Eddie Izzard - Doctor Who and the Daleks

[@CrimsonRedHeat9]

"Death or pluming! Death or plumbing! Death or plumbing!" "Cake, please." "Well we're out of cake!"

[@khimaros]

I see what you did there 👍

[@eleithias]

We would've brought more cake if we'd known everyone would choose....cake

[@markdaly1648]

I saw this in Dublin i never laughed as hard as anything when he did this and hammer horror routine was the greatest modern stand up routine i ever saw. And how infectious he was on stage with his movements ​@eleithias

[@Michelo17]

Imagine a Dalek stand up comic:....... Dalek comic: Are there any Cybermen presently in the audience? Cyberman audience member: I am present. Dalek comic: I will communicate in a slower fashion!

[@peterjoyfilms]

Michelo17 "You are superior in only one respect? What is that? You are better at dying." Doctor who revival, season 2 episode 13 Doomsday

[@Innomen]

Funnier than this whole skit.

[@Helen25243]

Michelo17 I was terrified of the cybermen in Doctor Who.when I was a child

[@minicle426]

​@@peterjoyfilms I've had my clothes dyed by Cybermen. They do a pretty good job.

[@Robynowitz]

I love how his impressions always default to James Mason and Sean Connery

[@2degucitas]

They are always reliable.

[@vickiebunch5703]

Me too !😃 He will always make me smile! Blessings to you!

[@tomitstube]

"doctor, doctor, we've landed on a new planet... oh, i've been captured."

[@chriswestergaard4506]

EX-TER-MIN-ATE CLOGGED TOILETS! EX-TER-MIN-ATE CLOGGED TOILETS!

[@naturetubeUK]

This guy is the peak of British humour. Watch more of his videos- this one is ,by no means, his best...

[@eleithias]

Still pretty good. He's all improv comedy

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Daleks. The best plumbers in the whole galaxy. Even Darth Vader had 64 in his Death Star, working for Mr Stevens.

[@puppetsock]

Ok, now we need Eddie Izzard to appear in an ep of Dr. Who. Maybe he can be the new Master. That would be pretty cool. Imagine him doing an evil laugh.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

I just love this silly man!!He is brilliant!

[@mpdalyful1]

I saw him on tour and he did this routine. hilarious. but the Dracula sketch was magisterial. and they way he segued he into the bit with James mason. was amazing.

[@KaptinKilla]

Sean Connery as a cow? Finally some ideal casting!

[@wanjina618]

Did any of the Daleks have a sort of eggbeater attachment where the plunger was? And when he said "death or plumbing", all I could think about was "cake or death!"

[@MsLongwhitecloud]

This comes from Eddie Izzard "Live at the Ambassadors"1993 which has recently been added to YT. Watch it while you can. Fabulous early Eddie.

[@mpdalyful1]

Seeing this live was the funniest thing ever. And the segue into hammer horror. And then James Mason

[@mpdalyful1]

He was comedy was so infectious. Then he became political

[@YtseJam214]

I love how in the new series, the FIRST TIME you see a Dalek it circumvents all the defects Eddie mentions here...

[@minicle426]

They already did that in the Rememberance though.

[@lifeisgood420365]

03:50 "defects in the garlics" ...that's why the guy laughed lol

[@FandPrulethesky]

He's got a point. Companions in classic DW spent most of their time being captured

[@heliam1789]

I bet Ken the Dalek could climb walls

[@2degucitas]

And... a new toy is invented. 90's kids are happy. 90's moms are going crazy.

[@JBTheMovies]

he looks so different here that it feels like i'm watching someone do an incredible eddie izzard impression.

[@carucath97]

I love how he calls them "helpers" rather than "assisstants" or "companions"

[@TheNerdVoice]

It feels very bizarre not seeing him in drag.

[@MySerpentine]

IKR?

[@MySerpentine]

***** You're kind of a dumbass, aren't you?

[@babs5968]

He's wearing nail varnish

[@Lattamonsteri]

Babs 59 and ear jewellery. :)

[@medexamtoolscom]

It's weirder for me seeing him in drag, since the first time I ever saw him was his role in Mystery Men as a disco themed villain and he was dressed very masculine in that.

[@minstrlmummr]

Now I want to hear Nicholas Briggs doing these Dalek lines with the modulator thing-- "Why--do--we--have--this?" (plunger) "Have-you-got-any-plumbing?"

