option A: talk about your feelings like a normal person ❌ option B: take your new friend forward in time to watch her planet get destroyed so she can feel the same pain and grief you're feeling over your own planet. ✅ i love 9
I liked her more in series 1 than series 2. I think there was a lot of immaturity in season 2. I guess given her age it’s appropriate but it was a turn off.
This is actually the first time the psychic paper appeared in the show - it's not a classic thing like the sonic screwdriver (which first appeared in 1968).
guy who's only seen space babies, watching his second doctor who first companion adventure into the future: getting a lot of space babies vibes from this (in actuality, I think the writer of both episodes, Russell T Davies, put in a lot of references to this episode in space babies for us old fans, and I'm really enjoying your unique perspective of coming to this after seeing the latest season!)
One of my favorite episodes.❤ I like how Rose gets overwhelmed with the culture shock at first, and doesn't immediately adapt to things. Not that every companion should do it like that, but I'm glad that idea was explored at least once. Also, the memorable quippy lines, characters, and natural moments.
@Jansenbaker yeah I can't remember how the older companions in the originals reacted , its been decades since I watched them as a kid,....God that sounds SOO old 😂
A lot of the stuff you saw first in Space Babies originated here. The phone upgrade, the psychic paper, and of course, the concept of The Doctor being the last of his kind. Obviously, the show has been going since 1963, but the show was off air between 1989 and 2005, apart from one special. The last of the Time Lords concept was brand new for the revived series, so you are experiencing the mystery of all this fresh, now. I say this just so that you dont think that you're missing more context from the earlier stuff, you're not.
Probably one of the biggest oversights in the new series with Ncuti is that they don't explain the psychic paper to newcomers. Not that he's used it much.
@@SuperHeroStoriesUnlimited in the club where where Ruby and the Doctor first meet. "Health and Safety Gin and Tonic division." Also with Rogue but it just said "you're hot."
I was thinking about it throughout Ncuti's first season. It was barely used & never explained to Ruby or the new/Disney audience. Why show it in Church On Ruby Road if there was every intention to sideline it?? Like getting into Abbey Road Studios you'd think perfect use for Psychic Paper but no, it doesn't show up again until Rogue!! 😡
You know, there were a lot of theories about Rose being Ruby's Mother simply because they were both blonde and the timeline sort of matched. Ruby born Christmas 2004, and Rose starting her travels in 2005. Obviously that didn't happen but its crazy that even the revived show has gone on long enough for a companion to be born at the start of its run and be old enough to join the Doctor now.
They also did a lot of callbacks to Rose like the shot he commented on when she is looking out on the planet. I definitely considered it at one point among my theories.
It is wild going back to Eccleson after Ncuti as the 15th Doctor is so emotionally available and open with Ruby whereas the 9th here is still full of trauma and has difficulty being open. Yeah there were a lot of call backs in Space Babies to this episode (the same phone thing happens in both). Another fantastic reaction and it is really good knowing that someone who started with Ncuti not only liked it enough to go back but is also enjoying the older stuff. I so hope no one spoils anything (doctor who fans can get a bit over excited in this regard)
Yeah, the main difference being that the phone scene was robbed of all its dramatic weight so instead of it being a huge ethical quandary for Rose to talk to her dead of five billion years mother, Ruby just smiles and giggles without ever questioning it. A more clear example of the downgrades between eras you will never find.
@@Longshanks1690 Shows a difference between Rose and Ruby, at least, but that's not necessarily a negative. Ruby believes she will go back and find her mother and grandmother alive still, and she's not wrong.
@@HuntingViolets When was that in doubt for Rose? Moreover, when did Ruby bring that up? 😂 And yes, it is absolutely a downgrade. Having a different reaction is fine, preferable even, but having no reaction and just casually accepting everything that comes her way? That’s not interesting, that’s just lazy character writing. You can have Ruby be more into it, but that needs to be rooted in three dimensional characterisation, like there’s something on earth she’s trying to escape. But Ruby isn’t, she had a great life and no reason to leave as there was so much tethering her to earth, like Rose. But whereas Rose has the shock of realising she threw her perfectly fine life away for basically no reason, Ruby has no such realisation. So if you’re going to give them similar backgrounds, you need to give them similar reactions to things as well, because the contrasts between them are so stark as to be unavoidable.
@@Longshanks1690 I'm just saying different people have different reactions, and one isn't necessarily better or worse. Even people of similar backgrounds. Everyone with the same background doesn't have the same reaction to everything. I didn't realize that would be an odd idea. I'm not sure Rose's life was perfectly fine, though. But that's a different subject.
this episode is ingrained in my mind. One of those that hooked me on the show when I first started watching, from the crazy aliens and the scientific future to Brittney Spears
I actually find this episode super boring. Tonnes of cool aliens that don't get explored in anyway to make them interesting. The story is just bland and the stupid finale with the fans is the nail in the coffin. Casandra and the tree lady are cool concepts and still visually hold up to this day, but their not enough to save this story. That's just my take, glad other people out there found this one enjoyable :)
This episode had a lot to establish, being the first trip of a completely new era, so I think the fairly simple plot was a good choice. It also had interpersonal dynamics to set up, a bit of lore, and a lot of huge ideas for both Rose and the audience to think about. Not to mention all the cool visuals. The more clever and convoluted plots are yet to come, but this early it might have been too much.
