Doctor Who’s Best Episode

[@Bl4ckD0g]

Apparently the TARDIS is sentient. So basically anytime it disappears or the Doctor thinks he's lost it, it's just the ship going "eh, I'll show up when he needs me, I know where to be."

[@brendenhawley2225]

Also Doctor is time sensitive, Tardis is a Time Machine and it kind of makes thematic and gravity sense to be drawn to the heart of the planet. Yeah in the the EU beteeen time sensitive and complex space time events, they keep on making up new reasons for his plot armor. But I am fine with it because he a freaking time lord, makes sense time would bend to him a little bit.

[@Rexotec]

more like 'I know when to be' amirite lads?

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@Rexotec Based.

[@lyrimetacurl0]

It is, basically a Celebi

[@kyler.windhorst]

@@Rexotecread my mind

[@redjirachi1]

The scene that really sold me on the Beast's boasts not being empty was seeing the possessed Toby outside, completely exposed to the vacuum of space no worse for ware despite having a fragile human body. It's like the Beast is flexing his ability to defy the rules of the setting

[@randallbesch2424]

It is no beast of the fields and its powers are great even to defying the vacuum of space.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

It actually makes the Beast far more human. One thing in every depiction of an Elder God is they have absolulty nothing they need to prove to us. It is a complete waste of time to "flex" and show off becuase it is so far above us, it does not need our admiration, approval or worship. Now taking his showing off as proof that while powerful yes, it still comes up short to God Tier. My take is that an ancient Type III Civilization using Science for questionable reasons accidently created the Beast . The Beast just wants to get free and live some small bit of life that it never got to being imprisoned for millions of years. Did it go about it is a bad way. Maybe, however nobody can say how they would feel after a million year sentence until they complete.... a million year sentence. Trapped on an empty planet, for eterenity, being unable to die, knowing if any creature looks upon it, will panic, and refuse to listen to any explanation. Are the humans really the good guys here?

[@nullpoint3346]

Technically that's the Mind. The body is the Beast.

[@JustapErson]

@@nullpoint3346 But it's still the Beast's power that lets it happen, plus that's a very weird and unnecessary distinction.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@JustapErson The evil creature isn't the Beast, the Beast is the body of the creature after the mind abandoned it, did they not say something along those lines when they found out it was mindless?

[@brobs0463]

Its a real testament to the incredible art and physical effects team that they managed to make the Ood look so alien and sinister yet also look so kind

[@NeonValleys]

Yeah whatever, have you seen the doctor dancing in a skirt?!? Talk about impressive art! clearly the new doctor who is way better

[@thedukeofcheese6884]

@@NeonValleys What does this comment even mean? Also when did the Doctor even wear a skirt, he wore a kilt but never a skirt. It seems like you are just making up things to be mad about

[@NeonValleys]

@@thedukeofcheese6884 lol tell me you didn't watch all the new episodes without telling me. He did wear a skirt and it was fabulous, ur just making stuff up to be mad about sweetheart 😘

[@thedukeofcheese6884]

@@NeonValleys I think I misinterpreted your comment, I thought you were mad about the skirt. Also are you sure, I thought it was a kilt but if it was a skirt that’s cool too

[@TheRealZombieWizard]

@@NeonValleys Only Amy Pond wears a skirt. The Doctor wore a kilt. Ncuti Gatwa is the Fifteenth Doctor and it’s a kilt.

[@EverTheFractal]

I fully agree. Just the fact that we don't get any answers leaves this episode stuck in the back of my mind. The horror of never fully understanding what it was, why the language didn't translate, how everything possible pointed towards it being Earth's idea of the devil so far away from Earth? It's mind boggling. Plus introducing the Ood is great. I never really minded the ending with him finding the tardis cause the episode is based around faith and the impossible so it felt fitting for his lifeline to coincidentally show up exactly when he needed it. So yeah, great video!

[@waterwaveybaby]

Thanks so much! Yeah I think it was the right choice too, no answers they would of came up with would have been as interesting as just wondering about it, I think finding the tardis just happens so quick that I was caught a little off guard but it’s a big story and fitting it all in the time they hard was probably difficult, still my favourite two parter

[@therobustempyrean1436]

They did kind of explain why it seemed like the Earth version of the devil, it's the psychic influence, and has touched every culture in the universe.

[@soundwavegamer2321]

@@therobustempyrean1436ya it’s still chilling when the Doctor asked the Beast which Devil is it and it only responded “All of them!”

[@incarnateflame2312]

I know its hard to show humans there are no coincidences but it shouldnt be so hard to see that in this show. If were conscious then the things were made of must be, on some level, conscious. The Tardis was shown to be conscious in this series countless times i know that and im far from being a superfan. Good show though. There are no coincidences literally everything thats ever happened everywhere led up to whatever thing youre judging to be significant or insignificant. Its not predetermined bc there are obviously infinite branches of time but the entire idea of shit being random is a fallacy bc of that.

