Doctor Who: Season 1 Episode Titles Tease A BIG Twist Hiding In Plain Sight
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- We finally know the episode titles for Doctor Who Season 1, and they're an unusual bunch to say the least. Let's break them all down, rate them, and go over some of the hints they give us about the season itself!
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EDIT: As promised! ruclips.net/video/3TKN-NLMsN8/видео.html
Full breakdown of the new trailer will be along soon. Keep an eye out!
You've lost your mind, you're ranking titles now. omg omg omg
73 yards has a date on the sign it says est 1863
Music teacher here. The Devil's Chord or tone is an interval known as a "tritone". A triad is a chord composed (pun intended) of 3 notes. The tritone is just an interval; it is considered the "Devil's tone" because it was so incredibly dissonant. Medieval performers would often utilize a technique called "musica ficta" in an effort to avoid the tritone (for the music nerds, I'd argue that this was partially responsible for the development of the natural minor scale). The tritone is erroneously credited with being a cause/grounds for excommunication if used in music. There is, to my knowledge, no record of this occurring.
The opening 2 notes of the Simpson's theme is a tritone. You can also hear tritones in Back to the Future. 😀
Off course you Will give Steven Moffat low points because you don't like him. Boom os the best title
@@sabinamolinelli3618 I think you might be responding to the wrong person.
I wanted to spell it TARDIS.🙂
And how you got into this conversation???? Well, you are right. It IS another person. Sorry!
I think it's in Black Sabbath, track one of that group's self-titled debut. "What is this, that stands before me?"
No mention of Blink in relation to Boom? To me it's definitely pulling at the same thread of being simple, bold and evocative. One word. Blink. Boom. Potentially iconic.
That's a gigantic stretch.
And quite simply, it doesn't work.
Blink evokes mystery and intrigue.
Boom evokes '80s US action movies.
@@happyslapsgiving5421 How does that make it a stretch? They're pointing out that they're both single words that immediately convey tone and concept without giving away too much. What's there to stretch?
@@happyslapsgiving5421so they both strongly evoke something with one word? Isn't that what escargoat was saying?
Blink has a kind of mystery that Boom just doesn't convey, boom is kinda like "oh an explosion", but Blink is quite alot different to that id say
@@littleredruri
Because "boom" doesn't.
There's a "boom" in 60%+ of DW episodes, and 99% of them are irrelevant.
"Blink"? Intriguing! 🤔
"Boom"? Meh. Ok, whatever. 😅
My theory with Empire of Death is since it’s footage of the TARDIS with flickering lights and that something might be wrong with it it could be a link to the scene from the first trailer where the TARDIS was all decayed and overgrown
Like a mix of Wife of the Doctor and Journey to the Centre of the Tardis?
@@ivymoon5084 Yeah I definitely think it will be something like that I can’t contain my excitement
Yeah definitely like the doctors wife
@@davidferguson6463 it seems way too familiar to ignore
Something to note, the Waterloo Inn mentioned in your previous trailer breakdown and shown here at 9:40 is a real pub in Nash, Newport. It's located just opposite St Mary's Church, which was the church used in The Church on Ruby Road - so presumably these scenes are also set on Ruby Road.
RTD’s original idea for Boom Town episode was that the Doctor engineered Rose to be his companion in some way - but it was too sinister for dr who - this feels like RTD is taking that idea with Ruby and running with it - mb its not the doctor but it’s someone/something alongside other ideas he didnt use before.
You are spot on except for Devil's Chorde. That gets 10 Malcolm's. That title also has a classic Dr. Who vibe to it.
I personally can't wait for this season.
Davina McCall says to Ruby on the phone at the end of the Christmas special that no one with her DNA exists in the UK. That would make perfect sense if she were from a fictional TV world...
I like it, but that might just mean her ancestors are from another continent.
Or maybe from Gallifrey!
I am hoping that these teasers are actually how the titles will appear in the episode, as part of the proceedings, like how Will Eisner painted The Spirit's logo into the background on the splash page, or how the cover of Watchmen was actually the first panel of the comic.
