THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD | Doctor Who Honest Review (2023)
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🍿 Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road (2023)
🎬 Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson make their full character debuts as The Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday in this brand new Doctor Who episode. The first Russell T Davies Christmas Special since The End of Time Part 1, how does the Gatwa era kick off? With a bang or with a whimper? Connor checks it out and shares his feelings!
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Merry Christmas Whovians! What did you think of THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD? Chuck those Honest Reviews below! - Connor
Merry Christmas! Great review. Pretty much agreed with everything you said. Sorry to be so boring 😅
I thought it was truly dire. Terrible pacing and as for loud, intrusive, unrelenting music..... the screwdriver looks like an old Nokia phone/games machine
More bland equality tick box, narrative pushing garbage. Its just not watchable anymore like most things on BBC. If your watching BBC your watch propoganda.
I loved it
Ive already rewatched this episode 5 times which is something Ive never done with any other Christmas Episode. May cannot come fast enough for me.
Baby being looked after by young lady gets taken by goblins to the Goblin King and aforementioned young lady has to get it back - isn't this the plot to Labyrinth?
Similar but poor! they simply wanted to get a baby for their leader to eat??? and they liked singing? very very weak monsters! silly
@@Gibson1976ukvery doctor who! Also it’s a Christmas special, they’re always more silly than usual
Silly is not the same as shit. You can have silly and still retain good writing. This episode failed at that. @@trg8858
This reminds me of the babe.....
This was BAD. Truly terrible. The storyline was stupid. That song was atrocious. It was even worse when the Doctor decided to put in a verse of his own. I'm sorry "hit it, Janice." How does he know the singer of the goblin band's name? Why would she then be like "sure, stranger intruder, why not?" It was dumb. Dumb dumb dumb. It was like a fifth grader's fan fiction. I'd expect a more professional storyline from RTD. And that's hardly the worst part of it. They're trying to introduce "magic" into this? Are you serious? And let's not forget the fact that "mavity" is stupid, and the "mavity gloves" are even worse. and also he uses them to 1) pull an entire airship out of the sky, killing everyone on it, and 2) he doesn't even give it a second thought. How is that like The Doctor? The Doctor ALWAYS gives the bad guys a choice. They never take it for plot reasons, but that's what The Doctor DOES. That's what makes him GOOD. He gives them a choice. Also, in the days prior, The Doctor and Ruby see each other multiple times, but on the airship ladder, there's no recognition of each other? And since when/ why can the goblins just time travel at will? I thought "time travelers are so much more." How about when Ruby disappears, the mom and grandmom are in the apartment with The Doctor and they just seem to go with it, even though they have no idea who he is. Sure,. It's fine for some random person to just appear in their flat, and it doesn't even phase them. AND THEN the "hot summer with Houdini" Oh all kinds of F YOU RTD. HOW DARE YOU! This rewriting history is bullshit. Houdini was straight and was happily married So was Isaac Newton. And both of them were white. Stop checking boxes for woke points and write a good story for once. We all know RTD is capable of writing a good story. This is just bullshit lazy writing. I hated this and the 60th special episodes so much I almost threw my remote through my tv.
I'm astonished anyone thinks it was even acceptable! It was so so bad!Guess Who is done!
@@laurengezzi Thank you! I find it so disheartening to see the ciritcs reviews giving this a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, yet the viewer rating is at a dismal 50% ish. I can't blame the critics cuz they don't want to get canceled for daring to say "this sucks," but it's saddening that they don't have the spine to stand up for good writing. This episode is so awful and goes beyond the "woke" agenda. I've heard a couple of reviews and I'm a little surprised that no one is questioning the whole massacre of the goblins without giving it a second thought. That's just not how the The Doctor acts. There's always a choice. Why is no one talking about that? He's no longer The Doctor in my eyes.
@@bjvtyy I just calls it like I sees it.
Bowlestrek viewer spotted
Lmaooooo
RIP Doctor Who. Dead to me after 60 years!
I tried... I start and stopped it half a dozen times before I gave up.
was i the only one who thought this ep did not feel like the doctor but more like a teen drama
It was a teen goosebumps style thing.
You are not. Because it did. Because it is. Ncuti Gatwa, I thought he was a good actor. I now realize he simply only ever plays himself. That can cut it in an average teen drama, but not in Doctor Who, not as The Doctor. The episode was absolutely shit. And you have zero need to in any way mention RTD's political views in order to criticize this episode, btw. That's for all the Mr. TARDIS types that call everyone who disliked the new specials Na*is.
