Doctor Who - The Empty Child - Clip 2

[@widgetfilms]

This episode scared the living shit out of me as a child. I didn't sleep for weeks, and I was scared by gas masks for years.

[@mikeyzmumu]

Wyvernblue Dude, same. My brother and I watched Doctor Who all the time when I was around, 6-9. This episode terrified me, and I had nightmares about my friends and family around me becoming like this. Still have the entire episode engraved in my mind to this day.

[@Stetsonbryl]

I am still scared of gas masks...

[@AlexTheOilersFan]

Mt first ever Doctor Who episode and I'm also scared of gas masks

[@Eric-ek6mm]

I still am unnerved by this episode

[@Harvey-iv7jq]

@@mikeyzmumu are you my mummy?

[@datawolf39]

That moment when you vividly remember this episode and realize that it's been over a decade since it aired. I feel old now.

[@Ravager4561]

Fucking hell you are right ! It has been 12 years ..oh God I am getting old

[@angiet7380]

Up until now, I thought this was a movie. I had no clue this was Doctor Who. I thought I've never seen Doctor Who

[@colemacgrath2005]

Angie T really? I mean, how could u possibly think this was a movie? They don’t explain where the main character comes from or how he can time travel lol

[@nyx6178]

This episode gave me nightmares as a kid, that's mainly why i remember this so vividly

[@kokakola2618]

I remember watching this as a little kid. I was 8.

[@killyourself6871]

That's what it looks like when a spy disguises himself as a pyro

[@Nice_Boy_555]

Lmao

[@creaidanthehedgehog7557]

I fear no man... But that thing... Scares me...

[@thatboredaroace]

i just imagined a muffled "are you my mummy?"

[@franklindelanoroosevelt7467]

"Before this war began I was a father and a grandfather now I'm neither, but I'm still a doctor." Does anyone else want to see the Doctor's family one day.

[@thefiregodzapp]

Well the original Doctor travelled with his granddaughter. But if the "I know the feeling" line is accurate she probably died off screen.

[@matthewjones2095]

@@thefiregodzapp the actress is still alive and has asked to come back

[@alansmithee419]

"I shall return. Yes, one day I shall return." - The first doctor to Susan. It's been thousands of years, you'd think he'd have got round to it by now. Ten likely checked in on on her when he was dying, but he didn't talk to her.

[@HungryThuli]

We did see his daughter technically

[@franklindelanoroosevelt7467]

@@thefiregodzapp As far as I know she's still alive.

[@Oliver_JW]

The look on the Doctors face as he watches the poor man change and not being able to do anything about it, nearly chokes me up.

[@gurglequeen433]

I like to think that man had a profound impact on Nine. "Before the war I was a rather and a grandfather, now I am neither, but I am still a doctor." Can you imagine how much impact that would leave on a man like the Doctor?

[@SamuelBlack84]

​@@gurglequeen433That makes him even more determined to fight

[@plymouthwho]

The amount of mental trauma this caused me when I was a child is insane

[@user-Noname367]

Mike Brumpton it gave me nightmares I had a nightmare were they were busted to my house and I will try and hide from them

[@edmundprice5276]

Are you my mummy?

[@Lucasfan375]

​@@edmundprice5276Hell naw! 😨

[@mikediaz6783]

Put that thing back where it came from or so help me

[@PussInHeels420]

IM LAUGHING SO HARD RN! >_

[@azariahawthorne9760]

💀

[@asgardninja9674]

You hear that? It's the winds of change.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Mike Diaz monster inc?

[@izzfizz9721]

*ITs A MUsIcAl!!!*

[@SpaceTrucker91]

That transformation... Nightmare fuel...

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@StormRevolutionGaming fr

[@SpaceTrucker91]

DroidTech There is nothing worse than what your own mind can concoct.

[@HANKSANDY69420]

Right outta his mouth

[@billionaire5526]

@Eurasian Lynx that’s crazy dude but absolutely nobody cares about your life

[@edmundprice5276]

Are you my mummy?

