Bernard Cribbins would have a been a phenomenal Doctor

@DavidBeddard

3 ай бұрын

Is there any question to which Cribbins is not the best possible answer?

@catherinejames2739

3 ай бұрын

A brilliant one

@Sci-Fi-Mike

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I would have enjoyed seeing that!

@BlakeGamer-qy6ve

3 ай бұрын

he would've been what ncuti is, having fun, dancing around, all of that fun!

@gregheffly2368

3 ай бұрын

Agreed

That little "turn left" reference was absolutely sublime. Cheers....

Ian Flemming isn't the only link between 007 and Doctor Who. You have Timothy Dalton, who play Rassilon in the End of Time. On top of that You had Pierse Brosnan. Before he took over the role from Dalton he was best known, here in the states, for playing the title role on Remington Steel, a detective show where he starred alongside Stephane Zimbalist as his business partner/love interest. In the second season finale of Remington Steele Tom Baker shows up as a rogue interpole agent turned theif. On top of that Jon Clease took over the role of Q during Brosnan's tenior as Bond. Prior to that Clease cameod in the City of Death.

@markc7440

3 ай бұрын

And if you include the crew and stunt team there's a bunch more.

@heymcgurk

2 ай бұрын

Here's a fun one: In Revenge of the Cybermen the secret transmitter disguised as a hairbrush used to contact the Cybermen is a prop originally made for Live and Let Die which was stolen by Roger Moore and sold to the Doctor Who production team by him.

@josephcooter5763

2 ай бұрын

@@heymcgurk really he stole the prop? You're not sure that they didn't just let him have it? By the way before he was in the Saint and was cast as Bond, Moore replaced James Garner on Maverick as Brett's cousin Beau.

@cag9284

20 күн бұрын

I think you missed the point.. lol

Loved seeing clips of previous acting jobs for the first four Doctors. A whole lot there I'd never seen before. Thank you!

@davidsirett5560

2 күн бұрын

you might like the William Hartnell film "Murder in reverse". it is often shown on the Talking Pictures TV channel.

I had absolutely no idea Troughton was the blind guy in Jason & the Argonauts, mind blown!!

@gaztheman7879

3 ай бұрын

He also had a horrible death in the omen.

3:37 WOW! Tom Baker worked on dismantling a Chitauri Leviathan and other Chitauri technology from the battle of New York! No wonder he was perfect to play the Doctor 😳😆

“John Pertwee keen to play a more serious role”. My primary memory is of him being attacked by a curly telephone wire.

@mosescosme8629

3 ай бұрын

this had me actually laughing out loud

@markc7440

3 ай бұрын

Or dressed as a cleaner in the Green Death.

Yes I love these types of videos I find them so interesting

@SmokingJacket

3 ай бұрын

Me too.

But how did we end up with a John Hurt war doctor?

@illbeyourmonster1959

3 ай бұрын

Pre pol lit ic cal hire days.

@friendlyotaku9525

3 ай бұрын

@@illbeyourmonster1959 "Political hire" this does not exist.

@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq

3 ай бұрын

We ended up with John Hurt because Moffat wouldn't bend to Christopher Eccleston's list of demands re returning for The Day of the Doctor.

@bazzer124

3 ай бұрын

Didn't touch on the Fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin) either. Cheers....

@illbeyourmonster1959

3 ай бұрын

@@friendlyotaku9525 Reality has proven otherwise.

The original name for the doctor was dr.who if you look at the credits of the first episode.

@markc7440

3 ай бұрын

Don't go there! Long standing argument between fans. I think that the one lot goes something like it was a description rather than the name of the character. So "Dave the man buying newspaper in the background" rather than just "Dave" - yeah, as I said don't go there for the sake of your sanity!

@TheMoonRover

3 ай бұрын

Not just the first episode. The whole of the first 18 seasons of the classic era, and the first season of the revival.

7:15 McCoy and Janet Fielding had something in common, in that he and Fielding had been members of Ken Campbell's Roadshow, albeit not at the same time.

The odd light background music had me thinking I was going crazy. Was checking background tabs, listening to my surrounding etc only to realize some ways into the video its PART of the video.

