Acting Coach Reacts to Doctor Who S01E07: Unveiling the Intricacies of 'The Long Game'

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @Ragnarok345
    @Ragnarok345 9 месяцев назад +29

    “Here, take the TARDIS key.”
    _”No, dont do thaaat!”_
    In fairness to her, Adam couldn’t do much with it. He’d starve to death trying to find the light switch.

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 9 месяцев назад +40

    Adam is a character that’s obviously very hatable. He was created to be hated, he was written to be hated, he was acted to be hated (by an actor who is also thoroughly hatable but I digress.) So it’s no surprise then than everyone hates him after one episode and is glad to see the back or him, many wishing he was never in the show at all… but I disagree with that.
    Adam is a very necessary character because while being hatable, he’s also unfortunately very relatable. You know a lot of people who, if given the chance to explore time and space, would use it for nothing more than personal benefit and enrichment like Adam did. And not because he’s evil or particularly ill intentioned, he’s just short sighted, vain and selfish, like most people are, but not Rose.
    Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the companions aren’t just good people, they’re REALLY good people, and there’s a reason that the Doctor chooses them, because they are exceptional and worth showing the wonders of the universe. And there’s no better way of reminding you just how good they are than by showing you how bad most people would be if given this opportunity. Because for all of Adam’s (alleged, tbh) intelligence able to bring the US military down, Rose’s mind and view of the universe was far greater than his could ever have been.

    • @StinsonSwarley
      @StinsonSwarley 3 месяца назад

      Damn, what did the actor do? I'm aware of the charater being hatable, but what did the actor do?

    • @Longshanks1690
      @Longshanks1690 3 месяца назад

      @@StinsonSwarley Sexually assaulted two women at a music festival while drunk, IIRC.

    • @Longshanks1690
      @Longshanks1690 3 месяца назад

      @@StinsonSwarley SA’d two women while drunk at a festival, IIRC

  • @mrbrit1218
    @mrbrit1218 9 месяцев назад +29

    The dead people moving isn't so outlandish to me. Muscle response can be triggered a number of ways including sending signals in the brain which would be possible with a working brain chip. There are plenty of weird clips of dead animals still moving, squids, chickens etc. There are already people/groups looking at giving people brain chips such as Elon Musk. The WEF has also proposed brain chips where thoughts could be monitored. It's not a stretch from there to have signals control the muscles in the body, the only thing preventing it would be the body decay which in this instance would be slowed due to the freezing temperature.

    • @ym10up
      @ym10up 9 месяцев назад +10

      I agree. They are not just computers. They are computers with muscles and moveable joints. As long as the bodies are "fresh", they should be able to receive movement signals and execute accordingly. This is why the abandoned corpses are all dried up and the ones in use are "fresh"...

    • @Cinnamon_Shaey
      @Cinnamon_Shaey 9 месяцев назад +6

      I like how I just wrote a comment with pretty much the same info yet yours is much more well formulated and cohesive compared to mine

    • @OldManFerdiad
      @OldManFerdiad 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Cinnamon_Shaey yeah, I was just going with "meh, scifi, don't worry too much" but they're great, well thought through comments.

    • @tuttifruta
      @tuttifruta 6 месяцев назад

      everytime one of those makes something (elon musk, or whatever selfish billionaire) I always go back to doctor who... the thing is, we kinda don't have a Doctor, we're either screwed.. or it's better that way?💀

  • @emilyckohl
    @emilyckohl 9 месяцев назад +14

    As far as I know, the Doctor does age though I think it’s at a slower rate than humans. If he were to keep a body for 100 years, he would definitely appear physically older, but I think he could maintain the same body for way longer than the average human lifespan. I don’t know that he’s necessarily stronger than a human, but he does have two hearts which I think makes him, like you were saying, more durable. Plus, I’m sure his mind would have to be somehow superior to our human ones in order to manage centuries’ worth of memories.
    It’s very fun to rewatch these with you & get a new perspective on something I’ve already seen so many times ☺️

  • @OldManFerdiad
    @OldManFerdiad 9 месяцев назад +6

    The actor playing Cathica is Christine Adams, who would go on to have a recurring role in Agents of SHIELD and a main cast role in Black Lightning among many others.

