Doctor Who Legacy DEVASTED By Russel T Davies

[@disparutoo]

Doctor Who was meant to be revived by David Tennant and Russel T Davies to lead into Ncuti Gatwa's run. Well that didn't work. After 3 specials that showcased what we are in for in the future, not many will be looking forwards to the future. An eye opening run that surprised even me at how blunt the BBC were willing to be, we added on terrible plots just to put the icing on the cake. But don't worry, we're still running the articles and slurs that you would expect from modern entertainment. And rather than resurrecting the series in 3 specials, we've put so many nails into the IP, it doesn't matter if its resurrected in the future, you can't escape from this. But what do you think? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@snakedaemongaming6590]

We all know the reason ncuti got cast RUSSELL wants his BBC

[@snakedaemongaming6590]

And I got the add for the next episode while watching this

[@METALFREAK03]

Black, gay and from a political charged country? Sign him up! These guys don't even cocking hide it anymore. Say what you want about Mr Powell, but he wasn't wrong was he?

[@JD.Martin]

It's so progressive of Charles Pulliam-Moore taking his wife's boyfriend's name.

[@trainedmunkie]

One interview hmmmm? It sounds like he has a special skill that Russell found he needed. Something about a bowling ball and a hose pipe, cums to mind. For some reason.

[@realmdma]

Big shout out to Christopher Eccleston for saying what we all think of Russel T. and Co.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

Considering that Eccleston is fully on board with the woke agenda I suspect his misgivings about RTD are more personal in nature, the way he was treated during S1, and not about the insertion of woke politics.

[@mucy2807]

Well, he’s still correct

[@METALFREAK03]

@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 No he is just northern (of a particular north), they always do the "woes be tied us" - I bet he said something about class? Yes typical northerners. They don't know any better.

[@voluntasmortis]

ooh what'd he say

[@GotoMaki4Micah]

he didnt say get identity politics out of who he said he rdt out of who.

[@amberklein1560]

"Everything has its time and everything dies." ~ The Doctor

[@mayotango1317]

No Doctor Who. Is eternal.

[@BayaRae]

I appreciate Russell T Davies as someone who also fears the disabled.

[@ideamachine39]

There's a long history of sinister disabled people apparently

[@theequalizer9154]

​@@ideamachine39 King Richard III 😂😂😂

[@andracoz]

@@ideamachine39 There a much longer history of sinister non disabled people maybe they should just show us a blank screen as not to incriminate anyone. lol. Davros is one of the best characters to be on doctor who and they change him for some bs reason.

[@jaredwatson76]

Keep your eyes peeled … they’re up to something … 👿 ♿️

[@dandare9055]

There is a reason why they are believable as horrid scalawags

[@lunasong7512]

The funny thing about Donna wanting to randomly sell an alien for money is she was always the one who challenged the Doctor on his lack of compassion/detachment to individuals when he went too big picture on solving problems.

[@mavisedwards]

Didn't really think about that. I wonder if it was an unintentional character break or what

[@towelgirl21]

Well her son now dresses like a girl and the family has to constantly affirm him as a woman. Maybe Donna is just mixed up from her home life.

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

Yep! Donna was always "Challenged" that's for sure!😂😂😂

[@gulkaramazov6724]

Is this the same Donna to free the Ood?

[@StarWarsomania]

Because this isn’t Donna. That character ceased to exist in 2008, when the Doctor was forced to lock her memories away to save her life. This is a facsimile that wears her face and skin. Like a Slitheen.

[@richardmattocks]

Christopher Eccleston just went up so far in my respect (and I always thought he was awesome already). Top marks for him for speaking all the things we are thinking.

[@archstanton9073]

He doesn't like RTD personally. He's onboard with The Message. But, you take allies where you can get them, I suppose.

[@Rishabh-Dev]

I am from India (26 M) and grew up watching Doctor Who saga. I can't tell ya'll how much I adored Doctor Who as a series. Although i quit the show completely once Kalpadi quit the series. It's heartbreaking to see the current state of such a great show like Doctor Who.

[@Nana-Sheri]

In my mind, 12th doctor died in that contraption. Every reincarnation of him for a billion years was a copy. No more regenerations. Ironically, Capaldi's best wtiting was afterwards with Bill.

[@susanplatt5331]

​@RetiredSheriNakai I loved missy. You know, the timelord who was the master but regenerated into female form. Oh, and river song, who could also regenerate because of being Amy pond's daughter because she was pregnant on the tardis. Donna wasn't pregnant with rose on the tardis but it certainly had an effect.

[@susanplatt5331]

It's quite sad to be the sort of person who has to be told what to think. It's much better to see for yourself and make up your own mind.

[@Tolstoy111]

Did you see any of the three new episodes? They were quite good.

[@ptonpc]

I did try Jodi Whittaker's run for a couple of episodes. I gave up. For me The Doctor died when Peter Capaldi's run ended.

[@rogerborg]

It's just Indoctrinator Who at this point. Nothing more than a vehicle for The Message.

[@GIBBO4182]

Brilliant 👏

[@rhetorical1488]

I love how they are attaching human labels to an alien species that only surface level resemble us. they can literally generate fusion in their bodies and resurrect themselves without atomizing the city block. that sound like a species that has concepts of man woman or gay? A time lord is a god on the evolutionary tree compared to us and and we get " i can fix him tee hee"

[@markeh1971]

Hi, apt that Disney has it and it’s doing soooooo well. The message is all they have. And they are killing Disney - stock price showing it. I have a message, don’t watch it. Take care M.

"Indoctrinator Who" Oh god I love it!

[@Joseph32547]

Well said.

