My HOTD Fav's and Hates Fav's in order - Daemon, Aemond, Rhaenyes, Rhaenerya, Halena , Viserys ( was number 2 ) Hates in order - Otto, Cole, Alicent ( I didn't like her since S01E4), Larris ( foot fetish guy), All the maesters, Lannisters ( Jason more )

Team Black here 🖤 It was such a good 1st episode Rhaenyra & Daemon's chemistry is insane, and he had the best intentions he just f-ed up BIG time😭 Phia Saban as Helaena is incredible! She plays a beautiful Cassandra in Helaena, and you can see her watching the crib as she says she is scared of the rats. Like she is tragically calling her own visions to life

Perhaps one day you should watch the 60th Anniversary specials. They tie in nicely with this episode.

I had to binge watch it too. I was up till 5am 😂

Love your empathy!

Loved your reaction.

The writer of this episode (Steven Moffat) is a name to watch out for when you start watching the 2005 series. As well as being showrunner for a time, he also wrote a number of episodes before he became showrunner (and many more as showrunner - showrunners since 2005 have always been top-class writers in their own right). Many fans consider him the best writer for the show, and for my money, this is the best episode of the current series. He also wrote this year's upcoming Christmas special. Doctor Who does not use a 'writer's room' - each story is written by a single writer (in conjunction with the showrunner) - except when the whole story is written by the showrunner.

This episode ties back to the 3 specials that were aired prior to the season, November and December 2023. The reference to the Toymaker comes from those episodes.

I loved this episode. I assumed the final number was some sort of foreshadowing being so random and out of place. Sometimes they do things that are just weird but other times it turns out to be important.

Yes the premise of Doctor Who is meant to be all about the fun of being able to travel all of time and space, but the serious episodes are built towards slowly through the season. I’m loving your reactions so far. I’m so excited to see your reaction to episodes 4,5 and 6 😊

Please watch “Church On Ruby Road”. It comes right before this episode and is the best starting point for this season.

Awsome reaction!! I can't wait to go on this wild ride with you, yellowjackets is truly an insane show, but so so good!!!

There's Always a Twist at the End is actually very subtle foreshadowing

Bit of trivia: This episode was written by previous Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, who helmed the show during the 11th and 12th Doctor's eras, and if you intend to go back and watch the 2005 series, i'd say this episode is definitely one to rewatch after you've finished those two eras, because it is absolutely chock full of references and easter eggs to them that you'll have a lot of fun noticing with prior context, in fact the episode itself generally feels like it was just lifted straight from the 12th Doctor era.

Couple of quick things... 1) the idea for this comes from a part of a 1975 4th doctor story... 2) the sky boat song which the doctor whistles to let Ruby know where he is was usually played by the 2nd doctor on the recorder.. Not going to say anything about fish fingers and custard ... 😀 While it's a good episode, i don't think it's steven moffat's best episode for the show... Btw, just being curious did you do Ruby Road as a reaction or just watch it ?

The ambulance is important.

New sub here! I’m loving this reaction so far! Looking forward to seeing more of your reaction to the series :)

should watch from the 9th doctor.

I think rubys apart of the whole bad. A trap 😂

I wish when they said the outfits Ruby committed to the beehive. 😢

Maestro was so cringe for myself and my wife. The overacting was ridiculous. Space babies was worse than this...but either way, Maestro felt very out of place for Dr. Who. I really wish they had toned the acting down a few notches and cut the music / dance routine.

My daughter is a major fan of Jinkx so obviously this was her favorite episode ... till 'that' episode came along.(can't say cause of *spoilers*) Even though I like musical numbers, this one was not my favorite. Yet I do have to say, every episode from this season so far, got better and better - for me that is - and I hope it will be the same for you. And ofcourse, after when established if this show is indeed your cup of tea, and in waiting for the next season, you might want to dive in the first series starting with 'Rose'.

Great reaction, new subscriber here. 💯

Enjoy your channel. Are you up to date with the Baby Reindeer chaos ??

the edit after you said you want misty on ur team has me cackling right now

Doctor Who has always been bonkers. What's important is that it delivers fun and occasional tears.

Doctor Who often has a lighter campy energy, but Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord are definitely on the more extreme end of that spectrum. The show also goes to darker and serious places, including episodes later in this season.

I indeed saw it coming in earlier in the movie. This is apparently Arkasha Stevenson film directorial debut. It's a fantastic first go. The casting and their performance was amazing! The cinematography was beautiful and the score was *chef's kiss*. I enjoyed this quite more the Immaculate. You should definitely now check out The Omen. I loved your reaction, by the way!

I love this episode. Maestro is glorious. The whole season is anomalous for reasons that have not been made entirely clear, yet, and musicals numbers are not usually a thing. I would have been happier with the song and dance number if it were a better song. I had no problem with the town celebrating the return of music, like in Footloose, celebrating the return of dancing to the town. Doctor Who has always been sort of a mix of genres. You can be in some space fantasy on a foreign planet a million years in the future or in some gothic horror story in the 19th century. Your emotions will run the entire gamut.

So, without giving spoilers, the last time the Doctor defeated one of the Gods, the God's residual power remained for a short time after, and the right people could take advantage of that. My take on this ending is the Doctor did tap into Maestro's residual energy, and had 18 years of missing music to fast track. The song at the end is primarily twist, but it does also have hints of many other musical elements from those "musical wilderness" years. So my thoughts are the Doctor used that song to fast track music back to how it should have been in 1963.

I agree with you I liked the episode and the Maestro right up until the Doctor broke the fourth wall and the ending really took me out of it it was unnecessary after the defeat of Maestro they should had cut it there with the Doctor and Ruby leaving the TARDIS for the next adventure and left it there.

