DOCTOR WHO 14x1 REACTION | Space Babies | Season 1 Episode 1 | Series 14 Episode 1

[@hazell1304]

To he fair to ruby, this is immediately after the goblin king wanted to eat a baby, so assuming the baby farm is for food isnt that weird of a leap 😂

[@Omn1Media]

That is a very good point! Lmao

[@jamesward4561]

On the screen showing the astronauts, the third one, this is the same actress who played Mrs Merridew ( the lady who appeared with Isaac Newton in the wild blue yonder ). She also appeared in The church on Ruby road as the lady asking to play a different song when Ruby was playing at the beginning. And she will make more appearances. Who is she????? Fun fact, the actresses name is Susan Twist.

[@FromRussiaWithLuv007]

Always a twist at the end

[@Eric_1991]

This was simultaneously adorable and unnerving because of their CGI lips

[@francisco_m7849]

After Rose left David Tennant doctor that’s when he they started the whole him wanting somebody to come with him because he’s lonely theme. By the way, fun fact, David Tennant’s doctor refers to Donna Noble as friend, eventually best friend. The only other doctor to actually say that a companion was his best friend was Tom Baker Doctor Who about Sarah Jane Smith. Pretty much everybody else the doctor considered just a companion, but never a friend.

[@bryter00]

Doctor Who hasn’t been this bat sh*t crazy since the days of talking space rhinos and little walking lumps of fat. Absolutely love it.

[@Pokemichael]

Out of all the reactions I’ve seen to this episode, you’re the only person I’ve seen besides myself who realized the reason he said he can’t take her to that church when she was abandoned was likely due to what rose did with her father.

[@colby_247]

I like that you put both Season 1 and Series 14 haha.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@crandleberrysadieI think it’s Disney

[@hothemeep1219]

@@crandleberrysadie Don't worry. RTD himself uses both terms. At the end of the day, do whatever you want

[@Sparx632]

@@crandleberrysadieit was definitely Disney concerned that people wouldn’t click on “Series 14” with nothing listed before. RTD doesn’t have much of a choice on things like this.

[@NoahAG]

@@crandleberrysadieThey still reference past events that came before so they’re not pretending like it didn’t happen

[@chrisleneil]

The Rani mention! 😍 The butterfly compensation switch made me laugh so much - it was a perfect technobabble explanation! Loved the social commentary in the script: sci-fi has always been thus Think it ‘howled’ at the end because the Doctor adjusted the learning software. It does seem like he references the Flux when he mentions that the Universe is a mess to Ruby near the beginning of the episode Great reaction, as always 💜💜➕🌈🟦

[@mojoshivers]

The thing about watching Doctor Who is that at some point in most episodes you just have to accept some storytelling shortcuts and realism tweaks, and just go along for the ride. The best episodes have always involved some combination of wacky, scary, and funny in varying degrees. You can't have that many abrupt shifts in tone without suspending a huge heap of disbelief, but the payoff is so worth it when the episode gets it right. I thought this episode was alright--not a standout by any means. But, like you said, this is a good taste of what a typical plot is like.

[@chazo1367]

I think it's also establishing what 15 is really like. There was a lot of conversations in this episode that demonstrated his empathy and his mindset, so it was a big character set up too.

[@hanshotfirst4214]

the moments after poppy asks if they grew up wrong made me cry.

[@simchar4263]

There isn't any more story to tell with the Flux, it was a destructive force that caused lots of destruction, that's it. They mentioned it during the specials, the guilt and trauma of not being able to stop it sooner upsets the Doctor, it's basically the new Time War trauma.

[@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.

[@nickmustay]

We did address the fact that the flux destroyed most of the universe, in both the Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle

[@MrImpossibleCase]

Wonderful reaction! Gatwa and Gibson have such an infectious energy, and I love their interactions. I will confess that the nature of the Bogeyman made my stomach turn over.

[@tomkadams]

The Flux was mentioned in The Giggle so I don't think they are completely ignoring it.