[@Quotheraving]

There was a time when Dr Who made children hide behind sofas in fear.. Now it makes grown men hide behind sofas from sheer cringe!

[@rhetorical1488]

the original toymaker was evil incarnate without raising his voice or physically assaulting anyone.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

And why you should not let your kids watch it. Not because it will give them nightmares but because it will give you the parent nightmares.

[@Urko2005]

REAL Dr Who 1963-1989.

[@mayloo2137]

I feel the same way as a woman. Absolutely cringe-worthy.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

Not just that, now it makes parents afraid _for_ their kids

[@JohnDoe-u4m1q]

I worked at a nightclub while I was in college and it was a pretty standard nightclub; pay to get in, overpriced drinks, loud club music. That last part was key; club music. Top 40, dance music, some hip hop. New manager came in and decided that “club music” wasn’t what this club needed and he told the DJ to start playing, for lack of a better term, tribal music. The club was dead within 2 weeks and the new manager didn’t understand why no one was coming to the club anymore. Same situation here, the “new management” changed a core element of why people enjoyed Doctor Who and is now standing there going, “I did good. Right?”

[@WaimeaMonster24]

I’m probably the most casual Doctor Who fan you could ever meet And even I remember, there was tons of exposition (let alone actual scenes) about how the doctor was multicultural and caring to everyone, no matter who or what they were, never gave up on anyone, and always outsmarted any situation so not very small minded either

[@RaycrowX]

Gatwa seriously said “only really one demographic of people” are able to “walk into unknown situations and take charge with authority” and “it’s certainly not a woman, and it’s certainly not someone black.” I think that says everything we need to know.

[@scepteredisle]

How is a black doctor going to do anything in literally 99% of the historical locations they're gonna visit - mostly cause of budget restraints. A moot point I guess, seeing as this episode was designed to finish the Dr Who story. The real Dr Who got his happy ending and the story is over. Gatwa is an alt-Doctor with a different franchise. It's done now.

[@JB-vq6oe]

If he gives up before he begins, why is he even bothering to play The Doctor? Stupid activists playing characters nowadays rather than actors.

[@BritishTeaFGC]

@@scepteredisle Well, they're gonna do what they did when The Doctor took Martha to the Shakespearian times, I guess.

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

....certainly not wheelchair users........😀

[@Dunebat]

So, when Samuel L. Jackson walks into an unknown situation and takes charge like the bad-@$$ he is, I guess he's not black in that moment?

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Russell T. Davros was too late: I still associate people in wheelchairs with pure evil. And scowl at anyone with crutches, too.

[@theequalizer9154]

Careful! Those wheelchairs have missiles.😂😂😂

[@jamesmetcalf5597]

People with metal walking frames can be seriously unhinged they have definitely done some stuff.

[@kevincaruthers5412]

Cut them a break Crutches are only semi-evil.

[@elusivemayfly7534]

Holy cow, to think the average viewer has EVER associated those traits is one thing. But for no one to be like, “hey. 99.9 percent of your viewers have literally never heard that before. You have just introduced that idea to them.”

[@kernv]

After watching that horrible bland woman in the wheelchair I don't blame you

[@zammo54]

I was annoyed with Christopher Eccleston when he said he would never come back to Dr Who, and then returned to Big Finish when his career in Hollywood didn't quite work out like he wanted, but now I realise how right he was, and should have listened sooner ! Good on him for speaking out

[@jonathanschubert9052]

People think it started down hill with Peter Capaldi, but the writing has been on the wall since Tennant and definitely Smith.

[@NashmanNash]

Atleast Smiths Doctor had the guts to actually consider killing a suffering creature(space whale) Jodie thought that killing spiders that will eventually grow to sizes at which they are crushed by their own weight was bad...Not to mention these things were a threat to the population^^@@jonathanschubert9052

[@Nana-Sheri]

​@@jonathanschubert9052They Americanized Smith's run. That ruined it. Like Disparu says, it's a British show.

[@susanplatt5331]

He's been in some of the biggest shows in America. How exactly did his career in Hollywood not work out!

[@Dunebat]

Now we know WHY he worked with Big Finish: Russel T. had no part in those productions lol.

[@dalevintage]

Why does it feel like Russel hired the new "doctor" more from personal attraction than strategy?

RTD got that jungle fever.

[@disgruntleddude]

Great, our current Doctor fucked and sucked his way there! What a great role model... Ugh.

[@Avalon_1991]

It's funny how so many of the people involved in these shows and movies say something like, "I look forward to a time when we don't need to talk about the race or gender of a character or actor". Then all they do is talk about and highlight the race or gender of a character.

[@madambutterfly1997]

He revived Doctor Who just to kill it

[@crakhaed]

Extra brutal

[@Atheismo9760]

It's already dead, he just wants to fuck the corpse.

[@M-S_4321]

Sounds like someone acting out their childhood sexual abuse more than anything.

[@ideamachine39]

it's a zombie at this point

[@M-S_4321]

@@ideamachine39 Icarus T Davies - flying to close to the sun

[@silverscorpio24]

"We don't want disabled people to be viewed as evil" has the same energy as "Orcs shouldn't be coded as savage black people."

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Funny thing about that was Orcs in LOTR were given Cockney and Northern English accents. If there's any issue there it's a class one.

@@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. Heck 40K Orks are similar, bunch of soccer hooligans. So really speaks volumes of people who look at British lower class speaking Orcs and think "BLACK PERSON!"

