Doctor Who - The Beast Below - The Last of it's Kind

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[@phrophetsamgames]

"You don't ever decide what I need to know" God Matt Smith was scary at times. I love him so much.

[@TheHobatron]

All the Doctors need a scary side. 9 was just inherently scary, coming straight out of the Time War. 10 was jovial on the outside, but he had a dark undercarriage. Think about how he ended up dealing with The Family of Blood, or the Time Lord Victorius moment. 11 was similar in that sense, happy-go-lucky yet hiding something more. 12 was actually the opposite though, he played the angry man but was actually a lot softer than he tried to look.

[@hououinkyouma3864]

@@TheHobatron Not really no. He was more of a grumpy guy who could be soft but could be also batshit crazy. Do not confuse grumpy with angry. The 12th Doctor could get really angry.

[@shahrzadketabollahi5496]

@@hououinkyouma3864 This is just my opinion, but I still think 12 was bigger on threats, but when it actually came down to it, he was quite softer in his "choices" than 9,10 or 11th doctor (again, "quite" softer, not completely).

[@amyclarke4698]

Decided that this story is about covid-19 but plural the crew is us with covid-19 the whale is the NHS which tires out 🤫

[@rinkagamine3238]

Why is he angry?

[@Anna-zi7sx]

What I love about Matt’s Doctor is that he seems like a five year old on drugs, but sometimes you can just feel and see how old he really is.

[@shahnawazhussain8759]

It's not the drug, it's the doctor who impacts the drug the way he wants. And he always does anything with passion or not at all. So when he does drugs it means he is going to enjoying darkness of his darkness. ♥️😎😋👅❤️🖤😛😝😜 Obviously here I am talking about myself. Yahaya ZQ here 😎😋😊😶

[@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988]

@@shahnawazhussain8759 I had a stroke reading this.

[@MusikCassette]

little concern: Why exactly do you know, what a five year old on drugs is like?

[@Anna-zi7sx]

@@MusikCassette Personal experience

[@MusikCassette]

@@Anna-zi7sx so you took drugs when you wer five? or did you drug a five year old?

[@ClintonKelly87]

"Nobody talk to me, nobody HUMAN! HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME TODAY!!!" And then I started crying.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

;~;

[@chrissoto7472]

ClintonKelly87 It angers me because this is EXACTLY what a human being would fucking do. It would enslave another race without giving it a first thought because we are despicable race.

[@hannahmarie6501]

ClintonKelly87 Me too.

[@HorrorElementFilms]

Chris Soto To be fair, it's not like the people had much of a choice, story-wise. I mean it was either capture the whale and live, or die. The very fact that there is a 'forget' button when making that decision, means people have most certainly given it great thought, and the decision is so painful they'd rather not remember making it. So instead of 'despicable race' etc, it's more like, making an incredibly difficult decision, out of desperation for their survival.

[@lumberluc]

Its when you've lived for so long, that they all sound the same.

[@marsmontufar6319]

I love how it cuts to the Doctor when it says Last of Its Kind, like he feels for the whale because he IS the whale. Keeping humanity alive and well, alone.

[@tonoornottono]

the idea that the doctor feels trapped in his role, that humanity will forever be in its infancy until the end of time and the doctor must always be there to set things right. humanity neutered the doctor and used his compassion to do it.

[@beepbeep1253]

@@tonoornottono absolutely not

[@ToxicBalloon360]

And often at the expense of his own well being.

[@sagezemage8834]

@@tonoornottonoholy shit that last line is amazing!

[@antmania34]

This is why Matt Smith was effective. For a young guy to put a portrayal of an old timelord demanded light and shade.

[@abialston8476]

“Nobody human has anything to say to me today” with quotes like these how can people say this show has no depth or drama

[@MusikCassette]

who says that?

[@jacklaffey3529]

@@MusikCassette yeah, no one does lol

[@MusikCassette]

@@jacklaffey3529 no he does.

