Day 5) The Ballad of Russell & Julie Reaction!

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[@collectingmemoriesyt]

John Barrowman is infamous for pulling his pants down at a moment's notice. He admitted in Doctor Who Magazine he had flashed all of the cast of the series 4 finale at some point, aside from Sarah Jane since he didn't feel it was right to expose himself to a childhood hero. That's what that joke in the song was about.

[@sallyatticum]

Catherine and David have both mentioned it at comic cons, as well..... Catherine talked about it at the Dallas one I attended... when John crashed her panel....

[@iz723]

Dammit John

[@tmehtyrannosaurus]

BARROWMAN!!!!

[@ListerDavid]

Billie has joked about it too saying that David wins out of him and JB stating his nickname is David Ten-inch! Lol

[@MrRjhyt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYaUYot7opKDhKM

[@archive9796]

The photo of the lady on the desk when Catherine is playing Julie is Verity Lambert the first Dr Who producer. But I’m sure you’ll learn more about her later

[@mauricioramirez8817]

Borgin & Burkes Antiques Shop I didn't know that. That's so cool.

[@quietdemon8138]

Mauricio Ramirez yeah she was always hitting the male dominated world and made the show a huge success in its first 3 years in the 60s

[@daisy6545]

So we ignoring the profile pic and name orrrr

[@TheRedLittleGirl]

Also, fun fact, even though people love putting Moffat and RTD against each other, they're both great friends, and email each other and talk about the show frequently, joke around about it, and RTD's farewell column to Moffat in Doctor Who Magazine was so touching and amazing.

[@archive9796]

This song is a parody British female comedian Victoria Wood Song The Ballad of Barry & Freda kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHesZn2ilK6kqac The actual song is about .. two middle aged people wanting to “do it” but being British & middle aged not really feeling it

[@DaveF.]

Well, Freda is _ definitely _ feeling it. Often on the bottom with a rolled up Women's Weekly.

[@archive9796]

Cathrine Tate sang it at a comedy concert for charity kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLXfGx3gK2tZq8

[@archive9796]

Dave F beat me on the bottom

[@Cires789]

Everybody needs a hobby. :-)

[@JustB3NJI]

The doctor who never mind the Buzzcocks special is so worth watching - Tennant Tate and Cribbins. You will laugh so hard - Tate is totally drunk...A reaction would be fun, but reaction or no reaction, you need to see it!

[@archive9796]

Is Davros the one who looks like a prawn

[@JustB3NJI]

I like Prawns.

[@ashlmtl]

Agree!!

[@kirk5152]

www.dailymotion.com/video/x70t2dm

[@seapea7402]

Tate, Tennant and Barrowman being hilariously brilliant in this excellent homage to the then departing showrunners Russell T. Davis and Julie Gardner. Lots of in-jokes but well worth a watch and great to see your reactions :)

[@isaacc7]

Pretty sure Barrowman does musical theatre.

[@LuvSlushie]

isaacc7 He does! I saw him in a panto two days ago, it was amazing! X

[@martynnotman3467]

isaacc7 barrowman IS musical theatre darlink!

[@murdermcmurderface]

He was in ‘Phantom of the Opera’

[@julieeverett7442]

among other things yes

[@battlegirldeb]

I know you already have you videos planned. I hoping that you react to Catherine Tate and David Comic Relief sketch from her show. They did this before she was on the show.

[@paindepices4939]

Debra Battle the one where Lauren Cooper "aksk" the English teacher if he's The Doctor?

[@agnw000]

It wasn’t before she was on the show it was after the Christmas special but before she did series 4. He was also in a Christmas special of Nan she did which was also hilarious. I do think you need to be aware of her characters before hand to get the full effect

[@ashlmtl]

I agree. Would still love her to react to it though. I feel like Lauren would need a british eye to be completely understood, she's a very british character.

[@bat8046]

@@ashlmtl I love her so much. I'm from the states and I have to watch each video like three times to hear everything she's saying, but it's so worth it lol

[@alex_gaimar]

The Planet of the Dead was filmed in Dubai. Lots of references here.

[@sallyatticum]

John Barrowman ends all his comic con panels with a song.... . And sometimes a dance....

[@paullyboy1970]

I loved the original song by the late, lamented Victoria Wood when i first heard it back in 1985... and nearly collapsed in joy when I saw Barrowman, Tennant and Tate do their version of this! THANK YOU!

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Well spank me on the bottom with the woman's weekly, it's about time someone mentioned Victoria Wood.

