When the angels two-parter from this series first aired, lots of people thought that the doctor's missing jacket in the scene where he tells Amy to remember, was a continuity error. Needless to say, it all made perfect sense after this beautiful finale!
I remember noticing the jacket at the time and wondering if that was intentional or a mistake. I had hoped it was intentional and I was so thrilled when this episode got here.
Yes, that's Moffat for ya. He had everything already figured when he took over. Temporal paradoxes are one of those things in sci-fi that are very, very tricky to do properly, which is probably why "Who" did not delve deeply into it before now. It could be a reason why some fans did not take a liking to Moffat's tenure as showrunner, but when seeing the whole picture it can really blow one's mind.
@@anthonycaracausa9895 *"but when seeing the whole picture it can really blow one's mind."* That was the same thing with Moffat's Sherlock. The same way Season 5 here was essentially one great big single story, Sherlock as well - from The Abominable Bride to the finale - was (even more so) one big single story. And even today, many of the fans don't like them because they haven't made the connection fully that it is one big, self-mirroring story (about Existentialism essentially). To me, one of Moffat's greatest feats on Sherlock (or any of his shows for that matter) was taking the already intricately woven 'double story' of 'The Abominable Bride' and pulling a 'Sixth Sense' on it, transforming it into an entire different story you didn't even realize was there until after you watched the finale 'The Final Problem'. (Again I'm trying to be as vague as possible here so as not to spoil anything for those who've not watched the series - which, btw, WHY haven't you watched it?!?!?!? Go! Waste not a second! Watch it NOW! 😀 ). Moffat is truly an amazing - and underrated - writer.
It's remarkable that the youngest actor to play the role can say, "a daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away," and it's totally believable. The museum video, and the moment when he rewinds into the Weeping Angels episode, are two of the best things in all 14 new series of Doctor Who.
You edited out my favorite line (perhaps in all of New Who): "...I remember you - and YOU ARE LATE FOR MY WEDDINNGGG!!!" I love that line, especially the way that Karen Gillan delivers it!
Under the sound of the TARDIS materializing in the wedding scene, you can just barely hear Rory saying “I was plastic!?!” as his memories are returning.
Steven Moffat thought that Amy would want a big wedding with a lot of dancing. In the script it was written that the Doctor was a "terrible dancer" and danced like a "drunk giraffe", and Matt Smith additionally came up with his own routine.
I'm not entirely sure why but "I can buy a fez" remains one of my favourite Dr Who quotes. It seems to epitomise the Doctor's ability to pick himself up and start again after experiencing any kind of loss. If ever I lose - or break - anything now I just think "...I can buy a new fez".
And that's why Rory is the GOAT. Absolutely love this finale and how the entire season arc comes together. And up next - my favourite Christmas Special.
It's stupid, but my favorite thing in this episode is the time loop of little Amelia getting thirsty in the museum. She's thirsty because the Doctor stole her drink in the past so that he can give it to her in the future.
I've loved many Doctors in my time, but the end of this season is what set the 11th in my heart forever. Matt does an impeccable job of embodying an ancient man in a young body. It's the subtle emotions and the wavering voice when he's upset....I love him so much. So glad to have been on your DW journey with you Jules and look forward to the next series!!
Matt Smith era story writing and directing just seemed to fire on all cylinders. I like Eccelston and Tennant, but the stories in Smith's run were just so compelling. Next season is a hell of a ride.
@@arch1017 I stopped watching before the Smith final episode. Never got around to watching until earlier this year. I am watching through Capaldi right now. Will say he has my favorite Companion.
I really think had anyone else but Matt Smith followed David Tennant as the Doctor, the show wouldn't've been anywhere near as successful as Doctor Who was in this era. Ten was, and is, so beloved, and it was such huge shoes to fill, and Matt hit it out of the park! The chemistry between Matt, Karen and Arthur is so good! Alex Kingston as River is perfection! My favourite episode in the entire history of the show is Vincent and the Doctor. This two-part finale cemented Eleven as My Doctor! Series 5 is a true gem! Now on to the Christmas special and series 6!
"We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one." I love that line, makes me think that our lives are like books. Each year of it is like a different chapter and it's our choice/decision to make it a good one. A great way to end a brilliant series. Looking forward to the next reaction.
The something old, something blue from Amy always gets me in the feels a little bit because of how much I love the Tardis. This series shows how much of a brilliant writer Steven Moffat can be.
Can we all just agree Rory is an absolute boss? Like he waited and kept Amy safe. It's why he's one of my favourite companions. Fez's are cool! Dalek: Records indicate you will show mercy River: I'm River Song. Check your records again Dalek: Mercy Just pointing it out because Dalek's don't beg...You gotta wonder what River did to make a Dalek scared THERE IS ALWAYS A HAPPY ENDING! Looking forward to series 6 >:3
I love this series finale! I'm a huge fan of both mind-bending, time-twisting stories and deep melodrama, and this one ticks all my boxes. All of the actors really shine here, and the ending is so uplifting.
I LOVE this finale. It’s so clever, is one of the rare times they make really good use of time travel, him hopping back and forth to set everything up is brilliant, and them actually sneaking the future Doctor into an earlier episode is SO well done (his coat sleeves having been a clue all along, not an error as everyone assumed) and the TARDIS being ALL the things from the old wedding saying is genius. River is such a tease and one of the best characters in Doctor Who. Her making the Dalek beg is just superb. Thank you so much for your reactions, revisiting the show with you is a true joy.
One of my favorite finales. The mop and fez are a reference to the 7th Doctor. And River destroyed the fez because the showrunners' realized that Matt would never stop wearing it if they let him.
Thank you so much for your reactions to this show! I feel the same way as you. At the first of series I was very scheptical, I didn't know how to feel. Matt Smith came in and blew me away. He quickly became my favorite Doctor for all the reasons you mentioned. Can't wait for more.