  • @ym10up
    @ym10up 9 месяцев назад +12

    The beauty of this show is that there are so many famous actors playing small parts. Suki is played by Anna Maxwell Martin from Line of Duty and Motherland. The lady you find very sexy is Tamsin Greig from Black Books and Episodes.

  • @lbd-po7cl
    @lbd-po7cl 9 месяцев назад +16

    Welcome back. Hope you're feeling better. Re the "strength" of the Doctor - while not having super human strength, he is generally more resilient than humans (and yes, Time Lords do age, but very slowly - the First Doctor essentially died of old age back in 1966). The actress on floor 16 who you got quite aroused by is the wonderful Tasmin Greig, who is an excellent comedic and dramatic performer, very well known at the time for her role in the sitcom Black Books (2000-2004).

    • @robertcartier5088
      @robertcartier5088 9 месяцев назад +1

      We North Americans got to know her later, in "Episodes" (2011-17) , she's brilliant! ;-]

    • @OldManFerdiad
      @OldManFerdiad 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@robertcartier5088 she's also got a fantastic stage career.

  • @jennifermorris6848
    @jennifermorris6848 9 месяцев назад +14

    Love your analysis. It is great to get the appreciation for the performances.

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you like them!

  • @ym10up
    @ym10up 9 месяцев назад +6

    In a way, I think what the Doctor did to that idiot is worse than death. You show someone who is smart and curious to learn of all that wonders and possibilities, then you dump him back into his conventional life where nothing compares and deny him the chance of experiencing that wonder ever again. That must be terrible for that idiot (I don't remember his name) to endure. The Doctor would have wiped his memory if he wanted to show mercy. Letting him keep the memory is the punishment.

  • @Cinnamon_Shaey
    @Cinnamon_Shaey 9 месяцев назад +4

    I mean the whole bit of "them not being able to move cause dead" the body runs on electrical impulses that the brain sends out, so I'm imagining the chip just replaces the job of the brain so they can be remote controlled like an RC car? Just a theory

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад

      Ah. That makes a certain kind of sense

  • @ClaireWW
    @ClaireWW 9 месяцев назад +4

    As far as the reason for her being there goes; The Doctor has had, at this point, hundreds of years of experiencing things all over the universe, and he's bored with it. He experiences it all again for the first time through his companions. To make a direct comparison, they are his reaction channel.

    • @StinsonSwarley
      @StinsonSwarley 3 месяца назад

      That's a great analogy, love that haha

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 9 месяцев назад +6

    25:10
    I actually think this line is a lot cleverer than it appears because if has a double meaning.
    There’s the surface level observation that she’s salty about never being recognised for promotion, that’s obvious.
    But what she’s also saying is that because she’s free, she’s able to destroy them. If she had been promoted years back, she’d be just another one of those lifeless bodies doing the Jagrafess’ will but they didn’t think she was important enough. They just thought she was a good worker but not remarkable enough to notice so left her where she was. If they had saw her potential, they’d have seen she was a threat and dealt with her. But because they never saw her, she’s now able to undermine them by making all of humanity see what’s really going on and destroying their whole enterprise.
    So it’s both selfish but also the conclusion of her arc in this episode from obedient drone begging for approval to the one who helps being an empire to its knees.
    Probably not the most complex character writing in the world but I like it. 😂

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад +1

      Nice. Good catch!

    • @OldManFerdiad
      @OldManFerdiad 9 месяцев назад +1

      absolutely agree, I always took that line to mean "you kept promoting people less talented than me, but I'm that person that knows the job inside and out so I can take you down", but yeah, ironically if they had promoted her years ago she'd be a dried up withered husk by now (more commentary on corporate culture, I assume).

  • @ym10up
    @ym10up 9 месяцев назад +4

    I appreciate that you have proper analysis in your reaction.
    To answer some of your questions, the Doctor does not have superhuman strength or pain tolerance. However, the combination of two hearts and regenerative power does mean that he is likely to survive what would normally kill a human long enough to regenerate. He can age but very slowly therefore the effects are almost imperceptible. Usually the Doctor will run into some situation that triggers a regeneration way before he gets to age visibly. That being said, in a couple future episodes, you will get a glimpse of the effects of time on him (I hope this is not considered a spoiler).
    When you have the time, would you do reactions to Elementary (starring Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller)? I find their performance very nuanced but often underappreciated. Would love to see your analysis of their acting.

