The impossible planet/satan pit is probably the best isolated 2 parter of the revived series. John Maynard Jefferson was the head of security for the Walker Expedition.According to the Beast, he was a soldier that was "haunted by the eyes of his wife", (TV: The Satan Pit) and was never forgiven by her - years later, this concept deeply unsettled him. I love how we get these 2 episodes that revolve around a being that has inspired devils and demons in thousands of religions, including Earth religions - a being that not even the Doctor can comprehend. The way the Doctor is just quiet after that, and can't really offer any comfort or explanation in regards to it. The episode is set on Krop Tor, a planet orbiting a black hole. Before this universe was created", Doctor:"That's impossible. Directed by James Strong. Or the test, or the final judgment, I don't know. Directed by James Strong. The depiction of the black hole in The Impossible Planet is also completely wrong. The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit ★★★ This tale of a black hole, the Ood and satanic possession starts creepy but ends up convoluted – even David Tennant's Doctor is annoying Eric Shane Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss season 2 episode 9 of Doctor Who The Satan Pit Vote in our polls and see certain Blind Wave videos early!! First Transmitted. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. The Great Intelligence was also a weird Lovecraftian horror from before the universe, but they didn't really allude to that in NuWho. there is actually a canon-friendly theory about a universe that was before the current one, N-space. Its mind could leave its body and possess a single hive mind of the Ood collectively and/or a single human individually. "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit", a 2-parter which is really a remake of cult Science Fiction horror movie Event Horizon. 25:20. That’s not what a black hole looks like. Such a great episode. The Beast communicates with the Doctor and the rest of the crew through the Ood and explains that he is the epitome of evil across many different religions. Oh man I'd love to find out more. THe scene where Billie PIper hugs the Doctor at the end of the Satan PIt is the last scene both of them Filmed for Doctor who season 2, so it really was their good bye to their run. The Satan Pit Series 2. There's just something I love about there being something that not even the Doctor (or anyone else in the universe) could comprehend. it had "a green void, stars shaped like doughnuts and physical laws closer to what we might understand as magic". I feel like The Satan Pit would have made a better series finale than the Cyberman-Dalek bonanza. Captain Streaming. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Like big and red with huge horns.. The Satan Pit. it is possible that the beast came from there, and basically found a way to survive the death of it's own universe and the birth of the next, possibly in a void ship. Home / Series / Doctor Who (2005) / Absolute Order / Season 1 / Episode 23 The Satan Pit (2) Auf der Raumstation, auf der sich der Doktor und Rose befinden, herrscht große Aufruhr, als die Sklavenrasse Ood die Besatzung angreift und alle tötet, die ihnen in die Quere kommen. I loved the doctor's final speech at the end. (TV: The Satan Pit) The Beast could manifest itself through electronic media, including computer voices and hologram viewers. I seem to have the extremely unpopular opinion of disliking those episodes. ‘The Satan Pit’ is the concluding act to ‘The Impossible Planet,’ providing a superb resolution now that the exposition is taken care of and established and creating a true highlight episode in the process. Read The Satan Pit from the story Her Secrets {Doctor Who FanFic} by BryttBrutal (Brytt) with 1,079 reads. Doctor Who Confidential S02E09. But true enough. [Control room] ... [Pit] DOCTOR: So, that's the trap. The rocket then also suffers from the same problem that the Mondasian colony ship does but cannot go fast enough to break free from it until the Tardis comes along. 36. It also captures some of Tennant's absolute best performances, imo. And we don't even get a real explanation. No. ... Download Doctor Who Series 2: The Girl Who Waited The Boy Who Lived (Doctor Who (IDW Numbered)) Miserlyathena. The Satan Pit Original Airdate: 10 Jun, 2006 [Drilling area] JEFFERSON: Open fire! The Doctor risks his life to investigate the pit and is forced to make a terrible decision, while Rose and the crew fend for their lives against the Legion of the Beast. I just wanted to comment on how much I love this episode, and especially its antagonist. 79 Doctor Who Classic - S02E09 - Partie 02 - The Meddling Monk. