the original premise of the show in the 60s was that the doctor couldn’t fly the tardis accurately, his first companions got stuck with him and couldn’t get back to their own time. They were lost at sea in all of time and space basically showing up to different places randomly. At this point in the timeline he’s still not a perfect driver lol which is why sometimes he shows up 12 months later than when he wanted to go
UNIT was first introduced in 1968, then led by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Kate's father), and was a regular presence well into the 1970s. The mention of the Doctor working for UNIT was specifically in reference to a time when the 3rd Doctor was literally employed as their scientific advisor for a few years. At this point, Kate was a character who only existed in unofficial spin-off media, though of course you know she'll turn up at some point.
The slitheen are so ridiculous 🤣 I remember when I first watched this show, this 2 part episode was where I almost quit watching because it felt too silly. But then the next few episodes happened and it remains the best entertainment-related decision of my life that I pushed through
Annd we had someone from Torchwood as guest appearance. She didn’t know how fantastic she would be very soon. Toshiko playing doctor in the morgue before being the scientist in Torchwood and the doctor there…
Tosh was actually Torchwood's computer expert - Owen was Torchwood's doctor. Torchwood does actually explain why Tosh examining the body instead of Owen though; because Owen was too drunk to do it.
They couldn't go back to 12 hours instead of 12 months cos Rose had already gone up to see her mum, it was too late and they'd have had to mess with the timeline. Also the slitheen are so bonkers I love it haha
Sir Patrick Moore? He was a presenter for the Apollo 9 and Apollo 10 missions, and a commenter, with Cliff Michelmore and James Burke, for BBC television's coverage of the Moon landing missions. The Sky at Night is a documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first monthly broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013.
It’s funny how in the “Doctor Who world” William Hartnell’s Doctor (doctor number 1) is the youngest Doctor & Ncuti’s Doctor is the oldest Doctor. That’s so funny to me lol.
I typed up a lengthy defence of this two parter as I know it gets a lot of flack but I’ll save it for part 2’s video. Loving everything so far hope you are too! 😁
And in this episode, we're introduced to the sweet intelligent Doctor Toshiko Sato. The lovely doctor examining the space pig, asking the right questions and knows a little more than she's letting on. Sir, you gotta watch Torchwood after Series 2 of Doctor Who PLEASE. PS. It's lovely to see you going back to when this show came back in style, Series 1 is a solid piece of drama PERIOD. Bad Wolf, The Rift in Cardiff and the charming Captain Jack later on...All comes together beautifully!
I just wanted to comment that you have one of the greatest smiles. Thanks for what you do, you keep hermits everywhere company. May your views and likes always be equal.
Sometimes the doctor doesnt always land when/where he intends too. This was one of those times. Once they interacted with the environment they had “set themselves” into that story and going back would be going back on their own timeline. Which is a big no no.
@@BruhsCookieJar Exactly! Not a fixed point, a crossing of personal time lines. Can’t return a year earlier so Jackie doesn’t miss Rose only to catch up to Jackie inexplicably freaking out a year later when Rose & the Doctor appear as the Slitheen come calling. A Jackie Prominence would erupt disrupting communications, frying everything in its vicinity, causing world-wide auroras…
You've finally met Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North! Also, UNIT's first appearance in the 2005 series. As the Doctor mentions here, he has worked with them before, with UNIT being a mainstay of the classic series, particularly for the 3rd and 4th Doctors (4 is the one who briefly appeared via flashback in "Empire of Death"). Although you have a LOT of New Who to watch, I do hope you'll consider reviewing the classic series when you eventually finish!
You're very much correct saying The Doctor needs a companion. Until New Who (I wont say when) there had been only one story in which the Doctor didn't have a companion. It was a story way back in the Fourth Doctor's time, a story called The Deadly Assassin, the story set between Sarah Jane Smith leaving and Leela coming on board.
It was absolutely a mistake that they arrived after twelve months instead of years. But once they had arrived, they’d become a fixed part of events and they can’t contradict their own established timeline so staying was the only option they had.
love your reactions man, I find it so amusing that you keep calling Rose, Ruby(1:25)... because I know if I had watched season 1/Series 14 before series 1 I totally be in the same boat! loved the Ruby "What the hell" edit Just realized I wasn't subbed that's changed now.
I remember a lot of people hating the slitheen when they were first introduced in this episode and tbh I didn't mind them although maybe the farting might have been a bit much lol. BTW when the spaceship collided with big Ben its actually a mirror shot with the numbers being backwards. Also i just noticed the bad wolf graffiti seems to be inconsistent on when its on the tardis lol
Yep, it was a mirrored shot as they shot two takes destroying a sculpted Big Ben but first shot they didn’t like and the second shot was good but when it came to post production they realised the shot had to be flipped because of the angle the spaceship was shown to be approaching at in the shot before. Also if you look at the shot of Big Ben gets smashed, just after getting hit you can see there’s no walls on one side and at the back of it, due to the sculpt they built only had two sides
Each episode starts short or very long arcs. Or we see characters for the first time. So Doctor Who gift keeps giving as the series years pass and you look back. There is the British news reporter and the American news reporter. It depends on how big the threat is.
