Doctor Who - A Good Man Goes to War - Colonel Runaway

[@zackdude92]

"Good men don't need rules, today is not the day to find out why i have so many." One of the most important/ impactful lines in the entire series

[@misssjustice3791]

someweirdhobo 92 It shows that the Doctor is the way he is because of the bad things in his past!

[@AzguardMike]

he doesnt have many rules though "Dont be cruel or cowardly. Dont tell them your name. Never kill. Oh and never eat pears"

[@mb-sb5ever]

Silent Gamer2015 dont forget rull number 1 the doctor lies

[@mr_earwig6477]

Silent Gamer2015 he has a fair few even if we don't know them. He's been in plenty of situations where he very much might want to kill someone or something but he usually manages to restrain those feelings. All the same, that line and this scene is badass and terrifying.

[@SEXYCBO]

Correction: entire FRANCHISE since its inception

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

I never quite noticed how Matt's doctor can look both young and old.

[@OnyxArclight]

It’s his eyes

[@captainobvious.29yearsago70]

That's just his face, dont bully Matt Smith like this

[@gwynndouglass3883]

@@captainobvious.29yearsago70 it's not bullying it's a complement

[@braxtonwalden8365]

It works well with how he acts, like both a gleeful child and a melancholic old man

[@sandywest4977]

At that minute we see THE WAR DOCTOR!

[@darkdesigns]

That look on Matt Smith's face when he says "good men don't need rules." gets me every time. I just love it.

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

darkdesigns darkdesigns

[@alexanderbyrne9684]

Half dark on his face revealing the duality of The Doctor, great hero and the destroyer of worlds

[@woodrobin]

@@alexanderbyrne9684 That look on his face is why they call the Doctor "The Oncoming Storm."

[@MarinersFalloutfan]

It's the half smirk that does it. That and the eyes. You see the dark side of the Dr.

[@ConsciusVeritasVids]

Have like #1,000

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

I love the little insults the Doctor gives the Colonel. You can feel how truly pissed off he is to the point that he literally wants little kids to torment Colonel Manton.

[@commandermccluck]

Those little insults and forcing him too be remembered like that is infinitely more destructive and damaging than outright killing or imprisoning him

[@victorfc6134]

*Colonel Runaway

[@black1917]

@@commandermccluck That’s why his enemies fear him, almost all of them lived to regret it.

[@AlMcpherson79]

@@black1917 "You got chased away by a guy who doesn't even use guns! what a wuss!" :P

[@dbztranks6601]

Sorry who??

[@Crownslayer115]

“Sorry, Colonel Manton, I lied! Three minutes forty _two_ seconds.” All with a cheery little smile. If Eleven is just *angry* then you’re calling Rory charitable.

[@ebro2363]

Max Levine he was like hahha got u u little shit

[@arthurchallat8530]

3:42 and he's not even alone. That's the scary part.

[@arnavmarwaha8150]

The fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why. Why this Doctor who had fought with gods and demons, why he’d run away from us and hidden. He was being kind.

[@ricardoalbuquerque7665]

He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains, forged in the heart of a dwarf star. He tripped my mother into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy to be imprisoned there... forever. He still visits my sister... once a year, every year... I wonder if one day he might forgive her, but there she is, can you see her? He trapped her inside a mirror... EVERY mirror. If ever you look at your reflection and see something move behind you, just for a second... That's her... that's ALWAYS her. As for me, I was suspended in time and the Doctor put me to work, standing over the fields of England... as their protector. We wanted to live forever, so the Doctor made sure that we did.

[@greengeek562]

He never raised his voice, that was the worst thing

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

"The anger of a good man is not a problem." Tell that to the many enemies I faced that will never see daylight again.

[@etazeta674]

@@greengeek562 colonel runaway: my nightmares say otherwise

[@deadpool3982]

@@ricardoalbuquerque7665 13 ended up forgiving and releasing her from the mirrors

[@JKAnane]

I gueninely think that Matt Smith's angry Doctor was the most intimidating and unpredictable, scary stuff!

[@AZNJonathonMain]

I think one of the best but when Tennant turned to his "Time lord Victorious" stage he actually took action and became one of the most evil time lords for a split second :P

[@Eric-yt7fp]

I think that bit was wasted, frankly. I think The Doctor should have left, thinking he'd won. We'd see the gunshot flash in the window, but he wouldn't. We'd have an entire special wherein he's Victorious, only to fall. It could have been brilliant.

