A Fan's Hopes For Doctor Who "Season 1" 

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For the reviews I'd definitely say get them out whenever they're ready. I'm not too bothered by it being on different days. I enjoy watching them whenever.

For reviews do what makes you and your mental health and responsibilities the most at ease. Don't feel rushed to create content I'll be there to watch whenever they are ready.

The Ncuti inspired outfit really, really looks good on you.

Quite possibly the funniest intros ever. Up their for attitude with Will Wheaton turning up to Force Awakens premier in a Star Trek uniform doing the Vulcan salute and announcing "Live long & suck it!"

You did link it to Star Wars - at the very start you allowed yourself new hope!

I have only seen the theory that the 14th Doctor becomes the Curator from the 50th anniversary. Revisiting old faces and a happy ending. The hope in that is great!

Things I'd like to see: Repercussions from the Giggle. A hole is blown in reality. The compassionate Doctor. A companion who is interested in the experience rather than infatuated with the Doctor. Some plotlines grounded in Ruby's family.

The romantic pining was perfectly done with River. It doesn’t need done again.

I think it's correct to call it season one. To group revival with Disney Who, it's just distancing Classic Who.

I saw a recent RTD interview where he mentions it's ok to scare kids but actually against BBC guidelines to leave them with a sense of dread. So should be good.

Thank you for the video, Vera! And I love the Fifteenth Doctor's new cosplay! About being experimental: I do not necessarily expect entire episodes, but, at the concept/idea level, I am totally for it. The experimental episodes work better when they are rare, unique and outliers. About being whimsical: YES! I want dumb but fun episodes! Doctor Who definitely should have serious and dark moments, but it should not forget about being fun and entertaining. About being dark: as Vera mentioned in some videos about the Chris Chibnall's era, one of the big problems with the Thirteenth Doctor's run is the unquestioned cruelty. Even if the Doctor is incapable, they still must try to save everybody. Yes, sometimes, people will die and the Doctor will fail, but they must try to be kind. One of the reasons why I love so much the episodes "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" is Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor being able to say at the end: "Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once - everybody lives!". That is Who the Doctor must aim to be.

Big swings, sense of whimsy, gets dark but doesn't circumb to darkness - you're basically hopping for a Rob Shearman season. And in fact, I won't be too surprised if RTD would adapt another one of Shearman's audio plays, like he did with Jubilee.

The biggest crime that Chibnall did, in my humblest of opinions, was turning every Time Lord into Cybermen. It did add some interesting tension having them being able to regenerate, but it's the same problem I had with Gallifrey being destroyed in the Time War. While I made peace with that (and with Moffat bringing it back by Deus ex Machina because he hates it when anybody dies), I think The Doctor needs them as a foil. If we could retcon that somehow, or fix it, I'd be a happy nerd. Happy Free Comic Book Day, everybody! I hope you all went out and supported your LCS!

Ah - I love Hell Bent! Didn't at the time, but have a bigger appreciation for it now. It showed how far The Doctor WOULD go, and what he would become, if he refused to ever let go of people... and himself.

Don't forget the weird shoe-horned crush Clara had on Eleven in ToTD. That was weird, glad that was dropped almost immediately with Capaldi.

Vera, whenever you can get a review to a point that you feel it's right. Release it then. It doesn't have to be right after an episode releases or on a set day of the week. It's more important that you get the video the way you want it to be.

the best episode to show what you meant about the doctor being around gives hope that everything is going to be ok is "The Doctor Dances"....in the first part "The Empty Child" there was an air of doom that every was turning into a half human have thing melded with a gas mask and a one track mind of trying to find their mommy.....at the end the Doctor turned on the light of hope by doing what they always do, use things around them to find the solution, in the case of "The Doctor Dances" they upgraded the nanites with the proper human template and cured everyone, "For just this once, Rose, EVERYBODY LIVES!"

Now that you mention the valeyard, he kind of gets a redemption in a time war audio story called the War Valeyard. I think it makes the character worthwhile. I think you'd like it. Excellent video.

I love your channel and I have done for years, but your emotive language and thoughts on your hope for Doctor Who is so beautiful, and I felt like so many of the whoviens - the pure love for the best show in the universe!

