It's good to see harry review a good episode from the Smith era rather than ones that he thinks are garbage (although I'm still salty over his review of Vincent and the doctor)
The fact this bad episode is considered one of the best of The Moffat era just shows how bad The Show has gotten with Moffat. Put this episode in The RTD era and it would have been one of the worst
The genius of this script for me is how moffat made this *new* doctor somebody's doctor. The fact Amy grew up with this Doctor and made stories about him that seemingly most people in Ledworth knew about further cements the fact to us, the viewer, that this is indeed *the* Doctor. It was meta but didn't subtract from the story at all, only adding to it. If you take your mind back to the announcement of Matt Smith, people were not on board at all. Having this brand new actor be someone's childhood Doctor is brilliant. Moffat did this sort of meta bedding in period in capaldis first episode too and it works wonderfully there also
its infact even more clever. There is 2 diffrent Amy/Amelias´s in this episode. AND!! The answer to the biggest question of them all is hiding in plain sight; When is a duck pond with no ducks a duck pond? (Answer; when you remember the ducks from a diffrent life/Whoniverse) AND it is even more clever then that. Cause; the Wedding dress is for a wedding with a man that have never existed and that Amelia only remember from her other life in the other Whoniverse (due to exposure to the timevortex behind her wall) (Just as Clara, Madame Pompadore/Lady Penforte to name a few also remembered lives (days) they had never had...) AND its even more clever then that. Cause the Wedding dress is a signs that the TARDIS is jumping between Whoniversis (in that episode) (just as it "jumped" when Donna twice was a bride) just as it engagement ring signal jumps between whoniversis and lastly the Williams wedding..(every single time the TARDIS jumps between Whoniversis in that episodes...Just as the INTRO shows us...Hidden in plain sight.
It was magical, like a dark fairy tale a child had an imaginary friend who fought against what was eating on her life. Rather than having a relationship with their companion he was a dream that she was learning to forget.
ELEVENTH HOUR: The perfect introduction to the series and era My freaking classmate: _introduces the series to the class with _*_The Shakespeare Code_* ;_;
Ngl, I really loved the soundtracks of Matt Smith's era. I remember going to school and having that shit on repeat. The instrumentals I still listen to this day are I Am The Doctor In Utah and Together Or Not At All.
I loved Who before this but Matt Smith is my doctor. I feel like I matured along side him and became a grumpy old man at the same time as 11 but I love every single one of his episodes
I'm only replying to this comment to display my undying stupidity. Honestly I need to share this with someone. When you said you were in 11am I immediately googled 'what country is currently in 11am'. Before I hit enter I looked to the bottom right corner of my screen to find my bloody answer. I know I haven't affected you but you have helped me to outline the unbelievable measure of my stupidity.
@@mrknowhere6457 I respect what Moffat was trying to do with Series 6 but I personally think he executed it pretty badly at times. Now, it's not Series 7b bad, or series 9 or 10 bad, and most certainly it's not series 11 and 12 bad, hell no. But it fell short for me, which is a shame as I've a lot of nostalgia for the series, but I find it really hard to go back and watch half the series tbh.
Harry I can’t lie, that was the first time a TH-cam sponsorship ad has made me actually purchase the product. Literally less than £50 for a whole 27 months that’s crazy, with no obligation to continue the subscription after that.
We have a room in my house that we always forget, a door in the basement we just pass by to wash clothes and occasionally, we remember it's there. And I can't help but think about this episode, this door has an eerie vibe. I've never seen it opened and tbh I'm kinda scared haha. I think it's just a big cupboard with centuries old jars but there's some sort of grid in the wood that could let you see through if it was well lit. Can't help but think sometimes there could be someone in there and I wouldn't know... This episode left its mark on me lmao
I’m really looking forward the reviews of this era because this was when I really got into doctor who when I was younger. So I can’t wait to see how much my memory has failed me because of how bad these episodes were, or how good they still are
In fairness Tennant was the one who was considered to be that as well. But i see what you mean, the chemistry between him and river works but has a hint of well.....that :)
If you look closely there actually is 6 doors on that floor. Amelias door, door across, prisoner zero door, door beside prisoner zero same wall, and 1 door on both of the connecting walls. You can actually see the last “missing door” in the clip where the man is barking.
I really like this Series, it’s one of my favourites, here’s how I would personally rate each episode: - The Eleventh Hour: 10/10 - The Beast Below: 7.5/10 - Victory of the Daleks: 3/10 - The Time of Angels: 9/10 - Flesh and Stone: 9/10 - The Vampires of Venice: 7/10 (It’s really not that bad, come on.) - Amy’s Choice: 10/10 - The Hungry Earth: 5/10 - Cold Blood: 7.5/10 - Vincent and the Doctor: 9.5/10 - The Lodger: 8/10 - The Pandorica Opens: 10/10 - The Big Bang: 10/10
didn't think I'd agree so thoroughly with this, but there we go 😂 I've seen the angel episodes, the lodger and the finale get hate when I think they're all brilliant, and Chibnall's silurian episodes felt really out-of-character for everyone involved (which is why I can't vibe with them)
@@fran_03 the only thing letting down the angel episodes imo is when we see the angels move, which completely ruins the whole idea that we're not supposed to know what they look like when we're not watching them. Even in scenes where no character is looking at them, we as the viewer are - causing the angels to remain stone - which is an ingenious way of breaking the 4th wall. Other than that it's brilliant and I'd give the 2-parter a 10/10.
