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Doctor Who came back last night and brought a brand new look, a brand new cast and a brand new doctor in the form of Jodie Whittaker. There was chills! Chills! Many accents! There was so much, we come had catch a few people to ruin everything.
"The woman who fell on Earth" was tasked not only to introduce us to the newest doctors – half an hour since she had been unceremoniously deflated from her own TARDIS – but also to the new circle of 39 Doctor's friends: Yaz, Ryan and Graham, bound together by the grim threat of a nasty tooth named Tim Shaw …kind of.
Although a little more down to earth – literally! – in his tone and rhythm that your usual episode of Doctor Who"The woman who fell on Earth" (which got a high number of audiences) has a lot to do to bring us back into the time world of the series, and that in a way and style that does not look like nothing to the series did before. To take us through the ups and downs, sonic screwdrivers and DNA bombs, extraterrestrial nodules and cell phone defibrillators, I (your usual guide to Time and Space, James Whitbrook) recruited his compatriots from the Whovians Jill Pantozzi and Beth Elderkin to talk about it What we liked and what we did not do about Jodie Whittaker's big start.
James Whitbrook: Welcome, dear lords of the time, to the Gallifreyan Panopticon who is … our job Slack. Doctor Who Finally came back last night, with a brand new cast, a new doctor and as many scary aliens as there were regional British accents. What did we think?
Beth Elderkin: Overall, I burst. The new doctor is in and she is fantastic.
Jill Pantozzi: I am. SO. HAPPY.
James: Honestly, I can not think of the last time I saw so much enthusiasm for an episode of who. Although I did not like some of the elements of this episode, they are so unimportant for what I really like that I was really pleased with the way it was launched.
Beth: Same here. There were some points that did not suit me: justice for dead Grams, please. But it was a solid start and Jodie Whittaker crept into this role as if she were made for her.
Jill: I think that on the whole I expected a lot bigger First episode, but I like that it is more content.
Beth: I mean, we're all very used to Stephen Moffat's grand style Doctor Who, this start really got the impression of another person driving: Chris Chibnall.
James: It was perhaps one of my favorite aspects. It was so nice to have a story that was not about the immediate end of the world for everything with all kinds of explosions and whatnot. It was just a strange little thing made important by the doctor's conviction of protecting everyone and everything on Earth.
Beth: I could have done with a little more sun.
James: That's how you know it's a fantasy drama, more scenes at night!
Before talking about the Doctor and his new friends, that's one thing I actually meant: Holy cow, that's like no other episode of Doctor Who before. Not only because of the new picture format, but the cinematography was excellent. In a way, you forget that 99% of these events take place in dark alleys in Sheffield and on a construction site, because of that.
Beth: Cinematography had a lot of movement, it seemed alive and attractive.
Jill: I can not wait to see how this will continue throughout the season and in different places.
Beth: I've seen people upset that he does not look like the previous ones Doctor Who, or that it's too "Hollywood" now. I do not really have an opinion on this, because I've always been more attached to the characters than style, but I'm curious to know what you think.
James: I think Doctor Who will always have that oppressed charm, that he tries to mount an opera of space with bits of string and bubble wrap. But that can evoke that retro country attitude while still looking really, really nice – what this episode did, I think, with all the technology and all that was beaten. I would expect this old … I do not mean crummyBut it's a little what it is, this heartbreaking commitment to do a lot with very little, will come to play as we can see more outlets.
If they can make sure that the bus stations look like this cutscene, wait until we get extraterrestrial bus stations!
Beth: If you need information, always ask a bus driver.
James: Hahaha! Speaking of that, before we even get to the Doctor, let's talk about the new "team" of Graham, Yaz and Ryan, since we spend a lot of time with them before the Doctor literally crushes the story. Do you still have favorites?
Beth: Grams …
Jill: Oh I love Yaz! Trying to prove yourself is so relatable.
Beth: I really liked Ryan. The actor was really endearing and although we do not really know who he is, I am excited to learn more about him.
Jill: I also appreciated the fact that, although they were all hesitant at first, it did not take much conviction to say that the Doctor was an alien and that they were willing to follow her to 100 %.
James: Much of the emotional work of this episode is due to Ryan and Graham, in the story, to the poor Grace, who joined the long list of Companions who could have been, so I ' hope to see a little more of Yaz in the future. but I think it was a good start for them three.