[@alansmithee419]

This is not war, this is clog control!

[@Shadowkey392]

We love you, Eddie Izzard!

[@ForkInTheToaster42]

@DragonSporks I am actually watching this bit just now on Hulu (alternating back and forth with Eddie Izzard, of course). I'm quite enjoying Ian's antics. I've never watched much Classic Who, and I'm taken aback by just how good it is, in addition to being silly.

[@AnunakiGates]

All the Dalek jokes on this page are hilarious.

[@janemcgreevy8832]

That eyestalk joke actually happened with Tom Baker (4th). He threw his hat over it in an episode.

[@lover1xxxx]

i love eddie izzard, he is one of my many rolemodels

[@Velocity9s]

Actually, in some episodes of the first series the Daleks actaully fitted the 'plunger' apendage over dome shaped controls. One can assume the dome-controls were multi-functional to a certain degree. and they probably allow for multi-access as well. I'm just SPEC-QUULL-LATE-TING!!...Sorry, could resist.

[@victoriabarclay3556]

Omg! I thought I was the only kid who hid behind the couch! I feel better now.

[@nobbylocke8141]

Me too!

[@lindaj5492]

I hid under my grannies’ table 😆

[@elinstar6034]

Behind the sofa it had to be. Or listen from just outside the room. 😮😮

[@elvenlogic]

Remember the episode when the Doctor put his hat over a Dalek's eyestalk and the Dalek EXPLODED? :D Good times.

[@Jedi_Spartan]

Cybermen: We'd rather have handle bars than a whisk. If we need some scones making or a toilet unblocked we shall contact you

[@hcd199]

I'm from Australia. Congratulations on 'erudite', a word, along with 'obfuscate', I intend to use as often as applicable.

[@MKR5210]

With the Daleks I always used to wonder who built or manufactured their technology, their spaceships etc. Given their lack of dexterity and inability to bend down 🤷

[@TheExvangelicalCat]

"Oh no! The Daleks are coming!" "Anyone for taco bell?

[@BeingJade]

Haha, now Daleks can fly, they can use their plungers to suffocate you, they don't have grabbers any more and they... well, they're still usually seen on a flat surface. And the companions don't get captured as much! :D Still, love me some Eddie Izzard

[@Agahnim]

Daleks stuck in the mud.... Now that would be epicly hilarious to see!

[@Lexiy76]

Because he's freaking fabulous!

[@thedavecorp]

They can fly NOW. And they DID use the plunger - they took Susan's note to the Thals in the first encounter.

[@StephenAlexWalker]

@Brandt761 They fly in The Chase, Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks and in new Who flying Daleks are commonplace.

[@YodaOnDMT]

It's old school BBC. Make something amazing on a shoestring.

[@MySerpentine]

Ever seen the BBC version of H2G2? Probably cost five bucks to make, better than the Hollywood version by about 20 times. I swear they found the actual Ford Prefect to play himself, too.

[@YodaOnDMT]

MySerpentine H2G2?

[@MySerpentine]

Yoda on DMT Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[@Benchleyfan]

This was from Unrepeatable. One of his earliest shows.

[@MegaWayneD]

I love the fact the first episode of Doctor Who featuring a Dalek when it returned in 2005 clearly references this sketch! "Whattya gonna do? Sucker me to death?" Also when the Dalek reaches the stairs - clearly everyone was thinking of this sketch when it started to levitate!

[@minicle426]

We've seen Daleks levitate in the classic series though.

[@Thecolbsterhascake]

Hilarious. He speaks what I think when I watch the older episodes.

[@adman641]

From an incredibly funny dvd....easily one of his best.

[@AmsNl2BcnEs]

Is it wrong I immediately started to say 'no, the plunger was to communicate with the darlek computers'....

[@Rachet88]

OMG SO YOUNG!!! This was hilarious! And yes, Daleks and their plungers. Bizarre. :)

[@nittany272]

Sean Connery as a cow facing an army of Daleks... so strange that it just might work in an actual episode of Doctor Who!

[@losttribe3001]

Thanks for all of the 'oh, I've been captured" Elizabeth Sladen RIP

[@pinkywithabrain]

I love how he has the Matt Smith swoop to his hair in this.

