Breathing New Life into Old Doctor Who 

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It was really nice to see all these people come back especially with some characters not being shown for years. Seeing Daniel Anthony again was nice as a nod to the Sarah Jane Adventures too. Hes 36 btw 36 and it looks like he hasnt aged a day

For the First and Second Doctors’ companions, they’ve seen what the show’s become while the Doctors didn’t. I think the BBC Centenary did a lot to say “You are always welcome” and they don’t have to be relegated to the audio dramas that have always been a little messy continuity-wise. Solid and firm TV appearances were what they needed, and they took their shot. I’m so glad they did, even as someone who hasn’t watched Classic as much I still have the attachment for what it built to. I also believe everyone matters and should continue their stories however possible.

Having met Katy Manning in real life, yes, she is an adorable space grandma.

Since Jamie and Zoe seem to make appearances, let's hope that this means their memory restoration is at least semi-canonical. Now, I would say that their memory restoration also works well enough because it seems that this was something restored decades later, rather than shortly afterward

Just to say for the 3 Doctors, they could’ve also got Richard Franklin as Mike Yates! Yes he wasn’t in the episode, but he is the only other remaining regular cast member of her era, and who better for Jo to tell the story to, that being said I think it’s good they got Clyde, for the younger fans who grew up with SJA rather than DW.

I might just be overly emotional but i cried on Jamie and Zoe's episode. I love that they got their memories back and Jamie's reaction to Zoe naming her kid after him got me too. I haven't watched all of Classic Who (I'm only about halfway through 4's run) but so far the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe TARDIS team is one of my favorites and i was so happy to see them again.

Colin was playing The Curator.

One thing the 60th has over the 50th is better Classic Representation. Given I'm still bitter over the fact that Moffat wasn't allowed to use the Classic Doctors in Day of The Doctor, it's refreshing that RTD is giving Peter, Colin, and Sylvester a new platform to reprise their roles to commemorate the anniversary even if it's not in the main specials

It’s very interesting that John Levene wasn’t in Manning’s episode seeing as he’s done Who events as recently as May of this year.

I haven’t seen any of these series in fun and watching the interactions made me feel emotional.

It was just nice. A fun little thing for the start of the anniversary month and I didn’t need it to be anything more than that. We have 3 major stories coming up the first Christmas special since Twice Upon a time and potentially a brand new series pretty early on in the year, so I’m more than happy to have anything extra, big or small scale.

Maybe Colin and Nicola are playing The Stranger and Miss Brown.

"The fourth doctor era has so few characters and actors available." That seems a weird comment. Sarah Sutton, Lalla Ward, Louise Jameson are all still active. It would be nice to see Tom and Lalla do the intro for City of Death.

Everything about this was beautiful. It was heart and mind candy.

It's actually here on RU-vid for those outside of the UK

Bro... Tom Baker is almost 100 years old. He needs to do one last minisode or SOMETHING before it's too late. Love the 4th Doctor and his goofy but witty attitude. Lol.

The easiest way to reconcile Colin's outfit and appearance is that he is the 6th doctor version of The Curator from big finish. Nothing in the scenes contradict it, and his softer attitude feels more like the older cutator six

Classic Who has been playing non-stop on Pluto TV for years and years now.

Me and my Dad watched the episodes over the last few days, and honestly it was really nice to see all the classic episodes mixed with the bookends. I had seen The 3 Doctors a few times years ago on VHS when I was a kid or a teenager (can't remember which), but it was still nice to see it in Tales of the Tardis whilst linking Sarah Jane Adventures at the same time through Clyde's appearance in the bookend. And honestly? After me and my Dad finished the episodes, we went on to watch The 5 Doctors episode after that for the first time in years.

The one with Jamie and Zoe was particularly poignant, although I take a couple of issues with how 7 and Ace’s was handled, these were a breath of fresh air once more. So glad they got Phil Ford back to write a few of these.

I loved the Tales from the Tardis. I get what you're saying about the sixth Doctors outfit, but if you look at his shirt, it resembles his coat.

