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@JeremyDuncan

2 жыл бұрын

You got it will!

@Robert-tl2vg

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeremyDuncan “you got it will” Huh?

@JeremyDuncan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Robert-tl2vg Let me translate: I'll do the things you asked me to do, Mr. Tardis.

@CNormanHocker

Жыл бұрын

The BBC used to like the fans of Doctor Who. Now, they treat us as racists, sexists, and stupid. If RTD pulls an Eccleston, it would be great, but I can see it getting worse.

That clip of Colin Baker talking to the kid, broke my heart.

@Sprinkle_sprankle98

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so sad 😭

@novawolf_gaming

2 жыл бұрын

It's clear he loved the show and he was fucked by the BBC and it's a shame

@StealthyGamerGirl2020

2 жыл бұрын

Bless him...knowiy what we know, that must have hurt so much. Like Peter Capaldi, Colin is a long time wWho fan and has been watching since that start. How they treated him was horrible.

@curseofizanagi

2 жыл бұрын

"I'd... like to do it all again." is heartbreaking

@mahiransworld_2011

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the child's horror when he'd see Colin regenerating.

Colin Baker had every right to resent the show forever for the way the producers treated him but he never took it out on the fans and has always kept his love for the show and be a role model for multiple generations. Legend.

@digipeeper

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not the character or the actors fault but Eric Saward.

@tokublwhovian

2 жыл бұрын

Same with Christopher Eccleston

@tokublwhovian

2 жыл бұрын

@@digipeeper Also, RTD’s and others for Eccleston leaving.

@HandofOmega

2 жыл бұрын

I remember DW fandom in the 90s really having it in for his run, largely based on negative reviews in the mags and such; the BBC, knowing about this, held off on releasing many of his eps because they figured they'd sell poorly. Until finally they'd put out just about everything else, so finally they just scraped the bottom of the barrel...Only for fans, seeing his eps with fresh eyes after so long, to surprisingly respond very fondly to them! Don't get me wrong, much about those eps did, in fact, suck, but his portrayal of the Doctor went over a LOT better now, as fans discovered that he was nowhere as abrasive and unlikable as they'd remembered...

@digipeeper

2 жыл бұрын

@@HandofOmega Call me crazy, the patchwork outfit is actually original and gives this incarnation a lot of zest unfortunately his personality of the majority of the series didn’t match up(irritable shouty and angry). Yes, I have bad taste. Time Lash is my favorite episode and it’s a great Space Adventure. His Doctor Shined as He is just cool and actually formidable and dangerous!!!

The Matt Smith reveal was such a bizarre thing, I still remember watching it, just came out of nowhere, like we knew we'd meet him in that program but there was just zero build up. Then capaldi's one had enough build up for both of them

@SpiderBatFan

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely, I remember feeling it was bizarre too

@TheJigsawKiller

2 жыл бұрын

It feels like they cut a big segment out with the announcement.

@jennifero4201

2 жыл бұрын

I feel it was smooth but maybe that’s because I was watching the spin off ‘Sarah Jane adventures’ at the time and they showed David’s exit and Matts entrance at the same time.

@worldofwatsorb

2 жыл бұрын

And his actual appearance as the Doctor was ridiculously quick, in the actual change

@SamariumHelium

2 жыл бұрын

He was just like "geronimo!!!" Into that clip

I'm so glad this video exists. This is major but forgotten Doctor Who history.

You could see the heart break in Colin Baker in that clip. So sad. He deserved so much better.

@marionbaggins

2 жыл бұрын

And feel it!

That ‘Colin Baker - Too Nice’ cutaway was hilarious 🤣 🤣

@hannahkenney6846

2 жыл бұрын

Yep love our use of cutaways classic British humour got to love it 😂👏🏻

My favorite way to announce a new Doctor: complete surprise. The John Hurt reveal was _incredibly_ hype.

@GedUK

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's how I want 14 to happen, just in the episode. I can't imagine that'll happen because I don't think they'll be able to stop a leak like that, but that would be awesome if they could!

@themythicwaffle

2 жыл бұрын

@@GedUK lmao

@GedUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@themythicwaffle yup, the leak killed the chance! Though I think they were going to announce it just before the BAFTAs went out

@markc4008

2 жыл бұрын

Iirc at the time there had been photos of Hurt on set for the filming of the 50th and given his outfit it was assumed he was another Doctor. Not confirmed at all, till the end of Name, but we did still know he had been cast before that.

@tomnorton4277

Жыл бұрын

John Hurt doesn't get enough respect for his performance as the Doctor. That might be partially because he was already a legendary actor before Doctor Who but when he was cast as the Doctor, I hadn't seen him fully flex his acting chops onscreen. I'd heard him in a few voice acting roles (Kilgharrah and Woundwort were awesome) and seen his cameos in V for Vendetta and Harry Potter but voice acting is easier than physical acting because you don't need to worry about getting your expressions and body language right and the physical roles I've seen Hurt in didn't ask too much of him. Because I was going in without a great deal of knowledge about his career outside of everybody hyping him up as one of the greatest actors of his day, I was pleased to see that John Hurt's reputation had not been exaggerated. He really was one of the best of the best because he was under more pressure than any actor in the history of Doctor Who, with only Patrick Troughton and Matt Smith coming close, and he still delivered in spades. A lesser actor like Peter Capaldi or even Matt Smith would have buckled under the weight of being 1) the oldest Doctor ever, 2) a last minute addition to the 50th anniversary, 3) in danger of being upstaged by the 3 most popular Doctors of all time (yes, the Curator counts) and 4) not given enough time to fully flesh out his incarnation and grow comfortable in the role. Hurt had one shot to get it right and he hit the bullseye dead centre.

