He Who Moans review of Doctor Who: The Impossible Planet and the Satan pit

[@patrickmcgann2673]

Creepy fact, the episode after the Satan Pit, Love and Monsters, had a viewing figure of exactly 6.66 million.

[@creamypeanutbutterjellygir3321]

O_o

[@analothor]

he is awake....

[@zakjaggs9761]

@@analothor and you will worship him

[@jamesknighton4489]

And love and monsters was the hour of the beast, we just didn't know what kind of beast😱😱😱

[@chriszone50]

@Patrick Mcgann Viewing figures didn't determine quality you idiot, get that through your thick stupid skull and stop obsessing over views, here is a perspective, Love and Monsters had more views than Blink and Heaven Sent. Does that make Love and Monsters better.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

This is one of the episodes where I remember all the characters' names. ALL of them.

[@ameliabowen4205]

This is the very first episode I ever saw, when I was a kid in England one summer. It scared the crap out of me and then I went back home to America and never got to see the second part for another three years. Longest cliffhanger ever.

[@lesserwhovian6700]

Another good example of a base under siege story by Russel (the) Davies is Parting of the Ways. I really enjoyed that episode.

[@callumdalton9560]

Except this story wasn't written by Russel it was written by someone else

[@hailon_rias7341]

Literally had no clue there were loads of people who didn’t like Davis or the 10th doctor, I thought they were universally loved

[@TheKroglander]

Factoid - The Beast was voiced by Gabriel Woolf, same guy who played Sutekh the Destroyer (pyramids of Mars).

[@TheActingVlog]

Factoid - Gabriel Woolf is returning as Sutekh in Big Finish's four story Box Set 'The Triumph of Sutekh'. *Ducks for cover*

[@AngelCakes1997]

+Cameron K. :D I loved that story and Sutekh! I may well check that out.

[@keelzbateman4007]

+Ethan Stansmore he was also in arrangements of war and thicker than water, he also appeared in some faction paradox audios as sutekh howler you spell that, and he read some dr who target novels in the 1970s

[@Stubagful]

Was between this and turn left in the end. Have fun guessing what the next video will be about. Wow Moffat's right, teasing your audience is fun *cackles and returns to lair*

[@ivanarnerich]

Hey Stuart nice video, do you have any dark eyes box sets because you like big finish a lot.

[@russelltietjen4407]

Damn you and your Mystery Box, Stuart!

[@punkrockbttrfly]

Russell Tietjen The difference being I suspect whatever Stuart pulls out of his box will be much less disappointing than Moffat's usual fare...

[@TheActingVlog]

3:05 This might be quite a valid way of putting things when comparing show runners. If not for the fact that it wasn't even written by Russell himself. This was a terrible representation, really, because it was only PRODUCED by Russell. Not written or directed. And he was the one who only wrote ONE SCRIPT that didn't feature the planet Earth in shape or form. And he was the one who never stopped using the Daleks and more often than not re-used Classic Who monsters than creating original monsters. And even if he did create original monsters, they were the most basic things ever (Y'know, an eight year old could have thought of the Slitheen, and one of them even did and ended up being the Abzorbaloff) or they ended up being "the last of it's kind". That's one of MY main issues with New Who; they create some actually interesting monsters with actually interesting concepts. And then they end up just killing them literally forever. And the reason why we got this story from a so-and-so writer is because Russell actually asked writers to come write for Doctor Who (Like J.K. Rowling), whereas Moffat lets writers come to him (Neil Gaiman) and just gets whoever's a regular writer (Mark Gatiss, Gareth Roberts, Toby Whithouse) on the writing staff and just tells them to do whatever. It's gotten better in recent years, especially seeing as we have a female writer for Series 9, and he did get Neil Cross in as well to write for the show. Personally for me, I think Neil Cross should be the new show runner after Moffat's gone, because he's clearly capable of doing a self-contained series on his own (Watch Luther, it's one of the best things I've ever watched, bar Doctor Who of course) and he's said before he has a lot of Doctor Who stories thought up in his head. So yeah, I prefer Moffat's Who over Russell's Who, but I don't think it's that strong either, though I do think it's closer and more faithful to the Classic Series than Russell's "chavvy Doctor Who" ever was. *Ducks for cover*

[@PatrickCervantez]

My guess... either Turn Left, Midnight, The Ark (considering you mentioned the Monoids), or a companion retrospective about Sara Kingdom.

