The great thing about the Matt Smith cameo in this dramatization is that he is green screened into the shot. The reason why is so if they want to air this story again down the line say for the 60th anniversary, they can replace Matt Smith with the current Doctor. So that the meaning and impact behind the cameo isn't lost, It started with William and its still going, The Doctor lives on and through the new incarnations so does Hartnell.
Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee started it all Then came Tom, Davison, Colin, Sylvester, Paul, Sir John, Chris, Matt, Capaldi, Jodie, David and Ncuti This song is ending, but the story never ends. 💙💙
though they sorta stuffed it up. They forgot to clip the console infront of the greenscreen so in one shot, you can see matt smith is actually greenscreened infront of it. @@THOMAS_VANN
To anyone confused by that "Avengers" line, it's not referring to the Marvel Comics. The Avengers was actually a 60s spy show that aired on UK television, years before Marvel decided to create a team of their heroes and also call them the Avengers!
Docu-drama. Billy Hartnell said up to his death said that the Doctor and the Show would last forever, and his was a nod to it. During the first regeneration the Tardis controls moved by them self. Which are the same ones Matt moves in this special.
Seeing Eleven, standing there with One. He looks so young. I mean, I know how Eleven *looks* younger, but he really does seem older. It's weird to describe.
eva44940 If I recall correctly from Russell T. Davies’ (Showrunner & head writer from 2005-2010 and main force for bringing back DW) book that those names were a last minute change as Verity had just passed before shooting the episode. Very fitting, as they literally _were_ the parents of The Doctor.
“One day I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.” ― William Hartnell
That last scene always gets me. It was like Hartnell was worried for the future of this show that he loved so much, and Matt being there was proof that his legacy would live on for over half a century. Like a vision of the future showing that everything would be okay
@@Hawk_of_Battle Yep the footage for that moment does exist thanks to someone back then pointing a wind up film camera at their TV. (I've found a copy of it included in someone's jokey video ruclips.net/video/Xa_pmYNEFAI/видео.html ) Matt isn't operating the exact same switches in question (I think they took a few liberties with the appearance of the console for AAIST) but he is facing the correct panel. Plotwise it was never explained why the TARDIS was operating itself at the end of 10th Planet. It's always been one of those longstanding unanswered questions only OCD fans would ask. It just so happens that Mark Gatiss IS one such OCD fan! Makes for a unique moment within a moment!
@@CountScarlioni it has been established as early as the THIRD story, edge of destruction, that the TARDIS is alive, this was the first true hint of it!If memory serves me, we dont actually hear her talking until 4th but moving on her own shes done almost from the beginning
On the topic of cameos: Two big ones are William Russell (the actor who played Ian who is one of the doctor's first companions) and Carole Ann Ford (the actress who played his granddaughter Susan).
Playing, respectively, the security guard at BBC Television Centre and the mum calling her kids back in to watch the show. Nicholas Briggs (who's voiced the Daleks since the show came back) also played, well, the guy voicing the Daleks ;). And Anneke Wills (who played Polly, one of the 1st Doctor's companions when he regenerated) is at "Verity"'s leaving do. There're probably others too.
@@anonymes2884 Jean Marsh, who played Sara Kingdom in 'The Daleks Mater Plan', Princess Joanna in 'The Crusades' and Morgaine in 'Battlefield' (a span of 24 years), was also at the party.
And Mark "Marco Polo" Eden as the BBC executive telling Sydney Newman to can the show. Oh, nearly forgot, that is Jeff Rawle from the Davison Era story "Frontios" as Mervyn Pinfield. In this fictionalised account, the character also stands in for original Who Story/Script Editor David Whitaker. Brian Cox provided the voice of the Ood Elder in part one of "The End Of Time".
This right here is the most heart-wrenching DW thing I've ever seen. I remember sobbing when he said "I don't want to go." Doctor Who may be SciFi, but it's made from magic.
Fun piece of trivia. Back in the 60's my granddad was a bus driver and his route took him past the workshop where the Dalek props for the early stories were built so he got to be one of the first people to see the Daleks as they were being rolled out to the lorries.
Hartnell watching Matt Smith pressing the buttons is such a beautiful visual metaphor, the peace he gets from knowing in that moment that everything’s going to be ok, the character will always be in the hands of someone who values it as much as he does.
@@johnellisbushbush and to date he is the ONLY one that they've been unable to make a decent match for. Bradley is a very worthy match for 1st, SEAN Pertwee is the living image of his father, 2nd is a problem
"It's like getting to see the First Doctor again... What a great actor to play him too!" - Heheheheheheh. Right. "I keep thinking Matt Smith's gonna show up at the end." - Well Jesus, I guess we've got a whole crew of psychics in here today. THEY CAN SEE THE FUTURE.
This is why I hated: 'Series 11.' When Reactors say stuff like, hey this would be cool to have later, then we can giggle, because we know that it will happen, and we can get hyped for their reaction to it. Spoilers: We can get hyped to see The Return of The Master, and Davros, and The Other Master, and The First Doctor, and then we're going to have one last season, with pretty much nothing in it.
@@booradley8895 Except, maybe, to increase the chances of getting it seen. Everyone pretty much knows by this point, that: 'Series 11,' has had quite the negative response. Whether you're one of the couple Hundred or Thousand people that actually did like this season for some reason, and like to deny it, or not, it's true. However, the people who are rightfully criticizing it are not getting their voices heard well. Especially, not from the higher-ups. And the most likely reason for this, is because of that everyone instantly assumes anyone who has anything negative to say about the first season to star a female actress, is complaining because it is the first season to star a female actress. I think it's about time that changed.