[@gentleseal1778]

Now it doesn’t

[@MusikCassette]

@@gentleseal1778 but who does

[@nathansmith4731]

Doctor: You don't ever decide what I need to know Amy, Rory, and River all through season 6: Let's not tell him he's going to die on Lake Solencio

[@tomosjones3569]

That's different, the rules of time travel had to come first. Even if he did find out eventually, for all they knew they could break time. P.S. It's Silencio

[@AWinterLullaby]

Doctor: You don't ever decide what I need to know Doctor in season 6 part 1: Let's not tell Amy she's a flesh avatar

[@tacitakoe5004]

He did that to make sure whoever had Amy wouldn't realize he knew.

[@tomosjones3569]

Also he wasn't sure. Thats why Doctor wanted them to go have food (or whatever it was) so he could look at the Flesh himself.

[@AWinterLullaby]

Tacita Koe Exactly. He thought he was protecting her by keeping the information, just like Amy wanted to protect him from having to choose between the star whale or humanity. It came from a good place but it was not their choice to make Tomos Jones He wasn't sure, but he had strong suspicions. He knew there was something wrong with her pregnancy after he scanned her and he chose not to tell her or Rory.

[@NickPiers]

This was the first sign that the Eleventh Doctor was more than a big kid in an adult body. Something darker. Something angrier. That part of the whole "big kid" personality is an act.

[@puppycatsbee]

yepp

[@pumpkingamebox]

With every regeneration, the doctor became more self-controlled. Because he buried deeper and deeper his regret and guilt for his decision. That's why Eccelston was so angry and brutal. That's why Tennant was so Stoic. That's why Smith is so Childish. It's all the means of running away. They later of course wrote in that they actually saved everyone, completely denying Capaldi these feelings. But oh well.

[@antizoom6855]

That darkness is the doctor from the time war the one who killed them all

[@jordancrooks6752]

@@pumpkingamebox well capaldi. Doctor does seem to remmber. That is why he was trying to find gallifry

[@NickPiers]

@Reign Caleb Fuck off. Both of you. Reported for spam.

[@duncant6364]

"The Worst Thing I'll Ever Do" He truly is the Doctor who forgetd

[@SchultzDorinda]

And maybe because he doesn't Amy to know about what he did in his past. Not at this point in time at least

[@charlesweber5052]

Forgetd? Ignoring that though yeah

[@jeronimo196]

He wasn't the Doctor at the time.

[@fatihhakkss]

I think he thought murdering this innocent beautiful creature is worse than what he did to gallifrey.

[@Theseamus2000]

He slaughtered his people and the daleks because he thought he had to or the universe itself would burn not just because of the daleks but because of the war criminals time lords like rassilon were becoming This star whale as far as he knows is innocent and doesn't deserve any harm, the sort of people he's the doctor for

[@SirFortility]

"Trapped it, built our life around it, and used it to grow ourselves."

[@pamelac4261]

SirFortility So...basically our parents?

[@Hunter-oc2ej]

Humanity in a nutshell

[@RK-ep8qy]

@@Hunter-oc2ej humans are probably the parasites of space

[@createrz8433]

Space orcs

[@thatoneguy7709]

I just love how Matt enhances his anger at 4:11, such a great actor and a fantastic Doctor :)

[@thelisapisa]

Gosh I can't see him like that .. so broken ...so ... sad ...

[@thelisapisa]

Oliver Linklater your dead..... 😭😭😭how can you be so cruel???? 😢😢😭😭😭😭

[@thelisapisa]

Ben Jordan kill him! Exterminate him

[@nerdicpride9851]

ESC Lisa Germany that's what makes him such a great Doctor. His emotion. His sadness and anger as he delivers his lines.

[@mit7652]

David Tennant is my favorite doctor.