The Boy Who Waited marries the Girl Who Waited! What more can you ask! And the Doctor proposed(?) to River? LOL! This was such a good episode. And great ways to sneak in a lot of the Doctor's previous adventure without being a "clip" show. And I wonder if we ever will learn about River's origins. At this point, the Doctor was getting so popular, that their budget was getting large enough to shoot even more episodes outside of the UK! (Keep in mind that the show started with styrofoam and cardboard sets that would sometimes fall over or malfunction during the live shoots, or actors who were "dead" would be seen getting up as they were leaving frame!) The show has come a long way since, for sure! I am so glad you have been "assimilated" (a Star Trek TNG reference) and am hoping your growing affection for sci fi continues to grow! For me, there are very few things more exciting than seeing a story inspire someone in some way!!
I'm glad you like this Doctor so much and I do really like that you mentioned how great it is that all three of our Series 5 characters are returning for Series 6. It is wild to think that this is the first finale without a regeneration or a companion leaving. Whenever people talk about Matt Smith's Doctor, they sometimes say he personifies what it's like to be an old man in a young man's body. Whenever I read that, I think of this episode and his conversation with sleeping Amelia.
This is, without a doubt, my absolute favourite Series finale out of the entirety of NuWho.....and its followed by my all-time favourite Christmas Episode too.
A great finale to my favorite series of Doctor Who. I love series 5 all the way through. Matt Smith is brilliant, and Amy and Rory make a great TARDIS team. This is a fantastic finale, I love the Doctor's time jumping and his rewind through the past episodes of the season. And Amy quoting, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed............Something Blue," gets me every time. I also like the happy ending with the wedding and the Doctor dancing at the end. The Doctor and his team deserve some happy moments, and it's great to see them celebrating. Thanks for another great reaction, I am glad you enjoyed this series as well.
I love that Amelia was thirsty because The Doctor stole her drink from the future, and The Doctor stole her drink from the past because she was thirsty. A perfectly nonsensical loop😂
Okay, so this really was an extremely well crafted series arc, imo. I enjoyed it, and Series 5 is my favorite of the Smith series. About Rory the Auton and what it does to his character, though: Rory the Auton was alive for almost 2000 years protecting the Pandorica. That means by the end of this episode, he was older than the Doctor self-reported at this time in the series. He had many Doctor-esque adventures over time, and some of them have even been made into canonical audio adventures and so on. But he was also a foil for the Doctor the whole time because the Doctor's whole thing is he never stops running, never stops moving. Rory stayed. All that time. He never gave up on Amy, and he never lost his respect for life. His first act when he thinks the Doctor has died is to honor the body. Then Big Bang Two. Rory gets brought back human through the Doctor's intervention. BUT because the memory Auton Rory was at the epicenter of the cracks in the universe through Amy and retained his soul, human Rory that Amy marries actually retains all his Auton memories. Human Rory is early twenties physically with almost two thousand years of memories and experience after Amy brings his own memories back. Like River Song, suddenly here is another character very similar to the Doctor's level of competence (Rory can't see possibilities in time/fixed points like a Time Lord or regenerate), but the difference to me is that Rory earned it in the story. He became that on his own through the exercise of his loyalty and determination. And unlike Rose or Donna, Rory doesn't have to sacrifice (all of) his awesomeness to retain his sanity or stay alive. He has to sacrifice the hand gun and near invulnerability. Any other skills he learned and knowledge he accumulated are his to keep. I think it's incredibly interesting and good for the Doctor to have a character as competent as Rory on the team-and one who is neither a love interest nor a sycophant. Rory knows the score with the Doctor. And he's his friend anyway. The flirting from Amy after Big Bang Two I find in bad taste, but I do think she is joking at this point and certainly, Rory is no longer threatened in the least by the Doctor. I think the Ponds' whole dynamic with the Doctor is lovely for the rest of their run. Rory ran after the Doctor just like Amy did when he left the wedding. Just like Amy, he wanted the Doctor to stay with them. When the Doctor got the call for adventure, Rory and Amy communicated without words to one another that they were changing their whole honeymoon plan, and Amy was the only one who even bothered to say goodbye. Rory was already flipping levers to help the Doctor fly the TARDIS to their next destination. (Side observation: after flying the Earth back home, the Doctor has continued to teach his companions to help fly the TARDIS, and Rory knows despite all the time he spent dead in this series. The Doctor taught him very quickly!) I really do love the Ponds. Especially, especially Rory.
Funny story about the fez. When Steven wrote this episode he went to his executive producer and presented his idea of putting Matt in a fez, and the EP said "Steven If you put Matt in a fez he'll never take it off!!" Steven said don't worry, I have a plan for that, and that's why River shoots it almost immediately. It was just so Matt Smith wouldn't wear the fez in every scene for the rest of his time as the Doctor. It's going to be a long 2 weeks because season 6 is still to this day my favorite season in all of Doctor Who.
Totally agree that this was such a loaded series! Every episode is great to me, no skips whatsoever. This finale took me a few watches to catch everything honestly, but it will remain one of the most solid to me. Thanks for letting us come on this adventure with you!
Matt Smith really was absolutely brilliant, especially in series 5. He had outrageously huge shoes to fill following Tennant, and he 100% delivered. As much as i loved Eccleston and Tennant's acting, I think the show as a whole really hit it's zenith with Matt Smith in the role. edit: Having Karen Gillian and Arthur Darvil for companions sure didn't hurt either lol
For me, series 5 was a huge step up in Doctor Who and I utterly fell in love with it. Series 5 is also the introduction to one hell of a wild ride! Buckle up! Your reactions have been wonderful to watch!
The doctor is like fire and ice, he is both a cool friend with a warm embrace, but h also can be the cold man who stands in the burning ruins of civilizations, depends on what side you're on.
Even if it was... hm... "misled"... the motivation of the alliance isn't totally wrong. They build the Pandorica to hold the most feared, most dangerous being in all of existence.
Oh Jules! It's so lovely to see you drop this video. I'm not sure if you know this, but doctor who twitter had a bit of a renaissance because of a lovely person named jeje who was watching the show for the first time, but we found out today some people were messaging her horrible things so she took a step back and isn't reacting to who anymore. The only other person I can think of who brings me as much joy when it comes to reacting to Doctor Who is you. (Maybe Sesska as well.) I am so glad you are enjoying this show so much. Please take care of yourself and retain that boundary from the audience. Much adoration!
