this is NASTY | Doctor Who Season 1 Episode 4 "Aliens of London" Reaction!

[@emme]

This episode was gross but so funny! I am on episode 10 over on patreon! patreon.com/emmereacts 🎉

[@alexthorpe6583]

In the past, on the classic show(mainly in the 1970's), UNIT was an organization that dealt with alien threats, and the Doctor was their unpaid scientific advisor. (he never had any use for money) So the government knew he existed, and had alerts to let them know he was around.

[@IggyStardust1967]

Well, I mean, technically, he could use money to buy chips...... which he DID like..... or maybe UNIT gave him a credit card for that? I don't know for sure.

[@stormywolfhowls]

Not really unpaid he got a car he liked.

[@its-aydonus6842]

@@IggyStardust1967 Psychic paper works on door scanners, no reason it couldn't work as a debit card chip.

[@godofpencils01]

"They're all farting, I'm scared!" is an impressive candidate for very rare sentences.

[@mpg272727]

To this day Russell T Davies says he still finds it funny he was allowed to write an episode in which the goverment were a bunch of dumb, fat farting aliens who wanted to nuke everyone

[@DoughnutJelly55]

Steven Moffat is the only good Doctor Who writer. All the good episodes were written by Moffat.

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

@@DoughnutJelly55 True.

[@mareiramv]

@@DoughnutJelly55 "the only good Doctor Who writer"? Well, that's not true. He was definetely responsible for multiple fantastics episodes, but saying he was the only good writer is a stretch.

[@OrbitalCookie]

@@DoughnutJelly55Moffat is both humble and full of himself. He does create fantastic stories, but sometimes he gets carried away so much you start feeling numb from all the fake "gotcha" moments.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@DoughnutJelly55I have a big affection for RTD because he’s such a fan of silliness in Dr Who.

[@IggyStardust1967]

Has anyone ever considered the possibility that the reason aliens haven't invaded us is that they've seen episodes of Doctor Who, and believe that Earth IS defended by a being such as him?

[@Drummer4President]

How very Galaxy Quest of you 😅

[@BadwolfRuin]

@@Drummer4President LOL Its all fun and games until someone shows up begging "Weeeeeee neeeeed you're help." 😅

[@ronfehr7899]

I got the impression that Mickey ran and hid because he feared that the troops were somehow connected to the police, and he just didn't want to be apprehended again.

[@paxtenebrae]

"Why isn't it ever just like a normal day?" Life with the Doctor Emme, no more normal days.

[@robertmartin9029]

We'll get an answer to this, direct from the source, in a few seasons. I'd say more, but Spoilers!

[@RebelCowboysRVs]

Ex boyfriend runs away, 5 minutes later, "why does no one ever run in Doctor Who?"

[@JimAW63]

Cliffhangers have been a part of Doctor Who since the beginning. Every story in Classic Who had 4-6 chapters with a cliffhanger at the end of each. We had to wait until the next week to find out what happened.

[@ronfehr7899]

Back then, cliffhangers were sort of a necessity, since episodes were only 30 minutes long at the time.

[@JimAW63]

@@ronfehr7899 Which made every story a 2-3 hour epic movie. The acting was horrible and the special effects were cheap, but we didn't care because they were telling good stories. Tom Baker was my Doctor.

[@cruelangel8689]

@@JimAW63 And thats where I thought Nu Who lost something important. Going from serials to single episodes. Where I grew up the PBS station aired DW every weeknight at 10PM. Those cliffhangers gave me something to look forward to each night before bed. Now they only have one episode to set up, explain, and resolve a plot... usually with a manic info dump by the Doc.

[@ronfehr7899]

​@JimAW63 I found the basic storyline somewhat repetitive after a while. There was always someone who wanted absolute power over everyone else, and I could rarely understand why. It seemed that they wanted it just for power's sake, and that they didn't really care about the others. As for the episodes, they didn't always feel connected to each other. One thing that bothered me was that the closing episode always seemed to be resolved in the last few minutes, with the bad guy suddenly defeated. Of course, I'm saying as a person who's only seen the episodes as an adult, and the classic Doctor Who was geared towards a younger generation, possibly one that took things at face value.

[@ronfehr7899]

​@@cruelangel8689In most cases you are right about one-off episodes (for lack of a better term), but there have been some two or even three-parters in NuWho, at least some that I remember early on (Eccleston and Tennant). But yes, Classical and NuWho vary quite a bit.

