Doctor Who's MOST UNDERRATED Series!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Often looked upon with disdain by fans, is "Series 7b" actually a lot better than people think?
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all of them have been pretty good except 13 and thats not the fault of the Actress
As my favorite Doctor I like all of the Smith Era but I can for sure attest to the fact that Series 7B was the best piece to come out of it. It was immaculate, remaining cinematic and alluring for the almost the whole duration! 11’s chemistry with Clara was also adorable, and I’d give up one of my kidneys to have a whole other series dedicated to them.
Me too. She should have had a full series together. Half a series isn't long enough for any Doctor/Companion dynamic. Matt Smith has even said his one regret about Doctor Who is that he wished he had worked more with Jenna Coleman. Who wouldn't?
the show went down hill when it became Clara Who.
I recently learned that Matt expressed his regrets not doing one more series with Jenna Coleman. I suppose he left after his third series with the counseling he received from Peter Davison in mind.
@@purefoldnz3070 A comment like that really misunderstands the whole modern era of the show, which took a more companion-focused approach from the beginning. It also misunderstands Clara's arc, which explored why it was NOT a good thing that she became so much like The Doctor and ultimately died because of it.
@@BlueSparxLPs she never had an arc she was the definition of a non character anything that happened to her was to fit the story not the character. Clara was everyone and no one. That is not a character that is a plot device. That's basic writing 101.
Maturing is realising 7b is better than 7a
@Sic Semper Tyrannis hahaha that was hilarious my guy, got a chuckle out of a bitter old man
If it is, that means I have been mature for 9 years. Let's goooo
And it's not even close
7A has a great thematic thread about Amy growing up, which is brilliantly paralleled with the doctor’s own maturation in 7B. It takes both parts for the Doctor to let go of the young man’s face
100 Bloody percent 7a is god awful
I just had a massive realization. Moffats "No Doctor" 50th script we always hear about MUSTVE involved Clara chasing the GI around the doctors timestream, stopping him at pivital moments (say perhaps scenes and locations from classic episodes where the doctor is offscreen while Clara and the Gi fight it out). I cant think how else one would pull off a "Doctorless" script for the 50th but the setup is perfectly there to honor all eras of DW (obviously couldnt have been as good as anything WITH THE DOCTOR lol).
You know, that makes a lot of sense. Too bad we never got to see some of her splinters actually save the Doctor in his timestream. Maybe one day Big Finish will create some stories about that.
Yep! I don't remember where, but he gave an interview that confirmed it was basically that. It also included a bunch of famous actors playing various fake incarnations of The Doctor to try to throw her off her trial
@@kenthomas505I think one or two may have appeared in comics
I remember growing up, my doctor who opinions would generally line up with the average fan’s. But on a rewatch series 7 (the entire thing, but mostly 7b) has ended up being my favorite Smith season by far, especially with how much I ended up hating series 6. Just a ton of fun episodes with great ideas, good executions, and amazing setpieces. I have no shame calling this one of all time favorite series.
I agree about series 7 but damn, do you not even like the girl who waited/the god complex 🥲
@@tobylerone4285 nah honestly I love those episodes! Series 6 defo had some gems but the overarching series plot just annoys me. It starts super strong but fumbles over itself almost immediately, and episodes like Lets Kill Hitler and the finale are just really bad and nonsensical to me.
@@ianumathews5922 I completely agree about the series arc being a mess, it feels soapy and unfocused and just weirdly not very doctor who… however! Individual episodes like those I mentioned and day of the moon, the doctor’s wife, hell I’d even put night terrors and closing time in that list. The latter especially is a very fun romp with a somber heart that to me just epitomises doctor who. The wedding of river song is nonsense, complete balderdash, but a lot of the standalone stories are quality who
28:47 - "For Now, For This Moment, I am The Doctor" - Something about this sentence stands out to me and makes me wonder if he is hinting at THE MOMENT (the weapon) saying "I am now the doctor while I use this weapon" since they were all going to use it. A Sentence showing that he has gone from WAR to THE DOCTOR while being in the presence of THE MOMENT itself.