[@AZNJonathonMain]

***** That would stop him being the doctor which is why that would not be right and quite frankly bad.

[@Helbore]

The part I always felt they missed with the "Time Lord Victorious" was that Adelaide ends up dying on Earth. Before, she got to be a hero who died in an unknown expedition to Mars - a figure to be looked up to. Instead, she was someone who was found dead by her own hand, in her home on Earth, when she was supposed to be leading an expedition on Mars. Being that Earth had non TARDIS-like transports, he only conclusion people could have come to was that she never left Earth and ended up killing herself for whatever personal reason. She would have died seen as a failure rather than a hero. The Doctor's last vision of Adelaide should have been how she inspired no-one and a completely new person led humanity into the stars, instead of her granddaughter. The Doctor needed to see the total failure of the Time Lord Victorious that seemed obvious to anyone who considered the importance of Adelaide's death being ON MARS and not simply that she died. He should have done more than crush one woman, but totally destroyed her legacy and that of her family's legacy. Then let him stew on that and that he can never undo it.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

He probably would be, if his face didn't look like a bad prosthetic. He doesn't have that expressiveness Tennant, Capaldi, or Ecclestone had.

[@odile8701]

I love the half-shadowed, almost amused look on the doctor’s face as he turns, ever so slowly. “A good man? Seriously? Is that what you think I am?”

[@ChknKng]

Odile Blue that’s not amusement. That’s stone cold, murderous zen.

[@vic5015]

"Good men don't need rules. And I happen to have a great many of them. What does that tell you about me?" Remember, at this point he still thinks he wiped out his own people to stop the Daleks and end the Time War. He does not yet know that he found another way.

[@woodrobin]

@@vic5015 Evil planet: "Fear me! I've killed hundreds of Time Lords!" Doctor: "Fear me. I've killed all of them."

[@commandermccluck]

Watch the Colonel's face in the background, you can see it slipping between 'wtf are you saying woman?! He's a dam monster!' and sheer terror from being screamed at by the Oncoming Storm

[@danielboatright8887]

The lighting made that shot. Frankly, had someone pissed or shat themself in that scene it would have fit perfectly. Noone even had to mention it, just suddenly you notice a growing dark spot in someones trousers and working down their leg.

[@jothecocopop]

That entire speech was absolutely iconic. The way Eleven starts off calmly, before you can start to hear the anger build and build and build and eventually coming up into a shout ... before calming right down again, ugh. It was just such an amazing piece of acting and really cemented Matt Smith as my favourite Doctor.

[@Ted_Curtis]

1:01 I just love his face. You can tell he's military trained, it's more a facade, but more evidently, he is fucking terrified.

[@Yal_Rathol]

Eddie Curtis well, think of it like this. Cthulhu is standing there in human guise, screaming in your face that he wants you to run away before he does something you'll both regret. yeah, i'd be pissing myself too.

[@TheSimmr001]

look at his ally in the background, you can hear her hiss uncomfortably. also this is the ONLY time the doctor has described his companions with the L word on TV

[@JnEricsonx]

Actually, I more think it's cause she's getting so worked up she'd probably cut Runaway's head off at that moment.

[@jrs4753]

Remember, the time lords were seen by others as gods who were so advanced that the line between technology and magic was almost nonexistent, and the Doctor is responsible for their death. Imagine how the universe must see him.

[@HayTatsuko]

The camera operator caught it perfectly too. That subtle momentary tensing of Colonel Runaway's cheek under its glistening cold sweat, under the cold background lighting. Bloody astounding work.

[@jamesspring7594]

The Doctor's face, partly in shadow, when he says that good men don't need rules... awesome😀

[@GingerAvenger13]

This was a perfect scene, perfectly delivered. Since 11 looked so young, it was, at times, difficult to remember how much he'd seen. but when he went dark like that......chills.

[@darkhorseash4337]

They really love those kinds of shots with smith, with shadows. And its clear why because they work very well.

[@Remoniq]

You know, the fact that the Doctor is so calm as he is, makes him scary. Angry men you can guess what they might do, calm men not so much.

[@MrCjlauer49338]

He lost his temper there for a second, but when he slipped back into the calm fury it showed just how much control he has over his emotions. People who can hold their anger longer than anybody else are scary. But people who get calm when they're angry, those are the people to run from. That's why I preferred the tenth doctor, because he was the one to get quiet when angry.

[@jtsavidge]

I’ve been told there is an old European saying: “Beware the wrath of a patient man.”

