10 Hilarious Doctor Who Mistakes You Definitely Didn't Notice

[@ftwgaming0]

When Donna magically appears in the TARDIS for the first time, among the "Who are you" and "What the hell is this place?" There's a split second at the end of one of Donna's lines where she's smiling at someone off-screen before the camera switches back to tennant saying "what!?"

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

what.

[@Bofadeeznutz69]

What.

[@АлександрИванов-ю3е]

Can't see this even in x0,25

[@magckmn01]

Why does this person think “we definitely didnt catch these mistakes”? How narcissistic to think shes the only one?

[@ftwgaming0]

@@magckmn01 who are you referring to here?

[@chriswalton6899]

I can't believe I never noticed the TARDIS still there when Flesh Doctor and Cleaves disintegrate themselves and Jennifer lol

[@GameBreaker1055]

Probably because you were not looking closely anymore after that shot of the flesh monster

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@GameBreaker1055 Or not looking at all thanks to said monster creeping you out.

[@RaggedyDoctor11]

Me too!

[@danthemeegs8751]

I didn’t notice it until this year, despite having watched the episode loads of times. It’s like the Midnight green screen, it’s so obvious that you’re like “how did I miss that…”

[@MiniMiaArt]

@@danthemeegs8751 the greenscreen looks like a background lol

[@JackFitzsimmonsZondaFan]

My favourite mistake is in Doctor Who Series 2, in Rise of the Cybermen where Mickey is talking to his gran in Parallel London, his Gran is wearing sunglasses because she's blind, but in the close-up shots of her, you can see the sound crew in the reflection of her sunglasses boom mic & all.

[@duckdumplings6624]

There’s a similar one when in the bells of Saint John with Matt smith and Clara. When they are sitting down and discussing outside, the coffee table’s edges are actually mirrored and reflective, you can see the entire crew sitting there in black clothes. I spotted it and was like omg hahaha.

[@epicunicorn3910]

My favourite mistake is in The idiots lantern when the doctor is on the TV tower chasing Mr Magpie with the wire, when the wire blasts at the doctor , it cuts to a bird's eye view looking down at the doctor with the ground below - u can clearly see the doctor's foot disappear as David Tennants foot must of gone off the green screen section used for this scene - still cracks me up - the time the doctor lost his foot

[@MiniMiaArt]

i remember that one

[@millievariants]

This foot is a fighting foot!

[@tshelby5212]

This one is obvious

[@theforestofoak]

oh i'm sure it just regenerated

[@theforestofoak]

@BNSY Photography yeah, i loved the doctor standing up for the wife and son, and kept pointing it out when i watched it with my dad. the feed me bit was awkward, and i just did what i did whenever i watch something awkward with my dad, hide behind my phone and pretend i dont understand the undertones

[@jeffwalker7185]

In the brilliant episode 'The Doctor's Wife', Idris, the Tardis inside a human body censures the Doctor - asking him what the instructions are on the door of the Tardis - which is 'Pull to Open'. She then tells the Doctor that he always pushes the Tardis doors inwards, when he should be opening them outwards. Whilst it is true that police box doors did open outwards, the 'Pull to Open' instruction actually relates to the small door to the cupboard that contains the phone (directly behind the pull to open instruction and other information about the phone). This phone was not only for police officers to use, but also members of the public to summon a police officer. It is the only part of the police box that is accessible by the public (unless they were unfortunate to be detained and placed inside of the police box, which could also double as a small cell). This door does indeed open outwards and therefore, is pulled to open.

[@LMC97]

Finally. Someone says it. I loved The Doctor's Wife episode but that whole line about the bottom instruction referring to the main TARDIS door rotation was just silly. Even a kid with a TARDIS toy could tell the instruction "Pull to Open" was referring to the very small door that the sign with the instruction was attached to. It takes me a while to explain that to others that the instruction was intended for the public to use the phone behind the small door. As you stated, the public wouldn't be going inside the police box itself unless they were detained in one until back up came. It is true that real police box doors opened outwards. Well, only one door. The other side was a fix wall on most police boxes. It does make sense that the door was swing outwards considering how much space there is in a real police box. My best guess to why the TARDIS doors swing inside is to help hide the true inside of the TARDIS prop.

