The Reel Rejects - DOCTOR WHO 60th Anniversary Special - The Star Beast - Review!

Episode Date: November 27, 2023

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Alonzie, ladies and gentlemen, we are here for the Doctor Who. 60th anniversary. Johnny, my companion, Nate, how are you? I am. Tie me, Y, me, G. How are you? I am so excited. I've thought about nothing but Doctor Who yesterday.

It's kind of crazy because we started watching this at our Patreon in Modern Who. We have been watching it every single week for a couple of years. And then we had our first period where, oh, now there are several months without Doctor Who. Now we're caught up. What do we do? And it was the first time we've ever had a chance to miss Doctor Who since we started. As I was like getting some refreshers, I was like, man, I just couldn't stop thinking about Dr. And I just got, like, jacked up about filming.

Like, tenants coming back and all sorts of things can happen. Donna, like, what are we going to do? Yeah, I haven't been this excited for Doctor Who ever, just because this is the first time we had an opportunity to miss it. Ladies and gentlemen, please go ahead, use that sonic screwdriver to leave a like on this video. That would be very much appreciate. Also, subscribe, click the notification bell, because apparently, John, there's three specials. Didn't her know that?

Oh, yes, it's a three-parter. And then there's a Christmas special after that. This video is going to be edited by our friend Eric. He might know him as nerd product. He actually helps run the website Passion Fruit, which goes to heavily support reactors. I've done an interview there myself. You guys should go ahead check it out. And as always, full-length and watch alongs, it's pretty single with your own copy of Doctor Who.

That is available for our super sexy rejects over at our Patreon page. And we cover several shows exclusive with the highlights and watch-alongs occluded, including all of the Doctor Who that we did. But this being the first part of the special, the first time I've ever putting this on YouTube with Doctor Who. The watchalong for this one will be made public for everyone. So go ahead. You can check it out. link in the description box anywho john you're excited i'm very excited let's see what happens

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Let's get those jingo balls holiday ready with Manscape. Boy, oh boy, good to have Dr. Who back. So the MEEP is a transphope. Yes. Among other things, I guess. Yeah. You know, not very tolerant that MEP, even though they have its own personal pronoun preference. Listen, I am a full supporter of trans rights in every way.

But at the same time, I cannot possibly, at one part of me, truly understand what it's like to be a trans person. Sure. And sometimes there's some messaging that happens where I'm like, hey, I'm always for something, but I might ask a couple of questions here or there just so I can better understand. When there's an allegory, you know, relevant to life, but also mixed up in sci-fi circumstances, you've got to kind of interpret. Yeah, yeah, man. As a matter of fact, at our Patreon, the one who's every, say our Patreon, what we always do is read

these, like, facts from each episode of Doctor Who, our most staunch patron eject or super, what's what you're called or super sexy reject, um, it's transgender. And we, we get excited now to see this amount of

trans metaphor and allegory. Because it's so cool. It's not even just allegory. It's actually quite, direct you know yeah true representation i think that's there i'm sure there's parts of any community or fandom that's like what the hell however i think with dr who uh i feel like it's probably something that's being very much embraced right now i have to imagine which i think is excellent i feel like dr who comes with a spirit of inclusivity i feel like it's probably a little ironic to be winging about

you know yeah things like that on a show like this yeah and i mean i can just imagine just i like The trans audience for Doctor Who and the queer audience for Doctor, like they have to be so very vast. And I can only imagine the joy and probably the kind of overflowing of emotion that, you know, people were probably having with this. Yeah. I mean, we had Jody Whitaker, which as expected got like, I mean, we already were like aware that Doctor Who would eventually become Jody Whittaker when we were starting up the show, I think.

you know i think we're already at that point well into her run yeah yeah so we were so we were like yeah we were aware um didn't really care but we were aware that there was a bunch of negative talk about it so i feel like we're at a point where we could be past that hopefully we'll see i don't think it matters

i feel like things move in in like slow tammoms where it's like okay people wrapped their mind around the doctor being a woman and that's one thing to wrap your mind around. And now there's a more overt sort of trans allegory or whatever it might be. And that's another thing to kind of level one step up and wrap your mind further around.

The reason I'm bringing up Jody Whitaker is because the backlash to changing the doctor from a man for so many years to then having a tenure with an actress. Then to bring back tenant, I think there's something really admirable in Russell T. Davies going, hey, this ain't us for voting back. We're going to, we're going to double down on some shit right now. This isn't us making up for a woman, doctor, by bringing back your favorite man, doctor.

