The Rise and Fall of Doctor Who Confidential

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We recently had news of a brand new Doctor Who behind-the-scenes spinoff named "Doctor Who Unleashed", which will debut alongside the 60th anniversary specials. This got me thinking of Doctor Who's older behind the scenes show "Doctor Who Confidential", so in this video let's take a look at the show's rise and fall, along with why something like this is so essentially to the show.
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@HarboWholmes 11 ай бұрын

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@tardistrailers 11 ай бұрын

The Confidential for The Girl Who Waited is also the one I immediately remember, when thinking about padding. They also interviewed the lunch lady about everyones favourite food in another episode iirc. As much as I enjoyed Matt, Karen and Arthur interact with each other, the episodes should have been 10-20 minutes shorter most of the time. 30 minutes for Unleashed seems like a good fit and according to what we've seen so far, the chemistry between Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson will be just as delightful to watch.

@MrBithellF1 11 ай бұрын

When I was growing up I would watch Doctor Who with my mum because she loved Sci-Fi wheres as my dad hated it and much prefered non fiction TV. He never watched Doctor Who but never missed an episode of Doctor Who Confidential

@LiveHedgehog 11 ай бұрын

I have a memory of Bad Day by Daniel Powter playing in a confidential episode, over 9's regeneration. But I'm convinced it's an invented memory because I can't for the life of me find it.

@DigiRangerScott 11 ай бұрын

WHERE IS THE MOMENT WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST? Is it make believe or is it actually lost?

@LiveHedgehog 11 ай бұрын

@@DigiRangerScottI have no clue unfortunately. It's genuinely my first memory of that regeneration though. I ran out crying when 9 regenerated because I was 4 lmao.

@xaqqa 11 ай бұрын

Same here! Also Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars over the Confidential episode for Gridlock (I swear I remember that song being used anyway). Pretty sure they used Take That - Never Forget for End of Time part 2's Confidential too.

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 11 ай бұрын

The blurays and new DVDs use edited confidentials, only the original DVD releases of series 1 have the full confidentials the other seasons have edited ones, the full ones are most likely the ones coming to iPlayer but if not, they are also on KZbin and the rest on dailymotion

@Sci-Fi-Mike 11 ай бұрын

Often, the recording studios or musicians only grant use for the televised airing of a show. Either the period of time for use can sometimes expire or the medium for use can be restricted. Or it could be the Mandela Effect. Just some thoughts.

@barrelracer12 11 ай бұрын

I've always been of the mindset that learning how to do the trick doesn't ruin the magic for me. I know it's not 'magic' it's talent and skill. Knowing how it was done gives me a better appreciation for the talent and craft. I think that is exactly the same with media and behind-the-scenes content!

@VortexJae 11 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more! I'm of a similar mindset myself - It only perpetuates my appreciation and intrest more, I love it!

@bradugar 11 ай бұрын

Them using Bringing Sexy Back for the Oods in Series 4 was every bizzare & funny

@xaqqa 11 ай бұрын

I feel like Confidential definitely sparked my love of the creative industries. Never noticed it at the time but nearly 2 decades later I'm now working in the games industry and it's become so much more apparent to me that this is where my love for the behind-the-scenes of creative media came from. I'm ecstatic at the news of it returning in some form!

@SSJPENGUIN 11 ай бұрын

I was terrified of the RTD Cybermen, even the poster I got from Doctor Who Adventures magazine struck fear into me It was only seeing actors enter/exit their costumes on Confidential that helped me through it😫

@ShadowWingTronix 11 ай бұрын

We never got Confidential in the states, at least not until the DVDs came out. When I found out about it I had to look online to see if anyone posted them to see how they made the show. I like watching the behind the scenes stuff after I've seen the show because I find it fascinating how they pull off certain illusions. Of course now it's mostly "we did it with computers" which is interesting artistically but not as cool as when they use practical effects.

@oisinjadran 11 ай бұрын

U perfectly described why as a 20yr old miss Confidential so much. U just earned a subscriber

@lucypreece7581 11 ай бұрын

I remember the confidential episode from the SIlurian 2 parter that showed what foley artists do and I have always found that profession to be really clever and creative so it was really interesting to see how they work

@Schming 11 ай бұрын

Love the quiet shade dropped on Ian Levine there ;)

@Tulf42 9 ай бұрын

One of my favourite episodes of Confidential was the last episode of the Davies era: The End of Time Part Two. From how they bring back the Time Lords for NuWho to how they filmed the regeneration and how carefully they planned the post-regeneration scene to David's Golden rap to the clip montage of the Tenth Doctor's era accompanied by the Take That song: Never Forget, which is such a fitting song to end on and I always think of for a finale of anything.

@TheBeastBoss04 11 ай бұрын

Santa's not real? That's more unbelievable than a Blue Box being able to take Van Gogh to see Bill Nighy

@ColorOfSakura 11 ай бұрын

I remember torrenting every episode of Confidential as they came out because of the fact that they never aired on US TV, and I really loved seeing all the behind the scenes work on the show. A huge reason for my interest in those sorts of behind the scenes features was entirely due to getting the Extended Editions of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings. The amount of behind the scenes content and footage included with them was so impressively in depth and it was what got me interested in learning about how films and shows got made. It made me so sad when DW Confidential shifted away from the Production aspects in the later seasons and then eventually stopped being made. I feel like my interest in the show started waning partially because of the fact that I no longer had access to learning about the cool ways they filmed and produced the show.

