What happened to Doctor Who? Reviewing "Arachnids in the UK"

[@TheCriticalDrinker]

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[@juzujuzu4555]

You should do Drinker recommends for Breaking Bad. Yes, it's already old show, but it's also the only show that had great pilot, and from that point on, constantly got better and better. Though it's the one show you shouldn't watch drunk, because it's full of important or enhancing details. Drinker needs to be positive once in a while, like you have been, so that the complaining is more effective. Anyway, I'll go away now!

[@greytroll1632]

@@juzujuzu4555 Nah, it'll be fine! Just joking, I agree with you.

[@Azaleus19]

As far as I'm concerned the Whittaker doctor never happened. I'm waiting for the real deal to start showing up again. Also will be getting some popcorn to watch Jodie's career go down in flames like she deserves.

[@DeleteExistence]

Doctor Who?

[@jongrossland9861]

Juzu Juzu I’ll agree in the case of live action shows, but there’s another show that constantly gets better. Star Wars the Clone Wars

[@JayExci]

14:38 Fun fact: Jodie Whittaker has openly admitted to never watching any previous eras of the show before playing the character herself.

[@Formakiwi]

Yeah, I call bollox. Her performance is either a straight rip of David Tennant or else she's been given the same hack on-set coaching as he presumably got; "just act like an arrogant, ADHD-suffering ponce who's not as smart as they think they are, and use a funny voice".

[@Tober13]

You forgot to add that bit about this 'Merican guy not killing himself.

[@ironmonkey1512]

I'd swear she was vice-principal at my kid's elementary school. What is she doing acting?

[@moonsofmadness8850]

@@Formakiwi She worked with Tennant on _Broadchurch_ and they're buds so it's likely she's trying to emulate him.

[@GimmieTheGaff]

Guy Incognito : Ditto!

[@Philistine47]

"What happened to Doctor Who?" The same thing that happened to Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Star Wars, and more: the people in charge assumed the pre-existing fans would be along for the ride *no matter what,* and that they were thus free not merely to ignore said fans but to actively *attack* them in pursuit of new audiences. The results so far do not suggest that this is a particularly good strategy on either the business or creative fronts, but the lesson clearly has not yet penetrated the dense skulls of _H. hollywoodus_ and its closely-related subspecies in the UK.

[@MyWatchIsEnded]

Kind of like how Brike retconned avatar the last Airbender to push their 'vision' of the universe instead of their original writers vision.

[@RedboRF]

you forgot Thor and.. pretty much every other mainstream movie franchise

[@RedboRF]

@patrick howard read it two times. I guess Im too drunk, mate

[@corinsenok]

@Brian Hensley it is weird of us. just do what the shiny noise box says silly, fuck. Thinking's for important people.

[@billyhaigh9274]

I'll say this.... He was meant to be a red head

[@Giantwaspface]

"Hey gang, that Spider has grown too large for its own biology to support it. Let's watch it scrabble around pitifully while it dies a slow, painful death!" "Errrr, why Doctor?" "Because guns and white men are bad!"

[@bingola45]

Haa-Haa-Haa-Haa! Best comment yet! Epigram!

[@yakitoly7461]

There are spider, who cares how the die. But she shojldn’t be angry at guy shooting a spider.

[@Chimeratech_O.D.]

@Ulf ViKings Also, in The Age Of Steel, Tennant's doctor shut off the cybersuit/life-support to a Cyberman whose humanity was restored; The doctor hates guns and war, but understands the idea of Mercy killing and dying with dignity.

[@grzegorzpawowski2076]

"Hey gang, that Spider has grown too large for its own biology to support it. Let's watch it scrabble around pitifully while it dies a slow, painful death!" - came from the EXTREME ENVIRONMENTALISTS and ANIMAL RIGHT ACTIVISTS.

[@Plisko1]

I'm pretty sure the Dr. has always hated guns.

[@martinwood9419]

"Why would anyone build a luxury hotel is Sheffield?" Asking the real questions here.

[@MsStack42]

Lol. We have a place called The Easy Hotel. Presumably for people too stupid to use an actual hotel (?).

[@Pintkonan]

@@MsStack42 well at least once a year such a hotel might be good, when the world snooker championship takes place and attracts lots of celebrities (:

[@RealGateGuardian]

Sheffield sucks ass. Manchester rules

[@CoolHandLuke87]

@@Pintkonan I never heard of this I thought it was a sex thing

[@lwo7736]

@@RealGateGuardian see, if you're from Sheffield, it's not that bad because you have Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham to compare it to. Sheffield seems like downtown Manhattan compared to those cesspits

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

The plot is literally a ripoff of a movie called Eight Legged Freaks. Straight down to the "coal mine under the luxury building that all the spiders come from" thing.

[@mewnani]

I'm offended they'd appropriate from such a great film. Eight Legged Freaks was gold!

[@brainrich1358]

Except that movie was aware of it's b -movie/monsters story.

[@bigdaddy7956]

I thought I was the only one that noticed. Legit the same thing Radiated spiders. What’s funny is that movie was actually decent

[@lordfrostwind3151]

At least that one was fun, this is just sad

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

@@lordfrostwind3151 In that movie, they had zero qualms about blasting spiders with shotguns. No clue why the Doctor would turn shooting the queen into a lecture on the ethics of killing homicidal spiders. Beyond they thought they could turn a lovable, goofy plot into the chance for a virtue signal

[@seagullsays5831]

Imagine being so out of ideas for a show with literally infinite possibilities for creative storytelling that you unironically rip off Eight Legged Freaks.

[@wifine1951]

Your Overly Eccentric Uncle Orange Man Bad!!!!!!!!!

[@ShamblesMD]

At least this episode had something in it, which is horribly depressing.

[@Dinosaurman34]

THANK YOU!

[@therebel4332]

Its not about having infinite possis... its about socially engineering and divide and conquer.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

I remember the episode that got me into it for a while. It was the one with literal Evil Personified. Remember when he was around? Nah, we got to have not-Trump as the villain.

[@atmosrex7126]

Remember, this is the same show where the Doctor tortured a family of energy beings for all eternity by locking them in a pit with chains of a dwarf star, throwing them into the core of a black hole, locking one in the concept of a mirror across the universe, and stretching one across all time and space in a scarecrow, never saying a word. This was the same show with the Doctor discussing the concept of faith and human nature in literal hell as he is about to meet the conceptual embodiment of the Devil. The same series where he has to make the decision of abandoning the future version of his companion, despite her self lucidity and consciousness, to save the one she knows which means failing a life. And now we get orangemanbad: spider edition

[@wilmagregg3131]

what episode is your first point from sounds badass

[@atmosrex7126]

@@wilmagregg3131 The Family of Blood, one of the Doctor's best episodes

[@wilmagregg3131]

@@atmosrex7126 damn i just read that episode and that is undeniably badass some ass hole group of aliens tried to force him to give them immortality threw attacking innocents making the doctor abadon a peacefull human life he could of lead causing him to give them immortality they wanted in a personal living hell for each of them that is amazing

[@FlameMammoth]

That actually made the Doctor seem godlike and terrifying. A part you'll always remember, even when hes being whimsical and goofy. There will always be the xenocidal angry deity that can and will fuck your entire eternity up if you push him enough.

[@CalamityM]

I actually prefer Classic Who, before the writers decided to kill off the other Timelords and turn the Doctor into a demi-god Gary-Stu. 'The Family of Blood' made me stop watching the show. Tom Baker will always be the best Doctor.

[@FourOf92000]

I would like to point out that the guy who thought it would be a good idea to build a luxury hotel in Sheffield and put a toxic waste dump under it, and doesn't find new construction being covered in cobwebs disconcerting, is the most rational actor in this episode

[@highjumpstudios2384]

What if I just fuckin shot em. They've already shown a willingness to kill people.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

This doesn't even stack up against an average episode of Scooby Doo.

[@Chimeratech_O.D.]

Give Scooby Doo! credit; it's made on a budget of string and a few straws that produces acceptable Background noises at worst.

