So when the doctor mentions Gallifrey in ireland, he mentions his parents who are called Sydney and Verity. Sydney Newman was the man who created Doctor Who and Verity Lambert was the first ever producer of the show!
Yup. Love it how we have had one actor in an episode have his ancestor appear as a character in this show. It's got to be such a rarity that something like that has occurred.
8:16 That was genuinely the _best reaction to that “joke” I’ve ever seen._ 😆 Love ya, Angela. Never change. Such a big heart, and such an hilarious way of showing it.
You've likely watched it by now but even so, ooooooh you want delicious David Tennant acting, wait until you see the next part. Potentially his greatest performance in all of Doctor Who, which is truly saying something because that man can ACT.
There's a bonus scene where they show everything in the Doctor's instruction video that Martha fast forwarded through. It's... pretty great. I know it's been uploaded to RUclips somewhere, probably several times.
Oh yeah I love that one. More a confidential scene probably. When we see Tennant record all the stuff that's just recorded so she has something to fast forward through
Thank you for acknowledging the incredible job Harry Lloyds did as Baines. There were many discussions and behind the scenes videos about this episode and no one ever mentioned him. He deserved better.
Fun fact in the scene where The Doctor / John Smith fixes the scarecrow - he mentions his parents being called Sydney and Verity which is a tribute to Sydney Newman - Head of Drama at the BBC and one of the co-creators of Doctor Who back in 1963 - and Verity Lambert - the first producer of the series 👌🏻
@alexsimpkin5620 this is why I only really consider what happens on TV the actual canon. Anything outside of TV is just different universe doctor's or the timelines just getting wobbly.
@@Kranitoko I get that. But in my opinion, I love that everything is Doctor Who is canon. Everything is canon, even the parts that contradict the other parts.
I know you’ll read these comments after the series, but this and the next episode are very special for old Who fans like me. It was based on a Doctor Who book featuring the 7th doctor from our “dark ages” (we call it the wilderness years) of the show when we thought Doctor Who was gone. Seeing one of the most popular non-show stories adapted into the show was amazing and they did a terrific job.
Yet *another* episode where Martha saves the day. Gorgeous AND gets the job done! *adds another mark to his board of 'why Martha is the best companion'*
10:47 - I love this as the first explicit ackniowledgement of the "Classic" Doctor Who and the first eight Doctors. They never really did this prior to the 2005 revival with Christopher Eccleston. There's a rather great mini episode coming up as well, which does so in a big way.
It was less the acknowledgement of the first seven and more Eight specifically, since that was the first time he was outright referred to as a canon version of the Doctor.
They actually did explain how the husband got The Sun in the last episode, but it was bink-and-you'd-miss-it. The captain, his wife, had been illegally harvesting material from the sun's corona as cheap fuel(?) and had accidentally scooped up one of the sun creatures in the process. The implication was that he'd come into contact with it that way.
I made this scarecrow costume one year for Halloween, it’s way creepy in person too. The party I went to the poor dog would immediately turn and run out of room if I had the head piece on, had to just leave it off as I felt bad scaring the dog.
The rest of The Doctor's message to Martha can be found here on RUclips, you should absolutely give it a look because it's very funny, and actually gives some critical information on one of The Doctor's most important rules for life. If you know, you know.
I’m a little bit curious as to when 2 Doctor Who per week is returning. Mostly because the second half of season 3 and the entirety of season 4 is just so damn good that waiting a whole week might kill me 😂
I'm gonna go through sooooo much popcorn in the next 6 weeks. And I am so ready for it. Let's gooooooo!! Also the actor playing Baines is Harry Lloyd, aka Viserys in _Game of Thrones_ . Viktor in _Arcane_ and a whole lot more.
In a parallel universe, Jeremy Baines is an exiled prince called Viserys Targaryen. He was stupid and cruel. He was given a golden crown by his brother-in-law while his sister watched. After his crowning, he was forever a changed man.
You know you're just spoiling "Game of Thrones", right? You may not be saying things outright but you imply enough to figure it out. This is not clever, this is ruining people's fun.
You mentioned about the actor who plays Tim being in GoT. He’s not the only one. Harry Lloyd, who plays Baines, is also in GoT as Viserys Targaryen, the one who got the “golden crown”.
