Doctor Who 14x1 REACTION | Series 14 Episode 1 | "Space Babies"

[@LatetotheParty]

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[@qa1327]

Insert standard, “you’re called Late to the Party but you post your reactions before most channels” comment here.

[@OnlineFanBoy]

Late to Doctor Who itself.

[@merchillio]

When Ruby grabbed the pole without hesitating to attract the bogeyman away from the baby it solidified my love for her as a companion.

[@carriemoffett5778]

I think this episode was light by design. They have mentioned in interviews that Disney+ will allow the show to be seen in more countries than ever before. They have also mentioned wanting to make the show accessible to new viewers while still referencing the past. They seem to have taken this episode to do two main things: establish the 15th Doctor and Ruby as a pair and to do some basic set up of the show for new viewers. The fact that some of that set up was a nostalgic reference to his first season was a nice touch. Based on the bits we know about the rest of the season, and having already watched Devil's Chord, I expect that now the set up is done that things are going to go crazy.

[@punkrockpollyanna7829]

If I'm being honest, this episode was just fair to middlin' for me when watching it by myself, BUT I am having an absolute BLAST watching others react to it. Thank you for helping me enjoy this episode on another level.

[@saucermcfly]

I find too that rewatches can be better enjoyed because you know what to expect. You can take it easy and just take it in.

[@tomasjallen]

I had the same feeling. The episode didn't feel that great, but it's fun seeing other people enjoy it.

[@OnlineFanBoy]

Omg it just occurred to me! What if the person who abandoned Ruby at the church was the same person who abandoned the Doctor under that archway? That would be a crazy plot twist!

[@scottredding7357]

That’s a very good shout.

[@declanokeeffe2435]

The star trek references is fun. There is actually a star trek/doctor who crossover comic where 11 meets picard

[@lilypeterson4496]

5:26 to answer your question, there was a crossover between the 11th Doctor and Star Trek: TNG where the Cybermen and the Borg team up.

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

Made up

[@lilypeterson4496]

@@Legendary3DgamerI have it. Google it.

[@saucermcfly]

​@@Legendary3Dgamer In comic form; not a television episode.

[@Wazszsa]

@@Legendary3DgamerIt actually did Happen, in the comic series they did. A bit of a fun crossover.

[@Waderick79]

@@Legendary3Dgamer Like literally all fiction.

[@planthungry]

I thought it was interesting that the lead baby was named Eric and that is the name of the character that Ncuti played in Sex Education.

[@jakeoliver9167]

The 3rd adult character it showed on the screen who left the station... hmmm.. feel like I've seen her in a few recent episodes. (With isaac newton and the bar where ruby played the keyboard)

[@andrewmathewson341]

The older woman? Yeah, she's been popping up a bit. The actress' real name is Susan Twist so the fandom's hypothesizing that she's Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter that gets mentioned in the next episode.

[@IceMetalPunk]

The Star Trek joke is a reference to a comic where, yes, the Doctor does in fact crossover with the Star Trek crew on the Enterprise 😂

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

Anyone ready for a Millennial "feel old yet?" factoid: Rose Tyler was 19 years old when she met the Doctor in 2005. A baby born that year would be 19 now. Ruby is 20. 2005 is to Ruby what 1987 is to Rose. If she goes back in time to meet her mom when she was a baby like Rose did in Father's Day, her nostalgic Back to the Future-style generation hop would only be a year off from Nine and Rose's present day.

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

The Doctor expelled regenerative energy to heal the butterfly, he did it before in the "Rise of the Cybermen" he used it to give the Tardis some power and to heal River Song's wrist in "The Angels Take Manhattan". The writers could have had him do it to save Jenny.

[@kyrauniversal]

But she did regenerate. He just didn't know.

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

@@kyrauniversal That looked like a revival from the terraforming gas , whose purpose was to bring life, not a regular regeneration.

