Great points you've brought up, I was wondering what felt off about the new season but couldn't quite put my finger on it. I definitely think the lack of an arc for the doctor's personality and the lack of impact on ruby's family is what mostly threw me off even with how great some of these episodes were. I hope the algorithm blesses you soon and this picks up more traction!

@harrymcdonough

20 күн бұрын

Yea totally agreed! I think the lower episode count was a real detriment to exploring some of these concepts

@milliwaysbartender1726

20 күн бұрын

@@harrymcdonough yeah that's a great point too, maybe if we got around 13 episodes some things might have been fleshed out more

comparing this new season to the 2005 season feels a lil like deserved bullying

@Jane-ow7sr

16 күн бұрын

I mean is it really bullying if it's deserved

My biggest hope for Season 2 is that the episodes are LONGER! The most baffling decision is regular episodes going back to 45 minutes, which is a regression as Chibnall era episodes were 50 minutes on AVERAGE, I find it incredibly baffling why we have gone back to 45 minutes with LESS episodes!

@harrymcdonough

17 күн бұрын

@@friendlyotaku9525 Yes! And we’re missing two parters! One of my favourite series in New Who is Series 9, which is nothing but two parters lol. I suppose we had the finale but they always acted as a mid season high. 73 Yards strikes me as the obvious contender for a two parter besides the Doctor barely featuring.

@nathanielfarkas4431

16 күн бұрын

Most of chibnalls were 50 and also 60 mins When Russell said 58 mins is a special length I find it funny that most of series 13 was longer in runtime

@baybarsedturner2

16 күн бұрын

Longer episodes didn't make for better episodes though. A bad 45 minute episode is tolerable. A bad 60 minute episode is torture in my view. The main thing is we need better episodes regardless of the length.

@carealoo744

12 күн бұрын

I don't think the episodes need to be longer honestly. Split into more parts maybe, but 45 minutes is already a lot to sit through for a tv show

@friendlyotaku9525

12 күн бұрын

@@baybarsedturner2 they can definitely help flesh things out.

I agree with this whole assessment! Fundamentally what I’ve loved about RTD writing in the past was the very human element and it seems to have been replaced as something a bit more superficial but claiming to have the same amount of depth. I understand it’s harder with only 8 episodes a season but I think a larger contributor to the doctors lack of an arc is that the bigeneration provided an explanation for the doctor healing his mental health. I feel like this scares the writers away from making the doctor a complex or flawed character again but without that there’s no room to grow. I think it would have been interesting to lean into this and the current concept of toxic positivity. We saw it addressed in the doctor a bit at the end of Rogue. The doctor has always had a bit of this quality but if we see it at the forefront of 15’s personality and then are able to have an arc where he acknowledges and confronts his own toxic positivity and accepts that negative emotions don’t equal bad emotions, we could have been left with a more nuanced doctor for season 2 ahead.

@mayotango1317

17 күн бұрын

The Doctor never was flawed, watch Tom Baker.

@Knaveofspades6

6 күн бұрын

Healed his mental health? How so? Firstly, he's not human. His benchmark is different. For 60 of our years he has been a stoic , fearless , inventive hero. This season has turned him into a cowardly, incompetent shallow muppet who has to get other people to save the day, as he only saved people in the final episode and who blubs every episode. He's been written to be a massive Pu55 🐈 and not the hero we all knew and loved. I wouldn't describe that as fixing his mental health.

@mayotango1317

6 күн бұрын

@@Knaveofspades6 You watch the Fifth Doctor. He was that.

@mayotango1317

6 күн бұрын

@@Knaveofspades6 Funny because the Ninth Doctor also get other people save the day.

Yeah that's kind of what i thought and more. I felt like the Doctor was lacking flaws and was missing something no longer being the antisocial traveller with a sociable companian (which is fine but two characters balancing each other out in some way is interesting to me)

@mayotango1317

15 күн бұрын

That not work with Capaldi and Clara.

@wired0b11011

15 күн бұрын

@@mayotango1317 how do you mean?

