He was MY Doctor and I will ALWAYS remember when the Doctor was him!!! 😍🤩🥹🥹🥹🥹

thinking about it now, it's actually genius to make the doctor's first interaction to be with a kid because when you have a character being so good to a kid it's the easiest thing to love

When the Doctor notices Rory taking a picture of the man with the dog, you can really see that Moffat worked on Doctor Who and Sherlock at the same time :D

11 has so many good episodes, Matt Smith was a great successor to David Tennant

Whenever there's a regeneration, I'm always waiting for the moment where I can say: Yup. That's him. That's The Doctor. In this it was. "Of course not. Box falls out of sky, Man falls out of box. Man eats fish custard. And look at you. Just sitting there. So you know what I think? That must be one heck of a scary crack in your wall." He remembered. All that nonsense with the food and the body change and everything else, and he still remembered that this little girl was afraid of a crack in her wall. He's still The Doctor.

Fun fact: Caitlin Blackwood (little Amelia) is actually Karen Gillain’s cousin!!!

When he steps through the series of faces it’s so fabulous. Fantastic.

Matt gave a lot of infectious energy to the role, even more than Tennant who to this day will always be hard to top. I was sad when Tennant left but immediately loved this introduction to the 11 doctor. This is one of the best season premieres in the shows history in my opinion. Can’t wait to experience season 5 with you.

The music makes this so special. Murray Gold is awesome.

I once worked with a woman who was a vegetarian, in a kitchen. We both absolutely loved doctor who and one day we had an order of fish fingers cancelled just after we'd cooked them. I looked at her and said "Do you want to try them with custard?" We both laughed and did indeed try them with custard. Surprisingly not that terrible!

Definitely the doctor that everyone with ADHD like me found so relatable. He's perfect.

This show is actually what made Matt Smith famous, which is definitely a great reputation. Really hope he returns for the 60th anniversary specials, but I guess we'll have to wait another two months to see. Like I said for End of Time, I did consider not watching the show anymore after David Tennant left, but when I watched this episode, specifically the scene of him trying food, he won me over. Also, fun fact, Matt Smith is actually to date the youngest (adult) actor to play the Doctor, having been in his later 20s when he got the role. You'll see throughout his era that that actually works well for him. I swear, sometimes he plays a 10 year old better than actual 10 year olds on this show. You're in for a treat, Jay.

matt smith truly has some of the greatest speeches made by the Doctor

Yesss I'm so excited, the best line ever, "hello, I'm the doctor, basically... run"

Welcome to the ‘Dark Fairy Tale’ era of Doctor Who, you’re gonna loooooooove it!!!! Also there’s some FANTASTIC guest stars coming up in the next few eps…. One in particular I’m excited to see your reaction to….❤

Amy and Rory, my precious children, are finally here)))

New Doctor, new companions, _and_ a new showrunner, Steven Moffat. You know, the guy who created the Weeping Angels and River Song. And the Curse of Fatal Death, which you should look at someday. It was a 1999 'Comic Relief' Doctor Who comedy which shows you just how fond Moffat has always been of wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff, even when it's just being silly.

Actually the classic Doctor moment is when he stole the clothes from a hospital. This is the third time he did that after a regeneration.

This was actually the first episode I was shown to get me into Doctor Who. I was immediately hooked and started right back at Eccleston. Hard to believe that was around 11 years ago (11 years since I first saw the 11th Hour, lol).

Loved Smith's performance he was so reminiscent of Troughton. I really hope you enjoy what's to come with this new era. Great stuff as always 😁👍

This is my favorite season of Nu-Who. Great episodes, great companions, a fantastic arc, and some of Smith's best work (though he's great throughout his run).P.S Vote Saxon

We all change…and that’s good as long as you remember who you are. Matt Smith took the Doctor to a different level. Where chaos & regret lived side by side in a constant battle. He was the 9th doctor I’d watched & became the best, others had qualities but this guy was the complete package, the stars really did line up, stories, runner, composer, companions, everything 😢 so much to enjoy and cry at. Enjoy

Matt Smith was The Doctor that I grew up watching. My first episode was a David Tennant episode on live tv. But when I started watching it weekly as it aired, the newest episode WAS this episode and had only come out 2 days prior. The 11th's theme song "Next Stop Anywhere" is so good. I've always really liked music, so this is always one always sticks out in my head any gets me hyped whenever I hear it.