The Doctor was much more human in Old Who. Then the War happened. Eccelston is the first Dr after the War. His storyline makes sense as the seasons progress.
@@IncrediblyMediocre6 RTD debunked that, the budget for the current episodes isn't even *near* £10,000,000 *There’s been a lot of press speculation about how the Disney deal will boost the show’s resources. Will Doctor Who be getting a bigger budget?* RTD: Yes. But it’s not the reported budget. Is this worth saying? [Producer] Jane Tranter: I think it’s really, really worth saying. I’d like us to say this. *There have been reports in the press saying £10 million per episode. So that’s not true?* RTD: That has been exaggerated. If that was the budget, I’d be speaking to you from my base on the Moon. That is not the budget, and I worry that misinformation like that creates false expectation. Nonetheless, we have a lovely, handsome budget, and we’re very happy with how we’re proceeding with it.
@@j.b.c.a. Plus everything is much more expensive these days anyway. They may have a higher budget but they have too spend much more compared to what the did in 2005 to achieve the same results. With that being said the first season was criminally underfunded.
Hey just wanted to mention that Clive died in the first episode when the mannequins attacked, he was the first one shot. Just wanted to save you a little work on that Mrs. Flood theory video, just in case. Much love, thanks for the reaction!
I've been looking at some of these Sutekh memes people have been posting, but Ugo is going to have them occur to him in real time watching for the first time with this foreknowledge😂
Jabe was descended from the tropical rainforest on Earth. It was funny that you said that it was like Space Babies when Rose was looking out the window into space. Everyone else who watched from the beginning said that the scene in Space Babies was like The End of the World.
It has been quite a while since there's been a TV reactor that I consistently show up for but goddamn I am THERE when you upload. Also I love this episode, compared to Space Babies it's a lot darker in its exploration of the companion's first trip which I gotta be honest, I prefer so much... not that I don't like Space Babies. There's a lot of parallels obviously, and I love it.
Russell did in this episode what he completely failed to do in Space Babies which was have the companion actually question the Doctor and everything that's going on. Also the world building is done more authentically in this episode. Watching these reactions reminds me of why 9 is my favourite Doctor as well.
I think it makes sense since Ruby Sunday comes from a time when sci-fi is more accepted by society than in 2005 when Rose would see it as a weirdo fad for nerds. In fact, Ruby actually asks her questions but her Doctor is more sociable and open than Eccleston.
Ruby and Rose are separate characters. Space Babies and End of the World are separate stories. When Rose first travels with the doctor, he takes her to see her planet get torched, while when Ruby first travels with the doctor he takes her to save a bunch of babies from death. Not to mention Rose is a sheltered person who's live in the same council flat her entire life, she works a low wage retail job and is dating her childhood boyfriend. Ruby, by comparison, has lived a much fuller life.
@@unclekarl5219 my point is Ruby lacks depth. We don't get any reactions other than suddenly seeming to fit in. She doesn't seem to question much when Lulubele gets taken, we don't really hear her inner thoughts about what's going on in her first adventure other than a shallow "woah this is amazing", and we don't even see her family's reaction to the Doctor. And actually with Ruby there isn't anything about her other than her adoption storyline to make her different to other modern day Earth companions.
Thanks for uploading so often! Out of all first-time watchers I've seen, your videos are so far the most entertaining to watch, with all your commentary being right on point. I hope you will continue and I hope people don't spoil all the best bits and plot twists for you The new season has A lot of callbacks to this one, as we all noticed; it's interesting to see you looking at it backwards The answers about the doctor's origin and what happened to the planet are still ahead of you in the rest of the season, although funnily they are not exactly the same reasons as for the 15th doctor. You'll figure it out _ hah you called her ruby again. I wonder how often that will happen
It's so entertaining to see your first experience of watching NuWho from the beginning when your reference point is so different because of Ncuti's first stint as the doctor haha I'm loving it
How very interesting. As a new viewer you didn’t recognise the "Psychic Paper" but don't feel bad because for some inexplicable reason Ncuti only used it in "The Church On Ruby Road" (In the club when 15 says to Ruby - "Health & Safety, Gin & Tonic Division") & "Rogue" ("Does that say your hot or I'm hot?") In Legend Of Ruby Sunday as part of the media team with Mel & I don't remember 15 explaining it to Ruby once though out the season, I have no idea why it was so hidden 🤔
Zoe Wanamaker was Cassandra. She has been in a lot of things, including _Poirot_ (Ariadne Oliver), Harry Potter (Madame Hooch), _Shakespeare: The Animated Tales_ (Lady Macbeth), and _Shadow and Bone_ (Baghra), as well as being an acclaimed stage actress.
