10 Notorious Doctor Who Urban Legends

The Daleks just keep coming back- but is there a real-life reason for that? #DoctorWho

[@lemonskunk1238]

Love the fact you emphasize the importance of the 9th Doctor, Christopher Eccleston and the 1st season of the revival. ❤

[@sollybowden1357]

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[@dragonfye1]

Yes me too! While, no, Eccleston isn’t my favorite Doctor, I have NOTHING against him. He was good, VERY good...he’s just not David Tennant or Tom Baker (the two actors I consider tied for the greatest doctor of all time...With Matt Smith close, VERY close, behind them).

[@felicitymartin-porter2428]

He did a brilliant job playing the doctor. I'm sad we didn't get an extra season with him

[@HealthyObbsession]

I know right I love 9 he was my first Doctor for the new Who I'm very certain I watch some of the classic episodes on PBS as a kid but 9 is the one I really remember

[@marshmanno1342]

He is my wife's favorite Doctor, and I feel like a lot of people get so caught up in how big and captivating the personalities of Tennant, Smith, and Capaldi are, they fail to appreciate how Eccleston's portrayal of the Doctor laid the groundwork for who the following doctors are. Eccleston, I feel, made the Time War real and gave life to the sense of tragedy and soul hardening loss the Doctor experienced between the original run and the new series. Without him and how he played the Doctor, freshly returned from the destruction of his race, there is no depth of character to counterbalance Tennant's high energy, childish wonder, or Smith's cocksure playfulness. He definitely doesn't get enough credit.

[@scave6131]

I'd say Daleks were made terrifying in the Eccleston era. The episode shows how powerful Daleks really are compared to how they are shown after season 4 of NuWho. A single Dalek was portrayed as a creature which could kill off an entire city, making them one of the more powerful villains in the Who universe (and the most iconic)

[@voodoominerman]

"Dalek" and "The Stolen Earth" beautifully portrayed the most important bit of the Daleks: Dread. You can just see Ecclestons Doctor die inside when the Dalek first says his name. And when the Daleks broadcast their message to the human race in Stolen Earth, you can see the determination and strength just drain straight out of Sarah Jane and Captain Jack to be replaced with just... dread. Think about it. Sarah Jane has spent years fighting aliens threats and is about as skilled at it as a former companion can be. But when she hears that first "EXTERMINATE", she almost immediately hugs Luke and says "you were so young". One single word, and she's started mourning him. That's how you make a villain terrifying. Not through their own actions, but through the reactions of those around them. When the good guys start giving up because of one single word, you really know how screwed you are.

[@adamfoxton6341]

The referenced episode of Remembrance of the Daleks also did a good job of showing dread. At the start, the Doctor's almost nonchalant about the appearance of the Daleks- yeah, it's a Dalek, but they were expected and he's always won before. He makes the same mistake as Adam in Dalek- "THE STAIRS!" And then there he is, stuck at the top of the stairs, abandoned by his companion, a look of utter horror on his face as the Dalek advances towards him, screaming itself into a hateful murder-frenzy.

[@coolstuff1959]

In dalek it scared me When they were revealeed to have survived in the parting of the ways i was actually shocked it was incredible i knew it was coming but still

[@Gojirawars03]

Only bad Dalek story in the RTD era was Daleks In Manhattan. Everything else was fucking glorious. Dalek is terrifying, Parting of The Ways is super suspenseful, Doomsday is downright iconic (Daleks fighting Cybermen? C’mon! It’s like every Who fan’s wet dream!), and the Stolen Earth was right back to terrifying.

[@chriskuta6178]

The Dalek in Dalek was brilliantly spine chilling. I think the Dalek in Revelation looked creepy, but then you remember it was originally defeated by a mediaeval army (or was it earlier? Can't fully remember, it's been a while since I've seen the episode) and you stop to wonder how it's a threat at all.

[@gregf9160]

As a child, going ALL the way back to the 60s, I _always_ instinctively just _knew_ Daleks could fly. If they wanted to. Plus, comics of the time had Dalek flying platforms anyway so ... meh, yeah. They’ve more or less always have had this capability (or could acquire it).

[@julietfischer5056]

They had to have SOME hovering ability given the rough or uneven terrain outside of cities.

[@CaptainNemo1701]

They always flew in the comic-strips but it was an expensive effect for the BBC to do back then. Pity, since comedians can't do stairs jokes about Daleks now.

[@marshmanno1342]

Originally, they couldn't even move, outside of their city. They relied on the magnetic propulsion system of their city floors. But after meeting the Doctor (and a bunch of other stuff) they quickly mastered interstellar flight and, if I remember right, reverse engineered a TARDIS. After that, I assumed they could fly.

[@highvoltage7797]

The reason the 3 season thing exists is because Patrick Troughton told Peter Davison to do three seasons as to avoid type casting.

[@snmackenzie]

I think the story is that Peter Davison then passed that wisdom down to David Tennant.

[@ospreyphil8995]

I’m sure Davison said in an interview he wished he’d said on a little while longer? (Smith did the same thing too)

[@highvoltage7797]

Phil Henderson After the fact yes but he was very adamant he’d leave at the time. It was only on his last story when he felt he finally nailed the character that he wished he stayed longer.

[@whoviating]

There's also the fact that when Colin Baker was booted, the head of the BBC was quoted as saying "three years as The Doctor is enough."

[@highvoltage7797]

whoviating But he didn’t do three years. Technically he was in three seasons but only did two whole ones (season 22/23)

[@Pulsarnix]

The three season rule is even called the "Troughton Rule"

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

Cool

[@chin70]

That is actually why Peter Davison left because Troughton told him about his rule during filming for The Five Doctors

[@icequeen9]

The son of Stephen King? I wonder why he writes as Joe Hill then, instead of Joe King... oh right, yeah, I get it.

[@danthemeegs8751]

underrated comment ☝️

[@brianartillery]

He did start writing as 'Joe Hill' ('Heart Shaped Box' is a masterpiece), so that people didn't know that he was King's son, and assume that he was just using his dad's name to become famous.

[@BrotherMag]

Horns was twisted in the best of ways.

[@Robinem]

@@brianartillery I was about to say that actually, I didn’t know until Stephen King mentions it in an interview

[@kaithorenfawkes8312]

It's not uncommon to use a pseudonym when writing. Even Stephen King himself wrote stories under the alias Richard Bachman on a few occasions. So, Joe has at least two valid reasons for using a pseudonym instead of his real name.

