Doctor Who: Boom Review (Ups & Downs)
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Steven Moffat returns to Doctor Who with a BANG. Here's Ellie with our review of Boom!
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The snow thing reminds me of the Great Intelligence (the smart snow) from Matt Smith's run.
Hello, Ellie. Boom was great.
The ambulance wasn't asking Ruby for her next of kin, it was trying to find her next of kin in it's database, and because it couldn't, it kept repeating the words over and again. When it was talking to Vater earlier, the machine listed his next of kin... didn't ask him for their names. Ruby was upset because she was "dying" and even then the universe wasn't even going to tell her what she most wants to know.
I also found it curious that the ambulance listed Ruby's 'calendar' age as over 3000 years. Now that may refer to counting from her origin to however far in the future this episode is, but that's a really odd bit of data to show up like that or a strange biometric to focus on. Why slip that in like that? Curious ...
@@daviddavis7754 probably just isn't perfect and goes by how many years since you were born.
@@daviddavis7754 they did the same thing with Amy pond in The Beast Below though. I mean I definitely think that Ruby is not who she seems and it’s absolutely possible she’s that old because I am not entirely sure she’s from this universe but it’s also not unheard of for future technology to know someone’s true age and when they were actually born. What I find more weird is that it couldn’t figure out a next of kin. Because next of kin should be Carla, but if they are looking for genetic next of kin and they can’t find them, where did Ruby come from then? It could’ve just been that we don’t know her family and it was for emotional purposes but I definitely think her origins are not what they seem. I think there’s something to that.
@@Happymama12 Carla would be long dead at this point so she wouldn't be the next of kin from the perspective of non-time travellers due to not being alive. That being said, I would have though that it would determine that she has no next of kin rather than glitch out trying to find one in its database.
@@daviddavis7754To me it was another nod to the Doctor Who lore. We know that the weapon manufacturer mentioned here was first brought up with the empty child, that it comes from Jack’s era. So, 51 century. 2024 + 3000, that does bring us at around the 51 century no ?
Canto's death where his robot voice just repeats the same generic phrase before we are even shown he has died reminds me of Silence in the Library where the suits echo the last words of the people who died in them.
Yes but it didn't work here nearly as well. It waw just so obvious he was gonna die after making that speech that I laughed when it happened straight after.
@@kbg12ilawe should all be grateful for your wisdom 🙇
I knew this moment reminded me of something but i couldn't put my finger on it.
and of course, "are you my mummy?". The Empty Child Another Moffatt-penned ep and one of the best of the Eccleston era.
This feels like a Moffetism that's in most of his works, that someone who has 'died' is off-screen speaking and their status as alive or dead is confusing to the characters. The Empty Child does it, Silence in the Library, Angel Bob of the Crash of the Byzantium, Clara in the Asylum of the Daleks, to an extent the clockwork men of The Girl in the Fireplace as well as the detective in Blink. Perhaps there's even a stretch with the recordings of the citizens who choose to forget in The Beast Below as having their memories erased makes that version of the person 'dead'. Oh and how do I forget how Heaven Sent is literally this trope without the Doctor even realizing it.
To me the “who’s my next of kin” line was in reference to her realizing that if she died in the future on some far off planet, Carla and all her other loved ones will never know what happened to her. They will be deprived of the closure and grief that the next of kin need to heal.
Or she an earlier version of River Song and Kin is kind of hard to pinpoint for timelords.
@@OhNoACameraThere are no "earlier versions of River Song".
I figured she legitimately didn’t know who her next of kin was. If she’s accounted as over 3,000s years old at this point then she would realize she’s missed a very massive potion of her normal adult life. She wouldn’t know if she got married if she had kids of her own , grandkids, so on.
Basically, she’s dying alone. Everyone she knew before leaving with The Doctor is dead at this point and she’s never met those who would come after (if anyone at all)
@@DrWhoFanJ pretty sure River Song is the third incarnation of Melody Pond, which if the Doctor can't even remember the amount of their own incarnations who's to say Melody Pond didn't have more. Seems like memory is being a big key thing in this season and who messed with memory? (The Silence)
@@OhNoACamera We’ve seen both of her regenerations, though. There is no space in her timeline for any others.
