@Tespri He was feeling all of those, as he demonstrated in the climax of the episode. He was suppressing them out of fear. Trauma does bad things to good people. The Doctor (and his younger self) turned him around. He got "therapy", shed his misanthropy, saved lives and defrosted the girl in the cryosleep pod.
That's such an amazing plot twist, it seems someone is trying to show you your future so you can change, but to find out YOU are the future to be avoided, you're a lost cause and you are the outcome for your younger self to be dissappinted in enough to not become.
for sure. It's a shame dr.who's corny practical effects put people off because the stories were brilliant (most of them) particularly the ones written by Russell t Davies
"Do you know i'm going to let those people die, its not a plan i don't get anything from it, DON'T CARE" - Dumbledoor after sending the Slytherins to the dungeons knowing full well there's a troll in the dungeon
The problem is that Dumbledore does care. He cares so much. Every life lost is a tragedy to him, even the lives of his enemies. The reason he sent the Hufflepuffs and Slytherins to the dungeons was most likely because he didn't believe there even was a troll. If he thought, for even a moment, that the threat was real, he'd have kept the students in the Great Hall.
@@Shadowkey392i dont think its mentioned in movies, but according to the lore their dorms are in the dungeons. So sending the students to their dorms meant sending the slytherins to the troll lmao
Iirc, at least the Gryffindor dorms were mentioned as being in a tower. I assumed each of the four arbitrary houses had their dorms in a separate tower. 🤷♀️
@@1TW1-m5i ^This. The one time I remember him being punished was at the end of the war games when he called them. But that episode was weird because you realize they could have easily captured him whenever but didn’t care enough to be bothered. Then in the deadly assassin they barely know who the doctor is. From then on its more “I probably shouldn’t do this” and reality punishes him or there’s just no punishment at all with the timelords sometimes saying “hey go do this for us”. Genesis of the Daleks basically proved they don’t care about breaking the laws of time so long as it benefits them.
Pretty underrated episode that uses time travel really well as a plot device rather than "Oh hey, we entered *insert year and place* better go have an adventure."
That is truly scary… Seeing your self become a cold old man who only cares about himself and not thousands of lives that he can save. It’s like seeing your own ghost and all the sins to come…
no, the worst thing about this is the doctor forced a guy who was already content with his life and then gives him a new early traumatic event just because the doctor didn't get what he wanted when a guy had no reason to care
@@AJ84291 we really gonna act like this guy wasnt a complete piece of shit who deserved everything shitty that happened to him because he literally refused to lift a finger to save thousands of people that only he could save with very little effort? alright chief he tried literally everything else, personally if traumatising one person is what it takes to make them wake the fuck up to the monster they have become and save thousands of lives? yeah probably not gonna bat an eye at that one chief.
@@LordThomasPassion I mean it’s not like he was asked to lead a revolution, all he needed to do was open the clouds so the ship can land, that’s literally it and he couldn’t even bother to do that, and the worst part is is that it wasn’t because he didn’t care or was cold, he chose not to do it to spite the very concept of happiness, he was basically an older version of joker.
I can't even imagine how it must feel to be shown as a cautionary tale to your past, better self. When i really think about it, that has to be one of the roughest lessons ever taught to someone in a show.
I love this Christmas Carol twist. The Villain's younger self calls him the one word that he DESPISES...."Perfect". It hit him like the proverbial Dagger through his Heart, for he never wanted to be that.
If younger me seen older me it would've just fully convinced younger me that I was right and life isn't worth living and I'd gone through with offing myself lol.
This is why Matt was my favorite doctor. He may have been the youngest actor to ever play the character. But at times like this you can see the impossibly old man that the doctor was in stories like this. And you can also see the bitter lessons of the doctors entire life playing out that everything that he does. And it helps shape the next doctor's life of unbelievable stubborn optimism.