[@BrokenWhispers11]

I'm definitely curious to see if you're going to react to the Five-ish Doctors Reboot this month since it has to do with the 50th anniversary special. When I saw that I found it so entertaining and I'd love to see your reaction to it someday :)

[@TheRedLittleGirl]

Aw, I'm glad you enjoyed that! And it was fun to see it and remember. Some info on it! This was, as you said, for the wrap-party, and it was never actually meant to be published online or made official - hence some of the references and inside jokes not always making sense or being a bit tongue in cheek, and maybe not appropriate for a wider audience. And yes, all three of them have had some experience with musical theatre. John Barrowman has done musicals as well as released albums, and David Tennant and Catherine Tate were the main characters in the musical version of Much Ado About Nothing, and sang a bunch in that. The way they're all three such great friends, I love that. The song itself is a parody of an older comedic song, which would be more obvious to a British audience (so not me, I found out quite recently).

[@miaskys1410]

Did you just say “He can sing?” 😂😂 He was on broadway, does musicals, and has an album 💓

[@RCanadian]

A great tribute to Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner who we must thank for bring doctor who back.

[@UncleMilo]

I didn't realize you hadn't seen that before! So glad to share your seeing that delightful vid!

[@cooleymovies]

The line about the cause of fire was a menthol was about the BBC archive were doctor who footage and some props was kept caught fire and lots of classic episodes were completely lost

[@sallyatticum]

I thought it was a fire at a restaurant in Italy... or something like that.. They talked about it on a DVD commentary. Been too many years, can't remember the details.

[@sallyatticum]

Not sure if this is the fire that they were talking about... but... I looked up the fire in Italy..It was at the Cinecitta Studios in Rome. . In his book, RTD jokes about it, wondering if Phil had dropped his cigarette when he went out for a smoke. He was hoping someone had gotten footage of the fire that they could use in the show.

[@cooleymovies]

Laura Kay I just found the one I meant the studio for top gear caught fire in 2007 (was used for doctor who like three times) and the archive was destroyed 70s or 80s by accident

[@sallyatticum]

Ha. I see. I think David says the studio in Rome's ablaze, though.... (edit: now that I remember it was a studio and not a restaurant, it's clear that's what he says.)

[@sallyatticum]

The restaurant story was about the mouse....

[@fluoxetoon]

I know this video’s 2 years old lol But something reminded me of it and I had to rewatch. On the subject on John singing, back in the late 90s, I saw the (then-brand new) Disney’s Beauty and the Beast musical on the West End, and he was the Beast/Prince :)

[@elizabeths50]

I thought it a cute send off for Julie Gardner (Producer) and RTD . Thought would have been perfect for making RTD laugh. I couldn't believe you did a reaction ot this, but it was so funny. The look on your face at, the start, is why we watch reactors. It was priceless. LOL

[@DiscussingNetwork]

Agreed!

[@ojwh1933]

Oh my gosh, yes! After a day of essay writing, I was interested to know what today's DWD ('Doctor Who December') would be and excited when I saw it was this. I love that they put the effort into making that as well as the '500 Miles' video, giving credit to people that deserve it.

[@ms_scribbles]

If you ever are curious about some of the more obscure references to behind the scenes moments in this, and are in the mood for a book, I'd highly suggest you pick up "The Writer's Tale", which is a book of compiled emails back and forth between RTD and Benjamin Cook, who was a writer for Doctor Who magazine at the time. The original edition of the book only went from when Russell started writing Series 4 (about when S3 was just released) to the end of Series 4. I'd suggest getting the second edition, which goes on to encompass his writing and filming of the Specials. It's a really fascinating look into the mind of a script writer. And, it really does show how Julie was the hero of the RTD era.

[@Bobzilla456]

Yes. This! It was amazing how chaotic the production was (and still must be!). And I am quite convinced that half of the production problems in the Moffat era were because nobody could adequately replace Julie Gardner. The steadiness of the RTD years was entirely down to her. I think both Russell and Moffat were quite similar in how they ran the show, both were quite late at finishing scripts, but Moffat didn't always have the right execs to be on hand to help. The production around the 50th seemed to be quite bad. The other exec producer left the series in quite a rush, (I think Moffat tried to push her into the crack in time). It did seem to steady down after that though.

[@yungathart7801]

Really fun video! Love the insider jokes and tidbits throughout the song! Really loving this December, Jess!

[@starprincess66]

This made me so happy to see you react to this! I don't get most of the references either, and yet this performance still makes me laugh so much. When I first saw this, I had the song stuck in my head for days... Your reaction when David said, "images of Johnny B getting his c**k out." HAHAH. You were like, what???

