1 00:00:01,391 --> 00:00:04,813 So, all of time and space, 2 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:07,116 everything that ever happened or ever will. 3 00:00:07,626 --> 00:00:09,417 Where do you want to start? 4 00:00:09,426 --> 00:00:10,735 Time Lord? 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:12,105 Do I have to explain what that is? 6 00:00:12,130 --> 00:00:14,092 You have really come unprepared to this TV show. 7 00:00:14,117 --> 00:00:17,153 [ "Doctor Who" theme plays ] 8 00:00:17,567 --> 00:00:19,149 Um. Doctor Who. 9 00:00:19,174 --> 00:00:21,462 This is probably the coolest superhero 10 00:00:21,487 --> 00:00:23,480 that you could ever wanna meet. 11 00:00:23,505 --> 00:00:25,780 Don't ask you the questions, and don't wander off. 12 00:00:26,464 --> 00:00:30,178 The Doctor is smart, sassy. 13 00:00:30,278 --> 00:00:32,638 That's really someone I would want on my side. 14 00:00:32,692 --> 00:00:34,897 Has anyone ever told you, that you are a bit weird? 15 00:00:34,898 --> 00:00:36,297 They never really stop. 16 00:00:36,424 --> 00:00:39,118 He goes adventures, fighting aliens and monsters. 17 00:00:41,215 --> 00:00:43,082 The Doctor is possibility. 18 00:00:43,084 --> 00:00:44,216 He's, "come with me 19 00:00:44,218 --> 00:00:45,551 if you want to see everything." 20 00:00:45,576 --> 00:00:49,576 ♪ Dr. Who Special 1x01♪ Matt Smith Original Air Date on August 13, 2011 21 00:00:49,601 --> 00:00:53,601 == sync, corrected by elderman == 22 00:00:58,498 --> 00:00:59,865 Who are you? 23 00:00:59,867 --> 00:01:02,802 I don't know yet. I'm still cooking. 24 00:01:04,304 --> 00:01:06,772 If you're a "Doctor Who" fan, as I am, 25 00:01:06,774 --> 00:01:09,275 a Whovian, you get very attached to doctors. 26 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:11,310 And so it's hard when the Doctor regenerates, 27 00:01:11,312 --> 00:01:13,045 because you're like, "I don't know. 28 00:01:13,047 --> 00:01:14,814 I've -- you know, I gave my heart to 29 00:01:14,816 --> 00:01:17,350 this last Doctor and it's happened to me so many times." 30 00:01:17,352 --> 00:01:19,986 Soon as that new face arrives, you think, 31 00:01:19,988 --> 00:01:22,755 "Oh, who's this jerk?" 32 00:01:28,929 --> 00:01:32,331 So we first meet the eleventh Doctor 33 00:01:32,333 --> 00:01:36,669 when he crashes into Amy's house when she's just a child. 34 00:01:36,671 --> 00:01:39,638 He instantly needs to eat, 'cause he's just regenerated 35 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:40,740 and he's starving. 36 00:01:40,742 --> 00:01:42,608 Can I have an apple? 37 00:01:42,610 --> 00:01:45,678 All I can think about, apples. 38 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,679 I love apples. 39 00:01:46,681 --> 00:01:48,547 Maybe I'm having a craving! 40 00:01:48,549 --> 00:01:51,017 That's new, never had cravings before. 41 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:53,252 Oof! 42 00:01:53,254 --> 00:01:55,588 When a Time Lord regenerates, 43 00:01:55,590 --> 00:01:57,390 they have the guts of being the same person 44 00:01:57,392 --> 00:01:58,791 but they're not the same person. 45 00:01:58,793 --> 00:02:00,826 He has no idea what is going to taste good 46 00:02:00,828 --> 00:02:03,863 to his newly-born Time Lord taste buds. 47 00:02:09,637 --> 00:02:11,037 That's disgusting. What is that? 48 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:13,172 An apple. Apple's rubbish. I hate apples. 49 00:02:13,174 --> 00:02:14,607 You said you loved them. 50 00:02:14,609 --> 00:02:16,075 No, no, no, I like yogurt. 51 00:02:16,077 --> 00:02:18,244 Yogurt's my favorite. Give me yogurt. 52 00:02:21,114 --> 00:02:22,148 I hate yogurt. 53 00:02:22,150 --> 00:02:23,749 It's just stuff with bits in. 54 00:02:23,751 --> 00:02:24,950 You said it was your favorite. 55 00:02:24,952 --> 00:02:26,185 New mouth, new rules. 56 00:02:26,187 --> 00:02:28,287 It's like eating after cleaning your teeth. 57 00:02:28,289 --> 00:02:29,321 Everything tastes -- 58 00:02:31,659 --> 00:02:33,859 What is it? What's wrong with you? 59 00:02:33,861 --> 00:02:35,494 Wrong with me? It's not my fault. 60 00:02:35,496 --> 00:02:37,430 Why couldn't you give me any decent food? 61 00:02:37,432 --> 00:02:38,931 You're Scottish. Fry something. 62 00:02:40,967 --> 00:02:43,035 - Ah. - In trying to figure out 63 00:02:43,037 --> 00:02:46,572 who he is, he starts with what kinds of foods does he like, 64 00:02:46,574 --> 00:02:48,274 and he keeps trying various things 65 00:02:48,276 --> 00:02:50,709 and spitting them out, and I'll tell you something -- 66 00:02:50,711 --> 00:02:53,012 that scene could have gone on for ten more minutes, 67 00:02:53,014 --> 00:02:54,113 as far as I'm concerned. 68 00:02:54,115 --> 00:02:55,748 It was really -- for some reason, 69 00:02:55,750 --> 00:02:57,016 it was really enjoyable to me. 70 00:02:58,752 --> 00:03:00,019 I kept wishing 71 00:03:00,021 --> 00:03:01,454 that there would be more food. 72 00:03:01,456 --> 00:03:03,122 Almost disappointed when he actually 73 00:03:03,124 --> 00:03:04,590 found something that he liked. 74 00:03:04,592 --> 00:03:06,559 I need...I need... 75 00:03:06,561 --> 00:03:09,061 fish fingers and custard. 76 00:03:12,732 --> 00:03:14,500 Is there a more disgusting combination 77 00:03:14,502 --> 00:03:17,736 of food than fish fingers and custard? 78 00:03:17,738 --> 00:03:18,938 It sounds fine. 79 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:21,841 Honestly, it doesn't -- it sounds fine. 80 00:03:21,843 --> 00:03:23,809 It's kind of like a silly kid combo. 81 00:03:23,811 --> 00:03:24,810 You know, it's like, 82 00:03:24,812 --> 00:03:26,412 "I like fish fingers and custard. 83 00:03:26,414 --> 00:03:27,346 It's really delicious." 84 00:03:29,883 --> 00:03:31,016 Is fish fingers 85 00:03:31,018 --> 00:03:33,252 a worse or better term than fish sticks? 86 00:03:33,254 --> 00:03:37,123 Fish fingers sounds a little different. 87 00:03:37,125 --> 00:03:39,925 Not creepy, but different. 88 00:03:39,927 --> 00:03:42,228 Fish fingers doesn't sound not appetizing, 89 00:03:42,230 --> 00:03:45,297 because we all know that fish don't generally have fingers, 90 00:03:45,299 --> 00:03:47,833 unless you count the small bones in their fins, 91 00:03:47,835 --> 00:03:50,336 which are, you know, pre-evolutionary fingers. 92 00:03:50,338 --> 00:03:53,005 But whatever the Doctor says pertaining to food, 93 00:03:53,007 --> 00:03:55,374 I'll generally think is very appetizing. 94 00:03:55,376 --> 00:03:56,876 Funny. Am I? 95 00:03:56,878 --> 00:03:59,278 Good. 96 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,579 Funny's good. 97 00:04:05,252 --> 00:04:06,852 I'm saving the world. 98 00:04:06,854 --> 00:04:08,521 I need a decent shirt. 99 00:04:08,523 --> 00:04:10,789 To hell with the raggedy. 100 00:04:10,791 --> 00:04:13,759 Time to put on a show. 101 00:04:16,363 --> 00:04:17,696 We really get to know 102 00:04:17,698 --> 00:04:20,733 our eleventh Doctor when he's confronting the Atraxi 103 00:04:20,735 --> 00:04:22,801 for wanting to destroy the Earth, 104 00:04:22,803 --> 00:04:27,239 and it's when we get the fact that he's confrontational 105 00:04:27,241 --> 00:04:30,509 and he has more anger in him than our previous Doctor. 106 00:04:30,511 --> 00:04:32,378 Come on, then! 107 00:04:32,380 --> 00:04:35,714 The Doctor will see you now! 108 00:04:38,084 --> 00:04:40,052 Is this world important? 109 00:04:40,054 --> 00:04:42,421 Important? What's that mean, "important"? 110 00:04:42,423 --> 00:04:45,424 Six billion people live here. Is that important? 111 00:04:45,426 --> 00:04:46,725 Here's a better question. 112 00:04:46,727 --> 00:04:48,661 Is this world a threat to the Atraxi? 113 00:04:51,932 --> 00:04:53,766 There's this awesome stand-off 114 00:04:53,768 --> 00:04:54,934 between the two of them, 115 00:04:54,936 --> 00:04:56,936 and he kind of lets them know, like, 116 00:04:56,938 --> 00:04:58,337 "not going to mess with me. 117 00:04:58,339 --> 00:05:00,573 This is it, like, I'm not going anywhere. 118 00:05:00,575 --> 00:05:02,741 Remember? Remember? Remember? Remember?" 119 00:05:02,743 --> 00:05:04,877 Is this world protected? 120 00:05:06,913 --> 00:05:09,215 You're not the first lot to have come here. 121 00:05:09,217 --> 00:05:10,616 Oh, there have been so many. 122 00:05:10,618 --> 00:05:12,218 What the Doctor asks is 123 00:05:12,220 --> 00:05:14,320 to look through the history of the Earth 124 00:05:14,322 --> 00:05:16,989 and see how many times the Doctor has defeated people. 125 00:05:16,991 --> 00:05:19,024 And when you do that, you get really nervous. 126 00:05:19,026 --> 00:05:20,192 You're like, "Ooh, 127 00:05:20,194 --> 00:05:22,494 he beat all those people. I'm just a big eye." 128 00:05:22,496 --> 00:05:25,130 There's this great moment where you finally 129 00:05:25,132 --> 00:05:27,299 get an homage to all the previous doctors, 130 00:05:27,301 --> 00:05:31,036 all the way from our first to David Tennant, 131 00:05:31,038 --> 00:05:32,504 our most recent. 132 00:05:32,506 --> 00:05:35,874 To see the history of the Doctor's incarnations 133 00:05:35,876 --> 00:05:37,710 was really a genius way to say, 134 00:05:37,712 --> 00:05:40,679 "This was the old Doctor, this is the new Doctor." 135 00:05:40,681 --> 00:05:43,649 And then he emerges through David Tennant's face, 136 00:05:43,651 --> 00:05:44,683 and that's when 137 00:05:44,685 --> 00:05:48,120 he's solidified. 138 00:05:48,122 --> 00:05:49,688 Hello. 