This is the episode i have real issues with - mainly the dance number at the end for noreal reason (as said in other comment it's being taken as music flooding back into the world, i m less convinced). Maestro is a great villian and for me the high point of the episode. The song that annoyed Maestro will make morev sense if you've watched the church on ruby road - which i think you sad you have done now. Fo me the gags aren't working hthis season - they do usually get sprinkled in the show to balance the seriousness of most of the stories but the show can tackle just about anything comedy, drama, heartbreak, hortor, mythology but not until now (really) musicals.... There's a few easter eggs dotted around this episode - the old woman at the piano is June Hudson,the costume designer on the show during the 4th doctor era in the 70's... - playing the piano during the twist number is Murray Gold, the show's composer - and the 2024 scene echos a scene from a particular 4th doctor story about which il'll not comment further ... Loving the reactions and hope you did see Ruby Road and continue to start back from Rose in 2005...

Maestro was the best thing about this episode but yeah the musical number at the end felt a bit goofy. I guess it could be seen as all the music coming back into the world. This season definitely starts to get more serious from the next episode onwards, but yeah in general it feels lighter in tone than the 2005 version, which had its silly moments too. Btw the Doctor used to travel with his granddaughter Susan back when the show started in 1963 so that’s why she gets a mention.

Yeah you definitely have to take a break from the true crime every now and then. Too much of the reality of what happens in this world seeps into you and you have to expel it. Maybe if this cast was a little more intuitive they wouldn't have messed with those doggone cards (but then we wouldn't have this horror movie).

Welcome - it's gonna be a bit of a ride! As peope have suggested watching the Church on Ruby Road is the thing to do next to get a good starting point - hopefully after the finale you'll go back to the 2005 series and catch up from "Rose". (Best NOT watch the 60th anniversary specials (ie 1-3) at this point). Ruby Road is special 4 on Disney+ i believe.

I loved it

The Thriller edit 💀had to subscribe lol

❤your reaction

Is this what the show is like all the time yes lol

What I like about watching at home you can go back and replay. I got up close to the screen to see the beast burning and it indeed had the head of a canine. Its definitely not a earth jackal and it is huge. Earth jackals are tiny. Btw if they make a sequel to this I want st least part of it to show us flasbacks. We need to see how that crazy cult made that pact with satan to summon the beast. We need to see how they went about this. Obviously the devil put his soul into it and when it was burning left.

I agree with the others that the Church on Ruby road would be a good one to watch next. You'll get the answer to the flashback sequence, and an introduction to Ruby's mum and grandma. The episode numbering is so weird. Because the Christmas special is technically outside of season 1, it's sometimes considered episode zero. Interestingly on Disney+ they changed the Church on Ruby Road from a special to Season 1 Episode 1, which really confused everyone haha. Some people consider this series 14, but Disney and the BBC are calling it season 1, then the episodes are numbered differently. 😂😂😂. Oh all of that and I forgot to say, Great Reaction!! Subscribed and looking forward to the next one.

Loved your reaction!!! ❤ you’re definitely in for a wild ride!!

Enjoy the show! You’re gonna love it❣️

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This episode breaks my heart 💔😢 but I'm also glad he did this part of his story justice. Anyone who has been through something similar, while I know this is almost impossible to watch, can see their story in him. It lifts some guilt on our responses to our traumas. Its hard to feel alone. Very raw episode.

In answer to your question and I'll try to explain without spoiling too much Ncuti Gatwa is the 15th incarnation of the Doctor and the first black actor to play the Doctor and is a Time Lord from a planet called Gallifrey as explained in the episode whenever the Doctor is killed or gets fatally injured or reaches old age his body changes which is called "regeneration" not only he changes into a new actor but also in each regeneration has a different personality as well and different tastebuds and different views likes and dislikes it's like a change in your molicules so yes each actor is different but the Doctor is still the same character and retains the same memories as the former Doctor reason for this behind-the-scenes is simply actors don't like to copy other actors performances. This show has a 60 year old history behind it there was the original series of Dr. Who now referred to as Classic Who which ran from 1963 to 1989 then a television movie in 1996 which was an attempt to bring the show back which failed then the revival in 2005-2022 now the new disney version 2023-present this episode is the third reintroduction to the Doctor and the first to introduce his new companion Ruby Sunday though they were both introduced in the previous episode "The Church on Ruby Road".

Nice reaction! Yeah, starting with Church on Ruby Road is the best entry for this Doctor. Personally, I did NOT like this episode, but I have really liked the rest of them so far. It is not spoilery to add the context that, due to some shenanigans that took place in the specials preceding this season, there are more supernatural and fairy tale elements than usual going on. The Doctor and a celestial being called the Toymaker disrupted reality and allowed myths to exist in this realm. (There usually are more aliens.) I would not recommend watching those specials as they deal with important old story lines. But that should be enough context going forward. My faves are 2005-2010 Series 1-4 plus the specials. From there, I like individual episodes from each season.

I fucking loved Angus cloud in euphoria I love the way he made fez so adorable everything about fezco I love so much I was devastated to hear he died

You should definitely watch the Christmas special ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ which came right before this episode and shows how Ruby and the Doctor met. Besides that the best place to start is the 2005 reboot of the show with the 9th Doctor! The show is always changing. Not just the doctor and companion but also the writers, and directors, even the showrunners, so while there are a few meh episodes along the way, you’ll definitely be hooked by the end of the first series with the 9th Doctor and most fans agree it’s the best jumping on point :)

The possession scene was my favorite part! Wish I saw more of your reaction from it because her acting was so great!