"Are you my mummy" "Hey, who turned out the lights" "My arms are too long" The three scariest phrases in Doctor Who

@ariadnefrolich7243

6 ай бұрын

You forgot "Don't blink"

@iamnickthegeek

6 ай бұрын

Also "We wanted to live forever. So he made sure we did."

@danielblaga6137

6 ай бұрын

There's a treasure trove of these

@theeguy9022

6 ай бұрын

"Google me"

@MrDibara

6 ай бұрын

​@@iamnickthegeek That one is more chilling than scary. And by scary, I mean something that makes you freak out, not just go _"damn, that was cold."_

I love how it always takes a repeat of the same statement for The Doctor to catch on that something's wrong lmao

@thepandorica1660

6 ай бұрын

"We didn't have the parts" and "We should go. Doctor." are examples that come to my mind regarding this from other episodes

@jimmythedoll9820

6 ай бұрын

“Hey, who turned out the lights?”

@zanclean6990

6 ай бұрын

'There is something on your back.'

@joshua211111

6 ай бұрын

You just reminded me of HELL.@@thepandorica1660

@autumbreeze1129

6 ай бұрын

"Are you my mummy?"

I love how Donna just shrugs it off when the fake Doctor says that his arms are too long, like she's so used to the Doctor saying such random things that she doesn't take any notice of them.

@brentage5000

6 ай бұрын

Given how relatively recent the regeneration was (a few days at most, maybe?), it even tracks as a normal thing for him to say (see also: Nine complaining about ears, Ten noticing a mole, Eleven panicking over longer hair, Twelve not liking the color of his kidneys, Thirteen being shorter, etc.)

@BH-98

6 ай бұрын

That & she agrees with him that his arms are too long

@nicholasfarrell5981

6 ай бұрын

​@@brentage5000Fourteen recognizing that they're repeating a form because of the teeth.

@WimpyKelv12

5 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@brentage5000According to the novelisation of The Giggle, 14’s (original) life only lasted about 15 hours. And we thought 10 didn’t last long enough!

@brentage5000

5 ай бұрын

@@WimpyKelv12 okay, but does that include the liberation of the daleks comic series from Doctor Who Magazine? Cuz I can maybe buy destination skaro and the specials encompassing 14-15 hours, but the comic (which takes place between Power Of The Doctor and Destination: Skaro) pushes that to at least a day and a half.

I love the idea that these monsters technically aren’t trying to kill Doctor and Donna at this point. Rather just purposely attempting to scare them to stimulate their brains and allowing them to learn faster.

@Nighttime_6

6 ай бұрын

Great username 😂😂

@infinityzer054

5 ай бұрын

Then rampage and do void things

@CloudHiro

15 күн бұрын

yep. also they were from the void and only became conscious and formed from hate and such. which tells me they exist because of the daleks and everything else of the like that keeps ending up in the void

"Oh, we get hungry, dont we?"

@ironicanimations

6 ай бұрын

That moment got me-

@shshyie

6 ай бұрын

That moment and the "that's right, things keep existing" utter CHILLS

@mrzone8190

6 ай бұрын

@@ironicanimations me to mate 😅

@theolivercole

6 ай бұрын

Chills

@maxxam012

6 ай бұрын

"Food, that’s interesting. Because once I sort out the arms… then I have a problem with the _jaaaaa…"_

The build-up of tension from the moment the Not-Thing Doctor sits down to talk to Donna up to the end of this clip is fantastic, imo. One of the most genuinely unnerving and anxiety-inducing moments I've seen in a Doctor Who episode in years. I don't think I'll ever be over David's delivery of, "Oh, we get hungry, don't we?"

@buddyltd

5 ай бұрын

I love "Food is interesting..." This is all one big intellectual exercise for the Doctor Not-Thing. It's brilliant!

@mrscsi6472

5 ай бұрын

the funny thing is that i genuinely thought it was the doctor being an alien like usual. like in city of death when he said "well, you're a beautiful woman. probably." wasn't until not-donna started to say the same thing that i started to panic.

David's villain acting - I need to see MORE of it. 10/10 episode.

@NihilTruth

6 ай бұрын

So there's this show called Jessica Jones...

@smbsuperfan271

6 ай бұрын

Very good movie called Bad Samaritan. He plays an American and it's really scary.

