My biggest issue with this series is that there is utterly no explanation of what happens or any logic whatsoever. Its always something random like the magic bungie cord is just so good at fixing it can drag around the god of death that spent thousands if not millions of years gaining strength and then destroying all life on earth. Or how the mom reveal was so built up and then it was just because it was important to ruby? Like the premise of 73 yards is so fascinating and yet, even though i love a mystery, there is no clues as to what the real answer is. So many interesting premises thrown away due to lazy writing.
@@youfoundwaldo77 yes I completely agree! It seems like a strange mix of trying to draw in a new audience and spoon feeding lots of information, but then other storylines have no explanation at all, like you said!
However this is all very intentional so while if it wasn't i think these would be issues, since it is I don't think so. The point of 73 Yards for example is leaving things up to interpretation! The mystery makes it work as well as it does. And the Intelligent rope works because it was set up with the Intelligent gloves which we first saw at Christmas, it's basically a Chekhov's gun! If it came out of nowhere I would agree but it doesn't.
It's funny that the opposite of lazy writing was what had made Doctor Who good. Generally speaking, you weren't left with having to interpret yourself- some gap in the storyline! This series sounds horrible, won't be watching.
@@friendlyotaku9525I don't recall a single mention to the "intelligent rope" before he pulls it out of the cupboard, yeah we had the gloves in the Christmas episode and possibly another time not sure?, but I definitely do not recall rope ever being mentioned and the whole rope ending for Sutekh was an atrocity, he spent centuries (technically) attached to the Tardis flying in the vortex and what suddenly this time he goes brain dead on how to save himself? They literally defeated him the same way as Classic Who did
RTD did cut out a scene from The Devil's Chord where the Doctor and Ruby run out onto the roof at the end, The Doctor explains to Ruby that music is coming back and the next 10 minutes are going to be a little weird due to the lingering effects of Maestro. Similar to the lingering effects of The Toymaker.
I hated the musical numbers, to be honest. I could just about put up with the one in the Christmas special as they sold the track for charity and the Doctor and Ruby only sing because the goblins do in order to distract them but the one in the Devil's Chord has no plot justification. The Space Babies were cringy. Jinx Monsoon was too over the top for me, and like I say, the song and dance routine is not for me. I liked Boom, though, if I had to pick fault, I agree the kid is annoying. Also if the Doctor is so careless that he just steps on a land mine, it's a wonder he has lived so long. Tom Baker stepped on a mine once, but it was a small part of one episode. Then, the next episode, he steps on something dangerous again. Look where you're going, man! The episode has some good moments, but it amounts to nothing as the events never actually happen, and Ruby doesn't remember her experiences. Then we have the spoilt rich kids who you almost want to be eaten as they are so annoying. Lindy is so awful. It's hard to be on her side, and then she actually sells out Ricky! Then they're all racist and won't let the Doctor save them. Then Rogue. I don't mind the gay flirting or even the kiss, but the Doctor seems way more into Rogue than he should, given they’ve known each other for only about 20 mins. He leaves Ruby alone, and she nearly gets killed. Plus, the bird aliens' whole motivation is crap they basically just want to cosplay Bridgerton?! I'm glad you brought up Ncuti crying all the time. I wasn't sure if my reaction was mainly because I'm male, so I'm glad to know that a woman feels the same. This episode brings up another thing the Doctor hasn't really saved anyone this season. Ruby saves herself from the alien, and then Rogue saves her. Then The Legend of Ruby Sunday. I actually liked it. To a point anyway. Anticipation of some answers was high. The fact that it seems U.N.I.T is now full of mums and kids instead of being mainly trained professional soldiers is a bit of a gripe. I doubt Kate's dad would approve. Then Sutekh is back! A proper cliffhanger for once. So the stakes are high, but then he gets defeated by a rope around his neck! As for Ruby's mum, she's just an ordinary person. So much for that! So, all in all, I'm giving this series 4 out of 10.
Wow what a brilliant overview. It's great to see someone go into detail rather than just leave a rather vague sentence or two. In this day of no-one wanting to bother to write at length, I appreciate it. Details and deeper analysis are important and more worthy of the reader’s attention. I can't fault any of your comments or views and for anyone wanting to read an articulate overview well you have provided them with one. This video combined with your commentary probably makes for the best 2024 season review I have encountered on RUclips.
I hate this era so much, rubbish Doctor, rubbish acting and character. No emotional baggage but I’m also going to cry every episode, generally look and act weak AF, have zero authority, disappear for two episodes, have no chemistry with anyone I meet and snob random men I’ve met twenty minutes previous. Go away. Absolute train wreck of a series.
@@friendlyotaku9525 so this is the Doctor we are told has no emotional baggage, that is true. The idiot then cries in how many episodes? 6 or 7 is it? So another true point. Acts camp, and looks completely authority-less, runs around scared, cries, has to hang onto Mel on the back of her motorbike like some weak companion who has to be saved. So….generally looks and acts weak is….true again. Disappear for two episodes? Two Doctor lite episodes so, oh look true again. Snogs a random man he’s met twenty minutes previous. Well….the snog happened, he met the guy about 20 minutes previously so oh look true again.
This really saddens me to say and I've been a fan of Dr. Who since 1998 my first Doctor was Tom Baker and my first companion was Leela and I have to say even with the Jodie Whittaker years I still been enjoying Dr. Who but this new disney era is the first time ever I been put off with Dr. Who this to me is not Dr. Who this is Soap Who.
Yes first one I remember was Tom Baker also. Got really into it with Eccleston onwards. Even on rewatching, up to Capaldi lately, appreciate the quality and imagination even more. Hearing about these last two doctors series though, I won't be watching.
Something random that I had issue with was that Rogue's ship has a setting to check specifically for a "shapeshifter" and nothing else? Not species, not genus, planet of origin, number of hearts, lifespan, nothing! That was so weird to especially given how many shapeshifters exist in the universe that aren't chulder
Very well said. I'm pretty sure I liked this season... but I have so, so many irritations and frustrations that I have trouble forming into words. This helps get them in order in my head, thanks for that
I definitely came away from a lot of episodes really confused about my feelings, but watching them through a second time and really thinking about it I was able to analyse them a lot better! I'm so glad you could relate to the stuff I was saying 😊
As someone who grew up watching from tennant to capaldi, this just doesn’t feel like doctor who anymore. Something about the way it’s shot and directed with the vibrant colour grading and something about the acting and dialogue just isn’t the same. It just feels so odd and it feels like it’s a completely different show. Plus the whole magical aspects are done so bad and just feel off and not like doctor who. When I first saw the Christmas special and saw the goblin musical scene I knew I was going to hate this season because it’s just no longer doctor who and no longer the show that I grew up with. I get that they’re trying to encourage a new audience but I feel like they’re just alienating their current audience and that definitely is shown within the viewing figures.
RTD says he was inspired by Rey's parentage story arc in the last jedi and Agatha's reveal from Wanda Vision for this series. Says everything you need to know.
Imagine if it was even implied that the doctor went around jumping from planet to planet looking for Rogue before Sutekh made an appearance. Then they wouldn't have to say that Sutekh had been there since Tom Baker. The fact that the doctor had been jumping around space and time so much for his search would make the death trail magnitudal enough and they could've said that Sutekh boarded the tardis during wild blue yonder or smth which would explain why Susan has only been noticed throughout this season. I think if the demise of everything was directly tied to the doctor's determination to save someone he allowed himself to have a connection with, it would have a massive impact on him and the audience witnessing his anger. This would also explain why Sutekh decided to show himself now as opposed to it being completely random after 40 or so years of television
The future London in devils chord was a bit forced but I did LOVE the reference, because the other time the doctor did something like that was in....the pyramids of mars while fighting Sutehk
I have lots of different feelings about the season. I mostly agree with your lineup (don't like 73 Yards as much, but that's a minor quibble), and I'm very guarded for the next season. I don't entirely hate that Ruby's mother was a nobody, but the writing didn't justify why she was so mysterious. Rose Tyler was a nobody until she broke the TARDIS. Donna Noble was a nobody until she caused a metacrisis. Clara Oswald was a nobody until she jumped into the Doctor's time stream. Linda should have at least been the plaything of one of the gods to justify why various investigators couldn't learn anything about her unless you broke the rules of time and space. As for enduring the Chibnill era, I'd be kind of interested to see you review it, but having endured the first series of his, I wouldn't inflict that on anyone unless they really wanted to.
