Pitching Doctor Who | An Adventure in Space and Time | Doctor Who

[@drxshock6957]

"No tin robots or B.E.M's." Oh boy do I have some news for you sydney

[@irottaalfurinn2539]

yeah lmao literally everything he said happened

[@redsamuraininja]

You mean Cyberman and Daleks

[@dcwatcher4644]

I love how everything he didn't want in the show happened eventually

[@WardNightstone]

because Verity convinced him that you could use "tin robots" and BEM's to teach lessons on morality

[@matthewduncan8523]

Even down to the brain in a jar. Good old brain of morbius

[@gearmachine_4885]

@@matthewduncan8523 and the Harmony Shoal. And even the first doctor encountered some, they were called Morpho.

[@matthewduncan8523]

gear machine _ haha yeah I know in keys of Marinus. Literally just 5 stories in and he’s already had brains in jars

[@mariafox9226]

*cough* DALEKS

[@ReversedPolarity]

This was a beautiful letter from Mark Gatiss to Doctor Who. Well executed and it made me cry for William Hartnell. After that special, I wish I lived in 1963, just to meet him.

[@Kryojenix]

They did gloss over some of the gritty details, like racism against Warris Hussein - including by Hartnell. Which was fair enough for the celebration, but needs to be acknowledged.

[@MatthewCYN15]

​@@Kryojenix Julian Glover, the voice of Aragog in Harry Potter, did mention some bad moments about Hartnell back in the day 😅 But hey, the past is past And we Whovians owe Hartnell a lot despite his good or bad things

[@tomnorton4277]

This is Mark Gatiss' best work by a huge margin. The man is nothing special in terms of his writing. Great actor but his scripts tend to be dull and, in Sleep No More's case, even out of step with the rest of a season. In the case of that episode, Peter Capaldi was clearly the Season 8 version, not the Season 9 version. But for all his flaws, Mark Gatiss absolutely knocked it out of the park with An Adventure in Space and Time. This is by far his greatest contribution to Doctor Who.

[@CelesteStClair]

William Russell (Ian Chesterton) stood in the backround as a security guard. XD

[@DoctorWho]

Have a jelly baby.

[@GuydzakFilms]

Who Reactions OMG!

[@noahsdeafeyes]

Who Reactions how do you know if it was him?

[@stobbi38]

"good-lookin guy" He heard that haha;P

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

xD

[@othyization]

Brilliant dramatisation of the shows beginning and Hartnell's love for playing the role. Really put a lump in my throat at the end.

[@femmefuntime]

“No BEMs” The show has ended up having loads over time, and most of em have been amazing. Goes to show the show changes over time just as much as the Doctor themselves.

[@maeve628]

This was an amazing documentary-Thank you BBC and Mark Gatiss!!

[@lunajedi]

I have a sudden urge to watch this again! Also for all the whovians out there, if you want to learn more about the history of doctor who I highly recommend the book 'who-ology' !

[@jmcenanly1]

A brain in a jar with a death Ray is a capsule description of a Salem, while a 'tin robot' pretty much describes the appearance of a Cyberman.

[@brokenxnote]

I think you meant to say a Dalek, not a Salem hahaha. Autocorrect? xD

[@Carrotspy]

***** And there also was Morbius.

[@cete1905]

Bug-eyed monsters? SLITHEENS.

[@DarkAdonisVyers]

+brokenxnote To be fair, when Daleks were first released, it was not yet decided what was actually inside (later on, it was a brain beast with tentacles, of course), so in the first Daleks serial, you actually see a claw. Also, some of the non-canon comics show little blue men. Basically, Daleks were supposed to be "mysterious" on the inside, but people wanted that mystery solved as something.

[@arnavbhattacharjee2035]

AH Who cares

[@AndrewChapman]

An Adventure in Space and Time is included in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collector's Box Set. I wonder if I will get one for Christmas. Did Sydney Newman really used to say "Piss and vinegar in their veins"?

[@DoctorWho]

Have you been a good boy this year?

[@AndrewChapman]

Doctor Who Yes I have. Thank you for replying to my comment. I can't tell you what a pleasure this is.

[@AndrewChapman]

Doctor Who Well Doctor, I got the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition Box Set for Christmas so I guess that means I really have been a good boy this year.