[@alexht.9382]

There's a saying in Japan that goes, slap Buddha 3 times and he snap...or something like that. I have no idea.

[@davidmarshall3683]

Swear it sounds like a discription of me I'm very calm and mild mannered almost all the time to the point that almost no one knows or expects the darkness of my soul when it comes to it even I don't like being truly angry because I feel anger a lot but control it a lot but when I'm pushed to it I'm unpredictable even to myself.

[@shadowwolf9909]

Elijah on The Originals was another perfect example of this. His brother Klaus occasionally pulled it off, but was far more likely to go the hot anger route, than the cold anger route.

[@catherinestickels2591]

Values are not the same as rules. A good man lives by values. A man trying to be good lives by rules. When he asks Clara "am I a good man?" he seriously doesn't know.

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

The Doctor is a person who would love to live by values, but knows full well that, if need be, all their values will go out the window. The 11th Doctor was never "the man who forgets" - he was the man who denies. He remembers the Doctor of War - and he knows what that man means for him.

[@woodrobin]

When I was younger, I was a very angry person. I knew people who were pacifists because they believed in peace, or were naturally calm, or were not in any way comfortable with the idea of hurting someone. I was a pacifist because I yearned to take my anger out on anyone who provoked me, was constantly seething under the surface, and was *utterly* comfortable with the idea of hurting someone -- but I didn't *want* to be any of those things. I made myself a hard and fast rule that I would never strike or harm someone unless they managed to strike me first, hard enough to cause me real pain. I actually let people hit me without hitting them back, because they couldn't hit me hard enough to draw blood or cause real pain, because I was afraid of what would happen if I gave in to the urge to hit back -- afraid that once I started letting it out, I wouldn't be able to stop -- or worse, wouldn't want to stop. Thankfully, the years have taught me that the people I was angry at weren't worth carrying that around, and let a lot of it go, but I definitely agree with the idea that it's not good men who need rules to keep them from doing terrible things. It's the people who aren't good but *want to be* that forge links of rules to chain down what they're afraid of becoming. So, I really felt that scene, but that "Oh, look, I'm angry . . . that's never happened before" did strike me as a bit of self-deception. He's definitely been angry before, but he's always buried it under a sense of justice ("Here was the fury of a Timelord"), or directed it at something nebulous or conceptual ("I AM THE TIMELORD VICTORIOUS!"). This is the first time he's *admitted to himself* that he really, truly wants to take his anger out on a specific, mortal target despite knowing there's not a damned thing Colonel Runaway could do to stop him. That's why he's entirely honest when he says he doesn't know what happens next: he's never let himself feel that kind of specific, human sort of anger before.

[@electricangel4488]

​@@woodrobinwell thats why he loves humans. Because even if he goes all out. A small little woman can surprice him o so quickly.

[@fuckel98]

@@woodrobinI’m ashamed I’ve not seen this comment before now….I’ve revisited this video for years and still not seen it. A truly wonderful story and I’m happy you shared it. Thank you, I’m happy for you and your growth. I hope all is well.

[@EmeralBookwise]

@@woodrobin: I've done some bad things in my youthful arrogance... and I'm not even sure if I regret doing them and sometime the urge is still there, but I do know they were wrong and as an adult I try to holdfast to rules so I never do those same kind of bad things ever again.

[@benjaminodonnell258]

"Good men don't need rules - today is not the day to find out why I have so many" - that is the most chilling line of all...

[@Bajanprince67]

It's crazy how the doctor had to take a moment to catch himself, because he was about to snap in this moment. Scared the shit out of the Silurian too. 😂

[@TheSimmr001]

his ally as well. also note. this is the ONLY time the doctor has used the L word to describe his companions.

[@Bajanprince67]

Oh yeah, that's true

[@cunningsmile4166]

Silurian

[@__-iu6pg]

Vastra is no simple Silurian

[@Jadefox32]

I think Vastra would of used her poison to at least incapacitate The Doctor if it looked like he was truly beyond reason. The two things I'd of loved to have seen from Matt Smith's Doctor his interaction with The Master, and his interaction with Davros.

[@aerodblade1601]

this one of the few times where the fury of a timelord showed on Matt Smith he was always happier than Tennant and Ecleston his expression with tears in his eyes and trying so hard to keep his composure was the only time he was scarier than any other doctor

[@NANAKILLMASTER]

I'm rewatching now and I remembered his doctor a lot happier...it's the baby face, makes you forget a lot of scary moments like this from his doctor.