i love seeing your reaction! it’s such a refreshing perspective that you were introduced to the show through the newest series and so you already know little bits about the doctor and his world instead of going into it totally blind. i love the idea of sutekh clinging on for dear life as the doctor and rose travel so fast to the year 5 billion 😭
@@BaronMartin The Slitheen were an actual immediate threat to the characters in that they could kill them, and had killed many politicians to replace them. Thematically, they represent a government pretending to be something they’re not… and also full of hot air. The absorbaloff’s scenes were comically goofy beyond belief but the character in the episode overall actually had a very serious point in being a commentary on fan communities and how the joy of community can be robbed as everything you once were disappears and you don’t even realise it. You lose more of yourself in pursuit of an aim at any cost, there was an actual point. What, in the ever loving fuck, is the thematic subtext of Space Babies? Besides “abortion good” and “refugees even better,” of course, messages delivered with the grace of a reversing dump truck? There is none. The SB are just stupid and silly to be stupid and silly. They’re super advanced, yet cry whenever they hear a scary noise. They hate the boogeyman until they don’t and are crying at the ideas of it being yeeted out the airlock. There is no consistency or logic to them from either an in universe explanation or a thematic meta reading, it’s just goofy nonsense for the sake of having goofy nonsense. No point, no depth, no message, just farting spaceships because farting funny. This was the same man who wrote Midnight ffs. 😑
@@Longshanks1690 Child, I could never take the Slitheen seriously. They're a walking fart joke while making cartoon villain grimaces with a stupid plan. Ironically they were a more would be menace in Sarah Jane Adventures.
watching along with this, I haven't seen season one for over ten years so I'm very excited watching it again one episode a week and seeing your thoughts immediately after.
The Nestene Consciousness (the huge glob of plastic in the vat) actually addressed the Doctor as "Time Lord" in "Rose," but it was easy to miss because the Nestene's voice was difficult to understand. The highly emotional musical theme that plays over the last couple of scenes of this episode is composer Murray Gold's theme for Rose. Gold has returned to the show for the Gatwa era; Ruby's theme is the piece she plays on the piano on the roof in "The Devil's Chord."
Most Doctors have a phrase that each incarnation says frequently it's getting a little clearer now that Ncuti's Doctor phrase right now is "Babe's" & the 9th Doctor's is "Fantastic" as you've noted. In The Devils Chord 15 also says "Hadi ama" to Ruby which is Turkish for come on/let's go & it might become 15's phrase in S2 going further perhaps 🤔
I don’t think it’s super spoily to say that it’s intended to be read that Gallifrey was destroyed essentially *just* before New Who picks up. It’s very raw and recent for the Doctor hence why he’s very on guard about his background.
No spoilers, but your question about why he doesn't go back to the war does get addressed! I'm loving watching your journey through NewWho and vicariously seeing it again for the first time!
This series came out when I was 7 and I was instantly hooked. It's so interesting seeing someone's first reaction, especially as you have watched the newest series beforehand. I hope you're able to avoid spoilers because you sir are in for a ride
I’ve been rewatching this season. It’s fun to see you watching for the first time an episode I just watched for the 4-5th time a few days ago. 😂Za sshwwww e
I love how the second episode makes something clear about NuWho: dont hold too much to the side characters, they are NOT safe from death even if they are very charismatic and loved. This is a dangerous man that has death following him, people WILL die
Lady Cassandra was voiced by the American actress Zoë Wannamaker and maybe you saw her in the first Harry Potter film as Madame Hooch, but she's also been in a lot of English series and films, I always assumed she was from Great Britain, but apparently not. As for all the questions you've got for the Doctor, it will be explained but not everything in one go, they feed you that information as the story goes, but it will take you a while to get there, but what a ride that is.
Clive died in the auton attack at the end of the first episode, so he's not very ripe material for theorising. Rose isn't from Brighton or Liverpool. She's thoroughly Londonite.
this was the first episode I wartched (I didn't see the Rose episode until a few seasons later 😅) and it's where I got interested in Doctor Who so far.
We all can agree that this was probably the worst idea for a date ever 😂 This doctor, Nine, is quite traumatized (as stated, he lost his own planet recently) and I think he wanted Rose to understand that pain and perspective. Though, it is still messed up to show someone the death of their planet!
The doctor being "the last time lord" is a new who development The war that wiped them out happened at some point between seasons So its a pretty big reveal at the end there
I'm a new subscriber,my friend. I'm loving your reactions to DW and other new experiences too. I love how the NuWho Companions all have back stories which didn't happen that often in Classic Doctor Who. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤☮️☮️☮️☮️👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Going back in time and changing your own history can have... really wild reproductions. No spoilers, but the show does explore that concept several times down the line.
Ah it's so bizarre but fun to see someone watch this with only Series 14 as reference. Calling Rose Ruby and talking about Sutekh sat on the top of the TARDIS.
So some quick tips your gonna enjoy all of nuwho once youve watched all of nuwho you could if you wanted to watch classic who also i im not spoiling but i cant wait to see this guy react to episode 6
These coming seasons are going to enchant you.... the current 2024 series is OK, but this is so so SO much better it'll surprise you.... just wait and see....
So excited for this journey you're going on with New Who! If you decide to watch some Classic serials you should definitely watch Pyramids of Mars, the original Sutekh story.
So glad your doing more Dr Who! It’s been a while, I didn’t think you were gonna. Yay! I was wrong. Thanks for what you do. May your views and likes always be equal.
huh, did they not explain the Tardis translating for companions in the new series? And keep thinking about Sutekh, the jokes only get funnier the further into the show you get!
I would say that the series starts not long after the Last Great Time War. The Doctor reacting to his own face in the mirror in the first episode implies as much. Nothing definitive, but it couldn't be more than a few weeks for the Doctor.
