The Wire Is HUNGRY! | The Idiot's Lantern | Doctor Who

[@laff2024]

I feel sticky just looking at all the gel in David's hair.

[@Ailumer]

omg your userpic!

[@KingOfTheInterWebs]

Hey Trott! :P Jk.

[@waterlubber]

Laffalot Who has more gel, Tennant or Jake Long? :P

[@chasesong2212]

waterlubber I vote Jake Long

[@Silverwind87]

He dressed for the 50's.

[@DrClay999]

"Good lord, color television" ....Yeah, don't mind the evil alien who is threatening your very existence...

[@marylee7211]

DrClay999 creepy espisode

[@RealBadGaming52]

DrClay999 well as stated in Doctor Who , the mind rejects what it can't understand , the concept of Actual Aliens in the 1950swas hard to grasp

[@oneillegalboi8547]

Why would an American watch doctor who

[@philipyouds3031]

@@oneillegalboi8547 Why wouldn't they? Millions do.

[@gbat]

@@oneillegalboi8547 I am Russian and I watch Doctor Who. What is your problem?

[@JDT_XXIV]

I actually think the wire is one of the creepiest villains in Doctor Who, the fact that you don’t know what it’s real form is and this is all we see of the Wire

[@mousermind]

*its real form its = possessive it's = it + is

[@JDT_XXIV]

@@mousermind Do you have nothing better to do then to go through Doctor Who videos and pretend to be smart by correcting people?

[@Mono_Entertainment]

To be fair, the empty child was scarier

[@MrWhatWhy]

I think some of the creepiest are the shadows from silence in the library (I forgot the name) and the monster from midnight.

[@jackbrennan2208]

​@@Mono_EntertainmentI thought Blink was scarier!

[@redacted7731]

The Doctor has such a growl in his voice when he's angry Is it wrong of me to think it's kind of hot?

[@carolinek9053]

Nothing's with thinking David Tennant's hot. Nothing at all

[@beautieegirl4136]

Everything with David Tennant is hot. Everything.

[@Daioblis]

You girls are thirsty.

[@1nk_edd]

Kyra Lexmond you do know he is supposed to be like 900 years old right

[@theyaden]

Perhaps she just likes a guy with experience. ;-)

[@emmaclarke4518]

this scared me when I was younger it just terrified me they need to make dw more terrifying

[@tomderby7759]

Emma Clarke I agree

[@GhostLightPhilosophy]

Emma Clarke The only doctor who enemy that ever scared me were the slitheen.

[@GhostLightPhilosophy]

4chan memes TheSarah Jane adventures made them scary especially in the school episode.

[@haroldfarthington7492]

The only thing scary about Dr Who now is the writing.

[@brurheme]

i can agree

[@MrAshdavid100]

The Wire was an underrated villain. I would have liked to have seen more episodes of her.

[@jameshanley4271]

definitely underated, I had many nightmares as a kid about her

[@joshcoyle3804]

Yeah me too I wish she could return to Doctor who with nucti gatwa

[@Wolfencreek]

"He's armed and clever" Doctor Of War: "What're you waving your screwdrivers around for? They're scientific instruments, what're you going to do assemble a cabinet at them?"

[@maxschwitzer9390]

well if you're an electrical impulse trapped in a television and some idiot with a box and a screwdriver comes along and disassembles you, you're in biiiiiiiig trouble

[@bennywark3103]

"Not water pistols"

[@Njenkin]

Love the spooky ones. Maureen Lipman was great in this... as was Tennants hair. :p

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Reminds me of how I gel my hair up!

[@Silverwind87]

He intended to see Elvis.

[@DarkBandicoot]

I think most of this episodes budget went on David's hair. :p Joke, pretty good episode. I remember the "going my way doll?" that the Doctor said. XD

[@illmexi7967]

"good lord coloured television" xD old people be like!

[@joshwaring7772]

Stfu

[@Hoodied]

Piss off

[@DalekTheSupreme]

That is a legitimately creepy villain with a great performance. Made me afraid to watch TV for a while the first time I saw it.

[@AndrewChapman]

"HUNGRY! HUNGRY!" I'm hungry too. I am hungry... for more Doctor Who.

[@dutchvanderlinde8814]

Love how the guy in the hat didn't care she was an alien but the fact that the TV was in colour

[@MegaSean45]

The Wire looks like a recurring villain but she only appeared this once. I wouldn't be surprised seeing her again!

[@DedricSilva]

I agree, but I think she's busy right now as she's on Coronation Street. And usually when your in a Soap, you can't do other movies and shows

[@kristofferahern78]

Can we all appreciate the length of this video?

