Best & Worst of DOCTOR 9 (Who Retrospective)

[@anniemaull5605]

Doctor 9 was a lot better than they gave him credit for. And I think that's sad. Thank you Doctor 9.

[@robletch123]

He's fantastic

[@zarrg5611]

The best New-Who doctor

[@jarjared3522]

Everyone: Don't skip 9! The Eighth Doctor: =_=

[@zigzag4491]

My sister wants to start watching Doctor who with 8th, 😪 I'm so proud.

[@kevin10001]

Comic book gamer actually Matt did say does count in the time of the doctor just like David being 2 regenerations what we don't know is what made him feel unworthy of the title doctor and how far into the regeneration it took him to feel that way

[@lukeskywalker8543]

What about night of the doctor

[@RS-kt5po]

The End of the World is actually one of my favourite ever episodes. it's so underrated. it just perfectly epitomises the mix of humour, emotion, philosophy and campy thrills that the show tries to sell. it's got an underdeveloped plot, but you're not going to get much out of an RTD episode if you're looking for intricate plotting; his extraordinary strengths as a writer lie elsewhere.

[@peterstangl8295]

Gotta agree with you. Although i'm probably biased since this was my introduction to the show.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Yeah I'm actually surprised he said THAT would alienate people haha, when the first episode is pure shlock and it's put 7 people I know off the show first hand, til they saw blink or heaven sent or just any good Tennant/Smith/Capaldi episode, THEN they go back and appreciate 9 and the first season But end of the world is definitely a solid episode, with such a vast premise while still being hopeful and fun Also..9 was definitely not too harsh to the prick getting the head implant haha, he was a shady dick who almost got them killed, screw him haha

[@bruce1947]

yeah i don't get the hate for it. i love cassandra, i think everyone does a great job. it's a great introduction to the scope of doctor who for new viewers and I've never been bored watching it.

[@ARC--5973]

We were unjustly robbed of more 9, Rose, Captain Jack adventures. What an incredible TARDIS team, with an incredible dynamic.

[@TwoOnions275]

'Ev-verybody lives!!!' - best moment hands down.

[@mrburgess1698]

Two Onions I hated that line found that line too corny and self referential.

[@RunawayTrain2502]

I loved the reveal in "Dalek", what a moment

[@simonfyfe6305]

Christopher Eccelston is one of the finest actors in Great Britain. Anybody who doesn’t think he set the Barr for the more modern day Doctor is seriously deciding themselves. David Tennant was a good Doctor for sure. Matt Smith was my favourite Doctor. Peter Capaldi was let down by poor stories and weak characters. Which was a shame as Capaldi is a damn good actor. But Chris Eccelston breathed new life in the Doctor straight off the bat. He combined so many facets for the new generation of Doctor. He commanded center stage in every episode without having to try. As an actor he made the Doctor a very relatable character . His on screen chemistry with Billie Piper was effortless. The only other pairing that came close for me was Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. I personally was gutted when he decided on only one series. But I guess this is what makes good actors great actors, their unpredictability.

[@SamyulDavis]

Betty Swallocks Eccleston’s latest take on Macbeth was insane. The new series hasn’t hosted one mediocre actor to date.

[@kevin10001]

Betty Swallocks he was a great doctor but what makes the first 1 seasons of the revival hard to watch is having rose in them and it's not the actress's fault for that it's the cult of rose that ruined those seasons by acting like she is why the show is still on like no other factor can be the reason for the it's only her as that reason

[@simonfyfe6305]

kevin10001 I would say that’s a valid point, I actually didn’t mind Rose, but I think someone at the been was pushing the feminist agenda. At least with Amy pond there was the balance with Rory. For me it went down hill after matt Smith left the role. When Peter Capaldi took over he was let down by poor stories and even worse sidekicks. He could have been one of the best as he is a great character actor.

[@Nautilus1972]

You can't even spell 'bar' .... you don't deserve an opinion. And WTF does " is seriously deciding themselves..." mean? Do you mean 'deluding themselves'? Jesus Christ, we truly do live in a post-literate society.