[@mcunibrow6399]

Another big one is that in the doctors daughter, when the doctor finally takes Martha home, in the interior TARDIS shot when it pulls out. On the left side of the screen you can see a full light just chilling

[@mysticwhovian2734]

At the beginning of 'The Girl Who Waited' when the Doctor rants about Twitter to Amy, Arthur Darvill brings his hand up to his face before the shot changes to him looking at Amy, showing that they took shots from different takes

[@danthemeegs8751]

Never noticed that one, good catch!

[@brainlock72]

There’s always a shot like that when the camera switches POV during lines. Watch jawlines for similar timing mistakes. When the camera goes from focusing on speaker face to over their shoulder, you sometimes (read: 90%) get alternate takes of line deliveries that don’t match the movement of their jaws as they speak. Also, if it’s an action shot where the actor has a complicated/long dialogue whilst doing an activity, you can hear the audio sound hollow from the looping booth as they try to dub in a proper delivery over their onscreen actions. For some inane coincidence, YT suggested a clip of Greg Grunberg’s Group Sex to me this morning. It’s him and his buddy discussing the main love interest as Greg shoots basketball hoops in their studio. He’s running back and forth with the ball and the audio suddenly hollows out in the middle of it and I’m surprised matches up with him finishing his lines facing the camera. Props to that editor, but also a demerit for the audio quality.

[@DemetriusSorvo]

These aren't mistakes, guys. It's how modern TV is edited. Doctor Who hasn't been multi camera since the 1980s. Editors have certain rules of motion to follow when editing. Because of the way the brain works it's not always necessary to exactly match up actors between shots.

[@mysticwhovian2734]

@@DemetriusSorvo I know, but given how Arthur Darvill takes up a good portion of the frame in both shots, it feels like an oversight of the editors to not take this into account when putting the shots together.

[@Daikon_Micucci]

"...Of us all," sounds far more poetic than "...all of us." Moffat's mistake was better than the original.

[@rogeliomunoz8779]

That's exactly what I thought

[@SwordGuy17]

It's true lol

[@Widdums]

Blink. When Sally is walking around the house, you can see the cameraman in the mirror in one of the shots!

[@DanBrizuela]

Maybe that part of the wall in midnight is green. You never know

[@trinity72gp]

🇬🇧🙋🏾‍♀️I was going to say this! 😂

[@matwavman7099]

Day of the doctor, 1:06:00, Matt Smith's script is clearly visible on the console on front of him, one of my favourites

[@realbadger]

My all-time favourite gaffe was in _Pyramids of Mars,_ as Sutehk rises, and a tech's hand is seen and then it retreats behind the chair (the hand was holding down the pillow on which Sutehk was sitting). It is _so_ very noticeable, _due to its movement;_ had the hand stayed in place, it might have gone unnoticed...

[@cgmanning]

My brother pointed this out to me and now I can't unnotice it.

[@SpyroTheGoth]

5:07 I agree, 10 didn't want to go, so we are keeping him

[@TimeMasterOG]

The 3d model of the 10ths TARDIS happens to make quite a few appearances instead of the proper model

[@TardisGal4419]

In The power of three, during the scene where 11 is hoovering the living room, when amy sits up, you can see her Mic setup in her back pocket.

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

At least the greenscreen in the background can be assumed to be an oddly painted wall in the lobby.

[@cinemaguy1]

The funniest part is all of these could be explained with Doctor Who logic and told to us that they were clues and we'd believe them.

[@adamcharlie3151]

That green screen mistake in Midnight I cannot unsee now… completely takes me out of the episode aha

[@GameBreaker1055]

I always thought it was just a green poster with advertismenet in the center which we could not see because the camera did not go far enough

[@danthemeegs8751]

LOL sorry 😝

[@claudiazimmermann3120]

Sameeeee

[@sarahglover3286]

There's a lightswitch the Doctor stands next to for a long time in the Unquiet Dead, which is set in Victorian times!

[@DTennantsCompanion]

My favorite is in "Rose" where Mickey has his fingers stuck to the bin. When he twists around, in the next shot the plastic is magically untwisted.

[@SamWest96]

That one has bothered me since I first saw it when I was 9!