[@Kacs_ky]

Got to love how Matt Smith has now been in two shows containing not just royalty with an Elizabeth but also Churchill

[@Newkillerdude]

1:42 Matt says no words just looks down, you can see the emotion in that scene. He can relate he didn't need to say anything that look was enough

[@nathanstrydom3300]

Something i find interesting about this is how it shows that for all he admires humanity, and in spite of all the love he has for them, there is still some part of the doctor that considers himself above humanity. Not morally, but intellectually at least. "Nobody human has anything to say to me today"

[@ashm4938]

The doctor is both simultaneously above and below humanity and that is what i believe is an inevitable truth the doctor faces, he preaches the good whilst being the single most genocidal being in this universe's history, he admires humanity because of his flaws and in some way detests humanity because of his strengths

[@ssllsg9439]

because a time lord is NOT a human.

[@geniusfollower]

The placement of this episode right after the Eleventh Hour was such a smart decision as well. This pretty much cemented 11's darkness and anger, just shimmer below the surface while establishing the Doctor's trust in Amy when she figures it out.

[@hannahmarie6501]

I wanna shrink when he's angry.

[@JnEricsonx]

Shrink? You wanna find another universe.

[@erenhansu]

@@JnEricsonx universe? I think only way to escape from Doctor is being touched by a weeping angel

[@Gengu]

Sultansman I think he mean't another universe as in parallel universe

[@geowinchester4573]

this doctor in particular rlly has that effect when he's mad(especially when he yells) so i feel you

[@HannibalKantter]

"You'll find out that the Universe is a really small place when I'm angry at you"

[@grandadmiralthrawn6094]

The star whale... Protect the endangered species... Donate today...

[@goldenfreddy3923]

Grand Admiral Thrawn I donated a like

[@lordinquisitorsec7532]

I donated a like and a battle fleet.

[@lordinquisitorsec7532]

The fleet is simply to perform an observation of their habitat little more.

[@datnoob4394]

Lord Inquisitor Sec the only thing that battle fleet should be doing is purging the xeno from existence for the glory of the emperor

[@lordinquisitorsec7532]

If we do not adapt then we will fail. If the Imperium is supreme. Why are we not victorious?

[@DamnQuilty]

I love this moment so much. It is nice to see the Doctor rightfully angry like he is here.

[@StillJustDreaming]

Oh, the poor Doctor and his breaking hearts :-(

[@anteroinen4239]

The acting is what really sells this scene and makes it feel impactful, because the plot carrying it collapses in on itself with the tiniest prodding. Like you only have to ask the question "okay, but WHY would there ever be a KILL EVERYONE button made under any circumstance?" to start to see the glaring holes in the logic leading to this point. For something a bit spicier: someone much cleverer than me would be able to write a long essay about what it says about how Britain sees its monarchs that it is basically unquestioningly presented as normal that the queen has the right to kill everyone if she feels bad.

[@moro2485]

This whole scene screams the time war all over again. No matter how hard he can try to forget the sins of his war doctor incarnation, "he still did it, that's what counts".

[@TonyTylerDraws]

I love how sad the Doctor is when he hears it’s the last of its kind. A situation he knows far too well

[@osiancoleman8447]

Love this episode. It shows good character development early one for Amy and the doctor side by side. Great performances so early on.

[@quintessenceoflife7870]

One of the more touching emotion filled moments of the series. Granted there are a lot through out his regenerations such as his deaths that forced the regeneration but to me I find this one the most heartbreaking.

[@platypusnoise]

I hope Jodie gets a few scenes like this

[@Justwill007]

Mr Cranky fucking chick dr who

[@edithfinch7674]

William Ross-Hughes boi. Give her a fucking chance

[@SofiaFox]

'dr who' HIS NAME IS DR WHO

[@edithfinch7674]

TigerMan1995 and...?

[@SofiaFox]

It's a joke. Also Missy said it in Series 10.