[@dooplon5083]

Appreciated.

[@donnythedealer2571]

420 blaze it

[@hitara5053]

legs HAHA XD

[@Gandalf_the_White]

4:19?

[@crashfan9997]

I don't understand what's special about the length

[@hm4654]

This was one of the scariest doctor who episodes when I was young

[@joshuaa_77]

The Doctor's make-up artist must be over-excited

[@theincrediblewolverine1364]

Can't believed Parker betrayed international rescue to work with the wire

[@sameoldsatellite]

God, that movie was awful.

[@theincrediblewolverine1364]

+Death By Exile yes, yes it was

[@thenemesis8438]

I love how the Detective is amazed by the portable TV but not the Sonic Screwdriver the Doctor is using

[@ethribin4188]

To be fair, he doesnt realize what it is. All he sees/recognizes is a stick with a light. A portable television thouvh he both recognizes for what it is, and that its ahead of his time.

[@spaceman7594]

R.I.P best doctor

[@grumbu5]

Spaceman for me matt smith was the best doctor

[@freddieclarke851]

So true ... So true :'(

[@mtr801]

Peter Capaldi

[@DartLuke]

cottoneye steve all Doctors are good, except last one.

[@Jmaul85]

Matt Smith for me.

[@doctorwhofan1989]

Good episode, but the way she kept on saying "hungry" all the time grated my nerves. It was completely unnecessary.

[@MsSkywalker]

I know,it got annoying after awhile.

[@Hyper58-j9o]

SHE WANTS HER NOM NOMS

[@MsSkywalker]

Lol :D

[@Happydancer9]

It's just creepy..

[@saucefreakystyle]

that's the point, she's an annoying little alien

[@Artymorty_124]

Before the Waters of Mars this was the episode that left me truly traumatized-I couldn't watch it again for years. There was just something so horrific about the way the wire feeds-all you can do is stand there and scream as it sucks out your life essence and brain energy😟

[@thequillster]

David's hair is looking extra gelled this time around...

[@RGWProductions]

This was my first EVER episode of watching Doctor Who. After this, I was hooked! :D

[@radhika2526]

Good for you. My brother showed me Blink. Then Empty Child. It wasn't until mum stated that he had the wrong season on, that I viewed it as a non-horror.

[@bennywark3103]

Good choice

[@BPBrutalPenguin]

Miss David :(

[@music_harlowevods9933]

I have to agree.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

Only he (or possibly Tom Baker) can make licking something the default interaction without it seeming weird. Also, he looks great in 3D glasses and a blue pinstripe suit.

[@BPBrutalPenguin]

Damian Freeman Agreed.

[@ProphecyPhrase]

I must agree with you.

[@codylayne9919]

I like Matt Smith he is funny especially in his first episode , Eleventh hour

[@OTownNews]

“Armed and Clever”. I want that on a Tenth Doctor tee.

[@youngclueless7364]

When you realise that Tommy is played by Rory Jennings from The Kick Off 😂😂

[@JJskywalker]

Huh, this was kind of like the bells of st john episode i think. With the wifi

[@trixieshimura8166]

No, Bells of St. John's was kind of like this.

[@JJskywalker]

D:

[@lewimillionzYT]

This episode is weird and freaky. Terrified me as a kid. Exactly what dr who should be

[@jmt-ri6ed]

Above all episodes of Who that i watched as a kid this one always scared me the most, by far

[@Axelphim]

Really Amazing Episode!!

[@aradicalkiwi806]

Lady on the tv is talking to him about to eat his face and he says Good lord color television

[@Axelphim]

My #ThrowbackThursday Moment is when The Doctor climbs up the electric tower in The Idiots Lantern. Another is when all the doctors save gallifrey in the day of the doctor.

[@waterlubber]

Me in school 5th period 3:53

[@clockworkspiral]

+waterlubber me when i didn't eat breakfast and we eat lunch at 12-something

[@waterlubber]

Now I have lunch at 10:36...it's horrible

[@ProphecyPhrase]

Me when I miss Breakfast Club when I didn't eat breakfast. Because the Breakfast Club at my school is amazing.

[@hanbnantheman]

+waterlubber me during break, lunch, recess, and activities period 3:57

[@sophier4334]

waterlubber 😂😂

[@sambee8982]

It's strange how the Doctor Who encyclopedia revealed that The Wire's Planet of Origin to be Hermethica, and in the Time Traveller's Almanac, it was further stated that she was the leader of a criminal gang of Hermethicans who found themselves able to convert themselves into beings of plasmic energy, yet this was never mentioned in the episode at all.

