There's something so touching about tough-guy 9 joking with Rose before regenerating. He really tried his best not to upset her, didn't tell her what had happened, and even made her laugh as he was dying. Guy really set the bar high.
The scene that really got me was when 10 went back to Rose’s estate in the year of 2005, before she met 9. The way 10 said you’re going to have a great year or something really pulled my heartstrings because we realise how big the RTD era was.
It feels like when he said that he was talking to the audience who watched since 2005, back at the start of the year to tell them that they are in for a fun ride
When people talk about Twice Upon A Time, they always talk about how long he delayed regeneration and those one or two jokes that didn't land. I never see anyone talk about how this is a story about the Doctor at his very lowest, contemplating suicide. Ending his life. It's so heartbreaking, especially for any viewers who may have similar thoughts or had similar experiences, and it's handled so beautifully. The Doctor at the end, deciding to reluctantly keep going. It shows that he's not okay right now, but he has faith that he can be again in the future. My only gripe is that I think 13 recovered way too fast. Her first moments on screen are smiling and bubbley and jokey. This is a person who was ready to kill themselves 15 minutes ago! What happened?
You can say the same about tennant to Smith. Ten didn't want to regenerate yet Eleven was bumbling round a kid on a sugar rush 10 minutes later. Realistically, he'd more mournful and maybe even hate his new face
@mrdr0161 Tennant didn't try to stop himself from regenerating. That's the point you're missing. He was mournful because he realized he just wasted 3 lives in 6 years. From his perspective, this was his last regeneration. He was scared. Capaldi straight up tried to kill himself. He WANTED to die, that's very different
@@fraisedesbois1517 yeah but that's the point. He didn't WANT to regenerate. Regeneration was a BAD thing, he wanted to die. Regeneration shouldn't cure depression
34:54. I will always remember when The Doctor was Peter Capaldi. He was my Doctor, he was my professor, he was my warrior, he was my musician, he was my hero, & I didn't want him to go.
his regeneration seemed a little rushed unless they're trying to make it like the 3rd doctor to 4th doctor but even 9's was longer, I get he already regenerated and it's a new process but didn't 5th have something like that (what's the difference between 11 and 5 anyway) and he just had a standard oldwho regeneration with some optical illusions and his enemy's faces
The regeneration of Tom Baker feels kind of eerie, awesome and so mysterious. Even today we don't really understand the whole thing with the watcher. This is why I really like the recent episode about the edge, more exploration of such a unique idea.
I always disliked that one. The Watcher seemed like a meaningless device to create a mystery that never went anywhere and killing off such a great Doctor by having him fall off something was anticlimactic to say the least.
Some people say the 12th Doctor's regeneration went on a little too long. I disagree. This WAS the Doctor's greatest strength - audible reflection. That's how he sorted things out, that's how he came to conclusions, that's how he analyzed. And if we're looking at this at a BTS perspective, this was an honorable good-bye from both Capaldi and Moffat. "Doctor, I let you go" is a fitting end. No tears, no heartbreak (from them), just a solemn but sweet goodbye.
Steven Moffatt said that they wanted to include more of Eccleston in the War Doctor's regeneration, but felt that to do so would have dishonoured Eccleston's decision that he did not want to appear in the special.
Great job with another fantastic video. My top five regenerations are: 5: Fifth doctor regeneration. 4: Eighth Doctor Regeneration. 3: Ninth Doctor Regeneration. 2. Tenth Doctor Regeneration. 1. Eleventh Doctor Regeneration.
Brilliant ranking, definitely some differences to my own but I think you did a wonderful job explaining your placements! My ranking would be: The Thirteenth Doctor - Whittaker to Tennant (it is thematically and visually beautiful, a perfect end to Jodie's time and showing why this Doctor was so special) Ninth Doctor - Eccleston to Tennant Eleventh Doctor - Smith to Capaldi Fifth Doctor - Davison to C Baker Twelfth Doctor - Capaldi to Whittaker Fourth Doctor - T Baker to Davison Eighth Doctor - McGann to Hurt Seventh Doctor - McCoy to McGann Tenth Doctor - Tennant to Smith Second Doctor First Doctor - Hartnell to Troughton Third Doctor - Pertwee to T Baker War Doctor - Hurt to Eccleston (albeit he doesn't show up) Sixth Doctor - C Baker (though really McCoy in a Wig) to McCoy
Still wished 14 kept 13s outfit after regenerating. It takes you out of the moment in my view and it was such a cringe and pathetic excuse for not having David wear Jodie's outfit. Jodie wore Peters and no one really cared (she had the best post regeneration outfit alongside Matts raggedy Tennant look) but David wearing Jodie's clothes was a red line?
The 60th will need to have a story explanation for this but you’re right, the clothing changing is stupid with Davies’ reasoning alone. I mean, Jodie’s outfit with fairly neutral.
Legally, they wouldn't be able to put a CGI Eccleston in there. An actor says "no, I don't want to be part of this project?" What are you going to do? Leave him out. You're not gonna put him in there with CGI! That's illegal.