In "The End of the World," the Moxx of Balhoon said, "Indubitably, this is the Bad Wolf scenario" at one point. The line goes by quickly in the background, so it's easy to miss. (On the original DVD release, the closed caption incorrectly read "bad move scenario"!) Because TV series, like movies, are usually filmed out of narrative order, this episode and the following one were recorded alongside "Rose," with the two intervening episodes coming later in production. Dr. Sato autopsying the pig alien was the first scene ever shot for New Who, and the Doctor chasing the alien was the first scene Christopher Eccleston shot for the series. "Aliens of London" was the 700th episode of "Doctor Who."
By the way, after season 1 and before season 2, you should watch the Doctor Who 2005 Children in Need special. It's a canon short that sets up thr events of the first episode of season 2. (Or I guess it'd be called series 2 in the UK?)
Just going by the TARDIS about it being a sentinel being that depends on the mood of the writers some treat it like it's just an ordinary machine some treat it like it's a living thing as the Doctor always calls the TARDIS a "she'" like Captain Kirk would call the enterprise a "she" or a man with his sports car. In Classic Who it was always a spaceship that travels although there were hints of it being alive but they never really went too deep into it. Don't expect Kate Lethbridge-Stewart anytime soon she doesn't show up until much, much later on in the series. The Doctor use to work for UNIT as a scientific advisor during his third incarnation when the Time Lords exiled him to earth and was not aloud to travel in time and space because of his interference with the affairs of other planets and time and a forced regeneration which is one of the reasons why he can't take Rose back to a point when they first left off because it has now become a fixed point in time. Despite this being a family show although I do find the slitheen an interesting race I do find the farting abit too juvenile.
Remember the TARDIS is sentient. Sometimes it takes the Doctor where he needs to be rather than where he wants to be. Harriet Jones is a riot with her ID and constituency-she’s a keeper! Good catch with the “Bad Wolf”. What’s it about? Spoilers. Note Micky didn’t flinch about being inside the TARDIS this time. And Jackie didn’t even ask a question. Others provided the background about the Doctor and UNIT. I’ve made this suggestion to other DW reactors, here’s your turn: whether you react to them or not you might consider watching the first episode of each Doctor (1-7) to get a taste of Old Who. Note that in those days the stories were structured as shorter, multipart segments so an entire episode might consist of 4-6 fifteen-twenty minute segments, all under the same name. So, for example, season 1 #1 is “An Unearthly Child”. Season 4, #1 is “Robot”. Every Doctor (except possibly 2) should be available. Anyway, if you wanted, say, a special Saturday project or some such. Just realize production values were way below those of New Who, and effects were barely out of their infancy.
@@anthonybernacchi2732 You mean, “cartooned.” For those reading along, the BBC didn’t keep the early recordings of Doctor Who. They recycled & reused the (granted, expensive) master & distribution tapes. Consequently some of the early episodes, mainly Doctors 1-4, are forever lost-though the more recent the Doctor, the more complete the library. The BBC attempted a reconstruction by doing a world-wide check of distribution sites for “inadvertently unreturned copies” and got some that way. They then went to the fan base with a plea for any home recordings to be turned in so they could do their best at reconstruction. Apparently a few came back further filling some gaps-but gaps remained. In some cases there are incomplete episodes (there’s a particularly egregious example with Doctor 4 involving the Rani). Some segments intact, some missing. BUT the BBC had the screenplays. So their imperfect solution was to animate, in serious cartoon style, the missing segments & episodes using the likenesses from the intact episodes. For those of us who saw the originals long ago, it is… unsatisfactory to be polite. I know it’s a dirty word for some but perhaps an AI reconstruction would be an interesting-perhaps fruitful-experiment. I don’t blame the Beeb for resorting to this reconstruction; I absolutely *do* for cheapness and thoughtlessness over an acknowledged hit. It is bafflingly stupid. But absent a TARDIS to go back in time and fix this… 🤷♂️
I think for Ncuti since the seasons were shorter they tried to squeeze more emotion out of what limited material they had to work with. Also coming off Jodi had been written to be very closed off and stiff so its like an attempt to course correct a bit and might have gone a bit too far? Hopefully we wont be doing 8 episodes going forward we even 10 would be too short for me but ill take that over 8
Doctor Who has a notoriously difficult production schedule to fit 13 episodes in each year. That's why there's often big gaps between seasons/series, including an entire year between 2 Christmas specials with nothing in between in later years. RTD has said that in order to avoid these kinds of long gaps in the future, he'll instead be producing 8 episode seasons, plus a Christmas special every year. He did also promise that there will be more spin off material to fill in that time.
Would you kindly tell me where you're from? I detect a Caribbean Island accent, but it's so mild it's hard to pinpoint. I'm hoping for Jamaica, but I'm going to love whichever answer.
