Why Every Lead Actor Left Doctor Who

[@WhoCulture]

We made a followup video about how every Doctor got cast - check that out here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuqYoSwZr6BnaM

[@HIR0SE]

Now, how about a video for why every companion left? Pretty please?

[@wallacewallaby5782]

It's a bit ironic that Whittaker and Chibnall made an agreement to honor the 3 seasons guideline and pass on the baton to the next new Doctor only to end up passing it back to Tennant.

[@rhonddaboy13]

And Russell T. Davies 😂

[@kali3665]

@@rhonddaboy13 And we seem to be reverting back in time to the older style. Which may or may not be a bad thing....

[@NoahGooder]

whats worse is they decided to pull the bigenerating thing that makes it even more confusing.

[@NoahGooder]

@@rhonddaboy13 I have a feeling that RTD only really succeded back in the day because he was on a leash/had a much diffrent team around him.

[@NoahGooder]

@@kali3665 for some of the fandom we wish Dr.who would go on a hiatus so it can have a kind of renaissance.

[@gregorio5360]

I would adore a Scooby-Doo-esque cameo clip of doctors 11 through 15 accidentally running into each other somewhere, getting into the wrong Tardises, then running around between doors getting into the correct one. That sounds like the level of commitment I think Peter Capaldi would sign on for. (Edit: Fixed "Tardises")

[@IamJustJ.]

Tardises would likely be the best. You never make a word plural by adding an apostrophe to it. An apostrophe either indicates possessive OR a contraction, not a plural. You can make a possessive ending in s slightly shorter though: "The Tardis' color is blue" Meaning the Tardis possesses a blue color.

[@timlemmens1087]

Jodie would be brilliant in that. She has this brilliant comedic timing imo. As does Matt Smith.

[@Number6_]

Scoobie doo. Is the level that the series has sunk to. A Saturday morning cartoon.

[@Number6_]

​@@timlemmens1087yes, her time as the doctor was a bad joke! As was her acting.

[@timlemmens1087]

@@Number6_ Why should she do her best if she already gave the best preformance of her career in the movie Adult Life Skills? Seriously, check it out. Nothing can top that.

[@astrinix]

Tennant: If i don't take a *deep breath*... Name of 1st episode with capaldi: Deep Breath

[@greggg4011]

Oh Lovely

[@ElectricBlaze164]

I caught that!!

[@VerdanaVideos]

Justice for Christopher

[@kpbroseph326]

@@Get-me-out-of-Gacha-hell what did verdana do you you?

[@burf90]

I'm really sad that his tenure ended so quickly. I've loved every incarnation of Doctor Who, but Eccleston is among my top three. I wish it had worked out for him to stay longer. I don't want anyone to work under stressful conditions and I don't have any idea what exactly happened to cause that friction, but I wish them all well.

[@JudgeJosephDredd1989]

It's been almost 20 years there's been several different Doctors since then and people are still moping on about Eccleston he's said several times he's not coming back to the show move on holding onto the past is not healthy.

[@HeritageRoad99]

​@@Get-me-out-of-Gacha-hell"Nobody cares" speaking for everybody?

[@jagmo]

@Get-me-out-of-Gacha-hell: "Nobody cares...", yet, here you are.

[@NorthernChev]

Tom Baker, David Tennant and Matt Smith absolutely crushed it during their series runs.

[@edwardgribbins7175]

Hot take, Peter > Matt

[@randywissler9923]

​@@edwardgribbins7175 True take, Baker> than all the others!!!

[@nucleus3733]

@@randywissler9923totally true. Tom is my favorite Doctor bar none

[@sidsuspicious]

@@nucleus3733 I second that motion.

[@Kemily91]

@@edwardgribbins7175 Capaldi was a great doctor and he played it really well. I just did not love Clara that much. And that is why I prefer Matt's run. Clara and especially her boyfriend didn't work for me. He was very good though.

[@lordpistonia]

Paul needs an own season🛐

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

At least a one-off episode/multi-episode series, to give him a chance with better material than the crap he was given by Fox... Hell, just put a long wig on him, and let him have a go... ;-)

[@fragalot]

YES he does. I really want to see what drama there was that lead the Daleks and the Timelords into the time war in the first place. I bet the Master had something to do with it.

[@jackthefrog80085]

Fr, his audio dramas are so good. He's my second favourite doctor of all

[@BladeV8]

He's said a few times he'd love to do a mini-run or something because he loves the role but nearly everything he's done has been audio instead of on camera. Feels like there's a fun miniseries for Tales from the TARDIS there if the BW guys can reuse some sets and squeeze a budget slightly.