@@Rognik Yes! I almost wished they did the mum reveal sooner and then had more time to explore things surrounding why it was such a mystery, but the way it was built up was just misleading. Like take a normal person and show how they are extraordinary, don't make someone out to be extraordinary and then reveal they are normal?
Like you, I was over the moon when RTD was announced as returning and I liked NCuti Gatwa’s in Sex Education so I absolutely believed this would be the Golden Age of Doctor Who part 2 (the 1st Golden Age being RTD’s first round when we also had Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures and the amazing Season 4 Who finale with all 3 series crossover! There was no doubt in my mind it would be spectacular! Sadly I was very mistaken. And the biggest culprit is the thing I had absolutely zero concern about: RTD’s writing! Whereas RTD has always seemed a genius with his writing, easily mixing sound, logical Sci Fi with powerful emotions and real characters; aspects that sadly are missing from most sci fi and especially the past few series of Who. But this series is an utter mess. Logic is non-existent, rules are arbitrary and tend to be the “because I said so, but for this scene only” style rules. What is a show stopper in one scene can literally be solved by a sudden realization and a line of techno babble in the next. Doctor Who is no longer “Sci Fi” as there is no Science whatsoever, no logic, no adherence to the real world and the “fiction” aspect has become pure Fantasy but not anything coherent or meaningful; it truly smacks of poorly written fantasy fiction. As someone else said, it is like a bad AI version of RTD wrote all of this series and RTD was distracted or recuperating or in a coma somewhere. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING makes sense.It looks good enough, most of the time, (I do NOT think Sutekh looks impressive, the Helmeted motionless being was infinitely more effective than a CGI space jackal that can move…but doesn’t for some reason, just staying wrapped around the TARDIS before being chucked back into the Vortex to defeat him…despite him hanging around the TARDIS in the vortex being the way he achieved his evolution into a god to start with. It’s all utter bollocks. I dont know what happened to RTD between his first stint on WHo and this one - but it’s like comparing a true talent to someone who suffered significant head trauma and resulting severe neurological deficits. Please RTD give the writing duties to others before the series dies. I fully expect Disney to drop their funding or rather not renew it for S3. The production looks mostly great, the acting is mostly solid, it absolutely comes down to the writing or lack thereof.
RTD's writing is still genius. It's so genius almost nobody can see what he's trying to do with it, even though it's blatantly in the text. He just isn't using his writing to tell a story fans want. There are clearly some bright people in these comments, and I wouldn't want to spoil their fun, but here's a clue: RTD is Bad Wolf. Ask yourself who Little Red Riding Hood is.
At the cinema I saw Sutekh among the audience theorizing with us about who Ruby's mother is! :) I do believe that the first iteration of RTD's run focussed more on the family dynamics, we would actually see these characters and their relationships. In the second iteration of RTD, I'm afraid to say, is very sorely lacking, which in turn is less relatable. There is much to be said about 'show more than tell', as is the very nature of TV and viewerships.
RTD has sold the soul of the Doctor to deliver this Disneyfied drivel. Nonsensical plotting, deus ex machina galore, thin characterisations but - hey! Love conquers all!!! Absolutely abysmal. The whole show has disintegrated since the departure of Peter Capaldi. I read Disney is having second thoughts on the entire enterprise. Good.
The musical part of Maestro's episode would have been better at the start of the episode. Idk, maestro doing such good music with space-magic that people just forget about real life and just want to dance and sing until they litteraly break a leg or their vocal cords. Now THAT would've been something.
@@sianirl oh and, please, do a review of 13, i would love that. Am gonna rewatch Jodie's era again on friday. I remember finding it all Meh, but also not really watching it and having it in the background.
@@spook7907 yes! I will have to get myself hyped up for it 😂 my opinions of it weren't great but I will have to try and go in with a positive perspective 😆
Okay serious question…what are your in universe theories for why the doctor cries so much? My thought is that this regeneration is an overcompensation for all his trauma and grief. So he shows is emotions very outwardly.
Once you start thinking in those terms, a lot of the Doctor's actions start to make sense. Everything from forgetting the butterfly compensation switch, to recklessly endangering himself and those around him. Personally I think the writing is much more subtle and clever that people are saying, and it will all feel more satisfying as we learn more next season.
My thought is that the Doctor's personality and memories, etc. were truly split between 14 and 15. Their clothing split between the two at the time of bigeneratikn, so portions of the essential Doctor might also be split. Ncuti's Doctor might be more impulsive and passionate, easily emotive, while 14 is calmer now and settling down. But I've also noticed in the show it mentions that 14 "did the work" to resolve a lot of the trauma, so perhaps 15 is simply a more free and open spirit.
@@rarmccoy In Chord, the Doc describes the bigeneration as ripping his soul in half - the split of clothing is a good call. Lot of people seem to have taken D14 having done the work to mean that D15 is 'fixed'. But recovering from trauma isn't like that, and everything we see in D15 - from tearing up very easily, to avoiding his issues - are consistent with that.
The maestro playing piano transitioning into the Intro was awful? I liked ot quite much. Only the out of place dance/musical number at the end was a bit much for me.
Loves 9 and 10, not a fan of 13, and can laugh off cringy nonsense... Stop, you had me at "Standing desk... Feel like I'm gonna be expressive about this one". 😂😂
They said that Ncuti's Doctor was a new "era" So, there was the new era started with Christopher Eccleston and this is the new new era. They are not going by regenerations any more???? Go figure.
As someone who is a hardcore ish Whovian I enjoyed this series, but to me it feels like Series 2 of Nu who again but with a lot and I mean ALOT less character depth. Banger episodes like 73 yards than some mid ass space babies which reminds me of "Fear her" The major difference is that series 2 has way more room with its episode count and that character depth I mentioned. Now 15 himself is almost great, I welcome him as a doctor but RTD needs to stop with this "normy doctor" Tennant began I wanted to like Jodie so much but as she went on, Chibs turned her into a lesser version of 10 and the same is already happening with 15 (different with often he lets it out) Personally I just want a doctor that can have fun again, which yes that's how it started but now RTD is doing that same trauma story again.
You could trivially justify a musical episode of Doctor who. The tardis has telepathic translation. They land in a city that has its own universal translator covering it. Feedback loop ensues, and they have to untangle the mess before it fries everybody's brain. There's an episode. No magic, gods, or fairy circles required.
@@MrShowoff27 no that's so good if you enjoyed it! and I'm sure there will be a whole new audience as well, without the nostalgia bias from previous seasons, but it's definitely hard not to compare!
@@sianirlEmpire of death was the only episode that disappointed me. I was expecting like the pandorica opens/ Big bang kind of two-parter, and it was a letdown.
Great analysis. I enjoyed this season of Who, but I do agree it was discombobulated. I was charmed by Ncuti’s take on the Doctor so I will watch the next season, but I really really hope RTD pulls it together story and character development wise.
With respect I love it when someone still young as yourself talk about being a long term fan. Fair enough though I get your meaning; starting from 2005. But for people now in their seventies and eighties it seems such a humorous comment. Everything is relative including age and life. Another amusing moment was when you said the Whitaker era should be for another video. This could also be taken as the Chibnall era = waste of time and don't bother. At 10:49 into this video I got a suspicion that I have seen this video before although I can't see any prior comment from someone who can't help himself but always comment. This series was so bizarre and in so many ways I almost think those like yourself who can effectively and articulately share their view are in ways doing a much better job than RTD did on several occasions. You are the better writer of the two. The lack of plausible resolution in nearly every story is woeful. Tying a bungie rope to a collar that just happens to be part of Sutekh a God, and then using this to drag him through a time vortex and then incidentally bringing everything back to life, must be one of RTD's biggest cop out endings ever. That is one big statement. For this viewer RTD let down fandom and lost the casual viewer altogether. His hubris and hyperbole got fans excitement levels up to grand heights to then just have them pulled away from them - yep, the old rug pulled out from under you analogy. I don't care for this fantasy vibe. It has let RTD get away with some very lazy writing. Yes, DW has done fantasy before with The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and The Mind Robber being two classics, but they were extremely well executed and resolved narratively. They were also one offs in a season. The unforgiveable was the Glee-like song and dance routine. This is DW not the movie FAME. It shows that the old trope that DW can be/do anything is not actually a full truth. It may be able to do anything but that doesn't make every inclusion in the show Doctor Who-ish. Cool review and great video. Cheers
My biggest negative takeaway from the series is that it just flops in terms of the vibe of what Who should feel like. The show is very flexible yes, but anyone, newcomer or old fan can tell when stuff isn't clicking in a series and this one felt like it the most since perhaps the TV movie. I'd argue series 1 and even 2 of the 2005 series had some...weird vibes as well but the episodes that were done well proved the revival worked. This one just doesn't. Nothing feels fun in the way Who should, nothing feels intriguing in the way Who should, and also, its bewildering to me how no one is talking about how bad the camera work for this season is. Its very dull and lifeless. Also your take on Dot and Bubble is just.....insane. TO claim that the Doctor, someone who has been entirely disconnected from humanity's social climate and any sort of racism issue, has always been given power by the fact that he's white, and has less privilage because he's black? The fucking time lord alien who had decided the fate of the universe multiple times???