[@TheWyldKarde]

The Doctor absolutely has normal days, where he decides to go to Space Francisco to see the holographic dolphins and nothing goes wrong and he just has a nice day out with nobody dying. But that doesn't make for terribly interesting television so they don't bother showing us.

[@peterlewis2178]

To be fair, they could have done a better job in the early show of at least getting that idea across. They do eventually, with various throwaway lines or short scenes, but it definitely could have been done better and earlier on. I imagine one reason it wasn't done could be the time restrictions for broadcast TV, though.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I'm pretty sure you're wrong... SPOILER: In an episode where the TARDIS ends up able to communicate with the Doctor, I'm pretty sure it's either explicitly said or heavily implied that the TARDIS always chooses to take him where he's needed, whether that's where he was trying to steer the ship or not.

[@peterlewis2178]

@@bigdream_dreambig Spoiler: I don't think it's always, just sometimes, and that's why he runs into problems and ends up at the wrong times/places way more frequently than he should. But he definitely still has normal days, and they're referenced. One example is in the finale of this season, the doctor mentions that they had all just been in Kyoto, Japan, and then got sucked into the games. And in the season 2 finale, there's a clip of the doctor and Rose on some random alien planet. There's also a time Rose gives some alien weather-divining device or something to her mom that we've never seen or heard of before. There are more examples too, those are just the ones I know of off-hand. So he definitely still has normal days, he just has a disproportionate number of crazy ones, and those are the ones that the show highlights.

[@smashstuff86]

6:03 Retroactively, a spinoff character.

[@RiseofOwnage]

Tosh! 🙌

[@HolderOfLife]

So pleased to see you on this journey. Since season 1 isn't a reboot theres classic who you could also enjoy. I'd say to watch it as if you're watching a stage play because of how old the show is.

[@Temeraire101]

That what I suggested for Emme to dip her toes into a few stories of Classic Who.

[@azizuladnan2957]

Right?! Sure, it's old, but like... it still good storytelling show. Gosh... I miss the three of the same dork and their companions...

[@htim8997]

"The call came from inside the house!" Excellent reference.

[@frenchynoob]

Damn, Mickey getting a lot of undeserved hate here. Dude was accused of being a murderer for a whole year, remember?

[@Arthaius]

- Yeah but don't worry, she'll eventually see that Mickey/Rickey is a bad ass hero.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Mikey is a good guy

[@Arthaius]

@@LauraGS564 - Character development - you can not have a person suddenly surprise everyone with their amazing hero qualities, unless you set the character up to seem like they aren't.

[@andrewroberts299]

Glad you’re enjoying this story. NuWho usually has two 2 part stories each season. This is a call back to classic Who when each story would consist of numerous episodes, with each episode running for around 25 minutes with a cliffhanger at the end of it so as to entice the audience back to watch the next episode the following week! For classic Who’s first 6 seasons in black and white, stories could consist of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12 episodes, and there could be up to 40 episodes in one season! When Doctor Who went from black and white to colour in 1970, with the 3rd Doctor’s 1st story, the episode numbers were cut down to roughly 26 episodes in a whole season, and was usually comprised of either two 4 parters and three 6 parters or five 4 parters and one 6 parter. These stories with 4 or 6 episodes gave each story room to breathe and allow character development and motivation to flourish. The episode count was further reduced to 14 in the last 4 seasons of classic Who, before it was eventually cancelled in 1989 One criticism of NuWho is that each single self contained episode lasting 45-50 minutes can sometimes feel rushed, as writers are sometimes forced to tie up all the loose ends of the plot much quicker than if they had the luxury of a 2 parter to explore themes and motivation etc. There was of course some padding in classic Who, where a 6 parter could have lost an episode or two, but by and large having a longer format benefitted the story as a whole.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

This is Doctor Who's 700th transmitted episode.

[@thepandorica1660]

It's crazy that we're not that far away from hitting 900 in current time 😅

[@donnandreil]

“We all saw the aliens in Miami” 😂😂 did we😂

[@LittleWitch311]

Love some of the comments during the autopsy room/morgue scenes way too much. Everytime you warn someone to run it makes me smile. You're right of course.

