When Did EVERY Doctor Touch Grass in DOCTOR WHO? - Hartnell to Gatwa (1963-2023 Extensive Breakdown)

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Location filmed on with permission from the Catholic Parish of Newport.
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Time-Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:38 - 1st Doctor (William Hartnell)
04:04 - 2nd Doctor (Patrick Troughton)
06:28 - 3rd Doctor (Jon Pertwee)
07:28 - 4th Doctor (Tom Baker)
08:20 - 5th Doctor (Peter Davison)
12:30 - 6th Doctor (Colin Baker)
16:28 - 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy)
19:18 - 8th Doctor (Paul McGann)
20:22 - 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston)
23:08 - 10th Doctor (David Tennant)
25:36 - 11th Doctor (Matt Smith)
26:44 - 12th Doctor (Peter Capaldi)
28:05 - 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker)
29:12 - 14th Doctor (David Tennant)
30:13 - 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa)
36:06 - Outro
#doctorwho

[@MrTARDIS]

As you'll see from the end of the video, this project got a little out of hand. So please be sure to "like" it and leave a comment to justify going to these lengths in the name of science!

[@ne3856]

Absolutely groundbreaking content right here! 😂😂😂

[@77x5ghost]

this is absolutely hilarious i love this

[@emilioalberto6967]

I'm tempted to think there's some sort of hidden message in this episode... the quicker the Doctor touches grass, the more he/she has something better to do with their time... LOL

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

do you count the HAND falling as the Metacrisis Doctor? It's a regeneration in the canon ... so : where does that hand land? Then when does it officially becomes the Metacrisis... and when HE touches grass?

[@inionanbas615]

Need a sequel for how quickly each doctor drinks water. Hydration is important.

[@vamshidarisi8400]

amys choice can't count - if simply thinking/dreaming about grass counts as touching grass then i owe a lot of people a lot of apologies

[@Melina_Evarblume_Seelie]

Valid.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

and another complex one : do you count the HAND falling as the Metacrisis Doctor? It's a regeneration in the canon ... so : where does that hand land? Then when does it officially becomes the Metacrisis... and when HE touches grass?

[@Camarada_Jeff]

Fair

[@ranjanasharan4051]

@@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 i mean the hand fell but we didnt see it touch grass so according to the rules it doesnt counr

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

we must learn what happened : since we know it became the regeneration known as the Metacrisis doctor, it counts as a regeneration (Tennant had 3 now with the 14th doct) @@ranjanasharan4051

[@ameliawade78]

The 5th doctor: you merely touched the grass, I was born in it.

[@mikebliss3153]

Molded by it

[@legomarioboy08]

@@mikebliss3153 I didn't see indoors until a few minutes into my episode until then it was nothing to me but restricting.

[@TheFord1612]

This is madness 😂 I salute you

[@ameliawade78]

On reflection if there's any Doctor that's all about grass it's old fivey. I bet he has fresh grass scented candle in the TARDIS somewhere

[@Chronoson123]

Pertwee absolutely destroying the competition is just another reason he's the Chad Doctor

[@selmaunsley6683]

In Green velvet and Chelsea boots

[@themightybob]

He would be able to take on every other doctor single handedly, he's THE coolest doctor

[@kyleshea384]

The man was likely the inspiration for James Bond.

[@themightybob]

@@kyleshea384 that's actually true, during the war pertwee worked with Ian fleming and it's widely speculated that pertwee was the inspiration for the character, considering Ian was inspired by the people around him

[@hamboney]

​@@themightybob That was Christopher Lee im pretty sure

[@alanthielking6527]

Toymaker: What are you doing on my lawn? Doctor: I'm touching grass. Toymaker: Well that's all right then!

[@gerblansky13]

peak of the doctor who fandom

[@cobbwebster]

John Pertwee is the funniest one. He says imma speed run this category and immediately face plants him into the nearest shrub in his tenure. I'm just dying of laughter

[@cobbwebster]

He goes as far as touching grass a second time in his first episode? Damn😂😂😂😂😂

[@LilacLily17]

Did I just watch an almost 40 minute long video essay about a fictional character touching grass instead of me just going outside and touching grass? Yes. And I regret nothing

[@TheMerlinRailway]

Woah it has only just occurred to me that was nearly 3 quarters of an hour.

