“I am old. And tired. And spent” Absolutely chilling delivery, really conveys the strength, experience and power of an ancient soldier. The voice actor for Friday deserves massive praise, some of the best monster voice acting I’ve heard in a long time.
An equally sad and beautiful truth, for the greatest Warriors/Soldiers. They value and respect life and can weep at it's loss. Yet have the ability and knowledge to take it away too. A supreme irony.
I liked this episode, it felt like a classic for the most part while delivering a groundbreaking premise with a twist I never saw coming. Mark Gatiss's portrayal of the Ice Warriors was definitely one of his strongest points.
Matthew Martin Yes. It turns out that George Lucas himself is a Whovian. It was in the early 80s when I first developed a soft spot for Doctor Who. The definite first step was when I saw the movie with Peter Cushing in the role taking on none other than the Daleks.
Such an underrated gem of an episode! I really enjoyed the quirkiness of what Mark Gatiss wrote, having Victorians on Mars! The red coats on the red planet, having a good old cup of tea. Brilliant :D
1:16 'Like The Vikings' Oh My God, great reference! No wonder they make a comic issue on their next adventure, where Bill and The Doctor meet The Vikings and The Ice Warriors! It was one of the comic issue in the Titan Comics, if you want to know.
This is 1 of my favourite episodes of the new who era and possibly ever. It was a perfect DW story in my opinion. Pete deservedly got a few great stories in his final year
Don't see why anyone has issues with this episode. It's not the best of Series 10, and it's not the worst. I doesn't add anything to the overall arc, but it doesn't matter if it does. It's just your typical, plain-old run of the mill episode of Doctor Who, and that's all it needs to be.
I want a season of Doctor Who where the main villains are the Ice Warriors instead of the Daleks or Cybermen for once. You could have a time war 2 with the Timelords vs the Ice Warriors set in the far future. The doctor arrives and sees battle Tardises and Ice warrior spaceships in battle, then lands on Mars to see do what he can stop an oncoming war.
I must be one of the only people who really liked this episode. Personally I find this era of the british history to be fascinating. I understand the terrible atrocities and etc commited by the empire. But the way they sought to expand and expand and discover more and more was somethign that I find very empowering
1:28 Awkward. I always feel like the Doctor is quoting Star Wars at 3:29. Oh, I'm sorry I don't comment much these days. I don't always think of much to say on every new video. Plus I've been having a Doctor Who marathon these last 3 months.
Andrew Chapman I don't think it's all that weird. Some time ago I learned the unsurprising yet mind-blowing news that George Lucas is a Whovian. Not long after, I learned the exact same thing about Her Royal Highness.
2ndJ3ss3 Fl0ur1t3 *YES!!!!!!!!!!!* It's questions like that which have me saying "Every day, we stray further away from common sense." I lost count how many times the lady of the house called out my name, I responded and she asked "Are you awake?"
+William Norton Yeah, I found out years ago that Lucas is a Whovian too. And I think so is Steven Spielberg as he once said the world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.
The Ice Warriors are my favorite alien species in Doctor Who, and this scene partially illustrates why. As this Ice Warrior is explaining that he is old, tired, and spent, a fragile glass plate falls behind him. Without seeing it AT ALL, he spins around in a literal instant, catches it after it barely falls, and doesn't break it even though he is basically, including his armor, a living behemoth. It's insane how much depth the creators of this show can give to an alien race while only having shown them a few times at most (not including the classic series).
The only thing I didn't like about this episode was the silly parcel effect the Ice Warriors' weapons had (guys, just show a body; it won't scar anyone for life).
Specially relating to the Empress of Mars episode, this might make you smile. A Shakespearean Sonnet by Andrew Barker called The Changing Hero's Journey. ruclips.net/video/G1irc0JnVhQ/видео.html About how the screenwriters of Dr Who, Star Trek, Wonder-woman and James Bond have had to re-imagine the Hero's Journey template. Which Joseph Campbell only ever said would be the case to be fair. Worth a click.
