He was also a very shy, awkward, introverted man. Why wasn't the Doctor suspicious when Newton was looking and behaving so differently to the actual historical figure?
@@CCFONESOLPeople like you always complain about the left bringing politics into everything and yet it's all you talk about. Do you really think people are trying to pretend Newton was white? Or does it make more sense that the actor wanted a go at playing Newton and the colour of their skin didn't prevent that. It's a fictional world mate, make up some headcannon like maybe the timelines are all weird and Newton is a different ethnicity because of it. Like seriously, theres bigger things to be angry about. Be angry at your bills and the politicians that make them so high. For the sake of your own mental health.
@@oatymilkshakeok then, I'm white and I want to play Martin Luther King, can I do that? It just creates less of a headache for everyone if you just keep the historical characters as they were when they were around. If they were black get a black actor in, if they were white, get a white one in. Its so easy and I think the fact its so easy is the thing that people are getting annoyed about.
Honestly the most unsettling and uncanny valley episode I’ve seen since I was younger watching Midnight, I had horrible chills when the fake doctor was just looking motionlessly at Donna and said “My arms are too long” UGH CHILLS.
It's hard to explain, but RTD is the master of making those things that give you nightmares that don't sound like they should be scary but are. Like when you're a child and you're just weirdly scared of a random inanimate object at your gran's house for some reason.
There was the moment with Donna and the Doctor trying to tell if the person in front of them was fake, and I actually thought it was the real Doctor taking off his tie.
@@CompleteIndie Yup, the tie thing was a moment that was really how the Doctor would think, talking about how they might have a different concept of surface and texture. That turned up the scare factor, since they don't just have their memories, but even copy their way of thinking to an extend.
That scene... I knew at the beginning who was who but the editing, acting, and scripting, along with he fast pace... By halfway through the scene I couldn't tell anymore who was who 😭 incredible work
I was so happy to see Wilf at the end. It's been over a year since he passed, but I'm overjoyed that he was able to come back for this, with all the whimsy and emotion of his prior performances too. I think we'll miss him a whole lot, but if this is gonna be his last role, I think we can say he went out with a bang. RIP Bernard Cribbins 1928-2022
The Star Beast felt like an okay return. This on the other hand felt like a call back to RTD’s kind of writing that pulled me into Doctor Who back in the days of Tennant’s first run. Brilliant episode.
@@nathanielfarkas4431 Star Beast was clearly just trying to get through the story so we could get to this point. It suffered because of it but the worst RTD is better then the best Chibnal. This shows he has still go it.
I quite liked Star Beast - it felt like a great middle ground, there was so much to be done - the mystery about why 10 returned, incorporating aspects of 14’s personality, providing a way to get Donna out of the corner they’d written her into. IMO that the episode came out as great as it did is fantastically impressive.
I was so impressed by the fact that RTD was able to get us a full halfway through the episode without us knowing what the heck was going to happen. That actually takes some skill, even if it risks the audience being let down by the rest.
This episode was David and Catherine’s “Heaven Sent”. A WHOLE episode of just the Doctor (and in this case Donna) carrying the entire story by themselves. FANTASTIC story. Easily one of my favorite episodes of all time. Instant classic. Molto bene!!!
I absolutely LOVE bottle episodes and episodes where there's just one or two actors total-- Heaven Sent was that way, and this one is great for it too!
I knew she was going to be saved, but that didn't stop me from empathising with the situation. She essentially thought the Doctor had just killed her in favour of some fake creature version of her, on an adventure she didn't even want to be on. It was horrible to watch.
@@alansmithee419nah he mistakes the evil Donna for the real Donna and said "your arms are too long", chucked her out and got the real Donna. It's over monsters claiming as them as well
Doctor Who going into abstract directions often tell some of the best tales of the Whonivese and that's absolutely the case here!! Creepy and heartfelt is my favorite flavor of Who!!
The editing in this one was fantastic. Slowly realizing what was happening was absolutely brilliant. Great concept. I'm glad doctor who is allowed to be experimental again!
I really wish that Donna had died at the end - would have been a massive moment that also would have made sense too. Doctor only knowing Donna 99% accurately and ultimately, it caused her death in the most heartbreaking way.
@tiagobaenre5973 How in the hell are pronouns pushing a political/mental illness acceptance agenda? You do know that everyone has pronouns, don't you? But apparently to people like you, using pronouns is "pushing a political agenda". Grow up.
I can already tell this is gonna be one of those episodes you just regularly watch because it’s so compelling and interesting and everything about it came together just like the olden days. I’m so happy
I almost broke down in tears when Bernard appeared. And that dedication in the credits, the perfect tribute. Wilfred Stanley Mott will always be one of the Doctor's greatest friends in the Whoniverse, same with the late Bernard Cribbins, who we dearly miss.
I enjoyed this special immensely, especially considering the Doctor was without his Tardis or screwdriver, exploring the unknown. That and being at the edge of creation with aliens from absolute nothing coming into form shaped emotionally by what they've absorbed from the Universe. RTD you are coming back strong. I need the 3rd special now! Also, that ending though, from a huge smile on my face for seeing Donna's grand, Wilfred, to WTF is going down. I like that, I really do. What felt like 84 years for new Who was well worth it. Alons y!
The sudden realization that the Doctor and Donna weren’t alone and the unnerving vibes of the two monsters really goes a long way in making this special so special.