This episode tends to get overlooked, but I love it. Still some flaws, but they're more than counterbalanced by the rest, and I've always loved the emotional beats of the last few minutes. Nobody knew it at the time, but two seeds were planted in this episode for the season arc. I didn't even notice one myself until watching a video just a few years ago that highlighted one!
This episode was filmed in The Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health, known as the Temple of Peace and Health or commonly the Temple of Peace, is a non-religious civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. It was designed by the architect Sir Percy Thomas. Since its foundation, the building has served a dual function as headquarters for health and international affairs organisations. Look it up on the net, its a cool building.
Do you know the show way back a long time ago called My Family? The mom on that is Cassandra’s voice. I used to watch it here in the US on PBS in reruns.
Couldn't agree more about Jabe. Tree lady. I still think she was one of the best characters ever. Casandra left sich an impression whoivans still like seeing flat stuff and saying look Casandra 😂
i will warn that this is NOT spoilers, but merely a warning that NuWho absolutely loves placing in easter eggs for arcs and little things like that, and i really hope you notice them. Also, Christopher is known as a dark doctor, coming straight after the mentioned Time War and trust me darkness WILL show itself in the episodes coming up. I will also now mention something ralated to Gallifrey and the Doctor coming back to save it, it is NOT spoilers but someone might want to remain in the dark. as mentioned by none other than a timelord in a Classic Who story, the first rule of time travel is that you can't co back on your own time stream (the print in time that any individual leaves) and more importantly, mentioned in future stories too, there are certain events called Fixed Points in Time, thus they must happen regardless of what any time traveler wants to do. in any case, more of the time war will be explained overtime. Finally, if I may make a slight suggestion, as you mentioned wanting to watch some Classic Who stories, the first ever aired story (1963 - Season 1 Espiode 1to4 - An Unearthly Child + The Cave Of Skulls + The Forest Of Fear + The Firemaker) may have been removed (taken down by the son of the original owner if I remember correctly) but I belive it can still be found, and even if it may be outdated and quite slow, William Hartnell (the 1st doctor) is sometimes overlooked and I really hope you can view it eventually. thank you, and good luck with the next travel
option A: talk about your feelings like a normal person ❌
option B: take your new friend forward in time to watch her planet get destroyed so she can feel the same pain and grief you're feeling over your own planet. ✅
i love 9
Clearly a stable and rational person.
No trauma whatsoever
oh my god??? it never occurred to me that this was his reasoning (even subconsciously). this hurts!
I-...
Goddamn it, you summarized it perfectly.
You can see why Rose was so instantly popular. She had a lot of depth and warmth. She’s a great companion.
Don't hate me
I fell out with Rose in Series 2.
She was brilliant in Series 1 tho.
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I loved her in both series. ❤️ She’s my favourite. I like that they argue too.
Rose became so annoying in Series 2.
I liked her more in series 1 than series 2. I think there was a lot of immaturity in season 2. I guess given her age it’s appropriate but it was a turn off.
"Maybe it's a fixed point in time, like from Marvel-"
That was wild to hear 😭
How people felt when people compared the RTD2 logo to the Paw Patrol logo instead of the Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker one
The phrase 'fixed point' instantly gets narrated by david tennant in my head
This is actually the first time the psychic paper appeared in the show - it's not a classic thing like the sonic screwdriver (which first appeared in 1968).
guy who's only seen space babies, watching his second doctor who first companion adventure into the future: getting a lot of space babies vibes from this
(in actuality, I think the writer of both episodes, Russell T Davies, put in a lot of references to this episode in space babies for us old fans, and I'm really enjoying your unique perspective of coming to this after seeing the latest season!)
One of my favorite episodes.❤
I like how Rose gets overwhelmed with the culture shock at first, and doesn't immediately adapt to things.
Not that every companion should do it like that, but I'm glad that idea was explored at least once.
Also, the memorable quippy lines, characters, and natural moments.
@Jansenbaker yeah I can't remember how the older companions in the originals reacted , its been decades since I watched them as a kid,....God that sounds SOO old 😂
One thing about rose tyler: she’s GOING to make a beeline for the working class and start a union on every planet at any time
A lot of the stuff you saw first in Space Babies originated here. The phone upgrade, the psychic paper, and of course, the concept of The Doctor being the last of his kind.
Obviously, the show has been going since 1963, but the show was off air between 1989 and 2005, apart from one special.
The last of the Time Lords concept was brand new for the revived series, so you are experiencing the mystery of all this fresh, now.
I say this just so that you dont think that you're missing more context from the earlier stuff, you're not.
"Maybe is a fixed point in time, like Marvel"
Dude that hurts
Makes me wonder what other concepts are going to come up that originated from here, but have been used elsewhere 🤔
Or a fixed point in time like Krypton?
Probably one of the biggest oversights in the new series with Ncuti is that they don't explain the psychic paper to newcomers. Not that he's used it much.
When did he use it
@@SuperHeroStoriesUnlimited in the club where where Ruby and the Doctor first meet. "Health and Safety Gin and Tonic division." Also with Rogue but it just said "you're hot."
@@Vincornelisalso in Legend of Ruby Sunday, when entering Triad Technology
I was thinking about it throughout Ncuti's first season. It was barely used & never explained to Ruby or the new/Disney audience. Why show it in Church On Ruby Road if there was every intention to sideline it?? Like getting into Abbey Road Studios you'd think perfect use for Psychic Paper but no, it doesn't show up again until Rogue!! 😡
@@Vincornelis I think they got the idea of what it was doing in "Rogue."
