Doctor Who | 5 Best Ever Speeches

[@EdwardIvings]

Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed feel free to subscribe. This list contains my favourite 5 speeches. There plenty of others that could have made the cut and it was very difficult to narrow it down. If you disagree with my list make sure to debate in the comments below 👍

[@playerzero7890]

My favorite Doctor Who moment was a speech, the 11th. “So basically... run.”

[@RialVestro]

I agree with number 1, that's still one of my favorite speeches. The rest of the list I'd change though. 11's very first speech with all the visuals of his past incarnations before he finally emerges from the face of David Tennant wearing his own costume for the first time. The Speech 12 gives to the Master and the Mistress which is really the only time he really felt like the Doctor to me. The Pandorica Speech. And since I can't think of another one I guess the Zygon Speech can stay on there too.

[@petelattimer6808]

@@RialVestro i think David Tennant was the 10th. Matt Smith was the 11th

[@paintain76]

I love the 12th Doctor

[@smeghead3471]

Hey, I love this video! 🥰 so well made! Do you think maybe you could write down the episodes that they come from?

[@Red5x5x5]

Capaldi's war speech hits hard when you realise he's not trying to stop a war, he's trying to save the combatants from living with the cost of it.

[@ForkynnerenTor]

That's what I did today why it made me cry

[@Timelordbeast14]

Capaldo is truly a master at making us feel for what he’s saykng

[@EsaKarjalainen]

I like this take. Because... sometimes you can't sit down and talk. Sometimes you don't have a voice, unless you, or someone fights to give it to you.

[@megangarnhart9011]

It really got to me. I cried.

[@ShawnnG17bitch]

When you do what you were always going to do - get down and talk!

[@tomothy1625]

I love how from the daleks perspective, the doctor broke universal laws of time and space just out of spite because they tried to dictate rules to him

[@jakobwendt8999]

Imagine telling your worst most hated enemy, your *NEMISIS* the hes unable to do things under universal law and he breaks just cause "fuck you"

[@yoinkerman8524]

@@jakobwendt8999 "You cant break the rules of space and time!" "TOO LATE!"

[@howlingwolven]

“No you can’t break the universal laws of space and time!” “hahaha thirteenth regeneration go whirrrrr”

[@mattmorgan-moriarty4445]

That's what I loved about Smith, he was a giddy Doctor who laughed in the face of his most dangerous enemies

[@ultracraftyt3701]

Chinny (11th): yes I want to go to the tower with my co-conspirators sandshoes and grandad. Grandad (War): grandad!? Sandshoes(10th): THerE nOt SanDshOeS! Grandad(war) yeS tHeY aRe!

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

"Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many." Two sentences that shows just how aware he is of what he could unleash if he so wished.

[@potheadpalsentertainment161]

Seriously if the doctor went bad he'd make the master shiver with fear

[@Red_Ryry]

@@potheadpalsentertainment161the valeyard.

[@CommanderRedEXE]

​@@potheadpalsentertainment161 To think we saw a mere glimpse of The Time Lord Victorious. Truly terrifying to think what The Doctor is truly capable of.

[@bas42946]

"don't play games with me, don't ever ever think your capable of that" one of my fav matt smiths lines wen't from happily dancing around the tardis to insanely serious in a matter of seconds

[@owlighting826]

​@@bas42946 He also usded this line (10) against the Vashta Nerada (silence in the libraray): Don't play game with me... You've just killed someone i liked, that is not a safe place to stand.... (something like this). It was cold, terrifying yet... comforting.

[@JeremyScoggins12]

The sacrifice Tenant made for Wilfred was so perfect. Wilfred accepted his fate but the doctor couldn’t bear letting his friend die.

[@justyouraveragebrit9090]

“I’ve seen things you will never believe I’ve lost things YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND” hits harder than a semi-truck

[@RedDragonForce2]

Hits harder than a nuke.

[@freddycorcoranmb4419]

Hi lads and lasses

[@me.lms1126]

Yeah.. the "I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken" really portrays the loneliness really well...

[@ericdickert9795]

My favorite doctor moment so far. I wasnt too big on the episode when i saw it, but that speech and that moment is my favorite speech of all time of his.

[@kamenridertheblueknight5313]

I remember this from a mlp comic dub, now I know where it came from.

[@Cooler7328]

pretty sure the best speech was: "Whatever you've got planned, forget it. I'm the Doctor. I'm 904 years old. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I am the oncoming storm! The bringer of darkness and you ... are basically just a rabbit aren't you? OK, carry on. Just a ... general ... warning."

[@kingmuizz708]

Best line ever lmao

[@andrewmiddleton3202]

The rabbit was really bringing it, too.

[@rainbowappleslice]

Obviously

[@Stiltzr]

Yes

[@morayeelsupremacy3559]

Doesn't it just perfectly show the utter narcissism and ego of 10, he loves spouting those words doesn't he?

[@Yuchisami]

"Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to learn why I have so many". -11th Doctor

[@elizabethoconnell4212]

I hate how much this hurts

[@johnhorn990]

That scene will forever be one of my favorites. That's actually the scene that made me want to watch the show.

[@aleshagarrett7742]

It hurts thinking how true that is.

[@michaelmorton5698]

Some of us live that statement. Keeping yourself on a tight leash because you know what can and will happen if you let it slip, and not just a little bit.

[@Neutral_Tired]

This was one amazing quote to be sure, but it was only one quote, not a speech

[@0xEARTH]

and this is why these three men will always be The Doctor to me. Tennant, Smith, Capaldi. you couldn’t rip the Doctor from their hearts if you tried, their performances were SSS+ tier.

[@dp-g5i]

Eccleston too

[@Wigleyboy]

@@dp-g5i I'll always wish Eccleston could have got the standard 3 seasons. Definitely an underrated performance.

[@dp-g5i]

@@Wigleyboy me too mate

[@Martin-dx6qr]

@@dp-g5i Eccleston was great definitely a good Doctor, but (maybe its because he has only one season) he is not on the level of Tennant, Smith and Capaldi in my book, and this his doctor didnt have this chatting fiber, he was talking sure but it didnt have the same impact Tennant, Smith and Capaldi could have ps : I havent seen Jodie's era yet, so I cant compare her to others

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@Martin-dx6qr Eccleston's run was short, but memorable. Especially in the episode "Dalek." "The Daleks have failed! Why don't you finish the job, and make the Daleks extinct? Rid the universe of your filth! Why don't you just *_DIE?!"_* He was so emotional, and so broken from the time war, and you BELIEVE he's a broken war survivor. That's honestly what makes Rose a really special companion-no matter how many times he either tried to push her away with some "stupid ape" comment or "for a human" comment, she stuck around. She's a solid companion.

[@stickmanwut2379]

Wilfred is a hero. He may have been confused about everything, but he stayed with the doctor, comforted him, and was willing to give his life to save the planet.

[@hi00118]

The thing I love about that bit and about Wilfreds character is he didn’t even get stuck because he was trying to save the planet, not at first. He was willing to give his life to save the Doctor but he got stuck because he was saving one other person. He saw another person stuck and didn’t hesitate to try to help them. Wilfred was a fantastic character

[@ewanayres9576]

The best companion

[@Dillypickle541]

GOD SAVE THE WILF

[@brianjohnston6667]

and to think his character was originally planned to be a one off. Love the man to death; he's one of those characters you can count on to do the right thing, even if it it means he gets himself into some trouble. Probably my favorite scene of his was when he shot the Dalek in the eyestalk with an egg. Man had balls of steel

[@dekaritheprofessor2631]

Yesss❤❤

[@superomegaprimemk2]

I swear Matt Smith was having a blast when he was preforming his regeneration scene on top of the clock tower

[@jemaselite8076]

He definitely looked like he was 😂😂

[@thenostalgiaspirit3365]

Idk, you can see pictures of Smith being sad and tearful after they filmed his last scene. Only other person I know that cried at the end of their time of being the doctor was Capaldi.

[@watsername]

@@thenostalgiaspirit3365 David Tennant was absolutely distraught tbh... Behind the scenes as well as on camera tbh.

[@theeguy9022]

@@watsername yea he was something special but tbh they all are yes even 13th they are all the doctor truly

[@tornadotaylor8956]

He was always having a blast

[@zlee001]

That line. "Ive lived too long". He realized he overstayed his regeneration. He became timelord victorious, he forgot who he suppose to be, the doctor. He began to not care anymore. Its time he leaves. No better way than by the hand of his friend.