[@Doctorwhoenjoyer]

Well seeing that they can bring a older actor back as a new doctor I could see someone bringing Mcgann back

[@danielking5812]

Given that I am a quarry worker in Cardiff, I quite like my job. Just saying

[@justthehari]

12:00 basically Capaldi said to Chibnall "Your writings are suck " in the Doctor way 😅

[@yewtewbie7697]

Correction: "Your writing sucks" I recommend reading some English books to improve your writing.

[@davidlacoste]

If you have seen Capaldi in the first seaon of the Musketeers, and then Capaldi in the 8th season of Doctor Who, you can tell that Capaldi clearly didn't like the writing. The difference between the two Capaldi is glaring.

[@DrWhoFan_J]

@@yewtewbie7697 theres really no point in doing that.

[@calmsouls4502]

​@@yewtewbie7697 you're brain is suck

[@BladeV8]

@@davidlacoste I've never understood the whole PC wasn't happy with the writing thing. He's worked with Moff since and always been really complimentary of him & what they did together. But equally, he looks like death warmed up anytime anyone asks him about the show or coming back. I always get the feeling something happened at the BBC along the lines of they wanted to recast or something because they didn't like him/the ratings & he's always just kept it quiet. He made a lot of comments at the time he left about how he was worried about people affecting BBC budgets & impartiality, which always felt like veiled digs at higher ups IMO. Real shame because he's my absolute fave, I love those 3 series.

[@kenthomas505]

Too bad Smith didn't do a full series with Jenna Coleman. They didn't get enough of a chance to play off of each other and establish a better connection between 11 and Clara. A full series would have helped fans gravitate more to them as well since most think Clara worked better with 12 than 11. Pity.

[@williamseneyjr.6277]

I see why people feel that Clara worked best with 12, I really do. But I absolutely adore the subtle "will they or won't they" she had with 11. I loved Coleman and Smith's chemistry. It actually surprises me they were never a couple, in real life or in fiction, the chemistry was that good to me.

[@rafayetrahmanratul1059]

2nd Clara and 11th were great, they only did one episode. 1st Clara was also fantastic. But the Clara that continued wasn't as great. Every companion in NuWho had way too much powerful depiction in the series, but for Clara it felt a bit overkill, Moffat built the character in a way that it undermined the Doctor sometimes. Thank God it was Capaldi who stole every scene where he was allowed to shine, otherwise, that would've been a disaster.

[@Kemily91]

@@rafayetrahmanratul1059 I completely agree with that. The actress did an amazing job, but I did not like Clara very much. She was just a little too smart. Understanding the doctor too well. The difference between doctor and companion was not big enough. Sometimes you need those moments where the companion just stares at the doctor with open mouth wondering what on Gallifrey is going on. I slightly miss that with the new doctor too. I like him, but I miss the way 10 and 11 were written.

[@mcsnaga]

Another factor in Pertwee's departure I believe was his increasingly bad back which meant he struggled in the role towards the end.,

[@adb9231]

Pertwee, aged 70, did reprise the role on the stage. There was a short run in 1989 (15 years after he'd left the TV series) which I was lucky enough to see in Wimbledon, London. One of the best lines from the play was when Pertwee said of the Daleks, "amazing they got to be so powerful with just a toilet plunger." Although clearly not his younger self, he needed a little help, it was a really fun production and very well received.

[@BobbyBrown-iv3qh]

Would love to have seen him,one of my favorite Doctors.​@@adb9231

[@Chris-dm1je]

Whenever he had to be lying down in a scene, he always had one knee raused because of his back. Roger Delgado was one of the few people who could fix his bad back. It wasn't uncommon to go into the BBC canteen and find the Doctor face down on the floor and the Master with one foot in the small of his back and pulling both his arms back by the wrists. Liz Sladen once said that although Pertwee was always warm and gracious towards her, she could tell that he was distancing himself from the show. He took to sitting alone answering fan letters instead of being the life and soul during lunches and breaks. Apparently his massive pay demand came from him asking himself how much they'd have to pay him to carry on without Roger, Katie, Barry Letts and Terrence Dicks and with his UNIT pals being sidelined. That it was too high for the Beeb shows how much he knew he'd miss them all.

[@thesagebrushkid1]

I really wish that we’d had another Smith season. No reason other than he’s my favourite doctor and I’d have liked more of him.

[@mavenrichards]

Thats because you have good taste

[@MilatovichFamily]

Instead of matchstick man.

[@the_blind_chick]

I loved Matt Smith, but I couldn’t stand whatever dynamic was between him & Clara, so I was ready when it was time for him to leave. (Note: I liked 11 & Clara both. Just not together.)

[@thesagebrushkid1]

@@the_blind_chick agree with Clara… I’ve grown to like her with 12, but her and 11 weren’t the deal. Particularly as IMO, 11 and the Ponds are the greatest Doctor/companion team. Big big shoes to fill. You know what would’ve been great? If they’d done a final series with 11, but the companions were the weird Victorian friends. Strax the sontaron, the interspecies lesbian couple…

[@NoahGooder]

funfact under the current regime they could bring him back because of broken system now in place called bigeneration. but be warned it would be under chimballs and current year rules. So the charater could end up emasculated for the sake of "modern audences". If you dont know what that means well they would give him the same respect as they gave tenent in the special.