I love the tenth and eleventh era

Oh wow, I knew that Jeff was Luther from Umbrella Academy but I never realized Olivia Colman (Nick's mom from Heartstopper) was that form of Prisoner Zero!

If you want more David Tennant I would love to see your reaction to Good Omens

my fav doctor!! my comfort episode, it just feels so magical. excited to watch matt’s era with you

i was watching doctor since 9, but by 11 was the one i remember the most as it was round the time i could start to fully understand the episodes so he will always hold a special place in my heart. i actually met both tennant and smith before and it made me appreciate even more how good the casting choice was as a switch between 10 and 11 i really hope you enjoy these upcoming seasons with him :)

I was incredibly skeptical about Matt Smith because I ADORED David Tennant in the role, but by the end of the episode, I was all in. It's a real close call now which is my favorite Doctor. Our family just got a photo with the whole Pond family (iykyk) this last weekend at Comic Con!

i love the dr.who reactions so so much! its only a shame it feels like it'll be 2026 before you catch up Jay lmao, its a slowwww slow crawl but every episode is a gem still

Within one episode he proved to be crazy, kind/caring and brilliant. (exactly how I like to see the Doctor) Had me hooked right away in this version.

Seriously love the moment he hit the tree. Supposedly, that was not in the plan, but Matt Smith accidentally walked into the tree and they kept it in

Even though they'd never met and nobody knew it. It turned out that Karen gillen ( Amy ) was actually related to the little girl who played little Emilia pond.🎉❤😢😊

THE POND ERA STARTS

Yes Jay! ❤❤ Honestly I love Matt Smith. I still remember sitting in my bedroom watching this on my computer when it was aired. Matt Smith was terrific. He didn't try to be Tennant or Eccleston but was his own version of the Doctor. Absolutely adore him and the companions he meets along the way. Can't wait to see you watch this journey. I absolutely adore Amy. I seem to have unpopular opinion that Amy and Martha are my favourite

This was the first episode of Doctor Who I ever watched, and I was hooked less than 5 minutes in. I distinctly remember getting chills the first time I heard the theme music. Welcome to the Moffat era. I think you're going to like it.

New show runner! Youll probably notice the show is going to feel pretty different with Moffat at the wheel. Coming up are some of my favorite stories in the show. Moffat wrote some of the best episodes of the past several seasons too, i was pretty excited when he took over.

When you realise that all of 10’s clothes were left in a locker room in a hospital

I find it funny how he literally picked up two brides to be XD

All the actors who play the Doctor are magnificent in their own way, but Matt Smith may be the most Doctor-y Doctor of them all!

Since you saw him first as Daemon in House of the Dragon, I wonder if that will influence how you think of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

Despite being the youngest actor, Matt was brilliant at portraying his Doctor as an old, slightly awkward professor. And it is a brilliant transition from Tennant's 'superhero Doctor'

@JayPer View Fun fact for you Jay: One of the coma patient's and one of Prisoner Zeros forms was played by Olivia Colman, from Heartstopper, she's here too

My favourite Doctor by FAR! So exciting to have another reactor up to this era of the show!

This is my favorite doctor. I always say I have adored him since fish fingers and custard.

Karen Gillan the woman who plays Amy is also Nebula in guardians of the galaxy

One episode and already convinced everyone xD That's Matt Smith for ya. First introduction to Rory, setting the plot for the Pandorica and the Silence, that's a lot done in one episode. Awesome reaction, too 😆

"Amy Pond...the girl who waited"..

