10 Doctor Who Scenes Even More Impressive When You Know The Truth

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[@stephaniewheeler3331]

I hope Bernard Cribbins knew just how loved he was, and still is.

[@kieran7675]

I do love the ones like Bernard Cribbins using real life experiences to inform the character, it helps it feel so real

[@WhoCulture]

It was also Cribbins’ idea to shoot the Dalek in the eyestalk with a paintball. Brilliant man!

[@DrSaxon3]

@@WhoCulture Really I didn't know that

[@TheSmallDan]

I also love “you never killed a man”, and Bernard’s Reply of “I didn’t, but don’t say that like it’s shameful” being completely true about Cribbins. He never killed a man in a war and a deployment, and took pride in it. At the time, he would’ve been seen as a coward, but he’s a hero. RIP Bernard

[@juliancornejo1402]

@@TheSmallDannot entirely true…. If you didn’t have to fire for your life then you don’t have to take someone’s where in war or not….. it wouldn’t have been seen as cowardly.

[@TheSmallDan]

@@juliancornejo1402 many would still see it as cowardly as you didn’t kill the enemy in a war that determined the future of the human race. Many people would have thought you were cowardly for not killing because everything was on the line and you didn’t truly do much to stop them. Also there was a huge pressure to kill since both sides tried to glorify killing and encourage it as being “courageous”. The 40s were insanely messed up during wartime.

[@Jourell1]

Though it never appeared onscreen, I do have a favourite behind the scenes story. For our favourite "tin dog" K9, his voice was generally added in post production, however when they did outdoor scenes it was too difficult to match the recording to the ambient noise. In that case they used an alternate prop that had a two way radio with a speaker and voice actor John Leeson was in a nearby van that had a radio setup. At one point during a break in the filming of The Stones of Blood, onlookers got a treat when Tom Baker sat down next to the prop and used the mic to get Leeson's help with the London Times crossword. It looked for all the world as if The Doctor and K9 were doing the puzzle together.

[@RyuBateson218]

I thought Mickey was our favorite tin dog.

[@Ertioup2]

Thank you. This story has made my day 😊

[@just_kos99]

Yeah, John Leeson was in a trailer about a mile away while he and Tom worked on the crossword puzzle!

[@evanransom]

How?! How?! HOW?! …did they leave out Sylvester McCoy walking away from an explosion in “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy”?! The heat was so close to his back that he genuinely believed he was on fire at the time but kept walking because he didn’t want to ruin the take! How is that not #1?!

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

Ellie, or other WC can do another one -a number of other details to tell.

[@AnitaLife27]

He is a trooper tbs! That takes so much dedication and focus. I adore Sylvester McCoy! ❤

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I kinda thought that was common knowledge, though. At least for anyone who's learned anything about the show. It's one of the main things they always bring up in any _Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor_ article, isn't it?

[@CaptainXJ]

His ability not to flinch is amazing. It's a natural reaction that very few people can consciously bypass.

[@marksheridan4421]

Wilf Mott one of the greatest characters of all time, thanks Bernard and RIP

[@tenguayaqa7116]

Mr. Kribbins is now free to catch the fish of his dreams.

[@timrob12]

3:25 - I have a headcanon in which The Seventh Doctor was busy helping to save Gallifrey, but then something came up and he had to abort the mission. Centuries later he suddenly remembered it again and went to finish his task, materializing shortly after his earlier self had just left, making it look as if he had always been there.

[@TheWesterlyWarlock]

I think this should be actual canon. It's 100% something that iteration of the Doctor would do!

[@timrob12]

@@TheWesterlyWarlock Agreed. I consider it canon. As well as the fact that EVERY Doctor was there to save Gallifrey and not just up to Capaldi.

[@nerd9347.]

Huh. Small world!

[@mr.vanillamilkshake3]

My favourite moment from Terror of the Autons: when the Auton actor got flung off a cliff by Benton's car, he got a leg injury from the fall. He got back up instantly. Professionalism indeed.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

Capt. Mike Yates was the driver, not Sgt Benton 🤔

[@mr.vanillamilkshake3]

@@jonathanmurphy3141 Oops.

[@thirtyfoursevenzero]

And one of the best stunt falls you'll ever see...

[@Weeping-Angel]

It makes me happy to know Ian is still around. William Russell is now 98 years old.

[@tyro244]

William is just a few years older than my mother.

[@zarikomarcer739]

I wonder if he can get to 100.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

Not many people know this, but he also is the father of Alfie Enoch, who played Dean Thomas in Harry Potter

[@D50Music]

@@thomasnieswandt8805 don’t you mean grandfather?

