A Phonecall from the Eleventh Doctor | Deep Breath | Doctor Who

[@VGWizaeD]

It’s way sadder when you realize 11 is basically just begging Clara not to abandon him

[@shadowrylander]

And that's exactly what makes it so heartbreaking... 😭

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Oh god, you’re soo right.

[@aequiitas]

I don't get how people still like Clara as a character, she backstabbed the doctor SO many times and "almost took away what has been with him from the start" (tardis and the key throwing scene.) The whole fact that Eleven had to BEG her to stay and the whole fact that she basically rejected him because of his "old appearance" really says that she didnt like the doctor for who he is but for how he looks like and it's really heartbreaking because the doctor has so much love for Clara that he is ready to give her countless amount of chances.

[@Makapend]

@@aequiitas She didn’t really understand that they were the same person. She had an image of the doctor and that image was of 11, and then he suddenly did a complete u-turn on what she understood. Eventually she was one over by 12 and they have debatably the closest doctor/companion relationship to date. She was in the wrong for attempting to throw the tardis keys away though, but i can’t help feel for her because she was in a time of grieving and the doctor is the only person she knows who could potentially reverse what happened.

[@careylymanjones]

@@aequiitas She's not the first companion to be put off by a regeneration. Rose Tyler was put off by nine's regeneration ("Can you change back?").

[@DillonMaynard]

I just realized that Eleven especially didn't like goodbyes yet he did this.

[@winteralf7300]

Probably because he never had a chance to say goodbye to amy and rory

[@mikkurzhal7390]

@@winteralf7300 other than that last page of the book that Amy wrote

[@banjochamberlain]

@@winteralf7300 also at the fact he was on his last life, well until he got all the others from the other time lords

[@ApollonDriver]

Well there is also the fact that its not really a goodbye, more like a pause

[@marianojrivera8101]

It's a small timey-wimey loop if you think of it

[@victorkong82]

11th was Clara's caretaker, Clara is 12th's. This is the moment when their dynamics changed.

[@Lior353]

Victor Kong oh, how to turn tables

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Yep. 11 cared so Clara didn't have to, then Clara cared so 12 didn't have to.

[@SaImanKayani]

That's right.

[@keiranclarke2955]

Its probably because the 11th doctor was young and 12th was old

[@SaImanKayani]

@@keiranclarke2955 No, he did not have the trust in other humans in the same way his former incarnation used to have. That's why he needs Clara's trust so she can help him understand why he needs them.

[@OneAndOnlyYesMan]

The way Matt delivers “I was young…” is amazing, you truly feel the Doctor speaking, not just 11. It’s truly the voice of an old man in a young man’s body, Smith was the best at that.

[@chungkingexpress94]

Yeah it's like the old Doctor got to be young for a couple of regenerations, then he lost it and he's like "dammit, I got an old body again."

[@theunknowneditor63]

11 also just spent years as a old man on trenzalore so he probably wanted to be young again

[@AndrewStorr-j6e]

It's like 11 was asking what his next incarnation should look like - a self fulfilling prophesy.

[@warrioroflight6122]

I guess it makes me feel a bit better, when I undestand that their story is still continuening - elevens and Clara's... They are still together, just the face is different. That's all...

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

​@@warrioroflight6122I think that's precisely why the scene was there. A lot of people jumped on board within the previous few years due to Netflix. Seeing the Ninth Doctor regenerate into the Tenth in a big old binge is one thing. But those people were following the Eleventh Doctor for months or years by that point, so this scene is pretty much aimed to them too. And then in the next two seasons, the Twelfth Doctor and Clara developed possibly THE best Doctor-Companion relationship in the history of the show. Four and Sarah Jane, Ten and Donna, got nothing on them!

[@SmxSonic]

11: Is [12] Grey? Clara:... Yeah 11: *thinking* Still Not ginger!

[@JacobSiegalKingOfSeagaliaBlack]

SMX Sonic lol

[@theeleventh805gamer7]

@@JacobSiegalKingOfSeagaliaBlack 11: Confused screaming

[@bibbabookgirl8469]

AHAHAHHA YES

[@Bored_Overthinker]

LMAO

[@dzaifulnuressamsudin470]

The doctor always want to be ginger

[@timrob12]

I remember that Moffat joked about this scene, saying that Matt Smith made the fastest return ever.

[@acoote1701]

Matt's side of the phone call was shot during The Time of the Doctor, but he was speaking for Clara's side of the same phone call, and was actually literally phoning it in from Los Angeles where he was filming reshoots for Terminator: Genysis at the time

[@godlygamer911]

That would be weird for him to joke about since that's not how it happened

[@ronaldcustard4636]

timrob12 Sources?

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Andrew Coote Thats actually amazing lol

[@austinkenway9079]

@@acoote1701 That's interesting considering that's a movie about wibbley wobbley timey whimey stuff.

[@joel.jpgvid]

Guys... This version of Clara first spoke to 11 via a phone (Bells of St. John) and now the last time they spoke to one another was on the phone.

[@noa728]

JPGC that's a nice observation, that's pretty cool.

[@tobito9730]

JPGC OK. Now I'm innerly sobbing.

[@flo4223]

EnchantingManiac GO SIT IN THE CORNER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE! *ahem* that's made it eleven times sadder now 😭

[@firstnamelastname5048]

Mindblowing

[@phoebespach314]

I've never thought of that until now! That's amazing! Great job!

[@thomas8991]

This scene is pure genius, cause it's not only 11th rassuring Clara about the new Doctor, it's 11th rassuring US about the new Doctor

[@samsonguy10k]

Oh, I felt assured. Took a bit at the start of the episode but then I remembered 4 was rather the same way when he was freshly regenerated. Sometimes some of the blocks are stubborn and don't fall into place right away, leaving the good Doctor a bit wonky.

[@theyellowlightsaber3193]

Yes but you shouldnt need "reassurance" Peter's whole debut was a load of pandying to fangirls who couldnt deal with the Doc being old and it shouldnt have done that, the original Docs were older it shouldnt have been a big deal and this stuff made it a big deal apart from the fact it was insulting to Capaldi.

[@evanbabbitt3430]

@@theyellowlightsaber3193 fans to the fans of the newer series of doctor who, this was their first old looking doctor so it was a good thing and hopefully in future years when there’s another older doctor, they can remember this episode

[@theyellowlightsaber3193]

@@evanbabbitt3430 Well yes but there was too much pandying which in show made no sense cos its the first companion to have issue with the Doc being older. It shouldnt need to be a topic at all, he changes, big deal thats the point of the character.

[@Enzo-em1te]

My feeling about the 12th was exactly claras, i like the 11th so much, his humor, wit, and kindness was something i enjoyed a lot

[@losttrackoftimeagain]

The most emotional part of this wasn't Clara and 11, it wasn't 11 reassuring her or even coming back. It was 12 being heartbroken about her not being able to see him.

[@ChristianBradley-g1j]

Yes! exactly! I imagine Matt beneath the skin sad because he's old and unrecognizable to Clara

[@synemyoa]

Couldn't agree more! ( ；∀；) That look on 12th's (Peter's) face...totally heartbreaking! One look and my eyes were crying buckets!! ( ノД`)… I did enjoy 11th's reappearance though! 🙌🎉😘 David is a beautiful person and he was my favorite (bearing in mind that I only got to watch the latest series which started with Christopher Eccleston) before Matt came into the picture! LOL David was dashing and mesmerizing - a handsome "alien" to sweep you off of your feet, with that little tinge of madness and darkness and sadness. But Matt was just exhilarating! He was crazy and jumpy and all-over-the-place... he really felt like something more than human, an alien, out of this world! (*/∀＼*) 😍 I wish I could watch the series with Peter as the doctor soon... but I'm just too busy. 😣😭

[@cybileparmentier5174]

la tête de taureau c'est vraiment une série trop bien

[@jackiecohern8254]

+Maria Sanchez I TOTALLY AGREE. it was really sad to see him so heartbroken..

