DID IT SUCK? | Doctor Who [SERIES 4 FINALE MEGA MEGA REVIEW] 

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The thing that hits me in turn left is Wilfred with his "It's happening again". This is a man who lived through the second world war and learned of the atrocities committed and undoubtedly thought "Only an evil person would allow such things to happen" and then see his own government do the same.

Turn Left is incredibly underrated. I feel like it was overshadowed by the final 2 episodes, but it was an awesome story.

The Master/Saxon isn't mentioned because he was only in the present because of the Doctor. No Doctor, no Master.

“The saddest part of this scene was that the show hasn’t reached heights like this since and probably never will again”. That hit hard 🥺😭

I just realized that in the events of 'Turn Left' Harold Saxon wouldn't have existed in the present day world. As his creation was the result of the Doctor going to the End of the Universe with Jack. Since in this timeline the Doctor was killed by the Empress of the Racnoss and he never met Martha, Yana's transformation and subsequent regeneration into the Master wouldn't have happened, nor would he have had any way to escape the Planet since that was only possible with the help of Jack. So, the fact that Harold Saxon wasn't mentioned is actually very clever considering the timeline.

I'm not sure many people catch this but the subwave network was, as Harriet Jones said, set up by the 'Mr Copper Foundation' Mr Copper was the old man with "the first class degree in Earthanomics" from 'Voyage of the Damned'. I just think that is a fun little fact

Honestly how iconic is it to see the credits fly by insanely fast to see “David Tennant, Cathrine Tate, Freema Agyman, John Barrowman with Elizabeth Sladen and Billie Piper.” Like that is what dreams are made of. Edit: I wrote the first part before finishing the video, sooooo 🤷‍♂️

I do feel like, a massive living beetle on someone’s back would elicit a pretty big reaction from me, all things considered with the whole aliens ending the world

The reason the master wasn’t mentioned, was that the doctor died before he went to the end of the universe so he never came back to Earth Edit: And when the tanks shoot down the racnoss web, They just shout “FIRE” Rather than “Orders from mr Saxon FIRE” In the runaway bride

And if you watched the SJA episode “Whatever happen to Sarah Jane Smith” the Trickster actually thought of what would happen to the universe without the doctor. The chaos that would happen. And the beetle is part of the trickster brigade.

In that amazing “EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE” scene, i always laugh cus Jack, the immortal man, says “we’re dead”

In answer to the question of if people even get milk delivered any more - some do, because my dad is actually one of the few milkmen left in England. No joke.

The bug in Turn Left was a member of the Trickster's Brigade, a group of aliens lead by the Trickster that had the power to change small details in reality to cause huge impacts. The Time Beetle specifically creates alternate realities by attaching itself to a host with doubts about a certain decision they made in their life and forcing them to change that decision. That reality is only real as long as the Time Beetle is attached, and the beetle is normally completely invisible to the host as a form of protection. Donna killed herself for two reasons: 1) Because it would physically stop her other self from turning left because of the traffic jam she would cause, and 2) Because the easiest way to kill a parasite you can't see or hurt is by killing its host, i.e herself.

That last exchange with Wilf and the Doctor in Journeys End breaks my heart everytime... The music, the rain, "On her behalf, I'll look up at the sky and think of you"..... "Thank you". The Doctor taking his coat off and staring off into the middle distance wondering what he's going to do now... Good God why cant Doctor Who be that powerful anymore??

If the Doctor died, the Master's plan wouldn't have come to be in the first place. They are only able to leave Utopia because of the Doctor helping with the launch of the rocket, and they then needed Jack to enter the radiation chamber, who was only there because the Doctor arrived at the end of the universe. Also the Master only opens the watch because Martha draws attention to it, so that's why I'm guessing that Saxon's plan wasn't mentioned at all in Turn Left.

I think it’s crazy how in the 8 seasons following this, the show has never been able to replicate the sheer scale of this story. Seeing Torchwood, Sarah Jane and the huge cast of supporting characters we had grown to love all on screen together was and is always going to be a joy to watch. (The rose stuff was a bit much though.)

I love the bit where Wilf says ‘it’s happening again’. Chills

This is Russel at his best. I always cry when I know Donna is about to get her memory wiped, the music by Murray Gold makes it even worse and the acting is so emotional, I can never watch the last few minutes when it happens and afterwards when she gives just a 'see ya' to the Doctor and at the end he's standing, crying in the rain. I'm just glad that at the end of time the part of her brain that's dormant due to the part time lord warns Wilfred by getting him the book

The Harold Saxon plotline gets easily explained. If the doctor died, the TARDIS would never have reached the end of the universe and the master could never go to 2007.

