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"Who says you're not important?" is one of my favorite lines from the Doctor.
Mine too. Itâs so simple yet thereâs so much to it. He delivers it perfectly.
I love as well at how humbled he is by their "normal" life. It really underpins his love for humanity even as an alien.
@@salyx That, and in another episode when Rose sarcastically says he's not Santa Claus... _"Who says I'm not? -- red bicycle when you were 12..."_
It's a consistent theme with the Doctor, there's nothing more powerful than an ordinary person and he's never met anyone who wasn't important. Such a great and simple message.
This and how 11 says it is brilliant
âI was never there for youâ
âYou would have beenâ
God that still kills me
Thatâs đ˘
Honest to god I think he would have tried, but it would have gotten all messed up the way all the things he tries to do get messed up.
A tragedy where you know the outcome couldnât have been anything but tragic.
But he was a good dad in the best way here. He did the best he could. And his best here was to sacrifice himself. đ
Christopher Eccleston has said this is his favorite story of the series. At the time of filming his own father was very ill and dying, and as the script only really required him to be on set for half the shoot he was able to spend time visiting his dad in hospital.
My own dad died when I was 14 about 50 years ago, just when I was growing to appreciate him as an individual. Iâve often thought how I would love to go back and just spend time together to talk and share thoughts and music. This episode always hits hard and I certainly cried the first few times I watched it as well.
Thanks for your rawness and honesty.
It's taken me nearly 20 years to notice that when Rose tells the Doctor she's sorry, he touches her face in the same way her dad does when she's upset a bit earlier.
"Paul, I think you're gonna hurt me."
His reputation preceeds him.
He's written some of the best (and most devestating) Doctor Who, hands down, and has been doing it since 1990. I dearly wish he did more TV work.
The same who wrote the source for FoB?đ˘
@@zvimur Yep, that's the guy!
@@zvimur originally for the 7th Doctor yes!
The bit wehere Pete says to Rose "I'm your Dad. It's my job for it to be my fault" was lifted from something writer Paul Cornell's father said to him - you were right at the start about Paul making you cry.
And I thought that line couldn't hit me any harder
Like how US President Truman had a plaque that read "the buck stops here" and he placed it on his desk in the White House to always remind himself of what the job was really all about.
Not dodging the responsibility, but gladly taking it on.
If this show didn't already reveal its hand in "Dalek," now it really has. Welcome to Doctor Who, the best show in the universe at inflicting emotional damage.
this was the first eps that really showed what the new doctor show was capable of
not just camp, but really good sci-fi
They don't make episodes like this anymore.
While still providing an occasional laugh or two in the process!đ
Yes they do. â@DigitalBath742
@@bmyattuk Broadly speaking I'm with you on this. Not every episode can be as strong as this one in any era of the show (though many are, and some are even better), and while I do still think this era (2005-2009) was the best of the modern Doctor Who, that doesn't mean there aren't some genuinely awesome episodes after that.
"Would I go back in time and stop it? No."
That was a very brave and open and raw thing to say.
I love that of you. There is MASSIVE insight there.
One of this shows strengths is how one episode can be silly and quirky and the next can leave you emotionally shattered. Sometimes, those things can exist in the same episode. It's why I became such a fan.
Yes, this is really the strength of the show: you never know what you get. There may be bad episodes, but you keep at it, because the next one might the best you saw in TV in a long time. And Doctor Who doesn't shy away from trying out things, from trying out all sorts of stories. And not all work out, but because they do you get also exceptionally great ones. Too many TV and cinema plays it safe to not waste investors money or tarnish ones reputation with a botched story.
Very true. Even the goofy, laugh out loud episodes find a way to stab you in the heart. No spoilers, but we all can name several (different) episodes further down the line that reduce viewers (unless they have hearts of pure Formica) to blubbering messes.
I'm a 57 year old male SciFi fan, I cried when this was first broadcast and I'm crying now.
I'm in my 50's too, was Tom Baker your Doctor? I remember watching Jon Pertwee but Baker was most definetly my doctor.