That fact that Moffat gave us “wheres my mommy” all those years ago with RTD and now gives us “wheres my daddy”……
um actually this was also moffat
Episode one: Goofy babies and Snot Monster
Episode two: musicals and epic costuming
Episode three: the doctor steps on a landmine and Ruby gets fucking shot-
It's a natural progression in the Whoniverse.
Hats off to Moffat for a brilliant episode. The difference between their writing shines through here.
Look, you can't have fun and silly THREE times in a row! You need death, pain, trauma, and depression to balance it out, otherwise you're just being greedy 😂
K9 was goofy enough for those of us preferring WHO as science-fiction, and not a series of musicals.
Episode four gonna be cray cray
Easily the best episode of this series yet. Moffat proved yet again what a good writer of tension he can be. A practical 'bottle' episode on a relatively low budget shows that you don't always need to make a big bang to work, and work well.
Because moffat already did a big bang and that wasn’t handled well
I freaking adored the Moffat writing… I’m loving all the Easter eggs. I loved the plot beats did great in my opinion
It was my favorite episode of this series and I didn't notice it was from Moffat...I should have known better.
@@elphiegleason3899me too. I think so many older fans of Moffets era have felt Doctor Whi ended with Capaldi's Doctor. However this episode carries it on. Moffat is the best writer of Doctor Who. The episode was a step up to the Doctor Who I remember loving. It was needed.
@@agranero6Did you not see his name in the title sequence?
this is the energy that was missing from the Jodi Whitiker era
And the first two episodes of this season
Yes.
@@Amlock87 so space babies a little bit dinosaur on a spaceship a lil bit space whale and the 2nd one was a pretty big cop out not to use the Beatles music and mostly a throw away, but every doctor has those a least this Doctor is not portrayed like a helpless whelp unlike how the writing for jodi's doctor made women's empowerment look like a joke
I wonder why SM never wrote in the 13th doctor era
@@darynvoss7883he probably didn't want to include himself with this mess😂
I wasn't aware that Steven Moffat wrote this episode, and I immediately loved it, and then saw that he wrote it after I was done watching and was like, oh that makes sense, because the seasons where he was primarily writing episodes are my favourite seasons haha. This is definitely my favourite episode of the 3 so far!
The snow freezing reminded me very much of "Twice Upon a Time". And then it hit me: that was caused by Testimony, those glass avatars that have to do with people's memories. The Doctor had that memory change, and theres the theory about there being a Memory TARDIS in this season. There could be some very strong connections there
has anybody notice when the guy whatever his name was that died fixing the ambulance and keep repeating a phrase when he turned into a hologram. does it remind you of silence in the library
Yep. I immediately said to myself, "Hey! Who turned out the lights?" 😂
Yes, that’s what I thought of
One of Moffat's go-to horror tropes seems to be phrase repitition. And it looks like the design team leant into the allusion too, seeing as how the lights on the mine were so reminiscent of the com ghost lights from SITL.
Ruby's lack of knowledge of her next of kin may have due to her realising that she was over 3,000 years in the future, when everyone she ever knew and loved had long since died.
Sure, but it is definitely a reference to her unknown parentage
Could it also imply that she doesn't have a future like Clara?
@@carlj95 ohhhh I like the way you think. Very dark, could be cool.
@@carlj95 no not at all
It's also that she wouldn't have knowledge of any future descendants. However it appears she is asking The Doctor because he might know.
River Song said “Kiss Kiss” in ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’! I thought it was a sneaky little River song callback and I loved it. The flickering of the light on the landmine also gave very “Ice cream…ice cream” when Ms. Evangelista was Ghosting in ‘Silence in the Library’. Ironically this episode brought me back to LIFE.
I will wonder if the snow is something like Bad Wolf. Ultimately that was a message from future Rose. I wonder is the snow is something from Ruby in the future.
Most people nowadays will probably think that the Skye Boat Song's inclusion was a nod to Outlander just like back in 2022 when The Master Played it on the Second Doctor's recorder in Power of the Doctor.
As a nerd who has watched all of classic who as well, the story of it in Doctor Who is longer than that. In 1968, the 2nd doctor played it on his recorder in episode 6 of The Web of Fear sitting next to his companion Jamie McCrimmon who he met after landing the Tardis right after the battle of Culloden. The lyrics to the song is about Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape after said battle.