[@damianbrophy3961]

@@SamyulDavis ho

[@ProrogonLordoftheJags]

HOW is The Empty Child not on your top list? Best episode of his run alongside The Parting of the Ways for me.

[@mrscsi6472]

“i don’t really recall the episode where [the doctor] ran away from a fireball” it was the first episode, Rose. the reason you don’t remember it is because it happened offscreen, after he detonated that explosive device on the transmitter at rose’s workplace.

[@N3RDYG0GGLES]

Oh hey that ad was what introduced me too :D I loved it. And tbh I will always say the line that got me truly into the Show was “Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!”

[@sirdeadlock]

Thank you for the gift of air from your lungs.

[@spugesdu]

You are WRRRRRONNG about The End of The World. It's fab and Mr & Mrs Pakoo are bae. Have a banana. 🍌

[@braddsfx8921]

IKR it’s just a ducking sitcom. I love when they line up to give gifts and the blue guy spits in roses face😂

[@LOBOtheundead]

Good video , couldn't agree more the 9th doctor is one of the best and you can't skip him.

[@LOBOtheundead]

Also i think you should cover touchwood next

[@TheJedwardo]

I don’t think so

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

Skip 9 and I skip you.

[@eviljoverlord1934]

I'm pretty sure all of seasons 1-10 are on BBC iPlayer at the moment if you're in the UK :)

[@lukeskywalker8543]

Why do I keep finding you in the comments of every video (basically) I watch?

[@gryotharian]

is your profile pic from shrek 3

[@LeoGuidi]

Fruitty Tutti it’s on Netflix mate

[@drxshock6957]

@@gryotharian *DADA*

[@jacobharris5894]

Great video, I couldn't agree more that the 9th doctor is a great underrated doctor. He is not my favorite, even though he is my first doctor, but I wish we had seen more of him. I like that you included the books as well. Not very many whovians on KZbin do that and it exposes whovians to some new stories they have never seen before. I have to disagree with you on winner takes all though. I loved listening to audio story and was really invested in it. I couldn't stop until I listened to the full five hours.

[@adamnathan6270]

Nice to see these other perspectives. for me 10 was my Doctor, but 9 had some cracking stories by far, and the character development you point out is unbelievable

[@ruby_red_monkey]

Number 9 will always be the one for me. I have all his episodes on the old style, bulky DVDs, one CD per box. They have so many memories attached.

[@mjm3091]

8:10 Bill, Nardole and Mistress and dozens of children and adults in the Mondas ship: are we a joke to you?

[@dirtywashedupsparkle]

Ninth Doctor was a great doctor - I feel the current series feels like a revisit to working-class and more realism that Ninth Doctor showcased, and who knows, maybe the time is right now for a renewed call for him to make a reappearance? Slim chance, but now is a better time than ever before - new showrunner, and the look and feel is more similar to what he was trying for. 9 had real issues from what we now know was the Time War as the War Doctor (John Hurt) - that made him a lot more interesting than the subsequent doctors because more than other doctors he had a journey to make.

[@SamyulDavis]

dirtywashedupsparkle Whittaker seems to be carrying on that sentiment right now! I think it’s a great direction Eccleston took the character that few else would’ve ever thought of or considered.

[@Liam-ok9lm]

Love that you include the books in these, my favourite is the Deviant Strain for 9. Also, his recent Titan Comics run is fantastic.

[@savannahkrystall2698]

Yes I agree, the best! My first, and god, he never had a bad episode. I think ten is my doctor, but nine is THE doctor to me. I love him a lot.

[@booboothefool759]

During the worst episodes part I could not stop laughing after you talked about end of the world! I actually had to pause it and it's all because of the voice you did when introducing the monsters and then with Mr and Mrs Pakoo. It was just... so funny

[@dayschange2]

Loving the Ninth Doctor puts me a little in mind of what it must be like to be a child whose parents have divorced, and one of them has just disappeared entirely from your life, and you don't completely understand what exactly happened, and your step-parent is cool and everything, with his 3D glasses and his bowtie, but you want that other parent to come back some time, and deep down you know they're not coming home. They're not coming home. But, Eccleston, we miss you. Come back! Just to visit! . . . Daddy!