[@fjccommish]

@dracodevis Yes they did fly in the old series, or at least hover up stairs. They did it in the time of the 7th Doc, not sure if they ever did it earlier.

[@ilikebananassometimes3608]

Sylvester McCoy episodes averaged around 4.3 million viewers, on a couple of occasions tipping over 6 million. Matt Smith's episodes have averaged at around 7 million views, peaking with the 2012 Christmas Special at 10.7 million. Even if the UK population has increased by say 25% in the last 25 years that still works out at as a large increase in viewers per capita.

[@maksuree]

the plungers are used as a general purpose mcguffin. holding things, interfacing with computers (wut), and they also suck the air right out of your lungs with them (sometimes it's all the water in your body or all the blood, occasionally all 3)

[@neotherobot6979]

in one black and white episode they had flamethrowers.

[@Keyboardkat3]

It used to be Death or Plumbing with the daleks, but now it's Death or More Death.

[@stellardendrite]

+Keyboardkat3 I'll have the chicken then...

[@angelusbichi]

+ShoShoni Rose Arthur Taste of human, sir. Would you like a white wine? There you go, thank you very much. :P

[@izzardfan]

LOL, i hadnt seen this clip before - thanks for uploading! :-D

[@stonebaxter]

No, actually, the Daleks were only seen to fly in the 60's with the use of hover-discs in the Cushing movies (which don't really count). On TV, they first hovered independently up the stairs in the late 80's during the 7th Doctor/Sylvester McCoy's era.

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Eddie Izzard is the real 9th Doctor.

[@AdelioNightstorm]

Ninth Doctor is the real Ninth Doctor. Don't take Eccleston away from me.

[@ChadVincentUA]

The first episode they couldn't fly yet. They weren't defeated by stairs, but by simply walking past the energized city paving.

[@JaceCavacini]

Last joke was the best. As a Doctor Who fan (classic first), I kind of got the feeling he never watched the show much. The Daleks are easy jokes. As a fan, I’ve been joking about them with fellow fans since the beginning. Still love his other stuff, though :-)

[@eb-leb]

stuff like this is timeless

[@lorcan0c]

@ThePLURmonster Well actually in Season 1 episode 6 "Dalek" a gaurd remarks "What're you gonna do, SUCKER me to death?" and the Dalek does. It uses the plunger to crush his face...

[@dracodevis]

What did the Dalek say when it became Pope? PON-TIF-I-CATE!

[@thexalon]

How does a Dalek take care of their skin? EX-FO-LI-ATE!

[@thesprawl2361]

thexalon that’s much better - sorry OP.

[@dbpricetoo]

Simply amazing intelligence

[@PandoraLockhart]

The Daleks are Sean Connery and James Mason. I KNEW it!!!!

[@ingriddubbel8468]

He reminds me of what Christopher Hitchens would look like doing standup. (Obviously when he not is in drag.)

[@theradgegadgie6352]

So far as I could tell, Christopher Hitchens did do stand-up, just under the guise of being a debater.

[@thesprawl2361]

Jamie Sleeman I think he actually tried stand up comedy once for a vanity fair article or something like that.

[@thesprawl2361]

I can see a resemblance now you point it out.

[@2degucitas]

I think Izzard and Hitchens would have been fun together.

[@dracodevis]

Live at the Ambassadors. It was filmed in 1993 and until recently it was hard to come by a copy so I'm not surprised you haven't seen it.

[@philipconnor8316]

Bloody Brilliant!!!

[@MrBuch169169]

"This is Steve the Dalek." I lost it at that point.

[@oswaldthedalek8532]

Observing the show you see the plunger is a manipulator extension arm and telekenetic meaning something can be moved by use of the spinning, expanding, flexible head of the "plunger"

[@vamp666crow]

MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS. Doctor Who and Eddie Izzard. Together, they shall rule the world!!! XD

[@MsTraciK]

Love this bit...and wishes I could carry off nail polish (and full makeup) as good as he does.

[@Arthezius]

I could get fucked up and do stand up after seeing this!

[@CoronaBorealisTime]

DOCTOR WHO! *starts humming the Doctor Who theme* Damn those silly Daleks. XP

[@lindaj5492]

Diddly-dum, diddly-dum, diddly-dum, diddly-dum 🎶. Still the same tune in 2024!

