MARTHA HELP! | Doctor Who Season 3 Episode 13 "Last of the Time Lords" Reaction!

[@lotemylife3006]

21:35 Now you also know how the Face of Boe was able to know and then tell the Doctor "You are not alone", because he was there for it xD

[@Llanchlo]

And he had to be cryptic because he already knew what the message was ... yet another circular paradox

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

@8BitBex But that would have changed Jack's own timeline, so he might not have become the Face of Boe, or not been there to tell the Doctor anything. Or afterwards the Doctor would have to tell Jack when to be at certain places, what to say, when and how Jack will eventually die. But that wouldn't guarantee that Jack as the Face of Boe could keep the dates. However you spin it, the result will be unpredictable and one mistake and we would have the Master as ruler of the universe. As one possible bad outcome.

[@HuntingViolets]

@8BitBex Yes, it didn't really help much, did it?

[@GyrosGeier]

Also, in the first Torchwood episode Jack says "Contraceptives in the rain. [...] At least I can't get pregnant. I'm never doing that again." and in The Long Game, it is announced on one of the news channels that the Face of Boe is pregnant.

[@HayleyClaire]

“Wait what was that? Because I’m going to vomit” yeah that’s a pretty solid reaction tbh

[@TheAppeyes]

So based on this edited reaction, I believe the bits cut from this version of the episode are: A musical number at the beginning with The Master dancing (iconic if you wanna look it up) Martha's mother pointing the gun at The Master before being talked down and the gun being thrown away (how his wife manages to get the gun) Martha giving Professor Docherty flowers saying she doesn't blame her

[@c.alderman]

And Martha calls Tom at the end (but obviously he doesn't know who she is)

[@ICEcoleman2k]

Oh yeah, I have that, back when the episodes only aired on BBC and didn't hit the US yet, I downloaded them as soon as they hit Limewire, usually a few hours after the broadcasts.

[@knavehart]

The I can’t decide number has been removed from the streaming version on Max? That’s why I buy DVDs

[@whatwhatinthewhat4400]

that sounds like the only version I have know and im not in the UK. Why did they cut it for the US? The US a bit shy when it comes to guns?

[@juliet1203_]

Theres also a build up scene during the Doctors plan to get the laser screwdriver where the music builds creating extra tension. It was a good scene imo

[@Cobinja]

John Barrowman likes to tell the story of how, when the episode first aired, he stood at the open window in his London apartment to "hear the nation's jaw drop" on the Face of Boe reveal.

[@thedavidpearson]

The farther out I get from my first watch, the more I appreciate Martha’s season. It has some banger episodes and ends really strong. I think most of the reason she got bad press at the beginning was people were comparing her to Rose.

[@phantomsidious2934]

"Could never resist a ticking clock" a reference to the classic Masters Tardis being disguised as a grandfather clock numerous times in classic who. The sea devil's and axons is also a reference to classic who stories from the seventies featuring those spieces aligning with the Master against the Third Doctor

[@kemmdog4444]

In a Big Finish audio, the War Master said “I do so love a ticking clock,don’t you , my dears.”

[@JoeMama410]

I call this the Tinkerbell ending. Everyone claps for the Doctor and he comes back to life

[@mayotango1317]

RTD fails in his finales, as usual.

[@JoeMama410]

@ the beginning of the serial escalation.

[@liamc9998]

Nah, just your normal Doctor Who deus ex machina.

[@IsiahBradley]

To me it was a JC resurrection thing with Martha as John the Baptist.

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

@@mayotango1317 Indeed hes good at character stuff and starting a story but he cant finish them to save his life lol

[@PhilipWesson]

I'll always love Martha for standing on her own two feet, saying how she felt, and walking away.

[@rycloud_1]

I've always felt the Doctor being brought back through the word Doctor is supposed to be a throwback to the Shakespeare episode as power of words was a big thing there.

[@SorchaSublime]

Honestly they should have made this explicit it would have helped sell the ending a lot more

[@Llanchlo]

20:50 That's why they showed with the Doctor that with extreme age the body atrophies and the brain / head gets larger - Jack had so much longer.

