Ambassadors was the first Doctor Who story I ever saw, but it's not just that nostalgia that means I love it. So glad other people recognise how great that serial was.
As a child, I thought the metal ones were best. However, as I've got older and more in touch with my own sense of personality & mortality, the cloth ones now seem horrific!
I HATE the paradox of the cybermen and their chest respirator units. Someone needs to reconcile that. How can you choke a cybermen to death by clogging the chest unit with gold if they don't even need air to breathe and can walk around in space or on the moon? Ben even killed a bunch by spritzing the chest units with cleaning fluids. Do they need to breathe or NOT???
Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, habitat destruction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and *species extinction* . -United Nations FAO
The question is often posed and in this episode the doctor worries he is a disaster and it is Kate who encourages him. I wonder... . The episode and season seems to leave faith in the doctor as a question. @choswnchimp like you noticed the sacrin resolution of ruby road story, i noticed the disconnect between the nostalgic answer of kate and the doctor's deeds in the episode. RTD problemitized the doctor in several ways this season, e.g. treatment of Susan, his absence in 73 yards, recklessness in rogue, etc. this episode is only a happy ending because of a sort of faith in the doctor. Sue says "i am a creature of a dark god, but you say i am fine." Each character died, but that is fine." Etc. because the doctor says so. Yet the doctor has been on the back foot this whole season. This ignorance is only reemphasized by floods 4th wall break looking like the white witch from the lion the witch and the wardrobe and it snows. Rtd is being subtle by half. If these things are un finished, rtd might be frustrating your question does it have a consistent feel once again. don't get me wrong there are moral delemas and character dramas in this season, but i think this season also asks questions of story-tellers. Is it true to life if there is a smile at the end of the episode? Is cannon or "fan service" satisfying? The necessity of play or fantasy or cosplay? I could go on. It is crazy to me how this season pushes the audiences buttons. Nice work here, chimp. Looking forward to your videos in the hiatas.
Beautiful review. It all points to Elohim God the supreme CREATOR. We essentially discover his secrets, observing and being in awe of the Creator over the creation. Praise God forever!🤸🏽♂️❤️
This was so badly written. The dialogue and some of the acting, too. The idea that Sutekh has been hanging on to the Tardis for what in the Doctor's time is over 1000 years is ridiculous. I also miss when U.N.I.T. was primarily a military organisation, not school kids and mums.
I feel like Disney's making everyone be happily ever after which I don't like. With previous rtd finales there's been something bad to the characters but here there wasn't and it felt wrong. Ruby and the doctor parting ways didn't feel right because they've hardly been seen with each other and the doctors cried in every episode
LOL, it won't. Nothing about Ruby was important. Never explained why she was so crucial to why Sutec was so bothered about her. She's important because, "we think she's important". ........................ WHAAAAAAAAAT?
@@PeterCamberwick It was needing to know and understand, that was Sutekhs downfall. So its funny that some people are getting hate up by not being given all the answers to their satisfaction. LOL
I liked the reunion with her mother, so refreshing not to have the usual overblown drama that is normally played out with these reunions. Plus the "spoon section" like you said was a nice slow down but also told us the devastation had been going on for a while at this point which I feel you may of missed.
I crunched the numbers on my own ratings chart for the season, episode by episode. I loved The Legend of Ruby Sunday, but have not felt this let down by a part 2 since Last of the Time Lords.Empire of Death just failed to deliver on any of the tension or mystery of and elements of part 1 that I loved. The instant jump towards a reset button ending on top of the ending not coming together for me just simply hurt. That said however, this season has rated very highly with me overall. Like you, best since Capaldi, and maybe, MAYBE, the strongest of the revival/nu era in terms of consistent bangers and fun.
The episode was all over the place and then I was completely taken out of the story with the reunion at the end. I agree that they need to tone down the finales, the massive apocalyptic element has been overdone now, as soon as everyone dies it obvious it's just going to be another reversal. A waste of a classic villain really. As for my rankings: 8. Space Babies 7. Empire of Death 6. Rogue 5. The Devils Chord (as long as I skip the last 5 minutes) 4. Boom 3. 73 Yards 2. Dot and Bubble 1. The Legend of Ruby Sunday (Not the best story-wise but it was the only story that had me on the edge of my seat)
This entire season has featured very sub-par story writing for the normally excellent Doctor Who series. This is not about so-called woke-ism, because if you ignore any social inclusion references, the stories are still not very intriguing. Sure, the special effects and sets are better, but thaty’s just due to Disney’s cash infusion.The stories are simple and lacking depth, as though they are written to appeal to children. I can’t tell whether this is on purpose, or whether the writers are out of good ideas or what.
