They're practically engaged... the doctor better find him again!

Great episode. The Dr and rogue were dancing to the Argentine tango, traditionally danced by 2 guys back in the day in the bordelleos in Buenas Ares, Agentina

The symbol on the ring is very similar to the Rogue symbol for D&D 5th Edition.

What a beautiful episode. It's been a long time since we had a heartbreak whirlwind romance for the Doctor. I got Girl in the Fireplace vibes too. Also Astrid Peth (Voyage of the Damned).

“ can you lose your friend to save the world” is very Rose Doctor season 1. Nearly a direct quote.

I would rather have 9 episodes a year EVERY YEAR than 11-13 episodes a year every other year. I think they got the format right.

Richard E Grant was one of the Doctor's regeneration faces... just sayin

Jonathan Goff was fantastic as Rogue I really enjoyed it. I do hope he’ll be back! He reminded me a little like a more subtle version of captain Jack. His ship reminded me of the ship of The family of blood, as did the baddies.

Really lied this episode. Jonathan Goff is always a treat and he was giving 8th doctor goodness.

i’m glad you enjoyed this one!! i thought it was a really great episode that juggled the emotional themes, funny beats, romance, and yet was a fun classic monster of the week romp. and of course, the acting was superb among all the characters :)

Omg, I just worked out that the music that Rogue and the Doctor are dancing to is ABBA's The Day Before You Came.

That melody you heard I believe was Missy’s theme from lie of the land

Their chemistry was amazing and I loved this whole episode!

I absolutely loved this episode, I think it's probably my favourite of this season so far. It was so much fun and had a classic Doctor Who vibe which was a breath of fresh with how varied and experimental the episodes have been so far

so excited to watch your review and reaction! thanks for sharing (once again) :D

Speaking of the music, the tango (La Cumparsita) was a dead giveaway that they were going to dance. Same piece was used in Scent of a Woman.

One of the faces was Richard E Grant

I loved this episode ❤

A beautiful reaction to yet another solid episode. This season really brings out the best of the Doctor. Thanks for a great youtube channel 🫶

How Ruby spoke to Lord Stilton is what is called Northern patter. Essentially, that's just how we Northerners talk.

Genuinely such a lovely reaction. I loved this episode sooooo much.

For some reason when they said “catching monsters, getting into scrapes..” I replied with “the family business!” I watch entirely too much Supernatural. 🤦🏼‍♂️ I loved that Poker Face played during the scene with Ruby in battle mode. I’m so intrigued for the two part ending.

I wonder if Rogue’s boss is just Jack? I really hope we get to see him more often in the next couple of seasons. I’m already attached

I think Disney (wrongly) counted the 3 specials toward this season's production schedule. That would make it 11 episodes.. but not really. Hopefully, we will get 11 episodes with Ncuti in the next series

Wonderful episode, & a great reaction 💜💜➕🌈🟦

i have a question. sadly i started DW from 2005 and just now begining to watch through classics, at 9:07 when hologram shows all the Doctor reincarnations it starts with Tennant, then Whittaker, then Hartnell, right? who is after that? i cannot recognise him as one of the doctors. after that person goes Baker, Hurt, Capaldi, and Eccleston

Do you watch _Interview with the Vampire?_ Also, what are the ten-episode shows you are watching?

You should check very queer and fun series "Dead boy detectives" ;)

Yippee! :D

Why does Rogue talk like Captain Jack Harkness?

season one is rehash of series one ... but gayer.

