Totally agree with number 1. Tom Baker was my first Doctor, so I may be a bit biased, but if you look at every incarnation of the Doctor that came after him, you'll find at least one quirk they share with the Tom Baker Doctor. He provided the all-you-can-eat buffet for all of them to pick and choose the parts they liked, to make their own incarnation of him.
The longest, in the classical age, the most popular and my first Doctor also. I would catch Dr. Who on Saturday nights on PBS. He was an icon and will forever be, for millions of us, THE Doctor Who!
Another one you could have used was the Fifth Doctor wearing a piece of celery on his lapel. Yes, in Caves of Androzani, there's a line about the Doctor being allergic to "certain gases". However, I was at a Who convention in 1996 (Oldham UK), which soon turned into a Tom Baker one-man show (to tie in with the launce of his biography). Tom told the story of how he hates it when people eat celery. By the end of the convention, and especially during the auction), practically all the stars were imitating Tom Baker saying "A woman was eating celery..." So it seems likely that this story got out during Tom's tenure as the Doctor. Hence, in casting the Fifth Doctor it made sense to have an "in joke" about Tom Baker's dislike of celery!
Tom Baker is the best Doctor by lightyears. Even today with 87 year old, he still nails the part. There is not a single bad performence of him. The curator was such a lovley moment from Moffatt. It was his way of saying "meddle with the show as you like, but I gave you the "final" regeneration, thats Tom Baker again." Brilliant.
First episode I ever saw: Hand of Fear. Watched it with my dad when PBS broadcast it in Cleveland, OH. Not sure what exact day that was, not sure where I'd look it up.
I was allowed to watch Jon Pertwee’s Dr. but found Tom Baker’s interpretation more interestingly alien. Two excellent actors, two ways of playing the role. Tom will always be my favourite and Jon my second - with Colin Baker the third (bless him).
I think David Tenant’s Doctor was as much David Tenant as Tom Baker’s was himself. All those years and he was my favorite until Tenant came along. Both were pure joy and both were followed by younger men who cleansed the palate for what was to come. Plus Tenant married the woman playing his daughter who is the daughter of a former Doctor. It doesn’t get any more Doctor Who than that.
@@Benji568 Tom at least has the legend he does for a reason he is THE doctor and always will be. I will pay David is the best of the modern era doctors (though Peters antiwar speech will never be matched any time any where, not even by Tom!!!)
@@Benji568 So you have to call me an Idiot. Tom is the best by lightyears. But to me Tennant is kinda overrated. (way to human, way to emotional) He isnt even in my Top five. My ranking would be... 1. Tom Baker by lightyears.... 2. Paul McGann/John Hurt , also both had only one movie and audio Series both of them, just wow, not one bad performance 3. Peter Capaldi, 4. Sylvester McCoy, 5. Matt Smith, 6. Christopher Ecclestone one series + his first BF audio, but wow. / Colin Baker, the Audios are awesome, he nails the part, they improved so much of the 6th Doctor, and show how good he is, given propper material. 7.William Hartnell 8. David Tannent, way to overrated, way to human 9. Jon Pertwee 10. Patrick T. havent seen much of him, maybe higher next time. You can flip this and 11...not sure yet. 11. Jodie Withaker really really bad writing, maybe higher next time (after some Big Finish). Again, she is NOT bad, its SJW writing. 12. Peter Davison....he doesnt click for me, mostly because there is no good chemestry with companions, most of them are annoying tbh.
Tom Baker was my first Doctor so I naturally compared all others to him. Some have come close, but none have surpassed. He will always be my number one Doctor Who.
Every Dr. Who fan has their own favorite Doctor. However the number one quirk is totally true. As good as the other actors were Tom Baker's version of The Doctor is the most iconic simply because as stated Tom Baker was playing himself not a character while the rest were playing a character albeit quite well depending on the personal opinions of others of course.
I agree, Tom’s my fave. However, I feel most Doctors have a bit of their own personality injected into their performance, weather conscious or not. Jon Pertwee was the most serious doctor and from what I’ve saw in interviews, seemed to be quite a serious man. One exception I can think of as being farthest from their doctor’s character is Colin Baker who actually seems to be a sweetie in real life, despite the 6th doctor being quite abrasive.
I love when the Doctor changes and the next incarnation focuses on a change that’s drastically different. Whether it’s the ears, the teeth, or even the kidneys.
Even though David Tennant is my favourite Doctor, but for '70s fans, Tom Baker is the definitive Doctor for many during his long run. He cemented himself as a true classic Doctor. And a really funny guy to meet.
