Sylvester McCoy Tribute: The Little Man - by Babelcolour

[@carlhenry6223]

These videos capture the essence of each Doctor perfectly.

[@BabelColour]

He's a marvellous chap. I've only met him once - in 1989 - and he was wonderful.

[@josephchambers2000]

BabelColour, I met him in 2015, he was still marvellous.

[@theremoteanater]

He is still marvelous

[@jonukwho]

My 1st memory of DW is sitting up late watching WTTW (PBS broadcast from Chicago) in the living room of my family's old house in Indiana, the year my parents divorced. It was 1988, I was 4, and Time and the Rani was being broadcast for the 1st time in the states. McCoy has since endeared himself to me as my favorite doctor. The brilliant physical comedy, rubber face, scottish accent, & the sweater vest with all the ?s. I have adored him for the past 23 yrs. This video reminds me exactly why!

[@Lythgoemania]

I know I am in the minority here, but McCoy is my favorite doctor. He is just so brilliant in his last two seasons and the audio dramas and even the first fifteen minuets of the TV movie.

[@trekkerintheoutfield3041]

I agree completely, and I feel he and Ace should should have had another 3 series at least. (I never liked Mel, this is irrelevant but I never did.)

[@josh1216]

No, I'm totally with you. I grew up watching the classic series on PBS and McCoy's was the Doctor they showed the most of. While I love all of the Doctors and their companions, Slyvester and Sophie will always be my favorite team. (Now if only Ace could show up in the revived series...)

[@pacitticlubjohnny2238]

+Robert Lythgoe He's my No.2 behind Colin

[@pacitticlubjohnny2238]

+Josh Rush (ChevalierDuReve) She could be a timelord.

[@fadingzenith3198]

Robert Lythgoe seven is my favourite too

[@seannaylor5803]

I like Sylvester Mc Coy because 1) The stories are great 2) His companions are brilliant including some of the people who help him like Ray, Alison, Professor Rachel Jensen, Mags and the Kangs 3) The villains are really scary like Kroagnon, Fenric, the Haemovores, the Destroyer and the Gods of Ragnarok 4) He is a combination of Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker and 5) The places he goes to are brilliant

[@hungrydragonvsfrightendhob7799]

I agree with the fourth reason

[@alexbruckshaw1448]

who is ray is the harmonica dude from the happiness patrol?

[@hatandbeardmedia5925]

The perfect tribute to the unfairly overlooked McCoy era

[@clone63742]

I was at a convention in Oklahoma and saw this "little man" sitting at a booth no one was visiting.I asked him about what this doctor who stuff was all about.He explained the tardis,time travel and regenerations and made me curious... doctor who explained doctor who to me.Now I'm a giant fan and am trying to write a script and maybe one day I'll be a "little man" myself ..

[@Miru_Man]

The 7th doctor was great

[@fadingzenith3198]

ArcticGuy yes he was

[@gusbaker4u]

because of McCoy, whenever I trip someone, I always make sure to tip my hat to them afterwards ;-)

[@diamondaxesp1249]

Lol! I do too:-) xD

[@johnmoraites6020]

gusbaker4u that's awesome

[@nwseaman6945]

Lol I gotta remember that.

[@urutta]

Ha! I remember this one, McCoy is one of the best Doctors out there, would've loved to see more of him.

[@theredpanda3729]

The song makes more sense when you know that Sylvester is the Shortest Doctor.

[@obscureentertainment8303]

The next doctor should be played by Abdullah Bakanhi

[@hungrydragonvsfrightendhob7799]

Pat Troughton was a close second.

[@tmartin6300]

Now Jodie Whittaker is shortest at 5'5".

[@nicholasedmeier7681]

This is still my absolute favorite fan made music video of Doctor Who after a near decade 😊 Thank you so much!

[@BabelColour]

Thank you!

[@JoelCornah]

I remember this! :D I met Mr McCoy just yesterday, too! He's such a wonderful bloke! In my opinion, the final two seasons of Doctor Who in the 80s were the best. From Remembrance of the Daleks to Survival it's all great! :)

[@LostMercenary99]

The Doctor I grew up with. Essentially my childhood hero and my Christmas had come early the day I met him at a local film festival. God bless you Sylvester McCoy. I hope you return for the 50th Anniversary :)

[@stobbi38]

he's so charming and adorable!:)

[@OldTelivisionRocks]

For such a large fandom there are few good fan videos/tributes for it. THIS is one of the rare gems. One of my favorites. It's hard to find a good song to fit. I recently did one and I think it fits but if you would check it out, I really respect your opinion. Because THIS is my favorite out of ALL the ones I've seen.-Yours are my favorites.