[@jacquelineking5783]

If I thought the orcs were coded as anything it would have been a stereotype of the barbarians Rome dealt with. Those were largely Eurasian.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

Funnily, orcs in early D&D and in Warhammer 40K were green-skinned. And have tusks. But if certain groups want to create a strawman, they will always just pretend "X = G", then scream how this shows an -ism again G.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

Coded?

[@ohifonlyx33]

Even disregarding all the messy retcons this show has been throwing out since the 50th anniversary special and the massive exponential increase in woke insanity... Donna Noble did not free a planet of enslaved Oods because she felt their song of sadness, just to poke a furry creature in the eye and suggest selling it for science.

[@HyperDrive_TV]

Especially when the doctor gave her $160 million pounds, which she then gave away.

[@EuroMIX2]

TBH that wasn't a point I got hung up on because it felt in line for Runaway Bride Donna which is where she's mostly at right at that moment mentally. Donna was super self-absorbed and hated anything that pushed her out of her bubble. It was spending time with the Doctor that brought out her better qualities and helped shape her into a more empathic person. The character growth is part of why I love her character because she starts off being a really bad companion but becomes an amazing one.

[@jasonjones7461]

"You stupid woman and your weird child!" Is now my FAVORITE Dr. Who line. PLEASE never stop using that clip and the clip from Robyn Hood when the Torture Bunny walks into the room.

[@CatSixty6]

I think their argument for Finn doesn't really work because people weren't upset he picked up a Lightsaber but that he wasn't a Jedi! People wanted him to be a Jedi and were upset he wasn't because we were baited into thinking he was one by holding a Lightsaber in all the promo material.

[@Thandar324]

His version is not Dr Who but rather Dr What

[@theequalizer9154]

"No swearing on Doctor Who! BUT, if you wish to wear high heels and a lace thong, nance about and sing, YMCA, PLEASE DO! OH, YES!!!"

[@Mark-nh2hs]

​@SteveyTheEx-Eeveeit's to uphold the Disney Image... Oh I mean the Shows image😂

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

“We can’t have people associating naughty words with our rampant sexual degeneracy, now can we? Think of the children!”

[@ericadams3428]

Dr MInce and Blub

[@michaeldemarco9950]

Since the Doctor is a Timelord, traveling through time and space, weren’t ALL the Doctors ALREADY FLYING AROUND OUT THERE AT THE SAME TIME?

[@garym6315]

Yes, but now he can bring old actors back to film 2 minute introductions to old stories on the BBC Iplayer.

[@MrBonified66]

SHUT UP JUST CONSUME CONTENT

[@John.R.F.]

He didn't like the in-universe reasons that Moffat and others came up with for why the actors looked older. RTD is shit at SciFi.

[@LloydEWatson1983]

"People spend all their time making nice things and then other people come along and break them!" The 2nd Doctor.

[@Fiasco3]

So refreshing to know that there is someone outside the 'woke' bubble. Christopher Eccleston gives me hope, I was beginning to think everyone was completely gaga out there.

[@craigmontserrat1919]

Ecclestone is as woke as you can get.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@craigmontserrat1919in what way?

[@craigmontserrat1919]

@@JohnKobaRuddy@JohnKobaRuddy In that he is outspoken on social injustice, which is what the term means.

[@phantomkate6]

​@@craigmontserrat1919Caring about injustice isn't what anyone here means when they write "woke" and you know it. 😂

[@craigmontserrat1919]

@@phantomkate6 It's some sort of code that I can't crack. The term originated 70 years ago, and had a precise meaning. These days I've heard it used to describe people who eat healthy food. But I think the criticism here is that the BBC sees a fantasy sci-fi show as a good way of giving screentime to underrepresented groups.

[@IDPhotoMan]

Much respect to Eccleston!

[@tomfink7505]

We only thought the show had hit rock bottom under Chris Chibnall. Apparently, hell has a basement.

[@LordTyph]

Probably subbasements at this rate. And the construction crews are working 24/7...

[@bloodrunsclear]

Every franchise reboot nowadays seems to be made to get rid of those 'horrible fans' And they always succeed.

[@crazyralph6386]

They’re systematically and intentionally destroying these IP’s in order to demoralize the fandom.

[@mikewoodman7700]

its the horrible fans who stick with the show through its darkest times though.

[@agentsmithmememe]

When they say "fantasy",they mean their fantasy not the actual true fans

[@craigcarroll3303]

They mean a gay fantasy.

[@RachaelLink]

Let's talk about the Toymakers 'domain'. The domain is his box. You enter his realm, then he can control it. The Toymaker enters the human world, then his control is limited. Once he's away in his box and blocked by salt, then nothing from his domain should be affecting the human world... so that double TARDIS is BS.

[@raistmajere5627]

Do you understand this is fiction? It’s for people with your type of thinking that we have religion.

[@RachaelLink]

@@raistmajere5627 Clearly... I can see you're oozing that religion everywhere. Have a nice day!

[@raistmajere5627]

@@RachaelLink - Not at all I just know the difference between fiction and reality and when to use that fictional time to switch off from reality and enjoy and not to break everything apart. If you don’t like it don’t watch it. It’s that simple.

[@RachaelLink]

@@raistmajere5627 Ah, I see. You should've preached your religious views sooner. Have a nice day. 👍

[@raistmajere5627]

@@RachaelLink - I think you need to also learn how to read.

[@The13thRonin]

"Please no swearing in our child-friendly franchise where we constantly point out how gender transition is stunning and brave."