[@Nthn1vry]

the Ood are one of my favorite aliens. not only do they look amazing and realistic. i feel they have the advantage of looking really cute and then really terrifying when they become possessed.

[@JKa244]

Good ol pasta-beards

[@redjirachi1]

They've got that pug energy

[@wild_pumpkin]

How?! They look like a naked mole rat and cthulu had a kid. (I’m not complaining I love them but like still these things are terrifying)

[@edz4prez204]

@@wild_pumpkin Their innocence and cluelessness makes them adorable for some reason plus we feel bad for them seeing the way humans treat them so they’re sort of an ugly-cute type 😭

[@alexrogers9086]

They’re vaguely Cthulhu-esque

[@twideslauriers7875]

its so based that Rose immediately starts trying to unionize the ood once she knows they aren’t trying to kill her

[@carolinemcgovern4488]

It also fits right in with the other stuff as well in this video because she recognises that the ood can be exploited so worked to protect them from that. And what protects you from exploitation from within your job? A union. It's not only based but works with the themes too. (Granted I don't think a union would have done much with the Beast, but at the very least, it's the thought that counts)

[@cfor8129]

Rose "are they paying you?" Tyler is the best

[@Will-dn9dq]

​@@carolinemcgovern4488 lmfao your idea of union is delusional. Unions provide protection lol. Literally mafia and Jimmy Hoffa

[@claudeyaz]

Yeah but unions the way they existor flawed, very easily corruptible​@@carolinemcgovern4488

[@nonsensicalramblings9167]

Extremely common Rose W

[@Cold_Zero_The_Wise]

"is that Your Religion?" Will always be one of the most spin chilling lines ive heard.

[@multiverseofmalice7795]

He bathers in the black sun is the most metal

[@gracieisbored9191]

david tennant is a master at facial expressions hes iconic as hell. just as iconic as capaldi’s eyebrows

[@josefhammar2793]

You know, I remember from my childhood an episode called "the waters of mars", and it frightened me to no end as a single drop could seal your fate.

[@waterwaveybaby]

I watched this episode a few days ago it’s so great, I still remember the ad for it when it first came out with the doctor saying “just one drop”

[@ndsketcher6445]

@@waterwaveybaby Ok I know this sounds utterly unbelievable but it is true, I swear. For some reason, I don't really remember most of my dreams, if I even have them most nights - I assume I do, but I can still count on my fingers the number of dreams I remembered when I woke up. Another weird thing about my dreams is that all of them seem to be fairly fleshed out stories; they might have strange things happening, but it would all make sense within the world of the dream. Starting with Nine, I began watching Doctor Who I think during the first or second season of Eleven. About 1-2 years before I watched the show, one of my dreams was EXTREMELY similar to "The Waters of Mars": 1. A group of people trapped on a space station 2. An outsider who doesn't belong with and doesn't really like the crew but is there anyway 3. A scientific expedition to try and find signs of past life on the planet 4. The discovery of not only past, but also present, life on the planet 5. That life being some kind of sentient water monster 6. Chases through the space station to try and get away from/ neutralize the entity 7. The crew being picked off one by one dying in horrible ways. Again, this was at least 2-3 years before I actually saw that episode and when it I started texting with my friend who was caught up on the show in all caps freaking out about it more and more as the episode went on.

[@fops.5178]

@@waterwaveybaby honestly i was more scared of the Doctor in that episode, bro absolutely lost it 💀💀

[@jamesw3413]

That fucking terrified me as a kid. Their mouths man...

[@stirlingstafford6502]

Ah yes, The Waters Of Mars, shat me up as a 10 year old.

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

The reason I love this episode is because the Beast is as far above the Doctor as the Doctor is above other humans. The particular line after the Doctor went on about different religions and how the Beast can't be real, "Is that your religion?", followed by the Doctor's silence and sheepish response is fantastic.

[@tomnorton4277]

Also, he's voiced by Sutekh. That's Gabriel Woolf from Tom Baker's Pyramids of Mars.

[@mayotango1317]

Meh, the Doctor already meet Eternals and Animus.

[@beware_the_mist]

my favorite episode has got to be the ones with the silence in it, that or the library one. both amazingly terrifying concepts.

[@waterwaveybaby]

I rewatched the Library one the other day and forgot how great it is, made me spooked of my own shadow for a little

[@themangledwither]

@@waterwaveybaby hey who turned out the lights?

[@balthazarasquith]

Shut up Dr. Moon

[@rahullbhai7939]

Omg I wish they did something more with the silence one of my favorite characters throughout the show

[@Norn_Ambassador]

@@themangledwither Are you my mommy?

[@MrRjhyt]

For me, the darkest would be Donna choosing to die in 'Turn Left', and the voices of the dead begging not to be dissected in 'Dark Waters/Death in Heaven'. Chilling and deeply unsettling.

