Doctor Who Review Ncuti Gatwa RUINS Christmas Special 

Doctor Who is back with a Christmas special from Russell T Davies and Ncuti Gatwa. But as their ratings drop and the Doctor seems more preoccupied, we’ve somehow ended up worse than Jodie Whittaker. This episode had everything, including multiple songs, dancing and a really bad plot. What more could the audience want 😂 But what did you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

Isn’t it interesting that the BBC makes so much noise about the importance of representation, yet refuses to represent stable, competent fathers?

They not only killed Doctor Who. Now they dug up the corpse, chopped it to pieces and burned them to ash. This isn't Doctor Who.

What's particularly repellant about Jodie's Doctor being "socially awkward" about her whyte male "fam" being scared of his cancer coming back is the fact that *she could take him to a place and time where **_they'd already cured cancer_* but instead chose to do nothing and walk away.

I miss Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper😭

I'm gay and I was born in Scotland, but the Doctor disco dancing in a kilt is the most horrific scene I've ever watched in a Dr Who episode.

Reasonable concerns about misplaced, misuse of "The Message" aside... Does this man in any way give the impression of being a hyper-intelligent alien who has lived many lives, seen very many astonishing things, and learned much over his 1,000+ years of lonely existence? When Mat Smith was cast as the Doctor I was concerned until I first saw him in the role, then with a sigh of relief thought "You've got it."

This retelling of Labyrinth for 'modern audiences' falling so short of the original just shows how well David Bowie's musical about goblins stealing babies for the goblin king nailed it the first time around :P

In Huxley's Brave New World, movies and stories have been replaced by "feelies", which exist solely to invoke emotions without any further logic or context. I feel like that's exactly the level of depth Hollywood is aiming for.

“Goblins exist and are going to eat your baby” “Okay yeah, it is christmas”😂😂😂😂

Remember that scene during Matt Smith's first episode, where he asks the aliens if the Earth is protected, then walks throught the hologram of all the other aliens the Doctor vanquished, and said: "Hello, I'm The Doctor........basically, RUN". The doubts and fears that many fans had about an actor in his mid twenties playing the Doctor disappeared in an instant. This episode is pretty much the complete opposite of that.

So Ncuti has lived from age 2 in the UK yet still feels affinity to a country where his family nearly died (The Rwandan genocide of 1994). He has no Scottish accent (like none at all) yet whenever he tries imitating it he does a worse job of it than people who never set foot in Scotland .

The last time I can remember singing in Doctor Who was The Last Song in The Rings of Akhaten, an incredibly beautiful song during which the doctor gives a powerful and heart-wrenching speech to a parasite sun that feeds on memories about the sheer scope and tragedy of his life, desperately hoping in vain that Akhaten might just take it all from him and allow him some measure of peace from things he'll never be able to forget, before the doctor hangs his head in sorrow as Akhaten begins going back to sleep... ...and now we have the goblin song.

Turning the qoute _"Oh my Gawd, you sneeze glitter"_ from Archer into an entire season isn't exactly what I'd call inspired.

The silver lining in all this is that calling everyone an istaphobe when they don't like your show obviously no longer works. I bet you they go crawling back to Tennant and beg him back after the next two seasons of this tripe. Y'all need to vote to defund the BBC, let them try and make their money the same as every other TV station.

15:10 "I've even been trampled by a moose" I will be calling bullshit on that one since if a fucking *_moose_* trampled you not only would you not be having that phone call, the morgue would have a hard time figuring out who the pressed mincemeat used to be. You do not fuck with moose.

"Jodie Whittaker was a better Doctor" tells me everything I need to know. Bloody hell...

As someone who was OBSESSED with Harry Houdini in his younger days, I am most annoyed by their claim that devoted husband & heterosexual Harry Houdini would ever have shacked up with any version of the Doctor... Also, is that gay romp supposed to have taken place before or after the Doctor became a gay black man?

Watching this episode inspired me to watch every single episode of Tom Baker's 4th Doctor to remind me why I love Doctor Who.

Ncuti Gatwa is not an actor. He's a mascot for the message and he knows it.