[@GuyClapperton1]

We hear a lot about how William Hartnell was “no spring chicken” or whatever but he was born in January 1908 so actually played the part in his mid-fifties. His illness, arteriosclerosis, was what deprived him of his memory - sad to reflect he was only in his mid sixties when he actually died.

[@Chris-dm1je]

The work schedule didn't help. After he left and had a decent rest, William Hartnell went into a stage play. There's a dressing room interview with him where he is sharp as a tack and quite ferocious about "legitimate theatre". Jon Pertwee's only condition on taking the role was, again on the advice of Patrick Troughton, was that the seasons be reduced from 11 months to 6.

[@flamerama7344]

I’m supposed to be doing a university assignment and then this shows up and I caved

[@KoniXyz]

Gl

[@Acknowledgerofdoctorwho]

as he said, good luck.

[@badfairy9554]

You needed a break.

[@DogsAreTheBest312]

Mood 😂

[@TY-kc3st]

I've been there. I watched all of Who instead of doing my dissertation one year.

[@joshuacurphey3242]

I've also heard that Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi wanted to do other projects and Doctor Who was getting in the way of that, as well as that Smith and David Tennant have both said they felt they could've played The Doctor forever.

[@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq]

Capaldi had planned to stay for at least 5 seasons but was pushed by Chibnall.

[@dh2032]

@@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq that when scripts getting terrible and money fx stuff starting to get photo real, but hanging around on a sinking ship when there passing one in easy reach, who would not jump, and more money to most of the time too?

[@d4rksonic474]

No surprise for Tennant there, this role inspired him to become an actor; his sole purpose in life was to become the doctor, having grown up with Pete Davidson. Ironically, he's the fan who gave Pete Davidson his weirdest gift - grandchildren.

[@gailbean7497]

If you're counting all tbe Doctors, you missed the war doctor, John Hurt. He was in only 3 episodes, but he was an official Doctor who got a regeneration scene.

[@professionaleejit5927]

Leading doctors. The war doctor was never a Leading doctor

[@eatmorenachos]

Oh man, he was good.

[@mrgobrien]

wikipedia has a big list of the "unofficial" doctors.

[@doorofnight87]

For many of them, actor's can get bored staying too long in the same part, they want to be challenged and go on to do other things. While 'three seasons' has become something of a norm, and credited to Patrick Troughton, but Troughton was a very well respected character actor before Doctor Who and quickly became one again after Doctor Who. Tom Baker might be synonymous with the character, but he really never did much afterward as he was in the role for so long (and it was well known by the time he left that he had become extremely difficult to work with). He's done a lot of voice work but his career never really recovered on film, his one big thing I can thing of is that he plays Puddleglum (magnificently) in the BBC adaption of The Silver Chair. I think only Matt Smith was a relative unknown when he was cast in the role, even Peter Davison was in two other TV shows at the same time. None of the other actors have really been big stars, but pretty well known and respected character actors with a good body of work and there is to some degree an urge to get back to that and not get typecast, overstay their welcome, or end up disliking the job.

[@Chris-dm1je]

Tom also played the vicarc who seduces Mary Fisher in "The Life and Loves of a She Devil" and showed us a side of himself we never wanted to see. Colin Baker had been a bit of a heart-throb in the seventies, culminating in him playing the villainous banker (not a euphemism) in "The Brothers", in which role, despite mainly doing little more than standing in an office being ruthless over the phone in a haircut peculiar even by 1970s standards, he made a generation of ladies wish that he'd conduct a rigorous audit on their assets.

[@Chris-dm1je]

Well, something in my comment displeased the youtube filter. I'll have another go. Tom played the dodgy vicar in "The Life and Loves of a She Devil", in which he showed us a side of himself we never wanted to see. Colin was a heart-throb in the 70s, especially when he was the villainous banker in "The Brothers" who, despite a haircut that looked peculiar even by 1970s standards, made ladies wish he'd give their assets a really thorough auditing.

[@julianaylor4351]

Before Cardiff, it was BBC studios, then later everywhere and a Surrey quarry. There is a tale, not sure if it's an urban myth that Dr Who was filming at one end of a quarry and Blake's Seven at the other. I should imagine that all those dangerous places... remember Tom Baker broke a bone on location once, must have taken their toll.

[@SuperFunkmachine]

Its a myth that they where there at the same time, but they did use the same quarry's, actors, props, costumes and monsters.

