Catch up with the 5th and 6th Doctors, as well as Ace, the companion to the 7th Doctor! They discuss everything from filming the show to their opinions on the NEW female Doctor!
andy tate everyone fanboyed like fuck when tenent and matt where announced. Chirs there wasnt an uproar because he was he first and lack of good internet in 05. Capaldi was the only one to get hate.
Well maybe not William Hartnell... :) I think doc #5 touched on something fairly important too there -- having understanding for those who are having more trouble wrapping their heads around it than you, instead of just getting angry or arguing with them. The only way to teach someone how to have an open mind is to show them what it looks like. It's not easy, or always deserved... but it doesn't have to be. True kindness is something that you show even in the face of hostility. And it's never backlash from *everyone*. There are always people who will try to enjoy it too. I mean, I for one while sad when a doctor or companion leaves, am eager to see what the next person will bring. Change is scary for sure but it can also be exciting.
@@jplegend98 Christopher Eccleston got a lot of naysayers because he was previously known as a very adult serious actor for many years who people thought couldn’t pull of a family show, that’s one of the reasons he took the job in the first place to prove himself. David did in fact get hate because he had just previously had a television breakthrough role as Casanova which was also very adult and sexual and people believed he wasn’t appropriate for kids and “thiNk oF tHe ChiLdReN” 😒 he even mentioned this in an interview somewhere and I remember being a kid watching the regeneration and all the adults around were vocally not impressed to say the least. I remember some people comparing Matt Smith to Frankenstein, but mostly people went “who?” when he was announced. They weren’t as warmly received as what people think looking back since everyone basically likes them now.
My favorite Classic Doctor? ALL OF THEM :) For various reasons. Mostly because of the actors who gave us unique characterizations in every single instance. Never the same, always a bit different. No matter how long the run of every single Doctor was, ALL of them left a HUGE impact. And i have nothing but the upmost respect for every single actor in it.
Peter was on record saying he hated the idea of a female doctor. I think you can still pick that up in his answer and if i remember he said it was because there were a lack of male 'Heroes' who used their mind to win and not just weapons and he did not like the idea of losing one of the few that did.
I loved Peter Davisons comments on The Female Doctor thing about how we shouldn't just dismiss the concerns of people who aren't sure of the change, some of the comments I've seen towards such people on social media and even some of the people involved in Doctor Who are disgusting, not to mention the constant accusations of sexism.
Noob Ninja No it's not, it's not exist to want a male character to stay male. sexism Is a bias for one gender over another which is not the case here, I bet the VAST majority of people who are against a female Doctor would also be against Susan or Romana coming back as a man.
Yes. Because there's already a metric ton of men, and it dismisses their accomplishments by making them men, especially white men. Gender-bending someone into a less privileged sex or race-bending to a less privileged race is a positive. Taking that less privileged race or gender and turning them into the MORE privileged or majority race or gender is just white-washing or pandering to the majority.
Fishkeeper63 The thing is, he is NOT only a male character. It has been established a while ago that male time lords can regenerate into women and vise versa. Acknowledging this fact, it would be very stupid to see a character constantly turn into a male when we know that The Doctor has a chance to turn into a girl. Plus, we have had 54 years of a male acting the part, so i think it will be perfectly fine if we experience something new for a couple of years.
@Cryer24597 actually, it was brought about in the 80's, in Colin Baker's first role in Doctor Who - Commander Maxil. It's said Maxil was a woman in a previous regeneration, so the Time Lords changing gender in regeneration is nothing new.
The first time people began to think about a female Doctor was back in 1980. Tom Baker was at a press conference regarding his leaving the show and he played a joke on the reporters by saying that he wished his successor, whoever he _or she_ was, the best of luck. Needless to say, the reporters pounced on that like cats on a ball of yarn.
