weirdly, both Tennant and Smith won me over in their very first episodes, Capaldi took a whole season, but mostly due to how his Doctor was written in Season 8. Whittaker i don't like very much, and Ncuti has plenty of charisma but again the writing is not that good in the new season.
@@colemacgrath2005 more or less the same for me, but it took a while to warm up to Smith. Now he's tied favourite with Tennant. Ncuti has been great and had some great moments, but there are also things I don't like that much. For example, how he seems to exit the Tardis in every episode with a big laugh and overexcitement in pretty much the same way every time. Something about that I don't like, but I still really like him so far.
@@colemacgrath2005 Capaldi won me over when he complained about the color of his kidneys. Tennant took a couple episodes, Smith took awhile. Whittaker took 1 episode.
Nobody cares, but I just wanted to say that on my trip to London last year (I'm Australian) I went to the estate where Rose Tyler lives. It's literally just a housing estate in South London and the guys that lived there didn't really understand my excitement, but that estate brought me such nostalgia. I was standing in the spot where the TARDIS crashes in this episode and the 6 year old in me just could not contain my excitement. Thank you for listening to my TED talk
I don't see myself ever visiting England (Aussie too), but if I ever do, I would want to visit a bunch of WHO locations if I possibly could. For me though - it would moreso be classic era locations.
I will say this going forward. Of the many actors who have played the Doctor over the 60 years of the show, there has never been a bad one. There have definitely been ones underserved by the writing, but every actor has been well cast.
@@Animalfriend777 This message is one I wholeheartedly agree with. Jodie, Colin, and Sylvester had, let’s face it, sub par eras, but the actors *were* well cast, and I will die on that hill.
@@seven7264 Same! I was so excited for Jodie.. unfortunately, for me personally, I didn't enjoy the writing/plot/stories at aaaall. After Peter, it didn't "feel" like Doctor Who to me anymore. None of that feeling had anything to do with the actors themselves though. I really, really wish I was able to enjoy the show the same after Peter's run. 🤷🏻♀ And of course as soon as we get a female doctor the writing goes to hell (in my opinion) so me not liking it to some people means I hate my own gender I guess.
“Don’t you think she looks tired?”. Allegedly the six words that began the real life downfall of Margaret Thatcher . There’s just hint here of the darkness at the heart of the Doctor - “no second chances…” And you think you’ve dealt with the emotional distress? Oh dear……
Your first regeneration is always the hardest. I've been going through this since the 1970s, and eventually while you still mourn the departure of a given Doctor, it's eased by the anticipation of getting to know the new one.
For viewers in Australia in the late 70s & early 80s, we kept getting a mix of 3rd and 4th Doctor episodes....so I was very confused about the whole "Regeneration" thing until the 5th Doctor came along. That is when I got the post-Regeneration Blues.
I started back in 70s with John Pertwee and oddly (I guess) I never really cared for him. I only really got into it with Tom Baker. (Never got why the next one had broccoli pinned to his jacket) Anyway, I didn’t really care that much for Ecclstein either but really liked tennant and his coked up energy.(runrunrunrun!)
@@joerosenman3480 Nope. I think the 10th Doctor has one more, then we just might have to jump all the way to the 14th! However, I might be forgetting something.
@@stevenmcmullan409So you’re not a fan of New Who; you like the Disney Who. Fair enough, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But even if you make an exception for season one that’s 2006-2022 being cut out. Just laying out the facts. I suspect, should a poll be taken, your opinion would be a minority view-though everyone will have their favorites and some prefer one Show Runner over another-but I, for one, don’t believe having a minority view invalidates it. Still, if our hosts are interested in following up on this suggestion I’m sure they will do their homework and solicit opinions. As you’ve just provided. 😊
Regeneration is a semi-random but inherently unstable process, and The Doctor often experiences some "regeneration sickness" afterwards, with varying symptoms! To answer your question of how Mickey has access to U.N.I.T.'s spaceship-tracking system, in the first Slitheen story last season The Doctor gave him a password "Buffalo" that bypasses basically every bit of U.N.I.T.'s security, which is how he could launch a missile in that episode! Also, a Satsuma is very much a small orange! Well done for catching the Arthur Dent reference!
@@StarkRG Indeed, there's a reply of mine somewhere in another comment thread here detailing the different types of orange and where Satsumas fit in the picture lol
All three episodes of the series have been uploaded to youtube as a single 2.75 hr video under the title "Casanova - The full affair". Well worth a watch.
