Doctor Who 5x5 REACTION!! "Flesh and Stone"

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  • Eric Shane Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss season 5 episode 5 of Doctor Who Flesh and Stone
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Komentáře • 524

  • @gigo518
    @gigo518 Před 6 lety +1220

    "You. Me. Handcuffs. Must it always end this way?" He knows that's exactly how it ends, in the library.

    • @Wolf6119
      @Wolf6119 Před 6 lety +288

      Ah shit, you're right, and he's handcuffed at the library too. River doesn't even know that and she's probably breaking his heart by saying it...

    • @gigo518
      @gigo518 Před 6 lety +40

      Wolf6120 Yep that’s what I was referring to, the handcuffs.

    • @sophiefilo16
      @sophiefilo16 Před 6 lety +84

      I never actually thought about that before....

    • @romaina.6241
      @romaina.6241 Před 6 lety +65

      Did you notice that the episode where we meet River has the word Silence in its title?

    • @mjm3091
      @mjm3091 Před 6 lety +6

      Romain A. Well whole title is like that - Silence in the forest.

  • @Pharaoh025
    @Pharaoh025 Před 6 lety +672

    "You trust this man?"
    "I absolutely trust him."
    "He's not some kind of madman, then?"
    "I absolutely trust him."

  • @brandih9744
    @brandih9744 Před 6 lety +985

    I love how Aaron gives away nothing spoiler wise. He's so good at containing his reactions and explanations and theories to things that nothing is given away. Good job sir.

    • @Clamfaced
      @Clamfaced Před 6 lety +61

      "He said something about... The Pandorica? I think it was? Pandorica opening?"

    • @brandih9744
      @brandih9744 Před 6 lety +48

      Joshua Varghese I lived for the moments Eric would stare into the camera during GoT. Always gave me a good laugh.

    • @TheGotenza
      @TheGotenza Před 6 lety +3

      Joshua Varghese Calvin was pretty good at it in Avatar.

    • @kelanbaron7485
      @kelanbaron7485 Před 6 lety +7

      yeah, through he's also good at pretending like something that's amazing isn't happening on screen. (like what he did with the rose parts in series 4) and i bet that he's going to do the same when the ------- shows up!

    • @Jim_The_Fish
      @Jim_The_Fish Před rokem +3

      @@kelanbaron7485 they’re all caught up now, so what did this comment mean 4 years ago? When who shows up? That could mean so many things lol

  • @kesramothersole2134
    @kesramothersole2134 Před 6 lety +285

    There's a line the Doctor says that often gets missed, just before the angel gets Octavian, "A Cyberking, a giant Cyberman walks over Victorian London and no one even remembers". Obviously referring to the episode The Next Doctor, it resolves/explains a lot of the 'why don't they remember?' moments

  • @coladict
    @coladict Před 6 lety +330

    This two-parter has a lot of my favourite lines.
    "He's not some kind of madman, then?"... pause... "I absolutely trust him!"
    "You'd slow us down, miss Pond." - "I don't wanna sound selfish, but you'd really speed me up."

    • @anonymes2884
      @anonymes2884 Před 6 lety +27

      "You've bought us time though. That's good. I am good with time."

    • @coladict
      @coladict Před 6 lety +15

      also 11:35 "It's been a while?"
      "Yeah. No. No!"

    • @becauseimapotato7599
      @becauseimapotato7599 Před 3 lety +2

      But let's forget about the bit where we saw the angel move...

  • @theburgerking746
    @theburgerking746 Před 6 lety +138

    Also in Blink the doctor said they "turn to stone" when they are being watched which suggests they aren't stone when they aren't being observed.

    • @Kriae
      @Kriae Před 2 lety +21

      True, but you can look like stone without actually being stone

    • @SpeedyCheetahCub
      @SpeedyCheetahCub Před rokem +10

      I always thought the Angels were moving in between frame

    • @LordDaret
      @LordDaret Před 9 měsíci +8

      @@SpeedyCheetahCubI assume that the crack in time masked the existence of the viewer and boosted the Angel’s power. This gave them the brief period of time to move between the frames of the episode while we were watching.

    • @SpeedyCheetahCub
      @SpeedyCheetahCub Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@LordDaret I thought that the angels were moving in between the frames which is why they were moving so slowly when it has been established that they can move very quickly. If you factor in how little time they have to move between each frame, their fast movement appears like normal movement if they didn't stop every frame.

  • @CabbageDynamite_Lucy
    @CabbageDynamite_Lucy Před 6 lety +504

    Soon he will be here... Best companion: RORY!!!!

    • @misshuntress821
      @misshuntress821 Před 6 lety +59

      Rory is literally my favourite in the entire show. Such a sweetheart...

    • @normalmighty
      @normalmighty Před 6 lety +27

      The opening scene of next episode is one of my highlights of the season

    • @titusorelius9458
      @titusorelius9458 Před 6 lety +31

      So sad that Rory gets stuck with a person like Amy. He deserves so much better.

    • @kereminde
      @kereminde Před 6 lety +15

      Well, I dunno, I still think the best was Sarah Jane. (Rest in peace, Liz Sladen...)
      But Rory's very good too, Arthur Davill does a fine job.