Five's will always top my personal list, but the points called out about 12's really have it contending for #1. With that said, I think it'd be worth examining "Caves" deeper to see why Five's regen rightfully nudges Ten's. I'm not disrespecting Ten's regen, Tennant, or any of it, but there's things that give Five's the edge in terms of meaningfulness. Had Ten's mini-tantrum not been a thing, we'd have a different story. But it was there, and in spite of all the emotional turmoil, it felt out of place. Sure, he absolutely did the right thing by sacrificing himself for Wilf, but I felt Ten should have stood brave in the face of the situation. Five, on the other hand, took utter responsibility for his actions and put literally everything on the line to save Peri. It's very worth pointing out that none of the events of "Caves" would have unfolded in the ways they did had the Doctor's curiosity been curbed. And yes, I know, without that there wouldn't have been a story. But there's where the brilliance of the late-great Robert Holmes is. He crafted the perfect story of just how many consequences can happen as a result of the Doctor's curiosity or interference. As a result, Five put Peri in terrible danger, and had to own up to that. He put his own life at stake and paid the ultimate price. Amongst all the chaos around him that was caused by his own actions, he sucked it up and owned up to what had to be done. The first time a Doctor gave up his own life purely to save his companion. Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and perfect. That's why the "Caves" regen gets my top spot and always will. But, here's my list. I don't think of things in terms of "worst to best", nothing like that. To me, there is no "worst" anything in Doctor Who. I love it all, so I prefer to say "something wasn't as good as something else", aka "it's all good no matter what." Five - see above! Twelve - hugely emotional companion farewells, epic pre-regen speech. Four - saving the universe and being killed by your arch-nemesis, doesn't get much better! Thirteen - the perfect, most gorgeous and simple regen that had SO much depth. Nine - heartbreaking farewell, Eccelston's performance was breathtaking. Three - like the Fifth Doctor, Three owned up to what he had to face. Sarah being there = immensely emotional. Ten - superb, would have been flawless if not for his little tantrum. But huge shoutout for RTD echoing back to Four and Five's companion "flashbacks" in a whole new way. I've seen other comments in other places that have said his farewell was too long and drawn-out. That's a bunch of nonsense in my book! One - the original, you might say! Hartnell on his last legs was still perfect, still powerful! Eleven - No dry eyes when he gives his farewell speech and when Amy shows up. Two - immense impact in spite of the forced regen, we learned about his people, and what happens when you cross them. Eight - Paul McGann needs his own TV run as Eight, even a short mini-series would do. Incredible performance. Seven - shocking for sure, but it was vastly different. McCoy passed the baton with his own style. Six - tough to swallow, but circumstances were what they were. BF expanding his regen was amazing! War - nice nod to Hartnell when saying "wearing a bit thin." Simple and sweet, and Hurt's performance made his regen shine.
Hi, I'm from Russia, but I've been a Whovian for about 10 years. I'm really glad I came across this channel recently. I want to thank the creator of this video, because the list of regenerations is 100% consistent with mine. Special thanks for taking into account the audio play where the Sixth regenerates and did not omit the regeneration of the Thirteenth from the top, which was very beautiful, sad and truly Doctor-like (mainly due to the acceptance of the fact of the latter’s death).
I guess I have 3 regenerations that I consider the best for different reasons. For the speech, I like the 11th Doctor's regeneration. Matt Smith's last words as the Doctor: "I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I will always remember when the Doctor was me." And then Matt looks directly into the camera. That gets me every time. Matt Smith saying goodbye to the Doctor. (I also love that regeneration because my favorite Doctor, Peter Capaldi, is about to appear. The 10th Doctor's regeneration had the best pyrotechnics. His actual farewell was a bit whiny, but the sheer power of the regeneration just blew me away! Like a bomb going off! I also liked the 13th Doctor's regeneration even though she wasn't my favorite Doctor. The music was beautiful, the regeneration looked nice, and I loved the setting on a cliff overlooking the sea. Makes me think of the coast of Oregon, which is about an hour from where I live.
The scene that got me was the 50th Special with William Bradley. William Hartnell was the first one who really set the series tunning..and he was t hff e one who defined what each button switch or lever dit... even chastising the set crew for getting them wrong. But seeing the first Doctor as the character he was, during the regeneration scene for him to look over and see Matt Smith as the Doctor smiling back at him....that got me good...as the first knows that he has a long experience ahead...and it is all good. Fav doctors: David, Peter D, Collin, Matt, Christopher, Peter K Jon, John,Tom, Patrick, Paul, Sylvester William. Though I like Jodie as an actress...her and Chibi were a bad combo
Your characterization of the 7 --> 8 regeneration is about how I have always felt about it. It was completely uncharacteristic of Sylvester McCoy's Doctor. It would have been different had he been shielding someone... a companion, a random person... but to just step out of the TARDIS and get waxed like that is just bad.
Watching matt smith regenerate hurt me and i think it should be higher cause at its time we didnt know he would get other lives, i know i didnt to be honest i thought my favorite show was gonna be over before the regen and when i saw him go it felt relieved
This was a cool ranking. Enjoyed watching this. Here’s my Regeneration ranking. Warning, you may disagree with some placements. 1. 9th to 10th Doctor (Eccleston to Tennant) 2. 11th to 12th Doctor (Smith to Capaldi) 3. 13th to 14th Doctor (Whittaker to Tennant) 4. 12th to 13th Doctor (Capaldi to Whittaker) 5. 5th to 6th Doctor (Davison to C. Baker) 6. 1st to 2nd Doctor (Hartnell to Troughton) 7. 6th to 7th Doctor (C. Baker to McCoy) 8. 4th to 5th Doctor (T. Baker to Davison) 9. 8th to War Doctor (McGann to Hurt) 10. 3rd to 4th Doctor (Pertwee to T. Baker) 11. 2nd to 3rd Doctor (Troughton to Pertwee) 12. 10th to 11th Doctor (Tennant to Smith): 13. War to 9th Doctor (Hurt to Eccleston) 14. 10th to 10th Doctor (Tennant to Tennant?) 15. 7th to 8th Doctor (McCoy to McGann)
the 7th doctor's death is ironic tbh. This incarnation was playing universal chess and everyone was his pawn, he had to have absolute control of everything leading him to be a very manipulative being. So him randomly getting shot and dying to american healthcare, something so out of his control, is ironic. But yeah i agree, he should of had a better death
I really hated 13s regeneration. She just gets beamed by a laser. That's it. She didn't sacrifice herself or anything meaningful like that. She just got stupidly killed.