[@pollypoulton8450]

This is just so sad... I literally cried when Matt left- because doctor who is a big part of my childhood.. I rarely watched David tenant, but when matt's series started, I fell in love with doctor who. My sister started having a job in the evening, so we picked her up every Saturday, then got fish and chips, then just watched doctor who, I loved that so much. Now I'm 12, and well, I just wanna sigh. Thanks to this programme, I made the amazing friends I could wish for.

[@BenSmith-od8fc]

The most heartbreaking line ' you look at me and you can't see me can you'

[@usm4n992]

Matt smith in capaldi sad cos he's old and clara doesn't see him anynore

[@zienz7283]

Than at the end, he looked at her and he can't see her..

[@makakochladze3161]

Yes, exactly! And his words "please just... just see me!"... Capaldi was perfect!

[@zacweeksentertainment]

I just realised that Bill Potts said this exact same thing in Twice Upon a Time!

[@eahannan]

😢

[@BillinHungary]

I think that Moffat realized that after Matt Smith, people might hesitate to accept an older gruff doctor right away. And since in Doctor Who, the companion is in a sense representing us, Moffat decided to let Clara have her doubts "I'm sorry, I just don't know who you are anymore.." and the phone call from 11 was created to assure her, and by extension us, that the new incarnation is still the doctor. Moffat lets us go along on Clara's journey of aceepting the new regeneration of the doctor - and helps us reach the same conclusion she does.

[@burner8504]

Realised*

[@dain6492]

Matt smith was my first doctor and I just couldn't get into the 12th doctor. The ultimate hiding animal was one of the best episode I just prefer matt smith's energy as the doctor.

[@CodedHumor]

@@burner8504 They spelt it right.

[@yorkgrass]

I think you are right, but tbh, it didn't help, when I saw Clara accepted him as the doctor, I felt a little bit betrayal. It's Capaldi's performance made me accepted him as the doctor, and I dare to say my doctor.

[@ki5aok]

@@burner8504 You're correct and so is Bill. Realised (UK/AUS/NZ spelling), Realized (US/CAN spelling).

[@rafsolo]

This scene is fantastic. The way they passed the torch to Capaldi is very beautiful. They don't just dive into him. They give us a metaphorical hug and smile from 11. One last time

[@gentleseal1778]

Comparing 12 to 13, uhhh, the older seasons were just so much better writing

[@fatihhakkss]

@@gentleseal1778 Yea with ma man moffat. I just love him.

[@OpenMawProductions]

Matt Smith had a large audience of children that joined when he first came on board. As big as Tennant was with the ladies, Matt was big with the kiddos, much like Tom Baker before him. The kiddos needed the hug, and the comfort.

[@jakesmith6669]

And this is why even with the biregenaration faults I like how David physically gives the next doctor a hug and salute from himself! No better way to pass the torch!

[@Lancernoevo]

Yeah I started watching Doctor Who back in 2013 with the 9th 10th and 11th. Matt Smith grew on me so much as a 14-5 year old and when I got my first sonic screwdriver as a gift I was ecstatic! But yeah it was difficult to say goodbye and it's been 10 years already since the 11th Doctor left. Hard to believe.

[@kyguy3242]

"I'm not on the phone, I'm right here. Standing in front of you. Please just- just see me." This line is always so surreal for me. I really do feel like I can see Eleven trapped inside Twelve's body crying out to Clara and to the audience. I understand that's the point, but it's still just so incredible to me how much this scene actually makes me believe it.

[@theserge8715]

Different faces, but he's the same time lord, that's exactly what Moffat wanted to show in this scene (The Chibnell Era is a mistake that will soon be fixed)

[@myHorribleMusic]

It really tripped me up when I watched it, because usually regenerations feel to me almost like a different character got the same job, whereas the acting and writing here had me completely believing that the same guy was in both scenes.

[@Hario338]

@@theserge8715 This comment was literally nothing about the chibnall era... why do yall always feel the need to mention it lmao?

[@theserge8715]

@@Hario338 It's simple: I called the Doctor "Time Lord" , in series 12 this fact is disputed...

[@blipus8711]

@@Hario338 He has a point there my friend

[@ladycplum]

The plea from 12 begging her to "just see me" always broke my heart. I think it almost seemed like more of a plea to the audience, sort of "Yes, I'm not Matt Smith, yes I'm not a generic 'hottie', yes I'm older, but at least give me a chance."

[@chaosrex1487]

And to be honest in a lot of ways he ended up being the best doctor of modern Who. Capaldi I mean

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

But she never did. She took over his show and drove fans away.

[@PandaAndrews1]

generic hottie

[@fannishfanning160]

Which is so weird considering that the classic Who doctors are literally old men.

[@godhathirumalaianandanpill3140]

@@chaosrex1487 I love Capaldi, but I do love Matt Smith more.... Capaldi is definitely in my top three but imo he doesn't have that special place in my heart which the Eleventh Doctor does, but then again, we both have different opinions

[@redjirachi1]

"Please tell me I didn't get old" You were about to die of old age before you started regenerating, I'd say this is a net positive

[@samsonguy10k]

12 might be gray but he might just be a bit more youthful than 11. He's kinda a mix between 1 and 4, really.

[@rebeccaworster2912]

12 was the same age as 1 when 1 started

[@Ethan-dn1wc]

@@rebeccaworster2912 in all fairness while they were the same age, Hartnell was also in rough shape due to his undiagnosed heart issues.

[@CmdrShepard95]

@@Ethan-dn1wc There’s also the fact that William Hartnell was a heavy smoker (very common for the time) and Peter Capaldi isn’t. Peter seems to be in very good health

[@LouieV6]

@@samsonguy10k For me, he’s a mix between 11 and 10. He’s starts showing his goofy side again in the next 2 seasons while also displaying 10’s seriousness.

[@etazeta674]

"I don't think I'm a hugging person now" "I'm not sure you get a vote" Me around my family and closer friends in a nutshell...

[@ShovelLettuce]

that's sweet

[@sobermind9885]

"... Whatever you say"

[@TheOnlyGamingDML]

Can’t do that in the modern times can ye

[@brawlme6022]

@@TheOnlyGamingDML and you shouldn't be able to.

[@Robdc89]

I'm not a Hugger... Ahh what the hell!

[@whiskii]

Everything about Matt Smith's story made me cry often, then Peter took the role and I was like 'Finally, I'll be able to watch a Dr Who episode without wiping tears from my eyes at the end!' ....then this happened..

[@samf.4687]

Whiskii I cried the most watching last epusode of season 7 and first of season 8. They both hit me right in the feels, so to say

[@gaynor1721]

Eleven and Clara were a great partnership. Twelve and Clara were mismatched.

[@aitore.avilaalvear1060]

most of the Capaldi episodes are more sad than Matt Smiths ones..

[@Crackernwbie]

I think the Ponds and eleven were the best couple...like Donna or Rose and Ten

[@Crackernwbie]

But at the start...the rudeness of Peter covewrs it up...at that time i disliked him..bit in the end...he was a great Doctor..the whole story counts ;)

[@Derubyn]

Omg I just realised..."You look at me and you can`t see me" That´s exactly the situation they end up. He looks at her in the diner and can`t see her... ;_;

[@TheVampireLucinda]

Oh God...... T_T

[@omegaaspire7700]

because he's secretly John Cena

[@Drakelx55]

"Why would you do this"

[@flavoredchin]

t e a r s

[@awesomeperson7811]

Try this, "Run you clever boy, and remember" 12; *Forgets*

[@Voyagersguidebook]

On another level this is Matt Smith telling the fans, "Don't be afraid." Embrace Capaldi. I love this scene so much.

[@wildste]

It's part of the problem of this episode, it's entirely written from the perspective of telling the fans that this is still the Doctor, he doesn't have to be young and good looking. But Clara is the last companion to need this lesson as she has met all the incarnations. This entire episode makes far more sense if it's written with the idea that Capadli had been cast as the 10th and it was with 9 on the phone to Rose.