[@gimkilo57]

"Grumpy old guy. Thats what we want here"

[@Ravenclaw1991]

This was an amazing film. Thank you Mark Gatiss!

[@JurassicLion2049]

I could watch Brian Cox speak with a North American accent all day. He plays Americans and Canadians even better than a lot of us play us 😂

[@chunkatronic]

You'd probably enjoy him in "Rushmore" (1998). :-)

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

Also Col. William Stryker--- his Southern American accent is EQUALLY spot-on.

[@Gojiragon]

Sydney was Canadian! Torontonian no less! And he made The British Avengers TV show!

[@tiangao6942]

+julianarwen Yeah, he sounds nothing like that in this. It's kind of hard to distinguish Canadian accents from American ones, but he sounds like he's from New York or Brooklyn or something.

[@greencello599]

The actress who played Verity Lambert was in an episode with the Doctor and Clara.

[@nightowl8477]

Which one? Was it Hide?

[@theunknowneditor63]

@@nightowl8477 yep.

[@ricklepick2117]

That narrows it down

[@cargo71]

And two years later she´s in a movie with Peter Capaldi. About a time traveller...

[@kylenetherwood8734]

No brains in jars. Return of Doctor Mystery anyone?

[@James-gc5if]

More likely a reference to 'The Brain of Morbius'.

[@augie-a3793]

Or keys of marinus

[@matthewduncan8523]

Augie-A to be fair I don’t think as many people will have seen keys as the morbius serial. Especially when the general consensus is keys could’ve been a couple episodes shorter than it was and was a bit slow

[@tatertatertatertatertater]

*cough cough* _returnofdoctormysterio_ *uncough uncough*

[@Popkorn28]

I just realised that the face of Boe is in the background of the outro!

[@alexanderthegreat913]

Simon H. The background of what outro?

[@EmilioReyes_97]

@@alexanderthegreat913 This videos outro, like in the bottom left corner

[@PopeShreesus]

@@EmilioReyes_97 I don't remember any outro

[@pinkiepie8848]

I can't remember what I'm supposed to do at the end.

[@collegeman1988]

These are the Doctor's parents. Sidney and Verity.

[@SteamMoose]

I gotta watch this movie again.

[@tomkenning5482]

It's a bit weird how they don't have an end card telling you to subscribe or anything

[@gamonstudios]

After watching the video I feel an urge to subscribe, but I am already subscribed. Also it seems to skip a few seconds at the end

[@gscam0001]

I noticed that too.... Weird..... Watched it a second time and it is still missing a few seconds at the end

[@slanatorios]

same thing happened to me guys...and for some reason i have a mark on my hand and i hold a black marker

[@theclausirlopu]

I re-watched it and founf myself with my favourite teacup broken on my hand... and I don't even remember having tea... And about those marks, I have them too!! Do you guys know why? Man, I loved that teacup...

[@vrocas_]

Come on guys.. are you gonna keep making that joke?

[@theclausirlopu]

Always. Geronimo.

[@ArnavRanadeKingOfArnavlandia]

0:12 The Return of Doctor Mysterio ruined Sydney's dream

[@rami_ungar_writer]

One of these days I'm going to get my hands on this docudrama thing and watch it.

[@finnhobart9100]

It's kind of ironic that Doctor Who, the quintessential british show that isn't supposed to take any direction from beyond the island, was conceived by a Canadian.

[@EthanDolan61101]

They should do something like this but for Tom Baker and his story of before he was The Doctor when he was The Doctor, and after he was The Doctor.

[@quantumyoutubeguy2]

0:17 William Russell is on the left, AKA Ian Chesterton!

[@JurassicLion2049]

Brian Cox was awesome in this movie.

[@aradicalkiwi806]

Why I liked capaldi, grumpy old guy

[@hopebgood]

Saw this the first time it was on. Good stuff all 'round.

[@CrownWho]

Doctor Who is Canadian! I will die on this hill.

[@FlynnWho]

How exactly?

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

@@FlynnWho Sydney Newman, the creator of the show, was Canadian.