Don't know if anyone said this but the door your missing is to the left of the stairs its only visible in a couple shots but in the end there are 6 doors
The one thing I just could never stand about Amy was how little she seemed to care for Rory and his feelings. She's in a relationship, and, while standing there with her partner, a man starts undressing. And she just openly says that she isn't going to turn around. I get that she's sassy and sure of herself, but the way it's portrayed just kinda comes across as rather mean-spirited towards Rory
In one of Peter Davisons 5th doctor episodes, the Tardis was put sideways to fit in the cargo hold of an airplane. The Tardis shots were filmed sideways.
This is when I came in watching on a regular basis. Loved Matt Smith in the role and they really did start him off running. The Peter Pan/ Wendy analogy is a perfect description of their 11th Doctor/ Amy relationship.
I personally found this season very jarring and I think its because everything changed, new doctor, new companion, new show runner, new title sequence, new screwdriver literally everything and as a 10 year old at the time I didn't expect it to change that much and it was a lot to get used and found myself constantly comparing it to the T Davies era and didn't appreciate it for what it was
I really didn't like Smiths era at all when it aired as a kid. As I got older I realised season 5 was brilliant but 6 and 7 were almost worse than I remember them
The picture quality that began in the Matt Smith era weirded me out when I first saw the trailers for it back then. I legitimately thought it was for a movie at the time.
I don't think it's a cock up on the set design. There are 6 doors? Two doors on the end (one of which is the extra door), next to both those doors are two other doors and then two doors next to Amy and The Doctor. 6. In fact if you look at the shot with the man and the dog by the stairs, you can see 4 doors in shot (then you just count the two on the opposite side of the hallway)
@@Gxbbzee You know sets being built for a show is not an uncommon thing right? Also it would still be a mistake on someone's part if the doors were the wrong number to the script, I personally can't tell how many doors there are tho.
@@EnfysHolmes12 Yeah but they were quite clearly shooting in a house in this case. The script would have been (and probably was) altered to match the shooting location. The amount of doors The Doctor counts is correct, so Harry is the only one to have miscounted.
I love all of Matt Smith's episodes. He is by far my favourite doctor, and was the one I was introduced into doctor who with. I get why everyone prefers tennant, but mat Smith has a special place for me
This is the single best introduction. And this isn’t a bias as Matt Smith is my least favourite doctor. This is just astounding episode and to introduce someone to doctor who. They should watch blink. This and the mummy of orient express.
Please tell me how this is The Best introduction? This episode was when The show went downhill. And it’s worst considering the previous episode was the brilliant End Of Time
There are indeed 5 real doors and P-0's door on this floor. Two doors, one either side of the radiator where the doctor is, and three doors at the end of the landing (seen at 6:33) with P0's door adding a 4th and taking it up to 6
First episode of Who I ever saw (they marketed this HEAVILY in the US for the first time, figured I'd see what it was all about) and loved the Smith era because of it. Genius intro and still my favorite doc.
5:55 we can see when 11 is sitting at the end of the corridor by the radiator that there's one to the right and one to the left of him. 2 doors so far. we know there are two doors (one of which has the perception filter) in the wall opposite the stairs coming up from the ground floor, and one door in the right wall. an extra three, total of 5. in the scene with 11 running up the stairs there is possibly a sixth door to the right of the camera, but we never see this section of wall. I think there is likely one here as there is also one in that wall on the other side of the stairs in the aforementioned scene when 11 is sitting by the radiator, and also because this would be a logical explanation for the writers saying there are six - there *are* six.
I personally love this episode. Great season opener, great Doctor introduction and great introduction for Moffat as show runner. I was worried Harry was gonna hate this episode but now I’m looking forward to seeing his future reviews on stuff like victory of the Daleks, the angel 2 parter, Silurian 2 parter and the pandorica opens.
But there are six doors... One to Amy's left (the Doctor's right), one to her right and his left. One on her left on the same wall as the first door mentioned, just a little further back. The perception filter door jammed between that one and on the same wall as another door. That last door I mentioned is opposite the staircase, and to the side of that, nearly opposite the third door I mentioned, is door number six. You can see the sixth door at 6:32
This is genuinely my favourite episode of Doctor Who, beginning with my favourite Doctor. This is what introduced me to my favourite series. It was the first Doctor Who story I'd ever seen, er, read. I have vivid memories of being in school and picking out a comic adaptation of this. Well... I say adaptation... It was just stills from the episode with added speech balloons and captions. I love it.
