Matt Smith uttered the best line in television history in the doctors wife.Answering houses comment about killing time lords Matt replied "fear me I killed them all" epic
My Favourite smith stories 10. Hide 9. Vincent and the dr 8. The dr’s wife 7. The lodger 6. Day of the dr 5. A good man goes to war 4. The god complex 3. The eleventh hour 2. impossible astronaut/day of the moon 1 Amy’s choice
@@TheseUseless I think the God Complex is the most overlooked episode ever. It is literally perfect in every way, apart from one thing which was the doctor's room, which they still played well
At least the speech in Akhaten and the music was pretty great in isolation. The rest of the episode is forgettable though. Plus literally everything up to the new paradigm daleks was great in Victory of the Daleks.
i always found it funny that it felt that they were teasing a big story for the paradigm daleks, apart from the design which i remember even as a kid at the time comparing them to the power rangers but then nothing happened. There was that one in "the big bang" and they made a cameo in the pandorica opens but come on. Daleks more power and stronger than ever
Spartan155 The paradigm Daleks were at least refreshing after 4 seasons of constant bronze and blandness. I digged the style, but it did grow old after a while.
@@alexmaclellan5631 Literally the only other time they reappear, it's in the Oswin Oswald episode, where literally JUST the original ones appear amongst hundreds of the normal Daleks. Like, why would they not pump out more daleks if they're so much better? And also, would the new paradigm daleks not kill the goldeny bronze daleks, considering them inferior? THEY DO THAT TO OTHER DALEKS WHICH ARE JUST THE GOLDENY BRONZE DALEKS IN DISGUISE, IN VICTORY OF THE DALEKS! Edit: taking out some literallies.
Oh got, I never noticed his lack of eyebrows. :D I'll never be able to unsee that. Tha being said, I liked Matt Smith. Even though his time as the Doctor has the least amount of episodes that I really enjoy it's not his fault. He was actually really good at portraying the "weird old man trapped in a young man's body" part.
Hmm. You say "I could have taken an entire series of Trenzalore" and I wonder if that is one of the main issues people have with the episode. It tries to cram an entire season's worth of story/concept into one 60 minute episode. I don't hate the episode, but I don't love it either and I suspect that's why - it had some cool ideas but ultimately felt superficial because none of it was really given enough time to resonate. I could probably take an entire season of just Smith talking to Handles... xD
Rebel Flesh & Almost People are brilliant imo. Loved them. Smith is my favourite Doctor, he’s such a complex character, he’s kind, loving, has a child like mind but can switch in to an angry, vengeful man in an instant. It’s like he’s scared of his own rage because if he lets himself slip, he has no clue of what he could truly be capable of. Absolutely brilliant.
He's not complex! He didn't even have a character arc! And Tennant did the anger waaaaay better. Matt Smith always sounded like a dumb kid, or a crazy old man when he made speeches. Too shouty. Tennant spoke with real conviction.
Tennant just shouted all the time whether he was excited or angry. Felt he was a bit too one note. Smith's performance had a bit more nuance to it. Interesting how we have the same perception for the opposite actor!
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 jesus your one of those fans. you are completely wrong here. just because 10 is your fave doesnt mean everything else is shit. and he did have a character arc, your just too dull to notice
I completely agree with your opinions of Time of the Doctor. It always makes me emotional knowing it’s Matt Smith’s last-hurrah, and is quite possibly his best performance as the Doctor. He is in his element as the Grandad-guardian of Trensalore. Honestly just thinking about it is making me want to go and watch it right now Edit: How can they make a disembodied Cyberman head a more compelling companion than Martha?
Series 7 I just thought was pretty meh in my opinion, but mostly serviceable overall, personally I hated series 6 the most, despite having at least 2 of my favourite 11th doctor episodes (the doctors wife & the god complex) I hated most of the episodes, I Thought the series arc was overall badly executed (like all 11th doctor series arcs were) one of the episodes has the doctor befriend Henry Avery, one of the most infamous pirates in history, who was a MASS MURDERER and RAPIST (curse of the black spot, a good man goes to war) and the episode “let’s kill hitler” is in my opinion, THE WORST EPISODE in the shows history, muddling river songs backstory with such LAZY, INSUFFERABLE writing, showing little to no interest in exploring the historical setting of the episode, and FORCING a separate sub plot about INCOMPETENT time travelling justice... police???.... which honestly makes it feel like 2 episodes had been merged into one horrifically written mess!!!!
@@jasonpaulbaker1 Yeah, the overall consensus is that the season 6 arc was pretty poorly done, i mean, for starters it's overly complicated, or atleast it's trying to be, i think Moffat can be an INSANELY good writer, but he also tends to just make things up as he goes. As well as that, the ending makes no sense, it's literally just "The Doctor needs to die" *another person dies* "Good job" I mean, did the doctor really just outsmart time and space, and bypass a fixed point in time BY DRESSING UP?!
Best: 5. The Pandorica Opens - I'm counting two-part stories as two seperate episodes. This one is iconic, it's hard hitting, it's fun, and it's easily rewatchable. 4. Time Of Angels - The atmosphere of this epsiode is Phenomenal. It's spooky, it's exciting, it's liminal, it's everything. River Song is also at her best in this episode. At the same time, a lot happens in this epsiode without it feeling overbloated. Amazing epsiode all around. 3. Day Of The Doctor - What can I say that hasn't already been said? 2. The God Complex - This one is an underrated gem. It is exciting, spooky, and more. The characters are easy to connect with, and while you are watching you get a sense of mystery and excitement throughout. It's so underrated! 1. The Impossible Astronaut - This is possibly top 10 episodes in Doctor Who history, and I'm talking 1963 and up. This is amazing. The action is amazing, the romance is amazing, the mystery is amazing, and a beautiful showcase of my favorite Nu-Who Tardis team: River, 11, Amy, and Rory. Worst: 5. The Wedding Of River Song - This really feels like Moffat has a bunch of different ideas for a finale, you he just crammed them all into one. This is the most overflowed episode since the Keys of Marinus, and that's not an overstatement. 4. Let's Kill H*tler - A dumb concept with an even worse execution. They save Hitler's life, and then the writers forget that he was in this episode. Also, the idea of tiny humans controlling a life-sized human robot is so dumb. The stakes are also as low as they can possibly be, with floating octopus robots. They aslo ruined River, making her insanely annoying and unlikeable. 3. The Power Of Three - I guess Doctor Who is an underdeveloped sitcom now. This episode just feels boring, and this is coming from somebody with a pretty good attention span. The worst part about this episode is the end, where The Doctor just waves around his Sonic and the day is saved. This episode also feels way to tryhard, with ultimately Forgettable speeches. 2. Nightmare In Silver - This is the textbook example of what not to do in a Doctor Who episode. The rules are simple: Don't overstuff it, don't be to childish, don't be to dark, don't use unlikeable characters, and don't use stupid concepts. This one manages to break all of these rules, as it constantly goes back and Fourth on whether it should be a childish episode for little kids or a dark and depressing epsiode for older audiences. I might also sound like an NPC for this, but it should've been a two-parter. 1. Dinosaurs On A Spaceship - It's as stupid as it sounds. This episode feels like it was made for genuine toddlers. With comic relief villians that won't shut up, and historical figures being there for litterly no reason, this episode is absolutely horrid.
