WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TO DONNA? | Doctor Who 4x11 REACTION | Season 4 Episode 11

[@dwilborn1257]

This is still one of my top five episodes... I love what if stories.

[@MsSharondenadel]

Well, if you like What if stories, don't watch Marvel's What if, because it dramatically lacks creativity and imagination >_>

[@Sasha-so4rx]

I still get chills when she says bad wolf to the doctor

[@Serenity113]

Me too. lol

[@wobaguk]

They couldnt really use the Master, as if the Doctor died when he did, he never would have ended up taking Martha to the events of Utopia where she caused The Master's personality to be reawakened.

[@xzempty_8387]

Also, even if he still managed to have his personality back he wouldn’t be able to go anywhere due to not having the TARDIS.

[@jakeclough8090]

But how comes the doctor couldn’t go back to the witches episode and stop them. Or the one in Pompeii. I just thought about it and I hope someone can give me answer as I don’t want plot holes but the thought just occurred to me

[@xzempty_8387]

@@jakeclough8090/homewhat?

[@wobaguk]

@@jakeclough8090 I think you mean, what about the consequences of all the other threats he didnt stop because he died in The Runaway Bride, like The Shakespeare Code. I think we have to assume that just like Sarah Jane, Torchwood etc stepping into the Doctors place in the examples shown, someone else must have there, or perhaps the witches scheme failed on their own.

[@arnaudbouret5562]

@@jakeclough8090 Well, if you want to describe time, it's more like a wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey stuff...? Actual attempt at an explanation: a new parallel dimension is split off from the original one at the point Donna makes a different decision. Everything that happened in the past, before the split, has already happened before the dimensions were split. In Turn Left's dimension, it really doesn't matter that the Doctor died before he could save the world in his past, because that dimension doesn't have that past. Its inception point is the instant Donna makes a different decision, and only after that does it actually exist.

[@adorkability]

In Silence in the Library, Donna wanted to know why River Song didn't know her in the future. Trivia- The actress who played the fortune teller also played Chantho, the insect-lady assistant to Prof. Yana, in the season three episode Utopia.

[@alexanderharris5022]

Chan, that’s very interesting! Tho

[@wobaguk]

I think the deal with the bug is that it has a natural perception filter, but its not 100% effective. Most people dont really register the bug but the odd person catches it out the corner of their eye, and just wont let go of staring at it.

[@glygriffe]

And people notice the bug when a major event, that could have been prevented by the Doctor, is happening. It might be harder to keep the perception filter active in those moments.

[@wardjunior1450]

The doctor was dead so he couldn’t go to the future to have the master steal the tardis.

[@taliamar8115]

surprised they never mentioned about the master and what he did to earth

[@wardjunior1450]

@@taliamar8115 well yeah, it never could’ve happened.

[@tonyjohansson7567]

Series 4 is the most solid season of Doctor Who ever. Every episode is either good, great or a masterpiece. And what great acting skills. The tears in Wilfreds eyes... Brilliant!

[@shophaune2298]

Donna's grandfather's a WW2 vet (I believe, he's certainly the right age) so when he says "Labour camps...that's what they called them last time...it's happening again..." that...that's what he's referencing. And it was the Library 2-parter where River expressed surprise at meeting Donna, because she hadn't met her before despite knowing the Doctor's future.

[@shophaune2298]

@Heather Stephens There's apparently an officially-canon audio book where Donna mentions he enlisted for WW2 whilst underage, and another later TV episode mentions he was a private in 1948 in Palestine.

[@arnaudbouret5562]

@Heather Stephens That is indeed what Wilf explains to the Doctor in the final episode of Tennant's run - The End of Time. Wilf's story is actually taken from his actor's personal experience: Bernard Cribbins was too young to have served in WW2, but he did serve in Mandatory Palestine in 1947-48.

[@mradriankool]

Donna just has he best arc, when she basically annoyed the hell out of everyone in the runaway bride, although funny. But the Doctor & Donna story is so good she grows so much as a companion

[@frnknstndrgqn]

It was after he lost rose so he didn't have much hope to begin with so he died stopping the spider creature. It always breaks my heart.

[@KatyAnn623]

The master never would have come back because the doctor never went to the end of the universe. There’s a lot of call backs. In Fires of Pompeii one of the seers mentions something on Donna’s back. In the library episodes, Donna asks River why she doesn’t know her if she (River) is from the Doctors future which references the fact that Donna is no longer around. In planet of the ood, the ood mention that the Doctors song must end soon which maybe what you’re thinking of when you heard Rose say that Donna was going to die.

[@1funkyflyguy]

"Bad Wolf" is the entity that Rose became when she looked into the heart of the Tardis and became one with the time vortex. Rose was "Bad Wolf" for a short moment, during the end of the season one, two-parter episode. So "Bad Wolf" (the Time Vortex entity), knows all of time and space and therefore uses it's name that the Doctor understands, to warn him how much severe danger (The Darkness is coming!) the future is in. In other words:- • Bad Wolf = Good • The Darkness = Bad I hope this is clear enough for you.

[@Disillusioned_JELly]

Rose was Bad Wolf for a short... I see what you did there 😏

[@t123a698]

Yeap! She does. She (‘Spanish maid’) and Dexter’s boss are twins. 16:30

[@KatieRuby]

Bad Wolf is basically a message/warning between The Doctor and Rose, that some sort of darkness is coming. It started in series one warning them both about the daleks, and here for the end of the universe. I'm so glad you enjoyed this episode, it really feels like series two and series four come crashing together 👌

[@jayseepea]

Sarah Jane Smith has a spinoff called The Sarah Jane Adventures that was airing the same time as this more or less, it was on the CBBC (Children's BBC) it was like a more child friendly Doctor Who, the opposite of the adult-oriented Torchwood!

