How 'Rose' Introduced Doctor Who To A Brand New Audience

[@amazingdisgrace1684]

I love how Chris portrayed an edgy, brooding Doctor whilst also managing to be one of the funniest.

[@DisKorruptd]

he'd just come from being the War doctor (between 8 and 9, but the audience didnt know that yet)

[@flimpeenflarmpoon1353]

@@DisKorruptd wasn't the war doctor created because 9 didn't want to be in the 50th anniversary so 9 would have been the war doctor, right?

[@DisKorruptd]

@@flimpeenflarmpoon1353 I mean, 8 was allowed to choose the form he needed to finish the Time War, but we never see that form or any of the time war until the 50th anniversary, so I'd say no, 9th was just the 9th doctor we saw, the War Doctor was named this way because we already had the numbers in place, but we saw the War Doctor out of order so we gave him the name of War Doctor instead of 12 or 13,

[@saxor96]

@@DisKorruptd That's the explanation in-universe, not the casting decision. War Doctor was created because the stranded relationship between Chris and the BBC. I don't know if there was a negotiation prior to the plot rewrite or they didn't even bother to try to cast him.

[@hgwsavage]

I like how the episode focuses on rose and the doctor is almost a side character

[@HarboWholmes]

Yeah, it really helps give a different perspective of The Doctor and ease the new viewers into the show

[@RhinestoneInteractive]

@@hgwsavage true, Rose became annoying and bratty in series 2

[@altinaykor364]

@@hgwsavage nonsense

[@crazypomp927]

"Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!" You can't get a better introduction to the Doctor than that.

[@Alia-bc3rc]

I know a lot of people laughed at Billie Piper casting because she's "just a singer". But I think she's marvelous, one of best acting for the companions.

[@davincent98]

We need to stop complaining that pop singers get acting jobs. They're still entertainers and are usually multi-talented.

[@unclegumbald989]

She was also fantastic in Penny Dreadful!

[@RealBadGaming52]

i was 15 at the time and didn't know Piper existed so i didn't have this preconception of PIPER, I guess i was Lucky. and i loved her character.

[@willbaker6532]

It's weird because she's probably more recognised and famous for being rose than being a singer

[@matt0044]

Shame Rose never sang in show.

[@matt0044]

I like that Clive hints at regeneration as he claims that the Doctor's name seems to be a title shared by many, interpreting each new incarnation as a separate person similar to how Harriet Jones initially took the Tenth Doctor.

[@nightowl8477]

8:54 the whole season has that glow filter. It disguised the already outdated cameras they were using, emphasising light sources and making it look less grainy.

[@adamboh393]

Series 2 used it as well

[@pjgs4933]

I really like that glow a lot. It does look ethereal

[@lilybea8524]

I’m not really sure why the camera quality feels so different in the RTD era, but it makes me love it even more because it feels less superficial than Moffat’s. Love your videos, keep it up :)

[@HarboWholmes]

Well apart from the obvious difference of the RTD era being in SD quality (until Planet of the Dead), the camera style was very much trying to imitate other early-mid 2000s shows, along with there being a lower budget

[@prof.evilpictures8696]

Beast I think Moffatt’s era looks great but I hate the look of the Chibnall era.

[@lilybea8524]

Prof. Evil Pictures I think I just feel more nostalgic when I watch the RTD episodes, but I agree that Moffat’s episodes were vibrant and beautiful to look at, and I really enjoyed those episodes as well. Series 11 and 12 look quite dull and gloomy in comparison.

[@peterjoyfilms]

@@prof.evilpictures8696 The Chibnall era looks so artifical it actually takes away from the storytelling - we need to relate to the world and we can't if its overly shiny like a food commercial

[@TheOtherKaneda]

