10 Doctor Who Moments You Didn't See Coming

[@markallan2711]

Tom Baker appearing in the 50th Anniversary special. I got chills when I heard his voice, as I grew up watching him as the 4th Doctor.

[@zappafanprole1]

I cried. Tom Baker was my Doctor. Really got me

[@rileyackison4495]

I loved that scene I haven’t even watched his series.

[@roanvanslooten979]

Paul McGann in The Night of The Doctor was worth at least a mention.

[@bearlyplayin]

It certainly was, especially seeing as the initial thumbnail didn't have him in. 😍

[@stevenhale2935]

He was the doctor I expected, but only because i had to look up the episode way after it came out

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Agree 100%

[@brainlock72]

The Five-ish Doctors teased him, so at least one friend and I knew *something* was up with his cameo there.

[@stevenhale2935]

@@brainlock72 i keep hearing about the 5ish doctors but still have no idea what it is...

[@Mark_E_M]

How is Jack being the Face of Boe ALWAYS over-looked in these videos???

[@danthemeegs8751]

It wasn’t overlooked! It was already included in “10 Most Unexpected Doctor Who Moments”. Absolutely LOVE that reveal

[@RichardBarclay]

@@danthemeegs8751 what exactly is the difference between an unexpected moment and a moment we didn't see coming? 🤔

[@ranjanasharan4051]

​@@RichardBarclaythey said this is the second part of that video With 10 new moments

[@just_kos99]

I dunno, I was thinking the Doctor forcefully taking over the Presidency of Gallifrey was pretty unexpected. (Fourth Doctor, "Invasion of Time") Additional (a year later): I haven't been watching a whole lot of the trailers and sneaky-peeks of the 60th anniversary show, but I have one overwhelming theory: Tennant's "14th Doctor" is actually the Valeyard. I've been thinking for forever, since I saw "The Trial of a Time Lord", that in NuWho, they should introduce "a Doctor", have him or her for a couple or few episodes, then have THAT one die and turn back into our usual beloved Time Lord, not the Valeyard. Just sayin'.

[@DEBest95]

Ellie is just doing better and better as a presenter of these, she is becoming one of my favourites, she is fantastic

[@grahamcann1761]

A subjective list, but that's okay. When I started watching I thought, "number one could be 'the Curator'". I still remember when I heard 'the voice', and I knew Who it was. But yes, Russel T. Davies return is great. As always thank you so very much for the video. I think this list needs a part 2.

[@danthemeegs8751]

This is a Part 2! Part 1 is called “10 Most Unexpected Doctor Who Moments” :-)

[@No1sonuk]

#5 River's Real identity - I DID see that coming. There was an off-hand remark about the only water in the forest is the river earlier, and that triggered it.

[@VeryTori]

I saw it coming because Let’s Kill Hitler was one of the first Doctor Who episodes I saw lol, series 6 was still incredibly fun to watch though!

[@RobertWilke]

@@VeryTori When I saw Amy take the fez from 11 and River shoot it. I knew the two were related I just didn't know how. Then in the next series it was shown.

[@michaeladkins6]

It wasnt a big intellectual leap. Melody-Song Pond-River. It was a great episode.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

River Song revealing to Amy Pond and Rory Williams that she is their daughter Melody Pond. Now that I really didn't see coming.

[@QuasistellarNymphomaniac]

Biggest twist for me was the ending of `turn left`

[@savedbyjesusblood]

Adric being blown to bits and the return of the Cybermen in "Earthshock" are honourable mentions too.

[@KaelHitchcock]

In the words of RIver Song, Spoilers

[@doctormew9399]

You should have included the most recent one: the Doctor turning into a Weeping Angel

[@danthemeegs8751]

This video was written before Flux came out! But that’s definitely a good moment

[@doctormew9399]

@@danthemeegs8751 Oh wow, I saw you reply to another comment after I wrote this, and I was like 'wow, imagine if he actually replied to the comment I wrote.' Anyway yeah, great list, and that makes a lot of sense.

[@danthemeegs8751]

@@doctormew9399 Thank you for the comment! Glad to have some positive Doctor Who conversations on the internet, this last few years has been rough :S

[@DjaayRobinson]

doctor being turned into a weeping angel

[@rhodrage]

The Doctor being blind made no sense for a character with and inbuilt healing system for things like that.

[@13g0man]

When has he healed from injuries like that, outside of Ten regrowing his hand when he was still regenerating? He had plot regrowth for that episode.