[@mcdc700]

You mean cremated? Or am I forgetting something

[@talesofgore9424]

Ponds getting forcibly yanked back in time by Weeping Angels was absolutely FUCKED too

[@SpecialInterestShow]

​Absolutely destroyed me@@talesofgore9424

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

"DONT CREMATE ME!"

[@ralfphelps8365]

Personally, Adelaide Brooks suicide is the darkest moment of the show. Truly gritty and bleak

[@VersusArdua]

It's a shame this Lovecraftian aspect to the extensive Doctor Who mythos never seen more light in the scope of the whole series. I mean, this is literally an exploration of the Christian hell that's done so well and in such a short span of time. Episodes like this were the benchmark for Doctor Who and I just feel as though it was matched so infrequently that there really was a lot of potential lost here

[@greywolf9783]

And people often forget the Midnight planet creature

[@connorscorner443]

That's one of my all time favourite episodes

[@haruthegremlin]

@@connorscorner443 me too, i love midnight! it actually freaked my dad out a bit when we watched it together. never actually finding out what the creature was is the best part.

[@I_Stole_Your_Toast]

Nobody has forgotten the Midnight entity

[@hareecionelson5875]

one of the only aliens to beat the doctor. he was toast if not for the stewardess

[@Godlysound]

Midnight entity is without a doubt the scariest new who monster. Just that shot of the crystal planet we get, completely uninhabitable... Then the guy says something is moving out there as the shutters close... It's just set up so we'll and executed so perfectly by the performers

[@DayerethSelmar8682]

I think it's less fear of the 'unknown' and more fear of the 'unknowable'

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Ties in brilliantly with a black hole, doesn't it?

[@jhongamer786]

​@@eyesofthecervino3366 No, personally I believe that humans dont fear the unknown, they fear the unpredictable. Like we are the type of creatures that like to be in control of everything, like if you get something unknown thrown at you, if you can predict what it will do, then it dosen't scare you that much.

[@Krustythefrown14]

While the TARDIS being in the pit looks like an asspull (and honestly I think it probably was) I think that gust of wind that blasts the Doctor into it is interesting. With the episode focusing so heavily on faith and the devil specifically its interesting that despite being named there's no presence of the other, the light. Probably because while Doctor Who can handwave the beast as just a creature they don't want to confirm a literal creator god but I like to think that the TARDIS wasn't in the pit until the Doctor smashed the jars. His faith was rewarded with the way out and that gust of wind was the presence of the other making itself known if only subtly to thank the Doctor for dooming the beast.

[@joshuahunter7475]

That’s a brilliant interpretation

[@monroerobbins7551]

Honestly, I like that a lot more, and I think they should credit you with if they ever pull on that plot line again

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Having the light and shade in the helmets making their faces look like skulls is a nice touch.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

"Hey, who turned out the lights?!"

[@jimtheperson.4999]

As a doctor who fan i can confirm that bon a cafa latta is the best part about the show

[@vladtheinhaler93]

As an eldritch horror myself, this was easily the most enjoyable episode of Who. The real spooky thing though: My ex wife is a dead ringer for Billie Piper, she did some costume work for the show, I used to be a tiler, and my surname is Rose...

[@waterwaveybaby]

There's definitely some spooky wibbly wobbly time stuff going on there

[@LukSter18998]

it’s all connected then

[@LukSter18998]

ph oh oh oh um there wasn’t any mention of noel clarke or barrowman doing horrible shit?

[@jackcollinsmartin4210]

I feel like people forget just how many aspects of cosmic horror the Whoniverse has used over the years. In fact, I wish the show did more with these concepts. The closest we've gotten in NuWho is with this two-parter in the video, and also some of the work that Torchwood has done in s1 and s2, and eventually in Doctor Who s11 and s12 (even though the main cosmic horror in 'It Takes You Away' was cut from the episode at the last second.) Also, when it comes to the Doctor Who EU, there's loads oc cosmic horror stuff that really fits with the lore. In the VNAs, the Doctor literally dances with Death herself on the surface of the moon. And the only reason the Doctor doesn't get hit with the vacuum of space is because Death simply chooses not to take him. Also in some of the later VNAs, they meet biblically accurate angels, and many of the main villains are the Great Old Ones themselves from Lovecraftian lore. In the EDAs (Eighth Doctor Adventures), the Timelords are shown to be incredibly eldritch themselves. One Timelord, I.M. Foreman, literally blinded himself to heighten his psychic abilities. Eventually, they regenerated into an elderly grandmother type of figure. This Granny literally created an entire universe on her own with her powers, and put it in a bottle. Dozens upon dozens of time-faring species surrounded her planet but knew not to attack or do anything because she could wipe them all out by snapping her fingers. Doctor Who has so much deep, eldritch lore and I wish NuWho did more with it because it's really cool and unique for a science fiction franchise.