Yeah, to be fair a LOT of modern sci-fi feels like that, I could only get about 4 episodes into Strange New Worlds before bailing it was so cringe worthy.
@@boing615 Really? I found Strange New Worlds to be miles better than any of this other garbage coming out. Not perfect, not the og Star Trek, but definitely much better than Discovery or something of the sort.
@@quantumvideoscz2052 To me it felt like the characters were written by a teenager, way too much adolescent snarkiness and side-of-the-mouth quips, sci-fi post MCU seems to struggle to take things seriously for any length of time without squeezing jokes in.
The doctor is ancient and the ability to sing, wasnt surprising and didn't bother me. They also showed us that Ruby was in a band. But her improvisation of lyrics felt too good to be improvised. Thats what bugged me
waitll you find out about freestyling lol
@@Jesse-xz7br It still could have been played off as such
Her fumbling a bit, but it still working, would've played off well. There was a tiny bit of that
It was stupid yet somehow moronic as well
@@rdmpsy yeah, like i honestly felt like janice the singing goblin was the one improvising lyrics when she was the one up on the stage with a great big goblin band lol
I just think the bar was left so low by Chiballs that in comparison these last few episodes have seemed good , when in reality they have all been bang average to poor. RTD is getting a free ride on the back of how horrendous the last series was.
Honestly that's the impression I'm getting too. I enjoyed Wild Blue Yonder once it actually got going, but apart from that, Star Beast and The Giggle were ok, but I thought this episode was awful.
I like RTD, but these have been nowhere near his finest hours and it feels like people are only raving about them because Chibnall's tenure as showrunner and head writer was as bad as it was
This might be a hot take but I kinda think RTD is overrated.. don't get me wrong when he's good I really enjoy it but I think his main strength is writing characters and how they interact with each other, he's really good at that. In terms of just pure plot though, a lot of his stuff ranges from decent to abit boring with some great things here and there. I feel as though most of the time it was the characters themselves that carried RTDs first era more than the story. For storylines I actually think Steven Moffat was better
I agree with both of you. Yes, RTD's strength lies in the portrayal of characters, not in plot making. Still, I think neither of these four specials can be considered among his finest works.
I enjoyed the characters, but unfortunately the stories seemed to be lacking something.
And I think you're just full of shit
100%. I guess it was fun, if you didn't think about it or try to really care about any of it much? Like I don't understand why the normally relatable companion was introduced by being interviewed by a famous person for TV. There was no quiet moments in introducing Ruby. It was all rushed, with an odd singing scene, and then the emotional beats were off because how could we care about a character we barely know? And why was the doctor crying about someone he barely just met? Really strange. The music was way too loud and I could barely hear the speech. Overall, way too rushed and too large a budget. They need to prioritise characters and emotions, not action scenes and CGI
I thought I was the only one who didn’t like them, naming it season one, not season 14
For new viewers and offcourse for Disney... How disney can have something half eaten? May be thays why..
Everybody should continue to call it season 14.
I love that the Doctor used the singing "Language" with the Goblins as a way to distract so he could pull off the great escape. It very much set the tone for this new Doctor and Im more excited for the new run then I have been in decades.
I bloody loved it. Not a masterpiece but just very homely and warm. Exactly what a Christmas special should be in my opinion.
Exactlyyy I'm shocked there are people that didn't like it! It was a lot of fun while also setting up the season and characters perfectly, felt like past Christmas specials, I loved it
More like Willy wonka than Dr. Who. That's me finished with it
Honestly yeah the sonic has really grown on me, I really didn't like the design when it was revealed but seeing it in practice makes me like and appreciate it a lot more, it's pretty cool actually!
Missed opportunity to call it a Sonic Multi-Tool.
I like the design, but i dont like that its considered a screwdriver. I think sonic remote is more appropriate. Not enough of a deal for me to riot, just a minor nitpick.
I'd be fine if they dropped 'screwdriver' from the name. Not that it ever looked much like a generic screwdriver before, but ever since the DW channel revealed the new sonic all I could think of was the TV remote from Adam Sandlers 'Click'.
I've seek absolutely fantastic
@@NOVA_299 i just think it looks too much like a remote to not call it a remote. Think any non screwdriver sonic in the past. To me, it adds to the charm of the different design if it actuslly was considered a new type of sonic device.
If it was called a sonic remote, then the controversy wouldnt be about the new sonic screwdriver looking "bad," but rather the fact that the doctor has a remote over a screwdriver, because as a remote, the prop looks absolutely amazing. But even then, sonic lance, sonic shades, there'd just be less of a reason for criticism imo.