Alpha Centauri saves this episode completely. Question: why did they change the Ice Warriors' voices? They were much better as hissing creatures than the generic deep voice I felt. Other than AC's cameo, I didn't like this story that much. It felt like every Mark Gatiss cliché we're already used to, but this time packaged up with an 'Ice Warriors on Mars' label. Good job I like Ice Warriors
All we need know are Tripods from War of the Worlds! Imagine, The Doctor landed in the middle of the events in the Novel! The Doctor trying to survive throughout the Martian Invasion - And possibly finding a way to defeat them -
I have only seen clips of this episode, but if how I saw the Doctor act with the Silurians (Earth's first born sentient race) and the humans in the past are any indication, he's gonna try to hammer something out for all concerned.
The first commercial showing the "First Female Doctor" are being shown on BBC America. Each is longer and shows more. Including full frontal pictures of her.
I feel like this story could have been better without the Victorian soldiers in it - I would have liked for the Ice Warriors to have more of the focus from this episode rather than them.
The first episode with the Ice Warriors of Mars came out in 1967, predating the Ice Pirates which came out in 1984. Doctor Who wins this round of who did it first by a decent margin.
I hate it when an episode has nothing to drive the plot forward other than every character but the Doctor and sometimes their companion being stupid. Seriousely, if there was ever an episode of Doctor Who that fits the bill for an "Idiot Plot", it's this one.
They had to do a lot of historical digging to find even a vague justification for a black guy being there, so give him a break for not wanting to break history for PC's sake.
so so petty (and really, closet racist) to be so so concerned about something like that in a science fiction show with talking pepper shakers and shapeshifting aliens. Only one motivation behind something like that and it should never be ok to give it a pass. Brown people are everywhere in history, like it or not. Its Doctor Who. Not a documentary. And if he cares so much about skin color in regards to science fiction storytelling HE should have done a lot of historical digging to find even a vague justification (ie possibility) for a 'black guy' being cast lol. The trigger was the black guy being cast. Had he said nothing, I would have thought nothing of it.
While I'm not trying to sort out episodes, I really didn't like this episode and felt it was weak on so many places. I'm just completely blown away seeing everyone saying it's one of the best, in the comments. I don't see why, I don't see how. I can't understand, while I'm usually pretty good at analysing episodes and how people relate to them. (Well, "pretty good" sounds pretentious, but for the lack of a better word in my vocabulary (I'm french), it's the ones I'll use.)
Not really. Compared to Gatiss' last outing with the Ice Warriors (Cold War) this is leaps and bounds better. The Pilot, Thin Ice, Knock Knock, The Lie of the Land, and The Eaters of Light are all worse than this.
The thing is : the fact that something is better than something else doesn't make it good. As I said, I don't try to sort episode from the weakest to the strongest. Sure, Cold War wasn't the best episode, but it doesn't make Empress of Mars something to be crazy about. For me, many episodes that season had at least one or two good moments that made them worth watching (a speech, an idea, the filming, etc...) but this one, I can't see anything to keep. I like how they tried to create a classic "50's Mummy horror movie" vibes but with alien, but while the concept was great, I just didn't felt it was interesting or executed greatly. For comparison : Knock Knock and The Lie of the Land are two episode with the same problem : I felt their conclusion were really weak and underwhelming (especially Lie of the Land, I'll have nightmare of that scene with Bill's mother, dragging for way too long with her hand in front of her, and the lights in her back shaped like wings... come on). But those episode had great moments. For Knock Knock, how the Doctor is facing the Landlord and Bill try to make everyone think he is her grandpa. For The Lie of the Land : Bill vs The Doctor and the reunion with Missy.
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“I am old. And tired. And spent”
Absolutely chilling delivery, really conveys the strength, experience and power of an ancient soldier. The voice actor for Friday deserves massive praise, some of the best monster voice acting I’ve heard in a long time.
“They could slaughter whole civilisations but weep at the crushing of a flower.” Love that line!
Is that a Jojo reference? (Kars)
That's why we love'em! From Rose onwards, I dreamed of the Ice Warriors coming back!!
An equally sad and beautiful truth, for the greatest Warriors/Soldiers. They value and respect life and can weep at it's loss. Yet have the ability and knowledge to take it away too.
A supreme irony.
I liked this episode, it felt like a classic for the most part while delivering a groundbreaking premise with a twist I never saw coming. Mark Gatiss's portrayal of the Ice Warriors was definitely one of his strongest points.
Has anyone noticed that the portrait of Queen Victoria is Pauline Collins' Victoria from Tooth and Claw.
jooie444 When?
Around 0.50 ish mark, in the back ground on the right.
