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- In the series that was alleged to be "too political" we have what's possible the most a-political Dalek story ever written.
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I forgot how great that line was. I hope Chibnal brings us a Dalek story in Series 12.
Given the rumours of the Daleks being filmed in Bristol potentially for Series 12, what are your thoughts on them supposedly using the same design of Dalek as they do here (even though this one was supposedly scraped together)
as far as the cover was concern I think you're missing the association of the 3 warriors to the 3 companions trying to justify why this doctor has more than recent doctors. it's visual association so that we're more likely to accept the number of companions
I really liked the dalek action scene in this episode, but i noticed that explosion at 7:54 literally comes out of nowhere.
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God the bowlestrek joke killed me. After being reminded about the Moffat Dalek shit I appreciate this story way more. I also can’t believe I didn’t notice the Dalek gun sound effect was from Remembrance until you pointed it out. So thanks for that.
I always thought Bowlestrek is secretly a Dalek...
@@AroAceGamer Nah, Daleks are capable of logical thought.
I prefer Daleks.
I love these reaction they're great. Also I did kinda shit myself when I heard the gun sound effect when the Dalek shot the guy at the junkyard. I knew where the sound was from right away and, amazing
ROTFLOL THAT WAS AMAZING
When the 13th dr confronts Ryan's dad it struck a massive cord with me and i instantly knew that Jodie was the doctor now. I went through similar with my dad, who also lives in Sheffield now. He left my mum with me a very sick child. When I was 18 my dad came back and wanting to start being apart of my life again and I let him, and he messed up again i decided i was done with him. So Ryan and his dad in the cafe scenes really hit me, it felt almost too real. Doctor who was my escape from all that and went on to inspire me to get better so I could peruse acting. So when jodie is the one to call him out it really felt like the doctor was standing up for me. So ridiculous I know but i have a lot of respect to chibnall for putting it in. So for me the cuts between dalek action and family drama worked but I can see why it doesn't work to well for others who want to get back to the dalek action. The only thing I wasnt keen on was when Ryan said he loved him. I would never say that to my dad. But then again I've never had a dalek wrapped around my dad trying to kill him so who knows what I'd do in that moment. Tbh I was alittle annoyed when I first watched it but I realise now that it was important that Doctor Who show it. I would absolutely love in series 12 to see Ryan's dad mess him around again and he eventually learns that he doesn't need him because hes got Graham, and of course yaz and the doctor.
Brillant review, have a great Christmas :)
I feel like the Ryan's dad sub -plot was kinda ripped off of the Sarah Jane adventures story mark of the berserker where Clyde Langer gets his dad back & he has to find some kind of peace with him. I like that story better as for a kids show episode it deals with the themes so much more adult than that of the Resolution of the Dalek. Clyde's dad ruined their wee family by cheating on his Wife? with her sister & then running off to Germany. He returned after running away from his now unborn child with Clyde's auntie & by the end he learns how to be a better father & goes back to try & be a good father to this child. I like it better than resolutions sub plot because it did it before & is quite sad unlike the one with Ryan where I guess we just aren't attached enough to Ryan to care as much as Clyde who'd been a main character since the start of series one & this was midway through series 2 so I guess what makes me like this more is just that Series 11 just had such bad writing throughout that it dragged down a sub-plot in its one good episode for me.
Edit: I think I should rewatch Resolution of the daleks before making the remarks. As I only last watched it when it came out & I was just a wee lad. But I think I should rewatch it to get a better idea. I also recently watched the SJA's one but I still think it works better for attachment reasons but both are a good one of this kind of abandonment theme.
I kinda agree the two plots were very much separate, it was kinda an good idea give some charecter to Ryan however the plot switch between Dalek and drama doesn't work to well instead of the two being connected they are just too separate
The Microwave Oven was particularly funny because a Dalek Disruptor was described by the 7th Doctor as a "highly focused radiation projector." Daleks have weaponised Microwaves the Doctor did it right back at them!
I didn’t enjoy series 11, I had no issue with the cast or the politics I just thought the writing wasn’t great and similar to Peter Davison’s first season, there were too many companions at one time meaning that some companions were irrelevant to the plot of the episode like Yaz in this one. I didn’t enjoy this special but I’m glad you did. The Dalek was definitely more menacing than any of the previous Moffat era Dalek stories but was defeated with one of the most pathetic methods out of all these stories you’ve reviewed.
BearEight What’s this? Sincere negative criticism of Series 11? Who’d have thunk it?
Seriously though, I’m more of a fan of Series 11, but keep voicing your opinions on this stuff. Voices like yours tend to get lost among the nutters who think everything everything is an SJW agenda, and it hurts the positive discourse as much as the negative.
@@DomoftheDoctor There are a lot of sincere and calm reviews of series 11, but the popular opinion seems to be that if you liked series 11 you are a SJW communist and if you didn't like it you are a misogynistic nazi.
@@timrosswood4259 agreed wholeheartedly. Both of the extremes are unpalatable to say the least.
The dalek in the battle in the field is only CG in 2 shots. The rest of it was a physical prop.
Great review tho! Definitely a marked improvement on Dalek stories from the previous era, despite it’s problems (let’s hope series 12 sees improvement on those)
Merry Christmas!
