Allons-y Explained

[sternbergzookie]

When thinking about their trip to Israel in a couple of weeks, some people will think about what to pack. Others will brush up on their Hebrew. I am memorizing as many relevant Who quotes as possible and hoping that when I say "Allons-y!" at take-off there will be at least one person who will laugh.

[LihAniaih]

His smile is the absolute best at 0:08 !!! :D

[KayLeeSnyd]

which episode was this in again?

[badwolf889]

@KayLeeSnyd Midnight.

[AnaTonksCarver]

@badwolf889 it was the first episode i ever saw of Doctor Who <33

[harrypotterfantng]

I'm using that now.

[Achkentar]

I'm French and I can tell you than 'Allons-y' is written right. Just a little bit old-fashioned, at least verbally.

[trekker123eski]

And gerrons-y is interneteese for Matt smith and David Tennant fans colliding.

[Lizzie7493]

I actually thought this episode had been inspired by a Stephen King story, it's brilliant!

And this Doctor has a very good French accent ;) (and Italian! Molto bene David Tennant :P)

[relishjam]

I acutally never thought that people wouldn't know at all what this means. I knew from grade nine french 'cause I'm Canadian like that.

[netherealmmaster96]

this episode sucked

[Litheran]

@netherealmmaster96 Back under your bridge you trollish cunt!

[netherealmmaster96]

@Litheran but it did out of all the fucking episodes this was like the most isolated and boring they were stuck there for the entire episode i love doctor who but this episode dissapointed me so fuck u , u little faggy cunt

[Litheran]

@netherealmmaster96 So you're most likely fifteen and just sprouting sparse short and curlies from twixt your nether realm. Save the homophobic slurs for when a bird actually grants you the honor to make an utter fool of yourself inside of her. Until then; back under your bridge you sad trifling little troll.

P.S. People who still refuse to spell correctly after the inclusion of the automated checker deserve to have a sizable portion of Captain Jack's anatomy say allons-y to their colon.

[CaptainAndyman]

@netherealmmaster96 It probably disappointed you because the threat was on a much cleverer, more psychological level, meaning this episode was probably aimed more at intelligent viewers than IQ-lacking internet trolls. Midnight is probably one of the most frightening and certainly the most tense episode they have done on Doctor Who.

[netherealmmaster96]

@CaptainAndyman look guys sorry if i offended but i didn't mean to insult the episode as some of u guys may think i dont want to escalate things what im saying is yes scary episode but just saying the whole airplane thing kinda bored me

[netherealmmaster96]

@Litheran oh go fuck ureself u little cock suck

[Litheran]

@netherealmmaster96 Touched a nerve did I; can do this all day boy. Office has got very decent wif-fi. = )

[chicagofrank2010]

He sounds like his native Scottish in that clip

[blenderpanzi]

Why wasn't it translated by the TARDIS?

[TheJollynerd]

@blenderpanzi because the plot lines and concepts incorporated in doctor who are just complicated enough to make plot holes an almost unavoidable thing.

[Kastagaar]

@blenderpanzi It was. He actually said it in Spanish.

[CReepyVERY]

I tell my french teacher this monday like "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR LETS GET THIS BLUE BOX ON THE ROAD! ALLONSY!"

[MyrtheMysterious]

I even use Allons-y @ school now ^.^

[Kerriangel]

Every girl wants a guy who'll ring her at 3 in the morning and say "I'm outside with the TARDIS and we need to go stop the Daleks from trying to destroy the universe and what are you doing still in bed? Allonsy!"

[thessalonica1]

when he pronunces it, he seems a drunck venetian!

[thepoopatraitor]

@sonicsmx "midnight" season: 4 episode: 11 :)

[sonicsmx]

Which episode is this?

[GTR141Foxer]

what episode?

[Tripsysteme]

I want to watch this strange episode now, in English version, in French version isn't well enough

[enlowmation]

It's French, for "Let's go."

:3

[DarkHypernova]

But... what does he say in this scene in the French dub?

[TheDustCrawler]

@DarkHypernova Alons-y?It's Alons-y in french.

[DarkHypernova]

@TheDustCrawler But in this scene, how does he explain Allons-y if in the dub everyone speaks French?

[TheDustCrawler]

@DarkHypernova Precisely."Alons-y?It's Alons-y in french!" lol

[ptichou92quiadoreTT]

@DarkHypernova The translation is a bit different. They keep "Allons-y" (with the real french accent obviously) but instead of saying "It's french for Let's Go!" the doctor says something like : "It's my catchphrase!". I'm french, I sometimes watch Doctor Who in the french dub :)

[MayonatorxD]

This just made the last four weeks of my life look pathetic. NOW I get it.

[SaintTames]

You guys have to be the coolest, nicest commenters on YouTube. Thanks for the info, everyone.

