My partner is not such a big Doctor Who fan but watches with me. She was riveted and at the end said “THAT is proper Doctor Who.” Exactly. Well done Moffat!
I was literally rooted to my seat watching this episode, I did not move an inch. Completely agree that this was Ncuti's moment that he really stamped his mark on the role. Loved it.
I have been watching Doctor Who since I was eight, in 1969. I have loved and enjoyed the show in so many different eras. 2024??? Well, I hate to disappoint some people, but I think it is BRILLIANT! Gatwa is totally believeable as the Doctor. Millie Gibson is endearing and just fabulous. "Boom" was so compelling and 12 hours later the story is still there in my head. I even forgot about fish-fingers and custard until it was mentioned haha! Very happy with the new series. ❤❤❤❤❤
I agree! Every era and Doctor has its sinks and bad eps, and it seems some people forget that lmaooo. But I really love Ncuti and Millie! And with every episode it's just getting better and better for me, I'm having lots of fun. Honestly I think the space babies episode is the only one I thought was sorta meh, but even then I still liked it, especially the little scene with introspection about the doctor being 'the only one of me'. I think it's great too! This one actually made me tear up a bit because I'm close to my dad. I'm also VERY intrigued by how much we have the Doctor bringing up his family, really wanna know what they're building up with that 👀
I loved Troughton! I loved Pertwee! Crikeys - I loved them all. And (gasp) I loved Jodie W too --- her story with that tin-can Dalek has been the only time in all these decades that a Dalek actually unsettled me; that thing was so creepy. Yeah, lots of Trolls are hysterically shouting "Doctor Who is over!" as they desperately want more subscribers, and people who hated Disney+ kept their subscriptions and after shouting they will never watch it again they come back each week (dammit!!). Someone who claimed they've watched since 60s shouted "It's never been this bad!!". They clearly never saw Sylvester McCoy wearing that ill-fitting yellow wig pretending to be Colin Baker in the most hilarious regeneration scene ever, nor did they see the Gonds smashing the Learning Machines in "The Krotons" where the machines were revealed to be made of balsa-wood with tabs of mounting tape everywhere -- I mean, these were BAAAAAD! But also endearing. I loved your Reply, and I too look forward to what is next. The show has always been about change, and I love it. The musical numbers? I thought they were fantastic, and I still rewatch clips of the Goblin Song and think it's hilarious and so well done! Would have been fabulous in Tom Baker's time --- I could see him breaking out with "If you Laugh at my Scarf I will make you Barf!" or something. Some people need to lighten up definitely!!! 😀😀😀😀
The doctor is finally back to hating on capitalism. Kablam doesn't exist, it can't hurt you. Kablam was a collective fever dream. 13 did not do exactly the opposite, both in the capitalism and the algorithm AI fronts. How odd. Its almost like she was entirely out of character eh
Calling this the best episode since "Chibs" is disrespectful to every episode created since, not just one you enjoyed. But I completely agree with those who say that.
Personally I like Wild Blue Yonder, The Giggle and The Devil’s Chord more than Boom. From the Chibnall era I might put Power of the Doctor above Boom as well.
Absolutely loved it. They somehow made 45 minutes of The Doctor standing still riveting. Days of companions who don't do anything are finally gone. Doctor Who is back and I couldn't be happier
completely agree with everything you said, the show finally slowed down and gave us absolutely gripping telly. I was so worried I was overhyping myself but nah it was doctor who at it's best. fair fuckin play moffat. I really hope any new viewers that were maybe unsure on the show stick around for this one.
I love his stand alone episodes, becasue he has a time frame to get in, I like his seasons, but it is hard to watch single episodes from his era, as he had those complex stories.
