Doctor Who - The End of Time: Part 1 - Rassilon's Narrations

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[@davi0121]

Admit it, we were all blown away by this when it originally aired.

[@NashmanNash]

And the dark times were yet to arrive at the time it aired...

[@venmis137]

I mean, I was only 5 so I didn't really have the capacity to be blown away.

[@3nderoX]

This imo was the best episode with David Tennant as the doctor.

[@dancingmonkey08]

I was open mouthed at the whole human race turned into the Master and the Doctor powerless to stop it...but then...BUT THEN.....WE PAN AWAY FROM THE EARTH..."...this was the day the Time Lords returned...", I LOST MY SHIT, and was in utter shock for the next hour...I want Doctor Who to make me feel like this again

[@Typhoon_Lex]

This was my first official introduction to Doctor Who, goddamn was it a good one

[@TheFlatCapFromWN5]

Timothy Dalton deserved so much more time as Rassilon. He did an incredible job of portraying such a character.

[@Raximus3000]

He was too expensive for more.

[@matthewlacey4198]

I think iirc, they were wanting Dalton back for Hell Bent, but had to go with the other guy who played Rassilon (unfortunately I can't remember his name) bc Dalton was busy

[@jamesm5503]

Fully agree.

[@TheGoodLuc]

Truly.

[@anonymousidentity2024]

Timothy Dalton did an amazing job as rassilon.

[@Nighthawke70]

Over the top. I think he pumped some the The Bard's passion into it. Henry V, anyone?

[@EmptyMan000]

@@Nighthawke70 More like he drew inspiration from his time working as Julius Caeser in the 1999 Cleopatra miniseries.

[@vullord666]

Nighthawke70 I’m just really disappointed the actual Gallifrey plot was done in like five seconds after all the build up it had. Don’t get me wrong, loved the special as a send off to David Tennant’s Doctor and John Simm’s master, but that Gallifrey conclusion could have been done better. I mean, after all the build up (and what was essentially an ongoing thing since classic who with the drumming finally getting solved), it got resolved to quickly. I mean borh Rassilon and The Master had zappy hands. The doctor just crashed through the ceiling and had a basic kinda old gun. Rassilon even tried to kill the Doctor AFTER the Doctor shot the machine. What were they just all waiting for him to do something? No matter who he killed or what he shot the link would be broken and his plan failed. That last part was just bad for Rassilon’s character, really needed a more satisfying conclusion to the Gallery plot. I mean we had this huge event that happened and ended in five seconds because no one that started it could be bothered to stop the Doctor (who kept turning his back on them and couldn’t stop either of them from killing him). Well, okay then

[@NashmanNash]

Timothy Dalton for next Doctor...We need a man of this caliber to forget the insult that is Jodie Whitakker...

[@JSheridanEntilZha]

Do not know Rassilon in DW Classic, but in the new serie he is the epitome of badassery. No one come even close...

[@bigk9000]

I keep half expecting Rassilon to say, "And both The Master's hearts grew three sizes that day."

[@morghan_with_an_h]

LMAO

[@theturtle5179]

Doctor Wheuss

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

Well in Gallifrey they say that the Master’s two hearts grew 4 sizes that day

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

200th like

[@obscureentertainment8303]

Is Rassilon telling this story to a massive hall full of Time Lords? "Umm, Lord President, What does this have to do with the war and our imminent death?"

[@bradleyburgisser965]

That's a really good point

[@edwardaugustus9680]

@@bradleyburgisser965 One would guess he has a flair for the dramatic. Also in the context of the episode he was putting the motion to the Assembly to vote on.

[@danielw9542]

Bedtime story??

[@EmptyMan000]

More like the story is part of the buildup to Rassilon's ultimate plan.

[@alextrill5829]

Since it basically covers his plan, and he's more arrogant and self-absorbed than Ten, Master and Davros combined, he probably wanted every Time Lord to hear how brilliant he was in devising his plan.

[@douglasransom4138]

The narration still gives me chills to this day. Praise be to Timothy Dalton.