    • @demmybane
      @demmybane Před 6 lety +7

      Rory TLC IS pretty damn awesome, I just wish they had done more with his memories of TLC storyline

  • @HaaruteVODs
    @HaaruteVODs Před 6 lety +348

    I'm really happy to see them digging 11th by now, particularly Shane. Regeneration is always a difficult process, but we all end up adapting and loving it eventually.

  • @iambutpaper1172
    @iambutpaper1172 Před 6 lety +212

    9:45 YES EMBRACE THE SOUNDTRACK

  • @ZakJordan98
    @ZakJordan98 Před 6 lety +500

    And then that Weeping Angel sent Jorah to Westeros

    • @CommanderM117
      @CommanderM117 Před 6 lety +6

      ha yup

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 Před 6 lety +51

      Zak Rosenfeld ...where he would slowly turn to stone.

    • @Kolbeck64
      @Kolbeck64 Před 6 lety +3

      Now they can picture jorah dying

    • @joshuagross3151
      @joshuagross3151 Před 6 lety +3

      ??? But first he turns to stone and goes insane.

    • @EpicMRPancake
      @EpicMRPancake Před 5 lety +8

      No matter where he goes, he's always protecting a special girl

  • @Noah-pc6wq
    @Noah-pc6wq Před 6 lety +34

    The thing about the Angels supposedly moving on screen, is that film cameras have a shutter moving over them between each frame ( thank you TvTropes ). Which means, that for a fraction of a second, the CAMERA IS BLINKING.

  • @Kevmysta
    @Kevmysta Před 6 lety +65

    4:30 "I like this guy." That made me smile.

  • @gavinhenderson7250
    @gavinhenderson7250 Před 6 lety +127

    Shane in The End of Time Part 2 "I don't like him!" 5 episodes later "I like this guy".
    Almost feels nostalgic.

  • @julienichols5333
    @julienichols5333 Před 6 lety +231

    Matt may not have David's sex appeal, but I think he made children feel attached to the doctor in ways that the other Doctors didn't...at least from what I've seen.

    • @erosion271
      @erosion271 Před 6 lety +25

      eh idk...kids were pretty attached to tennant

    • @mjm3091
      @mjm3091 Před 6 lety +34

      Julie Nichols people have different tastes - I don't find Tennant that much attractive - definitely less attractive than Smith and few others new era doctors.

    • @rhaenatargaryen8061
      @rhaenatargaryen8061 Před 6 lety +57

      I mean you should never really rate a Doctor based on sex appeal.

    • @julienichols5333
      @julienichols5333 Před 6 lety +18

      Guys, I don't rate Doctors on sex appeal. I was only addressing that because they started talking about how they didn't think Matt Smith was as attractive. :P

    • @coranbaker6401
      @coranbaker6401 Před 6 lety +2

      Julie Nichols
      If that's true, then imagine how much worse Amy's sexual assault on the 10th would be!

  • @7Seraphem7
    @7Seraphem7 Před 5 lety +44

    The interesting thing about the cracks is that they remove things from history, while leaving paradoxes where things that person did still happened. Hence how the implication of Amy's parents having been removed from time, yet her still being around.

  • @purpleduke3193
    @purpleduke3193 Před 6 lety +52

    Some of the angels are statues but they did not have the budget to make anymore than the ones they used in "blink" because they were expensive to make. It took around 12 hours to train the actress's to be perfectly still and about 6 to apply make up for each of them.

  • @ThePonderer
    @ThePonderer Před 6 lety +188

    This is actually the first episode of this show I ever saw. I pretty much owe it for making a great first impression and making me immediately fall in love with the series.

  • @alexjames4507
    @alexjames4507 Před 6 lety +260

    4:25 Knew that Shane would like him eventually

  • @kaledmasterme
    @kaledmasterme Před 6 lety +41

    Fun fact: these two episodes were the first that Matt Smith filmed.

    • @fleason771
      @fleason771 Před 6 lety +9

      kaledmasterme Very true and makes it even more impressive and which is the reason why Moffat spent so much focus on these two episodes and not on episodes like" Victory Of The Daleks" by his own admission

  • @gilanes
    @gilanes Před 6 lety +257

    Now we commence the best era of Doctor Who for me. The Amy, Rory, 11 and occasionally River was my favourite time of Who.

    • @lukeevans6070
      @lukeevans6070 Před 6 lety +19

      Gilanes Agreed absolute golden age

    • @gilanes
      @gilanes Před 6 lety +7

      Big Finish Fan I respect that, but the thing I love about Amy and Rory is that they’re around for 2.5 seasons! Season 1-4 never has the same duo for more than one season...

    • @mohangrewal1466
      @mohangrewal1466 Před 6 lety +8

      Oh I loved this trio. Amy and Rory and Donna were my favorite companions. Even though 12 is my favorite Doctor :P

    • @danieljohnson6975
      @danieljohnson6975 Před 6 lety +3

      Gilanes for me it's the Pertwee era well troughton to early T baker seasons 4- 15

    • @operationuniteoncers6971
      @operationuniteoncers6971 Před 6 lety +5

      I feel the same way, I feel like Moffat's era seems to make sure that companions save the day (in grand moments) in more than just one episode at the end of the season. Helps to make the companions more likeable, not to say I don't like some of the companions from RTD. Always will be very partial to Donna

  • @danthemeegs8751
    @danthemeegs8751 Před 5 lety +11

    Father Octavian is one of the most underrated Who side characters ever. Such a badass and a genuinely touching death scene despite his limited screen time

  • @JenABlue-ed1bw
    @JenABlue-ed1bw Před 6 lety +178

    Reminder that you're not actually seeing the angels move. In any given frame, they're perfectly still--they're moving *between* frames, when you can't see them. :)

    • @BradleyS95
      @BradleyS95 Před 6 lety +2

      Jen A. Blue.. is this actually a proven fact? Genuinely asking.