Here is the full transcript of what David Tennant said in the video to Martha - it was mostly time-filler since they knew it would be fast-forwarded, but as such it's entertaining as it's Tennant riffing to make it look like real content: This working? Martha, before I change, here's a list of instructions for when I'm human. One, don't let me hurt anyone. We can't have that, but you know what humans are like. Two, don't worry about the Tardis. I'll put it on emergency power so they can't detect it. Just let it hide away. Four. No, wait a minute, three. No getting involved in big historical events. Four, you. Don't let me abandon you. And five. Very important, five. Don't let me eat pears. I hate pears. John Smith is a character I made up, but I won't know that. I'll think I am him, and he might do something stupid like eat a pear. In three months, I don't want to wake up and be human and taste that. And six. Now I have to talk for around about a minute without hesitation, deviation, or whatever the other thing is. It's like that panel game on Channel Four, like Rory just pointed out. However, I'm going to move on and say number seven, and talk about my other favourite band, which is the Housemartins. I don't know if anyone remembers the Housemartins, but the best gig I ever went to was at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in about December, it must have been 1990, and the Housemartins were playing, and it was quite simply the best gig I've ever been to. They split up quite soon afterwards; I don't know what that tells you about that particular event. I'm sitting in the TARDIS now, and I'm going to wind up soon, but not before I make a few strange noises with my mouth that will go somewhere along the lines of bingle bongle dingle dangle yikkety-doo yikkety-dah ping pong lippy tuppy too tah. And twenty-three. If anything goes wrong, if they find us, Martha, then you know what to do. Open the watch. Everything I am is kept safe in there. Now, I've put a perception filter on it so the human me won't think anything of it. To him, it's just a watch. But don't open it unless you have to. Because once it's open, then the Family will be able to find me. It's all down to you, Martha. Your choice. Oh, and thank you.
I think the scarecrows might have been a nod to the old ITV kids show Worzel Gummidge, the title character (an animate sentient scarecrow) played by Jon Pertwee, the Third Doctor.
@funnylilgalreacts i would suggest never looking at these comments. There are multiple season story arcs. Though the dr who people seem better than the battlestar ones
One of the favourite 2 parters of Dr Who, hands down. And the Sydney and Verity shout outs always get me. Whovians certainly owe them a lot. And yes! A young Harry Lloyd! I have no idea why, but there’s just something fitting about a descendant of Charles Dickens acting in Dr Who.
Our pets learn by watching us. Dogs, (especially) get upset at delivery people because no matter how many times they come up to the door, you never let them in.
I absolutely agree that Harry Lloyd gives an absolutely brilliant performance. As mentioned by others, this two-parter is an adaptation of a novel written during those dark years between the original series and the revival. There's some significant revisions - it's pretty impressive how Paul Cornell took his excellent novel and reworked it into an excellent TV story.
When Tim said "Martha" it would've been because he knew it from the watch. Schoolboys at a private school and servants wouldn't have been on 1st name terms with each other. Very formal and hierarchical.
I like to think they knew each other since Martha also knew Tim's name. And Tim, having no friends, also seems like kind of child who would speak to staff purely because he'd be lonely, having no friends in a private school.
Yeah, and the few other occasions on which Sentient Stars have been a thing in The Whoniverse (I won't go into any more detail because spoilers), they've tended to be psychic beings, so I always took it to be less of a physical infection and more of a possession type thing.
The music that plays when you see the little girl with the red balloon is from the 1989 story Remembrance of the Daleks, which also features a creepy little girl. (Side note: Remembrance starred the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, who was also the Doctor in the novel upon which this episode is based).
It's a classic children's song, sung in playgrounds up and down the country. I dunno if Murray Gold deliberately used the same tune as in Remembrance, or just instinctively knew which tune goes best with "creepy schoolgirl". =:o}
For me this two parter and the following unrelated episode are the absolute peak of the 10th Doctor era. Great, brilliantly written stories featuring fascinating concepts and characters with superb acting throughout by all concerned and packing a real emotional punch. I won't say any more until after the next episode reaction.
You can actually watch rules 5-22 (kind of). I believe it should be on RUclips. It’s a behind the scenes full length version of that video where tenant says some silly things that are referenced in show in season 10.
Jessica Hynes (Nurse Redfern) is amazing. Her and Tennant reunited for a series called "There She Goes" from 2018-2020, with a one off special in 2023, parents of a daughter born with a chromosomal disorder.
They've worked together two more times! They were actually in a movie together called Learners that came out before they did the Doctor Who episodes. Then they were both in Nativity 2 in 2012.
This two-parter is up among my all-time favorite Doctor Who episodes. Aside from the writing being really good, it also gives all the actors so much room to really show their skills.
I have never thought of this episode as a “Doctor Lite” episode! Fascinating way of thinking about it. This episode is always considered one of the highlights of this era of the show. Another example of Martha going through the wringer for no damn reason.
