Doctor Who - 60th Anniversary Special: "The Star Beast" REACTION!

[@failwhale34]

*The Time Has Come!* What do you think of this first special for the 60th?

[@livingcoffee_edits]

I think it was mid at best, the story was very generic and it's a shame the comic was retconned for this. They trying shoving the fact that Rose was trans down our throats in the second half (they did it well in the first half) and when they said the stuff about letting go, it was just outright sexist

[@elevatedream]

I think Doctor Who is back, really back.

[@Sparx632]

It was so much fun, it really feels just like it did back in 2008 but with a modern and high budget feel. I can’t wait until we finally get to see Wilf, that’s going to be an amazing moment.

[@Becuaseofme]

Too woke

[@Becuaseofme]

​@@livingcoffee_editsexactly

[@pmcmahon97]

"Glad you're back Donna. Because it killed me, it killed me, it killed me." That is some sad shit there. This was awesome! Thanks for the reaction!

[@annfran3543]

It killed me, it killed me, killed me, killed me. (David, Matt, Peter, Jodie) 😢

[@H2E47]

@@annfran3543I thought the exact same thing

[@xedalpha1]

He’s spent 3 whole lifetimes with this regret lingering in his mind. It’s not surprising it would eventually be enough to bring back an old face after a while.

[@failwhale34]

i'm a sap for emotional 10- that felt very genuine eh? And cheers, see you next week!

[@MaskedMan66]

The words "sad" and "s***" definitely apply here, but not in the way that you mean.

[@dh9892x]

My favourite part was Donna fully ready to drop kick that furry wee rat for calling Rose weird😭😂

[@failwhale34]

anyone talking shit about my kid catching an RKO 😂

[@Broccoli_32]

Tennant effortlessly slipped back into this role it’s crazy

[@greigclement9081]

I love the Tennant/Doctor walk !

[@littleredruri]

It's really amazing how quickly each doctor can just return to the role as if they never left whenever they're brought back. It's astounding.

[@JediNerd818]

David has done Big Finish work even recently so it's not that hard for him.

[@littleredruri]

@@JediNerd818 voice acting doesn't include the whole performance, though i wouldn't put it past him to act physically in the booth as well 😭

[@failwhale34]

right? Loved it

[@ScotchBeard78]

Glad to be back with FailWhale watching Doctor Who! So excited for a new era.

[@failwhale34]

You know it fam! Super excited to get the new era going with the gang again

[@derekb4977]

​@@failwhale34 I like doctor Donna, I didn't like the dude that played rose as someone who is a real gay man and have seen so many Detranstioners it's time to be real here.

[@DoctorWhoManiaProductions23]

I had the pleasure to meet Jacqueline King who played Sylvia Noble 2 weeks prior to this episode airing, absolutely lovely woman and I had to ask if she really hit David Tennant that day on set, to which she replied to me saying “oh yes, I proper smacked him”

[@Pavel_M_Mihalik]

And? Did she? 🤣

[@Jim_The_Fish]

Did she?!

[@failwhale34]

that's sick!

[@DoctorWhoManiaProductions23]

@@Pavel_M_Mihalik yep, she proper clocked him 😭😂

[@DoctorWhoManiaProductions23]

@@failwhale34 ikr! she had teased to me that we are in for a real surprise

[@frnknstndrgqn]

Tennant back where he belongs. I cried through most of this episode. If they brought back eccleston and billie I would not survive it.

[@jonvart6136]

this episode was everything good and bad about rtd, from slice of life domestic stuff to crazy convoluted resolutions, we are so back

[@failwhale34]

_we are so fkn back_

[@gestaltdude]

People have been asking why they couldn't have "just let go of the energy" instead of having to wipe Donna's memory. If I had to make an educated guess, it would be analogous to a pipeline (gas, water, whatever) being so close to rupturing that the safety mechanisms involved to prevent it no longer functioned, ie there was too much energy for one mind to release. Just think early Simpsons when seriously heavy Homer couldn't vent the gas from the tank his fellow employees were exercising next to. With that same amount of energy being shared across two minds, it was possibly to release the safety valves to harmlessly vent the energy, as opposed to destroying everything in one big burst. Just a theory, or course, would be interested in the opinions of others.

