"Everybody Lives!" | The Doctor Dances | Doctor Who

[@Yggi11]

"Give me a day like this. Give me this one." That line hits hard. He just wants things to go right ONCE. He just wants that little kid to be okay.

[@carlosrivas1629]

He really needed this win!!!

[@mattt115]

The worse thing is next episode there was so much death if I remember correctly

[@burningrabbit7278]

He's on the heels of a universe-spanning kill count. The day like this isn't even just the day where a child gets reunited with his mother, or even one where everyone lives. It's a day where just once, Nine gets to tell himself he's not a killer.

[@ceridwenmillington3955]

You feel the weight of his suffering from the Time War in Chris' delivery, someone who has clearly been heartbroken by pain before

[@TheMoonRover]

@@mattt115 The next episode was _Boom Town._ I think there was only one death, of an unnamed safety inspector. You're probably thinking of the next story after that, _Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways,_ which did have a lot of deaths.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Mrs. Harcourt: "My leg's grown back! When I come to 'ospital I had only one leg!" Dr. Constantine: "There's a war on, is it possible you miscounted?"

[@terla2971]

Classic.

[@legolass7525]

That part was really funny

[@paulakaye2108]

YESYESYES!!! I fell over with happy tears and laughter!!! Such fantastic, heartfelt writing, acting and production!!!

[@paulakaye2108]

Zareh Vartanian Yep! The image as the medical doctor bugged me because I couldn't figure out "why" I kept "seeing" him in "long hair"! WIG!!! Duh! LoL

[@paulakaye2108]

Comic "relief" after intense psychological action is really welcome! LoL

[@coombeslauren]

"Everybody lives!" says the Doctor in the middle of the London Blitz xD

[@stelkartuz8234]

xD

[@LokkerG]

+Lauren Coombes No; "Everybody lives!" says the guy who left a supposed genocide of his own people before meeting Rose Tyler.

[@gokhansucksheshouldburn554]

Haha

[@Joshy_Boy]

+Daniel Appleton agreed

[@TheSimmr001]

exactly, just this once.

[@RequiemPoete]

"He doesn't understand, there's not enough of him left." Christ that's heart wrenching.

[@TheOtakuWisher]

"20 years till pop music your're gonna love it" I love that line!

[@GattToDaChoppa]

"guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it" vibes

[@Daikon_Micucci]

@@GattToDaChoppa Best reply.

[@thealexkirschproject]

Everybody lives Rose. Just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES. How can anyone not love this quote. It is one of the quotes that made me love the 9th Doctor. Even though he was so full of anger and bitterness, he was still someone who wants to save as many people as possible. Just this look on his face looks so genuine.

[@orangefox1231]

+Alex K I felt he was a better doctor than a lot of them because many of them lost people because of their unwillingness to do what was necessary. He acted and he could kill if he had to. But he hated it. And so the joy of him being able to save everyone is highlighted so much because you knew he was tired of killing.

[@AlexK-jp9nc]

+Alex K nice name

[@bentaylor809]

yeah bit it has a dark side. cos it happens so rarely which is heart breaking

[@PaulNgoXIII]

this scene is already a meme

[@LokkerG]

Alex K+ It's a lot more meaningful when you know what he left after regenerating into this incarnation.

[@Tanstaafl_74]

I don't know what kind of falling out Eccleston had with the show big wigs, but, whatever it was, it was a tragedy. He was an amazing Doctor and a year or so more of him would have been great.

[@Rob_Shoot]

I won't have matter, he signed ONLY for one series from that very start.

[@me4901]

1982Nightwing He could have signed again after the initial year. I don't think that would have been a problem if things had been going well.

[@Tanstaafl_74]

1982Nightwing Most actors sign on for one year, then negotiate a longer contract after feeling out the role for that year.

[@1974Asha]

Todd Pund they wanted him to ditch the northern accent and he refused, it was SO important to them they wudnt budge on it and neither would he. He is a northern actor and didn't want to compromise that, so they replaced him with an actor willing to forfeit his northern (Scottish) accent, cos they are evil and lets be honest a bit stupid! (they didn't realise it was his northern accent that gave the character gravitas)

[@spideyviewer327]

Todd Pund It would of been Fantastic

[@burningrabbit7278]

"He doesn't understand. There's not enough of him left." So basically Nine has just solved a bunch of problems using the old-school powers of brainpower, willpower, and a hell of a lot of luck.

[@OmegaII]

As is the way of The Doctor.

[@Lotto15719]

To be fair, that kinda sums up the Doctor in a nutshell

[@sci_pain3409]

i mean the same thing happened earlier in the episode when he told the gas mask people to go to their rooms

[@oasis4life014]

A little boy who wants his mummy is the most powerful love in the world

[@remychase]

"Look at you, beaming away like you're Father Christmas." "Who says I'm not, Red Bicycle when you were Twelve?"

[@matthewduncan8523]

...WHAT?

[@pjosepha]

What?!!! What what what what what what?!! (Stone cold Steve Austin and David tennant 10 Dr)

[@ShadesOfKnight]

Second best moment in Eccleston's tenure.