[@ftumschk]

The first time we see a Dalek levitating on its own is actually one Dalek story before Remembrance. In Part Two of _Revelation of the Daleks,_ Davros levitates before zapping Orcini, and in the next scene a Dalek hovers in the air to exterminate Natasha and Grigory. A Dalek actually levitates in 1973's _Planet of the Daleks,_ but it had to "stand" on an anti-gravity platform to do it; presumably they installed the anti-gravity device into the Dalek casing later ;)

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

ftumschk also a Dalek hovers out of the sand at the end of The Executioners and the beginning of The Death of Time, from the 65 story The Chase.

[@ftumschk]

@@DanTheMan2150AD That's not the same as hovering in the air. It could have used a "shovelling" mechanism to push itself up out of the sand.

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

ftumschk what shovelling mechanism? It came out vertically...

[@ftumschk]

@@DanTheMan2150AD I put "shovelling" in inverted commas deliberately, because there's no easy way to describe it. I had in mind some kind of mechanism that grabbed the sand and pushed it down, causing the Dalek to gradually rise up through the sand. Either way, it's not levitation because it doesn't rise up into the air.

[@hulahoopone]

I was going to mention the Natasha and Grigory being exterminated by a flying Dalek too. I think it gets missed because the perspective on screen somewhat disguises the fact that the Dalek is in the air.

[@robertgoff6479]

Peter Capaldi has said that the show is a grinder and three seasons is as much as his heart could take.

[@markoconnor7163]

Little known facts: The Doctors true name was known before the 2005 reboot and does appear in the series in a couple of subtle ways over the years. Sarah Jane Smith is the companion who met the most different incarnations of the Doctor, she shared screen time with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11. The Brigadier is one of the longest running companions of the Doctor (first appearing alongside the second doctor) but he never travelled in the tardis. Cartmel master plan was much better premise than the Timeless Child... (ok more opinion than fact :p)

[@DashingSteel]

Reckoning the whole damn series into a sitcom with laugh tracks is a better plot than The Timeless Child.

[@spacegarnaal]

The Brigadier has actually traveled in the tardis, in Mawdryn Undead

[@jonathanklein383]

Nitpick: sarah jane got 2 spinoff series, the other being the unremarkable K9 and Company

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

It wasn't that bad. I mean I was pretty young when I saw it but I thoughtt it was okay. That was the one about the winter solstice and all that, right? That's all I really remember, come to think of it. :)

[@Sillimant_]

I liked Sarah Jane adventures, probably helped I was young

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@Sillimant_ Yeah, the series was clearly made for younger viewers than the main series. That said, what I saw of it was actually pretty good even for older viewers. It was a little weird that the one kid was named Rani. :)

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

K-9 & Company had more promise than Sonic Lipstick.

[@jacobc3107]

3 including Sarah Jane’s Alien Files

[@cracklingice]

Gotta say. I was devastated when David Tennant left - but they freaking nailed it with Matt Smith. They had me at fish fingers and custard. It was just so wild and out there that I simply couldn't think about ugh this isn't David.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

When I was a kid and was super obsessed with the classic "Doctor Who", it was still going on and I wanted to grow up, become an actor, and play the Doctor, despite being American and from Texas. I was a kid, what can I say?

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Didn't Colin Baker briefly move to Texas after he left ClassicWho?

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@TheJeremyHolloway I don't know. That's the first I've heard of it but I will be checking it out. Still, its a big state so even if did the odds of my running into him would have been small. It would have been amazing though.

[@gateauxq4604]

@Chris McWilliams saaaame

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@gateauxq4604 I guess we all did. I'm actually working out a similar character of my own, kind of like the "Orvill" is to "Star Trek".

[@alyzu4755]

"Allons-y, y'all!" 😊

[@muhammadyahya2542]

An acronym for Husbands of River Song is HORS

[@theeleventhdoctor2043]

Harmony Shoal=Music and Water=River Song?

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

With Husband Of River Song Explained no rude acronym there

[@muhammadyahya2542]

Haralds Mey thanks for that haha

[@leonalistair2915]

google translate it from french to english

[@JJ-bp1yp]

Lol but this is real weird!

[@D50Music]

Usually an actor who plays the Doctor goes on as long as they want, unless their name is Colin Baker

[@garold8222]

They did colin baker dirty

[@frankmelito4324]

That comment is so wrong, and Colin Backer being my favorite of the old who doctors it's so true

[@NewhamMatt]

@@garold8222 Most of the things people hate about Colin Baker's tenure were more the fault of John Nathan-Turner and his less than stellar roster of writers (with a couple of notable exceptions).

[@Richard_Ashton]

@@garold8222 I saw a video of Brian Blessed talking about how Colin Baker was given no guidance as to how his character should develop and it left him 'twisting in the wind' (Other songs by popular beat combo 'They Might Be Giants' are also available).

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

Colin is unpopular - Fire him Jodie is unpopular - give her a 3rd series

[@nerdfatha]

Moffat's era was filled with fun convoluted storylines, but man did he know how to run an enemy into the ground. Daleks and Weeping Angels went from "Oh cool, I love these guys!" to "Oh, again? Feels a little shoehorned in."

[@surfdigby]

Daleks levitating? - Fine Dalek's swooping through the air like a TIE Fighter? - No thanks.

[@julietfischer5056]

Controlled drop from aerial platforms is cool.

[@Croftice1]

Come on, "The Stolen Earth" was a nice episode, so was "Doomsday", or "Day of the Doctor" (the Time War portion shown on Gallifrey), slowly levitating is so last century, Daleks wouldn't be as effective, if they only could levitate. They were said to be able to exterminate TARDISes, how could they do that, if a TARDIS flew around? By levitating and slowly targeting it? No way! They have to had the ability to chase their prey.

[@gavandeathe1373]

3 series rule ... every one mentioned but mcgann and John hurt

[@Novasky2007]

They do look rediculous and the effect always looks cheap - which to be faiir does sum up most Who effects.