[@littleredruri]

See, I like this. I wish it would be explained in the episode though. Having to have plumbing knowledge to understand a plot point in a doctor who episode seems a bit weird... doesn't really take away from the experiece though tbh, I still loved every second other than that!

[@gestaltdude]

@@littleredruri Truth be told, my knowledge of plumbing is almost non-existent. :D. I think there was a Classic Who story in the back of my mind when I came up with the analogy, just can't remember which one. I was tempted to use energy instead, ie a connection from one power source may not have the capacity to handle the sudden power dump, while sharing the load between two different cables would allow for a safe power transfer.

[@christianschoff2490]

Also because Ten/Fourteen have never been good at letting go.

[@j-train13]

11:41 I love how you can just _tell_ the BBC is just going "WE'RE PLAYING WITH DISNEY MONEY NOW" and going all-out on the effects

[@fayesouthall6604]

Apparently spent more on this solo special than the entire last David Tennant series.

[@mufinboi975]

​@@fayesouthall6604haha that would hilarious

[@michaelconnor1542]

That doesn't mean it is any good. Everything Disney is shit now.

[@chapmanturbo4082]

The BBC is actually only getting a little extra money from Disney, and Disney have virtually no input into the production of the show. It’s 99.99999995% BBC 0.00000004% Disney and 0.00000001% Sony.

[@failwhale34]

fr 😅😅😂😂 i'm here for it baby

[@EdSigma]

There's a reason they all look classic; it's because this story was originally from 1980, it was a comic strip story in Doctor Who Weekly! The Meep and the Wrath Warriors all look pretty close to how they were originally drawn. A good touch in this episode and all the behind the scenes stuff is that they got the original writer and artist, Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons, to give their permissions, full credits, and they got to visit the set, seeming pretty happy at how it all turned out. When Marvel comics seem pretty reluctant to properly acknowledge the comic source material a lot of the time, it means a lot for the staff on Doctor Who to do this.

[@bennywark3103]

I loved that comic, I'm glad they made it into an episode

[@nomnomnom55555]

The reason the aliens this ep have a very classic who feel is because this story is an adaptation of a Doctor Who comic from 1980.

[@Silas-j9z]

Classic who fan?

[@Rocksteady72a]

"Rose, you're like so casual about this" I think Donna kind of addressed that saying she can't act lol. The actress can of course (from what I heard?), but it explains why has like 2 expressions throughout the entire episode, in-episode. RTD honestly thought of a lot of things that people noticed, it's so great to have him back!

[@yester30]

+ the hidden memories of aliens can help

[@vvgirl6173]

Can we just agree that the special and practical effects were so good this episode? Like comparing the Meep to the Pting it's staggering. Jodie's era effects looked fantastical but unrealistic. That it didn't look real or present with the characters. But here it looks real. It looks present. I believe it can exist in reality. That i can touch it. And that is simply fantastic and shows how far we've come over 60th years. A flipping TV show looks better than whatever the heck the MCU and DCU are making.

[@johnking5174]

BBC Studios money plus Bad Wolf Productions money plus money from Sony who own Bad Wolf is what makes this new era a lot better. Budget increased by 50%

[@vvgirl6173]

@johnking5174 Jodie also had a pretty big budget. If all the special effects, settings and lighting had anything to do with it. They just didn't utilise it well. Experienced writers and special effects and practical effects artists given a lot of time and money to produce something brings the best results.

[@johnking5174]

@@vvgirl6173 The budget for Jodie's time was really the same budget Peter Capaldi had for his last series. The problem was they didn't increase it, along with inflation and cost of production changes. The reduced the episode count from 12 episodes per series to 10. They blew a lot of the budget on the new cameras in a change to how the show was filmed.

[@failwhale34]

that's a good point on the effects! Meshed well with the show here and direction

[@samanthanickson6478]

donna was THE best doctor who companion. so glad to see she and he together again! 😁

[@sg-zd8eb]

Sarah Jane was the best companion actually.