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

@@D50Music nope, the father

[@Warioer]

My grandad actually knew bernard cribbins earlier in his life, my grandad a member of the band the oldham tinkers who actually featured in the episode of this is your life about bernard cribbins, they sang a song about beans. Sadly, my grandad died in 2016 and i hope he’s up there with cribbins now eating beans and singing songs

[@jediping]

Troughton doing what Baldwin clearly didn’t care about, which is making sure the cast and crew are safe.

[@elmondo-s1e]

It honestly disgusts me that I had to scroll so far to find this comment… I was thinking “surely I’m not the only person who thought it was worth mentioning that Troughton was the only adult with a brain on that set”. Imagine if he was someone less confident? Mind you I doubt anyone playing the doctor would ever be without confidence. But still. Thank god he had the sense to speak!

[@HariSeldon913]

Similarly in the 80's series Airwolf there was a scene with a lot of water and a lot of electrical wiring. On someone's advice, actress Jean Bruce Scott asked the assistant director to walk the shot she was about to do. The AD told her it was perfectly safe and she had nothing to worry about, but she held firm on him walking the shot first. He halted the shot and ordered extra safety checks before it was done rather than actually walk it.

[@iseetea47]

"Doctor Who isn't real and it's just a TV show"... *sighs and* *puts down sonic screwdriver pen* yeahhhh mum I know

[@andrewdavidson665]

Don't listen to her. She's just being mean... not real. Pfft.

[@ianhopping105]

It is real! Ignore the nasty lady.

[@brianmarrow8688]

How about when The Doctor rescued Ace from nearly drowning in a water stunt on Battlefield

[@just_kos99]

That's mentioned in the list of actors who nearly died while filming. Very scary! Interesting fact: Sophie Aldred and Sylvester McCoy share a birthday!

[@willadeefriesland5107]

The Seventh Doctor's difference in appearance is easily explained. If the Doctors were coming from various points in their timeline anyway, the earlier McCoy, getting distracted by something critical at the time, realized that he could just 'pop in', when more 'convenient'. His being older and wiser... and still the real McCoy...

[@plantainsame2049]

Plus giving that in the episode they were all flying around but in the novelization they were on Gallifrey getting people off the planet and told the dimensional process happened because it causes great strain to the planet One of them could have been leaving

[@jakob_z]

But that incarnation doesn't live long enough to age like that, we see him get shot and regenerate in the movie

[@plantainsame2049]

@@jakob_z that scene was literally from the movie The Seventh Doctor was one of the longest lasting incarnations If ya look the longer a Incarnation last they slowly sort of revert to William Hartnell growing out their hair and wearing three-piece suit even the War Doctor started wearing three-piece suits and the 82 doctor but they both had shorter hair no doubt due to the time War probably not a good idea to have a long hair Day of the doctor has the 10th doctor late-in-life his hair is getting a bit longer but he was short lived look at what 11 look like tan trenzalore he was really starting to look like the first doctor

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

@@jakob_z He didn't go from Survival to the TV Movie - a lot of stuff happened inbetween!

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

It would be very much in character for 7 to be there more than once.

[@johnbiggscr]

Damn it, I saw Bernard and I started tearing up. All these years and he challenges for the top companion just by being himself.

[@bandiceet]

I have always thought WIlf was always the best companion.

[@brianjones7907]

Nice to know that both Jon Pertwee & Roger Delgardo were Real Gentlemen to a Lady in Distress..

[@eloisemturner2289]

Ian also has dementia and John Bishop would chat to him when he became confused

[@hollymatton474]

I love the scene in The End of Time with the tenth doctor and wilfred mott! So beautiful and emotional! 😢❤️ I also love the car chase scene in the series 3 episode The Sound of Drums! Freema Ageyman who plays martha jones actually drove the car instead of having a stunt driver do the scene for her! Also Danny who did the special effects was hidden underneath John Barrowmans feet in the back seats of the car so he could activate the explosions in the back window of the car which would give the impression that the car was being shot at! 😂😊

[@krisweinschenker598]

Oh...the scene after Donna Noble's gets me everytime.

[@jeremysteadman3520]

I don't think this has been mentioned yet: The scene from Battlefield (classic season 26) where Ace is trapped in the cells with the rising water is much more impressive when one realizes that in the process of filming, Sophie Aldred's container kept filling, rising up to her head, and Sylvester was fast enough to see this and save her from drowning.

[@CanadianGadfly]

Actually, It was worse than that. The water was supposed to rise - but that water tank wasn't supposed to start cracking - that's when Sylvester got her out!