139 00:05:49,690 --> 00:05:51,156 I'm the Doctor. 140 00:05:51,158 --> 00:05:53,158 And you're like, "Ah, there he is. 141 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,860 He's introduced himself. We're here. 142 00:05:54,862 --> 00:05:56,295 Let's go on this adventure again. 143 00:05:56,297 --> 00:05:57,229 Where is he going next?" 144 00:05:58,732 --> 00:06:00,933 I think he's one of the best Doctor Whos 145 00:06:00,935 --> 00:06:02,201 that's ever been. 146 00:06:02,203 --> 00:06:03,802 Choice for a bow tie 147 00:06:03,804 --> 00:06:06,272 and suspenders and crazy hair. 148 00:06:06,274 --> 00:06:07,506 It just makes sense. 149 00:06:07,508 --> 00:06:08,907 Well, I just saved the whole planet 150 00:06:08,909 --> 00:06:11,210 for about the millionth time, no charge. Yeah, shoot me. 151 00:06:11,212 --> 00:06:12,578 I kept the clothes. 152 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:14,179 Including the bow tie. 153 00:06:14,181 --> 00:06:15,714 Yeah, it's cool. Bow ties are cool. 154 00:06:15,716 --> 00:06:18,584 I always say to people now, "bow ties are cool." 155 00:06:18,586 --> 00:06:20,853 And a lot of times they don't know what I'm talking about. 156 00:06:20,855 --> 00:06:22,321 Are you from another planet? 157 00:06:22,323 --> 00:06:24,156 Yeah. Okay. 158 00:06:24,158 --> 00:06:25,524 So, what do you think? What? 159 00:06:25,526 --> 00:06:27,192 Other planets. Want to check some out? 160 00:06:39,139 --> 00:06:41,573 I think the Doctor does a pretty good job 161 00:06:41,575 --> 00:06:42,975 confronting the Daleks, 162 00:06:42,977 --> 00:06:45,144 considering how much he fears them 163 00:06:45,146 --> 00:06:48,047 and he killed his own entire race to destroy them. 164 00:06:48,049 --> 00:06:51,317 When we see the Daleks in World War II 165 00:06:51,319 --> 00:06:53,452 and they're buddy-buddy with Winston Churchill, 166 00:06:53,454 --> 00:06:56,255 we're thinking, "What is going on here? 167 00:06:56,257 --> 00:06:58,324 The Daleks are good. 168 00:06:58,326 --> 00:06:59,925 Is Winston Churchill bad?" 169 00:06:59,927 --> 00:07:01,960 We don't know what's happening. 170 00:07:01,962 --> 00:07:04,496 First we're not quite sure of the time line. 171 00:07:04,498 --> 00:07:07,199 Maybe human beings developed and invented Daleks 172 00:07:07,201 --> 00:07:09,001 in that reality. 173 00:07:09,003 --> 00:07:11,670 Maybe they are just machines that were, like, 174 00:07:11,672 --> 00:07:13,572 picked up by an idea. 175 00:07:13,574 --> 00:07:15,441 At this point, as a fan, 176 00:07:15,443 --> 00:07:17,376 you've also grown with the Daleks. 177 00:07:17,378 --> 00:07:19,511 You want to have a moment where you're like, 178 00:07:19,513 --> 00:07:20,879 "Can't we all just get along?" 179 00:07:20,881 --> 00:07:22,381 Would you care for some tea? 180 00:07:22,383 --> 00:07:24,116 That would be very nice, thank you. 181 00:07:24,118 --> 00:07:26,418 We get it, we're both in this Universe. 182 00:07:26,420 --> 00:07:27,853 Neither one of us are going anywhere. 183 00:07:27,855 --> 00:07:29,254 Even though we think we're the last 184 00:07:29,256 --> 00:07:30,656 of the one or the last of the other, 185 00:07:30,658 --> 00:07:32,991 we're not disappearing. 186 00:07:32,993 --> 00:07:35,194 Would you care for some tea? 187 00:07:35,196 --> 00:07:37,529 Stop this! What are you doing here? 188 00:07:37,531 --> 00:07:38,530 What do you want? 189 00:07:38,532 --> 00:07:40,833 We seek only to help you. 190 00:07:40,835 --> 00:07:43,802 To do what? To win the war. 191 00:07:43,804 --> 00:07:45,337 Really. 192 00:07:45,339 --> 00:07:46,505 Which war? 193 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:48,774 I do not understand. 194 00:07:48,776 --> 00:07:50,609 This war, against the Nazis, 195 00:07:50,611 --> 00:07:52,745 or your war, the war against the rest of the Universe, 196 00:07:52,747 --> 00:07:56,048 the war against all life forms that are not Dalek? 197 00:07:58,418 --> 00:08:00,285 I do not understand. 198 00:08:00,287 --> 00:08:02,354 I am your soldier. 199 00:08:02,356 --> 00:08:04,723 All right, okay, okay. 200 00:08:07,327 --> 00:08:09,495 Okay, soldier -- defend yourself. 201 00:08:09,497 --> 00:08:11,497 Hey -- what -- 202 00:08:11,499 --> 00:08:12,865 What the devil! 203 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:14,032 You do not require tea? 204 00:08:14,034 --> 00:08:15,901 Prime Minister, please! 205 00:08:16,903 --> 00:08:19,204 Now, come on! Fight back! 206 00:08:19,206 --> 00:08:21,874 You want to, don't you? You know you do! 207 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:24,143 It's almost kind of titillating 208 00:08:24,145 --> 00:08:25,611 when you get angry, Doctor. 209 00:08:25,613 --> 00:08:27,980 Our tenth Doctor learned and grew so much 210 00:08:27,982 --> 00:08:31,216 over the course of his lifetime that we didn't get the rage, 211 00:08:31,218 --> 00:08:34,086 and then all of a sudden we get our brand-new Doctor 212 00:08:34,088 --> 00:08:35,320 and the rage is back. 213 00:08:35,322 --> 00:08:36,789 He's also weirdly fearful 214 00:08:36,791 --> 00:08:38,724 when he's doing it, too, because you're like, 215 00:08:38,726 --> 00:08:39,825 "What are you doing? 216 00:08:39,827 --> 00:08:41,393 Why is the Doctor not being the Doctor?" 217 00:08:41,395 --> 00:08:43,028 But usually the Doctor has a reason why 218 00:08:43,030 --> 00:08:44,496 the Doctor is not being the Doctor. 219 00:08:44,498 --> 00:08:46,031 He hates them, but he also knows that 220 00:08:46,033 --> 00:08:47,699 he's not going to really be able to do 221 00:08:47,701 --> 00:08:49,168 much damage to them, so he's mostly 222 00:08:49,170 --> 00:08:51,703 just provoking it to react. 223 00:08:51,705 --> 00:08:54,106 He seems to be a very practical, pragmatic being, 224 00:08:54,108 --> 00:08:55,741 so anything that he's doing 225 00:08:55,743 --> 00:08:57,376 is a calculated move. 226 00:08:57,378 --> 00:09:01,680 I am the Doctor, and you are the Daleks! 227 00:09:02,816 --> 00:09:05,017 Here's what it is. 228 00:09:05,019 --> 00:09:08,187 The Daleks are being very passive-aggressive. 229 00:09:08,189 --> 00:09:09,621 They know they're evil. 230 00:09:09,623 --> 00:09:11,223 They just won't admit it. 231 00:09:11,225 --> 00:09:14,193 Come on, we've all been in arguments like that, 232 00:09:14,195 --> 00:09:16,895 where the other person just will not admit 233 00:09:16,897 --> 00:09:19,398 that they're evil squid-like creatures 234 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,935 inside a robot shell who are bent on destroying the Earth! 235 00:09:22,937 --> 00:09:25,037 The British have a Dalek 236 00:09:25,039 --> 00:09:26,638 that they think this guy built, 237 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,507 but actually Daleks built the robot 238 00:09:28,509 --> 00:09:30,609 to pretend he built the Daleks. 239 00:09:30,611 --> 00:09:33,145 It's a little confusing, but welcome to time travel. 240 00:09:33,147 --> 00:09:35,214 So our faithful Doctor is once again 241 00:09:35,216 --> 00:09:36,582 stuck in a situation where it's 242 00:09:36,584 --> 00:09:40,953 destroy his worst enemy ever or save Earth. 243 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:42,387 No, this is my best chance I have 244 00:09:42,389 --> 00:09:43,455 at the last of the Daleks. 245 00:09:43,457 --> 00:09:44,990 I can rid the whole Universe of you 246 00:09:44,992 --> 00:09:46,325 once and for all. 247 00:09:46,327 --> 00:09:49,394 It's a classic time-traveller joke. 248 00:09:49,396 --> 00:09:51,597 If you can go back in time to kill Hitler, you do it. 249 00:09:51,599 --> 00:09:54,032 It's essentially what they're talking about with the Daleks. 250 00:09:54,034 --> 00:09:55,801 It's the choice he wishes he really has. 251 00:09:55,803 --> 00:09:58,504 He never has that choice. There is never a choice. 252 00:09:58,506 --> 00:10:00,706 He's always protected our little planet 253 00:10:00,708 --> 00:10:02,241 before destroying the Daleks, 254 00:10:02,243 --> 00:10:04,443 but he's always regretted it, and I think the Doctor 255 00:10:04,445 --> 00:10:07,179 carries the scars of not having destroyed the Daleks. 256 00:10:07,181 --> 00:10:09,681 His personal code precludes committing genocide. 257 00:10:09,683 --> 00:10:11,583 Confronted with these grand decisions, 258 00:10:11,585 --> 00:10:15,587 you always see the Doctor struggling with the greater good 259 00:10:15,589 --> 00:10:17,489 and then trying to make a humanist decision. 260 00:10:17,491 --> 00:10:19,024 And the Daleks use that against him. 261 00:10:19,026 --> 00:10:21,126 The Daleks know that he's going to do that. 262 00:10:21,128 --> 00:10:22,461 The Doctor to Danny boy, 263 00:10:22,463 --> 00:10:24,396 the Doctor to Danny boy, withdraw. 264 00:10:24,398 --> 00:10:26,665 But then again, he's a smart guy, 265 00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:29,034 so he's like, "I'll get another shot at it. 266 00:10:29,036 --> 00:10:30,469 I'll save the Earth this time. 267 00:10:30,471 --> 00:10:33,272 I bet this won't be the last time I'll be in this position. 268 00:10:33,274 --> 00:10:34,907 I'm willing to roll those dice." 269 00:10:34,909 --> 00:10:38,443 You will never defeat us, Doctor! 270 00:10:38,445 --> 00:10:39,878 We will return! 271 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,614 We will return! 272 00:10:57,729 --> 00:10:59,363 I did not open the crack. 273 00:10:59,365 --> 00:11:02,432 Somebody did. 274 00:11:02,434 --> 00:11:05,302 The cracks in the skin of the Universe. 