Yeah I thought that too, even at 93 he had the same energy he had in The End Of Time, he was an absolute trooper and he well and truly deserves to rest in peace 💔
I’ve rewatched first one and it felt old fashioned who. This felt like something Who does great. Very unsettling like Blink, Midnight. Next week will be like the end of Tennant and Tate big season finale. Then into the new Dr Who.
This episode was really spectacular. It was perfect. It's also amazing that Tenant's 14th Doctor doesn't feel exactly like his portrayal of the 10th Doctor. There are certainly elements in there, but the 14th does feel more mature. The 14th Doctor has learned to express his emotions more. In many ways, I can see some influence from Peter Capaldi's Doctor in there.
Watching this episode was so fun because I had no idea what was going on, then when “Donna” came into the room and said kind of flatly “i did what you said” I immediately was like “that’s not Donna” then I kept repeating that until I eventually realized that the “Doctor” that was with real Donna was also not the doctor. As creepy as it was it was so fun to watch!
My husband made me pause the episode as soon as the Doctor walked into Donna's room and sat down without a word. He immediately realized, "that's not the Doctor." What great acting and writing can do!
What a beautiful episode. It's very Midnight-esque, which I think is brilliant on RTD's part, paying homage to one of the greatest episodes of his first run. And the screentime given to the legends Tennant and Tate, incredible. And the "mavity" thread throughout leaves me more curious than ever for the next special
Couldn’t take my eyes of the evil ones, it was just odd watching the normally good characters have terrible versions which was somewhat hypnotic, the way they managed to act like shapeless beings in a shape.
RUSSELL IS BACK!! Loved this episode, could see some of the set up of the next episode from the very beginning with ‘mavity’. For me it was a step up from Star Beast (I did love Star Beast). Gave me flatline and rebel flesh mashup. Really felt the best friend relationship between Donna and the doctor too!!
Sorry, I teared up when Wilf showed up, knowing the actor passed away not long afterwards though, I thought perhaps he was going to be skipped over these next episodes. Seeing his character. I'm very teary.
I think this might be one of my new favorite episodes, it was fantastic I find it interesting that they changed an event, really truly changed it, I wonder if it’ll be something the Doctor fixes or because it was so subtle that that’s just how it is now
@@brookek3116IMAGINE THATS WHAT NCUTI IS RESPONDING TO "I dont... I dont know if I get the mavity of the situation..." "The.. the what? Oh what the HELL is going on here?!"
Oh Russel you’ve reimagined my child hood I feel like I was in early childhood which is what I needed particularly through a difficult period of my life. This gives me hope and the ending of the episode was such a heartwarming welcome home DOCTOR WHO IS BACK
The special was great, just phenomenal! You can tell RTD gkt back into the swing of things with this episode. It was tense, thrilling, and made the viewer feel clever for figuring out the twist. Cannot wait for The Giggle!
@@Freakcheeks I would say it wasn't so much the "woke" stuff but more that the people i.e. The Doctor and Donna were acting so out of character. In the Wild Blue Yonder they were written much more like they were in earlier episodes.
@@johnburn8031 That was one of the most frustrating parts of the Chibnall era as well. It was REALLY hard to criticize anything without being lumped in with the hateful "Anti-woke" snowflakes. I hated it because of poor writing and storytelling, not because of "Woke".
This was so much fun to watch :) The only bit i was confused at is when the doctor said something about “i’ve never been out this far before” despite as far as i know that happening twice, Matt Smith - the living planet thing that eats tardis’ And Jodie Whitaker - in division Edit: i also especially love how after the start bit where isaac says Mavity that both Donna and Doctor keep saying it, except as mavity
House (the thing which ate TARDISes) was in a pocket universe, and Division was in the void between universes, so he must mean this is the furthest out he's been "in" the universe. I guess the previous record would've been in Logopolis..
This one truly creeped me out. And the end, OMG. The walls etc were CGI? Wooooow. It looked amazing. I almost cried when Wilf was sitting there at the end. RIP, Bernard. You’re so missed. 💙
Wondrous episode. Truly. Ranking up there with “Blink”, “Amy’s Choice”, and even “The Empty Child”/“The Doctor Dances” for me. This episode offered the kind of mystery that I had hoped Jodie Whittaker would have been able to experience during her time as the Doctor. I’m stunned by the incredible work of the art and puppeteering teams here as well. I was almost certain the robot was CGI, and I’m glad it was not. Practical effects like that and the doors on the walls that the Doctor and Donna end up getting spun around by are so much more convincing than CGI will ever be.
Cried when I saw wilf at the end though 😢 RIP Bernard you absolute legend!! Can’t believe it’s been over a year so clearly getting close to 2 years since this was filmed.
I was so moved and happy to see Bernard Cribbons once again, a.k.a Wilfred Mott. God bless this man, you will be missed by the entire community, RIP old soldier 😢
This was absolutely a fantastic story and David and Catherine were phenomenal. This felt like such a pure doctor who story with heavy science fiction and really interesting villains which reminded me of Adam from torchwood that existed outside of the universe.
I only just noticed now that the stand in for Catherine has completely straight hair while Catherine has like a sway at the bottom and it’s maybe a bit darker 😂 It was so bittersweet seeing Bernard. I’m glad he got included before he died but I wish he had been able to film more. I don’t wanna say goodbye yet… 😢 RIP
Loved this episode. Though people keep saying it's "unlike any Doctor Who episode or TV episode". I disagree. This reminded me of Midnight (in a good way). This episode felt like Midnight meets the 2016 film Passengers. And any story involving imposters like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Secret Invasion, etc. In fact, it reminded me of a lot of Doctor Who episodes involving landing in spooky mostly empty ships and places (The Girl in the Fireplace, 42, Silence in the Library, Under the Lake, Sleep No More, Heaven Sent, Smile, Oxygen, World Enough & Time, etc). This one was just particularly interesting. Come to think of it, this would have made a really cool Capaldi episode.
