Sutekh is Trapped! | Pyramids of Mars | Doctor Who

[@arcas8423]

This was the golden era of Dr. Who. Pyramids of Mars, Planet of Evil, Terror of the Autons, Invasion of Time, Terror of the Zygons, Genesis of the Daleks, Horror of Fang Rock…it’s all coming back to me.

[@Ocsttiac]

00:55 Legends say that the hand holding down Sutekh's cushion also took the Toymaker's gold tooth

[@MarcDRhodes1972]

Honestly, you would think they would have edited that hand out by now....

[@Ocsttiac]

@@MarcDRhodes1972 It's edited out in the Tales of the TARDIS version.

[@samfowler2073]

New head canon accepted

[@AuroraButterflyx]

ah that the blooper that everyone was saying XD. funny how that made the final cut back in the 70s

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

Why did they even need to hold down his cushion?

[@rabidbigdog]

Possibly the most perfect voice acting ever. Gabriel Woolf had fun with this role.

[@entertheblackvault]

He must be getting on now...?

[@davidserlin8097]

@@entertheblackvaulthe’s 91!

[@jumpcutfilms1958]

​​@@entertheblackvaultstill not old enough to voice the character again!

[@piercelindenberg6842]

I love the fact that Sutekh’s escape from this technically makes him another one of the Doctor’s companions.

[@KororaPenguin]

Tungsten-Tritium-Fluorine!? I lost track of New Who several Doctors ago, but wha?

[@unfundedopportunities7278]

The 70's Doctor Who were the best. The Talons of Weng-Chiang was another great episode.

[@xadam2dudex]

Yep .. this and that episode were 2 of the best episodes of the whole series

[@lesigh1749]

Horror of Fang Rock is a gem too.

[@timstaffell]

For sure. Talons, Fang Rock, Pyramids, Stones Of Blood, epic stuff!

[@ArjGee]

Sutekh’s NOOOOOO deserves to be as iconic as Darth Vader’s 😂😂

[@zocialix]

That: 'noooooooo' at 2:22 is a bit corny lol, Gabriel Woolf is awesome though!

[@midnightmoonwolf7306]

That is the most goofiest, saying I have ever watched in my entire life. Still very good job for the actor who played him.

[@buckster2575]

Not really it's tom baker era so it gets a pass.

[@benwasserman8223]

Looks like Sutekh found a way out of his rainbow time tunnel after all. Yeah there was a comic follow up but their canon status is always iffy.

[@jdgjagerbomber9430]

Interesting that they used the same Rainbow time tunnel in all the promotional photos as a big hint as well lol

[@spiralx6249]

Time travel. "canonical" is at best arguable, when history can be rewritten. As the Doctor makes clear to Ian on Vortis. And to Sarah-Jane in Pyramids. At worst, it's meaningless. So your comic, and Legend/Empire can quite happily co-exist as alternate futures, if you like to think of it that way.

[@Magmaster13]

This new season has broken a lot of Canon. The nightmare fair was considered Canon for a long time despite being an abandoned Colin Baker story, and there's an audio drama where the eighth doctor revisits Susan

[@czerwonykwadrat6843]

@@Magmaster13 8th Doctor suffers from memory loss like every other tuesday though

[@chickenwinna]

Ill take you to b-

[@irishbutterfly442]

This is one of my favorite Doctor Who stories. Love the 4th Doctor.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Man, I miss Tom Baker, he was IMO the best Dr. Who.

[@AndrewChapman]

Agreed

[@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309]

Yep. Load of crap after Tom Baker. Crap actors. Crap writers.

[@EzraYalanBenjamin]

Definitely the best to portray him so far, and far, far better than everybody after him.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 Peter David was fairly good.

[@splinterbyrd]

​@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 Agreed. The high noon of DW, was 1973-80, with Tom Baker Lis Sladen, and the very best scripts and storylines. Downhill all the way ever since, these days it's woke campy crap, the _Rocky Horror Show_ in outer space

[@davegaria8529]

OMG Elizabeth had such a classy accent...how not to love her

[@skylarkman2000]

@@davegaria8529 Stunning Lady.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

Then Sutekh hide behind the Tardis and has been secretly traveling with the doctor ever since. Sutekh is a very durable god give that in series 5 the Tardis exploded and then that whole Flux event.

