First Time Watching "Doctor Who" Season 2 Episode 3 Reaction | School Reunion

[@UserName-vb4lg]

Anthony Stewart head does not always play bad guys. He was Buffy’s watcher on Buffy the vampire slayer (the series not the movie) and he was the best.

[@breakfastatmilliways]

when they said "he was RUPERT in-" I completely expected Buffy to finish that sentence. I 100% forgot he had the same first name in Ted Lasso because the amazing Rupert "Ripper" Giles is the role I will always most associate him with. 😅

[@sp72929]

The joy in David Tenants eyes is genuine. He was a fan of DW since he was a kid and meeting Sarah Jane was like meeting a childhood hero. I love this episode so much for seeing David going completely fan-boy over meeting Elisabeth Sladen.

[@N0-1_H3r3]

Sarah Jane Smith was a companion for the third and fourth incarnations of the Doctor (David Tennant is the 10th), between 1973 and 1976. She was one of the longest-serving companions, appearing in 80 episodes from season 11 to season 14, and was regularly voted the most popular companion until the show's revival in 2005. The actress, Elizabeth Sladen, passed away in 2011.

[@tl1110]

It's Elisabeth.

[@N0-1_H3r3]

@@tl1110 It is, but autocorrect got the better of me here.

[@Syntell]

Wow, she did 80 episodes, that's incredible.

[@N0-1_H3r3]

@@Syntell Each story was multiple episodes long back then, so those 80 episodes were 18 storylines.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

​@N0-1_H3r3 And the episodes were 25 minutes' long back then, not 45.

[@AnthonyHart]

Sarah wasn't upset K-9 was destroyed because he was a keepsake from her time with the Doctor. K-9 was introduced after she departed. She was upset because K-9 was family. With all their adventures, the times he had saved her life, the fact she had someone to talk to who had the same types of adventures with the Doctor she had.... that's who she lost... not just a memento of her time with the Doctor.

[@MavenCree]

Doctor Who - General Audiences Torchwood - (very) Adult Doctor Who Sarah Jane Adventures - Doctor Who for Kids

[@HuntingViolets]

Accurate, although adults can enjoy all of them, depending on their preferences.

[@mageeaaron2624]

Pretty much 😂💪

[@Syntell]

Nice breakdown.

[@bicarbonat1]

Oh, I would be so keen to see a Torchwood commentary - these guys would be in for a *time*

[@HuntingViolets]

@@bicarbonat1There's a timeline somewhere that says where to start watching it in relation to DW--somewhere towards or after season three, I think. I'll have to check.

[@JackBarrugon]

"Happy slapping hoodies with ASBOs": these are various things alarmist tabloids were using as part of their regular 'kids today are awful' type stories. Hoodies are just hooded sweatshirts, which kids were supposedly wearing so they could quickly conceal their identities when doing criminal things. Happy slapping was apparently filming someone with your phone as they got repeatedly slapped. ASBOs stands for 'Anti Social Behaviour Orders' and these were court imposed restrictions on mainly young offenders, often a curfew, but sometimes things like electronic tags, worn around the ankles. All of this happened to some extent (happy slapping probably the least) but nowhere near as much as parts of the media were saying, which is what the Doctor is realising early on.

[@GhostPurple69]

yeah, an asbo is like a hyper-targeted restraining order-and usually applied to kids, to try to control their behavior.

[@JackBarrugon]

The electronic tag thing didn't work too well, because kids were taking them off. Seems like they should have sorted out that flaw before.@@GhostPurple69

[@HuntingViolets]

@@GhostPurple69 Although John Watson on _Sherlock_ mentioned getting one.

[@robmartin525]

The world was a better place, when the chavs hung out outside Tesco, happy slapping each other!

[@Syntell]

This is a great bit of knowledge, thank you.

[@FiresCollide]

The tragedy of the Doctor is that...he's a tragedy. He's a tragic figure. He can't stay with the people he loves because he lives on, but he's desperate for connection and he needs people around him to keep him in touch with his humanity. And yet, when he leaves people behind, he leaves them broken in some ways because he gives them a taste of what could be, then yanks it away.

[@lbd-po7cl]

RIP Elisabeth Sladen/Sarah Jane - one of the best and most beloved companions in the entire 60 year history of Doctor Who. As a companion she was smart, sassy and more than capable. She and the 4th Doctor in particular had a great chemistry together. And still looking gorgeous here, 30 years after last leaving the Tardis. Also, K9 is voiced by the same actor as in the 70s - John Leeson. K9 was with the 4th Doctor for several seasons before being gifted to SJ in K9 and Company.

[@josefschiltz2192]

It's still difficult to think of Lis as gone, even after nearly thirteen years. She was brilliant. There is a short tribute to Elisabeth Sladen and contributing are Matt Smith and also Russell T Davies and cast members of the Sarah Jane Adventures reminisce and read some of the fans' e-mails in tribute and condolence.