@mjvdg4194 11 ай бұрын

I think an important part of the 2005-2010 era was also that it was kind of the beginning of creators and celebrities parasocialising with their fans (or the other way around) in this kind of way. Namely in the form of video podcasts and the like; which this always felt like. It’s the earliest example I can remember of cast and crew members joking around and chatting to the audience besides blooper reels. My strongest memory of Confidential is of David Tennant basically vlogging in the Shakespeare Code episode!

@greghawkins59 11 ай бұрын

I'm nervous of unleashed having a host but confidential often had cast members take up a host like role so might work.

@dougsfilmtv9810 11 ай бұрын

Good review of Doctor Who Confidential! I am in the same as you, but I didn't get it in the states, and I had to wait until the DVD's were out.

@tomw4014 11 ай бұрын

I’m sure you already know, but in Aus we had ‘Whovians’ as a talk-show style post-DW ep program to watch, but wasn’t about much BTS, mainly just comedians who love the show able to geek out about their favourite show together with an audience who also love it :) I wonder if this new Unleashed will be similar ?

@AshleyJoannaWilliams-sn9hk 11 ай бұрын

You know it's a good day when Harbo posts a new video

@DigiRangerScott 11 ай бұрын

I think this show exacerbates my guilt that I didn’t get into Who sooner. But it also makes me angrier that Capaldi and Whittaker didn’t get this

@aeloswindrunner 11 ай бұрын

I too have fond memories of confidential, one thing I loved was seeing how they pulled off the weeping angels. Was quite funny seeing them dancing around behind the scenes xD

@lukebaxter3252 11 ай бұрын

Confidential was always something fun for me to watch as a behind the scenes fan for films and shows. Btw, I love your channel.

@Calzaki 11 ай бұрын

So its confirmed - RTD and behind the scenes companion show come as a package deal

@gussyt1761 11 ай бұрын

7:00 random ‘The Chats’ Australian Band cameo in Harbo

@AlexsTheWizard 11 ай бұрын

So glad a new behind the scenes show is continuing out.

@darren.mcauliffe 11 ай бұрын

Don't downplay dvds. With everything on streaming now extras like this are non-existent. For the most part they are disappearing from dvds too and only on Blurays; which sucks. But home media is the only place to see this stuff.

@julians552 11 ай бұрын

I think we've done it. A documentary on a documentary. We can't go deeper... ... can we?

@RickyTrain5 11 ай бұрын

I think you mean when kids THINK that Santa's not real earlier and earlier. They just don't know the real truth of his existence.

@NileSWPhotography 11 ай бұрын

The way I was lying to myself about crying to Who music videos and he said “don’t you dare lie to me” 😂🙄

@gota7738 11 ай бұрын

Doctor Who scared me when it first came back, so I'd listen in the other room, popping my head round the door when I thought it was safe. But afterwards I'd rush to join the rest of my family on the sofa to watch Doctor Who Confidential and while I claimed to hate Doctor Who, I LOVED Confidential. It was an avenue where I could engage with the series through my facination with production, untill I could handle the real show.

@doneisenbarth 11 ай бұрын

8:19 SANTA’S NOT REAL?!?!?

@ShadowWingTronix 11 ай бұрын

Don't listen to the unbeliever.

@MAGICMONKEY52 11 ай бұрын

You didn't mention anything about the 'full length' versions of Confidential vs the 'cut down' versions. On the DVD Boxsets they only have the Confidential cut downs. Bit disappointing to be honest.

@MuchWhittering 11 ай бұрын

You say it's locked behind DVDs and Blu-Rays, but honestly those barely cover this either. It's why I hope the Collection sets one day come to NuWho, and give us extras as good as the Classic sets.

@Sci-Fi-Mike 11 ай бұрын

I've heard a couple of people complain that these behind-the-scenes documentaries ruin the magic, but as you said, @HarboWholmes, one can simply choose to not watch them. I love documentaries, by the way, and Confidential was fantastic!

@tigglesbruh 11 ай бұрын

I hope Unleashed is similar to The Last of Us HBO’s behind the scenes

@topmandog1 11 ай бұрын

i only had 5 channels, i never saw a single episode of confidental as a kid

@mahfuzurchowdhury2765 11 ай бұрын

I imagine Doctor Who Unleashed will be similar to Britain's Got MORE Talent, with a host, Stephen Mulhern.

@lp-xl9ld 11 ай бұрын

And the same could be said of TORCHWOOD DECLASSIFIED.

@davidkieltyka9 11 ай бұрын

The Fan Show took a kinda/sorta Talking Dead approach. It was hit & miss IMO but the ep with Peter Capaldi was really good. Seems like The Fan Show has been memoryholed.

@worthybutter2004 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I remember that, too...

@erubin100 11 ай бұрын

"It's important to give children good media while they're young so they'll expect better when they're older." That's literally the opposite of Hollywood's thought process right now, lol.