Since when the Doctor is stoic? The guy erh person has been a romantic since the 2nd incarnation. They also were only wise when the plot demanded it and whimsical the rest of the time.
@@grandsome1 Stoicism doesn't have any intrinsic connection with romanticism? It means to be able to endure pain or hardship without the need to complain. The Doctor has done this all throughout the series, more so since the 2005 reboot, with his actions in the time war having an enormous impact on him, despite his tendency to look past his/her inner demons and help others regardless.
@@jonsnor4313 More than confuse, I'd say insecure. Which doesn't fir the doctor at all. The doctor was always confident and owned every room he walked into
Chibnall's scripts are full of "So how do you feeeeeel?" scenes; where characters just explain their emotional problems or backstory. The scene with Amy and the Doctor overlooking the Thames in Power Of Three, the long boat ride in Ghost Monument, the scene with Yaz and Ryan behind a dumpster in Rosa, this episode where Ryan just tells Yaz everything about his mom n father. God it's lazy
Chibnalls only good at those emotional scenes imo, just look at the end of torchwood season 2 where (spoilers) owen and tosh are dieing in separate places, but they were talking to each other, the emotion that was written into the script was brilliant
It's just SJW nonsense. Constant virtue signalling about how empathetic they all are. This is exactly what i expected from a bunch of far left ideologues.
Also, something I just noticed, the captain shows that she is surprised about them being time travellers even though they're in the 67th century where we already know there is time travel from time agents such as Captain Jack and time travelling pioneers like Danny Pink's relation in Listen.
Jodie’s doctor is more like a confused human not an alien. She makes it seem like 4 humans going time travelling. The series seems to be getting worse going on and on, this episode especially was rubbish. She is not like the main character of the show, the doctor who takes charge, she is too reliant on the companions for this series.
Exactly, the dialogue isn't great and this series feels more like the magic school bus with the amount of Science and Ethical lessons throughout as well as the companions doing nothing. The ideas are there though
Yeah she does great with what she's given, which makes me wish even more they'd hire some decent writers. And I don't really understand why they can't. This might be understandable for many shows, but surely there are tons of great writers in the UK that would love to write for Doctor Who. They spent so much time choosing the Doctor that they forgot that the actor is only part of the equation. It doesn't matter how good the actors are if you cut corners with actual writing.
Actors are only as good as their scripts. The only reason people assume that others have a problem with Jodie herself is because the only argument for a female doctor has been, shut up you fucking misogynist.
Agreed, theres so much that seems like it's established for a reason "You need to keep watch, you can touch the creature" "The creature eats inorganic matter" and then... nothing happens with it.
I'm honestly most pissed off by the ending. It is established brotherguy and Ronan the accuser don't like eachother. The pilotwoman states that he could get a guard android as well, and at the end brotherman and androidboy have a sort of...mutual agreement, and the brother asks whats next for Ronan, who answeres he'll be shut down. I expected the characterarc to be completed and that the brother would ask Ronan to work with him from then on but...no...nothing...no conclusion just "so you're gonna die?" "yup" "Sucks bro"
In my opinion steven moffat is a genius, sometimes he fails, but still a genius: the eleventh hour, a christam carol, the angels take manhattan, listen, heaven sent, the doctor falls, and I could go on...
They need to stop piling in too many positive traits into Jodie's Doctor, I know this season is supposed to be more PC (which is dislike because they're throwing it at us) but every Doctor, at least in New Who has had some sort of dark trait or outburst. Nothing from Jodie's doctor, not blaming Jodie herself just the writers making her seem more like that one excited annoying teacher on field trips. Christopher was angry and cold, David was guilty and lonely, Matt was very empathetic which meant when someone did something stupid he got very angry and Peter had his eyebrows. Please, Chib Chib, make her have her "I'm the Doctor" moment/speech.
There was one negative trait that I saw in the new doctor. She got so caught up in trying to get back to the TARDIS and insuring it's safety, that it led to her showing singns of being less thoughtful to both the strangers on board the ship and to her companions than expected. Which so displays both the new doctor's habit of becoming easily detracted From objectives and an underlying selfishness within her. Of course, these traits might sadly not be explored further in the series. But I still hold hope for better character writing, as I've heard that the next couple of episodes will be written by other writers and not by Chris.
They're trying to make her into this tough talking no nonsense righteous character but really she just comes off as a holier than thou bitch. This has too be the first set of companions i think that will ask too go home just because she's so fucking annoying.
The Doctor has been totally Mary Sue'd. The show is dead, but it'll get 3-4 more series with Whittaker despite viewing figures dropping faster than any other series, because the BBC don't need to justify their funding and are more concerned with virtue signalling their 'wokeness' rather than producing good content any more.
I'd say 11's biggest flaw was his arrogance. Which is kind of the point. He had multiple flaws. 13's flaw is... she's too kind? Except the narrative isn't treating it like a flaw. But apparently letting the spider suffocate to death is better than simply shooting it. And shutting all the other spiders up where they will devour each other and/or also suffocate is likewise "letting them die with dignity." Any one of us would kill a black widow or other venomous spider that got into our home. The only difference here is that the spiders are giant. These were not sentient creatures. Killing them, especially when they pose a danger/are facing a slow and painful death, is not a monstrous act. But the show treats the Trump stand in as the villain for shooting the spider, instead of for, oh I don't know, CAUSING THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE? The season so far has felt like fan fiction. With the exception of being a woman, there is nothing about 13 that makes her stand out from other Doctors. She's just being vaguely quirky, talking a lot and making moral declarations "Because that's what the Doctor does." Whittaker is great. She brings a lot of life and energy to the role. She's just being given absolutely nothing to work with.
Apparently this is the last episode of the series written by Chibnall until the finale. I hope we get some decent stuff the next few weeks, but after this episode my enthusiasm is piss all
The problem is the written by credit is fairly useless this season. Chibnall is using a US-style writers room so while there is a lead writer assigned to it there is a fair amount of written by committee going on. So even if he isn't listed as the writer he is still having a fair amount of input, just as the writers room one of which will be 'responsible' for the each of the upcoming episodes will have had an input into Chibnalls. So we can't even hope that the lack of Chibnall on the writing credit is likeky to see a massive uptick
I really wouldn't see that as a good thing. Like it or not Chibnall is the only writer there with any experience on a Sci Fi show. The rest are just inexperienced SJW's chosen solely for their political views.
Won't help. It's the BBC that's pushing the SJW agenda, and that influences the show. And it's not just Chibnall writing the show; the entire team is "inclusive" (and inexperienced).
Yes, remember the "Hero for women and girls" rational for having a woman doctor. Shame that so far she has been full of insecurities, needy for friends and company, sad, injured, needing to be rescued (twice), needing help to find the TARDIS (twice), taken a less proactive role, been submissive ...