For anyone interested Troughton's suggestions of dark skin and a turban, along with a few other things as I recall, stemmed from him being nervous that the whole regeneration thing would backfire, and wanting to be unrecognisable in the role so his face wouild not be assosiated with killing Doctor Who, I suspect there was an element of joking in said suggestions.

@brewster_4

3 ай бұрын

Or maybe we need to accept that people like Patrick Troughton may have had some views that aren't acceptable, and that we shouldn't make excuses for him.

Oh, this was needed. Thank you.

I totally forgotten that Tom Baker was in the Golden Voyage of Sinbad.

All great actors that took on such a phenomenal character

Remember: Matt Smith's Doctor is the ONLY incarnation to take on the Borg! (In an under rated graphic novel...)

As an American the Doctor character to me has always been as British as Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes. An American cast as the Doctor would utterly destroy the magic the show has maintained these past 60 years. I'm really loving this new Gatwa era so far and the NP Harris and J Monsoon villains were next level !

I always knew the 8th doctor’s casting had a lot of candidates, but every time I hear about it, I learn about another big actor who was almost the Doctor

Wendy Padbury was my first young teen crush. I watched in everything she did.

Interesting that Philip Hinchcliffe said 40 years ago that anyone playing the Doctor should be able to "go dark" and most on this list are able to do this and could have been the Master for example. Patrick Troughton did get to do an evil doppelganger in Enemy of the World.

This channel rocks !!! Long live The Doctor !!!

Maybe another video could be ‘how each doctor was announced’

@TheMoonRover

3 ай бұрын

I was literally just watching a video about that. Classic era: press photo calls and newspaper articles, except for Davison who was announced and interviewed on a BBC TV news program. McGann: nobody is really sure. Newspapers seem to have been the first to report it, but there's no evidence of a press release, so maybe it was leaked before they could announce it. Eccleston and Tennant: online BBC news articles. Smith: a special episode of the behind-the-scenes show. Capaldi: big live show with people speculating and talking about the series until he was revealed. Whittaker: a short reveal scene aired on TV during a break in the Wimbledon men's final. Tennant again: there was a Twitter announcement that he would return for the 60th anniversary, but him being the "new" Doctor was left as a surprise for the actual regeneration scene (though this had been widely speculated based on what had been seen of filming). Gatwa: on Twitter, after teasing the announcement with ♥♥➕🟦

0:18 don’t bow down to the casual fans… his name IS doctor who!

This is interesting

It'd be interesting to hear similar accounts for John Hurt, Jo Martin, David Bradley, and the First Doctor actor from the Five Doctors whose name has completely escaped from my brain cells as I type! Hurdall?

@daviderrington8224

3 ай бұрын

Richard Hurndall

When Tennant was interviewed about getting cast he said he took time to think about, Julie Gardner says ‘we had him at hello’. Apparently his initial reaction was if he took the job the doctor would need a big long coat. 😂 Seeing the clip of The Second Coming reminded me how good it was. I can’t stand Christopher Eccleston (nothing to do with Dr Who), but he’s incredible in that. Also it would be interesting to watch now and see if any of the cast haven’t been in Doctor Who yet.

Baker and Peter Davidson, 2 of my all time favorite Classic Doctors, glad they appeared back too back

Patterson Joseph would have been interesting.

So the current RTD is RTD2?

@BlakeGamer-qy6ve

3 ай бұрын

2005-2010 is rtd1 and 2023 - who knows when since It's not ended yet is rtd2

thank you for the infos! I was wondering, though... with Doctor Who coming to Disney +, I understood that the previous seasons would be added to the platform when the new season will air. is it known weather or not it includes the classics? (or do I have a wrong understanding and only the brand new season will be aired on Disney +)

@edwardrizer8505

3 ай бұрын

They’re not adding any previous season to Disney+ sadly, that’s part of the reason the new season is Season 1.

@marionbaggins

3 ай бұрын

​@@edwardrizer8505They are being unfair. Australian Bribox Removed my Chance of watching Classic, and Pior to Disney's Time, is not on my Free Australian Streaming Service... So I can never watch DW Normally Now, as an Australian who wants to more see from 1964-2022.

@DrWhoFanJ

3 ай бұрын

@@marionbagginsThen get the DVD/BD releases.

@marionbaggins

3 ай бұрын

@@DrWhoFanJ They aren't letting Australians get it.

