Montreal band The High Dials make psychedelic pop shaded with folk rock, sh… Read Full Bio ↴Montreal band The High Dials make psychedelic pop shaded with folk rock, shoegaze and electro influences. Drawing inspiration from a variety of styles the band create wall-of-sound music built on swirling guitars, three-part harmonies and retro keys.

The High Dials have had an evolving line-up since their 2003 debut centred around Trevor Anderson (singer-songwriter) and Robbie MacArthur (guitars). Hailed by the likes of NME, Spin and Brooklyn Vegan, they have a deep back catalogue and extensive tour history in both North America and the UK.

Highlights from band’s live history include US and UK tours with the Brian Jonestown Massacre, support slots with Echo and the Bunnymen, the Osheaga festival in Montreal and appearances at various international events such as the Great Escape, In the City, CMJ and SXSW. In 2014, they toured the UK and Ireland with The Besnard Lakes.

The band recently collaborated with legendary Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham on an album of Stones covers - fellow contributors included Johnny Marr, Gryff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Elliott Easton (The Cars).

Two of the band’s songs currently feature in the hit Netflix series House of Cards.

In February 2015 they released “In the A.M. Wilds” worldwide through Fontana North/Universal.

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Regeneration
The High Dials Lyrics

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Rest in the sun brings regeneration
Soaking in the sea brings regeneration
Love of a girl brings regeneration
Deep inner peace brings regeneration
Sweetness and light brings regeneration
Music breaking time brings regeneration

Overall Meaning

The High Dials's song Regeneration describes the different means of experiencing spiritual or personal healing. The first line, "Rest in the sun brings regeneration", speaks to the rejuvenating power of nature and the importance of taking breaks from the hectic pace of life. "Soaking in the sea brings regeneration" suggests that finding solace in the vastness of the ocean can bring renewal and catharsis. "Love of a girl brings regeneration" hints that love and emotional connections can help heal even the deepest wounds. "Deep inner peace brings regeneration" speaks to the need for mindfulness and meditation in achieving inner balance. "Sweetness and light brings regeneration" can be interpreted as the ability to embrace positivity and see the good in life. Finally, "Music breaking time brings regeneration" suggests that music can provide a moment to disconnect from reality and gain perspective.

Overall, the song highlights the diverse ways that people can find healing and growth. Each verse touches on a different element of human connection - nature, love, inner peace, positivity, and music - that contributes to achieving that growth.

Line by Line Meaning

Rest in the sun brings regeneration
Finding solace in the warmth and brightness of the sun has a rejuvenating effect on the mind, body, and soul.

Soaking in the sea brings regeneration
Immersing oneself in the vastness and healing properties of the ocean has a revitalizing effect on the spirit.

Love of a girl brings regeneration
Being deeply connected to a beloved partner can inspire feelings of renewal and fresh perspective on life.

Deep inner peace brings regeneration
Attaining a state of calm and tranquility within oneself has the power to restore and heal the mind and heart.

Sweetness and light brings regeneration
Experiencing moments of beauty, kindness, and harmony in the world around us can uplift and regenerate one's overall outlook on life.

Music breaking time brings regeneration
Listening to and creating music has the ability to transcend time and space, renewing one's energy and creativity.

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

jjmcn

4y↑356

i'm not usually someone that shouts "character assassination!!1!!" whenever a character does something different but in this episode the doctor:

1) shot a man
2) robbed that man of who knows how many years of life
3) did this to a man who helped him defeat rassilon

it just felt really cruel tbh

All comments from YouTube:

TheYoungBoomer

6y↑1.9K

I love how the General just accepts he isn't going to change the Doctor's mind so wishes him luck. Glad they got him back to do this episode!

Stone of Light

3y↑118

He could have also lied and said he was on his final life but he chose honesty. I imagine that he secretly wished that the Doctor would find a way to save Clara and maintain the universe but couldn't just let the Doctor go without a "fight".

SirGoldSamurai

3y↑1

Theres no sexual prefernce for timelords

Isaic02

3y↑27

@SirGoldSamurai Clearly the general had a preference for female, considering her reaction. Doubt it was a big deal though.

Hoang MVP

3y↑1

isn't it her?

Unetéro Stardust

1y↑13

@Isaic02 the writer had a preference for Pandering to feminism superiority. The commentary on how "Men have such big ego how do you deal with that" and such statement being extremely egocentric in itself always throws me right out of immersion, "Cool space advent- Obligatory Female superiority Adbreak!-ure"

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rymdalkis

6y↑5.3K

10th Doctor: "Even if I change it feels like dying. Everything I am dies. Some new man goes sauntering away... and I'm dead"
12th Doctor: "Death is Time Lord for man flu"

the most British person alive

5y↑400

So it's like
Hey where are you
I'm dying
Oh ok
Won't be five minutes

Old School

5y↑341

rymdalkis Well 10 was a bit of a cry baby

Tim Riggins

5y↑452

He was downplaying it for Clara's sake.

Luca Quinn

5y↑246

It’s almost like the doctor changed his mind... and the different personality that came with 12 has a different view on regeneration...

