The "it's hard being blind with dead parents" being suddenly and so unceremoniously interrupted by the Doctor with Sci Fi stuff is one of the most accurate parts
Chinballs understands dyspraxia so well, that he was the first person to discover that jumping around conveyor belts in a Space Amazon knock-off completely cures it.
Because this dialogue is self-conscious. Chibnall's era could at least be funny if they knew how terrible the writing is and exagerated it. The way they do it, it's just sad.
And a companion randomly revealing their history with a guide dog, or alternatively, a lecture about how good they are for society and their history read straight from a textbook.
@@takealilpill347Ryan: What's a guide dog? The Doctor: Guide dogs (colloquially known in the US as seeing-eye dogs[1]) are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles. Ryan: I can't ride a bike.
The fact that I didn't realize Yas and Ryan were swapped until it was pointed out really says something... about things. Also, the Tardis needs an inhaler.
I think the problem is that many “woke” people want to pay lip service to minorities like the blind but only ever manage a superficial representation of their conditions. They never drill down into the deeper issues of being blind, like blindness and not being able to see.
I love the running gag that Ryan and Yas are completely interchangeable and basically devoid of their own personalities. I also like that you made them like this in your parody, too.
The thing about Ryan is you never see his disability unless he is riding that bike on top of that hill. I was a disable kid who never learned to ride a bike and I felt kicked in the guts by that subplot.
How could anyone hate this beautiful story dedicated to the blind. I particularly liked the ending where the doctor blew up a lot of guide dogs. Anyone who disliked this must have a serious hatred for the blind.
Despite some poor pacing and clunky dialogue I think Ryan really came into his own this episode and 13 showed some real strength. Overall I'm giving "Battle of the Blind" an 8/10.
Especially when the random guy suggests using the gun. Killing one person? Nah. Mass genocide of all the guide dogs in the universe, that's WAY better (as long as it's not with a gun)
The joke is the tragedy. This actually "feels" like one of the episodes. Particularly the way the supporting cast turns to some random "this must suck", "this sucks", "me too" type conversation as soon as the Doctor leaves and she returns with some off-screen update and action plan. That tempo action-reflection-action-reflection.... (neither relevant to the other) is fucking perfect. And tragic.
Spot on. This is amusing and also dreadfully accurate of everything that made us cringe on the Chibnall crisis of crap made to look clever when it is just convoluted garbage. What an intriguing conundrum. To make a satirical take on Chibnall's DW you need to highlight the boredom and lack of an actual script let alone a thought out come. What I found both the most amusing and tragic was Ryan as portrayed in this spoof was completely the same as the actor's performance on the BBC. Ryan, the most wooden companion of all time. DW - Dire Wooden, Dreadfully Woeful, Drift Wood, Dead or Wounded? Take your pick and guesstimate.
I gave up halway through watching the 13th doctors series so I genuinely thought this was just a comedic recap of an episode I had missed for like 75% of the video
This is so painfully accurate Having the blind guy have a dead parent so he could relate to Ryan instead of just using Ryan's disability is just... exquisitely painfully accurate
Six dead parents! To quote Oscar Wilde, "To lose one parent may be regarded as unfortunate; to lose two looks like carelessness. Any more than that and you must be a complete fuckup".
The fact that the moral atrocity of blowing up all the guide dogs is not only deemed as acceptable by the Doctor, but not even discussed or debated by the characters, is fucking perfect.
You mean like telling that one guy to not kill spiders because that would be inhumane? But then locking them up so that they all starve to death? Oh and how everytime this Doctor has a different view from someone else: It's automatically seen as the 'good' viewpoint and everyone else is considered bad? Yeah. I am so glad we never had any ambiguity with the Doctor like in 'The Time Lord Victorious' or whatever gumpf that would be. I'm happy we have such a complex character now! (Sarcasm for humour) Yeah. Fuck Chibnall and his writing :D
That sounds about right "I think killing is bad" "I killed all the things." Yep, sounds right. The spiders, the TARDIS, that time she let the mom and daughter die on dead-Earth to moralise ....
@@Unethical.FandubsGames I hated when she did that to the spiders, it's not as if she had a blue box of infinite size that can go anywhere in space and time, maybe even to a planet full of other giant soldiers
I half expected the villain to say “I want to kill the blind cause they’ll never see it coming” and tbh I think that’s better than anything chibnall has ever done
I was thinking of something more legitimate, like there shouldn't be weakness in the world or something, and blind people are just one group he's getting rid of in his plan to rid earth of weakness, only for the doctor to talk him into the fact that weakness is important and without it we can't truly see strength (or something), then i realized that i actually put effort into developing a villain and their motivation instead of what chipnal does
@@cookieface80 Star Wars crossover! The villain is PALPATINE and he wants to make the blind pay the "price for their lack of vision"! It practically writes itself! I AM A GENIUS!! *Chinballs seethes in rage at Alondro's brilliant screenwriting*
For people who don't want to watch your five hour dissection of the problems of modern Doctor Who, just watch this. This parody nearly covers all of the issues with the show while being more entertaining than anything on it.
I literally just binged the whole five hour essay and then watched this, and it felt like the gargantuan amount of work that must have gone into the essay was just a justification for making this, and I'm utterly fine with that.
The stupidest thing about the Lupari is that the Dalek and Cybermen ships get blown up in the Flux and yet the funny dog aliens are able to shield planet Earth from it.
And rip the sontarans. The doctor’s big genius move was *killing all of them*. No warning. They weren’t posing an imminent threat. But Chibnall thought it was totes cool to do a big explosive genocide.
"Now it's time to unmask the villain!" *rips off the mask* "The embodiment of human intolerance!?" "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you diverse group of meddling millennials and that old guy!"