Harriet Jones' death really got to me, especially in retrospect. She was a humble elected office holder dedicated to upholding the public good, and made tough calls when necessary, even when it led to the end of her political career. Yet even though the Doctor killed her career, she still admired him and spent the rest of her life ensuring the Doctor's dream and humanity's future would survive. Compare her to politicians today (*cough Trump cough*) and it does really feel like humanity took the wrong turn, yet all of this is not a dream.

Wilfred saying "It's happening again" still sticks with me today. what a haunting line.

I’m worried Harry’s gonna break down and cry about the ending quite frankly.

When I first watched Turn Left I had never heard of Leeds before so I thought it was some terrible punishment

5:43 Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead were supposed to come just before Turn Left, but as you say, Steven ended up writing a similar tale of an alternate life for Donna unbeknownst to Russell. To fix this, Russell moved the two-parter a few episodes back. This somewhat messes up some meta-commentary, however, as Midnight (set on Crusader 50) was intended to be the 50th episode.

The fact that I’m tearing up at the part of you reviewing Rose and Donna’s goodbyes proves how fucking excellent the writing is and the performances are. The screenshots are enough to get a swelling in my heart. Truly excellent episodes, full of emotion Doctor Who will probably never get to again. Thanks for these reviews, Harry. The nostalgia of these perfect episodes rings strong in your reviews and I really appreciate viewing these.

If Harry doesn’t like it... I will be very cross

Oh my god... AND TURN LEFT? This is a dream come true

The Stolen Earth was the Daleks done right and it’s never been done that well since

Can’t lie, Turn Left is a personal favourite of mine. Probably my most watched episode, just find it so entertaining😂

*I love how loyal Russell is to Doctor Who.* Placing a middle-class English family into situations usually only seen on news reporting third world countries is one he had been keeping for years and years (and would later use _in_ Years and Years.) *That's a huge idea, but he gave it up for our camp little show, even if he was slightly reluctant.*

The only other thing I've watched that gave me this level of hype was Avengers: Endgame

I've got 5 hours to emotionally prepare myself to see the ending again, I don't think that's enough.

I genuinely felt helpless during Turn Left because I watched as the world The Doctor once saved fall apart. The music and atmosphere of the episode felt helpless. One of my best-scariest episode yet

The fact that I never actually considered Turn Left to be the budget-saver really shows how great it is. Stay safe

I love the juxtaposition with Donna’s reactions to entering the Tardis for the first time. In ‘The Runaway Bride’ Donna has been stolen from her happiest day and finds herself in the Tardis; Furious. In ‘Turn Left’ she is at her absolute lowest point and being shown this magnificent machine gives her a feeling that she hasn’t genuinely felt in years; Wonder.

i’ll always remember watching these episodes live, what a time to be in primary school

I think it’s a crying shame that the show hasn’t been able to reach the emotional heights of the Davis era again. Going back and rewatching really makes you realise how much the Chibbers era is truly lacking.

I remember rewatching this finale a few years ago and realised that Catherine Tate is (kinda) the first female doctor and I think she would be brilliant in the role. I also drew links to what Donna was wearing in the episodes, A big brown coat similar to Tennant's, I could be pushing it but I still like this idea.

Idk, but I quite like the repeated talk in Turn Left. It gets the viewer back into the scene. The dystopian future is far away, whereas reality with its mundane conversations is here again, ready to be saved.

I mean look at that crying face in the rain!

I wish the daleks were as intimidating nowadays as back then.

31:47 Fun fact: the Daleks haven't said "exterminieren" once in the German synchronisation. They always say "eliminieren" (eliminate). Frankly, it's a bit disappointing.

Re. The Stolen Earth: Martha's friend being "over-exterminated," helped me stay calm when that Dalek lands a shot on the Doctor. Said shot illuminates the mid-to-upper-left portion of his torso, an obviously weaker hit than the aforementioned "over-extermination."

The master or Harold Saxon cannot exist at all, since the Doctor, Martha and Jack never traveled to the end of the universe.

Bet he’s gonna love turn left and the stolen earth, but find journeys end a bit less enjoyable

I’m shaking like a leaflet in anticipation

Its part of the trickster brigade. From what I can gather it only can warp the reality of the persons memories I believe. However in the Sarah Jane Adventures The Trickster is a much powerful creature. Best review yet see you in your next video.