    • @npe9483
      @npe9483 Před 6 lety +11

      BradletS95 Theories. The best shows have elements of ambiguity. Numerous redditors and smart Whovians have posited this idea before on forums and youtube.

    • @JenABlue-ed1bw
      @JenABlue-ed1bw Před 6 lety +3

      To be clear, you're asking me if it's a proven fact that the angels don't move in individual frames of video? Which are, y'know, static images in which *nothing* can move?

    • @dogstar75
      @dogstar75 Před 6 lety +2

      wasn't recorded using film, was recorded digitally, no frames.

    • @BradleyS95
      @BradleyS95 Před 6 lety +2

      I'm asking whether it has been stated by the creators of the show if this was indeed happening. But no this is just a theory as I suspected. Nothing wrong with that, but I wanted to be sure.

  • @sj4iy
    @sj4iy Před 6 lety +48

    Secret MVP: Staring guy...also glad to see that they are enjoying the new doctor

    • @Wolf6119
      @Wolf6119 Před 6 lety +9

      Staring Guy? I don't remember there ever being a staring guy... It's just the two of us here.

  • @nerdfightercommenter6969
    @nerdfightercommenter6969 Před 5 lety +25

    I forgot how much I love how polite angel Bob is

  • @spillymcspillmore3426
    @spillymcspillmore3426 Před 2 lety +9

    I believe the explanation for "walk like you can see" is that since the angles are still weak and recovering they are being extra cautious and may turn to stone instinctually when they think they are being watched.

  • @rstua11
    @rstua11 Před 6 lety +55

    The angels are just freaking out because of the crack and assuming Amy can see them. They aren't exactly thinking properly at that stage.

  • @diarmaiddrumm
    @diarmaiddrumm Před 6 lety +7

    I met Matt Smith and Karen Gillan on the day the filmed that episode. My late great uncle ran an autograph shop and would work with the BBC for getting autographs for the show and he took me long with him to the beach location in Wales as a surprise. They were so nice and signed me a personal autograph.

  • @peterguy986
    @peterguy986 Před 6 lety +46

    Ah, they didn't notice the Doctor in the tweed and the Doctor without the jacket coexisting.

    • @operationuniteoncers6971
      @operationuniteoncers6971 Před 6 lety +5

      Ikr really dissapointed in that, hoping they would pick it up

    • @beshemal
      @beshemal Před 6 lety +8

      It’s a small detail, but Arron will probably mention it in the season finale, being like look at this tiny and cool detail they added

    • @mariapittaway420
      @mariapittaway420 Před 2 lety

      Didn't anyone notice Matt Smith was bare armed no shirt sleeve at all when he spoke to Amy in the forest?

  • @IDidntSetAHandle
    @IDidntSetAHandle Před 6 lety +37

    21:30 - On the subject of Matt Smith's face (without being mean please, people):
    I agree with what I (believe) Stephen Moffat once said, which is he somehow looks incredibly young and yet conveys this ancient "something" at the same time. His features have a great embodiment of those two qualities, which I think makes for a great Doctor aesthetic.
    For what it's worth, I consider him an unconventionally handsome chap, and I think it will be a great visage to revisit in some kind of special a couple of Doctors from now, when his looks have fully ripened into the look of an older and wiser being.

  • @greyzonefilm
    @greyzonefilm Před 6 lety +65

    I'm loving the fact that they clearly didn't catch something very significant about one particular scene. 😉

    • @operationuniteoncers6971
      @operationuniteoncers6971 Před 6 lety +8

      *wink* *wink*

    • @Kuralai95
      @Kuralai95 Před 6 lety +1

      I think I also didn'r catch it. What part are you talking about?

    • @greyzonefilm
      @greyzonefilm Před 6 lety +1

      Ailin Ell I don't want to spoil it. I didn't catch it the first time either. Watch the rest of Season Five and you'll see.

    • @Kuralai95
      @Kuralai95 Před 6 lety +2

      I've watched the whole seasons lol! :D Maybe I should re-watch again though I wouldn't mind it if you will spoil it to me!

    • @danthemeegs8751
      @danthemeegs8751 Před 5 lety +24

      Ailin Ell The Doctor’s jacket disappears and reappears in one scene

  • @titusorelius9458
    @titusorelius9458 Před 6 lety +43

    *"If that's the last time we see them I think it's a pretty good send off..."*
    We all wish this was the last time we saw The Angels, but unfortunately....

    • @dvader518
      @dvader518 Před 6 lety +1

      Titus Orelius The last time we saw them was in the last episode of Class.

    • @eclecticdog2k901
      @eclecticdog2k901 Před 4 lety +5

      As many dumb plot holes as The Angels Take Manhattan has, at least it stuck to the original nature of the Angels more closely, as in Blink. I can forgive it more for that than I can forgive this story for bringing back the Angels but throwing away everything that made them great. It would have made so much more sense if it were a Vashta Nerada story instead.