And then we're going to really embrace trans rights. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And to do it, you know, I think it's also smart to go back to Dr. Donna, you know, go back to a character who wasn't always, you know, doctored, but certainly is now, or at least. for the moment is well yeah i think it's quite admirable it's pretty cool to me that it's nothing along the lines of what some some camp may have been like maybe they're going to try to rewrite it because did jody whittaker era like we there were some of some of those episodes like we love the flux arc and there's so much about um jody whittaker's performance itself that was just so excellent and but we were there to experience some like really awful

writing periods of Doctor Who where I was like okay I see what people are talking about some of this is really not it was the unfortunate thing of like Jody Whitaker is great and this is a fine idea but also like the writing of this could be better and some of the tonality could be more rich or unified or whatever it is and then they made some bold choices with changing up the lore with the timeless child

and all these things everyone loves the timeless child then to go back to tenant you know it's i did hear some of the conversation of oh it's going to try to like course correct is you going to try to rewrite some things and that's why i'm i wanted to start off immediately with where the show was ending off with sure of hey it's neat that russell t davies actually decided to really embrace it yeah find an extension of it and like wear it on its sleeve yeah it doesn't they don't shy away at all no and in a way that that I think, yes, is like, it's very, like, heartfelt in that way.

And you can tell the show really cares about doing that just as much as it cares about everything out. Like, this was a lovely re-entry, and I think there's always, like, some level of state. Like, it's kind of funky, stepping into the shoes of everybody else who's a hoovian, where now you get to anticipate. And it's like, you know, some specials are better than others. usually the anniversaries are pretty, you know, momentous or whatever. But, yeah, this managed to bring us back in in a way that was, you know, reaching for, you know, some kind of relevant, you know, meaning applicable to our place and time,

but also not losing sight of any of the history between Dr. and Donna, not losing sight of any of the fun and tradition of Doctor Who, not losing sight of homageing, you know, various sci-fi movies that came before. for like they really kind of seem to put everything into all of the elements and so I feel like it earns the allegory and it earns everything else by doing so and I think it's you know it's I'm curious to hear more commentary and more you know kind of breakdowns of some of those more yeah pertinent moments in terms of the allegory just yeah just to kind of see how people feel about the articulation and how it intermingles with the you know more sci-fi elements of like literally letting the energy go, you know, and fixing the Metacrisis and all that stuff. Well, I like it because it does it with a big smile on its face. And an eye for the characters first and foremost. The way how, yes, that, that, it's

the way how I felt about how, like, the messaging and Barbie doesn't bother me because it does it with a big smile on its face. Yeah, and it's like part of the point is we're going to talk about this. Yeah, yeah. This is the sterling example of something that's been like gendered and used to instruct since its inception, and now we're going to deconstruct that. Yeah, they're going to, they lead with that. And so I appreciated it.

Yeah. The part of it, though, that I am a little back and forth on, and my initial feeling on it, is only because of the amount of tension and suspense and built in of the whole letting go of the residual gallifery, DNA like regenerative time regenerative energy

that resided within Donna like I like the the theory does come true of like oh because she had a child some of it was able to be passed on and and so I appreciate that concept there was just something that felt like

they have the two the two handed side of it right where the thing about letting go that specifically there's that one section. Yeah.

When they do let go of the energy. Yeah. That one, like one minute part, not even a minute. That's probably one, one part of my, uh,

like back in my back and forth is about it is it felt a little too simplistic to me while I get the idea, at least is what it seems to be about. Again, be more curious for women and trans people to tell me more than I would, you know, but it seemed like it was mainly about white dudes. It seemed like it was more only about. women in that moment, not even so much about being trans.

Because she says something, a male doctor wouldn't understand. Yeah, male presenting doctor. Yes, yeah. Yeah. And there's so much. And they say letting go. And it just seemed so, it just seemed too simple after everything of the buildup of that. I like the idea of like commenting on, you know, the fact that women definitely have to like, even as a guy.

I can be like, yeah, no, women have to let go a lot more than men who, yeah, absolutely. Society just forces that. I could see if I'm an observant point of view. Yeah, sure, no doubt. But in terms of just, like, plot, that's where I'm focused on. It seemed like a little too quick to me on what happened there. This was like 42, 45 minutes, right? This was like 50-something minutes.