Definitely! It took me years to get up the courage to meet him at a convention because 7/Ace are my team, & I knew I’d be a blithering idiot around him. I was, but he was amazing. 🤩
There's a great story about how Tom Baker and John Leeson who voiced K9 would do crossword puzzles during down time using K9's radio. Tom would put the question to John who would answer the questions in character. It was the only time Tom thought K9 useful.
Tom Baker *IS* the Classic Doctor. But I put forward that David Tennant is the NuWho Doctor. So much so, that the Beeb considered cancelled the show on his departure, as they thought it might be impossible to find a good replacement. Peter Capaldi is also right up there, for me. I would love to have some Capaldi stories written by RTD for comparison, as I feel Moffat never did him justice. He had some great scenes, and speeches, during his run, but think what RTD could have done with him...
Doctor Who was already popular in Australia thanks to the partnership of the BBC and ABC Australia - so the thought of having an Aussie character (Tegan) didn't really make much difference - it actually highlighted a exaggerated aussie accent
Fellow Aussie here. I like Tegan but I’ve always hated her accent, it’s not realistic. No-where in Australia have I ever met people that sound like that.
Yay another fantastic appreciation! You guys really are the best. Such warmth and fun. Also, I hope Baker gets a few more chances to play with the lore. He really is so wonderful.
@@snapdragon9300 the master wasn’t added until the third doctor, daleks were made in the first season and have lasted since today The master just disappeared in nuwho for season 1-3 then 5-8
1:26 "If you've heard Nicola Bryant speak off set, then you'll be aware that she's clearly not American." You'll also be aware if you heard her speak on set. Really, her American accent is not good. I had no idea at the time that that strange accent she speaks in was supposed to be American. I missed the part of the episode where they revealed she was American, so I always assumed her accent was yet another strange British accent (they have so many!). Obviously, her accent is not American, nor was her dialogue written with American English in mind. For example, she says, "Don't let's fight" instead of the American version "Let's not fight." My theory is that the TARDIS telepathic circuit translation thingy is always trying to translate alien languages into British English, so it tried to do the same thing to Peri's American English, creating the strange hybrid speech that comes out of Peri's mouth. Regardless, her inclusion was definitely not especially attractive to an American audience any more than Kevin Costner's attempt at being a British person would make "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991) a particularly attractive movie to British people.
She sounds convincingly enough like an American to me, but then, I'm English, and I assume you're American, so it's much easier for you to catch! Much like I wouldn't be convinced by a fake English accent, but you might be
God its so nice to have a list where the timeless children wasn't mentioned (i get it people don't like it but it doesn't need to be brought up all the time) and how the 9th doctor isn't shoved down your throat (i like 9 but my god)
Tom Baker's Doctor's first season was where my local PBS station started with Doctor Who. So I had a brief glimpse of Pertwee and then we were off to the races with Tom. I was very little and every Sunday I was pressed against the TV utterly enthralled by Baker, LIz Sladen, and the rest. Tom's Doctor acted in loco parentis to so many of us odd children, the ones that our parents and peers didn't understand, and we will always love him.
what makes the 'father's day' episode different is that, in that case of changing the timeline, it was a character interfering in their own personal history. she saved her father meaning he would be around while she was growing up but if he was still around for her then she would have a different history and not have the motivation to save him meaning he would be killed by the car anyways .... basically its a variation of the grandfather paradox which wasn't the case in the other instances of changing the timeline,
I have a faint memory of Pertwee on TV when I was a kid but Tom was really my first Doctor. Was hooked then and have been watching and collecting ever since.
Tom Baker is the reason why I am a Doctor Who fan today. His performance, the monsters, the companions and K9, the horror stories, the final season. They're all important to how I perceive today's Doctor Who as Tom Baker remains the pinnacle of the show's history.
I actually got to see Sylvester McCoy to play the spoons at Li Who AUC 2019. He invited me to come up to the front and hold the microphone it was amazing
I would LOVE to see a NEW K-9! one of those remarkable robots that we see on UA-cam vids that can run and jump and climb virtually anywhere and anything.
Many have played The Doctor, but only one IS The Doctor... Apart from all the reasons you stated as to why Tom Baker is No1, another is that his performance in respect to other characters / monsters / plot devices... elevated their importance, their traits and terrors - the sense of fear, esp in 'The Gothic Years', was utterly real because Tom's compelling wide eyed delivery made you believe - he made the great writing work all the more. A classic example being 'The Horror of Fang Rock', which succeeded on the all pervading sense of claustrophobic doom rather than monster scares... Tom's delivery about the fate of Reuben, and then 'Reuben the Rutan' grinning like a fiend...Crikey! Brrrr...