@@Chestersgirl I hear that Matt, Karen and Arthur were - and still are - very close friends and it just bounces off the screen, the chemistry between the three of them.
So glad you enjoyed series 5 Jules _and_ that you got onboard with Matt Smith so quickly (11 is my _joint_ favourite nuWho Doctor). This is one of my fave season finales partly _because_ of the sci-fi elements - plenty of shows would spend multiple episodes fretting over and unpacking the time loops, bootstrap paradoxes etc. but Moffat just embraces them with gleeful abandon :). (and in doing so, is actually more honest than most shows/movies about just how insane it would seem to our 3 dimensional brains if someone really _could_ travel in _4_ dimensions)
Who else wants to see the adventures of the Last Centurion? I love the story that when Karen Gillian met the actress playing her younger self everyone was stunned by the resemblance, it was only when they started chatting they realised they were first cousins!
And with this, I am now caught up with your wonderful reactions to this wonderful show! Love that it is on this most excellent of series finales that I get caught up. Everyone involved clearly had so much fun with this one. Also, never would have guessed that the Doctor in a fez is all I ever needed to see! Want to say, oh Jules, that you are such a lovely person with such a lovely personality and so much empathy and understanding for characters, you are easily one of the relative few movie\show reactors that I actually like and regularly watch. Keep being you and I'll keep watching!😁 One sad thing about being caught up on your DW reactions... Now I have to wait a week between each.🙁 One final note\bit of advice, regarding time travel(taken from a book series I think you would like called The Thursday Next Adventures written by Jasper Fforde): Don't be so linear, darling.😁
I do love this series quite a lot. It has a really satisfying ending, even if it is a bit crazy (that's when Doctor Who is at its best honestly). I love how it ties up the weird reappearance of the Doctor in the Angels episode as well. Thank you as always for these reactions.
Your reaction was everything I hoped it would be! I love seeing you fall in love with this era and all it holds, just as I did! I am so glad you are having fun🤗 Excited for what is next!😁💚
Yeah, it's bonkers - and has more bootstrap paradoxes than a hat full of weeping angels, but it's still glorious - one of my favourite season closeouts. Great stuff
I love Amy and Rory, but i won't deny I had to grit my teeth a bit when even after everything rory did, Doctor shows up and amy is like "You may definitely kiss the bride." Right in front of him, in front of everyone! Dude waited 2000 years for her!!
I mean the Doctor said it, Rory said, Amy said it, they are her boys. Also I don't think she meant it that way. More a weird way to say "holy shit I just brought you back from nothing and I'm so glad to see you!" Also notice the fact that they didn't actually kiss. I also don't think Rory is particularly phased by it because he got the girl and he got what he had wanted.
@nightshade7240 okay, come on, this is stretching. Her face when she struts up to him for the kiss, the fact that the doctor has to say no, also, no one out there on their wedding day is going to be like "She's mine now, she can kiss whoever she wants." People don't kiss people because they are really happy to see them, cheek kiss, forehead kiss sure. But that is not what she was going for, you and I both know that. I still love Amy, don't get me wrong, but she was a tad cruel to Rory the whole season, and even after realising what a great guy she got and how much she cares about him, she was still ready to throw herself at the doctor.
Moffat stated at some point that for this finale he decided to narratively write himself into the most impossible corner, just to see if he could actually write himself out of it. Safe to say, he managed it. And that beside story Eleven gives to young Amelia is great in isolation but genius once you realise he wove the "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue" into it. One of Moffat's high points in clever writing, for sure.
There's so much to enjoy and talk about in this episode, so I'll just stick to my personal favourite. River Song made a freakin' Dalek beg for mercy. Bad. Ass.
The first time in the library where she was introduced is the end of River's story. The story we've been getting since is more or less working backwards through her life.
Hey Jules... "Gotcha!" This is my favorite series of NuWho. It's nearly perfect. Okay the silurian episode is a little "eh" and The Lodger episode is kind of "meh" but damnit Matt Smith is so electrifying on screen, and this TARDIS team just have such wonderful chemistry. Also, Steven Moffat just did a fabulous job of crafting this wonderful fairytale. That moment when we find out that the "more serious" doctor that came back to comfort Amy was actually from the future... I remember at the time the Angels episodes were airing that people were speculating online that it was a separate Doctor, because you can just make out his jacket. That is immensely hard work to craft all of those threads os that they carry through and pay off. As much as David Tennant's exit from the series broke our hearts, I think he left at the right time. His iteration of The Doctor, as I said some months back, was just so weighed down with grief and pain from all of the losses he incurred over his three years... Matt Smith just explodes into the role in the Eleventh Hour, and he never stops. This was truly a blast to relive with you, Jules. Thank you for that. It's been 14 years, now.
I love Juliette forgetting at the start of this reaction that the Pandorica is under Stonehenge in the Roman era, so that 1894 years later is when Amy would be 8 in 1996 in the alternative timeline.
Rory and Amy have the best romance in the whole show imo! Series 6 is definitely my favourite of the Matt Smith era, lots of great stuff for them to come!
Actually I'd want someone like Amy. Rory is nice and all but Amy is an absolute firecracker and the accent is something I could listen to for the rest of my life.
@@captironsight And they are hard to find since many are dragged into the toxicity of the manosphere where being dedicated is a sign of weakness to them. Too many toxic men out there that see it as beta or s impin instead of the virtue it is.
I do love how this episode went out of its way to have as much fun as possible during an otherwise dire situation. Amy in the Pandorica and the "ridiculous miracle" Doctor with a mop and fez are standouts there. On that note, it was jokingly suggested in behind the scenes talk that blowing up the fez was as much to stop Matt Smith wearing it as it was the Doctor
The TARDIS is also old and new, as the Doctor tells seven-year-old Amelia, and borrowed - and the bluest blue… The diary is just a trigger to make Amy remember the TARDIS and the Doctor too.
I'm sad when you cry. I'm happy when you laugh. But I'm always enthralled by your reactions. Thanks for sharing your reactions, thoughts and comments, Jules. You make New Who even more amazing.