[@smergthedargon8974]

How fucking dare you compare this epitome of utter drivel to the masterpiece that is Scooby-Doo.

[@lordvecna8837]

Who else remembers the Mystery Incorporated version? That show had more plot in one episode then this entire season.

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Lord Vecna ah yes that show was great

[@koderandom3004]

@@lordvecna8837 While I do not consider that series to be true to the original Scooby Doo. The mystery, plot, and development were amazing. The story was borderline thriller at times with a very creepy atmosphere. The only odd thing was the ending. Not sure ending on a cliffhanger like that was a very smart choice.

[@collegiatemisfit6071]

Drinker we need a Christmas special: The Drinker's Top 10 dumpster fires of 2019!

[@joecollas9942]

Why not 12

[@greytroll1632]

Easier to mention what is not a dumpster fire

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

New Year's special; that way being hungover the next day isn't frowned upon lol

[@TheCriticalDrinker]

Only 10?!?!

[@greytroll1632]

@@TheCriticalDrinker lmao

[@MAGAMAN]

I can tell she is Science lady by her glasses and lab coat.

[@404_profile_not_found]

RedLetterMedia's Science Man agrees

[@defencebangladesh4068]

😅

[@AlexApol]

Thanks! I was having trouble figuring out who's who!

[@tomsmyth421]

MAGA MAN I could tell because she is a beige women and we live in a society.

[@uranumbnuts]

She's black. She stole the lab coat.

[@diamondaxe4133]

When that Trump guy shot that spider to put it out of it's misery, my dad said. "Good! Finally someone with some sense!".

[@gwgh]

It’s the perfect allegory of how Trump actually didn’t do a bad job a President. We had a great economy with the lowest unemployment rate in history, peace in the Middle East and overall good foreign relations, and much more, but the Left only knows “orange man bad!” At least Trump fulfilled his promises, like building a border wall, unlike every other politician today.

[@thatguythere6161]

@@gwgh I mean, that wall has and will cost billions of dollars for something that can be countered by a ladder. And as for the economy thing, maybe, but homelessness had already been steadily decreasing since 2009, so I don’t know if we can give him credit for that. On the other hand, the national debt and income inequality have continued to increase, and his policy for the coronavirus was to do nothing because it would slow the economy. And that’s kind of the issue. He’s a businessman, but how many businessmen are worried about their workers. A country should not be a business. As for “good foreign relations”, he tried to make friends with Russia and then we learned that during his term they were microwaving US embassies. As for peace in the Middle East, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is still going on today, and the UAE deal was just a formal treaty between countries who were already at peace. And there are so many other things I could discuss, but I don’t think it’s worth it anymore because he’s out of office. I just want you to know that we have been fed entirely different information.

[@papershadow]

@@thatguythere6161 I would say it is at least a fitting analogy in that at the least, the issue here is controversial and for all that Business-Guy IS at fault for, there's a lot being shifted onto him that isn't necessarily his fault on that same level, and it certainly isn't the "Me right, you wrong" split the episode makes of things.

[@thatguythere6161]

@@papershadow If he wants to stopped being blamed for things he didn’t do, then he probably shouldn’t have taken credit for so many things he didn’t do. I mean, I get your point. There were a lot of problems that had nothing to do with him, but at the same time, he did a lot of things that made it too easy to blame things on him

[@papershadow]

@@thatguythere6161 I'm just talking about the episode's parallel itself, I don't have enough of a horse in the race to lambast or defend Trump, I also just figure that like this episode, the topic tends to be oversimplified in discussion regardless of the position.

[@DavidSmith-fs5qj]

The previous incarnations of the Doctor convinced you that they were not of this world, Whittaker comes across as a lass from Yorkshire.

[@cityguard4847]

David Smith the only reason I know they’re an alien is because their logic is inhuman

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@cityguard4847 Uhm... why do the previous Regisseurs not Step out into the Open and make Rants, just like C-Drinker here... or at least a tamer version of this? The Actors, ok, they are arguably not that high in the Food-Chain - but the Showmakers?! ? If they all speak out, maybe this fluffhead-committe that Rules the Modern Trash-Shows will realize 'something'...

[@elliottgaal9774]

And not a pleasant one at that

[@priscillateo1691]

She just comes across as a very boring and naggy school teacher. Even her hair and outfits don’t help. The personality is also very hard to get endeared to- so unnatural and forced.

[@rseeker1]

Did anyone make an Eight Legged Freaks movie reference yet? Also, Epstein didn't kill himself.

[@deeplystainedmattress]

no one can fight non-consensual suicide

[@vlada]

@@deeplystainedmattress non consensual suicide is now my favorite expression since pre-deceased.

[@merkinmuffley5444]

I haven't seen an Eight Legged Freaks movie reference. Epstein was in charge of Israel's Honeypot Island.

[@sandman7826]

Yup, Eight Legged freaks was a perfect B-movie homage. And Epstein was pegged to death by Hilary Clinton - they threw her in there when he refused to give up his Bitcoin private keys.

[@merkinmuffley5444]

@@sandman7826 Except my example is truth.

[@mitchelloates9406]

"I'd rather stay at home, than be stuck inside a police box with this arsehole" - and that perfectly sums up the absolute mess they've made of Doctor Who.

[@priscillateo1691]

Agree! Even watching her character and hearing her expositions as Dr who made me nauseated. I couldn’t finish any episode properly, just fast forward and skip to the end.

[@xminusone1]

​​@@priscillateo1691 David Tennant was the first one we got in my language so it's the only one for me. I never heard about this show before. Since I've learnt english with that show I became attached to it. I've learnt english especially to be able to watch the older series and after the second épisode of that incarnation I was so disapointed that I stopped watching. The thing is that even if I live in Canada, I'm living in a very french part of it. We have many other american and canadian shows but I didn't wanted to talk with a Californian or Toronto accent so I decided to learnt with à show with real english from England. After all, it's were that language is from, that's the only reason I listen to it in the first place. And since it was also available in my second language (french, my first language is German) I could verify if I've understood correctly. I can't imagine how much people can be disapointed in the UK. That's became a mess, like many other franchises.

[@Textra1]

"What happened to Doctor Who?" Identity politics. And as always, it destroyed that which it attempted to assimilate.

[@MouseGoat]

TBH im not really sure Identity politics is after building things up, It kinda seem like their hole goal to assimilate everything they can. Much like the daleks really, like try to tell me the daleks is not the end product of transhuman feminist.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

They're just trying to poison our culture and history. Destroy those and we are without a foundation for our morals and thoughts, thus we can be force fed new beliefs.

[@karazor-el6085]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 As the Soviet Union found out, the only way to push a utopia on the people is to destroy any possibility of choosing anything else. Wipe out the history, to eliminate nostalgia. Demonize all opposing views to make them look evil. And eliminate anyone who questions authority. This is why Russia has HALF the expected population it does, because of Stalin and his peers.

[@Fridaey13txhOktober]

What if the Borgs turned their humanoids victims into gibbering, misshaped cyborg cubes?

[@Fridaey13txhOktober]

@@karazor-el6085 *Wrong!* The Soviet-Union & Warsaw Pact didn't do "cultural-marxism" on the populations as was done in the "free world" even during the cold war.

[@Longshanks1690]

My childhood weeps for what has become of my formerly favourite show.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

I'm not a doctor who fan but as a star wars fan I understand something awesome slowly becoming crap. So I am sorry about your loss.

[@isabellac4970]

As a Pokémon fan, I weep with you too

[@josephwilson282]

@@bigkmoviesandgames DW I think is is cucked even worse than Star Wars. The Master one of the shows biggest villains was turned into a horny Mary Poppins. Still I also sympathise with SW fans too. Its funny how we've all been brought together by these assholes

[@TBrianOnline]

Take heart, it will be good again once these horrible trends pass.

