How Neil Gaiman Reinvented Doctor Who (The Doctor's Wife)
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Neil Gaiman's The Doctor's Wife completely reinvented Doctor Who. Transporting the TARDIS into a humanoid vessel and allowing us to explore The Doctor's relationship with the iconic police box. This week, we look at one of the best Doctor Who stories and explore how Neil Gaiman crafted his masterpiece.
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My favorite line from the episode is, "I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and ran away". It turns the mythology upside-down, and yet seems so natural. It annoys me that they cut that line from most reruns to save time.
I also love that Idris is as nutty as the Doctor.
They cut that line?! How, that's such a good line and makes the TARDIS even better.
@@stefaniart5845 There are a bunch of other lines that hint at the same thing, so they probably figured it was redundant. But I love that line because the classic summary of the Doctor's origin (at least from Pertwee on up) is, "I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a TARDIS and ran away". This line is a perfect mirror of that. It was in the original broadcast, but dropped from most reruns (at least in the USA), probably to get a little more ad-time.
Another thing they usually omit from the reruns is a comedic moment in which the Doctor praises the makeshift TARDIS console he just assembled, and then one component suddenly shoots out of the side, which he promptly dismisses as unimportant.
There are probably other cut scenes, but those were the only ones that made enough of an impression during the original broadcast that I noticed their loss.
She stole a Time Lord because she needed someone to push her buttons. It would have been interesting to see Jodi meet her. I imagine their relationship would have been somewhat prickly as relationships between women can sometimes be.
Neil Gaiman would never be showrunner but oh man, if he was...
That was my very first thought!
He'd never take the gig sadly
Skeeter wish to god he would, chibnall hasn’t exactly reinvented it in a positive way. I got no issues with Jodie or the companions, I only have the issue with the writing. Gaiman would do Jodie absolute wonders
@@adamburke4738 Agree 100%. I think Toby Whithouse is the most likely successor. I think he would do a better job than Chibnall based on his previous work.
Skeeter definitely, Whithouse would be brilliant. I even heard an idea of Charlie Brooker doing it.
I am now lamenting the fact we never got a Gaiman story for Capaldi
can you imagine
I always thought that the trap street was essentially putting The Angel Islington back into Neverwhere.
I wish he had. A Capaldi doctor Gaiman story would have been fun.. never mind Jodie Whittaker.. she *really* needs a better script like.. several seasons ago..
We still could
can we just badger him to write us some more fanfiction?? That's basically what he called this gem. Maybe we can crowdsource/vote for our own "showrunners." Can we @ our favorite writers and beg them to join us on some r/doctorwhoSeriousFanfiction subreddit somewhere?
Can you imagine him making a story for Tennant? :)
Gosh I need to watch the Smith run again. “Fear me, I killed them all” just sent me into a catatonic state.
Same. Series 6 was my favorite in the show. This video has strengthened my urge to rewatch it. The problem though, is that I can't just watch one season: I gotta go through that whole era.
@@generalstaal7075 Did you even watch season 4?
@@dernlui1842 Yes. Not gonna lie, I don't care as much for Turn Left as most others might. But series 4 as a whole is probably one of the most quality seasons of Doctor Who ever. That ending adventure is in my opinion the best season ending in the entirety of New Who.
@@generalstaal7075 For me seasons 4 and 5 are the best. The issue I had with season six is the running themes and plot lines made it really difficult to follow if you missed an episode. Don't get me wrong it's great for binge watching but wasn't perfect for the weekly episode format.
@@ddandymann I get what you're getting at. It's a tightly wound series where everything is heavily interconnected. I pity any person who has to start in the middle of that season. The reason why it's my favorite is because: One, 11 is my favorite Doctor; two, there aren't really any bad episodes in it; and three, it is probably the first season of the show that I had ever watched so it has a lot of nostalgic value for me.
This episode has one of my favourite examples of 'show don't tell'. When the Doctor is sending Amy and Rory off at the end to find their new bedroom, Rory asks "Doctor, do you have a room?"
Amy drags him away and we cut to a gorgeous wide shot of the Doctor pottering around the console, bathed in the sets lights fiddling with the controls.
Absolute perfection.
what does its mean?
@@zoellazayce6796I think that the control room is his room
Can we please get BBC to drop a dump truck full of money at Neil Gaiman's house and have him run an 8th Doctor season?
I literally GASPED reading your comment! Gaiman's aesthetics and writing style would fit the 8th Doctor PERFECTLY!