"What happened to them?" One of my favourite Doctor Who moments ever

I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure the scene when the Doctor tries and rejects all those foods is a reference to Tigger in Winnie the Pooh who, when he comes to the 100 acre wood declares that Tiggers like everything, except it turns he doesn't like anything (except Roo's strengthening medicine, he doesn't try fishfingers and custard). And this doctor, you will find, is very tiggerish.

Yay, it's Pond time! Now you finally get to see why you remind me of Rory Pond. That's a good thing!

22:53 I just realized, shouldn't Rory recognize her? He took pictures of all of the coma patients walking in the park. Doc; What's that? Amy: A Duck pond. 23:39 Duck, Pond.

I have met young Amelia! She came to Ohio for a small DW convention in Hilliard (next to Columbus) and her mom was with her. She's all grown up now. She's actually Karen's (adult Amy) cousin, but they'd never met before they did this show.

This is the episode I fall back to whenever I'm having a really bad day ... or a really good day .... or really just need a good pick me up. Amy and Rory are by far my favorite companions of all the series. It was really hard to see them go and I haven't seen characters that I connect with nearly as much snce. Matt Smith being such a child, meeting a child, doing everything possible to appease her AND get to know himself through her eyes while he finishes regenerating is a cross between PURE GENIUS and absolute beauty. Their entire story arc and character development are just breathtaking. They take such sharp turns with these characters, it will make your head spin and your heart ache.... and the cool part is, they weave the two doctors' stories (starting at the library) throughout time. Without spoilers, you're about to see: Doc wearing a cowboy hat Astronauts "Don't blink!" They didn't have a word for "pond" only "river" Richard Nixon Dinosaurs in space Doc's stuff in museums "This is a kindness" Roman soldiers "The biggest fashion crime since lederhosen"

Matt Smith and David Tennant are very smilier doctors I think, the same energy and likability is there. Great era to start the Pond era and Amy is one of the favourites of fans. Great reaction as always.

Best Doctor ever with a dream team of companions!

What do you think of the new TARDIS interior? I remember it being so surprising to see such a change after 5 seasons of the coral look.

You’ve officially reached my favorite era of this show, enjoy the ride!

As someone who is way ahead of you in our Doctor Who journey - all I will say is you are in for a treat with Number 11 doctor.

God I have a huge crush on Karen Gillain... And I love the whole bit with the doctor talking to the atraxi telling to run and showing all the previous Drs

Amelia Pond sounds kind of like a superhero name, ngl 😅

So looking forward to your introduction to this Doctor.

My favorite modern Doctor. Notable and you can likely find stories about it on here, when Matt Smith was selected, there was quite a hew and cry about how he would destroy Doctor Who as he was young and hip, and would change the show. I think he did quite a good job of respecting it while making it his own.

11 and 12 are my favorite doctors in the new era.

An episode that remains exciting, even when you know it from repeat viewing and there are excellent actors even in the minor roles. At the end of the Episode Matt Smith is his own Doctor and Karen Gillan is a brilliant foil for him, showing that you can establish characters and make the audience care about them through excellent writing and acting in just one hour, something other shows often fail to manage, throughout an entire season.

Fun story - waaaaayyyyy back when this was new, I had a friend with a pair of tween-aged daughters who I successfully indoctrinated into the cult. I'd go round to their place to watch the big event episodes and we'd have all kinds of fun. They experienced the Doctor/Donna live and freakin' ADORED David Tennant - as one would. They'd seen Eccleston regenerate into Tennant but didn't really blink at that because Eccleston wasn't around for long and, as I said, they ADORED Tennant. Tennant's last episode was an epically emotional experience for us all - buckets of tears, much wailing! It was AWESOME, but I was able to go home and leave my friend to cope with his emotionally scarred daughters. LOL! Three days later I got a phone call from my friend, "So why did David Tennant leave?? You have to give me something to tell them, they've been crying for three days! It's like they had a favorite toy and someone smashed it and gave it back to them." At this point Matt Smith's debut was four months away so all I could do was tell him to chill out and hold the fort until then and either they'd sign onto the new guy or go off the show entirely and watch something else. I didn't get round to their place for "Eleventh Hour" but my friend called me the next day to report how Matt Smith was received. When they started watching, they were dubious about the idea of the show without Tennant, but ten minutes into the episode during a pause the girls were asked if they were down to continue and they both instantly said, "Yeah, we're good." 🤣 A few weeks later while watching Matt's latest episode one of the girls asked their dad, "So what's.... 🤔 ....what's Michael Tennant doing now?" My friend gave them SO much shit about how much they'd been prostrate with grief only a few months before and now they couldn't even remember David Tennant's name. Fame is fickle. 🤗

