10 Doctor Who Questions That Always Confused You

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[@Lordoftheapes79]

Lets be honest. The Curator was the makers wanting to see Baker on screen one last time before he kicks it. Even if it makes no sense in the lore, hearing that voice gave me chills and seeing him made me smile.

[@SirenPandaSabo]

Who nose? :3

[@randomnessltd]

Even I wanted to see Baker a last time after watching all the Fourth Doctor episodes on DVD.

[@philDAsull]

Actually the curator is cannon in the lore at the end of the regeneration cycle he got to choose an old face and that's the one he chose and became a curator I pretty sure shadda is the book and think it was written by Douglas Addams

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

I want to see Tom Baker and Lalla Ward as the 4th Doctor and Romana II together again, since they slept together, got married, then divorced. So many juicy lines to be written there... ;-P

[@NickPiers]

We already know The Doctor's name. Turns out we've mispronounced it for decades. We'll all look very silly when we learn it's Doctor Hugh.

[@aymentagelsir1387]

What episode do they reveal the doctors name

[@NickPiers]

@@aymentagelsir1387 They don't. It's never been revealed. Not even The Name of the Doctor.

[@aymentagelsir1387]

@@NickPiers oh right I misread ur comment I thought it said " we all looked very silly when we learned it's doctor Hugh"

[@rabsputin]

It's very obviously Gregory House.

[@daverhoden445]

This joke will be revived if Hugh Laurie ever plays The Doctor. Though I think it would be just as funny if he played A doctor so we could have Doctor Hugh on Doctor Who. Even better if they do this in a episode with Georgia Tennent returning as Hugh's wife. The Doctor's Daughter would be Doctor Hugh's wife. (I might have taken too much cold medication) 😆

[@danthemeegs8751]

The Amy and Rory thing is something that I'm very aware is questionable, but the emotion of their departure is so powerful that I can forgive it :'(

[@kissmy_butt1302]

The problem with the end of Amy and Rory it pretty much rewrote Blink. That is my only problem with the Weeping Angels. Moffat made them scarier, confusing and ambiguous over time.

[@MarvelX42]

The Master (if we can believe him, which we almost certainly can't) said that "The Valyard is an amalgamation of the darker sides of your nature, somewhere between your 12th and FINAL incarnation." NOT his 12th and 13th incarnation 12th and FINAL incarnation. That means anytime after 12 but before the last incarnation. How many incarnations the Doctor has after 12 is anyones guess at this point. Maybe this time he was telling the truth. What better way to hide lies than to bury them somewhere in the middle of abunch of truths?

[@sneakycrown]

I'm sorry, but this video just feels... disrespectful. Its presented in a way of "just shut up and accept the show as it is, plot holes and all!" The amount of times I heard "doctor who fans think too linear", "sadly, doctor who fans do this..." instead of "the writers didn't do their homework" is unacceptable. It is NOT on the fans. It is on the WRITERS.

[@Running4Daze]

Absolutely agree, it’s very condescending

[@Jasonsmith-xs8vq]

100% agree. Excusing this bad writing makes her part of the problem not part of the solution. Also not a fan of her telling people that they just didn’t listen and the answers were right in front of them, it’s disrespectful. She might as well just say you’re dumb and I’m more intelligent than you. Reminds me of one of the current batch of self righteous students the country is producing and she probably is. Another one to be add to my ban list

[@jamiecairns9111]

Was looking for this comment

[@thelethiferousmoose]

Your Jo Martin explanation doesn't explain why the TARDIS would be a police box, that didn't happen until after First Doctor arrived on Earth in the 1960s... 😜

[@william...1]

the tardis is sentinet, she just likes being a police box 🤷‍♀️

[@thelethiferousmoose]

@@william...1 kind of lazy answer lol. You could make any number of arguments to explain it. Also we don't even know it's the same TARDIS, the first doctor took his from a repair bay. It would have been better if they just didn't try to be clever about it.

[@kevin10001]

We never really know that the doctor left gallifrey looking like William Hartnell it was only implied that’s what happened cause of Clara jumping into the doctor’s timeline effectively becoming his guardian and telling William Hartnell to take a certain tardis but we never really know until that modern era retcon of that event that the doctor had already become William Hartnell but we don’t really know that for sure cause explanation of backstory wasn’t really done in the show in the 60’s and regeneration wasn’t a thing until William Hartnell got to where he couldn’t handle doing the show anymore due to his declining health where Cerebrovascular disease and heart failure would take him on April 23rd 1975

[@william...1]

@@thelethiferousmoose idc if it’s a lazy answer, i’m not the writer lol

[@eshbena]

@@thelethiferousmoose What if the TARDIS had always been a police box and rechose that shape when she stole the Doctor because she hoped that one day they'd remember their shared past together?

