The Snowmen, Gallifrey Gals Get Wibbly Wobbly! S7Ep6
Added 2021-02-18 18:00:04 +0000 UTCThe Doctor finds Clara again but who is this impossible girl. Will Paula accept the new companion change? Are we ready to move on after the heated reaction from Amy and Rory's departure from the show?
https://vimeo.com/753043615/e895dbe264
PAULA DEMING
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulaDeming
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paolobandita/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulaDeming
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2984865/
KATRINA ALYSHA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KatrinaAlysha
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrina_alysha
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katrinaalysha
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8371578/
Intro Song by: Pixel Pig by Di Young https://youtu.be/TiC7_167hQ0
Creative Commons Attribution license
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/di-young-pixel-pig
All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them.
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Comments
I love how this story is a prequel to the Troughton story and how the Doctor basically caused that whole mess with the Great Intelligence in the first place! SO GOOD! ❤️ P.S. Also, David Tennant is in 'Scream of the Shalka' as well, but I doubt they'd catch him in a reaction of it, as he only has about two lines! (I love that little story and I actually am one of the rare people that prefer Grant's Ninth Doctor over Eccleston's).
Nicole Mazza
2021-03-09 11:02:31 +0000 UTCThis!
Nicole Mazza
2021-03-09 10:57:45 +0000 UTCAfter having to suffer through the Doctor grieving Rose and throwing a perfectly awesome companion -- Martha -- under the bus because of it, I for one was super-glad to see the Doctor dealing with his grief over Amy and Rory OFF-SCREEN. I honestly don't think I could go through that again. Maybe it's the classic series fan in me that's seen dozens of companions come and go, but honestly my fave part of Doctor Who is that it (usually) moves on. It keeps the show fresh and is why it's existed since 1963. It's just all very: keep calm and carry on and all that. 😀 P.S. Also, aside from the wibbly-wobbly timelines they have to deal with (i.e. where they are in their relationship -- married or not), River and the Doctor are very much in an open marriage. She talks about fancying and dating other people all the time, even in front of him. It's really no big deal for them. I don't know, as a polyamorous person myself, it's one of the things I love most about the River/Doctor relationship. 🤷♀
Nicole Mazza
2021-03-09 10:57:09 +0000 UTCPlus, they're in an open relationship. River is involved with other people herself and openly flirts with others as well.
Nicole Mazza
2021-03-09 10:31:54 +0000 UTCMoffat did nothing to anyone. He just wrote a script that he thought it was fitting for 11 at that point. The fact that people get angry because they binge a show that had a break of 3 months between the 5th ep. and the Christmas special and they didn't had time to "get used to it" is not Moffat's fault. The fact that she puts this on Moffat is a bit childish to be honest.
Razvan Micu
2021-02-26 15:34:09 +0000 UTCMy favorite Christmas special
Amanda Logsdon
2021-02-20 14:56:31 +0000 UTCIm glad, you ladies still continue after last episode.. and i love Clara so so much..
R.BGames37
2021-02-20 01:45:48 +0000 UTCI feel the same way, and that's pretty much why I am excited to watch these reactions (particularly from Paula's POV) since I feel like I never really gave Clara the attention she deserved. That's probably not at all where you were going with the comment, but I just had a whole internal monologue and I realized that this may be the perfect opportunity for me to maybe see why people like Clara so much. I personally have not made it through all of Clara's run so I can't say whether I like her or not as a companion, but since I have never been able to go through her run on my own, this is the perfect opportunity to find out since I genuinely adore Gallifrey Gals' reactions.
Kbex
2021-02-19 22:23:44 +0000 UTCThere is so much of the Doctor/River relationship we never see. Why assume they haven't discussed and agreed to the boundaries of their marriage, and that they adhere to them?
Opti_Frog
2021-02-19 13:29:42 +0000 UTCThe thing about the marriage is that as it is happening in reverse and they won’t spend much time with each other it can never be a normal marriage but I respect you Paula for how you saw it, it shows great character and I’m sorry that there are some people on here being rude. Hopefully with a little time they can read there comments back and realise they might have done what they are getting angry about I.e react.
Steven morgan
2021-02-19 09:06:40 +0000 UTCOf RTD, Moffat and Chibnall I like Moffat as the showrunner the least. I like it being wibbly wobbly, but he overuses it for me. RTD is my favorite showrunner.
