1 00:00:02,582 --> 00:00:05,384 You are live on channel 44000. 2 00:00:05,749 --> 00:00:07,749 Please do not swear. 3 00:00:07,751 --> 00:00:09,250 You have got to be kidding. 4 00:00:09,252 --> 00:00:11,152 One of the greatest things about "Doctor Who" is 5 00:00:11,154 --> 00:00:12,887 that he can travel anywhere. 6 00:00:12,889 --> 00:00:15,056 But it smells, like... Armpits. 7 00:00:15,058 --> 00:00:17,058 There are no boundaries on the show, 8 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:18,526 in terms of where they'll go -- 9 00:00:18,528 --> 00:00:20,528 This must be biographies! 10 00:00:20,530 --> 00:00:22,263 What they'll do -- 11 00:00:22,265 --> 00:00:24,132 you hold on tight and don't you let go. And who they'll see. 12 00:00:24,134 --> 00:00:26,067 It's a swarm in a suit. 13 00:00:26,069 --> 00:00:27,368 You kind of never know what you're going to get. 14 00:00:27,370 --> 00:00:28,736 Sometimes it could be 15 00:00:28,738 --> 00:00:30,138 a humanoid-type planet. 16 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:31,572 The ambassadors 17 00:00:31,574 --> 00:00:33,574 from the city-state of Binding Light. 18 00:00:33,576 --> 00:00:34,942 And then sometimes you're just 19 00:00:34,944 --> 00:00:37,779 hanging out on top of a giant whale in space. 20 00:00:37,781 --> 00:00:39,981 Never said that before. That's fab. 21 00:00:39,983 --> 00:00:42,216 They got to these places that you would never be able 22 00:00:42,218 --> 00:00:44,185 to fathom, in your own puny, human brain. 23 00:00:44,187 --> 00:00:46,421 Prisons in space. 24 00:00:46,423 --> 00:00:48,623 "The sky's the limit." The Universe is the limit. 25 00:00:48,625 --> 00:00:50,925 We're standing under a black hole. 26 00:00:50,927 --> 00:00:52,827 I mean, obviously, the destinations dictate 27 00:00:52,829 --> 00:00:55,129 what the kind of tone and theme of the episode are going to be. 28 00:00:55,131 --> 00:00:56,464 The great and the good are gathering 29 00:00:56,466 --> 00:00:57,832 to watch the planet burn. 30 00:00:57,834 --> 00:00:59,066 What for? 31 00:00:59,068 --> 00:01:00,334 Fun. 32 00:01:00,336 --> 00:01:01,769 The thing about "Doctor Who" is the potential. 33 00:01:01,771 --> 00:01:04,338 The Earth isn't ready for us to return yet. 34 00:01:04,340 --> 00:01:07,175 The crazier the destination is, the more exciting the show gets. 35 00:01:07,177 --> 00:01:09,444 Can we go out and see? Of course we can. 36 00:01:09,446 --> 00:01:10,446 [ "Doctor Who" theme plays ] 37 00:01:10,447 --> 00:01:13,447 ♪ Dr. Who Specials 2x04 ♪ The Destinations of Doctor Who Original Air Date on August 25, 2012 38 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:16,448 == sync, corrected by elderman == 39 00:01:16,449 --> 00:01:18,549 [ TARDIS engines ] 40 00:01:18,555 --> 00:01:20,655 If the Doctor ever came over to you and said, 41 00:01:20,657 --> 00:01:22,423 "Hey, where do you want to go? When do you want to go?", 42 00:01:22,425 --> 00:01:24,425 I would not be able to really think 43 00:01:24,427 --> 00:01:26,027 outside of just the Earth's timeline 44 00:01:26,029 --> 00:01:27,295 because I don't know what else is out there. 45 00:01:31,366 --> 00:01:34,001 The first big trip that Rose goes in with the Doctor is 46 00:01:34,003 --> 00:01:39,574 to a platform where they can witness the end of Earth. 47 00:01:39,576 --> 00:01:42,577 It really kind of hammers home the idea of 48 00:01:42,579 --> 00:01:46,981 "we can literally go anywhere. Anywhere in time and space." 49 00:01:46,983 --> 00:01:49,283 So to take her to the year 5 billion, 50 00:01:49,285 --> 00:01:51,385 to the destruction of the Earth, is pretty great. 51 00:01:51,387 --> 00:01:52,920 I thought that was 52 00:01:52,922 --> 00:01:55,122 a great imagination of what it might be like 53 00:01:55,124 --> 00:01:58,893 at the end of the Earth's life. 54 00:01:58,895 --> 00:02:00,394 Guests are reminded that 55 00:02:00,396 --> 00:02:02,697 platform 1 forbids the use of weapons, teleportation, 56 00:02:02,699 --> 00:02:05,600 and religion. 57 00:02:05,602 --> 00:02:08,703 Earth death is scheduled for 15:39, 58 00:02:08,705 --> 00:02:11,239 followed by drinks in the Manchester suite. 59 00:02:11,241 --> 00:02:13,241 So, when it says "guests," 60 00:02:13,243 --> 00:02:14,809 does that mean people? 61 00:02:14,811 --> 00:02:16,377 Depends what you mean by "people." 62 00:02:16,379 --> 00:02:18,112 I mean people. What do you mean? 63 00:02:18,114 --> 00:02:19,914 Aliens. 64 00:02:19,916 --> 00:02:21,415 What are they doing onboard this spaceship? 65 00:02:21,417 --> 00:02:22,917 What's it all for? 66 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,352 It's not really a spaceship. 67 00:02:24,354 --> 00:02:25,786 More like an observation deck. 68 00:02:25,788 --> 00:02:27,321 The great and the good are gathering 69 00:02:27,323 --> 00:02:28,756 to watch the planet burn. 70 00:02:28,758 --> 00:02:29,991 What for? 71 00:02:29,993 --> 00:02:32,460 Fun. 72 00:02:32,462 --> 00:02:34,428 Mind you, when I say 73 00:02:34,430 --> 00:02:35,930 "the great and the good," 74 00:02:35,932 --> 00:02:39,333 what I mean is the rich. 75 00:02:39,335 --> 00:02:42,169 You imagine, you know, that corruption, money, 76 00:02:42,171 --> 00:02:44,171 would've come into it and people would gather 77 00:02:44,173 --> 00:02:48,442 just to see the Earth incinerated. 78 00:02:48,444 --> 00:02:50,678 The platform is kind of like a Schadenfreude hotel 79 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,515 where you can just watch the destruction 80 00:02:54,517 --> 00:02:59,186 of the most wonderful planet in the Universe 81 00:02:59,188 --> 00:03:01,656 while you eat cocktail weenies. 82 00:03:01,658 --> 00:03:05,459 The idea that there are wealthy aliens 83 00:03:05,461 --> 00:03:07,128 who get taken around to see the destruction 84 00:03:07,130 --> 00:03:09,497 of star systems is so genius. 85 00:03:11,333 --> 00:03:13,534 Next, 86 00:03:13,536 --> 00:03:15,436 from the Solicitors Jolco & Jolco, 87 00:03:15,438 --> 00:03:17,638 we have the Moxx of Balhoon. 88 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:19,040 And next, 89 00:03:19,042 --> 00:03:20,775 from Financial Family Seven, 90 00:03:20,777 --> 00:03:22,310 we have The Adherents -- 91 00:03:22,312 --> 00:03:24,011 It is kind of cool because it's like 92 00:03:24,013 --> 00:03:25,746 this weird ball setup where 93 00:03:25,748 --> 00:03:27,214 everybody's introduced as they walk in 94 00:03:27,216 --> 00:03:29,617 and it's like a fun event. 95 00:03:29,619 --> 00:03:30,952 They remind me of "Flash Gordon," 96 00:03:30,954 --> 00:03:32,853 when you see all the alien races coming in. 97 00:03:32,855 --> 00:03:34,355 You know that bit in "Flash Gordon" 98 00:03:34,357 --> 00:03:35,856 where they all come to give their gifts to Ming. 99 00:03:35,858 --> 00:03:37,558 I love all those little references 100 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,760 to other science- fiction films 101 00:03:39,762 --> 00:03:41,295 and sort of the genre. 102 00:03:41,297 --> 00:03:45,733 It's a little ironic, that he brings her 103 00:03:45,735 --> 00:03:49,070 to the end of her planet because 104 00:03:49,072 --> 00:03:52,340 it's such a joyful journey that she's on 105 00:03:52,342 --> 00:03:54,141 and the first place she goes is 106 00:03:54,143 --> 00:03:55,876 to watch the death of her home. 107 00:03:55,878 --> 00:03:57,912 There is a certain symmetry 108 00:03:57,914 --> 00:03:59,614 in having the very beginning 109 00:03:59,616 --> 00:04:01,916 of his relationship with Rose be 110 00:04:01,918 --> 00:04:03,918 the end of everything, in a way. 111 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,786 You know, he takes her to the end of the Earth, right? 112 00:04:05,788 --> 00:04:07,622 It's sort of that romantic promise. 113 00:04:07,624 --> 00:04:09,123 Is that romantic, 114 00:04:09,125 --> 00:04:10,758 taking somebody to the end of the world? 115 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,060 Might explain my dating history, I suppose. 116 00:04:13,062 --> 00:04:15,029 That's a little depressing. 117 00:04:15,031 --> 00:04:16,631 I don't know, maybe you need to work 118 00:04:16,633 --> 00:04:18,265 on your lady tactics, there, Doctor. 119 00:04:18,267 --> 00:04:21,669 I think the Doctor is trying to show Rose, in one go, 120 00:04:21,671 --> 00:04:24,271 that this is life with him. 121 00:04:24,273 --> 00:04:26,140 It's fascinating 122 00:04:26,142 --> 00:04:28,242 and full of various creatures 123 00:04:28,244 --> 00:04:31,312 and danger. 124 00:04:31,314 --> 00:04:33,381 Raise shields! 125 00:04:33,383 --> 00:04:37,084 It was a test of Rose's character because this 126 00:04:37,086 --> 00:04:39,520 is her first experience inside a spaceship 127 00:04:39,522 --> 00:04:41,222 and so he didn't take her somewhere simple, 128 00:04:41,224 --> 00:04:43,958 he took her to the end of the world. 129 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,727 And the amazing thing is that she kind of takes it in stride. 130 00:04:50,198 --> 00:04:52,833 Exoglass repaired. 131 00:04:52,835 --> 00:04:56,070 Exoglass repaired. 132 00:04:58,374 --> 00:05:00,975 Exoglass repaired. 133 00:05:00,977 --> 00:05:05,379 Platform 1 is an amazing introduction 134 00:05:05,381 --> 00:05:07,481 to the kind of experience that Rose is going to have. 135 00:05:07,483 --> 00:05:08,983 Then he goes "right, so I'm going to take you back now, 136 00:05:08,985 --> 00:05:11,619 to your council state. Bye," and is surprised 137 00:05:11,621 --> 00:05:13,487 that she goes "I'm not going back there. 