[@maraudersine_645]

Better to die a hero then to live long enough to become a villain.

[@Martok2309]

Overstayed his regeneration isn't really an easy term to use for tennant's doctor when you consider Smith's likely aged a couple thousand years by the time he regenerated

[@charlleedodson]

Eric Cartman Yet, Matt Smith’s Doctor was needed to defend the town from Cybermen. He may have been old, but he was needed

[@Martok2309]

@@charlleedodson tennant may not have been needed but he certainly still could've done good in the world. He didn't really overstay

[@charlleedodson]

Eric Cartman I never said anything about tennant?

[@sgsjspike]

R.I.P Bernard Cribbins, the grandad to England. When Wilfred says goodbye to the doctor at the wedding breaks my heart every time and that was all of us when we heard about his death, waving him off. Godspeed.

[@oktoberdead]

I came here to shed a tear at most, not to cry my ass off

[@sgsjspike]

@@oktoberdead my bad

[@davidalan528]

The most wonderful man, to use Wilf’s words.

[@Zman0505268]

Wait, the best ol' boi is dead😢

[@sgsjspike]

@@Zman0505268 yeah heartbreaking

[@toverkleet]

What I noticed with Wilfred, is, I think, he came closest to a father figure that the Doctor ever had. The one who comforted him and was there for him when the Doctor needed a father who could tell him its gonna be alright...

[@Mosdra_Kazuma]

time lords have no parents they use looms to reproduce The doctor is the only one had a father because of the Other (he was around rassalon and omega's era and he is the doctor he jumped into the looms

[@ronanwaters4]

I bloody love wilf

[@julieeverett7442]

@@Mosdra_Kazuma oh please, if youre going to use a piece of original fiction as a basis of fact you could have anything! Time Lords have family just like humans

[@grassdog46]

Mosdra Kazuma Where was that said?

[@julieeverett7442]

@@grassdog46 hes read the novel lungburrow, but its not accepted canon!

[@keplerthe3399]

Capaldi's Zygon speech, it's perfect. it shows apart of the Doctor that's ancient, aged and tired. Capaldi wanted to be the Doctor as a kid, but damn in my opinion he's either the only one, or one of the few who became the Doctor with his performances, others act, but he did something else entirely. I miss Capaldi.

[@Panda.Shogun]

Agreed... ✌️

[@shanedaley6236]

It's also perfect for today with all the stupid people

[@memeplays1208]

@@shanedaley6236 peter sounds kinda like a darlek when he says'whose going to die'

[@shanedaley6236]

@@memeplays1208 kinda I do enjoy how he says stuff in the speech it's such a perfect speech for the doctor to give

[@magpieone9390]

I miss him so much 😭 He had a touch of other doctors in his performance 💔

[@danicleeland7502]

When the Doctor realises the 4 knocks were from Wilfred, absolutely heartbreaking :'(

[@futuristicpilot6998]

I cried ;-;

[@yoinkerman8524]

Timestamp?

[@jennyxvastra5650]

It broke my heart... For me it's the saddest scene in all of Doctor Who...

[@commandermccluck]

Can you imagine how much his heart broke when he realised that his 'death' came not from his enemies but from one of his closest and most beloved friends....

[@ianwatkins3480]

He was so happy when he won the battle. Everything was ok. He escaped his foretold fate. Then came 4 knocks... His fate had come to meet him. Not as an enemy seeking to kill him, but as an old friend... asking for help.

[@madameevycat]

Murray Gold deserves SO much credit for the music behind the Akhaten scene and many others… This man was the musical director of “Doctor Who” from 2005 to 2017 - he gave us the songs of Akhaten, the Ood, every intro song variation during that timeframe, the River Song theme… I cannot stress enough how important his contribution has been to this show 🎶💕🙏🏻

[@mcurran6505]

Be excited Murray Gold is making a return for the 60th Anniversary specials & onwards.

[@Simon-xc5oy]

Yes, like ol Dudley Simpson in the 70s with his atmospheric and creepy music in Blakes 7 and Doctor Who. The first appearance of Davros in Genesis of the Daleks was greatly increased in tension, fear and horror by his music. Murray Gold was the same, giving the show a whole identity for a new generation. Then Chibnut got rid of him in favour of an tone deaf idiot with a synth and a fixation on dustbin lids for cymbals....I have never heard anything that bad. And its worse as Murray Gold was so good. Where could you go but down? And that is what they did, every single thing that was good in the show was wrecked over the course of the first Chibnall season, from the Doctor, to Script and Stories, acting and music it all went in the toilet. And there desperate attempt to fix and turn it around is to bring back RTD. And if things were so amazing they would not have needed to do that at all.....I hope they turn it around, but I wont be watching, they lost me as a viewer for good. I have no desire to see a Tardis with an openly gay doctor and various other trans actors and drag queens in tow.....its just too much....

[@robkazer5841]

He is very deserving of the name "Gold". He's incredibly talented, and you can feel his dedication and passion in his music. No matter how many times I watch this show, the music and performances always knock me off my feet. The writing is mostly good, although there are some bad episodes (in my opinion), but I absolutely adore each of these Doctors

[@teslaromans1023]

The Doctor’s theme from the first seasons will always be a favorite of mine

[@shanislost1]

'This is what I get, my reward. BUT IT'S NOT FAIR!' That line hit me. The doctor wished he can get more out of his bodies and his lives, wanting to be happy just for one second.

[@binder38us]

At at his moment of regeneration: "I don't want to go."

[@babachacha8214]

The tenth doctor lived only for 6 years btw

[@till7407]

Like I little kid

[@cardinalsin3332]

I could do so much more so much more

[@chrisg24601]

no he only lived for 6 years in that body compared to the others and tbf. hes lost a lot of people throughout his incarantion.

[@psycholonya]

“I’ll always remember... when doctor was me.” -11th Doctor. This speech made me see his regenerations so differently, it should’ve been on here imo.

[@VereskVeil]

Yeah, I strongly agree. It was such a unique moment

[@SCRaetz]

In truth, Matt had some of the best speeches. Hard to marrow it down to one.

[@alyssinclair8598]

It is a credit to the show that you can even argue about this

[@alyssinclair8598]

@@doleh23 time of the doctor

[@alyssinclair8598]

@@doleh23 can't rewatch to see which one that was but assuming rings of ahkennaten

[@HannibalKantter]

Tennant's final speech always gets me, doesn't matter how many times i've heard it. The 10th doctor was so full of anger, sadness and regret, he portrayed it incredibly well

[@Beldandy100]

Sadly a lot of people didn't get that about him. If they had listened to Smith Doctors regeneration statement they'd recall him very pointedly stating the how the time for fun and games was over, it was time for him to get serious and get down to business. Peter said the older, I'm done taking your shit Doctor perfectly I think

[@fusionsigh]

That’s why he’s my favorite

[@eyeofthetyger8504]

The doctor that regrets and the doctor that forgets

[@Arcachon11]

HannibalKantter He blames himself for everyone who has killed themselves saving him, Astrid, Rose, Donna and nearly Wilfred

[@Paycheck2fan]

Actually he’s the 12th at thus point

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I loved ten's speech to Wilfred. Literally every word he says is 100% true. Wilfred is just an old man close to the end of his life and ten could do so much more good with his life than Wilfred could possibly do with his remaining time. He has also done so much good that he has more than earned someone else sacrificing for him for a change. He also knows that he could never live with himself if he let Wilfred die for him.

[@marissadougal5125]

This is also his redemption for Waters of Mars where people were doomed to die and he broke the laws of time to save them. He could have let Wilf die but 1) he’d regret it and 2) he knows his role as the doctor is to save people. We love the doctor because even though he can regenerate he doesn’t act invincible, he still treats each regeneration like dying.

[@reclasendeavors3172]

I feel like that Tennant speech to Wilfred is part of the he came back as the Doctor. He felt he had so much left to do and didn't want to go.

[@dominiclingham4006]

And the fact that he knows he hasn’t got a choice, it’s not him struggling to make a decision whether or not to save wilf. The second he hears the knock he KNOWS it’s his death sentence. Even in the end, he knew he wouldn’t do anything other than save wilf because how could he?

