Doctor Who Panel | Christopher Eccleston, Colin Baker, Paul McGann & Nicola Bryant | June 2024

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[@16Arson]

Something’s extremely cool about seeing Chris alongside the classic Doctors.

[@SG-qx9ko]

Out of all the NuWho doctors Chris feels the most like the classic doctors. (Capaldi is very close)

[@vincent.marrone]

He was the Doctor 20 years ago... He's basically classic Haha

[@miller-joel]

...with the most disappointing answers. Can't count on anyone.

[@BrendanJSmith]

The Three Doctors who deserved better.

[@deanwilletts7428]

Definitely.

[@BrianBorkowski]

Totally

[@robofin117]

Indeed.

[@foxyfox5]

So true!

[@normanbrimmer6555]

Couldn't say it better myself.

[@DropkickMurphysFan01]

Chris seems so much happier now, so happy to see it.

[@DavidNagelSpiffinglyNiceGuy]

money

[@markmorris7123]

Error, he's being paid another to be here..And they were probably paid to say Jolie and the new guy are their favourite Doctors....When both have the lowest audience ratings if all time...

[@ozmond]

@@markmorris7123you guys and your ratings lolol

[@surrealducks]

@@DavidNagelSpiffinglyNiceGuygreat to see him be a professional about it though.

[@HOTD108_]

​@@markmorris7123I wonder if the low ratings of the new season have anything to do with the fact that ratings reports don't factor in people who watched on streaming? 🤔

[@LifeOfRy]

Holy crap, surreal to see the wonderful Christopher doing a multi-Doctor panel. WE OWE SO MUCH TO ECCLESTON.

[@anneonthephone]

YYYEEESSSS!!!

[@LifeOfRy]

@@anneonthephone our one true King of the North

[@Si_of_Earth]

"WE OWE SO MUCH TO ECCLESTONE". Why do we? He's an actor who got paid handsomely for a plum role at the BBC. He was a great Doctor. But, given the budget and writing (at the time), any half-decent actor could've had the same success. Let's all bow down to the millionaire actor... nope.

[@LifeOfRy]

@@Si_of_Earth always one wayward child.

[@Si_of_Earth]

And as that 'wayward child' 🙄 I can tell you who I owe so much to. My parents. Who made sure I never went hungry, was well clothed and schooled and always gave me a roof over my head. I owe it to the teachers who educated me. The doctors who look after my health. The farmers who grow crops so i can eat well. The bus driver who gets me where i need to go. Etc etc. ie the real people who do make a difference to my life. I owe nothing to entertainers who get paid to entertain. If they had cast Ken Dodd as the Doctor in 2005 and it got cancelled after one series, it wouldn't have affected me at all.

[@andersonh1]

Nice to see Eccleston with McGann, Baker and Bryant. Hard to believe it's been 19 years since his Doctor Who season.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

He needs to come back for the 20th anniversary of New Who.

[@kjmmxii123]

Totally - when Chris was cast it had been around 19 years since Colin was playing The Doctor, that blows my mind.

[@tickletorture]

@@c0mpu73rguy Sack Russell T Davies and it might happen.

[@marionbaggins]

​@@c0mpu73rguyhe won’t because he has beefs with RTD.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

@@marionbaggins I know. I’d say we may have a teeny weeny tiny chance if Steven Moffat directs the episode again since Chris said he wouldn’t mind Steven Moffat but yeah, you’re totally right about that.

[@StevieWeevie66]

Colin Baker's 81!! Good grief! And Nicola Bryant hasn't aged 😲

[@Johno3998]

And Paul McGann is 64

[@farmbrough]

She has if you look closely.

[@SteveAndrews-i6o]

@@farmbroughthat’s not nice to say

[@NoFace50]

Colin’s a brilliant Doctor. Love him

[@farmbrough]

@@SteveAndrews-i6o there's nothing wrong with looking 63 when you're 63.

[@AurumEtAes]

Interesting lineup of Doctors. Chris - fell out with the production team within one series and maliciously smeared by the BBC who said he found the production schedule too tiring Colin - put on hiatus and then fired by the BBC Paul - a one and done Doctor in a US pilot that didn’t get optioned, not wanted by the BBC for a role in The Day of Doctor

[@ikowski2947]

And all of them Amazing

[@AurumEtAes]

@@ikowski2947I’d like to have seen more episodes for all of them

[@ikowski2947]

​@@AurumEtAeswe all would, we all would

[@minicle426]

​@@ikowski2947 Actually one of them is fantastic.

[@Ceolskog]

Yeh, I never saw the point of bringing in John Hurt.