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Timothy Dalton did this because he was a huge Dr Who fan. Legend.

[@reddnebbula]

He full on harked that stuff straight out his mouth like Jack on the Titanic

[@weepingangel6805]

I remember the first time I saw this episode. I had no idea it was the time lords, but it was JUST BEFORE he said "this was the day the time lords returned" I knew it was them cos I had seen the costume of time lords online. But I had never watched any episode. I was like WAAAAAAA THE TIME LORDS ARE HERE!!!!

[@amyclarke41]

Weeping Angel liked the old timelords of the 80s more nicer grander but not weird 😣

[@victorpeterson3502]

Gotta love the "this is Gallifrey" music

[@robertbrown3064]

I remember the first time I saw this episode. I hadn't yet seen any Classic Who; I had started with the 9th Doctor, so all I knew about the Time Lords was what the Doctor had let slip over the seasons. To me, they were ancient and mysterious, mythical and nearly all-powerful. The Universe had been tamed and bent to their will long ago, when the Time Lords went to and fro about it as Gods. I had the distinct impression that humanity was like a weed that had cropped up in a garden which had long since ceased to be tended. Even the many great and powerful alien species we had encountered so far in the show, such as the Judoon and Sontarans, I felt were no more than petty feudal tyrants grabbing power in the wake of the Roman Empire's collapse. Should they ever return, no one would be able to withstand them. This universe belonged to the Time Lords, and everyone living in it at present had merely forgotten that fact. Needless to say, Rassilon's narration here was chill-inducing. I suppose I sort of vaguely recognized it as a possibility in the back of my mind, but I didn't know for certain what was about to happen. So when he dropped that line, "This was the day, the Time Lords returned." I just about went insane. I think I may have woken up my neighbors yelling "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! IT JUST GOT REAL!"

[@MrSukram777]

"To me, they were ancient and mysterious, mythical and nearly all-powerful". That's excactly how they intended the Time-Lords to be in their first appearance.

[@bobadabob1]

And then Stephen Moffat ruined them

[@SceneSurgeSnippets]

+bobadabob 8 agreed

[@bobadabob1]

i personally prefer them when they were overly mysterious god-like people, but yeah its just my opinion.

[@SceneSurgeSnippets]

bobadabob 8 I agree as well :)

[@rhyslloyd3200]

Man I love Murray Gold. I went nuts when Rassilon came on. When Who goes epic it goes EPIC!!!! RTD was good at epic

[@minicle426]

He was good at ridiculously contrived deus ex machina endings...

[@DarkBane3]

With Steven Moffat, the Time Lords just look like a simple banal alien people. But with Russel T.Davis, they look like fucking god-like entities who dominates the galaxies without any concurrent

[@rhyanbennett2629]

OxyRyZzing Moffat's Time Lords were no less banal aliens than any of their Classic appearances after The War Games.

[@cayden6057]

I think that's the point, though. The Time Lords _believe_ they are high and mighty God-like entities, but stripped of their abilities they are just banal alien people.

[@clairestark9024]

Compared to how chinballs treated them...

[@vullord666]