[@eeli-iivaritampio5776]

I mean that's only the logical extension of Dalek flight ability, if your race is basically already a bunch of tanks with incredible firing power and they gain flight of course they're gonna employ the best tactics with this ability

[@zaccarpenter621]

One that went around in my first school (Yes I'm young) during the tennant era was that Classic who was non canon because they and I quote "never referenced it" despite it being the same year that Sarah Jane (Rest in Peace Elizabeth Sladen) made her reappearance along with the history with the daleks being mentioned and referenced in Dalek. I was always the one to debunk that Urban Legend because I grew up on Classic Who before New Who started (remembrance of the Daleks being one of my favorite Doctor Who episodes) so while 5-6 year old me didn't know much, I still knew that Classic who was still canon

[@dack]

All those 6 year olds debating about who canon

[@linusovery-smith4246]

Not to mention the fact that the master mentioned axons in the last of the time lords

[@julieeverett7442]

classic who was always canon, I find it funny these kids cant count, why is the first modern doctor 9th not first. Yes classic is very different, its pre time war

[@zaccarpenter621]

@@julieeverett7442 umm kinda. The time war was going on during classic who but it was very much in the background. Also this was 2005/2006 where the internet still wasnt great for 5/6 year olds.

[@julieeverett7442]

@@zaccarpenter621 not really, 4th fired the first shots in Genesis, 7th definately had something to do with it, blowing up scaro. And some of us actually watch tv/video and not the internet for every little thing, what is some one that young playing there on a regulat basis anyway?

[@krab1791]

What Matt Smith did was allow Adults in the US to bring their kids into Doctor Who. Unlike in the UK, kids weren’t the audience for Doctor Who. The audience was primarily adults. But Matt Smith was very young and many kids were better able to relate.to this day my now 20 year old, who started watching Who with Matt Smith in 6th grade, still thinks Matt Smith is the best Doctor. I believe that is why Who “blew up in the US”. We had more room for growth.

[@gabj4290]

K Rab I’d have to disagree about kids not being the audience in the uk. I started watching it when I was 9 (2008) and so did a few of my friends who are into that stuff. They also sold dr.who magazine, cards and sticker books that we all ended up collecting. Even my parents watched dr.who when they were kids. I mean it’s a lot scarier watching it as a kid. It’s definitely more of a family show, Sarah Jane was more of a kids show and Torchwood was for adults

[@XlittleXdrummerXgirl]

Smith I believe happened to have more merch associated with him; I at one point had the 9/10 sonic screwdriver, a David Tennant cardboard cut out (he was our unofficial sci-fi club mascot) and a few books from the 10 era but not much else; Smith got LEGOs, action figures, cosplay accessories, actual commercials during the show advertising everything... I might just be misremembering/underestimating how much merch there is for all the other Doctors, but I wonder how much of Smith's popularity was tied to being able to show off via merch

[@gabj4290]

Kathy Garner smith definitely had a lot of leech because of the popularity. But there was still plenty of 9/10. I had the action figures or 10 and rose, loads of posters and other bits. And alien toys, Dalek and k9 robot toys too.

[@philadelphiawhovian5641]

u all raise great points ) i always thought it was bc Smith and his era, from his look, the feel of his episodes, his companions, and his behavior, naturally had a more international appeal for kids/adults everywhere. ontop of the fact, that yeah, his era could appeal to kids (he met Amy as a little girl, and he went back in time to get to know Clara when she was a kid... we even see Rory as a kid eventually), and yeah, there was definite merchandise, but i always felt that maybe it was also bc of Smith. Eleven was the doctor who gave u the most sense of 'i could travel with anyone, no matter where u r from/who u r/how old u r. as long as i think u r great, i'll travel with u. he felt like the doctor who was 'everyone's friend'. but that's just a theory, of course. :)

[@dantethecomputed569]

I grew up waching doctor when I was born which explains alot

[@theevildalek5425]

TOP 10 MISSING DOCTOR WHO STORIES PLEASE The 97 Missing Episodes need more attention and I won’t stop commenting until it happens

[@WhoCulture]

We hear you. 👀

[@theevildalek5425]

WhoCulture ...I got a reply *I GOT A REPLY!!!!* 🎇🎉

[@JAProductions494]

The Evil Dalek congrats 😊

[@JAProductions494]

WhoCulture my favourite HAS to be Celestial Toymaker if you don’t count the animations. If you do then I may have to go with either Power of the Daleks or the Faceless Ones

[@theevildalek5425]

Mario Bowser494 #MattBaynton4NextDoctor Top Missing: . Power of the Daleks . Marco Polo . Evil of the Daleks . The Daleks’ Master Plan . Fury from the Deep Those are must talks

[@william...1]

the first regeneration was also made by mistake when the effects manager discovered a flaw in the software which cause contrast to briefly flood the screen

[@tannisroot]

there was no software back then

[@lokimitchell9505]

Oh shoot Joe Hill wanted to write a Doctor Who episode? I'd have totally wanted to see that. I really enjoy a lot of his books.

[@julietfischer5056]

If the Beeb folks were worried about the 'vibe,' the episode could have been set in the United States or on another planet.

[@gateauxq4604]

It’s not like the Doctor hasn’t gone to the US before …several times.

[@ssjduelistDD]

Chinball! *shakes fist*

[@gateauxq4604]

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[@DaveHorgan.]

Lsd is nothing like reliving your most painful memories lol

[@XtheGreat]

It can be sometimes but also it fails to be a super negative thing. It's an odd hat. I'll be eternally grateful for having ever done it, as well as overdoing it a few times lol

[@thatrhynoguy]

I just felt ridiculously giggly and everything just looked amazing lol

[@thatrhynoguy]

Harrix oh it definitely did that aha but the trip itself was 6 hours of pure bliss aha

[@r.g.o3879]

The fact we are watching and talking about Who today is because of Christopher Eccleston being as good as they were along with Rose Tyler her mother, Mickey and of course Captain Jack. The show became a huge hit and made a whole new generation fans of the show. "Are you my Mummy?" And dancing with Captain Jack are some of the best all time episodes, plus who can ever forget the sad little pig in clothes running upright through the empty hospital as a way to start the series. Without any of that we would not have a show today

[@firepots5530]

The LSD legend is pretty false, sorta. Bad trips can be horrific, but you dont go full flashbacks ahaa, just a general sense of impending doom and some pretty menacing patterns. Source: a no good recreational drug user

[@qorso]

@Yung Atz Official lego yoda?

[@zeallust8542]

@Yung Atz Official you just havent had a bad trip yet.

[@tickledeggz]

@Yung Atz Official Ketamin is actually really good for balancing out an acid trip. Absolutely horrific substance in any other situation though and you should probably stop doing it before you lose your personality and bladder control (like i did).

