Doctor Who 4x11 Turn Left Reaction | First Time Watching

Doctor Who 4x11 Turn Left Reaction | First Time Watching
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What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.
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[@twofacetoo75]

Fun fact: the fortune-teller Donna meets? The same actress who played Chan'tho, the blue bug alien lady that Professor Yana killed in the finale of the previous season.

[@scottredding7357]

Chan she seemed familiar tho.

[@WolfHreda]

​@@scottredding7357 fantastic comment. 🤣

[@insomnaholic]

I never noticed and I've seen this so many times!

[@asterix7842]

Chan a very beautiful actress tho.

[@paulhammond6978]

@@insomnaholic Her voice is recognisable, but without her green and blue make up on she looks so different.

[@mpg272727]

"Labour Camps.. That's what they called them last time" And Wilf knows. He lived through World War 2. Awful.

[@jackreeves7]

​@joeb918 what we're getting now is beyond ridiculous, not surprising to see the ratings so low

[@monkeyzorr3090]

@@joeb918 _"...same thing with Star Trek… which is absolutely fecking hilarious. There are people who claim only the newest Star Treks are pushing a woke political agenda…"_ Star Trek was _never_ woke, it was progressive

[@otysafiry]

@@joeb918 not all TV. The new game of thrones has done extremely well. Stranger Things? Cobra Kai? The Boys? When writing focuses on the story and characters first. The show does well. If you want an agenda in that. Do it last. If it's the first focus it won't be good.

[@joeb918]

Yes, even house of the Dragon. Viewership is down. So are rating scores. A cursory googling tells me that Game of Thrones had a viewership 44 million for its final season, (which is considered its worst) and House of the Dragon had 29 million. Also, GoT has a 9.4 score on IMDb, HotD has a 8.4 rating. So yes, it’s also lower. I will also say that there are some shows of late that for some reason are getting a lot of review fudging through review bombing and hate bandwagoning, and yes it review bombing can happen on both sides with one side giving all 1s and one giving all 10s, but there is of late an extreme level of hate coming from one side bashing everything that they deem woke, or too liberal, any many of them either were asleep while watching these shows in the past or they never have to begin with. Or something has overly radicalised them to hatred of certain things.

[@joeb918]

Also, some of these complains about putting an agenda first and story second was lobbed at the 2005 return of Doctor Who as well. That it wasn’t the same show they enjoyed in the 60-80s, which also has been said of Star Trek, every incarnation of Star Trek after the original has had some group of fans who have said, this isn’t my ST or it doesn’t do this so it’s not true Star Trek. For TNG it was because it wasn’t about Kirk, Spock and McCoy, when DS9 some fans complained it wasn’t Trek because it wasn’t on a starship, and they wanted a captain like Picard not this dark (in more ways than one) Commander Sisko… and on and on…. Every show has its people who complain complains about the newest incarnation, and they’ll find some excuse to do so and it’s usually recycled ones. Now it’s DW is too woke and Disney is ruining it and they’re pushing agendas.

[@Axetwin]

You may not recall but all the way back in the Fires of Pompeii two soothsayers were having a back and forth over The Doctor and Donna, and one of them says to her "you have something on your back". Once you've finished the season, that's a good scene (as is the parting scene with the Ood in the episode of Planet of the Ood) to go back and watch just to see all the foreshadowing RTD was laying down. There are two types of Doctor Who fans. Those who like Donna, and those that are wrong.

[@arnothill]

Chan, that lady has a voice you can’t easily forget, tho.

[@ThePandorica]

Man, the way Donna's mum Sylvia just sinks into despair over the course of this episode... you just watch her face slacken, the light go out of her eyes... That moment where she's in the foreground staring unresponsively off into space until Donna says "guess I've always been a disappointment" and she just says "Yeah..." Just devastating. 💔

[@stephen-dfc]

It’s hard to remember she’s gone through the loss of her husband and clearly not handled it well. She wanted Donna to do well, but until meeting The Doctor, she was making erratic decisions when she was capable of so much better, which he of course helped her to be.

[@jcortese3300]

@@stephen-dfc I always got the feeling when Donna's mother was younger, she wanted herself to do well and had dreams, and didn't achieve them. She gave up on herself and wasn't able to be a good mother because of it. When she makes that comment about city executives using temps for practice, it's her own experience she's talking about, and she never got over it. She was running HERSELF down.

