THIS ONE IS SPOOKY! Doctor Who Season 8 Episode 4 "Listen" REACTION!

[@failwhale34]

You see a red thing under your sheets... What do YOU do? I'd BOOK it LOL. What'd you think of this one? PATREON: www.patreon.com/posts/33745775

[@KerstinMamma]

Monster: Sits on my bed. Me: This is what I have been preparing for my whole life *Grabs my pillow fighting pillow*

[@jackpalmer7577]

Apart from wet myself? Keep on waiting for the Doctor ranking video

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Odd how the season finale sort of Jossed all of the Pink plotline...

[@zahiraugust9493]

you probably dont care but if you guys are bored like me during the covid times you can watch pretty much all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown xD

[@carsonkyle449]

@Zahir August Yup, have been using instaflixxer for months myself =)

[@Longshanks1690]

Peter Capaldi was made to give us auspiciously eloquent monologues as an angry ranting old man.

[@CyberController-]

Geez, that's a name!

[@wizardman149]

That last line "Fear makes companions of us all" is a callback to a line the 1st doctor said. "Fear makes companions of all of us." -1st Doctor, The Forest of Dead.(correction The Forest of Fear)

[@wizardman149]

@Luke yeet Correct thank you for correcting me on that. Also the first Doctor was played by William Hartnell

[@fireykitten9217]

So he has all that from Clara 😢

[@granddaddyotaku636]

the person or creature in the bed could have been a kid just trying to scare Rupert/little Danny Pink. But the irony is that Fear can be irrational and lead us to somewhat believe in ghosts and things like that. For the Doctor and Clara, they intuitively know that sometimes it COULD BE something. For a little kid like Rupert/Danny, their fear leads them to feel validated when anything out of the ordinary happens. So when Doctor, Clara, and Little Danny are staring away it’s because they all believe it’s possible there’s a monster. The Doctor because he’s seen monsters and know they exist. Clara has seen proof that monsters and supernatural things can exist. And Little Danny is a little kid who is afraid of the dark and therefore believes in Monsters. Beliefs are very strong when we are young, and especially when we’ve seen proof of it in different ways. So when the Doctor is thinking there’s a monster under the bed, he honestly believes it because he’s always been afraid of the dark and he wants to have a logical reason for it. Also sometimes noises and odd sounds or shadows can make us feel valid in our fears. Especially when we are alone. Orson, the time traveler, was alone for a while and stranded. I’m sure he was going a little crazy from the loneliness and silence and darkness.. so him thinking there’s something out there is a result of his heightened anxiety and anguish in being stranded and alone. This story is really all about how the mind plays tricks on us and makes us believe in terrifying things even when reasonably we can’t truly know for sure. Clara grabbed The Doctors foot, and that was how he started believing in a monster under his bed. But he was crying before that. Implying that he was already a scared child and that further validated the fear of the dark and the idea that monsters live under his bed... This was basically a Psychological mindf**k lol 😂

[@aloysiuswhiteboat2934]

Otaku Master Best breakdown of this story I've ever seen. Bravo.

[@alihamoud3520]

wow that's very good

[@kinagrill]

It's a sontaran visitor :p

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

I mean, it could be, but it demonstrably isn't here. You get to see what it is for a few frames and someone spent a few hours getting into their monster makeup for it.

[@Temujin1206]

This Clara isn't one of the fragment Claras, she's the real one. Like everyone else she will die eventually but not necessarily on the show. In "Name of the Doctor" real Clara stepped into the Doctor's timestream and was broken into a bunch of fragment Claras who lived all over the universe and then die saving the Doctor. However the Doctor then went in and got her out (when he sees John Hurt) so as of "Day of the Doctor" the Clara we see is the original, real one who went into the timestream, came out and can live/die as any other human/companion.

[@mr.fandango6223]

This is what I always thought but isn't it possible that she is in fact a fragment Clara, because how could the original Clara be intact after being fragmented all over the Doctor's time stream?

[@azidal3755]

@@mr.fandango6223 I always viewed it as more like Clara being reflected across his timeline.

