Catastrophe - Episode 1 - Birth of the Planet

[@narimannourizadeh3693]

I never get tired of watching this series , thanks for hardworking to give us information about the earth

[@TheSarcasticturd]

I had been looking for this documentary since 2010. I gave up a few years back after years of not finding it. Now here it is!!! THANK YOU!! Amazing series and well worth the watch.

[@Nana-vi4rd]

I truly enjoy watching and listening to Tony Robinson, Loved him when he did Time Team, loved him when he did other documentaries. He doesn't talk down to you, he speaks to you. Which in my opinion is very important in holding someone's attention. Keep up the great work.

[@wiezyczkowata]

and you know that he has a cunning plan

[@Hairlessmonkey7612]

Love you Baldrick!!!!

[@SuperGoatboy69]

When he was explaining Theos hitting the Earth, almost expected him to go Boom Boom Boom lol. All that aside though, he has a fantastic voice for these documentaries, so easy to listen to.

[@jeffthompson9622]

I discovered and purchased this series on DVD years ago but am glad to rewatch it.

[@jonesdooblin8079]

Ha ha!

[@andrewshelby2138]

I loved this guy as Baldrick and think he does a fantastic job on this too!

[@jstrahan2]

This guy was Baldrick?

[@davel9514]

@@jstrahan2 Yes

[@pixels2u]

This whole series is awesome. Thx for posting.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I found this to be a very well put together documentary, thanks Baldrick 👌

[@ErnestJay88]

I can't believe in this 21st century where we can build space station and travel to the moon still there is someone on the comment section who believe "Earth was Flat" or "it is only 6000 years old" -_-

[@noneofyourbusinesssame4228]

It is sad, isn't it, more worrying is that in some places these people actually get to make decisions for other people!

[@dolphinsatsunset1]

***** They've been to the moon. Don't be a moron!

[@ps3fanboy16]

***** we have been on the moon 5-6 times in the 1960-1970's. How each do you know how far the moon moves each year from the earth.

[@laurenm2679]

Michael was going along with what OP said, that people are saying these things never happened. Their are people who say we did not actually go to the moon. Don't call people names unless you understand what they are saying, it makes YOU look like the moron.

[@dolphinsatsunset1]

Lauren Lizzy His comment was easy to read and straight forward. And because he said they (Neil, Buzz, etc) never went to the moon, he is in fact a complete imbecilic moron!

[@------o]

Good series. Have no idea why every episodes comment sections are pure cancer but nevermind.

[@ChrisDouglass2141]

RELIGION IS THE BANE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE

[@bluskies1000]

@@ChrisDouglass2141 Most do it to pull the chain of the overly ernest types :)

[@stevenschnepp576]

Because this is the internet, where people have no consequences and there are many lulz to be harvested.

[@kainoakanoe]

Well there's always that person who'll keep fighting to prove a point even when they know they're wrong lol or just ignorant people who talk about stuff they know nothing about lol. Comments are amusing though😂

[@altareggo]

Would you prefer they be pure capricorn?

[@carolynallisee2463]

Watching this, I've had a sudden realisation. We are looking for life on other planets that have a similar biochemistry to our own i.e. one based around gaseous oxygen. The assertion that complex life can only form under such conditions is not entirely true, being an untested hypothesis based on just one example, ourselves. What if we've got it all wrong? If life started in an non-oxygen containing environment, could it still go on like that? If oxygen is a toxin to life, could it be that life on Earth, rather than being the norm, is in reality he exception, and we're looking for life in the wrong places?

[@Rkenton48]

not many gases allow for the release of a lot of energy. oxidation is quite literally the burning of matter, whether slowly, as in our digestive system or in a campfire, a calorie is a calorie. complex life requires more energy than a bacteria suspended in a medium, and oxygen allows for the extraction of chemical energy from organic matter. so far, no other gas allows for a fire to burn.

[@veritas41photo]

Why is everyone so fixated on finding life on other planets? Or, even worse, just locating Earth-like planets in "Goldilocks Zones"? I say, "Who Freaking Cares"? We'll never get to any of these science-fiction planets, anyway. Not in our lifetimes, nor, likely, forever. So what if there is life elsewhere, carbon-based like we are, or any other base? We'll never be able to see them... except to detect them completely indirectly. Nice to have this semi-knowledge if we ever do detect them, but that's the end of it. Si Yo Nara. There is a lot of time and effort wasted. Just please get a life of your own right here on Earth. Go help our own planet, people... Quit Wasting Your Own (and Our) Valuable Time!

[@randomname766]

@@Rkenton48ever heard of fusion you buffoon? the International Space Station have shown that fire in space can be less predictable and potentially more lethal than it is on Earth. “There have been experiments,” says NASA aerospace engineer Dan Dietrich, “where we observed fires that we didn’t think could exist, but did.”

[@randomname766]

oxygen isn't required for the creation of energy

[@PibrochPonder]

If you study chemistry you will understand that the chemical elements can only react with each other in certain ways. A coin can only flip a certain set of ways.

[@peterstiles1]

PS. Thanks a lot for posting these, it's a great series. (And Baldrick all grown up.)

[@peterstiles1]

He was a character on the British TV comedy, 'Black Adder', played by this presenter, Tony Robinson. He / Baldrick was hilarious.