With Resolution, I finally got to know the 13th Doctor. I liked quite a lot of the stories in S11, but never got to know the new Doctor. But in Resolution, I did. A very nice episode and the best Dalek story since "Dalek". I'm looking forward to the Doctors story arch for series 12.
Finally a doctor who reviewer who knows that all media is political! :D
Definitely a return to form for the Daleks, both in terms of being engaging, enjoyable characters and in terms of being threatening. I will say this, I do like that the Doctor wanted to give the Dalek a chance to change its ways. The Thirteenth Doctor is the culmination of all the development of the Eleventh Doctor's arc of realizing the effect they have on the universe isn't always good and that he has to rein himself in, and the Twelfth Doctor struggling to become a good person. She doesn't hesitate to call out harmful behavior and put a stop to cruelty and evil where she finds it, but she also has to be the better person. She is the Doctor who puts her own biases aside and offers a second chance to anyone. If they accept it, she accepts them. If they continue to choose evil, she will stop them in their tracks. I also get the feeling that there is still a lingering bit of self doubt from her previous incarnation and she needed that assurance that, yes, she gave even her most hated enemy a second chance, because she needs to know that, yes, she has learned from her mistakes and the journey of her past lives and she is a better person. That's my take, anyway.
I think the Dalek voice was significantly improved in Resolution, in that it sounds far more booming, bassy and commanding.
The parts where Ryan's talking to his dad felt more like Eastenders than Doctor Who they also interrupt the flow of the Dalek plot IMO.
The RTD era feel more EastEnders that Doctor Who.
Resolution was the best Dalek story in years. I love how Chibnall emphasised the Kaled mutant as the true monster as if to retcon Witch's Familiar out of canon immediately which was vindicating. Wayne Yip's directing was superb and the Dalek design, as a one off, was excellent. I enjoyed Series 11 (moreso the standalone, experimental stories by writers not named Chris Chibnall) but this episode gave promise for better things to come, with a darker side to Thirteen (much appreciated), a clear understanding of the show's main villain in a season kinda lacking in good threats and demonstrating Chibnall's skills in writing straightforward adventures, which is what he's best at, not writing season arcs or complex sci-fi which he should leave to his guest writers.
I can’t wait for him to point out the Dalek cameo in The Five Doctors.
I'll say this, I gave Chibnall so much shiz for series 11, but in Resolution he has a superb grasp of the way a Dalek acts and speaks. If Series 12 is the comeback series for old monster, I'm hype. Even the opener looks to have a lot more MOMENTUM and CHARACTER STORY to it! Not just conventional gags in a vaccuum, or obligatory-esque Emmerdale scenes, but actual DRAMA! Really looking forward to S12!
@PikaCinema I'm prersonally cautiously optimistic but I hope it works out
Can I just say thank you so much for doing all this? I and friends have seriously enjoyed the whole thing and it’s offered some new perspective on some episodes while a nice balanced one on others. You must have worked really hard putting it all together
This was the diamond in the rough for season 11. The rest of the season was kinda boring to me for doctor who. Not a lot of extremely interesting stuff to me. I was still floored to see the Daleks return to form here
My main problem with the episode is why the tank, which looks to be a Warrior IFV based upon the turret. Is still firing solid shot AP in modern day. Those shells were phased out decades ago.
wow, that is nitpicky, but if thats the only main problem with this episode to you, fair play
Because this is 1943, silly.
@@thejacal2704 one i was going off the mantlet. Which looks like a wsrriors so i named it that. Two i cslled it an ifv. Ifv's aren't tanks. And what it did shoot is regular ap.
@@thejacal2704 one that was as an ap shell with no markings of he filler or discarding sabot. It's solid sp shot. Two you can't see the hatches until 1 frame. I went off the turret and gun. Both of which look very very similat to a warrior IFV. The turret mainly being with very angled mallet design. And again i said it's an IFV. That's not a tank.
@@thejacal2704 No shit sherlock. I'm pointing out the shows mistake. Also if you go off the very second of siding we can see it's a warrior. Going off the length of the gun and muzzle of it it's a warrior gun. It's not a scorpion. And again I literally said Warrior IFV. I really think you're lacking any sense here.
I liked Series 11 a lot, it had some issues but none too dissimilar from previous 'first episodes' for new Doctors and new showrunners. I do think that Chibnall has a lot to learn about writing for Doctor Who but Resolution's story, particularly the characterisation of the Dalek, gives me hope for Series 12 and the future of Chibnall's era. I think his next Dalek episode needs to focus on the Daleks as an intergalactic force because Moffat completely neglected them in his era so there's a great opportunity for a Dalek revival in the eyes of the general public, particularly given the political landscape at the moment.
What I'd like to see are these so-called "Dalek Prison Camps".
It was mentioned in Asylum and in the finale to Capaldi's first season.
I want to see this new Dalek Empire, or better yet, a spin-off series of sorts showing the what wars with the Daleks are like when the Doctor is not around.