I genuinely feel bad for Jodie. I wish she would have had competent writing for her episodes. And I can’t believe they let it continue for three seasons.
i remember the dinosaur on a spaceship episode specifically because i was like "dude, what is going on? whY? is this really doctor who? what was the point?" i was like 12 when i was 12, i literally did not even think about plots and literally just watched things happen without stitching them together.
God why are you all so salty because the past two seasons were bad. Don't watch it if there's too much diversity for you or you just don't like the writer. This season is so much better than 11&12 if you genuine don't like it that's fine but really you're all just acting like children now. Grow the f up.
I think this could've been slightly better written, specially the last part. Not only that, it was also very cliché, very routine running up and down corridors from silly monsters.
If only chibs the younger in his tie and glasses could see how the elder chibs turned out he might chuck himself into a CVE and save the world or disappear up moffat's crack. Which reminds me the doctor died when he was played by matt smith. He disappeared up moffat's crack and amy imagined him back in to existence. This is because that anything that disappeared up moffat's crack was instantly annihilated.
When I heard the man feeling blind had dead parent sadness I felt sad for him. Then I heard the number of dead parent was 6 and I felt six times as sad. THAT'S HOW CHARECTER WRITING WORKS!
“How are you feeling?” “… BLIND.” There were parts of this where I forgot what I was watching and ended up half convinced it was an actual episode. Like watching something with subtitles and then being mildly perturbed when you suddenly remember nobody’s actually speaking English, you know? Truly a masterpiece.
Yeah, pretty much I love the sub-arc where you portrayed the doctor being against guns and violence and intolerance, but to save the day the doctor makes all of the innocent dogs explode to death even though they were being controlled
It's actually a very deep message, condemning those who do not take the responsibility to strengthen themselves to resist outside forces. By being weak enough to fall under the control of the alien space rays, they dogs willingly participated in this. They're not innocent victims but rather accomplices. I think it was very brave of Doctor Who to address this controversial topic, and really shine a light on how victims can also be victimizers.
So we all agreed that Russell watched this video, right? I can see it now. Mysterious Villain: "So I was talking to Sutekh. You remember him." Russell: "Oh yes, I do remember him. Wait! Hmmmm."
As a blind person, I'm so thrilled to see us finally get some representation on television. The nameless blind man was so well acted and developed, I especially liked his personality trait of not being able to see. It's just a shame that it took this long to get to this point since Doctor Who has never featured any blind character before now. It's 2021 - representation is important but I am ecstatic that Chibnall has finally validated my existence. Also, the cinematography, costumes and set design in this episode were top notch. Edit: A lot of people are pointing out the other blind characters who have been in previous episodes. They don't count.
Like Logistically. Adoption had to be a hard sell after the second full set of adults died in you proximity. At that point there's a strong argument that you're the cause of the repeated deaths, either directly or due to a curse or something.
I love the passive acknowledgement of plot holes some directors just completely ignore "I know I didn't say this very important thing earlier" (doesn't elaborate). This is gold
I think it's more specifically a jab at episodes like Demons of the Punjab where the villains will do evil, intimidating shit, on-screen, for the whole episode, and then the twist is that they were actually good. This is despite having several perfectly good oppurtunities to explain themselves to the other characters, and electing to simply not to, all for the sake of maintaining the twist.
My husband and I literally quote this whenever we watch a Chibnall episode now. It may have been the only reason we enjoyed Legend of the Sea Devils, so thanks for that! It's like playing Chibnall bingo!
7:56 - 8:22 This gag is meant to be a parody but it's right on the money, to the point where Chris Chibnall actually has this whole scene play out unironically (again) at the end of the Sea Devils episode, and that's just hilarious.
There's simply no way that a series could begin with the Doctor repeatedly following her sonic readings to various places offscreen, then end with a big pile of dead doggos. Absolutely no way.
@@alphamineron arachnids in the UK. Instead of going with not-trump's plan of shooting unusually and dangerous spiders, 13 decides to instead lock them in a sealed room so that they have a "natural" death.
@@penginlord9396 Damn That's messed up... holly crap. Non-Cannibal animals only resort to cannibalism under extreme stress. She basically tortured them on purpose
“The signals are a manifestation of human intolerance” This was pretty funny already but that line had me literally speechless from laughing for a minute and I have no idea why. 🤣
I love how this could 100% be an episode lmfao. The part at the start where the Doctors PNG changed when she said she'd use her sonic screwdriver absolutely killed me
As a guide dog I’m delighted to see this representation in this episode. This is instantly the best doctor who episode regardless of writing and directing
"The signals are just a manifestation of human intolerance." "Aw I fuckin hate human intolerance." That and the "redraft" line fuckin got me, had to go back to see em again lmao
A couple of more subtle details: - The blind guy recognises the dead guy in Hawaii immediately, despite not being able to see. - Speaking of which I guess all blind people know all blind people worldwide. - There is no reason for the ship to have all those guide dogs on board. What is their use? - The early scene with the red herring villain has no plot relevance. The location also adds nothing. - The Doctor scans for unusual activity similar to the activity surrounding the guide dog, and the first thing she picks up is in Hawaii? There are tons of guide dogs in Britain, and the signal was going to control ALL of them. - The red herring villain takes a ridiculously long time to get to the control room. - The signal is ready to be launched just when the Doctor starts investigating and decides to overload the signal. Hell, there's no reason it wasn't ready BEFORE THEN other than 'the villain has been preparing'.
@@GlowBerryPumpkin Why do that when you can present them as the only viable solution to the problem you've remembered to include in the script while demonising them anyway?
"Wanna make out?" "No, not really. Oh no a Zygon!" Genuine, actual tears of laughter. The way this era can't do a fucking character beat without IMMEDIATELY crashing in with the next thing is just insufferable.
I loved the villain saying he was trying to help the whole time and says "I didn't tell you earlier...." and just silence. Reminds me of Demons of the Punjab.