The title should say comparing Season 1 to Series 1, they've gone back to calling them seasons so it does also make it confusing with classic who

@ShDynasty_Comma_To_The_Top

8 күн бұрын

Right. 2024 season is either Series 14 or Season 1, although the 2nd’s confusion makes me choose Series 14.

completely agree on the characters, I thought that 15 would have an arc opposite to 9 (starting child-like and whimsical and ending in bloodshed or existential horror) but nothing happened. he didn't change one bit over the entire series. same with ruby or any other character. That is where it failed for me. Still waiting for it though

@harrymcdonough

9 күн бұрын

@@justarandomguy2424 I agree the resolution didn’t quite hit. Surely it’s going to happen at some point… but the seeds at least could have been sewn clearer. Glad you enjoyed it!

@LeviPennington-vv2kq

4 күн бұрын

I think the point is that the Doctor has already been through a bunch of trauma and he’s overcome it now with the bigeneration and everything. Having him go in the reverse direction so quickly would not work thematically

@justarandomguy2424

3 күн бұрын

@@LeviPennington-vv2kq yeah, I agree but some character arc is necessary. But it can all still happen in the future

great video and great job on the video too, keep up the content!

@harrymcdonough

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

@craftygltich

2 күн бұрын

Hey it’s the “a brief explanation of doctor who” guy

@dwfan91-

Күн бұрын

@@craftygltich dont call me that bru💀

@craftygltich

Күн бұрын

@@dwfan91- lol

Great Video, Can believe you only have a few subs. Keep up the good work!

I wouldn't be so optimistic. Russel wrote season two right after season one. There's not really time to change it. Season two is probably the same as season one. Some good episodes, some bad episodes and all in all good season but average show. Sadly I think we'll have to wait a long time for Doctor Who to become the pinnacle of TV as it once was.

@harrymcdonough

3 күн бұрын

Yes but after series two he hit us with three and four 👀… which had a few corny moments sure but are really considered the golden era of new who.

Id say Nu-Season 1 is far too similiar to Season 2 with Tennent. Within a series that has a few duds, theres genuinely incredible episodes. Only difference is that the new series doesnt quite stick the landing with the finale. In time, I believe people are going to majorly warm up to the new show, just as people did with Matt, like they majorly did with Capaldi and one day might do with Whittaker

@user-sy6tg1ol9e

20 күн бұрын

To expand on this, looking back at the new series theres maybe 3 "bad" episodes. These being Space Babies, Devils Chord and The Empire of Death. Season 2 of Tennant's Doctor Who had some DIRE episodes. Love and Monsters, Fear her, Idiots Lantern, New Earth and Tooth and Claw (Last one being only slightly mid). We should stop Russel starting series on such a dogshit note. Tennant should never have began his era in one episode asleep, and the next possesed by Cassandra. And Ncuti should have had a far better initial outing with far less risks being taken

@harrymcdonough

20 күн бұрын

@@user-sy6tg1ol9eThese are really good points I was actually tempted to touch on it myself - Series 2 is a real mixed bag. Especially when you have the greater context of Series 3 and 4!

@user-sy6tg1ol9e

20 күн бұрын

@@harrymcdonough maybe we will gain a better appreciation of season 1 with Ncuti when the next couple of season with him launch. The larger community always has a period of... whatever the opposite of recent bias is

@sicksock435446

18 күн бұрын

I think it will be a cold day in hell when people look back fondly on Whittaker selling out a dark skin Master to the nazis...

@friendlyotaku9525

17 күн бұрын

@@user-sy6tg1ol9e Devil's Chord is by NO MEANS a bad episode so I heavily disagree with that.

Very nice presentation and talking points. Earned a sub from me! Looking forward to what else you bring to the table!

@harrymcdonough

17 күн бұрын

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 Big love, thank you!! Plenty more to come I promise

@MrGreaves

17 күн бұрын

@@harrymcdonough can’t wait!

Keep up the great work!