[@jessicapatton6523]

As you’ve probably figured out, this episode was filmed at the same time as Midnight, so this is what Catherine Tate was up to while David Tennent was on his tour bus. On Rose sounding a bit different, the actual reason for it seems to mostly come down to the fact that Rose’s accent isn’t Billie Piper’s natural one, and after a few years of not using the Rose accent it took her a while to completely get the hang of it again. According to Billie, the fact that this episode was filmed in the middle of winter and the jacket she had on was tiny didn’t help. Personally, I thought it had the side effect of making her sound more like the Doctor in her speech patterns, which kind of really works for the episode- as Rose finds herself pushed more into the Doctor’s role she starts unconsciously mimicking his mannerisms.

[@julesreacts]

I love that they were both busy! Here I was, thinking that Donna was just enjoying her spa day but NOPE, she was VERY busy on her own 😅 Ooh, that's so interesting about Rose's accent! I don't know Billie's real accent, but I thought her original Rose one was it. Darn it, I'd started dropping my H's for naught 🤣

[@catlover0160]

Very interesting, thank you

[@quintuscrinis]

​@julesreacts midnight and this story are different times in the story world so Donna was just enjoying the Spa while the bus was happening and the doctor was just enjoying the market for this one; but they were filmed simultaneously which is why they only have one of the actors in most of each episode.

[@RubyMadigan]

​@@julesreactsBillie's natural accent is much more similar to how she spoke when Rose was 'possessed' by Cassandra back in New Earth

[@AmazingChi]

I believe part of the "Rose sounded a bit different" is also due to the dental work that occurred in her time away, that certainly contributed to a little on a fundamental level. It's weird, at the time there was a bunch of awful criticism in regards to that but for her appearance, sadly. I never noticed her sounding different back then, but I did in this reaction many years later!

[@IG7799-c4u]

This is one of my favourite episodes. I can't help but get emotional at the part where Donna is literally screaming "What can I do?!" to Rose. You can see how years of being criticised so heavily by her mum in this timeline has degraded her own opinion of her self-worth to the point where she literally doesn't see herself as special in any way whatsoever, and results in her being self-critical now too.

[@julesreacts]

Donna 😭😭 I hope one day she knows just how amazing she really is.

[@Venemofthe888]

what breaks my heart is when the family is getting put on a truck and he knows that they are getting sent to concentration camp. As a soldier himself it breaks his heart that its happening again and honestly its so likely it could happen

[@IsiahBradley]

@@julesreacts You know what I tell all of the DW reactors? Don't stop watching!!!

[@catlover0160]

Out of all the ‘mums’ it’s Donna’s mum that I dislike the most, just goes to prove what a great actress she is!! I now realise she was probably sinking into depression and ‘taking it out’ on Donna, fantastic writing 🇬🇧

[@IsiahBradley]

@@catlover0160 Donna and her family are a great group of characters! Keep watching for a looooong time.... :)

[@ms_scribbles]

One tiny detail I love is the fact that the TARDIS reacts when Rose strokes the console. Like she's telling her, "I remember you. I'm still here. I want to help." It always chokes me up.

[@ms_scribbles]

I have five favorite companions, though two of them aren't in the TV show either in Classic *or* New Who. Funny thing is, they're actually kind of similar to two of my other favorites that were in New Who. Charlotte "Charley" Pollard, a companion from the Big Finish audio plays who was basically the Eighth Doctor's Rose, and Lucie Miller, who was basically Eight's Donna. Charley, in fact, got to hear the three words that no other Doctor has given to anyone else. "I love you." My headcanon is that the Doctors after Eight were so reluctant to say it to anyone else because of the pain of Eight and Charley's parting. He finally said "I love you" to someone, and it all went wrong, so he won't do it again if he can avoid it. And Lucie is definitely Eight's Donna. Brash, outspoken, AWESOME lady who put up with no crap from the Doctor, and who ends up being a great friend to him. My favorite TV companions are Rose, Donna and a later companion who I'll wait until later to say. Spoilers and all that.

[@SeizeTheDay95]

THANK YOU! I’ve always loved that detail too. The Tardis remembered her 😊💙

[@MichaelXB]

I never noticed that before {...can be a bit dense sometimes} so thanks for that. I'll keep an eye out for that on my next re-watch, there's always something new to appreciate.

[@joerosenman3480]

They were, after all, intimate (Rose accessing the “heart” of the TARDIS. Spoiler prohibition prevents me from saying more but it’s understandable that the TARDIS knows her).

[@davidjrandall1979]

"Labour camps. That's what they called them last time" still breaks me

[@angeluslupus]

Cribbins is just amazing in this one

[@Hopalongtom]

Definitely made me tear up seeing that again....

[@PeterTarkulich]

Every. Single. Time.