Bit late, but like Harbo says, most of the RTD era is SD, while Moffat started out with HD. The one thing all of the RTD era episodes have in common, including the HD ones, is that they're shot on digital video, with post processing filters added to make the end result somewhat more "film-like". Between The End of Time and The Eleventh Hour, BBC Wales acquired digital film cameras, and the contrast - even to Waters of Mars (which is, to me, the best shot HD episode in the RTD era) - is staggering. To my eyes, the Moffat era is *much* more cinematic, but that doesn't really detract from the (for Who) unique style of the RTD episodes. Especially if we compare RTD era to the Chibnall era "style"... which is actually even *closer* to actual modern cinema - even the way modern cinema looked during Moffat's reign. It's style without substance - to me it looks like little thought has been put into the look of series 11 and 12, other than "make it look modern". In the same vein as Prof. Evil Pictures, Lily Bea, and Hermes, I find that look dull and artificial and cold - it's succumbed to everything "wrong" with cinema of the 2010's. I say "wrong", which is obviously subjective, but it's all trends that have arisen mainly due to refusals to learn from the experiences of the past. Those trends which will more or less die off (much like 3D cinema) when cinematographers and editors catch up with the knowledge of people who worked 20-100 years before them. And which will, in the long run, make series 11 and 12 look *more* dated than "Rose". From the orange/teal color grading plague over flattened contrast, to insanely excessive lens flares. At the same time, it manages to ignore almost everything that digital cinema has done *right* in the past decade...

[@mtaimry]

"Rose" was the first ever episode I watched back in 2008 when I was 13. Im from Israel and have never heard of Doctor Who before, and I watched the entire first series without even knowing that I am watching a reboot of something. It really did do a FANTASTIC job. I remember thinking that the Autons MUST be the main villians of the show, and only after watching the second episode I actually got the show's format. I remember being really surprised (and scared actually) when suddenly episode 4 ended on a cliffhanger, like the show can do whatever it wants. I remember the shock I had when the Doctor regenerated at the end of the series, I've never seen anyone do that ever. Also, this video is the first time im hearing that people didn't really like Murray Gold's score for series 1. There are so many classics there and to this day there are many many tracks I really wish they had officially realesed.

[@user-jn1wm3tb8v]

They did publish the soundtrack.Look it up

[@mtaimry]

​@@user-jn1wm3tb8v Yeah I know, I meant that there are some tracks from series 1 they didn't release that I liked

[@user-jn1wm3tb8v]

@@mtaimry no.they probably just got put in the series 2 tracks.

[@FransHoorn]

It's true, some tracks are unreleased. A good example of a track I loved that has never been released is the background music you hear when all the children are typing on the computers in School Reunion, season 2. You can listen to that one here and find most unreleased tracks on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYTPequdeqqAeq8

[@mtaimry]

@@FransHoorn yesyesyes THAT ONE, so weird it wasn't on the official soundtrack!

[@tig3662]

Loved the RTD era. I can always rewatch any episode from that era.

[@altinaykor364]

I always return to this era, while I can live another 10 years without needing to watch later eras again

[@goblin_corpse]

I want more companions like Rose, Martha and Donna- everyday folk swept up in intergalactic insanity. Companions who are grounded, have obligations, lives that are impacted by and impact on their adventures. I would love to see a companion struggling with a less than perfect life. A graduate that can't find a job. Someone with a tumultuous home life. Maybe they're homeless, or on probation. Someone who's depressed or grieving. A single parent coping with empty nest syndrome. People who feel like that they have nothing to lose acting as a character foil to a relentlessly optimistic Doctor, or one who's a compulsive fixer. it could be an interesting inversion of previous relationships.

[@robbiefl2001]

They had Ryan for that in the new series. A guy with dyspraxia would make for some really interesting dynamics but they forget all about it after the first episode of season 11

[@mayotango1317]

To be honest, I feel that Moffat companions are the most normal people of the new series. They never become soldiers of God Bad Wolf.

[@Milk88488]

Bill?

[@Connor-ONeill]

A fair amount of that lined up with Graham and honestly,he was my favourite part of 13th's run

[@altinaykor364]

and especially female characters that aren't sexualized or are just heaven for fantasies of one writer (you know exactly who I'm referring to)

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

8:19 I still scratch my head as to how exactly Rose didn't notice Mickey had been replaced when he looks like a mannequin, his hair is an obvious wig, his skin is waxy, he can't drive, and he suddenly stammers like a skipping-record on words of endearment. Rose doesn't realize what's going on until the Doctor shoots a champagne cork through his head. Sure, she's never been very observant when it comes to Mickey, but come on!

[@harleyquinn8804]

Lots of planets have a North! For real though, I remember watching this on Netflix because I had scrolled past it for ages and had no idea what I was getting myself into. Turns out, I was watching what would become one of my favorite series and my favorite season. I have a terrible memory, but I will never forget Rose.

[@hououinkyouma3864]

It's an actual crime that 9th only had one season :'(

[@flyhyland]

You're videos are so good and your channel is so underrated, how am I only finding you now!?

