Clara: Because they’re not real. The Doctor: You on the bed, I’m talking to you now. Or anyone who wouldn’t be believed. The Doctor is the one that shut the TV off, and he steals the coffee while the caretaker is distracted. Danny: Sorry? Series 12 Trailer. Memorable moment Orson Pink: No. The end of everything. "[6], The read-through for the episode took place on 11 February 2014, with filming beginning on the 17th,[3] and taking place at The Rest in Porthcawl. TARDIS! Now! [16], "Listen" received critical acclaim from critics, with many praising Moffat's script, Mackinnon's direction, and the performances of Capaldi, Coleman and Anderson. You can’t help it. The whole episode, if you go with the mundane explanation: the Doctor's theory/obsession stems from a childhood nightmare he once had about something under the bed that grabbed his ankle... which was Clara, who accidentally landed on Gallifrey because of his theory/obsession. The Doctor: I think everybody, at some point in their lives, has the exact same nightmare. mtv. Loser! What if every single living being has a companion? Clara: Is she doing the all eyes thing? ...that sounded dirty until I remembered the episode. They stated that "it is the best story Steven Moffat has written for the show since "The Eleventh Hour", and [that they] might be willing to go still further back than that in search of an episode of his that outdoes tonight's entry". [2] The line itself is a nod to the Third Doctor serial The Time Warrior (1973–74). Clara: Did we come to the end of the universe because of a nursery rhyme? The Doctor: I don’t take orders, Clara. Step into your own Doctor Who Adventure. It… {he turns to see the Doctor gone} just goes off. https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Figure_(Listen)?oldid=2517071. Clara: So… is it possible that we just saved that kid from another kid in a bedspread? Actual towns, full of people. So please just listen. Sort of, there’s a thrill seeker aspect. Look at it. Clara: That’s you turning it, right? Clara: So, plan? If you have seen this episode already, please avoid giving any spoilers (or just avoid the first thread entirely). Explore the characters, read the latest Doctor Who news and view games to play. Featured Videos. All the clocks have stopped. {the TV cuts out} Who turned your telly off? Rupert: Nobody came in. Just leave. (TV: Journey's End), At the Time Lord Academy on Gallifrey, Ace was given the planet of Talmeson to watch over. That was when she decided to wipe out the Daleks by time locking Skaro using an Omega device. Can you find him? The Doctor: I asked first. The Doctor disables the TARDIS safeties so Clara can fly the TARDIS by thought. Danny: I like your name. The Doctor: The universe is dead. Pink is nice. Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) laughing: Are you serious? The Doctor: Exactly. A silent passenger—a shadow? The Doctor has a theory — what if some creature, way out there in the starless dark, had evolved itself into the perfect hider? (AUDIO: The Lights of Skaro), The Weeping Angels could create something that essentially functioned like a time lock by causing too many time displacements, such as the one that separated the Doctor from Amy Pond and Rory Williams in New York. The last planet. r/doctorwho. A time traveller had only one opportunity to try this. This is just a dream. The Doctor: You said you had a date. The Doctor: Perhaps I never have. [31] "Listen" was also nominated for the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form).[32]. If all you want to do is stay hidden, it’s okay. "[5] In a Doctor Who Magazine interview, Moffat revealed that the episode originated with the decision, "I'm going to do a chamber piece, with no money, in the middle [of the eighth series], because I haven't done one in ages and I'd like to prove that I can actually write. (COMIC: Don't Step on the Grass) When the Eleventh Doctor showed Alice Obiefune, the Squire, and Abslom Daak the Last Great Time War, he could only show them the time lock around it. The TARDIS ends up in a barn, with a boy fitfully sleeping inside. Doctor. Clara: Just take off, don’t ask questions. And here he’s with nothing to do, so he just goes out poking things with a stick until something bites it. I needed someone to nod. The Doctor: It is potentially catastrophic. Clara: Don’t go. And a meta-example: the Doctor really is never alone. Doctor Who follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor".The Doctor fled Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into, and dematerialising out of, the time vortex. The Doctor: Scrambled his memory. It was the final evolution of the Macra ;), It was Clara. When the adults leave, the boy tries to leave the bed, but Clara grabs his ankle, recognising she created this fear in the Doctor. So why is it locked? Clara: What if there was nothing? Clara: Why not? Just sleep. The effect was described as being like a wall, (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men) and Ace explained that a time lock could seal a planet inside a spacetime envelope, wiping it out of history. Clara: Yeah. Please remember that future spoilers must be tagged. A figure once appeared on top of Rupert Pink's bed at the West Country Children's Home in the mid-1990s. (AUDIO: The Forbidden Time), All individuals had personal time streams that they could not travel into, much like a time lock; however, this only applied to the time stream of a particular individual, and it was more easy to cross. They praised the analysis and development of the Doctor's character, and closed their review, saying, "'Listen' is just about the most honest exploration of the Doctor we've seen in 51 years. Clara gets another when she realizes she and the Doctor inadvertently gave Danny the subconscious idea to become a soldier, causing him significant issues in the present day. Man: He can’t just run away crying all the time if he wants to join the army. Clara: Okay. She leaves him not wishing to aggravate the situation. The Doctor: What’s going on with your face? It was their imaginations running away from them, building themselves up to an irrational fear of noises with utterly mundane causes. Clara: You see this one? Clara uses the TARDIS' telepathic circuits to take her to her childhood, but her thoughts wander, and she lands the TARDIS at the children's home where Danny, then known as Rupert, grew up. Clara: What? Clara: Which I do not need a preview of! Danny: Me too. Appearance: The Doctor: He’s nowhere in this book. Clara: From you that means something. Do you think he’s scared?