@@lordflashheart3680 I'm 56, Tom Baker was my Doctor (in America we didn't get other Doctors 'tll the mid-'80s), and I had to watch this ep 50 times to *not* choke up :(
I'm nearly 55, My first Doctor was Jon Pertwee but MY Doctor is Tom Baker.
We all need to watch "About Time" again with Rachel McAdams, Domnall Gleason, and Bill Nighy
57 here as well, same reactions lol. Jon Pertwee was 'my' Doctor đ
Angela: Where are my tissues?
Me: Good call! đ˘
She dint even use them đđ
Your emotional rawness is why youâre my favorite reactor. Thank you for always sharing your feelings and being so open while helping us fans to relive the shows we love all over again.
I havenât cried from this episode in years, yet here I am crying along with you!
Same here. I've gone right off some other reactors who seem more intent on over-acting than - you know - REACTING.
@@Wicked_Sushi Me too. Personally, no matter how much they might work for getting engagement and satisfying the algorithm, I find those 'hands on your cheeks and mouth open' poses in thumbnails SO fake. SO many channels do it, and they don't need to. I know that if I see Angela grin or cry in the thumbnail, I'm going to recognise what bit that was taken from and that she meant it.
Rose messed with a fixed point in her timeline. Pete realized that to save everyone from the monsters, he had to die. He did it to save his daughter. He may not have been a successful person, but he loved his family.
The next adventure is a two-parter, and you will be introduced to one of the more interesting characters in the series.
"I thought this was gonna be a fun episode"
Never assume this lol, it'll always take you by surprise
My father died when I was 7, 44 years ago. I know he wasn't perfect, but I'd give almost anything to see him again, for him to meet his granddaughter. This episode hit me hard in 2005, and it still hits me. I don't think this episode gets the recognition it deserves, but wow. I'm so sorry about your sister, Angela. Hugs.
This might've been the hardest I've seen you cry in a reaction. I get it though -- it's devastating. I think you can definitely understand why so many people love this show at this point, though. It is great at pulling emotions out of you, both bad and good.
If sheâs crying this hard now? The Tennant years are going to be DEVASTATING
â@@davidcohen9016I think I might buy stocks in tissues.
The hardest I've ever seen her cry was reacting to the _Serenity_ movie; that was the only time I came to think that Angela was really _not_ OK.
@@rudewalrus5636yeah, it was the Serenity reaction. I felt actual guilt watching her go through that.
â@davidcohen9016 omg, the library is going to DESTROY her
After you mentioned Rose's parents in recent reactions and asked about her father, I was so eager for you to see this. Absolutely one of the big heavy hitters of the first season, which always, *always* makes me tear up.
And this is why Doctor Who has survived for over 60 years and counting.... the sheer range of narratives and emotions that come with them is something no other show in the world can do like this. I think Fathers Day is easily one of the most emotional stories in the modern era of the show (or I guess not so modern now the 2024 series is "Season 1" again!) and it never loses it's ability to strike that chord when you go back to it. A beautifully written episode with so many lines that can resonate with people.
sorry to say it, but disney and RTD are doing everything in their might, to destroy Doctor who... and at the moment it is on it´s very last signs of life...
that new "season 1" is so "great", that you would want to watch a medley of the worst doctor who episodes ever, and they would still be by far, by very far better than the best episodes of the disney Who....
@@Metzwerg74 thatâs your opinion and youâre entitled to it of course but statistically the show is still a top ten UK ratings gainer on consolidated ratings and is doing well in younger demographics more than the BBC or Disney ever imagined. Shows evolve and change and thatâs how they survive. The internet has spoke of the death of this show countless times and itâs on a better budget with a bigger global audience than ever before.