[@UnchainedEruption]

The ending to this episode doesn’t make much sense if you think about it, but this episode had stellar performances from Matt and Karen, and really helped cement their characters as believable people.

[@rigsby1454]

Shades of Colin baker here

[@julieeverett7442]

true, 4th could get into a fury too

[@careebs3657]

This episode had so many ideas that weren’t explored like why do they sacrifice children who fail tests, what are the many decks, what are the smilers, I wish this episode was a special but it was still really good

[@toymage4144]

I like this episode but I hate the timing of it. It shouldn't have been the second episode. It relied heavily on Amy truly understanding the Doctor's character and fully trusting him and happens way too fast. Would have liked this episode more if it came later on the season or even season 6/7

[@2Scribble]

I dunno - Amy's uncertainty with who the Doctor is - seeing him as a hero but wanting to keep him 'pure' and 'save' him from himself... that's something only someone who has an IDEA of the Doctor(rather than actually knowing him) would do. If it were Amy from the later series she PROBABLY wouldn't have made this mistake

[@toymage4144]

I see what you're saying and I do respect your opinion but to me I would have to disagree. She does this because the whale was "very old and very kind and the very last of his kind" but she didn't even know he was old and the last of his kind till like 30 minutes earlier. I think she may have done the same thing if she was in love with "the idea of the Doctor" but then she'd have a different reason to do this. It'd be to be heroic like him and want to save stuff like him but not because the whale and the Doctor have similar circumstances.

[@THEVALEYARD]

Completely agree. Would be perfect for a Series 6 episode.

[@JesseTheGameDev]

She has known the doctor WAY longer than it seems though. Ever since she was a little girl, so she has this big romanticized idea of him and trusts him implicitly.

[@bronzeowl9]

Toy Mage I think she didn’t trust the doctor and that’s why she chose to forget. If it was later on, it wouldn’t make much sense imo

[@ThomasFishwick]

This has popped up a few times in my recommended videos recently. I finally clicked. This is what Doctor Who is about kids. This. Everything that lead to this moment and everything that followed from it This is why Smith’s still one of my favourite Doctors

[@azapro911]

Matt Smith's first opportunity to remind us that underneath the fun and laughs lurks a very old man, fiercely angered by injustice.

[@samuelfawell9159]

This is why 11 worked, he had such rage when it was needed, he didn’t treat humans as children, there where times (such as this) where he clearly hated them. The Doctor is old, he’s seen and done so much, lost so much and suffered so much, all the childish goofing around was cover for the years of sorrow he had suffered

[@fictiontheorizer1991]

And he didn't need petty insults to do it. (Mostly, I think Cold Blood dives into that, but it's been a few years since I watched it.) Never did care for that two part episode personally.

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@fictiontheorizer1991 which one was cold blood again?

[@fictiontheorizer1991]

@@samuelfawell9159 Sorry Cold Blood and Hungry Earth. Now I remember. With the Silurians living in a society beneath the earth.

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@fictiontheorizer1991 ah yes I remember those ones, they… weren’t the best, but it did indeed touch on humanities selfishness and cruelty. Which is really something 13 never did, humans where always being shown as either good or bad, with no grey. A doctor needs to be able to be dangerous, they need to be threatening in a way, they need to be able to play a character who you can look at and go “this person isn’t human, they don’t live by our rules, they keep the monsters away”

[@fictiontheorizer1991]

@@samuelfawell9159 Yeah Jodie was not good at being anything. To be fair, I was never scared of Peter the way I was Tennant or Matt either. Although it has been a while since I watched Peter's episodes.

[@RK-ep8qy]

This broke my heart

[@scottmiles5174]

Series 5 actually gave matt smith drama and emotion, series 7 he just became a cartoon character

[@JovialJollyJames]

scott miles I disagree with that, what with his "Honor the Victim's First" speech, goodbye to the Ponds, Rings of Akhaten speech, farewell to River, and finally, his Regeneration, while not "I don't want to go..." levels of heartbreaking, was still a beautifully somber and emotional scene.