[@itshaxerboi5611]

In sixth grade I had a relief teacher once and after break he signed out, and so we got a new teacher, she was much better, but very strict, and she started playing this and I’ll never forget that day, because it was the funnest school day I’ve ever had

[@sincitysinner9239]

Up until a few days ago I had no idea who this guy Tony Robinson was, but after watching a few documentaries here on KZbin before I go to sleep at night, he is slowly becoming one of my favorites, lol. I like to just search full documentary here in KZbin before I go to bed, because there is something calming about watching and learning that helps me to fall asleep, and if you just search full documentary there are seriously hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of documentaries to watch. I started out watching national geographic and history channel shows, but for some reason those shows feel they have to produce shows that seem to treat the audience as dumb children, as they tend to make stupidly obvious statements, and then repeat the same thing over and over, lol. So I started watching BBC shows because for whatever reason the British have faith that the viewers aren't stupid and aren't going to forget everything instantly, lol. Plus shows from Britain are a lot more soothing in a way, with the presenters having calm British accents, lol. Anyways I started watching a show called "histories worst jobs" which is a show where this guy Tony Robinson takes on the worst jobs from different historical periods (Tudor era, Victorian era, midevil era, etc.), Then I remembered seeing him from a different series as well, and then I started this video and there he is again, lol. So in a matter of a few days I went from having no idea about this guy to now being a big Tony Robinson fan, lol.

[@Steelsky]

You can say much about Tony but he has a cunning plan...

[@wishgodgirl1903]

Yes he’s a wonderful presenter no matter what he is talking about…love listening to him ❤

[@MelioraCogito]

If you haven't already, check out his Time Team series on the Time Team Classics YT channel (19 seasons worth - 1993-2012). Time Team has more recently begun production on more episodes, with Tony hosting the series.

[@jaimemendozaaguilar1372]

It happens exactly the same to me i have to watch a British documentary before falling asleep and even i fall asleep when im watching it it gives me such a tranquility and calming mood i love all British documentaries i love channels like Royalty Tv,Real Royalty, Tudor Productions and many more i love the British accent 😅 im Mexican but love the British documentaries and British culture ❤️

[@SkashTheKitsune]

Hello, a series that I haven't seen... I am subscribing to see more, then watching the series

[@domenicaantje]

Brings me to the question,how much longer will we stay 'lucky' ?

[@tranghuynh4799]

Probably you don't get the chance to witness it .

[@listenhere1623]

Until I say so

[@domenicaantje]

@E mills It is Sodom & Gomorra all over again. Without order, law & discipline, & good morals, societies extinct .

[@MDCDiGiPiCs]

If we is America, your time is up. They beat all comers, soviets, nazis and Al queda but in the end they committed suicide, what a waste.

[@domenicaantje]

@Rich Lozi We'll see on september 1

[@natashasm1978]

was anybody else looking for the British comedy series 'Catastrophe'? I was waiting patiently for the first slice of humour (several minutes into the doc!). This seems worth it too though, bunging it right into my watch-later queue!

[@ammer8566]

Absolutely love how many times they say we got lucky, or suddenly something happened, or things to that effect in these videos. Watch them and track it, it's a lot!

[@richardhaynes6934]

I totally agree with you. He even says at 1:12 “it’s a miracle we’re here at all”. They are so sure of themselves yet haven’t a clue as to how life started. A whole bunch of “just so” stories. “Proclaiming themselves wise they become fools”.

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Imagine... every time he says "something happened" that made the Earth habitable, something that made it possible for life to evolve, and eventually lead to the rise of humanity... we should hear... "God did something amazing!" It wasn't just random luck. It was all planned.

[@theresawilliams4296]

"God did something amazing". Why should he say that when there has never been proof of your god's existence. Instead of saying your god did it, you should prove one exists in the first place.

[@theresawilliams4296]

​@@richardhaynes6934Let me guess, you know how life started. What's your peer reviewed take with the backing of the scientific community that proves your theory of how life came to be on the planet. I'll wait.

[@ammer8566]

@@theresawilliams4296 Clearly don't understand the concept of faith. Also, while there is no scientific proof of God's existence, there is also NONE disproving it. Also might want to think about all of your scientists that are recognizing the mathematical evidence of a grand design. I'll "prove" He exists right after you prove He doesn't. You want "proof", prove your point first!

[@MickeyKraut419]

There's something so gratifying about natural disaster documentaries being narrating by Baldrick...

[@Rkenton48]

It's a very clever show...

[@Scemoth]

I swear there never used to be this many ads. Looks like it’s time to see if anywhere else has this documentary 🙄

[@ljsong1]

I love your work, Mr. Robinson!

[@Pseudonym25]

This is a great documentary series. Thank you for uploading!

[@SC4RP]

They do a GREAT JOB don't they.

[@noelnewlon]

From Catastrophe to you and me. Invaluable series.

[@correocasa3]

This is one of the best docus available in yt, truly awesome. Thanks!