"Don't you think she looks tired?" (or something very similar), is reputed to have been the phrase that started the fall of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister, suggesting that she had been doing the job too long and had nothing left in the tank.
I think the phrase, or somesuch similar, goes right back to Anthony Eden after Suez, although no doubt a proper historian will say it goes back to Gladstone, no Lord John Russell, no - actually Lord Melbourne. What? Walpole! Oh.
I mean this isn't true. Pretty sure you just made it up. Harriet Jones is reminiscent of Thatcher and the destruction of the spaceship is a clear allusion to the sinking of the Belgrano but that's it
@@timeofgifts One of the rules governing MP's is that they aren't allowed to directly call each other drunk, which means in British political/media parlance, "tired" has long been used as a euphemism for drunk. So one way of interpreting this line is that the Doctor is saying she looks like she's been drinking heavily.
Honestly it just seemed like a mean line to take down any woman in power as I am sure it would work to discredit them on their appearance rather than substance.
You'll love David Tennant as the Doctor. Its perfectly normal to mourn the previous Doctor, but David Tennant brings SO much to this role. He watched and loved it as a child, at the time being cast in this really was a dream come true for him and he plays it wonderfully.
He's the most beloved Doctor of the revival series, if not the most beloved, period (controversial statement, I know, maybe Tennant fans are just more vocal than Classic Who fans). But he's a powerhouse, and the writers knew how to use him
@@pabloc8808 Before the new era of the show, Tom Baker WAS the Doctor. (And, to me, he's about #3-#4, so - tough ride!) But whilst there was a lot of people back when Tennant first stepped into these shoes saying that Tom would always be THE Doctor - well, plenty of them are dead now. :} Tennant is basically Tom#2.
I think the thing with Mickey is, even if his relationship with Rose is dead in the water, they've still been friends since they were kids so he'd probably still wanna make sure she was alright.
Especially as the last time he saw her was when she just disappeared into the Tardis after ripping it open to stare into its heart, she was marching off to battle- he’d definitely want to know she was alright at least.
i think this ep was a really smart way of introducing the new doctor, because rose has the same feelings as us. we're not left high and dry, but we understand why she's resentful because we are too. it's nice to feel like you're in it with her!
15:10 Yes, the "Ice Warriors of Mars" are reptile men who appeared in old Doctor Who episodes. So that's how the military knows what Martians look like.
Strictly it is UNIT, not domestic British military. The soldier who says it is wearing UNIT insignia. As you say UNIT and the UN and key world governments have been aware (in universe) of the existence of aliens since at least the time of the third Doctor
Additionally i will say this. All the Doctors have the same personality/character when you look at them as a whole, its just with some certain characteristics or personality traits are more or less noticeable
The way I see it is they’ve all got the same memories making up the same person, but different memories (usually the ones around the circumstances of the last regeneration, though that’s just fan speculation) carry different levels of importance. The Ninth Doctor was marked by the pain of ending the Time War. The Tenth Doctor still has that (battling a Dalek fleet put him right back in those feelings) but also has the knowledge that he doesn’t have to face that pain alone because of course that’s what Rose becoming the Bad Wolf meant to him in that moment.
That tension between fondness for the past Doctor and enjoyment of the new Doctor is part of what bonds people to the show. We get invested on multiple levels.
Having watched DW as a kid since the early 1970s, starting with the 3rd (Jon Pertwee), I for one have always been excited at the introduction of a new Doctor, and keen to see what they bring to the role. I do wish Eccleston had longer (as I do for Paul McGann), but it is what it is. For me, EVERY Doctor is THE Doctor, and I enjoy them all. As for where the Tardis wardrobe is, if you recall from S01E03 - “take the first left, second right, third left. Continue straight ahead beneath the stairs, past the bins, and take the fifth door on the left.” Remember that - it may come in handy sometime.
My first Doctor was Tom Baker. He played The Doctor for seven years before his Doctor regenerated into Peter Davidson's Doctor. I felt the same way you did about giving him up; as did the fans of every Doctor who came before and after. BTW: Peter Davidson, who played the fifth Doctor, is David Tennant's father-in-law.
I was so bummed when Eccleston left that I didn't watch Tennant's first season until a year after it was done. I just couldn't imagine anyone but Eccleston as The Doctor. I learned a lesson about that because David quickly (by the second regular episode) became MY Doctor. And he has remained my Doctor ever since. Nothing against any of the others, I've loved and enjoyed them all. But Ten has yet to be topped for me. I say this because I recognized myself in your emotions in Parting of the Ways. I was there with you in that moment. All the feelings came flooding back. But I assure you, the feelings do get better.