[@foxydev4056]

That's your opinion.

[@atharvadeshpande6907]

@@wildste nah... in Day of the Doctor also she says... I never imagined *you*, as the one who blew up Gallifrey. She clearly thinks of the Doctor only as the eleventh. Another thing, I don't think Clara retains the memories of that because 1. She was in his time stream and 2. Name of the Doctor was retconned in Time of the Doctor.

[@wildste]

@@atharvadeshpande6907 She remembers, in Day of the Doctor, she comments on when she went through all his past lives fairly early on

[@theamazingmeh1759]

Oh how Capaldi got screwed over in the end by the BBC, at least he got his childhood roll and had great moments.

[@SudrianTales]

I love how the 11th Doctor tries so hard to ensure his next incarnation will have as easy a time as possible. He doesn't fight the change and calls ahead in time to make sure Clara gives him a chance.

[@gerrardjones28]

That's what I like about 11, he doesn't like goodbyes yet he did this, he knows how painful loosing someone is after Amy and Rory and never wants or I guess his next incarnation to go through that

[@megan.mckenna]

I think it’s even more important because of what Matt went through when he first started out as the doctor. People hated he was so young. Plus he was following David who quite literally didn’t want to go and was fighting it every step of the way. He of course won us over by ironically being like the first one to really show the doctor’s age in NuWho. But I remember being 12 and not wanting to lose David and so i already would have had a low opinion of anyone who followed. I can imagine it could have been kind of therapeutic for Matt to be able to help bridge the gap.

[@nicolet5051]

and also i think where he tells her to not be afraid, he meant to not be afraid that he might not want her anymore!

[@CinemaBiohazard]

I really like it when Capaldi states the obvious: "I didn't need to overhear, that was me. That was me talking." That kinda gets lost a bit in the New Series where the Doctor seems to become a whole different person but not quite. He is, after all, still the Doctor..just a different face, different body, the brain is a bit rattled, but still the same basic being. I like that was stated definitively here. Not that we won't miss Smith, but the Doctor is the Doctor. He never changes except for his personal appearance..and occasionally iffy memory.

[@deliriumredbonnie7188]

CinemaBiohazard yup

[@arieleytan7279]

CinemaBiohazard watching whittaker as the doctor is too much for me.... I can't see the same person not just as another person but as another person with a different gender... I don't say the doctor can't be a girl, I'm just saying that in my opinion a time lord should not change to the other gender after regenerating...

[@simplecomplexity886]

Ariel Eytan but it had already been stated a lot earlier that regeneration doesn't care about gender. I mean the master also became female after regeneration. So did the general eventually. The doctor isn't the only one.

[@oddities-whatnot]

CinemaBiohazard Yes, and that should provide comfort to those who miss the Dr when they regenerate, its still the same person but different looking.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Ariel Eytan Yes its a bit odd, because you could ask why hasnt he changed in previous regenerations if it was possible to do so ? Surely law of averages would have meant half would have been female, in the real world of course.

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

Think about this from the Doctor's perspective. You are very old now, but still look young. You have a young and pretty friend who adores you. But you know it's going to end soon. You try to comfort her, but you know it won't help enough. Then you change. You feel different, you have more anger, more maturity, but you are so scared. You are not dead, just living as a new person. Your friend does not accept you. She doesn't realise that at heart you are the same man. Then she gets a phone call from you, back when you were the man she trusted. She still doesn't see that you are there in front of her, that the man on the phone is you. Then she finally accepts that you are the same man, just different.

[@Split_Games762]

without ruining it what heart? i mean the doctor has two so

[@catherinestickels2591]

@@Split_Games762 The left one

[@mr.decker389]

No, the right one!

[@reichtangle7734]

Both hearts.

[@keren.b_9642]

Watch the ending again she wasn't his friend 12 admitted that he viewed himself as a boyfriend to her and matt said in an interview that it would be awkward for his girlfriend and wife to be in the same room

[@kingofthering3343]

I think that the saddest part of this scene is actually the 12th Doctor's sadness about the fact that Clara doesn't see him and claims she doesn't know who he is anymore.

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

KingOfTheRing even though out of the 4 new doctors, capaldi is the closest to the original 8

[@gigiblack2231]

I know this comment is 2 years old, but I'm new to this show and I read your comment and cried the tears I was holding.

[@UpfrontMamaBadgerVLOG]

I cried !!

[@storytsunami]

0:59 "And however scared you are Clara, The man you are with right now. The man I hope you are with. Believe me, he is more scared than anything you can imagine right now." This line was just so powerful for me to hear and delivered beautifully! Definitely my favorite part of this sequence.

[@thelazywanderer_jt]

That line has hit me home many times and has opened my eyes very easily to something I was kind of reluctant to admit. It kinda singlehandedly helped me open up.

[@owainnewton326]

he never did get round to patching the telephone through the console unit.

[@blockwizard3373]

Hey! Information available!

[@Dynamitekid-b8h]

Affirmative

[@amziez1218]

Please just don’t make it anymore emotional than it already is

[@manio_e]

Jake B “ugh” no he didn’t, at least not on screen so get yo ass out of here

[@leehayes5648]

When?

[@kittygirlkwplays3139]

This is an amazing way of disguising a way of getting fans to give the new doctor a chance. Hiding it as Clara is the one having trouble excepting the Doctor's new regeneration. Encouraging not only the characters but the audience to go along with the fact that it can't be a certain Doctor forever. A similar little trick of getting the Doctor to encourage the companion that he's still the same person is in the Eleventh Hour with Amy and the apple.

[@robbiereilly]

Indeed. It's very clever. I don't think I've ever seen this technique used before. We go through it all with Clara, we associate with her and her misgivings about the new Doctor, and therefore we can also better accept him (and Peter) as the new Doctor just as she does. Also, as a bonus, it bonds us closer to her character as well. Very clever, indeed.

[@NPCarlsson]

In a similar way, that's probably why so many people hated Matt Smith when he started. David's departure was so emotional and heart-breaking. His literal last words were "I don't want to go." and The Eleventh Hour was a completely clean slate. New TARDIS, new Sonic Screwdriver, new title sequence. There was no easing into it.

[@catherinestickels2591]

They tried something similar with Rose, but she just kind of got over it without this kind of closure for the audience.

[@philiptucker6119]

Every season after this CE special has been absolutely bland.

[@Matheus21video]

@@robbiereilly In the Christmas Invasion Too, When Tenth Doctor Use the "Fanststic" word to Rose, to show that is still him.

[@p0ppyfarr95]

When I first watched that scene with him finishing the phone call with "Miss ya", I cried my eyes out

[@bicarbonat1]

The little "miss ya" is what destroyed me. You can tell he really does miss her; not just at the moment he was calling, but in the sense that this version of him is dying and will be forever separated from Clara.

[@abisayer2526]

I personally replayed the video to that point and it made me cry my eyeballs out all over again 😭😭😭

[@chaos_willow169]

I was a w.r.e.c.k. Did anyone else say "Miss you too", because I did.

[@protowalker]

@J LOCC "even if I am alive it feels like dying. Some new man walks off in my clothes, and.. I'm dead." - 10 The doctor post-time war seems to feel incredibly connected to their regenerations; 11 here is very sad that he's finishing this life and I understand why. He's going to be different after this, at least in some ways.

[@samtrotter7177]

@@protowalker True, although Ten was a MASSIVE Emo too

[@devinrobertson5251]

Imagine how heartbreaking it must be for the Doctor; "You can't see me, can you? You- you look at me and y-you can't see me..." I felt that... That must be horrible.

[@kimberlyluu245]

12 regenerations and still not ginger.

[@myrobloxmovies9969]

:D

[@oscarthonpson8999]

14 regeneration actually.

