doctor who last christmas english subtitles

Tuning his guitar, the Doctor poses the question about how the music of Beethoven first originated.

Grabbing his electric guitar, the Doctor turns on the amp attached to it. However, one little thing about this whole situation is still confusing. And history manages to continue on with barely a feather ruffled. Copying out the music, the time traveller gets it published, effectively becoming Ludwig van Beethoven himself. That's when the traveller remembered he brought sheet music for Beethoven to autograph. Placing the bust near an amp and clockwork squirrel, the Doctor explains that the time traveller panicked at the idea of a world without Beethoven's music. The Doctor says he's trying to explain the Bootstrap paradox with this hypothetical scenario, going to put the bust down however, he turns around and tells the audience to ' Google it' if they want specifics. The Doctor stops his story briefly, grabbing a bust of Beethoven and explains that this never really happened he's met Beethoven, who was a nice guy but very intense and loved arm-wrestling. However, once he arrives in 18th century Germany, there is no sign of the composer whatsoever not even the Beethoven family has any idea who Ludwig is. And so, the time traveller decides to meet his favourite musician, Ludwig van Beethoven. At one point, he decided what was the point of time travel unless you get to meet your heroes. The Doctor addresses the audience directly, telling a story about a time traveller who has had many misadventures zipping around the history of the cosmos. Can these events be stopped? Can the Doctor ensure the future's coming and do the impossible?Īt an unspecified point in time, the TARDIS flies through space. His musical pitches blended with that of the normal theme tune arrangement used in the title sequence.Ī notable aspect of the production was that part of the audio used to create the Fisher King's guttural roar and the voice of the Twelfth Doctor's hologram ghost were supplied by Corey Taylor, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Slipknot, and a fan of the show.Ī twisted and vile survival plan is pieced together by an alien warlord called the Fisher King. It also featured the Doctor personally play the theme for Doctor Who for the first time on-screen, using an electric guitar, which actor Peter Capaldi himself knew how to play and had personally selected from a guitar shop previously for a scene in The Magician's Apprentice. Unique to this episode, as well as the BBC Wales Doctor Who series since it first aired in 2005, the entire first scene of Before the Flood extensively broke the fourth wall by cutting over to the Twelfth Doctor on board the TARDIS explaining the mechanics of a bootstrap paradox, a point integral to the story.

You may be looking for the epsiode of Doctor Who that exists within the DWU.īefore the Flood was the fourth episode of series 9 of Doctor Who.

Doctor who last christmas english subtitles