Classic Who be like: *am I a joke to you?*

@@DanTheMan2150AD Yeah, even as recent as Eccleston the Doctor wasn't shy of guns. XD

Let’s see here: Pointing a gun at a Dalek, pointing a gun at that hostage, this episode.

Oh fr, last time he point a gun at someone is at The End of Time : Part 2, he had to make a choice to shoot between the Master or The Rassilon

@@supuaforever21 and chose neither.

It’s good to be able to watch a Western style doctor who episode without getting the Ballard of the Last chance saloon stuck in your head for the next year

@@owend5538 Hartnell was brilliant in the gunfighters though -“…and I am Doctor Kelly Downing” -“Doctor who?” -“Yes, quite” 😂😂😂

@@greigbutler4498 Hartnell’s underrated

@@owend5538 Classic are underrated, because their episodes are lost for many, and less visually enjoyable. I discovered DW with Smith, and I watched the first two 1963 stories, but the format and image quality can be harder to enjoy

@@arthemis1039 I love the format and image. Idk, something about black and white vintage tv just makes me enjoy everything more. That’s why I still love the OG twilight zone and 12 angry men and etc. That said, god the lost episodes. Modern who isn’t that hard to binge especially with it on HBO Max now. Classic who is a roller coaster. First you need an entirely different subscription service (or to pay exuberant amounts of money) and then it doesn’t even matter because the BBC just deleted the video of so many episodes. Hartnell and Troughton especially got hit hard.

My main problem with Season 8 is that the Doctor was almost sociopathic and Peter Capaldi just didn't have the charm and charisma to balance that out during the lighter moments. He excelled in the dark moments but when he needed to do something to remind you that he's the Doctor, not the Valeyard, he struggled to pull off what Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt and Christopher Ecclestone made look effortless. Heck, even Colin Baker had his bombastic attitude and sarcastic sense of humour to add some charm to his Doctor. Ironically, I think Peter Capaldi's past as a lifelong fan was actually working against him. That was very rarely, if ever a problem with David Tennant but Capaldi was enamoured with the idea of being the Doctor for 5 decades, being old enough to have actually watched William Hartnell when the show began. When his chance to play the Doctor finally came, he clearly wasn't sure what he wanted to do with the character. Part of that was due to the "am I a good man?" story arc but I got the feeling that Capaldi himself genuinely wasn't sure how to play the Doctor. First of all, he took all the fun out of the role in Season 8, something that even John Hurt, the Doctor who fought in the Time War, didn't do. Whenever Capaldi needed to do something corny or deliver a joke, he clearly wasn't in his comfort zone and the jokes in particular tended to come across as mean-spirited. He took a lot of influence from William Hartnell, whom I'm pretty sure is his favourite Doctor, but because Hartnell was the 1st, he could actually get away with being uncertain about who the Doctor was. Capaldi couldn't because his Doctor had already had 12 lifetimes to figure it out and even Hurt, who spent centuries destroying Daleks and goodness knows what other horrors during the Time War, never came across as a sociopathic man who compensated for his inferiority complex by being a total arsehole. Heck, Hurt wasn't even a fan of Doctor Who - he did Day of the Doctor just for the heck of it and was surprised to be charmed by both the show and the fanbase because he thought it was a "cult" - and despite the stupendous pressure of playing a brand new Doctor during the biggest milestone in Doctor Who's long history whilst sharing the screen with 2 of the most popular Doctors of all time AND having Tom Baker waiting in the wings, he nailed the character better in one episode than Capaldi, a lifelong fan who wasn't under even half as much pressure, did in his entire first season. Furthermore, despite Hartnell being his favourite, Capaldi seemed to be trying to be as many Doctors as he could all at once. In one episode he'd try to be Hartnell, in another he'd be as callous as Colin Baker, then he'd throw in some of Sylvester McCoy's machiavellian streak, then he'd become violent like John Hurt had to be during the Time War, and once or twice he'd even try to be romantic like Paul McGann such as when he snogged Missy out of the blue. However, Capaldi lacks several key traits that would enable him to combine all the Doctors into one cohesive performance, such as the effortless charm of David Tennant or the childlike obliviousness of Matt Smith. When Smith was being socially awkward, he gave the impression that he genuinely didn't know any better. As someone who's on the autism spectrum, I can see his Doctor as genuinely being autistic. When Capaldi was being socially awkward, he gave the impression that he was just a sociopath. It's like he studied autistic people but didn't truly comprehend how we operate. As for Tennant, the man could literally smash through a mirror on a horse and charm everybody within seconds. Capaldi doesn't even come close to having that kind of charisma. This is what I mean when I say he took all the fun out of the role. Instead of trying and failing to combine all the previous Doctors together and (admittedly successfully) throwing in the Valeyard for good measure - ever noticed how often he would gaslight or project his own flaws and insecurities onto Clara just like the Valeyard blamed Colin Baker for Peri's supposed death? - Peter Capaldi needed to figure out his own Doctor. To his credit, he did in Season 9 but even then, I don't remember truly seeing the Doctor until The Zygon Inversion, which was over halfway through the season. Maybe I could count the "I'm the Doctor, and I save people" scene but during Season 9, I'd pretty much given up on Capaldi and was only watching the show for Clara's sake. Instead of feeling like it was a triumphant return, I was reluctant to admit that the Doctor was finally back. Capaldi was gradually winning me over but it was an uphill battle and not enough for me to bother watching Season 10. Finally, it was a missed opportunity to not bring back Michael Jayston for Season 8. Perhaps he could have been helping Missy from within cyberspace since the Valeyard is an amalgamation of the Doctor instead of a full regeneration. This would also tie into Missy genuinely seeing the Doctor as a friend because she'd have a physical manifestation of his darker side to interact with. They could have even ended the series with the Valeyard breaking free from cyberspace after Danny destroyed the Cybermen and travelling back in time to confront Colin Baker, tying into the Classic series. Granted, bringing back Michael Jayston would come with several problems, the first being the fact that it would have been nearly 3 decades since Trial of a Time Lord (thankfully, Steven Moffat explained both Peter Davison and Tom Baker's ageing so I have no doubt he could do the same for Jayston), and the second being that he would have made it harder for Michelle Gomez. Classic Who fans would have been salivating about the Valeyard's return, which risks overshadowing Missy. However, it would help sell that Peter Capaldi is still the Doctor but he needs to overcome his darker side because it's not just a psychological problem, it can have a very real effect on the universe if he doesn't keep it in check. Furthermore, it would give Colin Baker some long overdue respect because HE was the one who dealt with the Valeyard in the end. And on top of all that, Season 8 was the PERFECT point in the Doctor's timeline for the Valeyard to manifest. Not only is Capaldi the beginning of a new regeneration cycle which could be used to explain how an amalgamation of his evil side could manifest in the first place, but Anthony Ainley's Master specifically stated in Trial of a Time Lord that the Valeyard showed up "somewhere between your 12th and final incarnation". Thanks to John Hurt, Matt Smith was the 12th Doctor so Season 8 was the ideal time for the Valeyard to appear.