[@theoroderick782]

Hello can someone explain to me what that meant? Like I assume the people in the episode were gonna be killed but why did they get sent away? What did that have to do with the death of the Doctor? I'm confused

[@primevmegatronTf]

@@theoroderick782well without the doctor pretty much everything went to hell, when the hospital was taken everyone died except that medical student, the south of England was nuked by the Titanic which forced the government to relocate everyone who survived to the north of England, the adipose thing happened in America which prevented the US from sending financial aid and the Atmos stuff resulted in the deaths of the torchwood team and presumably others before it was stopped. All of this led the British government to decide that they were either unable or unwilling to have foreigners living in the UK so they passed a new law to outlaw foreigners but they couldn’t deport them as the other countries had closed their borders so instead they created ‘labour camps’ which are heavily implied to actually be ‘death camps’ and anyone sent to these would be killed, Wilf’s line “labour camps, that’s what they called them last time. It’s happening again” is in reference to the Nazis who tried to do the same thing during World War Two as they built death camps to exterminate Jews but disguised them as labour camps to keep them from panicking until it was too late. TLDR: without the Doctor everything went wrong and the British became just like the Nazis

[@ThePonderer]

Seeing Donna so self-absorbed, and then so despairing, really makes you appreciate how much she’s grown over the course of this season.

[@joerosenman3480]

I never would have considered Catherine Tate for the role of Companion, all respect to her performing chops, but I think it’s clear her performance during Season 4 was brilliant. So many fantastic episodes. Three of my top ten (New Who). And while I *do* like Donna-and Rose-they’re not my favorite companions.

[@anniesharp4871]

Clicked on this within seconds of it appearing! It's one of my absolute favourite episodes. The seer in Pompeii told Donna she had something on her back right at the beginning of the series! Donna is such a beautiful soul; I love how the writers emphasize the value of ordinary people too. The world without the Doctor is terrifying, but Donna in despair and the mention of "labour camps" are the most heartbreaking aspects of the story for me. Billie Piper had some dental work done shortly before filming and that affected her voice! In interviews she has also spoken about having to watch her old performances to find the accent again; her real voice is much posher. It's more like what we hear when she's playing Cassandra at the beginning of Series 2!

[@ChristopherCraven]

Really? Huh, I never thought her voiced changed, I thought she was just playing a more tired, battle exposed older rose Tyler. Being brooding doesn't work with the full English accent, so it was toned down was my interpretation, but turns out she physically was sounding different due to dental work, cheers for that trivia!

[@anniesharp4871]

@@ChristopherCraven I've just read that Piper actually denied this was the case so perhaps I'm wrong! At the time, most people definitely felt it was dental. You're right -- it works for the story either way!

[@jaihayes9647]

Thats exactly what I was thinking, it sounded like her teeth were too big haha. Also probably just forgot how to play the character, because she def sounds off. Only realising it now tho, as I've been watching a lot of reactors at different point in the show, so it's not long since I last watched an ep from S2

[@Madman13K]

Inarguably, in my opinion, Doctor Who's darkest episode. At the time the spinoffs were in full swing, and over the course of the episode they went out of their way to kill absolutely all the heroes from all of them. I don't think you'd know this without having seen it but Sarah Jane's group who died in the hospital were all teenage children. And everything else aside I don't think there will ever be a more heartbreaking moment than the reference to labour camps. I suppose the one tiny bit of optimism is the crew of the Titanic evidently managed to do something heroic all on their own, since the original episode stated it would wipe out the entire planet if it crashed.

[@marid2891]

I never stop to think about Sarah and that yes all her helpers were teen!! I mostly always cried when they say Gwen and Ianto are dead

[@Incense3]

Go back and find people saying “There’s something on your back.” Love this season.

[@paolotorres4037]

Who else gets chills every single time they rewatch that Bad Wolf bit at the end of this ep?

[@fayesouthall6604]

This is crazy

[@nothank-you9160]

Backing up the Donna love, to this day she's my fave companion

[@julesreacts]

I would love to challenge a companion rise above her in my eyes, it wouldn't be easy!

[@ErinTheFennec]

It's rare for the show to acknowledge the audio dramas and the audio dramas for this particular thing came out in 2019, 2022, and 2023, but there are some audios that actually show why Rose is so tired by this stage. It's an audio series called Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon, and it explains exactly how Rose ended up reaching the universe where she met with Donna.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

You see Wilf and you know everything is right with the world. 😊

[@paulhammond6978]

Well, usually. In this episode he's the one bright spot in a world full of darkness.

