Dr Who Review, Part 8 - The Sylvester McCoy Era

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The eighth episode in my ongoing series of reviews, with analysis, of the BBC science-fiction show, Doctor Who.
In this part, the era of the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, is considered. We look at how producer, John Nathan-Turner, was forced to undertake the unpleasant task of replacing the lead and how he came to choose the eccentric McCoy for the role. The pressure of TV execs and protest groups to tone down the show's violent excesses and how this led to a rather tame and camp version of what went before is looked at before we consider how the show finally regained its stride, producing some of the best ever episodes before its untimely demise.
Chapter Selection:
0:00 THAT phone call (reconstruction)
1:28 JNT, Dr Who and the BBC
2:48 The end of the Sixth Doctor
6:13 A troubled genesis
7:12 Casting the Seventh Doctor
8:31 Sylvester McCoy
11:51 The regeneration
13:25 The Seventh Doctor
18:54 Season 24
21:24 Mel Bush
23:55 Ace
25:46 Remembrance of the Daleks
28:17 Time's Champion
31:19 Ben Aaronovitch and the subtext
34:27 Emotional depth
36:40 The Kandyman
37:45 A drop in viewers
40:11 The Curse of Fenric
42:40 An early story-arc
44:46 Farewell... for now
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@hallamhal Год назад

As McCoy himself once said, it felt like they were just about to strike gold. The scriptwriting, the acting, the effects, everything was coming together and it's a shame it ended just when it got really exciting

@c0nvict_pleb174 11 месяцев назад

McCoy’s era COULDVE rivalled Tom and Jon’s eras.

@variaxi935 8 месяцев назад

Completely agreed

@bonysminiatures3123 7 месяцев назад

Sorry i hated mcCoys era no wonder bbc pullled the plug on it

@TheEmpireOfThomas 6 месяцев назад

Sylvester McCoy was the best doctor if you disagree you are completely entitled to your opinion (even if it is entirely wrong in every way).

@austinhartman3956 6 месяцев назад

I don't know about best but for me he's top 5 loved his at times sinister undertone

@marqsee7948 5 лет назад

absolutely loves the continuity added to Remembrance Of The Daleks in which Ace picks up the book on the French Revolution that Susan had put down in the classroom in the very first Doctor Who episode from 1963, indicating that this 7th Doctor scene occurs immediately after the one in that first story.

@kennethnystrom593 5 лет назад

Marq See; have you ever realised that Peter Capaldi´s first scene as the Doctor in the 50th specilal took place right before his last regeneration scene?

@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 5 лет назад

@@kennethnystrom593 no his hair colour is the colour of series 8 capaldi and it looks like series 8s hair as well, it happened sometime when he went looking for gallifrey or disapeared in the tardis before coming back for Clara at the end of deep breath

@kennethnystrom593 5 лет назад

@@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 I see what you are getting at; but I still have to say that hair colour vs a logical reason to why the TARDIS threw out JW (due to the TARDIS actully dying; due to Rassilons ascention device wave hitting it) thus also explaining the entire Ghost monument / planet they found the TARDIS on. (it would also explain why PC smashed the TARDIS consol in end of series 8; as he actully found Gallifrey at Missy´s coordinates; but at a time after it had been "unfrozen" and had begun/ become terraformed by Rassilons ascention wave) and thus becoming an planet we already know from the show. Trenzalore. and it would also explain how and why Rassilon had died (in end of series 9) before meeting the Doctor again only moments after last having seen him (as Timoty Dalton) (he ascended while in transit thru the void; during PC last speech) (with the rest of those present at the Gallifreyan high counsil; (including the dying Master) = Missy (and the rest of those present at the Gallifreyan high counsil are ascended beings from within the void between the classic and new Universe... aka they are the new Guardians over time...aka Rassilon is the new Celestial Toymaker...aka Missy is...The new Black Guardian ...aka the Doctors sister/wife/companion/fellow Timelady yet again became a god (small g) for the 2nd time in the show.

@bretlanier2304 3 года назад

@@kennethnystrom593 naw, he goes to save Gallifrey in his first episode, right after dealing with the robots and right before he appeared back to Clara

@Mayeur000Donz 6 дней назад

And supposedly close to when the Doctor butted heads with Maestro. Geez, that was an eventful week.

@rigsby1454 3 года назад

I feel each year McCoy gets more and more the appreciation he deserves. Last two seasons are fantastic

@brendansheerin8980 Год назад

rememberance of the daleks us my 2nd favourite dr who story of all time and the 1st dvd i bought

@vario6492 Год назад

Then why did DW end?

@c0nvict_pleb174 Год назад

@@vario6492because of Johnathan Powell? And Michael Grade?

@c0nvict_pleb174 Год назад

@@vario6492learly you didn’t watch this documentary?

@variaxi935 8 месяцев назад

@@vario6492🤣 did you miss the last few minutes of the vid? it was stated that the site was objectively headed uphill again but that folks at the top axed it because they personally just didn't like it

@JamesBurrTV 4 года назад

Funny, I always think of McCoy as being one of the "older" Doctors. Surprised to see he was only 43 when he started.

@stardustnation2480 3 года назад

43 is actually just a bit older than average I think. Colin and Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith were all younger when they started

@mina0653 3 года назад

@@stardustnation2480 nah, McCoy was pretty much in the average DW age, out of 13 actors who played the Doctor 5 were in their early 40s (Troughton, Bakers, McCoy, Eccleston), 3 in their mid/late 30s (McGann, Tennant, Whittaker), 3 in their 50s (Hartnell, Pertwee, Capaldi), the youngest were Davison at 30 and Smith at 27

@Maxibon2007 3 года назад

He was only 43?!.....Argh I’m Doomed! :D

@lexezlao Год назад

@@mina0653 eccleston was in his 40s?!!! could've fooled me I thought he was in his early 30s

@KeizerHedorah Год назад

@@lexezlao lol

@brendanmccabe8373 5 лет назад

It’s strange how many doctors originally wanted to be priests

@TheMastermind729 5 лет назад

Father who?

