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Jess predicting the "semantics" line is fantastic. 😂

You should watch the new tv show My Lady Jane, it's an interesting twist on England's forgotten queen Lady Jane Grey, and if it's not your thing that's alright. Worth the watch tho

Jess, did you notice K9’s head on the wall of the Memory TARDIS?

What they're doing in this series I like. They're taking a group of people (Jedi) that we once thought were pretty much morally pure and tainting it, giving us a more complex image to look at. This series takes on one of the classic tools of writing: making your protagonists imperfect beings but still wanting us to root for them.

They are so cute! I can't wait for S3!

The queen that never was...also the queen of mic-drops. That little speech about Jaeharys the Conciliator. The woman knows how to end a council meeting.

The producers have confirmed that 3 of those dragon eggs that Rhaenyra Targaryen sent away with Daemon's daughter along with her two babies are the same dragon eggs that belong to Daenerys in Game of Thrones. 😉

That lady at Harrenhal is Alys Rivers.

I adore this story. Loved this first watch and ever since. The period is terrifically represented, the house sets are cool, the murder mystery’s a hoot. Yeah love love love it.

Technical difficulties during a Cybermen story. The irony.

i’m so impressed u completely understood the sage lobotomy thing, most other reactors and myself included were confused about what happened

I agree with your sentiment about this story and it has, at various times, been quite liked in fandom. The regular cast, by contrast, don't seem to have enjoyed it at all!

Ignoring the various factoids about this story - such as it being the first 'pure historical' (without any extraneous sci-fi gubbins except for the TARDIS) since 'The Highlanders' in 1966, or being the first two-part story since 'The Sontaran Experiment' in 1975 - Yadda-yadda - means paying attention to the fact that it was less of an outlier at the time than it might appear. For this was the period in Britain where everything from Captain Beaky & his Band to ITV's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 'Brideshead Revisited' revealed an interest in the old aristocratic Britain of yore. The same schtick that did well for 'Downton Abbey' this century. And, as this story makes clear, the 5th Doctor's look, sound and adopted attitude all stem from this age of Manservants and Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts. Except when his Edwardian cosplay suddenly doesn't work any more and he has to resort to showing them around his time machine...

I love your reaction! I'll be honest, I didn't even realise they were being racist until I read up on the episode and watched reactions. It was honestly really subtle, it seemed more like classism at first - but yeah wow. Very dark episode

"You know what makes us different from battle droids?... We make our own decisions... Our own choices.. And... we have to live with them too..." 😢😢

I like the story, although the ending is a bit rubbish. Two memorable moments, for very different reasons: 1) The butler very carefully putting his tray down before attempting to help Ann from being attacked! 🤔 2) The policeman saying "Strike me pink!" when seeing the inside of the Tardis. 🤣

Is it me, or are the twins really bad at pretending to be each other “Where is she?” “Where’s who?” “Where’s wh… the only woman we’ve been dealing with who’s still alive!”

Did anyone notice MM's B.I.G. shirt?

"this is the problem with so many Aegons". For real! Mix it up!

Great thing about these two episodes, the companions finally get to dress in something different.

Genuinely the best and most authentic reaction to Fleabag I've ever seen :-)

I've always enjoyed this episode, I love the fact it's a pure historical (something that NEEDS to return) and genuinely do like the setting and story. It's a shame it's not really well liked in the fandom, at least from my experience

The actor who plays the uniformed police sergeant, Ivor Salter, also played the lethargic, world-weary Morok second-in-command to Governor Lobos in The Space Museum, followed by the fierce-yet-funny Odysseus in The Myth Makers, threatening that he would make the 1st Doctor pilot the fallback suggestion of a flying machine into Troy.

I must say I do not like two parters they are wrapped up too quickly, and also this story was not one of my favourites it was not a favourite of Peter Davidsons either.

I say seska have fun with the next story and enjoy it

I say the location,for this story is awesome and also, I was sorry for George who was facially disfigured and was unable to speak the actor Gareth Milne was awesome in this role and he was on tv alot in the 80s. I do say Seska if you had not seen sci-fi series Blake,s Seven it is worth seeing and reacting to if you have not already watched Blake,s Seven .