[@AstraRoseYT]

Are you telling me I could have had Cthulhu in Doctor Who? I am so miffed, I need this to happen…maybe the Innsmouth stuff or Dunwich Horror

[@error404idnotfound3]

Also what about Zagreus? The representation of the resentment of every single being that never existed, and who wanted every single universe to all exist at the same time?

[@video-luver769]

Classic Who had some great Cosmic Horror, such as the Great Intelligence, the Gods of Ragnarok, Fenric, the Celestials...

[@not-OJ-Simpson]

Which story from the VNA had Biblically accurate angels? I'd love to read it.

[@jackcollinsmartin4210]

@not-OJ-Simpson The book is "Lucifer Rising", by Andy Lane and Jim Mortimore. Just a head's up though, the book takes place in the middle of a larger story arc. It's also one of the few VNAs that has illustrations inside (another I can think of is "All-Consuming Fire", which is also by Andy Lane).

[@imsquiddly6836]

13: I don’t really believe in Satan. Me: YOU LITERALLY MET SATAN.

[@lozm4835]

And they shoved him in the galactic locker.

[@maxrichards3881]

Missed the point of the speech, I see.

[@imsquiddly6836]

@@maxrichards3881 How so?

[@maxrichards3881]

@@imsquiddly6836 "Except that implies in this big grand scheme of Gods and Devils that she's just a victim. But I've seen a lot of this universe. I've seen fake gods and bad gods and demi-gods and would-be gods, and out of all that, out of that whole pantheon, if I believe in one thing, just one thing, I believe in her."

[@imsquiddly6836]

@@maxrichards3881 Since you just gave a quote but didn't elaborate I'm going have to guess what you're trying to say- It sounds, from my end, like your point is that when 13 says she doesn't believe in Satan, despite having met the OG in person, she means she doesn't recognize the authority or will of the beast. The difference being believing something exists vs having faith in one's capabilities. Do I have that right or am I off?

[@permeus2nd]

41:50 think on this one you are a timelord with unlimited (let’s forget that it’s only meant to be 11) regenerations and you die from suffocation only to regenerate and find you are out of oxygen so you die only to regenerate you get my point as hells go he is in one of the more sucky ones I can think of.

[@JoshSweetvale]

36:00 That exact spacesuit actually becomes _the Doctor's spacesuit._ One of his outfits, to the point that 11 and 12 use it! 20:00 Freeing the Ood was Donna's finest hour. Her _fury_ at the idiot executives who propagated the enslavement, even the Doctor was impressed. "Just save _someone..."_ had a longer reach. But the Ood shall forever be good guys thanks to the DoctorDonna. 48:00 I always thought that the Beast wasn't the only one at work. The cable snapping was _not_ in the Beast's interests, and the TARDIS crashing down right at the Beast's prison... Miracles of light.

[@calumbo9315]

I always had a headcanon since it aired that the Beast was able to increase its telepathic reach from the Tardis landing there alone. From the Tardis falling down to the pit on the Beast really starts taking control to break free, yet it never even attempted to do anything prior to the Tardis landing, so I've always thought that the Beast used the Tardis to increase its own powers to escape. Plus the cable snapping off as the Doctor started telling everyone they could beat the beast if they worked together as well as not to listen to it because it's just praying on their fears with its speech about being the Devil seemed more like the Beast was cutting the Doctor off to me, but I love the idea of there being another force at work that's way more interesting!

[@ChrisVillagomez]

​@@calumbo9315My favorite unanswered question is, "Was the Beast put in it's prison like how Lucifer was sent to Hell, by some kind of benevolent deity? Or was it some kind of über-advanced alien race?"

[@pugwhisperer6502]

@@ChrisVillagomezI personally think the crack in time is basically a merciful Abraham if God. God knew the doctor needed more life to help more people so he made more lives for him

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

Lucifer is not in Hell. ​@@ChrisVillagomez

[@ChrisVillagomez]

@ChristianProtossDragoon Lucifer Morningstar is the Angel that rose up against Yahweh and was then cast out to Hell with his other Fallen Angels, who became the first Demons. The Devil, or Satan, as we know him, wasn't a concept until far later when people didn't understand what a Satan was in Hebrew. It means something like a judge, and it's used a lot in the Old Testament. Later, people didn't understand what a Satan was due to various translation errors in the Bible (the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, the original New Testament was written in Greek, then translated into Hebrew and Latin and a million other languages), and so they assumed Satan was some singular monstrous being responsible for punishment and judgement. Obviously, since Lucifer was supposedly sent to Hell and people thought that Satan was a being who judged wrongdoing, they started equating the two until we got the Devil/Satan/Lucifer we know today

[@theexchipmunk]

Personally, I think this episode is not really scary. What it is, is very bleak and lonely. Very few episodes of DR. Who really manage to project this inconciveble vastness and lonlyness of space and thime. And how otherworldy the fringes of this romp through space and time are. This sinking feeling. It´s a great comic horror, but nor really all that scary. In my books one of the scariest episodes is still Silence in the Library. Blink takes a second place, with the scariest monster. But the Vashta Nerada are really terrifing. And the implication of these things being everywhere. Makes you think on what happened to a good few people who wen´t hiking on the Dr. Who earth and never came back.

