Just want to say since I feel we didn’t in the discussion: Rewatching these episodes has been a lovely way of re-exploring childhood and a lovely little period of TV history. Something that was so fundamental to all of our growth and choosing our future careers. To get to dive back through it all before we get slapped in the face with adulthood in the form of the 60th was a great experience. Even greater was experiencing it with an audience which we genuinely never expected to gain from this silly little side hobby and it’s been hugely rewarding and given motivation to keep editing these sometimes when I really couldn’t face it. Basically, thank you guys and thank you Doctor Who for all you’ve given me over the years and all you’ve shaped who I am and why I do what I do. ROLL ON THE 60TH! Also, we will be back… rest assured. We don’t know when but we will.
i’m blaming you guys for my random outbursts of ‘doctor! my HOUSE’ of an awful mr. copper impression - anyways i love this series and i can’t wait to see where yall go!!
I’m actually very sad that this series is now over. I enjoyed every second of it, I hope it comes back someday to do Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi’s eras
“This song is ending… but the story never ends.” I do not have the words to express how much I love this moment. For a while now, they have been teasing the Doctor’s death, and ok we’ll just pretend we don’t know Matt Smith was already cast in a meta sense, but that’s what the text of the show has been building up. That “his song” represents his life and he’s going to die. The final, definitive end for the Doctor but he survived everything this episode threw at him, but he’s still succumbing and about to regenerate. So in retrospect, that line seems like a lie as he was never going to die forever but then Ood Sigma (male) upends our understanding of it entirely by revealing that the Doctor isn’t the song, but Ten was. But the story, or total life of the Doctor? That never ends, and even though we’re saying goodbye to Ten, it’s not the end of the Doctor. I honestly consider these the last words of RTD1, not “I don’t wanna go.” Those are painful enough on their own, especially since the Doctor spent however long going through all his companions to see them all one last time to get some peace, closure and, “his reward.” Even more tragic given how elated he was to survive Rassilon only to have to give his own life up to save Wilf. But there is a regret and pessimism in those final words I don’t want to associate with Ten’s final moments, even though they were key aspects of his character. But Sigma’s final words are what I want to associate with the end of the running of one of my favourite eras of TV ever, that just because one chapter or song is over doesn’t mean the story is anywhere close to done.
Started off by watching your old YTPs a few years ago and have watched worst of the worst since the start (hard to believe it’s been over a year). Thanks for a great year of doctor who reacting lads good luck with your next project!
First off, thank you all for the great videos. If the insult to Wilf you're talking about is the Doctor saying Wilf isn't remotely important. I think it's supposed to be sarcasm since Wilf is extremely important when it comes to the four knocks prophecy and "waiting for [the Doctor] all this time" etc. I'm probably wrong, but that's what I came to think when I rewatched it a few years ago.
There are few moments of visual storytelling I love in media more than the Doctor taking his gun from Wilf when realising that the Time Lords are coming back. Ever since S1, the Doctor has been vague about Galifrey but the image we’re left with is a peaceful, prosperous, beautiful, majestic place ruled over by serene, noble guardians of time. Knowledge of Classic Who would probably have offered a different perspective to NuWho only audiences but still, it was the Doctor’s home and its loss weighs extremely heavy on him, and there was always the underlying implication that he wanted to return to them. He wanted Galifrey back, he wanted to see the Time Lords again, that was the takeaway we were left with after four series of hearing him talk about his home. What we were also left with is that the Doctor despises violence and weapons. Again, something that was there in Classic Who but from 9 onwards, his adversity towards it was much more informed by his then recent decision to destroy Galifrey and Skaro both. He hates violence because he hates himself and what he’s had to do. He was a soldier and he fought like one, but he doesn’t want to do that anymore. He wants to be the man who never would, even if in his heart he knows he was the man who was and did. Even when faces with the prospect of his own death and self-preservation, he puts the gun back in Wilf’s hands rather than take it up. These are two essential facts of the Doctor’s character as established by RTD1, so the obvious thought is that when he’s told Galifrey could come back, he will be overjoyed that his people will return… but he’s not. He gasps. Ok, he looks afraid, but maybe he’s just shocked? Then he picks up the gun he just told Wilf he would never use. The symbol of everything he’s been rejecting for so long, the personification of all the violence he wanted to atone for. Whatever the threat of the Time Lords is, he considers it so severe that he’s going to be forced to kill in order to stop them. It’s one simple scene, it’s one simple extension of David’s hand towards the prop… but the weight, significance and power of what that gesture represents for the Doctor as a character? So much is conveyed in that one moment that I cannot express in ten thousand words of pretentious over-explanation. It is a moment in fiction that I always come back to as the textbook example of how to handle visual storytelling, it is masterfully done and a defining moment for Ten, the Doctor and Doctor Who as a show.