[@yung_wise5861]

The trailer for the Christmas special is literally insanity inducing. The Doctor has never cared about his sexual orientation. Even when he was "in love" with Rose, he NEVER had A PHYSICAL fascination with her. He loved her because she made traveling time and space fun.; it was always "she makes every adventure worth going on" vibe. Never a "damn I cant wait to shack Rose"

[@CoL_Drake]

waht drugs you on ? his clone literally is together with rose now xD of course they had physical attraction everything else you make up in ur mind he even said stuff like "jaeh still got it" after fake rose kissed him ... your phantasies aint reality

[@yung_wise5861]

@@CoL_Drake "sexual" Kiss doesn't equal sex. I've still got it - I've still got the qualities that make Rose, perhaps women in general, like me

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

Retconning the most famous Dr Who bad guy into an unrecognisable (to previous incarnations) character just because they don't want to offend wheelchair users .....these people are utterly insane.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

The truly insane thing about that was actual wheelchair users saying "Hang on a minute, no..!" and RTD just blowing them off on Twitter.

[@dragounsleer]

Right!?! Actual wheelchair users from whom I've read numerous responses on numerous posts about how Davros showed them they can be and do whatever they put their minds to. I have a friend of more than 20 years who is a published author and world traveling presenter. He is assisted with the writing because of physical ability, but nothing will stop him. He's an amazing guy.

[@FronteirWolf]

And the wheelchair user character could have been brilliant, without all the "Oh, was it offensive to say that?" Type lines, like she was really sensitive and needed everyone to police their language. Like just treat her like a normal person doing a job- that would have been good. Like in silent witness they went going about checking their words were okay with Liz Carrs character. Take a leaf from their book.

[@Briansgate]

Dammit, Tennant! You were the chosen one! You were supposed to bring back Dr Who, not destroy it! You were my hero. I loved you!

[@JellyMyst]

He's gone to the dark side, I'm afraid. Fully on-board with the nonsense.

[@Briansgate]

@@JellyMyst Ironic, isn't it...

[@JellyMyst]

@@Briansgate Not so much, I'm afraid. At this point, it's downright routine for the people behind entertainment to go insane.

[@colinwalters5281]

Even the Daleks couldn't kill Doctor Who.....the BBC said,,,,,,HOLD MY BEER

[@Disinterested1]

look at the photos of Russel and Gatwa together there is why he got the job! weird being so very hands on with your boss in photos don't you think? no shock as the good old beeb has been at it since before old Jimmy!! we know how this works now so we stopped complaining and walked away! best wishes and much love to all

[@antzantz19antz]

Multiverse!!! So original and brave, that has never been done before 😂😂😂

[@RhysTurner-hr6yg]

I, for one thank RTD for retconning Davros. All my life I have seen disabled people and thought ' Ah FFS, here comes another Dalek invasion.'

[@Trebor74]

I wonder if Steven Hawkins had an "exterminate" button on his computer?

[@cyberleaderandy1]

​@@Trebor74the comical thing is the unit woman in the wheel chair had missiles but still couldn't go over a step or a stair. Insane

[@andrewshaughnessy5828]

@@Trebor74 In The Simpsons, I believe he had a spring-loaded boxing glove in his wheelchair!😁

[@kreater120]

PHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Simon-xc5oy]

Heh....I nearly fell off my sofa laughing at that one! If it was me, I would do that...I would send it up and mess about as a long term fan. Just for my own sake but I bet people would laugh and find it funny....

[@crazyralph6386]

They’re systematically destroying each and every classic IP in pop culture ie Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr Who, James Bond, Terminator, LOTR, Marvel etc. There’s a special place waiting for these sobs.

[@karagongro-malog]

RTD said Ncuti was a 'perfect fit'... Then he took a step back, tucked himself in and zipped up.

[@Dirty_Hamble]

Did you see RTD slobbering over Gatwa when he was announced at the BAFTAS?

[@RogerS1978]

Gatwa only had 1 interview, no one mentioned that it took place with Davies naked in a pool of jelly. [edit spelling]

[@michaelplowman8674]

Doctor Who, a British fantasy Sci-Fi show that began 60 years ago featuring an eccentric male British protagonist who typically traveled with companions in a multitude of adventures across time and space that would grow to become a world wide hit across many countries and continents Sometime between years 50 and 60 it was decided the problem with the show was what the main character looked like despite it having world wide appeal and then wonder why people stopped watching.

[@jaxr2958]

But you are the one focused on what The Doctor looks like. How The Doctor looks is completely irrelevant.

[@michaelplowman8674]

@@jaxr2958 If it's irrelevant, why change how the Doctor looks? See how you lost before you even started?

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

"Real" Doctor Who ended in 1989!🤔😉

[@jaxr2958]

@@michaelplowman8674 He hasn't changed. Looks like human same as the last 60 years. Or should he be grey like the 1st, or curly like a couple have been, tall maybe. What are you on about?

[@michaelplowman8674]

@@jaxr2958 What I'm "on about" is this was a very popular show until the people making the show starting caring more about "representation" and "the message" versus good story telling. I'll give you a great example. Take the episode during the Whitaker run where they guy went back in time to stop Montgomery bus incident. A great story would have been they never figure out what was going on until they failed, only they don't fail. You have the companions bemoaning how the world will now be so much worse for the Doctor to tell them to take heart. "Because true movements can't be stopped, at most delayed, and only by a little." You then she her rush across the street to alert an older African American lady who has left her purse on the bench at the bus stop. She thanks the Doctor for making sure she has it when the bus driver calls out, "Come on now, Miss Rosa. Can't be holding up the line too long." Take your L and move on.

[@Danimeows]

I love Christopher Eccleston. Billie seemed to agree.

[@britishshock]

Got it

[@rhetorical1488]

Each doctor brought something to the table. The doctors rage,( Eccleston) the doctors humor, (Smith) his wisdom( Tennent) his weariness of it all (Capaldi) Then we get Whittaker and I can't figure out what it is she brought besides confusion.