[@WoodsAreBeautiful]

It was my own head canon that the doctor was santa until Moffat ruined my childhood fantasy with that capaldi special

[@MR.LMR1996]

​@WoodsAreBeautiful Maybe he covered for the real Santa one day when he was incapacitated. Wouldn't put it pass the Doctor doing a favour like that for St. Nick.

[@danielhaire6677]

I've always thought that this episode was critical for the Ninth Doctor in healing the emotional wounds he still carried from losing his people in the Time War.

[@lolman15953]

if so the effect was short lived

[@JessCaron]

Just this once! I'm writing a stream-of-consciousness fanfic about this moment (that also attempts to reconcile the blatant innuendo throughout this episode).

[@lolman15953]

that sounds interesting

[@danielappleton153]

Or THINKING that he lost his people in the Time War. Nobody remembers that Gallifrey Stands !

[@JessCaron]

I should just leave the fandom until I get caught up, shouldn't I?

[@Mercure250]

I really laughed when the 10th doctor has to wear a gas mask and just said "Are you my mummy?" XD

[@pixiembob]

Julie Kavanagh wasn’t it because he forgot his lines?

[@devinbrown6650]

Then you have the 12th Doctor on the train and there's a mummy xD he says the line to. I think he says it again at a different episode

[@Mercure250]

@@devinbrown6650 I think I didn't notice it the first time I watched that episode, but did the second time. Good stuff.

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

Its called Poisoned Sky the one with David Tennant and Mummy On The Orient Express the one with Peter Capaldi

[@legohero451]

"Just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES!" This was the quote that cemented the 9th incarnation as The Doctor. He has been through so much pain, bloodshed, and death, and all he ever wanted to do was instead of taking a life, he saved them, as a Doctor should. THAT is why Eccleston was my hero growing up. He forgave himself and changed who he was for the better.

[@tbksrk9954]

9 truely embodied the PTSD doctor. You can clearly see how the time war scarred him so much that he is ecstatic that for once, no one dies.

[@tromboneking87]

1:39 I had been on the fence about this show, I didn't know what to make of this Doctor, until that line. This scene sold me on the 9th.

[@JessCaron]

+tromboneking87 I fell in love with this, because I would feel the exact same way, and I didn't know that other people realized is was possible to feel like that. I have never felt so not alone in my entire life.

[@Kerriangel]

"Just this once, everybody lives." Say what you want about Moffat, but he does keep promises

[@ashookamanuela1901]

Well to be fair he made us pay for it afterwards. That man is cruel

[@BadWolf739]

He definitely forgot about the "just this once" part when he took over. Episodes and episodes and episodes where everybody lived or untimely deaths were undone.

[@scantopup2226]

it's even more hillaours when you find out it was written by stephen moffat

[@imfinnakms2215]

scantopup that was his joke. Literally the whole thing.

[@crazylarryjr]

After seeing The Three Doctors special and now we know the story of the War Doctor (The incarnation before Eccleston) this scene hit so much harder than just a plea for a miracle. he'd just destroyed two races and essentially wandered around looking for a purpose. This was actually a healing moment for the doctor himself,

[@pendragonxt3674]

However, he didn't destroy the Time Lords, his 10th and 11th selves saw to that. 11 was seconds away from pushing that button, but stopped himself, convinced that they could find another way, and they did, saving Gallifrey in a time displaced state inside a pocket universe by using all the current incarnations of the doctor's TARDIS's, including the yet unseen 12th Doctor.

[@crazylarryjr]

@@pendragonxt3674, At this point , we didn't know though, we just knew what we knew, he was the last of his kind and there was a huge war

[@konaaukai5541]

​@@crazylarryjr, you are correct. 9 still believed he had destroyed his people. Heck, even 10 did because the "Just kidding. Time Lords are alive still" retcon of the Day of the Doctor special wasn't in the works yet. And, if I remember correctly, even though 10 played a part in actively stopping the event from happening, he still forgot because time's continuity must be upheld, though all further incarnations remembered they saved the Time Lords. In that way, your statement still stands.

[@WideNerdy]

I haven't seen the three doctors episode you're talking about but the pain he was carrying was always evident enough just from how he says this line

[@crazylarryjr]

@@WideNerdy, You need to see it, It's one of the great Doctor moments

[@NickPiers]

I love this moment, I really do. But when you think about it just a little, it's a very sad one for The Doctor. Think about that line. Everybody lives. Just this ONCE, everybody lives. Think of all the adventures The Doctor has and just how often someone dies in each episode. At least one person dies to the monster of the week. The Doctor sees a lot of death on a regular basis. Except this one. For the first time ever (I think), he's able to save everyone and bring them back to life. Not back them up on a computer or leave them stranded somewhere. Bring them back to life. Just this once.

[@Kasparovwannabe]

***** I don't think there are "Plenty." I have been rewatching Tom's doctor, and out of about 10 stories I have watched I can't think of any of them where everyone lives. Horror of fang rock: Literally everyone besides the Doctor and Leela die Robots of Death: Two people lived, out of around ten Genesis of the Daleks: pretty much an entire civilization died City of Death: The wife and the professor, not including the villain. Face of Evli: Leela kills several people with thorns Pyramids of mars: Everyone besides the Doctor and Sarah die Earthshock (I know it's 5): A COMPANION dies as well as many side characters Sun Makers: The collector gets thrown off of a building. Talons of Weng Chiang: All of the girls, the master of magic himself, as well as Weng and the homunculus all die. These are not handpicked for the death factor, these are just the random episodes I have watched recently. I'm not saying there aren't some episodes where everyone lives, and Tom's era was probably heavy on the death, but it's not like it happened all the time.