[@Jacob004]

Honestly the fact that you went out of your way to drive all the way to St Mary’s Church instead of looking on Google Earth all for this video deserves all my respect

[@robmic8180]

He actually went outside to touch grass lmao

[@nickrayer3776]

Person: Insults him by telling him to go outside MrTardis: I can make content out of that

[@robmic8180]

i mean he did touch some grass in the end!

[@LisaBeta-42]

The Church on Ruby Road (in reality NOT standing in London) - hidden grass under fake snow, spread on a sheet to keep it safe, while the stage lamps suggest that there IS a path under that "snow" - the REAL reality check (like: the women jn in Shakespear's stage plays: a young man playing a woman, who tries to be a boy, that has to dress up as a girl)🤭

[@mikebliss3153]

"and on the other side of this gate, I can confirm: ...GRASS." The Vicar inside: 🧐

[@theevildalek5425]

I was watching this video at 5AM and my dad came in & asked what I was watching. I said ‘A Leaderboard on when each Doctor first touched grass.’ And before going back to bed, he says ‘Pertwee’s winning.’

[@stuff31]

Forget "The Fall of Doctor Who" or "Every Dalek Story Reviewed", this is the true best Doctor Who video on all of KZbin. This is the Doctor Who video essay of all time.

[@alanthielking6527]

3(smirks): I touched grass in 8 seconds. 5(smiles): I was born in grass and carry it wherever I go. 9(grins widely): GRASS touched ME.

[@LisaBeta-42]

3 is a cheat: the clock was running before you even saw the actor - at 5 sec. there is only one hand and his nose visible: 3 seconds left to hit the ground - but being unconscious, it probably should NOT be counted as touching grass (being "embraced by" heather, more likely). Then his weelchair turns over on a patch of grass - so coming into contact with the greenery was not of his own free will. And touching the leaves of the tree, gets him shot by Unit-soldiers: whatever the Time Lords had intended - it did not go well with that doctor.

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

If we go by the displayed timeline on this video, Mr. TARDIS ends up touching grass *faster* than the 15th Doctor. Wow.

[@mickys8065]

but the 4 hour drive was timelapsed, which like the other timelapses in this video should not count as displayed time but rather true time prior to being sped up, placing him last

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

@@mickys8065 huh... fair point.

[@lbricks7631]

Another 6th Doctor W, saves the day 3 times without a single natural element.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

he proved Ravalox was stolen by the Time Lords... the original STOLEN EARTH!!! And he saved himself as the 2nd in The Two Doctors. Quite an amazing chap the 6th. He is in my top 4.

[@AimeeRose1997]

Technically speaking, the Fifth Doctor first left the grass when he was brought inside the ambulance after the cops turn up, then he touches grass again just before entering the TARDIS.

[@TakeNoteOfThat]

Hell, we’re just making up the rules on the fly for Castrovalva, so…

[@timrob12]

You could argue he was still having bits of Tom Baker's personality in him, so was he properly the Fifth Doctor at that time?

[@lun4n0v46]

i dont think it counts due to the lengths he goes to avoid touching grass afterwards, clearly if he was in his right mind he wouldn't have touched the grass

[@leejnew]

This is the sort of in depth Doctor Who analysis we have been yearning for since the dawn of time

[@petro1986]

So now we know when each doctor first touched grass, The next question naturally being: When was each doctor's first time shown eating something? Obvious thought is 11's Fish Finger Custard late night snack

[@theflev-matic4892]

YES THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST VIDEO EVER

[@mickys8065]

or last time touching grass

[@mikebliss3153]

"I think the Fifth Doctor being born in grass is cheating." Tell me you don't like the Fifth Doctor without telling me you don't like the Fifth Doctor.

[@tritonk1759]

Actually the Fifth Doctor is his favourite.

[@bluehero-96]

Let's not forget that at 35 minutes and twenty seconds, Mr TARDIS accomplished the original goal of personally touching grass.