@ftumschk 5 лет назад

Another coincidence: Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker were all ex-navy men. The first two saw active service in the Royal Navy during World War II, and Tom Baker served part of his national service in the Merchant Navy.

@brendanmccabe8373 5 лет назад

ftumschk then fighting in world war 2 makes sense considering conscription

@ftumschk 5 лет назад

@@brendanmccabe8373 Indeed. Mind you, I wasn't suggesting they were "vocational" sailors :)

@jons355 5 лет назад

The strangest coincidence for me is how every doctor was an actor

@garyhunt764 3 года назад

It is a bit sad that Colin Baker wasn't given a fair crack of the whip because Colin apparently wanted to commit long term to the part and even wanted to break Tom Bakers record which is a shame that never happened because his Costume would have changed over time. Thank you Colin Baker for your time on Doctor Who even though it was far too short.

@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs. 3 года назад

It is, but Baker got more time than poor Paul McGann, and even Chris Eccleston, although the latter was by choice (Apparently. It's a bit unclear).

@hmmhm2315 7 месяцев назад

Well, he did break a record to be fair

@TheEmpireOfThomas 6 месяцев назад

@@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.Paul McGann was the doctor in the audio dramas for quite some time plus comics.

@IsraRai-uc3gn 6 месяцев назад

How do we know his costume would have changed? The only reason Tom Baker's costume changed was because of Jonathan Nathan Turner entering, the same man who gave Colin Baker his costume.

@kevintraynor4508 3 месяца назад

Sylvester macoy was a much better Docter in my opinion

@RandomShinigami7 4 года назад

“... his enrolment at Demun Grammar School brought him into contact with female pupils, and he quickly left his priestly aspirations”. Sylvester, you sly devil. 😂

@c0nvict_pleb174 10 месяцев назад

You can’t have “Sylvester” without “Syl” 😂

@ErmenBlankenberg 5 лет назад

Two fun facts that conflate in possibly much more interesting fun fact: Fact 1: Queen Elisabeth II is a fan of Doctor Who. Fact 2: Michael Grade is the only chairman of BBC, who hasn't been knighted to this day. Go figure why...

@StellaFangX 5 лет назад

At least he didn't get jailed or sentenced to death like the ancient England.

@Via_The_Void 5 лет назад

He hasn't been knighted because he's a Doctor Who hating a*sehole!! That's why!

@adrianenglish4909 5 лет назад

Lol good one

@adrianenglish4909 5 лет назад

@Terry White that's a bit to clever for me but I think it could be funny

@hpoonis2010 4 года назад

A bit difficult for a member of the House of Lords to downgrade to a knighthood. Another fun fact is that the guy in the dark sunglasses in the 'holiday camp' series was Brian Hibbard of 'Flying Pickets' fame.

@RopeDrink 5 лет назад

Simply put, McCoy was the first 'modern' Doctor as well as the last 'classic'. However, it took a season for it to start happening, namely through the introduction of Ace, and then leaning towards delicate sub-texts, a darker and more manipulative Doctor, complex themes mirroring reality, a troubled teenage companion with a progressing arc about growing up, all tied together in a more 'family entertainment' way, not just 'light entertainment' (like S24). The problem was - the damage had already been done. Dedicated fans already had the lowest expectations, and the shows budget and overall look wasn't enough to attract fresh blood. Despite this - McCoy & Sophie remain my favourite TARDIS team of all time. If you've seen Modern Who - particularly the 9th, 10th and 11th Doc - you'll see a lot of similarities to McCoy's era, which laid the foundation for the revival (rather than simply being "The Time When Classic Who Ended").

@altyfc2010 4 года назад

So true . The last 2 seasons were excellent . Just re watching them on the blue ray box set . These episodes rate right up there for me . Battlefield ghost light curse of fenric survival physic circus rembrance of the daleks . Just fantastic .

@DalleDayul 4 года назад

While I think the writing for McCoy's era was definitely the most modern by that point, I think the 5th Doctor of Davison is still the most modern Doctor in terms of character of that classic era. He brought a humanity and personableness to the role that Tennant and Smith later exemplified, you can tell they both lifted a lot from Five.

@MobiusBandwidth 3 года назад

he was both.

@colinwhite6719 3 года назад

Very nicely put. I loved the expansion of his Doctor in the Virgin books too.

@nickbrough8335 3 года назад

All done to Andrew Cartmel's influence alongside Sylvester :)

@nickasaro8789 Год назад

I love Sylvester McCoy. Probably my second favorite classic Doctor right after Tom Baker. He really pulled off the idea that his outward silly appearance was just a mask hiding the most dangerous and cunning mind in the whole universe. And it’s a shame things were going down to the toilet behind the scenes during his era. Just imagine what we could have had if he had gotten more seasons and if Cartmel had actually gotten to follow through on his plan for his backstory.

@c0nvict_pleb174 Год назад

Rather no backstory thank you

@bonysminiatures3123 7 месяцев назад

the worst dr for me

@Giantwaspface 4 года назад

The McCoy era was when I first started watching Doctor Who and... it was terrifying to me as a kid. Terrifying and compelling at the same time. The Curse of Fenric in particular was a highlight, but the most memorable moment for me will always be the Dalek going up the stairs, and that mortified look on the Doctors face when the episode ends. Gave me nightmares, but it showed something I feel is missing from modern Who: Namely that if the characters don't take a threat seriously, how is the audience supposed to?

@RopeDrink 11 месяцев назад

Curse of Fenric is still my No.1 Doctor Who story to this day. It's basically 100minutes of slow-burning horror - almost Lovecraftian - but it also continues to deal with Ace and 7's complex dynamic. It's essentially Ace's coming of age story. Once you get to Survival, she explores her past a bit more, but it's no longer controlling her like it used to. A very subtle and underappreciated element of the era.