[@failwhale34]

up there forsure! Glad we got to run it back

[@joekerr9508]

favorite companion/doctor/ep?@@failwhale34

[@elfieharper]

donna definitely spilled that coffee on purpose knowing it would take them on a trip

[@failwhale34]

😂😂😂

[@elevatedream]

This is going to be such a great era, Russ is back, we have two more episodes with Tennant and Tate, and failwhale reactions. Let’s goooo

[@failwhale34]

Let’s GOOOOI

[@kolbayada4938]

I really hope Donna's gonna become a recurring character.

[@H2E47]

David running around the Tardis brings me so much joy. Next episode is going to be WILD!

[@drewc981]

As a wheelchair user. myself.. those built in weapons... give em to me NOW! LOL Legal means of self defense built into a wheelchair would be so wicked! Shirley is badass - played by Ruth Madeley

[@cje499]

Hope Shirley becomes a UNIT regular alongside Kate and Osgood

[@failwhale34]

BBC, hook this Whovian up!!

[@johnking5174]

Don't worry, Wilf will be seen. Just patience. He was there at the read through for the three specials and filmed his scenes literally days before he took ill and then passed away. RTD said his memory will be cherished in these specials

[@SemiramisAudron]

Binged your whole videos on DW to lead up to this and just watched it myself before watching your review now. It's so fascinating to see you go from wondering what everyone saw in Donna (before you experienced her for yourself) to watching you see her return and almost get killed off and how much she means to you now.

[@TheNorthlander]

One last hurrah for Tennant, one for the road. Cups in the air for his legendary era of Who.

[@failwhale34]

pouring out a 40 each ep

[@vvgirl6173]

All hail Murray Gold for I Am The Doctor playing with Doctor Donna's return 🙌🏽

[@failwhale34]

Murray the man the myth the legend!

[@dharusiokay9426]

"All hail the Murray! All hail the most high!"

[@jpwphoenix1701]

I loved this so much. It was literally like a return to Russell T Davies’ first era. It was funny, moving, uplifting…definitely one of the best ever episodes. Gotta love the new TARDIS interior too.😀👏🥲

[@EllieJellie.]

brooo!! glad you're gonna do the specials!! i watched your capaldi reactions recently, was hoping you still followed the show

[@failwhale34]

nice! Capaldi the GOAT still do!

[@j-train13]

More than anything I want to see Wilf one last time

[@failwhale34]

same here, run it back just once

[@that44rdv4rk]

"Welcome back, Russ, we missed ya" ... truer words were never spoken,

[@failwhale34]

it's trueee

[@nathanallen980]

Nice to see you reacting to Doctor who again

[@failwhale34]

cheers mate

[@OverWims]

Random fact for you. Out of the 8 incarnations of the Doctor from 2005 onwards (including 15/Ncuti Gatwa), only 3 haven't regenerated from or to David Tennant. 9/Christopher Eccleston regenerated to David Tennant. 10/David Tennant regenerated to David Tennant (Journey's End). 11/Matt Smith regenerated from David Tennant. 13/Jodie Whittaker regenerated to David Tennant. 15/Ncuti Gatwa will presumably regenerate from David Tennant. Only War/John Hurt, 12/Peter Capaldi and 14/David Tennant didn't regenerate to/from David Tennant.

[@sianhanks9755]

Damn it! Third time seeing this episode this time not even the full one and each time I’ve balled my eyes out when Donna gets her memories back!!!

[@RedArcherLive]

HE'S BACK LET'S GO

[@failwhale34]

long time famo LET'S GO ALLONS-Y

[@RedArcherLive]

@@failwhale34 Dude I've missed seeing you! The original Doctor Who reactor I saw. Welcome back, king ❤️

[@elvwood]

I enjoyed it a lot! It has flaws of course, and mostly they are typical RTD flaws (slightly over-egging the emotional beats, somewhat heavy-handed messaging, putting the needs of each moment above consistency of plot or worldbuilding). However, at no point were they troublesome enough to pull me out of the story, so that's a win in my book. Fun fact: Ruth Madeley (Shirley) plays a wheelchair-using companion of the sixth Doctor in the audio adventures, so when I saw her I thought "have they imported Hebe as well as Beep the Meep?"

[@failwhale34]

Same here!