[@drunkdogwithagun468]

What about David Tenet’s Doctor and the famous six words I think they were “don’t you think she looks tired?” Those six words kept the prime minister from being elected again because she ordered the attack on aliens that were running away I still think Matt Smith’s scene here has more anger, but I think that scene for Tenant’s Doctor was a scene for how disappointed he could feel in the human race

[@alecbormia4523]

But just because he put on a happy face doesn't mean he's happier. Eleven tried to suppress all his emotions and past experiences and his comedic antics and what not were his way of doing it. Just like with 9 and 10 there were moments of happiness seeped in with moments of great pain. Also we never really see 11 alone like we do with 10. Now I like 11 a lot more than 10 but I imagine if we ever got a few episode of 11 just by himself we would really get to see the great pain that he is still harboring and can't escape from no matter how hard he tries.

[@tobylerone4285]

I’d argue that in terms of being terrifying he’s never better than the end of The Girl Who Waited. His ego, manipulations and cowardice are laid bare for rory to see and he knows he’ll never be able to go back to just being the mad man with a box. Now he’s the fiendish imp, preying on mortals to feed his insecurities and god complex. Those two episodes together have the best character development in the entire show imo

[@deadpool3982]

@@alecbormia4523 we got to see that pain in the Rings of Akhaten though, it feels like he’s experiencing all the painful moments he’s tried to push down as Akhaten feeds He was never the man who forgets as they said in the 50th, he knew the answer to that question, he was the man who repressed…

[@cunningsmile4166]

This is a true show of power. Defeating an enemy with never dirtying your hands and then giving a punishment worse than death. This the fury of the Doctor unleashed on those who have hurt his loved ones.

[@NeilCWCampbell]

And they became so scared they created an army just to stop him....

[@vic5015]

So is what River said about him. That people are so scared of The Doctor that just his name can make entire fleets turn around.

[@mrroboshadow]

Anyone remember when he trapped a family in imortal and eternal torments....as a kindness?

[@cortexius181]

Their asses got lucky that they didn't had the Family of Blood treatment.

[@dkapow]

@@mrroboshadow He ran away from the Family of Blood. That was kindness. I am pretty sure sure they described what happened next as the fury of a Time Lord.

[@1993Nautilus]

I love the face he makes when she tells Colonel Runaway to give the order, it's such a "that was a really smart decision" kinda look and for the doctor to be giving it in this context is the true indication of how close he was to breaking.

[@Helbore]

Important thing to remember - these people started a war against the Doctor because they were terrified of him. That look on Madame Kovarian's face when the Doctor confronts her about how he's not a good man says everything. Despite her plan, she's terrified of him.

[@coleeckerman1390]

I love the moment he smiles and realizes he doesn’t exactly know what he’s going to do next, can’t tell if he’s strong enough to overpower his anger.

[@theplaguegamer6216]

That's the thing about the 11th doctor, at times you can tell he's just bearly holding back the Fury of the Time Lord and it is juxtaposed by his friendly behavior any other time, unlike Tennant where he roars with anger, and Capaldi who looked like he wears his anger on his sleeve, but actually only got truly angry like 3 times.

[@braxtonwalden8365]

“Look, I’m angry. That’s new.” Always gets to me

[@gabe5918]

Was it new though? I thought 11 legit got pissed already back in like “The Beast Below”, “Flesh and Stone”, and “The Doctor’s Wife”?

[@decimation9780]

@@gabe5918 Nah. He was mad, but not angry. The Doctor is rarely angry, but when he is, you get the fuck out of his way.

[@jamespoole3531]

His anger in this scene was different. In the aforementioned episodes, the way he acted was out of either frustration or disappointment. The line ‘today is not the day to find out why I have so many’ should tell you how he felt in this scene. He was absolutely livid, and he knew what being that angry meant for himself which is why he used that line to reign himself in.

[@danielhaire6677]

Consider the very first time I saw the Doctor angry was in the Fifth Doctor's run. Adric had literally just been killed foiling a Cyberman plot to destroy humanity. The Doctor was so angry that when the final Cyberman appeared, the Doctor ground a piece of Gold into its respirator circuits. You could hear it crying out in sheer pain.

[@andimarment]

That implies he wasn't angry during the time war. Which is fucking terrifying

[@Creasy5678]

They really didn't think this through, did they? A mad God and they made him so angry even he warned them there was no telling just what he might do... On top of which, they came at him through his Companions. Make the Doctor this angry and he'd find you even if you were dead. Then her "Good men" speech? The Doctor has left the building, the man left behind is so feared and dangerous that the entire universe goes quiet when he whispers. They will never know just how lucky they were.