@@klidopido I like complex stories, but they need to be in service of something meaningful. The problem with most of Moffat's season arcs is that we spend a LOT of time setting everything up, only for the ending to get supremely muddled. Stuff like "the hybrid" just sort of trail off into nothing, and the Silence/crack in space plot gets resolved with like one brief line of dialogue that doesn't feels rushed and very last minute, which after multiple seasons of build-up is not only lame but it also covers those preceding seasons in a massive wet blanket on rewatch because you know where it's all heading. It wouldn't be as bad if individual episodes in Moffat's seasons were more standalone, and some are which is nice, but many of them dedicate significant attention to the season arc. RTD, whether you love his season arc or not (and I do), even if you hate them you can still enjoy like 90% of episodes because the season arc stuff is way more subtle.
You are so hilarious 😂 I love your reactions to Doctor Who, top tier editing. It’s always a good time 🤣 I’m not much past the intro and loving it already
This was really a nice episode tonally. The situation is pretty tense the whole way through but it avoids being as chaotic as previous episodes. Honestly I love this midnight-esque bottle episode
You know, that one device that Jack used to break 13 out of prison, that stops time and lets people walk through walls, would be really useful in this situation. The Doctor should really go to the factory where they make those things, or just get the TARDIS to make them, then situations like this would never happen again.
God, this was an episode that showed how well Ncuti can act, while also showing how terrible some of the other acting is. Hopefully next week sells me on Ruby Sunday, and I hope we never see splice again.
your reactions are great again this was my fav out of the 3 cause of the darkness in it and the acting was good im pretty sure the old lady on the monitor in the ambulance was the old cafeteria lady in devils chord and on the monitor abit in space babies idk but i love your reactions bro keep up the good work
Speaking as a die-hard, die-for-her Jinkx and drag fan, she wasn’t at 100%. Some of the pauses in her delivery seemed less ominous than awkward. I watched the previous 3 excruciating seasons after giving up on the show just to be caught up to watch her episode. I wasn’t disappointed, but if you’ve seen as much of her as I have, I was expecting more. When she nailed it though, it stayed nailed.
Just got done watching your brilliant moffat era video this morning. Made me notice the terrible child acting so much more. Thought the episode was on the right track. But I'm more just glad I found this channel. Keep up the good work.
As a massive fan of Moffat's episodes and era. This episode was just perfect. Gone are the days of kerblam where the doctor supported space amazon. Nah, fuck capitalism. Could not be happier, so far this season is shaping to be great stuff.
Yeah, I really hope this actual character is the new companion, we have some backstory for her, and it'd be nice to have a companion that isn't from modern day earth for once.
The snowflake at the end bludgeoning in a cliffhanger, like the bloody crack in the wall🤣🤣 And yeah it’s def a bit of a replaying of Greatest Hits, but in a really fun and well written way, and also very much looking forward to how the anti-fan freaks try to spin this as propaganda lmaooooo
i really enjoyed this episode, as much as i appreciate how amazing the devils chord was, i actually liked this episode more simply because it really is doctor who to its core, i loved the tension (i was on the edge of my seat the entire time) and i didn’t expect varada sethu to appear so early on!! can we just bring back stephen moffat as the showrunner? i can look past his writing with one hand if we get more episodes like this hahaha of course there was the bad child acting, short lived love story placed at the worst time & unnecessary sexual references but that honestly didn’t bring the episode down for me
All in all feeling the same as you describe about this season, a few differences here and there but negligible. Although this episode left me... Unfulfilled? Maybe it was the pre-hype for Moffatt, but pretty sure it's safe to say it was not on the level that Blink was. I do get that once the landmine is diffused that's the end of the episode, but it felt rushed anyway. Also, when Susan the Ambulance read out Ruby's age was that more like how Amy had hers read in The Beast Below and it based it on the time difference between her birth date and the date the episode was set in the future, or is it more of an "Amount of time lived" since an ambulance is programmed to base it's findings at a biological level not a "We searched your birthday in a database so you must be many thousands of years old"? Picking up what I'm putting down? I could imagine Susan the Ambulance was reading her DNA and I mean each episode has been telling us that her heritage is curious to say the least so it may affect the results. Probably looking into it too deeply but I was surprised when Susan the Ambulance read out such a high number, why would she not say Ruby's biological age?
