Really RTD's BEST Script? | Doctor Who S1 E4 '73 Yards' REVIEW!
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- Russell T Davies said this might be the best script he's ever written? but is it? here's my review for the episode '73 Yards' of Doctor Who Season 1
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I LOVED it. People saying that they hated it or the ending ruined it because we didn’t get all the answers. I think I the minority that I actually like how we know so little. Millie acting was amazing thoughout and kept the tension high throughout the episode. Very close to 10 for me imho.
For me even though I do have some issues with the ending it’s not enough for me to downgrade this from being a fantastic epiosde overall.
@@CulturePhilterfair enough, while I think the ending could’ve done a bit more I still loved the episode
I wholeheartedly agree! It was a strange episode, but I loved it! Maybe the ending was slightly wonky, but overall, great!
@@paddingtonfan1192 glad to hear
@@CulturePhilter Having no explanation was the point. As Kate said: "We see something inexplicable and invent the rules to make it work."
Thanks for the review as always, Phil & Rowan! There was a really good atmosphere set up, had to remind myself it wasn't a Mark Gattis! Had some elements of Demon '79 from the latest series of Black Mirror. I loved the circularity too. I wonder if more will be made of it as the series goes on? I think the Doctor stepping on the fairy circle was a subtle call-back to Millie stepping on the butterfly in Space Babies. And I liked the subtlety of the changes the second time round - Ruby was in Wales three times. Things like the small cameo from Mrs Flood - "this is nothing to do with me" - makes me feel that RTD is setting stuff up. And I don't think he'll abandon the Albion party! Overall, I really enjoyed this episode, Millie did a fantastic job!
It will be interesting to see if Roger comes back.
Yeah he still will come up within the normal timeline, so maybe we see him again and see how it will play out without the 73 yards women stopping him from becoming pm. Hell maybe she said “ don’t you look tired”. 😂
@@AuroraButterflyx - although there is another interpretation which is that Roger WAS the max Jack of legend after all and he was never freed in the new timeline because the doctor didn’t step on the circle.
I didnt perciece the political plot as a red herring. My take is that he actually WAS mad jack. From all I can understand, mad jack is a god that came into the world in 1925 when the doctor cast the salt in wild blue yonder. He was delt with and bound by a spell when he first wrecked havok on earth, but then the doctor broke the spell and he came into new form as a baby in whales, where he grew up and eventually did that whole campain.
Hmmm yeah could be.
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* Wales * ...how could you spell that wrong?! I'm Adopto-Welsh so shame on you!
I'm not kidding, very proud of certain things me.
I interpreted it as Mad Jack being reincarnated as Roger when the Doctor broke the charm circle
@@brewster_4 that is certainly one interpretation. But then why does the Doctor still know about him in the new Time-line? He still tells Ruby about him as they are leaving the TARDIS at the end of the episode.
@@CulturePhilter my assumption was that the episode was sort of taking place in its own pocket timeline, and the Doctor only remembers it because his timey wimeyness
That story was crazy psychological… but fun.
Creepiest episode for a long while. Since midnight maybe? Or was there something I’m forgetting as none chilling in the Moffat era?
When I first watched it at midnight I did enjoy it but struggled with the pacing problems. Having seen it again it was stronger. However, I think would have benefited being a two parter. 9/10
Yes I think a lot of people feel some of the elements were a bit squashed and could have done with more time. Was there enough for two parts? Maybe.
I laughed at Susan Twist running away, well her eventually striding off. Without the overdubbed scream, it's comical.
Maybe I’ll try watching it on mute 😄
I feel sorry for Susan now, not sure if we should love or hate her 😂.
@@AuroraButterflyx other than when she was the ambulance she’s mostly seemed very nice.
@@CulturePhilter even then in boom she was following her program so not even meant to be evil. Maybe she turns out to be a lovely women who can timetravel and likes messing with people. Who knows 😹
@@AuroraButterflyx likes messing with people but isn’t outright evil… like the meddling monk perhaps? 🤔
I liked the episode and Millie was fantastic, but I was left feeling confused. Definitely requires a rewatch.
