The War Doctor Decides | The Day Of The Doctor | Doctor Who

[nickasaro]

“How many worlds has his regret saved?”

Line brings tears to my eyes every time.

[madelynmoses]

"You clever boys".
The tenderness in this phrase sent shivers down my body.

[Lordbigt]

"Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame.. Whatever the cost."
Just powerful

[jrs]

I love how everything about the war Doctor is a bridge from the classic series to New Who. His costume has elements from both 8 and 9. His screwdriver has the design of the Classic Series screwdriver but has a light-up emitter like New Who. Even his TARDIS has the classic look with the "round things" like 1-7 had but has the coral columns and console like 9 and 10

[dirdib]

The Time Lords used all their power to time lock the war, because the Daleks also had time travel. Here we see The Moment bypassing the lock seemingly without effort. Imagine being created to be the greatest weapon of mass destruction ever (they called it the "galaxy eater") and evolving so much that you not only became self-aware, but spent all your power to avoid being used.

[stevenelson]

Billy Piper and John Hurt work so incredibly well in this episode.

[mathewashley]

The moment: “You know the sound the Tardis makes, that wheezing, groaning. That sound brings hope where ever it goes.”
The Doctor: “Yes, I like to think it does.”
The Moment: “To anyone who hears it Doctor, anyone. However lost, even you!”

[inkpenavengerYT]

It's one of my favorite bits from the whole series when War is about to push the button, but the Moment keeps him talking. She's stalling. She knows 10, 11, and Clara are on their way, and that if anyone can talk the Doctor down, it's them. Just mwah!

[b.s.a.suburbiaproductions]

As much as I sympathise with people who wanted either McGann or Eccleston back for the 50th, I love their Doctors as much as anyone, thank god they took their one opportunity to cast Sir John Hurt as the Doctor/Warrior. There’s no way that decision could ever be a wrong one, the man was on a completely different level. May he rest in peace.

What’s even more impressive about this special is how it was hastily cobbled together by Moffat at the last minute, yet it still came out as a pretty incredible story (if maybe a bit too focused on New Who, but that’s the era most people are familiar with).

[sharkdentures]

Damn that heartbreaking John Hurt delivery puts tears in my eyes EVERYTIME I hear it!
The pain, the sorrow, the despair, the resolution ALL come through the cracking, wavering voice.
He has decided, he WILL be the "forever Villain" of the Story & doom his future selves to life-long regret by committing double genocide to save the universe! (even though he DESPERATELY doesn't want to)
So powerful!

Also, I LOVE how The Moment ALSO does not want to & it becomes more and more obvious as time goes on.
It "has a conscience" and does NOT want to kill! Not one. Not billions. But it IS how it was built, so if someone "pushes the button" (so to speak) it no longer has a choice. So it tries EVERYTHING to dissuade the Doctor; mockery & shame, threats, showing his future suffering, and finally . . . "hope".

[deanfranz]

"Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame."
Even as a person to sees himself as lesser, he still talks like a great warrior.

[MLaak]

Much as I wish Eccelestein had reprised #9 for this, I don't think they could have found anyone any better to play War than John Hurt.

[markdurl]

sometimes, even the doctor needs a taste of that hope. dosent matter what he calls himself, end of the day, he was still the doctor at his core.

[crayzkato]

the thing that gets me, is the instant she distracts him he clenches his hand and pulls away form the button. showing how reluctant he is now, knowing the pain he will feel.

[darkfang]

I like how they say in the beginning that the box is a weapon that could never be fired, but the Doctor is the only Timelord crazy enough to do it, and we believe that he did figure out a way, but then come to find out that it's still an unfired weapon. The Doctor is unique from the Timelords in a lot of ways, but not even he could weaponize the box.

[mpg]

3:37 I never noticed just how green the 9/10 tardis looks, even more so when it's side by side 11's tardis with it's ultra bight blue

[solarwind]

Lol if you pay attention he said these events should be time locked. We shouldn't even be here, which suggests the doctor is actually tried to travel back to this moment before but has been unable to return to it

[tomnorton]

This is one of Steven Moffat's best scripts. He made sure to account for EVERYTHING. The Final Sanction, the Time Lock, the more threatening Daleks, reintroducing the Zygons, ensuring that every single one of the previous Doctors made it into the episode, foreshadowing Peter Capaldi's incoming era, creating John Hurt's Doctor out of thin air with the explanation of repressed memories (which is a real thing), and even an explanation for Tom Baker's ageing in the Curator scene. Moffat thought through all of it, which really shows that he was a genuine fan. 

We don't have genuine fans working on Doctor Who anymore. The closest is probably Maxine Alderton but I doubt even she knows Doctor Who inside out like Moffat does. Russell T Davies MIGHT manage to salvage the show but only if he completely erases Chris Chibnall's entire era and I'm not sure if he has the balls to do that.

[paxtrick]

Day of the doctor best episode so far
10th Doctor David Tennant
11th Doctor Matt Smith
8.5th War Doctor John Hurt
Clara Oswald, one of the best companions so far (my opinion)
Billie Piper as Bad Wolf girl
And the Curator special guest

Its brilliant piek in this series.

Its FANTASTIC

[terryjaster]

I'm so happy someone finally combined all the scenes together. But I'm pretty sure my neighbors are tired of hearing the TARDIS landing in my living room