Here we are, probably the most polarizing season of Who. I hope everyone can respect people's opinions in the comments. In the words of the Twelfth Doctor: "Just be kind."
Some people have speculated that the words of the Twelfth Doctor to his next self to above all be kind is the main thing that stuck subconsciously with her and that's why this incarnation of the Doctor is more open and kind. I thought that was an interesting thought.
I'd watch your reaction to any Doctor Who related material - as I have done with every video you've posted so far (...no idea how many there have been now - or how many hours it's taken me to watch them all!) I just hope your positivity towards the show prevails regardless of any "haters" out there.
Both my wife and I became so disinterested in the Doctor and her companions this season-none of them are memorable-that we stopped watching about halfway through. We still don't know what happens in the latter half.
"Fam". I've done a little bit of stage acting (community theater, a very little bit of television) and I can see, with my own eyes, Bradley Walsh, whom I have never met, pouring his heart into the role. Just watched the series 12 finale, and have no reason to change my opinion. Shout out also to Tosin Cole ("Ryan Sinclair") and Mandip Gill ("Yazmine Khan"), for exactly the same reason. There are so many 13 haters out there. Goddamn it, look at them go!
Jodie definitely had some moments where she seemed really cool and "doctory". Just by the end of the season I was screaming in my head "OMG JUST LET HER DO SOMETHING COOL". Great casting, just kinda lost sight of the fact that the doctor is the main character :/ I think she's actually made me laugh more consistently than any of the others, which was a good surprise for me!
It was a writing issue. The new head of DW Chibnall is quite good at writing dialogue that sounds good. Like with Graham for instance, he was a main reason I didnt quit series 11, but for me it was the lack of Aliens. I geuinely like the campy scooby doo method of pulling off the mask and revealing its actually aliens not supernatural threats. The quote of 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' thats how the best who stories are written. with aliens technology being thought to be magic.
Series 11 had a very large budget with all new cameras, all new writers, an all new show runner, and all new actors. It's why there's such a severe jerk in "feel" when one goes from Series 10 to Series 11. Edit: I also forgot to mention how they increased how long the episodes are, which generates a bit of a shift in Pacing and story structure.
@@ArlanKels I believe the cameras themselves were the same but the big change they bragged about was the shift to anamorphic lenses. That's what's really pushing the cinematic look. Bigger field of vision especially on background elements, horizontal lens flaring, that sort of stuff. I think it looks good on standard shots but I feel like the push for a cinematic look really makes the TV budget CG stand out more. The move to HD cameras have already made production shy about using practical effects since lower resolutions might hide seams or fudged details. Which is a shame, bc DW provides such a broad canvas for costume and scale model artists. The fact that the frog was an actual puppet in episode 9 made me so happy that it saved that whole episode for me.
@@ArlanKels S11 didn't have a large budget. From what I can tell it had the same budget to work with as S10. The BBC itself is currently in a funding crisis which isn't helping matters. It doesn't really matter though because anything they could spend would be peanuts compared to the big US programmes. OK, It's not quite as bad as it was in 1989 when one whole season of Doctor Who cost the same amount as a single episode of Star Trek The Next Generation but Doctor Who continues to have an uphill battle putting the cash they don't have on screen! They concentrated their resources for S11 by having fewer but longer episodes. Also this thrice damned 18 month production schedule is another method Cardiff are using to try and garner more resources to pour into the episodes. Their fear is that they could look left behind by other stuff on TV/Netflix. It was that factor of looking cheap and tired that got Classic Who killed off. The fact people think they have a big budget shows the plan must be working to some degree.
ZombieMom73 This is a meh season, not amazing but not terrible. The big issue was a lot of it felt lazy. In hindsight, still cleaner writing than some parts of GoT
The problem for a lot of people is that it doesn't really feel like Doctor Who. Every time there's a new Doctor they always bring something new to the table, but 13 has no features that relate to just her Doctor. Not to mention that for the first female Doctor, they really needed to play it safe because for over 50 years some fans have come to know that The Doctor is a man. If they were going to have a female Doctor, they should have made her first season VERY reminiscent of popular older episodes, by either following similar story beats or bringing back old villains, to get the message across that the show is still Doctor Who. Seeing how 10's era was the most popular since 4's, I'd say follow the structure of his episodes. Episode 1: meet new companion and face new aliens. Episode 2+3: one episode is in the far future relating to the future of mankind, the other is a historic episode with a famous historical figure and a reimagining of a fairytale creature. Episode 4 and 5 are a two-parter with an old villain returning. Etc etc etc. Series 11 had a lot of missteps when it comes to keeping the fans on board, so the fact it's so decisive should come to no surprise. I'm not saying 'myah, you must hate Chib and Whit if you TrUe fan', but i'm merely saying why this series was so divisive, and that's ignoring the sudden focus on bluntly told political stories that drove a lot of people away too (I mean, compare Planet of the Ood to Rosa, which contained similar political themes.)
@@epiccarrot88 'Rosa' isn't a sci-fi metaphor about discrimination/slavery though, it's a historical/educational story (with a bolted on sci-fi element). That's actually _very_ reminiscent of older episodes (classic Who, particularly in the early days, used to do it quite often). 'Rosa's also not a political episode in any way that makes sense to me. Treating human beings as, y'know, human beings is beyond politics surely ? I don't say that to be self-righteous BTW, I just literally mean it's not a left/right issue (although elements of both the left and right might try to make us believe it is). I broadly agree though that they maybe made series 11 a bit _too_ different, given they had to sell some fans on the big difference of a female Doctor. Mostly though I just think Chris Chibnall's not that good a writer of sci-fi.
@@anonymes2884 I know that older episodes used to do that, but there's a reason those kinds of episodes never made it past the First Doctor. Doctor Who has always been about sci-fi metaphors. Even Vincent and the Doctor had the metaphor of the alien being in the same shoes as Vincent, with both suffering from depression and being lost alone in a world they don't understand. Doctor Who has grown since the historical episodes, and found its niche. Doctor Who's niche for politics was vague sci-fi metaphors, and that's how it's been for ages. And no, Rosa and what happened in her life aren't political. However, making all the white people villains even though white people at the time would be arrested if they didn't go along with the black racism is political. A space racist saying 'this is where it all went wrong' is also political. They're very clear metaphors for Chib's political opinions because they're so not Doctor Who.
I agree about the acting(I am a thespian as well) aspect. Peter brought that certain extra to it that elevated even the episodes I was not fond of. David Tennant did that brilliantly as well.
@@adzinco6916 Opinion. By the end of the season her character was getting much more fleshed out. Most Doctors take at least their first season to become who they're going to be.
I'm sure everyone will hang around to see what your take on it all is going to be. I didn't hate this season from the get-go. I perceived that there were elements that were lacking, but assumed and trusted that they would gradually be built up as the season progressed. It took quite a while for me to realise that this wasn't ever going to happen, and that's when the energy started to drain out of me. But with Doctor Who it's only ever a matter of waiting for the next big change to take place and for a whole new take on the show to begin, so we never have to completely despair. And at least there's the cinematic quality and the fabulous Graham to enjoy!
@JustSoShayla, you would probably love Capaldi's first movie, Local Hero, from 1984. I think he had done a little bit of small-time theater but this was his first time in front of a camera (he was friends with the director, Bill Forsyth). He absolutely nails his role in it. The movie itself is delightful, about a midlevel executive from a Texas oil company (Peter Riegart) sent by the crazy, astrology obsessed CEO (Burt Lancaster, in his last film role) to Scotland to try to buy an entire town and the beautiful bay it's built on, for the purposes of building an oil terminal. Capaldi stars as his "local" guide, who, though Scottish, is an URBAN scotsman, and knows as little about navigating small-town rural Scotland as his American counterpart. It's WONDERFUL.
One good thing they did was him the effects budget by quite a lot. The CGI is now movie quality, which might give that "it's like watching a movie" feel.
I know you'll have already done/not done it, but I really hope Demons of the Punjab is on the list for this season. My favourite of the season by a long distance.
Night Bot, Doctor Who has been “political” since the literal beginning of the show. Just because you don’t agree with the message doesn’t make it wrong, or something new. It’s not even new for the rebooted Doctor Who! And those two episodes were great, imho. Showing that small actions in the moment can make huge difference historically.
Personally, I love Jodie's Doctor and her companions. I just didn't always like what they did with them. I loved a few eps and the special. I just wish they more embraced the alien-ness of the show and had more than TWO memorable villains
@@IG7799-c4u Struggling a bit myself. Tim Shaw is pretty memorable IMO (not because he's a particularly great villain but because the tooth-face thing makes him memorably gross). The others range from Fonzy McBland to not very memorable to memorable but not actually a villain as such.