Even an audio drama season of 8 would be fantastic
This could be so good
BBC will never fund a production outside of audio of a male Doctor again. At least not for a full decade.
@@robinlillian9471 I really hope you don't have any concrete insider evidence to support this. I'll probably never stop watching the show, for better or worse, but 10 more years of this is going to kill me.
Nothing against female Doctors on paper, but so far it's been... Not-so-good
So.. the Tardis sent Clara to have the first Doctor choose her instead of the other Tardis.
Mind blown
Yup.
OH YEAH, I REMEMBER THIS! IT WAS A COOL MOMENT! gosh..... I watched it 3 years ago and forgot so much....
The TARDIS didn't like Clara much at first and I have a feeling it was because she'd been watching the Doctor's back for just as long if not longer. Sexy felt she was stepping in on her territory, although she denied it in Clara and the TARDIS. Plus, as shown with Jack Harkness, Sexy doesn't like companions who alter the laws of time and space even if they're not doing it on purpose and have no control over it.
No. Impossible girl is stupid.
Small thing I loved about this episode was part of Idris’s non-linear view of time, and her whispering to Rory about the only water in the forest being the river as a subtle foreshadowing of the Melody/River reveal
Yes - love how she used her last minutes to pass that info along to Rory (Melody's dad!)
I love when Amy says “Did you wish really hard” hahahahahahaha 🤣 always kills me
That is my favourite line in the episode. Not the most important to lore by far... but wow that takes the Doctor down a few pegs. He's not some crazy powerful wizard who can do everything, he's just a madman with a box.
The Doctor: She’s a woman. And she’s the TARDIS.
Amy: Did you wish really hard?
The Doctor: Shut up! Not like that.
Idris: Hello. I’m Sexy.
The Doctor: Oh! Still shut up.
I use that line in my life far too often
Everyone going on about who the doctor loves rose or river or sarah but we all there one true love will always be the tardis
This make me think of the scene when Amy runs in shouting when she sees Rory on the hospital bed then 11 runs in behind her screaming even louder after he sees the tardis and hugs it! Haha
i would have seen the tardis more as a maternal figure than a romantic one
Matthew Duncan in which episode did that happen ?
You think the Doctor would know that by now
@@gearmachine_4885 the one with the pirates and the siren I think can't remember the name
Why do I keep accidentally finding out that things I love were written by Neil Gaiman?
Because you have good taste
This happens on a weekly basis for me
So look into his stories :)
I know what you mean. Now I HAVE to go watch this episode
My guess would be because you're not reading enough Gaiman. ;)
This is one of my favourite episodes. I was hooked as soon as I saw his name in the opening.
Neil Gaiman is such a brilliant writer. You can tell he understands the soul of Dr Who and really wanted to bring in the best he think he could do.
Agreed!
@@FullFatVideos Almost makes me wish Pratchett put his own twist on Dr Who.
@@Rincewindl it would have been incredibly weird, more Long Earth than Discworld
‘You never took me where I wanted to go’
‘No but I always took you where I needed to go.’
I was genuinely STUNNED a few years ago when I found out that it hadn’t always been like that. The episode is so well written that even small lines like that define the show for me even though I had been watching for several years already.
That's one of the great things about that line. Although it can be seen as a stunning revelation, it also isn't because it fits so perfectly.
@@ericbuchner2982 like not even just modern, like barbara and ian the first companions of earth literally figured out the tardis was alive..... like it just ties that far back which is so crazy
And a nice little nod to Douglas Adam, too - intentionally or not. Dirk Gently would pick a car that looked like it knew where it was going and follow it, with the same result.
I wanted to watch who, but didnt want to skip all of the original series. So i made the long trek back to 1963 forward. After binge watching ALL previous doctors after hearing her say she took him where he NEEDED to be hit me like a ton of bricks. I immediately thought of every "misadventure" from 1 on. She chose her champion, saw his future and decided she would give that to the universe.
@@PhilCulmer it was no doubt intentional. It’s almost the identical line from Dirk Gently, but as one person, not split up into a conversation.
And remember that Neil got his literary start through Douglas Adam’s.
This is my fave 11th Doctor episode with possibly my favourite line from the show.
"Fear me! I've killed hundreds of Time Lords."
"Fear me. I've killed all of them."
No comment on the Doctor's "Another Ood I've failed to save"?
An ood video is in the pipeline.