[@Tails7212]

Chris was a great doctor

[@illyanarasputin4196]

A fantastic doctor

[@cryalot378]

still is cmon

[@joshuajoshua2732]

They are all fantastic.

[@Victoryismine200]

@@illyanarasputin4196 😅😅😅😅 Fantastic indeed

[@coreydohmen]

Still is! On the big finish audio dramas

[@ACanOfBakedBeans]

Nicola looks gorgeous for her age. Aged like a fine wine.

[@Imdeadpool]

If Christopher doesn’t come back to do episodes, that’s fine. I’m happy he did audio adventures, because that’s still a way he get the 9th Doctor

[@Domgo-d1w]

These guys were from a period where Doctor Who absolutely rocked!

[@Dubble77D]

8th Doctor Weeping Angel story would be amazing. 9th Doctor Sontaran story would be amazing. 6th Doctor Slitheen episode would be amazing. And an episode with Peri/6 dealing with the Adipose would be amazing. What stellar answers to that question

[@multiverseguy1239]

Well I have news for you! Big Finish have done two stories of the 8th Doctor fighting the Weeping Angels.

[@Dubble77D]

@@multiverseguy1239 ayyyy you got names so I can look em up?

[@KJD729]

​@@Dubble77DDoom Coalition 4 and Connections

[@8LiterallyJustTheNumber8]

With the direction they've taken Peri lately, she could probably handle the Slitheen on her own! Though that would have to be a companion chronicles

[@whovian_holmes]

I was so excited, that was my question :)

[@seanvickery145]

21:50 Christopher Eccleston accepted the role of Doctor Who because he wanted to create something for children. Hear hear! I was much influenced by Who as a child in the 1970s.

[@pferreira1983]

Nice to see Chris interacting with Colin and Paul.

[@jacobisimm]

Sure I read somewhere That Chris and Paul were mates before DW or at least knew each other socially.

[@HOTD108_]

​@@jacobisimmI also read that Chris quit Doctor Who because he got tired.

[@pferreira1983]

@@HOTD108_ ...which was a total lie by PR.

[@pferreira1983]

@@jacobisimm Paul does sound very disarming to Chris.

[@whophd]

From the thumbnail, this looked like the support group from the end of Power of the Doctor, ex-companions in a hall

[@danielpudge7600]

I can't believe next year will be my 20th anniversary since I watch my favourite and amazing doctor Christopher thank you to him bring me to this amazing show it helps me so much thank you 😊☺️

[@Ohkapi]

Thank you, this is great panel, listens, happy to see these 4 together❤

[@tereasia]

McGann’s voice is sooo delicious

[@macmoore4599]

Its 2024. I'm watching a Doctor Who panel with Colin Baker, McGann and Ecclestone...what a world

[@OfficialCDJ]

The running Bangles joke is amazing!

[@marresjepie1887]

At the time Chris was, imho, the ONLY one that could have properly revived DrWho. I'm from Tom baker's 'time' , and Chris was the only one -nothing against the other actors, mind You, that could properly convey the unhinged genius AND the hilarious madness of ' my Doctor'

[@DobDob]

this was great! have to say tho it was a weird question to end it with as it kinda soured the mood a little bit. but other than that it was so cool to see these four together like this :)

[@Jake-d8d]

I think this is the first time I've seen Eccleston partake in a panel with other Doctors, this is so lovely.

[@gestaltdude]

So weird to think Colin is the same age as Joe Biden. :D honestly never knew he was 41 when he took the role, he seemed much younger.

[@korystephens3318]

Though Colin's way sharp as a tack (and I voted for Biden)

[@lapelcelery42]

He still does, I couldn't believe he was that age

[@jcasali3391]

wow seeing Chris with other Doctors for the First Time is amazing

[@anaramakatova1830]

Wonderful panel. I like the moderator, he has good humor and he is encouraging the audience in a really good-hearted way

[@shahani6037]

How the heck did someone NOT ask who they would have as a companion (already existing) OUTSIDE of their actual canon companions in the series?

[@woodgatejack]

It's nice to see Chris being more chill when talking about Doctor Who

[@CricketsBay]

Being with Big Finish and doing the audio episodes has given Eccleston a lot of peace and confidence in himself in the role. Plus it seems like his amazing depiction of Ebenezer Scrooge this past Christmas has boosted his cred (if that's even possible) as a stage actor, and given him confidence to not give an F that he's blacklisted anymore

[@TommyLednorMusic]

30:02 never thought I’d see Chris smile at a convention 😂

[@thefonzkiss]

He smiles every time he gets paid.