    • @strbourne
      @strbourne Před rokem +2

      I know ppl will hate me for this but... Angels Take Manhattan is my favorite angel story. It introduced a lot more timey wimeyness, the whole thing with the book predicting the future is GORGEOUS, the different looking statues being angels leaning into the premise that ANY statue can be an angel, the cherubs displacing you in space instead of time, and finally that dark idea of the misery farm for the angels to fuel on... And on top of all that, the gorgeous pair of scenes of Amy and Rory jumping off the building together and then being taken back in time, it's heartbreaking! And if you consider the minisode P.S. into all that, it is the perfect way to end Amy and Rory while doing the angels justice. It's great.

    • @titusorelius9458
      @titusorelius9458 Před rokem +1

      @@strbourne I don't hate you...I pity you.
      LoL, nah just kidding. It's good that we all like different things.

    • @DaCostaRica48
      @DaCostaRica48 Před 5 měsíci

      i don’t wish it was the last time i just wish they don’t ruin the angles making them move was the biggest mistake

  • @lightefilit
    @lightefilit Před 6 lety +26

    He might not be handsome, but he's charming.

  • @maryamaoyefusi6141
    @maryamaoyefusi6141 Před 6 lety +17

    My first reaction from Ten to Eleven's regeneration was "I dont like his face!" Ten is my doctor but I can say by the end of Matt's run he had quite the handsomest of faces lol.

  • @alancarroll7648
    @alancarroll7648 Před 6 lety +17

    I love the discussion of Matt Smith's face. I've heard him being referred to as looking like a 'sexy, bent shoe.'

  • @TheGIJew.
    @TheGIJew. Před 6 lety +74

    I don't think that seeing the angels move ruined everything, because there's still so much they can do that we haven't seen. We know that they can send people back in time, snap necks, drain power, and cover twenty feet in a literal blink. Seeing them turn their necks doesn't ruin that for me.

    • @ryanklip24
      @ryanklip24 Před 6 lety +13

      Nathan M especially because, as far as I understand it, the angels not moving on screen because “we can see them” was a fan theory, not actual fact. It’s still a tv show. But I can see why people would come to a conclusion like that.

    • @apowolf1340
      @apowolf1340 Před 6 lety +4

      THANK YOU SIR !!!

    • @littlemissmello
      @littlemissmello Před 6 lety +4

      it kills the genius of the original episode though

    • @zemoxian
      @zemoxian Před 5 lety

      I think the problem is how to raise the tension in a scene when the angels are supposed to be moving. Amy has her eyes closed so there’s no reason for them to not be moving, other than some “instinct” that the Doctor suspects they have.
      You could have them creep up on her with a lot of little shots like they did before. But, that works better for bigger movements. I think the audience might not see the small movements required for the scene.
      It also makes no sense why people watching the show can freeze the angels. That would make our viewing part of the plot.
      Of course Rick Sanchez would totally defeat the angels by explicitly telling the audience to keep an eye on them, if that’s the case.

    • @Ragnarok345
      @Ragnarok345 Před 4 lety +1

      Not to mention that, for all we know, they still might aggressively chicken dance toward you when they move. ......hope someone understands that reference, though it’s pretty obscure at this point.

  • @Antony_Oscar
    @Antony_Oscar Před 6 lety +26

    It's been said before. Matt Smith (especially in the beginning) looks like he doesn't have eyebrows.

    • @ZakJordan98
      @ZakJordan98 Před 6 lety +10

      Saxonvoter "No they're just delicate"

    • @JayceMaxwell
      @JayceMaxwell Před 6 lety +13

      The real reason he turned into Capaldi

    • @notbubu
      @notbubu Před 6 lety +8

      Always over-compensating with the next regeneration, eh?

  • @TheOnlyGimmeturben
    @TheOnlyGimmeturben Před 6 lety +14

    IT TOOK FIVE EPISODES BUT SHANE IS ON BOARD WITH MATT SMITH - WE DID IT BOYS, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED *HIGH FIVES RANDOM DUDE TO MY LEFT*

    • @beshemal
      @beshemal Před 6 lety

      Dr. Feelgood “Ladies and Gentlemen..., We got ‘em!”

  • @aguyonyoutube9264
    @aguyonyoutube9264 Před 6 lety +16

    The 11th Doctor looks like an Old Man trapped in a young mans body

    • @coladict
      @coladict Před 6 lety +5

      And that's pretty much what the Doctor is!

    • @ZakJordan98
      @ZakJordan98 Před 6 lety +1

      Wheras The First Doctor was a young man trapped in an Old Man's body

    • @delsucksatgames4926
      @delsucksatgames4926 Před 6 lety

      Mid-Life Crisis Doctor. That's Matt Smith in a nutshell.

    • @dvader518
      @dvader518 Před 6 lety

      De Lupe Not really considering *insert spoilers for Eleven’s final episode here*

    • @delsucksatgames4926
      @delsucksatgames4926 Před 6 lety

      That doesn't change anything. He dresses in (from his perspective) young man clothes while trying to be hip and cool and trying to show everyone that he's "just like the kids these days".
      He is an old man trying to be young again; hence Mid-Life Crisis Doctor.

  • @leaisstillhere
    @leaisstillhere Před 6 lety +9

    It's my favourite doctor! I'm so excited to see you react to his adventures.