There where times when he played how cruel the doctor could be as well, which is something the character needed, like the family of Blood, the audience knows how far the doctor can go, and it’s worth it to see it
He was the youngest doctor because in 10ths last moment he didn’t want to go knowing this was the last time he would regenerate so he wanted it to be a fun one to send off so in his last moments he chose his face to be young and full of life Then ironically enough the youngest doctor lived the longest and died the oldest looking
Yeah, somehow he communicated how utterly ancient The Doctor is better than anyone, just with his acting rather than the juxtaposition of his acting and youthful face. Tennant and Capaldi did it really well too, especially how exhausted with life Capaldi showed The Doctor was. Also I think Tennant's Doctor showed more of how angry the Doctor is/was vs the more "I've been around so long... I'm just tired now" that's barely beneath the surface in 11 and 12.
@@AnimeWolf5193 honestly not too far off. Voldemort and Dumbledore weren't that different. Just a chess game, we just like the winner because of who benefited.
@Duke Dumbledore was the same minus chasing immortality. Dumbledore saw adults and children as sacrificable pawns. In every book he was grooming Harry to accept his commands and have unwavering loyalty.
@Duke Dumbledore was the same minus chasing immortality. Dumbledore saw adults and children as sacrificable pawns. In every book he was grooming Harry to accept his commands and have unwavering loyalty.
When someone insists they don't care, it's them wishing they didn't care long enough for them to believe they don't. Some stuff sucks and you can't do a thing about it so all you can do is close your heart to the pain.
I'd suggest that's wishful thinking on your part. To believe that EVERYONE cares is to close your eyes to the suffering and oppression and trauma and abuse that _breaks_ people. It denies the reality of people all round us who do not care about others, denies the... pain... that makes people thus, and blindly hopes everyone can and will care again. Some people close their hearts, never to open them again the rest of their lives, and some people never learned how to care to begin with.
@@Aeroldoth3 Never said everyone cares but from my experience the people that didn't learn to care don't talk about not caring, they just don't get involved or are after something else in the situation.
Said like a person who cares. I wish you were right but I kept trying to help my father be better for the sake of my sisters. It turned out to be a very true statement. There is anger, there is a care. It is the caring for the time you are wasting trying to change them. They are so tired of everyone else stubbornly not changing to be what they think the should.
:) wait by your logic wouldnt this mean you cannot not care about something in which case does this mean that you care for all thing equally and the things you believe you dont care is simply a denial of how much you actually care
I think this is so brilliant because it also acted as an opportunity for the audience to self-reflect. We all want to look back on our cells and ask if younger versions of us would be proud to grow up into the people we are now.
When I first watched this episode this last year, (I’m late to the party, I know), I was half startled out of my wits to see dumbledore with the Doctor. Definitely took me a hot minute to separate the two characters
@@kingjohan1335 yes, but once u c a character one way its hard to imagine them another, like ur allways gonna c matt and david as the doctors even tho they play different roles, just how joy saw dumbledoor first so its always dumbledoor to them
I honestly thought this was one of the best Dr. Who episodes ever (of the new series, never watched the OG so). It also really showed how powerful the Doctor is and how far he's willing to go. Yknow, rewriting a person's ENTIRE timeline, his entire history, even if its for the better. Causing past to meet future, like come on Doc only your allowed to meet your future selves.
There must have been something horrifying to realize that you weren't going to be shown the terrible future version of yourself but instead WAS the terrible future version that your younger self needed to avoid.
The moment he says "I am showing you the future. I'm showing it to you right now." Old man is shocked before and somehow knows, I think that's because, as described in the novel of day of the doctor. You get flashes of your forgotten memories when you meet your future self, the Eleventh Doctor went "No! Not now!" In the day of the doctor because he was getting vivid memories, I assume so was old guy,
Also that Scrooge was actively getting Paradox-Warped that entire scene. Time in Doctor Who can change when used recklessly like the Doc is doing here, and people can and will change through ripples as the paradox resolves itself. Sometimes it's too much and we get holes, other times it's stable enough that the dude is getting a Persona 5 change of heart.
If u haven't watched this years special I would reccomend at least the special from last month, the power of the doctor, best jodie episode and best ending
Awwweee I’ve recently been rewatching/binging all of 11s run and watched this episode last week. I love it ❤ the woman who sings to the fish, uggghh she’s beautiful and the voice is something magical!