I enjoyed your take. I also like that we get your opinions as they happen and your guesses as to what might happen later in this video. Well Done. I didn't enjoy 73 yards at all. Such a great premise delivered so disappointingly. I did hear someone say it's like a David Lynch film. If you enjoy his stuff (I don't) you are more likely to accept the unexplained weirdness in here.
I obviously still had a lot of criticism of the 73 yards episode, but I think when I was reflecting back on all of them I realised it was the one I was most invested in while watching it, I really wanted to see what happened and how Ruby dealt with everything. Admittedly it may be my favourite of a bad bunch 😂
It's not Doctor Who anymore, except in name only. Chibnall made a mess of things, but Davies has ruined it forever and rewrote a clasdic story to justify his Sutekh mess at the end of the season.
More entertaining than the Chibnall era but that was a low bar. And regarding RTD taking on board criticism? He'd rather blame the fan base that accept fault. A far cry from the attitude when he originally rebooted.
Glad I did not watch the new series as one of the things that annoyed me in the christmas special was the Doctor constantly crying for no reason... not that I mind the idea of the Doctor crying, but for 15 it does not feel earned AT ALL, in comparison with 10's moments where he cries for example
I subscribed but I'm SHOCKED that the number of subs is below 10,000?! This was one of the better produced and most well spoken video on Doctor Who I've seen. I rarely watch the entirety of these longer videos but I dedicated my full attention here. Hoping to see you grow really quickly in the coming months
My biggest issue with this series honestly is most of the episodes are FAR too short. The average runtime during the Chibnall era was 50 minutes but now we are back to 45 minutes with LESS episodes? Why?! That baffles me. I did overall enjoy this series a lot but episodes definitely needed the extra runtime, I don't know why we've regressed...
Fantastic review, i downloaded this and listened on thebbus from Edinburgh to aberdeen, I have also subscribed and yes i want you to review the jodie episodes please
I agree with a lot of your points. You seemed to go into it mostly unbiased and with logical reasons for what was wrong with each episode. That being said, I’m shocked you rated Rogue as 3rd… In my tier list I put it at the very bottom. The doctor ditches his companion to go flirt for like 40 min then randomly falls in love and kiss the dude when he doesn’t even know him?? Meanwhile is companion literally almost dies (and would have if she didn’t defend herself then cosplay to stay on the down low). It’s so out of character for the doctor in so many ways and it was the most painful episode to sit through imo. The doctor is shown to be mostly asexual through every incarnation. Even with his own wife he is at best an awkward and shy “lover”. He doesn’t actively seek out physical intimacy and never has. With anyone he’s been with, like rose and river, it feels much more mental and spiritual that physical (river is physical towards him, not the other way around). And like I said, he knew this guy for like 30 min… I don’t know how you logically didn’t call this out during your review? Did you not notice? Or maybe you put your dr who reviewing brain aside since like you implied in the video, you “just wanted to see them kiss already”? I wish you were a bit less biased when reviewing that episode because I honestly don’t see how someone that’s been a fan of the shows as long as people like you have could enjoy that episode and truly think that THAT is the doctor we grew up with.
@@lolztony no you're right! I can definitely see I did have more of a bias in the Rogue episode. I like Jonathan Groff as an actor and also felt like this character was kind of giving echos of captain jack which as a fan of the original reboot I was excited for. It might not work but I would be interested to see the doctor exploring a romantic relationship more if it didn't take away from the whole storyline and was more subtle to begin with, because yes it was all very quick in this one
@@sianirl ahh makes sense. It’s all good, I’m glad you were gracious enough to explain your thought process not only in the video but to expand in the comments as well :) liked and subscribed, thanks for the video
I might have to disagree with your opinion about being confronted about his race, gender or sexuality, but you haven't seen the 60th specials yet where he most definitely is. Having said that, Doctor who has had no problem having digs at men for the last 5 or 6 series. Historically he may not have those issues, but in modern day, he will and it's grim to see as it's not from a storytelling perspective, it seems to shamefully be from a writer's perspective. 😬 Enjoyed your review though. He did cry way too much 😂 After seeing the cringe Harriet Arbinger plot, I was wondering when Alan Pocalypse would make an appearance 😂 I think Russell has either lost his touch or perhaps we are all a bit prepared for his style of writing this time. Dialogue was so poo and the ending was sooooo bad. Just remember when you have kids to pop on a cloak and go point at a Give Way sign 😂 Nice upbeat video ❤
the promise to bring her back safe was such a rip off of Rose's mom. but those actors where so much better at bringing the feels. I just felt so un-invested with this whole season.
Having her be another Master, after all the other storylines that have brought him back, especially the Missy era, would feel like a letdown. I think she's something else, but can't tell you what at this point.
My rankings are: 1. Dot and Bubble . 🫧 2. 73 Yards 🧚♀️ 3. Boom 💥 🔴 4. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 😈 🍽 👶 5. Rogue 🐦 👨 👗 👱♀️ 6. The Devil Cord 🎶 7. The Last Episode 🐕 🛷 😂 8. 2nd to Last Episode 👄🐖 9. Space babies 👶 ✨️ I honesty thought the babies would have been the Villian.
The weird AI moment in Boom reminded me of that “father’s love” moment with James Corden and Matt Smith. Just ridiculous. This series was chock full of boring characters I just didn’t care about, Ruby and The Doctor included. The Doctor keeps telling us characters matter, but they’re just boring and… don’t. It’s worst at UNIT, though. I hate the scenes in UNIT. They’re the worst - nobody has a personality and all they do is repeat what The Doctor has said.
Yes I completely agree! The episodes where everything is solved through 'the power of love' really frustrate me 🤦♀️ and we definitely need some more well developed secondary characters with personalities! 🙏 This video was already an hour but I feel like I still have some many points to make 😂
@@sianirlGirl, me too. Same. 🤯 I didn’t enjoy this series at all. Rogue was an interesting character too and I think they were trying to rework the earlier ‘Girl in the Fireplace’ arc with the bittersweet ending trope. They defeated the big bad, but at what cost? The sacrifice of a smart, interesting character who had so much more to offer/romance potential. 🤣 There are just so many problems with this series. Will you be watching the next one? I hope The Doctor and his next companion have more chemistry and they don’t spend the entire series forcing the idea that they’re ‘best friends’.
@@MizziProductions yeh I'm going to keep watching, probably after binging season 1-4 of the og reboot to keep me going 😂 but yeh it felt like they kept saying "we're best friends" rather than showing them building their friendship over time. Not sure who's calling the shots because it is so different to Russel T Davies' original style in the old seasons!
@@Beastiebaker you're not wrong there! I guess it's his aim from a moral standpoint at least, but it does definitely get conveniently forgotten in certain storylines!
I managed to get to your review of episode 6, whilst finding myself saying; stupid, silly, ridiculous or gross! Even the ham-fisted racism event you thought was well done. Realised I was too bored to care about the last two; thats when you know Who" is dead.
I think my biggest problem that I don't hear others talking about is the weird pacing of episodes, we have the Church on Ruby Road which feels like an episode meant for kids, space babies which feels like an episode for kids, and then Maestro which kinda felt really family friendly. I stopped in the middle of episode 3 cause it felt like it lacked the more mature and interesting stories I wanted. I ended up coming back after I learned who the series villain was, and I enjoyed the rest of the series. I just think that maybe Maestro should have been moved back to be episode 5 or 6.
Right - I have finally caught-up and watched the whole series now, and just watched your review. I agree with a lot of what you say (yes, Space Babies almost made me stop watching), but the series did get better as it went along. The final 2 episodes almost felt like "vintage" Dr Who, with some good old "hide behind the sofa" moments. Yes, some weak stuff in there, too, but I'll be watching Series 2. I enjoyed your review - look forward to the next one.