Clueless American that I was, I never realized the Peri was *supposed* to be an American, much less that she was English using an American accent. And what about Patrick Troughton, the 2nd Doctor, and his recorder? Where did that come from?
Capaldi's sonic sunglasses were introduced because he's 55 years old, and had problems connecting with kids, so they made him look cooler. Same thing with the electric guitar
@@BonnieBuggie Statistically, I'll bet a few other actors who have played The Doctor also play the guitar, but none of them ever incorporated it into their character, and especially none of them needed to because they were losing the younger demographic
Capaldi explained in an interview that he used to be in a band and loved playing guitar. He said he told them he wanted to play it on the show as a joke but they took him seriously and wrote it into an episode. Same story with Wilf shooting the dalek with a paintball gun. The actor had been joking when he suggested it but they liked the idea and made it real.
Both producer Philip Hinchcliffe and Tom Baker himself wanted to get rid of the scarf. That's why the Doctor doesn't wear it for most of "The Deadly Assassin" or at all in "The Talons of Weng Chiang". The Sherlock Holmes style costume in "Talons" was set to become the Doctor's new regular costume (and Leela was going to ditch the skins and start wearing normal clothes). Then Hinchcliffe got bumped across to produce "Target", and Who's new producer, Graham Williams, promptly reversed every decision Hinch had made, including keeping the skins and the scarf, and going back to the old white console room.
Each actor brought their own natural personality quirks to the character. Jodie Whittaker on the other hand acted out her Doctor's quirks, and it wasn't convincing.
I instantly knew Tegan wasn't Australian the instant she said Brisbane. Pertwee was the first doctor I watched but I think Tom Baker got the best stories out of all the doctors.
Actually McCoy didn’t want to do the spoons in Doctor Who John Nathan-Turner saw him do it and decided that they should put it into the show. McCoy thought he was joking.
i've met Sylvester McCoy twice the guy is very funny, the 2nd time he was handing out free Dr Who books out (his era stories of course) to every kid that walked by
The Tommy Cooper look I thought was " just like that" it brought humour and joy to this character and is this really the first time the doctor wore a fez I don't know but didn't the first doctor ware one on a off? You know first time I saw Matt as the doctor he reminded me of Tommy Cooper he definitely looked that way of looking at the cameras and therefore a fez or something similar like the hat act Tommy did is the doctor if you consider the regenerations still I guess know everybody would think Tommy as the doctor which would have been really funny but then there is Matt Smith?
Leave us not forget the fact of how often they wave that sucker arm upward reminiscent of a Nazi salute... I'm just glad that "Heil Davros" never caught on.
I'm, not sure why the film Darlek Invasion Earth (W/ Peter Cushing) doesn't get mentioned a lot these days? It was the best future length (if not the only one), featuring a Doctor whom wasn't played by an actor on the regular TV series Doctors! I loved this film as a kid, with the "Robomen" and the different coloured Daleks (denoting Dalek hierarchy) and had weird CO2 fire extinguisher weapons, which made things explode lol!! I thought the film was so cool as a young 10-year old hiding behind the sofa haha!!
8:02 - Despite K-9 not appearing in City of Death, there is a brief moment where the Doctor enters the TARDIS and before the door closes, you can hear him say: "Hello, K-9," which I don't know if this was scripted or an improv by Tom.
tell Ms Bryant that putting a kind of "nnna-" sound at every sentence is nott an American trait. "nna-ow what 'r we gonna do?" She also tended to Valley-Girl-whine a lot...a fad that went away in like a week.
I miss K-9, you would think with present advancements in technology they could create a similar device to the doctor's next companion. Just have to watch robotwars to be inspired.