[@Darkvoir]

42:35 "once the Cyanobacteria figured out how to produce oxygen as a byproduct, it changed our planet forever." - True, though not until some 1.2 billion years later. Whether this is selective quoting of a scientist for the documentary or not it shouldn't be understood to say that this adaptation occurred followed by a remarkable change. Discussions regarding why the time lag happened are plentiful, but not mentioning the lag at all is misleading. Edit: upon listening further, this documentary is actually fairly explicitly incorrect. When the presenter says "3 billion years ago oxygen, was bad news." this is incorrect, as is the comment "when it first happened that byproduct oxygen was poison to most of the life on the planet, so it was a devastating thing that happened, all of life had to acclimate to the fact that there was oxygen in the atmosphere". Here the documentary explicitly becomes ahistorical. Whenever oxygen first was released it was 'poisonous' to most life however it was not devastating until the rate of oxygen release exceeded the mineral re-uptake capabilities of exposed iron for instance. This not happening until around 2.3 billion years ago, not 3. This is an important abrogation from scientific consensus which needs pointing out in an otherwise good (Albeit excessively anthropomorphic) series.

[@sallyphilpin1104]

Joe Oxygen may have been poisonous to life at that time when it was a byproduct in the same way that byproducts that life today, including humans, produce can be poisonous. This includes carbon dioxide in breath, urine and faeces to name three.

[@zach-k1519]

Like well done for putting in all the work, man. For real. It's just like 10-15% rich, ya feel me?

[@harrietharlow9929]

This is a great series. I wish American TV would feature things like this,. Another great series is "Men of Rock", about the geological evolution of Britain. Glad to see this up here. Thanks for posting!

[@harrietharlow9929]

"Men of Rock is fabulous! I, too wish American TV would offer quality programming like this.

[@miyukiteishi9051]

That tidal bore was one of the coolest things I've ever seen just think about it, thats the moon overhead thousands of km away causing that water buldge up and follow it

[@kumaridmoodley]

Most interesting intriguing & enlightening..love this..

[@christinestill5002]

"The collision with Thea sets us apart from all the other known planets in the universe” he says. Really? Pretty fantastic statement. HOW would we know that?

[@BenMan8881]

You missed the "known" part. They are only accounting for all the planets that we know of. Are there planets that are identical to ours? Odds say that it is very likely. Do we know about those planets? no. Therefore, "The collision with Thea sets us apart from all the other known planets in the universe" is a true statement.

[@tattooedman42]

@@BenMan8881 If there was, in fact, a collision at all. There are currently three theories of how the moon was formed. That's what sets my teeth on edge about this video...they keep putting forward the 'Big Splash' as fact.

[@BenMan8881]

@@tattooedman42 well, the reason for that is because, of all the theories, the giant impact has the most support, in terms of information gathered.

[@BenMan8881]

@@tattooedman42 if, one day, new evidence comes into light that supports the other theories more, I am sure that they will change their tune appropriately, but until then, they will tell the public the theory with the most evidence to back it.

[@tattooedman42]

@@BenMan8881 I understand that, but it is still a theory, not fact. I think what gets me is the general public will believe it as fact, because most of them just accept what is told to them without researching. But you are correct, the impact theory has the most evidence to support it.

[@loganlee3751]

Brilliant doco

[@howardgstrecke]

Who was driving the other planet? Did you get the license? 🤔

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Probably driving a mustang

[@wiezyczkowata]

is the Moon moving away from Earth at the same rate every year or is the distance getting bigger with every year?

[@lukasmakarios4998]

It appears to be at the same rate over long periods of time - millions of years. It may be slowing, but by such tiny fractions, they can't really tell for sure.

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@lukasmakarios4998 thank you for the answer!

[@maartenvandam344]

It depends on how much energy the tidal system loses. The Moon loses energy because on Earth the tides flow, and the mantle is liquid, so there is friction, which turns into heat. The Moon 'pays' for that energy by going a little further from the Earth. It's a continuous process, though, influenced by many factors. We can measure the distance between the Earth and the Moon thanks to a few mirrors Armstrong and Aldrin left there. It doesn't appear to change much over short periods, about 3.4 cm a year, not sure what the long term behaviour is to be expected. The force diminishes with the square of the distance, the energy loss is complicated fluid mechanics, well above my pay grade, as well as a little harder to predict. But, one day, the Moon will be so far away, something heavy enough comes close enough, and steals our Moon from us. And it will never be back, and we'll all be toast. Be a while, don't worry.

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@maartenvandam344 thank you for the answer!!!

[@marielaveau6362]

I'm starting to wonder that if life on earth started because of something so random as a collision and bacteria creating oxygen, then maybe there isn't another planet like ours where humans could exist. I always thought that with so many planets in the universe there must be life in other galaxies. But now I wonder...could the exact same conditions happen elsewhere? It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle that's perplexing me. And what happened to the planet Thea?

[@toni4729]

There's no way on any galaxy that the humans could exist. Imagine the closest thing to us is a ginger haired ape so, why would you ever think of a sexy blonde showing up in a space ship?

[@Jacen436987]

Thea was smaller than earth so it was destroyed

[@wiezyczkowata]

statistically there should be at least one planet out there with life on it but what kind of life is that - we might never know

[@thereseedwards8314]

Cool i loved it that was so awesome

[@lezzman]

3:20 "Our Solar System hadn't even finished forming." Strictly speaking, it still hasn't. The Solar System is constantly evolving. In a few billion years, it will probably look completely different. Just wait and see...I'll get back to you once it's finished.

[@blanckieification]

👍The only thing constant in the universe is change. Wether it is a good change or a bad change is totally up to us. Nothing is good or bad, only in the eye of the beholder

[@Pdstor]

They mean "forming" to something that remains relatively constant over time relative to the lifespan we have, the size we perceive and detail at which we can see it. I don't think there's any reason to take any other metaphysical states into comparison unless or until they're needed.