[@younger371]

There’s a comic where you see what happens if he did let Wilfred die and it turns him into a tyrant that rules over Gallifrey

[@stephen92]

I just wish they had kept the knock in that scene they showd. For any that don't know, The Doctor was told "He will knock 4 times, and then you will die" by an actual soothsayer in the middle of these specials, and does everything he can to stop every sequence of 4 knocks for hours of screen time to delay his death. Then finally, Wilfred knocks 4 times to get the Doctor's attention

[@andrethibodeau3203]

“We’re breaking some serious science here bois” I’m dying.

[@drmosaratak]

I’m crying

[@OrderedEntropy]

@@drmosaratak A soul died, a soul cried, so I will continue on laughing with all my might.

[@Sir_Foxie_The_Valiant]

rule 1: the doctor lies

[@drmosaratak]

Ordered Entropy , Forever Alone in the dark of Midnight

[@danielhepplestone7046]

Best doctor of all time

[@gameboygaming7076]

I wish they added the rest of 11th’s regeneration speech of when he was in the tardis. It always made me cry, especially “I will always remember when the The Doctor was me”

[@BrianSmith-ct3kh]

The moment when you-know-who walks down the steps never fails to make me cry.

[@MrMann0123]

Hell yeah

[@wifeoftim]

So true!😢

[@eleanorcooke7136]

The Atraxi speech was also really good.

[@binder38us]

Even today they asked Matt Smith about playing the Doctor and he literally repeated those words

[@aidreamers]

The third one is so heartbreaking. When The Doctor knows he's going to save Wil but every conscious fibre of his being is furious at his own nature. He wants to do so much more, fight against himself, but he knows he can't. He knows that if he leaves him there, if he leaves that one old, insignificant man to die, then he will never forgive himself. In the end, he never really had a choice. He's The Doctor. He's lived too long. And Capaldi. Oh Capaldi. Nobody channels emotion like him.

[@aprillucy-qt9iz]

Yesss ! People that finally get it @Ayla Alya ! Like you can tell from the very start that he's going to save wilf there is no doubt about it, but at the same time he's going through the stages of grief of his incoming death. And the thought that even of it's just a small part of himself that truly wishes he could leave Wilf behind, that that little bit is far too much, he cements it to himself that he really has lived too long

[@Hiramekiza]

@Ayla Alya I think it's all those things and more. Wilf was more than a father-like figure, he was everything The Doctor admired about humanity. Brave, considerate, supportive, compassionate and selfless. I think The Doctor saw the man he tries to be every day in Wilf, and that letting him die was tantamount to letting that ideal die in himself too. That was unforgivable.

[@alexkingalmighty]

There's no insignificant people. If one dies, if not visible, it bings grief to those who knows.

[@noelosullivan197]

Where's Tom Baker in this list? You new Whovians really don't get it. Educate yourself.

[@spectra5407]

@@noelosullivan197 I assume you refer to his hesitation to wipe the Daleks out in their incubators on Skaro "Do I have that Right?"

[@sj4iy]

I love the Akhaten speech because it carries a double meaning. "Oh, you like to think you're a god. You're not a god, you're just a parasite, eaten out with jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them, on the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow!" It's so powerful because the Doctor understands that he is a parasyte, as well, and is speaking as much about himself as he was Akhaten.

[@TheRoxDenRadio]

I love how most people talk about Matt Smith and David Tennants speeches. But no one really touches on Peter Capaldi's. His speech about how wars are all the same, they all end the same and there is no way to solve it unless we just talk nearly made me cry and still nearly makes me cry. It tells us about the truth of our reality. Even the fictional creation of a genius realizes it. So I shall just say, lets listen closely and lead by the example of the 12th Doctor.

[@charlieharcombe7585]

Similar to tennants “a man who never would” speech

[@lastat00293]

@@charlieharcombe7585 that was the first time his speeches broke my heart. Because you understand his understanding of his actions during the Time War. He believed he personally killed his entire race. That changed later, but never mind that. He saw his people in Jenny and losses her too. Just imagine that. Losing everything and still showing mercy

[@charlieharcombe7585]

@@lastat00293 ikr. Gut wrenching. Could not imagine

[@yesterdayitrained]

Yes. Well-stated- and true. Nothing else further need be said.

[@NirateGoel]

Capaldi had lots of great speaches his one on tardis is a good one. Albeit strange. Or the bootstrap paradox that was good.

[@emiliarobson]

“You’re my daughter” - David says to his wife

[@cheraa-]

Who is actually the doctor's daughter

[@beanfarkle1517]

Emilia Robson IK IT WAS LIKE A YEAR AGO I FOUND THAT OUT AND IT WAS JUS SHWHSHWHSWH WHAT

[@emiliarobson]

BRIAL HPAA and it’s crazy how Peter Davison is Georgia’s dad, meaning both her father and husband are The Doctor. 😂😂

[@emiliarobson]

Silver_Gacha what do you mean?

[@kaelandapussy5540]

Emilia Robson well he is her daddy

[@jacobfeagin8560]

The speech that they forgot on this list, is the one where Matt calls Clara on the TARDIS phone telling her to be patient with the new doctor because he's scared.

[@Mawzeen]

Or when he lost his memory in the bar and play the guitarr

[@xGOKOPx]

Not every monologue is a speech

[@NileSWPhotography]

@@xGOKOPx LOL INIT

[@phillipnicholls7384]

That one gets me emotional every time!.. :)

[@KitNoxious]

Eleven’s Akhaten speech always gets my eyes welling up with tears. Matt delivers the speech with such believable conviction behind his words, you can feel the Doctor’s pain as he relinquishes his memories. He is my favourite Doctor, because I see so much of myself in him.

[@jjb4531]

Nothing compared to David and Capaldi's speeches. Sorry

[@maximeske6939]

Elevens Speech was Perfect Capaldi's to Davids Speech was Good but Elevens was my Favorite because you can hear the Pain of these Memories Stacking up

[@nauticalspark4157]

I agree with you strongly on your post matt Smith was always my best doctor.

[@SolarDaisy]

Honestly no one else could have delivered it, i heard a david tenent version but it didnt hit right (the david tenent version is on KZbin somewhere)

[@ditto.]

@@jjb4531 unnecessary

[@anvimishra69]

Capaldi's "I do what i do because its kind" speech doesn't get enough appreciation. I find it beautiful because it tells you that it's not the result that counts but the effort. All these speeches are so beautiful, so brilliant. I wish the script writers got more credit :)

[@adeadphish7931]

Damn right!!

[@bubble8829]

It just always bugs me that he said, "I don't do it for fun." But for so many years, there's been the idea that he basically ran away from Gallifray with a TARDIS to have fun, and he goes to places because he thinks they'll be dangerous and he likes that. That he's "just a madman in a box."

[@T0NI_]

@@bubble8829 Well I think the idea is that originally, yes, he was just escaping to go have fun, but with everything he's seen, all the things he's experienced, and all the baggage that he carries he now sees it as his responsibility to right wrongs, and he's found it necessary to do his best at having fun while he does it. So, while he doesn't do it "for fun" anymore, he's definitely still "having fun"

[@bubble8829]

@@T0NI_ That makes sense!

[@gooper3644]

Damn yeah I forgot that one. That and Capaldi’s speech about war which placed this list are definitely me two favourites

[@dalebob895]

“He will knock four times.” Boy that was so sad for Wilfred didn’t know it would be him knocking

[@Dean-nq8so]

One of the great things about Wilfred is that even though the doctor is yelling at him and insulting him, he doesn't get upset with the doctor because he knows the doctor and knows he's angry at life because of the situation he's in and he's not angry at him. Instead he tries to make it easy for the doctor to kill him, and he's ready to die for the doctor and for the world

[@RealMiniLink]

The only thing sadder than someone lashing out at a person they love is that same someone realising how wrong they are when that person takes all their grief, anger and despair so they don't have to hold it alone

[@louisscupham2823]

RIP Wilfred mott Its my honour

[@DaDunge]

I think Wilfred knows that the doctor is shouting at himself right from the get go. And he really wants the doctor to not sacrifice himself.

[@Neutral_Tired]

He's an old man and a soldier, he's seen people grieve in all manner of ways.

[@AllieLima]

Wilfred is one of the best companions we've had. he got the doctor so well, him and donna. absolutely insane.

[@matus19971]

Capaldi´s speech is just different than the rest. The RAW emotion, the actual pain in his voice. I am yet to see a more impressive performance in a movie or show. Every time I hear that speech I start crying because he portrays The Doctor´s pain perfectly.

[@83nuvola]

Yeah, Tennant was amazing, but Capaldi was even greater. Definitely my doctor.