*Here's my Timeless Child theory:* After John Simm's Master lasers Missy with the full blast of his laser screwdriver in "The Doctor Falls," Missy regenerates anyway into Sacha Duan's Master. He somehow then makes his way to Gallifrey when the Timelords Reveal that he is the Timeless Child, causing him to go insane realizing that he would never die and have a limitless regeneration supply, which explains his insanity during his return in Spyfall. Later in Season 12, the Master's insanity increases, leading him back to Gallifrey where he uses The Moment, determined to discover any survivors. (If any did survive, he would not be the only Timeless Child and therefore not alone, but Gallifrey falls.) This is how the Master could destroy Gallifrey in "one night." Furthermore, if my theory is true, Ruth must also be an incarnation of the Master and therefore could be the true reason as to why the Judoon were pursuing her, meaning that there should be a big reveal that she is another incarnation. Because of her sanity, it would make the most sense for her to be the incarnation right before Derek Jacobi's Master. A good plot of the Season 13 finale would be Ruth's reveal, the Doctor discovering the true story of the Timeless Child, and a final conclusion between the Masters' two incarnations. Because Sacha Duan's Master still desperately wants to die, the Doctor, after her and the Master's arcs are completed and they have sympathy for each other, somehow gives the Master the ability to die. However, Ruth's Mistress doesn't understand the Master's arc yet just like how John Simm's Master didn't understand Missy's perspective in "The Doctor Falls" when she stabbed him. Ruth therefore tries to prevent the Master from killing himself by locking him in the Matrix. Eventually, after battling his previous incarnation along with saving the Doctor and her companions from Ruth for an interval of the finale, Sacha Duan's Master begins to realize that he's turning good; He's saving people like the Doctor's companions that didn't need to be saved in order to get him what he wanted. By the end of the episode, the Master tells Ruth that he will live through his last incarnation (because he now has the ability to die) and help people like the Doctor instead of continuing to be a bad person. Unfortunately, Ruth still hasn't turned and decides it's better for the Master to die than to stand with the Doctor, so she blasts him with her laser screwdriver (Which wasn't revealed that she had one until this moment), taking everyone by surprise as the Master slowly lies down and rests. The Doctor is pushed to the edge; She uses [some weapon that has a reason to be present] to kill Ruth's Mistress, following even more shock from her companions and everybody who previously acknowledged her hate for violence. The Doctor then seals Ruth's identity in the pocket watch once she regenerates into Derek Jacobi's Master which is then later opened during Season 3, allowing the Master to continue his tasks and then jumps back in the tardis with Yaz and her other companion/companions. Horrified by her decision, Yaz and the others leave the TARDIS fam in a peaceful and farewell manner, leaving the 13th Doctor to go on her last New Year Special episode journey alone. This is a perfect setup. Please share this idea to as many people as you can, no need to give credit, just so this plot shines out among the Doctor Who Community. Thank you for taking your time to read this and have a nice day!
Erm, just a quick question WhoCulture. Why do you have a thumbnail with my favourite Doctor and an arrow pointing to his iconic umbrella if you then fail to even MENTION it, let alone explain it?
i wouldn't say Hinchcliffe and Holmes killed off UNIT. Nicholas Courtney was unavailable for The Android Invasion and Seeds Of Doom and that really finished UNIT as Graham Williams didn't want any UNIT story's. Hinchcliffe went on to write The Valley Of Death and Helm Of Awe which both have UNIT elements in them. Had Hinchcliffe and Holmes started Season 15 there may of been more UNIT stories to quote Hinchcliffe we would of done 1 or 2 a year and the narrow mindness of Letts and Dicks with UNIT stories ment the same type of story was used. Only Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Robot were different
When I watched Genesis of the Daleks I immediately fell in love with Toms incarnation as the Doctor. Always thought no one could beat David and the other NuWho incarnations (Till Jodie came along sadly) until I began to just start watching classic who and now I am immediately in love with the fourth Doctor! Guess I no longer have A favourite Doctor anymore
I have watched since the first episode - in my opinion, the most iconic was Tom Baker followed by Peter Capaldi who I think will become more appreciated over time (as will Jenna).
And anyway, Peri started traveling with the Doctor while she was on vacation on the Canary Islands, so her available wardrobe was probably all built around going to beaches & nightclubs.
Tom Baker is and always will be the Doctor. Although David Tennant and Matt Smith come a close second. And if you really think about it, their Doctors where allot like Tom Baker's. They only differ when the show runners and the writers moved away too much from canon. David Tennant's long coat and timey whimy logic. And Matt Smith's love of gadgets and spontaneity. My favorite Doctors in order, are Tom Baker, David Tennant/Matt Smith, and Sylvester McCoy. Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee are great actors outside of Doctor Who, but their Doctor was a bit off for me. Same with Peter Davison, he was in many ways the first modern Doctor. His Doctor had a better budget and better special effects. But his Doctor always seemed like he was about to cry or have a nervous breakdown. If you're going to travel with the Doctor, and face evil that will kill you, or some part of the universe, you don't want a Doctor that seemed more likely to fail than the companions.