[@alexanderharris5022]

The creature was a part of the Trickster’s Brigade, entities made during the Time War led by The Trickster a being that grows more powerful by creating tiny changes in time that create larger ripples. Like The Trickster himself, I imagine that his servants don’t fully exist in reality, they just affect it and alter it. So perhaps when people see it, it is feeding at that moment.

[@mikemay8347]

I flipped out at the end when he went back into the street. When Donna told River her name in the library she looked at her and said "your Donna? I'm so sorry." The fortune teller in this episode is the same woman who played Chan Doe, the bug lady in the episode "Utopia"

[@karmakkaze]

This is my FAVORITE of this season! The episode was "Smith & Jones". Without the Doctor, the Master wouldn't have made it to Earth for the year that never happened.

[@frnknstndrgqn]

Also rose takes more of a doctor role which I lovvvve

[@Jamienomore]

A lot of People can see movement out of the corner of their eye, but when they look round they see nothing.

[@CrankyGrandma]

I really love hearing you praising "Midnight" That was one of my all time favorite Doctor Who episodes. And it works even for someone w The Library Episode indicated something bad for Donna but didn't specific. River was shocked at seeing Donna but would not tell her showed up. I I think the Alt-U Donna changed the timeline back before the Master's storyline unfolded. So that remained the same. Catherine Tate is great at Drama.

[@ADDButterfly]

It was in the Library episode, Donna was talking to Prof River Song. The scene where Donna is like, cause I'm not dying, and then Rose says I'm sorry. The music swelling and going silent, that scene really gets to me every time.

[@aikhis]

If there are any fans of the show "Viking's" the actor that plays Rollo has a small part in this episode

[@cargo71]

Did you recognise the fortune teller? The actress (don`t know her name) played Chantho in Utopia, in Series 3...

[@melissaisloud7404]

Great episode! I am so glad you’ve warmed up to our Donna. Catherine Tate is an absolute marvel in the show.*** The funniest part was that Americans were so fat that most of us died of the Adipose storyline. 😂

[@Dannydarko27]

Donna is always gonna be top 3 companions for me

[@firefly24601]

Fantastic episode. And just when you think it's all over... boom! BAD WOLF!!!

[@daffy8995]

I think what you are remembering is when Donna asks River why she doesn't know her in the future; but River doesn't answer her.

[@stephaniegreen7197]

This is such a great episode

[@fredipo7776]

the master wasnt there cause he never changed into a time lord again he probably just died in the space ship to utopia

[@fredipo7776]

or he would have just died cause the doctor helped with the rocket

[@prof.evilpictures8696]

This series just gets better and better

[@daffy8995]

Remember, Rose, under the influence of the time vortex, scattered the words Bad Wolf as a message to herself (and the Doctor.)

[@amywonderland9297]

You are almost at the best two episodes of all time!!! So excited for this!

[@Concreteowl]

I love how it turned every silly episode on its head.

[@samtheking25]

Rose is the Bad Wold situation

[@GILBERT__97]

The best 2/3 parter in new who in my opinion! Can’t wait for the next 2 episodes!! 👌

[@mellowmorningsasmr3770]

The next two episodes are amazing and this one and the last one were also so good!😭❤️

[@SimsinWonderland]

When Season 4 is good it's SO FREAKING GOOD

[@crystaldwfan]

I think you are seeing why so many people love season 4! Still one of my favorite seasons!

[@indianwarlord6935]

Chan, that fortune teller looks familiar, tho.

[@nerdfightercommenter6969]

The bad wolf thing is confusing. Apart from the show wanting to give a cool call back I think that Rose uses those words to refer to the need to do something drastic like the creation of the bad wolf. Or it could be that her force of human mixed with the time vortex resembles what is happening where humans are caught up in time and space.

[@BrightNeonBrilliancy]

It's just a short, clear way to basically say 'It's me Rose, and shit is going DOWN'.

[@timsimmons4283]

Lots more good stuff to come!

[@MrEvers]

Series 4 is Doctor Who at its best IMO

[@siegeperilous]

Midnight is a great episode. I still prefer Silence in the Library but that doesn’t take away from either show.

[@matthill3293]

Chan I recognise that fortune Though

[@mellchiril]

awww sheet! probably my favorite episode out there :D

[@samtheking25]

You need to watch Torchwood!

[@shanfrancisc00]

Chan, did you recognise the fortune teller, tho?

[@jeckjeck3119]

Such a heavy episode.

[@malcolmdrake6137]

Maybe it's just the fact that we're watching an edited, condensed reaction, but I find it very frustrating when he pulls himself out of the show to try and remember names and titles and past events. Watch the story, in front of you first, and _then,_ during the breakdown, recall past events. I always feel like he's missing things, but I'll admit, maybe the editing just makes it "seem" that way.

[@AzguardMike]

two words -_- 0_0 :O bad wolf

[@imafgc]

Am I the only one who when the medical doctor says martha gave him the last of the air thinks he just took it from her?

[@thundervoid420]

Why would you want to think that?

[@imafgc]

@@thundervoid420 I dunno, ever since I first watched the episode I laughed at that line and went "I bet you really stole it and killed her now lying about it" and the ideas stuck ever since. I think it might be because be singles her name out specifically idk

[@samosmapper9687]

The next two episodes you should really watch closer together, as they happen in the day.

[@jasonusher3824]

great reaction, & the next two are epic

[@chobanov4]

I love Doctor Who. But when you will upload more Harry Potter reactions?

[@yester30]

Ah yes, the Back to the future episode

[@joepegel]

I thought it was the Butterfly Effect episode.

[@A3151.]

I loathe this episode with an undying passion

[@1funkyflyguy]

Why???