For someone who is meant to be a "comedic actor", Catherine Tate has cried in nearly every single episode of Doctor who she's been in, and sells the depressing or terrified moments incredibly well. My heart sank when she screamed "you've got the wrong one", and her acting convinced me that this was it for Donna. Incredible actor.
That's actually not that surprising. A lot of comedic actors are actually spectacular at dramatic roles. To name a few; Robin Williams Freddie Murphy Olivia Coleman Tom Hanks Bryan Cranston Hugh Laurie It's quite a well-known fact that a successful comedic actor has a pretty good shot at being a damn good dramatic actor.
Even Matt Lucas & John Bishop could do drama well in Who. Not to the same extent as Catherine Tate, but there’s moments through both there runs where their acting shines.
Taking it chronologically based on Donna's POV, she was sleep deprived, hungry, and put in an intense pressure and the way she just accepted the fact that she got left behind after the ship exploded. That micro moment in time was gut-wrenching
two things i like about this scene: 1. when the tardis comes back in, it starts to translate the languages again. 2. donna gave the more realistic answer that someone would normally give under intense pressure, while the not-thing give's the human answer
EXACTLY!! For 2 excruciating minutes I was like, are they about to kill Donna and have her not version take her place? On the one hand I’m so glad they didn’t give her an ending like that BUT on the other, it would be so intriguing. Imagine if RTD had left it completely ambiguous. That would be the creepiest ending to a companion ever
He knew it wasn't Donna tho... He knows Donna so well that when he grabbed her he could tell her arm was too long. Even so we all know Donna wouldn't be quiet that long so that would've tipped him off too.
Its really subtle but you can hear the countdown in the alien language right until the moment the TARDIS arrives where the voice says "One". Love that detail.
I like this episode for the fact that for once, it was not the Doctor that figured out the solution to their problem, it was the captain of the ship they're on. They figured out the solution and set it in motion, then killed themselves to prevent the Not-Things from learning their plan. The Doctor actually almost screws the pooch on this one, because for once the solution was not to think of the solution, because if he had, then the Doctor Not-Thing would know it too. For someone as clever and fast thinking as the Doctor who has centuries of knowledge in store and has been used to coming up with solutions on the fly for almost all his life, for once, he didn't have to. Someone else had already figured it out and he just needed to let their plan come to fruition. That was quite a unique thing to base an episode around. I really enjoyed that.
I also think it’s a good scenario to put the Doctor in, since he’s always thinking and questioning everything and in this situation every time he does, he’s making it harder and harder for himself
Every time he was tested on his ability to identify the real Donna, he failed. By this scene he completely gave up on trusting his friendship with her and just used the TARDIS to brute force ID her through physical measurements. Afterwards he's reluctant to open up to the real Donna and share his troubles with her like he did with the Not-Donna. Hooray for winning and losing at the same time.
I get your point, but wasn’t there the one scene where all four of them were together and he got it right though? He called out the Not-Thing Donna for not understanding that humans can believe two conflicting things about themselves at once.
which leads nicely into his self loathing mini-rant in the Toymaker's maze in The Giggle where he talks about how useless he is 'without all the toys'. He still needed the Tardis to confirm it wasn't Donna. It lead nicely into showing how burned out Fourteen really is
I don't know, I mean, at this point then Not-Donna was nearly a perfect copy, right down to her behavior. I think anyone would have been hard pressed to tell the difference. We only knew it was the wrong Donna when he took her because it was obvious the story was going that way.
I know some people had a problem with this, but I quite enjoyed this. I really enjoyed how the doctor chose the wrong Donna initially. It made the scene intense and it was a nice little change of the trope.
Yes, I saw it in TH-cam Shorts and I. absolutely hated that the Doctor chose her based on that answer, but then in the comment section I read about how he made the wrong choice and suddenly I went from hating the scene to liking the scene.
I think the Doctor had no idea which was the real Donna, so he randomly picked one to scan them with the TARDIS. He had to give the not thing a false sense of security in the probability that he picked it.
That was my exact theory as well. Mainly because he clearly started scanning right away and there was no moment of panic when he realized he had the wrong one. He very clearly accounted for the possibility ahead of time.
@@supremeoverlorde2109He actually leaves right away which makes more sense imo. 1) Once the not thing is away from Donna there is a possibility that it’s form will start to break down. Since it needs some sort of link to copy them. Once its form starts to break down, the tardis can detect the changes(the arm becoming too long). 2) It also would give the not thing a read to reveal itself. If it thought it was safe then there would be no need to hide.
@@eye-chan1711 Also, it's a time machine, and one that generally doesn't take well to being in the same time-space twice over. If he stays, then if the scan takes too long they all get blown up -- but if he leaves, the scan can take however long it takes, and then return to moments after it left.
The moment the Doctor realizes the TARDIS would return to him was marvelous. You can see all his incarnations smiling in that instant and come to the conclusion.
