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“Is that her boyfriend or bestie?” Ah…poor Mickey lmao 😂

Remember (this isn't a spoiler it was in the specials you already watched) Donna's daughter Rose has some of the Doctor's memories, unconsciously. So when she stopped using her deadname and chose the name Rose, it was based on this Rose.

Please y'all, no spoilers! I've already had to delete a comment that was clearly headed in that direction. Remember, when I ask a question in my videos regarding storyline, it's almost always rhetorical.

I'm so glad you're loving Eccleston after seeing Tennant. Most people rank Tennant higher and he is freaking amazing, but I always put Eccleston at the top. I loved him, and if he hadn't kicked off the reboot with such charm, intensity and talent there would be no more Doctors. Bringing the show back was a gamble, and I truly believe it was Eccleston and Billie Piper who made fans fall in love with it. I know it did for me! There is so much more to come -- I know you'll have fun!!!

Strap yourself in brother, you're in for one hell of a ride with this show you're gonna love it, peace and love to you from Ireland 🙏❤️🇮🇪

Doctor who had been off the air for 16 years wen this first aired (apart from the failed tv movie with a great new doctor) and it wasn't until the trailer with the doctor yelling (edited for spoilers) that we knew this was a revival not reboot. RTD did a great job of mixing his own plot breadcrumbs with bits of old show lore to introduce the character to a new audience and keep us old timers mostly on board

The John F. Kennedy scene with the Ninth Doctor being present was a reference as the very first episode of Classic Who "An Unearthly Child" which stars William Hartnell as the First Doctor was broadcast on 23 November 1963 a night just after John F. Kennedy was assinated as at that time shocked the world and no one was tuning in that night so they had to repeat it a week later to get viewers watching.

Christopher Eccleston is fantastic! He is a really great introduction into Doctor Who.

i will tell you by experience. i have met people who started with The Christmas Invasion (S2E1) or The Eleventh Hour (S5E1) or further, or even with the new 3 part spacial and they told me that they almost wish they started with S1. also, i've met people who started in S2 because they wanted David Tennant, and they lost so many good episodes and some lore arcs too, so don't think about David and just enjoy Eccleston for the FANTASTIC doctor that he was. also, quick tip to enjoy it more, don't spend too much time making comparisons to the specials you started with, because that takes away a lot of fun from what you're watching. yes, the CGI and budget were only so much, but the show in this form was personally my favourite, even over the new 3 specials that being said. have a good time... do that for me, Chachi... have a fantastic time...

I loved your responses to Good Omens and am following along on Dr. Who. I think Christopher Eccleston made a great doctor. The issues with his leaving sound like all sorts of bad behind the scenes stuff. The descriptions coming out now (hushed up then) indicate a toxic work environment that was just full of sexual harassment of women. He objected, nothing was done, and when he left the BBC said stuff about his reasons for leaving that were not true and not approved by him. The BBC put out at one point that it was because he couldn't handle the production schedule and essentially blacklisted him. He is still mad about his treatment then. Meanwhile Eccleston was voted most popular actor at the 2005 National Television Awards for his Dr. Who role. The problems had nothing to do with his acting. I am grateful that he did not try to take down the whole show at the time. Showed some class on his part, not so much on the part of the executives.

RIP Clive. 😢

Don't let your brain think too much about the connections between then and now, they will come naturally and BRILLIANTLY....

19:18 There's a fan theory that when he left, he went on all the adventures that Clive had photos of.

We all looked at the weirdness that is plastic Mickey and just said “oh yeah, I’m here for the long run” lol.

The first episode of Doctor who was aired on the same day that Kennedy was assassinated (23rd of November 1963), thus the little nod that the Doctor was there. The original run ("classic Who") lasted until 1989, when it was cancelled. There was a TV-movie in 1996, that was meant as a pilot, but it didn't catch on and it took another 9 years before we got a new show in 2005 ("new Who"). The villains in this episode (The Nestene) were a monster from classic Who, but the war that's being referenced is a new Who concept that will be explored more.

It wasn't so much that the production was too much for Eccelston. It was more that the first season was kind of a nightmare shoot. So many things went wrong. And his relationship with the showrunner and producers broke down. There is a lot to it unfortunately. In any case, he was still incredible in the role. An absolute pro.

