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Ncuti felt like he had been playing The Doctor for a long time. He knew who we was as The Doctor right away, unlike previous Doctors who needed an episode, or two or three, to become their true version of themselves.
My son and daughter are adopted and I went to this episode with the intent of having fun (which I did) and ended up touching my heart in ways I cant express. I cant imagine what my life would have been like without them.
I love the fact that you flat out used the word fun, this episode was the definition of fun. There was so much going on, but how could you watch this and not have fun?
I think Millie will need some work. Ruby's scenes with the Doctor were fantastic, but she was a let down when not with him. The the reaction to the TARDIS was way off. All the usual moves, but none of the astonishment.
I think it's clear Flood knows what a TARDIS is, but just didn't clock it until it took off because she's never met the Doctor (at least not after "An Unearthly Child"). It's not like all of them look like a police box.
It could be one of many TARDISs she has seen as a Timelord. The Blue box is simply a chameleon circuit representation that the Doctor decided not to change.
Nice job picking up on the fact that having the Toymaker show up has opened things up to more mystical/magical/supernatural villains/elements. In the behind-the-scenes video for this episode, that is exactly what RTD said is happening. I'm really excited to see where this season takes us. I love that we've already gotten a lot of breadcrumbs for things to come.
Exactly. He said especially after the second 60th special that what happened would tie in with what’s going on a bit and we’ve now seen this as the third official time the Doctor has mentioned “superstition”
Invoking superstition at the edge of our universe, which operates on logic, allowing luck, magic and mysticism to seep in from other dimensions was such a cool choice, since it allows a new set of creatures and events under an explanation that works for the DW universe.
One of the things that makes RTD's Doctor Who stories so good is how he leaves "breadcrumbs" and plot threads throughout the season which all come together in the finale. I'm getting those story vibes from this episode.
"Never seen a T.A.R.D.I.S. before?" Makes me think that she HAS seen one before, just maybe not one that's permanently "disguised" as a Police Box due to a faulty Chameleon Circuit. 🤔 What with her seemingly not recognizing it until she sees it vanish that first time. Very interesting! This is the fastest I've ever fallen in love with a new Doctor THIS hard! I am extremely looking forward to this upcoming season, as well as your reactions to it! Keep be awesome my dude! ✌️
While 14’s superstitious antics at the edge of the universe COULD be to blame for the ‘magic’ of the goblins, it’s worth also noting that this isn’t the first time that the Doctor has come across more metaphysically-inclined foes: in the 10/Martha era, they faced off against the Carrionites who drew power from ‘perfectly chosen’ words for energy and that was similarly mistaken for witchcraft. As Thor: The Dark World illustrated, magic could easily be another branch of science/physics that we just haven’t got our heads round yet - I liked that this episode also re-raised that perspective.
Jon Pertwee's Doctor faced a Dæmon from the planet Dæmos, an alien who gave rise to various devil myths throughout history, and who used "psionic forces" to produce apparently magical effects. Likewise, Tom Baker's Doctor defeated Sutekh, the Egyptian god, who was actually from a race of aliens called Osirians.
Qnd the satan pit where the dr faced off against a universal embodiment of evil which was Implied to be the inspiration for satan. And th time the seventh dr faced the literal gods of ragnorok and the fourth facing sutek the Egyptian god of death. There has often been an undercurrent of myth and folklore in Dr who.
My theory is that the doctors daughter is rubys mum and he is now unknowingly going to be travelling with one of his granddaughters... again. Seems fitting for the 1st season RIGHT?!?!?!?
I really like this idea. It would make sense to me that Jenny would leave her on 21st Century Earth to tie back to what she'd heard from 10 and co. Also because 15 had that line about not having any family it'd be a cool twist to make them each others cannonical family.
The actresses do kinda look alike now that you mention it. Would be a fun little nod considering Tennant's recent specials and he's married to jennys actress. Question arises though as to why she's abandoned her baby. I saw some comments saying they get a fatherly vibe off the doctors interactions with Ruby. It would be so satisfying if it really does turn out she's his family.
I really was waiting until RTD did something I didn't like, call me a cynic. I was waiting... Waiting... then Ncuti started singing & I was all in 🤣 FINE RTD, you got me
I interpreted it as the old lady commenting on the neighbour being freaked out. Like “why is he so freaked out? It’s just a TARDIS” So much good in this episode and so many possibilities hinted at. I am utterly sold on Ncuti’s take on the Doctor. Awesome
Mrs. Flood is definitely an OG in the Whoniverse. She knew what a TARDIS was but didn’t realize it was one until it took off, meaning she’s seen TARDISes as default TT Capsules rather than a blue box. She’s not the Master/Missy, because she’s way too joyous and friendly (even Missy with her “good guy” arc still had a bit of malice in her), so in my mind there’s only one other woman in the Doctor Who canon who could have lived for this long: Susan, the Doctor’s granddaughter.
I think she'll turn out to be a baddie. Mrs Flood spends her days watching the world go by from her front garden, and the Toymaker warned the Doctor about "The One Who Waits".
I did some digging and found this: “To have a much older woman as your adversary, there's something interesting about that. She's learned so much over the centuries-it would be like in the fairy stories, where it's always the old woman who is the most frightening."
RTD's 2005 revival really set up the 9th Doctor who knows everything, fantastical, mystical really. Stuff of legends. RTD's newest revival seems to set up the 15th Doctor as someone who's very eager to learn and understand the new things that are happening around him. And I love the new direction. Sci-fi has been explored so much over the years in Doctor Who, magic will undoubtedly create more story-writing opportunities for future writers.
Loved the dangling questions they left us with, makes me so excited for the next season! Plus the "never seen a Tardis before?" scene, and she broke the fourth wall and winked right into the camera! WTH? Love the energy and vibe!
