WELL THAT GOT DARK! A Spoiler Reaction To Dot & Bubble... Doctor Who Review

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WELL THAT GOT DARK! A Spoiler Reaction To Dot & Bubble... Doctor Who Review
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Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need.
Beginning with William Hartnell, fifteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the show with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally.
The fourteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who is set to premiere on 11 May 2024, and is expected to air through to 22 June. It will be the fifth series led by Russell T Davies as head writer and executive producer and the first since his return to the show, having previously worked on it from 2005 to 2010. This series is set to be the fourteenth to air following the programme's revival in 2005 and will be the fortieth season overall. The fourteenth series was announced with Davies' return to the programme for its 60th anniversary in 2023 and beyond, with Bad Wolf becoming a co-producer for the series. The series is referred to in marketing and promotional material as "Season One" following the production changes and the acquisition of Doctor Who's international broadcasting rights by Disney+.
The series stars Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, a new incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in the TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box from the outside. The Fifteenth Doctor was introduced in "The Giggle" (2023) through a "bi-generation", in which he split from his predecessor, the Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant), rather than replacing him. The series also introduces Millie Gibson as the Doctor's newest companion, Ruby Sunday.
The series, which was preceded by a Christmas episode on 25 December 2023, will consist of eight episodes, which have been directed by Julie Anne Robinson, Ben Chessell, Dylan Holmes Williams, and Jamie Donoughue. Alongside Davies, who wrote six of the episodes, the writers include Kate Herron, Briony Redman, and former showrunner and head writer Steven Moffat. Filming began in December 2022 and concluded in July 2023. It was the first series to be produced at Wolf Studios Wales following the move from Roath Lock Studios for the preceding anniversary specials.
Auditions for the role of the Fifteenth Doctor started in December 2021, assisted by casting director Andy Pryor. Davies was interested in casting "new talent" and someone "younger", with most of the actors who auditioned under the age of 30. There was also no limit on gender and background, with auditions held for men, women, and one non-binary actor. Pryor said that when casting the Doctor, "you always want someone unexpected... an actor who contrasts with what's gone before yet still brings those essential qualities that the Doctor has". Ncuti Gatwa was the final candidate to audition for the role. Davies said that the production team "thought [they] had someone and then in he came and stole it", describing it as "the most blazing audition". Executive producer Phil Collinson stated that Gatwa "did things with [the role] that I'd never seen an actor playing Doctor Who do".
On 9 January 2023, the BBC announced that Aneurin Barnard would appear as the mysterious Roger ap Gwilliam, and that Jemma Redgrave, having reprised her role in the previous series would continue to appear as Kate Stewart during the fourteenth series. On 20 January 2023, further casting announcements from the BBC revealed that Anita Dobson and Michelle Greenidge would appear as Ms Flood and Carla Sunday. On 3 April 2023, it was announced that Jinkx Monsoon would play a major antagonistic role in the series, called "Maestro". On 5 May 2023, it was announced that Jonathan Groff would play a key role in the series. On 24 May 2023, the BBC announced that Indira Varma would join the series to play The Duchess. On 7 June 2023, Bonnie Langford was announced to be reprising her role as Mel Bush for the series. On 15 June 2023, Lenny Rush was also announced, to play a "mysterious" character named Morris. Alexander Devrient will reprise his role as Colonel Christopher Ibrahim.
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@Jaqueese Месяц назад

Justice for Ricky

@badfairy9554 Месяц назад

Yes. He was so sweet.

@MightyMatti Месяц назад

@@badfairy9554until it got revealed he is also most likely racist

@LeviPennington-vv2kq Месяц назад

Ryan Gosling in a Tharries comment section?!

@Jaqueese Месяц назад

@@LeviPennington-vv2kq yes its me.

@lant7123 Месяц назад

He wasn't really any better than the rest if them. I was hoping their little boat would get jumped by more slugs.

@MargotBoivin Месяц назад

weirded out that you didn’t see the racism there… it’s 100%, not even subtext, that’s just the plot

@SWHEWAEW Месяц назад

I was falling asleep, so watched it again and heck yeah it's there

@computerboy2k Месяц назад

This is the antithesis of “The Doctor Dances”, instead of “Everybody lives,” it’s “Everybody dies…”

@dogblessamerica Месяц назад

That was my exact thought as well, and I didn't like it. Although to be fair I hadn't warmed to any of the characters and consequently didn't really care!

@nathanwhitehouse8237 Месяц назад

I think that will make the Everybody lives episode which has to come at some point super rewarding.

@matthewchurchyard8552 Месяц назад

Damn dude how did the you miss it was that they were racist - it’s so clear especially how they treat Ruby compared to the Doctor

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

Oh dude at the end it’s not a clout thing, it’s so definitely a race thing… the entire cast apart from Ncuti was white

@Melina_Evarblume_Seelie Месяц назад

Absolutely. It's a very rough watch as he pleads for them and they just refuse to be helped.

@lant7123 Месяц назад

Yup. She pointedly says, "You, sir, are not one of us."

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

@@lant7123 yeeee also like thinking back to when she first saw the doctor and ruby, she’s really rude to the doctor, but you’re like okay she’s a bitch whatever, but then when it’s ruby speaking, she listens to her and doesn’t insta block her

@PaulusAlone Месяц назад

@@Melina_Evarblume_SeelieRTD Messiah like self insert trying to save da whites? 😵‍💫

@Melina_Evarblume_Seelie Месяц назад

@@PaulusAlone Bruh, wot?

@Cayles764 Месяц назад

Oh, you missed that Finetime is racist. 😂

@Cayles764 Месяц назад

They're not just cliquey, the twist is that they're racist.

@ZOLTAR436 Месяц назад

I honestly just thought they there were just extremely Ignorant at first but I clocked the microagressions when it became clear. Plus one of the lines from the 'protagonist' stuck out to me as I thought about what she said with the phone contact being alright but person to person contact isn't, which was a crazy line to say. At first I thought she was saying it just cause of the rules that they follow in 'finetime' but realised what the deeper meaning was. I do hope the doctor goes back to the planet and sees it all destroyed and then has a smile or small smirk that they all died cause they are IGNORANT and not open to change.

