Why Every Lead Actor Left Doctor Who 

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It's a bit ironic that Whittaker and Chibnall made an agreement to honor the 3 seasons guideline and pass on the baton to the next new Doctor only to end up passing it back to Tennant.

Justice for Christopher

Tennant: If i don't take a *deep breath*... Name of 1st episode with capaldi: Deep Breath

Paul needs an own season🛐

I would adore a Scooby-Doo-esque cameo clip of doctors 11 through 15 accidentally running into each other somewhere, getting into the wrong Tardises, then running around between doors getting into the correct one. That sounds like the level of commitment I think Peter Capaldi would sign on for. (Edit: Fixed "Tardises")

Tom Baker, David Tennant and Matt Smith absolutely crushed it during their series runs.

Tom Baker is the Best classic *Doctor* and David Tennant is the Best Revival *Doctor* 📘

I’m supposed to be doing a university assignment and then this shows up and I caved

Too bad Smith didn't do a full series with Jenna Coleman. They didn't get enough of a chance to play off of each other and establish a better connection between 11 and Clara. A full series would have helped fans gravitate more to them as well since most think Clara worked better with 12 than 11. Pity.

Given that I am a quarry worker in Cardiff, I quite like my job. Just saying

I really wish that we’d had another Smith season. No reason other than he’s my favourite doctor and I’d have liked more of him.

Another factor in Pertwee's departure I believe was his increasingly bad back which meant he struggled in the role towards the end.,

1 - Got old and sick 2 - Got worn out 3 - Wanted a raise and didn't get it 4 - Conflicts with the producers 5 - Decided at the beginning to do three seasons and did that 6 - Fired 7 - Show got cancelled 8 - Pilot didn't get picked up 9 - Conflicts with the producers 10 - Left before being typecast 11 - Got worn out 12 - Got worn out 13 - Pre-agreed to do 3 seasons

We hear a lot about how William Hartnell was “no spring chicken” or whatever but he was born in January 1908 so actually played the part in his mid-fifties. His illness, arteriosclerosis, was what deprived him of his memory - sad to reflect he was only in his mid sixties when he actually died.

Before Cardiff, it was BBC studios, then later everywhere and a Surrey quarry. There is a tale, not sure if it's an urban myth that Dr Who was filming at one end of a quarry and Blake's Seven at the other. I should imagine that all those dangerous places... remember Tom Baker broke a bone on location once, must have taken their toll.

12:00 basically Capaldi said to Chibnall "Your writings are suck " in the Doctor way 😅

If you're counting all tbe Doctors, you missed the war doctor, John Hurt. He was in only 3 episodes, but he was an official Doctor who got a regeneration scene.

Peter Capaldi wasn’t the only Doctor to appear previously on the show before becoming the Doctor. Colin Baker played Commander Maxil, on Gallifrey during Peter Davison’s reign.

John Pertwee also was having pain issues with his back

For many of them, actor's can get bored staying too long in the same part, they want to be challenged and go on to do other things. While 'three seasons' has become something of a norm, and credited to Patrick Troughton, but Troughton was a very well respected character actor before Doctor Who and quickly became one again after Doctor Who. Tom Baker might be synonymous with the character, but he really never did much afterward as he was in the role for so long (and it was well known by the time he left that he had become extremely difficult to work with). He's done a lot of voice work but his career never really recovered on film, his one big thing I can thing of is that he plays Puddleglum (magnificently) in the BBC adaption of The Silver Chair. I think only Matt Smith was a relative unknown when he was cast in the role, even Peter Davison was in two other TV shows at the same time. None of the other actors have really been big stars, but pretty well known and respected character actors with a good body of work and there is to some degree an urge to get back to that and not get typecast, overstay their welcome, or end up disliking the job.

I've also heard that Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi wanted to do other projects and Doctor Who was getting in the way of that, as well as that Smith and David Tennant have both said they felt they could've played The Doctor forever.

Capaldi is a fantastic actor. I enjoyed his performances, but I could See the writing and directing being done behind the scenes to the Actual character of Who.

