DID IT SUCK? | Doctor Who [EVE OF THE DALEKS REVIEW] 

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I like that storage room doors are more resilient to blaster fire then the daleks own armor.

10:37 To quote Jay Exci: "Character time is over, time for plot!"

I like how Sarah is written better in 1 episode than Yaz has been in 3 seasons. Wish she had replaced her as a companion

i found it weird how Dan just outed Yaz to the doctor? Also he was the one telling Yaz to confess yet he tells the doctor instead of letting Yaz tell her herself? like- as a lesbian if someone outed me to someone i was close to i would b pretty pissed off let alone if i they told them i had a crush on them like??😭

So this time, Chibnall has kind of hidden his typical "clock counting backwards to 0" strategy in a somewhat more elaborate setup?

What struck me about the TARDIS resetting itself was the stated fact that they had seven seconds to get out - so they all stood in the middle of the console room before making a mad dash for the door. Why didn't anyone think of standing at the door ready to leave once the Doctor flipped the switch?

I won't lie, the only scene that had me somewhat amused was when Dan "sacrificed" himself to delay the Dalek's plans

Just hoping people don't turn up in 5-10 years to say Chibnall's era was overhated or underrated, because he just doesn't deserve that right. Even if they will probably turn up anyway because internet is full of hipsters.

Imagine if the Irish girl was cast as the first female Doctor instead of the one we got. Could really have added something to the character and the show. I thought she was funny, (stand up) convincing and likeable. Rather than disinterested and phoning it in.

I genuinely wonder what is going through Chibbers mind. The guy in this episode with all his exes stuff catalogued in his storage is a genuinely creepy character.

As chibnall said back in 1986 'Very cliché. Could of been alot better written, it's just a lot of running up and down corridors'. We also had the trademark chibby countdown to the end and the sonic solves everything. Whilst I like Dan's character. When he's running round the Dalek it seems Chibby forgot that the mid section can rotate very fast independently as established in series 1 'Dalek'. *Also the cringey forced love scenes... therefor making the twitter creeps who seem to be unhealthily obsessed with Mandip and Jodie freak out.

One of the things that annoyed me with this episode is just how unlikable the doctor's character is. When she's talking to the Dan and Yaz in one of the resets she just comes across as blatantly rude and just annoying. Another thing is Dan's telling the Doctor about Yaz liking her, when we could have had a potentially great scene of Yaz getting the confidence and confessing her feelings to the Doctor, all we got was Dan going "yOu LikE hEr" and some pipette tears. (also according to google Yaz is meant to be like 19 which is a tad weird considering she's being played by a 34 year old) Can't wait for Russel to come back and bless us with some half decent writing!

Glad someone else mentioned the absolute baffling timings at the end. Absolutely hate it when they do that trope when a minute isn't actually a minute.

The character work was the best of chibnalls run, with what's his face and what's her name having some actual characterisation.

Both Harbo and Harry dropping a review of this episode tonight. The synchronicity is marvelous. 🤗

Also, I love how there was all that "but Doctor, if we reset one more time it'll go over when Nick is gonna die and he'll be gone for good", but then immediately forget about it after more resets. Top notch.

Did "Thasmin" seem like it just came out of nowhere to anyone else? I probably haven't been paying enough attention, but I never saw Yaz loving The Doctor in the same way, say that Rose did

What triggers me the most is that in this episode the protagonists somehow escape the daleks who are machine gunning them down a thin corridor and they don’t get shot at all and the metal shop cover was more durable against dalek fire than the actual dalek itself.

If the goal of the Daleks is to kill the doctor and they know where the TARDIS is and where the doctor spawns... Why all the running and killing random humans??? Also, seeing how easy it was for one Daleks to trap and kill the doctor, companions and 2 random humans, it's surprising they haven't done it before

Thank you for pronouncing Aisling Bea's name correctly. This is the first review I've watched that hasn't badly mauled it.

5:31 Myself and a friend actually had our own theory for this. Rather than the daleks being more powerful with the new guns, they trade power and being able to aim on the fly, with rapid fire. Hence why it took the dalek longer than normal to break down the door/why it kept missing quite a few times

"Don't forget your stick lieutenant" " Oh rather Sir, wouldn't want to be charging a German machine gun without that"

Speaking of Briggs, the fact that he also voices the Cybermen just makes that scene in "Doomsday" all the funnier if you imagine it's Nicholas insulting himself repeatedly.