1) I’m tired of this Moffat sucks RTD rules thing I have to keep seeing in EVERY RTD era comment section. It’s old, it’s dumb, and quite frankly it’s ignorant of either of there actual runs. I mean did you not watch the end of the end of time? That entire Gallifrey plot gets resolved in two seconds when the Doctor (who just fell through the ceiling form a high speed space ship) gets up and starts point his gun. Because neither of the guys with zappy death hands feel like doing anything and just wanna let their evil plan fall apart. I mean the “God-like entities” just stood there (Rassilon even chose to try and kill the doctor AFTER he already shot the machine and stopped there plan). I mean this was a huge event that technically encompassed classic who (drumming got solved), and it was resolved by the Doctor doing basically nothing. WHAT AMAZING FLAWLESS WRITING. Come on, both Moffat AND RTD are great writers, but neither are perfect and both have bad episodes. I loved this special for the character focus and for it being 10’s end, but the story and Gallifrey plot here needed work 2) These “God-like entities” are stuck on a burning planet and about to get their asses handed to them by the Daleks. The closet god like one is the doctor 3) THIS IS ONLY THE HIGH COUNCIL. This should be the most obvious and they are even referenced for being in session during the Day of the Doctor when Gallifrey is about to fall. In Moffat’s take on the timelords we’ve seen mostly the citizens, the people living on the outskirts, and the soldiers. Here we saw ONLY the high council. Of course they look god like. They are MADE to look god like. It’s the high council of the planet. It’s basically how powerful the wealthy elites look vs everyone else. In one episode Peter Capaldi’s 12th Doctor says that all the old rich men go hide away and “make decisions” while their children go off and die in the war they started. Well, these are ALL the old rich men (and women because “timelords are way beyond societal gender issues” - also 12; probably because they can be both). 4) Moffat’s Timelords are firstly those who cannot hide while their planet is being destroyed by Daleks and then in hell bent they are ALL post time war (and post stuck in a pocket dimension and frozen). I mean the fact that the planet wasn’t still on fire and burning was applause worthy. 5) Chibnall’s timelords can apparently be destroyed by the master on a whim, so you really shouldn’t have complained

[@clairestark9024]

@@vullord666 switch to decaff, it's a comments box.

[@emperorholocron8278]

rassilons spit tho

[@HomoSolari]

The Great Spit of Rassilon.

[@katholland54]

X Drive I know! I noticed that too! Lol

[@rhyanbennett2629]

X Drive The Spit of Rassilon kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn_SoX6Kd5uFjNk

[@TheShadowless]

Say it don’t spray it

[@c17sam90]

He’s a classically trained RSC thespian I expect nothing less

[@seasickcrocodile949]

The Doctor vs. James Bond.

[@mythghost]

There are 3 narrators I love in Doctor Who 1. This Rassilon 2. The 10th Doctor 3. The 6th Doctor

[@dewy200884]

Hard to believe its almost 10 years since this episode is aired !!! Feels like yesterday. One of the best Doctor Who stories !!

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

What could be worse than daleks, cybermen and the Master? Only one thing. The Time Lords gone mad.

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

The Time Lords have always been a bunch of arrogant bloodthirsty warmongers anyways

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

the sixth doctor said it himself during his trial Doctor: "In all my travels through time and space I have battled against evil, against power-mad conspirators. I should have stayed here! The oldest civilization: decadent, degenerate and rotten to the core! Power mad conspirators? Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen - they're still in the nursery compared to us! Ten million years of absolute power: that's what it takes to be really corrupt!"

[@alicebecket1551]

This is one of the most legendary scenes in Doctor who

[@theelite1324]

Perfection! I got shivers running down my back.

[@pavanpatel4150]

I'm sad that he didn't regenerate into Pierce Brosnan.

[@HomoSolari]

And so it came to pass that the players took their final places, making ready the events that were to come. The madman sat in his empire of dust and ashes, little knowing of the glory he would achieve, while his saviour looked upon the wilderness, in the hope of changing his inevitable fate. Far away, the idiots and fools dreamt of a shining new future - a future now doomed to never happen. As Earth rolled onwards into night, the people of that world did sleep and shiver, somehow knowing that dawn would bring only one thing… The final day!

[@douglasransom4138]

And so it came to pass, on Christmas Day, that the human race did cease to exist. But, even then, the Master had no concept of his greater role in events, for this was far more than humanity's end. This day was the day upon which the whole of creation would change forever. This was the day the Time Lords returned. For Gallifrey. For victory. For the end of time itself.

[@victorpeterson3502]

Gotta love Dalton as Rassilon Sumpter was great as him but Dalton is my favorite

[@markanthonybent4460]

The Music That Plays As The Sunsets And Rassilon Says It's The Final Day Is Powerful !!!!!!! Love That Bit !!!!!!

[@GoodKingMort]

Came here after hearing The Master's variation on the 'For Gallifrey' speech 😁

[@ireneromero6233]

Chris very bad writer and whitetaker the worst doctor

[@insightculture]

All the timelords chanting sent tingles down my spine!

