Doctor Who: Series 5 (2010). The Raggedy Doctor's Adventure in Seafood and Custard.

[@nocturne8333]

This is where the show peaks for me. Series 5 - Series 10 are so special, and rank alongside my favourites of the classic era (season 18)

[@MrWhipple42]

David Tennant was such a force of nature in the role that I didn't know how anyone could replace him, but Matt Smith had me at "fish custard."

[@onlyme219]

I enjoyed that, well done clearly some hard work was put in to put this together

[@taofist]

One of my absolute top-tier favourite doctors, the others being Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker.

[@dougsfilmtv9810]

Good review if Series 5 and I am a fan of the Moffat Era and Series 5 was the show at its best. This era of Doctor Who has been with me from the 7th Grade all the way to my life as a grownup.

[@daverage4729]

Who doesn't love a new bit of Dalek Karaoke! That Van Gogh episode was definitely one I wasn't expecting. Its really was moving and definitely is one of those that I will always remember when remembering Who.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great behind the scenes trivia aswell

[@inkermoy]

Best season finale of New Who IMO. I love the Doctor's speech to a sleeping Amelia Pond. Matt Smith convincingly plays the young man with an old soul so brilliantly.

[@lyssalue6280]

fantastic as usual thanks so much.

[@El-Burro-Grande]

Having loved Matt Smith as the wonderfully playful and wholesome 11th Doctor with my kids, and now watching him as the psychopath Prince Daemon Targaryen on House of the Dragon, coming back to see him here is such a trip. Matt Smith elevates everything he appears in.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great retrospective

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

Nobody knows Karaoke like The *DALEK EMPIRE!*

[@iamliberator1101]

like the call back to Smith n Jones....Martha makes the Planet Zvoirax quip

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Perfect timing I just finished a rewatch of s5 😁

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

The best season of Doctor Who from New Who and for me he's the best Doctor of the new ones.

[@taofist]

Agreed!

[@matthewjay5483]

Definitely the best nuwho series

[@garrettwhite5943]

He's okay but he's no Rowan Atkinson

[@AM-uo2kf]

When season five first started and I remember 10 had regenerated into 11 i thought “god this is the new doctor” by the time the 11th hour had finished I felt Matt Smith was the doctor. Series 5 is a personal favourite, not all gold (looking at you Chibnall 2 parter) but as a whole a really great season. His relationship with Amy and how that reflected on his run as the doctor as a whole, his ability to pull off the whole old soul in a young body, the redesign of the tardis interior, some truly incredible episodes like Vincent and the doctor, Amys Choice and even the lodger. Of all the modern show runners I just think Steven Moffat had the best handle on both of his doctors.

[@adampoll4977]

It was hard to follow Tennant as the new Doctor, but I feel Smith really nailed it as someone who LOOKED human but was entirely an alien. Baker excelled at this in moments as well, and Troughton - the two of which Smith amalgamated really well and pretty much from the beginning of his run. Where Tennant played the knight-errant and brooding heartthrob, Matt played the ancient alien wrapped in a childish skin - wisdom, and child's naivety and wonder in an awkward balance. There is a real joy to this season, even in the darker moments, and Smith really could pull off a grand speech.

[@RighteousBrother]

Brilliant cannot wait to watch this when I get back from work. These videos mark the start of my weekend. Cheers Stamfine!

[@christopherwilson3754]

11s debut story is my favorite of ALL the Doctor's. Instantly loved 11.

[@MrPcgamer4ever]

This is my favourite DW series. Eleventh hour is best Doctor's first story. I have seen it at least 12 times.

[@fireflieswishes]

same such a comfort rewatch

[@MattMcIrvin]

This season caused my daughter to imprint on Matt Smith as "her Doctor". (Much later, she came to favor Peter Capaldi.) For my wife, it was Peter Davison, since she started watching when his run was playing on PBS. It's an interesting phenomenon. I first came to watch a lot of the show and become familiar with it during the period it was off the air, so there isn't any incarnation who's "my Doctor", unless it's Paul McGann, or maybe Christopher Eccleston when the series rebooted (I do like him).

[@AndrewLuke]

Great show, Stam. A while before you get to Capaldi's era but I'm putting in now the comparisons between Twelve and Press Gang's Lynda Day.