[@WhoAmi-kt1qb]

its got to be DMT for me its so easy to extract and sooo much more intence ok its not long lasting but i find that to be a good thing its lasts as long as your keep making it u hav a bad trip on that stuff you know it aint lasting 8 to 12 hours i grow shrooms too so if a more lasting trip is required then i just munch a few of them

[@seanryan3020]

As someone who has taken more than his fair share of acid in his 20s, I can confirm that the flashback thing is generally not true. Maybe someone experienced it at some point, but that would be an exceptional case.

[@yepimafanatic]

Speaking as a lifelong american and Who fan for the last 4 decades, I can explain why Who blew up during the Matt Smith era. He was Just. That. Good. Tennant got everyone's attention, Smith kept it and was unique enough and brilliant enough to keep it. I have loved each Doctor in their own way, (Jodi included, but not Chibs. ugh.) And I can tell you that Tennant lit the fire, but the young man with the ancient eyes is why Who exploded here in the states.

[@eweaving]

I LOVED remembrance of the daleks, one of my faves from McCoys era.

[@JJ-bp1yp]

Ace beating up a dalek IS my highlight from McCoy's era!

[@GreymansGoose]

Speaking as someone who is a Stateside fan, used to watch the classic episodes on PBS, what back when that was the only way to watch it... I can tell you that most of the people I know who actually watch the show, really got tuned in when David Tennant became the Doctor. Our main problem has always been availability. We would love to the time have to watch it in syndication, and the show kept moving from channel to channel, as if the doctor would get bored on one channel and decide to move to another. For a while, all of the new who was available on Netflix, then the doctor got bored and moved to Hulu. And then all at once, none of our streaming services had it available. And it was like that during half of Smith's run, and pretty much all of Capaldi. It, of course, doesn't help that most people would cutting cable, so BBC America wasn't really widely available unless you were paying cable prices. Fortunately, HBO's streaming service has the entire run, so some of us can get caught up. But it's been a difficult Road for some of the American fans.

[@GreymansGoose]

@@OneTrueScotsman I'm not a huge fan of monopolies... But I really miss the days when everything eventually ended up on Netflix. You might have to wait an extra year, but there was a time you knew that just about anything you watch would end up there. And in general, there was no interference from Netflix as to the type of content they carried. Just about every thing involved with Disney has to have California ideology built into the DNA somewhere, and California lives in a bubble. They prefer to go political over story... And what I mean by that is that, they don't manage to make whatever political narrative they are pushing intrical, subtle, or good for the story. They just shoehorn it in, and leave us questioning why they bothered to put it there, because it doesn't make any sense with the rest of whatever we're watching. Sorry for the rant.

[@nekomissy595]

Steven Moffat and Russell T Davis are such legends. Neither of them is a perfect writer, but they were absolute fanboys having fun and it shows. The Chibnall era lacks this buddies writting club feel. Chibs can be awesome, but he needs to relax and have fun. I also wish he assumed his Cartmel Master Plan nerdiness, and maybe invite the man himself back on the show ? We can always dream, but it would be funny to have Andrew Cartmel get rid of that "f*cking screwdriver" in an imaginative way ^^.

[@patchworkfellow4262]

Stevean2 calm _down,_ dude! People are allowed to have opinions!

[@WyxienTheFox]

@Stevean2 Jesus Christ, did Chibnall kick your puppy, or something? Sure he's not a perfect writer (no one is), but you don't need to be telling people to stfu just because they have a different opinion than you. I, personally liked the _idea_ of the Cartmel Master Plan, they just chose the wrong person (they should've chosen the Master, imo). But calm down, and save your breath. Yelling at people on the internet isn't going to change anything.

[@litteralyjustsam5262]

@Stevean2 yikes I don't like chibnalls writing but you are acting so childish lmfao

[@ianmiller6040]

@Stevean2 Why are you so angry? Who pissed in your morning cereal?

[@litteralyjustsam5262]

@Stevean2 Yeah I know but that isn't Chibnall himself from what I've heard, also wow you got so offended over me calling you childish... Maybe you are childish. You're not really presenting yourself well here. I dislike his writing because of forced diversity and shit like that but you're acting like a bad Doctor Who showrunner is the same as Hitler. Chill bro. I know you're going to somehow get offended by me saying "Chill bro" or "Maybe you are childish" because you're an idiot. Also there's a difference between opposing someone's views and telling them to "fuck off", especially over a TV Show... lol.

[@MrChristopherMolloy]

I became aware of NEW Doctor Who only as a result of seeing promos for it while watching Top Gear about the time Matt Smith got the role.

[@toniecollard752]

I absolutely loved this video, thank you for making it

[@KINGTAZER117]

Resolution’s Dalek would be a lot better if it wasn’t defeated by a microwave

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Oh my God, I forgot all about that. Still, back then all sorts of things were fouled up by microwaves so I guess the writers thought it made sense. :)

[@jacobhogan3208]

“Back then” ?

[@lanapowell]

@@jacobhogan3208 Yes, the distant past of 2019. But, in defense of the microwave defeat, that Dalek was originally defeated with a bonfire.

[@JJ-bp1yp]

@@lanapowell TBH Season 11-12 were AWFUL Don't defend it!

[@avengingterrier3244]

Excellent video. Extremely entertaining. I'm a hardcore Dr. Who fan since the Pertwee seasons, and just loved David Tennant. I was utterly devastated when he 'had to go' and delighted when he came back for the cameo with Matt Smith and the late, GREAT War Doctor, John Hurt. And as an aside, when I was at Oxford (University of Oxford) in the seventies, somebody did in fact 'bongo' me with LSD and it was a trip I would never want to experience again. You know how the titles in classic Dr. Who were designed to have 'streamers' coming off of them which moved and flowed as the playback moved and flowed? That was how an LSD induced visual looked and felt. I would not recommend it nor wish a repeat of it.

[@RedMadMichael]

Hello there Rich! Urban Legends are my favorites!

[@FixFilmsLtd]

Ha-ha - "Captain Prick Adam Mitchell!" Great list! Really enjoyable and informative video.

[@waziotter]

A bit more on the 3 seasons “rule”... Peter Davison knew Patrick Troughton from something they’d worked on together. Troughton advised Davison to leave after 3 series to avoid being typecast, and Davison took the advice. He then passed on the same advice to his son in law - David Tennant. That’s why Tennant changed his mind about staying on for the extra season.

[@jeremybiwer8756]

Ah Rememberence of the Daleks is one of my favorite episodes.

[@skyediann3399]

I don't get how so many people overlook/haven't seen Remembrance of the Daleks, forget being a good dalek story, it's one of the best episodes in who history.