[@NPCarlsson]

Wow, that shock twist for the 15th Doctor was really something and the physical effort you went to to prove it was commendable. Brilliant video :)

[@seankelly8432]

Love it 😂. Now do every companion. That includes the Big Finish ones!

[@R.senals_Arsenal]

I was gonna say this! Good Call!

[@friendlyotaku9525]

This is your magnum opus, it simply does not get better than this! Masterpiece!

[@gamer3ed484]

This is amazing 🤣 It has the aura of an April Fool’s video. Lovely job MrTardis!

[@mikebliss3153]

That tree wanted to do way more than just touch the Ninth Doctor.

[@joeduffy4547]

Pertwee's commitment to the grass is something else!

[@kennethlloyd2846]

Not gonna lie, this video's title made me do a double take to see if it was April first.

[@weirdguy1495]

The contrast between the second and third doctor is so funny.

[@HeatherAckroyd]

I'm fairly certain that in the wide shot with 9 and Rose they're still walking on the path. It's because the camera is so far away you can't see the path. But if you look at the area where they were filming that scene, the place is criss-crossed with paths.

[@NiennaFan1]

I think so too, nooooooooo

[@FeralDottirson]

@MrTARDIS If you gift the public another full-cast audio drama, will you insist on fitting in an aural grass touching scene? You know, for the kids.

[@Moonmanunit42]

That was a fun day filming in Newport. 😂 Glad I could help out with filming Mr Tardis! This video came out fantastically, one of your best yet!

[@MarieDesJardin]

34:03 I ACTUALLY STARTED CHEERING. You go, Mr. Tardis!!! I can't remember the last time I've enjoyed a Doctor Who video as much as this one. No drama, no angst, just pure enjoyment of the stories for a silly turn of phrase. Five gold stars, my friend. Stellar work. More of this!

[@AdriaanZwemer]

Google earth: exists Mr TARDIS: what? ima drive to wales

[@pcb1175]

This is the Doctor who video we deserve!

[@Leemadeema]

"I file taxes for this" 😂😂😂😂 Mr T, you just created a new catchphrase ❤❤❤

[@kevorkantrjas6469]

The 12th Doctor touched grass at the 11th minute, 11th hour was his first time introduction, I smell a mystery.

[@whoxley]

In honour of Michael Jayston, I shall confirm that even the Valeyard has touched grass. While I don't know the exact timing (maybe one day I'll get round to it if I'm bored) The Valeyard touches grass in The Trail of a Time Lord: Part Fourteen, when he's teleporting around and lands directly on the one patch of grass on the Matrix beach. If anyone wants to get the exact time themselves, you have to time EVERY courtroom scene (regardless of whether the Valeyard is onscreen or not cos he's still in the room) up until Part Thirteen, when he runs into the Matrix. If you want to count him laughing maniacally and his voice over, then go ahead. Then in Part Fourteen when he's teleporting around until he hits the patch of grass 😅

[@LisaBeta-42]

Matrix grass counts as much as dream-state grass - but is is only the word of the master, that makes the Valeyard a "direct" incarnation of our Doctor(s) - there is the parallel world option or some more "bi-generation" buisiness to get to all the different versions of the Doctor (or the other titles, this immortal being may have used at any given time)

[@fastertrackcreative]

That travelling a long way to check the grass bit reminds me of when Rose and family go to the coast after hearing The Doctor speaking to Rose.

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

A life most fans can only dream of Going outside and making friends.

[@CaJoel]

this is the most important video you’ve made to date

[@buddyltd]

As soon as I remembered the first scene of Pertwee's era, I couldn't help but burst out laughing. There's a Time Lord going for the speedrun!

[@tomojr9561]

This video is what the internet was made for

[@vitaminc5212]

I swear Mr Tardis has some of the best humour of any Dr Who creator on the platform, sometimes the jokes he makes just catch me completely off guard like in his cybercember earthshock video and this video in my notifications just made me do a double take

[@ProfessorPerson]

I can't believe it... Mr Tardis touched grass!!!