Wasn't sure I'd like Matt Smith, but he won me over in the first 10 minutes, and now he ties with Tennant for me. Capaldi was up there, but his tenure was when the writing started really going downhill.
@@JakkFrost1 I really liked Matt Smith, but I didn't like the direction the writing took in the Moffat era, so Tennant always stayed much higher in my regard. It kind of makes me wonder if I would have liked Matt Smith the same as Tennant if the writing focus hadn't shifted so much, though.
I have a very vivid memory of child me sitting firmly with my back to the television doing a jigsaw puzzle in protest of this episode while my family watched it. I was heartbroken that they’d replaced MY doctor. Then I actually gave Tennant a chance and he’s my favourite now, I think they all have marvellous moments though.
Fun fact about the Arthur Dent line - Adams wrote for the BBC in the 70s, and "Life, The Universe, And Everything" was re-worked from a planned serial for the Fourth Doctor
The Tardis looks different in the minisode because the version you watched is an incomplete edit that was incorrectly released on DVD. The edit has a temp music track, lacks the "cloister bell" sound effect (basically a Tardis alarm bell), and (most obviously) hasn't been colour corrected. Unfortunately the broadcast version has live audience applause over the beginning and end, and an on-screen banner for Children in Need, so there's no perfect version available that I know of.
The best version I've seen on RU-vid is "Doctor Who | Children in Need Special 2005 | AI Upscale" from the channel "Season26B". No audience applause and it has the proper finalised colour correction, SFX, ADR and music. Not that I'm the biggest fan of AI upscaling, but this one looks pretty good.
Post-regeneration mania for the Doctor, and post-regeneration blues for companions and fans! As good as Christopher Eccleston was as the Doctor, David Tennant is arguably the most popular and well-regarded Doctor of the modern era; I think you'll end up loving him as much as anyone else does 🙂
David Tennant truly can't miss, I've never seen anything he's bad in. He plays a great hero, a great villain, a great... whatever Crowley in Good Omens is... I look forward to your reactions of the whole show, but some of the 10th Doctor stuff is my favorite.
It’s not just memories. He is always the same being. But there can be personality changes when regeneration occurs. Yet he’s always the same being, with the same soul if you will. This change is a normal part of what time lords do. Other time lords would always consider the person the same being after a regeneration. For us it can be difficult because humans don’t do this.
I’ll also add some time lords can control the regeneration process well, some can’t. In rare cases it can be fatal. The doctor has no (conscious) control of his regenerations. It does seem to me, though, that easy regeneration is affected by his life before the regen. Hence this doctor has Rose’s accent and seems more youthful and just a bit more like Rose. That’s my headcanon after seeing quite a few regenerations
Ah, the emotional cycle of every meeting every new Doctor: 1. Who the hell are you! 2. Ok, they’re not that bad 3. I’m starting to like them 4. I love them! 5. No, don’t leave me! 6. Who the hell are you‽
Children in Need is one of several donation drives that the UK does every year. It's somewhat like the pledge drives done here in the US, like on PBS or for some big charity thing like Children's Miracle Network. It's all for a good cause.
Fun facts. I grew up with the original series (although I was very young when it started - lots of hiding behind the sofa!). I watched the new (Christopher Eccleston) series, and my (then) young sons really got into it (it was good). Just after the last episode a film crew turned up at the caves 200m from our house. Turns out it was the Dr Who crew filming this Christmas episode, the caves being the inside of the Sycorax spaceship. My sons visited a few times, and on the Saturday I took them up to see what was happening. The crew were using a double decker bus as a canteen (downstairs kitchen, upstairs seating). Just then Sean Gilder, who played the Sycorax leader, came out eating a pudding (desert) whilst in full prosthetics! He just said "well that spoils the surprise". Being British however we just chatted for a bit, but did not take any photos. My sons did get a picture with some of the extras, who had costumes but no prosthetics (we of course asked them first). The Dr Who crew have been back to the caves a few times, as well as a woodland maze site less than 1 mile from our house (a lot of film crews have been there, including Star Wars!).
It's not very clear on screen, but part of set design for the UK space control is a logo referring to BRITISH ROCKET GROUP. This is a nod to one of the very first UK TV sci-fi serials, "The Quatermass Experiment," a show which strongly influences Doctor Who
A satsuma is indeed like a clementine. In fact, because of this episode, my other Whovian housemates and I conducted a taste test between a clementine, a satsuma, and a tangerine when we lived in England for a semester.