@@stevencrighton6890 Yaz was very thinly written IMO, after 10 episodes I barely felt like I knew her any better than after the first 10 minutes of episode 1. It felt like 3 companions was too many given everything else the writers had to do (introduce a new Doctor etc.) and unfortunately she got the short end of the stick.
I think the casting this season is great. Some really good stories mixed in, some clunkers as well. My biggest issue with this season is that every episode is a stand alone story. There is no attention paid to tying together an overall story arc. I'll wait to judge until the entire story is told of course, because for all we know next season will pull everything together.
Not sure how far in you are, but this season I did start to love. It's just the previous seasons set the bar so damn high, it felt just different. But I certainly do still love this season, even if it wasn't near that magical bar in the sky.
Her death came too soon imo, she needed to have more development in order for her death to have much more impact on not only the characters but us, the viewers. There wasn't enough time invested in her character, especially since she was evidently meant to be one of the focal team members in this episode. It was sad, but I felt quite ready to move on and accept it without much of an issue.
She reminds me of #9 Eccleston. I really with they kept something from last season to stitch this to the previous seasons. It's easier to connect when we have a companion or a familiar setting or villain.
This is why people should've held off on talking about season 11 in the comments before you watched it. Because everyone talked about how much they hated it, it messes with your expectations. All the doom and gloom makes you think you're going to watch a disaster and you end up watching a perfectly fine episode. Just hearing you talk about Peter at the start, I was thinking how great it'd be just to watch a video of you chatting about Doctor Who for a long time. Then you said you were planning a Q&A and I got very excited. :) I'm really looking forward to that. The different feel was definitely one of the things a lot of people mentioned when this aired, so I think everyone will agree with you on that. Anyway, I'm definitely still interested in seeing where your opinions take you and ... peace out, girl scout!
I had reservations about this Doctor but it turned out that I really liked her. It does feel different and that's okay. I think you will enjoy episode 2. Great ending to it. Episode 3 may be one of the best episodes in all of Doctor Who. Episode 6 is also up there. Episode 7 is a lot of fun. Hope you like them.
I loved hearing your thoughts on Peter's run at the beginning. I do wish people wouldn't go on and on about how terrible this season is though, since I'm worried it will colour your opinion of it before you've even given it a chance. I think it has some really good moments even if it isn't particularly cohesive or consistent as a whole and tbh I think nostalgia has made a lot of people forget how rough the earlier seasons could be too.
Exactly. I don't think episodes in this season are any worse than those that appeared in the first two-and-a-half seasons, or some of those filler episodes in 6, 7, or 8. Overall, I'd place it above seasons 1 and 2, and maybe on par with 6 or 7 (which had some incredible episodes and some I'd be happy to never watch again).
The main problem of Jodie's Doctor is that when Chibnall try to write funny, he end up on silly or even dumb and the others showrunners master the funny part. I still love Jodie.
If it was me, I would have hired people who actually wanted to work on this show. I would have spent the story arch around the Doctor finding the Tardis. Just on a ship, finding the Tardis. Instead we have a blue predator who has a tooth fetish.
Not as bad as people say. I won't rave about it, but I think the noise you heard about S11 is in reality what you hear EVERY YEAR. Only real exception was series 4. Everyone called time on the show after Peters 1st episode, and Matts...Even the BBC...True story! There's something about WHO, and the wait for it that sends expectations through the roof and people are always disapointed...But a few years later they look back on a series they hated more fondly - And I think what proves that is that binge watchers like yourself never get as negative as us fans who started out in 2005.
I love the entire season 11 cast. I like the concepts of some history-based episodes (Rosa Parks was pretty well handled). But I find the writing dull, mostly "safe", and rarely the fun/zany side of Who. I hope the writers give Jodie and her team more to do next series!
That'd be a hell of a commitment! I'd LOVE Shayla to do it, but that's a big chunk of her life to invest! In the meantime there's the reactors Sesskasays and Marie-Clare's World churning their way though the 60s era.
The whole Production equipment was changed Cameras, Audio unfortunately you never noticed. I Really enjoyed Series 11 because they went back to Classic Doctor Who with TRUE Events from History. I think you will like it.
But Agatha Christie's disappearance in Series 4 was also a true event from History at the heart of an episode... And which episodes of Series 11 besides *spoilers* the 3rd one had for focal point true events? Do you mean the Penjab one?
@Elle Sinky. Sorry, but the only true fact in that story was that she disappeared. Everything else was fiction. Series 11 went the other way round. They told a totally true story in Episode 3 and used a minor subplot to explain why the Doctor and Companions were there. The same applies to Episode 6. Because of Spoilers I can say nothing about Episode 8.
This series personally isn't my favorite, but I think the fact that you went into it expecting the worst will help you appreciate the good things about it. It honestly could have been much worse. I'm like you, I like to stay positive. I hope you keep that up while watching S11
I *really* want you to watch Torchwood at some point. I know it's been a long time since Jack was in the show, but it's real easy to pick up when you know the timeline. Torchwood Season 1 takes place in parallel with Season 3 of Doctor who, then the seasons are Parallel from there onward. The only problem with Torchwood is finding a place to *legally* watch it. (Dailymotion is where I watch it but it's in 360p).
Putlocker, watchseries and couchtuner. My go to method today is to either use the android apk's Showbox or Cyberflix TV. One advert at best, great content library and easy to search.
Or you could you know, buy the boxset which costs like £20. Granted that may of course not be an option due to financial reasons for some. But if you can afford it, buy the boxset and support the studios and companies that make the shows/films we love.
@@Sam-mi9wi I live in the UK. I watch mainly American TV shows and don't want spoilers. If it ever comes it's at least 2 months later. I watch Who live. The only UK show I watch.
Not exactly parallel from then on. There was no Torchwood in 2010. They skipped a year. It basically goes; - DW Series 3/TW Series 1 - DW Series 4/TW Series 2 - DW Specials/TW: Children of Earth - DW Series 5 - DW Series 6/TW: Miracle Day
I love the 13th Doctor so far. I liked every episode this season but I don't think the episodes added up to a satisfying season. This season though has some absolute gems.
I recall Neil Gaiman (the author and screenwriter) offering his positives via Twitter about the new season of Doctor Who... and then some rando guy tried to lay into him, trying to put Neil down as a "New Who" fan who doesn't know any better. At which point the rando was educated on who Neil Gaiman is and the fact that he has written for the Doctor Who series in addition to his other works. Let your own feelings guide you and don't jump the gun because people are trying to tell you that they know better about this show.
I really hope Neil Gaiman writes another episode for Doctor Who some day, as I honestly think hes one of, if not the best writer of our time. They haven't announced the guest writers for series 12 yet, and as you say ge liked series 11, so heres hoping... 🤞🤞🤞
As much as I also feel that a lot of this season can be described as filler, there are a couple of amazing episodes in there, like Demons of the Punjab, Rosa, Kerblam, and It Takes You Away (which is probably in my top three favourite DW episodes). Plus, Jodie is amazing :P
I love Jodie as the Doctor, love Graham as a companion (don't feel the other two has gotten enough development yet, I don't really have an opinion on them). The weak part of this season is the writing, and I'm not a fan of the lack of a proper seasonal arc. I'm still hopeful for season 12, I think maybe they will have learned from their mistakes and do better. Bring back some past monsters, have an actual seasonal arc, etc.
Not the best writing, but I personally think she is great as The Doctor. 11 is still my favorite, and certain aspects of her personality remind me of him. "Rosa" is probably one of the best episodes of this first season.
I like 13, Jodie's take on the Doctor's eccentricity is nigh perfect IMO but I do wish there was just a _smidge_ more of the edge Smith or Capaldi had (which she could absolutely play BTW, it's just not what 13's like - she's a friendlier, less prickly Doctor than we've had before. She is, in short, exactly what 12 asked his next incarnation to be). Maybe we'll see it in series 12.
I think the biggest issue in characterization is that the Thirteenth Doctor is too nice. She doesn't take command when she walks into a room. As the great Terrance Dicks has said, "The best Doctors must also be seen as a potential villain."