2:47 What the hell are you on about? Using the Nazi comparison, Sec was the one Dalek to actually realize that: "Hey Nazism is kinda eh when we are the last 4 beings in the galaxy we need to evolve"...only for his subordinates to go "Hail Daleks" and kill him :/ Even as recent as Revolution, the doctor's plan to defeat a Dalek invasion was to get pure Daleks to see the human based daleks to get rid of them :/ If anything the Nazi allegories actually came to a bigger forefront with time.
The concept of the Doctor being able to change gender is actually a statement by the writers against transgenderism. The writer is saying that a non human character can change their gender. The change is at a genetic level where they are fertile and able to mother or father children. This is not the cosmetic change offered to humans! In other words the writer advocates that humans can’t do it, only a fictional alien character can! I suspect that subsequent writers in the show didn’t realise what was being written into the show’s lore.
I was 11 years old when Doctor Who started and I though then that it was for a much younger audience that would not notice the poor sets and sloppy writing and acting. When the 2nd doctor arrived it was stupid and hard to watch. It never really got much better.
I love it that Matt was known as such a goof that the writers were actually worried about a fez
Fezzes 𝔸ℝ𝔼 cool. I’ve got one.
I loved the fez and the bow ties that was fun quirk 🤣
Have you seen Matt Smith in Graham Norton talking about Christmas pajamas?
It aired 12/23/2011
12th Doctor quote:
“I’d offer you a jelly baby, but you just take the whole bag!”
Totally agree with number 1. Tom Baker was my first Doctor, so I may be a bit biased, but if you look at every incarnation of the Doctor that came after him, you'll find at least one quirk they share with the Tom Baker Doctor. He provided the all-you-can-eat buffet for all of them to pick and choose the parts they liked, to make their own incarnation of him.
The longest, in the classical age, the most popular and my first Doctor also. I would catch Dr. Who on Saturday nights on PBS. He was an icon and will forever be, for millions of us, THE Doctor Who!
Another one you could have used was the Fifth Doctor wearing a piece of celery on his lapel. Yes, in Caves of Androzani, there's a line about the Doctor being allergic to "certain gases". However, I was at a Who convention in 1996 (Oldham UK), which soon turned into a Tom Baker one-man show (to tie in with the launce of his biography). Tom told the story of how he hates it when people eat celery. By the end of the convention, and especially during the auction), practically all the stars were imitating Tom Baker saying "A woman was eating celery..." So it seems likely that this story got out during Tom's tenure as the Doctor. Hence, in casting the Fifth Doctor it made sense to have an "in joke" about Tom Baker's dislike of celery!
Complete bull shit
The moment Tom Baker came out of the hallway in Day of the Doctor as the Curator was pure magic.
even though that matt Smith was the only one that welcomed tom baker
Tom Baker is the best Doctor by lightyears. Even today with 87 year old, he still nails the part. There is not a single bad performence of him.
The curator was such a lovley moment from Moffatt. It was his way of saying "meddle with the show as you like, but I gave you the "final" regeneration, thats Tom Baker again." Brilliant.
And he could also pop up in the 60th!
Tom Baker will always be 'The' Doctor to me. Tom's Doctor is the one I started with and my favorite reincarnation.
First episode I ever saw: Hand of Fear. Watched it with my dad when PBS broadcast it in Cleveland, OH. Not sure what exact day that was, not sure where I'd look it up.
Same here.
I was allowed to watch Jon Pertwee’s Dr. but found Tom Baker’s interpretation more interestingly alien. Two excellent actors, two ways of playing the role. Tom will always be my favourite and Jon my second - with Colin Baker the third (bless him).
I think David Tenant’s Doctor was as much David Tenant as Tom Baker’s was himself. All those years and he was my favorite until Tenant came along. Both were pure joy and both were followed by younger men who cleansed the palate for what was to come. Plus Tenant married the woman playing his daughter who is the daughter of a former Doctor. It doesn’t get any more Doctor Who than that.
Well said. When people say to me, "David Tennant and Tom Baker are overrated" I'm thinking "You're an idiot."
Basically, I clicked on this video, not assuming that it would have Georgia in, and this is the first comment that came up.
MIND. BLOWN.
Tennant was/is a massive fan. Get The 'Five Doctors special edition' and he's a hidden commentary track on the TV version.
@@Benji568 Tom at least has the legend he does for a reason he is THE doctor and always will be. I will pay David is the best of the modern era doctors (though Peters antiwar speech will never be matched any time any where, not even by Tom!!!)
@@Benji568 So you have to call me an Idiot. Tom is the best by lightyears. But to me Tennant is kinda overrated. (way to human, way to emotional) He isnt even in my Top five.
My ranking would be...
