Breaking The Wall | Heaven Sent | Doctor Who

[@xedalpha1]

Capaldi was so good he held an episode all by himself. He was so good the entire rest of the cast was OPTIONAL when he was around. The man is pure, distilled gravitas.

[@NashmanNash]

And than came Jodie...who,atleast in her run as the Doctor,had about as much gravitas as a wallpaper

[@radosawrudolf4931]

@@NashmanNash Honestly I can't tell if it was even her fault. Her entire run was just a crapshow all together. I'm so happy we got the 12th doctor as a final love letter before all of that. It was genuinely as if you put all the care and detail that went into making something like the River Song/Melody Pond story arc, into a single doctor's run.

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

Something Jodie could not do.

[@Katvanished]

don't blame jodie. she's clearly an excellent actor. chibinall on the other hand... @@NashmanNash

[@Venomous28]

Yup, pure distilled mavitas

[@staniel2977]

“There’s this emperor, and he asks the shepherd’s boy how many seconds in eternity. And the shepherd’s boy says, ‘There’s this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it and an hour to go around it, and every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on the diamond mountain. And when the entire mountain is chiseled away, the first second of eternity will have passed.’ You may think that’s a hell of a long time. Personally, I think that’s a hell of a bird.”

[@fnafnerd8102]

Beautiful

[@chapita1964]

Cuento de los hermanos Grim; él mismo lo dice al principio.

[@MmeNova]

I can now memorise this thank you

[@makkapakka5197]

The hero we needed

[@manamongmen3381]

millions of years to say 90 words. powerful.

[@rodolfobevione5871]

"How many seconds in eternity? And the shepherd boy says 𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀𝐀"

[@MadSwedishGamer]

I mean, fair. That's a hell of an existential question.

[@mahideergin7285]

I hate you guys and your not-supposed-to-be-funny comments. I'm laughing so hard

[@isaaccookingham5120]

Underrated comment

[@ondracabala7811]

How... *AAAAAAAAA* How many... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity? *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity?? And... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity?? And the... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity?? And the shepherd.... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity?? And the shepherd boy.... *AAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity ?? And the shepherd boy says.... *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* How many seconds in eternity?? And the shepherd boy says **PUNCH** There's this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it and an hour to go around it! *AAAAAAAA* Every hundred years, a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on the diamond mountain *AAAAAAA* And when the entire mountain is chiselled away, the first second of eternity will have passed!! *AAAAAAA* You must think that's a hell of a long time. *AAAAAAAA* Personally, I think that's a hell of a *AAAAAA* Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird. - 12th Doctor.

[@AnglicanFish]

[cough] [cough]

[@jgrado3]

This is what makes Peter Capaldi’s Twelve stand out above the rest: an entire episode imprisoned in isolation functioning as one extra long soliloquy culminating in the Doctor literally punching his way to freedom.

[@deuce5546]

Capaldi had the best "alone" moments, Moffat and the crew knew he was good, they gave him so many scenes where he's just acting standalone. I love Twelfth, Capaldi, and his run.

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

over two billion years

[@RunnerBeanzDad]

This probably won't make sense, but . . . Patrick Troughton remains my favourite . . . . but I think Peter Capaldi was the best.

[@brobro9169]

@@RunnerBeanzDad makes sense, troughton is goated

[@mr.randomguys7629]

@@RunnerBeanzDad I completely understand what you mean. If it means anything I think “The War Games” is the best episode of Doctor Who of all time.

[@georgerogers2120]

So... does anybody else find it amazing that they managed to make an episode where they kill our favorite character millions of times, and still fill the episode with hope and a kind of subdued optimism?

[@eon5323]

Yeah because it was easy for him. If it really took a billion years, he'd had long forgotten who he was, who Clara was, what he was doing there, maybe his entire life, maybe he'd be paralysed from some kinda of SUPER DEMENTIA lol But nah he's the main character int he, so he'll be fine

[@rukouJJ]

@@eon5323 not really , every time the doctor arrives into the dial it’s a clone generated from data . He has no idea he is in a loop until the moment he dies. All he has is hope that the next one will do exactly as he did and every so slowly chisel at the diamond wall , and he knows that the next one will.

[@goldenhorde6944]

Well the whole thing was happening inside the Confession Dial so my interpretation was that it was all just a simulation set up by the Time Lords and the "actual" Doctor never really died, he just went into the dial and came out, otherwise it raises all sorts of weird questions about immortality and existentialism in the wider universe.

[@cowardduck2083]

@@goldenhorde6944 That's how I'm looking at it. None of it was 'real' but it was a battle of wills between the Doctor and the Time Lords that had been a long time coming (especially since they forced him to regenerate at the end of The War Games).

[@philleW12]

Its for the same reason why i like Re:Zero so much, near endless suffering but still satisfying endings

[@s02229]

A moment of silence for the second last doctor. He was one punch away :(

[@thetwelfthdoctor9892]

always remember number 12- year 4,499999999999 billion of years and 364 days.

[@enzyte9215]

@@thetwelfthdoctor9892 lmfao

[@rekisrax7344]

M

[@aseemsharma1427]

F

[@circlesho5645]

Nah each centimeter of diamond would have taken multiple punches to chisel away... They obvioudly didn't show every single instance of him dying

[@samuelfawell9159]

I remember the first time I saw this, and the moment of “oh no it’s a loop”, and the raw power of Peters Speech, of dying over, over, over again just to reach the end and get his friend back. It really was a raw exposure of WHO the Doctor is, the one who will face the danger, face the abyss, will face the monsters and not back down, will not flee or break, will face a pile of diamond blocking the way out, not with depression or fear but a determined anger of a refusal to break. That is who the doctor is, not someone who just.. sits down and waits to die, not someone who lets grief over come them, but the person who is told “you can’t do this” and replies with “watch me”

[@group2gaming]

i mean, he kinda did let grief overcome him. After losing rose, donna, amy, rory, etc. this time he went 4.5billion years into the future just to bring clara back. But you're right, he doesn't sit down and wait to die because of this. To quote the zygon speech, "Do you know what you do with all that pain? You hold it tight, until it burns your hand. And you say this: No one else will ever have to live like this, no one else will ever have to feel this pain. Not on my watch."

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@group2gaming and it’s one of the reasons why 12 was so good, Peter and Matt where both amazing at being able to play the “old” the “age” of the Doctor though, the speech against the parasite god is amazing, just the way Matt let that raw pain into his voice and Peter when he let the sorrow of time and the loss of so many show. And even in one of the sarah Jane episodes where Matt was he even mentioned it, “I can’t go back, I can’t look back, but I remember them all”, it’s something that the new doctors need to be able to express, the age and pain that they carry, seeing so many people die, losing so many friends, and failing so many times, but not letting it stop them, they don’t let the grief disable them, they use it, they turn it to anger and they USE IT. One of Terry Pratchetts things was “don’t get scared, get angry” which really is an amazing way to face the things that try to threaten and push you down.

[@guyrogen9911]

Shit 😭

[@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo]

"Coward, any day."

[@tranz2deep]

The man honed his determination the whole while... Is it any wonder Heaven Sent was followed by Hell Bent?

[@Timeworks]

Everything about this episode is perfect: writing, directing, acting, music - EVERYTHING. This is forever my favourite work of film/television out of anything else... and ofc, my favourite Doctor.

[@Lacie9]

😏

[@Raftors]

I love the writing, directing 😏 ,acting and music too

[@Raftors]

@Clown I love you so much

[@Raftors]

@Clown thank you b 😏

[@snapsicle4855]

Same

[@jamespoole3531]

It would be a bit awkward if the doctor finished his speech before he got to the end of the wall

[@kalakritistudios]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lucasparadox6823]

"... so How Many times have you Killed me Now?"