This idea was soooo brilliant. This inversion of your expectations and thr clever science fiction twist on the classic tale solidified this as one of my favorite DW stories. Damn near perfect episode
Genuinely a fantastic time travel story. Totally warps the normal expectation, perfectly demonstrates the use of the mechanism to defeat a problem, and even demonstrates that it doesn’t eliminate consequences, just changes the order that they happen in.
@@willhorting5317 no cap is just the most modern version of slang for saying “seriously” or “not lying” some other terms are “straight up” or “no joke”, people will always find a fun short way to say something longer like calling a boring person a “square” as I’m sure your parents were to familiar with that term either, or phrases like “shiner” to mean a black eye or “ain’t that a bite” to say too bad
If only chibnall didn't become showrunner the first female doctor would have had better storyline tbh, but loved his finale, only good thing come from him was last months special lol
This is one of my favorite episodes and to honestly get the full scope of it, you truly need to watch it multiple times (like we all do with every episode featuring the Doctor)
Don't you? I mean, there he is... you're clearly thinking about decisions better made. So, choose to be the person you want to be, not the one you recoil from. Funny little man with a big blue box offering you a chance to change your life for the better... seems appropos.
Even by the Doctor's standards, that was a genius move.
What do you mean 😂😂😂
Problem is that psychopaths are psychopaths regardless of their age.
@Tespri This character is not a psychopath, he's a misanthrope.
@@theradgegadgie6352 not feeling remorse guilt or sympathy are trairs only psychopaths and sociopaths have
@Tespri He was feeling all of those, as he demonstrated in the climax of the episode. He was suppressing them out of fear. Trauma does bad things to good people. The Doctor (and his younger self) turned him around. He got "therapy", shed his misanthropy, saved lives and defrosted the girl in the cryosleep pod.
That's such an amazing plot twist, it seems someone is trying to show you your future so you can change, but to find out YOU are the future to be avoided, you're a lost cause and you are the outcome for your younger self to be dissappinted in enough to not become.
Underrated comment. Bravo 👏🏾
That's messed up. And brilliant writing. I don't watch Dr. Who, but I might have to start.
@@collymorpheous8575you won’t regret it
@@laykniYou are too easily amused.
It's not that amazing.
The most original spin on Christmas Future I’ve seen in any Christmas Carol story
for sure. It's a shame dr.who's corny practical effects put people off because the stories were brilliant (most of them) particularly the ones written by Russell t Davies
"Spirited"is a brand new play on the Christmas Carole with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrel
Honestly one of the greatest episodes. A good balance between light-hearted festivities, old stories, and a deep emotional plot.
We got a good plot similar to Scrooge so id assume so
Scrooged
"Do you know i'm going to let those people die, its not a plan i don't get anything from it, DON'T CARE"
- Dumbledoor after sending the Slytherins to the dungeons knowing full well there's a troll in the dungeon
The problem is that Dumbledore does care. He cares so much. Every life lost is a tragedy to him, even the lives of his enemies. The reason he sent the Hufflepuffs and Slytherins to the dungeons was most likely because he didn't believe there even was a troll. If he thought, for even a moment, that the threat was real, he'd have kept the students in the Great Hall.
@@solaris9426 so he’s ignorant
Didn’t he send them back to their dorms?
@@Shadowkey392i dont think its mentioned in movies, but according to the lore their dorms are in the dungeons. So sending the students to their dorms meant sending the slytherins to the troll lmao
Iirc, at least the Gryffindor dorms were mentioned as being in a tower.
I assumed each of the four arbitrary houses had their dorms in a separate tower. 🤷♀️
The Doctor was definitely taking advantage of Gallifrey being gone this episode with breaking as many Laws of Time as possible
It's not breaking the law if there's no police
Tbh, Galifrey never put that much effort into policing him unless they wanted something out of it
@@Jorgelhus there are laws that police themselves, remember the paradox cleaners when rose's dad was saved from a hit n run?
@@ilovefunnyamv2nd in that case, the paradox cleaners ARE the police. If they didn't came, there were no laws broken.