Idris(TARDIS in a human body): Do you ever wonder why I chose you all those years ago? The Doctor: I chose you. You were unlocked. Idris: Of course I was. I wanted to see the Universe so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away. And you were the only one mad enough.
I think this was the episode that made me realise Doctor Who was good again. Sorry to fans of the Chibnall era, I'm genuinely glad you liked it but man, this is what Doctor Who should be! Character driven, creepy, ridiculous, weird and wonderful. More of this please!
Quintessential Doctor Who, right here!! I love the little detail of Donna and Not-Thing Donna fighting in the background, too when the 14th Doctor realises the TARDIS will return.
Catherine Tate, I could wax lyrical about her. Everytime she’s in this show she is a pure powerhouse in acting. The emotion she shows when Donna believes she’s going through her last moments also had me convinced it would happen. I loved this episode.
wow my heart skipped a beat when he picked the wrong Donna. I was like "imagine he picked the wrong one. ...oh." lol there are no seat belts. Just hugs
I cried like a baby thinking for a second that the real Donna was really going to die, even though I knew somehow the Doctor was going back to save her, but this scene was quite emotional for me, specially because of the superb acting of Tennant and Catherine not only in this scene, but in the episode as a whole ❤🥹🥹 such an intense episode that really captures the nature of the show!! ❤️
My favorite moment in this, and one of my favorites from the whole episode, are where the Doctor and Donna are holding each other at the end. It says so much in just one shot.
I like to imagine that the Doctor Deliberately wanted to let the Not-Thing Donna in the TARDIS, giving it a false sense of victory only to then have it being thrown back into the exploding ship to get revenge at it for mocking how he felt when he opened up about the flux. So when the TARDIS confirmed him that the arm was too long. He immediately thought “Payback Time.” Gives me strong 7th Doctor vibes.
Honestly…that’s a really good headcanon that I’m going to adopt. He got it right and it’s called good because Donna, but he gets it wrong and he is a bit vindictive in his revenge on the thing.
One more thing to add: The doctor said in the end, after this scene, that the not-thing Donna is a 99.9% copy of the real Donna as the only difference that the Tardis makes was the 0.06 extra millimetre on the wrists. It would be extremely hard to determine which is the real one at that point, and it might just fall into luck to get the right one. So no, for those of you saying he failed as a friend, imagine yourselves choosing between your friend and a 99.9% copy of them where they even got their memories copied. Pretty sure you’re easy to be fooled too, considering you only got seconds to decide. And since the doctor already got fooled by the fake one previously, he knows he can’t rely on asking questions anymore to know the real one and needs the help of the Tardis even with his big brain Time Lord knowledge. He was exhausted and under pressure too.
Yeah, I agree. I don't think the point of the episode was to undercut the value of their relationship. I think the point was to push them both to their extremes and show how terrifying it would be to not even be able to completely trust the people you know most intimately. Honestly, I don't know what some people were expecting. The Doctor isn't perfect, and he had to make a split-second decision under extreme duress. As far I'm concerned, he was incredibly smart to account for the possibility that he would get it wrong and scan her as soon as he could. And to be even more fair to him, it WAS the fake Donna who gave the more "human" answer to the Doctor's question. The real Donna, afraid to get it wrong and fearing for her life, was overthinking it.
@@supremeoverlorde2109 all that being said that "your arm is too long moment" my god for that moment you can again see 10s cold fury, the Rage and Fury of a Timelord he was pissed (given his self loathing at himself for getting it wrong, and at the Not Donna for endangering his friend)
I absolutely loved this episode. This is Doctor Who - intense storytelling, amazing acting, and incredibly high stakes. For one episode, I felt like a school kid again
I don't think the doctor actually made the wrong choice, least not accidentally. there was pretty much no time, he couldn't afford to start playing 20 questions with the donas to figure out which one was real. so he just picked a random one, and while pretending to leave, scanned her with the tardis. as bad as it must have felt for the real donna, it really was the most effective method
That's what I think too. The way he acted made me think it was calculated and he expected he might choose the wrong one. He had to know there was no way he could be sure at that point, especially in such a dire situation.
Just cause I've not seen it get any mention or love in the comments yet, But the Tardis gangway being able to drawbridge itself is another brilliant little addition, instant boarding party denial, intruder ejection, and if it makes another appearance I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Indiana Jones; Temple of Doom moment where The Doctor is grappling with that weeks villain,
I don’t dislike the Chibnall era, there’s things I really like about it but the overall execution leaves a lot to be desired. This episode though, this is the first episode in a long time where I would actually consider it a top tier Doctor Who episode, so creepy and tense, this whole moment had me on the edge of my seat. I think Wild Blue Yonder is an episode that will end up in a lot of top 10 episode lists
3:05 "you know the sound the Tardis makes? that wheezing, groaning. that sound brings hope wherever it goes." "to anyone who hears it Doctor, ANYONE. however lost."
