Why Every Lead Actor Left Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a great gig. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go. So why did each Doctor decide to call it quits?
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We made a followup video about how every Doctor got cast - check that out here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuqYoSwZr6BnaM

[@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.

[@joshuajoshua2732]

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.

[@MichaelHeal99]

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

[@jagmo]

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

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@astrinix]

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

[@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.

[@flamerama7344]

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

[@KoniXyz]

Gl

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

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.

[@danielking5812]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@mcsnaga]

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

[@annapierce8666]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@ALEXXXCTROFFICIAL]

@@yewtewbie7697 theres really no point in doing that.

[@calmsouls4502]

​@@yewtewbie7697 you're brain is suck

[@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 🤣🤣🤣🐔

[@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.

[@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.

[@sephalon1]

1 - Got old and sick 2 - Got worn out 3 - Wanted a raise and didn't get it 4 - Conflicts with the producers 5 - Decided at the beginning to do three seasons and did that 6 - Fired 7 - Show got cancelled 8 - Pilot didn't get picked up 9 - Conflicts with the producers 10 - Left before being typecast 11 - Got worn out 12 - Got worn out 13 - Pre-agreed to do 3 seasons

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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😊

[@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.

[@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.

[@cuppapablo]

"Severe case of the glowy face" best description ever

[@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

[@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

[@sinom]

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

[@duncancjohnson24507]

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

[@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.

[@Dragonchu98]

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

[@buhe1]

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

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

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?

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

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

[@chaoticfanboy347]

IKR it’s so good

[@Just_a_Guy94]

I love it when WhoCulture uploads ❤

[@BlakeGamer-qy6ve]

Dont we all?

[@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.

[@korg13]

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

[@galaxytheinter6332]

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

[@doro626]

Tenant's "I'm not ready", is iconic

[@HikaruKatayamma]

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

[@nathanielfarkas4431]

Matt smith and Moffat had a 4 season plan before smith pulled out after series 7

[@seanosborne3343]

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

[@BlueSun2]

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

[@spydermag5644]

Matt Smith was a fun doctor and it started to go down hill with Peter Capaldi. The show it died after he left.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

That is how I feel. I watched Capaldi’s first season, but the stories started getting a bit too dark for me and I jumped ship. Came back for the 60th anniversies, which were back to being fun!

[@michaelsanderson1656]

The show started to suck when matt smith took over. His character, tge writing, the storylines, everything began to get crappy. Stopped watching after a couple smith episodes. Never watched it since

[@JordoF6]

​@@michaelsanderson1656i didnt like smiths era that much either. But series 9 and 10 were fantastic i must say. Id recommend. I regret not watching those sooner.

[@JordoF6]

​@@Melissa.Garrettmany say that. But you should go back and watch its all part of the doctors arc and it gets lighter and 12 develops as a character on purpose as it goes on.

[@Melissa.Garrett]

@@JordoF6 My mum and I are currently rewatching the NuWho era (we’re approaching the end of S4, so a ways to go yet) and we’ve been debating where to get off, so to speak. I think we’ll keep going as long as we’re still enjoying most episodes, and if there’s a couple we decide to skip along the way, then so be it. I’ll admit we are curious about what we “missed”. 😊

[@kevinblower3426]

Strong rumours that Moffat due to leave after S9 and BBC also ended PCaps contract at the same time but as Chibnell not ready and no other show runners suitable they begged Moff and Peter to come back for one more year.

[@Hanneth]

My problem with Eccleston and Whittaker as actors is the same. Neither wanted to play The Doctor. Eccleston told them that he didn't want to have to take anything from the past into consideration when playing the role. Whittaker said she'd never seen a full episode of any version of the show before she got the role. Eccleston was chosen because of his popularity at the time. Though even back then he had a reputation of being extremely difficult to work with. Despite being well known that he does not play nice with his castmates, nor producers, he seems to have constant work. The biggest problem with Whittaker's time was the aweful writing! Which, as show runner, I blame Chibnall for. He was handed a long legacy and rich back story, and he decided to toss it in the trash, light it on fire, then piss on the fans.

[@tweakfreq1982]

I have to say that I agree with Eccleston. He was my favorite doctor after falling in love with the series during Tom Baker's run. It took a whole season to make me shift favs but when Tennant took over I was heartbroken. Learning later about the conflicts with management I can see how he was not wrong and after Moffat took over everything Who began to fall apart.

[@mykstand]

From what I remember, the Who movie on Fox failed because it was up against the series finale of "Rosanne", which was the biggest sitcom in the US at that time. Am I dreaming that?