[@jennifermorris6848]

Consider this a journey. Sometimes on a journey you hit slow spots, places where the views aren’t great, and parts of the trek you aren’t sure you are on the right path. When you are going through hell - “Keep Going”

[@cruelangel8689]

One of the very few things that i think Nu Who did do better then Classic Who was address some practical time travel issues. When companions take off with the Doc, what are the repercussions after they left? What do their family, friends, employers, etc do?

[@jamesbalch1325]

“The call came from inside the house!” Hahaha nice one 😂

[@mareiramv]

This episode is interesting, because it proves that the show can be serious and very silly at the same time. I'm not personally the biggest fan of this particular 2 parter, but that pig scene hits hard, not gonna lie. Also, "why does anybody ever run in Doctor Who?" is one of the funniest statements I've ever heard, especially because the first word the Doctor ever said in the revival was "run". Loved the reaction, Emme! Can't wait for more, keep up the good work!

[@maxvickrey4357]

Haha was thinking a similar thing such irony in the statement why doesn't anyone ever run in doctor who .. like watch a few seasons and you notice that's what the doctor does the most is to run and to tell whoever he with to run ...

[@Timmayytoo]

I think it also shows that the Doctor can be a bit careless and unreliable - his intentions are usually good, but he often forgets that his companions are people too, with their own lives before they met him.

[@freshprince3301]

“They were just the symptoms of a disease” that sounded soo tough honestly😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@jamalgordon8883]

It was filming in Greater London

[@craigmorris4083]

Our beloved Doctor is 900 years old. Give or take.

[@craigmorris4083]

Also, he is not a doctor, he is The Doctor.. ;)

[@craigmorris4083]

One more thing, Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the clock. :)

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@craigmorris4083 🤔 _I_ thought it was the name of the tower.

[@stanleysmith2221]

Happy everytime I see your reactions This is a deep and dark series and so much fun You are going to have a blast 😊

[@RebelCowboysRVs]

Pigs in Space!

[@AlmightyCRJ]

Production would like to point out - it is THEIR fault Big Ben footage was flipped. The model work was done before the CGI work & production changed their mind about the direction of impact.

[@matthewmartin2558]

As you find out more about the TARDIS, the question of why his time travel isnt more reliable will become clearer

[@day_thewoodelf]

Put "They're all farting, I'm scared!" on the list of things only Doctor Who can make you say

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Wait for the deadly...well I don't wanna spoil it.

[@stevehuggins1635]

Ahhh, i I could give multiple thumbs up for you , I would. This is a great 2 episode story and what happens here has repercussions that go on for several seasons and other Doctor related series. When I watched this when it was first broadcast this was the episode that I really began to enjoy the new Doctor. Keep up this 'fantastic' journey you are on and I'll be watching it with you. BTW, you are lovely with a beautiful smile and outlook on life. Be well and happy

[@DroneQuadcopter]

I love you are in this series.... I am myself mid 2nd season first time watching, so it is cool we are kinda close to each others episodes :)

[@corvus1970]

"You know, this episode kind of hits different now that, like, the White House confirmed that aliens are real." If you're talking about the real world, the White House has done no such thing. And MAN, are you hard on Mickey! Dude gets his whole life turned upside-down being kidnapped by plastic aliens, watches his girlfriend run off with another alien, and then ends up as a major suspect in her disappearance. He may not have been the bestest boyfriend ever, but sheesh, can you give him a break?

[@peterlewis2178]

Well, I had to look it up to see where this claim came from, and it seems there was some kind of hearing on UFOs last year. Definitely not confirming that aliens are real or anything like that, but much closer to that idea than I expected to see from reputable sources like NPR. So I guess I can see where some news outlets would spin that story and spread the misconception that aliens were confirmed to be real.

[@elektrasgf]

no no, I like the mickey slander🤭

[@josey6231]

The UFO footage they confirmed shows an object defying the laws of physics while following a fighter jet. What else could it be? A dragon?

[@tonyhill6721]

Whatever one's imagination could think of..

[@TheCrazyCloon]

Nah, he's terrible

[@fayesouthall6604]

The soldier who shot the pig is a dr who legend. He’s a pal of my husband. He’s also done Sherlock

[@flint005]

The TARDIS does not always take you where you want to go, it takes you where you need to go

[@granadosvm]

New Who from time to time has a few two-parters and three-parters, though the classic used to have stories divided in four or five episodes frequently, so this type of cliff hanger felt familiar.

[@bobfather7355]

The Tardis is alive and takes the Doctor where he needs to go, not where he wanted to go.