The deliberate ambiguity is not for everyone.
I think that people have completely missed the point of this episode, I adore we didn't get all the answers, I think that pacing was perfect. There so much i think you may have missed i was 100% switched on whilst watching it. ❤ everyone will see the surface level story and wont see that the episode has multiple threads easily missed if you're not listening.
It’s possible. That’s one problem with watching with young kinds… they do talk a lot through it and it is easy to miss stuff.
I loved it such a good episode
Yeah I’d probably put it top 10 written by Russel
@@CulturePhilter I honestly think this is up their with bangers like midnight and turn left not quite as good but up their with the top
@@JonathonHouse yeah it’s definitely top 10. Very possibly top 5.
@@CulturePhilter I hope the next episode won’t be another doctor light tho it looks like that from the trailer but hope not
@@CulturePhilter I just feel like we need more of Ncuti he a very great doctor I know that but I feel like this series is more focused on ruby which I like but at same time I wish they was more attention on the doctor if you get me
Best episode since Heaven Sent.
Out of interest did you rate Boom?
I think the superstion became real somehow due to the salt.
Yes that seems to be the linking thread of the season.
I love this one
How would you rank it compared to RTDs other epiosdes?
Millie was great, she did a fantastic job carrying the episode. It was a great episode but not RTD's best, which still stays with Midnight IMO. Boom isn't Moffat's best either but they're both up there.
I liked it a lot, two fantastic episodes in a row, although this one did tail off towards the end as how they were going to resolve it became predictable. If I had one main disappointment it's that I wish they'd stayed in Wales and Ruby hadn't gone home. I wanted more of the pub and seeing Kate and UNIT in a small, creepy, UK village could have been a nice throw back to Pertwee's era. It could also have been funny seeing them deal with the locals.
I don’t think the plot as it was could have been sustained in the village. Something slightly different maybe.
@@CulturePhilter Yeah, that was something I thought of too. I just wanted more of those characters and small village vibe.
@@Elwaves2925 I do think that was the strongest bit of the episode. Well that and Ruby’s mum running away from her.
I liked it, still unsure on some things but as time passes I really think its just the difference in format this episode has compared with any other episode of Doctor Who, but I really do need to rewatch it again to see if that helps a little.. minus all the unanswered questions I did enjoy it.
Yeah the ambiguity doesn’t bother me much
Having recently rewatched Sarah Jane Adventures this episode can't help but remind me of The Curse of Clyde Langer.
In that episode Clyde is cursed so that every time someone says his name they are immediately repulsed by him and have to get away. He ends up isolated from friends and family and is homeless on the streets. An excellent SJA story just like this is an excellent DW story 👍
Oh interesting. I don’t remeber that one, if I ever watched it to begin with, I know I haven’t seen all of SJA
im loving this series we are getting unit 3 times as well. this and the f. not sad to see ruby go a new s l 2006
Not sad to see Ruby go? Do you not like her?
I was so intrigued throughout the whole episode, had no idea what would happen next.
When something happened I always felt like it could’ve been predicted, but I was just so caught up in the moment the whole time I couldn’t even really think ahead. It just had my full attention the whole way through! Didn’t even let me think about what might happen next, which made it all the more exciting, nerve wracking, unpredictable. Such a great episode imo!
That’s a good way of describing it. It didn’t matter if you could predict it, it was so compelling, wasn’t thinking about it.
The I thought this in every episode, it’s clear Covid restrictions were designed into the script, wide open areas or small cast, like in boom , space babies, using Babies as they were less transmissible, in the pub everyone was socially distant, a lot of outdoor scenes on the football pitch, outdoors or big halls in Devils Chord etc.
I hope those who criticise take this into account, I managed a pub/ restaurant after Covid and the restrictions were crazy and difficult to work around, cant imagine a production like this.
I’m not sure how much covid restrictions are still in place in TV production now. From the stuff we see in Unleashed it doesn’t look like there are restrictions.