[@Kasparovwannabe]

***** The fact is about half of those are the new series, and I was referring only to the classics, sorry for being unclear. Also if you read my comment you would know that I never claimed that EVEREY classic who story had everybody live, just most. There are almost 200 classic serials, of course some wouldn't have deaths, but if you go through them all you will find a MUCH greater number where some people die. My point being that Nick was wrong, there are not "plenty" relative to the number of episodes.

[@akatwitch]

Considering that Nine's era started immediately after the Time War, this was probably the first really good day he'd had in a very long time.

[@me4901]

***** Especially since, he dealt with the Time War where he saw countless people die at the hands of the Daleks and his own people, the Timelords, and couldn't do much about it and the only way to resolve it was to destroy his home planet Gallifrey itself in an attempt to wipe out the Daleks as well. After that, it was really nice to have a moment where everyone lives.

[@ayayla7846]

***** Exactly my thoughts

[@cindygreene3353]

"Everybody lives Rose. Just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES." Christopher Eccleston projected so much awe and joy in that line. I always tear up. He was such a wonderful Doctor!

[@lja1993]

It's a fantastic episode, but this part leaves my stomach in knots every time. This is the regeneration that came after the War Doctor (John Hurt), and he has been so scarred by the fact that he committed genocide of millions of species to end the Time War. Eccleston's Doctor is so down, upset and miserable all the time because of this, and to see how happy he is when he finally managed to save everyone for once... is just amazing. The best episode to come out of New Who by far, possibly even the entire show.

[@DarthRushy]

I still think Bad Wolf/Parting Of The Ways is the best.

[@andrewgriffiths9214]

DarthRushy I think they're both brilliant. Not many two-parters can compete with these two. And neatly, one was by the Big Man and the other by the Moff :)

[@pendragonxt3674]

Yes. Even if 9’s memory is inaccurate about him destroying Galifrey, it still hurts.

[@dancingcarapace]

And what’s worse is it’s clear that the day he met Rose was basically his first proper day in that body. He’d not seen his face yet, commenting on how “could be worse, but look at the ears!” (Which then gets humorously nodded to with War Doctor begging for less conspicuous ears as he regenerated) So this adventure is just a few months after he what he believes to be his biggest crime in his 900 years of living. His mental trauma is still fresh, so he’s begging for something to go right, just once, because he’s still under the impression he wiped his planet from existence.

[@lja1993]

@@dancingcarapace Well there are theories as to him travelling on his own quite a bit before he met her, or even him travelling on his own after disappearing, but before reappearing to tell her it travels in time too. Idk what to believe, because all the photos that Clive showed Rose in the first episode indicate that he wasn't new to that body. He probably just hadn't properly looked in a mirror before Also mad respect for replying to an 8 year old comment lmao! I've been commenting on some other videos and your name rings a bell, have you replied to another Doctor Who comment of mine recently? 😅

[@pearldragon6508]

"I will always be your Mummy" I tear up every time at that line. Beautiful

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Not a scene to watch lightly if you've lost your mummy....

[@Cool70sfreak]

My god, that smile is contagious.

[@GladdenGirl4]

I agree! Eccleston can portray his feelings using just his facial expressions. His sadness when Jabe told him she knew who he was during "The End of the World" just cemented him as my favorite Doctor. He will let that one perfect tear roll down his face. And then... "You were fantastic"... that smile. Oh, my heart... I do love that man!

[@butIforgotmypen...]

Amy Gladden I could not have said it better myself.

[@danielappleton153]

Amy Gladden& sometimes he got an " Aw, shucks " expression that made him look like an amiable " British - version - of - Jim - Nabors - as - Gomer Pyle ". TPTB pissed on his parade.

[@duomaxwel1567]

The only thing that is better than his smile is when he smiles and says Fantastic.

[@notmyname3487]

so was the gas mask but the smile fixed it

[@DJsaxby16]

Isn't it ironic that Moffat wrote an episode where everybody lived?

[@davidkeenan5642]

***** He's finding in season 8 some of the darkness he showed us in season 1. Now that we've got the Paternoster Gang, Clara's uncertainty about the Doctor, & Mr Pink as Clara's love interest as well as being the Watson character, series 8 looks promising. We've much to learn about this latest Doctor. But he will be much different from his three predecessors. About time young people realised how ruthless the Doctor can be. He's a character that sometimes needs to be saved from himself.

[@danielappleton153]

David Keenan I think Doctor # 12 shows promise if he can still ask Clara " Am I a good man ? ".

[@BadWolf739]

Considering Moffat seemed completely incapable of actually killing anyone during Eleven's run I don't really think there's irony there. Especially with the tragic ruin he brought to the once impressive time war.

[@prof.evilpictures8696]

DJsaxby16 no. No one ever dies in his episodes.