@@carealoo744 I did like series 11 but no it was certainly not the best.But luckily I have my own mind and if I like something then I do not need somebody to tell me that I didn't
My favorite cameo is at the beginning. The guard who asked to see Sydney's pass was played by William Russell, who played Ian Chesterton, the male companion who appeared as a character in this movie and is one of my all-time favorites.
Aaron the moth/butterfly creatures were the Menoptra who fought human sized ants called Zarbi's in the second season story the Web Planet which was my own introduction to Doctor Who aged 7 in 1965.
Aww brilliant reaction guys, did anyone notice, Sydney Newman and Verity lambert those names were used on doctor who series ep 8 Human Nature, the doctor aka John Smith, says his father Sydney and his mother Verity it was a call back to them and in the Christmas ep voyage of the damned at the very end of it, it says in memory of Verity lambert OBE 1935-2007 cause in this ep at the ending it did say Verity died 2007, plus can't wait for Mon tue then specially wed for day of the doctor, the hype is real,
So Verity passed after the start of New Who? If she was blessed with her mental faculties to the end, I'd love to hear what she thought of the restart, pro or con.
Donald Watson Verity was very much of sound mind when she passed just before her 72nd birthday of cancer. Russell T. Davies, in his book on his time running DW (“A Writer’s Tale”, a treasure trove of 704 pages of primarily Who material) mentions how she got the chance to view S1 of New Who and was immensely pleased that it was back as well as the quality of the acting, writing and production.
This hits so, SO hard when you've actually seen the seasons with William Hartnell, at some points I had to go back a few seconds to properly watch the reaction because I was tearing up so much
I feel like Lono is usually too good at this kind of thing for that to be a mistake, so it might be some kind of joke or reference, but I gotta admit I got absolutely no idea wtf it means.
That confused the heck out of me too. I actually paused the video and waited when I saw the circle came up. Took me a second to realize what had happened.
By the way for more context, The Daleks are based on the nazis and most of the people making the show were veterans. So when they pictured the gun and the exterminate it was like a war flash back
It is true that Kennedy was shot the day before the premier was aired and the figires were low because of that and thats why the BBC wanted to stop DW! but Verity insisted that the first episode was re-aired before the second episode.
I think the guys should be told (or maybe they'll work it out in season 8 Listen) that the Doctor is a *Gallifreyan* with the *Rank* of Time Lord. Only those who pass the academy were given regeneration, so I always thought Susan could never regenerate since she was merely a Gallifreyan?
Neither the Doctor nor Susan were 'Gallifreyans' when the first doctor era was aired, the Time Lords aren't mentioned until Troughton's last episode and Gallifrey not until Pertwee's last season. Considering how inconsistent the show is with all of it's canon (I should clarify I don't think this is a flaw particularly) I'm not sure it would be helpful to start imposing all this lore on them just to make them confused later.
Not true. Passing the Academy isn't what gives regenerations. It does grant the Time Lord rank. But there is also a Time Lord species (Gallifreyans with triple helix DNA). The species of Time Lords are the ones with regenerations. 2 examples; Susan isn't a Time Lord in species (but is in rank) and she can't regenerate. Rassilon is a Time Lord in species (not in rank as the Academy was founded after his death so he clearly never graduated) and he can regenerate.
Travis Poirier yes I know “passing the academy” doesn’t directly give them regenerations, I always thought it was bestowed by rassilon upon those who passed, since wasn’t he the one who discovered/invented regeneration?
@@ProEllusionist Rassilon was dead during the majority of the Academy's existence so it'd be impossible for him to give regenerations. Rassilon was dead and only came back during the Eighth Doctor's era (other than the hologram of Rassilon in The Five Doctors). In truth, Rassilon genetically altered some Gallifreyans which gave them regenerations, a longer lifespan, etc. But he never changed all of them. The Academy was founded long after his death and had the six chapters all made in honour of the six founders of Time Lord society. The Prydonian Chapter was the one made in honour of Rassilon.
There were loads of cameos of classic companions etc in this story for example the BBC guard was William Russell, one of the original companions Ian, and Susan, the doctors grand daughter was in it as the mother calling her children...
the death on Kennedy didn't air around the time the first episode aired, It was the same day. Thank god they reaired the first episode a week later. Or else Doctor Who woulda died right then and there.
Aw wow I need to rewatch this. What a gorgeous little tv film! Mark Gatiss smashes it out the park yet again! Also the guy shouting into the Daleks by Big Ben was played by Ian Hallard who is Mark Gatiss' husband 😄 and you've not seen the last of Gatiss himself in front of the camera either 😉
"One day... I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward with all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine."
Fun fact: A friend of mine from university is actually the godson of a friend of david bradly and we were both in a documentary together, me and david bradley and when it premired I actually got a chance to meet david bradly, really is one of the sweetest people ever.
Crying laughing at the idea of daleks being like U WOT M8 I love David Bradley and as Eric said he's usually portraying grouchy old men... but fuck when he's vulnerable he breaks my heart. Just like his character in Broadchurch. He's so underrated. Comedy (Hot Fuzz), Villain (GoT)... vulnerable old man. The Matt Smith moment is so classic. I remember going through different emotions in a few seconds. Surprise, amusement, confusion, sadness, happiness. I feel like that bit is William Hartnell imagining how his legacy will continue on for decades. He's passing on the baton every actor who plays the Doctor is going to have to go through that experience every day.
April 2019 Game of Thrones Season 8 Avengers: Endgame The 100 Season 6 begins Blind wave watches Day of the Doctor This might be the best month of my life
I hadn't seen this in so long so I genuinely forgot about the Matt smith scene and found myself tearing up along with Eric. So glad you guys did this one!!!