I'm so hyped for seeing you reacting to the older new doctor who episodes

Been waiting for you to formally dive into the Whoniverse! On behalf of the Whovians, welcome to the Doctor Who Universe! 💙 You will LOVE Nine and Rose Tyler🌹💙 Q: Have you seen the Series 14 trailer? Trivia time: Doctor Who started in 1963 with William Hartnell, and his first three companions Susan, Ian, and Barbara. Then came the next six Doctors and many many companions. After the Seventh Doctor's last episode, the show was on hiatus since 1989, and it produced a TV movie in 1996 with Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. The show produced audio dramas since then, and it officially came back in 2005 with the episode you saw now. The mannequins are Autons, a Classic enemy from the 1970s. Mickey Smith is Rose's boyfriend. The TARDIS has had different interiors since 1963. The one you saw is the 2005-2010 interior. There will be more to come...

The Nestene and the Autons are a callback as they appeared in the original series. “The War” is a totally new thing that you (and we at the time) are just learning about.

The nestene consciousness and plastic dummies is also a call back to Classic Who where they first appeared in the first of the third Doctor's adventures ( Jon Pertwee ) in 1970. That episode "Spearhead from Space" was also the first Doctor Who episode to be broadcast in colour. Not being able to save their planet though wasn't a callback as that happened in the Time War which is something which Russell T Davies invented for the revived series. The Time war supposedly happened during the period between when the classic series ended and this revived series started. So at the start of this series both those familiar with the classic series and those new to Doctor Who were all learning about the Time war for the first time.

UK watcher here. Just came across your channel and saw that you’re started to react to Doctor Who, so I’ve immediately subscribed to follow you on your Whovian journey. I think you’re gonna love it. They’ll be lots of stories that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure, whilst others will surprise you in their concepts and imagination. Can’t wait to see your reactions to them. I started watching the original series in 1970 when I was 6, and my Doctor then (and still my favourite today) was the 3rd Doctor! Fun fact 1 - The 3rd Doctor’s first story introduced the Nestene Consciousness (who invaded Earth by controlling all of the world’s plastic) and when Doctor Who came back in 2005 with this episode, writer and show runner Russell T. Davies brought these same villains back to face the 9th Doctor. The scene where the plastic dummies smashed their way out of the store windows was originally done in that first 3rd Doctor story, the only difference being that back in 1970, they couldn’t show the dummies smashing through the windows due to budget reasons. Fun fact 2 - There’s a little in joke when Clive shows Rose the photo of the Doctor standing in the crowd at Kennedy’s assassination. The assassination took place on Friday, 22nd November 1963, and the following day, the 23rd, was the day the very first episode of Doctor Who aired in the UK. Because of the media coverage of Kennedy’s assassination that weekend, the BBC were worried that viewers might not have tuned in to watch that first episode, thus potentially hurting its ratings, so they took the unprecedented step of repeating episode one again, the following Saturday, before episode 2 aired.

Interesting connection with JFK and old Doctor Who. The very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on 23 November 1963, the very same day that JFK was assassinated. Due to the overshadowing of the news, hardly anyone watched it. Luckily there was a rerun a week later, and the rest is history.

Always glad to see a new Whovian. I hope you enjoy the show. Matt Smith, the Doctor after David Tenant, will always be my personal favorite, but they're all great.

Christopher Eccleston is my favourite doctor.

I'm American but I was living in the UK and had a British boyfriend who was a massive Doctor Who fan when this revival of Doctor Who first premiered, and even though I haven't seen very much at all of original Who, I have seen every episode from this one onward, and this show is why I fell in love with David Tennant in the pre-Good Omens TV world. I really enjoyed this season, too, and I really look forward to the upcoming first full Ncuti Gatwa season, and many seasons and Doctors and Companions and Masters in between. I look forward to following your Doctor Who journey here!

a ton of people recently has taken up doctor who, and i could not be happoer! one of my facourite show of all TIME (no pun intended) and i really like you, good humor, not just one of those emotionless reactors, deffinitely waiting for more from you

I love how much you’re loving this 😂😂 So good 🤣 It’s always great watching people react to Doctor Who for the first time

What a delightful reaction, I am very grateful to the algorithm for bringing you up. Am now off to watch your reactions to the Fourteenth Doctor, as I can't imagine THOSE episodes being someone's first introduction, it must have been wild!

3:04 Yep, those plastics appeared in Doctor Who before, in the Third Doctor's first episode back in 1970.

rose has a special place in my heart :) you never forget ur first .... compenion xD

I'm enjoying seeing your reactions. Christopher Eccleston was "fantastic" :). He's my second favourite Doctor after David Tennant. The show won't have survived if he hadn't been so good. As this season/series goes on, you'll learn more about his past.

Could everybody in the comments stop offering advice on how Chachi should react and what's going to happen next (or a long time from now) and how to watch it? I beg of you. What is the point of a first-time reaction if you are going to try to direct it?