1. Tom Baker by lightyears....
2. Paul McGann/John Hurt , also both had only one movie and audio Series both of them, just wow, not one bad performance
3. Peter Capaldi,
4. Sylvester McCoy,
5. Matt Smith,
6. Christopher Ecclestone one series + his first BF audio, but wow. / Colin Baker, the Audios are awesome, he nails the part,
they improved so much of the 6th Doctor, and show how good he is, given propper material.
7.William Hartnell
8. David Tannent, way to overrated, way to human
9. Jon Pertwee
10. Patrick T. havent seen much of him, maybe higher next time. You can flip this and 11...not sure yet.
11. Jodie Withaker really really bad writing, maybe higher next time (after some Big Finish). Again, she is NOT bad, its SJW writing.
12. Peter Davison....he doesnt click for me, mostly because there is no good chemestry with companions, most of them are annoying tbh.
Tom Baker was my first Doctor so I naturally compared all others to him. Some have come close, but none have surpassed. He will always be my number one Doctor Who.
Do ‘top ten best dr who cliffhangers of the classic era’ it would be great and I would love it
I'd watch it :)
Number 1: Dragonfire. If you know, you know 👍🏻
Well, episodes 1 & 3 from 'Caves of Androzani' and eight others.
Number 1 would probably be Caves Of Androzani
the number one spot would be saved for a part 2 video.
Every Dr. Who fan has their own favorite Doctor. However the number one quirk is totally true. As good as the other actors were Tom Baker's version of The Doctor is the most iconic simply because as stated Tom Baker was playing himself not a character while the rest were playing a character albeit quite well depending on the personal opinions of others of course.
I think in some ways Jon Pertwee played the opposite to himself. He was a comedic ninny in real life, IIRC.
I agree, Tom’s my fave. However, I feel most Doctors have a bit of their own personality injected into their performance, weather conscious or not. Jon Pertwee was the most serious doctor and from what I’ve saw in interviews, seemed to be quite a serious man. One exception I can think of as being farthest from their doctor’s character is Colin Baker who actually seems to be a sweetie in real life, despite the 6th doctor being quite abrasive.
@@patrickmccurry1563 Well give his war record, the bond doctor was natural to him.
I honestly love Paul's look with long hair
Me too, best looking Doctor by far! 😍🤤😃
@@mgthestrange9098 damn you're that thirsty?
I love when the Doctor changes and the next incarnation focuses on a change that’s drastically different. Whether it’s the ears, the teeth, or even the kidneys.
Sylvester McCoy also wore that in the movie Three Kinds of Heat where he appeared with Mary Tamm before getting cast as the Doctor
Even though David Tennant is my favourite Doctor, but for '70s fans, Tom Baker is the definitive Doctor for many during his long run. He cemented himself as a true classic Doctor. And a really funny guy to meet.
I did not realise Peri was supposed to be American until I saw her passport in her début episode
I actually got to see McCoy perform spoons live at Gallifrey One #7 ("The Seventh Seal of Gallifrey One") in 1996. He's very good.
Sylvester McCoy was a fantastic Doctor!
Definitely! It took me years to get up the courage to meet him at a convention because 7/Ace are my team, & I knew I’d be a blithering idiot around him. I was, but he was amazing. 🤩
"That's interesting, where did they get that idea" ... and how can i incorporate it into my life?
There's a great story about how Tom Baker and John Leeson who voiced K9 would do crossword puzzles during down time using K9's radio. Tom would put the question to John who would answer the questions in character. It was the only time Tom thought K9 useful.
As a teenage boy, at the time, I had no issue with Peri’s clothing or lack thereof 😜
I was pubescent too, but found her inanity and propensity for shrieking like an exploding cat very irritating.
The funny thing is for me that teenage me had no problem with Peri's outfits.
Nyssa always looked better to me...
@@davidreynolds8865 All of the female companions were stone cold foxes. Even Donna was rather cute.
@@Stevonniewolf3113 i came to doctor who proper as an adult, so Nyssa is that dress, oh yes
The third Doctor didn't take an ounce of shit from anybody.
Neither was the 6th, as well you know!
Tom Baker *IS* the Classic Doctor. But I put forward that David Tennant is the NuWho Doctor. So much so, that the Beeb considered cancelled the show on his departure, as they thought it might be impossible to find a good replacement. Peter Capaldi is also right up there, for me. I would love to have some Capaldi stories written by RTD for comparison, as I feel Moffat never did him justice. He had some great scenes, and speeches, during his run, but think what RTD could have done with him...