2:55 “Can you imagine if the Fourteenth Doctor was announced like this?” Fast forward 2 weeks: It happened 😂

@mellowthebear

Жыл бұрын

Yeah what happened there? I was waiting for a reveal similar to Jodie's which I actually liked a lot..

@DarthRaptor22

Жыл бұрын

Fast forward 6 months. It was wrong anyway lol

@carealoo744

Жыл бұрын

How was Ncuti even revealed again? I can't even remember.

@Nick-kz6dg

Жыл бұрын

@@carealoo744 While he and RTD were on the BAFTA red carpet

@Polavianus

5 ай бұрын

​@@carealoo744 An Instagram post

I've always hoped that one day they'll just reveal the next Doctor in the episode, with no earlier announcement. I feel like that could be pretty awesome.

@digitalutopia1

2 жыл бұрын

The entire reason they do these announcements is because if they don't, someone will leak it first. And then the BBC would have zero control over the introduction

I'm so nostalgic for the Matt and Capaldi announcements. I definitely think an interview is my ideal way for the announcement. For the longest time all we knew of the 11th Doctor is "Matt Smith twiddles his fingers when talking".

@PetersonZF

2 жыл бұрын

That twiddling alleviated a lot of fears, as I recall!

Nice to know that none of us thought of the 14th Doctor being announced by an instagram post.

@DriverHenryWho3245

2 жыл бұрын

It was also announced on Twitter 😆

I can’t believe Mr. TARDIS solved the UNIT dating controversy single handedly!!!

@Gilbeys1929

2 жыл бұрын

Finally. Kinda spun my head a bit. Made we think about incidents during Who in the actual 80s. It cuts muster. Thank you.

Christopher Eccleston’s departure was actually intimated before his first episode was aired. In a BBC Radio 2 documentary (I can’t remember the date it was broadcast, but it was before his first episode) Chris was interviewed. The presenter asked “And are you in it for the long run?” Chris replied “I’ve done the long run”. At the time I took this to be an admission that he wouldn’t be doing a second series - it was in the past tense. I have always wondered why no-one else picked this up.

@MrTARDIS

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this interview before. I know which clip you mean. He's asked if he regenerates and he doesn't confirm or deny. He's told that fans won't be happy until he does years and years and he says that he's done 13, 45 minute episodes so that's much longer than classic seasons and episodes.

Whilst I didn’t watch it live, the live event around Capaldi’s announcement was definitely my favourite. It was the most grand and exciting and also gave plenty of time for people to watch the announcement as I missed the Whittaker announcement by a few minutes

@jessica23claire

2 жыл бұрын

I remember the aftermath of the announcement and everyone on tumblr, including myself, just found clips of him in The Thick of It and said “yep there’s our doctor” 😉 I don’t know why we went to that and didn’t remember his harrowing performance in Torchwood: Children of Earth but that is the beauty of the internet. I still choose to believe that Twelve’s “shuttity up up up” is a reference to The Thick Of It.

@amadandearbhte4318

2 жыл бұрын

I did watch it live, but unfortunately if was before I became a proper fan, so I wasn't that into it. But it's still my favourite way of announcing it. I love the build up and the drama of it all. Even though I wasn't that bothered at the time, I still remember being tense and holding my breath during the presenter's little monologue before the big reveal.

@dariarozova1223

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like the thing that makes his announcement so great is the fact that Capaldi is such a great fan of the show, he brought so much Doctor energy with him immediately and that’s what made this live broadcast work. While others, in my opinion, had to have some time for them to get into the role, you know, and for the fans to get used to them.

@thecrimsonavenger5750

2 жыл бұрын

@@amadandearbhte4318 yeah same here i wasn’t a fan until my brother introduced me to it and I started watching some 10th doctor episodes and then loved Matt smith as 11 and then I really became a fan in 2016 when seeing capaldi. But I agree peters was my favorite

@thecrimsonavenger5750

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessica23claire ever time I hear him curse in the thick of it I just imagine that the 12th doctor would say that to people

I remember watching the announcements of Capaldi & Whitaker, however now knowing that Matt Smith was just suddenly announced as the 11th Doctor so out of nowhere is hilarious

I was profoundly impressed by the Matt Smith introduction. "Here he is." What more does one need from an introduction? In 1966 not many kids were told by their parents that Hartnell was leaving, and the playgrounds were in nuclear meltdown on the Monday after the regeneration. Prefects were handing in their badges, etc.

@CallistaZM

4 ай бұрын

Just picturing this is so funny to me for some reason XD

And now we shall add in "completely random Instagram/Twitter post" announcement

17:23 - “Don’t know if he’s quite sinister enough” - *Peter, UK* A decade and a half later, Peter was able to utilize his attack eyebrows to bring a sufficient level of ‘sinister’ to the role.

@tomnorton4277

Жыл бұрын

Trouble is, Peter Capaldi went too far in Season 8. I barely saw the Doctor at all throughout that season and I almost think of him as being the Valeyard instead. Now that I've actually seen some of Michael Jayston's performance, I think it was a huge missed opportunity to not bring him back and use him to emphasise how far the Doctor fell after Capaldi took over. The Valeyard could have been hanging out in Missy's Nethersphere because he's an amalgamation of the Doctor instead of a full regeneration - this would also explain why Missy was so desperate to be friends with the Doctor again - then at the end of Season 8, he escapes from the Nethersphere and goes back to confront Colin Baker.