[@ember3579]

What a lot of these people don't seem to understand is that the War Doctor is still in that smiling noggin of his, waiting for when someone finally goes too far and restraint becomes a worse option than war. All of the Rube Goldberg-level time manipulations he's regularly pulled off in the worst scenarios is specifically so he can avoid having to go there again. THESE morons, managed to bring him there, not by forcing him, but by pissing him off enough.

[@gwinnellheald8592]

"the doctor is no longer here, you are stuck with me! And I will end you and everything you love"

[@doctorwho3708]

They weren't staring at the Doctor. They were on the verge of releasing the Doctor of War on themselves.

[@ricohard1986]

Oh it predeates the War Doctor, by along way, The First Doctor, newly escaped from gallifrey and travelling for the first time with humnas is in 'An Unearthly child' seemingly entirely willing to kill an incapacitated man with a rock... He's only stopped because Ian refuses to let him do it. Everyone of the Doctors have had their moments: some have played games with the lives of people to save hole worlds, some have casually reverse pickpocketed grenades that their enemies set for others, reprogrammed weapons to strike the homeworld of the people who fired them. And thats before he tangles with the Daleks, before he is driven to the edge by the Two time wars. The Doctor and the Master aren't opposites, they're closer than one might think... the master is what the Doctor might be if he didn't surround himself with companions, didn't puff himself up as the dandy and the clown. Didn't try to stick to those rules, those rules a good man would never need to even think about....

[@ShadowDarkFyre]

That was well and poetically spoken... Bravo...

[@brinsleysargent992]

A Good Man Goes To War, for me, was one of the best episodes of Doctor Who ever, and it was THE episode that made Matt Smith.

[@ghostface1529]

1:40 it’s extremely subtle but you can see her physically gulp in fear after the doctor threatened her she saw a side of the doctor that no villain wants to see and immediately changed her tune after realizing she was treading into waters very few people survived treading into

[@fidgetelftree9432]

I love that little chuckle Dorium does at 0:36 when The Doctor tells Colonel Manton to give the order to run away

[@deanlawson3610]

"How do you expect to gain control of my ship?" "Space pirates, obviously"

[@opaopa6272]

he really made sure to ruin his life with the whole colonel run away thing

[@SimsinWonderland]

That's what you get when you piss off the Doctor.

[@mr_earwig6477]

Sometimes it's worse to let a person live with shame than to kill them. And I suppose the Doctor was entitled to do that here because there's a time when even the nicest of people end up snapping.

[@dooney78]

@@mr_earwig6477 Indeed. That is why I keep linking to this clip on social media in an effort to explain to my (non-Whovian) friends here in the US what must be done to some of the "people" in power currently. Money and position may protect them from incarceration. But ridicule, *shame*? ... That is what is necessary and within our reach. Look up what has become of the surname SANTORUM.

[@antizoom6855]

XD and he executed an grate roast just destroyed that man

[@Coramelimane]

1:50 she realized The Doctor is not a good man.

[@kaithorenfawkes8312]

As much as I love David Tennant, I love Matt Smith more. His sincere intensity when he was angry is phenomenal! He has his goofy moments but when he's being serious and angry, he's dangerous to his enemies. I love Matt's Doctor so much!! I even see Matt's Doctor as he plays Daemon Targaryen. The easy way he intimidated Aemond One-Eye without saying a word. Matt is so terribly underrated. He's excellent in everything he does!

[@JUJUJUNO]

I think they were two opposing approaches for the same character, Tennant's Doctor being more relentless and overall sad and fearful, specially in his final moments. Matt's Doctor on the other hand is always with a happier than ever facade that masks boiling anger, ego and resentment.

[@YosenBMamma]

His "And when they ask you..." tirade is one of my favorite Matt Smith speeches. Second only his "The Rings..." oration.

[@jackeuiiijiuiuiiuoioiiobro4202]

Yosen B. Mamma YosenBmamma

[@WallChart]

Yosen B. Mamma my favourite is the stone henge speech. 😀

[@justinharvey7398]

I love his last speech.

[@Bellend50000]

@@justinharvey7398 "we all change. when you think about it. we're all different people. all through our lives. and that's okay that's good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. i will not forget one line of this. not one day. i swear. i will always remember, when the doctor was me."

[@charlespettit7149]

Dorium is one of the best side characters. Even when he's in the background he is still doing something. His little chuckle when Matt says tell your men to run away is priceless.