You know, I liked the part where Ryan and the blind man were having a heart to heart about their dead parents quite a bit earlier. It gave some nice character development. But of course... like clockwork in a Chibnall story...
I hate people saying poggers in real life, and NuWho tries at every opportunity to infuriate me so I wouldn't put it past Chibnall to unironically use "Not poggers"
"I didn't say anything earlier" is so perfect lmao. And also the way she lets him sacrifice himself and kill every dog and the writing frames it as a morally unambiguous victory.
That was genius! And kudos for realizing the #1 thing Chibnall hasn't tarnished...until now: CUTE PUPPIES! The only thing you missed was the one scene where the script forgets that the blind guy is blind and he makes a one-in-a-million shot
@@johnherb4243 Jay's been essentially live-tweeting her reactions to Flux, and she commented on the fact that the Sontarans fail to feel like a credible threat because there are many shots where an entire army of them fires at the main cast and somehow miss every single shot. And of course the people of Twitter took that very mild and factually accurate criticism and blew it out of proportion, assuming it was Jay's entire basis for not liking Flux and that she was nitpicking.
"My dad's bad and I'm allergic to bicycles" Hahahaha, that made me burst out laughing. Incidentally as someone who ACTUALLY has dyspraxia, I hate Chibnall's idiotic token use of it in the laziest way possible where it doesn't affect the character except in really rare, convenient moments.
The most horrifying thing of all this is that Graham was perfectly willing to let the grown man he keeps insisting call him grandad, ride off of a cliff edge. Also, who rides bikes on grass anyway? If you have to break all logic to include a hamfisted disability virtue signal, you're going to have the opposite effect. These BBC nutjob people think they're the enlightened cultural lampposts to guide the way into a better future, but nearly everyone they try to pander to despises them.
yooooooooo dyspraxia gang!! Also yeah I hate that this is so far the only time I saw dyspraxia representation. And while I do get the hate for bikes there's much MUCH more to that
Same! I watched the first episode in a theater and had to restrain myself from doing anything more than bouncing in my seat because I desperately want a companion who is dyspraxic or otherwise mobility impaired, and by time Kablam was over I'd gone from dissapointed to insulted. Chibnall's DW is one of the worst cases of ACTUAL tokenism, and I hate having to in any way agree with people who think any character who isn't an abled, cishet white man is automatically a token just for existing. (Edited for a typo)
@@DisabledDragon Would you believe that Chibnall's critics don't just think any non white straight male is a token? Our arguments are more nuanced and we're actually standing up for you (which is different to the leftist "speaking FOR you"). The image of the spooky angry white man is one created solely by people who have a vested interest in setting groups against each other. We have far more in common than that which divides us. The hatred is spun entirely by the media, because hate sells. They don't want different people actually getting along. It's bad for business. Also, we don't use the word cis to describe ourselves. It's a derogatory term.
Damn this is so spot on I found myself arguing why the doctor needed a second dog to locate the source of the problem when she could have done it the first time just to realise I’m arguing with a joke and now wish to die from the investment I created.
Chibnall has it all. He can do characters, comedy, politics, and now he can do guide dogs. Easily the best guide dogs story ever written and all the plots around it in this episode were equally good too. Absolute perfection.10/10 on imdb.
Which explains why every leftist attempt to tell the audience "ORANGE MAN BAD" had the opposite effect. Media weirdoes live in a bubble detached from reality.
When the Villain said "you're nitpicking", the Doctor should have gotten really flustered and yelled: *"No, I am not nitpicking!"* given how we have seen her react to even the slightest bit of wit or taunts from her enemies. Followed by the companies saying something supportive but lame like: "Mate, she's just calling you out." to reaffirm how she definitely didn't do something wrong, in case the viewers need to be told again for the twentieth time this episode.
"How are you?"
"Blind."
Not all art is meant to be understood.
I was grinning until that line, now I'm a skeleton.
3:13 for anyone who’s wondering
😂😂😂😂
The "it's hard being blind with dead parents" being suddenly and so unceremoniously interrupted by the Doctor with Sci Fi stuff is one of the most accurate parts
“Character time is over, time for plot!”
@@BH-98 Like clockwork in a Chibnal story
😂😂
but the dying dog!!!!
@@guicaldo7164 i keep seeing his name as chinballs.
"I'm allergic to bicycles." Is about the level of understanding Chinballs has of Dyspraxia.
Chinballs lmao
as someone who suffers from dyspraxia, yes!
@@sci_pain3409 As someone else who does that, yes!
The 3 times they remembered to mention it did pretty much boil down to "I'll allergic to ladders and bicycles"
Chinballs understands dyspraxia so well, that he was the first person to discover that jumping around conveyor belts in a Space Amazon knock-off completely cures it.
"Being blind seems like it would be hard."
"It is, it means I can't see."
My God, this dialogue is 10x better than the original show.
🤣🤣🤣
Because this dialogue is self-conscious. Chibnall's era could at least be funny if they knew how terrible the writing is and exagerated it. The way they do it, it's just sad.
@@noriakikakyoin8478 13 should have broke into the BBC offices, sent Chibnall to a different dimension, then regenerate.
Reminds me of oblivion npc dialogue
"How are you feeling"
...
...
...
...
"BLIND"
I give it an 8/10. Needs a random historical figure, and Ryan asking what a guide dog is.
And a companion randomly revealing their history with a guide dog, or alternatively, a lecture about how good they are for society and their history read straight from a textbook.
@@takealilpill347 YE SEE YAZ GUIDE DOGS ARE VERY GOOD FOR SOCIETAAAY, THEY HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS LIVE NORMAL LIVES LIKE US.
@@takealilpill347*wikipedia
@@takealilpill347Ryan: What's a guide dog?
