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Glad you liked it! I honestly have no idea. I don't even know how something like that could get onto my ship, way out here in space. Guess I'll have to set out some traps! 🤔

lol yep first again! Thanks for the unwavering support 😁

I second that. ;)

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Oh that’s awesome! Good ol’ WTTW. Yeah I think they were cycling those first 4 Tom Baker seasons on repeat around that time. It’s a pretty solid intro episode for kids to get into it. Fun and not too long.

Thanks! Will do!

Thanks, glad you’re enjoying it!

lol that girl was pretty bad unfortunately. She’s definitely a factor that brought the grade down. Rogue was great. Ncuti deserved better this season. Hopefully Season 2 will feature more great stories from guest writers and less from the showrunner.

Thanks so much for the thoughtful comments! You know, framing the Devil’s Chord like a 60’s throw-back akin to Batman actually sells it a bit for me. I love the self-aware high-camp of 60’s Batman. I’ll have to rewatch with that in mind, maybe I’ll enjoy it more. I think Dot and Bubble is growing on me a bit, and I do respect and appreciate different opinions on it. Totally feel you on the D- finale. I may have been too lenient because it does anger me a bit more every time I think about it lol. It’s definitely Insulting to the fans’ intelligence.

Thanks so much! That’s so cool that you started on WTTW with Tom Baker as well. Glad to get the seal of approval from a classic fan. I do look forward to Season 2 as well, didn’t love everything this season but it definitely has potential and the Doctor is great!

Thanks so much! Yeah Lost is a great comparison. It totally has that JJ Abrams improvised mystery box feel about it. Ironic since RTD has publicly stated that he made Ruby normal in response to the way JJ Abrams ended up making Rey the granddaughter of Palpatine. Looks like he missed the point. People didn’t like that not just because it was yet another “chosen one” story, but because it completely contradicted everything they showed in the previous film. I’ll get more stuff up as soon as possible no worries, and thanks for watching!

100% agree. This show is built on a gradual slow burn mystery and the organic building of character relationships. I hate that they’re being forced into the modern streaming landscape’s frankly dysfunctional abbreviated season format.

Thanks, always great to see you in the comments!

lol I love the idea but I think you may be right. I think RTD was on vacation when he wrote these seasons. But I’ll hold out hope!

Oh wow, thank you so much! I'm flattered. I appreciate that you like the videos even if I come to different conclusions than you on some of them. Different points of view are the lifeblood of media discourse! I'm also always ready to hear alternate opinions in the comments, and sometimes I'm even persuaded by them. I'll definitely keep it up, genuinely enjoying making these!

@@theKtransmission - did I mention that I think you REALLY nailed the finale? It was one of the best reviews of it I read/listened to.

Oh, is that the reason? I need to rewatch, but as convenient and all-purpose as those earrings are, that actually makes sense.

Yeah for real, his powerlessness and how easily he was defeated at the end was inexcusably bad.

Yeah the memes are hilarious, this is true. Unfortunately, they’re hilarious because they’re accurately mocking a truly ludicrous story. I’m also disappointed because I wanted better for Ncuti’s first season.

Yeah it’s unfortunately baked into a lot of stuff the Who showrunners make. They seem to be able to tell cool, satisfying individual stories, but don’t seem to really care at all about their season-long arcs making sense. I could never get into Sherlock for that exact reason.

Haha thanks!

That’s a good point, I didn’t even think about that! There were so many crazy moments in this that I think it just got lost in the shuffle. She had no idea there was even someone there to find the baby. She just straight up walks away. Of course just wait until the Doctor’s memory conveniently changes again next episode and suddenly we’re seeing her handing the baby directly to the priest lol. I’ll def do a Romana video in the near future ✌️

My mind is just very much on babies and baby safety so it sent off alarms in my brain. She could have left her at a hospital or a fire station or even INSIDE the church. Ruby is a much more forgiving human than I am because I would not thank my birth mother for leaving me to freeze to death. Anywho - can't wait for your next video!

lol that makes sense. Good to get a mother’s point of view!

You dare to question the great and all powerful RTD? 😉

I had the exact same thought. I even had a theory that Sutekh’s soul split to form Ruby. All wrong though haha

This is now canon.

I mean, it looks pretty clearly to me that 15 hit the original TARDIS with the mallet, and a second TARDIS was knocked out if it. The original looked exactly the same inside, while the new one had a ramp and a jukebox. 14 kept the original and 15 took the new one. Seemed pretty clear the way they play it in the episode, at least to me. If RTD is saying that then it feels like a retcon, but I wouldn’t put it past him.

Nice!

@@theKtransmission What do you reckon? Got to be a thing hasnt it.

Well, RTD planted a lot of bad seeds so it’s not that surprising really. I was just working with the false evidence presented to me all season. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks! Turns out it's a bit different than I predicted to say the least. Still curious who Mrs. Flood is. I'm really trying to resist thinking she's the Rani again lol.