[@TimothyBrannan]

There he is. The Oncomming Storm.

[@jrsiv4462]

Timothy Brannan Remember, the Time Lords were seen as gods so advanced that the line between technology and magic was almost nonexistent and the Doctor is responsible for their death. Imagine how the universe must see him.

[@artifex2.080]

The Valeyard

[@artifex2.080]

The Valeyard

[@matthewtygert1053]

"…when people come to you and ask if trying to get to me through the people I love is in any way a good idea… I want you to tell them your name." Legendary.

[@Shadowkey392]

1:21 when The Doctor slowly turns his head...that was scary.

[@joeysingingchannel]

There's the goblin soaked in blood that the Pandorica was there to stop.

[@adama9300]

I like that mate...very nice

[@danielboatright8887]

And thats the moment Kovarian should have peed herself.

[@bigj1905]

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the *anger* *of* *a* *gentle* *man* .”

[@danielhenriksen6974]

I was just about to write it myself :D

[@fumarc4501]

When pushing a peaceful person to violence... may the heavens watch over you and the hells guard you, because you know not what you have wroth.

[@BobNinjaCat]

1:20 It's 30 seconds, but it tells an entire story in so much time. The way Matt's face is only half-lit as he turns to face Madame Kovarian. Then, in the next shot as he approaches her, we can see the shadows have receded only partially. He's containing the beast as best he can, but even he has his limits. The controlled fury of his tone, how he searches Madame Kovarian's expression as if to ask "well, do you really want to play this game?" When she yields only a few seconds later, the shadows are still there for a second as Matt wiggles his finger at her, before he turns away and is once more embraced by the light. For now, the beast has receded, but it's very clear that The Doctor can awaken it at the drop of a hat.

[@Drp_br_]

Eleven can go from Cheerful to straight up angry in few seconds and I love it. Unpredictable if you strike a nerve of his

[@Silverwind87]

"Look, I'm angry. That's new."

[@MauseDays]

combine with those eyes that was the scaryest part. becouse i have seen people like that haveing lived in a bad area and a homeless shelter in my life. When someone looks at you with those eyes and words like that you do not engage you walk away.

[@fallennephalem1228]

His look of satisfaction when she says to give the order is priceless!

[@EthanThomson]

"good men dont need rules. today is not the day to find out why i have so many" the smoothest way of saying fuck around and find out

[@psychedelicgeekstudios9194]

Honestly his acting is so good sometimes that it gives me chills.

[@jacksonwyatt4512]

I finally found the “Good Man Goes to War” clip of the pirate captain and his son. I’ve been looking for them for ages now.

[@sekai9906]

0:55 I love how vastra is so moved by the doctor that she starts hissing xD

[@azuresky96]

I'd say that looks more like fear.

[@alfiethomas5632]

I always thought that was her warning the doctor to not go overboard

[@jumpcutfilms1958]

She was scared

[@NANAKILLMASTER]

curious, I thought she looked excited LOL

[@ethantimmermann3979]

Alfie Thomas you nailed it

[@Celtic-Firebird]

"Good men don't need rules" with his face in half shadow just amazing

[@moneybxndz161]

ikrrr

[@nissaniss4251]

I LOVE this side of Eleven! He can be adorable and harmless looking to downright scary. Matt was awesome. I love when he turned to look at the woman half of his face was shrouded in darkness. He can look chilling when he wants to. I like how you can hear the anger building throughout this scene. When addressing the Colonel, it started out almost playful, albeit stilted, to anger, then downright rage. Then it showed him trying to rein it in and regain control which was somehow scarier. He was on the verge of snapping. When talking to the woman; it was icy, cold and calculating. That's why Eleven is my favorite. He had so many layers. A lot of depth. He was more than a silly guy in a bowtie.

[@JRubin3]

The lighting effect at 1:22 is magnificent! Setting the tone so perfectly!

[@danteofflame1952]

What blows me away is these guys knew exactly who they were pissing off and they still did it

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

Beware the rage of a good man, for he has the patience to destroy all you hold dear.

[@jamesbuchanan4414]

Even though we hadn't met him officially, yet, in that moment, we met the War Doctor.

[@Phantom_Zone]

1:25 I freaking love thie shot. On one side you can see his face lit up by the light. You can see his eyes and small bits of light in it. But the other half, there is nothing. Perfectly represents who the doctor is and what he is at that moment. You're only seeing one side. A side that still has the light. But the other is just a void.