Beth: I am angry about Grace. It was my biggest problem with the episode. I understand why she did not survive the episode, but in the end, it's another situation in which a female character is killed, freeing men and allowing them to do something else. Otherwise, they would have been focused on the possibility of returning to her while she was in space.
James: I was totally expecting them to keep it as "base", like Jackie Tyler or Rory's father, Brian, so I was sad that she was killed – but by the time At the same time, I like the idea that his mind is that connects the three of them to the doctor.
The relationship between Ryan and Graham is dramatic, but I would like to see how it goes for Yaz and how (or even if it affects) the doctor.
Beth: That said, with the exception of the train driver, each character killed during this episode is given a form of context or a reason to worry about him. In addition to Grace, the guy who took the Hershey Kiss Space Module was looking for his sister and the construction supervisor took care of this scene with his granddaughter. There are many deaths on Doctor Whoand overall, I like the way they've treated it so far.
James: Except for this drunk guy with his kebab salad. That's what you get to throw a salad to an alien!
Jill: However, I still would not have cast my spell on a creature that looks like a mech, no matter how I get drunk.
Beth: Oh yes. I mean, who's throwing his kebab salad? Even drunk boys need their leafy vegetables!
Back to the Companions very quickly, I found it interesting to see how they already knew each other. I really liked seeing them not being strangers. Of course, their dynamics are clumsy and open to development – Ryan does not like Graham very much, and he and Yaz have not seen each other for years – but that eliminates the strange strangeness.
Jill: Yes, the fact that Ryan and Yaz knew each other at school was something I did not expect.
James: One of the things I liked a lot about the mates was that … they did not do it so much with Bill, but the last ones who companions before who were all normal people who were secretly Great important. The girl who waited. The impossible girl. The boy who lived. No, wait, this is Harry Potter, but you know what I mean!
Jill: Ha!
Beth: I mean, only time will tell. I guess Graham is secretly Jesus. Hashtag Fan Theory.
James: Yes, there is always a chance with Doctor Who there will be a revelation – if I were a bettor, I'd say it's Ryan who will have something "special" in him after touching the lights that let Tim Shaw get down to Earth. . But I really appreciate that they are quite normal people, with their own network of messy relationships, drawn into a strange adventure – and I hope that will allow us to keep that rooted in the fantastic elements.
And of course, there is nothing more fantastic than the Doctor who, in reality, probably should not have survived by crashing a train at this speed.
Jill: Ha, yes I was waiting for an explanation on this.
Beth: She is the doctor. He does not need to explain!
James: Remember when the fourth doctor was regenerated because he fell off a radio tower !?
Beth: Women have greater tolerance to pain. Looks like Fourth Doctor was a kind of wimp.
Jill: Maybe it will be in a comic strip on the road!
James: It was much higher than that. And with a much rougher landing. But I just assumed it was as if, latent regeneration energy was protecting and healing it. If the 10th doctor can get his hand cut off and push him back in the early hours of his regeneration cycle, the 13th can crush the face first in a train.
But my god, what an entrance it was. You spend the first 15 or 20 minutes of the episode to know all the other characters, to ask you when Jodie will enter and the minute she shows up, there is no doubt. She is absolutely, 100%, the doctor. It instantly becomes the core of everything that happens.
Jill: She was born to play a time lord. It was really my first reaction. You know, I was always embarrassed after a regeneration, this is the moment where you have to get used to the new actor, but I did not feel it at all here. She is the doctor. Complete stop.
Beth: There is a new "atmosphere" among physicians, they go into the general sense of the role before shaping it to make it his own. With this performance, she slipped into this atmosphere so harmoniously. You can say that she is ready to make this a special event, while honoring the Doctors of the past. I am convinced that this new doctor will be emblematic.
James: They did an excellent job moving on to something else. The first scenes in the train have a bit of episode of regeneration, which allows him to channel that kind of offbeat excitement from David Tennant-y, Matt Smith-y. But after that – and she did that nap on Ryan's couch – I think you're really starting to see the first layers of what this doctor is going to be. There is still much of this youthful energy that resembles that of former doctors, but at the same time, it has that discreet curiosity that really shows.
Beth: I have the impression that she will become the inventor doctor. Always curious, always looking for a solution and probably construction. "What do we need, it does not matter, I'll build it before I know what it is!