You should say something like, what the Doctor chose to be or simply "The Doctor" instead of "the truth - They're not a god". Because no, HE IS A GOD and so are all of the TimeLords. It is the bias of your own human ego if you truly believe he is "JUST SOMEONE" with the opportunity and desire to do good. Millions of people have that, they are not equal to the Doctor.

@@alphamineron except that’s the point. The Doctor may live far longer, have the tardis, have psychic abilities and and be able to regenerate-but we can all still do what he does. We can make the efforts, embrace the morals, and fulfill the same promise the Doctor made.

@@adammyers7383 nice outlook but you are sounding waaaaay delusional here. We both agree that seeing the “No God” perspective and learning that all it takes to be the “doctor” is a promise IS A REALLY GOOD LESSON to take away from the show. We agree on that. But it is delusion to think for a second that he is not a god. The show has been pretty clear about this, he is a god. In fact the show presents him as the only god, even above the timelords… but he’s a god who doesn’t delve into the godhood’s power trap

I agree with that' it is a very underrated story

@@oranmccann2476 Along with the God Complex not many mention it

@HishamA.N_Comicbroe I agree with that too. I think that Toby Whitehouse is an underrated Doctor Who writer. It's too bad the rumours of him being the next showrunner after Moffat weren't true, as that would have been interesting to see

The problem is that Jex still is a monster who never cares, while the Doctor is a better man.

@@mayotango1317 Jex did care. We see that all throughout the episode he just believed that the ends justified the means to end the Khaler’s war, he was still affected by what he did, he chose helping the people of Mercy as his penance. Just like the Doctor thought destroying Gallifrey and killing everyone on it was the only way to end the Time War and travels through space and time saving people as HIS penance. If the Doctor can choose his justice why can’t Jex

@@mayotango1317That’s where you’re wrong, Jex did care and he clearly does regret what he did

I like the cube episode, it’s just, fun!

And the fact that the 11th Doctor had no problems with killing.

Yeah literally, I love the episode up until that ending and so usually I have forgotten the ending when I’m watching that episode

Casting Ben Browder was +50 to liking of the episode for sure

I prefer chibnall’s era over series 7 any day

@@nathanielfarkas4431 At least Series 7 feels like Doctor Who and Matt Smith portrays the doctor much better and is written more consistently. Jodie is a good actress but her Doctor lacks so many of the core elements of the character including their authority and ability to just take charge no matter what and be threatening towards their enemies. I mean if 11 or 12 was in the situation they were in during the episode of Rosa where Ryan got punched, 11, 12, 9 or 10 would have stood up for him whereas 13 just stands there and does nothing

Honestly I think people are too harsh on Series 7 just because of how weird of a series it was and because of how bad Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, The Power of Three and The Rings of Akhaten were. The other episodes of the series range from decent to fucking amazing. A Town Called Mercy is honestly probably my personal favorite episode of Doctor Who ever just because of the heavy subject matter, and Nightmare In Silver is something else entirely. Plus bangers like Cold War and The Crimson Horror really harken back to RTD's era in terms of tone, pacing and feeling honestly.

Or just he meet him in a off-screen adventure.

Yes, he was great in Stargate!

@@ashleytuchin7693 Indeed.

Yeah I feel like it’s the actors showing how good they are almost always and only sometimes the actual writing and all the other stuff helps other times it just becomes another bad episode that could’ve been good

One episode series 12 episode 3

Amy. I really think if this would be "standalone" episode (without companions) it would be better. For me Amy in this episode is too different from "normal" Amy