Something I realised about series 7 is that, while it doesn’t contain many of my favourite episodes, it really doesn’t contain any I outright loathe either. Worst episodes are Dinosaurs and Cold War, and both are perfectly decent creature-features. For Who to have a series with no stinkers is something it hasn’t achieved since series 1, nor since 7
That’s my favourite Matt smith series
My favourite matt smith series. I love it. Imo, Moffat's writing matures a lot in series 7, 8, 9 and 10. And these series are by far the best looking series in doctor who history. Don't get me wrong I do like series 5 and 6 there's some great individual episodes, but I think moffat went over the top complicated with the story arcs. In 7,8,9 and 10, the story arcs were more personal and about the characters.
agreed!
I really do like series 7 including both parts but series 7 part 2 was a great way to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary year and I think this series was a great way to warp up Matt Smith's time as the 11th Doctor. I will say Matt Smith has been my Doctor from the 7th grade all the way to my junior year in High School.
This was the series that aired right as I discovered Doctor Who. Always loved it. Glad its getting the recognition it deserves
Harbo can finally rest now, he's been freed of I Am The Doctor
yet to understand why people hate clara and matt smiths era so much or peter capaldi while i love them both
series 7 came out when I was at my prime doctor who age (11 years old). I'll always think on this era fondly. I rewatched the whole series so many times while waiting for the 50th anniversary. Good to see it getting its just due.
Nice to hear from someone who appreciates Clara.
I do prefer her dynamic with Capaldi though.
12 and Clara are my favourite Doctor/Companion duo
This was the series where I started watching Doctor Who, so it'll always have a special place in my heart.
I honestly don't know why people dislike Season 7, I like the whole thing - A and B. It's my second-favourite Eleventh Doctor season, with Season 5 being one of my favourite eras in all of Doctor Who.
I actually think that Season 7 and its specials (especially Day of the Doctor) was the last time I truly loved modern Who. As much as I like Capaldi's Doctor, Season 8 and 9 were very iffy for me, before a renewed interest in Season 10 and Twice Upon a Time, before forcing myself to soldier on through the early Chibnall years and then finally giving up midway through Flux.
So maybe it's just nostalgia, but I look back on Season 7 with great fondness.
Here’s all of 7B ranked from me
1.The Snowmen 8/10
2.The bells of Saint John 7.5/10
3.The rings of akhaten 8/10
4.Cold war 7.5/10
5.Hide 8/10
6.Journey to the centre of the Tardis 7/10
7.The crimson horror 5/10
8.Nightmare in silver 5/10
9.The name of the doctor 9/10
10.The Day of the doctor 10/10
11.The time of the doctor 9/10
The only thing I might slightly disagree with is your rating for The Snowmen. I would give it a 9/10 simply because fo Victorian Clara. I wish we could have seen her have a few episodes as a companion as well before she died.
The name of the doctor wasn't great considering it was supposed to be a season finale. It did an ok job of setting up the next two episodes, but it isn't a good payoff to 7b.
@@george4821 I actually rlly loved it every time I watch it I think it’s a great finale but tbh it’s cuz I see it as part 1 of 3 but I still love it on its own.
The whole Clara jumping into the doctors town stream stuff I thought worked well as well.
Also the doctor going back to his grave seems very personal.
@@LibertyBridgeProductions I agree with the Clara thing. Honestly, I look back on it with haooy memories, but I think that's mainly because of the next 2 episodes.
Bit late, but you forgot Journey (etc etc) TARDIS.
He may have a few bad episodes sprinkled throughout, but Matt Smith doesn't have a single season that falls short of greatness overall IMO.
I'm actually glad I stay away from online Who circles at times. Myself, my fiancé and my friends who watch who all really liked Smiths last season.
Genuienly some of the best Smith episodes are in this season. I wouldn't want a season less of Capaldi in trade for another season of 11 and Clara. But I did like Smith and Colemans chemistry! I read Smiths only regret was not getting to work with Coleman longer.
I think the biggest twist about “Time of the Doctor” was the revelation that the planet he was on and regenerates on was actually named “Trenzalore”. 😂
People hated the 7b intro? I liked it more than I liked any other intro.
I did consider Mr. Sweet smoking a blunt as a profile picture because he looks so stoned.