[@MusikCassette]

19:06 "why doesn't anybody ever run in doctor who?" rofl

[@0lyge0]

If you run you miss out on the adventure.

[@MikeWood]

There are quite a few cliff hangers and longer story arcs in DW. Not all of them are single episode one and done. Waiting week to week for what happened was frustratingly good fun. :)

[@darkxwizzard]

When you have an opening for a show to watch please add Torchwood to the list. It’s part of the Whoniverse and really fun.

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

It's not all really fun. Some of it is positively gruelling. But the less fun it is, the better it is. Which is a good balance. Some of it fun, some of it epic.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

Just be sure to sync it up properly with the Doctor Who schedule. Don't want to start it too early!

[@jameshenner5831]

"for a doctor, I'd like to see his credentials, because he keeps messing up the time travel a little bit"

[@fayesouthall6604]

The doctor is over 900 years old.

[@jennifermorris6848]

(Watch for continuity in future episodes, like scaffolding around Big Ben as it’s being rebuilt.) I ❤ little details like that.

[@sonofliberty1]

Wait. That's the first time they didn't solve something within the same episode and now we have a cliffhanger.

[@WolfHreda]

Harriet Jones! She's a great character. Love her to death. Ugh, I love the Ninth Doctor's emotions in this season. As you learn more about how he came to this point, you can see just how deeply scarred he's been by things. Christopher Eccleston is such an underrated actor. He puts his all into everything he does.

[@jdeang3531]

Harriet Jones meets Downton Abbey. Great actress in both series!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Emme! ⏳ Keith Boak directed this episode.

[@iainxl8040]

Take a shot every time Emme says 'valid'.

[@louisfrancisco2171]

"How come he never takes a normal day" The answer that works for every series except "24": the quiet times are not the subject of episodes because they would be boring. Doesn't mean they don't exist in between episodes.

[@RyderDunei]

it comes up more in the future, but once you personally experience or see the result of an event, especially one relating to your own history, it is extremely difficult for you to change it, you can sometimes change the details, but the result will usually be the same. If they realized straight away that it was the wrong time and left without seeing how the world was, no problem, but because Rose went and saw her mum, it's solidified it as an event in her life, even the Doctor reading the missing poster would be enough to make it a "cannon event". With the show being long-running and having this many writers, this rule can be a little inconsistent, but it is followed most of the time. Ironically, knowing the future by personal experience makes it harder to change, and the more it effects your own life, the harder it is to change. To quote a great character from a meh show: "One of the great lessons of time travel is that many things can't be changed. Time wants to happen."

[@Flettwin]

I know other people will have said this but I HIGHLY recommend watching the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood co-currently with Season 3 as the two shows crossover and pay off big in Season 4.

[@bryanstombaugh2000]

3:51 The first of many...

[@garylogan3640]

To answer your question as to why they always seem to land during a crisis, a theory is that the Tardis is semi sentient, and can read the timelines, delivering the Doctor where he is needed. A number of characters/actors come back in a Dr. Who spinoff titled Torchwood, I think you would enjoy that one as well, but if you decide to get into it I would wait until after you finish this season of Dr. Who to avoid spoilers.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

This comment itself is one big spoiler. I suggest you delete it.

[@Sam-sr9zq]

You chuckling at the farts is actually kinda charming

[@martinholt8168]

Question about Patreon: do I need my own copy to watch?

[@emme]

For full length yes, for early access no

[@IsiahBradley]

THANKS for this!!!!

[@Shoomer88]

Did everyone notice Naoko Mori?

[@richietribe9487]

The farting was a joke about politicians talking crap

[@derekchant7875]

Doctor who can go any where or any time but for some reason he spends most of his time in london where they film doctor who 😊😊😊

[@davidwebb4451]

Or in Cardiff

[@TheJerbol]

Omg you're going to be watching this show for years

[@jeanlafayette7152]

Great to see someone picking up on the more thought-provoking and disturbing aspects of the episode rather than just dismissing it because of the farting, as many fans do.

[@salvessen6100]

Fantastic! Thank you :)

[@redgeorgieredgeorgie]

At 6.10, did I miss the White House confirming aliens are real? I'm sure that would be bigger news.

[@mattp6089]

There's some dumb episodes in the first season of the show's revival, and others that have plenty of potential but lack something. Which is a shame because Eccleston is great. Then The Empty Child/Doctor Dances double episode arrives and everything is right with the world. Thank you Steven Moffat.