@DrWhoFanJ

3 ай бұрын

@@marionbaggins Incorrect. They’ve been available for over a decade.

I think I love Tom bakers the most. What a feeling that must’ve been for him being able to leave his tiring labouring job to be THE DOCTOR. What a guy.

The collective phrase is Doctors Who.

I'm just glad that we got Bernard Cribbins in an important role anyway. To think that he could've been the Fourth Doctor 👀 Would he have been as popular or more so popular than Tom Baker? I feel he may have, but I'm not too familiar with his work in the 70s.

I was absolutely desperate for Paterson Joseph to get the nod as 11, I adored him in Neverwhere.

The people in the comment section saying Whittaker and Gatwa were hired because of gender, race and DEI and not because of their skills don't know what they're talking about. This video proves it and it's been proven before this video was even uploaded, and a female Doctor was planned back in the 80s.

I had also heard MiB bit actor Michael Jackson mentioned as a possibility for the Eighth.

The last two were box ticking exercises ✅✅✅

@Diogo85

Ай бұрын

You what? Don't tell me you think Jodie Whittaker Ncuti Gatwa was chosen because of gender and race. No, they weren't.

We could have seen phoebe waller bridge as the 13 th doctor. Iam never going to get over this information.

That "other actors" comment. The other actor was Oli Alexander. I know someone on the production team and they had started work with it being him, then Ncuti walked in

@petraw9792

3 ай бұрын

I was sure if it would've been someone from It's a Sin it would be Lydia West. I'm not sure Olly Alexander has the range required for the Doctor.

I can't believe I'm an American asking about this, as the show in question never aired in the US, but I'm curious why you didn't mention John Pertwee being in the kids' show "Nigel Gummidge".

@Jabberstax

3 ай бұрын

"Dr. Who never aired in the US" Yes, it did.

@daviderrington8224

3 ай бұрын

It was Worzel Gummidge

@Amaranthine1000

3 ай бұрын

@@daviderrington8224 A man with many heads.

@jwb52z9

2 ай бұрын

@@Jabberstax As you'll notice, I wasn't talking about Dr. Who.

@jwb52z9

2 ай бұрын

@@daviderrington8224 I guess this is one time when Google was wrong.

I always wonder how Ellie will mention River Song in the video 😂

Interestingly, Sting as the Doctor might not be the strangest not castings as I've read that Mr Pastry! was close to land the role of the 4th Doctor!!

@craigcharlesworth1538

23 күн бұрын

Very true. He apparently told Barry Letts he'd only do it if they let him play the Doctor in character as Mr. Pastry, hence why they politiely declined.

you should do the same kind of video but with companions instead

le falto mencionar al war doctor

Ejiofor would have made a magnificent Doctor. I hadn't heard he had been offered it.

Hartnell there with Hugh Laurie from Dads Army...and in a Carry On film... Troughton as in...Clash Of The Titans or is that Jason And The Argonauts? Ah, Pertwee...He was really good. Possibly the BEST Doctor ever. Tom Baker...would you like a Jelly Baby...? Second candidate for best ever. Davison's Doctor always dressed weirdly... Colin Baker's Doctor was VERY strange looking. McCoy was very good. He made he character his own. McGann, the missing link reinserted, leading to John Hurt... Eccleston in the revamp was a VERY good idea...it kickstarted the newer Doctor Who. Tennant was the best modern Doctor Who, everyone loved him. Smith was bluddy good, and kept quite close to the Tennant-style cheerful Doctor. Capaldi was very much like some of the older Doctors, but was a tad playful at times. Whittaker is a great actress, but the series for her was really bad. Can't blame her though... Not seen the new "black" Doctor yet. But can't wait for them to explain why The Doctor is now black...

@BlakeGamer-qy6ve

2 ай бұрын

They wont explain, cause we already know. It's cause timelords can regenerate into any race or gender.

I think it was good that Bernard Cribbins wasn't cast as the Doctor because we probably wouldn't have Wilf

And the war doctor?

david tennant is the pikachu of doctor who.