Thanks so much! Ah right, the copyright issues! I covered that a bit at the tail end of my Rani theory video but I can summarize here, as well as a few new tidbits of info I learned since then: As far as I can tell, nobody publicly knows the status of the rights to the Rani character. After Pip and Jane Baker, the original writers and creators of the character, died, nobody knows who the rights passed to, since they had no children. It could be just be in the hands of an unresponsive relative, or a law firm or something. The BBC did launch investigations to find the owner, but nothing has ever been publicly announced. However, there are a few pieces of evidence that I feel indicate that the BBC / Disney have acquired the rights and just not publicly announced it (probably to prevent spoilers if/when they decide to use the character). There is a new playing card released last year and added to the Doctor Who Magic the Gathering set that is for the Rani character, explicitly designed to be the Kate O'mara version from "Time and the Rani." There is a line that was cut from the original draft of "The Giggle" where Mel goes on a short tirade explaining who the Rani is and her adventures in "Time and the Rani," as well as a line that did make it into Space Babies where 15 explicitly name-drops the character. Finally, Ncuti Gatwa stated in an interview that he specifically wants to face off against the Rani. I don't think they could make the card without having the rights to the character, and the cast and writers seem to be intentionally weaving her back into the lore of the show. That's all I've got though, a bit slim I know! But I have hope, because I think she's a great character that deserves the NuWho treatment.

Exactly! I didn't dive too deep into the Timeless Child or Doctor origins in this cuz I feel like this season is so Ruby-centric, but that's exactly the logic I'm working off of. His unknown origins just fits too perfectly into RTD's new fantastical god themes. Maybe all gods originate from another plane of existence and enter our realm through wormholes in space-time. Maybe that's why they can break the fourth wall and see us, because they're used to and aware of the different realms of reality.

Oh dang, Horus! Didn't even think about that, but that fits really well. It even pulls in a bit more of the Egyptian mythology, since Horus was the son of Set's (Sutekh's) murdered brother, as opposed to actually being Set's brother, unlike the Doctor Who versions of Sutekh and Horus. So if Ruby is the daughter of Horus, it brings the whole "avenging offspring" element into the story. I like it! And yeah Mrs. Flood being a Time Lady and watching over Ruby makes sense. She's gotta be Time Lord-related in some way.

Nice 13 reference

Nice! The visual clues and her final line just fit it too perfectly, right?

Thanks! Haha yeah my Rani theory did end up being pretty wild, but I had fun making it! I guess I figured there were enough Sutkh theory videos out there so I wanted to cover a different angle, and then I ended up convincing myself that was the right path lol. Now that Sutekh has been revealed, all the other puzzle pieces feel like they're falling into place a lot easier. I don't think I've got everything right, but I feel like some of this makes sense.

That’s a cool connection, maybe!

Could be! My only thing about that theory is that the woman is very clearly a woman in these scenes, body type and all that. So are you saying that’s a future regeneration of the Doctor? Or perhaps 13 came by to help out? Or the Doctor is wearing like a holographic disguise or something. But yeah, in the world of Doctor Who it’s totally possible.

Yeah she’s a real conundrum! My theory is kinda wobbly on her, I gotta admit. The idea that she went on an adventure between the beginning and end of the Church on Ruby Road is a great theory that I think holds a lot of water.

I feel almost certain that this is true. Something happened to her between those moments and I think that will be shown in the finale. perhaps she will journey back to Ruby Road with the Doctor and be merged with the Tardis somehow and then returned to that moment where she breaks the 4th wall.

No problem! You’re exactly the kind of fan I’m trying to get the info to 😊 Hope you’re enjoying this season!

Good point. I think the Boom one made me feel like it was a sort of “stealth” fourth wall break, because there have been so many this season and the way they turned and looked towards the camera made it feel like it could be interpreted that way. I can tell the difference between a fourth wall break and the character just looking towards the direction of the camera, or the camera being the POV of another character, but I feel like if my theory is true, then RTD is playing with the language of cinema to sneak in these 4th wall breaks disguised as regular shots, as clues for who is secretly a god. Wild I know, but I really like this concept if it’s true.

I wanted to give this Doctor the benefit of the doubt but yeah… not impressed with how he handled Sutekh. I completely blame the showrunner’s writing, not the actor.

Just to be clear, I do specify that Set, the Egyptian god the Doctor Who character Sutekh is based on, is the god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners. I only refer to the Doctor Who character as the god of death, which is what he calls himself in the episode. You are right though, the lord of the underworld in Egyptian mythology is Osiris. Also just a fun fact: Anubis was the lord of the underworld in Egyptian mythology before he was replaced by Osiris. He's the one I usually think of first.