@Raul Victor that would be quite funny
'I have a bad feelings about this' I love that line 😆👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Star Wars reference?
Matthew Martin
Yes. It turns out that George Lucas himself is a Whovian. It was in the early 80s when I first developed a soft spot for Doctor Who.
The definite first step was when I saw the movie with Peter Cushing in the role taking on none other than the Daleks.
Favourite episode of Series 10 for me. Nice throwback to the Pertwee era!
Retro Dude and throughton
Oh yeah. His era introduced the Ice Warriors after all.
Retro Dude i didnt like this episode
That's alright. It's your opinion after all.
I really love the Ice Warriors i feel like they are an amazing monster that has been worked so hard on for over the years.
They're not monsters. They are an ancient reptilian race.
Such an underrated gem of an episode!
I really enjoyed the quirkiness of what Mark Gatiss wrote, having Victorians on Mars! The red coats on the red planet, having a good old cup of tea.
Brilliant :D
1:16 'Like The Vikings'
Oh My God, great reference!
No wonder they make a comic issue on their next adventure, where Bill and The Doctor meet The Vikings and The Ice Warriors!
It was one of the comic issue in the Titan Comics, if you want to know.
3:31
Admit it!
You got a kick out of hearing the Doctor saying one of the most famous phrases in Star Wars.
Does anyone else want to see the Ice Warriors fighting HG Wells’ Martian tripods?
From the soundtrack to the monsters, this was a beautifully done classic throwback.
I LOVE THIS
it's a cool callback to season 5 of the classic era because the doctor has dealt with ice warriors in the past
This is 1 of my favourite episodes of the new who era and possibly ever. It was a perfect DW story in my opinion. Pete deservedly got a few great stories in his final year
Mark Gatiss is brilliant, both in his acting and his writing
Such an underrated episode!Really hoping Mark Gatiss returns for another episode...
Mike Paz He ain't gonna, he already said that he wouldn't write again for Chris Chibnall's run
CJ Bottomley that’s a shame, I enjoyed his stories, especially the ones with the Ice Warriors. Hopefully he works with Big Finish at some point.
He wrote several Big Finish stories and novels.
Don't see why anyone has issues with this episode. It's not the best of Series 10, and it's not the worst. I doesn't add anything to the overall arc, but it doesn't matter if it does. It's just your typical, plain-old run of the mill episode of Doctor Who, and that's all it needs to be.
I thought it was one of the best.
1:28 timing Bill anyway one of my favourite episodes of series 10 love the Ice Warriors hope to see them return at somepoint in Jodie's run
0:00 the master hears the dinner bell & he’s like “DINNER TIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!!!”
I want a season of Doctor Who where the main villains are the Ice Warriors instead of the Daleks or Cybermen for once. You could have a time war 2 with the Timelords vs the Ice Warriors set in the far future. The doctor arrives and sees battle Tardises and Ice warrior spaceships in battle, then lands on Mars to see do what he can stop an oncoming war.
One problem is that they overuse those 2 races non stop and downplay their power
Ice Warriors are my favourite Dr Who aliens. This scene sums up why for me.
I LOVE DOCTOR WHO!!!
What is the Story about?
ahh the british never not stopping to have some tea and scones on an alien planet
I must be one of the only people who really liked this episode. Personally I find this era of the british history to be fascinating. I understand the terrible atrocities and etc commited by the empire. But the way they sought to expand and expand and discover more and more was somethign that I find very empowering
This was a good episode
1:28 Awkward.
I always feel like the Doctor is quoting Star Wars at 3:29.
Oh, I'm sorry I don't comment much these days. I don't always think of much to say on every new video. Plus I've been having a Doctor Who marathon these last 3 months.
Andrew Chapman
I don't think it's all that weird.
Some time ago I learned the unsurprising yet mind-blowing news that George Lucas is a Whovian.
Not long after, I learned the exact same thing about Her Royal Highness.
The Queen?
2ndJ3ss3 Fl0ur1t3
*YES!!!!!!!!!!!*
It's questions like that which have me saying
"Every day, we stray further away from common sense."
I lost count how many times the lady of the house called out my name, I responded and she asked "Are you awake?"
Ok. Now thinking about it, it makes sense that the Queen is a Whovian because Doctor Who is a British show.
Also, i'm watching this episode ATM.