[@HarboWholmes]

Thank you! And, well, you're here now so that's all that matters! :)

[@mrmrsgamer6938]

rose was such a normal person at the start that anyone watching could imagine that they were a companion, facilitating peoples imaginings of Dr Who

[@politicscommentator]

"Rose" was my first episode into Doctor Who. I didn't see it when it came out in 2005, but I saw it when it was Hulu back in college and let me just say that I absolutely loved it after the first episode. The episode itself was the perfect way to revive a beloved franchise with bringing familiar elements of the show for older fans and being more up to the production and viewing tastes of the new fans. The 9th Doctor and Rose were a great pair and I loved both of them in Series 1. Rose has always been one of my favorite characters from the show and I still glad she reprised her role in the Big Finish audio productions with David Tennant. This episode was a fun ride and definite must watch for any new viewers.

[@TombstoneSyrup]

We really have to thank this episode, had it been done poorly, we would probably only have had that 1 series in 2005. Also, congrats on 4k subs

[@nightowl8477]

It's cool that the Autons were the first Doctor Who monsters to be seen in colour (as well as 3's first enemies.)

[@HarboWholmes]

Well if you want to get technical about it, the Daleks appeared in colour first because of the Cushing films 😛

[@ishaandw]

If I could only watch one episode of series 1, it would be Rose. It was fun watching it on rewatch.

[@teabags8844]

Congrats man your channel is growing like mad , i'm so happy for you.

[@HarboWholmes]

Thank you :)

[@reyniknamyrion3557]

I've spent the past few days actually sitting down to watch S1 for the first time (caught a few episodes before but I was six when it came out, so...) and that's me about to properly watch 'Bad Wolf' and 'Parting of the Ways'.

[@henrym6411]

I have the quarantine to thank for giving me time to binge Doctor Who! Finished the RTD era and it was fantastic! The Moffat era is pretty good so far too, I’m on Season 5

[@abigailxmary]

god this originally aired 2 days after my 6th birthday, and I still remember being terrified of the living mannequins

[@Pur9leRain]

I think i might just subscribe (having gone through scores of your videos over the past 3 weeks!)

[@Jaeden_Phoenix]

The first episode of Doctor Who I ever watched. Watched it as it aired at Age 3, never missed an episode since in 15 years, even if the show has declined in quality.

[@HarboWholmes]

It was my first episode too, although I don't have a memory of actually watching it at the time (my earliest DW memory was the End of the World)

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@HarboWholmes Rose and Father's Day were my favourite episodes from Series 1.

[@phily8093]

You're getting old! The "back in my day" "Rose" tinted spectacles have hit you already.

[@muskaan3711]

I didn't know that doctor who was an old classic. I came to know about doctor who from tumblr and I decided to watch it on Amazon Prime only last year. From this episode itself, I was hooked onto this, show. I admit that the quality of cgi and monsters wasn't the best, but the, characters made up for it. I'm currently watching season 7 and I love Doctor Who!

[@HarboWholmes]

Series 7-12 are divisive among fans, but I personally love the second half of Series 7 and the entirety of Series 8 and 9 so I hope you enjoy them!

[@thething1710]

I fell in love with Doctor Who from the very first episode of "Rose", and subsequently hunted down tapes of Classic Who between seasons to learn about the history of it. Whovian 4 Life now ❤

[@paulbeardsley4095]

Good, accurate summary. Although I wasn't a fan of some of RTD's subsequent work, I felt he got it just right in Rose. Almost as if he watched the TV Movie and deliberately did the opposite of everything in it.

[@griff7340]

Congratulations on all the channel growth you are by far one of the best you tubers and deserve all the channel growth you’re getting

[@unclegumbald989]

I love this series, I hope you’ll do one on “Boomtown” sometime. I think it’s severely underrated... one of the rare occurrences where the Doctor has to face consequences for the things he does.

[@HarboWholmes]

I'm doing a review of every NuWho episode so I'll get to Boom Town in May-ish!

[@unclegumbald989]

@@HarboWholmes Oh dang, sorry... I meant your "Defending the Despised" series. I'm looking forward to it! =)

[@HarboWholmes]

Oh, no worries. I'm actually going to be stricter with Defending the Despised from now on, and I don't think Boom Town really qualifies (nobody seems to hate it) But I will definitely review it!