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Matt Vivian

4y↑2.1K

"How do you cope with all that ego?" is a much more egotistical attitude than anything the previous incarnation ever said.

T. Purkess

3y↑356

He actually seemed quite humble

Thyr Lindberg

3y↑146

He was

Hi i'm Euro?

3y↑49

@GabbeЯ Skillz lmao, accurate.

GabbeЯ Skillz

3y↑9

Arcadius same.

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Silver

6y↑212

Say what you will about this episode or this scene, but I love this regeneration. I like how the General is lying down as opposed to standing, I like how it's the least explosive regeneration of the new series, and I like how the other Time Lords treat the regeneration as a basic incident.

Theo-James Moulton

2y↑17

The Doctor's regenerations are, for reasons that have never really been explained rather more traumatic and less... energy efficient than the regular brand. Of course that could be because of this whole proto timelord schtick that's just been introduced then again there are also hints the doctor may have had a human parent which may be responsible for corrupting the transformation flux.

Robert Hundley

2y↑33

@Theo-James Moulton or the doctor is just a drama queen. That's not exactly out of character.

Plus, quite a few of the doctors deaths have been worse than a lethal shot

Theo-James Moulton

2y↑7

@Robert Hundley This is true so perhaps its something to do with the death trauma. perhaps the transformation is more flashy the more traumatic the death... which doesn't explain how eleven was able to nuke a dalek mothership. He died of old age.

Mach Dude

2y↑18

Regenerations seem to be more explosive the more you resist it. The doctor is usually remarkably attached to what they are so it has a habit of being quite violent when it comes to them. In this case, the Time Lord was more or less "alright, fair play" and took it knowing that it was about what was expected so no big boom.

My Time

2y↑10

@Mach Dude That kinda makes sense actually, if I remember right the Old Who didn't have these explosive regeneration scenes and once New Who picked up the regeneration started to escalate more and more.

The regeneration from the 9th to the 10th Doctor wasn't too violent because he had accepted his fate and was ready while the 10th tried his damnedest to not regenerate and pretty much exploded the tardis

Then you have 11th to 12th, 11 again pretty much accepted his death so he's regeneration was instantaneous (outside that big blast of regeneration energy which I blame on the sudden influx of regeneration energy)

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Name NotFound

2y↑102

I love how the Doctor calls regeneration basically the flu even though he has an existential crisis every regeneration 😂

Orangeninja5000

1y↑6

When the 12th Doctor regenerated, he was pretty good about it. I think it depends on the doctor.

Lone survivalist314

1y↑2

Let's be honest, he's a bit of a drama queen

Cole Eckerman

1y↑5

He’s just trying to calm Clara

ZJ Johnson

I too have an existential crisis whenever I have the flu

deltahalo241

4y↑169

I love this scene, the look in the Doctors eye as he's considering what he's about to do, how Clara and the General are trying to talk him down but he's bulldozing through without considering them. It's a great moment.

Valpas Kankaristo

7y↑2.6K

To all of you saying how out of character this scene was for the Doctor... Wasn't that one of the central themes of the episodes? He even says it himself: "I broke my own rules. I became the Hybrid."

Phylion

7y↑71

yes, but the problem there is that he NEVER breaks his own rules, so it's out of character

Joris van Venrooij

7y↑300

What about 'The Waters of Mars', where he saved someone whose death was a fixed point in time? True, she committed suicide shortly after, but he still broke his own rules then and there. So it has happened before.

Stocky Comdt

7y↑84

Joris Van Venrooij He never tried to kill anyone in that episode. In Hell Bent, he forces someone to regenerate, bringing that person closer to death.

Phylion

7y↑37

Joris van Venrooij
You'd think he'd learnt his lesson. in that ep he meant to save all of them and cause no one harm, which is different here.
His rules are 'never cruel nor cowardly. Never give up, never give in.' In 'The Waters of Mars,' he didn't break those rules.

Khan Rayendra Putera

7y↑58

Pretty sure it's out of character for the Doctor to "kill" someone who just helped him mere hours before and is in general (pun intended) trying to do what's best for Gallifrey.

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Morgan

4y↑265

I always thought this entire scene was so strange for the Doctor, how he could shoot the general when he was just trying to help him. But after rewatching this and scrolling through some comments, I feel like I've come to the realization that the Doctor shot the general precisely because he was trying to help him. Well, to us the general is trying to help as he's attempting to convince the Doctor not to save Clara for fear of the destruction of the universe, but to the Doctor, this man is standing in the way of something he's spent over a million years trying to get back. After all these years he spent trapped trying to save Gallifrey and bring Clara back, he's being told that he can't. And the general pretty much stated that its his role to protect the new president and that he wasn't going to let the Doctor do this. That, to me at least, tells me there would have been no peaceful resolution to this situation. The general has a duty and could have even tried to physically restrain the Doctor had he not been shot.