275 00:11:05,304 --> 00:11:06,804 Don't you know where they came from? 276 00:11:06,806 --> 00:11:09,406 The Universe is cracked. 277 00:11:09,408 --> 00:11:11,542 The Pandorica will open. 278 00:11:11,544 --> 00:11:14,311 Silence will fall. 279 00:11:14,313 --> 00:11:16,513 The Pandorica. 280 00:11:16,515 --> 00:11:18,248 What is it? A box, 281 00:11:18,250 --> 00:11:19,316 a cage, a prison. 282 00:11:19,318 --> 00:11:20,384 It was built to contain 283 00:11:20,386 --> 00:11:22,319 the most feared thing in all the Universe. 284 00:11:24,190 --> 00:11:26,356 The Doctor and the Pandorica 285 00:11:26,358 --> 00:11:28,892 is the Doctor's worst nightmare. 286 00:11:28,894 --> 00:11:31,695 It's every single one of the monsters 287 00:11:31,697 --> 00:11:34,665 who hates his guts in the whole Universe 288 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:36,500 come together to face him. 289 00:11:38,570 --> 00:11:41,004 When all those ancient enemies and the Doctor get together, 290 00:11:41,006 --> 00:11:42,072 it does give Matt Smith 291 00:11:42,074 --> 00:11:43,774 the opportunity to give one of the great 292 00:11:43,776 --> 00:11:46,176 Saint Swithun's day speeches where he is able to 293 00:11:46,178 --> 00:11:48,245 bluff them into not blowing up the Earth 294 00:11:48,247 --> 00:11:50,614 basically just by saying, "do you know 295 00:11:50,616 --> 00:11:51,915 who you're dealing with?" 296 00:11:51,917 --> 00:11:54,218 Hello, Stonehenge! 297 00:11:54,220 --> 00:11:56,587 Come on, look at me! 298 00:11:56,589 --> 00:11:58,856 No plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn. 299 00:11:58,858 --> 00:12:00,858 Oh, and something else I don't have -- 300 00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:03,026 anything to lose. 301 00:12:03,028 --> 00:12:06,129 So, if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship 302 00:12:06,131 --> 00:12:09,700 with all your silly little guns and you've got any plans 303 00:12:09,702 --> 00:12:12,436 on taking the Pandorica tonight, 304 00:12:12,438 --> 00:12:16,139 just remember who's standing in your way. 305 00:12:16,141 --> 00:12:18,242 Remember every black day 306 00:12:18,244 --> 00:12:21,178 I ever stopped you, and then -- 307 00:12:21,180 --> 00:12:24,181 and then... 308 00:12:24,183 --> 00:12:28,418 do the smart thing. 309 00:12:28,420 --> 00:12:31,421 Let somebody else try first. 310 00:12:43,034 --> 00:12:44,968 With "Doctor Who," it's never quite as 311 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:46,570 black and white as you think it is 312 00:12:46,572 --> 00:12:48,272 as to who is evil and who's not evil, 313 00:12:48,274 --> 00:12:50,307 especially in "Pandorica," when you have 314 00:12:50,309 --> 00:12:52,109 all the villains coming together, 315 00:12:52,111 --> 00:12:54,177 their goal is actually strangely selfless, 316 00:12:54,179 --> 00:12:57,014 where they feel like the Doctor might destroy the Universe, 317 00:12:57,016 --> 00:12:59,182 and the Doctor, from a certain perspective, 318 00:12:59,184 --> 00:13:00,517 is kind of a death machine. 319 00:13:00,519 --> 00:13:03,520 Even though his intentions might be true, 320 00:13:03,522 --> 00:13:05,722 he could be the reason all the cracks 321 00:13:05,724 --> 00:13:07,591 in the Universe are appearing, 322 00:13:07,593 --> 00:13:10,494 and it's an interesting moment that makes you go, 323 00:13:10,496 --> 00:13:11,495 "Wait a minute. 324 00:13:11,497 --> 00:13:13,130 Maybe the good guys are the bad guys 325 00:13:13,132 --> 00:13:14,698 and the bad guys are the good guys, 326 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:16,533 and we've just been looking at the picture 327 00:13:16,535 --> 00:13:18,769 from one way for too long." 328 00:13:18,771 --> 00:13:21,438 All of the villainous creatures that we've seen 329 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:22,606 throughout "Doctor Who," 330 00:13:22,608 --> 00:13:23,941 they all came together 331 00:13:23,943 --> 00:13:25,309 to imprison the Doctor 332 00:13:25,311 --> 00:13:27,878 because they were afraid that he was going to destroy time. 333 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,280 It's a great scene to look at and go, 334 00:13:30,282 --> 00:13:31,915 "Oh, that's the Justice League. 335 00:13:31,917 --> 00:13:33,650 That's not the league of evil. 336 00:13:33,652 --> 00:13:35,686 They see themselves as the heroes in this story." 337 00:13:35,688 --> 00:13:37,454 And that's -- the best bad guys always do. 338 00:13:37,456 --> 00:13:39,890 The best bad guys always think they're the hero of the story. 339 00:13:39,892 --> 00:13:42,092 All reality is threatened! 340 00:13:42,094 --> 00:13:45,028 And you've come to me for help? 341 00:13:45,030 --> 00:13:49,099 No! We will save the Universe from you! 342 00:13:49,101 --> 00:13:50,167 From me? 343 00:13:50,169 --> 00:13:52,602 All projections correlate, 344 00:13:52,604 --> 00:13:55,939 all evidence concurs the Doctor will 345 00:13:55,941 --> 00:13:57,541 destroy the Universe. 346 00:13:57,543 --> 00:13:58,942 No, no. 347 00:13:58,944 --> 00:14:00,143 No, you've got it wrong. 348 00:14:00,145 --> 00:14:01,745 Seal the Pandorica. 349 00:14:01,747 --> 00:14:04,314 No! Please, listen to me! 350 00:14:04,316 --> 00:14:06,984 The TARDIS is exploding right now and I'm 351 00:14:06,986 --> 00:14:08,785 the only one who can stop it! 352 00:14:08,787 --> 00:14:10,654 Listen to me! 353 00:14:14,192 --> 00:14:16,026 He gets out, spoiler alert. 354 00:14:16,028 --> 00:14:17,094 'Cause it's the Doctor, 355 00:14:17,096 --> 00:14:18,795 and what, is he going to not get out? 356 00:14:24,702 --> 00:14:26,236 Rory! Listen, she's not dead. 357 00:14:26,238 --> 00:14:29,006 Well, she is dead, but it's not the end of the world. 358 00:14:29,008 --> 00:14:30,540 Well, it is the end of the world. 359 00:14:30,542 --> 00:14:32,309 Actually, it's the end of the Universe. 360 00:14:32,311 --> 00:14:34,711 Oh, no, hang on. 361 00:14:34,713 --> 00:14:36,146 Doctor? 362 00:14:36,148 --> 00:14:37,280 Doctor! 363 00:14:37,282 --> 00:14:39,383 You need to get me out of the Pandorica. 364 00:14:39,385 --> 00:14:41,585 But you're not in the Pandorica. 365 00:14:41,587 --> 00:14:43,553 Yes, I am. Well, I'm not now, but I was back then. 366 00:14:43,555 --> 00:14:45,322 Well, back now from your point of view, 367 00:14:45,324 --> 00:14:47,024 which is back then from my point of view. 368 00:14:47,026 --> 00:14:48,191 Time travelling. You can't 369 00:14:48,193 --> 00:14:49,526 keep it straight in your head. 370 00:14:49,528 --> 00:14:51,661 I really love 371 00:14:51,663 --> 00:14:54,898 all the really great time-bendy episodes where 372 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:57,634 you see cause and effect and you see that some things 373 00:14:57,636 --> 00:14:59,936 have to be a certain way for it to work out 374 00:14:59,938 --> 00:15:01,805 rather than just going to a place 375 00:15:01,807 --> 00:15:03,540 and having a linear story arc. 376 00:15:03,542 --> 00:15:04,775 Right. 377 00:15:04,777 --> 00:15:05,776 Let's go. 378 00:15:05,778 --> 00:15:07,377 What is that? 379 00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:08,812 How are you doing that? 380 00:15:08,814 --> 00:15:09,980 Vortex manipulator. 381 00:15:09,982 --> 00:15:12,182 Cheap and nasty time travel. Very bad for you. 382 00:15:12,184 --> 00:15:13,784 The vortex manipulator is his quick 383 00:15:13,786 --> 00:15:15,218 and dirty time machine, and he's going 384 00:15:15,220 --> 00:15:17,054 back and forth and giving people information 385 00:15:17,056 --> 00:15:18,755 they need having just got it in the future. 386 00:15:18,757 --> 00:15:20,323 So he gets information in the future, 387 00:15:20,325 --> 00:15:22,392 goes back in time and delivers it, and they tell him, 388 00:15:22,394 --> 00:15:24,394 "Wait, you had the fez and were carrying a broom." 389 00:15:24,396 --> 00:15:28,131 Do I get confused watching the show sometimes? 390 00:15:28,133 --> 00:15:29,332 Yes. 391 00:15:29,334 --> 00:15:33,904 That's why I love the DVR feature on the television 392 00:15:33,906 --> 00:15:36,006 so you can actually go back and watch 393 00:15:36,008 --> 00:15:38,308 and try to piece together what's going on 394 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:40,710 so you can play it again over in your mind. 395 00:15:40,712 --> 00:15:43,513 I love the paradoxes and the solves 396 00:15:43,515 --> 00:15:48,285 that come from the complexities of time being not linear 397 00:15:48,287 --> 00:15:49,619 and lateral and multi-dimensional. 398 00:15:49,621 --> 00:15:51,254 Now I don't have the sonic. 399 00:15:51,256 --> 00:15:53,723 I just gave it to Rory 2,000 years ago. 400 00:15:53,725 --> 00:15:55,358 And when you're done, 401 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,427 leave my screwdriver in her top pocket. 402 00:15:59,163 --> 00:16:02,132 Right, then. 403 00:16:02,134 --> 00:16:03,500 Off we go. 404 00:16:03,502 --> 00:16:04,601 Nope! 405 00:16:04,603 --> 00:16:07,471 Hang on. How did you know... 406 00:16:07,473 --> 00:16:09,606 to come here? 407 00:16:11,175 --> 00:16:14,044 Ah, my handwriting. 408 00:16:14,046 --> 00:16:15,345 Okay. 409 00:16:15,347 --> 00:16:17,414 It is another one of those time-travel moments 410 00:16:17,416 --> 00:16:19,216 where the only way the Doctor knows to do it 411 00:16:19,218 --> 00:16:21,118 is that he did it, and the only reason he did it 412 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,619 is that he knows he was supposed to. 413 00:16:22,621 --> 00:16:25,522 In physics, information is neither created nor destroyed. 