This episode was my childhood! When I watched it again recently and I found it sad to see the remnants of David Tennant's 10th Doctor with his TARDIS, Sonic and suit still there in the moffat era even after all that's happened like Journey's end Parting of the ways...
I can't wait for the review of the Rings of Akhatan. I'm excited to see Harry get really mad at one of the greatest speeches in Doctor Who getting undermined by Clara's leaf
I have never realised about the TARDIS Key popping into Smith's new Jacket that he just picked up from the hospital dressing room. I suppose she materialized the key into his pocket as you can hear the TARDIS whoosh; I always thought it was like a microwave ding but you've just made me realize it after all these years. I've recently heard David Tennant was originally semi planned for Series 5, with Matt Smith appearing at the beginning and after 5 minutes, David Tennant would appear in The Tardis while still regenerating from the radiation for the entire series with Amy as his companion. I still wonder how that would've worked out. I'm looking forward to your future reviews, Harry.
@@PwnZombie www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=what-would-doctor-who-series-5-have-looked-like-if-david-tennant-had-stayed-on#_ Kinda got it wrong, it wasn't Matt Smith who'd crash land. It would be Regenerating David Tennant's Doctor from the future. And then after the 5 minutes, the Series 4 stay on David Tennant Doctor from our perception would come out to see future Amy. Sorry about that wrong recall.
There is a 6th door to the left of the stairs, it just cant be seen in a lot of the shots from the angles and because it is indented a little. You can see it when prisoner zero comes out of the room as the man and dog.
This was interesting. I started the episode wanting to slap him ((11 is my favorite doctor)) and by the end of it I wanted to hug him. Can’t wait to see his reaction to my favorite companion, RORY
I gotta say, the Doctor's theme for Matt Smith is freakin' outstanding. That subtle intro that signals the Doctor about to do something all...Doctor-y, gets me every time. And his monologue to the Atraxes, finishing with the Doctor's faces, and him stopping through David Tennant's face? BOOM. I was worried about a new doctor, given how much I had come to love David Tennant's portrayal, but that intro to Matt Smith sat me down and made me listen.
there are actually 6 doors on the floor. in most of the shots the door on our left (seen when facing Amy) gets cut off but there are 4 doors on that side and 2 on The Doctor's.
Series 5 was MY favourite Matt Smith series. I can always remember how excited I got watching this episode - I literally felt like we were in a brand new and refreshing era.
God I am so happy you are finally doing eleven the most impactful and dark doctors in my opinion with the best written series arches and stories with great humour! I live for him
Honestly I love this episode so much and I always will. The perfect introduction to my favourite era, doctor and companion I mean god damn moffat can write a good script when he wants to.
JustSomeRandomGuy Online mate...we’ve discussed this before...your a troll/twat now jog along and try not to start arguments with random people for no reason. Go back and watch RTD who like a cultist which by the sounds of it you really do
WackyWAA ! Oh I would proudly rewatch The RTD era any day of the week and to call me a troll because I have the same opinion of 99% of the fan base just shows how deluded you are
JustSomeRandomGuy Online yeah bro 99% of the fanbase...that’s why everyone you try to argue with disagrees with you...oh and your amazing vids that get no likes...sounds like 99% of the fanbase tbh
WackyWAA ! The viewing figures say otherwise since this is when a lot of people stopped watching and I’m old enough to remember all the criticism this series was getting from Moving weeping Angels to The Rainbow Daleks and how The finale was a confusing mess
just rewatched this episode and there are six doors, you see the extra one in a close up shot of prisoner zero just next to the one on the far left, it's the only time you see it.
An idea: What if the next incarnation of the Doctor was socially shy and completely nervous and a complete introvert like a lot of the people who exist are. The companion they chose has to encourage the Doctor to do things and has to like essentially save the day for the Doctor.
The Eleventh Hour is one of my favourite episodes from the revived series because it was Karen Gillan's debut as Amy Pond and it reminded me so much of The Girl in the Fireplace from Series 2.
Throwing away the food could’ve been done a lot faster and I thought there was a little too much filler in this episode, but this episode is pretty decent for Moffat.
There is everything you said in your video and there is the one line that always sends shivers down my spine. "Hello, I'm the Doctor.......basically....Run" these words sent an alien invasionfleet for whom it'd have been a walk in the park to incinerate the whole planet running away in fear. It again just shows the Power that even just his name has.(ofc not the acutal one)
Honestly the Atraxi taking both The Doctor and Prisoner Zero would have been a great moment. Especially if they made it so we didn't know which is the real one either.