@plantainsame2049

9 ай бұрын

​@@tomnorton4277That was kind of the overarching story of Seasonate am I a good man

@tomnorton4277

9 ай бұрын

@@plantainsame2049 Well it felt like a villain going through a redemption arc. That's not how the Doctor was supposed to come across. John Hurt, Christopher Ecclestone, William Hartnell and even Colin Baker were basically doing the same character arc and none of them came across as outright villainous. Ecclestone was, to quote Jacki Tyler, "all charm and smiles" when he wasn't brooding about the Time War. Hurt could actually get away with coming across as evil since he was IN the Time War but there wasn't a single wicked bone in his body. Hartnell changed his performance during the reshoots of An Unearthly Child to stop the Doctor from coming across as an outright terrible person. And Baker, even after strangling her in a fit of post regeneration paranoia, instinctively tried to rush to Peri's aid when he realised she was in danger. His immediate reaction was "I must go to her! I must save her!" and that was in his first story, before he started softening up. Meanwhile, Peter Capaldi was totally fine with throwing Clara under the bus, expected her to be okay with it because in his sociopathic mind he was "respecting" her (Peter Capaldi didn't even sound sincere when he said that), and even had the audacity to lecture Clara about disloyalty in the most self-righteous and hypocritical rant I've ever heard from the Doctor after she'd not only lost her boyfriend, but had also been putting up with the Doctor's shit for most of the season. And there was no sense of introspection or self-awareness in Peter Capaldi's performance. Every time he tried to be introspective, he came across as a shitty man trying to pretend that he's not a shitty man so that the only person who puts any effort into supporting him doesn't leave. The most obvious display of this is that Capaldi was constantly projecting his issues onto Clara, whether it's a life or death situation or petty shit like Matt Smith regenerating into an ugly git with no self-esteem, and expecting her to either sort them out or validate his behaviour. It was like watching an abusive relationship. If I were in Clara's place, I would have told Peter Capaldi to get fucked halfway through his first season. I might have even gone out of my way to murder him in the hopes that he'd regenerate into somebody halfway tolerable. The "Am I a good man?" arc was supposed to come across as a good man questioning himself whilst making genuine mistakes. It wasn't supposed to come across as a terrible man making calculated decisions to be a shitty person and having to learn basic decency from scratch.

@plantainsame2049

9 ай бұрын

@@tomnorton4277 The first doctor tried to Blatantly caven someone's head with a rock And the 12th doctor still helped Clara even after she. Literally attended to commit murder-suicide on the both of them. She thought they were on a volcano and she locked them out of the tardis They wouldn't have even burned due to the tardis shields they would Have starved And did you listen to his speech he said did You think that I care for you so little Is that betraying me would make a difference

@tomnorton4277

9 ай бұрын

@@plantainsame2049 Yes, but at least he didn't treat Susan like shit. Peter Capaldi treated EVERYBODY like shit, even the people he's supposed to care about. On paper, Peter Capaldi was supposed to come across as the good guy in Dark Water. In practice, I was on Clara's side. The Doctor was SO fucking self-righteous, hypocritical and preachy, lecturing Clara about doing shit that's totally fine when HE does it and even gaslighting her with "cut out the whining" after he'd been whining for the entire scene while she let him vent without complaint, that I would have happily watched her push him into the volcano. And that was because of Peter Capaldi's performance. That scene could have had me siding with the Doctor is a less obnoxious actor was playing him. For example, the Doctor should have said "cut out the whining" to himself because Clara wasn't the one whining. She was actually being the mature one because she said it was "absolutely fair enough" if he kicked her out.

2022: a tweet, apparently

@professordreadwin7959

2 жыл бұрын

How modern

My favorite has got to be the daily mail interviewing all the bricklayers who worked with Tom Baker. It's priceless even if it isn't the actual announcement

My favourite announcement was Capaldi’s rockstar entrance, but it’s quite another thing to have the announcement come within an episode itself like the War Doctor and Fugitive Doctor

My favourite announcement was Capaldi's. I love the way they had a whole showing of different people talking about their favourite Doctors from the entire 50 years of the show, including Peter Davison talking live. Then to have an interview with Capaldi on top of that was amazing

Ncuti Gatwa, announced by the bbc on May 8th, 2022, with a tweet

While the Matt Smith reveal is undoubtedly hilarious, I long for a surprise reveal, like was planned with Tennant until they got worried about leaks. Imagine the absolute shock of not knowing an actor was leaving the show and suddenly they’re regenerating

Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi are on the exact opposite ends of the "Announcement" scale and I LOVE IT

I'm still Sad the April Fool's prank saying that Tom Holland was going to be the 14th got me, it didn't show up in my newsfeed until Two days after April Fools, I generally thought for 10 minutes that he was the 14th doctor and I was so excited and then I saw the article was 2 days old... It literally broke my heart 😭

I know it would be impossible these days with social media and the Internet, but I'd love for the 14th Doctor to be revealed when Jodie regenerates, keep it a secret until the centenary special has finished airing.

@frankshailes3205

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Jo Martin took me by surprise.

@NerdyGamerReacts

2 жыл бұрын

Same, it'd be nice to be able to see it in the episode itself, but unfortunately, that's near to impossible with all sources, everything will be running the story the day it comes out. 🥺

@ValpasKankaristo

2 жыл бұрын

That would be the best. Especially since we still have a whole year before the 14th Doctor gets their first proper episode.

@nothingtoseehere2336

2 жыл бұрын

Too late.

Peter Capaldi’s anxiousness, first doctor fanfare, and comment that plying the Doctor “won’t be easy because he hasn’t played the Doctor since he was nine” are all so adorable and lovely. I’ve always seen him as someone who was very honored to be in that role and humble and appreciative to the fans for welcoming and accepting him. It’s also a really sad watch to see when they gave him the Sonic Screwdriver prop on the set of “Twice Upon a Time” and he starts crying.