This was the best episode of Doctor Who in a very long time! I haven't felt amazed, scared, and excited about Who since Blink or Midnight. RTD and the cast and crew were amazing
The way the doppelgangers had intimate moments with the Doctor and Donna definitely gave me Solaris vibes which of course became more The Thing when they morphed out of shape. Also, the giant versions felt like Attack on Titan with how unsettling the human form is when it's stretched into crazy proportions.
Might have to watch this episode again tomorrow, because I was in a crowded room and couldn't hear a thing, but from what I saw, it looked really...interesting. I originally thought they were going to end with the Doctor leaving with the wrong Donna and the real Donna dying, which would have been an interesting cliffhanger (and I would've like to see it, because it's my kind of ending). But on the other hand, we might have lost the Wilf ending, which would've also been a terrible shame.
I can't stop thinking of this epiosde. I was screaming through out the whole thing. I dont normally like horror but Doctor Who horror is great for me. This epiosde reminda so much of Midnight. It like sister epiosde to it. So far 2 out 2 great epiosdes. I can't wait for the 3rd even more. I was already excited because of NPH is in it. Also seeing Donna's grandfather was emotional. RIP to the actor.
I really can appreciate the mavity of the situation now after seeing tonight’s episode and the work that went into it behind the scenes. My jaw was on the floor thanks to mavity and a cup of coffee in the TARDIS. On a serious note though, RIP Bernard Cribbins, you were an incredible actor and I hope you know that, I sobbed my eyes out seeing Wilf at the end, I’m so glad he made it into tonights 60th anniversary special ❤️.
I adored this episode so much, the more villainous 'Doctor' was really impressive. The smirk when they were exchanging heated words through the glass door, WOW! And those teeth, BUY, those TEETH were probably one of the the best parts of this episode. That fake Doctor was REALLY GOOD!
The Star Beast was fine but just didn't feel like Doctor Who to me. I was feeling really worried about the future of the Whoniverse....but THIS. This is Doctor Who. Wild Blue Yonder was WONDERFUL and I think it'll be an instant classic
I gotta say, this episode brought me back to my 13 year old self watching empty child, midnight, impossible planet, and all the scariest episodes. I KNEW the moment the Doctor entered the room silently and squatted down in a weird way. Something was off. But then David’s big eyes made me question my initial suspicions. The moment they switched to the other room, I knew something was up. Fantastic episode. Can’t wait to rewatch lol
Okay, so horror movies and stuff have never scared or unsettled me, ever since I was a kid. This episode however genuinely unsettled me and made me super uncomfortable with the fake Doctor and Donna, so well done!
The no-thing with their too long arms and how they moved and ended up squished in the hallway visually gave me strong Ghibli vibes. I'm not keen for body horror but the abstractness and Ghibli vibes made it watchable for me. Jimbo was awesome! Brave, not so little, robot. I wanted to give him a good repair job to get rid of all the rusty spots. Poor thing! But he fulfilled his duty marvelously. It's good to see that the vibes of "Midnight" brought up again. The no-things trying to copy humanoids physically and down to their memories seemed just like a different approach to what the Midnight Creature did by trying to copy,,ng their consciousness into a humanoid. And it's also wonderful to see quite some familiar faces from behind the scenes again, like Dan Hargraves.
The acting with the doubles reminds me of making off Midnight, too. With the actress that played the possesed woman and David learning to say the same thing on the same time.
Episodes like this is why we started watching in the first place. I love these two together. Nearly had a stroke when the real Donna was left behind, but had a feeling the Doctor would figure it out. And he did! It was scary, suspenseful , funny and left you on the edge of your seat. More like this please and thank you! ❤
I don’t know if this is a good or bad thing (I’m gonna go with good), but the moment we first see the fake Doctor walk into that first room with Donna I knew something was off. Knowing the Doctor and the fact he was busy in the other room, him just casually strolling back in and doing nothing but have THAT face with no emotion just worked so well as visual storytelling/foreshadowing to the reveal that trickery is afoot. “My arms are too long” Yes, very wrong and creepy
God I haven’t had a Doctor Who episode be so disquieting since Midnight. Kudos to RTD for writing the episode so well that I couldn’t figure out what was going on until it was explained to me in the episode itself! I really want a figure of the Jimbo robot! He’s so cute!!
Good bye, Bernard Cribbins. You will be missed by countless people, all grateful that you made the world, not limited to but including this show, a better place. Thank you.
I thoroughly enjoyed this special in comparison to last week's. It was genuinely interesting and occasionally tense, with the moments of obvious CGI really adding to the creep factor of the Not-Things. I can only hope The Giggle caps these episodes off on a good, strong note. Now that we've had a little time to get past the general nostalgia of David Tennant and Catherine Tate reuniting on screen, I appreciate that this episode clarifies that the 14th Doctor isn't strictly the 10th in a new set of clothes. Sure, he has the appearance and some personality quirks (David has said in interviews that he feels there wouldn't be much point to him returning if he were to play an entirely different character), but there's more than that. The egotism and bluster 10 tended to display is gone, everything that he's been through in his last few incarnations - especially The Flux and learning the truth of his origins - has left him rather broken and he doesn't even try to pretend that he's okay or otherwise dismiss that.