The Doctor: Guide dogs (colloquially known in the US as seeing-eye dogs[1]) are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles.
Ryan: I can't ride a bike.
The fact that I didn't realize Yas and Ryan were swapped until it was pointed out really says something... about things. Also, the Tardis needs an inhaler.
I wasn’t expecting you here
I'm like 60% sure the TARDIS noises are a reference to old Doctor Who books,
The Doctor leaves the parking brake on apparently.
The TARDIS needs to be reminded to take its inhaler just like that scientist from UNIT, I forgot her name tho
@@daphnekxng considering every other TARDIS makes the noise, that's more likely to be a joke.
I can’t believe how well you nailed the “being blind with dead parents is hard” scene
I think the problem is that many “woke” people want to pay lip service to minorities like the blind but only ever manage a superficial representation of their conditions. They never drill down into the deeper issues of being blind, like blindness and not being able to see.
@@FerHivore lol
Which one?
then being blind was forgotten about
classic
It brings me to tears every time
Damn, it must be hard to raise a blind child while being dead.
spent a solid 30 seconds laughing at this comment. Well played
imagine raising a blind child while beeing dead and blind
Damn so many ideas. I'm writing them to chibs
@@JayExci 6 parents? Wow.
Christmas must have been interesting.
Even if there are six of you
I love the running gag that Ryan and Yas are completely interchangeable and basically devoid of their own personalities. I also like that you made them like this in your parody, too.
Nah you don't understand yaz gives homoerotic vibes towards 13 and Ryan is a dude
😂 Brilliant
Chibnall's companion dynamic worked a lot better when it was Yaz & Dan instead
The thing about Ryan is you never see his disability unless he is riding that bike on top of that hill. I was a disable kid who never learned to ride a bike and I felt kicked in the guts by that subplot.
@@MrOmnisun wait he was disabled when was this established?
When the blind man recognises the dead guy in Hawaii despite not being able to see is comedy gold.
I somehow didn't even catch that lmfao
Literally how all disabilities have been treated in Chibnall’s era
all blind know all blind worldwide, even in Hawaii.
he smelt him, don't worry
Omg XD.
How could anyone hate this beautiful story dedicated to the blind. I particularly liked the ending where the doctor blew up a lot of guide dogs. Anyone who disliked this must have a serious hatred for the blind.
I mean fair enough I do hate the blind, but that doesn't mean this episode was GOOD.
no they hate woman obviously
Sadly they can't see it play out
Yes, she could have shot the one guy with a gun instead of blowing up every guide dog in the universe -- but that would be WRONG.
@@meatrace God, right? The way they look at people is so rude, it's no wonder they're hated.
Despite some poor pacing and clunky dialogue I think Ryan really came into his own this episode and 13 showed some real strength. Overall I'm giving "Battle of the Blind" an 8/10.
Huh, I thought the episode title was Being blind is ruff.
@@MrSupersonic2012 That's the alternate American title.
it really came into it's own, commercially and artistically
*8==D/10
this is basically doctor who tumblr
Careful Jay, TH-cam's copyright policies are pretty strict, I don't think you're allowed to post full unedited episodes like this!
😂💀😂
Unedited? The effects and writing are clearly far superior to the BBC attempted-show
is this not the xmas special for 2021
This isn't an episode dude, it's the whole season
AYO!!!
I love the complete non-acknowledgement that killing all the guide dogs in the universe is bad and not a good solution. Classic Chibnall
Especially when the random guy suggests using the gun. Killing one person? Nah. Mass genocide of all the guide dogs in the universe, that's WAY better (as long as it's not with a gun)
Kerblam: corporations good, employees bad
Thanks doctor who
The joke is the tragedy. This actually "feels" like one of the episodes. Particularly the way the supporting cast turns to some random "this must suck", "this sucks", "me too" type conversation as soon as the Doctor leaves and she returns with some off-screen update and action plan. That tempo action-reflection-action-reflection.... (neither relevant to the other) is fucking perfect. And tragic.
It's also accurate in the way the cinematography seems entirely designed with efficiency in mind, rather than dramatic tension or artistic flair
Spot on. This is amusing and also dreadfully accurate of everything that made us cringe on the Chibnall crisis of crap made to look clever when it is just convoluted garbage. What an intriguing conundrum. To make a satirical take on Chibnall's DW you need to highlight the boredom and lack of an actual script let alone a thought out come. What I found both the most amusing and tragic was Ryan as portrayed in this spoof was completely the same as the actor's performance on the BBC. Ryan, the most wooden companion of all time. DW - Dire Wooden, Dreadfully Woeful, Drift Wood, Dead or Wounded? Take your pick and guesstimate.
That’s pretty accurate to most science fiction or action film and television I’ve seen in the 21st century.
I gave up halway through watching the 13th doctors series so I genuinely thought this was just a comedic recap of an episode I had missed for like 75% of the video
Time to take to twitter and defend this episode with my fucking life as if it was my firstborn child
I’ll also doxx you if you disagree
@@birbz1033 i thought it was ok
@@Longshanks1690
You’re a horrible human being and misogynistic and incredibly homophobic
@@birbz1033 Yes.
@@birbz1033 it's not my favorite episode
This is so painfully accurate
Having the blind guy have a dead parent so he could relate to Ryan instead of just using Ryan's disability is just... exquisitely painfully accurate
I was very disappointed when I went to your channel and I didn't find a goat that makes let's plays.
Six dead parents! To quote Oscar Wilde, "To lose one parent may be regarded as unfortunate; to lose two looks like carelessness. Any more than that and you must be a complete fuckup".
The fact that the moral atrocity of blowing up all the guide dogs is not only deemed as acceptable by the Doctor, but not even discussed or debated by the characters, is fucking perfect.
I was just waiting to see what atrocity the Doctor's solution to avoid using guns would be. Absolutely spot on.
