Showing posts with label Top Moments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Moments. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 April 2014

Goodbye Amelia Pond and Rory Williams (Top Moments of the Doctor Part 15)

71. "I love you more" from Asylum of the Daleks




This is a very emotional scene towards the end of Asylum of the Daleks where Amy and Rory fight over who loves the other more. It is actually a pretty sad scene as they had broken up between Series 6 and 7. Rory believes that since he did not want the relationship over that he has always loved Amy more but as these scenes show, they have both loved each other a lot. I am very sorry for the backing track taking away from the emotion but it was the best I could find that had the scene (well the only one I could find). It turned out that Amy only broke up with Rory as she could no longer have children after what Kovarian did to her at Demon's Run.

72. "Run, you clever boy!" from Asylum of the Daleks




This is the first episode where Whovians got a taste of what the new companion was going to be like. Of course, at this point she was still a mystery as in here she is a Dalek. Throughout the whole episode, she has helped the Doctor, Amy and Rory survive the Dalek Asylum and escape unscathed. This emotional scene is Oswin discovering that she is a Dalek but with a strong human mind that did not want to let go. It was a great show of how strong a character she is to be able to fight against her Dalek instincts so that the Doctor could survive. It is only at the end of Season 7 that we learn the significance of "Run, you clever boy. And remember..."

73. The Doctor is Bored in The Power of Three




This is a funny part of the episode where we see a Doctor staying in a place for an extended period of time when he rarely stayed in a place like that without doing something. It is funny when he is bored. Rory's line at the start of this scene should also not be forgotten.

74. "Together or Not At All" from The Angels Take Manhattan




Amy and Rory's final episode did not disappoint. This scene was such an emotional one where Amy and Rory are trying to escape from the Weeping Angels together. In the end, Rory wants to kill the angels by creating a paradox. By killing himself he is preventing himself from ever growing old in that building and creating a paradox which could kill the angels. It is very emotional to see just how much Amy loves Rory in that she would rather jump off and kill herself with him than have to go through seeing him die. Amy and Rory really are the best for each other. It is also sad to see the Doctor see the person whom he imprinted on from being the first face that regeneration ever saw. It would also be horrible for River, their daughter, to have to live through it and watch her parents be taken from her again.

75. Goodbye Amelia Pond and Rory Williams in The Angels Take Manhattan




Can we just pause a minute and reflect on how great this fan-made tribute video is? It is so spot on and emotional. A lot have some really bad music but this is just great (the music is from the Series 2 Soundtrack Doomsday [name of song not soundtrack]). Just when Amy and Rory think they are safe, Rory is taken by a Weeping Angel and sent back in time. Meanwhile, Amy had to watch it happen and then decides she is going to go with him and intentionally touches the Angel's hand to be sent back in time. The full scene is very emotional but I could not find it on YouTube by itself.

76. Afterword by Amelia Williams from The Angels Take Manhattan




This is the sad scene from the end of The Angels Take Manhattan straight after Amy and Rory are taken by the Weeping Angel back in time. River who writes the book that leads the Doctor to finding her has Amy write an afterword to the Doctor for him to read. The Doctor then runs back to Central Park where he had ripped out the last page of the book as he did not like endings. It is Amy's final farewell to the Doctor and it is pretty emotional. There was also a Rory version that was never shot that was sent to Rory's father. I will embed the video below but here is the link to that one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWU6XL9xI4k. It is official as it was on the BBC website so it is not made up. I am giving the link as sometimes videos posted by the BBC are not able to be watched on other sites other than YouTube or what the BBC allows.

EXTRA: Rory's un-shot Goodbye Scene to his Father




This was an un-shot scene (after the part at the start from Dinosaurs on a Spaceship) in which Rory sends his father a letter from the past where Rory finally gets to say goodbye to his father. It is also revealed that Amy and Rory adopted a son; Anthony Brian Williams who delivers the letter to Rory's father (Brian). It is very emotional even though it is not actual scenes; just drawings from the story-board with the accompanying words and motions.

Goodbye Amelia Pond and Rory Williams. See you tomorrow.

Sunday, 9 February 2014

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.


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!

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Doctor Who Sunday: Top Moments of the Doctor Part 4

Welcome to another Doctor Who Sunday! For those of you who may not have realised, I posted another one of these on Friday which you can view by clicking here. In this segment we celebrate all things Doctor Who! Over the first few weeks I will be going through, in chronological order of when it appeared on the show, my favourite moments of Modern Doctor Who! Enjoy. Click here for Part 1, here for Part 2, and here for Part 3.

16. "No POCKETS!" in The Runaway Bride


This was the scene where Donna Noble (portrayed by Catherine Tate) exclaims to the Doctor that she 'forgot' to tell her Wedding Dress designers to add pockets. This is when they are looking for change to pay for a Taxi and call Donna's family. It is a very comedic scene from an episode that is but a taster for the comedic genius that is Catherine Tate and David Tennant combined.

