why I liked Sutekh in Empire of Death | DOCTOR WHO review
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- As viewers of Doctor Who series 14 will now know, Sutekh was revealed to be the big bad of the series making an epic return in the finale after a 49 year absence. If you're familiar with this channel, you'll also know that two months before The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death were released, I made a video stating that Sutekh was the number 1 villain that I wanted to return... so did the episodes meet my expectations? Fan reaction has been pretty poor to the finale, but I actually found a lot to like. This video is why I think Sutekh was handled well in Empire of Death.
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00:00 intro
01:24 the TARDIS & Susan Triad
03:08 Sutekh's power
04:57 Ruby's Mum
06:50 other problems with the episode
08:12 conclusion - Zábava
You helped me realise I actually didn’t have a problem with how Sutekh was defeated, it was just how quickly it happened that made it seem anticlimactic. As many have said, another episode of exploring the desolate, dead universe might have made it more impactful. I like the idea of such a powerful being that has basically won but scuppers his plans because of his egotistical desire to know everything and his assumption that the answer must be something as important as him.
There’s shades here of Sauron being defeated because of his inability to comprehend ordinary people trying to destroy the Ring. Like the mum reveal I think it could have been done better, but I like the idea
@@Paraves426 I only thought of this after I'd already uploaded this video, but I really think the UNIT getting dusted and the universe being destroyed scene should have been the cliffhanger for Legend and maybe even kill Ruby too. Then when the universe is at his command and he has nothing left to conquer, a bored Sutekh could then resurrect Ruby to answer the mystery of who her Mum is. I think narratively that would have tied everything together better rather than it feeling jumbled
@@AidanGulaMedia definitely agree about the cliffhanger, I like the latter idea too, would you have the Doctor be killed and resurrected too?
@@Paraves426 Possibly. Though you'd need a second narrative while Sutekh sits on high on his throne. Maybe he just managed to escape in the memory TARDIS before Ruby was killed. Seeing his guilt at letting the entire universe and his companion be killed would have given Ncuti something actually meaty to work with too.
I emotionally checked out of Doctor Who after "The Angels Take Manhattan" and I found it difficult to connect with Capaldi or Whitaker. However, with the return of RTD and Gatwa, I'm absolutely loving the show again.
While the finale left some unanswered questions, it also left room for them to be resolved in the future. The emotional tension in "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" raised the stakes, making it hard to pay off.
For me, the reveal of Ruby's mother is a problem only because it doesn't explain the snow and the hidden song.
I agree. I'm totally fine with her Mum being a nobody (which a lot of people aren't) but the unanswered questions of the snow and the song are the ones bothering me
I personally think it was either Mrs flood causing the snow or an echo of the time window
I believe the implication was that Sutekh's manifestation damaged time around the day of her birth
i loved the finale, it brings me back a feeling that i haven't feel in a long time, it changes everything, i just wish that the series respect the audio dramas and comics
I never really considered this....Given that his projections had harmed the 4th Doctor so much, I wondered why, (until, of course, the conclusion,) why he would he just leave the Doctor unmaimed.
But I think your perspective is fascinating and valid. I personally didn't like the new design of Sutekh, but that's just me. Good video :D
Oooo, can I ask where you found your music for this video? I think heard the Big Finish UNIT theme in there but I'm not sure on which release the music suite would come from. Sorry for such a niche question 😅
I really enjoyed this video, and this two part story. I'm so happy for Gabriel Woolf getting to be the first big bad of this new era, and being the second performer to be in all three eras of the show. I got to watch this in cinemas and it was honestly the most electrifying experience in the world, hearing his voice ricochet around me. Felt like I was being possessed 😱
It's the Past Lives music suite! I always use Big Finish music on my videos but didn't think anyone would notice!
Who was the first performer in all three eras? Mel?
@@AidanGulaMediadoes big finish not copyright these?
@@gbrogo7139 No. I turn the volume down so quiet that they just make nice background music.
i didn't mind how sutekh and a good chunk of the two part ep
but i felt alot of things felt cheep ( also they never explained how the sutekh works when it was split in the toy maker ep )
also there was point i like but there are points i don't like at all
The TARDIS was duplicated in "Giggle" the original is with the 14th doctor so why was Sutekh on this one? Or are there two Sutekhs?
@@juliandarch9278 RTD said a while back that 15's is the original and 14 has the copy
That makes even less sense, how is 14 a copy of 15? That's what you get if you go full RTD, never go full RTD 😂
@@juliandarch9278 The Doctors aren't copies, the TARDISes are. 15 went off in the universe in the original, while 14 was given the copy
Now separated, both Doctors challenged the Toymaker to their final game, which they won, with the Fourteenth Doctor banishing the Toymaker from existence as his reward. With a prize mallet in hand, the Fifteenth Doctor bi-generated their TARDIS as well so that he could continue adventuring while the Fourteenth Doctor could retire to heal from lifetimes of loss and battle until the time he was ready to undergo a full regeneration.
I suppose as the 15th doctor did it you could imply his was the original but it's just another plot hole that didn't need to happen.