You mean like telling that one guy to not kill spiders because that would be inhumane? But then locking them up so that they all starve to death?
Oh and how everytime this Doctor has a different view from someone else: It's automatically seen as the 'good' viewpoint and everyone else is considered bad?
Yeah. I am so glad we never had any ambiguity with the Doctor like in 'The Time Lord Victorious' or whatever gumpf that would be.
I'm happy we have such a complex character now!
(Sarcasm for humour)
Yeah. Fuck Chibnall and his writing :D
@@Unethical.FandubsGames don't forget when she used a living TARDIS to kill all the daleks
That sounds about right
"I think killing is bad"
"I killed all the things."
Yep, sounds right. The spiders, the TARDIS, that time she let the mom and daughter die on dead-Earth to moralise ....
@@Unethical.FandubsGames I hated when she did that to the spiders, it's not as if she had a blue box of infinite size that can go anywhere in space and time, maybe even to a planet full of other giant soldiers
I was waiting for a sequence that went
Blind Guy: *explains miserable life*
Yas/Ryan: I see
Blind Guy: I don't
I can't believe the BBC hasn't taken this down for copyright infringement yet, it's clearly one of the missing episodes of Jodie's era.
I half expected the villain to say “I want to kill the blind cause they’ll never see it coming” and tbh I think that’s better than anything chibnall has ever done
I was thinking of something more legitimate, like there shouldn't be weakness in the world or something, and blind people are just one group he's getting rid of in his plan to rid earth of weakness, only for the doctor to talk him into the fact that weakness is important and without it we can't truly see strength (or something), then i realized that i actually put effort into developing a villain and their motivation instead of what chipnal does
@@penginlord9396 it was more a pun lol but I see where you’re coming from
"I can't stand the blind, they have no vision!"
@@cookieface80 "they have lost sight of the world and are unfit to watch over it. Their perspective is non existent."
@@cookieface80 Star Wars crossover! The villain is PALPATINE and he wants to make the blind pay the "price for their lack of vision"!
It practically writes itself! I AM A GENIUS!! *Chinballs seethes in rage at Alondro's brilliant screenwriting*
*misses every shot at almost point blank range*
"you missed"
"you're nitpicking"
Twitter moment
it's like the reverse of "'tis a but a flesh wound"
“That sounds really bad, what are we gonna do?”
“We could redraft”
Comedy gold
It's just a shame nobody on the writing staff ever said this
@@adampage593 No one who survived being on the writing staff you mean.
For people who don't want to watch your five hour dissection of the problems of modern Doctor Who, just watch this. This parody nearly covers all of the issues with the show while being more entertaining than anything on it.
Indeed.
I literally just binged the whole five hour essay and then watched this, and it felt like the gargantuan amount of work that must have gone into the essay was just a justification for making this, and I'm utterly fine with that.
I watched both
The Doctor being chill about all the dogs in the universe dying is surprisingly accurate to this latest season. RIP the Lupari.
To be fair, it's not all dogs, it's just all guide dogs and any regular dogs who happen to be standing near guide dogs.
@@TheDelinearAnd people standing next to guide dogs as well.
And anything that happens to be next to guide dogs also.
The stupidest thing about the Lupari is that the Dalek and Cybermen ships get blown up in the Flux and yet the funny dog aliens are able to shield planet Earth from it.
And rip the sontarans. The doctor’s big genius move was *killing all of them*. No warning. They weren’t posing an imminent threat. But Chibnall thought it was totes cool to do a big explosive genocide.
Everything about The Thirteenth Doctor is just wrong.@@Leslie_AF
If it didn't say parody I would've assumed that Chibnall had written this. 10/10 very acute
So this wasn't a Chibnall written one?
@@LordGek True, maybe Jay found an old script lying around and narrated it. We'll never know
Nah it's obviously not chibnall
It has personality & it's funny.
I absolutely love this, the fact that blind guy recognised blind hawaii guy without seeing him is perfect
Right? Dafuq?
I didn't even realize- 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think what's more perfect is the contrivance of them having known eachother period.
"oh look a gun"
"Ryan put the gun back"
"okay"
Yep, sounds about right for the 13th doctor
🤣🤣🤣
the pained groans of the TARDIS entering each scene as if it wants to cease existence really make it for me if I'm honest.
If Graham was in this I bet he'd be like "It's so hard without Grace"
"Your grandmother, who is dead remember, would say...."
Ahahahahahahahah!!
Is it bad that I legit forgot that Graham should be there? He was my preferred member out of the quadruple group and I still forgot about him.
@@chestty455 Same 😂
Alas, while he easily had the best actor of the crew you can only do so much with so little
99.99% accurate. You forgot the upward vocal inflection at the end of EVERY SINGLE ONE OF RYAN'S SENTENCES.
I KNEW their vocal inflections were weird. I just couldn’t put my finger on it. God.
So that's what was so annoying. I really hate his voice, but I did'nt know why, but that is really it.
😂😂😂
The "moronic interrogative" where every statement is a question.
I thought that was just a symptom of being northern
"My dad's bad and I'm alergic to bicycles" made me spit out my drink
"Now it's time to unmask the villain!"
*rips off the mask*
"The embodiment of human intolerance!?"
"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you diverse group of meddling millennials and that old guy!"
Lol
The fact that the doctor's solution to the problem is far worse than what the bad guy was doing is fucking perfect.
I genuinely feel bad for Jodie. I wish she would have had competent writing for her episodes. And I can’t believe they let it continue for three seasons.
Jodie is a great actress, Chibnall a bad writer. Poor Jodie 😢
Don't feel sorry for someone who didn't watch any DW before casting. She's as dumb as the showrunner.
@@deadandburied7626she can say her lines but she never created a character
@@paulannable3734 well duh? She's an actress, she's portraying a character based on the writer's work not creating...