Edwardian attitudes at a pre Great war Public ( private to you ) school certainly grate with today's sensibilities . It's an uncomfortable one for Martha ,remaining constantly loyal to the Doctor in difficult circumstances and seeing him getting attracted to another when he's actually human . The ruthless family are chilling foes . Part two should be a goodie .
My understanding (this may all be head cannon, formed after watching the episode the first time) of the events from "42" were that the life force in the sun was a swarm of creatures, and the ship's ram scoop collected some of them when they scooped the sun for fuel. I believe the captain's husband was working on the ram scoop's system and that was where/when the transfer occurred.
This is a humdinger of a pair of episodes! Watching David Tennant playing two different characters in the one show is incredible! And Harry Lloyd is really great in this - another example of Doctor Who grabbing someone just before they became famous! Those wood carvings of The Doctor and Rose are amazing by the way!
Fun fact: This episode and its second part is actually an adaptation of a novel from the 90s starring the Seventh Doctor (who's played by Sylvester McCoy, who was also Radagast the Brown in the Hobbit movies). Russell T. Davis liked it so much that he brought the author of the book, Paul Cornell, on board to adapt it into this two-parter.
Your dog definitely was on alert, because my dog went to the window and started barking too! She just doesn’t comprehend streaming doorbells and barking.
oh boy here we go... from here to the end of the season is absolutely golden, youll really like the rest of it :) edit: i simply must reiterate how incredible the rest of the season from this point on is, some of the best thats ever come out of doctor who!
Respect for whoever stuck the Spaced DVD cover into the edit there. Absolutely seminal bit of work, and vastly under appreciated on RUclips, despite it being the start of collab between Pegg, Frost, Wright and Park. Also, you're not wrong about this being a lovely story - it's based on a DW Novel written a decade or so earlier by friends in the fandom, and it was one of the best novels in the series when it was written too. This adaptation does it justice.
I still refer to Harry Lloyd as Brother Mine when I'm talking to my family. This was the first place I saw him. The video already showed that you know he is Viktor in Arcane, but he was also in Game of Thrones, BBC's Robin Hood and Counterpart.
Nearly 25 years ago, Jessica Hynes (Nurse Redfern's actress) co-starred and co-wrote a little Britcom called Spaced. Her writing partner and co-star was a theater pal by the name of Simon Pegg. Their director was a guy named Edgar Wright. Nick Frost also co-starred, having had little acting experience before this point. She may not have risen to the same renown as her collaborators, but she's extremely talented in her own right.
This story was filmed in South Wales in St Fagans. Its actually basically a museum of wales. Fun fact: the dance hall at the end of this episode is actually on the second floor of the building. Knowing that made the scarecrow jumping at Tim through the window made it even creepier
A favourite two parter of mine. It's brilliant and I've watched it several times. Part two is brilliant. I'm really looking forward to seeing your reaction.
I'll cop to underrating her because I didn't like her pinning for the Doctor story. But even if I don't like the material they gave her, she played it brilliantly.
@lant7123 I get that. I just needed a bit of a palette cleanser after Rose. If you'd flipped the order of Martha and Donna I might have appreciated Martha's story more at the time. These days with distance I can appreciate more what they were doing with Martha's story.
I started off liking her, especially because Freema is so pretty, but it didn't take long before I couldn't stand her. They wrote her as too whiny, and on the TARDIS for the wrong reasons.
I bought the DVD box set of Season 3. This two-parter, and the next episode, are all on one disc. I have always said, it's the best single DVD I own. The next disc wasn't too shabby either!
There is a quick line at the start - that the family only have a short time to live - so he only has to hide for a short time. That's why Martha thinks it will all be over in a month.
So... just a fun fact that really relates to me more than anything. After the original series and before this "new" series, there was an attempt to revive Doctor Who in America. They made a pilot movie starring Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor. The film even started with the 7th Doctor and had him "die" to regenerate into 8. While the movie was not fantastic, Paul McGann was incredible as the Doctor. A portion of the fandom REFUSED to acknowledge him as being an official Doctor and that just made me a bigger fan of McGann. Paul McGann did continue on as The Doctor in audio form (as did other Doctor actors), but the "New" Doctor Who show had not done much to talk much about the old show (aside from the return of some class Doctor Who villains). THIS EPISODE was the first episode to show images of the Doctors from the old series and what made me giddy with delight was the center and largest image in The Doctor's book of memories was an image of Paul McGann... cementing him even further as officially being part of the Doctor Who legacy. Anyway... that's one additional reason why this episode means a lot to me!