Also: what happened to the Doctor not landing on Sundays? It was Sunday when they met lol 😂
The Doctor singing didn't bother me, I just saw it as him throwing the Goblin's shit back at them, being The Doctor basically. Ruby joining in threw me a little though, I know she has a history of being in a band but as a new companion she was a little out of her depth here, and shouldn't be able to just roll with the situation like The Doctor can.
U must of watched it drunk
This Xmas special fulfilled all my expectations. It was absolute cack.
It was crap.
Sadly, for me and the doctor this is the "parting of the ways".I think it's time this show was rested.
It was embarrassing crap. WTF was that musical scene?
@@shaz2761 Yep, Star Trek: NSW showed how a musical episode should be done. This however just highlights how everything from messages to storylines, plots etc are just shoehorned in and we the viewer are expected to just go with it because, well just because...
Werst christmas special ever
I really didn't get it. It felt so rushed and was edited so quickly. We got barely any time to actually get to know Ruby and her life. There were no quiet moments. It was all fast paced, odd song scene and then resolved. The emotional beats were off as I could barely care about Ruby, considering we barely know her- and they seemed to be instant friends and the doctor was crying when she wasnt around? So strange. And weird to introduce the normally relatable companion by showing her being interviewed by a famous person for TV. Also the music was way too loud and I coulr barely hear the speech 😢
The whole 1st season is about rubby... If i remember correctly its from her pov.. the whole season.. and the cliffhanger of the mystery of the neighbour lady.. rubbys origin.. they will get the time to flesh out the complete story...
Well I think after Ruby disappeared the doctor wasn't just upset about that, he was upset about how it affected her mother and grandmother, and how all the other orphans that Ruby's mom fostered never went there. There was far more of an impact from her not having existed than just, well, her not being there
Overall I actually quite liked it though I didn’t like the beginning where she sees him dancing in a nightclub it’s too human for the doctor if it’s the awkward Matt Smith dancing I get it but he’s just too smooth and acts like he goes clubbing a lot. Which we know the Doctor hasn’t unless Tennant’s character was throwing shapes at the club while living his normal life with Donna but I can’t see that.
All the Doctors are different people in a way... 12 played the guitar, none of the others did but no one minded that.
@@D__03 They aren’t completely different though and at least we have seen the doctor play an instrument before the second doctor played the recorder yes it’s a much easier instrument but it’s believable that he can play other instruments too. I could see other Doctors playing the guitar I can’t see any of them being this smooth dancer at a nightclub for me one of the best traits about every doctor is that he/she is slightly awkward even Tennant and Baker had that sense of awkwardness because he’s an alien not a human. I just find Chuti is too smooth which I just don’t think the doctor is but other than that I did like it.
@@GuitarJammerJohnno doctor was as socially inept and unaware of human customs as the 11th doctor prior to his incarnation. At worst the 4th doctor was eccentric because he wanted to not because he didn't know. So yes, each doctor is different. If anything this is closer to the doctor than the 11th
@@una3450 I wasn’t saying that 11th was completely like others but all doctors were slightly awkward I was saying dancing in a nightclub like your a stereotypical cool guy is nothing like any Doctor.
@@GuitarJammerJohn not always. The 10th doctor is often stated to be the most human. But actually I would say that the 3rd doctor was probably the smoothest of them all. He was basically a James bond character. He had some eccentricities but nowhere near the others. And ncuti has his eccentricities too
This episode was just so boring. After The Giggle was a surprisingly fun episode it’s sad to see how quickly it turned boring and uninteresting. The goblins were a lame villain only saved by the ending time shenanigans. Even tho it had less lecturing/wokeness than Star Beast or something it was still a generally uninspired story, especially coming from the previous special
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Mrs. Flood could be a televised version of Penalope Gate the doctors mother from the books from the wilderness years - Floodgate
I don't like musicals in general and singing in films feels like nails on a blackboard but what really killed that scene was that they were trying to build tension with a stolen baby, a creepy picture left by a crib and a baby on it's way to being devoured by a monster but then everyone was just cracking jokes and singing songs at the climax! Make up your mind, are you building tension or having a laugh?
Also, a minor point but the gloves centered all their wearers mass in the gloves themselves leaving the bodies light, they didn't just 'make them light'. Reversing that wouldn't make them heavy it would just push all the wearers mass back into their body and leave the hands light, so why would the ship be dropping? no one would weigh any more than they did to begin with.
This is literally more similar to the Labyrinth to Doctor who itself.....