I'm so happy you are watching the new who from the start.

The reason Rose had no clue that Mickey was a plastic replica was: he was goofing around with the plastic arm the night before (pretending to be strangled by it), and she just thought he was being silly again. That's my theory anyway. (Hi, I've commented on some of your Good Omens reactions before but I've been a Doctor Who fan for ages. I love Eccleston but my favorites of the New Doctors are actually David Tennant (he's why I got into Good Omens) and Peter Capaldi.)

Ahh!!! I am so so excited to see you start this journey. You will absolutely love this. I love your reaction so far. Christopher Eccleston is loved as the doctor and definitely for good reason. Can’t wait to see you enjoy more ❤❤

Chris did not leave due to stress of the show that was a slander campaign made up by the high ups of doctor who which they have later to admitted to Somewhat he left because he did not like how some crew were acting and fell out over it. He believed he knew better

So glad to see that you are having fun!!!

Great reaction!

Omg you have a lovely road ahead! Kinda envy you. Loved your take, well done. If you want to dip quickly backward, just for fun, to see the beginning of the Autons, watch Spearhead From Space, the 3rd Doctor’s first ep. (4 short eps in fact) One of my faves ever. Lol, if 2005 seems old, try 1970 😉 (Finally in color!)

WELCOME ABOARD GOOD SIR

May I suggest also watching the very first episode of the old series? It's just 20 minutes, but in my opinion, it provides a nice reference point for the Doctor's character development.

Great reaction! And love that flower MTV t-shirt!

I am so hyped to see your reaction to this amazing show 🤭

Yessss😭😭 this is everything I needed right now

So excited that you're watching this!

Keep watching the series, all your questions will be answered. It's a great season!

Your DW reactions are giving me life❤

I love these reactions! It’s so exciting to see new whovians emerge:)

I'm so happy more youtubers are watching doctor who, its such a good show 😁

I forgot how bizzare and unhinged the earlier episodes are LMAO it's a delight seeing your reactions! rose and this doctors dynamic is one of my favourites, I hope you'll enjoy it too :D

Yess!! Doctor who up until jodie is my favourite, but all the stories are soo fun even with jodie I think you'll have a amazing time

oh my gosh you finally watched it iiieee 😆😂💖💖💖💖

Woo woo a new Who view! Always excited to join people for their ride in the Tardis. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Thanks for what you do. May your views and likes always be equal.

Great reaction! You are in for a wild ride with Doctor Who! 😊 The show was off the air for 16 years before this, apart from a one-off TV movie. A lot of time (way more than 16 years!) has passed for the Doctor as well, so some of the things he mentions happened in between what was shown and were a mystery to fans at the time. The Nestene conciousness is indeed a villain from the original run. You will see more of them as the show goes on. Donna had subconcious memories from the Doctor which were shared with her daughter Rose. She took her name from them as well as inspiration for the plushies she was making. Mickey is Rose's bf, but they seemingly are together more out of habit than true love.

From 2005 onwards it was series cause Classic who was season but the new ones coming in few months is season 1 :(

Hooray. A new person to follow through a journey in space in time.

I've recently started a rewatch with my brother,while also finally showing the series to our dad (we're currently at season 8),so my memory is fresh enough to join the ride once again along with you,and hold on tight 'cause it's gonna be such a fun and crazy one! Doctor Who is so chaotic,quirky,hysterical,insanely creative,and it all makes for great entertainment,you're gonna love it! As for what the Nestene Conscience and the Doctor were arguing about,I can't tell you if it's a reference to the old series,I've not checked it out yet (I sure plan to tho!),but I can tell you that you'll learn a lot more about the War the Doctor mentioned later down the line,no spoilers!

Your watching the most recent episodes first has made you a kind of time traveler coming here now.

Oh, sweet Mickey.

Eccleston deserved far better. It was far more than the demands of production. It was more toxic than the origin story of The Toxic Avenger. He was blacklisted by the BBC afterwards because of horrid press.

AAAAAAH suddenly watching this I'm that 13 year old catching this Saturday night for the first time unaware my life was about to change forever 🫶✨💙💙

Don't mind me I'm just here to give Christopher Eckleson his flowers, people REALLY did not like him as the doctor and as time has passed even though Tennant is still my fav doctor, Eckleson is in my top 3 and did not deserve even a tiny FRACTION of the hate he got.