[@blipus8711]

Matt Smith will forever be my favourite Doctor

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

Amen to that, my mortal friend!

[@albo7055]

Completely

[@jacobmccarthy770]

he's my favorite New Who, but the all-time best will be Tom Baker in my eyes

[@blipus8711]

@@jacobmccarthy770 I feel like Matt is the perfect NuWho equivalent of Tom. He's quirky yet can be dead serious, dresses smartly but interestingly, etc

[@danthemeegs8751]

Mine too!

[@mjhopkins76]

The big, lingering question I always had was... who are Susan's parents? She is the Doctor's Grand-daughter, right? So, that would imply that the Doctor had children. So, who are they?

[@Nikstar34]

Susan's mum could be the doctors daughter that was created from his dna (can't remember the episode, but the actress is married to David tennant(

[@daverhoden445]

@@Nikstar34 Maybe she married Hugh Laurie while he was on House. Susan's mum could be Mrs. Doctor Hugh.

[@arb9010]

didn´t the doctor say in early NuWho that he once had many children?

[@kenthomas505]

We'll likely never that, but it would be interesting to see who his wife was and then his children in order for Susan to have been born. But then the question becomes, is the child of a Timelord also automatically a Timelord? So would that make Susan a Timelord herself?

[@kristenhanisch8508]

​@@kenthomas505I've heard it said that the people born on Gallifrey are Gallifreyan, but Time Lord is a rank that does not include every Gallifreyan. Not that I'm at all up to date on the lore, I haven't even seen all the Capaldi episodes of New Who and I've only seen through Jon Pertwee's first season on Classic Who.

[@TheMsLourdes]

The Curator's identity was that confusing??? I thought it was rather obvious... especially when the room all three tardises are lined up in, is itself inside a Tardis, mounted at the door frame.. I mean.. the 'art' on the walls was a dead giveaway.. Tom Baker coming out was the most flagrantly obvious and lovely gorgeous and thrilling moment of the episode(s). ...oh and then there was the dialogue that said it straight up, so... I mean, reallly? Were that many people not paying attention? Who... knows...

[@andrewmurray1550]

and he's the one that points out to...."himself" that the painting title is "Galifrey Falls No More", not two titles like everyone else is confused about "Galifrey Falls" or "No More".

[@rileyackison4495]

Yeah I always thought it was EXTREMELY obvious that it’s just the doctor “visiting old faces.”

[@henrikhanssen6321]

Watching this in the cinema was amazing. The reaction to Baker’s voice felt like electricity going through the audience.

[@GrumpusTheCat]

The reason regeneration exists as it does in the Doctor Who universe is because of William Hartnell‘s excitement for the role, and then subsequent health issues leading to a replacement. William Hartnell will always be the first Doctor No matter what the clowns at the bbc say.

[@selena8472]

@Calvin Gwizdala actually the Second is more of the cause than the first. they wanted to continue to do Doctor who but saw they would need to do it without Hartnell, so regeneration was created

[@GrumpusTheCat]

@@selena8472yes exactly lol - William Hartnell is the reason regeneration exists as it does in the doctor who universe

[@lunakingsley.7247]

Except classic doctor flat out stated that he wasn't the first. I guess none of you are actually fans.

[@GrumpusTheCat]

@@lunakingsley.7247 I guess you are just a retard and didn’t read my actual comment

[@daverhoden445]

Maybe he's just the first Doctor to visit Earth.

[@UKProgRock]

The Valeyard is from between the Doctor's 12th and FINAL incarnation... Not 13th.

[@joeswift1064]

The amount of times this channel justifies Chibnall writing and slates Moffat era always makes me think they’re paid by the BBC

[@DF.A.B.L.E.]

the host roasting the entire fanbase for disagreeing with them doesn't help either. I usually love what culture's videos but the host reminded me of an obsessive person who insulted anyone who doesn't agree with them

[@ness3421]

@@DF.A.B.L.E. Right? I feel attacked.

[@DF.A.B.L.E.]

@@ness3421 same

[@kadosho02]

Excellent coverage of so many fascinating stories, and questions within this vast series. No matter what generation / or regeneration of the Doctor you connect with, there are so many adventures to go on. "Day of the Doctor" is my utmost favorite special. That moment of the Doctor meeting an unforgettable, classic familiar face, wit, and charm. It is definitely a moment to treasure forever.

