Please let me know your Wild Blue Yonder thoughts!

The Doctor taking that step to confide his pain, then finding out he was talking to something manipulating him and didn’t care was heartbreaking

"My arms are too long" is genuinely so disturbing, davids vacant expression as he says it. Super creepy, eerie and very well done. Loved it

When the "Nothing" Doctor realised that he'd forgotten the tie on the ground and did the whole "Oh when somethings gone it keeps existing" cue maniacal laughter it really felt like Tennant was summoning Kilgrave back from the Jessica Jones days. Last weeks episode was 6/10 but this episode is definitely a 10/10 for me, honestly felt like something you'd hear in a Big Finish story. Im really hoping next week manages to stick the landing.

Am I the only one who thought the giant CGI Not-Things were absolutely terrifying? People keep saying it's silly or shoddy CGI, but they genuinely look unreal and outside of human reference. There's some real Attack on Titan body horror type stuff happening there and I love it.

David and Catherine are so great together that just having some 'normal' adventures with them is the best anniversary IMO. I loved this episode bc it felt like the series 4 days again - two best friends on an adventure. Getting a 'real' episode with one old doctor rather than cameos from several is so much better. And I'm so hyped for next week

This episode was exactly what Doctor Who needed- a break from the nostalgia speculation fest and just a brilliant, eerie episode that lingers in your brain for a long while after it finishes.

The fact this episode didn't feel like an episode you'd have to celebrate an anniversary made me appreciate it even more. It instead just being a simple and sincere two hander between the main pair was truly great. It gave David and Catherine the chance to play with some great variety

Tennant always did play a good villain! Loved his delivery of the line about how when you take things off they keep existing. Absolutely chilling. And yes 'my arms are too long' is an all-timer.

This episode is an uncanny valley MASTERPIECE and immediately became my #1 favorite Doctor Who episode of all time.

It’s so nice seeing a writer in Doctor Who give his characters a lot of interesting things to do, his leading actors something to chew on and stretch themselves with. I feel like Jodie never had a chance to show off, and this is such a show-off episode. RTD just knows how to handle actors. You want to give them the best stuff to work with, and this was really it.

I hate being one of these "14 is better than 10" people because it feels like being contrarian for the sake of it, but 14 is better than 10! Ok, I'm being a little glib, but this older more sensitive version of the character with less bravado is more compelling to me, and Tennant is doing so much with the material, Russell & David are even making Flux work, for goodness sake! I'm loving Donna too, all in all I'm so glad The End of Time isn't their definitive ending anymore.

‘Midnight’ was one of my favourite episodes of Tennent’s era, and my one regret was that it was a companion-lite episode. I’m so happy that this episode mirrors it so well and includes Donna this time ❤

You know that story about the TARDIS creating a city? That story was 100,000x better than anything Chibnall has written in his entire life. Also, when he talks about them trying to “burn the TARDIS”, that felt to me like a jab at Chibnall almost destroying Dr Who, though I could be reaching there.

It's my favourite episode in years it's SO good. And people saying there's not enough fanservice like.. we have David Tennant and Catherine Tate back and this episode has them on screen for literally every single second, it really makes the most out of their return. What more could you want?

If Timeless Child has to remain canon, I'm glad they're at least finally starting to address the consequences.

I’m getting starting to cook up a theory: I think the theme of the whole special trilogy is going to be actions having consequences you cant run from. I’m calling it: Donna and Rose are going to realize the doctordonna isn’t gone, they have to process the situation, you can’t just “let it go”. The same thing with Flux’s impact on the doctor. Those small mentions of things like “introducing superstitions at the end of the universe” being dangerous and the whole gravity becoming “mavity” thing. Such a small change, but will probably have big consequences

I loved it so much. It did feel strange watching an episode of doctor who and at the end feeling, “that was bloody fantastic”

Their acting was fantastic - really gave us the chance to revel in their reunion.

Donna getting her own Timeless Child retcon by actually being born in Southampton!

the distorted faces of the giant no-things were lowkey horrifying. It was giving Miss Evangelista after her botched upload & she absolutely terrified me as a kid

Honestly, I wasn't too sure about the first episode of the specials, but this one definitely sold me. It was absolutely incredible, it felt like old doctor who but new. Loved it

This episode also perfectly sums itself up in the "humans can be 2 things" idea. Doctor who can be 2 things at once: it can be scary and funny, it can be huge epic stories and small intimate ones. It's an excellent metaphor for dr who as a show

Would've been completely tonally off, but I couldn't help but imagine a scene where the two Not-Things ran into each other without realising it and tried to keep up the charade

While this episode certainly isnt perfect (I thought the ending was too Deus Ex Tardis for my liking), it's probably my favorite episode of the series since The Doctor Falls. It gave me a lot of Midnight and Listen vibes (and even a bit of Mummy on the Orient Express where the Doctor has a very short o amount of time at the end of the episode to piece together the puzzle), which is good because those are all masterful episodes. The villains were kind of silly at times, but in a very uncanny valley way that just added to the horror of them... AND WILF It's a shame that this is apparently the last we will get to see of Wilf, but given how warm and loving of a scene it was, I think I'm okay with it. Rest in Peace, Bernard Cribbins.