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY. I adore your reviews but god dammit as a stereotypical younger American Matt Smith was my first doctor as I found rhe show on Netflix but skipped over most or 9 and all of 10 since 11 was the currently airing doctor. Ive wanted him for SO long even if i was scared. Cause you have made me realize things I never would have about the show and made me appreciate it alot more by bringing the fangirlness down to realistic view of the show and its budget.
11 isn't my favourite doctor, but this has to be the best first episode of a doctor. There are many great details and some callbacks, like him stealing his clothes from a hospital, like 3 did in his first episode.
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Amy did more work as a fake cop than yaz I legit forgot her name for like 19 mins she is that forgettable
Are we sure Amy isn't the police officer and Yaz the kissogram?
Copied comment, saw on a different video
@@rebeccasanderson1442 doesn't make it any less true
Lonly Wanderer no it’s his intentions of why he copied the comment more than anything
Yaz is as much of a boring Plank as is the 13th doctor and chinballs writing. Amy pond was a great companion.
It's good to see harry review a good episode from the Smith era rather than ones that he thinks are garbage (although I'm still salty over his review of Vincent and the doctor)
Agreed my friend agreed
I'm hoping his opinion might differ this time around. Because it's my favourite Smith era episode
The fact this bad episode is considered one of the best of The Moffat era just shows how bad The Show has gotten with Moffat. Put this episode in The RTD era and it would have been one of the worst
IvanDPhantom honestly I prefer him reviewing the bad ones. It’s funny when he makes fun of them
British One he’s a troll leave him
And so begins the Smith-Moffat era of Harry reviews. Looking forward to Harry going back over these.
Back in Harry’s thin ice review he said the beast below was a good episode so I hope he still likes it.
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Luke I don’t Know ???
I liked the reference to 10th doctors first episode "leaving is good, never coming back is better" in this episode
The genius of this script for me is how moffat made this *new* doctor somebody's doctor. The fact Amy grew up with this Doctor and made stories about him that seemingly most people in Ledworth knew about further cements the fact to us, the viewer, that this is indeed *the* Doctor. It was meta but didn't subtract from the story at all, only adding to it. If you take your mind back to the announcement of Matt Smith, people were not on board at all. Having this brand new actor be someone's childhood Doctor is brilliant. Moffat did this sort of meta bedding in period in capaldis first episode too and it works wonderfully there also
its infact even more clever. There is 2 diffrent Amy/Amelias´s in this episode. AND!! The answer to the biggest question of them all is hiding in plain sight; When is a duck pond with no ducks a duck pond? (Answer; when you remember the ducks from a diffrent life/Whoniverse)
AND it is even more clever then that.
Cause; the Wedding dress is for a wedding with a man that have never existed and that Amelia only remember from her other life in the other Whoniverse (due to exposure to the timevortex behind her wall) (Just as Clara, Madame Pompadore/Lady Penforte to name a few also remembered lives (days) they had never had...)
AND its even more clever then that.
Cause the Wedding dress is a signs that the TARDIS is jumping between Whoniversis (in that episode) (just as it "jumped" when Donna twice was a bride) just as it engagement ring signal jumps between whoniversis and lastly the Williams wedding..(every single time the TARDIS jumps between Whoniversis in that episodes...Just as the INTRO shows us...Hidden in plain sight.
The Script was not a genius
@@justsomerandomguyonline1144 yes, it was brilliant.
It was magical, like a dark fairy tale a child had an imaginary friend who fought against what was eating on her life.
Rather than having a relationship with their companion he was a dream that she was learning to forget.
Doctor who what now if I want to watch a fairy tale I would watch a Disney animated movie! It doesn’t suit Doctor Who which should be a Sci Fi show!
ELEVENTH HOUR: The perfect introduction to the series and era
My freaking classmate: _introduces the series to the class with _*_The Shakespeare Code_* ;_;
"I grew up"
"Don't worry, I'll soon fix that"
Ngl, I really loved the soundtracks of Matt Smith's era. I remember going to school and having that shit on repeat. The instrumentals I still listen to this day are I Am The Doctor In Utah and Together Or Not At All.
Murray Gold never disappoints but God, "I am the Doctor" and all it's other iterations are fucking amazing
I'd say the music peaked around S4/S5 but then I remember the S9 soundtrack. Murray Gold doesn't get enough credit.
Im miss Murry. He isn’t called gold for nothing
I loved Who before this but Matt Smith is my doctor. I feel like I matured along side him and became a grumpy old man at the same time as 11 but I love every single one of his episodes
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ADSpongy Matt Smith gets more shit than he deserves
i grew up with matt but growing up i prefer tenent
a person I grew up with Sylvester McCoy, but it was only with Matt Smith that I stuck with watching it regularly :)
@@odiedodieuk matt is overrated his first season was good and his other seasons are uuuuuuuuuuuh
Did anyone notice that when the doctor breaks into the hospital, there are all 3 emergency teams.
There isn’t just 3 emergency teams though.