[@AwdryFan1997]

Been awaiting this ever since the foreshadowing in the Series 1 review!

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Targarian Prince and a Top 8 Doctor for me

[@dogdrovenorth]

1:58 "Comfy chairs" is always funny 😄

[@tomralfe5428]

All hail Rory.

[@comradebatman2992]

My favorite reviewer. Keep it up.

[@geraintwilliams531]

it was worth making "Victory of the Daleks" so we could have Dalek karaoke :)

[@bennewbould665]

Best series, as well as best era to era transition period

[@AWriterWandering]

11 was a doctor that took the longest to grow on me, but he’s become my favorite (sorry Tennant)

[@michaelcarbone6101]

“You don’t have to stand up and sing along while it’s playing, but I do.” Aces, mate👍

[@stonecoldsbottlebin]

My favourite series of Doctor Who :) "His taste in food is sh*thouse" - that killed me

[@JonathanEzor]

"The United Kaleds of Benetton." Yes, just yes.

[@collegeman1988]

Although not my favorite Doctor, I thought Matt Smith had the best introduction of any actor playing the Doctor, including Amy mistakenly thinking the Doctor was a policeman when she first sees him when she’s a child, and the Doctor mistakenly thinking Amy is a policewoman when she’s an adult.

[@cozmothemagician7243]

23:14 how much coffee did that take?

[@paulbrecken2136]

Awesome series. Great work as always Stam Fine.

[@CJFS00s]

( 1:08 ) You’ll never get a series as fresh as Series 5, when you look at RTD2 it’s way more referential to the past!

[@Alkeeros]

The conclusion to that first episode with his speech was incredible. I loved Matt Smith as the Doctor, good season. I will agree Moffat has a history of making his characteds the center of the universe which I don't disagree with

[@butwhytho6522]

the castor oil reference was liquid gold

[@emperorclaudius5499]

2010 was peak doctor who

[@timothybarnett1006]

A great series, similar to season 7 of the classic era, a brand new everything except the show's title. 'We're all stories in the end, just make it a good one eh?' still gets to me. Moffat was firing on all cylinders.

[@astralalienvideo]

Peak Doctor, No Cracks. ...

[@rhodrage]

I remember quite a few cracks.

[@airquotescomedian]

My favorite Doctor, having knocked Tom Baker off of his perch where he's sat since I was a child.

[@TheToonMonkey]

Tom's arse must have been sore😊

[@Trigormike]

You have a woman's perch, me lord!

[@TalhaMasood]

The Doctor I grew up with into my teens, he was my favorite at the time and Matt Smith is an amazing actor, but he was overtaken for my by Peter Capaldi and now by Ncuti

[@Alvinansakns]

River is a borrowing of the Vala character from latter day Stargate SG-1.

[@theiggy1474]

Fish fingers and custard is actually pretty good.

[@Rocky-2300]

I served it at a party as a joke. I was very surprised. It actually works!

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Dalek Paradigm : Does my bum look big in this new skirt ?

[@beebtv]

Though David was an excellent Dr., Matt Smith was my favorite.

[@bensneb360]

Amy Pound is one of my favorite companions, so sweet, cute, and fun

[@1978rharris]

And you still misspelled her name? 😅

[@monotonehell]

1:43 MEENO PUL ... I mean ADRIC!

[@jameswalker5796]

I had my doubts when Matt Smith was announced - I thought he was far too young - but he sold me from the first episode.

[@Alvinansakns]

100%. Owned it within the first five minutes. Capaldi took a while and the other two didn’t manage it at all.

[@mayotango1317]

The golden age of the show.

[@stonebaxter]

Pt 2 -Sincerely, 1970's

[@Terry.W]

This was great Doctor Who....and endlessly repeatable..

[@killakoala10]

I haven't seen this series of Doctor Who, but I was a fan of Coupling. :) 'One swallow doesn't make a summer.'

[@listerofsmeg884]

I'd always wanted Eddie Izzard to take the part after David. That's unlikely to happen now obviously, but Matt was very good in the role from what i saw. However, i moved overseas in 2010 and when I picked up the DVD box sets for his three series I realised i'd grown out of Who.