[@jakeoliver9167]

14x1. Bold... I respect it

[@jackcollinsmartin4210]

Oh wow I've never been this early before. So excited to see your reactions!!! I saw a post on Tumblr calling this episode a rent-lowering gunshot for the people who don't think Who should be campy and when I tell you I cackled like a deranged witch- 😭

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

I don't mind it being campy, but a lot of it either doesn't make sense or contradicts The Doctor in general. It's dumb fun, but it's also not exactly the best writing I've seen from this show. The best way I can describe it is that it feels like it lost a lot of the depth it had before and turned into a show made more for a younger audience than the fans who grew up with it. It's not, like, a bad show, but there are problems with it.

[@DerekHartley]

'a show made more for a younger audience' - so like Doctor Who always was. And I grew up with it, in the 1980s and we had a villain made of out candy. This fits perfectly.

[@jackcollinsmartin4210]

@DerekHartley This 100%. Like Doctor Who was literally created as an educational programme for families to watch together. However, there is a line between being campy, and going too far. I felt like Space Babies was going a little too far with the silliness. But oh well. I'm not going to say that these first two episodes were perfect or anything. I still had a few issues with them. But overall, I personally had a hell of a lot of fun! Tl;dr: The episodes weren't perfect but I still had fun. Which is what matters imo!

[@IsiahBradley]

Vanessa!!! You are amazing to remember those eTrade commercials!!!! I don't know what to do with those first two ("Doctor Who Unleashed?"), but RTD did say the direction he was going in, and he meant what he said!!! I'm a hardcore Whovian so you two completely have me! LOL!!! THANKS for this!!!!

[@Better_callMe]

I'm glad there is new Who to watch, and I love coming here to watch you all react to it. Love your energy ! Thank you for pointing how awesome it feels to watch something like Dr Who with someone who has never seen it. My wife started watching with me during Flux, and she didn't understand why I wanted to wait to watch it with her! lol

[@Waderick79]

4:50 "Don't touch anything?! I'll touch whatever I feel like!"

[@tearez13]

"is this an etrade commercial?" OH MY GOSH YES THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGTH TOO!!!!!!!1

[@AltMHarr]

Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that the good doctor literally just propelled a space station full of babies on a collision course with a planet? The station has no method of steering nor stopping!

[@chris-hz2wd]

Ruby is gonna be a great companion, loved when she told Jocelyn “You save them all!” She has such empathy and her concern for Eric forgetting her fear and making as much noise when she shouted “Boogeyman!” She sounded angry, she’s gonna be great

[@brittanydelacruz7281]

Oh my God it's queen Charlotte

[@tomasjallen]

Boogeyman from boogers and the "it's snot / it's not" exchange are such comedic gems 😄

[@staratlas7778]

I Have to Mention this!! That little line where ruby mentions Star Trek, and the Doctor kinda hints..we should visit them one day…OMG! I’ve wanted something like that for Doctor Who for the longest time! It’s like with all of the Doctor Who merchandise, where the Doctor would be found in like a Disney castle, or I’ve even seen one where Tennant is Saying Hi to Hermoinee from Harry Potter in the fireplace! Of course this is all just Fan service , but if you could imagine the Doctor being able to cross over into different media! The possibilities could be endless! Russel! Please consider this! Haha 😭❤️

[@dylanburton4955]

Such a whacky and ridiculous concept that perfectly fits in a show like Doctor Who and I was surprised by just how much I enjoyed it I liked all the specials but this episode did exceed what I was expecting

[@Izanami037]

12 am is actually the BBC release time. It releases 4-7pm earlier that day depending on timezone in North America

[@Rognik]

Simul-release, but different time zones.

[@XanderHarris1023]

4 pm their time, 7 pm my time, 12 am UK time but they are all the same time because that is how time zones work.

[@ThomCurley]

Love you two. Awesome. Thank you from the other side of the pond.

[@christianwise637]

Ncuti and Millie are already on their way to being a God-tier Doctor/companion pairing in my opinion, their energy and chemistry is infectious and really carries this episode. It had its moments, but overall I'm pretty confident in saying this is probably RTD's single weakest Doctor Who script to date, the tone was a little too childish for my tastes, the whole resolution with the Bogeyman came out of nowhere and the effects of the talking babies just made me feel a little uncomfortable (proof that even with Disney money, Doctor Who will still come in with dodgy-looking effects). Thankfully the next episode is much better, so with any luck this episode will just be a kind of minor blip on an otherwise solid new season

[@josephfilm73]

I think they did these first two episodes to sell it to the Disney Execs. I could have done without the notes in the second episode. We get it. I don't need to see note graphics floating in the air each time they press a piano key. Making the babies mouths move I didn't like. They could have just eliminated that. I think that it what people had problems with.