[@Omn1Media]

I know they brought it up but I swear in the actual Flux episode it was just a handful of planets that survived. haha

[@jasonmarbach]

I love Ncuti, he was born for this role. And Millie is fantastic too

[@auntvesuvi3872]

The holiday special is being listed as s1e0; this episode is s1e1... just in case you ever wanna sync up.

[@Omn1Media]

That's what I thought, but here Disney Plus has the Christmas Special as Episode 1 of the season and Space Babies is Episode 2... D:

[@auntvesuvi3872]

@@Omn1Media Ah, I didn't notice that when I streamed in on Disney+. I do most of my online reference with IMDb. I guess it all works out to the same thing... as in we have great shows to watch! 😊

[@Creek932]

This definitely wasn’t one of my favorite season openers but i have to respect how batshit insane it is

[@francisco_m7849]

I😊❤ OK, so I hope this doesn’t come off sounding mean it is not meant to be, but I think what is an ongoing problem with any fandom is that the older generations and I am included in that I am 57 years old and I have watched Doctor Who forever. I think the key forgetting that this is supposed to be a kids show it’s not like high-end science fiction storytelling it’s a kids show based on science fiction/fantasy. So, you got a roll with it with these episodes some episodes are there just to be fun and silly. There’s always some story lurking in the background that if you pay attention to it, you’ll see it but most of the time it’s just silly kid fun. It’s like asking My generation to watch the original Transformers TV show when we were kids watch the Transformers EarthSpark and say well that’s silly. That isn’t how transformers is supposed to be. It’s ridiculous. It’s a show. It was always supposed to be a show rant and I appreciate you letting me do it.

[@nightbreed16]

What if Ruby is one of The Legions and doesn't know it yet?

[@fayesouthall6604]

Maybe it’s obvious that he likes her but has suspicions about her.

[@Jarcovancapelleveen]

I literally had that same reaction about Curusant.

[@terrysilverthorn4582]

i said it in Ep1 and i'm still believing RTD is bringing The Rani back and i said that Mrs Flood is The Rani, increased belief as he mentioned her at beginning of this.

[@francisco_m7849]

😊😊 I don’t mind the season one thing because it is a Doctor Who lineage, but it’s Disney’s production so I get it and I have this feeling that there’s nothing specifically direct linked to the original story beats references. Yes history yes but not like a specific so far these characters from the original show on this series until Daleks show up

[@Omn1Media]

It’s more that it was advertised as Season 1 Episode 1 but on Disney Plus it’s Episode 2 and then you have the people calling it Series 14 Episode 1 😭

[@jasonmarbach]

For what it’s worth, nothing about this show is produced by Disney. At all. They are simply, only the streaming distributors for America. It’s still 100% a BBC show.

[@jasonmarbach]

Disney is in no way involved in the production of the show, fyi. They *only* distribute it. It’s still a BBC show and completely under the control of BBC, RTD, and Bad Wolf Productions.

[@NoahAG]

Glad I can watch the show the same time as you now!

[@GingerGeek7567]

For uk peeps this is episode one, Christmas ep is a special!! Happy that doctor who is back and on form, love charming Ncuti and Millie’s chemistry. Also Millie reminds so much of Clara. It was a weird ep but I enjoyed it a lot !! Omn1 💙💙

[@nightbreed16]

The first two episodes came out on the same day which is cool even though episode two is listed as episode 3 very confusing stuff lol.

[@hothemeep1219]

Series 14 starts pretty well. SB was mid. TDC is a masterpiece

[@joluoto]

Definitely Russel T is back. This episode was so Russel T.

[@NoahAG]

Yay! Here it is!

[@francisco_m7849]

😊😊 there is a basic structure to the way they are presenting Doctor Who in every incarnation there is is an episode that introduces the new companion to the far future and time travel to the past to visit historical figures general story outline individual story itself changes from Dr. to doctor. I know you noticed it right away. this is exactly like the second episode of the doctor he took Rose, millions of years into the future to the end of the universe except instead of being melancholy and sad about it. It’s a little more lighthearted, and he quickly did the cell phone thing to talk to her mother, they are not doing anything. It’s sort of like re-introducing everything as always.

