I really dislike how bland and sanitised the aesthetics have become; from the empty, cavernous, and boring TARDIS interior, to the UNIT HQ, to even the cinematography itself, nothing feels real or lived-in like Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi's TARDISes or UNIT's base in the Tower of London did.

Am I weird for not really caring about the War Doctor? Maybe the fact that I don't know who John Hurt is affects it. Also I don't think I have a favourite, when I picture the Doctor in my head it's just a mishmash of all of them. Although, for some reason the 3rd Doctor sometimes emerges into the fore, so maybe him?

Out of the gate: wrong. I mean, easy choice, right? One appearance, mostly hidden, actor's dead so nobody going to get notionally offended, but the scare factor alone should bump him up the list, and that's before we even get to the fact that acting through a mask is hard and he dies it well.

I wonder if the Devil is Rubys dad. The episode once hinted is called The Devils chord. Calling it now. Ruby's name could be a play on Rose.

Thinking that every doctor can be defined by a single word is to miss the very contradictions that make the character interesting in any incarnation. "...so many miserable Doctors..." Matt Smith seemed miserable to you? Tennant had plenty of joy and excitement. He's conflicted. That's interesting. Now you find 15's lack of darkness refreshing... but also complain about the lack of depth. My dude....

Permission to refilm this cool film. Thankyou.

On the topic of 15 cryin a lot. In my own experience once you’ve lived with trauma for longer periods of time it becomes too heavy to acknowledge all the time or be aware of and it becomes a necessity to focus on fabricated joy and small projects to hide it away, much like 13. If 14 is the version that gets to heal it makes total sense that 15 is closer to their emotions and cries more. Healing doesn’t mean forgetting or letting go of trauma. Healing means accepting and understanding. To experience genocide and soooo much death and tragedy is not something anyone would be able to ever completely get over, not even the Doctor. In my experience there is an influx of raw emotional expression when you’ve started to truly dig out the rot that trauma causes. After years of finding it difficult or not even being able to cry at all you’re suddenly crying over everything. Not necessarily because of sadness alone, but just to relieve pressure. Top tier video btw

This is coming in late, but I totally agreed with your take on the doctor's relationships bit. I don't think kissing anyone should be something the doctor does. For all previous doctors, there has been a sense of being otherworldly and refusing to be tied down to romantic notions of humanity - but Ncuti's doctor is sexual and openly into relationships - a big BIG jump from the previous doctors. I am not in favour of this choice, not because being gay or romantic is a bad thing - but because the doctor is and has always been ASEXUAL. To change that all of a sudden is to change the doctor's identity in every way for the rest of us - who know that although there have been regenerations, there are some basic ideas common to all doctors. And I hate to see that go away. My whole face was cringing when there was flirting going on with Rogue. The same has been true when I saw Matt Smith's doctor flirting with River Song - please just...keep the doctor's sexual and romantic notions out of the show. If he/she/they keeps liking people and companions, there will be weird ass story lines coming in

no, it needs better writing

"such vastly different shows". Exactly why this colourized/cut down version was a bad idea. Nice review.

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO RECOGNISES HIS YODA LAUGH

This is great! Also it’s crazy how you’re still replying to comments four years later lol. I love these movies

You had me until "modern audiences"

The misunderstood monster concept is really only valid in Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. The rest of these films are not really about that

I agree with doctor no. 12, 10, 4, 9, 11. This entire essay is very accurate to my ranking. Jodie is a brilliant actress, but piss chibnall ruined the writing

from what i understand the time vortex now contains sutek. somif i were chronos i would not be HAPPY ABOUT THAT!

You could also say 1923's Hunchback of Notre Dame was the first, or one of the first Universal Monsters. :)

I’ll care once the writing gets good again

The thing is... Yes Sutekh is not supposed to be a god. But CLEARLY RTD is going with the version of "yes he is a God" and that's quite literally the problem of the episode for me. Sutekh has an harbinger that works exactly like the one we have seen in The Devil's Chord. Also, one time Sutekh explains that he became powerful thanks to the time vortex but another time you are supposed to think that it's because of the salt thing at the edge of the universe that allowed gods to return. Also Maestro quite literally tells to the audience that they are afraid of "the one who waits" even The Toymaker is afraid of "The One Who Waits". So why literal gods would be afraid of a simple alien that is powerful ? And why is the toymaker aware of Sutekh (just like Maestro) if he isn't the big boss of the Pantheon of Discord ? Clearly the point was to make myth become real so Sutekh became a true god, but it was barely explored in the episode. I liked your point of view but for me that's why it doesn't really hold up