The girl who waited is literally the best episode ever,I’m serious it’s a rlly good contained story that always gets overlooked as average and I think it’s the most overlooked ever. Also I’d say Christmas coral is as well I do agree with u there.
The girl who waited is my favourite episode of new who period love everything about this episode mainly how dark the doctor was at the end and how emotional it was
I did not really like the girl who waited. I like the concept of the virtual leisure activities and the two rooms that acted very strangely, but I was not really interested by the way it was executed.
I actually really love the akhaten speech and it is the only reason I even remember the episode. If it isn't my favorite doctor speech then it is atleast top 3. I just love the emotion and how it truly gives an insight into the doctor's true struggles. But hey that's just my opinion.
I know it's all subjective but man do I strongly disagree with your list. The Crimson Horror is brilliant, Rings of akhaten is under appreciated and has one of 11s best speeches, A christmas carol number 1? really? and you out time of the doctor on there???? The Eleventh Hour is one of the best as well as Amy's Choice and The Girl That Waited
11th hour was amazing, and a great way to introduce a new doctor, especially after the ending of Tennant's run. But I did not really like the girl who waited. I like the concept of the virtual leisure activities and the different rooms, but I was not really interested by the way it was executed.
Country Toads Take Me Home I personally think Eleventh Hour might be the best Doctor intro episode, at least for modern Who, I think the true best one might be 1963's An Unearthly Child, but that's a different can of worms. Anyway, in my opinion: 5. Deep Breath 4. The Woman Who Fell to Earth 3. Christmas Invasion 2. Rose 1. The Eleventh Hour
and no one has ever matched it. Fans like to hear other doctors do each others speeches, many can do the Pandorrica speech, the going home speech and others but none can match Matts heart broken fury of Akhten. But then no one and I mean NO ONE can match Capaldis Zygon speech so significant for modern times, whats more rumour has it he DID IT IN ONE TAKE not even Matt Smith can match that
I always thought that the rebel flesh and the almost people were going to be two part cyberman stories as they were kind of pegged to be a returning villain in the 2011 run as they do sound like cyberman titles. instead we got talking goo, identity politics, a seemingly promising cyberman cameo at the start of a good man goes to war which led nowhere else and the abomination "closing time" again more about identity politics and whether matt smith was going to make out with james corden more than the cybermen presence.
I got time of the doctor on DVD for Christmas one year and loved it I cried when I saw Matt Smith go but little did I know I'd end up loving 12 so much! I still have the DVD to I agree with you on that one :)
I agree with this so much, I'm happy to find someone else who loves Time of the Doctor as much as I do, but I'm not gonna lie, I love Rings of Akhettan. It's not my favourite ever, but as far as the episodes where the doctor saves the day by just "Saying his name", I find it's the best that's been done. I also love Closing Time so much, it's the funniest episode ever and a nice break from the series 6 story arch.
Filmflicker Cinema more power to you! But yeah, it’s likely there will never be a better story for me than Time. I bought the story on Blu-ray and the exclusive ‘Handles’ funko. It converted me to a Moffat defender for life.
The Crimson Horror is my favorite Gatiss episode. My main issue with Victory isn't the redesign but was the ending where he just thought really heart warming humany thoughts and was no longer a bomb as if that made any kind of sense. I know there have been similar plot elements in other episodes but this and Hide are love conquers all just not working. I liked that the daleks got away. I think The Time of the Doctor is horribly underrated. The only thing I'd change would be not bothering to call the town Christmas but that's just a nitpick. I would have preferred it as a multi part story but it's still a great episode.
11 is my favourite doctor because I only really got into doctor who when 10 finished and 11 started and for a similar reason basically all of my favourite episodes are Amy and Rory ones 😅 because I started with 11 I found it really hard to go back and watch all the old episodes but after months of work I finally did it
You never forget your first Doctor, I personally can't wait for the episode with mine, 9. There is such a nostalgic tint to the Amy/Rory episodes tho, they're best TARDIS team.
SamyulDavis Amy and Rory were such different companions compared to all the others because of their relationship with each other and the doctor and how each separate relationship affected all of them. the episodes with them in it always seemed like another chapter in their life that I was witnessing and I was so sad to see them go 😭
I feel like the whole River Song story arc was reeeeally edgy and they need to give it a rest with the whole "everyone's a psychopath and it's so sexy to be a psychopath and everything has to be sexy"
Every person has their doctor and eleven was mine. He was the first doctor whose first episode I saw when it first aired. I watched the odd episode before, like silence in the library, but I remember the day after the eleventh hour, at an after school club in year seven at my secondary school, two girls saying they preferred Tennant, and me just stood near, silently seething. Just the thought of his regeneration always makes my well up.
I actually loved every episode you said you didnt in this video except for the crimson horror and I absolutely hated a town called mercy. I loved the Moffat era and eleven used to be my favorite doctor (even though hes been bumped behind 12 and 9 over time) I love the dark mystery tragedy of doctor who and eleven had that for me before 12 came along. Mysterys are my favorite part of who. (maybe that's my I binged sherlock in a sitting)
i'm not sure if it's in my top five, but a nightmare in silver i always felt was a rather fantastic episode. it has flaws, but it's one of the few episodes for me where the cybermen actually felt bone-chillingly threatening. i felt like it paid omage to the scifi trope of the 'the horror of the unstoppable, exponential growth of technology' brilliantly as it always reminded me of the scifi concept that i'm perhaps most scared of: grey goo. tiny robots that spread out among the stars with to produce more tiny robots. never slowing, never faltering, just consuming galaxy after galaxy and turning the available resources into more of itself. everything from cyber doctor (smith plays a great villain), to the cybers patching weaknesses on the fly, to the threat level being so high that the sacrifice of an entire planet for even one of them is justified. god it's just.. so good.
Gotta say, I loved Deep Breath. I actually hoped (and still do) that 12 would have kept his raggedy, victorian, propably stolen outfit from that episode, instead of getting The navy red-lined suitjacket.
Honestly i loved the season 6 finale. I’d like to see what RTD would do but imo moffat did it awesomely. Maybe its just me but i love the whole moffat mysteries.
I agree with most of your best list but I'd replace a town called mercy with the doctor's wife. The tardis being put into a human form and the dynamic she has with mat smith was amazing.
I'm so relieved you loved Matt Smith as much as I did. I stopped watching when he first arrived because I thought he was a ridiculous choice as Doctor Who. Way too young - he just didn't look the part. How wrong could I be? An old man inside a young man's body, he carries it off perfectly - his chemistry with EVERYONE especially Amy (and River) is second to none. Those three seasons are a bizarre combination of Matt's eccentric talent with Moffat's erratic writing. Moffat's strength became his Achilles heel for sure. The Silence, and Clara (or Oswin Oswald) in Asylum were the highlights for me, but the writer's absolute failure was his inability to solve the incredible breathtaking mysteries he'd created and his failure to kill off characters once and for all. In the end I'd have to record every episode because each plot was so convoluted I had to rewatch a few times to try and work out what the hell was going on (didn't you get the feeling he was over it by season 7? Murdering weeping angels???). My children are watching these three seasons for the second time and I find I still have to help them understand the Amy and Clara time streams. I'm not even convincing myself when I explain it. Well done on this review - can't believe the western and the shark Xmas story are there and no mention of Tom Baker in Day which made me cry inconsolably for an hour. In hindsight, his successor may be the greatest Doctor of all.
while I agree that his era was a mixed bag, ur also right about the fact that he nailed the 'old man who still acts like a child' bit. he was such a beautiful complex doctor, (some fans often try to limit him by labelling him as one thing and saying they don't like it, but he was very complex and possessed a lot of many aspects to his personality). also, he was kind and endearing, but wasn't PC, which I liked. but then, he could be angry, bitter, but he could change his persona at the drop of a hat. and I like that he tried to keep things light. He's one of my favorites. Smith played him to perfection. but, I admit that I like Rings of Ahkaten and Rebel Flesh/Almost People--a lot. I also really enjoy Crimson Horror. it's so beautifully weird and I thought the paternoster gang was amusing. I also like characters being witty sometimes. I know people believe that his female characters don't feel real, but b4 moffat took over, the first two years of new doctor who felt very soap opera-esque and there was such an overabundance of drama that got me down eventually. i love series 3, but the doctor caused drama himself. that may be a concept of 'real', but sometimes, I like to get away from reality. sometimes, moffat's characterization helped me get away and kind of live in a fantasy. still, great video!