Dude, I agree with you! I actually quite liked the series! Your po-box is just down the road from me hahaha. Nice to know there are other whovians in medway lol
I totally get the criticism some people have that 11 kind of became a caricature of himself, always being turned up to 11 (haha). But I still find him to be incredibly endearing, if not a little socially inept sometimes.
People hate 7b way too much because of their attachment to the Ponds
It is absolutely marvelous and awesome to watch. The fun never stops even if the episodes are bad. The cinematography is top notch and lastly
7B CLARA IS BETTER THAN SERIES 8 CLARA AND SHE HAS AMAZING CHEMISTRY WITH SMITH
There!!! I said it!!! Let it rain fire on me!!!
Edit: Series 7B rankings in a nutshell: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Edit 2: Smith and Coleman coming to Dallas next week!!! Let’s goooooooooooo
I used to think 7B Clara was the best, but looking back I think she lacked character, despite her likeability. Season 8 and particularly Season 9 addressed this perfectly.
@@george4821 I do think Clara is a lot better in 9
But I seriously hated the romantic subplot of 8. Neither Danny, Clara nor the Doctor for that matter were handled well when dealing with that arc.
I really like 7B. Wish they could’ve stay for one more series.
I totally agree with you on all the praise you give this season. I do find it funny though that every time you list a positive you follow with a But… The season has amazing Side characters BUT not in journey to the centre of the TARDIS, they reimagine two long awaited classic monsters BUT the Ice warrior is a generic lizard half the time and the Zigons bring nothing to there episode. Again 100% agree with you just found it really funny.
exactly!!! journey to the center of the tardis has always been one of my favourite episodes!
Sill think Victorian Clara should have been the Clara who became a full time companion
100000000 percent agree.
why?
@@l.josinowe haven’t had a non-21st/20th century human (full time main onscreen) companion since (I believe) since Turlough in 1982.
Your evaluation of the Doctor's death paradox/loop hole makes sense, except for one thing... the eyebrows. Both from a viewer perspective and Doctor perspective we should not have seen 12s eyebrows. We all see the eyebrows The Day of but are still expected to feel jeopardy that 11 won't regenerate. 11 would have communicated with 12 offscreen to tell him what to do in The Day of and Clara may have seen this. It was a fun moment but added a plot hole for me.
I agree series 7b was a really good series. I also Clara was a really funny and interesting companion. I can´t wait to see your reviews of the 12. doctor episodes. Keep up the good work.
I never understood what ppl didn't like about it - I absolutely loved all of it. I even like Crimson Horror. Day of the Doctor is probably my fav of all time. So much for the virgin queen! LOL! Also, I love the Clara character. I stopped trying to figure out why I seem to be the only Whovian who just loves the show for the entertainment value & how much those amazingly written stories make me love the characters and care about what happens to them. Because of my husband's disability and a bunch of insurance issues causing us not to be covered one month that happened just when I had a heart attack & was in the hospital for a week, we ended up having to rework our budget and give up paid tv, so about halfway through the 12th Doctor's run. Of course I was devastated, but I had just survived a major heart attack, so I was just happy to be alive! Now things are much better financially, so I am getting ready to get my paid tv back so I can watch Doctor Who when the next episode premieres!! I have to catch up by watching my dvd set of the 12th Doctor episodes, and I am getting ready to buy the complete 13th Doctor episodes dvd set so I'll be ready. Anyway, as much as I love the 9th and 10th Doctors and the 12th Doctor, (who really had to grow on me as I was very unsure of him at first, but by the last few episodes I saw of his, I absolutely loved him!), Matt Smith's 11th Doctor is my favorite- ALL of his shows - as I love the whole story of Amy, of River Song, of Rory, Clara and the Weeping Angels in Manhatten... The storylines of all those episodes... I think the writing, the acting, the overall look of the sets - are all amazing. I love it all!! Thanks for the video!!!
Ive been watching Doctor Who since 1973 and i loved season 7B. Clara is one of my favourite companions, and Matt Smith is my favourite Doctor..
7b was always my favourite series
I agree that 7B is unfairly hated. This was my fave Smith series. I didn’t really ever warm to him until this season, so when I got emotional about his regeneration it was a surprise. The same happened to me with the Ponds and 7A, the first time I actually started to like them.