I thought there were a few other major plot problems. 1. How do they know that the time loops at midnight (they always died before then) it could be an hour reducing by a minute, rather than 8ish minutes. They have no way of knowing (or it's not explained) 2. Why do the loops reduce by exactly a minute? And why to exactly midnight on NYE? 3. Does no one else have a phone? The doctor could memorise the numbers when they meet, ready for future loops. 4. Why didn't the daleks put a force field around the whole building not just the front door? And how did Sarah know there wasn't a force field there? 5. Since the daleks attacked because they knew that the doctor was there, why only send a handful of Daleks? 6. How did the daleks get there? They attacked because the doctor arrived, arriving in seconds/minutes of the TARDIS. Can they now teleport across the whole galaxy in an instant? Okay a few more points than I was planning, but weirdly I quite enjoyed the episode (probably because I've come to expect so little though...)

Something that got pointed out to me that I'll never not notice about Chibnall era Who is the overuse of the Sonic Screwdriver. Take this episode for example: - Doctor uses it to assess their location both specially and temporally rather than just explore. - At the same time the Sonic gets an alert to temporal disturbance which could’ve been done as a visual effect or even the Doctor (being time sensitive) just feeling it. - Finds Nick dead and doesn’t even physically check him for a pulse, just Sonics. This also alerts her to it being a Dalek which again could’ve been done by physically checking the body, as has literally been done before in Remembrance. - The Doctor’s entire plan for confronting the Dalek being to use the Sonic to jam it’s weapon, which alone is a stupid plan because then what was she gonna do? And THIS is just the first 10 minutes before the intro theme started, there are many more examples in this episode alone but I’m not gonna go through every one, suffice to say the Doctor spends at least 50% of the episode with the Sonic actively in her hand and that’s just ridiculous.

I no it was wrong but I cheered out loud every time the doctor got exterminated

I can't believe the Doctor is having another will they or won't they with his companion for the 4th time now lol. Can Chibs do anything original lol

how does nick have enough ex-girlfriends to fill a storage room with their stuff, but can't ask out this one girl he fancies?

Young Chinballs: "The writing wasn't very good. It was all over the place. It needs to be written better". Older Chinballs:

I know this is stating the obvious but the Daleks at least exterminated the Doctor more here than in the last 58/59 years combined (TV only, maybe Big Finish or novels exterminated them before Stolen Earth)... too bad they still had Stormtrooper Dalek aim somehow.

Can we talk about how the 13th Doctor is genuinely a psychopath... She just can't help blowing people up and destroying things can she😂

that 'making friends' speech was honestly horrific. chibnall just gave up on cohesion and listed random fucking things

Absolute fuckin' cobblers, wasn't it? From start to finish. Every single element that could have been mishandled or misused was treated like it was baggage being thrown onto a plane at an airport. What baffles me most, though, is how positive the reaction seems to have been from reviewers (other than on RU-vid where sense, it seems, prevails) and the public. Have they all been brain-damaged by Flux? Or maybe that trailer for "Legend of the Sea Devils" wiped their minds of the past hour's viewing.

In relation to LGBT relations towards the doctor they should be treated the same as when straight companions tried it. The doctor simply hides from relationships because humans die and she doesn’t want to feel that grief of losing someone she loves. The doctor doesn’t mind homosexuality, we know that already from David’s doctor with captain jack.

I hope they bring aisling back we are due a sarcastic but secretly caring companion again soon

I love that one of the patrons is Chris Chibnall

Yea it was pretty terrible. I mean it was just people running around screaming with Dalek's killing them. i feel corvid showed here as thy were only a few people running around and only two Dalek's. Also not great if Chib is just going gay bait people with Yas is romance .