[@julianaylor4351]

@@SuperFunkmachine Thought as much, basically a joke at both shows expense.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

Tom Baker broke his collar bone on Dartmoor. It was when he fell after a Sontaran walloped him. Elisabeth Sladen heard the crack from a few feet away.

[@brucewayne7838]

i think its true. i saw an interview with gareth thomas where he says they were filming in one part of a quarry when they were distracted by a lot of noise and when they went over to see it was the crew of doctor who also filming.

[@Williestyle-RobotechxMacross-x]

@gilgameshofuruk4060 Thank you for the information on how Tom Baker was injured. I had forgotten. r. i. p. Elizabeth Sladen the best "Sara Jane" ever! Glad she (briefly) had her own spin-off series. I always think of the song by _Genesis_ when I think of Elisabeth Sladen ( _'Me And Sara Jane'_ ). May her memory be a blessing

[@Williestyle-RobotechxMacross-x]

8:58 Fun Fact about David Tennant -He married Georgia Moffett three years after they filmed the DrWho episode _'The Doctor's Daughter'_ together. And Georgia is really a daughter of fifth "Doctor" Peter Davison (and actress Sandra Dickinson). So in effect Peter married into the family of another Doctor Who... (both are among my favorites ever cast as DrWho, "The Curator" and fourth Doctor, Tom Baker is my favorite). Good times man, good times 🙃

[@thetraveler7368]

😮

[@NativelyBornAmerican]

Peter Capaldi wasn’t the only Doctor to appear previously on the show before becoming the Doctor. Colin Baker played Commander Maxil, on Gallifrey during Peter Davison’s reign.

[@billbeeh217]

thanks for reminding me, I forget That. 😀

[@bremruatfelabs0057]

Amy was also casted as one of the girls dreassed in red in that Pompeii episode😂

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

Colin shot the doctor in that one. I don't blame him, I'd be a bit tetchy if I had to wear a hat that looked like a chicken.

[@NativelyBornAmerican]

@@gilgameshofuruk4060 🤣🤣🤣🐔

[@justynmatlock8873]

And David Tennant got a line in the Fourtieth Anniversary story 'Scream of the Shalka'

[@galaxytheinter6332]

In the end David Tenant himself was like: I dont wanna go. Which I find quiet beautiful

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

John Pertwee also was having pain issues with his back

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

Yeah, that was why, whenever he was unconscious in a scene, he always had one leg bent at the knee as that lessened the pain of lying on a hard floor. Apparently, Roger Delgado was one of the few people who could "pop" his back right again. It wasn't unusual to walk into the canteen and see Perwee face down on the floor, Delgado standing over him with one foot in the small of his back and pulling both arms back by the wrists.

[@FerretJohn]

Capaldi and Whitaker seemed longer but that's because the showmakers decided to make less episodes and take extraordinarily long breaks between seasons. And while Matt Smith has said he's open to returning (assuming his work on House of the Dragon will allow it) he has said if he could he'd come back as the Master rather than the Doctor.

[@chaoticfanboy47]

that would be so cool if matt smith came back as the master!!

[@annapierce8666]

Tom Baker is the Best classic *Doctor* and David Tennant is the Best Revival *Doctor* 📘

[@Kemily91]

I do agree, but I would add that the difference between David and Matt is very small. Matt Smith was absolutely brilliant too.

[@dangerman-iz1jg]

Tom Baker played the part perfectly with the right alien qualities. He made you think he was a cosmic being having adventures in time and space. Tennant was an overrated actor who portrayed the Doctor like a space playboy picking up Earth girls all the time. Tom > Tennant.

[@lifefantastic-v9n]

all of these comments abt tom baker makes me want to watch the original series so bad but i dont hace access to the original series only the new one

[@dangerman-iz1jg]

@@lifefantastic-v9n There are blu-ray sets of Tom Baker's first, third, fourth, sixth and seventh seasons are all out right now. Best approach to seeing those shows from the late 1970s and 1980 seasons.

[@sinom]

Honestly the countdown format is a bit stupid for a chronilogical ordering where you're counting up

[@barker-chanvlogs4582]

I've said this before and I'll say it again 14 as of right now would be best in audios while 15 does TV episodes

[@BunjiKugashira1990]

agreed😊

[@buhe1]

I wish they gave Paul Mcgann a mini-series. They could have called it The 8th Doctor.

[@mattfn]

And they could explain his aging from being in the Time War. Perfect!

[@DexTag]

Smith and Tennant (in no particular order) were by far my favorite doctors, they both brought his crazyness to life in a rather unique/enjoyable way. I mean all did, but I felt like they did it in the most interesting way. But looking back, I do regret not giving Capaldi a better chance, nowadays I love his scenes and enjoy rewatching it, but back when it came out I almost dropped Doctor Who because I just didn't feel "it". But I gotta admit all Doctors I watched (Eccleston and the ones named above) did an amazing job, can't say something about the others cause I didn't watch yet/anymore.