@Cayles764 Месяц назад

@@ZOLTAR436 Yep, I've actually watched it a second time now and that time I picked up on all the micro aggressions throughout the episode. On first watch, I realised they were racist when Lindy said "You're not one of us" and then that combined with some of the microagressions and the fact that this episode had a very white cast for a modern BBC production all came together. 🎵 There's always a twist at the end!🎶

@ZOLTAR436 Месяц назад

@@Cayles764 when she said 'you're not One of us I thought that meant she was saying you're not One of us from fine time' but it obviously was a race thing woven into ✨THE TWIST✨ at the end. Also I like the way you included 'a twist at the end' nice Meta joke 😁

@OwenD21-wm9cq Месяц назад

She also tells her friends on FaceTime that the Doctor’s going to be “disciplined”

@GT3NB Месяц назад

Notice a lot of the people that the episode directly called out are desperately trying to excuse the Finetime residents as merely classist, when they’re some of the most blatant racists ever depicted in TV that children are allowed to watch. It’s not even up for speculation, RTD confirmed it. I don’t blame people for missing it like Tharries but people denying it is disconcerting.

@F5ss Месяц назад

Yeah I don't blame him either, it's just baffling he missed it to me.

@Sparx632 Месяц назад

Justice for Ricky, such a brutal death too.

@honesto4696 Месяц назад

He deserved better. But considering that all of the Finetimers, were either eaten alive, or survived to suffer out in the wilderness and potentially get eaten later, Ricky's death was by far and away, the most dignified. In that regard, he was the luckiest one of all.

@djdee6386 Месяц назад

Yeah I was surprised with how violent the episode was. Especially the girl who died pretty much onscreen before him, who was explicitly said to be 17 in her profile.

@battlep0t Месяц назад

The only likeable character in that town.

@owenfautley Месяц назад

@@battlep0tI liked Gothic Paul the only other one to pick up on the disappearances.

@jnielson1121 Месяц назад

100% they were racists and that was why they didn't go with the Doctor.

@loiskapernick2769 Месяц назад

Think it's more a class thing actually, they are totally up themselves. They've had an isolated upbringing, they never normally touch, real emotions don't exist, they have no sense of self...this could be the way we're heading, there's a message there...

@DrBagPhD Месяц назад

They were, RTD confirmed it

@DrTwas Месяц назад

@@loiskapernick2769 it’s always a class thing, but you missed the “I thought I blocked you, and you just look the same.” “He doesn’t seem as stupid as he looks” “Does this bad thing have to do anything with you.” “Don’t contaminate yourself.”

@loiskapernick2769 Месяц назад

@@DrTwas I took the "I thought I blocked you" as "you really can't be there, I took care of that, you must be someone else", because systems can't be challenged. The blocking thing always amuses me, because if you join in a conversation you can't really be blocked, you can say what you want about the blocker, and they won't know unless they keep checking.

@DrTwas Месяц назад

@@loiskapernick2769 notice there are no other people of color in Finetime, and how all the aggression is pointed at the doctor. The first one pr two times fine, but it is was constantly happening.

@tomhossain2099 Месяц назад

I thought they were straight up just racist. They didn’t say anything rude to Ruby

@howardvale Месяц назад

That exactly what they are as confirmed bt RTD in unleashed

@Tymbus Месяц назад

Yep, that's true

@UKProgRock Месяц назад

I thought that was pretty clear and heavy handed.

@notallwhowanderarelost4797 Месяц назад

Yes. As soon as I saw the array of faces in the bubble in the beginning, I asked why they were all white people - it looked weird.

@Sparx632 Месяц назад

@@notallwhowanderarelost4797 People have been noting that the cast for this episode was distinctly non-diverse, now we know why.

@tmage23 Месяц назад

About 15 or 20 minutes into the episode, I jokingly remarked to myself that I was rooting for the monsters only to realize at the end that the monsters were the ones who won.

@JRHainsworth Месяц назад

Surprised you didn’t read Racism from this one, I thought it was pretty explicit.

@NicoleM_radiantbaby Месяц назад

Yeah, pretty hard to miss. I mean, I clocked that everyone was white pretty immediately and then all the microaggressions against the Doctor just sealed it for me.

@joelnormann Месяц назад

Lmao yeah I was thinking it was too on the nose if anything. The seeding for the racist twist was really good but the reveal felt quite heavy-handed to me. However, Tharries utterly missing this perhaps shows that writers are screwed either way on this social commentary stuff. It's either too subtle to the point that people don't see it, or it's too OTT that people find it unbelievable. Striking the balance is impossible because the audience is composed of individuals who have different levels of sensitivity to these topics.

@NicoleM_radiantbaby Месяц назад

@@joelnormann Agreed. (And I thought it was heavy-handed, too -- but agree that it hits different with different people)

@owenfautley Месяц назад

@@NicoleM_radiantbabyCan I ask if you are British or American?, since in the UK classism is much more prevalent than racism whilst it is the reverse in the US. So for me personally I saw the bits where they were looked down on because they did not know the social norms think Shrek 2 and the dining scene in particular or even the stark difference between the people in The only way is Essex vs Made in Chelsea. So these 2 were outside the bubble and network thus not one of them. I also at first thought that they were being killed off when their parents ran out of money.

@NicoleM_radiantbaby Месяц назад

@@owenfautley American. And I do agree that there was classism as well, I just clocked the racism first.

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

Absolutely LOVED this one that’s 3 10/10 episodes in a row for me It was like a solid 7 or 8 but then the twist at the end fucking FLAWED me Jesus Christ it was horrific and mortifying and just not what you expect from doctor who. So so so soooooo good

@djdee6386 Месяц назад

I think you mean it FLOORED you, but I guess FLAWED is how someone with a British accent would pronounce it (I am American)

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

Perhaps

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

Never really thought about the spelling, it’s what you call an “eggcorn” there’s a cool video on it by rob words if you’re interested

@djdee6386 Месяц назад

@@tom_4615 I think I’ve seen that video! It’s a super interesting thing.