Honestly this is the BEST Dalek story since 2005, it has the best action, best effects, best gun effects, and probably the best depiction of Jodie's Doctor. Don't get why people are so hard on it
To be honest, a lot of people are very hard on series 11 in general. Outside of the people claiming it's Cultural Marxism or whatever, most people I talk to who are fans didn't much like the series. I only watched the first two episodes and Resolution, so I can't really comment besides being broadly a bit disinterested, but it's odd how I've never really seen this reaction before.
Bare in mind, all these people are actors I know at uni who've grown up and been inspired by the programme, just for a bit of perspective.
You just said that it had the best effects twice. Of course they will be better as there is a larger budget and imore improved technology when compared to 2005 which still look great anyway. However there are things here that make no sense,like how do medieval soldiers with medieval weaponry disable a dalek, and why does it laugh when Daleks have no emotions but hate and fear?
And Jodie is an awful doctor, and does not compare to Christopher Eccleston's first dalek episode at all, let alone his whole performance as the Doctor
@@blueshark7385 Well I kinda meant effects in general when I said that and the other was about Dalek gun effects and sound effect. I get thhe technology improves over time but they don't have much more of a budget then they used to, this is still Doctor Who, and it's still got a Doctor Who level budget given that it's a Sci-fi show on the BBC. Also I went back once to old seasons and yes, while from series 1 to series 10 I'd say are still good for the time, in my opinion the show started to look dated by series 7 at the earliest. Also have your own opinions about Wittaker, that's fine, I would advise against comparing this outing to Eccleston's first outing with a Dalek simply because while I think Jodie does well with the material, Eccleston's intense performance and the background of the Time War which was built up since episode 1 of that series really made that episode something to be remembered. Still prefer her reaction to the Dalek compared to Tennant's in Doomsday and Capaldi's in Into The Dalek
Yea, I never got why those reviews on IMdb claims that this episode ruined Dalek. Especially after Moffat's "trilogy" of cybermenlization of the Daleks.
Wait, what trilogy?
Keelan Barron The Asylum Of The Daleks, Into The Dalek and The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar.
I’d like to see those trogs try and defend asylum, i fucking dare them
@@crimsondynamo615 ik I’m late but I can’t help but enjoy a blockbuster Dalek story, in fact I really liked series 7 but that’s just me
I loved Resolution as a standalone episode. Chris Chibnall really understands the Daleks. Unfortunately the characterisation of Jodie's Doctor during the final confrontation is a bit of a let down. One does not simply tell the dalek to just leave?! The Dalek is just gonna go off and terrorise more planets is that what the Doctor wants? The B plot surrounding Ryan and his Dad broke the pacing from the awesome Dalek action. I wish Aron was introduced earlier and the drama spaced out more in series 11. As you said it doesn't really belong in the episode. I am surprised too the doctor did pretty much nothing to help Ryan at the end allowing him to nearly be sucked into the supernova thing at the end. What happened to "I'm the doctor and I save people"?. Unit simply being shutdown felt like a lazy way to remove them from the story given they have been a huge part of doctor who history... Coming from a very disappointing series 11 which was badly politically written Resolution was a step in the right direction but not a redemption for what was a poor series for me.
They didn't need to bring up UNIT at all. They could just have had the regular army confronting the Dalek.
"Coming from a very disappointing series 11 which was badly politically written Resolution was a step in the right direction"
...it was often badly written, but this had little to do with politics. I didn't keep count, but I bet there were far more pieces of clunky writing in S11 that _didn't_ deal with politics than those which did. I guess politics gets noticed more because folks are more sensitive to it.
@@ftumschk The UNIT thing sucks since it's just a Brexit joke but it at least has interesting potential (Power Vacuum and no one is watching a lot of that alien technology)
@@ItsButterBean1020 I wouldn't mind if it was a Brexit joke, as long as it was a good one, but it wasn't even funny, though. And they did nothing with it afterwards, so the dramatic potential you rightly point out was lost.
Oh exactly it's a shit Brexit joke (Hopefully the Spy episode follows up on the potential or we get alien weapons on the black market or something)
Hats off for a spectacular month of reviews...looking forward to cybercember 2020...:-)
You're kidding yourself about that Brexit joke btw but fair play for sterling work and excellent / fun insight into so many much loved tales.
I see 13`s reluctance to go for instant kill and the granting of a chance of escape to the Dalek from GCHQ more as an attempt to shield her companions from the blacker side of the Doctors character. Whittaker`s Doctor( to date) is more the positive scientist/traveller (and dare I say lonely) type and it is obvious from the writing that is what attracts and keeps the companion unit together. A sudden lurch to terminator mode at this stage in her tenure would seem odd. Was is not Tom Baker that said the character should be played `as a person with secrets' ? Anyway with that anal over analysis out the way I wish you a Merry Christmas.
This series on the Daleks has been brilliant, thank you so much for this
Very great Dalek design and an amazing story. Merry Christmas!
My big problem with this series was the enemies themselves. I'm glad that season 12 is going to have more of a focus on this area! The acting was great but the plots/lack of arc hurt it for me!
Dalek 1960: what’s is that weird noise from your mouth?
Jodie: I tHiNk ItS laUgHiNg
On the Dalek design, its great. But for Series 12, the Daleks appeared in Bristol using the same design as the Dalek here for filming. This Dalek design works as a one off as a scraped together design. Not as a new design in its entirety.
