Doctor Who 3x7 42 | Full Reaction

I've been waiting for this episode so I can share that I knew William Ash (Riley) from school. He was acting even back then. This is agreat episode and gets a lot of flack for being too similar to the Impossible Planet/Satan Pit but apart from the general aesthetic of the ship/station, which would make sense, and the possesion it's a completely different premise. Wonderful reaction as always and I know I've said this before but I really can't wait for what's next as they are, in my small opinion, two of the best episodes in the whole of NuWho.

I really love this episode. I understand why people compare it to the Satan pit two parter from series 2, but personally I think it's just the setting that is similar. The rest of the episode is very different. I too love that scene where Martha and the Doctor are looking through the portholes at each other shouting and screaming, but all we get is the silence. It give me chills every time. Great reaction Juliette, looking forward to the next one, as always.

Just a little thing to say, in the last episode the person did not say he was Mr Saxon, he said he worked for Mr Saxon.

Related to my previous comment, one can draw a timeline of the human race throughout time just by plotting the episodes. Everything from Harriet Jones to the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire, one can see the progression of events across time, a flowing continuum rather than a series of static episodes. And through it all, the Doctor, in his super-sexy blue/brown suit.

One of the strengths of modern SF in general and DW in particular is that the worlds are lived in. The cargo ship in '42' isn't just a set - it looks like a vessel that actual people have lived in, loved in, and died in. Same for the base in IMPOSSIBLE PLANET/SATAN PIT (with which this episode shares many plot points.) The Doctor and Martha aren't just walking onto a set. They're intruding into a real world.

I love 42 such a great episode 😊 another great reaction. ❤️

There is some debate as to what suits the Doctor wears and when. The prevailing theory is that the Doctor wears the brown pinstripe in the past and the blue one in the future. Except when it's the other way around.

Even tho Capaldi is my favorite Doctor with Matt Smith being a close second and Tennant only behind Smith by a razor thin margin, I think Tennant is by far the best actor in all of Who. But they are all phenomenal. Eccelston is so good and established new Who on his shoulders, and him not making it in my top 3 is only a testament to how good they all are that they managed to edge out even Eccelston.

42 is such a good episode,glad you enjoyed it Mr Saxon is getting these little but significant screen time to keep the audience guessing as to what or who he is, similar to how they did it with Torchwood in S2, you heard torchwood in nearly every episode but only got revealed at the end of the season

I'm just about to watch your reaction. I do like this episode but I think some people don't as they just see it as a worse version of that devil two-parter with Rose. It also does seem like the same suit lol...