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Is there a list anywhere of issues specific to this release? Thinking of purchasing it to upgrade from my Steelbooks, but want to see all the errors present here first!

loving Barbara pink cardi❤

I believe the flashbacks were to make it easier for them to cut between different scenes with it not looking to janky.

Best episode in the series really gave me a strong SCP vibe

Its Avengers Infinity Wars meets SW Rise of Skywalker w GoT ending.

Sutekh the god of death. More like Sutekh the dog of death

I've really enjoyed your reviews, and hope you keep doing more videos this year. Also like your running commentary on the viewing figures. I also found this episode underwhelming. I was ok with Ruby's mum being an ordinary woman, but the dramatic pointing definitely annoyed me (granted, she was only a 15 year old kid, and the mid-2000s were infamous for being the 'emo' era!). Also not a fan of Mrs Flood breaking the fourth wall. It felt a bit twee.

My shoulders are aching from all the shrugs of indifference they endured during this episode. It will take quite an effort to draw me back in the way its going. Maybe hiring a proper team of legitimate scifi writers would be a start.

I think it's the first re-animated story that is actually better than the original version appears to have been. Doctor Who meets Yellow Submarine?

I know the general opinion is that is was just okay, but I really enjoyed it and it made me cry at the end. I love this episode, and this whole season

Feel like saying something about the season as a whole. Given I've only watched New Who seasons, and didn't watch 14's seasons at all (not because of Whitaker, more because that was the time Netflix stopped showing Doctor Who and I couldn't be bothered trying to find a legit way to view it in my country), this was the worst season I have seen. It's definitely not terrible, and there have been some good moments, but on the whole it has been inconsistent with the use of Gatwa (I still cannot truly say anything about Gatwa's Doctor, ie what his character is like), too many half ideas, and an annoyingly short run time. Hoping they get better with another season.

Great review - really enjoyed following your insights and opinions on this series.👍👍

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I agree with everything you said this episode just made me never want to watch dr who again it made me feel sad becuase of what there doing with something i fell in love with as a child

I liked it.

It was good just little lackluster

I'm hoping that ruby's mum has actually been given a second chance by the trickster, and is the perfect trap.. maybe shed originally died at 15 and it was the trickster that dropped ruby off, but once Sutekh failed he then changed time by bringing her mum back like he does in the Sarah jane adventures - could explain why the doctors memory of it hanged and it fits with how the trickster works. Also on the official doctor who FB, they put an image of some of the gods, and the trickster was below Sutekh but above the toymaker, perhaps a hierarchy?

This isnt going to get the og fans back. Massively meh!

My current hypothesis is that we are, collectively, done with mystery boxes. The answer is never as satisfying as the buildup. I really, really hope that RTD has already stepped away from this sort of storytelling for season 2. I did think it was a mistake to write it out before the first one even aired! No feedback, no way to course correct.

Sutekh working through his minions and not actually doing anything is exactly what happened in Pyramids too

Half Avengers, half Star Wars Episode IX. Disney stuff. Loved the series but this chapter... Meh, Sutekh was cooler on Pyramids of Mars.

Which episode(s) represented a "pinnacle of the show"?

Great review. Once again you perfectly mirrored my own thoughts on the episode and the two-part finale. Great set-up, a disappointing pay-off. Lost of individual scenes to like, but messy writing as a whole, and too many plot conveniences. The "reset button" has been used before and is a lazy way to resolve the Sutekh plot.... in the end, it seemed that the Sutekh plot took second place to the non-event of the who is Ruby Sunday's mother arc.

Something just struck me, have we just seen RTD undo all the Chibnall changes in such a subtle we we missed it because it was done taking the Dog for a walk? gallifrey the damage from the flux all can be explained away in one sentence now we had another reset of the Universe. Whilst the story of the timeless child is left hanging the destruction of gallifrey for no reason in theory has been undone. Given the increased budget it would give them huge amounts of new stories to cover. How Ruby is going to fit into series 2 because so far all the location shots have had the new companion.

I think I did really love it. Watched it in the cinema. Sutekh felt like a massive threat and the way they defeated him was hilarious, and it actually worked well that way imo. The contrast of that with the soap-like highly emotional character beats late in the episode was really compelling. I think you might have the wrong idea around Chekhov's gun, because it did go off. It not going off would mean they would have dropped the entire question of who Ruby's mother was, but they didn't. The pointing at the sign was stupid though, I'll definitely give you that! I don't think I'm gonna persuade anyone round on this, but this finale was an incredible moment for me as a fan personally. It feels strange to see people dislike it, but i do understand. I just can't find it in me to care about the issues that are there because the parts that mattered to me were so well done.

- Why didn't they just go to 2046 right at the start of the series? - Why did it actually snow? - Why bother pointing at the sign? Nuns didn't see her so no one would know she was naming her - What happened to Sutekh when the TARDIS was split?- What happened to the memory TARDIS?- 14 and Donna must have been turned to dust, wonder what he thought of that lol - Sutekh was mystified by this random woman even though he could see ALL of time and space. Why couldn't he see 2046 when the mum took the DNA test? Surely he could find out who she was It was all very meh tbh We NEED a Susan cameo this era, surely!

I feel like they forgot to take the doctor to anywhere other than earth. It doesn't have to be a big expensive aliens, CGI, huge sets... But aren't I right in saying Ruby literally only left earth once?

Also there is major sporting event and yes you can llike Doctor Who and football so I tend to to catch up on the show later and I know people who didn't watch the show because they wanted to know whether it was worth like my best friend Allison who said she most enjoyed what she watched apart from a couple of episodes she couldn't believe someone green lit. Now the series is over with a two parter which frankly that should have been 60th, people who tuned out may go back in tune in and clearly this season is part of a large arc which the next one as still questions to be answered and unlike Moffat RTD does tie up all lose threads at the end.