Rose is quite the companion. Some of the companions are great, some not so much, but Rose is one of the great ones. I think my favours are Rose from the new series and Sarah Jane Smith and Ace from the classic series. The BBC decided back in 1989 to end the show - lots of versions of why but it seems mostly some of the top execs back then didn't understand the show and thought it was stupid so they killed it. They said the viewing numbers were down, but others have shown that while it was in a bit of a slump, it was still beating several other shows. Anyway, fan letters never stopped coming and demanding they bring it back, so in the end they did in 2005 - so a 15 year break. To explain the break in the series, they created The Time War between the Time Lords and the Daleks - the Doctor was believed to be the only survivor from those two races and a lot of other races suffered greatly as well, which is what was referenced in this episode. Also, little note, from the very start of Dr Who back in 1963, there has always been a bit of a battle between the fans and people actually producing the show on the one side and BBC executives on the other side. The show never fit the BBC view of how a show should be and while some of the executives thought it was wonderful and daring and saw the strong fan base, others felt it was an affront to the BBC and should be killed - but they couldn't get around the popularity. So every time the numbers dropped off a bit, there would be rumbles of cancelling it. Suits vs Artists - the classic struggle. BTW - my favorite Doctor was the 4th, Tom Baker, though I gather he was not so nice in real life - never mix the human who plays the role with the character who is the role. My second favorite was the 10th, David Tennant, with the 11th, Matt Smith, a close runner up. So you will be getting 2 of my top 3 doctors. I was actually not to find of the 1st doctor, but I loved the stories so I put up with William Hartnell.

With regards to the name Rose being shared by two characters, in the briefest way possible to avoid any spoilers of things you haven’t seen yet, Rose Noble named herself after Rose Tyler after coming out as trans, because through Donna part of the Doctor and their memory of Rose Tyler lingered. IRL it’s because Season 1 and the 2023 specials were produced by Russel T Davies, he created both Roses and named the 2023 one after the 2005 one likely because of nostalgia and how much he likes the character of Rose Tyler who he created.

The reference t9 the war is not a reference to old episodes. It is something that will be elaborated on more in this series.

Bro im so glad your watching this show its seriously so good especially when the cgi stops looking.... Crazy. Lol but why would you watch the specials first ofc you were going to get spoilers 😭😭😭

1989 to 2005 -"Wilderness Years" There was one attempt to start in 1996 with at least a 7th to 8th Doctor transition. You will have to explore classic series. It is a serial type series.

eccleston and tennant are my doctors. I can't choose between them I love them both for different reasons. Rose is my favorite companion

You have no idea what a rollercoaster this is gonna be. Don't try connecting what you saw in the specials because there's not that much connection, but there's a LOT to happen, several encarnations of the Doctor with different personalities, and everything will be displayed and shown to you, so just enjoy with fresh eyes the information you are being given, hope you enjoy, it gets better and better, it's very rewarding

I mean, Rose is a pretty common name (not as common as John Smith mind), so it could just be a coincidence.

Rose (Donnas Daughter) is trans, so she named herself

Doctor Who aired the day after JFK’s assassination November 23rd 1963.

Doctor who reactor? Subscription clicked..... as others have said, this show is epic... you WILL laugh, cry, be scared and above all, be entertained!!

Another Doctor Who reaction on my feed. Another rector to subscribe too. It will be interesting to see you watching both Old!New and New!New Who. Hope nobody spoils anything for you.

Let's go!!!!

Yeah you don’t skip 9 he’s great. 😄

Christopher Eccleston is a great Doctor.

I love that you are going back and watching these! We all understand falling in love with David. If you need Good Omens healing (aka more David and Michael) do yourself a favor and check out the wonderful (and short) show Staged - starring the two of them during the lockdown: kzfaq.info/sun/PLjA__cn1NuqKJHHcvtMFwG5FP3D6PnSX0&si=AY_YYWlOknqomBSf ❤❤

The doctor being at JFK's assassination is a nod to the fact that the very first episode of Doctor Who aired the day after the assassination and got few viewers because of that. Fortunately the producers were able to persuade the BBC to reshow the episode before the second episode aired - otherwise Doctor Who might well have died before it had really started.

The original run of Doctor Who ended in 1989, there was a TV movie in 96, but other than that there were no televised stories for 16 years. In the show’s absence we got a deluge of books, audio dramas, and fan films both with the actors from the show or with said fans playing original Doctors and companions, at the same time there were also a handful of ‘animated’ webcasted audio plays Death Comes to Time with the Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy in 2001, followed by Real Time with the Sixth Doctor in 2002, and Shada with the Eighth Doctor Paul McGann instead of Tom Baker the Fourth Doctor in 2003. There was also Scream of the Shalka with Richard E Grant as the Ninth Doctor from 2003, plus two Children in Need stories, the first being a nonsensical crossover between EastEnders and Doctor Who known as Dimensions in Time (the 30th anniversary special from 1993,) and the other being the Curse of Fatal Death with Rowan Atkinson as the 9th Doctor, written by future show-runner Steven Moffat, which aired in 1999.