@@fusionwinters honestly a direct contradiction yeh, also he would have instantly been sucked out the airlock 😂 can't just hold onto the inside of the door
Surrealism is fine as a concept, but whose? Some people have the gift of surreal imagery, they have a talent for it. The Dr Who writer/showrunner does not. On the Dot and Bubble "race" episode, wouldn't it have been ten times more effective in the battle against racism to simply write a black doctor throughout the series as capable, strong, reeking with integrity, gravitas and wisdom, instead of a dancing, promiscuous, emotionally unstable, ineffective twonk? Another question: Isn't it telling that the best performing episodes were the ones without the Doctor in them?
@@friendlyotaku9525strong? You mean doctors that have multiple breakdowns every episode are strong? Capable? You mean doctors that need their companions to fix most of the issues in each episode makes them capable? Charismatic? I think that’s all he really is, and that should be the bare minimum for a doctor in a list of about a dozen qualities he should have…
@@lolztony Being open with your emotions is a GOOD thing. And in several episodes the Doctor saves the day. He literally saves the entire universe in the finale, in the Christmas Special he saved baby Ruby, in Space Babies he saved the Bogeyman, in Boom he saved an entire planet by NOT moving from the landmine he was stood in (which takes incredible strength)and in Dot and Bubble he got Lindy to safety and wanted to save her and her friends but because of their prejudice they refused to go with him. So what you say isn't true.
Space babies was super cringe and me loose hope for doctor who being good again! I hated all the toilet humor in space babies its soo bad but anyway that episode threw me off but then some of the other episodes were bad as well!! the only episodes I liked out of the new season were rogue and Boom and all the others were just so bad, I do love Ncuti tho
It was a fantastic series of Doctor Who, I loved Dot and Bubble and 73 Yards. I have been around long enough to see the shift, Hell Bent was hated when it aired and this series of DW is gonna age like fine vine. I'll bet 20 bucks in a few years time the mass opinion is gonna change for the Empire of Death. People call say "Lazy Writing" who have never written a word that's been put on screen. The series always puts character first, I cried when Ruby met her mom because we've seen her struggle, the sadness in her music and the feeling of abandonment she felt her whole life and her whole adult life in 73 Yard finally comes to a close. They shot that train sequence for 73 Yards in 5 minutes because the train couldn't stop so the crew got the train a whole village of people, shot the scene and got out by the next stop. That is dedication. 73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, and for me even The Devil's Cord were back to back classic episodes. With beautiful production design, music, and cinematography. But most importantly the show has bigger 2 hearts than anything on TV.
I'm going with:- *73 YARDS: Loved the mystery and the death scene was pure chiller. I've got a built-in 'It's Dr Who, don't worry about it' filter which kicked in when I thought about it too much. *D & B: Too much to say but have to underline the incredible acting all round. *LEGEND OF RUBY...: Fantastic last 2 minute build-up. *EMPIRE OF DEATH: Yeah, I hear you but I'm a sucker for a good villain takedown and I loved this. *BOOM: Disappointing for Moffat. Still good tho'. *ROGUE: Further down than it deserves but I hate all that regency era crap and I didn't like the chickens. My backdrop tastes aside, the Doctor and R's attraction made the right statement and this should've been ep. 1. *SPACE BABIES: In the old 13 episode days, this would've been somewhere in the middle and forgotten about by Tuesday morning. Bad idea to open with. *DEVIL'S CHORD: Not so much bad but torpedoed by terrible moments. I had a 'Dr Who Filter' failure at the end.
not gonna spoil the 60th specials but will say, theres something there that explains some stuff that makes that one part of the devils cord makes a lot more sense.
@@sianirl remember how the doctor bi-Generated and how the Doctor duplicated the TARDIS? I think the musical number was an after effect. that's the takeaway I got. like with the toymaker you "win a prize", with the god of music "random musical", etc. there's always a by-product after effect that goes with that gods theme. with empire of death and the death of suetkh, I got the implication that the whole universe is back and reborn. Suetkh fixed the Flux. its there. Maybe theres a new galifrey.
@@sianirl yeah. theres been some things like that, I noticed. However with Sex Ed over and Ncuti hopefully having more time for Doctor Who, i think we'll have alot more doctor focus episodes next season.
@@badfairy9554are you a god of time that has lived for thousands of years and led the fight in a time war? Oh, you’re not? You’re just some dude watching tv shows on his couch? Well maybe that’s why your emotions are just a BIT different than the Doctors… if the doctor acts the way a human would then what’s even the point of watching the show lmao
@@lolztony I am a lady. I watch Doctor Who in bed on BBC iplayer. If the Doctor did not act human some times, there would be no point watching the show. LMAO🤣🤣🤣😅😂🤣😁
@@badfairy9554 okay so even more so, you’re a woman crying in bed watching tv shows and you think THAT should be the main trait of the doctor? People can have their own opinions on what they would LIKE the doctor to be like or what they’d like the new seasons to be like, but objectively speaking, the 15th is not in line with previous doctors at all, and that includes the constant crying; whether you like the crying or not doesn’t change that fact, which is what she’s referring to in the video
@@lolztony I did not say I was crying. I did not say I wanted a main trait in any Doctor.The Doctor is not constantly crying. The Doctor does have rules which he is sticking too. The one thing for sure Sir is you are not Ernest.
I think the crying part is more of a character development, since Mel even mentioned it in the first part of the finale to essentially 'Man up'. It is opposite of Capaldi's Doctor.
@@WritingGeekNL I guess that's true and all the doctors are different, but I feel like the audience still needs some kind of emotional gauge to read the situation you know?
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My biggest issue with this series is that there is utterly no explanation of what happens or any logic whatsoever. Its always something random like the magic bungie cord is just so good at fixing it can drag around the god of death that spent thousands if not millions of years gaining strength and then destroying all life on earth. Or how the mom reveal was so built up and then it was just because it was important to ruby? Like the premise of 73 yards is so fascinating and yet, even though i love a mystery, there is no clues as to what the real answer is. So many interesting premises thrown away due to lazy writing.
@@youfoundwaldo77 yes I completely agree! It seems like a strange mix of trying to draw in a new audience and spoon feeding lots of information, but then other storylines have no explanation at all, like you said!
However this is all very intentional so while if it wasn't i think these would be issues, since it is I don't think so. The point of 73 Yards for example is leaving things up to interpretation! The mystery makes it work as well as it does. And the Intelligent rope works because it was set up with the Intelligent gloves which we first saw at Christmas, it's basically a Chekhov's gun! If it came out of nowhere I would agree but it doesn't.
It's funny that the opposite of lazy writing was what had made Doctor Who good. Generally speaking, you weren't left with having to interpret yourself- some gap in the storyline! This series sounds horrible, won't be watching.
@@nidh1109 there's plenty of stories where you have to interpret.
@@friendlyotaku9525I don't recall a single mention to the "intelligent rope" before he pulls it out of the cupboard, yeah we had the gloves in the Christmas episode and possibly another time not sure?, but I definitely do not recall rope ever being mentioned and the whole rope ending for Sutekh was an atrocity, he spent centuries (technically) attached to the Tardis flying in the vortex and what suddenly this time he goes brain dead on how to save himself? They literally defeated him the same way as Classic Who did
I lowkey forgot he murdered the goblin king, yet he lost his mind when he had to kill Sutekh wtf
So true! The contradictions are wild
That's nothing new though.
RTD did cut out a scene from The Devil's Chord where the Doctor and Ruby run out onto the roof at the end, The Doctor explains to Ruby that music is coming back and the next 10 minutes are going to be a little weird due to the lingering effects of Maestro. Similar to the lingering effects of The Toymaker.
Main takeaway I got from this series was Moffatt has maintained the sauce and RTD has sadly lost the sauce
I hated the musical numbers, to be honest.
I could just about put up with the one in the Christmas special as they sold the track for charity and the Doctor and Ruby only sing because the goblins do in order to distract them but the one in the Devil's Chord has no plot justification.
The Space Babies were cringy.
Jinx Monsoon was too over the top for me, and like I say, the song and dance routine is not for me.
I liked Boom, though, if I had to pick fault, I agree the kid is annoying.
Also if the Doctor is so careless that he just steps on a land mine, it's a wonder he has lived so long. Tom Baker stepped on a mine once, but it was a small part of one episode.
Then, the next episode, he steps on something dangerous again. Look where you're going, man!
The episode has some good moments, but it amounts to nothing as the events never actually happen, and Ruby doesn't remember her experiences.
Then we have the spoilt rich kids who you almost want to be eaten as they are so annoying. Lindy is so awful. It's hard to be on her side, and then she actually sells out Ricky!
