The "Villians" Were Right? | Jamaican Whovian reacts to "Dot and Bubble" - Doctor Who - S14 E5

Hey all,
This video is a reaction to the return of the new season of Doctor Who. It's the first season with Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor. Russell T. Davies is the showrunner. We also see Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.
Join me on this watch. This video has spoilers so if you haven't finished watching it yet, please do not watch this video. I'll be talking about the episode and my reaction in spoiler-free detail. As always, let me know what you think in the comments!
Enjoy.
Chapters
00:00 Channel Intro
04:40 Reaction
23:20 Discussion and Review
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[@daveherres3374]

Good point. The Doctor has seen racism. But he has never experienced it first hand. His reaction is brilliant and devastating.

[@HuntingViolets]

Yes, still remember his telling Martha to just act like she owned the place. Yeah, great advice when you look like a white human man, Doctor. That dichotomy of his experiencing it for the first time (as far as we've seen) is interesting.

[@punkrockpollyanna7829]

@@HuntingViolets Yes, the first time experiencing it that he remembers. I'm referencing Timeless Child era and a certain fugitive. I hope that wasn't too spoilery.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@punkrockpollyanna7829 Good point.

[@elektralyte1]

Micro-aggressions are so insidious. When you are the target of them you feel like, “is what is I think happening actually happening?” But even if you are sure you are being targeted, people who aren’t the target often don’t realize what’s happening to you and brush it off. This episode is a great example. So many Non-black KZbinrs missed the whole aspect of everyone except the doctor being white until the end. Even when they did catch it, they brushed it off.

[@liliaeth]

I was talking about this with someone on facebook, and to my shock, they hadn't even noticed there weren't any non white people. In fact she tried to claim the ep was about classism, because Lindsey's group was 'diverse', and she was shocked when I pointed out that there was not a single non white person among any of the people in Finetime

[@HuntingViolets]

And the episode gives people an out just about every time. Well, he was kind of talking to her as if she was a child (which she was acting like), well, she thought it was a conspiracy when she found out they were in the same room. No, none of that. And they all pile up on each other. It seems hard to miss, but a lot of people missed it completely and even argue against it after the end.

[@punkrockpollyanna7829]

@@HuntingViolets This episode has fascinated me because of its reception. RTD seems to have created a social experiment with this story, and it has played out online AFTER. This episode is just the catalyst. The internet has spoken volumes since Friday, displaying how insipid racism is, how so many are oblivious because of their own bubble, and I even saw one reactor claim in his comments that he didn't think the episode was executed very well because he had to be told they were racists. Thankfully another commentor quickly gave evidence to all the ways and whys it WAS executed superbly

[@punkrockpollyanna7829]

*sigh - I think I misused insipid, meaning to use insidious (which OP had already said.) anyway, here is what that commentor said: Actually I think the episode executed it perfectly. Making it clear once you realize what's going on, but without making the racism too obvious in your face. Because this is the kind of racism people deal with in day to day life. It's not all kkk or nword crap, a lot of it is daily micro aggressions that never seem to end. And because it's not in your face, it makes it easy for white people to ignore it, or give racists the benefit of the doubt, even when they don't deserve it. Especially when said racists are friends or family members.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@punkrockpollyanna7829 If you like, you can always edit the post (at least on Desktop) by going to the 3 vertical dots.

[@cfor8129]

One thing i noticed this time seeing it was that the pee doctor guy is like "well done, you dont need to go to the toilet!" and she smiles. And then the doctor is like encouraging her in a genuinely difficult situation and shes like "dont treat me like a child".

[@XaviersFilmViews]

Good spot.

[@bobdodd3270]

Ricky is the key to understanding Russel's idea I think. The rest of Finetime are totally conditioned by the their upbringing and the information they are fed in their bubbles. Ricky is not, or at least less so. People aren't born bad, they learn that behaviour. That's why all life is precious, and the Doctgor wants to save them, (well, Lindy excepted I guess).