This is an example of some of the best episodes of NuWho. And note; so far as producing it, it's remarkably simplistic, carried by good costumes and fantastic acting. It's like classic Doctor Who in that sense.
If you've seen the Maze Runner movies, you would also recognize Thomas Sangster from those, alongside fellow Brit Will Poulter, aka Adam Warlock from GotG 3.
The creepy music accompanying the little girl is a call back to the music used with a different little girl in the classic Who story Remembrance of the Daleks from 1988.
Oh Family of Blood two parter reaction? Instant like. This has always been one of my absolute favorites. And you have a run of some of my favorites coming up. Enjoy!
Yeah, The Doctor did say that The Family's life span was running out, that they were doing to die. Which is why they were hiding, they're basically trying to stall for time, let The Family's clock run out.
So when the doctor mentions Gallifrey in ireland, he mentions his parents who are called Sydney and Verity. Sydney Newman was the man who created Doctor Who and Verity Lambert was the first ever producer of the show!
You beat me to it 👍
@@bobsteele9581They didn't the Gallifrey in Ireland gag way back in The Hand of Fear, episode 1.
@@paulwatson9486 - Eldrad must live! 😉😂
I got a little misty-eyed the first time that came when I watched it. Such a sweet, respectful touch.
Not only was Verity Lambert the first producer of the show she was the female producer. She's a legend.
Fun Fact - Baines actor; Harry Lloyds great-great-great-grandfather is Charles Dickens
I was literally about to type this. I’ve never seen anyone mention this fact before! ❤
@@leeci33 He also played Viserys in Game of Thrones, and he's the voice actor for Viktor in Arcane.
cue me responding to this before the end of her reaction where it literally points out Vitktor. haha.
I really liked him in Counterpart
Yup. Love it how we have had one actor in an episode have his ancestor appear as a character in this show. It's got to be such a rarity that something like that has occurred.
I like how doctor just occasionally chucks a psychic at you. Like yeah here they are kind of rare but they're around.
8:16 That was genuinely the _best reaction to that “joke” I’ve ever seen._ 😆 Love ya, Angela. Never change. Such a big heart, and such an hilarious way of showing it.
You've likely watched it by now but even so, ooooooh you want delicious David Tennant acting, wait until you see the next part. Potentially his greatest performance in all of Doctor Who, which is truly saying something because that man can ACT.
There's a bonus scene where they show everything in the Doctor's instruction video that Martha fast forwarded through. It's... pretty great. I know it's been uploaded to RUclips somewhere, probably several times.
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Oh yeah I love that one. More a confidential scene probably. When we see Tennant record all the stuff that's just recorded so she has something to fast forward through
Thank you for acknowledging the incredible job Harry Lloyds did as Baines. There were many discussions and behind the scenes videos about this episode and no one ever mentioned him. He deserved better.
I mean, that's usually an indication that someone is difficult to work with, but nobody was impolite enough to mention it
Fun fact in the scene where The Doctor / John Smith fixes the scarecrow - he mentions his parents being called Sydney and Verity which is a tribute to Sydney Newman - Head of Drama at the BBC and one of the co-creators of Doctor Who back in 1963 - and Verity Lambert - the first producer of the series 👌🏻
Fun fact, this two parter is actually based on a Seventh Doctor novel, adapted by the same author.
Me personally I think the 7th Doctor did it a little better, just because he's way more Alien than 10
It's also funny to think that canonically the event happened twice to the Doctor.
@alexsimpkin5620 this is why I only really consider what happens on TV the actual canon. Anything outside of TV is just different universe doctor's or the timelines just getting wobbly.
@@Kranitoko I get that. But in my opinion, I love that everything is Doctor Who is canon. Everything is canon, even the parts that contradict the other parts.
@@alexsimpkin5620 - I'm with you. The man travels in time, of course timelines change. Contradictions are just things that change as a result.
I know you’ll read these comments after the series, but this and the next episode are very special for old Who fans like me. It was based on a Doctor Who book featuring the 7th doctor from our “dark ages” (we call it the wilderness years) of the show when we thought Doctor Who was gone. Seeing one of the most popular non-show stories adapted into the show was amazing and they did a terrific job.
Yet *another* episode where Martha saves the day. Gorgeous AND gets the job done! *adds another mark to his board of 'why Martha is the best companion'*
plus another one where she gets a job to sustain the doctor lol
10:47 - I love this as the first explicit ackniowledgement of the "Classic" Doctor Who and the first eight Doctors. They never really did this prior to the 2005 revival with Christopher Eccleston. There's a rather great mini episode coming up as well, which does so in a big way.