@laurenbastin8849 3 года назад

to be honest I feel quite bad for John Nathan Turner, it’s true that he definitely made some questionable decisions that hurt the show, but it nevertheless feels like the degree of his responsibility for the show’s decline has been greatly overstated, with many of the problems being out of his control, and given the extent of his love for and involvement in the show it must of hurt to be credited with everything wrong with the show

@tomnorton4277 2 года назад

I blame Michael Grade more than John Nathan-Turner. Nathan-Turner was an eccentric artist. Grade was a corporate scumbag.

@princeofcupspoc9073 Год назад

No. JNT is an idiot and a narcissist. It's pretty much all on his shoulders, and he had NOT capability to make a decent show. See Dunning Kruger.

@chanceneck8072 Год назад

Must HAVE.

@dashfatbastard Год назад

The fans of the period, my self included, were often a bit emotionally stunted. That could manifest itself in a lack in understanding of social nuances and often selfishly muted empathy.

@Designer_TopG Год назад

Some eps are just horrible....so childish.... Which eps ,in your opinion are good ?

@aliteralhorse5023 5 лет назад

The single greatest image ever put to celluloid. Was the face the doctor had when he saw the dalek come up the stairs at the end of episode one

@rjjcms1 4 года назад

Only Imperial Daleks are allowed to ascend staircases. Common-or-garden Daleks had to make do with a kind of electronic magic carpet disc-shaped device to stand on as seen when chasing the Doctor and two or three Thals up the chimney on Spirodon in parts 3 - 4 of Planet of the Daleks.

@rjjcms1 4 года назад

Wait,you can take out an Imperial Dalek's eye stalk with a baseball bat? Think I'll remember that,just in case,you never know...

@thomasbicknell175 4 года назад

Ralph Jackson well to be fair, that baseball bat was enhanced by Galifreyan tech.

@samuelbarber6177 3 года назад

"Great space alien death machine, defeated by a flight of stairs-- what the hell?" Could you imagine that was the ending to anything else, like the ending to Empire Strikes Back, just Darth Vader walks up the stairs and credits.

@CrusadiaIX Год назад

@@samuelbarber6177 I mean… Robocop’s ED-209 was bested by a flight of stairs

@emmafitzmaurice499 3 года назад

I love the dynamic range of McCoys doctor. He has some of both the silliest and darkest moments in al the classic series wile still feeling like single solid character. It’s a big part of modern who (particularly 11) that’s really based on 7

@tomnorton4277 Год назад

Just goes to show that Sylvester McCoy's a better actor than Peter Capaldi, who flip-flopped between the Valeyard, an overcompensating fanboy, and occasionally the Doctor. On paper, Capaldi should have been at least as good as McCoy, if not better. In practice, he had no idea what he was doing because he's a fanboy first and an actor second. That can work if you have somebody as talented as David Tennant but Peter Capaldi isn't even in the same ballpark.

@twankistevenson3884 5 лет назад

Sylvester's take on the roll was absolutely perfect and never got the acknowledgement it deserved

@chronosschiron 5 лет назад

cause it was the most terrible of all the series, and we the majority are the ones that said this ...no thanks

@Tychal79 5 лет назад

Twanki Stevenson Sylvester McCoy rocked!!!

@crimsondynamo615 5 лет назад

Thank god for Big Finish for the task of giving McCoy the chance he deserved to have on screen, him and Colin got the proper treatment from Big Finish

@studiodevelopers2467 4 года назад

Twanki Stevenson Correct ! Love it !

@studiodevelopers2467 4 года назад

Tracey Woolridge He's THE DOCTOR.

@TrentonBlessWrestlemania489 5 лет назад

Colin wanted a full final season. They never called him back. Such a shame, really.

@themilkman5004 5 лет назад

It came out of nowhere the best time to have one of the videos come out

@tardisnet9487 5 лет назад

I love the Seventh Doctor era and find it to very underated. I love the Seventh Doctor and Ace and it has some fantastic stories like Remembrance of the Daleks, the Happiness Patrol, the Curse of Feneric and Survival.

@studiodevelopers2467 4 года назад

Tardis Net Love it love it Love Sylvester doctor. Love Ace. Great stuff. Fantastic !

@nickford3328 4 года назад

Tardis Net my first doctor watching re runs as a middle schooler in USA

@OuterGalaxyLounge 5 лет назад

McCoy's Doctor and Aldred's Ace were my children's favorites when we were watching the reruns on Saturday night on the local US PBS affiliate in the 1990s. It's easy to see why, in retrospect. They brought a new energy and animation and chemistry, and the look of the show was a bit more up to date for my kids' expectations.

@markprior2278 4 года назад

Always felt that Sylvester McCoy was never given enough credit as the Doctor. "Remembrance of the Daleks", "the Curse of Fenric" and "Ghost light" are as good as any other classic Doctor Who stories and both he and Sophie Aldred were great in their roles.

@Thomas_of_the_forest 3 года назад

He's freakin brilliant. I actually forget how much I love him sometimes

@OzBaxter 3 года назад

To this day, at 47 years of age, I remember the gut punch I felt when I read in the brand new 'TV Guide' that DOCTOR WHO would end with the upcoming SURVIVAL. After ten years of growing up with the show, it felt like losing a family member. Skip to 16 years later...and joy returned....

@andrewkos5560 5 лет назад

I discovered this series about a week ago and was blown away at it's high quality. Fantastic job man, keep it up.

@MrJest2 2 года назад

It's a wonderful primer for those of us who for whatever reason don't feel like slogging through decades of older shows, even when they are available. As one who "discovered" the show during the late Tom Baker era, I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. 🙂

@candosmith1127 5 лет назад

"Bonnie Langford who specialises in screams that can match the key of the closing music" ahahaha

@Scripture-Man 5 лет назад

Yeah that was SO funny!

@gary13th 5 лет назад

Loved the whole 8 episodes. The McCoy era is the one I remember most from when I was a teenager and I tried not to miss an episode. His doctor was so bloody good, so Machiavellian and didn’t deserve the series to be cancelled from under him. The Andrew cartmell era was brilliant and the writing is so much better than it has been for the last couple of series of Nu Who. Thank you for doing these videos.