[@samairborneshepherd]

@@83nuvola Tennant’s still my favourite because he’s fun. I started Capaldi and didn’t like the change and stopped watching for a bit. Came back later, and respect his Doctor so much more. A little life experience/pain and I understand his Doctor so much more. Brilliant acting/portrayal!

[@83nuvola]

@@samairborneshepherd Tennant's doctor was not just fun: it was also portrayed in a great way by a great actor, despite the writer's ability not always on par with him. Capaldi to me added not just pain, but depth and experience, both as an actor and as a character. I liked that these two things matched. A more experienced doctor, with centuries of good and bad experiences, portrayed by a definitely more experienced actor: i am not talking against Tennant, but Capaldi played an episode where he was the only person on screen, and carried on his shoulders more than one episode that would otherwise be just poorly written. Also, he was able to put all of this together with a character who was still able to feel the emotions as strongly as a young man. It's easy to get old, experienced, and cynical, and sometimes Capaldi's doctor could have looked more cynical than other doctors. The truth is he was just disoriented, but despite his older appearance he had an immortal young spark inside him, so strong that soon it started shining, despite whatever happened inside and around him. 12th is my doctor.

[@darkestwilightt]

Mat Smith regeneration speech *"when the doctor was me"*

[@pdegan2814]

His entire farewell speech makes me cry every time I watch it.

[@Robertl-xz6yl]

Darkest Twilight Matt Smith was a joke, terrible actor

[@Von_Hohenheim]

@@Robertl-xz6yl matt was a great actor his writer just didnt go in the same directions as past writers or the same style i think (this is me trying to recall from years ago) but matt himself was a great doctor.

[@hurdan3907]

@ISHANN SUBEDI even when it was it was never bad, objectively speaking.

[@emiliarobson]

that speech breaks my heart

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

"I've lost things you will never understand" still gives me goosebumps.

[@drego5]

And of course, we all know that he's talking about the fez that Amy ripped off his head and tossed for River to shoot, and also the cowboy hat that river shot off his head.. Boy, what has River got against hats?

[@helenacalli9132]

@@drego5 And bow ties, sheesh...

[@MrAndrew123b]

Had to go and ruin a moment drego🤣

[@darrinwhitmire7174]

Bow ties are cool(God damn I loved the 11th...he was brilliant and awesome)

[@Adonis8369]

Melody Szadkowski (his gallifreyan football team)

[@OrionoftheStar]

"I've seen fake gods and bad gods and demi-gods and would-be gods. I've had the whole pantheon. But if I believe in one thing… just one thing… I believe in her!"

[@jennycull1061]

Omg yes. That was amazing!

[@navyaboddu1340]

" My clara! "

[@juancaparros9166]

@@navyaboddu1340 Rose*

[@navyaboddu1340]

@@juancaparros9166 I was refering to elevens speech in akaten... But sorry if I got it wrong...

[@jenneric03]

@@navyaboddu1340 its the speech 10 gives about rose during the ep w like satan or whatever

[@mad0813]

11's catch phrase was Geronimo but honestly he said "Well come on then!" a lot as well and I love it. 10 was out there being the on coming storm and 11 was the one that challenged everyone to come get some.

[@dp-g5i]

11's catchphrases were really "Bow ties are cool" and "Come along Pond".

[@marissadougal5125]

Some lines are just lines you know when you say you can fall into character for and “Well come on then” is one of them

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

I was really hoping the Doctor's speech atop of Stone Henge in The Pandorica Opens would be on this list.

[@samuellefaye1019]

"No one else will ever have to live like this no one else will have to feel this pain. Not on my watch." Litteral chills everytime i hear that line and I dont think that will ever change

[@mose9629]

It only just now occurred to me that, with 12 knowing the true outcome of the time war, it might have been even more emotionally moving if he had inserted the classic war doctor staple of "No More" somewhere, acknowledging that those words don't represent what they original did.

[@SuperPokekami]

Number 3: 'its my honor' In all his rage the doctor finally realised that it's his destiny to die there, and if he chose not to, he'd likely die soon after or not be able to live with the guilt It was his honour to save Wilfred, because if he has to die, at least he does it saving one of the best men he's ever known

[@DoctorWhoKage]

Better yet, I'm not sure if it was the character of Wifred Mott or his actor, but I know that whichever it is, one of them was a WW2 Veteran who never fired a single shot.

[@antman2443]

@@DoctorWhoKage Yes. Both of them

[@DoctorWhoKage]

@@antman2443 😲 wow!

[@poopatroopa5971]

He wasnt saying he would be honoured to die there. He was say he would be honoured to be wilfreds son.

[@jessiehogue.]

@@antman2443 Not quite. I have not found anything confirming Bernard Cribbins never firing a shot (if you do have a source, though, I would love to see it). Wilfred, the character, is the one who survived World War II without killing anyone. That being said, in real life, Corporal Desmond Doss of the U.S Army who served as a combat medic during WWII who is, indeed, known for never killing anyone on the battlefield nor carrying a weapon, hence his eventual assignment as a medic. He got multiple awards and medals for various feats, including the Medal of Honor, so if you're looking for a RL equivalent to Wil, there you go. :P

[@jbroad8194]

That speech to Wilfred always makes me tear up. I think the acting within that really touched upon the basic desire to live and what that means to give that up.

[@johnweatherman5685]

That speech has to be in any list of best speeches from Dr Who. I've always had a hard time as seeing it as acting though. Yes, it was the end of Regeneration 10/11's time, but it always felt as much and more about the end of David's time as the Doctor than about the end of the Doctor's time in a particular regeneration, that it was, in fact, as much David speaking to the fandom as the Doctor speaking to Wilfried.

[@b3ans4eva]

Seeing number 1 performed live with a choir and orchestra with Matt Smith’s speech reverberating in the theatre is an experience that still gives tears.

[@Thief555WWJD]

Where/when was this live?

[@samairborneshepherd]

I’m jealous. Glad someone made that a thing we can experience!

[@dirdib69]

"Immortality isn’t living forever. That’s not what it feels like. Immortality is everybody else dying. She might meet someone she can’t bear to lose. That happens. I believe." "Look at you, with your eyes. Your never-giving-up. Your anger. Your kindness. And one day, the memory of that will hurt so much that I won’t be able to breathe, and I’ll do what I always do. I’ll get in my box and I’ll run, and I’ll run." “Don’t play games with me. You just killed someone I liked and that is not a safe place to stand! I’m the Doctor, and you’re in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up.” "There's this emperor, and he asks this shepherd's boy... 'How many seconds in eternity?' And the shepherd's boy says... 'There's this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it, and an hour to go around it. Every hundred years, a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on the diamond mountain. And when the entire mountain is chiseled away, the first second of eternity will have passed.' You must think that's a hell of a long time. Personally, I think that's a hell of a bird."

[@marlzz92]

dirdib69 “we all change... when you think about it. We’re all different people, all through our lives. And that’s good, you gotta keep moving. As long as you don’t forget all the people that you used to be.” - a personal favourite of mine.

[@ReddestRosies6298]

marlzz92 damn doctor who has had some good speeches.

[@JamesFreedmanIsVeryCool]

What about "there's one thing you never put in a trap"

[@dcsignal5241]

"It’s funny. The day you lose someone isn’t the worst. At least you’ve got something to do. It’s all the days they stay dead."

[@figotlatenby588]

@@marlzz92 that would go well in a self help book, the context is amazing.

[@ghstudios5087]

The zygon speech was what made Capaldi my favorite doctor

[@TheBeast12567]

GR Studios What made him mine was when he fenced Robin Hood with a spoon! Hahahah

[@ghstudios5087]

@@TheBeast12567 lol and the sonic specs with the electric guitar opening in the Magicians Apprentice

[@cryofpaine]

Same.

[@chrismanuel9768]

It was that speech that made me watch his entire run. Prior to that I had only watch Tennant. I was more of a Tennant fan than a Who fan. But Capaldi broke my heart with that speech and I needed to see more

[@mr.nobody4994]

For me, it was the way he threatened Ashildr, after she got Clara killed...that was dark.

[@23blazeses34]

The fact that matt’s regeneration was so powerful it physically ROCKED the TARDIS still gets me today.

[@VNLAGRLLA]

he did say it was going to be a whoppa... :P

[@Astrithor]

He still knows how to sweep her off her feet.