My Xmas day was March 13 when I watch the hdd recording, as I was away for Xmas. Mrs Flood is played by Anita, Lady May (born 29 April 1949), known as Anita Dobson, an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. You might know her husband as now Sir Brian May PhD in astrophysics, lead guitarist of Queen.
I really liked this as a relaunch of the show. Ncuti from the ashes of Tennant has risen above!! Ncuti is fantastic, as well as Millie Gibson as Ruby. It’s a solid introductory episode, which was what I was expecting. The goblin song slaps, 8/10. Im very excited for series 1/14
I'm convinced that the door colors are some type of hint. Ruby's door is 'old Tardis' blue and Mrs, Flood's is 'new Tardis' blue/green. Coincidence? Can't be.
I clocked the door color too, I was like huh neat. Can't just be a coincidence in a season that kicks off after a special that introduced the language/ physics of luck/coincidence.
I loved Ncuti and Mellie are amazing together. I feel like their friendship it’s going to be amazing like with Donna. I loved everything about this 4 episode specials. I haven’t been this moved since Peter Capaldi’s departure (he was one of my favorite Doctors ever) 😁
Completely stoked for the overarching mom mystery. It being The Doc's daughter would be AWESOME. I could get behind that, I've wanted her to come back to the story ever since I first watched that episode. Also that old lady at the end??? WHOMST. But yeah, I'm so ready for a truly intriguing overarching long plot again, like Amy with the crack in the wall, or River Song. Fun fun fun. Ncuti is SO charming. I'm smitten with his portrayal. Gonna be real fun.
Intoxicating! That's a perfect word to describe his charisma, thank you, I couldn't figure out how to put it😅 I honestly can't remember the last time I was so effortlessly charmed by an actor. Ncuti and Millie both seem so full of energy, and it IS intoxicating. I'm excited for them!
Millie is absolutely a gorgeous women. Ncuti has charisma for days. They have chemistry together. It's so fun to watch on screen. I'm with you seeing more folklore enemies because of the introduction of superstition at the end of the universe is brilliant
Someone mentioned in the Blind Wave comments that Davina McCall is a real presenter on a British docuseries called Long Lost Family. She was playing herself in this episode, and I love that detail!
So a couple of small things. First in the British broadcast we get confirmation that the show is back in May, not just a general spring date. Second thing, Davina Mcall (I’m butchering her name) actually runs a show in the uk about finding family if you’re a foundling who was abandoned and then found somewhere weird (I.e a church in the snow or a portable toilet). Third thing, Anita Dobsion the actress who plays Mrs Flood was an old Eastenders star (one of biggest soaps in the uk) and was in the episode that still holds for the most viewed soap episode in the uk with 30.15 million viewers on Christmas Day in 1986. Finally just a small bit about what you mentioned about visiting old companions is that they don’t really do that. They tend to respect their companions personal timelines so it’s why 15 won’t visit Sarah Jane despite having a Time Machine. Anyway I loved this episode. Never been won over by a doctor so quickly
I'm so glad I watched your reaction so soon, because I missed the post-credits scene! OMG. So many possibilities! Interesting you thought the mother might be Missy; I thought maybe Tecteun, since they've been mentioning the Doctor's mysterious origins a lot in these specials.
i feel like she is rubys mother and thats why she is her neighbour and she knows about the doctor because after he saves ruby she does her homework on him. The reason she does not know in the beging is because originally the doctor was not there then after he went back and changed the timeline she would look into it
I was thrown by the fantasy, song & dance. In many ways, RTD recreated Doctor Who back in 2005. One of the things I lijed about the Chibnall era was that it felt more like classic Who. You, however, mentioned some things which made me reconsider: the consequence of the Doctor invoking superstition. More fantastical foes continuing that with the Toymaker's legions. I knew, when they had 2 speaking actors, in the setup with Sir Isaac Newton, that we would be seeing him again. That's compounded by "mavity." Is interesting to see how RTD2 has re-reinvented the show for an intended expanded audience in this Disney+ era.
Charming episode. Looks like it's being review bombed already on RT but that isn't really surprising. The new doctor was endearing and actually had good material to work with, something poor Jodie never got. My only qualm is that given the previous show runners habitual tendency to set up new mystery boxes only to never actually do anything with them or take them anywhere, I'm hesitant to care about a possible "Who is Ruby's mom" thread until I know the new regime will actually follow through on things it sets up.
All Mystery boxes RTD set up have been answered except for the ones meant to elicit mystery like the 'nightmare child'. RTD is much better at answering the questions he poses and weaves them well throughout the show
I really liked the Church on Ruby Road. It was just fun! I loved Ncuti. I love that the sonic screwdriver has more capabilities. I loved Millie as Ruby. Ncuti and Millie have excellent chemistry. Ruby actually feels like a real three-dimensional person. I miss Russell's writing companions. I will say, it felt like Ruby was just totally okay with everything going on. I was waiting for her “WTF is going on” freakout. But that looks like that’s coming at the beginning of the next episode. She did say that it's all been so manic she hasn't had time to process and at the end of this episode she did do the “it’s bigger on the inside‽” without actually saying it. And it was awesome! I loved her mother and grandmother. I thought the song was a lot of fun and I loved that Fifteen improvised on the spot. However, once again, Ruby did not lose it at what was happening threw me for a bit. I honestly thought this was going to end with the doctor calling for Ruby’s bio mom’s attention like Twelve did with Bill’s mom. Kind of glad he didn’t. I figured there was something up with Mrs. Flood because of her reaction to the Doctor going in and out of the TARDIS but that fourth wall break really shocked me! And she mentions way back in her first scene that she hasn’t seen one in 50 years. They brought back “mavity” and I’m wondering if that’s a puzzle piece in the mystery box. I hope we see more of Ruby’s friends. And did anyone else really like that cop character? Questions: Who are Ruby’s parents? Who is Mrs. Flood? Why does she drop the bags in shock in the dark timeline if she knows what a TARDIS is? Is Mrs. Flood connected to Ruby’s parents? Is all of this connected to The One Who Waits?