[@FlynnWho]

@@imfsresidentotaku9699 Just because he was Canadian doesn’t make the show Canadian

[@thedoctor855]

an adventure in space and time is great, I got it at the doctor who experience as well as series 9 and 10 on DVD

[@thomasstevens2746]

Love this Love William hartnells era

[@VBaskin2010]

This Is What Doctor Who All Started!

[@MrSukram777]

And today, Moffat is doing the exact opposite of what Sydney Newman wanted.

[@chinareds54]

Doctor Who was on the verge of cancellation its first season when Terry Nation introduced a tin robot that looked like a salt shaker, and the ratings went through the roof. It was clear after that what the audience was looking for.

[@emrge9667]

But daleks aren't robots

[@epiendless1128]

But it IS a cross between a tin robot and a brain in a jar. :-)

[@lolcakebossfan2]

That women appears in the Hide episode in Doctor Who season 7 episode called Hide. For those who ians who already knew.... GOOD JOB

[@LegendKiller1fan]

I kinda wished that Doctor Who stuck with its original idea. Proper history, learning stuff, like it was with Mr. Peabody and Sherman. I guess it was sorta like that with the first couple seasons with Marco Polo, The Aztecs, etc. Would have been interesting to see what kind of show it would have been today with history adventures.

[@solitarywanderersw7394]

+LegendKiller1fan If you had a time machine would you really never have a peak of the future? They created something that had no limits. You could not possible stick to history if you had a time machine.

[@MrLethalShots]

+Ian Turner None of those episodes were educational and Robin Hood and Santa aren't even real people.

[@mustarddoctor]

The only Doctor Who thing in he new who era that had literally no supernatural or alien stuff....was the Torchwood episode 'Countrycide'

[@ackeeble]

They stopped doing the pure historical stories because they were a bore. I remember reading about the production and viewing figures for those episodes and after three years of pure historical stories the public got fed up with them. So they decided to stick with the sci-fi as that was getting the most viewers. Only when it came to the historicals they added sci-fi into them.

[@superspy6]

So, what do you think of Rosa and Demons of The Pubjab

[@fadikhoory5350]

Imagine if Sydney watch the revival show and saw the timeless children

[@jarednewman7823]

He'd probably think that it's innovative and unique and that the showrunner made it his own.

[@gay4sswhovian]

He would loved it since it makes representation to adopted children, bring back mystery on the character and he loved the idea of morbius Doctor lol

[@happyeagle92]

Is this part of a documentary? Is there more of this history?

[@thy4205]

This is a drama to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the science fiction series Doctor Who. Called "An Adventure in Space and Time"

[@kopftheater]

And it's on Netflix!

[@happyeagle92]

kopftheater thank you!

[@Singformefriend]

It was important, but like the movie tells us (and the history of the series), the show would have tin robots and bug eyed monsters!

[@samuelbarber6177]

"No B.E.Ms. Heh, sure he loved the Slitheen."

[@RichardThomas-o2k]

Newman came up with an idea. It was up to others to make it work

[@mikesilva3868]

Excellent 😊

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Who played Verity Lambert?

[@twinsuns957]

No bug eyed Monsters or brains in jars, and five stories in, along came The Keys Of Marinus. XD

[@xpaddy01]

Now I wanna watch this again! :)

[@DarkGob]

According to Wikipedia, Pathfinders aired from 1972-73, which post-dates the start of Doctor Who by a decade. However, Newman's article references an anthology series that aired on ITV in 1959 called Armchair Theatre.

[@gallifreyantauri]

The actor playing Sidney Newman reminds me of Ernie Kovacs. He looks a lot like him in this movie. Great movie BTW!!!

[@thgaliforevrbnd9666]

Omg amazing this teaches me everything 😃😃!!!

[@jimpalmer2981]

Apparently Syd changed his shoes to go outside. But I quibble. Wonderful performance by Brian Cox, and this film was a terrific addition to the totality of the Who mythos.

[@mrb.5610]

If you really want to quible then you wouldn't have gone to his office via. The Scenery Block .... it would have been straight from reception and up in the lifts to the 4th floor .... And believe me - *no* HBC office *ever* looked like that !

[@jimpalmer2981]

@@mrb.5610 Oh, I believe you, but I’ve never been there.