[@Deltaflot1701]

I've just chalked up the whole Timeless Child things as a plot by The Master to confuse The Doctor long enough to bring his nefarious plans to fruition. At least that's my hope of what RTD does when he starts running the show again, properly. As for the timing issue with UNIT stories, I always went with those stories being in the 1980's. The Brigadier always referred to the PM as Ma'am (mum) in those stories and Maggie Thatcher was almost an entirely 80's PM.

[@doctormew9399]

Nop, Tecteun confirmed it.

[@bobyerickgaming5435]

I thought the master being the timeless child would have been better. It'd explain the master's general craziness and reason for not staying dead

[@Deltaflot1701]

@@doctormew9399 as we’ve seen in old and new Who. Time can be rewritten.

[@selena8472]

@Deltflot1701 or it's just chibnil being a lousy writer how's that sound??

[@Deltaflot1701]

@@selena8472 I wouldn’t say he’s a lousy writer, he’s had some good stories during the Moffet era, but his choice of scripts as a showrunner was lousy.

[@toonartist4038]

Techinally if jo was pre-harntell that would make her the youngest doctor ever age wise in the universe’s lore. I still stand by the fact that the master is the timeless child and I swear to god that I hope Russell T Davies does what the fans want, have the master be the timeless child cause that makes more sense in my opinion.

[@inky1159]

Or they could just throw the whole timeless child bullshit out since it's absolutely stupid and unnecessary

[@toonartist4038]

@@inky1159 yes- that too- could just be like “hey the master just made that up to make the Doctor feel like they aren’t a true member of their race”

[@dstr001]

People arent annoyed with there being previous incarnations, we already knew that could be the case with the Morbius episode; were annoyed that she calls herself the doctor and has a police box tardis, both of which fly in the face of the lore. The 1st doctor was the one who chose that name and the tardis looking like a police box was because the chameleon circuit got damaged when the 1st doctor first landed on Earth.

[@cassieanderson3936]

No, people are mad because there *is no Doctor before Hartnell* period. There is no Timeless Child, there is no Fugitive Doctor. She could be a future Doctor, or she's Unbound, but there is no pre-Hartnell Doctor. That's literally blasphemy

[@mcurran6505]

The Timeless Child is pretty much the episode that destroyed all the mysteries that make the Doctor... Well the Doctor. On the bright side with Russell T Davies returning maybe he might undo all the mistakes Chris Chibnall have done.

[@Thatonebioshockfan]

I hope.

[@itsalexney]

He won’t. He said he liked the timeless child story.

[@Thatonebioshockfan]

@@itsalexney what if he's lying?

[@mountainneko]

Here's hoping that the Next Doctor starts out in a shower scene, with Peter Capaldi's Doctor stepping out of the shower and all this Chibnall crap was nothing more than a dream, no nightmare. . .don't get me wrong, I like Jody, but the Chibnall storyline pretty much destroyed most of the Doctor's Canon. . .

[@aymentagelsir1387]

@@itsalexney quite the opposite actually he said he didn't like it and it shouldn't even be cannon

[@RionE23]

I’m sorry but how can you say davros opens his eyes because of the Doctor’s regeneration energy? He opens them before the doctor gave him any energy.

[@crimzonheretic4575]

Yeah... it really annoyed me when she said that.

[@shenandoahbell455]

Urrrm. One thing I love about trek culture is how respectful it is of its fans... Whoculture seems to have an unpleasant habit of attacking fans and name-calling. If I wanted to know that Doctor Who fans are idiots then I'd watch the various 5 hour hate-rants that seem to infest KZbin. Please, keep it light and breezy... Be a bit more Adam Cleary, don't take shit... But don't dish it either x

[@Running4Daze]

I unsubscribed because of how they condescend and insult fans

[@itsallrigged7295]

Interesting approach to essentially call doctor who fans dumb and unreasonable in the intro Everyone loves being talked down to by a WhatCultureBot

[@NickPiers]

With The Curator, my headcanon is that actually was the Fourth Doctor. When a Doctor regenerates, their previous incarnation goes somewhere to live out a quiet, peaceful life in retirement, maybe as a human. In the Fourth Doctor's case, he became the curator of that museum. Of course, now I'm wondering where the other incarnations wound up. Ten might become a teacher, like in that 2-parter. Nine...heh, maybe a dance instructor?

[@dadofamadhouse4194]

Like that doctor get zapped out as a new one gets zapped in? Interesting theory, if explored right then one could spin it to explain why you sometimes see the doctor 'before' they change into that version, like when we saw capaldi in Pompeii, maybe that was the capaldi version zapped back in time for his 'retirement' life cycle, and of course the memories stay with the current version of the doctor so that capaldi version no longer remembers he was the doctor. But do those 'retired' doctors die at the end of their life span? Cuz we see capaldi again in season 3 of torchwood. Like I said, interesting theory, I'd be down to see an episode touch on that even if they retcon it away.