[@credendovides20]

He kept his promise.

[@HeroesFanProductions]

One of the best moments from Christopher :)

[@cubersanonymous5180]

Heroes Fan Productions the best

[@ginnybrown3090]

Also one of Steven Moffat best episodes :)

[@w7100]

one of the Doctors best

[@alexanderi.3550]

@@ginnybrown3090 and it's still one of the worst the show has to offer. Blink was the only ok-ish ish episode he ever wrote

[@ginnybrown3090]

@@alexanderi.3550 IDK. Moffet's writing is like Classic Who's late 5th to early 6th doctor era in that if you think of it as more of a kids show then you end up appreciating it more but, as an adult a lot of his writing falls flat. You and I may have different tastes but I feel that one needs to be in the right mood to enjoy Moffat. Except for blink. blink's alright.

[@WannabeWriter100]

0:50 "I am your mummy. I will *always* be your mummy." I cry every time I swear to god.

[@briancheuy7703]

Rainy Day she is ignoring the teen pregnancy part and accepting her child as her own

[@LordTalax]

crybaby

[@coreycamacho1290]

@@LordTalax judgemental dickhead

[@thevampiregirl7529]

@@coreycamacho1290 they're guilty as charged. No denying it.

[@Lspacehopper]

I cried too and still do 😢

[@azapro911]

"I need more days like this."

[@ryanbelcher25rb]

Indeed

[@rlacksgh9673]

Do you see how happy he is to say that?

[@KennedyBoston]

I'm crying and laughing. It's so sad but beautiful

[@lolman15953]

Kennedy Boston how is it sad?

[@KennedyBoston]

lolman15953 he's dead now. He only had one season and left he should've had more. He was great as the doctor.

[@lolman15953]

Kennedy Boston ho I see I'm saddened too but as a fan I enjoyed David Tennant more than Christopher Eccleston. Just personal preference.

[@Inlelendri]

Kennedy Boston I fully agree that he was phenomenal as the doctor and I'd have loved to see more of him, but if I understand correctly, it was always the intention to only have him for one season, because he only wanted to do the one season. I can't remember which interview I saw, but he said so himself. Oh, well, let's just enjoy the great stuff we got. Bananas spring to mind :D

[@kingcrimson234]

The best doctor! Always unfairly overshadowed by the tenth. Tennant was great, but Eccleston just nailed the role IMO. You really believe he is the lonely alien time lord with a broken soul but a heart of gold, that is still flying around the universe trying to do as much good as he can despite all of the terrible things he has seen and done. He was absolutely fantastic! Will never be topped for me. I will never understand why he is not that widely praised. Amazing actor.

[@Faewilds.System]

+kingcrimson234 imho its because he had such a short run

[@TheDoctor2007]

:') well said 😅

[@bentaylor809]

that's the thing he isn't he best for that, each doctor is a development of the character. The 9th doctor tried to accept what he's done, the 10th decides to ignore it and the 11th came to terms with what he'd done. then the 12th is new, trying to figure out what he did and who he is now. I love that. He regenerates into a different person who deals with his bins in different ways

[@bentaylor809]

They have their qualities but i feel are too different. It's like comparing John Miclaen to bugs bunny

[@jacobhaven6659]

David and cristifior are cool

[@TPBHockeyGirl]

It is such a shame that Christopher Eccleston's portrayal as the Ninth Doctor gets overshadowed by David Tennant's ALL THE TIME, Don't get me wrong, I love me some 10th Doctor, but the 9th Doctor,,,the damaged, broken soldier, not caring if he lived or died...UNTIL he fell in love with Rose (and in turn, living again) was an incredibly moving, heart wrenching and lovable Doctor! He deserved so much more than one season! I was devastated to see him go so soon, In my heart, he will always be MY Doctor and the Doctor that Rose Tyler fell in love with. Eccleston was a FANTASTIC Doctor. ;-) :)

[@DavidNicholson101]

+Ms.CanadaUSA Well, it's Chris's fault for only being willing to do one season, and then distancing himself as far as possible from the role. He's never went to a comic con or any kind of convention concerning Doctor Who since he left the show. Most people's awareness of Doctor Who comes from watching David Tennant or Matt Smith. However, even though he never seemed to care to much for the who itself as a non fan, he still put every bit of his acting chops into the role, and that's what made him so good at it. I loved him as the Doctor myself, but I've always considered Smith my Doctor.

[@DavidNicholson101]

Daniel Appleton​ But a lot of Whovians started with one of the three new Doctors. I've seen a lot of people get their start on new Who. I myself was exposed to it like you said though when it aired on PBS. I remember as a little boy seeing Tom Baker as the Doctor. I liked him as the Doctor, but then he regenerated and I was thinking wtf is this new guy? I ain't watching anymore. I watched the TV movie with McGann when it came on with my girlfriend. That was my early 20s. I've seen all the episodes since it came back, but did not consider myself a hardcore fan until 2009 when the Tennant specials came on. My girlfriend has been a hardcore fan since she was real little.

[@DavidNicholson101]

Daniel Appleton McGann sure is canon now, although the whole half human thing still isn't imho.

