It is the past and an alien race shows up and does shit and everyone thinks witches did it.
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@benoitassouekotto_73875 жыл бұрын
Stu, you're the kind of KZfaq that even when I disagree with you - which is rare - I'm still very much entertained and love hearing your opinion. Never change
@meris84865 жыл бұрын
I thought it was one of the better episodes of the season mostly cause of how entertaining Alan Cumming was.
@greghawkins594 жыл бұрын
It was decent until that alien reveal at the end 🤦♂️
@90RavenBlack5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact - Alan Cumming was actually offered the role of the Doctor during the RTD era, but turned it down as he 'didn't want to have to spend nine months a year in Cardiff'.
@ftumschk5 жыл бұрын
Cumming apparently didn't fancy the cold, wet weather, which is a bit rich for a man who grew up in Scotland. But whatever the reason, it was his loss. Cardiff's a pretty lively place, and it was good enough for Eccleston, Tennant, Smith and Capaldi.
@joelmole31575 жыл бұрын
So safe, predictable episodes piss you off huh? Well, I'll be interested in your thoughts on It Takes You Away given that it's... not that.
@NoverMaC5 жыл бұрын
it was crap :P
@Stubagful5 жыл бұрын
I've finished my script. Spoiler: I thought it was alright, I admired the ambition and a couple more drafts and I would've loved it
@carealoo7445 жыл бұрын
Cough: 'Frobisher,' Cough!
@DarkLordoftheMeme5 жыл бұрын
@@Stubagful Yeah, loads of people rail against that episode, I thought it was okay; it actually had a bit of suspense and tension and along with Kerblam was one of only two episodes this series that wasn't utterly predictable. That said the ending was an anticlimax, and that talking frog was fucking stupid. The Witch-finders really bugged me with its complete butchery of King James' character. The real King James wasn't a nice man by any means, but he was a canny and intelligent ruler, who kept Britain out of major European wars (preventing us getting entangled in a little thing called the thirty years war was probably a smart move, what with the whole "third of the population of Germany dying" thing) Plus he was a major patron of the arts, most of Shakespeare's most successful plays were either commissioned or endorsed by him . Oh and that line 'as King James wrote in his new bible'? Ugh! King James did not write the King James bible, nor did he claim to, it was a translation he commissioned, itself largely plagiarized from the Tyndale bible. I mention that last part because I'm apparently descended from William Tyndale's sister.
@charlestownsend92805 жыл бұрын
i liked that episode. also am i the only one who wasn't bothered by the frog at all? yeah it would have been cool if it was someone from the doctors past (but it's nothing new for doctor who to miss doing something like that, unless it is rose or clara) but the frog did link to the story and to me was kind of interesting that a universe would pick a frog.
@drewandcoproductions47395 жыл бұрын
They should have done Doctor who meets the Wicker Man
@Casterborous5 жыл бұрын
I really loved King James, I don't think it was meant to be a serious one, Alan Cumming's performance was so campy but I loved it. I think the really big problem is that it needed a second part. Also Willa. She needed more.
@09philj5 жыл бұрын
Alan Cumming camping it up was fun and should have been in a completely different episode where Alan Cumming camping it up didn't feel as tonally dissonant. The mud zombies looked good as well, but the alien looked really shit. The rest was just painfully generic and dull. It doesn't help that Whittaker's performance is very one note and she lacks the charismatic performances and snappy dialogue that made mediocre episodes under previous New Who Doctors more tolerable to sit through. Like, The Shakespeare Code's not a great episode but David Tennant being David Tennant does serve as a distraction from it's flaws. Also did a double take when you said "Nancy from Empty Child" because it sounds a bit like "Nazi from Empty Child". Next time, a completely nuts bit of weird Who that drunkenly meanders from idea to idea, lets Bradley Walsh really flex his acting chops, finishes with a bizarre piece of imagery that is destined to become the iconic representation of Series 11, and is by far the best episode of the series.
@markpostgate25515 жыл бұрын
Alan Cummings perfomrance was the most engaging thing in the entire season! If you don't enjoy that then that about wraps it up for series 11.
@ZakJordan985 жыл бұрын
The Chibnall Era's problem is it's way too boring
@iain97575 жыл бұрын
Zak Rosenfeld rather boring than fan angering
@ZakJordan985 жыл бұрын
@@iain9757 I'm not too sure about that tbh, I'd rather be passionate than lukewarm.
