The Human Species | The Ark In Space | Doctor Who
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2015
- Selected by Will Wheatley for Throwback Thursday. What's happened to the human species? The Fourth Doctor reveals all in his famous speech about homo sapiens from the 1975 story The Ark In Space. Subscribe: bit.ly/SubscribeToDoctorWho
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Tom really loves the dialogue he's given in this story. When he says "They're indomitable. Indomitable!" the hairs on the back of my neck always stand straight up, even after all these years.
THE DOCTOR: You're improving, Harry.
HARRY: Am I really?
THE DOCTOR: Yes, your mind is beginning to work. It's entirely due to my influence of course. You mustn't take any credit.
LOL.
Andrew Chapman No wonder why David Tennant loved him as the fourth Doctor since he was a kid
Which Doctor inspired David Tennant’s performance?
@@ryanangelastro504 eh...the 5th Doctor actually.
@@GMMReviews fun fact: David only started to name Five as his favourite doctor when he became his son in law. Until then, there are several interviews of him saying Tom Baker was his favourite.
@@lauraboiocchi4666 Props to Davison but the 5th is basically nobody’s favorite Doctor lol. Wasn’t entirely his fault, he gave it his best but was saddled with multiple lame companions and weak stories. Glad he was redeemed in Caves of Androzani - hell of a send off!
Have to admit I’ve watched some of 5 recently - definitely better than the recent (and mercifully soon to end) cringeworthy, cosplaying abomination!
The cryogenic chamber set is absolutely stunning. I remember watching this back in 1975. I was mesmerised by it then and it's still one of my all time favourite Dr Who stories.
I was well aware that there had been previous doctors, but Jon Pertwee was "my" Doctor and to me the show would never be the same (I was 11). I'd sort of put up with Tom Baker through Robot. Then came this story and I was so impressed with this speech and the delivery that I wholeheartedly accepted this new bloke.
Mmmm. Still prefer Pertwee/Troughton more myself. Admittedly I never got the hype surrounding Tom.
@@minicle426 I love Tom, but Troughton is the quintessential doctor for me.
I quite liked Harry Sullivan. Shame he didn't stick around longer.
Much as Hinchcliffe wanted UNIT gone, he did admit he regret getting rid of Harry
Harry was originally introduced because of plans to feature an older doctor before Baker was cast almost entirely by accident, as the initial series of stories had been written by the prior team so as to provide a transition period for Hinchcliffe/Holmes. The idea was that a second younger male character would be necessary for physical stunts, a bit like Ian with Hartnell, so that’s why they axed Harry, though he was a pretty interesting addition to the tardis dynamic imo
Beautifully dressed as well.
Personally I felt they squandered the character. Largely due to his original purpose being made redundant.
He wasn't really in the same league as say Jamie or Steven when it came to male companions.
Both Steven Moffat and Russell T. Davies cite this as one of their favourite stories.
I believe Moffat said it was his favourite of all time.
Apparently Moffat didn't learn much from this story
Nicolas Natalini Neither did RTD
Marc Sharp Neither should have to "learn" anything from this story. They both have their own takes on the show. End of.
Never said they should have to learn something
What a great speech, albeit a brief one. The Doctor really does love humanity!
As written, it's a positive speech, but Tom Baker's tone suggests otherwise.
I really liked Harry and the 4th doctor relationship, they're competing who's the smart one and it's just really fun and interesting to watch. I really hope we get to see this type of relationship in the future, like captain Jack and the doctor.
OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE TOM BAKER EPISODE!!!! When first watching this, it was actually my first time watching Tom Baker as the Doctor. At first I kinda wasn't used to him being the doctor as the hair just didn't look right. But as I watched him more, I began to feel more safe and better with him. I even cried during the end of Logopolis when he fell off the buildings do had to regenerate because of that. That was a moment I would never forget. And he is a Doctor who will never be forgotten.
I don't care what it does to continuity, having him come back as the Curator at the end of the 50th anniversary special was magical.
Harry Sullivan was a wonderful companion. His practical mindset was a beautiful contrast to Four's eccentric nature.
Shame they did little with him, and dumped the character after one season.
@@minicle426 Well, there was a reason for that, and it was because
*HARRY SULLIVAN IS AN IMBECILE!*
Amazing story. One of Tom's best.
"You're improving, Harry!"
"Am I really?"
"Yes, your mind is beginning to work! It's entirely due to my influence, of course, you mustn't take any credit."