[@dutchman8887]

masterclass in subverting expectations. doing a normal episode with a monster would have been good but nothing more but by switching it from a spooky episode to this it ends up being great.

[@thejellyfisha]

i wish i could re-experience this episode for the first time again. masterpiece

[@firefly24601]

"Listen" is the harbinger of what Capaldi episodes will become....

[@EPICRAGE1000]

What, like Hells Bent? lol

[@firefly24601]

@@EPICRAGE1000 Not really, no. But a few others.

[@maxhax367]

@@EPICRAGE1000 whole season alternates between darker and lighter episodes

[@Fyrestar]

@@EPICRAGE1000 Hells bent was good apart from the ending. Idk why people hate on it so much.

[@EPICRAGE1000]

@@Fyrestar because it was dreadful

[@jasonknight1085]

Bah, you skipped my fav line. "Fear doesn't have to make you cruel or cowardly" Clara: You told me your name was a promise. What was that promise? 10: Never cruel or cowardly.

[@mattyice9535]

Fear can make you kind.

[@jasonknight1085]

@@mattyice9535 Most of all because it's kind. Just that, just... Kind.

[@wisewillowgames]

Right, super cool line plus the solider with out a gun?? its one of the reason the doctor hates guns but is also a soldier at times

[@donaldmoxham2659]

"I feel like that's a major spoiler, like oh, he's gonna be her partner." Oh boy.....

[@NowhereMan2710]

I think Listen is a stone cold masterpiece and definitely benefits on rewatching - once you know it's about the power of fear, and an analysis of the characters, rather than about 'if there is REALLY anything under the bed' (which too many people focus on) it coalesces into one of Moffat's strongest dips into the motivation of the Doctor, something Series 8 examines all the way through from the doubt of Deep Breath, the comparison wit the Daleks in episode 2, and the comparison with Robin Hood in episode 3 to the end. Great stuff.

[@aaroncrilly2005]

This episode is what made 12 my Doctor

[@AnnRose142]

I loved Capaldi from the start. But this is where I was completely convinced.

[@kingcookie3920]

Imo the best episode is still the one with the prison

[@Jim_The_Fish]

KayKo He also became my Doctor in Series 9

[@Longshanks1690]

This was the first truly good episode of 12’s run and imo still remains one of his greats. Or maybe I’m just a sucker for mystery episodes, idk. 🤷‍♂️

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Deep Breath was still pretty good (from second act on, anyway)

[@Squantle]

Deep Breath was the 2nd best series opener of all of NewWho (Eleventh Hour wins)

[@NoelNole1221]

This was the episode where I started to really like Capaldi, plus I didn’t realize the line “fear makes companions of us all” was a callback to old/classic Who which I think was cool

[@gwinnellheald8592]

A taster of the amazing acting ability of Capaldi

[@gryotharian]

the impossible girl storyline was wrapped, although not very clearly, in Name of the Doctor. I think all of Clara’s alternate timelines are now all converged, it’s just her now.

[@zemoxian]

Yes. If it wasn’t, she would have seen 12 in the time stream along with the other Doctors. Also, I think she would have already known what he looked like, before he regenerated.

[@missfiretower]

I love this episode, it still gives me chills whenever I rewatch it. Also, just seeing the Doctor try to quell his curiosity is wonderful.

[@rickypedia999]

Shortest horror story ever, and the inspiration for this episode: The last person in the universe was in a locked room. There was a knock on the door...

[@MsSharondenadel]

19:11 That's what the 4th Doctor said first after his regeneration 🤗

[@FlamingoSundew]

20:49 Fail whale be like spoiler and Danny be like "Nah man I cyber boi:

[@Sam-mi9wi]

Without a doubt one of the best episodes ever!!!

[@jessicaable5095]

I have two statements about this episode. 1. Yes, there was *clearly* something under those sheets, wth? That was *not* some manifestation of the Doctor's fear. And 2. Well after this season's finale, so much for Orsone Pink! It's like this episode was just kinda... disregarded.

[@dutchman8887]

time can be rewritten. also moffat said "Knowing how the season would end, we were careful, in never to define exactly what the connection was.”