    • @leaisstillhere
      @leaisstillhere Před 6 lety +2

      Alrico98 no, but I only watch the shows they react to here on CZcams that interest me and I don't comment that often, why?

  • @connorwood9211
    @connorwood9211 Před 6 lety +9

    Doctor "Open your eyes for a second and you'll die
    Amy proceeds to keep them open for 10 seconds and his alive.

  • @jenny13248
    @jenny13248 Před 5 lety +6

    "You, me, handcuffs. Must it always end this way?" THIS IS SO SAD. The moment River dies, the doctor is handcuffed to a pole. It literally ended that way for her.

  • @K-wars
    @K-wars Před 6 lety +9

    The best way to describe their time lines are the doctor goes forward in time and river goes backward in time

    • @romaina.6241
      @romaina.6241 Před 6 lety +3

      kwars But that's not actually true.

    • @prof.evilpictures8696
      @prof.evilpictures8696 Před 6 lety +1

      kwars it doesn’t work exactly like that, it’s a bit all over the place.

  • @atakanucar9708
    @atakanucar9708 Před 6 lety +27

    I'm sad because they missed, a tiny, important moment...

  • @ComicBooksCocktailsTV
    @ComicBooksCocktailsTV Před 6 lety +6

    Also River Song played Laurel and Sara Lance's mom in early seasons of Arrow.... Basically Arrow had a bunch of Doctor Who actors, most notably John Barrowman as Malcom Merlyn but also Ollie's "step-dad" in the first few seasons was "Doctor Moon" from the Silence In the Library episode of Doctor Who. I hope before the series finale of Arrow they cast at least one actual Doctor in a role to complete the collection. I was always sad Rip Hunter never guest starred in Arrow while he was on Legends of Tomorrow.

    • @dvader518
      @dvader518 Před 6 lety +1

      Comic Books & Cocktails TV Don’t forget Martian Manhunter’s/Cyborg Superman’s actor, who played the father of the character played by Kuasa’s actress in The End of Time. Also, the Ray’s actor was Midshipman Alonso.

  • @gilanes
    @gilanes Před 6 lety +15

    The next 11 episodes are each gunna have so many great reaction moments. Namely 7 and 10 onwards to the beginning to eps of season 6!

    • @UnhappyLemonStudios
      @UnhappyLemonStudios Před 6 lety

      Gilanes oh hello there fellow blind wave viewer XD

    • @gilanes
      @gilanes Před 6 lety

      UnhappyLemonStudios No fucking way! Yo what up, Hugo! How’s it going?

  • @Flousunia
    @Flousunia Před 6 lety +9

    only got to wait until 10th April 2019 for the 50th anniversary episode

  • @ZakJordan98
    @ZakJordan98 Před 6 lety +359

    I really didn't like when we actually saw the Weeping Angels move, ruined one of the best things about Blink. That, You, the Audience were also looking at the angels. When we saw them move here it took me out of it

    • @epiccarrot88
      @epiccarrot88 Před 6 lety +32

      To be honest I don't really mind. It's been specified before they're only stone when seen, so I think them moving here was 'we may still be watched, so let's be careful and not break the disguise.

    • @romaina.6241
      @romaina.6241 Před 6 lety +45

      I think Moffat understood he made a bad move here. And never showed them moving again.

    • @connorwood9211
      @connorwood9211 Před 6 lety +11

      Why did they sound like stone? Didn't the Doctor way they only turn into stone when someone sees them? Also aren't they meant to be really fast?

    • @ItsAv3rageGamer
      @ItsAv3rageGamer Před 6 lety +5

      Well that's what we were told in blink, that the angels only turn to stone because they're being looked at by something, and they can move insanely fast, which is why even not looking at them for a millisecond whilst blinking can lead to death.

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr Před 6 lety +6

      I suspect the showrunners had a massive interal debate on having the angels move.

  • @matthewnash8556
    @matthewnash8556 Před 6 lety +81

    I love how Thirsty Amy is at the end of this episode LOL

    • @titusorelius9458
      @titusorelius9458 Před 6 lety +35

      Yes, thirsty to cheat on a great guy like Rory. I always hated Amy for constantly doing that to him.

    • @matthewnash8556
      @matthewnash8556 Před 6 lety +20

      I always hated it too, not because of her being attracted to a good looking man who's basically a god, but how she was so quick to want to hide it and do it behind Rorys back. Plus they never really address it like it deserves imo.

    • @ryanklip24
      @ryanklip24 Před 6 lety +2

      Titus Orelius I agree I hated it in these few episodes, but what do you mean constantly? I don’t recall her doing it ever again. Could be wrong though

    • @mjm3091
      @mjm3091 Před 6 lety +1

      RyanKlip but she still acted awful in other episodes. She isn't the best human being that is out there.

    • @ryanklip24
      @ryanklip24 Před 6 lety +3

      MJM regardless, she didn’t attempt to cheat on him again. That was my question. The only episode I don’t like her in later is “The Girl Who Waited” but that’s it, I like Amy and Rory a lot and I think she’s fine, if not flawed, like a real person.

  • @whobp8
    @whobp8 Před 6 lety +2

    The discussion about Matt's face made me chuckle, but it also brought to mind a terrific line from the Classic Who story The City of Death, where Count Scarlioni (the villain of the piece) says, "You pick a quarrel with my face? Be careful I don't pick a quarrel with yours, I may choose sharper implements than words!"