Jon Pertwee died on my birthday but before I was born. May 20th.

I've said this before and I'll say it again 14 as of right now would be best in audios while 15 does TV episodes

Fun Fact: My dad and many other Doctor Who fans were acctually mad that Paul McGann wasn't the Doctor in 2005.

It sucks that McCoy got shit on the way he did, also I believe everything Eccleston has said about his time on the show

Honestly the countdown format is a bit stupid for a chronilogical ordering where you're counting up

"Severe case of the glowy face" best description ever

Can you make a video on David Tennant's Doctor Who connections if you haven't already? There's probably at least 10 obscure links with him and Doctor Who despite him being the doctor

Now I feel old. I remember seeing that first episode with William Hartnell as the Doctor.

Hi Just to infrom you that sadly Michael Jayston aka The Valeyeard and utterly wonderful man has just passed away. Perhaps a small tribute video might be considered as he was by most considered the best thing in Season 23 and there is delighful footage of him on the box set feature where he, Colin, Nicola and Bonnie chat over lunch. This below from the Big Finish site. There is a lengthy piece/tribute worth reading and his long association with DW and more. Michael Jayston 1935-2024 5 February 2024 Tags : Stop PressDoctor Who - The Sixth Doctor AdventuresDoctor Who - The Eighth Doctor AdventuresDoctor Who - Unbound All at Big Finish were saddened to learn of the death of actor Michael Jayston, who passed away earlier today aged 88. From me a fan: A real loss not just within DW but for everyone he made smile and laugh. RIP

I love it when WhoCulture uploads ❤

Love this list. Would be interesting to see something similar for the companions!😊

My old friend Gerry Davis - co-creator of the Cybermen and the script editor at the time of the first “renewal” - was quite clear about what happened to Hartnell. He was sacked/let go for being “difficult”. Bill had wanted to stay - there’s a version of the script for TP4 that doesn’t include the transformation. The whole invisible section of Toy Maker was also planned as a possible change of actor. The Doctor regains his visibility but looks different. Tom was sacked for being drunk and difficult. Facts: Really not as tricky as they seem.

I wish they gave Paul Mcgann a mini-series. They could have called it The 8th Doctor.

In the end David Tenant himself was like: I dont wanna go. Which I find quiet beautiful

Colin Baker was also on Doctor Who before he was the Doctor as a Galafrayian Guard when Peter Davidson was the Doctor

I love the regeneration effect, I just cant get over it, the glow especially the new one with the blue my word it looks so gooooood!!!!!

I always wanted to know this!!! THANKS!!!!

Tenant's "I'm not ready", is iconic

I was at the con in Miami when they introduced Colin Baker saying his outfit was so loud a blind man would complain. 😂

What a breathtaking achievment! Thirteen minutes without a breath... very well done!

Matt smith and Moffat had a 4 season plan before smith pulled out after series 7

I have to say that I agree with Eccleston. He was my favorite doctor after falling in love with the series during Tom Baker's run. It took a whole season to make me shift favs but when Tennant took over I was heartbroken. Learning later about the conflicts with management I can see how he was not wrong and after Moffat took over everything Who began to fall apart.

I cant wait to meet Eccleston in Wellington this month

It's fascinating the amount of information you left out.

Capaldi and Whitaker seemed longer but that's because the showmakers decided to make less episodes and take extraordinarily long breaks between seasons. And while Matt Smith has said he's open to returning (assuming his work on House of the Dragon will allow it) he has said if he could he'd come back as the Master rather than the Doctor.

From what I remember, the Who movie on Fox failed because it was up against the series finale of "Rosanne", which was the biggest sitcom in the US at that time. Am I dreaming that?

The best Doctor - Peter Capaldi, he fit the part perfectly.