Now, I am in no way shape or form condoning the Doctor's actions here, but these are things that I never considered watching this show. I never stopped to think about all of the unspoken lines that the characters' actions portray, like the grief and pain in the Doctor's face when he points the gun at the general. You can see the Doctor throwing himself so much into getting Clara back that he's putting time itself in danger. Its as he even said later, he broke all of his own rules and became something else. So, when I consider that as well, it makes more sense to me that I, or all of us, would view the Doctor's actions in this scene as out of character. Because it was out of character, that was the whole point.

Eadwulf Vandræðaskáld

3y↑19

I agree with everything you have stated here and I'll add this:

The Doctor was acting out of character but partly it was very much a Doctor thing to do. Their lifetime of fun, pain, adventure and loss builds up to several moments where you could argue The Doctor takes things too far. But it's a normal reaction to trauma.

There are time the rules have to be broken in order not to lose their own mind.

alec bormia

2y↑11

@Eadwulf Vandræðaskáld "good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many" -the 11th doctor. Showing that even he himself is aware of that.

Eadwulf Vandræðaskáld

2y↑4

@alec bormia Exactly! He's a god with the control over time (and in some ways space) who can go anywhere and do what he likes. It's scary to think how truly terrifying the doctor would be if they didn't limit themselves.

alec bormia

2y↑3

@Eadwulf Vandræðaskáld I mean you don't have to look far to see that either. In Face the Raven he basically says he's going to put Ashildr through literal hell so that she would wish she could die. He is willing to fracture all of time just to undo one death. In Waters of Mars the doctor is again willing to fracture time because he feels that time owes him it for all the losses he experienced. You know who the doctor starts to look like during these moments? His oldest friend who abused all the trauma and rough emotions that come with death to create an army of cyberman. The same person who turned the tardis into a paradox machine and had people from the end of time come back and murder tons of present day people. It is in these moments that the doctor becomes ever so close to being the master but has to snap himself back to reality.

Eadwulf Vandræðaskáld

2y↑2

@alec bormia I don't really agree that he comes close to being the master in those moments. It's an obvious connection to make and The Master is a sort of "dark mirror" of The Doctor.

But in my opinion The Doctor would eclipse The Master if he refused to be bound by his rules. In a comparison of like a nature spirit vs a god that rules the universe. The Master is powerful but The Doctor could rule the universe if he wanted to which is just not even in the realm of possibility of The Master. And that's the scary part.

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RJ McAllister

5y↑94

"Hell Bent" was a story which needed to be told. The Doctor had been driven mad by the drive to save Clara in "Heaven Sent"; it was necessary to show how far he would go to save her, to the point of abandoning whom he is. Clara is the one who brings him back to what he should be, sacrificing herself to go with Me and face her eventual fate, leaving him the message he needs to see: "Go, and be a Doctor".

StarRider88

I still want a Clara and Ashildr spinoff.

James White

3y↑67

Can we take time to appreciate the sentence: "On pain of death, no one take a selfie." 😂

Taco Claus

1y↑3

That one came out of left field and I love it

Luke Morgan

7y↑62

What I love about this is that it shows how other timelords will simply regenerate and won't be phased by it, but the Doctor spends sometimes an entire series trying to find out who he is, trying to adjust etc. Reminds me of the Master's old line about how timelords are 'supposed to face death with dignity'.

MasterJo Cohen

7y↑2.4K

I always think that the (male) general could be a replacement for Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier.

DrXshock

6y↑8

Yeah!

Brad Wood

6y↑2

MasterJo Cohen oo

j m

6y↑1

OOF

The Jadon Davis Commentaries

6y↑5

You could also call him Tenth General

Erekose2023

6y↑15

Except of course.. by then the rot will have spread from SJW-MARVEL comics into the X-Men cinematic universe, and Jean Grey will do the ice-man type thing on Xavier in the past, making him go for transitioning.

*drops the mike *

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Tonatsi

3y↑32

I love how, from this moment, up until the very end of the episode, the story tries to make you think that the Doctor succeeded in making Clara forget about him, and that he's just saying his last goodbyes, or maybe he wasnt able to keep himself away, and is just indulging himself before continueing, and only at the very end do we find out that the opposite is true, that He lost his memory of her.

Ashley - they-them

1y↑15

“When you die, you stay dead!”
“But so does he…”
“We’re from Gailfrey! Death is Time Lord for man flu!” 😂

DastardlyCrook

6y↑4.1K

Regenerates from a kind, soft hearted and understanding man.
UGH How do you deal with all that ego?

Red John

4y↑453

I know right. These tolerance and feminism and other bad words

GeneralNerd

4y↑713

It's not unusual for Time Lords to have unfair negative opinions of their previous regenerations. Remember how 3 felt about 2 or 6 about 5.

Mirlov

4y↑390

GeneralNerd don’t even try to say there wasn’t some agenda here.

Lewis Cherry

4y↑165

Asian water there wasn’t an agenda it was a jooooooooooke

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Ironic Animations

4y↑32

The doctor being at his lowest here is exactly what it’s like if you lost someone very close to you, multiple people, and you have a chance to keep them with you, you’ll go mad and do everything you can to keep that person alive

It’s like if you lost your loving friend, and you got them back, only to put them back to their death again- it’s terrifying

idontremembermylogin

6y↑169

I've just thought this - if The Doctor could wipe Donna's memory by himself in series 4, why did he need to get a neural block for Clara?