[@TPBHockeyGirl]

+David Nicholson You clearly do not understand WHY Chris only did the one season. He watched the show growing up. maybe not with the fervor of Capaldi or Tennant, but Chris's reason for leaving the show was a good one. I have family in Northern England, Ireland and Scotland. And him wanting to see a more equal representation of people on the show (and BBC shows in general) is a good thing.

[@TPBHockeyGirl]

+David Nicholson Living in Canada and the US, Davidson was my first Doctor via PBS. However, it will always be Chris who saved the series. He never gets enough credit for that. NEVER.

[@danieltobin4498]

"Are you my mummy?" Darth Vader: "No, I am your father."

[@CdiRevival]

The happiest scene of Doctor Who takes place during the London Blitz....

[@spiritgirl41192]

"I am your mummy. I will always be your mummy." *indescribable wail*

[@MsSharondenadel]

+spiritgirl41192 Actually the doctor says " Are you my mummy " in the space orient express's episode, saison 8 :))

[@nickclark8938]

+MsSharondenadel He also says it in the poison skies, series 5 when he is wearing a gas mask

[@MsSharondenadel]

Chronomaster Yes but he says "mommy" not "mummy" ^^

[@2small4theMall]

+MsSharondenadel you seem to be american. The word mommy with an o doesn't exist in british english because it's mum and not mom.

[@MsSharondenadel]

Im not american, i can make some mistakes in english but in season 8 wasn't it a play with words ?

[@NickDeLarge92]

I cried so much when i first saw this....god I miss the Ninth Doctor so much!!!

[@JessCaron]

Me too!

[@elliotttalksf1825]

Nicolas Natalini daft punk and dr who fan...nice 😉😄😄

[@Hyperion5182]

And only in the fullness of time do we know how much this actually meant to The Doctor...

[@blackham7]

9 was a beautiful person

[@Polavianus]

I miss 10th so much

[@Serje1227]

Just in case people didn't realize it, when the Doctor says they no longer need the bomb, that means his original plan was just let all the gas mask zombies come into one area and let the bomb kill them all. Or at least, that's what I got out of it

[@TranscendentLion]

Does anyone else think this would have been an absolutely perfect line in 'The Day of the Doctor'?

[@Farfri]

lolman15953 No, that was Paul Mcgann. The Eighth Doctor. He got one movie and quite a lot of audio books. He is pretty frigging awesome. It is on the internets somewhere. The only hint of Eccleson in the 50th is at the very end when the War Doctor regenerates. You can see bits of 9's eyebrows chin and ears. I too wish that he had made it, and I wonder how different it would have been with him in it.

[@Emithabro]

***** don't you mean "it would have been fantastic" xD

[@DarthRushy]

EmilThaBro John Hurt: "But for now, I am the Doctor again... isn't that the most fantastic thing?"

[@Juniper_Rose]

I'd love this line in Day of the Doctor. Eleven: GERONIMO! Ten: ALONS-Y! War: Oh, for god sake...GALLIFREY STANDS! Nine (out of nowhere): EVERYBODY LIVES!

[@spideyviewer327]

Classtoise XD I CAN SO PICTURE THAT

[@spideyviewer327]

Been seeing some more Eccleston episodes lately and I wish he could of stayed longer. Maybe atleast ONE more season. He was a FANTASTIC Doctor.

[@AndrewChapman]

Spidey View My thoughts exactly.

[@danielappleton153]

Spidey View Christopher Eccleston viewed it as just another acting job, according to John Barrowman. John Barrowman said that David Tennant actually had ** fun ** with being the 10th Doctor. Heaven knows what he & Matt Smith would've done.

[@AndrewChapman]

Daniel Appleton Who knows if Captain Jack will ever return to Doctor Who during Peter Capaldi's time on the show?

[@danielappleton153]

Andrew Chapman I heard rumors that John Barrowman will be the SHOWRUNNER for the rest of Peter Capaldi's run, etc., so Capt. Harkness might make some appearances.

[@AndrewChapman]

Daniel Appleton That would be great.

[@josefzalusky7307]

The absolute ecstasy on Nine's face just blows me away every time. Chris, you're amazing.

[@wolfkniteX]

3:30 My reaction when I finished Mass Effect 2's story and none of my squadmates died.

[@spideyviewer327]

wolfkniteX "Wait a minute...I finished the story....and no one died......" Mom: Kid, what's uo You: Everybody lives, mum. Just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES!!!

[@Javitomanzano]

+wolfkniteX Except for the people from Horizon.

[@wolfkniteX]

Javitomanzano I said squadmates

[@Javitomanzano]

wolfkniteX True. Forget all those lives, they are just npc and secondary characters completely irrelevant. Nah, I'm just messing with you :). Have fun and a nice weekend.

[@dr.sharktooth3587]

Nine, Rose, and Jack were...forgive me, "fantastic." The ultimate dream team.

[@strandalx]

+Dr. Sharktooth :) Wholeheartedly agree

[@mariamihailik5310]

Dr. Sharktooth honestly, I prefer ten, Martha and jack. The season 3 finale was epic

[@sayarxi]

Maria 101 omg same!!!. Martha, 10, and Jack are amazing

[@carlostapuera7149]

i prefer eleven amy and rory

[@dashnyamdashaa9368]

Carlos Tapuera high five 🖐 I agree too.