[@MRJMXHD]

@@lucasparadox6823 I can imagine Peter saying that. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MathMan410]

A bit yeah

[@samuelbarber6177]

He probably did that a few times

[@BladeV8]

What I love about this - beyond the genius of the concept & plotting - is that you can hear Capaldi get more emotional each time the loop resets. It peaks around the 2 million years mark, as if he's realising the futility of his task and perhaps thinking of quitting. Then he slowly gets more cocky & self-assured as he goes further and can see the dent he's making in the wall. That's a) incredible attention to detail and b) incredibly perceptive from Capaldi to pick up on it in the script.

[@MurrayTheMac]

Give credit to the director as well. It's the director's job to see the big picture and get the performance from the actors which makes it all fit together.

[@mattyice9535]

@@MurrayTheMac Rachel Talalay is outstanding. Best Director New Who has ever had.

[@littleripper312]

@@MurrayTheMac It's usually the writer who plans all that out and they just execute it. The writer is usually the mastermind and is the last one to get credit.

[@andrewcruzsmith2343]

I dont tgink what you said makes sense cuz by the logic of tgis episode all that is happening is he is being cloned meaning why would he give up something he technically has no knowledge of , like he didnt know about the task until he got to the wall so I think your point is null and void

[@mattyice9535]

@@andrewcruzsmith2343 its Doctor Who. Shit is weird. Not to mention since the entire point of the confession dial is to torture the Doctor, and having him remember every time would certainly count as torture in this context. The TimeLords would absolutley do that to him. So no, the point is not null in void. Theoretically it works. And if you don't think 12 is going through different emotions during the end of his speech each time, from despair to hopelessness to triumph, you might not have watched the same episode as me.

[@Zahlen0]

There was once a once upon a time a shepherd boy whose fame spread far and wide because of the wise answers which he gave to every question. The King of the country heard of it likewise, but did not believe it , and sent for the boy. Then he said to him: "If you can give me an answer to three questions which I will ask you, I will look on you as my own child, and you shall dwell with me in my royal palace." The boy said: "What are the three questions?" The King said: "The first is, how many drops of water are there in the ocean?" The shepherd boy answered: "Lord King, if you will have all the rivers on earth dammed up so that not a single drop runs from them into the sea until I have counted it, I will tell you how many drops there are in the sea." The king said: "The next question is, how many stars are there in the sky?" The shepherd boy said: "Give me a great sheet of white paper," and then he made so many fine points on it with a pen that they could scarcely be seen, and it was all but impossible to count them; any who looked at them would have lost his sight. Then he said: "There are as many stars in the sky as there are points on the paper; just count them." But no one was able to do it. The King said: "The third question is, *how many seconds of time are there in eternity?"* *Then said the shepherd boy: "In Lower Pomerania is the Diamond Mountain, which is two miles high, two miles wide, and two miles deep; every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on it, and when the whole mountain is worn away by this, then the first second of eternity will be over."* The King said: "You have answered the three questions like a wise man, and shall henceforth dwell with me in my royal palace, and I will regard you as my own child." - The Shepherd Boy, from The Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. "YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S A HELL OF A LONG TIME... PERSONALLY... I THINK THAT'S A HELL OF A BIRD!!!"

[@ok80085]

Ah

[@TheUndead400]

Yep

[@MizaT11]

Uh-huh

[@charliemanning3416]

Thanks, this makes it even more interesting

[@numberoneintrovert]

You really know your literature. I had no idea about that. Thanks.

[@jessecooper5900]

If I didn't know better, I'd say this show's been going for 60 years. You must think that's a hell of a long time Personaly, I think that's a hell of a show!

[@ylugnaggaming]

The father of One Piece😅

[@HyperDangerousThing]

What about the bird

[@thejuiceking2219]

shame it had to keep going

[@personalemail9329]

Too long if you ask me. It should have died a hero, not remain as a mostly stinker series with one or two good standalone episodes per season.

[@zackisaak4837]

GET IT!!!

[@randypandy13]

It's even more amazing when you remember that the /first/ Doctor to emerge from the telepod thing didn't have all the "hints" and "clues" left behind by his predecessors. He had to figure /everything/ out, down to the point of realizing he needed his future clones to break through and manipulating them so that the last one would get the desired result.

[@weebjeez]

Well, that's the thing, though. A lot of specific things were not, or could not have been put there by the Doctor. I think that maybe the First Doctor was in there for an inordinate amount of time, at least, compared to later iterations. He could have been biding his time, because he had plenty of inconsequential secrets to flit out. At that point, it would then become full time about devising a plan, and putting the proper pieces in place. And leaving no more clues than were absolutely necessary, to evade notice by any intelligent being who might be monitoring the simulation. Then, most iterations were pretty quick, one and done. Though I imagine some clues were added over time, simply by the nature of the clues themselves seeming... odd. Of course, this is assuming the first Doctor even managed to get this far. It could have been much further down the line that all of Doc's previous attempts started to leave after-effects in the loops.

[@philippebernard4577]

@@weebjeez Nope. It's well said that this is his personnal Confession Dial. Twelve's one. Don't come with that random boring fan fiction when relative to a so perfect masterpiece as Heaven Sent is. Please... Don't take the dark Chibnall's path thru the poisoned wasteland !... PS : Watch it again. It's obvious that you didn't understand a single word of it, sorry to say that...

[@whotheo4878]

@@philippebernard4577 for clarification, do you think they’re talking about the first regeneration of the Doctor, or the first Capaldi to take a run at the confession dial? It sounds like you think they’re talking about the ‘first Doctor’ while they’re talking about the ‘first’ Doctor.

[@AmyElnah]

@@philippebernard4577 ironic, saying someone didn't understand a word of the episode while you didn't understand anything of what the comment actually meant...

[@eugene719]

@@weebjeez it's the bootstrap paradox

[@SheldonAdama17]

Rory Williams: I guarded my girlfriend for 2000 years! Twelfth Doctor: Hold my beer.

[@momgirlcop1]

Actually I think Rory’s feat is more impressive, think about, Rory was conscious for a full 2 Millenia the doctor only ever really experience one part of the cycle Odeon his memory he was aware but he doesn’t remember them

[@gurimisenpai2358]

Girlcop17 Someone said it to be "The Doctor remembers everything from the past Clones right at the End

[@gurimisenpai2358]

@M.H.0903 mmm...I did comment "Someone SAID it to be." I Did not Claim that it was a Fact.

[@bmsvg7356]

Girlcop17 yeah but every time he died. Even if he never remembers it, that’s some pretty ballsy stuff.

[@1998rg]

Gurimi Senpai he remembers or did you not watch the episode?

[@TheGaroStudios]

*The Greatest scene* mankind has ever seen with *The one of the greatest musics* Murray Gold has ever produced...

[@Kernal_Panic0000]

I love your vids m8

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

And so fitting this music was repurposed for Capaldi's final scene as The Doctor, as well.

[@TheWhovianWizard]

-Unknown- #0001 one of the greatest music pieces by anyone in my eyes

[@Stei_n]

Wow only 3 replies? But yeah your vids are amazing.

[@phatmantv]

Not enough Dormomu I've come to bargain.

[@theillusionist1494]

That yell of pure determination at 2:54 has resonated in my brain for seven years. What a character, what a scene, what a performance. 12/10.

[@uomoafide6539]

What.... what do you mean 7 years... *Heaven Sent was released in 2015* Oh... oh dear...

[@TomGibson.]

@@uomoafide6539idk I thought it was nearly 50 years ago at this point

[@charlielloyd4099]

@@uomoafide6539 if I didn’t know any better, I’d say it was twelve thousand years ago

[@vorpalweapon4814]

@@uomoafide6539 that cant be

[@BerzerkVideos]

@@charlielloyd4099 six-hundred thousand years ago.

[@nutellablop]

I love how despite his eternity of hell, he takes the time to carve out a perfectly rectangular hallway instead of a more efficient circular shape to crawl through. Were there iterations that simply punched upwards just to get the aesthetics right?