Good job guys! History and art note: When Sydney was reading about Daleks, the gun being fired was an old German Luger. This is important because WWII had finished about 17 prior and the Daleks were a metaphor for the Nazis. I know that was the writer's intention of the Daleks as I was lucky enough to meet Terry Nation at a convention in the early '80s (yes, I am that old )
The actors who played Ian and Susan the first Doctor's companions had cameos as well. Think there were a couple more hidden in there but those were the two I remember for sure.
In regards to lost episodes, most missing episodes come from seasons 3-5. Most of the first season, including the premiere serial and the first serial with the Daleks, are preserved in the archive.
It's called a Docudrama. Doctor Who aired at the same time as the JFK Assassination which resulted Verity Lambert pushing Sydney Newman to re air the show a week later. Sydney came up with the idea of regeneration because the show was doing so well but William Hartnell couldn't remember his lines anymore. Doctor Who was set up to fail from the beginning but ended up being BBC's biggest show. Doctor Who also originally was supposed to be an educational show that taught kids about historic events, that's why Sydney said no robots or bug eyed monsters. Susan continues to travel with the Doctor and her two teachers until the 1964 serial, The Dalek Invasion of Earth. During the events of that story, Susan falls in love with David Campbell (Peter Fraser), a young freedom fighter in the 22nd century. However, Susan feels that she has to stay with and take care of her grandfather. The Doctor, realising that Susan is now a grown woman and deserves a future away from him, locks her out of the TARDIS and leaves after a tearful farewell.
It was actually innes lloyd who came up with the idea of regeneration, after a failed attempt by John wiles to replace hartnell (without explanation) in the celestial toymaker
When Matt Smith appeared at the end, that's when I started sobbing. It was the combination of that ending and what that meant along with knowing that he was leaving, I couldn't hold back the tears.
About the JFK assassination disrupting the premier... It also delayed the opening of a movie about a sinister plot to assassinate the president, "The Manchurian Candidate"
The story with Susan and David is "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth", the second story in the second series. Sacha Dhawan who played Warris Hussain also played The Master in the latest series of Doctor Who.
Susan for the most part after the Doctor left her, Lived a Normal Life. She got Married,Had Kids, Grandkids she isnt really seen or heard till some audio/Book story with the 8th Doctor.
There are a couple of cameos. Carole Ann Ford, who played Susan, plays a mother in one brief shot and the comedy security guard is William Russell, who played Ian. Legend has it that they had to lie about his cameo because they'd never have got insurance for him otherwise, because he's in his 90s.
The attendent at BBC Centre telling them off for parking badly is William Russell who played Ian Chesterton. Carol Ann Ford (Susan) made a cameo appearance as the mother Joyce rounding her children up. Several actors and actressess from throughout Doctor Who history appear in cameos in the party scene.
would you consider reacting or even just watching the comic relief red nose day, doctor who mini episode starring rowan atkenson (mr bean) from 1999 ? it was called The curse of fatal death. it is really really funny : )
While Susan is from Galifrey it's never been confirmed if she is a time lord/lady or not (Time Lord/Lady is a rank not a race). SPOILERS last Susan was seen (outside of the 5 Doctors) she went off to live a life on Earth with a man she met in Earth's future.
I ADORE the symbolism of Hartnell seeing Matt, it obviously didn’t happen but it’s more symbolic than anything, it shows that if it had been possible that I think William would’ve been very proud and happy that the legacy HE began continues on to this day
Thanks for your reactions to this one - watched that very first one (twice in a week) when 14 with my brother 8 and family. How Time flies! Lots of stuff in this such as: the ominous 4 knocks on his car window.
The moment Matt Smith showed up, was a visualisation of a Hartnell Quote. When they told him he would be replaced, he said something like "With the right concept, this show is still running in 40years" He knew :) Thanks Mr Hartnell for nailing the Part.
23:23 Susan (the Doctors granddaughter and her real name apparently being ‘Arkiyitor’ which means ‘Rose’ 😏😏) escaped Gallifrey with the Doctor and travelled with him until reaching Earth. She became a student there until 2 of her teachers found out who she and the Doctor really were, so the Doctor kidnaps them and that’s where their journey starts. Susan leaves in ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’. Up until then she had always had a very young personality who was still getting used to the world. But in TDIOE she meets a man called David, who she falls in love with. The Doctor realises it’s time to let go of her because she became much more independent (hence the very famous Goodbye speech in Doctor Who is performed by the Doctor). Susan has only once been seen again and that was in ‘The Five Doctors’, but actress Carole Ann Ford (who played Susan) has expressed interest in coming back to her role.
The original footage has been lost, but with when the First Doctor regenerated, the TARDIS controls moved on their own. I have heard that they had Matt Smith move those same controls ^_^
The BBC had a policy of disposing of programmes once they were no longer of value. That was pretty much once any overseas sales had been completed as shows were not typically repeated in the domestic market. The masters were on 2" magnetic tape that was both expensive and bulky to store so it made sense to reuse the media. The broadcasters (and the BBC were not unusual in this policy) could not have foreseen the rise of home video and the potential value of these old shows, especially as the rise of colour television made the older black and white programmes almost impossible to sell. If everything had gone to plan, none of the 60s episodes would have existed--they should all have been scrapped. The master tapes should have been wiped and the 16mm prints used for overseas sales were supposed to be destroyed after final transmission (the practice was that each broadcaster would post the film reels on to the next after airing thus saving on film prints and postage until the last who was responsible for disposal either by destroying the print themselves or returning it to London for destruction). In fact, a number of master tapes were found decades later either misfiled or just put away in odd places and many broadcasters didn't bother to destroy or return the overseas prints some of which were discovered 20 or 30 years later tucked away in cupboards and stores around the world from Africa to Hong Kong. A complete set of audio recordings exists thanks to enthusiasts who recorded the soundtrack off-air. Still photographs also exist for most stories due to the work of an inventor (John Cura) who had an automatic camera system set up to capture a still image every few seconds throughout the broadcast schedule. He termed these tele-snaps and continued to produce them for over 20 years selling the resulting photographs to actors, production staff and broadcasters (ironically, including the BBC themselves) for their portfolios. After his death his widow apparently offered the 250,000 photograph archive to the BBC who turned her down and they were subsequently destroyed. Fortunately, many copies were still in the hands of the original artists and staff. These audio recordings and telesnaps form the basis of the reconstructions of missing episodes. No tele-snaps have been found for some stories, presumably because Cura either failed to sell any or they have been lost after sale.
