Doctor Who 4x07 The Unicorn and the Wasp Reaction | First Time Watching
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- Doctor Who 4x07 The Unicorn and the Wasp Reaction | First Time Watching
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With a 1926 dinner party turning into a murder mystery, The Doctor and Donna Noble get the chance to meet Agatha Christie on the eve of her well-known 9-days disappearance.
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I’m glad you saw the fun side of this one. It’s not like the best episode ever but it’s a total comfort watch, and full of humour. Tennant and Tate bounce off each other so perfectly.
It was just delightful! I loved how it felt I could get involved in the mystery, too!
This is the kind of humour Doctor who does best. The natural, realistic, banter/ farce humour. Not the sort of rubbish in this 2024 era
@@julesreactsDavid Tennant's father had a brief cameo in this episode, non speaking, as a footman
Nonsense, it's easily one of the best single episodes of Nu-Who right up there with Blink, I always look forward to it on re-watches.
How is Harvey Wallbanger one word?
It's funny how in the kitchen scene, the doctor managed to find moments to speak, but spent more time giving donna crap for her absurd guessess than just saying what it is he needs xD
That's why I love them together haha!
Fun fact: sparkling cyanide is the name of an Agatha Christie novel
Their little back and forth in the kitchen is absolutely comedy gold and is so in character 😂😂
SO FUNNY!
Fun Fact - Sandy McDonald: The father of David Tennant stars as a footman during the cocktail party scene on the lawn. He was visiting David on set and was offered a part on the spot and he confessed he was glad he didn't have to learn lines.
I played Cluedo a lot when I was a little girl, so I was familiar with the similarity of all the character's names, the weapon and setting in this episode. "Professor Peach in the Library with the Lead Piping."
Yes! The classic Cluedo solution 😅🥰 I miss that game!!
@@julesreacts My favorite character in the game was Miss Scarlett❤️
Mine, too!!
This is one of my favorites to rewatch. I have seen it so many times.
Fun fact: when the doctor and Agatha Christie were interviewing everyone about their whereabouts when the professor was murdered - the reverend was the only one whose story shown matched what he was saying. Everyone else was lying, but we saw what they were really up to. As he was the murderer, it had to be something different. Otherwise, it would have given it all away.
Without wishing to imply anything about later episodes, I agree about rewatching. This is arguably the first episode of S4 that's truly standalone. 2 and 3 effectively are, but have that undertone of Donna's first past and future adventure, so 1, 2 and 3 belong together. Then 4, 5 and 6 are connected through Martha.
So fun fact after the christmas episode this was the first episode they filmed and honestly its a right laugh and i recently re-watched it myself and had a great laugh with it. Agatha Christie actually did disappear. Apparently she wasnt found for 10-11 days despite a manhunt for her. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle even tried to help by giving one of her gloves to a medium. She was eventually found on the 14th of December 1926 at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Yorkshire which was 184 miles away from her home in Sunningdale registered as Mrs Tressa.
Nobody knows for sure what had happened to her during this time but its theorized she went into a fugue state possibly due to the stress of her husband cheating and asking for a divorce or multiple other reasons. A fugue state essentially has the mind is locked away but you still function as a person with no memory once you finally come to. Sometimes it can be hours, sometimes it can be days or even months and years. Weirdly people in a fugue state are usually found near or in water
The movie _Agatha_ with Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman posits an unlikely explanation. I believe she was registered "Theresa Neele." Her husband's mistress (and later second wife) was Nancy Neele.
"It's a WASP that's GIANT!" I also love the way they fit about 100 references to Agatha Christie titles into this one, including showing the artwork on the book that inspired this episode with the giant wasp (iirc, there is actually no giant wasp in the book that has that cover art).
The other day when I couldn't remember the name of this episode, I thought of it as "the body in the library... no that's actually a Miss Marple title!"