[@fgailitis8911]

I mean, at the end, a perfect shape of wall brakes at the end, even if he seemingly punches only middle. Maybe the rest of the wall formed a shape, when it took enough damage.

[@FaultyRedstone95]

I feel the reason is a bit darker than that. He knows he can't punch that wall for long. He needs to leave space for it to catch up, and end that iteration.

[@zwojack7285]

It was just one second of his eternity of hell.

[@trabladorr]

Each iteration knew it was going to do very little, and die. They also all knew that it doesn't matter how long it takes. Might as well make it easy for the one that survives!

[@heatherrockwell9012]

Well, he's probably touching the walls and flailing his arms fairly often- over time that's going to make a fairly large hole

[@Sol_VI]

Arguably one of THE greatest Doctor Who moments in history.

[@vullord666]

Personally for me it’s *THE Greatest Single Episode* (not storyline; Hell Bent doesn’t keep the momentum and there are better storylines, a spectacularly amazing solo episode).

[@BeliseoftheNIne]

I'm late to the party, but even people who watched the old Dr. Who agree that this episode could be the greatest Dr. Who episode of all time. And I would whole-heartedly agree, not just for the episode itself, but the entire context of what it means.

[@AstroGm0089]

@@BeliseoftheNIne this episode no. Scene alone beats the whole two season of Jodies Dr.who because the screen writers and companions were soo boring.

[@blank2276]

It is top 10

[@raulbetancourt5795]

Personally for me, it was My first single episode of the serie, and it was great althought is was very confusing at first.

[@TLH1999]

When your grinding one level in a game to get a specific item

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

So basically trying to get the King's Sword in Earthbound?

[@kengally]

The Gutsy Bat

[@mega20able]

@@1d10tcannotmakeusername Or Elizabeth's requests in Persona 3

[@bluefootwalking]

"Personally...I think that's a HELL of a LOOT DROP!"

[@Dracobyte]

In Dark Souls.

[@androidaxolotl8311]

If I didn't know better, I'd say I'd watched this scene 50 times already.

[@janehrahan5116]

If I didn't know better I'd say I watched this scene 200 times already.

[@nathanbarrett4402]

If I didn't know better, I'd say I'd watched this scene 1000 times already.

[@gswcooper7162]

@@nathanbarrett4402 If I didn't know any better, I'd say I've watched this scene 40,000 times already.

[@rudrasingh6354]

@@gswcooper7162 If I didn't know any better, I'd say I've watched this scene 100,000 times already.

[@dogaplays]

You must think that's a hell of a view. Personally, I think that's a hell of a show.

Would love to forget this episode and watch it again with that first impression. This is Moffat's masterpiece

[@KJD7291]

It's ironic that the best episode of New-who only has The Doctor and no one else in.

[@randomuser5237]

PLASMAA it also compensates for the fact that the second best episode (Blink) has so little of The Doctor in it.

[@jamesiyer4937]

Clara isn't really in it though, just in the doctor's head. Same goes for his TARDIS.

[@mihailazar2487]

The Hybrid does not qualify as a charachter ?

[@andrewcruzsmith2343]

Of course. Well it has a bit of a cameo. But really just him

[@WhaleManMan]

Also ironic that the worst episode of New Who is right after.

[@kazyle3897]

This scene was profound to me in relation to my battle with mental illness. For 2 years I became very ill and I developed extreme anxiety and depression.I had a myriad of horrible symptoms and each second truly felt like an eternity. While I was sick I saw this episode and it gave me hope that if the doctor never gave up, even after billions of years, than I could keep fighting too. I thank The Doctor for being able to break my diamond mountain.

[@shinji8624]

Are you better now buddy?

[@space5422]

same for me, for every battle i had and have to go through, this episode helped me. We are birds

[@andrewphillips-hird3761]

Man I hope mine doesn't take 4 and a half billion years to break

[@ssssSTopmotion]

Wow

[@samhain3709]

I have a similar story and reading yours brought tears in my eyes. I hope you're doing better and keep fighting.

[@kkh5285]

2:07 I was curious why Moffat wrote 52 million years not 50 million years, and I realized Heaven Sent was shown five days after Doctor Who 52nd anniversary.

[@K_regenerating_abyss]

An underrated comment.

[@loferx]

Out of all the episodes, out of fifty something years of doctor who, this, this right here is the best scene - and honestly, Capaldi, in my opinion, is the best actor to grace the role of the doctor.

[@AmandeepSingh0913]

Not the best...one of the best..but it shows with the right story and his acting this doctor would have been really great...could have gotten more stories to showcase his acting skill and range

[@czaxi_official]

Obviously, you never saw Christopher Eccleston play The Doctor.

[@cathroulette]

Or David Tennant

[@waynestrange]

​@@czaxi_official Please. Christopher Eccleston could never hope to deliver a speech like this, and on top of it he's a terrible human being who doesn't care about Doctor Who or its fans. Stop gushing for the guy. He sucks. None of the other New Who Doctors could have pulled this episode off, and I say this as huge fans of both Tennant and Smith. There's a reason why this episode was written for Capaldi.

[@brobro9169]

@@AmandeepSingh0913 easily the best kid

[@eline.de.allerbeste]

This scene became a symbol for me finishing my master thesis in a time where everything in my life went wrong. And now, during a global pandemic, everyone’s watching the episode together today. I love this show so much!

[@mjrussell414]

NPC 1984 Maybe you don’t because you can’t muster a care for anything, but thankfully nobody elected you to speak on behalf of everybody, so back under your bridge you go.

[@brettpritchard265]

The most wonderful metaphor for over coming grief (or adversity in general) that I've ever seen in life.

[@YasonYou]

Ohhh SHIT I didn't think of that? But is it though? Given the Doctor KILLED a man to try and save Clara in the very next episode.

[@MonkeyMaster88]

@@YasonYou Which is why Hell Bent is regarded as one of the worst episodes of new Who. It kills the great buildup Heaven Sent was going for and completely ruined the best death Clara could've gotten in Face the Raven. Also he freaking shoots someone! The biggest no-no to date on new Who

[@mirandakeith8108]

@@MonkeyMaster88 Exactly. Like, this episode was already really powerful, but imagine how incredible it would have been if rather than the absolute nonsense that was Hell Bent, we'd had an episode where he came to terms with the fact that Clara was really dead. You can even keep a lot of the core elements of Hell Bent as far as the doctor returning to Gallifrey. It could even be about him TRYING to save her with the focus being making the conceptual elements from Heaven Sent real, so that rather than actually saving her he realizes he doesn't need to. So many ways for the episode to be written and they chose the literal worst one.

[@mega20able]

@@mirandakeith8108 It even contradicts its themes at some points. It makes a point, like The Waters of Mars before it, that the Doctor and other immortal beings are not supposed to travel alone or with each other. They need reminders of what life and death are truly like to not become complacent and jaded, as shown when 4 billion years of killing and resurrecting the Doctor turn him into the biggest threat in the universe. And his "karmic punishment" is... to be left alone, and rendered uncapable of learning from the experience because his memory is gone. Also make Clara and Ashildr travel by themselves, as immortals. Sorry, what? Instead of making the doctor realize on his own what he must do, and make him come to terms with Clara's death, they give into cop out and solved the episode by giving him amnesia, and then pretend everything was okay when the ENTIRE POINT of series 9 is to explain why this sort of ending would be terrible. Like, what the fuck. I'm not a part of the Moffatt hate club, but Hell Bent almost feels like he gave up early and just wanted the story done with. I'll never understand why they did what they did.