  • @TheMaitreAssassin
    @TheMaitreAssassin Před 6 lety +5

    It's true, I felt the moving removed something from the weeping angels

  • @maxskellington910
    @maxskellington910 Před 6 lety +5

    "You, me, handcuffs... may it always end this way?"
    WJWHHWH IN THE LIBRARY EPISODE SHE HANDCUFFS THE DOCTOR TO THE WALL.
    SO IT STILL ENDS WITH HANDCUFFS.

  • @Starphoenix
    @Starphoenix Před 3 lety +1

    I believe one of the explanations given for the Weeping Angels moving on screen is that they are moving in between the frames of the video format it's being viewed on or something.

  • @RubyRuby210
    @RubyRuby210 Před 6 lety +39

    They didn't pick up on the 'continuity error'. Disappointed!

    • @RubyRuby210
      @RubyRuby210 Před 6 lety +10

      It's a shame, I remember when this was first shown and everyone trying to work out what the hell was going on, whether it was just a mistake or whether there was more than one doctor in that scene. I'm surprised that Aaron didn't draw their attention to it, They'll be scratching their heads come The Big Bang.

  • @Inactive968
    @Inactive968 Před 6 lety +15

    VAMPIRES IN VENICE HERE WE GO!

  • @j-train13
    @j-train13 Před 2 lety +2

    4:30 and so Shane enters stage 2 of the Doctor Who effect

  • @suncore598
    @suncore598 Před 6 lety +23

    "I like this guy" The 11th Doctor has finally gained Shane's approval. And, Calvin, you're right. River is like the Irene Adler to the Doctor's Sherlock Holmes.

  • @Wertsir
    @Wertsir Před 3 lety +1

    The angels are affected by gravity, which means they have mass. Everything with mass exerts a gravitational pull on every other object in the universe. Therefore, if the weeping angels could not move while someone was observing their effects, they would never be able to move at all, because someone always is. It seems like direct visual observation is the key.

  • @Andres_was_here
    @Andres_was_here Před 6 lety +1

    I now can't unsee the whole Eric eyebrow thing

  • @18thealien
    @18thealien Před 6 lety +8

    That was some good face analysis at the end there

  • @rnadomj
    @rnadomj Před 6 lety +4

    Great video yet again. You should react to a show called Life on Mars (UK). It’s about 10years old now and has John Simm, definitely worth a watch. Only two seasons and I’d recommend going in completely blind.

  • @andrewr255
    @andrewr255 Před 6 lety +2

    I was not a fan of Amy moving with her eyes closed around the Angels as well but a comment by the Doctor allowed me better accept it as by this time the Angels were actually scared and running away from the crack, now that they realized it would wipe them out of existence, so this distracted them during Amy's walking deception. Also Amy's counting down was very cool buy even cooler was the reason for it, namely it was done by the Angels just for fun, to scare her even more. I mean the Angels are scary enough but this just made them even worse, which is to say better.

  • @Edo1980C
    @Edo1980C Před 6 lety +1

    Guys!! Steven Moffat (The Show Runner) wrote “Blink” and he created the Weeping Angels.

  • @Jessica-uo4qk
    @Jessica-uo4qk Před 6 lety +3

    Also the Doctor explained to River that when Amy was walking through the forest the Weeping Angels were scared of the crack, therefore they weren't paying attention to their surroundings because fear is a rare emotion for the Angels and it caught them off guard. Convenient writing I know but to be fair they did attempt to explain it. Just thought that was worth clarifying, from your end discussion I got the impression you missed that scene.

  • @Jessica-uo4qk
    @Jessica-uo4qk Před 6 lety +2

    The new showrunner Steven Moffat actually wrote Blink, as well as many other Tennant and Eccleston era episodes like The Empty Child (gas mask kid) and Silence in the Library (introduction of River Song). I've noticed a lot of your favourite stories have been Moffat.

  • @Chase4boy
    @Chase4boy Před 6 lety +1

    I always thought the part where the angels remain frozen because they thought she could see was so stupid. At first it was made out to be an automatic response to another creature seeing them, but here it’s something they choose to do. Their powers don’t make sense like this because now they have to guess that the person isn’t looking

  • @hiccuphufflepuff176
    @hiccuphufflepuff176 Před 6 lety +1

    They skipped the scene at 6:00 but something I never noticed before: when the Doctor comes back and tells Amy "remember what I told you when you were 7" he's wearing his jacket, despite loosing it to the Angels earlier and still not having it in the next scene.

  • @DarkLordoftheMeme
    @DarkLordoftheMeme Před 6 lety

    Fun fact, I've been i the wood they filmed that episode. It's called Puzzlewood, and was also used to film The Force Awakens as well as inspiring Tolkein to come up with Fangorn forest.

  • @MysticNic
    @MysticNic Před 6 lety +2

    When I watched this the first time, I had the same reaction as Eric when seeing them move. I thought something was lost, not because I was attached to not even the audience seeing them move, but because I now know what they look like when they move. In “Blink”, I think the doctor said that the creature turns to stone/a statue when being observed. That made me think that they could look like completely different creatures when not being observed. Similar to a boggart. When no one is looking at them, what do they look like? It’s cool and creates a sort of longing with me not knowing. But now I know moving weeping angels just look like the regular angels moving. Still a dope episode but I would have preferred that that did not happen. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

  • @galonski64
    @galonski64 Před 6 lety +1

    I thought it was explain that the angel were running scared and because amy was there, they froze up, not realizing she was not looking.

