Is 'The Doctor's Wife' The Best Doctor Who Episode?

The Doctor's Wife is one of the most acclaimed episodes in Doctor Who's history. Does it live up to the hype?

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[HarboWholmes]

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[classfan]

Definitely the stand-out episode of series 6. The return of the coral TARDIS interior was such a satisfying moment. House was definitely one of Doctor Who's most memorable one-off villains. The Doctor's characterisation in this episode was superb. Most of time, the 11th Doctor was characterised as a bumbling man-child but here, he's portrayed as a dark, cunning and intelligent individual. Surrane Jones is the stand-out performance in this episode. She really sold the personality of the TARDIS. Ah, a real gold standard of an episode!

[PrDrNintendo]

It's crazy to think the script of such an amazing episode just materialized out of nowhere on Moffat's desk one night

[caitlynmarie]

11:04 speaking of Donna — she was another companion who the doctor tricked into going back to the TARDIS “for safety” only to have to completely backfire on them.

[neon_lavander]

I love how Smith delivers darker lines in a much lighter tone Tennant did, a reminder that the darker doctor is always there, he always bears the burden of having killed his people for the greater good and the liminalty between darkness and normality is becoming more and more vague, although its not really addressed until season 8 its definitely intresting and good character development

[bowlerhatfilmsandreviews]

I want to give a shout out to the "The only water in the forest is in the river" because that line was teased long before this episode came out, in the 2011 Edition of 'The Brilliant Book Of Doctor Who" there was a section where the Dream Lord gave out several lines and said one of them would be said in the upcoming next series.
In the end it turned out to be two, that line and a line from Marriage Of River Song.
Very clever foreshadowing

[bmvthemoviefanatic]

"Fear me. I've killed hundreds of Time Lords."

"Fear me. I've killed all of them."

Probably the most epic and my personal favorite Eleven line. *CHILLS!*

[caitlynmarie]

12:05 Has anyone else ever wondered if the Meta-crisis doctor is actually quite unhappy? Yes, yes, I know he gets to be with Rose but… can you imagine the doctor being truly happy stuck in one place forever without his TARDIS? I know he’s “different” than The Doctor in many ways, but he’s also not that different and we have seen how bored and frustrated he gets when he’s stranded for any amount of time, so even with Rose by his side I can’t imagine him truly fulfilled in that scenario.

We have seen how difficult it can be for his companions to adjust to normal life after they spend time traveling with The Doctor… so after 900+ years of traveling, I can imagine it would be quite an adjustment to be stuck in place and especially knowing that you’ll never be able to travel through time and space ever again.

[Reginald]

1:58 This first happened in the end of time, and it also subsequently happened in night of the doctor, as well as with Missy, Rassilon and 13.

[sanddagger]

Over the course of RTD era, I kept waiting for the cloister bells to return and they only did at the end of Turn Left. I was just so pleased that the writers had not forgotten that if things were really bad then the Tardis would know.

When a remake goes on for too long it starts referencing itself instead of the original. For example Fugitive of the Judoon brings back Jack/the chameleon arch/the Judoon/nano genes
All of these are references to RTD era, further muddied because supposedly Ruth did the chameleon arch before the tenth doctor and turned her Tardis into a police box before William Heartnel did, but my main complaint is that there was more than 50 years worth of lore to explore and Chibnall chose to redo 2007.

If you are going to make an episode about time lords and Tardises than The Doctor's Wife is how you do it. You look up old episodes about Nisa and Teagan being trapped in the winding corridors and marking their path with yarn and lipstick. You bring back "the round things." You remember that Tom Baker deleted rooms before when escaping E-space. You also recall that he too swapped back and forth between two console rooms. You add The War Game's message boxes and you bring back the cloister bells. It is definitely an episode for the long time fans of the show. It's a shame it did not have the same budget as Journey to the Center of the Tardis but I actually prefer it more.

[johannvongenerico]

This is such a spectacular episode, everything about it firing on all cylinders. The delivery of "fear me, I've killed all of them" is perfect, so cold and understated. And I cannot even see a glimpse of the final conversation between the doctor and the TARDIS without welling up, it's so beautiful

[mattyram]

My favourite angry Matt smith moment is when he snaps at the colonel in a good man goes to war, best bit of acting in the whole series

[gooseincrocs]

it's michael sheen that voices house?! how did that go over my head? he did such a good job that i didn't even realise it was him

[NileSWPhotography]

“Did you wish REALLY hard” will always be my favourite one liner from Amy 😂 that’s such a her thing to say and that banter between the two is hilarious. 11 is so happy 😄

[lucypreece]

This episode is beautiful. eerie, magical, whimsical, terrifying and heart-breaking all in one. a true emotional roller-coaster

[Eroxi]

Neil Gaiman is my all time favorite writer. The Graveyard Book is one of my favorite books he's written. The Doctors Wife was also supposed to be much darker and include a much more intricate exploration of the inside of the TARDIS. But they had to go with running down corridors because of our good ol friend *budget*

[skinner]

This is one of those episodes that doesn’t have any issues. It’s a complete stand-out, amazing writing, amazing actors. Winning two awards, is just brilliant. In season 5, Matts Doctor is goofy, fun, the voice of reason. Then a season later he becomes the underdog, takes no shit from anyone. I love that.

[omalleycaboose]

Imagine a world where Neil Gaiman somehow was In charge of all Doctor Who

[ZelphTheWebmancer]

I love to see a long (really long in this case) running show allow the fans that grew up watching it have a chance to write/act/direct their beloved show. It somehow makes the show feel really special, like by fans for fans kind of way.

Except for you, Chibnall.

[GoddessOfWhim]

i'd love for Gaiman to write a Dalek story