Not like a full hour and change, though. No, no. I feel like this is kind of a classic Doctor Who thing where you sometimes will come to an episode where you're like, I like the idea of this resolution. I wish there was maybe a little more time. Like, you know, there's so much else going on. There's a lot of madcapness. There's a lot of reuniting and honoring the past and whatnot.

And, yeah, like this sequence maybe could have been a little more breathable so that it doesn't feel so breezy. And it's also not liable to, like, rush past you in a sense. because definitely because yeah it is it does kind of happen rapidly and I like the principle of the idea that it's an an emotional thing that solves the problem it's not like oh we need to

you know find some machine or source of energy and you know like irradiated you know like whatever you know mumbo jumbo they might have come up with from a sci-fi perspective wibbly wobbly wimmy yeah hijinks in order to fix

this sure I like that it's It's a self-empowered thing. And I even like the device of like Donna's Doctor Energy when he recites all the, you know, trigger words and, you know, her energy is unleashed. And that activates the energy in Rose. Like I thought that was a smart instance of like, oh, yeah, that's a clever plot device that also makes sense to me.

Oh, like the whole thing with the binary and non-binary as well. And that made a lot of sense. Yeah, we are binary. You are, you know, a woman, doctor, imbued. I am a doctor, you know, naturally. And now we've kind of, you know, amalgamated into Rose who chose her own name and all that stuff. And that's part of the peripheral magic. So, yeah, it's like for me, I just think that finale scene, it's like weird.

Part of me is like, well, because it's kind of brief, it doesn't be labor the point. And then I imagine caused that many more people to be like, oh, my God, woke. But at the same time, just as a dramatic beat, I would have maybe just felt a little bit less like I need to go back and look at that. again if they had let it breathe or something, which again is just a kind of, it's one of those things about Doctor Who, that's not like you just 100% give it a pass, but it is like one of those charming earmarks of like, yeah, sometimes the wrap up is a little quick, you know? Yeah, yeah, but I mean, the jovial spirit of it all, it doesn't, it's not going to undo the grandiose experience of this special, you know, and I think there's a lot of pressure on a special,

you know? And there's probably the other pressure of the fact that you're bringing back Tenet, you're bringing back Tate as well, and Russell T. Davies is returning. Like, there's a lot happening here. It is a special. It's the 60th anniversary. And I wouldn't put all the laurels in this one episode, though, because they're doing several specials. And I've heard the next one is, all I heard is David Tenet described it. I think it was him as Russell T. Davies.

Unleashed. Yeah, okay, cool. I'm excited for whatever that means. Cool, yeah. Well, I think for the first episode of the special, but this was a pretty great one. Like, I love the way it was shot. It felt very vibrant throughout.

It is the chemistry, the energy, and the pacing. Coming off of the Whitaker season, who did that, Chip, Chibnall? Yes. Chibs. Chips. Which often had this, like, dreary mood to it. It seemed like it wanted to be the gritty reboot version yeah yeah yeah and uh to to come back to and while they had some episodes that were a little

more lively to go back to this flare for it was refreshing it felt like new classic yeah yeah at the same time it felt classic but it didn't just feel like they're doing what they did before it still felt like they're advancing and doing some something new and that i can't quite put my finger on but there is something that feels i guess refined about it like Russell C davis has had some time away and I like that they embrace the age with everything it's like going with an older Donna and having the daughter age up yeah she barely looks like she's same thing same thing with tenant man yeah he's good uh tenant looks great and it's just to see them like slip back into these roles so seamlessly to the point where yeah there's

there's nothing about it I just felt stiff like they just they just they they It's like, I feel like we haven't, like, it's, it's, it's, what's odd about it. I'll tell you what's really odd about it is you have tenant, then you have, uh, three more doctors after tenant. And then you're back to tenant and you kind of forget about this other talk. Like, it just feels like you're picking up with 10. Yeah, even though this is 14 and not 10. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like, it is carrying on that. Which is another good choice, I think. It is carrying that history. It is carrying that history. It is, it is carrying on that history. true but tenant is still he's doing something different again this is like reaction so i'm kind

of processing it in a moment like he because he has like the natural tenant whimsies that you would expect and the kind of lively energy that you would expect in the animated side of him i guess well when he was 10th he was darker he does seem a bit grizzled at the like he we just talked about how good he looks but he does look and feel a little bit more more like, I don't know. When he was 10th, he was a much darker portrayal. Yeah. Yeah.