[@thephoenixsystem6765]

That's my fav too haha

[@Hemdian]

In “The Snowmen” (about 16 mins in), the base of the spiral staircase goes clockwise as it goes up … but the top goes counterclockwise as it goes up. I can't unsee that now.

[@MinkMonk]

In The Doctor's Daughter, at the very end inside the tardis when the camera pans out while the doctor is using the console, there is a lighting lamp close by that is fully in frame for 5 seconds a few feet away. It's so obvious, it's massive, I have no idea how it wasn't mentioned here.

[@issacgates819]

Here's quite an easy one to spot and I have no idea how no one working on the episode noticed it, in Army of Ghosts as the ghosts start turning into Cybermen there's a bit where a news reporter is panicking saying how they aren't ghosts only to get electrocuted by a Cyberman, however they forgot to add the electricity effect or the sound effect so it appears as if the Cyberman is just shaking him back and forth as he's screaming

[@shaunwilliams6112]

In the end of time, when the doctor and Wilfred are on the space ship the doctor leaves following the cacti and wilf looks out the window. As DT exits left you can see him slow down and stop as the doctor pops back for wilf seconds later but DT is not full behind the wall and you can see part of his shoe as he waits to re enter the shot

[@SirRazzy]

A continuity error i spotted was in The end of time Part 2 where The Master attacks Rassilon, when he fires the lightning out of his hand the 3rd time (where he shouts "One!") he uses the right hand but the immediate next shot sees him using the left instead. A small but random error i noticed

[@welshcrusade1562]

Also, in Victory of the Daleks, after the Doctor tells Amy what the Daleks are, so Amy goes to ask the Dalek in the room about what he's just said, the mic is briefly visible at the top of the screen.

[@RealAntonioJobe]

Not really a mistake but the way the cybermen fall over in Doomsday is always funny. One folding into 3 pieces and another falling off a balcony

[@Jayforeman3047]

It always frustrates me when they use the wrong TARDIS design in CG/post shooting shots, so THANK YOU for pointing it out!

[@nathanjordon6950]

The CGI Tardis mistake was done ALOT through out Moffat's era. Even in the 50th anniversary at the end of Smith's run aha.

[@MasterChiefSpartan117]

It was re-used TARDIS cgi footage

[@casertanick]

I noticed it at the end of Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, when it shows a postcard from "Siluria" and the Tardis is the 10th doctor's not 11's

[@louisebarker8768]

i can’t remember what episode it was but in the tenth doctor era i spotted a little girl laughing when the mum grabs hold of the kid saying something like “listen to mummy go home” standing on the roof scene of christmas invasion.She was supposed to show no emotion yet she clearly did 😂

[@dothemaths1256]

in the fires of pompeii at 45:18 the doctor enters the tardis with the doors appearing to face the same direction as the rest of the roman survivors but at 45:20 the doors are facing perpendicular to where there looking.

[@DeaconTaylor]

i cant see the ood walking off screen

[@tshelby5212]

Ood sigma

[@jb888888888]

"What's the use of a good quote if you can't change it."

[@kamen42]

I was ready to be very angry if Rory was not the #1. The best occasion of the running gag was in Angels of Manhattan. Amy: "You think you'll just come back to life?" Rory: "When don't I?"

[@001pudder]

You missed one. As the Doctor and Donna are talking on the phone, Donna's phone is not plugged in.

[@roganator92]

Only a small mistake compare to some comments but in ‘partners in crime’ Donna leaves the house in the car, the registration on the car is a different one to the car that sits nearby the Tardis when they return after the events on the adipose and Ms Foster.

[@nivaneh1010]

In The Doctor's Daughter, when they're leaving near the end of episode and the Doctor is piloting the TARDIS. On left side of the console you can see set lighting. It's so obvious.

[@CharlieInDaUK]

This is a truly insane one. Like it’s not a single light being in frame. It’s the entire rig, taking up like 1/4 of the frame!

[@nivaneh1010]

@@CharlieInDaUK yh I was watching this video expecting it to be here cuz it was so obvious. Its THE number one obvious mistake. Sticks out like a sore thumb.

[@decocoofficial6551]

When Rose is standing in Bad Wolf bay with Pete's vehicle in the way backround, you can see someone step into the vehicle behind it.