[@rhodrage]

@@13g0man He's used "Excess regen energy" to heal others. By that he can easily heal eyesight.

[@laurencelowndes7841]

Watching this makes me remember how good Doctor Who is! Remembering my reactions to all the twists and turns! Makes me want to watch it all ... Again

[@eleanorblock3834]

7

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

I definitely saw River coming

[@Flytrap]

Sure you did.

[@joaolevinsky]

Need Part 2 - 8th in "The Night of The Doctor" - 13th as Weeping Angel - The Master revealing himself (Sacha Dawan version) - Missy trying to being good and maybe returning to the 12th Doctor and being killed by herself/himself - Ruth being The Doctor in disguise as a human all along - 12th Doctor acting like he was controlled by The Monks for Bill (and he wasn't)

[@danthemeegs8751]

There’s a similar video on the channel called “10 Most Unexpected Doctor Who Moments”, I think one or two of these is in that!

[@gestaltdude]

Have to say re: Russell coming back...How badly do you have to screw up a franchise for it to be felt the only way to fix things is to bring back the guy who brought it all back in the first place? You can almost hear the beeping of the bullion truck backing into his house, full of his spending gold, as the Beeb meets his demands to return.

[@theaussiebackflipboy]

RTD is a true Doctor Who fan and I somehow don't think he's doing it for the money - his new production company might mean he will own the franchise outright rather than the BBC. Chibnall seriously has damaged the franchise to the point where the only solution is to look to the past to move forward. We may end up being stuck with a new history of The Doctor but at least RTD will make sense of the debacle that Chibnall created.

[@laurencelowndes7841]

I'm still half hoping that because it was the master who told the doctor that they were the.timeless child, it could still be a lie, a ruse. The great thing about the doctor was that they weren't special, they were just a normal time lord doing special things

[@gestaltdude]

@@laurencelowndes7841 Agreed. Yes, they had more lives than a cat (proverbially speaking), but there was still the element of danger, particularly around the end of each season, if you could avoid the internet. By giving the Doctor infinite lives, it takes away that element, removes any sort of tension over the most dramatic or dangerous of circumstances. yes, you might have to say goodbye to a beloved actor, but you would know the character would go on because they literally could not die. Might as well replace the character with Captain Jack, at least we knew what his deal was from the start (of Torchwood anyway :P ).

[@BrunoEwok]

Everybody hates Chibnel, but no-one can criticize the bad decisions he made. It certainly wasn't that Jody Whitaker was a bad actress. It's that the Doctor is an alien who regenerates, not a Michael Jackson "Black of White" video star. Did Chibnel accidentally imply that Doctor Who's Mom killed him a few hundred times?

[@gestaltdude]

@@BrunoEwok I've never thought Jodie was a bad actress. Just the opposite; I believe she did a phenomenal job with the material she was given. Unfortunately, the most gifted actor can still look like crap if that is what they are given to work with, which many seem to agree describes a lot of the Chibnall era. I'm really not sure what point you're trying to make with the "black or white" reference, unless that is pointing to making the Doctor female, but that's not something with which I've ever had a problem. If you want to give the role to the best actor, why not open up the field to include the other half of humanity? I'm afraid that yes, it does appear as if the Shobogan that adopted the Timeless Child did kill the child repeatedly to learn the secret of regeneration. I'm still not convinced the Timeless Child was the Doctor for two reasons. a) If the Doctor was the Timeless Child, 11 would not have needed the energy burst that represented a new regeneration cycle in Time of the Doctor, he would have simply been able to continue regenerating. The alternative that Chibnall simply didn't care about precedent is of course a possibility, but there is still the b) which is consider the source of the information, ie the Master. He has wanted to destroy the Doctor for millennia, and what better way than to undermine everything s/he knew about their origin. Someone riddled with doubt is a lot easier to defeat than someone confident in themselves.

[@1rhpsfan]

Was this written before"Village of the Angels" aired? Wondering why the Thirteenth Doctor being turned into a Weeping Angel wasn't on the list. BTW RTD is not the only show runner to come back to Doctor Who,John Nathan Turner came back In 1993 (also being in charge of EastEnders, and the Children in Need special at the time as well) to produce Dimensions in Time.

[@harryboyes2812]

Rose's "death." Nope, never believed it for a second. Figured something was up. River Song's real identity. At first I had no idea. Then after Amy and Rory got married I started to suspect it. But it wasn't until Amy used the name Melody Pond that I knew for certain. From there it was a simple word association. But still, did my jaw ever hit the floor when I was (for once in my life) right.

