r/doctorwho 3d ago

Joy to the World Doctor Who 2x00 "Joy to the World" Post-Episode Discussion Thread Spoiler

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Please remember that future spoilers must be tagged. This includes the next time trailer!


This is the thread for all your indepth opinions, comments, etc about the episode.

Megathreads:

  • 'Live' and Immediate Reactions Discussion Thread - Posted around 60 minutes prior to initial release - for all the reactions, crack-pot theories, quoting, crazy exclamations, pictures, throwaway and other one-liners.
  • Trailer and Speculation Discussion Thread - Posted when the trailer is released - For all the thoughts, speculation, and comments on the trailers and speculation about the next episode. Future content beyond the next episode should still be marked.
  • Post-Episode Discussion Thread - Posted around 30 minutes after to allow it to sink in - This is for all your indepth opinions, comments, etc about the episode.

These will be linked as they go up. If we feel your post belongs in a (different) megathread, it'll be removed and redirected there.


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What did YOU think of Joy to the World?

Click here and add your score (e.g. 321 (Joy to the World): 8, it should look like this) and hit send. Scores are designed to match the Doctor Who Magazine system; whole numbers between 1 to 10, inclusive. (0 is used to mark an episode unwatched.)

Voting opens once the episode is over to prevent vote abuse. You should get a response within a few minutes. If you do not get a confirmation response, your scores are not counted. It may take up to several hours for the bot (i.e. it crashed or is being debugged) so give it a little while. If still down, please let us know!

See the full results of the polls so far, covering the entire main show, here.

Joy to the World's score will be revealed next Sunday. Click here to vote for all of RTD2 era so far.


r/doctorwho 3d ago

SPOILERS Doctor Who (2023-) Series 2 Trailer and Speculation Thread Spoiler

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This is the thread for all the thoughts, speculation, and comments on the trailers. if there are any, and speculation about the next episode.

# Youtube Link


Megathreads:

  • 'Live' and Immediate Reactions Discussion Thread - Posted around 60 minutes prior to initial release - for all the reactions, crack-pot theories, quoting, crazy exclamations, pictures, throwaway and other one-liners.
  • Trailer and Speculation Discussion Thread - Posted when the trailer is released - For all the thoughts, speculation, and comments on the trailers and speculation about the **next episode. Future content beyond the next episode should still be marked.**
  • Post-Episode Discussion Thread - Posted around 30 minutes after to allow it to sink in - This is for all your indepth opinions, comments, etc about the episode.

These will be linked as they go up. If we feel your post belongs in a (different) megathread, it'll be removed and redirected there.


Want to chat about it live with other people? Join our Discord here!


What did YOU think of Joy to the World?

Click here and add your score (e.g. 321 (Joy to the World): 8, it should look like this) and hit send. Scores are designed to match the Doctor Who Magazine system; whole numbers between 1 to 10, inclusive. (0 is used to mark an episode unwatched.)

Voting opens once the episode is over to prevent vote abuse. You should get a response within a few minutes. If you do not get a confirmation response, your scores are not counted. It may take up to several hours for the bot (i.e. it crashed or is being debugged) so give it a little while. If still down, please let us know!

See the full results of the polls so far, covering the entire main show, here.

Joy to the World's score will be revealed next Sunday. Click here to vote for all of RTD2 era so far.


r/doctorwho 9h ago

Cosplay Found this pocket watch. Does anyone know if I should open it? I feel a strange compulsion.

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r/doctorwho 8h ago

Misc What do my favorite companions say about me

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r/doctorwho 10h ago

Misc “Can’t?! There’s no such word as can’t!” Today marks the 50th anniversary of Tom Bakers first episode “Robot”

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r/doctorwho 19h ago

Arts/Crafts Tried my hand at manual colorisation I think I did ok

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r/doctorwho 19h ago

Clip/Screenshot My personal favorite Doctor speech. As an American, it cuts pretty deep and true for me.

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r/doctorwho 10h ago

Misc Stephanie de Whalley receives an honorable mention as Performer of the Week on TVLine for the episode "Joy to the World".

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r/doctorwho 10h ago

Arts/Crafts Thoughts on my Classics thumbnails for my Plex server ?

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r/doctorwho 9h ago

Spoilers The Doctor helps out at the Hotel Spoiler

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r/doctorwho 10h ago

Clip/Screenshot 50 years ago, on December 28, 1974, Tom Baker made his introduction as the Fourth Doctor in "Robot - Part 1" (Season 12).