If you ever want to know what sums up the Fourth Doctor aside from big scarves and Jelly Babies, this is it."
But that's why we loved the Fourth Doctor. The Time Lords were way more advanced but Tom's Doctor loved us humans almost in a paternal way, loved are art ( City Of Death) and would most certainly die for us. I think that sums up #4 fairly well.
And Capaldi's Twelfth Docta.
+Antonio Chasten Lost Son of Krypton But Tom's 4th just felt naturally more rebelous without even trying and probably had better speeches like this in which he clearly states his admiration for the human species.
@@colinmcphan I dunno, Seven gives him a run for his money.
@@antoniochasten3192 The zygone negotiations. Both of them.
I love the speech at the end, I guess we know what inspired the Doctor's speech about the humans in Utopia.
A human showed him what they are capable of.
The Ark in Space in my opinion is the best Tom Baker story and possibly my favourite Doctor Who story of all time. It is indomitable. Really strong story, with strong performances and fantastic monster, a great one that follows my motto 'Ignore the effects, enjoy the story'
Bubble wrap makes everything better 😎
well said, mine two on both counts.
Robots of Death was the one I liked most.
One of the episodes of this particular story had a peak audience of 13.6 million viewers, and wasn't until Robots of Death that it reached slightly less around 13million in all the episodes!
One of the most underrated companions: Harry Sullivan
For me it's more the other way round. I keep seeing people listing him as one of if not the best male companions. Despite the fact he did precious little during his time in the show. 🤷♂️
" Pity about the scarf. Madame Nostradamus made it for me.
A witty little knitter... Never get another one like it. "
The Doctor in 'The Ark in Space' January 1975 =))
"I love that coat! Janis Joplin gave me that coat!" -- Tenth Doctor, Gridlock, 2007.
+Irish Whovian I'm confused. What does that have to do with this clip or Tom Baker's Doctor? Sorry for not getting it.
+Linda Taylor it's the fact that the doctor has commented on his clothing twice in a similar way
Linda Taylor
It's deep background, it's information, it's semi trivial, it's part of The Doctor's story =)
Personally I love how much doctor who repays it's fans for paying attention to detail.
Just saw this posted in 'Classic Doctor Who' facebook group:- "Back in the days (earky 1975) when we watched as a family, sitting round a 22" Rediffusion-rental CTV (UK) with a small table lamp on nearby (it was evening outside) and a small microphone connected to an audio-cassette recorder - everyone keeping as quiet as possible - great moment - one of his premiere-season best speeches, alongside "Have I that right...?" ('Genesis of the Daleks')".
I never saw much of Classic Who (I'm working on it). All I had was what was put on Netflix, and this was one of those stories. And might I say, it is quite a good one.
4 is my favorite Doctor.
Mine to. Tom brought a particular magic and charisma to the role. The college kids, in particular, related instantly to his Doctor and started watching and writing to Doctor Who. They developed a whole new fan base when Tom came on the scene.
4 is THE Doctor, the definite article you might say,,, :-)
I prefer Troughton and Pertwee myself.
Amazing what they could accomplish with very little budget. Amazing!
Great stories can make up for allot.
A surprising number of TV designers and technicians of that time went on to do great things in movies. Working on small budgets meant that when they got their hands on movie resources they could do so much more than others who had gone straight into film.
And now the budget is bigger, the show has got worse.
eldospinks it’s a spin off show, with flashes here and there. Big finish is doing better who stories.
@HappyCynic Absolutely, I don't like it niw.
Possibly (probably) my favorite Doctor Who episode.
This is in particular the ark in space has stuck with me since I was a kid and first watched it .
It's the episodes I think of first when I think of Tom Baker era Who.
What is it about classic Doctor Who sets that make them so cool to look at?
Craftsmanship artistry.
@@CosmicCleric And we believed the future was going to look good.
I wish BBC America aired these episodes.
I wish the bbc in the UK aired these episodes too.
The Horror channel's doing Classic Who at the moment.
Yeah, I know, but they only have a small selection of serials.
TheRecreator
Too bad I don't live in the UK. I hear that Retro TV is showing it too, but I don't seem to have their station.
electricmastro To be honest with you, you can probably stream most classic Doctor episodes online, like I know a lot of people post them on Dailymotion.
One of the first episodes of Doctor Who I can remember seeing. They used to air them on channel 9 (WOR) on Saturday mornings here in NY. They only showed the Tom Baker Doctor! For years, I didn't even know that others had played the role
I was terrified when I watched this episode as a kid, more than 40 years ago!