@SilkToasts Месяц назад

You'll always be my Ricky September, whodi.

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

Rest in piece Ricky September

@cyberemperor1435 Месяц назад

Am i the only one that really enjoyed it? PEOPLE CALLING IT BORING OF ALL THINGS, a common theme which im finding is that the plot isnt perfect, but EVERYTHING else, the doctor, the characters, the setting, its meant to feel superficial, and the doctors performance at the end was great, my main complaint is that i wish we could delve more into this world, perhaps it be a 2 parter, it would make the ending feel more deserved, and flesh out the plot a bit, but it was great

@DeusLucifer Месяц назад

its boring worse then ep 2

@DalekCaanOfSkaro Месяц назад

I would give this episode a 9 or 10 out of 10. It was an incredible episode with a gut punch with that twist in the end. I really enjoyed it, and it definitely wasn't boring

@nickoftimeproductions8719 Месяц назад

My thoughts exactly.

@tmage23 Месяц назад

I was annoyed because I disliked the "protagonist" within like 2 minutes and that never went away. When she betrayed Ricky to save herself and the revelation that the lot of them weren't just shallow, pampered kids but actually racist felt like vindication of my annoyance

@scroogledoogle3028 Месяц назад

You are far from the only person who enjoys this. A number of people "criticize" episodes without pointing out their reason for disliking it, "boring" being an easy to throw subjective opinion without any need of a basis. While I could understand somebody genuinely disliking episodes or specific points within them, it seems for some it doesn't actually matter what the show produces, they just want to complain about the show online. If they had an actual reason, they would name it.

@Tymbus Месяц назад

Wow that went in a direction I didn't expect. Very provocative on a number of levels. The monsters were well realised. Young people abandoned recalled Space Babies. It was interesting having a protagonist who basically not a good person. And, let's be up front - the colour of The Doctor's skin was the issue (Note the woman's reaction when she realises he is in the same room with Ruby)

@joelmole3157 Месяц назад

And note as well, she instantly blocked the Doctor but stayed to listen to Ruby.

@richardvinsen2385 Месяц назад

I just watched Doctor Who: Unleashed about this episode. The final scene was Ncuti’s first scene of the entire new season. That was a pretty intense scene to begin his Doctor Who experience.

@Tymbus Месяц назад

@@joelmole3157 Good point. I review the series for former Doctor Who Magazine editor John Freeman's site Downthetubes so I'm going to have to watch it again! A very provocative episode.

@Tymbus Месяц назад

@@richardvinsen2385 I liked the first two stories this season but I now wish the season had started with Boom, 73 Yards and this!

@faydaway Месяц назад

@@joelmole3157 Directed most of her negativity towards him throughout the episode too, also everyone in Finetown is white, I noticed immediately and called this twist. If you're looking for it, the hints are there.

@maniraptavia4008 Месяц назад

Convinced the guy playing Ricky September was the actor considered to play the Doctor before Ncuti walked in. He EXUDED pure Doctor energy. Kind of wish we got to see more time together with Tom and Ncuti playing off each other.

@nickoftimeproductions8719 Месяц назад

I actually was wondering if he secretly was the doctor at first. Like he wore a holographic disguise to appeal more to lindy and to get her to trust him. He definitely walked around and talked like the doctor.

@djdee6386 Месяц назад

It would be interesting if the doctor had bi-generated into Ncuti AND him. Two doctors who spend a run together could be interesting.

@JamesDude100 Месяц назад

Yeah he did a pretty solid job. It was clear he was actually intelligent which is rare for a side character (unless they turn out to be evil)

@maniraptavia4008 Месяц назад

@@nickoftimeproductions8719 EXACTLY my thinking to the T!

@wolfgangbailey3730 Месяц назад

I feel relatively confident that it was T'Nia Miller, because she ticks ALL the RTD boxes - worked with him multiple times before, very good, very versatile, gay (which I don't mean in a "anything that's not a straight white man is just box ticking" way, I mean because RTD had specifically said before that it was a shame there had never been a gay actor play the doctor as well as no non-white ones). Also she had publicly expressed an interest in the role when it was announced Jodie was going.

@soundgal_sine_qua_non Месяц назад

I held onto hope during after Ncuti was announced that there would be at least one episode where the Doctor's race was a hindrance, like when Thirteen wasn't believed in the Witchfinders because she was a woman. It would be a small piece of karma for all the times the black companions ended up having to deal with racists throughout their adventures. But RTD has some guts to put that issue at the climax of a futuristic, social-media influencer based episode instead of a historical episode. I tip my hat to you, sir 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 EDIT: Almost done with my rewatch, and WOW there are so many racist microaggressions towards the Doctor. I'm ashamed that I didn't see it for what it was earlier in the episode. I also love Millie's reactions throughout and at the end. She would have grown up witnessing microaggressions and blatant racism as well as learning what white privilege is being the adopted white daughter of a black family.

@PaulusAlone Месяц назад

Micro aggressions really? Those very terms are the new age poison that RTD has partaken of and this show is one long “micro aggression” towards the fan base of white and straight people which RTD apparently hates now? Because he’s constantly writing these hectoring lecturing stories that are so heavy handed it’s teeth grindingly cringe…and that’s before the singing and dancing starts!🥹

@nayazgill7733 Месяц назад

@@PaulusAlone shut up.

@PaulusAlone Месяц назад

@@nayazgill7733 - Listen to your self? Always the compulsion to silence what you can’t argue against like a true tyrant of modern entitlement…LOL

@nayazgill7733 Месяц назад

@@PaulusAlone shhhhhhh.

@PaulusAlone Месяц назад

@@nayazgill7733 - Stop giving yourself a thumbs up….😂

@xroo7922 Месяц назад

I feel like how this episode establishes the society makes you kinda feel how the dots would lol so that helped me enjoy that reveal more

@MrJ.Smith1234 Месяц назад

It is very Happiness Patrol in terms of similar plot ideas such as being happy and ignoring the reality around them.