It's one of those examples of unfortunate alien design, good story... Besides all the gassiness, this story is really good and has a lot of great scenes in my opinion. In fact I don't even mind the physical designs of the Slitheen either.
This is very similar to space babies. In that If you watch for a second time, focusing less on the farting/talking baby animation... Its actually a really solid story. I'm a massive defender of doctor who being camp. It needs to be. Its what the show is. Doesn't mean sometimes you can't find ways to look past it of need be
admittedly, this isn't the best episode, but i really like this two-parter and it's what originally convinced me i'm gonna like this show :) honestly, if you look past the farting aliens, this is pretty alright. i'm loving your reactions and i'm so excited for you to see all the magical things this show has to offer :))
Russel T Davies is ripping off the Foamasi from Classic Who where the aliens disguise themselves as humans. I like Christopher Eccleston, he’s one of the best of modern Who.
@@PaulRichards-vz4pl Not arguing with your choices or feelings (that would be absurd), but just by way of comparison as I watched New Who-starting off as a Tom Baker (#4) fan-my reactions were… I really liked Cristopher Eccleston. Was pissed that he was being replaced and was certain the new Doctor was gonna be awful. Then I met David Tennant. By the time the special ended The King was Dead, Long Live the King! Tennant was perfect. Four years later (or was it five?) a young Matt Smith pops his head out of the TARDIS. So different in certain ways-but utterly charming. Both more alien and more (dare I say it) human than any previous Doctor. Then the Christmas miracle. The Doctor regenerates into the Capaldi doc. No like. Admirable acting-off the scales good. But not *my* idea of what the Doctor was or how he behaved. Rigidly controlled goofy. Freeze dried insecurity wrapped in arrogance. How you got from Smith to Capaldi is beyond me. It got a little better but… (I’d need to go into details & that’s full on spoilers). I’m Moving on to Jodie W. Yes some of the writing was lacking; some of it was actually damn good too. I hated her accent-as an American it was painfully hard to understand and I’m used to listening to Brits speaking as I’m a regular consumer of BBC mystery programs. What disturbed me more is the Doctor is supremely competent-s/he might need to learn or acquire something to solve a problem but once the ducks are lined up They Will Quack! Jodi’s Doctor ran hot & cold-sometimes super-competent and sometimes tentative. That didn’t sit well. There was a critical lack of cyber-competence towards the end. On the radioactive issue of the Timeless Child I actually think it was a brilliant twist and opens up an entire line of Who explorations that beats e-space with thruster stick! RTD says he’s accepted it as canon so…
@@joerosenman3480 You’re joking? Peter Capaldi was perfection. Have you not seen William Hartnell? The Doctor shouldn’t act in too human a way and Capaldi understood that 100%. Classic Doctors would never cry and never flirt because they were above human behaviour up until RTD came along and changed it. Peter Capaldi took it back to being more like the Classic interpretation and all the better for it.
@@PaulRichards-vz4pl I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen all of the episodes, though I started watching early during Tom Baker’s tenure. Bless PBS, they procured & aired the previous three Doctor’s shows and aired them after the (by US custom) short season had ended. Even have a bunch on DVD. But to your statement: it’s how I feel, full stop. I could dissect it; I don’t reject Capaldi as an incarnation of the Doctor as some people have done with Whittaker (and might be doing with Gatwa). And as I’ve already noted I have only the highest praise for Capaldi the actor. The “alienness” of the Doctor comes from several factors in combination-not a secret tail of fire he whips out when angry or excited… (oh, right, he sublimated that into a screwdriver. Joking people!) It’s being a proper super-genius with hundreds of years of experience & memory to draw upon-and thousands of years of unremembered experience floating around in his subconscious; the richness & history of timelord culture & traditions; having & living with the kind of psychic abilities that he had to exercise (ruthlessly) at the end of Season 4. And just as important, having that kind of ability, NOT using it most of the time. Plus, personally, he’s alienated, he’s a benign rebel, and he’s alone. His companions provide a distraction, sometimes take the edge off but fundamentally he’s still alone. Hardly a complete list but to my mind that’s what makes him an alien. Eccleston showed it but through his veneer of anger. Tenant showed it but he was healing. Smith had reconciled, sacrificed, withdrew until someone Impossible came along. Capaldi felt out of place. Like he shouldn’t be there, and wasn’t sure he wanted to be. But not just in one spectacularly good final episode, throughout his tenure. In the end, it’s just my opinion I expressed-worth no more or less than any other fan that has actually devoted attention span to watching the show. Even where I differ I respect other views, even listen (read) with interest-as I have with your take on Capaldi. I don’t think you can hold RTD entirely to blame. Remember, Moffat not only authored several shows during RTD’s run-including every River Song episode produced-he took over as show runner following Tenant’s exit so you can’t blame RTD for Matt Smith’s portrayal. If blame is the correct word… 😉 You know, we really need a blue police box emoticon-don’t you think?