[@Z3DT]

and in an earlier episode, the first time a Dalek appears in the new series with the Ninth and rose, a Dalek uses it to crush a skull using vacuum

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@ThePLURmonster well they didn't really do that until the current series, up until then I think they used it to pick things up and open doors I guess using suction or something. Maybe they should have had more and use them to climb walls. :)

[@ChuckHouse420]

@FreakinSweet86 FANTASTIC!!! I think thats the best explination ever.

[@dracodevis]

@thedavecorp That's right, I had forgotten about that. Of course that just raises the question of how on Skaro does a plunger hold a note.

[@PenguinDT]

"Death or plumbing!" There's my new life motto :D

[@dracodevis]

I'm not sure what tour it was, but it's very old. This was his Live at the Ambassadors. It's from 1993.

[@Theroha]

I just started watching Doctor Who in the last year or so, and I've often wondered this stuff myself. Glad to know it's not just me.

[@BBnanner]

Davros: Your comedy routine was very amusing, Mr. Izzard. You will continue. (Eddie looking nervous) Dalek:You-will-imperson-ate! IMPERSON-ATE! IMPERSONAAAAAAAAATE!!

[@ArcaneKeeperD20]

Feeeeeeeels the bunny rabbit! XD

[@alexjones9008]

The sink plungers were first used in 'Dalek' (2005) and they kind of suck your air out by clinging on to your face.

[@TheMaximus997]

***** This stand up was done years before the new series started.

[@dracodevis]

@tjmick1992 Yup! The first episode aired November 23rd 1963.

[@hcd199]

Plunger WAS used in the early ones, though... used to hold compasses in it and stuff. Pity they never use it properly nowadays.

[@MySerpentine]

Steven Hawking vs. the speaking clock . . .

[@sophier200]

the plungers are used to extract information from minds, as seen in the two-part episode finale of season 2

[@DrakonerDE]

Still find that picture funny where it said: "The first time a housewive was threatened with a plunger." showing the scene of Barbara in the first Dalek episode (classic series). - This reminded me of it. WE ARE THE DALEKS, OBEY OR ...we suck you to some other form of existence! :P

[@rlawton2]

Eddie for Dr Who!!! Come on BBC, hire this man!

[@muzzthegreat]

SO Great that HE never changed - WE did to understand the Eddie !

[@Zeuseus6609]

can't help noticing he's mixed the left and right for the plunger and the gun... still bloody hilarious either way though

[@VanGaore]

I'm surprised he didn't talk about the death ray looking like a whisk!

[@fobitbswo]

Hahaha!!! Daleks can fly now! :O

[@kira2518]

The clog will be EXTERMINATED!

[@VixDen]

Excuse me that's not YOUR line!!!! xD

[@Birdieupon]

Search Doctor Whohar Episode Two if you want to see this sketch integrated into animation!!

[@weelittledragon]

@junebuggiethewriter He would be a great Doctor, but he would be even more amazing as the Master.

[@abelsilos7644]

i wonder how the daleks build anything with a plunger and a death ray

[@steadiedtoast1286]

they just shout at the materials and it builds itself to get away from their annoying voice.

[@steadiedtoast1286]

OBEY, OBEY

[@mariodude345]

When none of the materials move, YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS

[@steadiedtoast1286]

YOU, WILL, BE, EX-TER-MIN-A-TED

[@vinceandlilly]

Steadiedtoast12 I OBAY

[@animationdude56]

@dracodevis some sort of suction system, rather like a hoover I imagine.

[@hcd199]

Never explained in program, but given the early 60s episodes, the assumption would be that it was a limb, so that they could hold sheets of paper (such as the one Susan wrote on in 1963's "The Daleks"), compasses (numerous times) and other items. Somewhere along the line, they forgot to use it for anything.

[@JSYBen]

Yeah but to be fair, this show was early on in the popularity of this kind of observational humour. Even if you look at the likes of Seinfeld around this time, the observational humour was a lot simpler. It's only now that observational humour is such a big thing that the acts have had to become more clever and complicated. Eddie Izzards work got so much more clever as well as funnier as time marched on. This is i think his first big show. Compare this to Definite Article 3 years later.

[@AnemicChia]

Holy crap Eddie Izzard is amazing.

[@LaughingPsycho]

@Josienepienenien Watch an old story. They could always go upstairs, you just didn't see them do it much.