[@Pdstor]

@@blanckieification Yes, but you can always argue for usefulness, since the material world qua material is fundamentally utilitarian to epistemic systems within that metaphysical framework. So you can always consider that each Plank time increment exchanges such and such particles from such and such probabilistic placement to some other kind of probabilistic placement, but it's not very useful.

[@Sakura_Wulf]

Where can I learn more about the original ~20 planets? I've tried googling, I've tried looking up the research for this show, but absolutely nothing else mentions it except for Theia.

[@mariewhite7425]

On this programme it is saying the planet mars surface has always been the same as it is now barren and desolate but on another programme it says that years ago i don't know how many years ago that the planet mars surface was similar to earth

[@mortified776]

I think what they meant on that other program was that Mars was similar to Earth as it was at the same time and since then the two planets have diverged. A big factor apart from Earth having the collision with Thea is that the Earth is bigger and more geologically active. This is why Earth doesn't look as beaten up as most of the other planets and moons in the solar system, which are covered in craters. As the continents shifted around and on top of each other, most of the Earth's ancient surface has been swallowed up back into the mantle and recycled over billions of years, erasing ancient meteorite impacts. The surface of Mars by contrast seems to have always been static and every meteor impact that ever happened on Mars is still there for us to see. Another interesting effect of Mars not having continents is that where there was a volcanic "hotspot" the same piece of land was on top of it every time the hotspot erupted. So instead of long volcano chains like the Hawaiian islands being created because the continent on top of the hotspot had shifted between active periods, the same volcano got built up bigger and bigger over billions of years till Mars stopped being geologically active (as far as we can tell) making massive volcanoes like Olympus Mons.

[@mariewhite7425]

Maxwell's Demon Thank you for your comment to me and explaning

[@travisfisher5719]

Mars was like earth was at least 4 billion years ago until its orbit changed, it lost its magnetism, lost its ozone, lost the heat it got from the sun, lost its atmosphere and the water content it had evaporated into space until it became the dead planet it is today. If the planet could have its orbit moved closer it would have a decent chance of being revived from the dead.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

@@travisfisher5719 Or possibly the sun once radiated enough heat to sustain life on Mars; meanwhile the earth was a ball of molten rock. Someday the sun may cool enough that the earth becomes like Mars today. It's a possibility.

[@TegridyGenetics]

This documentary is old. New science and stuff has happened. We now know Mars and venus at one time where possibly if not was habitable. They also think that life may have started on one of these planets and was ejected towards earth. ...also we found nucleotides in debris from a comet since this. I think Pluto was still a planet when this documentary came out. Like this documentary was old 5 years ago

[@iniegolanuza8568]

LET THE EARTH BREATHE #SAVETHEEARTH #LETTHESCIENTIESBEHERD #LETTHEEARTHBREAT #LETSHELP EACHOTHER

[@VictorEMusique]

wonderful info but how many times can you say "wouldn't be here at all" in one video?

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

Lets play the baldrick drinking game n find out-one shot for each time he says we wouldnt be here🍻🍻🍻

[@susiedyer3260]

Now this is informative and entertaining

[@chrisbrown1241]

I love the way we interpret our surroundings and likewise. This just might be the problem; how we interpret.

[@Rico-Suave_]

i think i watched it before, anyways worth watching again, worth sharing with family and friends, great video

[@peteburnettvisuals]

Love this programme - plus if you use it as the basis of a drinking game - (you have to do a shot every time someone says a variant of "we probably wouldn't be here") you'll be legless by the formation of Pangaea. ;-)

[@angelaweedon3193]

Giggle!

[@jonesdooblin8079]

And probably all massed together in one place.

[@benediktmorak4409]

History classes at school should have been like that!

[@doopler64uslegoseriesfails24]

Welcome to the Comments Section In this video's Comments Section you will find long threads of comments arguing about religion and science. Harsh critics and their opposers also Call this part of the website home. Good luck.

[@robertwilliams817]

I cant wait for a asteriod to hit us because immortal. and. im going to outer space until the coast is clear lol need a new species of pussy anyway some green putang like captain kirk and beyonce n jz are getting on my nerves lol blue ivy too she cute but enough already ! lol

[@ryp1562]

Robert Williams I know I’m a year late , but what the fuck are you on about.

[@abasi-dominiquerawlings1470]

Good job

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

@@robertwilliams817 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

@@ryp1562 pooonntaaannggg

[@cpt.shmitt7387]

My problem is that they give all the credit to Hartman, there were other geologists such as Shoemaker who believed the same thing and came even closer to proving it.

[@jarniwoop]

Agreed. I always take these 'science series' with a grain of NaCl, and read more on the subjects.

[@bushpilot223]

I can't help but laugh whenever he's talking from the sidewalk. People look at him like, "dafuq dude" haha.

[@databanks]

makes you wonder how many takes needed due to religious nutters interrupting as soon as they hear "evolution" - oh the horror, right?

[@aquamarine99911]

This has been classic English documentary style since forever. Monty Python used to mock it.

[@thereseedwards8314]

bushpilot223 disqusting

[@fwladd]

To me they are two separate videos on a green screen

[@scottinWV]

@JessNess He has a cunning plan!