Well, there _was_ Sarah Jane.
I mean you’re kinda forgetting we literally had Sarah Jane for a full episode last season.
I think it was the first time the Eighth Doctor's likeness showed up in anything outside the TV movie though.
It was less the acknowledgement of the first seven and more Eight specifically, since that was the first time he was outright referred to as a canon version of the Doctor.
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First time in the show. Fairly certain he’d been in comics, novels, big finish and the like by this point
I'm 9 minutes in and I'm thinking about the ending already and I'm tearing up
Yep 😢
*nods*
They actually did explain how the husband got The Sun in the last episode, but it was bink-and-you'd-miss-it. The captain, his wife, had been illegally harvesting material from the sun's corona as cheap fuel(?) and had accidentally scooped up one of the sun creatures in the process. The implication was that he'd come into contact with it that way.
Came here to say this!
One of my favourite two-parters in the whole series, it's so gooood!
Episodes where they change the whole dynamic are usually some of the best.
I made this scarecrow costume one year for Halloween, it’s way creepy in person too. The party I went to the poor dog would immediately turn and run out of room if I had the head piece on, had to just leave it off as I felt bad scaring the dog.
The rest of The Doctor's message to Martha can be found here on RUclips, you should absolutely give it a look because it's very funny, and actually gives some critical information on one of The Doctor's most important rules for life. If you know, you know.
It's a very good rule, I can attest to it!
Ohhhh this is one of my all time favorite Doctor Who stories, I forgot it was coming up!! I wish we could get more stories like this one
I’m a little bit curious as to when 2 Doctor Who per week is returning. Mostly because the second half of season 3 and the entirety of season 4 is just so damn good that waiting a whole week might kill me 😂
Luckily for you, we are currently enjoying the life and adventures of, not ONE, but TWO Doctors. Isn't that SPECIAL!😁👨⚕👩⚕
I'm gonna go through sooooo much popcorn in the next 6 weeks. And I am so ready for it. Let's gooooooo!!
Also the actor playing Baines is Harry Lloyd, aka Viserys in _Game of Thrones_ . Viktor in _Arcane_ and a whole lot more.
Yes!!! Love Harry Lloyd
Did you watch all the video?
Guest appearance by Jon Pertwee! "Hang a mo, Aunt Sally, while I put on me murderin' head!"
When she said "Scariest Scarecrow" my brain when to Worzel too. LOL
Oh my gosh let's goo we're in the Goated run now
YAAAAAAAAAAS FINALLYYYYYY. I have been waiting for this episode since the first reaction!!!!
At the risk of spoilers, oh, just you wait! I'm giddy with anticipation.
In a parallel universe, Jeremy Baines is an exiled prince called Viserys Targaryen. He was stupid and cruel. He was given a golden crown by his brother-in-law while his sister watched. After his crowning, he was forever a changed man.
You know you're just spoiling "Game of Thrones", right? You may not be saying things outright but you imply enough to figure it out. This is not clever, this is ruining people's fun.
@ Game of Thrones Season One came out over a decade ago and Angela has seen Game of Thrones.
i am surprised Angela did not recognised him.
In another one he plays a extremely powerful mutant who would eventually find his own school for gifted children
in another he's Viktor in Arcane. :P
2:56 Now I'm imagining another Time Lord named The Therapist, and inside his TARDIS is a couch. 😂
There was a Foot Doctor....😂
You mentioned about the actor who plays Tim being in GoT. He’s not the only one. Harry Lloyd, who plays Baines, is also in GoT as Viserys Targaryen, the one who got the “golden crown”.
So now they are 'Alias Smith and Jones' 😊
Does anyone else remember that show? Must have run for all of one season in the '70s. I loved it at the time and as an 10yo, something like that).
@PeteSmoot maybe, it just occurred to me heheh
Here is the full transcript of what David Tennant said in the video to Martha - it was mostly time-filler since they knew it would be fast-forwarded, but as such it's entertaining as it's Tennant riffing to make it look like real content:
This working? Martha, before I change, here's a list of instructions for when I'm human.
One, don't let me hurt anyone. We can't have that, but you know what humans are like.
Two, don't worry about the Tardis. I'll put it on emergency power so they can't detect it. Just let it hide away.
Four. No, wait a minute, three. No getting involved in big historical events.
Four, you. Don't let me abandon you.
And five. Very important, five. Don't let me eat pears. I hate pears.