[@torchwood00]

Doctor Who in 7Days How Are You Pal

[@hazmat7949]

Feel like quite a few not so great episodes as people remember this season but smith was the best thing in it

[@stuartbrown8309]

Yeah, I love Matt Smith as the Doctor, and Amy and Rory, and The Eleventh Hour is one of the best of the revived Who, and most of this season was pretty good, but the worst tendencies of Moffatt were already on display

[@jamesstewart7736]

Randomly I owned a fez as a child. It didn't fit my head properly but I loved it and Fezes are cool but not as cool as Stamfine

[@raybearoz]

No mention of the greatest cold open in the series history? "Like I said on the dance floor, you might want to find something to hang on to."....

[@stonebaxter]

....A Good Man Goes to War?

[@OneofInfinity.]

Matt's Doc grew on me, David was my favorite until recently.

[@petes5829]

took a long time for me to warm to smith...alot of it had to do with moffat's writing and silliness which is also what ruined capaldi's run.

[@AndrewLuke]

@21:16 In the spirit of Abslom Daak, please this happen?

[@spencerhjalseth7288]

United Kaleds of beniton... Brilliant 👏 👏

[@drhacknslashzombietimelord6768]

I actually consider the Tom Baker inaugural story ROBOT the best new Doctor launcher the best, with THE CHRISTMAS INVASION being a VERY VERY VERY close second.

[@krauterz]

brilliant :)

[@alangarde2928]

I should have hated it. Plot conveniences, lots of handwaving, upending how things worked, a frantic manic fast talking doctor but dammit. This season killed it. It was just so much fun and had so much energy but also uncertainty in the characters. You could see the moments that were written as 'pluck the heart strings' but I didn't care because the cast (regular and guest casts) sold it. I thought I'd find Matt Smith annoying but instead he felt (for the first time in ages) actually alien or possibly just not taking his ADHD meds. Either way, this was a season that just came together in a way that didn't need to be perfect - just let it's cast have something they could work with and elevate it.

[@kristopherbishop5535]

Oi, here's a comment. I'm engaging with your page. Happy? Cool. (Sorry couldn't think of anything to say.)

[@organicketchup5171]

I'm glad people dislike James Corden.

[@GrandAdmThrawn]

Best Dr Who = Matt Smith imho.

[@the-scamp]

Ok, but that is your opinion!!

[@elberno4243]

OMG.... Please do "Coupling"... But not series 4

[@senwod70]

My take on the New Who show runners is RTD is great at writing compelling characters with engaging dialogue, and will then put them in a situation that is fourth wall shatteringly stupid. Moffat is great at coming up with thoughtful high concept scifi: but he can pull this off about twice a year and otherwise will write himself into a corner where the solution had no payoff. Chibnall is a redditor whose fanfic somehow received BBC funding.

[@furagnar]

Amy Pond is one of my favorite companions, and Matt Smith is my least favorite modern doctor.

[@Insanir]

Oi, the Brits adapted my favorite trading card game to a live action series?

[@josephmalik3861]

i thought Matt Smith was a great Doctor and i had a huge crush on Amy

[@Jplummer-y3j]

Still way better than today's Doctor who

[@lesigh1749]

Looking at Matt Smiths era in retrospect is hard. When you see the heights this show once reached you really understand how very far its fallen since.

[@americansupervillain4595]

@lesigh1749 Even with the ups and downs I always enjoyed Doctor Who, until Jodi Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa flushed it down the tolet. It's depressing to think about it.

[@random007nadir]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Moffatt's scripts were a bit too... Silly? Over elaborate? Contrived? Daft?

[@sino8r499]

Compare that to now?! 😂

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

@@random007nadir compared to who RTD haha his are terrible

[@random007nadir]

@@sino8r499 not everything needs a comparison. I'm glad you find Who from this era entertaining, but it's not for me.

[@random007nadir]

@@andylikesstuffchannel sure. I've come to terms with post reboot Who being something I can't get on with. I preferred Who as a hapless traveller rather than the messianic mythic hero RTD and SM made him. It's just a personal opinion. Every time I dip into reboot Who I see something that annoys me, like the Daleks and Cybermen teaming up to lock the Doctor up in a magic box to save the universe. To me, fucking ridiculous, and every story from this era seems equally hilariously stupid, but I'm happy other people find something great in there. Like I said, it's just not for me.