@814912 5 лет назад

These must take you so long to make - but I'm loving this series! Each episode is so interesting and well-researched. I can't wait for the next video!

@cleverdickfilms 5 лет назад

Thanks so much! Glad you're enjoying them. They do take me a while but it truly is a labour of love.

@cassiemcguire8314 5 лет назад

Seventh doctor post season 24 is possibly the most unique incarnation of the doctor ever in my opinion. So complex so sinister and just soo scheming I absolutely love him (and don’t even get me started on him and ace).

@nathangonzalez9710 7 месяцев назад

Its sad about Colin. He truly loves being The Doctor. Ive met him, really nice guy. Has nothing but nice things to say fans. His big finish audio stories are wonderful. Having just watched the 60th special "the giggle", you are absolutely right about Bonnie. Her what 6-10 minutes of screen time is better in that then her whole run on dr who. Its sad really.

@turloughgirl5535 5 лет назад

I have waited so long for this, this entire series has been amazing and just in time for Christmas we get to my favourite Doctor. This is my evening's viewing sorted. Thank you so, so much for such amazing work.

@Maisonikkokufan 5 лет назад

I hope this doesn’t get taken down, absolutely love this series!

@TheBridgeDoctor 5 лет назад

I. Love. This.... Loved them all! This is one of the most affectionate series that I've ever watched. Please continue as you can but don't let yourself get bogged down by modern opinion. Warp Troughton's advice, though ... take three years... Don't review anything under three years old! Let it settle to history =)

@robertstanley5555 Год назад

The McCoy era started terribly, but the writing improved massively in his second season. Unfortunately, the budget was so low at that point it would embarass a daytime quiz show, and it's doom was inevitable. The Doctor ('Professor' ;) ) / Ace dynamic was terrific, though.

@willhorting5317 4 года назад

As an American, I never got to watch any of the 7th's episodes...until they began being posted on RU-vid. At the time, the only place "locally" (a station that was 90 miles from my home) that aired the show, was a PBS station. They had been airing Doctor Who since 1980. They began with airing, what were technically reruns of the show, beginning with the the final Pertwee episode...and then straight into reruns of the Tom Baker episodes...finally catching up during the Tom Baker era, to new Baker episodes. They continued to air current episodes through the end of Colin Baker's first season. At the end of that season, the station dropped the show from it's lineup............Ironically, as a side note......I make coyote hunting calls from cattle horns. And, in 2008, I was hired to make one of my horn calls...and the customer had me hand paint the Doctor Who logo, from the 7th Doctor's era, onto the side of the horn.

@jrcoyle 5 лет назад

Hooray! I'm a new Whovian (Newvian?!?) and have loved learning all about the classic era with your documentaries. Each episode is really well-researched and well-paced. I hope you'll continue straight through to the present day. Thanks for all of your hard work.

@highvoltage7797 5 лет назад

Jenifer Coyle Have you watched any of the classics?

@mammutbrot9230 5 лет назад

@@highvoltage7797 I dont like the classics but ive watched the new seasons at least 20 times.

@highvoltage7797 5 лет назад

Mammutbrot Yeeeeeah can’t agree with that.

@xx-footcmpsf.c3693 2 года назад

@@highvoltage7797 the classics have good moments but for newvians it’s hard to overlook the shocking effects

@highvoltage7797 2 года назад

@@xx-footcmpsf.c3693 But Doctor Who has never been about great or even good effects. Imo, what makes Doctor Who great are it’s characters, storylines, villains, themes, atmosphere and music. Also, that cheap look of classic Doctor Who is part of the charm for me anyway. Imo, saying it only has good moments is selling it short. It has great seasons, great stories that I think haven’t been entirely replicated since. Look at the late 60s to the mid 70s. A kind of golden age that we haven’t seen again. I’d say the first five series of the modern series are the closest we’ve got to that.

@toonguy7739 5 лет назад

So happy to see this one out! Poor Colin. Big Finish is forever commended for giving him some REAL meaty stuff to get into. Sylvester McCoy always impressed me in the role, going from a really comic figure in his early stuff (Not that I think it was necessarily bad, I think with better directors and writers you could have another Troughton or Tom Baker on hand) to a really darker one. There was a classic Who day back in the early 2000's I think, and I remember that each episode sort of shaped my opinon of each era of the Doctor (Pertwee got Three Doctors, Tom got the Deadly Assassin, Davison Caves of Androzani, and Colin a rather mangled Attack of the Cybermen, so not everyone was a winner) and for McCoy we got the Curse of Fenric, which was PROPER scary to me at the time. The Doctor's cold turn makes it stick in my mind all the more, and it made me a fan of Seven and Ace for a good while. It also really had the sense of a bigger story, which I REALLY wanted to see. It kinda helped me get into the classics, so he's always got a place in my heart.

@UnchainedEruption 5 лет назад

Colin's stories were far from perfect buy they're miles better than the stories McCoy had to work with. Frankly Big Finish is highly overrated and Seaons 22-23 are somewhat underrated within the community.

@peterthompson1989 5 лет назад

@@UnchainedEruption I do agree that some people seem to love big finish blindly to the point they will criticise everything new who does and yet claim big finish is perfect. However I think with the help of companion Evelyn colins doctor became the doctor he should have been, starting dark but mellowing over time similar to how capaldi developed

@caleb7551 3 года назад

@@UnchainedEruption wait you're telling me that season 22 is better than 26?

@ptcarbonproductions2013 5 лет назад

Can't wait for an overview of Richard Griffiths era! Oh, wait, wrong timeline. Can't wait for an overview of the Wilderness Years.

@ftumschk 5 лет назад

I'm waiting for the retrospective of the Mr Pastry era.

@goodolgranite8247 4 года назад

What about the Ken Campbell era? I heard that this era made Mary Whitehouse very angry due to how scary Campbell was during his time as the Doctor.