[@jonbaxter2254]

And I weep for what you did in Scotland

[@Frosty4427]

I used to love Doctor Who. This is so depressing

[@whimbrella]

same :( just ignore everything after the 12th doctor and rewatch your favourites, that’s what i do

[@Valencetheshireman927]

May doctor Who rest in peace .😔

[@Arnsteel634]

Really started getting bad with capaldi and Bill. The “history is a white wash”’ quote did it for me.

[@josephwilson282]

Pissy Missy was what killed it stone dead. The single worst villain in anything I have ever seen.

[@stretchopotomus2385]

@David Lewis same.

[@mahfuzurchowdhury2765]

Except a similar quote was in Tennant's and Ageman's second episode, "The Shakespeare Code". If anything, that line was a reference to that episode. So why didn't it turn you off then?

[@zeroevolved]

True, I think I lasted to episode 5 or 6 in that season, then I just for gave up. It was episode 5 , when they again started talking about racism for something like fourth time in that season, and I just could not endure it anymore. I think I need to finish the season 10, just to count how many times racism is brought up.

[@StarWarsomania]

Happy Industries Because that episode didn't suck balls and they literally made fun of political correctness _in that episode?_

[@nygelgharrot4024]

As a 57 year old fan (my Dr was Patrick Troughton) I say THANK YOU. You nailed it Mr .Critical. You nailed it to a tea. I found you via Bowlestrek's recommendation. God bless that day.

[@RogueFox2185]

I’m know absolutely nothing about this show but you DW fans have my sympathies, I know what it’s like to see a franchise quickly rot away like this.

[@TheAtomicLich]

Tis the Age of Rot for our shows :(

[@ElinWinblad]

It sucks - I was excited at first because technically he can regenerate into make it female but when I saw the first preview commercials for it I decided I wouldn’t even watch it. Just the commercial alone was gross girl power garbage.

[@5thBabbitt]

The worst part is that the previously doctor was brilliant, and so was the one before that, and the one before that, so yeah pretty much the people in charge of it now are dickheads

[@merkinmuffley5444]

I used to watch B&W and "Technicolor" episodes with "Afro/scarf Doctor Who." They had legless robots that shuffled around shooting invisible lasers. The CGI spiders are a big step down.

[@logansmith2703]

Bruh the worst part is the newest season is just dull and not actually bad. Like I'll forget ALL the shit that happened as opposed to like an episode or 2.

[@metalmugen]

The Doctor: Let's be humane and trap the spiders until they suffocate or starve. Not Trump: *shoots giant spider, killing it almost instantly* The Doctor: You monster. Me: WTF Doctor, he's got the right idea!

[@Firstnamewastaken]

Yeah but he's rich, white and probably heterosexual - so he's wrong in everything. Had he been the one to suggest the panic room trap, they would most likely be screeching at him for it.

[@lordfrostwind3151]

Oh no it.never goes badly trapping the horrible monster where they'll inevitably break free. Didn't realize the 13th was the inspiration for Weyland Yutani's method of handling monsters.

[@PepperKatLancer]

Tom Baker's Doctor: Here take this gadget you can kill it in less time and save more lives!

[@allouttabubblegum799]

Meanwhile, animal rights activists can't decide which side they're on because "ewww icky spiders"

[@metalmugen]

@@PepperKatLancer I just picture Leela throwing knives at the spiders.

[@pumblechook1505]

Why does the hotel owner even have guns and literal TOXIC WASTE in SHEFFIELD

[@diablofrag2177]

@Ad Lockhorst As someone from Sheffield, it might as well be a giant pile of toxic waste

[@DashCamSheffield]

@@diablofrag2177 As another person from Sheffield, I find the likelihood of toxic waste and guns in Sheffield to be a certainty

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Okay, toxic waste in Sheffield makes sense, but why does the Hotel Owner have a gun?

[@Demogorgon47]

Because Orange Man Analogy BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD! Ya bell end!

[@milton7763]

To liven the place up I guess

[@bkatbamna]

One of the greatest moments in TV shows was when at the end of a story regarding the Daleks and the Thals, the Doctor played by Jon Pertwee was telling the surviving Thals not to glorify what happened in the mission thereby not glorifying war. That moment has always stuck with me.

[@gaozhi2007]

This regeneration will be perfect. . . when it fits a woman.

[@GoldenPhil]

👏👏👏👏 Excellent! So funny. That was a good one.

[@butthz8850]

Fuck off, perfect comment

[@LadySquiffington]

IMAWOMAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@NiebaumCurran]

@@LadySquiffington There it is lol!

[@kevinhasch3097]

😂

[@SJ9001]

This episode is hilarious. It's so inept that it becomes a brilliant satire of its own satire. The script tries to vilify the actions of "Mr. Big" while skirting around the fact that the main characters fail to come up with any complete solutions of their own, and just hopes we haven't noticed the blatant holes in their own "moral" arguments while deflecting 100% of the blame to Mr. Strawman. In something more self-aware, it could have been clever. As is, Series 11 was a major low for the franchise, and structurally this episode is a total train wreck, but I'd happily watch it again with friends on bad movie night.

[@OlaftheGreat]

@@vallaby2042 your username is perfect for this comment

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Uhm... why do the previous Regisseurs not Step out into the Open and make Rants, just like C-Drinker here... or at least a tamer version of this? The Actors, ok, they are arguably not that high in the Food-Chain - but the Showmakers?! ? If they all speak out, maybe this fluffhead-committe that Rules the Modern Trash-Shows will realize 'something'...

[@pieterpost997]

@@loturzelrestaurant What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be drinking some soy-latte and watching cuties instead?

[@pieterpost997]

@@loturzelrestaurant I mean, you know the guy is a reactionary, don't you?

[@maxkennedy8075]

6:59 I literally remember an episode of batman of the future who’s plot was that a rich dude wanted to dispose of toxic waste in an old mine and his friend is killed when the tunnel collapses and mutates into this monster that can control stone and soil and wants revenge. How tf is this cartoon better written and darker in tone than Doctor Who?

[@bargainhuntbricks420]

I understood that reference. Great series.

[@maxkennedy8075]

Bargain Hunt Bricks It was an odd one, I was probs a bit young for it when it was on the telly, some episodes terrified me. The episode I described, Inque, that woman made of liquid was pretty scary and that AI that was a face in the computer really spooked me

[@bargainhuntbricks420]

It was a bit of a shock to me when Kevin Conroy's batman became a mentor to a young batman, but it was a nice evolution of his character. The writing was done well and each episode had it's own story that never felt rushed and it worked. I dont know if you ever saw justice league unlimited, but they had one episode where we learn just how deep their connection is.

[@maxkennedy8075]

Bargain Hunt Bricks I haven’t seen it, I did catch that it was really neat that old Bruce Wayne was training a new batman in his old age

[@bargainhuntbricks420]

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[@mynameswaall6375]

Every ones being a bit harsh on Chibnall. We need to be REALLY harsh.

[@SCP-Dr_Bright]

I fully agree and also...69

[@humain1025]

He had us in the first half.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@humain1025 Uhm... why do the previous Regisseurs not Step out into the Open and make Rants, just like C-Drinker here... or at least a tamer version of this? The Actors, ok, they are arguably not that high in the Food-Chain - but the Showmakers?! ?

[@humain1025]

@@loturzelrestaurant It was part of the joke. I was just playing along. I'm neutral to them for the most part.

[@M0h4med05]

They had us in the first half, Not gonna lie

[@drifter402]

"I'm just socially awkward" oh my god I groaned

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

Tell, don't show.

[@AzureKnight2]

To be fair, I know people that are socially awkward that like to mention it. If they're struggling a little, they like to put it out there to help contextualize. I run a social group for nerds, so I see it a fair bit.

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

@@AzureKnight2 The problem isn't that it's impossible someone would say that. It's that it's extremely clunky writing.

[@AzureKnight2]

@@duncanmcokiner4242 I want to be clear that I'm not being sarcastic here: but is it clunky writing if you're intentionally representing someone's clunky dialogue? I mean, based on people I've met, it felt real.