[@NickPiers]

@@dadofamadhouse4194 Yeah, it's not a perfect theory by any means, I admit. It's just how I like to explain at least The Curator. The idea would need fleshing out and tweaking.

[@dadofamadhouse4194]

@@NickPiers it would make for an interesting story to read or watch. Ever consider fleshing it out on your own (or with some ppl) like a fan fiction or something and see how people react or add to it? Cuz you've got me interested

[@ChrisEllorris]

@@dadofamadhouse4194 The Capaldie in Pompeii being post Doctor would be weirdly coincidental, though, since the Doctor chose Capaldi's face unconsciously remembering that guy.

[@SirenPandaSabo]

I smiled just reading this comment. That is sweet if the 4th Doctor became the curator :3

[@rms.ziggler7344]

Ellie I now hate you for saying doctors before hartnell is good

[@joelmavity1467]

Three mysteries that bug me: 1. Who are Susan’s parents? 2. What happened to her after Dimensions in Time? Was she involved in the Time War or did she live happily in the post Dalek invasion of earth until her husband died and she regenerated on? And if that’s the case, who is she now? 3. How does the Doctor manage to not run into descendants of companions that are left in the past or left in their original times when going to the future?

[@naomilangevin3944]

Oh gosh I'm with you with those. I tried looking up the wiki info on Susan and it was intense. So wild.

[@leefr76]

Maybe Davros is actually Susan regenerated. How crazy would that be.

[@omegatired]

I love that fans are annoyed with the idea of previous to Hartnell's version when in the Mind of Morbius, we were given visual representations of pre-Hartnell versions of the Doctor in the mental challenge they engage in. In fact, Morbius asks the Doctor how many regenerations he has had ... so, having a pre Hartnell Doctor is hardly a surprise.

[@eshbena]

Young fans these days, amiright? They want continuity? Please! This show has NEVER had continuity! XD

[@scibus4360]

Wasn't Morbius a Time Lord? Why isn't it possible that those faces are the previous faces of Morbius? They're playing a mind duel that goes back and forth.

[@gajacome1]

@@scibus4360 exactly the other faces are Morbius’s he was at the end of his regeneration that’s why you saw a bunch of unknown faces, and only 3 faces for Bakers’s.

[@Jamie_D]

With the curator thing, i was more focused on the revisiting old faces part which got me excited for a potential return of David :)

[@MagerrHDK]

You were right 😊

[@andrewbowman4611]

I'm not convinced that the Fugitive Doctor is pre-Hartnell. Despite the assertion in this video, it's neither been confirmed nor denied at this point. Yes, the Fugitive Doctor is working for Division, but it doesn't necessarily equate that this was during the Timeless Child period. Given that the TARDIS is in the shape of a Police Box, and she calls herself the Doctor, the Fugitive can only be from Season 6B. Another more slightly tenuous nod to this is that, while in Gloucester Cathedral, Ruth's phone is at 68%. It may not be intentional, but 68 and 6B look very similar at first glance. Frankly, having her be pre-Hartnell doesn't really make sense - not at the moment, anyway.

[@blipus8711]

There's a new audio/comic story called The Fugitive Doctor with Ruth as the cover. They're doubling down on this poor story point

[@thelethiferousmoose]

@@blipus8711 if they address the police box, then I'll be happy

[@blipus8711]

@@thelethiferousmoose idk. I saw that originally and thought she was a future doctor, but the interior says older. I think either way, we chalk it up to bad writing

[@Kekkersboy]

@@blipus8711 She takes place before. Is it a retcon, sure. But Doctor who's full of retcons, One day it'll be retconned in a different way. When dealing with time travel and retcons, just ignore stuff until it's changed.

[@blipus8711]

@@Kekkersboy that's what I was saying. It's just that the idea is poor as it makes the Doctor a god for no reason

[@grahamcann1761]

I hate almost all Time Travel Shows, and movies. And yet I deeply love Doctor Who. Why? I started watching the Doctor in the late 60's when I was a young Californian just starting school (1st grade), and I loved it. Thing is anything else I watch with "time travel" I question, I cringe, I object. However, for some reason, I never have this problem with "The Doctor", it's just wibbly-wobbly-timey-whimey good fun! Sure there are mistakes, things that don't make sense, and oh-so many questions, but that's okay - they're the Doctor! As always thank you so very much for the video.