Missy was too kind for an incarnation of The Master, her only good bit was when she betrayed John Simm’s Master

If you don't think Jacobi is the best Master, you've never listened to the War Master. Simple facts

you lost me at: "I'm not the TImeless Child fan in the slightest"

i just don't want to rewatch the recent season. except maybe Boom and Dot and Bubble

Well i think we might be getting what we actually wanted. A continuation with Bullseye, Frank Castle, Karen Page, Foggy, Muse and Fisk im so excited for Born Again especially after the leaked trailer

i agree the disconnect between who sutekh says he is, and who he actually is, does make the episode way more interesting. the only problem is the episode itself does nothing to expain this. as someone who has never seen classic who, to me he was just another overpowered god, with little character if his own. if his nature, as an alien with delusions of grandeur was intended to be important, then making people do homework to understand that is not a good move. and I can see how it would leave many underwhelmed and confused.

They're just great films, stylishly made with deftly told stories, iconic makeup and fine acting.

I can sort of understand why you made the distinction between episodes like Boom and episodes like Wild Blue Yonder, but it so happens that those are my two favourite episodes from this era for very similar reasons to each other. They both seem like very targeted analyses and deconstructions of characters and the way stories are told in Doctor Who, and while the visual elements of Wild Blue Yonder are certainly more visible on the face of it, I don't think they necessarily are the *focus* of the narrative. I always felt the primary focus was the intellectual challenge posed by the not-things, not the physical things that the not-things happened to be able to do.

Another really good budget episode is the first of New Who. Boom Town

Fascinating discussion. I agree in many ways. For me, the ideal situation would be keeping this budget but creating more episodes out of it.

I always liked the visual quality of 11 & 12. I actually don’t need all my tv shows to have a movie budget quality. I think we should let tv shows look, and have the overall format, of television and not just miniature films.

I would argue the fact that it is still relatively low budget by Disney standards means the series whilst having more to work with still has its limitations and has to use creativity to work around them. Whilst some of the visuals are a bit showy at times it hasn’t lost its concept and character centric focus with Boom and 73 Yards and isn’t afraid to tell more confined stories which is a strength

Down to 12 episodes and now just 8. They could definitely stretch their budget further.

It’s not a budget issue it’s a matter of how to spend it. You can have the best camera data wise but if you don’t get a lense with an interesting texture, it fails. That’s a big reason why the new season looks cheap. No matter what big budget effects they have now, the texture of the episode is very important. The 2005-10 era was very clearly digital and had to make that work. The 2010-2022 era was very clear and clean and worked that into filmic cinematography. The most recent era has the high quality footage but doesn’t do anything with it. THAT is the problem. Or at least one of the main ones, plot is what really matters.

This was an excellent film essay. I first saw Dracula when I was 10 in 1964. It was the tail end of the first shock theater period. The following year, as you mentioned, saw The Munsters and Addams Family on TV, which I believe was the peak. Puberty followed for that generation and most went on to other things. But I've never stopped enjoying these films. It's exciting to see younger persons keeping this legacy alive. You are certainly right about the outsider appeal that these films hold. In the late 1950's no one thought there could be any great interest in these films, a reason why Universal gave them to local affiliates for late night viewing. Also why comic horror hosts were used to tell jokes during commercial breaks. It was simply believed that the films could not hold up on their own. Decades later I saw film guides give Bride a 5 star rating. The stature of these films increased greatly. I'm subscribing. Thank you, again!

I don't think 15 is healed from his wounds. He clearly shows that he is insecure about his past, like in Church on Ruby Road he calls himself '''Bad luck''. In Rogue he tries to avoid a deep conversation with Ruby after losing Rogue and then in the finale he calls himself ''disaster''. So I believe he is more open about his feelings, he is not afraid to cry and shout. But he also feels aware of the losses he endured. I think he tries to see the good in the bad. When he talks about Gallifrey, he mentions he is glad to be alive and diverts the conversation to ''This thing flies''. When he mentions Susan, his reaction is to laugh at the end of Ruby conforting him and hugging him. After losing Rogue, he gets up and talks about going onwards. While I think 13 avoided those conversations entirely and acted quirky and silly to hide her trauma, 15 seems to talk about it and then act like no big deal.