[@graciati]

Hi, I try to see these videos, but I can’t, could you unlock them please😊

[@MatejTomcik]

More people should watch these videos to realize how insignificant we are and that we should enjoy our lifes 'cause its such a big coincidence. Especially religious nuts...

[@jochemmeijnen7080]

+Matej Tomčík evidence shows, the earth is flat lol

[@dave8954]

Matej Tomčík LOL you believe you came from soup or a rock and you have the audacity to call anyone nuts????

[@MatejTomcik]

Dave Yes.

[@darkanimecommandersoto9992]

We are NOT insignificant and we are NOT specks. We are human beings capable of great things. We must NEVER think of ourselves as small, insignificant or nothing. If we humans stopped fighting and worked together, we could be gods. Yes, I said it, gods!

[@tylerschaap2481]

we are no more im portant than maggots in the grand scheme of the universe

[@billgrinder1610]

Excellent!

[@crowesarethebest]

Love the part about cyanobacteria. Enjoying this...moving on to the next episode.

[@AlphaOne2009]

crowesarethebes ... Neat story, but grabs me as speculation. There is no way anyone can ever know the, then, conditions which existed. I love you, Tony, but you can't, and should not, present hypotheses as fact.

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

Science is theory but its as close as we have

[@ballsakch2489]

Everyone knows the moon is made of cheese now stop it

[@altareggo]

You mean GREEN cheese i hope? Be specific.

[@RICDirector]

Yes, but what KIND of cheese? Inquiring scientific minds want to know... :P

[@tristman8413]

Wallace and gromit proved it

[@ravenlord4]

And for anyone who thinks it is made of rock, just remember this: what do you think happens to cheese when you leave it out too long, eh?

[@lukasmakarios4998]

That laser is putting the holes in it to make Swiss cheese. Right?

[@triciasomogyi5431]

Was it really a series of random events ? Or a push of the first Domino ?

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Imagine... every time he says "something happened" that made the Earth habitable, something that made it possible for life to evolve, and eventually lead to the rise of humanity... we should hear... "God did something amazing!" It wasn't just random luck. It was all planned.

[@AnEnemySpy456]

Is that Baldrick?

No sir it's a turnip shaped like a thingy ;) Yes it's Tony "Baldrick" Robinson.

[@ChrisDouglass2141]

@ Sir Anthony Robinson is an English actor, comedian, author, presenter and political activist.

[@Moronvideos1940]

Thank you for allowing this video to be downloadable....Blocking that feature would be useless because anyone could use a screen recorder to do the job .....

[@Joe-kb1sm]

My Mom was a deeply religious head shrink. (Yeah, I know😃) , anyway, she said this ; Aliens exist. God is all powerfull and is everywhere at once. We would have to be awfully conceited to think we are his only children. Mom was really cool too.

[@teamholmez86]

My nan is religious and I was telling her about another documentary I'd watched and how we evolved think it was called walking with cavemen and she said what if she got it all wrong and there is no god it upsets me as she's in her 70s and has believed in God her whole life it gives her comfort thinking she will be united with her dead husbands one day so I said no it was just a documentary no one really knows as I just couldn't take that away from her, while religion can do harm it can also bring people peace

[@Sameoldfitup]

"Lost time is never found again."

[@HaveYouHeardAboutMrThankYou]

Stories and theories! Now we have earth makers

[@zach-k1519]

wait, what?

[@mutantplants1]

I found your explanation of why Earth's rotation is slowing down and why the moon is moving farther away lacking. You talked about tidal friction but not about the tidal bulge the moon creates on land as well. It's the bulges in the ocean and on the land that is slowing our rotation and flinging the moon away. The moon is tugging on that bulge, and since the Earth's surface is outrunning the moon, the bulge is always slightly out in front, ahead of the moon, so the moon is pulling back on that bulge, slowing the Earth down, putting on the brakes. Conversely, that bulge is also tugging on the moon, and since that bulge is out ahead of the moon, and outrunning it, the bulge is accelerating the moon's forward speed, thus flinging it out from us. Just saying the moon is picking up energy from the oceans doesn't explain anything. It leaves someone wondering how exactly that happens and how picking up energy from the oceans causes the moon to move away.

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Quite correct. But he's trying to explain things to folks who don't have a degree in physics or geology, so he's keeping it simple.

[@johnblasiak607]

It’s A Miracle were even here at all You got that right my friend

[@craigbrown3269]

I’ve seen this same exact program but without tony Robinson it was an American nova production from over 5 years ago. They have just got tony to re-narrate it and add a few scenes with him walking round central london.

[@davidkeenan5642]

No, this is a British TV series. Tony was the original narrator when it was first broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 in 2008. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophe_(2008_TV_series)

[@Angie.Globetrotter]

Of course the earth is a disc, Terry Pratchett knew that already :))

[@jeremyripton]

No..he said Discworld was a flat Earth...not Earth itself...

[@dizzious]

23:50 Did anyone else's mind jump to wondering to how the bigger difference between high & low tide influenced the evolution of animals that could breathe air and walk on land?

[@hongdongjji5361]

yet no mention of a single turnip ...

[@BreninyGeifr]

Any cunning plans?

[@jeffreyhughes6244]

Hong Dongjji is a time

[@rodyates1]

Amazing. So many things coinciding to give us Tony Robinson!