[@WarrenSmith1983]

@@Llanchlo there's another interesting biological fact that even the writers probably didn't know about, but that they unknowingly incorporated: the lenses in your eyes have to keep growing in order to stay transparent. Unless you periodically shed your eyes and grow new ones, your lenses will be bigger than your eyes before too long. The Doctor's 900-year-old eyes were huge!

[@jamalgordon8883]

It came out since June 2007 and it was filming in early February and March 2007

[@patricgmuer2988]

4:20, jack wasn’t flirting, he was acknowledging the signal.

[@thepandorica1660]

It could be both

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@thepandorica1660 With Jack? It always is! 🤣

[@Worlldsinger]

i thought you were going to miss what jack said for a second haha! Iconic finale! Look forward to the next season!

[@theelvenwtich]

I have always loved this episode. I don't mind the flying Doctor and Martha's journey is amazing.

[@HuntingViolets]

Martha is the greatest. She is the legend, even if she doesn't know it.

[@jamesdodds9407]

Hi Emme, just quickly looked through the comments and couldn't see this point The Sound Of Drums that The Master hears is the rhythm of the Doctor Who theme, it is a lot more noticeable in the series theme prior to 1980s. It is toned down for NuWho themes but is still the core of the music. First time commenting to you videos i think. Love your reactions to Who

[@mayotango1317]

And is a retcon.

[@Voidr0se]

I've been looking forward to your reaction about Jack being the face of boe 😆

[@jennifermorris6848]

And didn’t the face of Boe existing mean he knew all of that BS was going to happen? And they were going to survive it? YANA.

[@lm86531]

I guess he knew he couldn't change the timeline because he already knew what would happen?

[@fayesouthall6604]

I’ve been waiting for her reaction to that !

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@lm86531 Maybe he could've changed the timeline but didn't want to. The Doctor did end up winning, after all.

[@Andy-wl6xy]

Love the background cat cameos 😸

[@ZappaBlues]

I am currently watching the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) on Tubi. It introduced the original Master played by Roger Delgado. Superb!

[@D-Rv8iv]

He loves the master. They were best friends as kids.

[@michaelbevan1093]

Personal favourite doctor and episode, the way he says “the one thing you can’t do is stop them thinking “ is epic classic dr who was elite

[@StevenJShow]

22:16 II think right there is actually the saddest moment of the episode. The scene where The Doctor breaks down hurts the heart, but in that shot as he's hugging Martha, looking just across the rim of the camera... He looks dead inside. She can't see, so he let's his guard down for just t hat moment, and he is completely emptied out and alone. It's one of the biggest things that begins to be a bit of a stumbling block for 10. In just these first two seasons he's got so much weight on his shoulders.

[@adamcowen9062]

"This Is Gallifrey" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written for a TV show imo

[@kemmdog4444]

Another reason why physical media is king.😊

[@jamalgordon8883]

I remember when 10th doctor transforming into old man and I don’t know why Master did it to him

[@lm86531]

A few tweaks such as setting up the possibility of the Archangel network boosting psychic abilities and not making the doctor look so silly would have made this episode a lot better. It feels like a first draft of a decent finale. It's a shame that the US edit cuts out a couple of my favourite moments (Francine with the gun and the dancing)

[@SunlessNick]

Martha in this episode shows us the biggest gift of travelling with the Doctor: back in her old life, would she ever imagined for a second that she was capable of what she did in this episode? From surviving a devastated to world, to founding a relgion (essentially), to laughing in the face of a monster.

[@Llanchlo]

5:50 Not many reactors seem to notice straight away that the Master's "wife" is far from OK. I expect her year was far from pleasant.... both personally and seeing what the Master was doing to the World.

[@nicktroisi6347]

The Master’s death is so sad yet such a cruel thing to not Regenerate. You can see how hurt The Doctor is, he isn’t just holding his friend or enemy but his brother. It’s tragic because he’s once again The Last Timelord in existence. David Tennant’s acting in that scene is just phenomenal and it’s hard not to feel sad Also The Toclafane twist is brilliant and disturbing. That’s why The Master needed The Paradox Machine so The Toclafane could kill their ancestors without being erased from existence, his plan was so well thought out.