Four: *steps on his own scarf*
I love that harry has joined the modern Big Finish UNIT series w/ Tom Baker as the curator
I was born in 1993, and even though that was quite a time after this was broadcast and things on TV were more "out there" than compared to 1975, I used to watch this on VHS and it absolutely terrified me for years and years! Loved getting scared by classic Doctor Who. The only thing that really came close to scary for me in the modern series was "Blink".
yes and i also found midnight to be creepy too
This has got to be my favorite Tom Baker scene.
I've always liked this storyline. But I have to say that speech is exactly what we all need to hear right now.
👍
An Unearthly Child, Power of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, Blink, this… all among a small handful of stories that changed how Doctor Who was made.
The celestial Toymaker.
***** I would make a joke but that's funny on its own.
Androzani Critic You are that guy on classic 26 years I knew it!
***** I have been recognized. o_o
Yea! Jelly baby is my top favorite though :D but you are a straight up 2nd!
Basically 'Alien' before 'Alien' was filmed.. Fantastic speech.
One of the best episodes ever made! Some of the stagecraft screams 1975 -- but then again, it WAS 1975... ;) Who cares about that... this is Tom Baker at his finest!!
This was my first episode. I must say, it's still brilliant.
I remember watching this episode when it was brand new in the 1970s
this one speech, written with hope and intensity, identifies the reason the Doctor is altruistic and willing to live eye to eye with humanity rather than tower over all. It implies God is the ultimate best friend who loves sweets, a game of darts and an occasional glass of ginger ale while watching over his protégé species and keeping them safe.
This just took me back to when I was six years old and first time I ever watched Doctor Who this was the scene
Harrys sideburns! (The Jeremy Clarkson fashion archive)
I remember the bubble wrap monster crawling down the passageways leaving a trail of snot behind him XD
Tom also had big sideburns as well.
+Linda Taylor yes but it was the 70's and that was the fashion. Harrys should win an award! ;D
+Ali CG Harrys are know bigger then the 4th Doctor's. Take a look at them again.
Love Ark in Space.
Love Ark in space. Such a good story for the Fourth Doctor
This is actually the first episode of classic who that I watched 😀
We watched this series at the time,but missed Part 3 (when the Wirrn bugs hatched) of this story because we were moving house on that day. And of course there were no repeats and no internet,not even VCRs yet,to catch an episode if you missed it!
I've worked out that the original broadcast dates were 25th January and 1st,8th and 15th February 1975. BBC1 at teatime on Saturday after Grandstand (football results and all),the news,etc. Probably something like the Generation Game on afterwards.
What a great episode! Doctor Who = Tom Baker
Incredible, humans from the future storing data on the technology of your time, Harry.
They don't make them like this anymore, we need a story that focus on plot and structure, not over zealous CGI and complex scenery. Arguably one of the best Doctor Who episodes of all time.
#Throwbackthursday - The scene from "Pyramids of Mars" where Sutekh tortures the Doctor
that scene sucked
Well I'm afraid people in this world have these little things called opinions, something which you obviously can't respect
+tha docta "Pyramid Of Mars" and that scene are considered among the best of Who and Tom Baker's performance is brilliant and pitch perfect as the Doctor. The cast in general are very good. Like the other people said you don't have to like are opinions but respect them and if you don't like Tom then don't watch his videos. Plenty of people do love Tom so get used to it.
+tha docta That scene was brilliant as is this scene from the "Ark In Space".
Damn you, HUEGH!
This looks like a cool spooky episode. And must have cost some money to build those sets. Impressive considering no CGI. I can tell he was having fun with the role, least here.
I always loved that human sapiens line. I remember seeing this on PBS here in the States and thinking about how col that was.
Tom Baker .. Quite the Best Doctor......
THE DOCTOR: You're improving, Harry.
HARRY: Am I really?
THE DOCTOR: You're a Wizard Harry.
HARRY: What??!
THE DOCTOR: Never mind.
This was a great story! They dont make 'em like this anymore!
Are you familiar with Big Finish?
Somewhat. I know theyre responsible for the Audio Adventure series with previous Doctors, but i admit ive not listened to any.
Freddie Dean
Tom Baker just recently started recording audio for Big Finish stories, the first one being Destination: Nerva, which coincidentally contains the Nerva Beacon from The Ark in Space.