Then they're all racist and won't let the Doctor save them.
Then Rogue. I don't mind the gay flirting or even the kiss, but the Doctor seems way more into Rogue than he should, given they’ve known each other for only about 20 mins. He leaves Ruby alone, and she nearly gets killed. Plus, the bird aliens' whole motivation is crap they basically just want to cosplay Bridgerton?!
I'm glad you brought up Ncuti crying all the time. I wasn't sure if my reaction was mainly because I'm male, so I'm glad to know that a woman feels the same.
This episode brings up another thing the Doctor hasn't really saved anyone this season.
Ruby saves herself from the alien, and then Rogue saves her.
Then The Legend of Ruby Sunday. I actually liked it.
To a point anyway. Anticipation of some answers was high.
The fact that it seems U.N.I.T is now full of mums and kids instead of being mainly trained professional soldiers is a bit of a gripe. I doubt Kate's dad would approve.
Then Sutekh is back! A proper cliffhanger for once.
So the stakes are high, but then he gets defeated by a rope around his neck!
As for Ruby's mum, she's just an ordinary person. So much for that!
So, all in all, I'm giving this series 4 out of 10.
Wow what a brilliant overview. It's great to see someone go into detail rather than just leave a rather vague sentence or two. In this day of no-one wanting to bother to write at length, I appreciate it. Details and deeper analysis are important and more worthy of the reader’s attention. I can't fault any of your comments or views and for anyone wanting to read an articulate overview well you have provided them with one. This video combined with your commentary probably makes for the best 2024 season review I have encountered on RUclips.
I hate this era so much, rubbish Doctor, rubbish acting and character. No emotional baggage but I’m also going to cry every episode, generally look and act weak AF, have zero authority, disappear for two episodes, have no chemistry with anyone I meet and snob random men I’ve met twenty minutes previous. Go away. Absolute train wreck of a series.
None of that is true but okay
@@friendlyotaku9525 literally every single thing of that is true
@@obiwankenobi687 nope none of it is.
@@friendlyotaku9525 so this is the Doctor we are told has no emotional baggage, that is true. The idiot then cries in how many episodes? 6 or 7 is it? So another true point. Acts camp, and looks completely authority-less, runs around scared, cries, has to hang onto Mel on the back of her motorbike like some weak companion who has to be saved. So….generally looks and acts weak is….true again. Disappear for two episodes? Two Doctor lite episodes so, oh look true again. Snogs a random man he’s met twenty minutes previous. Well….the snog happened, he met the guy about 20 minutes previously so oh look true again.
@@obiwankenobi687 except you are intentionally misrepresenting what actually happens. And you know it!
This really saddens me to say and I've been a fan of Dr. Who since 1998 my first Doctor was Tom Baker and my first companion was Leela and I have to say even with the Jodie Whittaker years I still been enjoying Dr. Who but this new disney era is the first time ever I been put off with Dr. Who this to me is not Dr. Who this is Soap Who.
@@joshuajoshua2732 It is such a shame! 😞 I'm really hoping they switch things up for the next series based on people's reactions 🤞
"Soap Who" huh? Did you not watch RTD's first era?
Yes first one I remember was Tom Baker also. Got really into it with Eccleston onwards. Even on rewatching, up to Capaldi lately, appreciate the quality and imagination even more. Hearing about these last two doctors series though, I won't be watching.
@@nidh1109 "hearing about" so you haven't even watched it?
Something random that I had issue with was that Rogue's ship has a setting to check specifically for a "shapeshifter" and nothing else? Not species, not genus, planet of origin, number of hearts, lifespan, nothing! That was so weird to especially given how many shapeshifters exist in the universe that aren't chulder
@@alliswonderlain2595 yes so true!
Very well said.
I'm pretty sure I liked this season... but I have so, so many irritations and frustrations that I have trouble forming into words. This helps get them in order in my head, thanks for that
I definitely came away from a lot of episodes really confused about my feelings, but watching them through a second time and really thinking about it I was able to analyse them a lot better! I'm so glad you could relate to the stuff I was saying 😊
As someone who grew up watching from tennant to capaldi, this just doesn’t feel like doctor who anymore. Something about the way it’s shot and directed with the vibrant colour grading and something about the acting and dialogue just isn’t the same. It just feels so odd and it feels like it’s a completely different show. Plus the whole magical aspects are done so bad and just feel off and not like doctor who. When I first saw the Christmas special and saw the goblin musical scene I knew I was going to hate this season because it’s just no longer doctor who and no longer the show that I grew up with. I get that they’re trying to encourage a new audience but I feel like they’re just alienating their current audience and that definitely is shown within the viewing figures.
RTD says he was inspired by Rey's parentage story arc in the last jedi and Agatha's reveal from Wanda Vision for this series.
Says everything you need to know.
Imagine if it was even implied that the doctor went around jumping from planet to planet looking for Rogue before Sutekh made an appearance. Then they wouldn't have to say that Sutekh had been there since Tom Baker. The fact that the doctor had been jumping around space and time so much for his search would make the death trail magnitudal enough and they could've said that Sutekh boarded the tardis during wild blue yonder or smth which would explain why Susan has only been noticed throughout this season.
I think if the demise of everything was directly tied to the doctor's determination to save someone he allowed himself to have a connection with, it would have a massive impact on him and the audience witnessing his anger.
This would also explain why Sutekh decided to show himself now as opposed to it being completely random after 40 or so years of television
Or, maybe keep the "when" he jumped on more ambigious. Also TBF, it was said he was gaining strength, he was still fairly weak when he first jumped on
Clever. Too bad they're...who they are. 😂
The future London in devils chord was a bit forced but I did LOVE the reference, because the other time the doctor did something like that was in....the pyramids of mars while fighting Sutehk
I have lots of different feelings about the season. I mostly agree with your lineup (don't like 73 Yards as much, but that's a minor quibble), and I'm very guarded for the next season. I don't entirely hate that Ruby's mother was a nobody, but the writing didn't justify why she was so mysterious. Rose Tyler was a nobody until she broke the TARDIS. Donna Noble was a nobody until she caused a metacrisis. Clara Oswald was a nobody until she jumped into the Doctor's time stream. Linda should have at least been the plaything of one of the gods to justify why various investigators couldn't learn anything about her unless you broke the rules of time and space.
As for enduring the Chibnill era, I'd be kind of interested to see you review it, but having endured the first series of his, I wouldn't inflict that on anyone unless they really wanted to.
@@Rognik Yes! I almost wished they did the mum reveal sooner and then had more time to explore things surrounding why it was such a mystery, but the way it was built up was just misleading. Like take a normal person and show how they are extraordinary, don't make someone out to be extraordinary and then reveal they are normal?
The Chibnall era is better than a lot of people give it credit for
Like you, I was over the moon when RTD was announced as returning and I liked NCuti Gatwa’s in Sex Education so I absolutely believed this would be the Golden Age of Doctor Who part 2 (the 1st Golden Age being RTD’s first round when we also had Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures and the amazing Season 4 Who finale with all 3 series crossover! There was no doubt in my mind it would be spectacular! Sadly I was very mistaken. And the biggest culprit is the thing I had absolutely zero concern about: RTD’s writing! Whereas RTD has always seemed a genius with his writing, easily mixing sound, logical Sci Fi with powerful emotions and real characters; aspects that sadly are missing from most sci fi and especially the past few series of Who. But this series is an utter mess. Logic is non-existent, rules are arbitrary and tend to be the “because I said so, but for this scene only” style rules. What is a show stopper in one scene can literally be solved by a sudden realization and a line of techno babble in the next. Doctor Who is no longer “Sci Fi” as there is no Science whatsoever, no logic, no adherence to the real world and the “fiction” aspect has become pure Fantasy but not anything coherent or meaningful; it truly smacks of poorly written fantasy fiction. As someone else said, it is like a bad AI version of RTD wrote all of this series and RTD was distracted or recuperating or in a coma somewhere. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING makes sense.It looks good enough, most of the time, (I do NOT think Sutekh looks impressive, the Helmeted motionless being was infinitely more effective than a CGI space jackal that can move…but doesn’t for some reason, just staying wrapped around the TARDIS before being chucked back into the Vortex to defeat him…despite him hanging around the TARDIS in the vortex being the way he achieved his evolution into a god to start with. It’s all utter bollocks. I dont know what happened to RTD between his first stint on WHo and this one - but it’s like comparing a true talent to someone who suffered significant head trauma and resulting severe neurological deficits. Please RTD give the writing duties to others before the series dies. I fully expect Disney to drop their funding or rather not renew it for S3. The production looks mostly great, the acting is mostly solid, it absolutely comes down to the writing or lack thereof.