[@unclegumbald989]

Harbo Wholmes Oh, that’s good to hear! I was always under the impression that everyone hated it. Nevertheless, I’m much looking forward to more reviews! Best of luck to you and your channel! And remember: pity the Gelth.

[@DogsAreTheBest312]

I didn’t watch it until a decade later, but I loved it right away.

[@sarge1408]

I have to admit, I may not have watched a lot of Doctor Who, and with my not having of Netflex, I can't watch anymore, Rose has been my favorite episode of Doctor Who.

[@HarboWholmes]

It's such a great episode

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

The first two episodes, though not my favorites or even close, are spectacular as intro to Who because you learn so much about the Doctor and, as was said in this video, Rose is a perfect perspective for us, as humans, to begin with. What would Superman be without the small town upbringing? The look into a more human life....like in the tv series Smallville.

[@Pur9leRain]

What about BBC iPlayer

[@sarge1408]

@@Pur9leRain I don't know of fancy British magic such as that.

[@asmasultana194]

@@sarge1408 - ah! sorry about that. There's also Britbox or you can watch on Daily Motion (although a bit dodgy). Good luck!

[@gasparguruoftime5475]

I started Rose on the 25th (I honestly didn’t know about the anniversary the next day) and got all the way to Parting of the Ways on the 26th. Davies has always been my favorite modern Who era but I haven’t watched it properly in 6-7 years. It’s so great and is like putting on a comfy blanket. Can’t wait to watch all the Tennant/Davies run now. Tennant is my favorite Doctor.

[@astroguster5522]

These are fantastic. I'll be watching all of your shtuff brotha, thanks again

[@nightowl8477]

Let's be honest, it's amazing that Rose is still one of the best entry points to Doctor Who after all this time (though I'd recommend starting with The Girl in the Fireplace.)

[@HarboWholmes]

I'm quite biased because it was my own entry, but I genuinely couldn't imagine another point better for entry than Rose

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

It will be hard to know what the Doctor is all about if you start with The Girl In The Fireplace because he's very much a Casanova (forgive me - couldn't resist) in this episode. He's not generally like that. The Doctor usually finds humans to be more trouble than they're worth, but he would be too bored without them.

[@nightowl8477]

@@cryptozoomauler5505 - *"the man who fights the monsters" tho!!* I feel it introduces Doctor Who's four settings so well *(earth/spaceship/past/future),* as well as a bit of timey-wimeyness. You get Mickey as a character to relate to since he's new to the TARDIS, and it's just generally a great episode! Also, brilliant direction. Shame the companions don't do more, but *otherwise the perfect entry episode.*

[@davincent98]

Never skip 9

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

"Girl in the Fireplace" isn't a good starting point given how out of character everyone is in that episode.

[@MarkWiseTechno]

"Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!" That line will always fill me with glee. Eccleston knocked it out of the park from day 1.

[@GeorgeMarionerd]

I'm rewatching Doctor who with my brother, and I'm gonna be watching each of your videos on the episodes as I go 😊

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Rose was a good start to the new series of Doctor Who (2005 - 2020) and a good comeback for Doctor Who. Rose had fast pacing, action packed music and a good introduction to both The 9th Doctor and Rose Tyler. Rose reminded me of the classic TV show The Avengers. Christopher Eccleston had the humour of Tom Baker and the mystery and dark side of Sylvester McCoy. Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper had good chemistry. Russell T. Davies brought Doctor Who into the 21st century. I thought it was a shame Christopher Eccleston only did 1 only season and it was also a shame he didn't return form "Day of the Doctor". He didn't want to do it and at the time he was busy working on Thor: The Dark World. Rose is Doctor Who RTD era at it's best.

[@elliotcrossan6290]

Love this!!! Massively looking forward to this review series :D

[@elliotcrossan6290]

Could you link me to the tier list you're using please?

[@HarboWholmes]

Oh, it's not an online one, I made it on Photoshop

[@elliotcrossan6290]

@@HarboWholmes haha, I am too nooby for that :P

[@lucyjenner494]

I have watched new who pretty much every year ... and probably more. I have just recently restarted and am at the end of series 4. Just watched your video on 'Turn Left' loved it and now my order now goes Episode, Confidential and ends with your review! Gonna watch em all now

[@melancholymelon5316]

Nice video this episode is the start of a generation

[@rowwuk]

i like how you called the classic 2005 common bloom effect a "vaseline filter" makes me wonder why most things around 2005 had a similar bloom this, twilight princess and metal gear solid 3 come to mind

[@tardisnet9487]

Rose was my first episode and they couldn't have done a better job at getting me hooked on the show. We have a great Doctor with a great sense of mystery and a tortured past, a relatable and down to earth companion as we follow the story through her eyes and a simple plot with great stakes and scares with the Autons as a perfect villain for a reintroduction to the show

[@Lukeywoodsey]

I admit as I was 12 at the time, I watched it for Rose. I heard of it because my Mum used to watch it but then I loved watching it.