[@IsiahBradley]

I always wanted to know this!!! THANKS!!!!

[@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.

[@chaoticfanboy347]

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

[@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!

[@michelebriere9569]

Chris's Doctor was my favorite. He was dark. The show could have gone into a completely different direction, if stories brought out that darkness. But it's a kid show.

[@josefjago3104]

No it's not! It's for everyone. I still like watching the old shows as an aging adult and my dad liked watching it with me in the 70's. How can it be a kid's show when a lot of the stuff it churns out now is hard edged and annoyingly serious such as Homosexuality, racism, political correctness. it was more fun to watch before it turned into this crap. If it was a children's show before it's a political one now!

[@bryaneichner678]

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

[@jamesatherton5710]

It's fascinating the amount of information you left out.

[@asanoga-len6948]

Capaldi I my doctor. Nothing against the other great doctors. He was one of the best actors in the role. May capaldi's be forever.

[@darthvader9710]

I want doctor who to have random regenerations again, with classic who the seasons were random mostly and not all 3, it should be like that again

[@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.

[@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.

[@Wolffen51]

Colin Baker: NOT TRUE. Michael Grade was the Comptroller of BBC at the time and he hated Science fiction shows such as Dr. Who and he felt the money could be better spent on other "proper" shows. Sue Jefferies who was married to Colin Baker at the time was going through an acrimonious divorce with Colin Baker and crying to her friend, you guessed it...Michael Grade. John Nathan Turner stood up for the show saying they had good scripts for the following season, Michael Grade gave John Nathan Turner 2 more seasons on two conditions: (1) that Colin Baker was out as the doctor and (2) John Nathan Turner was the one who had to fire him. So John Nathan Turner called Colin Baker up and told him the show was renewed for 2 more seasons but he was out as the doctor. John Nathan Turner then asked Colin Baker "By the way, can you come in to film a regeneration scene?" (after just firing Colin over the phone). Colin Baker hung up.

[@alwillcox]

@Wolffen51 Where on Earth did you get the bit about the divorce from? Colin Baker has been married to Marion Wyatt since 1982! His previous marriage (to Liza Goddard) ended in divorce, but that was in 1978, 8 year's before Grade kicked him off Who.

[@Wolffen51]

@@alwillcox you were right about the marriage, I was wrong it wasnt Sue Jeffries but the rest was from Colin Baker himself he said so in interviews

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

@Wolffen51 Being wrong about the divorce, which was one of the cornerstones of this bizarre tale you spun, undermines the credibility of all of it.

[@Wolffen51]

@@TheFiddleFaddle yes....but at least Im honest enough to admit that I was wrong about the divorce, but the rest of it is true.

[@alwillcox]

@@Wolffen51 The point was that you're completely wrong about the whole divorce story. Colin Baker was not getting divorced from anyone at the time, "Sue Jeffries" or otherwise. He married Marion Wyatt in 1982, before he ever appeared in Doctor Who, and they are still married!

[@ourphilosophyis9119]

There’s a channel called The Who Look who did a video about this exact thing 7 days ago. This video on WhoCulture already has many tens of thousands more views than that video does. I don’t want to accuse this channel of skimming views from smaller channels by using their ideas right when they gain some popularity. However, the timing doesn’t look good. As a smaller channel myself, I do take this very seriously. Maybe I’m wrong and that channel is somehow connected to this one. However, could you guys please respond to this and offer any more insight if it’s there?

[@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.

[@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.

[@ell040]

i wonder what matt wanted to do for his end, i would love to know more about his perspective on that part

[@robinhazell6019]

Matt Smith with Karen Gilan was m y all-time favourite pair.

[@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.

[@bingobunny7862]

The thumbnails tripped me out

[@Resimaster]

Jeez, how many channels do you guys have?

[@mitchyitchy3]

i would love to see something like the 50th anni show. where previous doctors or recordings of previous showed up. but in this stand alone episode special gala returns fully and same with the master. and the previous doctors and the current one elects new leaders and such. if not a stand alone episode then if the series does another 1989-2005 hiatus then the last episode should be that.

[@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.

[@cannedmusic]

this show is like that television thing, along with the horseless carriage...it will never last...I give it another 60...70 years, maybe

[@Angelgreat]

Maybe with Gatwa, the 3 year precident can be ended or changed, but who knows?

[@mavenrichards]

Yes. Hopefully he is only there for one season.