Richard Griffiths would have been incredible

The thumbnail is making me laugh and idk why

Title is annoying but incredibly better for SEO

They forgot john hurt 😢

Speculation today is fine. In the 1990s it seemed like anyone who'd ever been on TV was under consideration. It's strange to think of how many members of the Monty Python team were rumoured. It says a lot about the public perception of the series that this was considered even vaguely plausible. Although we do know from Phil Segal that Michael Palin was approached. I can kind of see him doing like a manic version of 11, somehow. There should be another one of these on lost companions too.

It's telling how many hoops Jodie Whittaker had to jump through, despite even a working relationship with the showrunner, compared to the other Doctors.

How could you not include John Hurt?

I would be a GREAT "Theta Sigma"...

The first two comments on this video both contain the word "interesting". How interesting.

@Joemama55122

3 ай бұрын

Interesting

@WhoCulture

3 ай бұрын

Interesting yes, very interesting indeed. Interesting.

@BlakeGamer-qy6ve

3 ай бұрын

the most interesting thing to ever spark an interest, quite interesting.

Clive Droig? Doig. Oh, and Fulton Mac-eye, not Mac-ay

Can we go one video without a marvel reference?!

everyone who understands the turn left reference at the end 👇

John Nathan Turner

WhoCulture of ALL channels calls The Doctor "Doctor Who" in a video title no less. I want to cry. For shame!!!

@WhoCulture

3 ай бұрын

The character has actually been credited as “Doctor/Dr. Who” on many occasions. But mainly… it makes for a neater title.

I do hope we get another female Doctor soon, there are so many great actrecess that would be amazing at this role, they just need better writing than what Jodie got.

@edwardrizer8505

3 ай бұрын

Jodie got robbed, no one liked Chibnells writing before he became show runner, it makes no sense why they gave him that job.

@mrcritical6751

3 ай бұрын

@@edwardrizer8505because Broadchurch was a legit good show, but that show was an entirely different beast to Doctor Who. You can’t just take the showrunner of a drama about a town dealing with all their secrets coming out after a child dies and expect them to do well with a light family sci-fi series

@edwardrizer8505

3 ай бұрын

@@mrcritical6751 I’m talking about his writing on DoctorWho, his episodes were always low tier, and then they made him show runner, it makes no sense.

@mrcritical6751

3 ай бұрын

@@edwardrizer8505 again, it was likely because Broadchurch was such a big hit. Chibnall’s problem in my opinion was, he was a crime drama showrunner through and through, he wasn’t a sci-fi guy, it just wasn’t in his wheelhouse

@user-un9go4qe5i

3 ай бұрын

No. Just no. The Doctor is a Male Time Lord. All this gender swapping is just anti-male nonsense. Jodie got the writing she deserved... shyte. End of.

The greatest Doctor Who ⏳that never was is 🥁.. Benedict Cumberbatch ❤🎉

I guess John Hurt was never really cast as the War Doctor...he never even acted in the 50th. He was Bowfingered. But really, I kind of wanted to hear his story.

What about top 10 actors who turn down the role off the doctor

@marionbaggins

3 ай бұрын

Hugh Grant!

John hurt?

Christ, the amount of gammon in these comments. Didn’t like 13, thought she was very poorly written - though I do think Whitaker’s performance was lacking at points too. Nothing to do with her being a woman. I’m sure we’ll get another soon. Enjoyed what we’ve seen of 15 so far.

@friendlyotaku9525

3 ай бұрын

How was her performance lacking? She was consistently fantastic.

@lewgallagher463

3 ай бұрын

@@friendlyotaku9525 just an opinion. I never believed her as the Doctor. I could see the actor ‘acting’ - she was like an am-dram actress a lot to me. Didn’t have the gravitas or presence really, felt like she was forcing the flimsy ‘quirky’ material and the only moments I felt much was when she got a few darker moments - which is better suited to her as an actress. Her line delivery was pretty hit and miss - a lot of the time miss to me too. Doesn’t help that the characterisation was terrible, mind. But it doesn’t really wash much with me bc Smith and Capaldi had some bad scripts but they never slacked to me.

The 2nd Doctor was the blind guy harassed by the Harpies in "Jason and the Argonauts"? Very kewl... ;-) The Fox TV-movie was a mess, so, of course, the casting had to be as well... Wasn't Hugh Grant "The Doctor" for about half a sec for charity? I STILL want Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor... ;-P I think that the less said about Chris Chibnall, the better... ;-P RTD is full of sh!t, as always...