[@s.31.l50]

This is the episode that introduced me to Dr Who.

[@scotcheggable]

My favourite part about this episode is that in the pictures where the doctor has been photoshopped into actually photos the resolution is off and he's staring directly into camera for no reason other than to make it easier for the audience to tell that it's him.

[@olivermoore7020]

Fun fact: it has now been 16 years since this episode came out. The same amount of time between the end of classic Doctor Who (1989) and start of new Doctor Who (2005) with the airing of Rose.

[@MorpheusJorge]

I fucking love the "vaseline filter" so much. It's so strangely nostalgic for me because I've only ever see it in this season of doctor who which was so life changing for me.

[@SuperFitzyBoi]

Idk why but the Auton Mickey pizza scene has stayed in my head rent-free for the past 16 years to the point where I can't get pizza without that scene playing in my head or saying "pizza p-p-pizza" out loud. Same with "pizza time" from Spider-Man 2.

[@mygeekdom4414]

I actually came into this version with a completely different perspective. I live across the pond in the U.S. and grew up watching Dr. Who on Public Broadcasting. I hadn't known that Dr. Who restarted. By the time I was aware of this fact, this first season of NuWho was already on DVD. So, I ordered a copy and binge watched these episodes. This also meant that I had no idea who Billie Piper was, or that she was a singer. I had never heard of her. She was simply someone they cast to be the first Companion for the reboot. Which in a way, she might actually take as a complement. I had no preconceptions or ideas on how she would play. All I had was her work as Rose. I thought she was an excellent, strong companion.

[@lynchie2073]

I agree the autons were a perfect pic for the first episode! the monster in this episode is really just a backdrop for the doctor and rose to meet, unlike others where it's the focus. so it had to be a monster you didn't really have to "figure out". a testament to how well it worked is that I didn't even realise they were a classic villain till last year!

[@missmadness564]

This video made me realize that one of my favorite shows was rebooted the day after my birthday

[@TheDoctorOfThrills]

a weird inconsistency i noticed is that when the Doctor is in Rose's apartment, he starts to analyze his look as if he's only just regenerated. But its a plot point and its mentioned several times that he's been traveling alone for a while as the 9th. And those times couldnt have been without Rose because everything after this episode with 9 involves her

[@eonoflegend2985]

I'm not sure but I think its explained in some book that he would break every mirror so that he wouldn't be able to look at himself.

[@redtiger257]

Hey, this a great DW channel, keep up the good work! Please could you do a video on The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People, I feel this is also an underrated two-parter. Or perhaps A Town Called Mercy?

[@Charliedog1.]

You are amazing man. So underrated.

[@DestroyerMariko]

Yes! Thank you! I loved the first season, so many things done so well, easily my fav of nuwho. I hope one day they can get back to this sorta epic quality, and that hope is honestly the only reason I keep watching now, it's become more miss than hit over the years... But even if it never gets there, at least I have my Tardis-shaped DVD box set of season 1 to rewatch obsessively! XD

[@jvblhc]

A superb opener for the new Doctor Who era. Long Live the 9th Doctor and Rose Tyler! I remember watching Doctor Who rather randomly one night on Amazon Prime. Just to check it out. 2015, this was. Love Rose, thought End of the World was silly but funny and then... The Doctor Meets Charles Dickens in The Unquiet Dead. I was hooked right there.

[@Gemini_Woman]

Who remembers watching this episode when they were a child, I was 10 turning 11 and I stayed up to watch it with my grandma in her house.

[@rodrigomartinez4809]

I am from Mexico and I remember starting to watch the series on a channel called TV4 but they only had the first season and they played it over and over again and it took a year for them to get up to the fifth season.I am from Mexico and I remember starting to watch the series on a channel called TV4 but they only had the first season and they played it over and over again, it took a year for them to get the other seasons

[@anubeia]

Good to know people my age enjoyed Doctor Who when it came out. I was also 5 when Rose came out, but it was my first experience that quickly spiralled into an obsession.