But yes, it's also the theme song for Outlander based on Diana Gabaldon's book-series with the same name. The author got inspiration from Doctor Who which is why for example Jamie Fraser has the same name as 2nd Doctor companion Jamie McCrimmon. So it's a big entanglement going on with that piece of music.
A nice nod as well to this Doctor being a 'Scottish' actor.
Are we in a snow globe? It is occasionally being shaken by the person the Toymaker feared.
My personal theory is Ruby Sunday is either a full bloodied of half breed of the Pantheon Gods like The Toy Maker and Maestro, with the gods having roles of control of Games(Toy Maker) and Music(Maestro) I believe Ruby might control the element of the Deus Ex Machina of the story. Think about, every time it snows The Doctor gets some kind of hint to save the day in every instance it's happened.
My theory was she's a time lady but she would have started regenerating. Guess my theory is bust. Maybe she's part of the toy maker's legion or her "mother" is. I like your theory bc it adds a new possibility to the mix, that Ruby might turn into a villain.
I liked the return of the Anglican Marines.
Me too! They were a likeable lot 🙂
When did they come up last time??
@@ZOLTAR436 Season 6 Episode 5 I think, a good man goes to war (Demons run when a good man goes to war)
@@ZOLTAR436 The Anglican Marines were the soldiers we see in A Good Man Goes to War. The ones that were sort of temporarily allied with the Headless Monks.
The first time you see them is in the time of angels in season 5.
I thought it was cute how The Doctor and Ruby were matching. They were wearing like the same outfit but in different colors. Felt deliberate, I thought that was so adorable. I feel like it gives you some more insight on how their relationship is that they would match outfits.
I agree with the River Song down. Two episodes in a row heavily featured music. No mention of Song. Regardless of her name having anything to do with music or not, it’s a great play on words.
Sorry - she’s been in nearly every episode. Wait for the Twist! Also - in Mestro, Ruby had a Song deep inside her. The clues are there!
I'd still like to know why Ruby was in the AIs database in the first place.
I presumed because she has an Anglican birth record from being left at an Anglican Church, but if so not clear why she has a nonbeliever status.
@@thelionmachine Believer status probably requires recent tithing on account of the war effort.
These organisations must keep really long records!? I remember Amy being in Starship UK's database back in Series 5 as well.
I’ll also do an up for the vacuum sealed human body. That’s actually really neat way to deal with casualties and I like the idea of a holographic last will and testament. The tech remind me of the headsets in silence in the library.
I also like the line where one Ruby says that since when does the church have an army and the doctor says since always you’ve been living in a blip
Some great worldbuilding, that's for sure!
Absolutely agree with the Silence in the Library comparison, especially when the soldier guy instantly replies in that robotic voice!
Its like a really dark Black Mirror version of the usual "dog tag"
It was a bit ridiculous that the Doctor was able to order it to do stuff that should be outside of it's basic programming though.
@@wallacewallaby5782 I think that was just because of the overwhelming desire to save his kid the little part of him still held onto, but yeah its a litlle "power of love" esque but that is what makes doctor who what it is I think.
This episode was so good there was real tension and banter at the same time
I've said it before: I'm an adopted kid, and I've never obsessed about my biological parents.
And I'd love to see Melody Pond again, if (when) it is done well! (Ooh, how about an episode where The Doctor and Ruby encounter, if only briefly, The Doctor (Matt Smith), and River Song (Alex Kingston, of course) out on a date.
As always, thank you all so very much for the videos.
Absolutely loved this episode way better than the other two! I think it was insanely impressive how they managed to do an episode in pretty much one location with so much depth 🎉🎉
Also best line in the entire episode.. FISH FINGERS AND CUSTARD!!!!!! not heard that awesome easter egg in so blooming long😂
What if Varada being the next companion is correct in that she "replaces" Ruby and Ruby becomes the villain of season 2?
Depending on what the outcome of Rubys arc is, it's possible Ruby unlocks memories (through a hidden song) that cause her to become a villain, likely unwillingly and the The Doctor will be forced to pursue her to either stop her or save her.
If she is a villain (The Tricksters daughter for example, or another member of The Pantheon) it would make sense The Doctor would try to redeem her in some way, and possibly forced to seal her away
Also, I'm sure the body in the tube is coated in a plastic to hold the shape and not just tube shaped body
a hidden song...