It should be like that sometimes. 10 died that way too. Capaldi died by getting hugged by a cyberman. It would be good for the story if sometimes the regeneration is really simple. It grounds the show
The First 5 are really good, they have the emotion, they aren't too long and the reasons are plausible. Just don't focus too much on the dated graphics.
I get the Eccleston stuff about the war doctor but imagine how annoyed and how hard he would have sued if they used his image for long at all without his permission
That was a class video, im just wondering what was the name of the song you used when talking about the 5th doctor into the 6th doctors regeneration cause it is very good 😊
15. 10-10 (The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End) - this one doesn’t really count for me cos it isn’t one Doctor going into another 14. 1-2 (‘The Tenth Planet’) 13. 10-11 (‘The End of Time’) 12. 7-8 (The TV Movie) 11. War-9 (‘The Day of the Doctor’) 10. 3-4 (‘Planet of the Spiders’) 9. 6-7 (‘The Brink of Death’) 8. 8-War (‘The Night of the Doctor’) 7. 2-3 (‘The War Games’) 6. 12-14 (‘Twice Upon a Time’) 5. 13-14 (‘The Power of the Doctor’) 4. 5-6 (‘The Caves of Androzani’) 3. 4-5 (‘Logopolis’) 2. 11-12 (‘The Time of the Doctor’) 1. 9-10 (‘The Parting of the Ways’)
I'm not sure, but I think the 12 doctors regeneration might've been caused when he got electrocuted by the mondasian cyberman on the roof top at the start of The Doctor Falls 🤔
The problem with Capadi's regeneration it was way too overblown. A long winded speech to himself about never eating pears? Its like a speech from a children's panto.
People forget that Doctor who back then was normal for people during that time. I guess kids nowadays hate anything that doesn't have near perfect 4060p graphics and doesn't do what they want production teams to do... Wtf is wrong with fans of things nowadays?
Jodie has to be the worst by far. What an inconsistent mess. It was hurried and rushed and all her companions just rushed out the door like its no big deal. Just utterly bizarre. Not only that it was a total cop out with their relationship.
@@blueknight07 A. All her companions suddenly left while she was in peril aka dying. B. She saved her self from dying only to be randomly shot by a laser in the next scene. C. She was very glib about dying like it was some sort of game like she was psychopath with no emotions. D. The relationship with Yaz went nowhere and was quickly brushed under the rug like nothing happened.
@@purefoldnz3070 A. Did you skip the companion group? that was a pretty satisfying conclusion B. That's happened to the 10th and 9th Doctors, all saved but then seemingly doomed. C. That's what it should be, 9, 11 and 12 were optimistic. Unlike 10s which was way too overdramatic. D. That's pretty much been what Doctor Who does everytime it tries to mess around with stuff like that.
@@blueknight07 Nope, the doctor was in danger and dying but all the companions just up and left her. If it was another Doctor they would have stayed to help like Sarah Jane, the 5th Doctor, the 10th Doctor etc. It was just utterly bizarre. It was like someone on set was saying c'mon we gotta wrap this up and wipe the slate clean for the new showrunner. Tbh it encapsulates all of Chibnalls run an utter mess.
1. Dave tennet the best dr and brought the dr the best personality 2. Matt smith paralleled what tennet did but tennet being the originator gets 2nd best dr. Last. The girl is the worst dr
Three's regeneration still gets me nearly fifty years on. Falling out of the TARDIS as when we saw him first in 1970, bringing him back to his beginning. Trying to comfort Sarah with his dying breath. My Doctor, and my hero.
I’m glad the Fifth Doctor was at least at the top for classic regenerations. One thing people often overlook is this is the first time the Doctor held back his regeneration. Just before the cliffhanger to episode 3 of Caves we see the regeneration effect for a brief moment and the Doctor squints and shakes his head and it goes away. It’s not expanded on much. The director said that was his best interpretation of how Robert Holmes had written him holding back the regeneration so that he could actually have a chance to save Peri. And that’s why he thought he could potentially die, he thought maybe he missed his chance.
I think the words 10 says before his fatal dose of radiation strike home that as egotistical and afraid and how dark he could be... "Wilfred, it's my honor." That's classy as all hell.
Before big finish i never really understood why people thought the doctor fell off his exercize bike just because it's seen in the tardis console room. I always assumed it was due to the attack on the tardis causing a bit of a crash landing. He wouldn't be exercising while wearing his full costume anyway. And they even write it in the script: 'The crash must have caused me to regenerate'
12th's closing speech, I think, was beautiful. And I guess it was actually Moffat's farewell speech. Especially with its ending: "Doctor, I let you go."
I mean it revealed in the power of the daleks that the 1st doctor's clothes changed while regenerating, that even included the 4th doctor when he regenerated into the 5th doctor his boots changed into shoes.