[@dr.papaphilips3526]

Billie Piper was a singer? lol

[@GirlWars]

I miss this series so much

[@Lukeywoodsey]

"Rose hasn't aged well" wow that's harsh, poor Billie

[@jonathanskinner7647]

At this rate it should take you, (in Scottish voice) 4 and a half billion years to make your way through all of new who

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

That is an exaggeration. Although it will take him a bit with Sarah Jane Chronicles (loved when Jo and the Brigadier return), Torchwood, and Class. Then, there's the comics, the audio-books, the actual books, and classic Who. So, if he does all that - then, yeah, could take awhile - but that's good for a youtube podcaster, isn't it?

[@HarboWholmes]

Oh, when I said all of NuWho I just meant the main episodes lmao. Maybe I'll do some Torchwood but I can't go back to SJA (I just get too sad) and I've already made a video about Class that pretty much sums it up

[@jh5220]

This rank list you mentioned at the end, is this going to be a continuing thing or was it done for show? I’d love to watch a series where you analyse the first series, it was the one I grew up with and Christopher Eccleston has always been my favourite Doctor.

[@HarboWholmes]

Yeah, it's going to be a continuing thing! I'm hoping to go through every NuWho episode

[@jh5220]

Harbo Wholmes As the 9th Doctor would say ‘Fantastic!’, I’m glad I’ll have something to do during this quarantine.

[@davincent98]

Looks like I picked the right time to subscribe

[@dave438-jw3]

I've been a dedicated Whovian since I first saw "Unearthly Child" in the early '90s, and this episode made me equally a fan of "New Who"! Plus, it gave me a new best Doctor--my list (at the moment--always subject to change) is 9, 10, 7, 4, 3, 1 2, not enough info to rank the rest; and a new favorite companion: Rose, the Brigadier, Ace, Zoe, Jo, Romana 2, ....

[@Tyranniod]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that shiny vaseline filter. It seems to be on all episodes of series 1 and 2.

[@DavidTyler]

The first dalek flying at top the stairs did scare the adults too

[@ginge641]

1:43 To be fair, everyone who peaks at Buffy likes what they see.

[@minggnim]

The best Doctor and the best Companion.

[@RealBadGaming52]

THIS was my first DR WHO episode ever on March 23rd 2005 and i was 15 and coming off MIB 1, Star Trek Voyager Futurama and 1995 Outer Limits and I LOVED It from Episode One. Ep3 was when i became an Obsessive fan, Dr Who was my life until Smith came along. Dr Who , Torchwood and SJA was next to Star Trek for for best TV Sci FI id seen up to that point, but off the back of Dr who ive watched many many many Sci Fi after this like Stargate SG1, Andromeda, Babylon 5 and Smallville. I thank Doctor Who for expanding my Sci FI pallet.

[@AstrumKitten091]

Idk why i am watching these because I havent seen a Dr who episode since early Capaldi. And even then i was young and dont remember much. But it is interesting to re remember some things lol.

[@roro-mm7cc]

I didn't realise p didn't like series 1 music s1 and 2 has some of my favourite tracks of all who.. the mysterious doctor theme is amazing, roses theme makes me.cry as does fathers day AND of course the lone dalek which is truly amazing - it actually succeeds at making u feel empathy for the dalek as it reveals it's true poor helpless form all alone never once touching another living being. Fuck I miss these days of doctor who 😢.

[@lilithhedwig5408]

I recently started watching the classic series and it's interesting how An Unearthly Child does the same with the Doctor being almost a side character and us following the perspective of Barbara and Ian

[@Thechaosmaster1997]

Watching this eposode after the knowledge of Day Of The Doctor, it's almost as if this 9th Doctor is coming right after that episode. Mostly because 9 acts like he has just regenerated.

[@rhodes0588]

This episode is the reason I'm afraid of mannequins

[@manis1551]

Rose hasn't aged well with its special effects and a bin burping after "swallowing" Mickey is still one of the dumbest Doctor Who scenes ever. But Rose is still a great reintroduction of Doctor Who for the 21st century audience as RTD did a great job with casting the right people for the Doctor and the companion. I'm thankful to RTD for introducing this unique show to the new generation such as myself back in 2005.

[@paulbeardsley4095]

I didn't like the burping bin until I learned that my very young nieces loved it. Then I remembered the show wasn't just for me.