Great to see a new episode with a true mavity in the storytelling.
He was also a very shy, awkward, introverted man. Why wasn't the Doctor suspicious when Newton was looking and behaving so differently to the actual historical figure?
@@CCFONESOL weird thing to fall apart over, but I guess everyone has their hobbies
@@WhyDoINeedOneOfThese So was Alexander Hamelton. Do you point out a Mexican-American is playing him in Hamilton?
@@CCFONESOLPeople like you always complain about the left bringing politics into everything and yet it's all you talk about. Do you really think people are trying to pretend Newton was white? Or does it make more sense that the actor wanted a go at playing Newton and the colour of their skin didn't prevent that. It's a fictional world mate, make up some headcannon like maybe the timelines are all weird and Newton is a different ethnicity because of it. Like seriously, theres bigger things to be angry about. Be angry at your bills and the politicians that make them so high. For the sake of your own mental health.
@@oatymilkshakeok then, I'm white and I want to play Martin Luther King, can I do that?
It just creates less of a headache for everyone if you just keep the historical characters as they were when they were around. If they were black get a black actor in, if they were white, get a white one in. Its so easy and I think the fact its so easy is the thing that people are getting annoyed about.
Honestly the most unsettling and uncanny valley episode I’ve seen since I was younger watching Midnight, I had horrible chills when the fake doctor was just looking motionlessly at Donna and said “My arms are too long” UGH CHILLS.
R.I.P Bernard cribbins
yeah, I was very happy to see anything at all resembling Midnight
It was as scary as Blink
It's hard to explain, but RTD is the master of making those things that give you nightmares that don't sound like they should be scary but are.
Like when you're a child and you're just weirdly scared of a random inanimate object at your gran's house for some reason.
Same here. I likened this episode to Midnight as well, in terms of creepiness and uncanniness.
Well done episode, tbh.
The fake donna legitimately got me a few times, really nice storytelling and a testament to how scary the unknown universe and beyond can and could be
There was the moment with Donna and the Doctor trying to tell if the person in front of them was fake, and I actually thought it was the real Doctor taking off his tie.
@@CompleteIndie same. Both of them got me good in that scene lol
@@CompleteIndie Yup, the tie thing was a moment that was really how the Doctor would think, talking about how they might have a different concept of surface and texture. That turned up the scare factor, since they don't just have their memories, but even copy their way of thinking to an extend.
That scene... I knew at the beginning who was who but the editing, acting, and scripting, along with he fast pace... By halfway through the scene I couldn't tell anymore who was who 😭 incredible work
it was so confusing, in the best way possible. media that is just an absolute mindfuck to follow is always so fun
I was so happy to see Wilf at the end. It's been over a year since he passed, but I'm overjoyed that he was able to come back for this, with all the whimsy and emotion of his prior performances too. I think we'll miss him a whole lot, but if this is gonna be his last role, I think we can say he went out with a bang.
RIP Bernard Cribbins 1928-2022
Wholeheartedly second that
I almost teared seeing him
unfortunately, that was it for him. according to RTD, that was the only scene he was able to do. Nice to get to see him one last time
What’s RTD?
@@doorhandle1437 Russell T Davies
The Star Beast felt like an okay return. This on the other hand felt like a call back to RTD’s kind of writing that pulled me into Doctor Who back in the days of Tennant’s first run.
Brilliant episode.
The star beast had a lot of set up to be done
@@nathanielfarkas4431 Star Beast was clearly just trying to get through the story so we could get to this point. It suffered because of it but the worst RTD is better then the best Chibnal. This shows he has still go it.
I wisg he were here to stay, he really knows how to make an appealing episode
@@EternaIAbyss He is! He is the new showrunner for the forseeable future.
I quite liked Star Beast - it felt like a great middle ground, there was so much to be done - the mystery about why 10 returned, incorporating aspects of 14’s personality, providing a way to get Donna out of the corner they’d written her into. IMO that the episode came out as great as it did is fantastically impressive.
It's absolutely insane how much work goes into an hour of television!! Hats off to the cast and crew!!
Oh yeah, mate. Got that right. I know. Yikes.
Work plus Disney Dollars, in this case and for the foreseeable future.
I was so impressed by the fact that RTD was able to get us a full halfway through the episode without us knowing what the heck was going to happen. That actually takes some skill, even if it risks the audience being let down by the rest.
There's a reason he's the goat.
Still better than the first special with the meep.
@@blackRXrider That one was good. Only this one is better.
@@Donnagata1409Cope
@@Donnagata1409let's hope episode 3 keeps that flow going
This episode was David and Catherine’s “Heaven Sent”. A WHOLE episode of just the Doctor (and in this case Donna) carrying the entire story by themselves. FANTASTIC story. Easily one of my favorite episodes of all time. Instant classic. Molto bene!!!
And it works so well. Heaven sent is a lot better but this episode is really a good ride.
I absolutely LOVE bottle episodes and episodes where there's just one or two actors total-- Heaven Sent was that way, and this one is great for it too!
Oh yeah i guess it was. Just with more "midnight" thrown in and prisoner zero teeth
the chills i got when donna was left behind, unmatched
I literally nearly cried, then she was rescued, and I instantly stopped and just went "Oh, that's better." 😂😂
I knew she was going to be saved, but that didn't stop me from empathising with the situation. She essentially thought the Doctor had just killed her in favour of some fake creature version of her, on an adventure she didn't even want to be on. It was horrible to watch.