[@SeedFactoryProject]

The three finger signal is an old symbol of British defiance, dating back to the Battle of Agincourt. There the longbowmen of England defeated the French knights with arrows that pierced their armor. You draw a longbow with three fingers because of the higher tension. The guy who picks up Martha at the beach (Tom Ellis) goes on to play the title role in the "Lucifer" TV series. It's a hell of a show and I highly recommend it.

[@jamestl1115]

It's not just because he's the last one; the Master is the Doctor's best friend, the only Gallifreyan intelligent enough to be feared by the Daleks, sharing countless adventures both as allies and nemeses. That's why the Doctor mourns-the loss of his first love and great friend.

[@mayotango1317]

You need to watch Frontier in Space.

[@nothanksmate]

Hahahah it's so fun watching dr who with you. Thanks mate! Allonsy!

[@obiwankenobi687]

Martha’s mom did indeed take the gun but you saw the American edited version where they cut it out for some reason

[@Agent.Bob58]

I enjoyed this the first watch on first airing, then my daughter gets into Doctor Who and I realise that Martha was always going to succeed, she got Lucifer on side 😅😅

[@910luk]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to say when The Master is dying in the doctor's arms, The Doctor talk about past adventures they had together, Daleks and Axons he is referring to two classic series adventures, The Frontier in Space and The Claws of Axos, respectively. you can see the writter is very acquainted with the lore.

[@medafan53]

To explain about the black hole converters, manipulation of Black holes is how the Time Lords first mastered the powers of Time Travel, which is how the Master knew how to make them. Recall in the Satan Pit the Doctor claimed that his people "invented black holes"

[@Corlwow]

Lots of people not as much of a fan of this episode but its one of my favs: The master and doctor dynamic. Martha jones’s absolute confirmation she is the most capable and badass companion. The best twist ever - face of boe. The more apocalyptic nature of it which surprises you at the beginning. Marthas choice. The toclofane reveal which also shows how the master messes around with humans which is an interesting theme. The scissor sisters dance which gets cut from other versions (but it’s on youtube i think?). The nods to darker topics such as abuse. The ending which people dislike cause its too deus ex machina - but the satellites make it make sense and throughout season 3 there are multiple inferences to timelords feeling god like - master saying you must have felt like god, the face of boe revealing his secret to the “lonely god” - but in actuality it was humanity who made him this way - through technology and mind - and shows that the master thinks of them as degenerate to him but the doctor doesnt and they lift him up…. Yeah i like this ending a lot.

[@MWSin1]

We've said goodbye to Bad Wolf. And now goodbye to The Girl Who Walked the Earth.

[@andrecanis4894]

I hope without names this isn’t a spoiler, do all of them have a nickname? The Girl who Waited The Impossible Girl Who else?

[@davidmckie7128]

There is a very good Titanic film made in 1958 called "A Night To Remember".

[@richtensail]

v best version 2 me

[@MuchWhittering]

The Master isn't just the only other Time Lord, he's the Doctor's childhood friend. So it's understandable he'd be heartbroken by his death.

[@WarrenSmith1983]

Plus the Doctor knows he's severely mentally ill, so doesn't blame him for his actions.

[@lotemylife3006]

there are actally a few ways to be able to watch the BBC iplayer (I live in Germany) , but it's a bit exhausting, you often have to make new throwaway accounts (with throwaway emails) because the second you forget to put on the right VPN BEFORE loading the site, that account is done. You have to use a few tricks to do it, but this way I was able to watch all of it with subtitles with my boyfriend xD (But he's also in IT, that probably helped xD)

[@kiorili]

with a young Lucifer ^^

[@HuntingViolets]

And Tennant went on to play a demon. This is also a season that includes an angel singing, "You put the devil in me."

[@eolsunder]

yea Jack was affected by Rose and the Tardis, turned into a fixed point in time linked to the earth, he would survive as long as the earth existed. When the Dr visited the year 5 billion with Rose, The earth was destroyed and Jack's immortality was lost. He was in the hospital the next time the Dr met him after 23 years dying, but he survived another 30 years when the Dr visited him for the last time. So he died in the year 5 billion, and 53.