@tomnorton4277

9 ай бұрын

Peter Capaldi's better as a Doctor Who fan than as the Doctor himself. His sheer terror of playing his childhood hero came through in his performance so he had none of the confidence, power or charisma that the Doctor's supposed to have. Instead, he overcompensated by playing him as a sociopathic arsehole and hiding behind self-righteous speeches which, until The Zygon Inversion where he actually had something worthwhile to say, came across as a man desperately trying to pretend he's more powerful, important, knowledgable and experienced than he actually is. For all the grey hair on Peter Capaldi's head, I almost never believed he had lived for thousands of years. Matt Smith could convey how ancient the Doctor was with a single glance. Hiring a lifelong fan worked with David Tennant but that was lighting in a bottle. Clearly, Steven Moffat hoped it would strike twice but he overestimated Peter Capaldi's abilities.

The way 14 got announced was rather understated like 2 and 3

That's incredible. I never knew about that early Blu-ray release thing. 210 fans and not a single one spoiled it. Amazing.

@leandabee

2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays they'd be demanding millions for their silence 🤦🏼‍♀️, but then again, maybe Dr. fans are just trustworthy 💖😅

@davidgraham8299

5 ай бұрын

Never get away with it now.

Personally I love it when stuff makes it onto screen unleaked. Jo Martin's reveal, McGann's return in Night of the Doctor... it's such a huge geekbumps moment when they can pull it off! Regarding Troughton's tiny newspaper column, it actually makes sense to me. Replacing a lead actor for a successful show was unheard of at the time. Everyone involved probably wanted the least fuss possible made over it.

This video is making me wish we got Adventure in Space and Time biopics every year. Think about it, Troughton having to follow up with one of the weirdest plot devices ever, Pertwee's Manning's and Delgado's relationship, Pertwee's and Troughton's friendship/rivalry, Tom Baker's drama on sets, Davidson following up the most successful run of the show so far, mistreatment of Colin and ending with McCoy having to be the final doctor. I'd watch it

@tokublwhovian

2 жыл бұрын

Also on the RTD, Moffat and Chibnall eras. The RTD era biopic would be awkward 😬 Eccleston’s struggle, Barrowman’s antics and Clarke’s perversion.

@vcom741

2 жыл бұрын

@@tokublwhovian This is kinda why I actually don’t want a biopic on RTD era. There is still positivity to all the old doctor’s stuff, and at the end everyone got a happy ending of some kind (Tom’s ending could be the publishing of Scratchman, Davidson, Baker and McCoy would be doing Big Finish)

I know it's extremely unlikely, But I would personally love it if we could make it to the centenary special... and still not know who 14 is until Jodie regenerates. I just think that'd great. The only way they could have made it greater would have been if they didn't announce Jodie's departure, so when she Regenerates, it's a complete surprise. Again, the likelihood of that happening is infinitesimal... But I think it would be cool.

@hotdog1214

2 жыл бұрын

Same, highly unlikely but we can dare to dream.

@Faction.Paradox

2 жыл бұрын

@@hotdog1214 Yeah a surprise regeneration/surprise new Doctor has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, but I feel like its almost literally impossible unless it was a brief cameo right at the end of a special/series (filmed in a closed set close to transmission) and there was a long gap before filming began resumed

@stubie

2 жыл бұрын

If only; it's just impossible! I mean, I know RTD is doing specials next year, so it's not entirely impossible to keep it to a closed set, but it's very unlikely. Everything Doctor Who does is leaked by someone. It's very sad really.

@MadameChristie

2 жыл бұрын

I know RTD wanted to keep Ecceslton's Regen completely secret, but that leaked so...but yes it would be cool if they just kept mum until the actual regeneration so it would be surprised.

@HandofOmega

2 жыл бұрын

9 to 10 may have leaked, but I didn't know about it, so it took me by complete surprise! DW has become such a big THING since then, and the media and public are so thirsty for details, but a surprise like that would be my preferred way to learn about the new Doc...

now firstly... that steven moffat impression was absolutely amazing! a few years ago I thought of doing a parody animation of steven moffat and if I ever do it I want that guy working on it!! I loved this video and I would prefer one day for them to just not announce the next doctor, no trailer nothing, just because fans at the moment are very difficult to please and it will force people to actually give it a chance by at the very least watching their first episode

I love how far we went when it came to announcing the doctor. Originally with Patrick announced as the doctor it was just a small news article with very little fanfare and then with Matt it’s this very big surprise during a documentary that comes out of nowhere then Capaldi as the doctor he gets this huge announcement with a crowd and everything

It's astounding to think that there could conceivably be someone who was a small kid in 63, who actually watched all of this happen up to the present day! It's too implausible to think that they *never* missed an episode, but theoretically they could have actually seen every episode ever made...Imagine if they could talk to us here, online!

@euanmarley7421

2 жыл бұрын

I remember the adverts for the first series of Doctor Who, I was six then. The opening scenes which were shown in the preview made me expect a rocket as the means of travel. I didn't manage to watch every episode up to the last Peter Capaldi when it first came out but I have seen every one up until the thirteenth doctor, which I just can't watch.

@HandofOmega

2 жыл бұрын

@@euanmarley7421 Wow, this is exactly what I didn't think I'd ever hear! If you've really been with this show from its very beginning in 63, I earnestly encourage you to please reach out, either to this channel or some DW site or channel, and offer your story! They, and us fans, would LOVE to hear all about what it was like to be a fan back then, esp what it was like leading up to it; we all know about how the initial ep was pre-empted because of JFK, but we've never heard about it from an actual viewers' perspective... Telling your story would mean a lot to us all, please consider it!