Red Claw
2021-02-19 08:43:49 +0000 UTCI'm really used to change, so I really loved the new Tardis. I really liked it because it was more like the classic look. That's also why I love Capaldi so much because he so much like the classic Doctors. I guess you could say I am more of a classic who kind of a girl.
Amy Chlebus
2021-02-19 07:39:26 +0000 UTCI love this! It only makes me more excited to watch more of your reactions to episodes in the near future. Paula: "I don't like it." Just...too much!
Chris Fields
2021-02-19 06:18:15 +0000 UTCI think I just realised while watching this again - when seeing Paula's "Too soon!" reaction - that I think that is why I never liked Clara. I get it - it's not been only a few minutes/weeks/months for the Doctor, but it just felt like we hadn't seen any time post Pond. But, no, Clara never won me over... I'll always be Pondscum.
Graham Mills
2021-02-19 04:05:38 +0000 UTCOh boy. Doing DW reactions and saying you don't like change.
Opti_Frog
2021-02-19 02:15:47 +0000 UTCYou're right. Moffat hate is much more prevalent in comment sections.
Opti_Frog
2021-02-19 02:15:37 +0000 UTCI remember that when I first watched this episode I was disappointed because I thought we were finally getting a non-contemporary companion, which is something we haven't really got in the new series yet (except for Jack, but he didn't last long). later, I heard that the original plan really was to have Clara be a Victorian companion but they decided it would be too complex to have a main character who would constantly require explanation about concepts the audience take for granted.
tal goren
2021-02-19 00:20:00 +0000 UTCI hate what Moffat has done to Paula. She's become so jaded and angry. Maybe you should have taken a break from Who because I don't think you're going to like anything Moffat does anymore.
John
2021-02-19 00:11:00 +0000 UTCHas anyone seen Susans grandmother anywhere or anywhen ?
Colin 3of5
2021-02-18 23:03:58 +0000 UTCLove the reaction and the questions Paula brings up. Clara is one of my favourite companions so looking forward to what comes next. I do have one criticism though and it's more a result of binging through the episodes. It seems maybe you should have taken more time before watching this episode because it's obvious that Angels Take Manhattan is still very fresh for Paula. When this series aired on tv there was a 3 Month gap between Angels take Manhattan and this episode, so while this was the next episode after it Moffat did give the viewers/fans at the time the appropriate time to process losing Amy and Rory before introducing Clara.
The0therSyde
2021-02-18 23:03:56 +0000 UTCI don’t really like how often Moffat leans into sexuality, myself. I mean, RTD’s run had a lot of it, too, but that sort of thing is kind of ubiquitous in Moffat’s work. I’m not prudish by any means, but it got a little annoying in Sherlock, and it feels really out of place a lot of times in Doctor Who
Jobard
2021-02-18 22:30:36 +0000 UTCYay we agree this time!! They do push Clara at 11 way too much in this episode and he thaws way too quickly. There are elements to Clara'sstory that are explained later which may account for this but the second half of season 7 rushes into her and then slows way down... At the time 3 or 4 months had passed since the end of the Ponds so to some degree the audience was ready but they didn't have to establish her as a romantic interest, especially since previously with Rose that was so much more naturally handled. Moffat cares so much about conceptual storytelling, like a reincarnating mystery girl, that he forgets to make her fully relatable. Moffat's eyes are on the horizon though... Great reaction
George Baxter
2021-02-18 22:17:30 +0000 UTCTardis interior. Paula: "It's different in here ... I don't like it." Me: *laughs in whovian*
Ka Man Chan
2021-02-18 21:33:37 +0000 UTCLol, the point about his marriage to River got me. It just hit different. I'd never looked at it like that.
Brandon Scott
2021-02-18 20:57:51 +0000 UTCRiver has been dead for years to The Doctor even at this point. He "is" and he "isn't" married. Also I am pretty sure they have a "open" relation ship if you will. If you have noticed how River always acted, and for most of that she "was" Married to him in her timeline already.