I really enjoyed the episode, I like how RTD managed to give a decent scene in The Flux, also giving Jodie's Doctor an introspective veil because in all those moments where it seemed like she didn't care about anything, now we know she was faking it and inside she was exploding with rage and pain, I can only say wow. The only flaw, in my opinion, is not making a cameo of the other Doctors, they didn't have to be in the Doctor's shoes, but it would have been nice if the shapeshifters took the form of the old Doctors like Smith and Capaldi and the old Companions to torture the Doctor.

The only thing I wish about this episode is we could have gotten some 14 specific storylines, being we only get 3 episodes, I wish we would focus on this plot line and focus on why 14 is back and how his Doctor is now. This honestly could’ve been an episode with 15 and Ruby.

This episode is the first time I’ve had goosebumps at an episode of doctor who in a while

Having David Tennant back but as a version of his Doctor that's gone through The Ponds, Clara, Trenzalore, Hell Bent/Heaven Sent, Timeless Child, everything with the Master, I love it so far and hope more of it comes through in the next special

THIS is the stuff I love from Doctor Who and RTD. Wild Blue Yonder feels just like RTD thought, “I’ve got three Tennant/Tate episodes... I’m going to spend one on a classic Doctor/Donna story.” It just feels like a flex of every muscle that’s been in hibernation for 15 years (there’s a couple twinges here and there) but shows that he hasn’t lost his strength. On the note of Donna, I think she could remember but especially because she describes it as a furnace, it would hurt to look at and burn her up if she lived with what it’s like to be the Doctor; Donna could remember, but she doesn’t want to. The Doctor’s life is unimaginable pain and unbearable loss, and they often have to bear that burden alone. Donna has the choice to not have the Doctor in her head, but she still wants to get inside the Doctor’s head which is why she asks what happened- on offer for the Doctor to share that burden on his terms.

"It's just talking!" Yeah! That's where the tension comes from. First the dual conversions with both characters happening at seemingly the same time despite the characters not actually being able to be in two places at once. Then the characters using their intellects to figure out precisely who they're talking to. The four way confrontation. Just the drama of being uncertain if the person you're talking to is the real person, the difficulty finding it out, and the critical thinking required to spot the fake.

Midnight crossed with Impossible Planet crossed with 25kg of cocaine

It was much better than last weeks. Loved Bernard Cribbins. He died in July 2022. I wonder how long ago they shot these episodes? I feel sorry for Ncuti Gatwa. David Tennant will be so hard to follow. I bet he say "I'm ready to go now" as opposed to "i don't want to go"

The way Donna looks away from the doctor and then her eyes dart about while claiming she didn’t see anything lends itself (or at least Tate’s performance) to the idea she was able to absorb a bit of his journey. I like what you said about consent.

TBH despite all the strides in diverse representation and stories that doctor who has done, i genuinely never would have thought theyd have Davids Doctor confirm his attraction for men, let alone through a stupid Issac Newton 'mavity' joke 😂

14:51 he said clum, scongo confirmed for next week

I also love the thematic weight to this episode. Having the enemies get stronger when you otherthink and having them be defeated through a slow process is great. This relates to the consequences of the Flux, and Donna even asks 14 "when will you be okay" and he says "in a million years." All of this says that some things need time to truly be dealt with, and can't be solved immediately. Brilliant stuff.

This was amazing, the horror elements of Dr Who are really great. Especially this uncanny valley sort of horror. I wonder if we will get anymore references to the name change from gravity to mavity. Especially since at the end of the episode the Doctor says gravity again.

The bit about invoking superstition at the end of the universe having dark consequences has me more excited for future storylines than anything in Who has for years.

You weren't the only one who thought Donna wasn't going to make it. He poured his heart out to her (well, fake Donna) and I thought it was going to be another moment of not quite telling the person that he loves them. I watched alone in my apartment and when I thought Donna was done for, I stood up and yelled enough that my neighbors could hear, "Don't you f**kin' take Donna from me, again!" 🤣 I haven't watched much DW since somewhere in Matt Smith's era (just popping in now and then) and I didn't realize just how invested I still was in these two! These two are MY Doctor and companion... and this episode was **chef's kiss**!