It feels like the alien presence is less of something that keeps getting forgotten, and more of an open secret in the universe atp. So as I’m just like a year older than Ruby, if I lived in the Who universe at her place in life, sure it’d be a bit shocking at first but after a brief moment I’d also just be like “fuck it” tbf🤣 London’s streets opened down to the Earth’s crust only a few months ago, hahaha! I’m also wondering about the cop character, since I’ve heard Ruby’s boyfriend is supposed to crop up in S14 next year. I wasn’t a fan of Ncuti’s sonic after seeing the photos, but got used to it pretty quick during the episode. Overall, just a beautiful enjoyable episode and as long as the Christmas cheese stays in that designated Christmas slot I think not much will be done wrong in the coming episodes!!
This episode was fantastic, Ncuti still so freaking charming and he can sing❤. Can’t wait for May to see more. Was I only one thinking goblins/kidnapping a baby/goblin king… labyrinth!!!
Absolutely loved it, & your reaction was perfect! Fun, mysterious & excitement for the future - truly an inspiring direction to take the Doctor. Cannot wait for the new season to begin 💜💜➕🟦
Great video. Really enjoyed it. Things we know: RTD has said that the mystery of Ruby's parents will wound through this season, both her mother and father. This would make me think Mrs Flood isn't related to Ruby. Also, the end where Mrs Flood looks down the camera and asks about never seeing a TARDIS before, is a shot repeated through the episode. When the Doctor and Ruby are in the goblin ship, the Doctor is staring down the camera to look for the right rope. It's done again when The Doctor and Ruby are looking at the pictures of the other foster kids on the fridge. Are these connected? And did you catch Ncuiti's "10ism"? 32 minute mark, Ruby asks the Doctor if the goblins are the cause of all accidents, the Doctor replies with a very David Tennant style "Oooohhhhhh". Perfect. Just perfect.
Overnight views for Christmas Day Doctor Who were just 4.7 million viewers. That’s shocking ly low. So I think you can let the “haters go cry” Copium go now, okay? It’s not haters killing Doctor Who but sheer indifference to a show that used to be for everyone but is now stuck pandering to an increasingly inclusive minded trendy set that actually despise popular and populist viewership and are the equivalent of those who want to be on the bleeding edge of the next trending band rather than admit they follow a popular one. All these fans loving everything in the comments but where were you on Christmas night?🤔
There is an old episode of a show called MASH about a medical hospital during the Korean war in which a soldier is brought in terminally injured. The doctors in the show work around the clock, not to say this life which they know is pointless, but to keep him alive until the day after Christmas so his family doesn't have to think of Christmas as the day when daddy died. I can't help thinking about this when watching the scene where that woman calls Ruby to tell her that they could not find a parent. You couldn't wait 36 hours to call her, to let her have at least one Christmas where she feels there's still some hope? Seriously? Maybe the goblins drop the Christmas tree on her to signify she won the Grinch award for really thoughtless timing.
As of 1/1/24 the Church on Ruby Road had 7.49 million viewers, not 4.73 million. It was the 3rd most watched program on Christmas Day, behind Strictly Come Dancing and King Charles ' annual speech, and the most watched drama on Christmas Day. This fun fact is for those of you who enjoy facts. :)
Your reactions to these recent specials got to be my favourites! Critiques aside, they were fun and clever and gave me a lot of hope for the show's future!
@Omn1Media My personal theory is that Ruby's mother is actually Missy, or at least some new female regeneration of the master. Meaning she set the doctor up to travel with her daughter. Which would be a very Missy thing to do. Then she just went a few doors down, took a new name, and watched Ruby grow up. I swear that lady is gonna regenerate into the master. I'm calling it right now
@@terrysilverthorn4582Thats a good one. I was kind of going with that approach and thinking River Song (pond/river/flood). But better writing would just have it be a new villain. RTD wants a new audience and the old one so best just write good stories and forget about all the other stuff.
From the giggle we know a male master is trapped inside the toymakers golden tooth. This could the case that he was put into mrs flood body like he when he stole peoples bodies in classic who and more recently as the spymaster
As far as goblin king’s go, we’re a long way from The Labyrinth 😅 This was such a fun & great episode. I definitely was not expecting the singing, but I’ll take it. I think we can expect a lot of dancing from 15 for sure. Ncuti is amazing as the Doctor - fun & charismatic, but also able to carry that emotional weight. He & Millie have great chemistry together. Spring can’t come soon enough!
I have a crazy theory i think Ruby is Rose's daughter with the human Doctor in the other universe but Rose had to leave her here cause something happened to their universe
So the thought I had immediately is that Ruby is just a bootstrap paradox, and she's her... own mother somehow for some reason. Either that, or she dropped herself off but isn't her own mother. Just the immediate thoughts I had watching it yesterday!
I actually think that Ruby is that one that dropped Ruby at the church, and that Mrs Flood is also Ruby, just older. Its all very timey-whimey, my theory but it makes a very Dr Who sort of sense. They made a very big deal about the similarities between 15 and Ruby, both being foundlings, neither knowing their parentage. I think theyre setting up Ruby as the mirrornthat allows the Dr insight into him being the timeless child and what that means for him. Im starting to think that Ruby amd the Dr are related, but maybe not how in the way the internet is speculating.
I love the scene with the cop where The Doctor tells him his GF is going to say yes. He watches a police box vanish in front of him, but he’s more hung up on the fact that she’s going to say yes. He reacts to that news the way that we’d react to seeing the TARDIS: awestruck and excited. II thought that was such a lovely moment.