Gillan and Smith have SUCH great chemistry. I think as Moffat once phrased it, it was "champagne casting" 😅🤭🥂

Did anyone recognize this young woman as Nebula from MSU? Karen is a great actress

"Spread 'em jeff" im sure you're not the first to say that! 😂 seriously though fun reaction to a fun episode 😊

I can’t sift through ALL the comments so apologies if you know this and have been told a million times!!! The actress who plays young Amy is Karen Gillian’s real cousin but they had never met before Doctor Who.. again, sorry if you already know this 😍🇬🇧

31:28 Look at the Tardis screen. Prisoner Zero talks about the crack in the skin of the universe. Watch the episodes for the recurring crack.

i enjoy the food bit at the beginning.... its very fun AND gets some callbacks later

Episode 5 of this season is my favorite, excited when you reach that episode.

28:20 That the moment I knew he was the Doctor, you're in for a hell of a ride, and I hope you'll love it.

The entire Pond arc is so amazing, and I can't wait to see your reaction to it. Sadly can't say much about it without spoiling it.

Little trivia for u, prisoner zero was in the episode Dalek with the 9th doctor, u see a statue of it for a second or two, if u look at Stanton collection

Olivia Colman, who co-stars with Tennant on _Broadchurch._

It must have been really daunting for Matt Smith to take up the roll after David Tennant it's some big shoes to fill.......😮🎉

I loved David Tennant so much I hated Matt Smith at first, but the bastard grew on me 😂 Welcome to my favorite era of Doctor Who 💙💙

The new showrunner Stephen Moffatt wanted the episodes to have fairy tale elements. Matt gives hint when he says "Amelia Pond- like a fairy tale " But the scene on the roof established the fact that while he is more light hearted his predecessors, he still has the gravitas of the Doctor

The silence will fall when the question is asked

I never clicked with this doctor maybe because I was almost the same age as Matt smith when he took the role but I know he’s a lot of peoples favourites so..enjoy!

Matt Smith was the youngest doctor at 26

Silence will fall

Welcome back, let's get it! Matt Smith was my Doctor, i'll always love him dearly, let's get it!!!!

There are two nice minisodes going with Series 5, called Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1 and 2. The first one is should be watched between this episode and the next and the second one immediately after episode 5.

@11:01, Guardian’s Nebula in person, Karen Gillam.

Also his speech to the Atraxi was SUPER good... made me have ALL the feels

You loved 10 but you are going to love 11! For me, I liked 10 best as the Doctor, but 11's STORIES are better. All of that said, I still think 12 is my favorite once we get past his first season. MUCH to look forward too!

See 10 will always be my Doctor but 11 is fantastic, so much fun 😊 also can we just mention how amazing Amy Pond is!

Hands down the greatest run of Who kicked off by the best season. This season is a perfect blend of older Who(made for a British audience) and parts of new Who(Made for a global audience) The true shift into global Doctor Who is season 6.

My doctor is here! 😊 5th and 6th seasons are my favourite..

The man the myth the legend.

If I remember correctly, this episode is 60 min long. The Eleventh Hour.

Welcome to eleven. You are going to love him. As always you have a good heart and try to see the best in people. Let's go

I just can't wait to see you react to the rest of S5...and S6! Hang on tight my dude!

Did you notice WHY Amy wanted to know if she would be back tomorrow morning?

My BOY 11, and with you too! Hey OH, Ah its going to be great, cant wait lovelies!

AH! So it begins 🥰🥹👏🏻 So glad you loved it, what a great start to an era

Silence will fall.