And we had dozens of people crammed dancing in a recording studio engineers booth a few eps ago.
@@CulturePhilter It feels Covid proofed though, maybe even subconsciously during the writing stage, at the time we really didn’t know if we would be in or out of lockdowns again so it would make sense to plan for the worse, It’s not a Criticism, I just picked up on it 😂
As far as remembering having seen Susan Twist's face before, did you get the sense that Ruby recalled anything specific when the timeline restarted at the end? She first said she'd been to Wales 3 times before (vs the twice before that she said at the beginning of the episode) but then couldn't recall hey third trip. I don't think she remembers any of it (it was 60+ years long after all).
I did realise this when I was editing that bit. So might just have a similar reaction to this time next time she sees her.
Maybe it really is Ruby that disappears into another reality. Kate says - ‘this timeline has been suspended around your event’. That is also why people suddenly run away from her - like Donna ‘there’s something on your back’ and maybe time goes quickly too - like Donna in the Library though Ruby doesn’t know it.
Yes that timeline line stuck out at me when watching and I couldn’t quite work out what she meant by it.
Great review
Thank you.
I thought it felt a little under-written and could have benefited from being longer. I expect it will lead into something else later in the season. I did like the direction, the feel and Millie's performance. The music was very effective as well.
Yes there certainly were some bits which felt like they could have used more time.
I loved it! I felt like the direction and music helped emphasise the kind of "anxiety dream" vibes over the actual plot, which was much to its benefit, because you're right, it definitely had confusing elements.
I'm wondering whether the plot will make a bit more sense in retrospect, if some of the theories about where this series is going, and why it's got stronger fantasy elements, are proven correct. Kate's line about increasingly investigating the supernatural suggests to me that there might be more pay off yet to come for this episode.
Personally I'm fine with it if not, because it still really worked for me, but we'll see. Thanks for the review!
I think the general things about supernatural that have been running so far will return. As for specific elements of it from this episode? Maybe.
My favorite this season and easily one of my top 10 favorite episodes of all time. And my FAVORITE thing about it is they DONT explain everything and while I don't mind of they return to confront this villian, I NEVER want them to explain THIS episode or show us what happened or how it all works. I absolutely DO NOT want to know, for instance, why it was 73 yards.
That’s fair. I think I fall in between yourself not wanting to know anything and people wanting it ALL explained.
I would mind SOME explication about some very specific aspects but I don’t need answers for everything. I have an imagination for that.
The more I sit with this, the better it gets. I think it's now past Blink in #2 all time. (There's areason Genesis of the Daleks can not be surceased, so 2nd spot is amazing.)
Oh wow, of ALL time? Very high praise indeed.
I honestly was terrified, hope the kids are ok.
Can happily report no nightmares were had last night (by the kids OR me😄)
Another GREAT EPISODE
Where does it rank in the season for you??
My list of best to worst episodes since RTD came back:
Boom
The Giggle
Wild Blue Yonder
73 Yards
The Devil's Chord
The Church on Ruby Road
The Star Beast
Space Babies
I’d put The Giggle a bit lower but other than that I pretty much agree
I really enjoyed this episode, but didn't really understand what was happening that much. It also felt a bit underwhelming too, but I think thats because I thought something bad happened to the Tardis and it heavily tied into the finale. Mainly because thats what I put in my latest 'all trailer clips in order' video. But I thought it was a good concept for an episode overall. However I think there was too much left unexplained, for example: What did old creepy Ruby say to make everyone run away? Why didn’t a paradox happen? If all of this never happened, then doesn’t the 2046 PM start a nuclear war anyway? If the Doctor was swapped with the 2046 PM, then how did the Doctor know about them? I do think the episode will grow on me overtime though. So I think its a 7/10 for me. Let me be clear though, it was a good episode!
Maybe Roger DOES still go on to become PM and we’ll see that in a future ep… or maybe he WAS the mad Jack from legend and because in the new timeline the Doctor never stoped on the circle he never got released.