My theory is that Ruby is Rubys own mother. Paradox and all that but that would explain why theres no dna on her mother because all that would come up would be herself
I think you nailed it by saying the lady was The Doctor's Daughter, I also think she's Ruby's Mom...which makes Ruby his Grand Daughter. Going back to 1 with Susan.
First I thought Mrs. Flood is River (Flood-Pond-River) but after a second watch I think she's just used to tell the audience what that weird blue box is because they never say in the episode (and this series is supposed to be a re-start and therefore they want to include a new audience). And RTD took the opportunity to fcuk with us.
I have a wild theory. Ruby is The Master. That's why she has no past. Mrs. Flood is the woman that picked up the ring in the avengers tower and she has been taking a close look at ruby ever since, so she can rise with the doctor close.
1: 53 yo sis man, father of 2 and kilt wearer here, they are fun to dance in! 2: Davina McCall is the host of a popular TV show that reunites long-lost family members in the UK. 3: Mrs Flood - AKA, Mrs Brian May, Queen Guitarist and long-time star of the BBC's EastEnders soap, she stared in their biggest Christmas episode.
She can’t be because we saw river as Mel growing up with the ponds then regenerating into Alex Kingston who was the one who died in the library. She could be rivers daughter
question is who is Anita Dobson (Brian May's Wife) playing. she knew what the Tardis was and not a Police box. the Goblin King reminded me of Bill Paxton's Chet from Weird Science when he gets turned into a "talkng pile of excrement"
now that i found her name is Mrs Flood my hopes may have been finally arrived. i thought River was her when we were all trying to work out who she was. now Mrs Flood what is flood but rain... anagram of rain is Rani. lets face it... she's due
BTW: I´m not sure if you are going to read it or not, but the english version of this episode on BBC had a better date on the newest season. BBC said at the end of the episode: MAY 2024, so I guess that will be the month, the newest season will be out then.
Not the reverse flash doctor who 😂😂😂 just with your theory yes. Like you have magical element. Strange stuff but it's actually sci fi cause they're going back to new earth. Its not just vampires so the whimsical idea shes someone the doctor knows is interesting. Family is now the mystery hopefully branching the tree he once had and left with clara (the impossible girl) pushing him his decision to go whacky and be an old man leaving his family as a retirement
Davina used to host Big Brother. She may have filmed something for season 1 episode Bad Wolf. Some of your viewers will have watched Tracy Beaker. That was a kids show set in a foster home.
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Ncuti felt like he had been playing The Doctor for a long time. He knew who we was as The Doctor right away, unlike previous Doctors who needed an episode, or two or three, to become their true version of themselves.
My son and daughter are adopted and I went to this episode with the intent of having fun (which I did) and ended up touching my heart in ways I cant express. I cant imagine what my life would have been like without them.
I love the fact that you flat out used the word fun, this episode was the definition of fun. There was so much going on, but how could you watch this and not have fun?
Ncuti Gatwa was BORN to play The Doctor, my GOD. And Millie is outstanding as Ruby. I haven’t been this excited for Doctor Who in YEARS
I think Millie will need some work. Ruby's scenes with the Doctor were fantastic, but she was a let down when not with him. The the reaction to the TARDIS was way off. All the usual moves, but none of the astonishment.
I think it's clear Flood knows what a TARDIS is, but just didn't clock it until it took off because she's never met the Doctor (at least not after "An Unearthly Child"). It's not like all of them look like a police box.
It could be one of many TARDISs she has seen as a Timelord. The Blue box is simply a chameleon circuit representation that the Doctor decided not to change.
Nice job picking up on the fact that having the Toymaker show up has opened things up to more mystical/magical/supernatural villains/elements. In the behind-the-scenes video for this episode, that is exactly what RTD said is happening.
I'm really excited to see where this season takes us. I love that we've already gotten a lot of breadcrumbs for things to come.
Exactly. He said especially after the second 60th special that what happened would tie in with what’s going on a bit and we’ve now seen this as the third official time the Doctor has mentioned “superstition”
The salt outside the universe appears to have effects that will really make Ncuti's run really fun.
Invoking superstition at the edge of our universe, which operates on logic, allowing luck, magic and mysticism to seep in from other dimensions was such a cool choice, since it allows a new set of creatures and events under an explanation that works for the DW universe.
One of the things that makes RTD's Doctor Who stories so good is how he leaves "breadcrumbs" and plot threads throughout the season which all come together in the finale. I'm getting those story vibes from this episode.
Fun Fact, Mrs Flood is played by Anita Dobson who is married to Queen Guitarist Brian May
also was Angie Watts for many years on Eastenders :)
And there was a Dr Who/Eastenders crossover
@@terrysilverthorn4582 Only three years tbf. Just seems longer because she was an OG.
it did seem longer i just looked@@matthill3293
That was Brian May's wife? Sweet!
"Never seen a T.A.R.D.I.S. before?" Makes me think that she HAS seen one before, just maybe not one that's permanently "disguised" as a Police Box due to a faulty Chameleon Circuit. 🤔 What with her seemingly not recognizing it until she sees it vanish that first time.
Very interesting! This is the fastest I've ever fallen in love with a new Doctor THIS hard! I am extremely looking forward to this upcoming season, as well as your reactions to it! Keep be awesome my dude! ✌️
Very clever! I didn’t think of it that way.
I think that her appearance is a disguise and we know someone who" loves disguises"
@@kingofnonation5843I was thinking she might have been the one that grabbed the gold tooth with the master in.
Clara has a Tardis…….