[@WardNightstone]

i've seen people talk about the first regeneration when it happened in the UK the whole country was in Shock one gu's online post talked about his nan calling off work the next day because of it

[@thomasstevens2746]

The regeneration in 1966 is definitely number One

[@annebenson4222]

I am so ready for Davies return!!!!

[@danthemeegs8751]

2 years to go!

[@Stevonniewolf3113]

I'm a Doctor Who fan starting from 1981. I was a Doctor Who fan from before it was cool to be a Doctor Who fan.

[@stevenhale2935]

Did you ever get called an anorak clad saddo? I wish i would have known those times

[@marcolson2897]

I'm right there with you from 1980. I remember being afraid to tell anyone that I liked the show in school, because it was not popular to like it and people would think I'm a dork. I think it made me pretty possessive about the show, so when I hear younger fans try to argue with me or have opinions about how the show should be now, I just think, "oh, please don't".

[@antonycornell6284]

I remember it being popular but nobody talked about it particularly. “Is that finger loaded” was quoted by a class mate and due to the poor classroom management of my Latin teacher “sacred flame, sacred fire” was chanted quite a bit. Kinda was talked about a lot.

[@bamleith3095]

When the reveal that River Song was Melody Pond I genuinely nearly had an aneurysm

[@WindKing0]

Wait wait, WHAT happened with B5? [Runs off to Google] Oh wow, THAT I didn't see coming! Thanks for mentioning it!

[@benmiller3252]

It's A Shame To Hear About The Stuff That Came Out About John Barrowman Because It Was Great To See Him On Again As Captain Jack Harkness. But Still A Shame To Hear About The Stuff That Came Out About Him.

[@cherylschantz9893]

Like what?

[@benmiller3252]

@@cherylschantz9893 check out the articles about him

[@adelucas4824]

It was never a secret, the cast talked about it in interviews and at conventions. They just made out it was something silly he did and nobody was offended. Sadly now in cancel culture times anyone who has done anything ever is hounded and made out to be the worst person ever. He thought he was being funny, he was told by producers he wasn't, so he stopped. It's not like he raped anyone, he just got his dick out and waved it about a few times to try to get a laugh. Yes it was inappropriate, but people do stupid things all the time. At least he learned quite quickly not to do it again.

[@Neil070]

There was no sexual assault element, people knew his sense of humour was "edgy" to put it mildly. Much as I admire Noel Clarke, it was either malicious or an attempt to divert attention from his own alleged actions. No one complained about John, he was at worst annoying, not threatening

[@benmiller3252]

@@Neil070 true he didn't abuse anyone he was just acting inappropriately. He knows he wouldn't get away with it now. Because times are different.

[@jimbear62]

I used to think that the reason River knew how to fly the T.A.R.D.I.S. was, because she was a future incarnation of The Doctor

[@thechillindude4478]

Am I the only one who didn't realise that the barn in Listen was the same one in Day of the doctor until seeing this video?

[@danthemeegs8751]

ENLIGHTENMENT

[@liesmazarina7578]

Since watching Pandorica episode, I can't listen to Pandorica speach without thinking, how wrong Doctor was there! How much he misunderstood the situation! I'm saying in my mind something like "Please, don't! Please, stop! You don't know what you're talking about!"

[@MadScientist512]

I wasn't surprised that all the Doctors' enemies came to lock him in the Pandorica and imo he first rather foreshadowed it, and how else was he supposed to stop the exploding TARDIS? :)

[@aannddrryyaa]

Love Captain Jack ! Love River Song! Love Missy & Master (Jon Simm)

[@frankmoniz1467]

WELCOME BACK MR. DAVIES! One of my fave moments I didn't see coming.....Donna kisses The Doctor to expel the poison in The Unicorn and The Wasp.

[@katarinax6780]

Great channel

[@22dallas1]

I think the YANA reveal should’ve been here

[@danthemeegs8751]

There’s a Part 1 to this video called “10 Most Unexpected Doctor Who Moments”, maybe it’s on there ;)

[@22dallas1]

@@danthemeegs8751 oh thank u

[@robbiewilliams8253]

The first appearance of Davros in Genesis. Imagine watching then suddenly a half man half Dalek. Minds blown up and down the country like. No big thing according to What culture though obviously.

[@eliothamilton2630]

Amy Pond is in the Pandorica

[@benmiller3252]

I'm hoping we get a companion Death this year

[@damouze]

From the moment the regenerating girl showed up I knew who she was and who River Song was. I just knew. Don't ask me how.

