The Doctor's Speech | The Zygon Inversion | Doctor Who

Taken from Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 8 - The Zygon Inversion.

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[Mario-usxm]

This scene wasn't scripted. Jenna Coleman really just brought a nuke to the set and Peter Capaldi was desperately trying to talk her out of it while playing it off like a DW episode. What a talented actor! 😊

[opanababy]

“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.”
- Dr. Carl Sagan

[mikeestash]

What I love about this speech is that The Doctor isn’t completely confident while speaking. He’s stuttery, scared he won’t convince anyone, he’s making things up as he goes along. This doesn’t feel like something scripted. It feels like we actually watched THE Twelfth Doctor try and succeed to stop a war.

[danielgertler]

People give a lot of flack to Moffat but the dude knew how to write monologues. And Capaldi and Smith were both excellent at delivering them.

[megaFan]

Bonnie: "You don't understand... You will never understand..."
Doctor: "I don't understand?"
Me: "Uh oh. You've done it now."

[jamesjamieson]

The greatest thing about this scene, and the most upsetting thing about this scene, is that it will ALWAYS be relevant.

[jcpahman]

Every time he gets to "...and when I close my eyes!..." and his voice breaks I'm shattered. Either Capaldi is a superb actor, or he's experienced some real pain in his life because that is what that emotion sounds like.

[vvinter]

Some people say that this scene doesn't hold much weight because the Doctor didn't actually burn Gallifrey as shown in the 50th special. What they forget is that the Doctor is talking about all the atrocities he committed *during* the War, for centuries. The Time War went on for centuries.

Earth shattering performance by Mr Capaldi.

[Quinntus]

“Here’s the unforseeable. I forgive you.” I think there are a ton of people who need to hear that more often.

[superspine]

Its so refreshing to see the "hero" actually talk down the "villain" into making the right choice. You really don't see that done anymore, and especially not in a clever way like this. Fantastic writing.

[dangoldberg]

This is a day I wish more people could watch this and understand it.

[PaperbackWizard]

Here's the thing about ceasefires: everyone wants to be the last one to fire a shot before the shooting stops, no one wants to be the first to say "I forgive you".

[kriswright]

Capaldi’s performance here is legendary, but spare a thought for Jenna, too. Her reactions are integral to making it work as well as it does. She’s superb.

[fyradur]

If this was in a Hollywood film Capaldi would have definitely gotten an Oscar from this scene.

[bxkyywq]

you can actually hear and see the doctor’s overflowing anger right after the zygon told him he dosen’t understand. when people get too angry, they start to stutter. just like the doctor 3:08 in this moment. peter capaldi did a remarkable job expressing the doctor’s rage.

[captainghoul]

"Heres the unimaginable I FORGIVE YOU" always gets me

[Ampher]

Is no one gonna mention how Peter’s game show host voice is surprisingly amazing?

[RileyLive]

Can't believe some people say Peter is bad at playing the doctor. Well...I present them this scene.

[alecstronach]

Never before this has The Doctor shown his pain from The Time War this much. This is without a doubt the best speech ever written for Doctor Who. The acting from Capaldi when he says "when I close my eyes" and you can hear him holding back tears and turning around... gives me chills.

[Chang_Shi]

1:36 No idea behind the intentionality of this, but when he says "DIE" with such a similar tone to the Daleks, his enemies that are built for war, the very thing he is trying to prevent in this scene, it feels so chilling. It's such a powerful little detail, regardless of how intentional it was.