The only episodes I dislike of 11s run was the entirety of Series 7 Part 2, besides Name of The Doctor which was great. Honestly, everything else, YES, including s6 finale was either brilliant, enjoyable filler or just perfect. The s6 finale, I thought it was brilliant in how it wrapped everything up but also opened new doors regarding new questions “Doctor... Who?”. My favourite about s6 is the plot development and build up. Similar with s5. s7 was good for the first half but ignore the second beside the finale and all’s good.
I watched this episode before watching most of this era but I thought Rings of Ahkaten looked awesome and Town Called Mercy did not seem interested. I still think The Doctors speech in the Rings of Ahkaten was one of the best Matt Smith moments in Doctor Who but it is ruined by Clara stepping in and undermining not just The 11th Doctor but The Doctor in general. Town Called Mercy is so powerful. Handling the idea of making up for past mistakes in such a unique and touching manner
The Wedding of River Song is what killed the series for me. That was the moment I realised Moffat didn't have anywhere near the handle on things that I thought he did.
Honestly, the Daleks in the Victory Of The Daleks should’ve been coloured Gold, Black, Silver, White and Red. Then we should’ve got a kind of Cult of Skaro idea but reinvented, 5 remaining Daleks made to imagine and expand the Daleks in the Universe. With them all being unique in their own ways, it’d be quite extraordinary to see one die too, because there’s only 5. Then after several sequels, we have one left...
Best: The Eleventh Hour The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone (Two parters count as one story) The Vampires of Venice Amy’s Choice Vincent and the Doctor The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang A Christmas Carol The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon The Doctor’s Wife A Good Man Goes to War The Girl who Waited The God Complex A Town Called Mercy The Angels Take Manhattan The Snowmen The Bells of Saint John The Name of the Doctor Worst: The Lodger Let’s Kill Hitler The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe Cold War- only because it’s ending feels rushed Closing Time That’s just my personal opinion- I’m much more of an Amy and Rory fan than a Clara fan
MaccamatBux Animations, I don’t necessarily hate it, but compared to the rest of series 5 it really falls flat for me. More power to you if you found something to like in it that I can’t 🙂
I dont get how you can say series 7 was so bad and then have 3/5 of the best episodes in the era from that season. Imo series 7 is vastly underrated despite some of its shortcomings in the form of a few bad episodes
My only complaint about "the Day of the Doctor" is the Peter Capaldi's doctor had to be horse-shoed in for fan service. He serves no purpose. His screwdriver couldn't be used to help save Galifrey so why was he there?
I was insulted that it was the FIFITH anniversary but had onlt new who up to the very end! From 4th upwards all of the classic doctors are still alive, they couldnt be put in some where? Any where? The cameo from the great one at the end raised the roof where I was when it happened, but what about everyone else. NOT cool and not a true celebration!
Huh you’ll never convince me that the flaws aren’t the stupidity of the War Doctor who should have been McGann or the rather underwhelming realisation of the Last Great Time War
The rebel flesh was good because it terrified the shit out of me. It gave me nightmares for a week until The Almost People Aired and the resolution calmed me.
The Matt Smith era had the most underrated and overrated episodes of all time imo. Amazing episodes like Vincent and the Doctor and Amy's Choice are always forgotten but bad stories like A Good Man goes to War and Rings of Ahkaten are praised by most fans. I think Matt Smith is so forgettable because you can't remember how good his seasons were, and i think Jodie's facing the same issue. Season 6, 7 and 11 are just so forgettable because it's filled with so much "Meh" that everyone just forgets the good parts.
Odd choice. I would have put Day of the Doctor as one of the worst episodes. Top 5 Smith stories for me are: 1. Pandorica Opens/Big Bang 2. Good Man Goes To War 3. Wedding of River Song 4. First story of Series 6 (Sorry, I forgot the names) It's the one in America 1969, with the Silents 5. The Weeping Angel 2-parter in Series 5
I only learned recently that the 50th and Time of the Doctor aren't rated very highly by the general fanbase. Odd, though I was primarily a 2005 revival fan first. I'm also a massive fan of John Hurt and the Time War so this was just fantastic to watch in the cinema. My favourite Who experience. We have verrrrry different lists I notice, your 2 & 3 I can't stand for example. As I said in-vid, whenever the plot focuses on River there's an unsatisfying slug of convoluted ideas and non-answers to be had. I'm glad that went away for the most part with Capaldi's era.
Hi! I agree with most of your list (which is a relatively difficult challange) however I personally would have made number one journy to the center of the tardis will always be and has always been my favorite episode.
Smith "doesn't get outplayed" mainly because Tennant appeared to have completely forgotten his character in the 50th. Even a Tennant fanboy was unimpressecd
Aww I really loved the Akahten Speech. It's one of those speeches fans bring to older Doctors in conventions, and a speech recreated by fan impersonations. Also, I don't really understand the hate for the new Dalek designs. What's wrong with them? Is it the colors? I don' think the colors are bad...
I love the monologues. Smith can really punch them out too, but this one felt like a step too far. The episode was transparent, and once you recognise the pattern of 'the Doctor defeating the monster by shouting at it' trope, it's pretty unavoidable. And yeah, a bright crayon-yellow, stocky dalek is something even I (a rampant dalek defender fanboy) can't justify. Thanks for the comment, more power to you if you like them!
I honestly find Akhaten (and Eleventh's run with Clara) to be some of the best work of this era. Season 5 is probably the worst modern season I've watched so far, Season 6 is... okay, but falls flat in the end, and the Ponds random write off simply pissed me off.
11 and Clara are the only episodes were I actually consider 11 as the Doctor. For me RoA showed the absolutely weird and bizarre aspect of SciFi that I like in Doctor Who. It didn't feel nerdy(like a TON of 11's episodes were nerdy). It felt otherworldly and eerie. 9 definitely has that feel too.
Cameron Kiesser early Clara is insufferable for me and this was a Greenscreen runaround where the day was saved by using the sonic screwdriver as a magic wand weapon and over dramatic monologues
i hate the seriousness of 11. it frustrates me when he tries to be all dark and cold. it ruins the levity of his character and makes me distrust him in a way that i wasn't sure was intended. basically all of series 7 except cold war is unwatchable
I would say the paradigm Daleks weren’t bad. They were a refreshing take on the Daleks taking away the bronze and old looking design for some newer colorful ones. Also I think it’s funny how some people forget that the Daleks were actually colored in the classic series and they immediately conclude that when New Who does it, it has to be a cheap marketing scheme. Also what a lot of people including DAVIS don’t want to mention is that the paradigm Daleks were brought back after this, specifically in the episode “Asylum of the Daleks.” But SCREW FACTS I just wanna complain, right?? Isn’t that how it goes? Lol. People just need to grow up sometimes. Liked the rest of the review!