@ZakJordan985 жыл бұрын
@@iain9757 Not saying that I'd rather watch Hell Bent, what I mean is feeling lukewarm and bored with this series is no better than being angry with it when it does something infuriating.
@CaiodeCarvalhoF5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. I don't think it's bad, and there's some very good episodes, but a lot are just plain boring. And I think that for Whitaker to shine, she needs better dialogue than what she's getting.
@peterthompson19895 жыл бұрын
I think the stories need more developed. Sometimes they focus on the wrong things
@edb28635 жыл бұрын
Personally, I find the whole episode to be a bit of a let down. As you said, missed opportunities. And they had so much potential on their hands. Felt more like a checklist than a story. And this is all coming from someone who actually liked this series
@carealoo7445 жыл бұрын
Let's not all forget the complete waste of opportunity, in: 'Rosa,' with: 'The Meddling Monk!'
@millievariants2 жыл бұрын
@carealoo744 But would that actually add anything to that story or would it just be a reference for the sake of a reference?
@TheJaviferrol5 жыл бұрын
If you wanna make this episode more fun aside from the Soldeedesque performance by Cumming, take a shot of booze everytime someone says Satan
@paulflint62545 жыл бұрын
If you want to go to A&E 😂
@benw44095 жыл бұрын
In terms of the Doctor this is one of the best showings of Thirteen and it gave her some of the best material from a character perspective. I loved Graham and Alan Cumming but thought it would have been far better as a pure historical. I still really appreciate everything in the episode until the reveal of the aliens and do really enjoy it overall but the alien plot was really shoddily handled. The hysteria was a good enough threat. I am so interested in your opinion of the next one. It's a fascinating episode and oh boy are the fans divided. I'm in the "OMG it is amazing camp".
@TheCrippledEgg5 жыл бұрын
I really agree. I find her far too bubbly and lighthearted, whereas Whittaker actually works best during the intense and serious moments. The part at the beginning where she goes against her better judgment to save that woman really stuck out to me as I’ve found her Doctor far too generic this series.
@her08805 жыл бұрын
Stu is one of the only ones can actually appreciate, he's not just another idiot screaming about ratings and non existent sjw commentary every video. And he does more with his channel that makes it an interesting and engaging channel and doesn't just focus on politics in a fictional show every single second, cough cough bowlestrek...
@StefanTravis5 жыл бұрын
Chibnall era DW is just so...boring. It's not brain-meltingly stupid like his "Cyberwoman" or "End of Days". It's just dull like his "42". And his "Power of Three". And his "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship", and his "Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood".
@PeterCamberwick4 жыл бұрын
I'm re watching all the season reviews as I really enjoy this channel. I was trying to think of something to say, to illustrate that stupid bit of Doctor dialogue about drowning or whatever it was, and I looked down the comments and saw, "It's hard being a Who fan. When you're not being burned alive, you're being underwhelmed to death.". I thought, that's the kind of thing I was thinking of. Then I scrolled up slightly and saw it was me who posted it. Lol.
@PeterCamberwick5 жыл бұрын
It's hard being a Who fan. When you're not being burned alive, you're being underwhelmed to death. :)
@jonathanskiner44055 жыл бұрын
I actually enjoyed this episode. Just thought the treated as a woman line was used a tad too many times. I did love king James though. Always good to hear your opinion and i can't wait until next episode.
@robd94135 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm reading too much into these things again, but this time the immersion-breaker was the scene between King James and Ryan. Not because, as noted, he recites Wikipedia, but because he recites it to Ryan. This is supposed to be 1612 and the Atlantic Slave Trade has been going nearly 100 years at this point, but we have the King having a chat/exposition dump with a random black guy just because a complete stranger (Graham) vouched for it. Not wanting to go too deep on this (you could write a book on how dumb this is) but it just wouldn't have happened and with this episode occurring in the same season as Rosa, it implied to me that they should have looked at some other pages in Wikipedia when writing the script.
@TheMister1235 жыл бұрын
I agree with JackIntheBox. I love campy character acting like Cumming's. I loved his portrayal, and can forgive a bit of tell-don't-show if it means more campy acting and scenery chewing. It's probably why I enjoy the Netflix version of Lemony Snicket's A Tale of Unfortunate Events so much. (That show is so incredibly self-aware, though, that it can be a bit much for some viewers.) An episode that covers this subject, however, should have gone in a different direction. Pulling off "Camp witch-hunting" requires a team that is capable of doing so, on a show that can be expected to do such a thing. Kudos to Cumming, though, for giving us something to giggle at/with.