[@jrsiv4462]

Remember, the time lords were seen by others as gods who were so advanced that the line between technology and magic was almost nonexistent, and the Doctor is responsible for their death. Imagine how the universe must see him.

[@Great_Cthulhu]

Fear me, I killed them all....

[@chipmunkDoesStuff]

The thing about the 11th Doctor in this scene that I relate to most is his temper. He is the "Dangerously calm" pissed off. So furious yet so calm which is the worst kind of furious because you just don't know what they will do. A visibly violent angry person you know will throw the hands right there. People who straight off yell in anger you know whats going to happen. But that calm, reserved pissed is the most unpredictable because how tempered they seem. And with 11, He starts off calm but it slowly starts to crack until he raises his voice, Then settles. Its that kind of anger that is most volatile. Its the kind of anger I am familiar with because that's how I am. Calm, reserved and balanced when angry. But slowly it cracks and shows more and my control slips off and there's no real knowing what I'll do. I love 11ths portrayal of that type of anger.

[@LVLexus]

"Give the order" Matt's face...what? oh, you no you didn't... "Give the order, Colonel Runaway" Matt's face...okay...yeah, I thought so!

[@danielr5552]

This is why 1, just 1 season of the valeyard would be so good. Ok maybe 2 seasons. The doctor as the bad guy.

[@dooney78]

Thank you! Yes! I was truly hoping Capaldi was going to either go that way or that the Valeyard was in the vault he was guarding.

[@NeilCWCampbell]

I guessing valeyard has being in latest episode

[@epicgravity9087]

Good men don't need rules...

[@Wolfencreek]

"There was a saying at Skull Moon Sir, the first thing you notice about the Doctor of war, is he's unarmed"

[@PrMultivers]

"... For many it's also the last"

[@PhillipeStLeger]

There is nothing better in Doctor Who then when the Doctor gets angry. Doesn’t matter which Doctor it is. Always leads to an epic speech.

[@danielhaire6677]

Or a vicious killing.

[@Seahawker101]

"Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many." The way he delivers it one of the coldest lines ever.

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

Everybody's gangsta until the Doctor stops making jokes

[@neverhowever3231]

God eleven is terrifying I love him sm

[@TonyTylerDraws]

The “good man” in the title of the episode is Rory. The Doctor always had a cruel streak for bad people.

[@alextrill1746]

When Ten or Twelve are angry, sure, it is scary, because they are capable of great and terrible things, they have done them, and you can expect them from them. When Eleven is angry, its downright terrifying, because he can do great and terrible things while being his jolly self. Gods know how much more he can do when he's angered.

[@severalcakes3267]

“I’m so old, now. I used to have so much mercy. You get one warning. That was it.”

[@JC130676]

1:39 "Give the order. And somebody get me some clean underwear."

[@jameshammond6024]

You can see the fear on her face when he says that he does have rules.

[@Juidodin]

they say gravitational waves happen if black holes collide.. I say it's the universe trembling in fear when the doctor gets angry...

[@jarisman]

"Good men don't need rules." is my next tattoo.

[@involuntaryanalysis]

Up there with "Look up The Doctor......under CAUSE OF DEATH" scene.

[@danielhaire6677]

"You seem to have an impressive number of deaths attributed to you...Truly remarkable."

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

It is amazing how catastrophically wrong she was about the doctor at every turn and still won. "He isn't gathering an army" "He wouldn't attack us here" "You are a good man and I am not scared of you".

[@sidewire8777]

Got to love how he starts doing a child like mocking of the General only explode into his ancient time lord self

[@samuelwebster1813]

I always thought of mat smiths doctor as being slightly more 'mad hatter' like. He's spontaneous and flamboyant and gleeful, which makes him that much more sinister when he's angry. the pure look of wrath on a mad man's face is chilling

[@SimsinWonderland]

spot on

[@Tybearius]

1:22 - That is the look of a man on the brink, on the edge and is just barely in control of his actions. Choose your next words very carefully, because they just might be your last.

[@MARYWTHER]

Damn I forgot how powerful Angry!Eleven was...

[@davidedwards1705]

0:57 No words, just a Sound and THAT Sound carries so much weight. **shivers** Who plays this character do we know if she got any awards for this?

[@diverdhal4013]

the seconds he go's from mocking to threatening to see my demon face and i make you sh*t your pants , impressive

[@LadyWarmachine]

"And when my face becomes sincere, beware."