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад +1

      I’ll put it in the list.

  • @tonie3573
    @tonie3573 9 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks for the video! Love hearing your perspective on acting, makes me appreciate the work they've done on the show even more. Can't wait for the next episode!

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @MsMarco6
    @MsMarco6 4 месяца назад +1

    The Doctor doesn't have enhanced strength but he does know space aikido so you know, that helps 😅

    • @dogolv
      @dogolv Месяц назад

      It is actually “Venusian Aikido” as revealed in the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who, which I am currently watching.

  • @briancarlosgreen
    @briancarlosgreen 9 месяцев назад +6

    The title says season two, when this is season one

    • @DisneyBatchman
      @DisneyBatchman 9 месяцев назад

      Beat me to it. It is 1x7, but it's labeled wrong.

  • @annieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    @annieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 9 месяцев назад

    I think the look was "why are you reacting this way its just your run of the mill sick cube, let me just inspect it to make sure im not missing something"

  • @smashstuff86
    @smashstuff86 9 месяцев назад

    In addition to being resilient, The Doctor has been a bit of a fighter in the past.

  • @ashnodmtg
    @ashnodmtg 9 месяцев назад +1

    as far as his life span in a single regeneration that is explored in season 7, the non spoiler answer is a long time.

  • @jonathangoodwin5609
    @jonathangoodwin5609 9 месяцев назад

    So, regarding the Doctor's abilities, it is questionable if he has 'super strength' but, IIRC, the classic series does have at least one or two examples of him displaying higher than normal strength to some degree. Also, he runs a lot but never seems out of breath or even winded, so he likely also has superhuman stamina.

  • @dogolv
    @dogolv Месяц назад

    Another stellar reaction with great insight as always.

  • @TheHumanPalindrome
    @TheHumanPalindrome 9 месяцев назад

    So glad that you’re feeling better. 👌🏻

  • @blaiddmawrdrwg918
    @blaiddmawrdrwg918 9 месяцев назад

    Now on this first series the doctor had a limit of 12 lives after his first dead a total of 13th lives. ❤❤

  • @nickcarnevalino7462
    @nickcarnevalino7462 Месяц назад

    he ages it's cannon (but a few years after this season)

  • @teamicecream9015
    @teamicecream9015 9 месяцев назад +1

    The Doctor is generally a bit more durable, yes. He also ages a great deal slower than humans, and then can also regenerate on top of that. As far as I'm aware he is no stronger than a human anyway.

  • @dzintraskuja9047
    @dzintraskuja9047 9 месяцев назад

    I’m going to add Green Wing and Friday Night Dinner as things to check out for more excellent Tamsin Greig content!

  • @Marian70V3
    @Marian70V3 9 месяцев назад

    I´m glad you are feelling better!!

  • @aminaa5824
    @aminaa5824 3 месяца назад

    Your talk in the beginning about how they never sexualised rose very much just reminded me of how much they do that with shows/movies in ur country, it’s almost like they go for looks before acting skill’s sometimes and even an extra needs to be modelesque, I think we’re a lot better about that stuff in England, our actors are amazing if I do say so myself, and although mostly beautiful, they aren’t cast for looks

  • @lostgatherer
    @lostgatherer 9 месяцев назад

    The Doctor was suppose to get really dark. in an interview with Russel T Davies he talks about how Paul Abbot wrote an episode where the doctor actually messed with roses past to make her the perfect companion. Fucking creepy. oh also I'm loving your reactions of doctor who!

  • @toestealer
    @toestealer 9 месяцев назад

    timelords are stronger in some aspects than humans, especially ability to withstand pain like you said, lung capacity, endurance, intelligence.

    • @toestealer
      @toestealer 9 месяцев назад

      and yes the bodies do age it just takes a verrrryyy long time.

  • @StinsonSwarley
    @StinsonSwarley 3 месяца назад

    You should react to This is England, the movie (it's a tv series as well), wonderful acting, would be wonderful to see your reaction

  • @joshuajoshua2732
    @joshuajoshua2732 9 месяцев назад +1

    I know what your referring too about the jagrafess the monster and none of us really thought of it in that way all we remember was how scary and CGIish it was I didn't see it as a problem personally I've seen worse monsters in Dr. Who example (The Creature From the Pit) but not even that offend me it's all part of the show's charm.
    As for the politics Dr. Who was always a subtle but a political show people who tell you otherwise clearly have either never seen Classic or they been watching a completely different show Dr. Who is never afraid to go political when the story needs to be.