[@gateauxq4604]

It’s not NuWho so some people think it’s not canon 😒

[@seanalbro3689]

When I did lsd, it was nothing like that. I felt like my skin was dancing

[@speedy316uk]

1. Christmas/ New Year Specials are considered part of the outgoing season so yes the Daleks have been technically used in every season since the revival 2. Colin Baker didnt film a regeneration scene because he had just got the sack from Doctor Who and was rightly pissed off about it! He has said in recent interviews that it was petty and stupid but his idea of him doing the first episode of that season and regenerating at the end seemed like a suitable compromise

[@EverestBlizzard]

That whole thing of regeneration being living your most painful memories gives a new meaning as to why the Master screamed while regenerating into John Simm's version.

[@MarvelX42]

In just the third appearance of the Daleks they were seen on The Mary Celeste on different levels of the ship, ie; some were up stairs and some were on lower parts of the ship. They were not shown moving up or down those stairs, but they had to have gotten up and down them somehow. This episode was shown in 1965. So anyone who says anything about Daleks not being able to get up and down stairs has no damn idea what they are talking about.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

That was a hilarious scene, all the Mary Celeste passengers were so damn scared of of the Dalek’s that they _jumped_ _off_ _the_ _ship_ straight into Davy Jone’s Locker!

[@MarvelX42]

@@Popcultureguy3000 TBH The Daleks are freaking terrifying. I don't blame them.

[@tubian323]

7:34 Not to mention the fact that Sydney Newman who came up with the concept of Doctor Who was Canadian!

[@SuperFunkmachine]

Or that the first director, Waris Hussein was Indian.

[@SteveSmith-wk9dx]

And while still qualifying as 'not American' the co-writer of "An Unearthly Child" was Australian.

[@Squicx]

Remember Jonah Bevan from Torchwood? Remember when Jonah said he saw the ground burning and there was a man that saved him? Well the fanbase thinks this was the 8th Doctor and he homed in on the rift energy and found Jonah burning there and he saved him. Jonah Bevan later said the ground was shaking. People think this could have been the ground shaking but it makes more sense that he was picked up and placed into the TARDIS and we all know he can't fly it steadily so... The ground shakes...

[@markprior2278]

Glad to see someone big up "Remembrance of the Daleks". Love that story.

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

good ole 7

[@ZlothZloth]

Dalek power rises and falls. In the very first story they showed up in, they had to travel on metal. A wooden floor could stop them, never mind stairs. The very next time we see them, they're rolling up out of a river. P.S. If Ace had become a Timelord, the Daleks would have lost the Time War and lost badly!

[@JJ-bp1yp]

Just arm everyone with Baseball bats!

[@jacksworld3629]

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[@brandonmccarthy1611]

Loving the podcast

[@whoviating]

Re Daleks levitating: And yet there was still that moment in I think it was "The Chase" when Ian says "Lots of stairs. Daleks don't like stairs."

[@just_kos99]

In "The Chase" (first Doctor), a Dalek is on an upper deck of a sailing ship, the stairs quite visible. We can infer that it levitated to get there.

[@julietfischer5056]

And you have to make similar inferences every time they're not in the shiny corridors of a building or spaceship, or on well-kept roads.

[@jesseszymcik3026]

I love this video!

[@doctordeufall5937]

I love your channel, it may not have millions of views but it gets the job done

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

At the height of Tom Baker's reign as the Doctor back in the early 80s was the first attempt to launch an American version of Doctor Who. NBC's choice for The Doctor? Michael Jackson. If Wakko Jakko ever changed his mind or became unavailable NBC had a back up... Bill Cosby.

[@FlagCutie]

ugh! This all feels so wrong!

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

Ian Samuels Bill Cosby was guilty, Michael Jackson wasn't. And don't you ever call him Wacko Jacko. If you do, then you will be exterminated!

[@TheMultiGamerOfficial]

Honestl, MJ as a Doctor sounds fun.

[@joeydrewstudios321]

I don't think I want to travel in a Box with Bill cosby...... Like ever......

[@alessandrac7573]

That should just never happen. We don't need an American version. And I speak at an American. The Brits are doing a fine job. Usually the US takes awesome British shows and makes them worse. See: broadchurch and the list goes on and on....

[@Cuddleshock]

"Captain prick Adam Mitchell" remember how he thought he was a genius?

[@julietfischer5056]

He may have been a genius, but that doesn't mean he had even the common sense of an inbred Chihuahua.

[@Croftice1]

Lot's of really clever people (not even geniuses) are quite useless in social life, or in everyday situations, being a genius doesn't make you a Superman in every field. I know some of clever people, who are pretty useless outside of their primary specific area. Adam might have been a genius about computers and whatnot, but how much did he know about a Dalek? Basically zero knowledge. "Yo, there's stairs, now he's stuck, cannot reach us, na na na na na, crappy tin can" "Activating levitation" "Oh crap"

[@shoresean1237]

For the longest time, it was said that the 1981 Happy Days animated spin-off 'The Fonz And The Happy Days Gang' which had the cast lost on a time-traveling ship (no joke, they did this) was a reworking of a rejected Doctor animated pitch ABC Television made to the BBC. The Happy Days animated showrunner has confirmed that this was not the case.

[@alyzu4755]

I first saw "Remembrance of the Daleks" at a Who convention in 1988. It hadn't aired on PBS in the U.S yet, so for most of us it was our first viewing. There was a huge gasp, followed by cheers and applause when the Dalek levitated. 😊

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

“The Contractual Obligation of the Daleks” Nope! Nope, nope, nope. I’ve resisted writing fanfic up until now and you’re not going to get me to do it. Not even with as funny a title as that.

[@ProfArmitage218]

Elements of the Cartmel Masterplan were incorporated into the New Adventures novels that were published after the cancellation of the show, particularly the novel "Lungbarrow". The Doctor was revealed to be the genetic reincarnation of a Time Lord who worked alongside Rassilon and Omega to create the foundations of Time Lord technology and society, but chose to let himself be forgotten by history. He threw himself into the genetic "looms" that Time Lords use to reproduce, got absorbed, and was reborn as The Doctor ages later.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

I hated that. Why create a retcon character called "The Other" when it would've been much easier to have claimed The Doctor is Rassilon with amnesia and a new regeneration cycle? The only cool thing about it was implying "The Other" was Peter Cushing's human "Dr. Who" who crashed his garage-built TARDIS on ancient Gallifrey. I'm not even going to address the stupid Looms.

[@philtiger68]

I really like you and your comments. You are a star and bang on.