Seeing Bernard Cribbins for what would be one of the last times just tied my stomach in a knot. What a legend.

WBY was brilliant! I love how it was just an episode of Dr Who. The Star Beast has to do a lot of reintroduction and The Giggle will be the conclusion, so its nice just to have an adventure with these characters.

Tennant’s acting is frighteningly good here. The short conversation the 2 Doctor’s have while the salt counting is going on is so so chilling yet it’s almost hard to say why. Like you said in your video, the duplicate is 90% The Doctor, but with just a TINY bit of him missing that makes it hauntingly strange. The way he says “We drifted here in the lack of light” is a good example of him being so subtly different that it makes you uneasy. The pronunciation of single letters in a sentence or just a little change of tone is enough. And when he asks what’s made them so bad and the copy replies “the things we felt they shaped us”, WHY IS IT SO SCARY 😮 Aw Doctor Who is BACK ❤

"My arms are too long" will be the new "Are you my mummy". It was terrifying. While it had it's faults, this episode was amazing and great for the new series.

I just want to say how happy I am that you’re back on KZfaq just in time for this new era of Doctor Who! You go in to every episode wanting to love it and have fun with it and are honestly disappointed when you don’t and I really appreciate that.

I definitely thought Donna would die like 3 times back and forth during that ending. Like I knew she was in The Giggle but I've been lied to before

To be honest the current bar was so low it was a carpet rail.

The closed captioning calls them "the Not-Things" and individually, "Not-Doctor" and "Not-Donna." So that's what I'm going with. The best scene for me was when I first realized something was wrong. They were swapping back and forth between Donna and the Doctor in the orange room, and Donna and the Doctor in the blue room, and at first I just thought it was some weird cutting with shifting back and forth in time. Then the Doctor says in this passive, almost blase way, "My arms are too long," and the penny dropped along with my stomach. That delivery and setup was 👌

I loved the episode, it was absolutely brilliant! The lead actors, especially Tennant, were so amazing!!! And Wilf… 😢 However happy, yet sad I was to see Wilf, the Nothings still gave the chills

I absolutely love seeing two time lords fully work together in a situation like this, it super cool seeing both of them be very competent and clever while in a life threatening moment

Im going to have nightmares of people i know, friends and family, calmly telling me, "My arms are too long"

Well, people were asking for a multi-Doctor story

wild blue yonder was fucking crazy absolutely peak the kind of episode someone might love to have a long conversation about on a discord server for sure

I wanted to thank you for this and your last video, they perfectly put into words all of my emotions and as someone who lives away from home at uni around people who dont even know the show let alone love it as religiously as I do means I dont have anyone to talk to about it, and hearing you talking about it all brings me such catharsis so thank you so much. much love from the netherlands

I LOVED the new episode. It was really reminiscent of my favorite episode “Midnight”. I just love seeing the Doctor confronted with a threat he doesn’t entirely understand

This episode was amazingly done, the ONE issue I have is the fakeout with the False Donna at the end. If those imposters were so dangerous that just their mere PRESENCE was enough to send the TARDIS running, I find it doubtful that the TARDIS would even allow her aboard.

I think that Catherine Tate's 'dramatic' performances are always way better than her being 'funny'? Bit of a hot take considering her career is from comedy but... I she's better when she's not doing funny lines to me.

Am I the only fascinated by the edge of the universe concept

This reminded me of Midnight, but it was better by miles. Going to the edge of the universe made me think of the Doctor’s Wife episode, where they went somewhere similar (edge of the universe). I had a hard time hearing the dialogue and it hurt my immersion in the story. That’s my only real complaint. Otherwise it was spooky fun. I wondering if next week will be the Toymaker’s chance to influence the timeless child storyline. Seems funny to bring it up in episode two if you aren’t going to delve into it in episode three.

Donna absolutely knows more than shes letting on, but in a vague, 'oh, that wasnt fun', way, and also a 'you will clam up if i try to turn this into an Actual Conversation' way

Last night I had a dream where someone got into weird body-mod stuff and got an extra set of knees put in, and when I woke up I realised it was literally straight out of this episode - I can't remember the last time a tv ep made its way into my dreams. Truly gruesome stuff!