She’s my favourite companion BECAUSE she’s not romantically invested in him like all the others. From the very beginning he explicitly told her what he wanted from her he just wanted a friend someone who understood him, funnily enough leading to a hilarious misunderstanding and she was always that for him. She understands his loneliness, his fears and worries she keeps him grounded and sane when he otherwise wouldn’t care and end up killing himself trying to stop someone, she keeps him human, she knocks him down a peg when he needs it and lifts him up again which is what he needed all along. The doctor makes Donna feel special and gives her the confidence she needs to lead a better life, he just wanted her to be happy after everything they’d been through and he becomes such an integral part of her life and family and you can see his devastation when he has to wipe her memory
One thing that really liked in this episode was that story about where the Tardis goes when it runs off. Being a Time Machine, it can wait somewhere for thousands of years before coming back, and in that time someone might have built a civilisation around the mysterious blue box, only for it to vanish one day.
I was wondering why he was just slumped over the console, I thought he knew he was dumping not-donna and getting the real one.... he thought he really messed up. He thought he killed real donna already.... and all that was left to space not-donna, and figure out how to tell her family that he got her killed.
if you look carefully the not-Donna is sitting lower on the left relative to the real Donna when it counts to 2. the not-Donna continues to remain on that side, on the right side (from the Doctor's perspective), and continues to remain so even when they run to the Tardis. Yes we the viewer could have known if we were paying 100% attention. Also the facial expressions of the two Donnas are vastly different upon seeing the Tardis come back from HADS.
Something I love about this episode is that it would have taken place whether the Doctor was there or not, because the bomb had already been set. By showing up he actually made things a lot more dangerous. He didn't end up changing anything, the not-things still died, but it's pretty coincidental that this is where the tardis sent him. The job was already done, he was just there to see it play out
if you freeze frame on the Not-Doctor when he starts running on all fours you can see he also alters the size of them to allow for the proper locomotion of running on all four appendages. Very cool detail!
If it was the second doctor "I'm going to put you outside, Not-Donna. Back into the nothing where you came. A punishment fitting for what you put us through."
I feel like the Doctor had to have been tricked at first, because really, he didn’t need to traumatise Donna with a fake out against the Not-Thing. Arguably, he thought that the Not-Donna would have attacked if he picked the real Donna first, so had to make it drop its guard.
Honestly, the idea of them killing another companion so brutally is what got me scared for donna, that and the fact i played the picking game that doctor who did, i picked the just cause option because it's more human, and after the great panic from donna, i was thinking, wait, was that the fake or real one??? And knowing how doctor who kills off companions, i got worried
I dont know why that makes me laugh so hard at 0:14 😂 Also Docs not perfect, but he fixed it in the end. If you haven't watched the specials you need too.
1:37 Pause Here And Pay Attention Here To The Not Donna And The Real Donna, If You Think There’s No Diffrence in this picture your wrong, Look At The Buttons’s The Not Donna Has 2 Buttons While The Real Donna Has 4
its so heartbreaking seeing how heartbroken donna is the fact she thinks she'll never see her family again and that one of her best friends left her behind she just accepts her fate.... until he comes back
Thinking back, this is SO Midnight. When they almost throw 10 out the window and he’s teary as he’s still copying, definitely echoes Donna “that’s… not me…” Even down to the last second save.
If you remember the Midnight episode, I believe the Not Things and the night creature are the same being, biggest thing is the midnight creature needs to take someones mind and personality first b4 taking its own mine. Probably a not thing of lesser due to it being frozen in the ice for a centuries before the doctor arrived.
This would've been so much more amazing if it was the Toymaker who put them here, instead of just Coffee... would've connected the specials even further.
You know what I really thought that was it for Donna in that moment...briefly in my head the events of this episode were going to be the cause of the finale! Damn this scene was intense
The moment Donna screams in panic when The Doctor picked the wrong Donna legit had me tearing up thinking she was done for. The quote "If she ever remembers me her mind will burn and she will die" came to mind as she was about to be literally burned up and I thought that was the end for her. I was on the edge of my seat hoping it wasn't her end!
Now this was definitely when the budget showed the most tbh, loved the Tunak Tunak Tun looking green screens this episode, especially here at 1:33 rofl
HADS isnt very good when it brought the tardis back before the hostile action ended. Yes, a time machine would know its about to end, but it was still exposed to the enemy and infact allowed the enemy to board
When The TARDIS lands It was singing the song that's the exact same title of the episode " Wild blue yonder" A song That was saying by the US Air Force during World War II. "Off we go into the wild blue yonder climbing high into the sun"
It's wild, isn't it? Catherine Tate is a comedian but is an amazing actress that gives very believable emotions in her acting that many mainstream actors can't quite replicate
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For someone who is meant to be a "comedic actor", Catherine Tate has cried in nearly every single episode of Doctor who she's been in, and sells the depressing or terrified moments incredibly well. My heart sank when she screamed "you've got the wrong one", and her acting convinced me that this was it for Donna. Incredible actor.
