Doctor Who 1x05 World War Three | Full Reaction

Loving your Doctor Who reactions. Clearly I am 2 years late to the party and you may have heard all this before but here is my take on time travel. First off if you go back in time and kill your father then you were never born so how could you go back in time in the first place to kill your father? This is the paradox and why time travel is impossible but of course for sci fi shows and movies it is. Hence if there is one timeline, branching timelines is another concept that I will ignore here, if you do go back in time from 2025 and kill you father say in 2020 what happens. You never existed, you instantly fade from existence and from the vantage point of 2025 you never were. Different shows can invent reasons why you may still exist however since there are no real rules here, it just becomes important that each show stick to their own rules. In terms of Rose vs her mom dealing with time. In the very second episode when Rose went billions of years into the future what happened to her mom? From her mom's standpoint Rose sadly never returned and her mom eventually died very sad at losing her daughter. But when Rose did return 12 months after she left that whole future of her mom ceased to exist. Ultimately Doctor Who is a show where you are not really meant to dwell on all of that timey wimey stuff.

On the more tech side: I figured out my lag problem. Basically, after an episode, I have to shut down all my players and restart. Then the CD syncs up perfectly. Look at me and my big wrinkly old brain!

According to Douglas Adams, writer of HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, the main problem with time travel is grammar - for example, does one use the past tense to describe something one has traveled forward in time to observe?

This was great, glad you're enjoying the show. Many people cite this 2 parter as the worst of Series 1 and that the aliens are a bit goofy and silly and that the tone of the episodes is inconsistent, bouncing from seriousness to goofy light hearted fun moments. So if you enjoyed these 2 so much I think you'll love the rest. Only problem is waiting a week or more for the second half. Not sure if it's possible, but it'd be great if you could either release both halves on the same day or within 1-2 days for the 2 part episodes. Otherwise some episodes are going to be a killer to wait for :)

By the way, Penelope Wilton, who plays Harriet Jones (MP for Flydale North), is another excellent guest star in the show. She has a string of great dramatic and comedic roles, including on Downton Abbey, Shaun of the Dead, Cry Freedom, and others. She fits in perfectly here, and is a joy to watch. Hurray for Harriet Jones ( future Prime Minister)! She has my vote as well.

As others have said, it’s more that Rose could theoretically spend months visiting other worlds, but return 10 seconds after she left (just like she thought, after a few days, that she had returned 12 hours after first leaving, but in fact it was 12 months). I’m really glad you’re enjoying the show. This 2 parter isn’t the best story in the show by any means, and there are those who really dislike it because of the farting aliens. But you’ve clearly clicked with DW from the start, and it’s a joy to see! The show runner who revived Doctor Who, Russell T. Davies, grew up watching the original series, and has remained very true to the tone and spirit of the Classic series, with its at times campy humour, but also strong moral center. But he is also a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and consciously added elements of that show into the revived series, particularly in terms of character development and relationships. So it’s no wonder that you and other Buffy fans took to the show immediately. I had never seen BVS, until I started watching your reactions to DW, and am now following your journey with it as well, experiencing it in sync with you. I can see now what RTD meant. Very much looking forward to next week!!

No, time doesn't just stop for Rose's mum but you have to remember that Rose is TIME travelling, not just travelling for six months as you or I would. For Rose's mum there would be only ten seconds between Rose leaving and returning. I'd be more concerned that, theoretically, Rose could travel with the Doctor for 10 more years which would mean that when she finally returns home, from her mum's perspective, Rose would have aged 10 years in 10 seconds and she will have missed out on a big part of her daughter's life. Or Rose could even travel with the Doctor for so long that when she finally returns home she could well be older than her mum is! (her mum would be only 10 seconds older than when they last saw each other, but rose could be 40, 50, or however many years older) I've probably just made it worse for you there Juliette! Sorry! 😆

There's not really a "one true opinion" on whether an epsiode is good or not. Of course there'll be some where a majority of viewers like an episode and dislike another one, but we're here to see whether _you_ like an episode. Sometimes we might be discussing, afterwards, why some of us might see it differently. It's all good. :) Also, with time travel: Sometimes it helps to try and view things from each viewpoint. Sometimes it doesn't. The lore of time travel in fiction is vast, and Doctor Who has its rules about it. You'll come to learn about it over the series.

Under the specific scenario you describe. Their perception of the passage of time would be different. Rose would be six months older and Jackie would be 10 seconds older in the moment they see each other again. Jackie would be living during the natural flow of time and Rose would be travelling back and forth along it. As far as Jackie would be concerned, little time has passed. But for Rose, she'd have lived 6 months of new experiences.