Take your time with the reviews. Having them come out on a set day would be good, but I mostly just want you to be able to give them the time and consideration they need and to not get burnt out.

The thing I'd like to see followed up on is the Toymaker's line about tampering with the Doctor's past. Was the Timeless Child a change that he made? Kinda weird to bring that up and not follow up on it. P.S. put out reviews whenever you want! Doesn't need to be on Saturday.

Awesome video! Off topic from the subject of the video but your outfit reminded me of a funny head cannon I came up with, which is the idea that The Doctor after being so sick of not being ginger decided to have a ginger outfit this go round. Would love to see a joke about that if anyone asks about Ncuti’s outfit. 🤣

Loved the intro....As a much bigger fan of Doctor Who than I am of Star Wars I'd prefer to say may the 4th Doctor be with you. :-) Looking forward to new Doctor Who episodes.

I am hoping with the 1st episode "Space Babies" that they are not going to reuse the trope where the monster turns out not to be a monster. Looks monstrous but turns out to be the babies' real nurse/nanny.

May the fourth be with you my Jedi sister.

For me the doctors romantic relationship and romanceness is River. Will always be River, no one but river, I feel like river is the only character right for the doctor in a romantic sense

I feel the same: I also love dark stories or rollercoasters that keep the light on at the end of the tunnel. I watch these shows as escapes from real life and if the story ends badly, what kind of escape is it? I need my happy ending for my little fav characters at least.

I don't mind if the reviews don't come out on the same day. I'm going to watch them no matter what day they come out on. Take your time with it and when it's ready, I'll be there.

Vera, something about your closing words today really hit me where I needed them. Love your show and you! Thanks for all you do!

Just get the reviews out when you can. Whether that’s the Saturday, Sunday or Monday. Doesn’t matter if it’s not the same day every week.

Nice intro and good video. The things you talked about I agree like bringing in new villains will be great. As for schedule of the new episodes, I'm good either or, it just depends on your schedule. If you can get it out early great if not that is also fine. I will definitely be watching

Okay, maybe I’m a bad Doctor Who fan, but I started from the earliest episodes I could find streaming of classic Doctor Who, watched everything that was available, including Torchwood. Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor and the Timeless Child were some of my favorite parts. Through smashing a bit of lore, they managed to open up a whole world of possibility to write about forgotten past lives that shaped The Doctor into Who they are today, and gave them an infinite horizon to explore. It’s like adding a window to a historic house. Potentially devastating if done wrong, but illuminating in new and beautiful ways if done with adequate care.

I do wish Doctor Who would go back to 13 episode seasons. I'd still like more episodes but less than that is too few for me.

Thanks for using the DVD trailer I did for Resolution! Glad you're feeling optimistic about what's coming, I agree with you on a lot. I can't wait

Hi Vera... great vid as always love seeing the return of your excitement for the series (I've just finished the premier eps a wee while ago)... Please take as much time as you want with the reviews. Personally I don't mind when they drop as long as you're comfortable.

I’m happy with you putting out reviews whenever you feel most at ease. I don’t mind if they’re not consistent and I don’t mind if they are. You gotta do what’s best for you. Love your videos! Excited to see more!

Agree with other comments, love watching your videos and I’m happy to wait for whenever you have time to release it, to work around all the other things going on in your life 😊

As for reviews, I'd say do them as you can, when you can. I enjoy watching them whenever. Thinking of your point about escapist media, I'm in total agreement. I don't necessarily need a happy ending every time, but it does at least need to be hopeful.

I like what you say on the darkness in the show. For me, the darkest place they went to was Midnight (no pun intended) because of how the episode ended, when Donna repeated what the doctor said and he fixes her with that serious stare and simply says "no, dont do that. Don't". If we can get one or two episodes that come close to Midnight, Blink, Dalek, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, Silence In the Library/Forest of the Dead, Human Nature/Family of Blood I'll be impressed. Also agree with you on bringing back old enemies. I'm happy to go a coupla years without the Master, Daleks, Cybermen. Also agree on the doctor/companion relationship and their having this link of not knowing where they come from promising some solid emotional beats without the romance whilst also, for the doctors character, being the best way to move forward from the timeless child. Let's hope for some great scripts, performances, and who knows, maybe the start of another golden era of Doctor Who.