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Tenth Doctor climbs down a deep pit in which the Beast is kept prisoner. "Open fire!" The Satan Pit. Andrew Pixley's notes in DWMSE 14 for Planet and Pit gives the location of the control room set as this. The … ( TV: Rendition) According to the Tenth Doctor, "more religions than there are planets in the sky" had devils, also known as beasts, including the Arkiphets, Quoldonity, Christianity, Pash Pash, New … I re-watched both parts. Simple as that. The devil. Most episodes aren't able to give you fear of loss unless they are season finales. Beast:"Before time, and light, and space, and matter. (Jefferson and the guard start shooting at the Ood.) Name . Posted by. r/doctorwho: Reddit's Doctor Who Fan Community - News, Discussion, Artwork and Fan Creations! "The Impossible Planet"'s cliffhanger leaves the Doctor stuck at the bottom of a very deep hole, and Rose stuck at the top surrounded by murderous Ood. "Doctor Who" The Satan Pit (TV Episode 2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. On a planet whose name translates as "Bitter Pill", which orbits a black hole. The Satan Pit a fost al noualea episod din Seria 2 din Doctor Who. The Beast's physical body resembled a massive humanoid with crimson skin, two large, ram-like horns (one of which was broken half way) projecting from its head and a corpse-like face. It … The Beast kinda caught him out on that one. Doctor Who S02E09 The Satan Pit. 12+ As Rose battles the murderous Ood, the Doctor grapples with the Beast. Daily11TVSeries. I really love how we don't get any explanation - no "It was a telepathic alien that called itself Satan" or something like that, they just leave it... and maybe it really was the Devil. I was looking for something so much more interesting and clever. 5.50m Close. The WEaT depiction is more accurate. Discussion. Satan, usually known as the Devil, was, according to Toby Zed, "fury and rage and death ". Press J to jump to the feed. I also love how when asked what he thinks it is, the Doctor's response is just, "I think... we beat it." Amy is being very sensible: "I don't think they should go down," she adds. The episode is set on Krop Tor, a planet orbiting a black hole. If you want to know what a black hole actually looks like in the visible part of the spectrum, watch Interstellar. After all, he(4) ran into the prototypes for vampire myths found on almost every civilized world. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Two-parter. But weren't there beings before time in the original series too? The first part, "The Impossible Planet", was broadcast on 3 June. "The Impossible Planet" is the eighth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on BBC One on 3 June 2006. No one talked to the black hole in the episode. Reddit's Doctor Who Fan Community - News, Discussion, Artwork and Fan Creations! Written by Matt Jones. it could also be a Great old one/Elder god, like The Toymakers, coming from the pre-universe mentioned before. Removed. rose, ninth, adventure. Doctor Who specializes in taking universal fears and twisting them into something strange and contemplative, ... 15-14. In The Satan Pit, the planet is at a fixed point away from the black hole rather than being pulled into it which is what, in universe, makes it impossible. Doctor Who - Season 2: The Satan Pit - As Rose battles the murderous Ood, the Doctor grapples with the Beast. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 DWMSE 14 ↑ According to DWMSE 14, and evident in the episode itself, the scene was shot in the same control room set as TV: The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. AKA: The Haunting of Villa Diodati, Torchwood, Доктор Хто, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011 Before the cataclysm. The question of what the Doctor believes in dominates much of “The Satan Pit.” If I were feeling uncharitable, I would extend my initial argument and suggest that the Doctor’s only religion is that he is the protagonist of Doctor Who ; in other words, the Doctor travels the universe secure in the knowledge that everything he encounters will ultimately make sense in terms he understands. Definitely a lot to take in. The Beast is such a disturbing character in this episode and is genuinely one of the scariest things in Doctor Who. Reddit's Doctor Who Fan Community - News, Discussion, Artwork and Fan Creations! Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Doctor also falls into a pit. The second part, "The Satan Pit", was broadcast on 10 June. And the race that trapped the Devil? "The Satan Pit" is the ninth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 10 June 2006. The Doctor risks his life to investigate the pit and is forced to make a terrible decision, while Rose and the crew fend for their lives against the Legion of the Beast. Truly one of the most unsettling things in Dr.Who. This is one of my all time favorites in Doctor Who. The characters are all relatively likeable and the part where Rose and the Doctor talk about whether they should get a house together is a cute little look at their love. As much as the Daleks top most peoples list, this Devil and the Angels are the two scariest villains for me. Final Ratings. At the same time, the Doctor's … Also introduces the Ood, correct? It's Satan. "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit" (2006) Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. The other one with SATAN HIMSELF. It is the first part of a two-part story. You can't get much more atmospheric and climactic than the literal Devil imprisoned on a planet orbiting a black hole. The Beast is such a disturbing character in this episode and is genuinely one of the scariest things in Doctor Who. The Doctor faces Satan in space over a black hole. Yeah, I thought the Doctor was very quick to dismiss life before the universe as impossible, when by the nature of it, he has no way of being certain of that. With David Tennant, Billie Piper, Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes. With magic becoming virtually non-existent after the First Time War, the Beast's seals gradually weakened to the point where it could influence the events of The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit to occur. I expected doctor who if they wanted to use the concept of Satan to use it in a more clever way. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Doctor considers going into the pit. It is the second part of a two-part story. Being a two parter, it is also able to convey and slight sense of losing the Doctor or Rose. If you're talking about the effect of the black hole and not visuals the main reason (continuity, not scientifically, speaking) is that the Mondasian colony ship is flying away from the black hole using all its force, but the force of the black hole is making it move very slowly. The EHT image was made at radio wavelengths, not visible. Doctor Who Seria 2 The Christmas Invasion • New Earth • Tooth and Claw • School Reunion • The Girl in the Fireplace • Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel • The Idiot's Lantern • It doesn’t actually look red and yellow ish, those are just colors the scientists asigned to the image. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Can someone tell me why being close to this black hole and being close to the black hole in 12 one where Missy/Bill die was shown so differently? 56:48. The rocket then also suffers from the same problem that the Mondasian colony ship does but cannot go fast enough … The Beast was likely a Great Old One who was deemed too dangerous to be free, and was thusly imprisoned by other Great Old Ones. The line that always gets me is, "He bathes in the black sun." No life could have existed back then". 10 June 2006. "I'm not so sure," ponders Adam, studying the dark hole cautiously. Archived. 27:48. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. There is also nice tie ins to Torchwood and the Daemons as well. Discussion. Episode 9. But if I kill you, I kill her. At the end, we and the Doctor are left wondering about this creature that transcends our universe. Santury Base 6 on the planet Krop Tor stands afoot of an insatiable black hole, and The Doctor and Rose Tyler find themselves stranded there … QuindAntonio5424. My favorite episodes, only slightly beating out Blink and The Girl in the Fireplace. "Doctor Who" The Satan Pit subtitles. All 1 songs featured in Doctor Who (2005) season 2 episode 9: The Satan Pit (2), with scene descriptions. That episode was a huge let down for me. Civility is to be maintained at all times. The claim of The Impossible Planet, that it is impossible to orbit a black hole, is simply wrong. Of course it is possible to orbit a black hole, in fact its next to impossible not to orbit a black hole if you get reasonably close to one. The first part really pulled me in and I was so intrigued as to what was going on with black hole and everything else. ( TV: The Satan Pit) Oswald Danes once joked that, should the Devil walk the Earth, he'd certainly work in PR. Great episode ;D. The doctor should be familiar with beings that influence cultures and religions. 5 years ago. Actually the second and third episodes I ever saw of Doctor Who. Can the Doctor stop an impossible enemy from escaping its prison, and save the universe? In The Satan Pit, the planet is at a fixed point away from the black hole rather than being pulled into it which is what, in universe, makes it impossible. It's just a really creepy line. With David Tennant, Billie Piper, Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes. To find out what's going on the Doctor must enter Versailles and save Madame De Popmpadour but it turns into an emotional roller coaster for the Doctor. From memory, aside from Rose being told she will die, I'm pretty sure it has no impact on any story arc. Watchlist. The Doctor realises he must sacrifice Rose and the others to destroy the Beast. First was Idiot's Lantern. Ask questions and download or stream the entire … If you don't have anything to add to the discussion, please think twice about posting. I just wanted to comment on how much I love this episode, and especially its antagonist. The Satan Pit S2 E9 10 Jun 2006. Doctor Who. The Doctor, Mickey and Rose land on a spaceship in the 51st century only to find 18th century Versailles on board, the time of Madame De Pompadour! The Tenth Doctor faces off against an enemy that defies all his beliefs while Rose and what's left of the Sanctuary Base 6 crew are trying to escape from the Beast's legion of possessed Ood. Yet both episodes leave out something very important, and that is the enormous tidal force exerted by a black hole. 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