[@ellyh7768]

Doctor who is a family show. Torchwood is aimed towards adults. Sarah Janes Adventures is aimed towards kids. They never got to finish series 4 because Elisabeth Sladen died of cancer 😢.

[@cliffperk234]

the head master was also Buffys watcher in Buffy the vampire slayer tv series.

[@HuntingViolets]

Rupert Giles. Is he Rupert on two different shows?

[@SentiNel090]

I thought that angle made more sense cameo-wise anyway, they being giant bat-vampire monsters.

[@Syntell]

That' s a great call back.

[@fayesouthall6604]

@@HuntingVioletsRupert in Ted Lasso too

[@MJE-riffs]

The anti-matter monster mentioned by Sarah Jane appears in the 1975 story Planet of Evil, the dinosaurs from Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974) and the Loch Ness Monster from Terror of the Zygons in 1975.

[@reneetoz3831]

The villain in this episode also played Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. :)

[@jamilagulley8504]

Also, coincidentally named Rupert.

[@OldManFerdiad]

Sarah Jane saw the regeneration from the third Doctor to the fourth Doctor and is definitely a fan favourite companion. David Tennant was born when she started on the show, so when he says "my Sarah Jane" he really is gushing about his own childhood love of the show. When the fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, was leaving after seven seasons, the producer was worried that viewers wouldn't understand regeneration as it hadn't been seen for so long. So the producer approached Elizabeth Sladen to reprise the role of Sarah Jane on Doctor Who to give some continuity over the regeneration. It didn't end up happening (various stories as to why), but instead we got a Sarah Jane and K9 spin-off called "K9 & Company". It's not great, but is a bit of a fan cult favourite, and a series didn't get picked up. Following this episode, the Nu Who team decided to give Elizabeth Sladen her own spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (this time she gets her name in the title not the tin dog), which is actually really great despite being aimed at a younger audience and having a fraction of the budget of Doctor Who.

[@Syntell]

Shout outs to the tin dog.

[@Cuppa865]

You guys spitting so much truth with your breakdown, shows you truly understand the show in ways like the main threat almost being the subplot. Appreciate these reactions guys🔥

[@solitarymaninblack]

Anthony Stewart Head aka the headmaster was superb in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

[@ClintBandito]

Sarah Jane really undersold the things she saw like saying "mummies" when the same day she avoided traps in a pyramid on Mars, saw an alternate future where earth was left a desolate wasteland and even saw the real Egyptian god Set/Sutekh. Like Sarah the robot mummies were the least interesting thing going on in that adventure.

[@zinnia2980]

Sarah -Jane is my all time favourite Dr Who companion. We will miss her forever. Gone too soon. Rest in Paradise Elisabeth ❤ ( Russell T. was such a fan that he created the brilliant spin off for her ;The Sarah -Jane Adventures) Thanks for the videos 👋

[@SpiderRiderKya]

Sarah Jane Smith is a former companion of The Doctor from Classic Who era. I would say she's, probably? among the most well known of all his companions. And her reuniting w/ The Doctor is almost certainly what the title of the episode is referencing. After this episode, she actually got her own spinoff show The Sarah Jane Adventures. It skews to a slightly younger audience than Doctor Who, but it's still very Doctor Who-y. It has 5 total seasons and the only reason it didn't get a season 6 was on account of the death of Elizabeth Sladen (the actress who played Sarah Jane Smith)

[@MarkWardReacts]

I honestly think this episode is a genius bit of writing because it hits on both levels - it gives backstory to those who don’t have it and for those who knew Classic Who it was incredibly moving. The actual story with the Krillitane I can completely take or leave - this story is about the relationships and it is brilliantly performed; particularly by Elisabeth Sladen who makes the audience care so much about Sarah Jane in less than 45 minutes of screen time.

[@BiasFree]

Ah this is a fantastic Episode, no one expected Sarah Jane to come back and it was so nice to see Elizabeth Sladen play her old role again. R.I.P. Our Sarah Jane.

[@Persewna4]