I have no evidence of this but could Ruby be a time Lord that used a Chameleon Arch to escape from the Spy-Master’s destruction of Gallifrey? I think the War Master became a baby when he used his Chameleon Arch to become Professor Yana so it has precedent. All this is just a roundabout way to get to what I thought was a cool idea, what if Varada Sethu’s companion is tied to Ruby’s story because she is Ruby after a possible bigeneration?
A theory that would fit nicely with that dialogue between Carla and the Doctor about bringing Ruby home safe!
Another Parent Power: Craig Owens. He was turned into a Cyberman and as he heard Stormagedden cry, he ended up defeating the Cyberman.
From memory they gave that parent power point a down from that episode. It's a little ironic given this current episode's "parent power" point was from a basic AI representation of someone which doesn't have any real emotion and got an up.
They were on a battlefield with an insane mortality rate. Short of distracting each other during a key moment, they should have admitted that love, as they did not know if there would be time "later".
What if "who is your next of kin" is a statement rather than a question. "Who, is your next of kin"
I was just about to post the same thing.
My theory on Susan Twist is that she is not important at all, but is some meta fourth wall breaking bit of fun being poked at shows always reusing the same extras.
Can totally imagine RTD doing that. And laughing his arse off at everyone speculating
Sounds very likely
I have a similar thought about Mrs Flood; that she was just there to be the first bit of fourth-wall breaking to alert us to something larger going on, but that she won't be important herself
When Splice first met The Doctor and Ruby, because of the acting, there was a moment when I believed she was supposed to be a robotic, ai program that the father created.
The BEST message was the THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS bit. Brilliant
The snow reminds me of the Great Intelligence from the Christmas special where 11s doctor first meets Clara.
Moffat went so hard in this episode, A+
There are three very brief but very powerful moments involving Ncuti, Millie, and Varada that prove they're going to be a GOD TIER trio in the next season: the Doctor's cry of anguish when Ruby got shot, Ruby's gasp of awe when the sky of Kastarion 3 clears, and Varada covering her tearful face when Canto as a hologram reveals his love for her.
Then you realise they all have several other powerful moments throughout this episode and you just can't help but think "We're in good hands here".
This episode is the case for why we need more guest writers in Doctor Who. In the RTD and Moff eras, the showrunner would only write about 40% of the episodes, and the rest would be written by guest writers. That allowed new writers to flourish, and bring new types of storytelling to the series. For the new season, RTD has written 80% of the episodes and it's very telling.
I think it might just be because of the short series, he needs more control to fit in more of that arc. But yeah, I agree, more guest writers would be great
@@curlycoaster Boom did a perfectly fine job linking into the season arcs without RTD writing a word of the script
Now THIS was an episode! Their relationship is great, real Clara vibe.
Oh and Moffat entering the Tardis with a "you've redecorated, I don't like it" brilliant.
Great episode, some real throw backs to other Who moments.
I thought that the next of kin part was Ruby asking who is my next of kin from the ambulance. wanting the machine to tell her who she is related to those 3000+ years ago.
Theory: the one who waits is the god of story. Ruby is the daughter of the god of story, mystery. The doctor can’t solve the mystery without killing ruby so has to do something doctor-y to get round that.
Regarding the next of kin, I thought the AI was digging through its databases, tracking down Ruby's family tree to find a living descendant.
So far (I may be alone in this) I'm LOVING all of these new episodes. Having RTD and Mr Moffat back writing is fantastic!
Agreed. Ik the first two episodes have caused a lot of controversy and some hate, but personally I'm really enjoying this new era so far
I'm still acclimatizing to Space Babies 😅 But I agree with you: a terrific crop of new episodes 🥰
Absolutely agree! I've enjoyed each of the 60th anniversary specials, the christmas special and all of the episodes in the new season so far! The episodes feel interesting again and I'm finding myself getting excited about the next episode which I haven't done in a long time! 😊😊
I think space babies is an episode I'll watch a hundred times especially when I'm feeling down, I absolutely adored Devils Chord as music means a lot to me, Jinx monsoon as well omg!, and boom was out of this world and felt like true doctor who and I cried laughed and smile all the emotions
@@aidanperforms13 I totally agree that Space Babies is a fun episode to rewatch! And sometimes that's all you need, a fun episode! 😊😊
The ambulance algorithm was scarily accurate, as a combat medic we were trained that in certain situations reverse triage could be employed. Basically leaving the most severely injured to die while treating the least injured so they could return to the fight. They got this spot on!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Capaldi reference with the moon and the president's wife
I'm loving the death pods. Looks like a stick of instant soup. Just add hot water, wait, and instant human soup. Even had its own touch screen vending machine.