John Smith is a character I made up, but I won't know that. I'll think I am him, and he might do something stupid like eat a pear. In three months, I don't want to wake up and be human and taste that. And six. Now I have to talk for around about a minute without hesitation, deviation, or whatever the other thing is. It's like that panel game on Channel Four, like Rory just pointed out. However, I'm going to move on and say number seven, and talk about my other favourite band, which is the Housemartins. I don't know if anyone remembers the Housemartins, but the best gig I ever went to was at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in about December, it must have been 1990, and the Housemartins were playing, and it was quite simply the best gig I've ever been to. They split up quite soon afterwards; I don't know what that tells you about that particular event. I'm sitting in the TARDIS now, and I'm going to wind up soon, but not before I make a few strange noises with my mouth that will go somewhere along the lines of bingle bongle dingle dangle yikkety-doo yikkety-dah ping pong lippy tuppy too tah.
And twenty-three. If anything goes wrong, if they find us, Martha, then you know what to do. Open the watch. Everything I am is kept safe in there.
Now, I've put a perception filter on it so the human me won't think anything of it. To him, it's just a watch. But don't open it unless you have to. Because once it's open, then the Family will be able to find me. It's all down to you, Martha. Your choice. Oh, and thank you.
I think the scarecrows might have been a nod to the old ITV kids show
Worzel Gummidge, the title character (an animate sentient scarecrow)
played by Jon Pertwee, the Third Doctor.
The Chameleon Arch was malfunctioning during the Pertwee era. Turned the Doctor into a scarecrow, and Sarah Jane Smith into Aunt Sally.
I need the next reaction nowwwww
@@ruudiluca me too…. HURRY UP XANDER
@funnylilgalreacts i would suggest never looking at these comments. There are multiple season story arcs. Though the dr who people seem better than the battlestar ones
One of the favourite 2 parters of Dr Who, hands down. And the Sydney and Verity shout outs always get me. Whovians certainly owe them a lot. And yes! A young Harry Lloyd!
I have no idea why, but there’s just something fitting about a descendant of Charles Dickens acting in Dr Who.
Our pets learn by watching us. Dogs, (especially) get upset at delivery people because no matter how many times they come up to the door, you never let them in.
And every time a dog barks this pesky delivery guy flees in terror even leaving a package so he can run faster. Great success 👍
I absolutely agree that Harry Lloyd gives an absolutely brilliant performance. As mentioned by others, this two-parter is an adaptation of a novel written during those dark years between the original series and the revival. There's some significant revisions - it's pretty impressive how Paul Cornell took his excellent novel and reworked it into an excellent TV story.
OMG BAINES IS VIKTOR IN ARCANE.
When Tim said "Martha" it would've been because he knew it from the watch. Schoolboys at a private school and servants wouldn't have been on 1st name terms with each other. Very formal and hierarchical.
I like to think they knew each other since Martha also knew Tim's name. And Tim, having no friends, also seems like kind of child who would speak to staff purely because he'd be lonely, having no friends in a private school.
"I'm talking to a machine." "I'd do it." She says, talking to a machine, the camera.
In the last episode, we did see that the doctor looking directly at the sun was enough for him to be affected
Yeah, and the few other occasions on which Sentient Stars have been a thing in The Whoniverse (I won't go into any more detail because spoilers), they've tended to be psychic beings, so I always took it to be less of a physical infection and more of a possession type thing.
Oh the next episode. OH THE NEXT EPISODE. Ending gives me chills to this day.
The music that plays when you see the little girl with the red balloon is from the 1989 story Remembrance of the Daleks, which also features a creepy little girl. (Side note: Remembrance starred the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, who was also the Doctor in the novel upon which this episode is based).
It's a classic children's song, sung in playgrounds up and down the country. I dunno if Murray Gold deliberately used the same tune as in Remembrance, or just instinctively knew which tune goes best with "creepy schoolgirl". =:o}
@@therealpbristowFive six, seven eight, it's a doctor at the gate.
For me this two parter and the following unrelated episode are the absolute peak of the 10th Doctor era. Great, brilliantly written stories featuring fascinating concepts and characters with superb acting throughout by all concerned and packing a real emotional punch. I won't say any more until after the next episode reaction.
You can actually watch rules 5-22 (kind of). I believe it should be on RUclips. It’s a behind the scenes full length version of that video where tenant says some silly things that are referenced in show in season 10.
ruclips.net/video/T1msigKOcEg/видео.html
Love this arc. Really gets into the depth of the show and what makes it special.
Jessica Hynes (Nurse Redfern) is amazing. Her and Tennant reunited for a series called "There She Goes" from 2018-2020, with a one off special in 2023, parents of a daughter born with a chromosomal disorder.