Beth Bayless

4y↑26

It could be because of Donna Noble becoming half time lord that he could fully wipe himself out. Clara was also with him through from half of Smith to half of Capaldi

Conmattang

4y↑21

@Beth Bayless it's just generally established that the doctor can erase memories, though. He does ot to kid danny pink as well in an episode WITH CLARA.

Beth Bayless

4y↑1

@Conmattang then IDK LOL thanks for the info. I haven't been able to see Ll of capaldis run

Bobby Murph

4y↑8

@Conmattang I think 12 was just less good at that than 10.

Nicole Song

4y↑9

Probably because it would be too difficult to go into Clara Oswald's mind and then keep on erasing everything?

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Pixel Master35*

5y↑429

Doctor: Regeneration?

General: 10th

Doctor: Good luck

Me: Now that’s scary

king muizz

4y↑1

Idgi...

Max Levine

3y↑33

You can see the General just immediately get what the Doctor was planning when he asked that. 10/10

Harrison T

3y↑15

I bet in a weird way it’d be an honour for the general to be “killed” by the war hero that is the Doctor.

𝖂hipped 𝕯ream

3y↑8

@Harrison T It would be an honor to me, only thing is, I'd be paranoid about what I'd become after regenerating lol

𝖂hipped 𝕯ream

2y↑1

@Siker's Scrapyard Even I didn't know the lore THAT extensively, that makes a lot of sense

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Jakebug22

7y↑560

They killed the best General ever Ken bones was brilliant!!

Admiral Talax

3y↑1

Bones? Man the English have some dumb surnames.

Carissa Mace

3y↑13

@Admiral Talax I think it’s a pretty good name. Especially Wrathbone that’s a great one.

Jack Paterson

3y↑4

@Admiral Talax if you're a yank all your names comes from us 😅

Leif Goodwin

@Jack Paterson You mean like Wang, Gonzalez, Goldstein, Trump, Kowalsky and others?

Tom_North

5y↑9

I do feel like the doctor owed one to Clara, considering she’s saved him many times throughout his life so I can see why he was so eager to save her.

Lukimus Prime

3y↑12

I love how the general wishes the Doctor luck despite having told him earlier he couldn’t save Clara. He must have cared about the Doctor.

PlanetNiles

My headcanon is that The General is Romana

awesome cat45

2y↑1

I mean the doctor served his time at the time war (no pun intended) so most time lords respected him

FinnStewart

2y↑1

@PlanetNiles it looks like Ken Bones' general is returning for Gallifrey War Room, so it seems that that will be made impossible.

PlanetNiles

@FinnStewart it's only impossible if Romana is also in Gallifrey War Room

FinnStewart

@PlanetNiles good point, I'm sure they'll bring back Lalla Ward eventually though.

Sploof Mcsterra

4y↑203

When you shorten someone's life by potentially centuries and alter their self so all but their memories are effectively killed.
The Doctor: "This is completely justified!"

The Noisy Spectator

4y↑10

IKR?
This isn't just out of character for him? It just doesn't make sense, in general!

BrakeStop

4y↑18

They did trap him for 4 and a half billion years. They made him think he’d destroyed gallifrey. And they raged a war that wiped out half the universes life. Don’t think he owes them anything

Pinstoice

4y↑10

Regeneration really isn't that big a deal. The doctor just got a little weird about it after the 10th for some reason. It's really not a trait any other Time Lord has or even cares about. Hell, Romana wasted her first regeneration out of boredom.

"A person is the sum of their memories you know, Time Lords even moreso." - the Doctor

Badabing

3y↑2

@Pinstoice well, I think the lifespan thing is the more important part

Gosia Sulej

3y↑1

I just don't get why he needed anything to whipe Clara's memory about him. Isn't that exactly what he did with Donna just with his bare hands?

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zat1245

4y↑13

This has always been one of my favorite breaking points for the Doctor.

MithicaSH

3y↑33

The following scene is one of my all time favorites, where she asks the Doctor how long he was in the dial.

QqQ

3y↑4

me too. Capaldi and Coleman made the best episodes.

What The Trend

4y↑118

Doctor: regeneration?!
General: 12th
Doctor: Oh sorry
~~credits roll~~

Femme Funtime

4y↑11

I always thought it was weird seeing the doctor use a gun but upon revisiting the classic series he’s done it before.

ShoogaMoogaMan

7y↑574

Series 10

The Doctor - "Timelords are far beyond you human's obsession with gender and it's associated stereotypes!"

Series 9

The General - "Back to normal am I? Only time I've been a man that last body. Dear Lord how do you cope with all that ego?"

MagyarGabeN

4y↑41

They've learnt so much in so little time

pastor brian

4y↑16

and why do they choose gender specific names then also?