Or was it a shout out to Dr Who/Eastenders crossover, when Mrs Flood was Angie Watts
While 14’s superstitious antics at the edge of the universe COULD be to blame for the ‘magic’ of the goblins, it’s worth also noting that this isn’t the first time that the Doctor has come across more metaphysically-inclined foes: in the 10/Martha era, they faced off against the Carrionites who drew power from ‘perfectly chosen’ words for energy and that was similarly mistaken for witchcraft.
As Thor: The Dark World illustrated, magic could easily be another branch of science/physics that we just haven’t got our heads round yet - I liked that this episode also re-raised that perspective.
Jon Pertwee's Doctor faced a Dæmon from the planet Dæmos, an alien who gave rise to various devil myths throughout history, and who used "psionic forces" to produce apparently magical effects. Likewise, Tom Baker's Doctor defeated Sutekh, the Egyptian god, who was actually from a race of aliens called Osirians.
Qnd the satan pit where the dr faced off against a universal embodiment of evil which was Implied to be the inspiration for satan.
And th time the seventh dr faced the literal gods of ragnorok and the fourth facing sutek the Egyptian god of death. There has often been an undercurrent of myth and folklore in Dr who.
My theory is that the doctors daughter is rubys mum and he is now unknowingly going to be travelling with one of his granddaughters... again. Seems fitting for the 1st season RIGHT?!?!?!?
I really like this idea. It would make sense to me that Jenny would leave her on 21st Century Earth to tie back to what she'd heard from 10 and co.
Also because 15 had that line about not having any family it'd be a cool twist to make them each others cannonical family.
The actresses do kinda look alike now that you mention it. Would be a fun little nod considering Tennant's recent specials and he's married to jennys actress.
Question arises though as to why she's abandoned her baby.
I saw some comments saying they get a fatherly vibe off the doctors interactions with Ruby. It would be so satisfying if it really does turn out she's his family.
@@itskashkashi fatherly vibe... interesting? could be river and her and the doctor had a kid after 24 years on derillium. that would be nuts aha
Now, we've had a Pond, a River and a Flood. Are they connected? Perhaps 🌞
What if the doctor and river had a kid. 24 years on darilium
I really was waiting until RTD did something I didn't like, call me a cynic. I was waiting... Waiting... then Ncuti started singing & I was all in 🤣 FINE RTD, you got me
I interpreted it as the old lady commenting on the neighbour being freaked out. Like “why is he so freaked out? It’s just a TARDIS”
So much good in this episode and so many possibilities hinted at.
I am utterly sold on Ncuti’s take on the Doctor. Awesome
Mrs. Flood is definitely an OG in the Whoniverse. She knew what a TARDIS was but didn’t realize it was one until it took off, meaning she’s seen TARDISes as default TT Capsules rather than a blue box.
She’s not the Master/Missy, because she’s way too joyous and friendly (even Missy with her “good guy” arc still had a bit of malice in her), so in my mind there’s only one other woman in the Doctor Who canon who could have lived for this long: Susan, the Doctor’s granddaughter.
except Susan very much knew the TARDIS as a Police Box, it was her home for months when she lived on Earth, and she was also there when it got stuck
Omg! That would make me so happy
But Susan has seen the "blue box" look of the Tardis lots of times. She traveled in it for quite some time.
I think she'll turn out to be a baddie. Mrs Flood spends her days watching the world go by from her front garden, and the Toymaker warned the Doctor about "The One Who Waits".
@@boghag Indeed - that selfsame "police box" was literally Susan's home when she attended school in London, so it's not her.
I did some digging and found this: “To have a much older woman as your adversary, there's something interesting about that. She's learned so much over the centuries-it would be like in the fairy stories, where it's always the old woman who is the most frightening."
Bet she has a gold tooth in her pocket.
LMFAOOOO Omni’s reaction to Mrs. Flood mid credit ending reminds me of Patrick Starfish’s “WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!”
The woman helping her at the beginning actually does a show in the UK that helps people find there family's it's very meta
RTD's 2005 revival really set up the 9th Doctor who knows everything, fantastical, mystical really. Stuff of legends. RTD's newest revival seems to set up the 15th Doctor as someone who's very eager to learn and understand the new things that are happening around him. And I love the new direction. Sci-fi has been explored so much over the years in Doctor Who, magic will undoubtedly create more story-writing opportunities for future writers.
"Intoxicatingly Charming" ...Perfect way to describe Ncuti! Holy Heck...we are in for a fun ride this season with him!
Remember what the Toymaker said? "The One Who Waits". Maybe that's her?
Loved the dangling questions they left us with, makes me so excited for the next season! Plus the "never seen a Tardis before?" scene, and she broke the fourth wall and winked right into the camera! WTH? Love the energy and vibe!
Am I misremembering it, or did the Toymaker break the fourth wall with some comment in his episode?
@@edisonlima4647I think so! I need to watch it again. 😄
My Xmas day was March 13 when I watch the hdd recording, as I was away for Xmas.
Mrs Flood is played by Anita, Lady May (born 29 April 1949), known as Anita Dobson, an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. You might know her husband as now Sir Brian May PhD in astrophysics, lead guitarist of Queen.
Ncuti is such a charming doctor. I'm so excited for the new season
Goblin King looks like Bill Paxton Weird Science
I really liked this as a relaunch of the show. Ncuti from the ashes of Tennant has risen above!! Ncuti is fantastic, as well as Millie Gibson as Ruby. It’s a solid introductory episode, which was what I was expecting. The goblin song slaps, 8/10. Im very excited for series 1/14
1/14/40 I think
I think I'm gonna love Ncuti's run on the show! ⏳
I'm convinced that the door colors are some type of hint. Ruby's door is 'old Tardis' blue and Mrs, Flood's is 'new Tardis' blue/green. Coincidence? Can't be.
I clocked the door color too, I was like huh neat. Can't just be a coincidence in a season that kicks off after a special that introduced the language/ physics of luck/coincidence.