God, this was depressingly satisfying. Hearing your praises for quite possibly the greatest DW finale of all time was a joy but...you're right. This was Who at its finest. Its peak. Sure, there were moments of perfection to come, and I'm still a big fan to this day. But when you look back at this era of Tennant, Tate, Davies, Gardner, old companions returning, the Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures crossover, Davros and the Daleks, the writing, the music, the performances, the themes, the editing, the camera work, the bloody FEEL of the show. There's nothing like it anymore, in my opinion. This was the most consistently perfect series there's ever been, and quite possibly ever will be. And to know that, with hindsight, is a heartbreaker. But hey. Those feelings of euphoria, excitement, elation, emotion watching these episodes...in the words of our favourite Gallifreyean Northerner; absolutely fantastic.

I remember (and still get) the real tingles of excitement when Donna said the words "Bad Wolf" at the end of Turn Left, so very exciting to see this review!

I love the Stolen Earth and Journey’s End, my only complaint is that there’s a random control console just chilling in the middle of the room they’re all in and it’s what is used to destroy all the daleks, it’s way too convenient. Turn Left I think is the best of the 3 episodes here.

The Stolen Earth is "The Empire Strikes Back" of Doctor Who.

There’s actually a deleted scene with cybermen in the tardis at the end, that would have led into the next doctor

I want to point out the reason why Saxon is missing: The Master only came back because Martha reawakened his memories in Utopia. The Doctor died before he met Martha, meaning Martha is not present to reawaken the Master. The Master just stays as Professor Yana in this timeline

That scene with Wilf saying "it's happening again" was an insanely good performance and one of the strongest moments in the show.

I can’t beleive he didn’t talk about Martha’s 4th wall break at the end of the last episode. It’s so funny

How did we go from incredible story telling, and amazing episodes like Midnight and Turn Left to awful episodes like Kerblam and that stupid episode with that frog... I miss Doctor Who :(

If you love Davis' writing so much, you might consider reviewing the short-lived series Queer as Folk. Its charming, funny, gritty and oh so rewatchable with a satisfying ending.

"Oh you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall." That line gives me chills

This really was a huge shot of nostalgia right into my old jaded veins. Being a kid back in 2008 seeing SJA, torchwood and Who all culminating into one big story rly did cement the Russel t Davis era as the best of modern who. I feel so bad for kids today growing up with what who has become, maybe I’m too old but it just feels... soulless

One thought I've had more recently about the ending with Donna in this episode is if the situation could have been avoidable if it had taken place before the Time War or if the stage of the Meta Crisis was still irreversible. Mainly due to how in stuff like Big Finish, Ace went on to become a Time Lord so a Human becoming a Time Lord would be possible in a controlled manner.

Milk still gets delivered around some villages, it’s mostly just old businesses who’ve been doing it for years

Wait do is this Turn Left, Stolen Earth AND Journey’s End? Please Yes!

10:30 gonna have to disagree with you there mate. The reason why the bug on Donnas back isn't just because it is a 'giant beetle'', although if you saw a dog sized beetle you wouldn't be scared of it, really? I would. That particular beetle has the ability to control the flow of time and is the reason why Donna experienced everything in Turn Left so you downplaying the Beetle makes me think you weren't paying attention. The part with the maid pointing at Donna makes perfect sense as well because it was the beetle she was pointing at.

6:03 Harold Saxton and the year that never happened, never happened without the Doctor. If he died, how did the TARDIS go to the end of time for the Master to rediscover his identity? He couldn't have. Therefore, no Saxton.

One of my favourite things about Journey's End (which I think goes unnoticed) is the moment where the Doctor, Rose and Jack leave the TARDIS in the beginning. It mirrors the first finale of the revival series. They abandon TARDIS on a Dalek ship, surrounded by an army, having just all reunited - the same circumstances as in 'The Parting Of The Ways'. That episode is even referred to with Jack's comments about the extrapolator.

And now it's time to eagerly await "Did It Suck: David Tennant's final episode"

Turn Left is one of the greatest modem Who episodes and nobody will change my mind.

Fun fact originally the Doctor was going to do a classic “what” where 2 cybermen appear in the Tardis. Presumably they would’ve been defeated in the opening scene of The Next Doctor.