[@FawzanSiddiqui]

12:02 - The Wrarth Warriors first appeared in Doctor Who and the Star Beast, a comic story published in 1980.

[@Alucia0]

I have to admit that the one thing that got me the most about this episode was just how much of an amazing Mother Donna is. I love her character so much, she is just amazing, lovely sweet and fierce and way more intelligent than she realizes. Coming from me on a personal level having parents that were not like this when I came out, I wish I had someone like Donna. It's something that most people wouldn't appreciate or even understand but it was nice to get some positive representation.

[@djcuevas1057]

I love after thousands of years doc doesn’t hesitate to call Donna his best friend. They really just vibe with each other.

[@martinleopard193]

Failwhale is back with Doctor Who, Russ is back, Tennant is back, Noble family is back, RIP Wilf, TARDIS looks sooooo sexy and I am excited!!! Solid 7/10 episode and a good kickoff for rest of Tennants new run! Crazy that David has taken 3 regenerations but other doctors are still siting on one XD

[@failwhale34]

we'll take what we can get, now I just need one more Capaldi season and I can die a happy lad LOL. Appreciate the support and excitement fam!

[@JeM130177]

I agree a couple of moments could have done with a bit more time to them but it didn't particularly ruin it for me or anything. But yeah the weight of Donna "dying" was kinda lost in a way you couldn't help but think it wasn't real hahah

[@danielwilson8604]

funnily enough, this IS someone old AND new. beep the meep is an old doctor who comics villain, finally brought to the screen. they had the author come by to approve all the changes and adaption.. and he was thrilled to see it in real physical puppet form. And david was over the moon too, as one of the biggest doctor who geeks in existence, he'd collected ALL of the writer's comics back in the day, told him all his favorite arcs and even got his own issue autographed.

[@Sparx632]

Oh I was just searching things about the episode and your video was randomly just there. Happy to see you back with Doctor Who again!

[@ryanratchford2530]

Nawww not only did Star beast make me Nostalgic for 2008. But your reaction of it made me Nostalgic for 2019 early failwhale34 Tennant Donna Dr Who reactions!

[@failwhale34]

aaaa aaaa! Respects Ryan, appreciate you fam. 2019 gang

[@rivermistfae]

12:54 I'm still shooketh.... and want a Meep plushie even more 😂😅

[@_.theta._]

YEEES DOCTOR WHO FAILWHALE IS BACK!!! ALL TIME FAVOURITE DW REACTOR

[@failwhale34]

**WE BACK BABY**

[@qadi796]

Just binged your ENITRE playlist of Doctor who. To see the doctors change and see you grow up in the last 5 years and watch your little kitty grow was kinda mental😢😂, here we go again

[@GeeksAssemble]

Yes yes yes the one reaction I've been waiting for 🙌

[@failwhale34]

[@failwhale34]

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[@JeM130177]

"The glass doors are giving me a bit of a traumatic memory" RIGHT?! So mean

[@failwhale34]

me too! Appreciate ya for sticking around this long Dimentrodonz :)

[@thomasscotsman]

THE NEW TARDIS IS EASILY THE BEST ONE YES

[@failwhale34]

STILL YET TO BE DETERMINED. But I like the spacious and clean vibe!

[@spbslinky7381]

I really liked the episode and the new Tardis interior. Good job the Doctor has some sonic sunglasses. All those lights would drive me insane, imagine having to change all those light bulbs every time the Tardis breaks down.

[@Valox]

Bro came dripped out to the 60th Anniversary episode😂🔥🔥

[@failwhale34]

You already know I had to fam 😜

[@MurphyWilsonMusic]

I found out that this story is from an old Doctor Who comic story with the Tom Baker Doctor. Pretty cool. I LOVED this episode! Great reaction!

[@failwhale34]

cheers Murphy!

[@hallyhop]

Oh my gosh love it. Doctor Who is back. FailWhale DW reactions are back! I’m just so excited for this new era

[@failwhale34]

Same here! Appreciate ya

[@LavaDragonGaming]

BIG DUB, been waiting for this one 😁

[@failwhale34]

agreed, right there with ya!

[@robertk2194]

YESSS i have been waiting for this! Im so happy your back and enjoyed this episode

[@failwhale34]

Thanks Robert!