I think Sleep No More probably was the Darkest DW episode ever (in this sense of things NOT being ok, or even resolved)...In the classic show, Warriors of the Deep, with the Doctor openly lamenting the downer ending...Are there any that out do those?

Echoing a lot of other comments, I'm happy for you to put up your reviews whenever works best for you! I often don't like watching reviews immediately anyway, as I like to settle in my own opinions, and I'd always rather creators look after themselves rather than rush content out to the detriment of their own physical or mental health.

I'm rarely able to watch your stuff at the same time each week anyways so definitely don't worry about sticking to a set posting day in my opinion. Just when they're ready, we'll be here!

For me, get reviews out whenever. I like to watch your reviews after I see the episodes, and that often takes me a day or two.

I think I would rather a set day that's not necessarily right after the episode just because I'm more likely to remember to look it up if and will be less reliant on RU-vid telling me if it's on a set day, however, I will watch it eventually whatever day it comes out!

I wish the series would go back to a longer episode run, especially as I feel there could be a Doctor-lite episode in the new one due to Ncuti's filming schedule, which is probably not the best in a short run.

for reviews of the new season, i’d rather a set release day a little after (i’m assuming monday or tuesday). life comes first, and couple extra days to digest the episode can’t hurt :)

I agree with you on Waters of Mars. It's the one episode I never want to rewatch just from how it ended

In Re: dates for reviews -- I'm fine either way (fixed day vs possible floating dates). Having them drop within 3-4 days of the episode is good-if-not-immediate, for me.

Chatting about episode count, I think it's worth mentioning that Classic Who was 25min episodes with seasons with 24 or more episodes. I think it would be nice to have that sort of structure back. One, it encourages multi-episode stories, which I think are healthy for viewer retention and so on, and two, it means on a Saturday you can say, "What do I want to watch? Hm. Is there Doctor Who on today?" and be greeted with a Doctor Who episode more often. The amount of time between seasons can build hype, but it can also make people forget that DW is even on the air. You want casual viewers to be able to spend a good evening watching, which does of course mean that if there's a two- or three-parter, you need to be able to catch up somehow with parts 1 and 2 before you can watch 3. If Doctor Who runs from the end of April to the start of November, then thats going to be 28ish weeks or episodes. Then, you get a gap in the runup to Christmas and New Year's, with an episode over that period (maybe two!). You get the season send-off in November, then you get the boost of the Christmas Special where you can set up anything characterwise you want for the next season, or have the Doctor's regeneration either just have happened (we get a whirl with this new Doctor) or happen in the epidode (we get a swan song with this Doctor), and it keeps us going and gives us a pot of speculation to stir to our enjoyment til May rolls around.

I am also a parent, and have NO IDEA how quickly I'm going to be able to watch these. HOPEFULLY the week they drop. So get to it when you can, no hurry. Quality is more important.

+councilofgeeks *The British Broadcasting Corporation introduced **_Doctor Who_** while the majority of television receivers were still grayscale.* Series One was in the mid-1960's.

To your point about not wanting Doctor Who to succumb to darkness; that's one reason why I already like Ncuti as the Doctor. In both episodes we've seen of him so far, he already brings that air of competence and safety. Like just being around him, you know everything is going to be ok. I look forward to seeing how he handles the darker episodes.

I’m excited about the new season as well. Put out your reviews whenever they are ready. I’m always excited to watch your videos regardless of the day they come out. ❤️

I think you do you in terms of the schedule of video drops as you say you have other things happening and if you need to work round that then that's what you do. I'm sure channel followers will ve happy to wait for the quality content!!! (Ps 15th outfit looks fab!!!)

24:26 I like reviews before the next episode cus I use them to remind myself of what happened previously. I don’t mind what day they are published cus I don’t usually view it on the day there put out.

I would say Wed or Thur would be the best day to get your reviews out! Gives me a chance to watch the episode and also builds the excitement for the next episode!

Slick cosplay! I don't mind waiting for a non-rushed review. I agree with your hope for things not to linger in darkness. This is a incarnation of the Doctor that's had time for therapy. I'd hate to put them back into a dark rut so quickly. Darkness can and will still exist, but this Doctor should hopefully know by now how to move forward despite the darkness.