[@punkrockpollyanna7829]

Doctor Who is all about changing, adapting, accepting, challenging norms, ideas, self, etc.. and I love it. || For some reason the only tradition I am gearing up to die on my hill about has nothing to do with the usual toxic whovian logic/illogic. I'm UPSET that Disney fucked up the numbering convention. Christmas Special = 0. Space Babies should be 1. I'm gonna need ppl with Disney influence to fix this egregiously barbaric soul-sucking mistake posthaste.. with an apology.. dance. an apology dance a la Crowley.. performed by the idiot who thought seasons start with 1. **stares mockingly down nose. But seriously, let's fix this before it solidifies into fact.

[@NeverStudio8]

6:23 goblin kind wanted to eat the baby remember

[@stacyp2186]

It is getting confusing. It’s season 1 but it’s not. It’s the first episode of the season but it’s not. They are keeping the fans on their toes. lol.

[@12chapin]

Is she the Doctor’s daughter? From the future. Hey Omn1👋🏻 . So Star Trek is real in Doctor Who? Crossover with Discovery will be awesome.

[@samfisher6606]

I really liked Ncuti and Millie. They have great chemistry. I don't love the constant exposition of the Doctor's history to Ruby. Fifteen feels a little too trusting of Ruby. She’s this giant question mark and he’s spilling a lot of secrets to her. If he's investigating who she is in secret, I don't know if he should be giving her a TARDIS key after 24 hours of knowing her. I guess I'm just used to Nine to Thirteen being protective of their history/more mysterious.

[@rogerradue2352]

whats this gonna be next a star trek babies episode where the monster runs the transporter and the babies shout.....beam me up snotty

[@HellfireComms]

A very, very silly episode. Maybe too much? Depends on how you like your sci-fi. I enjoyed it (mostly due to 15 and Ruby's chemistry), but The Devil's Chord is so much better.

[@OMGBennyyy]

This episode was a bit of a weird one. Was true Doctor Who, but the 2nd episode is definitely a lot lot better. The babies really gave me uncanny valley though, so it was kinda... off putting XD We got some good teases to future plot and character development, which is always exciting. Also, Ruby is so Clara coded and I am honestly here for it.

[@lisajohnson1528]

Typical america gets to see this before uk gets it lol bloody bbc will watch this after our uk screening x thanks for posting

[@jamesward4561]

Technically, everybody had the opportunity to watch it at the same time. The moment it aired for everyone was the same. Time zones and all that. I watched it midnight in the UK, which synched up to whenever it first became available for everyone worldwide in their respective time zone.

[@chazo1367]

Uk gets it at the same time on iplayer. BBC are probably seeing the writing on the wall and that tv broadcast is dying off, so they are trying to get into the streaming side before it becomes a problem.

[@lisajohnson1528]

Sorry got my episode mixed up thought it was ep 2 but thanks about iplayer news i didnt know they dropped there before they showed it prime time x

[@chazo1367]

@@lisajohnson1528 It's mainly because tv is dying off slowly and might not even be worth keeping around in 10 or so years, even streaming services are working to put commercial breaks in their stuff.

[@jensrettberg7968]

i loved the second episode but this first one i honestly found really bad

[@NightRainPanda]

Honestly I find the weakest part of this series the Doctor and Ruby's dynamic. They're too similar to each other. They never disagree, they enjoy all the same things, get excited in the same way, etc. I want discord, I want tension, I want something to truly show that these characters think DIFFERENTLY from each other. This episode also suffers from having babies as actors but not really trying with them. Watching them hug these completely disinterested babies is funny but also takes me out of it.

[@Cs-cp6vo]

Such a weird episode. Fun as hell, but really weird

[@chazo1367]

Feels like RTD lol