@alexarcher5816

6 ай бұрын

@@NihilTruth Bad Samaritan, Des

@sophiawu4213

6 ай бұрын

@@NihilTruthJust finished S1. Still need more (´ཀ`」 ∠):

@S.U.T.D

6 ай бұрын

@@smbsuperfan271 I know! I saw clips of Cale 👿

Catherine’s acting through these three specials are the highlight for me, she came to plaaaay. The look of horror as he stands up and the way she plays the Donna no-thing at the beginning, she doesn’t say a word and yet you know something isn’t right. She is truly an actress !

@mithiwithi

5 ай бұрын

Or for that matter, matter-of-factly asking how many knees.

@tommyhickin4669

3 ай бұрын

@@mithiwithiI like the two knee walk she does where she stumbles side to side whilst taunting the doctor and Donna. The delivery is so menacing. Tate’s acting when Donna screams the doctor took the wrong one was also so amazing. The specials gave her sooo much great material to work with, she was definitely the standout for me! Although everyone was great

1:16 just realised how smooth that 1 take was, showing Catherine Tate in 2 different places without obviously cutting.

@Limes_not_Lemons

6 ай бұрын

I'm undecided on my overall opinion of the new run so far, but I've gotta say, the visuals and concepts are fantastic. The Meep's practical elements were spectacularly executed, the not things are done well especially the practical arms and second knee, and my god that cinematography, perfectly replicating a one-er with two of each character in frame as the camera moves is insanely cool. One thing's for certain, visually and conceptually this era is top notch as of The Giggle

@FutureDeep

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was good. Not being able to show Donna's face and her placement after the whip transition to the Doctor double brings it down a bit though.

@bioarv111

6 ай бұрын

The cut happens around the 18 second mark with the whip pan it's pretty seamless

@xpehkto

6 ай бұрын

I wonder if these shots were matched manually or with motion controlled camera

@MaccamatBux

6 ай бұрын

In the behind the scenes it showed that that is a double so they must've done a sneaky cut when Donna runs around the corner went you can't see her face anymore.

I'm not sure why, but 0:15 and "Oh, I see...when something's gone, it keeps existing..." is such a cool idea. Intangible creatures learning about the reality they threaten as they go along.

@tonoornottono

2 күн бұрын

i love that the language seems perfectly apt to them. they’re not confused about english at all. “hungry” MEANS something to them, but until now it has only been an abstract concept. one of infinite impossibilities. but now it is made concrete. he doesn’t sound like something learning about hunger for the first time, but rather like an entity who is considering it seriously for the first time. such an interesting tone to strike, it makes them feel truly intelligent even though they know nothing.

Definitely a return to form for Doctor Who, terrifying villains that the Doctor doesn’t know initially how to fight but learns how to deal with them throughout the episode. And uncanny body parts and movements to ice the cake.

@OscarOSullivan

4 ай бұрын

And we know look forward to the one who waits

Love the fact that the docs initial reaction to ‘Donna’s’ long arm is concern and reassurance that he’s ’got her’ and that ‘he’s there’ for her. My god their friendship is too pure.

I love the few seconds before the doctor realises that the nothing isn’t donna. The: “Its okay I’m here, we’ll sort this out!” Just makes me tear up.

I was initially confused, they're in one room, but it cuts to them being in a different room... but the truth soon became clear. Subtly well done.

@michaelgriffiths7937

4 ай бұрын

I actually looked down to reply to a text just as the scene was beginning, fair to say my brain was scrambled until I saw all 4 of them together

@DMurphysLore

10 күн бұрын

I think at first I assumed it was a montage of different times, like they'd been there a while and it was cutting between their conversations at different points. So when it slowly became clear that both scenes were meant to be happening simultaneously, that was a pretty nice bit of recontextualisation that made the horror really work.

A jaw dropper, literally.

@InfiniteProductions123

6 ай бұрын

it also has some size changing scary moments... Makes your arms very difficult!

@vaultdwellercarmelojohnson

6 ай бұрын

@@InfiniteProductions123 May have to give it a watch in the future though

@judithsixkiller5586

4 ай бұрын

Cheeky !

"if you can just get those bodies to calm down" I cannot stop laughing

This scares me more than "Are you my mummy" and "Hey, who turned out the lights". But I can't stop laughing either! God, I love Doctor Who.

@_____alyptic

5 ай бұрын

Don't blink.