🤣
The forbidden snack
the guy that played the dead dad gave me young obi wan kenobi vibes. he'd be a great jedi
Splice's outfit was also obviously heavily Star Wars inspired
When I first saw him, with his eyes bandaged, I thought, “Is that Sean Bean? Well, we know what’s gonna happen to him!”
I was wrong, but I was right, too.
As soon as we saw that shot at the end I screamed, "The Shot!!! There it is!!! Ellie's going to be so glad when she sees it!"
Looking forward to the Easter egg episode- I went back and watched all the episodes where stealing the president’s wife/daughter and stealing the moon were mentioned- so cool he brought that back.
Where’s my daddy … she was looking for the casket. She knew he was dead from the message but wanted the casket.
And it reminded me of The Empty Child.
there was even a line at the end where she tells the doctor she knows her dad's dead but he's not gone and the doctor understood what she meant by that
@@lilithamberle6470Yes, because by the end of the episode, she had learned that!
@@Ducky69247 my understanding of it was she was aware of it the whole time and the implication was that we (including ruby and the doctor) were misunderstanding/misinterpreting the situation. after all, these wars (and the casualties resulting from them) appear to be quite normal and accepted for this time period. plus there's also the faith aspect, which seems very important for these ppl. she already believes her mum is waiting for them in heaven, so she probably believes that her dad is now there too, with mum, and that one day she'll see them again.
One thing that was incredibly noticeable for me, and I have to give Moffat props for not going down this path, was the simple fact the Doctor never once tried to use the sonic to get out of the situation. Of course it would have negated the whole theme of the episode if he did, but its lack of use ass the much maligned get of out jail free card it had become was a key component of this story.
I could have used a throw away to remove the idea of the sonic. Like say the hair trigger would be too risky for a sonic.
@@stormagedden785 Personally I thought the act of reaching into his pocket might have been too much of a disruption to the weight distribution, or even if Ruby took it out for him. Personally I preferred the lack of reference to it, as it helped build the idea the Doctor doesn't need it to get out of every situation.
I noticed something re watching it. When the ambulance comes towards the doctor and he's telling everyone to stop it, the ambulance scans the area with green lasers which also look like the lasers scanning the tardis in the trailer. Idk what it could be but I just noticed that
Something the Doctor said in the episode makes me wonder in what order we're seeing these stories. He comments to Ruby about this being her first alien planet to see the skies of. Umm...if this takes place in linear time after the Devil's Chord, then what were the Doctor and Ruby up to in the six months in-between Space Babies and Devil's Chord? Only space station/spaceship based stories? Were they only on Earth visiting different time periods?
Questions. I have them.
Also...how would an AI 3000+/- years in the future have the ability to identify Ruby; who, for all intents and purposes, is long dead by now IF she wasn't a time traveller?
Great job reviewing the show as always. I'm sure it has been mentioned before BUT . . . Disney in the US ( and maybe globally ) counts Boom as episode 4. The goblin Xmas special is ep 01 for them for the new season. Brave heart there will be mentions of River in future episodes.
You forgot to give an up for the doctor mentioning fish fingers and custard is my fav...😂😅
This script could have worked equally well for the 12th Doctor and Clara, that much is obvious, but I'm imagining going further back in the Doctor's timeline. How about the fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane? How about the third Doctor and Jo Grant? The eighth Doctor and Lucie Bleedin' Miller? Or the sixth Doctor and Peri? Guess it shows that the Doctor is always the Doctor, whatever face he/she wears!
This episode was so old Who series. It was great!!!!!!!!!
You possibly might have a different idea to me about what constitutes "old Who series".
I love this episode.
The balance of tention, funny, awesomeness and the speeches ( oh, how I love the speechs ) were so, so amazing. The callbacks to previous episodes warmed up my heart.
This is, by far, the best episode we had since Twice Upon a Time
The Doctor didn't feel so much like the doctor until he stepped on that landmine. Then I felt it, Ncuti's acting was phenomenal, he fully proved himself.
