An Emotional Roller-coaster (Top Moments of the Doctor Part 13)

Welcome back to yet another Doctor Who Sunday post! This segment is all about DOCTOR WHO! We will continue with our search through some of the modern Doctor's greatest moments! Last week there was a lot of emotion and judging by some of the scenes we are going to go through now there is a lot more to come but, hopefully, there will be some laughs mixed in as well. Geronimo!

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61. Rory Puts Hitler in the Cupboard in Let's Kill Hitler

Many of us would have asked ourselves what we would do if we found ourselves with Hitler in some strange twist of fate (and time). Thanks to the wonders of Doctor Who, we now know what the Doctor would do to Hitler. Even Rory is a little shocked when he gets to punch Hitler, point a gun at him, tell him to shut up and put him in a cupboard. It is one of those great scenes that makes you love Doctor Who even more. Hold on though, there are a lot of emotions ahead.

62. River Song: "Is he worth it?" in Let's Kill Hitler

I warned you that the emotions were real. This episode, Let's Kill Hitler, comes straight after the episode When a Good Man Goes to War when (SPOILERS) River song was revealed to be (STOP READING IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY KNOW) Amy and Rory's daughter; Melody Pond. In this episode we see Melody Pond before and after the regeneration that turned her into River Song. As she was trained to kill the Doctor, she poisons him with her special lipstick and then, at the end of the episode (this scene), she finds out that she is the River Song that the Doctor and his companions have been going on about and she uses her remaining regeneration power to save him. The episode may sound like a stupid one but it is actually full of so much heart and emotion. I did warn you that the emotions were coming.

63. Amy Hates the Doctor in The Girl Who Waited

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This episode sees Amy separated from the Doctor and Rory in the "Two-Streams" facility which was created to save the inhabitants of a diseased planet by keeping everyone in separate time streams where they could only see each other but not meet. Rory has to go with the TARDIS and the Doctor to catch up to Amy's faster time stream but by the time they arrive, thirty years have passed and Amy is sick of waiting for the Doctor. This episode is one that Whovians either love, or they hate. I love it for its heart and the dilemma that Rory faces later when he has to choose between saving the younger version of Amy who has not known the heartbreak of the older version or save the older Amy who has waited over thirty years for the Doctor. We finally see an Amy whose unfaltering loyalty to the Doctor has stopped yet her love for Rory is still strong. Warning: the emotions only get worse from here.

64. Old and Young Amy Reminisce about Rory in The Girl Who Waited

This scene is just as heartbreaking for Amy as it is for Rory who has to choose between saving the young Amy who has just arrived or the older Amy who has waited thirty years. In this scene, the two different ages of Amy talk to each other through the looking glass that allows people to see between time streams in the "two-streams" facility. They talk about Rory and why they love him so much. I do not know how the Whovians who watch this episode not like it. I guess some people are just not built for emotions.

65. "Don't let me in" in The Girl Who Waited

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This is one of the most emotional scenes in the whole episode. I wanted to include the video clip to do the scene justice but there was none on YouTube. I did find this fan-trailer for the episode though which shows some of the best bits. Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/IWaited4U and the scene at the end with the hand up against the TARDIS window is what I wanted to tell you about. That hand belongs to the older version of Amy who the Doctor had quickly shut the door on when the younger Amy finally made it through. He also locked the door and left Rory in charge of it so that she could not get in. In this scene, the older Amy knows that she cannot enter the TARDIS with the younger Amy as the resulting paradox would be too big for the TARDIS to maintain but she still also wants to come in. So she tells Rory to not let her in. Even though she wants to so badly she tells Rory not to let her in. This would have been so hard for Rory to do as he even became angry at the Doctor for making him choose between a scarred Amy or a fresher Amy.

I warned you that this post would be an emotional roller-coaster. See you tomorrow!

The Emotion is Real (Top Moments of the Doctor Part 12)

Welcome back to yet another Doctor Who Sunday post! This week we continue our way through some of the greatest moments of modern Doctor Who! You can go through the archive of posts (to the right) if you want to find some of the other parts.

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56. Amy is a Ganger in The Almost People

This is a scene that even chokes up the Doctor. If you have the time, you really should watch the clip (I know you have to go through to YouTube but it is worth it). In it we discover the real reason why the Doctor went to the early days of the Flesh. We find this reason to be that he wanted to find out more information about it so that he could sever the connection between Amy and the flesh body which her consciousness is in. Amy saying how scared she is while Rory slowly backs away is just heartbreaking.

57. Rory demands answers from the Cybermen in A Good Man Goes to War

This scene starts the Season 6 Part 1 Finale A Good Man Goes to War. In it the Doctor and Rory are trying to find Amy and so they go to the 12th Cyber Legion and Rory demands to know where his wife is. You really have to love the Doctor's message.

58. Protecting Melody Pond in A Good Man Goes to War

This is another of those emotional scenes. Just when you think that the battle is over and the Doctor has won you find out something else entirely. Suddenly, the battle is only just beginning and it becomes a battle to save Amy and Rory's daughter; Melody. It is a great scene where we see many different sides to the Doctor. We see the Time lord victorious and the time lord distraught. There is a lot to make this scene one of the bests. For one, we find that the Doctor has been fooled again and that the Pond's child is actually a ganger and the real one is with Madame Kovarian.