@@joerosenman3480 Peter Capaldi felt to me to be the only one who truly was in character whilst the other Doctors felt unlike Classic Doctors. This is because Peter Capaldi didn’t want the Doctor flirting with humans as it would be inappropriate. The Doctors mind is on a higher level than humans and then there’s the age factor and not to mention the difference in species. Peter Capaldi is probably the best actor we’ve ever had in the role even though I’d say only half his stories were great the other half being average with some poor ones. Tennant and Matt to me felt too hyper and with Tennant he was way too OTT. Then there’s the flirting which Classic Doctors would never ever do. I blame the TV movie for making the Doctor more human and definitely RTD with Tennant’s Doctor. The face pulling and fake cockney accent really grated on me with the annoying g catchphrases. I don’t understand why people like Tennant. Peter Capaldi got hate because he was older and the ageism of fans was sadly there along with new Who fans who hadn’t seen Classic Who and so didn’t understand that Capaldi was channelling the authentic version of the Doctor. I’m not keen on RTD. I hate his version. He has to bring too much fantasy and soap opera elements into the show.
Oh jeez, the Slitheen. I’m honestly surprised the revival did as well as it did given how ridiculous this two parter was. My first episode was thankfully The Empty Child and I’m SO glad. If I’d started at the beginning and got to these episodes, I might have given up LOL! 😂
The easiest way to think of it is that the TARDIS doesn't always take the Doctor where he wants to go, but it always takes him where he NEEDS to go. And don't expect to see Kate Lethbridge-Stewart for a LONG time. I'm talking like 8 or 9 seasons. They mention her dad the Brigadier several times though (I think they did so in this episode), so keep your eyes/ears out for that. :)
I was trying to be a little misleading and avoid specifics so that it would be a surprise when she does pop up, but I'm sure some people would want to know, so thanks.
They're Sletheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious. gotta reteach my phone how to spell Raxacoricofallapatorious 😂. Haven't forgotten how to say it. As much as I hate fart jokes I do like the Sletheen
the original premise of the show in the 60s was that the doctor couldn’t fly the tardis accurately, his first companions got stuck with him and couldn’t get back to their own time. They were lost at sea in all of time and space basically showing up to different places randomly.
At this point in the timeline he’s still not a perfect driver lol which is why sometimes he shows up 12 months later than when he wanted to go
I feel like people write off this two parter too much for the farting aliens, like genuinely if you look past that it's brilliantly written.
@@littleredruri It’s also the campy aliens. I went with the flow but I think viewers who only knew new Who (boo hoo) were put off.
@joerosenman3480 having only grown up with new who, I honestly really liked the Slitheen episodes growing up. Idk what that says about me though 😅
@@dont.say.alec. says you were a normal kid i think 🤷♀️
“Look past the farting aliens” is the greatest advice I’ll ever receive
Agreed! This was the story that sold me on the show.
UNIT was first introduced in 1968, then led by Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Kate's father), and was a regular presence well into the 1970s. The mention of the Doctor working for UNIT was specifically in reference to a time when the 3rd Doctor was literally employed as their scientific advisor for a few years. At this point, Kate was a character who only existed in unofficial spin-off media, though of course you know she'll turn up at some point.
I know the ailen spaceship is a big deal but Harriet’s kinda right, the world keeps spinning and those cottage hospitals have people to take care of 😅
The slitheen are so ridiculous 🤣 I remember when I first watched this show, this 2 part episode was where I almost quit watching because it felt too silly. But then the next few episodes happened and it remains the best entertainment-related decision of my life that I pushed through
Yeah episode 6 not gonna spoil for plot reasons was epic
@@SuperHeroStoriesUnlimited oh yeah, hundred percent. But the 2 parter coming after that set in Blitz London is what really sealed the deal for me
Oh god, I'm so excited to continue on this journey with you. The envy of getting to see everything again for the first time is real 😂
I'm here for re-experiencing the first time through his eyes. You never get to do it again!
And yes, the 9th Doctor is younger than the 15th. You are on point, there.
Well, with Doctor Who that kind of thing isn't always a given...
Nine hundred years? That's one hell of an age gap."
"An age gap? For what, Rose?"
Good point there.
Annd we had someone from Torchwood as guest appearance. She didn’t know how fantastic she would be very soon. Toshiko playing doctor in the morgue before being the scientist in Torchwood and the doctor there…
Wait seriously? First Gwyneth from The Unquiet Dead (Gwen in Torchwood) and then this lady playing the same character in both shows. Damn that's neat.
Tosh was actually Torchwood's computer expert - Owen was Torchwood's doctor. Torchwood does actually explain why Tosh examining the body instead of Owen though; because Owen was too drunk to do it.
@@TastySalamanders 😂I mean that's very in character
@@TastySalamanders now we are getting into details. It’s not important enough to get spoilers in the comments.