@@Payne2view Well after having been a dude for about 2000 years and then sudddenly having loads of oestrogen rush through your body, you do need a bit of getting used to that, I guess. Not to mention suddenly having periods! Does the Tardis besides a custardcream- also have a napkindispenser?
The reason the sonic was disabled is because the P'ting drained its power temporarily this was to foreshadow the reveal that actually it only cares about energy so a big explosion is enough to satisfy it Unlike my girlfriend
I honestly wish it would have ate it the way she waves it around and gets every single answer from it is annoying I know the other doctors have done the same but it was for basic stuff now with her it seems like it is a all in one tool which makes the show seem pointless aliens coming to attack us dont worry I'll use a screwdriver
@@SirDuckOLot Kinda miss how the other Doctors had multiple tools for each situation. Yes, I mean- she's remembered about using the psychic paper- but, somehow she's WORSE at it than back when she was the Nine Doctor. Previous interactions also immediatelly realized when they were on a ship or station "the gravity feels artificial", if I remember right. Lots of manually figuring things out / realizing things that she now just "waves her wand and makes it right". I've yet to see her using her "sonic screwdriver" in any capacity resembling its previously established functions.
@@bragnir I totally agree I dont know how they got so far away from the story lore and overall ark they just try so hard to push there agenda and could care less why dont they just make a show and leave the good shows alone
I would have deemed this episode just bearable... And then we had a science lesson on particle accelerators. Never before have I died inside so greatly.
Insecure nervous medic (who somehow got the job) tells the team about how she has built-in recording devices. Yaz says "Like a posh version of my police body cam". No, Yaz, not a 'posh version' a very highly advanced implanted version from the 67th Century. We didn't need a comparison to a thing from 'these days' to help us understand the concept of implanted recording devices. Why didn't Yaz say "Ugh, did it hurt? Was it compulsory? Can you turn it off?".
I thought the android was so under-utilised seeing as the Pting would only eat non-organic material, so the android would be the only character the Pting would actively hunt down... but he was just treated as a nanny
@@afropro5294 See I don't even think Graham is good in this version of the show. In RTD Who and even Moffett who he might very well have been but the only one of the leads who puts in a 'good' performance for the show we have is Yaz and she is underused. Its the only performance that most of the times seems like its written for this show and not previous runs
Also the doctor realised how dangerous the Pting is at destroying ships and that it killed someone, any other would lock in a bother dimension, room in the Tardis, or blow it up, but she just ejects it back it to space where it could do THE EXACT SAME THING TO ANOTHER SHIP! Someone please explain to me the logic of this
The idea was it eats that bomb at the end and she says that it'd basically feed it for a very long time. But that still means it'll eventually do it again
I think that since series 6-7, hope is the only thing that kept me watching the show (and honestly there was really good episodes). The first episode of S11 who got me thinking "that was an ok episode, I didn't like it, but it looks like it will get better" eventually became my favorite s11 so far. I'm running out of hope
Boule ShitMan well what exactly is it that you’re hoping FOR? Beyond just the vague notion of “good writing”, laying out which parts of your tastes aren’t being met might help you manage your expectations.
Or put another way "Won't it be a fun tension builder to drain the sonic" followed by "drat the Dr will need the sonic later. Stuff it I'm not re-writing that bit, I'll just have the sonic re-charge from nothing and call it resetting itself, nobody will notice".
I cheered when the sonic got eaten/drained, wanted it out of action so The Doctor could solve the problem without it but then it rebooted itself. Aww, dang. Bit puzzled as to why she was surprised it rebooted, she built the thing herself, wouldn't she *know* its features?
The Pting was animated by the same VFX company that worked on Blade Runner 2049, and while I’m not a big fan of the design (looks a little cartoony and was likely designed with toys in mind), from a technical standpoint the quality and level of detail in the CGI is actually very impressive.
Considering the small budget it is good but I feel like the character seems too light and doesn't have any real weight to it. The spiders in Arachnids in the UK were the same in my opinion.
For all his faults, and there were plenty, Moffat gave us the Weeping Angels and the Silence, along with some of the best companions. New guy has given us Stitch. He is also given us a host of bad characters from the worst drags of science fiction. None of his new characters have been very engaging. Perhaps three is too many new companions for one new Doctor. I think there is still a lot of potential in the 13th Doctor, she just needs better story lines, dialogue,& support characters.
A problem I have with this series is how one of the reasons The Doctor has companions is so he/she can see the universe through their eyes, because he/she has seen everything there is to see in the universe. But this whole season the new Doctor doesn't know anything about anything. Shouldn't The Doctor know about an undamageable, untouchable, power hungry space furby?
I keep giving it a chance every week but end up falling asleep or speeding it on to the end. Been a Dr who fan for 40 years and these are week scripts also you still feel you are waiting for the Dr to apear and where is the Tardis? The Tardis was alway used, its part of Dr who for god sakes! Don't get me started on the sonic screwdriver #overthetoparmswinging
Yeah, the writer has no idea what he's doing. The first episode was the typical boring first doctor episode, so I thought it would be a normal series. God it's been awful. At least this one was the last written by him for this series, and this week's was pretty good.
It was just a bunch of wasted potential and I don't really know why Chibnall was made head writer because all of his episodes before weren't even that good
What is the point of asking an alien race what century it is? It wouldn’t match up to a Gallifrey or Earth century, so wouldn’t tell the Doctor what time period she is in. These episodes so far are so basic it’s like it’s written for 10 year olds. I prefer the Moffat style where I have to think about the story and never know what is about to happen. Can anyone explain how the Doctor survived the fall from space through a train roof without being killed or a scratch, in episode 1? No-one seems to be bothered by that.
I think the calendars were fleshed out a bit in one of RTD's episodes way back when things like this actually mattered and the writers knew what they were doing.
the falling through a train roof thing makes sense in the new series. it was established back in david tennants first episode that they can still heal themselves a few hours after regeneration
@@nanomachinesson5951 now i could be wrong about this but i think getting your hand chopped off is slightly different than falling from space and surviving re entry and then going through a train roof lol
The father character was mostly useless filler though I mean the only thing we got from it was “oh my dad left me” which I imagine almost everyone already knew that from him talking about his dad before this episode
I hated the pregnant man, as soon as he came on screen I wanted to never see him again. And picking up on the dull songs for several episodes now, oh god no, don't tell me that the new years special is a musical!? Please no, the cast has been terrible at singing thus far
5:26 You only need to have traveled with the Tardis to gain knowledge of other languages, it gets into your head for a couple of months/years depends on the person.
This was my last episode. I gave it 20 minutes before just switching off. That’s me done until I hear you rave about an episode or an old enemy returns.
@@GDNITE No returning enemy can be as bad as this series is. If the Absorbaloff from goddamn Love and Monsters showed up, it would make an episode better.