  • @QuestionableLifeChoices
    @QuestionableLifeChoices Před 6 lety +2

    Yeah, they're initially super creepy moving, but I think it takes something away when we see them move. And Shane, actually the new showrunner at the time WAS the guy who wrote/created the Angels originally

  • @elana1463
    @elana1463 Před 6 lety +9

    The big question..did the angels move while being observed or did they only move between the frames..might explain why they seemingly moved so slowly

  • @biocapsule7311
    @biocapsule7311 Před 6 lety +1

    Given the information of the Weeping Angels we got... I always consider them to be a species that was never corporeal in the first place. They merely attach themselves to actual stone as part of their biology, which would make all the traits possible.

    • @tideoftime
      @tideoftime Před 4 lety +1

      The Angels are, indeed, "abstract beings" as the Doctor referred to them -- the statues, in-and-of-themselves, aren't actually the Angels but rather simply hold the (metaphysical) _image_ of them (the abstract concept of them as manifested in the physical universe vs the outside-of-reality where they emanate from). As they gain power and learn how to slowly "dissolve" the universe around them by unmaking it, as they attempted to do in "The Angels Take Manhattan", they can usurp/corrupt other abstract concepts and use those manifested concepts to exist in the physical universe, such as when they took over the metaphysical essence/meaning of _other_ statues in NY at that point of temporal incursion (the cherubs, The Frontier Woman and her son, The Statue of Liberty (both the physical monument as well as the image-as-it-existed on the poster in the elevator, etc.). Pretty cool stuff when you think about it... ;)

  • @justinalicea1590
    @justinalicea1590 Před rokem +1

    Turning to stone is a defense mechanism against harm. Hence why, when the Weeping Angels come across the blind Amy, they still freeze: they recognize her as a threat to their normal form and prioritize defense.
    Just as the Weeping Angels continued to drain the ship of its energy while also trying to escape the crack and time and convince the Doctor to throw himself into it.
    Their intelligence is ultimately superseded by their base instincts to feed and their natural defense system.

  • @jamesbeddis1059
    @jamesbeddis1059 Před 6 lety +1

    I remember going to the doctor who experience in Cardiff and having to walk through the forest of angels, safe to say I shit myself that day.

  • @sebradfield
    @sebradfield Před 6 lety +1

    This where 'Meanwhile In The TARDIS 2' absolutely needs to be watched.

  • @iloveyourunclebob
    @iloveyourunclebob Před 6 lety

    Fun Doctor Who related personal fact: my dad and uncle worked with John Barrowman's dad at Cat in Joliet. When my uncle went to Scotland, JB's dad met up with him and showed him around the town they were at.

  • @kathyrose8750
    @kathyrose8750 Před 6 lety +3

    I love River Song and no one else does - it's such a shame

  • @HelluvaGabbs0920
    @HelluvaGabbs0920 Před 3 lety +1

    The scene with future doctor always gets me

  • @milkypeanutsonafriday
    @milkypeanutsonafriday Před 2 měsíci

    The theme song ALWAYS get's me hyped omg its amazing

  • @matthewnash8556
    @matthewnash8556 Před 6 lety +32

    I never liked this retcon of the Angels, It doesn't make sense to me that the Quantum lock that makes them turn to stone would work if you were pretending to see. The Idea is that until something is being actually observed, it is in constant shift, kinda like schrodinger's cat, which wouldnt work with this. Still, fun story, and its always fun to see River!

    • @ajprop99
      @ajprop99 Před 6 lety +4

      Yh even if it did make sense, she clearly turns her back to some angels as she's walking through them so they would kill her anyway

    • @Wolf6119
      @Wolf6119 Před 6 lety +8

      I mean, I can understand the idea that the angels are panicking from the crack in reality, so they're just activating their Quantum lock more than necessary just to be on the safe side. The problem is, though, that there's no in-between. Either the angels can only activate their quantum lock consciously, in which case it's a miracle none of them ever fuck up and get caught, or it always activates automatically when they're being observed. If it's the latter, and they ALWAYS turn to stone when being observed, then why the Hell would they turn to stone around Amy because they're scared. If they have 100% certainty that the Quantum lock will activate on its own whenever they're being seen, then they have no reason to worry about being seen without knowing about it.

    • @matthewnash8556
      @matthewnash8556 Před 6 lety

      I guess I never saw it like that, being an ability that they chose to use, that would make sense, and because they move so quickly they maybe perceive time slower (Flash style) and are just super accurate with it. I always assumed it was like the universe locking them in place, making them a fixed point, as apposed to in a state of flux because that would break time or something lol. Cool idea tho!

    • @Wolf6119
      @Wolf6119 Před 6 lety +2

      Well see, I don't think it CAN be something that the Angels themselves choose to turn on and off, because if it was, why the Hell would they keep it on in situations like the end of Blink? Surely those angels stuck in a cellar would realize "Oh, the only one looking at me is other angels, so I can turn this off again". In fact realistically there'd be no reason for them to *ever* turn it on in any of the instances we've seen them, since it's meant to be a defense mechanism, and yet we've only ever seen them act as predators, not the prey.
      So it HAS to be something that happens on its own whenever the angel is seen by another living being. But if that's the case, then it doesn't make sense for them to be "scared" of Amy seeing them and activating it "just in case" because there's no way she could accidentally see their true form if the quantum lock activates on its own.