@@klidopido Yea that's what I was thinking, we've now been introduced to the concept of god like beings having offspring, I've seen talk of Ruby being one such being, and it seems like this is what the episodes so far have been leaning towards. But if Susan the Ambulance is correct then I'd be a bit unsatisfied with the DNA being 3082 years old considering Maestro says "How could a song hold so much power. And power like him" (Doctor replies: "Like who?") "The Oldest One". At the moment I'm of the impression that Ruby is the daughter of this Oldest One who I would assume is way more than 3082 years old
I loved this episode. Stephen Moffat holding a mirror up to the Americans and showing them how terrible they are. Although I still doubt any American would get it. Capitalistic, war loving, gun toting, God fearing idiots that love money more than the lives and health of their people, a brilliant analogy of modern day America. Moffat is so good at individual episodes under different showrunners than he is when he is the actual showrunner. Best episode this series so far. Finally proper Doctor Who is back.
Loved your reaction, and the predictions were on point :D I don't want to hate on the child actor, I bet she did a great job with what she had to work with but I hated hated hated the character.. She is at least 5 years to old to be that stupid and detached from reality. I can imagine a world where even her delulu character would have made sense if she was introduced as this child living in this ideology bubble, protected from her father indoctrinated by the anglicans or what not. But with what little we know about her she is simply stupid (sorry rant over). Overall I loved this episode a lot. Like you I felt like "this is the Doctor back in action". Most of the time I like these almost intimate episodes. Small setting, small cast meaningful interactions and brilliant dialogue.
Loved this episode and yeah, spot on with your opinions! I don't understand how all of a sudden, DW is woke now. When all of the elements in todays Who, was there in New Who (2005 onwards. Hell, even in the Originals). So basically, all those anti-woke scums can suck it lol.
Hmm, not sure how I felt. On one hand, I loved the episode and the tension, wasn't expecting Ruby to be shot. I loved how the dad saved the day and his character was really good, along with Splice (yes dont shoot me i thought she was really good and the acting was fine from her). But on the other hand, a few things stopped me from it being my favourite, mainly Murphy and the extremely long opening, idk something about her character just annoyed me and I couldn't get my head around their relationship. Overall I would say 8/7.5 (9 if that character was a bit different), but the overall concepts of this episode I just love, I just felt the characters brought down the episode. So I would agree with your opinion. Although Ncuti acting once again was a speculator.
I liked this episode a lot, it’s definitely a Moffat episode and there’s some great tension, some great messages and some great dialogue and callbacks. But it’s not one of his strongest imo, I didn’t care much for the setting, the child acting wasn’t great and it did resolve very quickly. My biggest issue though revolves around the Doctor and Ruby. I think having only 8 episodes has really hurt their relationship, having this big dramatic moment of Ruby being shot and the Doctor being devastated would have worked so much better if this wasn’t episode 3 and they hadn’t cut out 6 months of their time together. If this had been like episode 8 out of 13 in the old days it would have hit so much harder and been so much more believable. I know it’s not really RTD or Moffat’s fault but that really stops me from absolutely loving this episode because I just don’t feel that impact, it also makes it confusing that they’ve been together 6 months and this is the first alien planet.
You lose cool points for the strawberry milkshake. That stuff smells awful! Chocolate milk is the BEST. The ONLY part of the ep I didn't like, was the talk between Mundy and the dude right before he passed. It felt out of place and kinda broke the tension. Maybe just me, but yeah. That part I could of done without!