@@RyanDishonOh for sure, I didn’t even take the rest of that scene into account which is beyond S Tier content, just that moment but it’s all phenomenal
guys this series has been amazing, thanks for all ur work and hope you return soon, eleventh hour goes hard. also what do u lot think of the star beast ive seen alot of negativity online which i dont get i thought it was great.
Thought it was really fun. The sorta thing we needed to get back into the swing of things. Nothing too fancy or exciting but just a rly fun time. All hail the Meep
@@RyanDishon exactly my sentiment nothing mind blowing but a simple romp that kept me entertained the whole runtime. ppl just mad because it's apparently to woke now or whatever, mongs 😭
@@RyanDishon ye that’s fair enough you can’t really do a commentary when you haven’t seen the content previously. But maybe when you’ve all solidly formed your opinions on the specials. Loved the watch through x
I really hope this isn’t the end of WOTW. 🥺 I know the aim of this project was just to recap RTD1 in prep for the 60th and S15 - no one is calling it S1, Russell, gtfo of here with that dumbass noise - but this has quickly become one of my favourite channels on TH-cam and I would not want to see such a unique channel go to waste just because its main goal is done. Covering episodes as they come out now, obviously, in whatever form that suits you. But also SJA and Torchwood rewatches, as well as maybe extending into Moffat’s era and the Dark Times one day. Do as you see fit but I really hope you guys aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. 🫶🏻
Just want to say since I feel we didn’t in the discussion:
Rewatching these episodes has been a lovely way of re-exploring childhood and a lovely little period of TV history. Something that was so fundamental to all of our growth and choosing our future careers. To get to dive back through it all before we get slapped in the face with adulthood in the form of the 60th was a great experience. Even greater was experiencing it with an audience which we genuinely never expected to gain from this silly little side hobby and it’s been hugely rewarding and given motivation to keep editing these sometimes when I really couldn’t face it.
Basically, thank you guys and thank you Doctor Who for all you’ve given me over the years and all you’ve shaped who I am and why I do what I do. ROLL ON THE 60TH!
Also, we will be back… rest assured. We don’t know when but we will.
i’m blaming you guys for my random outbursts of ‘doctor! my HOUSE’ of an awful mr. copper impression - anyways i love this series and i can’t wait to see where yall go!!
I’m actually very sad that this series is now over. I enjoyed every second of it, I hope it comes back someday to do Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi’s eras
Maaaaaaybe ;)
Thank you Tribe of Gum and Mr. Copper, this was a fantastic way to re-experience the RTD1 era!
“This song is ending… but the story never ends.”
I do not have the words to express how much I love this moment. For a while now, they have been teasing the Doctor’s death, and ok we’ll just pretend we don’t know Matt Smith was already cast in a meta sense, but that’s what the text of the show has been building up. That “his song” represents his life and he’s going to die. The final, definitive end for the Doctor but he survived everything this episode threw at him, but he’s still succumbing and about to regenerate. So in retrospect, that line seems like a lie as he was never going to die forever but then Ood Sigma (male) upends our understanding of it entirely by revealing that the Doctor isn’t the song, but Ten was. But the story, or total life of the Doctor? That never ends, and even though we’re saying goodbye to Ten, it’s not the end of the Doctor.
I honestly consider these the last words of RTD1, not “I don’t wanna go.” Those are painful enough on their own, especially since the Doctor spent however long going through all his companions to see them all one last time to get some peace, closure and, “his reward.” Even more tragic given how elated he was to survive Rassilon only to have to give his own life up to save Wilf. But there is a regret and pessimism in those final words I don’t want to associate with Ten’s final moments, even though they were key aspects of his character. But Sigma’s final words are what I want to associate with the end of the running of one of my favourite eras of TV ever, that just because one chapter or song is over doesn’t mean the story is anywhere close to done.
Well this was my second favourite piece of doctor who content to drop today
Which one first tho?
@@jamiethompson4478 just some fun, low stakes side story about a young girl encountering a little Meep
Started off by watching your old YTPs a few years ago and have watched worst of the worst since the start (hard to believe it’s been over a year). Thanks for a great year of doctor who reacting lads good luck with your next project!