[@0hvist]

2:33 "Before this war began, I was a father and a grandfather. Now I'm neither. But I am still a Doctor." "Yeah... I know the feeling..." Some people might have forgotten that the Doctor back when the series first began 54 years ago, that the Doctor traveled with his Granddaughter "Susan Foreman" and her two schoolteachers.

[@paladinboyd1228]

Ohvist Small, He lost them in the time war.

[@bythebreach]

@@paladinboyd1228 Nah...Susan ain't dead.

[@franklindelanoroosevelt7467]

@@paladinboyd1228 He lost the rest of his family in the Time War. Family we haven't seen on screen at all.

[@Bluesit32]

@@bythebreach Oh, I think she is...if the Eighth Doctor audio books are canon. His last words in "Night of the Doctor" before becoming the War Doctor suggest they are as he says a farewell to his companions. Since he only appeared in the Doctor Who movie, the Eighth Doctor didn't have any...outside the audio books. He was there when Susan died. She was glad he kept his promise. "One day I shall come back."

[@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan]

@@bythebreach Susan has simply been abandoned in a future that never happened.

[@observer4916]

Imagine being 7 years old and watching this. Fucked me up real good.

[@paladinboyd1228]

Chad Myron Gaines-Normington, Imagine being 25 and and rewatching this. Stilled fucked up to this day and seeing it again did not help.

[@HungryThuli]

I was five lol. I still can't watch this episode when my mum is in the room because she hates it so much.

[@elliesarah2414]

This episode absolutely horrified me as a kid. I’m 22 and still find gas masks way too creepy.

[@notgray88]

Same here. 22 and still remember having nightmares about this scene. I think I was like 8 or 9

[@SamuelBlack84]

Gas masks are very uncomfortable to wear and very hot

[@edmundprice5276]

Are you my mummy?

[@Arfarf69]

@@SamuelBlack84imagine the actors had to wear these in the episode especially laying on the bed, must have been uncomfortable for them

[@dalleneldredge6923]

Let me just say that the old guy, though short lived in the show, is one of the best characters in all of doctor who.

[@Arfarf69]

He definitely had a presence in the episode for sure

[@theorangeoof926]

If you wanna see more of him, watch the other show that he was in “Merlin”

[@AlexTheOilersFan]

A scary as these episodes are, I completely forgot that this is the Doctor Who equivalent of the Zombie Apocalypse

[@jameslucy5311]

waters of mars

[@ck4411]

" Are you my mummy?" Me: HELL NO AM I THE PARENT OF A GAS MASKED CHILD LIKE YA

[@RobotPlayz]

who else had nightmares from this one episode

[@smurfjones675]

Robot Playz my twin

[@deadmantenshii9542]

I did when I was nine and now I’m watching it years later and it creeps the crap out of me

[@ReddieQueens]

MEH I’m 12 and I still have nightmares it’s so stupid

[@necrobiome6527]

ME I saw this when I was nine and I’m 16 now but still have the crawly feeling ya know?

[@PexoGames]

Oh my god, I couldn't sleep the first time I watched this when I was like 7. I'm 16 now xD

[@SumofluffyVIDS]

When I was a kid, I could never bring myself to watch this scene. Always covered my eyes during the transformations.

[@notgray88]

You're very lucky. The rest of us just got nightmares XD

[@alansmithee419]

Everyone here talking about how terrifying this scene is. Can we just take some time out from that to appreciate how terrific it is?

[@omgthisissoawesome]

Gaius, you're the court physician. Surely you can do something.

[@theboogeyman2590]

YES YOU NOTICED IT TOO. And I hope you’ve noticed Uther and Percival in the later episodes...?

[@elliottnoad1270]

And Merlin chilling on his way to see sapphire waterfalls one time

[@bellascoles191]

that's where i know him from! Thank you so much, that was seriously bothering me!

[@LaggardlySort]

"You're very sick" "Dying, I should think - I just haven't been able to find the time" The writing used to be so damn good

[@bonnie2.052]

Miss the old writers 😭

[@sarahnoe420]

Nine is my fav doctor. I just think he was such a bad ass.