I like how they conect the blu ray trailers

The Vengeance from Varos episode also had a Big Finish reference, which is that Peri's home town is called Fell's Point.

Love the video, the Summoning Salt music hit hard too.

The biggest thing I got from it was Clani.

I feel like the best story to deal with Jamie's life after the doctor was that one that never got made forget where it is placed but anyway it had the doctor meeting an older Jamie & having one last adventure with him before Jamie died restoring his memories at the end. It might be the world shaper but I don't remember.

I really liked these I thought they were really sweat particularly enjoying the ones with Tegan and ace loving there interactions. I am a little bit annoyed they gave ace a book ending kind of discounting the Gallifrey story line in big finish but it was still really good and If I did see one with Paul McGann and India fisher I would be praising Russel to the end of time (I really love their paring)

Great vid

I wish I could watch this... Not even going "high seas" helps this time 😤

My Head canon for Doctor Who is that if a time lord dies not on Gallifrey, that over a small amount of time his body regenerates an exact copy based upon the dominant species in the area with the same characteristics... Meaning that the doctors who died on earth returned as humans and had to spend their time without the Tardis as a Tardis will not recognize a non-gallifreyan commanding it. (This theory requires a lot of stretching to make it work, but basically it's designed to allow the original actors after aging to return as the "Doctor" for future stories, just not quite "The Doctor") Ultimately the goal is to try to come up with a way that you can tell Doctor stories with aging Doctors that still feel genuine.

It is worth a watch and the missed potential is more the actor are old or not with us. I thought it was sweet, especially Jo one.

The mention of The Rani canonized Dimensions in Time. Mwahahaha

Good review! I did not see this yet because I live in the U.S., and I wish I could see it on Disney +.

Worth watching.

Tom and Paul, could do a Sisterhood of Khan, exchange.

Ngl really jealous that you guys get this whole catalog of DW lol😅

I4 love to watch Tales of the Ta did but BBC DOESNT WANT ANYKNE TO SEE IT APPARENTLY

8:33 - Not true, Jamie and Zoe cameoed in The Five Doctors, and Jamie again and in a full story in The Two Doctors

I absolutely adore these episodes

I like The Sarah Jane Adventures and Wizards VS Aliens. I'm 56 + and a "blendin' Yank".

It looks like a fun watch, but being in the US, I'll never get to see it.

These are the dvd versions of the stories not the bluray ones

yeah, Colin's beard is a bit odd for The Doctor. It's more Masterish, I think.

It's annoying that we won't see it across the pond unless it's pirated or maybe with a VPN.

Lovely to see the actors meeting up again. Really good episodes too. My favourite Classic is Curse of Fenric.

I have mixed feelings about it. I thought some of the character moments were good, it was well acted and written I guess, the mentions of Victoria as reminder that Deborah Watling is no longer with us was a real gut punch. My problem is the "memory TARDIS" which looks cool, but the concept is utterly goofy and contrived. And yeah, I'm one of those guys you mention who will go out of their way to question the continuity of things and be uptight, because I like for everything to fit into one timeline, convoluted as that may have become. All that said, this does overall, despite good moments, feel like fanwank fluff for DVD extras, not any go out of your way must-see-tv, and that's coming from someone who's spent literally Thousands on Big Finish audios.

If only they would breathe old life into new "doctor who" 🤔.