I meant the main ones
Uploaded for us at 11am, the eleventh hour. Nice
I'm only replying to this comment to display my undying stupidity. Honestly I need to share this with someone. When you said you were in 11am I immediately googled 'what country is currently in 11am'. Before I hit enter I looked to the bottom right corner of my screen to find my bloody answer. I know I haven't affected you but you have helped me to outline the unbelievable measure of my stupidity.
Joe Gould ahahaha
I love this
@@joegould7487 did you lose track of time 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@cyberfox9713 I guess so XD
Can I also add how hype 11's theme is? It kinda radiates everything that matt Smith brings to the table 😊
Yay I was worried you would stop after Tennant :3
God I love series 5, seriously the last relatively consistently fantastic season we've had, terrifying to think it's ten years old.
holy shit no way
thats insane, 10 years??
@@mrknowhere6457 I respect what Moffat was trying to do with Series 6 but I personally think he executed it pretty badly at times. Now, it's not Series 7b bad, or series 9 or 10 bad, and most certainly it's not series 11 and 12 bad, hell no. But it fell short for me, which is a shame as I've a lot of nostalgia for the series, but I find it really hard to go back and watch half the series tbh.
Bad Meme I loved smiths era I respect people who don’t like it but when they just shit on it it makes me sad 🥺
I loved season 5 and 6. An opinion is an opinion so you guys can like whatever you like and so can everyone, so just remember that.
Hakuna mutata
Series 10 was the best what are you on about mate
Harry I can’t lie, that was the first time a TH-cam sponsorship ad has made me actually purchase the product.
Literally less than £50 for a whole 27 months that’s crazy, with no obligation to continue the subscription after that.
We have a room in my house that we always forget, a door in the basement we just pass by to wash clothes and occasionally, we remember it's there. And I can't help but think about this episode, this door has an eerie vibe. I've never seen it opened and tbh I'm kinda scared haha. I think it's just a big cupboard with centuries old jars but there's some sort of grid in the wood that could let you see through if it was well lit. Can't help but think sometimes there could be someone in there and I wouldn't know... This episode left its mark on me lmao
I’m really looking forward the reviews of this era because this was when I really got into doctor who when I was younger.
So I can’t wait to see how much my memory has failed me because of how bad these episodes were, or how good they still are
I mean you shouldn't rely on someone else's opinion, watch them again yourself and make that judgement
Kudos to Moffat for making his children's show weirdly sexual.
He’s the British Dan Schneider
How?
In fairness Tennant was the one who was considered to be that as well.
But i see what you mean, the chemistry between him and river works but has a hint of well.....that :)
@@echenexcetera5702 until the day comes he asked kids for feet pics, I don't think your point stands well.
who here is waiting for him to carve away his moffat bias by realizing Matt's run is amazing
Amazing ?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@justsomerandomguyonline1144 mostly amazing
we don't talk about series seven
Definitely not amazing. If anything Smith only had one near perfect run (series 5)
TheUnknown MonkeyTroop I’m only on series 5. Are the next 2 really that bad?
@@Zach90888 no, just enjoy them. they can be a convoluted and dumb in bits, but seriously season 6 and 7 are definitely underrated in parts.
Town called mercy, God complex and day of the doctor are my favourite Smith episodes
I wasn't ready for the end of tennents run, but Matt, that rubber face bastard, came in like a tornado and made us love him in one episode.
If you look closely there actually is 6 doors on that floor. Amelias door, door across, prisoner zero door, door beside prisoner zero same wall, and 1 door on both of the connecting walls. You can actually see the last “missing door” in the clip where the man is barking.
The next companion should be a 14 year old boy named Morty
the rick-tor
I really like this Series, it’s one of my favourites, here’s how I would personally rate each episode:
- The Eleventh Hour: 10/10
- The Beast Below: 7.5/10
- Victory of the Daleks: 3/10
- The Time of Angels: 9/10
- Flesh and Stone: 9/10
- The Vampires of Venice: 7/10 (It’s really not that bad, come on.)
- Amy’s Choice: 10/10
- The Hungry Earth: 5/10
- Cold Blood: 7.5/10
- Vincent and the Doctor: 9.5/10
- The Lodger: 8/10
- The Pandorica Opens: 10/10
- The Big Bang: 10/10
I personally hate the angel episodes, and I get bored constantly by them. But I love hearing other people’s opinions 😁
James Carr Each to their own, I feel that way with the Silurian 2 parter.
didn't think I'd agree so thoroughly with this, but there we go 😂 I've seen the angel episodes, the lodger and the finale get hate when I think they're all brilliant, and Chibnall's silurian episodes felt really out-of-character for everyone involved (which is why I can't vibe with them)
@@fran_03 the only thing letting down the angel episodes imo is when we see the angels move, which completely ruins the whole idea that we're not supposed to know what they look like when we're not watching them. Even in scenes where no character is looking at them, we as the viewer are - causing the angels to remain stone - which is an ingenious way of breaking the 4th wall. Other than that it's brilliant and I'd give the 2-parter a 10/10.