[@rkstevenson5448]

Your arrow for the "Lord of the Rings" gaffe is pointing at the wrong thing. That's a chimney. The car is beyond that, driving along the crest of the hill. You can see sunlight glinting off its windshield at a couple of points.

[@CalebDenn]

In the eleventh hour, when the Doctor tells the Atraxi to run, in the wide shot you can see him already squirming from the Tardis key burnin in his clothes, but then when the shot goes back to a close up of him, he is still watching them leave and a few seconds later he starts squirming from the Tardis key.

[@ChazaMazza_]

4:13 i literally cant see anything, how?

[@Drloulou101]

At 4:58 she says that they put the 10th doctor’s tardis but if you look at the door and can slightly see the St. John’s ambulance sticker on the door and the lamp is from the 11th’s doctor

[@danthemeegs8751]

If you have the Blu-ray, put the commentary on! Moffat confirms it’s the wrong TARDIS, and that it’s Tennant’s.

[@CSBlakebrough]

@@danthemeegs8751 yep window frames are the wrong colour for 11's TARDIS... Its 10's, but this episode was shot first so effects team were clearly lagging behind with the exterior changes made to the physical prop

[@sweiland75]

Pointing out mistakes in Doctor Who is just stating the obvious to Doctor Who fans. It has always been a part of the show.

[@Neil070]

In the very first episode, the guys (manually!) operating the internal Tardis doors either don't fully synch with each other, or one of the doors gets stuck! One door opens sooner than the other. Also, of course, Bill Hartnell forgets his lines, and often calls Ian "Chesterfield", not "Chesterton". Having said that, Hartnell was a consummate professional and would notice if a switch on the console were in the wrong position or there was an obvious error in continuity. He had respect for the audience, even if they were mostly children like me. He knew we were not stupid, and would pick up on little things. If only Chibnall had the same respect for us

[@obiwankenobi687]

Ok yes for the time of Angels they did use the wrong TARDIS BUT they definitely 100% added the St. John’s ambulance logo to it to sort of make up for the mistake. I’m assuming they didn’t have the cgi model ready yet so it was them making do and blending the two. In fact you can even seen the logo in the clip from this video

[@loptseldr]

i noticed the tenth doctor tardis coming back bit actually lol and i wish it was intentional and i choose to believe it is.

[@TexasTimeLord]

Almost people. Everyone easily could have run to the TARDIS at the end. The Fake Doctor stood against the door with the creature banging on it to enter. At least 10 seconds goes by between the bangs, at the TARDIS is RIGHT THERE. Also, the whole episode preaches about how the Flesh people are real people and deserve to live. and then the Doctor proceeds to kill fake Amy without a second thought.

[@TheOriginalWB]

7:46 No mention of the wired phone not wired.

[@gretavk]

I am so glad that someone likes doctor who as I do. All my friends are saying that doctor who is a bad TV show.

[@danthemeegs8751]

You're in the right place, everyone here is a massive fan of Doctor Who! 🙂

[@danielbianco6300]

There's also a window without the dark sky sfx in Vampires of Venice of the 11th doctor while he's climbing a tower

[@blackphoenix77]

The takedown of Chibnall's era from 6:00-6:15 was glorious 😅

[@gay4sswhovian]

And unnecessary

[@obiwankenobi687]

@@gay4sswhovian yeh but it’s true though. The first two specials were nothing special and the only good things about chibnalls episodes are the trailers. And then the episodes are a total crushing disappoint when they actually arrive.

[@sarahglover3286]

In The Bells of St John when the Doctor and Clara are on the motorbike you can see filming equipment reflected on their helmets!

[@ValeyardStudios]

Yeah.. Series 11s TARDIS CGI was almost all swapped. The first scene in Eleventh hour had the new TARDIS, whilst other scenes after, such as the time of angels and flesh and stone, it had the 2005-2009 model.

[@Kranitoko]

I wouldn't have brought up the midnight one. The thing is, if it even is Green screen, it never showed anything in an establishing shot, so it could just be part of the scenery anyway. It's such a slither of it anyway. It's a reach 🤷‍♂️

[@sophiefrancis8295]

4:43 I’ve always wondered this but what is the guy on the left holding onto?