[@percyz.d.8117]

I met (i say met because it always feels like i'm the companion while watching) 9 when I was really young, and besides a few good moments, the storyline of The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances stuck with me. I recently got back into the show because of my good friend, and 9 kept the same magic about him when I met him again. It was awesome! 9 is my first and favorite doctor too, and I'm so glad that others here agree, because most of my friends irl pay no attention to 9 and its kinda annoying. Anyways, just wanted to say how much I adore the 9th doctor and appreciate this video! Also my favorite 9th Doctor moment was "Everybody lives!" from The Doctor Dances. Its just so incredible to see the doctors face light up like that. Have a swell day!

[@SamyulDavis]

Carolina Z. D. I don’t think any actor has as many iconic moments in just one series than Eccleston! My favourite is “My planets gone” speech at the end of episode 2. It’s great to have a special Doctor as your first, then to go back as an adult and see that it’s also a genuinely unique portrayal on top of that.

[@lenlawrence8967]

I don't honestly think the new era show ever recovered from Eccelston's departure. Yeah: Bad Wolf & Parting of the Ways is the BEST new Who, ever, ever, EVER. Oh, can we all stop knocking End of the World, though?! Nothing freaking wrong, there!

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Len Lawrence That’s a very interesting thing to say and thinking about it I would have to agree. I’m gutted his experience wasn’t better because he deserved so much more

[@benwelsh5265]

If only he had shown up for the 50th the numbering of the doctors wouldn't have been so buggered up. p.s. do 8th Doctor his audios are legendary and most of the time better than the tv show in its entirety.

[@SamyulDavis]

Ben Welsh personally I never let that bother me. I think Moffat got lucky with 9 not returning. Hurt was fantastic and it also meant 9 wasn't in the TimeWar which in retrospect works better. I don't see silly 9 pulling off Hurt's role in that story, nor being hated enough by 10/11. Him being a simple, romantic return to time travel than warrior works great.

[@benwelsh5265]

Eccleston can ham it up sure but he can also play the emotionally scarred Doctor pretty well and as good as Hurt was we needed a Doctor we knew to be faced with the decision of using the Moment. C'mon you had Mcgann who still looks young enough to fit back into the role and yet he is badly underused.

[@kevin10001]

SamyulDavis actually if u look at the original storyboards for the 50th anniversary special they have him in it and it's actually not the same plot we actually got they had to come up with the new doctor when he refused to come back cause of the behind the scenes problems he had while doing season one

[@BattlestarZenobia]

Samuel Davis they should have just used McGann as the one who fought in the Time War like we all thought for eight bloody years

[@horaciosi]

Simon Pegg's performance in The Long Game makes me wish he played The Master.

[@gigaatom]

Was juuuussstt too young to remember most episodes, but I’ll always remember his first word. “Run”. Truly a brilliant way to reintroduce the doctor and explain the show to new comers. Truly... fantastic

[@Gormaco]

“Nicholas Briggs does a pretty good 9th Doctor impression” *later in a different video* “Nicholas Briggs is....trying to do the 9th Doctor?”

[@Materminds187]

He sounds like the host of a children’s show. Way too joyful and talking down to the audience.

[@alfiethomas5632]

It is an absolute tragedy that we do not have more televised Eccleston, but I am just so glad that there is at least one other person out there who sees Nine as "their Doctor". I feel loved again

[@NoahAG]

He did choose to leave

[@GhostLightPhilosophy]

People who skip 9 might as well skip Tom Baker as well. They are missing quality stories. If 9 had failed, we would have never had the revival at all.

[@ericpschoon3922]

9's my second favorite doctor, matts my first and hes my favorite but 9 was *fantastic*

[@burningflag3679]

I'm literally re,re, re several more re watching Dalek. And reveling in "It honestly believes they desreve to die".