[@franl155]

"Dalek" was my first time seeing a Dalek levitate, and, I imagine, a lot of other people's first time. But I checked, and found that it wasn't the first time they'd done so.

[@tangentslayer]

I remember reading that the Five to Six regeneration was inspired by the Beatles song "A Day in the Life"

[@ftumschk]

Correct!

[@yancylake2019]

Wow!

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

the beatles- Lucy in the sky with diamonds

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

imagine Dr Who without Elizabeth Sladen ? You sir I'm going to feed to a swarm of angry Daleks for suggesting such a thing !!!!

[@padoco73]

I was fortunate enough to meet Elisabeth Sladen. Three times. Possibly the nicest woman I think I've ever met. The world is a lesser place without her in it.

[@JJ-bp1yp]

@@padoco73 OMG She died whsn I was 3 so was never blessed with that priveledge but Good on you for managing it!

[@campgalore]

Great video. One urban legend I read, or maybe it was just a suggestion, was that Leela was the Doctor's Mother. It would have tied in nicely with the Doctor who Movie, where it was stated he was half human, so I quite liked the idea, and fitted in with the fact Leela was last seen on Gallifrey romantically involved with a Timelord. Of course that could all prove a bit tricky now with the latest Timeless Child business

[@anthonybernacchi2732]

That was hinted in the novel "Lungbarrow" by Marc Platt. (The Doctor suggested that Leela name her unborn child after him because the child had a human mother and a Time Lord father.)

[@MrDarthT]

A Dalek is also seen on the upper level of the Mary Celeste in the classic story "The Chase". "Planet of the Daleks" showed a Dalek using a levitation disk to chase after The Doctor and a group of Thals.

[@katheryne-bois]

For the LSD part! Let’s say that they based it on a BAD LSD trip, if you do it well, a LSD trip will never do that! And even on a really high dose, a BAD trip as bad it can be would never be like that! Been there, done that!

[@roddygrant9122]

Yeah but don't do hallucinogens if you have mental health issues it don't end well

[@hamoostaffat]

@@roddygrant9122 psychedelics can actually have very good effects on a lot of mental health problems, the sooner this myth is put to bed the better, maybe a few more people will get the help they need in the future. No they are not for every one, most definitely not, (neither is paracetamol), but they have helped many people out of very dark places in their lives. This is where we need better testing and research moving forward.

[@roddygrant9122]

@@hamoostaffat not if your in an acute phase of a mental health illness they don't. You need strength of mind to trip and a mature brain. The research into micro dosing ect ect is so limited that it has yet to gain much traction in the psychiatric community and intact is more ridiculed than anything else, not that I say that's s good thing just a fact ! Its main use would be in conjunction with cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of personality disorders, addiction, abuse recovery perhaps but needs far far far more research and some high profile backing from celebrity physicians.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

Potential Spoilers.... I dont get, why so many people overlook "Remembrence of the Daleks" its a cool Story, we see Daleks fly for the first Time and we hear the "Clocksong" from Matt´r run, for the first Time. Even Creepier this time "Fiiivvveee , six....... seeevvveeennn, eight......there´s, the ....Doc....toooorr.....at! the! Gate!" + we get to see, the Dalek Battlecomputer is a 10year old girl, how cool is that. Sylvester McCoy mentioned the "Masterplan" in a Potcast earlier this year. It was planed, for the Doctor, to be "The Other" one of three Godlike Beeings. He alongside Rassilon and Omega created Timelord Technologie and society. Rassilon was the one who came up with the Power to regenerate. Limited to 12 for all Timelords exapt the three or himself....Omega was the "mad" Scientist who came up with weapons, such as the "Hand of Omega" or the "Moment" (Day of the Doctor) they were stored in the Omega arsenal thats why the War-Doctor knows about it. The Other was the one who made the Tardis (in some versions its Rassilon too) abd the moral stuff. But after Time, his companions god mad by power and the Other could not bare to watch his friends go insane. He changed his name into "The Doctor" took his granddaughter and left his friends and his Godlike status. Thats were the series kicks in. There have been hints all the Time. Brain of Morbius. Many people claim you see Morbius faces BUT when you look closly you can see, Morbius faces are yellow lighted the Doctors are orange. During the 6th Doctors run it was said, the Matrix stores Memorys but can not be inluenced, But the Doctor is able to "blast" the Matrix by plugging himself into it. The 4th Doctor did that too, also 13. Later in Rememberence of the Daleks, Ace asked the Doctor something like "Could they really do that powerfill stuff back in the days?" And the Doctor answers "Oh back in the Days we did unspeakable things.....uhm...i mean...they did" later that season Ace is asked by a villian "Do you know what the Doctor is?" Ace said "He is a Timelord" and the villian shook her head. Idk about you,but i like this version better then Chibnals version.

[@ftumschk]

Actually, the first time we see a Dalek levitate unaided is in Colin Baker's "Revelation of the Daleks" (Davros levitates, too). The very first time we see a Dalek levitate is in Pertwee's "Planet of the Daleks", but it needed the help of an anti-gravity device to do so.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

@@ftumschk Well i would argue about the "official first Time" First Doctor second Story, we see a Dalek "rise" out of the Sand ;)

[@ftumschk]

@@thomasnieswandt8805 I wondered about that scene, but it's not quite the same as floating in the air :)

[@carlbruschnigjr1757]

@@ftumschkAnd that because Pertwee made a comment about the Daleks mobility when he became the Doctor. He said something like 'The Daleks are the most useless silly things. When you're being chased by them, all you have to do is run up a flight of stairs and they are truly screwed."

[@Marcsharp82]

An Urban legend is that in the 70s Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts did seriously consider doing a UNIT spin off with the Brigadier and Benton

[@padoco73]

What about the rumor that Richard Hurndall, who played the First Doctor as a stand in for Hartnell in the Five Doctors, died before he was paid for appearing in the episode?

[@BrotherMag]

That's horrible if true!🙁

[@monstermanalex1313]

Well,I made My girlfriend watch Doctor Who, last night....I woke up, to find her home, on her lunch break, watching Doctor Who. What Have I Done....

[@mgthestrange9098]

You must marry her immediately!

[@BrotherMag]

Mischief managed!

[@treknology1068]

Three seasons is/was a standard initial contract. Many companions also followed this pattern. A Dalek first levitated on a separate disc in "Planet of the Daleks". "Remembrance" simply saw that disc integrated into the shell.