[@A_Spec]

So just to correct the physics here, an object can orbit a black hole just like it can do any object as long as it has enough momentum.

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

Would that be infinite momentum?

[@TheLordHighNoob]

I think an easy in universe way to explain the Tardis being at the bottom of the Pit is "the Beast was trying to scare them away from itself - the failsafe to destroy it - and from the Tardis - the only escape option."

[@TranscendentLion]

Another fun detail is that the Beast was voiced by Gabriel Woolf, who voiced Sutekh in 'Pyramids of Mars'. With its vast spans of time, lost civilisations, and a villain casually identifying himself with Satan, it's another great story for cosmic horror in Who.

[@Spacecowboy448]

This aged well 👀

[@caveychip7]

Indeed

[@andrewmorgan693]

I remember watching this the first time like “oh hey haha that’s weird hey WHAT THE FUCK”

[@StudioKelpie1993]

Kind of reminds me of Dead Space with the Marker controlling people and an unknown threat just twisting the minds of people

[@waterwaveybaby]

Oh Damn I hadn’t thought about that, Playing the remake and there are a bunch of similarities

[@valance10]

Its even got the insane scribbles and all

[@CamTheWarlock]

When you think about it, Doctor Who is a horror show. I started watching when I was young, and while I loved the Doctor and how cool he was, I was *terrified* of the villains. One of the first things I saw in any show that truly terrified me was that gas mask child during the 9th doctor’s run. Looking back it was a fantastic episode, one where it had one of the best endings, but the thought of being taken over and having your mind replaced only by fear is a horrifying concept. I really should go back and rewatch it, because it’s been years since I last really watched Doctor Who.

[@TurbanatorUK]

The most terrifying moment for me was when Toby saw the his hands and then his face in the mirror with that musical sting, and my heart skipped a beat with genuine terror, from his acting afraid. Imagine if, for some unforseeable reason, writing on a stone appears on your skin, and then your own face? It was mind boggling given the enemies and aliens we know of, and it ties nicely with the new series of DW, with more supernatural opponents instead of highly technological ones.

[@Laurielism]

Good essay! I agree with absolutely everything you've said, although I would counter the most terrifying enemy with Midnight. Seeing the Doctor helpless was horrifying.

[@deaththegirl3371]

My personal most terrifying episode is Waters of Mars, not even because of the monster but because of the Doctor. He had such terrifying potential in that episode and almost became Time Lord Victorious. Just reminded me so hard lf the Family of Blood episodes where they talked about the Doctor having the potential to be the scariest being in the universe.

[@lukelogan8814]

Not so much cosmic horror but the scariest episode for me was "The Empty Child", specifically part 1. The only time I've ever had a nightmare because of Doctor Who.

[@Amira_Phoenix]

It was glorious

[@rogue_2k374]

Oh, THANK YOU! No one else I’ve ever talked to was actually scarred by this one. I literally couldn’t take the image of a gas mask from how terrified that episode was and stopped watching for a while because of it.

[@themoocow7718]

'Are you my mummy?' with the gas mask. it's amazing. .

[@garybob212]

​@@themoocow7718GO TO YOUR ROOM😡

[@Olivia-gg8bt]

I'm 32 years old and I STILL have to hide my face when that doctor transforms. Terrifies me to this day.

[@CummyPancakes]

As a teen I never understood why I loved The Impossible Planet so much compared to the other episodes. It was the start of my exploration of Cosmic Horror. Eventually leading to my love of HP lovecraft and leading to dozens of tattoos of his works. I didn't put the pieces together until maybe 10 years later as I'm watching the reruns with my wife. After havibg already gone under the needle for my Cthulu tattoo.

[@jonathankozenko]

I absolutely love this episode, although in some ways I wouldn't call it terrifying for the same reason I wasn't terrified with Blink: Honestly, I was too intrigued to be scared. I also thought that the conversation between The Doctor & Ida Scott worked so well because the whole episode was about pure, intensified hopelessness, and how it transitions to the two of them being left behind by the others in the rocket, and then The Doctor meeting The Beast...... absolutely brilliant way of juggling emotional tones!

[@casey475]

Impossible Planet and Satan’s Pit are pretty good cosmic horror stories. But it’s pretty standard and straightforward satanic conflict. One I found way more terrifying was Midnight since it was clear that The Doctor was never in control of the situation. The only reason that he and everyone else survived was one person seeing through the fear and paranoia, and that after all that we still ended up learning barely anything about this creature that came closer to killing him than most of his foes.

[@Gibbons3457]

Midnight was by far the most disconcerting episode of Doctor Who. Not merely scary but utterly unnerving.

