REACTION | DOCTOR WHO | 3x13 | Last of the Time Lords

[@Greatrune11]

This also explains how the Face of Boe knew "You Are Not Alone" (Gridlock). Jack was actually there when Professor YANA revealed he was a time lord (Utopia) which is a really nice way of tying this up.

[@TBakerXD]

I always thought it was weird he didn't recognise the name when Martha says it in Utopia, but then again they were a bit preoccupied launching the rocket

[@quintuscrinis]

​@TBakerXD or maybe he did but realised it was too dangerous to reveal anything too early.

[@Jim_The_Fish]

@@TBakerXDJack wouldn’t have recognized the name yet. He hadn’t met Yama or become the Face of Boe yet.

[@dylanburton4955]

@@TBakerXD What makes you think that Jack would know that information? He clearly didn’t have that much in-depth knowledge about Time Lords and especially the master, Face of Boe only knew because he’d already gone through all those events

[@SkillsLoading]

​@@Jim_The_Fish I think what they meant was when Martha says "Remember what the Face of Boe said" why wasn't Jack like "huh, that used to be my nickname... weird!" But I think that the best explanation for that is all the stuff going on was probably a bit distracting.

[@Mark_E_M]

Seeing people's reactions to the Face of Boe reveal NEVER gets old! LOL

[@patriciahernandez4695]

I agree XD

[@PrinceIMC]

“No weapons, just words.” Should be the tagline for the whole series

[@twofacetoo75]

Also, just to say, this episode is why Martha is my favourite companion of the new show. She was the only one strong enough to leave on her own terms.

[@LOTRFAN33]

I definitely prefer her over Rose and probably the only Tenant companion strong enough to go around the world on that mission. She really had so trying times.

[@TBakerXD]

@@mayotango1317 She is special for New Who, which has a completely different audience, tone and paradigm from the classic series. Every other companion or potential companion in the revival series up to her was either killed (or "killed" in Rose's case) or purposefully left behind - well, with the exception of Donna, who up to this point was only ever meant to be a cameo.

[@Jim_The_Fish]

@@mayotango1317it’s almost like they pointed out that this was a first for NuWho and not the Classics 🙄

[@dylanburton4955]

@@mayotango1317 It was definitely a big change though for those who were only introduced to doctor who in 2005 and those who didn’t get to experience classic who first

[@obiwankenobi687]

Martha actually rings a hospital and finds out Tom is still alive right before she goes to the TARDIS to leave the doctor. But I don’t know if that was cut from the episode in America either 😭 they robbed you of more Tom

[@lesterbottomley7641]

It's an odd scene to cut randomly. I wonder then if they shave a couple of minutes of each episodes due to needing to fit the silly amount of adverts in that they have over there. Edit: someone confirmed in another comment this is the case. Extended episodes like this are cut down to 43 mins or so for syndication.

[@Jim_The_Fish]

@@lesterbottomley7641Odd. I’m American and that scene was never cut out for me.

[@leslieturner8276]

It has been claimed that the "Face Of Boe" reveal wasn't in the version of scripts that David Tenant and Freema Agyeman had, so their surprised reaction is a genuine one! Thank you, for yet another brilliant reaction.

[@dylanburton4955]

Yeah I don’t find the master dying sad but David’s emotional acting really gets to me and he nails it as always, and I felt very sorry for the doctor

[@RubyMadigan]

Tom Ellis is Lucifer to many people but when this aired (and still to me) he will always be Gary. A man scared of geese and baker of savoury muffins

[@BritanyBinges]

Wait, what?! lol What is that from?

[@RubyMadigan]

@@BritanyBinges he was the main male character in the sitcom Miranda

[@jessbelen]

​@@BritanyBingesif you love Tom you need to watch Miranda ❤

[@daveangel2991]

"The Face of Boe they called me". I probably had a similar look on my face when I watched that scene as it aired so many years ago. It's also one of the great moments to see people (relatively) new to Who react to!

[@jennifermorris6848]

From Sméagol Doctor to Jesus Doctor. Perhaps the silliest moment.

[@10thdoctor15]

The Doctor told Jabe on Platform One that he was once on an 'unsinkable' ship but ended up clinging to an iceberg.

[@EditedAF987]

Big Finish sort of retconned that line, as they had a story where the sixth doctor ended up on the Titan (a fictional ship that eerily echoed the fate of the titanic several years before it happened), and it results in the Doctor getting stuck on an iceberg and running away from polar bears.

