10 Worst Doctor Who Moments Of 2024

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[@Legendary3Dgamer]

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[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

Not one mention of River in the season other than in a New to Who KZbin video 😢 that's the down for me, especially for the Doctor that's been to therapy and allows himself to feel things. One would think he would stop holding her as close to the chest as the previous Doctors did.

[@xandergrogan2012]

the doctor excessively crying.. yes, i get the timelord is emotional but not every episode...

[@gwenever7286]

the non stop crying, there are emotional 12 year old girls on some of Disneys shows who spend less time weeping than the Doctor.

[@Oddlot0930]

The worst moment was when they decided to make the episodes about 10-15 minutes shorter than they need to be.

[@emeraldknight72]

7:43 I still say that the Space Babies wouldn’t have been as weird if their strollers translated for the babies and their voices came out of speakers on the strollers. Cheaper and less creepy.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

Or more creepy (depending on the voice) But yeah that would've worked.

[@emeraldknight72]

@cameronmonaghan6883. Fair enough. 😆. I guess I should have said less creepy-LOOKING. 🤣

[@retrogiftsuk4812]

I think a lot of focus is put on the lip syncing. However one of the main reasons that the mouths look wrong is subconscious. What the babies were saying had no relation to their facial expressions or gestures. No matter what they did with the speech, if you have a baby saying how scared it is... But has a happy face and gestures it's going to look wrong. (Acting isn't just about what you do with your mouth)

[@julianfoot8748]

One of the worst episodes ever.

[@ryanpetty8843]

Another missed opportunity was not making the chord that trapped Maestro contain the notes C A G and E

[@jjwubs1638]

That would be an Am7, right?

[@OrphanGrei]

Or G A G G E D! Very drag race

[@ZOLTAR436]

@@jjwubs1638 what does that mean, can you explain it??

[@Devlinator61116]

Twelve: "People don't put 'space' in front of everything." Fifteen: "Space babies!"

[@AHistoriographer]

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[@JohnAlzayat]

You forgot to mention Sutekh supposedly latching onto the Tardis back in the 4th's lifetime when 11,12 AND 13 all would have felt something back then. Heck we had a SPEAKING TARDIS during 11's time and she didn't say anything about it. She wouldn't stop talking she definitely would have said something. Or when the weird ghost thing tried to possess the actual police box in the same episode Sutekh could have and would have slapped it out instantly.

[@Domihork]

I honestly don't get why Sutekh couldn't have latched onto the TARDIS at the edge of the universe in the 60th anniversary. And it still would have worked with him being present in a large portion of the universe because the TARDIS travelled from the edge to somewhere in the middle.

[@milesunsworth6365]

​@@Domihorkbetter yet, he latched on to the Tardis on the night of Christmas Eve 2004 when the Doctor saved baby Ruby from the goblins creating a scenario where the solution to the Sutekh problem may be undoing that - restoring the miserable timeline we saw for a moment in Church on Ruby Road. Because we know the Doctor will reboot and save the universe at the end, so why not make the tension of the episode about HOW he'll do it. Then when he can do it without sacrificing Ruby, it's actually satisfying. Could also explain away the snow and inconclusive scans and Maestro's fear by saying she's a space time anomoly/aberration.

[@ZOLTAR436]

​​@@Domihork this is what I wanted to happen especially because in a doctor who comic which had Sutek in it, he moved sideways in his time vortex tunnel that the 4th doctor trapped him in. And when he stepped out the vortex sideways he was at the edge of the universe, The Same place that the doctor and Donna were in the 60th special so they could have said Sutekh sensed the tardis and moved sideways and latched onto it from there. PLUS the tardis made that groaning noise in wild blue yonder meaning Sutekh was there latched onto That tardis.

[@KevinWalsh-m7w]

Why didn't Sutekh knock Captain Jack off. Hope this storyline is over.

[@csueconner9711]

Agreed

[@Trifilaki]

What about him crying nearly every episode? It got ridiculous.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@ugolomb]

I didn't mind Ruby's mother being an ordinary human. But it could have been handled a lot better. One solution that's been suggested by several people I've heard/read is that some entity had interfered with the *memory* of Ruby's mother. Thus, for instance, Louise Miller (the mother) didn't point -- and in "Church of Ruby Road" she actually didn't -- but the memory of the night was altered by some entity so that the VHS tape, the Time Window and even the Doctor's own memory would make it look as if she did. All this would create a false trail to mislead Sutekh and have him assign great importance to her, leading him on a wild goose chase and making it easier for the Doctor and Ruby to defeat him. The identity of the memory-altering entity could have been incorporated into the story -- making that entity (the Tardis? another god?) an ally of the Doctor; or it could have been left as an explicitly open question, to be resolved in the next season

[@ZOLTAR436]

Mrs flood's name was on a list on the set of doctor who and she had a description about her and in the description it said that she was the god of stories / an ancient story teller which is why she can break the 4th wall. So maybe she has the power to alter peoples memory's because 'memorys are where stories go when they are forgotten' that is something that Peter capaldi's doctor said to Clara when he had forgotten her in that cafe that was also a tardis in hell bent. I rewatch the last two episodes of Doctor from this year and Mrs flood said 'oh I had such plans' meaning she was beginning with her plan so maybe she was the one altering the doctor's memory of that night as he said that the memory of Ruby's mum had changed.