Absolutely! I completely agree, I feel like everyone sings his praises so no clue what's happened!
RTD's writing is still genius. It's so genius almost nobody can see what he's trying to do with it, even though it's blatantly in the text. He just isn't using his writing to tell a story fans want.
There are clearly some bright people in these comments, and I wouldn't want to spoil their fun, but here's a clue: RTD is Bad Wolf. Ask yourself who Little Red Riding Hood is.
I'd say yes to 13 but I don't want to do that to you. Although thoughts on Flux specifically would be cool.
@@21Michichi haha I appreciate that 😂 yeh I think I'd need to go back in with a more open mind as well
I'm sorry but it's lost its magic for me
Which saddened me
@@philipgreen8227 It's a shame but I think that's the same for a lot of people ☹️
At the cinema I saw Sutekh among the audience theorizing with us about who Ruby's mother is! :) I do believe that the first iteration of RTD's run focussed more on the family dynamics, we would actually see these characters and their relationships. In the second iteration of RTD, I'm afraid to say, is very sorely lacking, which in turn is less relatable. There is much to be said about 'show more than tell', as is the very nature of TV and viewerships.
RTD has sold the soul of the Doctor to deliver this Disneyfied drivel. Nonsensical plotting, deus ex machina galore, thin characterisations but - hey! Love conquers all!!! Absolutely abysmal. The whole show has disintegrated since the departure of Peter Capaldi.
I read Disney is having second thoughts on the entire enterprise. Good.
I thought the piano intro to the theme song worked wonderfully. Different strokes.
Absolutely..it was fantastic.
Unfortunately, this whole video feels a little bit like you didn't really watch any of the episodes.
I think you're watching a different video 😂 this is literally an episode by episode breakdown of the series
@@hurnnotice ...which doesn't contradict what I said.
Oh please do your tale on the Jodie era. I love your appreciation-based but measured perspective.
The musical part of Maestro's episode would have been better at the start of the episode. Idk, maestro doing such good music with space-magic that people just forget about real life and just want to dance and sing until they litteraly break a leg or their vocal cords. Now THAT would've been something.
And by the way, the conversation between Suthek and Clara Oswald, when she was holding onto the Tardis in The Name of the Doctor surely was fun.
That's so true! Definitely would have fit better in the episode!
@@spook7907 Ahaha 😆 and with Captain Jack! Rude nobody told the doctor really😂
@@sianirl oh and, please, do a review of 13, i would love that.
Am gonna rewatch Jodie's era again on friday. I remember finding it all Meh, but also not really watching it and having it in the background.
@@spook7907 yes! I will have to get myself hyped up for it 😂 my opinions of it weren't great but I will have to try and go in with a positive perspective 😆
That girl in _Boom_ has zero situational awareness.
Great grounded review which I think reflects and vocalises, mine and a lot of people's experience of the show 👏
thank you so much!
Okay serious question…what are your in universe theories for why the doctor cries so much? My thought is that this regeneration is an overcompensation for all his trauma and grief. So he shows is emotions very outwardly.
That's a fair theory! And if the writers had put that in clearly it would have made a lot more sense 😂
Once you start thinking in those terms, a lot of the Doctor's actions start to make sense. Everything from forgetting the butterfly compensation switch, to recklessly endangering himself and those around him. Personally I think the writing is much more subtle and clever that people are saying, and it will all feel more satisfying as we learn more next season.
My thought is that the Doctor's personality and memories, etc. were truly split between 14 and 15. Their clothing split between the two at the time of bigeneratikn, so portions of the essential Doctor might also be split. Ncuti's Doctor might be more impulsive and passionate, easily emotive, while 14 is calmer now and settling down. But I've also noticed in the show it mentions that 14 "did the work" to resolve a lot of the trauma, so perhaps 15 is simply a more free and open spirit.
@@rarmccoy In Chord, the Doc describes the bigeneration as ripping his soul in half - the split of clothing is a good call. Lot of people seem to have taken D14 having done the work to mean that D15 is 'fixed'. But recovering from trauma isn't like that, and everything we see in D15 - from tearing up very easily, to avoiding his issues - are consistent with that.
@@rarmccoy Well, we'll see, but maybe the point that's being made about trauma is that it's not simply 'do the work' and it's fixed.
It's turned generic.
The maestro playing piano transitioning into the Intro was awful? I liked ot quite much. Only the out of place dance/musical number at the end was a bit much for me.
Loves 9 and 10, not a fan of 13, and can laugh off cringy nonsense... Stop, you had me at "Standing desk... Feel like I'm gonna be expressive about this one". 😂😂
They said that Ncuti's Doctor was a new "era" So, there was the new era started with Christopher Eccleston and this is the new new era. They are not going by regenerations any more???? Go figure.
Hasn't it usually been RTD era, Moffat era and chibnall era? So new era when they change producer
As someone who is a hardcore ish Whovian
I enjoyed this series, but to me it feels like Series 2 of Nu who again but with a lot and I mean ALOT less character depth.
Banger episodes like 73 yards
than some mid ass space babies which reminds me of "Fear her"
The major difference is that series 2 has way more room with its episode count and that character depth I mentioned. Now 15 himself is almost great, I welcome him as a doctor but RTD needs to stop with this "normy doctor" Tennant began
I wanted to like Jodie so much but as she went on, Chibs turned her into a lesser version of 10 and the same is already happening with 15 (different with often he lets it out) Personally I just want a doctor that can have fun again, which yes that's how it started but now RTD is doing that same trauma story again.
You could trivially justify a musical episode of Doctor who. The tardis has telepathic translation. They land in a city that has its own universal translator covering it. Feedback loop ensues, and they have to untangle the mess before it fries everybody's brain. There's an episode. No magic, gods, or fairy circles required.
I really enjoyed this season, but i appreciated hearing your opinions on each episode.
@@MrShowoff27 no that's so good if you enjoyed it! and I'm sure there will be a whole new audience as well, without the nostalgia bias from previous seasons, but it's definitely hard not to compare!
@@sianirlEmpire of death was the only episode that disappointed me. I was expecting like the pandorica opens/ Big bang kind of two-parter, and it was a letdown.
Great analysis. I enjoyed this season of Who, but I do agree it was discombobulated. I was charmed by Ncuti’s take on the Doctor so I will watch the next season, but I really really hope RTD pulls it together story and character development wise.
I love your style! Can’t believe you have so few subscribers - one more now though 🎉
With respect I love it when someone still young as yourself talk about being a long term fan. Fair enough though I get your meaning; starting from 2005. But for people now in their seventies and eighties it seems such a humorous comment. Everything is relative including age and life.
Another amusing moment was when you said the Whitaker era should be for another video. This could also be taken as the Chibnall era = waste of time and don't bother.
At 10:49 into this video I got a suspicion that I have seen this video before although I can't see any prior comment from someone who can't help himself but always comment.
This series was so bizarre and in so many ways I almost think those like yourself who can effectively and articulately share their view are in ways doing a much better job than RTD did on several occasions. You are the better writer of the two. The lack of plausible resolution in nearly every story is woeful. Tying a bungie rope to a collar that just happens to be part of Sutekh a God, and then using this to drag him through a time vortex and then incidentally bringing everything back to life, must be one of RTD's biggest cop out endings ever. That is one big statement.
For this viewer RTD let down fandom and lost the casual viewer altogether. His hubris and hyperbole got fans excitement levels up to grand heights to then just have them pulled away from them - yep, the old rug pulled out from under you analogy. I don't care for this fantasy vibe. It has let RTD get away with some very lazy writing. Yes, DW has done fantasy before with The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and The Mind Robber being two classics, but they were extremely well executed and resolved narratively. They were also one offs in a season.
The unforgiveable was the Glee-like song and dance routine. This is DW not the movie FAME. It shows that the old trope that DW can be/do anything is not actually a full truth. It may be able to do anything but that doesn't make every inclusion in the show Doctor Who-ish.
Cool review and great video. Cheers
My biggest negative takeaway from the series is that it just flops in terms of the vibe of what Who should feel like. The show is very flexible yes, but anyone, newcomer or old fan can tell when stuff isn't clicking in a series and this one felt like it the most since perhaps the TV movie. I'd argue series 1 and even 2 of the 2005 series had some...weird vibes as well but the episodes that were done well proved the revival worked. This one just doesn't. Nothing feels fun in the way Who should, nothing feels intriguing in the way Who should, and also, its bewildering to me how no one is talking about how bad the camera work for this season is. Its very dull and lifeless.