You know, there were a lot of theories about Rose being Ruby's Mother simply because they were both blonde and the timeline sort of matched. Ruby born Christmas 2004, and Rose starting her travels in 2005. Obviously that didn't happen but its crazy that even the revived show has gone on long enough for a companion to be born at the start of its run and be old enough to join the Doctor now.
They also did a lot of callbacks to Rose like the shot he commented on when she is looking out on the planet. I definitely considered it at one point among my theories.
It is wild going back to Eccleson after Ncuti as the 15th Doctor is so emotionally available and open with Ruby whereas the 9th here is still full of trauma and has difficulty being open. Yeah there were a lot of call backs in Space Babies to this episode (the same phone thing happens in both).
Another fantastic reaction and it is really good knowing that someone who started with Ncuti not only liked it enough to go back but is also enjoying the older stuff.
I so hope no one spoils anything (doctor who fans can get a bit over excited in this regard)
Yeah, the main difference being that the phone scene was robbed of all its dramatic weight so instead of it being a huge ethical quandary for Rose to talk to her dead of five billion years mother, Ruby just smiles and giggles without ever questioning it. A more clear example of the downgrades between eras you will never find.
@@Longshanks1690 Shows a difference between Rose and Ruby, at least, but that's not necessarily a negative. Ruby believes she will go back and find her mother and grandmother alive still, and she's not wrong.
Yes, it's nice to see.
@@HuntingViolets When was that in doubt for Rose? Moreover, when did Ruby bring that up? 😂
And yes, it is absolutely a downgrade. Having a different reaction is fine, preferable even, but having no reaction and just casually accepting everything that comes her way? That’s not interesting, that’s just lazy character writing. You can have Ruby be more into it, but that needs to be rooted in three dimensional characterisation, like there’s something on earth she’s trying to escape. But Ruby isn’t, she had a great life and no reason to leave as there was so much tethering her to earth, like Rose. But whereas Rose has the shock of realising she threw her perfectly fine life away for basically no reason, Ruby has no such realisation.
So if you’re going to give them similar backgrounds, you need to give them similar reactions to things as well, because the contrasts between them are so stark as to be unavoidable.
@@Longshanks1690 I'm just saying different people have different reactions, and one isn't necessarily better or worse. Even people of similar backgrounds. Everyone with the same background doesn't have the same reaction to everything. I didn't realize that would be an odd idea. I'm not sure Rose's life was perfectly fine, though. But that's a different subject.
Christopher Eccleston is my favourite doctor. I liked the moments in this episode between him and Jabe in this episode.
Mine too.
I love how positive yout energy is in all your reactions
this episode is ingrained in my mind. One of those that hooked me on the show when I first started watching, from the crazy aliens and the scientific future to Brittney Spears
I actually find this episode super boring. Tonnes of cool aliens that don't get explored in anyway to make them interesting. The story is just bland and the stupid finale with the fans is the nail in the coffin. Casandra and the tree lady are cool concepts and still visually hold up to this day, but their not enough to save this story. That's just my take, glad other people out there found this one enjoyable :)
This episode had a lot to establish, being the first trip of a completely new era, so I think the fairly simple plot was a good choice. It also had interpersonal dynamics to set up, a bit of lore, and a lot of huge ideas for both Rose and the audience to think about. Not to mention all the cool visuals. The more clever and convoluted plots are yet to come, but this early it might have been too much.
The Doctor was much more human in Old Who. Then the War happened. Eccelston is the first Dr after the War. His storyline makes sense as the seasons progress.
“Bitchy trampoline” is iconic!
Fun fact: They used up a majority of the series budget on this episode *alone*. The budget which was far, far less than the current series!
I think Series 1 (2005) had a £10,000,000 budget, but I heard most episodes nowadays have that budget for each episode, it's crazy
@@IncrediblyMediocre6 RTD debunked that, the budget for the current episodes isn't even *near* £10,000,000
*There’s been a lot of press speculation about how the Disney deal will boost the show’s resources. Will Doctor Who be getting a bigger budget?*
RTD: Yes. But it’s not the reported budget. Is this worth saying?
[Producer] Jane Tranter: I think it’s really, really worth saying. I’d like us to say this.
*There have been reports in the press saying £10 million per episode. So that’s not true?*
RTD: That has been exaggerated. If that was the budget, I’d be speaking to you from my base on the Moon. That is not the budget, and I worry that misinformation like that creates false expectation. Nonetheless, we have a lovely, handsome budget, and we’re very happy with how we’re proceeding with it.
@@j.b.c.a. Plus everything is much more expensive these days anyway. They may have a higher budget but they have too spend much more compared to what the did in 2005 to achieve the same results. With that being said the first season was criminally underfunded.
not true
"Everything has its time and everything dies," is what I found myself saying at the end of "Dot & Bubble".
The voice of Cassandra is Zoë Wanamaker, she was a teacher in Harry Potter, Ms. Hooch, flying leassons
Hey just wanted to mention that Clive died in the first episode when the mannequins attacked, he was the first one shot. Just wanted to save you a little work on that Mrs. Flood theory video, just in case. Much love, thanks for the reaction!