I really cant deal with ‘Moffat-y’ dialogue anymore after watching six years of it so this one got dragged down a bit by that for me. And the retread of all his greatest hits but slightly worse had me just kinda bored. Ncuti and Millie brought the acting chops and the change of tone was welcome so all in all an ok episode
Tbh I found this episode really boring. As you pointed out in your review it was just basically moffat replaying the old hits. I much preferred the fun of the first two episodes
Yeah I felt the opening was a bit too long. Can't be the only one who couldn't careless about the Mundy character, I felt the whole relationship really dragged the episode down. Shame really as everything else was really good.
Premise is great, the Doctor is great, the mine and the ambulance were great, the AI dad was great, everything else I didn’t really care for which is why this isn’t a 10/10 episode for me personally.
I just don't think I'm ever going to like moffats writing to be honest but most people seem to like the episode so that's good. I'm happy to have an unpopular opinion lol
@Sparx632 same here. The supporting characters (apart from Splice and her dad) I didn't really love so, so when the other guy died I didn't really felt any strong emotional feelings.
Truly the start when you were calling out other fan's of the show saying you think they not a true fan look i was born in late 90's i was young when i first watched doctor who, i'm going to be honest the story feel's ok this ep but how 15th doctor act's he fucking cry's close to every ep we seen him in what happened to thinking not crying when you dont get you're own way, there talk about the show might be canned in 2026 because what i heard is there only going to be 2 season's of 15th doctor after that they done. honestly i think the 15th doctor going to die and we going to see the 14th doctor again, or the show going to be canned for 20+ years again i think doctor who has gone for along time and its time to set it down for while, but i'm going to say don't say the people who watched doctor who not fan's i'm a true fan but how i'm seeing doctor who is heading aiming stuff that kids i'm not saying that because im not a kid anymore i dont care if doctor who is a kid's show but you said it you're self the writer's are writing horny stuff in to the story and not all ep's are for kid's because how the story is with some ep's.
I was talking about the anti-woke “fans” Not classic who fans. I’m talking about how they tend to think they have an argument because they claim they are fans of the classic era. I didn’t say ALL classic who fans did I? Listen to the point I’m making fella.
Anyone saying that the Doctor crying is annoying them needs to seriously get in the bin! Firstly, there's nothing wrong with crying, it's healthy and it's good to see a role model like the Doctor allowing his feelings to show. Secondly, and most importantly, so far every time he's shed a tear it's either spurred him on to action, or at least not stopped him, at all! To me it shows true courage, and the ability to channel those emotions into resolving issues. I actually think it's wonderful.
My partner is not such a big Doctor Who fan but watches with me. She was riveted and at the end said “THAT is proper Doctor Who.” Exactly. Well done Moffat!
I was literally rooted to my seat watching this episode, I did not move an inch. Completely agree that this was Ncuti's moment that he really stamped his mark on the role. Loved it.
I have been watching Doctor Who since I was eight, in 1969. I have loved and enjoyed the show in so many different eras. 2024??? Well, I hate to disappoint some people, but I think it is BRILLIANT! Gatwa is totally believeable as the Doctor. Millie Gibson is endearing and just fabulous. "Boom" was so compelling and 12 hours later the story is still there in my head. I even forgot about fish-fingers and custard until it was mentioned haha! Very happy with the new series. ❤❤❤❤❤
I agree! Every era and Doctor has its sinks and bad eps, and it seems some people forget that lmaooo. But I really love Ncuti and Millie! And with every episode it's just getting better and better for me, I'm having lots of fun. Honestly I think the space babies episode is the only one I thought was sorta meh, but even then I still liked it, especially the little scene with introspection about the doctor being 'the only one of me'. I think it's great too!