Ironically this episode uses the Timeless Child and Flux better than Chibbers, the bloke who wrote it

After this episode, I feel reassured that RTD has realised one thing we really need at the start of the new era is the Flux and Timeless Child things somewhat addressed. Not necessarily "resolved," but we've been left feeling unsettled and unsatisfied, not really knowing how the universe stands, what is going to be ignored, how the Doctor is feeling, whether this is something that will matter at all in the future etc. etc. It feels like the specials are the perfect place to do this and Tennant/10/14 is the perfect actor/character to deal with this. We can see more clearly just what effect this has had because we are so familiar with how 10 was affected by and dealt with things previously. An episode like this might not be full of spectacle, but I think it's done some pretty significant work for the show. I might not like the TC or the Flux and wish they weren't canon, but if this is how they are going to be handled in the future, I am no longer feeling unsettled about their effect on the series. And I think Tennant was fabulous this whole episode, whichever version he was playing. There was a real grounded, earthiness to his performance that made the creepy parts more worrying and the emotional parts more real and impactful. Last week had elements of this, but it felt a lot more like the Doctor was just being like "The Doctor and Donna" because that was how he felt he was supposed to be - perhaps wanted to be - but underneath he wasn't really that anymore. I felt this episode David really brought that out beautifully - not just in the dramatic parts, but in his delivery of normal lines and subtle differences in how he holds himself and moves. Anyway, last episode I was still in "wait and see" mode, but after this episode I've started to feel some genuine optimism for the next series rather than just wishfully hoping!

6:24 my first thought was that the jimbo robot was doing heaven sent because he was slowly getting closer to his goal with each number of the countdown for 3 years

As a special it was okay, but as a doctor who episode it is really really good. The guessing of wtf is going in was good. Did enjoy the stupid joke in the beginning and calling it mravity. The perfomance of the actors is good, you just see the actinv eperience of tennant through the years, i have a good hope the new series is going to be enjoyable and im all for it

this episode reminded me why i love doctor who so much ive missed this feeling

Thank you!!! So much of what you said resonated with me, but I think the thing that struck me most and that I immediately agreed with was a LOST echo -- "We're going to have to watch that again." After the episode that is the first thing I thought. I was delighted, sad, impressed, excited and a bit discombobulated. There was a lot! I couldn't sort out all the emotions the episode evoked. And when a TV show does that to me I am thrilled! Great episode, great recap!

Brilliant take on it.. Yes this was an amazing episode with a great script and great acting. This is Doctor who back where it should be. RTD with DT & CT is what we all needed after the last 6 years.

Just finished watching. I'm absolutely blown away.

This episode, to me, felt very reminiscent of Big Finish’s Scherzo. Both are two handers featuring only the Doctor and their companion being pushed to their limits. Both open with the TARDIS abandoning our characters in a place outside the normal universe. Both feature antagonists that begin developing corporeal forms due to the presence of the protagonists, which leads into some freaky body horror antics. And both are incredible Doctor Who stories. Granted, whether this was an intentional homage is unclear (if anything, I find it more likely that the recent 10th Doctor audio ‘The Lost’ would’ve been a stronger inspiration). But it’s still interesting to see how elements from a story famously tailored so specifically to the audio medium could be so well translated for tv.

The needs of the T.A.R.D.I.S. outweigh the needs of the Silence

Loved this episode! And so glad i knew nothing about it going in - felt like real event television

9/10 for me! Really well done episode, and I really connected with your point about the surprise of such extreme tonal shifts managing to work. Tennant and Tate were absolutely at their best here, and seeing Bernard Cribbins at the end brought me to tears. This was great! Also, it was nice to have The Flux get acknowledged and have a direct, on-air statement that yes, indeed, a huge portion of the universe is straight up gone. Not that this seems to be impacting anything in the parts of the universe that remain, but at least there's acknowledgement that there was no reset and the universe is in shambles whether we're shown it or not.

The way they filmed Bernard Cribbins was perfection.

I really loved it, fantastic classic story. Although it didn't feel like an anniversary

I know people are saying Steven Moffat. And it is in the sense it’s the writer placing formal constraints on themselves and showing how brilliant they can be. However, I always think it’s worth crediting Jamie Mathieson for bringing in Boneless creatures and of course there’s a bit of classic dr who episode 1 Terry Nation exploring the world, getting rid of the tardis suspense too.

A pretty perfect episode. I’m in complete agreement, Joe: What better way to celebrate 60 years than an episode showing what this show does best? Tennant always excelled at the “base under siege” episodes and this is right up there with the best of those. It really felt like an episode that could have been part of the 2008 series. I may be in the minority, but I never expected this to be a cameo-fest. I don’t know why, but the thought never even occurred to me. I’m really glad that so far they haven’t succumbed to the temptation to just get every other Doctor back. I wouldn’t have minded if they did, but that seems such the obvious choice now, it somehow feels refreshing that the 60th anniversary is just being marked with really good episodes starring two of the show’s finest on-screen talents.