Also your take on Dot and Bubble is just.....insane. TO claim that the Doctor, someone who has been entirely disconnected from humanity's social climate and any sort of racism issue, has always been given power by the fact that he's white, and has less privilage because he's black? The fucking time lord alien who had decided the fate of the universe multiple times???
I enjoyed your take. I also like that we get your opinions as they happen and your guesses as to what might happen later in this video. Well Done.
I didn't enjoy 73 yards at all. Such a great premise delivered so disappointingly. I did hear someone say it's like a David Lynch film. If you enjoy his stuff (I don't) you are more likely to accept the unexplained weirdness in here.
I obviously still had a lot of criticism of the 73 yards episode, but I think when I was reflecting back on all of them I realised it was the one I was most invested in while watching it, I really wanted to see what happened and how Ruby dealt with everything. Admittedly it may be my favourite of a bad bunch 😂
It's not Doctor Who anymore, except in name only. Chibnall made a mess of things, but Davies has ruined it forever and rewrote a clasdic story to justify his Sutekh mess at the end of the season.
More entertaining than the Chibnall era but that was a low bar.
And regarding RTD taking on board criticism? He'd rather blame the fan base that accept fault. A far cry from the attitude when he originally rebooted.
Glad I did not watch the new series as one of the things that annoyed me in the christmas special was the Doctor constantly crying for no reason... not that I mind the idea of the Doctor crying, but for 15 it does not feel earned AT ALL, in comparison with 10's moments where he cries for example
The random musical scenes are so stupid and cringe. Can justify one a season if there's an explanation but not like this
The first minute of this video summed up EXACTLY my experience with doctor who
haha it's been a journey! 😂
please do 13th doctor, also it would probably get some traction cos people love hating on it so much
@@thomassmith839 I would definitely try to go in with an open mind haha but there is a lot to talk about
love An honest review of the new reboot of Doctor Who! x
I subscribed but I'm SHOCKED that the number of subs is below 10,000?! This was one of the better produced and most well spoken video on Doctor Who I've seen. I rarely watch the entirety of these longer videos but I dedicated my full attention here. Hoping to see you grow really quickly in the coming months
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! 😁
"There's a giant Fuck Off Smoke Monster" so very British 😂
My biggest issue with this series honestly is most of the episodes are FAR too short. The average runtime during the Chibnall era was 50 minutes but now we are back to 45 minutes with LESS episodes? Why?! That baffles me. I did overall enjoy this series a lot but episodes definitely needed the extra runtime, I don't know why we've regressed...
I thought he went to therapy
Fantastic review, i downloaded this and listened on thebbus from Edinburgh to aberdeen, I have also subscribed and yes i want you to review the jodie episodes please
@@zillaquazar Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed 😊
I agree with a lot of your points. You seemed to go into it mostly unbiased and with logical reasons for what was wrong with each episode.
That being said, I’m shocked you rated Rogue as 3rd… In my tier list I put it at the very bottom. The doctor ditches his companion to go flirt for like 40 min then randomly falls in love and kiss the dude when he doesn’t even know him?? Meanwhile is companion literally almost dies (and would have if she didn’t defend herself then cosplay to stay on the down low). It’s so out of character for the doctor in so many ways and it was the most painful episode to sit through imo. The doctor is shown to be mostly asexual through every incarnation. Even with his own wife he is at best an awkward and shy “lover”. He doesn’t actively seek out physical intimacy and never has. With anyone he’s been with, like rose and river, it feels much more mental and spiritual that physical (river is physical towards him, not the other way around). And like I said, he knew this guy for like 30 min…
I don’t know how you logically didn’t call this out during your review? Did you not notice? Or maybe you put your dr who reviewing brain aside since like you implied in the video, you “just wanted to see them kiss already”? I wish you were a bit less biased when reviewing that episode because I honestly don’t see how someone that’s been a fan of the shows as long as people like you have could enjoy that episode and truly think that THAT is the doctor we grew up with.
@@lolztony no you're right! I can definitely see I did have more of a bias in the Rogue episode. I like Jonathan Groff as an actor and also felt like this character was kind of giving echos of captain jack which as a fan of the original reboot I was excited for. It might not work but I would be interested to see the doctor exploring a romantic relationship more if it didn't take away from the whole storyline and was more subtle to begin with, because yes it was all very quick in this one
@@sianirl ahh makes sense. It’s all good, I’m glad you were gracious enough to explain your thought process not only in the video but to expand in the comments as well :) liked and subscribed, thanks for the video
This was a great review, nice to see someone make fair criticism without being negative for the sake of it!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video ☺
What if Ruby's dad is Susan under a Chameleon Arch, and that's why Ruby is human.
@@DisposableMillennial ooh that would be interesting! Doesn't quite make up for the horrendous mum reveal 😂 but it would be a good start
07:00 - I can assure you that this won't be a problem. The station doesn't has landing engines. RiP space babies χD
@@leshiy_nd 🤣 haha when they crash into a new planet
@@sianirl * when they space crush into a new space planet ☝
I might have to disagree with your opinion about being confronted about his race, gender or sexuality, but you haven't seen the 60th specials yet where he most definitely is. Having said that, Doctor who has had no problem having digs at men for the last 5 or 6 series. Historically he may not have those issues, but in modern day, he will and it's grim to see as it's not from a storytelling perspective, it seems to shamefully be from a writer's perspective. 😬
Enjoyed your review though. He did cry way too much 😂
After seeing the cringe Harriet Arbinger plot, I was wondering when Alan Pocalypse would make an appearance 😂
I think Russell has either lost his touch or perhaps we are all a bit prepared for his style of writing this time.
Dialogue was so poo and the ending was sooooo bad. Just remember when you have kids to pop on a cloak and go point at a Give Way sign 😂
Nice upbeat video ❤
@@satansprguy2864 omg my god Alan Pocalypse got me 🤣
@sianirl haha loved your video. Looking forward to plenty more 😀😀
The 12th doctor is good x
the promise to bring her back safe was such a rip off of Rose's mom. but those actors where so much better at bringing the feels. I just felt so un-invested with this whole season.
@@jessicah1921 but why does the doctor say it at all!? He loses so many companions! 😂
@@sianirl OHHHH thats a good point!
My guess is that Mrs Flood is the re-generated Master, living incognito.
@@AlexMc9395 yeh definitely think that's a fair shout
@@sianirl that is theory i've been seeing around. one is she's the Rani, reborn.
Having her be another Master, after all the other storylines that have brought him back, especially the Missy era, would feel like a letdown. I think she's something else, but can't tell you what at this point.
@@Rognik Yes! I'd be much more excited for a different or new character
My rankings are:
1. Dot and Bubble . 🫧
2. 73 Yards 🧚♀️
3. Boom 💥 🔴
4. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 😈 🍽 👶
5. Rogue 🐦 👨 👗 👱♀️
6. The Devil Cord 🎶
7. The Last Episode
🐕 🛷 😂
8. 2nd to Last Episode
👄🐖
9. Space babies 👶 ✨️
I honesty thought the babies would have been the Villian.
The weird AI moment in Boom reminded me of that “father’s love” moment with James Corden and Matt Smith. Just ridiculous. This series was chock full of boring characters I just didn’t care about, Ruby and The Doctor included. The Doctor keeps telling us characters matter, but they’re just boring and… don’t. It’s worst at UNIT, though. I hate the scenes in UNIT. They’re the worst - nobody has a personality and all they do is repeat what The Doctor has said.
Oh, also, Ricky September was so interesting! He was far more interesting than any other characters in this series. …And they killed him. 🤔
Yes I completely agree! The episodes where everything is solved through 'the power of love' really frustrate me 🤦♀️ and we definitely need some more well developed secondary characters with personalities! 🙏 This video was already an hour but I feel like I still have some many points to make 😂
@@MizziProductions I know!!! They created a good character purely to kill him off
@@sianirlGirl, me too. Same. 🤯 I didn’t enjoy this series at all. Rogue was an interesting character too and I think they were trying to rework the earlier ‘Girl in the Fireplace’ arc with the bittersweet ending trope. They defeated the big bad, but at what cost? The sacrifice of a smart, interesting character who had so much more to offer/romance potential. 🤣 There are just so many problems with this series. Will you be watching the next one? I hope The Doctor and his next companion have more chemistry and they don’t spend the entire series forcing the idea that they’re ‘best friends’.
