Doctor Who 13x9 | The CENTENARY SPECIAL - REACTION HIGHLIGHTS!!
Added 2023-08-24 02:15:08 +0000 UTCWHAT A JOURNEY IT HAS BEEN!!! And what better way to close out the Then & look forward to the soon-to-be NOW than with a pretty solid, imaginative, & entertaining special!! Thanks so much again for all the love across this journey - CANNOT WAIT for what's to come!
"The Power of the Doctor"
Watch Along: https://youtu.be/_nQVkk40644
Reaction Highlights: https://vimeo.com/857361483/c65ffd218d
Links To All Our DOCTOR WHO Reactions:
- Series 1 (NINTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S1
- Series 2 (TENTH DOCTOR) -https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S2
- Series 3 (TENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S3
- Series 4 (TENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S4
- Series 5 (ELEVENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S5
- Series 6 (ELEVENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S6
- Series 7 (ELEVENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S7
- Series 8 (TWELFTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S8
- Series 9 (TWELFTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S9
- Series 10 (TWELFTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S10
- Series 11 (THIRTEENTH DOCTOR) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S11
- Series 12 (THIRTEENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S12
- Series 13 (THIRTEENTH Doctor) - https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doctor%20Who%20S13
Comments
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The Reel Rejects
2025-05-24 14:50:15 +0000 UTCThis video is missing, what happened? Or is it just me?
El of house Wood
2025-05-24 10:10:10 +0000 UTCHi guys are you gonna react to the new doctor who trailer that just dropped?
Tyrone Rainey
2023-09-25 11:55:11 +0000 UTCTorchwood!!!
Xavier
2023-09-01 16:49:43 +0000 UTCIt's been a fun old journey. Most of the time I bail on following reactions from series 11 onwards. But I stayed for you guys. Mostly because I knew you wouldn't hold back if you saw a depreciation. It's not like you both have shared the same view point the whole time, and haven't disliked stuff from every era you've watched. Honestly I trusted Greg to keep it real and honest. Even when his instincts are to underpin the impactfulness that can be his insightful observations, with a questionable joke or five. This properly balances John's instincts to give everything the benefit of the doubt. With a melody of colourful word play that offen feels like a dance around saying there's a turd in the centre of the room. Cut to Greg, who just cuts through it all with an uncluttered viewpoint. I used to care if I agreed or disagreed. Now, I just wanted some acknowledgement, that a number of important areas have consistently showed the same pattern of failings. I've been pretty vocal with my disdain for the Chibnal era. But the nostalgia in this delivers like a shot of something quite potent, passing the blood brain barrier. I felt something deeply for the first time in years of watching Who. This was saved by everything that the abandoned timeless child storyline failed to achieve. It honoured the past and avoided circumventing it's significance, for a narrative that I believe was intended to bring further expansion and longevity to the show. It could have worked, if it had been properly thoughtout. I have a feeling that it might stay lost to the very infinity of spatial and dimensional engineering. Time will tell. I feel that Jodie enjoyed her time as The Doctor. Even if I feel that she was under served so much of the time. It's a mixed feeling for her departure. I'm sad, as I'll never feel that her time as The Doctor will ever resonate the same way for me. Resolute but still reluctantly happy that this era has come to an end. Rewatches and your views have helped me see that I was both right and wrong in a number of areas.
Daryl
2023-08-25 15:27:34 +0000 UTCHey Greg and John! I wanted to comment earlier, but i'm on holidays, so... But i really want to thank and congratulate you guys, it's been an outstanding journey! Hope we don't stay doctor who-less until November, but hey, can't complain! As for the episode... It's a mess, but an enjoyable one! Watching you guys watch, i noticed that Chibbs doesn't do an outstanding job at explaining who is who for people who don't happen to have watched 60 years of TV. Many doctors, many companions, many commenting on history. It's a nice homage! One remark about William Russell, i know the gap and Guinness is what everyone talks about, but... I love the fact that he is the only person who was in the first episode (An Unearthly Child) and the most current one (The Power Of The Doctor), and this fact is true for a few more months! I'll be honest, still not pretty sure what the Master's objective was being inside the Doctor's body, i agree with you guys, with time lords changing forms, he could just do stuff and have someone calling him the doctor to destroy the good doctor's name! But hey, you'll never see me accusing Chibbs of being a good Who writer (Broadchurch still great...). One last thing: I already said on the Discord, but Rosie, in the words of the ninth doctor: "You were Fantastic. Absolutely Fantastic"! Comments wouldn't be the same without you!!!