The Dodo I agree about the Silurian two-parter, I was dreadfully bored throughout.
I almost expected an 11/10.
2/10, missed opportunity.
Don't know if anyone said this but the door your missing is to the left of the stairs its only visible in a couple shots but in the end there are 6 doors
The one thing I just could never stand about Amy was how little she seemed to care for Rory and his feelings. She's in a relationship, and, while standing there with her partner, a man starts undressing. And she just openly says that she isn't going to turn around. I get that she's sassy and sure of herself, but the way it's portrayed just kinda comes across as rather mean-spirited towards Rory
This, thank you. People always overlook this aspect of Amy's character.
"20 minutes to save the world" sounds like a Labour election campaign slogan
Sounds like a cool band name
In one of Peter Davisons 5th doctor episodes, the Tardis was put sideways to fit in the cargo hold of an airplane. The Tardis shots were filmed sideways.
2:15-2:19 yes. In an episode called time-flight in 1982 with Peter Davidson
And Castrovalva too of course
Bad Meme ahhh yeah. Haven’t seen castrovalva in years.
The abominable snowman too
This is when I came in watching on a regular basis. Loved Matt Smith in the role and they really did start him off running. The Peter Pan/ Wendy analogy is a perfect description of their 11th Doctor/ Amy relationship.
There are 6 doors, 4 at the top of the stairs and 2 at the window where he's handcuffed
Think it’s really interesting that smith is keen to portray the doctors age whilst being the youngest actor.
This is a good starting episode for the beginning of a new series. It’s great to see these finally reviewed
"Get a girlfriend Jeff!
I personally found this season very jarring and I think its because everything changed, new doctor, new companion, new show runner, new title sequence, new screwdriver literally everything and as a 10 year old at the time I didn't expect it to change that much and it was a lot to get used and found myself constantly comparing it to the T Davies era and didn't appreciate it for what it was
I enjoyed his first series my interest died each year after for the next series and was roughly the same age.
I was also ten when this happened however I didn't really fully watch Doctor Who until this so it worked perfectly for me
I really didn't like Smiths era at all when it aired as a kid. As I got older I realised season 5 was brilliant but 6 and 7 were almost worse than I remember them
The picture quality that began in the Matt Smith era weirded me out when I first saw the trailers for it back then. I legitimately thought it was for a movie at the time.
I didn't realise we were supposed to see through the policewoman costume aha
there are 6 rooms you can see 4 of them at 6:33 and the last two are to the left and right of matt
I don't think it's a cock up on the set design. There are 6 doors? Two doors on the end (one of which is the extra door), next to both those doors are two other doors and then two doors next to Amy and The Doctor. 6.
In fact if you look at the shot with the man and the dog by the stairs, you can see 4 doors in shot (then you just count the two on the opposite side of the hallway)
It's not even set design. Does he think they built that house and chose the amount of rooms/doors to put in?
@@Gxbbzee You know sets being built for a show is not an uncommon thing right? Also it would still be a mistake on someone's part if the doors were the wrong number to the script, I personally can't tell how many doors there are tho.
@@EnfysHolmes12 Yeah but they were quite clearly shooting in a house in this case. The script would have been (and probably was) altered to match the shooting location. The amount of doors The Doctor counts is correct, so Harry is the only one to have miscounted.
Yeah I did a double take on the count, I think it was a cock up on Harry’s part.
6:33 You can see a 6th room. It's just not visible in most shots
the tardis was on its side during the story ‘the ice warriors’
the series 5 tardis interior is my favourite ever. I have the most nostalgia with and it's fucking beautiful!
It looks too wacky in my opinion. My favourite tardis interior is 12's.
Mine is the 9/10 one. I can see why people like 11's first one, but I've never been a fan.
Last time I was this early Chibnal wanted to cancel the Christmas special 😳
My favourite Doctor, tardis, screwdriver, doctors first episode and TH-cam channel all in one
I love all of Matt Smith's episodes. He is by far my favourite doctor, and was the one I was introduced into doctor who with. I get why everyone prefers tennant, but mat Smith has a special place for me
7:04 That old lady was a friend of my granny.
This is the single best introduction. And this isn’t a bias as Matt Smith is my least favourite doctor. This is just astounding episode and to introduce someone to doctor who. They should watch blink. This and the mummy of orient express.
Elliott Du Prat either this or Power of the Daleks
Please tell me how this is The Best introduction? This episode was when The show went downhill. And it’s worst considering the previous episode was the brilliant End Of Time
Ight
Congrats on 100K, Harry!!
Think I was around before 1K.
There are indeed 5 real doors and P-0's door on this floor.
Two doors, one either side of the radiator where the doctor is, and three doors at the end of the landing (seen at 6:33) with P0's door adding a 4th and taking it up to 6
First episode of Who I ever saw (they marketed this HEAVILY in the US for the first time, figured I'd see what it was all about) and loved the Smith era because of it. Genius intro and still my favorite doc.