[@TMOQF]

Hahaha, I love this show.

[@skinnysnorlax9356]

Oh…interesting questions for Rusty T Davies on social media or any cons he’s guesting at in the future?

[@JOCoStudio1]

Not to mention the Tardis splitting in two. Does Tennant get his own Sutekh as well?

[@xeno6422]

​@@JOCoStudio1that would be a very funny reason for him to return in the future

[@pearsegallagher9832]

@@skinnysnorlax9356 well to be fair the tradis exploding killed everything so i imagine sutekh was just chilling at that point

[@jellybabiesarecool4657]

0:54 I am so miserable that Tales of the Tardis retconned this - Sutekh the Destroyer having a hand up his arse. Sutekh the Destroyer? The only destroyer I see here is the absolute canon destroyer!

[@AndrewChapman]

Yes, absolutely terrible they did that. Looked so iconic with the hand😄

[@chrislowman5374]

At the 55 second mark, look for the hand leaving the edge of the chair. One of my favorite episodes, thanks for posting!

[@emmeeemm]

"He lived for about 7000 years." "Sutekh is dead." Oh Doctor. Oh Sarah Jane. You wish you were so lucky. You wish we were all so lucky.

[@weswheel4834]

How many times has the Master been dead and have the Daleks been wiped out?

[@BigBadBlackMagicDaddy_1865]

The Doctor seems to forget something we all learned from Hades as a kid. “Pain. Panic. Got a little riddle for you. Howww do you killll a God?” “I … do not know..” “Y-yuh can’t!! They’re immortal?” “BINGO, hey, they’re immortal.”

[@DJ-tt7tq]

One of my favourite Dr Who episodes. Always loved Tom Baker and the late Elisabeth Sladen. Liz was my first crush when I was very young. It was huge. I actually met her in 2002 and she was lovely. Rest in Peace Lis. X

[@skylarkman2000]

I cried when hearing Liz had died . A stunning beautiful Lady.

[@BurgerKingWhoppersWithCheese]

What The Show Is Now In The Present Day Compared To What It Used To Be Is So Sad 😢 💯 RIP Doctor Who.

[@Jamm_1995]

That "nooooooooooo" absolutely wrecks me 😂😂 love it

[@snickerboi3723]

sutekh was in fact bluffing, he knew he wouldnt be trapped and managed to cling around the tardis since 2004

[@sheridan5175]

@@snickerboi3723either that or he had a pre planned escape hatch (a sideways step into a dimension of non-being)

[@AndrewChapman]

Just like Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith😆

[@Nick-bp7jf]

Tom Baker is the very best Dr Who and Elizabeth Sladen, god rest her soul, the best ever companion. I'm afraid to say the modern incarnations are sadly lacking.

[@skylarkman2000]

Totally agree. Won't watch it now .

[@brandonramey9461]

RIP Elizabeth Sladen 😢

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

RIP 🙏

[@minicle426]

RIP for a significant number of classic Who cast members.

[@reasonablearticalo]

All of that flashy CGI, and a painted mask is more effective.

[@raistlin3462]

Because the actor behind played his role perfectly.

[@reasonablearticalo]

@@raistlin3462 To be fair, they're the same actor in both instances. Gabriel Woolf.

[@DBProductions12345-m]

- Why didn't they just go to 2046 right at the start of the series? - Why did it actually snow? - Why bother pointing at the sign? Nuns didn't see her so no one would know she was naming her - What happened to Sutekh when the TARDIS was split?- What happened to the memory TARDIS?- 14 and Donna must have been turned to dust, wonder what he thought of that lol - Sutekh was mystified by this random woman even though he could see ALL of time and space. Why couldn't he see 2046 when the mum took the DNA test? Surely he could find out who she was It was all very meh tbh We NEED a Susan cameo this era, surely!

[@weswheel4834]

I quite liked it but it wasn't perfect. And I was left wondering a few other points (that may get answered later, dunno).