Aneurin Barnard was also in line for The Doctor but was tipped by Matt Smith. Aneurin will be playing Jimmy White in a new film about his career.

I was rather hoping you'd include John Hurt and Jo Martin as well. I want more Doctor Ruth SO much... Just not the other thing.

i think bill nighy could make a good doctor actually, would be nice to see that one day David Tennat a phenomenal actor who was wishing to be the doctor since he was a kid.... says it all dont it, how many of the other doctors had that passion and love. maybe thats why he played it the best.... then we had "was always going to choose a female and hey i know this person" casting a female im ok with but would have been nice if it was because of all the candidates, male, female,black,white,gay or straight it was because that actor was the best! maybe then people would have been happier with the news? im sure if they said Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock or Sigourney Weaver just quick examples were mentioned people would have been more excited for a renown good actor than a random woman that acted pretty badly in a show not many cared about. and we know a dimilar decicion was made for Ncuti, good or bad, all those in the running for the part was of the same color and sexuality like that was all that mattered. again. Will smith, Wesley snipes, rupert everett, wentworth miller, laurence fishbourn, ian mckellen, ..... mix of gay and black (not both i dont think dunno) we would have been very hyped for instead of again.... a person nobody knows from a show not many saw because of his personal traits.

Well if STing had gotten the role they could have named the companion Roxanne.

Patrick Troughton was not the first choice. Just so you know.

I think Richard O'Brien would have been a good Doctor.

SPILL THAT TEA Who Culture, as you always do!!!

Benedict Cumberbatch would be a great Doctor.

I hope I’ll get cast as the doctor too some day (I’m trying to become an actor just to play this character)

@y_fam_goeglyd

3 ай бұрын

Good luck! Keep us posted on your career. I hope it is a huge success 😊

@WhoCulture

3 ай бұрын

Good luck, hope to see you in the updated version of this video one day!

@finnvandenbremer6021

3 ай бұрын

@@y_fam_goeglyd I hope so to. It’ll probably take a while before it’s even a reality because I’m still in high school, but I have only 1 year left there so when I’m done there I’m gonna start taking acting classes and begin my career.

@BlakeGamer-qy6ve

3 ай бұрын

Good luck!!!!

I’m pretty sure I know why/how the last Doctor got the job.

Love the ' turned left ' quote. ❤

Oh dear as usual. You just mention the usa actors as not from the uk but show Liam Cunninghams photo whos Irish and not from th uk.

A parallel universe where Tilda Swinton was the Doctor... I want to live there

I feel like RTD would have cast Olly Alexander as 15 if Nucti had never come along as they'd just worked together in It's A Sin like with Eccleston and Tennant and I feel Olly Alexander could have played the 15th Doctor very well.

Reverse the polarity of the newtron flow

Never came to pass was cruel

hugh laurie as doctor who

@SirZeu

3 ай бұрын

Doctor house 😂

The grumpy and gentle Hartnell The clown-ish and comical Troughton The tall and shocking Pertwee The mischievous and sciency Tom The heartthrob and humane Peter The arrogant and proud Colin The jokey and dark Sylvester The sad and charming McGann The lone and hardened Chris The triumphant and dual Tennant The quirky and speedy Matt The kind and wise Capaldi The bubbly and hopeful Jodie And now, the emotional and open Ncuti

I'd really like to see Joe gilgun or micheala coel as the doctor. I was nervous about ncuti at first due to sex education being the only time I'd seen him before but the Christmas special he was great and! The new trailer looks phenomenal.

u said the characters name is the doctor not doctor who - this is an ongoing debate among hardcore fans in the classic series, three stories refer to the character as doctor who wotan in the war machines says "doctor who is required" in the highlanders the doctor introduces himself in German that translates to doctor who and in the underwater menace he signs a note "Dr w" (altho this was changed in the animation) more famous there's the scene in series 10 episode 11 "world enough and time" where missy refers to the doctor as "doctor who" and alludes to him previously going by that name and ofcourse during the 1st,2nd,3rd,4th&9th doctors eras they were credited as "doctor who" I'm not saying "the doctor" isn't an acceptable name, but "doctor who" is too and its not as clear cut as some people think.