[@danthemeegs8751]

Whovian intuition

[@DavidRay39]

The only one I knew in advance was who River Song was. I didn't know immediately, but it didn't take long for me to figure it out.

[@alim.9801]

I kind of hope we never see the Doctor as a child. I feel like it's better to imagine and that whatever they do to depict him as a child/his childhood won't be as good as what we can imagine. Like I feel it would somehow underwhelm no matter what bc of all our years of curiosity. I hope it stays mysterious

[@bamleith3095]

The doctor regenerating back into 10 was pretty shocking

[@ethanduffy3287]

For me its 10 getting shot in the back by a dalek that moment is engraved in my mind

[@rutvirajk]

I was actually wasent paying much attention to the fugitive of the judoon but when I heard Jack's voice I started staring at the screen praying I was right then he appeared I literally jumped around with happiness one of the best feeling doctor who gave me

[@tonyluzzi6502]

they totally wasted Capt Jack as well as the Lone Cyberman.

[@ZielAmerak]

please someone could answer a question. With the plot "Timeless Child", how it make sense that River Song could regenerate? cause with the timeless child now the regeneration is born from The Doctor and not from some time vortex. the easy way should be her father is the Doctor and not Rory, but I think is canon that Rory IS the father.

[@antonycornell6284]

Rivers regenerations is one of the things that seems to contradict the timeless child. Maybe cruising around in the space time vortex is where the Doctor’s original race picked up,the ability.

[@TheSeafordian]

Who remembers the first sight of Skaro?

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

K, my house is full of Doctor … stuff. I hunted down pretty much everything in my area (I suck at internet bunk). 💩 I have a framed print of the exploding TARDIS in my living room- The Wife barely permits it. But unless RTD can retcon The Endlessly Murdered Child… 😢 find some way. Please!!1! The jodi was actually The Master, the Master was the ole Bond guy and The Doctor was having a tough regeneration so it took a while. I dunno 🥺 I just want to love my show again.

[@jamesdarnell8568]

I thought the Master was really a police detective from 1975 Manchester.

[@watchmanuk74]

River song is so sexy😍

[@BINACmini]

How about "Ten Doctor Who Villians Who Should Be Dead"

[@danthemeegs8751]

Probably most of them!

[@BINACmini]

@@danthemeegs8751 "who should have died" as in they are only alive for luck or the Doctor being nice

[@danthemeegs8751]

@@BINACmini Who would you include on that list?

[@BINACmini]

@@danthemeegs8751 The Daleks, for one. Didn't the fourth have the opportunity to kill them all?

[@Catuta]

omg now flux has meaning again,,, galaxy destroying creature

[@ethanbloodbath9353]

Nice

[@friendlyotaku9525]

I wonder if this was made before Village of the Angels as I would've thought the cliffhanger to that would've been on this list. I don't think ANYONE could've predicted that ending! Just wow. 3:58 - how was it a disappointment? He returned for a full episode and played a good role in it, honestly I don't know what else you were expecting - I think the only disappointment was him not having a proper goodbye, though at the time I do think it was written with the intention of Captain Jack coming back later but with recent controversies... that is pretty much guaranteed not to happen, sadly. Oh well, at least we're getting Kate Stewart back so that'll be great!

[@danthemeegs8751]

Hello, I wrote this video (that's my name in the credits, look Mum I made it!) Yes, this was written a while ago, before Flux started airing. As for Captain Jack, I don't know what else to tell you, I just found it disappointing! I rewatched the episode recently and thought he could've been used better. I wish he'd got a death/resurrections scene too.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

Thats fair enough! Also wow wasn't expecting my comment to be noticed! And understandable though I was kinda fine with there not being a resurrection scene (mostly because those had become so common) but I get what you mean.

[@danthemeegs8751]

@@friendlyotaku9525 I read all the comments, I’m brave enough to venture round these parts! I’ll keep an eye out for your name in future :-) Just to be clear, I enjoyed seeing Jack greatly. Love that character. I just wanted more from him story-wise I guess! It’s all subjective though obviously

[@Neil070]

As a kid, I read newspaper reports (Daily Mirror and Daily Express were the papers in our house) about how the Doctor was to become "several centuries younger". The younger viewers needed to be gently conditioned into accepting another actor. Simply to say "the Doctor is dead, long live the Doctor" would have killed the show

[@bazzer124]

While the Pandorica was a perfect holding cell for the Doctor, it was kinda ludicrous that Rory could open it with a quick zap from the Doctor's sonic. Kinda made the whole previous episode a wind-up to meh. Cheers....