[@doiknowyou9984]

Tbh it's not Matt Smith's fault, its Steven Moffat's. Series 5 I think was his doctors prime. His character had so much depth and every episode I enjoyed. Everything after series 5 is where it started to slowly decrease in quality for me. Of course there are really amazing standout moments, but in the end that's exactly Moffat's style nowadays. Its usually poorly written episodes with anticlimactic resolutions to the main problem, with some really good character moments sprinkled in between that just make it worth while enough to watch. And the trend continued on into Capaldi's run. He's a great doctor with some amazing moments that are unfortunately undercut by a majority of his stories being very poorly written. I also think the problem is once Moffat establishes the character of the doctor and how he acts he'll overdo it to the point that the character almost becomes a parody of themselves. Its like hey the eleventh Doctor is super quirky and fidgety and bouncing off the wall? Okay that's just who he is now. And that one catchphrase we thought was cool that one time, were gonna have him repeat it till everyone hates it. And the same goes for Capaldi. The moment I saw him on a tank playing an electric guitar, I was like this is too much. Now this is just being over the top quirky just for the sake of it. It doesn't provide more insight or emotion to the scene. I'm very optimistic about what chibnal has in store for Jodie's doctor though. Like sure bring Moffat on for some episodes maybe every now and then because his one-off stories are wonderful, but he is not suited to be a showrunner anymore in my honest opinion.

[@scottmiles5174]

JovialJollyJames im not saying he didnt have good moments but they put more emphasis on the humour, moments like that were spareingly in the season as a whole.

[@Duelist037]

out of the modern who series Smith is easily my favorite.

[@xTunafishx]

Tends to happen with all long-running shows. First season, they're given scripts that are generic in characterization, but great in story and emotion. The actor works with the scripts and develops their doctor. Second season, the writers know what works with the actors style and have a better grasp of their individual personality and get creative. You get some strong scripts, but also terrible ones ones. Third season, the recurring writers write 'safe' scripts they know will do well and the newcomers push for more elaborate content. It's the cycle of show writing, and not just for Doctor Who. Third seasons tend to be the most bland. Smith is still my fav Doctor, throughout his tenure. His Doctor is great and diverse in performance, but the writing didn't keep pace with him.

[@hechx4606]

This show is actually terrifying when you think about it.

[@zionleach3001]

Especially with Torchwood. With the 456 aliens and the fact that Cthulhu may or may not exist in the same universe. Cause this is a "kids" show.

[@alunjones6823]

When the Doctor heard the words "the last of its kind," he thought about himself being the last of the Time Lords.

[@extremegalactic6217]

0:55 lovely glitch

[@kurogane9167]

The last of its kind, doing its best to stop children from crying, through pain unimaginable, loneliness and misery

[@roverrepairs1004]

When iam done here...you are going home. That makes me really sad. 😞😞😢

[@HazelS71]

Powerful acting!

[@sonnenschein553]

Matt Smith - the deepest Doctor with the purest heart.

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

I actually loved this episode. Smith and Gillan smashed there dynamic instantly.

[@TwilightRage2099]

"...and then I need to find a new name." This is where he forgot the meaning and duties of the title "The Doctor" (as most doctors have nowadays).

[@ursaltydog]

His disappointment hurt worse than anything Eccleston could've done..

[@Linkolnverse]

I think of this moment with the Star Whale, then the moment with the Moon, being an egg for 12. It's interesting.

[@Sagramore1270]

I think it's one of the best episodes of DW

[@loulouwillis5648]

He is the meanist Doctor to me the toughest and they deserved every mean thing he said. David Tennant who is my favorite seems to be the nicest one the 11th Doctor is my second favorite.

[@northstar6920]

Ah... now I know where the star wars Ashokah pulled the "star whale" nonsense from.