@@ben-tendo so disney expected it to be the worst of doctor who ever... ?
a bigger global audience...? LOL
a bigger POSSIBLE global audience, while the actual audience is as low as never before....
well must have been the weather, people must have been outside touching grass....
instead of watching another trainwreck of an episode.
doctor , i got only one expression and i can only play myself, because acting as if i were the doctor is not gay enough, ncuti...
don´t get this wrong... i have no problem with a black and/or gay doctor...
my problem with gatwas acting, is the non-existence of it.
he has aabout one expression, well he is extra supergood at crying, but it´s always gatwa acting as the supergay guy, and never even tries to be the doctor...
and then comes the superstupid writing of theese new episodes, there were always doctor who episodes, that were questionable in logic and believability, but with this run, totaly stupid and oceanbig logic holes have become standard....
well and then there are the people, that say it´s great, just because someone slapped a doctor who sticker on it....
when doctor who went off air in the 80s, it had better 1 day figures, than an episode today in a whole week...
but i forgot, you are right, the new disney who, is so good, that it broke records in thre episodes in a row...
it is so good, that three episodes in a row, the set a new record for the lowest ratings ever in doctor who...
@@Metzwerg74theyâre not the lowest ratings, that bias. When compared to all top ten shows (not just Doctor Who) in UK ratings by BARB the figures show that the way people are watching programmes now is different. Whether itâs Eastenders, Casualty, Britainâs Got Talent⌠numbers are down across the board when purely looking at +7 figures. So itâs unfair and simply a bias of the negative vaccum online to isolate Doctor Whoâs ratings and imply theyâre an anomaly when theyâre not. People need to stop spending time in social media bubbles that push an agenda and look at the whole picture. Not that any of this has anything to do with Fatherâs Day, and is just an online rant at any opportunity.
@@ben-tendo so you are throwing your own bias at me, while ignoring the fact, that it is lower than anything before...
LOL...
the old shows of doctor who hat he same problems of other shows, that were up with doctor who, and it still excelled...
but maybe, it could have to do with the fact that it´s just bad this days...
well ncuti will alwasy been seen as the "Gay guy in a tardis", as the doctor lives with donna and her family, at the moment...
but arguing with blind fanboys is a waste of time... so bye...
The comment about the needing the tissues, made everyone who had seen this thinking "Is one box going to be enough?"
I love the fact that many of you in the reactor community don't view others as competitors, the shout out to Ashley was nice of you.
There is room for everyone. I think reactors love watching a variety of reactions ourselves so the more the merrier!
@@funnylilgalreacts I have genuine contempt for writers or filmmakers who say they never immerse themselves in the work of their contemporaries. Some outright say they AVOID other people's work. It's SUCH a condescending attitude, and does THEM a huge dis-service. You will never reach maturity of experience (in any aspect of life) if you don't try to see how others do things.
WhatâŚanâŚepisode! Paul Cornell is a sensational writer! And everyoneâs acting is top notch for this one!
âAm I a good dad?â đ˘ Oh dear, gets me every time! And I love that itâs Pete who saves them, not the doctor.
I always liked Christopher and Billie's chemistry and the emotional stories in this season. Season 1's stories really brought back the best of Dr. Who. These emotional stories really make you feel them.
Something I've always appreciated is Jackie's refusal to badmouth Pete to Rose when she was growing up. Obviously memories are often Rose-tinted in general but, it's still sweet.
It's a tough episode.
I think what stands out for me is not just Rose's father's sacrifice, but his earlier realization that he was not the ever-present man in her life as Rose claimed.
He was honest enough with himself to know his shortcomings. That same clear thinking nature and integrity fuel his decision to sacrifice his life for her future.
Pete is a real mensch.
Space can be dark and lonely and the Doctor can get lost into themselves. The companions help ground The Doctor from taking extra ordinary risks or The Doctorâs emotions get the best of them.
Basically, the Companions humanize The Doctor.
Since the very first story in 1963
Throughout the history of Doctor Who, there are many times that the question "Why can't you go back and fix it?" has been asked, and there have been many answers given but this episode gives perhaps the best answer. Not some cliche phrase, but a concrete demonstration.
Sometimes, things just have to happen.
Classic temporal causality paradox.
In this case, it's simply a matter of if Rose saves her father, her past self would have no knowledge of his death and therefore wouldn't go to save him.