[@rudewalrus5636]

-- Except when HE's the one in pain (as he is when they are taking the neighbors to the 'labor camps')

[@Katiekooleyes]

Poor Donna, she really does have such a low opinion of herself. but she doesn't realise how amazing she is! The bit where she went to have a go at the party upstairs then ended up having a jolly up with them after seeing Wilfred cracks me up every time tho! 🤣

[@joeb918]

I blame her mother…

[@theoroderick782]

This is one of the most horrifying episodes in new who, showing us what the world would be without the doctor omg

[@heatherqualy9143]

People’s feelings towards Donna aren’t as mixed as you think. There’s simply a very vocal minority that likes to scream that they don’t like her. But Donna wins MOST online polls for the best companion. Catherine Tate and David Tennant are absolute gold together. Yet this episode and the last one prove that they are just as magnificent on their own.

[@rjwalker1726]

Agreed, she's (almost) universally loved because MOST people have taste! :)

[@julesreacts]

That is so lovely! Maybe it's just a couple of people then who don't seem to like her. I'm pleased!

[@Kez_DXX]

As far as new Who goes, Donna is a very different companion from Rose and Martha. They fall into hero worship to a certain extent and can't help the romantic feelings for him grow. Donna avoids both and is still close to the Doctor yet also critical of his actions and methods. She keeps him level, grounded.

[@Jdvd2000]

Martha, Sarah Jane and the Torchwood Team died. Thats always so heartbreaking

[@joerosenman3480]

The heretofore unknown Torchwood team. Only Jack is known-the Cardiff team… UNIT knows of them, a select few at the highest levels of govt know of them, but they are otherwise deepest dark secret. Though relationships apparently changed over time…

[@austinbreuer4276]

6:25 The Spanish maid character is played by a woman named Lorraine Vélez, and I thought to myself, "Wow, she looks exactly like the actress who plays María LaGuerta on Dexter! So I looked up the cast, and apparently Luna Lauren Vélez (María LaGuerta) is an identical twin with Lorraine Vélez! That's so cool!

[@stargazer1682]

Billie Piper had recently gotten her teeth capped around the time prior to shooting these episodes; and it appears she it kind of changed her speech pattern a little. I also recall her mentioning that she had work a little to remember how she used to do Rose's London accent, as it wasn't how she normally talks, if I recall correctly; and it had been a few years since she played Rose by this point.

[@joeb918]

Yeah, Billies accent is much closer to Cassandra’s though a bit more relaxed…

[@obiwankenobi687]

So mad that during the most normal day in the world, having a mini argument with her mom in a car about jobs, there’s another version of Donna sprinting towards them trying to save the world

[@lacko623]

It's been quite a while since I've last seen this episode...pure chills...

[@liannangel2004]

One of my all-time favorite episodes of any show! I love the thought of how one small decision can make such a huge difference!💙

[@littlecitygirl]

Such a perfect example of a 'What If' episode.

[@camannwordsmith]

I have seen that last 2 minutes several times over the years, and it STILL gives me chills every time. Perfect.

[@Metzwerg74]

as the doctor said to rose on "Fathers Day": "one little man is alive, that changes the whole world..."

[@shaunmale6566]

A world without The Doctor is a world full of death, destruction and sadness.

[@lacko623]

"Don't die. Because if you do, I think the whole universe might just go cold..." - So true.

[@infinitygames9317]

One thing to remember about the Doctor's showdown with the Racnoss, it was 5 minutes after Rose became stranded in Pete's World. That man was utterly depressed. Donna saved him in so many ways.

[@chris-hz2wd]

Turn Left, An all time classic! Never fails to make me cry at Wilf knowing what labour camps really means, and Donna’s desparation and unwillingness to believe she’s special. That ending still gives me goosebumps every time I watch it, Bad Wolf!

[@chrissummers205]

Im from Leeds this episode still hurts especially having family from London laughing at me watching the episode :P

[@leighbomaya]

Been waiting for you to get to this one. One of my favourite ever stories and I recently voted it in my top 3 of RTD-written episodes. So good and such a great build-up to the finale.

[@QuisletEsq]

Jacqueline King gave a great performance here. You can see in her face that she has given up. Midnight was a very good episode but this blows it away.

[@NameLoading_music]

I like to think that The Darkness was foreshadowed way back in Series 1 episode 3 (the unquiet dead) when Gwyneth looked into Rose’s future and called out The Darkness and Bad Wolf.

[@TreyMcDonaldAnimator]

A near Doctor-less episode, just brilliantly done... I love Series 4 so much LOL Donna's growth just gradually evolves, making her into such a different person. And yeah, no, Donna is the best companion, I'm glad you're Team Donna.

