Mel Bush: Then vs Now | Doctor Who

Go back in time (and forward again) with some highlights of the Doctor's former companion Mel!
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[@jackking1900]

Love how we needed to include the killer Collin Baker quote less than a minute into the Mel compilation

[@kyrauniversal]

Yeah but that literal quote, "Why? There's nobody to tri anymore!" Giving common sense to Timelords.

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

It's a high point of 60 years of Doctor Who. And proof that not all the really great speeches were written by Moffat.

[@AuroraButterflyx]

Whatever what we thought if Mel back in the day, Russell did an excellent job on her return and she felt so at home in the first few minutes

[@somethingsomething7205]

lol nope, not even a little bit.

[@pedro_mab]

@@somethingsomething7205 shut up racist

[@matt0044]

Part of me hopes we get a story of how Mel met the Doctor. It's weird how every other companion had an introductory adventure besides her.

[@Drekal684]

By that same token, I hope we find out why Ace stopped travelling with the Doctor. That we can, one day, see that specific adventure.

[@tsr207]

My friend and his accordion band travelled down to Leeds for a television programme called "Junior Showtime" - He came back praising a(very) young girl who was the one person who would talk to him and his band - Bonnie Langford. Always followed her career after that and so glad that she achieved remarkable success on stage and screen. And watched the Mel figure being made at the Dapol factory in Llangollen years later !

[@angelafewell3734]

Loved the Dapol factory and Dr Who museum in Llangollen. The kids and I had great fun there!

[@mikaelastefkova]

I love Mel, she's so underrated 🥺💗💗

[@bobhellier]

great to see Bonnie Langford back as Mel bush in Doctor Who hope we see again soon not just a one off appearance

[@Gemma-Majoran]

good news for you but shh spoilers

[@warrennewman5325]

Ive met bonnie a few times is lovely meeting her

[@swag-a-dellaman6555]

She was always such a screamer!

[@swiftbird4846]

I'm so happy that she's back.

[@badwolf2331]

I've always loved Mel in Doctor Who

[@DigiRangerScott]

I genuinely feel like Mel’s writing was on the floor in her original run. She had nowhere to go but up in present day. If the writers want to make her a new Sarah Jane-type, go for it. Adopt that spirit. I’m just glad she’s here. I felt similarly about Beverly and Troi on Star Trek Picard.

[@AuroraButterflyx]

Totally watch Mel adventures 😊

[@notavailable2590]

Thanks for the new podcast.

[@kyrauniversal]

The quote from Dragonfire literally sounds like it made its way into Series 1 Episode 2, End of the World. "Danger. Unfiltered Sunlight."

[@rowanc88]

Bonnie is a national treasure, and has proven how great she truly is as Mel through the Big Finish audios and her appearance in 'The Giggle'. I'm really looking forward to seeing her again in the next series.

[@replimatreviews]

You open a Best of Mel vid with a clip in which she has three lines??!! Wow.

[@warhaver123]

the fact that you can completely tell it’s the same actor even though it’s well over 20 years apart

[@user-qq4ii3xl4k]

Old Doctor Who episodes are really iconic

[@johnroberts524]

Love the way her character is written now way more than how they use to write her

[@user-lo4tm3xw9q]

Mel was a lively lovely girl❤ She is now elegant lady still so lovely❤

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

I feel Mel worked best with the 6th Doctor, she's a more active presence in the Vervoids and pushes the story forward whilst in s24 and the 60th doesn't have much to do. Plus her bubbly personality brings out a more endearing side to the 6th Doctor, where he's less pompous and loud, rather he's more loveably grumpy.

[@yee-raplantar-maximoff4318]

I was pretty neutral on Mel when I first discovered her episodes but along came the Giggle and now I adore her

[@wstine79]

Mel was a perfect fit for the sixth doctor, more so than the 7th. You're trying to keep the doctor in shape with exercise and carrot juice was great.

[@kanton4108]

You might want to rethink your title. There's not a lot of Mel in the video.

[@bendream544]

Thankfully

[@LowCountryMatt]

Came to this since Mel is gonna be back next week. I'm glad she's getting some proper screen time. Maybe we fan get some for Peri next

[@Jim_mears]

Bonnie Langford, absolved by history. What a world!

[@johnclay7644]

Good extensive montage

[@The_Umpteenth_Doctor]

Hey BBC, release 'Torchwood: Absent Friends'

[@user-st5hh2fd5m]

🤩🤩🤩❤adoro Classic doctor❤

[@AndrewChapman]

Love how years before joining EastEnders, Bonnie Langford got to play Mel on the Walford set in "Dimensions in T-- Oh wait, we're not allowed to talk about that without getting moaned at, are we? I'd better shut up then.