This one actually made me tear up a bit because I'm close to my dad. I'm also VERY intrigued by how much we have the Doctor bringing up his family, really wanna know what they're building up with that
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I loved Troughton! I loved Pertwee! Crikeys - I loved them all. And (gasp) I loved Jodie W too --- her story with that tin-can Dalek has been the only time in all these decades that a Dalek actually unsettled me; that thing was so creepy. Yeah, lots of Trolls are hysterically shouting "Doctor Who is over!" as they desperately want more subscribers, and people who hated Disney+ kept their subscriptions and after shouting they will never watch it again they come back each week (dammit!!). Someone who claimed they've watched since 60s shouted "It's never been this bad!!". They clearly never saw Sylvester McCoy wearing that ill-fitting yellow wig pretending to be Colin Baker in the most hilarious regeneration scene ever, nor did they see the Gonds smashing the Learning Machines in "The Krotons" where the machines were revealed to be made of balsa-wood with tabs of mounting tape everywhere -- I mean, these were BAAAAAD! But also endearing. I loved your Reply, and I too look forward to what is next. The show has always been about change, and I love it. The musical numbers? I thought they were fantastic, and I still rewatch clips of the Goblin Song and think it's hilarious and so well done! Would have been fabulous in Tom Baker's time --- I could see him breaking out with "If you Laugh at my Scarf I will make you Barf!" or something. Some people need to lighten up definitely!!! 😀😀😀😀
The doctor is finally back to hating on capitalism. Kablam doesn't exist, it can't hurt you. Kablam was a collective fever dream. 13 did not do exactly the opposite, both in the capitalism and the algorithm AI fronts. How odd. Its almost like she was entirely out of character eh
Thanks, Chibnall.
I'm pretty old now, but I'm a Daddy's girl at heart and I have to say... I cried. As you said, the best episode in 7 years.
I loved this. I actually thought Millie Gibson was really strong in this episode too. There is something really captivating about their relationship.
Thank the Holy bollocks that we got a slower episode. Some time to breathe and get to love the new Doctor.
I’ve seen a lot of people say this is the best episode since before Chibs, but the disrespect for Wild Blue Yonder is cray cray!
Calling this the best episode since "Chibs" is disrespectful to every episode created since, not just one you enjoyed.
But I completely agree with those who say that.
Personally I like Wild Blue Yonder, The Giggle and The Devil’s Chord more than Boom.
From the Chibnall era I might put Power of the Doctor above Boom as well.
Steven Moffat is back! Beautiful episode! No one does it like him.
Absolutely loved it. They somehow made 45 minutes of The Doctor standing still riveting. Days of companions who don't do anything are finally gone. Doctor Who is back and I couldn't be happier
Boom: BOOM! 🤯
Keep up the great work Danny!
completely agree with everything you said, the show finally slowed down and gave us absolutely gripping telly. I was so worried I was overhyping myself but nah it was doctor who at it's best. fair fuckin play moffat. I really hope any new viewers that were maybe unsure on the show stick around for this one.
Also, did you notice that Mundy Flynn is played by Varada Sethu who will be the new companion next year
Steven Moffatt IS Doctor Who... Nobody writes DW like him
I love his stand alone episodes, becasue he has a time frame to get in, I like his seasons, but it is hard to watch single episodes from his era, as he had those complex stories.
@@klidopido I like complex stories, but they need to be in service of something meaningful. The problem with most of Moffat's season arcs is that we spend a LOT of time setting everything up, only for the ending to get supremely muddled. Stuff like "the hybrid" just sort of trail off into nothing, and the Silence/crack in space plot gets resolved with like one brief line of dialogue that doesn't feels rushed and very last minute, which after multiple seasons of build-up is not only lame but it also covers those preceding seasons in a massive wet blanket on rewatch because you know where it's all heading. It wouldn't be as bad if individual episodes in Moffat's seasons were more standalone, and some are which is nice, but many of them dedicate significant attention to the season arc. RTD, whether you love his season arc or not (and I do), even if you hate them you can still enjoy like 90% of episodes because the season arc stuff is way more subtle.
Robert holmes is close.
You are so hilarious 😂 I love your reactions to Doctor Who, top tier editing. It’s always a good time 🤣 I’m not much past the intro and loving it already
Thank you so much 😊
Brilliant episode, Brilliant review.
I liked Space Babies, it was so much fun 😅
Ikr. It was fun and love the Space Babies. But it definitely not winning any rewards.