I really love River in this episode, and next season is a woozy! Quick question: will you be doing the minisodes as seperate videos or will you pair them with an episode? Id say pair them with an episode since they are usually less then 10 minutes ❤
One of my favorite moments when I first watched this episode was "This is gonna have to be goodbye" "Yeah, definitely goodbye" Oh no, the Doctor is leaving them... but they had a great run as companions... "Good bye!" Oh!
When this first aired, i admit that i had to watch it twice. First time for the spectacle of a season finale and another to pick up the little bits i missed in my excitement
so you have some great theories about River, and as she said, it's about to be revealed. as the Doctor said," are you married? did you think I was asking?" "yes" Welllllllllll.......... also I love your discription of the Doctor as you started your outro, it plays right into the secret of the past three Doctors I've been hinting to you about, so here are my last hints, but you may have it figured out without knowing you do.... the ninth Doctor was avoiding his responcibilties, the Tenth Doctor started out barganing with the universe and transitioned to being angry with it, this Doctor is calm and accepting, so what does this sound like? love your reaction, can't wait to see you views on next season, and yes, Fez are cool.
This Doctor is calm and accepting, yes! Surely nothing can go wrong 😅 I do love how this Doctor seems to be a little bit obsessed with hats and accessories. He does like to dress up 💜
Something we couldn’t say before. People thought they messed up in the weeping angels 2 parter when the doctor had his jacket back on after the Angel took it. It was him from the future.
Series 4 is my very favorite of all the seasons of NuWho, however Series 5 is right behind it because it did such a great job of having so much fun with the Eleventh Doctor adventures that it took away the sting of losing Ten. And that's saying something as so many people were devastated with losing Tenant. I'm so glad to see that you feel the same way too.
This season, as new and different as it was, was a great introduction to this Doctor Who left such an impression; and yet there's such great moments yet to come (as usual :D ).
I originally started Doctor Who with season 5, even though he isn't my favourite, Matt Smith was my first Doctor, and this finale is between my favourite episodes. It's so great it made me go back (to the Ninth Doctor) and watch it from the beggining. Series 6 is also amazing and i can't wait until you experience it, it will be an incredible journey.
Ahh, Doctor Who, inspiring impossible relationship standards in its fans since time immemorial! Get yourself a partner who would stand guard over you for nearly 2000 years while dressed as a roman! Also, the crazy dance The Doctor does at Amy and Rory's wedding is called "The Drunk Giraffe," and instructions on how to perform it were released in the Doctor Who annual book the year this series came out!
Top Moffat. It's wibbly wobbly timey wimey. He somehow managed to solve all the problems set up in The Pandorica Opens. Sure, the Doctor basically getting himself out of the Pandorica is a bootstrap paradox, but it is all such fun and so clever that you can just enjoy the ride!
When the angels two-parter from this series first aired, lots of people thought that the doctor's missing jacket in the scene where he tells Amy to remember, was a continuity error. Needless to say, it all made perfect sense after this beautiful finale!
Ah... I remember those "Jacket Doctor" theories so well!
I remember noticing the jacket at the time and wondering if that was intentional or a mistake. I had hoped it was intentional and I was so thrilled when this episode got here.
I was one of them that spotted it on first viewing and it got my brain working on overdrive lol.
Yes, that's Moffat for ya. He had everything already figured when he took over. Temporal paradoxes are one of those things in sci-fi that are very, very tricky to do properly, which is probably why "Who" did not delve deeply into it before now. It could be a reason why some fans did not take a liking to Moffat's tenure as showrunner, but when seeing the whole picture it can really blow one's mind.
@@anthonycaracausa9895 *"but when seeing the whole picture it can really blow one's mind."*
That was the same thing with Moffat's Sherlock. The same way Season 5 here was essentially one great big single story, Sherlock as well - from The Abominable Bride to the finale - was (even more so) one big single story. And even today, many of the fans don't like them because they haven't made the connection fully that it is one big, self-mirroring story (about Existentialism essentially).
To me, one of Moffat's greatest feats on Sherlock (or any of his shows for that matter) was taking the already intricately woven 'double story' of 'The Abominable Bride' and pulling a 'Sixth Sense' on it, transforming it into an entire different story you didn't even realize was there until after you watched the finale 'The Final Problem'. (Again I'm trying to be as vague as possible here so as not to spoil anything for those who've not watched the series - which, btw, WHY haven't you watched it?!?!?!? Go! Waste not a second! Watch it NOW! 😀 ).
Moffat is truly an amazing - and underrated - writer.
It's remarkable that the youngest actor to play the role can say, "a daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away," and it's totally believable. The museum video, and the moment when he rewinds into the Weeping Angels episode, are two of the best things in all 14 new series of Doctor Who.
The girl who waited, The Boy who waited. Perfect pair. 😂
awwww yes!!
the way they used the old wedding saying to bring back the doctor was AMAZING storytelling imo
You edited out my favorite line (perhaps in all of New Who): "...I remember you - and YOU ARE LATE FOR MY WEDDINNGGG!!!" I love that line, especially the way that Karen Gillan delivers it!
She says *WEDDINGAH!*
@@happyslapsgiving5421 Some people do seem to think the letter 'G' always deserves its own syllable. :D
Under the sound of the TARDIS materializing in the wedding scene, you can just barely hear Rory saying “I was plastic!?!” as his memories are returning.
“I'll be a story in your head.
That's okay.
We're all stories in the end.
Just make it a good one, eh?
'Cause it was, you know?
It was the best.”
Steven Moffat thought that Amy would want a big wedding with a lot of dancing. In the script it was written that the Doctor was a "terrible dancer" and danced like a "drunk giraffe", and Matt Smith additionally came up with his own routine.
I'm not entirely sure why but "I can buy a fez" remains one of my favourite Dr Who quotes. It seems to epitomise the Doctor's ability to pick himself up and start again after experiencing any kind of loss. If ever I lose - or break - anything now I just think "...I can buy a new fez".
The new fez that got lost in delivery.
And that's why Rory is the GOAT.
Absolutely love this finale and how the entire season arc comes together.
And up next - my favourite Christmas Special.