Documents of the time indicate that John wiles (producer during early season 3) didn't order telesnaps Thus, they were never made, so cannot be found He already stopped altogether during season 6,and died not long after The only missing episode we know for certain was telesnapped but no longer exists is Marco polo episode 4
I always come back to your reaction to this. Had to come back to it today after finding out that the man who tells Sidney that he is only to do the 4 they have in production is Mark Eden who played Marco Polo in season 1 of Classic Who (the first of the 'missing' episodes).
The great thing about the Matt Smith cameo in this dramatization is that he is green screened into the shot. The reason why is so if they want to air this story again down the line say for the 60th anniversary, they can replace Matt Smith with the current Doctor. So that the meaning and impact behind the cameo isn't lost, It started with William and its still going, The Doctor lives on and through the new incarnations so does Hartnell.
Ooh, that's why they did that, I always thought it was weird!
That makes much more sense
Now the future doctor for the 60th is a past doctor
Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee started it all
Then came Tom, Davison, Colin, Sylvester, Paul, Sir John, Chris, Matt, Capaldi, Jodie, David and Ncuti
This song is ending, but the story never ends.
💙💙
i still cant believe how good the green screen is
though they sorta stuffed it up. They forgot to clip the console infront of the greenscreen so in one shot, you can see matt smith is actually greenscreened infront of it. @@THOMAS_VANN
To anyone confused by that "Avengers" line, it's not referring to the Marvel Comics. The Avengers was actually a 60s spy show that aired on UK television, years before Marvel decided to create a team of their heroes and also call them the Avengers!
It's actually why the UK release of the first Avengers film is called "Avengers Assemble" and everywhere else it's called "The Avengers".
Also remade into a film with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes in the late 90s. Not great unfortunately (IMO).
@@anonymes2884 Yeah, since it was also the beginning of the end for Connery's career too.
Mr. M Echoes of 'Captain Marvel'...
@@Hawk_of_Battle He had a good run, turned down Gandalf because he didn't 'get-it'.
The idea of a dalek saying "You wot mate!?" to the doctor had me in stitches 😂
Great, now I'm imagining a Monty Python-esque Dalek skit with them all sounding like typical brits arguing about shit.
@@Hawk_of_Battle "Daleks!!!! If you want my lifes! Come.... and get them!!!!!"
Dalek: You WOT Mate!?! *chavy tone*
i genuinely want to see a DW parody with daleks speaking in that tone of voice, with capaldi or david as the doctor.
"The Universe generally fails to be a fairy tale"
"But that's where we come in"
Docu-drama.
Billy Hartnell said up to his death said that the Doctor and the Show would last forever, and his was a nod to it. During the first regeneration the Tardis controls moved by them self. Which are the same ones Matt moves in this special.
Oh my goodness, I love that! If I ever see that last episode, I'm gonna force my mind to think it's Matt's invisible presence moving it. : )
@@aureliaansah1462 Me too
Wow i never noticed that! That’s so cool.
Oh i didn't know that 😭😭😭
Seeing Eleven, standing there with One. He looks so young. I mean, I know how Eleven *looks* younger, but he really does seem older. It's weird to describe.
in Human nature ep. when the Dr. is asked about his parents, he says they were Sydney and Verity :'(
eva44940 If I recall correctly from Russell T. Davies’ (Showrunner & head writer from 2005-2010 and main force for bringing back DW) book that those names were a last minute change as Verity had just passed before shooting the episode. Very fitting, as they literally _were_ the parents of The Doctor.
“One day I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.”
― William Hartnell
Gets me every time
~ _”Flashpoint”_ - 26th December 1964
That last scene always gets me. It was like Hartnell was worried for the future of this show that he loved so much, and Matt being there was proof that his legacy would live on for over half a century. Like a vision of the future showing that everything would be okay
Funny thing? Those switches Matt Smith is playing with in that scene? In the original footage from way back when, they're moving on their own.
@@wittyreviewer I've heard that before, but not sure I believe it. Does that footage still exist?
@@Hawk_of_Battle Yep the footage for that moment does exist thanks to someone back then pointing a wind up film camera at their TV. (I've found a copy of it included in someone's jokey video ruclips.net/video/Xa_pmYNEFAI/видео.html )
Matt isn't operating the exact same switches in question (I think they took a few liberties with the appearance of the console for AAIST) but he is facing the correct panel. Plotwise it was never explained why the TARDIS was operating itself at the end of 10th Planet. It's always been one of those longstanding unanswered questions only OCD fans would ask.
It just so happens that Mark Gatiss IS one such OCD fan! Makes for a unique moment within a moment!
@@Hawk_of_Battle yes
@@CountScarlioni it has been established as early as the THIRD story, edge of destruction, that the TARDIS is alive, this was the first true hint of it!If memory serves me, we dont actually hear her talking until 4th but moving on her own shes done almost from the beginning
Eric trying not to break down into tears is a mood
Ace Creeper it’s a struggle... wonder if he’ll make it through the 50th and Twice Upon A Time
Or the episode after the 50th.