I was so upset, and then he said that her arms were too long. 😱😱
@@alansmithee419nah he mistakes the evil Donna for the real Donna and said "your arms are too long", chucked her out and got the real Donna. It's over monsters claiming as them as well
@@b1p0lar.b1tch that's what I meant by "in favour of." I didn't mean he literally preferred and intentionally chose the not-thing.
Seeing Bernard Cribbins at the end was so bittersweet. I'm so glad they were able to include him before he passed.
I agree..... The episode was utter garbage but I smiled as soon as he popped up.... He's like everyone's grandad 🤣
@@djren2007id say this is one of the best episodes for a long time
@@djren2007someone ain’t happy because it’s not woke hahah or a women playing the doctor
Episode was great, so much better now. @@djren2007
@@NoName-fv1gwdoctor who is woke as fuck now.
I could listen to Russell T. Davies talk about breaking down story structure in depth for hours.
Such a creepy episode. Gave me Midnight/Flatline vibes
I thought the same thing.
For me it gave me Mandela Catalogue vibes
Very Midnight, yes
Definitely Flatline vibes! Even with the pacing imho! Very creepy indeed 👀
@@Chefbigppbit obsessive..
I just love the sheer sense of mavitas David Tennant brings to the role
Great to have him back!
Yeah you instantly get that doctor and donna feeling and it's just awesome!
Doctor Who going into abstract directions often tell some of the best tales of the Whonivese and that's absolutely the case here!! Creepy and heartfelt is my favorite flavor of Who!!
Doctor Who thrives in abstract storytelling so this is *only* a good thing.
The editing in this one was fantastic. Slowly realizing what was happening was absolutely brilliant. Great concept. I'm glad doctor who is allowed to be experimental again!
Slow.
Wait, ‘allowed’? By who?
Best episode of the show in years. Very much had a Midnight sort of vibe about it which is definitely a good thing.
I think the first one is still my favourite, it's hard getting into the flow of the writing though, feels a bit clunky.
The Star Beast was great, but this was an instant classic. Absolutely brilliant.
I can't be the 70th like, but I agree. This was the definition of classic and epic awesomeness.
I really wish that Donna had died at the end - would have been a massive moment that also would have made sense too. Doctor only knowing Donna 99% accurately and ultimately, it caused her death in the most heartbreaking way.
Thank god you don't write the show@@matthewbrears2129
Superb episode because it does the unsettling things. Spider walk was amazing
@tiagobaenre5973 How in the hell are pronouns pushing a political/mental illness acceptance agenda? You do know that everyone has pronouns, don't you? But apparently to people like you, using pronouns is "pushing a political agenda". Grow up.
This is one of the best Doctor Who stories of all time. Up there with Silence in the Library, Midnight, The Waters of Mars and Heaven Sent.
RIP Bernard Cribbons 💙💙
I can already tell this is gonna be one of those episodes you just regularly watch because it’s so compelling and interesting and everything about it came together just like the olden days. I’m so happy
scared the shit out of me and yet it's probably my favorite dw episode so far so yeah. I will probably watch it a few more times every now and then
It was such a fun ep. I'll rewatch it 100%
You could truly feel the love put into every second of it
Seeing Wilfred at the end brought me an unimaginable amount of joy.
I almost broke down in tears when Bernard appeared. And that dedication in the credits, the perfect tribute. Wilfred Stanley Mott will always be one of the Doctor's greatest friends in the Whoniverse, same with the late Bernard Cribbins, who we dearly miss.
Everyone has different companions they like or dislike. But everyone always seems to like wilf and i think that's really sweet😊
This is what an RTD episode should be 9.5 out of 10. Bravo
I really wish he were here to stay for good. He knows what he's doing
@@EternaIAbyssthought he was the new show runner going forward even after the specials for Ncutis doctor?
@@RhinoCorporationsI think they mean that RTD should stay indefinitely, always being the showrunner
I enjoyed this special immensely, especially considering the Doctor was without his Tardis or screwdriver, exploring the unknown. That and being at the edge of creation with aliens from absolute nothing coming into form shaped emotionally by what they've absorbed from the Universe. RTD you are coming back strong. I need the 3rd special now! Also, that ending though, from a huge smile on my face for seeing Donna's grand, Wilfred, to WTF is going down. I like that, I really do. What felt like 84 years for new Who was well worth it. Alons y!
The sudden realization that the Doctor and Donna weren’t alone and the unnerving vibes of the two monsters really goes a long way in making this special so special.
Wow Bernard was so lively even shortly before his death. At least we got to see him one last time as Wilf.
Yeah I thought that too, even at 93 he had the same energy he had in The End Of Time, he was an absolute trooper and he well and truly deserves to rest in peace 💔
He and Danny Pink are my favorite non companion characters. It was lovely to see him.
Had my worries with the first one, but this was absolutely brilliant
I’ve rewatched first one and it felt old fashioned who. This felt like something Who does great. Very unsettling like Blink, Midnight. Next week will be like the end of Tennant and Tate big season finale. Then into the new Dr Who.
This episode was really spectacular. It was perfect. It's also amazing that Tenant's 14th Doctor doesn't feel exactly like his portrayal of the 10th Doctor. There are certainly elements in there, but the 14th does feel more mature. The 14th Doctor has learned to express his emotions more. In many ways, I can see some influence from Peter Capaldi's Doctor in there.