Nctui's already a winner imo. Very fun episode, perfect for Christmas.
One of the main goblins, was played by a stunt artist who played Po in The Teletubbies.
Love a sassy Doctor
I loved Ncuti and Mellie are amazing together. I feel like their friendship it’s going to be amazing like with Donna. I loved everything about this 4 episode specials. I haven’t been this moved since Peter Capaldi’s departure (he was one of my favorite Doctors ever) 😁
Completely stoked for the overarching mom mystery. It being The Doc's daughter would be AWESOME. I could get behind that, I've wanted her to come back to the story ever since I first watched that episode.
Also that old lady at the end??? WHOMST.
But yeah, I'm so ready for a truly intriguing overarching long plot again, like Amy with the crack in the wall, or River Song. Fun fun fun.
Ncuti is SO charming. I'm smitten with his portrayal. Gonna be real fun.
Intoxicating! That's a perfect word to describe his charisma, thank you, I couldn't figure out how to put it😅
I honestly can't remember the last time I was so effortlessly charmed by an actor. Ncuti and Millie both seem so full of energy, and it IS intoxicating. I'm excited for them!
Millie is absolutely a gorgeous women. Ncuti has charisma for days. They have chemistry together. It's so fun to watch on screen. I'm with you seeing more folklore enemies because of the introduction of superstition at the end of the universe is brilliant
Someone mentioned in the Blind Wave comments that Davina McCall is a real presenter on a British docuseries called Long Lost Family. She was playing herself in this episode, and I love that detail!
Also, I looked her up and this isn’t her first appearance on Doctor Who. She was the “Davinadroid” in the Big Brother bit of “Bad Wolf” 😂
Davina Hosts the show Long Lost Family in the UK and the Spinoff about finding families of Foundlings. I was cool seeing her in the episode.
Love your reaction! I also had so much fun with this episode, feel it's going to be a good time with Ncuti's Doctor, can't wait for spring!
I love that they kept "Mavity" around
So a couple of small things. First in the British broadcast we get confirmation that the show is back in May, not just a general spring date. Second thing, Davina Mcall (I’m butchering her name) actually runs a show in the uk about finding family if you’re a foundling who was abandoned and then found somewhere weird (I.e a church in the snow or a portable toilet). Third thing, Anita Dobsion the actress who plays Mrs Flood was an old Eastenders star (one of biggest soaps in the uk) and was in the episode that still holds for the most viewed soap episode in the uk with 30.15 million viewers on Christmas Day in 1986. Finally just a small bit about what you mentioned about visiting old companions is that they don’t really do that. They tend to respect their companions personal timelines so it’s why 15 won’t visit Sarah Jane despite having a Time Machine.
Anyway I loved this episode. Never been won over by a doctor so quickly
Her scenes of injuries were supposed to have added humor due to her being a real person, like "This is the End" or Sharknado movies.
I'm so glad I watched your reaction so soon, because I missed the post-credits scene! OMG. So many possibilities! Interesting you thought the mother might be Missy; I thought maybe Tecteun, since they've been mentioning the Doctor's mysterious origins a lot in these specials.
i feel like she is rubys mother and thats why she is her neighbour and she knows about the doctor because after he saves ruby she does her homework on him. The reason she does not know in the beging is because originally the doctor was not there then after he went back and changed the timeline she would look into it
I was thrown by the fantasy, song & dance. In many ways, RTD recreated Doctor Who back in 2005. One of the things I lijed about the Chibnall era was that it felt more like classic Who. You, however, mentioned some things which made me reconsider: the consequence of the Doctor invoking superstition. More fantastical foes continuing that with the Toymaker's legions.
I knew, when they had 2 speaking actors, in the setup with Sir Isaac Newton, that we would be seeing him again. That's compounded by "mavity."
Is interesting to see how RTD2 has re-reinvented the show for an intended expanded audience in this Disney+ era.
Ruby is her own mother
Charming episode. Looks like it's being review bombed already on RT but that isn't really surprising. The new doctor was endearing and actually had good material to work with, something poor Jodie never got.
My only qualm is that given the previous show runners habitual tendency to set up new mystery boxes only to never actually do anything with them or take them anywhere, I'm hesitant to care about a possible "Who is Ruby's mom" thread until I know the new regime will actually follow through on things it sets up.
All Mystery boxes RTD set up have been answered except for the ones meant to elicit mystery like the 'nightmare child'. RTD is much better at answering the questions he poses and weaves them well throughout the show
It's RTD. I'm not worried.
I really liked the Church on Ruby Road. It was just fun! I loved Ncuti. I love that the sonic screwdriver has more capabilities. I loved Millie as Ruby. Ncuti and Millie have excellent chemistry. Ruby actually feels like a real three-dimensional person. I miss Russell's writing companions. I will say, it felt like Ruby was just totally okay with everything going on. I was waiting for her “WTF is going on” freakout. But that looks like that’s coming at the beginning of the next episode. She did say that it's all been so manic she hasn't had time to process and at the end of this episode she did do the “it’s bigger on the inside‽” without actually saying it. And it was awesome! I loved her mother and grandmother. I thought the song was a lot of fun and I loved that Fifteen improvised on the spot. However, once again, Ruby did not lose it at what was happening threw me for a bit. I honestly thought this was going to end with the doctor calling for Ruby’s bio mom’s attention like Twelve did with Bill’s mom. Kind of glad he didn’t. I figured there was something up with Mrs. Flood because of her reaction to the Doctor going in and out of the TARDIS but that fourth wall break really shocked me! And she mentions way back in her first scene that she hasn’t seen one in 50 years. They brought back “mavity” and I’m wondering if that’s a puzzle piece in the mystery box. I hope we see more of Ruby’s friends. And did anyone else really like that cop character? Questions: Who are Ruby’s parents? Who is Mrs. Flood? Why does she drop the bags in shock in the dark timeline if she knows what a TARDIS is? Is Mrs. Flood connected to Ruby’s parents? Is all of this connected to The One Who Waits?