This is a great video count. I like modern doctor who a lot. As a kid I didn't understand it a lot with classic who, but modern who is something I fell in with along with the 1996 film. Doctor who should never be tainted with an American version. I would break all of the tvs in my house if they try that again
How did The T.A.R.D.I.S change entirely for the 9th doctor, I mean the Roundels and the Coral themes aren't even a bit similiar unlike the old and new Matt Smith T.A.R.D.I.S
@@devinrobertson5251 no he didn’t. Incarnations and regenerations are separate. Here, let me explain by establishing three sets of ordinal numbers: one for Doctors, one for incarnations, and one for which upcoming regeneration they went through. So the First Doctor is 1/1/1, the Second is 2/2/2, all the way through the Eighth Doctor, who’s 8/8/8. Then Eight regenerates into the War Doctor, who isn’t numbered, so the ordinal number of Doctors is suspended while the incarnation and upcoming regeneration numbers each go up one, making War’s count War/9/9, since he’s the War Doctor who’s the ninth incarnation and who underwent the ninth regeneration. Then War regenerates into Nine. Now, since Nine identified as the Doctor, the Doctor count resumes at 9 while the incarnation and upcoming regeneration counts go up one like normal, making Nine’s count 9/10/10. This continues through his regeneration into the Tenth Doctor, the eleventh incarnation whose upcoming regeneration will be (at the time) the eleventh. So Ten’s count at first is 10/11/11. Then comes _The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End,_ where Ten uses what would’ve been his eleventh regeneration to heal himself and siphon off the rest into his spare hand. The Doctor and incarnation counts remains the same because no new incarnation was produced, i.e. Ten didn’t become Eleven. But a regeneration _was_ expended, so the upcoming regeneration count goes up one. Since Ten now undergoes the twelfth regeneration in _The End of Time,_ his count goes from 10/11/11 to 10/11/12. Now the counts are in ascending order. Eleven corroborates the count in _The Time of the Doctor_ when he exclaims “regeneration number thirteen!”, his count being 11/12/13. So to sum up, the count was N/N/N, then the War Doctor made it N/N+1/N+1, then Ten made it N/N+1/N+2. I think the reason people get confused is because there’s a bad habit in the _Doctor Who_ fandom of using “regeneration,” to mean “incarnation.” Has this helped at all?
@tivednagol9127 you're wrong. He's still the next doctor. This was said by 11. If we're being technical, war was 9, pushing everyone back one, and if we continue being technical, ten is 11 and 12. What you said literally does not matter and your making up headcanon. He took up two doctor "slots". He's not "still" ten, if he's literally the next doctor after 10. He still was named the 10th doctor, even though he was number 11, but that's just semantics at that point. So is 14 not 14? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 war 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 that's how they "Label" themselves. It doesn't change the fact that war is actually 9, 10-2 is actually 12, etc. You're making up your own headcanon when this is literally established. You're wrong
@@devinrobertson5251 nope, you're wrong. The fact that you say "you're wrong", "you're making up headcanon" twice in the same comment shows your lack of an argument. The Tenth Doctor outright _said_ what he did in _Journey's End._ What Eleven told Clara in _The Time of the Doctor_ was a simplification. How do I know this? Context clues. She'd just come back to Trenzalore after being in the Time Vortex; to use the same verbiage Ten used with his companions would've only confused and exasperated her more. One incarnation cannot be two, and each Doctor can only be one incarnation. You're basically saying Ten lied to his companions when he had absolutely no reason to ("the Doctor lies" doesn't and can't apply here). The fact that you think Ten is both the eleventh and twelfth incarnations shows exactly why my three numbers are needed: So that people don't spout bullshit like this.
@tivednagol9127 SMH. You're trying with all sorts of mental gymnastics. This was even stated in show. Sorry but you ARE wrong and you just don't want to believe anything but your own head canon
The 2nd doctors scared the shit out of me. As a kid on UA-cam watching the regeneration comp, I was surprised by and confused by the old generation regenerations. Then when Troughton started screaming no my blood went cold
There's something so touching about tough-guy 9 joking with Rose before regenerating. He really tried his best not to upset her, didn't tell her what had happened, and even made her laugh as he was dying. Guy really set the bar high.
The scene that really got me was when 10 went back to Rose’s estate in the year of 2005, before she met 9. The way 10 said you’re going to have a great year or something really pulled my heartstrings because we realise how big the RTD era was.
It feels like when he said that he was talking to the audience who watched since 2005, back at the start of the year to tell them that they are in for a fun ride
When people talk about Twice Upon A Time, they always talk about how long he delayed regeneration and those one or two jokes that didn't land. I never see anyone talk about how this is a story about the Doctor at his very lowest, contemplating suicide. Ending his life. It's so heartbreaking, especially for any viewers who may have similar thoughts or had similar experiences, and it's handled so beautifully. The Doctor at the end, deciding to reluctantly keep going. It shows that he's not okay right now, but he has faith that he can be again in the future. My only gripe is that I think 13 recovered way too fast. Her first moments on screen are smiling and bubbley and jokey. This is a person who was ready to kill themselves 15 minutes ago! What happened?
You can say the same about tennant to Smith. Ten didn't want to regenerate yet Eleven was bumbling round a kid on a sugar rush 10 minutes later. Realistically, he'd more mournful and maybe even hate his new face
What happened ? Regeneration lol
Regeneration is a lottery :D
@mrdr0161 Tennant didn't try to stop himself from regenerating. That's the point you're missing. He was mournful because he realized he just wasted 3 lives in 6 years. From his perspective, this was his last regeneration. He was scared. Capaldi straight up tried to kill himself. He WANTED to die, that's very different
@@fraisedesbois1517 yeah but that's the point. He didn't WANT to regenerate. Regeneration was a BAD thing, he wanted to die. Regeneration shouldn't cure depression
34:54. I will always remember when The Doctor was Peter Capaldi. He was my Doctor, he was my professor, he was my warrior, he was my musician, he was my hero, & I didn't want him to go.
Wow! Very well said!
How old are you
he was also in Kill the Moon the worst episode ever made.
@@purefoldnz3070 Not even the worst episode in that series
@@thejamsterx Kill the Moon? Where the moon is a giant kinder? And its not the worst in the series?
Matt Smith’s regeneration brought tears to my eyes, legitimately and I don’t usually get moved like that.
It gets me emotional every time I watch it because Smith is my favorite Doctor. I still think it's easily the best regeneration scene from the show.