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

During the sixties, the series ran for 48 weeks a year. Hartnell's health briefly improved after leaving. Following a rest period he was able to complete a run in a stage play. An interview with him when he was in the play shows him to be sharp as a tack. It also shows just how different the character he built up for the Doctor was from him as himself. When Pertwee was offered the role, one of his conditions for accepting was that each series would have fewer episodes than previously. The BBC happily agr££d. His first year was 25 episodes. I've heard a few different versions of the motive behind, and circumstances around his pay rise request/demand, at least two of the differing versions being from Pertwee himself in interviews.

[@epicridesandtours]

Now I feel old. I remember seeing that first episode with William Hartnell as the Doctor.

[@michaelwigingtonstudios1320]

Well how old are you? I feel I was born 40 years too late

[@epicridesandtours]

@@michaelwigingtonstudios1320Sorry, but I don't give away any personal details like age online. Such details can be used by unscrupulous persons. All anyone needs to know is on my channel.

[@roowyrm9576]

Me too! I'll be 70 next year.

[@epicridesandtours]

@@michaelwigingtonstudios1320 67

[@cuppapablo]

"Severe case of the glowy face" best description ever

[@benashworth4474]

It took a bit, and I wasn't happy with some of the episodes from a story choice aspect, but I will die on the hill of Whitaker being a very underrated Doctor. Especially when you look at the overall arc from Eccleston on, her more whimsical take but still having the forthrightness of Capaldi was a great transition. I just wish the stories themselves had been more engaging.

[@Acknowledgerofdoctorwho]

I love the regeneration effect, I just cant get over it, the glow especially the new one with the blue my word it looks so gooooood!!!!!

[@NatrollJM]

blue?

[@Acknowledgerofdoctorwho]

yea there are blue flames and lightning in jodie's regeneration.@@NatrollJM

[@chaoticfanboy47]

IKR it’s so good

[@Just_a_Guy94]

I love it when WhoCulture uploads ❤

[@Acknowledgerofdoctorwho]

Dont we all?

[@Dragonchu98]

Love this list. Would be interesting to see something similar for the companions!😊

[@BlueSun2]

The best Doctor - Peter Capaldi, he fit the part perfectly.

[@petersmith7126]

Peter doesn't get the recognition he deserves for his part in the show

[@jokerzyo]

Matt smith will always be the best doctor for me. Other than the writting for 13 all of the modern doctor has been amazing and the actors have been so well chosen

[@HikaruKatayamma]

I was at the con in Miami when they introduced Colin Baker saying his outfit was so loud a blind man would complain. 😂

[@joerider3769]

Perhaps my UK friends can tell me if i'm wrong, but what i heatd on Colin Baker was that, yes, he was asked back for the one show, but in UK television, you sign on for a season before, so if he did one Dr. Who episode, he would not have been available for other shows, essentially giving up a whole season of work/pay!

[@gilgameshofuruk4060]

He'd asked his agent about tge possibility of doing a whole season, but it was made clear that that was not an option. The BBC wanted him to do one episode with the regeneration part way through. He offered to come back for one story. He wanted to give his Doctor a decent send off. It was refused and he refused to return. Source: Colin Baker at a Doctor Who event I went to about ten years ago.

[@korg13]

Colin Baker was also on Doctor Who before he was the Doctor as a Galafrayian Guard when Peter Davidson was the Doctor

[@duncancjohnson24507]

Fun Fact: My dad and many other Doctor Who fans were acctually mad that Paul McGann wasn't the Doctor in 2005.

[@johnriley7312]

It sucks that McCoy got shit on the way he did, also I believe everything Eccleston has said about his time on the show

[@DustinHarrisonCat]

Jon Pertwee died on my birthday but before I was born. May 20th.

[@badfairy9554]

I met him, lovely man, I share a Doctors birthday. Not the same year.

[@melon2271]

welcome back jon pertwee

[@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq]

So John Pertwee didn't actually die on your birthday...

[@DustinHarrisonCat]

@@UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq Not the same year but still, I know it sounds dumb.

[@CrovelAnimation]

I cant wait to meet Eccleston in Wellington this month

[@ftumschk]

Wellington, Somerset or Wellington, NZ? Either way, I'm sure you'll enjoy your encounter with the "fantastic" 9th Doctor :)

[@CrovelAnimation]

@ftumschk Wellington New Zealand. Thank's for asking! And don't worry, I will have fun

[@CrovelAnimation]

@Sydney-McKee Cool! I'm only seeing Eccleston but I hope you have fun too!

[@PlayPodOG]

they did mention capaldi in the Pompeii episode being the entire reason that face was chosen in the first place.