Utter crap with a Disney stink to it.
Just subbed to your channel
After the 60th aniversary special. I felt like the new doctor who is not the one i fall in love with and it never going to be the same. But now with this chirstmas special and with the new Doctor and his new companion and with this whole episode i got my hope and enthusiasm back and i love it again. Loved everything in this episode. Now i can't wait to see the new episode again.
Now I can take casualty seriously
Tbf though, the goblin song is a banger.
Idk what everyone else is smoking this episode was really poor.
The doctor is acting a bit too normal to be mysterious or compelling. Thinking back to chris, tennants and smiths really great first episodes that really sold why the character is the most interesting person in any room. especially smiths which cost far less yet felt much more cinematic and imo is the best first episode of any doctor who.
The new companion felt derivative and much less defined then her most similar counterpart rose. Bare in mind in roses first episode it really had an unflinching honest real British family compared to the hugs and kisses rose family. I don’t see why she’d leave her lovely mum. 😂
Goblins felt very silly and there was a lack of threat to them.
You know, I actually enjoyed the episode a lot but I do agree with a lot of what you're saying. The doctor maybe could've had more of an impact (only been one episode though) and I definitely think Ruby's desire to leave was something that was lacking/could've been fleshed out more.
However, it's also just a Christmas special and I think we'll see a lot of what you're saying in the first episodes of the season. To me, this really felt like a classic Christmas special, just some fun (which is why the goblins were mostly just silly), I still think this doctor and ruby are great and work well together, and it set up the characters, including supporting, and future plotlines (Mrs flood 👀) quite nicely.
We'll just have to see how it actually turns out but I have hope and I trust in RTD!
Love The 15th and Ruby together as a team. It felt like they had been on for years. The goblins were meh to me. It was about can Ncuti and Millie carry the episode? A big yes they can! It was Doctor Who with some nods to the past.
What drugs are you on??????????????
The doctor straight up murdered them so I'm confused
I'm just happy that we have a great Doctor again. He's perfect for the role.
He's shite
Clueless.
No he isn't. he has no gravitas whatsoever, far too lightweight and fluffy.
*Mavitas...
@@bradbrill5925 he's better than Whittaker (just) and on par with Colin Baker. That's the best I can say about him. He's the joint 2nd WORST Doctor.
He comes across as someone plucked from the street. Not every actor is appropriate for every role.
Since when is the Doctor just killing a whole ship of beings whithout negotiating or giving them a choice? One of the most important principles of the series as a whole, connecting every doctor, just dropped in the first episode. For me a really sad start in a new area.
I didn't even think about that, but that's a very good point.
K but in fairness they tied him up on sight murdered davina mcall tried to eat a baby and then when he gave them a chance to leave they went after another baby ruining an entire family and possibly 27 childrens lives
@@gravy4425 That is true for sure on perspective of the storyline. At the same time the story is constructed exactly like that. It could have been written in a completly different way, so a more peaceful outcome would have been possible.
In so many episodes the doctor negotiated with Dalecs and Cyberman over and over again.
One big thing that set dr who aside from a lot of other tv shows was to value life and not just take the easy (Hollywood?) way of "it's ok to kill" because someone/a group of beings is defined as "bad".
@@gravy4425 Yes, but he also gave a second chance to some species who wanted to extinguish the entire human race. Maybe there are more goblins out there that we don't know about so it wasn't a genocide?
I mean it isn't the first time the Dr has committed genocide on Christmas day.
I don't know if the Doctor singing was the show jumping the shark... er... I mean jumping the Tardis, but my guess is if the next series tanks with few viewers, people will say "remember the Christmas episode when the Doctor started singing? Yeah, that was awful."
my response to that is remember the christmas episode when the doctor accidently created a superman like superhero, or remember when a christmas tree started spinning and tried to kill rose and her mum, or when two kids entered a present and ended up in their version of narnia or the doctor did his own version of a christmas carol. suffice to say christmas specials always tend to jump the shark however i do think rtd is showing wat the tone will be moving forward with more whimsy . i can get on board with it but i do see why alot people will dislike it
Him spinning around dancing in a skirt in a club was more of a shark-jumping moment for me.
DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP
@@trashboat5388 How was that an example of jumping the shark?
@@TheDemonCaine it's not thats my point. theres no such thing as jumping the shark for Who
I like that ruby rhymed you with you in the song as she tried to catch a tune
Ruby kind of reminded me of Jo from 3's era.