@@J0yceJ0star wrong. They’re not just there to read their lines and avoid bumping into scenery. Think Matt Smith channelling Patrick Troughton.
this is better than anything chris chibnall has written or ever will write. truly the most moving thing to come out of the 13th doctors era
The part with the 6 dead parents really tore at my heartstrings
I mean... Broadchurch, countrycide but yeah
i remember the dinosaur on a spaceship episode specifically because i was like "dude, what is going on? whY? is this really doctor who? what was the point?"
i was like 12
when i was 12, i literally did not even think about plots and literally just watched things happen without stitching them together.
A parody is supposed to make fun of the original, but you've created something far more exciting, better written, and the acting is far superior.
God why are you all so salty because the past two seasons were bad. Don't watch it if there's too much diversity for you or you just don't like the writer. This season is so much better than 11&12 if you genuine don't like it that's fine but really you're all just acting like children now. Grow the f up.
I think this could've been slightly better written, specially the last part. Not only that, it was also very cliché, very routine running up and down corridors from silly monsters.
It could do with a rewrite by Pip and Jane. Definitely
I've come to the conclusion that Dr. Who is now basically just Scooby-Doo.
@@RazorusR3X777 scooby-who?
If only chibs the younger in his tie and glasses could see how the elder chibs turned out he might chuck himself into a CVE and save the world or disappear up moffat's crack. Which reminds me the doctor died when he was played by matt smith. He disappeared up moffat's crack and amy imagined him back in to existence. This is because that anything that disappeared up moffat's crack was instantly annihilated.
I felt this in my bones 🤣
"How are you feeling?"
*Emotional music begins to play*
". . . B L I N D"
I fucking love you, Jay :')
I love the fact that they kinda bounce around when they speak like they're dolls Jay's playing pretend with
Yup.... and yet the acting is better than the real thing!
🤣🤣🤣
@@EMleRoux the acting isn't the problem with Chibball Who, the bad writing only gives them so much to work with
@@ooooneeee Capaldi managed to elevate bad material. Whittaker sees rock-bottom and grabs a shovel.
When I heard the man feeling blind had dead parent sadness I felt sad for him. Then I heard the number of dead parent was 6 and I felt six times as sad. THAT'S HOW CHARECTER WRITING WORKS!
😂😂
"Being blind must be hard"
"It is, it means I cant see."
I did a spittake
😂😂
“How are you feeling?”
“… BLIND.”
There were parts of this where I forgot what I was watching and ended up half convinced it was an actual episode. Like watching something with subtitles and then being mildly perturbed when you suddenly remember nobody’s actually speaking English, you know? Truly a masterpiece.
Yeah, pretty much
I love the sub-arc where you portrayed the doctor being against guns and violence and intolerance, but to save the day the doctor makes all of the innocent dogs explode to death even though they were being controlled
It's actually a very deep message, condemning those who do not take the responsibility to strengthen themselves to resist outside forces. By being weak enough to fall under the control of the alien space rays, they dogs willingly participated in this. They're not innocent victims but rather accomplices. I think it was very brave of Doctor Who to address this controversial topic, and really shine a light on how victims can also be victimizers.
I hate it when innocent dogs "explode to death", though I am not sure what other options there would be after exploding. 😁
I love how you perfectly captured the awkward dialogue about deep struggles while the Doctor fucks off to investigate the thing
So we all agreed that Russell watched this video, right? I can see it now.
Mysterious Villain:
"So I was talking to Sutekh. You remember him."
Russell:
"Oh yes, I do remember him. Wait! Hmmmm."
As a blind person, I'm so thrilled to see us finally get some representation on television. The nameless blind man was so well acted and developed, I especially liked his personality trait of not being able to see. It's just a shame that it took this long to get to this point since Doctor Who has never featured any blind character before now. It's 2021 - representation is important but I am ecstatic that Chibnall has finally validated my existence. Also, the cinematography, costumes and set design in this episode were top notch.
Edit: A lot of people are pointing out the other blind characters who have been in previous episodes. They don't count.
How... how did you write this comment?
@@derangedcrouton1864 his guide dog helped him
"As a blind person, I am so thrilled to see..."
Hang on a minute
@@derangedcrouton1864 What are you insinuating? That I'm less capable of doing simple things just because I am blind?
This comment is gold.
"How many dead parents do you have?"
"Six"
"Wow it must be hard having that many dead parents!"
he's the CW Flash
This got me. I haven't laughed like this in ages
Like Logistically. Adoption had to be a hard sell after the second full set of adults died in you proximity. At that point there's a strong argument that you're the cause of the repeated deaths, either directly or due to a curse or something.
I love the passive acknowledgement of plot holes some directors just completely ignore
"I know I didn't say this very important thing earlier" (doesn't elaborate). This is gold
I think it's more specifically a jab at episodes like Demons of the Punjab where the villains will do evil, intimidating shit, on-screen, for the whole episode, and then the twist is that they were actually good. This is despite having several perfectly good oppurtunities to explain themselves to the other characters, and electing to simply not to, all for the sake of maintaining the twist.
My husband and I literally quote this whenever we watch a Chibnall episode now. It may have been the only reason we enjoyed Legend of the Sea Devils, so thanks for that! It's like playing Chibnall bingo!
🤣🤣🤣
"Who are you?"
"I'm blind"
10/10 would watch this season again, great characterization, maybe even a little too deep
"My dad is bad and I'm allergic to Bicycles" is more character than Ryan has ever had.
"Woof woof woof, growl". I can't handle dialogue this insightful. Chris has outdone himself this time.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a parody that is more accurate. Unironically this probably took more effort to write than a Chibnall episode does.
You might want to poke around Robot Chicken skits.
@@SirBlackReeds what have they done some jodi ones?