Could be Clives wife tough. Or mum sister? I'm bad in telling how old someone is.
every story in hindsight is kinda funny cause Sutekh has always been there lol
Do you think Sutekh was grooving along to Toxic?
@@Creek932i wonder how sutekh reacted during day of the doctor
@@SuperHeroStoriesUnlimited The Day of Sutekh
Yeah, almost like it’s really, really stupid the more it gets highlighted all the events he was present for.
I've been looking at some of these Sutekh memes people have been posting, but Ugo is going to have them occur to him in real time watching for the first time with this foreknowledge😂
It’s fascinating watching someone who’s seen Space Babies and Empire of Death now watching this for the first time. The Sutekh reference killed me.
Again, love watching my beloved episodes through fresh eyes!
Same, this has been an absolute joy so far
Jabe was descended from the tropical rainforest on Earth.
It was funny that you said that it was like Space Babies when Rose was looking out the window into space. Everyone else who watched from the beginning said that the scene in Space Babies was like The End of the World.
It has been quite a while since there's been a TV reactor that I consistently show up for but goddamn I am THERE when you upload.
Also I love this episode, compared to Space Babies it's a lot darker in its exploration of the companion's first trip which I gotta be honest, I prefer so much... not that I don't like Space Babies. There's a lot of parallels obviously, and I love it.
Russell did in this episode what he completely failed to do in Space Babies which was have the companion actually question the Doctor and everything that's going on. Also the world building is done more authentically in this episode. Watching these reactions reminds me of why 9 is my favourite Doctor as well.
I think it makes sense since Ruby Sunday comes from a time when sci-fi is more accepted by society than in 2005 when Rose would see it as a weirdo fad for nerds.
In fact, Ruby actually asks her questions but her Doctor is more sociable and open than Eccleston.
Ruby and Rose are separate characters. Space Babies and End of the World are separate stories. When Rose first travels with the doctor, he takes her to see her planet get torched, while when Ruby first travels with the doctor he takes her to save a bunch of babies from death. Not to mention Rose is a sheltered person who's live in the same council flat her entire life, she works a low wage retail job and is dating her childhood boyfriend. Ruby, by comparison, has lived a much fuller life.
@@unclekarl5219 my point is Ruby lacks depth. We don't get any reactions other than suddenly seeming to fit in. She doesn't seem to question much when Lulubele gets taken, we don't really hear her inner thoughts about what's going on in her first adventure other than a shallow "woah this is amazing", and we don't even see her family's reaction to the Doctor. And actually with Ruby there isn't anything about her other than her adoption storyline to make her different to other modern day Earth companions.
Thanks for uploading so often! Out of all first-time watchers I've seen, your videos are so far the most entertaining to watch, with all your commentary being right on point. I hope you will continue and I hope people don't spoil all the best bits and plot twists for you
The new season has A lot of callbacks to this one, as we all noticed; it's interesting to see you looking at it backwards
The answers about the doctor's origin and what happened to the planet are still ahead of you in the rest of the season, although funnily they are not exactly the same reasons as for the 15th doctor. You'll figure it out
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hah you called her ruby again. I wonder how often that will happen
It's so entertaining to see your first experience of watching NuWho from the beginning when your reference point is so different because of Ncuti's first stint as the doctor haha I'm loving it
The switch on the other side of rotating blades always makes me think of Galaxy Quest - "Why do we even *have* this?"
How very interesting. As a new viewer you didn’t recognise the "Psychic Paper" but don't feel bad because for some inexplicable reason Ncuti only used it in "The Church On Ruby Road" (In the club when 15 says to Ruby - "Health & Safety, Gin & Tonic Division") & "Rogue" ("Does that say your hot or I'm hot?") In Legend Of Ruby Sunday as part of the media team with Mel & I don't remember 15 explaining it to Ruby once though out the season, I have no idea why it was so hidden 🤔
Maybe it's because Ncuti Gatwa uses her charm to convince people. Something the classic Doctors used to do.
Ugo, you are the fandoms newest treasure... I'm so glad you're liking it
Ugh I cannot WAIT until he gets to Dalek
Zoe Wanamaker was Cassandra. She has been in a lot of things, including _Poirot_ (Ariadne Oliver), Harry Potter (Madame Hooch), _Shakespeare: The Animated Tales_ (Lady Macbeth), and _Shadow and Bone_ (Baghra), as well as being an acclaimed stage actress.
I forgot how viscera-filled Cassandra's death was.
Yeah, it was pretty grim... I wasn't ready on my first watch all those years ago. He handled it like a champ, though.
i love seeing your reaction! it’s such a refreshing perspective that you were introduced to the show through the newest series and so you already know little bits about the doctor and his world instead of going into it totally blind. i love the idea of sutekh clinging on for dear life as the doctor and rose travel so fast to the year 5 billion 😭
i guess between singing goblins and space babies and a booger monster that kinda prepares people for how goofy the older episodes can be lol
Honestly, people acting like space babies is worse then the slitheen or the absorbaloff are either crazy, lying, or just haters.
@@adamcarlson2192It is, it’s so much fucking worse in every way.
And yes I’m firmly in the hater camp. 😂
@@Longshanks1690 How. How is it actually? This is the problem with you, guys. You're always saying that it's bad, but never why.