    • @matthewnash8556
      @matthewnash8556 Před 6 lety +1

      Another interpretation is that maybe the Angels COULDNT kill Amy? like when that Dalek randomly Decided not to kill that women during the stolen earth story, because it knew she was a fixed point and needed to keep living for some reason. If Amy died from that Angel, then she wouldnt be (SPOILERS).....
      alive to give birth to River, and that would fuck all kinds of stuff up. But then you could Apply that logic to literally anything in this show and use it to write off plot armor...just a thought!

  • @SirDeweyRoyalKnightOfBebahan

    Each time the doctor and river meet the closer it is to the first time they meet
    As the first time they meet was the death of river song

  • @secretskull21
    @secretskull21 Před rokem

    8:40
    I think the point is that the angels also have their eyes closed, so that they don’t turn each other to stone. So walking like you can see makes them believe that you’re watching them, even if they can’t see you.

  • @missrzhrtjennieruthdelurey2908

    I have to keep reminding myself that River Song’s future is the reverse of the Doctor’s but everything else is Spoilers

    • @donaldwatson7698
      @donaldwatson7698 Před 6 lety +2

      Not so much in reverse (yeah, I know the show called it that), but even by the end of this episode (so not really any spoilers) they've established that her timeline, viewed from the perspective of the Doctor's timeline (and so therefore, the show's chronology) appears to be hopping back and forth.

  • @kayleyhodson7079
    @kayleyhodson7079 Před 6 lety

    I hope they react to the minisode after this; it gives more context for the scene at the end and it has some really great moments for such a short clip

  • @declanhugors
    @declanhugors Před rokem

    The simple answer to why Angels don't paint themselves over or cover themselves with blankets assuming they could move is because they wouldn't be able to see. BUT imagine they painted themselves over but wore one-way mirror goggles. Unstoppable

  • @stevencassidy6982
    @stevencassidy6982 Před 6 lety +3

    One of the best Smith two-parters.Particularly the death of Father Octavian

  • @ceilxcvi
    @ceilxcvi Před 6 lety

    If it helps; someone said to me (and I think a couple of other comments on here, too!) that the angels are moving between each frame change on our screens!!
    Also, as they don’t seem to “freeze into rock” like Ten told us they did in Blink, I feel as though that backs up the between-the-frames theory, because they don’t
    change!

  • @MavenCree
    @MavenCree Před 6 lety +1

    Actually, the writer of Blink, *is* the new Showrunner for the 11th.

  • @mradriankool
    @mradriankool Před 6 lety +1

    When the ‘madman in box’ theme kicks in 🤟
    We better get ‘meanwhile in the tradis part 2’

  • @Joannemathilde
    @Joannemathilde Před 6 lety +1

    Look at Shane defending Matt! Lol I think he will end up being his fav!!

  • @andreajunie6283
    @andreajunie6283 Před 6 lety

    i love seeing shane having fun and enjoying matt's doctor and the soundtrack

  • @shathriel
    @shathriel Před 4 lety

    The soldier that was the staring soldier, the last one to vanish into the crack, played Spoony in Dog Soldiers :)

  • @claytoncourtney1309
    @claytoncourtney1309 Před 6 lety

    14:35 there is a new show runner but that show runner wrote the blink episode

  • @scottjenkins16
    @scottjenkins16 Před 6 lety

    The whole walk like you can see thing is just because the angels were afraid of the crack and were operating on base instinct to freeze to rock when they thought Amy could see when she couldn't.

  • @matthewvido3902
    @matthewvido3902 Před 6 lety +1

    Shane Season 4 finale *''I don't like him!''*
    Shane 4:30 *''I like this guy''*
    Took you long enough

  • @whobp8
    @whobp8 Před 6 lety

    Eric is spot on in his speculation about how the Angels are filmed by the way. They do indeed use the freeze frame technique he describes

  • @Batgirl219
    @Batgirl219 Před 6 lety

    Honestly, I was on board with 11 from “Basically, run.” But this episode is where he started to become my favorite.

  • @DiegoE02
    @DiegoE02 Před 6 lety

    Loved the outro with River's theme from Big Finish.

  • @iiTsOndre
    @iiTsOndre Před 6 lety +1

    When Amy was walking with her eyes closed the doctor said they ain’t paying attention to any since they were scared from the crack in time and were running from it so they would assume she could see them

  • @aguyonyoutube9264
    @aguyonyoutube9264 Před 6 lety +18

    I hope Sessksays didn’t watch this reaction after Eric’s comments about Matt Smith

    • @Mrazmatmahmood
      @Mrazmatmahmood Před 6 lety +3

      I don't think she likes 11 as much as she does because of his looks, but yeah 😂.

    • @george5954
      @george5954 Před 6 lety +4

      On her Patreon she's said that she's 100% not attracted to Matt Smith, but just loves him as an actor lmao. So I don't think she'll be offended by their comments lol

    • @ericmishima
      @ericmishima Před 6 lety +1

      LOL when Blind Wave introduced thmselves this reaction I said "Hi guys!" Like Sesska foroe reason