[@pranavkalra]

@@mega20able I see where you're coming from but I saw it a bit differently. I think Clara sticks around after the Doctor's amnesia to make sure he does realize that the story he's telling is what happened to his memory, and that he does remember what he did right and wrong and grows from it (as we see in S10). I think the idea that the Doctor's power interferes with his ability to come to terms with normal human stuff is a thread that goes through season 9. Instead of the Doctor's immortality making him jaded and complacent, it actually drives him the other way IMO. We see him barely able to contain his disappointment and rage at Ashildr's death, someone who he barely knew, and give in to the power he has and break the rules he sets for himself. When it comes to Clara, "the first face this face saw" those emotions run much deeper. He tries to go through the stages of grief (Denial and Anger in Face the Raven; Anger, Bargaining and Depression in Heaven Sent; Bargaining and Depression in Hell Bent), but again, his cosmic perspective just kind of prevents and breaks that. When most people bargain with loss, they don't actually have the ability to bring people back. He's unable to see the simpler way to deal with it until he talks to Clara again, and realizes both the immorality and stupidity of his actions. The only option for him is to lose parts of his memory, which serves as "karmic punishment" and as a way to gain some emotional distance to allow himself to accept her death. The punishment also kind of makes up for Donna, and requires him to continue being the Doctor. Letting Clara and Ashildr travel was definitely a bit of a cheat, but I don't personally feel like it cheapens the growth they've been through (and honestly, Ashildr deserves it more than anyone). It's also very typically DW, as I don't think any Nu-Who companion has gotten an ending that was just plain sad and wasn't somewhat hopeful or optimistic. In my head-canon, Clara goes back after one last hurrah of an adventure.

[@TheCountZopolai]

OK, so, I worked this out while trying to get some sleep a day or two ago. A mountain is usually a roughly conical shape, with a circular base. A comfortable hiking pace is around 4kmh, assuming reasonable fitness and terrain. So if it takes 1h to go around it, the circumference must be roughly 4km. Lets assume that the summit of the mountain is roughly in the centre of that conical shape. This makes it around c.630 meters away in a horizontal line (Radius= Circumference/2π) Normally this would take c.10 minutes to walk; but, of course, it takes an hour to climb it. Hikers often recon an extra minute for roughly every 10m you climb, so given that there are around 50 extra minutes to account for, the mountain must be roughly 500m tall from its base. Long story short, the volume of the mountain would be around 200,000 m3. Assuming- say- that the bird removes 1mm3 every hundred years, it would have to return roughly 200 trillion times. The mountain would therefore be chisled away in roughly 20 quadrillion years (i.e. 20,000,000,000,000,000 years) which is in the order of 1.5 million times the age of the universe.

[@tal1018]

thats a hell of a bird

[@tescobesco]

that is indeed, one hell of a bird

[@samfowler2073]

They did the maths and proved that it's a hell of a bird. Does make me wonder though, what was the bird doing in those hundred year gaps?

[@foxthefox1594]

@@samfowler2073immortal bird things

[@itsaworkingtitleipromise]

so im gonna take a wild shot in the dark and assume the first second of eternity hasn't passed yet

[@DanielaGarcia-jk8hb]

This scene made me realize Capaldi is my Doctor. 9 was the beginning of everything for me, 10 was a role model, my hero, 11 was my best friend, and 12, he is all the doctor has ever been and will ever be for me :')

[@legohero451]

Daniela García 12 is like the father figure

[@HMarilys]

I agree❤

[@timothybrooks149]

This episode truly demonstrated the greatness of Moffat and Capaldi.

[@AstroGm0089]

Moffat shall always be missed. Loved all of his episodes he wrote up.

[@omerde5545]

@@AstroGm0089 and now the serie turned into something else... but i cant split on it it still something pretty cool

[@GregMachlin]

And director Rachel Talalay. And composer Murray Gold.

[@christianrubert126]

@@AstroGm0089 what he doesnt realize he is well loved by fandom

[@IngotAU]

@@GregMachlin Yep! Came on here to say this! 👏😃

[@AakashVadher]

This was without a doubt the highlight of Season 9

[@athanoslee]

Aakash Vadher And the one that the Doctor plays guitar memorizing Clara without knowing that she is right in front of him.

[@meris8486]

I loved his speech about war in the The Zygon Inversion, that was pretty epic too. But I liked this allot more

[@ValpasKankaristo]

The highlight of Capaldi's time on the show

[@LucasCentauri]

headbite alien

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Which tells you a lot about that series put this episode in any series from The RTD era and it would be considered the worst of that series it's an awful episode

[@surysama]

"Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird..." LMAO even in times like that the Doctor couldn't help being impressed and admired by himself and made sure to deliver a banger self-love dialogue. As he should

[@billfrypher8335]

One of the greatest pieces of television I have ever seen.

[@akikank_1234]

BillFrypher then there is also sherlock

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

BillFrypher what? A 3 minute scene that just repeated the entire episode on a loop and it was an awful episode anyway

[@muisverriet]

JustSomeRandomGuy Online It was a great episode.

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Jarmo Verriet no it seriously wasn't and people don't like it either it's one of lowest rated episodes on AI

[@muisverriet]

JustSomeRandomGuy Online That's strange because i only heard positive things about this episode. People are negative about Hell Bent but not Heaven Sent.

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

*Personally I think that’s one hell of a bird!*

[@thetwelfthdoctor9892]

Personally I think that's one hell of a Doctor!

[@g2nelson15]

Personally I think that’s one hell of a actor!

[@gramps3351]

Personally i thinks that's one hell of a human being

[@nightwalker174]

GRAMPS time lord*

[@The12thDimension.]

0:33 look at that punch!

[@CinemaBiohazard]

I love how this becomes more than the Doctor just going to save Clara, but a giant 'up yours' to the Time Lords who keep thinking he's their convenient catspaw. Four and a half billion years just to go home and tell them all to go to hell. Fantastic!!

[@Phendet]

When I first watched this, I realized that this is the most emotional, well edited episode of doctor who, and I still believe that to this day. This is how I learned you can make high-quality films with just a single actor.

[@EnderProGaming]

You might think that's a hell of a great episode. UAAH *dies Personally, I think that's a hell of a UAAAH *dies Personally... I think that's a hell of an actor.

[@kylestorts3428]

Very underated comment

[@chubbypapaya]

@@kylestorts3428 *a hell of a comment

[@kylestorts3428]

@@chubbypapaya lol

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

Congrats on 1,000

[@mrscribbles2693]

*breaks through the diamond wall* 12th Doctor: Finally... a subscription to the official doctor who KZbin channel

[@dp-g5i]

​@jamie_dowat44Wrong Doctor

[@benpecto.benpecillton]

Personally, I think that's one hell of a channel

[@AlcaAnimusiconPiano]

I wish I could forget this episode so I could watch it all over again. Peter Capaldi's performance was incredible and the soundtrack and overall direction was perfect. This episode was hauntingly beautiful from start to finish. Murray Gold is also seriously underrated and it's tragic that he left the show. Doctor Who will never be the same without him.

[@ruairicorrigan3582]

True!!! His scores have always been pure perfection. 'A Noble Girl Around Town', 'Let me be brave', and all the other absolute masterpieces he's written... I miss him so much!

[@thee2724]

Gold isn't underrated. I've heard nothing but praise for his works

[@Kephy_]

You can actually with hypnosis

[@mizu7662]

Capaldi was the best doctor and this episode showed it.

[@nthingtoofear]

He was the Doctor's doctor.

[@CuzImAzz]

such a shame he didnt get given more to work with. He, as always, was fantastic.

[@Clonest]

@@CuzImAzz At least he played it smart, knew to leave once word got out that Moffat as Showrunner was also leaving at the end of the season.

[@dp-g5i]

It's largely due to the storylines each Doctor was given. Had Capaldi been the Doctor in S2-4 and Tennant been the Doctor in S8-10 and everyone would have said Capaldi was hands down the best and Tennant was pretty underwhelming in comparison. However, it also means that this episode wouldn't have been nearly as good.