[@rursus8354]

1. An impact of "Biblical proportions," isn't that a pretty ridiculous understatement? 2. There wasn't any life on earth before the collision, is it then to be regarded as a catastrophe, really? Shouldn't it rather be regarded as a lucky hit? 3. The animation is completely wrong: Earth turned into a very hot globe with an 8000 K hot atmosphere. It must have been bluer than the Sun.

[@lukasmakarios4998]

For a guy spouting atheist opinions, he's not very careful of his words. After all, it's a "miracle" that we're here at all! Right?

[@virgilschmidt1599]

looking for the full sim video of Theia Earth (to earth/moon) simulation video. I just started my search and figured I would find something right away but didn't. I find videos with the hit and splatter. The most I've seen is three huge "chunks" of debris occur after the punch but are swallowed back up by earth.

[@jamesmiller4184]

He states explicitly that "It is a miracle that we are here at all!" What? Just kidding or, is he in-earnest?

[@marifromky]

i dunno if you ever found your answer. but he's absolutely correct. really, life as we know it, especially human life, is a big accident.

[@toni4729]

If you're asking if Gid did it the answer is this man is an Englishman. The word miracle has a completely irrelevant meaning.

[@puncheex2]

The collision with Theia was just the (likely) last in a long series of accretion events which reduced the planetary population of the solar system from millions to thousands to tens to 8. There is evidence that a 1000 km diameter body may have collided with the far side of the moon after it coalesced, causing a thicker crust there. After the Theia event was the Late Heavy Bombardment, around 3.9 bya. The moon's outward side shows a lot of the effects from that; most of the craters on Earth are long gone, or just plain liquified crust from the energy release. Within 50 million years of the end of the bombardment there are signs of photosynthesis.

[@robbiewoods6285]

This host really knows his shit. I wonder if he has any cunning plans. I, for one, would like to hear them.

[@nicosmind3]

I bet he does have cunning plans. And many of them

[@masturone8257]

Hes reading a script not narrating off the top of his head.

[@eddierutherford4186]

Alas, poor Baldrick; I knew him, Horatio …

[@higgins382]

Tony Robinson is an idiot. When he talks I get the impression he thinks we are all as dumb as he is. Playing Baldrick was his 'Genious' moment. I cannot stand his wheedling voice anymore.

[@KenyanBunnie]

Robbie Woods I love his history docus, usually European history. Not just hilarious entertaining hilarious respectful and like you said: KNOWS HIS SHIT. He’s awesome.

[@iamfound74]

Question: if the moon was so close to the earth - why didn't it get bombarded blessinglly by the water comets and nestle in an ocean of its own?

[@AtheistRex]

iamfound74 No dynamic core, no electromagnetic field, no atmosphere, hence, no stable water on its surface. Plenty of water ice, though.

[@kingsteve8083]

+iamfound74 Probably did get hit by them, but there's no atmosphere on the moon so all that would have happened is the comets would shatter and the ice crystals would be scattered about like fragments of a broken glass.

[@zach-k1519]

@@kingsteve8083 Thank you

[@zach-k1519]

@@AtheistRex Thank you

[@MrDan92102]

interesting but had to stop since too many Viagra commercial interruptions telling me to call my doctor in case of an erection lasting longer than four hours...

[@TV_Comrade]

???? whaaaaat????? that's crap

[@ieatlionsandtigers]

use an adblocker

[@kirkjones9639]

Adblocker my man, Adblocker. That and use TOR so the porn sites don't follow you around, with their ads. As always YMMV ;-)

[@KDC_Electrical]

My viagra erections last up to 12 hours ffs... I end up leaving me woman's coin slot looking like a yawning hippo

[@veritas41photo]

I don't think, as the "auto-generated" caption says, that their laser has one billion watts of power. But one billionth of a watt makes it a pretty amazing feat to get all the way to the moon and back...

[@dicegoblin176]

3:55 having fun there?

[@dicegoblin176]

Look at one of the people in the background.

[@stanherbert3317]

We are compelled to wonder if this is merely an accidental instance of public boorishness... or if the dude's a prankster who spotted the host (talking to no one), reasoned there must be a camera on the scene, and was inspired to photobomb. Or should I say *photobum* hahahaha

[@richardsanchez9190]

I dont think he did it on purpose

[@onemanarmy36]

WTF? That butt crack is famous now.

[@Zenodilodon]

33:45 " DANGER LASER BEAM " Hey, that's my job...

[@johncarer4441]

I strongly disagree with the first statement that we have survived more than 99% species. It's a matter of timespan. If you put it on a timeboard we are alive for about 200k years. In terms of some other species that is nothing, especially dinosaurs for over 150 million years. You could say that we are alive less than 99% species lol

[@stevenschnepp576]

We are, but not for the reasons you're arguing. Mammals have been around longer than (non-avian) dinosaurs, after all. The average lifespan of a mammal species is about a million years, and ours has been around about a quarter of that (but you could make the argument we've been around for a couple of million years, depending on how you define 'human' and whether you interpret _Homo_ as a species ring or a cluster of different species). Other animal species can be around for 5-10 million years, 1 million years, or "I have no idea", depending on your source. Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, for example, span about 2 million years in the fossil record. We can pretty comfortably say that was close to their span in actual history, too, considering their impacts on their ecosystems. Most other dinosaurs range 2-5 million years in the fossil record, so it looks like they only lasted about as long as an average animal species in the pre-human Cenozoic. So, you're right, that statement is wrong on a couple of levels - but make an apples-to-apples comparison.