[@karkatvantas9557]

It could've just been another kid playing a prank on Rupert.

[@honeydew75]

Capaldi's acting in this is so good what a delight to watch

[@ghostkage]

This is the Ep where Capaldi takes off as the DR. My fav Dr of all !

[@honeydew75]

I love this episode so much, that one scene makes me cry every time 🥺🥺

[@doc_1116]

That episode is a masterpiece...

[@souffrey]

"Fear makes companions of all of us" - First Doctor (the forest of fear) "Fear makes companions of us all" - Clara (listen)

[@ms_scribbles]

Yeah, we already addressed that in "The Name of the Doctor". Clara was basically spread into multiple lives. Clara Oswin Oswald is not just Clara in the future. It was a different Clara. A different life, though the same basic entity.

[@ms_scribbles]

And *man* , this episode should have been my warning sign for what Danny was going to be like in the future. I get being upset with her, but why didn't he just say something about her not being honest with him and walk out instead of looming over her so fucking aggressively?

[@SMunro]

It took my bed spread. You humans... never satisfied.

[@MsWillowbayOrelse]

Clara's theme is amazing!

[@Jameskaimuki]

Lot of little gems in this episode. My favorite is right at the end when Clara gives him the toy the soldier that doesn't carry a gun.

[@danhayward3057]

"Put me in the writers room" - FailWhale34

[@guitarmaniac004]

"You were on a date, I thought I'd hide in the bedroom in case you brought him home" Favorite quote from the episode

[@avolto4822]

What I like about this episode is rather than some threat being revealed or something needing to be done, rather than The Doctor and Clara turning up on some random world and discovering all of this. Instead The Doctor is working to assuage his own curiosity which is something we don't see very often. In this episode he knows as much as we do and he is just investigating to see if he is correct.

[@Jean_Baptiste]

damn the end got me... again.

[@LondonCelt]

When you go from the silliness of Robin Hood to this masterpiece, and that's just Clara and that dress!

[@majkus]

Odd that you reacted to "Listen" when the most recent aired episode is entitled "Can You Hear Me?" Coincidence? Put me in the writer's room!

[@zuschuyler7023]

"This doctor doesn't give a shit about the impossible girl" Oh boy, little did you know.

[@chronics23]

One of my favs form series 8!

[@Clarienette7]

They never really explained how orson Pink is related to Danny despite Danny dying

[@misspenguin1839]

That's what i wondered

[@davidm7847]

‘Heaven Sent’ is so so close...

[@JinsolLee]

The creature in this story is based on a Floof. A creature in the 2006 Storybook written by Moffat.

[@senpai_lol8171]

4:45 dude this aint a spoiler just pointing it out clara is never a future darlek, she was spread through the doctors timeline reborn multiple times and died multiple times the darlek in asylem is one of those its not this same clara, somewhere along the lines you got your wires crossed (you seem to think shes guarenteed to "die" or end that way aha)

[@daisy6545]

Ok I’m gonna say it. The doctor is the same concept as Santa let me explain why. On Christmas we are all Santa, we show up in multiple different places giving gifts and spreading happiness where we go. This concept is carried into the doctor, for most of humanity every day we are all a little bit the doctor we can have our bad points, out fear and anger and sadness but also our good points because those three things only make us kind. We go about our days being kind and heroic to multiple people and pick up companions as we go who go on to become close friends and sometimes lovers. We lose friends along the way in so many different ways and we do all that while dealing with our own issues and past and why are we kind why do we help? For nothing but the sake of being kind.

[@piecesofgold1086]

oh man i cried so much the first time i watched this ep

[@nauchnuy]

You are amazing, man! With love from Russia!

[@prof.evilpictures8696]

Series 12 just aired an episode called Can you hear me? And now failwhale reacts to Listen!

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

One of my favourite episodes

[@jakeoliver9167]

The thing under the sheet was a kid probably wearing a mask. Every single abnormal thing in this episode has a reasonable explanation and was referenced in the episode. That was intentional.