100% agree with your ups and downs! Moffat's back baby.
Or "Babes" as 15 would say...
I thought that the dialog right after the Doctor stepped on the mine was not focused to the situation. I also thought the Doctor was talking and moving way too much for the parameters of the mine. The Fail Safe seemed out of place because why access the situation if it was going to go off anyway. But as usual, I really enjoyed it even with my perceived faults.
I am honestly wondering if "who is my next of kin" may have been used as a statement. There was a very nasty robot that acted a lot like the Villengard ambulance way back in the 1960s called WOTAN. It was the first (and I believe only) character in the show's history to refer to The Doctor, specifically, as "Doctor Who".
This is a total stretch, and I know it, but on the off chance that I might be right, I want it noted somewhere public. If the Ambulance is related to WOTAN, and "who is my kin" is a statement, then Ruby could be Susan, or Susan's daughter.
That's at least a theory bouncing around my head.
What I love about the shot from the 60th trailer is Ncuti’s “right that’s enough of that” or something. It really felt like RTD or Moffat saw everyone’s speculation on that shot and thought “I’m gonna put a funny line to say that this shot doesn’t matter at all just to ____ with them”
The first time I heard the name of the military supplier I thought, "Is that the place that got turned into a banana grove?" Because "bananas are good!"
This was by far the best episode in this season. Such a proof of Moffat’s capacity as a screenwriter! Just wow. 💜 Also, the love story of the side characters worked well for me. It gave dimension to the cold open and made me care about the people in that planet. And the deaths were also impactful. We are so used to seeing plot armor that it is refreshing to watch an episode be unpredictable.
I absolutely agree with you, Steven’s writing and Ncuti’s acting, first class, as was Millie. For me Ncuti is finally The Doctor. A modern day classic, it’s about time!
Moffat masterclass, hope he does more episodes!
The whole Canto thing reminded me of the fat one/thin one couple banter from “A Good Man Goes to War”
I agree about the child acting. i really think they should've made Mundy Vater's child! That way we could've had a more mature and grown up reaction to his death, an explanation that Vater is there because she and her Dad always keep tabs on each other, etc. And the "father's love" plot could've been kept.
I also loved this darker episode from Ncuti, especially him being sad about Ruby dying. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the doctor went to therapy but I also enjoy him being a tortured soul with trauma and for the past two episodes I felt Ncuti was just a bit TOO chill and happy-go-lucky, yknow? Like I need him to have at least a little bit of trauma for some more depth 😭
On the whole I did like the episode, but I accidentally thought too much about why the mine would need super biometric sensors at all when it was just going to go off regardless. Pressure trigger and a half second fuse would have been much cheaper for the corporate monstrosity.
No comment on Ruby's age being over 3,000 years old? I assume it's because the AI knows when she was born and what the current year is as of that time and place so it just gave her that linear age, but I would have liked some mention of this.
Also no comment on how his favorite is still Fish Fingers and Custard.
Everything else in this video was great, just wish there were mentions of both of those things.
It doesn't merit a mention? We know why she's over 3000 years old at that point.
DOWN - NO FATHER OCTAVIAN!
I thought you might comment on Ruby's "calendar age"...was that simply because they are 3,000 years in the future from 2024 (which I don't think was otherwise stated) or was it some other clue about there being a much bigger "Who is Ruby really?" thread?
I think that Varada Sethu's character in this episode and her character in season 2/series 15 will be connected by the explanation of spatial genetic multiplicity (linking to how the Doctor and Rose recognised Gwen in Journeys End)
17:15 I found that line actually a bit insulting.
More than a bit.
@@ottbookworm Yeah, you're right. More than a bit.
Yeah, as though virtually all of the founders of science couldn’t think for themselves. Not to mention the brilliant Christian thinkers now & through history.
Tolkien, anyone?
@@judithstrachan9399 Modern medicine which was build on the back of Avicenna, a devoted Muslim.
I do wonder if all the references to previous Moffat things in the episode (deadly ambulance, where's my daddy/mommy, Villengard, Bishop, repeating last words before death, etc) is more a reference to the overall theme of everything being connected and fiction becoming reality, rather than Moffat inserting references just because he can.
Why couldn’t the doctor use his sonic to disable the mine?
he couldn’t shift his weight.