Although I will say, vincent and the doctor is a beautiful episode But the suicide/depression thing is mainly only from a play/book about him years later.. It was great for the bittersweet story but It isn't historically accurate haha He didn't kill himself, he was shot by a local hooligan that had been messing with him, but knew his brother and didn't want him getting in trouble, so he lied about what happened He was shot in the side and had just been out painting All the locals knew, but the narrative he was suicidal caught on years later and stuck, just like Brits incorrectly calling him van goff haha There's a great episode of Unsolved on youtube with Ryan and Shane that cover the story for anyone curious
I thoroughly disagree with you on many, many aspects of what you said in this video for example, I think that The Wedding of Riversong was amazing - possibly the best episode of 11's run and I honestly didn't really like A Christmas Carol. Matt Smith is my doctor :p. Great video though, I love that you exist 'cause I really love hearing someone with such interesting opinions' views on my favourite show of all time.
I will never quite understand how I can love Mark Gatiss, but not really care about most of the episodes he wrote. He has a love of Horror and Pertwee, that never quite translates properly to the screen. His audio 'Phantasmagoria' is alright though.
I quite liked The Rebel Flesh two-parter. Yeah, it's basically a retread of The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, but I liked that type of story and am happy to see it again. How many invading aliens stories have we seen on Doctor Who? It's nice to mix it up with some morally grey aliens sometimes Rebel Flesh is... fine. It has that pretty epic *two* twists leading into "A good man goes to war". And conceptually it's pretty cool - conveniently grown remote-access bodies developing their own sentience. Personally I'd put The Power of Three (with it's great initial concept and terrible half-assed ending), The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone (with it's screwing up the awesomeness that is the Weeping Angels), Vampires of Venice (with its... vampire fish-people?) and the Curse of the Black Spot (with it's general mehness) below The Rebel Flesh.
I don’t know if I’ve ever felt more like I was in the bizarro world, because whilst I am terrible at ranking things, Davis’ entire worst list would almost certainly be in the running for my favourite Matt smith’s episodes.
@@SamyulDavis Although admittedly, your best list would also probably be a contender, so maybe I just have too high an opinion of this era in general 😂. Nothing beats Christmas carol.
I watched every episode from Eccelston to mid Capaldi but remember nothing about the metal flash or whatever its called. So forgettable I don't even remember the title after staring at it in this video.
@@peacefuldawn6823 The so called romance with River Song ruined Smith's era for me. It's the most unconvincing thing I've ever had to watch. And that sham wedding. Ugh!
Swap Rebel flesh/The almost people and a town called mercy and I’d agree with most of it. I think the only glaring issue with the wedding of river song is that it was one part - there wasn’t loads of expansion and I think another hour of storytelling and fleshing everything out would’ve made it one of the better finales
top 5 best: 5. Cold War 4.God Complex 3. Eleventh Hour 2. Doctor's Wife 1. Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone Honourable mentions: Hide, Time of the Doctor,Vincent and the doctor, The Pandora Opens,Impossible Astronaut/ Day of the moon, A good man goes to war, The girl who waited. Top 5 worst: 5.Closing Time 4.Night Terrors 3. The Angels Take Manhattan 2.Nightmare in Silver 1.Journey to the Centre Of the Tardis
Thank you. Wedding of River Song is one wretch of a finale. Moffat dug himself a big hole with Miss Walking Innuendo so he marries her off to a robot in aborted timeline.
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the obvious reason why his eyebrows left is that he was saving eyebrow energy for 12
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Matt Smith uttered the best line in television history in the doctors wife.Answering houses comment about killing time lords Matt replied "fear me I killed them all" epic
My Favourite smith stories
10. Hide
9. Vincent and the dr
8. The dr’s wife
7. The lodger
6. Day of the dr
5. A good man goes to war
4. The god complex
3. The eleventh hour
2. impossible astronaut/day of the moon
1 Amy’s choice
Personally, my favourite was the god complex, but the silurian episode was surprisingly decent.
@@TheseUseless I think the God Complex is the most overlooked episode ever. It is literally perfect in every way, apart from one thing which was the doctor's room, which they still played well
At least the speech in Akhaten and the music was pretty great in isolation. The rest of the episode is forgettable though. Plus literally everything up to the new paradigm daleks was great in Victory of the Daleks.
i always found it funny that it felt that they were teasing a big story for the paradigm daleks, apart from the design which i remember even as a kid at the time comparing them to the power rangers but then nothing happened. There was that one in "the big bang" and they made a cameo in the pandorica opens but come on. Daleks more power and stronger than ever
@@alexmaclellan5631 because of the huge fan backlash
Spartan155 The paradigm Daleks were at least refreshing after 4 seasons of constant bronze and blandness. I digged the style, but it did grow old after a while.
GO! GO! POWER DALEEEKS! *epic guitar riff*
@@alexmaclellan5631 Literally the only other time they reappear, it's in the Oswin Oswald episode, where literally JUST the original ones appear amongst hundreds of the normal Daleks. Like, why would they not pump out more daleks if they're so much better? And also, would the new paradigm daleks not kill the goldeny bronze daleks, considering them inferior? THEY DO THAT TO OTHER DALEKS WHICH ARE JUST THE GOLDENY BRONZE DALEKS IN DISGUISE, IN VICTORY OF THE DALEKS!
Edit: taking out some literallies.
Oh got, I never noticed his lack of eyebrows. :D I'll never be able to unsee that. Tha being said, I liked Matt Smith. Even though his time as the Doctor has the least amount of episodes that I really enjoy it's not his fault. He was actually really good at portraying the "weird old man trapped in a young man's body" part.
I love Matt Smith. He's just so good, he can go from great joy, to pent up rage, to bottled sadness.
He's brilliant at his entire range. Only 1-2 episodes I can think of that have even a mediocre performance from the Smith.
Hmm. You say "I could have taken an entire series of Trenzalore" and I wonder if that is one of the main issues people have with the episode. It tries to cram an entire season's worth of story/concept into one 60 minute episode.
I don't hate the episode, but I don't love it either and I suspect that's why - it had some cool ideas but ultimately felt superficial because none of it was really given enough time to resonate. I could probably take an entire season of just Smith talking to Handles... xD
Yeah. I could really enjoy a whole U.N.I.T. style series with 11 defending Trenzalore, but as an episode, it doesn't work.
Rebel Flesh & Almost People are brilliant imo. Loved them.
Smith is my favourite Doctor, he’s such a complex character, he’s kind, loving, has a child like mind but can switch in to an angry, vengeful man in an instant. It’s like he’s scared of his own rage because if he lets himself slip, he has no clue of what he could truly be capable of. Absolutely brilliant.
He's not complex! He didn't even have a character arc! And Tennant did the anger waaaaay better. Matt Smith always sounded like a dumb kid, or a crazy old man when he made speeches. Too shouty. Tennant spoke with real conviction.
Yeah I agree...