"Jodie's doctor feels more like a confused brit rather than an alien," she doesn't give a sense of control ever on a situation. When Matt Smith portrayed the Doctor as a bumbling madman with a box, he did it very convincingly and stuck with it. He had a nice flair which was entertaining to watch, Jodie on the other hand, or rather the writing staff (idk) makes the Doc feel like She has no identity at all. Want to make the part in quotations a running meme until they fix that shit, I see many others with similar opinions on the subject
James Thompson yeah, not gonna lie, I still enjoy Arachnids as a dumb bit of fluff with one or two decent character moments, but comparing that episode and this one is like night and day to me.
@@ThePonderer Yeah thats fair, it's just down to personal preference at the end of the day. I think the only reason I liked this one more was on the strength of the first 15 minutes
Spiders is sheffield was actually pretty enjoyable, with no aliens at all. I liked that no aliens were behind it. Or time traveller. And the gigant spider was actually sympathic.
Wait, the ship is powered by antimatter? That reminds me of the ship from Phoenix by SF Said, which runs on darkness (which is faster than light) or something.
I would have preferred to not know anything at all about the monster, which includes not seeing it. Of course it would have to kill more people, but then it could have been a scary, or at least creepy, episode.
Gotta say I was really disappointed when they didnt use the life-pod exploding as a device to turn the crew against the doctor, seeing as how she was the only one who really knew what was going on.. it could have worked somewhat like Midnight did in the David Tennant era
The doctors weird hand movements when she explains things is really starting to bother me, it just look like a teenager in a school play who doesn’t know what they’re doing with their hands
“Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?” “Yes.” [Clap] “No.” It’s just another way of expressing herself, it doesn't bother me personally.
When you go in the Tardis the Tardis translates it for you even if it is far away. A permanent side effect of being in the Tardis. That is how i thought it worked.
I disagree that the animation was bad. I think it was one of the most visually stunning part of the episode. I think what you should be criticising is its design not the animation.
The thing is I was hyping myself up, for it to be a weeping angle. it's was fast and survived space and launched a guy into space. Everything was there, and when I saw the Crazy Frog with an eating disorder I was a disappointed to say the least.
Harry and Castle, spot on again. I think you are giving the best and most honest review of this DW series. I think the role needed to go to a women, after all, men have dressed up, padded up and acted in women’s roles for long periods of history. To read and hear the misogynists scream, when one women takes this Time Lord role after 12 males doing the part is unbelievable. The only thing I don’t understand is that when men acted the part of Lady X throughout history, they shave and tried to portray themselves as a woman. Would it not be fair to ask a women acting the part of Lord Thyme, to butch up, drop the voice, beard up, wrap in the chest and sport a 8 inch ~ strap-on under the trousers (that is, if she can do it without man-spreading). I am convinced this will send the ratings to the moon, not just in the UK and USA
i stopped watching the episode after the doctor said 'it's releasing the airlocks be careful' *man proceeds to step into airlock* and then five seconds later; "be careful it's eating all the metal" *proceeds to wave sonic screwdriver in it's face*
_Ten of my 10/10s_ Genesis of the Daleks, Caves of Androzani, City of Death, Pyramids of Mars, The Talons of Weng Chiang, Blink, The Empty Child, Robots of Death, Terror of the Zygons, The Seeds of Doom.
I haven't watched this episode in ages but I'm pretty sure I remember someone saying the alive thing was "the most dangerous alien ever " and I'm here thinking " darleks or cybermen "
@@ThePonderer Not in my personal opinion. I think Tooth and Claw, The End of the World, Unquiet Dead and Aliens in London/World War Three are highly underrated. They also have Dalek and Girl in the Fireplace which are some of the most loved episodes by NewWho fandom. Besides The Woman Who Fell to Earth, nothing is really wowing me this series. Plus I find 9, 10, 11 and 12 more charismatic Doctors that have good acting chops and actually feel like an alien. If Jodie keeps this up, she'll easily become the weakest Doctor next to Davison in my opinion.
@@englishgiraffe2124 you can Hardy blame them for that. It was a script inherited from the old writing team before Cartmel came in cause they didnt have that much time to produce a season And you cannot compare because half of Season 24 were 2 stories and these were 5 (albeit shorter)
Anyone else watching all the vids from series 11 just to remember what actually happened because of how forgettable every episode was i literally cant think of one notable moment other than peter regenerating into Jodie
Have you noticed that she is very one noted in every episode and in every episode they get rid of men just so they can have strong female characters in charge, I don't mind it but I don't like that I'm saying what's gonna happen in an episode before it even ends.
well even the regenerations of the moffat era were good, and the moffat era is like 97% bad. so it wont be hard to make a good regeneration in this series.
@@dorianleakey After these first 5 episodes, I've come to the conclusion that she is definitely part of the problem. But yes, the writing is complete dogshit.
A bit late on this, but... The whole Yas not keeping watch on the Piting or airlocking it was explained during that tedious dialog you complained beforehand: anything that's not organic, this little murderball will eat. Anything that IS organic, it will poison on contact. There have been attempts to capture these things, and failed so disastrously one of the first warnings during the explanation is to NOT try to capture one. The blanket only served the purpose of letting Yas handle it while it was unconscious: if she tried to push her time any longer, it'd have eaten through the blanket as it had through the ship, and then killed her on contact. Notice how she didn't just put it down there, but threw it (well, kicked it) as far away as she could: she was taking a huge risk, and could no longer afford so. As to why was she in the engine room? The Doctor literally asked her to. She was shown along with the android being sent to guard it when the group split up to handle tasks- and the "twiddling their thumbs" they'd done after that was pretty much- doing exactly what they'd agreed to- minus the safety blanket. If the alien had entered that room again, it was their job to stun it again, and then it'd have been the android's job to throw it away (again), this time with the risk of being eaten and having no layer of protection from it.
How to make the Monster better: 1) Change it's name. 2) Change it's design. Make it look horrific and terrifying. 3) Show what the creature wants in a better way. 4) Make it more of a threat to humans.
The song is an old Irish funeral song. Back in Ireland people would sing it to a dead body, so it does make sense that they’d all know it, but not in the 67th century
"Hope" really can be the worst feeling... I "hoped" I would like Jodie's interpretation of the Doctor. I "hoped" the first episode would be a great story just in case she hadn't quite settled in to the part yet. I "hoped" that when neither of those things worked out, that things would improve in the following episodes. So now we're half way through this season and I have yet to see one thing that makes me want to re-watch any of the episodes so far. I watched the ComicCon panel a few weeks before the series started and really liked the way Jodie came across as enthusiastic and fun and I think she has acted well in other shows but I just don't believe her as The Doctor. As for the stories themselves, I can't say I have ever been so bored and at times they have been jaw-droppingly poor and made me cringe whilst watching. I have actually started texting other DW fans DURING the episode because I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me missing something! This makes me feel sad because I've loved the show in all its past versions. Oh well, plenty of classics to re-watch, and Big Finish still make good stories on audio :)
I can so relate to all that! I've been rewatching previous seasons to help recover. The Big Finish audio adventures sounds like a great idea to get my fix for Doctor Who I haven't listened to.