Well the design is different, more akin to the Dalek Storm, at least the base. And it looks more updated and cool honestly
I think the rumours is that the leftover casing from 'Resolution' became the basis and inspiration for human-made Daleks.
If that's the basis then the lack of a re-design makes sense.
To be fair, wasn't the custodians burning the dalek shell set up by the picture we see earlier of the armies surrounding the dalek on fire?
Yall can say what you will about series 11, but that title sequence is the best
I loved the season, and totally agree with this statement, THE TITLES ARE THE F****** BEST!!!! And I loved the episode, best story, probably since Doomsday
As I write this, it’s 26 minutes until series 12 starts with spyfall part one, can’t wait
Granted I agree with you about season 11 to an extent. I hate it. But not for political reasons. There's always been politics in doctor who. This is just a poorly written, often boring series with poor acting.
Also resolution is a poor man's justice League with the idea of the separation of the daleks is exactly the same as the separation of the mother boxes.
I'd also note that idea never even goes anywhere.
Like you could have just said it was busted in a crash or something and got dug up
I agree about Series 11, Daleks, and the issues around “political” Who, but I disagree about the idea that “all media is political”. Political themes are those which concern how society should be governed and what the proper use of power is within a governance framework, as well as concepts such as rights and freedoms that relate to governance and power. Not all media contains such themes. Now, you can extrapolate theoretically anything into being a political act or containing a political message, that doesn’t mean it’s actually there. If an author deliberately writes political themes into a story, that makes it political. If they do not, it is not political. Period. Only authorial intent matters, it is the only objective meaning of fiction. Audiences have no actual part in this creative process. Who has always had political stories and political themes, with Series 11 being no more political than any other, but the idea that literally every work of art or fiction is political is idiotic. To act as if only children do not believe this delusion is disingenuous.
11:31 And that is why Tosin Cole took home all the awards for that Series.
I still thinks hes the weakest actor in series 11
@@gallohalt He's such a bad actor.
I've been a fan of Doctor Who since before I ever saw one second of film ( I'm from America and read several books when I was a kid) and I'll never understand why so many are so hateful towards 13. She's awesome. I honestly don't believe there's ever been a bad Doctor. Some are just better than others. Oh well, Happy New Year to all.
... Here's the thing. Political themes work... When they're analogies. The Slitheen farting in downing Street? An analogy for politicians talking out of their asses. The Daleks? An analogy for facism. The emperor of the Daleks and his God complex? An analogy about the dangers of religion and cults. I could go on.
The problem with political themes is when you are so up in someone's face about 'this is right' directly, without allowing them to come to their own conclusion having been given the evidence, it really annoys people and it's pretty offensive in and of itself. Now I stopped watching Doctor who a long time ago, but that was for another reason. Fantasy needs to be locked in its own reality. Events need to affect the world, which was done masterfully throughout the first three new seasons, but ever since they killed the past at the beginning of Matt Smith I was disillusioned, and completely stopped at the rings of akaten (giant sentient sun with a face that eats dreams.... What?)
I haven't watched the recent series, but do you know what I hear in all of its praise? Barely anything about a good story. All I have heard, is how many people in it are not straight, or not white, and I'm just sat thinking... And? Having minority characters does not make it a good story, it doesn't matter what boxes you check with your characters, constructing characters with 'he's gay' or the like as their main trait leads to a bad character. If you look back, a lot of characters in the past could have been gay, because they didn't talk about their sexual preference. I liked Mikey (and Ricky) because they were good characters, not because their main point of conversation was their race.
From what little I've heard about the recent black companion (I'm sorry but I don't remember his name) he seems like a pretty good character and I have nothing against his inclusion, I know even less about the others. However, going to see Rosa Parks was a massive problem. Do it well? It will sound preachy. Do it badly? Many people will decide they are offended.
Here's what should have been done, and what would have been done in early new who.
Travel to a planet with a similar situation, two races, whether different species or not, but with very small differences, who really do not get along, with one enslaved by the other. Underground resistance movement, doctor helps (peacefully as much as possible) and points out how stupid it is. He then leaves, with the situation still rocky but improving.
There is already a really good doctor who story about race, which is also about how bad war can be. It's the first story with the Hath.
I still think Chibnall sucks, and I hate what he's done with this season/series irrelevant of story topics and genders. But yes, he does a good job here.
In NZT Dalekcember has been posted at just the right time to coincide with me waking up and turning my computer on. Really enjoyed this series and was a very pleasant watch with my breakfast throughout the whole month, absolutely loved it.
(Please do one on the Cybermen at some point)
Thanks a lot, mate! But it's not over yet!