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Right? Such a great throwaway line
It’s the line whispered to Rory that gets me every time “The only water in the forest is the RIVER”. The line then pays off in “A good man goes to war”.
I love how Rory and Amy's relationship with the Doctor developed. At first, Rory didn't like him that much and tried to prove he was more capable, and Amy had this whimsical wonder of the Doctor, completely trusting him. Now Rory has grown to trust the Doctor and consider him a friend, and Amy's come to understand what the Doctor actually does and how he can be just as lost as anyone else (he just knows how to play it off)
Rorys bit about not being able to save Idris breaks my heart. you can see him crying as he tries to save someone he doesnt even know.
"it's just what they're called, doesn't mean he actually knows what he's doing" 🙏 perfect line
Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait WAIT. WAIT. MICHAEL SHEEN WAS HOUSE? My god I need to rewatch this episode... Definitely didn't appreciate Gaiman when I watched it originally.
Please rewatch it!
Ok so it was written by one of the most badass DC writers, and starred one of the most random actors around (look at Sheen's filmography) as THE menacing bastard who tried to kill his TARDIS?
@@bemasaberwyn55 And won't be the last time he voices a diabolical entity, since Michael went on to played friggin' Lucifer in the Sandman audiobook
"I just wanted to say hello, Hello Doctor." Breaks me every time.
I cried.
Yes, it's very poignant and set up perfectly. Hits right in the feels...
The Doctors Wife, Midnight and Heaven Sent are not just some of the best episodes of Doctor Who but some of the best pieces of science fiction around.
'Here we have a showrunner that understands not knowing the doctors origins is essential to the makeup of the show'
Chris Chibnall certainly skipped taking notes from Moffat lol
Never in my life has a show made me cry by a character saying Hello. "I just wanted to say... Hello. Hello Doctor it's so very nice to meet you." I love this episode and it breaks my heart every single time.
Its one of most flawless episodes in DW. I wish we got that scene where the TARDIS snaps all the chameleon circuits off
'but it was cut because Karen Gillan cannot swim' really got me
a shame (can't really complain though; i can't either. almost drowned 45 years ago, trying to save my brother from drowning)
Never too late to learn
Honestly that little "And then...Aaaand then" easter egg made me a lot happier than it rationally should've
I loved the line “I took you where you needed to go” changed and summed up entirety of doctor who. Neil wrote a stoater of an episode
She's like the skiffs from _Gargoyles_
I miss 11, Amy and Rory. The best power trio.
I agree
As a trio, I agree but the best Doctor/Companion combo for me is Doctor/Donna.
@@dawnmcauley6411 DONNA!
100%
Add River to that - those seasons were just amazing. The way the four of them interacted was just great.
The part where Rory is stuck for thousands of years and gets tortured and then is just a skeleton and dies hating Amy gave me nightmares for a good couple years of my life
Still feel uncomfortable even seeing screen caps of it now
Absolutely haunting
But brilliant
It was horrifying. Haunting and dark and yet just within the bounds of what's acceptable for children's TV. Mostly because children wouldn't grasp the full weight of what they were watching.
Which is honestly genius. Writing for 2 age groups (kids and adults) and writing something that will scare both for different reasons.
*chef's kiss* Beautiful.
@@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human I disagree with the idea that a child wouldn't get it. I think a child would understand this in a way they wouldn't understand something much more gruesome. The horror of being completely alone is even more acute when you're a child than when you're an adult. As an adult you know how much you can manage on your own. As a child, you don't know that yet. The idea of being without the person you love most would be far more horrifying to a child than to an adult. It might even be the ultimate horror for a child.
@@sophiejones7727 Yes, children understand the concept of being alone, but being alone wasn't what I was referring to. I meant the psychological horror of watching Rory's mind unravel, is what adults will be more affected by. The simpler idea of being alone was the part I thought kids would be more affected by.
Although, adults would also be more deeply affected by that. Kids are social animals, but they are also more self-absorbed, more easily distracted by games and TV and whatnot.
I have two early 30's friends who tried to kill themselves because of the stress and loneliness of being alone during lockdown. I would contend that adults can be just as scared at the prospect of being alone, without the people you love.
For the start at least, many kids would view it as an adventure. An opportunity to binge eat snacks, drink Coke all day, and stay up as late as they want. It would take a little while for the reality of it to settle in.
The show skips through the scene fast enough I don't think most kids would connect the dots like that - not saying they're all dumb, I just think that they're more inclined to get caught up in the moment and take things at face value.