I am sorry...in a way...I know that probably in the Doc. Mythology maybe a discrepancy...I thank you for the kind words and the time you take to reply to me...really appreciate and not usual. But still...I am sorry. I cannot understand this coward Doc.Who....standing on my point of view he is useless as I would be...quite different from what I expect from an amazing lord of time...the last one of his race...who choose to protect and educate our race in the time to come...he did sacrifice...he also sacrifice himself...in a way...but do not feed me this bad bad version like it was The Doctor...it is only a weak attempt to put other issue in a story of a character that does not need this ideas...maybe is my fault but then...how you can explain this low appreciation from fans and no interest at all from the whole viewers? Seriously...watch the old episodes...not even the oldest one...and you will feel the difference...if you don't...well...nothing else to say...but I will never say this little useless doc is something I like...I will tell you that's is a crap put up to put forward other issue I will not go in to..just to avoid more useless discussion. Since I think this place is really not a fair ground. Taking away the Doc Soul and think that is good?...go on your way...I'll cut it out this now...everyone have his truth...as long as you feel fine with it

S TRIAD is an anagram of TARDIS, isn’t it? Or are you referring to SUTEKH, where they had a bunch of leftover letters and magically added a K in there?

@@theKtransmission correct...was referred to sutekh stuff

@theKtransmission but the " Doctor" said...: was the wrong anagram. Showing once more how pitiful is this Doc...since is no anagram at all

What homage are you referring to?

Tom Baker was the perfect Doctor, I agree. I love the way he behaves in “Pyramids of Mars,” for example, becoming cold and grave as the threat grows, showing a more alien, analytical side that Sarah is actually a bit scared by. I like Ncuti as the Doctor, and I’m okay with a new take where he’s more openly emotional on occasion, but this Doctor cried WAY too much and actually just came off a bit unstable and melodramatic in the end.

In retrospect, I dearly wish the overcrowded cast was the biggest flaw in this 2-part finale. Good lord.

Definitely a top level threat to the Doctor, it’s true. I wonder how he escapes that hand of death!

Yeah that was so weird how they did that! I was also distracted waiting to see what happened to that guy lol. I just finishing watching the old classic “The Pyramids of Mars” and yeah, OG Sutekh is scarier, at least so far! I really hope they give us some cool Sutekh scenes next episode.

Yeah I think you’re right, once he’s out he is free. But what if he’s not really, fully “out” so to speak? What if the TARDIS is acting as a sort of anchor for him, preventing him from being pulled back to where his body is meant to be held within the time tunnel?

Excellent theory! I think you may be right.

This is a totally sound theory. That explains her personality shifts! Although, she also seems to be putting on an act as well, like how she switched when she was alone with Ruby Sunday. So it could just be an act from the start. Regardless, I think your theory holds a lot of water. I do think she's directly involved with Ruby, and that she has access to a TARDIS at some point in the story. I would not be surprised if she ended up being the woman on Ruby Road, either as her mother or caretaker.

Hardly anyone mentions this, so thank you because that has been on my mind with this. There was a definite change for Mrs. Flood between complaining about the phone box and then not only being fine with it, but knowing what a TARDIS is.

That’s a good point! There may be some timey-wimey shenanigans afoot. They discovered the possessed TARDIS by running the tape backwards, and it was definitely from a different trip than the initial one the Doctor took. Maybe Sutekh infected the TARDIS in the future and then traveled backwards in time or something? Intriguing… Thanks for pointing that out!

I'd say before the special around regeneration time.

Question!: If Sutekh latched on prior to the bi-generation, then does that mean there’s now two Sutekhs, since they doubled the TARDIS with the magic mallet at the end of “The Giggle?” Or did Sutekh hang onto 15’s TARDIS exclusively?

@@theKtransmission Pushed off 14 left on 15. Force of mavity

Excellent assessment! WE&T is a great example of a the first part of a Doctor Who finale feeling stand-alone. This episode definitely has its moments and I really liked parts of it, but yeah, definitely a puzzle piece episode. Good call on the "vessel" line! I was just turning that over in my head but hadn't hit on the TARDIS yet. I think you're totally right! I wonder what Sutekh was able to offer the TARDIS in order to seduce it? Interesting theory! That makes sense that Sutekh would control the dead. I'm not quite following though- what does the "C" stand for? Corpse? And as for 73 Yards, I do think there's some secrets to Ruby's origins hidden in there somewhere. Perhaps her ability to hitch a ride back through time on her dead old self is part of her secret powers?

@@theKtransmission Re the “c” surname - the leader dude who appears at the end is called Brewster Cavendish, but the episode spent SO LONG emphasising not only that the deaths were alphabetical, but that “c comes before p!” that it struck me as bizarre that would slip by if it’s an oversight somewhere. Definitely possible it’s just a mistake or a dropped scene or a script shift or something, but Sutekh being confirmed made me wonder.