[@ashleytuchin7693]

That's always been one of my favourite behind-the-scenes stories. You can even see footage from the incident in the special features of the Battlefield DVD.

[@thethreekings9120]

Tate and Tennant are both bloody hilarious in that scene. Lol.

[@omega311888]

she is absolutely one of the best companions!

[@adamsands4562]

I was worried when they first announced her as a companion, but I'm happy was was because she has become one of the best.

[@jwrockets]

I just wish I knew what the hell they were saying.

[@jovetj]

@@jwrockets It's generally pretty obvious? She's pretty good at her miming.

[@seaurchin68]

Agreed, makes me lol every time!

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Cribbins was only a bit older than Tennant’s dad, which may have helped.

[@sagieaesir13]

"I'd be proud. if you were my dad"

[@margaretalbrecht4650]

They should have thanked that German tourist. The world needs more people like him.

[@pquk]

I was thinking something similar. Also, if they’d thanked him while telling him that they were filming, he wouldn’t then have felt the need to cause them trouble.

[@eightw5783]

We never know how that really played out but if it was the way described the production company only have themselves to blame and should've been more understanding.

[@robertcotton8481]

Doctor who is a tv show! I may never recover.

[@nopenotmeunuh]

I never knew the bit about Katy Manning being so shortsighted! This was surely where the Doctor's habit of holding hands with companions (often while running) originated. So it became a part of the character.

[@silviasanchez648]

She had a surgery a couple of years ago, she posted the progress on her Twitter account. But I didn't know the problem has always been there. At least not to such extent.

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

@@silviasanchez648 yes she did have surgery, but she still has problems seeing properly.

[@Karen-du3pj]

Even the Master lent a hand😊

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

I love how Roger Delgado and Jon Pertwee did their best to look after Katy. They were both such stars. I wish I'd had the chance to meet them. The Master got me into doing hypnosis for real.

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

Is it just me or does EVERYSINGLE who culture video start with something and then WITH THAT IN MIND 🤣

[@thechillindude4478]

With that in mind i beleive you are correct 😉

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

@@thechillindude4478 lol 😏

[@kriss_b]

It gets shoehorned in even if it's not fitting in anyway

[@joeswift403]

I'm surprised Ace almost drowning in that tank of water only being rescued by McCoy didn't make it on the list...

[@NotContinuum]

"A man with his tackle out" sounds like it could have made everything quite a bit better.

[@jcaseyoneseventy]

2/6 is NOT 12.5pence today! It's more like £30. The reason people think it's only pence is because there were 20 shillings in an old pound, and there are 20 five new pence in a new pound. People assume (partly because an old shilling could be used as a new 5p for many years after decimalisation) that an old shilling is worth 5 new pence. However, it would be more accurate to say that because of inflation, an old penny is worth roughly £1 nowadays.

[@anonygent]

I was pretty certain that the math didn't add up on that one.

[@eightw5783]

According to the Bank of England calculator it's about £1.30, I personally struggle with this number as half a crown back then would get you a pint of beer so probably closer to a fiver now.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

It was brilliant to see some of the old companions return, especially Tegan and Ace. Just a shame Sarah-Jane couldn't be there too

[@jovetj]

I've vowed a few years ago to never watch Dr Who again, especially not the silly Whitaker, but I might just peek that one for the nostalgia.

[@user-kp2pb4hj7d]

@@jovetj no offense but you've made a vow of complete and utter stupidity

[@CraigL1971]

Roger Moore couldn't have been offered 2 shillings and 6d (d being the way pence was denoted in pre decimal currency), as decimalisation had occurred in 1971, 2 years before Live and Let Die was released, and 4 years before the prop was used in Dr. Who. It would be great if it was true, but it's factually unlikely. ☹️

[@baffledanderanged2101]

Benard Cribbens was the finishing touch to all the Dr. Who episodes. Hearing about his passing really pulled at my heart strings.😢❤ Matt Smith was my favorite doctor.❤

[@grahamcann1761]

I've been a big Bernard Cribbins fan since seeing several of his "old films" in the 60s, (shame on you BAFTA's) and he IS great! (I think) As always thank you so very much for the video.

[@minicle426]

Many know him for The Wombles.

[@brianartillery]

His autobiography is a superb read.

[@grahamcann1761]

@@brianartillery thank you for the recommendation, I'll look for it.

[@omega311888]

Bernard Cribbons wanted to play the 3rd doctor but they turned him down. while i thoroughly enjoyed Jon Pertwee, i would have LOVED to have seen what Bernard would have done with the role!

[@GarnerHaines]

In Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Sylvester McCoy got his back singed when the exploding tent went off, but he carried through and calmly walked off as scripted. The effects department had gotten a little too enthusiastic with their gunpowder and it was lucky he wasn't injured.