@Emma-se5wm

4 ай бұрын

@@_____alyptic Blink and you're dead.

this soundtrack for the episode was genuinely otherworldly and really made this episode stand out as its own unique horror/thriller type theme. please do more of this type of thing it was brilliant.

2:49 "You stupid big hand" that's the funniest line in the episode lmao.

@BaronMartin

6 ай бұрын

What about "I've got to say, this is the biggest nightmare of my life. But... I look quite good." "I can't argue."

@itsbobcat8774

6 ай бұрын

@@BaronMartin that one was hilarious as well

@BH-98

6 ай бұрын

Mines when Donna punches her other self & says that felt therapeutic

Gotta love the bad CGI, honestly adds a sort of charm to it honestly.

@Godzillakingofkaiju1

5 ай бұрын

I think the CGI was bad on purpose to emphasize just how... wrong the Not Things were.

@christopherballard1348

5 ай бұрын

@@Godzillakingofkaiju1 Dr Who has never exactly had great cgi.

@KRDecade2009

4 ай бұрын

I’ve seen worse CGI. If you ever get into watching Super Sentai or Kamen Rider you’ll see worse examples than this even in their big budget movies

@ababygoblin2061

4 ай бұрын

makes me feel like its the ear;y 2000s again

@ShuTheIdiot

13 күн бұрын

apparently a lot of it was practical blended with digital elements; like the arms were real; them crawling was real they just had some touch ups but then you also had stuff like the jaw which tbf as far as a creature that hardly understands skin and length goes its jaw textures just stretching like that would be pretty accurate, least to my eyes lmao

I love how they play the Not-things so well in this scene. They’re complete polar opposites to their main characters, which makes it even cooler how well they are played by the same actors.

this episode was one of the best in the series, absolutely genius and AMAZING

@GeorgeEugeneBarrett

6 ай бұрын

LOL. Ffs. Maybe if you love transvestism.

@slutty_raccoon69

6 ай бұрын

​@@GeorgeEugeneBarretttransvestism? That's a new term to me Like transvestite orrr? Also wdym 😭

@paulheap1982

6 ай бұрын

He means he's a bigot.

@slutty_raccoon69

6 ай бұрын

@@paulheap1982 yea i thought so Guess I just hoped one of them had a coherent argument instead of the usual ew woke doctor who bad

@WarFoxThunder

4 ай бұрын

​@@GeorgeEugeneBarrettmost coherent bigot:

1:56 the execution is both hilarious and terrifying!

@TheHuskyRemix

6 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

That look in Fake Donna's eyes at 0:21 sent shivers down me. Just absolute blackness behind them.

@roxrenaldo5481

5 ай бұрын

You seen the look in the fake guy eyes at the beginning of the video it’s crazy I could feel that gave from anywhere

I love how they took advantage of CGI’s Uncanny Valley effect. Masterful!

It's fun to see the uncanny valley being used to such a strong effect.

Truly the first hide-behind-the-couch moment in a while. Hoping for a bit more of that with Ncuti and Millie!

@JamesWho1

6 ай бұрын

I found it hilarious then again the kids probably didn't 🤣🤣😂😂

@K-kj5sv

6 ай бұрын

"I accept any form of media without any quality to the entertainment aspect so long as it serves my political agenda" 🤡

@eye-chan1711

5 ай бұрын

@@K-kj5svIs clown emoji supposed to be you saying that or ??

@cidyrog

5 ай бұрын

​@K-kj5sv What political agenda do you feel is referenced in this episode, and how, specifically, is it referenced?

@eye-chan1711

5 ай бұрын

@@cidyrog I love that they believe this episode is bad and the only reason people like it was because Isaac Newton was black…even though they’re the only ones who care that Issac Newton was made black. Like… we’ve seen Charles Dickens with ghost, Agatha Christy with giant alien wasps, but they somehow take issue with the realism of Isaac Newton’s skin color. …also this episode was genuinely good. Kind of cringe they’re implying otherwise.

So Silly and Creepy but SO Doctor Who! 💙

@SaulGoogwoman

6 ай бұрын

No need for a but silly and creepy Is the definition of Doctor Who

1:57- Coraline's dad.

@pinkvanillakitten

3 ай бұрын

EXACTLY. EXACTLY EXACTLY!!! Thats all that I could think of 😣😣😣

@sola_is_chilling

Сағат бұрын

Funny, because Neil gaiman has written for doctor who lol

Every amateur artist: "I don't know why but the arms are so very difficult."