@@CulturePhilter If mad jack never existed because they don’t release him, then how did the doctor know about him?!?
@@Blazing_Ninja that is a good point. And the one flaw
@@CulturePhilter Definitely a flaw 😂
Actually really liked it loved the creepy vibe & thought it was really well written & great acting by Millie. I need to watch it again though because lots was shot in my hometown & it takes me out of the episodes
Oh that’s really cool though. For your hometown to be a filming location for Doctor Who. Is it quite a small town? Did they basically take over the whole place while they were there?
I love r2d2 in the corner of the screen.
It’s a Bob-it R2D2 as well!
It did feel very much like a return to the old nu who.. BUT so many missed oppertunities and threads that are picked up and never paid off. Like with the campaign girl .. should have been expanded upon ..as you said
I’ve seen some complaints on Twitter since that Ruby did nothing to help the girl for so long just to maintain her cover.
A very enjoyable episode let down by the ending again. It's as if RTD is using the supernatural to avoid writing a satisfactory conclusion to a story.
Did he ever really write satisfactory endings in his first run? Maybe a couple here or there, but over all the plot was usually solved with the Doctor flipping a few buttons or a deus ex machina. 3/4 of his finales end with someone getting god powers and saving the day. He is usually much better at creating a good thematic ending that makes sense for the characters like in this episode.
Yeah this is what I was going to say. Episode ending s have always been Russell’s weak point as a writer. Even away from Who - the otherwise AMAZING ‘years and years’ has a really rushed and odd ending too.
One plot point with Kate i didn't understand why they bought it up was about going on a plane or a boat. And she says about "she (Ruby) might die or the woman might die" however in the going home sequence we saw the lady just follows along the side... it feels like that inclusion raised more questions then if they just said "shes always 73 yards away" we saw what happens in the train sequence. I liked it but i didn't love it. At this moment in time i feel like it needed to be a Two Parter. Maybe part one wrapping up where we meet Rodger. But if questions get answered further into the series my opinion could change.
The plane or the boat thing I guess was putting herself in a situation where the woman COULDN’T be 73 yards away. Because that would put her in the sky or sea.
Did the circle cause all of this or was it 15 accidentally telling Ruby details of her future government in a series that had highlighted cause and effect- Mavity, butterfly effect, etc…
I like everything not being explained, why I find chibnalls era so interesting, so many things can be revisited without the hard endings.
Ambiguity can be great, I mean I LOVE David Lynch films and you almost never get any answers in those.
And I like some of it here. Just not ALL of it.
I honestly don't even get why RTD ever thought it was his best ever. It feels like he tried to make an episode that's a mix of Midnight and Turn Left, which are his best two DW episodes imo, so maybe that's why he figured this would be a similar success?
The issue is that it only created a story that's trying to do way too much and not explaining nearly enough.. It was like a more nonsensical version of Turn Left. Which, I mean, I love Turn Left, but part of what made it so great is that we've already seen how things were supposed to go in the first place, making it easier to grasp what went wrong in the alternate timeline and what Donna had to do in order to fix it. In 73 Yards, not only was the thing initiating the alternate timeline in the first place was basically "magic"; but, we also don't really get any explanation of what's actually supposed to happen. It just leaves us having to guess too much, which is a problem RTD's resolutions often have sadly.
Also, despite the fact that this episode had a very similar ending to Turn Left (the timeline gets corrected and the companion who has led the episode forgets about everything that happened) - Turn Left made a point of still making an impact, both on the season long arc (Donna tells the Doctor about Rose before she forgets completely), and emotionally. It was a very impactful story about the importance of the Doctor, showing us the bleak reality if he was to die and emphasising how much the universe needs him; as well as the importance of the companion, whose presence in this case was the difference between the Doctor living and dying. However, in 73 Yards, it seems like Ruby just forgets, the Doctor doesn't believe her, and unless I missed something, nothing actually changes with the current time line. It made it so that even if you weren't one of the people who found it very confusing, the entire episode still also felt a bit pointless.