138 00:05:13,489 --> 00:05:15,423 You've shown me everything. I'm coming with you." 139 00:05:15,425 --> 00:05:17,224 Rose proved herself very quickly, 140 00:05:17,226 --> 00:05:20,361 that she was worthy of traveling with him 141 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:24,799 by kind of accepting all the bizarre things going on, 142 00:05:24,801 --> 00:05:27,468 rather quickly. 143 00:05:35,911 --> 00:05:38,412 So Starship UK is actually the first place 144 00:05:38,414 --> 00:05:40,548 that Amy gets to travel with the Doctor. 145 00:05:40,550 --> 00:05:44,485 Starship UK is 146 00:05:44,487 --> 00:05:46,721 this kind of this circular, metal planet 147 00:05:46,723 --> 00:05:50,524 floating through space, bursting! With skyscrapers 148 00:05:50,526 --> 00:05:52,893 because they've run out of space. 149 00:05:52,895 --> 00:05:54,929 The Starship UK idea's a great one 150 00:05:54,931 --> 00:05:58,566 because we all know our planet's going to die and the idea is 151 00:05:58,568 --> 00:06:00,034 "where are we going to go? What's going to happen?" 152 00:06:00,036 --> 00:06:02,503 That's not just a ship, 153 00:06:02,505 --> 00:06:05,439 that's an idea, that's a whole country, 154 00:06:05,441 --> 00:06:08,576 living and laughing and... 155 00:06:08,578 --> 00:06:09,810 shopping. 156 00:06:11,047 --> 00:06:13,047 And searching the stars for a new home. 157 00:06:14,616 --> 00:06:16,617 Can we go out and see? 158 00:06:16,619 --> 00:06:18,085 Of course we can. 159 00:06:18,087 --> 00:06:19,587 The whole of Great Britain is basically now 160 00:06:19,589 --> 00:06:21,922 a floating spaceship -- you think it's a floating spaceship, 161 00:06:21,924 --> 00:06:24,959 but it's actually we're like a parasite sitting on the back 162 00:06:24,961 --> 00:06:26,460 of a giant spacewhale. 163 00:06:26,462 --> 00:06:31,799 And he's this just massive, calm creature 164 00:06:31,801 --> 00:06:33,267 who just happens to have 165 00:06:33,269 --> 00:06:35,636 the entire United Kingdom on his back. 166 00:06:35,638 --> 00:06:37,204 It volunteered. 167 00:06:37,206 --> 00:06:40,074 You didn't have to trap it or torture it, 168 00:06:40,076 --> 00:06:41,776 that was all just you. 169 00:06:41,778 --> 00:06:43,244 Oh, and because we're human beings, 170 00:06:43,246 --> 00:06:45,913 we decided the best way to get this guy 171 00:06:45,915 --> 00:06:49,450 to travel with the entire United Kingdom on his back is 172 00:06:49,452 --> 00:06:52,987 to torture him by zapping his brain so he keeps moving. 173 00:06:52,989 --> 00:06:55,756 The amazing thing about the people on this planet: 174 00:06:55,758 --> 00:06:57,591 They're all so busy living for themselves 175 00:06:57,593 --> 00:06:59,927 and living for the quality of their own life 176 00:06:59,929 --> 00:07:02,897 that they don't realize that they're actually 177 00:07:02,899 --> 00:07:07,401 being supported by a kindly old savior. 178 00:07:07,403 --> 00:07:10,237 The way Amy solves this dilemma 179 00:07:10,239 --> 00:07:13,274 that Starship UK is dealing with 180 00:07:13,276 --> 00:07:16,310 is really our first major glimpse 181 00:07:16,312 --> 00:07:19,180 inside who Amy is, as a person. 182 00:07:19,182 --> 00:07:20,881 Aah! 183 00:07:23,351 --> 00:07:25,219 Amy, what have you done? 184 00:07:25,221 --> 00:07:27,421 Nothing at all. 185 00:07:27,423 --> 00:07:29,657 Am I right? 186 00:07:29,659 --> 00:07:31,058 We've increased speed. 187 00:07:31,060 --> 00:07:32,560 Yeah, well, you've stopped torturing 188 00:07:32,562 --> 00:07:34,595 the pilot -- got to help. 189 00:07:34,597 --> 00:07:37,898 Because she's the one who doesn't see this 190 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:40,234 as a dilemma of choosing 191 00:07:40,236 --> 00:07:43,470 the Starwhale over the people. 192 00:07:43,472 --> 00:07:45,973 She really believes that, if we just stop 193 00:07:45,975 --> 00:07:48,342 torturing this creature, he's going to work 194 00:07:48,344 --> 00:07:50,177 with us, not against us. 195 00:07:50,179 --> 00:07:51,645 It came because it couldn't stand 196 00:07:51,647 --> 00:07:53,147 to watch your children cry. 197 00:07:53,149 --> 00:07:56,617 What if you were really old, 198 00:07:56,619 --> 00:07:58,719 and really kind and alone, 199 00:07:58,721 --> 00:08:00,221 your whole race dead, 200 00:08:00,223 --> 00:08:02,089 no future -- 201 00:08:02,091 --> 00:08:03,591 what couldn't you do, then? 202 00:08:03,593 --> 00:08:07,628 If you were that old and that kind 203 00:08:07,630 --> 00:08:09,230 and the very last 204 00:08:09,232 --> 00:08:11,265 of your kind, 205 00:08:11,267 --> 00:08:12,900 you couldn't just stand there 206 00:08:12,902 --> 00:08:15,836 and watch children cry. 207 00:08:15,838 --> 00:08:19,273 Well, Amy makes the point that the Starwhale is 208 00:08:19,275 --> 00:08:22,676 the last of its kind and it comes to help 209 00:08:22,678 --> 00:08:24,345 when it hears the cries of children 210 00:08:24,347 --> 00:08:26,247 and that's exactly what the Doctor did 211 00:08:26,249 --> 00:08:27,548 at the beginning of the episode. 212 00:08:27,550 --> 00:08:30,084 It turns out they just got to take it easy on it 213 00:08:30,086 --> 00:08:32,052 and let the Starwhale do its thing. 214 00:08:32,054 --> 00:08:34,855 The Starwhale just wanted a little TLC 215 00:08:34,857 --> 00:08:36,657 and then it's going to do its job. 216 00:08:36,659 --> 00:08:39,193 There was this creature 217 00:08:39,195 --> 00:08:41,929 suffering all that immense torment and pain 218 00:08:41,931 --> 00:08:44,665 and she played such a part in rescuing it 219 00:08:44,667 --> 00:08:47,935 and making sure that this dreadful business stopped. 220 00:08:47,937 --> 00:08:50,638 I watched that episode and I thought, at the end of it, 221 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,041 I thought "I'm getting moved by the life of a spacewhale." 222 00:08:54,043 --> 00:08:55,542 I mean, it's ridiculous. 223 00:08:55,544 --> 00:08:57,478 Yet again, the power of "Doctor Who" is 224 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,346 you believe it, it makes you believe everything 225 00:08:59,348 --> 00:09:00,881 because it's done with conviction, 226 00:09:00,883 --> 00:09:03,417 it's performed with conviction, it's written with conviction, 227 00:09:03,419 --> 00:09:04,919 and you'll believe anything. 228 00:09:04,921 --> 00:09:06,720 Every door has a nightmare. 229 00:09:06,722 --> 00:09:07,721 Ay! 230 00:09:07,723 --> 00:09:09,223 Anytime that you've been afraid 231 00:09:09,225 --> 00:09:10,791 that something is lurking in the shadows -- 232 00:09:10,793 --> 00:09:12,159 it's a swarm in a suit. 233 00:09:12,161 --> 00:09:14,461 The answer is that that is actually going on. 234 00:09:17,192 --> 00:09:18,825 The destinations of "Doctor Who" 235 00:09:18,827 --> 00:09:22,262 seem like they're based off of somebody's dreams. 236 00:09:22,264 --> 00:09:24,931 They're so surreal and crazy 237 00:09:24,933 --> 00:09:27,300 and sometimes they're superrealistic 238 00:09:27,302 --> 00:09:29,669 with just a hint of surrealism thrown in, 239 00:09:29,671 --> 00:09:33,273 which makes them just as creepy as the regular creepy ones. 240 00:09:36,377 --> 00:09:39,379 The thing that "Doctor Who" always succeeds in is 241 00:09:39,381 --> 00:09:40,813 turning something that seems everyday 242 00:09:40,815 --> 00:09:42,282 into something terrifying. 243 00:09:42,284 --> 00:09:44,217 So they go to this hotel. 244 00:09:44,219 --> 00:09:45,184 It looks like a normal human hotel 245 00:09:45,186 --> 00:09:46,619 and it turns out 246 00:09:46,621 --> 00:09:48,321 that it's a haunted hotel 247 00:09:48,323 --> 00:09:49,756 full of nightmares. 248 00:09:49,758 --> 00:09:50,923 Supercreepy. 249 00:09:50,925 --> 00:09:52,525 You open the door? Wall. 250 00:09:52,527 --> 00:09:54,327 You open the windows? Wall. 251 00:09:54,329 --> 00:09:56,963 It's kind of a terrible, terrible place. 252 00:09:56,965 --> 00:09:58,731 The walls move. Everything changes. 253 00:09:58,733 --> 00:10:00,967 You, clever one, what's he talking about? 254 00:10:00,969 --> 00:10:02,468 The corridors twist and stretch, 255 00:10:02,470 --> 00:10:04,904 rooms vanish and pop up somewhere else. 256 00:10:04,906 --> 00:10:07,040 It's like the hotel's alive. 257 00:10:07,042 --> 00:10:08,608 That quite enough of that. 258 00:10:08,610 --> 00:10:10,143 Yeah, and it's huge. 259 00:10:11,646 --> 00:10:13,413 Did you try the front door? 260 00:10:13,415 --> 00:10:14,914 No, in two days, it never occurred to us 261 00:10:14,916 --> 00:10:17,450 to try the front door -- thank God you're here. 262 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,987 They're not doors, they're walls, 263 00:10:20,989 --> 00:10:23,956 walls that look like doors. "Doorwalls," if you like, 264 00:10:23,958 --> 00:10:26,192 or "dwalls" -- "woors," even, 265 00:10:26,194 --> 00:10:27,694 though you probably got it when you said they're not doors. 266 00:10:27,696 --> 00:10:30,096 I mean, the windows are... Right. 267 00:10:30,098 --> 00:10:31,798 Big day for a fan of walls. 268 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,933 It's not just that. 269 00:10:33,935 --> 00:10:35,702 The rooms have things in them. 270 00:10:35,704 --> 00:10:37,036 Things? Hello! 271 00:10:37,038 --> 00:10:38,538 What kind of things, interesting things? 