Doctor Who Review The Star Beast 60th anniversary special. After the video yesterday covering some of the main clips and Russell T Davies reasoning for making the episode like this in the first place. Now it's the full Doctor Who review breakdown, and boy, is there a lot to this one. While there were some good scenes, I couldn't enjoy them because I was always waiting for another sledgehammer of Russell's to hit me in the face and it always came. This was never intended to be entertainment, this was meant to feed you the new morality of Hollywood. The BBC is bad enough but now, it's in combination with Disney+, what a wonderful combination! But what did you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

“Shame you’re not a woman anymore, cause she’d have understood” 🤢🤮 As a woman, I find this statement disgustingly condescending. Can we please stop portraying women as nasty and mean?

"You stupid woman and your weird child!" Meep is surprisignly based.🤣

I stand with Meep. Meep did nothing wrong.

"We never treat something living this horrifically." The mere existence of "Rose" countermands that.

Bringing David Tenant back is classic "We killed your favorite character, now love the grotesque meat puppet we made of it". Absolutely appalling!

Far as I'm concerned bringing David Tenant back just to have him dressed down by the whamens was the absolute final nail in the franchise's coffin.

“That” line is literally the worst line in the series’ history and wow, just wow it really damages the character. This is a man who burned his own planet to save the universe (and then saved it). This is a man who spent a few billion years in a dial, punching through diamond to save his companion. I mean, no-one else in the universe can claim to have done more good than The Doctor. RTD has really misread the room.

Being told you have no idea what it's like to be a woman by Rose who isn't even a woman.

At this point this isn't franchise abuse, it's digging up corpses and defiling them.

Darn it. As a Canadian I protest. I was led to believe that Robyn Hood was the worst show of '23, yet here we are about to be bested by this.

Just going to point out: up until this episode, the only ones who ever accused the Doctor of "knowing nothing" were the villains/antagonists. (Or their victims, but with despair). I would only expect companions to say that to the Doctor if he was an imposter and they knew it

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

David Tennants 'staring at Donna and Rose' face is actually perfect. It is the perfect 'watching the house burn around you' disbelieving stunned horror meme face.

At this point, I don't know why there isn't an award for "Best character annihilation" and "Best franchise annihilation" (the competition would be insane)

David Tennants expression was actually perfect during that smug speech Donna and Rose gave. “You dumbasses are awfully smug considering you just did what I was about to tell you to do.

I didn’t discover Doctor Who until the 2005 version and I found it to be utterly fantastic. I bogged down a little with Peter Capaldi but on second viewing I appreciated him much more. Then came Jodie Whittaker. It wasn’t her alone, it was the complete change in the dynamics of the show. For me, that marked the death of Doctor Who. Everything that they do now is just spitting on the grave.

Honestly, watching those scenes with Donna and "Rose" talking down to the Doctor was physically painful...

Let’s stop giving Tenant a free pass. Just like Harrison Ford. They knew what they were doing.

They did it, they did the meme! The unironically said "Are you assuming pronouns"! It truly boggles the mind that the fanbase said "Eh, we don't really like the focus on THE MESSAGE, and BBC said "Let's double down on THE MESSAGE, just bring back Tennant, they'll eat up that slop!"

I'm glad RTD warned us about the real dangers. Now I understand why, every time I use my inhaler for asthma or feel that pain in my bad knee, I have to resist the urge to turn to the Dark Side

Seriously, “Male Presenting Time Lord” makes me wish for another Dalek Invasion of Earth.

When I heard that “after that I wore a bow tie, after that I was a scotsman, after that I was a woman” I had to think about how Rose Tyler said “you sound like you come from the north” the Eccleston doctor just said “lots of planets have a north”. It’s just so different in the writing. It’s like now just things are said, expository dialogue delivered, that’s it. There’s no wit, no smirk, no smile, no confidence, no character to be found. It’s like skin walker imitating humans.

I'm nearly 66 and I simply don't remember any actual instances of disability being considered evil, but it was a medieval trope, so we've been given a cure for a disease long cured. The issue was always one of not wanting disability visible, because it made the able insecure and uncomfortable, but again that's an issue that I've seen kicked into touch in my own lifetime. Seems to me Mr. Davies wants to put things back to how they were so he can 'solve' the problem all over again and feel relevant once more. It's a mid life crisis mate (like Michael Gove putting penmanship back on the Primary curriculum). Get over yourself.