[@qa1327]

6:55 it’s like watching a reaction video. 20:34 The baby thing was a bit too silly for me too. Definitely feels like a typical RTD episode. Nevertheless I enjoyed it overall. The Doctor and Ruby have good energy and chemistry. Enjoyed the reaction as usual.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Yeah, it's a passable episode, but I don't really like the resolution because it just makes no sense and it comes out of nowhere that the Doctor wants to save the monster trying to kill them.

[@qa1327]

@@jonathangoodwin5609 yeah I agree to an extent. I don’t think it was completely out of character though. They tied it to his being alone. But in the past he’s also given adversaries one chance to live before taking them out. Still weird though.

[@josefschiltz2192]

The first crossover that I remember is an illustrated text story in Enterprise Star Trek Magazine No:4 by HJS Publications back in 1984 with the fourth Doctor.

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

I read behind the scenes that it took hours and loads of pounds to get Millie Gibson into the Rubathon Blue makeup. I don't know why, but the idea of making her unnatural, but beautiful reminds me a lot of Dee Wallace in werewolf form in "The Howling". This of course was much better than that.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Many thanks to Robert and Vanessa! ⏳

[@darrenrichardson6146]

The Coming up next on the BBC was in fact Ncuti in costume on the Tardis set as the credits rolled on this first episode!

[@humanlegacy2165]

Fun RTD fact. In 2005 he had planned for the Tardis to appear on the Enterprise in Star Trek: Enterprise. It was all set to happen until Enterprise got cancelled. So I'm 100% expecting Doctor Who Star Trek crossover one day. Also there are some comics where the 11th Doctor met Captain Picard and have to defeat the Borg who teamed up with the Cybermen.

[@OnlineFanBoy]

I think the main reason some people don’t like the new episodes is because they’ve waited too long for them to drop.

[@alexfletcher5192]

By the way, the idea of these guys being trouble on on-style Enterprise would make my day. We all know Shatner would never come back....

[@josephfilm73]

Shatner said he would come back earlier in an interview, but it had to be something concrete, not just a onesie cameo. So he might be in a series in the future.

[@IceMetalPunk]

"What is he scanning for?" Probably to find any clues about WTF happened with the memory of her birth manifesting itself and then altering itself.

[@OnlineFanBoy]

10:37 she was pointing at Sutekh.

[@agoodday9247]

Space Babies!!! 🥰 Might be my favourite concept yet. The cutest

[@colby_247]

6:38 Yes exactly lol moisturize me 😂

[@Domino2097]

There has been Star Trek cross overs in comics so yeah Star Trek exists in DW

[@darrenrichardson6146]

Yep, at least two different Doctor's have travelled into the Trek Universe, one in ToS era and one in TNG era.

[@lizzylou-q6f]

Yeah sucks for Australian viewers who used to watch it on the ABC Australia and I view. Not subscribed to Disney plus for the only show I would watch, not cost effective. As it is a classic series I can wait.

[@therasmet]

The Doctor just loves to torment kids! He was really enjoying scaring them

[@12chapin]

Hello guys👋🏻. That would be a great crossover, but do it with Discovery crew.

[@12chapin]

Technically is series 14, but since is now on Disney they going with season 1. Which is confusing cuz when you search for Doctor Who 1x1 you get the 9TH Doctor Eccletson’s Rose episode. 😮

[@LatetotheParty]

That's why we refuse to call it 1x1.

[@mark-nm4tc]

4.34 enjoyed the Ray Bradbury riff. But they seem to have fiddled with canon a bit, Gallifrey wasn't lost, just hidden. Still, enjoying Ncuti as the Doctor, love the sass:)

[@DerekHartley]

Imagine that, the Doctor not always telling the truth.

[@uncommon_niagara1581]

It felt like the Slitheen episode.

[@WilliamLucas-hy8mx]

It's like the Disney movie Boss Baby

[@ianstopher9111]

Everybody Lives!