  • @Ragnarok345
    @Ragnarok345 9 месяцев назад +1

    “No, don’t show it, I don’t wanna see it!”
    Don’t worry, it’s just a perfectly average run-of-the-mill ceiling squirrel.
    “What is that, what is thaaaaaat?”
    Juuuuust a ceiling squirrel. Nothing to see here.

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад

      Lol

  • @elliottnoad1270
    @elliottnoad1270 9 месяцев назад +2

    Back in 2005 this episode wasnt seen as one of the good ones but with the fake news analogy think its slowly been getting reappraised in more recent years.
    Could say that the Jagrafess, via satellite 5 & the chips in heads, contols the zombies, with "Suki" being the newest/dying & losing her autonomy but was able to fight back enough to defy the Editor. Then holding the Editor as the Doctor, Rose & Cathica escaped was Suki also resisting Zombification, like no time to try & may not have been possible to bring her back, but was enough of Suki left to help ine last time.
    20:51 Timelords have better strength, Durability & Reaction times than humans but its not like a Superman on earth thing, if it makes sense, it was same on Gallifrey as well as Earth & the Universe. Slightly different biology too, (for example Aspirin is a killer and Ginger (be it Ginger sweets, Ginger beer, Gingerbread, ground ginger etc) has the same effect as alcohol does on humans).
    21:22 Timelords do live a while (average human is 85 years to an average Timelord Gallifreyan's 15,470 years (or 1190 years per body)), though the Doctor was always more active than other Timelords (who mainly watched the universe from Gallifrey, rather than get involved), so hes burned through his regens a lot quicker (at this point, including all of Doctor Who up to The Long Game, hes about 2008 years old). Specific bodies do age, but its slowed (like aging naturally 100 years would barely change, though forced aging depends sometimes no visible change, other times they look like going from 17 y.o to 70 y.o in a minute.

    • @peterlewis2178
      @peterlewis2178 9 месяцев назад

      You said "at this point, including all of Doctor Who up to The Long Game, hes about 2008 years old", which implies that that's how old he is in this episode, but he's only around 900 here, at least going off of his comment in "Aliens of London".

    • @bookswithike3256
      @bookswithike3256 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@peterlewis2178 If you try and find a consistent number for the Doctor's age, you're going to be disappointed. He already said he was 946 or something like that in the classic series, and then I think he's about 450 in the movie. In the expanded media, to try and explain these discrepancies, the Doctor says that he forgot his age at some point and started over again from 1. A later Doctor says he's so old he forgets when he's lying about his age, which is another throwaway line intended as a cheeky nod at the fans who obsessively catalogue this stuff.

    • @elliottnoad1270
      @elliottnoad1270 9 месяцев назад

      @@peterlewis2178 the second to last classic era Doctor (McCoy) said he's 953 in his debut story. Then in the expanded universe he was 1105 when he regenerated into McGann. the McGann Doctor decides to start counting his age again, going from being 1108 to being 3 years old. Then by the time Revival S1 is he's 900 with the new count, 2008 overall.
      But tbh with how, both the Timelords & Daleks would weaponize time during the Time War, could argue he joined the fight aged 1700-ish overall and left the war at 800 overall (space for the Big Finish audio drama prequels + Clive's research) then getting to 900 naturally for revival S1

    • @peterlewis2178
      @peterlewis2178 9 месяцев назад

      @@bookswithike3256 To be fair, 946 and "900 years of travel through space and time" could be consistent. As long as he didn't age like 100+ years between those two moments, it could easily just be a rounded year of how long he's been doing this, which also probably wouldn't take into account his childhood.
      And in terms of the movie, while I haven't seen it, I've heard it's a bit controversial and not necessarily as consistent with the Doctor Who lore, so I'm not sure his age there should really be taken into consideration.

    • @peterlewis2178
      @peterlewis2178 9 месяцев назад

      @@elliottnoad1270 Huh, interesting. A bit weird of a choice, but then again, that's a lot of Doctor Who when it comes to consistency (or the lack of it).