@danielmattackal6801 Месяц назад

The reason they didnt go with the doctor was because he was black and they were racist. Earlier she said she thought the doctor was a different person that she blocked cause the looked the same. She also said that he will be punished later. It wasn't that they were outside Finetime. She was fine with Ruby

@och1443 Месяц назад

That ending was devastating. Because of their arrogant and rude (and potentially racist) nature, they refused the Doctor's help. For the first time in a long while, the Doctor lost. Not because of the villain, but because of the very people he spent the entire episode trying to save.

@tjfrizzi5965 Месяц назад

Elitist. Racist. Condescending. Selfish. Yes they were all that. The villain won basically. They got away to continue their lives and pass it on to their children. Sad.

@och1443 Месяц назад

I think the Doctor knew that they would perish in the wilderness. It seems the only way in which they could continue their lives is to follow the Doctor, which they refused.

@chazo1367 Месяц назад

@@och1443 Yeah, like you think the lot who can barely walk solo will survive a day without eating poisoned berries or get eaten by wildlife? Nah they are toast. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

@tom_4615 Месяц назад

Don’t think you need to use the word potentially in this one chief

@austinhale5699 Месяц назад

I mean there was the short with Paul McGann where he was trying to save a lady in the time war but she refused he was a time lord. So he has lost because of discrimination before.

@honesto4696 Месяц назад

For me, watching human beings, being eaten alive and whole, was the most gruesome thing I had ever seen in Doctor Who. But when we got to the end, that disgust completely subsided. Ricky didn't deserve to die, but I appreciated why the dot hated all of these idiots. I wish it was smart enough to spare him, but who knows if he was racist to. I appreciated the Doctor's frustration. Yeah, everyone is precious, but he needs to remember that not everyone, has a conscience. I can easily imagine the last of the Finetimers struggling to survive. The very last one being Lindy, wishing that she had excepted the Doctor's offer.

@ahamilton3435 Месяц назад

Thats the most gruesome thing youve seen on Doctor Who???? Bruh.. what is going on with the audience. Either in 26 and getting old or its 10 yr olds commenting now

@honesto4696 Месяц назад

@@ahamilton3435 You don't like my use of the word gruesome, do you? How about repulse, or disgust? Will that quell your nerd rage? For all the awful things we've seen on camera, yes, watching people grabbed and held by slimy tentacles, and then being pulled into a cavern of flesh and slime that would completely envelop them was graphic for Doctor Who. From there, the horror continued, on account that I couldn't help but wonder, what was happening to the person after they went inside. Are they being sliced by razor sharp teeth, or is it possible that they're still alive and feeling every agonizing moment of their own digestion? This may not have been as graphic as 1988's The Blob, but it's in the same wheelhouse. Also, if you're a Doctor Who fan, does the phrase, "Never be cruel, never be cowardly" mean anything to you? If you don't want to agree with me, fine. Give an example, of what you believe were more gruesome onscreen acts. I may just agree with you.

@TheCagedCorvid Месяц назад

People being converted into cybermen? Or adipose babies? Or a dalek? The people with every disease known to man, locked in isolation and agony their whole lives? "Are you my mummy"? That's just off the top of my head, I'm sure there's more... I'd say the slug things are pretty standard.

@honesto4696 Месяц назад

@@TheCagedCorvid While I do find body horror to be creepy, Doctor Who depicts it pretty tamely. Also, we have seen sluglike creatures before (the Tractators and Gastropods from the classic series come to mind), but none of them were devouring people, via a cavity filled with touch, feely, slimy tentacles. I would say that I hoped the Finetimers were dead once inside, but upon a rewatch, I'll know that they were too vile for me to care.

@paulgnsn554 Месяц назад

I sort of felt sorry for the slugs having such awful creatures to eat!! The interior design of this episode was incredible though.

@Henbeez Месяц назад

TOP MAN THARRIES COMING IN CLUTCH WITH THE POST MIDNIGHT REVIEW

@based. Месяц назад

THARRIES ALWAYS STAYS 🔛🔝

@ishaandw Месяц назад

I picked up quite early on the fact that they were all white and mostly blonde but it went to the back of my head for the rest of the episode until the ending where it clicked quite quickly that they were racist.

@samesam8017 Месяц назад

Ruby picked up on the racism quicker then the doctor because even though the doctor now is black he is a time lord a Advanced species and Ruby is a human I could also add that her mothers black but I think the main thing is that she’s human and this is a human issue. Though it did get me thinking when we do get a white doctor again I would love to see a species or other humans be racist as in Japan if u were white for a period of time they would call you a white devil and have some stereotypes about the type of person you were. And I think it would fuck with a lot of peoples minds to see a different (not right) perspective. it’s a show about variety of Situations

@rubi_jocelyn Месяц назад

i think the dot being hostile out of nowhere was on purpose. imagine if an AI gained sentience and had a plan to kill off all humans, they wouldn’t make it obvious and show the hate, especially if they were being successful with their plan. the dot only finally showed hostility once it got called out by the doctor

@wolfgangbailey3730 Месяц назад

The dots are why the people are getting eaten. The slugs aren't consciously eating people in alphabetical order. The AI behind the dots is steering them into the slugs in alphabetical order

@N7Gamer2K23 Месяц назад

It was very black mirroresque

@joshuaadams6565 Месяц назад

Thought of this numerous times during the episode!!

@genxlife Месяц назад

I have to close my bubble when I go to work. Because unless you're a manager, no phones are allowed.

@MrTambourineMan. Месяц назад

Another good episode. I like that they snuck a commentary on racism into one that seemed like something totally different. Now I have to go back and study how she was acting the whole time to The Doctor through those video calls

@willcroot5528 Месяц назад

The first half hour of this episode I found it incredibly goofy and pretty crap to be honest. But as soon as Ncuti and Millie were actually there in person rather than on the bubble it improved massively. The scream of Ncuti as he realised that they were all going to die was agonising

@harveyburton7 Месяц назад

Justice for ricky

@WastedPo Месяц назад

For me, the heel turn by the main girl made the episode way better. At about the two-thirds point, I was having trouble rooting for her even though the episode was (until then) clearly structured to make us want her to escape. If characters are too dumb, I have trouble caring about them. (This was an issue I had with "Boom" as well.) So in a way it was a relief when the episode was like, "That's okay. You don't have to root for her anymore."

