WATCH ALONG | DOCTOR WHO | 7x14 | The Name of the Doctor
Added 2023-04-14 17:42:33 +0000 UTCBelow is the schedule for the next month since things are a little odd due to the 50th Anniversary.
April 21st:
- Doctor Who: The Movie
April 28th:
- An Adventure in Space and Time
May 5th:
- Minisode: The Night of the Doctor
- Minisode: The Last Day
- 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor
May 12th:
- (Unknown Bonus Reaction) - This video is about 31 minutes in length, but the title was specifically removed when it was provided to me because of spoilers. I don't know anything about it (and want to keep it that way), but I've been told I might not want to react to this and that I'll be given more information after the 50th to help me decide.
- 2013 Christmas Special: The Time of the Doctor
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A Few Notes:
- Please no spoilers beyond this episode unless you see that later episodes have already been released. In that case, no spoilers beyond those episodes.
- This video is in a watch-along format. This means you'll need your own copy of the episode to watch alongside my reaction. This is in an effort to avoid copyright infringement.
- If you're based in the UK (or using a UK streaming site), here are instructions for how to get your copy to sync with mine.
- The show footage will play for the first 30 seconds with both video and audio. After that, the show footage will be silenced, and the video will be blurred for the remainder of the episode. There is also a count-up timer that begins once the episode has started. These things will hopefully make it easier for you to keep your copy of the episode synced with mine.
- This episode was viewed on HBO Max.
- If you want to know what’s coming up, check out the schedule here.
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Comments
Several of the Series 7 episodes fell a bit short for me, but there's no doubt Steven Moffat got back on top form at the end. For a classic series fan, all the nods to the past here felt like unexpectedly starting the 50th anniversary party six months early. Even apart from that, though, I think it surpasses both of the two previous Moffat series finales because it works on both the emotional and the plot-logic level. In Series 5, "The Big Bang" was a beautifully emotional climax to the season, but bringing the Doctor back into existence through the power of memory is basically a fairytale ending. The following year, the explanation of the season-long tease of the Doctor's apparent death was an ingenious piece of plotting but didn't have much emotional resonance. This ending, though, was both emotionally satisfying (even more so with the River/Doctor scene afterwards) and very cleverly thought out. It also draws a firm line under the whole "impossible girl" mystery; up to this point, Clara has been as much a puzzle piece as a person, but from now on she no longer needs to be kept at a distance from the audience. And regarding the "Unknown Bonus" reaction (based on the length, I know what it is): my vote is to watch it exactly where you've scheduled it... :-)
Steven Cooper
2023-04-15 04:40:51 +0000 UTCThe River Song timeline video you are talking about, there are different versions of it which were updated after her appearances in the show. I have a URL to one which was released BEFORE this episode, so it covers everything you've already seen up to the library, but not this episode. Let me know if you want the URL to watch it. It is on youtube though, and I know you are careful to avoid YT as much as possible because of the recommended videos and thumbnails that can have spoilers. I love this episode so much, and I'm really excited to get into the 50th content now.
SeeJay
2023-04-15 04:31:31 +0000 UTCI loved watching this with you!! This is my second favourite series finale of the whole show, my favourite being series 9. But this one is SO SO brilliant! Vastra and Jenny really do have the most beautiful relationship. And Strax never fails to crack me up. Those three bring so much to the show for me. Like you I struggle with the River stuff. I've rewatched Doctor Who 10+ times easily and I still don't really understand it lol. So I'm also glad that the explanation behind Clara showing up in multiple places was a simple one. But it was also very clever. I didn't predict it at all and I loved that. Also what happens in this episode really pushes The Doctor and Clara even closer together. He let go of River in a way and he saw Clara basically sacrifice herself to save him. And then he did the same to save her. And this is the first time The Doctor calls her "my Clara" which just melts my heart. He loves her so much and he's really realizing that now. The Doctor hasn't known her for long but he's already risked the universe to save her and it won't be the last time he does that. No spoilers of course, but what Clara eventually becomes and what The Doctor does for her, it'll blow you away! I'm SO excited for the 50th. I can think of like 10 things off the top of my head that are going to make you freak out/cry lol. I want it to be next Friday already!! 😍
Siobhan Linehan
2023-04-15 03:02:48 +0000 UTCSo excited!!!!!
David Blau
2023-04-14 22:27:58 +0000 UTCThank you for this!!! I couldn't remember who Dorian was, but this just brought all that right back!
Britany Felix
2023-04-14 19:45:07 +0000 UTC"On the fields of Trenzalore, at the fall of the eleventh, when no living thing could speak falsely or fail to answer, a question will be asked. A question should never be answered, hidden in plain sight. The question hes been running from all his life... Doctor Who?" - Dorian (S6 E13: Wedding of River Song)
Tommy
2023-04-14 19:39:57 +0000 UTCHERE WE GO BABY
Clara Gros-Louis
2023-04-14 17:50:08 +0000 UTC
