Doctor Who 4x4 Reaction!! "The Sontaran Stratagem"
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- My first time watching Series 4 Episode 4 of Doctor Who - The Sontaran Stratagem
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The Sontaran's make their New Who debut in an explosive fashion. Luckily Martha Jones was in a position to. contact The Doctor because once again the Earth is in danger!
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Original Series: Doctor Who (2005)
i cant help but cry everytime i see Wilf.... RIP Bernard Cribbins
“What if you do get defeated? Staal the Not Quite So Undefeated Anymore But Never Mind?”
It wont be as terrifying as Catherine's real life adventure with the Sontarans - she thought they were some kind of animatronic until she saw one take off his helmet - and she screamed.
Martha is an underrated companion. Didn’t get enough credit.
The Sontarans were recurring aliens in Classic Who, right behind the Daleks and Cybermen in number of appearances. Classic Who fans collectively pumped their fists when this episode's title first came on screen back in the first run.
Calling the Sontarens 'Potato Heads' has been a thing since they were introduced in the Third Doctor story 'The Time Warrior'.
We do have quite a bit of fun with Donna over this 2 parter to counteract some of the recent trauma.
Fun fact: The first appearence of the Sontarans, The Time Warrior, is also the debut of Sarah Jane Smith. It was also the first time that the Doctor's planet was given it's name Galifrey.
‘Sontar-Nah!’ 😂😂💀💀💀
Whats so great about this season are the small details, the atmos stickers on the cars, were around since 4x1
Ahhh, Bernard Cribbins! What a legend 💪
What's interesting is the apparatus Martha is held in is the same prop that was used for the Cyberconversion unit in the Cyberwoman episode of Torchwood.
I'd like to say (not sure if I said it before, though), I really respect how you either let us know you've been spoiled on something or at least have suspicions about something that might happen. There are some reactors who I believe fake reactions so they have the "OMG" effect for every single surprise on a show. I like it when people are honest about what they know or suspect they know.
Bernard Cribbins! What a man!!
The Sontarans are yet another returning species. First appearance in the premier of Season 11 (Jon Pertwee/Third Doctor) which is also the first appearance of Sarah Jane.
It's crazy how much Donna has changed in her short time with the Doctor. Judging from her moms behavior, you can understand why she was the way she was. The Doctor makes her a better person.
The Sontarans return! These are classic villains who first appeared in 1973's *The Time Warrior.* The Sontarans faced off against the Third Doctor and UNIT. It was also the first appearance of a new companion of the Doctor, a companion named Sarah Jane Smith.
Isn't Wilf the best? Loved that man.
Can’t help but feel the Doctor’s grateful speech to Donna when he thought she was leaving would have been better directed to Martha at the end of the previous season.
You DON'T give that sort of speech to someone you KNOW is in love with you when YOU don't reciprocate those feelings. That is both foolish and cruel.
@@lexiburrows8127 Really? "Thank you, Martha. It's been brilliant. You've, you've saved my life in so many ways." Everything in that applies to Martha, and it would have been nice for him to give her that appreciation. He's been plenty cruel to her, but this wouldn't have been. It's really not cruel to give someone her well-deserved flowers.
‘I think it identifies as ugly’
‘Staal Spits When He Talks’
This was such a funny reaction! 😂😂
14:50 a little bit of voyage of the damned theme playing which is a nice touch
"One of the darkest timelines the show has ever had."
And we haven't even talked about the bees disappearing... 😁
The thing I love about Ratigan is that not only is he very rat-like, making his name an excellent choice, but he's also perfectly written. Just look at the way Elon Musk pouts and lashes out when something isn't going his way. 😂
Also, I love Donna's approach to investigating. Everyone is looking at technical data and such, and Donna (best temp in Chiswick, after all) goes straight for the personnel files. Brilliant.
I remember at the time fans didnt like this one and were telling the writer (helen raynor) so on social media and she was quite upset. I dont think she wrote another story after that. Abd you dont get many women writing for the show. But its a really fun, although light story. Its very very similar to old school classic doctor who actually.
The show does need more women writers (and more POC). Raynor also did a couple of _Torchwood_ episodes and after this _Doctor Who_ episode continued as a script editor on the show, working on three of the most important episodes this season. She also did a DW book. And she’s still writing for TV.
I liked it at the time, and still do. It's her Dalek two-parter that was bad.
@@ReddwarfIV All different viewpoints. :)
Beat grandad in the whole universe. We 🖤 Wilf!
Working 24 hours a day with no sick leave ...
Is Atmos an American corporation?
They also make audio products
2:25 I had forgotten that I saw her in this show. The actress is in the later seasons of The Walking Dead.
I was 6 years old when the Sontarans were first shown on Dr Who - and I was terrfied of them 😱 I couldnt remember what they were called, so I called them 'Christmas Pudding Heads' 😂 Great reaction - thanks Chris!
Haha that’s a great descriptor!
Was this for Classic or Modern Who?
@@ryanlockhart9102Classic Who - back in 1973 with the third doctor, Jon Pertwee. They were just as terrifying as the Sea Devils 😱
RE 18:30 I know you watch several episodes ahead so you already know Donna does get a fun adventure in The Unicorn and the Wasp.
Yea she does! What a great feel good episode!
You'll find most of the two parts leave you on a cliff hanger that gets resolved in the first few minutes of the show. It's never as vague as the Hopalong Cassidy sertial where it ended with him being ambushed in a canyon and the next episode picks up with him riding out of the canyon unscathed (no explanation given).