I am so excited you're at this episode, basically since last season and your speculations on Mickey's growth, I was thinking that I couldn't wait for you to get here. Mickey being the one to call their attention to the school shows what he's been doing in their absence; he might not be traveling with them (until the end of the episode) but he's far from the scared kid hugging Rose's leg. I actually really like how the scene at the end parallels the scene from World War Three, when the Rose invites Mickey to join them, but he had told the Doctor he wasn't ready. Now that he's ready to join the gang, Rose is the one who doesn't want him there. It definitely shows how their relationship has changed over the course of the first season and into this one, and maybe hints at the different dynamic Rose has with this Doctor versus the previous one. I had to pause the video to start typing this, your discussions always bring up so many interesting thoughts and ideas! I really enjoy your contemplation on how someone traveling with the Doctor can then go back to their regular life. Without spoilers, I do want to say that I feel like this discussion really gets at the heart of the series, in a way, as this is something explored from many angles across the show, through different characters. A few of my favorite scenes related to that question are coming up in the third season, so I look forward to your reactions when they do! I do think that, at least from the audience perspective, the lesson to learn for ourselves is to take the risks and live life, because every day and every adventure is worth it, even if they are temporary, even though they end, we'll always be the better for trying than not. I really vibe with what Rekkai says about no regrets, because everything you've done has gotten you to where you are. I don't have kids, but I have a pair of cats who keep me sane most days, and whenever I do get to thinking about things I wish I could change, I remind myself that I would not have adopted these cats if things were different, and I wouldn't trade them for anything. (I also think of the line the Doctor says to Rose in this episode, how they can live their whole lives with me, but I can't live my whole life with them, which makes me appreciate the time I do have with my cats all the more). Oh, also! I'm pretty sure Anthony Head was Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (speaking of vampires), but his character there is so different from this villainous turn that I always forget when I watch this episode! Oh man, there's a couple things Syntell says about Mickey near the end that will be really funny in a couple episodes. Just noting for myself because I actually did laugh out loud just now! 😂 Another great reaction and after-show discussion, as always! Thoughtful, funny, entertaining, your Doctor Who videos are an immediate watch for me 💙

[@TKN5199]

This was a great one for fans of the older series. When I first started watching Dr Who at 5 years old she was the companion with the 4th Doctor. But the NEXT episode is one of my top 10 of the entire show. Looking forward to your reaction

[@Syntell]

Can't wait to see it.

[@scottredding7357]

The long-awaited return of a loved companion ... and it was great to see Sarah-Jane too.

[@OldManFerdiad]

Fan theory that makes me laugh: when the Doctor is saying "physics, physics, physics..." he's actually telling them really advanced Time Lord science but it's so far beyond human comprehension the TARDIS translates it as "physics, physics, physics...". "Echolalia" is repeating a word over and over as a stim (for self-regulation). "Semantic satiation" is when you repeat a word so often it feels like it stops meaning anything to you.

[@HuntingViolets]

Oh, I like this theory!

[@Professor_Murder]

That theory is amazing and I’m pretending that it’s true.

[@OldManFerdiad]

@@Professor_Murder yeah, I love it enough that I don't care if it's true or not.

[@steharrison600]

Gentlemen - you do that rare thing so well, you pay attention to the story. As a result you're getting really tunes in to this unique show. great stuff

[@stephenharrison-light3181]

I really hope you guys follow the stories and watch torchwood and Sarah Jane adventures. They all tie back into doc who. You have to watch them in order for the story to make sense and all come together. So happy I found you guys. Enjoy the journey it keeps getting better and better.

[@Bagofnowt]

The thing I find great about Sarah Jane having watched some more of the classic era, is that she's a woman who knows her mind, has a real set of skills which she uses, and doesn't take any shit. Compared to a lot of women on TV around the time, she was incredible.

[@justynablaszko5917]

the man who played the teacher was also in Buffy

[@bgood8299]

Sarah Jane is my favorite of the OG companions. And even though it was written for a younger audience, her spinoff series, The Sarah Jane Adventures was fire.

[@SNMG7664]

I always found it really interesting in that it didn't stay a young kids show for too long. Of course it never became Torchwood levels of "adult", but it's more like it grabbed hold of a target audience from a specific age range, and aged up alongside them. Going from the lower end of 8-13 at the start, to nearer the upper end of 13-18 by the end. I don't know that I have seen another show do that before.

[@boombam5214]

I loved it as a kid. The trickster was actually a pretty cool villain for her, I remember watching a video shouting that out. He also brought us a cameo appearance of the Doctor which was more than cool. I'll also always remember that clown episode, lol

[@HuntingViolets]

@@SNMG7664 A smart way to do it, though.

[@bgood8299]

Yes! I had hoped the Trickster would make an appearance on Doctor Who during Eleven's run.@@boombam5214

[@AddSerious]

My first LOVE, Sarah Jane Smith. I was born in 1972 and watched her be on the show when I was little.

[@SarahH-ns6ly]

Sarah Jane was a very popular companion of the 3rd and 4th Doctors in the mid '70s. She was smart and capable and able to stand up to the Doctor when required. There were several versions of K9 from the mid '70s until early 1981. Especially popular with kids at the time. Both fan favourites that everyone was super happy to see in the revival. When this was first broadcast Anthony Head was mostly known for playing the mentor figure Rupert Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Seeing him as a villain was rather novel at the time.

[@daveangel2991]

I've enjoyed rewatching Doctor Who via reactors for years now. Absolutely loving the journey you guys are having..