Wait, the bug aliens genocided the meeps, and we're not supposed to sympathize with the last surviving meep? Even if he's crazy/evil, I can't really blame him for trying to escape. 🤨

"You stupid woman with your WEIRD child" ..........legend, couldnt of said it better myself.

I agree w Russel. Seeing Darth Vader as a child set me up for a lifetime of resentment towards people w COPD and burn victims. George Lucas is definitely on the wrong side of history.

That "You know nothing" scene is going to go down in TV history as some of the worst dialog ever put on paper.

So the best part about the wheelchair and Newton's Law is that it wouldn't necessarily affect her... just the chair. So the chair goes flying and she is momentarily seated in the air like a loony toon, before slamming into the ground.

Not a Dr Who fan, just here to lend moral support to the fans. I'm sure this is exact feeling that I had after seeing SW TFA, and then making such a mess of it. The absolute sadness at seeing a great opportunity WASTED. Bringing back iconic characters with their original actors, only to embarrass and destroy them, it's sick. These people are gross.

So... did the BBC borrow the Panderstone, or did Disney break a piece of it off?

Bringing David Tennant back just to belittle him is awful. The only thing I liked was the opening title sequence. The episode itself put me through a roller coaster of constant unanswered questions, irritation and boredom. And you're right. The Meep is actually the hero of this story

The best part of the show is the unintentional bit - trans ideology as an allegory for Donna’s memory loss. As long as we never recognize reality, everything is fine….

“Shame you’re not a woman anymore” Donna says in front of her trans daughter and Rose agrees! Didnt know you both where so transphobic. What if anyone said that towards your child Donna?! What did the writing team even think here!? You’re so up your own agenda you dont even notice how wrong this part could be seen!

"You stupid woman with your WEIRD child" is a banger insult tho😂

"We can give up the power because we're so smart and better than you." "You HAVE to give up the power because you'll die because your body can't handle it. Mine can." "That's just what a misogynist would say!"

RTD associating disability with evil says far more about him, than the rest of us who never even had that thought enter our heads.

The "don't judge a book by its cover" plot with the ugly aliens being the good guys and the cute one being evil was done already by the FIRST Doctor. Galaxy 4, Season 3, broadcast in 1965.

I would watch a show about the Meep and his zany misadventures as he tries to conquer various planets while insulting people. He could have equally-deranged alien accomplices and everything. Basically, we'd wind up with It's Always Sunny in Space.

He has lived a thousand lifetimes and given up so much to save the Universe, the Earth and his homeworld. He has lost more than any person will ever know, but he is "Male presidenting" so give up your power you hero!

I can't believe they couldn't let Rose be her own original character. They had to taint her with this smug B. First, River replaced her importance as the first and rare love of the Doctor, now this one is taking her name. Couldn't Rose just have one thing to herself?

Imagine landing on an alien planet and the first question the aliens ask is “what are your correct pronouns?”.

Donna Noble in my opinion was an abrasive character who in her original stint in the show, had her own personality, and didn’t allow Ten to get away with anything. They had this cute friendship, that spilled chemistry. Now they created this ugly, spiteful character that allowed their kid to do something that should only occur in adulthood, and _only_ after a shite ton of therapy. Having to be told over and over and over how _beautiful_ her kid is. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️ This show used to be so much fun to watch. As far as I’m concerned the series is dead, died after Twelve left. No political, gender, identity politics, or gender BS, we just want cheesy, low budget Sci Fi. And if RTD is incapable of doing just that, then he doesn’t deserve a writing career. As I said before, he’s a coward, will always be one. If he’s unwilling to retcon The Timeless Children, because his -boy- his bestie wrote. Then we can’t expect this series to continue. And I’ll enjoy y’all ripping the 15th Doctors stores to shreds. It will be glorious. 😂👍

Were they expecting the audience to be thinking of Rose Tyler when Donna was calling out for 'Rose'? Because they have announced this new Rose for over a year and there is no surprise at all

The Doctor never regenerated in Twice Upon a Time. It was tragic to see him die after meeting the First Doctor again and having his touching "reunion" with Clara and Nardole, but that was where Doctor Who ended. Yup. Nothing happens after that.