[@merrynesther]

@@thefonzkissthey're all there to get paid mate

[@roguexxrenegade]

@@merrynestherBut Chris is very open about only being here for the money. The rest do it (at least in part) for the love of the franchise that they’re apart of.

[@chrispy3369]

​@roguexxrenegade Didn't he skip out on conventions for the last 20 years just because he didn't want to take people's money for it? Now he's older and has to care for his family.

[@Jake-d8d]

@@thefonzkiss Sorry to break this to you, but they're all there because they're getting paid. That isn't a criticism, but at the end of the day it's paid work for all of them. Obviously that's intertwined with a lot of love for the show, for the most part, and for the the fans, but it's still a day's paid work.

[@Soliy87]

I really get the sense that Eccleston would come back for a multi doctor adventure if RTD and gardner were gone. He seems to remember more fondly of his time as the doctor plus he seems to gel with the doctors really well

[@jhibbitt1]

sadly i think not. he declined when moffat was writing it and i heard he said in an interview that he didn't like multi-dr stories

[@HOTD108_]

​@@jhibbitt1That was over a decade ago, and Chris hadn't started doing conventions yet and also likely hadn't met any of the other Doctors. Citing that interview nowadays is pretty silly.

[@jhibbitt1]

@@HOTD108_ there was a more recent one around the 60th anniversary where he said he didn't like multi-dr stories. whether that's true or just a rumour, i'm not sure

[@DanaDoesStuff]

It makes my heart happy to see Christopher Eccleston doing these today.

[@sibionic]

Nicola Bryant's answer about being in the TARDIS is so wonderful.

[@XiscoLozdob]

Ninth Doctor in Motown would be amazing. Big Finish get on to it!

[@DonnaLang42rockglobally]

The Ninth Doctor meets the Queen of Soul - now that would be worth seeing (or hearing).

[@korystephens3318]

Maybe when he has more time (& hopefully with Billie)

[@dwfan91-]

Absolutely delightful. Now bring them back to the new show, 1 season each

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

YES ✋

[@K3ZZO]

With every day that passes my rage at what was done to Eccleston's career grows. He seems as content, friendly and as down to earth as ever though!

[@jpr0328]

Idk he's been a successful actor. Was in Thor 2, The Leftovers, and recently in True Detective. Though I didn't like the new series of True Detective it was nice to see him on TV again

[@CarmenCards]

I know hes against multi doctor stories but id kill for a 8th and 9th doctor story

[@EditedAF987]

We did get the novel ‘All Flesh is Grass,’ which had 8, 9 and 10 together, though 9 gets sick of 8 and 10’s bickering almost immediately, and just dips out to do his own side quest for most of the book. Peak 9th Doctor behaviour if I’m honest.

[@HOTD108_]

​@@EditedAF987Wow that sounds great. Still, I'd like something that has the actual actors in it, like a Big Finish audio or even an episode (the former being far more likely to happen, obviously).

[@5SSS]

Its a dream come true seeing eccleston and Baker together, McGann and Bryant are just a great bonus

[@j.diamond6014]

this was a great panel, kind of weird adult energy but fast paced and unique - it didn't feel like the same old stories

[@FPSpsychoYT]

32:50 this is why we love Chris, will ALWAYS keep it real

[@lmackenzie89]

4:53, ghost busters guy walks in and then leaves 🤣🙄

[@bertchintus995]

BBC death squad walking in @ 7:19

[@LRyuzaki100]

omg...finally 8 meets 9

[@davehall7041]

Thank you for putting this online

[@Novaximus]

The host did a really great job. Kept a really great flow and brought some really great energy to bring out everyone's comfort in talking.

[@IanieriGiacomo]

Christopher Eccleston is my favourite Doctor , he is FANTASTIC!

[@IanieriGiacomo]

Please please , do one more episode.

[@korystephens3318]

Ugh, seeing Chris with Paul and Colin warms tf out of my heart

[@PoorlyWrttenReviews]

I love how angry and salty Chris is

[@alexc3744]

Lovely to see the four actors and I thought the host did a great job. But… and I am a fan, a huge fan, but I have to say: am I the only person who finds the majority of fan questions either cliched, embarrassing or both?

[@Inaflap]

Paul McGann and Richard E Grant, in Withnail and I... great film, watch it!

[@rhythmbox3397]

This seems like the guests for my ideal Doctor Who dinner party! All awesome. Just add Janet Fielding and we’re off! Thanks for uploading this! 😁

[@PoorlyWrttenReviews]

Paul sounds like he's acting a monologues with everything he says, he's fantastic

[@nickmustay]

I would probably physically die if these three doctors showed up on screen together in the main show. Yes I know how impossible it seems, which is why I would die.