It's a long shot, but Pemberton might be a hat-tip to Steve Pemberton, who appeared in Silence in the Library, and one of the members of the League of Gentlemen, along with Reece Shearsmith and Sam Kisgart.
Quite frankly that picture from 73 yards kind of reminds me of a mushroom cloud.
I thought the same
The tree more reminded me of something to do with witches , which would fit with the myths and legends coming alive.
Hang on, @WhoCulture, you can’t necessarily talk down ‘Boom’ done as a title. Steven Moffat also wrote ‘Blink’.
And that’s possibly the best NuWho episode ever written …
Ok, but there is no correlation whatsoever between the two.
Maybe, @@happyslapsgiving5421
@@happyslapsgiving5421They are both monosyllabic; they both start with B. What more do you want?
I think that I'll title my review, "Shrug"... ;-P
Tri-tone, not triad. Triad is three notes, the basis for chords. Tri-tone is an interval.
And it’s one of those things with a false history.
Doesn’t mean they can’t mess with it.
Just a musician clarifying stuff.
Hi is that like in Jaws? The film.
Isn’t t he Jaws theme two notes, though, not three?
@@judithstrachan9399
"Tri-tone, not triad. Triad is three notes, the basis for chords. Tri-tone is an interval."
I've heard of poor short term memory, but goddamn! 😂
Tri-tone indeed refers to *two* notes, confusing as this might seem. The Tri- ("three") refers to the distance between them (three whole notes). So it's two notes, three tones apart. Whereas a chord actually consists of three notes
@@badfairy9554 Jaws is just a half step. Spielberg thought John Williams was joking when he first presented the theme to him, but he loved it.
The 73 in "73 Yards" is clearly a reference to classic Saturday morning show "Number 73" which means Sandi Toksvig's announcement as an important cast member is surely imminent.
I was thinking football. 73 yards to house.
@@badfairy9554what's that got to do with football?
@@kieronparr3403 I think they run with it in the US. Only the best have done it. I am not saying I am right.
Wow!!! There's a programme I've not thought about in a very long time!!!!
Musical theory whovian signing in : for the geeks who wanna know the basics, on a "portee", the number written aside the clef (key of G, key of F, etc)
mean the number of notes per measure (top number) and the length of a note in this measure : 4 is a standard black note, 8 means a "croche", 2 a standard white note, 1 a "ronde".
Space Babies could also be referring to the connection between Ruby (foundling) and the Doctor (the timeless child)… feels like RTD wouldn’t just give a weak title for a first episode.
Also all of his first episodes have referred to either the companion or the Doctor and the companion’s relationship… Rose, Smith and Jones, Partners in Crime…
Edit: New Earth also refers to the Doctor and Rose as it’s a new regeneration
Yea I think it’s referral to them being newbies (babies) out in the new who universe (space) with all the supernatural elements the doctor is unfamiliar with
8:02 Lightning tree imposed over a mushroom cloud with falling ash.
Recently learned that 37 is the most picked 'random' number between 1 and 100 (Thanks, Veritaserum), and 73 is that with its digits reversed. So if it's supposed to be a randomly chosen number... it might not be after all.
Controversial thought: but what if Jonathan’s character is playing someone from the division and is a rouge agent and is trying to warn the doctor. Just would be cool to see that all this and ruby is all a big plot from the division. It would also mean that this would be Russel’s take on the division and how he works this into the lore more. It might even be the key to finding out where the doctor is really from. 😊
Could 73 YARDS (note that it's capitalised on the inn-sign) be anagramised as 7ARDYS 3 (TARDIS 3)?
I feel like that might be a stretch, but I do really like the idea that when the 15th doctor duplicated the tardis, it caused the tardis to have some kind of problem with it. It could tie the loose end of David Tennant, and Ncuti Gatwa existing together at the same time somehow.
I had exactly the same idea, though it seems to have gone missing on here. It's a stretch, but if you use leet-speak and the letter 'y' as a vowel, it's easy to read the sign as 'TARDIS 3', suggesting an interior space which may, in Shada-esque fashion, be a TARDIS. Also, the number 3 crops up in folklore and fairy tales - three women, perhaps, who are somehow linked to the TARDIS's split.