@TheProfessor230 3 года назад

I'm waiting for a retrospective of the Ron moody era

@jonbenwilliams 5 лет назад

Thank you for making this video. It’s so nice to see a proper analysis of my favourite Dr Who era. This era is too quickly skimmed over in other documentaries. It’s also nice to see it in a positive light and it’s clear you love this era as much as I do!

@foxcm2000 5 лет назад

I've watched all your videos and they are excellent. The very first Dr. Who I remember is a PBS rerun of Inferno with Pertwee when I was maybe 5 or 6... loved the Doctor ever since. Thanks!

@skeetermcghee8212 5 лет назад

Omg...Inferno was my first episode...bless PBS.

@mrandrews3616 5 лет назад

Otherwise known as the worst wig in the history of the show in that first episode.

@PhilDrury 5 лет назад

The wig in 'Do You Have A Licence to Save This Planet' was slightly better.

@liamthompson5111 5 лет назад

What about the wigs the Monoids had on in The Ark?

@pg-jr8sy 5 лет назад

@@PhilDrury 'do you have a license to safe this planet' sounds like the most briyish thing ever

@PhilDrury 5 лет назад

@@pg-jr8sy in some ways it is. Was a spoof staring Sylvester McCoy.

@XCrawlFan 5 лет назад

So much chaos and rumor settled. Thank you. One doesn't get the whole picture from the DVD extras.

@MrKaywyn 5 лет назад

The chemistry of Syl and Sophie is right up there with Colin and Nicola. I think Remembrance of The Daleks is my favourite 7th Doctor story.

@JL-yc4rf 5 лет назад

OK after watching this I may have to revisit the 7th era. I hope we get some in-depth videos about the Dr's respective Big Finish eras. Colin Baker really gets the chance to shine on audio.

@feralbluee 5 лет назад

and i'm so glad!!!!!!

@Planely 5 лет назад

I'm really quite young. Only 17 but, despite having only grown up with New Who until a few years ago. I can confidently say that the Seventh Doctor is my favourite and Rememberance of the Daleks being one of the first seven serials I ever watched. It is the one I loved the most of all of them and by God are those Imperial Daleks gorgeous.

@paulflint6254 5 лет назад

Im 39 and grew up with 7, he will always be the best for me too

@gary13th 5 лет назад

I remember watching all of McCoy... absolutely loved it. Deserved more on tv.

@AndyRossism 5 лет назад

Great to hear, I was 9 by Remembrance Of The Daleks and its the first story I remember really clearly, loved the school setting, had never seen something like that before. The white and Gold Daleks are fab were always 'my' type of Dalek over others. The Headmaster was played by Micheal Sheard who among other Who appearances aside, to me was the scarey Mr Bronson, the wig wearing Headmaster from Grange Hill, which was a great touch.

@ellenmurphy2150 5 лет назад

Good for you for having watched the old Doctor Who.I met Sylvester McCoy at a Doctor Who con in Boston.(a very long time ago) I thought he very nice man.He had to do Colin's regeneration into his Doctor.

@zakjaggs9761 5 лет назад

Age thing means nothing tbh

@BlackDelegation 5 лет назад

I think I just fell in love with this incarnation. Time to binge some 7th Doctor stories on BritBox. Thank you for doing what you do!

@thed-padcrew633 4 года назад

The one thing to mention, if anyone here listen's to the Big Finish Audio Adventures, they actually did a more detailed reason for the Doctor's regeneration into McCoy in "The Last Adventure" as well as giving the Sixth Doctor a more respectable swan song.

@PACKYCSONE80 5 лет назад

As someone that watched who in the states in the 1980s, I was dependent on the episodes that my Oklahoma public television station, OETA in Tulsa, bought. It was mostly the tom Baker years. It has been this superior series that shed some light on the doctors I missed, especially the last one of the classic era.

@simongiles9749 5 лет назад

I agree with you that the last two McCoy series had some of the best Who for a long time. Wolves of Fenris is a storming story, I loved the postwar backdrop where the scars of war are still vivid in people's lives and the move from wartime allies to Cold War enemies between Russia and Britain. Add to that Ace's coming of age tale, Nicholas Parsons' surprisingly good turn as a clergyman losing his faith and some excellent cinematography, it feels like a really grown-up slice of Doctor Who.

@rjjcms1 4 года назад

24:50 Nowadays,Ace would probably have found her way onto the security services' terrorist persons of interest for that. Did she have a copy of The Anarchist's Cookbook stashed away,per chance?

@meris8486 5 лет назад

HELL YES! Been excited for this for a while especially with the cliffhanger in the last one. The seventh Doctor was at times my favourite Doctor, it's shame he didn't get more stories cause they were on a roll at the end with Remembrance Of The Daleks, Ghost Light, Curse Of Fenric even Survival. Though much like Colin Baker he was done justice in Big Finish with awesome stories like Death In The Family, Two Masters, The Harvest, A Thousand Tiny Wings, Master and more. I'm looking forward to them eventually being covered :)

@AndyRossism 5 лет назад

I would agree and add House Of Blue Fire. Master had me on edge throughout it was so intense lol

@TheWordofThunderbird 5 лет назад

I uttered a startling "yesss!" when I saw this in my queue. Couldn't wait to see your analysis. McCoy was MY "second" Doctor, having been hooked by Colin and Nicola. His last season had a maturity that fit what I needed, having become a teenager when it came out. I loved where Ghost Light was headed. A shame that things were cut short just as they were getting interesting, but we're left with some of the best of classic Who.

@ez3748 3 года назад

2020 has rotted my brain i swear when you said he didn't tell baker face-to-face i was immediately like "well it probably wasn't safe!" as if it wasn't decades ago 😫 amazing video series btw!

@coecludd 5 лет назад

I've been looking forward to this one :-)

@ilitardo160 5 лет назад

I’ve never really been a fan of Dr.who but this video series has given me a newfound appreciation for it, maybe I’ll start watching.