[@rickcurley9357]

Sarah Noe may just be the biggest BAD-ASS to date!

[@jessicabiggs5808]

Sarah Noe I think the 11th doctor is the best

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

9th is my first doctor and he's one of the best

[@Crewecabking]

I prefer Matt Smith

[@circeciernova1712]

It helps being played by Christopher Eccleston, who's solid as can be

[@the_gonzo_wanderer]

Never forget, the sound team considered having audible bone sounds such as cracking and breaking as the face changed to the mask. This is now tame by comparison to that thought alone.

[@ColorRobo]

The score for Constantine's transformation is incredible

[@stayalive64]

This Halloween I dressed up as the Empty Child and just went around asking people "Are you my mummy?" Scared the shit out of everyone who knew Doctor Who, but even creeped people out who didn't know what it was. Just goes to show what a great job the writers did to make this as disturbing as it was. I still have nightmares.

[@Samantha-jb7dz]

This used to creep the heck out of me when I was like 7😂

[@elilin7245]

Ms.Queen105 _ Same for me 😝 my mom said I looked like this when I watched 😲😲

[@getthecoolshoeshinelol7922]

It still creeps me out

[@minnamendoza5790]

CrustyCucumbers _ bruh it still does!!

[@requiem8841]

CrustyCucumbers _ creeped me out at age eleven when I first saw it

[@reecevince2166]

Same my dad bought an air soft gas mask sat in the dark waited till i went to sleep a said mummy over and over i was 6 or7

[@Oliver_JW]

That look at 3:58 , knowing he can't do a damn thing to save this kind old man, still haunts me. Oh 9th doctor, we hardly knew thee.

[@GoGoTwice]

Richard Wilson’s acting is amazing - especially if you’re used to seeing him do comedy!

[@User-jk8wq]

I don’t believe it!

[@AngelofIego]

"I know the feeling" and now I'm sad.

[@cacam09]

I'm watching this right before I go to sleep... ... I'm not sleeping tonight

[@lemongrass3091]

I have a crippling phobia of gas masks and I swear this is what first caused it

[@rodrikforrester6989]

Nanomachines, son! They turn you into a gas mask monster in response to physical contact.

[@Bluesit32]

The Doctor has to respect this guy. War going on outside, impossible plague inside...but the man is a doctor. Even when his patients are clinically dead and he's on the way to join them. A doctor above all else.

[@zjjohnson3827]

Ye he seems (the actor as well!) as if he’d be a very kindly old man and a wonderful grandfather

[@sophiemason8444]

Nice to see this scene skills fucks me up 15 years later

[@bentn13]

The transformation starting 3:35 is amazing. Christopher Eccleston was a really great doctor.

[@theboogeyman2590]

Anyone else notice this is Gaius from Merlin? Three actors from Merlin were in the Doctor Who series, shocker eh? There’s Gaius, then there’s Uther Pendragon in season two episode 4 or something, and then theres Jeff played by Tom Hopper, who also plays Percival of the Round Table Knights. DANG!! The connection!

[@aestheticcherryblossoms8274]

This episode scared the ever loving crap out of me when I was younger. I couldn’t finish it for years. I remember trying to watch this episode and just pushing my face into a pillow and waiting for this scene to be over. Even now years later it still gives me chills.

[@ewfahgehajigeamiefma]

This scene gives me anxiety. Wtf why are you so close while examining?? sdkjkdnsmxksskmx

[@josemanuelchavesbussi1098]

Those vfx are really well made

[@z3r070000]

to be honest i expected the comments to full of people saying, are you my mumy?

[@ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm]

Nah, you should expect the comments to be full of unoriginal tf2 pyro jokes

[@Jekanadar]

The first episode I ever saw. No other episode had such an impact on me.

[@SkilledYetTalentless]

Took until I was 27 to sit down and watch this scene again and wrestle with the trauma. It was hard, really hard; the dread hanging over the scene. Constantine's delivery carries very similar weight to the Doctor speaking to Sally in Blink, a grim determination to deliver critical information that reveals the situation is dire and ends in a moment of true horror.