@@1TW1-m5i ^This. The one time I remember him being punished was at the end of the war games when he called them. But that episode was weird because you realize they could have easily captured him whenever but didn’t care enough to be bothered. Then in the deadly assassin they barely know who the doctor is. From then on its more “I probably shouldn’t do this” and reality punishes him or there’s just no punishment at all with the timelords sometimes saying “hey go do this for us”. Genesis of the Daleks basically proved they don’t care about breaking the laws of time so long as it benefits them.
It’s such a great detail that when the doctor says “now you need to see the future” he’s looking at the kid at first then looks to the adult
Having the ability to mix time travel into A Christmas Carol and using it this way was genius,
time travel was always in A Christmas Carol
@@fl3m1n9o4 Oh, god, I just got a mental image of Doc Brown crashing the DeLorean into Scrooge's bedchamber.
@@Thoralmir haha
It had nothing to do with that story.
I agree, the doctor is even greater than allah 🤲
Pretty underrated episode that uses time travel really well as a plot device rather than "Oh hey, we entered *insert year and place* better go have an adventure."
That is truly scary… Seeing your self become a cold old man who only cares about himself and not thousands of lives that he can save. It’s like seeing your own ghost and all the sins to come…
no, the worst thing about this is the doctor forced a guy who was already content with his life and then gives him a new early traumatic event just because the doctor didn't get what he wanted when a guy had no reason to care
@@AJ84291 well to be fair the guy was a cold rich bastard
@@JamesTDGso?
@@AJ84291 we really gonna act like this guy wasnt a complete piece of shit who deserved everything shitty that happened to him because he literally refused to lift a finger to save thousands of people that only he could save with very little effort?
alright chief
he tried literally everything else, personally if traumatising one person is what it takes to make them wake the fuck up to the monster they have become and save thousands of lives? yeah probably not gonna bat an eye at that one chief.
@@LordThomasPassion I mean it’s not like he was asked to lead a revolution, all he needed to do was open the clouds so the ship can land, that’s literally it and he couldn’t even bother to do that, and the worst part is is that it wasn’t because he didn’t care or was cold, he chose not to do it to spite the very concept of happiness, he was basically an older version of joker.
I can't even imagine how it must feel to be shown as a cautionary tale to your past, better self. When i really think about it, that has to be one of the roughest lessons ever taught to someone in a show.
“What difference does showing me make” Kazran said calmly
YEEEEEEEEEESS!!
Too soon. Entirely too soon.
But have your angry updoot.
I can't with this
XD
LMAO!!!!!!!
Took me half a second longer than it should've 🤣
I love this Christmas Carol twist. The Villain's younger self calls him the one word that he DESPISES...."Perfect". It hit him like the proverbial Dagger through his Heart, for he never wanted to be that.
Ngl it was a perfect way of seeing your future, seeing your younger self sees what you become, and calls you what you hate the most. Perfect, ngl.
Now, let the Doctor show Hitler his future so he wins the war.
It helps on both ends ... It shows the older him that he became what he hated ... It showed the younger him what he would become so he could avoid it
@@Svol09reminds me when Davros learned the Doctor was a time traveler so he tried to download every battle the Daleks had so they would win.
Similar to the show reboot when the hero had the same struggle
If younger me seen older me it would've just fully convinced younger me that I was right and life isn't worth living and I'd gone through with offing myself lol.
Stories like this is why I'll never completely give up on Doctor Who, because when it all comes together, it's magic.
This is why Matt was my favorite doctor. He may have been the youngest actor to ever play the character. But at times like this you can see the impossibly old man that the doctor was in stories like this. And you can also see the bitter lessons of the doctors entire life playing out that everything that he does. And it helps shape the next doctor's life of unbelievable stubborn optimism.
Indeed
There where times when he played how cruel the doctor could be as well, which is something the character needed, like the family of Blood, the audience knows how far the doctor can go, and it’s worth it to see it
He was the youngest doctor because in 10ths last moment he didn’t want to go knowing this was the last time he would regenerate so he wanted it to be a fun one to send off so in his last moments he chose his face to be young and full of life
Then ironically enough the youngest doctor lived the longest and died the oldest looking
@@samuelfawell9159to be fair, the Family of Blood was 10, not 11.