And that's how i choose my username here on TH-cam over a decade ago.
The boy who waited (for this episode so you could comment this)
that's an awesome username!
It's stupid, but my favorite thing in this episode is the time loop of little Amelia getting thirsty in the museum. She's thirsty because the Doctor stole her drink in the past so that he can give it to her in the future.
Not stupid at all, its my favourite part too lol
I've loved many Doctors in my time, but the end of this season is what set the 11th in my heart forever. Matt does an impeccable job of embodying an ancient man in a young body. It's the subtle emotions and the wavering voice when he's upset....I love him so much. So glad to have been on your DW journey with you Jules and look forward to the next series!!
Matt Smith era story writing and directing just seemed to fire on all cylinders. I like Eccelston and Tennant, but the stories in Smith's run were just so compelling. Next season is a hell of a ride.
Agreed.
Capaldi's era, too, albeit in a different way.
@@arch1017 I stopped watching before the Smith final episode. Never got around to watching until earlier this year. I am watching through Capaldi right now. Will say he has my favorite Companion.
@apocalypsezero Capaldi does have fantastic companions. I love them all.
Capaldi is just stellar, too.
Agreed. The writing is why, even though I think Tennant and Capaldi are better actors, Smith is my favorite modern Doctor.
I really think had anyone else but Matt Smith followed David Tennant as the Doctor, the show wouldn't've been anywhere near as successful as Doctor Who was in this era. Ten was, and is, so beloved, and it was such huge shoes to fill, and Matt hit it out of the park! The chemistry between Matt, Karen and Arthur is so good! Alex Kingston as River is perfection! My favourite episode in the entire history of the show is Vincent and the Doctor. This two-part finale cemented Eleven as My Doctor! Series 5 is a true gem! Now on to the Christmas special and series 6!
"We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one."
I love that line, makes me think that our lives are like books. Each year of it is like a different chapter and it's our choice/decision to make it a good one.
A great way to end a brilliant series. Looking forward to the next reaction.
The something old, something blue from Amy always gets me in the feels a little bit because of how much I love the Tardis. This series shows how much of a brilliant writer Steven Moffat can be.
Can we all just agree Rory is an absolute boss?
Like he waited and kept Amy safe. It's why he's one of my favourite companions.
Fez's are cool!
Dalek: Records indicate you will show mercy
River: I'm River Song. Check your records again
Dalek: Mercy
Just pointing it out because Dalek's don't beg...You gotta wonder what River did to make a Dalek scared
THERE IS ALWAYS A HAPPY ENDING!
Looking forward to series 6 >:3
I love this series finale! I'm a huge fan of both mind-bending, time-twisting stories and deep melodrama, and this one ticks all my boxes. All of the actors really shine here, and the ending is so uplifting.
"We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh." One of my favorite bits of wisdom from the show.
13:10 this scene was one of the testaments to Matt Smith's extraordinary ability to convey a sense of immense age in a young face.
Oh god, I love Matt Smith, but I adore Rory. So glad you enjoyed this whole series, Juliet, your enthusiasm for this series is just a joy.
Thank you!! It is always so nice to read your comments. You are wonderful 💜🤗
The most important thing here is that Rory is back! And happily married! And travelling in the TARDIS!
Rory deserves all the nice things.
HE DOES! Rory is a sweetheart 🥰🥰
@@julesreacts
*AMY&RORY* is my favorite Doctor Who companion.
No, I didn't make a mistake.
Amyandrory.
It's all one.
@@happyslapsgiving5421 as much as i like Amy....she needs her Rory
Rory irritated me at first, just like Mickey -- but boy did he prove himself worthy of Amy here!
I LOVE this finale. It’s so clever, is one of the rare times they make really good use of time travel, him hopping back and forth to set everything up is brilliant, and them actually sneaking the future Doctor into an earlier episode is SO well done (his coat sleeves having been a clue all along, not an error as everyone assumed) and the TARDIS being ALL the things from the old wedding saying is genius.
River is such a tease and one of the best characters in Doctor Who. Her making the Dalek beg is just superb.
Thank you so much for your reactions, revisiting the show with you is a true joy.
One of my favorite finales. The mop and fez are a reference to the 7th Doctor. And River destroyed the fez because the showrunners' realized that Matt would never stop wearing it if they let him.
I've gone through all the Seventh Doctor's stories in my head, and I'm not getting either a mop or fez reference.
Please explain
@alwillcox it's a very quick shot in "Silver Nemesis" I believe.
Thank you so much for your reactions to this show! I feel the same way as you. At the first of series I was very scheptical, I didn't know how to feel. Matt Smith came in and blew me away. He quickly became my favorite Doctor for all the reasons you mentioned. Can't wait for more.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed 💜
The Boy Who Waited marries the Girl Who Waited! What more can you ask! And the Doctor proposed(?) to River? LOL! This was such a good episode. And great ways to sneak in a lot of the Doctor's previous adventure without being a "clip" show. And I wonder if we ever will learn about River's origins. At this point, the Doctor was getting so popular, that their budget was getting large enough to shoot even more episodes outside of the UK! (Keep in mind that the show started with styrofoam and cardboard sets that would sometimes fall over or malfunction during the live shoots, or actors who were "dead" would be seen getting up as they were leaving frame!) The show has come a long way since, for sure! I am so glad you have been "assimilated" (a Star Trek TNG reference) and am hoping your growing affection for sci fi continues to grow! For me, there are very few things more exciting than seeing a story inspire someone in some way!!
I'm glad you like this Doctor so much and I do really like that you mentioned how great it is that all three of our Series 5 characters are returning for Series 6. It is wild to think that this is the first finale without a regeneration or a companion leaving.
Whenever people talk about Matt Smith's Doctor, they sometimes say he personifies what it's like to be an old man in a young man's body. Whenever I read that, I think of this episode and his conversation with sleeping Amelia.
This is, without a doubt, my absolute favourite Series finale out of the entirety of NuWho.....and its followed by my all-time favourite Christmas Episode too.