But I think there's further darkness in like a Capaldi even, and there's a different kind of angst in some of the darker aspects of like Whitaker. Well, Smith especially. And so, yeah, they all have like a unique approach to the darkness. But I get what you mean. It's like he seems very classically tenant, but also appropriately at this. Again, appropriately the next one and not a reverting to the old. one is something about even though you know there's always a jumble of like oh how much do

they remember from their previous incarnation and all that stuff but but yeah it still felt informed by the recent events even if they're not overt i would say even like i mean he got along with matt smith great like i watched a lot of i watched a lot of those interviews he's done with matt smith sure um there's a convention interviews there's a really funny one with them on graham norton and that's got to be blessed graham norton should play a a doctor and i believe tenant was the first one to learn about whittaker because they were friends oh yeah because of broad church yeah yeah so she called them up and yeah i think i think how the story goes is tenant got a call saying like the next doctor wants to talk to you oh and then it was

jody whitaker so i feel like he has been able to not only just have the direct experience of working with Matt's oh granted there was um uh who's the one the older oh john hurt no no no no no capaldi capaldi yeah there was capaldi after smith yeah but i think his i don't feel like there's really the capaldi experience in here but i feel the matt smith and i feel the whittaker along with tenet he's not yeah he doesn't have the like the uh yeah that i don't know there's something about the capaldi doctor that feels like especially scarred by things and and harsh kind of like a curmudgeon curmudgeon but who's got like some some heavy shit to let go yeah yeah yeah yeah he feels lighter on his feet even though he's aged he

feels lighter on his feet here yeah absolutely and i yeah like this this definitely felt like a sort of i like that yeah they have this new classic feeling where you're like oh man we are kind of hopping back into especially after the tonal shift of the whittaker era we're hopping back into something that feels appropriately modern with some of the production values and whatnot but yeah has the same amount of bounce and the same amount of whimsy always kind of at the periphery

but then I think it's smart that they didn't just go with nostalgia and they didn't just go with like oh hey we're a majean et and gremlins and other things we're also like again as much debate as there is around relevant allegories

of this variety in popular culture I think that's a good sign that they are and they are not just here to rest on their laurels and feed us Doctor Who flavored member berries. They're trying to again use... Oh, there's a good amount here. Yeah. No, there are. But I'm saying like if it was just that

and it was just like, oh, isn't it nice to have Tenant and Catherine Tate back? And isn't everything Grant? Like that would have been enough for me to enjoy it, but I think it's nice that they really seem to come in with like all guns blazing and they brought the fun guns. Yeah. And it makes me really excited.

for what this trio of specials, this amalgamated special will be, because, too, I mean, oftentimes the special means multiple doctors, which this doesn't at least at the outset seem like the point will be, aside from that you have multiple doctors in the

form, at least in this episode of Rose and Donna. But, yeah, like, seeing I think it is an interesting inversion on the usual special format because now we get, yeah, this little cluster of episodes with Tenant, who you know like there's heavy debate between all the fans about who's favorite and who when but i feel

like tenant for some reason does feel like the one where it's like you could periodically bring this guy back and just make it a thing and i think he would love it and i think we would love it you know and you can do allegory but you could also do fun well if i'm not mistaken it was it was when tenet came in where it doctor who skyrocketed pierced that veil of just it's just the geek show or some It's when it really took hold of the main street. It took hold, like, really took hold of pop culture zeitgeist. Yeah, for the new age, yeah. A thousand percent.

And I think that's what makes Tenet specifically so special. He's so many people's first, yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah, totally. And, you know, Tate, especially, she slips right back into the role. Like, I, because a big part of what makes their companionship feel different than a lot of other ones. I mean, you had it with, like, Bill. Billy and Capaldi, I forget they actually, Billy,

but you have it there for obvious reasons. Oh, yeah, I like... But a lot of times there's a bit of a romantic inkling or hint. I like those ones, but I especially enjoy these ones. But this is very platonic. Yeah. They're dynamic. And she's willing to, like, tell him if she doesn't agree.