[@trunksGav]

3:18.. incase you didnt know both Russell and John Barrowman are gay

[@Dalek63]

trunksGav why are so many people gay?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@iz723]

John is Bi

[@ReallyBritishOne]

Barrowman is gay (by his own admission, he described himself jokingly as "the gay icon of the universe"). His character, however, is bisexual or pansexual.

[@zeugl1271]

trunksGav don't panic. Russell, John, Mark Gatiss are three. Billie, David, Catherine, Freema, Steven Moffat, Matt, Karen, Arthur... I lost count.

[@ZakJordan98]

Josh Jenkins Omnisexual actually, Captain Jack would have sex with anything that moves

[@Elnont]

John barrowman still manages to sound so good even when just joking around

[@scottsanders5950]

I'm going to have that song in my head all day now lol!

[@timelordess1]

John Barrowman is a singer as well as an actor! He has a couple of albums out! This parody always makes me giggle. It’s based off a song by the late comedian Victoria Wood. I prefer this to the original ;)

[@ChristopherZavalaVlogs]

Did you know that John Barrowman grew up in the 1970s, living in Aurora, IL where I live. Until he moved to Joliet and graduated from East Joliet High School in 1985

[@michaeldeery9014]

A lot of this was based around Russell T. Davies and Benjermain Cook's book, The Writers Tale. It's a correspondence between the two during the writing of Season 4 (the paperback version includes the Specials.) It's clear from the book that RTD has a love/hate relationship with writing. He puts extreme pressure on himself and is a bag of nerves while writing. That's why he's constantly saying be ca t do it because that's how he genuinely feels when writing. The jokes about Skins and Russell Tovey also come from the book

[@eirei0789]

Yes! Yes! I'm so happy you saw this, and even reacted to it. You did not comment on it, but I do hope you got the gist of the song; a comedic re-enactment of the Russel T Davies and Julie Gardner era of Doctor Who, up to the end of series 4. This song and play is indeed one of the best love letters/thank you's ever made by a show's cast to their writer and producer.

[@ms_scribbles]

Julie Gardner. :)

[@eirei0789]

lol, sorry! Edited now. Apparently I got that wrong for the longest time.

[@matthill3293]

"I don't think I understand that reference" Someone did a silly thing in front of some close friends at a party which was then called into question 15 years later despite it being joked about at the time.

[@procrastinosaurus-rex5720]

3:18 "BARROWMAN!!" *shakes fist*

[@brucehaven1]

A version of the late great Victoria Wood's the Ballad Barry and Freda look for it on You Tube Wood was a comedienne actress and writer who produced some of the most highly acclaimed British comedy shows ever . She used to finish her live stand up shows with this song. The original is wonderful if like all Woods stuff some of the references may not be familiar to American audiences. I don't doubt that Catherine Tate in particular would have idolised her without Wood female comic actors like Tate would have probably found it much harder to get on TV

[@craigoconnor6662]

I was going explain a few references, but everybody else already beat me to it. A Doctor Who themed video every night: You're going to spoil me!

[@Nasser851000]

Also known as Doctor Who the Musical XD

[@kkentertainment5279]

ctl eurocollege makes me wonder if she'll do the Hillywood show parody

[@markmckeown87]

She did that on Patreon a while back

[@archive9796]

No Doctor Who the musical is Dr Who and the Pirates

[@emmybm15]

Yeah John is a huge musical theatre actor here ❤

[@curtinparloe]

I've never seen that, it does go on rather! Great reaction for day 5!

[@wardjunior1450]

I fucking love this.

[@eyeofhorus3286]

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! I wanted you to do this so much!

[@battlegirldeb]

Not what I guess, but I still love this one. David and Catherine are so fun in this video. No one told her that John Barrowman is a Broadway singer. Watch him in Putting it Together on KZbin it's a revue show of songs from different Stephen Sondhiem musicals.

[@jamestodd5052]

John Barrowman has a great voice and has released loads of albums. He even has a song about Jack and the Doctor at the end of one of them

[@paindepices4939]

I didn't know about this before last year when I watched Catherine Tate singing the original song : The Ballad of Barry and Freda. Thanks the KZbin suggestions ! 6:15 I use the "I can't do it" gif all the time 😂😂

[@krimson8317]

You should do a top 10 Mickey moments in Doctor Who :D

[@SGlitz]

John Barrowman is a Variety signer. He even had a show and has been on The West End before.