@heathernicklinson2695

2 жыл бұрын

Well this mature old gal has been around since the start & stayed with it ever since. Its funny to think it's implausible to you.!

@stevkyt2374

2 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not there are still many of us still alive. I was eleven and the program inspired my imagination as there had been nothing like it. I kept a Dr Who diary of every episode with my comments right up to the last one. I've got every existing video also. I got heavily into sci fi books in my teens and have written seven sci fi related books. I was sad when the series ended after Capadi but I have such fond memories of all the Doctors and looking forward to my weekly Saturday fix (though that did vary later on).

@HandofOmega

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I guess I shouldn't sound so surprised, after all, I'm hardly a stripling myself; by which I mean that both my parents are still alive, and they are certainly old enough to have seen the show's beginning, had it been shown in the States (and if they had been into SF)! It's just that I've never heard older fans discuss their memories before, so that idea was somehow new to me. I still encourage ALL of you to reach out to creators, many channels would love to put together a compilation of your reminiscences, and I know the fans would love to hear about them! (For instance, my major questions are about the first regeneration: Did you know that was coming? Do you remember what the lost footage looked like? How long did it take you and your friends to get used to the new Doctor?)

There is actually a more interesting story around the tenant reveal, he was at the time doing quartermass as a live event on bbc working with Jason Fleming. It was pretty much a done deal the first line was change to “good evening doctor” on the fly by Fleming causing tenant split a rye smile.

Peter has prepared for the role for decades. That's dedication 🤣😍. He is so great

Even though Eleven is "my" Doctor, I wished, Capaldi could have stayed forever. Most of my favorite episodes were with him and he was by far the best actor who ever played the role!

@Nuttybott

2 жыл бұрын

"he was by far the best actor who ever played the role!" So you have never seen Patrick Troughton, then? :-/

@chanceneck8072

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nuttybott Can I just have my opinion one single fucking time? Troughton has been my 2nd favorite Doctor, right after Eleven. But I think, since Capaldi, I'm putting him at #3 now.....

@tomnorton4277

Жыл бұрын

John Hurt acted circles around Peter Capaldi and did so whilst under considerably more pressure. Plus he's got a massive resume outside of Doctor Who, so claiming that Capaldi is the best actor to play the Doctor is ludicrous.

@magicaltour1

14 күн бұрын

I don’t think the Troughton Rule needs to be followed anymore. When Troughton did it, the show was airing 40+ episodes a year with a very brief break, so it was easier to buy. Now, each doctor only has 10-12 episodes a season every eighteen months. They’re not in enough episodes for us to get to know them as well. I think five seasons would be a better choice now.

"Can you imagine if the Fourteenth Doctor gets announced like this? Like, T'Nia Miller just gets announced in the back pages of the Plymouth Herald?" 3 weeks later: Ncuti Gatwa gets announced as the Fourteenth Doctor via a tweet.

@xmachiavellirizex3540

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

My favorite reveal had to be John Hurt. I've been a fan of his forever, and to see such a big name cast as the Doctor... blew me away!

I remember Matt Smith being announced on that TV special and thought "You're winging this!" so wasn't impressed. Still I calmed myself down and gave him a chance. He turned out to be one of my Top 3 Doctors of all time.

@LaraCroft

2 жыл бұрын

loved matt

I love how the BBC just goes full circle with Ncuti

No one talking how heartbreaking that Colin baker interview is🥺

I like to see 14 revealed at the very last moment. The way they wanted to do with David Tennant. It's weird thing that somewhere out there with there's someone waiting in the Wings waiting for the queue to enter the TARDIS.

I think I like the Peter capaldi type of announcement because it gives you more to see and it makes it feel special.

2nd Doctors announcment: *silent as hell* 14s announcment: hold my sonic screwdriver

I love how little fanfare troughtons announcement had. How much more surprising and shocking it must have made it for all those kids and adults who likely missed such an understated article. As much as I understand the impossibility of keeping secrets today, I’d love to see a doctor that isn’t revealed until the very moment they regenerate

The fact that Sylvester McCoy is literally standing on a box is hilarious. I actually remember watching the Hobbit, seeing him next to Ian McKellen, and thinking that he probably was, but to see it in the press release is deeply funny.

The hoodie and dark cloak SHOULD have been Jodie's Doctor / clothes. I like what we end up with too, no doubt - but damn does she scream "I'm the Doctor" in dark clothes. Also loved Capaldi's entrance, how he talked about it "I'm not the Doctor yet..." Wonderful Doctors, I remember the 80s ones, and the McGann announcement I didn't get until I saw a trailer on local FOX affiliate. Was crazy, loved McGann tho.

@HandofOmega

2 жыл бұрын

Even tho they obviously resized the clothes she regenerated in (imagine if 13 is flopping around in 12's oversized clothes the whole ep, lol), I still quite like that look on her, and kinda wish they'd kept, or modified, it. The first female Doc should have had some trouble coming to terms with the transition, instead of just instantly adapting to it, imo...

@themostlyharmlessfandragon8861

2 жыл бұрын

Aw I don't know, I like that her outfit is bright and distinctive

It’s insane that they’ve never kept it secret until the right moment. I’d love to see them do a reveal actually IN the episode. But failing that and knowing the show’s track record for blowing their load on announcements I think the Capaldi reveal was the peak of Doctor reveals. While I think Tennant’s surprise award acceptance announcement was the best departure announcement. That being said the show probably isn’t popular or well liked enough any more to do a televised announcement special. And the chance of The Doctor winning a TV award for their performance is slim

Stealth bombing Matt Smith. That's something that needs to happen on more television. Random episode of the middle, and Matt Smith just interrupts the broadcast

The part about Colin Baker made me cry! He deserved better!