What you said at 6:18 about positivity; that's one of the reasons I love your Doctor Who reactions. Because even when you're reacting to one of the few episodes I didn't enjoy, you can see the positive things about that episode that I might have not properly acknowledged, and that makes it enjoyable. That's why I'm gonna be sticking around for these reactions, even though S11 wasn't the strongest season ever. And that's another thing: S11 isn't the best, but it's nowhere near as bad as people say it is, and it's definitely not the death of Doctor Who. _The Death of Doctor Who_ was episode 34 of Classic season 2.
after so many emotions and suffering we will see this new doctor sorry for just commenting now i love you i see all your videos doctor who please continue i don't know why youtube doesn't send me notifications:(
Capaldi was brilliant! That's the biggest hurdle for Jodie's Doctor. I enjoyed this season (mostly). The writing was a bit weak as far as character development. I think they left a lot on the table. It was obvious to me that they tried too hard to distance themselves from the Moffat era. Hopefully, they've learned that if it ain't broke...
I mean, I get it. Moffat also tried very very hard to ignore the Davies era. And honestly, for me the Moffat era wasn't all that amazing either, lots of friends of mine grew tired of DW mid-Moffat, as did I. Most of them stopped watching altogether. They just weren't as loudmouthed about it as some people now.
I also "didn't hate" this episode as well as the next 2. I went into with an open mind. But starting from episode 4, some episodes I really didn't like, some I was kind of "Meh!" about. Took a loooong pause then finished up to episode 11. I'm committed to finishing the whole series but I do have to make an effort. Series 11 didn't hold together as a whole creative piece, I felt overall kinda bored and that it was lacking.
When I watched this episode for the first time I wasn't overly impressed, but I thought it was a good start. It just never really lifts off though, for me it goes downhill with a few honourable moments that are good, but overall fails to deliver. I do think the issue is with Chibnall.
They seemed to try to modernise the fuck out of the production and lost most of the charm of the show. If this was the pilot season I think it would have been lucky to be renewed.
@@Nemophilist850 Beg to disagree. BBC has been locked in a ratings war ever since the advent of commercial television. Currently stuck with having to make thousands of pounds worth of cuts the only way they can justify spending on the non public service part of the operation is by demonstrating that shows are popular with the general public. Those that are not get shunted to weird times/channels or disappear altogether. Funding is a major issue, hence so many collaborations now with HBO and others. My feeling is that with any show (not just Dr Who) the BBC are more interested in the number of people who watch rather than with viewer involvement. Having said that I must admit that the BBC are prepared to give shows a second chance (I doubt if Blackadder would have been given a second season by any commercial company).
Rip Kebab man. You sacrificed your lettuce for the greater good. I was waiting for the intro for about 30 minutes into this episode before I realised they weren't going to play it.
I missed it personally. The new theme arrangement and intro sequence is one of the bits I enjoy about a new Doctor (course we got the theme at the end of ep 1 and the new intro next episode so not a massive wait but still...).
This is a fine season of Doctor Who. Some good episodes. Some not so good. Jodie and the companions are phenomenal, at least in my humble opinion. And one or two episodes are in my top 10 of New Who.
I feel like at least the part of this season that I've seen suffers foremost from a "too many companions" problem; no one feels like they get enough time to get me to care about them enough except for Graham. While I haven't seen how it ends yet, for the sake of the series as a whole, I'm hoping they eventually solve it the way they did for the 5th Doctor.
Season 11 is pretty different, but I personally liked it. In a lot of ways it actually reminded me of Classic Who (with better special effects). Jodie is absolutely delightful as the Doctor. I went into the season expecting to like her, but figuring I'd need a few episodes to get used to her and really start seeing her as the Doctor. The moment she popped up on screen I was like, "Boom! The Doctor's here!" and that was that. She's currently my third favorite, behind Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. I really like the companions this season as well. I'm curious to see what you think of this TARDIS team. :)
@@lukerose384, I really hope so too. I'm looking for a mixture of Davies and Moffat era stuff, with some of his own stuff added. That's effectively what Moffat did. Took Russell's structure, and gave it his own twist.
Watching this a second time makes me realize this is one of the better episodes of the season. And fans saw a lot of potential in the characters like you probably do right now. What happened in the writing going forward is for you to analyze....
Well here we are ... I’m personally not a big fan of S11 but I think this is a pretty good opener for the season . I think it introduces the new companions aswell Jodie’s Doctor well , I liked Ryan’s Grandma so I was kinda sad that she was killed off . I also like the atmosphere and cinematic nature of the episode . This is probably the best the show has ever looked.
DW GEEK yeah you kinda hit the nail on the head there’s it’s chibnall, I just think his writing and stories are so juvenile and like he’s saying “do you get what it means?” All the time, whereas originally the show was so great because the stories were memorable and so you took on the lessons without even realizing, now it’s like a show for brainwashing toddlers. I also don’t really like Jodie, but I suspect that’s not her fault and if she was briefed properly and given time she could make a really great Doctor-character, as it stands though she spent a whole season doing Matt Smith’s greatest hits without any real sense of her even wanting to put her own spin on the iconic character, so disappointing.
This is not the greatest series of Dw but I really enjoyed non the less. There's some really great moments in this series and I really hope you like them. I just want to say that some people could be really loud when it comes to hating on something which can make you think that the majority hated this series but in reality the majority enjoyed series 11 but obviously they thought that it could've been better as did I.
Sara The Røcker - agreed! This series got an incredible amount of hate online, but as with most things, the dislikers and haters are more VISIBLE for some reason. Same thing with xenophobia and hate towards LGBTQ+ individuals. I thoroughly enjoyed this season, but there are of course episodes I liked less than others... Still enjoyed them though, although I won’t go back and rewatch them any time soon. But I have that in all the series.
One thing that makes season 11 bad is that there is no series arc. Bad wolf, doomsday setup, harold saxon, missing planets, 10's death prophecy, the crack, 11s death, impossible girl...things like these....we need them back....
I feel bad that so many people told you this season was terrible cause it's simply not true. It's different yes. A first season for a new Doctor always is. Add to that the new companions, and new showrunner, there are bound to be bumps. But terrible? Not at all.
Hi, here since like season 2 or 3. I'm gonna watch all the way through (I actually liked the newest doctor. Didn't stop watching for a second) Also: The first episode is based in Yorkshire, which is where I'm from. Also, the woman playing the doctor is from West Yorkshire, also like myself. So I felt a huuuge connection to it. But I legitimately enjoyed it all. But describing her character, as in open and everything. Is a sort of description of how here can be described as.
I know it probably isn't, but I really hope episode 9 'It takes you away' is on your list, as its my favourite episode of series 11, and, honestly, up there as one of the best of 'new who' imo.
As someone raised on Classic Who, the only answer I can give to the question "Who's your favourite Doctor?", is "Yes, Who is my favourite Doctor." Although I will admit an inordinate fondness for Jon Pertwee's Doctor, as he was my first.
@@ChelseCreek84 She's usually ahead but she also takes breaks at random points and for arbitrary lengths of time though (sometimes a few days, sometimes a few weeks). You haven't done it so this point is moot but I guess the gist is, if we don't know we should assume she can still be spoiled for any future episodes until we know for sure otherwise.
I loved series 11, it wasnt amazing storywise bar a few amazing eps, but Ryan is one of my favourite companions. Its so amazing to see someone with Dyspraxia on tv and to relate to him so much.
I just wish they didn't conveniently ignore it all the time. It feels more like lip service to the disabled community, but maybe I'm just bitter. I'm glad you love it!
@@aloysiuswhiteboat2934 i dont feel like they ignored it, it came up when it was relevent, like the fact that bill was gay. Eg in kerblam and resolution and obviously winan who fell to earth, ghost Monument with him tripping iver, little touches like that.
_"It reminded me of the movie."_ ~Shayla OMG, I was just going to say that it looked to me like a 90s reboot of Doctor Who. Like they tried with the movie.
I have already touched on this in previous comments, but this season is more to the point of what the classic run of the series was like (singularly standing episodes that aren't tied to a story arc). As I am child of the 70's-80's, when the series was introduced to Americans, this season has a vibe of 'a spirited adventure' with a group of friends. Sure, they seem to stumble into danger inadvertantly every now and then, but they tend to escape unharmed to their next stop on the road, wherever that road takes them.
To be honest, I think this series is just what the show needed after the shaky Steven Moffat era. After a tonne of mixed quality writing, an over-reliance on fan service and deus ex-machinas up the wazoo, we needed a fresh start with a new Doctor and a new showrunner. Something more down-to-earth and simple. This season delivered exactly that.
I agree. There were certainly moments of Smith and Capaldi’s eras that I enjoyed (particularly series 5 and series 10), but the show needed a fresh start and a new identity that would be accessible to new audiences. A lot of people I know stopped watching after David Tennant left and jumped back on board with Jodie Whittaker. So if anything, regardless of quality, the series has been a massive success in terms of attracting new audiences.