[@firefly24601]

John Barrowman is a triple threat and great entertainer! If you ever get a chance to go to a convention where he has a panel, DO NOT pass up that opportunity. He really gives fans their money's worth; so engaged and funny and full of anecdotes, sometimes cross-dressing, periodic "kilt checks" for those willing to be inspected by the scotsman. It goes into overdrive if Eve Myles (from Torchwood) is on the panel. Those two together is like an R-rated Will and Grace episode.

[@DravenGal]

"He can sing!" Uhhh, yeah, LOL! John's a major stage performer (sometimes even in drag, looking better than most women!) and has his start in "Anything Goes"...I remember because my sister played the character of "Bonnie" in that musical when I was a child (and apparently I used to dance in the aisles, as I was only a toddler and amused the cast to the point where'd they'd have to stop acting from laughing so hard. Oddly, my dancing still has that effect!) Here's him singing that theme song in Torchwood! ckzbin.info/www/bejne/nV6Wi3xobZV4l6c But yeah, look him up **BARROWMAN** (shakes fist) is every inch a performer And I have a theory that he is actually Adam Lambert's father, somehow, some drunken party or something, because not only do they look alike, their personalities and flair are extremely similar too! But John has quite the biography! www.johnbarrowman.com/biography.shtml

[@JustB3NJI]

Hazard free excursion to Sunny Dubai - Remember the damaged London Double decker bus? They took one all the way to Dubai by boat, and then broke it.

[@sallyatticum]

And then had to move it into the desert. lol

[@jackvieiraoficial]

I have a suggestion: pls react to "doctor who cast and crew 500 miles"... It's kind of a CELEBRATION of Tennant's era, I absolutely love it!

[@glazierblue573]

Apparently the actor who plays Jack was well known for walking around naked on set inbetween filming. Thats what David meant. Lol

[@franl155]

This is based on a song by Victoria Wood, where a man keeps finding excuses to refuse a woman's advances. Catherine Tate did it, too. - wouldn't be surprised if this version was her idea

[@SuperCregster]

Do a reaction to the KZbin video "Doctor who cast sing a Christmas Carol"!

[@SuperCregster]

Or a "Comic Relief - Cathrine Tate & David Tennant"

[@shallendor]

This was a magical video!

[@gilanes]

Everyone needs to watch wholock

[@archive9796]

All Consuming Fire?

[@badwolfproductions181]

You don't have to post that on every single video you know lol

[@alexandermills9965]

By By John Smith

[@wizardlizard4496]

yep, one of DE BEST edits ive ever seen.

[@lepermessiah9984]

I’d actually never seen that before. How bizarre to watch something whilst also watching Jess react at the same time...

[@timloomis2671]

That was fantastic... Donnas best scene since she was Doctor Donna

[@poppytownend]

Yesss! I love that video 😂

[@aikrichter5403]

if you are interested,just lookup John Barrowman here on KZbin,there are a lot of clips with him singing. He had a saturday Night Show for a while,which he usualy opened with a song. and some clips of him on Stage are also to be found. "i am what i am" is recommended in particular. .. That would be this btw: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5WnaKGHlK1jkJI

[@jaymorrison4886]

sesskasays react to david wins lifetime reward you wont regret it

[@matthill3293]

I still haven't got over her reaction to Jack's appearance in Fugitive. And the way she just returns to normality for about a second half way through the screaming "Ya missed me right?!" "ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHAH HHHHHHHHHHH WHAT IS HAPPENING AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH...He thinks he's The Doctor...AHHHHHHHHH AHAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!"

[@archive9796]

I guess you’ve got to check out Doctor in Distress now Yes I’m evil

[@senorgooba7360]

ITM 31 no No NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kkentertainment5279]

ITM 31 that's just too far

[@ZakJordan98]

Oh God no! That was such an embarrassing way to try save the show from being canned. All that accomplished was make the Dr Who fandom look really sad and pathetic

[@bletheringfool]

No! Don't do it! And this coming from someone who paid cash money for a copy at the time!

[@SunniestAutumn]

PLEASE! It's downright iconic!

[@zeugl1271]

You did it, you did it tonight!

[@chanceneck8072]

Perfect audio!!

[@deebeedaydreamer]

Hooray! Fantastic video.

[@nomnomnom55555]

Ooh, if you're doing Doctor Who songs, you should definitely watch The Doctor is Dying by Chameleon Circuit.

[@AudiRSQ]

Not seen that before, it's brilliant!

[@francisbartoszewski5504]

Genesis of the Daleks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@simonbeaird7436]

Did anyone notice the photo of Terry Nation on one of the desks?

[@YTJRBC2]

His albums are currency in london :V

[@bythebreach]

oh, I see what you did there :)

[@YTJRBC2]

fiveish doctors reboot is really underrated!