[@Mark_E_M]

It DOES get better...I promise...lol!

[@Llanchlo]

I think they missed the right tone by making the Slitheen silly. Handled more seriously this could have been great - it was actually a good story underneath. Early days though, and they had no idea how modern audiences would react.

[@Mark_E_M]

@@Llanchlo Agreed

[@SarahH-ns6ly]

This episode is a bit silly with the farting aliens - they can be a bit off-putting. Looking back it seems like they took a few episodes to really hit their stride with the show. From episode 6 onwards it definitely goes up a level. 😊

[@beejamjam]

i dunno, I think 19 years ago when this series came out people would have been celebrating aliens! I think the way we think about alien life has definitely soured over the years

[@AdamFishkin]

Because of missing the pilot when it aired, this episode was my introduction to Sharine and Mickey. Therefore they left a very sour initial impression on me and it took quite a while before I could stand their screen time. The two-part structure heightened the menace of the slitheen so much that when Daleks appeared a few episodes later, I wasn't as intimidated because I lacked the context of the original 60s version of Doctor Who. Totally forgot Penelope Wilton was Harriet Jones. She's been climbing on my list of favorite actresses.

[@LucasSantana-ws8po]

How old were you in 2005?

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

You have to wait till Day of the Doctor to really know the Time War. You have a bit to go. 😁😉

[@princesselizabeth653]

Mickey was a great boyfriend it isn’t his fault his girlfriend ran off with another man for an adventure

[@davidwebb4451]

Once the Doctor gets involved in events he risks a paradox if he jumps back in time and alters something which leads to those events. So he would risk creating a paradox if he took Rose back to just after they first left since then Jackie would not have worried, reported Rose missing and put up all those posters. (That rule seems to fairly strict - and narratively it makes sense since otherwise the Doctor could just keep going back again and again until he fixed things which would make for a pretty boring show. )

[@ronfehr7899]

While the other parts of their bodies definitely looked alien, the faces seemed a little comical-looking to me.

[@mikegandalf]

Sorrt i dony understand your animosity towards mickey...hes literally done nothing wrong. Have a little empathy and see the story from his POV and what hes gone through

[@JudgeJosephDredd1989]

He's called The Doctor not Doctor Who lol Also welcome to your first cliffhanger.

[@ajivins1]

Big Ben wasn't damaged, just the Elizabeth Tower that he's housed in.

[@boghag]

There's quite a lot of people that don't know that Big Ben is the bell. But also, judging by the sound it made, Big Ben did obviously get hit and probably damaged by the spaceship.

[@thedoctor4327]

"I'd like to see his credentials because he keeps messing up the time travel a little bit" All the other Time Lords in Classic Doctor Who before The Time War: "A **LITTLE** BIT!?!?!??"

[@shawnlowery6246]

Remember, the watch numbers will fluctuate by what people think of a certain story. For me, this and the next I don’t care for so I will skip. I look forward to seeing you when we get past this two-parter.

[@edroia4123]

Any alien would need lightspeed ships and our closest star is like 50 light years No alien has ever been to earth logically

[@danonstephen847]

even excluding the sun the nearest other star is proxima centauri which is 4.2, there are roughly 1800 stars within 50 light years around earth, some have even been less then a light year away, for example scholz's star came within .82 light years.

[@koletoday]

❤

[@davidforrester3147]

To be fair the normal days likely wouldnt make for a good episode.

[@phillipgreen3893]

Hopefully without giving too much away the Tardis is a living machine which does not always take the Doctor where he wants to go but where he needs to go.

[@crappiefisher1331]

sorry, but its not mickey who is a bad boyfriend, it's rose who is a horrible girlfriend the doctor is at his worst together with rose.. not taking anything seriously, not caring very much about people affected by what's happening.. constantly belittling mickey - nothing funny about talking to him like he is a dog the overarching story of rose and the doctor is still good, but they as individuals for sure do not bring out the best in each other.. good to know mickey get's what he deserves in the end...

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Ok, Doctor Who is a show with many highs and many lows. The *FARTING FATSUIT ALIENS* are, sadly, not the worst thing you'll ever see, here. 😓 But they're *_almost_* the worst. And what's considered the worst by many has a good excuse to be. 😅

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Do you still think his NAME is "Doctor Who"?

[@LucasSantana-ws8po]

Well, in the credits it used to be XD