@R_SENAL

3 ай бұрын

In the Big Finish 5th Doctor audio play The Kingmaker, the Doctor is confronted by a publishing droid who demands to know where the promised manuscripts are for their book deal with "Doctor who," and 5 has to explain to his companions that the deal was for a series of books for children, and the theme was to be, 'the Doctor who did this' or 'the Doctor who did that.' Its been years now, but I think he told Tegan and Nyssa that he never finished writing any of them like he meant to.

@bomotod2464

3 ай бұрын

@@R_SENAL interesting! big finish isnt my wheel house but I'd rlly like to listen to more of it

@R_SENAL

3 ай бұрын

@@bomotod2464 It has had a hoover attached to my wallet for decades now cause they do quality work most of the time. The 8th Doctor stuff especially worth it to me.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge!?! We dodged a bullet there.

@Joemama55122

3 ай бұрын

Imagine the obnoxious arrogance 😂

@friendlyotaku9525

3 ай бұрын

How? She's a brilliant actor AND writer.

@jaysmith2858

3 ай бұрын

Dodged a bullet but got stabbed instead.

imagine Jeff Goldblum as the Doctor...

In 2013 Misha Collins before the Capaldi reveal toyed with people in a Twitter post

@JamJam_1000

3 ай бұрын

That angel is always toying with people, love Misha & Capaldi!

@MeidasWhovianAdvocate

3 ай бұрын

@@JamJam_1000 I know right? Back then I was so excited for him as the 12th Doctor but Capaldi was great as The actual 12th Doctor though.

Tennant 2 being humiliated by Donna as a "male-presenting Time Lord" who "knows nothing" whilst in the company of a trans-woman tells you all you need to know about this show in its current form. If you're a man, you'd better be black or gay, otherwise you have no chance. RTD sought a new audience and told the old audience they weren't welcome anymore.

@DrWhoFanJ

3 ай бұрын

Strange how nothing you’ve said here is even remotely supported by any genuine facts. Cope harder.

@Amaranthine1000

3 ай бұрын

@@DrWhoFanJ The facts are clearly there within the actual show and with the interview of RTD. Calling Davros a stereotype of disabled and evil. No one in the entire history of Doctor Who ever associated Davros's evil with being disabled. And as for Donna tearing down Tennant in the show it is right there if you watch the show, emasculating him right there on camera, the facts are right there in front of your face. And to show just how stupid things are we now have intelligent gloves that can pull down a space ship, the stupidity is plain and clear, as is the hate for the real original fans of the show, the ones that actually made the show successful in the first place.

@DrWhoFanJ

3 ай бұрын

@@Amaranthine1000 The facts are indeed clear, and nothing you have claimed here is amongst them. It is not our problem you are incapable of processing actual reality.

GOOD OMENS MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

This is an "interesting" comment section

@thecustodian1023

3 ай бұрын

You either blindly agree or you're racist/homophobe/magic word of the month. No middle ground as usual. 😋

@BlakeGamer-qy6ve

3 ай бұрын

yea, people asuming jodie and ncuti got the job not because of talent but because of political reasons.

@thecustodian1023

3 ай бұрын

@@BlakeGamer-qy6ve The timing plus the bad writing made it look that way.

@Diogo85

Ай бұрын

​@@BlakeGamer-qy6veThey're wrong.

Not as if both Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston were both on screen credited as Doctor Who is it?

"He was always going to cast a female Doctor and Jodie was his first choice" - yeah, that was the problem he didn't audition a single male actor (or trans, either way) so it was a discriminatory casting. That's before you even get to the issue of a female Doctor (why does an alien character *have* to reflect *human* diversity?). She was too lightweight and Jo Martin acted Jodie off of the screen.

@DrWhoFanJ

3 ай бұрын

Stop talking utter nonsense.

Casting the Doctor has now become a tick box exercise, forget the acting... Just tick the box, this has now become apparent since Jodi, and Nciti, as they don't have the presence of the Doctor on screen like Bill through to Peter, and there are many other actors out there, even female or ethnicity which could be great for role. Jodi got the job because of Chris, which for probably other reasons,, wink wink, and she was female, tick the box. Russell chose Nciti because of the gay camp acting and he was black X2 tick boxes .. But neither of them to seem to have that Doctor presence. And it's a shame that today's compliance has to interfere with what was a great Sci-Fi drama.