[@rickypedia999]

Start video: Whale: Put me in the writers room Me: oh, this is gonna be a good episode

[@codyw1]

It's only Sylvester McCoy under the sheet. :D

[@oswinoswald6846]

I honestly loved this episodeee

[@PinkFair_real]

Fun fact, Peter Capaldi dropped acid with Craig Fergusonn when they were in college.

[@matthewcorya7514]

PinkFair actually they were in a punk band together Craig never went to college he dropped out of school at the age of 16.

[@ghostengineer]

This is an awesome episode. This is prime Capaldi

[@x_sylens_x3253]

The doctor forgets

[@mynamemaybejeff9444]

Now I won't be able to sleep

[@greenpeasuit]

I thought I might need to hide in the bedroom in case you brought him home? The Doctor is so delightfully clueless! If she brought him home, there's usually only one reason for that and one place they are destined to go.

[@Muckylittleme]

At this point I would put anyone in the writing room but Chibnall.

[@bluepolarbear]

Series 12 has been phenomenal so far.

[@filthycasual8187]

@@bluepolarbear Are you high?

[@thepandorica1660]

@@filthycasual8187 #opinionsapparentlydontexist

[@brianl8481]

@@thepandorica1660 Opinions are stated as such. Olimar stated that S12 has been phenomenal as though it's a fact.

[@BradenMarksberry]

But that’s how people usually state opinions...you don’t have to warn someone before you issue an opinion. If you’re telling someone “season 12 was great” its not accepted as an inherent fact. It’s the same if you say “nah man. Season 12 sucks”.

[@calebdonnell2633]

Love this episode so much

[@obiwankenobi687]

Is anyone watching his Jodie reactions on patreon? Is he traumatised at what the show has become yet? Ryan’s voice drives me so bloody crazy 😷

[@bellabyers2929]

Why?

[@obiwankenobi687]

Z crew uk because the man cannot act. He’s like a plank of wood that’s being beaten senseless reading lines off an illegible cue card written by a dyslexic crew member. I can honestly say in my years of watching film and television he is up there with one of the worst actors I have ever seen in anything. He makes Hayden Christiansen look like Michael Gambon. How he got past an audition, got chosen from amongst thousands of applicants and then was actually put on the television is beyond me

[@bellabyers2929]

ObiWan Kenobi oh. I thought you meant his accent because I have the same one, yeah no it’s painful watching him “act”

[@obiwankenobi687]

Z crew uk I mean the episode could be the best in the world but Ryan literally makes every episode unwatchable because he’s so abysmal. I haven’t seen anyone outside the UK comment on his acting tho I’m assuming they don’t notice it much but to everyone in Britain, Jesus he’s dreadful

[@mikemorgan2211]

I have refused to continue watching Who because of the new doctor and companions

[@alexford4755]

Jesus that’s the best call ever.

[@bioengboi137]

13:17 this is the face of I stocked my past, by stocking yours. gottem

[@nzrockboi]

You reacted pretty much same as me. I didn't get it either.... for 5 years. I watched reactors who helped me understand. Now I see the meanings that run the length of this episode run deep, it is a very special episode. U need the right life experience to get it

[@Jimboh8]

I love this episode so much

[@pierrick8496]

A perfect but underated episode

[@andtheark8226]

By the way, the knocking in the space was real. I've read somewhere. 2004 - a Chinese astronaut from a Chinese space station heard the impossible knocks on the door when they were in space while nothing else was out there.. or something.

[@moproodu]

The doctor hasnt heard of a chamelion

[@vinnieharris4716]

I really like this episode. It’s dark and is a fine examination of fear

[@wardjunior1450]

One of my favourite episodes of who

[@DFQreacts]

The thing underneath the blanket was actually just a spooky plot hole!

[@t.j.stabler9253]

This man said this episode was just ok. What? You're dead to me.

[@beckybarr2559]

Earlier I've been looking forward to this reaction although i love the mystery episodes anyway.

[@tomchaney6085]

Moffat's still a coward for not committing to the live action Floof

[@aleckdees9864]

Happy birthday failwhale

[@aloysiuswhiteboat2934]

I didn't watch a year of shit Matt Smith episodes to have my boy be cold on Capaldi.