[xXShadeDaHedgiXx]

God tennant is so god damn sexy XD

[SaintTames]

Question for all you French-speaking folk, is Allons-y written right, or is the title of this video a large, garish showcase of my ignorance?

[MPieter88]

@SaintTames

It's right

[Eldmur]

@SaintTames  yea its written right ^-^ Allons-y means Let's go

[cestlavemimi]

@SaintTames It's written right. It's "Allons-y", yes.

[furvuscorvus]

@SaintTames no it's ok, allons-y is really written like that, basicaly it's the same as let's go...

verb go (french = aller) and the personal pronoun ''we'' (french= nous) (nous allons or we go) without the ''we'' though with the pronoun you it became in english go ahead or go there (in french you= allez-y or vas-y)

[antelopecantelope]

@SaintTames you're good!

[AmericanGirl88]

@SaintTames no, you got it right :)

[Douheroux]

@SaintTames yes it's written right. 

[bishiboosh]

@SaintTames written right, well done !

[ninjabunny30]

@SaintTames It's right.

[BlueManIan]

@SaintTames I took 4 years of it in high school, and it's indeed spelled correctly. :)

[o0OMacLovinO0o]

@SaintTames it's well written!

[Abbylongtoyou]

@SaintTames Allons-y IS written right. It is the imperative form of "aller" (to go) first person plural, with the adverb "y" (meaning "there").

What is very funny (and strange) is that I used to say "allons-y Alonso" all the time, way before the 10th doctor even thought about it. Strange... really strange.

[samevrel]

@Abbylongtoyou bah probablement parce que c'est connu en fr le "allons-y alonso" le docteur n'a fait que le reprendre ;)

[melodysymphonystar]

@SaintTames It's written perfectly, don't worry. (if you ask, I'm French.)

[aptspire]

@SaintTames nah, it's just fine :D

[shimmerysquirt]

@SaintTames It's right! :) Allons-y mon ami!

[MusicalFreak11]

@SaintTames It's spelled right, no need to worry ;)

[XxCrazyYoshixX]

@SaintTames its written right :D

[TitanHyperion741]

@SaintTames That's how you spell it, it's sort of like the ' in Let's.

[lortotheuh]

@SaintTames It's right. "Aller" is the verb "to go," and "allons" is the command form for us; "y" is "there." It's an interjection. Let's go!

[UltimateAnimeGamer]

@lortotheuh What about the "Let"? Is it subjunctive?

[Gutslove]

@SaintTames It's written correctly :)

[MrHighred]

@SaintTames It is written right :)

[1112Hades]

Add in Male: 17

[GlamourKillsTian]

WE'VE BROKEN DOWN.. IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! ...anyone?!

[cindawinda1]

The doctor: Allons-y

Lady: Im sorry?

The doctor: Its Time lord, for lets go

LOL

[feelinginspiredlike]

'Fascinating'...oh yes. he is. :D

[JohnNintendoNerd1]

4 of the related videos are My Little Pony related. Fucking gold.

[ConnorMTracy]

@JohnNintendoNerd1 only four for you?  You need to watch more pony.

[godessshannon]

Awww like a little boy :)

[sr60630]

The very best two Who episodes - Midnight and The End Of Time when he visits his companions for the last time.

[SmokeThatHam]

David Tennant - Best Doctor

[sr60630]

@SmokeThatHam Yep

[amirizar2012]

he's like an excited kid when he smiles so cute P:

[AndyRaslan]

And this needed explaining?

[vamphuntress15]

@AndyRaslan of course it did not everyone knows french or saw the episode

[kiwikraze565]

THAT FLIGHT ATTENDANT IS THE TREE WOMAN FROM ECCLESTON'S SECOND EPISODEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[spikelilgirl]

He is kust too cute for words!

[PetiteLyllianna]

He always says it, so I've taken a habbit of always saying it too... Thing is, it's not so special, since I'm french xD

[Daywalker727]

Wait if she is a flight attendant then shouldn't she know french and some other common languages? XD

[starflowerfantasy]

@Daywalker727 flight attendant of the future. so probably only one human language or else everyone wears a universal translator *snickers* Star Trek anyone?

[AmmoMaxia]

KEEP PRESSING 4 LOL his smile is just crazy

[bromixsr]

Allons-y, Alonso!!

[pandabear1110]

Awesome, I love this man too much :)

[WhatsernameGeeGeeJo]

Oh Lord, he's too cute for words.

[SaintTames]

@WhatsernameGeeGeeJo Oh TIME lord??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

ha ha ha, hilarious.

[DeathnoteBB]

@SaintTames OMTL. or OTL? which one is better?

[TheTimeLads]

the TARDIS manuals in french and he CANT fly the TARDIS

so my question is... WHY DOES HE SAY ALLONS-Y?