I understand the value of leaving things up for interpretation, or keeping it vague to keep the mystery alive. That's what the Midnight monster was, and it worked as a great example of how not knowing can make it more creepy - But there, it felt okay since we didn't actually NEED to know the specifics in order to follow and understand the story. All we needed to know was that the monster was an unknown even to the Doctor, and the general mechanics of it taking the Doctor's voice. However, this isn't the case here. As soon as the twist made Ruby The Woman, it was no longer a mysterious monster, but our main character herself. There was a need for further explanation imo.. Especially when the entire episode hinges around this mystery (it's even titled 73 Yards), AND everything that happens in it technically gets undone in the end anyway.
Millie did amazing in carrying the episode, and I did love the vibe and setting overall. I even liked the twist of Ruby being The Woman - I just wish there was a better explanation for how she went about "fixing" the timeline, what actually happened after she did, and why people ran away from her older-self in the first place. I mean, it's exactly like you've said - if Ruby was the one to stop Roger ap Gwilliam, what happens in the restored timeline where she doesn't? I could accept that maybe stepping on the shrine was the thing that made him become Prime Minister in the first place (releasing "Mad Jack"), but then, the Doctor was talking about him almost causing Nuclear war BEFORE ever stepping on the shrine, and repeated his anecdote about him in the end even after Ruby "fixed" the timeline. Is it just because he's the Doctor and could somehow sense the aborted timeline? Or does Gwilliam rise to power regardless and the difference is he's stopped some other way (which would mean, Ruby really didn't need to do anything about it)? There were just too many loose ends and not enough explanations.
Even Turn Left had a scene at the end where the Doctor and Donna talk about what happened, to make it extra clear to the audience what actually went on (despite it being much clearer to begin with), and I think this episode could have really used a scene like that as well. Instead, we get the Doctor mocking Ruby for seeing the woman, which honestly made no sense and made the entire thing even more confusing imo. Not only because he's seen much weirder stuff over the years, but also because, if he could sense the aborted timeline, why wouldn't he believe her?
I honestly felt like it was a pretty clunky script, at least resolution-wise. Unlike the well-thought out writing of Turn Left, we never got any explanation of how older-Ruby went back in time to become The Woman in the first place, or how and why she was able to not age, and teleport/keep exactly 73 yards away. We also get no explanation of why the TARDIS wouldn't let her back in, or what caused the Doctor to disappear in the first place. Also, what could she possibly say to cause so many people to run away from her? I can MAYBE buy UNIT stepping back once they realise she's older Ruby, cause they don't want to mess with the timeline.. But, what made her own Mum run and turn on her? How did she possibly cause Gwilliam to quit, or get perfect strangers to run away screaming? If it wasn't supposed to be her at that point in time, or was the result of some sort of hex empowering/affecting her, then yeah, I'm sorry but I did feel like that should have been better explained. We get a sort-of explanation about it in the start with the people in the pub, but then even that gets immediately thrown out the window when we realise they're just teasing Ruby and don't actually mean what they're saying. I honestly think keeping The Woman a mystery would have worked MUCH better without the half-baked twist of her being older Ruby the entire time.. Or vice versa, if they stuck to the twist, but set it up to make more sense from the start (i.e. remove her superhuman powers, take the time to explain the logic behind the hex, or at least verify that it's what caused her to get said powers and have the repealing influence on others).
Overall, while watching I thought this episode was a solid 8.5 or even 9/10, but the ending and all the unanswered questions, lowered it to a 6.5 imo. Which is a shame, cause it really was great visually and acting-wise, and I really did want to like it. I think Boom was MUCH better, and honestly, I even liked the Devil's Chord much more than I did 73 Yards. It is far from RTD's best script ever.
A very thorough review with some good points. Particularly about it trying to do too much. I think given a longer run time or a two-part epiosde it could have made all those elements work without some feeling like they needed more time like they did.
@@CulturePhilter Thank you, sorry for rambling and making you read so much :P
But yeah, you're completely right that it would have worked much better as a 2-parter.