Funnily enough a year and a half ago i used to watch stuff like this and are pictures etc...and just wonder what itd be like to meet this people; cause im Spanish and we dont get conventions here...but now i can say ive met 5 Doctors and 9 companions, including the 3 of them. Sophie is, and probably always will be my favourite person in the series history. Not just cause of Ace (who is the best written companion) but shes gotta be one of the funniest, nicest people walking the planet. Treats you like an old friend even if you just met her. Ive been with her twice and i just hope for many more in the future
Fans are so unimaginative with their questions... it's the same 5 or so stock questions and the same 5 or so stock answers and jokes from Peter and Colin, and has been for 3 decades. I can understand that the same ground would be trodden on quite a lot, but is there no desire at all to think of fresh questions and fresh answers?
I live in Latin America and even I get it. First Brexit, next BBC's obscene payroll and now you can't even watch your own show. You Britts are getting the end of the stick...Mates!
£7 for a DVD that usually has loads of extra features about the making of the story, interviews with cast etc. is MUCH MUCH better than when I started collecting the VHS tapes at £20 a time with poor quality and no extras! ;¬)
I wish doctor 4th 7th 8th with some companion where all together with all the series return doctor from 9th to 12th in all one table that would probably be the most amazing thing ever
Funny how Sophie sounds almost exactly like she did 30 years ago. I mean I'm not even quite 30 so we're talking about something she filmed before I was even born... and from a distance she'd even still look the same. They all tell you to age gracefully but she barely looks like she's aged. I can only hope whatever happened to her happens to me too. :P
Every missing episode is available as an audio drama. I admit I'd prefer a video format, but this is a good substitute if no one wants to spend the money on animation. I have all of them. They were originally on CDs which are now a little pricey if you can find them. For awhile, the BBC sold them as MP3s for download. Now, they're all available from Audible. ...but be careful when buying them. A few of the Target books are on Audible too. Full cast vs. someone reading the story. The dramas have the CD artwork with stills from the story and are the running time of all of the episodes together. The Dalek Master Plan is about 6 hours long, but the others are typically about 2 hours or less. The Target versions tend to be a 6 hour long reading for a story that was 4 parts on TV. Plus they have the book covers for the artwork, no photos. The audio dramas are the full audio of each episode with narration by one of the stars - William Russell, Carol Ann Ford, Peter Purves, Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury. Here is a link to Marco Polo - www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Marco-Polo/dp/B0007OB5ZS/ref=pd_sim_129_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S49JR3G1QRKHEJ9HSAA8 ...and you can go from there. If you click on Paperback, it takes you to the Target novel - at least with this title it does.
Netflix needs to put on Doctor Who. So I would have a reason to use it more than a few times a year. My first time watching DW. Was when they were in NY when Amy & Rory were taken by the weeping angel.
Just a comment about diversity in the show; the War General regenerated from a white male back to a black female (the character having been female for most of her lives), and River Song also regenerated from a white female to a black female, and back to a white female again.
kanton4108 even though I support the 13th doctor. The war general regeneration (or murder rather) is the worst way ever to back up your statement. That was a terrible thing to do and showed how moffat never understand the character of the doctor. Not because he regenerated into a woman or a the fact she was black. But the way he had to regenerated. By being murdered in cold blood by the doctor of all people. That was massive middle finger to the character. That was not my doctor at all. My doctor would use violence yes in extreme cases like in the 70s but never kill for no reason at all. And no he didn't do to save that pain in the ass Clara at all he could of gotten away with her without killing one of his own people in that way.
that did seem such an irrational thing for the doctor to do. clara was an okay companion, but not "kill-your-fellow-timelords" okay. i don't agree with your comment of this being the worst way ever to back up my statement. i stand by my statement, and respect your comment. i don't approve of people saying things like that. whose opinion is it that that was the worst way to back up my statement? yours, not mine. but again, opinons.
kanton4108 I understand your argument but i really do not like that scene. Not just because The Doctor killed The General but cause of what The General said following the regeneration "Back to normal am i? The only time i've ever been a man, how do you cope with all that ego?". If the genders were reversed in that scene, there would be an uproar
I understand your comment. I did find the General's comment irksome at the time of watching it. But I do feel that that comment now causes more irk after the Doctor's comment in series 10, episode 11 when he and Bill are eating chinese food on the roof and he comments that Timelords have evolved so much that they don't worry about petty little things as gender. I actually really liked your response. With regard to your last sentence; it'll be interesting to see if, when the Doctor regenerates back into a male, will he say something along those lines?