Tennant just shouted all the time whether he was excited or angry. Felt he was a bit too one note. Smith's performance had a bit more nuance to it. Interesting how we have the same perception for the opposite actor!
elijiah Ford smith is as good as tom baker capalidi and tenet
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 jesus your one of those fans. you are completely wrong here. just because 10 is your fave doesnt mean everything else is shit. and he did have a character arc, your just too dull to notice
I completely agree with your opinions of Time of the Doctor. It always makes me emotional knowing it’s Matt Smith’s last-hurrah, and is quite possibly his best performance as the Doctor. He is in his element as the Grandad-guardian of Trensalore. Honestly just thinking about it is making me want to go and watch it right now
Edit: How can they make a disembodied Cyberman head a more compelling companion than Martha?
Probably because they actually cared about the Cyberman head...
Town called Mercy was series 7.
oopsie
John poisonedfallout oh, shit. completely wiped that episode from my memory
Series 7 I just thought was pretty meh in my opinion, but mostly serviceable overall, personally I hated series 6 the most, despite having at least 2 of my favourite 11th doctor episodes (the doctors wife & the god complex) I hated most of the episodes, I Thought the series arc was overall badly executed (like all 11th doctor series arcs were) one of the episodes has the doctor befriend Henry Avery, one of the most infamous pirates in history, who was a MASS MURDERER and RAPIST (curse of the black spot, a good man goes to war) and the episode “let’s kill hitler” is in my opinion, THE WORST EPISODE in the shows history, muddling river songs backstory with such LAZY, INSUFFERABLE writing, showing little to no interest in exploring the historical setting of the episode, and FORCING a separate sub plot about INCOMPETENT time travelling justice... police???.... which honestly makes it feel like 2 episodes had been merged into one horrifically written mess!!!!
@@jasonpaulbaker1 Yeah, the overall consensus is that the season 6 arc was pretty poorly done, i mean, for starters it's overly complicated, or atleast it's trying to be, i think Moffat can be an INSANELY good writer, but he also tends to just make things up as he goes. As well as that, the ending makes no sense, it's literally just "The Doctor needs to die" *another person dies* "Good job" I mean, did the doctor really just outsmart time and space, and bypass a fixed point in time BY DRESSING UP?!
11th hour is one of the strongest 1st episodes for any dr.
Best:
5. The Pandorica Opens - I'm counting two-part stories as two seperate episodes. This one is iconic, it's hard hitting, it's fun, and it's easily rewatchable.
4. Time Of Angels - The atmosphere of this epsiode is Phenomenal. It's spooky, it's exciting, it's liminal, it's everything. River Song is also at her best in this episode. At the same time, a lot happens in this epsiode without it feeling overbloated. Amazing epsiode all around.
3. Day Of The Doctor - What can I say that hasn't already been said?
2. The God Complex - This one is an underrated gem. It is exciting, spooky, and more. The characters are easy to connect with, and while you are watching you get a sense of mystery and excitement throughout. It's so underrated!
1. The Impossible Astronaut - This is possibly top 10 episodes in Doctor Who history, and I'm talking 1963 and up. This is amazing. The action is amazing, the romance is amazing, the mystery is amazing, and a beautiful showcase of my favorite Nu-Who Tardis team: River, 11, Amy, and Rory.
Worst:
5. The Wedding Of River Song - This really feels like Moffat has a bunch of different ideas for a finale, you he just crammed them all into one. This is the most overflowed episode since the Keys of Marinus, and that's not an overstatement.
4. Let's Kill H*tler - A dumb concept with an even worse execution. They save Hitler's life, and then the writers forget that he was in this episode. Also, the idea of tiny humans controlling a life-sized human robot is so dumb. The stakes are also as low as they can possibly be, with floating octopus robots. They aslo ruined River, making her insanely annoying and unlikeable.
3. The Power Of Three - I guess Doctor Who is an underdeveloped sitcom now. This episode just feels boring, and this is coming from somebody with a pretty good attention span. The worst part about this episode is the end, where The Doctor just waves around his Sonic and the day is saved. This episode also feels way to tryhard, with ultimately Forgettable speeches.
2. Nightmare In Silver - This is the textbook example of what not to do in a Doctor Who episode. The rules are simple: Don't overstuff it, don't be to childish, don't be to dark, don't use unlikeable characters, and don't use stupid concepts. This one manages to break all of these rules, as it constantly goes back and Fourth on whether it should be a childish episode for little kids or a dark and depressing epsiode for older audiences. I might also sound like an NPC for this, but it should've been a two-parter.
1. Dinosaurs On A Spaceship - It's as stupid as it sounds. This episode feels like it was made for genuine toddlers. With comic relief villians that won't shut up, and historical figures being there for litterly no reason, this episode is absolutely horrid.
The girl who waited is literally the best episode ever,I’m serious it’s a rlly good contained story that always gets overlooked as average and I think it’s the most overlooked ever. Also I’d say Christmas coral is as well I do agree with u there.
The girl who waited is my favourite episode of new who period love everything about this episode mainly how dark the doctor was at the end and how emotional it was
I did not really like the girl who waited. I like the concept of the virtual leisure activities and the two rooms that acted very strangely, but I was not really interested by the way it was executed.
the girl who waited is my favourite too
I actually really love the akhaten speech and it is the only reason I even remember the episode. If it isn't my favorite doctor speech then it is atleast top 3. I just love the emotion and how it truly gives an insight into the doctor's true struggles. But hey that's just my opinion.
I know it's all subjective but man do I strongly disagree with your list. The Crimson Horror is brilliant, Rings of akhaten is under appreciated and has one of 11s best speeches, A christmas carol number 1? really? and you out time of the doctor on there???? The Eleventh Hour is one of the best as well as Amy's Choice and The Girl That Waited
Very true facts
11th hour was amazing, and a great way to introduce a new doctor, especially after the ending of Tennant's run. But I did not really like the girl who waited. I like the concept of the virtual leisure activities and the different rooms, but I was not really interested by the way it was executed.
Load of bollocks with no reasoning.
Country Toads Take Me Home I personally think Eleventh Hour might be the best Doctor intro episode, at least for modern Who, I think the true best one might be 1963's An Unearthly Child, but that's a different can of worms. Anyway, in my opinion:
5. Deep Breath
4. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
3. Christmas Invasion
2. Rose
1. The Eleventh Hour
Time of the doctor is fantastic and so’s a Christmas carol
My favourite doctor was Matt Smith
11 is my doctor
What do you mean was
Same
The speech in the Rings of Ahkaten is my favourite 11th Doctor moment. He has so range in that scene it's unbelievable
Yep!
and no one has ever matched it. Fans like to hear other doctors do each others speeches, many can do the Pandorrica speech, the going home speech and others but none can match Matts heart broken fury of Akhten. But then no one and I mean NO ONE can match Capaldis Zygon speech so significant for modern times, whats more rumour has it he DID IT IN ONE TAKE not even Matt Smith can match that
11’s final speech is my favourite speech in all of who
My favourite is the god complex
Oh man, I love the Rebel Flesh and the Crimson Horror. Lots of rewatches there. Dx
I like the rebel flesh/almost people but I thought the crimson horror was pretty bad, but not the worst episode
I always thought that the rebel flesh and the almost people were going to be two part cyberman stories as they were kind of pegged to be a returning villain in the 2011 run as they do sound like cyberman titles. instead we got talking goo, identity politics, a seemingly promising cyberman cameo at the start of a good man goes to war which led nowhere else and the abomination "closing time" again more about identity politics and whether matt smith was going to make out with james corden more than the cybermen presence.