I've always thought the stories in 7B were solid and always found myself rewatching them more than the ones in 7A, I just never particularly gelled with Clara or found the Impossible Girl thing interesting. Smith, the creatures and the stories though have always been favourites of mine, particularly Rings of Akhaten. That will always hold a special place in my heart and is such a good first adventure for a companion. Plus we got The Long Song from it.
I am a relatively new fan to Doctor Who having only started the series for the first time close to a year ago, but goodness I must have rewatched it all so many times by now reliving my favorites over and over again and sharing it with all of my loved ones. It is easily my favorite show I've ever watched and I have yet to finish Series 9 I'm about halfway as I type this comment.
7b is absolutely, without a doubt, my favorite series and era of this show. I adore the character of Clara Oswald, I think she's the best companion and a contender for the best character in the show. I thought her chemistry and relationship with the doctor was so very fun to watch and their romance was endearing. I wish more than anything that they'd gotten more time and more adventures together. But I am loving Capaldi's stuff so far and I'm glad we got everything the way it happened.
Oh and I forgot to add this in my original comment but when I say 7 is my favorite series of Doctor Who that is also including 7a, even though 7b was my preferred and favorite part. Even as a person who wasn't super into Amy and Rory as companions I felt they were at their best in this series as brief as it was. I actually really wish they had just one more episode that was a Doctor and Rory focused adventure both trying to save Amy or something like that.
I have always wished they had played more on the impossible girl story with 11 going on journeys through time and meeting that periods Clara before meeting current day Clara.
Random thought: “Hide” is like an episode of Sapphire and Steel. A claustrophobic ghost story in which the ghosts are actually something timey-wimey.
I’ve always love 7b it always used to be my favourite before I grew into tennant
After watching the entire 11 tenure for the 1st time, I feel it’s a little too metatextual. (Doctor Who? Etc) there are some great stories in there and 11 is my 2nd favorite doctor behind 10. Clara is great and I could never get over Amy’s series 5ness. I’m very mixed, probably in need of a rewatch but 7B was definitely my favorite of 11’s tenure as a whole. They dived into the nitty gritty and wrote something really great here. Can’t wait to get into Capaldi.
I would say that the reason why the doctor’s death a trenzalore was because the time lords interfered considering how they were outside the universe meaning that the timeline would’ve lead to the doctor’s death if only 1 universe was considered
This 7b serie is my favorite behind 4 serie (Donna's serie, only flaw is that 4 just was too short for me) and Clara is my favorite companion after Donna (she is little like cocky Donna), with River and Rory fighting for 3. place, maybe 2. I would like to think, that because Clara saw his grave and saw his life when she became Impossible girl, she was able to go back to him and pressure Time Lords (because she understand him unique way). Serie 7b has some flaws that could be easily fixed, like explaining that Great Inteligence was destroyed when he attacked Doctor's timeline and Clara did simply fixed it after him and endured longer. Or that revival device did Doctor obtained after whole Devil run fiasco and his companions have it to prevent similar incidents from happening etc. Few lines could change finding excuses for reviving characters to showing continuity and ability to learn.
I found it absolutely tragic that they were so in love with each other but passed like ships in the night bc 11 never got over River
We're going to see Harbo's Capaldi reviews soon!
when it comes to clara becoming a teacher there is also the fact that it is not claer how much time passed between day and name of the doctor. infact clara gose from 24 to 27 between The Bells of Saint John and Deep Breath.
I don't really understand the point about the updated Cybermen being "too robotic" while also making the comparison to iron man which is a suit piloted by a human, made to fit a human, look human-ish and has a human inside it. I find those pretty contradictory statements
I never could really jive with 7b mainly because whenever he tried to do anything except smile his completely shaven eyebrows made it look like his brow was starting to melting down his face like some intern put the heating in the Wax Museum up too high.
I can never quite fathom why I’m so in the minority in my absolute hatred for Amy Pond, and despise the Ponds overall pairing with The Doctor (I feel we’re told they have this huge connection, rather than ever actually seeing it), I loved Clara with 11, and just in general.