[@chpsilva]

I can't say he was the best Doctor - after all, Ecclestone stills my favorite and I loved Smith and Tennant, it's a tough dispute - but you could feel he's a truly fan in how he portrayed 12. And interpreting your favorite character must be one of the greatest things an actor can wish.

[@stevensposito826]

Nearly four years later and I can safely say this was what solidified Capaldi as MY Doctor. He braved the same deadly outcome for billions of years. Upon finally meeting the success of his persistence he ended the quote by saying “Personally, I think that’s one hell of a bird”. He stayed true to his commitment of seeing Clara again, if even for just a brief time. He endured hell for his companion. This man who was dubbed as “dark and gritty” in the beginning of his series became one of the most earnest, heartwarming, and strongest interpretations of the Doctor I had ever seen. Props to Peter Capaldi in every regard. 👏

[@ruairicorrigan3582]

It was such a fantastic conclusion to 12's arc with clara - Revealing himself as the jaded old man he's become through his regeneration, unwilling to show physical affection; growing to the point that he may appreciate companionship properly once again; kissing her hand before she goes on to her death, then enduring billions of years of torment to see her again. That's MY doctor.

[@nebojsanikolic254]

Bro, Capaldi Is MY JAM! 🥺😎

[@dysonwitwer6430]

In the context of this episode, not the next one, I always interpreted it as the Doctor staying true to himself, not Clara. There is no indication he knows that the Timelords trapped him or that it is only about the hybrid, though he isn't surprised when seeing Galifrey. The whole point was to keep fighting when no one is there to fight for. When everyone you love dies, you have to keep fighting to do what is right and keep fighting just to live even if they can't come back. The episode imo is about the Doctor proving he is the doctor no matter what, no matter how painful it gets, no matter how long or lonely, he has to do what is right. Hellbent kinda ruins all this but in the context of heavensent it is clear that 12 think he can't get Clara back, and the whole point of it is conquering grief and the fear of death that is always there, not cheating death and resurrecting a dead loved one.

[@isaactelesco2141]

And the best part, the doctor wasn't even bragging about himself. But every iteration that burned themselves for him to reach that point. They weren't cowards, he never got to prove otherwise. And he knows it. And he is grateful. That's who the doctor is. Humble to the point he's willing to sing praises for his own death, but not his life.

[@oddities-whatnot]

What is odd though is the length of time it took for him to escape, he never aged yet Matt Smiths doctor on the planet Christmas, he was aging and dying at about 300 years old.

[@stablefactory2394]

Personally, I **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene in the last **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene in the last ten years **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene in the last twenty years **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene in the last fifty years **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene in the last seventy-five years **burnt by Veil** Personally, I think this is the greatest scene in the history of television. You may think that’s an overstatement, but personally, I think that’s one hell of a Doctor.

[@g2nelson15]

ONE HELL OF AN ACTOR!

[@JayJay-kq8ol]

@@g2nelson15 one hell of a peter

[@martinmanifold2241]

Indeed ....and great tribute !

[@raiden8063]

Personally, i think this is the greatest PLAAAN!

[@randömfiish]

one hell of an eyebrow

[@LiamCatterson]

YES, YOU HAVE UPLOADED ONE OF THE GREATEST SCENES IN TV HISTORY!!!!!

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Liam Catterson this scene was painful and made me switch channels god I Hate this episode

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Trollbro1 it seriously wasn't it was a filler episode that had 46 minutes of The Doctor walking through corridors talking to himself and the last 5 minutes was the worst when we had to see the whole episode over and over again

[@rustyshakleford8191]

That's pretty embarrassing because it is such a meaningful episode, you have to be dumb not to like it

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Rusty Shakleford what's embarrassing about hating the worst episode in the shows history

[@Theorigonaldoc]

I would say what's worse is being in the tiny minority of people who think it's the worst, instead of being in the majority who can enjoy a good screenplay with fantastic acting, direction and music as well as a good story, without the need for loud bangs, flashes, jokes and bright colours to keep you entertained. It works on deeper levels, if you can't get that it's your problem, you're welcome to your opinion, but you're outvoted.

[@WanyeWest646]

Nothing can beat watching this the first time when the realisation hits you, the amazing score and the brilliant acting by Capaldi made this iconic

[@whydyespillyerbeans]

The interesting thing about this scene is that the version of The Doctor that escaped the Dial didn't spend 4 and a half billion years in there, his clones just accumulated to that point, so really the only psychological impact would be knowing that billions of versions of yourself died to get you to that point.

[@ValpasKankaristo]

Think about how the last Doctor before the one that escaped must had felt. A wall 20x harder than diamond, and he falls one punch short from breaking it.

[@Theorigonaldoc]

It's that line "I can remember it all Clara. Every time" before the big reveal that gives the indication of the impact of it. Timelords are very psychic creatures so it's not unreasonable to suggest that given time, he could pick up the thoughts and memories of his former selves. Remembering the pain, the same mystery over and over, the hopelessness and frustration knowing how far there is to go, I think that would have hit him pretty damn hard and Rassilon was lucky that Capaldi didn't grab his gauntlet and bitch slap him into his next regeneration with it.

[@noaccount4]

And just that initial moment of seeing the sheer depth of skulls his predecessors left behind, realizing every single skull is himself o_O

[@Deathspike123]

Valpas Kankaristo 400× harder than diamond

[@liminal_fruitbat]

No, he remembers. Memory isn't a perfect storage - we keep the bare bones of the event but our brain rebuilds the memory each time we remember it. Each time the Doctor realises what's going on, his brain fills in what it must have been like to do the loop all those times.

[@phill6504]

This is actually based on a true story. A man in India was married to the love of his life. One day she died from an injury that was treatable, but the nearest hospital was 3 days walk around a mountain. The man had nothing after losing his wife, so he gave up everything and started mining a road through the mountainside. 30 years later he had completed his work and now people from his village could walk 4 hours to the same town that used to take 3 days. That is a hell of a bird indeed.

[@lizardlegend42]

I heard about that alright and it's increadible but it's not what this is based on. This was based on the story by the brothers Grimm where the shepard's boy is telling the empire how many seconds are in eternity. That's the story he's reciting in this clip

[@mjrussell414]

The man was Dashrath Manjhi. His wife didn’t die, but was injured climbing up the mountain trail to bring him lunch. He sold the family’s goats to buy a hammer and chisel to carve a road, which took him 22 years, which he did after working for others plowing fields for a living. People thought he was crazy but he didn’t give up.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

Or he could've used a horse

[@seancrandall1291]

I feel like Dashrath Manjhi's tombstone should just say "One hell of a bird."

[@kalakritistudios]

There's a movie on him- "Manjhi: The Mountain Man" with one of the best Indian actors. He was also in "Sacred Games".

[@RoninDave]

3:16 over 4 billion years to deliver the punchline. I admire that kind of dedication. A follow-up to this should have been a companion saying "You know, Doctor, you can be quite repetitive some times." Doctor: "You have no idea."

[@Oxymoron19]

I rarely wish this, but I would really like to forget this episode to watch it for the first time again and relive the chills this ending gave me.

[@joshuafalsado1723]

who's willing to bet this will be the music when he finally regenerates

[@Minittwastaken]

You were right.

[@zjoshuac4373]

This man just predicted the future

[@MorpheusRishi]

Prediction made 2 years ago comes true.. TIMELORD MUSIC INTESIFIES

[@MtwarriorTV]

2 years into the future

[@TaeSunWoo]

Yeah I’m gonna need to see your license and registration for that TARDIS you’re driving

[@lucky374h]

This is really the most profoundly motivational plot ever written. This is what I think about whenever I feel like I'm making no progress. Just one peck at a time. Even if it takes forever, if you just keep pecking, you will succeed

[@Brutalyte616]

_"Two billion years! Two billion years you've been waiting to use that one!"_ _"You don't know the patience I have."_

[@ultimatedragon4281]

4.5 billion years until he finally does. XD

[@hououinkyouma3864]

Nice reference.