Yeah, somehow he communicated how utterly ancient The Doctor is better than anyone, just with his acting rather than the juxtaposition of his acting and youthful face.
Tennant and Capaldi did it really well too, especially how exhausted with life Capaldi showed The Doctor was.
Also I think Tennant's Doctor showed more of how angry the Doctor is/was vs the more "I've been around so long... I'm just tired now" that's barely beneath the surface in 11 and 12.
If you can't change the present by showing the future, then change the present by showing it to a more innocent past. Great writing.
I recognized this was Dumbledore the moment I heard his voice, but its much easier to visualize if you cover the lower half of his face.
"I don't and never will care," Dumbledore said calmly.
@@AnimeWolf5193 now I kinda wish he'd said that to Harry!! 🤣🤣
@@AnimeWolf5193 honestly not too far off. Voldemort and Dumbledore weren't that different. Just a chess game, we just like the winner because of who benefited.
@Duke Dumbledore was the same minus chasing immortality. Dumbledore saw adults and children as sacrificable pawns.
In every book he was grooming Harry to accept his commands and have unwavering loyalty.
@Duke Dumbledore was the same minus chasing immortality. Dumbledore saw adults and children as sacrificable pawns.
In every book he was grooming Harry to accept his commands and have unwavering loyalty.
This isn't just the best Christmas special, it's one of the best episodes of Doctor Who, period!
When someone insists they don't care, it's them wishing they didn't care long enough for them to believe they don't.
Some stuff sucks and you can't do a thing about it so all you can do is close your heart to the pain.
I'd suggest that's wishful thinking on your part. To believe that EVERYONE cares is to close your eyes to the suffering and oppression and trauma and abuse that _breaks_ people. It denies the reality of people all round us who do not care about others, denies the... pain... that makes people thus, and blindly hopes everyone can and will care again.
Some people close their hearts, never to open them again the rest of their lives, and some people never learned how to care to begin with.
@@Aeroldoth3 Never said everyone cares but from my experience the people that didn't learn to care don't talk about not caring, they just don't get involved or are after something else in the situation.
Said like a person who cares. I wish you were right but I kept trying to help my father be better for the sake of my sisters. It turned out to be a very true statement. There is anger, there is a care. It is the caring for the time you are wasting trying to change them. They are so tired of everyone else stubbornly not changing to be what they think the should.
:) wait by your logic wouldnt this mean you cannot not care about something in which case does this mean that you care for all thing equally and the things you believe you dont care is simply a denial of how much you actually care
i honestly feel his pain.
RIP Michael Gambon. You will always be Dumbledore the coolest wizard to fall down.
The way The Doctor subtly glances to where young Kazran is actually standing is brilliant!
I think this is so brilliant because it also acted as an opportunity for the audience to self-reflect. We all want to look back on our cells and ask if younger versions of us would be proud to grow up into the people we are now.
“Show me the future” dumbledore asked calmly
I KNEW IT . IKNEW IT WAS HIM
@@Frankiln.D.Roosevelt.1934 pretty sure it isn't
@@bladedfurball isnt this micheal gambon
@@bladedfurball Oh but it is.
Funny he did ask it as calmly as he could this time Lol
The way he looks at the camera when asking "so what do you think?" as if Moffat's asking the audience is so neat.
When I first watched this episode this last year, (I’m late to the party, I know), I was half startled out of my wits to see dumbledore with the Doctor. Definitely took me a hot minute to separate the two characters
I still haven’t watched it lol 😅
I only got into doctor who about a Yr ago, ur always on time when u get into DW 😎😎
Have you not grasped the concept of acting? Is it really that hard to imagine an actor doing more than one role?
God you people are stupid
Hold up that’s dumbledore how have I never realised that, I’ve rewatched doctor who like 5 times
@@kingjohan1335 yes, but once u c a character one way its hard to imagine them another, like ur allways gonna c matt and david as the doctors even tho they play different roles, just how joy saw dumbledoor first so its always dumbledoor to them
I’m so bloody thankful for these shorts introducing me to this amazing show ❤
I honestly thought this was one of the best Dr. Who episodes ever (of the new series, never watched the OG so). It also really showed how powerful the Doctor is and how far he's willing to go. Yknow, rewriting a person's ENTIRE timeline, his entire history, even if its for the better. Causing past to meet future, like come on Doc only your allowed to meet your future selves.