[@Nana-Sheri]

The writing was bad for Clara. They made too much of her being special. They wanted to make her River-like. She should have been a person thrilled to travel with the doctor. Once Capaldi left, I was done.

[@mayotango1317]

​​@@Nana-SheriBut Clara was a woman thrilled to travel with the Doctor.

[@ptonpc]

@@rhetorical1488 That one's easy "Ahm Joday... Ahm da Docka...Dis is my fam" There you go.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Matt Smith was initially criticised for beimng too young for the part and he was a brilliant Doctor. I never saw him making an issue out of it. Matt has dignity and humour. Great Doctor and top fellow.

[@s.h.6858]

Of new set, Smith is my favorite. Even though my favorite episodes were from Eccelsyon and Tennet. Of the old set my favorites are Pertwi and Baker.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Great choices (all of them) as the Brigadier once said. Tennet probably once was a favourite but for me I now feel we've had enough David for a while. I am curious if you grew up watching John P and Tom B. I was born in 1970 and remember my first epsiodes was The Genisis of the Daleks. As I've aged nostalgia is such a strong calling card. Are you of my vintage or did you come to classic DW in reverese beginning with the reboot. Yes if I had to hang out in real life it would certainly be with Matt Smith. Tom is looking so fragile now it saddens me to see him in what appears illhealth. still everything has it's time and place - a DW quote I very much agree with. Cheerio take care.@@s.h.6858

[@somethingsomething7205]

You're talking about that cockney kid who slurps his words instead of saying them? He was crap. He was cartoonishly weird, but somehow inconsistently cartoonishly weird, bc the writing was so abysmally bad.

[@9lorac]

My favorite Doctor

[@thealien_ali3382]

I have met matt smith in real life hes a awesome kind human being very humble i loved him as the doctor to

[@Ol-T1864]

I taught in Korea, and showed my kids Wonder Woman, and they all asked, how is it possible for a woman to beat these people without muscles?

[@cheshirekat8273]

Russell T Davies proved that he was never the reason why Doctor Who was successful and well-written. He only managed to siphon all the glory for himself.

[@vordman]

Totally agree. Of all the episodes he's written only Midnight can be classed as a classic episode imho. I think he's a dreadful writer and I've never understood the reputation he seems to enjoy.

[@garym6315]

It was a fondly remembered and missed British institution in 2004, and any competent producer could have brought that up to date. I also heard first hand that RTD didn't know what would work and that's why the tone of his stories varies from one to the next - trying to see what the audience would like best. While Eccleston specifically preferred the non-Davies stories like Dalek.

[@Tolstoy111]

@@vordmanThe tone and focus of the show was all RTD. The other revival proposals were quite different. And keep in mind that he would rewrite other scripts as per need.

[@Drak976]

@@Tolstoy111 Yeah but that was then this is now. As drunk old dudes used to warn me that I'd eventually hear, "What have you done for me lately?"

[@LordTyph]

Or if he was, he'll happily trade that in for agenda points. Or he lost it and is focusing on ESG to stay relevant. Not sure which is worse, really.

[@Kal_g]

Why am I not surprised that Ncuti's only audition was good enough for these people to go "Yep! He's our new Doctor! Call him up right now!"

[@Bungowumperpuss]

RTRD anoose couldn’t handle another audition, it ripped and prolapsed after the first one.

[@shaggynwhitt6672]

Yep, I'm gay and I have never used my being different as a reason to get special treatment.

[@DarkSun123456789]

What? You mean the gay, black man, who probably said "Hi i am Ncuti Gatwa" and got the role instantly, shouldn't have gotten it? Gasp. The audacity from you. He obviously is the BeSt AcToR fOr ThE rOlE.

[@rollrcoastrbacon2725]

Probably because judging by the suggestive photo of him with his hand over RTD’s face and the ‘messaging’ they want to signal with his character, I can think of a few less than professional ways he got the role handed to him the day he walked in

[@Kal_g]

@@Bungowumperpuss Good Lord...

[@JustAboutTime]

Who the hell ‘hated Finn picking up a light saber?’ .. pretty sure that everyone was hyped for Finn to be a whole new Jedi … and then the story happened and said ‘Nuh uh!!’

[@Canthatcrazy]

Finn should have been the lead. Trooper to Jedi. A proper ark. Yet they went with the safe, white Mary Sue, cos Chinese money!

[@sheene.c9455]

You’re exactly right!

[@ptonpc]

At the cinema I watched it, there were cheers when Finn picked up the light saber, we were expecting something better than we got. I wanted Finn to be a fuller character than the comic relief.

@@Canthatcrazy Also should NOT have been a janitor, he had to of had some blood on his hands which would of added something more than "He is a coward' to him fleeing the First Order. Imagine him struggling to not fall to the Darkside because he hates himself for what he did even though he didn't have a choice as a child soldier raised to be a trooper.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

I know I, for one, was psyched when I saw Finn holding the blue lightsaber in the promotional images, and even more so when it was revealed that he was a defecting storm troo-oh no wait, he’s actually just the caricature of a cowardly, nervous black man who works in a menial, subservient role (in Finn’s case, a janitor) who yells too much of bygone eras. Way to go Disney. And we’re the racist ones?

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

It's funny. Jodie seemed to genuinely try to do the best she could despite the obvious criticism she received. If anything, it looked like she actually tried harder over time. Gatwa reaches the first hurdle and is like "fuck it... this is stupid." It stopped being Doctor Who and became "Doctor Who Asked" "Timelord symbols and it's a Rwandan proverb" Ah yes. Rwanda... has so much to do with Gallifrey. "People liked Mace Windu" Yes they did. "But hated it when Finn picked up a Lightsaber" No they didn't. Everyone actually wanted Finn to be the protagonist of the sequels but he was relegated to a very racist position: Comic relief.