The Pting made me think of the adipose thingies from an earlier series. It looks like they took those models and added in an angry Minion mouth for the eating bits :/ Jodie is bloody brilliant, the writing needs to catch up so she can live up to the potential :(
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Jodie feels like a side-character in her own series. Where's the stoic, wise time lord behind all that performance and bravado?
Because she is the Dr in name only.
Since when the Doctor is stoic? The guy erh person has been a romantic since the 2nd incarnation. They also were only wise when the plot demanded it and whimsical the rest of the time.
The other characters - a mob - cut into her screen time. Please, please, get rid of one or two of the companions.
She is better than capaldi with clara. Maybe we get the "the dalek"episode for her doctor.
@@grandsome1 Stoicism doesn't have any intrinsic connection with romanticism? It means to be able to endure pain or hardship without the need to complain. The Doctor has done this all throughout the series, more so since the 2005 reboot, with his actions in the time war having an enormous impact on him, despite his tendency to look past his/her inner demons and help others regardless.
Jodie's doctor feels more like a confused brit rather than an alien.
Are there Brits that are not confused at the moment?
Yes, myself.
The show is just absolute garbage. I got through 15 mins then just skipped through it to the end.
Whats wrong with the doctor being a confused brit? It rather fits dr who, not great but it is fitting.
@@jonsnor4313 More than confuse, I'd say insecure. Which doesn't fir the doctor at all. The doctor was always confident and owned every room he walked into
"Very cliche, running up and down corridors with a silly monster" - Chibnall, 1986.
Chibnall's scripts are full of "So how do you feeeeeel?" scenes; where characters just explain their emotional problems or backstory. The scene with Amy and the Doctor overlooking the Thames in Power Of Three, the long boat ride in Ghost Monument, the scene with Yaz and Ryan behind a dumpster in Rosa, this episode where Ryan just tells Yaz everything about his mom n father.
God it's lazy
I think the "So how do you feeeeeel?" scenes would work in a soap but not in Sci-fi.
Chibnalls only good at those emotional scenes imo, just look at the end of torchwood season 2 where (spoilers) owen and tosh are dieing in separate places, but they were talking to each other, the emotion that was written into the script was brilliant
@@jamesgadsden8591
I think he's great at bleak stuff, Graham's grief for his wife, Tosh and Owen's deaths, Adrift, the whole of Broadchurch
It's just SJW nonsense. Constant virtue signalling about how empathetic they all are. This is exactly what i expected from a bunch of far left ideologues.
Chibnal is definitely a mediocre writer. Like how the heck did he get this gig???
When you can't think of a monster, borrow Disney's Stitch
Ohana means family
Family means no body gets left behind
Or forgotten
I love Doctor Who. But for all our sakes, STAY AWAY FROM MY BOI STITCH!!!
Also, something I just noticed, the captain shows that she is surprised about them being time travellers even though they're in the 67th century where we already know there is time travel from time agents such as Captain Jack and time travelling pioneers like Danny Pink's relation in Listen.
SJW Who can do no wrong bigot, so you're wrong.
What?
I guess we don't know how common time travel is
@@matthewnevin9156 hahha
Maybe time travelling is outlawed in the 67th century or just isn't a common thing anymore.
Jodie’s doctor is more like a confused human not an alien. She makes it seem like 4 humans going time travelling. The series seems to be getting worse going on and on, this episode especially was rubbish. She is not like the main character of the show, the doctor who takes charge, she is too reliant on the companions for this series.
@gam mal What the hell are you talking about?
@@dorianleakey i agree with him
@gam mal da fuck?
I mean 10 was pretty human so it checks out
While I was watching I thought to myself
This is basically a kids version of alien but the writers only heard about the film and never watched it
i really like Jodie and feel like she could make a great doc, but the writing just kills her character and my enjoyment of the show
Exactly, the dialogue isn't great and this series feels more like the magic school bus with the amount of Science and Ethical lessons throughout as well as the companions doing nothing. The ideas are there though
Yeah she does great with what she's given, which makes me wish even more they'd hire some decent writers.
And I don't really understand why they can't. This might be understandable for many shows, but surely there are tons of great writers in the UK that would love to write for Doctor Who. They spent so much time choosing the Doctor that they forgot that the actor is only part of the equation. It doesn't matter how good the actors are if you cut corners with actual writing.
@Brian The Destroyer For me it's just boring since it't just the doctor talking with nothing to back it up except a few hand gestures
Actors are only as good as their scripts. The only reason people assume that others have a problem with Jodie herself is because the only argument for a female doctor has been, shut up you fucking misogynist.
Nah, Jodie is awful but the writing certainly doesn't help her.
I thought the android would 100% get eaten; he’s not organic material?
and presumably has quite a tasty power cell keeping it going.
Agreed, theres so much that seems like it's established for a reason "You need to keep watch, you can touch the creature" "The creature eats inorganic matter" and then... nothing happens with it.
Hmm sounds like Karate Kid was even more consistent, with the "no kicks to the face" rule.
and he didnt even catch it, Yaz did...
Same. Totally thought “yep, robot will have to fight it or maybe get a limb eaten but no
I'm honestly most pissed off by the ending. It is established brotherguy and Ronan the accuser don't like eachother. The pilotwoman states that he could get a guard android as well, and at the end brotherman and androidboy have a sort of...mutual agreement, and the brother asks whats next for Ronan, who answeres he'll be shut down. I expected the characterarc to be completed and that the brother would ask Ronan to work with him from then on but...no...nothing...no conclusion just "so you're gonna die?" "yup" "Sucks bro"
Short answer: Yes it did suck!
Long answer: it did suck, and here's why....
I never thought I'd say I miss Steven Moffat but I really do
Nivada Stars It’s almost like what happend to Star Wars.
I rewatched Series 10 and I thought oh my god this is actually good in comparison to series 11
@@NotSoRadical_ season 11 is like a complete shite of a mess
Steven was a fucking megamind compared to this
In my opinion steven moffat is a genius, sometimes he fails, but still a genius: the eleventh hour, a christam carol, the angels take manhattan, listen, heaven sent, the doctor falls, and I could go on...
They need to stop piling in too many positive traits into Jodie's Doctor, I know this season is supposed to be more PC (which is dislike because they're throwing it at us) but every Doctor, at least in New Who has had some sort of dark trait or outburst. Nothing from Jodie's doctor, not blaming Jodie herself just the writers making her seem more like that one excited annoying teacher on field trips. Christopher was angry and cold, David was guilty and lonely, Matt was very empathetic which meant when someone did something stupid he got very angry and Peter had his eyebrows. Please, Chib Chib, make her have her "I'm the Doctor" moment/speech.