272 00:10:38,540 --> 00:10:40,039 I love things. Ask anyone. 273 00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:43,309 Bad dreams. 274 00:10:43,311 --> 00:10:45,144 I wouldn't want to stay there. 275 00:10:45,146 --> 00:10:49,015 It's a terrifying concept, to be stuck in a place like that. 276 00:10:49,017 --> 00:10:51,451 I remember watching that episode as it went out 277 00:10:51,453 --> 00:10:54,487 and I was hosting a corporate sort of event 278 00:10:54,489 --> 00:10:57,190 and I was in a hotel which was exactly like 279 00:10:57,192 --> 00:10:59,325 the one featured, 280 00:10:59,327 --> 00:11:01,361 nervously looking around at the doors and the windows, 281 00:11:01,363 --> 00:11:03,563 in case something sinister lay behind them. 282 00:11:03,565 --> 00:11:04,964 Ay! 283 00:11:06,633 --> 00:11:07,834 Don't...blink. 284 00:11:07,836 --> 00:11:09,068 What? 285 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,907 Every door has a nightmare 286 00:11:14,909 --> 00:11:17,076 of some sort -- it may not be yours. 287 00:11:17,078 --> 00:11:18,745 You may think it's yours. It may not be. 288 00:11:18,747 --> 00:11:21,180 But it's really supercreepy. 289 00:11:21,182 --> 00:11:24,317 Why haven't they got us yet? 290 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:29,021 Amy, they're not real. 291 00:11:29,023 --> 00:11:30,423 What? 292 00:11:30,425 --> 00:11:32,058 They should've got us by now. 293 00:11:32,060 --> 00:11:34,160 Amy, look at me. Focus on me. 294 00:11:34,162 --> 00:11:35,695 It's your bad dream, that's all. 295 00:11:37,599 --> 00:11:39,098 I don't even think they're for us. 296 00:11:42,504 --> 00:11:43,870 Aah! 297 00:11:47,709 --> 00:11:49,242 Doctor, what are you doing? 298 00:11:49,244 --> 00:11:50,743 I'm sorry, I just have to see what it is. 299 00:11:50,745 --> 00:11:52,245 I just -- I have to see. 300 00:11:59,654 --> 00:12:03,589 Oh, look at you. 301 00:12:03,591 --> 00:12:05,691 I love haunted things, so the haunted hotel 302 00:12:05,693 --> 00:12:07,260 was a really fun episode for me. 303 00:12:07,262 --> 00:12:10,997 What I love about "Doctor Who" is that they can throw in 304 00:12:10,999 --> 00:12:13,099 a Minotaur, if they want to. 305 00:12:13,101 --> 00:12:16,102 They could literally do anything they want, and they did. 306 00:12:16,104 --> 00:12:18,037 There was a Minotaur in this episode. 307 00:12:18,039 --> 00:12:19,972 At the end of the episode, it turns out that, 308 00:12:19,974 --> 00:12:21,507 as is often the case in "Doctor Who," 309 00:12:21,509 --> 00:12:23,009 things are not what they seem 310 00:12:23,011 --> 00:12:25,945 and, in this case, you never would've guessed it, 311 00:12:25,947 --> 00:12:30,149 but the hotel is actually a prison for a Minotaur God 312 00:12:30,151 --> 00:12:33,653 that looks like kind of a cross between a labyrinth 313 00:12:33,655 --> 00:12:35,188 and something 314 00:12:35,190 --> 00:12:37,590 out of "Tron." 315 00:12:37,592 --> 00:12:42,228 What is it, a Minotaur or an alien? 316 00:12:42,230 --> 00:12:45,331 Or an alien Minotaur. That's not a question 317 00:12:45,333 --> 00:12:46,833 I thought I'd be asking this morning. 318 00:12:46,835 --> 00:12:48,301 I mean, it's both, 319 00:12:48,303 --> 00:12:49,669 actually, yeah, here we go. 320 00:12:49,671 --> 00:12:52,472 Distant cousin of the Nimon. 321 00:12:52,474 --> 00:12:54,540 They descend on planets and set themselves up 322 00:12:54,542 --> 00:12:56,609 as Gods to be worshipped, 323 00:12:56,611 --> 00:12:59,378 which is fine, until the inhabitants 324 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:01,614 get all secular and advanced enough 325 00:13:01,616 --> 00:13:04,217 to build bonkers prisons. 326 00:13:04,219 --> 00:13:05,785 Prisons in space. 327 00:13:05,787 --> 00:13:07,286 Where are the guards? 328 00:13:07,288 --> 00:13:08,788 No need for any. 329 00:13:08,790 --> 00:13:10,656 It's all automated. It drifts through space, 330 00:13:10,658 --> 00:13:12,492 snatching people with belief systems 331 00:13:12,494 --> 00:13:13,993 and converts their faith 332 00:13:13,995 --> 00:13:15,495 into food for the creature. 333 00:13:15,497 --> 00:13:18,297 This Minotaur God is feeding on people's faith. 334 00:13:18,299 --> 00:13:20,466 It takes somebody's faith and hope 335 00:13:20,468 --> 00:13:23,569 and turns it into this kind of horrible nightmare for them. 336 00:13:23,571 --> 00:13:26,439 They take the old Minotaur legend 337 00:13:26,441 --> 00:13:28,508 and take it out of a maze 338 00:13:28,510 --> 00:13:30,376 and basically put it into this sort of 339 00:13:30,378 --> 00:13:32,578 weird dimensional maze of this haunted hotel. 340 00:13:32,580 --> 00:13:34,847 It's one of the great ways the show takes mythologies 341 00:13:34,849 --> 00:13:36,716 that we're all familiar with and then just 342 00:13:36,718 --> 00:13:38,751 aliens them up a little bit 343 00:13:38,753 --> 00:13:42,088 and just gives them a dimension that they didn't have before. 344 00:13:42,090 --> 00:13:44,190 Sometimes alternate dimensions they didn't have before. 345 00:13:49,696 --> 00:13:53,900 The library is this giant planet that is just a library 346 00:13:53,902 --> 00:13:56,802 and it has every book ever written. 347 00:13:56,804 --> 00:13:59,705 The Library. 348 00:13:59,707 --> 00:14:02,875 So big, it doesn't need a name, 349 00:14:02,877 --> 00:14:04,610 just a great big "the." 350 00:14:04,612 --> 00:14:06,445 It's like a city. 351 00:14:06,447 --> 00:14:08,314 It's a world. Literally, a world. 352 00:14:08,316 --> 00:14:09,815 The whole core of the planet is 353 00:14:09,817 --> 00:14:11,317 the index computer, 354 00:14:11,319 --> 00:14:13,119 biggest hard drive, ever, and up here, 355 00:14:13,121 --> 00:14:15,788 every book ever written, whole continents of 356 00:14:15,790 --> 00:14:18,057 Jeffrey Archer, "Bridget Jones," 357 00:14:18,059 --> 00:14:21,327 "Monty Python's Big Red Book." 358 00:14:21,329 --> 00:14:23,262 Brand-new editions, specially printed. 359 00:14:25,567 --> 00:14:27,600 Clearly, Steven Moffat must've recently gone 360 00:14:27,602 --> 00:14:29,302 to the British library, which holds 361 00:14:29,304 --> 00:14:31,203 every single book in the world and I've 362 00:14:31,205 --> 00:14:33,439 been there before and it is quite impressive. 363 00:14:33,441 --> 00:14:36,509 The idea of a library is always really -- 364 00:14:36,511 --> 00:14:38,811 is an exciting one, I think, 365 00:14:38,813 --> 00:14:40,112 especially maybe for science-fiction nerds, 366 00:14:40,114 --> 00:14:42,214 but for any of the sort of reading nerds 367 00:14:42,216 --> 00:14:43,716 out there, the idea that there's a place 368 00:14:43,718 --> 00:14:45,284 you can go where you just get to read all the time. 369 00:14:45,286 --> 00:14:46,619 That's all that you're there for. 370 00:14:46,621 --> 00:14:48,754 Any research you want to do, anything you want 371 00:14:48,756 --> 00:14:50,690 to learn about, any story you want to know. 372 00:14:50,692 --> 00:14:52,625 So that's, yeah, it's a dream destination. 373 00:14:52,627 --> 00:14:55,695 It seems like they just took kind of a boring vacation 374 00:14:55,697 --> 00:14:58,564 to a library, but, as the episode unfolds, 375 00:14:58,566 --> 00:15:00,399 it becomes more and more frightening 376 00:15:00,401 --> 00:15:01,934 and more and more sinister. 377 00:15:01,936 --> 00:15:04,036 And it turns out that all the books were created 378 00:15:04,038 --> 00:15:06,038 from a forest that used to be on the planet, 379 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,508 that used to be inhabited by the Vashta Nerada, 380 00:15:09,510 --> 00:15:13,446 who live in the shadows and used to live in the trees. 381 00:15:13,448 --> 00:15:15,881 But there are no more trees. 382 00:15:15,883 --> 00:15:17,483 Way to go, library. 383 00:15:17,485 --> 00:15:22,021 They're like meateating carnivorous microbugs, 384 00:15:22,023 --> 00:15:24,256 or something like that, and you don't know 385 00:15:24,258 --> 00:15:26,559 where they are and, if you step in a shadow, 386 00:15:26,561 --> 00:15:28,060 you could be dead or, if all of a sudden, 387 00:15:28,062 --> 00:15:30,997 you have two shadows, you're dead. 388 00:15:30,999 --> 00:15:33,432 Basically, you're dead when you show up on this planet. 389 00:15:33,434 --> 00:15:34,867 Dave, can you hear me? 390 00:15:34,869 --> 00:15:36,636 Hey! Who turned out the lights? 391 00:15:37,838 --> 00:15:39,905 Ah! 392 00:15:39,907 --> 00:15:42,441 Hey! Who turned out the lights? 393 00:15:42,443 --> 00:15:43,542 Hey! Who turned out the lights? 394 00:15:43,544 --> 00:15:45,945 Excuse me! 395 00:15:45,947 --> 00:15:47,947 Back from it, get back! 396 00:15:47,949 --> 00:15:49,315 Right back! 397 00:15:49,317 --> 00:15:51,450 Once a shadow has attached itself to you 398 00:15:51,452 --> 00:15:54,153 and you've got two shadows, then you're really screwed. 399 00:15:54,155 --> 00:15:55,788 Doesn't move very fast, does it? 400 00:15:55,790 --> 00:15:58,224 It's a swarm in a suit. 401 00:15:58,226 --> 00:16:00,893 But it's learning. 402 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:05,965 What do we do? Where do we go?! 403 00:16:05,967 --> 00:16:07,199 See that wall behind you? 404 00:16:07,201 --> 00:16:09,635 Duck! 405 00:16:11,038 --> 00:16:13,239 Squareness gun! 406 00:16:13,241 --> 00:16:15,007 Everybody out! 407 00:16:15,009 --> 00:16:16,776 Everybody loves a library. It's nice and cozy. 408 00:16:16,778 --> 00:16:18,244 You have a cup of tea and a book. 409 00:16:18,246 --> 00:16:21,480 And then get chowed down upon by millions of aliens. 