Resolution ain't so bad. For me it's kinda a jumping off point as the Daleks are more-less what defines Doctor Who for me and while it certainly demonstrated a little more of an understanding of the Daleks than any Moffat Dalek stories, for me it was just like "C'mon it's been 10 years since Stolen Earth and the Daleks have barely got screentime or much to do". I'm that guy, I like watching shows partially for the props and costumes and I want to see those things get ample screentime. Resolution's body-snatcher element was intriguing, unique and cool but I just wanted more of the scrapyard Dalek and I didn't like the whole "The Daleks miss everytime anybody important is on-screen". I'm also still not fond of the 13th Doctor's dialogue. Those are all things that are, or well, were in my early days as a TH-camr, kinda difficult to convey without coming off as just outright impatient, but I think that's just where I'm at and this was like, well, there ya go. I feel like I myself ought to revisit it at some stage. The whole political landscape thing of Series 11 was to be honest something I really didn't understand. I will say, get ready for this to get dislike bombed once a Bowlestrek snitch outs it for that joke later in the video. I spoke out against that guy and got totally dislike bombed by mouthfoaming far right neckbeards making assumptions about my sex life (lmfao) but I gained 3 subscribers and £7 of ad revenue so I can't complain. The whole reason I did that was because some younger folks were watching this kind of content and taking the points as actual points as opposed to bile that infringes on the rights of others including vulnerable groups, and one of those folks is a buddy of mine who's a teenager and kinda didn't really understand how bad some of this stuff is, heck, I didn't for a while, it's how it gets you.
Either way, I'm enjoying Dalekcember. I hope that S12 has a bit more of what I like from Doctor Who in it and that they even out some of the 13th Doctor's dialogue to be a bit less uh...embarrassing middle class aunt, but either way, there's no shortage of Doctor Who episodes that I do like, so might as well just let those who enjoy it, enjoy it.
Nice review I was going to ask you if you were going to review the two Peter Cushing films because I would love to know your thoughts about them and because Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. is some of the only 1960s Doctor Who material that I have seen and I am very exited to see the two reviews and I hope that you can have a Cybermencember next year
I like her final confrontation with the dalek in the episode
I actually really dislike the Dalek's fight against the soldiers in this story. I feel no tension in watching an army of nameless soldiers all slaughtered in an slightly over-indulgent action set piece since there's no one I actually care about involved. When the Dalek similarly cuts down an army of Soldiers in 'Dalek', Rose and Adam are also in its pursuit and therefore immediate danger. If I recall correctly, everyone is safe in the Tardis at this point of Resolution.
This is something I feel Moffat was also guilty of. Having the Daleks kill is an effective demonstration of their power and ruthlessness, but a higher body count doesnt necessarily equate to 'scarier'.
But then in the episode Dalek there was that really long sequence where the Dalek is making it’s way through the base and killing all of those soldiers and but Rose and Adam also running from it is not what made the scene intense and scary.
And nobody has ever needed to be emotionally connected to the characters being killed in order for it to be scary as scenes like that often act as ways to demonstrate the creatures power so when the characters are confronting it then we are aware of how much risk there can be.
I think that the story did make the mistake of having the characters safe behind the force field in the final act but then that shouldn’t detract from the scene of the soldiers being killed as it still acts as a way to show how powerful a lone Dalek is which is what this story was going for.
@@frazzlesreviews5379 Are you on about the scene with the sprinklers? If so, that scene was scary because it not only showed how efficient and intelligent the Daleks are, but also because it forced the Doctor and other characters to witness its vicious slaughter. It kills a room full of soldiers in two shots. The action in that episode is also incredibly well shot and feels grounded.
The scene in Resolution is over the top and gratuitous in comparison. This Dalek built from scratch shoots a bloody missile that deflects another missile from a tank. Rather than the efficient two shots from Dalek, it unleashes a comedic barrage of fire. Awful digital camera shake is all over the place.
Yes, there are many ways to make something scary, but seeing characters we care about in danger is a key way of building tension. If we don’t care about them, we’re less likely to invest and feel tense. To say “nobody has ever needed to be connected” is frankly ridiculous.
Yes, scenes demonstrating a creatures power will create tension for later scenes in which the characters we care about confront it. However ‘Dalek’ achieves both. It creates tension both in the action scenes, as well as quieter moments of confrontation. There’s more to the action scenes than simply “Dalek stops and blows stuff up”.
I’d argue Resolutions approach undermines the Dalek, making it harder for me to take the ridiculous action seriously. I simply don’t find the scene tense or threatening, it’s a display of flashy explosions and cartoonish physics.
I liked the Dalek possession, but the writing was a mess. The very best bit was the extermination of the soldiers, but there is no logical reason for that scene to have happened (the Dalek just landed to have that fight, then flew away again, and it did this after knowing someone capable was trying to stop it). I seem to remember the Dalek made some really stupid decisions elsewhere too, but it was 2 years ago now and nothing stuck with me except the fight scene (which was great, but, again, made no logical sense to have occurred). The Dalek design was ugly and I do not like Jodie (she feels like she's trying to do a David Tennant when he was "wacky").
2:59 as a 13 year old,
very nice
One of my least favourites from this month. The general lack of ‘aboutism’ when it comes to Chibnall’s latest scripts is more present than ever. The CGI is dreadful, ruining the action and the cast so big that the serial has no clue what to do with them except pile out of the TARDIS in the finale and watch. The Ryan drama is good, because yes this is BROADCHURCH Chibnall, but those scenes in isolation far surpass the awkward Dalek redesign and the increasingly awkward stabs at humour. The Dalek showdowns with the Doctor also are some of the most generic yet, making it feel like a prop to remind you she really is the Doctor.
Good points? But I’ve definitely turned on it. Can’t believe it got off so much lighter than some 70s stuff and even Moffat episodes. Thank you for this series though. Will revisit often. Hoping for another next year if you’re up to it!