[lovetema]

@TheTimeLads Cause it's pretty cool? xD

Idk, but I do know the French use "Let's go" quite a lot too.

[kaitren54]

@lovetema Well yes, we say "let's go", or a mix between french and english : "on y go !"

[Xwaterwolf100X]

@TheTimeLads Because it's awsome! And the fact that is was in French probably had something to do with why he disagreed with it, hence why he threw it into a supernova.

[KyrieLeisonM]

Oh, this episode... Loved bits of it, but this episode in general just scared the shit out of me.

[gguilford72]

@KyrieLeisonM

It scared everyone, because the people in the episode acted like real people really would in this situation.

[KyrieLeisonM]

@gguilford72 True... Which only made it scarier for me... Seriously, I ended up traumatised for a week after seeing this. Thank God I don't have to take public transportation.

[86pureangel]

@KyrieLeisonM

Midnight didn't scare me at all, Blink on the other hand good lord. If it wasn't for the face that I needed to see how it ended I might still have nightmares.

[paint4splatter]

@86pureangel blink scared me SO bad.

[LeftofWrong]

He is so cute<3

[ChristyCullen101]

HIS SMILEEEEE.

[melodysymphonystar]

Love. David. Tennant. Speaking. My. Birth. Language.

[animeserena]

You search up "Allons-y" on a whim, and you end up watching Doctor Who vids for the next 3 hours. This always seems to happen.

[XxLi3rose123xX]

My life is now complete :D

[cadaei123]

The French for the win in the future!!!

[GeorgianaJuliet]

I love the Scottish guy pretending to have an English accent pretending to have a French accent. Now that, is talent!

[OMIGHTYGUY]

@GeorgianaJuliet An accent having an accent within an accent? Yo dawg.

[martang66]

@GeorgianaJuliet I really don't think he is...

[GeorgianaJuliet]

@martang66 Is what?

[martang66]

@GeorgianaJuliet Pretending to have a French accent. To me he's just saying French words in his Mockney accent.

[GeorgianaJuliet]

@martang66 Yeah probably, I still just thought it was funny.

[shutupsamandseth]

@GeorgianaJuliet He's a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!

[nayajhen]

@GeorgianaJuliet Oh no, that's not talent, that's TENNANT!

[SuperRollyTrolly]

@GeorgianaJuliet He's Scottish!? Never would have guessed...

[tabhartland]

0:08 HE HAS THE MOST ADORABLE GRIN EVER XD

[MissyMantha14]

@tabhartland 0:08 is a women...

[DiAnIsSsDaiMatsu]

Oh God... I always wondered why did he say that... (I'm just starting to watch Season 4)...

[PX125E]

You rock Mr Tennant. Can you somehow open a wormhole in the spc and unmake the 11th doctor as he is a twat.

[NashiKurima]

I love that little smile. c:

[mimikittytiger]

Allons-y!



[arda3196]

ne kadar tatlı bu adam yaa allons'y

[LurellePiano]

It IS fascinating. Beotch.

[UnitedWeFallTogether]

ah, j'aime doctor who! j'suis une fan de alonso.

[danaseilhan]

@UnitedWeFallTogether or d'Alonso even...

[UnitedWeFallTogether]

@danaseilhan /facepalm/ i just realised.

[evilemperordude]

Hell, it seems kind of weird just that modern English dialects haven't changed at all 600 years in the future. Or maybe that's just the TARDIS's doing.

[Shikamarrant]

@BlackMonk66 Euh...good question. Maybe it's because this is not common in France to say "Let's go" to a stewardess, because in this case, the first person plural is not appropriate. We say more often "C'est parti !" (Here we go) or a variant "En voiture Simone" (litteraly traduced by "Simone by car!").

Other thing, the sentence "A big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff" is traduced in french by "Une énorme boule où le temps s’enchevêtre dans un méli-mélo très complexe".

[Shikamarrant]

@BlackMonk66 In this episode, "Allons-y" is translated by "Allons-y", and the english translation is replaced by this sentence : "This is my battle cry".

They can't use "Let's Go" because english is more known in France than French in England (and USA too), so the comic effect is reduced.

But, this is the French version which is broadcast, when it's broadcast (very rarely).

[BlackMonk66]

@Shikamarrant Interesting, but why wouldn't she understand him when he says "allons-y?" Or is that something else changed in the translation?

[GalifreyanTime]

Et oui, Allons-y! Pour un Écossais, il as un bon accent.

[Shikamarrant]

I'm french and I think that his accent is very very very good, but in France, Doctor Who have a horrible French translation so, good bye "Allons-y" and "Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff" and welcome to "Nous y allons !" and "un truc bizarre du temps".