[@frankshailes3205]

Why cite arteriosclerosis for Hartnell? That wasn't an issue at the time and not diagnosed until many years later. Producers had been trying to get rid of him ever since Verity Lambert left.

[@thepeacefulbuddah]

9:27 I'd just like to say that he definitely would not have outstayed his welcome. I still miss him... Neither would Matt Smith for that matter.

[@jamesbevan9939]

Can you do a video on Big Finish villains/monsters that should appear in the TV series? I want to nominate the Scorchies and Nobody No-One as possible picks.

[@BenjiMan1701]

New who's 20th anniversary should have 10 and 14 meet. Imagine the "What?!" 😂

[@nathancantino5669]

love your videos. ty for making them

[@bryaneichner678]

John Pertwee’s son, Sean is a successful actor in his own right. He was Alfred in the Gotham tv series.

[@basicallyweeb]

Smith is the only New Who doctor I believe shoulda got more. Yes Eccleston prolly did too but his ending and introduction to regeneration quite quickly seemed good in the long run. Smith on the otherhand definitely had more story to tell with Jenna Coleman who was on pace the first half season she spent with Smith to be one of the best assistants ever. Her chem with Smith was fantastic and Smith was so good at long term story telling with his doctor so a long term story with her wouldve been soooo good. Smith is the only one who shouldve done an extra to me personally. Tennant was amazing and easily the most iconic but his original ending was perfect.

[@caitsidhe4560]

I still mourn Eccleston´s loss. His take on doctor was just so great. Cant imagine DW return be under anyone else.

[@altair3232]

It ended with Capaldi, and well, last three actors were of great quality and skill. Tenant, Smith and Capaldi played amazingly. Unff. we live in f up times, and show does not exist, for now, but who knows, maybe in 10-20 years when things get back to normal again we get our show back, with a Doctor as protagonist.

[@kwartylion8134]

capaldi was a mathematical peak of the show

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Hi Just to infrom you that sadly Michael Jayston aka The Valeyeard and utterly wonderful man has just passed away. Perhaps a small tribute video might be considered as he was by most considered the best thing in Season 23 and there is delighful footage of him on the box set feature where he, Colin, Nicola and Bonnie chat over lunch. This below from the Big Finish site. There is a lengthy piece/tribute worth reading and his long association with DW and more. Michael Jayston 1935-2024 5 February 2024 Tags : Stop PressDoctor Who - The Sixth Doctor AdventuresDoctor Who - The Eighth Doctor AdventuresDoctor Who - Unbound All at Big Finish were saddened to learn of the death of actor Michael Jayston, who passed away earlier today aged 88. From me a fan: A real loss not just within DW but for everyone he made smile and laugh. RIP

[@grueslayer]

I wish Tom Baker could regenerate in real life and come back to Dr. Who (not just cameos).

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Did John Wiles ever tell his side of things? From what I've read, he had ideas to take the show into darker territory, and of course, he clashed with William Hartnell, who, according to the lore, saw himself as the protector of the show's values and who would have none of it. Wiles even looked into replacing Hartnell with a new actor to be revealed when the Doctor became visible again in "The Celestial Toymaker", but he was shot down and resigned before they could fire him. Script editor/writer Donald Tosh went with him, so I also wonder if he ever elaborated.

[@petejones879]

Matt Smith in my opinion was the best ever Doctor.. My favourite anyway

[@jackdog06]

Starting the numbering from 13 and counting down is a very weird choice.

[@CodyTheBeerBear]

That's why David Tennant ad libbed in his last EP saying I don't want to go. Meaning, He wanted to stay on

[@seanosborne3343]

What a breathtaking achievment! Thirteen minutes without a breath... very well done!

[@TECHNICALfalcon]

I’ll still forever wish we had another season with Matt and jenna

[@alee_enn]

Every Doctor Who lead actor .... Peter Cushing: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@MarionBaggins]

Movies from the 60's aren't proper Canon to DW!!!!

[@d4rksonic474]

10:12 I dunno, I've heard that his ending as #14 was pretty disrespectful towards him. Though yeah, if there haven't been any issues after all, yeah, he'll come back at some opportunity again.

[@Lukoro05]

if Paul Magan gets a mention, I say John Hurt deserved one, too. Was the Dr for about as long: one movie's worth.

[@DANGERMAN991]

Tom Baker stayed on the show too long? Sheer nonsense. I wanted him to stay longer. I would have traded all the 80s Doctors for one more year with Tom Baker. The best incarnation ever. Season 18 was awesome for its science fiction concepts and great stories.

[@barryrichards5015]

Capaldi was the last Doctor. dunno who those last people were, not Dr Who tho

[@keithwilson4023]

For the love of god leave at least 4 frames between comments! It makes enjoying what you’re saying impossible as there’s no time to digest your comments. What you need in your videos is pacing. Trust me I’m an editor….: I Love the content though !!!😅😅

[@williamwheeler7068]

Can't forget Jo Martin's Doctor and John Hurt's Doctor!

