remembers that life and still cares about the wife/girlfriend he maybe couldn't visit her when she was alive cuz of time.......stuff but heartwarming moment nonetheless
As these scenes go on, he just looks sicker and sicker the closer he gets to regeneration. Heartbreaking.
1:19 oh man I can watch this book signing part all day
This is literally the hardest thirty seconds in Doctor Who. I can never handle it.
The lady to the side of Captain Jack, looks slightly like Princess Leia
I just realized that the bells playing after the book signing were the same exact bell sounds in the John smith/joan “wedding”
If they ever bring back Romana, Hynes would be the perfect person to play her
What also gets me aside from "was she happy" was the idea the doctor managed to arrange so Donna's Dad was able to provide for his daughter via a lottery ticket
This doctor had so much heart and its hard to imagine any other doctor doing something as thoughtful and kind as that
Okay,now I can't decide which Regeneration is sadder: Tennant's or Capaldi's. On the one side,Tennant says goodbye to most people he saw on His Adventures,but He didn't have a Regeneration speech. On the other side Capaldi got to say goodbye to nardole,Bill and Clara,but that wasn't that sad. But it's heartbreaking how he Talks to His Future self. I don't know...
The Doctor honestly I did not find Capaldis regeneration all that sad... it was meh even elevens regeneration made me cry
I have to agree with iamsherlocked345. I'm a huge fan of Capaldi, and I put him right up there with Tennant, but his regeneration was disappointing to me. It was just him showing off for an audience of zero how clever he is.
I think that Capaldi's regeneration is meant to be hopeful. Him accepting his regeneration with a grand speech is meant to pass on the torch to the next one with a hopeful attitude that they would be able to do right by him. While in comparison, Eleven's speech serves as Matt Smith's farewell to the character and the Doctor's farewell to us.
vale decem is a whole entire song with latin lyrics and stuff. vale (by itself) is just a pretty violin piece with one singer singing the same word over and over again "vale." so, i think they are either the same piece, or two pieces that sound very, very similar.
The way Sarah Jane smiles when the doctor says goodbye to her is heartbreaking
@joszher She is the great grand daughter of the character the doctor fell in love with as a human when he used the chameleon circuit in "Human Nature" to hide from the Family of Blood
Shatterfaith thanks I have been wondering for so long thx
Chameleon arch (sorry!)
Best end to a Doctor era ever
1:00 It must be a crazy moment for her, to meet the man that her grandmother fell in love with, in the flesh! Gosh I fricking love series 4.
The saddest part was when she asked if the doctor was happy in the end...
You’d think instead of meeting her granddaughter as a way of saying “goodbye” to her, he’d just go and back in time and say goodbye to her directly. It’s not like she wasn’t aware of who the doctor was. Would of been more touching imo.
And that’s the last appearance of Jack Harkness in Doctor Who
Until now haha
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was she happy? :((((( god im crying again!
I recognize the music from Doctor Who: Daleks take Manhattan.
"Was she happy , in the end ?"
"Yes , yes she was - were you ?"
That wistful smile , choking back the tears : "no , I could never be happy without her...." 💔
This scene still hits hard till this day
I LIVE for the moments of "it was real"
Joan Redfern was angry with the Doctor when she last saw him, but Verity Newman, who learned about him from JR's journal, showed no ill will on meeting him. Joan must have written about him with understanding or maybe forgiveness for his actions.
for the beginning, i love how the song is the one that was sung in the daleks of Manhattan
Bro I missed David I missed my childhood 😔
its funny looking back at the shows & films that stick with you.
It was Wilfred Mott saluting his friend that keeps me coming back to this Doctor.
I miss this guy so much ❤️
when tens lips start shaking i burst in tears 😂
1:21
"Was she happy... In the end?"
*"U wot?"*
"was she happy, the end?"
"Yes, yes she was."
"Were you?"
I loved how these two did a series together - There She Goes.
fantastic scene - lots of heart innit
i wonder if the woman who wrote that book based off her Grandmother's diary had read a description about The Doctor from the diary, the way she just hesitates to look up like after writing the name she realizes there is a chance the man from the diary is stood in front of her but isn't sure she can bring herself to look
1:00 I don't know if it was intentional but behind Joan's granddaughter, there's a display stand of Anatomical Charts for the human body referencing how Martha proved she was a Doctor to Joan by naming the bones of the hand.
Cor I remember all the speculation before this episode was out. The scene with Verity Newman was filmed before anything else, even Planet Of The Dead cos of Jessica Hynes' commitments soooo a lot of people thought the journal was a large part of the End Of Time story XD
He's back boys.
"Hey guys, I'm back!"
"SERIOUSLY?? Seriously?"
Elisabeth sladen left to early before her time. She will be missed very much.
“Was she happy? In the end?” Makes me sob.
A very satisfying end to this doctor. I await his return
I always find this scene interesting. We always get the story from the Doctors perspective but in reality everyone is just a passer by in the Doctors world. This is Joan's grand daughters only encounter with what is really a mythical/legendary character. This scene really solidifies his legend status to me.
Yay, Donna finally got married.
I thought that was Grace Holloway from the movie🍿.
Ever notice how the song thats being played in the background in the alien bar is the one from the episode with pigmen and the Daleks?
Why everytime I see the Doctor I just cry? What is it with this series that is so special?