Calvin Severo Panho
2023-08-25 09:56:49 +0000 UTCI second this!!!
Logan
2023-08-24 17:02:10 +0000 UTCThank you guys so much, your doctor who reactions have been so much fun! Id highly reccomend watching the torchwood spinoff if you get chance, its chock full of that doctor who cringey charm.
Gwinnell Heald
2023-08-24 10:22:53 +0000 UTCI don’t often comment on your reactions but I wanted to now just to say thank you - this journey has been quite a ride and I’m glad you’ve both enjoyed one of our favourite shows of all time! It’s actually been quite a source of comfort to have your reactions to look forward to on a weekly basis and I’m sad it’s over for now. Whatever you decide to watch in the interim until the 60th anniversary in November, the truth is we’re all in for one heck of a nostalgic ride when we get to watch the new specials at the same time as they air. Doctor who is about to return to mainstream media and have a worldwide appeal again with this Disney+ deal so it’s exciting times ahead. Thank you again for these reactions - we will treasure them always!
Sean Wray
2023-08-24 08:10:38 +0000 UTCI just want to say thank you for reacting to my favourite show. I have watched it for 17 years since I was 5. We are in great hands with RTD, he has won multiple awards since he left doctor who, and I believe we are going to have amazing stories. See you in November!
Messi 10
2023-08-24 07:57:19 +0000 UTCI'm still catching up on your Chibnall era episodes after needing a (7 MONTH?! how has this year gone by so fast?!?) break after series 10 but I needed to watch this when I saw it drop. Just here to say, thanks guys so much for this journey you've taken us on, it's mad that the next time you're watching Doctor Who will be "alongside" us. You've made me rethink some of my opinions (especially this week as I'm watching the Jodie episodes) and your contribution to this fandom is always just stellar. I 100% second the Torchwood suggestion, actually I'd been thinking suggesting it myself just this week! And even if you don't start reacting to Classics Who which I 100% get 'cause damn that's a lot of episodes/serial and no one agrees on which ones are good (I hate some that others love and some of my favourites are quite disliked), it'd be great to see you guys react to maybe like the first episode at least (An Unearthly Child) 'cause damn that's a solid first episode to a show. It still holds up! And basically my opinions on this episode are: I think it's a solid fun conclusion. Do I think it has it's problems? Absolutely. Is it still already my most rewatched Chibnall era episode? Perhaps. This might sound harsh but this is what I wrote in my Letterboxd review and it basically sums it all up: "My own argument that "sure, it's shit but at least it's fun" doesn't even necessarily work completely 'cause to be honest for a lot of the episode I'm mostly having fun pointing out how shit it is. BUT I am having fun." Sometimes all you want is a bit of stupid fun that just makes you happy!! And I get your guys' problems with Sacha's Master but he's personally my favourite after Missy and carried the episode for me. Also, this episode might also be singlehandedly saved by having Ace and the Eighth Doctor (the one NOT in the robes) because that man is MY DOCTOR and I'll never forgive the travesty that is the amount of on screen Doctor time he has. THE POTENTIAL. Anyways, just a general thank you, guys. Can't wait to see you guys react to the return of RTD. Hell, I CAN'T WAIT to see that myself!
Ani
2023-08-24 06:47:10 +0000 UTCYou guys should react to the torchwood episodes. It’s an R-Rated spin-off surrounding Captain Jack Harkness from the Doctor Who Show, and how he built his team of geniuses and how they save humanity without the doctors help. I do think you’d like it more than Doctor Who.
Venomised
2023-08-24 06:09:33 +0000 UTCit has been a journey! honestly i wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to take a break from Doctor Who related content until the 60th comes out. it’s totally up to you guys.
Tori Jeri
2023-08-24 04:50:08 +0000 UTCThe end of the Chibnall era! This special is kind of a mess which is a good summary of his run lol. It's kind of wild looking back at how divisive the whole thing's been. I've enjoyed some of it, but I'm ready for RTD's return and what Ncuti will bring when his era starts.
Arifur R
2023-08-24 04:04:21 +0000 UTC