VulLord666

4y↑82

I mean as Bill pointed out “But you still call yourselves time- LORDS”. The timelords LOVE bragging about how civilized and sophisticated and enlightened they are, but in actuality they aren’t nearly as far beyond (at least in a philosophical sense; 200% in a technology/scientific sense (they mass produce time machines)) as they like to say they are. That’s a fairly recurring theme. Another recurring theme is that the Doctor LOVES to talk up his species and brag on them. He himself doesn’t want to admit the ugly truth about them. It got 10 got caught in the lie twice and in trouble once and he didn’t learn from either time. He only told Martha about how great they were and beautiful the planet was, so she didn’t even consider the possibility of an “evil” timelord in Utopia (or even just one that wasn’t like the Doctor). Then in the end of time he kept telling Wilfred how great his people were, but was forced to admit they became monsters and really dangerous during the Timewar (that change was insane. He wouldn’t use Wilfred’s gun on the Master, but grabbed it instantly when he realized the timelords were returning and all the while Wilfred was like “wait I thought they were like super monks and the master was the only bad one”). The Timelords like to feel and act superior to other species and the Doctor likes to pretend his species is better than they actually are to his friends (its like when you’re telling your friends about how amazing and cool your uncle or maybe parents are when in reality they’re no where near that. Maybe your dad drives a garbage truck but you tell your school friends that he’s a “transporter of exotic items and treasures”). No one has a way to fact check and you to feel better about your roots so why not?

pastor brian

4y↑4

@VulLord666 they also arn't gender fluid.

MisterChuckles

4y↑6

@VulLord666 sure but being in the position at that moment where he was the last timelord he probably tried to block out the bad and remember the good I mean wouldn’t you?

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Sammy Coats

3y↑7

I really liked the 10th General tbh. Wish we saw more of him. I loved the Mutual respect he and the Doctor showed each other even until his last moments.

Scattered Collector

2y↑57

For all those in disbelief that the Doctor would ever wield a gun, keep in mind, both Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh incarnations have used guns at some point.

Frank Grimes

2y↑4

I think ninth also holds a few blasters

Scattered Collector

2y↑4

@Frank Grimes Thanks for the correction - in the episode “Empty Child”, Nine does in fact use a blaster.

Unetéro Stardust

2y↑1

So much for never killing a man in cold blood..

Imogen Williams

2y↑2

@Scattered Collector And 9 threatens the Dalek in that museum with a large gun as well.

Scattered Collector

2y↑1

@Imogen Williams indeed he does, The Doctor does use guns

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DL

7y↑6

I really loved how crazy Twelve got and how he totally crossed the line.

ShadeStormXD

3y↑77

"Regeneration?"

"hmfff, tenth"

"good luck"

damn that hits

KrazyKiwi

3y↑15

I like The General. "Regeneration?" "10th" "Good luck" "You too sir". He knows he can't stop any final decisions The Doctor makes, can only try to stop him as best he can. It's his duty as General of the Time Lords. It's his duty to ensure the timeline doesn't fracture. The Doctor made sure he wasn't on his last regeneration, too. That's why he asked. If he had been on his last, I highly doubt the doctor would've actually shot him.

Jarock316

He knows what the Doctor is planning is impossible but he also knows the Doctor has made it a habbit of doing the impossible.

Mouse Scarbrow

1y↑2

@Jarock316 *habit
It's not spelled like rabbit.

Mary

1y↑2

"We're on Galifray, death is Time Lord for man flu."
That has to be one of the best ever lined in Doctor who😂😂

Dean Christensen

6y↑4

"No one, on pain of death, take a selfie!" I hope that if I find myself in the Doctor's situation, I will use that line.

Victor Peterson

6y↑7

I love this scene because I’ve always wanted to see a Time Lord other than the Doctor and the Master regenerate

Lisa

7y↑1.2K

Why dont you upload something from John Hurt .... he was a great doctor :/
Rest in Peace John 😢😢😢

Mr. Barcode

7y↑35

ESC Lisa Germany I had no idea he had passed until a minute ago. He is the first actor to play the Doctor who has died in 21 years. RIP

Lisa

***** yeah I know ... so sad :/
He was great

Lisa

7y↑3

Gary Dorgan he died in real life ....

Lisa

7y↑4

Gary Dorgan _..... he died 2 days ago because of Cancer 😭😢

Stephen Murphy

7y↑3

ESC Lisa Germany Pity he can't come back as The Doctor now... 😰

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Ricky Ray

6y↑3

Donna will always be at the top of the companion list for me honestly

VerdeMorte

7y↑3

Really would have liked the twist to be that one of Clara's jumps in history was the Doctor's 13th regeneration, would have given her a final chance at making a mark on the Who-verse and an odd finality for "Clara" to die without really staying dead...

Wil

4y↑4

People don’t like this scene because Capaldi threatens to kill the general. He initially thought it would stun him and needed to escape because he cared about Clara so much and he was going to regenerate anyway, if he had none he wouldn’t have done it

Veela

4y↑4

I love how The Doctor asked what incarnation The General was on.

Fotze

6y↑633

"How do you cope with all that ego?"
I wanna die now

Riley O'Noid

4y↑48

Writers, the Doctor's most evil and insidious enemy!

Stealthnerd666

4y↑41

And this is how a beloved franchise dies.