That's actually not that surprising. A lot of comedic actors are actually spectacular at dramatic roles. To name a few;
Robin Williams
Freddie Murphy
Olivia Coleman
Tom Hanks
Bryan Cranston
Hugh Laurie
It's quite a well-known fact that a successful comedic actor has a pretty good shot at being a damn good dramatic actor.
@monkey6958 sci-fi nerds always swoop in to shit all over someone's appreciative moment
Even Matt Lucas & John Bishop could do drama well in Who. Not to the same extent as Catherine Tate, but there’s moments through both there runs where their acting shines.
@@boringmonkey6958Freddie Murphy? I had to google him😂
@@TayWoode
Hahahaha, that's hilarious. Freddie Murphy 😂 I meant Eddie Murphy lol
Taking it chronologically based on Donna's POV, she was sleep deprived, hungry, and put in an intense pressure and the way she just accepted the fact that she got left behind after the ship exploded. That micro moment in time was gut-wrenching
two things i like about this scene:
1. when the tardis comes back in, it starts to translate the languages again.
2. donna gave the more realistic answer that someone would normally give under intense pressure, while the not-thing give's the human answer
Didn't she give the accurate answer, which was why she almost got left behind?
And when it takes of without her it stops translating again.
@@techno1561to me the reason Mrs bean name was funny is because of Mr bean
I saw it as he chose the most stupid answer 😂, Cus Donna isn’t the brightest companion. But he got it wrong
@@DoubleTMatt What? Donna is one of the most intelligent companions there has ever been. Did you just hear her accent and assume she was dumb?
The bit where The Doctor takes the wrong Donna was genuinely creepier than anything else the episode did.
They really had me scared for a moment.
WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN
EXACTLY!! For 2 excruciating minutes I was like, are they about to kill Donna and have her not version take her place? On the one hand I’m so glad they didn’t give her an ending like that BUT on the other, it would be so intriguing. Imagine if RTD had left it completely ambiguous. That would be the creepiest ending to a companion ever
It was tactical... and a dramatic flair.
@@justinhamilton8647That would've been amazing... you just made this episode so much better with that idea
I love the horror aspects of this episode but the only part that truly scared me was when the doctor briefly took the wrong donna
Same! I was about to cry! 😢 😭
I actually thought she was going to die. o_o
@@Kazuo1G Me too! 😨😨😨
He knew it wasn't Donna tho... He knows Donna so well that when he grabbed her he could tell her arm was too long. Even so we all know Donna wouldn't be quiet that long so that would've tipped him off too.
@@ezelise837 He literally didn't know, or he wouldn't have taken her. What you mean is he was wrong but figured it out very quickly.
Its really subtle but you can hear the countdown in the alien language right until the moment the TARDIS arrives where the voice says "One". Love that detail.
subtle? detail? Donna literally comments it, I really wouldn't call that a detail.
Oh that's subtle? I fully noticed on first watching.
More significantly, both Donnas mentioned it, so even that didn't give the Doctor any clues about which one was real.
A slightly more subtle detail is that the "zero" isn't translated
The TARDIS is gone, Donna
Not subtle, Donna's literally shout the TARDIS is translating
I like this episode for the fact that for once, it was not the Doctor that figured out the solution to their problem, it was the captain of the ship they're on. They figured out the solution and set it in motion, then killed themselves to prevent the Not-Things from learning their plan. The Doctor actually almost screws the pooch on this one, because for once the solution was not to think of the solution, because if he had, then the Doctor Not-Thing would know it too. For someone as clever and fast thinking as the Doctor who has centuries of knowledge in store and has been used to coming up with solutions on the fly for almost all his life, for once, he didn't have to. Someone else had already figured it out and he just needed to let their plan come to fruition.
That was quite a unique thing to base an episode around. I really enjoyed that.
Great way to put it
I also think it’s a good scenario to put the Doctor in, since he’s always thinking and questioning everything and in this situation every time he does, he’s making it harder and harder for himself
It's this episode that makes you fully realise the Doctor is distracted, he gets fooled by the monster Donna TWICE.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but it’s probably the lingering trauma he received when he was 13 that did it. Makes sense.
RIP Jimbo the Paranoid Android. Your incredibly slow but noble sacrifice will not be forgotten in this amazing special.
That's all you want me to do? Press a button?
Brain the size of a planet
@@SamuelBlack84
Robot: ''What is my purpose?''
Horse Lady Alien: ''To press the button very slowly.''