Every time I watch this episode I just think Toshiko 😢😢❤❤
Harriet Jones is one of my GOAT characters for Doctor Who.
Yes we know who she is 😜
Who is Sir Patrick Moore? He was the leading expert on astronomy in the UK. Man was my childhood
They couldn't go back to 12 hours instead of 12 months cos Rose had already gone up to see her mum, it was too late and they'd have had to mess with the timeline. Also the slitheen are so bonkers I love it haha
Sir Patrick Moore? He was a presenter for the Apollo 9 and Apollo 10 missions, and a commenter, with Cliff Michelmore and James Burke, for BBC television's coverage of the Moon landing missions.
The Sky at Night is a documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first monthly broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013.
It’s funny how in the “Doctor Who world” William Hartnell’s Doctor (doctor number 1) is the youngest Doctor & Ncuti’s Doctor is the oldest Doctor. That’s so funny to me lol.
It's all very Benjamin Button 😂 but much more entertaining
I typed up a lengthy defence of this two parter as I know it gets a lot of flack but I’ll save it for part 2’s video. Loving everything so far hope you are too! 😁
It's just the damn farting. Other than that it's a great story.
This is peak Doctor Who. Good political drama, depth to the main protagonists, hilarious dialogue, iconic monsters.
No, is the same cheesy and weird fun as Space Babies.
@@mayotango1317 Space Babies lacks the character exploration and its world building is far less authentic
And in this episode, we're introduced to the sweet intelligent Doctor Toshiko Sato. The lovely doctor examining the space pig, asking the right questions and knows a little more than she's letting on. Sir, you gotta watch Torchwood after Series 2 of Doctor Who PLEASE. PS. It's lovely to see you going back to when this show came back in style, Series 1 is a solid piece of drama PERIOD. Bad Wolf, The Rift in Cardiff and the charming Captain Jack later on...All comes together beautifully!
I love that you love this! and I'm here to see your reactions further
These videos are such a nice time.
I just wanted to comment that you have one of the greatest smiles. Thanks for what you do, you keep hermits everywhere company. May your views and likes always be equal.
Sometimes the doctor doesnt always land when/where he intends too. This was one of those times. Once they interacted with the environment they had “set themselves” into that story and going back would be going back on their own timeline. Which is a big no no.
@@BruhsCookieJar Exactly! Not a fixed point, a crossing of personal time lines. Can’t return a year earlier so Jackie doesn’t miss Rose only to catch up to Jackie inexplicably freaking out a year later when Rose & the Doctor appear as the Slitheen come calling. A Jackie Prominence would erupt disrupting communications, frying everything in its vicinity, causing world-wide auroras…
You've finally met Harriet Jones, MP for Flydale North! Also, UNIT's first appearance in the 2005 series. As the Doctor mentions here, he has worked with them before, with UNIT being a mainstay of the classic series, particularly for the 3rd and 4th Doctors (4 is the one who briefly appeared via flashback in "Empire of Death"). Although you have a LOT of New Who to watch, I do hope you'll consider reviewing the classic series when you eventually finish!
You're very much correct saying The Doctor needs a companion. Until New Who (I wont say when) there had been only one story in which the Doctor didn't have a companion. It was a story way back in the Fourth Doctor's time, a story called The Deadly Assassin, the story set between Sarah Jane Smith leaving and Leela coming on board.
Rose's mum is called Jacky Taylor! We ❤Jacky she deserves to be called by her name
It was absolutely a mistake that they arrived after twelve months instead of years.
But once they had arrived, they’d become a fixed part of events and they can’t contradict their own established timeline so staying was the only option they had.
Especially since Rose already saw and interacted with Jackie. Kinda sets that timeline in stone.
They didn't mean to arrive 12 years later, though -- that would have been even worse. ;)
"Fathers Day"
Its not that they can't, but there are consequences...
"The Doctor needs therapy" oh boy...
I like how you refer to Jackie as “Momma Rose”.😂
Can't watch while I'm at work, but I'll give the preemptive like bc you rock. I'll be back!
love your reactions man, I find it so amusing that you keep calling Rose, Ruby(1:25)... because I know if I had watched season 1/Series 14 before series 1 I totally be in the same boat! loved the Ruby "What the hell" edit
Just realized I wasn't subbed that's changed now.
your reaction to the slitheen design is hilarious 😭
I remember a lot of people hating the slitheen when they were first introduced in this episode and tbh I didn't mind them although maybe the farting might have been a bit much lol.
BTW when the spaceship collided with big Ben its actually a mirror shot with the numbers being backwards. Also i just noticed the bad wolf graffiti seems to be inconsistent on when its on the tardis lol
Yep, it was a mirrored shot as they shot two takes destroying a sculpted Big Ben but first shot they didn’t like and the second shot was good but when it came to post production they realised the shot had to be flipped because of the angle the spaceship was shown to be approaching at in the shot before.