Hide, the only episode the gives you the return of Smith’s floppy hair
yessss justice for 7B I love it so much
I just wish the whole Trenzalore arc wasn't deemed moot by the timeless child fiasco
idk i just find the whole series falls really flat. i like how 7A develops Amy essentially growing up but after “The Girl Who Waited” and “The God Complex” that wasn’t really necessary. Rory seemed like an afterthought despite Brian’s introduction. I also think “The Name of the Doctor” is really underrated and course the two specials have their great moments. plus the visuals are a massive improvement over the RTD era and Moffat’s first two seasons. But a lot of it is mid and Clara only really comes into her own as a character in “The Name of the Doctor” onwards. I don’t hate the season- especially compared to some people in who seem to have a huge Moffat hate-boner for Series 7 to 9- but it just doesn’t inspire much of anything.
This was always one of my favourites
I just watched the original she said he said minisode on BBCs UA-cam and it's definitely not as awkward as you made out here and the fact its 11 years old makes me pretty sure its not been edited in any way to dull it down do don't know what the fuss was about
It's insane to me that people hate 7B, because it's my favorite Matt Smith season, intro included
I don’t blame the doctor for wanting to bump uglies with Clara! I would too! But I regress, I just wish Victorian Clare would have been the companion instead of impossible Clara!
When season 7b came out, I loved it, mainly because I was 15, I didnt think too hard about things, I was horny, and I found Clara so hot (still do).
But now, I find the whole of seasons 5 through 7 way too sexualised for no reason, disconnected from reality compared to the grounded RTD era, having poorly handled overarching narratives (season 6 ending is the absolute worst imo), it also portrayed the doctor as socially awkward just for the laughs when it makes no sense in-universe.
This era has a lot of forgettable episodes and not many great ones. The only episodes from Smith's era I would consider "classics", on par with midnight for example, are "The doctor's wife" and "A town called mercy" (I didnt forget about the episode with Van gogh, I just dont find it that good). So 2 classics in 3 seasons while I count 10 (counting only once for two parters) for the first 4 seasons. And season 7b has a companion that is more of a plot point and a sex interest than an actual character.
Like how tf is the doctor suddenly attracted to humans? The whole "the doctor is dying, this time for good I swear" is really overplayed and takes itself way too seriously.
I prefer season 7 over 6 any day
HARBO PLAYS SPLATOON TOO?
What?
Why did u have to mention his eyebrows are gone i cant unsee it now
Name of the Doctor doesn’t show a “possible future”. That’s ridiculous. The show doesn’t call it a fixed point, but it basically is. Clara HAD to enter the Doctor’s time stream (that bootstrap paradox, ya know), but if the Doctor isn’t buried there, then that rewrites (offscreen, of course) Name of the Doctor. If the Doctor didn’t die on Trenzalore, then how did Clara enter his time stream?
I LOVE THIS VIDEO SO MUCH!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I always liked 7b but In no way is it the best of the smith era, series 5 is imo the best season next to season 4 of new who although I agree that 7b has brilliant pieces of new who, definitely underrated
Season 5 is so overrated in my opinion. All of episodes 2-6 and then 8 and 9 were auful, and the big bang was such a poor finale.
I just finished rewatching doctor who in time for ncuti gatwa and i was surprised by how much i loved 7B, and how much i didn't enjoy 7A.
hey who the fuck is the guy that's one of the doctors from the old series? The guy who tells him Gallifrey Falls No More. not the actor the character
If the show didnt constantly try to convince me that clara was the best character in the universe, 7B would easily have been my favorite series.
That fucking leaf was the straw that broke the camel's back, i just couldn't stand how hard the shilling was for the character any more after that.
For as much as you complain about the Hero worship of the Doctor in the Moffat era, The big W almost always goes to the companion, and Clara was the absolute worst of any that's come before or after. Amy saved The Space whale, and Dr robot man, James corden defeats certain death with the power of love, Clara saves the day _constantly_ when she gets in, most infamously in _Rings_ , and she even gets to have her fucking face in the main titles for an episode in series 8(or was it 9?).
Could you imagine 10 giving a big hero speech, only for his master plan to fail for no reason and Rose or Martha having to close the deal on it?
I know for *damn* sure Chibnall wouldn't dare allow 13 to be upstaged by any of her pets.
Thank God for whatever wierd shift happened when 12 came along, making it so he didnt have to deal with any of this shit.