Miss Marple? That character copyrighted by Donna Noble? Why would she be in an Agatha Christie book? 🤔🤣
Spot the famous person. This week the award goes to …
*Felicity Kendal* who played Lady Eddison
Felicity is known for her role as Barbara Good in The Good Life but also was in Rosemary and Thyme, The Camomile Lawn, The Mistress and Solo
Honourable Mentions to
*Fenella Woolgar* who played Agatha Christie and also played Sister Hilda in Call the Midwife
*Tom Goodman-Hill* who played Reverend Golightly and is also known for acting in Rebecca, Humans, The Imitation Game and Baby Reindeer
*Felicity Jones* who played Robina Redwood and was also in The Theory of Everything and Star Wars: Rogue One
Technically F Jones is playing the Unicorn, she’s impersonating the ‘real’ Robina Redwood.
Felicity Kendal also grew up in India like the character she's playing here.
Lady Edison is Barbara Good?! Mind blown.
David Tennent suggested Fennella Woolgar to play Agatha Christie. They had acted together in the 2003 Stephen Fry Directed film "Bright Young Things" where Woodgar played a character named "Agatha".
Oh, ok - it's the fact that I got "Bright Young Things" confused with "Peter's Friends" that I couldn't recall David Tennant being in the film you are talking about.
The kitchen scene of the Doctor playing a deadly game of charades to save his life is just such good camp fun! Can't wait for you to see the rest of the series, some of my favourite episodes coming next 🤍
I must have watched this episode at least fifty times since it came out and only just now am I realising that “buzzing with excitement” was a nod to the wasp. 😂
Nice catch. 😅
Donna and the Doctor playing Deadly Charades is easily one of the funniest scenes in the whole show.
Fun fact - when the Doctor was poisoned he said "ginger beer" to the gay footman. In Cockney rhyming sland "ginger beer" means "queer (i.e. gay). Even today "ginger" is slang for "gay". Did you notice - Professor Peach = Professor Plum; Miss Redman = Miss Scarlet. Also, many of Agatha Christie's book titles are incorporated into the script.
'Nother little bit of trivia: The Unicorn was played by Felicity Jones, whose forays into sci-fi were more than this story. In a different genre (Star Wars), she took the role of Jyn Erso in the prequel story "Rogue One," arguably the best prequel story ever made.
This is probably one of my favorites. I couldn't even say why. No great events, not a whole lot of depth-though it isn't all surface either. But my mother loves murder mysteries and especially Agatha Christie, so this always felt a little like home to me.
“Ginger beer!!!”
“I beg your pardon “
😅😅😅😅😅
Fun fact: Ginger Beer is Cockney slang for gay, given that he approached Roger’s boyfriend Davenport and just said Ginger Beer, Davenport’s response becomes hilarious.
The colonel was a returning actor. He'd played Victorian era theatre owner Henry Jago opposite Tom Baker.
Part of an audio detective series Jago & Lightfoot.
Such a fun episode! The "buzzing" lady really distracted you as any self respexting red herring should :D
You didn't even notice that there was an actual buzzing noise in the scene before when that guy was questioned
"Harvey Wallbanger?!!?" I love this one! Just joyous. And for us Christie fans there are so many shameless Easter Eggs. (Shame about the episode's writer, but I'm a Firefly fan so I'm used to separating art and artist.)
The Poirot TV series with David Suchet as Poirot is one of my favourite series.
I'm fond of this episode for the return of Christopher Benjamin (Colonel Hugh) to Doctor Who. He had done a couple classic stories in the 1970s.
Just the one, I think? The hilarious Henry Gordon Jago. There was talk afterwards of a possible Jago&Lightfoot spin-of series, but it was not to be.. Until Big Finish finally did it in audio form.
@@therealpbristow He was also in "Inferno."
@@kivimik Ah! Yes, of course. =:o}
Someone already mentioned that Christopher Benjamin (the Colonel) appeared in a couple of classic episodes. To expound a bit, his character (and one other) were popular enough in their roles that they got their own stories in the Big Finish audio series. Further deponent sayeth not, lest spoilers for the classic series be revealed (in case our host opts to explore the classics in the future).