[@flaggerify]

She spilled that coffee on purpose.

[@NoahAG]

Wow! You got it the week it came out that’s amazing

[@failwhale34]

I’ll be first upload next one 🫡

[@NoahAG]

@@failwhale34 Awesome 👏

[@wordlife94]

"You can wear a suit that tight up until you're 35 and no further" David Tennant was 35 during his first season of Doctor Who

[@wordlife94]

1:53 that little bit of the Bad Wolf theme...

[@danbongle]

You've just dropped this as im going to bed. Will watch it tomorrow tho miss your reactions to who.

[@failwhale34]

Long time Dan! What'd you think of it? Miss em too!

[@danbongle]

@failwhale34 I thought it was great some bits I wasn't a fan of, but overall, it's a great episode. I loved the new tardis design.

[@MaskedMan66]

In his sci-fi novel "Perelandra," C.S. Lewis chronicles the adventures of Dr. Elwin Ranson on the planet Venus (whose natives call it by the name in the title of the book). Ransom finds a world in an Eden-like state, with only one man and one woman making up the "human" population. The two have become separated, and Ransom has become acquainted with the Queen. An evil spirit inhabiting the body of Ransom's colleague Professor Weston tries to inflate the sinless Queen's ego and tempt her to sin. He tells her stores about heroic women and paints her a word picture which Lewis describes as follows: "Each one of these women had stood forth alone and braved a terrible risk for her child, her lover, or her people. Each had been misunderstood, reviled, and persecuted: but each also magnificently vindicated by the event. The precise details were often not very easy to follow. Ransom had more than a suspicion that many of these noble pioneers had been what in ordinary terrestrial speech we would call witches or perverts. But that was all in the background. What emerged from these stories was rather an image than an idea-- the picture of the tall, slender form, unbowed though the world's weight rested upon its shoulders, stepping forth fearless and friendless into the dark to do for others what those others forbade it to do yet needed to have done." Now, pay close attention to this next part: "And all the time, as a sort of background to these goddess shapes, the speaker was building up a picture of the other sex. No word was directly spoken on the subject: but one felt them there as a huge, dim multitude of creatures pitifully childish and complacently arrogant; timid, meticulous, unoriginating; sluggish and ox-like, rooted to the earth almost in their indolence, prepared to try nothing, to risk nothing, to make no exertion, and capable of being raised into full life only by the unthanked and rebellious virtue of their females." Lewis was indeed a prophet!

[@Joshua-xh6bm]

Hail to the Meep! Hail to the Most High!

[@failwhale34]

Hail to the Most Meep!

[@adamskyj69]

"Rose can't act, she's terrible, I don't know how to tell her" - that certainly didn't help, as Rose was flat and wooden, but how much of that was down to the charater bio. New Who (under RTD / Phil Collinson etc) is usually pretty good at casting. I loved John Barrowman's portratal as Cpt Jack, his sex was obvious but never felt forced - it all worked, brillianty. RTD created and wrote Cpt Jack and in 2005 era also created the wheelchair bound John Lumic (Age of Steel) and I am sure there is other villians with disabilities he created, yet now in 2023 wants to preach to us about trans and feels uncomfortable about evil Davros whilst a great new UNIT Scientific Advisors has rockets in her wheelchair! First half of the show was great, including some touching trans scenes with Donna's mum talking to Donna about Rose and the deadnaming of Rose in steet, but trashing men (including trans men which RTD is totally oblivious to) in the storys conclusion was as a result shite, cheap and condescending. Has RTD changed, choosing to now focus on inclusivity and bigging all up, well apart from those like him (full mobility who identify as males) - or is that the only safe identity he can now poke fun of in these modern times... Lets see how this pans out, I'm trying to keep an open mind, but for me this episode without the 'new who' features (title sequence, seeing Catherine and David plus of course Sylvia and new Tardis Console) was not one I would ever watch in full again.

[@failwhale34]

enjoyed the touching sequences in the beginning as well. Like that you're keeping an open mind for the rest and the new direction of the series as well. Happy to have Who back

[@torchwoodboy5564]

God I’ve missed your reactions buddy! I don’t watch many anymore but I love yours!!!