@tylerhouston695 жыл бұрын
I've seen people call series 11 the worst series ever yet it's about as doctor who as it gets because this is exactly the kind of episode that as you said would fit in perfectly between 6-10. It feels like they just changed the paint and not the actual structure of the show ( I mean granted there's only so much you can do) But still as a series that should've been on the more experimental side, it never went beyond "huh that's kinda different"
@mayotango13175 жыл бұрын
No, Series 6 is so experimental and dark. And Series 9 had Heaven Sent; that was a total diferent episode.
@rhodriwilliams25995 жыл бұрын
I really want it to take over as head writer/producer (because I can’t write scripts) but I know what people want from Doctor Who. We want tonal consistency. We want imagination. We want themes that intertwined with the plot as that is how you do story telling. There’s no point in telling you a plot and then going “now this is the point” it’s got to go hand in hand and work off of each other. We don’t care about the budget!!! It looks amazing now yes and I really do like it, but doctor who has never looked amazing so there’s clearly a reason people love it that’s not visuals. It’s the stories, the characters, the developments.
@thatoneguy44523 жыл бұрын
Anyone else feel like this should've been a two-parter?
@rhetro7775 жыл бұрын
Is it really unfair to expect a show to be comparable to a good movie in this day and age? Many tv show have actually been of higher quality than movies these days Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Expanse, The Walking Dead(seasons 7 & 8 notwithstanding), Daredevil, and even Star Trek Discovery(far better than the recent movies). Doctor Who has going down the toilet for some years now and doesn't even measure up to it's tv peers or most B movies anymore sadly.
@ShelledHandle5 жыл бұрын
I loved the episode right up to the alien reveal. I was super down for a pure historical
@kingcrimson14675 жыл бұрын
I thought the mud creatures were a representation of evil. A woman comes a long and in an act of anger is infected with something, she tries to cure it with good deeds but these are only pushing her to become crueller and then THE FACES OF ALL THE PEOPLE SHE'S KILLED LITERALLY COME TO HER and she admits to everything she's done but in the end it's too late and she becomes the evil she so desperately tried to fight.
@clothcat30715 жыл бұрын
oooohhhhhhh. See I might have got that if it had held my attention after 10 mins
@kingcrimson14675 жыл бұрын
Cloth Cat Yeah the 10 minutes seriously ruined it, at first I thought Wow those were really interesting villains and left off on a powerful ending and then 😕
@lordpelagius507810 ай бұрын
it was really funny when i found out tilly steele who plays willa is a regular on a youtube channel that plays board games i watch and also was a voice director on balders gate 3
@nifralo27524 жыл бұрын
Why do people who change into monsters in Doctir Who always keep their hair?
@Jedi_Spartan4 жыл бұрын
What about the guy who turned into an Ood in series 4?
@nifralo2752 Жыл бұрын
@@Jedi_Spartan he was already balding.
@f1lmfr3ak5 жыл бұрын
Agreed so much. I think the King was the one thing that worked, but what does it matter. We both agree only 1 thing worked and was not used well. This would have been a fit for Season 1 of New Who for christs sake. God, this season of Doctor Who was my biggest pop culture dissappointment of all time. I guess some people liked the stupid frog because they could fool themselves into believing they had witnessed the very first inklinging of creativity in the new season, but it really wasnt. Disaster of a season and by far my least favorite.
@gallohalt5 жыл бұрын
Seemed like most people thought willow was a bad actor, like she smiling in tense scenes
@ftumschk5 жыл бұрын
I heard some people say that, too, so I checked. As far as I could teall, it's just the natural shape of the actress's mouth, and she wasn't really smiling at all. Interestingly, many (perhaps most) people involuntarily pull up the corners of their mouths when they're crying/about to cry, which results in something that resembles a smile, without actually being one.