@@MizziProductions yeh I'm going to keep watching, probably after binging season 1-4 of the og reboot to keep me going 😂 but yeh it felt like they kept saying "we're best friends" rather than showing them building their friendship over time. Not sure who's calling the shots because it is so different to Russel T Davies' original style in the old seasons!
Great review
.....the Doctor doesn't like to kill......really?.....ask the Goblins, oh, you can't.....
@@Beastiebaker you're not wrong there! I guess it's his aim from a moral standpoint at least, but it does definitely get conveniently forgotten in certain storylines!
The Doctor tries not to if they can avoid it, but there's many times they can't.
I don't like Goblins. They bite more than fairies.
I managed to get to your review of episode 6, whilst finding myself saying; stupid, silly, ridiculous or gross! Even the ham-fisted racism event you thought was well done. Realised I was too bored to care about the last two; thats when you know Who" is dead.
I think my biggest problem that I don't hear others talking about is the weird pacing of episodes, we have the Church on Ruby Road which feels like an episode meant for kids, space babies which feels like an episode for kids, and then Maestro which kinda felt really family friendly. I stopped in the middle of episode 3 cause it felt like it lacked the more mature and interesting stories I wanted. I ended up coming back after I learned who the series villain was, and I enjoyed the rest of the series. I just think that maybe Maestro should have been moved back to be episode 5 or 6.
Really enjoyed this Sian. Would you like to come and do a guest spot on our panel show, some time?
Right - I have finally caught-up and watched the whole series now, and just watched your review. I agree with a lot of what you say (yes, Space Babies almost made me stop watching), but the series did get better as it went along. The final 2 episodes almost felt like "vintage" Dr Who, with some good old "hide behind the sofa" moments. Yes, some weak stuff in there, too, but I'll be watching Series 2. I enjoyed your review - look forward to the next one.
You should get some sound proofing padding for your room to make the echo a bit less and clean up the sound quality
doctor fighting to save the bogeyman was so jarring for me an episode after he spears the goblin king with a church
@@fusionwinters honestly a direct contradiction yeh, also he would have instantly been sucked out the airlock 😂 can't just hold onto the inside of the door
Tbf though the Goblins were much more dangerous.
Is it because he is black or he is not a rich nepo baby? Classism, racism both?
I guess the real question is, who is Ruby's father? It feels like we were led down the wrong rabbit hole
@34:30 discount Borg.
Hello 👋
Unnecessary Carla hate 😐
Surrealism is fine as a concept, but whose? Some people have the gift of surreal imagery, they have a talent for it. The Dr Who writer/showrunner does not. On the Dot and Bubble "race" episode, wouldn't it have been ten times more effective in the battle against racism to simply write a black doctor throughout the series as capable, strong, reeking with integrity, gravitas and wisdom, instead of a dancing, promiscuous, emotionally unstable, ineffective twonk? Another question: Isn't it telling that the best performing episodes were the ones without the Doctor in them?
RTD wrote Martha & Mickey in a similarly pathetic way. I saw the pattern all the way back then.
Did you even watch the series? This Doctor is strong, capable and charismatic.
@@friendlyotaku9525strong? You mean doctors that have multiple breakdowns every episode are strong?
Capable? You mean doctors that need their companions to fix most of the issues in each episode makes them capable?
Charismatic? I think that’s all he really is, and that should be the bare minimum for a doctor in a list of about a dozen qualities he should have…
@@lolztony Being open with your emotions is a GOOD thing.
And in several episodes the Doctor saves the day. He literally saves the entire universe in the finale, in the Christmas Special he saved baby Ruby, in Space Babies he saved the Bogeyman, in Boom he saved an entire planet by NOT moving from the landmine he was stood in (which takes incredible strength)and in Dot and Bubble he got Lindy to safety and wanted to save her and her friends but because of their prejudice they refused to go with him. So what you say isn't true.
Space babies was super cringe and me loose hope for doctor who being good again! I hated all the toilet humor in space babies its soo bad but anyway that episode threw me off but then some of the other episodes were bad as well!! the only episodes I liked out of the new season were rogue and Boom and all the others were just so bad, I do love Ncuti tho
It was a fantastic series of Doctor Who, I loved Dot and Bubble and 73 Yards. I have been around long enough to see the shift, Hell Bent was hated when it aired and this series of DW is gonna age like fine vine. I'll bet 20 bucks in a few years time the mass opinion is gonna change for the Empire of Death.
People call say "Lazy Writing" who have never written a word that's been put on screen. The series always puts character first, I cried when Ruby met her mom because we've seen her struggle, the sadness in her music and the feeling of abandonment she felt her whole life and her whole adult life in 73 Yard finally comes to a close.
They shot that train sequence for 73 Yards in 5 minutes because the train couldn't stop so the crew got the train a whole village of people, shot the scene and got out by the next stop. That is dedication.
73 Yards, Dot and Bubble, and for me even The Devil's Cord were back to back classic episodes. With beautiful production design, music, and cinematography. But most importantly the show has bigger 2 hearts than anything on TV.
I'm going with:-
*73 YARDS: Loved the mystery and the death scene was pure chiller. I've got a built-in 'It's Dr Who, don't worry about it' filter which kicked in when I thought about it too much.
*D & B: Too much to say but have to underline the incredible acting all round.
*LEGEND OF RUBY...: Fantastic last 2 minute build-up.
*EMPIRE OF DEATH: Yeah, I hear you but I'm a sucker for a good villain takedown and I loved this.
*BOOM: Disappointing for Moffat. Still good tho'.
*ROGUE: Further down than it deserves but I hate all that regency era crap and I didn't like the chickens. My backdrop tastes aside, the Doctor and R's attraction made the right statement and this should've been ep. 1.
*SPACE BABIES: In the old 13 episode days, this would've been somewhere in the middle and forgotten about by Tuesday morning. Bad idea to open with.
*DEVIL'S CHORD: Not so much bad but torpedoed by terrible moments. I had a 'Dr Who Filter' failure at the end.
Dammit, I forgot about CHURCH.
Chuck it in behind ROGUE. Goblins... really??? Filters up.
in my opinon the actor was not good at acting it felt bland and boring.
not gonna spoil the 60th specials but will say, theres something there that explains some stuff that makes that one part of the devils cord makes a lot more sense.
I have watched the 60th specials but maybe I missed it? feel free to give spoilers haha I want to know! 😊
@@sianirl remember how the doctor bi-Generated and how the Doctor duplicated the TARDIS? I think the musical number was an after effect. that's the takeaway I got. like with the toymaker you "win a prize", with the god of music "random musical", etc. there's always a by-product after effect that goes with that gods theme. with empire of death and the death of suetkh, I got the implication that the whole universe is back and reborn. Suetkh fixed the Flux. its there. Maybe theres a new galifrey.
@@cofteaamsr1717 ooh very interesting! I like it, that definitely would make a lot more sense!
@@sianirl yeah. theres been some things like that, I noticed. However with Sex Ed over and Ncuti hopefully having more time for Doctor Who, i think we'll have alot more doctor focus episodes next season.
i completely disagree
Ernest emotional scenes are not all cringe.
Not crying would be cringe, I think. Standing on a land mine would make me cry.
@@badfairy9554are you a god of time that has lived for thousands of years and led the fight in a time war?
Oh, you’re not? You’re just some dude watching tv shows on his couch? Well maybe that’s why your emotions are just a BIT different than the Doctors… if the doctor acts the way a human would then what’s even the point of watching the show lmao
@@lolztony I am a lady. I watch Doctor Who in bed on BBC iplayer. If the Doctor did not act human some times, there would be no point watching the show. LMAO🤣🤣🤣😅😂🤣😁
@@badfairy9554 okay so even more so, you’re a woman crying in bed watching tv shows and you think THAT should be the main trait of the doctor? People can have their own opinions on what they would LIKE the doctor to be like or what they’d like the new seasons to be like, but objectively speaking, the 15th is not in line with previous doctors at all, and that includes the constant crying; whether you like the crying or not doesn’t change that fact, which is what she’s referring to in the video
@@lolztony I did not say I was crying. I did not say I wanted a main trait in any Doctor.The Doctor is not constantly crying. The Doctor does have rules which he is sticking too. The one thing for sure Sir is you are not Ernest.
I think the crying part is more of a character development, since Mel even mentioned it in the first part of the finale to essentially 'Man up'.
It is opposite of Capaldi's Doctor.
@@WritingGeekNL I guess that's true and all the doctors are different, but I feel like the audience still needs some kind of emotional gauge to read the situation you know?