Eric always sets me off. Shane too but he is rarer to see go.
Ace Creeper!! How the hell did I not realize that you were the top comment!?
NO WAY! HEY MAN!
On the topic of cameos: Two big ones are William Russell (the actor who played Ian who is one of the doctor's first companions) and Carole Ann Ford (the actress who played his granddaughter Susan).
Playing, respectively, the security guard at BBC Television Centre and the mum calling her kids back in to watch the show.
Nicholas Briggs (who's voiced the Daleks since the show came back) also played, well, the guy voicing the Daleks ;). And Anneke Wills (who played Polly, one of the 1st Doctor's companions when he regenerated) is at "Verity"'s leaving do. There're probably others too.
@@anonymes2884 Jean Marsh, who played Sara Kingdom in 'The Daleks Mater Plan', Princess Joanna in 'The Crusades' and Morgaine in 'Battlefield' (a span of 24 years), was also at the party.
Anneke Wills (Polly) is also at Verity's leaving party too.
@@MrPaulMorris Ah nice, I knew there'd be someone i'd missed.
And Mark "Marco Polo" Eden as the BBC executive telling Sydney Newman to can the show. Oh, nearly forgot, that is Jeff Rawle from the Davison Era story "Frontios" as Mervyn Pinfield. In this fictionalised account, the character also stands in for original Who Story/Script Editor David Whitaker. Brian Cox provided the voice of the Ood Elder in part one of "The End Of Time".
Real men cry during this movie. That Matt Smith cameo brought me to tears.
Me too.
One of the rare instances where I gasped in shock during a TV show. And then immediately started crying.
I don't want to go..... the words that will be haunting them for next couple of days
domino2097 Not when Spidey comes back
@@PhillipNguyenRUclips What?
carealoo744 infinity war reference.
@@JamesCPotter13 Oh. Yeah.
Heh, Heh! :)
This right here is the most heart-wrenching DW thing I've ever seen. I remember sobbing when he said "I don't want to go." Doctor Who may be SciFi, but it's made from magic.
Fun piece of trivia. Back in the 60's my granddad was a bus driver and his route took him past the workshop where the Dalek props for the early stories were built so he got to be one of the first people to see the Daleks as they were being rolled out to the lorries.
Wonder if any of those kids freaked out lol.
Well apparently the workmen would mess around with the Daleks while they were wheeling them around, shouting "Exterminate!" at people.
That ending still makes me tear up
Hartnell watching Matt Smith pressing the buttons is such a beautiful visual metaphor, the peace he gets from knowing in that moment that everything’s going to be ok, the character will always be in the hands of someone who values it as much as he does.
27:15 That pen flip was smooth as hell
Witchcraft!
@@whereami2477 I understood that reference.
You should see him flipping a lightsaber
David Bradley is outstanding is this
Shame they couldn’t find someone that could capture Patrick Troughton they way Bradley captures Hartnell but he’s only in it for a few minutes
Troughton is played by one of 'The League of Gentlemen', right?
@@johnellisbushbush and to date he is the ONLY one that they've been unable to make a decent match for. Bradley is a very worthy match for 1st, SEAN Pertwee is the living image of his father, 2nd is a problem
@@julieeverett7442 He’s just too unique
@@kdmedia1534 very true
"It's like getting to see the First Doctor again... What a great actor to play him too!" - Heheheheheheh. Right.
"I keep thinking Matt Smith's gonna show up at the end." - Well Jesus, I guess we've got a whole crew of psychics in here today. THEY CAN SEE THE FUTURE.
Well, if someone looks into the Time Vortex too long... :)
This is why I hated: 'Series 11.'
When Reactors say stuff like, hey this would be cool to have later, then we can giggle, because we know that it will happen, and we can get hyped for their reaction to it.
Spoilers:
We can get hyped to see The Return of The Master, and Davros, and The Other Master, and The First Doctor, and then we're going to have one last season, with pretty much nothing in it.
@@carealoo744 No need to keep repeating your comment
@@booradley8895 Except, maybe, to increase the chances of getting it seen. Everyone pretty much knows by this point, that: 'Series 11,' has had quite the negative response. Whether you're one of the couple Hundred or Thousand people that actually did like this season for some reason, and like to deny it, or not, it's true.
However, the people who are rightfully criticizing it are not getting their voices heard well. Especially, not from the higher-ups. And the most likely reason for this, is because of that everyone instantly assumes anyone who has anything negative to say about the first season to star a female actress, is complaining because it is the first season to star a female actress.
I think it's about time that changed.
@@carealoo744 I did like series 11 but no it was certainly not the best.But luckily I have my own mind and if I like something then I do not need somebody to tell me that I didn't
"I could totally see him playing the First Doctor".... yeah, about that
The fact that the one playing the director went on to be on the show...amazing.
''I don't want to go.''
Gets me every time. (T-T)
He always says that!
I found it much sadder when David said it than when David said it
My favorite cameo is at the beginning. The guard who asked to see Sydney's pass was played by William Russell, who played Ian Chesterton, the male companion who appeared as a character in this movie and is one of my all-time favorites.
Seeing you guys gush over David Bradley (rightly so) makes me want you guys to react to Broadchurch, such a great show
I so wanna see a Broadchurch reaction I think they'd love it
I'd love them to, but I think it would be too slow for them. I've heard a lot of Americans say that. (They're wrong. It's just right. :D)
"We've seen the entire run of the 8th Doctor"
Not yet you have. ;-)
big finish
The audios
Just a note, you listen to big Big Finish.
@@cutthr0atjake whats ur fav big finish story
Aaron the moth/butterfly creatures were the Menoptra who fought human sized ants called Zarbi's in the second season story the Web Planet which was my own introduction to Doctor Who aged 7 in 1965.