[@TheZebbga]

On the day this came out, early in the morning my Dad had a news paper (it was 2007) and I guess there was a picture of the little Gollum Doctor in a cage. He turned to me and said "Do you want to know what happens in the next episode?" and obviously I said no. He ignored me and said "The Master shrinks the Doctor and traps him in a bird cage". It was so ridiculous that I laughed and assumed he was joking....Well, he wasn't joking.

[@BritanyBinges]

😂 It's shame he told you anyway after you said you didn't want to know, but at least you didn't believe him. There are a lot of things from this show that would seem like a joke when mentioned out of context. I love it. lol

[@TheZebbga]

@@BritanyBinges He wouldn't have spoiled it if he actually thought I would believe him. I was 8, he could have manipulated the situation anyway he wanted. It just seemed so ridiculous that I didn't even consider that he was telling the truth. I see in the description it says you are on season 10 so I can say I did a similar thing for a friend in season 9. (Stop reading if I am wrong about that). My friend asked me what I thought the Doctor's name was and I just said "Basil" as a joke. He laughed but later when we were watching the Zygon Inversion and Osgood asked his name and he said "Basil" as a joke he was like "Damn...you got me good with that". I don't spoil people on stuff, I hate it myself so I wouldn't do it to others but with Doctor Who there is so much ridiculous stuff that you could probably tell you an entire plot and they wouldn't know if you were joking.

[@TheSindustriesLtd]

once you said you were obsessed with the Titanic in your first reaction, this was the video i was waiting for

[@BritanyBinges]

😂

[@bryn6411]

I Love Martha so much she's one of my favourites so it's sad to see her leave but it's nice she left with her head held high and didn't get a tragic ending lol. I also love the countdown scene where she completely overthrows the master I get so many goosebumps. I'm really looking forward to series 4 now AHHH

[@TBakerXD]

I don't think Rose could have pulled off what Martha does in that Year that Never Was, specifically because the Master underestimated her so much - knowing how powerful Rose was when she was Bad Wolf, he'd probably have made capturing her a much higher priority just in case

[@phtevenj]

Also the change on your face when Jack told the doctor who he is 🤣🤣

[@DanielLinfield]

if you have papers flying about, you have a proper crisis on your hands

[@Rossmaclellan101]

Captain Jack being the Face of Boe explains how Boe found out about that the Doctor wasn't the last of the Time Lord's and how he knew about Yana. Think of it as a paradox loop.

[@solrachernandez3389]

Before the next episode there's a minisode you need to see it's called Time Crash and it leads directly into the Christmas special you'll squeal when you see it guaranteed

[@BritanyBinges]

I've watched all the minisodes (at least up to where I am currently in the show; which is series 10). They're bonus reactions over on Patreon. I appreciate the heads up, though! :)

[@digdew]

The highlight of this episode for me is The Masters death so well acted by John Simm and David Tennant

[@obiwankenobi687]

Oh dear, the infamous chopped up and edited episode for America. I have no idea why everyone outside the UK has this version but it misses out a lot of important scenes. I haven’t watched the full reaction yet but America cuts out, depending on where you watch it: The ‘planet earth is closed’ part from the very beginning where space lane traffic is advised to stay away from earth as humans are entering extinction. The Master doing a Scissor sisters dance routine where we first establish the power dynamics between everyone on the ship, the daily routine and we first see Lucy’s bruises and the fake smiles and complete look of contempt she gives the master, the first signs that she’s being abused by the master and is beginning to despise him. The part where Martha and Tom get stopped by the toclafane and she explains about the perception filter key and how it works. The Jones family all sitting around in their cell, talking about which one of them will kill the master about 20 minutes in. Tish mentions that the master made them stand there on deck and watch the islands of Japan burn. So for that, she will be the one to kill his. Martha’s Mom and Dad also kiss. It really sheds light on what a protective and broken mother Francine is. But it’s cut. Martha telling the refugees about the master is even cut in some places, the first time you see it is in her speech on the valiant with the little flashback At the end when time is restored, Martha’s mom picks up the gun and threatens to kill the master, she breaks down and the doctor talks her out of it. She hugs the doctor. In fact you can see Martha hugging her mom in the background just before Lucy shoots him. That’s because she’s just broken down after threatening to kill him Martha has a small moment before the face of boe reveal where she gives flowers to the professor to say she doesn’t blame her for grassing her up to the master. The professor has no idea what she means though as of course time was reversed and she doesn’t remember any of it They’re all cut from the American versions for some reason