He said that he once tried to deactivate one for a bet and lost. If he couldn't do it then, he definitely won't be able to do it one that's on the verge of going off and he's trying to hold his balance on.
The 'Ruby realises is on another planet for the first time ' felt off to me btw. Remember how last episode there was the discussion about "how can Ruby know the Doctor never runs from danger?" followed by the realisation that she apparently had been travelling with him for months? Now you're telling me she hasn't been on another planet yet in all that time? Either episodes have been shuffled around after filming/writing, or the episodes are intentionally out of order...
The Wire + The Plasmavore is definitely an accurate summary of the Susan Twist medical droid 😂😂😂
Can I say down, Fish fingers and custard they are my favourite. He is a different doctor, a different mouth and teeth who is to say that would be his favourite, I hope they came back to that and he spits its out.
Yes and no - I'm pretty sure this has happened before, where the regeneration thinks they will like something because an earlier one did but then discovers that they really don't. Possibly Matt Smith in the fish finger episode in Amy's kitchen. Or perhaps I'm thinking of a different series / show / universe altogether.
I think the unrequited love subplot is classic Moffatt - giving a B-plot to characters who may or may not survive. I agree that there wasn't quite enough of it to sell it, but usually when Moffatt dropped one of these in 11's era, it was a two-parter.
A down for me was actually the argument with tossing the urn, not the argument itself, (that was great, as explained in the video), but when the Doctor explained to mundy how "explosive" he was, if he was going to take out half the planet anyway, then Ruby was right to get as close as possible to minimize impact, it felt like 2 separate "tension building" scenes without much consideration for the overall story...
Rubys outfit looked like one of roses from the episode dalek possible referance?
I feel like there HAS to be some sort of link between Millie's character being called Sunday and Varada's character being called Mundy. It's got a transitional element to it. Could Varada be regeneration of Ruby? They're clearly going for a parallel of the Timeless Child with Ruby so it wouldn't surprise me if she was a lost time lord. She's 3k years old apparently.
With all the “omg, they have ruined Dr. Who” reviews all over the net, I really appreciate these honest reviews from someone who actually knows and relates to the show.
yep, honestly they are really annoying. The show was, is and always will be about change and when things change thats just how it works. there's nothing ruined about it even tho I have my problems with this version of the doctor.
Difference is that Elie is a FAN. They arent making them because they are fans. They are making them because they are venting their ugly prejudices for clickbait
Moffat writes the best dialogue of any Who writer ever.
Agreed, he had a whole Episode of 12 having almost a 1 *Man* Time Lord Show!!!
I think this episode while great explains why I, like others hasnt gotten the Ruby IS the companion moment. Not because she hasn't had her moments. She has already had those moments where she will throw her safety to the wind to save someone, more than once. Millie more than any episode, has been acting the hell out of the role.
The Doctor's words when faced with the possibility of Ruby's death, after it's been established that they've barely had many adventures together (Oh right, this is the first alien planet you've visited.). The whole "you're the only person I can talk to." thing. Not, I promised I'd keep you safe, which would be more fitting considering they have barely gotten to know each other. What we have been missing is the filler, getting to know you conversations. It's been either the Doctor explaining something or solving the problem.
I'll attribute this to the smaller episode count.
But yes, Splice's obliviousness to the fact that her father is dead... *insert gif of 14th Doctor's What?*
Now THIS was the best episode so far. Of course, it was Moffat. No one can write Who like he can. I wish he could take over as showrunner again.
Ruby is asking "who's my next of kin" because she was hoping the AI would tell her who her mother is.
I have a strange thought. When the mine was powering up the dr starts to glow mostly blue. But a third of his head was glowing almost regeneration orange (also the side that he split during the bi-generation) when the earlier Anglican marine steps on the mine he glows uniformly blue before his untimely demise. Now it could be the fact the Dr had only one foot on the mine but I'd like to think it's something more
I think my favorite small line from the Doctor this episode.
Ruby: Since when does the church have an army?
Doctor: Since always. You are living in a blip.
I thought the "kiss kiss" was also meant to subtly imply the phrase kiss kiss bang bang, as he's stuck on a land mine.
I have been waiting for you to post.