[@annaschwirian7548]

7/10 episode for me . I liked most of it though a little funny but i do think we have a pattern starting.

[@byronbroomhead4081]

IDW did a Doctor Who / Star Trek x-over in comics once

[@elizabethdarroch3000]

I loved this episode and this mama's heart broke when the babies said they've never had a hug 💔 this episode made me love ruby even more shes such a mama bear without having been a parent bc she was around kids all her life I'm guessing with her mum fostering, ruby probably helped look after them which is the reason I'm assuming that she's so protective

[@lailaagrado]

Will you do reactions to "Dead boy detectives"?

[@juliewinfield5986]

I think Ruby could be the doctors daughter.

[@yuiyui6159]

Was really hating on this doctor, but than I sat down and watched this episode and the next, and its actually pretty good. Gave off a mad man with a box energy, that was missing for a long time, and FELT like a Doctor Who episode. Some eye rolling moments, but getting past that, I had alot of fun watching these episodes, and hope it sticks this way throughout the series without sacrificing itself for over the nose agenda pushing. And at the very least, even if the plot and characters fall apart in the future, the cinematoligy is very good...

[@ppem1988]

Guessing we are just forgetting about the other doctor

[@alancoker1459]

Wait...how does Ruby know about Galifrey ??

[@richarddennis3793]

think rubys mum is the drs daughter jenny

[@LucyJSweets]

gptta watch the next episode it's by far my favourite with a new character and the storyline for it

[@richarddennis3793]

that was dam good make up

[@IbrahimHass-t4f]

Hey new viewer love the vids what are you guys to each other

[@alancoker1459]

Its snot😂

[@richarddennis3793]

thats like amy pond when it was showing pregnant not pregnant think its going to show drs dna ie jenny his her mother

[@dem_bears]

Space Babies is not episode 1, it is episode 2. Episode 1 is called The Church on Ruby Road which is the Christmas special. All of these reactors are making the same mistake and that is having Space Babies as episode 1 of their reaction when Church on Ruby Road which is the Christmas special is actually episode 1 because that is when we find out how Ruby meets the Doctor.

[@LatetotheParty]

"New Who" fans know what's up.

[@ImBigDave79]

BBC have it titled as episode 1

[@dem_bears]

Disney+ has Space Babies listed as episode 2

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

episodes are usually based off the actual start of the series and do not count the christmas special

[@markmckeown87]

Christmas specials never have and never will be episode 1 of a season, they're separate

[@alancoker1459]

Hmm...a monster living down below....not a star whale ??

[@TeamEvil84]

This is not Doctor Who anymore....sadly the show died a couple years ago with the 13th doctor

[@bdhdhdhzshsgzhzh]

where episode 2

[@alancoker1459]

Reviews are more fun to watch than the actual episode

[@johncronin7875]

3 out of 10

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

So now the Doctor can just bring the dead back to life? Why didn't he ever do that with his human companions? Is it specifically only for butterflies? Or does it depend on how complex the life is? Or are there no rules to that? At this point the Doctor is an actual God, not an alien. They should really stop just giving him new powers for no reason.

[@TheDetectiveEngineer]

Why would you ask questions when you can simply just accept the fact that doctor can do that. Do you know how hard it is to find one of the oldest time travel tales about cause and effect? Why would the writers work more than just the scene. Who has the time to think of the repercussions of new additions to story elements. We have already been told to like this show, you know what will happen if you don't. You don't want to be a badman now, do you? So just accept it, it's not a big deal as long as you agree with the show. Don't you see how excited these two are from their overall expression. Why would you want entertainment from a tv show when the show could be saving lives.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Honestly, I'd be more okay with it if it was just explained and not just a gag.

[@SashaCole-gn5ol]

i feel like it’s not a stretch to say the doctor could easily give the butterfly enough regeneration energy to revive it. at least this is what i assumed that moment was.

[@TheDetectiveEngineer]

@jonathangoodwin5609 That's what i feel, all the shows have become a big pile of small gags. No bigger picture or sometimes too big to feel connection to. Just like big celestial in Eternals and no mention of it since. It's like a new apocalypse every Tuesday, and for people, it's business as usual.