A great finale to my favorite series of Doctor Who. I love series 5 all the way through. Matt Smith is brilliant, and Amy and Rory make a great TARDIS team. This is a fantastic finale, I love the Doctor's time jumping and his rewind through the past episodes of the season. And Amy quoting, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed............Something Blue," gets me every time. I also like the happy ending with the wedding and the Doctor dancing at the end. The Doctor and his team deserve some happy moments, and it's great to see them celebrating. Thanks for another great reaction, I am glad you enjoyed this series as well.
I love that Amelia was thirsty because The Doctor stole her drink from the future, and The Doctor stole her drink from the past because she was thirsty. A perfectly nonsensical loop😂
Okay, so this really was an extremely well crafted series arc, imo. I enjoyed it, and Series 5 is my favorite of the Smith series.
About Rory the Auton and what it does to his character, though: Rory the Auton was alive for almost 2000 years protecting the Pandorica. That means by the end of this episode, he was older than the Doctor self-reported at this time in the series. He had many Doctor-esque adventures over time, and some of them have even been made into canonical audio adventures and so on. But he was also a foil for the Doctor the whole time because the Doctor's whole thing is he never stops running, never stops moving. Rory stayed. All that time. He never gave up on Amy, and he never lost his respect for life. His first act when he thinks the Doctor has died is to honor the body.
Then Big Bang Two. Rory gets brought back human through the Doctor's intervention. BUT because the memory Auton Rory was at the epicenter of the cracks in the universe through Amy and retained his soul, human Rory that Amy marries actually retains all his Auton memories. Human Rory is early twenties physically with almost two thousand years of memories and experience after Amy brings his own memories back. Like River Song, suddenly here is another character very similar to the Doctor's level of competence (Rory can't see possibilities in time/fixed points like a Time Lord or regenerate), but the difference to me is that Rory earned it in the story. He became that on his own through the exercise of his loyalty and determination. And unlike Rose or Donna, Rory doesn't have to sacrifice (all of) his awesomeness to retain his sanity or stay alive. He has to sacrifice the hand gun and near invulnerability. Any other skills he learned and knowledge he accumulated are his to keep. I think it's incredibly interesting and good for the Doctor to have a character as competent as Rory on the team-and one who is neither a love interest nor a sycophant. Rory knows the score with the Doctor. And he's his friend anyway.
The flirting from Amy after Big Bang Two I find in bad taste, but I do think she is joking at this point and certainly, Rory is no longer threatened in the least by the Doctor. I think the Ponds' whole dynamic with the Doctor is lovely for the rest of their run. Rory ran after the Doctor just like Amy did when he left the wedding. Just like Amy, he wanted the Doctor to stay with them. When the Doctor got the call for adventure, Rory and Amy communicated without words to one another that they were changing their whole honeymoon plan, and Amy was the only one who even bothered to say goodbye. Rory was already flipping levers to help the Doctor fly the TARDIS to their next destination. (Side observation: after flying the Earth back home, the Doctor has continued to teach his companions to help fly the TARDIS, and Rory knows despite all the time he spent dead in this series. The Doctor taught him very quickly!)
I really do love the Ponds. Especially, especially Rory.
Peak writing this season from Moffat. This sealed Smith as my fav doctor
Series 5 is legitimately my favorite overall season of the show, it’s just such a lovely story arc and so satisfying.
Funny story about the fez. When Steven wrote this episode he went to his executive producer and presented his idea of putting Matt in a fez, and the EP said "Steven If you put Matt in a fez he'll never take it off!!" Steven said don't worry, I have a plan for that, and that's why River shoots it almost immediately. It was just so Matt Smith wouldn't wear the fez in every scene for the rest of his time as the Doctor.
It's going to be a long 2 weeks because season 6 is still to this day my favorite season in all of Doctor Who.
See how could I ever settle for a man when I had this rolemodel of Rory growing up! I have always adored season 5, I love this finale!
Rory is just the best!
@@julesreacts You wont get it yet but rorys best line is "i have a question from me and a message from the doctor". Cant wait until you get it lol
honestly this is one of my favoriate eras of doctor who the rest of this series and for a while longer
Totally agree that this was such a loaded series! Every episode is great to me, no skips whatsoever. This finale took me a few watches to catch everything honestly, but it will remain one of the most solid to me. Thanks for letting us come on this adventure with you!
Matt Smith really was absolutely brilliant, especially in series 5. He had outrageously huge shoes to fill following Tennant, and he 100% delivered. As much as i loved Eccleston and Tennant's acting, I think the show as a whole really hit it's zenith with Matt Smith in the role.
edit: Having Karen Gillian and Arthur Darvil for companions sure didn't hurt either lol
every bloody time i rewatch river song and the doctor's story, it still bloody brings me to damn tears
For me, series 5 was a huge step up in Doctor Who and I utterly fell in love with it.
Series 5 is also the introduction to one hell of a wild ride! Buckle up!
Your reactions have been wonderful to watch!
Thank you!!
I like the idea of Amy and Rory getting married. I’m glad they stuck with it
The doctor is like fire and ice, he is both a cool friend with a warm embrace, but h also can be the cold man who stands in the burning ruins of civilizations, depends on what side you're on.
Even if it was... hm... "misled"... the motivation of the alliance isn't totally wrong. They build the Pandorica to hold the most feared, most dangerous being in all of existence.
Oh Jules! It's so lovely to see you drop this video. I'm not sure if you know this, but doctor who twitter had a bit of a renaissance because of a lovely person named jeje who was watching the show for the first time, but we found out today some people were messaging her horrible things so she took a step back and isn't reacting to who anymore. The only other person I can think of who brings me as much joy when it comes to reacting to Doctor Who is you. (Maybe Sesska as well.) I am so glad you are enjoying this show so much. Please take care of yourself and retain that boundary from the audience. Much adoration!
Some might disagree (and that's absolutely fine!) but IMHO the Doctor / Amy / Rory era is my favourite DW era of all.
I thought that Doctor/Donna was incredible and then they bring out Doctor/Amy/Rory/River? It just keeps getting better and better!
Nah, I'm with you. Donna was my favourite companion with Tennant but this trio will always be my preference for rewatches and fond memories
@@Chestersgirl I hear that Matt, Karen and Arthur were - and still are - very close friends and it just bounces off the screen, the chemistry between the three of them.