[@catherinehumphreys6918]

I think I saw you in an advert before watching this

[@NiamhCreates]

One of my favorites from 12's run.

[@geoffreysmart6801]

The "too much going on" criticism seems a bit strange. To me, it's an incredibly focused episode and one of Doctor Who's masterpieces.

[@sorrowinthewind4258]

I think the episode's intention is to leave things ambiguous. Was there a monster under the sheet or was it just a child making a prank? I think it really is a wonderful story and great character work. It definitely has a lot of personality and it's one of the standouts from the whole show for sure.

[@Jim_The_Fish]

I normally love your reactions, but this one drove me crazy. You talked over all the best lines and jokes. Pausing it every 12 seconds lessens the impact of a lot of things. If you’d just watched it normally and stop trying to guess everything, a lot more things would have made sense to you, and you’d have truly felt the gravity of this episode.

[@thebakersruview131]

"You was on a date i thought it best to hide in the bedroom incase you brought him home" trust me doctor if she was to bring him home the bedroom is the last place she would need you to be hiding 🙈😂

[@CybermanBill]

This episode went completely over your head! I think when you are older you will understand the interpretation and all. They were truly going for - 🤖🤓 CybermanBill

[@sepslither-gaming3980]

I love watching these

[@emodateplus]

For clarification his name is Orson like Orson Wells

[@Preceyese-Seyeght]

Yes, " *LISTEN* " is just great, next episode is also in my top 20.. Hope you enjoy like i did !! ^^

[@onlycrazy7258]

I've said this before and I'll repeat it till I die, this episode is genius, I love Steven Moffat with my whole heart, please stop sleeping on it.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

So - why DID Danny not have descendents in end?

[@chanceneck8072]

Again, the socially awkward dating, you should totally go and watch "Coupling"!

[@airmaildolphin7013]

It's a good thing that whatever it was only knocked in groups of three. If it knocked four times.... bad news.

[@Preceyese-Seyeght]

You see how great this is?? The Doctor talked about fear, Clara heard it from him, but Clara was the 1 who told him when he was still a child.. BAMM eat that !! I bet you cant swallow it !!

[@tylerbailey9329]

20:42 the cutest thing ever 😍

[@blasphemous9693]

I think it's kinda to hard to enjoy things when youre constanly trying to be the shows writer. luv ya

[@the935dudew3]

Angel Hernandez already better than chibnal

[@imsquiddly6836]

This whole relationship was toxic because Danny is too sensitive and Clara is too insensitive

[@flummoxedgiles]

I always hated their relationship, it frustrated me to no end 😂

[@davidm7847]

Danny Pink was a poor character. There comes a point where he’s really dragging the show down. Still, Capaldi remains awesome, even in the face of dodgy narrative decisions.

[@damppuddle7341]

Someone put him in the writer's room before he implodes 😂

[@Hanmacx]

Maybe someone used time travel and he was already there? xD

[@gryotharian]

he’d do better than chibnall

[@samtheking25]

anything over chibnall

[@9bettytall945]

5:07 yep trenzalore The Name of the Doctor s7e13

[@AngelGroves]

It's our boy, Failwhale34! Another great reaction.

[@Faalout]

Not me in bed watcging this

[@ermirbela885]

Is he watching them chronologically a couple years late? Hasn't he been spoiled anything massive yet?

[@jeremy14o]

Ermir Bela He was late but currently isn't, KZbin is at season 8 episode 4 but apparently on patreon he caught up to the most current episodes

[@ermirbela885]

@@jeremy14o aha okay this makes sense now thanks

[@decade5o542]

Dude, you do know Oswin and Clara are not the same person, oswin is an echo of Clara but that’s not where she personally ends up

[@david.l8698]

It actually made me visibly, physically and mentally angry how bloody stupid Clara was on that date. "I could kill that girl haha *honestly yeah me too sometimes haha* Coming from you that means something". Bruh..... who tf says that? Literally no-one.

[@Carabas72]

This would have gone over much better with me if we hadn't already extensively seen perfect hiding with the Silence. Still a really good episode though.