Edward Opt I love the rebel flesh and the almost people, it traumatized me as a kid and I loved that about it
They are scary
All the best episodes were great pics, A Christmas Carol was always my favourite Christmas episode
I got time of the doctor on DVD for Christmas one year and loved it I cried when I saw Matt Smith go but little did I know I'd end up loving 12 so much! I still have the DVD to I agree with you on that one :)
I agree with this so much, I'm happy to find someone else who loves Time of the Doctor as much as I do, but I'm not gonna lie, I love Rings of Akhettan. It's not my favourite ever, but as far as the episodes where the doctor saves the day by just "Saying his name", I find it's the best that's been done.
I also love Closing Time so much, it's the funniest episode ever and a nice break from the series 6 story arch.
Filmflicker Cinema more power to you!
But yeah, it’s likely there will never be a better story for me than Time. I bought the story on Blu-ray and the exclusive ‘Handles’ funko. It converted me to a Moffat defender for life.
The Crimson Horror is my favorite Gatiss episode. My main issue with Victory isn't the redesign but was the ending where he just thought really heart warming humany thoughts and was no longer a bomb as if that made any kind of sense. I know there have been similar plot elements in other episodes but this and Hide are love conquers all just not working. I liked that the daleks got away. I think The Time of the Doctor is horribly underrated. The only thing I'd change would be not bothering to call the town Christmas but that's just a nitpick. I would have preferred it as a multi part story but it's still a great episode.
11 is my favourite doctor because I only really got into doctor who when 10 finished and 11 started and for a similar reason basically all of my favourite episodes are Amy and Rory ones 😅 because I started with 11 I found it really hard to go back and watch all the old episodes but after months of work I finally did it
You never forget your first Doctor, I personally can't wait for the episode with mine, 9.
There is such a nostalgic tint to the Amy/Rory episodes tho, they're best TARDIS team.
SamyulDavis Amy and Rory were such different companions compared to all the others because of their relationship with each other and the doctor and how each separate relationship affected all of them. the episodes with them in it always seemed like another chapter in their life that I was witnessing and I was so sad to see them go 😭
With that chart of yours about the doctors, my eyes widened when I saw "Dandy Scientist" as "Daddy Scientist"
I am about one bad day away from making that video as is.
you do know that he IS a father and grand father dont you? Odd wording, but not that strange!!
I didn't ever like a NEW Doctor. But each one became the best. And I end up loving them all.
I feel like the whole River Song story arc was reeeeally edgy and they need to give it a rest with the whole "everyone's a psychopath and it's so sexy to be a psychopath and everything has to be sexy"
Every person has their doctor and eleven was mine. He was the first doctor whose first episode I saw when it first aired. I watched the odd episode before, like silence in the library, but I remember the day after the eleventh hour, at an after school club in year seven at my secondary school, two girls saying they preferred Tennant, and me just stood near, silently seething. Just the thought of his regeneration always makes my well up.
I actually loved every episode you said you didnt in this video except for the crimson horror and I absolutely hated a town called mercy.
I loved the Moffat era and eleven used to be my favorite doctor (even though hes been bumped behind 12 and 9 over time) I love the dark mystery tragedy of doctor who and eleven had that for me before 12 came along. Mysterys are my favorite part of who. (maybe that's my I binged sherlock in a sitting)
To each their own, but I thought The Crimson Horror was a fun romp.
Michael W, to be honest, I really liked the crimson horror!
It was piss poor. First time I ever switched off a Dr Who episode.
i'm not sure if it's in my top five, but a nightmare in silver i always felt was a rather fantastic episode. it has flaws, but it's one of the few episodes for me where the cybermen actually felt bone-chillingly threatening. i felt like it paid omage to the scifi trope of the 'the horror of the unstoppable, exponential growth of technology' brilliantly as it always reminded me of the scifi concept that i'm perhaps most scared of: grey goo. tiny robots that spread out among the stars with to produce more tiny robots. never slowing, never faltering, just consuming galaxy after galaxy and turning the available resources into more of itself.
everything from cyber doctor (smith plays a great villain), to the cybers patching weaknesses on the fly, to the threat level being so high that the sacrifice of an entire planet for even one of them is justified. god it's just.. so good.
Gotta say, I loved Deep Breath. I actually hoped (and still do) that 12 would have kept his raggedy, victorian, propably stolen outfit from that episode, instead of getting The navy red-lined suitjacket.
Nine will always be my Clown Hobo
Honestly i loved the season 6 finale. I’d like to see what RTD would do but imo moffat did it awesomely. Maybe its just me but i love the whole moffat mysteries.
11s speech in rings of akhatan is incredible one of my fav moments
i love the eleventh doctor. Even if his episodes are so hit or miss. He's my second favorite next to Patrick Troughton.
I love A Town Called Mercy! I'm glad someone else does too!
me too!
I agree with most of your best list but I'd replace a town called mercy with the doctor's wife. The tardis being put into a human form and the dynamic she has with mat smith was amazing.
I actually really love the crimson horror, I think it's a really unappreciated episode.
He's my favourite Doctor.
Why did i like all the "worst episodes"
Idk but I did too
my favorite episode with Matt Smith is the one where he plays chess with the Cyber Leader.
the crimson horror is an episode i absolutely and completely forgot existed, why did you have to remind me
I'm so relieved you loved Matt Smith as much as I did. I stopped watching when he first arrived because I thought he was a ridiculous choice as Doctor Who. Way too young - he just didn't look the part. How wrong could I be? An old man inside a young man's body, he carries it off perfectly - his chemistry with EVERYONE especially Amy (and River) is second to none. Those three seasons are a bizarre combination of Matt's eccentric talent with Moffat's erratic writing. Moffat's strength became his Achilles heel for sure. The Silence, and Clara (or Oswin Oswald) in Asylum were the highlights for me, but the writer's absolute failure was his inability to solve the incredible breathtaking mysteries he'd created and his failure to kill off characters once and for all. In the end I'd have to record every episode because each plot was so convoluted I had to rewatch a few times to try and work out what the hell was going on (didn't you get the feeling he was over it by season 7? Murdering weeping angels???). My children are watching these three seasons for the second time and I find I still have to help them understand the Amy and Clara time streams. I'm not even convincing myself when I explain it. Well done on this review - can't believe the western and the shark Xmas story are there and no mention of Tom Baker in Day which made me cry inconsolably for an hour. In hindsight, his successor may be the greatest Doctor of all.
Why was the Doctor's daughter there when describing Moffat's characters?
He wrote that episode, I think
BlackLightParadox Stephen Greenhorn wrote it
@j h ...what?
@@MrToastBenstudios My bad, was just my best guess.
while I agree that his era was a mixed bag, ur also right about the fact that he nailed the 'old man who still acts like a child' bit. he was such a beautiful complex doctor, (some fans often try to limit him by labelling him as one thing and saying they don't like it, but he was very complex and possessed a lot of many aspects to his personality). also, he was kind and endearing, but wasn't PC, which I liked. but then, he could be angry, bitter, but he could change his persona at the drop of a hat. and I like that he tried to keep things light. He's one of my favorites. Smith played him to perfection. but, I admit that I like Rings of Ahkaten and Rebel Flesh/Almost People--a lot. I also really enjoy Crimson Horror. it's so beautifully weird and I thought the paternoster gang was amusing. I also like characters being witty sometimes. I know people believe that his female characters don't feel real, but b4 moffat took over, the first two years of new doctor who felt very soap opera-esque and there was such an overabundance of drama that got me down eventually. i love series 3, but the doctor caused drama himself. that may be a concept of 'real', but sometimes, I like to get away from reality. sometimes, moffat's characterization helped me get away and kind of live in a fantasy. still, great video!