[@exileexecutus]

0:18 who is she?

[@davidarnold5271]

Peri companion of the 5th and 6th Doctor

[@dino.niichan1991]

Late to know of this show's existence, only learning of this after seeing a few of Matt Smith's, and only admiring its vast lore after watching Peter Capaldi.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Tom Baker was my favorite for years… until David Tennant showed up. Mr Tennant I’d say really understood the soul of the character, probably because he himself was a huge fan. His performance was spot-on.

[@johnpavlick7740]

Tennant is my favorite on screen Doctor and Eccelston is my favorite off screen Doctor.

[@bikechainmic]

Jon Pertwee said in an interview he mainly left Dr Who as he wanted to play Worzel Gummage, a dream character role he always said he wanted to do. Still think Tom Baker was the definitive Doctor though.

[@tweakfreq1982]

Capaldi is a fantastic actor. I enjoyed his performances, but I could See the writing and directing being done behind the scenes to the Actual character of Who.

[@Vednier]

I liked brutalistic Eccleston, i liked intelelgent Tenant, i liked (but not that much) Smith and i liked all round good Capaldi. And f*ck everyone else before and after. Especially after.

[@9KznfiS87f7]

Here's a list of 22 Dr. Who screen actors I had (not including radio shows) : 1963-1966 1 William Hartnell (1st) 1965 2 Peter Cushing (1st) 1966 2 Peter Cushing (1st) 1966-1969 3 Patrick Troughton (2nd) 1970-1974 4 Jon Pertwee (3rd) 1974-1981 5 Tom Baker (4th) 1981-1984 6 Peter Davison (5th) 1984-1986 7 Colin Baker (6th) 1986-1989 8 Sylvester McCoy (7th) 1996 9 Paul McGann (8th) 2005 10 Christopher Eccleston (9th) 2005-2010 11 David Tennant (10th) 2009 12 Rowan Atkinson (10th) 2009 13 Richard E. Grant (11th) 2009 14 Jim Broadbent (12th) 2009 15 Hugh Grant (13th) 2009 16 Joanna Lumley (14th) 2010-2013 17 Matt Smith (11th) 2013 18 John Hurt (War Doctor) 2014-2017 19 Peter Capaldi (12th) 2017 20 David Bradley (1st) 2018-2022 21 Jodie Whittaker (13th) 2023 11 David Tennant (14th) 2023 22 Ncuti Gatwa (15th)

[@bradyharpe6051]

From what I've Heard of Doctor who I'm pretty sure Jody Whitaker is the only person who wants her to make a return

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

I liked Jodie quite a bit, but she was the victim of Chibnall's poor writing.

[@harrykey6016]

I watch her and I’m like how do people not like her. She’s so good and she is the doctor

[@Wimblefish]

Exactly. Tennant is my doctor, closely followed by Smith and I'm not sure either of them could have done much better with the script Jodie was given 🤷‍♀️

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

@@Wimblefish Not only that, but she was hampered by some rather boring companions. Personally, I think Grahame was the best of the three. He was genuine. I never liked Jaz much, but she was the one they kept to the end. It didn't help the show at all. Give Jodie some good scripts and more interesting companions, and I think her tenure would have been great.

[@youareabadsinger212]

Hahahahaha she was awful her acting sucked

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

@@youareabadsinger212 As is your grammar.

[@AriaOnEdge]

For as long as dr. who has been running, when we got a female dr. i was thoroughly jazzed. and now we have a black dr?!??! i almost want to attempt to get into this show. cause the little specks of tennant, smith, and capaldi makes it unbelievably compelling. especailly since from what i've seen capaldi is by far my most favorite doctor

[@alexfletcher5192]

I still don't quite believe that Pertwee went up to Shaun Sutton (despite their history) and asked for a pay-rise. Barry Letts was quick to pour scorn on that idea, because of the hierarchy in the BBC. But, for a man who was arguably the centre of his universe in many ways, it does sound like the kind of thing he might throw in to bolster his own value. That's not to denigrate Jon at all. It was obviously a very close knit at the time.

[@BongoBaggins]

"This is why every lead actor left Doctor Who: Number thirteen, William Hartnell." Bit harsh.