13:21 "He was taken at the flood" another Agatha Christie title slipped in there.
My favorite David Tennant episode. Such fun! The first time seeing Agatha shout at the wasp about how she will find a way to stop him, I stood up and yelled, "Run, Agatha Christie! Run!"
0:09 Donna is my favorite companion too! I know you’ve only seen 2 so far but I’ve seen all of them except for the newest one and she’s still my favorite 😂 others have come close, but Donna always surpasses them ❤
I adore her, too! She's so wonderful!
@@julesreacts she is! 😊 she’s just so relatable. You’re definitely going on some amazing episodes with her. I have a whole speech on why I love Donna so much but I will hold off on it for now. Spoilers 😂 I just watched your reaction to Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead. River Song is an amazing character and you’ll find out more about her at some point XD but yeah Donna has always been my favorite companion and S4 is definitely in my top 3 favorite Doctor Who seasons. I rewatch this one all the time 😊
that's one of the things I've always loved about David's time as the Doctor, he really commits to the physicality and crazyness of his antics! This episode really highlights it. lol, I had to laugh at how you got tricked by the red herring in the mystery.... hope the writers havn't got you tricked with any other hidden twists in your theories. ;) loved your reaction and can't wait for the next!
Thank you, Charlie! What a fun episode. I'm so glad you liked it!
Glorious bit of foreshadowing in this episode, though I have no idea if it's intended or not: when Donna's pretending to be posh at the beginning, she says, "spiffing", and the Doctor tells her not to. When the Unicorn, who is pretending to be posh, arrives, the first word she says is "spiffing".
Random trivia: In the scene for the garden party in the very beginning, the camera pans past the table where an elderly servant is setting the table. That old fella is David's father, the Very Reverend Alexander "Sandy" McDonald, a fairly high-ranking minister of the Church of Scotland. He came by the set to visit David and was invited to be part of the background of the scene. Sadly, he passed in 2016, but I once saw him in an episode of Ready Steady Cook with David. It was an old entertainment cooking competitions where they'd invite celebrities in. In that episode, he competed against David. (Each of them were paired with a professional cook, but they had to use the ingredients the "contestants" brought.) Sandy was such a sweetheart on the show, and *soooooo* Scottish. 😂In his bag of ingredients, he literally brought a haggis, as well as a potato, a leek and a turnip. He couldn't have been more Scottish if he'd brought in a set of bagpipes. Bless him.
One of my favourite Agatha Christie books is Evil Under The Sun. It’s set on an exclusive hotel on a private island off the coast of England. It’s a really fun read.
At least one of your cats at 9 seconds in agreed that Donna is their favourite companion too; it's much better when there is no sexualisation of the Doctor-companion relationship, it was that way for the first 26 seasons. I thought you might enjoy that one Juliette, with the costume drama clichés and Cluedo references. I love the Jazz-Age [1920-s-1930's] era as well as the Gaslight [Victorian-Edwardian] era, it suits Doctor Who very well for historicals. As for Agatha Christie's works I would recommend some TV shows based on them: 'Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime' [1983]; 'Agatha Christie's Poirot' [1989-2013] and 'Miss Marple' [1984-1992]. All are available on DVD. Also, it gets better. :D
I LOVE this episode, it’s so fun, and I’m so glad you caught how much fun they clearly had with it. There’s the titles of at least 14 Agatha Christie books slipped in, and yeah the Cluedo comparison is strong haha.
I love that the vicar’s account of his afternoon is the only one that plays out exactly like he said, EVERYONE else is shown to be lying and his is conspicuous by how truthful it seems to be.
AC really did go missing, and it really does seem to be a total mystery what happened to her, it’s always fun when Doctor Who finds little gaps and mysteries in history to make use of.
A member of her family was brought in and consulted, and shown the script, and was very enthusiastic about her portrayal, so this episode has actual Christie approval
Also apparently those old cars were VERY slow, and described as ‘a car chase in sewing machines’ haha
HA! Nice way to describe the cars!