[@khanjak296]

+Oscar Thonpson 13 regenerations; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, War, 9th, 10th, 12th, 1 (I'm saying 1 'cause it's the first regeneration of the new cycle).

[@oscarthonpson8999]

Sarthak Mohanty I was counting Peter as 14th.

[@still_guns]

+Avaline “XxRobloxJulesxX” Kress Colin Baker was ginger

[@StardustWhip]

I've got to disagree with the people who say this is unnecessary. Not only did a large portion of the fanbase start with Matt Smith's run, but this was easily one of the largest changes from Doctor to Doctor. Capaldi's Doctor was even intentionally written (at least during Series 8) to contrast with Matt Smith's Doctor, and the Doctors from the RTD era. The lack of a catchphrase, Capaldi's old age, the lack of overt romance. Everything changed. So, that's why they included this scene. So that fans could adjust to the change better. So they could tell the fans that despite everything that's changed, the Doctor is still the Doctor.

[@pvtrichter88]

+Magatsu Orpheus I've only begun to catch up with the new series beginning with TENNANT I had almost given up on the series beforehand and enjoyed 10 and 11 'S run [still haven't seen all of them yet] but I get the general feel of it and have found a new enthusiasm for this series I believe they went as youthful and trendy as they could with SMITH I grew up with the series [[from behind the couch to being in front of the couch!!] and SMITH is younger than I am! so they probably felt a different personality development was necessary to keep fans guessing!! CHEERS!!

[@CinemaBiohazard]

+Magatsu Orpheus Plus it kinda puts a dent in the whole 'each Doctor is a completely different person.' Which simply isn't true: the Doctor gets a little scrambled for a bit after each regeneration, but it's the same Doctor each time, even if he looks completely different. But this was a nice touch to show that despite the change in many aspects of the show, it still is the same show, and just because he's not her 'boyfriend' doesn't mean that he mourned her death any the less. See? This scene works on a variety of levels!

[@curtismega7591]

+Magatsu Orpheus I definitely needed this scene

[@Charizarzar]

+Magatsu Orpheus The change from Tennant to Smith was a lot bigger. It shows more of a lack of faith in the audience to put this scene in.

[@StardustWhip]

Charizarzar Not really. Smith's Doctor was a lot like Tennant's, but more exaggerated.

[@WindReader]

I gotta be honest. I wasn’t the most thrilled with Peter Capaldi at first. It was tough losing Matt Smith. But this scene right flipped everything upside down. It was such a perfect scene. Clara is us. Now Peter is one of my favorites.

[@alecbormia4523]

Absolutely agree. Peter took most of his first season to grow on me and for me to see him properly as not just the doctor but the same doctor as Smith. But when it was announced he would leave after season 10 I was very sad and wished (and still wish) he would stay a little bit longer, at least for one more season. In retrospect I wouldn't want him to stay if Moffat still left but if they both could have stayed one more season I would have loved it.

[@jblaine6104]

The sunglasses, electric guitar, tank, colosseum combo was what really convinced me.

[@wanderingrandomer]

I felt this about Matt Smith coming from Eccleston and Tennant at first. It's a staple of the show, really

[@luke8801]

You can actually see 11 in 12 while he’s looking at Clara on the phone, remembering when he called her and hoping it was enough.

[@voiceappeal]

That voice crack at "is he greEy" is cracking me up

[@pink-a-palouza7888]

Voice crack when he just finished regenerate and voice crack just before he regenerates

[@ProGoinggo202]

​@@pink-a-palouza7888conveniently both are caused by the hair change

[@elliebrooke3987]

Smith really was MY Doctor, and when Capaldi came around I'm sad to say that I didn't give him the chance he deserved. I never finished his first episode and never got to this scene, and I can safely say that I'm sorry that I did. This scene is really incredible, because it gives the people like me the power to accept Capaldi as the Doctor

[@juliamiller5120]

Same. I had to power through to really see Capaldi. I didn’t give him the credit he deserved. I started this series with Matt Smith. I think the young, pretty face helped me love the doctors silliness more, and I felt like the silliness got lost behind of the old man. But I was wrong. He is The Doctor. As much as any of the rest of them. And he deserves to be seen.

[@Seirin-Blu]

Imo capaldi is amazing as the doctor

[@Warland3r]

@@Seirin-Blu He is. The only thing is that everyone has "their" Doctor. The Doctor they know first. The audience and Companions alike. And especially that first time it's hard to embrace the Doctor can change

[@alecbormia4523]

I really recommend you to go back and watch his seasons if you haven't already. Season 9 and 10 have some of my favorite New Who episodes.

[@lacko623]

@Succulent Cranberry Yeah, as much as it pains me to say it, I gave Jodie a chance. I've watched through her first series and the New Years day special. It wasn't even the sjw propaganda for me, moreso that the series felt hollow and lacked all the wonder and magic that it once had. Even the music was just lifeless without Murray Gold. Capaldi's series had some bad stories too, but at least he made up for with his portrayal of the Doctor. And with Jodie, I jumped ship before the absolute dumpster fire that is the Timeless Child. Now even rewatching older scenes like this is just bittersweet...

[@foreveradancer96]

This scene is actually so important though, because when 10 turned into 11 a lot of people really hated Matt's Doctor. David'd last scene was all 'I don't want to go...' and then he was gone and never came back and the fans were angry because they didn't want him to go either. With this telephone scene, it's equally Matt assuring the fans, as it is the Doctor assuring Clara that: "hey,.this guy's new, he's scared, but he's just as much the Doctor as I was, and you should give him a chance, accept him." I immediately loved Capaldi after this scene (I was still pouty over the loss of 11 throughout the episode) and I wish that Matt could have gotten a similar sort of validation when he started because he didn't deserve all the hate he received.

[@killboggins]

Painting The Roses Red If they need "reassuring" for a regeneration then they aren't real fans.

[@foreveradancer96]

killboggins Oh my god, stop. The 'real fan' topic is literally the most annoying thing. Some of us have been fans for over a decade, and some fans may have just started watching a week ago, but it doesn't make them any less a fan. If you love the show, then you are a fan, end of discussion.

[@TranscendentLion]

Painting The Roses Red I agree with this so much. Ten's exit seemed like it was written to alienate Matt Smith's Doctor, as if he was some kind of impostor. But this scene was the perfect antidote to that, showing that Capaldi is as much the Doctor as anyone before him, all the way back to Hartnell.

[@foreveradancer96]

TranscendentLion Exactly! The worst part for Matt was that we didn't even have a familiar companion ease us with the sudden change, it was just "We're taking away everybody you loved! Have this young guy with no eyebrows and an eight year old! Don't worry, it's definitely the same show. You just don't know anybody on it anymore!" This time, we had Clara, so that helped hugely, and then we also had Matt's Doctor nudging us towards Capaldi, so of course it's going to be a lot easier this time around.

[@GivenForver]

I didn't like smith when he 1st came, but I gave him a chance and I think I might like him more than tenant

[@LouieNeira]

I love Clara’s voice in this episode. A lot of actors use their face to display emotion, but you can hear her feelings in Jenna’s voice.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

She's an absolute master at that vocal quiver.

[@Investigation001]

For the last 5 years that I've been watching Doctor Who, I personally think that Matt Smith's departure was the saddest.

[@spookyshroomy]

yes, I agree very much

[@CorneliusButtknuckl1]

It's sad, but David Tenant takes it for me. "I don't wanna go." 😰

[@luketurner314]

Me too. It was almost like the actor, himself, was saying he didn't want to leave the show

[@dvillesoccer]

+CorneliusButtknuckl1 That made him seem like a bit of a wimp. He should have manned up.

[@jellyfish6777]

+Luke Turner exactly

[@ReversedPolarity]

I found funny that the subscribe Capaldi scene where he seems serious is after that hug scene, it's like he's saying: *"You saw the hug, now SHUT UP, subscribe and get back to your ol' silly life, with all your ol' silly fellow pudding brains!"*

[@elamia6515]

You little dalek , this is what i was about to say :)))

[@the11thdoctor47]

Elena Mia Never, I repeat, NEVER say the D work again.