I'm glad you have the watch order sorted, watching the side shows isn't necessary but it fleshes out the overall universe and characters 😊
They’re very different shows, but there are clear moments when it pays big to be invested in everyone. :)
The Doctor doesn't get on with his companions mothers!
The Sontarans are so cool in this two-parter, great re-introduction into the series. Sadly they become a bit of a joke after this, which I think happens to a lot of Who monsters after their first time on the show. But it's still cool; I'll always remember the Doctor shouting "you can't fight Sontarans!" with genuine fear and concern in his voice.
Rattigan is also just top tier when it comes to memorable human villains. You're right, an absolute twerp, and I love it.
It's Moffat's fault they became a joke. They were good up to series 5, but 6 and 7 spoiled them.
Honestly I think they're an absolute joke in this story - being constantly mocked for their height, the stupid signal thing that renders guns useless (the Doctor even points out how cowardly and un-Sontaran this is but it's never addressed again), the silly haka dance which they never did in the classic series, their armour looks like cheap foam rubber (which it is), I could go on... at least Moffatt meant them to be funny, here they're supposed to be a serious threat but for me they just come across as completely ridiculous.
This episode always gets me bc it’s literal chattel slavery. It’s such a story about freedom and chattel slavery and as someone who ancestors who experienced it, it’s heartbreaking seeing these horrors told so blatantly. I’m glad they tackled it
I do wonder if Elon was inspiration for Luke Rattigan? 2008 seems about the right time
That feels even more relevant now.
I love the Sontarans and I do enjoy this set of episodes , even though I think this story kinda does both the Sontarans and Martha a pretty big disservice
So glad to have you back. Now it’s a sprint to the finish. Sontarens are a classic who villain they attempted to retain the design.
The face-changer.
So the jeep The Doctor and the unit soldier are in was actually meant to blow up but they didn't have the budget so they made it a bunch of lame sparks in universe.
Can’t wait for the rest of this season ❤
It’s so good. 😭
All of Torchwood series 2 is before Doctor Who Series 4.
Thats what I thought as well
Some great people helped me put together a watch order that doesn’t require huge gaps where I’m not releasing any Doctor Who
There was a 10th Doctor Potato Head, 11th Doctor Potato Head & Two Dalek Potato Heads but NO Sontaran Potato Head. HOW???
“Maybe he’s a baby” 😂😂
The Sontarans was the bad guy in my 2nd Dr Who story ever, The Sontaran Experiment, back in the 70s... and the NEXT story after that one ties into this seasons finale (don't look it up till after 4th season finale)
Ahh the sontarans, they're like Klingons of the Doctor Who verse.....dialled upto an 11 🤣
Darkest timeline? careful, you might jinx it
Things could make an unexpected turn
Easy, or there won't be any surprises Left.
You should always root for the bad guys. The more awesome they are, the greater the heroes are when they beat them.
Only 400 million cars on a population of 7 billion? Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale. 400 million cars with Atmos I'd buy but they specifically said it's the total number of cars on earth.
They said there were 800 million cars and half had Atmos.
Russell T Davies head writer of the show has big mum issues and this issue is shown in this show, it is because he projects his issues in writing mum's like donna's and Martha's mums, where the mums either belittle there daughters (like donna's mum) or make the wrong choices (like Martha's mum).
I like when the mums aren't straight forward and nice, this shows the character is more realistic to the real world, it also gives the character a chance to development,
like rose's mum, she had two series to go from I don't like this doctor, to series two were she changes her mind slowly thought out there series and finally comes to the conclusion that the doctor is great.
Really Martha's mother needed more character development so the viewers would like her more and donna's mother needs the same character development for the same reason but seeing as RTD is against mums unless they are 'perfect' it doesn't look like donna's mum is going to get any chance to development as a character which is a shame and then this is projected to the viewers as negative against the character themselves and then the hate train comes in from the viewers to the character instead of hating on the writing style instead of the actual character.
Ten years later, though, Donna’s mum has her act together & appreciates her girl properly.
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(Classic Who talk with possible Modern Who characterization spoilers below)
People can say "Time War changed the Doctor" and whatnot, but it always bothered me how modern Doctors treat UNIT and soldiers in general. In Classic Who, the Doctor didn't like military methods, but he was often more respectful toward soldiers themselves unless they disrespected him. He was especially pally with some UNIT soldiers back in the day, too. Now he's all, "Ew, soldiers and guns. Bugger off" before they even have a chance to prove themselves.
No, I think that's a fair comment - and like was mentioned in this show, the Doctor never resigned, so he's still employed by them. I think RTD2 is doing better at this with the Unit shows in the recent series. NuWho definitely overdid the "Doctor doesn't like violence" thing, 3rd Doctor was attempting to broker peace with Silurians and the like, and didn't like the Brig blowing them up in the end, but he was more willing to see that sometimes there was no alternative in those days.
I think a big factor in this is the time period where they were released. WW2 was still very recent when the original series started - rationing in the UK only stopped in 1954!! - so the public had a much closer connection to the military. The RTD era started in the Blair/Bush era and episodes like Aliens of London reflect the general mood of the time regarding the military.
Kind of funny - but not funny - when Sylvia says Grsmps was 'laid up with Spanish Flu;'. 10 years later Covid (the new 'Spanish Flu') paralysed the world.
😮 You didn't laugh at the intruder windows joke. I'm afraid I think less of you now, lol.
Oh my, I deliver proof that I did laugh. This particular episode is one that kept getting blocked rather than copyright claimed so I had to cut a LOT. th-cam.com/video/RQdfZKPdRtM/w-d-xo.html
@@CasualNerdReactions ok, my esteem of you is back up!