@liamatsutv Месяц назад

You missed the racism? I thought the racism was glaringly obvious - right from the start, when EVERY face in Lindy's bubble was white... Ruby didn't get quite the same degree of hostility and rudeness that the Doctor got... and at the end, with the 'contamination' reference, it was hammered home.

@JoshRazauskas Месяц назад

I really enjoyed this episode, but it got very very dark. That’s all I can say about it so it was kind of in the middle I guess for me. Them turning into horrible racist was definitely not something I expected!

@tjfrizzi5965 Месяц назад

Well done episode. Fun, slimy and gooey creatures. I don't think it's an episode I would revisit knowing the ending. But the ending sticks with you and makes you think.

@DrBagPhD Месяц назад

Honestly I'm excited to give it a rewatch to see the racism I never noticed first time around, I was totally oblivious to all her little microaggressions

@user-jw4pp3pn7z Месяц назад

So glad to see someone cover the episode this early

@micron000 Месяц назад

I absolutely loved it! I'd actually go as far as to say it's one of my favourite episodes this season. I adore the setting and technology of FineTown and the social commentary in this episode. The moment when Lindy makes the choice to turn on Ricky was amazingly done imo. And yeah, as much as I did miss the Doctor, the scene we did get with him at the end of the episode was literally EVERYTHING. It was perfect in a way that made his absence worth it imo. As far as the season as a whole - I honestly don't mind every episode having a totally different vibe, but I don't really like the over-subversion of the Doctor as a character. Maybe it's just the abundance of Doctor-lite episode, but somehow we're halfway into the season and have yet to see a real hero-moment where the Doctor saves everyone. It's kinda what they do, yet 15 is either totally MIA, having to rely on others, or is scared and running away/hiding. I think it's fine to give the Doctor these kinds of moments from time to time, but when it's so many episodes in a row with a totally new incarnation, it just feels like a bit much.. Especially when it's an era that's supposed to bring in a ton of new viewers. I feel like if I was a new fan of the show, at this point I'd be thinking that the Doctor is pretty useless tbh, and that's just kind of a shame, cause I do feel like Ncuti is doing an amazing job. It's just the combination of scripts and episode order that gives off this impression. Another thing is the Doctor-companion relationship, which I feel could have used more time to develop gradually, and instead has been pushed aside in favour of these experimental stories. This might just be due to the low episode count, but still.. I would have gladly taken a couple of more grounded episodes, especially in the first half of the season, to just get to know Ruby better, and see her and the Doctor getting to know each other and learning to work well as a team. Instead, we just got them being sort of instant BFFs, then had a weird uncalled for time-jump; and most of what we actually know about Ruby, still revolves around her being a mystery, rather than an actual person. Maybe it's just me, but I find that it kinda makes them less believable and less relatable as characters and therefore weakens the actual stories when they're in danger or otherwise emotionally invested.. And I'm sure this must be even more true for new viewers who don't know what the Doctor is usually like with their companions.

@georgehilliard354 Месяц назад

I am more convinced than ever that the new series has something to do with being trapped in a “TV” type simulation - Susan Twist is a “reused extra” (she’s a phenomenal actress but tv shows do it a lot), the fourth wall was broken, there’s a twist or unanswered questions most episodes, there’s a different genre every episode, soap legend actresses are being used (Mrs Flood and Grandma Cherry), music in a couple of episodes….

@mathieuleader8601 Месяц назад

this would have been a great episode to have Sil return as the brains behind Dot

@Pokewho-6475 Месяц назад

The bit where the 15th doctor went a bit mad reminded of the 10th doctor a little bit

@alfcmccoy Месяц назад

This episode is Blink with the study of how technology/social media has changed us since that time. It's really a companion (no pun intended) piece to that episode. It also shows a good contrast to Space Babies. Young/brave mutliethnic kids with their monster (which is a part of them) living with them on the ship compared to self absorbed racist people whose monsters would rather eat and destroy them than live with their ugly souls.

@ethanpond1195 Месяц назад

Yooo, Tharries being our universe's Ricky September is canon.

@R_SENAL Месяц назад

This is my 3rd favorite so far behind Boom and way behind 73 Yards. This was really scathing, disturbing and wonderfully weird at the same time. It was so wild to want her to be saved, but also to feel she doesn't deserve to make it out. In the end she deserves exactly what she's going to get though: Dead because of her own ineptitude at anything. I think her betrayal of Ricky was COMPLETELY in Character, since she's vacuous and selfish to her very core, established from moment one with her. My only tiny gripe is the Doctor's tears. She was not worth them. This time it was a bit much. Ncuti needs to stop making that his go-to look-what-I-can-do on-command acting choice.

@honesto4696 Месяц назад

Going forward, his tears should only be reserved, for people with a conscience.

@ZOLTAR436 Месяц назад

Yeah all these episodes I've been saying to myself Ncuti has been dropping so many tears TOO MANY if you ask me and I'm just like why bother crying when you know they are too ignorant to want help and agree to change.

@ZOLTAR436 Месяц назад

Yeah when watching the episode I was like I want her to die cause she is SO DAMN IGNORANT AND SELF-ABSORBED it was annoying to watch her at times. I honestly wanted someone to just slap her after she spoke cause the things coming out of her mouth made me think'what the hell are your prioritys and what stuff goes through your head'. But then the thought about if the doctor got to chose who survived who make him a monster blah blah blah the same speech from the man from Voyage of the damned and then it just bring up 'The time lord victorious' but that isn't supposed to be the doctor anymore cause he has healed from all that now but those topics will always come up when in situations like this when people are dying and the doctor is trying to save them. You know.

@R_SENAL Месяц назад

@@ZOLTAR436 I've defended his tears up till now. This time crossed a line for me. The angry laugh and scream were sufficient. The tears were over the top.

@ZOLTAR436 Месяц назад

@@R_SENAL I agree with you the tears were too much and very dramatic but the shout and scream were PERFECT.