@ilitardo160 5 лет назад

Thomas Meehan yeah I guess😂 I dunno I was first introduced to Doctor Who with a Christmas special and since those tend to be the worst episodes maybe that’s why?😂

@debonaire_nerd 4 года назад

*Phone dialling* *Colin:* "Graveyard?" *JNT:* "No....it's Jon. And it's Valeyard." *Colin:* "Oh hi Trainyard" *JNT:* "I've got some good news and bad news. The good news is that it's coming back" *Colin:* "What's the bad news?" *JNT:* "Carrot juice-" *Colin:* "FUCK!" *JNT:* "Pardon?" *Colin:* "What did I tell you about the 'c-word'?" *JNT:* "Oh no, that was just me telling my assistant what I wanted for lunch." *Colin:* "Oh" *JNT:* "The bad news is that you're fired. Colin?" *Colin:* "I have a c-word of my own in mind."

@deadlightmutantdankballs2431 Год назад

Been binging this series after a migraine set in but now I’m so invested the headache isn’t even on my mind this is some seriously good shit mang can’t imagine how much research u did

@sonofthefakegod 5 лет назад

Honestly this review project you are doing is amazing, its great stuff.

@ShamrockParticle 5 лет назад

Aye. Far more professional then some professional publications.

@cmdrblp 5 лет назад

Another great video. I have mixed feelings on this particular era between wishing for the early departure of Bonnie Langford from the show to having to suffer someone's interpretation of the youth of the day in the form of Ace. Loved the mystery and darkness which came with this incarnation of the Doctor and have fond memories of rushing to complete homework before each broadcast aired. The disappearance of the Tardis from the BBC programming schedule came as a cruel blow to this particular viewer who was still lamenting the demise of Blake's 7 some eight years prior, like the two bookends to my formative years they turned out to be. Thank you for sharing your passion project on this channel

@ConsoleCleric 5 лет назад

This review is awesome. I find it fascinating how Dr. Who was influenced by real world events, yet sometimes affected events outside of itself. I watched "Back to the Future" and noted it is a story about a doctor with a time machine (that is disguised as another object), travelling with a young companion who explains the current pop-culture. Coincidence? I think not.

@rogerlynch5279 5 лет назад

15:30 COSTUME: I agree. Someone in the designer department must had the classical BATMAN comics in mind where the RIDDLER had worn such flashy outfits since the Fifies.

@ryanpollard1166 5 лет назад

I always found Battlefield to be criminally underrated. I'm a sucker for Arthurian lore and that story was full of it.

@kennethnystrom593 5 лет назад

And it is the true start for "new" Doctor Who. (its hidden in plain sight in that serial)

@danielwilliamson6180 5 лет назад

Battlefield was one of the first Doctor Who stories I ever watched.

@SuperFunkmachine 4 года назад

Battlefield is great semi throw back, it like Remembrance Of The Daleks is full of references to Jon Pertwee run but it stands on its own both in story an style.

@grumpyoldman3458 4 года назад

Battlefield is my favourite McCoy story, the last time we saw the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. And of course the best companion ever; Bessie.

@sword4005 5 лет назад

i always loved remembrance of the daleks, i always liked to think that the doctor plan backfired on him, and this event was what caused the time war, it certainly my second fav dalek story of all time

@derekmcmanus1423 5 лет назад

First shots in the Time War!

@Via_The_Void 5 лет назад

@Captainconkerboy1 I tend to think that it was the Seventh Doctor's destruction of Skaro with the Omega device which was the catalyst for the Time War.

@rjjcms1 4 года назад

I've never seen Remembrance of the Daleks,but it looks a blast. That Special Weapons Dalek looks like the meanest thing.

@Scripture-Man 5 лет назад

Wonderful documentary. Thank you sir! The first Doctor I can remember was Davison, however it was McCoy and Aldred's amazing partnership that really captivated me and made me a Doctor Who fan. Not only were they both great actors but together they had such fantastic chemistry. They felt like family - McCoy was your favourite uncle, and Aldred was your best friend. In my opinion, she was so much more relatable than any of the previous women to travel in the TARDIS. She's just such a lovely girl and I love the joyous enthusiasm and energy she brought to the character. It's really sad they didn't get a couple more series - or even just a few specials to put us on through the 90s.

@herminengasse6 11 месяцев назад

McCoy is my favorite Doctor. Almost like an Odysseus. His sinister, political, meta-intelligent doctor remains my favorite. Thank you for this tribute!

@jessetorres8738 5 лет назад

I got to be honest. If I had to pick a Doctor whose opening sequence I like the least, it would be Sylvester McCoy's. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but something about his opening sequence just feels off to me.

@joelakat 5 лет назад

There are some bad edits in it that makes it feel a bit slapdash, even if I always thought they did the bit with his face pretty well. And that logo... right at the bottom of the list (even if I did spend some time doodling it in my teenage years).

@ftumschk 5 лет назад

The fact that they painted his face silver didn't help. Were they tying to turn him into a cyberman?

@TeaSquiffy2 3 года назад

If I may add something: the middle eight in the intro really doesn't feel right. To me, the intro should have an air of eeriness to it. It should make you sit down and anticipate the sci-fi goodness that was to come. The middle eight is too heroic, it's like a comforting embrace - which I think should be saved for the end credits, after we've seen the Doctor save the day.

@drifter402 3 года назад

The music is quite annoying

@AZ14ify 5 лет назад

This was around the time when I was introduced to Doctor Who as a kid. And it was just the best thing I had ever seen on TV. Sylvester McCoy was my Doctor. Even tho this era will always unfairly be known as the final death nail for the classic series. I think Sylvester McCoy truly has to be the most underrated Doctor of all time. The 7th Doctor and Ace was the best Doctor-companion relationship since the 4th Doctor and Sarah Jane. McCoy and Aldred had great chemistry on and off screen. Even tho the public had already given up on the series at the time. Plus if you ignore his first year when he was getting to grips with the mess that had been left over behind the scenes. And plus time for a new team settling in. Season 25 and 26 was amazing. The stories were probably the best in years. Remembrance of the Daleks part 1 probably the best cliffhanger in Who history. And the dark side that was introduced to the Doctor and the way he manipulated his enemies and even his companion (Curse of Fenric) was a very interesting root to go down that hadn't been done with previous Doctors. There is something very sinister about the 7th Doctor in that last season which makes him stand out from his predecessors. It's a crying shame. I would have loved McCoy to have had a 4th season (Season 27) to see where this theme would have taken the series.