He cries a lot. Poor guy seems like an emotional wreck.

i definitely find this take intriguing, but especially for seeing previous doctors be able to act similarly in similar circumstances, i’m interested in how you feel about 11 and 12’s relationships with river song, 11’s escapades, 10’s and 9’s relationship with rose, and 8’s romantic side overall. in all honesty, the romantic side of the doctor doesn’t feel out of place as it’s been established time and time again with various incarnations

Irrelevant to the rest of the video, which is great by the way, but your thumbnails are absolutely awesome! Love your unique style of content - it’s very rare to see - and it’s a shame your channel isn’t bigger. But hey ho, I’ll keep supporting you as long as you’re making stuff.

Great criticism. I've seen a lot, and this is tops in perspicacity. A few things now. Gatwa's Doctor isn't joyous; he's gay. I intend the pun. The traditional meaning of _gay_ involved a certain amount of disregard. Joy is when you have a great time with friends. Gay is when you're at a fancy party where you don't care the servants aren't so happy. People get this wrong all the time. Some translations of _The Gay Science_ say _The Joyous Wisdom._ This is wrong. Nietzsche knew full well he was laughing whilst driving a stiletto into German philosophy. Thus, "Rogue," where a dead companion doesn't get much in the way of a good snog. His Doctor isn't emotional but rather emotionalistic. It's not that he cries too often, though this is how a viewer might rationalize it. It's that he mostly cries without meaning. It's a bit like AI art. The appearance is good enough, but it is vacuous. Once a roommate of mine decided to go as a Jackson Pollack to a party, splattering paint on a white coat. His girlfriend broke up with him between the front and the back. I swear you could see the difference in emotion in the splatters. I don't see emotion in Gatwa's crying most of the time; I see mere performance. I don't fault Gatwa for this but rather what he was given to play. Actors get the publicity, and so are who are praised or blamed, but they are hired to speak words and do things other people wrote. Sure, RTD1 worked because Eccleston pushed back against RTD, but that is rare, and for a time he was blacklisted for doing so. For me, Eccleston's characterization reminded me of _The Face of Evil,_ which buffered it a bit.

Sorry, he's just a rotten choice.

i thinks saying certain gatwa moments don't land because you cant imagine past dr's behaving the same is an unfair criticism.

As promised, here's my review of the 15th Doctor so far... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqmuappnjcShnKMsi=v2-wNFL_4L_Cr005

9:27 Well they shouldn't. A film's quality should be judged on the acting, writing, directing, cinematography etc, not how many people from x group are in it. That doesn't indicate the quality of anything, let alone a film.

Well you got your wish The one who waits was Sutekh this must have been made before the latest series big reveal of who the main villain was going to be

i didn't mind how sutekh and a good chunk of the two part ep but i felt alot of things felt cheep ( also they never explained how the sutekh works when it was split in the toy maker ep ) also there was point i like but there are points i don't like at all

You helped me realise I actually didn’t have a problem with how Sutekh was defeated, it was just how quickly it happened that made it seem anticlimactic. As many have said, another episode of exploring the desolate, dead universe might have made it more impactful. I like the idea of such a powerful being that has basically won but scuppers his plans because of his egotistical desire to know everything and his assumption that the answer must be something as important as him. There’s shades here of Sauron being defeated because of his inability to comprehend ordinary people trying to destroy the Ring. Like the mum reveal I think it could have been done better, but I like the idea

I emotionally checked out of Doctor Who after "The Angels Take Manhattan" and I found it difficult to connect with Capaldi or Whitaker. However, with the return of RTD and Gatwa, I'm absolutely loving the show again. While the finale left some unanswered questions, it also left room for them to be resolved in the future. The emotional tension in "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" raised the stakes, making it hard to pay off.

The TARDIS was duplicated in "Giggle" the original is with the 14th doctor so why was Sutekh on this one? Or are there two Sutekhs?

i loved the finale, it brings me back a feeling that i haven't feel in a long time, it changes everything, i just wish that the series respect the audio dramas and comics

For me, the reveal of Ruby's mother is a problem only because it doesn't explain the snow and the hidden song.