[@channyh.221B]

Fun story about this episode: in order to make the scene with Rose ans Sarah Jane bickering, even more funny, when filming them and David Tennant feeding them his lines, he actually had a mustache drawn on him and Billie Piper and Elisabeth Sladen had no idea until he walked in and now that you know that, rewatching that scene, it makes even more sense how hard they are laughing. I can't never unknow it, when watching that scene. Thank you David Tennant for always being such a good sport.

[@pjlightning1995]

Sarah Jane, very much a companion for several years, and even got her own spin-off series.

[@thevirgologychannel6215]

Sarah Jane was my first companion. I vaguely remember her in The Time Warrior with Jon Pertwee and then regenerating into my favorite Doctor Tom Baker. I was only about 4 but it’s my first television memory. Just to say that K9 was introduced after Sarah had left so she had no adventures with him until K9 and company. One of my favourite stories from nu-who because it married the classic series to the new one. Showing the show is a continuation rather than a reimagining.

[@cliffperk234]

Sarah was a companion of the 3rd and 4th doctor from 70's and 80's.

[@technofilejr3401]

The first of many of the OG companions that we will get to see

[@Syntell]

A nice re-visit from the past

[@SNMG7664]

I am so unreasonably attached to sarah jane. when her actress passed away i *really* felt that one.

[@HailToTheMeep]

Oh she passed….?? 😢

[@SNMG7664]

In 2011, sadly. The final series of the show was re-worked because of it.

[@binrotheheretic8174]

@@SNMG7664 Well SJA s5 was shortened (obviously) - and yes it was an enormous shock.

[@ajivins1]

Got me too.

[@stacyp2186]

Welcome to my favorite companion. Sarah Jane Smith. Only companion to get a spin-off series twice. Both with K9

[@richardmarshall7338]

School Reunion is probably one of my favorite episodes of series 2, is it a tad nostalgia-heavy? Yes, but I just love seeing Sarah Jane and K9 again as well as their reunion with the Doctor

[@technofilejr3401]

8:00, that is kinda the truth. The Doctor and his hijinks wear out companions. The smart ones pull the brass ring and get off the carousel. The not so smart ones stay in too long and don't make it back home. His companion roster has a deep KIA and MIA list 😢😭

[@mageeaaron2624]

5:05 Sarah Jane Smith! She was the Doctor's former companion. This was back in the day when he was the third and fourth Doctor. David Tentant is the tenth. Hope this makes sense. 💪

[@purrceys7959]

Hard to believe that Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane) was 60 years old when this episode was filmed. She was my favourite Doctor Who companion from the classic era. She was gone too soon to pancreatic cancer at age 65. David Tennant grew up watching her. (He was big Doctor Who fan as a child and I don't think his reaction to her is entirely acting. He has said that he decided to become an actor as a child because he wanted to play the Doctor. He wrote the forward for Elisabeth's posthumous autobiography in it he admitted he had her posters on his bedroom room at the age of 8 and was overwhelmed meeting her.) BTW Anthony Head who played the villain in this episode is also known for his role in the American TV show - Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (He played Giles, Buffy's mentor.)

[@franohmsford7548]

He was 5 years old when she left the show, it's hard to believe he had Sarah Jane posters on his wall 2.5 to 3 years later when Lalla Ward would have been the second Romana. It's not like Doctor Who episodes were commonly repeated or that VHS was a thing in the UK in 1976, it wasn't even released in the US till 77 and the first Doctor Who VHS was Revenge of the Cybermen in October 1983 when Tennant would have been 11!

[@purrceys7959]

@@franohmsford7548 it's what he wrote in her autobiography.

[@franohmsford7548]

@ys7959 That's as maybe but doesn't make it true. Especially when the timeline doesn't work......Let's say he actually watched Series 14 aged 5 and his parents got him a poster of Sarah for christmas 76; does it make sense for him to still have that poster on his wall more than two full years later when he turned 8 and after Lousie Jameson and Mary Tamm had both spent a year or more as The Doctor's companion and Lalla Ward was playing the second Romana? Or did he get that poster a couple years later aged 10 in 1981/2 after K-9 and Company came out or aged 12 in 1983 after The Five Doctors debuted and Revenge of the Cybermen was released on VHS?

[@lesterbottomley7641]

Doctor Who was repeated at that time. I'm just about too young to remember 4 but I definitely watched him regularly. And 3 (but not as much). The amount of repeats on bbc was a common punchline with comedians at the time. Foremost in that was DW.

[@sineaterdred1]

Sara Jane Smith was the companion of my doctor, the 4th Doctor 🖖😎👍

[@nekobat1962]

Sarah Jane Smith is a companion from Classic Doctor Who. She had a spinoff for a while too. The show was The Sarah Jane Adventures

[@kathyk5319]

All of the Doctor's companions are special to him.