[@duncanmcokiner4242]

@@AzureKnight2 In this way, yes. She doesn't have a defined trait of any kind beyond being fucking weird.

[@James_F_Ewart]

Can’t wait for the Charlie’s Angels review

[@brantisonfire]

Go Time Now how could The Drinker not review it?

[@mehitablestorm8877]

Is there enough booze for that? in the world?

[@CarrionCrow993]

Have you watched it yet?

[@ArchTheCakeKing3]

3:34 Honestly thought she said, "I'm just sexually awkward." I didn't question it until a minute later

[@bezkit91]

I haven't questioned it until reading this comment 😄😄😄

[@ashholiday123]

"I'm socially awkward" Cut to Matt Smith literally stopping a global alien invasion TWICE using just his words. The doctor has never been socially awkward, that's not the point. They're awkward because they don't understand all of the tiny nuisances of human society, but they know how to communicate.

[@tuseroni6085]

i want to say "to be fair he hasnt been a girl before, new body new rules" then they go and say "no the doctor was originally a girl and had a ton of lives all as a girl" its like they are actively TRYING to fuck it up.

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

They do understand human society extremely good, but they aren´t human, and as Jay said in "The Fall of Doctor Who": They don´t give a shit if someone thinks they´re weird.

[@gathorall9136]

@@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095 Except in her scenes it often hinders what she wants to do. So it seems she suddenly can't act in a generally acceptable manner rather than just chooses not to. It is like Moffat's Sherlock, who he morphed into a socially incompetent wreck who can't help grievously offending people at morning tea or a wedding reception, never mind any delicate situation which he would face all the time in his chosen profession. Now the classical character clearly has one major interest, crime solving, and most people come far behind. But he's sensitive, witty, and persuasive when the situation demands and that's how he has to be. He's not some super modern lab wiz who can analyze who farted in and how many times in the room that week, a huge part of his work is understanding people, their motivations, little tells, everything. Sherlock would be terrible at his job if he was the socially clueless jackass Moffat made him.

[@muddashucka9743]

Is that not what being socially awkward is?

[@jonh404]

And calling them back to tell them off before telling them to run, definitely one of the best introductions to a new doctor in my opinion.

[@MB-ls6zi]

Jodie's thing is standing around with her mouth hanging open and an empty headed stare.

[@HighKingOfSkyrim37]

White blonde woman stereotype.

[@AlexEinherjar]

I can use her that way. No problem there.

[@Archonsx]

Reminds me of Kristen Stewart from twilight haha

[@gfodale]

Considering the writing, it would seem she got something right......

[@AlexEinherjar]

@BLAIR M Schirmer That is exactly my fetish.

[@oldmediaguy3194]

"Why would anyone build a luxury hotel in Sheffield?!" LOL!

[@creigmacc]

Wasn't Sheffield the town from the Full Monty? Luxury Digs for sure.

[@Marveryn]

@@creigmacc never been there? I guess it sort of our United state Cleveland?

[@creigmacc]

@@Marveryn that could be. Movie is worth a watch though.

[@ericgrace9995]

@@creigmacc yes

[@lezlezman1843]

@@creigmacc If memory serves, I think Sheffield was also the city featured in the nuclear disaster movie "Threads". If only the bombs dropped while the doctor was there!

[@mmsmith1777]

The crimes against my beloved doctor have gotten too numerous to even contemplate. Enough to drive you to drink.

[@Plisko1]

Captain Jack was bisexual but it blew right past a lot of people because he didn't say "hey I'm bisexual... did I mention that I'm bisexual... hi nice to meet you, Im bisexual" He was just a great character everyone liked...

[@danielwood6833]

Just got into the series recently and it legit went straight over my head until my mate who got me into watching it pointed it out lol

[@RedSiegfried]

Jack was cool as hell. Being omnisexual was a character trait, but it wasn't his most important one because if it were he would be boring as hell.

[@tomnorton4277]

"Captain Jack Harkness, and who are you." Jack kind of did wear his sexuality on his sleeve but John Barrowman was so much fun to watch that he still managed to be awesome. He also showed that he could pull off darker performances in Torchwood which resulted in Jack being one of the most fleshed out companions, despite his limited screen time on Doctor Who itself. Chinballs did him dirty by dragging him into his trainwreck. I wish Jack been brought back during Moffat's era. That man had flaws but in my mind, he was the George Lucas of Doctor Who with the only major differences being that Moffat's an atheist while Lucas believes in God and Moffat didn't build Doctor Who from the ground up. The reason I say he was like Lucas is because he had to deal with some pretty vicious backlashes during his time as show runner, not to the same extent as Lucas but still more than he deserved, and despite that, he never lashed out at the fans, never stopped caring about Doctor Who and was willing to make changes based on how the fans reacted to his decisions. He also knew how to write compelling characters and apparently, Jack was meant to be in A Good Man Goes to War. That episode is still awesome without him but it would have been great to see him interacting with Matt Smith's Doctor.

[@MajorTomFisher]

I think my mom made some careful attempts to distract me from those scenes since we watched those Captain Jack episodes while folding laundry or they just went over my head as a kid, but the thing about Jack is that his sexuality is almost comedic relief, it's not important or critical to the story and they're not going to give him a gay sex/makeout scene in the middle of an episode or whatever. That being said, some of the pointless gay inclusion scenes are dotted throughout the series even when it was still good. "Put a lesbian couple in this flying car even though it doesn't add anything to the plot", "Have a scene where the 1920s character secretly meets up with his gay lover just before meeting Agatha Christy", "Make this random guy who gets his head cut off be in a gay relationship", it's insulting because you know the intention is to just pretend they added some meaningless diversity to the show. I wasn't a fan of the gay kiss scene in the Jodie Whitaker episode but at least I had to admit it was ballsy, meanwhile, the other gay references are just pointless lip service. "Hey, just a reminder that gay people exist! Hey, just a reminder that gay people exist! Hey, just a reminder that gay people exist!", have you ever considered maybe I'm tired of hearing that message in my living room repeated to me over and over again? Why can't I just forget gay people exist for a total of forty-five minutes? I think these days gay people take up more space and more time in my head than my own family at this point. But at least... at _least_ Captain Jack's pansexual thing is played up to where it's sort of funny. It's not like we don't have reason to respect him either or trash his masculinity, he does actual masculine things worthy of praise. That the character did kinky stuff in bed didn't matter to the story because they otherwise functioned as a character that worked. The kinky stuff was just a funny addition.

[@missmadness564]

I thought he was pan?

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

I want there to be a sequel where someone opens the panic room in like a year and finds a giant mass of mutant spider eggs, which all hatch, swarm the unfortunate shmuck and eat them. Just to drive home that the plan was really bad.

[@Marveryn]

lol that be great

[@Sorain1]

Cue a later doctor showing up to fix it and mentioning that "Sometimes I have to clean up after myself."

[@hassathunter2464]

The real reason how Aliens started: a moron doctor

[@GregMatthews2ACTD]

I need a shirt that says "Naa Itill be fine"

[@Zyryth]

Agreed

[@cholloway0046]

yes!

[@SoulSir5vr]

Double yes!

[@marknung751]

God yes!!!

[@mcrilly35]

I turned it into my notification for text messages

[@puddydat2233]

Noticed that she's copping a lot of Tenant's mannerisms, when she isn't being bland that is.

[@DlcEnergy]

i haven't even bothered watching woke who and i noticed that since the beginning. lol the first 3 modern doctors were quirky likable characters enjoying adventure. Tennant's Doctor were the greatest imo. then Smith, then Eccleston. Capaldi's were ok, but got boring. it seems Whittaker wants to be the female Tennant, but the cast and story they're giving her is too shit. lol a main sidekick for the doctor can't be a man. he's gonna be cucked. and a guy can't get away with acting like a girl in the relationship. it just doesn't work. that's why there's always been a female sidekick. that's their personality. but with a female doctor, a female sidekick is cucked too. she ain't the main female of the show no more. and can't have that same relationship with the doctor either. otherwise this show would just become two girls one box. lol so they've increased the group size. and made it more diverse. young non-white male and female. and for no reason at all, an old white guy just to be the 4th fricken wheel. what is the point?