[@SamyulDavis]

The greatest line. Who has so much to thank Shearman for.

[@Lokir42]

I'm really excited for the new Christopher Eccleston audio dramas. Christopher Eccleston is finally back! Here is hoping you talk about them on this channel once they begin come out.

[@adamlong6561]

Just remember the 26th march 2005. That beautiful evening . I was like a toddler and still remember that mans beautiful face. Those next few Saturdays are foggy in my head but what I can still remember is that mans voice insulting genocidal squids and running around space and time .

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

he was my first Doctor too. he'll always be special to me

[@emilyhughes4297]

9 is my favourite doctor. I rember seeing the first episode when it came out and then going to my friends house the next day and acting out the episode (i was rose lol)

[@klisher]

you summed that up perfectly "when saturdays became amazing" so many brilliant individual moments from Eccleston.

[@Temptation666]

OMG 9 is your Doctor too? Dances. I love everyone who loves 9 ❤ He was fare from my first Doctor. But he IS my Doctor. God i love him. I highly doubt anyone will ever surpass him in my heart, but of cause only time can tell.

[@Gabe-oi8xw]

Watched this video soon after the announcement that Eccleston is coming back for Big Finish after 15 years away from the role. Best part of 2020 for sure

[@DJ_Sonic09]

I cannot wait for those boxsets

[@bentertainmentproductions8451]

The 9th Doctor was the wondering traveler that introduced me to the show. Should've been in Series 2 but I understand the actor's reasons and of course we got DAVID TENNANT who grew on me very quickly

[@themightyboush]

9 was the Doctor when I got into the show, and is my favourite partly because of that, but also because I thought every televisual story of his was good/great, Dalek being the standout (The Long Game probably the weakest). It's a shame Eccleston didn't stay on for another series, but he has his PERSONAL reasons for why he didn't, and I respect that. He got the ball rolling, and I commend him :D

[@vsriotact]

Really wish we'd had eccleston for a 2nd season. He's a great actor and really laid the blueprint for the the following doctors. The combination of brave but wounded soldier hiding behind a mask of smiling fool is something that remained a core characteristic until Whittakers take.

[@MichaelMyers-vj4wl]

9 and 12 are my doctors. 12 was the first doctor i saw on tv and had any experience with but 9 was the first doctor i got to know. I binged the entire series on Netflix and 9 was my favorite.

[@lordirish3054]

Eight is my Doctor. BBC did him dirty.

[@nickblog3407]

9 was the first Doctor I saw when I was 8 or 9 watching the revived series with my folks and introduced me to the world of Doctor Who. As such 9 will always be special for me and his tenure was far too short. Also I agree that the first Dalek story is the best, it was terrifying when I was younger that this one 'trashcan' so to speak could kill an entire base of people.

[@crimsondynamo615]

With Christopher recently starting to show up for conventions and is speaking out a little more, I really hope he’s open to Big Finish audio dramas. I would love to see other stories with him.

[@mcbadrobotvoice8155]

When you wanna make a top 5 good and a top 5 bad video but only two of the episodes are bad. *welp time to go to the books*

[@Obsessed_fangirl22]

Now I really wanna go back and watch 9 again :)

[@TotalNonstopAdam]

He was my favourite then, he's my favourite now and it's not even close.

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

Hey Samy, watched your Torchwood retrospective and subscribed, good work !!!

[@Kizzy-qb9si]

I still remember watching him when I was introduced in high school

[@blackenedwritings]

I just started to watch Doctor Who last year (I caught up by now) and while I did watch some classic Who, I started with Eccleston. So 9 will also be forever "my" Doctor and it's a shame that there is only one season with him. But it was and is Eccleston's choice and I respect it.

[@SamyulDavis]

The Gunslinger exact same. Glad he still makes new fans. It’s odd because he’s by far the least ‘Doctor-y’ Doctor, which makes sense for the incarnation, but bizarre and risky for a series 1 reboot.