Capaldi had a very Classic Doctor vibe. Maybe it was age. Maybe it was the fact that he was such a Who fan to begin with. I'll say this about Classic Who, it swings from good to not good pretty wildly. More so than the modern show. Probably want to check out a few lists of best stories and just pick and choose a few from each Doctor.
Who are the haters? I only see people with perfectly reasonable reasons for liking/disliking the show. If people didn't take notice of people with constructive criticism in life we end up with people churning out the same crap falsely believing it's good. Everyone has a viewpoint and all are equal. To mediate an argument you have to listen to both parties and not just one whilst ignoring the other. It's called bias
@@anonymes2884 fair enough. There are many people out there though with justified well argued points. I myself having been a fan since pertwee was so disappointed in this season. I wasnt a fan of moffatt particularly and thought him better as a writer under Russel t Davies although I still enjoyed a lot of his work so when he announced he was going I was excited. I just felt let down by my expectations I suppose. I know there are a few people that like season 11 more than the previous 10 seasons but for the life of me I just dont understand why. Anyway each to their own, here's hoping season 12 pleases new and old fans in some way...
@@anonymes2884 agreed mostly.. hopefully he will take on board some of the critique and tweak the show a little.... better character development and writing and some old monsters would be a good start. I will continue to watch and see what season 12 has to offer.... as my expectations are quite low, it may surprise me! Touch wood..
12 was probably the best Doctor but 10 is still my fav then 11 for how much older her was while looking the youngest. I don't mind this season and I'd say that I liked it more so for the cast of companions than the 13th who didn't define herself enough to really be invested in but was okay.
I didn't care for the season, but I mostly stopped watching it about 4 episodes in. But curious to see your reaction, watching it with you. And out of all of them, Graham is my favorite, with Ryan a close 2nd.
This is the Doctor after resolving the trauma of the Time War...she knows who she is and what her purpose is...so she is far less conflicted than her previous selves.
@tylerx2f01 Honestly why does a rewatch hold any value for viewers? I don't understand it. Like by all means rewatch the episodes, but why would anyone want to see a reaction? Would a rewatch really be more interesting to you than classic Who reactions? Also who needs a flowchart? It's pretty easy to figure out.
From what I know of Chris Chibnalls style, his arcs unfold over multiple seasons. I expect this series was just the introduction and hints will be developed in later ones.
Holden B. Huffman Not everyone, I’m in a Doctor Who Facebook group and nobody said they knew this would happen, I didn’t know this would happen. And plus she DID appear in the photos before the episode aired, I thought she would only appear in certain episodes.
You should check out the Day of The Doctor novel written by Steven Moffat. There are some extraordinary moments that he adds to the whole story and even ties up some loose ends from his era.
Personally I only truly liked episode 1 and slowly began to hate the rest, but I honestly hope that you like the series, even if I don't. Still gonna watch you either way.
Kerblam!!! was good until the last 10 minutes same with the Witchfinder one. I literally felt the story come to a grinding halt when it was revealed they were aliens. It pulled me right out.
I loved it takes you away but that’s pretty much it. Resolution was not bad and shows Chibnall can write at least and Rosa was meh but the ending was strong
The peak for me was in the 2nd episode when she hoping for the ghost monument / tardis to appear. The only time I came close to having goosebumps this season and for me, the only emotional bit!!
It's impossible to follow (edit: impossible to top) 12/moffat. And Chibnall wanted to bring the show back to basics. At times, it feels like an actual kids show, which is what it was to start with way back when. This change can be hard to swallow for a lot of people (let alone the female doc part), but I was ok with it. I hope you liked it!
Here we are, probably the most polarizing season of Who. I hope everyone can respect people's opinions in the comments. In the words of the Twelfth Doctor: "Just be kind."
Some people have speculated that the words of the Twelfth Doctor to his next self to above all be kind is the main thing that stuck subconsciously with her and that's why this incarnation of the Doctor is more open and kind. I thought that was an interesting thought.
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I'd watch your reaction to any Doctor Who related material - as I have done with every video you've posted so far (...no idea how many there have been now - or how many hours it's taken me to watch them all!) I just hope your positivity towards the show prevails regardless of any "haters" out there.
Keep making up your own mind is the only thing i'd encourage, as mentioned in this video.
Both my wife and I became so disinterested in the Doctor and her companions this season-none of them are memorable-that we stopped watching about halfway through. We still don't know what happens in the latter half.
A drunken northerner throwing salad and an alien is the most accurate thing this show has ever produced.
Bold of you to assume he was drunk, and not just passionately anti-salad...
Lenny Lynch bold of you to assume it had to be an alien for the northerner to throw salad at it
One thing everyone can agree on in series 11, Graham is brilliant.
"You're doin' it mate"
Iconic.
"Fam". I've done a little bit of stage acting (community theater, a very little bit of television) and I can see, with my own eyes, Bradley Walsh, whom I have never met, pouring his heart into the role. Just watched the series 12 finale, and have no reason to change my opinion. Shout out also to Tosin Cole ("Ryan Sinclair") and Mandip Gill ("Yazmine Khan"), for exactly the same reason. There are so many 13 haters out there. Goddamn it, look at them go!
For me the problem lies with the writing of this season, i think Jodie is fantastic and would love to see her with at her full potential season 12!
Jodie definitely had some moments where she seemed really cool and "doctory". Just by the end of the season I was screaming in my head "OMG JUST LET HER DO SOMETHING COOL". Great casting, just kinda lost sight of the fact that the doctor is the main character :/
I think she's actually made me laugh more consistently than any of the others, which was a good surprise for me!
I agree with you
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One of the biggest problems I have with series 11 is that so many great Doctor moments seem to go to Graham instead.
It was a writing issue. The new head of DW Chibnall is quite good at writing dialogue that sounds good. Like with Graham for instance, he was a main reason I didnt quit series 11, but for me it was the lack of Aliens. I geuinely like the campy scooby doo method of pulling off the mask and revealing its actually aliens not supernatural threats. The quote of 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic' thats how the best who stories are written. with aliens technology being thought to be magic.
Na she's garbage.
The one thing that isn't polarizing: We all *Double Heart* Graham.
yassssss
i'm kinda proud for Shayla using the word pissed to refer to a drunk she'll make a true Brit *wipes single tear*
It's pretty common usage in Canada
@@HOTD108_ I mean, it is, it's just that the Commonwealth (and apparently posh parts of the US) are, unsurprisingly, influenced by British English.
@@HOTD108_ I'm Canadian and I have never heard anyone here say it.
Revolver Ocelot well....it is a Brit thing. Just got nicked from us like everything else
Thank you, thank you.
That moment when you realize that the title “The Woman who Fell to Earth” is referring to Grace and not the Doctor.
Oh-
I could have gone my whole life knowing this you tit >:(
Oof
*"Dude that must've cost money!"*
~Shayla 2019
Series 11 had a very large budget with all new cameras, all new writers, an all new show runner, and all new actors.
It's why there's such a severe jerk in "feel" when one goes from Series 10 to Series 11.
Edit: I also forgot to mention how they increased how long the episodes are, which generates a bit of a shift in Pacing and story structure.
@@ArlanKels I believe the cameras themselves were the same but the big change they bragged about was the shift to anamorphic lenses. That's what's really pushing the cinematic look. Bigger field of vision especially on background elements, horizontal lens flaring, that sort of stuff. I think it looks good on standard shots but I feel like the push for a cinematic look really makes the TV budget CG stand out more.
The move to HD cameras have already made production shy about using practical effects since lower resolutions might hide seams or fudged details. Which is a shame, bc DW provides such a broad canvas for costume and scale model artists. The fact that the frog was an actual puppet in episode 9 made me so happy that it saved that whole episode for me.
@@ArlanKels S11 didn't have a large budget. From what I can tell it had the same budget to work with as S10. The BBC itself is currently in a funding crisis which isn't helping matters. It doesn't really matter though because anything they could spend would be peanuts compared to the big US programmes. OK, It's not quite as bad as it was in 1989 when one whole season of Doctor Who cost the same amount as a single episode of Star Trek The Next Generation but Doctor Who continues to have an uphill battle putting the cash they don't have on screen!
They concentrated their resources for S11 by having fewer but longer episodes. Also this thrice damned 18 month production schedule is another method Cardiff are using to try and garner more resources to pour into the episodes. Their fear is that they could look left behind by other stuff on TV/Netflix. It was that factor of looking cheap and tired that got Classic Who killed off. The fact people think they have a big budget shows the plan must be working to some degree.