[@gestaltdude]

There is also talk that the big reveal will come from Ruby's father, not the mother.

[@raidenvakarian9362]

I don't know, I think if you set up a character's parents as being important, and then they aren't, you're always bound to disappoint people. It's like with the Star Wars sequels - I think Rey being no one important (until she takes control of her own destiny) is really powerful and interesting, but not if they spent a movie and a half teasing that she's the daughter of someone important who had to hide her away on a backwater planet. Same goes for Ruby - if you set up a mystery about who her mother is, you have to pay it off in a meaningful way or else why waste screen time on it at all?

[@harveyburton7]

The Death of Ricky September has to be number 1 💔 Justice for Ricky September!!!

[@tainkirrahe]

He was a racist living in a racist society lmao. Being hot doesn’t make you a good person.

[@elliesteele2027]

​@@tainkirraheSince he was the only one that was actually educated, it's possible he might have thought otherwise. Though everything he had to read would have been supplied _by_ the racist government so it might just have been packed with racist propaganda.

[@terrymoore595]

The racist guy wtf

[@harveyburton7]

@terrymoore595 Well, he was more educated than the rest of the people and possessed more empathetic qualities, so I would like to believe that his attitude would also be different

[@jakesinclair69420]

​@@terrymoore595 bro he wasn't racist, it was l*ndy who was racist. Ricky September was beautiful, understanding, and educated

[@KutayYavuz]

Sutekh laching onto the tardis for 40 years or sth

[@TheDigitalApple]

Hey, Russel that doesn’t sound cool, it instead makes Sutekh sound like a lazy fool and you more of a far cry than what you once were.

[@KutayYavuz]

Omg sorry it is like more than a thousand years within the lore lol

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

Hot take! Sutekh reveal was bad. I’ve been a massive doctor who fan for 14 years, and it meant nothing to me. It went off nothing previously established and he ended up being bland and uninteresting. He is evil and likes to kill so kills everyone. That’s it. Not interesting to me at all. Susan however being the doctor’s granddaughter, that’s very interesting.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

Sutekh was a brilliant one-shot villain, in one of the best stories of the Classic era, but he should have stayed there. A villain last relevant in the 1970's can't be brought back and have a "wow" factor when most of the viewership won't know who he is.

[@raidenvakarian9362]

@@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. They could have pulled it off, but should have set it up better so that it'd have meaning outside of "oh, it's something that existed in the classic show!" The Master also wasn't familiar to new viewers, but his return was still meaningful because it was another Time Lord in an era where the Doctor was the last of his kind. Sutekh needed something like that.

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

@ yeh I agree with you. I’m not even saying it’s impossible to make an interesting sutekh story I just think it didn’t connect that much to the story didn’t add much and wasn’t done interestingly at all. The granddaughter thing I think would’ve even fit the themes of the series better

[@SleepyHarryZzz]

​@@raidenvakarian9362I largely agree. It was mostly exposition to imply he's the "god of gods", but seeing him (it?) rule over them in some way - not unlike some of the Thanos portrayal in the lead up to Infinity War - to establish the level of threat would have been good

[@vortexalliance9938]

Should have also put The Doctors rushed/forced romance with Rouge. Making the doctor instantly fall in love with a killer and nearly saying yes to marry him in just half an half when some of that was Rogue trying to kill him was so stupid

[@irrumnaaz]

I agree 💯

[@CubesBR67]

the history is basicly a fan fic

[@Pat12379]

I actually really liked the episode but yeah I agree

[@Pat12379]

I actually really liked the episode but yeah I agree

[@karenhenderson4546]

It was the air humping that was so wrong....so unlike something the Doctor would do while his companion was in danger.

[@lycos94]

and how the doctor crying in every episode was more a ''oh here he goes again'' instead of the powerful moment it should be

[@julianfoot8748]

100%

[@paulmathers6059]

He didn't cry in every episode

[@lazykitten4709]

@@paulmathers6059the only one he didn’t cry in was the the one he wasn’t really in and had like 20 seconds of screen time

[@janssenbenedict3917]

​@@paulmathers6059 considering how many times he did, it might as well be every episode

[@paulmathers6059]

@@janssenbenedict3917 perhaps, but I personally don't see the issue of him crying

[@AnubisX1]

Mine was them going with disney. Even before this Disney had started to become not so good, only commissioning shows for 1 or 2 seasons then cancelling them. Disney has pretty much run Star wars into the ground. Also the other issues where the doctor crying way to much which took away the impact of when it was meant to really mean something. Also Sutekh being sat on the tardis, so 12, 13, yaz and jack have sat on him. The amount of times the tardis has been destroyed, when house took over it.. Sutekh did nothing.... doesn't make sense. The Comics brought sutekh back in a far better way.