[@josefschiltz2192]

The Doctor: "I’m 907. After a while you just can’t see it. Everything. I look at a star and it’s just a big ball of burning gas and I know how it began, I know how it ends, and I was probably there both times. Now after a while everything is just stuff. That’s the problem. You make all of space and time your backyard and what do you have? A backyard. But you, you can see it. And when you see it, I see it." Everything else in his lives, especially his companions, keeps his mind off it all. The most telling and poetic speech was brilliantly emoted by the Seventh Doctor. Sylvester McCoy. "That's right, yes, you're going. Been gone for ages. Already gone, still here, just arrived, haven't even met you yet. It all depends on who you are and how you look at it. Strange business, time. ( pauses ) Sorry! "Think about me when you're living your life one day after another, all in a neat pattern. Think about the homeless traveller and his old police box, with his days like crazy paving" You see, Syntell and Rekkai, it's not that sort of intimacy The Doctor yearns for. He needs, above all, a mental connection with people who are still open to wonder. They reignite the passion within him to explore. It sparks poetry within him, otherwise the bright universe dulls over and time becomes an endless void. That's the curse of the Time Lord. He's lonely and he's desperate for company. And I can see what's happening,, via inference from Rose and Mickey's behaviour and their dialogue and, thing is, both their attitudes towards The Doctor are misleading. The term anthropocentric comes to mind! Thing is, The Doctor is, first, alien, and secondly, virtually asexual throughout his incarnations. The 'lad' thing with the "will they, won't they" romance thing is mostly introduced via Russell T Davies writing. The first time there was any hint of romance was with The Eighth Incarnation - played by Paul McGann - and we all thought, "Huh? Well, that's new!" The original companion, back in 1963, was The Doctor's granddaughter. All The Doctor's past before then is couched in mystery, with only the barest mention or hints of what may have transpired before.

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

The "classic" show ran for over a quarter of a century, and there were a lot of companions who came and went over that time. Some got to return home, leaving the Doctor on good terms. Some ended up leaving for a new life in a different place and time, perhaps with a new love interest. And sadly, some were killed...

[@elliottnoad1270]

Tennant himself was a massive whovian especially growing up, like apparently he'd do Doctor Who stuff for his homework and get in minor trouble with teachers for it. Pertwee Doctor & Sarah Jane and T Baker Doctor & Sarah Jane were to him, was what Eccleston Doctor & Rose and Tennant & Rose was to those starting with Revival Who. Like you said nostalgia+ shows its the same show (like lot of adults who also watched the Sarah Jane era as kids in the 70s, potentially introducing their kids to that era, after watching this in 2006. Like, my dad started showing me some classic Pertwee & T.Baker stories after this.) With the Curse of a timelord/how many companions. I remember one reaction channel but cant remember which it was said: with the Doctor its like people with pets (but if said pet has the lifespan of goldfish), those pets become the persons closest friends but when that pet dies, some people get a new pet (and a lot more get a new goldfish afterwards).

[@iiTzPredatorHD]

If only chips with that oil existed in real life, I wouldn't have had so many late nights studying & be addicted to energy drinks as an adult 😂

[@jennifermorris6848]

I love your breakdown and will always hang around for the last thoughts. I started watching back when Sarah Jane was the companion so this was very special to me.

[@Andy-wl6xy]

For me, The Sarah Jane Adventures is the best Doctor Who spin-off. Well worth watching/reacting to.

[@LJBOY585]

The Lottery... The Doctors favorite replacement tool

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Is this the first of many times he uses that to insert himself into where he wants to be?

[@andrewroberts299]

It wasn’t explicitly explained in the episode, but the reason why the 4th Doctor said goodbye to Sarah Jane is because he got a telepathic message from his people, the Time Lords, telling him to return to their home planet, and he wasn’t allowed to take aliens of other species there. Bit of a cop out to force the doctor to say goodbye (because he could have gone back for her after the Time Lord story as he knew where she was working), but the producer at the time wanted to bring in a new companion, who was introduced soon afterwards. Change is necessary in classic and NuWho, whether that be the Doctor or the companions, and Sarah’s character was in 18 stories (80 episodes) over 3 and a bit seasons, and was the longest serving companion in Doctor Who up to that time (1976.) If you do get round to watching classic Who, you will eventually see Sarah’s stories and understand why it was such a golden period of the show with great stories and companions like her.

[@HuntingViolets]

So it wasn't Elisabeth Sladen's choice to leave?

[@binrotheheretic8174]

​​​@@HuntingVioletsNo, it was her choice to leave (the interview is out there) when she wanted rather than it not being her choice - i don't think the producers were wanting to bring in a new companion it was just convenient for everyone. Tom had an idea so they decided to run with it.