@sterlinghibbard74585 жыл бұрын
It's almost like Chibs is on a tricycle dressed in full sports safety gear and also being buckled up into the back of a station wagon with some paper and a sharpie while his mum tells him that no matter what he creates it will be amazing and perfect. 🙄
@HyenaDandy2 жыл бұрын
I have some friends in Danvers and I can tell you that depending on where you're from, it can in fact be "Holy fuck that's bleak and I want to cry." It's just that these days it's fairly localized to, well, Danvers, Massachusetts and maybe other places with notable witch trials. (For those unaware: Danvers used to be called Salem Village. The town of Salem is a different political entity, and has kept its name. Which honestly works for everyone, because a fair number of Danvers-ites still feel shit about it and/or are descended from some of the people involved)
@HyenaDandy2 жыл бұрын
Especially don't bring it up around people named Hawthorne, Horne, or Seal. Those family names are changed from Hathorne and Sewall because they wanted to sort of not discuss the whole 'Judges in the trial's thing.
@ThePonderer5 жыл бұрын
I really like King James. I get a kick out of Cumming hamming it up, but I also like that there's more dimensions to that character, and I really love the scene of him and the Doctor before her trial. Pretty much everything else about the episode is wack though. Least favorite of the series apart from the finale and Arachnids.
@PeterCamberwick5 жыл бұрын
A kick out of Cumming? Yeah. Me too.
@gallohalt5 жыл бұрын
stubagful have you ever watched the sarah jane adventures? as a classic who watched id recommend an episode called the death of the doctor. has some great moments
@paulflint62545 жыл бұрын
Stu, you need to be the new showrunner
@gala81135 жыл бұрын
I think that a show that got away with telling instead of showing was Game of Thrones in it's first seasons, specially in that scene with Cersei and Robert talking about their dead child... though that scene has great acting and writing and Witchfinders well, doesn't.
@DoctorWhoHome15 жыл бұрын
To be honest it was this point I was just not arsed to watch the next episodes
@raydarable5 жыл бұрын
The very next episode was very good though.
@DoctorWhoHome15 жыл бұрын
raydarable sadly that episode didn’t do it for me, it was a story with a better idea than execution, think the pacing was just off and needed something else in it to keep the momentum going
@raydarable5 жыл бұрын
@@DoctorWhoHome1 I can understand that.
@midastheunwise24235 жыл бұрын
@@DoctorWhoHome1 Necro-ing this comment here a bit, but I totally agree. The Solitract is probably the only great idea in all of season 11, in that it has tons of potential, and they chose to spend a third of the episode in a cave that adds nothing to the plot. It could have been the basis of a Torchwood-esque mini-serial, where people discover they can visit an alternate universe that tries to keep them there by giving them what they want. Imagine if the Solitract could support hundreds of thousands of people, and over the course of a period of time hundreds of thousands of depressed, lonely people all 'disappeared' from our World to be happy. Would our society fall into a state of panic? Would everyone go over, and our World suddenly flourished while the Solitract went to shit? Would the Solitract prevent bad people going in, leaving a crime-ridden society here? These are all things I'd want to see explored, and they wasted it on a single episode, and put more screen time into flesh eating moths.
@charliewarner7875 жыл бұрын
Interested to hear your thoughts on It Takes You Away as I couldn't stop thinking of Rob Shearman throughout the run time
@chanceneck80725 жыл бұрын
Looking back, this has been one of the best episodes of this season...
@greghawkins594 жыл бұрын
Nice burning scream 😂
@DakNJaxter5 жыл бұрын
I guess this episode lives and dies on how on-board you are with Cumming's King James. I enjoyed series 11, but the main issue I had with it, is that some episodes could be so dry. Cummings livened things up. It's the kind of daft juxtaposition that makes me enjoy Doctor Who so much. In fact, of all the episodes this Season, this is the one I would have liked to have been a two-parter. There was a perfect cliffhanger towards the end, and it would have given more time to develop the aliens and the young girl.
@clothcat30715 жыл бұрын
I really like a lot of these historical episodes in past seasons and I've had a real interest in the witch trials so I was super excited for this episode. I thought they might switch it up and rectify a few historical misconceptions, accuse ryan of being a witch for example but nope, same old same old with a splash of "drs a woman now" which at least hit the right spot for once lol In all honesty though I'd wigged out and started doing house work by the time... well I don't know, something about a tree? I came back to aliens... left again after a few seconds. Was disappointing
@theshadowdirector5 жыл бұрын
I'm NOT the only one who wasn't in love with Cumming's King James!
@menwithven28625 жыл бұрын
Mud possessing freshly berried corpses is a grate idea do something with that
@BucketThinkTank14657Nerd5 жыл бұрын
This episode was pretty much a really watered down and annoying version of the Marian Conspiracy or even the Settling, taking a period of time and instead of showing off the character of interest in an interesting way and showing the world through a second interesting character, it went the complete opposite direction.