kanton4108 And then they threw all of that away when they decided to make The First Doctor a sexist, even though, "timelords are above that" plus he was never like that in his era
Awwwwe This IS MY Dr. 0;DDD I watched in the 70's... And I was a Teen... I LOVEd Peter.. & What Happened to ""Tegan & Nisia"..did Anyone Rem. Her.. the 2 Gal.. with Peter?? Rem.. guys!??? Is This Her Above?? Rem the Way back dr.. the One with the CRAZY Hair.. & The big.. floppy Hat?? Who was That??!!! Have a Great Nite Folks!
Very late to the party with this video. have to say to the first guy who asked the question about minority representation in Who casting...keep an eye on supporting characters. First, they changed the Master into Missy, which worked gangbusters, thanks in no small part to Michelle Gomez being brilliant. They did the same thing with a Time Lord who was in the 50th, can't remember his name, but this was the character Capaldi's Doctor shot, causing him to rengenerate into his more familiar female form. Then they did it to the Master again, brining back the excellent Sacha Dhawan as the Master. I think they'll get there, just give them time, no pun intended. The panel was also right about one thing, and it is something Jodie has learnt to her cost. The importance of good writing cannot be overstated; it is easy to have a good story with bad actors, but the best actor in the world cannot elevate a poor script. Without the story, it's just a bunch of silly people running around in front of a camera for 45 or 90 minutes.
Got 2 theories. 1) With the Master, a General and now the Doctor changing genders (and the Doctor hinting he might have been a girl before) maybe it just something Gallerfians go through. My other theory, What if Peter Capaldi's Doctor hit his 12th and final regeneration. William Hartnell's (David Bradley) Doctor appears to help him find his grand daughter before his time is done. Jodi Whittaker turns out to be Susan and she agrees to be the "new" Doctor and continue to follow her grand father's legacy.
Yes. Not all Gallifreyans are Time Lords but all Time Lords are Gallifreyans. They all also have 2 hearts (to my knowledge) so their physiology would be the same.
The Doctor wasn't a girl before, The Eleventh Doctor was the final incarnation of the first regeneration cycle, because of The War Doctor and the Spare Hand regeneration
doesnt really make sense for the doctor to suddenly be of a different color (i mean he doesnt care so little about skincolor that you could only put it up to chance if there was a change in that regard)
Sigh...again? Really? Why do you have to keep bringing up the female Doctor. I have never heard a solid rebuttal of the idea that any established character cannot simply change one of its most defining characteristics for no reason, much less a beloved character who has remained the same for over 50 years. There is nothing wrong with female leads, strong female sidekicks, female heroes, even female timelords (Rani, Romana, etc.) But you can't just change the Doctor's gender. Write a new character rather than just ruin an already existing one to combat some perceived "sexism" which hasn't existed in the show since the late 1960's. If, for no other reason, that it completely devalues the idea that women are strong on their own. Having a female play a male character sends the message that women can't be strong unless they are men, which seems pretty counter-productive to the whole goal of breaking stereotypes in the first place. Colin said it would give girls a good role-model. So the Doctor isn't already a good role model for girls? This idea is absurd, and shrugging it off as if every single woman opposed to this is just someone who wants a pretty young actor to look at is equally absurd. Clearly, it has nothing to do with giving females role models if actual females feel this change would be bad for the show. I love these guys, but I'm not going to stomach a change that makes no sense just because they endorse it.
So what was the point of making Doctor female again? Her first series was mediocre and no one would have talked about it at all, if not for the gender-change. It's as if changing Doctor's gender was a publicity stunt, since it didn't bring anything new to the show or to the character of Doctor. If you want to go with female Doctor, find a perspective that makes her unique and interesting. Or better yet make another show with Doctor-like female lead and you won't have problems with some people finding it uncomfortable. I just don't see the point of doing something as big, if they're gonna play it so safe anyway.
Anthony Peterson because she hasn't filmed anything yet. What would be the point? None of the Doctors did big publicity tours before they'd appeared on screen.