Can’t have it be a personality flaw or something, like “oh if my phone’s on silent i forget it exists”, it’s gotta be a weirdly broken phone in a way no phone has ever been broken

The story concept was decent, but the lack of continuity in the daleks ability ruined the episode

@Harry's Moving Media I have not watched Doctor Who since season 12... I even missed most of that! I am getting DEEPLY FRUSTRATED though with how weak the Daleks are constantly portrayed!!! The creator, Terry Nation, Detailed in his own Non-Canon (Conveniently for the BBC) Dalek Annuals that what Dan did to that Dalek in this episode - NOT POSSIBLE! The Daleks SHOUDL BE one of the most Difficult Enemies to beat in most respects as it is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE to sneak up on them... They are TANKS, Your best bet is a Fast Full Frontal Assault!!! Their biggest weakness is SPEED!!! They are SLOW AND LUMBERING! Other than that - You are Screwed! To demonstrate - Some additions Terry Nation Made: Dalek Bumps - Proximity Sensors - They can detect Heat, Vibration and Electrical impulses giving a Dalek an All around View even when its Stalk is not looking behind it - NB: It only detects "Signs" and cannot identify so still needs to physically see to identify a Potential Target... Dalek Bulbs - We all know they were put on them so that the Crew could see Which Dalek was Speaking... But Nation created a canon Explanation for the Bulbs - They are Heat Dissipaters! A Dalek Power Source produces a great deal of excess heat - The Bulbs allow an excess to be removed safely (Some is stored to charge weapons etc...) - Break The Bulbs on a Dalek, It will be MICROWAVED in its own Shell! Levitation - LONG BEFORE The Show showed Daleks Levitate - Terry Nation had it covered! I am GLAD I did not see this episode... Because the BBC are SCREWING UP THE DALEKS! What should always beat them is their Obsessive Behaviour... They are so single minded that they refuse to believe they can be beaten!!! Meaning they do NOT think of the possibility of defeat! They should not appear SO DAMN WEAK!!!

It doesn’t make sense for it to be flux debris as it started to go wrong before the flux even turned up

9:55 And we´re all fingers on buzzers! Are you feeling lucky, are you ready to play the game?? Who´s gonna be quickest, who´s gonna be luckiest? lol (the person, who figures out where this quote is from gets a hug. Also: I quoted this from memory. Also also: I´m crying right now......)

The only good thing about it was that it inspired me to read a good book instead of watching it. Thanks for the succinct synopsis of what I did not miss. In this medium, it’s at least somewhat entertaining

I don't think I've ever seen a Dalek miss so many shots. And that stuff between Yaz and The Doctor that Chibby keeps trying to force in, he's definitely seen the fanfictions.

So why were the Daleks even at the storage facility in the first place? Did I miss something there?

6:50 I mean, in the earlier scene weren't they talking about an escape route (or lack of) from Nick's storage unit, whereas later Nick and Sarah are in an open space?

Nice of them to remake ‘Endless Eight’ for an English speaking audience. Even down to a phone being repeatedly annoying. “Sera kun, denwa”

It would make an interesting episode in the hands of good writers. Finally a chance to show the Daleks actually having intelligence like we haven't seen since 'Dalek' or the cult of Skaro with the doctor and the Dalak adapting and trying to out think each others moves each reset. Having to come up with new ideas as the others trail along unable to keep up with the doctors rapid thinking and 3 steps ahead planning having to trust that it'll all make sense in the end even if she asks them to do something like sacrifice themselves in one loop but you know, not in this era.

I really liked how Chibby found a way to have the black guy die first _twice._

4:34 - I still hate that TARDIS interior design.

Did I miss something, i understand that each time they respawned a minute later but there was no explicit idea of them not respawning after midnight, what is this cinderela or something ?

I honestly don't know what to think of this episode, I mean, after the last episode of flux anything looks good so I might be unduly influenced

I don't really like Jaz as a character, but even then, I think she deserves better, the doctor treats her terribly

Just two more specials to go. It's almost over. BTW BBC bring back Christmas specials

I thought Daleks had the ability to rotate their waist section. ( As used in Dalek)

I really enjoyed this episode…but then I realised that was only due to the fact that ‘The Flux’ was so so so so low that anything looked good in comparison.

Only two more specials before RTD is back, even though I think I heard that Russell is doing the anniversary special

Did it Suck? .. yes, yes it did.. sorry to say but the only reason i am now watching Jodie Whittakers Docter is the hope that she will regenerate and the pain can be over for us all

Aisling Bea definitely stole the show. I low-key kind of wish she'd come on to replace some of the less-interesting companions we're stuck with

Did she finally regenerate this episode? Is the nightmare over??