There is a way around it, of course: all Rose would need to do here is save her father but then fake his death. Tricking her past self into believing him dead, and the timeline is preserved.
Only one story that I know of actually utilises this method: an anime called Stein's Gate.
@@screwielewie I disagree, it isn't her knowing, it is his living. That is what would change things to the point that a paradox would occur. Now, having said that, time paradoxes are a messy issue in stories and Dr Who does not always handle it well. I think the best way is to suggest that certain points in time are pivotal and fixed whereas others are mutable. Great for writing time travel stories, a little hard to define though.
@@TheFireMonkey Indeed. He would have to live a secret life (or, ideally, be put in cryogenic stasis) up until the point in Rose's life where she made the decision to go back and save him. After that point, they could then live happily ever after.
@@TheFireMonkey Yeah if Rose's dad had lived to raise her she'd be a completely different person, make completely different choices, and likely wouldn't end up as the Doctor's companion, therefore not being able to save her dad. That kind of logic when it comes to paradoxes is very well explored in Netflix's "Dark" (wildly difficult show to follow though, the fact that it's all in German doesn't help)
Doctor Who, it makes you laugh, it makes you smile, it makes you cry, most of all it makes you think.
Thomas Watson was an electrical engineer working with Alexander Graham Bell. While working on the "audible telegraph," Bell said the phrase "Watson-Come here-I need you." Watson could hear him clearly.
Jees, that was a quick comment I was ready to post but beaten because I was watching yet another reaction to BTTF!.
edit: Crap, he clarified that later on.
The first phone call!
I commented about this but then deleted it when the video got to the part where the Doctor explained about it being from the first telephone call.
Imagine if you invented the world's first ever telephone... and then it rings đą
@@screwielewie Classic old joke: The real genius was the guy who invented the *second* telephone! =:o]
The title cards just keep getting better and better. No notes.
Ironically, this one was a note.
What I love about this episode is that even though the Doctor is so angry with Rose and let down, he still does everything he can to fix things while still keeping Pete alive.
29:49 This episode hits me very hard. I am 59 now and my father died when I was 8. I has been 51 years since he passed from cancer and I still cry when I see cool dad and son things. I know all I am is because of him. So hold on to the memories of the times when your sister was Angela. The sharper you hold on to those memories, the more alive they are, even if you cry. I do.
Some say you die twice; first when your heart beats its last, second when your name is uttered for the last time. As long as we hold on to the memories of our loved ones, tell all about them to our younger ones, and make sure they keep passing those stories down, then that person we loved is not truly gone.
@@pabloc8808 Exactly! I'm a Mexican American Catholic. We ARE like the movie Coco. Sure, our relatives are dead, but they are just "in the other room" so you show some respect.
Thank you for taking the time to connect with this wonderful show. I really appreciated how raw you allowed your reaction to be.
Everyone has their favourite line from this episode, one of the more humble and reflective lines is Pete being told about his life in the future being a supportive father. And his response, âthatâs not meâ is such a great response. Itâs telling that when we hear something about our future, the first thing that comes to mind for him is that he truly doesnât think heâs great and deep down he knows it.
If I had a dad worth a damn, I probably would've cried too. At least the one in the show knew what to do.
my dad is shitty and i always cry in this episode
Girl, you are funny, you are 'lil, but you are also ALWAYS amazing, and today, you were the most amazing I've ever seen you. I cried along with you, and I've NEVER seen anyone get this episode as fully as you did. You just earned a place in my heart because you shared your soul with us all, and it is a beautiful one indeed !!!
Whovians know Doctor Who will not only make you think, it will also make you feel. Maybe that's why i love this show the most of all shows I've watched.
One of the biggest rules of time travel in Doctor Who is that you can't revisit your own timeline, or you can't change the events that happened in your timeline because crossing paths with yourself is dangerous as it would destroy the other you. If you visited a specific moment in history you can't be in the same place as you were before if you were to revisit that time and place again because it creates a paradox.
