Reaction, Doctor Who, 6x03, The Curse of the Black Spot, Gallifrey Gals Get Wibbly Wobbly! S6ep3 

The thing I love most about Moffat's writing is that he was the first writer in "New Who" to actually explore the possibilities of time travel. It manifests as little things like being able to have a real time conversation with someone 40 years in the future, or how River was able to leave a message for the Doctor in the distant past knowing that he'd eventually stumble upon it in the future and come rescue her.

"They're not going to kill him again!" They absolutely killed him again. It just took less than an episode to bring him back again this time.

I watched this episode so many times before I realized that the pirate captain is Henry Avery, a real pirate who mysteriously disappeared in the 1690s. I never caught his name until I rewatched series 6 again a few months ago.

I always find it amusing that in an episode where medical consent is explicitly mentioned, the Doctor is performing a pregnancy scan on Amy without her knowledge!

"I am the Doctor. And *this* is my spoon."

That thumbnail though, Katrina crying while Paula sips her coffee.

Aww, I never see anyone commenting on how easily the Captain figures out the controls of the TARDIS

It's schrodinger's pregnancy

lol i touched my nose when you did when Paula said "who knows"

Fun fact: If I remember correctly; the Siren was in the Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, which was Heath Ledgers last film

Just an FYI ladies but I'm a Brit and I live in a small town in West Yorkshire called Mirfield. It happens to be the birthplace of one Sir Patrick Stewart. Jodie Whittaker comes from ten miles up the road too. How's that for linkage?

Ah yes, the "Arrh" rated episode of Doctor Who. Good job Paula, guessing it was about pirates just from the title. That was well "spotted"

That Eye-Patch Lady! You never know where she'll pop up next.

0:17 "I am the Doctor and this is my spoon!"

This is the first video I've watched of you guys on release since the new channel started (just binged watched all of your reactions last week) so can't wait for this to be what I look forward to every Friday for the next wee while :)

Greetings Gallifrey Gals :) love watching your DW reaction vids. I saw the "spoondriver" on this video, which I didn't know existed lol, just ordered one :D Thanks lol

"They aint gonna kill him again" 🤣

The CPR fell under "air use" policies.

Well, going by the Doctor's scan she's having neither Rory's nor the Doctor's, but clearly *Schrödinger's Baby.*

A pirate with a steering wheel coming out of his zipper walked into a bar. The Bartender said, “Hey Pirate, did you know you have a steering wheel coming out of your zipper?” The Pirate said, “ Arrrrrrrrr, it’s driving me nuts!” I’m so happy you like this story. It is a fun little adventure.

The thumbnail for this episode pretty accurately sums up the ladies this season. Katrina is distraught and Paula is uninterested (at the very least dispassionate).

16:25 Nice catch Katrina.

Spoondrivers/ sonic sporks are cool!!

This might be the weakest episode of the series and a bit early for a filler type episode, but I like it. It's meant to be a light, fun episode after the two part opener. Gives the audience a chance to catch their breath before we go up the gears again. This episode is needed because of the way the series is structured. Next episode though oh can't wait for that one.

I'm just interpreting the ubiquity of "Fair Use" as Series 6's "Bad Wolf" :D

I was actually there watching them film the episode specifically the scenes on the deck of the ship it was filmed in a local seaside town called Charlestown in the south west of England and managed to get Matt and Karen's autograph unfortunately couldn't get Arthurs it was freezing that day 😂

I don't get why this episode is a lower rated one. I love this episode. It's just a fun episode. There's mystery, there's adventure, there's danger. It even had some sweet moments between Amy and Rory. It was a fun side adventure sort of episode where you could just sit back and enjoy it without having to think too hard.

I have a sonic spork too! :-)

Katrina, been watching you for awhile. You know how to keep a secret even though, sometimes, it looks like you're passing a stone. Not every reactor with a newb does. Best. Leo.

This was such a cool episode of Doctor Who!

Did they kill Rory?... Again!

Paula: "they're not gonna kill Rory". The fanbase: "are you new here?"

There is actually some nice tematic relevance to the eypatchlady poping up here. Nice touch.

I've been watching Babylon 5 recently and I know that the Centauri have a favorite food they call "spoo". I could have sworn that Katrina called her eating implement a "sonic spoo-driver!" 😂

Pirate episodes are great

Have yall reacted tothe short where the 3 of them get stuck in the tardis I think it was released around this point in the show. Can't remember the name.

Spoonic screwdriver

Paula nails the predictions on this one.

I have the same screwdriver thing as Katrina but it's a pizza cutter

"Pregnant, not pregnant? Who knows" Yes, I believe he does 😁

I cut my finger earlier, and I'm still waiting for the siren's call.