[@caroljo420]

I know this is kinda off subject, but last May my son gave me 2 kittens, one male, one female. I named them Doctor Who and Rose. In my mind, I pictured the 10th Doctor. Imagine my delight when I found out who is the 14th Doctor....

[@cathockley3582]

See I was watching David tennant when I was a little kid like 5 or 6 so a lot of his “mistakes” were really cool such as the green screen Cus it could’ve been a poster so you then start to wonder what it’s a poster of

[@jonahellis]

This isn’t a mistake, but in “The girl in the fireplace” toward the end of the episode Mickey tells the doctor to “Use the TARDIS” to get to Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson) and the doctor says “We can’t use the TARDIS we’re part of events now”, but the doctor could however have used the TARDIS to smash through the glass as opposed to going back in time with it, or using Arthur the horse to smash through the glass. It would’ve totally ruined the episode, but it would’ve made a lot more sense.

[@omegatired]

The green screen ... I just thought the wall was painted green.

[@MasterChiefSpartan117]

I've been telling people that for years about the re-used TARDIS footage

[@bjwieland-doucet5917]

WOW! Never spotted ANY of these. I get sooooo immersed in the storyljne only a glaring gaff would register. 😆 🤣

[@weaksauceremy]

7:29 “especially in recent years” The sea devil jumping

[@voltage4176]

The "Wrong TARDIS" One doesn't surprise me since it has happened more then once lol

[@michaelsearle1961]

Bougainvillea does not have a perfume. In one episode The Doctor (David Tennent) goes into a jungle and fills his lungs with air and exclaims “bougainvillea I love that smell” but they don’t smell.

[@NutBreadMSMC]

in Gridlock, When Martha and that couple I can’t remember the name of are powered down and hiding from the Maccra, when Martha starts talking about how the Doctor will save them you can faintly hear the Doctor Who Theme play in the background.

[@nisa202]

I knew it! I knew something was up with which cable she cut. I rewatched that scene in partners in crime three times and eventuelly gave up, thinking it must be me.

[@biggy4427]

There are a ton in the 50th anniversary. Most notably, there is a shot of Matt’s script on the TARDIS console during the explanation to the general about the plan to freeze Gallifrey. There is also a thing with Matt’s Fez when Both of the Elizabeths kiss 10. One other mistake is where a TARDIS door is left open in one shot then closed in the next during the final scene with all the Doctors at the Gallery.

[@anthonyellis987]

Every show has mistakes. In Death to the Daleks, there's a scene where Sarah is missing though she was meant to have been chained to the wall.

[@DpacOP]

I miss bbcthree behind the scenes

[@entwistlefromthewho]

There is no car in Lord of the Rings.

[@GabePuratekuta]

Now that I know about these, I'll never notice them again.

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

7:04 You misspelled gaffe in this video about gaffes 😆

[@WorldHistory6061]

A camera man can be spotted in the stones of blood

[@williambryce4630]

Here's a mistake in Dr Who Series 13 "Legend of the Sea Devils!" When the sea bed disappears and the Doctor says "Yaz you know the ocean floor, it's not really there anymore!" Yaz then kneels down to look at the floor and the backdrop of the TARDIS wobbles!

[@Jamie_D]

I'd only noticed a few of these, and I've watched the 2005+ series many times.

[@pinchofcourage33]

When the master faces Rasslion in the end of time he use one hand but the back shot is him using the other

[@fus149hammer5]

In the episode Smith And Jones where they are chased through the hospital by the Judoon, as the doctor opens a door to escape you can clearly see the film crew reflected in the glass. 😂😂😂

[@oceantheory6268]

There is another mistake in the same episode and scene as the 'Almost People' mistake. When the tardis falls through the roof giving them an escape, the tardis is oriented so that the side or back is facing the doctor. When it cuts away an then back again the tardis has magically turned so that the door is now facing them.

[@nerdynord4315]

Another small mistake from Listen that I'll never not notice is when the Doctor asks the question, what us it that you see from the corner of the eye but it's always gone when you look? In the episode, The Family of Blood, you find out what that is, years before Listen. The Doctor trapped Daughter of Mine in every mirror, and he visits her every year. Son of Mine, when talking about the punishments of his family even says that if you see something in the corner of your eye and it's gone, it's her.