Mrs. Flood could be the old owner of the Doctors TARDIS
Honestly, I really liked this episode, there were some problems I had with it but all the problems weren't that major! I just think this episode was a really fun Christmas special and a good way to show off Ncuti and Millie! I love their energy together and I'm super excited for series 14!
Felt like a Disney classic cartoon. Not DW to me.
It was crap
@@shaz2761 Exactly. It is clearly a new style of show for Disney and US audiences 20+. Him dancing, singing and goblins eating babies and also showing loads of ppl the vanishing TARDIS... This isn't DW anymore. Fine, new thing but if it continues like this just call it sthg else or New Who.
Was very skeptical of Ncuti but I have to admit he fits into the role, perfectly and could be a top one. I will say I was disappointed with the episode, as I thought the villain was weak and the campiness is overdone here and there but the potential seems to be there.
Sure, if you never watched the show and were excited for Disney created Beverly Hills Who. Dude looks and acts like Eddie Murphy, leather jacket included. He killed the last part of the 60th Anniversary specials. NPH and Tennant were killing it, then his horrible rendition of the Doctor showed up. Have loved all iterations of the Doctor and was excited for this, but just know it would be a Disney Plus show and we even got a musical number. UGH !!!!!
@@mikelachey824 Yeah cause all black people are: 'Eddie Murphy?' Racist idiot!
@@zocialix They were clearly referring to his style (that mustache & leathers) and his manner. What a weird leap and assumption to make. It's always the ones that accuse others....
@@mikelachey824absolutely poor take, on top of terrible grammar
It was shit. I’m not going to watch the rest of the series, let’s hope Doctor Who gets axed for good. I’m gonna watch The Caves of Androzani and try rid this abomination of an episode out of my mind.
The whole luck and coincidence idea was good however what happened to ruby wasn't luck or coincidence it was deliberate Sabotage by the goblins!!
It wasn't luck or coincidence
Did not like it. Wish we had more time with the 15th Doctor. Also, Season 14 is now Season 1 according to the teaser.
I think we should all continue calling it season 14 and make them change it back it isn't season one that's such a stupid idea
@@CyberSlammer2024 Right with you on that! Could not care less that they're using it as bait to make it seem more accessible.
@@mrz3062 exactly who gives a shit about Disney new watchers. It's been going 60 years they can go and catch up with previous episodes
We got a couple series with this new doctor so we def gonna get more time with 15
I thought from the sneak peak I would hate this episode. Since I don't like innocent children being abused. However the episode was light and enjoyable rather than the dark episode I thought it would be. I love horror especially in dr who. However horror is subjective.
he's a black Eccleston down to the hair and leather jacket lol...
Hopefully he only lasts one season too!
I have a mixed review of “The Church on Ruby Road.” I think the actors portraying the new Doctor and Ruby are doing the best they can under the circumstances, but RTD’s writing is weak especially in the third act. The action seems forced, out of character, and missing important context. I am also very concerned about the Disneyfication of Doctor Who reducing the show to generic villains, heroic tropes, and weak dialogue. The show has a history of science fiction overlaid on reality. The goblins appeared to be generic fantasy villains without any explanation of their presence in reality. And as an American, I honestly feared for the Doctor’s life when the police officer approached him and started writing a ticket.
I do like the mystery of Mrs. Flood.
Absolute shite💩 Switched over after five minutes...
To me it didn't feel like Dr Who it was as if I was watching a different show. Was it enjoyable yes but was it Dr Who? Don't know. I'll reserve judgement for a full season.
I liked Ncuti's Doctor about time NuWho caught up with Classic Who and have Doctors who are so different from the previous instead of poor 10th Doctor clones NuWho seem to fall back onto.
I felt the same way
the tenant episodes were fine,this was shit, i wont watch anymore, poorly made, bad pacing, just all round bad
I’m glad it was enjoyable. I bailed out for good after 60 years from 1963 to 2023 the 60th anniversary finished me. I can’t be bothered with it any more. Having seen the first episode as a kid in 1963 I think I’ve been a loyal follower time to let the next generation take over it’s moved on from me.
May be its time you watch the Doctor Who Christmas special "A Christmas Carol," which aired in 2010...
I’m curious these were some of best episodes of the show in a while and you decide to stop watching? Why?
I agree. It's not Doctor Who any more. It's just a vehicle to push a political message now. The 60 anniversary finished it for me too.
@@Trev359 Lmao Dr. Who has always had a political messages in it, you should’ve stopped watching ages ago then, like as soon as the show started in 2005 lol. It’s not any different you’ve just grown and and are more opinionated and ignorant.