410 00:16:21,482 --> 00:16:24,083 The lesson that you could learn from this episode is that, 411 00:16:24,085 --> 00:16:25,651 anytime that you've been afraid 412 00:16:25,653 --> 00:16:28,020 that something is lurking in the shadows 413 00:16:28,022 --> 00:16:30,489 or something is hiding in the dark closet, 414 00:16:30,491 --> 00:16:33,025 the answer is that that is actually going on. 415 00:16:33,027 --> 00:16:34,493 And this episode drives that home 416 00:16:34,495 --> 00:16:37,163 in a really, really terrifying way. 417 00:16:37,165 --> 00:16:39,165 It's a swarm in a suit. 418 00:16:39,167 --> 00:16:43,169 This library has this massively large hard drive 419 00:16:43,171 --> 00:16:45,071 in the center of it that, 420 00:16:45,073 --> 00:16:48,074 when the shadow creatures start attacking, 421 00:16:48,076 --> 00:16:50,810 the planet realizes it needs to save everyone. 422 00:16:50,812 --> 00:16:53,913 It actually "saves" them in the hard drive 423 00:16:53,915 --> 00:16:56,716 and creates this entire fictional world 424 00:16:56,718 --> 00:16:58,751 that their brains are kind of living in. 425 00:16:58,753 --> 00:17:01,053 Donna is kind of downloaded into the mainframe 426 00:17:01,055 --> 00:17:03,289 of the computer 427 00:17:03,291 --> 00:17:05,591 and is given a life to enjoy. 428 00:17:05,593 --> 00:17:07,760 With a family, these two little kids, 429 00:17:07,762 --> 00:17:09,562 these cookie-cutter kids that are really cute, 430 00:17:09,564 --> 00:17:11,063 but also really creepy. 431 00:17:11,065 --> 00:17:13,466 The memories are all still there -- 432 00:17:13,468 --> 00:17:15,768 the library, the Doctor, me. 433 00:17:15,770 --> 00:17:17,236 You've just been programmed 434 00:17:17,238 --> 00:17:20,139 not to look. 435 00:17:20,141 --> 00:17:21,507 Sorry, but... 436 00:17:21,509 --> 00:17:23,075 you're dead. 437 00:17:23,077 --> 00:17:26,979 In a way, we're all dead here, Donna. 438 00:17:26,981 --> 00:17:28,547 We are the dead of the library. 439 00:17:28,549 --> 00:17:30,716 Well, what about the children? 440 00:17:30,718 --> 00:17:32,485 The children aren't dead. 441 00:17:32,487 --> 00:17:33,986 My children aren't dead. 442 00:17:33,988 --> 00:17:35,955 Your children were never alive. 443 00:17:35,957 --> 00:17:37,523 Don't you say that. 444 00:17:37,525 --> 00:17:39,225 Don't you dare say that about my children. 445 00:17:39,227 --> 00:17:40,893 Look at your children! 446 00:17:40,895 --> 00:17:42,495 Look at all of them, really look. 447 00:17:42,497 --> 00:17:44,597 They're not real. 448 00:17:44,599 --> 00:17:46,565 Do you see it now? They're all the same. 449 00:17:48,603 --> 00:17:51,303 All the children of this world, 450 00:17:51,305 --> 00:17:52,872 the same boy and the same girl, 451 00:17:52,874 --> 00:17:55,241 over and over again. 452 00:17:55,243 --> 00:17:56,742 She just gets screwed, man, when those kids turn out 453 00:17:56,744 --> 00:17:58,244 to not be her kids on the library. 454 00:17:58,246 --> 00:18:01,113 She's having a great life, actually, 455 00:18:01,115 --> 00:18:03,482 the perfect life for her, 456 00:18:03,484 --> 00:18:05,818 and I think she would've been extremely happy to stay there. 457 00:18:05,820 --> 00:18:08,420 Oh, you've lived this life, have you, have you? 458 00:18:08,422 --> 00:18:09,722 None of this life was real. 459 00:18:09,724 --> 00:18:11,423 I like the way they do that. 460 00:18:11,425 --> 00:18:12,958 Yeah, very sad. 461 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,226 You could be watching TV, you see an angel, 462 00:18:14,228 --> 00:18:16,428 that's an angel and that will kill you. 463 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,596 Doctor! 464 00:18:17,598 --> 00:18:19,098 I thought it was going to be like 465 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:20,633 a Dr. Seuss land of fun and happiness 466 00:18:20,635 --> 00:18:24,403 and it's just a bunch of really bitter guys. 467 00:18:27,182 --> 00:18:28,648 Well, it's always a different place 468 00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:30,116 when you go with the Doctor. 469 00:18:30,118 --> 00:18:31,885 Anyplace in the Universe is available to you 470 00:18:31,887 --> 00:18:33,887 and the thing about the TARDIS is 471 00:18:33,889 --> 00:18:35,488 you never know where you're going to end up. 472 00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:38,525 You can plan all you want, but you open those doors 473 00:18:38,527 --> 00:18:40,093 and it's always something a little different 474 00:18:40,095 --> 00:18:41,594 than what you thought it'd be. 475 00:18:44,698 --> 00:18:47,033 This is the one place in the "Doctor Who" universe 476 00:18:47,035 --> 00:18:48,735 that you just don't want to end up. 477 00:18:48,737 --> 00:18:53,873 It's a crashed spaceship full of Weeping Angels 478 00:18:53,875 --> 00:18:58,711 next to a crack in time in some weird indoor forest. 479 00:18:58,713 --> 00:19:01,347 And everybody want to kill you, basically. 480 00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:04,350 Beautiful gardens in space. What could possibly be wrong? 481 00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:06,920 There's not going to be anything sinister there. 482 00:19:06,922 --> 00:19:09,089 But! Statues of angels that'll kill you. 483 00:19:09,091 --> 00:19:10,557 It's not just one weeping angel this time, 484 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:12,058 or not just a few Weeping Angels this time, 485 00:19:12,060 --> 00:19:13,526 it's hundreds of them. 486 00:19:13,528 --> 00:19:15,028 One weeping angel is scary enough, 487 00:19:15,030 --> 00:19:17,330 but then you have an entire freaking haunted forest 488 00:19:17,332 --> 00:19:19,032 of Weeping Angels? 489 00:19:19,034 --> 00:19:22,669 Could these things get any worse? 490 00:19:22,671 --> 00:19:24,838 We learn that, basically, the Weeping Angels 491 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,674 can operate pretty much like the plot of the movie "The Ring." 492 00:19:27,676 --> 00:19:31,211 Amy's watching a 4-second loop 493 00:19:31,213 --> 00:19:33,646 of the angel in the hold 494 00:19:33,648 --> 00:19:35,248 and it's just a recording 495 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:37,450 and it's been looped so it's just 496 00:19:37,452 --> 00:19:39,352 the same 4 seconds, 497 00:19:39,354 --> 00:19:41,488 but the thing that we didn't realize 498 00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:42,989 about the angels before this was 499 00:19:42,991 --> 00:19:44,524 that anything that holds the image 500 00:19:44,526 --> 00:19:46,759 of an angel is itself an angel. 501 00:19:46,761 --> 00:19:48,328 Doctor! 502 00:19:54,301 --> 00:19:56,769 Doctor! 503 00:19:56,771 --> 00:19:58,204 This whole book, it's a warning 504 00:19:58,206 --> 00:19:59,706 about the Weeping Angels, so why no pictures? 505 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:01,141 Why not show us what to look out for? 506 00:20:01,143 --> 00:20:03,309 There was that bit about images, what was that? 507 00:20:03,311 --> 00:20:05,845 Yes. Hang on... 508 00:20:05,847 --> 00:20:08,014 "That which holds the image of an angel 509 00:20:08,016 --> 00:20:09,682 becomes itself an angel." 510 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,122 Doctor! 511 00:20:16,124 --> 00:20:18,158 What does that mean, 512 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,493 an "image of an angel becomes itself an angel"? 513 00:20:20,495 --> 00:20:22,262 When the weeping angel comes out of the TV, 514 00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:23,930 that messed me up. 515 00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:26,766 Doctor! It's in the room! 516 00:20:26,768 --> 00:20:28,568 Amy! 517 00:20:28,570 --> 00:20:30,203 Basically, you could be watching TV, you see an angel, 518 00:20:30,205 --> 00:20:31,971 that's an angel and that will kill you. 519 00:20:31,973 --> 00:20:33,773 If you blink, that will kill you. 520 00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:36,009 At the end, I like the fact that 521 00:20:36,011 --> 00:20:37,510 all of the angels 522 00:20:37,512 --> 00:20:39,012 just kind of tumble off the planet 523 00:20:39,014 --> 00:20:40,647 like they're little plaster statues on a shelf 524 00:20:40,649 --> 00:20:42,115 and someone's gone "ah, forget that." 525 00:20:42,117 --> 00:20:43,917 The angels are draining all the power from this ship, 526 00:20:43,919 --> 00:20:46,019 every last bit of it, and you know what? 527 00:20:46,021 --> 00:20:49,022 I think they've forgotten where they're standing. 528 00:20:49,024 --> 00:20:50,523 I think they've forgotten 529 00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:52,058 the gravity of the situation. 530 00:20:52,060 --> 00:20:53,593 Or, to put it another way, angels -- 531 00:20:55,197 --> 00:20:57,630 You hold on tight and don't you let go for anything. 532 00:20:57,632 --> 00:20:59,365 Night-night. 533 00:21:12,112 --> 00:21:13,813 The fact that these things are beasts 534 00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:17,183 and proper killer/ threatening 535 00:21:17,185 --> 00:21:18,618 are just like crumbly things made out of concrete. 536 00:21:18,620 --> 00:21:20,119 No problem. Done. 537 00:21:20,121 --> 00:21:22,188 And the gravity destroys them 538 00:21:22,190 --> 00:21:24,257 because they're weeping, but not smart. 