[@andrewroberts299]

@@binrotheheretic8174 well, Tom had been saying for a while before Lis left that he didn’t want to have a companion. I think at one time he mentioned having a talking cabbage as a companion (I kid you not) which the producers were never going to do. I think it might have been The Seeds of Doom story (the last story of season 13) where Lis was meant to leave, but it didn’t happen, so when she went in the following season, the Time Lord story bridged the gap between her as a companion leaving, and the new companion arriving. That story also gave Tom his wish to have no companion with him, and while the story was structured in that a companion wasn’t needed, it meant that a lot of the other characters had to be used to explain all the exposition which the companion would normally had done, had he/she been with the Doctor normally. I would think Producer Philip Hinchcliffe and his script editor, Robert Holmes, would have known of Lis’ departure as they were planning the stories for season 14, so would have already realised the need to introduce a new companion after Sarah’s last story (as it would have taken them time to cast the right actress etc.) so I think that was always on the cards.

[@binrotheheretic8174]

@@andrewroberts299 yeah, knew most of that - i was trying not to spoil 😀

[@andrewroberts299]

@@binrotheheretic8174 not trying to spoil either, which is why I didn’t mention any story titles concerning season 14. 😀

[@IsiahBradley]

P.S. to Rekkai: The people who write "Doctor Who" *spun themselves off* to create the only show that replaced "Doctor Who" as No. 1 in my heart: a little, obscure :) BBC mystery drama called "Sherlock," starring pre-Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch and pre-Everett Ross Martin Freeman!!! Going back to the main topic, believe us in the Comments when we say the saga of Mickey will continue.... :)

[@ripleyjlawman.3162]

Anthony Head was also Giles in Buffy, (Buffy also influenced Russell’s original run as show-runner alongside spin-off show Torchwood being influenced by Buffy and Angel.)

[@ripleyjlawman.3162]

Anthony also played Uther in BBC’s Merlin.

[@solitarymaninblack]

Genesis Of The Daleks was a great story with Sarah Jane.

[@binrotheheretic8174]

I suspect we may suggest they watch that story before series 4 😀

[@HailToTheMeep]

This doctor is my first doctor. He may be the 10th doctor, and only the 2nd of the “new who”. But he was always going to be the first. Thank you for the memories ❤

[@Syntell]

You always remember your first

[@Look_Over_There]

I LOVED the Harriet surprise and the call back to Christmas invasion, I always thought she had a point even though people disagree in the way she about things. Not necessarily a traditional ‘redemption’ but she definitely showed she was always on the right side

[@HuntingViolets]

You don't really need to have seen Sarah Jane before to quickly understand everything, and it's kind of nice this way, adds a little mystery. It would have been fun if she'd rejoined the TARDIS team, but she does get the spinoff and continues having adventures. (Rose was okay with Sarah Jane coming but not Mickey. Interesting, huh?) You guys should react to _The Sarah Jane Adventures_ too. You guys have not watched _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ if you think Anthony Head only plays villains. He's Arthur's father on _Merlin_ too.

[@CyberController-]

Sarah Jane Smith, the Doctor's best friend

[@space1999]

The loch ness episode sarah mentioned was great, one of my favorites of classic who

[@Syntell]

That's a real episode??

[@space1999]

@Syntell yep, an early 4th doctor one (Sarah joined with the 3rd doctor and carried through to the 4th)... all of the adventures sarah and Rose mentioned actually happened.... the loch ness monster one was from the mid 70s when the loch ness monster fame was at its peak...

[@brucesimmons5517]

Classic Who was crazy. There are two separate explanations for the Loch Ness Monster and three for the sinking of Atlantis.

[@space1999]

@brucesimmons5517 lol welcome to time travel etc

[@ajivins1]

@@space1999 Timey Wimey!

[@pljdavies]

the joy in watching you not know who SJS is! one of the most important (if not THE ) companions. you may not know how many fans hearts burst in joy when she appeared in this sp

[@TheJaredK]

Sarah got her own spin-off, the Sarah Jane Adventures. It was aimed to bring a younger audience into DW. It had the feeling of like a Disney channel show, but still had the heartbeat of Doctor Who. It was her, her son, and a supercomputer solving typical Who-type mysteries/aliens etc. Edit: and of course Rekkai is on it lol commented before I finished the vid 😂

[@Jim_The_Fish]

Honestly, after the first season or two, it got a lot more similar to Doctor Who in terms of tone.

[@TheJaredK]

@@Jim_The_Fish I’ve seen a few comments saying that now. Perhaps I’ll have to go back and try it again.

[@IsiahBradley]

I loved seeing 10 and 11 on it!!!!

[@Syntell]

Rekkai is nice like that 😂🤣

[@somerandomguy2073]

​@@Jim_The_FishDefinitely! The series 5 episode, 'The Curse of Clyde Langer' was easily as dark as a darker episode of Doctor Who. And arguably more (actually) mature than 95% of Torchwood.

[@scolemsa]

The headmaster was Giles on Buffy. He was awesome.

[@MJE-riffs]

David Tennant also shows up as the Doctor in an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures

[@Syntell]

Really, now that's interesting.