[@dAMMDb]

9 will always be MY Doctor.

[@rociomartinezsevilla7881]

+Ryan Yakov I miss him :(

[@d_no_allyn_86]

he's the best. truly.

[@8belleangel8]

+Ryan Yakov always!

[@bellal9804]

if only he had more seasons

[@howlergrace4776]

2 is so totally mine

[@kendellalexander7222]

Everyone's talking about how happy he was to see everyone live, but what i love is that first moment, when the swarm first appears. The look on his face, the look of sheer *hope*

[@itjustme888]

This is the moment I was sold on the Doctor. This scene from this Episode. You finally see what the Doctor truly wants. "Oh come on. Give me a day like this. Give this one." He wants to save people. He is coming from the Time War, and he did something He can't forgive him self for, but "Just this once everyone lives!" he says this with Tears in his eyes. He is so happy that He, that one time, got to save everyone. 9 Is my Favorite Doctor, And this scene from the episode is why.

[@QuantumOverlord]

Think this is possibly the best ever episode of doctor who.

[@leslauner5062]

Maybe not the best...but certainly in the top 10. "Vincent and the Doctor," "The Girl in the Fireplace," "Father's Day," "The Day of the Doctor," "A Christmas Carol," "Blink".....just off the top of my head.

[@alchemist6747]

"Just wait two (not twenty) years until Heaven Sent, you're gonna love it!"

[@crashfan9997]

Yeah this episode is great. I hate overrated shits like The Girl in the Fireplace though.

[@Inlelendri]

This never fails to tug every heart string I have. You can hear the hope and the despair of what he's seen throughout the years and that joy of having it unambiguously good for once. 'Just this once, everybody lives!' is strong and emotional on its own, but to have had 'Give me a day like this. Give me this one' before makes it really pack a punch.

[@mushroomhead3619]

The empty child after taking his mask off is so cuuuute!

[@MANJYOMETHUNDER111]

And then, that was the only time that everyone lived.

[@PercyFowl]

So true.

[@lucascosta2311]

And Miracle Day.

[@MANJYOMETHUNDER111]

HELL no.

[@bluesit3297]

Then "Forest of the Dead". TECHNICALLY speaking...

[@doomspidey1737]

And the episode with the alien kid and the closet

[@dntm123]

Perhaps now that Eccleston feels differently about the show, he said in a recent interview that he regrets leaving, we could see him return in one way or another. Hell, I think it would just be great if he starred in an Audio Drama series, maybe detailing his life after the Time War, from his regeneration at the end of Day of the Doctor, to his meeting with Rose.

[@robbytomminson5807]

60th anniversary in just under five years?

[@secret12392]

Oh god, I might cry. "Everybody Lives!" always gets me. 9 was always too much for me, that's why he is my favorite Doctor, tied with Matt Smith.

[@kstormgeistgem461]

I've had times like that... Where just Once you would like things to work out as they aught and by some mysterious quirk of fate... They actually Do. It's a rare treat indeed that makes one forget all the hell that went before just briefly and is a nugget of starlight when the light of the world seems to have burnt out. Definitely a worthy episode to hunt for.

[@shaolinwisdom]

After remembering that he burned Gallifrey in the Last Great Time War. This was the moment he needed after the "2.47 billion gallifreyan children" thing, DOTD fits together all of the post Time War adventures with the pre-Time War adventures of the old series.

[@SJPDurham]

I miss Christopher. He was a fantastic Doctor. This still brought tears to my eyes.

[@Alto_C]

the way he yells "Everybody lives!" like a madman, but not crazed with killing instead, hellbent on having as many people survive as possible.

[@ceruleanwalker1069]

one of my favourite moments. everyone dies, but come on, just once, give me a day where everyone gets to live.

[@beezie687]

One of the best episodes in the Modern Doctor Who.

[@caliscribe]

Both for this scene and the introduction of the delightful Captain Jack Harkness.

[@James-gc5if]

The Ninth Doctor's best scene in his best story. Absolute magic.

[@lilreith2603]

I cry everytime I hear the Doctor scream 'Everybody lives!' He's just so HAPPY. No one was lost, no one had to sacrifice themselves for him, no monster was actively trying to destroy anyone. Just this once, he has a full victory and he is happy. I think he deserves to be that genuinely happy more often. 😭☺️

[@skullshirts]

I love that line "20 years til' pop music. You're gonna love it!"

[@gravysandwich5010]

I think this has to be one of the best monsters in doctor who, the idea of faulty medical technology from the far future is in my opinion a fantastic idea.

[@dyip32]

I wished they'd used the "everybody lives" line in Day of the Doctor when they save Gallifrey :)

[@Tairaa91]

Joshua Armour wouldn't be enough towels to mop up all the cum

[@lundylow]

One thing 9 had going for him was reintroducing the Doctor, who's experienced so many bad days we haven't seen, so many incidents where things went south, so this one moment of everything somehow going right is overwhelmingly impossibly joyous.

[@xanderwardwell-gaw7472]

Doctor: "Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once!! EVERYBODY LIVES!!!!"