@@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human "kids are more self-absorbed, more easily distracted"
uhhh... no. kids are no more self-absorbed than adults (which is not saying much) and if kids are "distracted" it's because the adults in the room are not paying attention to their needs.
No, they would cry or freeze with fear. That is what kids *actually* do when they lose their parents for any length of time. The fact that you don't know this, clearly shows that this never happened to you and you don't know what the eff you're talking about.
@@sophiejones7727 My mother threw my father out when I was 7, and my Mum was (and still is) in and out of hospital constantly. Between her severe epilepsy, blood clots on her lungs, and myraid of other health problems, she's in there often.
Her record is 24 ambulance call outs in one month. My older sister is also my Mum's carer, so she was often gone too. I spent much of my childhood with my maternal grandmother.
Contrary to your statement, the reason it doesn't affect me the same is actually because I went through it constantly as a child. It was a fact of life as early as I can remember. It left me rather disillusioned.
As I said, I've got adult friends who've suffered from loneliness during lockdown, and it severely affected them. I can't speak from experience for a child's experience, as I don't have any kids and my own childhood means I see this differently. I'm accustomed to not being around the people I love for extended periods of time.
Perhaps I'm guilty of applying my own childhood worldview to all children and am mistaken. I don't know.
Gaiman said he'd love to write another episode for the 13th Doctor. Finger's crossed.
The show still has hope.
Gaiman should write the first episode for season 13, something that season 12 Chibnall nonsense need to scrape off. I believe Gaiman can pull it off, to make it more sense for Season 13.
They should just make Gaiman the showrunner. Or at least co showrunner.
Unfortunately he doesn’t have the time to actually do it. I really wish he would tho...
Chibbs doesn't hire sci-fi writers. Just soap opera hacks.
20:36 hey that’s me making a cameo in a full fat videos essay. My life is finally complete.
I always forget how amazing Smith was as The Doctor until I see clips like this. An equally favourite part of mine, and I apologise that I can't remember the episode name) was during the episode/arc just after it was revealed that Amy was a Flesh. The one where Rory, still dressed as a roman, enters the room and says he has a message from the doctor, and just blows up the entire fleet without batting an eye. But that's not the scene I'd love to see analysed. Late in the episode, The Doctor comes across an injured, dying woman, who was fighting on his side. She asks The Doctor if he remembers her, and she happily recalls their adventure together. The Doctor says he does remember her, and allows her to die peacefully. As soon as he knows she's dead, his smile drops and he turns to someone else and asks "Who was she?"
I love that episode. It's like a miniature Infinity War.
The battle of demons run. Demons run, when a good man goes to war...
@@anab3325 "Danny-Boy to the Doctor, Danny-Boy to the Doctor."
I always believed he just didn't run in Gama Forests yet and that's why he didn't remember her.
@@zuzanabartekova4823 She never appeared before Right.
One of my favorite quotes are from this episode: „Fear me, I’ve killed hundreds of timelords.“. „Fear me, I’ve killed all of them.“
Just for a little bit The Doctor was the Tardis's companion
Amy:"did you wish REALLY hard" favourite line in the episode
I think "I killed them ALL" is as great as the cold delivery of "Look me UP" Also I totally imagine this version of the TARDIS arguing with Clara, 12 AND 13
Idris literally hints at river songs identity which is a cool easter egg
It's called foreshadowing.
missed it while watching the episode, loved having it pointed out here
@@albertcassavant5951 Yup, "But there isn't a forest in here..."
This episode has what is probably my single favorite comedic exchange between the Doctor and Amy of the whole series.
DOCTOR: "She's a woman... AND she's the Tardis!!"
AMY: *points finger* "Did you wish reeeeeeeally hard?!"
DOCTOR: *gasp* "Shut up, not like that!"
Another great example of the importance of writers in a show, particularly in DW where the ideas are practically limitless. This is an episode that screams Doctor Who, the warmth from the lighting, the whimsical energy that grabs your attention and, of course, the brilliant story fitted neatly into 40 minutes. Hiring a we’ll renowned fantasy and horror author for a tv show that accommodates these genres amongst countless others seems so obvious, yet chibnall felt it was right to go with soap and drama writers.
So only people who have written Sci-fi or fantasy stuff before get to write for the show? Writing is writing, stories are stories.