@russmorgan3155 жыл бұрын
Cool drawing of Nathaniel Wayne
@finn79485 жыл бұрын
The only thing I’ve really been able to appreciate with the witchfinders and most of s11 is that most episodes shot outdoors have somehow got a really distinctive colour palette throughout
@finn79485 жыл бұрын
Eg grey and browns in the witchfinders
@tardisnet94875 жыл бұрын
I very much understand your viewpoint. Whilst I liked this episode it was my least favirote of the historical episodes this Series. I made a review on my channel and a ranking of Series 11 if anyone wants to check it out.
@Xegethra5 жыл бұрын
Christ, I'd forgottn I'd seen this episode. Whenever I mention which ones I have seen I've been forgetting this one....
@sjacpswbs031620055 жыл бұрын
I was kinda waiting for you to mention James was flirting with Ryan but even with that they didn't make James gay enough to be anything more than a historical cameo (Doctor could've talked about exploits with James as a male timelord but god forbid tying this series with anything before), or was it any excuse for the lack of direction
@charliedawson63184 жыл бұрын
Are we not going to mention how this episode kind of justified the Witch hunts?
@SpykeTheSU5 жыл бұрын
I cant wait for your review of the talking hamburger episode.
@MissTomi5 жыл бұрын
Stuart was burned at the stake and there were no more Fake Doctor Who reviews! Yay!
@liamjay68445 жыл бұрын
How did you know I would be part of the Witch Hunt? I do actually have a copy of King James's book on Demonology so have you been rummaging around my house?
@Videogamefanmax5 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes the witch finders, or being as the doctor who story which has a literal technolo-tree.
@peterthompson19895 жыл бұрын
I did find alan cummings odd but it was the generic alien part that I hated the most. When the historic episodes got announced I worried that the show was going to be too educational. Classic who was able to teach the kids at the time but without them feeling tought but I worried it wouldn't work and would bore a lot of kids today. So I was glad when they claimed to be adding a scfi twist yet for me the scfi elements where the worst parts often feeling forced in
@marilynmalone13814 жыл бұрын
The aliens in this story were awesome if ya ask me
@edwardreed675 жыл бұрын
Nice Wicker man reference
@carealoo7445 жыл бұрын
After 5 seconds into the video, and I already agree with everything you said.
@WhiskeyBrewer5 жыл бұрын
If it had been a two parter like it should have, the Willa stuff would have been huge
@shortangel3335 жыл бұрын
HOW DID YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN WATCHING SINCE SERIES 8!? HOW DID YOU KNOW!?
@optimisticwhovian17265 жыл бұрын
I see series 11 as a palette cleanser its as simple as that, you had 7 years of Moffat of which the last 5 were a mess of overhyped sensationalised territory marking by Stephen and now he's finally gone we've got a fairly unremarkable showrunner who can act as a way to just neutralise all that by being inadvertently underwhelming. Also after a decade of the show and at the rate they chew up stories I'd expect the show to be plateauing by now, its not like old show its not going to go for 30 years uninhibited it will need a hiatus soon enough.
@markportwood40454 жыл бұрын
I really like her Doctor. But just how many companions are required. It’s ridiculous and a shame for her.
@mayotango13175 жыл бұрын
If you read The Plotters...
@BenS-dy9eq5 жыл бұрын
My least favorite episode. But next week is It Takes You Away, so it’s all good.
@CrazyBuffyFan15 жыл бұрын
My husband and I did feel like King James was the start to this episode being pretty dumb, but we couldn't deny that he was kinda fun to watch too. Mostly feel bad for Alan Cumming having to put up with such clunky dialogue.
@mayotango13175 жыл бұрын
Just read The Plotters, that makes Alan Cumming subtle.
@sayachan60695 жыл бұрын
At last the harvest this year shall be good.
@jadeingels34755 жыл бұрын
I really very much liked this episode
@MidnightChimey5 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the King James stuff seemed to garner a lot of praise from some corners, that stuff could have worked in another episode, but not here. As soon as he appeared the tone was all over the place, and people say the Trump character in Arachnids was jarring and out of place (okay it was, but still, that's series 11 I guess)
@tonym27445 жыл бұрын
What, you've finally came up with a different ending?
@rhyanbennett26295 жыл бұрын
Honestly, The Witchfinders was the way only episode this series I thoroughly enjoyed.