@@AirPokemonNaruto22 it is. It was perfect
his regeneration seemed a little rushed unless they're trying to make it like the 3rd doctor to 4th doctor but even 9's was longer, I get he already regenerated and it's a new process but didn't 5th have something like that (what's the difference between 11 and 5 anyway) and he just had a standard oldwho regeneration with some optical illusions and his enemy's faces
The music was just the tipping point for me 😢
@@YeetoTheYeetaficI like its nice that they didn't do it again and I like the sneeze regeneration
The regeneration of Tom Baker feels kind of eerie, awesome and so mysterious. Even today we don't really understand the whole thing with the watcher. This is why I really like the recent episode about the edge, more exploration of such a unique idea.
I always disliked that one. The Watcher seemed like a meaningless device to create a mystery that never went anywhere and killing off such a great Doctor by having him fall off something was anticlimactic to say the least.
Some people say the 12th Doctor's regeneration went on a little too long. I disagree. This WAS the Doctor's greatest strength - audible reflection. That's how he sorted things out, that's how he came to conclusions, that's how he analyzed. And if we're looking at this at a BTS perspective, this was an honorable good-bye from both Capaldi and Moffat. "Doctor, I let you go" is a fitting end. No tears, no heartbreak (from them), just a solemn but sweet goodbye.
Steven Moffatt said that they wanted to include more of Eccleston in the War Doctor's regeneration, but felt that to do so would have dishonoured Eccleston's decision that he did not want to appear in the special.
Great job with another fantastic video. My top five regenerations are:
5: Fifth doctor regeneration.
4: Eighth Doctor Regeneration.
3: Ninth Doctor Regeneration.
2. Tenth Doctor Regeneration.
1. Eleventh Doctor Regeneration.
those are some good choices, although matt smith loses a point becase moffat decided to add young and old amelia pond
Say what you will about any other regeneration one thing will always remain McGann’s last line of ‘physician heal thyself’ is the greatest.
Couldn’t have asked for a better video to be credited in 😍 another belter I must say 👏🏼
What a great reaction when the 8th Doctor came around before the 50th Special 🤩 I totally agree with your list. Thank's for a great channel!
Thank you Tony ❤️
"Laugh hard, run fast, be kind" Words to live by.
Best regeneration for me is 8th’s to war. SO GOOD!
Brilliant ranking, definitely some differences to my own but I think you did a wonderful job explaining your placements! My ranking would be:
The Thirteenth Doctor - Whittaker to Tennant (it is thematically and visually beautiful, a perfect end to Jodie's time and showing why this Doctor was so special)
Ninth Doctor - Eccleston to Tennant
Eleventh Doctor - Smith to Capaldi
Fifth Doctor - Davison to C Baker
Twelfth Doctor - Capaldi to Whittaker
Fourth Doctor - T Baker to Davison
Eighth Doctor - McGann to Hurt
Seventh Doctor - McCoy to McGann
Tenth Doctor - Tennant to Smith
Second Doctor
First Doctor - Hartnell to Troughton
Third Doctor - Pertwee to T Baker
War Doctor - Hurt to Eccleston (albeit he doesn't show up)
Sixth Doctor - C Baker (though really McCoy in a Wig) to McCoy
Still wished 14 kept 13s outfit after regenerating. It takes you out of the moment in my view and it was such a cringe and pathetic excuse for not having David wear Jodie's outfit. Jodie wore Peters and no one really cared (she had the best post regeneration outfit alongside Matts raggedy Tennant look) but David wearing Jodie's clothes was a red line?
RTD is a bit of a welsh dick, people just can’t accept that
The 60th will need to have a story explanation for this but you’re right, the clothing changing is stupid with Davies’ reasoning alone. I mean, Jodie’s outfit with fairly neutral.
The clothes changes did happen with the 1st doctor to 2nd doctor
Legally, they wouldn't be able to put a CGI Eccleston in there.
An actor says "no, I don't want to be part of this project?"
What are you going to do? Leave him out. You're not gonna put him in there with CGI! That's illegal.
Exactly. I thought they dealt with the War Doctor's regeneration perfectly personally.
7th doctor death explained in tv movie: 😢
7th doctor death explained in big finish: 💀
Five's will always top my personal list, but the points called out about 12's really have it contending for #1. With that said, I think it'd be worth examining "Caves" deeper to see why Five's regen rightfully nudges Ten's. I'm not disrespecting Ten's regen, Tennant, or any of it, but there's things that give Five's the edge in terms of meaningfulness.
Had Ten's mini-tantrum not been a thing, we'd have a different story. But it was there, and in spite of all the emotional turmoil, it felt out of place. Sure, he absolutely did the right thing by sacrificing himself for Wilf, but I felt Ten should have stood brave in the face of the situation.
Five, on the other hand, took utter responsibility for his actions and put literally everything on the line to save Peri. It's very worth pointing out that none of the events of "Caves" would have unfolded in the ways they did had the Doctor's curiosity been curbed. And yes, I know, without that there wouldn't have been a story. But there's where the brilliance of the late-great Robert Holmes is. He crafted the perfect story of just how many consequences can happen as a result of the Doctor's curiosity or interference.
As a result, Five put Peri in terrible danger, and had to own up to that. He put his own life at stake and paid the ultimate price. Amongst all the chaos around him that was caused by his own actions, he sucked it up and owned up to what had to be done. The first time a Doctor gave up his own life purely to save his companion. Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and perfect.
That's why the "Caves" regen gets my top spot and always will.
But, here's my list. I don't think of things in terms of "worst to best", nothing like that. To me, there is no "worst" anything in Doctor Who. I love it all, so I prefer to say "something wasn't as good as something else", aka "it's all good no matter what."
Five - see above!
Twelve - hugely emotional companion farewells, epic pre-regen speech.
Four - saving the universe and being killed by your arch-nemesis, doesn't get much better!
