Doctor Who 8x5 REACTION!! "Time Heist"

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

I remember them saying "time heist" in Endgame and laughing because of this episode...

[@livingandthriving]

@@dgurusinghe Yeah, I was surprised they didn't. Honestly I liked this time heist better. Nobody does time travel shenanigans better than Doctor Who. :)

[@nashwanabila123]

Quoting Peter Capaldi's answer to a question about how his Doctor feels towards Clara 'Well, I think the Doctor is very possessive about Clara. I mean he has a very very deep bond with Clara because essentially Clara saved him, saved the being that the Doctor is and that is something that he feels very grateful to her about and you know you always got to remember that the Doctor is not a human being, so his emotional responses to things are expressions of a far deeper and more complex, sort of relationship with the universe, but he suddenly has a human body and he suddenly has human components and suddenly there are emotions flying around in it so he has to use it as a conduit.... this is a very long protracted answer simply to say yes he was slightly jealous' God, this man is just sublime.

[@K-11609]

Fun fact about the intro: it was based on a fan made intro that BBC liked, and they even hired the person who created the fan made one to create the official one

[@Afterburner215]

Link?

[@lukeyread]

I like that they seem to be liking series 8. Such unique ideas in this series. A dinosaur in Victorian times. Going inside a Dalek. Robbing a space bank. It’s wonderful

[@ftumschk]

Agreed. I find so much to stimulate the imagination in S8, which is why it's one of my favourites.

[@BulbasaurRepresent]

2d people dragging 3d people into 2d so they can learn about 3d so they can become 3d

[@coladict]

Those were the same type of memory worms as in The Snowmen, where Strax kept forgetting to use the gauntlets, and in the end it bit Dr. Simeon.

[@boom0906]

yes they are

[@GamingGamer22]

Oh wow how did i forget that?? 🤔

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@GamingGamer22 Forget what?

[@Bhillzebub]

@@GamingGamer22did you touch a memory worm? :P

[@GamingGamer22]

@@Bhillzebub i wouldn't even know

[@nerdfightercommenter6969]

Not important but Clara's outfit in this are such goals

[@astgfrallah771]

mashallah on clara's look

[@bileygr1216]

@@astgfrallah771 Annoying as you are, your dedication is commendable. I'll give you that much.

[@ReversedPolarity]

I think Time Heist was indeed a nod, I've read an article about it. In fact, Karen Gillan was the one who said it and she tried to put a DW reference in Avengers Endgame.

[@liamkc1998]

This episode is underrated af

[@DasKame]

No.... really not. Brain-Suck Alien is really really dumb

[@HarryLiamReeves]

So underrated, probably my favourite of Series 8

[@maxkennedy7430]

Because it’s Shit as well as Series 8-10.

[@cmc2838]

@@DasKame This 1 episode is better than anything series 11 gave us.

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

Series 8. I'm so mixed with it because there are a lot of great episodes but there are some that are so unwatchable. My top 4 worst Doctor Who episodes all come from this season. Listen, Caretaker, ITFOTN and Kill the Moon are all absolute shit fests with Capaldi being the only redeeming factors. Although I loved the concept of Listen but the concept was shoved to the back to focus on Danny and Clara's love life the least interesting plot line in Doctor Who history. But then there's Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline. Time Heist and the finale and they are all so good.

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

The collection of villains at 7:31 includes the terminator guy from "A Town Called Mercy," James Marsters' character from Torchwood, an Ice Warrior, and a Slitheen.

[@daleksami]

And Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer xD

[@andiparker3733]

@@daleksami "I'm gonna kill every stinking goddamn Dalek in the galaxy!!" A nod to Eccleston's line in Bad Wolf

[@plantainsame2049]

@@daleksami truly the most 90s character to ever 90s

[@Triskaan]

Yeah, pretty underrated episode. As is the Caretaker next week (but I love that one) !

[@Kekkersboy]

The Caretaker is underrated? I love that episode. I wished they had done more stuff actually at the school.

[@wardjunior1450]

Triskan the caretaker is bad Kill the moon is bad The forest of the shite is bad

[@Windupchronic]

The Caretaker is one of my favorite episodes. I absolutely *love* that one.

[@Thomas-kp8mo]

Ward Junior yeah the next few are really bad but the finale is worth it.

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@Thomas-kp8mo Flatline and Mummy are gold.

[@Wolf6119]

Psi and Saibra are some of my favorite side characters in the show. Would've been cool if they'd been brought back for something at some point.