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r/doctorwho 8h ago

News Unseen Radio Times Tom Baker booklet

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r/doctorwho 9h ago

Clip/Screenshot The Fourth Doctor | Tom Baker's Best Moments as the Doctor | Doctor Who

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r/doctorwho 1d ago

Spoilers Joys POV is hilariously short / “Don’t travel alone”. Comparison Spoiler

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If you think about the Christmas special through Joy’s POV is like 15 minutes of knowing the Doctor.

The Doctor bursts into her room, ignores her, the suitcase jumps to her, they have the bomb, then future doctor takes her, they travel the hotel until they get to Dinosaur time, they leave dinosaur time and head to 001 BC, Joy gets to suitcase, tells to Doctor( who she only knew for maybe 20 minutes at this point that he shouldn’t be alone), becomes a star, and then proceeds to go absorb/ kill her mom in the future.

All in all she was barely in this episode.

2) I do know a lot of people compare her don’t travel alone to Donna’s speech but I do want to say while the message is the same the reasons are very different. Donna’s is more impactful because she sees what the Doctor can become without someone to act as a tether to his humanity. Donna’s sees the potential for a heartless/wrathful Doctor. Joy gets her understanding from the Doctor yelling at his future self which again for her happened liked 10-15 minutes ago from when she gives her speech. Donna sees the need for the Doctor to have someone for the sake of those around him, while Joy sees the need for the Doctor to have someone because he himself is lonely and need it for the sake of himself.

Anyway that’s my two cents. Was it a good Christmas Special? No. Did it help add some depth to 15 and was fairly a fun episode? Yes. Far better than Space Babies


r/doctorwho 15h ago

Misc Ncuti Gatwa in ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

35 Upvotes

Just thought I’d share I saw this last night at the National Theater and Ncuti is unbelievable. Completely steals the show, had the audience eating out of his hand (and laughing themselves off their seats). Could see his ‘doctor’ clear on display, but the more and more I see him I realise what an amazing actor he is.


r/doctorwho 1d ago

Discussion I'm watching Doctor Who for the first time and I have to say something. I'm full of joy because of Doctor Who.

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SPOILERS FOR S1-3 OF NEW WHO. Don't know if I have to say it but just in case.

In case you don't want the "backstory" I "marked" the start of the main post.

So my Uncle loves Doctor Who and I always was interested in it but never watched it because I couldn't. Now I rent the BBC Player von Amazon Prime and I'm literally binge-watching it since.

It's the most weird show I've ever seen and I love every second of it. I'm now about to start with season 4 (I watched S1-3 in around 1,5 week in every free time possible). I can't help it but I kinda have to watch it it's so addictive.

HERE STARTS THE THING I WANT TO SAY

The one thing I love most about the show is the continuity. Every now and then there are reminders or foreshadowing of things that happened or will happen. Even the slightest things. The biggest thing was the Bad Wolf obviously. At the end of S3 it was revealed that Captain Jack is/will be/was (what is the right term here?) The Face of Boe. I literally laughed out loud, nearly cried of joy and jumping on my couch because it was so cool in every way possible. The Face Of Boe first appeared In S1E2 and at S3E14 we get to know it's Captain Jack while every other show would've forget about one of them already.

I seriously think that this show is one of the best media of all time in many ways and I can't even say why. I hope this foreshadowing and reminders keep on after S4 because I know at S5 it's like a soft-reboot and S1-4 won't be that important anymore but I hope they'll continue with moments like these because thats what makes the whole story feel so alive.

I know maybe I'm weird but I had to share my joy with someone who don't judge about it. And if one community won't judge about weird things it HAS to be the Doctor Who Community. I hope I'll finish the whole show fast to talk about it with you all guys.

This show is FANTASTIC and off we go.


r/doctorwho 1d ago

Arts/Crafts The Daleks (made in blender 4.2)

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r/doctorwho 1d ago

Discussion Since Russel said the 14th doctor is not coming back what do you think he's doing at the moment. My answer is going to therapy sessions

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r/doctorwho 16h ago

Arts/Crafts Black Dalek versus inferior humanoid

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r/doctorwho 11h ago

Spoilers Joy to the World oversight Spoiler

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Why didn't the Doctor just pop to Donna's house and borrow 14's TARDIS?