I didn't hate this season either. In fact, there are some bits that I rather like quite a lot. I hope you enjoy it too!
ZombieMom73 This is a meh season, not amazing but not terrible. The big issue was a lot of it felt lazy. In hindsight, still cleaner writing than some parts of GoT
She won't, it's terrible
The problem for a lot of people is that it doesn't really feel like Doctor Who. Every time there's a new Doctor they always bring something new to the table, but 13 has no features that relate to just her Doctor. Not to mention that for the first female Doctor, they really needed to play it safe because for over 50 years some fans have come to know that The Doctor is a man. If they were going to have a female Doctor, they should have made her first season VERY reminiscent of popular older episodes, by either following similar story beats or bringing back old villains, to get the message across that the show is still Doctor Who. Seeing how 10's era was the most popular since 4's, I'd say follow the structure of his episodes. Episode 1: meet new companion and face new aliens. Episode 2+3: one episode is in the far future relating to the future of mankind, the other is a historic episode with a famous historical figure and a reimagining of a fairytale creature. Episode 4 and 5 are a two-parter with an old villain returning. Etc etc etc. Series 11 had a lot of missteps when it comes to keeping the fans on board, so the fact it's so decisive should come to no surprise.
I'm not saying 'myah, you must hate Chib and Whit if you TrUe fan', but i'm merely saying why this series was so divisive, and that's ignoring the sudden focus on bluntly told political stories that drove a lot of people away too (I mean, compare Planet of the Ood to Rosa, which contained similar political themes.)
@@epiccarrot88 'Rosa' isn't a sci-fi metaphor about discrimination/slavery though, it's a historical/educational story (with a bolted on sci-fi element). That's actually _very_ reminiscent of older episodes (classic Who, particularly in the early days, used to do it quite often). 'Rosa's also not a political episode in any way that makes sense to me. Treating human beings as, y'know, human beings is beyond politics surely ? I don't say that to be self-righteous BTW, I just literally mean it's not a left/right issue (although elements of both the left and right might try to make us believe it is).
I broadly agree though that they maybe made series 11 a bit _too_ different, given they had to sell some fans on the big difference of a female Doctor. Mostly though I just think Chris Chibnall's not that good a writer of sci-fi.
@@anonymes2884 I know that older episodes used to do that, but there's a reason those kinds of episodes never made it past the First Doctor. Doctor Who has always been about sci-fi metaphors. Even Vincent and the Doctor had the metaphor of the alien being in the same shoes as Vincent, with both suffering from depression and being lost alone in a world they don't understand. Doctor Who has grown since the historical episodes, and found its niche. Doctor Who's niche for politics was vague sci-fi metaphors, and that's how it's been for ages.
And no, Rosa and what happened in her life aren't political. However, making all the white people villains even though white people at the time would be arrested if they didn't go along with the black racism is political. A space racist saying 'this is where it all went wrong' is also political. They're very clear metaphors for Chib's political opinions because they're so not Doctor Who.
I really love your doctor who reactions and think you should carry on. I really enjoy them
Well with 10 episodes left to watch of NewWho for now, it'll be rude not to lol
Bigwhofan hopefully she goes to classicwho
I agree about the acting(I am a thespian as well) aspect. Peter brought that certain extra to it that elevated even the episodes I was not fond of. David Tennant did that brilliantly as well.
13 takes 12's advice. Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. She's maybe the most upbeat Doctor we've seen so far.
Too upbeat, there's not really any depth to the character
@@adzinco6916 Opinion. By the end of the season her character was getting much more fleshed out. Most Doctors take at least their first season to become who they're going to be.
joe t Coff coff 9th coff coff, 10th coff coff
@@antoniocarbajal6248 Do I need to explain the word "most" to you, genius?
I'm sure everyone will hang around to see what your take on it all is going to be. I didn't hate this season from the get-go. I perceived that there were elements that were lacking, but assumed and trusted that they would gradually be built up as the season progressed. It took quite a while for me to realise that this wasn't ever going to happen, and that's when the energy started to drain out of me. But with Doctor Who it's only ever a matter of waiting for the next big change to take place and for a whole new take on the show to begin, so we never have to completely despair. And at least there's the cinematic quality and the fabulous Graham to enjoy!
I'm hopeful that series 12 will course correct somewhat too. Series 11 felt like the pendulum swinging too far the other way after the previous eras.
@JustSoShayla, you would probably love Capaldi's first movie, Local Hero, from 1984. I think he had done a little bit of small-time theater but this was his first time in front of a camera (he was friends with the director, Bill Forsyth). He absolutely nails his role in it. The movie itself is delightful, about a midlevel executive from a Texas oil company (Peter Riegart) sent by the crazy, astrology obsessed CEO (Burt Lancaster, in his last film role) to Scotland to try to buy an entire town and the beautiful bay it's built on, for the purposes of building an oil terminal. Capaldi stars as his "local" guide, who, though Scottish, is an URBAN scotsman, and knows as little about navigating small-town rural Scotland as his American counterpart. It's WONDERFUL.
I love how positive you are with new characters like "Dude, you made it halfway!" I'd take you with me for sure.
''Ryan sinclair don't you dare!'' and ''You are doing it, mate!'' are already memes in doctor who fandom.
One good thing they did was him the effects budget by quite a lot. The CGI is now movie quality, which might give that "it's like watching a movie" feel.
The CGI is being done by the same company who did "Gravity" of course on a smaller budget it's definitely noticeable
I know you'll have already done/not done it, but I really hope Demons of the Punjab is on the list for this season. My favourite of the season by a long distance.
Same! That followed by Rosa.
SUCH! A GOOD EPISODE! sorry but caps was necessary.
They need to stop bringing racial crap into the show.
ITS A SCI FI SHOW, not a political device.
Lenny Lynch Rosa has shit acting and a shit villain. People only like it because it shows an important part of history yet it IS NOT EXECUTED WELL
Night Bot, Doctor Who has been “political” since the literal beginning of the show. Just because you don’t agree with the message doesn’t make it wrong, or something new. It’s not even new for the rebooted Doctor Who!
And those two episodes were great, imho. Showing that small actions in the moment can make huge difference historically.
Personally, I love Jodie's Doctor and her companions. I just didn't always like what they did with them. I loved a few eps and the special. I just wish they more embraced the alien-ness of the show and had more than TWO memorable villains
too feminist and cringey
Graham yeah ryan and yashim not as much (acting is probably the issue but that should improve over time) Who were the two memorable villains?
I'm interested to know what these two memorable villains were.
@@IG7799-c4u Struggling a bit myself. Tim Shaw is pretty memorable IMO (not because he's a particularly great villain but because the tooth-face thing makes him memorably gross). The others range from Fonzy McBland to not very memorable to memorable but not actually a villain as such.
@@stevencrighton6890 Yaz was very thinly written IMO, after 10 episodes I barely felt like I knew her any better than after the first 10 minutes of episode 1. It felt like 3 companions was too many given everything else the writers had to do (introduce a new Doctor etc.) and unfortunately she got the short end of the stick.
I love your reactions its like sitting watching the episodes with one of my best mates
I think the casting this season is great. Some really good stories mixed in, some clunkers as well. My biggest issue with this season is that every episode is a stand alone story. There is no attention paid to tying together an overall story arc. I'll wait to judge until the entire story is told of course, because for all we know next season will pull everything together.
You summed up my feelings about the new season, some great, some bad, but a lack of overarching story was really what hurt the overall product.
Seems that we agree that it really doesn't feel like Doctor Who, that's the overall consensus of not just this episode but this entire season tbh
Not sure how far in you are, but this season I did start to love. It's just the previous seasons set the bar so damn high, it felt just different. But I certainly do still love this season, even if it wasn't near that magical bar in the sky.
"Don't touch that! "
Get used to saying that.
Grace was my favourite character in this episode😔
Her death came too soon imo, she needed to have more development in order for her death to have much more impact on not only the characters but us, the viewers. There wasn't enough time invested in her character, especially since she was evidently meant to be one of the focal team members in this episode. It was sad, but I felt quite ready to move on and accept it without much of an issue.
She reminds me of #9 Eccleston.
I really with they kept something from last season to stitch this to the previous seasons.
It's easier to connect when we have a companion or a familiar setting or villain.