[@gerald112b]

Now that you mention it I did think I caught The Face of Boe flirting once or twice with the hospital staff in New New New New York.

[@Waiting_To_Retire]

Doctor #3 was my first experience. Doctor #4 was MY Doctor. Isn't the writing and acting just incredible with David Tennant? The bombshells are heart-stopping.

[@mayotango1317]

No really, is just camp and cheesy.

[@CrankyGrandma]

As far as where does he get the gadgets, don’t underestimate Time Lords. The doctor slums with the humans but (as we saw here) he is a lot more. In classic Who you were exposed to some of the gadgets time lords have. As far as the face of boe, does he die? It sometimes takes awhile for him to gasp and come back. Does he come back as Jack, human, as opposed to the head? No idea. But I wonder about those things.

[@alphanimetv]

Next : "Allons-y Alonso !"

[@jkpole]

Such an AMAZING reaction video emme .... Simply Fabulous, also an appearance of your beautiful cat at the beginning

[@doorofnight87]

I don't think it is every explicitly stated on the show itself, but the reason for so much of the gadgets and stuff for The Master dates back to his appearances and characterization in Classic Who. Compared to humans and most other lifeforms that they meet, all Time Lords are super geniuses with a wide breadth of knowledge, but compared to each other they definitely have specializations. The Doctor appears to be basically a physicist among Time Lords and The Master is very much an engineer. Every incarnation of The Master does a lot with gadgets, is always creating various kinds of machines, and is much better are repairing/maintaining and piloting a TARDIS.

[@briangilliver2197]

Yes all the clues have been left in previous episodes, about Jack being the face of Boa, I didn't get the clues either, how did Boa no about Professor YANA, because it was Jack , I often wondered how Boa new so much, now we know, brilliant editing as always. Thanks

[@KernowWarrior]

A little peeve of mine with the Face of Boe reveal, that in "Utopia". Martha mentions The Face of Boe to The Dr in front of Jack. He was part of the conversation so would have had to had heard her and he doesn't mention it then, doesn't even acknowledge it, not even a flicker of recognition on his face.

[@phantomsidious2934]

Well the reveal comes across as "last minute idea to tie things together" rather than it was planned to be jack all along.

[@kemmdog4444]

An unintentional continuity error.

[@somerandomguy2073]

He does react, though? It's not over the top, but he does look confused and stares into the middle distance with an odd expression on his face until the rocket lifts off and breaks the moment. It's definitely there (as it would be, since they'd all read the final script by the time they filmed Utopia, so they already knew he was Boe).

[@KernowWarrior]

@@somerandomguy2073 Just re-watched, nope. No reaction to the Face of Boe comment, he does react to the 'you are not alone' statement immediately after.

[@WarrenSmith1983]

​@@somerandomguy2073 Yeah, there's a definite "wait, what?!" look on his face when she says the name.

[@FlamingoSandwich]

Who spotted Tom Ellis (Lucifer) at the beginning of the eppisode

[@Ragnarok345]

"This guy's insane." The Master: 👍🏻😃👍🏻

[@j.diamond6014]

i feel the same about martha. I love her, but it's really for the best that she left - and i'm glad she got to go on her own terms

[@curtistalbot6735]

That's how The Face of Boe knows "You Are Not Alone"

[@baz0348]

Tom Ellis aka Lucifer morningstar there.

[@chris-hz2wd]

Space Jesus! 😂😂

[@maxvickrey4357]

So for some reason hearing Emma talk about the Titanic movie had me thinking what if the did a remade that famous scene from the movie but with Jack and rose from doctor who instead of the jack and rose from the Titanic movie...

[@MikeWood]

I was looking forward to your Face of Boe reaction. Didn't disappoint. :)

[@chrisbamber2762]

Its a shame they cut the bits they did as the scene with Martha's mum holding the gun was a really good scene. There was a familiar voice in this episode that admittedly I didn't pick up on untillmany rewatches later but one of the tocolphane voices is the same lady who voices the gelth in the 3rd episode of season 1 also there was a real chance that they would of taken the daleks spot in the daleks episode as the BBC do not own the rights to the daleks and gave to have permission from the Terry nation estate (creater if the daleks) to use them which very nearly wasn't given

[@Cerridwen7777]

Huzzah, series 4 incoming! My favorite companion of Doctor Who (both the old series and new).