414 00:16:25,524 --> 00:16:27,524 In time travel, happens all the time. 415 00:16:27,526 --> 00:16:29,826 He doesn't do that stuff with the TARDIS very much, 416 00:16:29,828 --> 00:16:31,261 but when he had the little wrist thing, 417 00:16:31,263 --> 00:16:32,629 I guess the temptation was too great. 418 00:16:32,631 --> 00:16:35,031 He starts bouncing around up and down the stairs 419 00:16:35,033 --> 00:16:37,834 and comes down and dies before he goes up and leaves. 420 00:16:37,836 --> 00:16:39,503 If you're the sort of person who likes to 421 00:16:39,505 --> 00:16:42,339 diagram time travel stuff -- which, who isn't, really? -- 422 00:16:42,341 --> 00:16:44,040 there's plenty there to diagram. 423 00:16:44,042 --> 00:16:46,476 Would I rather have a vortex manipulator 424 00:16:46,478 --> 00:16:47,911 or a TARDIS? 425 00:16:47,913 --> 00:16:49,246 It's a tough call. 426 00:16:49,248 --> 00:16:50,914 You know, the TARDIS has a pool. 427 00:16:50,916 --> 00:16:53,817 Vortex manipulator, portable. 428 00:16:53,819 --> 00:16:56,887 I guess I'd go with the pool just because I'd be 429 00:16:56,889 --> 00:16:58,588 worried about the tan line. 430 00:16:58,590 --> 00:17:01,458 Do you mean hot tub pool or just like, you know, 431 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:02,659 cool, relaxed pool? 432 00:17:02,661 --> 00:17:04,761 Because if it's the hot tub pool, 433 00:17:04,763 --> 00:17:06,830 that changes the game immensely. 434 00:17:06,832 --> 00:17:08,465 I would rather have a TARDIS. 435 00:17:08,467 --> 00:17:10,667 I would rather have a much more powerful, 436 00:17:10,669 --> 00:17:12,802 living being that is a time machine. 437 00:17:12,804 --> 00:17:16,406 What in the name of sanity have you got on your head? 438 00:17:16,408 --> 00:17:18,608 It's a fez. I wear a fez now. 439 00:17:18,610 --> 00:17:20,210 Fezzes are cool. 440 00:17:20,212 --> 00:17:21,545 I think the fez actually 441 00:17:21,547 --> 00:17:23,280 was a good choice, 'cause you're like, 442 00:17:23,282 --> 00:17:24,948 "a bowler? No. You couldn't do that." 443 00:17:24,950 --> 00:17:26,416 The fez. 444 00:17:26,418 --> 00:17:29,152 It's a very specific hat. 445 00:17:29,154 --> 00:17:31,821 I sort of think there's a reason we don't see it so much anymore. 446 00:17:31,823 --> 00:17:34,157 That hat was not flattering at all. 447 00:17:34,159 --> 00:17:36,293 Just keep the hat off your head and just 448 00:17:36,295 --> 00:17:38,328 go with what's been working for you so far. 449 00:17:38,330 --> 00:17:40,030 Oh! 450 00:17:56,248 --> 00:17:59,149 Wakey-wakey! Rise and shine. 451 00:17:59,151 --> 00:18:01,719 Breakfast is served in the courtyard. 452 00:18:01,721 --> 00:18:03,687 Whoa! 453 00:18:03,689 --> 00:18:05,256 What a morning. 454 00:18:05,258 --> 00:18:08,359 I think you can't ever know 455 00:18:08,361 --> 00:18:10,594 what motivates the Doctor. 456 00:18:10,596 --> 00:18:13,597 He's like the cosmic Santa Claus. 457 00:18:13,599 --> 00:18:15,566 He's there to create 458 00:18:15,568 --> 00:18:18,068 impossible situations that can do 459 00:18:18,070 --> 00:18:21,438 emotional work that's otherwise impossible. 460 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:22,806 Hello, I'm the Doctor. 461 00:18:22,808 --> 00:18:24,541 I knew it. 462 00:18:24,543 --> 00:18:25,809 Sorry? 463 00:18:25,811 --> 00:18:27,945 My brother's always sending doctors. 464 00:18:27,947 --> 00:18:29,780 But you won't be able to help. 465 00:18:29,782 --> 00:18:31,415 I'm not that kind of doctor. 466 00:18:31,417 --> 00:18:34,551 I really like the episode with Vincent van Gogh. 467 00:18:34,553 --> 00:18:36,020 They kind of went dark with it. 468 00:18:36,022 --> 00:18:38,589 He really was in a lot of pain, 469 00:18:38,591 --> 00:18:40,224 but he was able to express 470 00:18:40,226 --> 00:18:43,127 the pain on canvas like no other artist. 471 00:18:43,129 --> 00:18:45,229 He sees the Universe in a different way, 472 00:18:45,231 --> 00:18:46,964 and that enables him to see something 473 00:18:46,966 --> 00:18:48,499 that most people cannot see. 474 00:18:48,501 --> 00:18:49,867 I thought I'd brighten things up to 475 00:18:49,869 --> 00:18:51,135 thank you for saving me last night. 476 00:18:52,671 --> 00:18:53,938 Ah. 477 00:18:53,940 --> 00:18:56,206 I thought you might like, you know, possibly to 478 00:18:56,208 --> 00:18:57,841 perhaps paint them or something? 479 00:18:57,843 --> 00:18:58,909 Might be a thought. 480 00:19:02,047 --> 00:19:05,382 There's this great emotional moment when he brings 481 00:19:05,384 --> 00:19:08,085 van Gogh to the museum so van Gogh can hear 482 00:19:08,087 --> 00:19:09,954 how important his art is, what his art 483 00:19:09,956 --> 00:19:11,822 actually means to people in the future. 484 00:19:11,824 --> 00:19:14,158 It did seem to me that that was not 485 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,260 the sort of thing the Doctor would do. 486 00:19:16,262 --> 00:19:18,395 It's a total violation of every rule they talk about 487 00:19:18,397 --> 00:19:20,597 when they're talking about the rules for time travel. 488 00:19:20,599 --> 00:19:23,100 I think it was just a decision of just going, 489 00:19:23,102 --> 00:19:25,602 "You know what? Screw this, and let's just show him, 490 00:19:25,604 --> 00:19:27,137 'cause this is amazing. 491 00:19:27,139 --> 00:19:28,639 He's got to see this." 492 00:19:28,641 --> 00:19:30,441 The moment they walked 493 00:19:30,443 --> 00:19:31,709 into that museum 494 00:19:31,711 --> 00:19:33,744 and Vincent van Gogh saw his artwork on the wall 495 00:19:33,746 --> 00:19:35,145 and the whole thing, I just... 496 00:19:35,147 --> 00:19:37,681 tears. 497 00:19:37,683 --> 00:19:40,184 So many times in history 498 00:19:40,186 --> 00:19:45,022 you have these brilliant artists who can never know 499 00:19:45,024 --> 00:19:47,491 the reverberating effects of their artwork 500 00:19:47,493 --> 00:19:50,461 on humanity, and that just, like -- 501 00:19:50,463 --> 00:19:51,562 killed me. 502 00:19:51,564 --> 00:19:53,297 Your art is kind of your child, 503 00:19:53,299 --> 00:19:54,798 and so sometimes you don't know 504 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,500 what your child does and you don't know how 505 00:19:56,502 --> 00:19:57,901 people are going to respond to it, 506 00:19:57,903 --> 00:19:58,902 so as an artist, 507 00:19:58,904 --> 00:20:00,404 it's very emotional to see 508 00:20:00,406 --> 00:20:02,606 it does something good in the world. 509 00:20:02,608 --> 00:20:05,342 To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. 510 00:20:05,344 --> 00:20:11,248 Certainly the most popular great painter of all time. 511 00:20:11,250 --> 00:20:15,152 He transformed the pain of his tormented life 512 00:20:15,154 --> 00:20:17,021 into ecstatic beauty. 513 00:20:17,023 --> 00:20:20,891 To my mind, that strange, wild man 514 00:20:20,893 --> 00:20:23,794 who roamed the fields of Provence 515 00:20:23,796 --> 00:20:27,297 was not only the world's greatest artist, 516 00:20:27,299 --> 00:20:31,301 but also one of the greatest men who ever lived. 517 00:20:31,303 --> 00:20:33,704 Vincent? 518 00:20:33,706 --> 00:20:37,341 You want Vincent to know that his work is important 519 00:20:37,343 --> 00:20:41,311 and he's embedded in the psyche of human culture. 520 00:20:41,313 --> 00:20:43,614 It's one of the most beautiful moments in "Doctor Who." 521 00:20:43,616 --> 00:20:45,816 But it does bring up an interesting question, 522 00:20:45,818 --> 00:20:46,850 which is, you're Vincent. 523 00:20:46,852 --> 00:20:48,152 You take him out of his timeline, 524 00:20:48,154 --> 00:20:49,153 bring him to the future. 525 00:20:49,155 --> 00:20:50,254 He sees all the paintings. 526 00:20:50,256 --> 00:20:51,722 He goes back and then he paints more. 527 00:20:51,724 --> 00:20:54,491 So the question is, how creative is that? 528 00:20:54,493 --> 00:20:56,994 Because he didn't come up with them. 529 00:20:56,996 --> 00:20:58,562 He saw them on the wall 530 00:20:58,564 --> 00:21:00,631 and thought, "Oh, you know what would be great, 531 00:21:00,633 --> 00:21:02,633 if I painted the night sky with swirly stars. 532 00:21:02,635 --> 00:21:04,768 That looked really good. I guess I'll paint that." 533 00:21:04,770 --> 00:21:07,404 I suppose it's possible that the Doctor was 534 00:21:07,406 --> 00:21:10,074 putting the timeline right, but screwing up 535 00:21:10,076 --> 00:21:12,376 the actual authenticity of the paintings -- 536 00:21:12,378 --> 00:21:13,844 although because it's time travel, 537 00:21:13,846 --> 00:21:15,446 he wasn't screwing up the authenticity 538 00:21:15,448 --> 00:21:17,047 of the paintings, he was ensuring it, 539 00:21:17,049 --> 00:21:18,949 because without him doing that, those paintings 540 00:21:18,951 --> 00:21:20,851 wouldn't have existed, which means that nobody 541 00:21:20,853 --> 00:21:22,753 actually has any authorship of those paintings. 542 00:21:22,755 --> 00:21:25,089 Vincent van Gogh saw paintings on the wall, 543 00:21:25,091 --> 00:21:27,925 copied them, and those paintings ended up on that wall 544 00:21:27,927 --> 00:21:30,060 so that Vincent van Gogh could see them 545 00:21:30,062 --> 00:21:33,330 and go back to his own time and copy them. 546 00:21:33,332 --> 00:21:34,731 Time travel is complicated. 