The Doctor is always like that after regeneration xD She's high on regeneration energy lol xD I love Jodie
That would be fine, except she’s stays just as shit for every other episode
As jenna coleman once said. Just enjoy the ride. Don't think to hard and just have fun. :D
This is why people should've held off on talking about season 11 in the comments before you watched it. Because everyone talked about how much they hated it, it messes with your expectations. All the doom and gloom makes you think you're going to watch a disaster and you end up watching a perfectly fine episode.
Just hearing you talk about Peter at the start, I was thinking how great it'd be just to watch a video of you chatting about Doctor Who for a long time. Then you said you were planning a Q&A and I got very excited. :) I'm really looking forward to that. The different feel was definitely one of the things a lot of people mentioned when this aired, so I think everyone will agree with you on that. Anyway, I'm definitely still interested in seeing where your opinions take you and ... peace out, girl scout!
You mean like ROTTEN TOMATOES movie reviews... ;)
Having low expectations and then finding it pretty good can make it way better than what it us which is what I had for this episode
I had reservations about this Doctor but it turned out that I really liked her. It does feel different and that's okay. I think you will enjoy episode 2. Great ending to it. Episode 3 may be one of the best episodes in all of Doctor Who. Episode 6 is also up there. Episode 7 is a lot of fun.
Hope you like them.
Gabriel Agreed 👍🏽👍🏽
Ignore the trolls who have replied here.
I loved hearing your thoughts on Peter's run at the beginning. I do wish people wouldn't go on and on about how terrible this season is though, since I'm worried it will colour your opinion of it before you've even given it a chance. I think it has some really good moments even if it isn't particularly cohesive or consistent as a whole and tbh I think nostalgia has made a lot of people forget how rough the earlier seasons could be too.
Exactly. I don't think episodes in this season are any worse than those that appeared in the first two-and-a-half seasons, or some of those filler episodes in 6, 7, or 8. Overall, I'd place it above seasons 1 and 2, and maybe on par with 6 or 7 (which had some incredible episodes and some I'd be happy to never watch again).
Can you say "color" opinions on the BBC nowadays? ;)
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Series 11 IS objectively terrible though
SGlitz you spelt colour wrong
I love how much you LOVE 12. Peter was just my heart!
I can just remember how I felt watching this, didn't stop smiling all the way through
looks like its set in fking bradfordstan
Two twats in a row! I enjoyed a series of a TV show, calm down you couple of virgins it's literally only a TV show.
@@tomkenning5482 sincde when is uk population 80% non white ? season 11 is a fking political correctness shit no wonder its ratings tanked
The main problem of Jodie's Doctor is that when Chibnall try to write funny, he end up on silly or even dumb and the others showrunners master the funny part. I still love Jodie.
If it was me, I would have hired people who actually wanted to work on this show.
I would have spent the story arch around the Doctor finding the Tardis. Just on a ship, finding the Tardis.
Instead we have a blue predator who has a tooth fetish.
Not as bad as people say. I won't rave about it, but I think the noise you heard about S11 is in reality what you hear EVERY YEAR. Only real exception was series 4. Everyone called time on the show after Peters 1st episode, and Matts...Even the BBC...True story!
There's something about WHO, and the wait for it that sends expectations through the roof and people are always disapointed...But a few years later they look back on a series they hated more fondly - And I think what proves that is that binge watchers like yourself never get as negative as us fans who started out in 2005.
Of course im going to follow you on S11! I was very excited after watching to the first episode!
Now if only Jodie could embodie the doctor rather than pretending to be the doctor. Maybe next season
Anybody remember the cast of the Sarah Jane adventures? Take a close look at them and the 13th companions. I might just be rambling.
I LITERALLY ✨gasped ✨ when i saw this comment, you are so right
the Sarah Jane adventures, ooh the nostalgia
I love the entire season 11 cast. I like the concepts of some history-based episodes (Rosa Parks was pretty well handled). But I find the writing dull, mostly "safe", and rarely the fun/zany side of Who. I hope the writers give Jodie and her team more to do next series!
Safe is the perfect word. Even Rosa I thought they played way too safe. (Though I'm in AL, so we deal with that stuff pretty viscerally.)
Perhaps it's time for classic doctor who reaction?
That'd be a hell of a commitment! I'd LOVE Shayla to do it, but that's a big chunk of her life to invest!
In the meantime there's the reactors Sesskasays and Marie-Clare's World churning their way though the 60s era.
I literally have no idea what I am going to be checking on youtube as soon as you are caught up with Doctor Who.
We could gently direct her to reacting to another show we like?
I'd love to see her react to The Leftovers or Battlestar Galactica
The whole Production equipment was changed Cameras, Audio unfortunately you never noticed. I Really enjoyed Series 11 because they went back to Classic Doctor Who with TRUE Events from History. I think you will like it.
But Agatha Christie's disappearance in Series 4 was also a true event from History at the heart of an episode...
And which episodes of Series 11 besides *spoilers*
the 3rd one had for focal point true events? Do you mean the Penjab one?
@Elle Sinky. Sorry, but the only true fact in that story was that she disappeared. Everything else was fiction. Series 11 went the other way round. They told a totally true story in Episode 3 and used a minor subplot to explain why the Doctor and Companions were there. The same applies to Episode 6. Because of Spoilers I can say nothing about Episode 8.
'Watching someone similar to the Doctor'. I wouldn't go that far.
This series personally isn't my favorite, but I think the fact that you went into it expecting the worst will help you appreciate the good things about it. It honestly could have been much worse. I'm like you, I like to stay positive. I hope you keep that up while watching S11
Ta-da!
*new screwdriver sparks*
Should be fine.
I love how childish she is sometimes
Moonlark in the TARDIS shut up its shit
HE
@@ruthiecorbyhenrythe Doctor is clearly female in this incarnation
I *really* want you to watch Torchwood at some point. I know it's been a long time since Jack was in the show, but it's real easy to pick up when you know the timeline. Torchwood Season 1 takes place in parallel with Season 3 of Doctor who, then the seasons are Parallel from there onward. The only problem with Torchwood is finding a place to *legally* watch it. (Dailymotion is where I watch it but it's in 360p).
Putlocker, watchseries and couchtuner.
My go to method today is to either use the android apk's Showbox or Cyberflix TV. One advert at best, great content library and easy to search.
Or you could you know, buy the boxset which costs like £20. Granted that may of course not be an option due to financial reasons for some. But if you can afford it, buy the boxset and support the studios and companies that make the shows/films we love.
@@Sam-mi9wi I live in the UK. I watch mainly American TV shows and don't want spoilers. If it ever comes it's at least 2 months later. I watch Who live. The only UK show I watch.
Children of Earth for me is some of the best television I've ever seen.
Not exactly parallel from then on. There was no Torchwood in 2010. They skipped a year.
It basically goes;
- DW Series 3/TW Series 1
- DW Series 4/TW Series 2
- DW Specials/TW: Children of Earth
- DW Series 5
- DW Series 6/TW: Miracle Day
I love the 13th Doctor so far. I liked every episode this season but I don't think the episodes added up to a satisfying season. This season though has some absolute gems.
Just as i feel about it, the only real disappointment for me was the loss of Murray gold.
Good way of putting it! Decent episodes but they don't add up to a satisfying season/series.
I recall Neil Gaiman (the author and screenwriter) offering his positives via Twitter about the new season of Doctor Who... and then some rando guy tried to lay into him, trying to put Neil down as a "New Who" fan who doesn't know any better.
At which point the rando was educated on who Neil Gaiman is and the fact that he has written for the Doctor Who series in addition to his other works.
Let your own feelings guide you and don't jump the gun because people are trying to tell you that they know better about this show.
I really hope Neil Gaiman writes another episode for Doctor Who some day, as I honestly think hes one of, if not the best writer of our time. They haven't announced the guest writers for series 12 yet, and as you say ge liked series 11, so heres hoping... 🤞🤞🤞
Going back to season 10, did you ever warm up to Nardole? You didn't seem to mention him much
nardole is a gem
He slipped my mind, I do really like Nardole, I never fell in love with him but I do really like his character.
As much as I also feel that a lot of this season can be described as filler, there are a couple of amazing episodes in there, like Demons of the Punjab, Rosa, Kerblam, and It Takes You Away (which is probably in my top three favourite DW episodes). Plus, Jodie is amazing :P
All very good episodes ( you forget "resolution") the finale is absolutely woeful that I felt insulted by it i can't lie
I love Jodie as the Doctor, love Graham as a companion (don't feel the other two has gotten enough development yet, I don't really have an opinion on them). The weak part of this season is the writing, and I'm not a fan of the lack of a proper seasonal arc. I'm still hopeful for season 12, I think maybe they will have learned from their mistakes and do better. Bring back some past monsters, have an actual seasonal arc, etc.