[@hughcaldwell1034]

Oh absolutely, the atmosphere is amazing. It's been nearly two decades since I first saw it and I still vividly remember silently screaming at the Doctor to just get the hell out of there.

[@steerpike66]

The old doctor is Richard Wilson, who has had a long and distinguished career on British TV playing misanthropic old gits. His Victor Meldrew (One Foot in the Grave) is as famous in the UK as Archie Bunker is in the USA. He is also a director in the National Theatre and has played Vanya, Malvolio and Vladimir on stage.

[@agoldfishwithinternet2382]

He also played gaius in Merlin.

[@Smokeboats]

3:44 So called “medic mains” when the enemy team has 3 spies

[@jphugin]

This medic is a pyro

[@SkinManJim]

When you switch from medic to pyro

[@izzyomdahl9276]

I remember after seeing this I was trying to call asleep and I swear outside my door I hear "mommy, are you my mommy?" Freaked me out for years. I can now watch this and not get freaked out. However the masks still scare me.

[@PKBitchGirl]

Its MUMMY not mommy, the episode takes place in england not seppoland

[@YazzyPazzyJazzy]

Its Gaius!

[@cazbutcher6660]

This is impossible - Doctor Who

[@dominicmm6]

“She knows more than she’s saying, she won’t tell me but she … mummy” nice foreshadowing

[@whereami2477]

Oh my god Moffat you genius

[@shyrebel8813]

Revisiting childhood nightmares is weird.

[@KayleighNatasha]

I loved the way that the team behind Doctor Who fixed the gas masks to the actors and actresses faces and how the gas masks were made

[@redcowcat8705]

Back when dw was actually good

[@connornorfleet8372]

It still is.

[@just-in3570]

@@connornorfleet8372 series 11... Complete trash

[@gurglequeen433]

David Temnent was and still is the best Doctor to ever grace the screen

[@Charlie-sf5cm]

Its been getting worse since Moffat

[@aliceisafan]

This was the scariest episode of Doctor Who I ever saw. I was about 10 at the time and it scared me for over a year! What was amazing though, was when I met Christopher Eccleston by chance in London, and he told me that he was scared of them too :)

[@notsuretbh7215]

Well that just rekindled some trauma I didn't know I had, honestly these, the Silence and the Gangers terrified me and that's why I love this show so much

[@jojibot9193]

When you switch from Medic to Pyro

[@ricochet7529]

I wasn’t scared because I watched it fir the first time sitting on my dads lap and he raised a pillow to my face every time a scary scene happened 😂

[@MrBrown36706]

I think the same way we as fans hold a special place in our hearts for our first Doctor, we need to keep a special place for the first monster that scared the crap out of us! To this day, I don’t think anything on Doctor Who has scared me more than the Empty Child, I’m not even being hyperbolic when I say I didn’t sleep properly for ages after it!

[@Lazyguy22]

"I'm a time lord" "I don't beliieeve it!"

[@Clodsire_lover]

This Episode actually scared my friend *so* bad when she accidently saw it as a child, that she is now terrified by gas masks, to this day, whenever she sees one, she'll get fucking unsettled, she might even have Vietnam flashbacks to the episode... ;-;

[@nicktroisi6347]

This 2 part story is one of the most scariest Doctor Who episodes in the shows history, even The Doctor himself was genuinely horrified

[@mushroom_man_jpg]

Honestly the best episodes of doctor who are the ones where the doctor has no idea what's going on

[@JamerG]

Its ok! I wasnt planning to sleep tonight!

[@arllag5732]

Oh great, so the 2 brothers had this happen to random person and they turn into a pyro?

[@Yaapo]

WHY AM I WATCHING THIS AT MIDNIGHT IMA GET NIGHTMARES

[@MrDvalinor]

this episode, and blink (the first of the angle saga) had me scared shitless, but honestly, the new series does have some excellent episodes, I especially loved the first one, a traumatized girl who has dreamt up a reality to repress the unbareable truth, now thats a dr. who episode! Also, the silence in the library episodes, watching them after you know all of river songs story, is truly heartwrenching.