@caleb7551 3 года назад

7 is probably second but I think 5 is the most underrated and 6 is the most overhated

@paulflint6254 5 лет назад

Sylvester mccoy is my favourite doctor, thanks for the great video.Ace is the best companion

@RedwoodTheElf 5 лет назад

That last line by Sylvester McCoy in his final episode summarizes the series quite nicely.

@jonzu4 5 лет назад

Oh shit! Better watch before it's taken down!!

@ishaandw 5 лет назад

The endings of this series of reviews is always so bittersweet and I end up crying and loving that doctor even more.

@HerohammerStudios 5 лет назад

Big Finish really saved the 6th Doctor's regeneration

@JustB3NJI 5 лет назад

I've really enjoyed this series and glad to hear it's not ending here. You do a great job and the effort you put into your research is clear....And makes all the difference.

@TorbjornMain 5 лет назад

Thank you again for a excellent video, I've had a particularly bad week and this really cheered me up and put me in positive spirits so thank you!

@cleverdickfilms 5 лет назад

That's wonderful to hear, James! The good Doctor always helps, I find. Take care!

@TorbjornMain 5 лет назад

@@cleverdickfilms Thank you appreciate that!

@benburke3015 2 года назад

28:00 I love the Doctor's face during this scene. It just screams "OH MY GOD!!! SINCE WHEN COULD YOU DO THAT???!!!"

@yodasears 2 года назад

In the late 90s, possibly early 00s, I was at a Con... and saw the saddest sight I have seen in all of fandom. All the guests were seated and doing signings, photos etc... and no-one was there for Sophie Aldred. I wished I was wealthier, just so I could afford to join the queue.

@thegraywho7657 5 лет назад

Very well done as usual... really sad Colin Baker got fired but I absolutely love Sylvester McCoy as the seventh Doctor

@davidmorris2219 Год назад

I agree Colin didn't get a fair crack of the whip, but neither did Sylvester really. Colin's first season was 13 45 minute episodes and taking The Twin Dilemma into account I think McCoy's era was only about 15 minutes longer in actual screen time than Colin Baker's.

@davidh7088 5 лет назад

Been looking forward to this one. Sylvester was Ace (lol), those last 2 seasons of classic Who were the best since season 17, I often wonder what would have followed. Is it too much to hope for the new adventures to be animated and put on dvd release? On that point, these documentaries should be out to buy, they're that good. I'd pay to have them on my shelf. Well done.

@antenant9294 2 года назад

Despite considering myself at the time a huge fan of Doctor Who, there are so many of the 7th Doctor's stories that I have never seen again since the original broadcast. In fact the only ones I've seen since are Remembrance, Greatest Show, Battlefield, Fenric and Survival. The view here that Doctor Who was just getting back on its feet is spot on- and that's absolutely how I remember it. I loved the direction the show had got to in Season 26, and the 7th Doctor had (finally) won me over. Fortunately, given the show's cancellation, it was during Season 26 that our household FINALLY got a VHS recorder, and I was able to watch the older stories again to fill the void. And what a void it was...!

@twilliamspro 5 лет назад

"And yes that is Jeffery from from the fresh prince of bel air" you reading my mind dude?

@CallMeMrRook 5 лет назад

And I was amazed Jodie Whittaker had to bingefest nuWho when she got the role, only to discover so did McCoy...packed with loads of interesting facts yet again!!

@celt80 5 лет назад

CallMeMrRook she won’t watch the classic series, saying it’s ‘sexist’

@CallMeMrRook 5 лет назад

@@celt80 now why would that not surprise me xD

@ingold1470 5 лет назад

I've heard some detractors argue that she is essentially nuWho's McCoy, due to this, the increase in left wing political messaging in both eras and the trends in the ratings at the time. Maybe McCoy's era seems less on-the-nose because contemporary media wasn't so apparently one-sided, and there wasn't media like Twitter and RU-vid for people to present their analyses of ever little quip and frame.

@welshinc5782 5 лет назад

celt80 chibnall told her not to watch anything because he wanted her experience everything for the first time. But she did watch the first series of NuWho, because production was coming fast on another program and she didn't have time to go to the start before she started DW, but she stopped and decided to read about everything.

@Gibson1976uk 4 года назад

I always remember when it was first shown! several people didn't like the candy man :) they said the show was silly. I think many people ignored the deeper story telling and focused on visuals more. The 7th Doctor and Ace were such a great team! it should have had one more season

@dylanpaez9450 5 лет назад

I don’t think you know how much drool is coming from my mouth out of anticipation for the new who analysis’s.

@timeandrelativedimen 5 лет назад

The rush of excitement anticipating the next episode as its been 6 months! Damning realisation that the next one is Doctor 8 who requires sooooo much research across so many mediums. I guess we wait patiently....

@cleverdickfilms 5 лет назад

Not for much longer, I promise!

@manis1551 5 лет назад

This is great and I've really enjoyed the documentaries that you've made so far. I can't wait to see you explore the Wilderness years and NuWho. I haven't seen the McCoy era yet but the Seventh Doctor seems like a interesting character and Ace sounds like the first companion that actually got some character development that has been lacking in most of the Classic Who companions. I will definitely check out the Seventh Doctor era very soon and I'm excited to watch it. You documentaries inspired me to check out the Classic Who stories. I watched a few Troughton's stories, I finished watching all of Jon Pertwee's stories and I'm almost done watching the Tom Baker era. I can't wait to watch the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctor stories. Keep up the good work.