539 00:21:30,231 --> 00:21:32,966 Gallifrey is something that any serious "Doctor Who" fan 540 00:21:32,968 --> 00:21:35,068 has always wanted to take a real peek at. 541 00:21:35,070 --> 00:21:37,270 I know Gallifrey. I've been to Gallifrey. 542 00:21:37,272 --> 00:21:38,972 I've been tried on Gallifrey. 543 00:21:38,974 --> 00:21:40,807 That was a very exciting moment for me, 544 00:21:40,809 --> 00:21:43,142 as an old "Doctor Who" fan, to see Gallifrey again. 545 00:21:43,144 --> 00:21:45,945 I don't know what I expected Gallifrey to look like, 546 00:21:45,947 --> 00:21:47,880 but I don't know if I expected it 547 00:21:47,882 --> 00:21:50,583 to be a snow globe full of downtown L.A. 548 00:21:50,585 --> 00:21:52,085 I thought it was going to be like 549 00:21:52,087 --> 00:21:53,620 a Dr. Seuss land of fun and happiness 550 00:21:53,622 --> 00:21:56,723 and it's just a bunch of really bitter guys. 551 00:21:58,392 --> 00:22:00,994 The fashion trend of Gallifrey is that 552 00:22:00,996 --> 00:22:04,163 of spooky wizards from the future. 553 00:22:04,165 --> 00:22:05,965 That's basically what Time Lords dress like. 554 00:22:05,967 --> 00:22:07,500 They just all look 555 00:22:07,502 --> 00:22:09,302 like Anton Lavey at a discotheque. 556 00:22:09,304 --> 00:22:14,774 I think it's kind of like British court systems. 557 00:22:14,776 --> 00:22:16,309 I think they have to wear this stuff. 558 00:22:16,311 --> 00:22:17,810 It's ceremonial. They've always worn it. 559 00:22:17,812 --> 00:22:20,713 I don't think they like putting it on. 560 00:22:20,715 --> 00:22:22,382 What news of the Doctor? 561 00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:24,250 Disappeared, 562 00:22:24,252 --> 00:22:25,818 My Lord President. 563 00:22:25,820 --> 00:22:28,288 But we know his intention. 564 00:22:28,290 --> 00:22:29,822 He still possesses the moment 565 00:22:29,824 --> 00:22:32,158 and he'll use it to destroy Daleks 566 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,761 and Time Lords alike. 567 00:22:34,763 --> 00:22:36,929 The visionary confirms it. 568 00:22:36,931 --> 00:22:40,700 Ending, burning, falling. All of it, falling! 569 00:22:40,702 --> 00:22:44,170 The black and pitch and screaming fire, 570 00:22:44,172 --> 00:22:46,072 so burning. 571 00:22:46,074 --> 00:22:48,207 It's quite clever that the Doctor 572 00:22:48,209 --> 00:22:50,109 does not fit in with the map 573 00:22:50,111 --> 00:22:52,345 of what these other Time Lords are. 574 00:22:52,347 --> 00:22:54,480 They're all completely different, 575 00:22:54,482 --> 00:22:56,382 with very different agendas. 576 00:22:56,384 --> 00:22:58,151 Doesn't seem like that nice of a place, 577 00:22:58,153 --> 00:23:00,119 where the Doctor's from, all of a sudden. 578 00:23:00,121 --> 00:23:02,055 People are mean. Because they're scared. 579 00:23:02,057 --> 00:23:03,356 They're scared that they're going to die. 580 00:23:03,358 --> 00:23:07,460 But they're all fighting for their survival. 581 00:23:07,462 --> 00:23:10,463 It's wonderful that the immortals are threatened. 582 00:23:10,465 --> 00:23:12,765 They're at their wits' end 583 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:15,234 because they're losing the time war. 584 00:23:15,236 --> 00:23:18,338 And they do something terrible 585 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:19,806 to try to survive. 586 00:23:19,808 --> 00:23:22,875 You die with me, Doctor. 587 00:23:22,877 --> 00:23:25,611 I know. 588 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:30,783 Gallifrey's coming back and it's just 589 00:23:30,785 --> 00:23:33,553 going to mean the end for pretty much everything. 590 00:23:36,124 --> 00:23:38,658 Get out of the way. 591 00:23:44,032 --> 00:23:45,298 You did this to me! 592 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:48,601 The master finally teams up with the Doctor. 593 00:23:48,603 --> 00:23:50,136 Not because 594 00:23:50,138 --> 00:23:51,671 he decided that they're friends, 595 00:23:51,673 --> 00:23:53,139 but because "the enemy of my enemy 596 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:54,640 is my enemy." 597 00:23:54,642 --> 00:23:58,311 The master, who has always hated the Doctor, 598 00:23:58,313 --> 00:24:00,413 turns out, is going to be a good guy this time 599 00:24:00,415 --> 00:24:02,315 and send Gallifrey back to the time loop 600 00:24:02,317 --> 00:24:04,851 and that was a beautiful moment. 601 00:24:04,853 --> 00:24:07,220 Not a bubble, a plughole. The Universe 602 00:24:07,222 --> 00:24:08,554 is a plughole and we've just fallen down it. 603 00:24:08,556 --> 00:24:10,423 This planet is mean, 604 00:24:10,425 --> 00:24:11,958 he's a bastard. 605 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,360 You should be dead. 606 00:24:14,362 --> 00:24:16,329 You're going into that black hole and I'm riding with you. 607 00:24:19,103 --> 00:24:21,570 The destinations 608 00:24:21,572 --> 00:24:24,707 that you go to in "Doctor Who" are always really surprising. 609 00:24:24,709 --> 00:24:26,542 They kind of open out to reveal 610 00:24:26,544 --> 00:24:28,811 something completely different. 611 00:24:28,813 --> 00:24:32,948 You never quite know the reality of the destination. 612 00:24:36,353 --> 00:24:38,521 Krop Tor is a planet that is 613 00:24:38,523 --> 00:24:41,257 in a stable orbit around a black hole, 614 00:24:41,259 --> 00:24:42,758 which is impossible, 615 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:44,627 so it's called The Impossible Planet. 616 00:24:44,629 --> 00:24:47,897 The Doctor and Rose arrive and he's confused 617 00:24:47,899 --> 00:24:51,000 about how it could possibly be so stable. 618 00:24:51,002 --> 00:24:52,034 We can't be. 619 00:24:52,036 --> 00:24:53,703 My favorite thing about the Doctor 620 00:24:53,705 --> 00:24:55,571 is always that he's a scientist first. 621 00:24:55,573 --> 00:24:59,709 But I like that he is presented with a situation 622 00:24:59,711 --> 00:25:02,545 that he can't explain scientifically 623 00:25:02,547 --> 00:25:04,780 because that's always what compels him. 624 00:25:04,782 --> 00:25:06,515 That's a black hole. 625 00:25:06,517 --> 00:25:08,918 But that's impossible. 626 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,186 I did warn you. 627 00:25:10,188 --> 00:25:12,321 We're standing under a black hole. 628 00:25:12,323 --> 00:25:14,557 In orbit. We can't be. 629 00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:18,661 You can see for yourself, we're in orbit. 630 00:25:18,663 --> 00:25:20,229 But we can't be. 631 00:25:20,231 --> 00:25:22,465 This lump of rock is suspended 632 00:25:22,467 --> 00:25:24,166 in perpetual geostationary orbit 633 00:25:24,168 --> 00:25:25,868 around that black hole, 634 00:25:25,870 --> 00:25:27,837 without falling in -- 635 00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:28,971 discuss. 636 00:25:28,973 --> 00:25:30,740 And that's bad, yeah? 637 00:25:30,742 --> 00:25:34,376 "Bad" doesn't cover it. 638 00:25:34,378 --> 00:25:35,845 A black hole's a dead star. 639 00:25:35,847 --> 00:25:38,514 You wonder what a black hole actually looks like. 640 00:25:38,516 --> 00:25:40,883 There's many theories. I thought that was 641 00:25:40,885 --> 00:25:44,053 a very well-visioned image of what we imagine 642 00:25:44,055 --> 00:25:46,055 a black hole to be like, 643 00:25:46,057 --> 00:25:48,090 this object which is just 644 00:25:48,092 --> 00:25:50,826 far beyond our knowledge of physics. 645 00:25:50,828 --> 00:25:53,028 So, they can't be in orbit. 646 00:25:53,030 --> 00:25:55,197 We should be pulled right in. 647 00:25:55,199 --> 00:25:57,032 We should be dead. 648 00:25:57,034 --> 00:25:58,934 And yet, here we are, 649 00:25:58,936 --> 00:26:02,338 beyond the laws of physics. 650 00:26:02,340 --> 00:26:03,939 Welcome onboard. 651 00:26:03,941 --> 00:26:08,344 Krop Tor turns out to be a prison for Satan, 652 00:26:08,346 --> 00:26:10,446 which is the first remotely spiritual thing 653 00:26:10,448 --> 00:26:12,581 the "Doctor Who" series has ever brought up. 654 00:26:12,583 --> 00:26:14,717 That's why I love British shows, 655 00:26:14,719 --> 00:26:19,121 because they are not afraid to throw in a little Satan. 656 00:26:19,123 --> 00:26:20,656 Everyone needs a little Satan. 657 00:26:20,658 --> 00:26:22,424 I've seen fake Gods 658 00:26:22,426 --> 00:26:23,759 and bad Gods 659 00:26:23,761 --> 00:26:25,828 and demigods and would-be Gods. 660 00:26:25,830 --> 00:26:27,363 And out of all that, 661 00:26:27,365 --> 00:26:29,865 out of that whole pantheon, 662 00:26:29,867 --> 00:26:32,268 if I believe in one thing, 663 00:26:32,270 --> 00:26:35,404 just one thing, 664 00:26:35,406 --> 00:26:36,806 I believe in her. 665 00:26:40,911 --> 00:26:42,444 With the Doctor, 666 00:26:42,446 --> 00:26:44,346 he's pretty much seen everything, 667 00:26:44,348 --> 00:26:46,448 so the worst thing that human beings 668 00:26:46,450 --> 00:26:48,184 can imagine, which is just 669 00:26:48,186 --> 00:26:49,685 this incarnation of the devil, 670 00:26:49,687 --> 00:26:51,587 is really just another alien to him, 671 00:26:51,589 --> 00:26:53,088 that he's got to sort out. 672 00:26:53,090 --> 00:26:54,590 That's why the Doctor's kind of like your dad, 673 00:26:54,592 --> 00:26:56,091 in a way, like "Ah, I'll hold your hand. 674 00:26:56,093 --> 00:26:57,593 I'll make sure there's no devil under your bed." 675 00:26:57,595 --> 00:26:59,562 You know, he makes everything okay. 676 00:27:01,531 --> 00:27:03,032 This is your freedom! 