Also, there's no reason he had to be alone for that year. Many of his old companions are nearby and several of them work for UNIT, who would almost certainly have some intel that could help the Doctor get back to the Time Hotel. They would at least have a place for him to crash, so no need for the hotel room at all.

Feels like setting this episode in London 2024 was an oversight...


r/doctorwho 1d ago

Question Got this Tshirt design for Christmas. Does anyone know what that thing is on the right???

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r/doctorwho 3h ago

Discussion List of The Doctors Feats

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This is a list of all the Feats of the doctor i collected over the years from the comics and the new who series. Its shorter than i thought. Most of them are more like cool lore facts. What of them is the best one in your opininion and what did i forget?

Doctor Who Feats:

Defeatet THE DEVIL (Not a devil)

Escaped the confession dial

Saved the earth other planets, the whole universe and multiverse multiple times

Gave the family of blood what they wanted. An "immortal life".

Made a second Big Bang

Defeated Ghosts with Charles Dickens

Defeated Witches with Shakespear

Solved a Murder Case with Agatha Christy

Is married to Queen Elizabeth I

Was sentenced to Death by Queen Elizabeth I

Is engaged to Marilyn Monroe

Has seen his own Grave

Defeated a Werewolf

Defeated the leader of the sycorax with an apple

Defeated Robin Hood with a spoon

Finished the olympics torch relay

Literally argued with a Star

Never carries a weapon

Convinced a door to open up for him

Robbed the largest and most heavily guarded bank in the universe

Pulled the earth to its original place

Speaks thousands of languages and can talk to dinosaurs, animals and babies, among others

Calls Kleopatra "Kleo"

Survived several minutes in the vacuum of space

Was asked by the pope to help him

Is the president of earth

Jumped from a plane without a parachute and survived

Played arm wrestling with Beethoven

Threatened the daleks with a cookie

Ordered the aliens who wanted to destroy the earth back with the words "back here, now" and they came.

Has destroyed a 10 meter thick wall that is 400 times stronger than diamond with his fists

Defeated the Toy Maker (a god who can make anything).

In my opinion the best one: Realized that he himself was in a simulation and sent an e-mail from the simulation to his real self


r/doctorwho 1d ago

Spoilers Moffat links in Joy to The World Spoiler

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noticed a few so thought i’d make a post on it

• TIMEY WIMEY LOOP STORY

• Pasternoster Gang (The Snowmen, Deep Breath etc)

• Time Hotel (loosely) - The God Complex

• “What did I seeeee?” - “I saw, what did I see?” (The Eleventh Hour)

• Trope of finding an answer to a question people frequently wonder (The random locked hotel doors)

• Last line before dying; “But I was on a mission…” - (“Boom!” ???)

• When Future Doctor gives Past Doctor the code - (2011 “Space” and “Time” Comic Relief shorts)

• Doctor getting a job - (“Closing Time”)

quick sidetrack but the sonic works on wood now?

• VILLENGARDDDDD - ( we all know by now but The Doctor Dances, Boom etc)

• Everybody lives (classicccc) - (The Doctor Dances and all of moffats run. lol)

noticed most of these first, watch then did a brief rewatch so lemme know if i missed any :)


r/doctorwho 4h ago

Discussion How high quality is the ToyNK gallifreyan fobwatch?

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I see the ToyNK masters fobwatch is for sale for $50, how would this compare to the $20 doctor who fobwatches on Amazon? Is it worth the extra money?


r/doctorwho 1d ago

Spoilers Nice nod to any UK viewers over the age of 40 in the Christmas episode.... Spoiler

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r/doctorwho 5h ago

Discussion The Journal of Impossible Things

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Man, I just realised how the Journal "replica" would fit perfectly in my collection (rather than straight up memorabilia is just a collection of old toys, figures from random boxes, gashapons... all random or bizarre things. And that journal wpuld be so good, plus I always wanted it but never actually bought it... problem tho, the prices it has got nowadays😭


r/doctorwho 14h ago

Arts/Crafts ROBLOX | Exterior Showcase!

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Hey everyone! First time posting here, been a long time fan of Doctor Who, sooo I got bored one dayyy and decided to remake some exteriors from the show, what do you think? (Looking for some critism), idk if this is the right flair correct me if I'm wrong.