[@stewartbugler]

I remember stating that the dreamlord from that episode where Rory and Amy just choose their realities n stuff was a precursor to the Valiard n considering we are on 14 going 15 I will guess that the excess time energy given the Matt Smith. Was inconsequential to his regeneration seeing as the doctor is the timeless child that gave the regeneration in the first place. So all that extra energy could very well of account to 2 versions of the Doctor born at once. ( imagine if Peter Capaldi came back as theValiard)

[@leejohnstone894]

The Master says the Valeyard comes between the Doctors 12th and final incarnation

[@ProfArmitage218]

Wilf asks the Doctor who the mystery woman was. The Doctor responds by pointedly looking at Wilf's granddaughter. Showrunner: "She was the Doctor's mother." Makes perfect sense.

[@wickideazy]

He looked at both Sylvia and Donna. Mother and child. I caught that the very first time I saw that episode. So did everyone else I've ever talked to about that ep. So yes, it does make perfect sense.

[@adamkirsopp492]

What if the Valleyard as a grown up metacrisis doctor (since he can age) driven mad by the death of Rose. Incarnations 1-10 count for 12 because of the war doctor and Tennant technically being two. So if the metacrisis doctor considers himself to be the thirteenth then it fits without disrupting the line from Smith to Capaldi.

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

I wish Tekteiun didn’t exist. It literally gives the doctor an origin. I want it erased cuz honestly the argument that it still creates mystery cuz of his past doesn’t make sense cuz there’s loads of adventures the Doctor goes on we never see anyway

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

I JUST COULDN’T VISIT AMY AND RORY OKAY, IT WAS FAR TOO WIBBLY-WOBBLY

[@MegaLokopo]

Do you have any proof you are the actual matt smith?

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

@@MegaLokopo yes

[@marknicholson5508]

Thanks for clearing that up

[@rms.ziggler7344]

It is fucking disrespectful to hartnell that there are more doctors before him. He started it there would be no dr who.

[@william...1]

did you even watch the video?

[@kevin10001]

It isn’t disrespectful to him cause he is still the first regeneration after adopting the title doctor even the classic era had shown pre William Hartnell incarnations of the characters with the möbius faces from the l4th doctor’s story The Brain of Morbius thst are supposed to be showing the doctor before William Hartnell

[@doctormew9399]

He's the first Doctor, just not the first regeneration.

[@Mejoree113]

The biggest issue with the Chibnall/Timeless Child critiques is it seems like fans want to point out every flaw at every opportunity, even inventing flaws just to find things to criticise. I'm not saying Chibnall's era is without flaws, or that TTC doesn't need some real development/clarification, but really, season 12 was fantastic, better than season 2 at the very least, and better than 5, 7B and 8 imo, probably on par with 10. It's fine to criticise the glaring issues, I just wish it wasn't so circlejerky, and it didn't feel like people had to side for or against like it's a battle of opinions.

[@danielgertler5976]

Alternatively: The Hybrid is the Master when he comes back and burns gallifrey with the Cybermen.

[@giselakrenn2646]

This video, these open questions are EXACTLY why it works so well

[@elizanix]

Im still super bummed about the Timeless Child. im waiting to see how it all turns out, but with Doctor Who's love of just "noping" things, im not having high hopes.

[@richardbarth918]

Man she really is trying to sell us on chibnall.

[@edcliffe2988]

The one bit that I would have added to Tom Baker's Curator scene would have been: After finishing his conversation with Matt Smith, Tom gets up and slowly walks away, but pauses at the Tardis, pats it gently and says :Hello old girl" with a long, affectionate look and a smile before finally leaving.

[@BigFunnyGiant2]

I thought it was twelfth and final? If that is the case, then it’s easy to assume since the thirteenth was technically supposed to be the final that The Valeyard was between the twelfth and thirteenth, but we know now the thirteenth isn’t final, so it could be The Valeyard could be anywhere between the twelfth and googolplex Doctors for all we know.

[@MegaLokopo]

Considering that time is being rewritten and the universe is reset frequently, we only see events as the doctors current events so any inconsistencies are simply referring to different periods in different timelines or universes.

[@JosephAAmara]

Refreshing and honest throughout and the closing line is award worthy!

[@xheralt]

My answer for the Valeyard is tied to another unanswered Doctor Who question -- who is The Watcher? The Doctor knows that at some point before his final incarnation, he needs to project his spirit back to assist Four's regeneration into Five (predestination paradox). Frankly, Eleven should have dealt with that, because _so far as he knew_ he was the final incarnation. *The Valeyard is what is left of the Doctor while the helpful/good elements of his soul are embodied as The Watcher, elsewhere and when.* Time being wibbly-wobbly, the Watcher may actually have other tasks to do before finishing up in the Four/Five moment and returning to its origin point. And may even have to fight the Valeayrd for control of their body!