Thank you for a great video as always and I agree with you

I’m happy with your reviews coming out when they can. Don’t feel rushed. I know I will watch them when they come, regardless.

Love your new DOCTOR look. For the reviews I would say to get them out when you can.

I started watching Doctor Who in November of last year, beginning with the Ninth Doctor and the new series. I’m doing my best to move quickly and am on Peter Capaldi’s last series. Still have the whole Chibnall era (oof) but I’m excited to get through that and begin this new era and see your thoughts on each episode. So far, your opinions of Doctor Who and what you envision for it match most closely to mine out of any other reviewer.

Personally, I am happy either way for a scheduled review day or for you dropping it as and when. I think the latter may be better overall just for the sense of if there's an episode you need time to digest, you can take a bit more time if needed. Depends which fits in your own scheduling best imo

Ooooh, new Vera Doctor costume Or at least if you've used it before I haven't watched any video it was in Looks nice!

Video timing: what works best for you is great for me :) Your opinions: I agree with basically everything, less strongly about the idea of going super “out there” then again if you see blue yonder as out there, maybe I am not. You are beautiful, you are valid, and you are loved. Take care!

I’d definitely like to see your reviews as soon as possible after the episodes.

I can’t wait for the 2027 season of Doctor Who where we get 3 whole episodes this time. Each of these co-written my Russel t Davies, Steven Moffat and Marc Gatis. Can’t wait!

id probably prefer a set day, i also like the monday gap between because it always the episode to sit with me and a few days to formulate my own thoughts going into the review

I'd say get them out whenever they're ready - it doesn't have to be on specific days but you shouldn't have to rush to please us, either. So whatever's easier for you. Great video and great outfit!

I want you to release your reviews whenever you're comfortable with releasing them. Don't rush them or push yourself too hard. It would suck if council work got in the way of your beautiful and valid life that we love.

Personally I liked the butterfly effect joke, I feel like it fits the rules changing with superstitions thing like with counting salt

Haven't even started yet, but I can't help but notice that an hour after this dropped a clip for the butterfly effect bit came out.

I would rather it have a set day, Wednesday like when you did take two for example

Reminder that "who's got a wild idea that they can give us" is kinda how we got the daleks

Don’t mind when your videos drop. I will watch and enjoy. I agree with your hopes for the season 1:)

Oh they're bringing the whimsy. It is extreme, which I think I'm fine with because they set it up. I just hope there is an end to it this season or next. It's fun as a unique time in the show, but I think it'll get old if it sticks around too long.

My hope is mainly the Doctor's characterization...which I'm of two minds about. On one hand, I want to get back to the palpable SORROW of the Doctor in the revival, that really added some much needed depth to him from the classic show and, I feel, was really a major part of what hooked the audience in the first place. On the other, it seems that part of this Doctor's theme is that he has finally "fixed" himself and thus should logically no longer suffer from that trauma, which means he (and future Docs) should be more like the classic Doctors...but I'm hoping they can do that, and STILL find ways to make them more dimensional than he often was back then. Television and viewers have come a long ways, and the straight-forwardly "HEROIC" figures of the past just don't quite cut it anymore...

Any day or time you post your review will be fine by me. I can wait. BTW , I just found you today so I am a new subscriber. But I like what you said and am of the same opinions as you almost entirely! I can’t wait to see the new season of Doctor Who and follow up with your reviews. (I’ve been a Doctor Who fan since forever. Tom Baker was my intro but I have since been able to watch all available Classic Doctor Who as well.) I can’t wait for the new season to begin.

I’d say whenever you’re ready. It’s not like I ever see anything on RU-vid the day it’s released anyway LOL. Also I don’t know if you’re one of those people who has to watch or listen to something more than once and then process for a day or two, but I am

One of the darkest things people seem to forget about Torchwood is that it establishes that the canonically real afterlife in the Doctor Who universe is seemingly eternal consciousness, alone, in a state of sensory deprivation, with the feeling that something terrible is coming for you in the darkness. And people got mad at Moffat for "don't cremate me" lol.