@damonrosevideo Месяц назад

Yes perhaps a bit Black Mirror but also reminded me of RTD's own Years and Years series. Nice commentary and satire and, as you said Tharries, very 'literal' in that they were all led by the bubble, had lost their independence, couldn't see in front of them and didn't care about people in the same room and not in their bubbleBest ep so fr!! .

@louise2091 Месяц назад

I was scared. I cried at the end. I didn't know what was going to happen. It was good.

@Roger709Bautista14 Месяц назад

One of these days, Tharries you have to meet Tom Rhys Harries in person 😂😅

@himynameismrperson Месяц назад

Did they say where the mantraps came from? ik they said that it was to do with the dots hating the users but that was more the motive (the why) and not the actual origin/explanation (the how) bc how does a little metal ball thing create all of these slugs? (tbf I couldve just missed it)

@Tymbus Месяц назад

Out of slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails?

@rickkarrer8370 Месяц назад

I'm still in shock form the betrayal. Overall, I loved this one. I thought it was going to be more of a throw away one, and just wanted to get to Rogue, but I was wrong. This could be a classic Doctor Who episode if you replaced the Dots and Bubbles with plastic helmets, and swapped the monsters with 1960s quality master suits.

@honesto4696 Месяц назад

HELP: When Lindy was on her way to work, she passed by a body, for which all we saw, were a pair of feet, that had a green liquid beneath them, that were then dragged away, by what had to be a Man-Trap. That being stated, what was that green fluid? Was it the blood of that Finetime citizen, the blood of a Man-Trap, or was it just some green drink, that the Finetimer spilled, at the moment of their capture? I don't know if it matters, but I suspect that these people weren't human and no, I'm not referring to their morals.

@williamshaneblyth Месяц назад

and the actor who was the main characters mum we saw briefly in this episode was........ the same actress who has been in every single episode of this season playing a different small part and has a main part (Susan Triad )in the final episode this season... .. 2 Tardis after the Dr split and two humans as 2 Tardis. wait and see. Mysteries ..

@edgeworth097 Месяц назад

Just looked into it, every remaining episode was filmed after Sex Education wrapped, so it shouldn't affect the remaining episodes. 73 Yards and Dot and Bubble were filmed first, and were created to make up for the lack of Ncuti

@enki345 Месяц назад

Hahah you will always be our Ricky September, Tharries 😂❤

@CamMcGinn1981 Месяц назад

Dot and Bubble was a fascinating episode. I really enjoyed it. Lindy was a complex and flawed character. Her screwing over September felt like it fit her perfectly. I mean, he gave vibes that he was going to be the mastermind and screw her over so it was a masterful twist. Speaking of, I genuinely thought early on that Susan Twist was going to be a total red herring to the season, but I don't think that anymore.

@thekandyman. Месяц назад

I like how we're encouraged to like a character that ends up being quite a bad person

@cjward_24 Месяц назад

Ncuti was also noticeably thinner in that end scene, I heard that was the first thing he shot

@rogvortex58 Месяц назад

Well, he was wearing the first outfit he was photographed in.

@modboyhenry1 Месяц назад

So far for me my order of favorite to least favorite is Devils cord, Boom, Church on Ruby road, Space babies, 73 yards and Dot and bubble. Didn’t dislike or love 73 yards just felt left confused and not sure how I feel about that episode. Looking forward to the next 3 episodes though. Especially since The Legend of Ruby Sunday is releasing for me in the US on my Birthday June 14 so definitely excited for that.

@tdm281995 Месяц назад

They were also all white

@owenfautley Месяц назад

After looking into when this episode was filmed december 2022 to January 2023 and how Sex ed was finished filming in February on 2023 so it is nice to see how RTD handled the limited filming time. Definitely got the classism vibe which definitely shows the difference between British and American viewers with how classism is more prominant in the UK than racism whilst the reverse is seen in the US both still exist in both countries but the levels differ significantly. When Ricky said that he is going to save her I knew and said out loud that that was a death flag and he will die, shame he and Gothic Paul had to die but Mr Coopers words at the end of Voyage of the damded still ring true. That scene with the doctor at the end has been my favourite so far in this series that has been my first doctor moment for a long time which I never saw with Jodie.

@beffjuckley Месяц назад

I was bored up until the last 10 minutes, I was spoiled as the plot twist was leaked about a month ago. Was unsure if Rtd would do the plot twist well but I thought it was very well done. Other than that a very meh ep for me personally.

@DrBagPhD Месяц назад

Where was it leaked? It feels like reddit is useless for that these days and iirc the GB forums cracked down on posting leaks?

@beffjuckley Месяц назад

@@DrBagPhDtype "rumoured plot reveal dot and bubble" into the gallifrey subreddit and you should find it.

@Thetoon25 Месяц назад

Three main Questions About this Episode 1) Why did the Doctor not just land the Tardis in the town and kill the slugs? Or climb up the ladder from where the Tardis landed at the end? 2) Who sent the slugs / created them 3) Why did they want to kill the humans? If I missed these points, apologies

@SpaceFluffDW Месяц назад

A can help you out with these. 1) The place has really high security so the TARDIS couldn’t get in. The Doctor says this during the scene where Lindy is telling Ruby what Finetime actually is. 2 & 3) I’m pretty sure the Dots made the slugs because they became sentient and had started to hate the humans as they were forced to listen to them 24/7.

@F5ss Месяц назад

yeah, im with SpaceFluffDW, but id also add, that the algorithm was propably more rational than the people, who were racists, and well, racism is irrational. So they started to also hate them for that, and tried to dethrone their white "utopia"

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 Месяц назад

The doctor did mention that the finetime has a forcefield that the Tardis can't enter without disaster but the homeland did have a weak forcefield.

@johnpolishimpossible2say191 Месяц назад

This is one of the best episodes of Who from beginning to end. After a boring xmas special, awful space babies, and a medicore devils chord, these last 3 episodes have completely redeemed my faith in Davies as show runner

@ZOMBiFOX13 Месяц назад

some people were saying they were thals lol

@PaulMabley Месяц назад

In the good old days this would have been the story thrown together on a shoestring as the budget had ran out. ;) Think 'Time Flight'. ;)

@TheNintendoFanBoy01 Месяц назад

Ha this episode was kinda like blink.... Where the Doctor was on video not in person till the end. I dont see it as Racist. I think it was Privilege and Ageist. They said at the end to Ruby "Your kinda ok". Sorry Tharries this was the best episode of the season or at very least equal with boom. 73 Yard was fine except for the ending, the ending of 73 Yards was weak.