[@OpenMawProductions]

The 11th Doctor You don't like the D?

[@elamia6515]

OpenMawProductions​ :)))

[@matthewlo55]

If you don't subscribe, **** you.

[@fifth6150]

At the same time 11 doctor: hello, I’m the doctor 12 doctor:hello, I’m the doctor Universe explodes

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

No, that would be the "frog" from "It Takes You Away" crossing over into our universe. lol

[@vincealessandro4386]

This is a great example of how important Murray Gold was to modern Who. His scores were always so perfect 😢

[@dbkwk9]

And he's back!

[@iamsherlocked345]

@@dbkwk9about time …

[@tonyjohnson3752]

Yes! When Clara's theme starts gently playing at the moment she begins to accept him is beautiful

[@theillusionist1494]

During the worst of the Chibnall era, I always said the following: “The Chibnall era of Doctor Who has had writing, storytelling, directorial, and cinematic decisions that I either disagree with, dislike, or flat-out think are incorrect.” “None of that damaged my enjoyment of the show nearly as much as the loss of Murray Gold.” RTD, Moffat, and Chibnall are what help guide and morph Doctor Who. Murray Gold’s music IS Doctor Who.

[@MagicRailRoadReload]

This scene killed me as 11 was my first Doctor, 12 is amazing but seeing Matt again was just lovely and so emotional.

[@a.o.t.l_tng2872]

Same i loved matt smith the most!

[@kopitarrules]

Other Railway Productions You never really get over losing your first Doctor. Mine was Pertwee, it took me a couple of seasons before I forgave Tom Baker for replacing him, but I did, eventually, and now he is one of my all time favourites too. Still Jon will always be MY Doctor.

[@a.o.t.l_tng2872]

kopitarrules i started watching dr who from matt smith. So... yah...

[@a.o.t.l_tng2872]

Nick Latham Well i live in singapore... so i have to illegally watch dr who (don't tell anyone) when i did, I saw matt smith in the episode where amelia and him met the great artist that commited suicide due to depression.

[@a.o.t.l_tng2872]

Nick Latham nice

[@TheScottishFox258]

I cried when I saw Matt Smith again.

[@64SMBZ]

+FoxIGaming Same here. Matt Smith is my favorite doctor and the very moment I heard his voice on the phone, I broke down.

[@TheScottishFox258]

+marioandsonicFTW Most people would probably have cried as well when they seen this scene.

[@eddyrivas3690]

Same a little heart broken

[@caitlinsymons7997]

every1 did:(

[@chriseflores5253]

I never liked Matt Smith's interpretation all that much.

[@madeinelie]

To all the haters, this scene was at the time I watched series 8 for first time exactly what I needed. I really thought I wouldn't let Smith go, but seeing this scene, understanding what was happening and Clara being a transition between two doctors really made me like Capaldi quickly, and he became my favourite doctor!

[@MarionBaggins]

Same!!!

[@commenterjosh2428]

11 was my first, but he's only my 2nd favourite Doctor. My #1 favourite Doctors are 10 and 12, and I really can't decide between them.

[@uneterostardust8233]

Small confession, I finished Matt smith's era for about a month now, watched this episode, but I'm still Grieving both Matt, Amy and Rory, I've never been so emotionally Shaken by a series in *Years* I'm still going to watch capaldi's seasons, maybe today cuz of this line of events Just, Damn, Feels

[@CelticVictory]

The Doctor: "I...I...I don't think I'm a hugging person now." Clara: "I'm not sure you get a vote."

[@doomspidey1737]

"Yes mam"

[@Operation_Bagel]

If only the Doctor from the future could call and say, "Hey don't take the tattoo from Rigsy placed by the eyebrow lady."

[@arsallan]

Ikr ;-;

[@raresmacovei8382]

+TheBagelragel Fixed point in time, plus Gallifrey shennanigans

[@bryanmayle5935]

+Rares Macovei god that episode was terrible

[@raresmacovei8382]

Bryan Mayle Hell Bent you mean ?

[@bryanmayle5935]

Rares Macovei yeah, Heaven sent was really good though

[@itsgabs2]

Sometimes I think this show is cruel. This scene killed me and left me sobbing in a way it was close to absurd. BUT, this was VERY necessary. The Eleventh Doctor is my favorite to this day, he's the one that got me interested in the show in the first place, so seeing him go was the hardest thing I went through as a whovian. I don't think I would've accepted Capaldi that fast if MY Doctor himself hadn't asked me to do so. Because this scene, this is MATT telling us "Peter is scared, please give him a chance". So I did. And thank God, because he's an AMAZING and unique Doctor!! :D

[@DoctorDodge]

+Gabriela Cardoso I think what I love about it especially is Capaldi's speech afterwards. "I wasn't listening, I didn't have to, that was ME talking." And that's a good way to handle regeneration - as differently as the Doctor may look or act, deep down, he's the exact same person, and I love that.

[@itsgabs2]

Yes, exactly!!

[@sc-sp4cm]

when i watched this episode i still wasn't sure of i'd like the new doctor matt is my favorite... but when clara smiled it was like at least for her... she knew everything was going to be ok, nothing makes the world shine as much as when a pretty woman smiles,

[@simfloate]

+stephen crider i think matt is the best doctor to.

[@robbiereilly]

I think the producers knew there might be some hesitation to fully accept Peter as the new Doctor. With every regeneration, there is always that period of time for the audience to adapt to the new character, the new actor. But, in this case, since Peter is so much older than Matt, I believe it was necessary not only for Clara to be nudged into 'seeing him' as the Doctor, but also simultaneously for us to be nudged, too. It was very clever of them to do it this way, for us to go through the experience with Clara. Very clever indeed.

[@VAMPIREGIRL0121]

Oh my god....The Doctor told Clara "Don't be afraid." by season 9 Clara's last words were "Let me be brave."

[@loganrogers1071]

I fell in love w Capaldi right from the start “why can’t you just SEE me” It’s the little bits of 11 still bleeding through masqueraded by 12s new personality.

[@CaptainGeronimo]

I cryed when Matt spoke, but I instantly liked new Doctor after phone call ended. I could see him in him (if that makes any sence). But i started hating 12'th for all that "shut up" and being grumpy. But then next seson shoved him being different, huging, calm ect. That is again the Doctor ive seen. He changed like Hartnell did, grumpy and scarry to open and loving figure.

[@arturmizuno]

Captain Geronimo he perfectly embodied a scared person that slowly opens himself

[@chrisbarnett6362]

It makes perfect sense... I love the 12th Doctor and I always know that all of the previous Doctor's are in there somewhere and that's what you have to remember.

[@yunantheobserver369]

+Artur Mizuno like the eleventh doctor said on the phone "he's more scared than anything"

[@Lizziefan118]

Well, seen that the Twelfth is like the First I've got a theory that Time Lord Personalities are Always the same if you are to gain a new cycle. The First personality bieng the one you get at the first time of a new cycle.

[@SlapshotGritty2814]

When Mattie started speaking, I immediately recognized his voice and almost started sobbing ...

[@ZachsMind]

"You can't see me can you? You look at me and y-you can't see me." 2:42 Whether intentional or not, it looks like Capaldi trying to impersonate Matt Smith. Doing his doctor. It's very sweet. Capaldi does the other doctors all the time whether intentional or not, I see Tom Baker every now and then in his performances. And Sylvester McCoy. It's adorable. He's done his homework, that one.

[@chocobobafett6187]

Zachs Mind Less homework more major fan of the show because in an interview they brought out some of his fan letters as he tried to become the head of the official Doctor Who fan club.