Right. So. Didn't like this one. Firstly, the relationship between Rogue and the Doctor was... stupid. I'm not a fan of the Doctor being in (romantic) relationships in general (with the possible exception of River Song), but this one was even worse. It was just so forced. Like.. my guy, you've known him for half an hour. Stop. The modern music (besides maybe _Can't Get You Out of My Head_ which I thought was kind of fun, even if a little cringy) just really took me out of it and I thought was completely unnecessary and just a bad creative decision. The bird 'aliens', despite one or two of them looking (in my opinion) pretty good, were lazy. I'm bored of RTD (and just DW in general, really) just using animals and calling them aliens. The Judoon, The Catkind, Leandro, The Lupari, etc. etc. It's boring, and it's lazy. Make some bloody aliens, for god's sake. Honestly, I don't think we even really needed to see aliens anyway - it would've been much more ominous and threatening to just see them change from looking like one person to another - like the Family of Blood. Why didn't Ruby try to blend in? Not even a little bit? Sure, she's wearing time-appropriate clothing, but besides that, she sticks out like a sore thumb. She should've at least tried to blend in, then maybe slipped up, rather than just.. be a 21st Century northern girl. I'm not saying she should've put on an accent or anything, but.. you know what I'm saying. Too many Bridgerton references. Just stop. One was kind of funny, maybe. Well.. not really, but I get the appeal to people who watch the show. But it's like with the modern music; references to modern culture - especially from characters other than Ruby - were weird and, frankly, off-putting. The Bond reference was kind of fun, but still felt misplaced. Bridgerton was mentioned twice in the opening ten minutes. Too much. Wasn't a fan of all the mentions of cosplaying. I'd get it as a reference from Ruby as a 21st Century human. Somewhat acceptable from the Doctor, but less so. But something just feels wrong with 'alien' birds mentioning cosplaying. It just felt off to me. Also, I can't be the only one thinking that Ruby seems to be becoming a little like Clara2.0 in some ways..? Hear me out - the Doctor thinks she's dead, so condemns the Chuldur to 600 years of suffering. This is so extreme for the Doctor. So extreme. It gives me Hell Bent vibes. That's not a good thing. Ruby's fight scene felt so stiffly choreographed and totally out of place. And silly. There's not really much more to say about it than that. I love that Ncuti's Doctor cries. I think it's a really good message and shows how in touch with his emotions 15 really is. But the more you do it, the less impactful it gets. It's been every episode with the single exception of 73 Yards (I might be wrong there though). It's too much. It just stops mattering. The tears feel so undeserved here, anyway - again, he'd known him for no more than 30-35 minutes. Similarly, there have been too many companion fake-out deaths this season. If we include the 60th Specials, that's Donna in The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder and Ruby in Boom. She's also in mortal danger in The Devil's Chord. If the stakes are always ridiculously high but always get resolved, eventually there are no stakes. Eventually it's just predictable and boring. We're already dangerously close to that. Stop it. Just a quick side-note - I didn't realise that the painting was of Susan Twist until they practically told us in the 'Next Time on Doctor Who' section. I get that plenty of people will notice before that, but really it just didn't look much like her, ultimately defeating the whole point of her being included. Honestly, in terms of comparing it to Space Babies - which I thought was appallingly bad - I'm undecided. I found this one more enjoyable to watch than Space Babies - purely because it was just less.. I don't even know what.. maddeningly irritating? - but the narrative is just so much worse; there's barely any plot, and what little story there is doesn't make much sense. At least Space Babies had a proper storyline. (Edit - Just so this isn't a complete downer, here are some of the things I liked about the episode: > Some genuinely funny moments > Rogue's reaction to stepping inside the TARDIS > The episode looked stunning; the set was fantastic and the costumes were brilliant > The short moment with Ruby stopping the Doctor and encouraging him to grieve - despite not being given the proper time and attention it should have received (and being stupid in the first place), it was nice to see her taking that moment to comfort him > I thought the way that Ruby casually took a glass of wine from the servant as she walked past was excellent)

This is the worst most obvious episode of Dr.Who! I'm a straight black man and I'm tired of this representation of black men!

Yeah, this episode is ridiculous and predictable. You have gay black Dr.Who and, of course, he would kiss a white man! Will the Doctor ever kiss a black man?

This was a shit story that stole inspiration from another show. Gay romance is dull and pointless! Dr.Who is trying to force the average person to care about this bullshit love story that no one wants or cares about.

That was so crap 💩

This episode is total fluff they really ruined the Doctor's character he's an a-sexual alien he was never gay.

Another Awful episode. Basically a rip off of human nature & family of blood. A family, shape-shiffters, period setting, invisible spaceship, take over the world. Except this was awfully written