[@j.i.nthenobody54]

You have been posting this comment in every video talking this episode

[@blckbeauty4406]

​@@j.i.nthenobody54Still all those are valid questions.

[@Helga3520]

Couldn't agree more!

[@stormychaser3015]

There was also the episode of The House and the doctor's wife. Why didn't the Tardis warn that Sutekh was interfering with her systems and holding on outside? Also when capaldi turned the Tardis into dust, where was Sutekh?

[@zarrg5611]

For someone who claims to be the embodiment of death and destruction, Sutekh is not dignified in the face of his own death.

[@spiralx6249]

All fanaticism embodies its shadow side. Which usually demonstrates as hypocrisy.

[@LCWrites24]

Most villains never are.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Yet.

[@potsdam28]

Since he didn’t die…

[@zarrg5611]

@@potsdam28 He clung onto the TARDIS for dear life and achieved all that he did through the Doctor, he is still a pitiful fake god.

[@DeanMoy-j9f]

This is Dr Who was good

[@johnbartlett9747]

What is in the centre of the eye of Horus? It’s a Ruby, that’s all I’m saying……..

[@chickenwinna]

OH MY GOODNESS

[@12345gerrard]

Doesn't mean anything

[@alexanderkraken7920]

@@12345gerrard You didn't get it OR you are no fun

[@12345gerrard]

@@alexanderkraken7920 I am no fun, Ruby then and Ruby being a companion lame!

[@julianneheindorf5757]

Tom Baker was the best doctor. He had the neatest episodes. I don’t like what Dr Who has become…

[@dockildare1763]

I agree. I stopped watching Dr Who when Tom was changed out. It just wasn’t Dr Who anymore. It was something different I lost interest in.

[@skylarkman2000]

Haven't watched it since Tennant was the Doctor . It's in a sad decline.

[@polygonalmasonary]

Even though I grew up with William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, I remember watching this episode on tv when it was originally broadcast. My wife must have been out somewhere that Saturday evening 🤣🤣🇬🇧🌈

[@kwinland]

The best days of Doctor Who. LONG gone...

[@Procopius464]

For sure.

[@blackvault7318]

Absolutely... :(

[@phillydisc9708]

It's not even the same show anymore. Just the name and the blue box.

[@Procopius464]

@@phillydisc9708 Right

[@kevinshort3943]

@@phillydisc9708 "It's not even the same show anymore. Just the name and the blue box." At last, someone else who sees it.

[@MegaAstroFan18]

"Instead I found a home. I clung to your infernal machine, and for so many years I hid." Sutekh is one of those ones who got really really close to winning. Two minutes in fact.

[@davidchism6081]

We don't want to be blamed for starting a fire? No. I've got enough of that in 1666!! **WHAT?**

[@KororaPenguin]

Wasn't that his NEXT regeneration?

[@davidchism6081]

@@KororaPenguin Wibbly Wobbly, timey wimey.

[@SnakeMCGaming]

Whoever they got to voice the new Sutekh did a killer job, sounds like a very natural evolution!

[@alexojideagu]

it's the same person who did it originally

[@AndrewChapman]

@@alexojideagu Yep, Gabriel Woolf

[@solaire-jd8jd]

Sutekh truly was the Doctor's most powerful and terrifying adversary. A villain from Doctor Who's Golden Age.

[@andybrookes3519]

At this moment, Sutekh became the longest running companion to the doctor, aside from the tardis itself

[@lesigh1749]

As far as I recall, this was the last of the very few times that interior lights were used to illuminate the Police box windows in the classic series.

[@davidchism6081]

Sutekh was trapped, but clung to the TARDIS ****RIGHT**** after this.

[@elliot5569]

I don't like that wished he attached at events of wild blue yonder

[@toddkes5890]

So he pulled a Captain Jack? (from 'Utopia')

[@colinstafford7846]

Sarah Jane was gorgeous in this story line.

[@kwinland]

She was cute as a button!

[@skylarkman2000]

A totally stunning Lady. RIP Sarah Jane. You are sadly missed.

[@skylarkman2000]

@@colinstafford7846 Beautiful Lady.