Thirteen - the perfect, most gorgeous and simple regen that had SO much depth.
Nine - heartbreaking farewell, Eccelston's performance was breathtaking.
Three - like the Fifth Doctor, Three owned up to what he had to face. Sarah being there = immensely emotional.
Ten - superb, would have been flawless if not for his little tantrum. But huge shoutout for RTD echoing back to Four and Five's companion "flashbacks" in a whole new way. I've seen other comments in other places that have said his farewell was too long and drawn-out. That's a bunch of nonsense in my book!
One - the original, you might say! Hartnell on his last legs was still perfect, still powerful!
Eleven - No dry eyes when he gives his farewell speech and when Amy shows up.
Two - immense impact in spite of the forced regen, we learned about his people, and what happens when you cross them.
Eight - Paul McGann needs his own TV run as Eight, even a short mini-series would do. Incredible performance.
Seven - shocking for sure, but it was vastly different. McCoy passed the baton with his own style.
Six - tough to swallow, but circumstances were what they were. BF expanding his regen was amazing!
War - nice nod to Hartnell when saying "wearing a bit thin." Simple and sweet, and Hurt's performance made his regen shine.
Yes agree with fifth being the best
Hi, I'm from Russia, but I've been a Whovian for about 10 years. I'm really glad I came across this channel recently. I want to thank the creator of this video, because the list of regenerations is 100% consistent with mine. Special thanks for taking into account the audio play where the Sixth regenerates and did not omit the regeneration of the Thirteenth from the top, which was very beautiful, sad and truly Doctor-like (mainly due to the acceptance of the fact of the latter’s death).
I guess I have 3 regenerations that I consider the best for different reasons. For the speech, I like the 11th Doctor's regeneration. Matt Smith's last words as the Doctor: "I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I will always remember when the Doctor was me." And then Matt looks directly into the camera. That gets me every time. Matt Smith saying goodbye to the Doctor. (I also love that regeneration because my favorite Doctor, Peter Capaldi, is about to appear.
The 10th Doctor's regeneration had the best pyrotechnics. His actual farewell was a bit whiny, but the sheer power of the regeneration just blew me away! Like a bomb going off!
I also liked the 13th Doctor's regeneration even though she wasn't my favorite Doctor. The music was beautiful, the regeneration looked nice, and I loved the setting on a cliff overlooking the sea. Makes me think of the coast of Oregon, which is about an hour from where I live.
The scene that got me was the 50th Special with William Bradley. William Hartnell was the first one who really set the series tunning..and he was t hff e one who defined what each button switch or lever dit... even chastising the set crew for getting them wrong. But seeing the first Doctor as the character he was, during the regeneration scene for him to look over and see Matt Smith as the Doctor smiling back at him....that got me good...as the first knows that he has a long experience ahead...and it is all good.
Fav doctors: David, Peter D, Collin, Matt, Christopher, Peter K Jon, John,Tom, Patrick, Paul, Sylvester William.
Though I like Jodie as an actress...her and Chibi were a bad combo
Your characterization of the 7 --> 8 regeneration is about how I have always felt about it. It was completely uncharacteristic of Sylvester McCoy's Doctor. It would have been different had he been shielding someone... a companion, a random person... but to just step out of the TARDIS and get waxed like that is just bad.
Watching matt smith regenerate hurt me and i think it should be higher cause at its time we didnt know he would get other lives, i know i didnt to be honest i thought my favorite show was gonna be over before the regen and when i saw him go it felt relieved
This was a cool ranking. Enjoyed watching this. Here’s my Regeneration ranking. Warning, you may disagree with some placements.
1. 9th to 10th Doctor (Eccleston to Tennant)
2. 11th to 12th Doctor (Smith to Capaldi)
3. 13th to 14th Doctor (Whittaker to Tennant)
4. 12th to 13th Doctor (Capaldi to Whittaker)
5. 5th to 6th Doctor (Davison to C. Baker)
6. 1st to 2nd Doctor (Hartnell to Troughton)
7. 6th to 7th Doctor (C. Baker to McCoy)
8. 4th to 5th Doctor (T. Baker to Davison)
9. 8th to War Doctor (McGann to Hurt)
10. 3rd to 4th Doctor (Pertwee to T. Baker)
11. 2nd to 3rd Doctor (Troughton to Pertwee)
12. 10th to 11th Doctor (Tennant to Smith):
13. War to 9th Doctor (Hurt to Eccleston)
14. 10th to 10th Doctor (Tennant to Tennant?)
15. 7th to 8th Doctor (McCoy to McGann)
the 7th doctor's death is ironic tbh. This incarnation was playing universal chess and everyone was his pawn, he had to have absolute control of everything leading him to be a very manipulative being. So him randomly getting shot and dying to american healthcare, something so out of his control, is ironic. But yeah i agree, he should of had a better death
I really hated 13s regeneration. She just gets beamed by a laser. That's it. She didn't sacrifice herself or anything meaningful like that. She just got stupidly killed.
It should be like that sometimes.
10 died that way too.
Capaldi died by getting hugged by a cyberman. It would be good for the story if sometimes the regeneration is really simple. It grounds the show
The First 5 are really good, they have the emotion, they aren't too long and the reasons are plausible. Just don't focus too much on the dated graphics.
I get the Eccleston stuff about the war doctor but imagine how annoyed and how hard he would have sued if they used his image for long at all without his permission
That was a class video, im just wondering what was the name of the song you used when talking about the 5th doctor into the 6th doctors regeneration cause it is very good 😊
Thank you! I think it was already a part of the Big Finish regeneration so i can’t take any credit for that 😊
Actually 12’s regen started when he got an electro-hug by a Cyberman on the roof of the hospital, not when he was shot during the explosive battle.