I think there is no definite answer. As Kate said: "We see something inexplicable and invent the rules to make it work." They gave us enough to work with so we can make our own theories. It is all to demonstrate how through history, people come up with their own explanations for unexplained phenomena (myths, folklore, legends, religion).
But, since Kate said we try to make sense of it, my theory is:
The myth is the Spiteful One walks through the gaps and rules with fear. The circle was broken and created a gap and creating the event Kate mentions. The Spiteful One actually became real, stepped through the gap and he is preying on Ruby's fears. When her foster mother ran, Ruby said, "Don't do this to me." Not, "don't hurt my mom." Her foster mother said "even your real mother didn't want you." Ruby is afraid everyone she becomes close to or asks for help will abandon her like her mother did. As a result, she was alone her entire life. She can't see her spirit, because of the limit of her vision (73 yards), which deteriorates as she ages. That's why the spirit is closer in the hospital when she sees her without her glasses. When she died, her spirit went back and prevented the Doctor from breaking the circle, ending the "event."
The fairy circle was created to trap Mad Jack. Not sure when in the time line or by whom. It would have to be after the Doctor saw him become PM. So, presumably by someone with foresight or a time traveler. (In a bootstrap paradox it would have been Ruby, but we don't see her do that.) The Doctor inadvertently released him and he became Prime Minister, as the Doctor had expected.Ruby used the spoiler and the spirit to stop him. That is the only real inconsistency, as his running away was not a fear of hers. So she managed to weaponize her spirit self. Her fear of the spirit had subsided and she no longer made it snow. And in the end Mad Jack's soul is back in the fairy circle, I guess and there is no nuclear threat.
I feel like this episode lives or dies on how you feel about ambiguity. I absolutely love the ambiguity, I think explaining the mechanics of what Old Ruby said would have ruined it, because there is NOTHING that can make a mother abandon her child like that from one single line.
I loved the horror vibes, and as time went on and it became "learning to live with your demons" it just really worked for me.
I don’t mind ambiguity sometime. I have no issue not knowing WHAT old Ruby said to people. I just can’t contemplate WHY she would do it.
I was unsatisfied by the unanswered questions, too, but it played well until then. Milly was fantastic.
Yes it certainly didn’t stop me enjoying the episode overall.
I think it’s enjoyable, but it doesn’t make much sense when you stop to think about it.
Yes, it may be intentional that we don’t understand everything because oooooo spooky, but even the unnatural stories have some logic to them. But it doesn’t really provide that logic, stuff just kinda happens.
Like, why does old ruby travel back in time at the end? What’s the reason? Why did talking to old ruby make people hate her? Why would she do that to herself? Why did ruby cop so much punishment when the doctor was the one that broke the circle?
Why was there a cotton fairy circle on the cliff anyway? Why had the locals put it there? They were going to explain that, but ooops, that was just the patrons messing with her, so why did that happen?
So, if ruby never goes on to live the rest of her life on earth after all, what happens with prime minister mad jack? Who stops him from blowing up the world if ruby isn’t there after all?
And why, why, exactly, was the woman exactly 73 yards away? What was the significance of that?
I get the idea of being enigmatic. There is an appeal to stories where it’s not entirely clear what’s going on, but this is a bit too much, it makes it sound less like the story was cleverly written and more like “stuff just happens”.
It was tense, and a very creepy time. And surface level, it’s gripping stuff. But just stopping to think about it, it’s kind of annoying how little things are explained and just passed off with “it’s supernatural, just accept it”
Sorry, I don’t want to be mean, but I hope I made my point that it’s just a bit too much unexplained?