[@CODEFORTYTWO]

I rewatched this last night and it was better than I remember, and since I already thought highly of this story it came to me as a surprise that I loved it even more.

[@siborgproductions2422]

I felt the same with bad wolf /parting of the ways. Fantastic final story

[@arcadeassassin7176]

you know this works pretty well a classic who four parter. the cliffhanger for part one is when tobby gets possessed, the cliffhanger for part two is the pit opening, and the cliffhanger for part three is when the door in the vent opens to reveal more ood. in fact you could probably do this with any new who two parter.

[@JayExci]

Hey Stuart, after you finish season 10 is there any possibility you'll be doing some more archive reviews like this one?

[@carealoo744]

Fancy seeing you here! I hope So! I'm reacting to all the Classic stories myself, on my channel, but I like His older videos, as well. I miss his: 'Doctor,' Retrospectives, that got taken down, ages ago. I wish he would consider trying to re-upload those ones. Love Your Videos! :)

[@secondaryadjunctofu0]

I always liked this one, even after becoming the big fan of classic who that I am now. I imagine this episode as, what if HP Lovecraft wrote a Doctor Who two part story. That is kind of what I took away from it. Still cool as well.

[@TheActingVlog]

Yeah, I agree. I liked it a lot. I thought it was really good, if a little over-crowded with the fact that the Doctor and Rose basically act like lovers in this one. In my opinion. *Ducks for cover*

[@walterposs1212]

Great video! I love this story so much. This and Rise of the Cybermen are my favourite seasons of Doctor Who. The reintroduction to the Cybermen may disappoint some classic fans, but it does it's nods here and there, like the reference of International Electromatic.

[@SonicTimewarp]

Well the Ood are from the same part of the galaxy as the sensorites so it makes sense why they look similar

[@chrisdaily2077]

My brother and I (who both watch classic Doctor Who) when watching this episode both noticed how much it was like to episodes like the Moonbase or Ark in Space. Also this episode creeped us out because we watched it at night and had to go to bed before finishing the two parter.

[@SamuraiJedi7]

I didn't know Rebel Flesh was so unpopular. I enjoyed it for the most part.

[@TheActingVlog]

THAT STORY TRAUMATIZED ME! It's a really scary one for me, so I've never had the chance to judge it as a story. Amy was a real bitch to the doppelgangers, in a different way to the rest of the guys, especially towards the Flesh Doctor. They say that they were testing Amy, but that never really went anywhere to a scene that saw the Doctor disappointed in Amy. Also, it ends up being a base-under-siege story, right? So it's gotta be good, right? *Ducks for cover*

[@rakhshas6727]

Terrell Allen The moral dilemma didn't make any sense, the whole episode was based around how cruel it is to force these avatar bodies to endure deaths, but by their own admission the flesh wasn't even sentient until the solar flare brought them to life.

[@SamuraiJedi7]

Frank Jaegar I can see that. Still had fun watching it though.

[@casualcraftman1599]

It was writing by the guy who wrote Fear Her.

[@SamuraiJedi7]

Casual CraftMan ewwwwww

[@DarkLordoftheMeme]

My alltime favourite of either new or old Doctor who, my appreciation is slightly diminished by reading Lovecraft and thinking that perhaps an original monster design might have been better than a stereotypical devil, but still amazing episode. Might be cool for doctor who to hint at some forgotten era at the dawn of the universe filled with incomprehensible Lovcraftian horrors, in which a war raged that makes the time war look like a minor squable over who's going to do the washing up from which which the weeping angels and the beast are survivors. I've been thinking it'd be an interesting idea to introduce a creature that prompted the angels to develop their 'quantum lock' defence mechanism.

[@jaimelannister7274]

The RTD era at least had a handful of exceptional episodes (usually Moffat penned, oddly enough in retrospect) each season to make up for the lesser ones. For the SM era I struggle to think of any ... Series 5 had a couple, Series 6 had the Doctor's Wife, Series 7 ... ehh. I haven't even watched S8 or S9.