I actually like this episode to some point about them. Talking about faith which was good. Because faith does need to bring bee brought up. Not the whole racial thing, cause that gets boring real. Fast real real fast. The only thing that I would be considered a down was the fact that the Doctor was on a landmine and could easily have been dead. That's the only down the little girl. That's thumbs up because it was kinda. Cheerful thumbs down would be her dad being an AI. However, you pronounce that.
And Ruby almost died.That would be a thumbs down.I like for you but I don't want her dead.Let's not do a Rose Tyler routine.Please I think we've all had enough of that shit
1) They found a way to add a musical moment again. Music really is a clue to the overall story. 2) There would have been more tension if Ruby was in trouble rather than the doctor, and even the death scene had no real tension. It would have worked better if it were a later episode. 3) To me, the Doctor was too emotional here. I'm not speaking against the actor, the writing. 4) The sonic would have been useful here. I was hoping when the doctor was feeling his pockets at the end it was because he was looking for the sonic. 5) The Ambulances made me think of discount Daleks. 6) Totally agree about the unrequited love thing. It wasn't needed, unless it matters if the actress continues as the same character. We do not know if she will return as the same character. 7) Why would the container of the body be sticky? It makes sense that the outside is a dry glass cylinder. 8) I'm looking forward to knowing why there was a record of Ruby. When did they start categorizing people? Also the snowflakes. The Doctor now knows for sure that it is related to Ruby. Let's hope we get some answers next week. ✌
Did anyone else notice that the doctor didn't have his sonic phone?!
Sonic phone surely would have created a force field to contain.........oh god this was so awful.
If the Doctor had the screwdriver, or if Ruby had gone to the Tardis to get it, presumably the Doctor could have defused the mine. So they had to pretend it doesn't exist and hoped we wouldn't notice. It needs destroying like they did in classic Who.
My theory on the whole lack of sonic thing was that:
1. The doctor was in a rush to help the person yelling for help and he simply forgot it.
2. Even if he remembered to bring it, he couldn't move his arm to retrieve it since the movement would have set the mine off too quickly.
3. If he forgot and Ruby went back and got it, Ruby wouldn't know how the sonic worked and so wouldn't risk accidentally setting the mine off with the wrong function.
Yup, poor writing leads to hand wavy shit like this
@@richardkent "Nooooooo, it's deadlocked" is the standard get around for that lol
you put that down back. I need more River Song!!!!
Ellie, the snow reminds me of the Great Intelligence....yikes....But YES! The Doctor is IN! Using his wits and knowledge to stay alive and win the day with a little help from allies. Thank you Moffat---I've missed the Doctor's expository powers sooo much! Like Ellie, I too want to see River return!😘
That shot that was in the trailers was such an "Aha!" moment for me. Thanks you for confirming remembering wrong.
Fish Sticks and custard!!!!
While I liked Moffat's writing for this episode, I felt like he was writing for Peter Capaldi, rather than Ncuti Gatwa. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing because they are two expressions of the same character. But when Ellie spoke about the speeches, I felt like I could hear them in Capaldi's voice.
10:40 I’ll say it also made me think of “Every Christmas is Last Christmas”
I'm surprised she didn't mention the 'fish finger' in the room Matt Smith was easily my favourite doctor and having Moffitt back not only writing the episode but directing it you can really feel the 11th doctors energy in this episode. This doctor as well seems to be the antithesis of the 11th in the sense that every episode so far they seem to have been going down some sort of memory lane ? The space station was very similar to "the end of the world" ep. The second episode not only was he in the same place as the 1st doctor but he mentioned that and Susan to ruby. And this one with the troops relating him to his wife and all the references to parenthood I've got an out there theory. Ruby is related to the doctor. She could be the daughter of the doctors daughter from David Tennants era. The way time seems to stop around ruby and the snow stuff parenthood is a big thing it seems this season plus the old woman at the end of ruby's first episode could either be older ruby or the regenerated version of the doctors daughter keeping an eye on her.... Sorry I rambled 😅 if anyone's read to the bottom of this I do apologise.
This episode was released on my dad's birthday. I basically called my dad to congratulate him, we had a nice, warm talk. And then I sit down and watch the episode about dad's love being the strongest entity. Given that my dad is the one, who showed my first Doctor Who (Season 4 of NewWho), yeah, I cried...
Series* 4, and the rest of that parenthetical is tautological.