Doctor Who 2x01 New Earth | Full Reaction

Hey there, I'm brand new here, thought I'd say hello. Hello. I am a lifetime fan of the Doctor, so I checked out your Patreon. I see you also have a large amount from the Whedonverse as well, so I will work my way through that as well. Here's to more to come.

For Juliette... https://youtu.be/XNXIZuIBJKs?si=QFtLEwopFwSbob2C

As a long time Dr. Who fan, enjoying your journey with the 9th and 10th doctors (and beyond!), I second Michael's thought that this is a good bit of general background to have and isn't spoilery in any bad way. (reposted here, since I just realized that if you're unsure whether to read Michael's comment you also wouldn't have seen mine).

Greetings Juliette, I love how much you are loving this series amd feel that some general 1970's and 80's background, spoiler free, would be good at this time, so read below. The second longest companion is a lady called Sarah-Jane Smith, who started with the third doctor around 1973 and 80 episodes later finished with the fourth Doctor in the late 70's. She also had three spin-off series starting in 1981. So british adults and most of the kids watching this series who have only a fleeting knowledge of Dr Who know about her. One of the spin-offs was with another companion called K9. That is all, it may just be good to have this knowledge right now. In about a years time you may need one more bit of history.

One of the continuing themes of DW is redemption. Even the most monstrous villain - even a Dalek - can find forgiveness for its crimes, if it chooses to. If it doesn't choose to - well, as the Doctor said to the Sycorax, 'No second chances. That's who I am.'

Around the same time as his stint as the Doctor, David Tennant appeared in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005.) His character was a Deatheater named Barty Crouch Jr. Not much to add.

Always felt the end of this episode is very poetic and touching in a way you'd never expect for Cassandra of all characters. Couple fun facts about this episode: 1. Billie Piper had a big influence on this episode. She had told Russel T Davies (the main writer) that she'd love to have a comedic role in an episode, since in season 1 a lot of her episodes had been very heavy and emotionally draining. So her getting to spend most of an episode playing the silly and flamboyant Cassandra was perfect for this. It is however a very interesting first episode for David as The Doctor since he spends a portion of it acting as a flirtatious woman lmao! 2. This is not officially confirmed though it is joked about in an audio commentary of this episode by David and Russel. Where they say that the passionate kiss in this episode between Rose and The Doctor was improvised by Billie Piper who just lunged at David and he just went along with it so they kept it in. There's been no official statement on it besides that so whether it's true or not it's fun to speculate about.

The way Billie speaks as Casandra is much closer to how she actually speaks in real life. For Rose she has to put on that London accent.

Apparently, the decontamination scene in the elevator took several takes. At first, the water was quite warm; however, as time passed, it got progressively colder, until David and Billie were freezing. Acting, it's what you sign up for.

This is a fun one. I do think the resolution is a bit rushed. Bung everything in a bucket and let's go. David really sells it though. Billie asked for something a bit fun and lighter after some of the heavier stories of series 1. So this was very much in reply to that request. It does play into the developing on screen chemistry that they have. Also the scene in the lift (elevator), they didn't tell Billie what was going to happen. So her reaction was one of genuine surprise.

An episode with talking cat-people. I wonder what your (smelly 😛) cat would say if it could talk Juliette!