59. "How far you've come." from A Good Man Goes to War

I know this is a fan-made video but it makes the scene so much better with all the different cut scenes that allow you to understand what is going on. In this scene we see the result of River's prophecy. River refused to come and help the Doctor save Amy before as she said that the Doctor will rise so far and then fall so much further. This scene comes right before the big reveal of season six; River Song's true identity. This is a very reflective scene that looks back at how far the Doctor has come from when he began and it serves as a wake-up call for him. This fan-made video makes the scene that much better.

60. River Song's Identity in A Good Man Goes to War

There is so much emotion in this week's Doctor Who Sunday that I can not even handle it. This scene just caps it off with River's true identity revealed. I am warning you that if you are not yet up to this, finish reading this post right NOW or else it will not come as a shock. In this scene we finally learn the real reason why River did not come to help the Doctor save Amy. It was because that she knew her baby self would be there because (SPOILERS) her real name is Melody Pond. The reason why she took the name River Song is because the people of the gamma forest did not have a name for Melody or Pond as the only water in the forest is the River (a reference to the ending of The Doctor's Wife). It is very emotional.

Wow, I really need a box of tissues after writing this Sunday's post. See you tomorrow!

Top Moments of the Doctor Part 11 (Doctor Who Sunday)

Welcome back to yet another Doctor Who Sunday post! I guess that it is also a welcome back to longer posts. I am going to try and schedule some longer posts to come out in the future so I can take some days off for homework and other commitments so hopefully there will be more long posts in the future. It is VCE now which means a lot more studying and less time to write these posts but I will try. Anyway, we are back to going through some of the Modern Doctor's greatest moments. You can check back through the archive to your right (highlight your cursor over the rectangles) to find the other parts that you may have missed. As always, this is in no particular order other than chronology.

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51. The Silence Defeat Themselves in The Day of the Moon

This was the moment that the Doctor ensured the defeat of the Silence by using their own power of hypnotic suggestion against themselves. By inserting this clip of the Silence telling everyone to "kill us all on sight" into something that millions of people were watching, he ensured that the silence would be their own undoing. It was a very smart move that once again saw the Timelord victorious (thumbs up to you if you know that reference).

52. River's First and Last Kiss in The Day of the Moon

This very sad scene at the end of what was supposed to be a very triumphant moment represents a part of what makes Doctor Who so good. This scene sees River kiss the Doctor which for him is the first time. River also knows that their lives are lived in reverse and that her beginning with him is as he is older and her end is when he was younger. River then knows that she may never kiss the Doctor again as she knows that when the doctor no longer recognises her (sees her for the first time), it is her time to die. That is part of what made the Silence in the Library episode so good.

53. "You can call me Sexy" from The Doctor's Wife

This is one of the funnier scenes of Doctor Who. It takes place after the Doctor is lured to an Asteroid in a bubble-Universe with the false hope of finding another Time lord. Once there, the TARDIS consciousness was taken out of the TARDIS and put into the human body of Idris. Idris then calls herself "sexy". It was a great scene in many respects.

54. Sexy Dies from The Doctor's Wife

This was another one of those sad scenes that makes Doctor Who so deep. In this scene, Idris' body deteriorates due to the sheer size of the TARDIS matrix and as she dies, she expels House from the TARDIS and saves Amy, Rory and the Doctor. I am sorry that you have to watch this clip on YouTube but it is well worth it. It gets really sad when Idris says "I just wanted to say hello."

55. Memories of the Flesh in The Rebel Flesh

This is a scene that brings up some big moral questions such as "What constitutes being human?" and whether what they did to the Flesh was right. It is a very sad scene made even worse when we later find out that it was just Jenny's Ganger (made of the Flesh) manipulating Rory into helping her. It is a sad scene that I love to watch over and over again. You really should go watch it on YouTube.

The Doctor has many sides. See you tomorrow!

Doctor Who Sunday (Thursday Edition): Top Moments of the Doctor Part 6

Welcome to another Doctor Who Sunday post where I go through some of the greatest Doctor Who moments in the Modern series. I am posting this today to commiserate the loss of Matt Smith and to celebrate the arrival of Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who. If you did not realise, I posted Part 5 yesterday on Christmas to make up for missing out last Sunday and also to give me a break on Christmas Day (I am pre-writing this one on Christmas Eve). On with the Doctor!

26. The Doctor Wants a Mate in Partners in Crime

In this scene the Doctor is glad that Donna has agreed to accompany him as his companion but when Donna mishears him saying "I just want a mate" things get interesting. What Donna hears is "I just want to mate" and comedy gold ensues. I am sorry for the poor quality of the video but it was the only one I could find and pictures just did not justice.

27. "Just Save Someone" in The Fires of Pompeii

This is a scene where we finally get to see the emotional side of Donna and see that she is not just there as a comedy character. We also see the darker side of the Timelord in this episode as he does not want to save people because it is a "Fixed point in time". Instead, Donna implores him to save just someone because the Doctor's home (Gallifrey) burned just like Pompeii. It is a very strong scene. You may also recognise Peter Capaldi as the father of the family. Fun fact, Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) also appears in this episode as one of the seers.

