Demons of the Punjab, Gallifrey Gals Get Wibbly Wobbly! S11ep6
Added 2022-06-23 17:01:02 +0000 UTCTime Travel and tears! Get those comfort narwhals ready its another DW episode filled with all the emotions!
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imo one of the all time best DW episodes. I am enthralled each time, and I cry every single time Manish and Prem have their confrontation
Einar Sigurรฐsson
2022-06-29 17:58:31 +0000 UTCGreat reaction and what a great episode! I find it annoying that some people have a go at the Thirteenth Doctor for not being able to stop, help, or prevent what happened when previous Doctors have done the exact same thing, and it's not like there was anything she could do to stop Prem from dying. I think it shows just how tragic and difficult it is for the Doctor to live a life where she knows when she can't stop something bad from happening because it's a fixed point in history that can't be changed. What I love about this Doctor is that she's not arrogant, I mean yeah she does show off some times as does every Doctor, but she fully knows there are some situations where she can't win the day, and that angers and upsets her. Like that moment in The Ghost Monument where she reaches the location where the Tardis is supposed to be and it isn't there, and we can see how affected the Doctor is, thinking that she let Ryan, Graham, and Yaz down. I like that most of the time she doesn't think highly of herself. I think it's what makes the 13th Doctor's Team Dynamic great, she treats her companions as equals.
The Adopted Whovian
2022-06-24 22:14:23 +0000 UTCI know, right?!
Nicole Mazza
2022-06-24 05:59:13 +0000 UTCOne of the best episodes absolutely. Emotional, important story to tell. I love the 3 companions and that they're all different. I agree with Paula that it's nice to have the various characters able to give their thoughts and support from their perspectives.
Alisa Loudner
2022-06-24 03:31:59 +0000 UTCI'm surprised the Yasmin Khan name didn't get more media attention after this tweet...
Firefly24601
2022-06-24 00:26:11 +0000 UTCAlso, I remember feeling much like the gang over on the TARBIS (Time and Relative Blackness in Space) podcast about Graham AGAIN doing all the emotional labor in this story (i.e. 'the talk' with Yaz, that I personally feel should've come from the Doctor instead) -- I really wish the Doctor had more of those convos with the companions. Yes, it frees her up to do other things in the plot as Paula said, but it also leaves out any sort of emotional connection-style beats between the Doctor and her companions, leaving her more cold and aloof instead. She just feels SO DISCONNECTED from her companions (and audience) in this incarnation. And that bothers me, personally. And while I like Graham, the emotional focus (and emotional labor) seems to always land on him and while I love Bradley Walsh's performance, don't get me wrong, always giving 'the heart' of the episode to the older white guy, instead of the two POC characters (ONE OF WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FOCUS OF THE STORY INSTEAD) and the first female Doctor honestly smarts a bit. He's not the only character in these stories that FEELS THINGS, Chinballs. ๐คทโโ๏ธ ANYWAY...oh, I also forgot to mention, Prem means 'love' (or sacrifice in the Hindu religion?) in Sanskrit (see: https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5481/prem: "Prem is a Sanskrit word for "love." More specifically, it refers to pure, unconditional love that leads to total devotion and surrender. Of the various paths of yoga, Bhakti yoga is most associated with prem, as the highest form of devotion (bhakti) is prem.") P.S. Also, when the ep came out, Vinay Patel shared some book rec links to learn more about Partition, if you're interested: https://twitter.com/VinayPatel/status/1061706386948702209
Nicole Mazza
2022-06-23 23:47:28 +0000 UTCA superb episode which still holds up. Another great new writer in Vinay, co-writing with Chibs and the music was awesome. I know as a nitpic the aliens were not so scary really, but that wasn't the point was it. I was not a fan of Chibs at the time but this episode basically nailed so much of that infamous rant he gave as a teen-ager on that Doctor Who fan episode when he complained about Pip and Jane Bakers' stories. It was a brave story to tell for Doctor Who, really taught us a lot about war in a non preachy way like Paula said. They didn't follow too many tropes in this one ๐ P.s. If I recall later, this was one of many shows on the BBC at the time in commemoration of the anniversary of the Indian partition.