[@powpenguin7483]

This video will go down in history as the greatest KZbin ever had to offer

[@gooner7331]

Your dedication to checking if Ncuti's Doctor touched grass at the church has me in awe. 🙌 We're not worthy 🙌 🤘🤘🤘

[@jonnytaylor6186]

William with the utmost respect to all your previous work, this might just be your magnum opus

[@josephkennedy-lindsay4223]

This was such a phenomenally fun watch. The editing in particular was snappy, creative, and flexed an ENCYCLOPEDIC understanding of the show. Great work, can't wait to see more.

[@charziz6693]

How are there so many plot twists in this video it's insane. Also do you know about the rejected story where the Daleks turn into grass and claim this is the prefect form of life? It also resolves all conflict in the universe somehow.

[@alexpattison6448]

That "even more of me" clip always makes me smile.

[@ClarenceOdbodyAS2]

I think we need a stewards inquiry on 9th Doctor, I think he is still on the footpath. Unfortunately, that would need somebody to find out where it was filmed and then drive all the way out there to figure it out. But only an insane person would do something like that.

[@quantuminfinity4260]

I started this thinking I’d just watch a minute or two. But I had to watch the whole thing! Great work! XD

[@TheSuspiciousSnail]

Your dedication to science is truly unmatched.

[@cupcake4177]

This is genuinely the content I expect from the doctor who fandom in the most positive way.

[@bandicootwhovian2759]

I’ve been watching your videos for over a decade and this is one of the best you’ve ever uploaded. It’s equally hilarious and admirable the great length you went to answer such an interesting question!

[@bladersmosh]

As someone who lives in Newport, it’s kind’ve amazing you traveled all the way from Manchester to go to a filming location just to see if Ncuti Gatwa really touched grass on the church. Nice one. You should go to South Wales more. There’s lots to do, especially in places like Cardiff which is where I study at university. Hilarious vid and glad I saw this in advance on patreon.

[@alivebacontgm2]

5: I’m one with the grass 4: I was late for the grass 14: I improved 11: i want to touch grass first 3: (0o)(o0) \____/

[@planktonrecords]

Very insightful - always good to lawn something new! I applaud your enthusiasm and dedication. That was a long round trip to Newport. Hope it wasn’t too turf for you

[@VerdanaVideos]

Finally, Doctor Who analysis that actually matters. Thank you Mr. Tardis.

[@enigmatruecrime]

Before even watching, I know Jon Pertwee is gonna be interesting.

[@Dana-hx6lh]

He was so diligent to his research that he himself touched grass. Amazing! Loved the video

[@PetersonZF]

This could well be the best video you've ever done. 😂 Love the commitment to the absurdity of the bit, love the heart of the actual message and I love the badass use of the 15th Doctor's banging theme!

[@ssnguru]

Mr. Tardis, my son clued me in to this video and.... this is the Doctor Who examination I never knew I needed! This video is THE BEST! It's a fresh take on the whole history of Who,--something that's hard to come by these days. I love how you so easily create a whole commentary on Who from this perspective in such a convincing way as to allow one to almost believe that the Doctor's true "raison d'etre" is not to have adventures in time and space but simply to...... touch grass. I LOVE IT! One more thing--and I'm making this comment under THIS video for a reason--I don't think you should continue to give oxygen to bowels trek (yeah, I spelled that wrong so he won't get even that one more hit online--also to make an insult). Seriously, you're giving him a platform and more exposure which in turn sends more viewers to his chanel even if just to gawk at the a$$...e and that will just fuel him to make more and more outrageous claims and videos that have the potential to encourage people to actually go out and do harm to other people who are not straight white men. Other than that, LOVE LOVE LOVE your content!!!!!

[@ewan.cartwright]

Luckily this doesn't affect the ranking, but the NTSC to PAL framerate change means the 8th doctor really went 11 minutes and 48 seconds without touching grass

[@jeremyjasiak]

This will be a Doctor Who KZbin classic in years to come. Can't imagine the work you needed to put into this video. Fantastic.