Any chance you can do a collab with Trilbee? It would be amazing.
It’s almost as bad as back in 2005 where they got Christopher Eccleston to battle off against a dalek to make people see him as the Doctor finally with a poorly made Dalek prop. And Jesus Christ that awful bit where the Dalek kills itself in the end is terrible CGi and just kills the tension of the scene because everyone knows that CGi is what make a story good.
And that crap emotional stuff with the doctors baggage is just Russel rehashing his emotional work from bob and rose. Yes Russel this is a channel four 9 o’clock show.
Shearman’s script just lacks aboutism which is definitely a read word and automatically means I am right and that stories I don’t like should be bashed instead.
It was the best dalek episode of the revival
7:14
I was working on New years day until 8 and I planned to watch resolution as soon as I got home however I loaded up facebook on my phone when I finished work and the official doctor who page (OFFICIAL DOCTOR WHO PAGE!!!) already had a post saying "what did you think of resolution?" with a picture of the dalek from the episode. They spoiled the dalek's return to me themselves.
This dalek design did take some getting used to, but after seeing it in action, I was impressed.
I'm not sure what this says about me, but I was incredibly attracted to Lynn-acting-as-Dalek-puppet. Not anything to do with the mutant, just her performance. I think it's just that I'm attracted to confidence, evil or good.
happy christmas eve MrTardis :)
I loved this episode. I loved the focus on the Dalek mutant creature, and seeing its lethality and cleverness and cunning in full swing despite being deprived of a casing. Really kind of goes against the stuff said about them in the Moffat episodes and it’s much better for it, a breath of fresh air for the Daleks. I was a /bit/ weirded out that it laughed (I thought Daleks didn’t understand the concept) but it was still very enjoyable.
Great work doing this for a whole month.
I genuinely didn’t like series 11 for actual reasons relating to writing that I found lazy tbh. Like doctor who has always been political and Jodie is v good but I felt that it was just really poorly written. This was clearly the best episode but what annoys me is that this was chibnall pulling out all the stops. The quality of this episode should have been the standard throughout the series. Just an opinion though, ya know? 😊
Resolution is one of my favorite episodes of the show. I don’t think it’s one of the best in terms of actual quality, but it’s just so fun to watch. It has most of my favorite events of Doctor Who in it and never fails to put me in a good mood. Series 11 was a little weak for me, but this story along with Demons of the Punjab and Rosa give me hope for Series 12.
Reminder that Yaz is also a police woman just like the woman that got grabbed by the Dalek here. I'm not sure what that says about Yaz's character that they had to introduce a NEW person who's basically Yaz to create conflict when Yaz did nothing this episode.
I'm...I'm sure there is more than one police woman in the world.
As someone who isn't a fan of Chibnall, I will admit that he understands the Daleks more than Moffat did during his tenure. The Dalek V Army scene made good on the 9th Doctor's "Salt Lake City = Dead" remark in Dalek.
Love the fact that all the dislikes are probably from not liking a women doctor as (the other videos have no where near this much it’s actually sad) which has nothing to this video this a great solo Dalek story but noooooo the idiots only care for one thing nice work mate looking forward to the Peter cushioning videos XD
Happy Christmas to the Best Dr Who TH-camr of all!
This Dalek has, strangely enough, the most personality for a Dalek. It's mad, and insane, and it gives it more of personality for a Dalek in a long time.
Not only that, UNIT made an unelected dictator president of the world in Series 8, and being shut down for budgetary reasons is hilarious
I love this episode, it's my second favourite Whittaker episode after 'Demons of the Punjab', but why oh why didn't they call it Resolution of the Daleks
They probably didn't want to give anything away, for the same reason that the epic 1968 story _The Invasion_ wasn't called _Invasion of the Cybermen._
@@ftumschk that's fair, but it was so clear it would be the Daleks - I'd forgotten The Invasion though, I'm sure there's a few other episodes with names like that that I've forgotten
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2020 from Finland!
Ah, season 11. Kerblam offended me loads but at least it was interesting. I adored Demons of the Punjab though. Witchfinders and It Takes You away had issues but I still really, really enjoyed them. Rosa was so embarrassingly bad despite its overbearing didactic good intentions and good acting. It felt like a Magic Schoolbus episode. And The Woman Who Fell to Earth epitomized season 11's problems for me, right off the bat.
Chibnall's just a really boring guy who likes emotional characters but has nothing interesting to say. Resolution was similar to much of those other dull Chibnall-written episodes. Just so very clumsy with soap opera level obsession with human emotional issues that just don't feel like they belong in these adventures. Nothing interesting happens. It's emotional,
sure. But I just don't care about these characters that much. I so wish I did. The momentum stops with their heavy little dramas that just don't match with the adventure series I love. It pretty much only worked for me in season 11 when the adventure meshed with the emotional growth stuff. Namely, Demons (for Yaz), It Takes You Away (for Ryan and Graham), and Witchfinders (for JodieDoc).
Daleks? Oh. Were there any real Daleks or a Dalek in this? Yeah. Great video again.