The Gamers State

4y↑66

LittleRedRhuari RRR You're missing the point, it's not that we are easily offended by the joke, it's the fact that the joke is operating on a hypocritical agenda.
If they want to throw jokes at the male's expense like how egotistical men can be or how it looks weird when men try to think, so be it, but it needs to go both ways. You can't only make jokes at the expense of men while simultaneously leaving women out of the equation, it's blatant sexism.

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Ender

6y↑1

I love how he seemed kinda cool with the doctor shooting him

Giulio Bruschini_DH514

7y↑45

This could have had a way deeper role in the episode if the Doctor became Valeyard

Zoe Wells

Yeah but the Valeyard is boring

Josh Penn

6y↑2

This scene was crazy. Always love seeing another Time Lord regenerate!

Jump Cut Films

6y↑10

God Clara looked so good in this

sim27

2y↑1

Peter Capaldi is SO good as the Doctor.

1987MartinT

5y↑1

It must be terrible. Knowing that the only way you can save a person you love is by making them forget you.

Blue-Eyed Vibe Checker

2y↑3

12th Doctor: "There was only one way to keep Clara safe, I had to wipe some of her memory"
"Of what?"
"Of me."
Donna: I've seen this one before!

Daniel James

3y↑8

Other points aside, I really like the effect the non-apocalyptic regeneration has. Shimmery.

StarRider88

Its a lot like a classic regeneration. Probably because the energy wasn't building up. It seems like every time the Doctor has an explosive regeneration, its because he was holding it back for extended periods of time. 10 spent a while checking on all of his companions (only the on-screen ones in the show, but its said in other material that he took the time to check on the classic companions as well), and 12 held it off for a few days to go on an adventure with his 1st incarnation.

The only outliers here are 1's new pre-regeneration experience and 11. 1 did the same thing as 12 but had a regeneration in line with the Tenth General's instead of blowing up his TARDIS, and 11's was explosive from my interpretation because he was just granted a brand new regeneration cycle at the end of his life. His ACTUAL regeneration was like a sneeze since the process was still "resetting" and wasn't done

CelesteTheDreamer

5y↑1

The thing that saddens me most about the scene is how good the directing is in comparison to the writing.
This episode had the potential to be so much better.

MellowMulatto

4y↑9

Looking at the latest series this had a lot of hints of where doctor who was gonna go.

Orangeninja5000

1y↑1

From The Man Who Never Would to The Man Who Will For His Impossible Girl.

Djayscratcher

4y↑2

Ladies and gentlemen, this wasnt the Doctor shooting the general, it was the the man who won the time war, timelord victorious.

Nicole Song

4y↑1

Clara’s seen the War Doctor. She’s frightened and shocked at the sight of the Doctor, after all his adventures, wielding a gun. But a part of her wants to see out the Doctor’s plan - she know’s he’s clever enough to put down the gun eventually, just like he does at the end of The Witch’s Familiar.

Bradley Kingswell

7y↑2.1K

Just think about this: the general helped the doctor get rid of FREAKING RASSILON and stood by his side. then the doctor goes and shoots him like he meant nothing! so out of character. so what if the general could regenerate, that still must hurt like hell. One of the many things I hate about this episode

Coldboy33

7y↑135

Bradley Kingswell Not really he saved someone he loved and he blamed himself for her death so he'll do anything to make it right.

Bradley Kingswell

7y↑114

Coldboy33 true but still whatever happened to" never cruel or cowardly?!"

Coldboy33

7y↑108

Bradley Kingswell He knew that he wouldn't die and he probably still felt angry he couldn't do anything to save Amy and Rory, but he could save Clara at the cost of someone regenerating so he obviously took the opportunity to do so.

Leon Wahlstrom

7y↑80

Yes but It's essentially synonymus with death since it's a complete personality change. So in more ways than one he ruined that dudes life.

Stocky Comdt

7y↑105

+Leon Wahlstrom Indeed, the Doctor even said it himself. "Every time I change, it feels like dying. Some new man goes sauntering away... and I'm dead."

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Barry Allen

4y↑2

I love how regeneration in this scene specifically is more of an inconvenience if anything

Ma22sb

I still have massive problems with this scene. The Doctor murdering someone for Clara. What's worse is that there is little to no consequence? Being forced to forget her isn't a consequence. It really bugs me

Les Dix Laïques

7y↑30

R.I.P ...John Hurt ...The War Doctor ... :'-(

mini dwarfdude

At first I didn't like Capaldi's doctor but I really grew to enjoy the sinister and dark tone of the Doctor. You could really tell how he was changing

Purple dragon 19

4y↑1

This was the doctors return to gallifrey, it should never have gone down like this

cjnogodula

6y↑8

remember in the first episode of Capaldi where he says "You look at me but you don't see me" yea well I'm guessing Clara knows that feeling now

Edward Broeckling

4y↑2

0:22 The Doctor's facial expression is just, "Do you know how many of those 'established historical events' I've changed in the past, General? This is nothing."