[@drtooth7505]

What the fuck are you saying? You have no idea. Lifespan has nothing to do with it. Do you even know what species means? Do you understand what life is? Even single celled organisms are alive. That is, a species!

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@drtooth7505 "Lifespan" in this context refers to how long the species is around. It has fuck-all to do with how long a member of said species lives. This is an accepted use of the term in biology. When you try to tell me that I don't know what a species or life is, you should really, _really_ make sure you know the definition of the terms. "Single-celled organism" is not a species. _E. coli_ is a species. "Human" is not a species. _H. erectus_ and _H. sapiens_ are species. "Dinosaur" is not a species. It's a fucking clade. Now fuck off to a high school biology textbook. You clearly missed a few things.

[@elizabethbarnes9685]

Documentaries with Sir Tony are the BEST!

[@BrettPlayzGamez]

The moon is pure early earth AND the other planet

[@BrettPlayzGamez]

Bruh, I didn't even know this comment existed

[@jkbish1]

very good movie

[@PokerIsLife13]

Alright. I gotta know if the people he’s walking by know what’s going on lmao

[@EvaG26]

Always wonder that too lol

[@tawfiklibya216]

pls help me!! any idea who drew the first map of the stars? pls!

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Neanderthal man.

[@sandyjohnson4182]

Charles Lyell invented "pre-history" by claiming that there had never been a worldwide flood. In his "Principles of Geology" he threw out the concept that anything catastrophic had ever happened to this planet and imagined that everything had been brought about by uniformity: He championed the notion that "The present is the key to the past". Ever since, his followers have been imagining CATASTROPHES to attempt to account for everything WITHOUT allowing the creation and the catastrophic worldwide flood. It's hilarious!!!!

[@MrWeedWacky]

wow... its Baldrick! with a cunning plan!

[@sallyphilpin1104]

Macabre Malefica Took you some Time to work it out or did you work in a Team??

[@patrickmcshane7658]

hey, be nice, he's dr sir Tony. the old boy has some serious sheepskins.

[@cov9290]

It’s weird see ping him talk normally. I still see him as an idiot

[@Cjnw]

Cunnilingus 😜

[@alicia27ish]

Good night everyone 😴 hugs from Augusta Georgia 🥰😘

[@cathycronje4848]

I have great difficulty believing that we are here by pure luck. I agree these events may have happened, as the physical evidence cannot be denied, but I also think life could only have been set in motion by a higher power. Man and nature are too complex and intelligent to be a chance occurrence!

[@kcsunshine4008]

Cathy Cronje I know what you mean. I often think that too but then I think that the “higher power” would have to be even more miraculous than the scientific explanation (which is constantly being reviewed according to new theories and research ). The “higher power” theory needs even MORE explanation not less. I have begun to see that the science of how it all started to be is the miracle and we can be in awe of it even if no “divine plan” from a greater power exists. .....

[@alkohallick2901]

100%

[@AnimaRandom]

I think its chance. Let's say. There's a paradox called "fermi paradox" Basically questions "why the universe is lifeless" There are two answers: >Life is very very rare and we're the first. There's might be a condition(that is almost impossible to replicate) during that time that manages to make inorganic materials into organic materials >Life is common but somehow, it just die to various reasons

[@lukasmakarios4998]

Imagine... every time he says "something happened" that made the Earth habitable, something that made it possible for life to evolve, and eventually lead to the rise of humanity... we should hear... "God did something amazing!" It wasn't just random luck. It was all planned.

[@lukasmakarios4998]

There are just too many impossible things that had to happen for it all to have occurred by random chance. Start with explaining the "fine tuned universe" without resorting to any multiverse theory. Occam's razor says that the simplest answer is most likely correct. One supernatural God who creates time, matter and physical laws is much simpler than a million trials to get lucky. And there are more arguments for God than that one, which no atheist has ever refuted. They just stop listening because they have predetermined the answer they want to hear. If you don't want the truth, don't claim to know it.

[@lylecosmopolite]

This video is the first of a 5 part series that argues that life on earth, especially multicellular eukaryotic life, is a fortuitous outcome of several major planetary catastrophes. This argument is supported by a lot of reasoning this series does not discuss. For the rest of the story, see the following Wikpedia entry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis and this book by Ward and Brownlie: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_(book) The Rare Earth hypothesis accepts that microbes are probably fairly common in the habitable zones of galaxies. But multicellular life is probably rare, and we are probably the only species in the Milky Way to have discovered science and technology. The REH solves the Fermi Paradox by concluding that we are the most sophisticated form of life in our galaxy. Wikipedia: "The book Rare Earth argues that the universe is fundamentally hostile to complex life and that while microbial life may be common in the universe, complex intelligent life (like the evolution of biological complexity from simple life on Earth) required an exceptionally unlikely set of circumstances, and therefore complex life is likely to be extremely rare. The book argues that among the essential criteria for life are a terrestrial planet with plate tectonics and oxygen, a large moon, magnetic field, a gas giant like Jupiter for protection and an orbit in the habitable zone of the right kind of star."