[@jonathanthornstirringfire7922]

Thank you for a nice review. I appreciated it, truly!

[@tracyroweauthor]

Did you seriously just say Moffat overestimated the intelligence of his audience??

[@william...1]

he started a storyline in 2010 and only resolved it on christmas day 2013 and even then it didn’t make sense… on a show made for children. of course he overestimates

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

The Valeyard is between the 12th and Final regeneration ... not 13th

[@johnbraxton735]

I said the same thing out loud to my wife. The master never once said 13. While being busy condescending ppl maybe they should actually watch the show.

[@deadmeat3171]

The valyard is between the 12th and final regeneration not the 12th and13th plus Ruth’s place in the timeline isn’t confirmed as remember rule 1

[@MrHelicx]

how dear u the only one question that is confusing is his AGE HOW OLD IS THE DOCTOR

[@thewewguy8t88]

Honestly the whole Flux storyline felt like it was a bunch of unconnected doctor who episodes that were trying to be connected to each other. Like it felt like too much was going on at the same time.

[@sarahglover3286]

I've always believed The Woman is the same woman we meet two other times, the woman who has the barn next to the orphanage where the War Doctor took the Moment!

[@RelicLost]

Linear? Perhaps. I think it's more that we prefer to keep the original story intact, with its secrets and it's mysteries remaining mysteries and secrets.

[@marcialsblendsfragrance2972]

Great episode

[@danthemeegs8751]

Agreed!

[@derekp308]

The Fugitive Doctor I think could be a past Doctor in disguise. We’ve seen the Master do disguises before, so why not the Doctor. The current Doctor could of course have all forgot about that, just like how the Doctor tried to forget about the War Doctor. Of course it’s also possible that the Fugitive Doctor is the Rani, but that’s also just a theory.

[@henrikhanssen6321]

Wonderful video. It’s a fun game to try to make 60 years of serialised TV make sense. When in doubt, I embrace the mystery. Even relatively straightforward fiction like Sir Arthur’s original Sherlock Holmes stories can mess with your head. Most stories reference the date they take place. But if you put them in chronological order, Watson is married 3 times to women called Mary who keep dying. And don’t get me started on where his war wound is. Leg or shoulder? Anyway, loving this channel. Great work.

[@sanddagger36]

lol, this whole list is Ellie yelling at us to accept Chibnall's changes.

[@richardbarth918]

Basically. The condescending nature of the video is an L

[@maryandramiller3376]

Yeah. I don't like the condescending nature of the video. Or her weird sign off phrase. 😖

[@william...1]

did you even watch the video? i didn’t know that chibnall wrote the curator, the valeyard or the name of the doctor…

[@sanddagger36]

@@william...1 Did you even read my comment? She made references to the previous lives of the doctor due to the timeless child during half of the listed questions and she was condescending about it the whole time. You don't have to call out one comment for being too broad when saying "The whole list" You are being petty and I'm now pretty sure you are a Chibnall fan.

[@william...1]

@@sanddagger36 you blatantly lied in your comment but now i’m a chibnall defender for correcting you?

[@Jamie_D]

You don't actually die before regenerating, it prevents you from dying from what i understand, so the doctor didn't murder anyone as stated at 12:04

[@danielsausaman9767]

10.30-10.40 ,those other Face seen in the 4th Doctor's "The Brain of Morbius" was seen during a Mental Battle between the story's villian a former Timelord name Morbius who transferred his brain to a somewhat patched work replacement body ,& the 4th Doctor as its a Mental Battle use a TV like device it show the 1st- 4st Face ,& then show the other doctor are clearly the Faces that Morbius had before he was reduced to only his brain ,,

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

An "open-ended Doctor existence (on both ends) leaves so many possibilities for casting, and, now that we have the War Doctor's "insertion" in the lineage makes it limitless for possibilities before, after, or inserted in The Doctor's personal "timeline".

[@becketro]

Re the curator: There is also a throwaway line early in the episode that says the Doctor is the Curator.

[@robertfeld5829]

Tom Baker needs to come back for the Curator Arc to finish.