[@krisweinschenker598]

A lot of ...err....people...seem to Spamming about this. They also failed to mention Earthshock where Adric dies wiping out the dinosaurs

[@Paradox-es3bl]

This video reminded me: I still think "Gallifrey Falls No More" is the single greatest use of foreshadowing/twist reveal I've ever seen in anything, ever. "We can't decide which of the two titles is correct. No More, or Gallifrey Falls." 90% of the special later: "Gallifrey Falls, No More!!!!" Damn.

[@WhoCulture]

Agreed, very clever from Moffat!

[@minicle426]

Then Gallifrey fell again anyway...

[@jimfrostpreaches]

It always baffles me, when fans doubt great comedians' ability to perform drama. In order to be a great comedian, you have to understand drama on a master level. Every comedian who does a drama, rock it!

[@Becka.M-D]

I was heartbroken when I heard of Bernard Cribbins passing. I hope that the new episodes to celebrate 60 years has him featured in it along with a dedication to him. I know he had been photographed on the set, but it could have been him just visiting. Let’s hope that he is in it. I do have one annoying issue with the Doctors. And it is in regards to their numbers & the War Doctor played by John Hurt. Why have the doctors after him not had their numbers increased? The War Doctor is still one of their regenerations, therefore Christopher Eccleston should be the 10th Doctor, David Tennant should be the 11th & 12th Doctors, Matt Smith - 13th, Peter Capaldi - 14th, Jodie Whittaker would be 15th, David Tennant would be the 16th Doctor & finally, Ncuti Gatwa would be the 17th Doctor. I know some may say that John Hurts Doctor was not known as the Doctor, but I believe this to be wrong. David & Matt’s Doctors both didn’t want to remember him nor give him the name the Doctor. But at the end of “The Day of The Doctor” their thoughts & feelings changed & he was The War Doctor. He has The Doctors name but with the title of War in what I feel would be recognising the struggles this Doctor had through the Time War. I think The Time War Doctor is a little wordy.

[@MadScientist512]

The Doctor Ruth reveal rather complicates that argument, and The Timeless Child makes it downright wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, maybe Jodie is X + 16 now? 🤔

[@Becka.M-D]

But do we know yet which Doctor she will be? She can’t be younger than the 17 doctors we already have. Could Doctor Ruth be the final reincarnation of future Doctors? I intend to get a ‘zen’ vibe from her. Like she has seen so much that when she has her last reincarnation, she decides to try to settle down, but occasionally gets pulled into things, hence her appearances. Or as I a plot twist, could she be a future ‘The Master’ pretending to be a future ‘Doctor’? Who knows what she may do. As the current Doctors don’t know their future appearances, it could be a simple yet effective trap to fall into. She could start off giving good advice so that trust is built, but slowly, advice & support could be given that causes trouble. Who knows what Timey Wimey stuff may happen & how does Doctor Ruth fit into the Doctors future?

[@MadScientist512]

@@Becka.M-D The Ruth Doctor was part of The Division and that's why they don't know each other, she's revealed in The Flux as the Doctor fighting alongside Carvonista, and who knows how many of the Doctor regenerations worked for The Division, or the 'pre-Doctor' as shown in the previous series, or how many Timeless Children there were before turning into the child the Doctor remembers being on Galifrey? After Chinball's ruination of the canon the Doctors can really only be numbered as eg. X +14. There's also the unspecified Classic Who Doctor in the 50th anniversary special, but that should probably just be disregarded as the special cameo it was

[@MorganSaph]

I personally do not consider the timeless child or Doctors pre-Hartnell to be canon. I don't care what the BBC made up, they make no sense and break too much continuity. The entire "13th" Doctor was just a clusterfuck of political bullshit, moral compasses with more changes in direction than a metronome, and just outright bad writing. In the first place, "The Doctor" is not just a name he gave himself but an Oath, which is explained in The Day of The Doctor special. This means any "Doctor" before Hartnell couldn't have taken that Oath, thus meaning they shouldn't even know about the name. Plus Hartnell was the first iteration of the Doctor to have a TARDIS, which he used to run from Gallifrey. This means the previous regenerations couldn't have had a TARDIS, let alone the iconic Blue Police Box. Also, the War Doctor isn't counted as the 9th because, as the Doctor explains, he was the Doctor when he stopped being "The Doctor".