When the 10th Doctor met the 5th Doctor, he mentioned how he was running about and playing cricket, this story was what he was talking about.

John doing to Billy what Luci did to Sam

Three 2 part stories in Davison era. Other experimental episode formats to come much later. It was mostly either 4 part or 6 part format.

Turns out she was NOT prepared.

I agree with you and many of the other comments, it's great to see our Tardis crew have a good time together. Love seeing Tegan dance, Nyssa and Adric have a fun dynamic, and it's great seeing the 5th Doctor play cricket! This is definitely the 5th Doctor's era, it would be great to see more stories in this kind of setting. Black Orchid is unique, it has no monsters and no science fiction elements. Just a good old fashioned English murder mystery. This story has always been one of my favorites.

It’s a fabulous little story. It’s almost like a new who story in it pacing (as you pointed out), but classic Who 2-parters are mostly pretty good. The period detail is, as usual for the BBC, superb, and the lack of science fiction elements is fabulous. And it gives Peter Davison the chance to play cricket (another tick in his favour from me), the cast to dress up - and Janet Fielding & Sarah Sutton look great. The only slight downside is taking random people in the Tardis, something that happens too often in this era. Anyway, much heavier material is soon to come….

First pure historical since "The Highlanders" back in 1966. I have to say it's my least favourite story the only bit I did like and I know this means nothing to americans but as an australian my favourite scene out of the whole of this story was the Doctor playing cricket as I'm a very big cricket fan it was nice to see Peter Davison show off his cricket skills similar to Matt Smith showing off his football skills the rest I was kind of bored with though what happened to George was sad abit.

"Is this going to be the whole episode?" If only

Many people don't know now, but the 5th Doctor is dressed as a cricket player (cricketeer). In his first public appearance, he even had a few hits with a bat (or paddle). I know all this from my Doctor Who Weekly collection from this time!

Despite being a fan-favorite period piece, Black Orchid is not so beloved by stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, mostly due to the fact that there was no cheesy alien monster.

yay outfits! *murder ensues* oh no!

Just say you didn't like it, Stop coping lmao😂

I always enjoy this story, it's so ridiculous. I have seen it described as a murder mystery with no mystery. An outdoor party on a horrible windy day, Adric's constant eating (and wearing of his math's badge over his fancy dress outfit lol), the police being shown the TARDIS, Nyssas's and Adric's dazed expressions at 1920s earth pursuits -- I could go on. Have to say, though, that Lady's Cranleigh's moral compass needs some work. Thanks for another great reactgion.

Short, but sweet. You're going to get two parters more often now, due to a behind the scenes decision to stop making six parters. The party looked like fun, but it was actually raining quite hard and pretty cold while they were filming.

This is a guilty pleasure episode for me. Double the Sarah Sutton brings me back more than anything else. Can’t wait until the next couple weeks of reactions vids. I think you find the “excellent.”

I really like this story it more grounded just a murderer mystery and mistaken identity the cricket match was from a picture of Peter Davison charity match that got him the job when the producer saw him and cast him as the Doctor.

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The ladies apparently froze in the dancing scenes, it was cold and windy when they shot. Peter Davison actually bowled the guy out, he genuinely connected with the stumps.

24:20 That's pretty much the great divide between classic Who and modern Who. Classic took it's time to tell a story and endear the audience to companions and the Doctor and situations. You could have stories like Black Orchid. Now it's like they make these episodes for goldfish rushing everything to a blur so you literally can't remember what you just saw 10 minutes later. Every story is just throw away. Until you get that one gem a series that let's it's self and the viewer breathe. When I complain about new Who and point to the original series, this is what I mean. We need Doctor Who back in the hands of people that truly care and tell stories, not soap boxing to trash alley social media. That's why these are classic. And why new Who never will be.

I love the black orchid. One of my top stories ever. Also notable as it's the last pure historical the show has done - i.e. An episode with no sci-fi elements beyond the TARDIS itself. The previous one was Jamie's introduction story. Also, fun fact: Peter Davison was an avid cricket player in real life and loved being able to play on camera. They had planned to just montage the game, but when he bowled a perfect wicket on his first ball they decided to keep it in

The next episode should be good! (if you've seen it you will know why).

The 5th Doctor is perfect for a story about just being at peace once in a while