[@julesreacts]

Aww yes!! Team Donna Forever!!

[@Littlewh0]

The idea that without Donna, the doctor just stood there watching the spider queen until he drowned is very funny

[@sayc.4027]

Yeah... what a way to tell the audience that the Doctor was quite passively suicidal during Runaway Bride. Among all the Doctor's incarnations, I think Ten might be one who goes through the most extreme emotional roller coaster - Not necessarily the highest highs or lowest lows, mind you, that I think will always be a matter of viewers' personal opinion - but definitely the one who was forced to fluctuate between joy and despair so damn *quickly*. Partly because who he is and partly because everything that happens to him.

[@alex.9398]

The actress that plays the fortune teller is the actress that plays the blue bug woman from the end of the universe. Also the Doctor mentions the tricksters brigade. One of these tricksters shows up in The Sarah Jane Adventures and changes her life to try create alternate realities. That's part of why they mention Sarah Jane she has her own series with her own adventures and this is a glimpse of that. Oh yes good catch with the voice, I forget the exact details but her actress was a bit sick at the time.

[@noneya3635]

This cemented Donna as the best of all Nu Whu companions for me. Still makes me teary eyed when Donna is trying to get Rose to tell her she's not going to die. Love Kathy Tate as a actress.

[@BarbaraYaga]

Yes, Davies did say Buffy's The Wish was the inspiration for this episode

[@lenaoxton8827]

Omg I’ve been waiting for this and the following couple of episodes! I’m so excited for you 😁

[@Stephen-Fox]

You asked last week why Donna wasn't really in that episode, and I deliberately didn't answer it because of this episode. During this period of Doctor Who, they were basically trying to make 14 episodes in the time it takes to make 13 (a 13 episode season + The Christmas Special) and the way they did that was to 'double bank' two episodes - film two episodes at once, essentially. In S2 and 3 this was done by having a guest star take over the show for an episode while another episode was filmed with the Doctor and companion as usual, and then the Doctor and companion would be in that other episode for a day or two of filming or so as basically a guest appearance in their own show - S2 did it with Eliot in Love & Monsters, S3 did it with Sally Sparrow in Blink. S4, instead, chose to have an episode with basically just the Doctor - Midnight - double banked with an episode with basically just the companion - Turn Left. So, to answer the question you asked last week, why Donna wasn't in that one? Catherine Tate was filming this episode while David Tennant was filming that episode.

[@obiwankenobi687]

I’m pretty sure they did it in series 1 as well kind of, boom town being filmed in one location and the TARDIS set, a quick, cheap episode

[@Stephen-Fox]

@@obiwankenobi687 A quick cheap episode (well, as close to that as Doctor Who ever gets), yes, but it wasn't double banked. There was an initial idea to have The Long Game as a doctor-lite episode in that run, but that wasn't for double banking that was to give Eccleston and Piper a couple of weeks off shooting, but RTD felt he was missing the Doctor and Rose bouncing off of each other so kept adding more of the two of them in, reducing Adam's role in the narrative - As I recall, he's since stated he regrets not having gone fully into making it focused on the Doctor and Rose or resisting that urge and keeping the episode fully focused on Adam, describing Adam as his character in search of a writer, I think was the term he used - A character where his writing decisions did them a disservice.

[@ChibiHoshiDragon]

Can you pinpoint life-altering moments around you? One of my most memorable is in 1989. I had a stomach bug, and instead of forcing me to use a public toilet at the supermarket, my mom took my sister and me home. Our spontaneous friends, who were in San Fran, intending to come over to Piedmont to take us all out to a big dinner because traffic was light due to the World Series, but for some reason she called ahead instead of making it a surprise like she was want to do, and because I was sick and we were home to answer the phone, they rescheduled. This was Oct 17th, 1989 btw. Our friends would have been crossing the Bay Bridge during the Loma Prieta earthquake if we hadn't been home to answer the phone and I hadn't been sick to postpone their visit.

[@starv2855]

Completely agree with you, Donna is my favorite companion. She feels so real and relatable

[@julesreacts]

yessss! I love her!!

[@Venemofthe888]

Fun Fact the lady who plays the fortune teller (Chipo Chung) played Chantho in series 3. This episode is very interesting to me and interestingly enough Lucius remarks about something being on her back in the fires of Pompeii. A few things coming back in this episode and tying into Torchwood and the Sarah Jane crew being mentioned as well as characters from Series 4 including the soldier saying the doctor was dead being in the sontaran two parter. Plus the master never becomes prime minister either I just love how far it goes back with all these episodes and how much of a difference Donna made and yet how England and The UK would react is scarily accurate. Wilf crying about the family getting sent off to concentration camp because of course he was a soldier it broke his heart that it was happening again. He absolutely sells it

[@ebanksstudios]

There's an audio drama series that came out in the last few years that tells the story of Rose inbetween Doomsday and this episode

[@Corlwow]

Yesss, been waiting for this one - this is my 5th fav episode of all time of doc who - such a great episode! This series finale is incredible!