[@katluver09]

"The doctor is no longer here, you're stuck with me... and i will end you, and everything you love"

[@Jadefox32]

I didn't notice "And when people come to you and ask you if trying to get to me THROUGH THE PEOPLE I LOVE!" that look of fury...as Davros would say "There he is." then her snide remark dismissing his anger off handedly and we see him in less than 2 minutes go from cheerful at victory, furious, and then something else. This is one of my favorite scenes in Doctor Who.

[@rupertbath2748]

That look in her face when he says "today is not the day to find out why i have so many" and you can see suddenly the fear has set in big time and she is scared.

[@Emrys91]

That slow build of comical to anger to that exsplosion of rage 😲

[@CABRALFAN27]

1:38 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the expression of a woman who has just shit herself.

[@that-british-whovian]

I love the Snarl from Madam Vastra as he says “the people I love” it’s almost symbolic of the pure rage that 11 is bottling up, she’s on his side and vice versa but she’s scared of what he is, and instincts are hard to break

[@birchwood5889]

His face when she says “the anger of a good man is not a problem” is some of Smith’s best acting on the show no the best but SOME OF the best (in my opinion)

[@rustkarl]

When he catches himself getting angry. Then the obvious implication that he’s a terrible man because of how many rules he has. A very good means of showing a detached personality. He’s furious. And he almost loses himself in it despite his mastery of the situation.

[@Jadefox32]

The man who regrets and the man who forgets

[@Mizuna752]

You know something it just hit me all these years later. A lot of people take this as a glimpse at what the Doctor could be and how dangerous he could be but they are wrong. It’s actually showing exactly how dangerous he is and how cruel he is outright. The Doctor could wipe out an entire galaxy if he felt like it that’s no surprise to anyone. But here the Doctor shows something else. The “Colonel Runaway” isn’t just a reminder of a failure or some joke. The Doctor is showing that no matter what happens, no matter how many soldiers and no matter what weapons you may have you cannot beat him. Could he kill them all? Sure! But they pissed him off and he doesn’t just want them to die he wants them to suffer. To be humiliated and mocked for the rest of time, because even after they die they will always have the legacy of “run away.” The Doctor isn’t just winning at this point, he is forever holding his victory over your head, demolishing you life, career and reputation and essentially saying to your face “You can’t stop me.”

[@Darhhaall]

I like how he acknowledges that she is, in fact, smart.

[@adamnewman5575]

The doctor isn't a good man he's a merciful man he's kind and gentle when he can be but if you mess with the people he cares about he is ruthless and and he will make you pay

[@greengeek562]

The feel and weight of that sudden power shift. Damn!!!

[@captiantimecanary6958]

20 dollars says if River was there she would call him a cruel manipulative bastard, but he is right

[@TimesFM4532]

A wise man fears a moonless light, a storm at sea aand the rage if a good man

[@seeinred]

Out of all the doctors in my memory, Matt Smith is the only one who gives legit terrifying vibes with his portrayal of moments like this. I don't know why, but it just screams "oh, if this man looses it, he will go full scorched earth psycho".

[@samuelreed5266]

you know, I never noticed that Vastra hisses when The Doctor starts shouting. That's such a cool detail because I see it as her reminding the Doctor to 'calm down'. You sometimes forget that behind the quirky, funny man is a time lord that's commited multiple genocides, subjected various entities to eternal torment, and fought in one of the most devastating, most gruesome wars of all time. The Doctor knows just how to make one suffer if he really wants to and *that* is truly scary.

[@jay1603]

The way he sounds so unhinged when he goes "oh, I'm angry, that's new"

[@tahunuva4254]

Well, I guess colonel runaway found this video, and disliked it. [:P]

[@chunkitlo5987]

:P

[@chibiusa2018]

You know I would have loved it if I was a companion of 11

[@ayaretgonzalez27078]

The way the Doctor stares at her until she says runaway

[@doomspidey1737]

I love how he has the face like: holy shit that actually worked, ok then 1:41

[@ambrusraul2297]

The Doctor Beast Mode : When you fall in love with an ancient god who insists with the face of a 12 years old...probably best to hide the damage.

[@vic5015]

I saw a fan post that suggested that the "good man" of the episode title is actually Rory the Centurion. Viewers just *think* it's The Doctor because he is the show's protagonist.

[@chibiusa2018]

Yeah I can see it

[@LifeOfRy]

1:07 this delivery by Matt has stayed with me ever since this episode first aired. So much of the older Doctor comes through when he does the macabre/furious stuff. What a class portrayal through and through.