17. Donna Stops the Doctor in The Runaway Bride




This scene from The Runaway Bride is one where we see the Doctor get carried away and give in to his darker side. However, Donna steps in and tells the Doctor to stop after seeing that the monster they are fighting has suffered enough having lost all of its children leaving it the last of its kind. Right at the end of this episode Donna declines travelling with the Doctor but tells him that he must not travel alone because he needs someone to "tell [him] when to stop."

18. The Weeping Angels in Blink




Blink was the episode where many Whovians finally found a reason to be scared of statues. This was the episode where new writer, Steven Moffat, made his grand entrance by creating a monster that would scare Doctor Who fans for many years to come. It is amazing how, in such a short time, this monster has become so popular and among some of the scariest Doctor Who monsters along side the Daleks.


19. The Master and His Companion Dance in The Sound of Drums




It really showed how crazy those two were when they created the end of humanity as we know it and could still dance. It was macabre while also very interesting. It really was one of the best scenes of Series 4 and by far one of the best series finale (it was a two-part episode with this being part 1) of Modern Doctor Who.

20. The Master Dances in The Last of the Timelords



This was the scene that greeted Whovians to the final finale of Season 4. We see a post-apocalyptic world under the rule of a crazed maniac who calls himself the Master. Him and the Doctor are the last remaining Timelords and boy, do they strike a contrast. The Master does do a lot of dancing though. Here we also see the Master's companion growing tired and finally realising who the Master really is. It is a great start to an episode.

I will see you next Sunday with more of my top moments of Doctor Who! See you tomorrow!

Friday, 13 December 2013

Doctor Who Sunday: Double Doses of The Doctor (Top Moments of Modern Doctor Who Part 3)

Yes, I am posting this one on a Friday and yes, I am writing this the day before I post it. Why you would have asked either of those questions I do not know but now, at least in some alternate dimension, someone's questions have been answered. Anyway, I am doing this for missing out on a post on Tuesday and for last Sunday only posting 4 top moments. Today I will post 6 more top moments as well as the usual post on Sunday. These are my top moments of the Doctor in no order except for when they appeared in the show. Of course, since Doctor Who has been going for 50 years I am only doing the modern series as I have not watched enough Classic Doctor Who to make any assumptions. So, let us begin!

10. Elton Pope from Love and Monsters


Elton Pope was many things in this episode of Doctor Who. No longer were we seeing the story through the perspectives of the Doctor and/or his companion(s) but instead from an external source who provided a fresh look at what was going on. Elton dances, sings, starts a club, narrates, falls in love with a girl and, later, (*spoilers*) a slab of pavement with her face stuck in it. Elton Pope brought a lot the show and was something that surprised even me. I was not expecting an episode like this.

11. London Investigation n' Detective Agency (LINDA) from Love and Monsters


If the Doctor can have the TARDIS (time and relative dimension in space) why can Elton not have LINDA (London Investigation n' Detective Agency). LINDA was a 'secret' organisation that got together, shared food, and talked about mysterious occurrences and, of course, the Doctor. After a while they even started a band that did not sound too bad after all. The n' in the name is meant to be like Fish n' Chips (as Elton says in the episode) and it makes it that much more entertaining. As always happens with this sort of thing they get caught up (accidentally) with an alien that ends up with an encounter for Elton with the Doctor. They were quite the band of detectives.

12. "I did my duty for Queen and Country" from Doomsday


Yvonne Hartman, the leader of Torchwood (pre-Jack Harkness), died doing what she believed was her "duty for Queen and Country". Apparently this was so strong that even being turned into a Cyberman (or Cyberwoman) could not have stopped her doing her duty. However, if this was not as unbelievable given what we learnt about what makes a Cyberman it got worse when she actually cried a tear of what appeared to be oil. Still a great character and few scenes though.

13. Rose and the Doctor Separated Forever in Doomsday




Who was not screaming at Rose to "Hold on!" in this scene from the finale of Series 2. I believe it was the day that Whovians everywhere cried (or were close to) as our favourite companion Rose was ripped from us and lost in an alternate dimension. I believe we all breathed a sigh of relief when her father caught her and took him with her to the other dimension. The ending of this clip however just cements our sadness even more. Rose does a lot of crying in her finales. It was sad though.

14. The Doctor and Rose say Goodbye in Doomsday




If losing Rose was not bad enough, the writers wanted us to suffer just that little bit more by making us endure this heart-wrenching goodbye from Rose. It was ruined at the end though by a Donna Noble in a Wedding Dress screaming "WHAT!?" Still, there was a lot of heart and it was hard to see the Doctor try to say he loved her only to be cut short when the transmission cut out.

15. "WHAT?!" in Doomsday


This was the ending of Doctor Who that left emotional fans asking the same word that was repeated at the end of the episode over and over again; "WHAT?" Basically, this scene comes straight after the one you watched just above as Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate) materialises in the TARDIS in her wedding dress. We later learn at the start of Season 3 that she was walking down the aisle when it happened. The only words the Doctor and Donna actually say is "What?" over and over again. It was a very confusing ending.

Be sure to check back on Sunday for 5 more top moments from Doctor Who as we move on to Season 3 and beyond. See you tomorrow!