There was one negative trait that I saw in the new doctor. She got so caught up in trying to get back to the TARDIS and insuring it's safety, that it led to her showing singns of being less thoughtful to both the strangers on board the ship and to her companions than expected. Which so displays both the new doctor's habit of becoming easily detracted
From objectives and an underlying selfishness within her.
Of course, these traits might sadly not be explored further in the series. But I still hold hope for better character writing, as I've heard that the next couple of episodes will be written by other writers and not by Chris.
They're trying to make her into this tough talking no nonsense righteous character but really she just comes off as a holier than thou bitch. This has too be the first set of companions i think that will ask too go home just because she's so fucking annoying.
@@damndanielrealass8004 Anyone who is accepting of PC shit should be told to go away.
The Doctor has been totally Mary Sue'd. The show is dead, but it'll get 3-4 more series with Whittaker despite viewing figures dropping faster than any other series, because the BBC don't need to justify their funding and are more concerned with virtue signalling their 'wokeness' rather than producing good content any more.
I'd say 11's biggest flaw was his arrogance. Which is kind of the point. He had multiple flaws. 13's flaw is... she's too kind? Except the narrative isn't treating it like a flaw. But apparently letting the spider suffocate to death is better than simply shooting it. And shutting all the other spiders up where they will devour each other and/or also suffocate is likewise "letting them die with dignity."
Any one of us would kill a black widow or other venomous spider that got into our home. The only difference here is that the spiders are giant. These were not sentient creatures. Killing them, especially when they pose a danger/are facing a slow and painful death, is not a monstrous act. But the show treats the Trump stand in as the villain for shooting the spider, instead of for, oh I don't know, CAUSING THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE?
The season so far has felt like fan fiction. With the exception of being a woman, there is nothing about 13 that makes her stand out from other Doctors. She's just being vaguely quirky, talking a lot and making moral declarations "Because that's what the Doctor does."
Whittaker is great. She brings a lot of life and energy to the role. She's just being given absolutely nothing to work with.
Apparently this is the last episode of the series written by Chibnall until the finale. I hope we get some decent stuff the next few weeks, but after this episode my enthusiasm is piss all
hopefully in the finale the doctor will have a 5 minute exposition about how white men are bad
The problem is the written by credit is fairly useless this season. Chibnall is using a US-style writers room so while there is a lead writer assigned to it there is a fair amount of written by committee going on. So even if he isn't listed as the writer he is still having a fair amount of input, just as the writers room one of which will be 'responsible' for the each of the upcoming episodes will have had an input into Chibnalls. So we can't even hope that the lack of Chibnall on the writing credit is likeky to see a massive uptick
I really wouldn't see that as a good thing. Like it or not Chibnall is the only writer there with any experience on a Sci Fi show. The rest are just inexperienced SJW's chosen solely for their political views.
First episode not written by Chibnall was by far the best in the series.
Eleventh series is getting worse and worse. I’m so disappointed . Please someone says to Chibnall he’s fired
Won't help. It's the BBC that's pushing the SJW agenda, and that influences the show. And it's not just Chibnall writing the show; the entire team is "inclusive" (and inexperienced).
Federica Esu well the ratings are better under him than they have been in years, so whether anyone here likes it or not that’s not happening.
Yes, remember the "Hero for women and girls" rational for having a woman doctor. Shame that so far she has been full of insecurities, needy for friends and company, sad, injured, needing to be rescued (twice), needing help to find the TARDIS (twice), taken a less proactive role, been submissive ...
Robert Payne it ain’t that deep dude. Plus being insecure and needing company is kind of the Doctor’s while thing, in the modern series at least.
@@Payne2view Well after having been a dude for about 2000 years and then sudddenly having loads of oestrogen rush through your body, you do need a bit of getting used to that, I guess. Not to mention suddenly having periods! Does the Tardis besides a custardcream- also have a napkindispenser?
The reason the sonic was disabled is because the P'ting drained its power temporarily
this was to foreshadow the reveal that actually it only cares about energy so a big explosion is enough to satisfy it
Unlike my girlfriend
Why didn’t it just eat the sonic though? It’s not the tardis it’s alive
I honestly wish it would have ate it the way she waves it around and gets every single answer from it is annoying I know the other doctors have done the same but it was for basic stuff now with her it seems like it is a all in one tool which makes the show seem pointless aliens coming to attack us dont worry I'll use a screwdriver
@@SirDuckOLot Kinda miss how the other Doctors had multiple tools for each situation. Yes, I mean- she's remembered about using the psychic paper- but, somehow she's WORSE at it than back when she was the Nine Doctor. Previous interactions also immediatelly realized when they were on a ship or station "the gravity feels artificial", if I remember right.
Lots of manually figuring things out / realizing things that she now just "waves her wand and makes it right". I've yet to see her using her "sonic screwdriver" in any capacity resembling its previously established functions.
@@bragnir I totally agree I dont know how they got so far away from the story lore and overall ark they just try so hard to push there agenda and could care less why dont they just make a show and leave the good shows alone
I would have deemed this episode just bearable...
And then we had a science lesson on particle accelerators.
Never before have I died inside so greatly.
Oh, and yes, Doctor Who went up against Stitch. Look at the thing, that's Stitch.
If you shaved him then yes
I was actually thinking upchuck from Ben 10
Terrible writing, and acting, those medical officers, dear lord. So much exposition and meaningless moments.
Writing maybe, acting no
The episode is basically a video lesson on characterisation done badly
@@enzoclarke1259 Jodies acting is good ('though the lines she's given are trash). But the rest of the actores are simply not good, and it shows
@@arturofernandez4058 What about Bradley Walsh as Graham?!
Insecure nervous medic (who somehow got the job) tells the team about how she has built-in recording devices. Yaz says "Like a posh version of my police body cam". No, Yaz, not a 'posh version' a very highly advanced implanted version from the 67th Century. We didn't need a comparison to a thing from 'these days' to help us understand the concept of implanted recording devices. Why didn't Yaz say "Ugh, did it hurt? Was it compulsory? Can you turn it off?".
At this point I think the only thing which would save the series is Mark Labbett as a villain that Graham has to defeat
Yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm waiting for an alien to come out and Graham to just look into the camera and go "the chase is on" 😂
@@jordanrobinson8572 These are all brilliant ideas
Nah, the pregnant man pissed me off, he just distracted from the episode and his constant whining was irritating.
Literally just a filler subplot because there wasn't enough content in the actual story
He was just a pointless SJW character, put in too virtue signal about how it challenges traditional gender roles.
Itsmore original than just another pregnant woman. And gram was hillarous with an ounce of character developement.
Yeah but it will make men have more sympathy for women. What else would you want to get out of a Dr Who episode?
Literally, his only purpose was to give Ryan and Graham something to do.
I thought the android was so under-utilised seeing as the Pting would only eat non-organic material, so the android would be the only character the Pting would actively hunt down... but he was just treated as a nanny
Graham reminds me to Wilfred, Donna's grandpa. Maybe that's whý we all like him
He's the only good companion but he can never be compared to Wilfred. He is a legend
Wilf is best companion, Graham is close.