[@ultimatedragon4281]

@@hououinkyouma3864 Since you understood... Can you explain me please? I have no idea where that one is from...

[@dumpsockpuppet5619]

@@ultimatedragon4281 I'm not entirely sure, but i think is a Refence to Team Four Star's DBZ Abridged (specifically the Episode of Trunks)...but i may be wrong

[@ultimatedragon4281]

@@dumpsockpuppet5619 Thank You Very Much!

[@nightmarewarlock4091]

Everyone knows this episode is amazing, I just want to express my appreciation for the delivery of "you must think that's a hell of a long time" at 2:42. It's so very defiant.

[@davidloudonphotography]

That with the driving force of the music at that point was a beautiful pair

[@JoaoVictor-tn9xg]

Personally, I think that's a hell of a Doctor!

[@jamma.77]

Personally, I think that's a hell of an actor!

[@blackblood9095]

Personally, I think that's one hell of a wall!

[@spntageous5249]

Personally, I think that's one hell of a butler!

[@shinisaber]

is that a Kuroshitsuji reference.

[@spntageous5249]

Yes

[@simplementedex]

This episode and this scene are really powerful, a masterpiece

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Un Tal Dex masterpiece? this is the worst episode in The 53 year history of the show

[@elliotkouame3849]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH SERIOUSLY!!!??!? TWO WORDS "LOVE" AND "MONSTERS". RING ANY BELLS??!!?!? THIS WAS A MASTERPIECE!

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

NintyFan290 it was so boring a 50 minute episode of The Doctor walking through corridors talking to himself getting chased by a cloaked figure with flies and you don't need watch the first 50 minutes because they just repeated the entire episode on a loop during the last 10 minutes so I feel like I wasted 50 minutes of my live watching it

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Elliot Kouame Love and Monsters was bad but at least it had a plot and entertaining in a way this episode was so boring

[@simplementedex]

JustSomeRandomGuy Online this episode does have a plot, if you didn't get it, that's another thing

[@coolsomeXD]

Dormammu, I've come to bargain.

[@danielopolot4198]

When I was watching that, I was thinking 'this is Heaven Sent' the whole time.

[@TheDeath7ofsb]

kinda lame they copied doctor who

[@Axarch]

I wouldn't say they copied Doctor Who at all. Movies take a long time to script, film and do the special effects for. I'm not exactly an expert, but I'd say filming for Doctor Strange was probably over around the time this episode was released. If the director is lucky, the filming for a movie of the caliber of Doctor Strange would take about fourteen weeks. So I highly doubt this episode had any influence on how Doctor Strange ended. It's just one of those coincidences that happen around the same time.

[@TheDeath7ofsb]

The filming for Heaven Sent began on June 24th 2015 with the episode first airing on BBC One on November 28th 2015. Doctor Strange began principal photography on November 4th 2015 in Nepal before moving to the United Kingdom, and concluded in New York City on April 3rd 2016. You don't need to be an expert, just gotta know how to google. I personally don't like how they used the entire movie to hint at the time stone and make it the deus ex machina of solving his problems, he deserved better than that and i hope he gets it whenever he pops up next.

[@danielopolot4198]

TheDeath7ofsb The time stone hinting was needed though, a lot of people still don't even know what the infinity stones are, also, it there was just a throwaway comment at the end, so they probs still don't know.

[@obsidiancurse429]

As someone old enough to remember when Tom was the Doctor I still consider this the greatest episode of Dr Who ever written/produced. This is how you make the Doctor great, how you convey his heroism. You don’t invent some trite rubbish about him being some immortal timeless child.

[@dutchmansmine9053]

As they say, show, don't tell.

[@disrespecc9678]

@@dutchmansmine9053not true all the time. show, not tell is a myth

[@disrespecc9678]

(im not defending the timeless children)

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

@@dutchmansmine9053 very ironic considering Moffat's whole thing was "tell, don't show". Heaven Sent is amazing because it's so different from his other writing he did whilst showrunner. and I like most of s9 and s10.

[@philosotree5876]

This would've been a good comment without that last sentence.

[@nightowl8477]

The Veil was following the Doctor all that time cos he was really invested in the story. *And he never made it to the punchline :,(* rip veil

[@RiderGeats]

Veil is kinda cute tho ngl.

[@lavasqrl702]

A.K.A... Death's robot.

[@NiennaFan1]

You shiuldnt kill your storyteller! Even the 1001 nights guy knew that!

[@Z3R0Steam]

I like to think as long as that last gear was moving, he was still barely clinging to life to a voice much soothing. The last thing The Veil heard, "Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird."

[@gonkdroid4086]

I want to like but 666...

[@ItzRooster]

let's face it.. we were all excited for this clip

[@ItzRooster]

BRFCMontages fixed it :) damn auto correction

[@gravylawyer]

yes!

[@professormeme8951]

RoosterxBros ye

[@monkey9208]

RoosterxBros yup

[@tylerhaggerty1974]

yes

[@BrotherTree1]

This is the best Doctor Who episode of all time in my opinion. I've never ever felt so inspired, gravitated and emotional towards an episode before like this gem.

[@migueltoledo4404]

It's up there for sure.

[@symbolitical4158]

@@migueltoledo4404 it's not up there its the best

[@lancer525]

As much as I disliked Matt as 11, I think "A Good Man Goes to War" is probably a better ep. Then again, my all time-favorite is "Twice upon a Time". Another Capaldi gem. And honestly, Jodie has had two or three really good ones so far.

[@ionthegreat13]

@@lancer525 A good man goes to war felt too rushed. This one just felt deeper despite the simplicity.

[@jonathanmartin4919]

This is my second favorite episode imo. I love Blink too much 😅

[@danieltort1605]

THIS is without a doubt, not only the best Doctor Who episode yet, but the best time travel story ever made to this date

[@9Kualalumpur]

Final Doctor: "Well, that was easy"

[@Materminds187]

First bunch of billions of Doctors: “......”

[@pixwool]

Second to last doctor: “Real easily was it? Well I could’ve been you!”

[@atharvadeshpande6907]

No... every time the doctor reaches room 12, he remembers every single time he tried. He even says it to Tardis-Clara: THAT'S when I remember. ALWAYS exactly THEN! Every time.... and you still won't be there...

[@thewhocollector4170]

What will take longer: the Doctor breaking through the wall or the release of the series 9 soundtrack?

[@100ryanfraser]

TheWhoCollector it'll probably still be sooner than series 9 coming to Netflix

[@jessicarugg9853]

Doctor Who will no longer be on Netflix. It's on Anazon now

[@Stopdeletingmycomments]

100ryanfraser series 9 is on netflix in the Netherlands but oddly enough nothing from the t Davis era. only 2010 onwards

[@ssp6186]

(BBC logo behind me) How many seconds... until the series 9 soundtrack is out (Choked to death) (jumps out of window) if i didn't no better I'll say i travelled 7000 years into the future (punches wall) How many seconds... until the series 9 soundtrack is out, And the Silvia screen (Choked to death) (opens door) 600,0000 years into the future (punches wall) And the Silvia screen says (Choked to death) (digging) 1200,0000 years into the future (punches wall) in until the series 9 soundtrack is out And the Silvia screen says (Choked to death) 2 million years (skull falls of balcony) And the Silvia screen says (Choked to death) (throws stool) 20 million years (punches wall 3 times) And the Silvia screen says (punches wall) There's this soundtrack of pure Diamond it takes an hour to buy it and an hour to download it (Choked to death) 52 million years (punches wall) every hundred years a little symphonic spectacular comes, and practises the music sheet on the diamond sound track (Choked to death) nearly a billion years (punches wall) AND WHEN THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK IS PRACTISED AWAY THE FIRST, SECOND OF THE SERIES 9 SOUNDTRACK, WILL HAVE PASSED (Choked to death) well over a billion years (punches wall) YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S A HELL OF A LONG TIME (Choked to death) 2 billion years (punches wall) PERSONALLY I THINK THAT'S A HELL OF A... (Choked to death) AHHHHHHHHHHHHH (punches wall) personally i think that's a hell of a symphonic spectacular. THE END!!!