[@LevonBlueoak]

@@Astrithor "did you wish *really* hard?" I love that episode, firstly because that scene, and second because getting to hear the TARDIS gripe about the Doctor is amazing, and solidifies the fact that the TARDIS is legit a companion too.

[@bustybishop1753]

To be fair, David’s regeneration destroyed the tardis interior to a point where it had to have a full makeover

[@Flo-4132]

"No-one else will ever have to live like this, no-one else will have to feel this pain! Not on my watch!" This gets me everytime, I've made this my motto of dealing with my abusive past

[@Elazul2k]

Basically what I say when dealing with my past. I won't be like my parents to my children. I won't put them through the things I had to go through. Break the cycle brother.

[@samairborneshepherd]

I get so emotional with that line. It reminds me of Robin Williams, and how sad/hurt people will try extra hard to help/support others so that they don’t hurt like they do. 😢

[@SteveRogers0768]

Is it weird I expected the Van Gogh speech from the curator with the nice tie to be on here? I know it’s not a doctor speech, but it’s still one of the greatest speech’s in the series.

[@winterssong197]

OMG Thank you for bring it up. Seeing that speech made me cry. It was so heart breaking and touching seeing him react to what the curator had to say and to know that he still kills himself after hearing it just makes it that much sadder.

[@wolfofmercury7518]

I cry EVERY time

[@humanbean5114]

That would be a good video. Best speeches from other characters

[@abbyyates9533]

It’s so fantastic, always makes me cry😭

[@elliotkingaby5312]

Always evokes major emotions. Such a great series for bringing such joy and happiness and moments sadness and pain. Every Doctor has their moment and they have all delivered in one way or another

[@MishMash95]

Capaldi’s speech was breathtaking, no music in the background, just raw, powerful, emotion

[@Delta_does]

there is one thing you never put in a trap, if you’re smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans on seeing tomorrow there is one thing you never ever put in a trap. What would that be sir...

[@erklingames6009]

An easy way out

[@Lucas_Hutchings]

Me?

[@soshipupproductions8053]

ME

[@williamcravat5103]

😎👉👉

[@KyoKiaNexus]

Me

[@vonriel1822]

Watching clip #3 still hurts. Rest in peace, Bernard Cribbins, you were truly incredible.

[@BlackDogXLL]

The fact that the speech at Stonehenge isn’t even a part of this list is a tragedy

[@roejogan8683]

Mmmmm yeh that was the stuff 10 year old me needed

[@reallyneedsalife]

Because I AM TALKING! 😂😂

[@mrmarathondude]

and his regeneration speech

[@Bannakaffalatta200]

I would of had the doctors speech (if you could call it that) to Susan after leaving her in the 2150s

[@minty_ua9228]

Yeah

[@_primeday]

Anything that comes out of Peter Capaldi’s mouth is just gold.

[@ceinwencooke2603]

"Don't be a lasagne"

[@impossible9690]

And above all, BE KIND

[@CommodoreMudkip]

Never ever eat pears!

[@user-pr6yj7qo7d]

Is just Murray Gold. Get it , because the long song is written by Murray gold , and you said go- ok never mind, bad joke xD

[@allicjasmith368]

"HEY YOU! BIG SEXY LADY!" or "It's the eyebrows. They're ATTACK eyebrows!"

[@Kurupir181]

Number 1: Man has such severe PTSD that it causes a memory eating god to implode

[@welsh_Witch]

I mean he did blow up his own planet

[@IndigoStorm27]

@@welsh_Witch damn.

[@decimation9780]

Skagkiller1230 If I remember correctly, he was the one who killed the rest of the Time Lords, by his own hands or by an action he took I don’t remember, but he did it in a past life, The Ninth Doctor if I remember correctly. He alone is one of the most dangerous beings in existence, and has seen things that would drive any other being to madness, and committed crimes that nobody could punish him for, because there are no punishments that could fit the scope of his crimes, and as stated by the 12th Doctor, has killed so many people that when he closes his eyes, hears so many screams that he can’t even count them. Safe to say that PTSD doesn’t do it justice.

[@IndigoStorm27]

@@decimation9780 Why are you telling me that? I knew that. Tell him that.

[@decimation9780]

Skagkiller1230 You were the one who exclaimed surprise at hearing that he blew his own planet up, not the other two.

[@MA-ts9qt]

I miss Christopher Eccelston, crazy and deeply sad, trying to run away from heartache and loneliness. No matter what .....his attitude was: The show must go on.... and smile!

[@Wigleyboy]

It's such a shame we didn't get the standard 3 seasons of Eccleston. Such an underrated Doctor.

[@icemagiciangh]

Finally, a comment about Nine. His speeches with the Dalek in the first season. His bittersweet final talk with Rose. My heart

[@marknorth8904]

@@Wigleyboy Personality conflicts can have unfortunate repercussions...Still, because of them, we got John Hurt's performance as the War Doctor...

[@spritemon98]

He deserved a second season

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

The best part? Jenny’s actor and Tennant are in real life married, and Jenny’s actor is also the daughter of Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor. The Doctor is not only his own father in law, but married to his own daughter... *sweet home Gallifrey, where the TARDIS is blue!*

[@user-zc8sq3wr9f]

The Emerald Men Official wth! His wife played as his daughter? Crazy

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

AK 47 I don’t know if they were married at that point, but yes

[@reldridge86]

They weren't married yet. Georgia Moffett, daughter of Peter Davison (the 5th Doctor), met David Tennant (the 10th Doctor) in a 2008 episode called "The Doctor's Daughter," where she played the 10th Doctor's daughter, only to later date Tennant and marry at the end of 2011. But yes, in a way, the Doctor is his own father-in-law.

[@leecorrigan8394]

The Doctor's daughter played the Doctor's daughter in the Doctor's daughter. :)

[@dancingcarapace]

@@reldridge86 wanna know a stinger though? David and Georgia's son has two favourite doctors. His dear old papa, and Tom Baker. Nobody else. Not another soul. His grandad's ego must be so bruised

[@MyBiologicalInsanity]

The Akhatan speech is my all-time favourite speech for anything. And not just because of the writing, but because of the pure emotion that Matt Smith gives, the brilliant acting he puts in. It's unique, and it's amazing.

[@MouseBasket]

And the music’s the icing on the cake

[@Leplastiman]

But then... Leaf🍁

[@martinoyar7431]

What about his regeneration speech(we all change)

[@lets_dig_a_little_deeper]

He put so much emotion in that speech. Frustration, anger, guilt,sadness,longing,fear, bravery. I feel that he was actually hoping that all his memories could be taken away even if he hoped only for a moment. I think that's why he put his head down, as if he was disappointed

[@cleberfeitosa7954]

I just wanted to understand it’s implications. Cause at first I thought he would forget everything once the parasite feeds on it. But apparently nothing happens

[@theoledicktwist6247]

I absolutely love the lack of music in the "Its my honour" speech, it just makes Tennant's rage feel so much more real, same goes for the Osgood box speech

[@Anti-HyperLink]

That "SIT DOWN AND TALK," gives me goosebumps. That's what the world has always needed but will never do.

[@DKSigh]

The pandorica speech, and when the doctor tells Clara "Do you think I care for you so little that betrayal would make a difference". The heart of that man to trust in his own judgment than what the world and even Clara has shown him. Always being the bigger man and understanding that her actions should not affect how he feels and knows is true.

[@marknorth8904]

At that point, Clara realized how much of a true friend 12 was.... That is why she replied, " I don't deserve a friend like you..."

[@dracaves400]

Tenth was such a hero to me. Kind, just and will break the rules everytime to save someone...the only thing that could kill him could never be an enemy, but a friend. That's the thing about kind, smart people...they're never in danger of people who hate them, only the ones they love because the more you care the more you can hurt.

[@sherlockwatson101]

Dang, well said

[@icemagiciangh]

I think Ten said something along those lines once when he was talking about his companions. Something like “Some leave. Some move on. Some forget. In the end, I suppose, they break my heart.” The writing. I swear. Even just the simple “I forgive you” to the Master, after EVERYTHING. Ten is most definitely my Doctor as well.

[@Gabrielle_2022]

@@icemagicianghMine as well.

[@jasmeralia]

Ten-nant will always be my favorite Doctor. Smith's run had some absolutely amazing and exceptional scenes (such as "And you are LATE FOR MY WEDDING!"), but Tennant really truly embodies the Doctor for me. I'm really looking forward to seeing him reprise his role.