@cslkenny5 жыл бұрын
10:00 - Let the ceremony commence...
@iain97575 жыл бұрын
Oh damn Clicked on a bowlestrek video Whoops . . Wait STUBAGFUL!! WTF
@NoverMaC5 жыл бұрын
Personally loved this one, for what it is, it's good. First time i've disagreed with you here! AND Violent Death Ending!
@anthonystone25525 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a pretty okay episode I enjoyed it
@PatrickCervantez5 жыл бұрын
No, Chibnall's era is gonna be super safe. Longtime fans are going to be samey.
@selmaunsley66835 жыл бұрын
I was enjoying it until the aliens turned up , but I get your point about the wasted charachters
@zakjaggs97615 жыл бұрын
It's a look at religion but unfortanutly for this I have subsequently listened to the holy terror and that is a great commentary on religion
@zakjaggs97615 жыл бұрын
Although I had to reflect to enjoy the story tbf
@iain97575 жыл бұрын
“Surely pretty much everyone knows what the show is all about by now” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME Jesus Christ I make the commented about bowlestrek as a joke but maybe it’s true. Did you s e r i o u s l y just say that ?
@Stubagful5 жыл бұрын
lol, alright u got me. I just felt like something snapped in me during this episode cause I felt like I'd seen it done so many times already, that and I thought Willa should've been a much bigger part of it. I've finished the it takes you away script now and its more mellow than this
@casualcraftman15995 жыл бұрын
A witch hunt story I recommend is Nomad of nowhere, It's a Western Fantasy about a Nomad thats wanted for being the last magic user. You can watch Nomad of nowhere here kzfaq.info/sun/PLUBVPK8x-XMh6lFZABV45mRBbsuJpXA-8
@Fejrus8875 жыл бұрын
And I thought I was the only one thinking Willa was the best charakter in this story and her actress does pull off a really good perfomance ! And yeah it's a okay episode for me. Like you said nothing too interesting really
@GibbySoapBox5 жыл бұрын
So no Episode 9 and 10 and Resolution review then? *throws phone and smashes skateboard*
@Stubagful5 жыл бұрын
don't worry, they'll happen, I can't remember how many times I've died in these in the past
@Log_Cabin_Media_Extras5 жыл бұрын
From what I've read Series 11 suffers from the same illness Series 6 Part 2 --> Series 8 & Series 10: The BBC Stepped in b/c they don't have confidence in a 55+ year old franchise and forced Chibnall, like Moffat before him to do a really down to basics form of Doctor Who, with mostly stand alone episodes b/c the BBC wants Doctor Who to be like Black Mirror since we are in. "The age of Netflix". The Black Mirror comparison comes directly from Chibnall at Comic-Con. Can I just rant about how Doctor Who, a 55 year old Science fiction drama that has continuing characters isn't Twilight Zone 4.0... I mean Black Mirror, an Anthology which introduces a new cast and premise every episode. I find it very annoying That the BBC thinks "The Age of Netflix" line and Black Mirror go hand in hand. The point of Netflix is the Binge a continuing ongoing narrative. Netflix makes a show with X amount of episodes telling 1 long story or multiple stories forming an overarching narrative and that's why people binge, they become invested in the characters and the plot - I just feel like the BBC doesn't get this. The RTD Era (and Series 5) are looked back on as the Golden years of Nu-Who because it did these things, and did them well. Ever since the BBC for some reason lost confidence in their 55+ year old franchise the quality has dipped because they keep getting involved & removed the very formula & creative freedom that worked for Series 1-5. I really feel like the Series 1-5 formula of 13 episodes with 6-7 stand alone stories & 3 multi-part stories (comprising of 6-7 episodes) with a lose plot thread a la "Vote Saxon" "Crack in Time" & "Bad Wolf" is the formula the BBC should be pushing, not this Black Mirror nonsense that doesn't allow a flowing story arc that gets views causal of die hard to find a reason to be invested.
@mayotango13175 жыл бұрын
The big problem is that the whole Bad Wolf formula only works in Series 1 and 5, the Torchwood arc in Series 2 is so lame like the Saxon. Series 6 even had a strong arc that this.