[@YoGurlShanilla]

I totally agree with you, once Disney made Star Wars show....I gave up lol it's just too chessy and such

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

Disney Star Wars is fan fiction.

[@dylanburton4955]

Disney doesn’t control the show creatively so the execution is nothing to do with them, sure they can make some suggestions but at the end of the day it’s the BBC who call the final shots, not Disney

[@_MyNameIsAJ_]

Even though I did enjoy series 14 I'm genuinely baffled at some of RTD's decisions since he took over. I really hope things improve in series 15 but a lot of the decisions in 14 felt like it the show was being run by someone with not a lot of experience.

[@HatlessMuffin]

My first doctor was the 9th Doctor and I was hooked, the humour, sheer imagination, breath of story the acting, charismatic natural acting we had the golden age of who. I watched the classics loved large majority of them. To me, this new series was the 4th worst series ever made. The current doctor didn't cry only in one episode...the episode he was in for a few minutes.

[@AnotherScifiGuy]

The two Doctor-Lite episodes are the best of the season though, no shade intended toward Ncutie, they are just good episodes.

[@EmpireGamingWynter]

Apparently in The Devil's Chord, the musical number happened because when music returned to the world, they were at the epicenter and it affected them the most To me thats a good explanation and should have been left in

[@ZOLTAR436]

It's also a parallel of what happened with the Toymaker as his 'Domain' was still active after his defeat so the 'essence of music' was active after Meastro's deafet which is something that I thought up.

[@DavidTraynier]

I think the general desecration of Pyramids of Mars was the worst thing about this season - and the massive letdown at the end of the otherwise excellent 73 Yards. I didn't want everything explained but I did at least want +some+ sort of sense to it.

[@kevin10001]

As for ruby’s mother pointing a a road sign the did say in the legand of ruby Sunday the memory was changing which does mean the pointing was still completely unnecessary cause nobody from the church saw her point to the sign anyway and I would say Russell’s return was a disaster cause he seemed to be more focused on being more focused on becoming the doctor universe version of Kevin Feige then giving us a coherent season

[@B__C__]

Folks at the church would eventually have seen the tape after the police were called in about the abandoned baby, and they all sat through it trying to figure out who left it there.

[@michaeltortorice9876]

Not really a fan of "worst" lists, but sometimes... #JusticeForTheJukebox! I was giggling (THE Giggle? Maybe...) through the whole video because, while Richard wrote a great script, my Lord, Ellie's delivery... I'll just leave it at that. Great job, guys. Happy Who-Mas! 🎄🎄🎄

[@RedX101]

So we blame Disney??? Fair enough

[@m0r1arty]

Number √(−1) Mrs Flood breaking the fourth wall without it being made relevant within the season.

[@JamesMaund538]

They gotta have something to setup for the next season, one season won’t explain every single question

[@m0r1arty]

@@JamesMaund538 True, and RTD does like to carry things over like with Bad Wolf and Saxon. However in establishing that Mrs Flood is aware of the audience, and the overarching story, having what she said be relevant diminishes all other stories risk and therefore value.

[@janssenbenedict3917]

​@@JamesMaund538 I'm less worried about it not being explained and more worried about it being an anticlimax. *cough* Ruby's mum *cough*

[@gwenever7286]

As this list illustrates, so many major issues with season 1, and it really is overall the worst first season of any Doctor in the modern era. I really expected better from RTD and a much bigger budget. Its notable that so many issues with this season that the Doctor turning into Tiny Tears in almost every episode couldnt even get in to the top ten here.

[@andersrolig]

Disney frustrates me. Dr.who is one of the few reasons I keep my membership. But it should be possible to watch everything from the last 20 years.

[@catladyaunt]

Literally all I want is a season of Doctor Who every year at the same time, like we got for several years. I don’t need a whole connected universe. Just a consistent, entertaining show.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

Third. I hate the ending of 73 yards. 0 explanation oof

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@Joekeegans]

The war games in colour is so good it shows a few future incarnations of the doctor!!

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

9:37 hey don’t hate I actually enjoyed it so idk why people didn’t like it. I mean sure it’s not like the previous spin offs but it’s actually not bad

[@potofshamrocks8128]

11:38 what doesn’t make sense is the dna scan thingy from earlier in the series. It was seen once and we didn’t even get the results. I know they’ve done something similar with Amy’s pregnancy but at least then we saw the results (however inconclusive they might’ve been) and it ended up being relevant to the plot. Also what even was the point of putting it In because as far as I remember, Ruby didn’t do anything ‘not-human’. It just kinda felt like fake tension

[@cazyprogam9]

Ruby's ending still doesn't make sense to me with how the season built it up plus wasn't the god of death unable to see her mother? So how that work

[@eleanorcooke7136]

It feels like they tried to do a Bad Wolf then halfway in said "screw it it's too much work."