[@robertcarson2365]

Would love to see them return. At least some Big Finish stories would be good.

[@lunartory2740]

Agreed. It've been so many years but I still hope for them to comeback. I loved them so much.

[@jpwphoenix1701]

The bit where the Doctor says, "Shuttitty-up-up-up!" was an homage to Peter Capaldi's other well-known (and very foul-mouthed!) role as Malcolm Tucker in "The Thick of It". One of the things he used to say was "Fuckitty-bye!" Also, as others have said, the scene where Psi uploads all those known criminal images, includes a whole load of characters and aliens from the whole Who universe. One of them is even a comic-strip character called "Abslom Daak: Dalek Killer".

[@nisarsabit]

Don't Blink Don't Breathe Don't Think Don't Forget Listen... Silence.

[@jeckjeck3119]

WHAT CAN I DO!?

[@Hardbody217]

@@jeckjeck3119 Run

[@kaizoisevil]

Hardbody217 Until Dawn: don’t move

[@tureba]

Count the shadows

[@Chemeleon15]

Hardbody217 Run You Clever Boy And Remember

[@jerathrob]

Amazing pitch: an escape room where the hints and clues are flashdrives containing memories of you doing the escape room.

[@firefly24601]

This was a nice "Ocean's 11" style episode.

[@nothanks5752]

This episode was one of my favorites of season eight, apart from Flatline!!!! Can’t wait to see that reaction

[@Pharaoh025]

"What are the interest rates like, here? Jeez".... Most underrrated joke of the video

[@WardNightstone]

i love that one of the criminals he downloaded to distract the teller was Abslom Daak who was a character from a comic called Abslom Daak Dalek hunter in which the 7th doctor BRIEFLY makes an appearance but otherwise isn't in basically, he was given a death sentence but chose DK(Dalek Killer) over disintegration(he said it was to quick and no fun) so his home planet teleported him to a Dalek concurred world the idea was for him to kill as many as possible before they took him out after he liberated that world he stole a ship and just decided to KEEP doing that going from planet to planet killing Daleks (he's the only person besides river to make a Dalek beg for mercy)

[@mauriceedwards6759]

Karen Gillian (Nebula/Amy Pond)wanted them to mention Doctor Who she said she should have pushed hard for it to be in Endgame.

[@serenity4eva89]

Clara's purple suit and heels is one of my favourite things about this episode. Bank Hiest. Time Travel Hiest. RESCUE MISSION! It's so many things. Keeley Hawes is beautiful. We see the memory worms again. And #TeamNotDead is one of my fav group team ups NuWho has done so far 😊

[@cypher515]

12:40 Yanno, Karen Gillan was rather annoyed that nobody mentioned Doctor Who in that list. Though Nebula would probably have said something like "Please, that show doesn't even HAVE any rules they stick to" or the like...

[@kavtoM]

The background makes it look like they are in 2 different videos spliced together.

[@c.a.t4607]

Hard to take these guys seriously when they all have the same stupid look....

[@Enzophanis1892]

12:15 You’re damn right I thought about this episode when Paul Rudd said it

[@erengard4670]

I so hope Leverage gets on a replacement poll someday and wins, it'd be such a blast for them and for us.

[@scottredding7357]

Keeley Hawes (Ms Delphox) is in everything in the UK lately - Line of Duty, Bodyguard. Some British actors luck out with their guest appearances - Ian McKellen as the voice of The Great Intelligence, Carey Mulligan as Sally Sparrow. Others not so much - Simon Pegg as that Editor in series 1.

[@robertcarson2365]

Story is good. One of my favorites of the season. Also gets bonus points for bringing Abslom Daak into continuity.

[@keelanbarron928]

7:30 i saw a ice warrior, the gunslinger, what kind of looks like a cyberman (or at least it's face), the guy from "kiss kiss bang bang" in torchwood, the slitheen.

[@direnova6284]

The bank manager is played by Keeley Hawes who was the voice actor for the first Lara Croft.

[@ronsonroll]

She looks quite similar, would have liked her to play Daisy Ridley's mom in Star Wars.

[@Craig-rj4gx]

I'm glad you are loving this series. It's such a guilty pleasure for me as I know it has a lot of hate.

[@remuslupin6460]

CRAG I love this season. I don’t understand the hate.

[@Craig-rj4gx]

A. Louise I don't understand either

[@Tyranniod]

It's a damming good series. Apart from episode 7 which is average and episode 10 every episode is brilliant.

[@ftumschk]

@@remuslupin6460 Yup. I love this season too - "Forest" is the weakest story, but even that has its charm. I just don't understand the hate.