Tbh, a lot of the episodes aged poorly for the og. Found myself nodding off a lot when trying to do a binge once
@@JamesTDGhow lmao
Timelord Victorious
That was a genious take on showing him his future😊
Michael Gambon is a phenomenal actor his work in this special is one of my favorites
May he rest in peace
The most depressing and hopeful and beautiful Doctor Who Christmas special. That song at the end is haunting.
all i could think of when i see clips of this special is the hilarious intro of rory and amy in the middle of their space honeymoon.
I miss rory and Amy 😭 they might be my favorites
@@CANfilms they're certainly special. they see the doctor like family and they keep finding ways to relate to him as such.
@@tomassoejakto Well... basically they are family, they are the Doctor's in-laws.
The Doctor is always 15 steps ahead. Such good writing!
This is still TO THIS DAY my favorite Christmas special
Mine too. Love it so much that I try to watch it every year now.
Mine is the doctor the widow and the wardrobe. Mainly because of the ending.
Daemon Targaryen arguing with Albus Dumbledore is not what I thought I’d see today
"Harry,DidYouPutYourNameInTheGobletOfFire!?!?!" Dumbledore asked calmly...
this is the comment i was looking for.
"it's not a plan.....it's just that i don't care!"
great line XD and delivered super well
This is the only episode of Dr who I've seen. I absolutely love it and still listen to "silence all i know".
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There must have been something horrifying to realize that you weren't going to be shown the terrible future version of yourself but instead WAS the terrible future version that your younger self needed to avoid.
The moment he says "I am showing you the future. I'm showing it to you right now." Old man is shocked before and somehow knows, I think that's because, as described in the novel of day of the doctor. You get flashes of your forgotten memories when you meet your future self, the Eleventh Doctor went "No! Not now!" In the day of the doctor because he was getting vivid memories, I assume so was old guy,
Also that Scrooge was actively getting Paradox-Warped that entire scene. Time in Doctor Who can change when used recklessly like the Doc is doing here, and people can and will change through ripples as the paradox resolves itself. Sometimes it's too much and we get holes, other times it's stable enough that the dude is getting a Persona 5 change of heart.
Him saying, “I am showing you the future” and seeing the old man’s face just drop,
"I don't and never ever will care!!!" Kazran said calmly
Such as talented actor and joy to watch.I’ll miss him
This episode cut SO deep and did so with maximum efficiency.
Damm I've forgot how beautiful this episode was😢
Watch Matt Smith as the doctor again brought some tears on my face.
They only person I'm trying to make proud of me is the child I use to be
My wife and i watch this special every holiday! Our favorite special.
This made me cry, when he goes to hit him and then the memories omg.
This was a brilliant take on the "future" aspect of the story!
I just rewatched S7:E8 and I forgot how much it gave me chills like when he’s telling the “god” a story
I literally watched that episode with my brother tonight 😅 what a coincidence 😂
Absolutely brilliant
Such a nice twist on the timeless story
By far the best doctor who Christmas special
The last person you want to disappoint is your childhood self.
Ah, only __ more sleeps until this years Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol holiday rewatch. Can't wait:)
37 days!!!!!!!! Till Christmas 🎄
No more dr who this year we had 3 specials this year and next year 3 specials starting November and 2024 the real next season starting
If u haven't watched this years special I would reccomend at least the special from last month, the power of the doctor, best jodie episode and best ending
@@shaanysully9908 They specifically said _rewatch_
@@shaanysully9908 Horrible
RIP Sir Michael Gambon, may be gone, but never forgotten
This was absolutely brilliant. When you have a time machine, you got options and man, good one.
this has to be one of my favorite christmas specials, one of my favorite stories mixed with dr who, can't beat it
What a great actor Michael Gambon is. The singing detective shall never be forgotten.
Awwweee I’ve recently been rewatching/binging all of 11s run and watched this episode last week. I love it ❤ the woman who sings to the fish, uggghh she’s beautiful and the voice is something magical!