[@llamo]

Honestly I believe mat smith has had better speeches than number 4 like “I’ll always remember when the doctor was me”

[@Mrpaulaustin08]

he really did, his speeches were fantastic. great stuff.

[@bandiceet]

I always felt Mat Smith was under utilized. When he was allowed to play serious, he did it so well. Such as in the 50th Anniversary episode, when the three doctors where in the tower talking about hearing the screams.... But they always tried to make him the inner child.

[@ZETH_27]

When Matt spoke he really put hid heart and soul into it, Stone-hedge, Rings of achateen, Demon’s run, I am the doctor & you are the Daleks, Spaceship UK, The rules, When the Doctor was me. All of these are not speeches, but they are a few of the moments where the doctors past showed itself and the dark history he had was revealed to the people around him.

[@ZETH_27]

bandiceet That was his point. Matt Smith was a hurt man who hid his pain from the people around him with jokes and laughter. This is also why it was so intense when he showed his inner feelings, they had been bottled up for so long that when an opening appeared the all exploded outwards at once, and these moments where were 11:th shined the most.

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

lait_de_coco69 I agree

[@taylarolympia2202]

I know people get upset sometimes that Ten has such a dramatic speech about dying and how they hate his final words, but it's really perfect for him. He just needed someone to understand how he was feeling, all his friends were gone. I really love the look he gives Wilfred when Wilfred said to leave hi. He never would, he knows he never would

[@dravenloki9287]

Rose: Who are you? The Doctor: [turns around] Do you know like we were saying? About the Earth revolving? [walks towards Rose] It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cos everything looks like it's standing still. [looks at Rose] I can feel it. [takes Rose's hand] The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at 1,000 miles an hour, and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go... [drops Rose's hand] That's who I am. Now forget me, Rose Tyler. Go home.

[@paulgunderson4721]

I agree with this. One of the best of the current Doctor Who speeches. Understated. Not bombastic. Amazing.

[@dandyloona]

yes why isn't this included? this is the speech that made me like DW

[@hestia_or_adhdsteph]

That one is probably my favorite. It was my first real introduction to the doctor and had an effect on how i sawthe character

[@Spaecefaeries]

The chunk of dialogue that recontextualized the character of the Doctor for a more modern era, that simultaneously reassured die-hard fans that their beloved property was in good hands and won over a new crowd as well. I don’t think I’d be a doctor who fan if not for this speech.

[@autumnmatthews3179]

That’s the number one speech. That’s when we knew this was the Doctor and the show I love was back again

[@mistah3687]

10th : Desperately trying to right his wrongs 11th : Holding onto hope 12th : Coming to terms with his past and learning to be kind All were amazing Doctors, easily placing themselves in the story as brilliant actors and insightful and wise people.

[@masonpines6349]

Still think 11s first speech was arguably his best. “Hello. I’m the Doctor... basically... run.”

[@mwgeek1234]

Nah hes had better lol

[@bigbirdsplace]

I personally feel his, "Don't put me in a box" speech should be ranked

[@VereskVeil]

Yeah, I really love that one

[@vullord666]

Not much of a speech. More of a statement/introduction

[@karleighelizabethlust4994]

Only the Doctor could turn what started as a diplomatic conversation into a low-key threat.

[@LazarouDave]

The last clip ALWAYS gives me chills, don't know if it's the singing or something else, but I get shivers when I hear it - such a powerful scene

[@MCshadr217]

Peter's speech couldn't be so accurate for what's happening now.

[@kgkgaming06]

Yep

[@jonahs92]

Eh

[@jonahs92]

Not really

[@ItsSpecialHands]

12 was a staunch anti capitalist and anti racist. I can't imagine he'd be saying this to a bunch of people protesting outright fascism.

[@kgkgaming06]

@@ItsSpecialHands dafuq?

[@JadeDrinkwater]

Honestly peters speech hit hard, honestly so powerful, one of the best speeches on doctor who, hands down. yeah davids speeches were powerful too but peters acting in it was just so passionate and sad, like damn.

[@julieeverett7442]

two words ONE TAKE! Peter did that speech in one take, thats how good he was, he didnt need to do it again!

[@Red_Beard2798]

That fact that his voice breaks when talking about the Time War really rams it home

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

Peter Capaldi is the best actor to play the doctor in this new who generation and that's saying a hell of alot, no one has captured every little emotion the doctor has like Capaldi did

[@Flyingdurito]

Wilf may not have been the doctor's companion for very long but he made one of the largest impacts on both the doctor and the community as a whole through that scene

[@benambler98]

For a split second you forget that Tennant, Smith and Capaldi are acting during each of these speeches and that’s why they are incredible

[@Jr-shiungHu]

Moffat may had his flaws, but he knows how to show the best of the doctor

[@jayjones9108]

RIP Doctor Who

[@Kaiyo-101]

@@jayjones9108 Just retcon the matrix part in the next season, and we just have to forget about the 13th doctor's stupid story. (then remove the fucking director Jesus his ability to write stories is pathetic)

[@НелиелОксингейл]

Heresy!

[@ninneadeanna]

Political done correctly in scifi You get the point but its not the whole overriding story The story is still sci fi Still doctor Not just politics This is what the last 2 seasons was missing Tring so hard to hit every one in the face with politicsthey dropped the story

[@Kaiyo-101]

@@ninneadeanna Yeah they keep trying to hit us with politics and dropped the story. They retconed the doctor's entire starting point and what the doctor was, a normal alien who helps people. Not become the doctor is more then them not because the doctor is some god but because he/she cares and tries the hardest to make a good outcome. The new story makes the character a literal god that is infinity immortal, why? Because the director fucking sucks at writing, and should be fired for making the show drop from its standpoint. Just how many more will drop till they get it through their skulls, we want evolution of the doctor and his/her's companions and the story around them. Not for things to be changed, rather for things to appear in their lives that add on to them. (Time war being the best example)

[@arialoaks9734]

11 is an interesting doctor because he acts happy and goofy most of the time, but occasionally he shows his real feelings. He shows anger, self loathing, regret, and extreme sorrow. His personality is really more of a mask. Edit: Holy shit this is the most likes I've ever gotten.

[@TheMock5000]

And in the 12th, that mask is ripped off.

[@arialoaks9734]

@@frederickcubbins yeah

[@CommodoreMudkip]

The man who regrets become the man who forgets, 11 used humour and fun to pretend as though the timewar never happened. 12 was the most complete incarnation of the Doctor, Capaldi's Doctor is the version of himself that doesn't hide who he is and what he's done. He accepts himself, for better or worse

[@salm-wt3wm]

@@CommodoreMudkip I always kind of wish Capaldi had better scripts to work with. He's one of my favourite ones .. but in terms of episodes he doesn't really have the same high notes as some of the others.

[@cryofpaine]

@@salm-wt3wm his last two seasons were amazing. It's a shame they found their stride so late, because when it worked, it was some of the best television ever.

[@Mr0Bob]

I love how most of the fanbase seems to agree that the Rings speech is probably the best the Doctor has ever given, and yet... In the scale of things, that episode is incredibly minor. Just goes to show what they could do when they really tried

[@DrTimes99]

Also, haven't seen the episode in a long time, but it didn't work. Clara had to sacrifice the leaf that represented her mother and the infinite amount of memories they would never get to share.

[@TheKingBacca]

The song behind it just caps off one of the most heart tearing speeches ever spoken in this wonderful show

[@wanderinwolf3804]

@@TheKingBacca and if you listen closely... The song is not a song to their Parasite God star.... It is a song directed at the Doctor.

[@capybaralova4508]

Love the song tho

[@lollyicebob4601]

The song also plays when he regenerates

[@MrJedi20]

12's speech is so underrated. His take on war is spot on. When they fire the first shots they have no idea who is going to die. And then all the sides to a war will always have to do what they always had to do from the beginning: sit down and TALK. Absolutely brilliant and truthful speech.

[@Wigleyboy]

I love it but the 'fingers on buzzers' bit ruins it a bit for me. I think it's the accent he puts on.

[@Cpt.Str4ng3]

Talking about war, look at the helmet behind him.^^ That was on purpose.