[@frozenpiper2]

I didn't care for most of the 8th series but I've watched several people react to it and they all liked it. I wonder if bingeing is best. I plan to go back and rewatch the series hoping I'll change my mind about it.

[@Wannabe_Baby]

[About Endgame] "They should have mentioned Doctor Who when listing all the time travel things". I said the same thing when I was watching Endgame. Karen Gillan was standing right there!

[@LabradorIndependent]

7:32 - Is that Captain John from Torchwood?

[@Tyranniod]

Yep. Sure is.

[@RubyRuby210]

Love this and most of the other episodes in this series. Still trying to forget the end of the moon one :-)

[@nashwanabila123]

The look the Doctor gives Saibra when he thinks she's going to die, and the one that betrays him after walking away from Psi, these two looks say everything about 12 it's not that he's unaffected, he's - at least that's the way I feel about it- the most emotional Doctor yet, as I suspect time will prove as we go further into the Capaldi's era. 12 always manages to break my heart irreversibly so.

[@UncleMilo]

One of my favorite episodes this season.

[@doctorwhumour1105]

“There’s two of them, fuck yeah” 😂

[@SGlitz]

Shuttity up up up: Malcolm Tucker line from "The Thick of it" starring Peter Capaldi.

[@aureliaansah1462]

I like that Shane looked offended at the "bowtie, embarrassing" comment. 11 still his favourite. Rightly so. :D

[@seandeignan6615]

A shame that this is the only episode with James Marsters (7:32 for reference)

[@icantthinkofagoodusername4575]

There’s two of them. That’s why you need to watch Clara and The Tardis

[@lukeevans6070]

Cant blame the guy, been bustin nuts to coleman since 2008

[@alexcampos9898]

i really like this episode

[@derJOgelle]

Quick heads up: Before you get to Series 10, definitely watch *"The Tenth Planet"* (1st Doctor/William Hartnell story)!

[@taimurmuggo1634]

I think this is a decent episode . I am a fan of heist movies so this was in my wheelhouse and I found the various twists and turns enjoyable ( though I think you can figure out that The Doctor was the Architect as you go along ). Psi and Saibra don’t leave much of an impression sadly but I thought the Teller was cool .

[@patrickadams7120]

They couldn't have mentioned Doctor Who in the list reeled off in Endgame.....erm Nebula

[@thestargateking]

2 Clara’s for the win

[@lukeevans6070]

Good...twice the oswalds, double the nut busts

[@coladict]

I think the bank does have one weakness: they're detecting guilt, but what if someone is a psychopath/sociopath who feels no guilt?

[@thestargateking]

coladict they could detect more than just guilt, criminal intent

[@IceZachara]

I was eating while watching. Sudden M.Bison almost actually killed me.

[@tomski120]

If you could clone yourself and download memories of the clones. You never have to go out again lol

[@howiejbrown6919]

3:35 Fantastic reference Eric!!!!!

[@sigexp]

Cool fact: The voice of the Bank security system is also the Narrator in The Stanley Parable. I 'm surprised Calvin didn't recognize him, considering he has played the game.

[@FoxCutter]

Best part about the credits was that they were original made as a fan video, but they liked it so much they hired the guy to create the real thing based on it.

[@maddijames8744]

You guys NEED to do a reaction to 'Good Omens' !!!!!!

[@frozenpiper2]

This was probably my favorite episode in series 8. It was the only one from that series that I have watched multiple times.

[@tomkvideo]

11:24 I was not prepared. Awkward laughing in a quiet office.

[@carealoo744]

Dear Blind Wave: Please watch some more Classic Doctor Who, and please watch: 'The Tenth Planet,' before: 'Series 10.' That would be great! :)

[@derJOgelle]

I support that!! Would be awesome!

[@takeachance5881]

4:27 Oh on hindsight how almost on point this prediction is from Eric.

[@nicole.-.3]

I'm glad they are enjoying this season!

[@CypherStarsongX]

I really can't wait for the "Who's Missy?" episode

[@zemoxian]

I think the original version of the new intro was originally created by a fan. He was hired to do the real intro for this series.