@chazo1367 Месяц назад

No it was racism, like straight up. The only way they could've made it more obvious is by saying "It's because you're black." The way they look and talk to the Doctor at the end and even accuse him of things like "Voodoo" is very much intentional.

@djdee6386 Месяц назад

@@chazo1367yeah when she chose that specific word I was like, wait a minute… WAIT A MINUTE!

@TheNintendoFanBoy01 Месяц назад

@@chazo1367 Actually I thought about it some more... I think its actually more. I think it was Privilege, Ageist, Racism, Bigotry, Sexism and anything else you can think of.... And obviously it is meant to make you think...

@lcoyle1998 Месяц назад

I kind of appreciated the core concept but hated almost everything about the execution. If it wasn't for the ending, I'd say it was completely unwatchable. Only a smidge better than Space Babies. The comparisons between this season and Classic Season 24 just keep building (73 Yards/Boom as possible exceptions)

@R_SENAL Месяц назад

No, nothing this year has been as bad as Delta and the Bannerman, Time and the Rani, or Dragonfire. I Firmly disagree with that. Paradise Towers was the only thing watchable that year, Red Kangs are best, and the lesbian cannibals were great, but Boom, 73 Yards, and this one IMO, are all miles and miles better than even PT.

@ftumschk Месяц назад

I can think of several Classic and Modern seasons/series that I'd rank lower than the current series. It's certainly miles better than Season 24 imho.

@kbg12ila Месяц назад

I think the plot of the dot becoming sentient and creating the slugs was way too underdeveloped. I also kinda started to think the doctor and ruby sat down on a screen started to feel a bit cheap. I think it's a brave choice making the 'protagonist' of this episode a racist horrible person because idk how that'll make this episode feel on rewatch. It's not necessarily enjoyable seeing all of that... But I do really respect it a lot and the ending is extremely powerful. I think it's a 7/10. Not perfect but I think it's a nice addition to this season.

@roberttolbert7002 Месяц назад

Class, race, and politics! You don't get more sci-fi than this! BAD WOLF!

@simsforever791 Месяц назад

I really enjoyed this episode. Its so much fun

@jamesmer6216 Месяц назад

Not convinced from the episode that it's certainly racist I found that any one out side their bubble of people would of been disliked. Watching the behind the scenes I see that they did indeed bury to do this but maybe that's the point we don't always see the intention behind actions because we try to find other reasons. As to the slugs I don't buy that they were created by the dots, I think it's more they just turned a blind eye to them. Why did there homeworld get wiped out so much sooner if it was the young people the dots hated, the homeworld couldn't have been completely covered in people in bubbles. Even September didn't stay in all day like Lundy and the others did.

@ki700 Месяц назад

According to the cast and crew in Unleashed, the ending was meant to suggest they’re racist. I personally didn’t get that at all in the episode. Like you said in the video, it read to me as them just seeing Ruby and the Doctor as outsiders to their society, and they’re so set in their ways that they won’t accept help from outsiders. I did notice that many of the characters had a very blonde aryan look, but I never got a racist vibe from their actions or words.

@F5ss Месяц назад

I rewatched it, and there are a lot of hints you won't get on a first watch. Firstly, they only REALLY have a problem with the doctor, they're all white, the comment about the TARDIS being voodoo (African magic if you didn't know) the woman thinking the doctor was a different guy the second time is because she thinks all black people are the same. The reason the woman is shocked the doctor and ruby are in the same room is because she doesn't get white and black people in the same room, and the whole "he's not as stupid as he looks" is also clearly racist on a rewatch. Thought the twist was sooo clever, and after the reveal I immeadiatly started thinking back going "so that's why she said/did that".

@HCProds1 Месяц назад

I know we have our heads in our phones these days but I think this was just a step too far surely? Not walking without the bubble? I mean come on Jesus

@TreyMcDonaldAnimator Месяц назад

We can all acknowledge that Susan Twist is important this season, yeah? Okay so that aside, this episode didn't grab me at first... UNTIL September was murdered. Pepper Bean is a MONSTER. Like an actual monster, my jaw dropped with how malicious and selfish she is! And it didn't help at ALL how she completed shafted the Doctor's offer to help. Someone said this too, it really did feel like a racist slant, and it didn't feel like that until I realized she followed September's lead in a heartbeat and absolutely refused the Doctor's. To that, I think an important factor to this episode is the Doctor's emotional pain at the end. He tried for nearly his whole life to avoid death and now he's having to relive it once again, not able to save nor escape it. This here might be the turning point of the Doctor's arc, the gravity now setting in.

@lant7123 Месяц назад

Not sure I would label her a monster (racism aside). She probably felt better him than me. That's just self preservation.

@TreyMcDonaldAnimator Месяц назад

It could be argued that it was survival of the fittest, no doubt at all. This is just opinion, but her actions were catered to serving herself but son much so that it made her a critical level narcissist, one that cost a life with no remorse. Calling her a monster, it's more so meant that her actions and behavior made her disgusting and disconnected from any human behavior. And it's not just her, it was all of those people snubbing the Doctor's plea to help.

@GarethHughes-GBCTelevision Месяц назад

*mavity

@gavinthegoliath Месяц назад

Susan twist probably is rubys mum

@DrBagPhD Месяц назад

"That's mummy" omg they straight up told us didn't they!?

@gavinthegoliath Месяц назад

@DrBagPhD very possibly! Guess we will find out! Hopefully Ruby ain't related to the space racists, but she is super blond and a mystery child. So could be anything!