+William Norton Yeah, I found out years ago that Lucas is a Whovian too. And I think so is Steven Spielberg as he once said the world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.
I hope we get to see more classic monsters with the 13th Doctor!
I think we are
jamison melchi
It goes without saying that the 13th Doctor should have at least one run-in with the Daleks.
jamison melchi yeah I’d rather keep the memories of them good
If leaks are to be believed we could be seeing the return of the Autons and Sea Devils in Series 12
Im still hype about what the new theme song will sound like
1:52 Yeah, you're real spent there, Friday.
The Ice Warriors are my favorite alien species in Doctor Who, and this scene partially illustrates why. As this Ice Warrior is explaining that he is old, tired, and spent, a fragile glass plate falls behind him. Without seeing it AT ALL, he spins around in a literal instant, catches it after it barely falls, and doesn't break it even though he is basically, including his armor, a living behemoth. It's insane how much depth the creators of this show can give to an alien race while only having shown them a few times at most (not including the classic series).
I have a cut. So I got a plaster
who gave me the cut? THE MASTER
The only thing I didn't like about this episode was the silly parcel effect the Ice Warriors' weapons had (guys, just show a body; it won't scar anyone for life).
Nice this was a great episode.
my favourite episode of season 10
thanks so much doctor who RUclips channel I thought this day would never come this is the best day of my life😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
ZaRLa it says which one in the title
HelloItsMe thanx 😅🙃
Specially relating to the Empress of Mars episode, this might make you smile. A Shakespearean Sonnet by Andrew Barker called The Changing Hero's Journey. ruclips.net/video/G1irc0JnVhQ/видео.html About how the screenwriters of Dr Who, Star Trek, Wonder-woman and James Bond have had to re-imagine the Hero's Journey template. Which Joseph Campbell only ever said would be the case to be fair. Worth a click.
Brilliant episode! I'm so glad they didn't turn them into CGI flying dragons again!!!
I love this episode
The doctor, flood crisis, ice warriors, mars. I want this
2:35 Hang on... is that Ser Meryn from GoT?
Alpha Centauri saves this episode completely. Question: why did they change the Ice Warriors' voices? They were much better as hissing creatures than the generic deep voice I felt.
Other than AC's cameo, I didn't like this story that much. It felt like every Mark Gatiss cliché we're already used to, but this time packaged up with an 'Ice Warriors on Mars' label. Good job I like Ice Warriors
2:49
All we need know are Tripods from War of the Worlds!
Imagine, The Doctor landed in the middle of the events in the Novel! The Doctor trying to survive throughout the Martian Invasion - And possibly finding a way to defeat them -
3:30 Doctor Who turns into Star Wars
I have only seen clips of this episode, but if how I saw the Doctor act with the Silurians (Earth's first born sentient race) and the humans in the past are any indication, he's gonna try to hammer something out for all concerned.
I have a bad feeling about this
#BringBackAlphaCentauri
Oliver Linklater
Alpha Centauri wasn't certainly a sight for sore eye.
Couldn't resist.
Oli Linklater That would be nice
Dude where can I find this entire episode or is it a movie!!!!!
Mair Stunna series 10 episode 9 of the revived series of Doctor Who
Love this episode!
I wish the Ice Warriors had referenced the flood in this episode
Rule no. 1: The only help right now is a complete stranger.
I missed out on this episode when it came out
For a second there I thought this was a Skyrim video about the gray fox
I missed you so much now.
When will the 11th season starts?
Anyone else see the cook from Victoria(TV show)?
I'm still confused how are they on mars
I love this episode!!!
Weirdly photoshopped thumbnail for some reason?
scottjohnstone01 I like it. It shows the two main parts of the video, Friday and the tomb.
Cybermat47 Yeah, but it’s the first time they’ve ever done it. Just seems really weird and doesn’t look all that great.
i wan't jodie Tardis to be slim and white. or slim and a wooden touch
I can’t wait for the next season
3:30 Doctor Han Solo Who
I love this episode 😅
Where else would the ice warriors be?
The first commercial showing the "First Female Doctor" are being shown on BBC America. Each is longer and shows more. Including full frontal pictures of her.
very Good
I know this!! Amazing
Love it
Anyone else forget this episode existed? I'm having that problem with most of series 10 😅
No. I'm glad it exists.