I've seen a lot of references to the horrible "The Doctor can't understand because his dangly bits identify as male" but I kept waiting to find out what grand, amazing revelation was hidden from him so well, yet could be easily understood by a person that merely says they're a woman and... it was that they could just let go of the power? Really? REALLY?!?! You don't think they would've tried that the first time? What in the fuck does that have to do with gender identity? Is this some sort of "all men desire power, it's a feature of toxic masculinity, so none could possibly fathom giving up power even if it kills them"? This is so much worse than I thought and they already redefined how low they could just with the setup.

"A jaw line better than mine" self burn. Genius

When Donna had her mind wiped she resisted because she didn't want to forget her time with the Doctor - her best friend - and lose the life of travelling with him. It had nothing to do with not wanting to let go of the power of the metacrisis...

Such a greatly written character her daughter, seeing as she is; Beautiful. And shes beautiful. Simply gorgeus. very beautiful. Did i mention beautiful? just gorgeous. her journey from beautiful to beautiful, is just beautiful. Gorgeous.

I am a doctor who nerd. I was excited to see the return of David Tennant. I didn't expect it to be bad. I couldn't bare more than the first 20 minutes.

Real fans that use a wheelchair would know that Davros’s life support system floats off the ground by modifying gravity in the lore. Should I feel like everyone sees me as evil when I’m riding around on my zero turn lawnmower?

Yeah, since Peter Capaldi said, “Doctor, I let you go.”, this is just weird Tumblr fanfic we’re getting. So fine, Doctor, as lifetime fan since 1973, I let you go.

"""Rose""" has five o'clock shadow...

See, when I found out about and saw the Doctor (and her costume) regenerating into David Tennant, I knew it stank of desperation because the creators of the show knew they were losing their audience. Hell, they lost me after Kill the Moon. I wasn't going to watch the special, but at the last minute I changed my mind and decided to give it a go. I remembered that Bernard Cribbins died and realized Wilfred Mott, a beloved character played by a wonderful actor, wouldn't be in the show anymore, so I wondered how they were going to acknowledge him. David Tennant's performance in that scene when the Doctor mourns and pays respect to Wilf is superb. It perfectly expresses what the Doctor and a lot of the fans would be feeling. I can't compliment it enough. But then it's ruined when the writer makes it into a joke in which Donna and Sylvia nastily chastize him for having those emotions. In amongst the nonsensical plot and the Luke Skywalker treatment, that scene right there made it clear to me. Russel T. Davies has shown he has no respect for his art, his actors, his fans, or himself. I already knew this show was no longer worth my time, but there was a spark of goodwill left. Now, it's been snuffed out. It stings to feel my investment has ultimately been for nought. No more.

The only character I care about is the Meep. Not just because he’s cute, but because he’s right.

I must say I am surprised that there has not been more pushback and emphasis on the shot taken at "Male Presenting" in the special. Yes, it has been pointed out how this is "The Message" but I think it has been missed entirely that this is not "The Message" as many think. This has gone way past just targeting natural born men and male energy as is common in "the message" but now is attacking Maleness at all, even from just those who present as male (i.e. those born woman who wish to transition to or who identify as men). I thought this surely would have made a much bigger splash than it did. This is all involved saying unequivocally, "Oh your trans? You identify as female? We got your back. What? Your Identify as male? Get out of here, women are better." This is a whole new level of hypocrisy - They will advocate for trans rights and acceptance and have your back but only if you are male identifying as female apparently. Men, and all things identifying as men or presenting as men (those mannequins, anatomically correct puppets, some fire hydrants...) suck and are stupid in their eyes. This is not Diversity, Equity, or Representation, this is pure, unadulterated, Sexism and Hatred on open display. Sadly, these people also do not seem to get that you can not fight hatred with hatred, and you can not force acceptance, trying to do so only breeds bitterness, hostility, frustration, and forces all sides to draw battle lines. The ONLY successful way to dispel hatred is with patience, education, compassion, discussion, and compromises over time.