They got me with the jaw drop. Lobe that it's still possible to catch me off guard. Amazing job. Cried and smiled, seeing Wilf/Bernard.
This was BY FAR the best doctor who episode I have watched in YEARS, just WOW WOW WOW!!!
I think this was probably the best episode since the series 10 finale.
It was terrible!!
@@russellbriggs9644 lol nice bait
You're either insane of have no standards at all.... It was possibly the worst episode ever 🤣🤣🤣
@@djren2007 obvious bait is obvious
This episode feels like flatline/midnight/silence in the library
May I recommend "Scherzo" by Rob Shearman for a similar experience on audio?
Absolutely delighted by the horror of this one. The Scherzo vibes were unmatched ❤
Yes! I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought of the episode having aspects of Scherzo!
Except Scherzo was better written and performed.
Midnight and Scherzo, yes.
Definitely the creepiest episode yet. I can’t wait for next week
Watching this episode was so fun because I had no idea what was going on, then when “Donna” came into the room and said kind of flatly “i did what you said” I immediately was like “that’s not Donna” then I kept repeating that until I eventually realized that the “Doctor” that was with real Donna was also not the doctor. As creepy as it was it was so fun to watch!
My husband made me pause the episode as soon as the Doctor walked into Donna's room and sat down without a word. He immediately realized, "that's not the Doctor." What great acting and writing can do!
What a beautiful episode. It's very Midnight-esque, which I think is brilliant on RTD's part, paying homage to one of the greatest episodes of his first run. And the screentime given to the legends Tennant and Tate, incredible. And the "mavity" thread throughout leaves me more curious than ever for the next special
Couldn’t take my eyes of the evil ones, it was just odd watching the normally good characters have terrible versions which was somewhat hypnotic, the way they managed to act like shapeless beings in a shape.
I never once thought while watching "oh good acting", I just believed it
The elongated jaw and David crawling backwards had me in stitches 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Spider Walk was like the deleted scene from The exorcist!
The crawling backwards reminded me of exorcist
The jaw thing reminded me of the ganger episode with Eleven
@@pvksl 😂😂😂😂😂
RUSSELL IS BACK!! Loved this episode, could see some of the set up of the next episode from the very beginning with ‘mavity’. For me it was a step up from Star Beast (I did love Star Beast). Gave me flatline and rebel flesh mashup. Really felt the best friend relationship between Donna and the doctor too!!
Sorry, I teared up when Wilf showed up, knowing the actor passed away not long afterwards though, I thought perhaps he was going to be skipped over these next episodes. Seeing his character. I'm very teary.
I’ll admit the design of the aliens (particularly when deformed) occasionally took me out, but damn was this a masterpiece of tension building.
Same. The long arms and jaws etc put me off. They should’ve just been original copies from the start
@@H2E47 I liked it, made me laugh at how creepy-absurd they were.
I was too unnerved to be taken out XD
I liked the absurdity going away turning into these almost perfect copies
They could've just altered their looks slightly for maximum uncanny valley vibes.
I think this might be one of my new favorite episodes, it was fantastic
I find it interesting that they changed an event, really truly changed it, I wonder if it’ll be something the Doctor fixes or because it was so subtle that that’s just how it is now
Honestly I could see RTD keeping the Mavity bit going for at least half a season
@@brookek3116IMAGINE THATS WHAT NCUTI IS RESPONDING TO
"I dont... I dont know if I get the mavity of the situation..."
"The.. the what? Oh what the HELL is going on here?!"
5:58 Joel talks about 'gravity' ... whatever that is. Some kind of gravy?
Probably the most BONKERS episode of DOCTOR WHO EVER! It was also great to see Wilf back too!❤❤❤
... uhh.. dude.. He's dead. That was literally his last time on screen.
@@Nazgull2k1 ok buzzkill, lets be thankful that hes even in it
RIP Bernard Cribbins❤️❤️❤️
Oh Russel you’ve reimagined my child hood I feel like I was in early childhood which is what I needed particularly through a difficult period of my life. This gives me hope and the ending of the episode was such a heartwarming welcome home DOCTOR WHO IS BACK
The special was great, just phenomenal! You can tell RTD gkt back into the swing of things with this episode. It was tense, thrilling, and made the viewer feel clever for figuring out the twist. Cannot wait for The Giggle!
The robot reminds me of Marvin The Robot from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy movie. But smaller and beat up and does talk about his depression 😅
What a contrast to last weeks episode, this was absolutely awesome
I agree with you 🎉🎉🎉
Agreed! 🙋🏻♂️
No woke bullshit this time around?
@@Freakcheeks I would say it wasn't so much the "woke" stuff but more that the people i.e. The Doctor and Donna were acting so out of character. In the Wild Blue Yonder they were written much more like they were in earlier episodes.
@@johnburn8031 That was one of the most frustrating parts of the Chibnall era as well. It was REALLY hard to criticize anything without being lumped in with the hateful "Anti-woke" snowflakes. I hated it because of poor writing and storytelling, not because of "Woke".
This was so much fun to watch :)
The only bit i was confused at is when the doctor said something about “i’ve never been out this far before” despite as far as i know that happening twice,
Matt Smith - the living planet thing that eats tardis’
And
Jodie Whitaker - in division
Edit: i also especially love how after the start bit where isaac says Mavity that both Donna and Doctor keep saying it, except as mavity
maybe it’s even further than those times. as for during the flux, she was inside a time lord ship i suppose
@@edadankmemes technically for the flux she was between universes so perhaps this was as far as the doctor had been in the universe
House (the thing which ate TARDISes) was in a pocket universe, and Division was in the void between universes, so he must mean this is the furthest out he's been "in" the universe. I guess the previous record would've been in Logopolis..
