The Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.The Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.The Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.
- Director
- Writers
- Richard Curtis
- Steven Moffat
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAfter the broadcast in the UK, a special announcement broadcasting a suicide prevention number was made.
- GoofsBoth of Vincent's ears are intact. At least part of Vincent van Gogh's left ear was cut off in December 1888, more than a year and a half before his encounter with The Doctor and Amy.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Between you and me, in a hundred words, where do you think Van Gogh rates in the history of art?
Curator: Well... um... big question, but, to me Van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Certainly the most popular, great painter of all time. The most beloved, his command of colour most magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world, no one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again. To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013)
I loved this episode because it brings together to loves of my life - Doctor Who and Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent is played brilliantly by Tony Curran. I loved the some what corny scenes where they re-crated some of Van Gogh's most famous paintings - it had to be done. Vincent's mental ill health was addressed sensitively and the scene in the gallery at the end is something I wish could happen in real life to Vincent.
- jlcrelly
- Jul 10, 2018
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- Trogir, Croatia(Arles)
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- Runtime47 minutes
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- 16:9 HD