[@GCAbleism158]

another example is human nature and family of blood

[@christopherbennett5858]

I think it's a mix of doctor who being newish and people actually dying. There was a risk to everything. With Moffat, there eventually became an attitude when a companion died that it was going to be reversed in five seconds. One underrated episode for me is Father's Day. The reason for me is because it is the most unique episode. It was foreshadowed in the beginning and it was a companion trying to change history to benefit themselves in a way which no one else has done since. I also think that Davies took more risks weirdly enough and focused more on character than story

[@charlesdodimead5658]

As someone who grew up watching classic Who, and was thrilled to see a new iteration come out on air I approached "new who" with an open mind and open heart. I didn't REALLY become aware of the writer/show runner drama until about the end of the Matt Smith era. In 2005 I was 20, so I had watched and just known which episodes I liked, and which I didn't. Here's my hot take: Without having been aware of any of the shit that was going on on the internet, I had favored the Davies episodes. NOT saying that Moffat didn't write some EXCELENT shit. I feel everything you are saying about Davis is the truth about Moffat. My feelings at the time, and still are that Davies approached the show to be AS CLOSE to the original as possible. Look at the Daleks, SPOT ON PERFECT in Davies era, down to the sound and visual effects used, perfect. I think Moffat sat in the background writing some true gold, biding his time and when it was his time to run the show he made creative choices that departed from the standard "who" which again, I think is totally fine but can understand would cause some division. At the time I remember specifically having a debate with a whovian friend of mine (during Moffat era). I had commented how I just felt as though earlier "new who" just struck a bell with me more than the convoluted new stuff (referring specifically to who was responsible for exploding Matt Smith's TARDIS). I had said it was confusing and unknown (which at the time it WAS) and he argued it was the same aliens who put in the Pandorica (which it was not). I had been paying attention, just because it was confusing does not mean I didn't get it. It was revealed to be Madame Kovarian the very next season. Talking Classic Who quickly. The show getting stale is the VERY REASON the writers came up with things like "regeneration". To most literally give the show a "facelift" every so often. Ask anyone who their favorite classic doctor is (while there is ONE clear objective definitive answer) you will get varying responses. Everyone loves one particular Doctor, fond memories of one particular era. And new who is EXACTLY THE SAME. We have to "bend and break" some cannon rules every now and then to keep things interesting, or "just for cheap tricks" as so delicately put to Martha. What I think is TOTALLY stupid is the divisiveness. I mean seriously, aren't we adults? Can't I say I like red shirts, without all the blue shirt people feeling attacked and visa versa? Some people like new who, some don't. Some people like Newer Who, some don't. Some people like New Trek, some don't. Some people HATED The Last Jedi, Some LOVED it. Just because I state I love broccoli, does not mean I'm saying YOU HATE carrots...

[@silcrowprima7827]

The ood are one of my favorite New Who creatures

[@Wazzok1]

Stuart Hardy: Spends 2 minutes of a 7 minute video actually reviewing an episode. Not that I'm complaining; the whole video was engaging and I fully enjoyed it. It's just that it was a 5 minute overview of Doctor Who before singling out an episode to talk about for the remainder of the video.

[@TheActingVlog]

Yeah, I agree with you. *Ducks for cover*

[@barrington6151]

Great review! I'd like to see you do a review of the two Mara stories. It's interesting, as they're two of Moffat's (and Rob Shearman's) favourites!

[@TheActingVlog]

Snakedance is my second/third favourite televised Doctor Who story (Haven't listened to enough Big Finish yet). Yeah, and I HAVE seen most of the Classic Series to judge this fairly. *Ducks for cover*

[@SunniestAutumn]

TheActingVlog Why'd you end all your responses in bolded "Ducks for cover"?

[@SunniestAutumn]

TheActingVlog And I have expressed how harmful I find them.

[@AndrozaniCritic1999]

John Smith I'd like to see that, especially considering his love for Kinda even though he's not one for theme.

[@jartism]

The Russell era is still my favorite regardless of it's flaws

[@oufcfan5100]

as a kid I was scared so much of this. well done

[@edward4840]

The robots of death is my favourite story that I've seen of classic who (probably because it was my first)

[@DarthAzabrush]

The reason that the threat isn't Sutekh is basically the same as the reason the Ood aren't the Sensorites and the Slitheen aren't the Fomasi. Russel wanted to avoid paying their original creators. That's just outright theft.

[@marky437]

These two episodes always reminded me of having elements of "The Thing" lol

[@tardisnet9487]

I agree this feels a lot like Classic Who and really questions religious beliefs and the origins of the Devil and leaves it up to interpretation. I just made a review on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.

[@marilynmalone1381]

3:22 "what you get if you cross" eh, no, the Ood are original, they look very different from the other two, clutching at straws there.