"Shame you're not a woman anymore." She said, lacking zero awareness. Standing next to a troon.

Russell T. Davies actively going along with this ruination after his acclaimed run on _Doctor Who_ is the equivalent of Chris Claremont coming back to writing the X-Men, not retconning all the mistakes that have been taking place after his run, embracing those mistakes, and saying that we need to give Mojo a spine because we can't associate deformities with evil. That's the best example that I can give for those who aren't _Doctor Who_ fans for how bad that franchise has become.

All the male heroes we grew up with, James Bond, Jean-Luc Picard, Indiana Jones, Hans Solo have all had the exact same abuse, women characters taking over their roles, and claiming that all their achievements were gained through privilege and not through merit and self-sacrifice, openly sneering at the heroes, but the female characters are depicted as misandrist, smug, petty and vindictive as if these are somehow better qualities than those the males represented. They even outright copied the last Raiders movies in having the woman gratuitously physically punch out the hero, just imagine if that was a male character punching a woman in the face and you see how this is just a grotesque form of inverted sexism, prformed with a cringe-inducing kak-handedness.

After this I and Husband are never having anything to do with DW anymore beyond enjoying videos like yours. BTW, you skewer things like this with superlative skill and ALWAYS entertain!! TY to you Disparu!!

"The luckiest man in the world, would have a sandwich!" Hahahaha.

It's amusing everything they try to "fix" characters in shows they accidentally make them the most evil horrible people imaginable 😂

Has anyone else made the observation that they changed the Meep from its original bluish black colour to... White? It might seem like a stupid thing to point out, but this episode was so on-the-nose, simplistic and clumsily obvious with its ideological messaging that I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was a deliberate, politically motivated decision.

People used to hide behind the sofa because of the monsters in Dr Who, now they're hiding because of the writers.

From apocryphal media we know that TARDISes are living creatures that are normally basically mind controlled by timelords, except the Doctor figured out that was very unethical and stuff and fixed his TARDIS up with just manual controls. She just tossed a cup of tea into the control chip analogue that is basically stuck right into its brain. That's a great way to end an episode.

So the daughter is a trans, and I was right at first glance. Imagine that. The end of this 'episode' was the most sexist, bigoted experience I've ever had watching a television show or a movie. it was an entirely repulsive and disgusting end to a repulsive and disgusting episode.

Don't worry Mr Davis we understand exactly how you feel about the wheelchair situation because most of us mistakenly associated new Who, with it's amazing early episodes, directly with your own intelligence, common sense and sanity. We all have the opportunity to course correct and don't worry most of us have.

That line about Wilf being in sheltered accommodation really should’ve been cut. It serves no purpose other than to make The Doctor look like an idiot again and it’s disrespectful after Cribbins’s passing to leave it in.

Huh. At least one good thing came out of this episode. I learned the meaning of Rita's boat's name in "Flushed Away", the Jammy Dodger. Cheers, Disparu.

As for RTD being the Avenger of the Disabled, I believe it was Az who pointed out at least SIX disabled heroes: Professor Charles Xavier, Oracle / Barbara Gordon, Daredevil, Cyborg, Geordi LaForge, LUKE FUCKING SKYWALKER… Take a swan dive into a black hole, Russel.

At first I was irritated because I saw that instead of it being shown on BBC America, like it always has been, it was only on Disney+. I don't have Disney+. But the more I hear about it, I think I'm glad that I wasn't able to watch it. I prefer to remember David Tennant how he was and not be subjected to a show that sounds worse than The Timeless Child. I'm only 44 seconds into your review and I'm already feeling sick at what they've done. The over the top disrespect to the Doctor - did they honestly think that was a good thing to give to the fans?

This feels like it’s going to go down in history as The Last Jedi of Doctor Who

12th doctors final words were.. I let you go. But yeh a male presenting timelord doesn't know how to do that

Thank you for taking the time to put your hysterical and honest review. I am an American mom who hasn't been to a movie in four years. I just watch the new garbage through the filter of your perception, which makes it palatable and enjoyable.