5:55
we can see when 11 is sitting at the end of the corridor by the radiator that there's one to the right and one to the left of him. 2 doors so far.
we know there are two doors (one of which has the perception filter) in the wall opposite the stairs coming up from the ground floor, and one door in the right wall. an extra three, total of 5.
in the scene with 11 running up the stairs there is possibly a sixth door to the right of the camera, but we never see this section of wall. I think there is likely one here as there is also one in that wall on the other side of the stairs in the aforementioned scene when 11 is sitting by the radiator, and also because this would be a logical explanation for the writers saying there are six - there *are* six.
I personally love this episode. Great season opener, great Doctor introduction and great introduction for Moffat as show runner. I was worried Harry was gonna hate this episode but now I’m looking forward to seeing his future reviews on stuff like victory of the Daleks, the angel 2 parter, Silurian 2 parter and the pandorica opens.
But there are six doors...
One to Amy's left (the Doctor's right), one to her right and his left.
One on her left on the same wall as the first door mentioned, just a little further back.
The perception filter door jammed between that one and on the same wall as another door.
That last door I mentioned is opposite the staircase, and to the side of that, nearly opposite the third door I mentioned, is door number six.
You can see the sixth door at 6:32
This is genuinely my favourite episode of Doctor Who, beginning with my favourite Doctor. This is what introduced me to my favourite series. It was the first Doctor Who story I'd ever seen, er, read. I have vivid memories of being in school and picking out a comic adaptation of this. Well... I say adaptation... It was just stills from the episode with added speech balloons and captions. I love it.
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@JustSomeNoName no
This episode was my childhood!
When I watched it again recently and I found it sad to see the remnants of David Tennant's 10th Doctor with his TARDIS, Sonic and suit still there in the moffat era even after all that's happened like Journey's end Parting of the ways...
Im so happy harry loved the first matt smith episode, I hope this continues
I can't wait for the review of the Rings of Akhatan. I'm excited to see Harry get really mad at one of the greatest speeches in Doctor Who getting undermined by Clara's leaf
I have never realised about the TARDIS Key popping into Smith's new Jacket that he just picked up from the hospital dressing room.
I suppose she materialized the key into his pocket as you can hear the TARDIS whoosh; I always thought it was like a microwave ding but you've just made me realize it after all these years.
I've recently heard David Tennant was originally semi planned for Series 5, with Matt Smith appearing at the beginning and after 5 minutes, David Tennant would appear in The Tardis while still regenerating from the radiation for the entire series with Amy as his companion. I still wonder how that would've worked out.
I'm looking forward to your future reviews, Harry.
Source?
@@PwnZombie www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=what-would-doctor-who-series-5-have-looked-like-if-david-tennant-had-stayed-on#_
Kinda got it wrong, it wasn't Matt Smith who'd crash land. It would be Regenerating David Tennant's Doctor from the future. And then after the 5 minutes, the Series 4 stay on David Tennant Doctor from our perception would come out to see future Amy.
Sorry about that wrong recall.
Wow the Season 5 review so soon huh? That just made my day, thanks Harry!
There is a 6th door to the left of the stairs, it just cant be seen in a lot of the shots from the angles and because it is indented a little. You can see it when prisoner zero comes out of the room as the man and dog.
I’m still eagerly waiting for the titles ranking
It is criminal that you dont have at least 500k subs! Love the content man
This was interesting. I started the episode wanting to slap him ((11 is my favorite doctor)) and by the end of it I wanted to hug him. Can’t wait to see his reaction to my favorite companion, RORY
The companion that became a Timelord =) (in a diffrent show)...
Fun fact; there is a companion that acctully became a Timelord (in the new series)
I gotta say, the Doctor's theme for Matt Smith is freakin' outstanding. That subtle intro that signals the Doctor about to do something all...Doctor-y, gets me every time. And his monologue to the Atraxes, finishing with the Doctor's faces, and him stopping through David Tennant's face? BOOM. I was worried about a new doctor, given how much I had come to love David Tennant's portrayal, but that intro to Matt Smith sat me down and made me listen.
I think my favourite thing about the Moffat era is how colourful the setpieces are and it stands out especially in the first episode.
there are actually 6 doors on the floor. in most of the shots the door on our left (seen when facing Amy) gets cut off but there are 4 doors on that side and 2 on The Doctor's.
That " hello, im the doctor " speech has gotta be my fave moment from the revival, fight me
Series 5 was MY favourite Matt Smith series. I can always remember how excited I got watching this episode - I literally felt like we were in a brand new and refreshing era.
God I am so happy you are finally doing eleven the most impactful and dark doctors in my opinion with the best written series arches and stories with great humour! I live for him
Ah yes the Moffat era, time to be frustrated and gnashing my teeth that Moffat forgot about River after Series 6
13:53 another “How the f**k have I never noticed that before” moment.