There’s a channel called The Who Look who did a video about this exact thing 7 days ago. This video on WhoCulture already has many tens of thousands more views than that video does. I don’t want to accuse this channel of skimming views from smaller channels by using their ideas right when they gain some popularity. However, the timing doesn’t look good. As a smaller channel myself, I do take this very seriously. Maybe I’m wrong and that channel is somehow connected to this one. However, could you guys please respond to this and offer any more insight if it’s there?

Why cite arteriosclerosis for Hartnell? That wasn't an issue at the time and not diagnosed until many years later. Producers had been trying to get rid of him ever since Verity Lambert left.

Jeez, how many channels do you guys have?

i wonder what matt wanted to do for his end, i would love to know more about his perspective on that part

Strong rumours that Moffat due to leave after S9 and BBC also ended PCaps contract at the same time but as Chibnell not ready and no other show runners suitable they begged Moff and Peter to come back for one more year.

Matt Smith was a fun doctor and it started to go down hill with Peter Capaldi. The show it died after he left.

Chris's Doctor was my favorite. He was dark. The show could have gone into a completely different direction, if stories brought out that darkness. But it's a kid show.

Capaldi I my doctor. Nothing against the other great doctors. He was one of the best actors in the role. May capaldi's be forever.

Can you do a video on Big Finish villains/monsters that should appear in the TV series? I want to nominate the Scorchies and Nobody No-One as possible picks.

John Pertwee’s son, Sean is a successful actor in his own right. He was Alfred in the Gotham tv series.

Matt Smith with Karen Gilan was m y all-time favourite pair.

I want doctor who to have random regenerations again, with classic who the seasons were random mostly and not all 3, it should be like that again

During the sixties, the series ran for 48 weeks a year. Hartnell's health briefly improved after leaving. Following a rest period he was able to complete a run in a stage play. An interview with him when he was in the play shows him to be sharp as a tack. It also shows just how different the character he built up for the Doctor was from him as himself. When Pertwee was offered the role, one of his conditions for accepting was that each series would have fewer episodes than previously. The BBC happily agr££d. His first year was 25 episodes. I've heard a few different versions of the motive behind, and circumstances around his pay rise request/demand, at least two of the differing versions being from Pertwee himself in interviews.

My problem with Eccleston and Whittaker as actors is the same. Neither wanted to play The Doctor. Eccleston told them that he didn't want to have to take anything from the past into consideration when playing the role. Whittaker said she'd never seen a full episode of any version of the show before she got the role. Eccleston was chosen because of his popularity at the time. Though even back then he had a reputation of being extremely difficult to work with. Despite being well known that he does not play nice with his castmates, nor producers, he seems to have constant work. The biggest problem with Whittaker's time was the aweful writing! Which, as show runner, I blame Chibnall for. He was handed a long legacy and rich back story, and he decided to toss it in the trash, light it on fire, then piss on the fans.

Perhaps my UK friends can tell me if i'm wrong, but what i heatd on Colin Baker was that, yes, he was asked back for the one show, but in UK television, you sign on for a season before, so if he did one Dr. Who episode, he would not have been available for other shows, essentially giving up a whole season of work/pay!

The thumbnails tripped me out

Tennant will never over stay his welcome haha

i would love to see something like the 50th anni show. where previous doctors or recordings of previous showed up. but in this stand alone episode special gala returns fully and same with the master. and the previous doctors and the current one elects new leaders and such. if not a stand alone episode then if the series does another 1989-2005 hiatus then the last episode should be that.

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Christopher was Fantastique 😢 I love so much Tenant and Smith, but I discovered the show with Christopher and he's the reason why I ended up to be (let's face it) a Whovian ❣️

this show is like that television thing, along with the horseless carriage...it will never last...I give it another 60...70 years, maybe

I rewatch series 12 at the moment, and i really have to say, that i love Jodie as the Doctor! But sadly, i dont like series 11 and 12 but she was phenomenal! For Sure i love all Doctor actors

Maybe with Gatwa, the 3 year precident can be ended or changed, but who knows?

0:53 - a very young Peter Purvis

Can anyone point me in the direction of the Matt Smith not liking his exit comments? I know he's expressed regret about leaving before, but I had no idea he'd said he wasn't a TotD fan.