[@SwiftFoxProductions]

You touched on this a little bit and I agree that the Doctor purposely keeps Clara at arms length this season. I think I even remember Steven Moffat mentioning in an interview at the time that all of the Doctor's "do you need to reach a high shelf?" stuff is really him pretending that he's not attracted to her anymore, when in fact he still is. And it sounds like you guys were kinda starting to get the impression that it's a bit of an act, as well. I think it all goes back to the Doctor's comment in the first episode of the season when he said (paraphrasing here) that he made a mistake by thinking he was Clara's boyfriend "and it's about time that [he] did something about that." I think the 1000 years he spent on Trenzalore have made him more guarded and he's trying to protect her (and himself) by keeping her at a distance. Deep down, he'd like to be closer to her but, he knows he shouldn't feel that way. Hence, the competitiveness with Danny. In theory, Clara having her own life is good, but, at the same time, "don't leave me!!" Hahaha!!!

[@Concreteowl]

Abslom Daak Dalek Killer isn't just a comic character (from the Marvel comics btw so Time Heist is technically linked to the Marvel Multiverse). He also has a series of Audio adventures. Along with Night of the Doctor and The Pandorica Opens (which mentions aliens from the novel range) it confirms that every tier of Doctor Who from the Comics, audios and the novels are all canonical (even the contradictory ones).

[@cinematicwallflower2237]

So both Jenna Coleman and Karen Gillan have been involved in a Time Heist. The plot thickens...

[@noobsunrider5843]

I gotta be honest: I _NEVER_ realised that Shane was asian!

[@Haegemon]

The longest tv series in history that I was really into when David Tenant was the Doctor.

[@jordanday8076]

Does anybody know if they’re going to watch Class? I hope they do.

[@ppem1988]

Now there's two of them FUCK YH lmao best reaction

[@Hardbody217]

Memory Wipe = Star Wars "Machete Cut"

[@code_koriel]

2:31 "There's two of them! FUCK YEAH!" Same here, Shane. Same here.

[@shaicry]

yeet i love this episode

[@Enzophanis1892]

Next up is what I consider to be among the best run of episodes in the show. The Caretaker, Kill the Moon (most underrated episode), Mummy on the Orient Express and Flatline.

[@taimurmuggo1634]

Enzophanis1892 I think The Caretaker and Kill the Moon are decent but I do really like both Mummy and Flatline

[@DasKame]

The Caretaker and Kill the Moon are really both terrible, who can these two be related to the Great Mummy and also great Flatline?

[@remuslupin6460]

DasKame yeah, terrible. In YOUR opinion. Why bring down what another person enjoys simply because it’s not your cup of tea? I love Doctor Who but I really feel like the fandom can be pretty toxic. My husband has been bored by episodes I think are great and I have genuinely not understood some of his favorites but we never bring each other’s faves down. I’m just happy he watches and enjoys the show. Why take the fun out of it?

[@remuslupin6460]

Enzophanis1892 good stuff! I’m super excited for them to see Flatline.

[@DasKame]

@@remuslupin6460 idk, Dr. Who has some Weird Fans, and sometimes i wonder if we all see the Same Episodes. Pepople ar crying like Babies about Season11 and i think "so whats in season 8 so much better?"

[@lilypeterson4496]

Who knew Psi would end up being Lord Bridgerton?

[@spensirmclife6549]

Eric's Shirt is Beautiful

[@epiccarrot88]

Okay, so I have to start asking this before we get to the episode: can you do an extra long reaction for the Series 9 episode Heaven Sent? Condensing that masterpiece down into 10 minutes would not do it justice. To avoid copyright problems you could try to include just audio during the speech parts. But it's got so many good lines it would be a shame to not see some of your reactions.

[@bayanalgahtani5379]

Omg they have to! Or split the reaction into 2 parts or something!

[@jackrichardson7020]

They didn't for the 75 minute 50th anniversary, so definitely not. It devalues patreon full-length

[@bayanalgahtani5379]

@@jackrichardson7020 I might become a patreon for that episode tbh xD

[@epiccarrot88]

@@jackrichardson7020 I mean true, but cutting down the anniversary episode is at least possible. How do you possibly even begin to cut down Heaven Sent?

[@Hanmacx]

I hope hell sent isn't cursed like the other reactions

[@MechanicGopher]

That alien gave me nightmares for a week

[@MechanicGopher]

I still stand by this

[@aikhis]

dark crystal series is coming soon!!!!!

[@johnlochness]

I love that one

[@MasterBeef47]

Ant Man clearly watched this episode before endgame.

[@migbarr3806]

YES!

[@newbiesama]

you guys watched rick and morty...you wouldn't remeber removing the memories

[@c4oufi]

The thing that is perfectly hiden? Dark matter

[@CaptainScarLeg]

Close but we know about Dark Matter (or at least theorise about it) so it's not so perfectly hidden. We wouldn't know about a thing that has true perfect hiding.

