Doctor Who First Look Thoughts - Madam?

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assuming that what we see of it here is pretty much the extent of it now i have said in the past and i'm talking about the the sort of first look preview thing that came out for the woman who fell to earth it's sort of like a one scene thing it's it's in a dark it looks like it's uh it's in a subway car um and you know it's dark the lights are out the doctor's there and we've got two of the characters who are going to become companions sort of going hey what what are you doing here what's going on there's just a little interaction a little banter back and forth with them so uh in looking at this scene um i have said previously that i want the doctor's change of gender to be addressed as minimally as possible i want as little emphasis put on this as can be gotten away with not necessarily because i think there's no value in delving into this change more but because i don't trust chris chibnall to tackle that not at this point i mean you know maybe i can gain that confidence over time maybe he'll actually go the distance and do it and it'll work i don't know i don't have the faith in him to be able to tackle that so i've said before i really want as little as possible the way that it's handled here in this clip is exactly what i want especially if this is all it is which is that they're like madam you know where where are you going she was why are you calling me madam because you're a woman am i does it suit me and that that's perfect like that that that moment like the only point of concern is oh is it working for me it's it's very reminiscent of tenant like am i ginger or um you know just smith going through his body knows i've had worse chin blimey you know i l and i love that sort of concern and and it it doesn't even i i haven't looked at other people's analysis of these things and so you know even some channels that i follow do this but i really make a point of not looking at that stuff before i get my own video out because i want it very much to be my own thoughts so i have no idea if people have looked into this too hard i could imagine a scenario which people like oh yeah now that now that the doctor's a woman is all concerned about the appearance and oh she's going to be obsessed with that except the doctor's almost always concerned about their his appearance whenever he's been regenerated at least in modern era he has been so this has been hammered on for a while even eccleston who he didn't even see the regeneration into he gets a look at a mirror and rosie goes oh it's not too bad shame about the ears you know this is this is an ongoing thing so and this this feels just right again if it's pretty much the full extent of the dealing with the change in gender at least for this series like eventually if they want to have the doctor run into a former companion and like you can have it come up a little bit through that companions eyes i'll be okay with that but i want the doctor herself to address it as little as possible moving on from that because i liked that um the rest of what i see seems fine um nothing that i'm too worried about and um a few things that i'm like oh i hope that doesn't go on too long they seem to be doing the doctor amnesia amnesia and why can't i speak all of a sudden amnesia ish thing that happens occasionally and i'm i'm generally not a fan of it like i if i were to guess i would say they're hoping that this new that series 11 is going to serve as a jumping on point for a lot of new viewers and they're probably going to use the doctor realizing who she is as a way to present more stuff to audiences for the first time kind of like a little bit how um with the 11th hour with matt smith's first episode uh they really filtered through amelia pond the doctor explaining pretty much everything that he is now you can still do that through the companions i think they they seem to be preferring to do it through the doctor in a sense of self-discovery so narratively i get it um and yes i realize i'm over analyzing this don't tell me that i know i i'm part of the problem i realize that but if it's so i i get it but at the same time i don't i don't like the doctor with amnesia i didn't like it in the doctor who movie i don't like it you know in general with the you know i i like the doctor realizing what kind of doctor he now she is going to be i like that lieutenant when you know the the sticker are yelling at him who are you goes i don't know or you know with capaldi you know going door not me he goes out the window me and you know that sort of realizing who they are as they go along i love that but actually going to the step of the of not even knowing who she is is um i don't know feels like an overstep again we'll see it actually it's all execution dependent not a lot to go off of with the um with the new companions so far they seem fine from what little i've seen um they seem prepared to roll with some weirdness at least a certain degree of it like a woman asking what it is called another moment i don't love but is mercifully over kind of quick and i do like her comeback um when she gets told that oh good boy biology so like i'm i'm liking that those sorts of bits of banter and i'm i'm hopeful based off this cliff cliff clip i don't i i am not drunk i swear i don't know what's wrong with me tonight um but in any case i i do think this clip is solid and having you know looked at it more times than i should and now over analyzed it for you folks um it does not dampen my enthusiasm at all i am really excited for the new season of doctor who it is yeah i'm i'm pumped for this and it it just it it can't come here soon enough i want to sit down and i want to get to know this doctor so badly so those are my thoughts on this little first look clip thing that we got i i'm gonna try and not do any more unexpected doctor who videos between now and when the uh the first episode premieres so you know you'll get the overdue who review on wednesday i'm i'm really debating whether i'm going to do i've what because because i have i'm gonna have to do the reviews of the new episodes those are gonna have to come out on monday they just are um i'm not gonna like given the air time especially of the premiere because they're doing you know a simulcast thing i i could theoretically have it up later in the day on sunday but i don't want to do that fast to turn around i don't like turning around something in less than 24 hours it's just not fun for me so you know i'm kicking it to monday i know i'm doing that what i haven't i'm going back and forth on is whether or not i'm still going to have a doctor who video out on sunday which is what i've been doing for a very long time um i don't know i don't know because if i if i keep that while the new series is airing that means i'm doing three doctor who videos a week and that feels like overload like i i know that a lot of people know me primarily as a as a youtuber as a doctor who channel but like ah i don't know but then again it would only be three for as long as the new series runs i don't know i'm going back and forth so if you have thoughts on that as well as this clip by all means share them so whatever your thoughts are drop something down in the comments let's talk about it there's a whole bunch of other stuff you can do because there's buttons and there's links including a link to the patreon also your little reminder the humble bundle it is and the link is down below so check that out if you didn't already if you feel like it if you don't don't worry about it because you folks you're the council and i just run the meetings and until next time this council is adjourned [Music] go [Music] you

Channel: Council of Geeks

Views: 17,713

Rating: 4.7790833 out of 5

Keywords: doctor who, whittaker, 13th doctor, thirteenth doctor, preview, first look

Id: -fUd1JZN9vg

Length: 13min 26sec (806 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 01 2018