Matt Smith in my opinion was the best ever Doctor.. My favourite anyway

Hold on Paul Mc gann Regenerated into the Warrior Doctor Played by John Hurt who only regenerated thanks to the Sisterhood of Kahn.

I liked brutalistic Eccleston, i liked intelelgent Tenant, i liked (but not that much) Smith and i liked all round good Capaldi. And f*ck everyone else before and after. Especially after.

New who's 20th anniversary should have 10 and 14 meet. Imagine the "What?!" 😂

Dr who is a fun role to play but it needs actors who can cut it in my opinion. A watered down actor is ruinous to the role as it causes fans to drift away. My favourites are patrick troughton(who I remember watching when he first took it on ) , he put some actual feeling into the role after William harnel left a rather selfish and unkind character behind, and David Tennant who put the drive back into the role after Christopher had revived it quite well.

She explained beautifully why so many viewers refuse to come back unless we see Eccleston.

I liked Jodie quite a bit, but she was the victim of Chibnall's poor writing.

Tennant is my favorite on screen Doctor and Eccelston is my favorite off screen Doctor.

I consider Pertwee to be The Avengers Doctor. The British Avengers, not the comic books one. I wish they would do that again.

What happened to the Marster actor, Roger Delgardo?

"a severe case of the glowy face"... love it...

Eccleston's case is very simple. He's a staunch advocate for worker rights, and wasn't a fan of Davies and co playing fast and loose with their safety and working conditions during the filming of Season 1. His leaving was basically a "You mistreated the people working alongside me, I'm not having that on principle".

I'm *so* happy Fox backed out of producing the show in the 90s. You just know they'd have given him a machine gun and put the tardis on monster truck tyres.

Jon Pertwee said in an interview he mainly left Dr Who as he wanted to play Worzel Gummage, a dream character role he always said he wanted to do. Still think Tom Baker was the definitive Doctor though.

Was Jo Grarnt in a Jodie episode?

Spot on, Ellie, and quite amusing. Regeneration is a severe case of glowy face. Cheers....

It's just so doctor who to be celebrating its twenty year anniversary two years after its sixtieth lol

I'm only seeing it now for the very first time to understand the culture surrounding, also did with Star Trek, but from I hear, it was mostly a case of an ridiculously low budget all around, writers changing, leads who offically signed for 3 seasons and when someone wanted to add something unique, the writers declined, the better part of Old Who was already done and the showriters had no choice but to stop it and hope for a better century, tehnology, budget and people with actual passion for it! The New Who had lots of amazing moments (mostly), some spin-offs (remember watching Sarah Jane as a kid) and now Disney finally pickes it and Disneyfies it... Shame that a show that has reconizeable things like the Tardis, the unique usage of the term "Doctor", companions had all around such a small budget and most of the time the actors needed to add personal chemistry to it to work... It would even deserve an animated Reboot, at least the better parts of each era

David Tennant and Matt Smith were good

Matt Smith is for me the best doctor to be on scene, love that man

all that talk about typecasting but I knew both Davidson and Pertwee for characters other than doctor who better. Pertwee for Wurzel Gummidge, All Creatures Great and Small

I started watching Dr. Who near the begining of Pertwee, thru Colin (hated it), never did get to see any McCoy, picked it back up with Eccleston and stopped watching after three episodes of Whittaker. This new Dr has 2 or 3 episodes to keep me.

There was nearly no baton left to pass on after Chibnall. Thats why they had to parachute Tennant in to try and bring it back to life.

"I see you've redecorated the TARDIS....I don't like it.". --2nd Doctor

I still don't quite believe that Pertwee went up to Shaun Sutton (despite their history) and asked for a pay-rise. Barry Letts was quick to pour scorn on that idea, because of the hierarchy in the BBC. But, for a man who was arguably the centre of his universe in many ways, it does sound like the kind of thing he might throw in to bolster his own value. That's not to denigrate Jon at all. It was obviously a very close knit at the time.