[@sonicthescrewdriver]

TheWhoCollector You sir, made my day

[@VinhHan-yk4yt]

Does anyone see and appreciate how the Doctor is so perfect that every time that he relives the loop, every action and outcome stays the same down to the spoon dropping and the shovel polishing. He will always be the best Doctor in my book

[@mimilook4347]

Peter Capaldi deserves like twenty Oscars or Emmys or whatever and that still wouldn't be enough to reward his acting!

[@mrdoggo3569]

As it is a tv show, it would be emmys

[@mimilook4347]

@@mrdoggo3569 I know but I meant Oscar as the highest reward

[@Blitzo8390]

He has an Oscar For best short film

[@thechopstickkid]

he could have made a hell of a lot more progress if he used that shovel instead of his fist

[@einezcrespo2107]

That shovel would be broken after a couple of wacks. Azbantium is 400 times harder than diamond.

[@A10810]

Also, even if it did reset, if the blow was misplaced, which would be the majority of the time, it would be useless.

[@TheKogunEnjou]

@@einezcrespo2107 his fist was broken after one wack man

[@Spaecefaeries]

TheKogunEnjou his fist resets, presumably damage to the shovel doesn’t

[@games4us132]

@@Spaecefaeries everything was reset, isn't it?

[@ehogg421]

11: I stayed on trenzalore for millenia 12: hold my beer

[@liamk2178]

@BitterVoiduh what

[@sirius-5306]

@@liamk2178 doctor doesn't drink

[@liamk2178]

@@sirius-5306 jfc it was clearly a joke and man's gone off on a rant

[@einezcrespo2107]

@@sirius-5306 Some incarnations do drink. 3rd and 4th drank wine.

[@gloreaf1850]

@@einezcrespo2107 In "the husbands of River Song" the Tardis is revealed to have some brandy stored away, suggesting that the doctor does drink, as he would have installed a drinks cooler when he redesigned the Tardis. Now that i think about it, it could have been River.

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

Jesus Christ I love the Capaldi arc. This is one of the greatest and most beautiful scenes in television I have ever seen.

[@RivenRaven]

I have chronic illness and am a single mom living in poverty. I also have clinical depression. And I stay here and fight for my daughter. She is my reason for being A. Hell. Of. A. Bird.

[@AnglicanFish]

That’s a beautiful story

[@magnustheredxv]

Your daughter is blessed to have you as her mother. I wish you both the best of fortunes in life.

[@AnglicanFish]

@@magnustheredxv since youre here i wish you the best as well

[@CImusicvids]

Personally, I think that's one hell of a mum

[@ElVitorolin]

You mam, are indeed, a hell of a bird, keep that spirit as fiery and passionate as it is, you are an inspiration for your daughter

[@thetwelfthdoctor9892]

this is a beautiful and powerful episode; the Doctor punched his way through a wall of diamond to save Clara, his best friend, no, Clara is far beyond a simple best friend for him. Peter Capaldi was a fantastic Doctor and his acting in this episode was incredible

[@randomnoob9131]

*through a 20 feet thick wall of something harder than diamond

[@magnustheredxv]

@@randomnoob9131 400 times harder than diamond.

[@AnglicanFish]

Hello future me

[@leikfroakies]

Greatest episode of Doctor Who. This scene in particular was just everything. Never before has grief been represented in such a powerful, creative way

[@Kibouo]

This was the highlight of Peter Capaldi’s tenure. So glad they used it for his regeneration!

[@Jamescushing51]

I’m honestly not joking, this might be my favourite edited scene in all of pop culture

[@curiouspenguin6887]

The most perfect Doctor Who episode ever made. The music is heartbreaking. Just love how they extend the metaphor of breaking the wall when he addresses the camera and says "I'm nothing without an audience."

[@BeliseoftheNIne]

"How many seconds in eternity"? And the Shepherd's boy says, "this is a mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it and an hour to go around it. Every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens it beak on the diamond mountain. And when the entire mountain is chiseled away then the first second of eternity will have passed." "You must think that's a hell of a long time. Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird."

[@Monsicorn]

Honestly I think Heaven Sent is one of the best episodes of Dr. Who ever produced. It's one of Capaldi's best epsiodes as well. I don't think any other Doctor could have carried a while episode on their own like this without going wildly out of character. Not onlt does 12 stay in character the whole time, but he shows all of his defining traits as well. His tenacity, wit, intelligence and that deeply-rooted sadness and grief that you can feel right in your soul when you look into his eyes, almost completely without a single " I feel" statement. I know we get that moment when he talking to "Clara" in the TARDIS, about he doesn't see the point in going on without her, (it's why I sadi almost) but that belonged there, it fit the moment and it wasn't just for our benefit, it was 12 convincing himself of a reason to go on living after losing so much. While I may not like Clara, I cant deny the words of 11. He said that the first person a new face sees becomes very dear to him, and Clara was that face for 12. She helped him stand up on his feet after his regeneration, to find himself in the wake of his unprecedented new life cycle. That being said, I do think she should have stayed dead, but that's Moffat for you. He just doesn't know how to kill off characters.

[@lyrimetacurl0]

It was one of my favourites too (with 'Midnight' and 'Blink'). I actually had a dream in 2008 that was a lot like the Heaven Sent setting (years before it was invented). Which was a fun coincidence.

[@Jenin_12]

The "doesn't know how to kill off characters"... Moffat has stated that it's just not that kind of show, and I completely agree with him. Doctor Who has always been a hopeful show.

[@TobeyFairre7861]

I got into Doctor Who after 11, but watched all of the episodes and specials preceding Capaldi and watched all of Jodi's first season. I convinced my mom to watch after showing her the Zygon Invasion speech. Capaldi was our favorite, if only because of how he commanded every scene. My mom passed away on December 19, 2019, and I still go back to watch the episodes I watched with her and my sister. Never take for granted anything, sometimes life has other plans.

[@DL-wu9kk]

This episode was an absolute masterpiece. A gift to future generations to come. Peter Capaldi, you are The Doctor.

[@cs9398]

What’s crazy is that the original doctor is technically dead. The one we have now regenerated from a clone based off of data from the teleport. The very first Number 12 had already died as soon as he set foot in his prison.

[@gamefan987]

I thought that everything that happened in this episode was just like some weird dream or what.

[@cs9398]

gamefan987 nope it happened. Original doctor is *actually* dead. They died a few billion (?) years ago.

[@nightowl8477]

@@gamefan987 - haha, I get that.

[@mhfuzzball]

Obviously your first Doctor was Leonard McCoy.

[@atharvadeshpande6907]

Noooo... its a time loop within the dial... the doctor doesn't really die, the confession dial resets itself every time he dies... so he has to begin all over again

[@joshglynn7811]

This is capaldi in his prime as doctor who, he IS the doctor ond he totally owns it in heaven sent and hell bent.

[@SeanEnglishHD]

EpicRexx prime was the season 10 finale

[@1aaronmcginn]

I love Eccleston and I love Tennent and I love Smith. None of them could do this. He’s a level of his own. Incredible

[@RogueRM]

You forgot Whittaker.

[@cynicat74]

@@RogueRM No he didn't lol

[@RogueRM]

@@cynicat74 We all forgot Whittaker!

[@ceorgeglooney190]

@@RogueRM Capaldi is Doctor Who!, she's Doctor Who??

[@somefella6989]

Nah, Eccleston could have.

[@donpresnell]

True Who masterpiece all the way: writing, acting, editing, set design, music, cinematography. Instant classic...

