"How are you?" "Blind." Not all art is meant to be understood.

Damn, it must be hard to raise a blind child while being dead.

"Being blind seems like it would be hard." "It is, it means I can't see." My God, this dialogue is 10x better than the original show.

The fact that the moral atrocity of blowing up all the guide dogs is not only deemed as acceptable by the Doctor, but not even discussed or debated by the characters, is fucking perfect.

"How are you feeling?" "Blind." I died, this is too good

Time to take to twitter and defend this episode with my fucking life as if it was my firstborn child

When the blind man recognises the dead guy in Hawaii despite not being able to see is comedy gold.

I give it an 8/10. Needs a random historical figure, and Ryan asking what a guide dog is.

The "it's hard being blind with dead parents" being suddenly and so unceremoniously interrupted by the Doctor with Sci Fi stuff is one of the most accurate parts

"I'm allergic to bicycles." Is about the level of understanding Chinballs has of Dyspraxia.

I love the running gag that Ryan and Yas are completely interchangeable and basically devoid of their own personalities. I also like that you made them like this in your parody, too.

I love the complete non-acknowledgement that killing all the guide dogs in the universe is bad and not a good solution. Classic Chibnall

The fact that I didn't realize Yas and Ryan were swapped until it was pointed out really says something... about things. Also, the Tardis needs an inhaler.

*misses every shot at almost point blank range* "you missed" "you're nitpicking" Twitter moment

The joke is the tragedy. This actually "feels" like one of the episodes. Particularly the way the supporting cast turns to some random "this must suck", "this sucks", "me too" type conversation as soon as the Doctor leaves and she returns with some off-screen update and action plan. That tempo action-reflection-action-reflection.... (neither relevant to the other) is fucking perfect. And tragic.

I was waiting for a sequence that went Blind Guy: *explains miserable life* Yas/Ryan: I see Blind Guy: I don't

I half expected the villain to say “I want to kill the blind cause they’ll never see it coming” and tbh I think that’s better than anything chibnall has ever done

How could anyone hate this beautiful story dedicated to the blind. I particularly liked the ending where the doctor blew up a lot of guide dogs. Anyone who disliked this must have a serious hatred for the blind.

For people who don't want to watch your five hour dissection of the problems of modern Doctor Who, just watch this. This parody nearly covers all of the issues with the show while being more entertaining than anything on it.

I can't believe the BBC hasn't taken this down for copyright infringement yet, it's clearly one of the missing episodes of Jodie's era.

This is so painfully accurate Having the blind guy have a dead parent so he could relate to Ryan instead of just using Ryan's disability is just... exquisitely painfully accurate

I can’t believe how well you nailed the “being blind with dead parents is hard” scene

The Doctor being chill about all the dogs in the universe dying is surprisingly accurate to this latest season. RIP the Lupari.

I genuinely feel bad for Jodie. I wish she would have had competent writing for her episodes. And I can’t believe they let it continue for three seasons.

Despite some poor pacing and clunky dialogue I think Ryan really came into his own this episode and 13 showed some real strength. Overall I'm giving "Battle of the Blind" an 8/10.

“That sounds really bad, what are we gonna do?” “We could redraft” Comedy gold

If Graham was in this I bet he'd be like "It's so hard without Grace"

the pained groans of the TARDIS entering each scene as if it wants to cease existence really make it for me if I'm honest.

"Being blind must be hard" "It is, it means I cant see." I did a spittake

Careful Jay, KZfaq's copyright policies are pretty strict, I don't think you're allowed to post full unedited episodes like this!

When I heard the man feeling blind had dead parent sadness I felt sad for him. Then I heard the number of dead parent was 6 and I felt six times as sad. THAT'S HOW CHARECTER WRITING WORKS!

I love the fact that they kinda bounce around when they speak like they're dolls Jay's playing pretend with

At least she didn't make dogs cannibalize each other by locking them in the room or something.

"oh look a gun" "Ryan put the gun back" "okay" Yep, sounds about right for the 13th doctor

The fact that the doctor's solution to the problem is far worse than what the bad guy was doing is fucking perfect.

As a guide dog I’m delighted to see this representation in this episode. This is instantly the best doctor who episode regardless of writing and directing

"Now it's time to unmask the villain!" *rips off the mask* "The embodiment of human intolerance!?" "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you diverse group of meddling millennials and that old guy!"

