The slitheen are… something!! Episode 11 (the return of the slitheen) was just posted on patreon! patreon.com/emmereacts 🎉

“You? Trapped in your box” “Yes. Me.” Spoken with the confidence of a Time Lord that saved the Earth/universe countless times before and went on to survive/end the Time War

Since the doctor in the old show was involved in setting up UNIT the group of people responsible for dealing with alien threats, I always assumed he set up the buffalo password thing in the 70s.

The Slitheen can fit inside their disguises because of the collars around their neck. These are actually compression field devices, which shrinks them enough to fit inside. However, because this causes pressure on the disguise (remember that they're close to 8 foot or 2.4m), there's a gas exchange, which is why they fart excessively. It's not actually farting, that's the air escaping. That's why they can only fit inside big humans, because otherwise the disguise would rip and tear. And yes, the people who they make disguises out of are most certainly dead.

The family dinamic between Rose and Jackie is very interesting and gives another layer to the travels, because this could be so simple, just you and a travelling companion seeing stuff and having fun adventures, but the reality is, people close to us will miss our company and sometimes we will miss their company as well. This gives the story a lot more weight and I really appreciate it. Great reaction, you're very fun to watch stuff with. Also, I really like that moment where the Doctor is talking about "standing up and making a decision, because no one else will". Makes you think about inaction and the consequences of it for certain situations.

One thing they definitely did better in the new series than the old one was showing the effect it had on the Doctor's travelling companions - how it affected their families, how it affected them, how hard it is for them to give up on the travels. Makes it feel more grounded (as grounded as it can be when you're talking about travelling through time and space in a wooden box, anyway...)

Notice the Slitheens use of the claim of "weapons of mass destruction which could be launched in 45 seconds" a topical reference at the time to the dodgy claim that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction which could be deployed in 45 minutes made a few years earlier.

"It's him! It's the thing! It's the slickeen!" One of the greatest lines ever

ROSE: Do it. DOCTOR: You don't even know what it is. You'd just let me? ROSE: Yeah. JACKIE: Please, Doctor. Please. She's my daughter. She's just a kid. DOCTOR: Do you think I don't know that? Because this is my life, Jackie. It's not fun. It's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will. ROSE: Then what're you waiting for? DOCTOR: I could save the world but lose you. I love that scene. Even though they haven't been travelling long together, it shows how much Rose trusts him and how much The Doctor cares about Rose.

Missiles are usually in two categories, heat seeking and guided! The missile in this story is guided and would maneuver around obstacles until it hit the intended (precise location) target.

17:15, yeah Doctor & Companions still age during TARDIS travel. Like in the Classic era, two companions, called Jamie & Zoe were forced to leave, being returned to their own times with their memories of travelling with the Doctor erased, by the Timelords. In the Expanded Universe, Zoe later learnt she was two years older than she should be & by proxy Jamie was 4 years older than he should be (both having spent those years travelling with the Doctor).

I think one of the saddest things about Jackie is that scene right there when she walks Rose to the TARDIS. The whole time they come into frame Jackie is talking about all these things that she'll do to better herself, like getting a better job and improving the quality of men she has around, because it's like she blames herself for Rose leaving. She's thinking that Rose is going because Jackie can't give her a good enough life back here. And it's sad because for all her faults, Jackie loves her daughter and only wants what's best for her. We saw that with the leaflets when Rose was "missing", where Jackie's clearly been running that campaign by herself from home, and even in the first episode where she was going out of her way to try to find some compensation money after the Doctor blew up Rose's job.

That door has a yale lock and is self locking, so Jackie did lock the door. (I think it's mostly an English thing)

That feel when you are getting into Doctor Who, and want to experience all of it, and then you find out there are 40 seasons and over 300 episodes!

I am so happy to see you reacting to Doctor Who. It really grows into something unique and wonderful.

Never liked the Slitheen as enemies but I love these episodes for the amount of human drama they add to the show with Rose and Jackie's relationship. It's something the old show never really looked at, and I love that this show DID and pointed out the brutal, dark reality of it.

There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night.

Eyes facting front is usually a sign of a predator, prey have eyes on the sides.And fireescapes are a very american thing. Haven't seen any except in elderhomes in Europe.

Mickey really began to show another side in this episode! Some growth!

Doctor who in a nutshell. Episode about gassy farting aliens. "So yeah, that was emotional."

Yeah, it wouldn't kill the Doctor and Rose to have tea.

Why didn't it hit a skyscraper? London has 6-8 protected viewpoints in which St Paul's Cathedral must be visible. The most south westerly being King Henry's (Tudor, VII or VIII) mound. Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), Downing Street & Whitehall offices are all in the viewpoint.

THANKS for this!!! I'm glad you have no problem with remembering the names--I think the personalities stick with you!--and I look forward to your end-of-the-season comments!!!

Of all the truly nutty things in Who the missile guidance thing is actually completely realistic. Cruise missiles are honestly a bit bananas in their ability to maneuver, change course mid air, hit a single moving vehicle after being launched from 200 miles away, that sort of madness. Real life is as terrifying as fiction on that score.

There was a support website for UNIT (with fake articles) went live with the prior episode. We finally found out what the defence page was for - you could arm a missile in an animation.😂 That website nearly got the BBC taken to the International Court of the Hague though. Falslely declaring something representing the United Nations is against a Geneva convention. It was renamed the UNified Intelligence as a result.