[@richardcolinames1417]

Rassilon is the MAN!

[@aqdrobert]

No more living daylights? Where did Rassilon get his licence to kill time?

[@alt-animefan3231]

Am here to remember better times for this show.

[@cornflakecomando9287]

Say it don't spray it bro

[@tyrstark8673]

Time lord DNA right there.

[@janmots2829]

Urrrgh not so close Rassilon, I don't want Coronavirus wiv you spitting on me man... Lol...

[@mrangryeyes4789]

The soundtrack was a masterpiece

[@Newjourney14]

Nothing will ever compare to this shocking reveal that the time lords have returned.

[@jacoblipe9702]

The Spit Lords shall return

[@TERMINATIONBLISS08]

It was at this moment, my internal nerd reached maximum capacity

[@WSDigitalArtwork]

They seriously need Timothy Dalton to come back for some big finish

[@BucketThinkTank14657Nerd]

Rassilon: FOR GALLIFREY! Time Lords: FOR GALLIFREY! Rassilon: FOR VICTORY Time Lords: FOR VICTORY! Rassilon: FOR THE END OF TIME ITSELF! Time Lords: Wait, isn't that supposed to be our thing?

[@ianperry4974]

For skyrim!

[@TSFCaesar]

To me. THIS is how you end a series!

[@Howyaduing]

It’s funny that he started out as a narrator then became an antagonist in the next episode then you have him in Doom patrol dealing with Mr. nobody

[@NoName-hg6cc]

For victory *SPITS*

[@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3]

At the end of the narration: "For Gallifrey!" "For Victory!" "For the end of time itself!" They just turned the Time Lords into a pun. A race against time.

[@jonathanfrank1189]

Now this is excellent writing

[@veshialles]

It's that time of year again lads

[@jawad9694]

"Here comes the fuzz".

[@AlbanianGamer313]

Anyone knows the soundtrack in the very end, those trumpets?

[@MrLoxinator]

A bit late, but The Final Days.

[@bagonwali]

rassilons spit

[@rhyanbennett2629]

GoDZ Rainbow *The Spit of Rassilon

[@rhyanbennett2629]

GoDZ Rainbow kzbin.info/www/bejne/jn_SoX6Kd5uFjNk

[@drewharding]

This was the day the Time Lords returned: For Gallifrey, For Gallifrey, For Victory, For Victory, For The End Of Time Itself, For The End of Time Itself, As me great to have the Time Lords back all the way really miss them, I did really.

[@fugeduge7462]

old good times with good olds doctors :(

[@doctordeufall5937]

Give this man 100 Oscars plz!

[@alicebecket1551]

The timelords looked legendary here

[@nickasaro8789]

I lost my goddamn mind when the end of part 1 aired and Timothy Dalton was not only in it but he was Rassilon and the time lords were back!

[@mr.blancov3297]

I miss this climax in Doctor Who.

[@ArtByAndy377]

Rassilon is Mrs Flood, calling it now.

[@seano600]

I miss doctor who

[@seano600]

Doctor who is back

[@lordbuss]

For me he will always be simon skinner.

[@erosion271]

Martian Manhunter and Kuasa teaming up!

[@Vesnicie]

Gallifrey, land of the extremely silly upright collars.

[@obvio______3875]

i swear (Timothy Dalton) rassilon plays the same person in nearly all his roles lmaoo

[@wow_now_wow]

Soo does anyone else think that the way the two behind rassilion were covering their eyes at 1:50 kinda looked like what the weeping angels do?

[@class87fan54]

I believe that's intentional. In part 2 Rassilon says "Only two stand against. And will stand as monument to their shame, like the Weeping Angels of old."

[@haroldb1856]

They were hoping to block the droplets of saliva from his speech.

[@AKOfficial96]

@@haroldb1856That’s so funny ahaha

[@victorpeterson3502]

And so it came to pass....