677 00:27:03,034 --> 00:27:05,768 Free to die! 678 00:27:05,770 --> 00:27:07,369 You're going into that black hole, 679 00:27:07,371 --> 00:27:09,004 and I'm riding with you. 680 00:27:10,775 --> 00:27:12,308 The devil is almost like the ultimate. 681 00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:14,176 It doesn't get more evil or more scary 682 00:27:14,178 --> 00:27:16,412 or unpredictable as the devil. 683 00:27:16,414 --> 00:27:18,380 Seeing the Doctor, David Tennant, 684 00:27:18,382 --> 00:27:19,982 fighting the devil, 685 00:27:19,984 --> 00:27:23,219 you know, is worthy of any Bible story. 686 00:27:27,958 --> 00:27:30,960 The Trash Planet is this really weird planet 687 00:27:30,962 --> 00:27:32,761 that they end up that's essentially like 688 00:27:32,763 --> 00:27:34,530 it feels like a garbage dump, sort of, 689 00:27:34,532 --> 00:27:36,065 at the end of the Universe. 690 00:27:36,067 --> 00:27:38,968 Basically, everything that you ever wash in your sink 691 00:27:38,970 --> 00:27:40,536 all sunk down into this drain 692 00:27:40,538 --> 00:27:42,605 that doesn't have a garbage disposal. 693 00:27:42,607 --> 00:27:44,139 It's just sitting there, 694 00:27:44,141 --> 00:27:46,709 waiting to collect dust and mold. 695 00:27:50,947 --> 00:27:54,383 The Trash Planet, I think, is probably 696 00:27:54,385 --> 00:27:56,852 what Gallifrey would've looked like 697 00:27:56,854 --> 00:27:58,754 without the use of the TARDIS, 698 00:27:58,756 --> 00:28:00,723 which, of course, is everyone's 699 00:28:00,725 --> 00:28:02,558 multitool closet. 700 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,293 What is this place, 701 00:28:04,295 --> 00:28:05,694 the scrapyard at the end of the Universe? 702 00:28:05,696 --> 00:28:09,098 Not end of, outside of. 703 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,499 How can we be outside the Universe? 704 00:28:10,501 --> 00:28:11,934 The Universe is everything. 705 00:28:11,936 --> 00:28:13,535 Imagine a great, big soap bubble with one 706 00:28:13,537 --> 00:28:15,318 of those tiny, little bubbles on the outside. 707 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:15,704 Okay. 708 00:28:15,706 --> 00:28:17,172 Well, it's nothing like that. 709 00:28:17,174 --> 00:28:19,575 Completely drained. Look at her. 710 00:28:19,577 --> 00:28:21,076 Wait, so we're in a tiny- bubble universe sticking 711 00:28:21,078 --> 00:28:23,279 to the side of the bigger-bubble universe? 712 00:28:23,281 --> 00:28:25,881 Yes. No! But, if it helps, yes. 713 00:28:25,883 --> 00:28:27,650 This place is full of rift energy. 714 00:28:27,652 --> 00:28:29,718 She'll probably refuel just by being here. 715 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,253 Now, this place -- what do we think, eh? 716 00:28:31,255 --> 00:28:32,755 Gravity's almost earth-normal. 717 00:28:32,757 --> 00:28:34,490 Air's breathable. 718 00:28:34,492 --> 00:28:36,292 But it smells, like... Armpits. 719 00:28:36,294 --> 00:28:37,760 Armpits. 720 00:28:37,762 --> 00:28:39,428 What about all this stuff? Where did this come from? 721 00:28:39,430 --> 00:28:40,963 Well, there's a rift -- now and then, 722 00:28:40,965 --> 00:28:42,998 stuff gets sucked through it. Not a bubble, a plughole. 723 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,400 The Universe is a plughole and we've just fallen down it. 724 00:28:44,402 --> 00:28:46,168 It's a soap bubble on a soap bubble 725 00:28:46,170 --> 00:28:50,339 or it's a drainplug or...Who knows? 726 00:28:50,341 --> 00:28:51,807 It's one of those things that you're like 727 00:28:51,809 --> 00:28:53,709 "the Universe is infinite! 728 00:28:53,711 --> 00:28:57,279 But what's outside of the universe?" 729 00:28:57,281 --> 00:28:59,515 Did Stephen Hawking write "Doctor Who"? 730 00:28:59,517 --> 00:29:02,284 Because, at this point, it kind of feels like he did. 731 00:29:02,286 --> 00:29:04,053 The idea of this plughole 732 00:29:04,055 --> 00:29:06,188 where all the junk, you know, 733 00:29:06,190 --> 00:29:07,690 it goes down the plughole and it's all there 734 00:29:07,692 --> 00:29:09,525 and this planet, it's a really good idea, 735 00:29:09,527 --> 00:29:11,026 I just didn't understand it. 736 00:29:11,028 --> 00:29:13,028 This planet isn't actually a planet, 737 00:29:13,030 --> 00:29:14,630 it's actually a living organism 738 00:29:14,632 --> 00:29:16,131 kind of like a sea urchin: 739 00:29:16,133 --> 00:29:17,633 It's got a hard shell on the outside 740 00:29:17,635 --> 00:29:20,202 and it's all squooshy ooshy on the inside. 741 00:29:20,204 --> 00:29:22,805 And it's also a dick. 742 00:29:22,807 --> 00:29:25,674 This planet is mean, he's a bastard. 743 00:29:25,676 --> 00:29:27,743 You haven't answered my question, children. 744 00:29:27,745 --> 00:29:30,879 Uh -- question? 745 00:29:30,881 --> 00:29:32,281 You remember. 746 00:29:32,283 --> 00:29:35,617 Tell me why I shouldn't just kill you both now. 747 00:29:35,619 --> 00:29:38,454 Well, because -- 748 00:29:38,456 --> 00:29:39,788 Rory, why? 749 00:29:42,092 --> 00:29:46,095 Because... 750 00:29:46,097 --> 00:29:48,230 killing us quickly wouldn't be any fun. 751 00:29:48,232 --> 00:29:49,765 And you need fun, 752 00:29:49,767 --> 00:29:51,100 don't you? 753 00:29:51,102 --> 00:29:52,634 That's what auntie and uncle were for, 754 00:29:52,636 --> 00:29:54,103 wasn't it? Someone to make suffer. 755 00:29:54,105 --> 00:29:58,374 I had a P.E. teacher just like you. 756 00:29:58,376 --> 00:30:00,943 You need to be entertained 757 00:30:00,945 --> 00:30:02,878 and killing us quickly 758 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,646 wouldn't be entertainment. 759 00:30:04,648 --> 00:30:06,115 So entertain me. 760 00:30:06,117 --> 00:30:08,784 Run. 761 00:30:08,786 --> 00:30:10,853 And the trash planet's consciousness is called House, 762 00:30:10,855 --> 00:30:13,722 which, it didn't sound anything like Hugh Laurie, 763 00:30:13,724 --> 00:30:15,224 so that confused me. 764 00:30:15,226 --> 00:30:16,792 At first, he claims to be helpful, but, really, 765 00:30:16,794 --> 00:30:18,327 "you're on a planet of trash." 766 00:30:18,329 --> 00:30:19,795 You're like "I don't think this is going to be 767 00:30:19,797 --> 00:30:21,330 a very good place for him." 768 00:30:21,332 --> 00:30:23,198 And then slowly, it's like "I knew it, 769 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,936 "this trash planet is not kind. 770 00:30:27,938 --> 00:30:29,571 Let that be a warning." 771 00:30:29,573 --> 00:30:31,073 It's almost like you're watching 772 00:30:31,075 --> 00:30:32,541 the United Nations of the Universe. 773 00:30:32,543 --> 00:30:34,443 Ha! 774 00:30:34,445 --> 00:30:36,912 Never said that before. That's fab. 775 00:30:36,914 --> 00:30:39,915 Welcome to my new empire, 776 00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:41,417 Doctor. 777 00:30:41,419 --> 00:30:43,452 Not really that great to talk to, 778 00:30:43,454 --> 00:30:44,953 but a master planner. 779 00:30:47,790 --> 00:30:50,991 The amazing thing about the destinations in "Doctor Who" 780 00:30:50,993 --> 00:30:52,826 is that he is traveling through time 781 00:30:52,828 --> 00:30:54,828 and he's traveling through space. 782 00:30:54,830 --> 00:30:57,330 So he could travel a million light years away 783 00:30:57,332 --> 00:30:59,766 and discover this amazing alien world 784 00:30:59,768 --> 00:31:03,170 or he could travel to the exact same place on earth that he was 785 00:31:03,172 --> 00:31:05,305 and that would be totally different. 786 00:31:09,210 --> 00:31:11,111 I've always that, you know, that science fiction 787 00:31:11,113 --> 00:31:13,213 is mostly about going out into space and, yet, 788 00:31:13,215 --> 00:31:15,282 there's so much we don't know about what's under, 789 00:31:15,284 --> 00:31:16,783 you know, beneath our feet. 790 00:31:16,785 --> 00:31:18,718 So I think most of us have wondered, at some point, 791 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,889 whether there might not be an entire advanced civilization 792 00:31:22,891 --> 00:31:24,758 of lizard people living under the Earth. 793 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,293 We're looking for a small, 794 00:31:26,295 --> 00:31:27,828 tribal settlement, probably housing 795 00:31:27,830 --> 00:31:31,331 around a dozen homo reptilia. 796 00:31:31,333 --> 00:31:32,566 Maybe less. 797 00:31:32,568 --> 00:31:36,002 One small tribe? 798 00:31:36,004 --> 00:31:37,771 Yeah. 799 00:31:37,773 --> 00:31:39,473 Maybe a dozen? 800 00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:44,611 There's a whole underground colony 801 00:31:44,613 --> 00:31:47,714 full of Silurians and it just 802 00:31:47,716 --> 00:31:49,316 surprises the hell out of the Doctor. 803 00:31:49,318 --> 00:31:51,718 Ah. 804 00:31:54,856 --> 00:31:56,323 Maybe more than a dozen. 805 00:31:56,325 --> 00:31:59,059 Maybe more like an entire civilization 806 00:31:59,061 --> 00:32:02,162 living beneath the Earth. 807 00:32:02,164 --> 00:32:04,164 I love the Silurians because there's 808 00:32:04,166 --> 00:32:06,666 a lot of credibility to their existence 809 00:32:06,668 --> 00:32:08,602 and their being and where they could've come from 810 00:32:08,604 --> 00:32:11,271 and the idea that, a long time ago, 811 00:32:11,273 --> 00:32:12,739 there was a race of reptiles that, you know, 812 00:32:12,741 --> 00:32:14,207 roamed this planet. 