[@SuperClarky666]

spoiler

[@jackieknows9129]

Sarah Jane even had her own series The Sarah Jane Adventures

[@battlegirldeb]

I only started watching your channel because I can't stay away from HP first timers. So, I waited until this episode of DW to watch these reactions.

[@Syntell]

Welcome aboard. Thanks for checking us out.

[@JulieAiken]

Sarah Jane Smith was THE companion. She got her own spin-off -- The Sarah Jane Adventures -- shortly after appearing in a few Doctor Who episodes in the revival (this episode was her first), still amazing after so many years. The way the Doctor looked at her -- that's how we all felt seeing her again! She is an absolute fan-favorite, and in my opinion the GOAT.

[@OldManFerdiad]

Absolutely. Still amazing and always amazing. So many of the production team and crew were Doctor Who fans (notably David Tennant, producer Phil Collinson and showrunner RTD) that everyone was a bit giddy with excitement during filming. She absolutely proved that she could carry a series of her own!

[@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566]

Fries in the USA are chips in the UK. USA chips are crisps in the UK. Hoodies are kids who wear hooded sweatshirts. ASBOs are anti-social behavior orders. PS Sarah Jane Smith was a companion of the 3rd/4th Doctor and considered by many (myself included) to be the greatest companion ever.

[@artembentsionov]

“Hit her with that vampire stuff” Considering he was Giles in Buffy…

[@davidmichaelson1092]

One of my favorite episodes. I watched the original episodes of Dr. Who with Sarah Jane Smith. Seeing her back was wonderful. I had always hated K-9...but in this episode I was thrilled to see it again.

[@dansharp2860]

Sarah Jane is important for Doctor Who because prior to her the female companions were there mostly to scream when the monster appeared. SJS was a 1970's modern "go-get-em" girl and became the template of companions going forward: young, smart and brave as hell.

[@lbd-po7cl]

There are of course a couple of notable exceptions to the screaming female stereotype before SJS. Notably Barbara Wright (first Doctor), and Liz Shaw (third Doctor). Sadly, Liz Shaw was dropped after one season because the producers felt she was “too smart”, being herself a scientist and a match for the Doctor’s intellect.

[@bookswithike3256]

@@lbd-po7cl Jo was also very much a go-getter. Sure, she did face a lot of kidnap and screamed a lot, but she was very much an active participant in stories with her own agendas. That was largely what led to her getting into dangerous situations in the first place.

[@IsiahBradley]

"Situationships...."The Caucasian 'Love & Hiphop!'" LMAO!!!! You finally got to one of the *many* Season 2 gems!!! CONGRATS!!! I'll leave all the history to my fellow Commentators. Thought you said in the live stream that your Doctor Days was MWF!!! SO (an extra) THANKS!!!! And get Rekkai a Substack :)

[@Syntell]

We're looking forward to the few episodes. This season is really starting off on the right foot.

[@deemo7868]

I love the comparison of Rose's relationship to the Doctor to that of a young woman and her sugar daddy. That young woman/older-more experienced man dynamic🤔

[@nac.mac.feegle]

Anthony Stewart Head was a good guy as Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The guy you said was always evil.

[@R.senals_Arsenal]

SO much love for this episode and your reaction to it. Ah Sarah Jane... I grew up watching her, it was the 80s and she was on in the 70s, but I'm an American so we got a lot of Doctor WHO late back then, if at all. When the actress died here in the last decade or so, it was the first celebrity passing that ever really hit me hard, that's how much she meant to my childhood. And she was a firecracker of a feminist and a SJW before that acronym existed! She was/is/forever great! And yeah, OMG, your reactions to the love quadrangle of this episode was stellar! 🤣Mickey's the tin dog!! As for the discussion about going back and changing things... I wish I could undo some of my more cringe moments, wipe out some of the dumber things I've done or said, but I wouldn't change any of my major choices because they led me to the found family I have, especially my wife. We can't have kids but we intend to behave as kids until we're old and frail, and my BFF is just 4 miles away and she knows she owes me a sammich when I'm 80, so I've got a great life to look forward to as well, so yeah, there will always be heartache, age is unavoidable, but all this happiness I have is worth it. Rose got wisdom dropped on her by Sarah there at the end. It is worth it.

[@MrEntpdave]

Sarah Jane was always my favorite. In the 70s, Doctor Who aired on PBS on most Saturday nights but for an irregular number of hours. She is brilliant in the Time Warrior. She is present in the Genesis of the Daleks. She sees their creation. I liked her in the Pyramids of Mars. She changed the rules for future companions. She is an inflection point for the series. It began as a children’s program. Then it became a show for young adults. She is the first woman that’s a person. She might be the first to see the Doctor as a person and not a god. The older shows are not bad but they are a thousand times better if you remember that their peer shows were Gilligan’s Island, the Partridge Family, the Love Boat and so on.