My biggest hope is that RTD doesn't bite his tongue because a key part of the audience is 8 and it's going out on Disney+ in the US - I want more stuff like Turn Left. More stuff like the way the specials expressed the sentiment that as well as good humans have a great capacity for evil in The Giggle, or the throwaway line about hate travelling further than love in Wild Blue Yonder. Fully agree with your last one - That Doctor Who benefits from going dark, at least from time to time, but shouldn't linger in that darkness. The way I tend to think of it is that Doctor Who, no matter how dark it gets, should always retain a sense of _hope_ . If you've played - or read - Wanderhome, I think when Doctor Who goes dark it ideally should feel not too dissimilar from the way Wanderhome feels when you're playing up the darkness of that - You can play Wanderhome in this whimsical anthropomorphic animals helping out where they can as they pass through, sort of reminiscent of the sort of children's programming where the stakes are minimal - things like 'will the town be able to put on the fete' (and a lot of the AP videos of it were from preview copies right at the start of the pandemic where most of the people playing the game needed that sort of whimsical escape so a lot of coverage of the game focuses on that way of playing it)... Or you can play it with a lot of trauma as a group of homeless, anthropomorphic animals wander a world that just got out of a civil war and as such has a lot of trauma within the world and within the characters (I think most games probably fall in between those two tones) But when you play it in that second way? The game doesn't so much push against it - It explicitly supports it, there are a bunch of options in character creation that it signposts as being ideal for that second mode of play and not so good for the first mode of play - but it does push you towards playing that second option in a specific way - As being about _recovery_ from trauma, rather than _lingering_ in trauma. I'm not fussed about if you get reviews out on a fixed schedule or when you can get them done by, but if you do pick a fixed schedule for them? I'd rather you got them out on a fixed schedule that didn't require you to work on weekends. Even if that means they're out on Thursdays. If you pick a fixed day to put the reviews out, pick a day that means you're confident you'll have time to give them as much work they need to make them things you're happy about afterwards. But also... You probably need to compromise between that and algorithmic SEO nonsense.

This is becoming my favorite DW RU-vid channel! ❤❤

As quickly as you're able. One, to appease the algorithm gods, but also "as your able" means sometimes it would be an early treat 🙂

Loved the intro 😂

The only way 14 coming back would be good is if he gets the galifrey falls/no more painting and becomes/gives it to the curator

I’d love the episode reviews out quicker, as long as it’s not a detriment to your personal life

Have your life and do your review when its best for you. We're not going anywhere.

Yes, on comments right away 😅

You whipping out that lightsabre on a dr who video was my spiderman with a cape moment.

I think. I reealy think. At the end of the 60th when the curator talked about past faces he was laying down that line. And David pt2 gets that life and ends up being the curator

I wish I had a cool lightsaber. Nice colour too! I'd love it if Mrs Flood interacts with a bit-part/cameo character played by Brian May. But that's just me being silly. Edit: I would focus on getting the episodes ready for monday. Monday isn't far enough from Saturday to miss the wave, but gives enough time for you to have a life and make the video good :)

The 14th doctor is definitely never going to become the Valeyard. He's going to become The Curator.

I'm happy to hear your thoughts whenever they appear. You need to live your life. Thanks for all you do!

In regards to the reviews I’d just say whenever you can get them out!

the thing I am most annoyed about and it's like totally of my own doing is I will only for now be able to watch the first episode on the 11th (in the UK) because come the 14th I will be in Canada on a tech free adventure holiday for 25 days so I will miss like 3 or 4 episodes in that time and that's like half the season. I will binge watch when I get home and I am so looking forward to my trip. it's gonna be an amazing experience and stuff but still it's just all the timings. Missing out on one of my fave things for a while.

I think a set day for the reviews would be good.

Whenever you do the review is perfect.

My only issue, I'm not subbing to Disney+ just to watch Dr Who. D+ doesn't have enough quality to cost ratio to make subbing worth it. I'd rather wait until they release the box set in 4-5 years.

I would hope most people here are with you not because of when this stuff drops but because they enjoy what you say, have your weekends for you and your family.

Just get the reviews out whenever you're ready. We don't mind. :)