“Eat my salad, Halloween”
🤲🏽 ⬇️
Best part of season 11
Made a meme outta that one
Not the best writing, but I personally think she is great as The Doctor. 11 is still my favorite, and certain aspects of her personality remind me of him.
"Rosa" is probably one of the best episodes of this first season.
I like 13, Jodie's take on the Doctor's eccentricity is nigh perfect IMO but I do wish there was just a _smidge_ more of the edge Smith or Capaldi had (which she could absolutely play BTW, it's just not what 13's like - she's a friendlier, less prickly Doctor than we've had before. She is, in short, exactly what 12 asked his next incarnation to be). Maybe we'll see it in series 12.
I think the biggest issue in characterization is that the Thirteenth Doctor is too nice. She doesn't take command when she walks into a room. As the great Terrance Dicks has said, "The best Doctors must also be seen as a potential villain."
What you said at 6:18 about positivity; that's one of the reasons I love your Doctor Who reactions. Because even when you're reacting to one of the few episodes I didn't enjoy, you can see the positive things about that episode that I might have not properly acknowledged, and that makes it enjoyable. That's why I'm gonna be sticking around for these reactions, even though S11 wasn't the strongest season ever.
And that's another thing: S11 isn't the best, but it's nowhere near as bad as people say it is, and it's definitely not the death of Doctor Who.
_The Death of Doctor Who_ was episode 34 of Classic season 2.
S11 IS as bad as people say it is retard! DOCTOR WHO IS DEAD!
after so many emotions and suffering we will see this new doctor sorry for just commenting now i love you i see all your videos doctor who please continue i don't know why youtube doesn't send me notifications:(
Capaldi was brilliant! That's the biggest hurdle for Jodie's Doctor. I enjoyed this season (mostly). The writing was a bit weak as far as character development. I think they left a lot on the table. It was obvious to me that they tried too hard to distance themselves from the Moffat era. Hopefully, they've learned that if it ain't broke...
I mean, I get it. Moffat also tried very very hard to ignore the Davies era.
And honestly, for me the Moffat era wasn't all that amazing either, lots of friends of mine grew tired of DW mid-Moffat, as did I. Most of them stopped watching altogether. They just weren't as loudmouthed about it as some people now.
I also "didn't hate" this episode as well as the next 2. I went into with an open mind.
But starting from episode 4, some episodes I really didn't like, some I was kind of "Meh!" about. Took a loooong pause then finished up to episode 11.
I'm committed to finishing the whole series but I do have to make an effort. Series 11 didn't hold together as a whole creative piece, I felt overall kinda bored and that it was lacking.
Episodes 4 and 5 back-to-back made me stop watching for a while too. 5 might be the worst episode of all time in my opinion.
When I watched this episode for the first time I wasn't overly impressed, but I thought it was a good start. It just never really lifts off though, for me it goes downhill with a few honourable moments that are good, but overall fails to deliver. I do think the issue is with Chibnall.
They seemed to try to modernise the fuck out of the production and lost most of the charm of the show. If this was the pilot season I think it would have been lucky to be renewed.
@@Nemophilist850 We'll never know. As it was it was one of the most watched shows on British T.V. so the BBC will be happy with that.
@@bobprew9373 I think the BBC would rather have the fans on-side than the numbers to be honest. The ratings don't really affect them.
@@Nemophilist850 Beg to disagree. BBC has been locked in a ratings war ever since the advent of commercial television. Currently stuck with having to make thousands of pounds worth of cuts the only way they can justify spending on the non public service part of the operation is by demonstrating that shows are popular with the general public. Those that are not get shunted to weird times/channels or disappear altogether. Funding is a major issue, hence so many collaborations now with HBO and others. My feeling is that with any show (not just Dr Who) the BBC are more interested in the number of people who watch rather than with viewer involvement. Having said that I must admit that the BBC are prepared to give shows a second chance (I doubt if Blackadder would have been given a second season by any commercial company).
Rip Kebab man. You sacrificed your lettuce for the greater good.
I was waiting for the intro for about 30 minutes into this episode before I realised they weren't going to play it.
I missed it personally. The new theme arrangement and intro sequence is one of the bits I enjoy about a new Doctor (course we got the theme at the end of ep 1 and the new intro next episode so not a massive wait but still...).
This is a fine season of Doctor Who. Some good episodes. Some not so good. Jodie and the companions are phenomenal, at least in my humble opinion.
And one or two episodes are in my top 10 of New Who.
Well, even though I didn't enjoy this season, I'm glad that some people did.
I feel like at least the part of this season that I've seen suffers foremost from a "too many companions" problem; no one feels like they get enough time to get me to care about them enough except for Graham. While I haven't seen how it ends yet, for the sake of the series as a whole, I'm hoping they eventually solve it the way they did for the 5th Doctor.
This is a good first episode for Jodie’s era as the Doctor
Season 11 is pretty different, but I personally liked it. In a lot of ways it actually reminded me of Classic Who (with better special effects).
Jodie is absolutely delightful as the Doctor. I went into the season expecting to like her, but figuring I'd need a few episodes to get used to her and really start seeing her as the Doctor. The moment she popped up on screen I was like, "Boom! The Doctor's here!" and that was that. She's currently my third favorite, behind Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. I really like the companions this season as well. I'm curious to see what you think of this TARDIS team. :)
This sbomination is NOTHING like Classic Who and Jodie is fucking terrible as the Doctor!
If it's your second favorite show, what is your first?
your reaction to 10:15 is just * chef's kiss *
😍😵
Even though Series 11 is my worst, I still like a few of the episodes, and I would still give the whole series maybe a 5.5-6/10.
I only liked The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Rosa and Kerblam, the rest I thought was garbage.
@@lukerose384, for me, if you add The Ghost Monument to that, I agree
Agreed.
@@mahfuzurchowdhury2765 I just hope Chibnall has listened to the criticism and actually tries to improve the show
@@lukerose384, I really hope so too. I'm looking for a mixture of Davies and Moffat era stuff, with some of his own stuff added. That's effectively what Moffat did. Took Russell's structure, and gave it his own twist.
@13:00 - Shayla: "I was right it was an eggish...thingy thing." Hehe, love it.
Watching this a second time makes me realize this is one of the better episodes of the season. And fans saw a lot of potential in the characters like you probably do right now. What happened in the writing going forward is for you to analyze....
Jodie is awesome, keep the love flowing Shayla ❤❤❤❤❤
Well here we are ...
I’m personally not a big fan of S11 but I think this is a pretty good opener for the season . I think it introduces the new companions aswell Jodie’s Doctor well , I liked Ryan’s Grandma so I was kinda sad that she was killed off .
I also like the atmosphere and cinematic nature of the episode . This is probably the best the show has ever looked.
Episode 1 is probably the best episode of series 11 and I got my hopes up with the next episode which was just disappointing
Yeah this is the series that lost me, but I should say only temporarily. If the quality improves, I’m back onboard
DW GEEK yeah you kinda hit the nail on the head there’s it’s chibnall, I just think his writing and stories are so juvenile and like he’s saying “do you get what it means?” All the time, whereas originally the show was so great because the stories were memorable and so you took on the lessons without even realizing, now it’s like a show for brainwashing toddlers. I also don’t really like Jodie, but I suspect that’s not her fault and if she was briefed properly and given time she could make a really great Doctor-character, as it stands though she spent a whole season doing Matt Smith’s greatest hits without any real sense of her even wanting to put her own spin on the iconic character, so disappointing.
This is not the greatest series of Dw but I really enjoyed non the less. There's some really great moments in this series and I really hope you like them. I just want to say that some people could be really loud when it comes to hating on something which can make you think that the majority hated this series but in reality the majority enjoyed series 11 but obviously they thought that it could've been better as did I.
Sara The Røcker - agreed! This series got an incredible amount of hate online, but as with most things, the dislikers and haters are more VISIBLE for some reason. Same thing with xenophobia and hate towards LGBTQ+ individuals.
I thoroughly enjoyed this season, but there are of course episodes I liked less than others... Still enjoyed them though, although I won’t go back and rewatch them any time soon. But I have that in all the series.
One thing that makes season 11 bad is that there is no series arc. Bad wolf, doomsday setup, harold saxon, missing planets, 10's death prophecy, the crack, 11s death, impossible girl...things like these....we need them back....
I feel bad that so many people told you this season was terrible cause it's simply not true. It's different yes. A first season for a new Doctor always is. Add to that the new companions, and new showrunner, there are bound to be bumps. But terrible? Not at all.