[@mrb.5610]

@@jimpalmer2981 Spent 27 years in the place ... .. .

[@jimpalmer2981]

@@mrb.5610 , okay, I’m hooked. Let’s hear some stories.

[@mrb.5610]

@@jimpalmer2981 I don't dare ! Riding a motor bike through the newsroom probably is top of the list - not by me I hasten to add - but a dear departed picture editor. At one time, they used to 'trail' the 10 O'clock News from a camera in the newsroom ' Coming up on tonight's program' sort of thing. And he knew exactly where to stand in the background to get into the shot ... he did this - with one or two of us making 'guest' appearances - for about 3 months - until the boss found out.... Pete - you were an absolute legend - and I still think of you.

[@jolanpiep]

Watched this movie 2 days ago. Much fun, so doche! Recommend it to everyone!

[@allisonwatson3837]

ok. i need to see this now

[@borgduck]

And, boy, did they get the grumpiest!

[@gandalfthegreatwhite4393]

*_Fantastic!_* ツ

[@tobytw7773]

I like little things like this there should be more

[@DEKARONGAMER97]

We need a documentary on Dr Who in the style of that video.

[@AndrozaniCritic1999]

Um… that's what this was part of. A docudrama, actually.

[@DEKARONGAMER97]

Could you please tell me the name of it?Id love to watch it

[@AndrozaniCritic1999]

Blu3Drag0n An Adventure in Space and Time- it's in the title.

[@jarednewman7823]

A female producer? In 1963? That's just how Doctor Who rolls.

[@MatthewCYN15]

Verity Lambert: First female producer Waris Hussein: First director with a male partner Matt Smith: Youngest actor to play the Doctor Jodie Whittaker: First female Doctor Jo Martin: First non white female Doctor Sacha Dhawan: First non white and youngest actor to play the Master Ncuti Gatwa: First main leading non white Doctor Millie Gibson: Youngest actor to play the Companion Context: Jo Martin is the first non white Doctor, Ncuti is also non white but he is leading the series as the protagonist as Jo's Fugitive Doctor isn't quite the protagonist, just the protagonist with a different face in the past, it's confusing lol

[@kuggacouragegx6093]

​@@MatthewCYN15don't forget doctor moon

[@sodadrinker89]

Funny that I want to subscribe to this channel, even though I've already subscribed. But seriously BBC, if you guys keep on posting videos missing a few seconds in the end, I'm going to unsubscribe.

[@peregrine63701]

Where is the whole movie?

[@Grimmwolf25]

I loved this movie! My boyfriend loved this movie! It was expertly written and cast, for a documentary. I don't think they could have done a better job at bringing it to life.

[@edkwon]

Watching this clip I keep forgetting Brian Cox, playing the sole American in the story, is also a fellow Brit

[@maxwellmacintyre8544]

-Canadian, actually

[@maxwellmacintyre8544]

Sydney Newman, that is

[@finnsempire5671]

Ian

[@mikesway79]

Where's the feature length? I love Brian Cox. If this isn't a feature, I'd love to see someone make it.

[@mikesway79]

Never mind. Found it. :-).

[@davidabulafia7145]

Why 9 people don't like it, is beyond me

[@robertjackson3552]

bug-eyed mutations death rays tin robots did he just describe the daleks

[@camotophat]

I love that the BBC was run by a grumpy Canadian man. lol

[@zanderbraincinemas6126]

I really miss Doctor Who. It was a show my grandma and my dad bonded over. A show my dad and I bonded over. A show I wish my kids and I could’ve bonded over someday. It meant something to so many people. So many strove to be like the doctor. To be kind, to help others with no thought of reward. But alas, Doctor Who is dead.

[@deadchannel9282]

GIVE US THE OUTRO BACK

[@doctorwhoworld3823]

I would love to have piss and vinegar in my veins

[@pinoypizza]

Is it true they're gonna show Adventure in Space and Time again on November 23rd, except this time it's Peter Capaldi instead of Matt Smith in that tearjerking cameo?

[@Mr_Bunk]

What? There hasn't even been an announcement of that yet. Stop spreading rumours.

[@atzz4957]

That was for the 50th anniversary so don't believe everything you hear.