[@Creek932]

I love your reactions. Watching your videos is like reliving all the excitement I felt watching these episodes for the first time.

[@julesreacts]

Wow, thank you so much, Creek!

[@briangilliver2197]

The actress in this that played the Trickster's assistant in this first played Po the original red Telly Tubbies. Brilliant episode this , so emotional, brilliant editing as always

[@0lyge0]

Of all the awful things that occur in this episode the saddest thing is how little Donna thinks of herself. Unfortunately you see it a lot nowadays and maybe that's why it resonates so much.

[@deathswitch2404]

Chan Chan Tho Tho

[@Inara-Serra]

oh wow, insta-like! Could not click here fast enough :) Such a classic ep :)

[@daved2352]

I think this is my favourite episode. Always makes me cry without fail.

[@anthonycaracausa9895]

I would have loved to see your reaction to Rose mentioning the Doctor's " *great* hair." 😄 But, yes, an obscure office temp made all the difference in the whole of creation. At the time the Doctor destroyed the Racnoss (yes, you remembered the name well), it was clear that suicidal thoughts were in his head really thick-still traumatized over losing Rose which to him was worse than death, then having to resort to genocide yet again to save Earth from genocide, he lost his will to live. It was only Donna who snapped him out of it and got him out of the sewers in time. Not a spoiler at this point, only an explanation of what we already saw to this point. When she said, "I think you need someone to stop you," little did she know that she would be that someone. I really love watching your reviews; the way they affect you reminds me of a friend of mine who's also a Whovian, but she saw all these stories years before, possibly before even I discovered the revival of the series. Being that this review is only a week old and the last one on the playlist so far, I'm caught up now and looking forward to carrying on with you through the series...especially with this story arc continuing, since the Easter egg has now hatched. 😉 Until next time! I'll keep vigil.

[@MrIcelander]

Oh, you are a life-saver! This is just the thing I needed today, a dose of the Doctor and Miss J. 😊

[@julesreacts]

Awww yay! Glad you enjoyed!

[@MrIcelander]

@@julesreacts It's like this episode shows, you rarely know your own impact. 🙂

[@SpTigerJD1]

I knew you would enjoy this episode. Can't wait to see you're reaction to the rest of the seires.

[@julesreacts]

It was SO wonderful! Thank you, Jerry 💜

[@ionamorwenna5564]

Oh my god, I find your channel and you upload this an hour ago? Donna is my favorite companion so I am definitely subscribing to be here for your journey through it all!

[@julesreacts]

Aww yay! Welcome aboard!

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Genius of this episode, & returning to Donna, being they got to use all the expensive footage again. Doctor Who Magazine came out in an envelope, the week after this - the magazine front page translates all the front of the retail envelope to Bad Wolf.

[@thane9]

In all fiction, Donna Noble is one of my favorite heroes. I have a lot of "favorite" companions in different categories. But Donna is an absolute Hero.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

3:36 they used this when River told the Doctor his name

[@chrisfraser5088]

One of the best episodes! Hands down!

[@Gav-mj6lx]

Jules, I've been waiting for this one. I've only just started watching and I already know you are going to lose your sh*t here! Told ya! And as for the next few eps - sooo goood!

[@julesreacts]

Aww yay! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@elvwood]

Donna is still my favourite 21st century companion, though there have been some very strong contenders. And this is such a beautifully dark episode. My favourite moments are Sylvia's dead eyes as she agrees that Donna's always been a disappointment, and the labour camps scene. I was a "late arrival": my parents were adults during the war (my dad a staff sergeant in the British Army, my mum a nurse), so it has always felt closer to me than it has to most of my contemporaries; and I can really relate to Wilf's reaction. It makes me cry every time, albeit briefly.

[@LordLOC]

Catherine Tate's acting in this is phenomenal in my opinion. I always choke up watching the scenes where she's talking to Rose (especially when she goes back to the moment that was changed) and especially when she's "realizing" what she has to do only to be told again she has to die. Such perfectly done emotion wise and with the music it's just about perfect. And let's face it, the scene with the Doctor at the end when she's remembering Rose and Bad Wolf, I get goosebumps every single time. And as others have mentioned, the "Labor camps, that's what they called them the last time" "It's happening again" makes me bawl my eyes out.