[@BritanyBinges]

Yeah, this was an interesting one when I released the full reaction on Patreon. I had no idea things had been cut and it made it difficult for those outside the US to watch-along with my reaction. :-/ I'm assuming they cut it down since our shows have to fit in very specific time slots with a certain amount of time allotted for commercials/advertising. I'm guessing it wasn't enough to fill a 90-minute slot, so they cut it down to fill a 60-minute slot (which usually has about 18 minutes of commercials/ads).

[@emptyempty8310]

I never knew this. I always thought those parts just never made the cut for reactions.

[@obiwankenobi687]

@@BritanyBingesand it’s a shame as as far as I know there doesn’t seem to be a way of watching those scenes outside of the dvd or UK. America seems unaware that they’re gone and there’s no ‘deleted scene’ video on KZbin to watch them as they’re not actually deleted. You’ll have to come to the UK some time and make a bbc iPlayer account for the day 😂 There’s no adverts on the BBC so sometimes if an episode needs an extra 5 minutes or 10 there’s no real issue as the next show will still air immediately after and there’s no obligations to squeeze in sponsors or ads. I couldn’t imagine trying to watch doctor who live on bbc America as it just isn’t made with adverts in mind I remember visiting the US and watching a funny show I liked on bbc America and it was on for an hour each night. I made a note to carry it on when I got home to the UK. Back in the UK I found out the shows episodes were actually 28 minutes long and the rest had just been filled with ads. I don’t think I realised just how bad the ads are over there 😂

[@emptyempty8310]

@@obiwankenobi687 would you rather have cut episodes or be spoiled on huge reveals by the BBC?

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@obiwankenobi687 All new Doctor Who episodes (starting with those later this year) are airing on Disney+ in the US. I'd hope with the flexible scheduling of streaming, there's no more unnecessary editing.

[@willow4049]

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this before but just in case you don't know yet; there's some scenes that were cut from the version you're watching. the most notable ones were 1. A music sequence near the beginning of the Master wheeling the Doctor's wheelchair around the valiant and just generally being a nuisance as he dances and sings along to "I Can't Decide" by the Scissor Sisters 2. After time is reversed, Martha goes to the university Professor Docherty works at and gives her a bouquet of flowers, saying that she forgives her (the professor is understandably very confused as to who Martha is) 3. Martha calls Tom's phone just to see if he's alive, when he answers it, she promptly hangs up, just happy to know he's okay. (Tom is equally confused as the Professor was)

[@alicequinn505]

This has the best moment in this entire reaction series

[@BritanyBinges]

Which moment?

[@alicequinn505]

@@BritanyBinges Just the Titanic reveal, we know how much you were looking forward to that, even if it was just a spaceship

[@10thdoctor15]

In the Time War, the Daleks improved their weapons so that one shot would instantly kill a Time Lord. They would have had lots of other ways of killing them too. Also, the way the Doctor ended the War meant that everything died.

[@AlmightyCRJ]

I was disappointed we didn't see the Reapers (fathers day) cameo when the paradox engine broke.

[@ziggythedrummer]

Fun fact: Creet, the little boy who said "the sky is made of diamonds", is played by John Hunter Bell, better known as Young Ian Murray in Outlander

[@BritanyBinges]

That always absolutely blows my mind. I adore Young Ian. :)

[@johnburton4577]

The Face of Boe reveal - wasn't that wonderful. So out of the blue. In that simple throw-away reveal it also connects up a few story lines. Takes a while to process. Chapeau! Just saw the last moments of the episode and immediately remembered your comments from some time ago about the Titanic 😀

[@BritanyBinges]

Yeah, it definitely caught me off-guard and made it more difficult to focus on the stuff that was happening afterward... which I think does a little bit of a disservice to Martha's goodbye.

[@smashstuff86]

I assume that this is some American edit of the show. 16:06 The deal with the gun is that Martha's mom almost shoots the Master. Here is the original scene. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWfOZoSZZraVaqs

[@AndrewCBateman]

I love your decision to incorporate your reacting and thoughts into each video. Can wait for you to get to the special and then series 4! Make sure someone who knows is helping you line up order of the episodes at the end of series 4. They can be confusing depending on where/how you are accessing the episodes. :)

[@AndrewCBateman]

Oh wait, never mind, I just remembered you are actually way ahead of this in real life.