@@jmorton201 No - Chinball's Doctor is more bizzare than Robot Chicken
It had a more wrapped up conclusion too
@@drrob1963 oof you're not wrong but like... ooof thats bad
7:56 - 8:22 This gag is meant to be a parody but it's right on the money, to the point where Chris Chibnall actually has this whole scene play out unironically (again) at the end of the Sea Devils episode, and that's just hilarious.
For real????
Fr, I can name at least three instances where this exact scenario played out during the 13th Doctor's era.
Timeless children is the big example that stood out for me
I laughed so hard when it happened in sea devils because I knew it was coming again
There's simply no way that a series could begin with the Doctor repeatedly following her sonic readings to various places offscreen, then end with a big pile of dead doggos. Absolutely no way.
holy shit lol
Upvote for truth!!
At least she didn't make dogs cannibalize each other by locking them in the room or something.
What are you talking about, that's perfectly humane according to the doctor's morals
Somehow this is all Trump's fault.
Boy, Chibs' really missed the cultural zeitgeist didn't he?
Is that a episode reference? The whole 13 Doc run is more forgetful than my history class
@@alphamineron arachnids in the UK. Instead of going with not-trump's plan of shooting unusually and dangerous spiders, 13 decides to instead lock them in a sealed room so that they have a "natural" death.
@@penginlord9396 Damn That's messed up... holly crap. Non-Cannibal animals only resort to cannibalism under extreme stress. She basically tortured them on purpose
“The signals are a manifestation of human intolerance”
This was pretty funny already but that line had me literally speechless from laughing for a minute and I have no idea why. 🤣
Followed immediately by "I fucking hate human intolerance"
@@BioshadowX intolerant to human intolerance, now that’s what I call an inner conflict!
I love how this could 100% be an episode lmfao. The part at the start where the Doctors PNG changed when she said she'd use her sonic screwdriver absolutely killed me
I almost choked to death when that happened.
This is 100% canon lol
"I really respect that you think killing is bad"
"I'm mysterious"
Honestly
As a guide dog I’m delighted to see this representation in this episode. This is instantly the best doctor who episode regardless of writing and directing
You're barking mad.
Why is this comment not pinned?
I thought you exploded
@happily_blue you're nitpicking
"Uh oh! Not poggers." I wonder if the Chibnall era would be better received if that was 13's official catchphrase.
still less cringey than "the fam"
@@toothfairy10133 I have flashbacks from 11th's " Who da man ? " in Series 5... but he actually decided to stop saying that x)
“I can’t do Northern.” If it’s any consolation, Jay, you pulled off the other numerous and varied accents with aplomb.
Opposite of Jodie then?
Neither can Tosin Cole so fair's fair.
Yep. Got Tosin Cole's emotionless monotone to a tee!
Lets goh
damn and I was looking forward to the series 1 parody.
"The signals are just a manifestation of human intolerance."
"Aw I fuckin hate human intolerance."
That and the "redraft" line fuckin got me, had to go back to see em again lmao
😂😂😂😂
A couple of more subtle details:
- The blind guy recognises the dead guy in Hawaii immediately, despite not being able to see.
- Speaking of which I guess all blind people know all blind people worldwide.
- There is no reason for the ship to have all those guide dogs on board. What is their use?
- The early scene with the red herring villain has no plot relevance. The location also adds nothing.
- The Doctor scans for unusual activity similar to the activity surrounding the guide dog, and the first thing she picks up is in Hawaii? There are tons of guide dogs in Britain, and the signal was going to control ALL of them.
- The red herring villain takes a ridiculously long time to get to the control room.
- The signal is ready to be launched just when the Doctor starts investigating and decides to overload the signal. Hell, there's no reason it wasn't ready BEFORE THEN other than 'the villain has been preparing'.
Now that you mention it, I do remember Sutekh.
Do it Jay.
Make this a series.
Make Doctor Who Abridged.
Y E S
Hasn't that already been done before?
After the doctor said “you missed!”, she should have said, “that’s why I don’t like guns”
Ah damn, missed opportunity
If you dont like guns then create a story and present them as useless
@@GlowBerryPumpkin Why do that when you can present them as the only viable solution to the problem you've remembered to include in the script while demonising them anyway?
"Wanna make out?"
"No, not really. Oh no a Zygon!"
Genuine, actual tears of laughter.
The way this era can't do a fucking character beat without IMMEDIATELY crashing in with the next thing is just insufferable.
😂
"I was talking to Sutekh the other day..." Okay, that was some good foreshadowing.
I think Jay failed at making a parody here. This was accidentally better than any of the episodes they were parodying
A parody can be better than the original, according to people who’ve watched both SAO Abridged is a great example
Pretty sure Jay goes by she.
@@Bruh-zx2mc You sure? My bad then
@@setov1663 It's all good 👍
@@Bruh-zx2mc So no longer any/all pronouns? Kewl
"Guns are bad, but making dogs explode is acceptable." ~ The 13th Doctor
_sounds of a dying seal_
"hello there, it is me, the 13th DOCTOR."
I loved the villain saying he was trying to help the whole time and says "I didn't tell you earlier...." and just silence. Reminds me of Demons of the Punjab.
"That sounds really bad! What are we gonna do?"
"We could redraft..."
That's comedy gold! xD. I love it!
''My dad's bad and I'm allergic to bicycles'' I'M WHEEZING! Thank you for making this, this is gold!
You know, I liked the part where Ryan and the blind man were having a heart to heart about their dead parents quite a bit earlier. It gave some nice character development. But of course... like clockwork in a Chibnall story...
i could tell it was a parody right from the start because it had a coherent plot
The show actually calling them "the fam" leads me to question whether "uh oh - not poggers" is parody or not.