No, I still think series 7 is Moffat's worst. It's 2 different seasons and a tv movie crammed into a single season with little cohesion between them. There aren't any really great stand alone episodes, Victorian Clara was better than modern Clara, the child actors are pretty bad and I'm really not sure why Clara's always looking after them, and there's a bit of a sexual thing going on with 11 and Clara that makes me uncomfortable.
My biggest problem with Clara is how a lot of her big plot points seem to come out of nowhere (as far as I remember) purely for the point of whatever episode they're on.
Such as:
- the leaf (and are you telling me one of her parents grabbed that leaf and kept it in perfect condition for multiple decades, when they weren't even in love yet?)
- her nanny job (which is mentioned about twice and then never again)
- her school job (which, to be fair, became more important later on)
- Danny (who is killed off a few episodes later, after only a handful of appearances that didn't make me care about him enough to be engaged)
- her tendency to put herself at risk (barely touched upon until the episode of her death)
All the shoe-horned in things made me just... not like her as much, because I felt like she was there as a way to further the plot, and not to be a fleshed-out character.
I could be wrong with some of these, please correct me if so - I'm open to reconsidering.
It's been a while, and I'm currently rewatching the show from series one, so maybe I'll feel it's more natural this time around (hopefully).
I agree
An opinion but not a welcome one
Im tryna watch your reviews as i go and u keep spoiling the whole future show 😭
Bro do you have enough ads placed through the vid? 11 ads? Disappointing.
It has 7 ad slots. On average one every 5.5 minutes which is the standard amount for UA-cam videos. I can't choose if UA-cam makes those double ads. Take them up with them, not me. I'm just trying to get paid for my 14-hour work days.
@@HarboWholmes hey I get you say 7 ad slots but there were 11 total. All 15 sec and couldn't skip. I get you need to make your bread. Man I work them hours. I'm just saying it's disappointing that UA-cam does that...especially since I am a patron supporter. I get I can't get UA-cam to change that. Just annoying when I'm using UA-cam to watch your stuff because you are what got me on to Doctor Who and it seems that every thing in subbed too has a Ton of ads but not on the stuff I'm not subbed too. Please don't think I'm upset with you mate.
This must really be a different taste thing because 7b is just so.. bleegghh. I skip it every time. I really don’t get what you, or anyone, sees in it
I love it
I'll send you the best of Chris Chibnall to your PO BOX... Oh sorry I can't find any such thing.
What rank did you give it? That's mainly what I came here for.
Good video but I totally disagree with your take.
Some good episodes some not.
Cybermen seem too much like the Borg in this series. Too much in my opinion. ONE "Super Cyborg" race per galaxy is enough , thanks.. OVERDONE.
Hi
Time for lucky number 12 ( or 14?)
Personally, I still think this season is very flawed, like all of Moffats seasons. But on the whole, the good does outweigh the bad, if by a small margin. With just a FEW small adjustments, I'd like it a lot more.
I just wish we'd gotten a full season of Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman together. Smith left the show too early.
He stayed for the same amount of time as Tennant did. Blame Moffat Amy and Rory were around for too long had they left at the end of 6 we would have gotten a full series of 11 and Clara.
@@legendg219 I wanted Smith to match Tom Baker's 7 year record so he still left too early.
@@tomnorton4277 I wish Tennant stuck around that long lol I don't think we're gonna get another Doctor for that long sadly.
@@tomnorton4277 If any modern Doctor should have around for that long it should've been Peter.
@@legendg219 Peter Capaldi is incredibly overrated. John Hurt was a better Doctor in one episode than Capaldi was in his entire first season.
Overall not a great season with neither amazing episodes or terrible ones
This video feels like SUCH a vindication! I have always loved 7B and preferred it to the rest of the 11 era. It was honestly the most I'd loved DW since the departure of RTD, and so much of that had to do with the sense of adventure in these episodes and the vibrancy and heart Clara brought to the show. Hearing you move through these eps has been a weird relief for me, haha, like FINALLY someone GETS it. haha. But the comments section has been equally validating. Great recap of the series, and looking forward to going into 12 with you!
Completely agreed.
I’ve always loved 7B, it was Matt’s best portrayal of 11. His best friendship was with Clara over Amy in my opinion, which goes out the bin in S8 with Capaldi.