[@frnknstndrgqn]

Rose does so good being the doctor this ep. Everyone involved is great. I legit screamed when Rose showed up. Forever my fav

[@Alfwin]

Such a great episode! Love the exploration of the butterfly-effect; what a brilliantly horrifying "what-if" concept! And, it plays a very interesting role in Donna's character arc, as she continues to struggle to see her own worth. The Doctor mentioned that the beetle was "one of the Trickster's brigade". The Trickster is a recurring antagonist on The Sarah Jane Adventures, and appears in some of that show's best episodes.

[@767wattsy]

And I can't help wondering if the Trickster's Pantheon of Discord are going to play a rather prominent role coming soon...

[@Richelle-h]

This episode is so good, it really made me feel for Donna, it made me very emotional 😢

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

Donna is the best companion since the show's 2005 revival.

[@jonbolton3376]

This is one of my 5 favourite episodes. I've been looking forward to your reaction, and finally you get to see Rose again, you've been curious about her for long enough.

[@LeonBlade]

I love this episode so much. Honestly, all of Donna's episodes are just so amazing. Donna is one of my favorite companions. These last few episodes leading up to where we are now have just been incredible. This episode makes me tear up even still after having watched it many times. I can't wait for the next episode! Thank you so much as always for these!

[@TheMajinHermit]

5:15 Luke, Clyde and Maria are from The Sarah Jane Adventures it's a spin off more aimed at Children but it's pretty good. 17:22 The Trickster is a Villain from The Sarah Jane Adventures I like how season 4 brings in the spin offs even if the timeline doesn't quite match up. Spoilers for the Sarah Jane adventures Smith and Jones takes place in June 2008 and London was destroyed on Christmas 2008 in the turn left time line so we have a 6 month span of Sarah being dead but any Sarah Jane stories can still happen since they all take place in London. (Just without Sarah Jane) Invasion of the Bane takes place before hand I guess but Revenge of the Slitheen should take place in September 2008 since they're going back to school. Which means in the Turn Left timeline there was nobody to stop the Slitheen from switching off the sun but I guess we can say Unit did that shit. Idk. But then we have the Episode "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane Smith" Mr. Smith is the only person who can detect and stop that meteorite, so without Sarah the world is destroyed.

[@leeci33]

Love all your plants btw - I miss the ivy that was creeping into the camera frame for a bit. It made me go buy an ivy plant. Lol

[@julesreacts]

Aww really?! I still have that one wrapped around my microphone stand. I'll have to bring it closer 💜

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Audio had a series called Rose Tyler: Dimension Cannon. "We say Dimension Cannon because Marketing discouraged the Dimension Holepunch!"😂 They throw Rose into a parallel worlds with a set time reinforce the hole. We even hear Clive again! Remember Clive, got shot by the Autons?😊 In this instance, Rose has hit the reality next to & growing from the one she wanted.

[@Cerridwen7777]

I adore Donna. My favorite companion of Dr. Who, both new and old series (I grew up watching on PBS). I relate to her on a very deep level, and this episode (and the next two) shows why.

[@Scripture-Man]

Lovely to have you back again Juliette. I look forward to these videos now! :-) It's been pointed out that Billie Piper (Rose) had forgotten how to do Rose's accent when she filmed this, and had to go back and watch old episodes to remember. But that's not the main reason she sounds different - the actress had some kind of dental surgery at the time, possibly to reduce her overbite, and apparently had veneers on her teeth at the time. This "Rose" also seems more confident, no doubt the result of her having spent the past few years working for (perhaps leading) the alien-hunting organisation Torchwood in the parallel universe.

[@HuntingViolets]

The actress who played the fortuneteller also played Professor Yana's assistant.

[@kieronball8962]

Jules, the red spider alien woman was The Empress Of Racnoss, played by actress Sarah Parish.

[@biffstrong1079]

Donna is a doll. She is brilliant.

[@deggsymarley]

Love how little things are mentioned, blink miss them but , come the end they mean so much Great script

[@craigescapeddetroit5198]

Doctor Who is the most wonderful series I seen in my life. It's wonderful, and touched me more than I ever thought possible.

[@julesreacts]

Isn't it just 🥰

[@firefly24601]

One of THE best ending sequences!!!

[@thelukeofficial9626]

Donna and rose are my favourite companions

[@julesreacts]

Mine, too!

[@kuragari85]

Midnight and Turn left were money and time saver episodes, which were partly filmed at the same time, in order to have more time (and money) for the finale of the season, like Blink last season. and again, some of the best episodes of the show.