[@abdallahhakeem5185]

​@@WigleyboyHe does it on purpose though, he's making fun of them for not taking it seriously enough by acting like a gameshow host. I really like it personally. Like he's manic with how little they were understanding what he was saying by that point

[@connorhart4810]

David Tennant “The laws of time are mine and they’ll obey me”

[@JamesFreedmanIsVeryCool]

What about when he fights the devil

[@connorhart4810]

James Freedman dude I forgot about that one

[@JamesFreedmanIsVeryCool]

In my opinion it's one of the coolest scenes

[@dancingcarapace]

@@JamesFreedmanIsVeryCool I've seen good gods and bad gods and would-be gods

[@franzferdinand9093]

Lexi Barrow and demi-gods...

[@LoganMay87]

The speech by nine in the first episode where he described how he feels the earth flying through space, literally set the tone for the entire reboot. That was should be up there

[@karleighelizabethlust4994]

Logan May Nine had a lot of great moments that get forgotten.

[@wilsthelimit]

What I find the most depressing about Matt’s speech at the end, is that if the creature removes the memories he still has enough to haunt him, to hear screaming when he closes his eyes to rest, what would drive an entire species to depression or suicide he carries on, hiding it behind a smile and charisma

[@corwinzelazney5312]

The one you included by Capaldi continues to be at the top of my list. Every time I watch it the emotions and thoughts are almost too much to bear. And I never, ever, get through it with dry eyes. It stands as one of the finest examples of script and performance, in harmony. A seamless and perfect fusion of intent and execution. It's a thing of raw and harsh beauty. I'm not sure I'll ever experience another performance that affects me as deeply and viscerally as this one.

[@Cpt.Str4ng3]

Welp, the helmet behind him is something else with this speech. :D

[@danecarrington4326]

Twelfth speech is the saddest for me. Imagine sacrificing his whole planet, his people for the sake of the universe.

[@andrewmiddleton3202]

"You call this a war? This funny little thing?"

[@TSotP]

Mass genocide of not one sentient race, but 2, in order to save all of reality. That is a war. 2 point something billion Time lord children died by his hands. Think how many adults and daleks there were. (I know the daleks are the bad guys. But genocide of even the most evil race is not a decision to be made lightly)

[@SStupendous]

@@andrewmiddleton3202 Thirty Years war to WW2 be like:

[@LevonBlueoak]

@@TSotP exactly. That's why the War Doctor is so incredibly done with life and himself. He knows what he's gonna do, and knows that he absolutely fucking shouldn't, but he ends up doing it anyway.

[@venth6]

@@SStupendous ww3 will happen soon and I will die on the battlefield

[@userbunny14]

I love them all, but Capaldi's speach always makes me cry. And not just this one. He's got a few great ones. I'd watched Doctor Who before Capaldi, but he was the first that made me stare at the screen all episode, completely dead to everything else, so enraptured that you couldn't budge me.

[@TheKingBacca]

I remember watching this and agreeing with the zygon but now, as an adult who holds a career and pays taxes and rent, I realize he is truly the most adult one in the room. He has seen hellfire and when she tells him “you don’t understand” I cringe because I told my parents stuff like that when I was you g. They become the child he accused them of being and it becomes plain ad the eyebrows on his face.

[@ryutheslayer123]

"No, no you don't. You're not even really here. You're just memories held in glass. Do you know how many of you I could fill? I will shatter you. My testimony will shatter all of you. A life this long, do you understand what it is? It's a battlefield, like this one. And it's empty. Because everyone else has fallen." -12th Doctor

[@L0rdLexan01]

"An emperor once asked a young shephard, 'how many seconds in eternity?' And the shephard's boy says; 'There's this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it, and an hour to go around it. Every one hundred years a little bird comes, and sharpens it's beak on the diamond mountain. And when the entire mountain has been chiselled away, the first second of eternity will have passed.' You must think that's a hell of a long time; personally, I think that's a hell of a bird."

[@Sorrow-loves-everyone]

When the doctor loses his daughter it’s one of the most heartbreaking things. Especially when u realise that for a few minutes he wasn’t alone, then he picks up a gun, something he promised he would never do again, and u realise how much it actually broke him all, and the memory of Galafray and the pain of losing Galafray comes back all over again. It’s just heartbreaking and there is no one to comfort him, he will just keep on losing and losing, but he will never, never give up on the universe no matter what happens to him or what the universe throws at him. I love him, so,so much! Edit: Peter Capaldi’s speech about war was so moving and sad I started crying that it what the doctor is, something sad and moving always moving never giving up, but so, so, so, so beautiful.

[@malikthemadman]

How many universes has he lived in?

[@jamieoakwolf5949]

@@malikthemadman Galafrey was his home planet, which burnt in the final battle of The Time War with the Daleks and the Time Lords

[@malikthemadman]

@@jamieoakwolf5949 yeah I know mate I'm just wondering how many universes he has lived in because there is nothing saying he is from this universe.

[@jamieoakwolf5949]

@@malikthemadman I’m so sorry I totally miss-read / misunderstood the comment, didn’t mean to tell you stuff you already knew whoops sorry

[@Dragonfire1321]

I kept hoping she would come back since you see her alive at the end of the episode. So many cool characters have showed up in the show that just never showed up again.

[@joellekernen474]

My favorite speech that isn't on here is the one that 12 gives right before he regenerates. I just love how he's completely alone in the tardis and hes giving all of this amazing advice to someone who he'll be in the future. And then everything that he says actually comes into 13's time. She follows each piece of his advice to the tee and its beautiful

[@moustachescarz]

i actually love that scene because of the irony: i disagree, Chibnall ruined 13, and everything i dislike about the writing is when she breaks the rules

[@EsaKarjalainen]

Laugh hard, run fast, be kind.

[@demonking86420]

@@moustachescarz bet that knobhead Chibnall wrote that the 13th Doctor likes pears

[@dibspicer554]

Jodie was probably the worst doctor I thought capaldi was kinda bad but he was so much better than anything Jodie was

[@crisisasp5396]

@@dibspicer554 i dont think its necessarily capaldi that was bad, mostly just the writing, he definitely had shining moments thats for sure, jodie kinda sucked as the doctor along with the writing for the show being lame

[@Nextyrid]

Man... Peter Capaldi's one really makes me cry. He spoke that speech so well, you could hear his pain and anger.

[@jessparr8662]

Dragon Pixie damnit I tried so hard to not tear up

[@natedeanmaan2]

I laughed at Clara's line, the last thing you should EVER say to the Doctor when it comes to war, "You will NEVER understand," and he did the, "Child please" speech.

[@Nextyrid]

also that pause after he says "and when i close my eyes..." is when i REALLY start getting the tears.

[@annietaylor4338]

What I love the most about this speech, what gets me the most emotional, is that it’s real. Maybe not to Capaldi himself, or me or you, but to many people out there this speech really strikes a chord.

[@JMGaming32]

Watched when Eccleston played the Doctor, fell in love with David Tennant’s Doctor. For me, he will ALWAYS be my Doctor. But Capaldi’s Zygon speech has to be #1 imo. I felt every word he said, the passion. Gives me goosebumps each time I watch it. In fact, there are so many speeches in Dr Who that just give me goosebumps. 10’s regeneration broke me though.

[@geewiz70]

Vale Decem breaks me every time.

[@justsomeguy1014]

The zygomatic speech felt the most real and I think that’s due to Capaldi’s voice and the way he acted the doctor

[@BollywoodBonanzaB]

I was on the verge of big tears but then Matt Smith appeared and life was Effing Great~!

[@eltarian]

In my opinion, Peter Capaldi's speech about war should have been #1. I love that speech because it hits on so many levels. It basically describes every conflict in all of history and how they all eventually ended. It's one of the few speeches that always gives me goosebumps when I hear it.

[@ggnova9851]

I agree

[@Moparmutt1976]

For me its a toss up between Peter's and David's with Bernard, Honestly can't split those two

[@PhantomLantern2814]

The pure untethered fury and regret. You fully believe he did the things he said he did.

[@Sollapoke]

It was a great speech but Matt Smiths speech really gives us an idea of the Doctor, everything he’s done and seen, the music then makes it 10x better. It has so much emotion to it and it really makes the Doctor feel like this immortal man who spends his time exploring everything there is and was.

[@Zadrias6386]

I agree… but Matt smiths speech was just so perfectly delivered, you can feel the raw emotion in every word, this is a doctor who still hasn’t come to terms with the great time war yet, one who is still reeling from the pain and anquish of his actions… who even for just one moment, wishes he could forget…

[@icemagiciangh]

There are so many good speeches in Doctor Who. I haven’t had the ability to watch the old ones, but Ten’s speech in The Satan Pit, Nine screaming at the Dalek (and its response) and, he might not technically be a Doctor, but John Smith. John Smith, the human Ten who died so universes could live. Unsung hero. Heart wrenching, but so good.