[@itcu185]

She looks way better now! that perm was too much

[@justthehari]

80ies fashion created by TimeLords, cant blame her

[@montelhelem8707]

Nah that perm was EVERYTHING she pulled it off so well

[@itcu185]

@@montelhelem8707 maybe , but she is hotter now

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

Young Mel reminds me of one of Cinderella's step sisters.

[@JBDazen]

Doctor Who used to sound pretty posh :P

[@c0smiccupid]

MY QUEEN

[@TZER0]

I always preferred Mel over Ace. With her paired with the 7th Doctor, they made a cute couple.

[@AndrewChapman]

7th certainly gave Mel a SWINGING time on their first encounter when she thought he was a stranger after he changed from 6th's costume lol

[@ChazaMazza_]

then: AHHHHHHHH now : 🗿

[@BALMATECH]

Gracias 🫂

[@Worldoffanboy0278]

Wow that was when she was young but when you see her now shes in her 60s

[@traceybradbury5022]

💙💙

[@halimmatacem3430]

🎉🎉🎉

[@minicle426]

Now can we have Jamie make a return perhaps?

[@vortechsci-figadgets4603]

People think Who is camp now, the early McCoy era was off the scale bonkers 😄

[@jayejaejjjeijay5648]

Whenever people on the Internet say 'unalive' i can't help imagining them as Kangs...

[@2429Ryanspeer]

Myth myth myth Mel what do you think?

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

I like Mel Bush

[@user-xe9wh3op2j]

👍

[@F5ss]

😮😢

[@hopebgood]

Mel Bush, when first introduced was the worst companion ever. The Worst. Just a really badly written character with no thought at all behind her creation. A real shame cos Bonnie Langford is such a nice person, but when her character was re-introduced it was totally different. It was a pleasure to see Mel again.

[@shemdellashemygd29]

Going on like big finish didnt improve her character.

[@dlxmarks]

Badly written character and, let's be honest, Bonnie really overacted back then.

[@hopebgood]

@@dlxmarks Overacted? Absolutely! I'm trying to forget those early scream scenes 😉

[@The_Lost_Subrosian]

Even the 15th Doctor hates the taste of carrot juice because of her.

[@CaptainGuluGulu]

Whenever ı see mel it reminds me of carrot juice

[@darbexcl]

Rrrock that talks😅

[@popescu15iuliana]

Me name is Melanie

[@bradugar]

0:16 looks like Mel is making out with a cheap fursuit

[@ExtravagantEthan]

Wait so there was a doctor between tennant and smith?

[@stevenlord4751]

​@brewster_4 Tenant technically regenerated into his hand causing the birth of the metacrisis Doctor. There is also the War Doctor

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

the war doctor never called himself the doctor so it stays 10, 11 etc and the metacrisis doctor is not an incarnation he's a regeneration so it stays 10, 11 etc again. I think they are talking about incarnations instead of regenerations.@@stevenlord4751

[@harryturner8701]

I wonder if she can still do that scream

[@TONES44]

She briefly does it when she gets spun around by the toymaker during that music segment

[@serenityenderson]

Well, I love the reboot, but I think all the dreadful 80s stuff was why it got canned... 😂

[@serenityenderson]

Don't get me wrong - I love Bonnie! It was including the creepy Ken Dodd in an episode (even briefly) that doomed the first incarnation...

[@minicle426]

Not really. The BBC were trying to cancel it for years anyway. Mainly to push out Soap Operas. So any excuse for them would have sufficed.

[@somethingsomething7205]

Bush? lol no.

[@chaserseven2886]

Ewww what was Thant alien gonna do with its tongue?

[@TONES44]

Paralysed her.

[@TONES44]

They are called Tetraps, they have eyes all around their head too.

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

She screams too much lol

[@vincedc71]

One of my least favorite. Nice but, all she ever did was scream.....several times per episode. Got old fast.

[@shemdellashemygd29]

So. Big finish fixed that.

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

bold of you to asume that everyone has seen big finish.@@shemdellashemygd29

[@RobertJones-st3wj]

Dunno why their bringing her back when Ace was a much better companion typical RTD and his bad decisions

[@shemdellashemygd29]

L take

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

Chris already brung back ace. And in that same episode where they brung ace back they said unit was recruiting people who know how to deal with the monsters first hand (which implies of course, companions) so it makes sense for her to be there.

[@minicle426]

​@@shemdellashemygd29Oh no! Anyway...

[@shemdellashemygd29]

w mel

[@replimatreviews]

You open a Best of Mel vid with a clip in which she has three lines??!! Wow.

[@diamondaxe4133]

To be honest, there wasn’t much for them to work with.