[@Angelgreat]

@@mavenrichards That is racist

[@mavenrichards]

Nope. Has nothing to do with his race. Be careful with assumptions @@Angelgreat

[@Melissa.Garrett]

@@mavenrichardsI have to agree - and before everyone assumes I’m racist, ask yourself if it might actually be racist to deny criticism of an actor’s performance because of their skin colour. For me, Gatwa doesn’t sound as if he fully understands all the explanations the Doctor invariably has to give. He’s missing the gravitas and sense of age of a good Doctor, and so lacks authority for me.

[@valley_robot]

I think he's pretty good as the doctor so far, doctor who always evolves

[@nekoneko-jd]

I rewatch series 12 at the moment, and i really have to say, that i love Jodie as the Doctor! But sadly, i dont like series 11 and 12 but she was phenomenal! For Sure i love all Doctor actors

[@brandoncattermole9403]

David Tennant and Matt Smith were good

[@hippomancy]

"a severe case of the glowy face"... love it...

[@doro626]

I consider Pertwee to be The Avengers Doctor. The British Avengers, not the comic books one. I wish they would do that again.

[@BenjiMan1701]

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

[@CarpeNoctemArts]

Christopher was Fantastique 😢 I love so much Tenant and Smith, but I discovered the show with Christopher and he's the reason why I ended up to be (let's face it) a Whovian ❣️

[@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.

[@lukasvideosify1596]

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

[@petejones879]

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

[@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.

[@jojonesjojo8919]

0:53 - a very young Peter Purvis

[@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!!!

[@johnpavlick7740]

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

[@existing_person]

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

[@TheAzulon]

Oh yeah, Whittaker and Chibnall departures had nooothing to do with the ratings and criticism. They 100% had chosen to leave at that point.

[@nickcampbell5626]

She explained beautifully why so many viewers refuse to come back unless we see Eccleston.

[@bazzer124]

Spot on, Ellie, and quite amusing. Regeneration is a severe case of glowy face. Cheers....

[@pedrocesar806]

Matt Smith is for me the best doctor to be on scene, love that man

[@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.

[@Bobby14]

I'm only seeing it now for the very first time to understand the culture surrounding, also did with Star Trek, but from I hear, it was mostly a case of an ridiculously low budget all around, writers changing, leads who offically signed for 3 seasons and when someone wanted to add something unique, the writers declined, the better part of Old Who was already done and the showriters had no choice but to stop it and hope for a better century, tehnology, budget and people with actual passion for it! The New Who had lots of amazing moments (mostly), some spin-offs (remember watching Sarah Jane as a kid) and now Disney finally pickes it and Disneyfies it... Shame that a show that has reconizeable things like the Tardis, the unique usage of the term "Doctor", companions had all around such a small budget and most of the time the actors needed to add personal chemistry to it to work... It would even deserve an animated Reboot, at least the better parts of each era

[@logothaironsides2942]

Dr who is a fun role to play but it needs actors who can cut it in my opinion. A watered down actor is ruinous to the role as it causes fans to drift away. My favourites are patrick troughton(who I remember watching when he first took it on ) , he put some actual feeling into the role after William harnel left a rather selfish and unkind character behind, and David Tennant who put the drive back into the role after Christopher had revived it quite well.

[@craigmason958]

There was nearly no baton left to pass on after Chibnall. Thats why they had to parachute Tennant in to try and bring it back to life.

[@the-scamp]

What happened to the Marster actor, Roger Delgardo?

[@vgtrp]

In my opinion the Doctor who got screwed over the most was Colin Baker. It felt like he was scapegoated for the show declining in quality, and the outfit didn’t help. It’s amazing that he still has passion for the show in spite of everything he went through during his time as the Doctor.

[@shaneb.2464]

Christopher and Colin got the raw end of the deal in my point of view. I enjoyed both of their tenures very much. Peter Davison also walked away because of the establishment of an American character (Peri) on the show, which he felt was straying away from the norm - he didn't agree with it.

[@nich6200]

So when is Ellie going to to be a companion or the role she was born to play, the master

[@eatmorenachos]

My first doctor was Tom Baker, so I've been watching for a long time. The Peter Capaldi years were crap, although I don't blame him for that. He's a fine actor and was good in his two other roles with the show. I'm surprised they include Paul McGann in the lineup because Fox did such a terrible job with the show, sort of like how Disney is ruining Star Wars.

[@e.astleford3492]

I started watching Dr. Who near the begining of Pertwee, thru Colin (hated it), never did get to see any McCoy, picked it back up with Eccleston and stopped watching after three episodes of Whittaker. This new Dr has 2 or 3 episodes to keep me.