[@astonmikedelgado]

Come on Dave was funny at least and did not want to change the franchise but hey... lets give this fading actress the role of a lifetime and destroy one more franchise before the end of the year 😂

[@ebolachan3451]

her performance as the doctor is fine, its the writing thats shit

[@drekiskrek5008]

@@DlcEnergy Capaldi was boring? He literally has the best monologues in the series history

[@DlcEnergy]

Drek Is KrEk i said he were ok. it weren't particularly him that was boring, but the writers. some episodes i just found boring. it got better with Bill Potts

[@Armazillo]

That Sam Neill scream from Event Horizon is 👌👌👌🤠🤠

[@themichaelwakaba]

Thanks a lot m8. I've been looking for the source of that scream for ages

[@jeanbaptiste3470]

"The TARDIS is perfect." "It will be once it has a kitchen."

[@David-736x]

Don't forget the PoC and LGBT only rooms

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

*once it IS a kitchen

[@AndereundIch]

It has a kitchen. And a fireplace. Also a dying Sun somewhere. And a Pool

[@tolfan4438]

And perhaps a lavatory

[@petercarioscia9189]

I'm not sure they got your well crafted Woke Batwoman reference

[@thel1355]

Anyone else notice that all scientists are 20-something black women now? Oh right, sorry. I didn’t notice anything either.

[@romelmunoz7957]

And in Marvel Comics they're below the 20 mark: Riri Williams (Iron Heart), Shuri T'Challa (Black Panther's sister) and Moon Girl (a six year old kid)...

[@joshuamoye5299]

Hey guys that's the future. Whites especially white guy will be the minority to non existent. That's what everyone wants! That's everyone can come in and say "whatever you did we can do better."

[@1000sofusernames]

The Wakanda effect.

[@RapperRank]

the problem isn't their color or sex. the problem is that its a piss of shit terribly written and acted show now. all they had to do was make it good although i still dont think they should have ever changed the doctor to a woman. the rest of the cast could have been women and no one would have mind.

[@ridizzle189]

@@RapperRank Yes I agree at least make it good. If it's not good it's a complete diservice for that group of people but it's still a bit odd and revealing even with good writing for all the smart scientist types in movies and tv to black women and almost never white males. Which is what I think the op was pointing out.

[@Iceaxehikes]

Tom Baker managed to pull off humor without being forced. My favorite; Opens view screen. Same view of quarry we get in every episode. Tom quips; "Oh look.. Rocks." Closes the view screen. The show used to be hilarious and interesting back when they only had mop heads and tomato soup cans for props.

[@Iceaxehikes]

The show was fun because it didn't push an agenda, or take itself seriously. Dude flies through time and space in a blue police box. That was fun. Who wants to be preached at or have a political agenda shoved down their throat? No thanks.

[@JontyLevine]

"He's been reborn into new bodies a dozen times over." > shows footage of Rory and Vincent Van Gogh

[@hardygal2]

That moment REALLY threw me for a loop and I wondered if I had somehow missed something really important 😅 (especially seeing as I just kinda stopped watching the show like midway through Capaldi’s run)

[@NashmanNash]

Well...considering the timeless child exists..There IS a possibility that the doctor actually was or will become Van Gogh or Rory at one point

[@solitudeguard5688]

I cannot get over this man’s legendary narration. Give this god a Nobel peace prize.

[@jebes909090]

why not. they give em away for nonsense now a days anyways

[@chaospacemarine8330]

@@jebes909090 eh, they gave one to Barrack "Drone 'hem where you got 'hem" Obama So you know it's bullshit.

[@thiagosalgoa7206]

@@chaospacemarine8330 true

[@korzbro35]

Naah, he'll be fine without it ;)

[@qtarokujo3694]

he and charlie should 100% collab

[@Mato1970]

When I first learned that the next Doctor would be a woman, I thought to myself "as long as it doesn't turn into some feminist woke crap, I'm okay with it." And then it did.

[@Rpglegend211]

The moment Capaldi as the Doctor said he hopes women ruled the world to the master I knew as a fact they weren’t looking for a guy to be the doctor, I knew the path they were going and I begged to be wrong. Being right is not always a good thing

[@cityguard4847]

Corey Hart wait he said that? Damn I feel bad for Peter for having to say that line. Well depends on the context, but generally not lookin good there

[@Melonposting]

Jodie’s first words in her speech following the reveal of her role as the Doctor were “As a feminist...”

[@cityguard4847]

James Armato it’s why I was sus from the very start. I had a sneaking suspicion it would tumble. And by damn I’m sad I was right

[@milton7763]

Lunas Ra Didn’t that last Star Wars turd make a billion in revenues?

[@mekonta]

Seeing as the Doctress did a 'Pied Piper' on the spiders to lead them to their slow deaths, why didn't she lead them into the TARDIS and transport them to Metebelis III (Planet of Spiders) to live out their lives in peace and comfort? The 11th Series was terrible.

[@bingola45]

"...to see the townsfolk suffer so From SPIDERS, was a pity.

[@mekonta]

@@bingola45 The people of Sheffield or the people of Metebelis III?

[@voidsabre_]

"Jody Whitaker's doctor IS what the other doctors pretended to be" is such a good way to describe the character It's like she was made by someone who liked the show on a superficial level as a kid, stopped watching for a few decades, and then just got handed the reins to the entire series after reading over a couple Wikipedia synopsis

[@marshallhuffer4713]

It's because she's never been a Doctor Who fan nor did she study the show or research the character after landing the part. She mainly emulated the Doctor played by her friend and Broadchurch co-star David Tennant. It reminds me of a cutaway scene from Family Guy where Ben Affleck had 20 minutes to get ready to play Henry VIII, and all he does is say "'ello" in a British accent a few times before he decides he's ready after nailing the accent.

[@caronstout354]

The UK cousin of DB&DW of GoT fame...

[@mzytryck]

Yes, and that lack of knowledge shows in how her version looks and acts like a complete novice. With all the previous Doctors, I believed that this was an ancient being who merely looked young and acted wacky (especially in Matt Smith's case), because they could show that gravitas and darkness you would expect from a veteran. I didn't think for one second that this Doctor was an evolution of Capaldi's Doctor, the way they treated her (and the tone of the show itself) was as a complete reboot rather than the next stage in a beloved franchise. The really sad thing was when people inevitably claimed the backlash was from the Doctor becoming a woman. No, Missy was a perfectly good evolution of the Master because Michelle Gomez made you believe in her character's age and power (in addition to generally being more charismatic and having decent lines). The backlash was because the acting, writing, tone, direction, you name it, were all terrible.

[@mattdamutt5681]

Some major questions come to mind: How did dead spiders mutate into giant LIVE spiders? No amount of toxic waste, big or small, resurrects anything ever. Who dumps dead spiders or any other biological experiment in the one coal mine in Britain that has such toxic waste? That's not mindful disposal at all. Why is starving and/or suffocating spiders less inhumane than shooting them? I'm certain a good shot in the right spot is far quicker and less agonizing than struggling to breathe up to death. Emphysema comes to mind - nothing light about it.

[@thegreenmage6956]

Oh, I didn’t even know there was a new season. I’ll keep it that way.

[@Giantwaspface]

In this case, ignorance truly is bliss.

[@Boysermusic]

@@Giantwaspface yo g wys

[@FestivalofFreaks]

You know I kinda hate to say this but I kinda regret watching the new season

[@CreateAmazment]

Jodie's Doctor feels like an actor playing the role of someone who has a vague idea of who the Doctor is and is trying to parody that

[@gtametro]

yes, thats exactly it

[@puddydat2233]

Tenant. easiest to copy and trended well as a doctor. SJWs can't create, but boy can they steal. And defile.