It is amazing how we fall in love with anything that's far enough away from the uncanny valley and has a silly name
I could calculate your chances of survival but you won’t like it.
robot: … oh my god
Horse lady alien: yeah welcome to the club pal *kills herself*
Every time he was tested on his ability to identify the real Donna, he failed. By this scene he completely gave up on trusting his friendship with her and just used the TARDIS to brute force ID her through physical measurements. Afterwards he's reluctant to open up to the real Donna and share his troubles with her like he did with the Not-Donna. Hooray for winning and losing at the same time.
I get your point, but wasn’t there the one scene where all four of them were together and he got it right though? He called out the Not-Thing Donna for not understanding that humans can believe two conflicting things about themselves at once.
which leads nicely into his self loathing mini-rant in the Toymaker's maze in The Giggle where he talks about how useless he is 'without all the toys'. He still needed the Tardis to confirm it wasn't Donna. It lead nicely into showing how burned out Fourteen really is
I don't know, I mean, at this point then Not-Donna was nearly a perfect copy, right down to her behavior. I think anyone would have been hard pressed to tell the difference. We only knew it was the wrong Donna when he took her because it was obvious the story was going that way.
Think about it, he bared his soul to not Donna and she laughed at him for doing so, that would mess with anyones head
The Doctor is not always right, but he wanted to make sure, which was why he double-checked.
I know some people had a problem with this, but I quite enjoyed this. I really enjoyed how the doctor chose the wrong Donna initially. It made the scene intense and it was a nice little change of the trope.
I liked it. It seemed more realistic to me. No one is perfect, especially under extreme circumstances.
Yes, I saw it in TH-cam Shorts and I. absolutely hated that the Doctor chose her based on that answer, but then in the comment section I read about how he made the wrong choice and suddenly I went from hating the scene to liking the scene.
The scene wear the doctor uses the Tardis as a skateboard is great.
Reminiscent of the scene in "The Runaway Bride" where the Doctor chases Donna in the taxi, "driving" the Tardis along the road... 😁
He's there to take Donna back to the future!
where*
It's a ref to back to the future. Not a skateboard
"The scene"... This is all one scene lmao. A single cut of the Doctor using the Tardis like a skateboard does not constitute an entire "scene" lmao
I think the Doctor had no idea which was the real Donna, so he randomly picked one to scan them with the TARDIS. He had to give the not thing a false sense of security in the probability that he picked it.
That actually makes sense, this is now my cannon :)
That was my exact theory as well. Mainly because he clearly started scanning right away and there was no moment of panic when he realized he had the wrong one. He very clearly accounted for the possibility ahead of time.
@@supremeoverlorde2109He actually leaves right away which makes more sense imo.
1) Once the not thing is away from Donna there is a possibility that it’s form will start to break down. Since it needs some sort of link to copy them. Once its form starts to break down, the tardis can detect the changes(the arm becoming too long).
2) It also would give the not thing a read to reveal itself. If it thought it was safe then there would be no need to hide.
Thanks. I didn't get that 'til I read your comment.
@@eye-chan1711 Also, it's a time machine, and one that generally doesn't take well to being in the same time-space twice over. If he stays, then if the scan takes too long they all get blown up -- but if he leaves, the scan can take however long it takes, and then return to moments after it left.
The TARDIS blaring Wild Blue Yonder will never stop being hilarious to me for some reason.
I also like how he used it as a hoverboard.
The way it floats down, too, is so awesome. TARDIS got a sense of drama!
Love the profile picture!
@FreelancerMarcy Using profile pictures from one of my favorite shows was the best decision I've made in a long time.
The moment the Doctor realizes the TARDIS would return to him was marvelous. You can see all his incarnations smiling in that instant and come to the conclusion.
They say the sound of the TARDIS arriving is known across the universe as "the sound of hope" and this episode really sold that
Idris(TARDIS in a human body): Do you ever wonder why I chose you all those years ago?
The Doctor: I chose you. You were unlocked.
Idris: Of course I was. I wanted to see the Universe so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away. And you were the only one mad enough.
I think this was the episode that made me realise Doctor Who was good again. Sorry to fans of the Chibnall era, I'm genuinely glad you liked it but man, this is what Doctor Who should be! Character driven, creepy, ridiculous, weird and wonderful. More of this please!
Until bigeneration
It was never bad, what are you on about?
Agreed. It was a brilliant episode of Doctor Who. 🙋🏻♂️
Perfecto me gusto😊
@@harryvideoz8863I'll happily take mixed bag (with high highs) over mediocre-on-a-good-day doctor who
Quintessential Doctor Who, right here!! I love the little detail of Donna and Not-Thing Donna fighting in the background, too when the 14th Doctor realises the TARDIS will return.
Favourite scene of the entire trilogy! So thrilling and such a brilliant end to Wild Blue Yonder and Wilf was the cherry on top! 💙
WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN
3:11 I'm a first time watcher of Doctor Who. The tardis coming back really felt like a Ray of Hope has arrived
That's actually how they describe the Tardis a lot of the time!
I don't remember which episode, but one of my favorite moments is where somebody is explaining how that whomp-whoosh sound means hope.