[@AbhipshaSahuCoPrezIOFA]

"I've taken care of it" "How?" "Psychology!" This was underrated

[@danielappleton153]

You can feel the sheer happiness that the Doctor feels. After the anguish of **believing that he's the last Time Lord**, that he'd deserted the Time War when he was most needed, all the guilt he felt, any opportunity to be happy is welcome & embraced by him.

[@jijonbreaker]

Daniel Appleton He never deserted. He believed he was the one to end it, by killing everyone but himself.

[@danielappleton153]

jijonbreaker Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting that. The " fairly terrible plan " in Day of the Doctor worked, but they can't remember that it did.

[@jijonbreaker]

Daniel Appleton Well, 11 remembers. But correct, nobody else remembers.

[@danielappleton153]

jijonbreaker & 12 ( ? ) may or may not remember, seeing how Missy / the Master gave him the coordinates for Gallifrey.

[@jijonbreaker]

Daniel Appleton Well not only did Missy give him the wrong coordinates for gallifrey, the way she gave them, he DEFINITELY still remembered it.

[@SJPDurham]

Christopher, I will always remember you for this episode. Especially this bit. Such a happy looking Doctor.

[@Skipsjack]

The sad thing is, this really is the only time everybody lives

[@mykeycuento5576]

It is 2023, and I am here because of Magic: The Gathering, the Doctor Who Commander decks brought me here, and I am glad, because I really needed to see this episode. I have been through the worst week of my life, full of mistakes and bad decisions. I needed to see this.

[@gremblorthesackgoblin7953]

Now it lives as a bomb ass card

[@moniquecarvalho6369]

the empty child is the best episode with Christopher.

[@Darkman1025]

This is one of 2 scenes that sealed me as a Doctor Who fan. I never watched classic Who (more of a Star Trek guy) But the 9th's first encounter with the last Dalek was very interesting to me. And this scene was the icing on the cake. To see a character with such a range of emotion from pure rage and hatred to such compassion to people who are technically inferior to him was fascinating to me. I was hooked after this. And I still have hope to see Chris Eccelston some time again in the future. Here's to hoping!

[@KennedyBoston]

This is why this is my all time favorite episode. Nine was so happy that just once everybody lived.

[@evag6370]

Does it only take a decade that is now cinematic history and one of the best episodes written?

[@BlueInkAlchemy]

All these years later, this moment still chokes me up.

[@InsanityVirus]

You know....while this moment is a happy one, think about it. Think about that one line. "Just this once...EVERYBODY LIVES!!!" Just this once...once. Think how much death he sees on a daily basis. At least one person dies to the "monster of the week" This one time...he's able to save everyone. Not leave them stranded or on a back-up computer or something. He's able to save every single person there. *Everyone* *~Just This Once*

[@swguygardner]

Never noticed before that Nancy has absolutely no reaction to an alien space craft catching a bomb out of the sky, and a man teleporting onto it XD

[@carynfisher9463]

Christopher Eccleston will always be my Doctor. That look on his face where he's begging anything that will hear him, while he's psyching himself up to take the boy's mask off... I get teary-eyed each time.

[@thedawsonator1628]

I love how happy the doctor is here, it's like everything went right for once.

[@einar90808]

this was my first episode of Doctor Who. It will always be special

[@SJPDurham]

Yes I came back to see this again. Clever KZbin algorithms. And yes, it still brought tears to my eyes. Miss you Doctor.

[@datawizard8194]

"They didnt change you because you changed them!" God I love the delivery of this line its said with such proud and happiness

[@KayleighNatasha]

Ha ha 'Welcome back, 20 years to pop music, you're gonna love it'

[@PipeAndSmokingJacket]

One of the most awesome Doctor moments ever!

[@JB-vq6xv]

1:40 my favourite line in the ep, this man has seen so much suffering and death and he’s begging for things to go the other way this one time

[@ShovelAndPick]

This is why nine is so great as the Doctor. My favourite episode of the new series. It also proves that Steven Moffat can write great stories. Please give us more like this in Capaldi's tenure.

[@darkhorseash4337]

I love this episode. I mean even at like 1:06 you can see all of his personality in one moment the absolutely desperate hope on his face that he isn't wrong about what they are doing because he thinks itll work but wont let himself believe it. thats one of nine's big things he never lets himself hope for something he never believes he can save people like this because he couldnt save his people vs with say 11, who constantly thinks he can save everyone even when he cant. I'm not sure which is crueler, to be honest. Never believing you could help people, hating yourself, or believing you could help everyone and never being able to save them all

[@Newjourney14]

Yeah this line and scene broke me, totally sold me on the show.

[@SJPDurham]

That was a beautiful episode. The smile on Chris Eccleston's face at the nano genes saving everybody was classic.

[@shunesputo]

One of my favorite moments of Doctor who.

[@vikinggoddess2126]

This is my favorite scene. The part with the leg growing back is the cherry on top.

[@ReaverLordTonus]

"Oh come on, give me a day like this. Give me this one." Given what we know now and that this doctor just ended the time war, that line gets me choked up every time.

[@FatalDownpour]

Back when that was actually unusual.