[@ZOLTAR436]

​​@@eleanorcooke7136the bad wolf reveal was SOOO MUCH BETTER than Ruby's mother reveal. One way it could be saved is if Ruby's dad is a creation of a God like the trickster or something cause [some people make comparisons between Ruby's theme and that girl from Sarah Jane adventures, as their themes sound similar to each other but 'ginnys' theme is slower of something like that] I think her name was ginny, I dunno. Which made people theorise that Ruby is a child of the trickster but tht didn't happen. But with the ways things are going the dad is just gonna be normal 😔😞and that's a boring story.

[@_MyNameIsAJ_]

How doesn't that part make sense? It made sense to me

[@walpolekidscomics879]

1. Yes wasted beatles 4. Yes space babies bad 3. Yes as an international i am sad that who is not all in one place, especially classic which is unavliable other than dvd 2. Yes i love musicials but you are right, we need better overall 1. Yes

[@AztechHydra]

The unfortunate fact is they were doing so well setting up the over arching story only to fumble it at the very end, sutekh's reveal was done spectacularly to the point that me,my mum, my sister and her boyfriend all went to the local cinema to watch the 2 parter and we left very underwhelmed it was genuinely upsetting

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Funny how almost all of the worst moments mentioned can be put on the showrunner...

[@stevedoggart2805]

I wont lie , I absolutely hated the song n dance routines. The breaking of the 4th wall was non too sexy either. The House of Mouse kill everything they touch at the moment, I fear for the future of the Dr.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@badwolf69420]

No mention of the animal abuse where the Doctor literally dragged a dog to death behind his vehicle in the finale, or the "happy" suicide ending in the Christmas special?

[@smellsbadontheoutside]

The midnight release UK time was not to make it easier for us in the US. Disney+ often drops episodes for new shows at midnight Pacific time. Releasing at midnight for the UK means you are the primary audience. They have only recently started to release shows at a more reasonable time (Skeleton Crew now releases at 6:00 PM Pacific). I would expect Season 2 to release at 6 PM UK time. If it doesn’t, then I’ll eat my words and admit it’s just a US-centric approach.

[@martysnoozeman9163]

“Stephan Moffat proving he still he it” The Christmas episode would like to have a word with

[@mykstand]

I agree with this list 100%. I'm honestly more excited about the Classic collections on Blu Ray, the colorized "The War Games" and missing animations. Disney and Who just don't seem to be a good match. And I say that as an American fan.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

colourised*, and stop talking gibberish.

[@LostInAScrapbook]

@@DrWhoFanJ💩💩

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@LostInAScrapbookOP’s native language.

[@davidbriggs7365]

I agree with your comment that it was a shame that in the end, they didn't use any Beatles music because of the exorbitant cost of the fees. BUT, there was an easy way around that. In the early days, the Beatles played some covers, and the Beatles would not be able to control those pieces, so why didn't they use that music instead of the useless piece of music at the end as a filler.

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

9:24 but we know this spin off is coming in 2025

[@tenzhitihsien888]

I didn't even notice the cgi baby mouths, and I would still like to forget the whole Space Babies episode.

[@Budbrothers420]

The worse part is I watched rose and space babies side by side it was like a completely different person writing it after episode 3 I gave up couldn’t watch it anymore

[@youngclueless7364]

If we're talking about moments that aged horribly, how about finding out that the Southport attacker starred in a Doctor Who fundraising advert for Children in Need 😲😲

[@frontier51]

I am loving the negativity out of Who Culture lately. LOL. Just kidding. But they gave rave reviews to basically every episode last season and it didn't feel honest. They've balanced the tone out surprisingly well since then.

[@MichaelChapman-vf2jl]

I actually expected Ruby's birth mom to be a normal human

[@jamiegannon2327]

A series full of disappointments both major and minor. I liked Ncuti much more in ‘Sex Education.’

[@HarryBarker-b6s]

Nice to see most people coming round to how bad this show is now

[@CJFS00s]

( 1:20 ) Sutekh was also ornamental this series.. 😂

[@ZOLTAR436]

I rewatched TLORS and EOD a couple minutes ago and TLORS is such a good set up but EMPIRE OF DEATH isn't the best finale from Doctor who. It does the emotion was good but Ruby's mum being ordinary was a terrible payoff to Ruby being able to make it snow whenever she thought about the night she was born

[@captainawesome0711]

I think the show wasted David Tennant’s return on the 60th… imagine if they used the BiGeneration to setup the Valeyard as played by Tennant. We could’ve had one of the most interesting seasons of television, which would solidify this as a distinctly new era. I think it’s wasted potential tbh, Tennant would’ve been the best choice to play the Valeyard

[@Heru3005]

"wasted potential" pretty much sums up the entire season imo

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@Heru3005 Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@newfanguyjackson4858]

-i have always believed 10-2 should become the valeyard

[@captainawesome0711]

@@DrWhoFanJ I mean wasted potential does define a lot of this run thus far. They have a $100 million dollar budget, but couldn’t schedule well enough to have their lead actor in the first shooting block. That speaks of mismanagement to me tbh. There’s 8 episodes in this season as opposed to the traditional 13, that leaves less room for error and less space to make mistakes. There are at least 4 duds this season, which is a shame because that’s literally half the season. In a normal season, there might be four duds but it makes up for less of the total content percentage wise. It’s basic math.