To me Midnight is the absolute best episode of New Who, but this one it's right up there with my favorites now.

It’s cool how a good doctor who episode can do something so silly and still win you over in the end

“Hey! Who Turned out The Lights?” “My Arms are too Long” “Well that’s alright then!”

Every whovian I know agrees this is one of the best episodes ever.

@curiotimetv

5 ай бұрын

Yeah?? I'm new to the Fandom

@AcidPatchHD

5 ай бұрын

u dont know many then m8

@InAHollowTree

4 ай бұрын

It was entertaining, but it's not even in my top 20, tbh...

@chickenman22710

4 ай бұрын

Well let me be the first to tell you it's shit then

@curiotimetv

4 ай бұрын

@chickenman22710 oh ho someone on the internet complaining of Dr Who

"My arms are too long." My spoon is too big.

1:57 For some reason, I find the literal jaw-dropping effect hilarious.

The slurring of the "the arms.... are so vvery difficult..." at 1:14 is so horrifying. Excellent acting.

I was SO happy to see Donna again.

A great horror film feel to it with that creepiness. These are the type of episodes that make doctor who great to watch. In my opinion miles better than what we have had in the last couple of years. Also being a anime fan this scene gave me attack on titan feels

@SPDRED551

5 ай бұрын

Here’s the basics on how to defeat a titan 1. Get Two swords 2. Get a grappling hook Finally slash the titan on the back of the neck

One of the best episodes in years, love having RTD back!!

oh this episode is so good it's absolutely terrifying though

Well this episode was jaw dropping pun intended at 1:58, this reminded me of midnight, very interesting love RTD’s storylines 😁

i love the subtle difference tennant’s performance when he walks back in, initially i thought it was a really weird cut and the doctor has finished what he was doing and come back, and then it switches over to the doctor in the other room

As horrifying as the episode is, I bet it was fun to make

Weird, crazy and wonderful. That's Doctor Who 💙

I love this show

I haven't seen anyone else say this but I am getting MAJOR Mandela Catalogue vibes from this episode. Hell, one of the diagrams of an alternate is a person with abnormally long arms almost identical to the not-Doctor.

The not-things are paving the way for Doctor Who horror comedy. Love it!

I love how The Doctor was trying to reassure her until he realised it wasn't her

The villains in this episode remind me of the Alternates from the Mandela Catalogue, and my goodness do they fit so well.

@danielblaga6137

6 ай бұрын

This is the comment I was looking for. The concept is so goddamn similar

@waltonsimons12

5 ай бұрын

I was initially thinking Pattern Screamer, but the Alternates is probably a better fit for the Not-Things.

I must say two knees on each leg are very creepy part of Donna's metamorphosis.

1:10 - Every 2D artist

I guess this episode was a Jaw Dropping experience to watch

Man, this was so goofy but also very effective at being unsettling.

The way he just stares at her, like a dead body just glaring motionlessly.

this episode gave me the most terrified laughing fits I've ever had

WELL THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN

The idea thst something, or somethings came from beyond the edge of the universe is terrifying.

I love how pouty "My arm's are too long" sounds 😂

No way!! They got him to do the “don’t forget to subscribe”!!!

The Not Things were such a clever idea💡! They seriously creep me out.

I've got so many theories about these two. First off, when Ten faced down The Master and Rassilon and told The Master about The Time War, he mentions "The Could've Been King and his army of Meanwhiles and Never-Weres". Could these be related to that somehow?

@acex222

5 ай бұрын

Doubt it. That's more metaphorical than anything.

The giant Donna looks so funny 2:36

@iiiivvvv9986

6 ай бұрын

Literally just the face of a Titan

@jimpaoloabalde5427

6 ай бұрын

​@@iiiivvvv9986my thoughts exactly

The feeling at this moment when this was first broadcast will take something unbelievable to even match in the future.

Fury from the Deep's animation style has seaped its way into the real world.

I actually thought there was a jump-cut of time between the two places at first, where Donna does the filament panels with the Doctor watching, then she follows into the other room to watch the Doctor adjust the water pipes, and vice versa. (I put it on TV Tropes myself.)