547 00:21:34,733 --> 00:21:37,067 You've turned out to be the first doctor ever 548 00:21:37,069 --> 00:21:39,236 actually to make a difference in my life! 549 00:21:39,238 --> 00:21:41,705 I'm delighted. I won't ever forget you. 550 00:21:41,707 --> 00:21:44,942 When the Doctor brought Vincent van Gogh to the future, 551 00:21:44,944 --> 00:21:47,277 I think he did it to be like, "look, you're 552 00:21:47,279 --> 00:21:49,546 very appreciated," but also he did it 553 00:21:49,548 --> 00:21:51,682 to show that you can't change time, 554 00:21:51,684 --> 00:21:54,585 that even Vincent van Gogh, knowing that he becomes 555 00:21:54,587 --> 00:21:56,653 maybe the most celebrated artist, 556 00:21:56,655 --> 00:21:59,022 he still kills himself several months later. 557 00:21:59,024 --> 00:22:02,559 So you were right. No new paintings. 558 00:22:04,562 --> 00:22:07,464 We didn't make a difference at all. 559 00:22:07,466 --> 00:22:09,500 I wouldn't say that. 560 00:22:09,502 --> 00:22:12,836 The way I see it, every life is 561 00:22:12,838 --> 00:22:16,573 a pile of good things and bad things. 562 00:22:16,575 --> 00:22:19,143 Hey. 563 00:22:19,145 --> 00:22:23,714 Good things don't always soften the bad things, 564 00:22:23,716 --> 00:22:25,415 but vice versa, the bad things don't 565 00:22:25,417 --> 00:22:26,984 necessarily spoil the good things 566 00:22:26,986 --> 00:22:30,621 or make them unimportant. 567 00:22:30,623 --> 00:22:35,192 And we definitely added to his pile of good things. 568 00:22:35,194 --> 00:22:38,428 What turns a lot of people off 569 00:22:38,430 --> 00:22:42,766 and away from Sci-Fi is that it doesn't have enough heart 570 00:22:42,768 --> 00:22:46,670 or enough emotional content to really suck you in, 571 00:22:46,672 --> 00:22:50,541 and "Doctor Who," in its most brilliant moments, 572 00:22:50,543 --> 00:22:53,710 manages to have this perfect balance 573 00:22:53,712 --> 00:22:55,846 of the backdrop of Sci-Fi 574 00:22:55,848 --> 00:22:58,815 but then to get, like, right into 575 00:22:58,817 --> 00:23:01,852 the core of the human experience, 576 00:23:01,854 --> 00:23:03,854 which is why everybody loves it. 577 00:23:03,856 --> 00:23:04,888 It's why it works. 578 00:23:20,887 --> 00:23:22,487 I've been running, 579 00:23:22,489 --> 00:23:24,923 faster than I've ever run, 580 00:23:24,925 --> 00:23:28,026 and I've been running my whole life. 581 00:23:28,028 --> 00:23:29,594 Now it's time for me to stop. 582 00:23:29,596 --> 00:23:31,730 Sometimes to the audience it's unclear 583 00:23:31,732 --> 00:23:32,998 why the Doctor can go back 584 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,833 and change some things and why he can't 585 00:23:34,835 --> 00:23:37,469 change other things, and he always just explains it like, 586 00:23:37,471 --> 00:23:39,804 "there are some fixed points in time that can never be changed, 587 00:23:39,806 --> 00:23:41,973 and then there are other things that can be manipulated." 588 00:23:41,975 --> 00:23:43,475 The rules of a Time Lord, 589 00:23:43,477 --> 00:23:45,343 you're never allowed to cross your own line, 590 00:23:45,345 --> 00:23:46,878 so, like, he can't go back in time 591 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,947 and tell himself, "be nicer to River," 592 00:23:48,949 --> 00:23:50,782 and that's his thing all along anyway, right? 593 00:23:50,784 --> 00:23:53,051 Is there's this notion that he always knows what's coming, 594 00:23:53,053 --> 00:23:55,086 and that's what's really upsetting him all the time. 595 00:23:55,088 --> 00:23:56,588 He's always going to be bummed out. 596 00:23:56,590 --> 00:23:59,491 No one saw 597 00:23:59,493 --> 00:24:01,126 the astronaut coming out of the lake 598 00:24:01,128 --> 00:24:02,928 and then just laying him out 599 00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:04,296 with a laser blast. 600 00:24:04,298 --> 00:24:06,097 Doctor! 601 00:24:06,099 --> 00:24:08,033 Amy! Stay back! 602 00:24:08,035 --> 00:24:10,368 The Doctor said stay back! 603 00:24:10,370 --> 00:24:12,370 No! No! You have to stay back! 604 00:24:12,372 --> 00:24:14,906 As an audience member, you're like, 605 00:24:14,908 --> 00:24:16,041 "all right, Moffat. 606 00:24:16,043 --> 00:24:18,510 I have been with you a long time. 607 00:24:18,512 --> 00:24:21,046 I know you can write your way out of stuff, 608 00:24:21,048 --> 00:24:24,416 but how the... 609 00:24:24,418 --> 00:24:26,184 are you going to write your way out of this?" 610 00:24:29,188 --> 00:24:30,222 No! Doctor! 611 00:24:30,224 --> 00:24:32,190 Doctor, please! 612 00:24:34,293 --> 00:24:35,827 I was shocked. 613 00:24:35,829 --> 00:24:37,996 I was appalled. 614 00:24:37,998 --> 00:24:39,331 Is this 615 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:40,999 our tax money at work? 616 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:43,969 Is this what the space program is for? 617 00:24:43,971 --> 00:24:47,272 No wonder we stopped those shuttle missions. 618 00:24:48,642 --> 00:24:51,042 I thought, "Well, this is easy to fix. 619 00:24:51,044 --> 00:24:53,545 There's going to be some reveal. 620 00:24:53,547 --> 00:24:56,815 The astronaut's identity will fix the whole situation." 621 00:24:56,817 --> 00:25:02,420 But then they set him on fire and burned the body. 622 00:25:02,422 --> 00:25:05,223 And that's a dead end, literally. 623 00:25:09,295 --> 00:25:12,497 To start a season by killing the Doctor 624 00:25:12,499 --> 00:25:14,966 in a way that we know 625 00:25:14,968 --> 00:25:20,005 he can't come back, how do you solve that? 626 00:25:20,007 --> 00:25:22,140 When the Doctor was first killed, 627 00:25:22,142 --> 00:25:24,242 I was shocked that they ended the season 628 00:25:24,244 --> 00:25:25,944 so soon into the first episode, 629 00:25:25,946 --> 00:25:28,346 but then, luckily, he reappeared in that diner. 630 00:25:30,683 --> 00:25:34,386 And then you were like, "Oh, I bet he'll figure this out. 631 00:25:34,388 --> 00:25:36,354 He's really good at this stuff." 632 00:25:36,356 --> 00:25:38,356 - Explain it again? - The Doctor we saw 633 00:25:38,358 --> 00:25:39,824 on the beach is a future version, 634 00:25:39,826 --> 00:25:41,660 200 years older than the one up there. 635 00:25:41,662 --> 00:25:43,428 But all that's still going to happen. 636 00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:44,696 He's still going to die. 637 00:25:44,698 --> 00:25:46,298 We're all going to do that, Amy. 638 00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:48,700 Oh! You win again, Steven Moffat! 639 00:25:48,702 --> 00:25:49,968 You win again! 640 00:25:49,970 --> 00:25:52,737 They masked what should have been a huge red flag 641 00:25:52,739 --> 00:25:55,106 to the audience as just a kind of trite, 642 00:25:55,108 --> 00:25:57,509 like, "Oh, okay, well that's just, you know, 643 00:25:57,511 --> 00:25:59,277 we know he travels through space and time. 644 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:01,379 Of course he can be 1,100 years old now. Why not?" 645 00:26:01,381 --> 00:26:03,748 And then you're left at the end of the episode 646 00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:06,284 still not really knowing how they're going to get out of this 647 00:26:06,286 --> 00:26:09,554 and where in the Doctor's timeline does that happen? 648 00:26:09,556 --> 00:26:12,791 "Who" is excellent at paying off arcs 649 00:26:12,793 --> 00:26:14,693 no matter how long it takes. 650 00:26:14,695 --> 00:26:16,895 It's fun to watch the sort of Rube Goldberg machine 651 00:26:16,897 --> 00:26:18,697 that Moffat sets up with the story lines, 652 00:26:18,699 --> 00:26:20,598 and then you're like, "how are you going to 653 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,134 make this pay off, Steven?" 654 00:26:27,940 --> 00:26:31,009 We're in the middle of the most powerful city 655 00:26:31,011 --> 00:26:33,678 in the most powerful country on Earth. 656 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,681 Let's take it slow. 657 00:26:44,458 --> 00:26:46,391 Hello? 658 00:26:46,393 --> 00:26:48,326 Who is this? 659 00:26:48,328 --> 00:26:49,394 This is President Nixon. 660 00:26:49,396 --> 00:26:50,662 Who's calling? 661 00:26:50,664 --> 00:26:53,264 The TARDIS appears in the Oval office. 662 00:26:53,266 --> 00:26:55,967 Nixon keeps getting these calls from this child 663 00:26:55,969 --> 00:26:58,536 who Nixon thinks is telling him his name. 664 00:26:58,538 --> 00:27:00,438 It shows the power that the Doctor has 665 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,140 where he can just really appear anywhere 666 00:27:02,142 --> 00:27:04,142 in history at any point. 667 00:27:04,144 --> 00:27:05,710 It's a very interesting time 668 00:27:05,712 --> 00:27:07,245 in America, too. If you think of '69, 669 00:27:07,247 --> 00:27:09,581 between the Cold War, the arms race, 670 00:27:09,583 --> 00:27:11,616 and the space race, I mean, everything 671 00:27:11,618 --> 00:27:13,585 is just moving so fast, and to drop 672 00:27:13,587 --> 00:27:15,653 the Doctor into that is just amazing. 673 00:27:15,655 --> 00:27:16,921 The Doctor doesn't get 674 00:27:16,923 --> 00:27:18,289 any social rules, including, like, 675 00:27:18,291 --> 00:27:20,492 "It's the Oval office. I want to talk to those guys." 676 00:27:20,494 --> 00:27:22,794 Okay by him. 677 00:27:22,796 --> 00:27:24,629 Mr. President, that child just told you 678 00:27:24,631 --> 00:27:25,864 everything you need to know, 679 00:27:25,866 --> 00:27:28,133 but you weren't listening. Never mind, though, 680 00:27:28,135 --> 00:27:30,335 'cause the answer's yes, I'll take the case. 681 00:27:30,337 --> 00:27:32,604 Fellas, the guns, really? 