This was really a nice episode tonally. The situation is pretty tense the whole way through but it avoids being as chaotic as previous episodes. Honestly I love this midnight-esque bottle episode
Opening with the least enthusiastic jumpscare ever... I loved it!
OMG, I absolutely loved it!!! I've missed Doctor Who so much! Steven Moffat is my all time favorite!❤
The death of the father got me in the feels 😢
I like how, even with a Disney budget, DW follows its instincts and still has a bottle episode.
You know, that one device that Jack used to break 13 out of prison, that stops time and lets people walk through walls, would be really useful in this situation. The Doctor should really go to the factory where they make those things, or just get the TARDIS to make them, then situations like this would never happen again.
No matter how often I hear the slang "game-ended", I always hear it as "gay-mended". It must be my age...
God, this was an episode that showed how well Ncuti can act, while also showing how terrible some of the other acting is. Hopefully next week sells me on Ruby Sunday, and I hope we never see splice again.
your reactions are great again this was my fav out of the 3 cause of the darkness in it and the acting was good im pretty sure the old lady on the monitor in the ambulance was the old cafeteria lady in devils chord and on the monitor abit in space babies idk but i love your reactions bro keep up the good work
it is the same woman yes. Susan Twist :)
@@DannyTDW ye thats probably is going to be used for a big episode cant wait to see
Speaking as a die-hard, die-for-her Jinkx and drag fan, she wasn’t at 100%. Some of the pauses in her delivery seemed less ominous than awkward. I watched the previous 3 excruciating seasons after giving up on the show just to be caught up to watch her episode. I wasn’t disappointed, but if you’ve seen as much of her as I have, I was expecting more. When she nailed it though, it stayed nailed.
Just got done watching your brilliant moffat era video this morning. Made me notice the terrible child acting so much more.
Thought the episode was on the right track. But I'm more just glad I found this channel. Keep up the good work.
This wasnt kerblam 😂
Also that Strawberry Milk looked banging tbf
As a massive fan of Moffat's episodes and era. This episode was just perfect. Gone are the days of kerblam where the doctor supported space amazon. Nah, fuck capitalism. Could not be happier, so far this season is shaping to be great stuff.
I have rewatched Space babies the most.
Really good to see Varada Sethu make her debut in this episode playing Mundy.
Oh, you didn’t notice?
Sometimes Doctor Who has these moments…
HYPEEEEEE
I’m OK with the love interest given that the female soldier (Mundy) is the new companion.
Yeah, I really hope this actual character is the new companion, we have some backstory for her, and it'd be nice to have a companion that isn't from modern day earth for once.
The snowflake at the end bludgeoning in a cliffhanger, like the bloody crack in the wall🤣🤣 And yeah it’s def a bit of a replaying of Greatest Hits, but in a really fun and well written way, and also very much looking forward to how the anti-fan freaks try to spin this as propaganda lmaooooo
Anti-capitalism propaganda or smtg lmao
They really don’t like the anti-capitalist and blind faith messages.
i really enjoyed this episode, as much as i appreciate how amazing the devils chord was, i actually liked this episode more simply because it really is doctor who to its core, i loved the tension (i was on the edge of my seat the entire time) and i didn’t expect varada sethu to appear so early on!!
can we just bring back stephen moffat as the showrunner? i can look past his writing with one hand if we get more episodes like this hahaha
of course there was the bad child acting, short lived love story placed at the worst time & unnecessary sexual references but that honestly didn’t bring the episode down for me
I would rather have RTD as showrunner with few episodes from Moffat :) as it is now.
@@klidopidoactually, yes, please
I think 'the Moff' writes his best episodes when he doesn't have showrunning to worry about...
All in all feeling the same as you describe about this season, a few differences here and there but negligible. Although this episode left me... Unfulfilled? Maybe it was the pre-hype for Moffatt, but pretty sure it's safe to say it was not on the level that Blink was. I do get that once the landmine is diffused that's the end of the episode, but it felt rushed anyway.