@telophasemusic 2 года назад

McCoy is hands down in my top 3 favorite Doctors. It's honestly a shame he had such a short run.

@Herosmurf 5 лет назад

My favourite Doctor by a long way. I love how they developed him into probably the most alien and manipulative incarnation of the character. If you haven't listened to them, too, the Big Finish audios definitely took that idea even further.

@PerformanceCheck 5 лет назад

Once again I find myself amazed by the depth and detail of your analysis. Your love of the 7th Doctor beams through this episode. Thank you for your continued work on what is now my favorite series on RU-vid!

@nathamiell 5 лет назад

Of all the Classic Doctors, McCoy is my favorite. The Professor Doctor, Myth-battler, Chessmaster extraordinaire.

@thewatcherofawesomecontent 5 лет назад

I hope we get to see that side of The Doctor again someday.

@highvoltage7797 5 лет назад

The Watcher Yeah to be honest most of the modern Doctors seem to play the same Doctor, but slightly tweaked. Apart from 9 and to some extent 12. It would be nice to see that truly dark or alien side of the character again. So in the future a Doctor that is both machiavellian and alien.

@GodlessScummer 5 лет назад

I agree. I think McCoy is a criminally underrated Doctor.

@vladdrakul7851 5 лет назад

@@highvoltage7797 We do NOT need an amoral Dr, that's the whole point of the Master. AS Tom Baker rightly said. Dr Who IS a moral story. Of course he can and should have dark impulses as done by Christopher Ecclestone or Patrick Troughton but they were ALWAYS struggling to do right. This guy was a shallow insubstantial clown and the show ended after him No accident! Colin Baker was genius compared to this idiot!

@highvoltage7797 5 лет назад

Vlad Drakul K

@hanniffydinn6019 5 лет назад

I’ve never disliked a dr. McCoy was great, I was getting older, and McCoy made me more interested in dr who. He made me understand dr who each incarnation of dr is a very separate unique personality. I loved his humorist approach to the dr. His eps are very etched in my memory and I recall them fondly.

@88saarg 5 лет назад

I'm a hungarian whovian and haven't got the luxury to watch the new episodes on BBC as they aired...and I have to watch them at the following day when I can get a hold on them. Today in the work I was very eagerly await for the new Jodie episode to watch. When I got home I just casually scrolling through my RU-vid channel subscribes when I instantly saw that the Clever Dick documentary's part 8 is up...so I just skipped the new Who episode to watch this part instead, so that might be a little bit of an appreciaton for your incredible videos. Keep up the good work!

@richardtherrien4696 5 лет назад

You need to be on mainstream telly. The whole series of these documentaries is so professionally done it hurts. Excellent work.

@brendanmccabe8373 5 лет назад

I love the seventh doctor and have waited so long for this video

@thelegendofrosetyler 5 лет назад

same, I started with the new-who 11, but for some reason the 7th drew me in the most of the old series. (not with Mel though, no offence to her but I didn't like her at all)

@studiodevelopers2467 4 года назад

Brendan McCabe Awesome.

@studiodevelopers2467 4 года назад

Brendan McCabe 1.45. HE LOOKS LIKE TOM BAKER !!!

@britishnerd3919 5 лет назад

I have been waiting for this video since I saw the 6th Doctor video, and then binged the rest, then had to wait for this for like 4 months. Then again, all great works take time.

@GariSullivan 5 лет назад

Yet again a well-crafted informative video. I have enjoyed each one of your videos in this series. The effort and care you put into them shines through with every frame and is sounded with every syllable. Well done, mate!

@GodlessScummer 5 лет назад

I always liked McCoy as The Doctor. I think he's one of the most underrated Doctor's.

@GibbySoapBox 5 лет назад

I’m honestly very excited to see what you do with the 8th Doctor possibly exploring the wilderness years throughout I assume. Keep up the good work! I love this series!

@clearmountain28 5 лет назад

Amazing review as always, now begins the constant questions for when part 9 comes out. 😁

@danbrown5736 5 лет назад

when does part 9 come out?

@JMein13074 5 лет назад

Be thankful he's updates are more constant than most . *cough*Zaranyzerak*cough*

@highvoltage7797 5 лет назад

JMein13074 I like him, but he takes forever to do anything Doctor Who related. I remember when he said he would review every classic episode in order.... that never happened.

@davincent98 3 года назад

McCoy was my first doctor. My first exposure to Doctor Who was some bloopers from Sylvester McCoy's era

@MrJest2 2 года назад

Poor Colin - he was obviously a perfectly good actor, and was enthusiastic about the role. It is an unfortunate truth of being an actor that you must work with the scripts and stories you are given; essentially at the end of the day actors are mere puppets. The ones pulling the strings can dictate your fate more than almost any amount of personal skill can overcome. Once in a while a great actor can save a shoddy production, but that's the exception that proves the rule - usually the saviors are writers and editors. The problems come when the string-pullers themselves "forget their place", and begin to impose more of their own - often stupid - ideas on what anyone who has ever worked in video production will tell you is a gestalt, larger than anyone and a whole greater than the sum of it's parts. Failing to respect that leads to disaster, inevitably. Don't believe me? Just look at the "Star Wars" prequels.

@Murrlin27 3 года назад

So entrenched in the Colin Baker video, I had completely forgot about McCoy.

@sydneycully3613 5 лет назад

Absolutely fantastic video! My favourite era of the show. I adore Season 25 and Season 26 is my all-time favourite season of Doctor Who. Such a shame we never did get the originally planned Season 27 but life's like that. Best thing is just to get on with it!

@tekvax01 3 года назад

I was truly sad when Doctor Who was cancelled! Like part of my childhood had ended, never to return! My Tea had definitely gone cold indeed...

@DaleRibbons 5 лет назад

I was lucky. My local PBS station showed Remembrance out of order, so I had the best introduction to the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Love this story. One of my top ten favorites!