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@@bend.manevitz8261Day Of The Doctor. The Moment/Bad Wolf/Rose.
If this were early-days Donna, I just know she would've given The Doctor a big ol' slap in the face for doing this 🤣
Catherine Tate, I could wax lyrical about her. Everytime she’s in this show she is a pure powerhouse in acting. The emotion she shows when Donna believes she’s going through her last moments also had me convinced it would happen. I loved this episode.
Absolutely. Her hoarse scream of “No!!” just gets me. Absolutely raw terror. Incredible acting.
Agreed. Someone should really cast her in something heavier, she would do so well. I think she's wasted only doing comedy.
@@rkah6187 her in Turn Left and Silence in the Library is Oscar level acting and I’ll die on this hill
wow my heart skipped a beat when he picked the wrong Donna. I was like "imagine he picked the wrong one. ...oh."
lol there are no seat belts. Just hugs
I cried like a baby thinking for a second that the real Donna was really going to die, even though I knew somehow the Doctor was going back to save her, but this scene was quite emotional for me, specially because of the superb acting of Tennant and Catherine not only in this scene, but in the episode as a whole ❤🥹🥹 such an intense episode that really captures the nature of the show!! ❤️
I actually thought she was going to die, too. Like, just for an instant.
When she said Zero... and that look on her face.. my gosh, Catherine Tate is brilliant~
My favorite moment in this, and one of my favorites from the whole episode, are where the Doctor and Donna are holding each other at the end. It says so much in just one shot.
In all fairness to The Doctor I would've answered "it just is" too.
Also, The Doctor moving the Tardis like a hoverboard gave me a good chuckle.
That's the thing, it just is was the perfect answer. But the real Donna's answer was the real answer because she's giving an answer while in a panic.
my heartbeat reached new heights with this scene, never forgiving RTD about it
I like to imagine that the Doctor Deliberately wanted to let the Not-Thing Donna in the TARDIS, giving it a false sense of victory only to then have it being thrown back into the exploding ship to get revenge at it for mocking how he felt when he opened up about the flux. So when the TARDIS confirmed him that the arm was too long. He immediately thought “Payback Time.”
Gives me strong 7th Doctor vibes.
"Goodbye, Not Donna. It hasn't been pleasant."
Honestly…that’s a really good headcanon that I’m going to adopt. He got it right and it’s called good because Donna, but he gets it wrong and he is a bit vindictive in his revenge on the thing.
Easily the best of the 3 specials!
This is my favorite too!! 😁😄
WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN
I liked the Giggle more
@@masonspencer918 Same
@@masonspencer918I did too at first, but I think this episode is starting to wear on me.
One more thing to add:
The doctor said in the end, after this scene, that the not-thing Donna is a 99.9% copy of the real Donna as the only difference that the Tardis makes was the 0.06 extra millimetre on the wrists. It would be extremely hard to determine which is the real one at that point, and it might just fall into luck to get the right one. So no, for those of you saying he failed as a friend, imagine yourselves choosing between your friend and a 99.9% copy of them where they even got their memories copied. Pretty sure you’re easy to be fooled too, considering you only got seconds to decide. And since the doctor already got fooled by the fake one previously, he knows he can’t rely on asking questions anymore to know the real one and needs the help of the Tardis even with his big brain Time Lord knowledge. He was exhausted and under pressure too.
Yeah, I agree. I don't think the point of the episode was to undercut the value of their relationship. I think the point was to push them both to their extremes and show how terrifying it would be to not even be able to completely trust the people you know most intimately.
Honestly, I don't know what some people were expecting. The Doctor isn't perfect, and he had to make a split-second decision under extreme duress. As far I'm concerned, he was incredibly smart to account for the possibility that he would get it wrong and scan her as soon as he could.
And to be even more fair to him, it WAS the fake Donna who gave the more "human" answer to the Doctor's question. The real Donna, afraid to get it wrong and fearing for her life, was overthinking it.
@@supremeoverlorde2109 all that being said that "your arm is too long moment" my god for that moment you can again see 10s cold fury, the Rage and Fury of a Timelord he was pissed (given his self loathing at himself for getting it wrong, and at the Not Donna for endangering his friend)
I was fully expecting the correct answer to "Why is 'Mrs Bean' funny?" to be "She's married to Mr Bean"
literally!!!
In some dubs, that was the answer.
1:03 still find it funny the 2 donna’s fighting in the background
I absolutely loved this episode. This is Doctor Who - intense storytelling, amazing acting, and incredibly high stakes. For one episode, I felt like a school kid again
gave me goosebumps when the TARDIS reappeared.....
That noise, it gives people hope.