Sorry, didn't see that before I commented. Tipsy too?
I like all the titles, but the best for me is Empire of Death! Very early classic Who vibes. I would rank it in Malcolms but its so cool I have to give it 500 BERNARDS!!!
Dot and Bubble sounds like something to do with old school printers?
Yes! Dot-matrix printers and bubble jet printers.
I think it resemble The iMessage bubble when someone is typing
I assumed Dr Who was going to double cross over with EastEnders and Ab Fab in one episode which would explain how Mrs Flood knew what a TARDIS was after it showed up in Albert Square.
Mrs Flood IS a TARDIS
Mrs Flood IS a TARDIS
I'm pretty sure RTD said that episode 4 is "quite an odyssey" for Ruby. Not sure how '73 Yards' plays into that but I thought it was worth mentioning 😊
You did Miss the Point That BOOM is written In the Same font As DOOM the long standing popular Video Game.
Damn, good spot!
Couple of things.
The Devils Chord is called a Tritone, not a triad.
The titles not feeling quite right. I put down to their ambiguity and lack of the word "of" in all but the last
Yards can also refer to a tall drinking glass for ale.
So this could be like the Worlds End with Simon Pegg.
The Dr has to drink a yard of ale in all 73 pubs along Ruby Road.
Dot is also a short form of Dorothy... Ace, perhaps?
Hmm... we also have "Boom!", which might also be a nod to Ace.
I don't think Empire of Death signals a character death, so much as somebody rising to be an Emperor of some kind over it. Maybe Ruby was designed not as a trap for The Doctor but to be his ultimate nemesis. I don't know, just feels like a very Missy "conquering death" style vibes and it would be intriguing if Ruby becomes a villain.
Ellie what if because there is two TARDIS's; ncuti's tardis is evil because it was a duplicate made by the toymakers hammer and it could've been his plan to lose
Wait.
I thought Tennant's was the duplicate, that literally emerged from the original.
@happyslapsgiving5421 No, because we see ncuti go in and show how it has a wheelchair ramp and a jukebox and then Tennant leaves.
Some of these titles and just the season as a whole from what we've seen in the trailers gives me black mirror vibes and honestly I'm not complaining, could be a cool direction for doctor who
I'm a little surprised RTD wrote Empire of Death and not Moffat...
I'm betting that 'The Legend of Ruby Sunday' is the title of the poem we hear The Doctor reciting at the start of The Church on Ruby Road.
I'm amazed that you guys never cottoned on that Dot and Bubble rhymes with Toil and Trouble, which ties in with the creepy tree imagery of the episode before it. As well as the idea that more supernatural elements (witches!) are at play.
Ruby wrapped in a melody….Melody Pond’s daughter anyone…..?
River had a child with the Doctor.
@badfairy9554 We all know how much river got around though....
@@THE_Game_Mental She was living with the Doctor 24 years.
I believe that triad technologies have taken bi-generation Tennants tardis and is using it for power or time stuff. Hence S TRIAD - TARDIS
that's what I was thinking too. watch out there is music teachers about.
The main episode I’m excited for is space babies because the monster looks really cool and reminds me of lovecraftian horror, cosmic horror and just horror in general.
But I do wish that it is more grounded and suspenseful instead of more comedic.
When you visit the Catacombes, here in Paris, there is a sign which reads, ''Arrête! C'est ici l'empire de la Mort'' ("Stop! This is the empire of Death"). I think it could be quite telling that this particular phrase is used as a title for the finale episode !
My personal theory for 'Boom' is that for the entire episode the Doctor is stuck standing on a landmine. In multiple trailers the landmine is given quite a big focus, and the Doctor seems to be in a very similar position in all the shots that we see. Just a theory though!
You were correct!!!
My first thought with "Empire of Death" was ohh, BBC novels circa 2004 - Fifth Doctor!
3:41 The music behind Jinx Monsoon is in 15/8 - a rare time signature, by far the best known example of which is "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield, which was famously used in the film "The Exorcist". Another horror reference?