[@CreateAmazment]

@@puddydat2233 ya it's like she switches between Tennant and Smith constantly like she has 2 different personalities. Don't get me wrong, I think a female Doctor *could* work. We just need better writers, and a better actress

[@comicalhexical]

@@CreateAmazment I mean what do you expect when you cast a drama actress who is meant to put on shows?

[@emarskineel]

@@puddydat2233 and destroy

[@lippabalda2892]

It always amazes me that the previous Doctors never had to explain that they were socially awkward. They just were. Imagine that.

[@codyw1]

I can't imagine any previous Doctor being unable to comfort a companion. Even pompous old Colin Baker could be gentle and understanding and compassionate when the situation called for it.

[@tomnorton4277]

@@codyw1 I haven't seen much of Colin Baker but from what I have seen, he was a fine Doctor. I think even his haters blame the writing more than the man himself. Apparently his era was also a shitshow behind the scenes which was one of the reasons why he refused to film his own regeneration but from what I've seen from the guy, he always delivered competent if not amazing performances with what he had to work with.

[@donutella38]

Having been a life long fan of the show, this was the episode that killed it for me. I watched another 2 episodes after this to check if it was an aberration (sadly it wasn't - they are all this rubbish), and I haven't watched any of the rest of it. Whoever is in charge at the BBC needs to sort it out. Turning one of their "flagship" series into badly written, badly acted drivel is a sad reflection of our times. I am not offended by the Doctor being a woman, I am offended by the actor that plays the Doctor being crap at it. Bring back Matt Smith, David Tennant, or actually anyone else: its got to be better than the current state of affairs.

[@ashgraf8017]

Honestly even if they bring in a different actor/actress for the doctor it wouldn't help. The writing would be just as terrible. We need a new writer who understands Doctor Who and the fans.

[@donutella38]

I completely agree.

[@MRPandoraHartDR]

I also ditched it entirely after this one, so much for claiming this genderswap was to appeal to female fans. I'm female, I'm a fan, I got so fed up I gave up watching.

[@donutella38]

I just wish they wanted to appeal to fans of any race, gender, etc. and got in some good writers and some better actors. Oh well - at least there are some decent alternatives on netflix and you can also watch re-runs of the decent Dr Who episodes :)

[@Liz-lq8hw]

I won't watch any more of Jodie, but if they hire a new showrunner I'm up for giving it another try. I'm holding out, hoping this will be just another blip, like the eighth Doctor, or some of the sixth doctor's episodes. I've got hope that we can recover from this

[@Dantarn]

"It's lucky the gang showed up when all this was going on eh?" To be fair Drinker that's basically all of Dr. Who in a nutshell.

[@SaintsBro217]

@David Lewis That's why they use time travel, mate.

[@sayingthethingstheywont2619]

@@SaintsBro217 @Tracer perfect to patch up dozens of plot holes every episode. If your favourite show is full of shameless plot hole patches the ol' "oH rItE dEy UsE tImE tRaVeL m8" is a terrible cop out lol.

[@Erekose2023]

@David Lewis That was an advantage to the TARDIS being uncontrolable in terms of destination. The companions did not have to worry about living their lives betrween trips.. it was one long trip... the worry was... 'will we get home?' Some never did. [As an aside, back in the day, i had the idea that maybe the 'code' needed to make the TARDIS navigable was actually a series of known coordinate points in succession.. Something that was never quite attainable. Sort of like getting triangulation points to make a valid coordinate system.]

[@zlee001]

Actually its usually the tardis doing bringing doctor to where and when theres a crisis. Up to the 12th. Hes in full control. Then the tardis literally throw the doctor away and hides from him/her refusing to come back when he turned 13th. Without the writers knowing the tardis already doesnt like the doctor anymore.

[@Erekose2023]

@@zlee001 Up until the point where the crappy 'TARDIS is alive and sentient" concept, the TARDIS movements was random. As for the whole TARDIS running away from the 13th Doctor... easy to see why.

[@mothman2514]

They got the speakers bit from that snakes episode of Simpsons.

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

"the simpsons did it!!"

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

They got everything else from the film Eight Legged Freaks.

[@garym6315]

They got the whole episode from various other sources. None of what Chibnall does is ever original. Remember when he did his Silurian 2-parter that was a remake of Pertwee's story?

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

"You like giant monster spiders, don't you Barry White?"

[@merkinmuffley5444]

@@berserkasaurusrex4233 That's the movie that made me say, "Jesus! When they don't spend thousands her on hair and makeup, Scarlet Johannsen is just a short, weird-looking, little piglet."

[@stevojohn]

She's even got the Karen haircut.

[@humain1025]

I want to like this but you've already got 69 likes and i don't want to ruin it.

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

@@humain1025 youre so edgy much wow

[@humain1025]

@@ahabduennschitz7670 dw, I liked it now that it has more likes.

[@iceez3142]

That's not the Karen haircut. The Karen haircut is a weird half-bob that's spiked in the back.

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

@@iceez3142 This is the karen haircut you dumbo.

[@MrAdamFC]

Set in Sheffield in 2019 this would be a short episode in reality. The Doctor would just stand on the third floor of a tower block and watch the spiders drown.

[@atomicdancer]

Doctor Who fans to Jodie Whittaker: "Go away now."

[@AmbrociousXP]

A Dalek would have made a better Doctor than her.

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

I believe you mean Chris Chibnal. A bad actor can bring down a show, but bad direction ruins them.

[@magicman3163]

atomicdancer lets vote with out Wallets

[@thetruthhurtsforreal3084]

I really hate they turned doctor who into a woman lame ass hell he's already been a man I stopped watching when she came on it was a great show until her just to try to fit into society narrative of women in power and all that bullshit.

[@Toby_Price]

Actually, there are hundreds of fans who like Jodie, me included. The main problem is Chibnalls formulaic and lacklustre writing.

[@Grymbaldknight]

I'm sick of this trend wherein a franchise with traditionally male leads (Star Wars, Doctor Who, James Bond, etc.) gets a female protagonist slapped onto it, to appeal to the "diversity" crowd. Then, because the character is supposed to be both "empowered" and "relateable", the writers need to bend the plot around this bland character so they're constantly portrayed as being perfect, yet with a sticky veneer of forced humility. It's making me immediately suspicious of "minority" characters in franchises, where - a few years ago - i didn't really notice race, gender, or sexuality. This practice is kneecapping the concepts of diversity and anti-discrimination, and it's really stupid.

[@youtubevoice1050]

Very true. They raise awareness to gender, ethnicity and sexuality when all of these things should not matter in a modern society. It's superficial, hypocritical and divisive.

[@sneeringimperialist6667]

I think the male owners of the production companies are doing it on purpose to stop people from whining about equality. They can then point to absolute loss of profits, later, to justify cutting all such characters out of future shows. There used to be female heroes with male lackeys who were total feebs, but still worth watching. Buffy had Xander. Xena had Joxer. Relic Hunter had Nigel. And all of these shows were well written and worth watching. What happened to those writers? Dr who, Star Wars , and everything else seems deliberately sabotaged. ..

[@Etherman7]

Didn't they already have a female-centered spinoff? Torchwood?

[@youtubevoice1050]

@Darren Bauer. No it wasn't deliberately sabotaged. The just felt confident that it was the right time for a more radical push, to get more media coverage and bait for new audiences. They specifically hired a bunch of "political writers" for this show. In other words, unimaginative people who've never written anything sci-fi or fantasy, have probably little to no clue about the franchise and are only capable of producing political dribble. On top of that, most of these writers have very few writing credits to begin with. So the outcome shouldn't be surprising. The idea clearly was to profit from all the virtue signaling and politicizing, but the reality is, nobody will watch if the result is bad.