[@nunocargaleiro]

this episode was based on a comics made where the 4th doctor was the protagonist. Because of the 60th anniversary, they decided to bring back that story and based a episode with it.

[@failwhale34]

dope they incorporated them

[@annaschwirian7548]

I don't know if you caught it but as the doctor was walking through London their was a Club In the background flanked by to cybermen looking statues. Also their was something diffrent with the first cars we saw. I'm wondering what that's about.

[@CalzaRage]

Probably nothing it’s a real shop that does fetish shit.

[@failwhale34]

good eye mate!

[@dorkandproudofit]

21:10 My guess? Yes, and it said "Hello again, Donna! Throw the coffee on my console, I'll handle the rest. --Tardis"

[@SejhaIsHere]

Hey thanks for doing this! Ive been so excited and personally loved the episode, also seeing Beep was a huge treat!

[@failwhale34]

Gotcha fam! So did I :)

[@SejhaIsHere]

@failwhale34 by the way sticking this in a nested reply, yes. Beep is in a state of permanent psychedelia. Theyre called the most high bc they are quite literally perma LSD basically.

[@contacluj758]

Did you see "Mr Bean" (Rowan Atkinson)'s attempt at "Dr Who"?

[@Onyx-Rose150]

I watched with cc on. I suggest everyone watch the last scene with cc on. 🙃😘

[@paulonius42]

I watched with cc on. I have no idea what you are hinting at. There was nothing revealed by the captions that we couldn't get from the dialogue they spoke.

[@failwhale34]

no cc gang

[@sierra1513]

Russell is GOATed for making the transgenders save the world in this one ngl

[@failwhale34]

*frfr *

[@suchendelokidottir5673]

My first Dr was Tom Baker and i love him more than any other Dr, but i love the Tate/Tennant combo more than i love Tom Baker.

[@phtevenj]

the ONLY problem I had with this episode was the ground fixing itself when they turned the "engine" off.... that seemed cheesy

[@michaelinlofi]

Fairly standard RTD, to be fair. His resolutions tend to be "oops it's fixed uh don't worry about it"

[@failwhale34]

yeah that was convenient af 😂in my head I was like how are they going to sort this out? *Uno reversal!*

[@McBobaa]

Just started watching your DW reactions a few days ago, I'm on s3 now but had to skip forward and watch your reaction to this. Personally I loved the episode, it was so emotional getting the 10th Doctor and Donna back together. Can't wait for more!

[@failwhale34]

Let's go! Hope you jump back and enjoy the ride McBobaa :)

[@stuartomahony5364]

Miriam morgoyles was the voice of the meep if you don't know who she is she was very polite to the late Matthew Perry when they appeared on the Graham Norton Show and she shocked Matthew Perry with a rude story

[@THOMAS_VANN]

meep is from an old series comic called the star beast

[@goosephillip3892]

I’ve been waiting for your reaction!

[@failwhale34]

Appreciate you Goose!

[@blackroomred]

i loved this first special so much too!! there's just some kind of unique spice of magic touch in the way RTD era episodes feel like and i've always found myself gravitating towards his story telling style for DW the most. whenever i think of this show, the feeling i get is the feeling of this era. this is how i like DW, with lots of shenanigans, actually fun banter, a lots of emotional highs and lows and moments that resonate with me at both expected and unexpected turns, and a dash of made up sci-fi handwavery. some people say his sci-fi writing style has cringe turns but i honestly cannot see reason in that. i just love it! this is kids/family show and i honestly love how the sci-fi plots get resolved and the keen focus is mostly on the cast's emotional journey and development through it. i LOVE that and it's so good to see that RTD who balances this the best is back in the driving seat. and to have this all with david tennant and catherine tate AND the rest of returning cast and very lovable new charas? some say they'd rather have something else for the anniversary but i could not care or agree less. this has brought back my inner childhood memories in waves and made me so happy, and that's what doctor who is primarily supposed to be about.

[@pouletnoir4441]

Absolutely joyous!

[@talesyuki]

Oh, you know, I'm just so happy. Such a fun happy episode. Thanks for the great reaction!!