That Houdini remark almost assures us that they will state that various historical figures were in fact gay without a care of erasing someone's personal history

I remember Dr. Who when it had garbage cans with plungers glued to them for special effects. It was so much better then.

The correct response to finding out aliens are eating babies is to ask how to get them to stop, permanently. The characters seem to be awfully okay with it. I am surprised the doctor didn't ask for a taste.

Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor is like Lil Nas X being casted as Luke Skywalker.

Made my peace with the fact that this New, New Who isn't aimed at me. The 2005 version totally hit the mark with Chris E, as did David T and Matt S. I started to lose it a bit with Peter C but his excellent acting carried me through. We had our time, we will always have those episodes and i guess as the original series had to face the fact that the modern viewership has moved on, so must we. We done well though but if all this new crazy stuff doesn't work out, don't expect my good will.

It's like seeing a knockoff act like they're better than the original while not understanding what made the original popular

Thoughts: 1. Discount Rose Tyler is the new companion. 2. Does gen Z even know who Davina McCall is? 3. That nightclub scene would fit well in Netflix's Dahmer. 4. The 'plot' is a poor version of Labyrinth. 5. RTD said he is taking this into a fantasy direction, but he is not clever enough to write good fantasy and instead uses the 'object is magic trope'.

You know, when they said the Doctor was capable of exploring galaxies, time-travel, and even black holes I didn't think Russell would take that last bit so literal...

The person who brought the show back to life was also the one who buried it. Its like poetry, it rhymes.

It is a far cry from an eccentric old man taking companions off on adventure through space and time.

HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORSE? SEEMS TO BE THE QUESTION THEY ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING THEMSELVES

Disparu, I thought your genius had peaked with the disastrous 'Rings of Power', but I see you were only gearing up for the catastrophe that is the new 'Doctor Who' series. This review was a work of absolute genius! Continue, please!

Starting over with a clean slate seems to have backfired a bit. The doctor is now apparently an entirely new character, and you don't see much of the other new who actors in him. While that isn't an objectively bad thing, it does make the whole regeneration concept a lot less compelling, since it isn't the same software with a different face - its as new and weird as the sonic screwdriver

I don't care what they tell you in school, Doctor Who was black! - My grandma

Can we have a posthumous defamation case on behalf of Harry Houdini? It's in very bad taste to pervert someone's legacy.

The worst part in all of this is that the BBC was ready to cancel the show, even that license money was not enough, but the Mouse had to save it with their deeper pockets. Can't allow one of their propaganda tools break that easily now, can we?

Davina McColl, the actor you find when you've burst through the bottom of the barrel you've been scraping.

Welp...the BBC always wanted to cancel Doctor Who back in the day. What better way to get what they've always wanted then by having the fans wanting the same thing?😑

Ruby should’ve been absolutely rattled by what she just saw after getting out of the goblin ship, but she’s just chill like she shared a cab with the guy or something. The other companions are at least skeptical about The Doctor until it becomes clear that he knows his shit, and even then they’re amazed by what’s happening.

That cotton eye Joe quip had my audibly laughing. 😂 RIP The Doctor

I've had chronic depression for years, and your videos make me laugh out loud. This review makes up for Robyn Hood being over! (Seriously, let's get a season 2!) That being said, I haven't watched any of the new Dr Who specials, and seeing this one even second hand in your hilarious review still caused me physical pain. I used to love the Doctor, but after Capaldi it's gotten SO bad. They've lost me. My condolences to the British people for losing such a beloved historic icon. RIP to Doctor Who. Cheers from the States!

Damn…. When you fail so hard you make even Jodie look brilliant.

The magic of new who: they made the audience disappear

There's something really werid about this show trying to change the sexuality of historic figures?. Houdini was happily married to his wife and i have never once heard any reference to him being intrested in men in all the bios i read. But

He finally accomplished the thing that The Master, Davros, The Dalleks and other enemies throughout time and space could not do…kill Doctor Who for good

How many hours did you have to recover from saying Jodie made a better Doctor?

Dollar store Katie Perry has high school theater levels of acting talent.

They literally tried to capitalize on Labyrinth?????