@@afropro5294 See I don't even think Graham is good in this version of the show. In RTD Who and even Moffett who he might very well have been but the only one of the leads who puts in a 'good' performance for the show we have is Yaz and she is underused. Its the only performance that most of the times seems like its written for this show and not previous runs
He also reminds me of Brian, Rory's dad
Also the doctor realised how dangerous the Pting is at destroying ships and that it killed someone, any other would lock in a bother dimension, room in the Tardis, or blow it up, but she just ejects it back it to space where it could do THE EXACT SAME THING TO ANOTHER SHIP! Someone please explain to me the logic of this
The idea was it eats that bomb at the end and she says that it'd basically feed it for a very long time.
But that still means it'll eventually do it again
because the p'ting is not evil,just hungry. the Doctor usualy doesn't kill someone for being hungry.
@@outcastkatsuki you make a good point. And last time I checked, the majority of the tardis is inorganic. (Granted, it's grown not built)
@@outcastkatsuki Ok that might be bad but still she could put it in another dimension, but she didn't
Ptings don't die. "It's impossible to kill a pting"
I think that since series 6-7, hope is the only thing that kept me watching the show (and honestly there was really good episodes).
The first episode of S11 who got me thinking "that was an ok episode, I didn't like it, but it looks like it will get better" eventually became my favorite s11 so far.
I'm running out of hope
Boule ShitMan well what exactly is it that you’re hoping FOR?
Beyond just the vague notion of “good writing”, laying out which parts of your tastes aren’t being met might help you manage your expectations.
I understand completely. Same for me actually, except I'm not watching this current season.
#RebootTheMindRobber!
#BringBackTheCelestialToymaker!
The Ponderer he's hoping for the show to be good
They only removed the sonic to pad out the plot, and it only came back because the plot demanded it.
British Nerd yeah, that’s kinda the sonic’s whole thing.
Or put another way "Won't it be a fun tension builder to drain the sonic" followed by "drat the Dr will need the sonic later. Stuff it I'm not re-writing that bit, I'll just have the sonic re-charge from nothing and call it resetting itself, nobody will notice".
Well... it is a *plot* device. :P
I cheered when the sonic got eaten/drained, wanted it out of action so The Doctor could solve the problem without it but then it rebooted itself. Aww, dang. Bit puzzled as to why she was surprised it rebooted, she built the thing herself, wouldn't she *know* its features?
So we now have to add "broken sonic screwdriver" to the list of problems that the sonic screwdriver can magically fix?
Doctor who starring Stitch from the hit Disney movie Lilo and Stitch
Pting is the sound a cowboy makes when he spits tobacco into a spittoon. That's certainly what that name reminds me of.
You're hilarious, and the screen caps you have of their derp faces make me cramp with laughter. Thanks for all your effort!
I love this new season so far. .. each episode give me an excuse to drink more
Drink every time you cringe?
@@HazmanFTW WOAH NO ONE'S TRYNA GET ALCOHOL POISINING
@@GDNITE Well he did say an excuse to drink more
Chase .B. Atkins I’m going to die tonight of liver failure if this next episode lives up to its expectations
Rosa is the best episode to make a drinking game. Have a shot everytime a character says "Rosa Parks". You'll get wasted 15 minutes after the intro...
I was really hoping P'Ting will kill all the others and be the doctors new companion.
brusso456 I'd watch that
Taphel heck yes
What, just Jodie and the Pting? I'd watch that actually. The two best bits of this episode.
That’d probably save it. The problem is it’s too clever to be thought of by Chibnel.
Also Chibnall. Please never reference Hamilton ever again.
@Tekno Pathetic
And the Trump joke
Why not? It made me smile as I love Hamilton.
I didn't even NOTICE that. Where and what was it?
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer same for me...
Never thought i’d miss Moffat..
The Pting was animated by the same VFX company that worked on Blade Runner 2049, and while I’m not a big fan of the design (looks a little cartoony and was likely designed with toys in mind), from a technical standpoint the quality and level of detail in the CGI is actually very impressive.
Luke Rose I am aware of that, if anything the CGI is even more impressive considering the small budget.
Considering the small budget it is good but I feel like the character seems too light and doesn't have any real weight to it. The spiders in Arachnids in the UK were the same in my opinion.
For all his faults, and there were plenty, Moffat gave us the Weeping Angels and the Silence, along with some of the best companions. New guy has given us Stitch.
He is also given us a host of bad characters from the worst drags of science fiction. None of his new characters have been very engaging. Perhaps three is too many new companions for one new Doctor. I think there is still a lot of potential in the 13th Doctor, she just needs better story lines, dialogue,& support characters.
It’s weird when a power hungry ship eating midget is somehow an improvement over the last episode
Not much of an improvement. But still somehow a bit of an improvement
Well, when I saw the space gremlin for the first time. It did make me chuckle.
But apart from that.
😖
The Mysterious Stranger I personally thought the improvement was pretty massive.
You mean Chibnall?
It was only impressive when it was cute and sent in space.
im hoping the doctor gets an early regeneration
Challenger Chris hopefully she can pull an eccleston
@@lukerose384 My thoughts exactly
@@smash198 Not really, the actor is so fucking annoying.
She is not doing anything like a good job, but maybe as the legend that is Tom Baker might say, it's because the scripts are whippet-shit.
A problem I have with this series is how one of the reasons The Doctor has companions is so he/she can see the universe through their eyes, because he/she has seen everything there is to see in the universe. But this whole season the new Doctor doesn't know anything about anything. Shouldn't The Doctor know about an undamageable, untouchable, power hungry space furby?
I keep giving it a chance every week but end up falling asleep or speeding it on to the end.
Been a Dr who fan for 40 years and these are week scripts also you still feel you are waiting for the Dr to apear and where is the Tardis?
The Tardis was alway used, its part of Dr who for god sakes!
Don't get me started on the sonic screwdriver #overthetoparmswinging
The Tardis was not always used, that's complete nonsense.
Ok... seems like I made the right choice in not watching this episode.
I gave up 2 episodes ago, lol
Yeah, the writer has no idea what he's doing. The first episode was the typical boring first doctor episode, so I thought it would be a normal series. God it's been awful. At least this one was the last written by him for this series, and this week's was pretty good.
The next four episodes aren't written by or Co written by the same writer so I'm curious to see if they are any better? I hope so.
As Count Dooku once said
"I've been looking forward to this"
Love and monsters has called... It wants it title of worst who adventure back
Nah, Hell Bent still needs it for a while. Then we'll give it to Moffatt's 100th anniversary.
Why Hell Bent? I love that episode and it’s painfully underrated.
Hell Bent, ugh, such a let down after Heaven Sent.
Harry how is it such a let down? What did you all expect after the Doctor suffered ALONE for BILLIONS of YEARS?