Also if you look at the shot of Big Ben gets smashed, just after getting hit you can see there’s no walls on one side and at the back of it, due to the sculpt they built only had two sides
Haha, let's go! This'll be interesting for sure. I love this two parter.
Love these, keep going man, you are going to love it
Slitheen
Each episode starts short or very long arcs. Or we see characters for the first time. So Doctor Who gift keeps giving as the series years pass and you look back. There is the British news reporter and the American news reporter. It depends on how big the threat is.
In Space Babies, the Doctor was remembering Jackie. So you're rignt on the money.
Not just Jackie. Spoilers 😜
In "The End of the World," the Moxx of Balhoon said, "Indubitably, this is the Bad Wolf scenario" at one point. The line goes by quickly in the background, so it's easy to miss. (On the original DVD release, the closed caption incorrectly read "bad move scenario"!)
Because TV series, like movies, are usually filmed out of narrative order, this episode and the following one were recorded alongside "Rose," with the two intervening episodes coming later in production. Dr. Sato autopsying the pig alien was the first scene ever shot for New Who, and the Doctor chasing the alien was the first scene Christopher Eccleston shot for the series. "Aliens of London" was the 700th episode of "Doctor Who."
Sh don't spoiler it for him!
Love these dr who reactions my man 👊
Yay! Aliens in London!!! ❤
And first! ❤
By the way, after season 1 and before season 2, you should watch the Doctor Who 2005 Children in Need special. It's a canon short that sets up thr events of the first episode of season 2. (Or I guess it'd be called series 2 in the UK?)
FINALLY YOU’VE GOT TO PEAK
If Rose doesn't want Mickey, I would be more than happy to take him off her hands.
What does RED Cap stand for?
British military police
British military police are also referred to as redcaps.
Just going by the TARDIS about it being a sentinel being that depends on the mood of the writers some treat it like it's just an ordinary machine some treat it like it's a living thing as the Doctor always calls the TARDIS a "she'" like Captain Kirk would call the enterprise a "she" or a man with his sports car.
In Classic Who it was always a spaceship that travels although there were hints of it being alive but they never really went too deep into it.
Don't expect Kate Lethbridge-Stewart anytime soon she doesn't show up until much, much later on in the series.
The Doctor use to work for UNIT as a scientific advisor during his third incarnation when the Time Lords exiled him to earth and was not aloud to travel in time and space because of his interference with the affairs of other planets and time and a forced regeneration which is one of the reasons why he can't take Rose back to a point when they first left off because it has now become a fixed point in time.
Despite this being a family show although I do find the slitheen an interesting race I do find the farting abit too juvenile.
@@joshuajoshua2732 They went deep into it in new Who. Beyond that, spoilers.
Remember the TARDIS is sentient. Sometimes it takes the Doctor where he needs to be rather than where he wants to be. Harriet Jones is a riot with her ID and constituency-she’s a keeper!
Good catch with the “Bad Wolf”. What’s it about? Spoilers. Note Micky didn’t flinch about being inside the TARDIS this time. And Jackie didn’t even ask a question. Others provided the background about the Doctor and UNIT.
I’ve made this suggestion to other DW reactors, here’s your turn: whether you react to them or not you might consider watching the first episode of each Doctor (1-7) to get a taste of Old Who.
Note that in those days the stories were structured as shorter, multipart segments so an entire episode might consist of 4-6 fifteen-twenty minute segments, all under the same name. So, for example, season 1 #1 is “An Unearthly Child”. Season 4, #1 is “Robot”. Every Doctor (except possibly 2) should be available.
Anyway, if you wanted, say, a special Saturday project or some such. Just realize production values were way below those of New Who, and effects were barely out of their infancy.
#2 is available, just not in the ideal form.
@@anthonybernacchi2732 You mean, “cartooned.”
For those reading along, the BBC didn’t keep the early recordings of Doctor Who. They recycled & reused the (granted, expensive) master & distribution tapes. Consequently some of the early episodes, mainly Doctors 1-4, are forever lost-though the more recent the Doctor, the more complete the library. The BBC attempted a reconstruction by doing a world-wide check of distribution sites for “inadvertently unreturned copies” and got some that way. They then went to the fan base with a plea for any home recordings to be turned in so they could do their best at reconstruction. Apparently a few came back further filling some gaps-but gaps remained.
In some cases there are incomplete episodes (there’s a particularly egregious example with Doctor 4 involving the Rani). Some segments intact, some missing. BUT the BBC had the screenplays. So their imperfect solution was to animate, in serious cartoon style, the missing segments & episodes using the likenesses from the intact episodes.
For those of us who saw the originals long ago, it is… unsatisfactory to be polite. I know it’s a dirty word for some but perhaps an AI reconstruction would be an interesting-perhaps fruitful-experiment. I don’t blame the Beeb for resorting to this reconstruction; I absolutely *do* for cheapness and thoughtlessness over an acknowledged hit. It is bafflingly stupid. But absent a TARDIS to go back in time and fix this… 🤷♂️
Why are commentors so bad at not spoiling
Love that you picked up on the Bad Wolf meme. You're catching onto the arc. It's going to be a thing. Shhhhh.