[@captainawesome0711]

@@newfanguyjackson4858 I’ve had that same idea for a while. Tbh I’ve got a solid pitch for how to incorporate the Valeyard into mainline continuity that could possibly be fascinating. I love the idea that we don’t see the Doctor regenerate. So imagine 13 regenerates and it cuts to black. Opens up with Ncuti as 14, with no memory of how he’s regenerated or how the TARDIS changed. Then across the season, there would be this time traveling antagonist operating from the shadows until it’s revealed to be the actual 14th Doctor and that ours has been 15 all along. It would make him definitively the Valeyard, and would have the Doctor cause him to regenerate to assure his own survival

[@theranter]

I hate to say it, but Doctor Who jumped the shark with the bi-generation thing. At that moment, I lost all interest in new Doctor Who, and I don’t like it. But I can’t even bring myself to bother to watch the new Doctor Who. The worst part was that suddenly there was this new thing that it never happened before, but the doctor instantly knew exactly what it was and how to deal with it and it was just nonsense.

[@klaxoncow]

I'm not so down on trying something different with the bi-generation - the show constantly renews itself, so why not try something different this time? But I have to agree with you - the Doctor(s) were instantly cool with it and knew exactly what it was and brushed it off 20 seconds later. Even if you're fine with the bi-generation concept, the execution was so off-hand and dismissive for something that uproots and changes established lore.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@GaterGrr]

ONE good thing came out of the midnight drops and that was I FINALLY KICKED THE SLEEPING PILLS ASIDE. (Perscribed) Basically Doctor Who "Boom" fixed my addiction of 17 years. So between avoiding spoilers I just waited and watched the episode twice every Friday then kept it going Saturday Sunday Monday etc reducing and the poof gone. So I'm hugely greatfull for that. Thank you DOCTOR WHO 😘

[@Symon2099]

10. Yep, a spectacularly daft decision. But nope, the Dog song wasn't funny. 9. Prior to RTD2, I cared about what happened to Who. Post PotD though, I'm just not all that fussed. I don't want it to be cancelled. That's petty and selfish and I had no time for people that had that attitude during Jodie/Chibs' era. But if the show did have another little rest again now, I wouldn't be all that fussed. 8. Having the sanding happen the week before wouldn't have added diddly or squat to the stakes. It's not when it happened that was the problem. It's that it happened to basically everyone. 7. OK, this one feels weirdly specific to whoever wrote this video. I've seen a lot of complaints about the season (and agreed with most of them), but this isn't something that occurred to me at all. Very odd. 6. For me, Fifteen hadn't been around long enough to miss him. So I wasn't all that bothered. 5. Didn't care, I didn't watch most of the season until the week before Empire. Until that point, I was just gonna skip it (like I had, the 60th not-very-specials). But curiosity got the better of me and as much as RTD/10 is not for me at all, RTD/9 was OK. So it was possible RTD with another different Doctor would be good. Sadly, it was not. 4. Honestly, I didn't mind Space Babies. I mean, it wasn't great, but it was better than most of what followed, including Chord, Yards, Bubble and obviously Legend and Empire. 3. The absence of a Whoniverse curated by RTD is not a bad thing. It is a relief. 2. Hey. Another one I agree with. Mostly. It was jarring and weird and nonsensical to just tack it on the end. But it's not a catchy song at all. And I have zero problem with shows doing musical numbers. Strange New Worlds' "Subspace Rhapsody" is my favourite episode of any Star Trek show, ever. 1. Correct. No notes. Well, OK one. Just to say, even if the sign had been there, the suggestion that Ruby's mum was pointing at a street name so that someone might see her, assume she was the mother of the child left in the church and immediately say "Hey, that must be this kid's mum, and she clearly wants me to name her after that sign" is, without even the tiniest molecule of doubt, the single dumbest thing to happen in any episode of Doctor Who, ever.

[@Whovian9971]

I don’t think we’ve seen the end of Ruby’s story yet

[@mattthesilent777RED]

Let's see, there's Gatwa, RTD... uh... Gatwa... did I say RTD? Oh and let's not forget Gatwa and RTD

[@tyroga]

I still think we’re going to find out Ruby’s mum is a lie, and that’s when she will rejoin the Doctor.