Also, when Susan the Ambulance read out Ruby's age was that more like how Amy had hers read in The Beast Below and it based it on the time difference between her birth date and the date the episode was set in the future, or is it more of an "Amount of time lived" since an ambulance is programmed to base it's findings at a biological level not a "We searched your birthday in a database so you must be many thousands of years old"? Picking up what I'm putting down? I could imagine Susan the Ambulance was reading her DNA and I mean each episode has been telling us that her heritage is curious to say the least so it may affect the results.
Probably looking into it too deeply but I was surprised when Susan the Ambulance read out such a high number, why would she not say Ruby's biological age?
There might be some offset due it is Ruby, and something is wrong, we know that much. What if she has messed up DNA, and DNA is that old?
@@klidopido Yea that's what I was thinking, we've now been introduced to the concept of god like beings having offspring, I've seen talk of Ruby being one such being, and it seems like this is what the episodes so far have been leaning towards.
But if Susan the Ambulance is correct then I'd be a bit unsatisfied with the DNA being 3082 years old considering Maestro says "How could a song hold so much power. And power like him" (Doctor replies: "Like who?") "The Oldest One". At the moment I'm of the impression that Ruby is the daughter of this Oldest One who I would assume is way more than 3082 years old
I loved this episode. Stephen Moffat holding a mirror up to the Americans and showing them how terrible they are. Although I still doubt any American would get it. Capitalistic, war loving, gun toting, God fearing idiots that love money more than the lives and health of their people, a brilliant analogy of modern day America. Moffat is so good at individual episodes under different showrunners than he is when he is the actual showrunner. Best episode this series so far. Finally proper Doctor Who is back.
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When you were showing the worst villains, you forgot about the Abzorbaloff, possibly the cringiest of all lmao 🤣
Loved your reaction, and the predictions were on point :D
I don't want to hate on the child actor, I bet she did a great job with what she had to work with but I hated hated hated the character.. She is at least 5 years to old to be that stupid and detached from reality. I can imagine a world where even her delulu character would have made sense if she was introduced as this child living in this ideology bubble, protected from her father indoctrinated by the anglicans or what not. But with what little we know about her she is simply stupid (sorry rant over).
Overall I loved this episode a lot. Like you I felt like "this is the Doctor back in action". Most of the time I like these almost intimate episodes. Small setting, small cast meaningful interactions and brilliant dialogue.
Loved this episode and yeah, spot on with your opinions! I don't understand how all of a sudden, DW is woke now. When all of the elements in todays Who, was there in New Who (2005 onwards. Hell, even in the Originals). So basically, all those anti-woke scums can suck it lol.
Hmm, not sure how I felt. On one hand, I loved the episode and the tension, wasn't expecting Ruby to be shot. I loved how the dad saved the day and his character was really good, along with Splice (yes dont shoot me i thought she was really good and the acting was fine from her). But on the other hand, a few things stopped me from it being my favourite, mainly Murphy and the extremely long opening, idk something about her character just annoyed me and I couldn't get my head around their relationship. Overall I would say 8/7.5 (9 if that character was a bit different), but the overall concepts of this episode I just love, I just felt the characters brought down the episode. So I would agree with your opinion.
Although Ncuti acting once again was a speculator.
You're not a real Doctor Who fan jodie bot
@MichaelM28 actually shut the F up. You're bot for saying the same thing all of the time
its verger as in sacrist, not virgin
yes... i know... it was a joke
Verger ( church role ) not virgin
i know aha.. it was a joke
when is chris chibnal rankings gunna be out?
I liked this episode a lot, it’s definitely a Moffat episode and there’s some great tension, some great messages and some great dialogue and callbacks. But it’s not one of his strongest imo, I didn’t care much for the setting, the child acting wasn’t great and it did resolve very quickly.