A black guy saying « well he was running towards him » 😅
I think for Ncuti since the seasons were shorter they tried to squeeze more emotion out of what limited material they had to work with. Also coming off Jodi had been written to be very closed off and stiff so its like an attempt to course correct a bit and might have gone a bit too far? Hopefully we wont be doing 8 episodes going forward we even 10 would be too short for me but ill take that over 8
Doctor Who has a notoriously difficult production schedule to fit 13 episodes in each year. That's why there's often big gaps between seasons/series, including an entire year between 2 Christmas specials with nothing in between in later years. RTD has said that in order to avoid these kinds of long gaps in the future, he'll instead be producing 8 episode seasons, plus a Christmas special every year. He did also promise that there will be more spin off material to fill in that time.
Would you kindly tell me where you're from? I detect a Caribbean Island accent, but it's so mild it's hard to pinpoint. I'm hoping for Jamaica, but I'm going to love whichever answer.
It's one of those examples of unfortunate alien design, good story... Besides all the gassiness, this story is really good and has a lot of great scenes in my opinion. In fact I don't even mind the physical designs of the Slitheen either.
This is very similar to space babies. In that If you watch for a second time, focusing less on the farting/talking baby animation... Its actually a really solid story. I'm a massive defender of doctor who being camp. It needs to be. Its what the show is. Doesn't mean sometimes you can't find ways to look past it of need be
Important thing is: there is more whe don't see in between ep.
That tower is not a Big Ben... Big Ben is a bell in it.
5:22 welcome to the bbc we only have lie 5 actors
Harriet Jones
Yes we know who she is 😂
admittedly, this isn't the best episode, but i really like this two-parter and it's what originally convinced me i'm gonna like this show :) honestly, if you look past the farting aliens, this is pretty alright. i'm loving your reactions and i'm so excited for you to see all the magical things this show has to offer :))
Second love it !!!
Would like to know , which position the slythering action toy , came in sales
Way behind the Daleks or Cyberman
Doctor being slapped by moms count: 1
Russel T Davies is ripping off the Foamasi from Classic Who where the aliens disguise themselves as humans. I like Christopher Eccleston, he’s one of the best of modern Who.
@@PaulRichards-vz4pl Not arguing with your choices or feelings (that would be absurd), but just by way of comparison as I watched New Who-starting off as a Tom Baker (#4) fan-my reactions were…
I really liked Cristopher Eccleston. Was pissed that he was being replaced and was certain the new Doctor was gonna be awful. Then I met David Tennant. By the time the special ended The King was Dead, Long Live the King! Tennant was perfect. Four years later (or was it five?) a young Matt Smith pops his head out of the TARDIS. So different in certain ways-but utterly charming. Both more alien and more (dare I say it) human than any previous Doctor.
Then the Christmas miracle. The Doctor regenerates into the Capaldi doc. No like. Admirable acting-off the scales good. But not *my* idea of what the Doctor was or how he behaved. Rigidly controlled goofy. Freeze dried insecurity wrapped in arrogance. How you got from Smith to Capaldi is beyond me. It got a little better but… (I’d need to go into details & that’s full on spoilers).
I’m Moving on to Jodie W. Yes some of the writing was lacking; some of it was actually damn good too. I hated her accent-as an American it was painfully hard to understand and I’m used to listening to Brits speaking as I’m a regular consumer of BBC mystery programs. What disturbed me more is the Doctor is supremely competent-s/he might need to learn or acquire something to solve a problem but once the ducks are lined up They Will Quack! Jodi’s Doctor ran hot & cold-sometimes super-competent and sometimes tentative. That didn’t sit well. There was a critical lack of cyber-competence towards the end. On the radioactive issue of the Timeless Child I actually think it was a brilliant twist and opens up an entire line of Who explorations that beats e-space with thruster stick! RTD says he’s accepted it as canon so…
@@joerosenman3480 You’re joking? Peter Capaldi was perfection. Have you not seen William Hartnell? The Doctor shouldn’t act in too human a way and Capaldi understood that 100%. Classic Doctors would never cry and never flirt because they were above human behaviour up until RTD came along and changed it. Peter Capaldi took it back to being more like the Classic interpretation and all the better for it.
@@PaulRichards-vz4pl I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen all of the episodes, though I started watching early during Tom Baker’s tenure. Bless PBS, they procured & aired the previous three Doctor’s shows and aired them after the (by US custom) short season had ended. Even have a bunch on DVD. But to your statement: it’s how I feel, full stop. I could dissect it; I don’t reject Capaldi as an incarnation of the Doctor as some people have done with Whittaker (and might be doing with Gatwa). And as I’ve already noted I have only the highest praise for Capaldi the actor.