[@x_Kiro_Fan_x]

I saw a deleted scene of the doctor saying to ruby in the devils chord “music will come flooding back into the universe” as a reason for “there’s always a twist” WHY DID THEY DELETE THAT, THAT SHORT SCENE WOULDVE FIXED THE ENDING OF THAT EPISODE

[@GTArajgaming]

Ruby's "arc" feels a lot like thasmin, forced, badly done and a waste of time (it wouldn't have been a waste if it was actually done correctly and paired with a good character) Ncuti's first season has it's moments, but ultimately it's only RTD writing stuff down for the paycheck and not because he wants to. The doctor lite episodes were really well done that being said, if you're doing it like this then it's ok, but if you're going to pull a CW and permanently sideline the main character because "waaaah I dun like science and superhero stuff" The worst thing besides ruby's "arc" was putting out the episodes on streaming first, news outlets LOVE to talk about broadcast views, and you give fuel to the fire that is clickbait articles like screenrant, thegamer etc whom are all like " Doctor who's latest episode had 5 mil viewers, is the show dying??" The literal primary audience is broadcast viewers in the UK, put the episode on TV first then put it on Disney plus and iplayer after the broadcast.... simple Quick edit: Space babies is atrocious due to the fact it reminds me of baby genius....

[@destendgem]

You actually do pronounce the N in Ncuti Gatwa's name. Don't worry, even he didn't know.

[@josephlobosco3647]

Doctor Who was always fond of social satire. How about a Doctor Who story about people all over the world watching their tablets and discovering that several years of their lives have past? It will be an episode Illustrating how much of a time vampire our electronic devices have become!

[@eleanorcooke7136]

I still want an episode where the Doctor has to contend with an evil version of himself. Not a clone or anything, actually himself but pushed to the point of no return. Like take where the Doctor was at in Waters of Mars, take the Time Lord Victorious and make the new Doctor try and face off with him to put the time streams right as TLV does what he wants.

[@ConstableHandsy]

The easy answer: the last season. And the Christmas nonsense from yesterday. Apart from that, its all going swimmingly……💥💥

[@matthampton8692]

Russell really messed up this series it was just awful where were the monsters and villains and I’m surprised the ending of Joy To The World didn’t make it what a terrible episode with and even worse ending. Also how have they not included the doctors constant crying at some point in most episodes it was overused. I hope Ncuti gets better writing because he’s not really given us the doctor yet it felt more like Ruby was the doctor and he was the companion

[@johna5635]

Let's remember the bits we want to forget????!

[@joshuacurphey3242]

Is Doctor Who being cancelled an option? Because if it is, I agree with that tenfold.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

It didn’t happen.

[@Amlock87]

All of season 1 was the worst of Doctor Who moments

[@jeffdave8884]

A number of doctors have been let down by poor writing, a big chunk of the writing for the 6th & 7th doctor was bad 13 had awful writing but 14 and 15 have had appallingly bad writing. To be honest, the writing for 15 has had little or no "feel" of Dr Who at all. It is like a totally different character and a totally different series.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@jeffdave8884 Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

_Doctor Who_ wouldn’t exist without Season 1, by definition.

[@ciaran_telfer_18]

You can only pick 10 worst things?! Damn. The entirety of it all is horrific.

[@jfrance649]

I agree with all of these. I hope the juke box doesn't turn out to be the custard cream dispenser from 13's era, remember that thing. It was shown in the second episode of her era and never seen again.

[@elliesteele2027]

No mention of 73 yards having no explanation, being undone entirely and thus becoming completely irrelevant to the plot? All while RTD himself seemingly doesn't know what was going on himself despite his claims otherwise.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

No, because none of that is actually true.

[@elliesteele2027]

​@@DrWhoFanJ Then can you explain what actually happened and why? How did Ruby become the woman? Why was there a fairy circle to banish the future Prime Minister? Why did everyone who spoke to the woman run away? What did the hand gestures mean? If only one or two questions were left, I'd be fine with it. Instead, almost nothing actually gets a solid explanation.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@ It’s meant to be unexplained. That was the point. Complaining that something designed to be unexplained has not been explained makes no sense, but you obviously will never understand that concept.

[@mythicalmonsterman1651]

​@elliesteele2027 I agree. Also, something from that episode that has confused me the more I think about it is the Doctor saying that mad Jack is the most dangerous prime minister in history because he tried to launch nuclear missiles (or whatever weapon he was going to use). Personally, I don't see how Jack (the prime minister who ALMOST destroyed the Earth) is worse than the Master (the prime minister that practically enslaved the Earth, made the Doctor his "pet", and transferred living human heads into his attack droids (the Toclafane) for an entire year!)

[@kanton4108]

There are memories of that entire life that Ruby lived inside herself. She'd always retain them no matter what. Those memories that she was unaware of came up on the screen of Ap Gwilliams went on to get them to the future to find the dna list. I'm hoping we'll get a resolution next year as ruby's coming back for some.