[@mountainneko]

After watching these 3 episodes, I had to go back and watch "Rose" with Eccleston and Piper. . . .how can that story be written by the same man who wrote these 3. . .I can only assume that RTD actually hates what he had done in the past and that it is intention to destroy the Doctor. . .

[@catbert2412]

My guess is they split the doctor so they could keep tennant in the universe for the hope of bringing fans back again after this next doctor destroyed the show

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

Don’t see that happening as they already destroyed the show an now tennant as the Dr

[@christophertheriault3308]

It makes more sense to me to view the Gatwa line as the ability to turn the show into full-on science fantasy (as if it wasn't already by the Capaldi era) while viewers can still think the original science-fiction line is also still concurrently running someplace. Given that Tenant is the official 10th and 14th Doctors somebody could regenerate into him as many times as they like, so story-wise you get nothing from having him around growing marrows somewhere.

[@michaelmastriano7566]

Something tells me that Russell cast Ncuti after he saw Ncuti's BBC

[@vskane]

Who the Hell kicked off at Gatwa getting the role? I heard Davies was coming back, saw Gatwa and thought, “Awesome! They’ll make a fun show.” Now they’ve put a literal pause button on Tennant, set up Gatwa to fail, and laid out a blueprint for the most hackneyed, cringe inducing messaging platform masquerading as a show millions used to love. And somehow all of this is our fault. Sounds legit.

[@mikesecondname]

Eccleston was always my favourite doctor. He seemed like he was hard-cool. Like he wants to use science but if a punch is needed to solve the problem, he wasn’t against it. It’s that scene where he’s talking about how he’s not afraid of Daleks. Cool as. It’s so refreshing to see someone call out Russell T Davis.

[@mikesecondname]

Like how Chris Hemsworth said he wouldn’t do Thor again if Taika Waititi was involved. It’s not even that it’s based. It’s just an integrity move by noticing the shite these directors are forcing does not make a good show.

[@craigcarroll3303]

I can't wait to see the Tv ratings for the Christmas special. It's gonna bomb so hard, lol.

[@bendream544]

Yeah those stupid little goblins....for once I'm really lost for words

[@PelemusMcSoy]

I wonder if RTD thought the still living Doctor actors would be ecstatic at the opportunity to come back in future episodes, but never expected for one of them to shoot him down.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

The emnity between RTD and Eccleston is well known. That's why Eccleston left the show in the first place. I doubt that he had any expectations to get him back. Jodie will probably make an appearance, but I would be highly surprised if Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi would come back.

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

I think Matt Smith is busy at the moment and has too much dignity to come back to this shit show!🤔😂

[@fictiontheorizer4253]

Peter Capaldi probably would if asked. The man has no dignity if the end of tenure is any indication. I'm hoping Matt Smith will avoid this like a plague, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[@quantumvideoscz2052]

Capaldi was under a contract. He couldn't just tell them to piss off and not do Season 10. He quite explicitly said on camera that he wants to leave his tenure as The Doctor as it is and not change it, so he won't be returning. As for Smith, who knows. @@fictiontheorizer4253

[@vdgadef]

​@@fictiontheorizer4253Elaborate on Capaldi please.

[@Wheelie2077]

RTD intends to upset Die Hard fans! Leave John McClane out of this!

[@cleanerben9636]

I want Christopher to come back.

[@tahlia__nerds_out]

He was the Doctor I liked best

[@CarnivoreMomma]

He is my favorite doctor, plus I share a birthday with Eccleston ❤.

[@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623]

Eccleston is still woke. His disagreement with RTD is personal in nature and the way things were run during his time as the Doctor. Not about politics.

[@tahlia__nerds_out]

@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 I know nothing about him as a person (other than the clip in this video). I just liked his particular iteration of the Doctor.

[@Vario69]

Chris: "I'll make my own Doctor Who, with blackjack and hookers!

[@irakorman848]

You speak for all of us who loved Dr. Who.

[@c3920]

Nice hoodie Disparu! Found your channel a few months ago. Keep up the good work. Respect from Colorado, USA.

[@GenuineLhachwen]

Ncuti Gatwa's casting couch, er, I mean 'casting call' must've been incredible!

[@mattevans4377]

Him needing only one audition comes across like how some girls got far in showbiz, by being forced to bang the right people. And I totally wouldn't be surprised if Russell and Ncuti were getting it on, behind the scenes.

[@lindastone6868]

The picture where he has his hand on RTD's face looks very intimate, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they were!

[@suburbanbanshee]

Whether they are or aren't, the point is that they took such a ridiculous, dignity-stealing picture. RTD wanted to look like a sugar daddy showing off a boy toy, wanted to emphasize that he was taller than an extremely short man, and wanted to look like he was doing a casting couch thing. A dignified photo would have showed them looking professional.

[@antfrancis9941]

Well, he arrived with his pants down.

[@runnerthemoose]

Well Russell does like BBC Big Black C&^%

[@settame1]

I heard something similar about the scientist in a wheelchair. After one audition Davis rewrote a character to be in a wheelchair for her specifically. Sometimes producers just do that.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

Maybe it’s just me, but didn’t that Gatwa-Russel picture remind anybody else of Harvey Weinstein?

[@theequalizer9154]

Yes.

[@paulholgate4664]

Hopefully a metoo backlash against Russell Turd Davies won’t be far off.