[@jtshark9283]

come on amy POND RIVER song. we all saw that coming

[@adamjones-ps]

2023. Shesh. Wonder if I'll still be alive then to see the next Doctor.

[@andrewgold-qu1bl]

I was shocked when Wilfred knocked four times you can't blame him for the doctor's death he did what he did

[@antonycornell6284]

Why does Moffat keep naming characters after bodies of water I asked myself. D’oh.

[@Foebane72]

The thing about Babylon 5 (shit as that unnecessary remake is gonna be) is that J. Michael Straczynski NEVER LEFT.

[@vi818]

"A little traumatised, sure" SHOWING DONNA CRYING BEFORE HAVING HER MEMORY WIPED IS NOT A 'LITTLE' TRAUMATISED THANKS

[@MrBerniemcgovern]

Hell yeah to Davies!

[@stephendean3556]

Russell T Davies returning to produce Doctor Who is absolute madness on the BBC's part and what they needed to do was find a brand new producer not an old one this isn't Johnny English Reborn for goodness sakes!

[@GaryTurbo]

What about when twelfth Doctors outfit going from Austin Powers to Tyrone Bigguns

[@BassandoForte]

10 Dr Who moments *stupid people didn't see coming... I made your title more accurate.. 🤣

[@charlestownsend9280]

Is it weird that I get more annoyed by Clara meeting the doctor as a child and inspiring them more than the timeless child reveal.

[@tracyroweauthor]

how is "the Doctor is the Timeless Child" obvious? That storyline is complete bullshit and ruins 50 years of canon. I hope RTD retcons it. Everyone knew Capt. Jack was going to be back with Jodi Whittaker's Doctor. Simm's return along with Missy was a bigger shock. By the time we found out that River was married to the Doctor, we pretty much guessed it, but the fact that she was Amy and Rory's daughter was a huge (and wonderful) surprise.

[@Cuddleshock]

I think a lot of people actually knew/predicted that the Pandorica was intended for the Doctor. The reveal wasn't so much a shock; just more of a disappointed "I knew it."

[@ChryssaBL]

As it's imagination lets go with Conan returning to the Simpsons or Douglas Adams comeback to Doctor Who in a none horrifying way.

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Umm what planet are you on? Certainly one without Twitter as the return of Jack was leaked on Twitter before the episode aired. I saw EVERY Moffatt written "surprise", he was just wasn't as good as RTD are long running stories and twists.

[@Hawkeye26]

Bizarre, you both praise the "Timeless Child" BS and admit the last few years of DW have been a disappointment. On the fence, are you?

[@doingdrugsnaked]

Let the new girl do up and downs !!!!!!

[@DrSnagel]

If you could be quiet when showing the best scenes

[@AXSLA3]

As a gemini I tend to expect the unspected so I so all those coming! So to speak!

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

You ARE the weakest link!

[@NewRocJacob]

I forgot Bill even existed.

[@danthemeegs8751]

She was with that bald bloke

[@Kellen_Quigley]

Not looking forward to RTD coming back as showrunner.

[@kamikazilucas]

season 6 was such shit

[@nomoresex]

Did anyone else theories the the timeless child before it was shown and I don’t mean the doctors the timeless child I mean the whole story line

[@BrunoEwok]

Spoilers! :-)

[@theabraham8164]

I can smell her "coming" from here.

[@supertell]

I didn't subscribe to this channel. Why am I subscribed?

[@danthemeegs8751]

Cos absolute legends sub to this channel

[@ciaranmurren]

Pointless stupid retcon of the whole character and show?

[@cernolgluestick5561]

This channel Probobly why the dislike button had to be hidden.

[@josephcooter5763]

The surprise twist aside, Listen is still a terrible episode because you don't know what is going on. To quote the late Phil and Don: It didn't have much of a plot.

[@LennyT007]

i 💙💙 Chris Chibnall.

[@scrunts666]

Funniest joke I have read all day :D

[@yolkthe2nd514]

The Waffle House Has Found its New Host

[@geraldsandoval1113]

Doctor Who is DEAD AND BURIED! The death started with the introduction of Peter Capaldi and was brutally slaughtered when Jodie and her worthless companions were used to nuclear bomb the series into oblivion!

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

Yeah yeah. We knew ALLLL that. ,,,,,,NOW tell us some thing we DONT know.