Scott Archibald
2021-02-18 20:54:51 +0000 UTCI hear you. There's been some changes I've taken a while to warm up to over the many series. Some I still haven't and some I was onboard with instantaneously. Maybe a few episodes or choices I've not clicked with immediately or ever. Then there are those that have been revealed to be gems once my eyes have buffed over them a few more times. Change is a fundamental component to narrative progression. But then you knew this. What may be more difficult with DW in this regard is the added element of the very idea of time isn't a linear construct. Or perhaps, that we the viewer, are not sharing the same experience of the passage or order of time as our main protagonist might be on occasion. If we are to except the idea that The Doctor is married. Then we must also except at the same time that he is widowed and was before he was even married. I'd have complex relationships with the very people I meet if I found myself wearing those shoes.
Daryl
2021-02-18 20:45:04 +0000 UTCI am excited to watch this episode with you guys since after Amy and Rory I tend to lose interest. I know many people adore Clara, but I always have a hard time adjusting, so hopefully this eases the transition. I did really like this episode, and I especially liked seeing Paula's reaction to it as I feel like it matched my own pretty well. I loved that the word that got the Doctor to help was "Pond". I like Clara so far and I can't wait to continue the rest of the season through your eyes.
Kbex
2021-02-18 20:31:10 +0000 UTCWonderfully put.
Brandon Scott
2021-02-18 20:27:21 +0000 UTCYeah, three quick observations: 1. You’re binging these faster than they came out AND the Doctor was moping off camera for a while. So you’re free to think he was moving too fast, but has he? Or are you projecting now? 😉 2. How long is the Doctor married to River? Until death do they part? Because she dies well before he existed... 3. As for the rest of Clara’s activities that made you uncomfortable, you do realize this is another puzzle we’re backing into, right? She may not be as direct about it as River was when they met, but something odd is going on. We, as observers of the Doctor don’t know what it is, but maybe when you see what plays out the interactions will make more sense? So maybe it is just two points if I again ask are you coming to judgement too quickly? Still, conclusions aside I do love the reactions! Particularly to the Paternoster Gang!
Doug C
2021-02-18 20:23:20 +0000 UTCThree months is a much longer time than 10 minutes.
Firefly24601
2021-02-18 20:19:33 +0000 UTCHey, you're free to disagree with her opinions. But you can't then say that SHE needs to stop disagreeing with YOUR opinions.
Firefly24601
2021-02-18 20:10:41 +0000 UTCWhile I understand Paula's (and other's) opinion about the affection between the Doctor and Clara, to me that was just one more piece of the mystery. When she first shows up in the beginning of the episode, we in the audience know that either something weird is going on, or they just hired the same actress to play different parts (which they did before with Martha). Her determination and the affection she seems to have for the Doctor, I think, are hints that it is the former. By the end of the episode the audience and the Doctor figure out that it is definitely something strong going on with Clara. So, we go forward with clues about what that strange thing is. Clara died twice, but is alive. She says the same things in each life. And, at least the second time we met her, she seemed like she already sort of knew the Doctor, not consciously perhaps, but she didn't treat him like a stranger....To me, those things didn't detract from the episode, they just created a mystery. Oh, and as for the Doctor's behavior. He was obviously suffering from depression, and as such I gave him a pass for what occurred in the episode. If he had kissed Clara, or anything like that, then I would have had a problem with it. But as it was, someone came along and broke him out of his depression, and he didn't want to let them get away...makes perfect sense to me, and I'm not really sure why anyone would have a problem with it.
Talmet
2021-02-18 19:57:46 +0000 UTCAlso, he's not married. Remember, that was a timeline that was erased because River thought she could destroy the universe in order to blackmail the Doctor into marrying her. That and she died a long time ago, so even if it was a real marriage in the main timeline, he's already a widower. And besides, there's already ten times more trust between him and Clara than there was between him and River. A far more healthy relationship, and I totally was for him moving on to something a little more healthy.