[@DigiRangerScott]

Gee I wonder what the next Christmas special is a boat

[@TheMajinHermit]

If you're interested in learning what Martha did during the year the master was in control there's a novel about it

[@HuntingViolets]

Big Finish too, I think?

[@eyallev]

(21:33) "what does he even need it for?" well, it's a handy reciprocal, if he ever needs one. sure, it might be an ood thing to carry around, but I donna, might be interesting (it will definitely be noble)

[@thepandorica1660]

Donna must've made quite an impression on you since she was only in that Christmas Special

[@eyallev]

@@thepandorica1660 yes ... was ... past tense. I keep getting tenses mixed up

[@stephenlast5935]

I haven't seen this episode since before I watched Lucifer. I didn't recognize Tom Ellis when I first watched Lucifer, I later learned he was in this episode. It is really weird seeing him as not Lucifer.

[@sm7467689]

my favorite season soon \o/

[@raydenel]

guess u watched the cut version, on the full version we have an extra scene where doctor stops Martha`s mom from shooting the master :)

[@swytchyglytch]

So much happening, so much wibbly wobbly time whimey... I only have one question for the next season... "Are you my mummy?" 😛

[@MarinerShadow]

Emme, make sure you watch the Doctor Who short "Time Crash" before "Voyage of the Damned."

[@thepandorica1660]

She's already a few weeks ahead of Patreon (currently on 4x4) and you'll be happy to know that the minisode has also been watched

[@Ade2bee]

Here is a fun fact, they didn’t tell David Tennant and Martha that he was the face of bo until he read the line out. That last bit was totally AdLib.

[@talesyuki]

Ah, the Face of Boe reveal. So good.

[@RobertJones-xs1ns]

I absolutely love Martha. The companions get better and better, but the thing about Martha is her choice to leave. She doesn't "need" the doctor like other companions need him/them. She was already fully formed and capable but her storyline was realising that she is capable of achieving anything that she wants to achieve

[@CrankyGrandma]

I really hated the Dobby the house elf doctor. I also didn’t like the floaty diety doctor. I found the ending kind of absurd and was rolling my eyes and then…the master dies and the doctors reaction and I’m crying. And then…the face of boe. 😮😮😮🎉. So I went on a rollercoaster on this one.

[@thepandorica1660]

I think I heard from somewhere that the Master was rather abusive towards Lucy and not just for showing her utopia 😬

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

Yup. If you look closely, when the Master walks in, he's shaking his hand (Like he hurt it while hitting something) and Lucy is sporting that black eye she has for the rest of the episode.

[@Turambar88]

I would love for you to do a reaction for the Master's musical number if that is what was missing from this version. It's so good.

[@swanronson173]

Sadly this finale didn't quite live up to the promise of the 2 excellent preceding episodes, RTD seems to have an inconsistent record when it comes to sticking the landing. Turning the Doctor into a wrinkly funko-pop was goofy and the deus ex machina was a bit too on the nose even for this show which utilises it often, just usually in a more interesting or subtle way. Taking the 3 parter as a whole though, it was very enjoyable, particularly John Sim's scenery chewing and mustache twirling!

[@Dgrayman1313]

I hope she watches children in need time crash which is between the ship crashing and after Martha leaving

[@j.diamond6014]

she does!

[@kyronsurtees7843]

Before the next ep, you have to watch the minisode that happens right after Martha leaving and just before the Titanic crashes into the Tardis 😁😁 “Time Crash” it’s called

[@Mikesupr1]

The revelation of Toclafans is one of the darkest moment...no hope for future mankind.

[@omnipyrmaeus]

My take on Jack and the Face of Boe "reveal" is that, at this point in Jack's timeline, he doesn't know that he'll become the Face of Boe - he's just joking with them as his way to say "bye" (though he might suspect it to be a possibility). People take it as 100% canon that he'll become the Face of Boe and point to this episode as "proof." But while I like the idea, this episode is not the hard proof that everyone takes it to be. There's still room for ambiguity.