[@teowachowski1143]

"Hes gonna be so disciplined after this, I cant wait" was brutal

[@ThePlayTyperGuy]

Yeah, she’s basically saying “hear him out but we’ll punish him later when he’s no longer useful.” It’s interesting that this line seemed to slip past so many viewers who are then shocked when Lindy betrays Ricky once he’s served his purpose

[@mattwho81]

Why didn’t the Dots just have people walk off a cliff??? Well, the programming g probably has a ton of safeguards built in to avoid collisions and danger. But nobody thought to program the AI NOT to make flesh eating slugs.

[@ealadubh4800]

Because the AI doesn't just want this civilization dead. It hates it SO MUCH that it wants to SEE it dead - hence the alphabetical order - in the most horrible, drawn-out and fitting way it can think of.

[@Jack-O-Lanterns-TekkenClips]

I think the AI likely didn't want to make it obvious that they were behind the killing. If one person happened to see a Dot walk someone of a cliff, then they could warn others. But if you throw in a scapegoat, the people will trust the Dots longer and ensure more people keep following the Dots to get more killed. Its also an allegory for "eating the rich".

[@paulholloway7666]

I love that you say, "are they the baddies?" I personally think these are the ultimate baddies. I want to put this theory out there in case it turns out to be right but I wonder if we're not seeing the future of humanity but the distant past of a far more advanced planet. This colony of people has green (i.e. copper based) blood and an aversion to manual labour combined with a total reliance on technology. They believe in racial purity to the extent that just looking at someone who is not "one of them" for too long could risk contamination. These are the descendants of a group of people who lived through a period of history called the "Great Abrogation" which may well have been a planet wide ethnic cleansing. This small colony is all that's left of them and they are going to colonise the new planet they're on. I believe this small group of extremely xenophobic technophiles are going to turn out to be called Kaleds and I think the world that they are on is called Skaro. However, I don't think we're in our universe so what we're seeing is the birth of an alternate time-line Dalek race.

[@j.adickey2002]

Agreed. With or without a person like Davros... as a catalyst.

[@CarysCreatesThings]

I’ve never seen any of your videos before and this just popped up on my feed. I’m really enjoying listening to your takes so far, but your volume levels are very low (at least on my device, I’m not sure if other people are having the same issue). I had to turn my sound right up, and I jumped when my ads came on at full volume! 😂 Also, are you familiar with a show called The Real McCoy? It’s a BBC comedy sketch show from the early 90s with a predominantly Black cast. They had a segment where they dubbed classic BBC shows into Patois including Doctor Who. I recommend looking it up. The Jamaican Cybermen are hilarious 😂.

[@XaviersFilmViews]

Thanks for that. Sorry about any audio issues. Sounded fine when I was processing it. I'll look out for that in future. And yes, I've heard about The Real McCoy. I watched that sketch you've mentioned a few years ago. Unfortunately do not remember much about it.

[@liamatsutv]

Babe, you're WAY cuter than Ricky September! Love your videos -- this was a GREAT reaction to an amazing episode! Thank you 🙏 Much ❤

[@MrEtherlord]

Oh, he is very cute. Instant sub from me.

[@HuntingViolets]

The slugs are just tools created by the AI to wipe out the Finetime people. I never thought they'd have me rooting for AI, though.

[@Tejiknasten]

Thanks for a brilliant reaction to a, despite the colourful scenery, very dark episode. Keep up the good work 🌞

[@XaviersFilmViews]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sophiecooper5678]

Brilliant reaction, the dot was right!

[@ealadubh4800]

This Doctor Who episode has the *best* and most effective rugpull-misdirection since... well, *ever*. Only the resolution to The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances in 2005 comes anywhere close.

[@jwsel]

#TeamSlug

[@HuntingViolets]

What does partying entail if they always have those bubbles in front of them? I like being online, but this world sounds like Hell.

[@XaviersFilmViews]

I'm guessing similar to The Circle. If you've ever watched that reality show.

[@chrisleneil]

Team dot/slug!

[@robertmarlow255]

This is a massive V sign to all the haters out there and there are many: black haters, gay haters and BBC haters have come together in a perfect storm to rubbish the new Dr.

[@LauraGS564]

she blockws him, there were no black people, she said they all look the same