[@Teocis]

4:17 The doctor...his anger...

[@samwise210]

"Every other nation had fled to the skies." Aka Britain thought it could go it alone, against *checks notes* the Sun... which checks out.

[@gamingcrossroad2011]

I love the poem that went with this story.

[@calamar1e320]

I feel like one thing I never realized something that was stupid about this scene is this: there is a third option. Remember and start building the technology to travel in space so they can release the star whale and repay it for its' kindness. It would be hard, but appealing to a population's sense of empathy could easily lead to enough support for that sort of project, especially since they'd already been traveling through space for near 300 years.

[@MotRekrab1347]

I'll be honest, this reminds me of Vault 11 from Fallout: New Vegas. They sacrificed people/tortured the whale because they thought if they didn't, they die, but when they finally stopped they were let out/increased speed

[@judyhopps9380]

it's based on the book "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" with the people on the ship learning the truth. Also New Vegas rocks

[@fearful1139]

Matt nailed his second episode so well. I liked this episode.

[@worldweaver2691]

this is the second episode?

[@fearful1139]

@@worldweaver2691 yep of series 5

[@johnyesjustjohn]

Sometimes I visualize new DW episodes as if they were done back in the days of classic Who. For this episode, I can picture the Fifth Doctor and Tegan having this argument.

[@doodoo5594]

i’ve seen people complain that 11 was a bit of an arrogant dick here, even if he has every right to be mad, but scenes like this are what make me love 11 during series 5, he’s trying to be more lighthearted and brush of the pain 10 went through but he can still so easily slip into that darker side of himself

[@thememechannel5744]

I miss Matt Smith. Matt Smith was the best doctor.

[@MrJman9001]

Yikes do you even David Tennant

[@fictiontheorizer1991]

He'll always be my favorite.

[@guragurashaak7383]

This episode got me hooked on doctor who

[@beast0339]

I found when I was watching this, 11 behaves a lot like how I think 10 would have done. Just shows that despite 11 saying they'd moved on, deep down, some of it never went away.

[@dain6492]

All high and mighty on the top of mountains of dead timelords bodies. At this point the doctor thought he was responsible for his entire species extinction and he has the nerve to talk down to humans.

[@Banana_boat]

This shows up in my recommendations very often.

[@GoogleUser-dwcy]

Why is there still the blue and white St. Andrew's Cross on the Union Jack at 3:30? I thought Scotland wanted its own ship. It looks more like the Northern Irish flag went missing.

[@AbsentNyx]

It wouldn’t wipe out humanity though. It was only the uk not all humans

[@anarchypizza8840]

Christina Stokbæk but the uk is the best bit

[@diegochatard-caraballo5848]

@@anarchypizza8840 nah, Canada's better.

[@singsongsign]

1:00 The Demon Headmaster!

[@firebladetenn6633]

I hated the sci-fi storytelling in Moffat's reign as showrunner, but the characters were phenomenal. This however, was one of the best sci-fi stories Moffat ever did.

[@menemij8934]

Matt Smith will always be my favourite Doctor.

[@H4WKs_]

The doctor is stern

[@DavidHeffron78]

The Doctor really was convinced his shit didn't stink.

[@StillJustDreaming]

Just realized - it never occurred to any of them to fly the ship to a planet, let all the people get off there, and then set the Star Whale free?

[@ethanquirk28]

Just a random, fully inhabitable planet in the middle of deep space? They’re riding on the back of a whale floating away from Sol. The nearest star to us is 4.2 lightyears away. As in it takes something 4.2 years traveling at light speed to reach it. Where are they getting another planet from?