I'm petrified he's gonna dislike them :o

Ever since watching this Review of Turn Left; I can't help but think about all the Series 3 events that would've happened, not just being the Master being stuck unawakened at the end of the Universe. - The Family of Blood would've died, Nurse Redfern would've been safe along with that entire village. No death or destruction. Though Timothy would've get the heightened warrior boost from the Fobwatch. - The Ship from 42 Would've fallen into the sun. - The Angels would never be able to get at the Tardis leaving them stuck in that manor unless they got interested in Sally and just sent her back in time... - Though I do wonder how The Daleks plan would've gone in 1940s Manhattan without The Doctor intervening. - The Lazarus Project wouldn't exist due to lack of Saxon's funding as Saxon doesn't exist without The Tardis going to the end of the Universe for The Master to steal it. - Finally, The Face Of Boe would die without being able to tell his secret... Though if the Tardis could never reach Utopia; Jack/FOB wouldn't have memory of it, therefore, no secret.

6:31 *I know right! It's like an elegant, bombastic recap for the modern era.* Absolutely necessary given this season's finale is reliant on a series of call-backs, which the audience would have to be clued-in on. It likewise works as a bit of a cock-tease for the following story, as nods to Torchwood and Sarah Jane make you go "Man, I wish we had a crossover episode."

What a phenomenal close this was. Couldn't help but remember it and want to weep when Jodie Whittaker's 13 runs away as a human becomes suicide bomber in her place to destroy Gallifrey all over again, proving Davros right "The man who abhors violence, never carrying a gun, but this is the truth, Doctor: you take ordinary people and you fashion them into weapons." Chibnall did a hatchet job on Tennant's Doctor's parting achievements in particular. This ending got undermined. His delightful reappearance in Day of the Doctor to save the day with Matt Smith and John Hurt got undone by killing Gallifrey anyway for no good reason... maybe that is why I detest 13 so much. Tennant was my favourite.

Strewth, that "binary, binary, binary, binary" moment still kicks me in the guts whenever it's played. >.

Dear god that segment with The Darkness had me in PIECES

The Churchill oh yes had me fucking dying😭

Wait what? That German lady speaks English in every version of the episode I’ve ever seen. DVD, Netflix and pirated she’s only spoken English?

No no. Keep using “badassness” it was appropriate

Harry! There's a time and a place! But seriously, these are my favourite Doctor Who episode of all time. I've tried to move on from them, but I can't. They're perfect. The only complaints I have are so insignificantly minor, that they barely even get there heads above the emotional scenes, great acting, FANTASTIC writing and the best end of an era Doctor Who fans could wish for. And another thing, this was the THIRD idea Russell had for series 4! As Donna wasn't originally meant to return, NONE of this was the original plan! Thanks Journey's End. You've honestly made me who I am today.

The explosion at the end of the turn left episode crashed my phone So good job😂

Awesome review!! I never actually realised that Turn Left did such a fantastic job at foreshadowing The Stolen Earth storyline so I think I'm considering it as a 3 parter also now :o You're totally right! This was THE golden era and Doctor Who was very much at its best. Wonderful video! :D

I remember being confused when the Space Titanic crashes. In Voyage of the Damned din't the Doctor say the Titanic crashing on the Earth would lead to the Earth being destroyed in nuclear hellfire?

Living in Leeds myself (Seacroft) i can say that the Nobles being sent there is a fate worse than death but you can get some decent areas

It's my first time watching your channel and as much as I enjoy the fair approach you have took to reviewing these episodes it's the editing that has caught me off guard and had me expelling echoing laughter. The OOOOH YES! got a belly laugh out of me. Excellent work. I'll give a few more videos a watch first but I am strongly expecting that you have a new subscriber.

I finally hear recognition to Murray Gold's brilliance. I would love to see a video on his work during his time on Doctor Who.

You actually got me with the fake credits goddamnit.

Bucket of popcorn? Check. Fizzy drink? Check. Doctor Who 3-D glasses? Check. All set for Harry’s 45-minute mega mega review.

We’ve made it bois

The part where wilf see the family getting taken and he says "that what they said last time " hit be so hard

People should rank these episodes on IMDb if they haven't already. They've got impressive scores but tbh they deserve to be so much higher. It's the pinnacle of the RTD era.