Besides writers can't always be picky about their work, sometimes they might not have had the chance to write Sci-fi before. And it's not like drama isn't something you don't want in Dr Who.
@@Ben-vf5gk No, but the writers who are trying their hands at the new genre need to at least respect it. Contempt for the audience oozes from every fibre of Chib's series.
Doctor Who's limitless possibilities and infinite genre blending potential is what finally got me to start writing.
Ben Warburton I hear what you’re saying but the show is fundamentally a sci-fi, fantasy show and when you hire writers who specialise in genres that focus on period pieces and soaps you get just that: Period pieces and soaps with a shitty alien subplot sprinkled on top. Your point of writers varying their style is really good and I agree with it but the entire writing team for Whitaker’s doctor have no background in any manner of sci-fi or fantasy. I’d say if maybe half did we might get a more dramatic and realistic doctor that’s grounded. This was common during this time as multiple writer would be called in from all kinds of backgrounds, not just a few period dramas like chibnalls writers.
@@ciarancoleman4640 Fair. It's just Chibnall has more experience writing sci-fi and yet the stuff he wrote is the ones people had the most issue with. Again Dr. Who seems like the field for period pieces, that was the show's bread and butter at one point and Big Finish have shown they work really well. Stuff like Demons of the Punjab and Rosa were some of the most praised of S11, whereas the more sci-fi episodes like Tsuranga were criticized. Also, wasn't Moffat a comedy writer before Dr Who?
The Doctor: She's the TARDIS.
Amy: Did you make a wish really hard?
Best joke in the episode.
“You have what you’ve always had. You’ve got me.” That and “Hello Doctor” Those lines get me every time!
I must admit that through my own ignorance, I'd always written Suranne Jones off as just another soap actor, but when I watched The Doctors Wife for the first time, I didn't even recognise her. All the while I was wondering, "Who is she?! She's fantastic!" and after watching the episode I looked up who was playing the episodes titular character and when I saw who it was, I was like, "NooooOOOo! It can't be!" She truly blew me away and showed me that she wasn't just some long running gobby cow on some soap that my ex used to make me watch and I've been a fan of her ever since. If it wasn't for her role in Doctor Who, I probably wouldn't have watched her series Gentleman Jack, which again she is superb in. This is definitely one of the few times I was glad to be proven wrong about something. Good video too. I really enjoyed it :)
It's like Peter Dinklage once said, "We're only as good as our writers."
I think the "Fear me. I killed all of them." is my second (MAYBE third) favourite moment with Matt Smith. My favourite being his speech to Akhaten, and my top three is rounded out with his sheer anguish at losing Amy and Rory to the Angels.
The Speech in Akhaten is good, but honestly the moment from that episode that has stuck with me the most is when he is comforting the little girl.
My favorite episode of Doctor Who. "You can't archive something that hasn't happened yet!" "You can't"
New thought: maybe the Tardis always took her passengers “where they needed to go”, instead of where they wanted. Thus explaining why they were going to decommission her; also explaining why she’d want the travel-itchy interfering Doctor.
Neil Gaiman is amazing, especially when you let him do what he does best : write. Check his sandman series out,great stuff
THIS IS TRUE
Love the shade to chibnall and timeless child throughout the video
Neil recently said he wants to write for Whittaker, and wanted to write for capaldi. He might be the future show runner to save doctor who
Edit: just saw you mentioned the wanting to write bit at the end. :)
tl dvdsn it is fair enough not to know! It was only written in an article a few days ago where he was essentially offering his services to write an episode for Season 13 haha. In the article it was mentioned he wanted to write for capaldi but never got around to it :D
tl dvdsn indeed, his style of writing alongside capaldis version of the Doctor would’ve complimented each other very well.
Matthew Duncan Can we just have Gaiman write the 60th? The man clearly has a much deeper appreciation for the show’s history than Chibnall does, and I would love to see what he would do with a multi-Doctor episode.
Jake D'Amour it would be great but I’d bet chibnall has plans for the 60th. Although at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if his plan for the 60th was not celebrating it :/
tl dvdsn capaldi has at least watched from the troughton era, maybe even hartnell I’m not 100% sure. I would argue he actually has a better understanding of the Doctor and the show than the production staff working on it, as it’s been a constant through his life since he was a child :D
Amy to the Doctor on finding out the Tardis is now a woman, “Did you wish REAL hard?”
Oh yes, the best episode of series 6. Also, I miss the Blue Peter competitions. They need to do another one.