Patrick welsh

7y↑2

I love the old style of regeneration in this, I hope Doctor who's next regeneration is different and like thos

Sylvia Else

4y↑2

We know that if nothing else intervenes, a time lord eventually has to regenerate because of old age. And we also know that a time lord usually has a limited number of regererations. So each time you 'kill' a time lord, you're reducing their total life span. Yet the Doctor treats that as if it's irrelevant.

Lauren Payne

3y↑1

12th doctor and Clara beautiful friendship ❤️

jjmcn

4y↑356

Dipper Pines

4y↑39

That's the point this is 12 at his lowest

Joe Birmingham

4y↑25

I think that's what the episode is about. He says it himself, that he broke all of his rules and became the hybrid. Still, that doesn't really make the episode good.

Tempo

4y↑1

@Dipper Pines Yes it's basically a part of the Hybrid

Enel97

4y↑25

Wow it's almost like the whole point of that episode was that the Doctor was desperately obsessing over losing another companion because of them and going against his creed to save her desperately. Wow who would have thought. Its almost like you figured out what the episode was trying to tell

Tempo

4y↑9

@Enel97 Hell Bent is a masterpiece for showing you who the Doctor really is and this scene is one of the best.

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JoyStar

7y↑6

Was expecting a scene in memory of John Hurt. 😢

Sammie Field

6y↑3

So when you regenerate you suddenly have perfect eye makeup... (she definitely has eyeshadow and eyeliner on) 😂

Qardo

5y↑38

"No, moving about. On pain of death. No, one take a selfie."

I am sorry. As much as all of this was a tad cringe-worthy. That line I broke out laughing a tad too hard.

MajiUltimata

5y↑25

Who else thinks "Why, yes. i would love my regeneration to include eyeliner and makeup".

Barry Homeowner

3y↑2

If it were permanently there and I didn't have to do it every morning, I wouldn't say no

Al Mighty

2y↑2

the real question is how the hell did the general got makeup after finishing regenerating?!

Greg Jenkinson

3y↑8

As much as I liked Peter Capaldis run the whole Hybrid story line was so anticlimactic

Zhilay

3y↑3

Yall are missing it. The doctor himself says it too. He went too far, even for his rules he became the hybrid. It isn't sth the doctor is proud of but sth he sees no stop for.

I actually always had this theory that what if the hybrid is a combination of a dalek and a time lord (two of the most dangerous races) he's a time lord but he's being as goal oriented as a dalek.

kreehomel

7y↑8

You know, for as much as the War Doctor was touted as "the one who broke the promise," this feels so much worse. The War Doctor was trying to make the best of a bad situation, he killed in war to stop greater evil (although there may have been some shadier things in the books or audios, which I haven't gotten around to yet). This is the Twelfth Doctor straight up murdering someone who helped him for little justifiable reason. It robs his judgement of Rassilon of its teeth. The Doctor loses the moral high ground.

satum

7y↑3

Can you upload more Classic Doctor Who clips? Thank you :)

pmigbarros🇵🇹

5y↑2

no one can hate clara

goldengaming

6y↑6

nobody gonna mention how when the regeneration happened she somehow was wearing super obvious makeup around the eyes

CheshireKat

Been a couple of years, but I just now realize that the Doctor learned something in regards to the faith of Donna Noble: a person isn't the same person without their memories.

Thunda1986

7y↑5.4K

regenerates with makeup on

sonicscrewdriverdw

7y↑78

Thunda1986 Yup, I noticed that too :/

Spaceboomer

7y↑807

it seems a common trait with Time Lords, I mean 10 came with hair gel

Brian Borkowski

7y↑115

It's a moffat thing

John Thwaites

7y↑81

Thunda1986 timelords take on bodies of existing people and thus the bodies come with make up or haircut they had just before the died

sonicscrewdriverdw

7y↑130

Scarlett Fox Not really, or at least, not exactly. They are given the opportunity to think of a face to take when they regenerate, so they can just make it up. However, as you may experience yourself, it's not that easy to "create a face", it's rather easier to choose an existing one, not necessarily of a dead person. This explains the make-up and gel thing pretty much.

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Amanul_24

3y↑88

My guy spent 4 billion years in a confession dial and then put the whole galaxy at risk for Clara, this is simping on a whole 'nother level

vcom741

3y↑12

Any relationship can be summed up as "simping" then

Gooper

There is beauty in your soul Imagine loving a woman LMAO

Emizerri

3y↑6

Stop using words you don't fully understand. This is not a case of "simping".

CHIME

3y↑8

He didn't simp.. he loved her very much
Also love doesn't really mean 'get married and stuff'
You can love your friends, family, idols, etc.

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Krush28

7y↑13

It just feels so wrong that the Doctor would shoot a fellow Timelord (especially one that supported him).

Alexis Auld

7y↑351

I don't think BBC realise that we don't wake up with makeup on. Especially not from death...

Matthew Fernandez

7y↑47

I don't think you realize that we don't have the luxury of regeneration.

Slackow

7y↑50

Alexis Auld what about hair gel cough cough ten

comicconcarne

6y↑9

At least Whittaker didn't regenerate with piercings like I was afraid she might when I saw the pictures; I assume she'll get them when her full outfit is assembled.