I started with Eccleston, and I have to be honest... Tennant had me by "Barcelona!" Not that I didn't love 9, he was amazing ;), but I could tell by the delivery of the line and that smile, we had not lost The Doctor. Everything we loved was still a part of the character, he just had a new face. This Christmas special clinched it for me, but I knew I'd love our new face almost the moment it appeared :)
Haha omg can't wait for her to get to that episode definitely one of my favorites which is saying a lot because there are sooooo many great episodes...
The Martians in the Doctor Who universe are the Ice Warriors, who appeared in a number of stories in the classic series. You won't see them in new Who for a good while yet though. I started with William Hartnell in 1963 btw. I still haven't got over his granddaughter Susan leaving in 1964 🤣🤣🤣
David Tennant and Matt (really was this young?) are truly the best of this era. They just excelled in what can be done in this role. And of course Captain Jack w Torchwood series, mastery of making you cry. And.. Allonsy!!
Apart from just being a really great actor, David Tennant was partly chosen because of his past history with the showrunner, RTD (Casanova), and he was a massive fan of Doctor Who growing up.
''No second chances, I'm that kind of a man'' is such a raw line i get chills every time. That whole scene is amazing in itself and the way it pays off the earlier ''i don't know what sort of a man I am'' elevates i further. That was the moment Tennant became THE Doctor for me. All around an incredible introduction. Ps. I did start from the beginning back when this aired. So i did watch it with Eccleston.
David and billies chemistry is so good. I love her with eccleston as well but the chemistry with Billie and David is off the charts. He looks at her like she is the universe. I love them so much 😭😭😭
@frnknstndrgqn I personally prefer Rose and nine for reasons I can't discuss due to spoilers. I understand what you mean though, and I expect more people would probably agree with you. I guess it's what you prefer.
@@cooluncle4242 I love her and eccleston too tho. I love eccleston for different reasons but him and tennant are my doctors I can't choose between them
The "Don't You Think She Looks Tired?" moment is not just powerful in and of itself, but calls to mind a classic Doctor Who villain, The Master. One of the most reoccurring villains, he had some hypnotic powers that were not 100% perfect, but still made him deadly. He often used his charm and skill at manipulation to make weaker willed and even good people carry out his evil plans for him, and the 10th Doctors deposing of Harriet Jones in that way is highly reminiscent of something The Master would do. Also, when Liz Truss resigned after her short and disastrous reign as the UK Prime Minister, there were a LOT of "Don't You Think She Looks Tired?" memes going around.
@@peyotebritta And shooting down the Sycorax ship as it is leaving is very much referencing the Belgrano incident. Thatcher was very much a huge influence on mine and RTDs generation.
The point of the Doctor's "Dont you think she looks tired?" Sets off a political thing that Brittain has to get rid of politicians called a "Vote of No Confidence". Harriet complains about it on the TV at the end of the episode. It is a process that people can vote to oust a politician if they are not representing the will of the people. We don't have it in the US, and our system is MUCH harder to remove a politician.
I remember thinking of that scene when Hilary Clinton got ill a couple months before the 2016 election in the U.S. and the media made such a big deal about it. To this day, I wish I'd pointed it out online.
When Time Lords regenerate, they change their face and personality. It's completely random and for them it's like a wheel of fortune. They are still the same people, just getting a complete reset of their behavior, opinions and sayings.
Its not completely random but a lot of it is influenced by the subconscious. This was proven by 13. I think this form was to impress rose. even if the doctor wasn't aware of it.
Why do I have in my head that it's not always random? Like, if it's a surprise like being killed quickly then sure it's a lottery but I thought the Time Lords could decide things? Like if they have the time before death, they can pick things. But The Doctor likes to roll the dice bc it's more fun like that to be surprised
@@LukaWukaWatcher The common fannish assumption is that while some Time Lords can indeed control their regeneration enough to choose a look (and personality?) they're happy with - as we see on at least one occasion - others (like the Doctor) just don't have the knack. That said, I think the Doctor does *subconsciously* shape his own persona to some degree. Whatever he doesn't like about himself, towards the end of one life, gets pushed out in the next, and some trait that he wishes he'd had more of comes to the fore... though not always in the way he would have hoped. (Example: Five wishes he'd been better at asserting himself; The regeneration overcompensates, and so out pops the bombastic 6th Doctor, who takes a while to get a grip on all that newfound aggressive energy.)