I look forward to that Christmas special with John Hurt, if she gets that far.
Wonderfully touching and cathartic reaction. ⼠I was crying from you crying!
This is probably the best episode in the 9th Doctor's tenure, at least to me.
I wish the newer episodes would revisit the Time Reapers concept, because surely another companion would pull a similar stunt.
Sometimes, Doctor Who episodes are an emotional endurance trial. This is one of those times.
I am particularly fond of the idea that comes around in cycles in Doctor Who where just because someone isn't spectacular or extraordinary, it doesn't make them unimportant. There's a later (MUCH LATER ) quote in the series that make this viewpoint of the Doctor more explicit, but I think "Who says you aren't important?" very much boils down the Doctor's perspective that every life is important in some way and/or to some one.
It's an idea I think would behoove more of humanity to embrace.
Dr. Who: Fun and whimsy until it slams you right in the feels.
this is why season one is my absolute favorite - the writing is top notch, the characters are believable and make me actually care about them, there's a great balance of comedy, drama and suspense. such a rollercoaster of emotions, I love it. and Chris is a fantastic Doctor
Definitely one of the most emotional episodes in the whole show. It's something that hits so hard, but if you can relate to it, it hits so, so much more. The absolutely devastating performance from Rose and her dad, Jackie realizing who rose is, just augh. So, so good.
There's a very good reason that this is such a brilliant episode: it's written by Paul Cornell. Paul is a science fiction writer in his own right, but he's also a massive Doctor Who fan. When the original series of Doctor Who was cancelled, Paul was one of several writers who kept the Doctor Who universe alive by writing Doctor Who novels featuring adventures of many of the old Doctor incarnations. He also worked as a columnist for the science fiction magazine, SFX - a publication that always did everything it could to help bring about the show's return. Paul's Who novels were so popular and his knowledge of all things Doctor Who so great, that he was a natural choice to join the writing team when the series returned to TV. Their faith in him was rewarded with this incredible episode and - as you will see - it has repercussions throughout the time Rose is the companion.
Having a ripple effect from an episode of a TV show that continues through it's run, is something I love. It adds to the believability of a show much better than when it resets the counter to zero at the end of an episode and is never mentioned ever again. At this point in time, RTD was still being very much being influenced by Buffy and he very clearly moulded Doctor Who on the Buffy concept of individual episodes, all linked by a season arc. But rather than go with one very strong arc, Russel went with several subtle threads. Even what appears to sometimes, very clearly, be a stand-alone story, has repercussions later on. I could give you an example from another episode you have watched that you would assume was just a stand-alone story, but actually isn't, but I'm eager to see you make that connection on your own.
Watched this episode a few months after my dad died, god there were tears. Still can't watch this without shedding many tears. Beautiful episode!
One of the emotional and relatable Doctor Who stories. It is temping to go back and saved loved ones. If it was possible, I wouldnât change time, as much as I might want to. Canât damage time.
You have a beautiful heart, Angela. Your sister will always be your sister, nothing can ever change that.
A lyric from a song called Gravity by Against The Current sticks with me. âIf I could do it again, I wouldnât change a thing, cause itâs made me who I am.â
The show Better Call Saul has a pretty good moment about this; as the finale draws near, a character continuously asks everyone around him "what would you do if you could go back in time?". And finally one character says that his question isn't about time, it's not a scientific inquiry about the nature of time and paradoxes; it's about regret. It's about what we regret doing and wish we could change. And even though it's impossible to actually do it, the thing we wish we could change tells us about the kind of person we are.
@@pabloc8808 indeed. And itâs important to note the difference between wanting to change and wouldnât change. The Doctor saying he thought about going back to save his people meaning he wanted to but he wouldnât because he knows the consequences of doing so. Itâs like when Angela said at the end how she wouldnât change go back to save her sister.
@@JordanWylde_ Yup. I wouldn't go back and try to undo certain things. I like to think that wishing we could makes us good people, because it means we loved the ones we think about "saving". But knowing we can't makes us better still, because the right thing to do is to accept the love of those people as it was, not fantasize about what could've been
"You can't just go back and cut off tragedy at the root" - 12th Doctor
"Messages?" Correct. Short Message Service is 1993, six years later.
