Sutekh is Trapped! | Pyramids of Mars | Doctor Who

With Sutekh freed from his prison, the Doctor and Sarah have mere minutes before he escapes through the time corridor to begin his reign of terror on Earth!
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[@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...?

[@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.

[@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.

[@ArjGee]

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

[@piercelindenberg6842]

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

[@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-

[@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.

[@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😄

[@irishbutterfly442]

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

[@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

[@davegaria8529]

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

[@Jamm420]

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😆

[@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

[@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.

[@brandonramey9461]

RIP Elizabeth Sladen 😢

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

RIP 🙏

[@minicle426]

RIP for a significant number of classic Who cast members.

[@timn4481]

she was gorgeous...

[@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.”

[@edwinbacon7187]

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

[@raistlin3462]

Because the actor behind played his role perfectly.

[@davidchism6081]

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

[@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.

[@Sumac44]

Tom Baker needs to make another cameo appearance.

[@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.

[@dylanrinker6831]

Somehow sutekh returned..

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Somehow Palpatine returned

[@user-fresfhuggtedr]

Somehow Davros returned Somehow Daleks returned Somehow Master returned Etc... yeah it's Doctor Who. And i love it

[@potsdam28]

He’s a god…

[@j.i.nthenobody54]

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

[@dylanrinker6831]

@@potsdam28 and it was underwhelming

[@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 🤣🤣🇬🇧🌈

[@user-rp4bf6sr3g]

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!

[@willseymour1724]

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

[@chrislowman5374]

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

[@colinstafford7846]

Sarah Jane was gorgeous in this story line.

[@kwinland]

She was cute as a button!

[@timn4481]

beautiful in so many ways...

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@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')

[@Scribe13013]

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

[@PavLad123]

I can’t wait for the new episode! Let’s go!

[@joestitz239]

Excellent episode

[@t9j6c6j51]

THE Doctor.

[@cecilharmon1832]

This is pass the stage of completely awesome

[@GEOindustries0]

Better actors then recent Hollywood movies.

[@xadam2dudex]

The actor who played Sutekh did a great job with his lines .. i think he has been on Dr. Who playing several different characters

[@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.

[@Budrball]

God Elizabeth Sladen is so young here

[@bettyswunghole3310]

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

[@inspector2363]

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

[@Pedro8k]

I like this surely better than the new one

[@UmmerFarooq-wx4yo]

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

[@Procopius464]

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

[@LeeMcDaidDonegal]

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

[@BurgerKingWhoppersWithCheese]

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

[@HCProds1]

- 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!

[@johnclay7644]

classic scene

[@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.

[@user-ms1pg2ok4i]

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

[@WalterReimer]

"Thank you, Thing."

[@Arnsteel634]

This is better than anything being out today

[@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.

[@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.

[@Melikesong]

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

[@Thorscauldron]

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

[@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...

[@Justin-Theobald]

What was that hand on the seat doing at 0.55?

[@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

[@mikesilva3868]

Great episode 😊

[@lchen4292]

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

[@my2cents108]

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

[@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 🤣

[@charlesallanstewart-kl2op]

Yeah no mention of the ' **** ' wanna know Guy's as soon as he stands up....look into the far corner of the Chair , a good blooper if l saw one , & you all missed it , hahaha 😲😲

[@raynem.f7855]

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

[@Pedrinhorachaplays799]

You watched the last episode?

[@raynem.f7855]

@@Pedrinhorachaplays799 not yet, the last one I saw was episode 6

[@Pedrinhorachaplays799]

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

[@raynem.f7855]

@@Pedrinhorachaplays799 that's OK I saw on tiktok that sutekh would back

[@mattimuss]

I just watched the new episode… the end bruh… i’m scared now…

[@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.

[@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!

[@la5984]

Bring back Tom Baker he was damn good

[@bobhughes2290]

He's over 90 now and still churning out audio adventures for Big Finish!

[@brandonfoley87]

Unfortunately don’t think will happen on television.

[@la5984]

@@brandonfoley87 I mint his runs

[@XxDyneXxFreeEnergyx]

The Philip hinchcliffe era 1974-1977 has always been called the golden age of classic doctor who: Beginning: Robot Ending: Deadly assassin

[@brandonfoley87]

@@XxDyneXxFreeEnergyx yes it is, agree fully

[@dirdib69]

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

[@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.

[@carysallan]

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

[@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.

[@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.)

[@BluDevil93]

He was trapped… UNTIL HE WASN’T.

[@brian_a_loon]

Bro is the definition of a clingy ex 💀

[@dylerturden8018]

Haha, silly dog

[@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.

[@dirdib69]

Much better than the remake.

[@jamiethomas3768]

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

[@dsdots]

0:55 THE RETURN OF THE GREAT HAND OF SUTEKH

[@JoeOvercoat]

If you see Lazarus, say hello for us!

[@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.

[@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 💩.

[@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.

[@2Scribble]

1:55 - aka the Doctor Who intro xD

[@kelvinsparks4651]

Tom Baker will always be the best 😊

[@tidalwavefilms2113]

His helmet went bye bye 😂

[@2429Ryanspeer]

If the Doctor trapped him, how did he escape?

[@davidchism6081]

We shall see later today.

[@adamparr6464]

Excellent question. They ought to answer that this evening when the new episode drops.

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

Find out in the next episode of Drwhogon Ball Z!

[@Ry2609_]

@@DriverHenryWho3245 "Doctorwhogon Ball Z!" You mean, "Dr who" is the name of Peter Cushing's "Doctor who"

[@DriverHenryWho3245]

@@Ry2609_ I wrote it like that because it "Drwhogon" looked more like "Dragon" as in "Dragon Ball Z"

[@blakedefriend4075]

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

[@timaustin2000]

It takes between 3 and 20 minutes for radio waves to reach Mars from Earth, depending on orbits. But apart from that 😅

[@AndrewChapman]

Just been watching the new Tales of the TARDIS edition. Though I'll probably watch the actual "Pyramids of Mars" serial later as they cut bits out.

[@samfowler2073]

2:36 - well actually...

[@andrescarnederes2295]

Sutekh mentions Horus, what if Sian Clifford's mystery character could be that character?

[@spiralx6249]

Unlikely, for two reasons. Horus was male. And like the rest of the Osirans, died a long time ago.

[@seanpatrickcain2]

2:22 Sutekh: We'll meet again Doctor!

[@tyeadel]

Is it Donald Sutekh?

[@joejackson4627]

Pope Joe is recruiting for Sutekh.