[@Croftice1]

Yes, both Matt's and David's Doctors recognized the War Doctor as Doctor in the end, but that's shortly before he regenerated into Eccleston's Doctor. Now with David's the events of that day will be forgotten, they made a pretty big deal of that: 10th: "I'll also forget this so you can tell me" 11th: "tell you what" 10th: "where we're going" 11th: "Trenzalore. We're going to Trenzalore. That's where we're burried." or something like that. So the Day of the Doctor events won't be remembered by anyone, except 11th, after he experiences those events (meaning the end of the episode). So Tennant's Doctor won't remember the War Doctor being worthy to be called Doctor again. And in expansion also Eccleston's won't remember, since the events of that day were Wibbly Wobbly. Once War Doctor left the area and regenerated on the way into 9th, he'd immediately forget, so 9th still thought that his previous regeneration destroied Gallifrey, instead of saving it. This continues with 10th and 11th until 11th reaches the time, when UNIT picks up the blue box on the road. Oh and this is also, why Elizabeth I is cross with the Doctor. XD He promissed her to be right back, but it's implied, that he never returned to her, so that's why she's angry with him in the Shakespeare code episode. He's younger there, didn't experienced those events, didn't marry her yet, but she's older and she was waiting for him and he never came back, so seeing him at the theatre makes her angry. Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey ... stuff. XD The 10th Doctor experienced these events just before The end of time as he returned to Ood Sigma and told him, that he married queen Elizabeth I and that her nickname shouldn't be the Virgin queen anymore. XD

[@timothylyons5686]

Bernard Cribbins, so great he was ignored by BAFTA.

[@raffitz]

Partners in Crime wasn't Catherine Tate's debut. It was her first episode as a regular, but she had guest starred as Donna Noble in The Runaway Bride.

[@sheyannev2757]

That was really annoying, especially since they were explicitly talking about the scene where she RECOGNIZED the doctor

[@richbuilds_com]

I grew up and clambered around on the rocks around Derbyshire that a lot of the early stuff was shot around. I'm amazed there's not more stories of turned ankles and people walking of the edges of things!

[@yayturray4321]

Imagine thinking you’re saving someones life only to get berated for ruining a shot 😂

[@meegylufc]

No wonder our public transport is a nightmare, all of the buses have been stolen and taken on holiday to Dubai

[@richardosullivan8102]

Surprised by how little is mentioned about Peter Cushing's films version of Dr Who one of which Mr Cribbins starred in. and yet Paul Mc Cann film is include in the folklore.

[@scaryman9000]

my brain went la la la la la for the first 8 seconds

[@chrisshorten4406]

Well, the nudist's heart was in the right place.

[@nigelnightmare4160]

Hopefully, so was his "Tackle".😉

[@michaeltortorice9876]

Great video. A lot of info I didn't know, though the one about Eleven actually biting Amy sounds very familiar. I may have known that one, but it doesn't diminish the hilarity of the scene. It's so in character for Matt Smith to do something like that.

[@richwagener]

The value of that brush is that it was picked up by both Tom Baker AND Roger Moore in productions.

[@josepheenfrankland3381]

It also didn't mention the explosion in a milkvan. The actors played by adults were replaced by stunt people because it was a real timed explosion and too dangerous. Unfortunately there were no child sized stunt actors so Carole Ann Ford, who played The Doctor's granddaughter, was in the stunt in real life. The truck with the explosives on board was occupied by the stuntman and Carole. The stuntman takes Carole's hand and they run from the van as it blows up behind them

[@kelvington4182]

I think you should have mentioned that Tom Baker's has a lot of makeup covering up a dog bite he received before filming "Pirate Planet".

[@generalilbis]

Baker told the story about how he got the bite during his commentary bits for the VHS box set of his episode clips the Beeb offered (presumably alongside a version with Davison, Colin Baker, and McCoy for their own stints).

[@GarnerHaines]

Or broke his collarbone first day on location for The Sontaran Experiment and thought he’d get the sack.

[@Kyllinge]

Problem I have with Ian returning for Jodi's last episode, while nice to see a cast member from that long ago, he's an old man. There was a throw away line in a Matt Smith's Doctor episode mentioning that Ian & Barbara hadn't aged since their time with the first Doctor. So, basically, Chris screwing up right to the end of his show running time.

[@minicle426]

As if Doctor Who has never contradicted itself before.

[@Ginea25]

The line says "rumour has it" they've never aged. I suppose the rumour was wrong.

[@Kyllinge]

@@Ginea25 a rumor that would never get started if anyone ever saw them, as he long stopped looking like he was in his 30s

[@Kartissa]

@@Kyllinge Maybe they just looked really good for their age. Just look at Marisa Tomei, who was 52 years old when she first appeared as Aunt May in the MCU.