Definitely goes in the top 10 new-who episodes, and yes it 100% feels like a moffat esque episode. Doesn't come close to beating heaven sent, but still an amazing episode, it's a shame how many people resort to making hate reviews for the sake of views.

I dont know if I'm just crazy because I listen to a lot of big finish but this episode felt very big finishy in a good way. Like an entity at the edge of the universe that struggles with the concept existence just feels like something big finish would/has done(Like Sherzo or The Eminence). Also the D+ subtitles called them "Not-Things"

I loved it so much. Was a great episode and made me even more excited for next week.

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for giving these creatures a name - The Shapeless!

The subtitles called them the not-things. I'm glad you liked it so much, I want to give it some time but it may be one of my favorite episodes. Though it could also just be that it's so much better than what we've had for a while.

This episode was so chaotic and I loved every minute of it, 8.5/10 for me

No true Whovian would ever stop watching just because their favourite Doctor regenerates.

This and the previous special were my first time watching the show again since Matt Smith left. Not for any major grievance I had with the show, I simply just lost interest and then got overwhelmed by the piling up of stuff I missed that it seemed daunting to catch up again. But I figured I’d just jump in out of curiosity, accepting I’d be missing some context on what’s happened in the last 10 years and also that I may have even forgot some plot points from the stuff I did watch. First special was pretty fun. Donna Noble’s tiger mom schtick is so endearing and it’s fun to see how her character traits show through the type of mom she is. The second special really reminded me of why I used to love the show so much. Just such a simple, horrifying little premise. Immediately the villains seem so ubiquitous that you wonder how they haven’t been villains on the show for decades now. Also the line about reading their goosebumps like braille was just hard as hell too. So I think I’ll continue to watch new specials and episodes as they come out.

8:18 the score was "Last Christmas" from the series 8 Christmas special!

I laughed my head off for most of the episode. I thought it was the kind of rediculous fun that was seen in Legends of Tomorrow; up until the point where they had 14 pour his heart out to fake Donna. Then it started feeling serious (except for the salt) and when The Doctor took off in the TARDIS I was immediately scared for Donna's life.

nice video j bomb, hard agree on everything here matey bro. a purple hand gang approved episode fo sho. i think on the subtitles they are called the "no-things" but "mean donna" is also really great 💯🔥

I've got a name for these villains, The GMod NPCs

Agree that it is better to be surprised

Any fans of The Magnus Archives out there? I wasn't expecting the Not Them to show up in DW!

Wild Blue Yonder is *the only episode ever that had me terrified.*

14:51 don't pretend you didn't notice 😂

I loved this episode tbh

ME TOO i thought "oh my god are they really about to do this to us" 16:00

I did not enjoy The Star Beast - not even slightly. I went into Wild Blue Wonder accepting that Doctor Who was no longer written for me. And then it was awesome! I loved every second of that ride and I’m back in the queue for the next one.

Excellent comment Joe. Hit all the points that I’d have recognised as being worthy - if I had your level of readiness. The hype over the episode is as much a curse as a blessing - as we cannot help but project our hopes and fears upon to the screening. Talking of which, it’s rare that one can actively relish a premiere of such merit. The Who community in rapt congress as we sit before our screens - a whovian watching tribe! Its fantastic. Next week.... There’s no doubt in my mind that the tardis fire and the convergence of fates around Donna in general are central to the Toymaker’s meddling and likely his puppetry in the lives of our heroes. “I will descend!” Donna said - twice. Just odd.

I love the Issac Newton opening

As a regular episode itself - I love these kinds of concept stories. A truly alien monster that doesn't allow understanding or reasoning, and blocking the Doctor or removing his tools to push characters to figure it out differently. It either gives us some experimental stuff with disturbing conclusions (Midnight), or interesting dynamics in a narrative arcs (Flatline with the ClaraDoctor), or new emotional depths like here. It's always interesting and unexpected! I hope we get some more in the future every now and then. I also loved the idea of a plan so slow that you can't see the pattern to figure it out. It's so simple, but it makes sense and i love it.

Was the TARDIS only recognizing the state of the ship as a bomb as the threat and not the "false-entities" as the main threat? If it was the former, why didn't it recognize the bomb as on a very long delay and not an immediate danger? The length of the episode makes it pretty clear that the danger of the ship-bomb was not indeed immediate.