[@papalaz4444244]

He managed not to say "Keith Boak " LOL He's mellowing!

[@HOTD108_]

Who's "he" and who is "Keith Boak"?

[@kaceykat]

NYCC will never give us panels like this. Thanks for sharing.

[@daliasaravia1443]

Colin Baker is such a joy!! also didn´t know Paul was such a whovian too. Great panel!!

[@anneonthephone]

These guys and gal deserved to be recognized so much more.

[@Slupel]

Never thought I'd hear Paul McGann tell the Sharp story.

[@TheSixthDoctor]

11:22 Colin probably expected the audience (or at least Chris) to say "Raxacoricofallapatorians"... "Slitheen" is only the name of that one family encountered in "World War III".

[@Swenglish]

To be fair, we don't know if other Raxacoricofallapatorians would even be considered monsters. The Slitheen family may have been outliers among their people, since we never met any others. And they may have been the only ones stealing and wearing skins, so the whole farty gimmick may have also been specific to the Slitheen.

[@tomimpala]

The Slitheen were the monsters.

[@SteveAndrews-i6o]

@@tomimpalayeah but Slitheen was their family name

[@HOTD108_]

​@@SteveAndrews-i6oYeah and that specific family were the monsters. It's said they were a crime family who would have faced the death penalty back on their home planet, which tells us the rest of their species actively wanted to bring them to justice.

[@lewiscarr7952]

Imagine a 3 doctor collab / multi-doctor story with these three in it for big finish? How cool would that be!?

[@LeeDawson]

Christopher truly is such a wonderful man

[@atrybus]

Paul MC Gann was a good Doctor. Eric Roberts was a great Master, they deserved a better script.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

In another lifetime we could have had the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) regenerated properly into the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) no disrespect to John Hurt great actor but they still should never had retconned in another Doctor because now its screwed up the whole numbering tradition.

[@alexanderrobertson9297]

I don't think it matters now the hole numbering thing looks like it's getting thrown out the window. But it was such a good opportunity to get Paul to do another episode.

[@PeterCamberwick]

LOL, if that were only the biggest problem / screw up with Doctor Who now.

[@korystephens3318]

Agreed. That's what started me tuning out a bit

[@HOTD108_]

​@@alexanderrobertson9297 Evidently the numbering isn't being thrown out at all because all the new merch clearly says "15th Doctor". It's hardly being done away with if they're spending money printing the numbers on everything.

[@alexanderrobertson9297]

It means almost nothing now. They may be calling him 15 but he really is 17 and what do you think it means if RTD is just casually slipping new faces into the cycle.

[@WickedFlyGirl]

Omg I love seeing eccleston with other drs 😊

[@eclecticdog2k901]

I love Paul’s little aside to Nicola “Surrey seems to be the hardest word” 😂 And poor Nicola having gotten all the strange things 😭 I love her Matt Smith story! Colin and the Bangles 😂😂😂

[@seanwade8188]

Why do the audience always ask the most generic questions 😂

[@farmbrough]

Poor management by the event. The better system is to collect questions before the panel starts and to pick those which will elicit the most entertaining answers from the panel members.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Many thanks to Christopher, Paul, Nicola, Colin and everyone involved with the panel! ⏳

[@benpecto.benpecillton]

Paul McGann just doesnt age

[@A14b19]

Oh wow I did this as the music came on I had to run to the sitty cross my legs wile the theme came on when it finished I was safe now and watch

[@kyrauniversal]

I was waiting for this team up! Best of ALL worlds right here!

[@screennamemissing]

I can't express how happy it makes me to see Eccleston along with the rest of them. He got such a raw deal... I would have loved to see another season or 2 of his Doctor.

[@papalaz4444244]

Soneone tell Chris that Tom Baker is a Scouser and comes from the poorest background of all the doctors. :)

[@HOTD108_]

Did Chris ever say otherwise??

[@renegadeiom_]

Why does Eccleston always go on about money for?

[@CricketsBay]

He's raising 2 teenagers, which is expensive, and he needs adequate funds to be the best dad he can be. Chris is very clear that Acting is his Job. And he was lied about and blacklisted by the BBC and the writers/producers after he proved they committed abhorrent workers' rights violations. His career was virtually destroyed. So money is the only reason he's currently associated with the Doctor Who franchise at all. And he wants that to be very, very clear.

[@HuntingViolets]

It's wild for Eccleston to get a question about getting advice from his predecessor when his predecessor is sitting next to him but the circumstances made it so unlikely that he would have given advice on being in the TV series.