0:51 pitbull named "princess" when he sees a kid in the playground
BAHAHAHHAA 😂😂
I don't think the doctor actually made the wrong choice, least not accidentally. there was pretty much no time, he couldn't afford to start playing 20 questions with the donas to figure out which one was real. so he just picked a random one, and while pretending to leave, scanned her with the tardis. as bad as it must have felt for the real donna, it really was the most effective method
That's what I think too. The way he acted made me think it was calculated and he expected he might choose the wrong one. He had to know there was no way he could be sure at that point, especially in such a dire situation.
1:19 looking back at this shot, in retrospect it’s obvious that the “not Donna” was the one on the right by the angered facial expression
These types of scenes are one of the reasons why I love Doctor Who.
Still laughing how the TARDIS arrives in full fanfare and lights lol
She was so dramatic here
The Star Beast and The Giggle were both great fun but this was magnificent
I love the Tardis slide to the main doors. It reminds me of the Get-U-Up bed slide from Wallace and Gromit.
Just cause I've not seen it get any mention or love in the comments yet,
But the Tardis gangway being able to drawbridge itself is another brilliant little addition,
instant boarding party denial, intruder ejection, and if it makes another appearance I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Indiana Jones; Temple of Doom moment where The Doctor is grappling with that weeks villain,
I don’t dislike the Chibnall era, there’s things I really like about it but the overall execution leaves a lot to be desired. This episode though, this is the first episode in a long time where I would actually consider it a top tier Doctor Who episode, so creepy and tense, this whole moment had me on the edge of my seat. I think Wild Blue Yonder is an episode that will end up in a lot of top 10 episode lists
3:05
"you know the sound the Tardis makes? that wheezing, groaning. that sound brings hope wherever it goes."
"to anyone who hears it Doctor, ANYONE. however lost."
I loved all these platonic Doctor/Donna moments.
They are like found family trope at its best.
She’s my favourite companion BECAUSE she’s not romantically invested in him like all the others. From the very beginning he explicitly told her what he wanted from her he just wanted a friend someone who understood him, funnily enough leading to a hilarious misunderstanding and she was always that for him. She understands his loneliness, his fears and worries she keeps him grounded and sane when he otherwise wouldn’t care and end up killing himself trying to stop someone, she keeps him human, she knocks him down a peg when he needs it and lifts him up again which is what he needed all along.
The doctor makes Donna feel special and gives her the confidence she needs to lead a better life, he just wanted her to be happy after everything they’d been through and he becomes such an integral part of her life and family and you can see his devastation when he has to wipe her memory
they're so sweet😭😭😭
Genuinely one of my favorite episodes in the whole series now.
1:58 I remember being sick to my stomach when I realized that 14 took the wrong Donna
One thing that really liked in this episode was that story about where the Tardis goes when it runs off. Being a Time Machine, it can wait somewhere for thousands of years before coming back, and in that time someone might have built a civilisation around the mysterious blue box, only for it to vanish one day.
Children of the TARDIS.
I was wondering why he was just slumped over the console, I thought he knew he was dumping not-donna and getting the real one.... he thought he really messed up. He thought he killed real donna already.... and all that was left to space not-donna, and figure out how to tell her family that he got her killed.
Really good ending, and I love the music as the tardis materialises
What is the song btw?
@@jayssands4903 Wild Blue Yonder, it's a US Air Force song
Bro pushing the Tardis like a freaking skateboard though, no one talks about this and it's honestly ridiculous and hilarious XD
The pace, the punch, the genuine peril, the dialogue, the music - Doctor Who is back.
if you look carefully the not-Donna is sitting lower on the left relative to the real Donna when it counts to 2. the not-Donna continues to remain on that side, on the right side (from the Doctor's perspective), and continues to remain so even when they run to the Tardis. Yes we the viewer could have known if we were paying 100% attention. Also the facial expressions of the two Donnas are vastly different upon seeing the Tardis come back from HADS.
Something I love about this episode is that it would have taken place whether the Doctor was there or not, because the bomb had already been set. By showing up he actually made things a lot more dangerous. He didn't end up changing anything, the not-things still died, but it's pretty coincidental that this is where the tardis sent him. The job was already done, he was just there to see it play out
if you freeze frame on the Not-Doctor when he starts running on all fours you can see he also alters the size of them to allow for the proper locomotion of running on all four appendages. Very cool detail!
2:58 The Fury of the Time Lord: Your arms are too long....
If it was the second doctor
"I'm going to put you outside, Not-Donna. Back into the nothing where you came. A punishment fitting for what you put us through."
Something about the TARDIS playing Wild Blue Yonder as it lands is just kind of awesome.
I feel like the Doctor had to have been tricked at first, because really, he didn’t need to traumatise Donna with a fake out against the Not-Thing. Arguably, he thought that the Not-Donna would have attacked if he picked the real Donna first, so had to make it drop its guard.
When the Doctor Forever began to play at 0:58, I and goosebumps...
0:00 ngl, the music gave me the chills
If not for TARDIS, Donna would have died here.
Love the old girl!