The best spin on the concept I've ever seen
Why did I think it was Chuck McGill for a second
Better Succ Chuck
I love the pause after "so what do you think" while the doctor looks directly at the audience.
The new definition of The Ghost of Christmas' Future
Notice how dr looks behind adult kazan at young him in the beginning
Matt had the best christmas specials
Such a good Christmas special
The way he shouts "CARE" at the end of his diatribe
RIP Michael Gambon. What an actor.
Matt Smith's Era! ♡
I Will Always Remember
When The Perfection Was you! ♡
Such a great episode and that haunting song at the end. Wow. This is one of those that I'll never forget. Moffat. Smith. Doctor Who. ♥ ♥
This idea was soooo brilliant. This inversion of your expectations and thr clever science fiction twist on the classic tale solidified this as one of my favorite DW stories. Damn near perfect episode
Rest in peace Michael Gambon
Genuinely a fantastic time travel story. Totally warps the normal expectation, perfectly demonstrates the use of the mechanism to defeat a problem, and even demonstrates that it doesn’t eliminate consequences, just changes the order that they happen in.
Arguably the best Christmas special.
Just realised how much this scene is like Better Call Saul telling Chuck he's going to die alone and cold. Dumbledore even looks a bit like Chuck!
This might just be my favorite Christmas special of all time.
Man, Dumbledore sure lost his marbles
"Laws of Time, Shlaws of Time. This old guy's pissing me off."
This was a powerful episode
Love the way Dr Who's eyes glance over and back.
Dumbledore was savage when he was younger
"I don't and never ever will care" - dumbledore says calmly (literally) 😂
"Yeah, im fine with that"
**credits start rolling**
That subtle eye shift to look directly at the camera... *chef's kiss* MWAH, perfect!
Hehe, im reading a Christmas Carol in school rn
By far my favorite Doctor WHO Christmas special
Great episode no cap
What do you mean, when you say "no cap"?
(I am a senior citizen, and so I am curious.)
"no cap" means that he isn't lying.
@@DoctorWhoShorts really? Then why not just simply say that?
It's no wonder that I don't understand what my grandkids say.
@@willhorting5317 no cap is just the most modern version of slang for saying “seriously” or “not lying” some other terms are “straight up” or “no joke”, people will always find a fun short way to say something longer like calling a boring person a “square” as I’m sure your parents were to familiar with that term either, or phrases like “shiner” to mean a black eye or “ain’t that a bite” to say too bad
What episode is it?
Oh man, it's moments like this that made the series so freakin good.
If only Cibnall didn't axe Christmas Specials we'd be having another one soon. :(
If only chibnall didn't become showrunner the first female doctor would have had better storyline tbh, but loved his finale, only good thing come from him was last months special lol
Davies may bring them back
At first I thought that this is a threat " I am showing You right now, its happening as we speak."
Matt’s specials as the Doctor were something else, man
I thought the doctor was supposed to be afraid of causing paradoxes.
Usually, but when the people he loves lives are on the line, the rules go out the window. The Doctor burned up a star just to say goodbye to Rose.
If you think he’s afraid of a paradox, you should see him when there’s more than 3!
Wakka wakka!
"Who wrote Beethoven's Fifth?"
@@theherrdark4834 bootstrap paradox
This is one of my favorite episodes and to honestly get the full scope of it, you truly need to watch it multiple times (like we all do with every episode featuring the Doctor)
I thought milo was about to start dancing
it's not Morbius 😂
@@DoctorWhoShorts ugh have to deal with this “milo” business when the 11th Doctor is so much above him😂😂😂
You got admire the twist in the Doctor Who writing for every show because they just knew how to write so well
Wish I had a doctor to help me like this
Don't you? I mean, there he is... you're clearly thinking about decisions better made. So, choose to be the person you want to be, not the one you recoil from.
Funny little man with a big blue box offering you a chance to change your life for the better... seems appropos.
This one twist tore my heart out. I genuinely had tears.
RIP Gambon
It's clips like this that makes me wanna start watching Dr who. The raw emotions. The talent of the cast.
It's remarkable. 👌
Fantastic!
The mat Smith Doctor hit people right in the emotions when he was serious