I hate people saying poggers in real life, and NuWho tries at every opportunity to infuriate me so I wouldn't put it past Chibnall to unironically use "Not poggers"
"I didn't say anything earlier" is so perfect lmao. And also the way she lets him sacrifice himself and kill every dog and the writing frames it as a morally unambiguous victory.
OMG THE SUTEKH LINE
That joke became even funnier now that series 14 exists xD
I can't believe they gave Dan such plot armour that they has to give SONTARANS the accuracy of a Blind Storm Trooper.
The stormtroopers are blind? Being blind seems like it would be hard.
@@tobyjack1238 yes
Nah nah nah, don't forget that Dan's GOOD at this!
Remember Dan is secretly evil
That's only because Dan is too OP for Sontarans
That was genius! And kudos for realizing the #1 thing Chibnall hasn't tarnished...until now: CUTE PUPPIES!
The only thing you missed was the one scene where the script forgets that the blind guy is blind and he makes a one-in-a-million shot
*fires 15 times*
"You missed"
"You're nitpicking"
I'm glad I follow Jay on Twitter so I can appreciate this fully.
Oh? Did something happen on twitter?
@@johnherb4243 Jay's been essentially live-tweeting her reactions to Flux, and she commented on the fact that the Sontarans fail to feel like a credible threat because there are many shots where an entire army of them fires at the main cast and somehow miss every single shot.
And of course the people of Twitter took that very mild and factually accurate criticism and blew it out of proportion, assuming it was Jay's entire basis for not liking Flux and that she was nitpicking.
@@snipperjoey1151 ah, ok. Why am I not surprised?
@@snipperjoey1151 I will never download Twitter and no one can ever make me.
@@spartansquid5931 You live a better life than I do.
Ooof, the Sutekh reference feels so prophetic now.
"You missed !"
"You're nitpicking..."
The way I screamed at this one
"My dad's bad and I'm allergic to bicycles"
Hahahaha, that made me burst out laughing.
Incidentally as someone who ACTUALLY has dyspraxia, I hate Chibnall's idiotic token use of it in the laziest way possible where it doesn't affect the character except in really rare, convenient moments.
The most horrifying thing of all this is that Graham was perfectly willing to let the grown man he keeps insisting call him grandad, ride off of a cliff edge. Also, who rides bikes on grass anyway?
If you have to break all logic to include a hamfisted disability virtue signal, you're going to have the opposite effect.
These BBC nutjob people think they're the enlightened cultural lampposts to guide the way into a better future, but nearly everyone they try to pander to despises them.
yooooooooo dyspraxia gang!! Also yeah I hate that this is so far the only time I saw dyspraxia representation. And while I do get the hate for bikes there's much MUCH more to that
@@gaspardp7314 I feel you. My bike is also blind.
Same! I watched the first episode in a theater and had to restrain myself from doing anything more than bouncing in my seat because I desperately want a companion who is dyspraxic or otherwise mobility impaired, and by time Kablam was over I'd gone from dissapointed to insulted.
Chibnall's DW is one of the worst cases of ACTUAL tokenism, and I hate having to in any way agree with people who think any character who isn't an abled, cishet white man is automatically a token just for existing.
(Edited for a typo)
@@DisabledDragon Would you believe that Chibnall's critics don't just think any non white straight male is a token? Our arguments are more nuanced and we're actually standing up for you (which is different to the leftist "speaking FOR you"). The image of the spooky angry white man is one created solely by people who have a vested interest in setting groups against each other.
We have far more in common than that which divides us.
The hatred is spun entirely by the media, because hate sells.
They don't want different people actually getting along. It's bad for business.
Also, we don't use the word cis to describe ourselves. It's a derogatory term.
Nice to see the show's writing is finally getting better, even if the graphics department appears to had taken a hit.
Damn this is so spot on I found myself arguing why the doctor needed a second dog to locate the source of the problem when she could have done it the first time just to realise I’m arguing with a joke and now wish to die from the investment I created.
"What an international adventure we're having."
Good shit
"Sometimes I think about people who can see and have alive parents."
"This is the part where I'm supposed to say something reassuring isn't it?"
0:47 “my dad’s bad and I’m allergic to bicycles” 😂😂😂 this video sparks so much joy
This is what we subscribe for 🤣
(Edit) Totally expected:
Do you have any dead parents?
Yes... And both of them are blind.
Well no dead person ever confirmed that they can see... so its safe to assume all dead people are blind.
Massive
You're nit picking. 🤣
Longman need more videos! When is Shang chi review coming?
You really nailed Ryan's vaguely disinterested, low energy.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Chibnall has it all. He can do characters, comedy, politics, and now he can do guide dogs. Easily the best guide dogs story ever written and all the plots around it in this episode were equally good too. Absolute perfection.10/10 on imdb.
5:16 How's it feel to know the near future so accurately?
I came running back here after that reveal!!
And this just goes to prove you have to actually understand something in order to properly mock it.
Are you saying jay doesn’t understand it or does understand it
They are probably saying Jay does understand it. You should check out her vids if you haven’t yet.
Thx I just wasn’t sure since they quite liked Jodie Whittaker doctor
xD yea
Which explains why every leftist attempt to tell the audience "ORANGE MAN BAD" had the opposite effect. Media weirdoes live in a bubble detached from reality.
This is perfection.
You watch Doctor Who? When fandoms collide...
The over emotional music whenever "character stuff" is happening really sells it.
5:17 RTD watched this and was reminded of Sutekh, and brought him back for his second run confirmed.
When the Villain said "you're nitpicking", the Doctor should have gotten really flustered and yelled:
*"No, I am not nitpicking!"*
given how we have seen her react to even the slightest bit of wit or taunts from her enemies. Followed by the companies saying something supportive but lame like:
"Mate, she's just calling you out."
to reaffirm how she definitely didn't do something wrong, in case the viewers need to be told again for the twentieth time this episode.