This episode hurt my ego somewhat, it stopped a friend naming their son after me because their husband thought Idris was a girls name
Why didn't you respond by showing them Idris Elba??? He's the manliest man in the room!
This is off but I just notice that you're to Connor.
The Doctors wife is my absolute favourite episode of Doctor who
"Did you wish _really_ hard?"
That "fear me" exchange gives me fucking goosebumps every time. There's just always something so powerful about a villain boasting of their evil deeds only for the hero to go "that's nothing, I'm so much worse than you". It's so damn Morpheus.
Imagine series 11 was all the old favourite writers from moffat and rtd era
You mean imagine the show not being cancelled after s11 😷
@@catninja909 you do realise season 12 is out?
@@liomantica1404 I think he's being sarcastic 😂
So....more Clara
Moffat would bring Clara back so no
One of my all-time favorite WHO episodes.
every other note is incidentally a slam on the last finale and i’m here for it
Darvills acting was magnificent in this one. I was moved when I saw him staring at Idris' spirit with tears in his eyes. Like, he held her while she died right there it just always gets me
I loved it when Idris complains about all the strays the doctor brought in
It’s interesting that the Tardis doesn’t have a good relationship with Clara in the beginning
@@aintnobody3000 I love the minisode Clara and the Tardis so much
Gaimen manages to straddle the line that a lot of writers struggle to balance: penning both stories with depth and mystery and could be called 'naturalistic' and absolutely bombastic, thrilling exciting adventures, appreciating the value of all kinds of stories and not falling into elitism of preferring one format over the other. I adore The Doctor's Wife and I LOVE Nightmare in Silver even more. I'd kill to have more classic British Comic's writers take on an episode of Doctor Who. *Smirks in Grant Morrison*
You can tell Neil Gaiman was a fan of Doctor Who classic.
When RTD first revived the series all his guest writers went off the classic series or the expanded media but after Moffat took over some of the guest writers had only ever seen new who. It was great to see one of them calling back to the original series. It sucks it was low budget and we were gipped on a proper tour of the tardis again, but the round wall panels were so nostalgic.
On the topic of comic book writers, I would love to see Grant Morrison write a Doctor Who episode as he is a big fan of the show, has mentioned he would love to do it and he is a legendary comic book writer too (All Star Superman, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, 52, etc.). He's friends with Gaiman too.
I love this episode so much. We got some amusing interactions between the TARDIS and the Doctor, the setting was eerie and compelling, and House gave me strong vibes of AM from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Neil Gaiman's tone of whimsical macabre works wonders here and I'd love to see him do another Doctor Who episode.
Neil would be a great show runner. Just want him back to do more. Great video
Surrane Jones and Michael sheen would both be amazing choices for the doctor. Like proper gold standard
I loved “The Doctor’s Wife.”
Hated “Nightmare in Silver.”
Me too. Though I don't hold the latter against Gaiman.
every writer has their low at some point.
@@misssupercookie2011 Absolutely even Bob Holmes wrote duds occasionally
@@Ben-vf5gk Just watched one of his duds. His first, actually, The Krotons. Not a bad story but seems weaker than his later stories.
@@legofan370 I've yet to check that one out I think his worst story is probably the Two Doctors, that like Nightmare in Silver had behind the scenes issues.
AHHHHH! The Doctor's Wife is my favorite episode ever.
Y e s !!!
This is cool and alll
But where's the last lord of the ring video
I’m dying for that man. Just finished the trilogy
That's what I'm saying!! I thought I'd missed it or something...
Exactly!
Hope he doesn't feel turned off by all the asks for LOTR though. Am so looking for to ROTK. Apparently sponsors needed him to do a few more of some different videos.
“Fear me, I’ve killed all of them” might be one of Gaiman’s best comebacks
"And unlike more recent revelations"
Lookin' at you Chibs....
As I read this he said the line at the same time wtff
@Gmail com so it was a truly wonderful twist of fate and coincidence?
@Gmail com right? :)
yeah this video feels like a dig at that finale throughout
Arguably the single episode I've seen the most times. It's just an incredibly well paced, self contained episode, that hits humor, horror, sci-fi, character development, and even minor things such as character interaction was so well done.
I think this video underplays Rory honestly, Rory knowing that the doctor will save them if given enough time, comes up with the idea of having house torture them. Then they go back and mention the 2000 years of the Centurion, something that sometimes gets forgotten.... technically at this point according to New Who, Rory is older than the doctor.(in reality it's very likely that New Who is off by about 1,000 years for the doctors age, which is why the line when he said I'm about 900 years old unless I'm lying works.)