@@julesreacts Honestly i thought it was great all the way until after capaldi. I tried giving jodies and ncutis eras two goes but it just wasnt good.
It is really hard. I love amy/rory . But then... I love 10th/Donna. But then... I love 9th/Rose. And then... spoilers
I always tear up at Amy's wedding speech.
Same. Every bloody time.
So glad you enjoyed series 5 Jules _and_ that you got onboard with Matt Smith so quickly (11 is my _joint_ favourite nuWho Doctor). This is one of my fave season finales partly _because_ of the sci-fi elements - plenty of shows would spend multiple episodes fretting over and unpacking the time loops, bootstrap paradoxes etc. but Moffat just embraces them with gleeful abandon :).
(and in doing so, is actually more honest than most shows/movies about just how insane it would seem to our 3 dimensional brains if someone really _could_ travel in _4_ dimensions)
“Just waiting for this all to make sense” and Steven Moffat don’t go hand in hand 😂
And this is only the start of the awesome. Amy, the Doctor and now the Last Centurion flying around fixing stuff. It's going to be a lot of fun!
Who else wants to see the adventures of the Last Centurion? I love the story that when Karen Gillian met the actress playing her younger self everyone was stunned by the resemblance, it was only when they started chatting they realised they were first cousins!
That would be SUCH a great spin off, even if just in comic book format 😅😍
And with this, I am now caught up with your wonderful reactions to this wonderful show! Love that it is on this most excellent of series finales that I get caught up. Everyone involved clearly had so much fun with this one. Also, never would have guessed that the Doctor in a fez is all I ever needed to see!
Want to say, oh Jules, that you are such a lovely person with such a lovely personality and so much empathy and understanding for characters, you are easily one of the relative few movie\show reactors that I actually like and regularly watch. Keep being you and I'll keep watching!😁
One sad thing about being caught up on your DW reactions... Now I have to wait a week between each.🙁
One final note\bit of advice, regarding time travel(taken from a book series I think you would like called The Thursday Next Adventures written by Jasper Fforde): Don't be so linear, darling.😁
I do love this series quite a lot. It has a really satisfying ending, even if it is a bit crazy (that's when Doctor Who is at its best honestly). I love how it ties up the weird reappearance of the Doctor in the Angels episode as well. Thank you as always for these reactions.
Your reaction was everything I hoped it would be! I love seeing you fall in love with this era and all it holds, just as I did! I am so glad you are having fun🤗 Excited for what is next!😁💚
Yeah, it's bonkers - and has more bootstrap paradoxes than a hat full of weeping angels, but it's still glorious - one of my favourite season closeouts. Great stuff
I love Amy and Rory, but i won't deny I had to grit my teeth a bit when even after everything rory did, Doctor shows up and amy is like "You may definitely kiss the bride."
Right in front of him, in front of everyone! Dude waited 2000 years for her!!
I mean the Doctor said it, Rory said, Amy said it, they are her boys. Also I don't think she meant it that way. More a weird way to say "holy shit I just brought you back from nothing and I'm so glad to see you!" Also notice the fact that they didn't actually kiss. I also don't think Rory is particularly phased by it because he got the girl and he got what he had wanted.
@nightshade7240 okay, come on, this is stretching.
Her face when she struts up to him for the kiss, the fact that the doctor has to say no, also, no one out there on their wedding day is going to be like "She's mine now, she can kiss whoever she wants."
People don't kiss people because they are really happy to see them, cheek kiss, forehead kiss sure.
But that is not what she was going for, you and I both know that.
I still love Amy, don't get me wrong, but she was a tad cruel to Rory the whole season, and even after realising what a great guy she got and how much she cares about him, she was still ready to throw herself at the doctor.
Moffat stated at some point that for this finale he decided to narratively write himself into the most impossible corner, just to see if he could actually write himself out of it. Safe to say, he managed it. And that beside story Eleven gives to young Amelia is great in isolation but genius once you realise he wove the "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue" into it. One of Moffat's high points in clever writing, for sure.
River: "Rule 1: The Doctor lies."
It's an important rule.
So glad to see you watch this one. It feels like it's almost time for a holiday...
Geronimo!!
There's so much to enjoy and talk about in this episode, so I'll just stick to my personal favourite.
River Song made a freakin' Dalek beg for mercy. Bad. Ass.
The first time in the library where she was introduced is the end of River's story. The story we've been getting since is more or less working backwards through her life.
Yeah, it's crazy!!
"I'm just waiting for it to make sense!" Always the case with a Stephen Moffat script.... 😉
"I'm just trying to wrap my head around everything, it's just so amazing! " Also always the case with Stephen Moffat's writing!
Hey Jules... "Gotcha!"
This is my favorite series of NuWho. It's nearly perfect. Okay the silurian episode is a little "eh" and The Lodger episode is kind of "meh" but damnit Matt Smith is so electrifying on screen, and this TARDIS team just have such wonderful chemistry. Also, Steven Moffat just did a fabulous job of crafting this wonderful fairytale. That moment when we find out that the "more serious" doctor that came back to comfort Amy was actually from the future... I remember at the time the Angels episodes were airing that people were speculating online that it was a separate Doctor, because you can just make out his jacket. That is immensely hard work to craft all of those threads os that they carry through and pay off.
As much as David Tennant's exit from the series broke our hearts, I think he left at the right time. His iteration of The Doctor, as I said some months back, was just so weighed down with grief and pain from all of the losses he incurred over his three years... Matt Smith just explodes into the role in the Eleventh Hour, and he never stops.
This was truly a blast to relive with you, Jules. Thank you for that. It's been 14 years, now.
I love Juliette forgetting at the start of this reaction that the Pandorica is under Stonehenge in the Roman era, so that 1894 years later is when Amy would be 8 in 1996 in the alternative timeline.
Rory and Amy have the best romance in the whole show imo! Series 6 is definitely my favourite of the Matt Smith era, lots of great stuff for them to come!
The fifth season is absolute peak.❤
Everybody wants someone like Rory.