[@brandonmccarthy1611]

Absolutely Love you Rich! 🥰🥰

[@r.a.foster1279]

How about the big one, Amy pond back in time eventually became Clara’s grandmother. Go

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

How about Dr Who has been retconning classic Dr who for years example: Clara

[@PatheticAesthetic11]

Best acronym I can think of is Twice Upon A Time...

[@blackphoenix77]

TUAT? 🤔

[@katecoll2519]

Black Phoenix that would be pronounced like twat.

[@Lankizzle]

@@katecoll2519 or... it would be pronounced Too-At...

[@codaboi138]

I saw a formal professional looking top 10 Dr Who video by 'Whoculture' and I thought it was gonna be a bland plastic presenter talking about inoffensive things, but to my surprise this guy is such a cheeky git and said fairly controversial things for the who fandom I cant help but love everything about this vid. Subscribed.

[@theentity5201]

davros was seen hovering in revelation of the daleks and daleks were rumoured to have been able to fly as early as the chase

[@jackantrobusofficial]

These are really interesting. And I've heard Matt Smith at one point was going to stay in for series 8 and he was going to go down darker portrayal of The Doctor after Trenzalore. But I dunno what's true lmao. Also. I like The Timeless Child. It's just my opinion. Please dont shoot me I understand why people hate it but I like it

[@user-qg2zk8bb3o]

I like the idea of Master appearing to be The Timeless Child more, so concept itself is not that terrible, but the application is kinda meh. Like all those hints during season 12 felt so unnatural and brought out of nowhere

[@jeckjeck3119]

I liked it too, I only wish we had more of the full picture. Series 12 only gave us half of it. All in all, it is foolishly overhated IMO.

[@user-qg2zk8bb3o]

@@jeckjeck3119 well, i dont think you can "underhate" the full retcon of a 60+ years of show history shown in 1 episode without any actual valuable context. Its like a plot twist just to have a plot twist

[@jackantrobusofficial]

@@jeckjeck3119 I understand why people hate it tbf. And in fairness it depends on how series 13 goes because if they do nothing with it then it'll be a big disappointment. But yeah imo series 12 was solid. Some awful episodes but also some good stuff. Also imo

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@jackantrobusofficial If they just dropped it, I would be really disappointed.

[@RainbowLegion]

It is only the 5th Doctor's regenration that is meant to resabmbe and LSD trip

[@julieeverett7442]

because he was poisoned and it was so bad he didnt think he was going to make it that time

[@DenniWintyr]

In a memo from 1966?

[@julieeverett7442]

@@DenniWintyr dont remember that one

[@DenniWintyr]

@@julieeverett7442 That was the first regeneration, from Hartnell to Troughton, & the memo about it being like LSD was from 1966, so it couldn't have been referring to anything later than that

[@julieeverett7442]

@@DenniWintyr ok

[@fasdfdsdfs]

I didn't realize it until recently, and when I did I found it amusing. David TENnant played the TENTH Doctor.

[@anthonybernacchi2732]

I think I noticed that the moment his casting was announced in 2005!

[@Concreteowl]

Daleks first levitated on screen in Revelation of the Daleks. And clearly could go upstairs as early as The Chase. Also it's Rose in Dalek who assumes the Dalek can't go upstairs not Adam.

[@snakedaemongaming6590]

daleks could go up stairs long before remembrance but couldn't be enacted I'm a fan of the cartmel plan and personally I think it still would of worked, oh let's do that shite again goes the bbc, something fans hated before, but the key with the cartmel was subtlety, hint here,hint there that the doctor was more didn't we have trouble with the prototype, I know your secrets and the fact that a class villains were being fazed out and being changed up for battles with the GODS of ragnarok and FENRIC, the ANGEL light and the DEMON destroyer of worlds

[@notevenirish]

The Timeless Child has forever ruined Doctor Who

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

underrated comment

[@CaptApril123]

I still think that's the Master messing with everyone..

[@notevenirish]

@@CaptApril123 I really really hope so

[@Godless_Guru]

Yup

[@mrjekyllandhyde9941]

@@CaptApril123 If the master is messing with everyone then all the racial and gender representation which was envolved in it which Chibs is so keen on never happened. Doesn't sound much of a chibs move to me

[@drufan9]

I think the biggest factor in the "Three Series Rule" myth has less to do with Troughton telling the producers that, and more to do with Troughton giving that advice to *Peter Davison* when Davison took the role. But even then... while yes, Davison only did three seasons, he had to make the decision on whether to do a fourth season before he had finished making his second season, and he wasn't particularly happy with his second season. Davison has publicly said had he gotten the scripts for his third season during his second season, he probably would have done a fourth. And of course, Colin rather infamously said when he took the role that he wanted to break Tom's record, and Sylv was intending to return for a fourth season when the plug got pulled on the show.

[@DrBagPhD]

The Daleks were implied to levitate back in 1965, in The Chase they're shown on parts of the Mary Celeste that were only accessible via steps! And then of course you have the Planet of the Daleks ventilation shaft scene, although admittedly the ability to levitate wasn't built in at that point.

[@DenniWintyr]

"Oh, I'm far more than just another Timelord!" - The Doctor to Davros, Remembrance of the Daleks (in the colonies, I think that line got cut out of the UK broadcast). Along with him mentioning working on the prototype of the hand of Omega with Rassilon & a few other bits, clearly the master plan was already being seeded. That memo sounds like a description of LSD from someone who's not only never taken LSD, but has never met anyone who has, either.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

There was a line cut from the later Doctor Who TV Movie where The Master mocks The Doctor over that former claim after The Master discovers The Doctor is half human. I really liked that along with the deleted scene where Chang-Lee accidental hits a crow while driving the ambulance and that angers The Master. Another thing that didn't get done - that Phil Segal wanted to do - due to budgeting was adding all of the Classic Doctors to the scene where the Eye of Harmony displays the 7th Doctor to Chang-Lee and The Master. The budget took a major hit when Phil Segal and Universal discovered that the BBC didn't own the rights to the Doctor Who theme music and Segal insisted upon paying a hefty price to license its use from Warner. That also nixed the plan to include K-9 in the movie [since the BBC also didn't own the rights to that character either], not to mention only being able to briefly mention the Daleks separately from their updated "Exterminate" voices for the intro scene where The Master is allegedly executed...but I digress.