[@MrSukram777]

Moffat has made this the law for almost every episode in his time as a showrunner. Let's see how Chris Chibnall will treat the show...

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

Danny Pink.

[@atharvadeshpande6907]

@@MrSukram777 he really hasn't. Time of the Angels/Flesh and Stone, all the clerics die. The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, Alaya and The Grandpa die. A Christmas Carol, the singer dies. The Doctor's Wife, everyone except the Tardis Team dies. A Good Man Goes to War, Lorna dies. The God Complex, almost everyone dies. A Town Called Mercy, Isaac dies. The Angels Take Manhattan, the Ponds (sorta) die. The Time of the Doctor, countless die on Christmas. Into the Dalek, 2 soldiers die. Mummy on the Orient Express, 3 people die. Flatline, many die. Dark Water, Danny Pink dies. Under the Lake/Before the Flood, 4 people die. The Zygon Invasion/Inversion, many innocents die. Pilot, Heather dies (she's dead, that puddle thing is just a vessel). Smile, many die. Thin Ice, the poor boy on the lake dies. Knock knock, the mother dies. Oxygen, many innocents die. The Eaters of Light, the Chief and the Romans die. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, Master, Missy, Nardole, Bill, and the inhabitants of the ship die. So, I ask you, why does this misconception prevail, that Moffat does not kill?

[@MrSukram777]

@@atharvadeshpande6907 I wrote this two years ago (and forgot it). Yeah, you're right.

[@goo_90]

I don’t understand dislikers. They got an empty child living. That was in the title in thumbnail. They got what they expected and it’s brilliant content.

[@CrypticCharm]

According to my headcanon, Jamie and Nancy were adopted by the kind Dr Constantine, and led amazing lives. Nancy continued her education, and started charities for young mums like herself. and Jamie, became a Doctor like his adopted grandpa and the man who saved him

[@DaRichMan]

This will always be my favorite moment in Doctor Who history.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

Just showed this to my dad, because of a t-shirt... I have a black shirt with a picture of the kid wearing the gas mask and with the line _Are You My Mommy_. My dad never liked it, because he thought it was depressing. So I explained to him who and what Doctor Who is, gave him the book __"The Lifes and Times of the Doctor"_ (phantastic book btw) and now I have showed him this clip. He now officially likes it and he wants to watch more Doctor Who. :) Apart from that... I miss 9. I love all the Doctors, but 9 was _my_ Doctor, the one I can relate to the most. I had some very bad times in my life and I was very bitter, angry and lonely at times. And although I am a grown up man and Doctor Who is just a TV show, 9 felt so close and real, watching this helped at least a bit.

[@cookey6729]

I feel like Eccleston is the most underrated doctor ever. He is absolutely amazing and brings out the doctor character so well.

[@Blazieth]

This moment. This moment, and the sheer, indescribable joy and delight on his face and in his eyes... this is why the Doctor will continue joking about these events for hundreds of years to come. As the Tenth Doctor, and even Twelve gets in the occasional "are you my mummy?" crack. And all because this... this was the time that Everybody Lived.

[@TheKangLock]

This shows exactly why I prefer the Davies era to the Moffat era. Davies knew how to keep a stable atmosphere throughout the episode, and how to build up to a huge emotional pay out. The fact that just this once, not a single person died, was a huge emotional release for The Doctor and you can really see and tell that. After what he did [or thanks to Moffat what he now THOUGHT he did], where he has the deaths of billions of children on his soul, just the fact that for a single day in his 900 year old life, everyone comes out alive, is something you really feel happy about, purely because you feel happy for HIM. The Moffat era episodes are just too...wishy-washy. They never build up any sense of anger, or hatred for the life the Doctor leads, or anything at all. All the episodes just seem, not from a plot level but from an emotional level, unstable. One episode is all happy then the next is all dark then the next is dark again then the next is happy ect. There's no sense of "dipping the viewer" into one emotion then suddenly smacking their guts out with burst of another that makes you feel character's pain/happiness anymore.

[@JessCaron]

This one was written by Moffat!

[@Gamelover254]

Moffat benefited more as a writer when he only wrote little stories, like this one. However, when trying to hold together a whole show, i agree with the first comment.

[@ChronoKatie]

I'd argue most of the Moffat era is written exactly like that. Haha

[@coconutnfriends2162]

I would agrees except this one was written by Moffat.

[@mxclaireharris]

As I said further up though, there's a big difference between being an episode writer and a show runner. The fact that this was a Moffat episode is irrelevant.

[@InsanityProdutions]

Still to this day, one of my favorite scenes in Doctor Who.

[@DutchAver]

One of those videos I wish I could like again every time I watched it. Because I watch it a lot.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Maybe instead of inflating #s, have a REALLY Like button. And a REALLY Dislike?

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

“Everybody lives!” Imagine if right then another bomb fell and everybody died.

[@slitor]

"Give me a day like this, give me this one" Who the hell is cutting onions?

[@TakeMinamoto]

+slitor ninjas, dude... those darned onion-cutting ninjas... jokes aside, I really love that line alone, specially now that we know what happened during the Time War, and how it ended... all the kids on Gallifrey, all 6.27 billion... this child was all of them for that instant