[@mattg8600]

I assume because the lore surrounding the wire was created after it appeared in this episode

[@jackweber9535]

This one episode alone gave me nightmares for weeks when i was a kid, the other only episode that ever truly frightened me 😂

[@DJWildy]

Something deeply terrifying about the wire, it's like an old scare tale you'd tell a child in order for them not to watch too much TV, tbh this would have probably scared the wits of an over imaginative 5 yr old child in the early 80's lol. They'd have been scarred going near a TV in fright of the wire appearing on the screen to gobble them up lol.

[@ryleymuldoon4358]

I can't say that this episode is one I really enjoyed. I found it fun to watch but wouldn't say it is the best one to watch. I love Doctor Who!

[@myabrown6339]

His hair though 😍

[@katherinekunker1419]

Or as I like to call it "Little Electrics Shop of Horrors" There are more parallels besides the alien yelling "Feed me" than I realize...so many more...

[@TheSeafordian]

She's still around in Corrie. Don't look her in the eyes.

[@HighKingOfSkyrim37]

The faces in the TVs look like the episode with the modern Clara, the "Cloud". The wall of uploaded people.

[@jjjeffersonmusic8170]

If I ever have kids, I’ll scare them into thinking the Wire will get them if they’re too close to the TV

[@bigbubbaainsley9710]

This episode gave my brother nightmares as a kid. Don't know why

[@bengale9398]

Random Avacado same as me

[@eizzi321]

This and the weeping angels scared me the most when I was a kid

[@me-dc8pj]

Every time I'm waiting on take out I say "Hungry.... HUNGRY.... F E E D M E" to myself lol

[@maxcorrice9499]

I think of all villains, the wire could be an interesting one to bring back

[@Ludovids]

magpie electricals just keeps appearing doesn't it

[@williammacdonald4615]

Yeah it was on the back of Martha's tv!

[@Ravaloxianthunderbird]

As far as Series 2 was concerned, this was one of the better episodes. Also, Rose (who I usually find intolerable) was actually awesome in this story.

[@unicorn69]

Probably cause she didn’t talk for half of it?

[@annesimran4255]

TV: hungry, hungry, the wire is hungry... me:(turning off tv)nope, not today!!

[@Nulono]

I, too, shout "HUNGRY! HUNGRY!" whenever I'm eating.

[@gaynarchist]

The wire is such an iconic villain. Similar to the no-things from wild blue yonder they really capture that feeling of humanoid but distinctly not human, just wearing a human mask.

[@cordiiispears6803]

I love this episode too much tbh. Maybe because their outfits or because it's set near my house, but I love it nonetheless :D

[@juiceDpunk983]

This is one of my favourite episodes and spooked me as a kid

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

Love the quotes when it comes to the confrontation's, best acting to match

[@declanhugors]

And yet here we are watching screens...

[@ArnimSommer]

So, The Wire, AKA Audrey 2?^^

[@DedricSilva]

Funny how I watched Coronation Street and Doctor Who and never realized it was Maureen Lipman.

[@rainbowdashsuperfan2415]

this is one of the rare episodes when david got his hair just perfect

[@hanbnantheman]

1:34 pretty boy is right

[@luckyluxgames7988]

"Hun-greeee! Hun-greeee! Feeeeeeeeed Meeeeeeeee!"

[@jumpcutfilms1958]

I love the villains who's origin is left ambiguous and mysterious, like the Wire and the Midnight entity

[@kennysboat4432]

This scared me so much as a young kid. The thought a person could be put into a tv bothered me.

[@TheSchemer1]

2:37 Tennant's reflection is creepy asf!

[@JackFroster]

My god...COLOUR TELEVISION!

[@AndrewChapman]

These days it's "My God... HIGH DEFINITION!"

[@bradleywillard2361]

I remember this episode when it first came out and I really liked it

[@sci_pain3409]

3:51 my cat waking me up at 3am for food

[@mroriona243]

David tennant's hair just went berzerk on this episode.

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

To anyone who says this show is weird, Well it's understandable why u might think that at 1st, But when u see the creativity and the acting with the quotes no one can imagine on over a million years, it well give you the best thrills EVER

[@androo6473]

Well the Doctor was lucky to escape by threatening the Wire with.... a sonic screwdriver? Oh well Gallifrein tech could destroy her plans anyway! I guess?

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

All the others were calling for help and only Rose called for the Doctor.

[@Samthebasedman]

They look more like to be saying "Feed Me!" to me.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

They were saying "Help me. Please Help Me."