You guys should of reacted to The Five(ISH) Doctors Reboot.
It is so good and funny
Patrick Troughton's surname is pronounced Trout-un.
My parents just called him "Moe Howard"
Aww brilliant reaction guys, did anyone notice, Sydney Newman and Verity lambert those names were used on doctor who series ep 8 Human Nature, the doctor aka John Smith, says his father Sydney and his mother Verity it was a call back to them and in the Christmas ep voyage of the damned at the very end of it, it says in memory of Verity lambert OBE 1935-2007 cause in this ep at the ending it did say Verity died 2007, plus can't wait for Mon tue then specially wed for day of the doctor, the hype is real,
So Verity passed after the start of New Who? If she was blessed with her mental faculties to the end, I'd love to hear what she thought of the restart, pro or con.
@@donaldwatson7698 She did a commentary for the An Unearthly Child DVD in which she mentions the restart.
@@denmaroca2584 Excellent! I shall have to look for it.
Donald Watson Verity was very much of sound mind when she passed just before her 72nd birthday of cancer. Russell T. Davies, in his book on his time running DW (“A Writer’s Tale”, a treasure trove of 704 pages of primarily Who material) mentions how she got the chance to view S1 of New Who and was immensely pleased that it was back as well as the quality of the acting, writing and production.
Also, the granddaughter of Joan Redfern, the one who published the journal in _"The End of Time"_ is called Verity Newman.
This hits so, SO hard when you've actually seen the seasons with William Hartnell, at some points I had to go back a few seconds to properly watch the reaction because I was tearing up so much
wowow, what the f happened with the half loading in the beginning? 🤔
I feel like Lono is usually too good at this kind of thing for that to be a mistake, so it might be some kind of joke or reference, but I gotta admit I got absolutely no idea wtf it means.
They forgot to say something so it was edited in, in a fun way.
That confused the heck out of me too. I actually paused the video and waited when I saw the circle came up. Took me a second to realize what had happened.
I was so confused!
It's Lono fucking with us.
It cracked me up when I realised the Dalek operator keeps the Dalek eye following the guy he’s talking to even when the camera is off
The actress who played Verity also played the woman in Hide a few episodes back.
By the way for more context, The Daleks are based on the nazis and most of the people making the show were veterans. So when they pictured the gun and the exterminate it was like a war flash back
It's worth remembering that Bill knew the show would go on and made a return to the show in "the 3 doctors"
correct
15:36 You did see more. At 8:55 Nicholas Briggs (current voice of the Daleks) cameoed as Peter Hawkins (original voice of the Daleks)
It is true that Kennedy was shot the day before the premier was aired and the figires were low because of that and thats why the BBC wanted to stop DW! but Verity insisted that the first episode was re-aired before the second episode.
Sydney Newman actually didn't use the catchphrase "pop pop pop" he would actually swear in meetings and shit
He would shit in meetings?
i love this so much. that ending was even better since shane guessed it earlier
I think the guys should be told (or maybe they'll work it out in season 8 Listen) that the Doctor is a *Gallifreyan* with the *Rank* of Time Lord. Only those who pass the academy were given regeneration, so I always thought Susan could never regenerate since she was merely a Gallifreyan?
dunno if it makes a difference, but I'm almost certain that 10 said he's "highborn Gallifreyan".
Neither the Doctor nor Susan were 'Gallifreyans' when the first doctor era was aired, the Time Lords aren't mentioned until Troughton's last episode and Gallifrey not until Pertwee's last season. Considering how inconsistent the show is with all of it's canon (I should clarify I don't think this is a flaw particularly) I'm not sure it would be helpful to start imposing all this lore on them just to make them confused later.
Not true. Passing the Academy isn't what gives regenerations. It does grant the Time Lord rank. But there is also a Time Lord species (Gallifreyans with triple helix DNA). The species of Time Lords are the ones with regenerations. 2 examples; Susan isn't a Time Lord in species (but is in rank) and she can't regenerate. Rassilon is a Time Lord in species (not in rank as the Academy was founded after his death so he clearly never graduated) and he can regenerate.
Travis Poirier yes I know “passing the academy” doesn’t directly give them regenerations, I always thought it was bestowed by rassilon upon those who passed, since wasn’t he the one who discovered/invented regeneration?
@@ProEllusionist Rassilon was dead during the majority of the Academy's existence so it'd be impossible for him to give regenerations. Rassilon was dead and only came back during the Eighth Doctor's era (other than the hologram of Rassilon in The Five Doctors).
In truth, Rassilon genetically altered some Gallifreyans which gave them regenerations, a longer lifespan, etc. But he never changed all of them. The Academy was founded long after his death and had the six chapters all made in honour of the six founders of Time Lord society. The Prydonian Chapter was the one made in honour of Rassilon.
There were loads of cameos of classic companions etc in this story for example the BBC guard was William Russell, one of the original companions Ian, and Susan, the doctors grand daughter was in it as the mother calling her children...
Sydney Newman was a Canadian...
So, “Doctor Who” was created by one of my fellow hosers... 🇨🇦
And Terry Nation invented the Daleks...
Mark Gatiss is also the actor who played Mycroft Holmes on "Sherlock"
the death on Kennedy didn't air around the time the first episode aired, It was the same day. Thank god they reaired the first episode a week later. Or else Doctor Who woulda died right then and there.
The day before. The 22nd of November was when Kennedy was shot and 23rd was when Doctor Who’s first episode was broadcast.
I always find this special so beautiful. It’ll never get old. Plucks at the heartstrings so well.