@@LukaWukaWatcher There is an upcoming episode that shows the regeneration that was during the Time War, and there it is stated unequivocally that regeneration can be guided and influenced VERY specifically if desired by the Time Lord in question. A few seasons later from where she is, they actually reference that explicitly. Basically, most choose not to do so as they are tired of their previous "life" and want a change. Don't forget that regeneration is a traumatic experience for them, so I could see the reset to a new personality being a way to avoid some of that pain.
I was devastated when 9 regenerated because i didnt know that was a thing that could happen 😂 I can remember everyone at school talking about it, but Tenannt won us all over almost instantly. The Christmas specials sometimes seem a bit silly and over the top but they were a big deal, the whole family would watch together after Christmas dinner
It's so cool you're watching these little episodes too you're gonna love them As well as these moments where the doctor is checking themselves out after regeneration reacting to what they look like, it's been a staple since classic who and it's brilliant everytime 😁😁😁
I mentioned on your Parting of Ways episode, I'm right there with you! I started watching with Eccleston, and was absolutely heartbroken when he changed to David Tennant. BUT, after watching this episode, I was very quickly won over. Between his "I DONT KNOW!!", and "This is a fightin' hand!", I very quickly accepted he could be a lot of fun. And as much as I'll always enjoy the time with Eccleston, there's AMAZING moments with Tennant. For funsies, I did go back and watch some of the classic Who episodes, and every incarnation brings something different to the character. I haven't watched ALL of the Classic Who, but I watched a lot of the first Doctor (William Hartnell), and the fourth (Tom Baker), and some of the different regenerations. With the third Doctor, I thought he was very stiff and hard edged, but as soon as Tom Baker took over, he had so much fun with it, and it showed! Obviously there's a LOT to watch, but it's interesting to see what everyone brings to the role. If you get a chance, look for some snippets to get an idea.
So jealous you’re watching the new series of Doctor Who for the first time.. You’re in for such a ride! Get ready for more tears, fear and happiness with the many episodes to come!
We easily could have gotten one more season out of Christopher and that would have been amazing but I hope you do fall for tenant like we did. He definitely brought a renewed energy and he definitely ages into the character well. He doesn't always look so young but he wants to feel young
Citrus unshiu is a semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as the satsuma mandarin or Japanese mandarin. Satsuma (さつま町, Satsuma-chō) is a town in Satsuma District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
A few things to note on Time Lord Regeneration: The Doctor's regenerations are always involuntary, and they have no conscious control over the final appearance. It's very much a lottery. Furthermore, regeneration is a very "dodgy" and dangerous process. It can often fail, resulting in the newly regenerated timelord going through a period of physical and psychological instability and can include symptoms such as paranoia, hyperactivity, amnesia and exhaustion. The Fourth Doctor described it as "a new body is like a new house - takes a little bit of time to settle in". Hopefully this explains why the Doc is out for the count for a large part of this episode.
Jackie: Apart from her being a pretty damned cool character it was a BRILLIANT idea of the revival series to give the companions friends or family members who appear in the show from time to time. It helps to make the characters feel more like real humans. :)
My Doctor will always be Twelve, but Ten's story was a joy to behold and is considered the greatest era of Nuwho. To this day, I find myself rewatching Twelve and Ten episodes the most. But yes, every time there's a new Doctor, it absolute is hard to get over. I was in mourning for quite a bit after Nine. But David won me over eventually :)
"Noo, I love the Doctor" "I HATE the new Doctor" "This new Doctor's alright" "I don't want to lose the Doctor!" "Noo, I love the Doctor" Ad finitum Every time
FYI, Eccleston was a bit of an outlier at one season, 3 is typical, Tom Baker (4th doctor, old series) was the longest. Companions change more often usually. Sarah Jane was probably the most beloved by fans. Rose perhaps second in terns of being memorable.
I remember when they announced David Tennant as the next Doctor, I think the previous thing he'd been on was the BBC version of Casanova so I didn't exactly rate his chances as a compelling successor to Christopher Eccleston. Then he went and became one of the most beloved Doctors... you never can tell. Little piece of supposed trivia: He was starring in a live remake of the Quatermass Experiment when he found out that he was going to be the next Doctor. He happened to be playing titular Quatermass' staff doctor Gordon Briscoe and they changed a line live that should have read 'Good to have you back Gordon" to "Good to have you back Doctor".