Michael Heitz

6y↑1

Regarding the storywriting on this season, there was a whole lot more the BBC did not realise :)

bigben028cards1

6y↑3

Every doctor that's regenerated in the modern ear was wearing makeup I guarantee you or did you forget that they're filming a TV show?

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Flower Blossom

4y↑10

Doctor Who's fans: we want to see the Doctor's dark side

Also Doctor Who's fans: The Doctor should not kill! It's just wrong!

Arty Pyrec

4y↑1

Did the doctor kill the Dalek a billion times over, or was the 11th regeneration and destroying an armada in Mercy just him fooling around

RindouBaka

4y↑6

You don't seem to understand the difference between killing out of necessity and this. We wanted a darker Doctor, much like the Eccleston Doctor. Not a psychopath. Had the Doctor just incapacitated the General, it would be within the Doctor's character and would still be a darker approach. Yet the Doctor outright kills this man in cold blood for no reason when there were multiple work arounds. Now had the Doctor been out of his mind at the moment, it would have been more understandable. Yet he clearly asks how many regenerations the man has showing a clear understanding of what he is doing.

Arty Pyrec

4y↑4

@RindouBaka I think that's thebpoint they wanted to show the dustructive nature that the Clara and Doctor duo brung out. That's why she mentioned why did he do that and the look of desperation the doctor showed on his face about her eventual death.

RindouBaka

4y↑1

@Arty Pyrec That doesn't answer anything I said.

Icy Cold Hands

@RindouBaka He literally did

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Vashtanerada

O cara é o homem de ferro e o professor Xavier ao mesmo tempo kkk

Aaro The Wanderer

7y↑328

Okay,The Doctor was very very bad boy in this scene.

Janne Sala

7y↑44

He went back to his Old Who roots, I like it. Shows that he's not completely unable to fight back, even after the Time War.

Aaro The Wanderer

7y↑13

Yeah,yes he did.I known it,The Doctor uses weapons in Classic who.

ShandalfGreyhame

7y↑5

He doesn't kill his own people though just for following their laws...

Aaro The Wanderer

ShandalfGreyhame Good point.

Joe

7y↑9

I think Moffat said somewhere that he made the Doctor the villain in this episode.

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Genxzys

3y↑2

I'm just wondering when the General used all their other regenerations considering he was in his tenth, and that timelords don't interfere, did he just use them all the time war

The Bird

3y↑6

Probably, it was the time war after all.

Rowan Lavery

i haven't seen hellbent but the end of that clip made me tear up

Ilay WS

4y↑2

I think this is one of the only times the doctor used a gun... oh clara...

VERGED Anon

4y↑1

I love this scene! Everything about it!

One illegal Boi

6y↑5

Half a billion years ago: clara dies
Present doctor:Clara who?

Teo Waller

4y↑3

'are you alright sir?'
sees it's a madam
'i mean ma'm'
doctor who at it's peak

Falcon 64

3y↑1

I always get confused after watching the classic series to this, I distinctly remember that the doctor (5 or 6 I believe) actually used laser firearms against some enemies (might have just been cybermen) but now hes just denounced weapons altogether. Does this change have to do with the War Doctor?

Big Chungus

Apparently, yeah. People love to use "The Time War™️" to explain away how things are different in the Revival series than Classic.

Ankari

3y↑2

I liked the general but we haven’t seen them for so long :(
He started out as annoying and a douche but he actually turned out to be a cool guy

Grant G

The Generals such a nice person

Rau Manu

1y↑5

I really think, even if unintentional, that capaldi looks really awkward holding a gun, but it works, because the doctor doesn't use weapons, so he wouldn't know how to hold it properly with correct stance and such

E Nikata

4y↑3

The actress who plays the woman in the red gowns is the same one who plays Julia in Hellraiser 1 and 2, in case anyone is interested :)

DarkAntem

7y↑1.3K

Heaven's sent : Masterpiece.
Hell bent : Disapointing on so many levels.

JustSomeRandomGuy Online

7y↑33

DarkAntem Heaven Sent is not a masterpiece a 50 minute episode of The Doctor walking through corridors and talking to himself is not a masterpiece It's the worst episode ever

Gallifreyan Warrior

7y↑7

DarkAntem for me, it's the other way around. I completely refuse to accept Heaven Sent as canon. personally,

JustSomeRandomGuy Online

7y↑6

Gallifreyan Autobot the Warrior agree Heaven Sent was a pathetic childish excuse of an episode

Gallifreyan Warrior

7y↑4

I personally skip that episode entirely. Makes more sense to go "Face The Raven" ➡ "Hell Bent"

JustSomeRandomGuy Online

7y↑2

Gallifreyan Autobot the Warrior Heaven Sent was just a filler

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Sillimant

50w

My biggest irk with the episode is it undermines heaven sent. It was such a well written allegory, followed by this. I suppose it was unrealistic to think something else could match it

_ TotallyNotWeird _

7y↑1

at least the doctor was kind enough to make sure he wasnt going to actually kill the general

mickey thompson

5y↑1

"The Doctor is always unarmed..."

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