[@silasc3430]

Tennant looks like he's wearing a damn crash helmet

[@leeisme2959]

Nobody 5 y.o.s when you drive past a McDonalds: 3:52

[@Chan-zv5kb]

The one episode that really freaked me out as a kid, that and the weeping angels

[@mantha8583]

Weeping Angels deffo creeped me out lol

[@rolothestormrolothestormin3853]

"HUNGRY HUNGRY, FEED ME" that's what she said 😉😂

[@DanniLarson]

Supernatural stole the "hungry" part for Famine in season 5

[@Alkaris]

I was hungry too once, but then I ate some fish and chips and wasn't anymore ♥

[@spicymilkshake6600]

Alkaris I was hungry once, so I ate some fish fingers and custard and wasn't anymore.

[@bigbadbuggaboom5]

Oh my god the hair though :D

[@liambennett4117]

This is like a creepypasta

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

I can't help but imagine an idea for the Marvel Villain named *A.R.N.I.M.Z.O.L.A* using some references here with the main antagonist in the telly

[@Doc_Animator_N]

3:34 Now I'm sure he knows how Slenderman must feel.

[@Enivri]

This is similar to the 11th Doctor where the people get stuck in the internet, wonder if it’s similar technology.

[@Sammie1053]

Fun side note... They clearly used color displays for all of this and just set them to display monochrome (blue for some reason?) apart from that one part. Digital screens have pixels, color CRTs have visible phosphor dots, but black and white TVs have a uniform phosphor coating, so there shouldn't have been any visible pixels or dots when they zoomed in on her towards the end.

[@Howyaduing]

This is like the bells of St. John without the spoon heads

[@JustAnotherHawk]

i know it's a completely different plot, but this scene always reminds me of the bells of st john episode with Clara

[@LadyViscera]

I never saw this episode, but the concept always scared the crap out of me

[@h0llowhouse453]

Idk about anyone else, but as a kid seeing people without a face was absolutely traumatising

[@thealternative3219]

I was thinking more, "the wire was hungry"

[@aperture102]

I don't think I've ever seen a portable television, except for iPads, iPhones, etc.

[@killerqueen9772]

Glad to know that I am not the only one who finds The Wire very creepy during this episode

[@lukedurnell6588]

terrifying! I remember this, something about the join of the faces as they are transported to the television.

[@alexkramer9037]

OH MY GOD GUYS LOOK COLOR TV HOLY COW TV CAN'T GET ANY BETTER

[@zoezebra1]

Steven Moffat might as well have co-credited Mark Gatiss for The Bells of Saint John which is a 21st century version of this.

[@trixieshimura8166]

In what century do you think "The Idiots Lantern" was made?

[@boradis]

***** This was clearly based on 20th century issues and technology. TBoST is firmly rooted in 21st century issues and tech. Each story was *about* the century it was set in.

[@trixieshimura8166]

I took your post to mean something else, obviously. Sorry about that! I've only seen The Bells of Saint John once as I'm not a fan of Moffat's era or Smith's Doctor. But I do remember thinking that it seemed very familiar when I watched it. I just got the Series 2 boxed set and only watched Idiots Lantern a couple of days ago. My curiosity is piqued and now I'll have to Netflix Bells again and compare the two.

[@TheTardisDreamer]

I know right? Actually there were a tonne of things that linked Clara to Rose in series 8 which ended up bugging me (I love Rose but original stuff people!) Her Mother died on the same day as the Doctor met Rose. This episode was so similar to her first proper episode (even down to the mode of transport!). They had a reoccuring thing of Rose in names or in every room. They sang hungry like the wolf. “Boy and Girl fall in love, get separated by events; war, politics, accidents in time. She’s thrown out of the HEX, or he’s thrown into it. Since then they've been yearning for each other across time and space, across dimensions. This isn’t a ghost story, it’s a love story!”- really across dimensions, involving ghosts. Stop it! And about a hundred other obvious similarities in episodes such as the same quote form the Doctor and them both visiting the sun exploding and yada yada. And then nothing happened in the 50th to do with it so I'm still going ," why guys?"

[@evangelineplaysbass]

Love tennants hair like this

[@kwesty4683]

This alien is the translation of a baby "HUNGRY, HUNGRY:

[@Iron8127]

The wire gave me nightmares as a kid,but I got over it

[@gurglequeen433]

The way she says hungry has always freaked me out.

[@JacobMainord]

And the fact that it sort of feels like the Internet has done this to people, and my grandpa, a hoarder (magpie) owned an electronics shop, and ran radio and radar for the US government, and his son owns a software company that uses AI to gather employee data

[@BattleshipWarspite]

Imagine this villain (Wire) returned in new series set in early 21st century, when people useing Smartphone, Tablet, Computer.

[@booyah344]

It's a good thing the Doctor did not kick off his shoes