[@paulreid2223]

Tom Baker was a very accomplished Dr.Who .... " Don't shoot them until you see the green of their tentacles" ...

[@maxhurst3423]

Eye of Horus vs Hand of Sutekh who wins

[@nonripeloki8959]

The Doctor 😅

[@BH-98]

Hand covers eyes

[@oliverknagg5109]

0:55 Hand of Cushion wins

[@sheldonscott4037]

...testes of sutekh...

[@willseymour1724]

Get his leash and take him out Tom thats all youve got to do. Walkies 😂

[@GordonPhillips]

Back when Dr. Who was worth watching.

[@nexoofficiel7915]

C'est toujours le cas, ça vaut la peine d'être toujours regarder

[@fordprefect80]

Yes, so very true.

[@skylarkman2000]

So very true. Won't watch it now ..

[@Sumac44]

Tom Baker needs to make another cameo appearance.

[@skylarkman2000]

Brilliant idea !.

[@t9j6c6j51]

THE Doctor.

[@TheMikester307]

Saw this in the U.S. about 1978 or 79 or so when I was in college. This episode was one of the only ones to give me a nightmare!

[@EzraYalanBenjamin]

This was so much better than the modern equivalent, despite the simplicity of the scene and the very basic special effects. They did far more with far less. And, Four’s cold, enimgatic and yet still reflective “the time of the Osirans is long past” and “at last” make for a far better scene than Gatwa’s speech about killing Sutekh meaning that Sutekh wins and then breaking down and needing a hug after killing an evil being who wanted only to destroy the cosmos.

[@harryboyes2812]

Little bit of foreshadowing there. I'm not talking about Sutekh, I mean a certain fire in a certain baker's shop in Pudding Lane in 1666.😊 What am I talking about? Have a look at The Visitation.

[@adamfowle8073]

He knew Peter Davison's doctor would start the Great Fire of London 😂

[@bettyswunghole3310]

One of the best "Noooooooooooooooooooos!" in all of sci-fi!

[@burnslee1164]

This is the Sutekh I hope we see in New Who. He's not some big monster or eldritch horror, Sutekh is a Shakespeare villain and an unstoppable force, only ever prevented from destroying the world by forces far greater than the heroes. Horus's curse at the beginning of the episode, and the temporal trap at the end. Sutekh is smart and powerful and only has two weaknesses, his destructive nature causes him to kill any ally the moment they are not useful to him, and the fact that he is imprisoned, and prevented from using the full scope of his powers, forcing him to act through others. That is the Sutekh I hope we get in New Who, because if he is just a monster that the Doctor runs from, then it will not only lessen him in that episode, but this one as well.

[@LeeMcDaidDonegal]

Watching this story (along with the likes of "Carnival Of Monsters") is among my fondest memories of childhood.

[@dylanrinker6831]

Somehow sutekh returned..

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Somehow Palpatine returned

[@potsdam28]

He’s a god…

[@j.i.nthenobody54]

@@user-fresfhuggtedrat least the Master’s return made some sense

[@dylanrinker6831]

@@potsdam28 and it was underwhelming

[@potsdam28]

@@dylanrinker6831 I was sufficiently whelmed

[@Iove75]

This is where the Necrons came from for 40k.

[@Scribe13013]

The performance of that weird Egyptian masked alien...took my breath away

[@amandeyorke36]

every tom baker storey was a classic

[@Budrball]

God Elizabeth Sladen is so young here

[@skylarkman2000]

Sarah Jane was a little stunner..

[@GEOindustries0]

Better actors then recent Hollywood movies.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

When I first saw Dr. Who 1979 (I was only seven) I was unfortunately too young to fully appreciate Elizabeth Sladen (She was a very attractive woman in her prime).

[@nigelhickman2274]

Watch the Sarah Jane Chronicles - It shows a very attractive woman well past her prime...

[@skylarkman2000]

Liz Sladen was a little stunner.

[@skylarkman2000]

​@@nigelhickman2274 I cried when Liz Sladen died .

[@nigelhickman2274]

@@skylarkman2000 I cried when the Doctor (Tom Baker) left her behind...