Same
I actually liked this episode. Until the ice warriours attack and the people get crumpled up into a ball.
I love the ice warriorsssssss
Jodie Whittaker's Doctor hype!
I miss Skaldak...
I would be like pokepokepoke
The subtitles on this are atrocious, when the doctor said ice queen, they said ice cream. Along with a lot of other misspellings and Miss quotes
The Ice warriors are amazing
Almost forgot
Cool.
2:09 Why is there a black kid in an British Victorian era army? Care to explain, BBC?
Yeah, i said the same thing.
Why else, " DIVERSITY "
I dont think the doctor is headed in the right direction...and it really ricks me off the doctor had a daughter and yet zero is done with her.
I like it
I feel like this story could have been better without the Victorian soldiers in it - I would have liked for the Ice Warriors to have more of the focus from this episode rather than them.
Flower Productions I agree
On the bright side, they made this a much more faithful adaptation of _War of the Worlds_ than the films were.
I LOVE DOCTOR WHO! I CANT WAIT FOR WHITTAKER TO TAKE THE WHEEL!
Damn... Saw this and I had to good the premiere date. Soooo farrrr... ugh.
Woopdeedoop
1970s ice Pirates movie look it up Doctor Who is stealing from other shows again
The first episode with the Ice Warriors of Mars came out in 1967, predating the Ice Pirates which came out in 1984.
Doctor Who wins this round of who did it first by a decent margin.
I hate it when an episode has nothing to drive the plot forward other than every character but the Doctor and sometimes their companion being stupid. Seriousely, if there was ever an episode of Doctor Who that fits the bill for an "Idiot Plot", it's this one.
You must really hate the Davison era.
Haven't seen much Classic Who, unfortunately. Or fortunately, if I'm to believe you...
Number 7th comment!!!!! #DoctorWhoFam
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great stuff. shame about Gatiss being all butthurt about a black actor being casted in it. Didn't think he was that petty.
They had to do a lot of historical digging to find even a vague justification for a black guy being there, so give him a break for not wanting to break history for PC's sake.
so so petty (and really, closet racist) to be so so concerned about something like that in a science fiction show with talking pepper shakers and shapeshifting aliens. Only one motivation behind something like that and it should never be ok to give it a pass. Brown people are everywhere in history, like it or not.
Its Doctor Who. Not a documentary. And if he cares so much about skin color in regards to science fiction storytelling HE should have done a lot of historical digging to find even a vague justification (ie possibility) for a 'black guy' being cast lol. The trigger was the black guy being cast. Had he said nothing, I would have thought nothing of it.
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Where the hell have all the fans of this episode been lol, probably second worst of the series
While I'm not trying to sort out episodes, I really didn't like this episode and felt it was weak on so many places. I'm just completely blown away seeing everyone saying it's one of the best, in the comments. I don't see why, I don't see how. I can't understand, while I'm usually pretty good at analysing episodes and how people relate to them. (Well, "pretty good" sounds pretentious, but for the lack of a better word in my vocabulary (I'm french), it's the ones I'll use.)
Not really. Compared to Gatiss' last outing with the Ice Warriors (Cold War) this is leaps and bounds better. The Pilot, Thin Ice, Knock Knock, The Lie of the Land, and The Eaters of Light are all worse than this.
Spectrum Storms ??? Eaters of light yeah, not the others
The thing is : the fact that something is better than something else doesn't make it good. As I said, I don't try to sort episode from the weakest to the strongest. Sure, Cold War wasn't the best episode, but it doesn't make Empress of Mars something to be crazy about. For me, many episodes that season had at least one or two good moments that made them worth watching (a speech, an idea, the filming, etc...) but this one, I can't see anything to keep. I like how they tried to create a classic "50's Mummy horror movie" vibes but with alien, but while the concept was great, I just didn't felt it was interesting or executed greatly.
For comparison : Knock Knock and The Lie of the Land are two episode with the same problem : I felt their conclusion were really weak and underwhelming (especially Lie of the Land, I'll have nightmare of that scene with Bill's mother, dragging for way too long with her hand in front of her, and the lights in her back shaped like wings... come on). But those episode had great moments. For Knock Knock, how the Doctor is facing the Landlord and Bill try to make everyone think he is her grandpa. For The Lie of the Land : Bill vs The Doctor and the reunion with Missy.
In my opinion this is not that bad as a episode