I will pay this with Peter C right behind him
Doctor Who was already popular in Australia thanks to the partnership of the BBC and ABC Australia - so the thought of having an Aussie character (Tegan) didn't really make much difference - it actually highlighted a exaggerated aussie accent
Fellow Aussie here. I like Tegan but I’ve always hated her accent, it’s not realistic. No-where in Australia have I ever met people that sound like that.
Yay another fantastic appreciation! You guys really are the best. Such warmth and fun. Also, I hope Baker gets a few more chances to play with the lore. He really is so wonderful.
The Doctor IS Tom Baker. I agree 👍
The doctor and daleks are like Batman and the joker
They can’t exist without the other and are famous from their enemies
The doctor and the master more like.
I kinda hate how like not scary the daleks are anymore.
@@snapdragon9300 the master wasn’t added until the third doctor, daleks were made in the first season and have lasted since today
The master just disappeared in nuwho for season 1-3 then 5-8
I’m really surprised you didn’t mention why Capaldi and Moffat went with the Shades
Well why?
Tom Baker is the doctor.
Pretty sure I said it to myself more then once.
Just always felt like he was the best one for the part.
1:26 "If you've heard Nicola Bryant speak off set, then you'll be aware that she's clearly not American."
You'll also be aware if you heard her speak on set. Really, her American accent is not good. I had no idea at the time that that strange accent she speaks in was supposed to be American. I missed the part of the episode where they revealed she was American, so I always assumed her accent was yet another strange British accent (they have so many!). Obviously, her accent is not American, nor was her dialogue written with American English in mind. For example, she says, "Don't let's fight" instead of the American version "Let's not fight."
My theory is that the TARDIS telepathic circuit translation thingy is always trying to translate alien languages into British English, so it tried to do the same thing to Peri's American English, creating the strange hybrid speech that comes out of Peri's mouth.
Regardless, her inclusion was definitely not especially attractive to an American audience any more than Kevin Costner's attempt at being a British person would make "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991) a particularly attractive movie to British people.
She sounds convincingly enough like an American to me, but then, I'm English, and I assume you're American, so it's much easier for you to catch! Much like I wouldn't be convinced by a fake English accent, but you might be
God its so nice to have a list where the timeless children wasn't mentioned (i get it people don't like it but it doesn't need to be brought up all the time) and how the 9th doctor isn't shoved down your throat (i like 9 but my god)
Everything was going well until you said that.
I mean, the TC isn’t mentioned THAT often
@@danthemeegs8751 No one needs that
Tom Baker's Doctor's first season was where my local PBS station started with Doctor Who. So I had a brief glimpse of Pertwee and then we were off to the races with Tom. I was very little and every Sunday I was pressed against the TV utterly enthralled by Baker, LIz Sladen, and the rest. Tom's Doctor acted in loco parentis to so many of us odd children, the ones that our parents and peers didn't understand, and we will always love him.
what makes the 'father's day' episode different is that, in that case of changing the timeline, it was a character interfering in their own personal history. she saved her father meaning he would be around while she was growing up but if he was still around for her then she would have a different history and not have the motivation to save him meaning he would be killed by the car anyways .... basically its a variation of the grandfather paradox which wasn't the case in the other instances of changing the timeline,
Baker was my doctor indeed, and the longest running Doctor to date...probably why he is so recognizable with the series today!
When I heard that voice towards the end of day of the Doctor an electric thrill went through me…….MY DOCTOR WAS BACK! The circle was complete.
"I'm not a human, I walk in eternity..." MY favorite Doctor. Tom Baker.
I have a faint memory of Pertwee on TV when I was a kid but Tom was really my first Doctor. Was hooked then and have been watching and collecting ever since.
fun fact Slyvester's mentor Ken Campbell also auditioned to be the seventh doctor
Tom Baker is the reason why I am a Doctor Who fan today. His performance, the monsters, the companions and K9, the horror stories, the final season. They're all important to how I perceive today's Doctor Who as Tom Baker remains the pinnacle of the show's history.
Sylvester McCoy's Doctor was the first one to play with a fez. Briefly, however, but he once did.
You may be a Doctor, but I am THE Doctor. The definite article, you might say.
I actually got to see Sylvester McCoy to play the spoons at Li Who AUC 2019. He invited me to come up to the front and hold the microphone it was amazing
Bowties are cool!
yes and the first four classic doctors agreed!
@@julieeverett7442 Agreed
I would LOVE to see a NEW K-9! one of those remarkable robots that we see on UA-cam vids that can run and jump and climb virtually anywhere and anything.