With you there, I guess it's aimed at a newer audience and not the older following
I dug it. Bit fast pace but all the RTD-isms is really bringing the feeling back but goddamn i just want to get a normal series back.
i thought it was stunning, joyful
Not a bad debut, Ncuti seems perfect as the Doctor, youthful, energetic and has got some sass:). Dr Who is something I've watched since 1970 and while its had some ups & downs, its great to see it go from a shoestring budget serial to a multi-million pound extravaganza. Doubtless the online trolls and right wing media are attacking it purely for the fact that its now featuring gay & trans people, especially since Disney is involved. Apparently 144 people in the UK complained that a trans person in it was 'inappropriate', but do the maths and its an insignificant percentage of the main audience who seem OK with it. The episode was typical Who-ish campy fun, no more ridiculous than the one where Matt Smith faced a flying shark. And did the Doctor murder all the goblins?...the King got spiked, then it all vanished so did they really die?. And then there's the season tease...Mrs Flood. Looking forward to May and seeing how that pans out.
But the doctor has killed his enemies before!!! Here’s some examples…..
He used the remote controlled explosive Christmas ornaments to drown the Empress of the Racnoss’s children.
He killed the Jagrafess in the satellite by rerouting all of the heat from the satellite into the room it was in, causing it to explode.
And the list goes on. Now was the goblin kings death the most graphic death in the series so far, yes I believe so. But the doctor does kill, but he tries for the diplomatic approach beforehand.
Dr Wonka. Love it!
Baby eating goblins isn't really that light hearted though, they can even go back in time and eat you as a baby that's some dark stuff right there.
Oh dear god .
Womp womp
I personally didnt like the musical number in the Christmas special, and i was concerned that there was gonna be a whole musical EPISODE. Apparantly its called The Devil’s Chord, and Im worried it’ll be CW quality.
Then I saw the trailer, and I saw that The Beatles were gonna be in an episode, and that’s pretty much guaranteed that The Beatles are gonna be the star historical figure in The Devil’s Chord, and now I am genuinely excited for a musical episode.
There also seems to be a villain with piano clothing, I imagine that's part of the episode too.
Personally I liked the singing I thought it was fun and goofy but I understand why people didn't, regardless the season is looking really good I think!
Such a tonally cheap and irrelevant mess of who cares moments. Love the new doctor, but its to bad hes surrounded by such a hopeless show that even christmas could not save.
It wasn’t a masterpiece but I loved it I loved the teaser
Enormously fun. Looking forward to Gatwa's first series.
And last by all accounts.
@@SaigonBrit The Church on Ruby Road was the most viewed Christmas special on Christmas day. 4.7 million viewers, the most any Doctor Who Christmas special has ever gotten.
@@granvillesimmons6033 Doctor Who Christmas specials by amount of viewers:
1. Voyage of the Damned (2007) 13.31 million
2. The Next Doctor (2008) 13.10 million
3. A Christmas Carol (2010) 12.11 million
4. The End of Time - Part 1 (2009) 12.04 million
5. The Time of the Doctor (2013) - 11.14 million
6. The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011) 10.77 million
7. The Snowmen (2012) - 9.87 million
8. The Christmas Invasion (2005) 9.84 million
9. The Runaway Bride (2006) 9.35 million
10. Last Christmas (2014) 8.28 million
11. The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016) 7.83 million
12. The Husbands of River Song (2015) 7.69 million
@@SaigonBrit by what accounts?
The Voyage of the Damned - 13M... You were saying? Look, if you like the episode, you like it, there is nothing at all wrong with that. But you don't have to lie in order to prop it up. @@granvillesimmons6033
He’s back! No disrespect to the Jodi Whittaker cast and team, but the heart and sole of the Tenant/Smith/Capaldi years was just not there. It is now. Looking forward to a new beginning.
Ruby's raised by Carribeans and has no hint of Caribbean influence. Doesn't make sense. Limitation of RTD. He should have gotten someone to help with her lines and character development.
Ncuti equally is a black character written by a white man and it shows. Either make him the Dr or make him the black Dr. But don't make him not black and not entirely the Dr. What's the point?
The sonic is rubbish. Looks cheap. It's basically a remote control. They should have come up with something other worldly or ancient / Time Lordy. This just looks like a toy, which I guess was the point.
"While the 60th Specials felt like a celebration of the first Russell era" ... you lost me at this point. Those
specials" felt more like a slap in the face. If this new entry is the same kind of "celebration" then count me out.
oh no!
anyway...