[@chriscox9718]

Now thanks to you, when I'm watching the new season I'll be half focusing on whether or not the Doctor is touching grass.

[@jack.cummins]

Who would have thought I'd get so invested in grass touching lol

[@ElectricalMetal]

you 100% need to do this for water or something else this was actually really intresting

[@carolinemcgovern4488]

The 10th doctor would lose that episode instantly. He has a whole episode about NOT touching any water.

[@boewin756]

21:11 I’m not even certain they’ve left the footpath, as it seems like there’s a ridge in the grass giving way to it. Unless that’s just their shadows.

[@hulk239239]

So I was actually curious (and I was gonna check the same way for 15ths, but Will did it far better!) and checked it on Google Earth. Looking at Lydstep Flats (Lydstep Crescent, Gabalfa, Cardiff), changing the capture date to 2006 (closest satellite image to 2005) and lining up the shot, I can confirm they do walk on grass. there is a patch of concrete which they may have stood on to film it, but 9th and Rose do walk on the grass field.

[@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914]

well if a Vashta nerada can kill you from shadows... do the shadows not COUNT as being the doctor ???? BIG BIG point to think through!|

[@RTDelete]

8:25 “ You merely adopted the grass, Tom. I was born in it, moulded by it”

[@pipsdontlie3031]

I knew 11 would be 2nd because the first scene that popped into my head was the scene in amy's garden

[@TheRealXboxNerd]

This is the exact kind of content I want to see in my feed, beautiful stuff 😂

[@swiftbird4846]

A fantastic video and what wonderful research at the end. Fascinating findings and conclusions.

[@thekiweasel4103]

I touched grass last week. Well, I actually tripped over the lawn mower, but it technically counts!

[@kjaersgaard049]

Russel T. Davies the next episode: Wide shot, The Tardis lands on a meadow, Ruby and The Doctor runs out the Tardis. The Doctor throwing himself into the grass, rolling around in the grass yells “I’M TOUCHING GRASS!!” XDw

[@nekobat1962]

This was a fun watch. It would be interesting if in the future you revisit this with newer Doctors.

[@Hectix_]

This is peak content, we need more.

[@sarahglover3286]

Love that the thumbnail picture he doesn't even do it, he just hovers his hand over!

[@cybership123]

Bro this video was a great idea. I can't believe you stretched so far just to see whether ncuti touched grass👏👏

[@wiredwrong8]

Big thumbs up for the video topic. You have a new sub :)

[@justanormalhumanbeing1903]

this is the sort of stuff I wanted to learn in film studies

[@starr_tots]

and it took mr TARDIS 35 minutes and 18 seconds to touch grass

[@CallMeCrazyCallMePoor]

Justice for 5. The man born in grass!

[@drtravislangley]

Thank you for this outstanding research. I had no idea how much I needed to know about each Doctor's first contact with grass.

[@dustinpinney6354]

I’m glad someone finally made a video about this

[@Lucia-ni4oz]

For number ten it get even more complicated if you consider the dismembered hand to have the chance of touching grass

[@Chuby123]

The fact you drove to the church, big props!

[@LeadingTeacher1]

Thank you for your hard hitting journalism Mr Tardis, truly doing the community proud with this one 👌

[@dc63productions88]

This is one of the best videos ever. A 40 minute in depth video essay on the Doctor touching grass just pure fan insanity

[@samnicholson8691]

You are fantastic, absolutely fantastic, and do you know what, so is grass.

[@nicholasbrunt2010]

This some good shit right here. Nice video

[@TJKlimoski]

This is the type of hard hitting doctor who content I needed

[@remietennyson065]

beautiful video, grassiful, you could say

[@attmay82]

This was a glorious use of time and science

[@foxscully6225]

Amazing video. Subscribed!

[@MarinaGeorgiou266]

This is a masterpiece

[@jamestorrie6550]

It took you 35:23 to touch grass

[@ITSMeatMan]

This is genuinely the funniest video I’ve ever seen. I like to watch your vids while I work out but I couldn’t this time as I was laughing too damn much

[@zathdot]

Love this 😁 Perfect to watch while chilling on the sofa and not touching grass