Side note: I don't remember why the algorithm gave me your channel but thank you. Thank you for your common sense and pushing me to follow my dreams this year. You don't know me but thank you. Bless your family this new year.

I love the new Dr Who. He's brought out the absolute BEST in Disparu! Mate, this video had me crying! Never stop doing what you do 😂😂💪

I’m convinced ncuti gatwa is giving russel t Davies lethal sloppy toppy to have gotten the role as the doctor the guy can’t act

I’m calling it now. They will reveal that Ruby is from Gallifrey. She will be a new Timelord, and they’ll have a new spinoff.

All her best acting bits are all about validating him to us. I find that telling.

You can tell Ncuti only had one casting session from this. In most of these clips, he's borderline incomprehensible.

I'm not sure how they can top a gay African Doctor, we have may have finally reached peak Diversity.

It isn’t Christmas without seeing Davina on television either advertising her latest keep fit video or appearing in a television show like this where she still can’t act .

“We’re having a baby for Christmas!” “Aww, I wanted turkey…”

I’m sure Gatwa is only the new “DR WHO” because he’s screwing RTD

I forget who I heard say it. But this is not an actor playing The Doctor. This is an Actor Playing themselves in place of The Doctor. This is Gatwa Playing Gatwa.

Harry Houdini was married for 32 years, but hell the Doctor could turn anyone obviously....

Why does the doctor smile as wide as he can when he sees a baby on a conveyer belt about to die, saying, "fascinating!" or "This is where they feast". It's like they are aiming for hedonistic psychopath.

They do this garbage in the name of Identity Politics. Remember, these people are added to a show so the so-called "marginalized" among us can see someone like them portrayed on the screen. Well when you focus on just 5% of the world's population, the other 95% aren't going to find a character that they can identify with. And those are the people who watch, support and merch shows like this. So, since I don't see anything or anyone on the show that I can identify with, I will take my marginalized self and watch something else. Like the classic episodes on Pluto TV or Amazon.

I mean we all knew where it was going, but still it amazes me how much the BBC hates money.

This is the perfect analogy of post 2010 writing. Take an establish property loved by many and change literally everything that made it great for the sake of completing a diversity checklist

There was a way to make Old Woman, the past destruction of the goblin ship, and Blonde Clara Oswald make sense in the story: When the Doctor goes back in time, have the shadowy shape of BCO's mother look back and see the ship's destruction and the Doctor replace BCO back on the doorstep. Then, when the Doctor comes back to the future, have OW remark how she'd seen the box -- and him -- a long time ago. The Doctor's confused for a second until he figures it out: *OW is BCO's mother!* He asks why she hasn't made herself known, but OW says she's always looked out for her, but just wants BCO to have a better life than she could give her, and tells him not to tell BCO. OW looking out for her secret daughter is why she then tells BCO to go into the TARDIS and travel with the Doctor, because she knows he's a time traveler, has already saved her life once, and knows it'll be an amazing adventure for her daughter to have.

Once upon a time. Once upon a Gay Lord.

I've seen slow moving conveyor belts but that conveyor belt was considerate enough to wait for 2 musical numbers

Oh God I feel like I know exactly where they’re going to go with the “unknown mother” plot line. She’s going to, through some magical plot contrivance, become pregnant with herself and become her own mother, thus “explaining” why her mother’s DNA never appeared anywhere (despite that not being a surprise given the time period, hell for all they know she drowned in the ocean and nobody ever found the body before this tech became normal). This lets them not only fix that issue but also make sure that it’s never implied that a man and a woman had “relations” of that nature

For me the Dr. Who series died after Peter Capaldi's Doctor. Haven't watched any Dr Who since. RIP

I wasn't expecting much from Gatwa's performance due to 2 reliable red flags. 1. His short imdb credits list, which for some reason is common in roles like this, i.e. canon or history breaking raceswaps and roles like Reva's in Kenobi. I've wondered if experienced/good actors just know not to to take these roles. 2. The fact he was cast quickly. He reportedly just walked in one time and RTD was like, "You're hired!" Quick casting has become a problem lately, leading to lots of miscastings in key roles the past several years. They used to take a lot more time about it- and they did indeed use the old school way for One Piece, which led to not just well cast actors, but also ones that had chemistry with each other.