[@ItsCrossbow]

I loved that the doctor respected Martha leaving and didn’t try change her mind and Tom Ellis character didn’t die he get’s mentioned again in the future 👀 also the master ring that dropped we get more info on that soon 👀 just gotta keep watching

[@snurfbee58]

LOL! I share your happiness at seeing Tom Ellis.

[@DaveB806]

Your reaction to finding out who the face of boe is was priceless 🥲

[@frnknstndrgqn]

I like martha and i feel she did get the short end of the stick but they were her feelings to deal with. The doctor made his feelings perfectly clear. He was not ambiguous at all 😅

[@trevorgoddard2278]

I have been waiting for that facial expression since I started watching these reactions to NuWho knowing this time was coming when the origin story of the Face of Boe would be revealed (I was not disappointed), amazingly some reactors miss it or are just confused.

[@kemmdog4444]

The only thing with the Face of Boe reveal is that , in Utopia, Martha said ,with Jack in the room, “Remember what the Face of Boe said.” He had no reaction.

[@ftumschk]

Agreed. Apart from that, I think it's one of the most useless twists in Doctor Who, as it adds nothing but confusion to the plot. A rare lapse into pointless fan-service by RTD, I'm pretty sure that it was a spur-of-the-moment decision on his part.

[@canadian__ninja]

I completely forgot they had Lucifer help Martha. But as soon as I saw him I recognized him. And yeah the doctor jesus scene is a bit much of a moment, but for me it doesn't bother me as much as how much I like the rest of it. Edit: Hope I'm the first to say this but in the script, what Jack says at the end was blacked out of the scripts Martha and the Doctor got, so their reactions are genuine.

[@bananasaregood8655]

Martha is still my favorite modern who companion to this day!! You’re reactions to jack being the face of boe and the titanic were perfect! Just what reactions are all about. Shame it’s space titanic tho. Please say you watched the mini episode ‘time crash’ ? It was set inbetween this episode and the xmas special and its amazing!!

[@gregweatherup9596]

At one or two points in time Tom Ellis was apparently in consideration to play the next doctor.

[@max410bery]

Something I think people forget about the Face of Boe thing is in the last episode in the hallway outside of that radioactive room that Jack just went out of, Martha mentioned “the Face of Boe said “You Are Not Alone””while Jack was right next to her. That story was not random. He told it for a purpose. 😂 he wanted to blow their minds. 🤷

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

0:33 highly recommend watching Miranda, it’s a British comedy show and Tom is in it 😊 need I say more?

[@BritanyBinges]

I was about to say that I can't imagine him doing comedy, but he actually had some really funny lines in Lucifer.

[@TheKaitoKIDOtaku]

I've been doing a re-watch of Doctor Who. It's been years since I last watched these older series/seasons. I had no idea who Tom Elis was at the time, so it was a pleasant surprise to see him pop up after now seeing him in other things and knowing who he is. I've finally caught up with your reactions. I'm excited to see how you react to some of the future episodes (which I know you've already seen since it looks like you're already past the point where I had originally stopped watching in 2014).

[@Mikesupr1]

"The skies are made of diamonds" very strong scene.

[@kierandoodykd]

00:26 ... The things I would give to have a girl like this react to seeing me in that manner 😂😂

[@dianayoder1285]

I don't know if you have gone back and rewatched any of the previous episodes yet, but rewatching gridlock, that ending will hit you differently this time

[@ihateunicorns867]

Yeah. Flying space Jesus jumps the shark for me.

[@iKozak99]

The only things certain in life are death, taxes, and David Tennant crying will always make me cry.

[@Corlwow]

Was excited to see the face of boe and titanic reveal after u said you wanted to see a titanic episode XD

[@thegentleartoffisticuffs6983]

Which version of the episode did you see? The original is 53 minutes long, but I know some streaming services only provide the US broadcast version which was cut down to 47 minutes.