Glad you got your spirit back. Was hurting for you with that hating of the Moffat Dalek stories. Heard you on the first two of those vids, but with Magician's Nephew/Witch's Familiar -- which I don't love -- I was definitely smarting from the pain in your voice. It was tough to get through that one with you. I mostly loved the crap out of season 9 and the smart, clear, mature evolution of Capaldi's Doctor. What I loved about that story was great for Missy and CapaldiDoc and hinted at things to come for Clara. What disappointed me and basically really diminished it was the extreme messiness of its place in Dalek epic storytelling. It barely even required Daleks in it. What even were the stakes in that story if everything could be so easily undermined by CotFD sewage Daleks? But... I feel like it just made you so angry.
And it was a delight to listen to this return to form -- and return to pleasure in your voice. The bad monsters are cool and bad again. 🙌 Whoot, 56 years of Daleks and Who!
Can't wait til tomorrow! Merry Christmas.
The scene with we just have to talk to each other was also done in midnight
Resolution (of the Daleks)
So the Peter Cushing films will be Day 25 and the cameos will be Day 26. Also, why not make a video dedicated to more ideas that you'd like to see with the Daleks?
All three of those things are coming in one video on Christmas Day.
Finally someone who can look past the unnecessary hate of a good session and see what's awesome about resolution
I am so happy you liked this story too. I enjoyed it on my first viewing and have watched it twice since. The Dalek is truly evil and Team Tardis is in perfect form. Let's hope this years special is just as good.
I'm glad you're reviewing the movies. I've wanted to see reviews of them to see what they're like, but the only one I could find is four minutes long.
There's a reaction and review (54 minutes!) over on 7th Hour Films channel. th-cam.com/video/cwR0pziE8fs/w-d-xo.html
@@ftumschk Thanks.
@@NitroIndigo My pleasure.
The greatest thing about Chibnall's Doctor Who is the new/old intro.
This should not have been a dalek story. The idea of a parasitic alien being stranded on Earth, cut into three pieces by a more primitive society only to be resurrected centuries later is good enough in itself.
As soon as you add 'dalek' to the mix, it comes undone for me. The story is undermined by questions and inconsistencies arising from prior knowledge of the daleks which are answered too late in the narrative, if at all.
I am grateful to this episode however for finally helping me identify a crucial obstacle to my believing in Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor - breathing. She overuses breathless delivery of dialogue. This can be effective for creating tension when the story calls for it. But when the story doesn't, it comes across as anxious and/or out of control. No-one would be reassured in the presence of such an individual. Afterall, if they can't control their own physical and psychological state why would anyone think they can control this situation?
this to me is the joint first place in terms of dalek stories between 2, Dalek and resolution. both of them, to me at least, are almost identical, and i love them both (i haven't seen all the classics yet, so i dont give an opinion on them)
The best Dalek episode in ten years. It gives me great optimism for Series 12.
i really liked it, loved the comparison with the doctor and her making her sonic.
The split with the farther story was a bit disjointed at times, but good at others. the microwave was.....it was just too much but it didnt ruin anything.
a good episode and good to see the daleks bad ass again.
Love this series of videos but I disagree pretty hard with you on this
Also with all due respect a good deal of people hated Season 11 for the poor writing on display and major poor choices, not all who dislike 11 are misogynists (It's honestly a ridiculous strawman)
I'm not a fan of the tank design, it just looks a little weird to me, but honestly the story around it is too good for that to ruin my enjoyment of this portrayal of my favourite villain DW villain.
Also I really enjoyed series 11 and honestly it made me gain interest again after I lost interest during the Moffat era.
I had a few qualms with Series 11 but it was honestly the most invested I had been in Dr Who since Series 6.
I had fallen out with the series by the time S7 started and I just watched the remainder of Moffat's era as fan obligation than anything, due to just generally not enjoying the direction the series had went in at that point. It felt like Moffat had started phoning it in especially during Capaldi's Doctor (#CapaldiDeservedBetter)
But to see a creative team during the Chibnall era actually show they wanted to give it some depth and a bit of bite with it's themes, it was honestly a breath of fresh air
Ryan and Yaz should've been replaced by the guest companions in this episode. Mind you, that's probably the case for the previous specials.
Astrid was cool. So was the girl in the Santa claus one.
I tried getting into Series 11 but I found it boring more than anything. I stopped watching just before Arachnids and I think I’m gonna give it another shot. Chibnall wrote my favourite New Who episodes The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood so second chances are aplenty
Glad I subscribed and watched this series. You remind me of me when last year I finally good off my rear and got all the Doctor Who DVDs I could (I have some on VHS and watched the Classics on PBS back it first came over here in the late 70s and early 80s, but no new Who until then), and watched them all in chronological order, including Torchwood, Class, The Sarah Jane Adventures, the animations, and K9 and Company. It took me months to get that all done!
I have the Peter Cushing movies and recently watched them! I think he would have been an amazing 'regular' Doctor too.
Resolution was fun. I largely agree with you on your points. It was interesting, enjoyable, and a bit muddled with the Aaron plotline going with the Dalek one. A decent story with a few issue, and worth a watch. All the side characters were great, the Dalek piloting humans was both interesting and terrifying at the same time, and the design of the Dalek's new casing was brilliant.