William Hartnell is Doctor Who. Ncuti Gatwa is Ncuti Gatwa. I say that because since the Timeless Child they haven't been doing Doctor Who. We hoped RTD would fix the show, but nope. Even he started the numbering back to 1. This is a spinoff.

Every time I think it couldn't possibly get any worse... Somehow, they always magically manage.

I googled Ncuti Gatwa and your video is in his overview. That’s hilarious!

Of course viewership will drop when they find someone who only appeals to the smallest minority of the population... Absolutely horrible casting choice.

Dr. Woke and the No Good, Awful, Pretty Stupid, Downright Terrible Christmas

I didn't realize the bi generation was actually the doctor expelling all the nastiness out of him. I would have thought Russel would have made a show about the purified doctor though, not the waste product.

I have no desire to watch the show any more (noped out during Capaldi's run) but I enjoy your reviews. Thanks & Happy New Year!

I genuinely can’t believe how bad this is. RIP Doctor Who

I mean, what child doesn’t want to see a gay Dr Who dancing around with another man in a club? That's the essence of Dr Who, surely🤔

That photo of Russell.T.Davies and his gay doctor tells you everything you need to know about this series he wants gay fan fiction.

Ugh, I've been *waiting* for you to rag on this! (Still waiting for Loki S02, but I guess I'm just gonna have to wait forever). I'm looking forward to the next season of Doctor Who just for these very videos!

Where did you manage to find all of that strange footage claiming it as the latest Doctor Who? Surely, nobody in their right mind would have conceived of and filmed such a terrible, terrible show...

The dancing skirt scene was so gay, that even a stereotypical gay guy will tell them to dial it down a notch

This review really stayed focused and provided a lot of--all be it painful--information, thanks for watching this so I don't have to. Happy New Year, Disparu!

Not gonna lie this was really hard to sit through. I can only imagine how hard it was to sit for the actual episode. Thank you for taking a bullet for us

Honestly, at this point, I've just stopped watching the show. It ended with Capaldi. The rest of this is nothing but a fever dream.

Thank you Disparu for your fabulously funny mauling of the complete train-wreck this programme is.

I was curious since he didn't show numbers of other Christmas specials especially the new doctor episodes starting with Tennant. The 10th doctors first special 9.8m, 11th doctor 12.1m, 12th 8.2m, 13th 7.1m from Wikipedia. Biggest overall Christmas special was Tennant's third, also the third special altogether "Voyage of the Damned" with 13.3m then followed by the next special which had 13.1m. The closest to this special from this video is the 13th doctors last one at 4.4m. Tennant coming back for the 3 one hour long specials as the 14th doctor averaged 7.1m.

"Hey our show is doing terribly, and bleeding viewers. I know! Let's intentionally do thing that we know are going to piss off diehard fans, the only ones left, and for some reason we think that will give us the viewers we need!"