[@gateauxq4604]

To be fair (kind of) the whole movie and trying to make Doctor Who an American production was a terrible choice so that could be why the Boob doesn’t want Joe Hill to write Who. OTOH the Beeb licensed Who out to US production companies so that dumpster fire also lands squarely on their shoulders as well. Paul McGann was done dirty too but he at least got a few amazing curtain calls.

[@zaarthwren]

So what do you think about the three series rule now

[@timidwolf]

Prior to Remembrance of the Daleks, Davros is also seen hovering in Revelation of the Daleks three years earlier. Not a Dalek I know, but it would be likely the same tech is used throughout the Dalek forces!

[@marsf6080]

"During the Moffat Era"- gotta say that nah, I remember people speculating that before that. The point I specifically remember is the Tennant Specials, when they just shove one dalek scene in Waters of Mars in such a way that would've fit perfectly if it were true

[@bensimmons8042]

Lis Sladen was a bloody brilliant actress, always missed

[@danthemeegs8751]

agreed

[@markhorton2920]

@@danthemeegs8751 I agree with your agreement.

[@sknfmsmr]

@@markhorton2920 i agree with you being agreed with the agreement

[@fdolarhyde]

I come frome the future and Jodie left doctor who at season 13th... Maybe the 3 season is a thing

[@chriskuta6178]

I love how he mentions Remembrance for the floating Dalek, but forgets, or at least didn't mention the Doctor slipping up and telling Ace that "didn't we have trouble with the prototype" for the Hand of Omega, in that same story, as a bit of proof for the Cartmel Masterplan.

[@HandofOmega]

FWIW, after the series was cancelled, many of the writers (including Cartmel) would fully enact the Masterplan in the 7th Doctor novels, so it's possible to see what they were going for. I dug it at the time, as it was Answering Questions and Filling In Backstory, all stuff I loved at the time. Now, I'm glad it didn't get made canon, for much the same reasons The Timeless Child is bad for the show (altho TTC is much worse, IMO).

[@Amber-Chaos]

I was at a panel for Joe Hill at a con about a year ago, and he told that 'no American writers' story.

[@highvoltage7797]

Did people love The time of the Doctor. The regeneration was certainly handled well but everything else is so meh.

[@TempoKong]

I love every bits of it

[@leem4386]

i adored the whole episode

[@theanarchistocelot1620]

Ye

[@Rougarou99]

I loved it, but having all of the mysteries wrapped in a neat little bow all at once is something that not a lot of people enjoy, though I do.

[@themasteronhigh1665]

as a stand alone episode, it's shit. As a series and 11th doctor end point, I feel it works.

[@connormountford]

You don't like most of Chidnalls episodes, we get it, you don't have to make snide remarks every single entry

[@bazzamckracken588]

If you don’t like it don’t watch it. Also most people don’t like the Chibnall episodes so you’re gonna have to get used to people hating on them

[@monkeybone1080]

Yes he does. Chin balls and the BBC has outright destroyed Doctor Who.

[@johnnyparker1258]

Agreed, the snide comments get tiresome, it just seems utterly unnecessary to keep bringing it up in every video

[@drufan9]

Also, any such list of Who urban legends (especially ones with absolutely no basis in fact) is incomplete without the rubbish that the Kameleon robot was simply found by a dumpster outside the studio, and JN-T just thought, "Hey, let's work this in!" That one's particularly frustrating because the REAL story behind Kameleon is SO well documented, but it keeps coming up.

[@bethanyalcraft4855]

I remember watching Dalek as a child and just loosing my mind when it levitated up the stairs haha

[@tomf3150]

"ELEVATE!"

[@RocRolWriter]

Here's an "urban legend" for you--two of them actually, though they're similar--and they're kind of a spinoff of that "only Brits can work on Doctor Who" legend. I'm writing an entire series set in an alternate Earth, and the show of Doctor Who exists in that world. I've also invented several races that have "lesser versions" of the Doctor's abilities/habits (some form the ultimate travelling caravans and divide their years between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres like Arctic Terns, and some transform with the seasons to look like totally different people at different times of the year), and the legends both say that the Doctor himself was based on those races' abilities (the debate is if people of those races wrote it themselves, deliberately exaggerating their skills for dramatic effect, or if people _not_ of those races wrote it and simply misunderstood where the limits were). Is the collective legend true, that the Doctor is based on those people? And if so, which side of the legend is correct? I don't know yet, I'll need to do more research on Doctor Who and worldbuilding in my storyverse; with how my world is set up right now, if the collective legend _is_ true, the travelers and seasonal shifters most likely wrote the show themselves.

[@rahmodin9209]

Bruh, that's just cringe

[@RocRolWriter]

@@rahmodin9209 ???

[@jadominek7116]

The most notorious urban legend is that Chris Chibnall is not a hack :P

[@jadominek7116]

@GamingWithChu He is, and every DW episode written by him proves it, unfortunately :/

[@monkeybone1080]

I've tried to find evidence to suggest he isn't but unfortunately nothing has come up. I think we can put this one to rest and agree that Chin Balls is indeed a hack.

[@monkeybone1080]

@GamingWithChu I'm not a pro football player either but I can tell when a player misses a goal. Chin Balls missed the goal when writing for Doctor Who, being accomplished for one thing doesn't mean you're great at writing for everything and to assume otherwise? now that's being childish.

[@monkeybone1080]

@GamingWithChu It's interesting you argue it as success rather than spite, which the BBC has done for years. Or do I have to remind you that Doctor Who has lost millions of viewers yet it continues?

[@monkeybone1080]

@GamingWithChu And where are you getting all this information? where are your sources? and on what planet is losing over half the viewing figures over the span of a couple of seasons a good thing? Know what I think? I think you're just blindly defending it for one reason or another. Saying a bunch of bull because you feel you have to. Of course if you can back up your claims and prove me wrong, I'll admit as much myself.

[@rosemarypaul6093]

I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for doing it. Any rumors when Chibain will leave? A new head writer can rewrite the Timeless Child like the Doctor fell asleep and dreamt it all. Like they did on the old 19 80's TV show, "Dallas"! It's been a while now and I still can't wrap my head around that dumb episode.

[@jb888888888]

Waaaay back in "The Chase" the Daleks were implied to be able to fly or leastwise to navigate stairs, though it wasn't shown on screen. When the Daleks take over the ship _Marie Celeste_ a Dalek or two are shown on the upper deck, which is only accessible by stairs.

[@unrelatedshark]

Petition: we no longer accept series 12 as cannon Story breaking issues: 1)Time Lords be dead 2)Doctor is like time lord god now 3)The master prob died in that last bit