This episode is probably the single most perfect episode of Doctor Who. There are other episodes that feel more important or powerful etc... but I don't think there is any episode of the show that does everything right and manages to still find moments for every character to stand out, the good and the bad.
You ain't lying! Neil Gaimen is just a master author. Even his writings in Norse Mythology are unmatched. I listen to his reading on it many many times going to sleep & through the night.
Honestly this feels like it should've been a 2 parter. Also, corsair being a proto doctor would be a great breakstory, nip the timeless child in the bud, and probably lead to contrasts between the doctor and the corsair. Like say the doctor wanted to help people while the corsair collected trinkets
I actually only watched this episode recently. That scene where Amy finds Rory as an old man was heartbreaking enough, but then the scene where Amy screams as she sees Rory’s mad scribblings and decomposing corpse really fucked me up. I know it was an illusion or whatever but just the thought that he was separated from Amy and then driven mad by solitude only to die of old age / starvation and THEN only being discovered ages after his corpse wasted away is truely horrific. I lost sleep over that scene
Can we all take a minute to lay some respect on Suranne Jones’ name? She was so great in this episode- she’s great in everything. Who’s pumped for Gentleman Jack season 2, y’all?
I have also enjoyed several of Neil Gaiman's works..."American Gods", "Norse Mythology", "Odd and the Frost Giants" and especially "The Graveyard Book"...I know those last two were targeted at young readers but I'm 55 and was captivated by them. I must still be a kid a heart.
I had no idea "The Doctor's Wife" was also a Gaiman story but now that I do, I can understand why I enjoyed it so much.
I mean Norse Mythology was just him collating them
I've always loved this episode. The acting, the sets, the ideas, the villain, i think it's one of my favourite matt smith episodes if not my favourite
Right at the end of this video, I just got an ad for Neil Gaiman's masterclass on the art of storytelling.
Talk about a coincidence.
I got to have dinner with Neil once. what a great guy!
Lucky devil, I called him an asshole on twitter and he answered me, thast the most contact i have had.
This remains my favorite DW standalone episode. Kudos to Gaiman and the actors. Never fails to make me cry. It's beautiful.
Probably my favourite video you’ve ever made, genuinely enhancing an already great episode.
The Doctors Wife is easily one of the best episodes ever... brilliant actrice, story and chemistry
The fan created TARDIS console room in this episode is so much better than the fan created monster from Series 2.
I'm always happy to see people talk about this episode - it's so good! Great video!
I think that there's a bit of fantastic Rory development: him taking care of Idris, "it shouldn't bother me, but it does. I'm a nurse."
This is an underrated episode.
Would love to see more Doctor Who videos on here.
This was marvelous
The absolute sheer luck it was that when I found this video it says it got uploaded 11 hours ago.
Oh how I miss good writing for Dr Who.
Man the DW videos are my favorite...
"Did you wish .. _really_ hard?"
Imagine if we got Gaiman as show runner instead of chibbs
The day I realised this episode was written by gaiman, I literally went "Obvi-freaking-ously"!
"The little boxes will make you angry"
Superb episode , one of my favourites with a great cast . Shows just how good Doctor Who can be when it's written and produced well .
this is honestly my favorite channel that talks doctor who (and frankly the only one i watch now) after the latest season i had this sudden resurgence in my love for the show but the majority of online content is really harsh at the show and its mistakes that it really ruins my enjoyment for the show that i have a such a strong connection with
For some reason I never knew that Michael Sheen was the House’s voice! I always thought he sounded like Michael Gambon lol
The way 11 crosses his arms across his body when the TARDIS disappears is heart breaking, as he is feeling so alone and vulnerable that he cannot interact ever again with someone that he possibly loves
"I always took you where you needed to go"
is why I came to find a video on this. I've realised ever since this aired (I was...13?), I've always had this strong canonical acceptance that none of The Doctor's adventures are random because the TARDIS knows where something is up and where he needs to intervene, and intuitively, The Doctor understands that. That one line saved every Doctor Who writer ever past, future and present. There was no need to say "Oh, it's lucky he randomly ended up there". There's a satisfying *reason* he is, no matter *where* he is. It's brilliant. Genius.
This episode is so filled with wonderful stuff, it will never grow old.