[@c4oufi]

@@CaptainScarLeg Exactly, we think, that it should exist, yet we can not detect it. Avoiding detection = perfect hiding.

[@CaptainScarLeg]

@@c4oufi Right, except we have reason to believe Dark Matter exists because of the effects it appears to have on things around it. Detecting something via something else is still a form of detection, assuming that Dark Matter is, in fact, real. So if it is real, it's had an effect that's lead to its discovery; meaning it's not perfectly hidden. If it's not real, it doesn't have perfect hiding because there's nothing to hide. Again, "perfect" hiding would be so perfect we couldn't possibly know about it. It would have no detectable effect on anything around it so we would have no reason to even theorise it exists. That was the point The Doctor was making in the episode; if something has literal perfect hiding, we wouldn't know. We couldn't know. UNLESS (in the context of the episode) it chooses to reveal itself. It's not unreasonable to believe that given our limited understanding of the universe there could be countless things out there with perfect hiding.

[@c4oufi]

@@CaptainScarLeg Touché. So we can say, that dark matter is just hiden.

[@101qberty]

Why are you not reacting to Swamp thing PILOT!!!!!!!!!!

[@გიოღოღე]

where spn season 14 episode 14?❤❤

[@zeyka1889]

man I miss shane

[@sladewilson9718]

Hold up tho. If you removed your memories of watching LOTR the first time, then watched it, then wiped it again… how you gon remember that you watched it in the first place, and that that ever happened. Even if you have it on a hard drive or somet, you don’t know that coz you just forgot it…😂😂 this is brain melt but ik what I’m tryna say

[@reactivemouse]

React to HBO's Chernobyl. I challenge you!

[@mooseot]

I always have an issue that Eric is so attention-grabbing that I end up not paying attention to the rest of the crew. End up coming back on Tuesday's and rewatching the highlights with Eric dragged off screen.

[@camilaubillagodoy4818]

Please react to Chernobyl!!!

[@halimmatacem3430]

❤❤❤❤

[@auntvesuvi3872]

😊

[@jackson857]

I love the concept of this episode, I think it's a pretty cool story idea. However I didn't like some of the directorial choices and I was not a fan at all of the editing.

[@DasKame]

Just a Question: Does Blind Wave love EVERY EPISODE OF EVERY SHOW? Never see dissapointment, and this Season is mostly Garbadge

[@taimurmuggo1634]

DasKame they are very positive and optimistic group of guys Plus ..there’s this little thing called an opinion

[@DasKame]

@@taimurmuggo1634 It's a little bit boring after a while, have someone seen theri Watch of INHUMANS? This was pure garbadge and they just "hum, it's...different" i mean jeah k be positive, but for fuck sake. Dr. Who ranges from "godlike episodes" to "kill the moon", it's not ALL that great like they pretend

[@eclecticdog2k901]

@@DasKame It's my personal opinion that if someone goes into Doctor Who basically "blind", with no pressure to feel a certain way about episodes from people who are already fans, the new watcher will be very likely to enjoy almost every episode (and the ones they don't like as much will be pretty hard to predict). It's that good of a show. Public fan opinion has crystallized around so many episodes that it can be hard for someone in touch with other fans to form their own opinions. That's why I love watching these guys react, because through their honest, first-time, non-influenced opinions, I see through their eyes as the Doctor sees through his companions' eyes, and I can look at my own thoughts and impressions and evaluate them much more honestly than I can in a group of fans who are loudly praising and hating episodes in terms that leave no room for other opinions, which is a place I have been in the past. These guys aren't pretending. They're enjoying themselves because they have no stake in their opinions - they don't have anyone telling them what the "correct" opinion is! I love that kind of reacting! And I'm not attacking you personally or saying there is a "correct" opinion either. I'm not saying that you must always be positive "or else". (That would be at the level of The Happiness Patrol dictatorship!) I think it's absolutely okay that you don't like this season! I'm not saying your reactions are necessarily "bad" or "tainted by fan opinion". I definitely agree that not every episode is great. (I'm not a fan of Kill the Moon either.) I don't think the quality of the show is usually objective. People come to Doctor Who for different things, and when they find the things they're looking for, they're happy. And I'm also happy when they find the things they're looking for, because I've found things to love in every era and episode of the show myself.

[@carealoo744]

Dear Blind Wave: Please watch some more Classic Doctor Who, and please watch: 'The Tenth Planet,' before: 'Series 10.' That would be great! :)