This^
15. 10-10 (The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End) - this one doesn’t really count for me cos it isn’t one Doctor going into another
14. 1-2 (‘The Tenth Planet’)
13. 10-11 (‘The End of Time’)
12. 7-8 (The TV Movie)
11. War-9 (‘The Day of the Doctor’)
10. 3-4 (‘Planet of the Spiders’)
9. 6-7 (‘The Brink of Death’)
8. 8-War (‘The Night of the Doctor’)
7. 2-3 (‘The War Games’)
6. 12-14 (‘Twice Upon a Time’)
5. 13-14 (‘The Power of the Doctor’)
4. 5-6 (‘The Caves of Androzani’)
3. 4-5 (‘Logopolis’)
2. 11-12 (‘The Time of the Doctor’)
1. 9-10 (‘The Parting of the Ways’)
I'm not sure, but I think the 12 doctors regeneration might've been caused when he got electrocuted by the mondasian cyberman on the roof top at the start of The Doctor Falls 🤔
Definitely the case, since he's seen holding back the regeneration multiple times between that and the last Cyberman blast.
Sorry avout asking such a stupid question but is Peter Davison's Doctor good? Because he is my personal favourite thats why.
16. 14th
15. 6th
14. 13th
13. 7th
12. War Doctor
11. Meta-Crisis
10. 1st
9. 2nd
8. 3rd
7. 8th
6. 4th
5. 5th
4. 12th
3. 10th
2. 11th
1. 9th
Hi I live in Tampa they stopped showing doctor who here before seeing all of the show of Jodie how can we see them
Got to say those bottom two surprised me.
Ooooo really? Where would they rank for you ?
@@thewhoaddicts TV movie one probably too third. War to 9th maybe somewhere in middle.
İ think 3-4 is should be last or at war doctor cuz even it be dramatic regen is so basic and its a thing i do not like
neilsmith_animations did an animated version of The Sixth Doctor's Regeneration from The Last Adventure. You should go and check it out
I thought you already did.
The problem with Capadi's regeneration it was way too overblown. A long winded speech to himself about never eating pears? Its like a speech from a children's panto.
Bit like the Eleventh Doctors. Everyone loves it but the long speech is far too melodramatic
@@blueknight07 he ended up using speeches instead of the sonic to fix everything.
@@purefoldnz3070 Which ruined the chance for him to have some memorable lines because he made grand speeches practically in every episode
@@blueknight07 yes exactly!
12th has always been a speaker, though
People forget that Doctor who back then was normal for people during that time. I guess kids nowadays hate anything that doesn't have near perfect 4060p graphics and doesn't do what they want production teams to do... Wtf is wrong with fans of things nowadays?
Sorry but 10ths regeneration is so much better than 12ths
Jodie has to be the worst by far. What an inconsistent mess. It was hurried and rushed and all her companions just rushed out the door like its no big deal. Just utterly bizarre. Not only that it was a total cop out with their relationship.
Not even remotely close. Colin Baker and McCoy had WAY worse to start with.
What's wrong? I thought her regeneration was one of the best.
@@blueknight07 A. All her companions suddenly left while she was in peril aka dying. B. She saved her self from dying only to be randomly shot by a laser in the next scene.
C. She was very glib about dying like it was some sort of game like she was psychopath with no emotions.
D. The relationship with Yaz went nowhere and was quickly brushed under the rug like nothing happened.
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A. Did you skip the companion group? that was a pretty satisfying conclusion
B. That's happened to the 10th and 9th Doctors, all saved but then seemingly doomed.
C. That's what it should be, 9, 11 and 12 were optimistic. Unlike 10s which was way too overdramatic.
D. That's pretty much been what Doctor Who does everytime it tries to mess around with stuff like that.
@@blueknight07 Nope, the doctor was in danger and dying but all the companions just up and left her. If it was another Doctor they would have stayed to help like Sarah Jane, the 5th Doctor, the 10th Doctor etc. It was just utterly bizarre. It was like someone on set was saying c'mon we gotta wrap this up and wipe the slate clean for the new showrunner. Tbh it encapsulates all of Chibnalls run an utter mess.
Jodie at number 5 is a major L
1. Dave tennet the best dr and brought the dr the best personality
2. Matt smith paralleled what tennet did but tennet being the originator gets 2nd best dr.
Last. The girl is the worst dr
I started watching this with hope but as soon as you mentioned the doctor who movie I switched off. Boring stereotype journalism 🥱
What are you even on about? You sound unstable
Three's regeneration still gets me nearly fifty years on. Falling out of the TARDIS as when we saw him first in 1970, bringing him back to his beginning. Trying to comfort Sarah with his dying breath. My Doctor, and my hero.
I’m glad the Fifth Doctor was at least at the top for classic regenerations. One thing people often overlook is this is the first time the Doctor held back his regeneration. Just before the cliffhanger to episode 3 of Caves we see the regeneration effect for a brief moment and the Doctor squints and shakes his head and it goes away. It’s not expanded on much. The director said that was his best interpretation of how Robert Holmes had written him holding back the regeneration so that he could actually have a chance to save Peri. And that’s why he thought he could potentially die, he thought maybe he missed his chance.
I was kinda annoyed that 13’s regeneration changed the clothes it’s unique but I love seeing each doctor in the previous doc’s outfit
Probably has to do with the story of the toy maker manipulating
@@devinrobertson5251 apparently the producers didn’t want 14 in 13’s clothes
Matt smiths was the hardest for me, 13 would never beat it
James Bond is a timelord too
I think the words 10 says before his fatal dose of radiation strike home that as egotistical and afraid and how dark he could be...
"Wilfred, it's my honor."
That's classy as all hell.
Where was 10 to 11 ?