[@bradleycombs2626]

Wow, how does this video not have more views??? Great video; you did a good job of weaving the narrative of the episode with your analysis of the cosmic horror theme.

[@yeeterofannoyingpeople4003]

One of the most memorable doctor who episodes to me, is the one where they visit the human in space who lives all alone, which I personally believe is based of the shortest horror story ever “the last man on earth sat alone in a room… there was a knock on the door”

[@atheos5748]

Must've been a kick in the nuts to see the show fall as low as it has today.

[@Nextia_]

Inevitable with how long it’s been going on for now

[@Kaptime]

It will regenerate, eventually

[@koltonlomas7111]

I really do think that the beast in this episode is actually Satan and God does exist in the doctor who universe

[@DraconicToast]

Nah, the episode with the sentient water on mars gave me nightmaresas a kid. This is still scary but that one was HORROR. One drop of water and you're gone. DAMN.

[@FrankFurther]

Nah you're both wrong. The true biggest horror will always be the gas mask zombies

[@LadyAltaria]

This two-parter, The Empty Child, and Blink are my go-tos for introducing people to Doctor Who. Amazing episodes.

[@pop000690]

This will probably be my favorite Dr Who two parter. Its equal parts Event Horizon, Alien, The Doom and Dead Space games and a bit of Evil Dead. Granted not quite as violent as those mentioned franchises (as Who is a family show) but the Eldritch Horror mixed with Biblical Demons is really well done with both of those episodes.

[@FrankFurther]

This whole season was the absolute height of Who

[@Jackson-ub1uv]

I disagree. For me, the height of Doctor Who belongs to Capaldi's best scenes and episodes.

[@chrisbell23797]

What if instead of the beast simply stealing the archeologist's body, it SWAPPED minds. Meaning that when the doctor sees the beast, he is actually seeing Toby trapped in the body trapped in the pit

[@crawlzzz]

One of my favorite episodes. I think I like it so much because it's so similar to Event Horizon which is one of my absolute favorite sci-fi horror movies. Any time science fiction is blended with religious themes, it's always super cool. I do think it's referencing God and Satan in the Christian sense, not necessarily as an abstract concept of good and evil like you suggested. But that's what makes it such an interesting concept, especially for the Doctor himself. Confronted by the fact that their could be that all knowing being that created the universe, and that his assumptions of how things came to be aren't necessarily true. Plus we just never even find out what or who the Beast really is, so there's never any real resolution to those difficult questions.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Having the Doctor face a does-not-compute what-the-fuck outside-context-problem is a clever idea, very scary when the tourist trickster scientist doesn't know anything.

[@adibemaxwell6111]

David Tennant was peak Doctor Who. Can't convince me otherwise.

[@SupeRainbowCupcakes]

37:53 "and the only thing bigger than his curiosity is his co- feelings for rose" I see what you did there

[@mn5499]

Im glad someone mentioned this episode it was my favourite

[@blasto652]

I love this episode sooo much! and gets me theory crafting especially with what we now know about the whoniverse and what I have learned of old who, A theory I had was that the Beast might be an Eternal that represents evil itself rather someone like Toy-Maker or Trickster, Aetolia Tones or so on. A being that never truely dies or ages someone who will witness eternity the long way around and each have there own aspect of reality they are based on. I think this is a really interesting concept because it could mean that there might even be a entity an eternal that represents the opposite, all the good in reality and would be really interesting to see them.

[@purplehaze2358]

I'd like to point out that a censored version of this episode was shown on the Disney channel, which is fucking hilarious.

[@ithnksum1jusdied]

Your vids are so entertaining, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rewatched all of them so I’m so excited to get to watch this one now 😮‍💨

[@waterwaveybaby]

Thank you so much! Had so much fun making this one, it means a lot

[@Amira_Phoenix]

25:21 the archeologist with red-eye and hellish symbols all over his face was so spectacular

[@anonymoose271_5]

I still think the mondasian cybermen in the end of season 10 are the most terrifying monsters. It's quite horrific knowing they're real people who are constantly in agonising pain.

[@BottomBunkArt]

Examining the Ood with the added context of their further appearances really does show that the humans in this episode were attributing their human perceptions of how to live onto the Ood, and that they were definitely in the wrong.

[@williamaldred335]

Yeah the Ood are peaceful and wish to aid other species literally cause they have to carry their brain in their hands. Its not that they require servitude, they are just incredibly friendly

[@_mad_cat_]

One of my favourite episodes has to be "Midnight" I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@waterwaveybaby]

Midnight is probably my favourite it was so close on which I was gonna do a video on so chances are I’ll end up doing a vid on it at some point, because the acting is sooo good and one of the best monsters

[@n7evans225]

Is that video ever coming out?

[@jackablamo]

Such an underrated two parter. It’s absolutely amazing

[@ZenileGamer]

Doctor who is such a timeless show. It's truly impressive and comforting knowing a show and be kept so consistent for decades

[@f-zilla7347]

“And I might” Ayo? 🤨

[@ComradeCrab93]

This and Midnight are my favorite Dr Who episodes. Absolute classics, and I think Dr Who is at its best when it plays with horror.