Teloses destruction can still work because it could of just happened before telos was destroyed remember time travel these were happening in different time lines so yea telos’s destruction can still work besides telos wasn’t really destroyed until the cyberman series I thought that telos was just seriously affected by that fleet of cyber ships causing an extinction level event also telos is bigger than earth
Hey everyone did anyone else notice the snow at the end of the episode of mrs flood since it always snows so do this mean that mrs flood has been following the doctor everywhere he went
I had fun. I just found it “good”. Not as good as RTD’s other finales, but “good”. And “good” is good enough after many years of “not good”. I enjoyed the series. It’s the first time I’ve enjoyed Doctor Who in fifteen years, which is an ironic amount of time. Ranking: 1. 73 Yards 2. Dot and Bubble. 3. Boom. 4. Rogue. 5. Empire of Death. 6. Devil’s Chord. 7. Space Babies.
@@MrStephenLodge I mean he had to create angels of death to do it and needed to take steps for it to happen. The Toymaker could just make anything happen. And also, I don't think the doctor could have got a lead around the Toymaker's neck and drag him through the vortex.
@@adamfreddo5703 A bit like saying the big guy down the Gym was more powerful than Napoleon because he could personally beat people up.To me to be able to create people or take over people and control them is far more powerful than something that can trick people and do impressive conjuring tricks. Any defeating of any undefeatable being is always underwhelming Sutekh could of just of took his smoke form and slipped the leash but that would of been the end of everything and the show. LOL
Am I a bad person for hoping that the destruction of the Vlinx would be permanent? It's far too close to the Kamelion for comfort. IMHO, a disembodied voice like TIM (Tomorrow People) or Zen (Blake's 7) would work better.
Cheers Chimp. Hope feel better soon. So so dissapointed. As a Doctor Who fan for over 40 years. This season as a whole has been very enjoyable. I dont get the hate it seems to be unjustly warranting as a whole, however after a sensational penultimate episode in The Legend of Ruby Sunday and the reveal of an old foe Sutekh, RTD let fans down in Empire of Death as he couldn’t stick the finale. Once again RTD gives us a Deus ex Machina ending. I dont like to be negative but it felt very rushed and lazy. The answers as to how Sutekh survived from Pyramids of Mars were nonsense. So we are meant to believe he has been inhabiting the Tardis all this time since the Fourth Doctor? Lazy. Then Sutekh was kind of redundant in this episode and defeated in bizarre fashion. What was with the whistle and Tardis??? Very confusing. How did the time vortex kill Sutekh when he survived in it previously?? Just felt at odds with what came before. We had too much mystery without much pay off. RTD couldn't land the finale imo. On the point of Ruby’s mum if she was just a 15 year old girl what was with the elaborate costume? Pretty sure this wasn’t the fashion for teens in 2004. Just feel deflated right now and certainly not invested in Mrs Flood.
I have a question that absolutely nobody so far seems to have touched on... How on earth did the dust kill the vlinx? I thought it was a computer but it would seem from that that there's some organic, or at least sentient component to the vlinx, which A. I didn't know, and B. In that case why did it not kill the tardis? I feel like I've missed something as nobody else has mentioned it... help?
i mean hes a god he can do what he wants. The tardis is basically a god level being you dont just dust a tardis. a random robot less sophisticated than an early cyberman isnt a challange
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Deus ex machina time knowing rtds track record. Although, I'm hopeful it won't be just like in the parting of the ways. I think Mrs flood will probably be Osiris or someone who can help defeat sutekh
Great review chimp as always. The reveal here for me was completely fresh. Totally marked out. Having moved away from UK and social media blackout not spoilt for me. Bring back Sutekh is perfect as you put it. So malignant. Just hope RTD can deliver on the finale….first question how??!!! How did Sutekh manifest in the Tardis? Loads more. Can’t wait. Great to be excited for Doctor Who again after recent years.
Carole Ann Ford is still alive and has said she would be open to coming back, so I don't think Susan will be a new actor or a big reveal. I think next week will end with a small cameo from OG Susan because the Doctor will finally go back to see her. She'll tell him she had a good life etc. and give them both some closure.
This is what I also think in regard to Susan. I think it would be faux pas of RTD not to allow the original Carole Ann Ford to reprise the role one last time.
Even though I had heard all the rumours about Sutekh or possibly Omega I completely discounted them because I thought there was just no way RTD was going to bring back a pretty obscure villain like Sutekh. So when they went to the reveal and put Sue Tech together I was flabbergasted. I loved it. It gave me chills, even on rewatch. Harriet's speech and her rundown of the gods was chilling. My only complaint is I would have liked it if they had used the old Sutekh mask but the CGI doggy was fine. Can't wait to see what happens next. I agree with you that it better damn well be satisfying.