Jill: Oh my god, with his long story with his arrival, I was super excited to see the doctor doing his own Sonic this time. It seemed like a truly unique moment.
James: We got used to the Doctor coming into a room and immediately know what's going on, whatever is extraterrestrial or strange as technology, but 13 feels like the kind of person who needs to search and ask millions of questions – it's all new for her and she's excited about it.
And god yes, I love the sonic construction sequence. This beautiful image, compared to the recent sonic, is a gift of acceptance on the part of the TARDIS, namely that it is simply "I have some odds and ends, a quantity of well placed welding equipment, and some extraterrestrial pod technologies. I will do it myself! "
I really hope this is a gadget Doctor, because it's something that I really liked in this episode – even with the villain, whose real name will be forever forgotten in favor of the name of "Tim Shaw" – it was only about building things and using technology in an interesting way. It was not just a convenient MacGuffin, it was a collection of everything the doctor and his friends could do to prevent a threat.
Jill:
James: Hahahaha!
Beth: I feel that his highlight was this confrontation with Tim Shaw – the side note, when she finally said "I'm the doctor," I verbally squealed in my living room. She had put all the means in place to stop him, but had not immediately executed his plan because she wanted to give him the choice. The choice to be good. The compassion, kindness and respect of all, no matter how bad, are at the heart of the Doctor.
And when Carl pushed him out of the crane, she urged him for that. It may have seemed "badass," but it was not the right thing to do.
James: The moment with Tim Shaw on the bridge was really fun. But I wish they really stood at the moment Carl expels a little more Tim from the ramp.
Jill: Yeah, I was expecting more than this conversation to come from "You did not have the right to do that." For example, a good part of the audience will know why she said that, but not necessarily new viewers?
James: The Doctor is suddenly quite upset about this – especially for a woman who just made Tim trigger, as if, five apparently painful bombs inside his body – but this scene was immediately interrupted, what flew at the moment.
And agree, Jill. Fans know that it's a very doctrinal thing to say, but in the context of the episode and the way it is presented, the situation is a bit too dark. I would have liked to hear the doctor really explain why, or talk about it to Yaz, Ryan and Graham a bit more after the funeral – but I guess they have a whole season to establish that doctor's ethics.
Beth: They were distracted by Grace's death. Justice for the grams! It did not bother me necessarily. I felt that it had spread the message, but yes, new viewers might not understand it. It did not bother me necessarily.
Jill: I'm sad we barely got to know Grace. I wonder if we will have flashbacks with her along the way.
Beth: Apparently, she has participated in several episodes this season, so I guess we'll do it. Or it's a parallel gram, and Ryan will leave the team and live in a parallel world … oh, wait, it's been done, whatever!
James: I hope this will eventually become true and that it will not be a trick – there were some promotional images that included Grace in scenes where she was not not really, but I hope we will come back as a flashback to keep it.
But it was really, except for some rhythm problems – I know it's a first and they had to build so much, but it was a little slow sometimes – my only real complaint. Some scenes need to play a little longer. A little more time with Grace, a little more with Tim Shaw on the bridge, a little more with Yaz at the police station, little moments like that.
Beth: What we all thought of Tim Shaw !? My first reaction on his face was "Zero string he did, but I thought he was an interesting villain. And a panicked cheater!
James: Honestly, he should have kept his mask. Much more frightening without the coarse teeth.
Beth: I hope we will have a follow up on this "number of hunter victims, including this guy's sister, are stuck on his home planet", but I guess we probably will not do it.
Jill: I think my biggest problem so far, and it will be an expectation, is Ryan's story, including dyspraxia – a neurological disorder – that I do not believe the actor has known. There has been a lot of talk about being more inclusive this time and they are making great strides, but it has gone wrong. And I'm concerned about how this will be presented as the season progresses, and how they talk about it.
Beth: I found it strange that Grace simply let the doctor out without Ryan's consent.
James: They could have been a little more tricky about it – which may seem odd after complaining about the episode, was not enough to explain some things – but it seemed a little clunky and they simply wanted to broadcast it as soon as possible. they could.
I agree on two questions so far. I like the fact that it is something very important for Ryan's character. I want it to stay that way instead of just being dropped when they need to do something or whatever.