[@plantainsame2049]

​@@Kartissaor the tardis broke and 1 suson Ian and Barbra lived in 2008 for a month

[@paulshorney3465]

Seeing William Russell was the best part of the final Whittaker story!!!

[@dunkbuscusgaming7016]

Katherine's Debut episode was an entire season before Partners in Crime it was a Christmas Special called the Runaway bride sure it was just a one off episode with no conformation she'd return but it was still her debut episode, making the fires of Pompey her 3rd episode, not 2nd.

[@jyvben1520]

i remember that story, with the "queen" spider ... and the rooftop scene ...

[@dunkbuscusgaming7016]

@@jyvben1520 Yep exactly, they also revisit that episode sort of when Dona goes in that trance and makes a different decision which affects the entire universe and the doctor dies fighting the Queen which results in all his future victories turn to losses as he wasn't there to stop it.

[@jpistolas]

Aside of his bride River, Donna is the Doctors one true friend.

[@minicle426]

Jamie?

[@Kartissa]

Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart would have disagreed with you there. Also, what about the TARDIS?

[@avaggdu1]

Aww, c'mon!! When the Doctor and Rose Tyler were separated forever in parallel universes I was blubbing like a baby. In his words: "I'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye." River Song may have been his soulmate, but even when he was with River you know he was always thinking of Rose. Donna couldn't compete with that.

[@Scott_Burton]

Katie Manning is the earliest companion who's name I have had locked in my mind. I adored her because she was "a normal person" selected for the job because Ms. Shaw was deemed too valuable to "waste" on being the Doctor's "assistant." By UNIT. And being a "normal, uninspiring selection" turned out to be critical in several plot arcs during her tenure. But I had no idea of her vision problems. Yay! I learned a new detail today that actually interests me.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

Knowing her vision problems, I can't unsee her near-blind stare.

[@mrtdhl1]

Everyone probably knows about this, but what about the explosion in Greatest Show in the Galaxy burning the back of most of Sylvester McCoy's costume?

[@TransportBaz]

The Bus Incident ended up costind the BBC. Not only was it a preserved historic vehicle, so they had to pay to have it completely restored, but they then had to re-shoot the end scenes where the bus returns through the portal, to incorporate the damage. If you look closely, thoughout the episode, the bus has a fake registration number, and modern white/yellow number plates. When it comes back for the finale, it has its genuine registration on classic white-on-black plates.....

[@RealCelticGamer]

Bernard would have been brilliant as The Doctor.

[@owenmcghee1666]

Sadly William Russell had his final regeneration earlier this month, peaceful rest Sir.

[@andiholman2543]

The Shoreditch explosion that prompted the London fire brigade to think an IRA bomb had gone off under the Dalek bridge.

[@Mommamacnz]

I know this isn't relevant to this information, but Bernard Cribbins nearly became The Doctor - I think he was considered before Tom Baker got the role,. He was also in at least one of the Peter Cushing not considered real Doctor Who companions in the movies in the 60s

[@Flytrap]

Awesome stuff, Ellie! thanks a bunch!

[@klausstock8020]

BBC: "We'll transport the bus to Dubai and then add in a lot of CGI flying stingrays for a horror scenario." Everyone: "Still doesn't beat my daily commute on the bus."

[@NessysSanctuary]

There so many reasons why Donna is my favourite companion it was rose first but Catherine was not in love with the DR that brought a different dimension to their story.

[@gestaltdude]

I started a reddit thread challenging people to find images from scenes showing Katy Manning not being led by the hand. I thought it particularly funny that the even nastiest man in the Universe aka The Master, would be considerate enough to help his mortal enemy's friend not fall. Ended up in a nice but sweet twitter exchange, after I informed Ms Manning of all the nice things people where saying about her on the thread.

[@ronchappel4812]

A support group for doctor's companions? That's so good in so many ways! Going to find it now.Dont let me down Beeb,you better have made the most of it!

[@jovetj]

It's not the first time such a thing has been shown in the Dr Who universe.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

"Revenge of the Cybermen" was also the first mention of the Cybermen's gold weakness by the 4th Doctor...

[@msandropystreams5555]

You make the best Who videos. Loved this gem.

[@renaenolen8461]

#3#2 in that order are my favorite #10 moments.

[@jediping]

Love the story about Pertwee and Manning!

[@just_kos99]

"Planet of Fire" is where we say good-bye to Turlough and hello to Peri, who's with the Fifth Doctor for only a short time.

[@GabrielBadwolf]

The Doctor isn’t real?! Next you’re gonna tell me Santa and the Easter bunny isn’t real

[@GabePuratekuta]

They're more than real. They're the same person.