The TARDIS has been on its side in Time-flight and one other I can't be bothered to remember
"The question will be asked, and the silence will fall"...still got goose bumps when I even say that words
Used to hate prisoner zero, it was terrifying. Same with the smilers.
Honestly I love this episode so much and I always will. The perfect introduction to my favourite era, doctor and companion I mean god damn moffat can write a good script when he wants to.
a harrys haunted house video for my birthday, the best gift yet
Good for you Slabhead
This is probably the greatest Doctor debut episode ever. It just gets everything right.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
And thus, MY Who era began. And what a era to be introduced to!
You have not taste if this is your era and if I was introduced to this era I would have stopped watching after this episode
JustSomeRandomGuy Online mate...we’ve discussed this before...your a troll/twat now jog along and try not to start arguments with random people for no reason. Go back and watch RTD who like a cultist which by the sounds of it you really do
WackyWAA ! Oh I would proudly rewatch The RTD era any day of the week and to call me a troll because I have the same opinion of 99% of the fan base just shows how deluded you are
JustSomeRandomGuy Online yeah bro 99% of the fanbase...that’s why everyone you try to argue with disagrees with you...oh and your amazing vids that get no likes...sounds like 99% of the fanbase tbh
WackyWAA ! The viewing figures say otherwise since this is when a lot of people stopped watching and I’m old enough to remember all the criticism this series was getting from Moving weeping Angels to The Rainbow Daleks and how The finale was a confusing mess
just rewatched this episode and there are six doors, you see the extra one in a close up shot of prisoner zero just next to the one on the far left, it's the only time you see it.
The Smith Era was amazing
No it was not!
@@justsomerandomguyonline1144 I liked it
DG46 same
@@justsomerandomguyonline1144 oh its this guy. He literally hates on everything past Tennet. Personally, I found season 5, 6, and 7 to be pretty good.
S5 was great. S6 and S7 both started out with a lot of promise but went downhill in their second halves, more so with S7 which got SO boring.
An idea: What if the next incarnation of the Doctor was socially shy and completely nervous and a complete introvert like a lot of the people who exist are. The companion they chose has to encourage the Doctor to do things and has to like essentially save the day for the Doctor.
11th hour is probably my favourite intro episode
The Eleventh Hour is one of my favourite episodes from the revived series because it was Karen Gillan's debut as Amy Pond and it reminded me so much of The Girl in the Fireplace from Series 2.
Congratulations on 100k!!
Throwing away the food could’ve been done a lot faster and I thought there was a little too much filler in this episode, but this episode is pretty decent for Moffat.
I had an action figure of prisnor zero where the gross bit they hanged from the ceiling was a big splodge of transparent jelly
I love that Amy Pond does more police work in one episode as a kissogram than Yaz does in two seasons as an actual police officer
There is everything you said in your video and there is the one line that always sends shivers down my spine. "Hello, I'm the Doctor.......basically....Run" these words sent an alien invasionfleet for whom it'd have been a walk in the park to incinerate the whole planet running away in fear. It again just shows the Power that even just his name has.(ofc not the acutal one)
The era that opened up Doctor Who across the Atlantic, and across the world
Shame it’s ending was so disappointing
fun fact the child actor of Amelia is actually Karen Gillan's (Amy in the show) real-life cousin. She pushed to have her cousin to be in the show.
I'd probably be a little annoyed about that if she didn't do such a good job.
What do you mean, growing out of Doctor Who? Is such a thing even possible?
Yes
No
Honestly the Atraxi taking both The Doctor and Prisoner Zero would have been a great moment. Especially if they made it so we didn't know which is the real one either.
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY. I adore your reviews but god dammit as a stereotypical younger American Matt Smith was my first doctor as I found rhe show on Netflix but skipped over most or 9 and all of 10 since 11 was the currently airing doctor. Ive wanted him for SO long even if i was scared. Cause you have made me realize things I never would have about the show and made me appreciate it alot more by bringing the fangirlness down to realistic view of the show and its budget.
This was my first episode of the show and it made me fall in love with it, it's so good and this season is still my favorite.
This is a terrible episode and The start of The Show going downhill and Series 5 is absolutely terrible.
JustSomeRandomGuy Online series is my favourite series of doctor who
This episode is 11 years old this year! The first episode of the 11th doctor and its called the 11th hour
11 isn't my favourite doctor, but this has to be the best first episode of a doctor. There are many great details and some callbacks, like him stealing his clothes from a hospital, like 3 did in his first episode.
aha yes, I've been waiting for you to get to Smith! this is when I started watching as a kid, I'm excited to see you review my favourites
I love the 11th doctor and looking back at he’s stuff I still love his role as doctor who
All he did when he became 12 was put up some furniture. The TARDIS itself had already changed during Matt's run.