[@ZemplinTemplar]

+Zachs Mind Great comment. :-) I mostly see the Fourth in him too (even the faces are rather similar), and some traits are reminescent of the Third or Seventh. As for the impersonation: I remember Smith doing some impersonations of previous incarnations, possibly because the Doctor was just reminescenting of what he was doing back then. I remember he did a very Hartnell-esque chuckle in one scene of The Snowmen (he was even somewhat similarly dressed). That made me smile back when I first watched it. :-)

[@lauravturner]

I say he is a mix of the 3s. 3rd Doc, 6th Doc and 9th Doc. He's more serious like them in series 8... Though series 9 he has got a bit more upbeat. You see a more vast mix of doctors in series 9.

[@nemointheflesh6902]

he is literally the biggest doctor who fanboy ever. have you seen the thing on Graham Norton when they read out letters he wrote to the BBC as a kid? he was so adorably obsessed!

[@lauravturner]

Yeah, Capaldi deserved this. He complained to the official fandom that he wanted to be the leader. Now he gets a chance to say "Screw you" to all the people who turned him down for just being a child at the time XD If anyone has not seen Graham Norton reading out his fan-mail, go do it. It's really worth it. Capaldi blushes so much from the embarrassment.

[@Author-In-Denial]

the delivery of "i wasn't i didn't need to, that was me talking" honestly gives me so much joy. i don't know why, but it really drives home that clara sees the two as different people, but of course they aren't

[@Codyiguess]

The whole “regeneration” bit from the series has always been so relatable to me. New body, new personality, new morals, thoughts, opinions, but still the experiences and basic soul of every other body he’s been. And then the people around you having to get to know you and relearn things about you. It really feels like living a human life, experiences change us and in a way, we “regenerate” and grow from those experiences. And the people around us have to learn and cope with that, it’s like we can relate to both Clara and the Doctor here. And it makes the scene hit 6x as hard.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

It's beautiful to me how RTD and Moffat took these decades of procedural sci-fi serials and turned them into this character arc commenting on the human spirit. Of course not at all to discount Cornell, Briggs, and the others who did so as well in the intervening years.

[@bradiusmax]

Did 11's regeneration get influenced by Clara telling him he was old and gray? Did he become those things because of the phone call?

[@IOmoon6221]

Maybe, maybe not.

[@whowhowhat4044]

Bootstrap paradox?

[@bradiusmax]

+Karlo Cvitak yeah I like the idea

[@VampireYoshi]

Considering that he told Mr. Clever (the Cyber-Controller) that "who knows what we'll get" if he were to regenerate, it's pretty apparent that he only took the option of directly controlling his regeneration the one time, during The War. So while, al la Karn, he COULD do it, he probably simply 'let go', as per his norm.

[@j.nicolosi6647]

Well here's the thing. Even if we only take official tv anniversary specials into account, 1 has seen his next two and his 5th faces, 2 has seen his next, 5th & 6th, 3 has seen his 5th, 5 has seen his 10th, the War Doctor has seen his 10 & 11th, & 10 has seen his next face. They forget of course but it's there in the deep recesses of their minds. The Doctor's faces are preordained. And then there's Big Finish which is official where numerous crossovers involving 4-8 have happened. And the comics where last year 10-12 & right now 9-12 have met/are meeting. Oh and for the 50th, every incarnation from the original cycle met. And of course how much of The Day of the Doctor do they all remember? They were all there, communicating & saving the day. So theoretically every incarnation has met every incarnation. It's all preordained. All his faces already happened. So knowing he got old & grey? Not news. Not a factor. It already happened. 11 met 12 many times. As will 12 meet 13 & so on

[@elbwil4504]

Ladies and gentlemen, the scene that broke me.

[@bigben028cards1]

Caitlin Williams one of the most tear-jerking moments in doctor who I think.

[@cupkaesnake]

Too many tear-jerking moments in Doctor Who for me.

[@jazzygeofferz]

It was a brilliant scene.

[@MondySpartan]

How about Doomsday?

[@Mastermind8908]

Nah, for me it's still Doc10 saying goodbye to Rose. I dont fight back the tears but it sure is hard not to start bawling.

[@mycroft16]

A line oft overlooked in this scene is when Matt says "Is that the Doctor" to Clara and Peter coming out of the TARDIS says "Is that the Doctor" to Clara as well, intentionally echoing the words he knows he just said to her on the phone. He's already attempting to ease her into this little temporal hug and pep talk she's getting. The pain in Capaldi's eyes and the way he turns when he says "you can't see me" is just heartwrenching.

[@PrinceTrexus]

I love that part! 12: "So who is it?" 11: "Is that the Doctor?" 12: "Is that the Doctor?" Clara: "Yes." 11: "He sounds old! Please tell me I didn't get old! ANYTHING but old!"

[@CrystalWong]

right in the feels, BBC

[@michellesimmons4504]

I know... memories

[@RowanCain]

oh god i cried when i first watched this

[@the11thdoctor47]

It seems I did too. It just hasn't happened for me yet.

[@thebeastois7155]

The 11th Doctor go away 11th doctor you are not a good doctor

[@email356]

The Beastois HAHAHA, you again, HE IS THE BEST!

[@Krynictrace]

1:39 Clara saying "spoilers" would've been the best thing ever.

[@marktotovian6514]

Krynictrace a

[@amziez1218]

The Doctor loves River Song and that is a fact

[@ochleirigh2330]

Lmfa just re watched all Matt Smith's episodes and onto capaldies and just thought that

[@akostopoulou2013]

I want to like your comment but i dont want to ruin the 222 number of likes.

[@einezcrespo]

@@amziez1218 Love or guilt? Sorry but that 'romance," was so contrived.

[@dewy200884]

Lets not argue on whos the best Doctor... Everyone has their own fav.. And I personally think every single Doctor has been amazing and every Doctor's departure has been heart breaking in its own way..

[@jacquelinepoole3309]

Personally it's a tie between smith and capaldi

[@jacquelinepoole3309]

+Jacqueline Poole for me

[@largol33t1]

I agree and I do have my favorite "doctor's assistants". Although Amy Pond is memorable I also like Rose and Clara and would rate them among my three favorites. After doctors 10 and 11, I also like the first one played by Christopher Eccleston and still wish he had stayed for one more season. Sometimes, I wonder how the series would turn out if Keira Knightley or Eve Myles (from Torchwood) had been one of the doctor's assistants. I would have loved seeing Bill Nighy play one of the doctors too.

[@heatherrockwell9012]

dewy200884 TEN'S WAS THE BEST (or worst, depending on your perspective)

[@nightwolf3219]

largol33t1 z

[@stuff31]

even though he's the youngest doctor, he sounds so old. maybe it's because he's dying, maybe he just aged 700 years, maybe that's just him. I find it quite strange yet heartwarming that the youngest doctor could feel like one of the oldest at the same time.

[@iamsherlocked345]

That was exactly what drew me to the show… how the 11th doctor was so young yet so old at the same time.

[@Durwood71]

Matt Smith played the Doctor the same way as Peter Davidson, as an old man in a young man's body.

[@oliviamarshall2384]

when 11 whispers miss ya........😔

[@rickydas5338]

Kills me everytime 😔

[@CinemaBiohazard]

Be funnier if he just said 'turn left, same person, oh and thanks I think I'll regenerate into that bloke from Pompeii.' Seriously, this is probably when he got the idea...presuming that the Doctor can actually (and successfully) choose his face.

[@bensmith5064]

In the old series a female Timelord regenerated and the Doctor was aghast she could choose her own face. She then mocked him, "that is why you should not have left school" or some such, aka he's an under-graduate time-lord wise and doesn't know half the abilities available to him.