[@AnIdiot49]

With all your talk of the brilliant HP Lovecraft in this video I did think of some of the similarities between the beast and a particular outer god in the mythos known as Nyarlathotep and what’s so special about him is that he takes joy in the tormented of other beings. While a god like Cthulhu just sees humans as tools to his malevolent plans and not much else Nyar is a greater manipulator than the others and him being able to take any form he wants could be responsible for every religion that our world knows which is similar to what the beast said. And while I definitely don’t think the beast is Nyar as a huge Lovecraft fan I just found the similarities fun to point out. Rant over I enjoyed the vid

[@rottenspooks3518]

I think that The Beast probably wasn't as powerful as it claimed since we know it was trying to scare the crew and The Doctor we can't take anything it says at it's word and instead just judge it by what we can observe it doing which is mostly telepathy and mind control/posession which are things we have seen before and since in Doctor Who. Although perhaps it is more of a Pennywise level entity in which it *needs* you to be scared of it to do anything at all which is why it needed to scare Toby so much before it could possess him.

[@BeyondBaito]

I think the TARDIS being there at the last minute is sort of a "putting your faith in god even for a moment"...moment? Like who would've guessed it would be there the whole time, it just happens to be there when The Doctor needs it.

[@iamthedrumandbassfarmer8735]

great episodes - fallen out of love with the show past few years but regularly gone back and watched this over

[@reginaldd.paperstacks194]

Drumandbassfarmer xD that's sick

[@Yatezylad]

I loved this show when I was a kid. This was a great episode. Fantastic video essay

[@wc8246]

The dialogue between the Doctor and the Beast is some of my favourite dialogue in the entire show. I was very much hoping that the Beast would return in the last two episodes of the newest season (some voice actor I think) but you can't get everything you want, not knowing much about classic Who I assumed the beast was probably the most powerful entity the Doctor had encountered. Although I think there is some connection between Sutekh and the Beast.

[@williamaldred335]

Yeah he first voiced Sutekh back in Baker's era then was brought back to voice numerous villains and background characters throughout the entire series

[@lordtrinen2249]

The TARDIS showing up at the end like that actually makes perfect sense. You've said many times that this episode had a heavy emphasis on faith, yes? The Doctor's faith was rewarded with the return of the TARDIS.

[@J01434]

Awesome video, would love to see more Doctor Who on your channel

[@YellowGiraffeGal]

This is my favorite two-parter in the series! The music and athmosphere is soo singular and unique and moody, and... heavy?

[@sabrinaleedance]

The feeling to this episode always unsettled me down to my core. Way more than even the weeping angels could

[@Kellysg126]

I actually met the director for this two part story. Lovely guy.

[@randallbesch2424]

That entity reaches Earth in Torchwood and is impossibly huge.

[@lordinquisitorsec7532]

No, that's Abbadon the Son of the Beast

[@acesandjacks7241]

15:10 definitely. We can be stubborn even if we know it won’t be good in the end

[@Furzkampfbomber]

I totally agree about Doctor Who's villains being extraordinary and amazing and a massive part of what makes me love this show so much. But in the end, it's the human factor that makes this show so relatable and, subsequently, lovable and loved for me. The Doctor itself as well as so many of the characters in the show, companions, villains or even secondary characters, there are rarely any shows that delve so deeply into the human condition. FFS, I was just watching the museum scene with Vincent van Gogh for the umptiest time and for the umptiest time, it pulled at my heart strings. I am fighting depression for the biggest part of my life and damn, I find myself in Tony Curran's acting. Just as I find myself in Nine, which is still my most favourite Doctor, although I love Ten and Eleven so dearly. Nine is the post-war Doctor, broken, torn apart and uttely out of balance, who fights to come to term with his past and with what he did. When this show went on air, I had hit rock bottom and had to come to terms with _a lot_ of messed up things that had happened and I could relate so much to this Doctor. And seeing him yell _'Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, EVERYBODY LIVES!'_ moves me to tears and makes me happy at the same time. So yes, the villains are amazing, but it's how the show explores the human reaction to those villains what makes me love this show so much.

[@ZeroStako]

I fucking love this episode. I fucking love Tennant's run!

[@SafeRouteDown]

For me, the scariest one was when they were in a train and something started to copy the doctor but then the copy happened sooner and sooner until it was happening before what he was saying happened

[@PatJennings95]

Midnight

[@JustaSimplefact]

Sorry for your loss mate. Doctor Who meant alot to me to.