The other criticism I have with Peter’s regeneration is Clara’s memories. Way to ruin some of the emotional impact of “Hell Bent” Moffat.
12's is my fav regeneration and i really like the speech he gave
Before big finish i never really understood why people thought the doctor fell off his exercize bike just because it's seen in the tardis console room. I always assumed it was due to the attack on the tardis causing a bit of a crash landing. He wouldn't be exercising while wearing his full costume anyway. And they even write it in the script: 'The crash must have caused me to regenerate'
i would suggest listening to zagreus, and reading the novelization
The 2nd doctor is more Howard lol
12th's closing speech, I think, was beautiful. And I guess it was actually Moffat's farewell speech. Especially with its ending: "Doctor, I let you go."
1:10 - What is that background music, been wondering for the longest time 😅
I started with Tom I ended with Peter until David Tom was my favorite.
4:53 it might be nice but would have it been legal?
The CGI of Ekleson Doctor would violate a few laws in USA and England. 9th doctor Could have the Doctor Who show
It wouldn't have until Eccleston decided he would want to go after them for using his likeness.
Since when does regeneration energy affect clothing? Just another example of how Chinballs doesn't understand anything about the Doctor.
The same happened when one regenerated into two so it's happened before. And also, it wasn't Chibnall's decision. It was RTD's
Nice theory, but that was RTD's decision. You can't blame Chibnall for everything anymore
I mean it revealed in the power of the daleks that the 1st doctor's clothes changed while regenerating, that even included the 4th doctor when he regenerated into the 5th doctor his boots changed into shoes.
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This is a great video count. I like modern doctor who a lot. As a kid I didn't understand it a lot with classic who, but modern who is something I fell in with along with the 1996 film. Doctor who should never be tainted with an American version. I would break all of the tvs in my house if they try that again
How did The T.A.R.D.I.S change entirely for the 9th doctor, I mean the Roundels and the Coral themes aren't even a bit similiar unlike the old and new Matt Smith T.A.R.D.I.S
He changed it, of course!
Ten’s aborted regeneration shouldn’t be counted because he didn’t change incarnations.
Sure he did. He went from 10 to 11.
@@devinrobertson5251 no he didn’t. Incarnations and regenerations are separate. Here, let me explain by establishing three sets of ordinal numbers: one for Doctors, one for incarnations, and one for which upcoming regeneration they went through. So the First Doctor is 1/1/1, the Second is 2/2/2, all the way through the Eighth Doctor, who’s 8/8/8. Then Eight regenerates into the War Doctor, who isn’t numbered, so the ordinal number of Doctors is suspended while the incarnation and upcoming regeneration numbers each go up one, making War’s count War/9/9, since he’s the War Doctor who’s the ninth incarnation and who underwent the ninth regeneration.
Then War regenerates into Nine. Now, since Nine identified as the Doctor, the Doctor count resumes at 9 while the incarnation and upcoming regeneration counts go up one like normal, making Nine’s count 9/10/10. This continues through his regeneration into the Tenth Doctor, the eleventh incarnation whose upcoming regeneration will be (at the time) the eleventh. So Ten’s count at first is 10/11/11.
Then comes _The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End,_ where Ten uses what would’ve been his eleventh regeneration to heal himself and siphon off the rest into his spare hand. The Doctor and incarnation counts remains the same because no new incarnation was produced, i.e. Ten didn’t become Eleven. But a regeneration _was_ expended, so the upcoming regeneration count goes up one. Since Ten now undergoes the twelfth regeneration in _The End of Time,_ his count goes from 10/11/11 to 10/11/12. Now the counts are in ascending order.
Eleven corroborates the count in _The Time of the Doctor_ when he exclaims “regeneration number thirteen!”, his count being 11/12/13.
So to sum up, the count was N/N/N, then the War Doctor made it N/N+1/N+1, then Ten made it N/N+1/N+2.
I think the reason people get confused is because there’s a bad habit in the _Doctor Who_ fandom of using “regeneration,” to mean “incarnation.” Has this helped at all?
@tivednagol9127 you're wrong. He's still the next doctor. This was said by 11. If we're being technical, war was 9, pushing everyone back one, and if we continue being technical, ten is 11 and 12. What you said literally does not matter and your making up headcanon. He took up two doctor "slots". He's not "still" ten, if he's literally the next doctor after 10. He still was named the 10th doctor, even though he was number 11, but that's just semantics at that point.
So is 14 not 14?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 war 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 that's how they "Label" themselves. It doesn't change the fact that war is actually 9, 10-2 is actually 12, etc.
You're making up your own headcanon when this is literally established. You're wrong
@@devinrobertson5251 nope, you're wrong. The fact that you say "you're wrong", "you're making up headcanon" twice in the same comment shows your lack of an argument.
The Tenth Doctor outright _said_ what he did in _Journey's End._ What Eleven told Clara in _The Time of the Doctor_ was a simplification. How do I know this? Context clues. She'd just come back to Trenzalore after being in the Time Vortex; to use the same verbiage Ten used with his companions would've only confused and exasperated her more.
One incarnation cannot be two, and each Doctor can only be one incarnation. You're basically saying Ten lied to his companions when he had absolutely no reason to ("the Doctor lies" doesn't and can't apply here).
The fact that you think Ten is both the eleventh and twelfth incarnations shows exactly why my three numbers are needed: So that people don't spout bullshit like this.
@tivednagol9127 SMH. You're trying with all sorts of mental gymnastics. This was even stated in show. Sorry but you ARE wrong and you just don't want to believe anything but your own head canon
The 2nd doctors scared the shit out of me.
As a kid on UA-cam watching the regeneration comp, I was surprised by and confused by the old generation regenerations.
Then when Troughton started screaming no my blood went cold