First message sent (UK) on the 3 December 1992 was "Merry Christmas" - making early Christmas texts a traditionđ
Welcome to the universe of Doctor Who! NOW you get it! (and you've just started the ride) Buy more tissues!
I just wanted to say firstly, I am sorry to hear about your sister; I lost mine 7 1/2 years ago, and I know it doesn't really get easier. Secondly, you are correct about what to do, I've thought many times about what I would do if I could go back in time while watching this episode, and it's just to be with her on that last day so that at least she wouldn't have been alone.
A lovely, emotional episode made truly great by smart writing and executed by brilliant performances from all the actors.
Adam at the movies, watching infinity war... 'you should have gone for the head' ......snap
honestly girl, same
God I truly wish I could tell you that this will be the last time you break like this but unfortunately I can't. Sad episode but what made me cry was seeing you heartbroken. You're my #1 favorite reactor that I've watched since the beginning so it just hits different seeing you get emotional. I know that sounds crazy but it's the truth. My condolences for your loss.
Seriously, until she cried at "Dalek" I thought she was making fun of us Whovians. I now know better and we know she's hasn't *started* crying yet! Welcome, new Whovian, Funnylilgirlreacts! You'll love this ride!!!!
Every child deserves to think their daddy is a hero
So sorry for your loss.
This is the episode that got me - hook, line and sinker. I liked the unusual and unique silly fun of the previous episodes but with this one it really hit home why the show is so iconic. Welcome to Doctor Who! Btw. Tissues are always good to be at hand because as funny as the show is when it gets emotional it hits like a freight train....
I am living with a severe depression for more than 20 years now, some days it's bad, some days it's good. I wouldn't change anything about it....I don't like all of me, mostly I dislike most of me. But I like where I live, love my friends and my volunteering work.....I don't want to change a thing.
Thank you.
You've given me something to think about.
@@alexanderriley2979 you're very welcome. It took me a very long time to accept my depression as a part of me. It took me even longer to not keep fighting myself. The Earthsea books helped me a lot (I don't want to spoil Geds story....it's amazing!!)
I realized that my depression in a way will always be there and that's not a bad thing, even though sometimes it feels that way.
Knew this one would have you in Floods. Murray Golds score is just perfect.
i lost my dad, mum and brother all within 4 years of each other, this story i have watched 50 times at least, and it drop kicks me right in the feels every single time...we just cried together.... one of my favourite episodes..... hugs to you!
I cried pretty much as much as you the first time I watched this one, and nearly as much just watching this reaction! This was the episode that really won me over to this show, it's so beautiful and heartbreaking.
Welcome to Doctor Who. Making us laugh and roll our eyes one moment, then shattering our hearts and thanking them for doing it. It is a hell of an experience.
"I thought this was gonna be a fun episode" she says heading into probably the heaviest, most emotional episode of the first season đł
Hello, I donât normally comment but Iâd just like to say I found your reaction to this absolutely beautiful, the way you were able to open up about your sister that passed I just thought was absolutely amazing, and I love that youâve managed to channel it into a positive for the way itâs impacted your life, honestly what a fantastic reaction, I hope youâre well, I absolutely love your content!
Think of the reapers in this as the Langoliers from the Steven King story. They sort of "eat" things, in this case a timeline that shouldn't exist. So, they eat everything because it's more or less a pocket universe that was created, specifically because Rose ran and saved her dad yes, but mostly because the Doctor and Rose were already there and saw them thus creating another paradox. This is one of the better first series (of the reboot era) episodes for sure, really pulls on those harp strings and that ending gets you every time because you know what's coming and that it has to happen. Also, Pete realizing that the Doctor knew how to "fix" things but was trying to still save Pete and everyone else, always stood out to me.
