[7] Curtis had enjoyed the show's historical episodes and felt comfortable writing one. The Doctor knows evil when he sees it and this face is definitely evil; it may pose a threat to the one who pa… Doctor Who Cast and Crew Q&A. This proved challenging for the art department, who extensively looked for a suitable building in Croatia to use. [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. As far as I can see there was no major anti-Scottish feeling or international incidents in this time (1890). [18] It was given an Appreciation Index of 86, considered "excellent". [12] Gillan commented that the story had a different style and approach and was more character-driven. 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… The Doctor and Amy take Vincent Van Gogh - who struggled to sell a single painting in his own lifetime - to a Paris art Gallery in the year 2010. The Doctor and Amy work with Van Gogh to defeat the Krafayis, but in their attempt to have Van Gogh realise his legacy through bringing him to the future they ultimately realise that not all of time can be rewritten and there are some evils which are out of the Doctor's reach. [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". Where to Watch. [5] Tony Curran was ultimately cast as the part; Curtis called him a "wonderful actor" who "really could not look more like" Van Gogh. He sketches it for the Doctor, who identifies it as a Krafayis. [33] He compared it unfavourably with the third series episode "The Shakespeare Code" in being centred round a historical "tormented artist" but wrote that it lacked that episode's "narrative drive", with "a serious plot hole" in Van Gogh's ability to see the creature and that the Krafayis was "the most pointless monsters ever to appear in the series' long history". Curtis had enjoyed the show's historical episodes and felt comfortable writing one. When the trio go out to see what happened they are stoned by locals who blame Vincent's insanity for the killing. Vincent saves the Doctor and Amy from the Krafayis, which the Doctor realises is blind. [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". [24] Keith Watson in the Metro was surprised by the "impressive imagining of Van Gogh's world", praising Curtis's humour throughout the episode. Many of van Gogh pieces are displayed, including "The Church at Auvers (1890)". What troubles the Doctor is that there's a face in the church's window; it's not a nice face, it's a curious, shadowed, creepy face with a beak and nasty eyes. Vincent and the Doctor: | | | 210 – "Vincent and the Doctor" | | | ... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the … While taking Amy to several peaceful locations, the Eleventh Doctor's trip to a museum takes turn for the worse: his interest is caught by a painting of a church by Vincent van Gogh. The rare drop for the level is Vincent Van Gogh. He wanted to convey that the Doctor could rewrite time, but Van Gogh's "demons" were out of his reach. “Vincent and the Doctor was written by Richard Curtis and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy. The Doctor and Amy Pond meet Vincent van Gogh. WRITE A REVIEW NO, THANK YOU. He's probably the single great artist – in all formats – who received no praise whatsoever for his work. Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor Jonny Campbell, 2010. That evening, Vincent confesses that his works have little value to anyone else. CAST. DWS05E10 - Vincent And The Doctor [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. [9] Moffat was "enthusiastic" about the story idea. Stories are listed in the A-Z in the left-hand column, or you can use the search field in the right-hand column (scroll to bottom to get Desktop version). [5] Moffat told Curtis that it needed to "start quicker" and that the meeting with the Doctor and Vincent was "dull" and needed to be something "cute" like Curtis had done in his films. Vince 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. Your score has been saved for Vincent and the Doctor. Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. [8] Though it was a subject he knew "quite a lot" about, he still read a 200-page biography of Van Gogh, which was more research than he normally would have done if working on other projects; he took Van Gogh very seriously. Vincent begins to paint and soon spots the Krafayis inside. [8] One such set was the café where the Doctor and Amy first meet Van Gogh, which was modelled after the painting Café Terrace at Night. Based on this experience, Moffat asked Curtis to write an episode of Doctor Who. [21][22] It was then re-released as part of the Complete Fifth Series boxset on 8 November 2010. [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. Okay I just watched this episode (I know I'm one behind) and something is bugging me. A young girl is murdered outside the café. [23], Since its broadcast, Vincent and the Doctor has received mainly positive reviews. Vincent and the Doctor a fost al zecelea episod din Seria 5 din Doctor Who. The Doctor and Amy talk Vincent into letting them stay the night and they return to his home. [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. It also stars Tony Curran and Bill Nighy and was directed by Jonny Campbell.” ↑ Smith, M. (30 March 2020). Reception to the episode was mainly positive. The episode was watched by 6.76 million viewers on BBC One and BBC HD. Find movie and film cast and crew information for Doctor Who : Vincent and the Doctor (2010) - Jonny Campbell on AllMovie 425k members in the doctorwho community. 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