It feels like the alien presence is less of something that keeps getting forgotten, and more of an open secret in the universe atp. So as I’m just like a year older than Ruby, if I lived in the Who universe at her place in life, sure it’d be a bit shocking at first but after a brief moment I’d also just be like “fuck it” tbf🤣 London’s streets opened down to the Earth’s crust only a few months ago, hahaha!
I’m also wondering about the cop character, since I’ve heard Ruby’s boyfriend is supposed to crop up in S14 next year. I wasn’t a fan of Ncuti’s sonic after seeing the photos, but got used to it pretty quick during the episode. Overall, just a beautiful enjoyable episode and as long as the Christmas cheese stays in that designated Christmas slot I think not much will be done wrong in the coming episodes!!
I mean I kinda get the comment about companions but when it comes to Martha or Amy I'll take Amy every time same with Clara
I think she's someone from the Doctor's past...she only realized he was the Doctor when she saw him disappear in the Tardis.
This episode was fantastic, Ncuti still so freaking charming and he can sing❤. Can’t wait for May to see more. Was I only one thinking goblins/kidnapping a baby/goblin king… labyrinth!!!
Absolutely loved it, & your reaction was perfect!
Fun, mysterious & excitement for the future - truly an inspiring direction to take the Doctor.
Cannot wait for the new season to begin 💜💜➕🟦
Great video. Really enjoyed it. Things we know: RTD has said that the mystery of Ruby's parents will wound through this season, both her mother and father. This would make me think Mrs Flood isn't related to Ruby. Also, the end where Mrs Flood looks down the camera and asks about never seeing a TARDIS before, is a shot repeated through the episode. When the Doctor and Ruby are in the goblin ship, the Doctor is staring down the camera to look for the right rope. It's done again when The Doctor and Ruby are looking at the pictures of the other foster kids on the fridge. Are these connected? And did you catch Ncuiti's "10ism"? 32 minute mark, Ruby asks the Doctor if the goblins are the cause of all accidents, the Doctor replies with a very David Tennant style "Oooohhhhhh". Perfect. Just perfect.
I loved it. He's already stepped into being the doctor. Bring on the folklore stories
Great point about the Doctor opening up the creatures of superstition to our universe. I hadn’t thought about that.
I _loved_ this special! Haters can go cry lol
Overnight views for Christmas Day Doctor Who were just 4.7 million viewers. That’s shocking ly low. So I think you can let the “haters go cry” Copium go now, okay?
It’s not haters killing Doctor Who but sheer indifference to a show that used to be for everyone but is now stuck pandering to an increasingly inclusive minded trendy set that actually despise popular and populist viewership and are the equivalent of those who want to be on the bleeding edge of the next trending band rather than admit they follow a popular one. All these fans loving everything in the comments but where were you on Christmas night?🤔
Anita Dobson playing Mrs Flood was arguably the UKs biggest actress in the mid 80's
There is an old episode of a show called MASH about a medical hospital during the Korean war in which a soldier is brought in terminally injured. The doctors in the show work around the clock, not to say this life which they know is pointless, but to keep him alive until the day after Christmas so his family doesn't have to think of Christmas as the day when daddy died.
I can't help thinking about this when watching the scene where that woman calls Ruby to tell her that they could not find a parent. You couldn't wait 36 hours to call her, to let her have at least one Christmas where she feels there's still some hope? Seriously? Maybe the goblins drop the Christmas tree on her to signify she won the Grinch award for really thoughtless timing.
This is the way
As of 1/1/24 the Church on Ruby Road had 7.49 million viewers, not 4.73 million. It was the 3rd most watched program on Christmas Day, behind Strictly Come Dancing and King Charles ' annual speech, and the most watched drama on Christmas Day. This fun fact is for those of you who enjoy facts. :)
Your reactions to these recent specials got to be my favourites! Critiques aside, they were fun and clever and gave me a lot of hope for the show's future!
@Omn1Media My personal theory is that Ruby's mother is actually Missy, or at least some new female regeneration of the master. Meaning she set the doctor up to travel with her daughter. Which would be a very Missy thing to do.
Then she just went a few doors down, took a new name, and watched Ruby grow up.
I swear that lady is gonna regenerate into the master. I'm calling it right now
Nice
I feel like we have had a lot of The Master in the last few years. It might be something that is faced in the final season of his run.
there is another that hasnt been seen yet.. Mrs Flood (Rain/water) anagram of rain... Rani.
@@terrysilverthorn4582Thats a good one. I was kind of going with that approach and thinking River Song (pond/river/flood). But better writing would just have it be a new villain. RTD wants a new audience and the old one so best just write good stories and forget about all the other stuff.
From the giggle we know a male master is trapped inside the toymakers golden tooth. This could the case that he was put into mrs flood body like he when he stole peoples bodies in classic who and more recently as the spymaster
19:17 Honestly this episode as a whole feels a lot like the Matt Smith era. I loved the whimsy he brought to the role and the way this episode feels.
Ha ha, wonder what David Bowie would have thought of Jabba the Hutt😂 Loved Ruby, by the way - very Clara.
How do I feel about mavity? It's just weighing me down the more I think about it.
Here, use these gloves, they’ll get you high.
Some of it reminded me of Labyrinth. But, the Goblin King definitely isn’t as cool as David Bowie. Looking forward to the new series.
As far as goblin king’s go, we’re a long way from The Labyrinth 😅
This was such a fun & great episode. I definitely was not expecting the singing, but I’ll take it. I think we can expect a lot of dancing from 15 for sure. Ncuti is amazing as the Doctor - fun & charismatic, but also able to carry that emotional weight. He & Millie have great chemistry together. Spring can’t come soon enough!