Actually I'd want someone like Amy. Rory is nice and all but Amy is an absolute firecracker and the accent is something I could listen to for the rest of my life.
@nightshade7240 brother... he waited 2000 years.
@@captironsight
And they are hard to find since many are dragged into the toxicity of the manosphere where being dedicated is a sign of weakness to them.
Too many toxic men out there that see it as beta or s impin instead of the virtue it is.
I do love how this episode went out of its way to have as much fun as possible during an otherwise dire situation. Amy in the Pandorica and the "ridiculous miracle" Doctor with a mop and fez are standouts there. On that note, it was jokingly suggested in behind the scenes talk that blowing up the fez was as much to stop Matt Smith wearing it as it was the Doctor
Brilliant editing, so compact, easy to follow,. Always bring a tear,
The diary. It's old, it's new, it's borrowed, it's blue.
The TARDIS is also old and new, as the Doctor tells seven-year-old Amelia, and borrowed - and the bluest blue… The diary is just a trigger to make Amy remember the TARDIS and the Doctor too.
the way we all thought the scene in flesh and stone was a continuity error still makes me chuckle
After the trauma of all the previous finales this having a happy ending, at the time, was such a breath of fresh air 💜💜
Amy holding Amelia's hand.... When Rose did that, time started breaking down.....
9:37 God, show, don't make me cry while I'm eating my dinner.
12:55 What did I just say?!
18:59 Oh, for GOD SAKE!
Can’t wait for series 6…!
Rory has once again died, this time in 1941. Everyone take another shot
POOR RORY 😭🤣
I remember watching this episode as a kid. IT WAS AMAZING
This is where it gets complicated
I'm sad when you cry.
I'm happy when you laugh.
But I'm always enthralled by your reactions.
Thanks for sharing your reactions, thoughts and comments, Jules.
You make New Who even more amazing.
😊 thank you, Kieron! I appreciate your kind words, always!
I really love River in this episode, and next season is a woozy! Quick question: will you be doing the minisodes as seperate videos or will you pair them with an episode? Id say pair them with an episode since they are usually less then 10 minutes ❤
Definitely separate episodes due to copyright issues! They often get flagged, sadly.
One of my favorite moments when I first watched this episode was
"This is gonna have to be goodbye"
"Yeah, definitely goodbye"
Oh no, the Doctor is leaving them... but they had a great run as companions...
"Good bye!"
Oh!
When this first aired, i admit that i had to watch it twice. First time for the spectacle of a season finale and another to pick up the little bits i missed in my excitement
Yep, definitely!!
so you have some great theories about River, and as she said, it's about to be revealed. as the Doctor said," are you married? did you think I was asking?" "yes" Welllllllllll.......... also I love your discription of the Doctor as you started your outro, it plays right into the secret of the past three Doctors I've been hinting to you about, so here are my last hints, but you may have it figured out without knowing you do.... the ninth Doctor was avoiding his responcibilties, the Tenth Doctor started out barganing with the universe and transitioned to being angry with it, this Doctor is calm and accepting, so what does this sound like? love your reaction, can't wait to see you views on next season, and yes, Fez are cool.
This Doctor is calm and accepting, yes! Surely nothing can go wrong 😅
I do love how this Doctor seems to be a little bit obsessed with hats and accessories. He does like to dress up 💜
Something we couldn’t say before. People thought they messed up in the weeping angels 2 parter when the doctor had his jacket back on after the Angel took it. It was him from the future.
The debates in fandom/on LJ and TWoP were interesting.
The Dr. Who Bill and Ted episode. 😂
Series 4 is my very favorite of all the seasons of NuWho, however Series 5 is right behind it because it did such a great job of having so much fun with the Eleventh Doctor adventures that it took away the sting of losing Ten. And that's saying something as so many people were devastated with losing Tenant. I'm so glad to see that you feel the same way too.
The absolute genius of Moffatt's writing is encapsulated in this episode.
One of my favorite lines in all of doctor who is the something borrowed something blue, and when he dancing hes doing " the drunken giraffe" dance
Fezzes are Cool.....and Bow Ties too...=))
The panderica episodes are my absolute favorites.
“Amy Pond. The girl who waited. Was it worth it?”
Also when he visits her on the night she waited to take her to bed and tell her the story. 😢
This season, as new and different as it was, was a great introduction to this Doctor Who left such an impression; and yet there's such great moments yet to come (as usual :D ).
I'm glad you spotted the most important part of the episode; the cat on the wall. Happy Hallowe'en and looking forward to more Matt and Pond. :D
The cat!! Always a highlight to see any furry creatures 😍
I originally started Doctor Who with season 5, even though he isn't my favourite, Matt Smith was my first Doctor, and this finale is between my favourite episodes. It's so great it made me go back (to the Ninth Doctor) and watch it from the beggining. Series 6 is also amazing and i can't wait until you experience it, it will be an incredible journey.
Ahh, Doctor Who, inspiring impossible relationship standards in its fans since time immemorial! Get yourself a partner who would stand guard over you for nearly 2000 years while dressed as a roman!
Also, the crazy dance The Doctor does at Amy and Rory's wedding is called "The Drunk Giraffe," and instructions on how to perform it were released in the Doctor Who annual book the year this series came out!
This is where it gets complicated.
Big bang 2!
something old, something new. something borrowed, something.... blue...........
I love Amy and I love Rory. Rory is higher on my best companions list than a loooot of them!
Donna takes the number one spot for me, though.
Favorite finale in doctor who, and with each finale I love it more for reasons that are a bit spoilery. But man this was a good episode
Such a great episode 🎉 I love it so much, and I love your reactions, as always ❤❤
Thank you 🥰🥰 REALLY well done episode. I'm left in awe by this one. Just so well done.
i wish you had more of these out already
Thus endeth another great season. Next season has some great episodes too. I wish I could see them all for the first time again.
Top Moffat. It's wibbly wobbly timey wimey. He somehow managed to solve all the problems set up in The Pandorica Opens. Sure, the Doctor basically getting himself out of the Pandorica is a bootstrap paradox, but it is all such fun and so clever that you can just enjoy the ride!