813 00:32:14,209 --> 00:32:17,477 They feel that they have claim to planet Earth, 814 00:32:17,479 --> 00:32:19,579 more so than the human race 815 00:32:19,581 --> 00:32:21,314 because they were here much, much earlier, 816 00:32:21,316 --> 00:32:22,782 in prehistoric times. 817 00:32:22,784 --> 00:32:25,685 And there's this one moment where he just 818 00:32:25,687 --> 00:32:28,054 sets the Silurians down in front of Amy 819 00:32:28,056 --> 00:32:29,656 and sort of a delegation of people 820 00:32:29,658 --> 00:32:31,091 and he's like "all right, well, work it out. 821 00:32:31,093 --> 00:32:33,426 You need to work out how to share the planet together." 822 00:32:33,428 --> 00:32:35,462 The future pivots around you, 823 00:32:35,464 --> 00:32:38,164 here, now. 824 00:32:38,166 --> 00:32:39,699 So do good. 825 00:32:39,701 --> 00:32:42,168 For humanity. 826 00:32:42,170 --> 00:32:43,670 And for Earth. 827 00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:45,639 Right. 828 00:32:45,641 --> 00:32:47,674 No pressure there, then! 829 00:32:47,676 --> 00:32:50,377 We can't share the planet! 830 00:32:50,379 --> 00:32:52,212 Nobody on the surface is going to 831 00:32:52,214 --> 00:32:54,314 go for this idea, it is just too big a leap. 832 00:32:54,316 --> 00:32:56,616 Come on, 833 00:32:56,618 --> 00:32:58,952 be extraordinary. 834 00:32:58,954 --> 00:33:01,388 Oh, you -- 835 00:33:01,390 --> 00:33:03,356 hmm. 836 00:33:06,227 --> 00:33:08,828 Okay. 837 00:33:11,599 --> 00:33:13,667 Bringing things to order -- 838 00:33:13,669 --> 00:33:16,836 the first meeting of representatives 839 00:33:16,838 --> 00:33:18,505 of the human race and homo reptilia 840 00:33:18,507 --> 00:33:20,974 is now in session. 841 00:33:20,976 --> 00:33:23,443 Ha! 842 00:33:23,445 --> 00:33:25,812 Never said that before. That's fab. 843 00:33:25,814 --> 00:33:27,080 Carry on. 844 00:33:27,082 --> 00:33:28,582 It's almost like he works 845 00:33:28,584 --> 00:33:30,417 at the United Nations of the Universe. 846 00:33:30,419 --> 00:33:33,520 I mean, if you're going purely by squatter's rights, 847 00:33:33,522 --> 00:33:35,655 the Silurians have us beat, 848 00:33:35,657 --> 00:33:39,893 so, you know, it's just figuring out ways 849 00:33:39,895 --> 00:33:41,995 for them to coexist. 850 00:33:41,997 --> 00:33:45,999 Can we share it? Can we not? 851 00:33:46,001 --> 00:33:48,969 And, obviously, the right answer is "yes, we can share it, 852 00:33:48,971 --> 00:33:50,470 but it's going to take time." 853 00:33:50,472 --> 00:33:53,640 My priority is my race's survival. 854 00:33:53,642 --> 00:33:55,475 The Earth isn't ready for us to return yet. 855 00:33:55,477 --> 00:33:57,010 No. 856 00:33:57,012 --> 00:33:58,478 10 minutes, Doctor. 857 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,380 But maybe it should be. So here's a deal. 858 00:34:00,382 --> 00:34:02,148 Everybody, listening. 859 00:34:02,150 --> 00:34:03,650 Eldane, you activate shutdown. 860 00:34:03,652 --> 00:34:05,151 I'll amend the system. 861 00:34:05,153 --> 00:34:07,454 Set your alarm for 1,000 years' time. 862 00:34:07,456 --> 00:34:08,955 1,000 years, to sort the planet out, 863 00:34:08,957 --> 00:34:10,390 to be ready. 864 00:34:10,392 --> 00:34:11,891 Pass it on, as legend or prophecy 865 00:34:11,893 --> 00:34:13,493 or religion, 866 00:34:13,495 --> 00:34:15,395 but, somehow, make it known -- 867 00:34:15,397 --> 00:34:17,464 this planet is to be shared. 868 00:34:17,466 --> 00:34:20,066 Yeah, I get you. 869 00:34:21,436 --> 00:34:23,169 That was the weirdest part, where the Doctor's like 870 00:34:23,171 --> 00:34:24,671 "you know what? Just wait 1,000 years." 871 00:34:24,673 --> 00:34:27,540 They're like "good, good, yes, 1,000, that'll be fine." 872 00:34:27,542 --> 00:34:29,576 Makes you think, 873 00:34:29,578 --> 00:34:31,478 in the Doctor's universe and life, 874 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:32,979 "1,000 years? That's a blink. 875 00:34:32,981 --> 00:34:35,348 Yeah, I can live with that. We can work with that." 876 00:34:35,350 --> 00:34:36,516 That's politics. 877 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:42,689 The nebula is a collection of 27 planets 878 00:34:42,691 --> 00:34:46,292 that, when they're in alignment with each other, 879 00:34:46,294 --> 00:34:48,261 gravitational forces and whatever else 880 00:34:48,263 --> 00:34:50,063 creates the right circumstances 881 00:34:50,065 --> 00:34:53,767 to make a reality bomb which Davros will use 882 00:34:53,769 --> 00:34:56,036 to destroy everything. 883 00:34:56,038 --> 00:34:57,637 That's typical Dalek fashion: 884 00:34:57,639 --> 00:34:59,606 "If we can't have it, no one can." 885 00:34:59,608 --> 00:35:02,342 The Daleks are all about thinking big, 886 00:35:02,344 --> 00:35:06,479 especially when they have Davros kind of pulling the strings. 887 00:35:06,481 --> 00:35:09,082 I'm not sure of his motivation for this 888 00:35:09,084 --> 00:35:11,518 because he won't know he's succeeded 889 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,019 because he'll be dead. 890 00:35:13,021 --> 00:35:14,821 Oh, my God! 891 00:35:14,823 --> 00:35:16,656 Look at the sky. 892 00:35:16,658 --> 00:35:18,458 Oh. 893 00:35:18,460 --> 00:35:21,194 That's impossible. 894 00:35:21,196 --> 00:35:22,796 That's just impossible. 895 00:35:24,099 --> 00:35:26,733 It can't be. 896 00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:45,685 Right, now we're in trouble. 897 00:35:47,689 --> 00:35:49,756 It's only just beginning. 898 00:35:53,060 --> 00:35:55,428 The Dalek Nebula, the idea of stealing planets, 899 00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:57,330 that sort of ties back to an old "Doctor Who" story 900 00:35:57,332 --> 00:35:59,566 called "The Pirate Planet" by Douglas Adams, 901 00:35:59,568 --> 00:36:01,067 who wrote "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 902 00:36:01,069 --> 00:36:04,671 and the idea that a man was stealing planets, this captain. 903 00:36:04,673 --> 00:36:06,773 And, again, what's good about "Doctor Who" is 904 00:36:06,775 --> 00:36:08,641 it doesn't forget its past and it brings back, 905 00:36:08,643 --> 00:36:11,177 you know, old enemies or old ideas. 906 00:36:11,179 --> 00:36:13,680 "Doctor Who's" always full of rumors 907 00:36:13,682 --> 00:36:17,383 and assumptions and predictions, 908 00:36:17,385 --> 00:36:20,220 but when you hear that, down the line, 909 00:36:20,222 --> 00:36:23,423 Davros might be returning, you think 910 00:36:23,425 --> 00:36:26,993 "Oh, I hope that's true. I hope that's true" 911 00:36:26,995 --> 00:36:31,131 and, wow, yes, he gloriously came back. 912 00:36:31,133 --> 00:36:32,766 Davros is a classic "Who" villain. 913 00:36:32,768 --> 00:36:34,968 He's been around since the early days 914 00:36:34,970 --> 00:36:37,337 of "Doctor Who" and he is 915 00:36:37,339 --> 00:36:41,040 the person who actually invented the Daleks. 916 00:36:41,042 --> 00:36:42,509 And you can see there's this moment 917 00:36:42,511 --> 00:36:43,943 when David Tennant, who's normally 918 00:36:43,945 --> 00:36:47,180 fairly unflappable, suddenly realizes 919 00:36:47,182 --> 00:36:50,817 that Davros is back and you can see in his eyes 920 00:36:50,819 --> 00:36:54,687 what a disaster that means for the entire Universe. 921 00:36:56,223 --> 00:36:58,024 Your voice is different 922 00:36:58,026 --> 00:37:00,627 and, yet, 923 00:37:00,629 --> 00:37:03,129 its arrogance is unchanged. 924 00:37:03,131 --> 00:37:05,231 No. 925 00:37:05,233 --> 00:37:06,833 But he's dead. 926 00:37:06,835 --> 00:37:11,104 Welcome to my new empire, 927 00:37:11,106 --> 00:37:12,605 Doctor. 928 00:37:12,607 --> 00:37:14,073 It is only fitting 929 00:37:14,075 --> 00:37:15,575 that you should bear witness 930 00:37:15,577 --> 00:37:18,211 to the resurrection and the triumph 931 00:37:18,213 --> 00:37:20,046 of Davros, 932 00:37:20,048 --> 00:37:24,150 lord and creator of the Dalek race. 933 00:37:26,020 --> 00:37:27,821 Doctor? 934 00:37:27,823 --> 00:37:30,990 Have you nothing to say? 935 00:37:30,992 --> 00:37:34,494 He's very good at carrying out a plan, that Davros. 936 00:37:34,496 --> 00:37:36,963 Not superfun to hang out with, 937 00:37:36,965 --> 00:37:38,531 not really that great to talk to, 938 00:37:38,533 --> 00:37:40,433 but a master planner. 939 00:37:40,435 --> 00:37:43,469 Darth Vadar and his like might just have 940 00:37:43,471 --> 00:37:44,971 one Death Star, 941 00:37:44,973 --> 00:37:47,740 but, in order to be better-prepared, 942 00:37:47,742 --> 00:37:49,275 the Daleks will arrange a galaxyful. 943 00:37:49,277 --> 00:37:50,777 But, of course, 944 00:37:50,779 --> 00:37:53,880 the Doctor will always find a way just to undercut that 945 00:37:53,882 --> 00:37:57,417 and he'll find the way to let it all unravel 946 00:37:57,419 --> 00:37:59,252 like a big piece of knitting. 947 00:37:59,254 --> 00:38:00,753 You're a housemate. 948 00:38:00,755 --> 00:38:04,057 You're in the house. 949 00:38:04,059 --> 00:38:05,859 Take all of television's worst TV shows 950 00:38:05,861 --> 00:38:07,627 and then make them deadly. 951 00:38:09,063 --> 00:38:10,830 Rose is like 952 00:38:10,832 --> 00:38:12,332 "Sorry, I pick you. 953 00:38:12,334 --> 00:38:13,833 "That's how the game works. 