He's not Dr Who, he's Captain Jack, Sarah Jane, k9 or the Doctor's Daughter. He's a shameless tie-in spin-off [though to be fair Torchwood was quite good]. He would be a great assistant, but Disney wants zaniness and spectacle, because post-MCU phenomenonn that's all Disney seems to understand. The 'once upon a time' thing is because Disney requested they do more fantasy stuff [hence goblins that .. aren't aliens because Stevan Moffat made the series peak with its mysterious fantasy aspects and Disney only understands Chinese-style off-brand copycating]. Gatwa dances in clubs like someone off their face on MDMA. Which makes sense seeing as he has extensive experience in gay clubs, and the scene was based on Russell T Davies meeting his lover in a gay club. But if this isn't grooming kids to take MDMA and party drugs, I'm not sure what is. No sober person dances like that. 'This is a kid's show now', I agree 100% but Russell T Davies has told kids not to watch, just like he's told unhappy Dr Who fans not to watch. Russell T Davies is the worst marketeer in Hollywood since 'I don't know, does anyone want me to play Ct Marvel again?' Bri Larson, and 'I deserve to be paid for every second I wear a dress' Rachel Zeglar. Apparently the scene where he's rude to an insecure police officer who's just doing their job for no reason was the only suggestion made by Disney [according to Davies], which shows you that a) Disney learned nothing from the George Floyd hysteria and resulting rioting, and b) Disney are phoning in all their intellectual property purchases because Disney in the 1990s would have found a hell of a lot wrong with this script. Madame Flood is there to be an angry racist in the way that people born in the 1970s imagine racists acted in the 1950s [which they probably weren't]. Don't question the character. Chris Chibnall did it with his time travelling one-dimensional racist greaser, and Russel T Davies tried it [and failed] one episode ago where we are supposed to hate the Toy Maker for saying 'I'm sure you're used to better weather' in a polite and friendly way. 'Everything falls at the same speed' - yeah, that's the first time I have to disagree with you. Don't believe anything you were told in GCSE science. Does a bowling ball fall at the same speed as a feather? Things often look like they fall at the same speed if you drop them from a two-story window, but everything has a terminal velocity which is different from everything else. Humans can fall faster by changing how aerodynamic they are, which you can actually watch stunt men do it good movies usually made before 2015 when CGI totally took over. That scene in GoldenEye when the stunt man catches up with the falling motorbike, that wasn't CGI. £800 to raise a child? How often? Per year, that sucks. Per month, I'll take 10 kids please. Per week, and it's time to start saving for your private island. "You look like you've lost a pound and found a sixpence" ... She's maximum 70 years old. Who would say that who's aged under 85? Does 60 year old Russell T Davies know enough about humans to understand how people essentially his own age speak? Never thought I'd ever say this but ... bring Chris Chibnall back.

Man do I hate when they do things like retconning real people to fit *the message.* Implying that Houdini cheated on his wife just to explain getting out of a rope is disgusting.

I desperately want a DW episode to start with Peter Capaldi going into regeneration, then a new (real) Doctor appears and goes "Whoa, that was weird"

"Check every'ting." couldn't possibly sound more Doctor Who.

From the little I've seen he seems every bit as cringe and unwatchable as Jodie. They seem to be in contest these days to see who can cast the most wildly inappropriate performer as this character. Though that's also down to the character being rewritten out of existence and now being nothing but a meaningless title to cast the latest political appointment.

Is Gatwa supposed to sound like Papa Lazaru??

In my mind The Doctor just isnt the type of British person to go clubbing. If he’s at a club, he’s at the bar observing, or out back drinking with aliens

5: 30 - 6: 50 It's creepy how little individuality these "journalists" have. I'm half-convinced they're the Borg. 9: 05 That's actually a decent line. 10: 39 I'd say that makes sense; the earth's been invaded so many times that the British people probably aren't fazed by it anymore. 30: 05 Love your wit, Disparu!

A good rule of thumb for any era of the show is, if you can’t imagine William Hartnell in place of X Doctor, doing what they do or saying what they said. Then The Doctor shouldn’t do or say that. Theres’s exceptions, but stray too far from Hartnell and it might be a fun character in some other show, but its not The Doctor. It was a massive problem with Jodie’s scripts and performance and it looks like Ncuit is the same again.

I’m gay af and this episode made even me roll my eyes multiple times. The creators don’t realize that most fans actually don’t mind the doctor being bi/gay/whatever…it’s the fact that they’re purposefully being on the nose about it ONLY to rub it in any critics face…this way they can call whoever doesn’t like it some sort of -phobe or -ist and blame them for any sort of failings the show will have with ratings. Editing to add that I was ALL FOR Ncuti when he was first announced, but his acting skills along with the writing they’ve given him has completely made me disinterested in him. Hoping in a year he finds his footing, but with Davies acting how he is now I highly doubt it.

The problem with the BBC is the TV licence fee, while they continue to be guaranteed their £3.2 billion per year from the public's pockets they don't give two shits whether their content is worth viewing or not. Look at it this way, if your salary was guaranteed, regardless of whether you worked your butt off or just sat on your arse doing nothing, which would you choose to do? So long as the licence fee remains the BBC will just continue to pump shite out. If, however, they were forced to go commercial they would HAVE to produce content that appeals to more people because advertisers wouldn't want to waste advertising revenue on a channel that has no viewership.