r/doctorwho • u/PCJs_Slave_Robot • May 11 '24

Doctor Who 1x01 "Space Babies" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Space Babies

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u/huskersax May 11 '24

This felt like a pilot specifically for new viewers from Disney+

Doctor Who Lore by exposition just seeped from every scene. If you're familiar with the show, it had to be kind of tiresome that they hit the same beats 3 to 4 times before anything really started happening - but I get why they needed to do it.

Solid episode all around, though. I think it finally found it's sea legs about halfway through.

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u/Exl24 May 11 '24

i dont mind the rexposition every time we get a new companion or doctor it just apart of the show to allow anyone to jump in at any point in the story and enjoy.

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u/WrethZ May 11 '24

It can be done a lot more natural. I remember with Martha she slowly learned more about him over a few episodes. She didn't learn he was last of the timelords until several episodes in because he had to explain wat the face of boe meant when he said "You are not alone"

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u/One_Manufacturer_526 May 16 '24

Martha wasn't "new" in the same way Ruby is. So they had more time to build. Here it's clearly for the new Disney + viewers who've never seen Doctor Who before.

I hope it finds it's tone, because it feels very rushed. 9 took time to really explain what he was, so new viewers could get on board.

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u/lochnessgoblinghoul May 11 '24

This is by far the most obnoxious version of it though

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u/thequeenisalizard1 May 12 '24

Yeah it is cool to have it but it was so uninspired.

Id love a version where the doctor can’t be bothered having to go through it all and we get a super cut of him frantically going through all the need-to-knows to get it over and done with or something. Would suit Ncuti’s comic persona well

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u/onthenerdyside May 11 '24

This felt like a pilot specifically for new viewers from Disney+

And that's okay. On any long-running franchise, you need to have jumping on points so people don't feel like they need to watch from the beginning. It's such a new luxury to be able to do that, anyway. The lore dumps didn't feel quite as organic as they could have been, but it felt fine from an alien Doctor Who pov.

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u/darthvall May 23 '24

Well, that's alright then!

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u/ScurryOakPlusIvyLane May 11 '24

It was definitely a pilot for new viewers. The second episode was sort of slightly better. I’m hoping they’ll ease back into normal Who.

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u/AwareCup5530 May 11 '24

Yeah I could tell they were hammering out the lore for the new American/International watchers exclusively. I mean as a whovian it was kind of like "yeah I know!" But it was required for anyone new

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u/darthvall May 23 '24

I've been watching since NuWho, and I like this episode! Quite surprised that a lot of people don't like it actually.

Of course it's not deep nor having a huge twist, but it's fun! I love Ncuti as the the doctor (Fifteenth?).

Just wanna quote Ninth on this: "Everybody lives!"

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u/SullenTerror May 12 '24

kinda like playing a new pokemon game... yes professor tree i know how to catch, but im kinda glad its there because someone might be catching pokemon for the first time