@@julesreactsThere was one reference to an Agatha book I’m glad didn’t make it in, Benjamin Cook who worked for DWM, (Doctor Who Magazine,) challenged RTD to throw in a joke about the unpleasant (read as racist,) original title of And Then There Were None.
This is a nice one, truly solving a murder mystery with Agatha Christie! And, also (as mentioned in another comment,) Felicity Jones of Star Wars: Rogue One.
I loved this episode. My daughter is a massive Agatha Christie fan. She “got” all the many references to the books. This was done in the style of the movies based on Christe’s novels. So much fun. (Btw the game was based on those movie and book styles). I was hysterical at the “detox” scene 😂😂😂
I rewatched it with my mum once, who is an Agatha Christie fan and was watching her nod her head at every book title reverence, until the grimace at "murder at the vicar's rage"
This is such a fun episode, isn't it? Season Four in general is fun and that's why it's beloved by so many. This episode may not be big or important, but it really does encapsulate everything we love about Ten and Donna. I love how it even pokes fun at how ridiculous it is to be caught up in a murder mystery with Agatha Christie. It's just good, clean fun, and we should just roll with it. Oh and yes, that scene in the kitchen is one of the greatest Ten/Donna moments ever. 😂
Fun fact: David Tennant's dad, Sandy McDonald (a Scottish minister who's sadly no longer with us), has a cameo as a servant.
Another fun fact: there was a Seventh Doctor audio drama produced around the same time that was also going to feature Agatha Christie and her disappearance, but she had to be removed from the story due to her impending appearance in this episode.
Oh and when the Doctor says he was just talking about Agatha Christie the other day, he was referencing the Season Three finale, when he suggested to Martha that they could visit her.
From here it's an incredible run down to the end of the season, and I am so psyched to see what you think of it all!
fun fact.the butler is Davids dad
Not the butler, no. The old footman who was setting the table during the garden party.
Weirdly one of the most underrated and one of the best at the same time. Just really good fun, and as others have said, everything about Agatha Christie's disappearance is real. Doctor Who just filled in the gaps in their own magic way. It's secretly quite genius too.
2:50 - Every word of that is true.
This is such a fun episode and I love that you got into the spirit of it right away - The Professor, in the library with the lead pipe... :) Fun fact, many years ago I lived in Harrogate when I was first married and the hotel Agatha Christie turned up in was just down the road. I used to think about her whenever I walked by. Watching this reaction brought memories of those years right back - good times! :)
Oh wow, that is a cute little story!! How awesome 🥰
It makes me want to find the old TV show somewhere. I loved this episode. It seems it brought back memories for us both 💜
Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, William Shakespeare, Madame du Pompadour, Queen Victoria... The Doctor has one hell of Facebook page, and there'll be more to come. quiet, fun episode to calm you down before next week, it's gonna be a belter.
I love this episode Jules, but I think you probably have to be a Christie fan (which I massively am) to fully appreciate it. All the references to her work throughout are delightful, and the banter between the Doctor and Donna hilarious.
The most interesting part of this series are those episodes where they go into the past to meet different personalities who get mixed into out-of-this-world situations. It is very satisfying when some stuff aligns with the real history and some other stuff just teases or creeps you out knowing that what remained a mystery, could be because of what happened during the Doctor's interventions. Fascinating to write this stuff too, i reckon.
I love that all the actors look like they are having loads of fun in this. And David and Catherine work really well here making it work. Only doctor who has ridiculous plots like this lol
It was a fun episode. I always like when the Doctor is tied to actual historical mysterys, e.g. the 5th Doctor being unintentioanlly resposibe for the great London fire, etc.
Despite being written by a total asshole, this is my favorite episode of Doctor Who. It's just so easy to put on and have fun watching. It's the same reason I love Data's Day in Star Trek.
"Written by a total asshole"
I could just look it up, but I'm gonna guess it was Gareth Roberts?
Great Video as always. Just lost my job today and your video cheered me up thank you 🙏🏻
I don't really remember this episode much but I know what episodes are next.