[@StillJustDreaming]

@@ethanquirk28 Didn't mean it would be a quick hop to the next planet, but even if it took them several years, it's still better than what they seemed to have put themselves (and the whale) through

[@ethanquirk28]

@@StillJustDreaming as i said, 4.2 lightyears. If the ship was travelling at the speed of sound then it would still take it 3,705,773 years to reach the closest star to Sol in the galaxy and thats just magically assuming it has an inhabitable planet

[@hystari200]

I let I let. He always is known for interfering but the worst bit is it's not always his choice to make. It was up to Liz.. and yet he decides the future of history. The Timelord Victorious always so complete

[@benanderson3029]

When you learn that the actress who plays Liz 10 also played Tatiana in Hotel Rwanda.....

[@EternalPayne]

And Charlotte in Ratched...

[@mellow_noises2001]

Why does it feel like PETA wrote this episode because the whole moral of this episode it's basically either kill one animal or kill the entire human race but the catch is the animal that you kill is the last of it's kind so if you kill it is gone forever

[@yig_501]

NO HUMAN HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME TODAY

[@Bee-kq4sj]

This is the ultimate Trolley Problem.

[@katkenobi6765]

The REAL DW. Not the shit they’ve been putting out since Matt left.

[@Helios727]

they predicted meghan markle's marriage: leading to Liz 10 being black!

[@MithrilRoshi]

God i wish someone called him out on this bull. He has been killing races all season and NOW suddenly he has the high ground here? HAH The 11th is the monster the doctor became when he forgot where he came from..

[@foolsfortune1677]

MithrilRoshi This is his second episode, and he didnt murder anyone during Season 5.

[@julieeverett7442]

this is a brand new series dear, a whole new set of people. And the doctor is NOT human sometimes the modern era seems to forget this

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

4:39. So he’s killing it with a pH meter.....😊

[@nickname3380]

The Doctor really gave it to Amy.

[@kittisakchooklin874]

So, it's Amy that makes the decision differ to all those previous one.

[@mwillblade]

The queen is fine as Hell!

[@defendere7506]

Why couldnt they just like let it rest for a second? They're in space cant it just stop and float along for a bit and they just ride on its back? They didn't really need to have it keep moving right? It's like riding a horse and never letting it stop by hitting it with a whip over and over I dont get it lol.

[@owenbevt3]

I guess if they stop zapping it it wouldn't stop, it would turn around and go some place habitable to whales rather than by humans.

[@defendere7506]

owenbevt3 if that were true then they could just steer it rather than force it to keep going

[@defendere7506]

Also couldnt the doctor have taken everyone into the tardis and transported them to a habitable planet? Freeing the whale and saving humanity

[@drunkweebmarine9492]

The Fury of a Timelord is something you want to avoid

[@666tiger7]

HOLY FUCK IT'S THE DEMON HEADMASTER!!!

[@zionleach3001]

Maybee it's me. But I was thinking the Doctor would punish the queen for torturing the star whale. Not full Time Lord Victorious. But at least do the same thing 10 did after the Sycorax were killed.

[@jk-vo3hn]

And nobody alien and stupid had anything to say to ME back then!!!!!

[@RSeph]

Honestly, this episode should of been one of the last in the season. It was too early for this Doctor to show this side

[@gtaipan7422]

I would choose the beast who is the last of its existence and maybe the people will be evacuated when there is a chance.

[@geekonomist]

You dont even need to forget, or abdicate. You ride the whale. Only humans have rights. Animals do not.

[@tajsingh2000]

This is the complete opposite of the moon episode where he leaves clara

[@julieeverett7442]

yeah, but Clara thought she was every bit as good as the doctor (shes not even close) so the doctor said, ok put on your big girl pants and YOU deal, she didnt like it, did she?

[@EveOurWhything]

The whale came to save them and they tortured it for the favor...sounds familiar

[@persononinternet7868]

i geniually avoid this clip just because of how sad it is

[@morganx5570]

God watching this makes me realise how bad the new doctor who is

[@MarlonOgbeide]

Sad thing is it new additional canon ruined stories like this now.

