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hi everyone!

here is my timed reaction to doctor who season 15 episode 5 "the story & the engine"

watch along on react sync here!

out of the episodes in this season so far, personally this was a bit of a miss for me. i felt like it had great ideas in concept but seemed convoluted along the way?? let me know your thoughts on it!

thanks for watching with me!

p.s. the react sync works with disney+ now!

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Doctor Who Season 15 Episode 5 | Full Length

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Martin

So that’s interesting, I wasn’t too sure about it after my first watch either, it took me a couple watches and some context to appreciate it more. Context: This was the first episode of Who to be written by a black man (which doesn’t sound right but it is!) and the writer was chosen because of a play he’d written RTD saw, and I think this episode is based on that play(?). It includes lots of cultural references I have little knowledge of, the barber shop community, importance of hair in the culture etc and although you can still obviously understand the episode no problems maybe it takes away from fully being invested? (This could be complete nonsense btw 😂). Not to promote other reactors here lol But if you watch ‘Syntell reacts’ to this episode you see how much they love it and when you hear the reasons why it makes you appreciate what this episode represents to certain audiences. Clearly it doesn’t change peoples own reactions, if it’s not for you then obviously no problem! It took me a few watches and context to understand/appreciate it but it was only after seeing that other reaction that this episode clicked for me. This is just all me of course, you can still be like ‘Nah I’m ok I’ll just move on to the next episode’ 😂 But thought this may help 🙂

Drew Norbury

Episode 6 has an end credit scene and is incredibly important to watch before episode 7