I found it quite boring. Nothing happened for the first 15-20 minutes and when it finally started to get interesting when they climb the rope to the goblin ship, it gets interrupted by a song and dance number. I miss the days when the show would grab you from the start and keep you guessing the whole way. The first half of this episode felt like a hallmark movie and the last half was just starting to dip a tow into mystery and imagination. That's the thing that's been missing from Who in the last few years imo. Imagination. Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle were a step in the right direction, but if were getting more boring and simple family plot lines, Ill probably just move on until the next show runner.
Even more than any of the other specials, the Christmas Special made me remember how much I missed the RTD era of Doctor Who. It was peak Who (alright maybe that's giving it too much credit but it was VERY DAMN GOOD and refreshing). It had all the wacky stuff while still somehow walking the fine line without being campy or bafflingly silly, and more importantly: the crazy goblin stuff did not overshadow the emotional core of the episode.
Also, seeing Ruby's double-take on "it's bigger on the inside" reaction made me incredibly excited for Who again. I can't wait to see their adventures, and at the same time, I kinda want to rewatch some older seasons too.
No, the Moffat era was the peak of Doctor Who.
I liked the episode a lot. I think that Ncuti’s Doctor is great. I did think the singing was a bit strange, but still, it didn’t bother me too much.
I think they should’ve just carried on with the 10th doctor (David Tennant) and made a spin off with Ncuti, I would’ve been more happy with that direction. After few years they could both regenerate in to different people or merge into 1 person or 1 disappears or I don’t know what’s happening anymore. They can still do that, David Tennant is just sitting there and having his own adventure (sometime) all they have to do is how us.
I liked it a lot
I said it before, and I said it again, Ruby is Rose + Clara. Not only in appearance, but I felt the best traits of both said companions within Gibson's acting/imprinting on Ruby. The photography is amazing and Ncuti is The Doctor our times deserve, I loved to see David back, really, but the new Doctor has so many nice quirks and that great smile only the Doctor can deliver (except for Capaldi, which I love the same way in all his seriousness and inner pain). And what a chemistry our new pair has.
Good stories as surely coming our way.
agreed with your comment the most. Ruby was immediately familiar and interesting and I said out loud oh she mix of Rose and Clara & I like her :)
A lot of fans complaining still but I think some just are done and new fans will come out. I lost interest with Capaldi early but after the 60th anniversary i’m gonna go back and watch the last 2 doctors as well. probably was just sad to see Matt go as I liked Smith & tenant the most. So ill binge the last 2 doctors to give second chance and looking forward to this new season
Ncuti and Millie were good. They have good chemistry, but this episode was trash and very throwaway.
Merry Christmas!🎄🎅
Side Note: *The Goblin Song* is definitely going to become a Christmas Classic. It’s dark, but very catchy.
No it isn't, no one will be talking about any aspect of this episode other to to say how tragically shite it was
@Electrobadgr the comment section of this video proves that you're full of shit. Be honest, you don't actually care if it's good or bad, you just feel the need to hate on it. Bet you didn't even watch it.
I've forgotten it already
Found the soyboys above, watched a tv show, didn't like it, so hunted down a youtube video to comment on 😂😂😂 guess you're both having a wonderful xmas
@@Lezzyboy87 I had a wonderful Christmas thanks, me and my family sat and laughed at how fucking terrible this episode was 😂
I enjoyed it, though I hope singing is not a common occurrence. It’s got potential
It was total dross
God it was awful
why?
without god it was awful yes!
This doctor is 60s disco doctor and I love it!
Loved this episode, great fun
I liked when the Doctor and Ruby sang on the ship 😅. Something for everyone eh 🤣.
something for everyone isn't always good. majority fans don't want it then a minority gets what they want and it ruins it for everyone else.
After the high bar set by matt Smith's 2010 'A Christmas Carol' special, it was a fair episode IMO
What are all of you huffing? Its absolute crap.
Absolutely loved it for a Xmas special, i felt the reason for it is to build up the characters mainly. I already like Ruby and the new Doctor, it was a nice start to his era. Looking forward to May now.
I loved it. But then, I just love Doctor Who.
I loved most of it, but the musical number was just really weird to me, I think I would have been fine with it if the Doctor and Ruby were clearly trying to make up a distraction on the spot, but it felt a bit too rehearsed for my liking.
I'd like to think that I like Doctor Who, but still, I consider Twice Upon a Time a good place to finish..
Forgot it was on my Dr is safe in retirement let the gay clone live his life I say. The real 40+ years fan's Dr is forever safe now.
I had no idea Dr Who had got so bad.