Yes, absolutely wrong to use that data. The Doctor does have these lapses, though. "The Unquiet Dead," for instance.

as much as i like the new series im more so watching this as research for my animated fan series i wanna do lol. good video

@harrymcdonough

3 күн бұрын

Thanks good luck with the fan series 👀

Great vid lad

I think Russell used to have very strong rooting in the real world and used to have his finger on the pulse of the cultural zeitgeist. Now he’s a 60 year old man who clearly doesn’t understand social media or its consumption and is playing pop music from over 20 years ago… He hasn’t got an f’ing clue and most importantly, has clearly has lost touch with his audience and what people want/expect from Doctor Who. And yes, the grounded nature of it was totally absent from this new series! Too much mystery-box bs, not enough payoff and a lack of character development in favour of presenting a warped ethos and morals. Ncuti’s only arc seemed to be topping how much he could cry/scream/look as if he’s shat himself out of pure fear each week. Shame they messed up his first series so badly. It was just over-expensive half-baked, ill-thought-out vapid shit let’s be honest :/

@harrymcdonough

3 күн бұрын

Interesting. See I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was vapid, I did enjoy a lot of aspects of the series and I think they nailed the tone - it felt fun and engaging. But maybe a little shallow… it’s like there wasn’t much actually going on under the surface of it being a shiny new Disney funded series. I’m optimistic for Series 2 but I do want to see the show level up.

@dexterhill5843

Күн бұрын

@@harrymcdonough fair enough! I agree there's nothing going on beneath the glitzy over expensive surface and I suppose that's what I mean when I say vapid because it's not actually offering anything interesting substantial. However it did have more energy than the Chibs era and some episodes tone were consistent and quite Doctor Who ish - I think Dot and Bubble did and 73 yards could have but ultimately was a plot and tonal mess. Space Babies I felt was really immature and laughably silly. It will be interesting to see what they do next since its already been made without the chance to really factor in viewer reception to this series as production is so far ahead!

Great video dude! The production quality is amazing, and i now kinda want to watch Doctor Who again.

@harrymcdonough

20 күн бұрын

👀 my job is done - thank you!

classic who serise 1, nuwho series 1 and disney who series 1

I'm calling it Series 14.

New who is unbearable to watch the doc cries all the time so old who for me

Eccleston good new 1 😴

So I actually like The Doctor not having an arc and leaving that for the world around him/the companion(s) - I don’t really like digging too much into either the back stories or always doing an arc for the Doctor. There’s only so much you can do since the character is 60 years old. Not saying you can’t do a Doctor arc, I just don’t think it’s necessary or something to critique. I however do agree with all your other thoughts, very well layed out video! very much enjoyed.

@mayotango1317

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, is sound like classic Who.

@HT-lr1rs

17 күн бұрын

Problem is it makes the character incredibly one dimensional

@wired0b11011

16 күн бұрын

Reminds me of how Paddington just changes everyone around him because he's already wholesome, but tbf Ruby didn't seem to have any flaws (and actually Paddington is a bit awkward too)

@christianvondruska8244

16 күн бұрын

Except this Doctor is both in desperate need of a character arc and doesn't change the world around him in any meaningful way. He's the chauffeur, he allows other characters to perform the important actions.

@mayotango1317

16 күн бұрын

@@christianvondruska8244 The second part sound like Eccleston.

series 1 was better then series 1

I was so excited about the new new who but was left feeling like basically every episode felt so off starting with the main two charterer they had zero chemistry zero development in fact the doctor and rogue had better chemistry and a better ark in what 30 minuets than ruby and the doctor in the whole series. You say RTD gets a pass because the bar is so low i say the opposite the bar is so low and yet i am still massive underwhelmed and disappointed is actual worst since the bar was set so low and I am still disappointed that is truly an awful state of affairs without adding in the fact that it seems RTD is not back because he wants to create more who but because of the message and basically changing it into a fantasy show rather than scifi.

@FalseKing98

14 күн бұрын

what's 'the message'?

@mayotango1317

11 күн бұрын

I think you need to watch the old RTD again. That feel more a soap opera that sci-fi. And Ruby and the Doctor had more chemistry that 13 and the Fam.

@SnowLily06

8 күн бұрын

​@@FalseKing98 people use "the message" interchangeably with "woke"

@FalseKing98

8 күн бұрын

​@@SnowLily06 ah. doctor who has always been 'woke' by that metric....... rtd's soap opera bits always follow the times. was it cause the political statements were more obvious this time around?

@SnowLily06

8 күн бұрын

@@FalseKing98 Idk. I think since social media is a lot more prominent now than it was in 2005 people just decided to start complaining about it even though it's the same as it's always been.