[@BritanyBinges]

I'm in US and it's on Max (formerly HBO Max) here and they only have the shortened version. :-/

[@channyh.221B]

I know this is one of those episode's with many shocking revelations, but never, ever did I see so many shocking faces as I did with you. Even at the beginning, when you saw Tom Ellis, - well, more gushed over Tom that was -I knew this reactionvideo would be top notch, that moment after scolding the 'dead' Master for killing Tom, only for realizing he, must be alive because of the turning back of time was gold. ( 18:26 ) And yes, the Face of Boe, I find that so cool, they first left that a bit open, but later it became canon and I'm all for that. I like that you give your thoughts right after the episode, you can always go back later, after the season finale, go back to earlier moments, but now the thoughts are still fresh in your head and I think that's better for your person reaction.

[@Lordoftheapes79]

That's right. Martha left the Doctor for Lucifer himself. 😂

[@BritanyBinges]

Honestly, she made the right call. lol

[@tiernan7541]

Without any spoilers (maybe you’ve filmed ahead) but you’re about to watch the greatest series of NuWho. It’s like a climax of everything we’ve seen so far. We meet new characters, and see some old faces. I know there is the return of a character who most people found very annoying, but who goes on to become perhaps the greatest companion of all time. The next series is great, and that run became the PEAK of NuWho in the UK. Doctor Who regularly pulled in 10 million viewers (1/5 of uk population at the time- which is insane considering the number of people watching together in one household). Not bad for a show that was once the shame of the BBC. Wow, there is so much greatness to come. The last 6 episodes of this series is undoubtedly the strongest run of stories in DWs 60 year history. Look forward to watching.

[@nateperkins9860]

Torchwood was on a wild goose chase in the Himalayas

[@johnlarro6872]

Years before this episode aired, I (was not the first to) wrote a story about the Doctor on Titanic... So when I saw this, it was a very much OMG moment. My story was better than what follows LOL. Although my story didn't have Kylie M.

[@timaustin2000]

I've always taken it that Jack was yanking their chain about The Face of Boe. A species of Boekind is mentioned in New Earth. His having offspring is mentioned in Long Game. Clearly there were more than one of him so it can't be Jack.

[@EditedAF987]

The Long Game was all about fake news and misinformation though, so Boe having kids may not have actually happened.

[@crappiefisher1331]

the earth wasnt turning backwards, time was

[@totallynotkhobsessed]

I love watching your reactions! Cant wait to see season 4

[@BritanyBinges]

So glad you're enjoying the reactions! :)

[@MarkWardReacts]

So interesting you say he needs a therapist next because even though she’s not trained as one I really feel that Donna becomes that for him. She teachs him so much more about humanity than anyone else in modern Who.

[@heatherqualy9143]

I understand she is seasons ahead, but would still be nice if comments were kept spoiler-free for those watching along with her. My biggest disappointment watching a Doctor Who reaction was because it was an episode with a huge character reveal and the reactor was spoiled ahead of time. So, we had this huge moment that I always wait to see a reaction to (like this one where she didn’t know the Face of Boe), but the reactor just said, “Yeah, someone told me they were going to be in the show.”

[@MarkWardReacts]

@@heatherqualy9143 I just assume anyone watching this has already watched it. I’m a big hater of spoilers in comments but these comments are really for Brittany who I know is about 5 seasons on from here. But I hear you.

[@overlordswapi594]

do watch the mini episode after this, called "Time Crash" ^^

[@Rossmaclellan101]

Unfortunately that's a Patreon exclusive

[@WiccanRai]

This episode really is better than the one before but I think it ties everything together really well. I was just like you over Jack's face of Boe revelation!

[@rickydixon4633]

fantastic reaction. a very grown up decision to leave for martha

[@VezPlaysGames]

Yo I love your dr who reactions. ❤. The face of bo thing blew me away

[@BritanyBinges]

Thank you! So glad you love the reactions! :)

[@Will-nn6ux]

Have you seen the scene that was apparently cut with the Master dancing around to I Can't Decide by the Scissor Sisters? It's probably one of the most memorable and disturbing parts of the episode.

[@paulkennedy8701]

It wasn't cut. It was in the version I saw on tv, and the version I have on dvd, and the copies on other reaction hannels.