[@zybch]

@@youtubevoice1050 Yep. ALL bar one of the new who are 'political playwrights' and all bar one had NO pre-who TV, let alone genre TV, experience. Just woke political takes and seemingly 'I hate Whitey' tattooed somewhere on their person. One of them wrote some trash kiddie book, the rest are whats left when you drain a pond and remove the pond scum, oh and of course all but two are diversity hires.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

I'm more pissed that the 'first female doctor' had to be the one that is the lecture train and even before this, Dr. Who has had more than its fair share of episodes that were lecture heavy in some form of another. That's the thing that I can't stand about gender bending and this is coming from a woman. Even with your commentary, have you noticed that people who do gender flipping just make the characters LECTURE? A LOT? If we're going to b 100% honest, if all they concerned themselves with being just changing the characters' gender and NOT their attitude, Jodie would not be acting like this. Ghostbusters 2016 would have had the characters actually act human, Rey would have been allowed to have an adventure but it's not like that. Whenever a female or any other minority is switched out from the original, their new ability seems to be the ability to bore everyone to death with community college 101 levels of political discussion, as if whoever is writing this shit assumes that the people these swaps line up with WANT this shit. This is what pisses me off about Karens and their orbiters getting into a hobby that I've been in for years; they don't represent me and what they want to claim I like is shit I got into comics, manga, animation, and games to get away from. I got into my 'geek shit' to get away from the heavy-handed shit that we're seeing now. That's not to say that I didn't like politics, history or other serious subjects but I took them a lot more seriously in matters where they could be handled maturely or in a way where it felt like everyone could get their say and mind out about it, considering how a lot of these matters effect peoples lives, much more so than whether or not a character has a vag or balls in a show. And I hate seeing that the only way to write a 'minority' character is by just turning them into a preach fest where other characters must bow down to their whims, including ones that I already liked and didn't care if they were white dudes. All these writers are doing is showing that minority characters aren't allowed to have fun.

[@GeorgeMonet]

You couldn't make a female doctor otherwise. Canonically the Doctor is a white man. Not a woman. But Doctor Who started going downhill the moment they introduced River Song.

[@jennismith2]

I disagree...The issue isn’t making the Doctor female, it’s sucking all the complexity and flawed humanity out of her while doing so. Bad Writing

[@frde2190]

I’m not looking forward to when the new Bond is gonna be an African women who “don’t need no man” and puts James Bond and his sexist ideals “in his place”. Ffs actually make something original if your gonna have someone of a minority be the main star, as it just comes off as lazy.

[@kjl3080]

@@GeorgeMonet nah river song is amazing, we see her get younger and younger

[@DogWalkerBill]

The Lady Doctor's secret name is "Mary Sue."

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

They should change the name of the show to Mary Who

[@DogWalkerBill]

@@ACanOfBakedBeans GOOD ONE!

[@thecoloradokid5418]

I mean they said it would bring down armies which that would, they'd be too busy laughing to fight

[@spawnofsatan117]

She's a Karen

[@Kat_the_Artist]

Is it just me or is it just a little creepy that the doctor regenerated into a woman?

[@cygnusx10]

The Re-Tardis... dude, I haven't laughed so much in ages. Cheers for a great vid and making friday night a bit more entertaining.

[@Bopperann]

Dr: I'm socially awkward. Person: Well you do dress the part.

[@GhostLink92]

I honestly thought she said sexually awkward... Not that there'd be much difference.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@Comstar: Space AT&T Why is my comment marked as yours? Strange things are happening...

[@Yesica1993]

You know, if they had done this gender bending thing even just a few years ago, I wouldn't have cared too much. I wouldn't have preferred it, but I would've been open to it. It's fantasy, after all. But the fact that they did it now, and in the way it was done, it was so clear they did it to be "politically correct". I can't stand to be manipulated & treated like I'm too stupid to notice. I haven't watched a single full ep, just bits & pieces. After seeing all these reviews and even comments from fans, it's clear my worse fears were justified. It makes me angry. I loved this show.

[@adriansmith3427]

They know that they cant brainwash the adults as easily anymore, so they are targeting the kids with the SJW crap! We need to protect our kids from this shit!

[@MrMikellsof88]

Fun fact: every girl/woman I know who has been a fan of doctor who for like ... ever ... hates this new iteration of the show. Wouldn't be too surprised if that statistic panned out on a grander scale. I haven't watched any of the 13th doctor's episodes since the end of her first season because I can't stand her. And I'd totally believe without reservation what another commenter above said: that she probably hasn't even watched a single episode of ANY season of doctor who and thus doesn't get the character at all. But I would stretch that to include the writers as well.

[@motelghost477]

This Doctor isn't a character, she's a tweet.

[@blankblankpog]

She's not a tweet, she's a twat

[@asscheeks3212]

Blank Blank what’s the difference?!

[@FestivalofFreaks]

ass cheeks nothing there basically the same

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

If I ever become a multi-billionaire...I will rename Twitter to Twatter, and Tweets to Twats

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

Victoria Tabor *they're

[@fallingskies8991]

Critical Drinker: talks about the Doctor’s character and references David Tennant/10th Doctor’s Family of Blood storyline Me: YES

[@therebel4332]

Strangely Jodie would have been perfect in that episode lol with its setting and personalities involved

[@venomnbk3326]

It's the same plot as that movie eight Legged freaks.

[@Tony36271]

I thought it was a coincidence when David Arquette wanted to be involved.

[@derekteter982]

I just remember being confused as to how disposing of the spiders in that landfill was somehow Mr. Big's fault but trying to remember details about this season makes me hurt.

[@CruderQuotient1]

Having an old grieving father character on a show about adventure. So much fun!

[@allmycircuits8850]

That's actually old grieving father with terminal disease!

[@thingsicantfind9545]

This isn't dr who, this is a political show about a quirky feminist who borrows a spaceship that looks like the tardis I guess

[@TheAtomicLich]

You nailed it! like Jake Skywalker :)

[@buttpiratesbuttpirate5913]

Are a bunch of you idiots gonna flood this channel like penguinz0's channel to get Drinker to review the Lego Star Wars games?

[@benjaminnicholson3136]

@@buttpiratesbuttpirate5913 probability not

[@Bopperann]

I wouldn't call her quirky. Not at all. It's just a long bad impression of David Tenant.

[@thingsicantfind9545]

I have been one with the force long before the one of the cr1t1kal

[@thereluctantdragon7579]

"Planet of the Spiders" this isn't. RIP Jon Pertwee and Robert Sloman.

[@anubusx]

The Spiders from that episode should of been what they were.

[@death-king1834]

Might as well have just titled this episode: ''Orange Man Bad'' for how subtle it is.

[@TheLoremasterNojah]

@3:40 "You can't have your characters just announce how they feel - that makes me angry!" - The Robot Devil

[@Trimondius]

Honestly this sounds like an episode of Scooby Doo and not doctor who. lol

[@NASkeywest]

"Dr., Dr. Who! Where are you? Weve got some work to do now!" 🎶🎶

[@darthsalad6211]

No, no. Scooby-doo has much better writing.

[@sergeantmituna6260]

Remember when Doctor Who was a show you could watch and enjoy? Pepperidge farms remembers.

[@sergeantmituna6260]

@Arion Noble No.

[@anthonyglaser929]

start with Christopher Eccelston, then go to David Tenent.

[@anubusx]

I like Capaldi.

[@jakomioftherose2434]

I loved Eccleston. He was a nice Doctor.

[@patrikmiles9342]

@@geoffok mummy on Orient express was great and the rest are debatable

[@MrVidman14]

You should watch, Series 1-10 after that you dont need to watch the show anymore

[@patrikmiles9342]

@@MrVidman14 I would skip most of 5-8

[@Laxhoop]

To this day, I’m still upset that Eccelston turned down doing another season. But I’m at least glad he also turned down the chance to have his doctor get lectured by the new one. Jesus Christ, why did Tennent say “yes” to that?

[@chrispalmer9838]

I'm guessing fat wad of cash and/or threat of career destruction...

[@Ebalosus]

David Lewis horseshit! Malcom Tucker was great as the Doctor.