However, looking forward to the Capaldi era. I’ve grown to love his doctor after he left
How was his best friendship with Clara?😂 Moffat literally had his hand on his d**k whilst writing for those two.
11 and Clara are good but imo 12 and Clara are better
@@Jordan_brothers I agree but I think Moffat made Clara have too much animosity with 12 in season 8 (despite going into to his timeline and meeting every incarnation) but season 9 was peak Doctor Who
@@michaelcrawford1765 The animosity in Season 8 was the Doctor's own fault. He treated Clara like trash for most of the season because Peter Capaldi thought that "sociopathic, misanthropic shitbag" was the same as "quirky, detached alien".
@@tomnorton4277 cap
Thank you for recognizing Clara's inestimable value. She's my favorite companion next to Donna for a reason!
Crimson Horror’s tonal issues aside, her delivery on “the wrong hands!” never gets old to me
Truly iconic! Rip dame Diana Rigg 😢
Diana Rigg, ladies and gentleman. She loved every single second of playing that utter lunatic. May she rest in peace.
7B is absolutely my favourite 11 arc. It is Clara's growth into my favourite companion. I do still wish we had seen what Vicrorian Clara as a companion would have been like, but Jenna absolutely nailed the role with what she was given. I love her realisation in Hide, as well.
Series 7 on the whole is underrated it has some genuinely great stuff in there but a lot of people tend to give it flack for Smith apparently playing up the “sexual predator” angle in this one.
I completely agree with your opinion, that Series 7B is very underrated. My favourites from this era are The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, Hide and The Day of The Doctor. Those stories show how cinematic this series could be
Soon you need to do torchwood children of earth even miracle day and the Sarah Jane adventures and k9 tv series
Nobody would watch it tho and he’d go hungry.
+1 day
I think the reason the Doctor saving Gallifrey instead of destroying it works is because he had something he was missing last time… a companion, a friend, someone to ground him and give him hope.
Without Clara, the Doctor would’ve destroyed Gallifrey all over again.
Just like how without Clara, the Doctor would’ve died on Trenzelore.
I think it was inevitable that Gallifrey would be brought back, and the 50th Anniversary was the perfect time to do so.
I can’t be the only one who thinks “The Day of the Doctor” could easily act as an ending to the show. The classic series began with him running from home, the revival began with his guilt over destroying his home world. “The Day of the Doctor” ends with the Doctor saving Gallifrey and heading home.
Of course Chris Chibnall had to ruin it by destroying Gallifrey offscreen. Unless someone retcons that as a decoy or reconstruction of Gallifrey. Apparently the Skaro that was blown up in “Remembrance of the Daleks” was a decoy. I guess terraforming does exist.
Clara is and always will be my favourite companion 😍
Time of the Doctor should have been a two parter but it still wrapped up the Smith arc beautifully.
I always loved Clara but this video has really made me see Series 7B in a completely new light and I appreciate it alot more now
I've got a lot of time for a campy villain on occasion though, and Diana Rigg was incredibly scenery chewing, looking like she was having a great time. That "wrong hands" joke does make me giggle
Same I love when doctor who embraces the camp sometimes cos at the end of the day it’s a sorta ridiculous premise after how many years it’s been going on. I love w fun campy romp sometimes especially between heavy episodes
Diana Rigg was having tons of fun in that role. She was in her twilight years, so she was just enjoying the time she had left. She once joked after a near death experience that "the good Lord must have said 'send the old bag down again, I'm not having her yet!" so clearly she was a woman with a great sense of humour who wanted to enjoy life. She was more serious when she worked with Jenna Coleman again in Victoria but even in that series, her character introduced herself with such an over-the-top bow that Victoria gave her a "what the fuck are you doing?" look.
I agree with SO MUCH (though not everything) about this video! Definitely an underrated series and Doctor/Companion dynamic!
I still prefer Tennant over Smith, and still think that season 6 was the weak point of the Smith era. But season 7 (both halves though B is better than A) redeemed the show IMO. Be interesting to see what you have to say about season 8.
I have such a debilitating crush on Jenna Coleman it hurts
Welcome to my world, dude. I've been like that for 11 fucking years and spent that whole time trying to figure out a way to work with her.