My only complaint is about Chris Chibnall, his writing is not the best. I love the three companions, jodie is really fucking good.
Hi, here since like season 2 or 3. I'm gonna watch all the way through (I actually liked the newest doctor. Didn't stop watching for a second)
Also: The first episode is based in Yorkshire, which is where I'm from. Also, the woman playing the doctor is from West Yorkshire, also like myself. So I felt a huuuge connection to it.
But I legitimately enjoyed it all.
But describing her character, as in open and everything. Is a sort of description of how here can be described as.
I know it probably isn't, but I really hope episode 9 'It takes you away' is on your list, as its my favourite episode of series 11, and, honestly, up there as one of the best of 'new who' imo.
As someone raised on Classic Who, the only answer I can give to the question "Who's your favourite Doctor?", is "Yes, Who is my favourite Doctor."
Although I will admit an inordinate fondness for Jon Pertwee's Doctor, as he was my first.
The first episode of this season is pretty good but now it starts to fade with the flaws in the writing being really obvious
Join the Twelve gang! We have dodgems!
I know she's done but I hope she reacts to Demons of Punjab
Oh has she finished series 11 already ?
@@anonymes2884 Yes she usually finishes all of them well before she uploads them. Last I heard I think it was April when she watched this
@@ChelseCreek84 She's usually ahead but she also takes breaks at random points and for arbitrary lengths of time though (sometimes a few days, sometimes a few weeks). You haven't done it so this point is moot but I guess the gist is, if we don't know we should assume she can still be spoiled for any future episodes until we know for sure otherwise.
I loved series 11, it wasnt amazing storywise bar a few amazing eps, but Ryan is one of my favourite companions. Its so amazing to see someone with Dyspraxia on tv and to relate to him so much.
I just wish they didn't conveniently ignore it all the time. It feels more like lip service to the disabled community, but maybe I'm just bitter. I'm glad you love it!
@@aloysiuswhiteboat2934 i dont feel like they ignored it, it came up when it was relevent, like the fact that bill was gay. Eg in kerblam and resolution and obviously winan who fell to earth, ghost Monument with him tripping iver, little touches like that.
I ❤️ Jodie 💕
I really enjoyed this series, it’s different.
Thank you for your opinion
_"It reminded me of the movie."_ ~Shayla
OMG, I was just going to say that it looked to me like a 90s reboot of Doctor Who. Like they tried with the movie.
I have already touched on this in previous comments, but this season is more to the point of what the classic run of the series was like (singularly standing episodes that aren't tied to a story arc). As I am child of the 70's-80's, when the series was introduced to Americans, this season has a vibe of 'a spirited adventure' with a group of friends. Sure, they seem to stumble into danger inadvertantly every now and then, but they tend to escape unharmed to their next stop on the road, wherever that road takes them.
To be honest, I think this series is just what the show needed after the shaky Steven Moffat era. After a tonne of mixed quality writing, an over-reliance on fan service and deus ex-machinas up the wazoo, we needed a fresh start with a new Doctor and a new showrunner. Something more down-to-earth and simple. This season delivered exactly that.
I agree. There were certainly moments of Smith and Capaldi’s eras that I enjoyed (particularly series 5 and series 10), but the show needed a fresh start and a new identity that would be accessible to new audiences.
A lot of people I know stopped watching after David Tennant left and jumped back on board with Jodie Whittaker. So if anything, regardless of quality, the series has been a massive success in terms of attracting new audiences.
Capaldi had a very Classic Doctor vibe. Maybe it was age. Maybe it was the fact that he was such a Who fan to begin with. I'll say this about Classic Who, it swings from good to not good pretty wildly. More so than the modern show. Probably want to check out a few lists of best stories and just pick and choose a few from each Doctor.
Wrong dumbass! Classic Who gets no where near as bad as new who does
@@MichaelM28 ok
Hopefully you make up your own mind because I liked season 11 and in the end my own opinion is all that matters to me
@@HOTD108_ I am sorry I did not realise I said I care about her opinion oh wait a minute I didn't
@12:21 - A "Hershey Kiss" shaped transport pod apparently. But egg-like in the fact that it cracked open certainly. Not easily reusable I guess.
Keep watching, Shayla. Ignore the haters
Who are the haters? I only see people with perfectly reasonable reasons for liking/disliking the show. If people didn't take notice of people with constructive criticism in life we end up with people churning out the same crap falsely believing it's good. Everyone has a viewpoint and all are equal. To mediate an argument you have to listen to both parties and not just one whilst ignoring the other. It's called bias
@@space1999 Have a look at the 'Twice Upon a Time' comments for some examples along the lines of "Don't bother with series 11, it's shit".
@@anonymes2884 fair enough. There are many people out there though with justified well argued points. I myself having been a fan since pertwee was so disappointed in this season. I wasnt a fan of moffatt particularly and thought him better as a writer under Russel t Davies although I still enjoyed a lot of his work so when he announced he was going I was excited. I just felt let down by my expectations I suppose. I know there are a few people that like season 11 more than the previous 10 seasons but for the life of me I just dont understand why. Anyway each to their own, here's hoping season 12 pleases new and old fans in some way...
@@anonymes2884 agreed mostly.. hopefully he will take on board some of the critique and tweak the show a little.... better character development and writing and some old monsters would be a good start. I will continue to watch and see what season 12 has to offer.... as my expectations are quite low, it may surprise me! Touch wood..
You mean ignore the true fans?
12 was probably the best Doctor but 10 is still my fav then 11 for how much older her was while looking the youngest.
I don't mind this season and I'd say that I liked it more so for the cast of companions than the 13th who didn't define herself enough to really be invested in but was okay.
I didn't care for the season, but I mostly stopped watching it about 4 episodes in. But curious to see your reaction, watching it with you.
And out of all of them, Graham is my favorite, with Ryan a close 2nd.
It's what I wanted to write exactly haha #WhoTwins 🤙🏽
I stopped watching after 5, and while it doesn't get great, it DOES get significantly better from then on.
This is the Doctor after resolving the trauma of the Time War...she knows who she is and what her purpose is...so she is far less conflicted than her previous selves.
Please react to some Classic Who stories once you're done with Season 11.
@tylerx2f01 Honestly why does a rewatch hold any value for viewers? I don't understand it. Like by all means rewatch the episodes, but why would anyone want to see a reaction? Would a rewatch really be more interesting to you than classic Who reactions?
Also who needs a flowchart? It's pretty easy to figure out.
tylerx2f01 FUCK RIVER SONG! WE WANT CLASSIC WHO!
From what I know of Chris Chibnalls style, his arcs unfold over multiple seasons. I expect this series was just the introduction and hints will be developed in later ones.
Everyone knew she was going to die, she wasn't in any of the promos. And then suddenly appears.
Holden B. Huffman Not everyone, I’m in a Doctor Who Facebook group and nobody said they knew this would happen, I didn’t know this would happen. And plus she DID appear in the photos before the episode aired, I thought she would only appear in certain episodes.
PikaCinema well she returned twice, once was just in Graham’s head then the next time it wasn’t the real her but yeah I did think same as you
You should check out the Day of The Doctor novel written by Steven Moffat. There are some extraordinary moments that he adds to the whole story and even ties up some loose ends from his era.
Personally I only truly liked episode 1 and slowly began to hate the rest, but I honestly hope that you like the series, even if I don't. Still gonna watch you either way.
Kerblam!!! was good until the last 10 minutes same with the Witchfinder one. I literally felt the story come to a grinding halt when it was revealed they were aliens. It pulled me right out.
I loved it takes you away but that’s pretty much it. Resolution was not bad and shows Chibnall can write at least and Rosa was meh but the ending was strong
@@zorion9294 Rosa gets way too much credit. Yes the message is good but the side story should have just been deleted. It was pointless.
jimmy jones I agree, hence the “meh”, it was just okah
The peak for me was in the 2nd episode when she hoping for the ghost monument / tardis to appear. The only time I came close to having goosebumps this season and for me, the only emotional bit!!
It's impossible to follow (edit: impossible to top) 12/moffat. And Chibnall wanted to bring the show back to basics. At times, it feels like an actual kids show, which is what it was to start with way back when. This change can be hard to swallow for a lot of people (let alone the female doc part), but I was ok with it. I hope you liked it!
Albert Cheu what do you mean impossible to follow 12/Moffat? I thought that the storylines for series 8,9 and10 with some of the cleverest and best.
@@prof.evilpictures8696 exactly, maybe i should have said "impossible to top"