@tessatate1729

2 жыл бұрын

Like Jodie Whittaker, he was sabotaged by terrible production choices.

My favourite was Capaldi because that was just such a great event, the build up and the reveal and all the excitement. I remember watching it as it happened and it was very fun. I personally think they’re going to try another John Hurt for the next one and not tell us who Jodie’s successor is until the regeneration actually happens. I think this because of how long it has been without an announcement and because the latests episode’s next time trailer showed Jodie starting to regenerate which implies they may have already filmed the change over and know who their next Doctor will be.

Superb, comprehensive exploration of all the announcements of Doctor Who casting. Two thoughts: 1. I really liked the short 1min video revealing Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor. 2. What if: in Jodie's final special, as she regenerates, and there's all the yellow energy, the camera pans away and the new Doctor arrives but off-screen (!) with an indistinct sigh, an exhale of air. So we don't know who it is or even if they're a man or a woman (!) And we have to wait until 2023's Season 14 to see the new Doctor for the first time!

@kaitlinbilous4605

2 жыл бұрын

60th anniversary special maybe?

It's odd that the media focused on Tom Baker being a brick layer considering he'd already been nominated for two golden globes and was working with the Royal National Theatre?

I was so befuddled by that moment in the Confidential special back in 2009. Good to finally know it really was that jarring and it wasn't just me not paying attention like I always thought. I still remember having a mouthful of calzone during David Tennant's announcement and surprised I never choked or did a spittake. There was a split second where I mistook Jodie Whittaker's eye ball for Anna Freil's eye ball. Probably because she was my #1 pick and I was just willing my eye balls to see what they wanted to see, but whatever. I burst with excitement, then let down, then didn't recognize this blonde woman, then "Broadchurch girl"'s name came up and went "oh, yeah. She was great. Hardly recognised her". It was a rollercoaster. Anyway, great video. This was really worth the wait.👍

@KieronSmithMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same with the Matt Smith announcement! 🤣 I remember his clip coming on and I actually rewound the TV thinking he must have already have been mentioned or shown and I blinked and missed it somehow

@slevinchannel7589

2 жыл бұрын

14: We KNOW it will not be a White Person. No Problem obviously with that very facct: the problem is with us knowing it.

Whoever did the Moffat impression was spot-on, well done!

@konikonitrainerwill5969

2 жыл бұрын

Those were impressions!?

And then the 14th with just a tweet I'm sorry it deserved better then that

“Can you imagine if tnia Miller was announced like that?” “27 words” cut to Ncuti being announced with 3 emojis and a plus mark

@noahlibra

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking lol

I’d love it if you just kept editing this video onwards whenever a new doctor came out lol

@MrTARDIS - I've got the press release from FOX announcing Paul McGann as the new DOCTOR WHO. It came along with an 8x10 B&W of McGann with the TARDIS from the same photoshoot all of the other photos came from. It was accompanied by a short video press kit that had what sounds like the interview with McGann that you quoted along with Sylvester McCoy and I think Segal. I don't have the press release right in front of me so I can't give you the exact date that's on it but I do know that it was in January. Great video!

"Introducing John Hurt as The Doctor". The greatest wtf?! in the entire history of the show.

As per the next announcement itself, I would prefer to see a Doctor incorporate their death/regeneration into a plan to defeat the villain. Imagine the villain finally defeating the Doctor, rolling on to complete their master plan (Master plan?) only to have a random underling that only showed up onscreen after the Doctor’s death flick the wrong switch, twist the wrong dial, and bring everything crashing down to a complete failure, and then look at the villain & say, “Yeah, that’s the thing about regenerations. You never really know what you’re gonna get until it happens” then smile, gather up any remaining companions, and fly away in the TARDIS.

Loved this trip down memory lane. I don't know if this helps but Sylvester McCoy revealed Paul McGann as the Doctor at a convention in late 1995, I think. This bit of information was then reported in a monthly fanzine called Time Brains 2013 in Sydney, Australia. I don't have the copy, but it was so early that the following issue the announcement was retracted as nothing could be found to confirm it. Then the issue after that it was confirmed again when the official news reports started rolling in.

I only vaguely recall pre-Matt Smith announcements, those memories, like the Paul McGann announcement, are lost to time. My absolute ideal way to announce a new Doctor would be like War and Fugitive Doctor, in universe as it happens. I know that's pretty unlikely to happen what with the constant threat of leaks but as a fan that would be the ultimate reveal - I remember that feeling when 10 got shot by a Dalek and started regenerating, I looked across at my brother (also a Whovian) and we were dumbfounded; it turned out to be fake but that was very exciting. I do remember the announcements of 12 and 13, being the most recent, and at the time I thought the whole studio thing with Capaldi was a bit cringey - more the fault of the way it was presented rather than Peter himself. So my second choice would be similar to Whittaker's announcement, that really beautifully shot, mysterious piece that revealed the new Doctor - no audience whooping and clapping, no daft presenters asking how they feel being the 'new Doctor Who' 🤦‍♀ just calm and in the Whoniverse.

Thanks for putting this one together. I've got to admit, I'm enjoying the anticipation of the next doctor's reveal almost as much as I enjoy the show itself.

The 14th doctor will be announced on RTD's Instagram

I remember getting up at 3am to watch Capaldi’s announcement - of course it was worth it but the surprise regeneration attack is also good… Im sad to see Jodie go as she’s done a great job!