Sufyaan Kazi
2022-06-23 23:01:40 +0000 UTCI still find it odd (and sad) that a story that could've been a great character piece for Yaz, while a good story in and of itself, was not that. Yes, we got some facts about her family history and some broad strokes, but not much about what makes her tick as a person. ๐คท And yes, I'm an old school Classic series fan, so I can (sort of) live with not knowing much about the companion's inner lives all the time. But on the other hand, with modern story-telling (especially in the modern series), I feel let down that as we keep going on, as I know so little about Yaz. Half the series in and she's just a cardboard cut-out of a companion right now, failing the 'Sexy Lamp Test' (where if you switched her character with a sexy lamp, she'd have as much integration with the story) much more often than I'd like, and it makes me sad, as I think she deserves WAY better -- especially as our first South Asian companion. It definitely brings up all my old Martha annoyances. ๐คฌ I also hate that we have yet another story of the Doctor just turning away from tragedy and walking away, passively. Yes, I know she can't change history (like in 'Rosa'), but it's not something I personally feel comfortable watching the Doctor do -- as if she no longer is willing to fight to fix things, but just accepts the failures without trying. I remember reading somewhere that Chibs wanted this series to be a focus on hope, but this season feels a bit LACKING in hope instead, with stories like this and 'Rosa' and the Doctor not stopping the bad from happening and just remaining passive instead. It's why, though I think the story itself is beautiful in many aspects, I don't find it a good DOCTOR WHO story. Or if it is, all it's doing is cementing for me how out-of-character Thirteen seems to feel for me. And how much she angers and frustrates me. ๐ข As for good, I love that on British telly, they opted to take a fairly unflinching look at Partition. It's not often the Brits turn the lens back on themselves for their issues with colonialism over the years. And as much as I somewhat liked MountBatten as a mentor for Prince Phillip (and Prince Charles), he REALLY did a terrible job with this whole Partition thing. If you ever want to see more about it, there's a great documentary on YouTube about it called 'The Day India Burned': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZS40U5yFpc It's rough to watch, of course, but seems to be a good overview -- though admittedly I say this as a white-ish American, so my knowledge of Partition is somewhat limited, but at least they also touch on the poor Sikh, who were caught in the middle of the Hindu and Muslim (which 'Demons of the Punjab' didn't really go into).
Nicole Mazza
2022-06-23 22:16:40 +0000 UTCI agree. I always felt that Umbreen at some point recently recognized Yaz as that strange young woman who arrived at her wedding all those years ago (at least subconsciously), which is why she gives her the watch in the first place.
Lloyd B
2022-06-23 22:14:54 +0000 UTCOh, the episode was filmed in the Province of Granada in Spain.
Bill
2022-06-23 21:24:17 +0000 UTCWhat if Umbreen does remember her, only she thinks the Yaz she knows today is the reincarnation of the Yaz who attended her wedding? If she believed that, it's also likely something she wouldn't share.
John
2022-06-23 21:12:00 +0000 UTCEven in the weakest season of modern Doctor Who, this episode stands out as one of the shows best. Such an emotional impact from a period of history so many don't know a lot about. This episode took me by surprise the first time I saw it. It's got a lot of echos of Father's Day back in series 1 but in my opinion it has a depth that elevates it above that and its an episode I will never tire rewatching.
Joel Featherstone
2022-06-23 19:18:58 +0000 UTCI'm not sure where this ranks for me in all of NuWho, but this is definitely my fav of Series 11! ๐
Firefly24601
2022-06-23 18:47:42 +0000 UTCCan we give this one a 10 two? Or is that just breaking the rating system? Most of the complaints I've seen about this episode are that people don't like the aliens, either considering them intrusive or not used enough depending on whether you like or dislike historicals. Watching it this time through (fourth?) I think the aliens story is supposed to form a paraller. In the past they were warriors, engaged in such fierce battles that they destroyed their own planet. Now they engage in repentence and stand in silent witness to the destruction that such a warrior mentality eventuates. They serve as both a warning and a sign of positive growth. Maybe the humans can also learn from these experiences and grow to a new awareness. All three of the companions also get to go through some character growth here, despite the antis crying that the cast is too crowded and there's no room for development. Actually this level of density just means you can keep watching the same episode over again and peel a new layer of meaning off it each time, like the layers of an onion.
Bob Hughes
2022-06-23 18:25:24 +0000 UTCHoly moly what an incredible thought!!! I didn't even think about that remark about being her favorite granddaughter. I remember when watching the episode and thinking once, "Huh.. I guess she wouldn't remember her because it really was so long ago and so much has happened since then." But the subtle remembrance being there and that's why she would make that comment... Love that!!! - Kat
Time Lord
2022-06-23 18:13:04 +0000 UTCThe Demons are not the aliens, its the people
Mark Ten
2022-06-23 18:09:19 +0000 UTC"I honestly don't know whether any of know the real truth of our own lives because we're too busy living them from the inside, so just enjoy it, live this moment and figure it out later." That quote means so much. Love this episode, so beautiful! 13 is wonderful as always. Learning more about Yaz and her family was great. Also, I like to think Yaz is her Nani's favorite granddaughter because she remembers her from back then at her wedding even if she may not realize it.
RPGsus Plays
2022-06-23 17:13:09 +0000 UTCOh god, this one BROKE me when I first saw it. I wish Chibnall had stuck with this kinda stuff for more of his run than just the first series.
Scribbles
2022-06-23 17:07:47 +0000 UTC