[@ThetaSigma-vu1sk]

@@paulkennedy8701 There are some copies of this episode where some scenes are cut. The opening scene of the female voice over saying "Planet Earth is closed.", the Master dancing, a few seconds are cut when Jack is trying to break free of his chains, Francine picking up the gun and Martha giving the Professor flowers are cut. I've only scene it on Netflix when the show was on netflix years ago, but other people have said it's the same in other copies

[@paulkennedy8701]

@@ThetaSigma-vu1sk Well, I'm glad I don't have to watch episodes that somebody has hacked chunks out of. (Until this year I suppose, when it will depend on whatever the hell Disney feels like doing. If I decide I'm going to pay for it.)

[@BritanyBinges]

@@paulkennedy8701 It depends on what country you're in. It was, in fact, cut from the US version of this episode... along with multiple other scenes.

[@BritanyBinges]

No, I haven't seen any of the cut scenes/parts of this episode.

[@snurfbee58]

Hi Britany, I'm way behind and just finished this episode. I can't find the next one, Episode 4x1. Is it because of the difference between You Tube and Patreon?

[@BritanyBinges]

Yes, you're now current with what's on KZbin (Patreon is several series ahead). I wasn't feeling great last week so I wasn't able to get the next one (Voyage of the Damned Christmas special) edited, but it will be going out tomorrow or Thursday.

[@snurfbee58]

Awesome, thank you!

[@hoarsebard]

See, I get very sad at the Master's death scene in this. Because he first shows up in the 3rd Doctor's run and there's a lot that happens between him and the Doctor. He was created by the showrunners at the time to give the Doctor an enemy who was truly his equal. From there he showed up time and again as the show went on, sometimes an enemy, but shockingly sometimes an ally. They did have their moments of working together, and that wasn't really explained as them knowing each other since childhood before NuWho, but with that context it makes everything that came before mean so much more, you know? They could never be rid of each other, not really. And neither would have it any other way, in the depths of their hearts. It's fitting that the way The Master would finally go out... Is to finally get one over on his old friend. One last screw you. With a smile on his face.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

Just on the subject where your talking about the future Doctors that come after Tennant the older guy's name is Peter Capaldi whose one of my favourite Doctors in NuWho I won't say who or name them but some actors who played The Doctor some last longer than 3 seasons some don't depending on whether they want to continue or not or if their contracts expire. It's actually neither confirmed or denied that Captain Jack is the Face of Boe it's hinted that he might be people are still theorising 16 years on whether he is or not though I personally believe that he is. Even though Time Lords have regenerative abilities they can still die and get killed if their injuries is so severe or burnt or shot fatally it can prevent them from regenerating also if there upto their 13th and final life that's the end of them they die unless they get a new set of 12 regenerations thus 13 lives, the whole choosing not to regenerate is only a NuWho thing. I liked the episode but I will say the Doctor where he goes back to being youthful and escapes the cage where he gets all being all God and mighty was abit much I thought and unnecessary. The Toclafane were intended to be the new Daleks kind of..RTD the showrunner at the time originally wasn't going to have the Daleks at all thankfully that didn't happen. Just on that last comment about The Master possibly coming back alive and about it being unrealistic it's Doctor Who it's not suppose to be realistic anything can happen on this show. 😊

[@koletoday]

I've been waiting for your reaction to seeing the Titanic finally come up in Who. Also Face of Boe ❤, awesome reveal

[@BritanyBinges]

It wasn't quite the version I was hoping for, but the fact I got any sort of Titanic thing makes me happy. lol

[@twofacetoo75]

Not a spoiler, just a clarification: the Master and the Doctor have just always been enemies. This isn't really revenge for anything as much as it is the Master just being true to form. He's just ALWAYS been a dick.

[@gaming44life]

Il just say the 11th doctors theme tune is my favourite, sooner rather than later you might agree with me probably

[@ajivins1]

Tom Ellis used to be in the sitcom 'Miranda' before I saw him in this.

[@verloser]

dont forget to watch the children in need minisode, it correlates to this ending

[@BritanyBinges]

I did. :) It's a bonus reaction over on Patreon. I'm actually in series 10 over there.

[@castielwinchester6222]

I was dying to see your reaction for jack being the face of poe, 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@PandezPanda]

After this make sure to watch the minisode "Time Crash" before the christmas special!

[@MalcolmWolf]

Britany has seen it, and it is up on Patreon 🙂

[@artiepavlov6022]

YES! we are up to my favorite season!

[@TheMagicMudkip_2]

Yes! Time for my favourite Christmas special!