[BlackMonk66]

@Shikamarrant If he's saying everything else in French, shouldn't "Allons-y" be translated into "Let's go?"

[Miss2895]

My father have to hear this 4 times before understand that David Tennant was speaking French and my little sister can stop laughing ^_^

[Miss2895]

Vu que le Docteur parle français pour une fois, je vais me le permettre ^_^

J'aime tout simplement son accent quand il dit "allons-y. L'accent anglais est de tout façon "so hot"!

[TheAristote69]

Allons-y : ) cool ( Tom Baker is still the coolest Doctor)

[ChillyDawg219]

@CassieLitzomania i have that same one!

[johnhamilton08]

Allons-y should have been the Tenth Doctor's final words instead of I don't wanna go.

[ThyKillerKira]

@johnhamilton08 maybe, but it wouldn't have been so dramatic

[johnhamilton08]

@ThyKillerKira but still he would've sounded like a wimp. It would show he accepts it and that's it's time to move on.

[ErinLynn96]

@CassieLitzomania OMG in mine whenever it starts a new unit it says Alons-y! when i saw it i FREKED out in class and everyone stared at me like i was crazy. im like "srry, fangirl moment". made my life :)

[AnonymousDogslife]

I thought most people knew what it ment. it's really simple french I hope at least other Canadian's knew

[SonicKyuubi]

@AnonymousDogslife

I hope other Canadians know when to use an apostrophe in the correct place...

[2sourd]

It's actually from the French film Pierrot le Fou by, Jean-Luc Godard.

[PiggyofGuinea]

@CassieLitzomania Same here! My friend and I get a kick out of that, and say it with everything. French teacher doesnt understand...

[Imladris96]

One day in french class, there will be the question what Allons-y means. And then my time will come.

[Ashleystalworth]

My French teacher says Allons-y. First time she did I spazzed out.

[IndigoMoon88]

Wasn't the guy that plays Merlin in . . . well Merlin, that episode? he played the emo kid didn't he??

[jaehisawesome]

@IndigoMoon88 yep, looks like it.

[ikikay]

Me too @clemegneta french And I love when he say that xD, And I love say like he, Allons y! (Allons y allonzo !!:p)

our wibbly wobbly timey wimey :p (not french but love xD)

[Derek430]

AHJOLNGZ

[clemagneta]

Ouaaaaaais Allons yyyyyyyyyyyyy! Vive le français XD I'm french and i can't say "allons y" without thinking of the doctor ^^ (and sorry for my english).

[oreocatgirl]

And his little smile after he's explained it... so cute!

[PixieStickParade]

Being bilingual, I guess I never considered that people WOULDN'T know what allons-y meant...

[TheKelpie13]

What episode is that from!!?

[SaintTames]

@TheKelpie13 Midnight. Series 4, episode 10. Woooooooo.

[iwant2believe1]

i just love how he responds to her. I need to use "kill them with kindness" more often.

[dhanotarox]

fascinating

[ArturoStojanoff]

But the 'y' is like an abbreviation of 'á (insert place here)' right? So, it's more like, 'let's go there', right? 'Allons' is the imperative for 'aller' right? The first person plural imperative right?

[pdbru]

@ArturoStojanoff Yup. Exactly.

[BellamyBoo]

He so damn charming! cant help but smile everytime! :DD

[epidemicz]

Lol she didn't seem very impressed

[SaintTames]

This sure has a lot of views now doesn't it? Jeez.

I removed my cheap annotations linking to my things. Because that was kind of dumb.

Look how much we've all matured in two years. High fives all around.

And how about that Matt Smith, huh? Yeah. Totally.

[brundontfreeze000]

@SaintTames High five, amigo. High. Five.

[hkimble0614]

@SaintTames I hate Matt Smith, because he replaced David Tennant. I want to cry!! :(

[BlackMonk66]

@hkimble0614 Keep in mind that there are people who, when they first saw David Tennant, thought "That's not the Doctor. William Hartnell is the real Doctor" and in two or three years, there'll be people thinking "this new guy is terrible. Matt Smith is the real Doctor."

[BadAlice101]

@BlackMonk66 Matt's the last one =(

[BlackMonk66]

@BadAlice101 So far, but there's still at least two more to go and they usually don't do more than three or four years.

[toolfangirl]

@BadAlice101 WWWHHHAAAAAAAATTT?!!!!!!!!

[STheFantasticRepoFan]

i'm happy that I knew what Allons-y meant for i saw this.

[amotuchan]

people didn't know what that means /:

[PandoricaMaster]

Wahoo. It 's an honor for French to see "Allons-y" in doctor who *w*

Why ? Because I'm french ! And I assume in France, we love the Doctor.

[TheWarnerSister]

I love that smile. :D

[luckyirishxxx]

that's what he meant! oooooooooohhhhhhhhhh..... oh!