[@DokkaChapman]

LOVE 'Only Human', so glad you included it.

[@benweaver8086]

The end of the world's last 10 minutes are gold. Everything has its time and everything must die. That line woukd only sound right from 9. Plus I like the bit with him on earth with Rose and they get chips

[@lorbaborb]

I grew up with twelve but nine feels like my doctor

[@SamyulDavis]

The other way around for me! Great picks.

[@cw5522]

Dalek was the best Dalek ep ever that scared me shitless when I was young when others haven’t quits done that.

[@MarcelNL]

10 is my favourite, but when I started watching all episodes in a row, I really felt sorry that 9's season came to an end and 10 then would come.

[@VintageBeauty1313]

Nine is my Doctor!! Eight has become a favorite, but Nine and Twelve!!

[@sanctumsanctorum4130]

My first Doctor was technically Tom Baker, as I have very strong recollections of watching the Keeper of Traken at my aunt's house. But I would have been 4 when then came out, so I don't think it counts. I have a very strong recollection of the terileptil robot attacking Nyssa in The Visitation (which is my favourite Peter Davison story, just because its such a good romp). I also remember missing the third episode of Earthshock due to a video error and being really upset. I'd have been 6 at the time. I have vague memories of Colin Baker's Doctor but I was just the right age to truly appreciate the gems that were seasons 25 and 26, which even now, contain some of the best Doctor Who stories ever written (specifically Remembrance and Curse). Even Ghostlight is very strong on atmosphere (despite confusing Light for Lionel Blair as a kid). My point really is that 4, 5 or 6 should count as "my Doctor" but its actually 7 and Ace which is my era of Doctor Who.

[@batnacks]

Wait, so 9 caused the winter armistice, then 12 went back to watch in his finale

[@TGCFilmz]

Father's Day is my favourite episode and both it and Boom Town deserve more recognition

[@DeathRex88]

glad to see my favorite doctor get some love

[@greghawkins59]

That "I feel the turn off the earth" was just 😙👌

[@joshcarn5795]

9 is literally one of my favourites, the series 1 story arc is amazing, and anyone who disagrees is wrong. Like you said, he is somewhat flawed and I love that in a character; for me, even though 10 was amazing he was just so godly in a sense if you get me.

[@Unemportant]

Who remembers the return of the repeated meme

[@Elcrisso1]

Haha I used to have hundreds of the Doctor Who: Battles in Time trading cards back around 2006/2007! I remember knowing the names of a the side characters from “The End of the World” episode 😂 Mr and Mrs Pakoo what great characters

[@ethanmiles6727]

Young Nation OMG YES!! I just found my tardis case with over 700 cards! Loved them so much 😂

[@zbaksh101]

Honestly i liked the idea of Adam coming back as a villian and wished it was used in a better story.

[@melsus]

I skipped 9 but that was because I was watching it with my mum but afterwards I went back and watched all of 9

[@simonkane]

I'm enjoying these a lot. Thank you

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Christopher Eccleston was a fantastic Doctor. The world turning speech in Rose is when you knew he was the Doctor. He’s the only one who could have brought the show back and sell it to everyone. Never skip 9 because there wouldn’t have been a 10 without him

[@garyhewitt886]

Great Doctor wished he had stayed longer.

[@jefferyjones8399]

I just wish he would make another appearance. I love him so much.

[@matthewgleason7495]

The End of the World and The Long Game are two of my favorites.

[@captainconfused2631]

Because of this list a child somewhere is crying....An empty child. Srsly I love thar 2 parter and it isn’t even on top five eccleston?

[@robhunterisanidiot1657]

i skipped 9 once then i felt i was missing the best of dr who

[@Jedi_Spartan]

8 and 9 are probably the most underrated doctors

[@SimonLeicester]

Eccleston was a really good Doctor plus blessed with some fun and clever scripts

[@colinfarren8326]

Chris Eccalston was worried about being typecast yet he is still remembered as "being the doctor"

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Colin Farren Sadly that was a lie put about by the BBC. Lately Christopher Eccleston has started talking about why he left and it’s really sad

[@loags22]

I know this is out of date but 9 didnt hate dr who. It was upper level management he didnt like. I would have loved to see him last longer

[@FinlayFosterReviews]

my mates and I used to always take the piss out of mr and mrs Pakoo when we were younger and also put on silly voices when mentioning them too. I nearly fell off my chair when you did the same hah Stellar video as always mate!