If it didn't say parody I would've assumed that Chibnall had written this. 10/10 very acute

My husband and I literally quote this whenever we watch a Chibnall episode now. It may have been the only reason we enjoyed Legend of the Sea Devils, so thanks for that! It's like playing Chibnall bingo!

I love how you perfectly captured the awkward dialogue about deep struggles while the Doctor fucks off to investigate the thing

"My dad's bad and I'm alergic to bicycles" made me spit out my drink

I absolutely love this, the fact that blind guy recognised blind hawaii guy without seeing him is perfect

There's simply no way that a series could begin with the Doctor repeatedly following her sonic readings to various places offscreen, then end with a big pile of dead doggos. Absolutely no way.

"Who are you?" "I'm blind" 10/10 would watch this season again, great characterization, maybe even a little too deep

99.99% accurate. You forgot the upward vocal inflection at the end of EVERY SINGLE ONE OF RYAN'S SENTENCES.

this is better than anything chris chibnall has written or ever will write. truly the most moving thing to come out of the 13th doctors era

"I really respect that you think killing is bad" "I'm mysterious" Honestly

7:56 - 8:22 This gag is meant to be a parody but it's right on the money, to the point where Chris Chibnall actually has this whole scene play out unironically (again) at the end of the Sea Devils episode, and that's just hilarious.

"How many dead parents do you have?" "Six" "Wow it must be hard having that many dead parents!"

As a blind person, I'm so thrilled to see us finally get some representation on television. The nameless blind man was so well acted and developed, I especially liked his personality trait of not being able to see. It's just a shame that it took this long to get to this point since Doctor Who has never featured any blind character before now. It's 2021 - representation is important but I am ecstatic that Chibnall has finally validated my existence. Also, the cinematography, costumes and set design in this episode were top notch. Edit: A lot of people are pointing out the other blind characters who have been in previous episodes. They don't count.

I think Jay failed at making a parody here. This was accidentally better than any of the episodes they were parodying

A couple of more subtle details: - The blind guy recognises the dead guy in Hawaii immediately, despite not being able to see. - Speaking of which I guess all blind people know all blind people worldwide. - There is no reason for the ship to have all those guide dogs on board. What is their use? - The early scene with the red herring villain has no plot relevance. The location also adds nothing. - The Doctor scans for unusual activity similar to the activity surrounding the guide dog, and the first thing she picks up is in Hawaii? There are tons of guide dogs in Britain, and the signal was going to control ALL of them. - The red herring villain takes a ridiculously long time to get to the control room. - The signal is ready to be launched just when the Doctor starts investigating and decides to overload the signal. Hell, there's no reason it wasn't ready BEFORE THEN other than 'the villain has been preparing'.

I think this could've been slightly better written, specially the last part. Not only that, it was also very cliché, very routine running up and down corridors from silly monsters.

Yeah, pretty much I love the sub-arc where you portrayed the doctor being against guns and violence and intolerance, but to save the day the doctor makes all of the innocent dogs explode to death even though they were being controlled

Nice to see the show's writing is finally getting better, even if the graphics department appears to had taken a hit.

"That sounds really bad! What are we gonna do?" "We could redraft..." That's comedy gold! xD. I love it!

"How are you feeling?" *Emotional music begins to play* ". . . B L I N D" I fucking love you, Jay :')

“How are you feeling?” “… BLIND.” There were parts of this where I forgot what I was watching and ended up half convinced it was an actual episode. Like watching something with subtitles and then being mildly perturbed when you suddenly remember nobody’s actually speaking English, you know? Truly a masterpiece.

''My dad's bad and I'm allergic to bicycles'' I'M WHEEZING! Thank you for making this, this is gold!

"I didn't say anything earlier" is so perfect lmao. And also the way she lets him sacrifice himself and kill every dog and the writing frames it as a morally unambiguous victory.

“The signals are a manifestation of human intolerance” This was pretty funny already but that line had me literally speechless from laughing for a minute and I have no idea why. 🤣

"Uh oh! Not poggers." I wonder if the Chibnall era would be better received if that was 13's official catchphrase.

"Sometimes I think about people who can see and have alive parents." "This is the part where I'm supposed to say something reassuring isn't it?"