I am so looking forward to next week to see your reaction :3
This was absolutely a very fun episode!😊
Juliette, I've read a bit of Agatha Christie, but I had never heard about her real life disappearance until I saw this episode. Did you know?
She is indeed the best-selling author of all time and it's not even close!
It's my understanding that she and Shakespeare are tied at 2 to 4 billion.
I had the exact same thought when the professor was found in the library. And with Donna mentioning it, I'm sure that the connection to the board game was intentional.
Yep, it surely was! Love it!
Cluedo and Agatha Christie are linked, the creator was inspired by her books as well as the murder mystery games that people played as a result of her books and other books of that genre as detective fiction was very popular then
Maybe u spotted david tenant's dad who played a footman
Awesome video as always! Glad youre enjoying donna as much as i do she's such an amazing companion!
I forgot to mention that the actress that plays the Doctor's Daughter is David Tennants Real wife
Yeah, that's cool!
@@julesreacts they met on set & fell in love
@@julesreacts they have 8 children together now
One of the best examples of how David and Catherine have the best chemistry together with the way they can connect and bicker at the same time. Some of the very best episodes are the ones where they use actual historical figures and can intertwine their real lives with the fantasy.
There was a cut scene of the Doctor and Donna visiting Agatha when she's old and showing her that her books go on forever
Mm. What's interesting is that my grandmother did her disappearing act the same year. My grandfather went drunk and abusive with PTSD after the First World War and decided that, for her safety and that of my mother - who was three at the time - to pull a vanishing act. He fell into a open fireplace in 1930 in a drunken stupor. Maybe, Grandmum took the hint from reading about Agatha and thought if it's good enough for Agatha Christie, then it's maybe going to be a life saver for her and my mother. My mother's earliest memory of my grandfather's doings is her breakfast bowl flying across the kitchen to smash against a wall.
In this story, spot the Agatha Christie story title in the dialogue! For instance, Taken In The Flood.
Oh wow... that's so sad about your grandparents 😔 war does terrible things to everyone involved.
@@julesreacts He had already lost three cousins in 1916-17. They are commemorated at Ypres. One was only found last year. When this episode was set, all that would have been fresh in people's minds.
It's terrible.... I cannot believe the horrors they went through 😔
@@julesreacts Well, by now you've seen Human Nature and The Family Of Blood. and what Baines said to the Headmaster. Men that refused to fight were often sent an envelope that contained a white feather, telling them that they were a coward. Probably people like our 'friendly' headmaster sent them? His own disintegration was, no doubt, a lot faster and merciful fate that many of his 'boys' went through! John Smith was more human than he.
This is such a comfort rewatch for a lot of us I think. All the comedy of 10 and Donna and the fun mystery solving of Agatha Christie.
Lol, there is this youtuber called Charlie Hopkins who does star wars reviews as Obi Wan, Anankin and Qui Gon, Donna eating the snacks and just wild guessing at what happens is "exactly" like Charlies version of Qui Gon. Highly recommend you check them out once you've seen the start wars prequels. That channel is a hoot and I'm sure you'd love it.
So happy to see someone else falling in love with the Donna Noble characters. Hands down she's the best of the Nu Whu crew.
My favorite episode is any episode with Historical Figures in them. You saw it with William Shakespeare and Hooverville and now with Agatha Christie. They never lost that educational touch that Sydney Newman originally sought after when he pitched the show to BBC.
I love how they try to answer historical mysteries especially when they don’t take themselves seriously like this one.
1:00 I actually picked that up on Nintendo Switch, it's so much fun! I remember all the fun the family had playing the board game and I couldn't resist picking it up🙂Thanks so much Juliette🥰So happy I'm not the only one that played Clue😊
Ahhhh, Tex!! Clue is awesome! I actually Googled the Aussie TV show after watching this one. I really enjoyed it as a young 'un. I'll have to see if old episodes are floating around anywhere.
It was Sparky Tex, in the Bathroom, with the Screwdriver!