And I think that is always really fun. Like a companion who will speak up and who isn't just going to be like, what do I do, just tell me what to do. like those always create a lovely friction and especially with david tennie i think is is yeah it's it's pretty exquisite and i like the daughter the the one who played rose i thought she was great yeah she was excellent i wish we had a little more time with her i wish we had a you know there's something another thing i'm kind of back and forth on is i i like kind of the passive portrayal of sean yes this guy always up for anything he's always like sure fine

Just yes, ending his way through life. Because part of the performance feels like he went through hell after agreeing to give away the lottery money. And he's just sort of suckered it up. And he's just that guy now. He's always like, yep, fine. I'm rolling with it. I'm just choosing a half of always. Nothing matters anymore.

Like, I feel like there's a little bit of a stress ball just growing in his brain. Agreed. But there's something that translates is so funny because it's, it could have easily been the other direction of who's this man what do you want to be like they could have done some some type of like amy and rory thingy to a certain extent right um but they didn't do that at all so there's something that was kind of funny about it's very charming but what and that compliments nicely that Sharon is so concerned yeah so averse to like any of this happening um well the the mom before has been you know kind of a a pensive like a new a nuance to deal with like she was she was had that classic like judgmental yeah that's sort of like i i nag you because i love you but i'm gonna be overbearing about it yeah and and they's they managed to take those qualities but converted into protection yeah totally and you really feel the history on her especially yeah it was fun that was a lot of fun

i like the meep design uh a lot i'm not familiar i don't know where meeps because meep come from i think I think I heard that MEPs come from like an audio book or a comic book, something like that. Okay. I think there's some extended materials. Yeah. But I didn't know anything about like what the personality traits are supposed to be like. If this is their history or some shit. Like I don't know anything about what the MEPs are supposed to be.

Sure. But they had me going. Like because I thought like it was creepy to endearing. I think I said that. It was like creepy to endearing. And but it sold me on, okay, I guess it's going to be like. like good yeah it really plays off of it smartly plays off of your just yeah you seeing the figures in the situation and making a judgment yeah and using that judgment to subvert your

expectation so yeah that whole thing about like oh these are stun guns interesting why you know and then these guys you know these soldier guys are out to kill but yeah I thought that was a nice switch around and a good a further compliment to the allegory in a less obvious way where it's like oh yeah things aren't as they seem yeah we still have a kind of I'm assuming the boss is toy maker must be that that seems like what

it would be unless they're doing some other craziness beyond out beyond that but I feel like yeah toy maker is probably the one because too you know she's making the toys and the me hides among the toy I feel like yeah it's probably hearkening to that

yeah it seemed like there were some hints at least going to that and you know who knows maybe there's something to do the toy makers to why tenant is back in his tenant form it's fun to speculate this time because before we would speculate at patreon it's like I don't want to get spoiled so it's not speculate too hard but now yeah being in real time you like it's nice to be a part of the momentum and the excitement that comes with the new stuff yeah it was spoiled for us the tenant was like uh she regenerates in the tenant yeah yeah you know and because it was like impossible to it

Yeah. You know what I also enjoyed about this really quick is I like the way they handled Bernard Cribbins and they give you a little moment for the doctor to lament the loss of Wilf and then realize that yeah, they just have him off screen. He's alive and well and they're going to go visit him maybe at some point. And like I hope we don't get some kind of AI regenerated Bernard Cribbins unless he really wanted that. I mean, I remember hearing that there's supposed to be some scene where he pulls up next to him in a car. I think on the Pacific Palisades. Yes, definitely. They come all the way to America. Wilf's is riding in a hot rod. And then see you again, starts playing. Yeah.

Yep. I'm pretty sure of what happens. Yeah, they got Wiz Khalifa to be a doctor to come in and perform the song. I heard that rumor. And they got Bernard Jr. Curbin's his brother to stand in for him, you know, so they could shoot the scenes. So it was, it was the family approved of it. Okay.

It's cool that well flows on them. Yeah, I'm happy about that. There are a lot of ways you can handle that. And obviously, if you make him alive, part of us goes, I want to see him. But at the same time, I'm happy he's out there. Well, I'm realizing this so late. One of the big, I mean, it was like the thing that led to his regeneration for tenant, tenant regenerating. into Matt Smith

was the showdown in the cases with Wilf and then they kind of have a mirroring effect oh sure oh my god good call when they're in the yeah they're split in the yeah the chambers basically it makes two of the radiation chambers or whatever except yeah like slightly different circumstances but yeah it is a good

callback to that damn that's good yeah and that was such a heart breaking scene like oh god and like yeah the last time the doctor saw me like totally snapped at him And, you know, brought it back around, but still, like, it was a tumultuous moment. So I'm glad that, you know, they get to visit. Because you feel that in the doctor's face, too, when he thinks he's dead.