[@anonygent]

I may have some bad news for you regarding the Tooth Fairy.

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@anonygent That drunk?

[@guysimpson9420]

I would like to put a call out to the "rabbit" in the Day Of The Doctor - "...and you are JUST! a rabbit"

[@HorribleGamingFun]

Wilfred will always be the greatest companion. Great job old boy -salutes-

[@EmperorsVenetians]

Catherine Tate's debut episode wasn't Partner's in Crime. She debuted in the Christmas Episode between seasons 2 & 3 and helped the Doctor fight the Racnoss, we got an entire season of Martha before Tate returned as Donna in Partners in Crime.

[@jovetj]

A brilliant episode, too. I'm not a fan of Tennant as The Doctor, but she was definitely his best companion.

[@minicle426]

​@@jovetj Not a high bar. Shame Martha was wasted.

[@jovetj]

@@minicle426 They were all wasted. New Who is a pathetic soap opera with timey-whimey bits kneejerked into it.

[@mylesturvey7593]

I was just wondering how many episodes the gun that Bernard tried handing to the Doctor has been used. The same gun was in the episode The Doctor’s Daughter, and I have a feeling I’ve seen it in another episode as well. Does the Prop Department only have the one gun?

[@krisweinschenker598]

Are you phishing for Alec Baldwin??

[@kenziuwu3531]

Oh, it's a lot of episodes. It's been in quite a lot of episodes. It's so funny to see it in so many places in time lol

[@anonygent]

Well, it IS the UK.

[@Paulious78]

What I like is when William Russell came back to Who, he broke the world record for number of years between appearances as the same character - taking the record from Philip Lowrie (Dennis Tanner from Coronation Street) Russell was also in Coronation Street and played Ted Sullivan - both Ted & Dennis married Rita (née Littlewood - formerly Fairclough)

[@subbtopp]

oh that makes perfect sense about Joe Grant now. thank you

[@jimmurdoch7745]

< MY OPINION > Dr. Who's writers missed a tremendous opportunity by not allowing Bernard Cribbins to return as a continuation of his previous characters from the 1960's,.... The opportunity for expanding and exploring a life lived and experiences missed may not have developed the story arc, but as a development of the humanisation of the Doctor, ... the possibilities would have been golden. R.I.P. Mr. Cribbins,... Thank you for all your works.

[@ashleyklotz3762]

Yes Donnas grandad was 1 of the greatest companions that we didnt actually get to see do more than that 1 episode but i feel there is 1 more character of the 10th doctors time that could have been so much more, I feel like she was a wasted opportunity and that is Sally Sparrow from the Weeping Angels episode, she was brilliant and I wish we could have had at least 1 episode where where she become a companion, even if she'd have left afterwards to fulfill making sure events happened they way they were supposed to, we still could have had her for more

[@OO-ex5iq]

I have the same problem I had been asked to attend an unexploded bomb to provide medical support to a bomb disposal team and I placed myself Outside The Cordon area, when the army detonated the bomb a big chunk of concrete had landed, where I had been standing a few seconds before so someone must have been watching over me. This was in London on the A406 NCR some decades ago.

[@kenneth69]

Joe was short sighted? I knew it! Back as a kid I kept telling my mom it was clear she was having trouble seeing. I'm short sighted, and I know the look when I'm not wearing my glasses and need to find something 'out there'. My mom said I was just being daft, but hell yeah! I. Knew. It. re: Ian. I remember him being in an episode of something in the last two decades though. A cameo or something. Well, he'd know so I guess I'm wrong.

[@nerd9347.]

Regarding fact #03: That kind of thing is *EXACTLY* why I know sign language.

[@kjamison5951]

Actually, ‘two shillings and sixpence’ were worth ‘twelve and a half new pence’ in 1973. Adjusting for the intervening decades, it would be worth about £1 in 2023 [about €1.13 or $1.22]

[@TheHestya]

Imagine being upset at a guy for rushing to save a person drowning.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I did know most of these! I'd learned some from reading about them and others from Doctor Who Confidentials. I knew about the nudist on the beach. I knew about Bernard Cribbins' (RIP) wartime part. I knew about the actual bite from Smith (good thing no skin was broken, as the human mouth is vile with germs). I knew about the bus being crunched up during transport to Dubai. And finally, I knew about the on-the-spot mime for the #10 & Donna reunion shot. I vaguely remember about Katie's vision, but I'll give ya half on that one. I didn't know who they'd gotten for #1's voice, but knew he'd never said "Gallifrey." So, theres another half point for you. 😉 I didn't know the Bond prop, at all, though, so that's a full point for you. 🙃 So, five full ones and two I half-knew, but you did earn two points from me, total! 😄 For a Whovian as old as I am, that means you're doing pretty well!