[@Vash-Venture]

This episode, the vashta nerada, and the mimic train episodes all scared the daylights out me of as a kid. Would love to see you cover them, if you haven't already. :) (There was also an episode with like, a giant spindly creature that crawled on the ceiling and had a human-esque face that ALSO scared me as a kid, but for the life of me I could never remember which episode or even which doctor it was so)

[@SnailWhale99]

I love the time stamp of talking about Toby it says Toby the silly billy

[@geordiepelt3862]

i like that in the space suits the lights on the face make it look like their skulls

[@FlamingBlaz3]

if you pause at 15:26 as they loom over the edge you can see what looks to be skulls in the space suits probably foreshadowing for the library episode

[@shimblywimbles158]

This episode (Toby's possession especially) shit me up from ages 9-21. That makes it the scariest in my book.

[@MoniqueWombat]

30:34 Even though it seems like a joke at first, Tobi being a virgin fits perfectly well into the christian symbolism of the episode. At Uni, I took a class that included Christian medieval poems and our professor gave as an extensive overview on canon and uncanon lore in Christian mythology. Turns out that God, in the form of the holy spirit, came down from the sky as a ray of light to get the Virgin Mary pregnant. God needed a virgin that is free of sin so that Jesus, being immaculately conceived and thus also being free of sin, can redeem and save humanity. The ray of light from the Holy Spirit is opposed my the black hole. The announcer says "he bathes in the black sun". Also, at the end of The Satan Pit, it is said that the physical form doesn't have to escape but only the idea and there is enought evidence to say that Christianity basically is an amalgamation of different other religions of that time. So, the thoughts carried on. Of course, the episode leaves us in the dark for most things. But my point is that these 2 episodes feature so much more hints at Christian mythology than it first appears. End note: I love these two episodes, The Impossible Plant and The Satan Pit and I absolutely LOVE that there finally is a lot of discourse about these two episodes ❤🎉

[@Foofoothegoon]

One thing that really rubs me wrong with this episode is the fact that black holes have a gravity field just like any other massive object in space. Like there's nothing actually impossible or even unusual about something being in a black hole's orbit. And this is information that has very much been publicly available since long before 2006.

[@RegulusBringer]

I assumed the "Impossible" part of the "Impossible Planet wasn't just the fact that it orbited a black hole, but that it orbited a black hole so closely that it should have been sucked in by now.

[@lucasnevarez4943]

These were my first Dr Who episodes. I was sold immediately.

[@tallspike7692]

Makes you wonder with the new things from Whitaker's era, were the Beast and the Disciples of Light, from the same point in reality as the Solutract, before it was banished and the Universe proper could begin? It would make sense for beings of great power to exist at the time, especially since someone had to banish it, and that could have been the Disciples who then caged the Beast upon seeing what could happen within the new Universe.

[@HungryRonflex]

I watched this when you had 66.6k subs, very fitting

[@paddingtonbear1207]

I know this is a bit late lol, but in regards to the Doctor just stumbling across the TARDIS at the end, it could be viewed as lazy writing (and to be fair to them, it was a difficult ending to write a way out of), but I like to view it as "an act of God", reaching out and saving the Doctor. This episode, it's almost fitting to have an inexplicable resolution as the whole theme is about impossibilities. Great video btw - this is my favourite episode ever!

[@Eggyo]

this was the one doctor who episode my mother refused to let me watch as a little kid haha. when i watched it for the first time aged 12, i was surprised at how scary she found it, because to me it didnt seem bad at all. i think its a difference in how we were raised -- she was raised catholic but really let me do my own thing in terms of religion. so to her the devil is more real in her head, even if she doesnt necessarily believe he exists anymore. and for me hes more of an interesting metaphor/mental shorthand for evil. its interesting to me how different people's backgrounds will cause them to understand stories in completely different ways

[@shoebox6741]

internet loneliness so vast i watch a 50 minute essay just to share the thoughts of something i watched. this was a great episode and i love dw if you do too we out here.

[@bobhoskins9509]

the timeline with the mcdonalds breakfast wrap has made me sad. I tried to forget....

[@steaming_skull]

I remember watching this show with my grandma when I was a kid and this show scared me but I was so invested in the show to see what happens next

[@lunararmy1624]

sure roses ship was getting sucked into the black hole anyway but just like the doctor had the faith to take the plunge and and drop the planet rose had faith that the doctor would be there and the beast cant be allowed to escape thus she had to get him off the ship

[@ScrimmyBingus42]

So happy someone else loves this episode as much as me

[@Petmyhead]

My all time favorite doctor who story. I remember having a power outage that laster 18 days right as the Satan pit premiered in Canada, the wait was difficult to say the least.

[@SkylerLinux]

I do love how the helmets make their faces look like skulls

[@almcdonald8676]

For a man who uses a collapsing star to keep the lights on in his Time Machine I find the doctor’s apparent fear of the black hole to be the tiniest bit disingenuous

[@vision_walker]

Throughout the years, this episode stuck in my head the most. I remember having nightmares about it after, and even now I think about it every so often

[@judygillespie3717]

This is up there with Midnight for me as the best/ scariest :) nice video !