I love watching you watch doctor who. And watching you cry at some scenes, i know you are definitely in for an emotional ride x
My dad was in hospice after a stroke in 2005 (the year this episode came out), and passed away in 2009 while I was overseas in Iraq, about a week before I was going to come home for a surprise visit. I often think that if I had told him I was coming to visit, he might have held out longer, but that's probably just survivor's guilt speaking. It tears me apart daily that my daughters will never know him beyond the few stories my failing memory can still conjure.
This episode kills me.
BTW Next episode is a two part story đ
Between the Doctor and Rose, I always think of the fact that they are different species. And just like we humans can fall in love with our dogs, cats or birds, the Doctor can fall in love with a human without it being romantic, but rather a appreciation for life.
I see you getting emotional just from Rose asking to go see her dad, I just KNOW you'll be broken by the end... I was, doesn't matter how many times I see this one it always hits hard. "Who am I, love?" "My daddy" - brilliant performances, and that simple, haunting piano tune... tears every time!
One of the most emotionally deadly episodes of Doctor Who
My dad died when I was 12 years old, it's been 17 years as of March. This episode and any show/episode about the loss of a father always causes me to breakdown crying. But I strongly prescribe to the idea that grief is love perservering.
I miss my father, I will always miss my father, but that's because I loved and was loved so strongly.
I don't know that going back in time there's anything I could have done to prevent my father's death. But if I had a chance to do what Rose did and meet him as an adult?
I think I'd do that.
I think I'd want him to know that I made it, that I grew into an adult he could be proud of. Most importantly, I'd want him to know that he did it, he was such an amazing father that even 17 years after his passing I still tell people stories of my dad. That I never once doubted I was loved, and cherished. That who I am I am, in no small part, because of him.
I was also 12 when my dad died. I just wish I could get to know him as an adult, as Rose does here, even if it's disappointing. I have so many amazing memories of my dad but he's always just a dad in them iykwim, rather than a person in his own right. Apparently I'm the most like him of all my siblings which is simultaneously lovely but also frustrating because I'd so love to just sit and have a conversation with him.
This reaction to me is a time machine... for your dad. We know that you are close to him, and if he sees this episode, he'll get a taste of how you will mourn for him after he is gone.
I first got into this show about 2 or 3 years after my dad died, on father's day, with me by his side. This episode broke me so much, like you I just cried my eyes out through most of it. I had enjoyed the ride as a fun show until this episode, but this cemented my love of the show and how deep it can get. A show that can make me laugh until my face hurts, and make me cry like I lost my dad all over again and every emotion you can feel along the way. It's such a beautiful show and I'm so glad to be here to watch your journey!
I'd travel in time to talk to my maternal grandmother, she passed when I was 5 and I really didn't get to meet her, truly meet her. I'd also spend more time with my grandpa. It'll be his anniversary next month and I can't believe it's been 11 years already.
We just had Father's Day last weekend in my country.
Bless you and your family and peace to your sister.
I was sobbing right along with you! I almost kind of forgot how many brilliant episodes there were in this first season. Even though I was obsessed immediately, and it took me a LONG time to warm up to Tennant (he is my favorite now, but he had to work for it). Thank you for sharing your personal connection with it -- my only serious death was my mom a couple of years ago, and even if I wanted to change that I wouldn't know where to start. She had a dozen autoimmune diseases that were managed as well as they could be, until she just got tired. She did die alone in the middle of the night, but it almost seemed like she chose that. And I like that I only remember her alive.
I wouldn't go back in time, I'm almost twenty years without my mom. I replayed many scenarios in my head that I could do to change things in the past, spend more time with her, being more attentive with her health... But at the same time, maybe I would become a way broken person today. We just learn to live with the pain.
Episodes like this are why I always found it so tragic when people would recommend to skip Eccleston's run in Doctor Who when getting into the show. He has so many amazing episodes in his short time as The Doctor, some of the greatest episodes of Doctor Who are his. The people who skipped him missed out on something absolutely fantastic.