Yes, he is still creative with humour and wit.
red, yellow, green in toms amazing voice ! classic
I have never and will never be able to comprehend how the Fourth Doctor once used to be the First Doctor. They are so different, and still the same. Imagine Hartnell playing the Doctor like Baker, haha.
Tom Baker was pretty much his own Doctor. Nothing borrowed' from the first three...except perhaps jelly babies( a joke Troughton used once, in The Three Doctors, that became a Tom trademark).Troughton and Pertwee acted something like their former selves in their first moments in the art, and every change of Doctor since Davison arrived has mentioned playing the new Doctor as a mix of the other ones. Even Jodie Whitaker's version has been compared to the Fifth.
@@brianoneill7186 Tom has said he was inspired by Troughton's performance. Otherwise he just played himself.
My favorite classic who episode.
My top "Being Human Is Great Because" list has a number 1 position tied.
Optimus Prime = For declaring there is "more to them than meets the eye."
Doctor Who = For every time he simply pulls out of no where his infinite regard for us as a species.
No surprise media written by humans has a bias towards them :P
@@minicle426 Is this where we start the game of you listing 1 pro-human alien to my listing 3 neutral-to-anti human aliens? Cause we can do that for the next several minutes, easy.
This scene is classic!
"You're improving, Harry! Your mind is beginning to work!"
0:31 You're improving, Harry!
Am I, really?
Yes, your mind is beginning to work.. XD
"Indomitable! Ha!" - The Tenth Doctor in 'Utopia' 2007
I'm old enough to have used microfilm :)
I'm young, but I once requested copies from microfilm from the Library of Congress as part of a family history thing. It was odd.
My fave episode!
I was watching this yesterday!
The best part of the clip starts at 2:11 .
i'm 51 this august and this is the 1st dr who ep i remember,scared the s@@t out of me people in wall + green monster,got all 4th and 3rd epp's off pirate bay now ,fav's are pyramids on mars, the 1 where they need to collect the time crystals and the one in paris with the mona lisa's city of death i think it was . Ron uk
Ahhhh, memories
I remember my dad and I watching this arc on Netflix when I was 10.
My favorite Tom Baker episode, and favorite episode of all time. I think this scene made me fall in love with Doctor Who.
I like this Doctor so much! :)
The set was designed by the same chap who went on to work with Ridley Scott on ALIEN.
I think the BBC really missed an opportunity to increase the budget of DW at this point & we get to see hear what it could have looked like if they had.
I'll take these classic episodes OVER the shambles of a sci-fi show going by the same name...unlike now where you need to be on mind bending drugs just to follow the plot, back then the show went at a much slower pace, it had that eerie atmosphere and a sense of foreboding, and the acting was brilliant because the actors were amazing talented people, and it's the acting talent and great stories that made the show successful, not amazing special effects. I really love the pace of these episodes, it had a start, a middle and a conclusion where the doctor achieving his aim gets back into his tardis to set off on another adventure. Life was much simpler back then.
This is something that I think we don't see enough in Doctor Who, when more modern era Doctors say something like this, it almost feels a bit patronizing in some ways.
Oh, 10 and Wilfred were so sweet.
The very first episode I ever saw.
2:13
The speech so nice it made up 50% of RTD's dialogue.
With 150% over the top melodrama added on. :P
#ThrowbackThursday A continuation of your earlier clip from Curse of Fenric where the Doctor break's Ace's faith in him, showing the monster overcome and killing Fenric, blowing up the bombs, while the Doctor is reduced to tears in his attempt to reassure Ace he was lying about what he said about her.
There is a fear in this speech missing from RTD's many repeats of it.
Except one.
I prefer the old series particularly the 60’s and 70’s as they had more realistic and grounded story lines and portrayed advanced civilisations as being advanced not like TRD and Moffat did when they portrayed future humans and Time Lords as far less advanced.
This episode Smile feels like the epilogue of this
I have been watching this show from almost the beginning and still believe its one of the best science fiction series ever created. Nuff Said.
Cryer24597 I wouldn't disagree. Dr Who was dealing with difficult themes and storylines when other science fiction shows were still at the "Hey look I am Alien from Outer Space pretty neat hey?" level of writing.
IMHO.
+stephen connell Doctor Who is great with science fiction when it hits problems in real life. When the two Zygon episodes aired almost right before bad things happened in Paris. It hit really hard.
Le Docteur The latest Doctor's speech about War and how nobody y wins was writing of the highest standard and delivered with aplomb by a fine actor. The best writing always relates to whats happening in the real world because then it engages the viewer ,
Ah ... big stories, small budget. Man I miss those days. If only they could be creative like that now. Instead we seem to be getting plot hole filled emotional pornography IMO - and I very much wish it would go away.