[@lel7841]

The actor is quite elderly now. He probably couldn't do a lengthy shoot any more. I wouldn't want him to destroy his remaining health just to satisfy fans

[@owenwildish331]

Of all the Doctor Who villains I hope to return the most is the Valeyard as a major antagonist, giving him a better story, (although I do mostly love Trial of a Time Lord). expanding on the concept & mystery of an alternate Doctor who is evil (but not to reveal him to be the master as the Valyard ranks higher as a threat level or too much about his origins), in fact, it's possible the Grand Serpent might actually be the Valeyard and that he's the true mastermind behind everything from the Time War to the Timeless Child, etc

[@giselakrenn2646]

Never ever give the doctor a name. Never ever explain his family. Never ever explain, why he stole a tardis. Sprinkle some stuff here and there (i wouldnt even had to have an answer to the timewar or gallifrey's state) . The doctor is so loveable / intersting, becausecit's not about him. He is a doctor: here to help. He is the doctor, because he's silly. Always be kind. NEVER EVER ruin his mystery by giving him a stupid backstory that destroys 60 years of lore and love and imagination

[@TheRobinator304]

I remember that tennant's doctor once mentioned "I was married once". Which doesn't refer to River Song. Does anyone remember the episode? Or even better, who is talking about?

[@REMK9]

Could be in The End Of Time when he tells Ood Sigma he was married to "Good Queen Bess" which would refer to when he married Elizabeth I in The Day Of The Doctor.

[@stephenwray4950]

Don't forget that Susan in the first series was his Granddaughter, so would make sense at being married in the past and having kids

[@subbtopp]

brilliant

[@sarahglover3286]

No the Valeyard isn't between 12th and 13th its 12th and final, which was obviously assumed to be 13th but as they never thought they'd get there they weren't concerned. Final now could be anywhere, especially if you factor in the Timeless Children as Ruth was probably already past 12!

[@wickideazy]

Absolutely none of these needed explanation, least as far as I'm concerned. They are all things that fans who can actually comprehend the goofy nature of time travel stories do not need explained, because we comprehend them already. The absolute best part of this video is how it utterly roasts every squabbling fan who's not sharp enough to get it.

[@carlmiller757]

Personally, as a fan of the show since Pertwee, (seriously, my 1st story was Spearheads from space) I don't think they ever give the doctor a proper name. It would just end up being another Grogu situation

[@chrisorrill7183]

What about the Peter Cushing's Doctor?

[@antisocialhannah5291]

Imagine if The Doctor's name was Jesus..... It would explain why it's such a closely guarded secret!😂😂

[@tetraquark2402]

The Curator is the guy whose watching his legacy burn down

[@TheGenuineDWNUT]

The Curator is the future 14th Doctor, who bigenerated alongside Ncuti Gatwa. He has his own TARDIS, so it's not impossible that he used his TARDIS to return to the 50th Anniversary to pay 11 a visit.

[@evesherlocked]

4:37 reminds me strong at Sherlock 🤣🤣😂

[@ChanceChandlerZombieTARDIS]

While I personally have zero issues with pre-Hartnell incarnations, I do want an explanation as to why such incarnations have a Police Box as their TARDIS exterior.

[@danthemeegs8751]

Yep, that's the big question for me too. Doubt Chibnall will answer it in the last two episodes though, especially as he wasn't planning on doing the centenary.

[@sh-spectrum409]

I think the biggest question is: "How much course-correcting is Russell T. Davies going to do when he returns as head writer?"

[@eshbena]

He has been reported to have liked the Timeless Child thing, so I think we're all just going to have to get used to it.

[@sh-spectrum409]

@@eshbena Don't get me wrong I like the idea of the Timeless Child, I just think it would have made more sense if it was The Master instead.

[@ianbrewster8934]

Really liked this video. Still didn't like the whole hybrid storyline.... And I wish they would have given a definite answer to the Valeyard.... Especially since the great intelligence literally says that before the end the doctor will be known by that name.

[@lukusblack6442]

The Doctor does explain why he can't go back and save Amy. First is the damage the angels have made in that era, and the second is that he's now aware of their future due to the grave, just as he was aware of River's immediate fate with the angel from the book's spoiler. He can't go back and change a future he's currently a part of. Couple this with something said a while back (I don't recall when). One of the Doctors said that certain points in history get locked out of the Tardis due to a cracking or thinning of the temporal veil, much like Rose's dimension cannon messing with the dimensional fabric. He can't even go back to visit because he doesn't like endings.

[@SirenPandaSabo]

Thanks for the who nose joke at the end there :3 Want a jelly baby?

[@Tyr438]

I honestly can't believe people doubted who the curator was especially because from a production standpoint why even have Tom Baker if it isn't some full blown homage.

[@jb888888888]

Maybe the Curator is a past version of the being currently known as The Doctor, and the "Fourth Doctor" was the one revisiting an old favourite.

[@SoftKitteh]

Ahhh, thank you for calling us "Doctor Who Fans" instead of the ubiquitous "whovians" (which was coined as an insult anyway). Besides, the latter makes me sound like a vacuum cleaner! I loved seeing Tom Baker, just being Tom Baker and I don't really care if the part he played was necessary or just a fan favour. It was so great to see him on Doctor Who again, it was one of my absolute favourite bits of the 50th.