[@WarrenSmith1983]

He's giving them his nickname from when he was younger. His knowing wink at Martha is because she mentioned the name in Utopia.

[@Dubble77D]

Master gave Docty a suit! Docty is freeeeeeeee

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you, Emme! ⏳ I'm so glad you now know who 'Jack Harkness' will end up. 🙋‍♀

[@nedzed3663]

Now marvel at one of the many times that the Doctor becomes Space Jesus to save the world!!!! Lol

[@heatherqualy9143]

First, NO ONE spoil anything for Emme. No (what you think are) clever comments, no double-meaning hints. Let her enjoy the surprises of the show like we first-time viewers got to. Second, I like Martha’s exit, because it was the biggest weakness of her character. She could have been one of the best companions, but her pining after the Doctor like a schoolgirl was annoying to watch.

[@cursedy__]

i do believe in doctor i do i do i do believe in doctor

[@bigdream_dreambig]

The year when the Doctor became Dobby the Elf -- but the Master gave him clothes, which was his ultimate downfall! Oh, wait... I think I've gotten some things mixed up. 🤔 😉😁

[@patricgmuer2988]

9:30 So these last humans, are they from before or after miss moisturize me??? Cause you know, these humans don’t look flat, and she said she was the last biological correct human and everyone else has mixtures of other aliens in them making them less humans… so I’m a little confused.

[@omnipyrmaeus]

After. "moisturize me" was at the end of the Earth's life, some 5 billion years from now. Toclafane are from the end of the universe, some perhaps trillions of years from now. If you recall, at the hospital in New New York with the cat/nun/nurses, the cat nurses created humans and infected them with all known diseases in order to create cures for them, and the doctor cured all of them allowing for a whole new race of humans.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

Miss Moisturize Me was the last human born on earth. At that time humanity has been out among the stars for millions or billions of years. Not sure if they kept with the scientific calculation when the sun will destroy the earth or if something has changed that event.. The last humans are from the end of the universe, so much, much later than Miss Moisturize Me.

[@suntannedduck2388]

Ah the gun that's an illusion because she calls on the master so Martha had to pretend the weapon was going to as messaging woth words was the power. Almost like the earpieces of the cybermen but different I guess using thr archangel network. The master being insane but done well by the actor, killing ancestors because paradox. Lucy being brainwashed then overcoming it. Yep Jack back to Torchwood, never dies, no teleport. Also the Face of Boe yep. XD Ah yes Agatha..... Martha staying behind, but seeing again, we will see....... But her being seen/not in moments pf the series then finally saying it to the doctor whoch of course it has relevance, is very interesting I don't always think about it then when its presented I remember what she means. The hand..... Too many spoilers....... Too soon. Ah the thing in the burning of the Master.... Ah the Xmas special space Titantic. XD Careful, very shocking things can happen. Never seen the Titanic movie either. Oh yeah the children in need episode. I assume programmed to do so and because there is no good end, the power of words from Martha by instructions of the Doctor. A really deep episode, very dark episode. Very interesting episode but very yeah disturbing as well. Never seen the UK version only the cut version. So no idea what it adds/leaves out in other regions version.

[@DrKnockers05]

Any downsides this finale may have are, in my opinion, completely counterbalanced by Freema, David, John Simm, and the rest of the cast acting their asses off, not to mention Murray Gold's amazing music. Martha's departure from the TARDIS remains such a triumphant moment for her, sad of course but still empowering. She's finally realised that while he clearly admires and appreciates her, she's never going to be seen in the same light as Rose was, despite her feeling exactly the same love towards him as he did to Rose. I adore Martha, truly one of the most underrated companions in all of Doctor Who.

[@HuntingViolets]

Not sure he really felt towards Rose the way Rose thought he did (it's ambiguous enough anyway), though. I think he carried a lot of guilt.

[@DrKnockers05]

@HuntingViolets Fair fair, but I'd say he definitely leaned more towards being IN love with Rose compared to Martha who also shared the same feelings she did, just far less reciprocated. Either way, definitely a lot of guilt.

[@gordongoblin]

Martha wants more than to pine for a man who doesn't love her. She deserves more.