The only episodes I dislike of 11s run was the entirety of Series 7 Part 2, besides Name of The Doctor which was great. Honestly, everything else, YES, including s6 finale was either brilliant, enjoyable filler or just perfect. The s6 finale, I thought it was brilliant in how it wrapped everything up but also opened new doors regarding new questions “Doctor... Who?”. My favourite about s6 is the plot development and build up. Similar with s5. s7 was good for the first half but ignore the second beside the finale and all’s good.
I watched this episode before watching most of this era but I thought Rings of Ahkaten looked awesome and Town Called Mercy did not seem interested. I still think The Doctors speech in the Rings of Ahkaten was one of the best Matt Smith moments in Doctor Who but it is ruined by Clara stepping in and undermining not just The 11th Doctor but The Doctor in general. Town Called Mercy is so powerful. Handling the idea of making up for past mistakes in such a unique and touching manner
10th doctor will always be the most engaging doctor but 11th did a pretty okay job of taking up the mantel even with the few blips.
Believe it or not: "The Day of the Doctor" was my first contact with Dr. Who. I was hooked and started with "New Who".
That had to be a unique experience. Did you go back to season 1 after that? Because then you saw them in the dr's timeline.
Well, it’s about time travel. It’s all timey whiny 😉
What about A Good Man Goes To War?
Silly Slitheen for best or worst?
@@ljnchannel2706 I think the worst
the end of season 5 and the beggining of season 6 are great
Spot on. Smith was a great actor, but be sometimes fell info the pitfalls of Moffatt's writing
Tbh as much as it’s hard to admit Matts Doctor is the best.
Osian Coleman good Doctor, fine seasons.
The Wedding of River Song is what killed the series for me. That was the moment I realised Moffat didn't have anywhere near the handle on things that I thought he did.
Honestly, the Daleks in the Victory Of The Daleks should’ve been coloured Gold, Black, Silver, White and Red. Then we should’ve got a kind of Cult of Skaro idea but reinvented, 5 remaining Daleks made to imagine and expand the Daleks in the Universe. With them all being unique in their own ways, it’d be quite extraordinary to see one die too, because there’s only 5. Then after several sequels, we have one left...
Best:
The Eleventh Hour
The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone (Two parters count as one story)
The Vampires of Venice
Amy’s Choice
Vincent and the Doctor
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang
A Christmas Carol
The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon
The Doctor’s Wife
A Good Man Goes to War
The Girl who Waited
The God Complex
A Town Called Mercy
The Angels Take Manhattan
The Snowmen
The Bells of Saint John
The Name of the Doctor
Worst:
The Lodger
Let’s Kill Hitler
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
Cold War- only because it’s ending feels rushed
Closing Time
That’s just my personal opinion- I’m much more of an Amy and Rory fan than a Clara fan
I will never understand why people dislike The Beast Below so much, it's really not all that bad, plus it has some excellent moments from Matt Smith.
Wth, The Lodger is amazing.
Bun, I recently went back and watched it and I absolutely loved it. Weird how my thoughts have changed so quickly 😂
@@nocturne8333 That's good to hear!
MaccamatBux Animations, I don’t necessarily hate it, but compared to the rest of series 5 it really falls flat for me. More power to you if you found something to like in it that I can’t 🙂
I watched the day of the doctor in the 3D cinema and was epic
I dont get how you can say series 7 was so bad and then have 3/5 of the best episodes in the era from that season. Imo series 7 is vastly underrated despite some of its shortcomings in the form of a few bad episodes
My only complaint about "the Day of the Doctor" is the Peter Capaldi's doctor had to be horse-shoed in for fan service. He serves no purpose. His screwdriver couldn't be used to help save Galifrey so why was he there?
I was insulted that it was the FIFITH anniversary but had onlt new who up to the very end! From 4th upwards all of the classic doctors are still alive, they couldnt be put in some where? Any where? The cameo from the great one at the end raised the roof where I was when it happened, but what about everyone else. NOT cool and not a true celebration!
Huh you’ll never convince me that the flaws aren’t the stupidity of the War Doctor who should have been McGann or the rather underwhelming realisation of the Last Great Time War
@@BattlestarZenobia We didn't see much of the time war, but the frozen battle in the picture frame was pretty cool.
The rebel flesh was good because it terrified the shit out of me. It gave me nightmares for a week until The Almost People Aired and the resolution calmed me.
Ever seen night terrors?
Ted Jones What scared you about it? The cgi?
Happened to me with the Weeping Angel’s 2 parter
The Matt Smith era had the most underrated and overrated episodes of all time imo.
Amazing episodes like Vincent and the Doctor and Amy's Choice are always forgotten but bad stories like A Good Man goes to War and Rings of Ahkaten are praised by most fans.
I think Matt Smith is so forgettable because you can't remember how good his seasons were, and i think Jodie's facing the same issue. Season 6, 7 and 11 are just so forgettable because it's filled with so much "Meh" that everyone just forgets the good parts.
Odd choice. I would have put Day of the Doctor as one of the worst episodes.
Top 5 Smith stories for me are:
1. Pandorica Opens/Big Bang
2. Good Man Goes To War
3. Wedding of River Song
4. First story of Series 6 (Sorry, I forgot the names) It's the one in America 1969, with the Silents
5. The Weeping Angel 2-parter in Series 5
I only learned recently that the 50th and Time of the Doctor aren't rated very highly by the general fanbase. Odd, though I was primarily a 2005 revival fan first. I'm also a massive fan of John Hurt and the Time War so this was just fantastic to watch in the cinema. My favourite Who experience.
We have verrrrry different lists I notice, your 2 & 3 I can't stand for example. As I said in-vid, whenever the plot focuses on River there's an unsatisfying slug of convoluted ideas and non-answers to be had. I'm glad that went away for the most part with Capaldi's era.
Agreed
@@SamyulDavis The 50th is Doctor Who at its best.
Mr. JustAGuyWithALightsaber how can you remember the silence but not the episodes name
Oh Don't be ridiculous. One of the best Episodes of Nu Who!
I was nodding with you but I liked the almost people. I liked the confusion and the jumps. It was around upper mid table for me
Hi! I agree with most of your list (which is a relatively difficult challange) however I personally would have made number one journy to the center of the tardis will always be and has always been my favorite episode.
I absolutely loved him
Smith "doesn't get outplayed" mainly because Tennant appeared to have completely forgotten his character in the 50th. Even a Tennant fanboy was unimpressecd
Aww I really loved the Akahten Speech. It's one of those speeches fans bring to older Doctors in conventions, and a speech recreated by fan impersonations.
Also, I don't really understand the hate for the new Dalek designs. What's wrong with them? Is it the colors? I don' think the colors are bad...