Jill: I am not particularly familiar with dyspraxia, so I do not want to speak out loud, but with many people with disabilities, we talk about "overcoming" them and sometimes you can not? And that's fine. Not being able to ride a bike is ok! So we'll see how it goes.
James: So we reviewed the new doctor and her friends, which we did not like, and all shouted Tim Shaw at least once. What did you notice in this episode?
Jill: I love, love, love how the doctor found his new outfit.
Beth: Thrift shop! While you never want to wear something that you bought at a thrift store, this outfit looks totally like something you could tinker with in a Salvation Army, and that made me very happy.
James: I like a) that it took so long for someone to actually tell him "put on new clothes!" And b) that it was coming from a charity store.
Beth: I mean, I was glad to see her in Peter Capaldi's outfit for most of the episode, she looked good in the costume.
James: I think there is something beautiful about this idea that everyone can go to a store like this and suddenly become the Doctor. This gives a costume that, at first, looks very "costume-y", feels a little more together and normal. As normal as rainbow suspenders and panties can be.
Beth: I like so much panties.
James: And the very moment – the great curtain rising, the cape-esque floating on the mantle. It's so much fun. The doctor's eyes are invaluable!
Jill: And so many pockets!
Beth: The fact that she basically shot a "Thank you, he has pockets" made it one of the best doctor outfits so far.
And what about that end? It made me think of Total recall and go "Oh, they are doomed. The eyeballs will explode. But I have already seen the "Next Time On" and it's good, so everything is fine.
Jill: Oh, we would be angry if we did not talk about this cliffhanger! Hell of a moment. Someone on one of our other Doctor Who articles wondered if their episode had been cut!
James: A good old school DOCTOR WHO SUSPENSE !!!
I know that the recent seasons, especially last season, have tried to do it a bit more – with stand-alone episodes mixing with each other, but it seemed like a great moment. Moreover, if they are about to die immediately from horrible asphyxia, they do so at least with a drama of floating hair.
Jill: I guess the TARDIS will just materialize around them, because, too, hello, I miss the TARDIS and I really want to see the new interior.
Beth: Have we had a good overview of the new TARDIS?
James: We do not have it! Which is something to hope for. As is the new title sequence and the theme melody. I suppose they will be back next week, as there is an unwritten law that a doctor without TARDIS is not yet allowed to play a new theme.
Have not you heard the new thematic melody yet? He played on the trailer "coming soon" at the end of the episode here in the UK. I love he. I can not wait to hear it correctly with the titles. I love how much it is electronic and ethereal. This looks like the classic versions of the theme.
Jill: Yes, new composer this time too! Interested to hear new themes and all.
James: It's bassy, and weird and … big pieces. Rich and familiarly comfortable. It's like a stew for your ears.
Jill: Hahaha!
Beth: I'm a bit on the fence about it, but it's okay. But I'm also very used to the theme of the show Moffat, so it's an adjustment.
James: And, talking about the upcoming trailer, I think it's time for us to finish and look at what was going to happen for the doctor and her friends. What do you want to see in season 11 now that the Doctor is finally back at the game?
Jill: I just have to say that I love Jodie Whittaker and can not wait to see her adventures with this crew. I hope we will see a lot of interesting new aliens and will go to places in history that we do not have yet.
Beth: I really do not have anything want to to see, more of what I do not want to see. I got tired of the huge prophecies and complicated stories we had later in Moffat. I'm ready for a doctor who enjoys traveling in space and time, helping people and meeting cool aliens. I am confident that Jodie Whittaker will shine in this role. I hope the show suits him equally.
James: Okay, Beth. I am excited for a lot of fun and adventure instead of big prophecies or sudden twists.
I was a little hesitant at the beginning of the season – nothing to do with Jodie, I had high hopes for her and this episode proved that she could not match them, but fly over them as if she jumped between cranes . This is mainly because the Chibnall precedents who The episodes were never really my kind of thing, and the thought of a season of episodes like this one made me a little edgy. I think there is still a lot of work to be done to find out if this hesitation completely disappears, but this episode has done much to dispel this doubt.
Jodie is great, I can not wait to learn more about companions, but if that's the style and tone of this new era of Doctor Who to go from the front? I am absolutely looking forward to seeing more.
What did you think about "The woman who fell on Earth"? What did you think of the new … well, all? As always, let us know in the comments.
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