682 00:27:32,606 --> 00:27:34,439 I just walked into the highest security office 683 00:27:34,441 --> 00:27:35,473 in the United States 684 00:27:35,475 --> 00:27:37,709 and parked a big blue box on the rug. 685 00:27:37,711 --> 00:27:39,644 Do you think you can just shoot me? 686 00:27:39,646 --> 00:27:41,679 They're American! Don't shoot, definitely don't shoot. 687 00:27:41,681 --> 00:27:43,381 Nobody shoot us either. 688 00:27:43,383 --> 00:27:46,017 Very much not in need of getting shot. 689 00:27:46,019 --> 00:27:47,519 The Doctor is more dangerous 690 00:27:47,521 --> 00:27:49,687 because he does so much without a gun, 691 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:50,822 which is scarier. 692 00:27:50,824 --> 00:27:53,158 Like, well, how does someone get through 693 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,859 all these dangerous situations 694 00:27:54,861 --> 00:27:57,028 by essentially figuring out things 695 00:27:57,030 --> 00:27:59,431 in a scientific manner or negotiating? 696 00:27:59,433 --> 00:28:02,133 I love the idea that Nixon never questions, like, 697 00:28:02,135 --> 00:28:04,736 "Wait a minute. You're -- how did you --" 698 00:28:04,738 --> 00:28:06,404 he's just like, "all right. 699 00:28:06,406 --> 00:28:09,574 Clearly you have this thing. Why not?" 700 00:28:09,576 --> 00:28:10,608 How'd you get it in here? 701 00:28:10,610 --> 00:28:11,810 I mean, you didn't carry it in. 702 00:28:11,812 --> 00:28:13,778 Clever, eh? Love it. 703 00:28:13,780 --> 00:28:15,413 Do not compliment the intruder! 704 00:28:15,415 --> 00:28:16,915 Five minutes? 705 00:28:16,917 --> 00:28:18,483 - Five. - Mr. President, 706 00:28:18,485 --> 00:28:19,751 that man is a clear 707 00:28:19,753 --> 00:28:20,852 and present danger. 708 00:28:20,854 --> 00:28:22,720 Mr. President, that man walked in here 709 00:28:22,722 --> 00:28:25,023 with a big blue box and three of his friends, 710 00:28:25,025 --> 00:28:26,858 and that's the man he walked past. 711 00:28:26,860 --> 00:28:28,793 One of them's worth listening to. 712 00:28:28,795 --> 00:28:29,894 Five minutes. 713 00:28:31,230 --> 00:28:33,498 I'm going to need a SWAT team ready to mobilize, 714 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:35,533 street-level maps covering all of Florida, 715 00:28:35,535 --> 00:28:37,702 a pot of coffee, 12 jammie Dodgers, and a fez. 716 00:28:38,705 --> 00:28:40,004 Get him his maps. 717 00:28:44,076 --> 00:28:45,977 The Doctor never stops for a second 718 00:28:45,979 --> 00:28:48,313 to let you question what he's doing. 719 00:28:48,315 --> 00:28:50,949 He just starts moving ahead, and you can either 720 00:28:50,951 --> 00:28:52,984 jump on the train or get run over. 721 00:28:52,986 --> 00:28:56,221 The Doctor essentially influences Nixon 722 00:28:56,223 --> 00:28:58,056 into recording everything. 723 00:28:58,058 --> 00:28:59,924 It's -- it's -- it's beautiful. 724 00:28:59,926 --> 00:29:01,559 Safe? No, of course you're not safe. 725 00:29:01,561 --> 00:29:03,194 There's about a billion other things 726 00:29:03,196 --> 00:29:05,363 out there just waiting to burn your whole world. 727 00:29:05,365 --> 00:29:08,266 But if you want to pretend you're safe just so 728 00:29:08,268 --> 00:29:10,034 you can sleep at night, okay, you're safe. 729 00:29:10,036 --> 00:29:11,035 But you're not, really. 730 00:29:11,037 --> 00:29:13,505 I like that Nixon became 731 00:29:13,507 --> 00:29:15,507 probably a worse President than he would have been, 732 00:29:15,509 --> 00:29:18,643 which is odd, because the Doctor usually makes people better. 733 00:29:18,645 --> 00:29:20,178 He made Nixon a little worse. 734 00:29:20,180 --> 00:29:24,148 Dare I ask -- will I be remembered? 735 00:29:24,150 --> 00:29:26,851 They're never going to forget you. 736 00:29:29,588 --> 00:29:31,122 Say hi to David Frost for me. 737 00:29:31,124 --> 00:29:32,123 David Frost? 738 00:29:44,337 --> 00:29:46,070 One of the smartest things 739 00:29:46,072 --> 00:29:47,839 the Doctor's ever done 740 00:29:47,841 --> 00:29:49,841 is tricking the Silence. 741 00:29:49,843 --> 00:29:51,576 The Silence can get you to do 742 00:29:51,578 --> 00:29:52,877 anything they want you to do 743 00:29:52,879 --> 00:29:54,979 while you're looking at them, and it's kind of 744 00:29:54,981 --> 00:29:56,948 a hypnotic thing they've got going, so... 745 00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:58,883 If they tell you to turn around, as soon as you 746 00:29:58,885 --> 00:30:00,585 look away from them, you'll turn around. 747 00:30:00,587 --> 00:30:01,986 You just saw an image of 748 00:30:01,988 --> 00:30:03,788 one of the creatures we're fighting. 749 00:30:03,790 --> 00:30:05,356 Describe it. 750 00:30:05,358 --> 00:30:07,492 I can't. No. 751 00:30:07,494 --> 00:30:10,128 Neither can I. 752 00:30:10,130 --> 00:30:11,930 How do you remember something 753 00:30:11,932 --> 00:30:14,766 you can't remember when you're no longer seeing it? 754 00:30:14,768 --> 00:30:17,068 It is just an amazing problem for them to solve. 755 00:30:17,070 --> 00:30:18,536 And it puts you in the same place, 756 00:30:18,538 --> 00:30:19,771 because, essentially, 757 00:30:19,773 --> 00:30:21,739 you don't remember them unless you see them, 758 00:30:21,741 --> 00:30:23,808 but maybe you have seen them but we don't know. 759 00:30:23,810 --> 00:30:24,842 And then the fact that 760 00:30:24,844 --> 00:30:26,444 the Silence say that they've been 761 00:30:26,446 --> 00:30:28,146 with humanity since its evolution, 762 00:30:28,148 --> 00:30:29,247 since the wheel and fire. 763 00:30:29,249 --> 00:30:30,481 They don't make 764 00:30:30,483 --> 00:30:32,016 anything themselves. They don't have to. 765 00:30:32,018 --> 00:30:33,651 They get other life forms to do it for them. 766 00:30:33,653 --> 00:30:35,019 So they're parasites, then. 767 00:30:35,021 --> 00:30:37,855 Super parasites, standing in the shadows of human history 768 00:30:37,857 --> 00:30:39,557 since the very beginning. We know they can 769 00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:41,326 influence human behavior any way they want. 770 00:30:41,328 --> 00:30:43,094 If they've been doing that on a global scale 771 00:30:43,096 --> 00:30:44,495 for thousands of years... 772 00:30:44,497 --> 00:30:47,231 Then what? Then why did the human race 773 00:30:47,233 --> 00:30:49,567 suddenly decide to go to the Moon? 774 00:30:49,569 --> 00:30:52,303 The Doctor is at his best with intricate plans. 775 00:30:52,305 --> 00:30:54,572 Those are the most fun, to try to understand 776 00:30:54,574 --> 00:30:56,608 what pieces he's putting in place with 777 00:30:56,610 --> 00:30:58,242 very little clue what the resolution -- 778 00:30:58,244 --> 00:30:59,811 how are you going to beat these guys? 779 00:30:59,813 --> 00:31:03,014 This man here, code named "the Doctor," 780 00:31:03,016 --> 00:31:04,582 is doing some work for me personally. 781 00:31:04,584 --> 00:31:07,318 Could you cut him a little slack? 782 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:11,289 Uh, Mr. President, he did break into Apollo 11. 783 00:31:13,359 --> 00:31:15,393 Well, I'm sure he had 784 00:31:15,395 --> 00:31:17,095 a very good reason for that. 785 00:31:17,097 --> 00:31:18,763 It is unclear what the Moon landing 786 00:31:18,765 --> 00:31:20,365 is going to have to do with the silence 787 00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:22,100 up until almost the very end. 788 00:31:22,102 --> 00:31:23,901 Oh! Hello, sorry, are you in the middle 789 00:31:23,903 --> 00:31:25,370 of something? Just had to say, 790 00:31:25,372 --> 00:31:27,238 have you seen what's on the telly? 791 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,373 Oh, hello, Amy. 792 00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:29,974 Now, do you know how many people 793 00:31:29,976 --> 00:31:31,743 are watching this live on the telly? 794 00:31:31,745 --> 00:31:33,478 Half a billion. And that's nothing, 795 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,813 because the human race will spread out among the stars. 796 00:31:35,815 --> 00:31:37,148 You just watch them fly, 797 00:31:37,150 --> 00:31:39,083 billions and billions of them for billions 798 00:31:39,085 --> 00:31:41,386 and billions of years, and every single one of them 799 00:31:41,388 --> 00:31:45,156 at some point in their lives will look back at this man 800 00:31:45,158 --> 00:31:47,091 taking that very first step, 801 00:31:47,093 --> 00:31:49,727 and they will never, ever forget it. 802 00:31:49,729 --> 00:31:51,896 That's one small step for man... 803 00:31:51,898 --> 00:31:54,399 You should kill us all on sight. 804 00:31:56,135 --> 00:32:01,973 You should kill us all on sight. 805 00:32:01,975 --> 00:32:03,341 The Doctor hates guns. 806 00:32:03,343 --> 00:32:05,810 He can't kill people directly, so he gets 807 00:32:05,812 --> 00:32:08,479 the Silence to order their own extinction subliminally, 808 00:32:08,481 --> 00:32:10,782 and it's genius the way it plays out, 809 00:32:10,784 --> 00:32:13,117 because you just know what will unfold 810 00:32:13,119 --> 00:32:15,019 are people confronting the Silence, 811 00:32:15,021 --> 00:32:18,122 killing them, and then forgetting about. 