Merry Christmas 😊
Gut says parents for Ruby is River Song and The Doctor
ooOOO im not sure how I’d feel ab that ngl, but the drama it would create would be fantastic to watch Ncuti and Alex Kingston execute!
There’s a pond-river-flood connection
Merry Christmas!!
I "Flood" is a deliberate mislead by RTD to make you think the Ponds & River but it's not related.
Mrs Flood didn't say she's never seen a TARDIS before. It's more like she's looking at us and saying. "What you've never seen a TARDIS before??"
I have a crazy theory i think Ruby is Rose's daughter with the human Doctor in the other universe but Rose had to leave her here cause something happened to their universe
Best theory so far.
Ruby is 20, so born in 2003. (And yes, that also makes me feel old).
@@AmazingChi omg I feel like an idiot thx for reminding me lol
It is so awesome to see another fan enjoying themself.
So the thought I had immediately is that Ruby is just a bootstrap paradox, and she's her... own mother somehow for some reason. Either that, or she dropped herself off but isn't her own mother.
Just the immediate thoughts I had watching it yesterday!
I actually think that Ruby is that one that dropped Ruby at the church, and that Mrs Flood is also Ruby, just older. Its all very timey-whimey, my theory but it makes a very Dr Who sort of sense.
They made a very big deal about the similarities between 15 and Ruby, both being foundlings, neither knowing their parentage. I think theyre setting up Ruby as the mirrornthat allows the Dr insight into him being the timeless child and what that means for him.
Im starting to think that Ruby amd the Dr are related, but maybe not how in the way the internet is speculating.
We have had Vampires, Werewolves (and in Torchwood) Fairies already. The Folkloric in Who lore is just aliens.
I love the scene with the cop where The Doctor tells him his GF is going to say yes. He watches a police box vanish in front of him, but he’s more hung up on the fact that she’s going to say yes. He reacts to that news the way that we’d react to seeing the TARDIS: awestruck and excited. II thought that was such a lovely moment.
My theory is that Ruby is Rubys own mother. Paradox and all that but that would explain why theres no dna on her mother because all that would come up would be herself
I like it. Going full Red Dwarf.
YEah i LOVED NCuti instantly.... he was great in the 60th but on his own is AMAZING
There are kilts, this was deffo a tartan skirt x i love it 💜
Loved it! 😊
I think you nailed it by saying the lady was The Doctor's Daughter, I also think she's Ruby's Mom...which makes Ruby his Grand Daughter. Going back to 1 with Susan.
Surely river and the doctor had a kid we don’t know about
Mrs Flood may not have known it was a Tardis until it has dematerialised, as until then it was just a random blue box.
I used to watch UK soap opera Eastenders which starred Anita Dobson. She released a single of the theme.
I love Ncuti!
First I thought Mrs. Flood is River (Flood-Pond-River) but after a second watch I think she's just used to tell the audience what that weird blue box is because they never say in the episode (and this series is supposed to be a re-start and therefore they want to include a new audience). And RTD took the opportunity to fcuk with us.
She could be the doctor and rivers daughter somehow
I have a wild theory. Ruby is The Master. That's why she has no past. Mrs. Flood is the woman that picked up the ring in the avengers tower and she has been taking a close look at ruby ever since, so she can rise with the doctor close.
Glad you went back a rewatched that end part. Very Masterish!!!🤔
1: 53 yo sis man, father of 2 and kilt wearer here, they are fun to dance in!
2: Davina McCall is the host of a popular TV show that reunites long-lost family members in the UK.
3: Mrs Flood - AKA, Mrs Brian May, Queen Guitarist and long-time star of the BBC's EastEnders soap, she stared in their biggest Christmas episode.
The Doctor is not a foundling. He did go back to Ruby's arrival on that street and could have met that neighbor in the past.
wow, I am probably one of the only 5 people who got that 1993 super mario movie ref
I think Mrs Flood is Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter and she's also Ruby's mum.....
The old lady's last name is Flood. Could she be River Song in a different form?
She can’t be because we saw river as Mel growing up with the ponds then regenerating into Alex Kingston who was the one who died in the library. She could be rivers daughter
My theory is Ruby is River Song's kid and the Doctor's Daughter. I'm trying to guess in terms of what's a big reveal since shows love doing that now.
The Doctor said at the beginning that woman never came back, so I don’t think we’ll find out who the mother is.
Ncuti Gatwa did say he wanted to deal with the Rani. Is that the Rani?
question is who is Anita Dobson (Brian May's Wife) playing. she knew what the Tardis was and not a Police box. the Goblin King reminded me of Bill Paxton's Chet from Weird Science when he gets turned into a "talkng pile of excrement"
now that i found her name is Mrs Flood my hopes may have been finally arrived. i thought River was her when we were all trying to work out who she was. now Mrs Flood what is flood but rain... anagram of rain is Rani. lets face it... she's due
I'm going with it was just some kind of fun Fourth Wall break.
BTW: I´m not sure if you are going to read it or not, but the english version of this episode on BBC had a better date on the newest season. BBC said at the end of the episode: MAY 2024, so I guess that will be the month, the newest season will be out then.
Not the reverse flash doctor who 😂😂😂 just with your theory yes. Like you have magical element. Strange stuff but it's actually sci fi cause they're going back to new earth. Its not just vampires so the whimsical idea shes someone the doctor knows is interesting. Family is now the mystery hopefully branching the tree he once had and left with clara (the impossible girl) pushing him his decision to go whacky and be an old man leaving his family as a retirement
Davina used to host Big Brother. She may have filmed something for season 1 episode Bad Wolf. Some of your viewers will have watched Tracy Beaker. That was a kids show set in a foster home.