[@Cyklopz007]

Space Babies>Rogue

[@MichaelDuntz]

Gotta say I enjoyed Space Babies more than Boom.

[@Heru3005]

My personal hot take: 73 Yards was crap. Mainly because the whole "it's magic" explanation runs entirely counter to everything that's been established since NuWho began.

[@The-Hazbin-Devil04]

I really hate the 4th wall breaks, because Doctor Who didn't do that before, and there is no explanation on why people are breaking the 4th wall.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

It’s done that many times before. The explanation is coming.

[@Iionsong]

@@DrWhoFanJthis!! i'm so confused as to why people have just decided that these things won't be explained?? i was unimpressed with the finale but it quite literally teased that answers will come

[@ZOLTAR436]

The 12th doctor broke the 4th wall when he explained the bootstrap paradox in before the flood. Did you just forget that 🤨

[@goldexperience5713]

12, 7, 4 and (kind of) 1 and 11 have all broken the 4th wall. 12 and 4 were a lot more direct with their breaks too

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@ And 6 did it in his very first scene!

[@Daveinhampshire]

No, no, no no musical numbers should ever be in doctor who

[@danielmarr290]

I would also like to give a special mention to the death of William Russell and David Graham. Rest in peace you two legends! Your performances as Ian Chesterton and the Daleks will never be forgotten!

[@philnewton-england7795]

Hopefully one day, Dr Who will get better scriptwriters - but looks like they're gonna stick with glory hunters Davies & Moffat.

[@likecat7886]

8:21 Does that count as Ellie mentioning River Song... ,,The best character"? 😂

[@julianfoot8748]

Season one was 5/10. Only half the episodes warranted a repeat viewing and the season started and ended with two awful episodes...

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@Ibalistic_hedge]

“10 worst moments of 2024” Only 10? The whole thing was awful.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@janssenbenedict3917]

Get RTD out, immediately. The only good episodes are the ones NOT written by him. He hasn't sunk to Chibnall's level yet, but he's getting closer

[@Benlovescheese]

I think he was told what to do by Disney and dumbed the show down to a ‘generic mindrot kids show’

[@adamj.cuthbert7528]

Oh no, he's gotten worse than Chibnall, in my opinion. Chibnall was still writing science fiction, even if it was terrible. Davies has decided science fiction isn't for him any longer - hence embracing the magical. Which gave us the worst story in the show's history, The Devil's Chord, and the atrocious 73 Yards.

[@killianobrien2007]

​@@BenlovescheeseDisney didnt make any writing decisions iirc

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@Benlovescheese Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@markduggan3451]

Don't forget the fact that there have only been about 7 episodes in a YEAR.

[@RikBooker]

Just ten? I could effortlessly name fifty! We have to kick RTD to the curb and get this show back on track before it’s axed. Let RTD go do a reboot of skins or something.

[@raidenvakarian9362]

Absolutely insane how it took just 1 series for fans to go from "Moffat and Chibnall suck, bring back RTD" to "get rid of RTD" lmao

[@Gebro_gaming891]

​@@raidenvakarian9362 Considering his worst season opener and season finale so far, I can't blame them.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@Gebro_gaming891 Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@Gebro_gaming891(And it’s hardly difficult for them to be the worst when they’re literally the only contenders for the positions!)

[@TokenDrew]

All of em lol. It just doesn't feel the same anymore. Get it from Disney

[@ShadowsFloating]

The crying!

[@mareiramv]

So no video about Ncuti confirming season 3 and all of that stuff? Weird.

[@GSG02590]

As Ellie says in the video, The BBC and Disney are waiting to see the audience numbers for season 2 before deciding to do another. Gatwa mentioned season 3 filming on the Graham Norton show but the BBC edited that bit out implying that the deal with Disney is likely ending.

[@mareiramv]

@@GSG02590 if anything, I think that's another reason to talk about it. Great and important topic.

[@GSG02590]

@@mareiramv Well yeah, I was explaining why they have stopped the cast talking about season 3 because it's looking like it's either going to be only made by the BBC again or straight up cancelled like in 1989. Davies loves his Star Wars references, the irony being he thinks he's a good guy like the rebel alliance members but he's actually joined the Sith, aka the non binary dimwits club. He needs to stop bringing woke culture into the show, that's why people have stopped watching.

[@danthemeegs8751]

There was a video about that AGES ago, when it happened: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4rXiap8lJekas0

[@connormaze2605]

As someone who regularly works 2pm to 11pm shifts I loved the Midnight releases, by the the time id walk home it would be about 11:30 i could make a cup of tea and sit down watch Doctor Who and then go to bed

[@SleepyHarryZzz]

Yeah for me it wasn't too bad either, no threat of being out on a Saturday evening and risking spoilers, I'd reliably he home midnight Friday evening and can sit down uninterrupted after my partner goes to bed. I appreciate it wasn't great for a lot of people, especially those that watch it as a family tho

[@chesham121]

Only ten?🤪

[@samuelmeasa9283]

That's your number one??? Not how when the show was having issues reaching the fan base, Ncuti Gatwa told them to go and "Touch Grass". The fans listened! Resulting in the shows biggest drop in ratings since the late 1980's.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Only haters were told to do so, since they had no intention of engaging in any intelligent way with anything. Those are the exact opposite of fans.