[@Mark-nh2hs]

NuWho is now what Lenny Henry's Doctor was like but with the Muppets sing a long 😂

[@HoLd_My_Beer_Thanks]

Tom Baker + Genesis of the Daleks + Two wires = Fantastic scene!!

[@nickk6518]

Brainwave: We could sell the BBC to Disney and then they could go down the crapper together.

[@quantumvideoscz2052]

If you listen closely, you can hear Jeremy Clarkson clapping and laughing maniacally after seeing this idea.

[@6-dpegasus425]

I love that the meep at 1:48 wasnt even that insulting to Rose, was just probably so confused about it and just called her weird xD

[@settame1]

Obviously the meep is just racist. That’s what they were talking about.

[@ridbanner1407]

As time passes you start rooting for the Meep more and more.

[@harbl99]

The Meep did nothing wrong.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

Started video. Got a feeling in my gut and checked out the rest of what you were offering. Ahh one of those channels.

[@Kendro311]

Smacking the booth with a hammer in order to create a duplicate? I'm pretty sure that's re-tardis.

[@Michellex1]

Thanks Disparu! I needed this.

[@thegreatzarb8835]

So it ends, not with a bang or a whimper but a Russell...

[@DaveLynchWriter]

Haha.. brilliant

[@ptonpc]

There may have been banging involved?

[@SUPERTOASTERGOD]

The hammer hitting the Tardis was "Looney & Tooney" - Tom & Jerry. Goblins, WTF.

[@Mark-nh2hs]

Singing Goblins... Next The Muppets will guest appear 😂

[@redwolf92]

I can't unsee that Disparu looks like Larry Bundy Jr.

[@tedkord1968]

Eccleston wants them fired due to his personal grievances with them. It has zero to do with the direction of the show or quality of the stories. Trying to make it seem like it does just shows the weakness of your argument.

[@keithbk]

Perhaps, but the grievances of Eccleston do not make the last 3 episodes worth watching, either.

[@gavinclark9130]

I think we all know what happened on Russell T. Davies casting couch with this one 😮

[@andyforbes5553]

Right here goes, I grew up watching the Great Tom Baker as the Dr and what made it great was the shows commitment to the story. The show may have had cheap effects and such but it had a load of great actor's who would bring everything to life. The old Dr Who was a side show for the nerds and geeks and no one cared about us. Now the Wokkies have destroyed all the nerd and geek culture. This is why so many of us are looking overseas for our entertainment even more than usual. Once where we had well written engaging shows, now we have a delivery system for The Message and not entertainment.

[@cthulhurising666]

These are dark times for Nerddom...they've destroyed nearly everything we hold dear from D&D / TTRPG to comics to Star Wars and now my beloved Dr. Who. At least we still have what came before...I also grew up with Tom Baker, and have gone back to rewatch from the original Season 1.

[@luckyleo25]

Same here. Started with Tom Baker on PBS in the US. By the way, I did not see any of the 60th anniversary specials. I did check out the different reviews and I heard about the lunacy of bi-generation. But I never saw the splitting of the TARDIS, until now. And I was actually disgusted and horrified. That atrocious scene just shits all over "The Doctor's Wife" by Neil Gaiman. Yeah, I am OUT!

[@PassoutProductions]

The what? The wookies? I think you'll find that's the wrong fandom. You can't even spell correctly!

[@daniilbelov8652]

What is the difference between a Man and a Parasite? A Man builds. A Parasite asks, "Where is my share?" A Man creates. A Parasite says, "What will the neighbors think?" A Man invents. A Parasite says, "Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God..." Meant to be a satire, now is a reality.

[@DelDredd]

@@PassoutProductions And you cannot read correctly .

[@skylx0812]

A month or so ago I sat through a nearly 3hr video of Michael at Retroblasting saying, _"...this script is so Stupid."_ It was his heartfelt farwell to Indiana Jones and The Dismal of Disasters. Now I have that stuck in my head that its my automatic response anything current pop culture has to pinch out.

[@jkdbuck7670]

I refuse to watch The Dial of Dogcrap. Crystal Skull was great up until Shia LaDoof showed up.

[@reanukeevesau]

Love the Nine Line Hoodie Disparu! Thanks for supporting Veterans! Love from a Commonwealth Island Criminal who served in the Australian Army and had the Privilege of working alongside some great British Soldiers during my career! PARATUS!

[@lylepetersen814]

I've never seen that many Jimmy Savile references without ever saying his name.

[@Reidbynature]

I hadn't watched the show since the Emoji-bots episode so this was the first time seeing how they duplicated the TARDIS. What a Travesty. Then you've got a new Doctor so camp that Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 would shout slurs at him.

[@cthulhurising666]

Underrated comment!

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

Don't you mean "The Re-Tardis!"😂😂😂

[@Reidbynature]

@@andrewmclachlan4242 Patent that!

[@istaphobe]

How did RTD miscalculate that there are actually parents out there who will sit their children in front of this garbage? Those who share his politics don’t have kids or abort them. This new child audience he’s aiming for doesn’t exist.

[@Cee1003]

Neil Patrick Harris does, who out there is unaware he is an alphabet guy? Love him by the way but equally love your term Disparu, it's adopted because I'm tired of quoting half of the alphabet.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@Cee1003okay, and? He’s an exception. Considering it’s physically impossible for homosexuals to produce children through their relationships, it’s not a stretch to say that generally, homosexuals don’t have kids. Beyond that, OP was broadly speaking of leftists, who do have a great disdain for the lives of children, being disposed to a vociferous hatred of children and parenthood.