Scribbles
2021-02-18 19:54:57 +0000 UTCLike the doctor, don’t like the doctor, whatever, but at least make some attempt to understand what you’re actually watching before throwing out something as completely ridiculous as “I’m the greatest thing in the world ass hole.” The ENTIRE speech about that being the day everything starts actually has little to do with him. In case, for some reason, you haven’t noticed, the doctor takes these people and lives through them. Sees new planets for the first time. Journeys for far off lands and distant time periods for the first time. That is the wonder he sells. Beyond that, every single companion (aside from Donna I think) has barreled into the life of the tardis. Rose, Amy, Martha, all of them. And that tender moment he shared with her that you bulldozed over is PERFECTLY in character for him. He connects quickly and not at all all at the same time. Hell, I remember a young girl from the gamma forests whom the doctor hadn’t even met (save a brief interaction when she was a child) and as she lay dying I’m pretty sure we got the same vibes from him then. Or a woman on a spaceship who started off the episode as a server and ended up saving the day before plummeting into the heart of the ships engine and dying. And let’s not forget Madame de Pompadour. He makes these connections quickly and his heart is broken when they die. (P.S. I don’t think a person who is happy with her life creates an entirely new identity and starts a second one....but you didn’t see them establish that she was unhappy with her life., right...? You sure?) And quickly, concerning the romantic angle that so may who fans seems to loath so much.... what do you honestly expect? Really, how realistic is it to put a young, adventure hungry woman in the path so someone like the doctor and them not feel an attraction? You said Amy got over it quickly? Really? Because I’m pretty sure she basically charged the doctor AT HER OWN WEDDING fully intent on planting one on him. This complaining is getting old. It wouldn’t bother me at all if it at least made sense.
Brandon Scott
2021-02-18 19:51:47 +0000 UTCI don't think their argument of "We didn't had enough time to process it" holds too strong here considering the original time that has passed from Angels take Manhatan since until the Christmas special.
Razvan Micu
2021-02-18 19:50:49 +0000 UTCA couple of facts about this story you may not know... The Great Intelligence was a Classic Who villain from the 2nd Doctor's era, who in tbe 1960s tried to take over London via that "key strategic weakness", he London Underground. So it lay dormant for a hundred years after this, and the Doctor gave it the idea in the first place. Wibbly wobbly etc... Also, Richard E. Grant, who plays Simeon, has also p,aged the Doctor - twice. Once in the spoof Curse of Fatal Death, and again in the animated webcast Scream of the Shalka. I agree with Paula re the rushed affection/quasi romance moments. They could have told the story without that and it would have been just as good or better. But still, Jenna Coleman is a great performer and really engaging. And if you want more of Vastra, Jenny and Strax, they did get their own spinoff audio adventures with Big Finish. Such a great team.
Lloyd B
2021-02-18 19:43:58 +0000 UTCBTW, I love Paula vocalizing the questions she has, AND the opinions she expresses. It's one of the things that makes these reactions unique, and gives voice to people who have been thinking these things for years, but we almost never see in reactions.
Firefly24601
2021-02-18 19:34:55 +0000 UTCI agree with Paula that the emotional connection between 11 and Clara was too much, too soon. And with a companion again, ugh. But as for his marriage to River... as far as the Doctor goes, River died years before they met, or even got married. Sooooo IS he married? What part of his relationship timeline are they in right now... is his wife dead, are they only dating, is his wife still a little girl in Florida, is she growing up with the Ponds? How long until he considers himself not married? The rest of this regeneration, until he permanently dies? This is the gray area Moffat lives in when he brings up possible romantic attachments for the Doctor. As unhealthy as those attachments are....
Firefly24601
2021-02-18 19:25:11 +0000 UTCSTRAAAAAAAX!!!!!!!!!! :D
Firefly24601
2021-02-18 19:12:35 +0000 UTCHer and Santa Claus. There's no way a TARDIS isn't involved with that amount of gifts and that amount of time.
LaRoy Murrell
2021-02-18 19:11:37 +0000 UTCClara my favorite companion cool to see what paula think of her
Jason Short
2021-02-18 18:44:16 +0000 UTCHas anyone heard the theory that Mary Poppins was a timelord or at least had access to timelord technology. Think of that carpet bag
Colin 3of5
2021-02-18 18:36:00 +0000 UTCWoooo! Clara time!
Scribbles
2021-02-18 18:33:57 +0000 UTCKatrina, a truly crackin' Gallifrey Gal!
Gjermund Higraff
2021-02-18 18:19:42 +0000 UTCFor sure! We can do a special Patron Release! ;)
Time Lord
2021-02-18 18:10:25 +0000 UTCAre there any plans to make the shirt Paula's wearing available again? I'm kicking myself that I missed it.
Eric
2021-02-18 18:07:20 +0000 UTC