[@ArcticYorkie]

0:06 is the worst bit

[@mrhaag]

Maestro is one of the most idiotic villains of all time.

[@hirudinaria]

Oh honey I think you will find that a tad difficult when every second of it competes for the worst place 😂😂

[@cjab__]

I just finished rewatching the entire series and after trudging through the Chibnall era, I couldn't be happier with the quality of this year's DW.

[@DeusLucifer]

think you missed one the whole series

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@random_stuff_idk2]

Personally, I really hope that Doctor Who never works with Disney again. They've already ruined so many franchises.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@easy_e_1976]

Just 10?!

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@InsaneProf]

Ncuti's whole debut season was a collection of worst moments.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

I never thought I would see WhoCulture at last be upfront about some of the terrible poor judgements and features of DW 2024. Goodness the next thing happening is I’ll get a reply! And to borrow the phrase from Ellie 'Let's be honest...' there were certainly more than ten terrors in 2024 world of Who. I do wish reviewers would be more adult and acknowledge that sincere criticism is NOT the same as being negative. It is simply being honest and honesty from both extreme ends of the debate has been lacking. From haters to glorifiers (mostly just RTD) have dominated the KZbin world and beyond. I have hopes for the Christmas Special for if anyone can save DW it is Steven Moffatt. I am even hoping with this time and place doors in the hotel he is going to resolve and override the dire Timeless Child disaster. If anyone can do it, it is Moffatt. DW has got to do a lot better in 2025 and my concern is the filming of two seasons back-to-back has locked in the content so little can be done to avoid mistakes from season one reoccurring in season two. As for Disney, I doubt anyone over 40 years of age had faith in that hyped up nonsense. Disney is about money and quotas and nothing else. They were never going to be a fit for DW and in fact if anything made the British iconic series feel Americanised and those were the worst parts - yes including the song and dance number. This is DW not Glee or high School Musical. Joy to the World is going to have to be hugely successful as I can't see season two improving over one. The special is going to need to be so good it can override another dodgy season and provide hope a third season can eventuate can come back to form. Enough excuses and time for truthful reflection, open criticism, listening from those with the superegos and remembering DW is a British icon that is enjoyed over the world. There is no need to remove the Britishness. The world needs to stop sucking up to the USA and simply take pride in producing their own works.

[@danthemeegs8751]

You must not be a regular viewer because this channel has repeatedly called out some of the weaknesses of Doctor Who this year, on top of prasing all the good bits: Season 1 Review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3nUZHiFZ7yjd9E Calling out RTD's frustrating lack of explanations: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKPGkKJ8dteVn8k 10 Ways To Fix Doctor Who Going Forward: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIG6i4qvotaeZ80

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@kevinfisher489]

Absolutely awful CGI, the BBC did better in the sixties with a few bits of plastic and cardboard. Only 1 interesting episode out of the ones I saw. Unfortunately, as someone who's watched since the 60s I gave up before the season ended. Show needs some writing talent and a new show runner.

[@ZOLTAR436]

10:50 I imagined that happening instead of what we got, cause I liked what we got but the Beatles were under-used,so if anything Meastro should have been there to stop the Beatles making music as it reached many people so the finale battle should have been Ruby The doctor plus the Beatles vs Meastro to create a song powerful to banish Meastro. Jink monsoon would still give an amazing performance that way then we can spend time with the doctor and Ruby in that time period AND THEN we get more screen time from the Beatles

[@kevintaylor6163]

Space babies was awful but toy mind Rogue was far worse. The Rogue character was a cut price Captain Jack. All those mentions of Brigerden and woeful waste of talented actors who played the bird aliens. To top it all the Doctor having a romantic fling and failing to look after Milly.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@nico118118]

I thought the doctor not being in those episodes made it better. I didn’t think a doctor could be worse than Jodie. She was only bad because of the writing. 15 is a bad actor, too far up his own backside and the sooner he is gone, the better

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever. Stop talking utter gibberish.

[@GSG02590]

Apart from 73 Yards it was all bad. 1) A horribly miscast Doctor who can't stop crying and not acting like the doctor. 2) Cringe inducing episodes with horrible CGI 3) Ruby's whole arc was pointless and really bad writing, Ruby's parent's were no-one special like Rey in Star Wars, expect Rey's grandfather was emperor Palpatine. RTD missed that bit huh.. 4) Hiring his woke TRA friends, aka men in drag and having one of them lecture the 14th Doctor. Solution? The BBC need to fire Gatwa and Davies and go back to basics.