Them to actual do something with Gallifrey now it has come back, not just dedicate the episode to Clara, who could have easily STAYED DEAD.
The pregnant man was funny for the first 10 minutes. Then he was just filler that gave Graham and Ryan something to do.
It was just a bunch of wasted potential and I don't really know why Chibnall was made head writer because all of his episodes before weren't even that good
He was clearly made show runner because he's a lefty. The BBC knew what they were doing when they hired him.
ME 0020 so they got someone who they could control
No they picked someone with particular political views that, they knew would take the show in the direction they wanted it too.
@@matthewnevin9156 but doesn't everyone who works for the BBC have some leftist beliefs
Most of them do because they're journalists but i'm sure the engineers and cameramen are just normal people.
I absolutely hated it
What is the point of asking an alien race what century it is? It wouldn’t match up to a Gallifrey or Earth century, so wouldn’t tell the Doctor what time period she is in. These episodes so far are so basic it’s like it’s written for 10 year olds. I prefer the Moffat style where I have to think about the story and never know what is about to happen. Can anyone explain how the Doctor survived the fall from space through a train roof without being killed or a scratch, in episode 1? No-one seems to be bothered by that.
An alien race with someone who has a Scottish accent.
I think the calendars were fleshed out a bit in one of RTD's episodes way back when things like this actually mattered and the writers knew what they were doing.
Crikeys57 she just regenerated so she can heal from anything within a few seconds
the falling through a train roof thing makes sense in the new series. it was established back in david tennants first episode that they can still heal themselves a few hours after regeneration
@@nanomachinesson5951 now i could be wrong about this but i think getting your hand chopped off is slightly different than falling from space and surviving re entry and then going through a train roof lol
You’re not not a half glass full sort of guy, you’re just British.
The father character was mostly useless filler though I mean the only thing we got from it was “oh my dad left me” which I imagine almost everyone already knew that from him talking about his dad before this episode
I hated the pregnant man, as soon as he came on screen I wanted to never see him again.
And picking up on the dull songs for several episodes now, oh god no, don't tell me that the new years special is a musical!?
Please no, the cast has been terrible at singing thus far
I don't know. Jodie's quite a good singer.
That character was useless. Ut was just their way of saying "see men can get pregnant."
It was just to push a current topic.
A nicely considered and well balanced review. Nice one Harry.
5:26 You only need to have traveled with the Tardis to gain knowledge of other languages, it gets into your head for a couple of months/years depends on the person.
Also he couldn’t read what was on-screen, wasn’t even watching it! Graham simply responded to the error message/beep.
I don’t know how you manage to get through these episodes.
This was my last episode. I gave it 20 minutes before just switching off. That’s me done until I hear you rave about an episode or an old enemy returns.
NO RETURNING ENEMIES THIS SERIES ACCORDING TO CHINBALLS :D
@@GDNITE No returning enemy can be as bad as this series is. If the Absorbaloff from goddamn Love and Monsters showed up, it would make an episode better.
With ya here!
Xavier Fauver I hate the fact that it’s true. Never thought the absorbaloff could actually improve something
The alien reminded me of Stitch lol. Maybe the episode should have been called "A Stitch in Time" ;)
"Jodie's doctor feels more like a confused brit rather than an alien," she doesn't give a sense of control ever on a situation. When Matt Smith portrayed the Doctor as a bumbling madman with a box, he did it very convincingly and stuck with it. He had a nice flair which was entertaining to watch, Jodie on the other hand, or rather the writing staff (idk) makes the Doc feel like She has no identity at all.
Want to make the part in quotations a running meme until they fix that shit, I see many others with similar opinions on the subject
"one of dem half glass full guys"
Has anyone mentioned that the "pating" looks like stitch, from lilo and stitch?
7:57 What's the name of the song you used to introduce the P'ting?
Well...... I liked it better than Arachnids in Sheffield at least
James Thompson yeah, not gonna lie, I still enjoy Arachnids as a dumb bit of fluff with one or two decent character moments, but comparing that episode and this one is like night and day to me.
@@ThePonderer Yeah thats fair, it's just down to personal preference at the end of the day. I think the only reason I liked this one more was on the strength of the first 15 minutes
Spiders Take Sheffield
Spiders in Sheffield
Spiders is sheffield was actually pretty enjoyable, with no aliens at all. I liked that no aliens were behind it. Or time traveller. And the gigant spider was actually sympathic.
Wait, the ship is powered by antimatter? That reminds me of the ship from Phoenix by SF Said, which runs on darkness (which is faster than light) or something.
I would have preferred to not know anything at all about the monster, which includes not seeing it. Of course it would have to kill more people, but then it could have been a scary, or at least creepy, episode.
Gotta say I was really disappointed when they didnt use the life-pod exploding as a device to turn the crew against the doctor, seeing as how she was the only one who really knew what was going on.. it could have worked somewhat like Midnight did in the David Tennant era
Wouldn't it have been better if Yoss gave birth to the Pting (like Kane in Alien) instead of it being floating around in space.
That Graham scene didn't seem *that* hypocritical considering he did say "generally" - and yes, I would die for him.
The doctors weird hand movements when she explains things is really starting to bother me, it just look like a teenager in a school play who doesn’t know what they’re doing with their hands
To be honest; that also was one of the things that bothered me with Matt Smith.
Tim Jantzen I like it. It feels like a tic that’s in-character.
Tim Jantzen it felt like she was imitating Brian Cox
“Are you capable of speaking without flapping your hands about?”
“Yes.”
[Clap]
“No.”
It’s just another way of expressing herself, it doesn't bother me personally.
It's a thing that people do, myself included.
When you go in the Tardis the Tardis translates it for you even if it is far away. A permanent side effect of being in the Tardis. That is how i thought it worked.
I fell asleep watching this.
Not watching the rest of the series. I tried. I really did.
Bigghair Chibnall isn't writing the next 4 episodes, which is why I'm still going to watch
"This is not the doctor your looking for" I liked that Nibbler was the guest character.
I disagree that the animation was bad. I think it was one of the most visually stunning part of the episode. I think what you should be criticising is its design not the animation.
I just realised that the control panel looks a lot like the unused season 27 7th doctor tardis
6:40 why was he giving birth with pants on
7:12 it’s moment liked these where you make me love your reviews much
Spoiler alert:
Yes
The thing is I was hyping myself up, for it to be a weeping angle. it's was fast and survived space and launched a guy into space. Everything was there, and when I saw the Crazy Frog with an eating disorder I was a disappointed to say the least.
I thought this episode was sucktastic!