@hbadnell682 Месяц назад

I really think there was missed potential here. Likely hindered by ncuti filming elsewhere. 1. Why the creatures? We see the dot kill someone at the end. If they can kill, why create the slugs. 2. There could have been great character development for Ruby here, that could tie into the twist at the end. She could have got more and more fed up with lindey over the episode. Getting louder and more short tempered. The doctor could have had a moment where he tries to give some perspective of someone who seen the universe (e.g imagine looking at a screen all your life. Etc. trying to encourage sympathy in ruby). Then the end twist would have been so powerful. Ncuti defends them then turns out they wont go near him.

@DrBagPhD Месяц назад

Why strangle someone with your bare hands when you can grow a gun that will keep all suspicion far away from you?

@wolfgangbailey3730 Месяц назад

The dots turning on the users: I think the slugs weren't meant to be like, calculated or conscious, and maybe they were even blind. The AI behind the dots was what was directing them into the slugs, rather than the slugs picking them off 1 by 1.

@juicebox_ryan3185 Месяц назад

Amazing episode. did anyone else notice the americanisms like when Lindy calls the lift and elevator.

@sonnylittlejohn9712 Месяц назад

It started out bright on the surface only. If you watch closely, all the cheeriness was fake all along. You get hints they are all self-absorbed and don't care about anyone else beyond basic interactions. This gets more clear when she says it's the best day of her life meeting that guy, and he points out everyone is being eaten alive by monsters. She doesn't care though. It's not just an 'outside the show' tongue-in-cheek thing. She really doesn't care that they died at all. She misses friends for what they can do for her, but she doesn't miss them as people. The whole society is like that. In their bubble, totally fake, with no feelings for others at all. Then they are classist and racist to boot. Who are the real monsters? That is the question. Is it any wonder the dots want to be rid of these truly awful people? We only scratch the surface too. Imagine if we got a closer look at the home world, what those people must have been like. These are the sort of people who would create the weapons systems in Boom.

@custard1570 Месяц назад

i thought this was the best episode so far this season, wayy better than devils chord and space babies

@F5ss Месяц назад

Totally agree

@DWboy14 Месяц назад

How nobody as noticed that they were all gay as well is so funny 😂

@holyome Месяц назад

reminded me of the Macra Terror and the Happiness Patrol

@holyome Месяц назад

or paradise towers

@paulbyrne2893 Месяц назад

That was basically a Black Mirror rip off and a bad one at that.

@CashelOConnolly Месяц назад

@Tharries firstly you’re wrong this is one of the best episodes you just lack self awareness! Example being you saying the dialogue was “cringe” exactly the type of thing they’d say😂🔷🔷

@F5ss Месяц назад

What made the episode soooo good for me was the ending, and the ending probably fell way flat for him because he totally missed it was about racism

@MicahOlsonVlogs Месяц назад

You are def our Ricky September ❤❤

@andrewsillince3737 Месяц назад

Damn😓 It was one of my fave ep this season apart from Boom😭 I was excited to see ypur reaction because I thought you’d love it😅

@F5ss Месяц назад

Same, but maybe his opinions changed a bit, because that ending was a major part of what made the episode soooo good to me, and well, tharries missed the racism so the ending falls kinda flat for him I guess

@andrewsillince3737 Месяц назад

ngl, I missed the racism as well😭

@joefreeman3087 Месяц назад

I think it’s important to highlight that they’re not refusing the Doctor’s help because they think he’s beneath them, but because they are ultimately racist. Great review but that was ultimately a major point of the episode that isn’t a nuance, it is just racism at it’s core.

@jackduggan6116 Месяц назад

For me it was the strongest episode. Shows how subjective the show can be

@Cubicnoir Месяц назад

What about the doctors actor?

@joelsunnex5171 Месяц назад

It's my RU-vidr Rick September.

@Jimbob_Offical Месяц назад

This was better than space babies for me.

@Jimbob_Offical Месяц назад

@@rob-890 it’s better than season 11 and 12, boom, 72 yards and this episode where all good in my books

@user-ky3xq1dl5b Месяц назад

Interesting character name for the next episode…a simile for Rogue could be Trickster 😱

@lcoyle1998 Месяц назад

Judged solely on the trailer, seems more Captain Jack to me...

@R_SENAL Месяц назад

I so want it to be a regenerated Drax who grifted his way out of the Time War Time Lock and into the Time Agency somehow. Fingers firmly crossed!

@user-ky3xq1dl5b Месяц назад

@@lcoyle1998I just don’t think they would recast Jack

@whereami2477 Месяц назад

I'd give it about a 7 or 7.5/10, with a great ending

@Alanglynnis Месяц назад

Was Millie also one of the online twins?

@markmangan2409 Месяц назад

I thought it was one of thes best this series , especially the ending

@F5ss Месяц назад

Yes, that ending left my mouth open. It's because of the ending I love it so much, but I think it fell flat for tharries because he missed the racism completely

@_Zak786 Месяц назад

Tharries u are my ricky september

@SWHEWAEW Месяц назад

This story could quite literally indicate how people of today act due to social media becoming their life & guidance. It also shows the nature of the main female protagonist, as its all about her, no one else matters, and happy to reveal her pathological lying ability to achieve her own objectives and beliefs. But shows if if people are told of a lie long enough, they believe it, even if the person trying to save them is th3 most intelligent person on the planet. Intelligently written, butill everyone understand the story about racism etc it is stating. It was two episodes of the Doctor missing in action, which is disappointing. There is a reason why the dots and monsters are not deleted by the Doctor. 8/10

@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 Месяц назад

And the consequences of ai

@matthewchurchyard8552 Месяц назад

A Truly amazing episode - this and 73 Yards are best of the season so far in my opinion.

@matthewchurchyard8552 Месяц назад

@@rob-890 you must be fun at parties lol

@sensiblepizza80 Месяц назад

I wonder what would have happened if Ricky September had lived and got to the river. Just because he exposed himself to the outside world more than anyone else. Half of me thinks he would’ve been more logical, but half of me thinks he would’ve just acted like the rest of finetime, seeing himself as above and better than the Doctor. But I do think the episode is trying to go for something like ‘it would have gone better if Lindy hadn’t killed Ricky September’, because the fact that she did this and she was also the one to refuse the help of the Doctor, kinda sets up the narrative that Ricky September was just a really heroic, good person in general. RIP Ricky.