[@matthewpreston28]

The trickster and his brigade are from the sarah jane adventures and fearure in torchwood as well

[@mel.a.bicket]

Another episode where I just cry so hard. It's such an amazingly done episode.

[@AubreySciFi]

"A universe without the Doctor is scarcely worth thinking about." The Master (circa 1983).

[@7bestthings]

An absolutely brilliant episode, with a fantastic companion "team-up," a dark alternate reality, and one of the best episode endings in the entire series! Thanks for your great reaction.

[@julesreacts]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!!

[@ThePharaz]

Another one of my favorite episodes. Just got to love that Bad Wolf.

[@catlover0160]

Hi Jules, I haven’t watched your reaction yet but I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for you to see this episode, one of my all time favourites … enjoy😍🇬🇧

[@richardhal]

Nothing of meaning to add except that I still love watching your reactions to these, so please keep them coming! And would love to see your reactions to the old series, too, though they obviously have a very different vibe

[@wutangkang]

awesome video always! I may say that everytime but i mean it cannot wait for the next one!

[@julesreacts]

Awww thank you!!

[@tonydeluna8095]

Mrs Jules and her lovely voice with another episode of Dr. Who

[@theuberbob]

One of my all time favorite episodes.

[@markharris1125]

As everyone has said, a stone-cold classic from RTD. I want to say so much about the present but I won't. But here's proof that once upon a time, a certain man could write extraordinary stories. Donna's mum is the worst, Wilf stole our hearts, Rose has got new teef, and it's the end of the universe. What could possibly top this? Great reaction as ever.

[@julesreacts]

Thank you, Mark! I appreciate your kind words. I adore your brief recap of the episode. It's perfect 😅

[@markharris1125]

@@julesreacts Thank you! 😊

[@kevinpope1297]

I said you had a thousand tears to cry and a 1000s laughs grad the tissues.

[@kevinpope1297]

Grab n yes I'm still watching your journey.

[@Viperuk80]

She was filming secret dairy of a call girl at the time and had some dental work done. This is why she sounded different

[@kitwestlake2088]

I ADORE this episode, one of the absolute best. There's SO MUCH I could say and ramble and gush about this, it's so full of so much rich and wonderful stuff, but I'll try to stick to the main points: The spin off shows 'Torchwood' and 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' were both well established by this point, so Rose referencing Jack and SJ and mentioning their friends/teams is a nice call out to the connected universe, and a subtle introduction of their existence to anyone that hasn't watched those shows. This episode does a really good job of exploring the impact The Doctor and his friends have, not only how terrible things could get without him. but how his allies try to carry on/fill in for him. The ripple effect and just how many things change is brilliant, like his allies fix what they can but none of them were aboard the Titanic so it still crashes, Miss Foster chooses to take the Adipose to America because Britain is in crisis, but everything with The Master never happens because it was only made possible by The Doctor ending up at the end of the universe which of course they now never do! It shows us what makes a companion special, like yeah they're mostly 'ordinary people' when they meet the Doctor, but they have POTENTIAL, and he brings out the best in them, helps them be extraordinary. It reminds us that yes, The Doctor is special, a powerful, wise, and ancient being who looks after the universe, but you don't have to be all that to TRY. Anyone ordinary COULD be extraordinary, if they try to be. The Doctor is drawn to people they feel are more likely to try. And yes, that's absolutely helped by the TARDIS, who's knowledge of all of time and space allows her to take him where he needss to be, and sometimes to who he needs too. People noticing the beetle on her back, DW has established that some humans are slightly psychic (I think explained as having a few more synapses open?) like Tim hearing the watch talk and having visions in the Human Nature story, and Gwyneth from The Unquiet Dead knowing Rose had 'something of the wolf about her' and being able to channel the Gelth. It's that latent Psychic potential that the Pyrovillians were able to awaken and enhance to create Seers. The Doctor explains at some point that becoming a Time-Traveller/exposure to the time vortex/The TARDIS makes you more aware of/somewhat immune to changes to time etc, which explains why Rose can see it. Bad Wolf being the words Rose scattered through time as a warning and suddenly being everywhere again is SUCH a good cliffhanger, and means/implies so much! I have more but this is so long haha thank you for your wonderful reaction, I've been looking forward to this and it's my favourite Finale next!

[@julesreacts]

Kit, thank you so much for your comment! It was so lovely to read your thoughts 💜

[@yodasears]

This is one of my all-time favourites - and it sets us up for the finale perfectly. Donna is, to me, the best companion.