  • @loriepecinasadler1413
    @loriepecinasadler1413 9 месяцев назад

    👍

  • @michaelweigand8643
    @michaelweigand8643 9 месяцев назад

    I can really only suggest the first 26 year run. Oh, and the 1996 USA TV movie.

  • @JAYWALKER1000
    @JAYWALKER1000 9 месяцев назад +3

    The Doctor is like a coal miner - he needs a canary to stop him when he ges too far.

    • @michaelweigand8643
      @michaelweigand8643 9 месяцев назад +2

      He sends Rose in first, to see if she lives?

  • @Meow-Meow501
    @Meow-Meow501 9 месяцев назад

    ✌🏻

  • @alexsimpkin5620
    @alexsimpkin5620 9 месяцев назад

    Your reactions are amazing. And to answer some of your questions, firstly the Doctor like all Time Lords are asexual (they literally cannot sexually reproduce, instead a true Time Lord is loomed) that why their interpersonal relationships are focused on a deeper cannot as canonically they can't lust. Secondly, Time Lords are a bit tougher than a human, as they've been shown to survive deadly radiation levels, low oxygen environments, and can live for several days after sustaining a lethal injury. Thirdly, Time Lords do age, but very slowly, around 7 times lower than a human.

    • @corriescrivener1937
      @corriescrivener1937 Месяц назад

      well that's completely false the doctor literally has a granddaughter in the very first episode he's also said he was a parent multiple times obviously he can feel sexual tension

  • @underAtack
    @underAtack 9 месяцев назад

    Hey, Brandon, it's Brandon...you confused me for a minute, because you have this episode labeled "S02E07" when it's "S01E07"...just to let you know.

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, my bad. I fixed it. I had it right in the thumbnail! I get points for that, right? 😅

    • @underAtack
      @underAtack 9 месяцев назад +1

      Sure, man...three points for you!

  • @qqqqqqqqqqqq121212
    @qqqqqqqqqqqq121212 9 месяцев назад +4

    You’re always getting into politics if you’re watching Doctor Who 😉

    • @lbd-po7cl
      @lbd-po7cl 9 месяцев назад +4

      So true. People forget that even in the Classic era DW tackled everything from pollution, climate change, racism, the impact of colonialism, industrial/corporate greed, and more. Even analogies of Britain joining the EU. Social commentary has always been an underlying factor in DW stories.

    • @OldManFerdiad
      @OldManFerdiad 9 месяцев назад +1

      yup, the whole point of the show was to "educate and entertain"... way back in 1963 the two of the first travelling companions were a history teacher and a science teacher, specifically so they could do exposition when they travelled. Sure, it's always been more science fantasy than hard science fiction, but the stories often have a very clear commentary right from the first story.

  • @weezerfan084
    @weezerfan084 9 месяцев назад

    not a fan of FOX, I actually can't stand them, but every other mainstream outlet is equally as terrible so it just really rubs me the wrong way that you single them out. Really hoping you don't continue to do that in further episodes you react to. Just a suggestion, don't bring politics into things that aren't about politics, it often causes division when the people watching the video are expecting to not deal with such things.

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад

      Well, I’m with you on the bias and corruption of mainstream media as a whole, but I think fox has worked hard to distinguish themselves from the pack and they deserve to be recognized for that, lol.
      I’m being tongue in cheek, obviously, but I’m interested in you saying that these shows aren’t political. I’m seeing a lot of politics in these stories. The “fox” thing, I was being funny, playing on exactly what you’re talking about, but you don’t find any political subtext in these episodes?

    • @ym10up
      @ym10up 9 месяцев назад +1

      He's not bringing politics into things that are not about politics. This episode literally is commenting on politics. A consortium of banks manipulating reality, influencing opinions, disabling the economy, changing votes? The subtext really is not subtle at all. 🙄

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ym10up I'm glad it wasn't just me 😝

  • @bookswithike3256
    @bookswithike3256 9 месяцев назад

    If you're "not gonna say it" why not just cut out the excessive amount of times you talked about how you're not gonna say it. At that point I'm convinced there's no way what you're thinking of is as bad as you make it out.
    I normally really enjoy your reactions, but this was just irritating.

    • @tna_
      @tna_  9 месяцев назад

      Oh yeah!? What I thought it looked like was…. Heeeey, nice try. You almost got me! Reverse psychology, eh? Gotta get up pretty early in the morning to catch me slipping 😎