@@BaronMartin The Slitheen were an actual immediate threat to the characters in that they could kill them, and had killed many politicians to replace them. Thematically, they represent a government pretending to be something they’re not… and also full of hot air.
The absorbaloff’s scenes were comically goofy beyond belief but the character in the episode overall actually had a very serious point in being a commentary on fan communities and how the joy of community can be robbed as everything you once were disappears and you don’t even realise it. You lose more of yourself in pursuit of an aim at any cost, there was an actual point.
What, in the ever loving fuck, is the thematic subtext of Space Babies? Besides “abortion good” and “refugees even better,” of course, messages delivered with the grace of a reversing dump truck?
There is none. The SB are just stupid and silly to be stupid and silly. They’re super advanced, yet cry whenever they hear a scary noise. They hate the boogeyman until they don’t and are crying at the ideas of it being yeeted out the airlock. There is no consistency or logic to them from either an in universe explanation or a thematic meta reading, it’s just goofy nonsense for the sake of having goofy nonsense. No point, no depth, no message, just farting spaceships because farting funny.
This was the same man who wrote Midnight ffs. 😑
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Child, I could never take the Slitheen seriously. They're a walking fart joke while making cartoon villain grimaces with a stupid plan. Ironically they were a more would be menace in Sarah Jane Adventures.
watching along with this, I haven't seen season one for over ten years so I'm very excited watching it again one episode a week and seeing your thoughts immediately after.
The Nestene Consciousness (the huge glob of plastic in the vat) actually addressed the Doctor as "Time Lord" in "Rose," but it was easy to miss because the Nestene's voice was difficult to understand.
The highly emotional musical theme that plays over the last couple of scenes of this episode is composer Murray Gold's theme for Rose. Gold has returned to the show for the Gatwa era; Ruby's theme is the piece she plays on the piano on the roof in "The Devil's Chord."
Most Doctors have a phrase that each incarnation says frequently it's getting a little clearer now that Ncuti's Doctor phrase right now is "Babe's" & the 9th Doctor's is "Fantastic" as you've noted.
In The Devils Chord 15 also says "Hadi ama" to Ruby which is Turkish for come on/let's go & it might become 15's phrase in S2 going further perhaps 🤔
It's really just the new who doctors and even then, mostly just 9-11.
You have such a fun journey ahead
Yesss! So glad you're doing the rest of the show!
cant say enough how much i love these vids. i just hope u know how much of a gem u are
You really should start posting 2 episodes per week, the wait is killing us from excitement!
I don’t think it’s super spoily to say that it’s intended to be read that Gallifrey was destroyed essentially *just* before New Who picks up. It’s very raw and recent for the Doctor hence why he’s very on guard about his background.
No spoilers, but your question about why he doesn't go back to the war does get addressed! I'm loving watching your journey through NewWho and vicariously seeing it again for the first time!
This series came out when I was 7 and I was instantly hooked. It's so interesting seeing someone's first reaction, especially as you have watched the newest series beforehand. I hope you're able to avoid spoilers because you sir are in for a ride
5:41 - "I give you air from my lungs." "Oh, how intimate." Is one of the most random Doctor Who quotes that lives rent free in my brain.
"It looks like space babies." YES! That was totally an intentional callback to this.
LETS GOOOO
The show is so fun.
Your reactions are so refreshing. Keep up the great work :)
I’ve been rewatching this season. It’s fun to see you watching for the first time an episode I just watched for the 4-5th time a few days ago. 😂Za sshwwww e
Just keep on watching, it just keeps getting better and better. So glad to see you're enjoying this. ❤😊
Our sun is probably too small to go supernova. It will likely expand into a red giant, then shrink into a white dwarf
I love how the second episode makes something clear about NuWho: dont hold too much to the side characters, they are NOT safe from death even if they are very charismatic and loved. This is a dangerous man that has death following him, people WILL die
Lady Cassandra was voiced by the American actress Zoë Wannamaker and maybe you saw her in the first Harry Potter film as Madame Hooch, but she's also been in a lot of English series and films, I always assumed she was from Great Britain, but apparently not.
As for all the questions you've got for the Doctor, it will be explained but not everything in one go, they feed you that information as the story goes, but it will take you a while to get there, but what a ride that is.
Also, in summertime, when it's very hot weather outside, I always quote: "moisterize me, moisterize me", always fun with Whovians around.
I had no idea she had ties to America... it says she was in the UK from the age of 3 though, so I guess the accent makes sense.
AMAZING WATCH! Thanks for reacting!
Clive died in the auton attack at the end of the first episode, so he's not very ripe material for theorising.
Rose isn't from Brighton or Liverpool. She's thoroughly Londonite.
this was the first episode I wartched (I didn't see the Rose episode until a few seasons later 😅) and it's where I got interested in Doctor Who so far.
We all can agree that this was probably the worst idea for a date ever 😂
This doctor, Nine, is quite traumatized (as stated, he lost his own planet recently) and I think he wanted Rose to understand that pain and perspective. Though, it is still messed up to show someone the death of their planet!
especially when they've only just been acquainted and he didn't prewarn her
The doctor being "the last time lord" is a new who development
The war that wiped them out happened at some point between seasons
So its a pretty big reveal at the end there
Rose Tyler. She is my favorite Companion in New Who. I hope we See she in Future again as Special guest of the New Seasons.
We're so back!