[@Char10tti3]

I actually really liked the rebel flesh two parter but I think the pacing was a little off

[@DoktorSean]

I think a perfect era would be 50/50 Davies and Moffat. Moffat's storytelling becomes irritatingly convoluted and overly quirky after a time, and Davies' storytelling can be a bit too childish for my liking. But on balance, my favourite NuWho stories do come from the Davies era, and that includes this one right here.

[@SonicCam04]

recently we got a A THREE PARTER EPISODE

[@carealoo744]

Kinda. Not Objectively. Some People call if 3 1-Parters, But Whatever.

[@GardenGnome118118]

If 10 is your least favourite Doctor for the most part who is your favourite Doctor for the most part?

[@JoelTConnors]

I guessed rightly! You clearly have good taste sir!

[@TheActingVlog]

What's weird is that I thought "Human Nature!" when he said "then I'm gonna do a follow-up review of a Tenth Doctor story I have no issue with". I completely ruled out this one because I have some issues about it that I thought Stuart here would also have a problem with. Like that scene between the Doctor and Rose after they've found out that they're stuck. Yeah, there's a tiny bit of sexual tension which wasn't at all needed for their character arcs. In my opinion. *Ducks for cover*

[@JoelTConnors]

I didn't notice sexual tension because I'm completely and utterly oblivious to that sort of thing.

[@TheActingVlog]

Joel Connors The particular moment is when they're sat down alone and they're talking about mortgages and sharing one together and then they end up being silent.

[@TheActingVlog]

***** ...tension! I don't know, it seemed unnecessary to me.

[@paulflint6254]

it was good really good

[@xdev9538]

You make me laugh all the time.

[@TheActingVlog]

He's awesomely funny and is my only comedy hero that is alive. How depressing. *Ducks for cover*

[@xdev9538]

I love this story one of the best of Series 2 my 10th favorite Nu Who story and Rebel Fleash Almost People was so bad it probably ruin 2 parters.

[@archive9796]

And since series 7 tried to be EPIC in ever way that when there was a bad bit it looked like shit -mainly the writing Eg JTTCTOT -I doubt many of us would have cared about seeing more of the TARDIS is the brothers were actually enjoyable to watch

[@TheActingVlog]

Every story must have two parts or more. It would give the Modern Series more "ooomph!" and actual drama. In my opinion. *Ducks for cover*

[@archive9796]

Well eps 1 + 2 and 3 + 4 of series 9 are both two parters so maybe

[@archive9796]

I feel bad for the RTD era as its over He can't do a prequel to explain a plot hole he left over or a mini Ep explaining how and why stuff happens Moffat does can and will and it still won't matter cous it wouldn't be on TV so hardly anyone will see it

[@silcrowprima7827]

Dr who is my favorite Syfi tv show

[@fiadhearthpony6177]

so long as I don't have to deal with late 10th doctor I'm fine....or his first episode

[@archiejohnson6711]

How is Tennant your lest favourite Doctor?

[@francisbarraclough959]

Stubagful your viewers would love to see your reviews of The Pilot and Smile, okay.

[@xdev9538]

This story is good but not as good as The Robots of Death.

[@TheActingVlog]

Maybe it was to do with the fact that I had my noisy little cousins over at my Grandad's place while I was watching the story, I never saw The Robots of Death to be very good and either seemed really long and drawn out, only for you to feel as if the ending was rushed ever so slightly. I think I preferred the Big Finish story Robophobia more over the original. *Ducks for cover*

[@xdev9538]

Watch it again its actually my second favorite 4th Doctor story City of Death is my fave I want to watch a other story from Season 15 and I dont want to watch Underworld from what I heard about it.

[@xdev9538]

I know TROD is season 14 and I meant I wanted to watch another Season 15 story that what I mean.

[@AndrozaniCritic1999]

XDEV True but that's... kind of an out of nowhere comparison.

[@TheActingVlog]

Oh yeah, guys! I re-watched The Robots of Death a few weeks back. The Robots are scary. 10/10.

[@lesserwhovian6700]

It seems to me that the best episodes of New Who are only slightly better than the average ones from classic Doctor Who. Seeds of Doom? Check. Inferno? Check. Remembrance of the Daleks? Hell yeh

[@lesserwhovian6700]

LesserWhovian Whoops! Didn't mean that the episodes I listed were average. They are the ones that are so much better than the best of New Who. Inferno is so much more interesting than Blink, hence why it is rather cliche to find these stories in Whovian's top 10 favourite stories list.