954 00:38:13,835 --> 00:38:15,902 Oh, wait. I just killed you." 955 00:38:18,689 --> 00:38:21,590 I would characterize the destinations as limitless, 956 00:38:21,592 --> 00:38:23,525 unlimited by the flights of the imagination 957 00:38:23,527 --> 00:38:25,260 of the writers, 958 00:38:25,262 --> 00:38:27,362 and, as the time's gone on, 959 00:38:27,364 --> 00:38:29,231 their imaginations just seem to get broader. 960 00:38:32,335 --> 00:38:34,603 Another amazing destination that the Doctor 961 00:38:34,605 --> 00:38:37,305 takes Rose to is Satellite Five, 962 00:38:37,307 --> 00:38:41,576 which is this new station that's run by this evil editor. 963 00:38:41,578 --> 00:38:44,012 I loved Satellite Five because it was "Doctor Who" 964 00:38:44,014 --> 00:38:46,114 at its satirical best. 965 00:38:46,116 --> 00:38:48,416 It turns out the editor of Satellite Five 966 00:38:48,418 --> 00:38:51,019 is Simon Pegg and you see Simon Pegg show up 967 00:38:51,021 --> 00:38:52,587 and you're like "okay, everything's going to be okay. 968 00:38:52,589 --> 00:38:54,823 "It's Simon Pegg. Nothing can be wrong. He can't be a villain." 969 00:38:54,825 --> 00:38:56,725 Turns out he's the worst kind of villain: 970 00:38:56,727 --> 00:38:58,193 He's a businessman. 971 00:38:58,195 --> 00:38:59,561 This is not 972 00:38:59,563 --> 00:39:01,062 the fourth great and bountiful human empire. 973 00:39:01,064 --> 00:39:04,900 In fact, it's not actually human at all, 974 00:39:04,902 --> 00:39:06,501 it's merely a place where humans happen to live. 975 00:39:08,005 --> 00:39:10,105 Yeah. 976 00:39:10,107 --> 00:39:11,673 Yeah. 977 00:39:11,675 --> 00:39:14,409 Sorry. 978 00:39:14,411 --> 00:39:16,211 It's a place where humans are allowed to live 979 00:39:16,213 --> 00:39:18,713 by kind permission of my client. 980 00:39:18,715 --> 00:39:21,216 And,. As they get further and further 981 00:39:21,218 --> 00:39:23,518 into the upper echelons of who's controlling 982 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,054 the news, it is obviously 983 00:39:26,056 --> 00:39:27,589 this horrible creature 984 00:39:27,591 --> 00:39:29,491 that's essentially all mouth, 985 00:39:29,493 --> 00:39:31,026 as far as I can tell. 986 00:39:31,028 --> 00:39:34,196 You mean that thing's in charge of Satellite Five? 987 00:39:34,198 --> 00:39:36,231 That "thing," as you put it, 988 00:39:36,233 --> 00:39:37,732 is in charge of the human race. 989 00:39:37,734 --> 00:39:39,501 For almost a hundred years, 990 00:39:39,503 --> 00:39:41,603 mankind has been shaped and guided, 991 00:39:41,605 --> 00:39:43,104 his knowledge and ambition 992 00:39:43,106 --> 00:39:44,973 strictly controlled by its broadcast news, 993 00:39:44,975 --> 00:39:47,108 edited by my superior, 994 00:39:47,110 --> 00:39:50,011 your master, 995 00:39:50,013 --> 00:39:51,513 and humanity's guiding light -- 996 00:39:51,515 --> 00:39:53,081 the mighty Jagrafess 997 00:39:53,083 --> 00:39:55,317 of the holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe. 998 00:39:55,319 --> 00:39:57,619 I call him "Max." 999 00:39:57,621 --> 00:40:00,689 And Simon Pegg reports to the Jagrafess, 1000 00:40:00,691 --> 00:40:02,591 which is just a mouth on a ceiling, 1001 00:40:02,593 --> 00:40:05,060 and he calls him "Max." 1002 00:40:05,062 --> 00:40:06,528 You can't give a horrible monster 1003 00:40:06,530 --> 00:40:08,230 a cute nickname like "Max." 1004 00:40:08,232 --> 00:40:09,531 Max is a cool name. 1005 00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:12,067 The next time that they visit Satellite Five, 1006 00:40:12,069 --> 00:40:15,670 of course, it's game shows that they're dealing with 1007 00:40:15,672 --> 00:40:17,405 and not a news organization, but, in some ways, 1008 00:40:17,407 --> 00:40:19,274 that's even more insidious. 1009 00:40:19,276 --> 00:40:20,775 What's your name, then, sweetheart? 1010 00:40:20,777 --> 00:40:23,078 The Doctor, I think. I was, uh -- 1011 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,146 I don't know. What happened? 1012 00:40:25,148 --> 00:40:27,849 You got chosen. 1013 00:40:27,851 --> 00:40:29,351 Chosen for what? 1014 00:40:29,353 --> 00:40:32,020 You're a housemate. You're in the house. 1015 00:40:32,022 --> 00:40:33,555 Christopher Eccleston suddenly appears 1016 00:40:33,557 --> 00:40:37,659 in this brightly colored room which is really confusing. 1017 00:40:37,661 --> 00:40:41,463 And he's suddenly in "Big Brother" 1018 00:40:41,465 --> 00:40:43,632 and he's taking part in a game show. 1019 00:40:43,634 --> 00:40:46,034 Of course! 1020 00:40:46,036 --> 00:40:48,203 Doctor Who would be a great roommate because 1021 00:40:48,205 --> 00:40:50,972 he, in one episode, kills the devil. 1022 00:40:50,974 --> 00:40:53,875 How would you not want that guy 1023 00:40:53,877 --> 00:40:55,777 on your side at a bar, 1024 00:40:55,779 --> 00:40:59,581 helping you flirt/ killing the devil? 1025 00:41:04,787 --> 00:41:07,856 You are live on channel 44000. 1026 00:41:07,858 --> 00:41:09,891 Please do not swear. 1027 00:41:09,893 --> 00:41:11,393 You have got to be kidding. 1028 00:41:11,395 --> 00:41:13,561 Satellite Five was basically what happens 1029 00:41:13,563 --> 00:41:17,098 when you take all of television's worst TV shows 1030 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:19,267 and then make them deadly. 1031 00:41:19,269 --> 00:41:22,470 My favorite bit is "The Weakest Link," 1032 00:41:22,472 --> 00:41:24,105 where Anne Robinson is actually a robot 1033 00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:26,041 and she has the power to destroy. 1034 00:41:26,043 --> 00:41:28,176 Why Fitch? 1035 00:41:28,178 --> 00:41:29,477 Uh -- 1036 00:41:29,479 --> 00:41:30,979 I think she got a few of the questions wrong, 1037 00:41:30,981 --> 00:41:33,014 that's all. 1038 00:41:33,016 --> 00:41:34,349 And you'd know all about that. 1039 00:41:35,818 --> 00:41:38,019 Well, yeah, but I can't vote for myself, 1040 00:41:38,021 --> 00:41:39,854 so it had to be Fitch. 1041 00:41:41,857 --> 00:41:44,059 I'm sorry. That's the game. 1042 00:41:44,061 --> 00:41:47,062 That's how it works. I had to vote for someone. 1043 00:41:47,064 --> 00:41:48,797 Let me try again -- it was the lights 1044 00:41:48,799 --> 00:41:50,699 and everything -- I couldn't think. 1045 00:41:50,701 --> 00:41:52,200 It's very much a reflection 1046 00:41:52,202 --> 00:41:53,568 on the media and television. 1047 00:41:53,570 --> 00:41:55,370 We were obsessed by reality TV, 1048 00:41:55,372 --> 00:41:56,671 it was getting nastier and nastier, 1049 00:41:56,673 --> 00:41:58,506 and, you know, the next step on will be 1050 00:41:58,508 --> 00:41:59,674 they will be killing people. 1051 00:41:59,676 --> 00:42:01,276 Oh, God, help me! 1052 00:42:05,181 --> 00:42:06,381 Fitch, 1053 00:42:06,383 --> 00:42:07,816 you are The Weakest Link. 1054 00:42:07,818 --> 00:42:08,950 Goodbye. 1055 00:42:10,753 --> 00:42:12,954 ♪ 1056 00:42:15,891 --> 00:42:17,992 And we've gone to the adverts. 1057 00:42:17,994 --> 00:42:19,994 Back in three minutes! 1058 00:42:19,996 --> 00:42:21,930 It was really quite something 1059 00:42:21,932 --> 00:42:25,166 because Rose is like "sorry, I pick you. 1060 00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:26,868 "That's how the game works. 1061 00:42:26,870 --> 00:42:28,903 Oh, wait. I just killed you." 1062 00:42:28,905 --> 00:42:30,839 And, of course, behind all of that was 1063 00:42:30,841 --> 00:42:33,975 that the Daleks were controlling humans 1064 00:42:33,977 --> 00:42:36,778 and, ultimately, the Earth, through Satellite Five. 1065 00:42:36,780 --> 00:42:39,414 I think most of the television output feels, at the moment, 1066 00:42:39,416 --> 00:42:42,050 that it was probably invented by the Daleks. 1067 00:42:42,052 --> 00:42:44,386 We're being controlled, people. 1068 00:42:44,388 --> 00:42:46,121 Questions need to be asked. 1069 00:42:46,123 --> 00:42:47,622 And, by the way, 1070 00:42:47,624 --> 00:42:49,491 the death game shows, of course they'll happen. 1071 00:42:49,493 --> 00:42:52,394 Of course it'll happen. 1072 00:42:52,396 --> 00:42:54,095 Probably within a decade, I would say 1073 00:42:54,097 --> 00:42:55,597 death game shows. 1074 00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:58,600 Maybe that could be the next iteration of the Kardashians. 1075 00:42:58,602 --> 00:43:00,668 Now, that one, I would watch. 1076 00:43:00,670 --> 00:43:03,004 The amazing thing about the destinations 1077 00:43:03,006 --> 00:43:06,040 in "Doctor Who" is that the opportunities here 1078 00:43:06,042 --> 00:43:07,642 are really endless, for what can happen. 1079 00:43:07,644 --> 00:43:09,144 Are...right. 1080 00:43:09,146 --> 00:43:10,578 The destinations are great because it could be 1081 00:43:10,580 --> 00:43:11,913 another planet, 1082 00:43:11,915 --> 00:43:13,481 it could be another dimension. 1083 00:43:13,483 --> 00:43:14,949 This must be biographies! 1084 00:43:14,951 --> 00:43:18,119 The fact that the Doctor can almost be in any situation 1085 00:43:18,121 --> 00:43:21,289 and it not be weird, strange, or unbelievable, it kind of says 1086 00:43:21,291 --> 00:43:24,225 why the show's so fantastic and it's run for so long. 1087 00:43:24,227 --> 00:43:26,528 Burning, falling. All of it falling! 1088 00:43:26,530 --> 00:43:28,329 Well, that's the whole point 1089 00:43:28,331 --> 00:43:30,632 of watching "Doctor Who," is getting to see 1090 00:43:30,634 --> 00:43:32,567 all the different planets he gets to travel through. 1091 00:43:32,569 --> 00:43:36,569 == sync, corrected by elderman ==