Would have preferred more Sutekh, and perhaps defeated in a more cunning way. The spoon lady was irrelevant, there were metal things in the memory TARDIS. However, all the performances were magnificent . It didn't quite work but still found it more satisfying than most Moff finales!

What a load of complete bollocks! If we are to believe that Sutekh was hiding in the TARDIS since 1975, does that mean there's another Sutekh in a garden in North London with Doctor 14? That's after all is the original TARDIS? If Ruby's mum is a nobody and Ruby is a human, why the snow and the music and all the mysterious garbage we've had to endure. This rubbish is an insult to people who trusted in RTD to deliver something better than an episode of EastEnders. Count me out for next season.

If you're aware of the Flash and his arch nemesis the Reverse Flash, you'll know that RF cannot kill the Flash because his existence was bound to RF's. THAT'S what I thought RTD was going to go for when the Doctor asked WHY haven't you killed me? Because Sutehk had been travelling around the TARDIS, if he were to kill the Doctor he would thus be unmade, and that's they key of how to defeat Sutehk. Alas, this did not come about. Also, the Toymaker revealed that a whole lot of gods were coming, backed up by Maestro.... but now, Sutehk has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with those shows. So why even bring that up in the first place? You also brought up Donald Sutherland, who we just lost a few days ago. RIP.

I need to rewatch as watching at midnight exhausted I was left at the end of the episode confused as to what just happened. Underwhelmed is the best description at this point in time.

The episode started really well with the chase away from the dust and just got progressively worse and more nonsensical and unsatisfying until at the end I was left angry I'd bothered staying up to watch this. Russell T Davies needs to hand it over to somebody else who knows how to write science fiction for the family he clearly doesn't now.

Because my software writes what I speak sometimes it comes horrendous, What I say now isn't meant to be insulting of RTD, He's back but does he really want to be back? He always throws in a red herring and sadly Ruby was the fish, Many suspected Mrs Flood would either be kept for the Christmas Special or season 2. He does this EVERY single finale he kills everyone off knowing a massive reset is incoming this is why I would love at least one finale off World. The Doctor doesn't need to win every time. Episodes like this remind me of someone who decides to make a simple sponge cake use every single kitchen utensil then get distracted and burn the cake. I've held fire till the last episode but given we are only getting 8 episodes his writing feels rusty. Last weeks episode I've watched many times sadly this episode I wont be watching again. Bad Wolf Studios is huge is providing a much needed boost to many sectors where its located and I just feel at the moment RTD is going through the motions.

If I'm gonna be honest, I was expecting some version of Sutekh's classic design to appear in the episode just for a proper callback to Pyramids Of Mars, and it kinda disappointed me that it didn't

Great Review! I was underwhelmed by the ease of the defeat of sutek. At first I was surprised at the power of the villain as it killed off Kate, but the second it killed the planet all the stakes dropped for me as it was clear no one would actually die. Whereas killing off just Kate and some UNIT soldiers, while others perhaps bowed down to Sutek would have really helped to create more dread around the villain. The show also has not benefited from the 8 episode format as the fact the whole universe turned to dust wasn’t felt as it amounted to one scene and 10 minutes screen time. When the master destroyed half the earth in the series 3 finale we got another episode to see the gravity of this on characters, which leads to a greater payoff when he is defeated. Loved the performances of Ncuti and Millie once again but slightly underwhelming payoff to a solid set up.

Ok why is she dressed like the Snow queen

All and All Pyramids of Mars were better

It was meh really

100% agree with your review. I found it difficult to get into the whole ‘who is Ruby and why does it snow?’ arc because I’m over mystery box companions. The way RTD established the arc only to dismantle it in the final episode took away from the revelation that Ruby and her mother are ordinary people. Was ‘the power of memory’ supposedly the cause of the recurring snowfall? And if it was, what was the point apart from creating a mystery around Ruby, a mystery that had no pay off?

Couldn't agree more, this whole series finale felt lackluster. Ruby's mum's pointing is strange when the actual reason is given. It all just feels rushed and more about character building outweighing the plot, instead of it being a healthier balance. If you build characters and then resolve things poorly / unsatisfying, then what's the point at all.

Worst season finale ever! and i defend this whole series for nothing...but well...:v

Not sure RTD2 can stick the landing. I’ll eat my hat if he does.

Will watch shortly but have looked at the escape room extra. It's hilarious, Maureen says it's boring and irritating and Peter really wants to take charge and is a bit disgruntled!! Brilliant!

Good review the animation is odd but i enjoyed it because it what it was supposed to be

Thank you for a very good and fair review 😊

Very good point about the rewatchability of the series. It's mostly a breadcrumb trail to the final. Many eps feel rather empty

God Russell cooked this finale. It was amazing and such a good episode. Sadly I went on CZcams and so unfortunately I knew it was Suekeh before watching. That being said it still kept me on my seat and it is one of my fave parts 1 finale With the low figures, I guess many people are waiting until the whole series is dropped and many people will binge it later on. I did see an article that the BBC figures have been met (well Russell said that so could be wrong) and he managed to bring in more younger audience, so while yes it's low, I don't think it is something to be concerned about. Well, let's just wait and see if Disney will renew 3rd series.

I look forward to watching every video that you post. I’m so grateful that I came across your channel!!! It is criminal that you don’t have 500k+ subscribers… you will get there!!! :)

It also reminds me of the Sonataran killer satnav everyone was using.