[@SamyulDavis]

Finlay Foster that's insane, I genuinely didn't realise anybody knew they had names. They do stand out as particularly unspectacular :')

[@danielmetcalfe8347]

You never skip 9! Eccleston was my doctor, I'm so glad he's decided to come back for Big Finish

[@baconwithmoreeggs7938]

My first doctor was 11 (and he is my favourite) but I went back and watched 9+10 recently. Definitely worth it

[@dinosaurpolitician3663]

Now that the 9DAs are out, I’m curious if your list has changed at all

[@badbone_lee7313]

You were fantastic, absolutely fantastic.And do you know what? So was I ©

[@lewisdavidson571]

Beans Episodes Aliens of London World War Three The Long Game Boom Town 4/13 A third of his stories were poor, but the other 2 thirds are, for lack of a better term, fantastic. Eccelston should've been in the role until at least 2007 I feel. He could've made for a great cold Doctor for a good while as he slowly softened but his ending was about as close to perfect as possible.

[@richardgunton9564]

Can I say, Eccleston is not my favourite doctor, but I absolutely love the doctor dances, largely because when I was like six and I watched it for the first time, it scared the hell out of me.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Remember the running gag with the chips? That was funny. I miss when the show was funny.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Anyone else find how Nicholas Briggs has a very odd history with Who? First he created fan films when the show was off air by making movies that were Doctor Who in all but name. Then he became the voice of the Daleks and Cybermen which is funny when you consider the season ,2 finale is basically Nicholas Briggs fighting Nicholas Briggs. And now he's the Ninth Doctor? Quite a busy guy isn't he?

[@mendo5459]

I got into DW right at the beginning of DT and he has always been my favourite and had never seen CE until years and years later. Now CE rivals DT and I can't makeup my mind haha

[@Jaeden_Phoenix]

Boom Town was great because it had my favorite TARDIS Team: 9, Jack, Rose, Mickey.

[@paultheelf9154]

Dalek is not the best "Dalek" story to date. That award goes to "Genesis of the Daleks".

[@kinky_afro7720]

I genuinely laughed when I looked on the only human TARDIS wiki page and found it set in Bromley, my place! Who'd have thought?

[@autumnmatthews3179]

Kes Dawns long live Brommers!

[@arcadeassassin7176]

a noir themed vigilante superhero. where have i heard that one before. but seriously though the thing i like the most about the 9th doctor is that his performance lends a sort of continuity to the series to the point that whenever i watch the classic series i get the impression that whatever doctor i'm watching is what eccleston's doctor would have been like when he was younger.

[@mnemosynegates625]

Dalek will always be my favourite Dr Who episode.

[@bigboymedia453]

Best 9 stories 5. Father’s Day 4. Boom town 3. Doctor dances 2. Dalek 1. Parting of the ways

[@paddystrongjaw9995]

Favourite NuWho Doctor by a country mile, and I love Tennant so that’s saying something. That fucking smile man.

[@koalajoe5897]

not arguably the best TARDIS crew THE best TARDIS crew

[@VintageBeauty1313]

Listening to this in 2024 wanting so badly to tell Sam that they did it! Big Finish did what the bbc could only dream of and got Eccleston back as the Doctor!!

[@honeywasp7839]

9 is one of the best I don't know if I can call him my favourite but he's deffinatly up there

[@luke_hobb2295]

everyone’s gonna call me a big fake fan but .... David Tennant was my first and favourite :))

[@flibbityfloo1779]

Luke_Hobb2 you're not alone. He's my first and favourite as well. But Christopher is still one my favourites as well as Patrick troughton.