812 00:32:18,124 --> 00:32:20,825 It is pretty strange when you think about the Doctor 813 00:32:20,827 --> 00:32:22,927 getting all of us to become murderers. 814 00:32:22,929 --> 00:32:24,996 I lie awake at night wondering 815 00:32:24,998 --> 00:32:28,933 how many living, breathing, thinking beings 816 00:32:28,935 --> 00:32:30,935 I have murdered 817 00:32:30,937 --> 00:32:32,737 without knowing. 818 00:32:32,739 --> 00:32:35,073 He's always generally trying to find 819 00:32:35,075 --> 00:32:37,942 a diplomatic solution to allow the species to continue, 820 00:32:37,944 --> 00:32:39,310 because, in a way, he understands 821 00:32:39,312 --> 00:32:40,678 'cause he's the last of his kind. 822 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,448 He has this connection to humanity, 823 00:32:43,450 --> 00:32:45,850 and he knows that it's 824 00:32:45,852 --> 00:32:47,285 an impossible situation for them, 825 00:32:47,287 --> 00:32:48,920 so he goes to extremes to kind of 826 00:32:48,922 --> 00:32:51,389 use a surrogate killer. 827 00:32:51,391 --> 00:32:55,460 It kind of goes against what the Doctor is like, 828 00:32:55,462 --> 00:32:56,794 so it's creepy on both levels. 829 00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:17,940 I feel like the TARDIS is sort of 830 00:33:17,943 --> 00:33:20,243 an extension of the Doctor. 831 00:33:20,245 --> 00:33:22,679 There's something magic about how the Doctor 832 00:33:22,681 --> 00:33:24,514 just psychically knows this instrument. 833 00:33:24,516 --> 00:33:28,051 And you have miraculous things happening, 834 00:33:28,053 --> 00:33:30,087 and yet still it's slinkies and buttons 835 00:33:30,089 --> 00:33:33,023 and super-old-school instruments. 836 00:33:33,025 --> 00:33:34,758 I think "The Doctor's Wife" 837 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:35,826 was a fantastic way 838 00:33:35,828 --> 00:33:37,994 of exploring what the TARDIS really is. 839 00:33:37,996 --> 00:33:41,765 The opportunity for the TARDIS to become embodied 840 00:33:41,767 --> 00:33:44,134 in a woman is really beautiful, 841 00:33:44,136 --> 00:33:47,337 because the TARDIS never had a voice until now. 842 00:33:47,339 --> 00:33:49,039 This episode called "The Doctor's Wife" 843 00:33:49,041 --> 00:33:50,240 was written by Neil Gaiman, 844 00:33:50,242 --> 00:33:52,542 who is most famous for writing "The Sandman." 845 00:33:52,544 --> 00:33:55,445 Gaiman is really good at personifying ideals, 846 00:33:55,447 --> 00:33:57,848 so it's cool to see him do that with the TARDIS, 847 00:33:57,850 --> 00:33:59,750 to take at least that notion and say, 848 00:33:59,752 --> 00:34:00,984 "What's the TARDIS like?" 849 00:34:00,986 --> 00:34:04,454 I go -- 850 00:34:04,456 --> 00:34:05,822 The TARDIS? 851 00:34:05,824 --> 00:34:07,624 "Time and relative dimension in space". 852 00:34:07,626 --> 00:34:09,893 Yes, that's it. Names are funny. 853 00:34:09,895 --> 00:34:11,661 It's me. 854 00:34:12,964 --> 00:34:14,931 I'm the TARDIS. 855 00:34:14,933 --> 00:34:17,367 No, you're not. You're a bitey madlady. 856 00:34:17,369 --> 00:34:19,302 The TARDIS is up-and-downy stuff 857 00:34:19,304 --> 00:34:20,470 in a big, blue box. 858 00:34:20,472 --> 00:34:23,740 Yes, that's me. A type 40 TARDIS. 859 00:34:23,742 --> 00:34:26,109 I was already a museum piece when you were young, 860 00:34:26,111 --> 00:34:29,045 and the first time you touched my console, you said -- 861 00:34:29,047 --> 00:34:32,048 I said you were the most beautiful thing I'd ever known. 862 00:34:32,050 --> 00:34:36,253 Then you stole me, and I stole you. 863 00:34:39,123 --> 00:34:40,557 I borrowed you. 864 00:34:40,559 --> 00:34:42,225 "Borrowing" implies the eventual intention 865 00:34:42,227 --> 00:34:43,627 to return the thing that was taken. 866 00:34:43,629 --> 00:34:47,197 What makes you think I would ever give you back? 867 00:34:48,833 --> 00:34:51,067 Who picked who? "I picked you, you picked me." 868 00:34:51,069 --> 00:34:53,904 I love that, that -- 869 00:34:53,906 --> 00:34:56,039 "what is fate?" Is the question. 870 00:34:56,041 --> 00:34:59,376 It really is a romance, you realize, that they've had, 871 00:34:59,378 --> 00:35:01,411 but a very comfortable, lived-in 872 00:35:01,413 --> 00:35:02,746 relationship together. 873 00:35:02,748 --> 00:35:04,214 He's just never seen her. 874 00:35:04,216 --> 00:35:07,384 The idea of making the TARDIS a woman 875 00:35:07,386 --> 00:35:10,787 and then watching him actually spend time with her 876 00:35:10,789 --> 00:35:13,023 and get to fight with her, 877 00:35:13,025 --> 00:35:14,524 you kind of always want to do that 878 00:35:14,526 --> 00:35:15,692 with every inanimate object. 879 00:35:15,694 --> 00:35:17,561 You know, I think I've earned the right 880 00:35:17,563 --> 00:35:19,663 to open my front doors any way I want. 881 00:35:19,665 --> 00:35:21,164 Your front doors? Have you any idea 882 00:35:21,166 --> 00:35:22,666 how childish that sounds? 883 00:35:22,668 --> 00:35:24,167 Oh, you are not my mother. 884 00:35:24,169 --> 00:35:25,602 And you are not my child. 885 00:35:25,604 --> 00:35:27,037 You know, since we're talking, 886 00:35:27,039 --> 00:35:28,905 with mouths -- not really an opportunity 887 00:35:28,907 --> 00:35:30,874 that comes along very often -- I just want to say, 888 00:35:30,876 --> 00:35:34,277 you know, you have never been very reliable. 889 00:35:34,279 --> 00:35:35,710 And you have? 890 00:35:35,735 --> 00:35:37,148 You didn't always take me where I wanted to go. 891 00:35:37,149 --> 00:35:38,715 No, but I always took you where 892 00:35:38,717 --> 00:35:41,651 you needed to go. 893 00:35:41,653 --> 00:35:42,886 You did. 894 00:35:42,888 --> 00:35:47,490 It's almost beautifully sad to know 895 00:35:47,492 --> 00:35:49,860 that he is riding around with this being 896 00:35:49,862 --> 00:35:52,028 that can never express itself to him 897 00:35:52,030 --> 00:35:54,464 in any more of a way than just taking him to places 898 00:35:54,466 --> 00:35:56,132 that it thinks he needs to be. 899 00:35:56,134 --> 00:35:58,168 It can never tell him -- it's so sad! 900 00:35:58,170 --> 00:36:00,270 It can never tell him that it loves him 901 00:36:00,272 --> 00:36:04,541 until Gaiman gave us that episode and we got to see 902 00:36:04,543 --> 00:36:07,510 that they actually do care about each other. 903 00:36:07,512 --> 00:36:08,945 They got to have a moment together, 904 00:36:08,947 --> 00:36:09,946 and then it's taken away, 905 00:36:09,948 --> 00:36:11,348 so that's tragic, too, at the end. 906 00:36:11,350 --> 00:36:14,117 There's something I didn't get to say to you. 907 00:36:17,088 --> 00:36:18,154 Good bye. 908 00:36:18,156 --> 00:36:19,923 No. 909 00:36:19,925 --> 00:36:23,693 I just wanted to say... 910 00:36:23,695 --> 00:36:27,130 hello. 911 00:36:27,132 --> 00:36:28,231 Hello, Doctor. 912 00:36:30,835 --> 00:36:32,202 It's so very, very nice 913 00:36:32,204 --> 00:36:35,438 to meet you. 914 00:36:37,209 --> 00:36:40,911 Please... 915 00:36:40,913 --> 00:36:43,179 I don't want you to... 916 00:36:43,181 --> 00:36:45,448 leave. 917 00:36:50,655 --> 00:36:53,423 It's such a bittersweet story to know 918 00:36:53,425 --> 00:36:56,192 that the Doctor's real companion is the TARDIS. 919 00:36:56,194 --> 00:36:58,862 That's the creature that's been with him the longest. 920 00:36:58,864 --> 00:37:01,765 I mean, it is love, but it's also beyond love. 921 00:37:01,767 --> 00:37:03,133 It's also a part of him. 922 00:37:03,135 --> 00:37:06,069 I think that the people that he finds along the way, 923 00:37:06,071 --> 00:37:08,672 they come and go to a certain extent, 924 00:37:08,674 --> 00:37:12,242 but the Doctor is the TARDIS and the TARDIS is the Doctor. 925 00:37:12,244 --> 00:37:15,278 Are you there? 926 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,980 Can you hear me? 927 00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:21,651 I think it would be terrible if the TARDIS could 928 00:37:21,653 --> 00:37:24,187 actually talk all the time and that became the, 929 00:37:24,189 --> 00:37:25,889 you know -- that can't stay. 930 00:37:25,891 --> 00:37:27,824 Then it's "Knight Rider," 931 00:37:27,826 --> 00:37:30,593 the TARDIS talking and giving snarky comments about 932 00:37:30,595 --> 00:37:31,962 hitting turbo boost or something. 933 00:37:31,964 --> 00:37:34,397 I like the implied 934 00:37:34,399 --> 00:37:36,533 and inferred relationship going on there. 935 00:37:36,535 --> 00:37:40,236 Okay, the Eye of Orion or wherever we need to go. 936 00:37:43,774 --> 00:37:45,775 Those are the best episodes, 937 00:37:45,777 --> 00:37:48,678 the ones that make you rethink everything that you thought. 938 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,348 It makes it that much more exciting to go back knowing 939 00:37:51,350 --> 00:37:53,950 that the soul of this creature is in there 940 00:37:53,952 --> 00:37:56,686 and watching, you know, his interactions 941 00:37:56,688 --> 00:37:59,823 with the TARDIS up until that episode and then beyond. 942 00:38:14,544 --> 00:38:16,178 You think he's raising an army? 943 00:38:16,180 --> 00:38:17,713 You think he isn't? 944 00:38:17,715 --> 00:38:20,683 If that man is finally collecting on his debts, 945 00:38:20,685 --> 00:38:23,986 God help you, and God help his debtors. 946 00:38:23,988 --> 00:38:25,721 We're wasting our time here. 947 00:38:25,723 --> 00:38:27,022 Agreed. 948 00:38:27,024 --> 00:38:28,590 The asteroid. 