[@mickylove76]

My favourite of the doctors euphemisms was ‘texting and scones’.

[@Llanchlo]

I realise you may be ahead on Patreon but I envy you watching the next half dozen or so epsodes for the first time. Series really took fire.

[@Syntell]

There's some really good one right around the corner.

[@space1999]

K9 never travelled with sarah in the show back in 70s... he came in late 70s after she left.... however they tried a spin off show in early 80s called k9 and company, where he sent sarah on earth a k9 mark 2 and they investigated baddies together... however it was terrible and never got past the pilot...

[@YeetSpace]

dunno if someone already said, but it's echolalia, the repeating words to the dopamine receptors

[@YeetSpace]

as someone with it, 10's DEF got it

[@pljdavies]

Oh my sience - 'Rupert in Ted Lasso ' before ' Giles in Buffy' bahahahahaha i'm fucking old

[@bri_____]

"You get one warning, that was it" 😱

[@Riverwolf1489]

I really enjoyed the Sarah Jane Adventures and hope you check it out some day. Its 5 seasons long, it was supposed to be 6 but sadly she died of natural causes.

[@dwcallum]

Sarah is a companion of third and fourth doctor

[@qa1327]

6:21 lol. Hilarious 8:15 lol have me rolling this episode Great reaction as usual.

[@Syntell]

😂🤣

[@davidmonaghan26]

The thing is that kid went from a nerd to a rebel and when the police arrive a felon and probably committed to an institution.

[@phtevenj]

This episode always makes me cry

[@mylesguy7070]

Yo!!!! That Shogun series on Hulu/FX is straight GAS I bet y’all would like it. I read the book last year and it’s amazing also!

[@Syntell]

You already know we're on it. Hopefully out tomorrow.

[@mylesguy7070]

@@Syntell y’all stay reliable 🫰🫰🫰

[@elliedo01]

Next episode is soooo good, I can’t wait for you guys to react!

[@HuntingViolets]

Rose is a little silly to think this 900-something-year-old time traveler never had a companion before her.

[@Syntell]

Right!!!! 🤣😂 Rule number 1, never ask your time lord how many "travelers" they've had.

[@binrotheheretic8174]

@@Syntell Actually that's not rule number 1 ... and it's not .. Don't talk about Fi ...but ... spoilers🤣

[@mageeaaron2624]

19:08 Now this, puts a smile on my face 😌

[@johngriffiths4373]

This at the time as a fan was the least watched episode of Dr Who i owned. As the same week K9 'died' my own pet dog died 4 days later. 😢 It took a long while to get back to it. But still a good episode. Also good reaction. 👍

[@JackBarrugon]

Loving Rekkai's bandana look with that background. He's the Jack Sparrow of reaction vids.

[@AnthonyHart]

Sarah Jane Smith was a companion in the last year of the 3rd Doctors time and for 2 years of the 4th Doctors reign. She is the longest serving companion aboard the TARDIS, and the companion all others are measured by. She was known before the 2005 reboot the most popular and revered companion of all time. Even now she is still referred to by some as the #1 companion in Who history.

[@HuntingViolets]

And, like Rose, went through the Doctor regenerating.

[@binrotheheretic8174]

Depends how you define longest though ! 😀

[@joshuaverran9443]

Only difference is Sarah Jane immediately accepted the new Doctor with Rose it took her a whole episode.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

Without giving too much away on Classic Who as I hope to see you guys go into it blindly at some point to answer your question yes Sarah Jane Smith was a companion from Classic Who during the 1970's and was a companion to the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) the Time War was not a thing during Classic Who the Doctor was called back by the Time Lords for another reason because humans back then weren't allowed on his planet so he had to leave her behind. The Doctor is never romantically involved with his companions he treats them no more than his best friends even Sarah Jane never thought of him in a romantic way Rose however does I have to say the one thing that really irritated me about this episode was Roses constant jealousy I feel that's the bit they could had done without and just accepted she wasn't the first companion moving on to the story. K9 was also a companion to the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) but came after Sarah Jane had left. There was also an Australian spin-off of K9 which was a children's show which had no connection to Doctor Who what so ever it lasted no more than one season it was absolute rubbish and the show failed. Anthony Head was once considered for the role of The Eighth Doctor in the 1996 TV Movie he is also best known as Rupert Giles from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" which ironically plays an alien vampire in this. Mickey being a companion about time 😊.

[@leslielock9512]

If you like supernatural and a bit campy, when your looking for your next reaction series, you might consider Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Anthony Stewart Head is a main character (Buffy's watcher) and does a wonderful job and is not evil. He's just a great actor.

[@MarkWardReacts]

‘Shout out to cashapp’ and the paypal begging got me 😂😂

[@DWNE03]

There is a k9 spin off with him and Sarah after she left the doctor