[@Mr_Bunk]

***** Interesting...unlikely, but interesting non the less...

[@kkentertainment5279]

+nepomusik imagine a sequel, making as series of movies each one focusing on a classic Doctor.

[@brogansmith8868]

KKEntertainment That would be awesome

[@TenTamten]

yes, yes, but they didn't have such good cameras in the 60s. I consider it a fake picture!

[@blozier2006]

"No B.E.M.'s" He must have been aghast at the Daleks, then.

[@carlhallowell3421]

He was. Then 10 million people tuned in and changed his mind.

[@eimisue3343]

Is he the reason 11th Doctor is wearing a Bowtie?

[@W0LV1E45]

I hope that you know by now. If not then the answer is No. 11th was inspired by 2nd Doctor.

[@sarahchai9960]

HE WAS WEARING A BOW TIE XD MATT

[@SeanEnglishHD]

He’s not the only person to wear a bowtie

[@bmc8319]

Fact the first episode of doctor who came out when John F Kennedy was assassinated

[@chrorogreenage7357]

For #throwbackthursday do the scene from death in heaven when the doctor repeatedly strikes the TARDIS in anger after not discovering Gallifrey

[@doctorwhofan1989]

That was two days ago. Hardly with a Throwback.

[@yudipota884]

@@doctorwhofan1989 well now its been 2,388 days and the man got what he wanted so now we're all happy

[@mlpviv2111]

same woman from Hide from season 7

[@Mr-Peterson]

why am i forgot to subscribe?

[@lilStealthkiller]

Dw doesn't even go on all year long anymore :'( and even the first doctor had cybermen a.k.a tin robots.

[@tardis7395]

POP POP POP

[@jeffgalus8454]

Pop Pop Pop

[@Widmerpool99]

What's the offensive language?

[@Soliy87]

Pop pop pop

[@gremlin706]

Why he say popopo?

[@MrSukram777]

Sorry for being 5 years late. This was his line he said every time he had a great idea. Only in the movie, though, he never said that in real life.

[@gremlin706]

@@MrSukram777 Thanks, Markus.

[@mgncaker]

8 series is full of "Tin Robots and B.E.M.'s". And this is sad

[@LiveHedgehog]

And so is every series of DW.

[@roberthaha1]

It's always been like that.

[@Char10tti3]

joshua powell yeah I watched all of series one and it had Charles Dickens and then the Doctor just talking about all the places he's been to. The historical episodes now ate mostly ww2

[@Mungo-g8w]

Char10tt3 ΘΣ Yeah but then a bunch of gas aliens who turned into zombies turned up... They haven't done a pure historical for about 45 years.

[@Char10tti3]

joshua powell I finished watching the first Aztecs (finally!) I could easily stick with classic forever. Got Shada and Lungbarrow too to stir plots up a bit xD

[@bringitON1435]

pls dont end at season 8 pls i want moar pls

[@TheNotSoComfySofa]

Technically it's season 34. Or,series 34 if you want.

[@cete1905]

TheNotSoComfySofa It's series 8 or season 34.

[@MrGlenbw]

For once, Sydney Newman was right when it comes to Doctor Who using proper history as a useful educational tool. Especially in Series 11 (the Jodie Whittaker era) in which some of the best episodes so far are the ones that are steeped in historical facts (Rosa, Demons of the Punjab, etc.)

[@jamesg6660]

What absolute bull.

[@yellowpete79]

How much did they pay you to say a good thing about the Shittaker era?

[@the18thdoctor3]

@@yellowpete79 People aren't allowed to like things anymore? Wow.

[@yellowpete79]

@@the18thdoctor3 People are allowed that.

[@Robin.Tussin]

To the hilt.

[@Lythgoemania]

Mark Gatiss is usually a pretty mediocre writer at best, but he did a good job with An Adventure In Space And Time, at least. Wasn't as good as the 50th special, though.

[@jplegend98]

Robert Lythgoe the 50th was runbish

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

Of course it was. It's a nice little dramatization of the show's beginnings.

[@cptvincentful]

2 darks hate this

[@DragOneeeee1]

So, basicly doctor who is futurama?

[@MakeSomeEcho]

That pedostashe though

[@RobertJones-st3wj]

Who would've thought a Canadian Jew came up with it