[@irottaalfurinn2539]

cue closing music*

[@schopenhauerassplower4223]

I pissed out of my ass the first time I saw that ending

[@SchultzDorinda]

What would you called a Timelord if Time ceased to be ?

[@jeckjeck3119]

Ascendant time lords.

[@SkaroShorts]

what is the song that starts at 18 secs ?

[@lawrencehawkins7198]

Say it, don't spray it.

[@Arfarf69]

They need to bring him back

[@lumalilies]

1:15 whoaaa i think we skipped a step😅

[@matthewakian2]

I thought he was in a tomb in the Death Zone?

[@garrettwachendorfer1621]

resurrected for the time war.

[@something1600]

You missed the first one.

[@Fragile_Media]

The goosebumps holy shit

[@Jack-hr9xw]

FOR GALLIFREY FOR VICTORY FOR THE END OF TIME ITSELF

[@ronvlaarsvar6867]

So am I safe to assume the BBC somehow dropped the ball after this?

[@harrybarker3441]

🤣🤣🤣just a bit

[@CaptApril123]

Who's here because of 'Doom Patrol' ?

[@vanar6011]

1:36

[@malphasblackwing420]

FOR ENGLAND! FOR MI6!! FOR MONEYPENNY HERSELF!!!

[@danieldonnelly3589]

But not for you, Q.

[@thedestiny326]

Wait how did he escape his tomb?

[@yehiahuzayyin7972]

The Time Lords resurrected him during the War.

[@tomo366]

Why didnt you learn the violin.

[@danieldonnelly3589]

Watch the birdie, you bastard!

[@MightyElemental]

Back when Doctor Who was made properly. Just begging RTD does an equally good job, or better. The Star Beast was a let down but I'm cautiously optimistic :/

[@harrybarker3441]

Watch this scene and then watch the 60th specials. The blokes completely lost the plot. He’s going to put the nail in the coffin of the show HE rebooted

[@matthewlo55]

If Rassilon was here, Gallifrey won't be destroyed in the latest epsiode.

[@nathanmorgan7949]

Who do you think he killed first?

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

How were so many Time Lords still awake after Rassilon's boring story

[@amritpalhh9836]

Aww before everything went to shit I miss this show

[@harrybarker3441]

It’s hard accepting we will never get this level of doctor who ever again

[@rhyanbennett2629]

Gotta hate the story... Gotta love dalton's rassilon.

[@twilightzoneseinfeld]

Rhyan Bennett I thought it was alrigjt

[@rhyanbennett2629]

Kaagh178 the evil Time Lords were absolutely perfect IMO. The Master race, vinocci, whiney 10, Minny, outrunning missiles, the hungry Master, and quite a few other creative decisions on the other hand... Yeah, no thanks.

[@minicle426]

One of the reasons I find the RTD era massively overated...

[@TheAntiTrope]

It is simple, having watched Original Dr Who. This was the pivotal moment at which Dr Who could become a show worthy of heights that would not be reached by the majority, a shift in the series that could have set us down a path of greatness. A unification of modern filming techniques, our openness to darker topics and the mastery of storytelling of old. Yet no. They destroyed our hopes, and for what? Social justice nonsense and the childish view of heroism that prevails in the series now. The Doctor that did what had to be done to end a time war, actions akin to Dresden and Hiroshima. A complex story that questioned our understanding of right and wrong and challenged us to think was scrapped for this "life is living in castles on the clouds" nonsense that rules storytelling today. A facsimile of life.

[@Dilopho]

"Social justice nonsense and the childish view of heroism"? What do you mean?

[@dezzlok]

Ok, gross.

[@Fireglo]

Man he really has done nothing but trash since ditching Bond.

[@markanthonybent4460]

And so it came to pass that the players took their final places, making ready the events that were to come. The madman sat in his empire of dust and ashes, little knowing of the glory he would achieve, while his saviour looked upon the wilderness, in the hope of changing his inevitable fate. Far away, the idiots and fools dreamt of a shining new future - a future now doomed to never happen. As Earth rolled onwards into night, the people of that world did sleep and shiver, somehow knowing that dawn would bring only one thing… The final day!