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450 years later 10th doctor "that fire had nothing to do with me...well a little bit, BUT..."

'The Romans' is one of the best stories from the William Hartnell era. Another great script from Dennis Spooner. Great drama, humour and performances from all the cast in this one. An underrated Classic!

You can tell that Bill Hartnell was enjoying the puns.

Historicals totally need to come back, I'd love an episode without any monsters.

Even from the very beginning,the Doctor was making it up as he went along.

There should be a compilation of all the times Hartnell says "Mm". Seriously, watch the video again, it's great.

Maureen O'Brien's just such an unsung wonder as Vicki. After Susan's character had been assassinated by all the conflicting editorial and executive pressures- poor Carole Ann Ford getting contracted to play an ethereal, sinister, alien princess, and then getting pushed into playing a screaming kid victim instead- O'Brien manages to take what is on paper basically a replacement goldfish, and creates in Vicki someone who's essentially the prototype modern companion- a foil for the Doctor, who shares his sense of humour, loves adventuring and getting through scrapes with him. The wonderful chemistry- not in a romantic sense- that she and Hartnell appear to share, and that's possibly shown best of all in this fantastic story- is a large part in codifying the 'child-like' aspect of the Doctor, in completing Hartnell's journey from 'angry old man' to 'ageless mischievous trickster', and it's hard to see it happening without Vicki's role in things.

I was so happy when I first heard The 10th Doctor say that. Love that they put that reference in :D

4:30 I love how they're just having a normal conversation while there's still a fire going on XD

so.....he started the great fire of rome? oh Doctor :/

Remember when doctor who didn't have to have an alien in every episode. That changed with the third or second doctor i believe. Until then, no aliens were in episodes that took place in the past.

thank you, doctor, for being responsible of the great catastrophes on our history xD

Man, that guy playing Nero is a hoot! Great acting there.

The Doctor laughs like Yoda.

10th doctor said the fire had nothing to do with him,he's a liar >.>

This is one of my favorite classic episodes.

"and before you ask that fire had nothing to do with me"

William Hartnell's Doctor attacked by lions. I like to think that was the regeneration they originally pitched, but couldn't find in the budget.

HA! Even when he is this young he still "comes up with a plan"

Dr who: the Romans. Great episode, in my opinion one of Hartnell's best

Wow, January and February that's just gone marked 50 years since "The Romans" was first broadcast.

Those early 60's stories were excellent, they should bring the format back. Having a historical adventure, then a sci fi adventure was a brilliant idea.

Re: “The First Doctor burned down Rome/changed history!” And “Why was he laughing?” The burning of Rome is an established point in history. Both Vicki and the Doctor know about it. The Doctor did not change history; rather, he was the instrument Time used to make certain that history happened. Perhaps Nero poisoning his servant (because of Barbara and Vicki) knocked something out of whack, like the servant was supposed to be the one to give Nero the idea. So, like the Cybermen’s freighter impacting Earth 65 millions ago in ‘Earthshock’, Time used the circumstances related to the time travel to set things right that were disturbed by the time travel. As Five said, “Seems inevitable.” The First Doctor laughing: First has been a cloistered stuck-up Time Lord for the last 400 years. He’s finally doing what he wants, traveling, exploring. Ian & Barbara have set him on the course for heroism, but he’s still more “Time’s Tourist” than “Time’s Champion”. Imagine you’re him. The French Revolution, Nero’s Rome. These are places you’ve read about, probably always dreamed of visiting. And now you’re there, and you’re wearing the clothes and impersonating people and sticking your nose in. A time traveler’s dream. But what could be more cool, more exciting than all that (particularly for a Time Lord) than to find that Time has maneuvered YOU into being a factor in causing a massive, fixed point of time a “historical” event you yourself grew up reading about? I’d laugh, too. And because he’s a Time Lord and knows these things, he knows he hasn’t “changed history”; he’s merely unconsciously ensured it happened. He understands that he and his companions alter time by simply stepping on a flower, but he also knows the web of time can handle these changes…but not to fixed points in history. So the Doctor, time tourist, is realizing 1. Time has used him to protect itself, just like he learned in the Academy. And 2. He’s part of history. He’s the arrogant, egotistical, wonderful First Doctor, and knowing he’s a tiny part of a great event is exactly the kind of “proof of cleverness” the First Doctor loves. It’s worth a double lapel-grab AND a Hmmpf! See also: the near constant name-drops of individuals and events in history he inserts wherever possible. He’s a centuries-old six-year-old. Grumpy, arrogant, withering and clever First Doctor. The best in my book.

I really love this . Especially the ham who plays Nero ! He's so over the top great !

Great restoration of a great classic....

3:25 Dude, you could not chew any more scenery if you were a cartoon character

This is such a fun episode.

in marco polo he said mm 7 times in 1 sentance

This was before the Last Great Time War turned Nero into an anime girl

My favourite on-screen first doctor story

... and some people just want to watch the world burn... The First Doctor still had a lot of Gallifrey in him.

Despite he played the part later, I personally think Peter Ustinov was the better Nero.

Why must this be so rare?

A dude goes mad after an alien burns his map.

What no Bigus Dickuss or Naughtious Maxmus? Shame.

Satire about Dietrich Boenhoeffer and how he was nothing like the great Gandhi, G-d bless

Ironically, the fire looks like special effects.

i just realized that dr who and granny are the same person

The Meddling Monk tried to stop Nero from burning Rome. He messed up and made Nero a cute anime girl, but since the First Doctor was a weeb he didn't care Hey, he can time travel, he knows anime will be a thing

This story wasn't liked back in 1965.

somehow I knew that was gunna happen xD

🧙🔎📜🔥🔥 .

cool

Um, hundreds of people died in the great fire. Not something to be proud of.

Probably my least favorite from season 2