Russell T Davies falls to Roald Dahl Evil Grownup Syndrome - "I'm smart, you're dumb, I'm big, you're little, I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it."

Bruh I didn't even think about how the new TARDIS console room is wheelchair accessible but thats probably the soul design intention from the BBC 🤣 can't unsee that now

I don't know why that Donna lady is so cool with trashing men, her daughter is one.

In the BBC’s own review of the show, it was described as “nothing more than a vehicle to deliver The Message”!! I feel bad for the old school fans, their last chance of a few good episodes of Dr. Who turned into this…

I’m surprised they didn’t notice how hypocritical it is that the person with identity dysmorphia gets it fixed by having it replaced with someone’s else’s identity.

You know Donna's Dad was a fucking legend. He genuinely settled for Donna's Mom. I bet you money all this anti masculinity started in the family once he died. RIP the legend. EDIT: Oh but he's not dead. Fuck you Davies. I can't believe I praised your work once upon a time for that scene. Still the comment works on the level of him not being around.

I genuinely didnt know the guy who played Wilf was dead. I found out watching your video, and now I'm sad. Im actually getting a little misty eyed at that. He was one of my favorite Who characters. Another piece of my more formative years thats gone...

I'd like to thank shill David Tennant for making this possible. They couldn't have done it without him...

24:38 - This is genuinely amazing. They were so concerned that the fellow be allowed to show everyone he's a Sikh that they downgraded his need for safety. The helmet would cover his obvious religious characteristic, therefore his head doesn't need protection.

The early scenes with Meep are actually quite extraordinary in how poorly they're written. He meets a "woman" who disembowels his friend, gets poked in the eye by another woman, witnesses another woman punch out a man who later goes on to give medical aid, and suggests profiting off his capture. Either Russel is retarded, or he.... actually despises women and chooses to portray them in this way. Astonishing either way.

I hated Rose immediately because a 20 year old is not convincing as a kid that should be 15 years old max.

Russel T drank the kool aid so bad he forgot not only the Doctor previous life was a woman but that the Timeless Child that he did not retconed was a bunch of minority women before regenerating into William Hartnell's original Doctor. Meaning that whole "you wouldnt understand because you are a male timelord" from Donna and "Rose" was a complete BS.

I like the idea of an alien seeking refuge on Earth and upon looking at London he thinks "This place is shit, i could make fuel out of it."

I spent the show’s early part wondering how Rose could be so stupid; the Meep is obviously playing her, because it successfully got here in a spaceship, yet is now pretending not to understand the idea of sculpture. If it’d crashed to earth in a trash-can, fine, but it’s got the reading skills to jettison the escape pod at the very least…

My head canon is that the Doctor died at the end of Twice Upon a Time and everything since has been Dalek propaganda.

"You Stupid woman! With your weird child!" He got to know them well.😆😆 Of all the Doctor Who episodes, let alone anniversary episode, this was Painful to watch, embarrassing to watch. Peter Capaldi was the very last Doctor.

The Dr asking others " what do we do?" in a serious way is another slap in the face, spit in the mouth of the once great IP of Doctor Who.

You'd think the Tardis in a British series would be designed to resist TEA spills

Imagine being FORCED to fund this crap by way of the outdated 'TV Licence'. Paying for the BBC should be optional.

I am disabled and often require the use of a wheelchair. As such, I find it highly insulting that RTD would underestimate my capacity for evil.

Does no one remember series 1? After Rose absorbs the Tardis the Doctor pleads with her to just "let it go" and Rose replies "Why, this much power, I cant" she just destroyed the Daleks and made Jack immortal and ultimately the Doctor had to take the power from her then he "lets it go". I get that this instance is the power of the Tardis instead of regeneration/metacrisis energy but the message is the same.

Man David Tennant most of really needed a paycheck.

Bringing David back to play Dr Who is same as Marvel bringing back RDJ

I grew up with this doctor and it a shame he was treated like this.

I bet the people who claim a male time lord doesn't understand how to give up power were criticising the Queen for not abdicating...

We now really need Doctor Who and Robyn Hood crossover. John Prince can dance with the meep and the sheriff as they fight evil.