[38], "I'm terrifically moved by the life and fate of Van Gogh. 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. Click Here for more information. [7] After seeing a read-through performed by leads Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, Curtis made more changes. Find movie and film cast and crew information for Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor (2010) - Jonny Campbell on AllMovie After initially feeling distraught that everyone leaves him, Vincent joins the Doctor and Amy at the church to paint it. It was written by Richard Curtis and directed by Jonny Campbell and featured an uncredited guest appearance from actor Bill Nighy. The Doctor tells "Amy and Rory" — Amy and Vincent — to wait. In Vincent van Gogh’s The Church at Auvers, some malevolent, chicken-shaped, oil-rendered force of evil is lurking in one of the windows. [37] In Canada's Constellation Awards, Curran was nominated (alongside Smith) for Best Actor and Curtis for Best Script; Curran came in sixth with 10% of the votes and Curtis came in second, losing out to Christopher Nolan's Inception by one percent of the vote. Tony Curran. "[11] [9], The episode was filmed on location in Trogir, Croatia, in the same production block as "The Vampires of Venice", which sees Trogir depicting 16th-century Venice. As far as I can see there was no major anti-Scottish feeling or international incidents in this time (1890). [16] Initial overnight ratings showed that the episode was watched by 5 million, the second rated show of the day and the first on BBC One. The Eleventh Doctor takes Amy to the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, where they admire the work of the post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. [8] Executive producer Piers Wenger and director Jonny Campbell also critiqued the script. Matt Smith. Doctor Who 5.10 "Vincent And The Doctor" – did it create a good impression? Vincent empathises with its pain. [8] Curtis's original title for the episode was "Eyes That See the Darkness", but he said this was vetoed. ... Amy Pond. He had the idea of a story centred on Van Gogh for "a long while" and was particularly interested in the fact Van Gogh never knew he would be famous, as w… [2] The episode presents these trips as the Doctor's compensation to Amy for her fiancé Rory Williams' death in the previous episode, which Amy herself does not remember since Rory was consumed by a crack in the universe and thus erased from time. Curtis, inspired by the fact that Van Gogh never knew he would be famous, had the idea for an episode centred on him. Review this Episode. First Aired: June 26, 2010. [33] He did, however, praise "the Doctor's homily about good things and bad things" (though Sam Wollaston criticised this speech in The Guardian[29]) and was grateful that Curtis "avoided turning the Doctor into a bumbling Hugh Grant character from his romcoms", concluding however "he did little else right and a crushing disappointment was the result". 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[31] He also thought that the Krafayis was "a nice idea" for being a metaphor but was not threatening, and he labelled the emotional ending as "self-indulgently mawkish". As the Doctor and Amy return to the present, Amy is confident that there will be hundreds of new paintings by Vincent waiting for them, though the Doctor is less certain. DWS05E10 - Vincent And The Doctor from New Who Podcast on Podchaser, aired Friday, 11th June 2010. Writer Richard Curtis was previously executive producer on the Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death, a one-off comedy special written for Comic Relief by show-runner Steven Moffat. He wanted to convey that the Doctor could rewrite time, but Van Gogh's "demons" were out of his reach. Once they found the one they wanted, they had to redesign it to look like the painting; this involved putting an awning up, changing the windows, and adding a platform with tables and chairs. Guest Cast. The evidence is in Vincent's displayed works: the face no longer appears in The Church, and now Vase with 12 Sunflowers bears the inscription, "For Amy". When the Doctor and Amy met Vincent Van Gough why did the doctor lie to Vincent? [19], After the original broadcast, viewers were offered a helpline if they had been affected by the issues raised in the programme. 429 votes, 24 comments. [18] It was given an Appreciation Index of 86, considered "excellent". The Krafayis is fatally impaled on Vincent's easel when it tries to lunge at Vincent. Amy Pond finds herself shoulder to shoulder with Vincent van Gogh, in a battle with a deadly alien - saving the world has never been so ginger! [12] Gillan commented that the story had a different style and approach and was more character-driven. When writing "Vincent and the Doctor", Curtis put up prints of Van Gogh paintings around the house as well as a board with index cards outlining the plot. Synopsis (via Lifetime) After a tragic skiing accident, Sarah’s life is saved thanks… [7], Curtis wanted to write for Doctor Who because he thought it would be "something my kids would like. [2] John Moore, writing on Den of Geek, also took a positive stance towards the episode, describing it as "life-affirming" as a Doctor Who fan, and, though he did criticise some elements of the plot, likewise wrote positively about the ending, ultimately finding the episode "utterly useless, but absolutely art". Vincent is stunned at the display and becomes emotionally overwhelmed when he overhears art curator Dr. Black (Bill Nighy) say that Vincent was "the greatest painter of them all" and "one of the greatest men who ever lived". He had the idea of a story centred on Van Gogh for "a long while" and was particularly interested in the fact Van Gogh never knew he would be famous, as well as his inspirational story. Intrigued by an ominous figure in Vincent van Gogh's painting The Church at Auvers, alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) go back in time to meet Van Gogh (Tony Curran) and discover that Auvers-sur-Oise has been plagued by an invisible creature, known as the Krafayis, which only Van Gogh can see. Dave Golder of SFX magazine gave the episode five out of five stars, calling it "a genuinely magical episode of Who, high on atmosphere...and bursting with charm". Amy goes outside and is attacked by a creature that only Vincent is able to see. [7] He also noted that the Doctor did not talk as much as Curtis had written and recommended Curtis watch some episodes to see he was "rather efficient in the way that he talked". Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor Jonny Campbell, 2010. [8], Curtis asked Moffat to criticise "anything and everything" and later said he was very honest. The Doctor discovers a seemingly alien figure in a window of the painting The Church at Auvers, and decides they must travel back in time to speak to Vincent around when he painted the painting. Thus, they plop to Auvers, where Vincent gingerly flirts with Amy, The Doctor unearths his godmother’s rearview mirror, and a space chicken kicks the bucket. Off they go to screw with history! [3], One of the most negative reviews came from Gavin Fuller in The Telegraph, who criticised it as a "bland, inconsequential episode that, once it set up what was a decent enough premise...completely failed to run with it". Tony Curran. Chrissie Cotterill. Van Gogh is able to sense Amy's sadness at Rory's death, and the Doctor later accidentally addresses Amy and Vincent as Amy and Rory, respectively. The Doctor knows evil when he sees it and this face is definitely evil; it may pose a threat to the one who pa… [33] He also criticised Smith's Doctor and wrote that Van Gogh still committing suicide despite the trip to the Orsay was "nonsensical". He's probably the single great artist – in all formats – who received no praise whatsoever for his work. The Doctor and Amy talk Vincent into letting them stay the night and they return to his home. When the trio go out to see what happened they are stoned by locals who blame Vincent's insanity for the killing. Club's Keith Phipps gave the episode a B-, explaining that it "didn't quite work" and suffered from tonal problems. Images of the First and Second Doctors are displayed on the Doctor's mirror device and printout from the TARDIS's typewriter. But can even the Doctor save Vincent? [24] Keith Watson in the Metro was surprised by the "impressive imagining of Van Gogh's world", praising Curtis's humour throughout the episode. [3][15] Campbell stated that they were "very fortunate" to have Nighy in the role, whom he believed was someone people paid attention to, and the audience needed to pay attention to his character as he said facts which would become important later in the story. The Doctor and Amy Pond meet Vincent van Gogh... And an ancient, terrifying monster. Storyline The Doctor takes Amy to a Vincent van Gogh exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, 2010. Try to find the word PARTY in my video. [30] Matt Wales on IGN was also mixed, giving it a 7.5 out of 10 rating. It was written by Richard Curtis and directed by Jonny Campbell and featured an uncredited guest appearance from actor Bill Nighy. [8] Bill Nighy appears uncredited as the Musée d'Orsay's expert on Van Gogh. [5] As such, he wanted to be "truthful rather than cruel" and refused to write any jokes about Van Gogh's ears after he famously cut one of them off. Visiting a museum, the Doctor and Amy are especially excited with the gallery for Vincent van Gogh. Vincent and the Doctor a fost al zecelea episod din Seria 5 din Doctor Who. The next global fan re-watch for Doctor Who is the beloved “Vincent and the Doctor” on Monday March 30th at 7 p.m. UK time (2 p.m. Vincent drives it away, and back in Vincent’s hut, van Gogh sketches the creature for the Doctor, amusingly overwriting another work of art in spite of protests by the Doctor and Amy. That evening, Vincent confesses that his works have little value to anyone else. Watch & Stream the movie here! [3][4], Writer Richard Curtis was previously executive producer on the Doctor Who spoof The Curse of Fatal Death, a one-off comedy special written for Comic Relief by show-runner Steven Moffat. If you have corrections or amendments, please quote/ link to your source. [9] The song played during the ending scene is "Chances" by the British rock band Athlete. [8], Curtis stated that casting an actor to play Van Gogh was done carefully, as he wanted him to feel to the audience as Van Gogh, not "like a bloke they’ve seen acting lots of other parts, in an orange wig". [20] "Vincent and the Doctor" was released in Region 2 on DVD and Blu-ray on 6 September 2010 with "The Lodger", "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang". [32] Dan Martin on the same paper's regular Doctor Who blog was more critical, writing that its "main problem [was] that it doesn't feel much like a Doctor Who story" and would have worked better if "the middle section with the monster had been stripped out". However there is something irregular discovered on the painting - a small alien image within a window pane. Based on this experience, Moffat asked Curtis to write an episode of Doctor Who. In 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise, they find Vincent, a lonely man, at a café. "Doctor Who" Vincent and the Doctor (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb Trying to navigate your way round? The Doctor has trouble tracking the invisible beast, and he and Amy are forced to take shelter inside a confessional. After seeing something strange in one of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings, the Doctor and Amy go to visit him in order to find out what it is. [32] He praised the "unmistakeably [sic] Curtis dialogue" and the "uproariously emotional ending of the sort only Richard Curtis could get away with". #Ad Please buy me a coffee (or glass of ) Support Lifetime Uncorked by leaving a $3 tip. [7] Curtis had enjoyed the show's historical episodes and felt comfortable writing one. Curtis had enjoyed the show's historical episodes and felt comfortable writing one. Vincent and the Doctor has been listed as one of the Media and drama good articles under the good article criteria.If you can improve it further, please do so. One episode (Vincent and the Doctor) First broadcast June 5 2010 Average audience for story: 6.76m + 1.13m iPlayer = 7.89m CAST Matt Smith (The Doctor) Born Oct 28 1982 Doctor Who credits Your score has been saved for Vincent and the Doctor. The Doctor returns to the TARDIS to investigate alone, perhaps — although it’s presented completely innocuously — with the intent of leaving Amy with Vincent to enjoy a romantic connection. A young girl is murdered outside the café. [5][8] Curtis was also interested in depression and the price paid for it. He left the script open to criticism from the crew and made many revisions as a result. Vincent saves the Doctor and Amy from the Krafayis, which the Doctor realises is blind. Reception to the episode was mainly positive. [35] It lost both of these; the Bradbury to the film Inception[36] and the Hugo to the series finale "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang". 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