@davidgraham8299

5 ай бұрын

She was terrible

I like Capaldi's huge spectacle, but i loved Hurt's surprise within the show... for the 14th, I think either of these would be amazing.

What sticks in my mind about Peter Capaldi's announcement as much as the reveal, is Rufus Hound (who is fantastic) getting the "He knocks four times" prophecy wrong and Bernard Cribbins (who is even more fantastic) bailing him out. I'd love to see a huge announcement of a massive, big name actor to play The Doctor with all the fanfare and celebration then, about twenty minutes into their first episode they regenerate into the actor that will continue the legacy.

@paingoret6

Жыл бұрын

Haha yes I love this! Kind of like the first Scream movie did with Drew Barrymore

Came across this video by Chance. Glad I did. Really well put together and so informative. Thank you

Fantastic video!! A must watch for any DW fan 👍 I actually avoided all spoilers for Chris to David, to the point I didn't know he was leaving, so it was an amazing moment when he regenerated! I felt like the Doctor when the Runaway Bride turned up in the Tardis!

@Wizardaron

Жыл бұрын

"WHAT?"

Thanks so much for this video and all the research you've put into making it! I've wondered about this for a long time!

Hopefully The New Doctor will be announced very soon. I'm expecting a teaser of it at the end of legend of the sea devils

@thedoctorwhomaster3086

2 жыл бұрын

It be teaser for the 13th last episode then most like a couple weeks or months later we get something about 60th anniversary they won't overshadow legend of the sea devils

@CharlieInDaUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedoctorwhomaster3086 Surely RTD2 will be going into production soon? (And RTD isn't like Chibnall on keeping things so secretive) I can't expect them to keep us waiting past the end of May.

@Lia-uf1ir

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieInDaUK Perhaps but they may wait at least a few days or weeks before the announcement?

@thedoctorwhomaster3086

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lia-uf1ir exactly thats what said don't expect after legends of the sea devils they wait for longer after that if 14th doctor not in 60th then don't expect anything till after jodie whittaker final special 😉 if the 14th doctor is in 60th then we get something a couple of weeks after legend of the sea devils

@ericstahmer720

2 жыл бұрын

@@CharlieInDaUK RTD2 is already in Production I believe. At least for the 60th Anniversary .

This video is really incredible and I am so grateful for the research that went into it

19:36 Maybe Eccleston (my favorite) would have returned for a crossover episode or Day of The Doctor if BBC didn't pull off such a scumbag move right there.

@basilbrush9075

10 ай бұрын

True, true

I’d completely forgotten about the reveal in confidential!! I only vaguely remember watching it live but boy is that clever. Wonderful video! I’m very glad to have found it : )

This is an amazing, informative video! Particularly love the "Colin Baker was too nice" moment. 🤣🤣 I find it fascinating seeing those old announcement articles and interviews from Who history. Keep up the great work!

Appreciate the amount of research you put into this. Nicely done!

This is a great video, I’ve never given it thought as to how classic doctors were announced.

The stealth bomb reveal of Matt Smith was a stroke of subtle genius. The Stars In Their Eyes reveal of Peter Capaldi was OTT, awkward and seemed so unsuited to him. The show's decline in popularity during Capaldi's tenure, just makes his reveal show seem all the more silly and bittersweet in hindsight.

@beesree39

Жыл бұрын

the joke is Peter Capaldi riding a tank while playing an electric guitar in medieval times