I will mention the TARDIS is a time machine... but it is a "wonky" time machine... with an unpredictable pilot. So he may not be able to target a "moment" very well. Emme: Please don't get arrested. Me: but what if we are aliens plotting the death of Earth... wouldn't you prefer we get arrested?

I'm so happy you get to experience the thrill of watching Doctor who for the first time! I love your videos and hope you enjoy this!

0:59 "...they're also _so_ ugly..." Funny -- I always thing of these as the baby-faced doll aliens because they have such large and black eyes.

My one gripe on the episode is the ending. The way the slitheen are defeated is, in an odd way, anti-climactic. (Yes I know, they were literally blown up ......... but still.) I did appreciate the "ten seconds" moment, which added weight to the Rose's absence from her native time and place.

The setting for this episode is supposed to be 2006 (1 year after 1x1 Rose). Its funny though, it was filmed in 2004, broadcast in 2005, but is set in 2006.

The weirdest thing about time travel is you can travel to a future and in that moment everyone you know and love is effectively dead.

Buffalo is not the passcode for everything. It’s the Doctor’s bypass code given to him, he is a very high authority.

Not in the UK it’s not. Fire escapes are an American thing. Most flats in the UK have fire proof doors to prevent fire from spreading. We just get up and leave when the alarm goes off

Buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo. ... is a grammatically correct sentence.

Some great stories coming....

Rose said that she'd be back in ten seconds, but I don't know if the Tardis could be so precise as to return in suc a short time frame. And besides, the Doctor was standing by the Tardis, so maybe he didn't even hear Rose say that.

This episode is a direct metaphor for the British arguments about entering the Iraq War. "Massive weapons of destruction" is a variant of the "weapons of mass destruction" that Iraq was supposed to have. Even the fatness of the aliens is part of the metaphor - the outside force arguing for war was the US, and one negative stereotype of Americans is obesity.

Back in 2005 passwords were far simpler. No symbols or letters for most people. I’d suspect the military had more complex passwords but given the doctors history with UNIT I expect he planted that password to override everything years ago.

I finally got a friend to watch with me who's never seen it! We're on season 2 😊

In the UK we don't have fire escapes from our living room uk houses are NOT the same as the US

You’re so close to 50K subs Emme. Plan to do anything special when you reach this historic milestone?

Yeah, when those last 10 seconds passed . . . oof.

Really enjoying your reactions to *Doctor Who.* Thanks for sharing your experience with us. 🙋🏼‍♂️

The Doctor was being unfair at the end, making Rose choose in the moment - _of_ _course_ they could have stayed for tea, he's got a time machine! BUT he has lost his entire world, and he doesn't want to be reminded that other people still have a family and a home because he can't bear it. He keeps it all at arm's length so he doesn't have to think about it. Maybe when he's further along in the grieving process that might change and he'll "do domestic", but that could take a long time. We'll have to wait and see.

I thought I was weird for focusing on the skittle thing then you made me feel better by asking the exact thing I was thinking which was “why are there just spare skittles”. Like seriously why have just random skittles on the desk not even in a pack or in a jar

God don’t know about everyone else but it’s seriously amusing to me that of all the fears 2005 me could get from who it was fat people 😭😭 thought they were all slitheen in disguise I was 4 mind you 😂

The hype is real for episode 6

oh man I cannot wait for the next upload...

Yeah I’m not a fan of the slitheen either, but the Jackie stuff is SO GOOD in this episode that it makes it worth rewatching for me

Was the meme you were thinking about "When I say 🥺🥺 this is what I mean" with an image of a Slitheen face?

Thank you, Emme! ⏳

Rose was the one and only person who I hated. Micky became my favorite character throughout the series.

I wish they would come back when they say, and also that the humans living on the Tardis would age more slowly/live longer.

This is a really minor thing but I thought it best to let you know if you didn't know already. This portion of the show is referred to as "*series* one" rather than "season one" (Normal British TV thing) For most shows it wouldn't make a difference, but for Doctor Who specifically people use "season" to find the "classic who" stuff, and something more modern than what you're watching now too, so not labelling it "series" one may make it not show up in searches for "series one", and bury it way down low in results for "season one" because when people search for that they're usually looking for something different.

10:34 - Russell T. Davies here demonstrating his flare for 'subtle' political commentary...

The Slitheen are definitely one of the worst enemies in the Who universe. You’ll be introduced to one of the best next episode though 👀

A lot of people don't like this two-parter, so I'm glad you got so much out of them. By the way, just had a drink, a stretch and I'm being good.

By time I learn to say Raxacoricofallapatorian , you would have moved onto next episode, enjoying your enthusiasm for Dr Who & all the side characters

Evidently, they are still there.

Aliens in the british government would explain why they are so bad at their jobs

The way the Ninth Doctor treated Rose, was like a controlling manipulative boyfriend at times. Making Rose choose him over her mother in the story was particularly nasty. It never sit right with me. The Doctor, even in his most alien incarnations like the fourth and seventh were not like this.

Going back to Classic Doctor Who, the TARDIS has always had some accuracy issues, to a greater or lesser extent. Coming back to 10 seconds after leaving is mostly wishful thinking.

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Looking back now, the Doctor is kinda toxic for showing people wonders and using his power and influence to string companions along. They have families who love and miss them, and yet he still makes it their choice to come along. I still love the Doctor though.

its England , they dont have fire escapes

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The story of this 2 parter would have been better without all the childish fart jokes