[@rolandgreystoke5601]

"...Earth was covered in ice for 25,000,000 years..." Because of SUVs!!!...How Dare You!!! :-)

[@zarniwooop]

I could listen to Baldrick all day

[@DidivsIvlianvs]

Amino Acids ==> (waving hands/a miracle occurs) ==> Cellular Life

[@flonkbob8246]

Only if you subscribe to the religious idea of invoking a miracle wherever your knowledge ends.

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

Flonk Bob Good point. The question I have is, what is life anyway? What do we really know? How should we define it? is it just mechanical, self replicating, robotics, on a molecular level? Has anyone determined this? If so then Abiogenisis is certainly possible to have started in a primordial ooze. If not, then it makes absolutely no sense. Just because the fallacy of 'God did it' has been wrongly used in the past, doesn't mean that Intelligent Design can be dismissed as a possibility. Fortunately I'm not a professional, so I wont be stripped of my reputation by the scientific community for bringing this up. Ben Stein observed that this happens, in his documentary 'Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'

[@TheRatesMusic]

Matthew Michaelson life is an entropy reverser. maybe eventually life will order everything back into a singularity again. maybe I'm stoned though.

[@flonkbob8246]

***** Maybe are, but it's still funny. And Matthew, the definition is not the question. The source is. And *I* didn't propose the idea of a god so r isn't up to me to prove it. Once the dearth of evidence is shown MY job is done. There is no onus on more to disprove the hypothesis until there is real empirical evidence to weigh.

[@flonkbob8246]

*Sigh* Sorry about the bad edit of that last...hard to get my phone to listen to me. :)

[@paulrandolph5394]

Those guys watching the Tidal Bore aren't on the Bay of Fundy. They're on the Shubenacide River, a few hundred meters from my house. I will admit, when Tony says"This is the Bay of Fundy",he's telling the truth. But everything on the raft is on the Shubenacide River. The truth laid bare Tony......Could have saved money by filming the actual Bay parts at Burntcoat Head, a few KM away, instead of Hundreds of miles away in New Brunswick.

[@eangthaingov9923]

Merry Xmas, There is phrase they have in American football, it's called, "Hail Mary" . Apply to the Asteroid belt and Earth. Wanna play celestial ball? Know Chinese Kung fu? There is a style known as, "Planetary Devastation" technique that was used by Naruto and Pain. ETN 🐣..

[@MrZajebali]

There was and is a drag between Sun and Earth too, so the year should have been changing with time too. How much? A few per cent?

[@RK17PRAXOR]

Take that religion. Science for the win.

[@billbombshiggy9254]

Your fedora fell off. Better pick that back up.

[@sandysandy967]

If thiya collidef where are those areas where its tough and extra rocky surfaces which will point out the thiya hitting areas??

[@zach-k1519]

Nope, back to school.

[@pp3k3jamail]

God… there's no such thing.

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

mike white Just figuring that out eh? ;)

[@pp3k3jamail]

DeadlyDanDaMan no im not just figuring it out bitch.

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

mike white Wow really, I would stomp you seven days from Sunday. Come call me a bitch to my face.

[@brute9583]

mike white yall mofokas need godzilla

[@paulla9817]

G

[@wiezyczkowata]

the thing is - would back then oceans be this big they are now? how many ice coments would it mean to get this much water? I think they were way smaller back then

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

The creation of the moon is really incredible. Along with all the benefits we gain from it. But The primordial soup theory, is completely speculative. We have no idea how life got started. It's really irritating the way this guy talks about it as if it was established science!!

[@flonkbob8246]

That's true. The 'primordial soup' theory is a small 't' theory. Unlike Evolutionary Theory, which is a bit 'T' theory. It's a pretty good idea, and there is growing experimental evidence to support it, but it is far from proven at this point. Panspermia may be a better explanation for life on Earth, but it just pushes the ultimate discussion back a bit. Since we have an approximate age of the Universe we are saved from an infinite regression argument of the origin of life (can't be further than ~14.5 billion years), but we still have a lot of work to do before we can mark this one as 'solved' on the books.

[@noneofyourbusinesssame4228]

It's established in that it is perfectly possible under the physical laws we understand today. There is no better theory, so unless you can come up with a better one, yes, it does represent established science - if you mean empirical data pinpointing the exact moment life started, no we don't have that, but we know the primordial soup was there (empirical data), the energy needed was there (empirical data), all the ingredients and timescale were there (empirical data), so it's the best theory we have.

[@matthewmichaelson9806]

Noneofyourbusiness Same I agree that it's a possible theory (small 't'). But the people that put this video together, talk about it like they're certain that that is the way it happened. That's what I don't like about it. I see this all the time. Scientists pretend they know these things for facts, to make it seem like they know more then they actually do on the subject.

[@GenerationJonesi]

Interesting theories. Thank you for posting :)

[@lowmicofficial]

System August Episode 1 - Carnforth Episode 2 - Surge Of Carriage Episode 3 - Falcon Irish Kids Episode 4 - Crisis Grays Episode 5 - Saturday Traitor Episode 6 - Catch Fold Episode 7 - Curtains And Fancy Stair Episode 8 - Ballynahinch Episode 9 - Critical Cross Episode 10 - Latin Halts

[@yuufeternal5837]

15:46 funny how people were pounding on rocks to pave a way for the future, and now we are pounding on rocks to understand the past. ;)

[@ashokbansal3861]

One thing comes to my mind immediately while watching c1 that if our moon collide with any thing from the space and get destroyed in any possibilities then what happen to Earth and kind of impact on Earth ?