I see psychic paper doesn't work on you! You clever man!
I'm a new subscriber,my friend. I'm loving your reactions to DW and other new experiences too. I love how the NuWho Companions all have back stories which didn't happen that often in Classic Doctor Who. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤☮️☮️☮️☮️👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I remember watching these episodes when I was younger - it is so interesting to see your perspective
YOU ARE THE BEST DUDE :D
Going back in time and changing your own history can have... really wild reproductions. No spoilers, but the show does explore that concept several times down the line.
Ah it's so bizarre but fun to see someone watch this with only Series 14 as reference. Calling Rose Ruby and talking about Sutekh sat on the top of the TARDIS.
I always lose it when you call Rose "Ruby" 😂😂😂 I cant blame you, they are literally parallels
She is half rose half clara
So some quick tips your gonna enjoy all of nuwho once youve watched all of nuwho you could if you wanted to watch classic who also i im not spoiling but i cant wait to see this guy react to episode 6
I'm also gonna love his confusion at s7 and especially s9 😭
I'm having such fun watching you experience these for the first time. Love your commentary and reactions and can't wait for more :)
A Nokia survived the end of the world.
It's taken me nineteen years to realize Cassandra is what the never-seen Maris Crane from Frasier was striving to be.
The Doctor here is much younger here than the one you met before.
6:02 I bring you the gift of bodily salivas.... hawk tuah!
it amazes me how much of an incredible and intense actress Billie Piper is, even from the beginning.
If I'd seen space babies first , would never have wanted to watch Dr Who : So
Glad you have given Show a chance,
late season 3 and season 4 and on is when it really picks up, and u get far more information
Jabe’s (tree lady’s) actress is Yasmine Bannerman
Person who only knows Sutekh: "This is really giving Sutekh vibes"
Jabe would have made a great companion.
They should have branched out in that direction. I'm stumped why they didn't.
@@markharris1125 Hahaha. Discrimination against non-animal companions.
These coming seasons are going to enchant you.... the current 2024 series is OK, but this is so so SO much better it'll surprise you.... just wait and see....
I find the same but more slow.
So excited for this journey you're going on with New Who! If you decide to watch some Classic serials you should definitely watch Pyramids of Mars, the original Sutekh story.
Oh, sweet summer child... Ugo knows nothing about episode six. ❤
21:15 Timelords are supposed to have psychic abilities
So glad your doing more Dr Who! It’s been a while, I didn’t think you were gonna. Yay! I was wrong. Thanks for what you do. May your views and likes always be equal.
huh, did they not explain the Tardis translating for companions in the new series?
And keep thinking about Sutekh, the jokes only get funnier the further into the show you get!
I would say that the series starts not long after the Last Great Time War. The Doctor reacting to his own face in the mirror in the first episode implies as much. Nothing definitive, but it couldn't be more than a few weeks for the Doctor.
I find that hard to believe since the universe doesn't seem so war-torn.
This episode tends to get overlooked, but I love it. Still some flaws, but they're more than counterbalanced by the rest, and I've always loved the emotional beats of the last few minutes.
Nobody knew it at the time, but two seeds were planted in this episode for the season arc. I didn't even notice one myself until watching a video just a few years ago that highlighted one!
This episode was filmed in The Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health, known as the Temple of Peace and Health or commonly the Temple of Peace, is a non-religious civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. It was designed by the architect Sir Percy Thomas. Since its foundation, the building has served a dual function as headquarters for health and international affairs organisations. Look it up on the net, its a cool building.
He says that he can't cross his own timeline.
Do you know the show way back a long time ago called My Family? The mom on that is Cassandra’s voice. I used to watch it here in the US on PBS in reruns.
Couldn't agree more about Jabe. Tree lady. I still think she was one of the best characters ever.
Casandra left sich an impression whoivans still like seeing flat stuff and saying look Casandra 😂
i will warn that this is NOT spoilers, but merely a warning that NuWho absolutely loves placing in easter eggs for arcs and little things like that, and i really hope you notice them. Also, Christopher is known as a dark doctor, coming straight after the mentioned Time War and trust me darkness WILL show itself in the episodes coming up.
I will also now mention something ralated to Gallifrey and the Doctor coming back to save it, it is NOT spoilers but someone might want to remain in the dark. as mentioned by none other than a timelord in a Classic Who story, the first rule of time travel is that you can't co back on your own time stream (the print in time that any individual leaves) and more importantly, mentioned in future stories too, there are certain events called Fixed Points in Time, thus they must happen regardless of what any time traveler wants to do. in any case, more of the time war will be explained overtime.
Finally, if I may make a slight suggestion, as you mentioned wanting to watch some Classic Who stories, the first ever aired story (1963 - Season 1 Espiode 1to4 - An Unearthly Child + The Cave Of Skulls + The Forest Of Fear + The Firemaker) may have been removed (taken down by the son of the original owner if I remember correctly) but I belive it can still be found, and even if it may be outdated and quite slow, William Hartnell (the 1st doctor) is sometimes overlooked and I really hope you can view it eventually.
thank you, and good luck with the next travel
Great watch
The Sutekh meme is gonna latch on for a while, I bet...
SEE YOU IN 1869
Said it was a shame there was no psychic paper for ncuti
Christopher ecclestone had just come from the time war.... for him in 2005 when the show started again, it had just finished