Series one is great but theres the odd "iffy" episode with cgi..i mean its BBC budget and its 2005 so it gets a pass..but it was fairly ropey even for the time.

Dr Who was cancelled in 1989, and restarted (or continued) in 2005. As far as “no spoilers” are references to classic Who spoilers okay? I find this era holds up well despite 2005 FX. “Is that her boyfriend or not?” Yes. 😂

The classic series ran from 1963 to 1989, and was cancelled by the BBC until it was rebooted in 2005.

Do we need another Dr Who reaction? Legends of Tomorrow is generally as good and has few reactions.

This is exactly why I couldn't stand Rose. Like, she couldn't have cared less about Mickey, didn't even know the one in the car wasn't him. Then ditched him. I would have loved to see 9 with Donna. The SASS would have been amazing

Is this aliens or something.... Rule of thumb says it is. If it looks like something else it's likely something alien

1:57 ... uuuhhhhh... yes? No. Both. Neither?

Donna didn’t name her daughter. Rose Noble named herself in her transition. She got the name because Rose Tyler was present in the part of her mind she inherited from her mother’s Metacrisis. Because all of Donna’s traveling memories had been suppressed (I’m assuming you saw the recap part of The Star Beast) she could never talk about Rose to her

Nope I'm afraid we don't see Clive again he's as dead as a do-do. The war the Doctor mentions you'll find out in due course throughtout the series. The mannequins are called the "Autons" which are villains from Classic Who which first appeared since 1970 in The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee's) first episode. Classic Who ran from 1963 to 1989 it had a 26 year run before it's untimely cancellation as at the time Michael Grade an ex BBC employee deemed science fiction old hat and wanted to get rid of it fans continued to fight to keep the show going. Then there was the 1996 TV movie which starred Paul McGann as The Eighth Doctor which was an unsuccessful attempt to bring the show back to draw at a high to an american audience but it did well in the UK but it flopped in the USA which to which sadly McGann never got his own series and we never have a regeneration scene of Paul McGann regenerating into Christopher Eccleston. Then the show came back in 2005 ran by just the BBC on a low CGI budget until 2022 after the Jodie Whittaker era had ended then was taken over by Disney ever since then.

Not a spoiler, but Donna didn't name her daughter Rose. Rose is trans. She named herself Rose.

How you so cute? 😊❤

Why did you watch the David Tennant specials before watching the show? At this point you know details of major plot points, which obviously is going to ruin your experience and the viewers experience if they're looking forward to seeing your reaction to a particular part of the show, which ultimately you now know that it's going to happen. Although I'm happy you've started watching, but, like why??

Mickey is, for all intents and purposes, I’d her boyfriend but they are not exactly in love, but they love each other. I didn’t care for how the write Mickey character at first, he was way too weak. He does have impressive character growth as the shoe goes but it starts rough with him.

I wish they hadn't killed off Clive.

Don’t let anyone give 9 slander. Anyone who skips 9 is a mug

Donna didn't name her daughter, Donna's daughter named herself as she transitioned! And remember, the metacrisis thing that made them fear Donna would die if she remembered the Doctor? It got split between Donna and her daughter even before she was born. In 'The Star Beast' when they explained Donna's re-activation as The Doctor-Donna how Rose got caught up in it: "Binary. "Non-Binary" "Binary." "Non-Binary." It made her able to help and split the metacrisis (all of the doctor's mind and memories) BETWEEN Donna... and the daughter who named herself Rose. Sorry if that's a little over-explainy! I've been watching since this episode first came out in 2005 and the history and lore of I find fascinating. I'm definitely one of those who watches the PERSON watching something I love for the first time, excited to see their reaction! 🙂

Mickey might not be gay, but there's a plenty of LGBTQ+ representation in the show to look forward to. Aside from a TV movie in 1996, Doctor Who was off air from 1989 through 2005. The TV movie was an attempt to relaunch the show with American money but it failed miserably. The BBC had pretty much lost confidence in the show until Russel T Davies showcased his ideas on how to bring it back, and the BBC decided to let him run with it.

Its a shame your first reaction to doctor who was through the new crap. Either way you are in for quite the journey.