[@TheDetectiveEngineer]

@SashaCole-gn5ol I would be fine if they explained it more with, it was almost dead and doctor gave it regeneration energy to heal it. With bringing it back to life creates too big of a plot hole for the past companian deaths.

[@robstufflebeam7729]

Wait, what? New episodes drop at 4 PM? Where the hell are you guys?

[@LatetotheParty]

Arizona.

[@robstufflebeam7729]

Ahhhhh … I envy your lack of humidity.

[@bjam89]

@@LatetotheParty as said like one regular human bartender?

[@RealTurbidHere]

I agee with you guys, this new season is off to a bad start.

[@josephfilm73]

I think the season needs just a bit of methane gas (baby poop) to propel it forward.

[@DerekHartley]

What, it's a great first episode?

[@johnspahn420]

I thought it was terrible but I understand if others enjoyed it. Once Ruby had to explain the plot it confirmed for me that it was a poorly Written episode. The score was off too. No suspense, no real danger.

[@GedUK]

This was such a weird first episode. The exposition at the start was so clumsy (performance was fine, the writing was just shoved in there). The babies just didn't work for me, because whilst the mouths moved correctly, their expressions had absolutely no relationship to the words, it felt like an older video game where teh expression is fixed. A solidly 'mid' episode, which is why it's so weird it was the first one. They'll have turned off more people than they attracted with this I fear.

[@surfypolecat4731]

Sorry but theses two episodes are 10000% so bad and annoying and cringe

[@StijnHommes]

No reaction to 14x2 yet?

[@LatetotheParty]

Coming shortly.

[@randomtryst5487]

This is without doubt the stupidest, low-effort episode of Dr. Who I have seen in decades.

[@DerekHartley]

Not watched it in a while, then, huh?

[@joshuaverran9443]

This episode was just juvenile crap.

[@alexfletcher5192]

it is indisputable that the Disney deal effectively disenfranchises an older generation of British fans, but we are not the future of this show. We are bystanders who can choose to keep up or not. Indeed, this episode is actually a more domestic rumination on politics at home and seems a slightly weird opener to a wider audience. It is fun and emotional, rather than a classic. And maybe that's enough. Time will tell. It always does...

[@josephfilm73]

Methinks, Meblieves rather, that this was a pilot episode to show the Disney Execs who write shows primarily based for young children. Dr Who started as a children's show originally but became a lot more serious over the many decades. I'm thinking Capaldi's speech on war with the Zygons. Will they be serious episodes or giant methane farting space stations? I don't know. But I do know lots of Sci-Fi to have kid themed stuff. Think Battlestar Galactica 1980 with the genius children running everyting or Buck Rodgers with the little Twinki robot. Most sci-fi is cheese. I mean, virtually none of it is scientifically plausible or credible, why pretend to be so? Even 2001, which really strived to be scientifically accurate, was not. There was reduced gravity on the moon, but inside the base, it was earth gravity??? The tiny circle on the Discovery would also not generate gravity, it would have to be several football fields wide. Also, the ship would need lots of radiating fins to get rid of excess heat from that AI computer (they use tremendous energy) and the spacecraft would be pitch black that far from the sun.

[@DerekHartley]

As someone who's been watching since the 1980s I loved this episode. Very authentic Doctor Who.

[@SutraRein-xy4qr]

Oh dear I wasn’t keen on that at all.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

You can tell this is Disney this to me is not Doctor Who it's space Play School.

[@elektrasgf]

Disney isn't even in control.

[@elizabethdarroch3000]

The bbc make it disney contribute financially not creatively so they can air it for the rest of the world so no its not made by disney

[@lukealexander1696]

for starters its a BBC property, they own it, Disney is simply the co-financer and International Distributor for the current series' That is all. they have nothing to do with the show creatively, Creative control belongs to Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf Productions. Doctor Who has been a Co-production in some form since the 80's

[@TheDetectiveEngineer]

5 minutes in the video, nope. Not for me

[@LatetotheParty]

✌️

[@michellejackson5011]

😢not going to get to watch i refuse to get Disney for what they did to star wars

[@thealjohnsonshow2188]

Cry harder