[@BabelColour]

Thank you very much! :)

[@OldTelivisionRocks]

BabelColour and if this ever gets taken down, please send it to me. I seriously watch this over and over. It makes me feel good. You really captured him.

[@diamondaxesp1249]

Brilliantly done! I loved the Sylvester McCoy years! He put a lot of him in his character!

[@kingrichardsfaire_1485]

So happy to see this video again! It's one of my favorites of Sylvester! The song is perfect and I'm a big fan of the 7th Doctor!

[@jacobkosh]

It's great to see this video back and looking better than ever.

[@DrWhoJr]

This is the perfect song for the 7th Doctor and Ace. Every time I listen to it, I picture Sylvester and Sophie performing it on stage.

[@Newportal1]

All that's left now is number 4 and 11 and you are set babelcolour.

[@DJ_LP_ViBE]

Happy Doctor Who Day 2023! Happy 60th Anniversary!

[@adenscoolvideos]

2024 now

[@tarantulasrus7388]

Umm... you have no idea how much I love this! This is wonderful and adorable and all kinds of ACE!

[@ChickadeeAce]

I remember being devestated when this video and a couple others of yours were deleted. I'm thrilled to see it back...and a little embarrassed that I didn't notice sooner.

[@clamhoppers]

When I saw this video in my subscription bow I got so excited...it was like Christmas morning all over again...and a break from videogame videos finally.

[@garethmorgan8326]

This film never grows old.

[@ArnoldTheFish]

Liking the new quotes dubbed on there. Although I was just thinking how I missed the duck at the start... then lo and behold he popped up again at the end this time - and quacked too no less! Fantastic.

[@kimmyb6224]

This is a wonderful video, and a brilliant tribute to McCoy's 7th Doctor. The song choice and selected scenes perfectly showcase the many fun and fabulous quirks of Seven's personality. I really don't get why (some) people diss Sylvester McCoy's take on the Doctor so much. All that I can recon is that folks are taking the shortcomings of some of the story lines out on the actor/character. He's in my top three of all Doctor incarnations. Thanks for putting this out there.

[@DarthRushy]

Kimmy B People don't like him because A) He was the captain of the ship when it went down, B) He was the most clownish of all the Doctors, C) Several of his stories were utter crap.I myself have a fondness for him, but he's nowhere near my favourite.

[@tost6956]

* one of the best

[@ZipotheThird]

The 7th doctor's kind of a strange one, the BBC wanted to drop Doctor who so at somepoint before the 7th doctor's series they cancelled the series and the fans went wild, writing in and kicking up a fuss. So the BBC brought it back but the man they cast was a completely comic actor, known for clowing and famously used to do routines that involved live ferrets in his pants. They had intended on creating a doctor so clownish and over the top that people would hate the series and stop watching and the BBC could quietly close out the series. In the end that's exactly what happened but not how the BBC expected it to go. The first episode Mccoy's performance is terrible, slap stick, over the top and foolish but what no one expected was Mccoy to become one of the best and subtle Doctors of all time, Mccoy turned a foolishly clownish doctor into a dark, subtle and masterful manipulator, doing the clownish and over the top actions to throw people off, only to suddenly turn cold and calculating showing that underneath the silly act, a brilliant and tatical mind was always at work. In truth it was McCoy who saved the series along with Ace they were able to make the very best out of a series that was never ment to survive, the brilliant acting making Candy Monster Men, Holiday Camps involving intergalatic space empires and Robot Clowns engaging and entertaining (some with more sucess than others). The BBC's plan had worked sadly, the first few episodes and early performance by McCoy turned many away, the riddiculous writing they were forced to contend with pushed other fans away and in truth the series had ran it's course, after the 1996 film bombed Doctor Who was put to rest. In many ways McCoy is the orignal Peter Capaldi, try a brilliant actor and a vastly interesting and different approach to what else has been done undermined by terrible, terrible writing and production.

[@tost6956]

The writing was brilliant and the production was too, I must just have to disagree. McCoy isn't at his best in his series but still great and hilarious. lol opinions are odd

[@ZipotheThird]

You really think the writing of a monster made out of Candy or the fact that King Arthur came out of space and had access to lasers and Morgian le fay had a nuke she was going to trigger or that the heir to an intergalatic space empire was hiding in Butlins was good writing?

[@eviltigerlily]

This video was one of my favourites. It's good to see it back.