"You missed !" "You're nitpicking..." The way I screamed at this one

After the doctor said “you missed!”, she should have said, “that’s why I don’t like guns”

"My dad is bad and I'm allergic to Bicycles" is more character than Ryan has ever had.

"What an international adventure we're having." Good shit

Chibnall has it all. He can do characters, comedy, politics, and now he can do guide dogs. Easily the best guide dogs story ever written and all the plots around it in this episode were equally good too. Absolute perfection.10/10 on imdb.

I love the passive acknowledgement of plot holes some directors just completely ignore "I know I didn't say this very important thing earlier" (doesn't elaborate). This is gold

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a parody that is more accurate. Unironically this probably took more effort to write than a Chibnall episode does.

“-who IS sending the signals?!” Me, getting lost in the moment: *gasp* it must have been the blind guy they’ve been hanging out with this whole time! “The signals… are just the manifestation of human intolerance.” oh

When the Villain said "you're nitpicking", the Doctor should have gotten really flustered and yelled: *"No, I am not nitpicking!"* given how we have seen her react to even the slightest bit of wit or taunts from her enemies. Followed by the companies saying something supportive but lame like: "Mate, she's just calling you out." to reaffirm how she definitely didn't do something wrong, in case the viewers need to be told again for the twentieth time this episode.

I love how this could 100% be an episode lmfao. The part at the start where the Doctors PNG changed when she said she'd use her sonic screwdriver absolutely killed me

"Woof woof woof, growl". I can't handle dialogue this insightful. Chris has outdone himself this time.

To be honest, this Ryan has more personality than the actual Ryan in the show.

“That sounds really bad” “You could redraft” absolutely killed me

"Wanna make out?" "No, not really. Oh no a Zygon!" Genuine, actual tears of laughter. The way this era can't do a fucking character beat without IMMEDIATELY crashing in with the next thing is just insufferable.

"The signals are just a manifestation of human intolerance." "Aw I fuckin hate human intolerance." That and the "redraft" line fuckin got me, had to go back to see em again lmao

3:14 "how are you feeling?" "B L I N D"

Do it Jay. Make this a series. Make Doctor Who Abridged.

“I can’t do Northern.” If it’s any consolation, Jay, you pulled off the other numerous and varied accents with aplomb.

First: It's not accurate parody, because it's much better than Chibnall writing. Second: It misses Doctor looking into camera and saying: "Killing blind people is bad."

I’ve never seen a single episode of chibnall’s doctor, but for a less than ten minute parody, this does a surprisingly good job at giving me an idea of some of the issues with the narrative structure of those episodes, as well as just being really fucking funny. 9/10

The show actually calling them "the fam" leads me to question whether "uh oh - not poggers" is parody or not.

*fires 15 times* "You missed" "You're nitpicking" I'm glad I follow Jay on Twitter so I can appreciate this fully.

The fact that I can actually imagine Jodie Whittaker saying these lines 🤣 too real.

Wow I can't believe that Legend of the sea devil's was just this

I can't believe they gave Dan such plot armour that they has to give SONTARANS the accuracy of a Blind Storm Trooper.

"Guns are bad, but making dogs explode is acceptable." ~ The 13th Doctor

Somehow I need to convince my friends to watch 22 hours of unwatchably shit Doctor Who, then watch a 5 hour critique of those two seasons of television, just to watch this and get the full entertainment value out of it. It'll be a challenge admittedly, but I also think it's worth it.

"You could redraft" caught me off-guard so hard I started wheezing

I loved the villain saying he was trying to help the whole time and says "I didn't tell you earlier...." and just silence. Reminds me of Demons of the Punjab.

You know, I liked the part where Ryan and the blind man were having a heart to heart about their dead parents quite a bit earlier. It gave some nice character development. But of course... like clockwork in a Chibnall story...

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN INNER CONFLICT

8:23 oh god, they made this canon lol!

i could tell it was a parody right from the start because it had a coherent plot

_sounds of a dying seal_ "hello there, it is me, the 13th DOCTOR."

I really like how this episode drew attention to the important social issue that being Blind is hard for blind people because they can't see.

I've been taking my friend through new who recently (not every episode but most of them) and we watched this video right after The Woman Who Fell to Earth. Since then, "How are you feeling? BLIND" has become a running joke for us when watching any S11 or S12 episode.

And this just goes to prove you have to actually understand something in order to properly mock it.