[@firefly24601]

And we got another Face of Boe reveal reaction!!! 🎉

[@creepykidandinfinitedreams2987]

An incredible reaction to an incredible episode.

[@markdavidson9100]

Took the wind out of my sails when Martha said goodbye, wasn’t as emotional as Rose going, but their relationship was a stark contrast

[@BookNomming]

I love watching your reactions, series 4 is my favourite ❤️

[@alanmackie7012]

Never really liked Tom until I watched Lucifer. Now I'm getting the chance to reassess the situation.

[@10thdoctor15]

You should definitely watch Merlin. Tom Ellis is in it too.

[@kennethiain]

Regarding the "Tom Ellis thing", for me, he will always be the love interest of the character Miranda from the BBC show of the same name, so back then I was excited for him being in Doctor Who for THAT reason! This three-parter is definitely the weakest of all the RTD finales for me, with that order being: S4 finale, S1 finale, S2 finale, S3 finale. There are some redeeming qualities for sure -- the Face of Boe name drop; Martha's independence. But this episode, for me, exposes a flaw of RTD's writing that runs throughout his era: he creates big and grand plot points, and builds tension, but then writes himself into corners, which prevent what I would deem a successful conclusion. Ironically, the paradox machine is not a part of this for me: it makes sense that once the machine is broken, things go back for to how they were before the paradox was in place. My biggest problem is the way that because he writes himself into corners, he has to superhero-ify something or someone to fix it. In the series 1 finale, this was the Bad Wolf, a character created by the fusion of the two most important parts of Doctor Who -- the TARDIS, the representation of the Doctor; and Rose Tyler, the representation of the humanity that not only grounds him, but drives him to act in the way he does (ergo the opposite way from the Master). The creation of this entity allowed RTD to still be able to say that at the end of it all, it was the Doctor that saved the day, because he took the Time Vortex from Rose, and made the ultimate heroic sacrifice. But that isn't the same here: in this finale, RTD has a tool to bring the Doctor back from his aged state -- the laser screwdriver -- and midway through the episode says: this is too easy, and locks it out, requiring a solution much bigger and grandiose than ever would have been required. I buy that the Doctor could stall the Master as he did, and install himself within the telepathic matrixes of the satellites to remove the influence of the Master's own telepathic control. But RTD's resistance to have someone else help the Doctor, or save the Doctor, is ultimately why this overextension of this plot point becomes so laughable. Would it have been so hard for RTD to have made it so the Doctor, in his very aged state, was too weak to use the laser screwdriver earlier in the episode, or too slow, so that it could have been snatched away from him before he could grab it? So that rather than making it Isomorphic (unable to be used by any person other than the Master), at the moment the Master's plan begins falling apart, Martha -- or maybe even Martha's family band together, or Lucy (imagine that betrayal instead of, or as well as, the one we got!)-- is able to use the laser screwdriver to return him to the Doctor we know? The rest of the episode would have unfolded the same, and the Doctor would still have his moment to shine. I know that to watch a show like Doctor Who one must be able to suspend their disbelief, it's just that for me, the whole 'I am God' moment takes that suspension of disbelief and snaps it in two. On a positive note, I do like, as others have said, the clean break that the episode gives Martha: out of every Doctor Who character, she's the one I feel deserved to be treated better and with more respect, so it's always nice to see this part of the episode. It's also a fitting conclusion to her storyline of training to be a Doctor as in the image of her family, she has patients to care for! You said a lot of what I had to say, so I'm sorry for making you read all of that haha! Thank you for your reaction! I always enjoy watching these along with you!

[@AofC182]

"Really.. Really?? Really!! "

[@fireredninja9320]

Dont know if you will see this or not if u havent seen the classic series the master was always a friend and enemy rival since they were kids on galifrey the master wasn't always a pycho killer the time lords made him that way with the drums slowly driving him insane

[@BritanyBinges]

I am reacting to Classic Who as well. Fortunately, I'm in season 8 over on Patreon so I have met the Master already, but please be careful with the Classic information. Don't want any accidental spoilers. :)

[@fireredninja9320]

@@BritanyBinges sorry that's also spoiler from future never saw the master as a child or anything just know from modern series sorry again thank you for responding to my comment youll see what I mean from later tennant episodes if u haven't already

[@MeanJohnDean]

That's the case for real.

[@godmagnus]

How mad were you when you found out it wasn't THAT Titanic?