I’m thinking of doing a “73 yards ending explained” video because there is a way that does explain ALMOST everything. (It’s not flawless but best we can get I think)
If Davies' said that this was the best thing he had ever written someone should have reminded him that he had already written this years ago, It was a show called 'Years & Years'
There are certainly some similarities in a limited way but I don’t remember a welsh curse and a woman who follows someone 73 yards away making everyone who talks to her scream running away from a main character in Years and Years. 🤔
But then… it has been a few years since I’ve seen it 😄
@@CulturePhilter Terribly weak and lazy counter point young chap. I don't remember the first Terminator movie having a liquid metal villain or Arnie's character being a good guy and yet, few will dispute that both instalments are essentially the same. (Emojis sold separately)
@@christopherbenassi7721 it explores some similar themes in one third of it and uses a time jump through the life of one person narrative device. That’s about where the similarities end. There is more that is different to years and Years in this story than is similar.
The problem with this episode was the many plot holes and the fact that a lot of the things about the episode didn’t really make sense. Why did the fairy circle make the dr disappear? We’re not told. What did the woman say to everyone to make them hate and be scared of Ruby? We’re not told. How did Ruby go back in time to warn her younger self without the TARDIS. We’re not told. Why did the TARDIS kind of die in this episode when the dr became human in series 3 and the TARDIS was fine and could still be entered by Martha? We’re not told. The episode was fine but the writing was inherently bad bc of the many plot holes and the fact that it really didn’t know where it was going.
Also, when we see ruby at 40, she disappeared look 40 rather she just looks like her 19 year old self with glasses on. That doesn’t make her look 40!!!! Even when she was supposedly 25, you could clearly see she was wearing a wig. The ending especially just didn’t make sense bc if the old woman was ruby, why didn’t she just go up to her younger self at the start and say not to brake the circle? I will give the whole always being 73 yards away so the woman’s face was also impossible to make out credit as that was genius. Also the fact that the events of the episode didn’t happen bc she changed time was just lazy and made the whole episode pointless.
I don’t mind some things being left mysterious and open to interpretation. Perhaps a bit TOO much was here but a lot of it I didn’t mind.
Quite agree.
🙂
I think it was one of the best RTD episodes, but the end wasn't explained within the context of the witchcraft lore. Would have been perfect episode if the ending made sense rather than just happening.
I don’t think I need it ALL explained. A bit of leaving up to interpretation is fine. There was just a tad too MUCH of it.
I wanted it to be creepy, so I was disappointed when the people in the pub were just joking with her. Red herring there, multiple others, no real answers. It seemed like she was there to stop RaG, but in the end the whole thing never happened… so it was basically pointless in terms of plot, pointless in terms of character development as Ruby doesn’t remember… I think it could have been brilliant with a couple adjustments. Personally though, I was left disappointed. Too many unanswered questions (not saying I have problems with unanswered questions, just seemed like there were way too many here)… I wouldn’t say I felt confused at the end, we weren’t given enough information for confusion… I think Frustrated is the word I would use… this episode left me frustrated, which isn’t a good place to be halfway through the season.
I think the episode did continue to be creepy after that bit in the pub. But it had bit up to such a point that it needed that relief before building again in a different way.
So… am I going mad, or did Kate and Ruby repeatedly refer to the PERception filter as an EXception filter?
I definitely heard them say Perception. Unless they said both and I just missed the other times where they said something different.
@@CulturePhilter so I’m going mad, oh well it was coming some day. ;)
I don't want to say it in case it's controversial was the episode better because the Ncuti Doctor wasn't there acting cute all the time.
He wasn’t acting cute all the time in Boom. He can turn on the serious when it’s needed, but also the fun when that is needed.
lololololol Oh you're serious? lololololol
About which part? 🤔
You like boom?
I do. You don’t?
Too many plot holes and convinced and timey wimey stuff. This is meant to be a sci-fi show first and a children's show secondly. Weak Sauce.
I wouldn’t call anything about this week’s ’Children’s show’.
You could have said that about Space Babies and Devil’s Chord and to a limited degree I’d see where you were coming from, but this one? How did you get ‘Children’s Show’ from THIS?
it was again a BS episode
How so?
@@CulturePhilter the intrigue does not make sense, the finishing is not convincing, at least that's my opinion … for me it's been lazy writing by RTD since the beginning of this season