[@danielwakefield895]

You never see how Mel is introduced into doctor who, it is just her first adventure with the vervoids and a couple of mentions about her being a computer programmer and she lives in pease pottage, she like Ace's departure will remain forever a enigma

[@Wazzok1]

"Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea's getting cold."

[@johntaylor6345]

One of my favourite McCoy stories is Battlefield. Why ? I've always loved the King Arthur legend and to have the 7th Doctor addressed as Merlin was just great. To have the 7th Doctor as a mystery man. At the end of Silver Nemesis Ace asks him " Who are you? The Doctor puts a finger to his lips not only to shush her but he was listening to live music. Great Doctor Who Ciifhanger

[@Ghargr18]

YES!!! Saw this briefly ages ago, and couldn't find it again, my 5 week search is finally over! This is epic!

[@BizarreNerd]

i love this vid it was a shame it was taken off but i am glad it is back

[@MrNodrogmot]

You sir are a genius. Thank you for sharing your creativeness with us.

[@Firmus777]

I forgot how cool McCoy was! Thumbs up for the spoons :)

[@kaimcnamee3658]

To quote the Doctor himself: "There's no point in being grown up, if you can't be childish sometimes."

[@NickHoffman3]

The perfection of this video, man...it's just...freaking perfect in every bloody way.

[@Whisper_and_Sigh]

One of my top three Doctors!

[@tost6956]

perfect tribute for a perfect doctor

[@tost6956]

It's just cause he's from the 80s, which seems to be what fandom thinks is a good justification for 'criticising' anything.

[@MrPcgamer4ever]

Excellent tribute.

[@FanRantProduction]

YES! I am very happy to see this one again this one was one of mis favs. The music perfectly captured the mischeivous nature of the 7th Doctor, and I missed it greatly.

[@JuddonMaster]

Fantastic tribute

[@Ghargr18]

THIS is what the Doctor should be. Its a huge shame he didn't get more time on TV

[@Sighs4l]

New to me and another bit of joy from the best Who video creator. Thanks for brightening my Monday morning!

[@BabelColour]

My pleasure! I'm glad people have enjoyed it!

[@Drakelx55]

Ha watching this, and I got my little Sylvester McCoy figurine on my desk :3

[@obscureentertainment8303]

I'm dressed as him!

[@rwbysoundtracks7704]

Obscure Entertainment I've got my hat!

[@dalekmoon]

Excellent! I've always thought Sylvester should have played Chaplin in the movie of the same name. I wrote to them but they had already cast someone else.

[@harrypotterfantng]

I forgot how much I loved this video.

[@Paradoxymora]

Those are, as far as I am aware, from rehearsals; Sylv wears glasses in real life. There are a few bloopers used in the video as well.

[@Greg_94]

Love this it's fabulous, Sylv was a great doctor because he developed throughout his tenure as opposed to just being the same from the beginning, first time any doctor had really done that since Hartnell

[@StelyDn]

This is a great one... Sharing on FB....

[@diamondaxesp1249]

I also love the '?' umbrella!

[@PaulloDEC]

Fantastic video Babel - song choice is a stroke of genius.

[@themadmanwithabox2216]

Brilliant Tribute.

[@newishness]

Splendid!

[@jediewok16]

Wonderful! The clips, the music, everything! It all worked together splendidly to show off the mystery and fun of the seventh!

[@TheMorrochben]

I remember this one! Say. . . could we one day see a #4 tribute? I seem to recall you having one at some point.

[@bunkerbill]

No dislikes!!! Tells you everything you need to know about babelcolour!

[@me-dc8pj]

The 6 dislikes are just the Master's alt accounts

[@dernlui1842]

@@me-dc8pj Seven, actually

[@me-dc8pj]

@@dernlui1842 Another Ace Attorney fan? That's cool

[@dernlui1842]

@@me-dc8pj Huahua

[@me-dc8pj]

@@dernlui1842 Objection! That statement was.. objectionable!

[@JaviLee36]

all right! is official, Sylvester Mccoy is NOW my 3rd favorite doctor. and the 4th one is David Tennant

[@pelamar121]

thank you for returning this , i was 8 when i first saw this tribute , im now 14 and it takes me back XD

[@Starhound]

I had this downloaded to my ipod the first time it was uploaded. I like this version much better :D

[@davidsundbaumphoto]

Meeting him this weekend in Gothenburg! :-)

[@johnmoraites6020]

I'm far more than just another Time Lord !!!!!!!!