What's the next episode? Night of The Doctor, right? I'm buzzing with anticipation 🤪
Aw wow I need to rewatch this. What a gorgeous little tv film! Mark Gatiss smashes it out the park yet again! Also the guy shouting into the Daleks by Big Ben was played by Ian Hallard who is Mark Gatiss' husband 😄 and you've not seen the last of Gatiss himself in front of the camera either 😉
I'm wondering if they'll watch the Five-ish Doctors after Day....
They better! It's so good!
it's not on the schedule but i really hope they will so we should all shout about it in the hopes they see it and watch it
@@attckonutube on the discord i believe
domino2097 I presume the schedule includes Night of the Doctor and The Last Day?
@@attckonutube docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GkY-gnWCo-H10nIoeQeEdsawDdaeM9OOKGwwx1TDiHU/edit?usp=drivesdk
soo will they react to the "Five-ish Doctor Reboot" at some point or not?
I bloody hope so!
@@ListerDavid Fingers Crossed
if they do it has to be after the day of the doctor
Yeah. But still it would be a fun reaction. I really hope they watch it
"One day... I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward with all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine."
David Bradley also played the villain on the episode "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship."
Fun fact: A friend of mine from university is actually the godson of a friend of david bradly and we were both in a documentary together, me and david bradley and when it premired I actually got a chance to meet david bradly, really is one of the sweetest people ever.
I cry every time I watch it too. It's SO beautiful.
Crying laughing at the idea of daleks being like U WOT M8
I love David Bradley and as Eric said he's usually portraying grouchy old men... but fuck when he's vulnerable he breaks my heart. Just like his character in Broadchurch. He's so underrated. Comedy (Hot Fuzz), Villain (GoT)... vulnerable old man.
The Matt Smith moment is so classic. I remember going through different emotions in a few seconds. Surprise, amusement, confusion, sadness, happiness.
I feel like that bit is William Hartnell imagining how his legacy will continue on for decades. He's passing on the baton every actor who plays the Doctor is going to have to go through that experience every day.
Coming back to this reaction because they’ve made a change to the ending I would love to see the crew react to
April 2019
Game of Thrones Season 8
Avengers: Endgame
The 100 Season 6 begins
Blind wave watches Day of the Doctor
This might be the best month of my life
I hadn't seen this in so long so I genuinely forgot about the Matt smith scene and found myself tearing up along with Eric. So glad you guys did this one!!!
Good job guys! History and art note: When Sydney was reading about Daleks, the gun being fired was an old German Luger. This is important because WWII had finished about 17 prior and the Daleks were a metaphor for the Nazis. I know that was the writer's intention of the Daleks as I was lucky enough to meet Terry Nation at a convention in the early '80s (yes, I am that old )
I’m way too hyped for you to watch the anniversary
The part about the TARDIS design and the round things was great.
I love round things, what are the round things?
@@jeckjeck3119 No idea
The actors who played Ian and Susan the first Doctor's companions had cameos as well. Think there were a couple more hidden in there but those were the two I remember for sure.
In regards to lost episodes, most missing episodes come from seasons 3-5. Most of the first season, including the premiere serial and the first serial with the Daleks, are preserved in the archive.
It's called a Docudrama. Doctor Who aired at the same time as the JFK Assassination which resulted Verity Lambert pushing Sydney Newman to re air the show a week later. Sydney came up with the idea of regeneration because the show was doing so well but William Hartnell couldn't remember his lines anymore.
Doctor Who was set up to fail from the beginning but ended up being BBC's biggest show. Doctor Who also originally was supposed to be an educational show that taught kids about historic events, that's why Sydney said no robots or bug eyed monsters.
Susan continues to travel with the Doctor and her two teachers until the 1964 serial, The Dalek Invasion of Earth. During the events of that story, Susan falls in love with David Campbell (Peter Fraser), a young freedom fighter in the 22nd century. However, Susan feels that she has to stay with and take care of her grandfather. The Doctor, realising that Susan is now a grown woman and deserves a future away from him, locks her out of the TARDIS and leaves after a tearful farewell.
It was actually innes lloyd who came up with the idea of regeneration, after a failed attempt by John wiles to replace hartnell (without explanation) in the celestial toymaker
God-damn buffering fake-out.
Got me good
When Matt Smith appeared at the end, that's when I started sobbing. It was the combination of that ending and what that meant along with knowing that he was leaving, I couldn't hold back the tears.
About the JFK assassination disrupting the premier... It also delayed the opening of a movie about a sinister plot to assassinate the president, "The Manchurian Candidate"
10 million viewers at the time was aproximately 1/3 of the british population
I like how David Bradley has become the go to to play the first Doctor. He really does a good job playing the first doctor.
Great episode. Now that's left is the night of the doctor and the day of the doctor.
1:21 SHIT, I've watched this reaction multiple times, WHY DID THE BUFFERING GET ME??!?!?!?
The story with Susan and David is "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth", the second story in the second series. Sacha Dhawan who played Warris Hussain also played The Master in the latest series of Doctor Who.
Susan for the most part after the Doctor left her, Lived a Normal Life. She got Married,Had Kids, Grandkids she isnt really seen or heard till some audio/Book story with the 8th Doctor.
There are a couple of cameos. Carole Ann Ford, who played Susan, plays a mother in one brief shot and the comedy security guard is William Russell, who played Ian. Legend has it that they had to lie about his cameo because they'd never have got insurance for him otherwise, because he's in his 90s.
The actress who played Verity Lambert is more well known in the UK for a series called "Call The Midwife".
There were three cameo's (besides Matt Smith) from people associated with the original Who.