The “alienness” of the Doctor comes from several factors in combination-not a secret tail of fire he whips out when angry or excited… (oh, right, he sublimated that into a screwdriver. Joking people!) It’s being a proper super-genius with hundreds of years of experience & memory to draw upon-and thousands of years of unremembered experience floating around in his subconscious; the richness & history of timelord culture & traditions; having & living with the kind of psychic abilities that he had to exercise (ruthlessly) at the end of Season 4. And just as important, having that kind of ability, NOT using it most of the time. Plus, personally, he’s alienated, he’s a benign rebel, and he’s alone. His companions provide a distraction, sometimes take the edge off but fundamentally he’s still alone. Hardly a complete list but to my mind that’s what makes him an alien. Eccleston showed it but through his veneer of anger. Tenant showed it but he was healing. Smith had reconciled, sacrificed, withdrew until someone Impossible came along. Capaldi felt out of place. Like he shouldn’t be there, and wasn’t sure he wanted to be. But not just in one spectacularly good final episode, throughout his tenure.
In the end, it’s just my opinion I expressed-worth no more or less than any other fan that has actually devoted attention span to watching the show. Even where I differ I respect other views, even listen (read) with interest-as I have with your take on Capaldi.
I don’t think you can hold RTD entirely to blame. Remember, Moffat not only authored several shows during RTD’s run-including every River Song episode produced-he took over as show runner following Tenant’s exit so you can’t blame RTD for Matt Smith’s portrayal. If blame is the correct word… 😉
You know, we really need a blue police box emoticon-don’t you think?
@@joerosenman3480 Peter Capaldi felt to me to be the only one who truly was in character whilst the other Doctors felt unlike Classic Doctors. This is because Peter Capaldi didn’t want the Doctor flirting with humans as it would be inappropriate. The Doctors mind is on a higher level than humans and then there’s the age factor and not to mention the difference in species. Peter Capaldi is probably the best actor we’ve ever had in the role even though I’d say only half his stories were great the other half being average with some poor ones. Tennant and Matt to me felt too hyper and with Tennant he was way too OTT. Then there’s the flirting which Classic Doctors would never ever do. I blame the TV movie for making the Doctor more human and definitely RTD with Tennant’s Doctor. The face pulling and fake cockney accent really grated on me with the annoying g catchphrases. I don’t understand why people like Tennant. Peter Capaldi got hate because he was older and the ageism of fans was sadly there along with new Who fans who hadn’t seen Classic Who and so didn’t understand that Capaldi was channelling the authentic version of the Doctor. I’m not keen on RTD. I hate his version. He has to bring too much fantasy and soap opera elements into the show.
See you for WW3
Congrats Ugo, you now know who Harriet Jones is. This will be important for later.
Oh jeez, the Slitheen. I’m honestly surprised the revival did as well as it did given how ridiculous this two parter was. My first episode was thankfully The Empty Child and I’m SO glad. If I’d started at the beginning and got to these episodes, I might have given up LOL! 😂
You forget episode 6 was after the two parter and no spoils for the guy watching but we all know how well recieved that one is
The easiest way to think of it is that the TARDIS doesn't always take the Doctor where he wants to go, but it always takes him where he NEEDS to go.
And don't expect to see Kate Lethbridge-Stewart for a LONG time. I'm talking like 8 or 9 seasons. They mention her dad the Brigadier several times though (I think they did so in this episode), so keep your eyes/ears out for that. :)
Her first episode is The Power of Three, series 7. 8 and 9 are Capaldi seasons, she debuts with Smith
I was trying to be a little misleading and avoid specifics so that it would be a surprise when she does pop up, but I'm sure some people would want to know, so thanks.
Can’t believe space pig becomes the main character after this
Spoilers he doesn't need to know that the entire second season is about space pigs 😊
They're Sletheen from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorious.
gotta reteach my phone how to spell Raxacoricofallapatorious 😂. Haven't forgotten how to say it. As much as I hate fart jokes I do like the Sletheen
Please do not judge this show by the Slitheen lol
He watched Space Babies and didn’t quit, there’s no NuWho episode that could make him quit now.
@@Longshanks1690 lmao this is so true
@@Longshanks1690Wait for Love & Monsters.
@@mayotango1317 2/3 of L&M is actually good tho.
Not the show's finest moment. I stopped watching after this, but a repeat of a future episode of this series showed me it could be better.
unfortunately kate’s not in it until series 7 of new who 😢😢
But why spoil?
Shhhh! Spoilers sweetie!
potential spoiler, keep away, ugo ;)
let's rather not talk about naoko mori and penelope wilton.
*shhh*
Why?
@@Longshanks1690 because it may spoil future characters and plots if everybody blasts out their facts about torchwood again he hasn't even seen j yet
@@justarandomguy2424 what's this torchwood? speaking of spoilers. Shush.
The mentioning that she is Torchwood is not spoiler. That’s in your face on the very poster of the show, in the first 5 minutes of the show.
Have you seen parting of the ways I sobed throught the whole ending.
No spoilers!!!