I’m getting Amy pond/ Clara vibes
Here’s my ranking:
Space Babies - 6/10
The Devil’s Chord - 9/10
Boom - 9/10
73 Yards - 10/10
Dot and Bubble - 8/10
Rogue - 9/10
The Legend of Ruby Sunday - 8/10
Empire of Death - 8/10
You forgot Rogue…
@@Blazing_Ninja added
@@NotAgnor Nice!
Snow effect plus blue tones don't automatically mean a dream state / altered state of mind. It was used in the Matt Smith episode The Snowmen, it's just part of the esthetic look based on the effects available and the director using them.
Empire of death has to be Daleks.
I'm wondering if 73 Yards refers to the distance that an atomic bomb is detonated above the ground? The sign and background look to me like ash and a mushroom cloud.
73 yards could be the distant from the condemned man's cell to the hangman's noose in England.
The devil’s chord is the one I’m looking forward to being a big Beatles fan I’m want to know what they are supposed to be recording in the episode
Also, this was super nerdy! Getting so excited about the trailers for upcoming episodes. Go Ellie!
The space babies title reminds me of The Rug Rats style of animation
BOOM reminds me of KERBLAM. Sure hope it's better than that.
I love the title ROGUE though; suggesting intrigue .. Rogue Timelord instead of Renegade?
Or it's a crossover with 2000ad
To me on the sign for 73 yards the tree looks more like a fissure, like maybe a crack in reality or time. I know we’ve seen a crack in time before but that’s what my brain went to.
Jinx Monsoon is from my hometown! You all get to see a piece of Portland, Oregon celebrity!
I am absolutely amazed at the thought that goes into the topics of these videos 😳🤔... I started watching Doctor Who with Tom Baker and I love the show. It's truly fascinating watching how folks pick the show apart
None of the titles use ‘of the’ doctor, Dalek, Cybermen or timelord etc. I think that’s what makes the titles stand out from recent series… I’m sooooooo excited for Midnight!
Regarding Boom. Oh look, green plasma bolts flying across the screen. Wonder where I’ve seen those before, ah yes, every flipping Moffat episode where he’s crowbarred the Daleks in. Hopefully this will be the only Dalek episode. I know people like the Daleks, I like the Daleks, they’re an important part of Who-lore. But they work best in small doses, a Dalek episode has to be one where it feels like the Doctor might lose. Remember the first season of Nu-Who, the episode Dalek when Eccleston’s Doctor goes into the ‘Metaltron’ room and he discovers it’s a Dalek. He looks actually scared till he realises it’s helpless. He always wins, but it’s always a close run thing. When they pop up every second episode, as it felt they did in Moffat’s reign, and he bluffs them with a Jammie dodger, it’s hard to maintain a rationale for that fear.
The devils chord teaser music is the same melody as the one with Amy and Rory in the dollhouse. Night terrors I think is the name? Tick Tock goes the clock til River kills the doctor.
You can talk about anything you want and I will happily watch it. I can listen to you talk all day !
Empire of death made my head jump to the curse of fatal death haha
IDK why this is the first time I've noticed the RtD2 sounding like R2D2.
Interestingly, 73 yards is ROUGHLY equal to 66.6 meters...
Some people are relating "Boom" to the exchange beteen Ace and Sylvester's Doctor about the explosive power from her Nitro Nine.
Ace "Boom."
Doctor "Boom?"
Ace "BOOM!!!"
And speculating Ace being in it!
Tbh i still dont understand when its releasing, like ik bbc one Saturday, bbc iPlayer Friday/Saturday but for like 2 episodes in one day how will that play out on bbc one since would they be back to back or...
The image of 73 Yards looks like it's a pub sign. (Just wrote that seconds before you said it!) In the pub business, there's a thing called a yard of ale. It's a yard-long "pipe" with a sort of bowl at the end. As a challenge, it gets filled with beer and the challenge is for someone to drink it all in one go without spilling any. Obviously I don't think it's going to be a challenge for the Doc to drink 73 yards of ale! But maybe there's some connection? 🤷🏻♀️ "Who" knows? 😂
Who knows 😄
I don't know why, but the dot and bubble episode and the people stuck in the internet kinda reminded me of that one episode with Ten and Rose, with the plot of the television (the idiot's lantern, i think). It would be nice to see kind of an adaptation of that episode but in this times (but that sounds a bit unlikely).