[@swiftbird4846]

A fantastic episode! I like to think the Fourth Doctor gets blamed for the Great Fire of London because of his next incarnation and simply accepts that it probably will be something he does in the future.

[@skinnysnorlax9356]

2:38 *EMPIRE OF DEATH SPOILERS BELOW* … … … … … Somewhere in the Great Beyond, Sarah Jane is most certainly eating crow once she found out that Sutekh outlived her and 4!! (And the crow she’s eating was almost certainly a victim of Sutekh’s dust.)

[@charleschris4123]

When Doctor Who was great make Doctor Who great again

[@skylarkman2000]

Yes Please . Bring back Tennant.

[@joestitz239]

Excellent episode

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

This story would have turned out slightly differently had Sutekh NOT used the time tunnel to go the England. He could have just wondered out of the pyramid in Egypt at his leisure but maybe he wanted to watch the MCC take on India at Lords or something before starting his revenge 🤔

[@nigelhickman2274]

The Pyramid on Mars (not Egypt)

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

@@nigelhickman2274 Fair point, well his burial chamber then

[@davidserlin8097]

My favorite Doctor Who story of all time. And probably in the top three of greatest stories ever ever made. Fight me if you disagree.

[@Pedro8k]

I like this surely better than the new one

[@Arnsteel634]

This is better than anything being out today

[@Procopius464]

Looks like a good one, which I missed. Will have to watch the entire episode. Original Dr Who was quite good.

[@dirdib69]

So basically Sutekh would have won and destroyed the universe if he hadn't bothered going through the tunnel.

[@sirxanthor]

I was originally going to write this as a response, but realized it would be seen by more this way. What was the gem for? Year's ago it was believed that gems could be used as a power source. So many a scifi show used the idea. It was the power source that ran the advanced technology that kept Sutekh paralyzed In his prison. When this show was written, it was believed that gems stored enormous power, and many sci-fi cartoons and movies, used a gem as the power source medium. The only thing I know of in real life gem wise, that produces a lot of power are Solar cells. Guess you can say Doctor Who predicted Solar technologies.

[@dirdib69]

Much better than the remake.

[@lchen4292]

What if when Sutekh stepped out of his prison room that he didn't use the electronic teleport to England?

[@cecilharmon1832]

This is pass the stage of completely awesome

[@normandunford5747]

Sutekh in 75 was a damn sight more scary than is 2024 reincarnation. This present cgi incarnation looks more like a rabid teddy bear. So much for cgi 💩.

[@tomnorton4277]

The only redeeming quality about 2024 Sutekh is that Gabriel Woolf is still terrifying. It's worth listening to him say Sutekh's dialogue because he delivers it so well. You really get the sense that Sutekh is ancient and, even though Retarded Trash Dildo's terrible writing stripped him of his power, at least he still SOUNDS menacing. However, I wish Gabriel Woolf hadn't returned because now he's forever going to be associated with that trainwreck. And considering he's 91 years old, it's unlikely he'll get another chance to voice Sutekh in a good episode. He had an excellent last hurrah as the Beast in David Tennant's first season, so he should have left it at that.

[@oranmccann2476]

Funny how they unintentionally forshadow The Visitation at the end

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

Sutekhs memory got out like shadow that was hanging on the time vortex

[@ethenallen1388]

One very smart thing the producers of the Classic Series did was to put very specific limits on what the sonic-screwdriver could do, thereby forcing the screenwriter to come up with creative ways for the Doctor to solve problems. Letting the screwdriver become a cure-all may not have led to the downfall of the New Who, but it certainly did not help.

[@JohnSmithPlaysGames]

Now firm in my opinion that he shouldn't have been brought back at all. I just don't understand why he couldn't look like this. Desperate to show off their budget and do a NEW design? Worried it would look too goofy, even though they're perfectly capable of making classic stuff creepy as hell (the mondasian cybermen). Not to mention how it was explained he's been around all this time and how he was defeated. Such a shame injustice for such a cool character and the worst part is now he's been brought back he can't really be back again, they had a chance to make him really scary and like a true cosmic horror but nah.