2:38 when we all thought she was going to die was on the edge of our seats
The tunnel just turns an eerie blue, silent as explosions slowly grow nearer and nearer… what a weird feeling
The last minute saving of Donna, reminds me of Donna in the taxi with the robot Santa, being rescued by the Doctor in the Tardis. ❤
I’ve not experienced genuine fear for a character in the show as much as I have in this scene
Alrighty everyone, the official sound that the tardis made is called "vworping" as described in the subtitles.
Always has been lol
Amazing scene! "Your arms are too long" will become a catch phrase, for sure!
Honestly, the idea of them killing another companion so brutally is what got me scared for donna, that and the fact i played the picking game that doctor who did, i picked the just cause option because it's more human, and after the great panic from donna, i was thinking, wait, was that the fake or real one??? And knowing how doctor who kills off companions, i got worried
I dont know why that makes me laugh so hard at 0:14 😂
Also Docs not perfect, but he fixed it in the end. If you haven't watched the specials you need too.
WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN
Everybody gangsta until the Not-Thing runs on all fours.
1:37 Pause Here And Pay Attention Here To The Not Donna And The Real Donna, If You Think There’s No Diffrence in this picture your wrong, Look At The Buttons’s The Not Donna Has 2 Buttons While The Real Donna Has 4
Loved all the 60th Anniversary Specials, but The Wild Blue Yonder was my favourite. What a return to form for Doctor Who!
Haven’t felt this tense in doctor who in years
its so heartbreaking seeing how heartbroken donna is the fact she thinks she'll never see her family again and that one of her best friends left her behind she just accepts her fate.... until he comes back
I love the little protective kiss on the head.
Thinking back, this is SO Midnight.
When they almost throw 10 out the window and he’s teary as he’s still copying, definitely echoes Donna “that’s… not me…”
Even down to the last second save.
By giving themselves form, the Not-Things gave themselves the means to be destroyed.
gonna say, tardis materializing to wild blue yonder, is pretty special.
A marvelously-written episode with some excellent concepts.
Just realizing how on-the-cheap this scene was done for. All green screen. Two actors each pulling double duty. Got the job done, though.
If you remember the Midnight episode, I believe the Not Things and the night creature are the same being, biggest thing is the midnight creature needs to take someones mind and personality first b4 taking its own mine. Probably a not thing of lesser due to it being frozen in the ice for a centuries before the doctor arrived.
One of my favorite episodes. I think this makes top 10 in all of New Who. GREAT stuff.
This would've been so much more amazing if it was the Toymaker who put them here, instead of just Coffee... would've connected the specials even further.
True, but The Doctor did say his stunt with the salt was what let The Toymaker in.
Totally agree with all the comments about the Doctor picking the wrong Donna. Also, I love the music in this scene, very suspenseful!
You know what I really thought that was it for Donna in that moment...briefly in my head the events of this episode were going to be the cause of the finale! Damn this scene was intense
At 2:29 Donna saying “nyeh” should become a meme
When it's the last day to pay a bill and you barely have one dollar left to pay it all.
The moment Donna screams in panic when The Doctor picked the wrong Donna legit had me tearing up thinking she was done for. The quote "If she ever remembers me her mind will burn and she will die" came to mind as she was about to be literally burned up and I thought that was the end for her. I was on the edge of my seat hoping it wasn't her end!
This would have normally been an easy situation for him to deal with, but you can see his struggle. Shows how burnt out and exhausted he is
Imagine if up to 2:30 was the cliffhanger
If this was a regular series, yes definitely! But I get that they wanted the specials to be self-contained!
We will all miss you Jimbo.
The real Doctor stops running at 0:35
Donna switch was offscreen making it mysterious for audiences and Doctor
Now this was definitely when the budget showed the most tbh, loved the Tunak Tunak Tun looking green screens this episode, especially here at 1:33 rofl
HADS isnt very good when it brought the tardis back before the hostile action ended. Yes, a time machine would know its about to end, but it was still exposed to the enemy and infact allowed the enemy to board
Looking back on this.... Could've made a good Utopia callback:- "Show me your teeth." 😹😹😹
How to trigger Pre-TSD in seconds… 😰
This is what Doctor Who is about...
Thumbs up...
*Tardis reappears singing Wild Blue Yonder*
Sutekh: “IT HAS BEEN SINGING THIS STUPID SONG THIS ENTIRE ME DAMN TIME!”
I was definitely screaming at my tv realizing that the Doctor saved the wrong Donna!! 🙀
When The TARDIS lands It was singing the song that's the exact same title of the episode " Wild blue yonder"
A song That was saying by the US Air Force during World War II.
"Off we go into the wild blue yonder climbing high into the sun"
Ty man I have been trying to find it
what an incredible peice of acting
It's wild, isn't it? Catherine Tate is a comedian but is an amazing actress that gives very believable emotions in her acting that many mainstream actors can't quite replicate