Satsumas (also known as easy peels) are the really small oranges that you peel easily, orange encompasses both satsumas and tangerines (the big oranges)
Never let it be said you can't learn things from TV! (Though to be clear I was aware of this one) - Doctor Who was originally intended as a partially educational show after all!
@@JakkFrost1 Just went and looked it up to double check - Satsumas, Clementines, and Tangerines are all types of Mandarin Orange, which are smaller than regular oranges, but Satsumas have easier skin to peel than the other types. Clementines are the sweetest and Tangerines are a bit more tart.
as someone from the american midwest, i’ve always called the smaller, easy to peel oranges clementines!! love to hear the different regional nicknames for it
The Christmas Invasion is one of my favourite stories because Tennant became The Doctor immediately. That first scene, well the first full scene with him and the Sycorax, is a masterclass in how to introduce a new actor as The Doctor and win over the audience, Davies' writing combined with Tennant's performance is absolutely perfect.
The best way to explane regeneration is same soul, different body and how something as simple as different taste buds affects you. There is a deleted scene to this episode we're Tenant was going to say Ecclestons catchphrase "fantastic" but it didn't feel right in the new body.
Time lords are powerful and have a variety of mental powers including hypnosis (back in the day there was an evil time lord that used it extensively) so I always read the "doesn't she look tired" bit as a mild hypnotic suggestion that affected her actions and demeanour thereafter....
Nah. It's just weaponised psychology; the power of suggestion and rumour. That moment will play on Harriet's mind; we see immediately that her alarm about it shakes her previous calm resolve; the young guy meanwhile won't be able to forget that moment whenever he's recounting what happened, and anyone who hears it will start to notice every moment when Harriet's not looking perfectly fresh and confident; Harriet notices - or perhaps just imagines - that people are looking at her differently, perhaps less trustingly, than before... It all snowballs. It's dirty politics, but (sadly) it works.
The reason I started watching Doctor Who was because one day, randomly Doctor who was on tv and I sat there and watched. It was an episode with David Tenant, and I found him very charismatic and funny. He’s the reason I started watching Doctor Who. Christopher Eccleston was great too!
Love a good post regeneration story. One quote from the 4th Doctors first story (titled Robot), that lives rent free in my head is: “You may be A doctor, but I am THE Doctor, the definite article you might say…”
I remember hearing about the webisode years after after watching the actual Christmas Special.. I think your reaction is the first time I've actually seen it...
This was actually my first episode of the revived series, because we didn't have a TV in 2005 but we were staying at my father-in-law's house for Christmas, and he did. Watching my children watching it reminded me what the show was all about, and rekindled my old love for it (I first started watching in 1967) - we made sure we got a TV before the start of series 2, and also bought the DVD of series 1. I love how Jackie is, quietly, the most important human here. She provides both the tea that wakes the Doctor, and the dressing gown with Howard's satsuma that defeats the Sycorax. Meanwhile, Harriet is kind of in the role of our only female PM (as of the broadcast date), Margaret Thatcher, at the time of the sinking of the Argentinian naval vessel _General_ _Belgrano._ The ship was outside the exclusion zone (and originally thought to have been moving away), but was still a possible danger to British lives; some consider it an appropriate attack, others do not. The same applies to Torchwood's action here.
I discovered doctor who on a streaming service one winter when I lived alone in Idaho. I had lost the job I had moved to the state for, had few friends, was still struggling with mental health issues from my military service, and I just spent several months working a blue collar gig and sitting alone in my apartment through a very cold and lonely winter. David Tennant ended up being my favorite doctor, in the end, but that cold winter I spent watching Eccleston portray an angry, rather lonesome Doctor trying to find his way back to the real world. In a lot of ways it was a bit healing for me. I'll always love him for it.
Tennant was the tenth doctor, so some fans had already seen eight previous generations. I'd love to see you react to my personal favourite - John Pertwee in the 1970s and into the 80s. He was a proper boss!
That military officer who said "That Not What Martians look like" - is part of a group called "UNIT" - that is a legacy organization from earlier versions of "Doctor Who". - The Music Loving Klingon
@@manjackson2772 Poor, poor Colin Baker... I think he said (half-jokingly) that he was a little jealous of Christopher Ecclestone's costume. He wanted something darker and brooding, but ended up with tacky technicolour. However, despite that and Michael Grade, Colin has been one of the biggest cheerleaders of the show.