Don't worry I've seen this show about 100 times at this point and I still cry to many of the episodes still, including this one, thank you for sharing
Doctor Who: Just when you think the episode is going to be âlighthearted and funâ, and at times youâll be right, but then on occasion, you get smacked right in the feels by an episode like this one.
This is the episode that teaches you Dr Who is something much more seriously deep
Happy to see someone love the 9th Doctor's era. Even today he's still so underrated by so many that just don't want to give his time a chance. Irony being, he has the best writing in modern Who bar none.
Such a brilliant sad story. đ˘I was reluctant to watch this again as her Dad is such a nice guy.
Yeah, this episode always gets me. Billie really pulls the tears in this one. I did say to you when you began this journey to be prepared to laugh & to CRY!
This is the first real emotional episode of "New Who". This is the real power of Doctor Who.
I appreciate how unreservedly open you are on your reactions, running the same set of emotions inoften feltnin any of the shows - but also grateful to hear you share your stories, there's something powerful in those moments.
This was a fantastic episode of television, and your reaction was great as always. See you in the next one.
This episode still hurts on a personal level, and I knew itâd be rough for you. Itâs painful for all of us that have lost someone we love too soon, and knowing that we canât go back. But I think we all wish we could get one last chance to see them again, whether itâs to say the goodbye we never got to tell, or to assure them that weâll be okay.
When everyone talks about modern Doc Who, everyone ignores this 1st season, but I love this season, and episodes like this, and I love seeing you react this emotionally because its fantastic.
Shared pain is halved shared joy is doubled. Thank you for both.
Jeez, you are going to get all the feels, on the Roller Coaster that is Doctor Who. I think you are brave talking so openly on such a public platform. I have been through a similar situation & have difficulty talking about it within my social circle & definitely couldn't share it on CZcams. I really appreciate your strength.
Every time we get an episode like this and I find myself crying I have to remind myself "how is this a tv show for kids".
I saw it was this episode and, yeah... even having seen it a couple times i still get choked up.
One of the things that I love about your reactions is how you see sci-fi with such a great heart and emotion ⤠Love your job!
It feels like only a few years since this was broadcast.
Then 18:15 you realise it was back when we still had video recorders.đŽ
This is why Doctor Who is so good. Funny, serious and heartbreaking all at the same time.
Delighted youâre reacting to this amazing show. Iâve only watched and enjoyed your BSG reactions. I donât or havenât seen the other shows you react too.
You must watch and react to Person of Interest some time. A brilliant and very underrated show at the time, but so current now. Enjoy DW, it gets even better. Sorry about your sister and big hugs from Ireland.
Such an emotional episode!!! I cried along with you. Losing someone can be so hard. But also you're right it builds who you are.
A pair of Docs is a paradox
This is one of the great episodes of Doctor Who because of the emotional wringer it puts us through.
I'm totally with you on the 'don't interfere with even the tragedies of the past, because they are what makes us what we are afterwards'.
Well, in the case of Adam's head. The default is the "click of the fingers", but it can be changed to whatever he wants; presumably whenever he wants.
That and.... hats
But does he know how to change it? I always figured he didn't get the instructions on how to do it because his greed overrode common sense to find out how.
â@@sasquatch8600Yeah, and what if he has to be interfaced with a future computer to change it?
I'm really sorry to hear about your sister; this episode is particularly affecting for those who have lost a loved one long before their time. I lost my mum to cancer 10 years ago when I was 20, and I find this story very cathartic for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Take care, and keep the reactions coming -- they're brilliant! Really appreciate your emotional honesty and strength.
I lost my step dad to alcohol over 9 years ago, yeah he wasn't the best, but he was the only father I knew. His last words to me before he passed was that he loved me. I wouldn't go back in time to change it, bc I wouldn't be who I am today if he didn't pass. At least his last words to me were loving. I cried when I first watched this episode too and your reaction as well. Just one of those fixed moments that makes us who we are now. Thank the time lords for Doctor Who for giving us laughs, tears, and thoughts about the universe and who we are. Great reaction. Sorry about your sister as well. I'm sure she would be proud of you. â¤