28. The Ood's Song in Planet of the Ood

In this episode we get another emotional scene with Donna and the Ood when she hears the song of captivity that these Ood are singing. Donna asks for the Doctor to allow her to hear it and when she does it gets very emotional and she feels even more for the Ood and their plight. For those of you who do not know, the Ood are creatures that the human race found and turned into slaves. Off all the monsters in Doctor Who the worst are always the humans.

29. The Doctor Meets River Song in Silence in the Library

This is the episode where the Whoniverse was introduced to River Song, a character everyone would learn to love is introduced to the Doctor. However, in this episode River Song already knows the Doctor and the Doctor makes the shocking discovery that River knows a lot more about him than he knows about her. It is a very good two-part episode (Forest of the Dead) is the second part. You also see how they make references to later episodes (the crash of the byzanteum is part of the episode with Amy and the Weeping Angels). River also knows that when the Doctor no longer knows who she is that it is her time to die which is something very sad and you can see her whole demeanor change.

30. River Makes the Ultimate Sacrifice in Forest of the Dead

This is a very sad scene and River even makes the note that now the Doctor knows exactly when she is going to die. Here, River is wiring herself into the mainframe of the library so she can stop the self-destruct sequence and save the people who had being "saved" by the computer. River also tells him of their last date so that the Doctor knows now when River is going to die. She even says that the Doctor cried. We all know that the Doctor cried because he knew that River Song was going to die. It was a very emotional moment played extremely well by Alex Kingston (River Song).

There was a lot of emotion in this part. See you tomorrow!

Doctor Who Sunday: Top Moments of the Doctor Part 5

Merry Christmas everyone! It is hard to believe that the year has already come around to its end and has brang Christmas with it. The year has gone by so fast. As you all might know from yesterday's post today (Christmas) and tomorrow (Boxing Day) are both going to be Doctor Who Sunday posts to celebrate the arrival of a new actor (Peter Capaldi) and commiserate the loss of an old favourite (Matt Smith). It is also there to make up for missing out on last Sunday's Doctor Who post. You will still be able to see Part 7 this coming Sunday though (if all goes to plan). On with the show!

21. Martha Walks the Earth in The Last of the Timelords

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This was one of the better season finales of Doctor Who as we prepared to farewell faithful companion Martha Jones (without us knowing she would make a few reappearances in Season 4 with Donna Noble). Here we find that after the Earth has been reduced to a shadow of its former glory thanks to the Master and the Toclafane. At the end of the previous episode (The Sound of Drums) we find Martha escaping the Master and now we find out what she has been doing but it is not until the end of the episode that we find out why. It really is a great scene and is one of those emotional-due-to-lack-of-emotion moments. The world has appeared to give up all hope and that is what makes Martha strive on.

22. The Toclafane's Identity Revealed in The Last of the Timelords

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The true identity of these creatures from somewhere unknown yet found by the Master was one that shocked quite a number of people. As the Master says to the Doctor, "I could tell you who they really are but it would only break your heart." We find out that the Toclafane are in fact from the end of time itself and the last humans fleeing destruction who are driven made and turned into these creatures. They even say that they kill other humans "because it is fun!" It really is a sick thing to know that the human race which the Doctor helped save in the third-last episode of Series 3 became these monsters and returned to kill their own kind. It is horrible to think that this is what becomes of the human race; monsters.

23. Martha Triumphs over the Master in The Last of the Timelords

Some of the final moments of Series 4 were the best. We learnt a lot about our favourite series in this episode. This scene is one where the human will wins over the Master's. It is a story of defiance and the resilience and power of the human race. It was a very triumphant moment to get back at the one man who had single-handedly caused an apocalypse. It is also a very poignant moment when his own companion supports the Doctor. As we saw earlier while the Master dances (see number 20) she was visibly tired and here we can see that she is sick of him and wants him gone just as much as anyone else, if not more.

 24. The Master is Shot by his Companion in The Last of the Timelords

This was one shock I did not forsee. I knew that his companion was getting tired of him but I never expected that she would go as far as to try and kill him after everyone else had already threatened to shoot him. What makes it even more surprising is that the Master refuses to regenerate as he does not want to spend the rest of his life stuck with the Doctor. It was a very triumphant and emotional (again due to lack of emotion) scene.

25. The Doctor and Donna Reunite in Partners in Crime

This was one of the funnier episodes of Doctor Who and this was definitely the funniest series in Modern Doctor Who. In this scene Donna and the Doctor are investigating the same thing (without realising it) and it is only in this scene that they finally meet after narrowly missing each other on several occasions. It is a very funny mimed conversation when they finally notice each other. It would have been hard to portray as you had to make sure that everyone could easily tell what was going on. The Adipose lady (Mrs Foster) is great when she realises what is going on and everyone is just like "What the hell is going on?"

Merry Christmas to everyone! Part 6 is tomorrow and Part 7 will come out on Sunday. See you tomorrow!