@tomnorton4277

Жыл бұрын

I feel like that was partially Peter Capaldi's fault. I loved the stories for the most part. There were a few duds like Sleep No More and In The Forest of the Night and the Lake two parter in Season 9 was forgettable aside from one cute moment where the Doctor said "Should I stop now?" and Clara replied "Please do" but for the most part, I think the criticisms of bad writing were blown WAY out of proportion during Capaldi's era. My biggest problem with it was Capaldi himself. Every time he was onscreen in Season 8, he was tolerable at best and infuriating at worst, portraying the Doctor as far too sociopathic for me to see him as a legitimate incarnation until Season 9. And even in Season 9, it was still an uphill battle for Capaldi to win me over, to the point where I didn't care about his suffering in Heaven Sent because I wanted Clara to come back for MY sake, not his. Every other sociopathic Doctor aside from William Hartnell, who was the first and could therefore get away with not fully figuring out the character, had something to remind you that they're an alien. Colin Baker had his ridiculous costume, Sylvester McCoy showed off clownish behaviour and John Hurt, supposedly the darkest Doctor, wasn't sociopathic at all, at least during his onscreen appearances. His shame was based more on how he viewed HIMSELF than what was shown of his Doctor's personality. Peter Capaldi not only lacked John Hurt's self-awareness but played the Doctor's sociopathy so straight that I almost wish he'd been playing the Valeyard instead. It wasn't like watching an alien who genuinely doesn't understand humanity, which was something that Matt Smith could pull off in his sleep. It was like watching a misanthropic human who fully understands humanity and not only resents us but sees us as insects to be played with while he hides behind being "socially awkward" (sound familiar?) as an excuse for his behaviour. Trust me, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I know what social awkwardness should look like - for example, I have trouble maintaining eye contact and a habit of walking with my hands either folded or behind my back - and it doesn't look like what Peter Capaldi was doing. Matt Smith on the other hand could absolutely pull off an autistic and/or socially awkward person. Another thing that keeps getting overlooked is that Capaldi was READY for Clara's betrayal in Dark Water. That means one of two things about his Doctor's personality. Either he's insanely paranoid about the woman who had been saving him for centuries without him noticing (You're welcome, Mr "You can't see me"). Or he was deliberately pushing Clara to her breaking point and had his backup plan in place for when she snapped. To be fair, this part actually can be blamed on the writing to some extent but it wasn't helped by the fact that Capaldi spent most of Season 8 being a complete dick to Clara anyway. We'd already solved the "what are you? A trick? A trap?" thing with Matt Smith, so the only somewhat reasonable excuse for Capaldi being a shitbag to Clara was the VERY vague idea of "the woman in the shop". The Doctor had absolutely no way of knowing that she was his oldest enemy and Clara had already proven her loyalty in both her own life and in the lives of all her echoes. And that's another thing. Outside of a throwaway moment in Day of the Doctor where Clara confirms that she remembers "a bit" of her other lives, the fact that she had countless echoes running around the universe was never brought up again. To Season 9's credit, it called back to Oswin by putting Clara into a Dalek in The Witches Familiar and I actually couldn't tell if the waitress Clara in Hell Bent was an echo or the real Clara until the diner was revealed to be her TARDIS but the sheer lack of gratitude from the Doctor for everything Clara did for him made me dislike him even more. Now let's talk about when Capaldi WASN'T being the Valeyard. In Season 8, he was trying to juggle far too many Doctors at once and he just doesn't have the range to pull that off, which is most notable when he's working with a script that seemed to be written with Matt Smith in mind. For example, if Matt Smith or Patrick Troughton got into a sword and spoon fight with Robin Hood, they'd treat it like the most normal thing in the world but Capaldi wasn't in his comfort zone in that episode. He also didn't have the mischievous, schoolboy like playfulness that William Hartnell could pull off when he wasn't being a grumpy old asshole. And no, Clara saying "Top of the class" in Into the Dalek doesn't change that. If Hartnell were playing the Doctor when she said that, I could buy that he actually needed to be taught a lesson about the potential of a good and/or redeemed Dalek because 1) Hartnell could bring some youth to the Doctor, something that was also one of the best parts of David Bradley's portrayal (just look at his eyes when he stammers "W-what was that?" and tell me that's not a young man in an old man's body) and 2) Hartnell was the Doctor long before the idea of good Daleks was explored with Dalek Sec, Dalek Caan and Oswin. Capaldi's Doctor had seen 2 redeemed Daleks and 1 who was never evil in the first place, so he absolutely knew that redeeming Rusty was possible. To be fair, I think even Laurence Olivier would be stretching himself too thin if he tried to be every Doctor at once on top of being a new Doctor at the same time but Capaldi's no Olivier, so even attempting to do it was a doomed endeavour. To Capaldi's credit, he got his act together in Season 9 but I wouldn't have made it that far if I didn't care so much about Clara. People keep trying to deflect blame onto either her or the writing but how many considered the possibility that Capaldi himself was the problem? John Hurt was a better Doctor in a single episode than he was in his entire debut season and Hurt was under FAR more pressure than Capaldi was.

I really really loved the video announcement of 13. Not only was the video and event itself great but it was great to see all the analysis videos that came out afterwards trying to speculate on what we were getting

This was awesome! Thank you for all your hard work!

A really great video! Thanks for reminding me about that DW confidential special, I'd completely forgotten it actually went out. Brought back so many memories of that period when everything about the show such as the logo etc changed. As a 9-year-old it was kind of scary but exciting!

I haven't seen Jodie's reveal before. Love it. She got me back into it, after being away from it from series 2 onwards. Hope I like the next one.

i can’t wait to see who the new doctor will be!! matt smith’s announcement is probably my favorite! i also remember watching john hurt’s and thinking it was so cool

Thanks for a fascinating, well-researched video.

Great video. Very nostalgic! I remember vividly when Matt Smith just appeared on screen out of no where!

I must have been about 6/7 in 2005 so I was completely unaware 9 was going to regenerate. In fact, I didn't even know what regeneration was. The Doctor just straight up died in front of me and I sobbed for a week. If they can keep the reveal of the 14th Doctor until the regeneration and recreate that level of pure shock I would be overjoyed

I miss dr who confidential

@DriverHenryWho3245

2 жыл бұрын

It may be back in the next era :D

thank you a thousand times for this video. This is something we all need to know and remember. I watched the very first episode of Doctor Who back in 1963 and have watched every episode since then. It's always hard for me to even think about which one is my favorite doctor, because I love each and every one of them. Christopher Eccleston and Colin Baker were treated very shabbily ... I hope the network has learned from this. My favorite first episode of the doctor was Matt Smith as the 11th doctor. Again thank you so much for taking the time to dig up all this information and post it!

This is great. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Thanks so much for all the details on each Doctor's departure! I can totally sympathize with how Tennant's departure announcement had fans cheering one moment (since he was coming back for the special) and lamenting the next (saying he was leaving the show). I'm thinking that they'll either announce it after the Men's finals again like last time, or do it a little bit earlier, like mid-May. The last few Doctors seemed to have a 4-6 month gap between reveal and episode airing, and we're about 6 months from the special's premiere at the moment.

Colin Bakers tenure remains a tragedy. He was as much a fan as Tenant and Capaldi and he had just started to really settled in when they petformed thst dick move on him. I give thanks to Big Finish for giving him his dues and treating him with the respect he deserved.

I enjoyed this video thank you for doing it job well done!

Great video - thanks for this Good Friday treat!

Hartnell's involvement was announced a little earlier in Kinematograph magazine 24/10/1963. Also the photoshoot you feature in relationship to the press launch actually comes from a year later marking the first sale of the program to Canada. The series press launch itself only featured Hartnell, Ford and Lambert.

Firstly, brilliant work on this video! It was so fascinating to hear about all the announcements. I’m so stoked that we’ll be getting David Tennant back for any time.