Nearly all of the episodes are great except victory of the daleks. The doctor decides a trip back to 1890 is in order to talk to vincent van gogh and find out. Doctor who vincent and the doctor quotes planet claire. On monday march 30, curtis joined his wife and script editor emma freud and former doctor who stars matt smith and karen gillan to live tweet a rerun of the episode. Its a witty, moving, ambitious hour of doctor who that features some of the series most understatedly impressive production design in its vivid recreation of vincent van goghs world. It was written by richard curtis and directed by jonny campbell and also featured a guest appearance from bill nighy. All 3 songs featured in doctor who 2005 season 5 episode 10. This would be a significant change from bidmeads earlier stories, logopolis and castrovalva, as neither had featured monsters. The doctor and amy travel back in time to meet vincent van gogh and. Vincent and the doctor is one of the bestloved of all the eleventh doctors.
Frontios was the third serial of season 21 season of doctor who eric saward asked former script editor christopher h. One of the best episodes of television that ive, personally, ever seen came in the form of doctor whos vincent and the doctor in 2010. David, who fans will recall, played jackson lake, the man who believes he is the doctor, in that very episode. Doctor who vincent and the doctor rewatch with karen. Richard was inspired to approach steven by his children, after they all watched the tenth doctor adventure the next doctor with their next door neighbor, david morrissey. Following the adventures of a timetraveling alien called the doctor and an assortment of human companions as. The doctor and amy travel back in time to meet vincent van gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see. Bbc one doctor who, series 5, vincent and the doctor.
Im a bit confused by own reaction to vincent and the doctor. Doctor who writer on why he wrote vincent and the doctor. Amy pond finds herself shoulder to shoulder with vincent van gogh tony curran, in a battle with a deadly alien. They come to van goghs painting the church at auvers, and the doctor spots a strange element in itthe head of an alien creature is looking out from a window of the church. Tony curran van gogh once played an invisible man an aesop. Or ill pay for the painting and you can use the money to pay for the drink. Richard curtis speaks out why he wrote the doctor who.
Blacks talk, simply wandering through the back of the shot in a very nice lowkey way. But its one that tells us more about the shows central protagonists than it has any right to, effortlessly splashing colour. Doctor whos vincent and the doctor writer explains key. Doctor who s31 e10 vincent and the doctor recap tv. With matt smith, karen gillan, tony curran, nik howden. Moffat does an excellent job of taking doctor who into new era. So, vincent and the doctor wasnt just a working title after all. Presumably, any other title will just give away far too much about the plot, right. This quietly devastating episode barely features a monster at least in the doctor who sense of the word.
Vincent van gogh visits the gallery vincent and the doctor. Clip from doctor who series 5 episode 10, vincent and the doctor. It did give rise to the best scene in the episode, the doctor s homily about good things and bad things, but. Actually, i realised that although the season five episode vincent and the doctor is the one everyone remembers for that heartwarming ending where vincent. Vincent and the doctor is the tenth episode of the fifth series of british science fiction television series doctor who, first broadcast on bbc one on 5 june 2010. The doctor showing van gogh the love people today have for him does not equate to him later committing suicide. Matt smith and other doctor who stars join mass viewing. The episode was broadcast in june, 2010, the tenth episode of the fifth series, and finds the doctor and amy travelling back in time to meet the artist vincent van gogh, played by curran. Starring matt smiths eleventh doctor alongside gillan and tony curran as van gogh, vincent and the doctor has long been a fanfavourite episode for its frank depiction of mental health, as well. Doctor who season 5 episode 10 part 1 vincent and doctor. Vincent and the doctor was the tenth episode of series 5 of doctor who it saw the doctor befriend another famous figure in vincent van gogh and, quite darkly, explored the leadup to his suicide in doctor who confidential, its said that this episode shows how the doctor who has heart unlike most science fiction stories, which leave out the compassionhumanity. Why the doctor who episode vincent and the doctor will. It was originally intended that tractator technology should. Watch doctor who 5x10 vincent and the doctor online.
Doctor who 11 s05e10 vincent and the doctor video dailymotion. The doctor and amy travel back in time to meet vincent van gogh and face an. Vincent and the doctor tv story tardis fandom tardis wiki. The doctor also delivers a particularly touching aesop at the end, when amy discovers that their intervention failed to stop van gogh from. Matt smith tweets through doctor who episode as writer. Doctor who season 5 episode 10 vincent and doctor part 1.
When the tardis is covered with posters, some of them are for. Overwatch story reveals soldier 76 is a lgbtq character. More so than most stories where the doctor meets a historical figure, vincent feels like a fully fleshedout character and you come to really care about himunlike, say winston churchill or nefertiti. At 7pm last night, thousands of doctor who enthusiasts tuned into the 2010 episode vincent and the doctor on the bbc iplayer as cast members from that time. When talking about the greatest tv episode of the last decade, many have their own takes, but i cannot stop going back to doctor who and its episode on vincent van gogh. This episode tries its best to tug at our emotional strings, but it tries too hard, and too obviously. Instead, it focuses on the internal demons that vincent van.
Bidmead to contribute a story and nathanturner requested that it be monstercentric. Visiting an art gallery, the doctor and amy see an alien face in a painting by vincent van gogh, and decide to travel back in time to discover the truth first hand. Vincent and the doctor was the tenth episode of series 5 of doctor who. Vincent van gogh visits the gallery vincent and the. Vincent and the doctor has long been considered to be among the greatest episodes of the modern doctor who era with the script having been hailed as one of the most poignant in the shows.
Vincent and the doctor is the tenth episode of the fifth series of the fictional series doctor who, and it was the first broadcast on bbc one on 5 june 2010. T he eleventh doctor matt smith and his new companion amy pond karan gillan embark on a series of incredible adventures through time and space in the fifth series of the enduing british scifi. For the british sciencefiction television programme doctor who, list of doctor who. Vincent and the doctor series 31, episode 10 very richard curtis and not very doctor who, this episode might have been better without the monster but it got me in the end. The episode explains that there are differences in how different people deal with depression or anxiety the doctor is shown to be more resilient than vincent van gogh. This week we are watching season 5 episode 10 of doctor who titled.
It was written by richard curtis and directed by jonny campbell and featured an uncredited guest appearance from actor bill nighy. Amy pond finds herself shoulder to shoulder with vincent van gogh, in a battle with a deadly. A very difficult job something chibnall could never do. Vincent and the doctor is a shiny trinket, a tableau, an ornament. This is an episode that always gives me the feels, especially since depression is something ive struggled with for a very long time.
Doctor whos vincent and the doctor writer explains key reason he wrote the episode richard curtis was joined by matt smith and karen gillan for a watchalong. Allain georg doctor who season 5 episode 10 vincent and doctor part 1. Richard curtis reveals why he wrote vincent and the doctor. The doctor and amy meet dutch painter vincent van gogh. I also thought that the monster might be the one to take off van goghs ear. Vincent and the doctor is one of the finest episodes of this season of doctor who for that reason.