They've worked together two more times! They were actually in a movie together called Learners that came out before they did the Doctor Who episodes. Then they were both in Nativity 2 in 2012.
This two-parter is up among my all-time favorite Doctor Who episodes. Aside from the writing being really good, it also gives all the actors so much room to really show their skills.
I have never thought of this episode as a “Doctor Lite” episode! Fascinating way of thinking about it. This episode is always considered one of the highlights of this era of the show. Another example of Martha going through the wringer for no damn reason.
This actually isn’t the doctor lite episode of the season, you’ve still got that one to come and it is one of the best, if not the best of all time!
Edwardian attitudes at a pre Great war Public ( private to you ) school certainly grate with today's sensibilities . It's an uncomfortable one for Martha ,remaining constantly loyal to the Doctor in difficult circumstances and seeing him getting attracted to another when he's actually human . The ruthless family are chilling foes . Part two should be a goodie .
My understanding (this may all be head cannon, formed after watching the episode the first time) of the events from "42" were that the life force in the sun was a swarm of creatures, and the ship's ram scoop collected some of them when they scooped the sun for fuel. I believe the captain's husband was working on the ram scoop's system and that was where/when the transfer occurred.
The young boy also voices Ferb in Phineas and Ferb
I have been waiting patiently for this reaction ever since you said you were going to be reacting to Doctor Who.
The day has finally arrived!
Such an amazing two-parter! Also, your dog is adorable! ❤🐺
This is a humdinger of a pair of episodes! Watching David Tennant playing two different characters in the one show is incredible! And Harry Lloyd is really great in this - another example of Doctor Who grabbing someone just before they became famous!
Those wood carvings of The Doctor and Rose are amazing by the way!
You are so lucky getting to see this for 1st time, the next few episodes are all peak doctor who
Fun fact: This episode and its second part is actually an adaptation of a novel from the 90s starring the Seventh Doctor (who's played by Sylvester McCoy, who was also Radagast the Brown in the Hobbit movies). Russell T. Davis liked it so much that he brought the author of the book, Paul Cornell, on board to adapt it into this two-parter.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Nature_(novel)
Your dog definitely was on alert, because my dog went to the window and started barking too! She just doesn’t comprehend streaming doorbells and barking.
oh boy here we go... from here to the end of the season is absolutely golden, youll really like the rest of it :)
edit: i simply must reiterate how incredible the rest of the season from this point on is, some of the best thats ever come out of doctor who!
That's one of the many things I love about Doctor Who. They work with great actors even if it's a small bit or a 1 or 2 episode thing.
Respect for whoever stuck the Spaced DVD cover into the edit there. Absolutely seminal bit of work, and vastly under appreciated on RUclips, despite it being the start of collab between Pegg, Frost, Wright and Park. Also, you're not wrong about this being a lovely story - it's based on a DW Novel written a decade or so earlier by friends in the fandom, and it was one of the best novels in the series when it was written too. This adaptation does it justice.
Hands down the best story in series 3, not counting the finale arc.
This episode and the next episode are two of my favorite David Tennant episodes. These villains are awesome.
I still refer to Harry Lloyd as Brother Mine when I'm talking to my family. This was the first place I saw him.
The video already showed that you know he is Viktor in Arcane, but he was also in Game of Thrones, BBC's Robin Hood and Counterpart.
You dog senses that the UPS person is working with scarecrows. ;)
I read this just as she was talking about it.
Nearly 25 years ago, Jessica Hynes (Nurse Redfern's actress) co-starred and co-wrote a little Britcom called Spaced. Her writing partner and co-star was a theater pal by the name of Simon Pegg. Their director was a guy named Edgar Wright. Nick Frost also co-starred, having had little acting experience before this point. She may not have risen to the same renown as her collaborators, but she's extremely talented in her own right.
This story was filmed in South Wales in St Fagans. Its actually basically a museum of wales. Fun fact: the dance hall at the end of this episode is actually on the second floor of the building. Knowing that made the scarecrow jumping at Tim through the window made it even creepier
A favourite two parter of mine. It's brilliant and I've watched it several times. Part two is brilliant. I'm really looking forward to seeing your reaction.
Poor Martha. She was so underrated by both the Doctor and the fans alike. She's my favorite companion after Donna.
I'll cop to underrating her because I didn't like her pinning for the Doctor story. But even if I don't like the material they gave her, she played it brilliantly.
@@charlesbaldwin3166 Thing about pining for the Doc... I'm a straight guy, and I just might. I can totally understand any companion falling for him.