All over the place, Wherever the sea may happen to be A sailor is found, knocking around All over the place, All over the place, The North and the South the East or the West, There's half of the world tattooed on his chest And all over the place. All around the universe in any port of call, Getting his fun, the son of a gun, Never staying very long in any place at all, He's here, he's there, he's every-bloomin'-where He's all over the place, The ladies adore to get him ashore, He's theirs for the day, And then he's away, All over the place. Billy Thorburn

Let's see if Paula's predictions based on episode titles hold up for the next one. 😀

Paula, are you sure you´re the newB? You´re figuring out almost all the show! Liked the episode. Specially the siren. Well chosen...

Girls, without spoilers, I’m going to say that next episode, one of your constant (yet still loving) criticisms of the Doctor is going to finally be addressed. Listen out for it, many just pass it off without realising the significance.

When's the next trek review... I'm thirsty.

The actor who disappears halfway through is fun!

Katrina, WHAT are the other 3 pirate stories? I know "The Space Pirates" with the 2nd Doctor, but are they "The Pirate Planet" and "Enlightenment"?

I think you two should try BBC's Robin Hood series from 2006. There's a few familiar faces :)

You should review the TNG Doctor Who crossover comic.

Of course, when I saw Katrina's spoondriver, the first thing I thought of was Jodie Whittaker. I agree with the Gals. I really like this episode. By an amazing coincidence, the BioGraphix RU-vid channel posted a video on the life of the real Henry Avery last week. Here's the link (it took me a few times to get it right): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QI9xWwiWVK0.html

Check out Legends of Tomorrow

For an episode about the Doctor meeting pirates and a siren, I find this episode to be strangely bland. I don't think there's anything particularly bad about this episode, but there's nothing particularly noteworthy either. Amy getting in on the pirate action is a lot of fun, and I do get a kick out of Arthur Darvill's almost-drunk performance when Rory is under the siren's charm. Hugh Bonneville is good as Captain Avery, and there's some atmospheric scenes, but that's about it for this episode. The supporting cast aren't very interesting, the emotional scenes don't really land, the reveal of all the problems being a result of malfunctioning alien tech feels kind of old at this point (after The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace and The Lodger all did this), even Matt Smith didn't seem overly invested in this one. It's probably a result of coming after such a big epic two-part opening, as well as being followed by what is one of New Who's greatest episodes, but I always end up forgetting this episode exists when I go and look back over series 6

Why are pirates called 'pirates'? Because they arrrrr!

Yay.

its ok its just coming off a run with episodes as great as the pandorica opens, the big bang, a christmas carol, the impossible astronaut, day of the moon it makes it look a bit weaker. also had vincent and the doctor two before that run started. its pretty much average doctor who episode quality maybe a bit below really. if it was in like series 2 or 3 it would have been criticised by general fans less.

Filler episode, but fun none the less. For me its the weakest of the series, but thats only because the rest of season 6 is so strong.

I just realized something. Amy was 'kind of pregnant' or 'a little bit pregnant' this season.

Can you get Spock Sporks?

I’ll be exceedingly impressed if Paula predicts many of the lines in next week’s episode....some of them are doozies!

The downside of the Star Trek holodeck is that there is bound to be a team member who'll spend their holodeck time on deepfake fantasies.

Apple Jacks?

Check out Tom Baker's first episode for more interstitial sidestepping

This one is a bit of a filler but still a good episode.

Fun, but watchers wanted the mysteries resolved.

Paula is getting too familiar with Who, she's guessing the plot of the whole episode like 5 minutes in

Please, girls, add Polish subtitles, I like your films very much

Generally a poorly received episode, but i find it fun! You two still not able to watch in the same room? Shame

Sadly the actress who plays the eyepatch lady is a massive transphobe :(

I genuinely dislike some of "historic" episodes in Doctor Who that are based on popular modern genres - this one is like that where the pirate genre bores me so much. There will be future episodes in 12 era that are also as dull. Vikings was one, the one with famous "archer" was awful too. We should always only keep ourselves to some unknown historic events that generic Joe won't know about or some more epic or supernatural well known events. Like I even prefer 13th historic episodes which just show the historic event with awful background plot than this dullness.

Man, this episode is so boring. It has an interesting concept with two ships existing in the same space, but in different universes. However, the execution is so dull and laboured. The twist that the Siren is just a medical droid is also lame and the whole idea that the Siren is super smart, but can't distinguish between a minor cut and someone actually dying is just dumb. Also, why didn't attempt to heal any of the crew members on it's own ship? They were just left to die it seems like. The side characters are incredibly flat too, they exist to fill the numbers and give the Siren someone to pick off. Hugh Bonneville gave a good performance as Avery, but he had very little to work with. Rory's "deaths" were beyond ridiculous at this point. They were attempting to be all emotional at the end, but I couldn't take any of it seriously at all. I know I said last week that my problems with Matt Smith's era had very little to do with him and a lot more do with the writing, but I guess I was wrong. He was so annoying in parts of this episode. The cold open is the perfect example, popping up and saying "yo ho ho". Just ugh. This episode shows how differently he's playing the Doctor compared to last series. Most of my annoyances with 11 post S5 are present in this episode. Just a bad episode.