[@lukebale8550]

I'm calling it now, he's gonna get sucked into the Eye or Harmony in the finale I'm sure of it

[@Maxippo]

Ooh that would be sick, or have 14 pull up with the other tardis and 15 and 14 both pilot that tardis and have a tardis 1v1

[@dylanrinker6831]

​@Maxippo you know tennant isn't coming back, he said so himself

[@Maxippo]

@@dylanrinker6831 yeah ik, still fun to imagine though

[@rebekahpage8325]

​​​​@@dylanrinker6831but he plays a demon now and demons lie 🤥 And let's not forget..... The doctor lies.

[@EllenMurphy-c1u]

I bet The TARDIS will open her control panel and reduce Sutekh to an egg. That way in a few more episodes Sutekh comes back. Hopefully humanoid. The giant thing with a collar reminds me of an evil K-9

[@jamiethomas3768]

Elizabeth Sladen was beautiful😍back then….may she RIP🪦.

[@brianagolli]

Bro is the definition of a clingy ex 💀

[@zxbzxbzxb1]

"Release me insect or I shall destroy the cosmos" I'm very surprised that that one didn't persuade the Doctor to let him out 🤣

[@WalterReimer]

"Thank you, Thing."

[@Thorscauldron]

Remember the original broadcast on our blessed 19" Sony Trinitron 😂.

[@Melikesong]

If only the ending made as much sense as this one.

[@skylarkman2000]

Sarah Jane Smith was stunning. Such a beautiful Lady .

[@kelvinsparks4651]

Tom Baker will always be the best 😊

[@carysallan]

with sarah jane smith being linked in shocked the trickster wasn't the big bad as predicted by others

[@BluDevil93]

He was trapped… UNTIL HE WASN’T.

[@johnclay7644]

classic scene

[@Justin-Theobald]

What was that hand on the seat doing at 0.55?

[@freemakerthings4518]

2:22 Instead, Sutekh found a home

[@my2cents108]

He's been sitting on a hand all this time? I would be angry too.

[@TheInedibleHulk]

So is Sutekh still on 14's cloned Tardis?

[@damonpowell8443]

RTD doesn't even know, poorly written.

[@weswheel4834]

Doctor Who in slight plot inconsistency shocker? And the final episode of 'Season One' was a lot of fun, but I'm not sure that was the biggest problem with it.

[@AndrewChapman]

Sutekh: He's going to clone the TARDIS. Excellent, I should therefore be cloned too. *15 divides the two TARDISes* CURSES! It didn't work! There's still only one of me!

[@element7526]

bluray release of this episode is...when?

[@sillypuppy5940]

I watched this when it was first aired in 1975

[@wazza33racer]

The irony is, that the only demi-god in history that had the title "Destroyer" was Enlil the Destroyer. Who had 4 attempts at exterminating humans. Is still very much alive, but very much changed.

[@swag-a-dellaman6555]

He shall return.

[@inspector2363]

The last real appearance of Sutekh, the RTD crap is narratively irrelevant "what if" apocrypha.

[@tomnorton4277]

You could maybe count The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, since Gabriel Woolf voiced the Beast in those episodes.

[@bendythegamingdevildarlin4572]

The new episode with Sutekh tonight! I can't wait!

[@rebekahpage8325]

5 hrs 55 minutes and counting 😅

[@agentsmithmememe]

it's awful

[@bendythegamingdevildarlin4572]

@@agentsmithmememe Hey I thought it was great.

[@magicsinglez]

Now. . I shall conquer the universe. .

[@blakedefriend4075]

Back when the Doctor sometimes caused the events that made him want to visit in the first place.

[@raynem.f7855]

Omg! I can't wait for see more about sutekh on the new doctor who

[@Sómaisumguri]

You watched the last episode?

[@raynem.f7855]

@@Sómaisumguri not yet, the last one I saw was episode 6

[@Sómaisumguri]

@@raynem.f7855 oh, so... i give you spoilers,sorry

[@raynem.f7855]

@@Sómaisumguri that's OK I saw on tiktok that sutekh would back