11:36 if I had a dime for every time that a blockbuster actor’s first role was a character in Doctor Who doing a silly accent, I’d have two dimes, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice
I've said before there isn't an episode this season that's anything less than good at the very minimum. This episode isn't one of the standouts from this season, but it sure is really fun!
Any time the Doctor and co. meet a famous author, they have a run in with the subjects of the author's stories. So far we have Dickens and Ghosts (at Christmas), Shakespeare and Witches, and now Christie and a mystery murderer! Throw in some references to Cluedo as well and you're in for a good time!
You're totally right that the scene where The Doctor cures his cyanide poisoning is hilarious. How is Harvey Wallbanger one word?!?
Hello, Juliette!💜 A fun-filled episode here.
Donna, constantly at the center of the mayhem, and hilarity - trying to use 1920's lingo, naming books and characters still unwritten, as you noted - her munching on snacks during the reveal, and my favorite - which you also noted - "You just buttle off!"🤣
Right away she had just about had it - the offhand Cluedo setting,🤔 and, at 3:07 - "Professor Peach. In the library, with a lead pipe!?!"🙄
The unexpected chaos of the detox scene - She is the most hilariously chaotic, No Nonsense character. A great companion.😂
The Doctor - in a cut scene - saying he never guessed the end, well almost never, well, once or twice - is also quite humorous. You have it correct, when you say, "I never would have guessed, never ever..." As there are not many Agatha Christie books where the killer can be discovered - people may say they knew, but it is usually some hidden/unmentioned bit of information, coming in at the end, which tips the reader to the real criminal... much like it was done here.
I was thinking, as I watched this one with you today, which would show up? Those who jump to explain Cluedo, those who want to tell all about Ms Christie, which star would be fun facted, or some future references. Turns out... all 4!🤭
A well put together episode, itself like a puzzle. The Cluedo references, the novels, the real life mystery of her disappearance, the style, very much in keeping with a BBC or PBS showing of Masterpiece Mystery, as well as some, small, nods to the dark comedy film, Clue.
These styles, and references span possible audience ages. A little something which would be recognizable to almost any age viewer. A very clever production.
I'm very glad you enjoyed this one so, Juliette. Everyone was pretty brilliant, and it was a fun episode. A very nice job of editing, as well. Have the backgrounds given you a bit of relief from the copyright clampdowns?
Have a wonderful Thursday, Juliette.💜🐿💜 Whether it be editing, farming, or helping a mischievous cat back home - have some fun!🤗
Tom 😸💜 I love that you loved this one! It was SO fun and felt like I was actually helping solve the murder as well. Everyone seemed a prime suspect! And the red herring? BUZZING?! Bah! It got me too good haha!
The scene in the kitchen was just priceless. Always unexpected, but always welcome. Those two are just brilliant together. I think I will look back on this series very fondly, once I am done. I just cannot speak highly enough of Donna and the Doctor. A wonderful duo.
Thank you, dear Tom. I've had a silly busy day, but am enjoying my afternoon coffee so all is right with the world now! Have a lovely evening 🥰😸
Loved your reactions, Jules.
So much joy and laughter from Jules, for the amazing comedy double act of Donna and The Doctor. :)
Comedy Double Act! They are just GOLD! Doctor Who is a funny thing... laughing one moment, crying the next. We never know what's in store 😅
My absolute favourite is coming up next. Im so glad you had fun w this one btw!!
Oooh yes, the next episode is awesome 😸
The great Felicity Kendal of Good Neighbours and BBC Shakespeare Twelfth Night fame. For great adaptations of Christie see the Poirot series with the great David Suchet.
So glad you enjoyed this episode. I've heard some people say they don't like this episode? and I struggle to see why because I've always though of it as being a fun little romp, you seemed to have the same fun I did watching it though 🥰. I absolutely loved this, even as a kid I was super into Christie novels and adapted films like Poirot, so when it's combined with my love of Doctor Who it's just a recipe for good vibes. Lovely video 💖
Oh, the next string of episodes are really good ones. The next one introduces one of my favourite DW characters! And ep 10 is one of my favourites (after Blink).