[@Eternal_Night69]

I really only watched david and matt im watching the classics at the moment and is on the episode web planet:crater of needles

[@jamalgordon8883]

Why Christopher never met Catherine Tate and freema Aglyman

[@iscreemz4494]

To the "Nobody Cares About Eccleston" brigade... err, yeah. Actually, we do. It has ZERO to do with whether or not he comes back to the show (we know he won't). The point is... the BBC flat out LIED PUBLICLY about why he left the show (they said the schedule made him tired... making him look like a Prima Dona) and effectively destroyed his career in the UK. That's why you see him in shows like The Leftovers and True Detective. His own agent leveled with him and said... "If you want to continue acting, you need to move to America." So he did. As a man living in Canada, who emigrated from England in '95, I have a fresh perspective on aspects of my home country. The BBC is a rotten institution (you only have to look at the pedophiles they covered for like Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris) and the British tabloid press is WORSE. The BBC lit the fuse and the press detonated Chris' UK career. Understand the REAL point before you automatically assume people who want justice for Chris are just loud Fanboys whining about losing their favorite Doctor. The BBC owes Eccleston at least, a public apology; at most, financial damages.

[@brandoncattermole9403]

David Tennant and Matt Smith were good

[@NatrollJM]

cant help but think you stole this from the who look, especially considering neither of you made this video up until now.

[@NichtcrawlerX]

KZbin recently recommended that video to me. Thought it did so again...

[@grandtheftlosautos596]

Yeah definitely copied I feel ... Wouldn't suprise me we Will have a a companion one

[@ELittlechild]

This video has been in development for well over a week. Absolutely no “copying” involved of any kind just one of those crazy coincidences ☺️

[@MatthewFazioFromCleveland]

A "3 season pact?" I thought it was low ratings caused by poorly-written stories (combined with no respect for the established Who lore) as the reason for Chibnall and Whittaker leaving.

[@lukasvideosify1596]

The Dalek approves of this video. APP-ROVE! APP-ROVE!

[@katrineroberts4084]

Matt Smith was my favourite doctor of all time.

[@existing_person]

It's just so doctor who to be celebrating its twenty year anniversary two years after its sixtieth lol

[@iseetea47]

Can you make a video on David Tennant's Doctor Who connections if you haven't already? There's probably at least 10 obscure links with him and Doctor Who despite him being the doctor

[@geoffchurchill5492]

all that talk about typecasting but I knew both Davidson and Pertwee for characters other than doctor who better. Pertwee for Wurzel Gummidge, All Creatures Great and Small

[@MarionBaggins]

My Mum loved Davidson in All Creatures Great and Small!!!

[@MacGuini]

I kinda agree with Eccleston on it. The show was way too chaotic at his time. I've heard a lot of Whovians say his first episode is the make it or break it for any modern day Whovian. I realized that more as I tried to introduce others to Dr Who. It got to the point where I had to introduce people with Tennent in order to have a better chance of turning them into a Whovian. Nothing wrong with Eccleston at all. But new viewers don't always receive his season all that well. The show definitely dragged on too far. Nothing against Capaldi. But it should have ended with Smith. After that, the story made less sense. Which is saying something for Dr Who. I mainly say that because I really liked the poetic concept of Timelords having a limit of 12 regenerations. I would have liked to see them switch to another series showing us other Timelords. Continuing Dr Who after Smith just seems like a lack of creativity in my opinion. Especially since they kept removing the show from streaming services around Capalidi's era. It became increasingly harder to watch the show as an American without subscribing to BBC.

[@Nexiusify]

Early Doctorwho was a great show, I wish they kept the same charm with some of the modern ones.

[@benironside1264]

The fact Richard coyle has never been cast is a real missed opportunity

[@fadikhoory5350]

Initially, Pertwee was criticised for the James Bond, lack of Tardis character. Meglos or the Leisure Hive, which story would you remove?

[@GrumpyOldGit60]

My old friend Gerry Davis - co-creator of the Cybermen and the script editor at the time of the first “renewal” - was quite clear about what happened to Hartnell. He was sacked/let go for being “difficult”. Bill had wanted to stay - there’s a version of the script for TP4 that doesn’t include the transformation. The whole invisible section of Toy Maker was also planned as a possible change of actor. The Doctor regains his visibility but looks different. Tom was sacked for being drunk and difficult. Facts: Really not as tricky as they seem.

[@joshuacurphey3242]

Then what about his illnesses? An Adventure In Space and Time showed both Hartnell being ill but how he didn't want to leave, even if he did state that Troughton was a good replacement.

[@chazo1367]

@@joshuacurphey3242 Likely the official reason was for the illness, looks good for PR and all that, and better for Hartnell when he went back to theatre than if they said he was difficult.

[@Siderite]

Well, these recaps change the story every time they are made. The Whitaker Chibnall death pact sounds like a retcon.

[@DANGERMAN991]

Not true. Tom Baker was not sacked for being drunk. Stop spreading misinformation.

[@GrumpyOldGit60]

@@joshuacurphey3242 He was ill... but not so ill he couldn't do a theatre season. His absence from a 10th Planet episode was down to him drinking himself "ill" - the boozing was a result of his displeasure of being fired.

[@louisborselio8608]

I think Charles Shaughnessy would make a very good Doctor Who.