WATCH ALONG | DOCTOR WHO | 5x10 | Vincent and the Doctor
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After this episode they put up a suicide hotline number on the screen asking people struggling to reach out. One of my all time favourite episodes, also sums up why I love Eleven, he deals with Van Gogh with such empathy that I don't always see in other doctors. And as you said I'm glad they dealt with Depression in a real way and didn't try and make it something the Doctor could 'fix'.
Michael Harrop
2023-01-01 12:34:19 +0000 UTCJust finished the reaction. This is one of my favorite episodes. I've seen it about 15 times and I STILL cry to this day. It's funny though, my tears come earlier and earlier each time in anticipation of that end scene. Soon I'll just start bawling from the beginning LOL
SeeJay
2022-12-25 06:47:52 +0000 UTCAmericans say Go, English say Goff (like cough), the French say Gog. The Dutch (where Van Gogh was from) say Khoch with a back of throat sound, not a "tch" sound at the end. I'm Scottish and we say it similar to the Dutch way, but more like Goch, with the same back of throat sound. That sound it part of the Scots language so it's natural to us. Some English say it like that too, but most say Goff.
SeeJay
2022-12-25 06:08:39 +0000 UTCReally like this episode, Main gripe is I think it could of been better if we never actually got to see the giant chicken.
TheBoyRyan
2022-12-24 21:21:40 +0000 UTCThis episode is ok, but it's not one I rewatch: too 'Richard Curtis' for my liking (especially the 'hammering home the message' with a pop song on the soundtrack)
Ian Smith
2022-12-24 14:54:23 +0000 UTCThis is easily one of my all-time favorite episodes. I have been waiting for a long time for this reaction, and I couldn't be happier. Very astute observation about Rory. Obviously this episode couldn't have happened the way it did with Rory there.
David Blau
2022-12-24 04:02:53 +0000 UTCThis happens to be one of the highest-rated episodes of Dr Who of all time. It usually tops the youtube reaction view list also. It also happens to be the episode that got me hooked on watching reactions. I did a Youtube search for it 5 years ago and Sesskasay's reaction showed up, which then prompted me to start from scratch. People often recommend another top episode "Blink" as a good intro to Dr Who. I have used this one also, as once people get past the space chicken stuff, they get a good feeling about how emotionally deep the show can be. Bill Nighy (who played Dr Black the museum curator) was quite a fan and real expert on Van Gogh's work, to the point where he was pretty much told to use his own words to describe him.
Malcolm Wolf
2022-12-23 17:42:25 +0000 UTCA wonderfully moving episode, this one. Bringing in a high-profile guest writer like Richard Curtis affords the opportunity for a different slant on the show. The monster-chasing plot is nothing special (Doctor Who versus a Giant Space Chicken), but Curtis manages to build around it a realistic and deeply felt depiction of the effects of depression -- not a subject that would normally be thought of as "Doctor Who" material. Matt Smith and Karen Gillan are both excellent, but the real star is Tony Curran as Vincent. He is thoroughly believable as a man who sees the world in a very different way, and his physical appearance is so perfect that they even have him holding up an actual Van Gogh self-portrait next to his face at one point. The one obvious divergence from the real Vincent -- Curran's Scottish accent -- is elegantly covered in the cafe scene with a clever joke implying that the TARDIS is translating him for Amy's benefit.
Steven Cooper
2022-12-23 16:23:01 +0000 UTC