[@kacieremata9014]

The 11th Doctor shuts Amy Pond out 😦

[@BIRDMANzie]

I don’t remember this episode so I’m probably missing something.... but could he just put everyone in the tardis and then set the whale free..?

[@BIRDMANzie]

Dilay Aydoğdu he said.. his only choice was to kill the people or the whale... he didn’t know it would keep helping once it was set free... so what I’m saying is.. why didn’t he just put everyone in the tardis.. take em where they wanted to go.. then set the whale free?

[@121warb]

He could. But Moffat takes dramatic moments over good, plausible writing.

[@coleturner9106]

That would have involved uprooting thousands of people from their homes and their lives, plus I don't know if even the tardis could hold as many people as the spaceship would have had.

[@121warb]

Since The Doctor is nearly equally weighing killing last of species (which he relates to due to his Time Lordship) vs. killing said thousands of people, if The Doctor thought of that he'd take that outcome in a heartbeat (or two). He's a time traveller and knows the universe probably better than anyone, he can figure some place for those people to live the rest of their lives, and even if the TARDIS can't fit that many people in one go, it can take multiple trips. He has the government of the faciliy to back his mass emmigration strategy. If anyone refuses, that would basically be suicide. The only risk would be panic and riots BUT THAT WOULD MAKE AN INTERESTING EPISODE. The writing is really out of character since The Doctor is supposed to be one of, if not the smartest humanoid creatures in the world and he can't figure out something other than a silly ultimatum that he's so obviously forced into by the writers since they're not allowing him to use his full arsenal of tools. This happens a lot with Moffat's writing and if you analyze his other episodes you'll notice this trend (ala Angels in Manhattan) very frequently. The rules that Moffat tries to define in Doctor Who are so quickly bent and broken either as a crutch to explain bad writing or because of the inherent bad writing, which was a critical flaw throughout all of the seasons that he wrote for. There's a great video by hbomberguy who analyzes Steven Moffat's writing in Sherlock and in the Doctor Who 2017 Winter special, I'd highly reccomend you watch it if you have enough time because this guy goes into a LOT more detail than I.

[@sammykent5752]

nice easy analysis of an actually more difficult situation, and as expected your "easy" solution to the problem completely overlooks one major insight: 1. There have been multiple episodes in the past which could've all been simply resolved by the Doctor just packaging all of humanity into his TARDIS, sorta like the Master's regeneration episode where the Doctor could've just taken the rest of humanity in his TARDIS (instead of helping them build the rocket), he could've easily solved that entire situation couldn't he? And the Master would've never regenerated too. Heck, even at the finale of season one, the Doctor could've travelled back in time, and emigrated all humans from earth instead of sending Rose home with the TARDIS. In fact in any given episodes the Doctor could simply quickly travel back and forth in time and just whack away with things as much as he wants, which is pretty much what you're suggesting here. But he doesn't do that, same way he doesn't just help humanity progress before its time, same way he doesn't teleport the humans suffering in the modern days in Africa to more resource filled locations, because he's not the caretaker of earth. He's a spectator and a FIXER, he FIXES things, problems that do not coincide with earth's normal history and timeline, like aliens for example mixing in where they're not supposed to. But he's not the Big Father who takes over all of Earth's problems. For this reason emigrating all of the humans on the ship using the TARDIS was out of question. He'd be involving himself too much, he could just as well travel back in time to the arrival of the star whale and just emigrate the population of England himself. Also the Doctor's ALWAYS had his full arsenal blocked, I mean how many times did the SAME plot device of Tennant conveniently losing his TARDIS everytime they arrived at a new location happen? Give me a break.

[@somsiri-nk6fh]

Star​whale... Like​ Pearl​ from​ SpongeBob​

[@87frontside]

Last of his kind? everyone forgets about The Master

[@l-knight7294]

At this point he thought the master was dead(again) and so did we until Missy was revealed as the masters regeneration

[@juon91]

This sounds really ironic after the Brexit.