@Log_Cabin_Media_Extras5 жыл бұрын
@@mayotango1317 My point wasn't about having a story arc approach, it's about the actual format. Series 1-5 had 13 episodes with 3 two parters & 7 one offs with a loose arc, Series 6 Part 2 --> Series 8 & 10-11 had a stand alone episode (almost) every week, with various degrees of story arc implementation. By extention episode plot lines and supporting characters had little room to grow and be explained. I think Series 8 was an excellent series w/ a pretty good loose story arc, but I feel like the Series 1-5 Formula of 3 two parters and 7 stand alone episodes allows for greater storytelling capability/variety than the Series 6 Part 2 --> 8 & Series 10-11 formula of every episode is stand alone and every story has 45-50 minutes to flesh out a brand new supporting cast. IN CONCLUSION: I have a fundamental issue with the way individual episodes/stories are handled with constant BBC oversight, not the implementation (or lack thereof) of series long arcs such as: Bad Wolf, Vote Saxon, & Crack in Time. I mentioned the story arcs for the sake of having examples. I was not commenting on their individual quality.
@markpostgate25515 жыл бұрын
5:12 She could turn into a tentacle?!?!
@bostao42165 жыл бұрын
What an amazing image at the end Give me money, and the image at the background is you being burned LET'S MAKE 100 NONSENCICAL THEORIES TO UNDERSTAND IT My thoughts on Whitchfinders??? Oh yeah i think the episode was pretty shity as usual. Unfortunatly there's nothing new Let's see if Big Finish has hope for us All hail the Great Brigsy
@charliedawson48775 жыл бұрын
Irritated by loud and intrusive scores? You must of loved Resolution.
@PeterCamberwick5 жыл бұрын
HAVE! Must HAVE!
@iain97575 жыл бұрын
No criticism in this video is original to this episode.
@thewhovianwithasmallcollec73195 жыл бұрын
what do you expect this is a thew months after the episode came out were most the reviews have already came out sooooooooo what did you expect? also not to mention this has been done many a time in doc who
@GrubStLodger5 жыл бұрын
Tune.
@jefferyjones83995 жыл бұрын
I loved it up until the ending.
@thegd25675 жыл бұрын
Yeah I didn’t enjoy this one. I personally have it in a tie between Arachnids for the least enjoyable watch this series
@thewhovianwithasmallcollec73195 жыл бұрын
chibnalls era is soooooooooooooooooooooooo dull this is why insted of makeing new doctor who tv eps for a while so they can have a fullly polished series we need to animate the bbc audios (paridice of death n stuff) and some of the hard to get novels like lungbarrow edit: also at 5:35 dose any one here nansi as nazi and pictur hitler im sorry but that just made me laugh but i get ya stu
@90sArchive5 жыл бұрын
I'd rather them animate more of the missing episodes than any big finish audios or novels.
@thewhovianwithasmallcollec73195 жыл бұрын
@@90sArchive never once did i mention big finish i dont want that animated its better in an audio format but after lets say the final animated lost episode (lets face it isnt gonna be daleks master plan)it would be cool to see stuff like lungbarrow animated cause idk about many people but i can only find that book for over £100 so hard to find one that isnt damaged n stuff
@HereComesPopoBawa5 жыл бұрын
@@thewhovianwithasmallcollec7319 - This is when file sharing networks are your friends. When something is out of print and more than 10x the price for a used copy, paying for it won't even support the artist anyway. It would just profit the collector, and they aren't worth what little money I have since they are only profiting off of other's work. That said, I would love to see a well-done adaptation of Lungbarrow. Who novels of that era are IMO underrated.
@flashrobbie5 жыл бұрын
it's less shit and more meh
@Pcwarmachine5 жыл бұрын
Wait... Doctor Who is still relevant? I must have missed that.
@mayotango13175 жыл бұрын
8 millons watch Series 11.
@Pcwarmachine5 жыл бұрын
@@mayotango1317 8+ millions listened to Justin Bieber. Didn't make his music good though.
@mayotango13175 жыл бұрын
@@Pcwarmachine Is more revelant that you.
@Pcwarmachine5 жыл бұрын
@@mayotango1317 Awwwe.... Did I hurt your lil DrHer fangirl feelings? So sry.
@michaelhatton24775 жыл бұрын
I just have to say it: Doctor Who probably isn’t for you anymore. The only thing you can do is stop watching it. Also Queen James 1 was BRILLIANT!!
@kimba49625 жыл бұрын
Why does show have to exclusive? Isn't the point of any soft reboot to bring it to more people instead of less?
@greywolf8454 жыл бұрын
Dude The Witch was shit. The writers didn't know how to end the movie