[@Azdaja13]

They do have children; they just abuse them and turn them into mini-mes to fuel their narcissism.

[@Simon-xc5oy]

I just want to see where the live viewing figures are after Ngayti's full first season. As it will be clear by then its only for gay people and Twitter nutjobs. How big is that audience going to be? The BBC just axed Question of Sport, because it was getting low ratings. It had dropped to below a million viewers. It used to get 4 - 5 million viewers just three or so years ago, but they axed the presenting team to make it more woke and shake it up...They did that so well the audience left and now its done. I await the ending of the Ngayti Gaywa season and its audience figures with great interest.

[@NightimeInDeepSpace]

The audience is shrinking I really don't see as many young gen z into it as millennials and I doubt the "new" brits will let their kids watch it either

[@ZeopoZero]

It's funny how for the Isaac Newton's race swap. They justified as well we are fantasy TV show you can change stuff like that. But surprisingly they kept Rosa park as herself. I wonder why they didn't change hers..

Yeah why couldn't Rosa be played by a white british gay man? I don't see how they can complain, it is fantasy and fiction and so no rules apply.

[@MamaMOB]

Christopher Eccleston was always the doctor we did not deserve.

[@justanotherdave4835]

with finn picking up a lightsaber that was what everyone wanted and expected, we were all annoyed that it was a fake out

[@charlescaine6022]

When you make a country more like the rest of the world, you don't make that country more diverse, you make the world less diverse.

Also funny how that Diversity never happens in other places that are not places where White Europeans were from. I don't see much diversity in the Middle East, Africa, India or Asia.

[@garym6315]

Since 2005 I honestly don't get why people thought RTD was a talented writer. A lot of the success of the comeback came from the established concept of Dr Who created by his predecessors, combined with the desire from the public to see that institution back on TV. RTD's scripts had crass, crude innuendo, sexual jokes, soap opera dialogue, companions lusting after the Doctor, villains who all sing and dance in a flamboyant way that they never did in classic Who. That's NOT who the Toymaker or Master is.

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

Yep! I was never an RTD/Tennant fanboy either I think they're both highly overrated imo! RTD is just a second rate soap writer and gave us little more than "EastEnders in Space!"🤔

[@marychocolatefairy]

I always thought the strongest part of RTD's era was the visual part of the show - they were able to update the show's look to make it visually appealing to a 2005 audience but still keep its essence. But yeah, I wasn't a big fan of some of his writing choices, such as inflating the importance of the Companions. I remember he annoyed some fans in the lead up to the 2005 debut by saying he was going to fix the Companions and give them a feminist makeover. So naturally a lot of old school fans were wondering what was wrong with Liz Shaw, Jo, Sarah Jane, etc.

[@bendream544]

Wrong! The strongest thing he did was LEAVE.

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

@@andrewmclachlan4242 Why are you blaming the actor for the script he was given?

[@ThatDarnRedKhezu]

They dag up the corpse and violated in front of us for WOKE points.

[@dryames4319]

Gatwa moved to Scotland when he’s 2. He’s British.

[@mikestansbury2510]

im sure his only audition consisted of "hi, i'm black and gay" and of course they stopped him right there and hired him on the spot

Nah between the "Hi I'm black and gay" and hiring, was a private meeting to schuti all over RTD's back in a hotel room, then he got hired.

[@midlifelab]

No longer Doctor Who, but Doctor Why Bother! (Props to Sheldon)

[@blankadams3120]

I was just about ready to argue that, by RTD's logic, that means there are sixteen or seventeen Doctors now wandering across time and space? Minimum, then there's however many regenerations the Timeless Child created... and then I went, "Hang on! Every regeneration of the Doctor is right there! In David Tennant! He doesn't leave a body behind when he 'dies', he reuses the energy of his previous form to build a new one!" So, Ncuti (Sho-tee) is a new creation and most definitely NOT the doctor., since Tennant is still alive. Really quick slap dash fix? He's the new Master, with a heaping helping of the Toymaker having jump started his new existence. Boom, go from there, off and running, since he has a Tardis of his own... Pretty sure RTD wanted Ncuti's BBC, and that's why he only had to audition 'once'...

[@Krampusvongrinch]

Episode One: let’s have a 20 year old actor play an underage character that has undergone life changing treatment, then state that trans people are spiritually superior, hermaphroditic gods. Episode Two: Out of 5 characters we have to race swap one of them to meet our 20% non-white quota (hat tip to Az for pointing that out). Oh, and the Timeless Children is still canon. Episode Three: “You won a prize, honey”. Nuff said. RIP Dr Who.

[@bridgetdowning7819]

I like my boyfriend's idea that Matt Smith was the last doctor and he died in Christmas. the writers decided to retcon it by giving him another 12 regenerations for no reason other than to put the show on life support at that point

[@DavidMorrison-ol7cn]

Thanks for that video! Best laugh of my day, that. Thank you. And bang on!

[@thanqualthehighseer]

i was expecting they were going to continue to pull and every Doctor was going to come out in a Conga line.

[@MrBonified66]

That would actually have been great

[@King-of-the-Brittons]

Cant believe they did a "dont you think she looks tired" on the Doctor.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Imagine if Gatwa was a woman how awkward those promo shots with RTD would be, and having Gatwa spend most of the episode in underwear. Definitely a big part of his hiring was that RTD hopes to bang him.

[@EvilLeprechuan]

Everytime I ssee the pic of Davies with Gatwa, I swear he got the part by sleeping with him.

[@mikewoodman7700]

Your mention of morality reminds me of Tom Baker saying how he had to be aware not to be seen swearing, drinking or smoking ie an actor who realised the importance of his role.