[@yunantheobserver369]

+ben Smith ahh you mean romana

[@jonathangurnhill9459]

Floods of tears

[@UncutDIESELX]

Nobody realises that the 11th Doctor was always clever in his own way. Cast your minds back to the pandorica opens he used the time vortex manipulator to tell Rory that any isn't dead and to open the pandorica also the weeping angels the when amy couldn't open her eyes the doctor from the future told her to remember what he told her when she was seven. So yeah as a big big doctor who fan this was done perfectly it showed that the eleventh doctor had one more trick up his sleeve and call Clara from the future before he regenerated it was so perfect and sad to see hit me in the heart. I always wondered why the telephone was of its hatch on the tardis in trenzolor no we know love you Matt you played the doctor perfectly❤️

[@UncutDIESELX]

Amy*

[@mitochondriaz205]

Matt and David were my favourite as for any normal fan but usually fans love David just a bit more but for me I just love Matt a bit more. his portrayal of the doctor a broken and lonely man looking amongst the stars for a sense purpose whilst using humour to hide his past and true self.

[@davidgraham8299]

Doofus. EVERYBODY realises the 11th was clever "in his own way" , he's the Doctor, they're all clever.

[@UncutDIESELX]

david graham david graham wow you are clever replying 4 years later aye 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️😬 let’s break it down 5 years ago when this clip was put up, many people complained about why Matt smith made a cameo in this episode so I just made the comment to put it in perspective for the so called doctor who fans. Ovbs me and clearly you are big fans but for the people that jumped on the band wagon without knowing why Matt made the cameo was just baffling. You sir have a nice day 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@onismbeloved]

Of this didn't hurt enough if u watch Matt carefully when he says I miss you he looks right in the camera like he means he's going to miss everything the fans and most importantly he is going to miss being the doctor 😭

[@LordofFullmetal]

Mia Karlsson What kills me is how each New Who Doctor has, during a brief moment right before they regenerated, broken character and spoken AS themselves to the audience. Chris: "You were fantastic. And do you know what? So was I." David: "I don't want to go". Contrary to popular belief, this was actually David voicing the fact that he didn't want to leave the show (but had decided it was time) Matt: "I swear I won't forget any of this, not one line. I will always remember when the Doctor was me". Breaks my heart every time.

[@onismbeloved]

***** no he did think of it and they had multiple takes he didn't want to full on start crying because that was out of character

[@7pitpat7]

David did not think of the line, it's an urban myth. He didn't like the line

[@onismbeloved]

On the dw confidential they had multiple takes one where he did say the line another where he did and didn't cry another where he started to tear up which made the final cut and another one where he started full on crying

[@TheNinjaMaster235]

Mia Karlsson hen he regenerated and he said that he'll never forget when the Doctor was him, I think Matt actually meant that in a way.

[@polish_filipino]

Everytime I see 12's "You don't see me" scene. I see the image of 11 trying to shine through, you don't really think about it but when he changes. He really does feel like he's trapped in a different body

[@dipix3168]

This is unusual but heartwarming for Doctor Who. Many post regeneration stories kind of move forward, but Matt Smith's post Doctor experience was shocking and needed.

[@Clank343]

I don't know why so many people hate this scene, it's such a wonderful moment and reassures the audience that Capaldi isn't the 'Twelfth Doctor', he is 'THE Doctor'. (The definite article you might say!!

[@Jigglypunk]

My problem with this scene isn't like others concerns my problem with this scene is how Clara is still unable to realize that twelve is the doctor.

[@2small4theMall]

***** that reference c:

[@ShadowKamehameha32]

Orlando Soto Leyton One of the MANY things that I hate about The End of Time Pt.1 and Pt.2. The way 10 left was abysmal, far too emotional to the point where you felt RTD was actually trying to convince us that The Doctor was actually going to DIE for good! Every other doctor before and after Ten accepted and even welcomed Regeneration, they didn't see it as the reaper coming to claim him! 1st Doctor: Acknowledged that his body was "wearing a bit thin" but never did he try to avoid it, he accepted the end with grace. 2nd Doctor: Now HE is the only one who had the right to be against his regeneration, because he was being FORCED to regenerate by the Timelords, he had no choice in the matter so naturally he was against it. 3rd Doctor: After returning from his encounter with the Spider Queen we see he's frail, dying. Probably unsure if he'd regenerate at all, but still even as he was laying there on the verge of death, he focused on consoling Sarah-Jane as she sat there crying. He didn't think about himself. 4th Doctor: After all of his adventures, all of his heroic acts. He knew at Logopolis that his end was coming, but he didn't moan or mope or cry, he got the job done saw his friends one last time and smiled, reassuring them that "the moment had been prepared for" before The Watcher merges with him causing the regeneration to start. 5th Doctor: Now this was one of the most heroic acts The Doctor ever did. In order to save Peri he gave her the antidote knowing full well that there was a chance he wouldn't regenerate. He potentially sacrificed himself for good in order to save someone he cared for. 6th Doctor: Well, anyone knows that we never saw what happened to The 6th Doctor before his demise. But the episode before that had him musing about Carrot Juice. He wasn't contemplating life and death or the flaws of regeneration, he was doing what he does best. Being The Doctor. 7th Doctor: Again, his Regeneration happened whilst he was "dead" but before hand, as he was being operated on, he had the right to intervene and be emotional due to his knowledge of human medical procedures damaging his regeneration process, thus reducing his chances of surviving. 8th Doctor: He had a big reason t have disdain for regeneration, due to everything that happened in the Time War along with what we see happen in The Night of The Doctor. Everything he has seen has driven him to the conclusion that The Doctor was no longer needed, they needed a Warrior. You could tell he didn't like it, but he knew that something had to be done and he/The War Doctor was the only person capable of doing so. War Doctor: After everything he had been through, The Time War itself raging through time space and equilibrium. The lives he had lost, the battles he fought, when it came to his regeneration he looked upon it similar to how he viewed it as the 1st Doctor "wearing a bit thin" he even joked about his potential appearance, viewing his regeneration as the end of his time as The Warrior and once again becoming The Doctor. 9th Doctor: Similar to the 5th Doctor, the 9th Doctor potentially sacrificed himself by absorbing the heart of the TARDIS from Rose into himself. Though he states that he can regenerate I've always felt that a small part of him wasn't so sure. Nevertheless, just before he changed he was joking about the process, then he reassured his companion that she was fantastic before stating that he himself was fantastic also. Going out with a smile. Looking forward to his next life. 10th: As I stated at the beginning of this very long comment (apologies) 10's departure was over emotional to the point where it felt like he was actually going to die. Not to mention the fact that he WASTED a regeneration simply because he "liked" being him (Vanity much?) Throughout the whole of The End of Time, all he did was cry and moan about his "death" that was surely coming for him. He didn't leave with his head held high, he left his time as The Doctor with a whimper, crying and nearly killing himself and destroying the TARDIS in the process. 11th Doctor: After roughly a thousand years or more of constant warfare on Trenzalore the Doctor knew this time that his life was over. No more Regenerations, no more chances. This was the end and he knew it. Even the , knowing he'd die he went and faced his foes with honor and bravery. Then when the Timelords granted him a new regeneration cycle, he gleefully accepted it as he regenerated. Then when the time came, he mused on his changing and ultimately saw it as a good thing. He looked on it as his chapter ending and the Doctor's continuing. Again, sorry for the immensely long comment, but just look at the example and see that 10's regeneration was handled so poorly that was almost another waste of a regeneration.

[@ShadowKamehameha32]

+Orlando Soto Leyton If you read all of that I salute you xD!

[@chocobobafett6187]

The Godly Brony Well when you compare his actions in the episode to all the others she has seen/met he doesn't act like the Doctors before him. I can see your point that Clara shouldn't need to be told that he is still the doctor but I shall counter that with the question: Why do people need to be told don't bring a hair dryer into the shower and turn it on?

[@caitlynmarie2677]

I truly appreciated how they let Clara have that human moment where she couldn’t see that he was, essentially, the same man.

[@meganbella8262]

When he says ‘miss ya’ I start crying uncontrollably :(

[@flowersbyphone2554]

oh god you just reminded me of that and now /i'm/ crying

[@lolaadamczyk6675]

I genuinely believe that the doctor loved or at least really liked Clara. And when he found out he wasn't young anymore, he knew he'd have to relally convince Clara it was still him because I know she loved him too.