Imagine the possibilities if we could get better ideas produced. IE The Doctor solves the mystery of the Sphinx (how old it REALLY is), or visits the as yet unexplained city of Puma Punku, or travels back to Earth's past with a companion who is SHOCKED to find technologically advanced ancestors preparing for an Apocalypse that leads to our present development. So many possibilities ...
TheKilogram1000 That was ONE albeit mediocre story for sure. But compare that to Ark in Space and it almost views as childish by comparison.
TheKilogram1000 LOL are you just going pick the odd episode from the last 8 years? Living plastic? Creative? Maybe when I saw it the FIRST time in the 70s. Weeping Angels - yeah, Blink was OK, but since then the Angels have been totally inconsistent. Hell, even Dinosaurs On A Spaceship was just a lower brow version of Ark in Space with CGI.
It's all just Moffat's fault. TheKilogram1000 Have you noticed how none of those episodes you mentioned (other than blink) was written by Stephen Moffat? He doesn't have very creative ideas anymore. He just mostly uses his past successes again. He's in a loop.
We just need a new writer is all.
TheKilogram1000 What Classic Who had no over arching stories. The stories you see were separated into parts. So even so there would be 4 parts that was only 1 episode. Each doctor who episode was completely unrelated to the previous. Like watch any classic who series all the way through. Nothing is linked between episodes and the finale is unrelated too. The overarching stories made by Moffat today are not good but just a plot hole mess that makes no sense and takes away from the episodes.
Skittermech there were a few exceptions to that. The Key To Time, the Black Guardian Series and this one had a slight arch too (the Nova Beacon/Time Ring thingy) - but IMO, the classics were just better overall. Its amazing what can be done when you invest in a script editor.
Great season
#throwbackthursday to the scene in city of death with the time loop
"The ripe old smell of humans. You survive. Oh, you might have spent a million years evolving into clouds of gas and another million as downloads, but you always revert to the same basic shape. The fundamental human. End of the universe and here you are. Indomitable, that's the word. Indomitable!" - The 10th Doctor, Utopia
Sounds a lot like the Fourth Doctor. Wonder where the script writers of New Who got that idea from.
Well Ark in Space is apparently RTD's favorite classic who story.
"It's entirely due to my influence, of course. You mustn't take any credit."
*Struggles not to burst out laughing*
Great story.
I was going to do something but somehow I forgot after seeing the end of this video. Was I going to subscribe? How did it end I don't even remember. :)
When I saw this video's thumbnail I thought it was David Tennant next to Tom baker lol
Love Tom bakers speech
I really have to watch more classic dw
"microfilm"
I could probably fit that entire library on one microSD card.
I love it.
"The entire human race awaiting the trumpet blast." (1st Thessalonians 4:16)
Keep in mind this is Tom Baker's _second_ story. This is just at the beginning of his run.
After Robot,his introductory one. Followed by the 2-part Sontaran Experiment,then Genesis of the Daleks and the 1974-75 series ending with Revenge of the Cyberman.
@@rjjcms1 Dude had an incredible first series lol
Indomitable!
Not seen the episode but it could be the same reason for having Spacship UK in a matt Smith Episode
Harry's bugger-grips are an alien life form.
@The Dalek Invasion Of Mondas
I would say Season 7. Season 12 has The Sontaran Experiment, which lets it down.
Revenge of the Cybermen was bad but The Sontaren Experiment was pretty decent
Tom had a great era until JNT who made Season 24 happen enough said about that.
The best Seasons are 7 13 and 14.
Season #12 was still a great season and ahead of season #7 for overall story quality.
+XDEV 3 good seasons that New Who has never quite gotten to the level of.
So that’s why the tenth doctor said to wilf, “I think youse are more like giants…”
good old tom!
The onky thing I still dont get about doctor who is about the time war stuff as doctor says in new ones he killed them all and destroted his planet as shown in day of the doctor but allvthe old series, his planet still exists and occasionly the timelords showed up and even exiled him once. So what happened??
Bran04don13 The Time War took place inbetween Classic Who and New Who. Hence the 9th incarnation (John Hurt) being the "War Doctor". But, if you really watched The Day of the Doctor, you'd know he didn't actually destroy it and kill them all. For a long time, he thought he did, as he could not retain memory of the events of that day: the timelines were out of sync.