I didn't really enjoy series 11 all that much but not due to the Doctor being a woman (I like Jodie actually, I wish they'd stop making her come off weak like you point at here though. She apologizes too much, even more than 5 did at times, and I'd like to see her be more assertive) or the companions (Ryan is fine, Yaz is great if underused, and Graham is solid (I love the sandwich in 'It Takes You Away')), it's the writing mostly. Only a couple of episodes really felt good in addition to Resolution; It Takes You Away was pretty interesting and Demons of the Punjab was a nice twist on an impactful historic event, while Ker-Blam had issues but was fun. Most of the rest of the series was either dull like Rosa (I really hope we don't see the future racist again though, hated that guy), or truly dreadful like Arachnids in the UK, The Witchfinders, the Tsuranga Conundrum, and Ghost Monument.
I hope series 12 is a bit bolder and more exciting. I also worry about having 3 companions as it was evident in 5's time that they were having issues with it when in Kinda for example, Nyssa mostly slept in the TARDIS. Yaz needs more things to do! I really like the actress and the character concept for her, she just feels too much like a 5th wheel in series 11.
To quote Jeremy Jahns this episode is a good time no alcohol required
I'm not a massive series eleven fan (I don't think its as terrible as some people say it was but I don't think it was amazing either) but this special was really really good
13:22 Bravo, MrTardis. Bravo.
i know its a not a big big deal but... How was a Dalek beaten by medieval knights? I guess it was really badly damaged?
Well, they've previously been beaten up by Thals armed with little more than sticks and string, and a certain teenage girl once did some serious damage with a baseball bat ;)
Say what you want about Chibnall at least he made the dalek a threat here. More than Moffat's ever done
Love Jodie Whittaker's portrayal of the Dr, she has had some interesting stories, and I like the way the Daleks continue to evolve, but the backstory about the companions just bores me. I just do not find any of them engaging or interesting. Does not stop me watching though.
Agreed about the companion back-stories. It's as if Chibnall was desperately trying to make his cast more rounded, but overdid it by laying on the tragedy too thickly. Ryan has dyspraxia, a toxic father, a dead mother (whose body he found) and a grandmother who dies in a freak accident which he witnesses directly. Graham is married to that same grandmother, who was his chemo nurse when he had cancer... oh, and he's in remission, so he's not yet out of the woods. I'm a caring person, but these sob-stories were so OTT and contrived that I found them hard to believe, still less engage with.
Although I like this episode, the fact that the gay guy introduces himself, is immediately murdered and unceremoniously dumped on the ground, wasn't really ok, it's peak "fridging the gays"
Agreed, and the fact that the character's sexuality was entirely irrelevant to his job or the plot made it seem even more of a quota-filling exercise, and more easy ammo for the anti-SJW brigade.
The diss at Kerblam got me laughing out loud. But yeah, pretty much agree with most of what you say on this one
I hate series 11 it's terrible but I found this episode just bearable. But one thing if the dalek mutant is that big how did it fit in the casing? Well very good you spoke about and touched on what I never noticed. Well done.👏👏👏
I think that due to its squid form, it can get into very compact spaces easily.
Kinda like how large Octopus' are able to squeeze though tight rock formations underwater.
@@MrTARDIS thanks for replying and thanks for the information . Merry KRIMBO !
16:20 Is it just me, or is the "most secure digits in Yorkshire; it's what I tell me boyfriend, anyway" line the hand-job equivalent of the paving slab moment in Love and Monsters?
The `secure digits' was just a witty throwaway line whereas the gobbling paving slab was the end point- reward if you like- for all the grief Elton had gone through; that made it a considerable order of magnitude more awful in my opinion. LOL.
@@derekangell829 Maybe, but I'm not so convinced. As written and delivered, the line was laden with innuendo, and I struggle to think of any use to which the "secure digits" could have been put in a boyfriend context, apart from jerking said boyfriend off.
@@ftumschk If anyone is offended by the `secure digits' that is an individuals feelings - I make no judgement. The paving slab for me was not offensive at all just a bloody ridiculous plot ending- even for Who. That said it provided a laugh for many fans once we lifted our jaws off the floor.
@@derekangell829 I'm broad-minded and don't take offence at either, but I find them both to be examples of near-the-knuckle (pardon pun) innuendo that seem out of place in a family show.
@@ftumschk So you probably found 10ths shagging of good queen bess a bit near the knuckle?
2:37 lmao This is spot on commentary
This was a great way to start 2019 and I hope S12 is a great start to the new decade!
Think of it a Dalek made of steel, all you need is an electro-magnet and hasta la vista baby!
13 is so good in this yet in season 12 her character is set back during the filler episodes and is only given time to shine when she’s with the master but this has been completely forgotten due to the waste of time that was the timeless children.
Plus, he was just an absent father, and I doubt Ryan's willing to let him die.
I thought Lin was a great character and was hoping she'd stick around. If one of the current companions dies/leaves I'd love to see her come back and join the Doctor in the TARDIS for a series or two.
This series equivalent of Shona.
We were robbed of her as well
Looks like the next one might be a dalek civil war
being 12 watching this is funny💀 also this december you should do cybercember idk i’m bored and would like to see cybermen stories reviewed