949 00:38:28,592 --> 00:38:31,660 Where you've made your base. 950 00:38:31,662 --> 00:38:33,662 Do you know why they call it Demon's Run? 951 00:38:33,664 --> 00:38:35,264 Some old saying. 952 00:38:35,266 --> 00:38:36,398 A very old saying. 953 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,267 The oldest. 954 00:38:38,269 --> 00:38:42,404 Demons run when a good man goes to war. 955 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,908 With the eleventh Doctor, 956 00:38:45,910 --> 00:38:48,344 you see a lot of that real deep rage and sadness 957 00:38:48,346 --> 00:38:50,779 bubbling underneath the surface in a kind of a, 958 00:38:50,781 --> 00:38:53,182 "oh, hello, what's all this, then?" package. 959 00:38:53,184 --> 00:38:55,150 It's like if you have a friend and you're like, 960 00:38:55,152 --> 00:38:56,685 "oh, he's a good guy all the time!" 961 00:38:56,687 --> 00:38:58,654 And then one time he just snaps and you're like, 962 00:38:58,656 --> 00:39:00,723 "that was the most insane display I've ever seen." 963 00:39:00,725 --> 00:39:03,826 I think the angriest we have ever seen the Doctor 964 00:39:03,828 --> 00:39:06,328 is when he goes to war 965 00:39:06,330 --> 00:39:07,663 at the end of the season. 966 00:39:07,665 --> 00:39:09,131 It's almost terrifying. 967 00:39:09,133 --> 00:39:11,600 The people he loves are in danger, 968 00:39:11,602 --> 00:39:14,002 and the fact that people are coming after him 969 00:39:14,004 --> 00:39:17,339 by going through his loved ones 970 00:39:17,341 --> 00:39:20,876 is the worst thing that could possibly happen at this point, 971 00:39:20,878 --> 00:39:22,444 so he gets really vicious. 972 00:39:22,446 --> 00:39:24,146 Colonel Manton, I want you 973 00:39:24,148 --> 00:39:26,582 to tell your men to run away. 974 00:39:26,584 --> 00:39:27,783 You what? 975 00:39:27,785 --> 00:39:29,318 Those words, "run away." 976 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,755 I want you to be famous for those exact words. 977 00:39:32,757 --> 00:39:34,256 I want people 978 00:39:34,258 --> 00:39:36,358 to call you "Colonel Run Away." 979 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,160 I want children laughing outside your door 980 00:39:38,162 --> 00:39:40,729 because they've found the House of Colonel Run Away 981 00:39:40,731 --> 00:39:42,731 and when people come to you and ask if 982 00:39:42,733 --> 00:39:44,833 trying to get to me through the people I love -- 983 00:39:47,037 --> 00:39:49,371 Is in any way a good idea... 984 00:39:53,943 --> 00:39:57,679 I want you to tell them your name. 985 00:39:57,681 --> 00:40:01,283 Oh, look, I'm angry. That's new. 986 00:40:01,285 --> 00:40:04,253 I'm really not sure what's going to happen now. 987 00:40:04,255 --> 00:40:06,688 Near the end, when you do see the rage 988 00:40:06,690 --> 00:40:08,657 finally come to the surface, you see, like, 989 00:40:08,659 --> 00:40:11,560 "Oh, yeah, this is the guy that exterminated his entire race 990 00:40:11,562 --> 00:40:13,929 and the Daleks and has killed countless people, 991 00:40:13,931 --> 00:40:17,766 and this is the thing that you never want to see." 992 00:40:17,768 --> 00:40:20,335 I've seen the Doctor get that angry, 993 00:40:20,337 --> 00:40:21,837 but not that vicious. 994 00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:23,672 It's a little unsettling, 995 00:40:23,674 --> 00:40:26,041 because maybe the Doctor is getting a little... 996 00:40:26,043 --> 00:40:27,376 darker. 997 00:40:27,378 --> 00:40:30,078 The anger of a good man is not a problem. 998 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,515 Good men have too many rules. 999 00:40:37,554 --> 00:40:39,788 Good men don't need rules. 1000 00:40:41,624 --> 00:40:47,029 Today's not the day to find out why I have so many. 1001 00:40:47,031 --> 00:40:49,064 The fact that the Doctor's enjoying 1002 00:40:49,066 --> 00:40:51,733 kind of belittling this general is disturbing, 1003 00:40:51,735 --> 00:40:53,402 and I think it's meant to be. 1004 00:40:53,404 --> 00:40:55,003 I think we're supposed to think, 1005 00:40:55,005 --> 00:40:56,805 "this is not who we fell in love with. 1006 00:40:56,807 --> 00:40:58,674 He's turning into a different guy now." 1007 00:40:58,676 --> 00:41:00,909 So thank God river shows up. 1008 00:41:03,914 --> 00:41:08,984 Well, then, soldier, how goes the day? 1009 00:41:11,187 --> 00:41:13,422 You think I wanted this? 1010 00:41:13,424 --> 00:41:14,590 I didn't do this. 1011 00:41:14,592 --> 00:41:16,925 This -- this wasn't me! 1012 00:41:16,927 --> 00:41:18,327 This was exactly you. 1013 00:41:18,329 --> 00:41:20,329 All this. All of it. 1014 00:41:20,331 --> 00:41:22,064 You make them so afraid. 1015 00:41:22,066 --> 00:41:25,267 When you began all those years ago 1016 00:41:25,269 --> 00:41:27,135 sailing off to see the Universe, 1017 00:41:27,137 --> 00:41:29,238 did you ever think you'd become this, 1018 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:31,173 the man who can turn an army around 1019 00:41:31,175 --> 00:41:34,109 at the mention of his name? 1020 00:41:34,111 --> 00:41:35,477 Doctor. 1021 00:41:35,479 --> 00:41:38,714 The word for "healer" and "wise man" 1022 00:41:38,716 --> 00:41:41,350 throughout the Universe. 1023 00:41:41,352 --> 00:41:44,253 We get that word from you, you know? 1024 00:41:44,255 --> 00:41:47,022 But if you carry on the way you are, 1025 00:41:47,024 --> 00:41:49,424 what might that word come to mean? 1026 00:41:49,426 --> 00:41:51,493 Nothing is black and white. 1027 00:41:51,495 --> 00:41:53,529 I mean, you think you're doing this, 1028 00:41:53,531 --> 00:41:56,265 but to a lot of people, it's perceived this way, 1029 00:41:56,267 --> 00:41:58,700 and so maybe you're not as awesome as you think you are. 1030 00:41:58,702 --> 00:42:00,702 The Doctor originally stole the TARDIS. 1031 00:42:00,704 --> 00:42:02,404 He wanted to explore the Universe 1032 00:42:02,406 --> 00:42:05,974 and enjoy the wonder and majesty of creation, 1033 00:42:05,976 --> 00:42:09,111 and what he quite often ends up doing 1034 00:42:09,113 --> 00:42:10,612 is leading armies 1035 00:42:10,614 --> 00:42:13,482 and fighting battles 1036 00:42:13,484 --> 00:42:17,052 and inspiring civilizations to fend for themselves. 1037 00:42:17,054 --> 00:42:18,220 The result is that 1038 00:42:18,222 --> 00:42:20,088 a lot of civilizations around the Universe 1039 00:42:20,090 --> 00:42:22,257 don't think of him as this avuncular old man 1040 00:42:22,259 --> 00:42:24,826 kind of wandering around the Universe. 1041 00:42:24,828 --> 00:42:27,696 He is, as River says, a mighty warrior. 1042 00:42:27,698 --> 00:42:30,098 Not a great thing to be for a man of peace, 1043 00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:31,600 which is what he says he is. 1044 00:42:31,602 --> 00:42:34,937 Death is sort of a tool that he uses sometimes, 1045 00:42:34,939 --> 00:42:37,339 even though he never seems to want to, 1046 00:42:37,341 --> 00:42:40,475 but I think that's something that Moffat loves to play with, 1047 00:42:40,477 --> 00:42:43,645 is just the idea of screwing around with your emotions, like, 1048 00:42:43,647 --> 00:42:46,315 "oh, maybe he is a dangerous person to be around." 1049 00:42:46,317 --> 00:42:48,216 The child, then. What do you think. 1050 00:42:48,218 --> 00:42:49,217 What is she? 1051 00:42:49,219 --> 00:42:51,820 Hope. 1052 00:42:51,822 --> 00:42:54,222 Hope, in this endless, 1053 00:42:54,224 --> 00:42:56,124 bitter war. 1054 00:42:56,126 --> 00:42:59,061 What war? Against who? 1055 00:42:59,063 --> 00:43:03,632 Against you, Doctor. 1056 00:43:03,634 --> 00:43:05,968 I don't think the Doctor is the greatest threat 1057 00:43:05,970 --> 00:43:07,703 to the Universe, though I could see why 1058 00:43:07,705 --> 00:43:09,705 aliens would think that, and I can see some of 1059 00:43:09,707 --> 00:43:11,540 the arguments for him being so dangerous. 1060 00:43:11,542 --> 00:43:14,876 But ultimately I think that he's more helpful than not. 1061 00:43:14,878 --> 00:43:16,244 I think River's right. 1062 00:43:16,246 --> 00:43:18,013 I don't think the Doctor should be 1063 00:43:18,015 --> 00:43:20,349 "the oncoming storm," is what the Daleks call him. 1064 00:43:20,351 --> 00:43:22,317 I think he would just like to be 1065 00:43:22,319 --> 00:43:24,453 the funny old man with the blue box. 1066 00:43:24,455 --> 00:43:26,788 The Doctor isn't human, 1067 00:43:26,790 --> 00:43:28,090 but is the most human. 1068 00:43:28,092 --> 00:43:30,025 He has deep, profound emotions. 1069 00:43:30,027 --> 00:43:31,326 Otherwise he wouldn't be 1070 00:43:31,328 --> 00:43:33,328 motivated to do anything he's doing. 1071 00:43:33,330 --> 00:43:35,130 Doctor! 1072 00:43:35,132 --> 00:43:37,699 As a viewer, there seems to be a long game here, 1073 00:43:37,701 --> 00:43:39,234 there seems to be a long story here, 1074 00:43:39,236 --> 00:43:41,069 which fascinates me, especially in season six 1075 00:43:41,071 --> 00:43:43,405 and the things that have been shown through 1076 00:43:43,407 --> 00:43:45,540 in season five that has given us hints 1077 00:43:45,542 --> 00:43:46,708 as to what is to come, 1078 00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:48,877 is the sense that the Doctor knows 1079 00:43:48,879 --> 00:43:50,946 more about our future than we do 1080 00:43:50,948 --> 00:43:52,381 and that there's something worth saving. 1081 00:43:52,406 --> 00:43:56,406 == sync, corrected by elderman ==