[@gabrielmenchaca1715]

7th Doctor forever

[@frankiewilliams]

Yay...so glad to see this video again. :)

[@Stump2502]

Amazing once again Sir!

[@ArnoldTheFish]

I have it on my iPod for my viewing pleasue, so while the video quality is not what it originally was I could still send it over to you Babelcolour if you wished to reupload it.

[@vanillaorchid]

Hooray! It's back!

[@BabelColour]

That made me grin. Thanks for the compliment!

[@MasterKasterborous]

Glad this is finally uploaded again on here and I don't have to treck over to DailyMotion to watch it. With the fact that your so busy with MOE and so on it would great to see some of your older videos re-uploaded to pass the time until we see some of your new work.

[@BabelColour]

Thank you. I couldn't possibly delete that goose. It should have got a credit in the show!

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

the music is a perfect choice, great editing too. Makes me wanna go back and rewatch some Seventh eps

[@BabelColour]

Thank you! I'm glad I've been able to introduce you to it!

[@theshowbogan]

I love Sylvester McCoy, one of the BEST Doctors in my opinion!!! :D

[@RealArcalian]

And it remains awesome.

[@aperson22222]

I've watched all of those in the last year. Other than The Happiness Patrol, I thought they were all pretty good, but none had the wow factor of such favorites of mine as Tomb of the Cybermen, The Green Death, Genesis of the Daleks, Earthshock, or The Caves of Androzani. There are moments that have that effect on me, like talking the Dalek into self-destructing or calling Ace "an emotional crrrripple," but nothing that was sustained over even an episode, let alone the whole serial.

[@BabelColour]

Aw bless you. It's my pleasure to share!

[@SunniestAutumn]

McCoy is great. He has like 6 stories that are really quite bad (in my opinion) and not something to talk about, but he also has 6 stories that are among the best of the best. My favourites from him are: 5. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 4. Survival 3. Remembrance of the Daleks 2. Curse of Fenric 1. Battlefield (The sixth one, for me, is Ghostlight.) Not a greatly appreciated Doctor, maybe, but one of the show's best ones.

[@drwhoannual1969]

really good

[@BabelColour]

I'm afraid I don't have copies of many of the old videos.

[@henrymurakamisilva3602]

The Best doctor of classic era

[@justdoctor2807]

Fantastic! Thank you ;)

[@ComicsFromScratch]

Are all these tributes still on KZbin? God, I miss these!

[@BritishAlienCompany]

I recall this being taken off and was obviously very sad to hear of it! So glad it has been able to be reuploaded. I love the song, the clips and the idea of the seventh doctor to accompany it was pure genius. Love it! :D x

[@aced1592]

i can't wait for the 50th anniversary.

[@jameshill7729]

1 of the best incarnations along with 3,4,2

[@OwenDWF]

Ah this takes me back. infact, i think this video was the very first Doctor Who related video i saw on KZbin back in 2006. Definatley highlights the many reasons why 7 is my fave [Along with 2 and 11] I hope we see more golden oldies uploaded. How about "The Great Pretender" tribute of all the non canon Doctors? [The one with Peter Cushing, Rowan Atkinson, the Dead Ringers Doctors ETC]

[@dalekvoyager]

Looks like it worked! :D Didn't think i'd see this again.

[@BabelColour]

Thank you!

[@doctorwhofanboy1351]

he has got to be my fav doctor

[@BabelColour]

I don't have a copy of it. However, when I'm less busy I'll probably re-do a better one.

[@herk227]

It's BACK :D:D:D:D You have no idea how much my friends and me missed this - Thanks Stuart.

[@ChickadeeAce]

Been away from your channel for a while-- thrilled to find this is back! There were a few vids that were deleted by YT, but this was the one that I instantly missed. Thanks for reloading!

[@Companion92]

Great video. I wish seven had a longer run.

[@l_j_c_5397]

Companion92 yeah

[@jimmyjim2]

I can't watch this on my iPhone! Its not letting me. Argh! You videos are awesome too so I definitely need to see it at some point. Anyone know why that happens sometimes? That you can't watch certain videos on iPhones? I'm going to " like" this anyway, even if I can't see it lol

[@BitchyMcSnipeF2M]

I think the best adventure Sylvester McCoy appeared in was Dragonfire, I must have watched that about 20 times on VHS when I was a kid (ah, memories).

[@jzeta08]

Yaaaay it's back!

[@josephchambers6893]

Waited ages for this. Thank you.

[@BabelColour]

How very kind :)