[@joshuapalma408]

A r e Y o u M y M u m m y ?

[@nutscratcher7973]

No

[@MINI-jr3sj]

No

[@Angel-xn1cm]

No

[@vincentrennings4367]

No I'm t h e m a n b e h i n d t h e s l a u g h t e r

[@zambience6]

@@vincentrennings4367 no no no no

[@wayverleesoulsong]

One of my favorite episodes of 9th

[@AGirlCanDream123]

I cried over the transformation bit, my mate's been coming up to me all week asking if I'm her mummy. NO. DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME. I REFUSE TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE.

[@chocobolvr]

This is the only Doctor Who episode that has ever scared me. And I've seen ALL of them.

[@driveover3290]

Gaius transform very scary xd

[@valerian_insomniac]

I knew if I looked someone would have mention this!

[@ぞーうぃ-z1k]

小学校低学年くらいにこれ見て 軽くトラウマった

[@kathrynlanford6465]

the first time I watched this, it was like 1:30 in the morning when I was 13, lets just say that I did not sleep that night.

[@squidwardtentacles1587]

I fear no man but that thing......it scares me

[@snipeu44t]

This episode nearly made me cry

[@coolchicism]

Victor Meldrew ❤️

[@Kyranyoutubevids]

When you switch from Medic To Pyro In TF2: 3:42

[@Shredder07688]

Horror memories unlocked

[@marcieday8491]

I remember watching this episode for the first time and getting so freaked out when they sat up

[@TheUltimateEbil]

Christopher Eccpleson was an extremley underated Doctor

[@LCBK]

I tried to binge doctor who on Netflix when I was young i stoped, one guess where I stopped

[@ObzTicle]

Glad I'm not the only one that got traumatised by this ep as a child

[@D4K44R1]

no face, the constant calling out to you, the sound of an innocent child.

[@JohnCena-ew1mf]

"Before this war I was a father and grandfather, now i'm neither." 😢

[@Vanderyn]

This is the best scene Dr who ever produced.

[@nickhipsh8550]

13 years since I’ve seen this and it’s still terrifying

[@DullEyes100]

Yeah. 10 years later, still freaks the hell out of me. It's the eyes

[@Kameruner]

When I first saw this episode I thought he was having a stroke, but then that gas mask came out of his mouth and then I realized what happened.

[@cortexius181]

When that one sneaky spy keeps destroying your sentry nest and the entire team decides on using that one specific class:

[@gracebastable4214]

I could never watch this scene so here I am, trying to watch it again three years later-

[@gracebastable4214]

Yeah I did it-

[@Greendoor123]

I find this scarier as an adult than I did as a child. I was such a super fan in those days I only ever felt joy whilst watching!

[@happyeagle92]

This episode still scares me to this day

[@emily6857]

The traumer this caused me as child

[@ryleysherrod9514]

this used to scare the shit out of me but i’m watching it againb

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

It's like the first SCP

[@Echiio]

As in 173 or 001?

[@obedsalgado8402]

Wholy isht I just found scps like two months ago, otherwise I would'nt have known what you were talking about.

[@meatballg8655]

I see Gaius made the trip to present day along with merlin at the ned of the series and adopted modern medicine over potions

[@sebmalik99]

its a child that died,but he somehow got back to life and he is searching for he's mom,the cells he has makes every human into the empty child

[@goo_90]

Just casually growing a can of asbestos on his head.

[@LifeOfRy]

Arguably Moffat’s defining work.

[@CaptainSmilster]

When his eyes started to turn into the mask I was like OMG THATS SO ADORABLE and then they got bigger so I was like WTF HOW DID I THINK THAT WAS ADORABLE.

[@j.dpost-mortem9115]

For once someone dying actually says something useful.

[@littleshit2507]

He's such a great actor :) If Gaius had died in Merlin, I think the show would go down and fast :(

[@stop4959]

Imagine how many people they had to get for this SINGLE EPISODE