And he's like, oh, like, you feel the guilt of some of those, you know, past moments. A thousand percent, yeah. But also then the, I think that's also a nice kind of. But I was so in the moment. Yeah. Of, like, is she about to die here? Because this seems fast. Yeah.

I didn't think about that till right now. Yeah. Yeah, no, and that's a nice thing, is I think that's a sign that this has, you know, got a lot of TLC on it, and they put a lot of, you know, care and detail and richness into what they're trying to do here. So even if it is a little bit crammed here, there are certain moments feel maybe a little quick here there. That's Doctor Who. That's Doctor Who, and there are way more, way less cohesive versions of those kinds of Doctor Who pitfalls. so like yeah here's great no i mean i had a blast i think with i think the thing with a special more than anything else that matters is the the um the spirit

yeah as long as the spirit feels i don't it doesn't have to be jovial it's nice when it is it doesn't be spiritually attuned and have its eye on the legacy it's trying to you know yeah you can like logically look at some shit and be like that it's gonna read better and whatever like i think a lot of times you could do it but it's a special it's like it's an avengers movie you know it's a three part special yeah so part of me is also like well we'll see how these all feel as a trio once they're all done you know and it's rare when you go in i mean you always know the doctor the doctor will eventually regenerate into someone else you know that but it's rare when you go in to a special with

the doctor knowing this is going to be very short-lived yeah so just have fun with the ride appreciate the precious moments yeah exactly exactly take another milestone to maybe get tenant back or you know some kind of crossover of yeah yeah so like this doesn't happen all the time obviously no it doesn't and so just have fun um because it's going to be short-lived and we know it is and i think that in a way it's yeah it'll make these feel precious but I think it'll also make for an interesting transition into I think it's

Shuti Gatwa the new doctor after three episodes of a classic I think will be an interesting transition point uh no it's Idraselba my bad it's Denzel Washington I think we can have a lot of sincere

commentary about trans rights of course and being supportive but but it's definitely I can make a couple of satirical races. Sure, sure, sure. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because we're in a post-racism world now where we can joke about that all the time.

Yeah, it doesn't exist anymore. Yeah. Now you can't joke about identities unless they're of like old news shit like race. Mm-hmm. Then you can go hog wild. Yeah. But no, I loved it. I had a great time.

Yeah. I had a great time and I can't wait to see the rest. Very happy. Eatin good today. Leaves me wanting more. Absolutely. And it cuts to credits abruptly the way you expect it.

Yep. We're back. It's sober. And then we'll whatever we left off on, we'll figure that out beginning of the next episode and then we'll move into the next adventure.

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Gardner, Chase, this just seems like a fitting doctor to shout you out on. Oh, yeah. Because Tennant loves to be on foot. He's known to be one of the most cardiovascular-driven doctors out there, constantly running around. Aerobically inclined doctor. And then Gardner, because when I hear that, I just feel like serene at ease. Yeah, he's a cult. He helps things grow, and he helps, you know, aid in a peaceful, sort of natural, holistic way.

That's the way I feel right now are both of these emotions, so I thought shouting you out just kind of made the most sense. Chased into the gardens of our souls. Mm-hmm. And, dude, you've been a part of our page getting shout-to-us for the longest time. You have been unbelievably loyal to us. I need you to go the extra mile now Yes, it's time to step it up If there's any other Patreon pages

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oh we're going to take a hit uh oh yeah now people are going to realize they can just get doctor who anywhere on the youtube's or wherever else unless you want to sync up with your own copy and and enjoy the full-length reaction experience, which is only available to Patreon, which you know. The HBO Max version often conflicted. Oh, good. You know how that goes.

Oh, excellent HBO. I wonder if the Disney Plus one will conflict with the BBC first. Oh, because PAL, because PAL is a different frame rate. Oh, interesting. Yeah, we'll see how it goes. 25 FPS. Maybe we should just shoot All Doctor Who's in 25 FPS.

I don't know. I don't think we can. We'll see how it goes. All righty, guys. Well, Chase Carter. Thanks for being here, Matt. Be well.