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

What's the difference between the 2 endings?

[@jennifermorris6848]

Never fail to shout out the music. This is Sméagol Doctor becomes Jesus Doctor. “No second chances” Doctor - except for the Master. The Master gets all the chances.

[@s1b3r11]

yes, because the doctor is not an objective, impartial incarnation of justice who always treats everybody the same but a complicated character with flaws. The master is not the only one who gets special treatment. Pretty much everybody the Doctor cares about does too. Doctor encounters death many times and while he usually tries to help he is also very detached and clearly doesn't care that much, on the other hand if he had to chose between Rose and entire planets he would have probably chosen Rose. Same with the Earth. The Doctor is emotionally connected to the earth and therefore tries to protect it but cares significantly less about other places therefore he is ok with fighting the Master on other planets... And The Master also has always been given all the chances because he is more important to the Doctor than the others and the Doctor considers him his friend... It's not just the case of RTD and this episode, in classic he was also given all the chances, and in one novel.... don't want to spoil anything but let's just say the Doctor is willing to go to great lengths to help the Master... I've always found it weird how people want protagonists to be impartial, emotionless gods.. the doctor is not that, he is a complicated person with emotions, connections and many many flaws.

[@notuptome]

Emme make sure you watch the time crash Mini episode that takes place between this episode and season 4 I think it is here it takes place .

[@thepandorica1660]

She's a few weeks ahead on Patreon and has seen it

[@InspectorWhoReacts]

While the Doctor regaining his strength from everyone saying his name is... A bit weird, the Shakespeare episode did establish the power of words so its not entirely out of nowhere.

[@katearcher8514]

And I think everyone forgets that there is the telepathic network in place. Master had managed to brainwash everyone with just four knocks, and here we have a whole word imbued with meaning from Martha's tales.

[@CrankyGrandma]

It was the psychic link via the archangel network. The masters tool to mind control people to vote for him, was turned against him.

[@LiveHedgehog]

This episode is 5 minutes shorter outside the UK. A whole musical bit is cut, for example.

[@HuntingViolets]

It was there when I saw it years back. I just got some used DVDs, but my player isn't currently working, so I hope the whole thing is on them.

[@zvimur]

4:30, with all the OMG's should we tell her who's right by her side?😅

[@LangGuessr]

The "no regeneration, hopefully" comment aged poorly.

[@Raven777777777777777]

It's been years since i watched these episodes but just now i realized that the guy helping Martha is Tom Elis who later played Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer show. Great actor.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

The shooting of the Paradox machine and reversing time works for me but the Doctor coming back because everyone thinks it stretches plausible to the limit. I never see the Doctor as space Jesus or a God

[@jennifermorris6848]

But in episode 12 they say we can’t touch the paradox machine until we know what it does because if we touch the wrong thing we could rip a hole in the solar system. Why would shooting it wantonly in episode 13 work?

[@fayesouthall6604]

They used the satellites!

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

@@jennifermorris6848 I have no issue with the Paradox Machine.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

@fayesouthall6604 They did but still everyone thinks 'Doctor' and suddenly he can use it to heal himself. I have mixed feelings about it. Same with a more recent episode.

[@subscorpion9560]

The master is truly pure evil that he rather die and let the doctor be alone as the last timelord

[@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212]

Wait, what’s the difference between the two versions?

[@thepandorica1660]

Not sure if it's the only thing, but I think the longer one has the "I Can't Decide" number

[@c.alderman]

US version has a song cut at the beginning and a scene with Martha's mum holding the gun near the end

[@jaydenyugi9034]

The other version cuts out certain scenes such as the I can’t decide song scene and also Francine contemplating on whether to shoot the Master and also Martha calling Tom to make sure he’s still alive and also giving the professor flowers. Small parts of Martha’s gospel to the Doctor also might have been cut in that version too IIRC.

[@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212]

@ that’s crazy! Why on earth would they do that?

[@somerandomguy2073]

​@@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212US television has adverts, so they cut several scenes for time so they could fit the regular time slot and play commercials. The BBC doesn't have any commercials, so they can extend or reduce time slots without much concern. This episode is longer than usual, so the US cut it down.