[@jimmyh2019]

2010, when Doctor Who was not only watchable but enjoyable.

[@the-scamp]

Oh no, not the bloody Darlek's again!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

It was about this time that the writing started to dip, in my opinion. I stuck with it until the 50th anniversary, but I don't believe I've missed too much quality drama after that.

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

bittersweet. Matt Smith was my daughter's "First Doctor". A throwback to a time when Dr. Who was fun and cool, and could be enjoyed by famillies as good, clean fun. Now, it's dead.

[@11679MRT]

Matt Smith's Doctor was awesome - and to me the last Doctor

[@neilcameron7705]

I'm not a huge Who fan these days, but I thoroughly enjoyed Matt Smith's 1st season. I think the opening episode was one of the best Who stories made, and I even enjoyed Matt Smith showing off his football skills. Given Peter Davidson's focus on cricket, having a Soccer playing Doctor was inevitable.

[@the-scamp]

Amy's boot's 😊😊😊

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

@@the-scamp Amy in general 😍

[@DaedalusRaistlin]

Man there's something about your reviews that just clicks in the ways others don't. I think it's the liberal literary lyricism that I like. And I always think better of people whose views on Who align with mine too.

[@johnmacneill8066]

Back in the dark ages when this show was good.

[@videostoryanalyses8910]

You've got it reversed, today are the dark ages ;-)

[@stonebaxter]

Smith's era > Anything post 2018. That should clear it up.

[@americansupervillain4595]

Let's be honest, many of us only watched series 5 because we wanted to see Amy Pond in her policewoman costume.

[@lesigh1749]

She was a more convincing cop in that one episode than Yaz was in three whole series.

[@Alvinansakns]

DW was never as good as this ever again.

[@cttommy73]

series 5 and 6 were Moffat's best. A great Doctor in Matt Smith and pretty good to great to excellent scripts led to some of the best Doctor Who. Problem was, from series 7 on, it just declined until unfortunately, one of the best Doctor in Peter Capaldi got the shaft. Truly sad that just like Sylvester McCoy, he also didn't have scripts, even though he was so good. But mind, for Peter Capaldi, his later seasons take on The Doctor deviated more from his way better dark portrayal to the inferior Matt Smith goofy clone, but since it's Peter Capaldi, he made it work still. Still, wished we got to see him continuing being The Doctor of series 8.

[@AnthonyP73]

The beginning of the end, for me. Only a small handful of stories from each Moffat/Smith series hold any interest, with the 50th being incredible and the Smith finale just being a poke in the eye. Ya killed it for me Moff

[@CallMeMrRook]

"Itbwas a game we played.....you made me dress up as him.." Rory.. This is a red flag right there

[@shaggycan]

Back when they just tried to tell a zany story, instead of expending all their effort on being woke.

[@theresearcher253]

Did this have flaws? Yes? Was it immeasurably better than any of the utter dross we've seen over the past four years? Oh yes!

[@6581punk]

I wasn't keen on the casting, so this was the point at which I stopped watching the show. I could see the younger looking doctor and companion romance thing being a distraction. I've no idea if it was or not. Capaldi was better casting, although I'm told the writing was dire at that point.

[@exidy-yt]

This was the doctor where I started to miss a few episodes here and there, having watched Eccleston and Tenant religiously, but he was still a VERY good doctor, far superior to the schlock of the last 2 doctors.

[@CallMeMrRook]

When writers, show runner and actors are literally on the same page. Later series need to sack the current staff and get the gang back together to save this iconic role

[@Lensman864]

"Whimsy and Fantasy" ... Ugghhhh! 😖 Output for those incapable of high end thought!

[@tskmaster3837]

The Pent Up Fanboying is where I check out. I still haven't touched Nu Who past all the clips I've seen, despite being a fan of Classic and Nu Nu Who. There's just something wrong here. I see season Une... Prime? 1.1?... 1+ as a direct comment against Smith's first episode in particular.

[@DerekNewtonKeswick]

I didn’t enjoy the new Who and only watched a handful. Every episode I watched, or saw bits of, had a good build up, story-wise, but all end the same. It’s a lot of running and so much shouting - The End. A lot of the shouting seems to be about ‘Ha! You made a mistake and I’m so powerful …’ (pulls lever) The End.