[@bythebreach]

Is it??? Everyone adores it, including me!

[@Wipeout325]

The Revenant Chainmaker not underrated, not very well known perhaps? I only found out it existed three years later.

[@hilzabub]

Thanks! I had never heard of this.

[@DominicBandicoot123]

You should watch the Doctor Who Special of The Weakest Link!

[@DiscussingNetwork]

As big of a Doctor Who fan as I am, I have never seen this! (Kyle)

[@madelinebirt]

You should definitely watch the season 5 bloopers!

[@genemroch7059]

Matt Smith was on late night with Seth Meyers. See if it's on demand or look for his interview on Seth's you tube site

[@bethanyp2731]

Have you done any Torchwood reactions?? Love your videos!

[@chadamwilson8268]

Can you react to "Doctor Who - Entire Cast and Crew 500 Miles" at some point please? It makes me smile every time but cry as well because it was the last time we see Liz Sladen as Sarah Jane on Doctor Who. RIP :(

[@markmckeown87]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZfEZKKepcqHns0

[@Dalek63]

This was so funny!!!!

[@rozamunduszek4787]

I know it's been almost a year but I wonder if you've seen the original "Ballad of Freda and Barry"/"Let's do it!". It's hilarious

[@cargo71]

Four years later, but... Catherine Tate did a version of "Ballad of Freda and Barry" too...

[@chanceneck8072]

I have never even heard of this!

[@Thornus_______]

Poor dear didn't know how to take the Johnny B reference

[@Payne2view]

I'm going to have to be one of those saying its based on The Ballad of Barry & Freda by the late comedian Victoria Wood - about a couple, only one of whom felt amorous. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHesZn2ilK6kqac Lots of British references you may not get.

[@Hugofreddie]

You are such a sweetie . Love this reaction

[@geoffmason7215]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOEL CLARKE (MICKEY !!!!!!) 42 DEC 6

[@dylanshadowstar9779]

Now I hope she reacts to the cast and crew dancing to 500 miles.

[@jaymorrison4886]

she has

[@dylanshadowstar9779]

How do you know?

[@badwolfproductions181]

It's on Patreon

[@martaszewczak7515]

Bad Wolf Productions It's on her YT channel as well :)

[@badwolfproductions181]

Ah, couldnt remember if it was public or not :)

[@yongadog]

How about a reaction to Arthur Darvill performing "Falling Slowly" from " Once ".

[@solseventhorizon]

Loved it!

[@warrickjfoote9650]

Yes he does

[@trunksGav]

Reminds me, you should watch and react to Being Human (UK) one day and Humans

[@theoddllamahorsecavepanda1818]

That intro bro!

[@Dalek63]

Hey sesskasays, can you react to The Garo Studios hello universe doctor who parody!??????? Please?

[@kalakritistudios]

I am here at 10 Likes

[@Fozzimodo]

Not sure how you could react to this Jess as it's nearly an hour and a half long, but you should still check it out. I love the music in Doctor Who and over the years there have been a few "Doctor Who at the Proms" concerts. Here is the show from 2010. videa.hu/videok/zene/doctor-who-at-the-proms-hangverseny-ki-vagy-doki-aPvnCxC9pmToeJ7h

[@JeronisLeror]

I know this is almost a year late, but Russell T Davies is gay. So is John Barrowman. It was a running in joke that Russel and John had, despite them both having partners that they were the only openly gay people on the Doctor Who team.

[@JeronisLeror]

And then later Russell Tovey is referenced because he is also gay and has a 2 episode recurring role

[@logitinker7561]

Been watching this clip for years and I've got to admit this poor lady has absolutely no idea what is going on. No need to tell anyone the original song but it was re-done by Victoria Wood as a bit of a ballad about married life (from the woman's view lol), throw in the conflict of the Dr Who producers, a lot about Wales and the odd bit about gay men, awesome, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Victoria Wood fan who's from Caerphilly!

[@gregweatherup3649]

Jessica - there’s a new tribute video about Mickey by Margarita Life kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGrHXoJpraegmpI

[@loyalMagicGamer]

Check John barrowman in cats oh yes he can sing

[@lewiebainsfair7939]

YES!!!!!!

[@vishalsipley6421]

Nice vid jess

[@pzpete]

Check out the original by the late Victoria Wood, just as entertaining.

[@amyreid5911]

doctor who is my favrit

[@BradleyS95]

I really hope one of your videos is reacting to Lauren Cooper and David Tennant! It's hilarious XD kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3mke2eMe7ini6c

[@johnshorey9139]

Did you think it was sweet?