@lant7123 I get that. I just needed a bit of a palette cleanser after Rose. If you'd flipped the order of Martha and Donna I might have appreciated Martha's story more at the time. These days with distance I can appreciate more what they were doing with Martha's story.
@charlesbaldwin3166 who's Donna? Don't remember amy9n3 by that name.
I started off liking her, especially because Freema is so pretty, but it didn't take long before I couldn't stand her. They wrote her as too whiny, and on the TARDIS for the wrong reasons.
This story is possibly my favourite 10th Doctor story, so good!
Oooooooh the next ep is the first one I really fell in love with - hope you enjoy it!
I bought the DVD box set of Season 3. This two-parter, and the next episode, are all on one disc. I have always said, it's the best single DVD I own.
The next disc wasn't too shabby either!
This is one of my favourite Tenant episodes,good acting , great story well written. I'm sure you will love the ending .
This two parter got me into.Who , i used a monologue from the 2nd part in my highschool acting class :D
This two-parter is absolutely in my who top 10. Love it! Thx ever so much for sharing your experience of it! 👏
This 2 parter is in my top 5 ever i think.... although the next few arent too shabby either!
There is a quick line at the start - that the family only have a short time to live - so he only has to hide for a short time. That's why Martha thinks it will all be over in a month.
Harry Lloyd also plays a young charles Xavier in the excellent show Legion, a psychedelic trip that blew me away!
Series 3 and 4 both have excellent runs from episode 8 up to their finales, you're in for some excellent stuff!
I hope the doggy's OK.
"Where are we... this woodwork is amazing BUT WHERE ARE WE". LOLOLOLOLOL! God I love your commentaries!
Favorite episodes of this season. The Family is an awesome concept for a villainous species. And those scarecrows! Cheers....
19:20 that guys great in this role. Baines/Son of Mine is one of my favorite one off villains in the show.
So... just a fun fact that really relates to me more than anything. After the original series and before this "new" series, there was an attempt to revive Doctor Who in America. They made a pilot movie starring Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor. The film even started with the 7th Doctor and had him "die" to regenerate into 8. While the movie was not fantastic, Paul McGann was incredible as the Doctor. A portion of the fandom REFUSED to acknowledge him as being an official Doctor and that just made me a bigger fan of McGann.
Paul McGann did continue on as The Doctor in audio form (as did other Doctor actors), but the "New" Doctor Who show had not done much to talk much about the old show (aside from the return of some class Doctor Who villains).
THIS EPISODE was the first episode to show images of the Doctors from the old series and what made me giddy with delight was the center and largest image in The Doctor's book of memories was an image of Paul McGann... cementing him even further as officially being part of the Doctor Who legacy.
Anyway... that's one additional reason why this episode means a lot to me!
Amazing double episode. Really shows David's range
This is an example of some of the best episodes of NuWho. And note; so far as producing it, it's remarkably simplistic, carried by good costumes and fantastic acting. It's like classic Doctor Who in that sense.
Holy crap I just realized that this means the second part of my favorite doctor who story is coming out on actual Christmas!
These two episodes are my favourite ever. Love them to bits
The ball that the Doctor throws to save the mother and the baby from harm is a cricket ball which is a Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) callback.
Wonderful reaction as always, can't wait to see the next
This episode and part 2 is one of the best stories with David Tennant.
"The family seems awful, if the wanna end the time lords" Ho Boy!
32:11 - Angela's real mafia roots are showinggg. Don't play with her!! 😂😂
If you've seen the Maze Runner movies, you would also recognize Thomas Sangster from those, alongside fellow Brit Will Poulter, aka Adam Warlock from GotG 3.
Baines' actor is also Victor in Arcane and was Viserys in Game of Thrones, was superb in The Theory of Everything.
The creepy music accompanying the little girl is a call back to the music used with a different little girl in the classic Who story Remembrance of the Daleks from 1988.
Oh Family of Blood two parter reaction? Instant like.
This has always been one of my absolute favorites. And you have a run of some of my favorites coming up. Enjoy!
22:25 this scene always looked insane to me.
Yeah, The Doctor did say that The Family's life span was running out, that they were doing to die. Which is why they were hiding, they're basically trying to stall for time, let The Family's clock run out.
The Doctor has used the alias Mr Smith before in classic Who
I have been waiting this hole time for your reaction to this and the next episode!! 2 of my favs.
The guy that playes Baines/Brother of Mine was also in Game of Thrones as Viserys in Season 1
I had no idea that Harry Lloyd played Viktor. Damn, that guy has range.