2 additional thoughts…
73 Yards does the pub sign have more significance when viewed from a different angle (e.g. Upside down) or as part of a larger image (think jigsaw puzzle piece versus whole picture)?
Dot and Bubble - made me think of printers, DOT-matrix and BUBBLE-jet but then I’m an older geek….
Given that Ruby has a baby sister, I wonder whether her experience in caring for babies will play a role in Space Babies
Glad Stephen Moffat is returning, I enjoyed all of the modern era thoroughly but Moffatt’s era was just something special to me. I had never really seen his work outside of who but having recently watched and loved all of press gang I want more of his writing prowess.
The idea with the tardis is an interesting one. However id like to add to it. What if when The doctor split the Tardis into two Tardis, we get that ever lovely split of good and evil. So in this season we are following the doctor around in a Tardis that is even more temperamental than the previous possibly trying to put him in harms way, Or even the oposite where it realises 2 of the same tardis cant exist in the same timestream. This all being part of the big bads plan. Also i feel the master may end up playing a vital role somewhere amongst all this, Perfect opportunity for missy to come back imo.
Could "Devil's Chord" be similar to "Once More With Feeling"? A demon who makes mortals dance themselves to death?
Love your Malcom rating system 😂 made me smile and giggle with mounting excitement
Not too sold on space babies being the title for episode 1 but it does make me curious
Also what if the legend of ruby Sunday is a link to events in rogue. Ruby does something in regency era that the villain uses to make her well known or a target to future villains and the two part is the doctor trying to find away to change his and rubys own past to try and correct the damage and ruby has to fake her death and ends up becoming Mrs flood
Potential plot :
Ruby is the one who waits, daughter.
Imagine the crazy plot
The book for the Devil's Chord apparently belongs to one Tim Drake, does he know a Bruce Wayne by any chance.
Dot and Bubble is giving major Black Mirror vibes.
I see that! And 73 Yards makes me think of Demon 79
73 yards = 66.6 metres (near enough) - more 'devil' theme. Probably way offf! And I read somewhere we return to the Church on Ruby Road in this series, so could be where we go for that final episode Ruby shot mentioned at 9.59. My two cents anyway :D
There’s a real black mirror vibe to some of these
The "Duchess of Pemberton", on the dance card might also be a nod to 60s script editor & writer of "Fury from the Deep" Victor Pemberton, who did write a fair number of historical romance novels
Oh I was thinking the name sounded familiar!
Number 73?
Obviously an episode for Sandi Toksvig to guess star in 🙂
I think instead of Boom, it should have been called Landmine in my opinion. Landmine gets to the point whilst also being short and sweet.
Why is it, whenever I see a clip of the Doctor stepping on the mine I think of him standing on a roomba vacuum cleaner?
I really like the episode titles for the new season! They're all really intriguing and I'm really looking forward to seeing the episodes that we don't necessarily know as much about. I'm also really looking forward to seeing the mysterious storyline that russell t davies has got planned surrounding companion ruby sunday! Great video, thanks Ellie and Who Culture! 😊😊
Devils chord music is it's raining it's pouring. As everyone seems soaked in the water/rain their feet will be wet. So Paul McCartney's shoes will be soaked. The Doc will say take your shoes & socks off before venturing onto Abbey Road. The iconic barefoot shot of Paul will be created.
Indira Varma's character looks like a Parrott when the disguise is removed. I'm assuming by the end her character will be an ex-parott, it will cease to be.
Legend is also the term used in espionage for a false identity.
And on a map or chart it's the key.
In the episode Empire of death, all I'm willing to reveal is that David tennant will appear in this one.
It takes place in a City of Death with Robots of Death.
The Ledgend of Ruby Sunday is the one im most excited about! Im thinking that maybe she is integeral to the timeline, and somethings trying to get rid of her so they could rule over it or something similar. Mostly because of the "thing" watching her, and the first trailer flash through some different looks of her. Anyway, so sick! Cannot wait!!