[@thanechaves4157]

This gave me shivers. This...this is one of the best scenes EVER done in Doctor Who. The slow realization is simultaneously terrifying and awesome (in the old sense of the word).

[@Tahkaullus01]

Personally, I think that's one hell of a Doctor.

[@BobChillison]

Chibnall would never, could never be able to write a scene like this. A scene with such perfect writing.

[@dp-g5i]

The sadder thing is that Chibnall is actually a good writer, he wrote Broadchurch, which is excellent, but he's just horrendous at writing Doctor Who.

[@deuce5546]

Oh Heaven Sent, you truly are worthy of that name.

[@dannydevito4100]

This is why Capaldi is my doctor. Talk about resolve. Imagine if all humans possessed this level of dedication at anything.

[@LavLightKnight]

There is literally a dude who dug a passage through a mountain from his village to the nearest town with a doctor. He spent decades doing it because onetime his wife got sick and she died because a doctor couldn’t get there fast enough

[@dannydevito4100]

@@LavLightKnight Hats off.

[@ReiseLukas]

​@@LavLightKnight a rare breed of man

[@dreadlord8628]

​@@SwedishBroManDude Well said

[@Strathclydegamer]

This whole episode is a masterclass. Beautiful metaphor for mental illness and profound grief - being trapped in your own personal Hell with only two ways out, either way you have to fight. Any time I’m feeling low or I’m struggling, I put on that phenomenal piece by Murray Gold and I see the Doctor punching his way out with 4.5 Billion years of determination- to find a way to help his friend, and to get back to helping others.

[@DjangoCaron]

This whole entire episode is hands-down not only the best Doctor Who episode ever created, but also the best thing to come out of anything relating to Doctor Who; it is the best thing BBC has ever created; it is the best TV episode ever created. And nobody can tell me otherwise.

[@enomis916]

Of course is one of the best episodes, but I am not sure It's the best, the eleventh hour, the girl who waited and Vincent and the doctor are good contenders in my opinion

[@enomis916]

@@DjangoCaron midnight was very good, but in my opinion the eleventh hour has everything: comedy, adventure, drama, great direction, amy, the time travel has an incredibile impact on the relationship of the two main charactes, that episode has a perfect pacing.

[@enomis916]

@@DjangoCaron I understand, everyone has his favorite episode

[@Milk88488]

White Christmas - Black Mirror might be the only episode of tv I like more than heaven sent

[@mattjackson9859]

For me it's a toss up between this and Inside Number 9 "The 12 Days of Christine"

[@feyna]

Personally, I think that’s one hell of a scene! In all seriousness, I think this is one of the greatest scenes in all of tv history. The music, how they filmed, the plot itself. Just- wow.

[@JDXC666]

The BEST moment in the BEST episode of Doctor Who.

[@zakodactyl4267]

The most emotional thing I’ve ever seen and most of it is him repeating himself but honestly it shows how much he cares about his friends

[@drworm5015]

I think this one of the most powerful episodes because not only is it written in such a clever and airtight way, but it also shows that the doctor can finally be alone. After what Clara said in the episode prior, warning him that being alone wasn’t the best for him, this seems like the ultimate tribute to her character, and does so much for the character of the doctor as a whole.

[@NPCarlsson]

A lot of the "best" episodes of Doctor Who are still somewhat debatable. But, this episode is of the the best. I don't know a single person who would disagree.

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

NPCarlsson I disagree and so would most people it's The 5th worst rated episode on AI and I totally agree with that

[@NPCarlsson]

That's fine if you disagree, but I don't think you can safely say "so would most people". What's AI, anyway?

[@jamma.77]

It stands of Appreciation Index, and it's worked out from a very small sample of audience opinions (relative to the overall number of people that watched the episode), so it's pretty much meaningless in the grand scheme of things... well, meaningless enough not to be a valid justification for calling Heaven Sent a bad episode.

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Tardis Guy it is a bad episode the over night ratings were low and people on social media bashed the episode after it aired

[@jamma.77]

The overnight ratings for Heaven Sent (4.51m) were higher than those for: The Witch’s Familiar ( 3.7m) Under the Lake (3.7m) Before the Flood (4.38m) The Girl Who Died (4.85m) The Woman Who Lived (4.34m) The Zygon Invasion (3.87m) The Zygon Inversion (4.13m) Sleep No More (4.0m) Face the Raven (4.42m) (www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-9-2015-uk-ratings-accumulator-76154.htm) As you can see, it got higher ratings that most of the series. And as for people bashing it on social media... Welcome to the Internet. Take a look around; you'll see people bashing all the other episodes of Doctor Who as well. Look, if you don't like Heaven Sent, I'm perfectly fine with that. All I'm saying is stop trying to make it seem like it's a universally hated episode, because it clearly isn't. It's been receiving acclaim from critics and fans ever since it aired. Hell, even people who hate New Who in general have been saying this is one of its better episode. Oh, and one last piece of advice: if you want to make a case for an episode being bad, you need to focus on criticising the its content (you know, the stuff people actually give a shit about when deciding whether or not an episode is good) in a constructive and valid way. You can't just quote it ratings and it's AI score, because nobody's going to automatically hate an episode just because it has low ratings or a bad AI score. See, there's this wonderful thing called "Personal Opinion" that enables people to like or dislike something others don't. You're exercising personal opinion by disliking Heaven Sent. Why not let others exercise it by really liking Heaven Sent.

[@Ladco77]

The entire episode is a brilliant showcase of Capaldi's skills as an actor. He's amazing. When given good writing, the man is absolutely brilliant.

[@ecwdown]

This episode will become a classic 20 years from now they will be still talking about this episode.

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

ecwdown no it won't it's the 5th worst rated episode on AI which suggest people hate it and it's an awful episode anyway

[@ecwdown]

Yes they will you just hated it. But I feel the same way about Vincent and the Doctor I hated that story and people loved that episode to each it own.

[@hououinkyouma3864]

I fucking loled so hard at this fucking comment. So just because you are way too stupid to understand how very well thought out and how fucking brilliant this episode is than it's sucks? Fucking LOL. This is a pure fucking evidence that Capaldi haters have brain damage.

[@jazzyj7834]

This is arguably the best episode of any show that has been on television. If there was only one video I could watch for the rest of time, this is a no brainer.

[@plantainsame2049]

And when the video finally stops The first second of Eternity will have passed

[@deckthelols4813]

This is my favourite episode of Doctor Who since it came back in 2005. It's right up there with Genesis of the Daleks and Caves of Androzani

[@deckthelols4813]

JustSomeRandomGuy Online I just did

[@meris8486]

Couldn't agree more

[@jeckjeck3119]

Lord Vader!? you watch doctor who?

[@CinemaBiohazard]

And I like how it beats out (by an inch) the Doctor's statement in Zygon Inversion about war. Season 9 really had a lot of great moments in it.

[@Trev359]

It's not in the same league as Genesis of the Daleks. or Caves of Androzani

[@CaptainLara]

The acting, the lighting, the editing, the music... this scene is a masterpiece.

[@SKINNYGINGERTOP]

Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the best episodes of New Who? I thought the whole episode, including the music, was very well written and the way it ends with him finding out where he ends up is just fantastic. Very rarely do I feel that excited during and after an episode, and I watched it all over again as soon as I could.

[@morgan-ruairimccandless3314]

Neil Mackenzie It IS the best NuWho Episode!😂

[@ilokikoval]

I like "Blink" more, but this episode is amazing too!

[@justsomerandomguyonline1144]

Neil Mackenzie yes you are it's an awful episode

[@SKINNYGINGERTOP]

JustSomeRandomGuy Online Each to their own, I guess. Out of curiosity, what would you say is the best of New Who?

[@aarothewanderer5549]

Neil Mackenzie i agreed with you👍

[@jonathankozenko]

At 2:05, I absolutely LOVE the added little touch where the gears almost wail, really adding an audible boost to the overall intensity of the scene