@@TheMoonRover ok :)
I almost wonder if that space between universes in Flux was the “nothing” that the No-Things referred to
An absolutely brilliant special! Enjoyed this much more then that first! 💙
300% much better
This one truly creeped me out. And the end, OMG. The walls etc were CGI? Wooooow. It looked amazing. I almost cried when Wilf was sitting there at the end. RIP, Bernard. You’re so missed. 💙
Wondrous episode. Truly.
Ranking up there with “Blink”, “Amy’s Choice”, and even “The Empty Child”/“The Doctor Dances” for me. This episode offered the kind of mystery that I had hoped Jodie Whittaker would have been able to experience during her time as the Doctor.
I’m stunned by the incredible work of the art and puppeteering teams here as well. I was almost certain the robot was CGI, and I’m glad it was not. Practical effects like that and the doors on the walls that the Doctor and Donna end up getting spun around by are so much more convincing than CGI will ever be.
On Doctor Who: Unleashed you can see David testing one of the giant arms, he could move its hand from inside it! SO CREEPY
Well now I'm bummed we never got an episode like this with Jodie
@@pareidolist Same
Cried when I saw wilf at the end though 😢 RIP Bernard you absolute legend!! Can’t believe it’s been over a year so clearly getting close to 2 years since this was filmed.
I was so moved and happy to see Bernard Cribbons once again, a.k.a Wilfred Mott. God bless this man, you will be missed by the entire community, RIP old soldier 😢
this is the closets the show has gotten to one of those really experimental early 2000s Big Finish audios, like Zagreus or something
I agree!
It's like Scherzo... with visual added
I enjoyed this episode because willferd Moffat came back I'm excited for next week
Rest in peace, Mr. Cribbins. It was an honor to watch you perform, one last time.
This was absolutely a fantastic story and David and Catherine were phenomenal. This felt like such a pure doctor who story with heavy science fiction and really interesting villains which reminded me of Adam from torchwood that existed outside of the universe.
I only just noticed now that the stand in for Catherine has completely straight hair while Catherine has like a sway at the bottom and it’s maybe a bit darker 😂
It was so bittersweet seeing Bernard. I’m glad he got included before he died but I wish he had been able to film more. I don’t wanna say goodbye yet… 😢 RIP
Loved this episode. Though people keep saying it's "unlike any Doctor Who episode or TV episode". I disagree. This reminded me of Midnight (in a good way). This episode felt like Midnight meets the 2016 film Passengers. And any story involving imposters like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Secret Invasion, etc. In fact, it reminded me of a lot of Doctor Who episodes involving landing in spooky mostly empty ships and places (The Girl in the Fireplace, 42, Silence in the Library, Under the Lake, Sleep No More, Heaven Sent, Smile, Oxygen, World Enough & Time, etc). This one was just particularly interesting.
Come to think of it, this would have made a really cool Capaldi episode.
Two Davids in an episode is ajways going to be a winner!
if there’s one takeaway from this episode it’s that ‘gravity’ is now canonically spelt like ‘mavity’
I love "is this the *real* you?" type stories and the mavity running gag was genius!
This was the best episode of Doctor Who in a very long time! I haven't felt amazed, scared, and excited about Who since Blink or Midnight. RTD and the cast and crew were amazing
The way the doppelgangers had intimate moments with the Doctor and Donna definitely gave me Solaris vibes which of course became more The Thing when they morphed out of shape.
Also, the giant versions felt like Attack on Titan with how unsettling the human form is when it's stretched into crazy proportions.
When he left the real Donna behind, omg the fear on her face 😭
Beautiful, complex-appearing set with fun cgi-enhanced creatures! I loved it!
Really loved this episode, eerie at times, thrilling in others. Just the two for the whole episode! So fun
Might have to watch this episode again tomorrow, because I was in a crowded room and couldn't hear a thing, but from what I saw, it looked really...interesting.
I originally thought they were going to end with the Doctor leaving with the wrong Donna and the real Donna dying, which would have been an interesting cliffhanger (and I would've like to see it, because it's my kind of ending). But on the other hand, we might have lost the Wilf ending, which would've also been a terrible shame.
I can't stop thinking of this epiosde. I was screaming through out the whole thing. I dont normally like horror but Doctor Who horror is great for me. This epiosde reminda so much of Midnight. It like sister epiosde to it. So far 2 out 2 great epiosdes. I can't wait for the 3rd even more. I was already excited because of NPH is in it. Also seeing Donna's grandfather was emotional. RIP to the actor.
0:37 that was a practical effect! No wonder that was so creepy. Also, BERNARD CRIBBIIIIIIINS! Fantastic to see him back.
love all the behind the scenes with the different departments. takes a village
I really can appreciate the mavity of the situation now after seeing tonight’s episode and the work that went into it behind the scenes. My jaw was on the floor thanks to mavity and a cup of coffee in the TARDIS. On a serious note though, RIP Bernard Cribbins, you were an incredible actor and I hope you know that, I sobbed my eyes out seeing Wilf at the end, I’m so glad he made it into tonights 60th anniversary special ❤️.
Doctor Who can do a lot with a little. The long arms, the duplicates are very creepy.