[@failwhale34]

Thanks famo :) Glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@talesyuki]

@@failwhale34 as I usually do. Thanks for always uploading consistently good content. 😁

[@xedalpha1]

They could’ve called this Doctor Who: The Search for Donna

[@DrifterXiii-0]

I have just watched the ep today and you know what it was fantastic.

[@Nebulametal]

Oh, the anticipation of a Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special titled "The Star Beast" is incredibly exciting! First introduced in the classic series, Doctor Who has continuously captured the imaginations of fans throughout the years. "The Star Beast" immediately conjures images of intergalactic adventures and encounters with strange and wondrous creatures. As with any Doctor Who episode, viewers can expect a mix of thrill, suspense, and heart. The special is likely to feature The Doctor and their companions embarking on a perilous journey through time and space, facing both external threats and internal dilemmas. "The Star Beast" could introduce new alien species or revisit familiar ones from the show's rich history. It’s always fascinating to see how The Doctor's wit and resourcefulness lead them to overcome obstacles and save the day. Fans will surely be on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating the twists and turns that await in this milestone celebration of Doctor Who's legacy.

[@dimetrodonz]

yesss i couldnt wait for this! ive been watching your doctor who reactions for so long. so excited for more episodes to come!

[@calliefisher1679]

"where is gwen" .... you are so real

[@failwhale34]

😂😂😂

[@melissasollars2704]

Tardis with a lot of round things in different colors

[@StevenHouse1980]

"Hail to The Meep!"

[@failwhale34]

Hail to the Meep!

[@rivermistfae]

😍🌌💙💙 The new Tardis opening sequence is so delicious!

[@failwhale34]

SO nice River!

[@wavygoddess3845]

I absolutely love your reviews ❤️❤️❤️

[@failwhale34]

cheers WAVY!

[@OnlineFanBoy]

This is the 4th channel I’m subscribed to that has watched this

[@failwhale34]

let's go

[@MajorMagna]

Did you know this isn't the first show David and Catherine have reunited in since he first left Doctor Who? Thry were both really good in the DuckTales reboot.

[@failwhale34]

didn't know they were in ducktales, I know they had some work in the past

[@ModKijko]

Saw them do Much Ado About Nothing in London. I don't know if she did it every night but she switched a phrasing on one of the lines which had to be deliberate: "Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one." became "Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I gave him use for it, a single heart for his double one."

[@josephryan362]

I just watched the star beast all the way through yesterday night

[@failwhale34]

nice! Hope you enjoyed it

[@maxedgerton2374]

Been so excited for this reaction

[@failwhale34]

me too! See you in the next one

[@zemoxian]

Doctor: What? UNIT Soldier: What? Donna: What? Reactor(s): What??? Never fails. 😂

[@obiwankenobi687]

All the monsters this episode are kind of from the old series, they’re from a classic comic. This whole episode is an adaption of that comic with beep the meep

[@MrTambourineMan.]

This was fun. BTW looking sharp dude

[@xedalpha1]

Also. Ngl, I really want one of those smoking Cyberman prints for my wall😂

[@failwhale34]

RedBubble dawg! Check em out

[@FbYd]

So glad to be back bro

[@LJBOY585]

Beep The Meep was a comic story in the 80s

[@failwhale34]

found out after the fact, that's pretty cool. No wonder the designs felt so old whoie

[@nathanjordon6950]

Ye I loved this episode but I will admit the resolution felt very rushed and think that was just because of timing. They were trying to squeeze, "The Star Beast" story in as well as reintroducing the characters and the new Tardis all in an hour. The bit at the beginning was an important recap for people who hadn't seen those episodes since 2008 or perhaps hadn't seen it at all. So that bit of context needed to be put in there too. It's kind of a shame there wasn't more emphasis on The Meep but, at the same time, I'm kind of glad bc the focus was more on the Doctor and Donna which was the main reason for these specials and I think RTD recognised that. It was still cool to see the wrarth warriors and beep the meep in action tho. I hope we see them again in the near future.

[@failwhale34]

I feel you on that Nathan - hopefully they let the remaining episodes breathe a bit more

[@richb313]

I'm looking forward to the next episode of Doctor Who.

[@failwhale34]

same

[@msoda8516]

The meep was in retro dr who comics.