[@impossible9690]

He would destroy the world to save his friends Also dang I never really realized how dark and sad Ten is

[@deathblade909]

Yup. Ten was not fing around

[@dawgman6654]

You don't anger 10. A certain family touched his rage and it didn't end well for any of them. Terrifying stuff.

[@pinkmagicali]

I’ve noticed that they tend to alternate. 9 was fun, 10 was dark, 11 was fun (mostly), 12 was dark, now 13 has been more fun again. They all have their moments but it varies by a rough theme overall.

[@jamesdettmann94]

@@pinkmagicali 9 was fun? Have u seen ecclestone's doctor? His childish energy was a thinly disguised cloak from his guilt and sorrow. Same with 11 and 13

[@gustaviostanosadelot6936]

“We wanted to live forever. So the doctor made sure that we did... He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains to be left in the heart of a dwarf star, he tricked my mother into falling in the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy, what he did to my sister. He trapped her inside of a mirror, every mirror. if you ever once find something moving in the reflection, that’s her. that’s always her... as for me, I was suspended in time to be put to work, watching over the fields of England to protect them.”

[@jaycorbin5361]

The 12th Doctors Zygon speech is so great, not only because you get a good glimpse of the Doctor's PTSD and his guilt thereof, even though 12 knows he saved Gallifrey, he still spent countless lives thinking he hadn't, which still left it's toll, and Clara's reaction. In this scene Clara is seeing the War Doctor in him come out for probably the first time since the 50th, and she understands him more than anyone else there, so you can tell that she feels the same way the Doctor does, and that's pretty sad.

[@Cpt.Str4ng3]

Speaking about war, look at the helmet behind him^^'

[@glenngriffon8032]

That's the thing about PTSD, it doesn't really matter if the doctor saved Gallifrey or burnt it from existence because he believed for so long that he was not only the last of his people but that he had destroyed them all. Certainly knowing that he had instead saved his world from destruction was a massive weight off of him but it still left a deep impression on him. PTSD affects you in so many ways and it's not something that can easily be brushed aside.

[@LordTKII]

Except that isn't Clara in that scene

[@rudrasingh6354]

@@LordTKIIClara is still there, two Zygons are holding her in the scene. You can tell if its Clara or Bonnie by looking at Jenna's hair. Both characters have different hairstyles.

[@LordTKII]

@@rudrasingh6354 You're right, I literally didn't notice her.

[@freyjarichardson1519]

with number one when he says he has lost things he would never understand i always just immediately think of amy and rory😭😭😭😭

[@salemgelidi3266]

I've always had it in my headcanon that he was referring to, among others, the part where he closes the door on 'alternate amy', the one who was stuck on appleapachia and became old and consumed by hatred, who is by all accounts the same Amy he adores and cares for, but had to die to rectify his mistake of leaving her

[@marcroth2844]

@@salemgelidi3266 there are a thousand more names that can be added to that list. Poor Doctor

[@salemgelidi3266]

@@marcroth2844 seconded.

[@projektgeronimo2696]

Rose, Amy, Rory, Donna and so much more!

[@abcdefgh6951]

@@projektgeronimo2696 Rose lives happily ever after

[@alexanderrosario8569]

Twelfth doctor's war speech is so relatable, even to those who obviously haven't been in that situation you can feel how real the emotions are. Even when everyone else is silent, the silence in response to the doctor's words convey so much emotion.

[@FallenOne669]

Twelve is my favourite Doctor. He is the only rendition of the character that is given an arc throughout his tenure. In the beginning, he is cold and calculating. He would prefer to solve the problem than care about the people who are involved. But, by the end of his story, he sacrifices himself to save everyone for one reason; kindness. That growth was beautiful to witness.

[@adamchu2001]

Tennant nailed the ideas behind the doctors rage, Smith is the Doctors repression and forced jovial nature & Capaldi is the Doctors regret i think both of them (S & C) nail the doctors speeches

[@peytonador9324]

"The only rendition of the character given an arc" What about 1?

[@FallenOne669]

@@peytonador9324 I haven't seen the original Doctor Who series, so I can't say anything about them.

[@peytonador9324]

@@FallenOne669 Fair enough.

[@cpfan123456789]

I would also say 9 had a pretty good character arc that fits well despite being only 1 season.

[@nataniel1002]

Number 3 was when the Doctor finaly said how he REALY felt, AND DESPITE THAT he STILL saved him... All might who? THIS is the number 1 hero!

[@BollywoodBonanzaB]

Listen! I think I can hear Deku and Killing King Explodey-wodey heading straight for your coordinates!!!

[@vsuan27]

OH SHET BUUURRRRNNNN

[@sakura368]

the doctor, there's one problem with his regeneration now, he was supposed to die, but he can't anymore, can he? as the other time lords gave him their regeneration, he has an unknown amount of regenerations left now, the doctor is dying, but he isn't dying soon it's his curse to save the world, no matter what happens to him

[@kazzajaxon7566]

Oh boy. And look what it is now... not only unknown number of regenerations. Infinite.

[@abso1773]

Winter Wren exactly my thoughts, they ruined the part of the doctor that was human

[@amazinggaming1014]

You know the doctor can choose not to regenerate that was the premise of the meeting of the 1st and 12th doctor meeting. The first refused to regenerate so he would die

[@michaelhemara4430]

From what I know of the extended universe the Time Lords developed the technology to regenerate (it isn't inherent) and originally it had no limit. The limit was only imposed to stop them from filling the universe with immortals.

[@selahattinkocak3421]

I don't think they gave him infinite amount of regenerations. I think they gave 1 cycle more. A cycle is originally 12 regenerations. So he has 12 lives more.

[@iggymoomoomoo2167]

I remember the most incredible feeling I've ever felt whilst watching doctor who is the feeling when Wilfred knocked four times on the glass, it still makes me cry to this day.

[@thomaslewis9480]

15:52 *aggressively adjusts bow tie*

[@someguy3508]

Listen here you little shit

[@aidan.armstrong]

“Don’t you think she looks tired”

[@No_ones_home]

Never understood that line tbh

[@Tenjeen]

Tyzone The point of that line is to start a “rumour”, to plant a seed in the people’s minds which will spread and inevitebly cause someone else to be voted ,out of mistrust of the current leader. It’s hard to explain. It’s like inception

[@danieltaylor2485]

@@No_ones_home he said that he could bring down her government with 6 words. "Dont you think she looks tired" has 6 words

[@No_ones_home]

Tom Keller thank yiu

[@No_ones_home]

Daniel Taylor no way

[@offiziellerkanalvondoggen-3116]

Yes, the Sun God-speech is good, but the Zygoon speech deserves #1 much much more. Also, the Heaven Sent/Hell Bent speech with the bird was also fantastic.

[@drmosaratak]

Offizieller Kanal von Doggen-Tee , Now you are my kind of person

[@ninjadarthjuju117]

I wouldn't have had the "Man Who Never Would" speech on there. Would have replaced that with the Kind speech from the end of season 10. And instead of four, I would have gone with Twelve's final speech when he regenerated. Seriously, Capaldi was the master at giving speeches.

[@banditoheat]

I've got a soft spot for the Pandorica speech.

[@tester810]

@@ninjadarthjuju117 that moment you realize capaldi was twelfth doctor but he was regeneration #13

[@projektgeronimo2696]

@@tester810 actually it's regeneration 14

[@strbourne]

The rings of akhaten song will always bring a tear to my eye

[@aleshagarrett7742]

Yea ikr 🥺🖤

[@Kjca_1998]

The one from Matt Smith to the sun god always gives me chills.

[@ZETH_27]

Pause right at 14:02 and you will se a silhouette that perfectly represents the 11:th doctor: A man who is willing to confront gods if he has to, to protect the ones who can’t.

[@holahola-ym1xv]

nah parasite gods u mean

[@dylanbass8451]

8:22 It’s amazing how well David Tennet portrayed this. The Doctor is tired, and he is ready for death, and you can tell because of his tone and his expression!

[@Satans_Little_Helper]

I disagree I've always thought the Doctor was desperate to live longer but only resigns himself to death when he realizes he isn't the kind of man who would let Wilfred die. It's tragic when he yells that he could have done so much more. This scene will always be one of my favorites in the whole series. When he finally says I don't want to go, it is heartbreaking.