Harry and Castle, spot on again. I think you are giving the best and most honest review of this DW series. I think the role needed to go to a women, after all, men have dressed up, padded up and acted in women’s roles for long periods of history. To read and hear the misogynists scream, when one women takes this Time Lord role after 12 males doing the part is unbelievable. The only thing I don’t understand is that when men acted the part of Lady X throughout history, they shave and tried to portray themselves as a woman. Would it not be fair to ask a women acting the part of Lord Thyme, to butch up, drop the voice, beard up, wrap in the chest and sport a 8 inch ~ strap-on under the trousers (that is, if she can do it without man-spreading). I am convinced this will send the ratings to the moon, not just in the UK and USA
i stopped watching the episode after the doctor said 'it's releasing the airlocks be careful' *man proceeds to step into airlock*
and then five seconds later; "be careful it's eating all the metal" *proceeds to wave sonic screwdriver in it's face*
Which episode of Doctor Who would you rate with 10/10? Im new, have you ever rated one episode with 10/10 or 9/10 at least?
_Ten of my 10/10s_
Genesis of the Daleks, Caves of Androzani, City of Death, Pyramids of Mars,
The Talons of Weng Chiang, Blink, The Empty Child, Robots of Death,
Terror of the Zygons, The Seeds of Doom.
@@mekonta That plus The Waters of Mars.
Blink
Empty child/ The doctor dances
Human nature/ the family of blood
Midnight. Silence In the Library.
Worst episode yet
Totally agree, I hated that pting Dr who should be more scary than this
jack daveson
Ep. 2
Ep. 4
Ep. 5
Ep. 1
Ep. 3
Worst to best in my opinion
I hate yas she is so useless
jack daveson I’m hoping for more development for her in
The next episode but it will 1000% be all dialogue.
Rosa was worse, so was arachnids. But they all suck so it doesn't matter much
I haven't watched this episode in ages but I'm pretty sure I remember someone saying the alive thing was "the most dangerous alien ever " and I'm here thinking " darleks or cybermen "
Worst first half series of any Doctor ever
TheJaviferrol as someone who’s recently gone back to series 1 and 2, that’s laughable.
@@ThePonderer Not in my personal opinion. I think Tooth and Claw, The End of the World, Unquiet Dead and Aliens in London/World War Three are highly underrated. They also have Dalek and Girl in the Fireplace which are some of the most loved episodes by NewWho fandom. Besides The Woman Who Fell to Earth, nothing is really wowing me this series. Plus I find 9, 10, 11 and 12 more charismatic Doctors that have good acting chops and actually feel like an alien. If Jodie keeps this up, she'll easily become the weakest Doctor next to Davison in my opinion.
While this first half has been awfully weak, 7 did have Time and the Rani which is definitely the worst post-regeneration story for any Doctor.
@@englishgiraffe2124 you can Hardy blame them for that. It was a script inherited from the old writing team before Cartmel came in cause they didnt have that much time to produce a season
And you cannot compare because half of Season 24 were 2 stories and these were 5 (albeit shorter)
The Ponderer series 1 and 2 were better than anything after series 6
What is the background music at the beginning I remember it from somewhere
Anyone else watching all the vids from series 11 just to remember what actually happened because of how forgettable every episode was i literally cant think of one notable moment other than peter regenerating into Jodie
We'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.
Have you noticed that she is very one noted in every episode and in every episode they get rid of men just so they can have strong female characters in charge, I don't mind it but I don't like that I'm saying what's gonna happen in an episode before it even ends.
Flamer997 dude I’ve noticed that too. It’s so annoying
Did you also notice the space station is almost a straight up clone of the cloverfield paradox one
"BUDGET , BUDGET"
Budget had nothing to do with this episode... It does not cost a fortune to get someone to write a decent script
@@JeffJolly1 I know i just find it funny when Harry says it
@@thegodfather2322 :)
The first time the new doctor got her “sonic screw was sucked”, AND IT WAS TO PUDTING?!?!
*I hope Jodie's regeneration at the end of the season is better than what we've seen so far!*
well even the regenerations of the moffat era were good, and the moffat era is like 97% bad. so it wont be hard to make a good regeneration in this series.
She signed a three season deal, so we're gonna have to put up with her for a while.
@@blastermaster5009 She is not the problem. Bad writing is the problem.
@@dorianleakey After these first 5 episodes, I've come to the conclusion that she is definitely part of the problem. But yes, the writing is complete dogshit.
A bit late on this, but... The whole Yas not keeping watch on the Piting or airlocking it was explained during that tedious dialog you complained beforehand: anything that's not organic, this little murderball will eat. Anything that IS organic, it will poison on contact. There have been attempts to capture these things, and failed so disastrously one of the first warnings during the explanation is to NOT try to capture one.
The blanket only served the purpose of letting Yas handle it while it was unconscious: if she tried to push her time any longer, it'd have eaten through the blanket as it had through the ship, and then killed her on contact. Notice how she didn't just put it down there, but threw it (well, kicked it) as far away as she could: she was taking a huge risk, and could no longer afford so.
As to why was she in the engine room? The Doctor literally asked her to. She was shown along with the android being sent to guard it when the group split up to handle tasks- and the "twiddling their thumbs" they'd done after that was pretty much- doing exactly what they'd agreed to- minus the safety blanket. If the alien had entered that room again, it was their job to stun it again, and then it'd have been the android's job to throw it away (again), this time with the risk of being eaten and having no layer of protection from it.
I thought the Putin was a jab at Vladimir Putin.
How to make the Monster better:
1) Change it's name.
2) Change it's design. Make it look horrific and terrifying.
3) Show what the creature wants in a better way.
4) Make it more of a threat to humans.
And 5. Get a better writer
@@JeffJolly1 Yep.
Yes...yes it does...
The song is an old Irish funeral song. Back in Ireland people would sing it to a dead body, so it does make sense that they’d all know it, but not in the 67th century
"Hope" really can be the worst feeling...
I "hoped" I would like Jodie's interpretation of the Doctor.
I "hoped" the first episode would be a great story just in case she hadn't quite settled in to the part yet.
I "hoped" that when neither of those things worked out, that things would improve in the following episodes.
So now we're half way through this season and I have yet to see one thing that makes me want to re-watch any of the episodes so far.
I watched the ComicCon panel a few weeks before the series started and really liked the way Jodie came across as enthusiastic and fun and I think she has acted well in other shows but I just don't believe her as The Doctor.
As for the stories themselves, I can't say I have ever been so bored and at times they have been jaw-droppingly poor and made me cringe whilst watching. I have actually started texting other DW fans DURING the episode because I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me missing something! This makes me feel sad because I've loved the show in all its past versions.
Oh well, plenty of classics to re-watch, and Big Finish still make good stories on audio :)
I can so relate to all that! I've been rewatching previous seasons to help recover. The Big Finish audio adventures sounds like a great idea to get my fix for Doctor Who I haven't listened to.
The Pting made me think of the adipose thingies from an earlier series. It looks like they took those models and added in an angry Minion mouth for the eating bits :/ Jodie is bloody brilliant, the writing needs to catch up so she can live up to the potential :(
So far they seemed to have ripped off Arachnophobia, and Alien. Haha
I don't get why any translation matrix would choose to put a silent T on Tsuranga