The music when the Earth was being put back is the most beautiful piece of music in the whole series, in my opinion

I always wondered what happened to the daleks in turn left as the doctor died before the New York two parter so the daleks wouldn't have been able to achieve the goal of creating the human dalek army as the doctor helped them do it before the solar flair so that means they probably would have killed eachother or died out so that means the dalek empire from the stolen earth would never have been created because dalek caan wouldn't have saved davros. so the daleks were basically wiped out in the turn left timeline

The 10th doctor did get to meet sarah jane after journeys end in the sarah jane adventures episode "the wedding of sarah jane smith"

finally, Harry’s doing a review on this. Been asking for this for months

I think Harold Saxon wasn't in the episode because if the doctor died he would have never gone to the end of the universe, meaning Professor Yana wouldn't have opened the watch, and even if he did he wouldn't have a tardis to escape in

15:32 OH HARRY, YOU’VE JUST USED MY FAVOURITE SONG EVER. I LOVE YOU

That bit with the button turning off the reality bomb just reminded me of Ezma and Kronk wondering why they even have the lever to the crocodile pool.

It seems many have already mentioned that Harold Saxon wouldn't have been around in this alternate timeline as he was still at the end of the universe since the Doctor and co never went there in the first place. What is often overlooked though is the fact that in Voyage of the Damned, the impact of the Titanic on the Earth is said to be world-ending and an extinction level event, yet when it crashes in this what if timeline it only destroys London, so I'm never quite sure which it is, would it destroy all life on Earth or just London? I loved when Rose mentioned Tochwood when she and Donna see the gas burn off and you get that little teaser of the Torchwood theme, and even the news report about the Royal Hope Hospital mentions that not only Sarah Jane died there on the Moon, but also Luke, Maria and Clyde who were Sarah Jane's "assistants" in her spin-off (poor Mr Smith in that timeline). I would say that Mickey and Jackie's arrival at the right place and time to save Sarah Jane was a bit jarring, as they even seemed aware they were going to be shooting upon arrival, I can only guess that they sort of "see" where they are going before they get there, like when Jake and his Preachers arrived to take down the Cybermen in Tochwood Tower, and how Pete knew where to be to grab Rose in time before she was sucked into the Void. I agree that the testing sequence wasn't perfect, especially that repeated dialogue moment, the matter of their deaths seemed rather painless than you'd expect from the Daleks, more like Thanos' snap. Apparently, early screenplays in The Stolen Earth would have had numerous alien species crowding up the Shadow Proclamation, all angry that their worlds had been stolen, with the Doctor telling a low-flying Vespiform to watch it. It would have also featured some Raxacoricofallapatorians with a juvenile called "Margaret". And the Subwave Network that Harriet used to contact the Doctor's allies, she mentions it was created by the Mr Copper Foundation. Mr Copper was one of the few survivors of the Titanic who had a million pounds on his credit card, and he was supposed to appear in The Stolen Earth but apparently he was very rude to some journalists writing a Doctor Who magazine so he was not asked to return. I rewatched these three episodes recently and wondered how Rose managed to get access to military satellite networks on that laptop in the electronics store that was being raided, it just appeared to be on the screen as if just for convenience. I still love that scene when the message comes through, Jack, Sarah Jane and Martha all know what it is that is coming, and even Jack, the immortal man saying "I'm sorry...we're dead" is when you know your goose is well and truly cooked. I feel the decision to not put a next time teaser on the end of the Stolen Earth was a good choice as it would have been so deconstructed by everyone combing the few moments of footage for clues about what happens to the Doctor in this shock regeneration. I've often wondered how this story would have unfolded had he turned into Matt Smith there and then, probably not well as Donna and the TARDIS would have likely been destroyed at the heart of the Crucible. Just a few small thoughts I had about this three-parter :)

For once in Donnas life, she had self worth. She felt like she was important. When he wiped her, she wasn't afraid of not knowing... she knew she would be returning back to the Donna who has absolutely nothing of worth about her. The universe will know of her and how cosmically important she is... but she will never feel that way again. And then to top it off, when the doctor looks at her mother and gives her quite a glare "well maybe you should tell her that" when talking about how important she is... oof, it's just crisp.

The Stolen Earth was INCREDIBLE! I have only watched it once... When it first aired and watching your mega review, I really must watch it again... So much I missed first time around!!! Those little touches like the Diagonal Lines... Just WOW! Also, and it is just a silly thing - But It makes "Love and Monsters" work too... CLOM, The Abosorbalof's Home Planet is ONE OF THE PLANETS being used in teh next episode for the Reality Bomb! A small detail no-one really thinks of... But its there! JUST GENIUS!