I´m amazed how scared I was watching this episode. The concept of shapeshifters which also copy your knowledge/memories to become a perfect copy is just scary. Luckily it was only two Not-Things and two people as with more it would have been even more difficult to find the real one.

@HawkTeevs

6 ай бұрын

That line “We’re Not-Things. But you… you are not nothing.” They’re entities made of nothing that want to be something, so they just pick the first living creatures they come across. First it was the captain of the ship, then it was the Doctor and Donna. SO unsettling.

_"My Arms are Too long"_ That's like every artist dread ever who tries to draw a character with arms, arms too long, hands too big, too small, incorrectly shaped, etc...

@user-qv9vb8wr1h

5 ай бұрын

More than one knee on leg. You know. Common artist problem.

Now this is the stuff of nightmares.

I quite like that the cgi looks off it just works with this setting and the non things

this really was a refresher to see after what we have had in the past.

Just seeing David and Catherine together on screen again felt so amazing, add in how this is a great experimental episode like Midnight or Turn Left and it’s just fantastic to see after all these years 😍

Me: *stubs my toe* My nervous system: 1:57

@theeguy9022

6 ай бұрын

I'd bring up the elbow......but that nerve feels more like your body just went into a blue screen of death

The secret of a good doctor who episode is to take a piece of chilling sci-fi horror, but only have the budget for a slightly posh panto.

It's been a really long time since I actually felt some fear watching a Doctor Who episode since the Vashta Nerada. I'm so happy Moffat is back.

@rassisca3931

3 ай бұрын

This is nothing to do with The Moff, It's RTD.

It’s been a long while since Dr Who genuinely scared me. This did the trick

14: 'That was weird, right? Like, even by our standards, that's pretty up there?' Donna: 'Yea, pretty high. 9 out of 10 for me. It was the jaw drop that put me over the edge. You?' 14: 'The rapid growing and chasing us on all fours. I've been chased a lot, but that one ranks up there as one of the most 'nope, not doing that again' sort of chases.'

Brilliant episode!

One of the scariest episodes I’ve seen in a LONG time. Probably the most unsettled I’ve been since “Blink”

The true terror. Ai art.

@jessealvarado7796

5 ай бұрын

me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

@sumthingwikked4257

2 ай бұрын

My arms are too long.

The thought that the not-things literally comes from nothing itself makes them so scary. And if these creatures can survive in the nothing, then what other creatures can? Such a good episode. In my opinion, the most existentially terrifying Doctor Who episodes out there.

the part where they are getting Chased by the giants and them on that thing they are driving etc makes me think of Jurassic park chase scenes

Actually it reminds of a scene out of Army of Darkness of the evil dead franchise where Ash tried to figure out which necronomicon was real. One of them had a singularity a mini black hole that sucked him in and later stretched his face out. I think this is an indirect nod to that movie. As always I love Russell T Davis work on doctor who. Taking the story lines from the doctor who comics and new material. Fantastic ❤

“Are you my mommy” “Don’t blink” “We wanted to live forever, so he made sure we did” “Hey who turn out the light” Now it’s “my arms are too long” All are so chilling but my all time favorite is “The question that must never be answered, Doctor who?”

God damn what an incredible series of episodes this was

The Mandela cataloge:

I like how the body horror here is more subtle than say The Thing

Proper Who, I had this whole episode on repeat in my head all day.😀

1:29 Well, that's literally taking the definition of "knuckle-dragger" to a whole new level... 😱

This is the first time TV DW has managed to capture this feeling of pure hopeless horror since it started airing in Technicolor…

"They're us." "They're not-us!" Clever Donna. Literally, the not-things would be not-Donna and not-doctor. Collectively not-us.

That moment where notshe says for the third time, "my arms are too long, look" That gives me a chill every goddamn time I see it fresh.

this was such a creepy and crazy episode. after i watched it i kept thinking about it during the night.

Oh this episode just nailed the whole creepy atmosphere body horror thing perfectly.

Nah even before the arms went crazy u could tell It was a villan bu the face and that David such an insane actor

I knew something was off the begin with, like seeing how they immediatly just teleport to each room so quickly gave it off that the fact that they didnt teleport, but were alien clones in the separate rooms donna and the doctor were in.

Whoever makes the joke that this scene was quite jaw-dropping…

Best of the three specials

one of the gorgeous episodes. sci fi and a horror in doctor who should happen more often

It's funny, when you know how these visuals are done.