[@stevemorganexperience7833]

Wait are you saying he didn’t do t.v between the sixties episode and this? That not true he popped up in adventures of space and time

[@UKCougar]

"two shillings and sixpence" isn't 12p today, that's just the direct conversion from old to 'new' money. With inflation it's more like ten quid. In any case, this fee seems implausible because Live & Let Die began filming in 1972 and Britain stopped using shillings in 1971.

[@avaggdu1]

Poetic license. "Two and six" is a lovely bit of British understatement that makes for a better punchline in a humourous anecdote.

[@TheSeafordian]

Although the UK went decimal in 1971 the use of the shilling and the florin continued until 1990.

[@UKCougar]

@@TheSeafordian Elaborate on "use"? My grandparents still talked about shillings. I've never heard anyone use the word 'florin' outside of TV / film in my lifetime, it was archaic by 1971.

[@mike174mk]

9:30 ....or in a quarry...

[@ashleytuchin7693]

The Peri one surprised me because years ago I saw Nicola at a convention and she said she actually did nearly drown in that scene because she didn't know how to swim. I don't remember her mentioning the nudist though.

[@elberno4243]

A shilling, was originally 12 pennies. Post-decimal system, it was worth 5 pence. 2/6 would be 30p or 16p. The modern value would not be 12p

[@nickjackson748]

2/6 in old money was half a crown. When decimalisation happened in 1971, A crown became 25p and 2/6 became 12.5p. We still had shilling and sixpence coins, and they became worth 5p and 2.5p (we still had halfpenny coins as well). So the video is correct in this. What is suspicious about that fact is that, decimalisation happened in 1971, Live and Let Die was 1973, and the Dr Who episode was 1975 (?). So its very unlikely someone would have paid "two and six" for it. It's *possible* he was literally given two shilling coins and a sixpence coin, but that was, as previously stated, 12.5 new pence. However, I know a lot of older brits still used old colloqualisms. My granddad would call 50p "ten bob" up til the 1980s at least. That's probably what Moore did when recounting the tale. Just used "2 and 6" as a familiar way of saying [however much he did actually get paid... maybe 10p, 12.5p, 15p... who knows].

[@elberno4243]

@@nickjackson748 Thanks Nick. I'm 41, I didn't realise the value of a sixpence changed. I've learned something. When I was a boy, our local shop would accept Ha'pennies, Farthings and even threepenny bits

[@nigelnightmare4160]

@@elberno4243 So, you were born in 1981 and your local shops were STILL accepting Pre-Decimal coins in 1984-5!!! I Call BULLSHIT!

[@BritishBeachcomber]

The Doctor does not exist? That's worse than discovering that Santa was my daddy.

[@madunwagbo4769]

It’s been a minute since I saw Live & Let Die, so remind me, just HOW did 007 get that radio hairbrush as Live & Let Die was one of the few stories that DIDN’T feature Desmond Llewelyn’s gadget master, Q?

[@safiremorningstar]

I think there isn’t anybody who didn’t love Bernard Cribbins Zack. Those are the best doctor. Who’s the ones where he’s briefly in there he’s like everybody’s granddad everybody wishes he was their granddad. I’ve been happy if you’ve been my dad even if I’ve been a child of his old age, he comes off with such warmth and realness and a few of the Doctor Who characters have that most of the Doctor Who characters look like they walked out of Gentlemans quarterly or something similar no the casting whatever he comes off as real, the guy next-door you know, and he plays it well, he will be missed… It’s nice that they’re dedicating an episode to him.

[@Rebel-At-Heart76]

No. You're not allowed to break us with mention of Bernard Cribbins. We all miss him. We all loved him. He should have been a Doctor.

[@julianaylor4351]

Meanwhile in another universe....😁❤️ I got in a fight with my younger brother once, we argued and I bit his hand and caught chickenpox. We are all stupid, when we're young. 😏😁

[@R.F.9847]

RIP William Russell, 1924-2024.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

What is the context behind that Cyberman carrying what looks like a shopping bag?

[@abigailslade3824]

Bernard Caribbean’s is the only companion to have been in a Dr Who series and Film.

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

Ellie, just to let you know, I'm pretty sure that actor Carol Ann ford is still with us

[@superwoman6413]

The "she wasn't known as a dramatic actress and that caused scepticism" is such a piece of rubbish. It's my experience that all brilliant comedians are at the end also brilliant tragic actors because nothing is more difficult that make people laugh unguardedly.