[@Spanner1971B]

Genuinely my favourite moment in Doctor Who of all time. Not even close. Clara had a bizarre and flawed run but this Clara... this Clara was perfect.

[@chungkingexpress94]

Series 8 Clara is great imo

[@caomhan84]

"Goodbye, Clara. Miss ya." Those words are going to be so true in just a few weeks. I don't want her to go. :'(

[@zinki120]

and it did. even I can't go over it even after Hell bent. but I am anxious to see what is 12th Doctor going to do next.

[@emilyrosesparkes8123]

Let US be brave

[@ValpasKankaristo]

+zinki120 Ooh, I think I know what's gonna happen now... He must get back.

[@kaurii_3586]

I don't want to go....

[@TheDoctorBrown]

This kind of scene is typically what's missing from Doctor Who right now, it's what really made me fall in love with the show, for pity's sake, give me this kind of emotional, heartbreaking scene again!

[@KutlucanChloe]

"that was me talking" gets me every time, and it has been 7 years WAOW!

[@pandaphil]

I got a bit teary-eyed as well. A lovely little scene.

[@swiftbird4846]

The beauty is that any Doctor could spontaneously call one day.

[@a.m11558]

This is one of the greatest scenes in television history, and I truly mean that. It's just masterful, from the writing, to the acting, the score and the cinematography. Fantastic.

[@burner8504]

You can truly mean it all you want. You’re not the judge of all television history lol. You can declare whatever you want about anything. Nobody else has to agree

[@a.m11558]

@@burner8504 I was drunk

[@raginbakin1430]

While I get the sentiment, I really don’t understand why people like to make these types of hyperbolic, superlative statements about movies, shows, etc. “This scene is the greatest example of so and so…” Art is subjective; there is no “greatest” of anything

[@a.m11558]

@@raginbakin1430 I was drunk

[@maggiem6209]

The delivery of "You can't see me" took me from fine, feeling sort of distanced to the whole exchange, to instant harsh shudder-crying. Oh god, what a horrid idea it would be to live for as long as the Doctor does, and knowing that the person you need most in this moment doesn't treat you like the same person, even though you are.

[@Silverpup67]

The brilliance of DR Who is realizing that no show, no matter how amazing it is, you cannot have the same actor forever. Making recast as unavoidable like death itself. They took a “problem”, and made it an essential and wonderful part of the series. Accepting that things change, people come and go…and, it’s ok.

[@SunlightHikari]

Thank you! I cried like a child with this scene, I miss Matt so much. Capaldi and Jenna were superb also.

[@2kooltwins]

Capaldi and Coleman are honestly some of the shows best actors. They are what made series 8 so great

[@SheldonAdama17]

“Goodbye Clara, miss ya” We miss you too Matt. And Peter Capaldi went on to be an amazing Doctor - the only Doctor I watched in real time - and I was sad to see him leave.

[@a_ditto5722]

We're nearly through the next doctor and his companion yet whenever I hear "doctor who" I think Matt smith and Clara.. never gonna get over them

[@tobito9730]

UniversalMinerHD Same. Wish Matt and Jenna could have had more episodes together.

[@_that_ginger_guy_9518]

UniversalMinerHD Matt was Amy's doctor Clara was meant to be capaldis companion... The new one is just ruining the god damn process

[@foxydev4056]

That's your opinion.

[@niceapes]

Capaldi’s Doctor and Clara is the best duo this show ever had.

[@HMarilys]

Exacly, was perfect

[@No-ec4gi]

2:47 she doesn’t know right now but at the end of her adventure she’ll know

[@idea2go]

Peter Capaldi has a great sense of cadence and dramatic timing. Excellent scene!

[@zowho]

When he said "I didn't, that was me talking", that made me feel so stupid... of course that's him... I had exactly the same reaction as Clara, I couldn't see him...made me feel really stupid

[@richardvinsen2385]

These scene always grabs my heart. “You look at me and you can’t see me.”

[@caityhinds]

This scene is so much sadder now because Clara now knows exactly what its like to be looked at but not properly seen or recognised, in the café/her tardis with 12 when he forgot her

[@evarhart]

I love Capaldi’s doctor so much. Everything we’ve learned about the doctor up to his incarnation is really felt in his portrayal. This really felt like the doctor at their most raw. He will always hold a special place in my heart as my favorite doctor. When I was younger I hated him and Clara, but nearly a decade later on a rewatch showing the series to my grandpa I gained a new appreciation for the both of them and now they are my all time favorites. What a crazy 180°!

[@glennjoyce7682]

#GoodnightRaggedyMan

[@mikacookiegaming1294]

MY H E A RT

[@sofiyanali2489]

Trying really, really hard not to cry. Failing miserably.

[@dallasmeade9515]

"I'm not on the phone, I'm right here. Please just, just see me."

[@bao1964]

I have never even watched a single ep of Doctor Who, mainly due to the fact that i hasn't been able to find a decent source, and this scene right here, just a single scene was able to move me to tears. Thats how you know its hell of a good show.

[@markenetube]

If you want tears watch this, kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5O3e3yVitWbhs0 regarded by many as the best ever episode.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Perfect time to jump on. The new run is on Disney+ and is good so far (just not as excellent as this).

[@ShrubRustle]

It's always a challenge for writers to make different Doctors feel like the same person. In that one moment, the one moment where the Doctor says, "you can't see me, can you?" i think that moment provides the best perspective on that. it really lays bare how intense regenerating is for him, and how he's still always the same person

[@biblegirl]

11 was my true introduction to the show. Although by this point I had seen many regenerations in past viewings this was my first "live" one. How lucky was I to be reassured by my Doctor that things would be okay. Sweet moment for a fan.

[@lightstep1433]

I love when the Doctor has a companion who continues after a regeneration. The companion is our window into the show and the companion grieving over their Doctor helps me feel I can do the same. It also offers an intetesting dynamic because we get to see how the companion interacts with the Doctor before and after the regeneration.

[@thedoodler8552]

"You look at me and you can't see me...Do you know what that feels like?" Pretty soon...she will know. (Hell Bent, for those who didn't get it)

[@MotorCityPhoenix313]

It also made me realize he finally understands how River Song felt when she first met 10 in the library

[@zlee001]

bill said that to him too.

[@messupd]

oUCH

[@unoriginaluser575]

The Doodler I’m confused can someone explain

[@zlee001]

@@unoriginaluser575 he will forget who clara is. Even when he was talking to her.

[@DavidMorrison-ol7cn]

Wow. So much in one simple scene! Wonderful acting, story-telling and characterization. How I miss 10, 11 and Clara as she was then. I stopped watching after 2 episodes into 12 and I get all I need from my DVD’s and Blu-Rays. But clips like this serve to remind me of the greatness that was Doctor Who. Thank you for posting.

[@grayeaglej]

Oh my god how can these people create such powerful emotions with a few expressions and a handful of words? How can they speak volumes using only thier eyes? And how, how how how, can they have kept doing it for over fifty years?

[@robbiereilly]

I'm trying to figure that one out myself.

[@a_ditto5722]

Mouse GrayEagle because it wasn't with those words. Like every good joke, the funny part was built up over time, they were just the punchline.

[@JacktheRah]

With the craft of filmmaking. With great acotrs and actresses and with great writers. With a great team.

[@catherinestickels2591]

It doesn't hurt that Jenna Coleman has the eyes of an anime puppy. She can melt you with them.

[@MegaAstroFan18]

"There’s this moment that you’re sure you’re about to die, and then you’re born. It’s terrifying. Right now, I’m a stranger to myself. There’s echoes of who I was and a sort of call towards who I am and I have to hold my nerve and trust all these new instincts, shape myself towards them."

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

As a guy who saw this episode live, let me tell you I needed this scene.

[@TheRealGarg]

The little smile Clara gives him when she finally sees him sells the whole thing