4:11 now we know what the master got up to in Episode 2
The attendent at BBC Centre telling them off for parking badly is William Russell who played Ian Chesterton. Carol Ann Ford (Susan) made a cameo appearance as the mother Joyce rounding her children up. Several actors and actressess from throughout Doctor Who history appear in cameos in the party scene.
The sound guy is played by Sasha Dewan who is the current Master
would you consider reacting or even just watching the comic relief red nose day, doctor who mini episode starring rowan atkenson (mr bean) from 1999 ? it was called The curse of fatal death. it is really really funny : )
Hope you guys react to The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot after the 50th Anniversary
While Susan is from Galifrey it's never been confirmed if she is a time lord/lady or not (Time Lord/Lady is a rank not a race). SPOILERS last Susan was seen (outside of the 5 Doctors) she went off to live a life on Earth with a man she met in Earth's future.
I ADORE the symbolism of Hartnell seeing Matt, it obviously didn’t happen but it’s more symbolic than anything, it shows that if it had been possible that I think William would’ve been very proud and happy that the legacy HE began continues on to this day
7:40 I'm amazed that Doctor Who fans didn't realise that the first episode was meant to be aired the day Kennedy got shot.
Thanks for your reactions to this one - watched that very first one (twice in a week) when 14 with my brother 8 and family. How Time flies! Lots of stuff in this such as: the ominous 4 knocks on his car window.
Please do 5ish doctors after the 50th because it’s just a delight
Yep 5ish doctors is fantastic - is some respects the best part of the 50th anniversary celebrations - Blindwave really need to react to it.
I love it when Eric cries. Is that weird? 😂
You ought to watch Sesskasays reactions to Doctor Who, she's a great crier.
One of my favorite biopics.
1:21 i refreshed so many times !
The moment Matt Smith showed up, was a visualisation of a Hartnell Quote. When they told him he would be replaced, he said something like "With the right concept, this show is still running in 40years"
He knew :)
Thanks Mr Hartnell for nailing the Part.
23:23 Susan (the Doctors granddaughter and her real name apparently being ‘Arkiyitor’ which means ‘Rose’ 😏😏) escaped Gallifrey with the Doctor and travelled with him until reaching Earth. She became a student there until 2 of her teachers found out who she and the Doctor really were, so the Doctor kidnaps them and that’s where their journey starts.
Susan leaves in ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’. Up until then she had always had a very young personality who was still getting used to the world. But in TDIOE she meets a man called David, who she falls in love with. The Doctor realises it’s time to let go of her because she became much more independent (hence the very famous Goodbye speech in Doctor Who is performed by the Doctor).
Susan has only once been seen again and that was in ‘The Five Doctors’, but actress Carole Ann Ford (who played Susan) has expressed interest in coming back to her role.
I've never heard of "Arkiyitor" and neither has Google.
Is it from some spinoff story? Did you misspell it?
The original footage has been lost, but with when the First Doctor regenerated, the TARDIS controls moved on their own. I have heard that they had Matt Smith move those same controls ^_^
The Menoptera (or moth people as you called them) are in the story "The Web Planet".
The BBC had a policy of disposing of programmes once they were no longer of value. That was pretty much once any overseas sales had been completed as shows were not typically repeated in the domestic market. The masters were on 2" magnetic tape that was both expensive and bulky to store so it made sense to reuse the media. The broadcasters (and the BBC were not unusual in this policy) could not have foreseen the rise of home video and the potential value of these old shows, especially as the rise of colour television made the older black and white programmes almost impossible to sell.
If everything had gone to plan, none of the 60s episodes would have existed--they should all have been scrapped. The master tapes should have been wiped and the 16mm prints used for overseas sales were supposed to be destroyed after final transmission (the practice was that each broadcaster would post the film reels on to the next after airing thus saving on film prints and postage until the last who was responsible for disposal either by destroying the print themselves or returning it to London for destruction). In fact, a number of master tapes were found decades later either misfiled or just put away in odd places and many broadcasters didn't bother to destroy or return the overseas prints some of which were discovered 20 or 30 years later tucked away in cupboards and stores around the world from Africa to Hong Kong.
A complete set of audio recordings exists thanks to enthusiasts who recorded the soundtrack off-air. Still photographs also exist for most stories due to the work of an inventor (John Cura) who had an automatic camera system set up to capture a still image every few seconds throughout the broadcast schedule. He termed these tele-snaps and continued to produce them for over 20 years selling the resulting photographs to actors, production staff and broadcasters (ironically, including the BBC themselves) for their portfolios. After his death his widow apparently offered the 250,000 photograph archive to the BBC who turned her down and they were subsequently destroyed. Fortunately, many copies were still in the hands of the original artists and staff.
These audio recordings and telesnaps form the basis of the reconstructions of missing episodes. No tele-snaps have been found for some stories, presumably because Cura either failed to sell any or they have been lost after sale.
Documents of the time indicate that John wiles (producer during early season 3) didn't order telesnaps
Thus, they were never made, so cannot be found
He already stopped altogether during season 6,and died not long after
The only missing episode we know for certain was telesnapped but no longer exists is Marco polo episode 4
Fun fact, since Shane mentioned The Strain, the guy who played Quinlan in that show also played Thomas Hamilton (Flint's love) in Black Sails.
The person who plays the dalek voice in this is Nichols Briggs the current voice of the daleks
What a reaction!
I always come back to your reaction to this.
Had to come back to it today after finding out that the man who tells Sidney that he is only to do the 4 they have in production is Mark Eden who played Marco Polo in season 1 of Classic Who (the first of the 'missing' episodes).
"I don't want go"...Why are my eyes leaking ahh
10 million viewers in 1963 was insanely good considering the UK population was 53 million back then
Yeah but there were also only 3 TV channels
Everyone's talking about how sad it is but is nobody going to mention the future master being in this!