[@MeanJohnDean]

Yes way

[@BritanyBinges]

I don't know what most of your comments are referring to. If there isn't a timestamp in the comment, I don't at what point in the video you commented.

[@kenmercer8112]

The Face of Boe

[@Cami_1606]

I love your doctor who reactions, im so sad I cant see your full reactions on patreon as I dont have all episodes to watch along so I will just have to see the things you have here on youtube instead, but i wished there was a way to watch your full reactions without having to use 2 devices

[@Will-nn6ux]

The reactors who do include the episode video in their Patreon full reactions are talking quite a big risk.

[@Cami_1606]

@@Will-nn6ux I just wish I would be able to watch. I have doctor who on dvd but i use my pc for watching so i cant watch both the dvd and the patreon reaction at the same time so its the only reactor i dont watch on patreon, the others are no problem

[@kemmdog4444]

Well , someone else watched Lucifer.😂

[@hornorsilk2901]

Fun fact, I predicted Jack was the Face of Boe a few weeks before ... people laughed at it until at last... I was shown to be right

[@BritanyBinges]

Yeah, I mean his immortality was smacking me right in the fact the entire time I was watching Torchwood and then again in this story. It should've been obvious. At least you figured it out and were vindicated. :)

[@hornorsilk2901]

@@BritanyBinges to be sure, it was only a guess -- but what made me think of it is that he was shown earlier in the season and he constantly talked to the Doctor as an old friend. There still are people who think they are not the same person, but Jack had given himself a nick name based upon Boe.

[@ftumschk]

@@hornorsilk2901 Jack didn't give himself that nickname, but I think that the people of Boeshane called him that as a pun on the famous giant head in a tank. After all, Jack was the local boy done good, so he was the "face" of his neighbourhood of Boe(shane).

[@12chapin]

Lucifer👍🏻. Hello 👋🏻

[@ftde1]

At least back then Russell T Davies' stance was that the Face of Boe line only works as long as you don't know what to make of it, whether Jack was telling the truth or teasing, and that it should therefore never be confirmed or denied. AFAIK he once stopped a Doctor Who novel from giving confirmation. But with all the Doctor Who media that is out there I am not sure that this has been kept up. I think most of fandom has accepted the idea as cannon, personally I lean no.

[@BritanyBinges]

When I originally released this episode on Patreon, I think someone mentioned that RTD did finally confirm it on like Twitter or something. But, that conversation happened almost a year ago so I couldn't be remembering it incorrectly.

[@ftde1]

@@BritanyBinges It's very possible that I missed that. Thanks for the update!

[@jessbelen]

This episode shows why Martha is my favorite 10 companion ❤

[@wispa1a]

Be surprised who's worked for nuwho

[@caloller1375]

Story meh lore amazing

[@toddkes5890]

19:40 - ever wonder if Face of Boe and Cassandra dated?

[@benliddell3368]

Ypi have to watch Time Crash before Voyage

[@BritanyBinges]

Thanks! I actually originally watched this episode almost a year ago. I'm in series 10 now over on Patreon. I've seen the minisodes and have released reactions to them as bonuses over there. :)

[@stanleysmith2221]

Martha is the true hero of this episode. Gushing on Tom Ellis is so basic 😮

[@BritanyBinges]

I'm pretty that calling something basic is basic at this point. 🤷‍♀️

[@elliottnoad1270]

Rewatching the Boe arc (especially Gridlock), after this aired, permanently hits differently when you know who Boe is. In 2007, the executive producer said Jack =Boe, while the showrunner left to the audience to decide, but & in 2020, he confirmed it, so Jack becoming the Face Of Boe is canon and not a trick. With the Time War and all timelords getting wiped out; according to the expanded universe setting during the Time War era, the Daleks modifyed their guns to have regeneration inhibitors (bit like the gun Martha was assembling here but not a decoy) where it didnt matter how many regenerations you had left, you were shot, you were done. With Timelords as a whole, the Doctor getting rid off both Daleks (give or take a few) & Timelords as the last act of the war (based on S1 of New Who), but the Master ran away and became Yana, a while before the war ended.

[@ItsCrossbow]

Series 3 wasn’t amazing but it had some good moments and episodes and Martha was a good companion but sadly people don’t like her much and we only got 1 series with her

[@darthkronical3390]

25:30 Spoilers!