Over the last year or two I've really gotten into Agatha Christie novels and have read (and collected) several. Murder on the Orient Express is good. The Secret of the Chimneys.
Mrs. McGinty's Dead. Three Act Tragedy.
Come Tell Me How You Live is an interesting one, because it's basically an autobiography she wrote about her experience with her second husband, who was an archeologist; and it's all about them going on several digs prior to World War II. No murders or mysteries or anything. I didn't realize that when I started reading it, so I was a good ways in and no had died, and started wondering if I was missing something about the book.
British murder mysteries are the best. One of my favorites is Murder on the Orient Express. If you don't have the time to read the book there have been several film adaptations
I as never much of an agatha Christie fan but loved the old movie Miss Marples with Margaret Rutherford (which Christie hated) and the David Suchet Poirot series was well received.
This is Doctor Who silliness at its finest. Pure comedy. I love it 😂
Miss Redmond is Jyn Erso from Rogue One.
I've played Clue (American) a lot and have some special edition versions, Alfred Hitchcock, Dungeons & Dragons, etc. Also a big fan of the board games, Whodunit, Scotland Yard, Perry Mason, etc. Whodunit has motives.
I really enjoy this episode, and I'm sure the writer had a lot of fun piling on the classic detective story tropes (and the cluedo reference) and namedrops of Agatha Christie books. It's probably not everyone's cup of tea (I know people consider it to be a weak link in a brilliant season) but I think it's brilliant if you take it for the sort of story that it is. You seemed to enjoy having another famous figure show up in Agatha Christie, which is always nice to see. Interestingly the vicar is odd one out when everyone is being questioned in that his story matches the flashback to what everyone was really up to.
This episode also sees a brief non-speaking cameo by David Tennant's father, not the first relative of a Doctor to appear this season, and not the last either as it happens.
Agatha Christie did disappear after she discovered her husband was having an affair. She was found 10 days later when she turned up at a hotel and she did lose her memory as well. The thing that didn’t happen was The Doctor and Donna being there. lol.
Nobody knew what happened but some people believed she disappeared only to get believed she was murder and to get people to think her husband killed her. Again this is an episode where Doctor Who try’s to solve the big historical mystery’s again.
One word: Harvey Wall Banger! Between that and the kiss, I think that was my favorite moment of the episode and of the season so far! I know it had nothing to do with it, but for some reason it reminded me of when the Doctor had dinner with the Slitheen (S1 E11: Boom Town) where he cleverly manages to avoid all of her attacks and attempts to neutralize him. Very different scenes but both were just so funny to watch! It is easy to see why Doctor Who has endured over all of these decades. In its current run it is now in its third decade!! Amazing! By the way, at the time of this writing,, she truly is the best selling fiction writer of all time, having sold more than two billion copies of her works! She also holds the record for the longest running play... The Mousetrap, which has been played in London since 1952. And Then There Were None is the best selling piece of fiction of all time! And she was knighted in 1971 (DBE). An amazing author all the way around! And this episode really highlighted this while going back to the roots of Doctor Who, jumping through time to teach us a little bit of history! Who knows... perhaps one day, your reactions will rank up there with her works! You never now how things will turn out; you just have to do the best you can!
Arthur 🤣 thank you for the giggle! I might be the next Agatha Christie of reactions. You never know haha 😅
@@julesreacts Exactly! 😄
The first time I saw this, I think I was put off by the giant wasp, which is pretty silly and not at all plausible. However, everything else about the episode is well done and fun to watch, and Agatha Christie is particularly well played-I do like that performance by Fenella Woolgar. The kitchen scene is well known and tends to get replayed as an extract. The DVD includes a deleted scene in which the Doctor and Donna revisit Agatha Christie at the end of her life, when she’s still struggling to remember what happened back then.
One of my Top ten episodes
The salt scene is pe of my all time favourite scenes and this is a great episode!
Try rewatching the episode with a list of Agatha Christie book titles.
Catherine Tate/ Donna was my favourite companion, of them all she was the one who handled him best.