Thank you! 😮
First off, thank you all for the great videos. If the insult to Wilf you're talking about is the Doctor saying Wilf isn't remotely important. I think it's supposed to be sarcasm since Wilf is extremely important when it comes to the four knocks prophecy and "waiting for [the Doctor] all this time" etc. I'm probably wrong, but that's what I came to think when I rewatched it a few years ago.
Now we wait for Moffat to be showrunner again for the show to return
There are few moments of visual storytelling I love in media more than the Doctor taking his gun from Wilf when realising that the Time Lords are coming back.
Ever since S1, the Doctor has been vague about Galifrey but the image we’re left with is a peaceful, prosperous, beautiful, majestic place ruled over by serene, noble guardians of time. Knowledge of Classic Who would probably have offered a different perspective to NuWho only audiences but still, it was the Doctor’s home and its loss weighs extremely heavy on him, and there was always the underlying implication that he wanted to return to them. He wanted Galifrey back, he wanted to see the Time Lords again, that was the takeaway we were left with after four series of hearing him talk about his home.
What we were also left with is that the Doctor despises violence and weapons. Again, something that was there in Classic Who but from 9 onwards, his adversity towards it was much more informed by his then recent decision to destroy Galifrey and Skaro both. He hates violence because he hates himself and what he’s had to do. He was a soldier and he fought like one, but he doesn’t want to do that anymore. He wants to be the man who never would, even if in his heart he knows he was the man who was and did. Even when faces with the prospect of his own death and self-preservation, he puts the gun back in Wilf’s hands rather than take it up.
These are two essential facts of the Doctor’s character as established by RTD1, so the obvious thought is that when he’s told Galifrey could come back, he will be overjoyed that his people will return… but he’s not. He gasps. Ok, he looks afraid, but maybe he’s just shocked?
Then he picks up the gun he just told Wilf he would never use. The symbol of everything he’s been rejecting for so long, the personification of all the violence he wanted to atone for. Whatever the threat of the Time Lords is, he considers it so severe that he’s going to be forced to kill in order to stop them.
It’s one simple scene, it’s one simple extension of David’s hand towards the prop… but the weight, significance and power of what that gesture represents for the Doctor as a character? So much is conveyed in that one moment that I cannot express in ten thousand words of pretentious over-explanation.
It is a moment in fiction that I always come back to as the textbook example of how to handle visual storytelling, it is masterfully done and a defining moment for Ten, the Doctor and Doctor Who as a show.
One of the best scenes in the whole show - acting, writing, music
@@RyanDishonOh for sure, I didn’t even take the rest of that scene into account which is beyond S Tier content, just that moment but it’s all phenomenal
guys this series has been amazing, thanks for all ur work and hope you return soon, eleventh hour goes hard. also what do u lot think of the star beast ive seen alot of negativity online which i dont get i thought it was great.
Really fun. A nice welcome back to the show I thought
Thought it was really fun. The sorta thing we needed to get back into the swing of things. Nothing too fancy or exciting but just a rly fun time. All hail the Meep
@@RyanDishon exactly my sentiment nothing mind blowing but a simple romp that kept me entertained the whole runtime. ppl just mad because it's apparently to woke now or whatever, mongs 😭
😢
We have now watched the first special...
And it was amazing
Would you guys not do RTD2?
Maybe in the future but not for our first watch through of it cos we wouldn’t be able to focus on it due to making commentary 😂
@@RyanDishon ye that’s fair enough you can’t really do a commentary when you haven’t seen the content previously. But maybe when you’ve all solidly formed your opinions on the specials. Loved the watch through x
I really hope this isn’t the end of WOTW. 🥺
I know the aim of this project was just to recap RTD1 in prep for the 60th and S15 - no one is calling it S1, Russell, gtfo of here with that dumbass noise - but this has quickly become one of my favourite channels on TH-cam and I would not want to see such a unique channel go to waste just because its main goal is done.
Covering episodes as they come out now, obviously, in whatever form that suits you. But also SJA and Torchwood rewatches, as well as maybe extending into Moffat’s era and the Dark Times one day.
Do as you see fit but I really hope you guys aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. 🫶🏻
Thank you for all your insightful words and analyses - they have been a highlight of the series, awaiting the next comment.
@@RyanDishon To days to come, and all my love to long ago. ❤