The pub sign on 73 Yards made me think of the ride Hex at Alton Towers, which is largely a walkthrough experience telling the story of whenever a branch of an oak falls, a member of the family will die (or something). So the owner of the manor chained all the branches up so no boughs could fall. If I recall sources correctly, there is a real pub where the real tree stood, and the legend is genuine folklore. I'm not sure how this would work in conjuncture with the other ideas theorised (which were, as always, very plausible and convincing). Maybe everytime a branch falls, we jump into a different timeline/ to a different time, accounting for the different versions of Ruby??? The figure gets a yard closer? This last idea gave me WBY wibes with the robot. I just went to Alton Towers last week- it's probably got nothing to do with any of that!
6 episodes written by RTD, I would have hoped that they would have been getting more writers on board. The 60ths would have benefitted from someone else throwing ideas into the mix
And I still love her. But I disagree with her Dr. Who titles. As someone else mentioned, Blink? Boom? Ya, I'm good with it. It'll probably be a standalone Doctor lite one.
Empire of Death SCREAMS Daleks so it's probably them!
And Albion is Episode 4.
No daleks toll next season Russel said unfortunately
Love they are rating this out of Malcom’s what a throw back 😂
When I saw '73 Yards' flash up on my screen my brain, which is prone to seeing patterns where none exist, saw the rather dissonant phrase, '3 TARDIS'. I often use the number 7 as a kind of surrogate letter 'T', and 'Y' as a substitute for 'I'. I may have just joined the legions of the damned. 3 7ARDYS - oh dear...
Football. maybe.
Pemberton a clear reference to Classic Who writer Victor Pemberton?
Or Steve Pemberton from League of Gentlemen & Inside No. 9?
AKA Strackman Lux.
Or it's mash-up of Jane Austen's Pemberley and Bridgerton?
@@marksnow7569 More likely a nod to Victor Pemberton, in this context.
@@ftumschk@davidgould9431's answer beat us both by miles!
As an American viewer it’s nice that the legend of ruby Sunday releases on my birthday that Friday second to last episode looking forward to it.
Dk if I should reply HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!😂
or..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!from a time traveler!! U end up having a really good one, and the episode ends up being awesome..🤯🤣😂😜😁✌️🥃
@@steve-0493 lol thanks in advance definitely looking forward to the season.
@@modboyhenry1 no problem lol!! American as well,outside of Columbus..been a who fan since I was a kid in the 80,fascinated by this show on PBS back in the day,would play ransom episode's out of order lol,so I was seeing a different Doctor all the time!!this is b4 I knew wtf was going on,all I knew was there's a blue phone box,it vanishes and makes a wierd noise?it's got a scary weird but yet awesome title theme!!sometimes I see a robot dog that said AFFIRMATIVE!!OR...MASTER!!..oh,and sometimes I'd see this funny bloke with a head full of curly hair,big smile and teeth and had a real long scarf lol!!then I'd see a guy who looks like a pissed off jester(6th obviously)...and now here we are!!been watching since 05, and yh I'll agree, I HOPE THE SEASON DOES WELL,and worth all this drama surrounding it!! Still hope the 'mavity' situation has a real big payoff,fingers crossed...I love all incarnations,but 8th stood out as my fave,after listening to big finish stuff,movie is fine,not great,but Paul's great!!yup,Whovian lol,all 60+yrs!!😁😜✌️🥃
Great video on the episode titles! I also give “Empire of Death” ten Malcolms…and a bonus of two Ruby Sundays. 😂
Seems exciting.
I don't think the person who dropped Ruby off on the church steps was her mother. I doubt a woman could give birth and then hours later walk several blocks in the snow with a baby to drop it off. I think Ruby was the one in the cloak who dropped off the baby for her and I think the Doctor was at the church twice- remember how there was a weird time shift thing in the first episode? I think we're seeing ep. 1 Doctor in one shot and later episode Doctor in another one. I also think Mrs. Flood was involved, which is how she didn't know what the Tardis was at the beginning of the episode and did know about it at the end.
Alright we got one month to go before may first title looks alright but could be better
6:24 I have a feeling it's a slight callback to blink