[@Phoenix-bi9bn]

Thanks for this footage. I was there and this will be a great memory to keep

[@jillb71]

Chris adding Peter Davison to his grudge pile…!

[@ArdinVincent]

Not that surprising though.

[@bevenstarlow]

What do you think happened there?

[@jillb71]

@@bevenstarlowDunno. Maybe it’s all to do with DT coming in and his long-term working relationship with RTD?

[@korystephens3318]

Joking really

[@lucasharding5336]

I think it's also the fact that Davison was one of the people who was openly criticising Eccleston in the tabloids back in 2005 for leaving after one season. He pretty much said Chris was selfish to leave the role early, claiming that after it had taken so long to get the show back on TV to have the leading man exit so early could damage the future of the show.

[@bevenstarlow]

How is nobody talking about how absolutely insuffrable this interviewer is one of the worst ive ever seen

[@bevenstarlow]

Making me cringe at least once a minute fr

[@securityrobot]

He’s almost as bad as mincing John Ainsworth.

[@shahani6037]

Eighth Doctor and Peri Brown have GREAT chemistry, just saying

[@DropkickMurphysFan01]

15:58 Doctor Kenobi

[@HOTD108_]

Family of Blood: "Change back!" John Smith: "This is not the Timelord you're looking for"

[@Jacx_DoctorWho]

I love how McGann and McCoy are mates even before Doctor Who

[@rowanmichaels]

The only problem is the host is trying to do a normal Doctor Who panel with three actors who had the most interesting, nuanced, and shortchanged experiences with the role. “Who’s your favorite Doctor?” more like “Did you want more?” “What needs to change?” “Why have you returned?”

[@tevman09]

What a panel ... I would seriously love to meet stars of Doctor Who even if it were just like this and get to ask them any burning questions I might have

[@markenetube]

I think Paul McGann would still make a great Dr Who. I know he did the audiobooks, but no real screen time. He never got a chance. That seems to be off the cards now. They probably won't want another straight white guy.

[@krisztianunpronounceable]

I want to visit TARDISland

[@tableprinterdoor]

Imagine if all of these guys returned somehow…

[@grump9001]

Colin: "Spent" he reminds him. He's such a great down to earth grandpa.

[@patrickhurley5604]

What a panel😂 and I'm in the US 😂what great and appreciative actors ❤️

[@alfje5492]

Such a joy to see these people together, reminiscing and just enjoying each other's company.

[@dssouthern]

Don't mention David to Chris.....I don't think he likes David.

[@korystephens3318]

"Don't ever dress as Tennant again!!"

[@dssouthern]

@@korystephens3318 yup .....I saw that video

[@Notallowed101]

15:55 Chris' face drops Colin turns in surprise: "Pardon?" McGann: "Hello there."

[@DropkickMurphysFan01]

Doctor Kenobi

[@pmce5980]

This is how each of their Doctors would react to that line as well!

[@garethhumphreys5214]

Excellent interview Colin Baker and Nicola and Paul McGann and Chris Eccleston; Colin Baker as the sixth Doctor 1984-1987 whines adventure’s carry on into big finish audio company Doctor Who adventures right to his regeneration episode set in 1987; and Paul McGann acted as the Eighth Doctor 1996-2001 his adventures yes started in the Doctor Who TV Movie May 1996 but continued in BBC books and audios and Doctor Who magazines comics and Big Finish audio adventures right to Night of the Doctor with his regeneration into the Warrior (the time war doctor) acted by Sir John Hurt who regeneration was into the Ninth Doctor in 2005 acted by Chris Eccleston 😁👍🏻

[@andrewmurray1550]

Paul McGann reminds me of Dominic Keating from Star Trek: Enterprise. I think Nicola, Paul and Colin could easily feature in the new era Who in cameos, as Bonnie Langford and Elisabeth Sladen have done in the past. Bring back a classic companion for a full season like Peri or Mel.

[@thefonzkiss]

If the MC knew how to use a microphone it wouldn’t keep distorting like that. You don’t speak INTO a microphone you speak over it. You’re not a rapper bro.

[@avalonkerr8332]

If I may say; I shipped Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant Hard-- so, imo, they had No problem dealing with the "bickering barrier"!

[@clivestuarteardley6049]

Fantastic to see everyone together .

[@wispa1a]

Pauls TARDIS was best looking.

[@montyblum5922]

Pertwee was different class to any of them

[@tomimpala]

Thank you for this!

[@securityrobot]

Monopoly Events and its suspension of a voluntary strike off. It’s a good read at Companies House.

[@bennettnez4711]

21:41 well dang he pulled it off

[@aidanlynn]

Is this the first time Chris has appeared with other Doctors? 😮