[@ianotimelord]

When the second is exiled to earth and the Tardis lands, the third Doctor falls out of the Tardis in the second Doctors clothes. If he became Ruth why isn't he in her clothes? I don't count timeless children story.

[@librarysong8617]

3:23 That delivery is perfect but I do have a few more questions. 1: why were the patients in The Eleventh Hour saying Doctor? 2: how did light get to earth after the Lupari covered it. 3: What happened to K9 MK 1 and 2. But that was a brilliant list

[@Cally.Summer]

K9 Mk 1 stayed on Gallifrey with Leela (The Invasion of Time). Mk 2 stayed in E-Space(ish) with Romana (Warriors' Gate)

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

I always assumed watching the episode that the Curator was a "retired" 4th Doctor, based on the dialogue. I never worried about the "how", I just enjoyed the "return" of my first and favorite Doctor... It does kind of leave an "out" for David Tennant's return. ;-)

[@therestingrancor8259]

I always assumed that women was the Doctors mother. Only question I have is what made Davros into the vision we know him as. Why are his eyes scar'd closed, why does he have that brace around his head & why is he in the bottom half of a Dalek casing??

[@IDontGiveAF188]

I just love looking back at the curator now that tenent is back.

[@stevieacooke8960]

I've look though all of doctor who media tv books and comic books and decided that the doctor who name is ........ Steve 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@julianaylor4351]

Not confused, never was, pay attention to the dialogue, and remember it's all timey whimey. 🙄🥴😁❤️

[@scottmclauchlan1933]

Wow, the tone of this video was amazingly condescending, if not downright insulting, to Doctor Who fans. It's an "interesting" approach for a channel directed at Doctor Who fans.

[@The_Umpteenth_Doctor]

Didn't Davros open his eyes BEFORE the Doctor gave his regenerative energy?

[@telmoparedes9484]

Yes he did, my linear Doctor Who fan. The non-linear writers of this script, which was read by the non-linear woman, goofed it (or should I say Chibnalled it?)

[@danphillips8530]

I'm digging the hair, very nice

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

The 4th Doctor told Davros that the fist Dalek invasion of Earth took place in the year 2000. Granted, it was broadcast in 1975, so, they gave themselves 25 years, and they probably thought that the show couldn't last (they did try to kill it in the '80s).

[@thomasstevens2746]

I've always wondered if we would see the vallyard again

[@DF.A.B.L.E.]

conceptually they are an incredible villain and with them being mentioned not too long ago I am hoping for them to return as they could even rival the master

[@Thatonebioshockfan]

the doctor is named Jermaine which is my head canon since well, the doctor is based upon saint Jermaine the name is also unisex so its Jermaine

[@Nikstar34]

I always liked the idea of the hybrid being the DoctorDonna

[@daverhoden445]

I would submit that the hybrid is any Doctor/Companion pairing. The Extraordinary combined with the ordinary. Every Companion makes The Doctor less singular and The Doctor manifests the heroic in every Companion. Is the Doctor ever more dangerous than when the Companion is risk? Are the Companions ever more unstoppable than when the Doctor is in danger? Rose broke a Tardis, Amy recreated reality, Clara expanded herself across his timeline.

[@FoxLosst]

I think that it should be left at Doctor Mysterio. He is a man of mystery after all.

[@kyleforeman9462]

I hope when Davies returns he gets rid of the whole timeless child BS

[@MegaLokopo]

He could say it was all the dream lord trying to kill the doctor in some way.

[@MegaLokopo]

@@blipus8711 That sucks that he is dead, but yea regardless of how they do it I would love a reset to just after capaldi leaves. Although the show has been getting worse longer than that, I do think that would be a good spot to reset it to and try again.

[@william...1]

he’s an outstated fan of the storyline (unlike moffat) so he won’t be changing it. also he and chibnall have had almost zero communication so far, so he probably won’t unpack it until a second series/ if at all

[@TheSpectacledOwl]

Anyone else get the feeling this video was to throw shade at outraged Who fans, especially because of the Timeless Children episode?

[@Running4Daze]

The repeated lecturing by the video spokesperson to the ‘linear thinking doctor who fans’ comes across really condescending. It’s like listening to an outsider who’s recently read up on who-universe lore, turning around to mock and “explain” things to the rest of us..

[@scottmclauchlan1933]

"Fansplaining"? 🙂

[@jonhardwick1]

"Steven Moffat vastly overestimating the intelligence of his audience" or Chris Chibnall vastly underestimating the intelligence of his audience!!!