Well it was better than the Star Beast but still a pale shade of Who's former glory. The chemistry between the Doctor and Ruby was the best part of the episode and the two of them singing, the worst. The reason it is called "sonic screwdriver" was because when it was first introduced (in the fury from the deep) all it actually did was tighten up or loosen screws..crazy right?
It was creepy woke crap!
Snowflake
For a Doctor who supposedly healed himself he sure cried a lot. Just saying.
And him wondering if he’s the reason things go wrong, love the direction there taking the doctor’s character
He was emotionally reacting to what was happening, it wasn't relating to his own traumas. Healed doesn't mean you no longer get emotional about anything.
I'm really glad people liked this, I'm a big RTD fan. I didn't really like it, it started and ended well though. Can't get behind a dance number though, but that's just me 🤷♂️
Ruby and her family carried the episode
Stole the show from the doctor
The new Dr. Who is a fraud. I literally saw him split in half as two different people.
Years and Years was awful and along with RTDs misguided and offensive justification for the Davros retcon the main reason I'm giving this new era a miss.
The companion stole the show from the doctor
Ruby and Doctor dont have much chemistry 😬
I hated it. Ncuti is not a bad doctor but the whole Christmas special was poor. We (my family) became bored halfway through and sat saying what's the new series going to be like if this is the Christmas special. I think Davis has lost the Doctor magic and gone down the woke path. It's sad to see.
Cry more
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!! It was terrible!
That’s not a criticism
He was "woke" in the his original run with the so called "gay agenda" you dumb fuck. That's not an excuse.
@@angelkillerthat’s all you woke lot say 😂
Was a good episode, Thought the camera work was a bit odd in certain scenes, like it was way too close to characters faces sometimes and the acting at the very end of the episode was absolutely terrible with the neighbor being surprised about the tardis disappearing.
The acting was definitely very strange at points. Like the actors weren't giving a genuine portrayal.
I prefered it to all the specials. Wasn't expecting to at all.
Same here. 60th specials were so bad which sucks coz they brought back the best duo. But the Christmas special really feels like old RTD Who 😊✨
Very disappointed! I ham 72 and have been watching Dr.Who since I was a young girl . Loved all the Doctor who’s .
And I enjoyed the three specials with David Tenant.
As far as the new Dr. Who Christmas special , the plot was silly , the goblins looked like dime store purchases .
And Dr. Who is just not right for the part ( he is no Tom Baker or Matt or David . )
I will not be watching .) So I guess I will cancel Disney +. No wonder Disney is in trouble .
Doctor who officially died today and it’s so sad to see. This is all just one big woke fetish for RTD and everyone will be afraid to say it out of fear of being labeled as a homophobe and a racist. This is just so far removed as to what doctor who actually is. I understand they have to try new things and be different but this woke agenda is so overdone and boring at this stage, the new season will get all time lowest viewing figures. We’ve seen what has happened to the likes of Disney and marvel when you try and ram your political views down peoples throats, it never ends well and sadly the show won’t survive past 2025.
Exactly what pisses me off is that the doctor is now gay! Gay? The doctor is neither gay, straight or Bisexual! He is sexless! And doctor who is now a woke piece of shite
I noticed it had indirect sleazy comments thrown in here and there! I thought the story was very weak! Goblin king wants to eat a baby????? Seriously!!! and some people think this was 10/10 story telling???? the Doctor wasn’t great but ok! deserves another chance though but I feel they are going to ruin his character. Inside the Tardis was great! But overall it has issues lurking!
@@Gibson1976uk the issues aren’t even lurking, they are already there in the open. The story for me wasn’t an issue bcos I didn’t expect it to be that great, the main focus would’ve been how well the new doctor and assistant worked on screen. Whilst they look like they had fun filming, it’s just so far away from the actual relationship the doctor should have with their assistant. Watching them giggle and panic like two little school girls made me wanna throw up……I’ve never watched sex education but Ncuti’s perfomance is exactly what I would expect if I turned on an episode of sex education. It’s just so out of place. And then just from the trailer at the end of the episode I can already tell RTD’s woke fantasies are going to forced down your throat at every opportunity. Having Ncuti play dress up in silly little skirts and low cut vests, RTD is an actual creepy sex pest. But I guess saying that will automatically make me a homophobe and a racist now
There was nothing woke here, though. Are you stupid?
Kind of the Disneyification silly ep of the doctor. Other than the gremlins ( goblins). The doctor and companion, yeah, I think they'll eventually work with some time and as RTD gets into the writing. Let's see where it goes.