My biggest issue though revolves around the Doctor and Ruby. I think having only 8 episodes has really hurt their relationship, having this big dramatic moment of Ruby being shot and the Doctor being devastated would have worked so much better if this wasn’t episode 3 and they hadn’t cut out 6 months of their time together. If this had been like episode 8 out of 13 in the old days it would have hit so much harder and been so much more believable. I know it’s not really RTD or Moffat’s fault but that really stops me from absolutely loving this episode because I just don’t feel that impact, it also makes it confusing that they’ve been together 6 months and this is the first alien planet.
Bruv where’s that dookie chibnall episodes video at?
Soon come soon come my child
This episode was great, but all of the side characters in this episode pissed me off
You lose cool points for the strawberry milkshake. That stuff smells awful! Chocolate milk is the BEST. The ONLY part of the ep I didn't like, was the talk between Mundy and the dude right before he passed. It felt out of place and kinda broke the tension. Maybe just me, but yeah. That part I could of done without!
I really cant deal with ‘Moffat-y’ dialogue anymore after watching six years of it so this one got dragged down a bit by that for me. And the retread of all his greatest hits but slightly worse had me just kinda bored. Ncuti and Millie brought the acting chops and the change of tone was welcome so all in all an ok episode
Doctor who has always been "woke" and about change. One of the first showrunners was queer as well
Jon Nathan turner
In the 80's
my only criticism is that child actress, she was terrible
Tbh I found this episode really boring. As you pointed out in your review it was just basically moffat replaying the old hits. I much preferred the fun of the first two episodes
Yeah I felt the opening was a bit too long. Can't be the only one who couldn't careless about the Mundy character, I felt the whole relationship really dragged the episode down. Shame really as everything else was really good.
Premise is great, the Doctor is great, the mine and the ambulance were great, the AI dad was great, everything else I didn’t really care for which is why this isn’t a 10/10 episode for me personally.
I just don't think I'm ever going to like moffats writing to be honest but most people seem to like the episode so that's good. I'm happy to have an unpopular opinion lol
@Sparx632 same here. The supporting characters (apart from Splice and her dad) I didn't really love so, so when the other guy died I didn't really felt any strong emotional feelings.
@@teelaprincessofparrots3808 fair enough 👌. Not everyone is going to love a episode.
The devils chord was a nothing burger, to me it felt like characters reciting lines and nothing more.
Truly the start when you were calling out other fan's of the show saying you think they not a true fan look i was born in late 90's i was young when i first watched doctor who, i'm going to be honest the story feel's ok this ep but how 15th doctor act's he fucking cry's close to every ep we seen him in what happened to thinking not crying when you dont get you're own way, there talk about the show might be canned in 2026 because what i heard is there only going to be 2 season's of 15th doctor after that they done. honestly i think the 15th doctor going to die and we going to see the 14th doctor again, or the show going to be canned for 20+ years again i think doctor who has gone for along time and its time to set it down for while, but i'm going to say don't say the people who watched doctor who not fan's i'm a true fan but how i'm seeing doctor who is heading aiming stuff that kids i'm not saying that because im not a kid anymore i dont care if doctor who is a kid's show but you said it you're self the writer's are writing horny stuff in to the story and not all ep's are for kid's because how the story is with some ep's.
I was talking about the anti-woke “fans” Not classic who fans. I’m talking about how they tend to think they have an argument because they claim they are fans of the classic era. I didn’t say ALL classic who fans did I?
Listen to the point I’m making fella.
The Moff is back! Great call backs. Great episode
Anyone saying that the Doctor crying is annoying them needs to seriously get in the bin! Firstly, there's nothing wrong with crying, it's healthy and it's good to see a role model like the Doctor allowing his feelings to show. Secondly, and most importantly, so far every time he's shed a tear it's either spurred him on to action, or at least not stopped him, at all! To me it shows true courage, and the ability to channel those emotions into resolving issues. I actually think it's wonderful.