BBC 2014-2020 Doctor Who is all about change. The people criticizing Missy and Jodie are exactly the type of people who years ago would have criticized Hartnell changing into Troughton. You have to accept that DW has only survived as long as it has because it is willing to throw EVERYTHING about its past in the bin. Those of you who say that the Doctor and the Master have core characterisations, and are upset at them being completely thrown in the bin to the point where they are now a literal parody of themselves "Curse of Fatal Death." Are just trying to impose limits on the show, and our writers creativity is simply too big to be restrained by things that happened in the 1970s. You have to remember not that many young people will have watched classic who either and that it was always terribly sexist, doesn't hold up and celebrated the male gaze. Also most of its fans were sad basement dwelling Dinosaurs and virgins anyway who hurt the brands image. We're reaching out to a new audience of young, hip, sexy, activist millennials and gen z kids here, look at our new diverse time team, that is the future of who fandom rather than stuffy old neck beards. Also I don't know about you but I think it is high time that women got a chance to be the hero for once in all of sci fi and fantasy. Results: Viewers crash to 2 million, who fandom becomes a battle ground of everyone's political hang ups. DW using this new approach after 2014 produces a grand total of 4 complete series in 9 years. The same amount that the show produced from 1986=1995 when it was you know actually cancelled for most of that time. BBC 2022 = present All of DW matters. We need to honor its huge past. Lets bring back every living companion we can in a final doctors story, even Ian Chesterton whose actor is now 100 years old. Lets do an entire mini series about all the old companions and Doctors, lets actually make the 14th Doctor an old Doctor, for the first time in its history, lets have the same leading man, leading lady, same director, same producer, same writer, same composer, same supporting cast (including a 95 year old man) from 2008, let's carry on story arcs from 2008, lets bring back old companions as recurring characters, even the ones whose eras didn't do well like Bonnie Langford. Gotta grab those nostalgia points and squeeze every last drop from the member berries. Let's bring back an old obscure one off villain from a crappy, wiped 60s story that actually uses the N-word. Its important that DW honors its past at all times and that we show the fans that they are important, even those from the Hartnell era. Hypocritical bastards. You have been earning money from that franchise... and if you keep it up, I hope you will burn for all eternity in hell.

I still have those strange rectangular things and I am still waiting for the BBC to release the other as I'm OCD about the completion And that shipping of Tegan and Nyssa is just because rtd is somewhat mentally disturbed, he can't understand how 2 people can have a deep friendship they have to be together Especially when the crew at that time were considered to be Doctor - dad Tegan - mum Adric and Nyssa - the kids With this shipping it becomes creepy as it was a family atmosphere I'll explain it better Incest, the game the whole family can play, my brother's my daddy

not sure about anyone else but i skipped the classic episodes and watched the start and ends

and no Tom Baker in this video....pity!

I watched Earthshock: I loved the bookends, but in between them it was an underwhelming way to present that story. I'm all for trimming it down to a punchier edit, but cutting out the episode breaks to make a single 90 minute episode turned it into a bit of a slog - there's only so many scenes you can watch of Cybermen standing around saying threatening things without any suspense-building pauses in the story. And the ending was very disappointing: The silent end credits over a still of Adric's shattered badge is one of the most iconic moments of classic Who. It was a mad decision to skip it and cut straight back to the bookend scene. They chopped off the most poignant part of the whole serial! Not to mention, if you're going to present one particular 5th Doctor story to show newer fans what's great about the classic show, surely you'd choose Caves of Androzani? Right?

My thoughts: I totally disagree with you on Jamie and Zoe regaining their memories. Always hated that plot and I'm glad to see it gone. I don't care if it ruins the 'dramatic impact' or not. I'm glad they brought Clyde back. In my own little fan fiction imaginings, I always pictured him going to work for Kate Stewart and UNIT, so I thought this was nice.

It’s difficult to take these segments seriously when the memory Tardis looks like a CBeebies set. I also find it strange that the Doctors are written so sentimentally considering their characterisations were never quite like that in the Classic run. It’s typical arrogance of RTD and his team to misunderstand the Doctor’s characterisations and rewrite them.I suppose it’s something for those of us who grew up on Classic Who because let’s face it David (Pull faces and shout) Tennant looks set to dominate the Anniversary specials. Bring back the best! Peter Capaldi.

Tales From the TARDIS is pointless fanwank. These actors and characters could have been utilized so much better.

It also makes no sense as a concept. "It's a memory Tardis"...well fucking explain what that is, what it means and how it works. Are these people actually the Doctor and companions, or memories? Are they the Doctors and companions we know, or from an alternate timeline? 7th does say "in some timelines I regenerate, in some I don't"....meaning he is froma timeline where he doesn't die after getting shot. Meaning he's not 'our' 7th. Meaning none of it matters. it's an overly mastabatory concept that makes no sense if you actually think about it for more than 2 mins