[@thomaskirkness-little5809]

I'm just the right age to have fancied Billie the popstar.

[@DigitalVanquish]

Being five, I honestly can't remember my thoughts. But I know I kept watching every episode after, live (up until post-2017), and was cautious of shop dummies for a while after.

[@deathislife1993]

Most are hunkered down. I work in a grocery store :'( Great video, as usual.

[@HarboWholmes]

Thank you for helping keep the country running!!

[@CountryCatholic]

When someone who mentioned COVID finally referenced Ozzy Osbourne eating a bat on stage.

[@pablobratcat]

5 year old? Fuck.. I feel like a fossil!

[@unclegumbald989]

You're young! You're not supposed to know what Supermarket Sweep is! =P

[@hrgrhrhhr]

Good video, but I'm surprised that you didn't mention Doomsday playing when Rose steps into the Tardis.

[@HarboWholmes]

I didn't really find it necessary to mention, but I did tweet about it when I noticed it

[@hrgrhrhhr]

@Harbo Wholmes fair enough, I don't have Twitter so I wouldn't have known

[@england9530]

I was 4 during initial broadcast so if i watched it i do not remember, i have vague memories of Micky being eaten by the bin but that may have been a rerun. I suppose that's why 10 is my first doctor, even though I probably watched 9 I remember watching 10 as it was coming out, and 10s era was rerun way more on tv.

[@elkeeper-2748]

will bbc do anything for this episode's annivarsairy today? Lile will we havr a spinoff show or a story today or any type of content for today?

[@HarboWholmes]

There was a short prose by RTD released online. It was written for DWM in 2013 and sees the regeneration of the Eighth Doctor but it never got released because Moffat had done Night of the Doctor

[@elkeeper-2748]

@@HarboWholmes is it on bbc i player

[@lamaahruloma4270]

Golden 2020!

[@joangibb7480]

Yes!!!

[@Squicx]

So what was the prequel added in this episode? like what was the extra scenes?

[@mr.scarlo2234]

Squicx, it was written by Russell T Davies and put on his Insta & the Doctor Who website.

[@mr.scarlo2234]

Great video. Is it possible that I could mention your video in my video essay for “Rose”?

[@histla0]

First I see about Gudang Garam

[@BelovedSamsEtc]

I much prefer the more grounded and less cinematic camerawork of the RTD era over Chibnall’s and some of Moffat’s run

[@alexanderbridges8442]

I had an action figure of the severed auton hand

[@taraoneill1195]

I'm glad he mentioned Rose being a working class women, because I think that's a big reason why the first season of Doctor Who was so subversive. As he said, all of the earlier companions were wealth or middle class, because working class people are very underrepresented on TV and in media. Part of the relatability of Rose's character is that she comes from an environment that is familiar to many people.

[@brainrich1358]

I'm starting to get the feeling you are a fan of the 9th Doctor. Chris was pretty great.

[@TQTheQuestion]

I’m new and I’ve been loving and binge watching your interesting videos on DW. I wish someone at the BBC paid attention to you, fire the current writer hire you and stop killing everyone in every f episode. Have the 1st 45679th’s doctors sort out the shit mess the show is currently in.

[@10thdoctor15]

Rose hasn't aged too badly, I watched it again as it turned 15. Probably the rest of the season aged better.

[@jdg9825]

Fun fact that Billie Piper song was #1 in the UK when I was born :')

[@rhodrage]

Turns out the Pandemic isn't cause of a Bat, but cause of some guy eating a Pangolin

[@davincent98]

Either way, it's because the Chinese government didn't want anyone to know about it until it got too big to handle. Just be glad that the President isn't golfing right now allowing thousands to die from it.

[@thelasttimelord7550]

Why did they have to cancel doctor who in 2017? I was starting to enjoy it again

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

It wasn't cancelled. They had a new showrunner coming in as the 2nd showrunner was stepping down. They took a year off as they have done before, though usually when they do that, they will give us a Christmas special at least.

[@xenon8117]

@@cryptozoomauler5505 They might as well have given what we're getting.

[@thelasttimelord7550]

@@cryptozoomauler5505 it was a joke imao but you made twice as funny now so fair play my man

[@paulbeardsley4095]

Oll Actually there’s nothing to stop people from pretending it’s not on.

[@unclegumbald989]

The show died with Missy. =\