Such a fun episode. Also, no tears for this one! Thanks for the videos as always.
Bonus YAY for no tears 😅
The thing I liked best about this episode was all the hidden Christie titles in the dialogue …N or M, Taken at the Flood, and many more😊
I'm so glad.you said Donna is your favourite, I completely agree, as do the goats. There are a lot of clips of the two of them doing sketches and shows together.
The ducklings are.still Rose.fans, but what do they know.
Have a lovely.day.
Cat, I'm beginning to have doubts over those ducklings of yours if they haven't converted over to Donna by now! What can we do about them?!
I hope you are feeling good and are all set to have a lovely weekend 💜
This was very much a "murder mystery" typical of the genre.
It is also one of those stories that "ties in" to actual history people may be aware of. It is a perfect time travel story.
I'll admit that I'm not a big fan of the wasp XD but it's otherwise a fun episode!
I'm glad you're enjoying Donna as a companion. Ten and Donna are my dream team =D
Man, I forgot how good series 4 is. The entire season is pretty 🔥
The Doctor missed a simple trick to trap the giant wasp. He could have set up a picnic on the lawn and trapped it with a giant glass!
The Harvey Wallbanger line still cracks me up! The Doctor and Donna make a marvellous team. I've said it before, but she is my favourite companion of NuWho. A great representation of us ladies who have long seen the back of our 20's 😂
Here in the States the board game is called Clue...which was also made into a GREAT movie (that would make an awesome reaction video...lol)
I've never seen the American movie, but I loved the Aussie TV series! I need to find it!
Part of the pun lost to the US: Parcheesi is Ludo in the UK. The moving pieces around the board are the same.
@@julesreacts I think you will LOVE it!!!
I know I recently said it but I'm LOVING your reactions to this, i cannot wait to see your reactions to the end of this series and the specials after it 😁 il be right here watching along with you and the fellow whovians 😁
Thank you so much, Sam!! I'm so happy you're enjoying the episodes 💜
Just best kind of Dr Who storyline small pinch of truth, not to much special effects , & talented Guest Actors
Agreed! It was so fun!
Agatha Christie novels are great (And apparently inspired by her annoyance at the lack of real clues in Sherlock Holmes books meaning there's no way for the audience to 'play along' so to speak). I don't know if some of her works were the first 'adult' novels I read, but they were the first I got out of the library when I'd have been around... Probably 8 or 9. Young enough that my mother had to confirm it was ok for me to get them out to the librarian since they weren't from the children's section. I think they were before I read Hitchhiker's. Might have been after I read The Hobbit.
But if you'd rather watch than read, the David Suchet adaptations of her Poirot stories aren't a bad starting point.
I love this episode, something about it just clicks for me but yes the twist ending is all a bit more convoluted than usual.
The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Death on the Nile
Murder on the Orient Express
Three Act Tragedy
Hickory Dickory Dock
A good mystery and a fun scene no one forgets the poisoning. The Charles Dickens S1 Ep3 reference. So many good moments in this episode I never forget. The next 2 are good story telling but this Unicorn episode is a fun one.
Yep Cluedo. All the other references and the book publishing date at the end is so silly. 5 billion in paper.
I haven't read a book of hers either. I haven't played rhe games. I know of some movies though some were good, some not.
Its weird I don't read mystery novels but I enjoy mysteries or puzzle games.
Donna come on yes they all did it. XD
The events set in place. The mystery goes so well each one by one.
A very fun episode! I loved the Cluedo "theme". Brought back some nice childhood memories!
i love this episode, and i also LOVE the alt ending they did
The doctor trying to cure himself is the funniest scene ever. Makes me laugh all the time. This episode is a fav of mine. It’s so underrated and I really like it. Not a big fan of wasps though
Well how may Christie titles did you get? Hint there are lots of verbal and several visual. A wasp is a major prop in Death in the Clouds e.g.
She said buzzing and toilet. Never mention the smallest room.
Poison, salt and a shock. Isn't that Casino Royale?