I love the monologues. Smith can really punch them out too, but this one felt like a step too far. The episode was transparent, and once you recognise the pattern of 'the Doctor defeating the monster by shouting at it' trope, it's pretty unavoidable. And yeah, a bright crayon-yellow, stocky dalek is something even I (a rampant dalek defender fanboy) can't justify. Thanks for the comment, more power to you if you like them!
My Moffat verdict. He’s a great writer as his stories stood out during Russell’s era. But there’s only so much you want from his mysterious stories.
I honestly find Akhaten (and Eleventh's run with Clara) to be some of the best work of this era. Season 5 is probably the worst modern season I've watched so far, Season 6 is... okay, but falls flat in the end, and the Ponds random write off simply pissed me off.
Rings of Ahkaten was one of Smith's best episodes. WTF.
Cameron Kiesser Absolutely cannot stand, for me it encapsulated everything wrong and cringeworthy about latter season 8.
*Series 7.2 I mean. 11 & Clara.
11 and Clara are the only episodes were I actually consider 11 as the Doctor.
For me RoA showed the absolutely weird and bizarre aspect of SciFi that I like in Doctor Who. It didn't feel nerdy(like a TON of 11's episodes were nerdy). It felt otherworldly and eerie. 9 definitely has that feel too.
Cameron Kiesser early Clara is insufferable for me and this was a Greenscreen runaround where the day was saved by using the sonic screwdriver as a magic wand weapon and over dramatic monologues
Cameron Kiesser season 7 was a very good season in my opinion
I don't know why people hate series 7 so much. It's by far one of my favourites. The Crimson Horror is definitely in my top 10.
what's that music in the openings it sounds so familiar
I love the Time of The doctor and I have tales of trenzalore
Vincent and The Doctor is one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes ever
i hate the seriousness of 11. it frustrates me when he tries to be all dark and cold. it ruins the levity of his character and makes me distrust him in a way that i wasn't sure was intended. basically all of series 7 except cold war is unwatchable
Jodie Whittaker (so far) is definitely the Dandy Scientist.
O-Dog McGee she is the SJW Feminazi
@@Oodelally Yes I agree
Akhaten was the first doctor who episode I saw. I tuned in next week as well. As a kid I really liked it, should probably re watch.
I would say the paradigm Daleks weren’t bad. They were a refreshing take on the Daleks taking away the bronze and old looking design for some newer colorful ones. Also I think it’s funny how some people forget that the Daleks were actually colored in the classic series and they immediately conclude that when New Who does it, it has to be a cheap marketing scheme. Also what a lot of people including DAVIS don’t want to mention is that the paradigm Daleks were brought back after this, specifically in the episode “Asylum of the Daleks.” But SCREW FACTS I just wanna complain, right?? Isn’t that how it goes? Lol. People just need to grow up sometimes. Liked the rest of the review!
Doctor Who itself even did A Christmas Carol in 1986, with Colin Baker's Trial of A Timelord season.
Although I will say, vincent and the doctor is a beautiful episode
But the suicide/depression thing is mainly only from a play/book about him years later.. It was great for the bittersweet story but It isn't historically accurate haha
He didn't kill himself, he was shot by a local hooligan that had been messing with him, but knew his brother and didn't want him getting in trouble, so he lied about what happened
He was shot in the side and had just been out painting
All the locals knew, but the narrative he was suicidal caught on years later and stuck, just like Brits incorrectly calling him van goff haha
There's a great episode of Unsolved on youtube with Ryan and Shane that cover the story for anyone curious
I actually loved the weirdness and mystery and big story arcs of season 6. Hands down my fave season
I thoroughly disagree with you on many, many aspects of what you said in this video for example, I think that The Wedding of Riversong was amazing - possibly the best episode of 11's run and I honestly didn't really like A Christmas Carol. Matt Smith is my doctor :p. Great video though, I love that you exist 'cause I really love hearing someone with such interesting opinions' views on my favourite show of all time.
Of the bottom 5, I loved all of them except the Rebel Flesh/Almost Human
Ok, ok. The Rings of Akhaten is my favourite Doctor Who story. Ever.
And you put it at 5th place.
*Megalovania intensifies*
no one cares
@@harogenkitnsg2474 WELL, I DO!!
SO THERE!!
end my misery...
I will never quite understand how I can love Mark Gatiss, but not really care about most of the episodes he wrote. He has a love of Horror and Pertwee, that never quite translates properly to the screen.
His audio 'Phantasmagoria' is alright though.
I quite liked The Rebel Flesh two-parter. Yeah, it's basically a retread of The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, but I liked that type of story and am happy to see it again. How many invading aliens stories have we seen on Doctor Who? It's nice to mix it up with some morally grey aliens sometimes Rebel Flesh is... fine. It has that pretty epic *two* twists leading into "A good man goes to war". And conceptually it's pretty cool - conveniently grown remote-access bodies developing their own sentience.
Personally I'd put The Power of Three (with it's great initial concept and terrible half-assed ending), The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone (with it's screwing up the awesomeness that is the Weeping Angels), Vampires of Venice (with its... vampire fish-people?) and the Curse of the Black Spot (with it's general mehness) below The Rebel Flesh.
Time of the doctor was good I think the Christmas town was a bit dumb but that ending with him blowing up the dalek fleet was epic
During the rebel flesh part did he just call a good man goes to war bad? A good man goes to war is like the best episode of 11's entire tenure!
I don’t know if I’ve ever felt more like I was in the bizarro world, because whilst I am terrible at ranking things, Davis’ entire worst list would almost certainly be in the running for my favourite Matt smith’s episodes.
Yeah, it's definitely a contentious era!
@@SamyulDavis Although admittedly, your best list would also probably be a contender, so maybe I just have too high an opinion of this era in general 😂. Nothing beats Christmas carol.
I really hated his looks too, but also his acting. But looking at the episodes themselves; they often indeed really were awesome! Good writing!
The best 11tb Doctor episodes are
A good man goes to war
The Pandorica opens
And I can’t think of anything else
Fav episode of 11 is probably either Power of Three or The Crimson Horror - that went to so creepy places
I watched every episode from Eccelston to mid Capaldi but remember nothing about the metal flash or whatever its called. So forgettable I don't even remember the title after staring at it in this video.
i thought season 7 part 2 was the best season of doctor who, i love 11's chemistry with Clara.
I think that's precisely what ruined the series for me: the unnecessary romance between him and clara
@@peacefuldawn6823 The so called romance with River Song ruined Smith's era for me. It's the most unconvincing thing I've ever had to watch. And that sham wedding. Ugh!
Swap Rebel flesh/The almost people and a town called mercy and I’d agree with most of it. I think the only glaring issue with the wedding of river song is that it was one part - there wasn’t loads of expansion and I think another hour of storytelling and fleshing everything out would’ve made it one of the better finales
When the eyebrows cause more continuity errors than the actual plot does...
top 5 best:
5. Cold War
4.God Complex
3. Eleventh Hour
2. Doctor's Wife
1. Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
Honourable mentions: Hide, Time of the Doctor,Vincent and the doctor, The Pandora Opens,Impossible Astronaut/ Day of the moon, A good man goes to war, The girl who waited.
Top 5 worst:
5.Closing Time
4.Night Terrors
3. The Angels Take Manhattan
2.Nightmare in Silver
1.Journey to the Centre Of the Tardis
Thank you. Wedding of River Song is one wretch of a finale. Moffat dug himself a big hole with Miss Walking Innuendo so he marries her off to a robot in aborted timeline.