[@nightperson1012]

Tennant is just as bad as the showrunners. The man's so morally bereft that he transed his own son and spends his time screeching at women who disagree with him nowadays.

[@BeckyMa9482]

When Russell T Davies left and they gave the show the Stephen Moffat, that was the beginning of the end. It became less about the doctor reassuring his companions and helping them grow, and more about the companions reassuring the Doctor of his (now her) greatness, and growing his/her head. Pretty sure when Moffat was behind the helm, he was using the Doctor as self-insert fanfiction.

[@MoffatLee]

It also doesn't help that he loves his mystery boxes when in charge of an entire season and much like Abrams with Lost the reveal always ends up disappointing for the amount of time spent on it. Moffat's single episodes were mostly great when Davies had overall control since he didn't have the luxury of wasting the audience's time and had to reveal any mysteries within the time frame of a single episode.

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

I think Moffat explored that idea of the Doctor getting too big, too loud, and showed the consequences; which wasn't an area RTD wanted to go in. Moffat wrote some brilliant episodes, and I'd defend a lot of his creative decisions. I can tell you, if he had been writing Jodie's first season he would have made it work.

[@BeckyMa9482]

@@AlbertonBeastmaster I actually stopped watching it after Peter Capaldi's first season, mostly because they took it off Netflix right after, and I couldn't afford any channels with it, but the final season with the Ponds was just so much build up and almost no payoff. Great ideas that were complete messes.

[@BradHollowniczky]

"The best companions weren't afraid to call him out on his bullshit from time to time." *Shows footage of Teagan* 😁👍

[@SheldonAdama17]

Remember when we were busy arguing over the finer points of Steven Moffat’s writing? Me too. Good times.

[@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh]

>recommending 2019 Doctor Who I suggest a lawsuit against this person

[@kalashnikovdevil]

Or just a beating.

[@TOAOM123]

Haha Hes joking lol Bowelstrek HAAAAATES the series lol

[@Banditmanuk]

I would grab another bottle and settle down to watch 'Blink' with David Tennant as the Dr.

[@DemonDethchase]

I heard a rumour that Tennant is coming back to an episode with Whittaker, but its only to be buried by her, as she puts herself over a the superior doctor, because she is a woman.

[@PackerBronco]

How can this show be so woke when it puts everyone to sleep?

[@pearljaime2]

Damn. I need a flashlight now because this is deep af.

[@willhiggins9563]

No one calls it ‘woke’ but you idiots.

[@anonymous5401]

@@willhiggins9563 Someones not "woke", because you cant take a joke

[@Israphel776]

"They just agree with everything The Doctor does" Uh, sir, you DO understand The Doctor is a woman, right? You think they could get away with a companion like Martha Jones questioning a woman? Not in this political climate.

[@uhoh6706]

I wan okay with someone like the Master turning into a girl. It was a cool twist and showcased that regeneration can affect their bodies on an even greater scale then before. But then literally every single fucking Time Lord started turning into girls and that was when the problems started to occur. I miss David and Matt

[@morden279]

That John Pertwee clip hit me with a real bout of nostalgia. "The Demons" got me into Who when the BBC ran it again in the 90s. Great times.

[@ivorbiggun710]

I remember it first time around (sadly). Scared me shitless. I was about 6 though, in my defence.

[@MatthewGilligan]

This show was awesome in the RTD days. I haven’t watched regularly since about season 5 but it’s a shame to see it become what it is.

[@NANOTECHYT]

Who needs good writing when you can just say Orange Man Bad, in a "different" way.

[@korzbro35]

They even suck at saying OMB...

[@adamcetinkent]

A diverse way!

[@outtaideas849]

Bad Man Orange

[@RedSiegfried]

This guy gets it.

[@Laxhoop]

Remember when one of the most famous doctor who parodies, complete with a species who communicated via fart, who wiped themselves out after discovering fire, made fun of the idea of a female doctor, implying it was a trash fan fiction type of thing? Well, I guess we live in a parody, now. I’m not saying a woman COULDN’T play the doctor, but what I am saying, is that fans and creators of the show back then, apparently felt that a woman simply wouldn’t fit the role of Doctor. Maybe because for the longest time, the doctor was basically a cool grandpa. But whatever their reasoning was, even if it was justified, which is may have well been, they are now seen as persona non grata, by the modern BBC.

[@mathieuleader8601]

ahh the curse of fatal death

[@chatteyj]

Interested in who that parody was done by was it French and Saunders?

[@Laxhoop]

Devonian It was done by Rowan Atkinson

[@MarkRVillano]

Batman: Replaced by a woman. Terminator: Replaced by a woman. Dr. Who: Replaced by a woman. I think that I'm starting to see a trend here.

[@leonardwei3914]

That women can't achieve anything on their own merits?

[@gbear1005]

That you will be replaced by a woman?

[@rrico168]

Don’t forget the - ugh - female 007 🤮🤮

[@MarkRVillano]

@@rrico168 Great catch!

[@harbl99]

And they sh!t the bed every time they do one of these replacements. Huh. Really makes you think.

[@RevanJJ]

Ironically, the nurse part is where I really lost it and spat out my drink. Lol. This is great as always. Again, glad you did Event Horizon. A criminally overlooked movie.

[@RevanJJ]

David Lewis whole thing was funny

[@Vaillle]

This is so on point it’s almost scary. Love his analysis!

[@penguinpanda00]

Still infuriates me how the writers missed out on calling this episode 'Spiders in Sheffield' as opposed to the tongue tying 'Arachnids in the Uk'

[@MushVPeets]

Not only tongue-tying, but entirely flavourless... At least "Spiders in Sheffield"'s got a ring to it.

[@DrThunder88]

Is "Arachnids in the UK" supposed to be a play on "Anarchy in the UK"? If so, it's awful but not out of character for the show at this point.

[@korzbro35]

Suppose they were trying to be PC against spiders, to not antagonize any of those from Spiders Lives Matter movement.

[@garrick3727]

@@DrThunder88 Yes because woke white people think they are punk. They don't understand that punk was about not giving a shit what people think of you, whereas they insist that everyone like them.

[@coleeckerman1390]

That’s the biggest problem

[@Fan-wj9mx]

Wait a minute, this is "Eight Legged Freaks" not "Doctor Who" :s

[@risiamoonfall975]

Dont insult Eight Legged Freaks they at least were willing to shot the spiders.

[@kylefrank638]

I know Doctor Who has its ups and downs, but I don't recall ever watching an episode as simplistic and cartoony as, "chemicals... on spiders... made big spiders... corporate guy is bad."

[@Fan-wj9mx]

@@risiamoonfall975 oh, sorry, I meant no disrespect towards it, it's my favourite movie from my childhood :D

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

Risia Moonfall SHOT is past tense. Proper grammar is SHOOT the spiders...smh

[@Drobium77]

Jodie Whittaker's new catchphrase..... "EMASCULATE! EMASCULATE!!"

[@humain1025]

@Robot *** is it because of the joke?

[@Voteouttheriffraff]

Your reviews are HILARIOUS! It takes some of the sting out of seeing my once-favorite show turned to 💩! Great job!

[@CaralisTrevorum]

This was the episode that made me give up on Doctor Who for the first time in over three decades. Your review is bang on.

[@MariaIsabellaZNN]

Is Jodie Witaker a real actress? She always appears just confused about where she is and what she is supposed to do. Or is that just what the character's like

[@jrd33]

I've heard that she has been good in other roles.

[@MariaIsabellaZNN]

I guess I'll check that out then. It's not exactly like she has a great script to work with here.

[@ShamblesMD]

She's good in particular roles and being told what to do, but she has no quirky traits and it shows. This was the worst role she could have picked.

[@scottcantdance804]

I think she missed with her eyebrows

[@SaintsBro217]

@@ShamblesMD Yeah, at least with Capaldi he had unique traits that lended themselves to the role. The way he ran, his angry eyebrows, the natural presence he commanded on screen. I miss that.

[@hasmond6808]

11:01 he's making shadow puppets in the background! What a legend.