A note about the exit, the first time they were trapped in a unit and the doctor was asking about another way out of that unit.... not the way out of the entire building

While still very flawed it’s my favourite ep of the chibnall era so far, had me entertained in a way I haven’t been since series 10

Short answer "yes". Long answer "yes, yes it did"

I just feel like they want to introduce the Daleks for DANGER! But then they never have any idea of what to do with them. There are very few episodes in all of Doctor Who that have a truly satisfying ending as far as Daleks go. Some are passable. Far too many just wind up in blowing them up. Which quickly becomes boring. Also, the ducking scene. I know it's a favorite in media. I'm just brought back to my old favorite series that might seem a bit out of nowhere. Zoids Chaotic Century. The main character pulls a maneuver where he leaps out of the way just as two of the other giant robots are coming in for an attack, and these two hit one another and defeat one another. The point is made that this only works because these giant robots are piloted by computers and not competent pilots. No competent military trained pilot would fall for that. I love the Daleks, but they so often want to have them falling for the dumbest plays in the books. The point of the Daleks being the most dangerous is supposed to partially be their intelligence! I just don't see why a species that is CLONED to be the best soldiers would fall for something so plain.

How long has Chris Chibnal been a patron?

I had the same feelings when it came to Yas’ crush on The Doctor

Joe Vevers' parody of this (groundhogmany of the Daleks) sums up the creepy guy's character . Watch it. It's really funny.

That moment when he rates this episode as high as he rated "The Doctor Falls"

Are you going to watch the third doctor story 'the sea devils' before the next special comes out in april?

Plot twist it’s Ryan and Graham who gave the darleks mini guns

New doctor New era New showrunner New series Chris Chibnall should stop humiliating himself already.

a 4 of 10 is rather generous it should have been a -4 of 10.

Ok They were occupying like 80% of the corridor That Dalek had a literally gatling death ray And still managed to miss all the shoots? This ain't "Nick-picking" tho They literally used the same scene of the Dalek shooting multiple times that I thought I was watching an African direction cut movie

Why did she say he won’t live past 11.55!?!?

So. Why was the front door locked.... but the basement wasnt? Wouldn't it be a big sorta dome (like in the simpsons)

i just been skipping scenes in jodi era; which is kinda sad how I used to be a huge doctor who fan

Did it suck? well.. was it filmed after 2015? then it almost certainly sucks

OMG, the Deal or No Deal part was brilliant! 🤣

Chibnall secretly wants Doctor Who to be cancelled, that's why his writing quality hints to it

Around about the halfway mark I was completely uninvested in what was happening. Chronically uninteresting episode.

i honestly thought dan said "you did halv came lookin at that hologram"

0:50 love the haircut!

Why is Chris chibnall a patron of the Channel? 😅

Since when do fireworks destroy daleks

5:08, I think they might've been trained by the US army.

Has the new black claw ever been used at all since shown ?

Can you review rest of inside no 9

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For the Chibnall episodes, you should've changed the title from 'Did it suck?' to 'Why did it suck?' by now!

Aisling Bee dresses like my grandad - or how he would do; if he were still alive. (which he isn't).

When you going start reviewing series 7

What this episode´s reaction boils down too: "its not very good but lesbians so 11/10"

You'd want a Dark Souls Cosplay party Your editing in this episode was amazing, you been watching YTPs I choked when Spooky Scary Skeletons happened, have you seen Doctor Poo: The Age of Security by any chance

I'm not gonna lie, I've seen a lot of Aisling Bea (QI, Cats Countdown) but this was the first time I actually liked her. Obviously she does something right with her comedy to have a fan base, she's just never clicked with me, but as an actor portraying a Chibnall written script, the fact that she was probably the best part about this episode for me was the biggest surprise I've had in a while and at least proves that things can actually work if you give it enough time. I'm still ecstatic that we only have 2 episodes of Chibnall left to endure but hey ho.

Harry could just make a video with one frame reading YES.

Yes it did for a Xmas special anyway

The must have an XCOM algorithm installed

Well it certainly didn’t swallow

yes