OH MY GOD I loved the Star Beast, but this was just unbelievable! Incredible writing, team tardis have outdone themselves.
The reveal with the robot was awesome, albeit devastating. 😭
So good. This episode was just brilliant. We were all completely sucked in. Just so much fun to watch.
I adored this episode so much, the more villainous 'Doctor' was really impressive. The smirk when they were exchanging heated words through the glass door, WOW! And those teeth, BUY, those TEETH were probably one of the the best parts of this episode. That fake Doctor was REALLY GOOD!
You've ruined the history of the doctor who, thank you for your essential wokeness
The Star Beast was fine but just didn't feel like Doctor Who to me. I was feeling really worried about the future of the Whoniverse....but THIS. This is Doctor Who. Wild Blue Yonder was WONDERFUL and I think it'll be an instant classic
It was a surprisingly good episode! 🙋🏻♂️ Keep up the good work. 😌
RTD knows how to scare me like no other. Please, more scary episodes! They get my anxiety up in a really good way lol
So good! Should’ve linked it to ‘Midnight’ for sure, but keeping it focused on Tennant & Tate was totally the right call 💙💙
I gotta say, this episode brought me back to my 13 year old self watching empty child, midnight, impossible planet, and all the scariest episodes. I KNEW the moment the Doctor entered the room silently and squatted down in a weird way. Something was off. But then David’s big eyes made me question my initial suspicions. The moment they switched to the other room, I knew something was up. Fantastic episode. Can’t wait to rewatch lol
Okay, so horror movies and stuff have never scared or unsettled me, ever since I was a kid.
This episode however genuinely unsettled me and made me super uncomfortable with the fake Doctor and Donna, so well done!
great use of mavity
The no-thing with their too long arms and how they moved and ended up squished in the hallway visually gave me strong Ghibli vibes. I'm not keen for body horror but the abstractness and Ghibli vibes made it watchable for me.
Jimbo was awesome! Brave, not so little, robot. I wanted to give him a good repair job to get rid of all the rusty spots. Poor thing! But he fulfilled his duty marvelously.
It's good to see that the vibes of "Midnight" brought up again. The no-things trying to copy humanoids physically and down to their memories seemed just like a different approach to what the Midnight Creature did by trying to copy,,ng their consciousness into a humanoid.
And it's also wonderful to see quite some familiar faces from behind the scenes again, like Dan Hargraves.
The acting with the doubles reminds me of making off Midnight, too. With the actress that played the possesed woman and David learning to say the same thing on the same time.
Episodes like this is why we started watching in the first place. I love these two together. Nearly had a stroke when the real Donna was left behind, but had a feeling the Doctor would figure it out. And he did! It was scary, suspenseful , funny and left you on the edge of your seat. More like this please and thank you! ❤
Really enjoyed that, it was like a less convoluted Moffat story.
I had a feeling we'd see Wilf at the end. Vale Cribbo 😥 💗
Still doesn't feel like we're celebrating 60 years, just 15 years since series 4.
I don’t know if this is a good or bad thing (I’m gonna go with good), but the moment we first see the fake Doctor walk into that first room with Donna I knew something was off.
Knowing the Doctor and the fact he was busy in the other room, him just casually strolling back in and doing nothing but have THAT face with no emotion just worked so well as visual storytelling/foreshadowing to the reveal that trickery is afoot.
“My arms are too long”
Yes, very wrong and creepy
God I haven’t had a Doctor Who episode be so disquieting since Midnight.
Kudos to RTD for writing the episode so well that I couldn’t figure out what was going on until it was explained to me in the episode itself!
I really want a figure of the Jimbo robot! He’s so cute!!
Finally! The ACTUAL companion
Was so soo looking forward to Wilf!
#tears 🥲🥹
Good bye, Bernard Cribbins. You will be missed by countless people, all grateful that you made the world, not limited to but including this show, a better place. Thank you.
Excellent episode! Very tense. And seeing Bernard at the end had me in happy tears. 🥹
This episode was to quote 10/14, Brilliant
Felt like Heaven sent but with only a companion, and David and Catherine were excellent in it
Hello! I just discovered this series on Disney and wow... It's pretty good!! Felt thrilled in both episodes. Can't wait to next week 😁
The whole show is pretty good.
@@christophcookit6334 I know there are so many seasons before this special but there's not available on Disney or any other streaming platform :(
Depends where you are. In australia it's on stan
@@tanny_pb they are on prime
I really really liked the first special, but I LOVED this one! Brilliant work!
Very much a spiritual successor to midnight, which is an excellent play since it's one of the strongest episodes of that original season
Yes Danny is back!
The Star Beast worked better for me, but I still enjoyed WBY and I'm excited for The Giggle 🎉
I thoroughly enjoyed this special in comparison to last week's. It was genuinely interesting and occasionally tense, with the moments of obvious CGI really adding to the creep factor of the Not-Things. I can only hope The Giggle caps these episodes off on a good, strong note.
Now that we've had a little time to get past the general nostalgia of David Tennant and Catherine Tate reuniting on screen, I appreciate that this episode clarifies that the 14th Doctor isn't strictly the 10th in a new set of clothes. Sure, he has the appearance and some personality quirks (David has said in interviews that he feels there wouldn't be much point to him returning if he were to play an entirely different character), but there's more than that. The egotism and bluster 10 tended to display is gone, everything that he's been through in his last few incarnations - especially The Flux and learning the truth of his origins - has left him rather broken and he doesn't even try to pretend that he's okay or otherwise dismiss that.