[@sarahglover3286]

Technically that was if you're looking in a mirror. Basically we find out at the end what he doesn't as he believes everyone has had a dream of a hand holding their ankle, not knowing his was Clara!

[@TheYoungDoctor]

0:30 Big Ben is the name (or rather the nickname) of the bell not the clock tower. The clock tower is called Elizabeth Tower and at the time known just as Clock Tower.

[@tshelby5212]

At what time

[@andybrace9225]

@@tshelby5212 when the scene was filmed

[@DraupnerN]

Season 8 Episode 11 when clara talks to Danny the phone shows that the phone is dialing not answered

[@thomasjohnson8391]

Next to top 10 torchwood and Sarah Jane adventures. And top unit members. And there was a mistake in evolution of the daleks. With the dalek symbols are wrong even army of ghosts they changed the sign where the void ship is

[@Sam.hjshshdhbd]

Yo next time try english

[@ShovelingJedi]

Well done, and Ellie is excellent

[@othmanalshammari2111]

The human Dalek episode in season 3 when they show the view from the empire state building balcony you can see the empire state building from the balcony of the building itself 🤯🤨😂

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

I feel like we have different definitions of the word 'hilarious'...

[@lillymaryrose7774]

Oh come on, all of us saw that green screen, we just didn't know it was a green screen lol

[@jeremyjasiak]

Some of these could be fixed when the new series eventually starts getting "Collection" blu ray sets.

[@katherinestar1831]

I slowed down to 0.25x speed and I still don’t get the ood one?

[@danthemeegs8751]

KZbin compression makes it harder to see. And it’s very slight to begin with. It’s definitely there though!

[@brainlock72]

Right at the edge of the screen, you can see the blue shoulder/arm faintly appear then move off screen. Kind of like the Predator’s invisibility cloaking. I had to rewind twice to make sure I was looking at what she was talking about, as the movement of the snow over the edge of a background building does cover it up, pretty well.

[@Neil070]

Phew, not just me, then?

[@JRHainsworth]

You sure that's meant to be a greenscreen? Given the bright yellow wall next to it, that could literally have just been the wall

[@CJ_Apparently]

One that I’m surprised you didn’t mention is in the title sequence of 12 and Bill (I don’t know if it’s there for 12 and Clara because I only noticed this in the 12 and Bill title), after the TARDIS flys out of the first clockface, a wavy pattern is released, but it disappears (and I mean literally that, no fade away, it just vanishes) just before it’s supposed to leave the screen

[@R.W.89]

Honestly. What part of the smokey bit looks like a car? I always thought, and still do think, it's just smoke from a chimney xD 1:39

[@moltenren3439]

4:58 if you look very closely at the right panel under the window, you can actually clearly see the St. John symbol

[@leviellis6954]

the wrong Tardis it could mean even the Tardis didn't want the 10th doctor to leave

[@thomasstevens2746]

I'm so rewatching these clip's after knowing This

[@doppelganger3992]

I had to slow the video to see the ood walk off how could anyone see that in full speed??

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

The time of Angels one you can actually see the St John's Ambulance logo on the front, it's just very faded. So not really a mistake. Look closely at 4:56. looks wrong for a second, but as it finishes rotating you can sorta see it. It's clear enough anyway.

[@HugeESmalls]

If the biggest continuity error in a time traveling show is having the wrong cable snap then I'd be happy But nope, the timeless child exists

[@canadiandragon2935]

You definitely would not notice those mistakes if you were not lookinging for them👀

[@Kuyjac258]

Splicing take error in Eleventh Hour during The Doctor’s big speech to the Atraxi. He chucks the obvious but beautiful little homage to Pertwee velvet jacket to the floor when deciding on his outfit. In one shot it’s on the floor. Next it’s in Rory’s arms, then back on the floor.

[@yahccs1]

I think I spotted a reflection of the moon in one episode that looked more like the moon as it is than an upside down mirror image as it ought to have been. Perhaps that wasn't in Doctor Who. I don't remember where I saw it. It just looked odd, and I had to have another look to see if it was just an image of the moon or a reflection of it! I was pretty sure it was a right way round moon instead of a reflection!

[@brianleslie19]

Surely there must be tons of mistakes in the classic series.