Tom Baker has always been my favorite Doctor
Many have played The Doctor, but only one IS The Doctor... Apart from all the reasons you stated as to why Tom Baker is No1, another is that his performance in respect to other characters / monsters / plot devices... elevated their importance, their traits and terrors - the sense of fear, esp in 'The Gothic Years', was utterly real because Tom's compelling wide eyed delivery made you believe - he made the great writing work all the more. A classic example being 'The Horror of Fang Rock', which succeeded on the all pervading sense of claustrophobic doom rather than monster scares... Tom's delivery about the fate of Reuben, and then 'Reuben the Rutan' grinning like a fiend...Crikey! Brrrr...
Clueless American that I was, I never realized the Peri was *supposed* to be an American, much less that she was English using an American accent.
And what about Patrick Troughton, the 2nd Doctor, and his recorder? Where did that come from?
Capaldi's sonic sunglasses were introduced because he's 55 years old, and had problems connecting with kids, so they made him look cooler. Same thing with the electric guitar
well capaldi actually does play guitar in real life, so that’s also the reason there
I wish we could've had a few more seasons of Peter and Moffat.
@@BonnieBuggie Statistically, I'll bet a few other actors who have played The Doctor also play the guitar, but none of them ever incorporated it into their character, and especially none of them needed to because they were losing the younger demographic
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Capaldi explained in an interview that he used to be in a band and loved playing guitar. He said he told them he wanted to play it on the show as a joke but they took him seriously and wrote it into an episode. Same story with Wilf shooting the dalek with a paintball gun. The actor had been joking when he suggested it but they liked the idea and made it real.
if it has the seventh doctor in the thumbnail i will click it faster than the speed of light
Both producer Philip Hinchcliffe and Tom Baker himself wanted to get rid of the scarf. That's why the Doctor doesn't wear it for most of "The Deadly Assassin" or at all in "The Talons of Weng Chiang". The Sherlock Holmes style costume in "Talons" was set to become the Doctor's new regular costume (and Leela was going to ditch the skins and start wearing normal clothes). Then Hinchcliffe got bumped across to produce "Target", and Who's new producer, Graham Williams, promptly reversed every decision Hinch had made, including keeping the skins and the scarf, and going back to the old white console room.
Tom's given a number of interviews over the years in which he's stated that he deeply loathed what he called "That bloody scarf".
Each actor brought their own natural personality quirks to the character. Jodie Whittaker on the other hand acted out her Doctor's quirks, and it wasn't convincing.
She needs some good story's to work with, there moments of greatness in her doctor but there over shadowed.
"And in years to come, you might find yourself revisiting a few. But just the old favorites, eh?""
Matt Smith also had a shaved head in the Zombie movie Patient Zero.
The one dislike is John Nathan Turner
I instantly knew Tegan wasn't Australian the instant she said Brisbane. Pertwee was the first doctor I watched but I think Tom Baker got the best stories out of all the doctors.
Actually McCoy didn’t want to do the spoons in Doctor Who John Nathan-Turner saw him do it and decided that they should put it into the show. McCoy thought he was joking.
i've met Sylvester McCoy twice the guy is very funny, the 2nd time he was handing out free Dr Who books out (his era stories of course) to every kid that walked by
The third Doctor is my favorite Doctor OF ALL TIME! R.I.P. Mr. Pertwee.
The Tommy Cooper look I thought was " just like that" it brought humour and joy to this character and is this really the first time the doctor wore a fez I don't know but didn't the first doctor ware one on a off? You know first time I saw Matt as the doctor he reminded me of Tommy Cooper he definitely looked that way of looking at the cameras and therefore a fez or something similar like the hat act Tommy did is the doctor if you consider the regenerations still I guess know everybody would think Tommy as the doctor which would have been really funny but then there is Matt Smith?
Leave us not forget the fact of how often they wave that sucker arm upward reminiscent of a Nazi salute... I'm just glad that "Heil Davros" never caught on.
I'm, not sure why the film Darlek Invasion Earth (W/ Peter Cushing) doesn't get mentioned a lot these days? It was the best future length (if not the only one), featuring a Doctor whom wasn't played by an actor on the regular TV series Doctors! I loved this film as a kid, with the "Robomen" and the different coloured Daleks (denoting Dalek hierarchy) and had weird CO2 fire extinguisher weapons, which made things explode lol!! I thought the film was so cool as a young 10-year old hiding behind the sofa haha!!
Darlek was a terrible character and I'm glad they killed him off.
I, an American, watched all of the stories with Peri without realizing she was supposed to be American.
What on earth did you think she was?
British, like everyone else.
@@leesherman5192 uh huh. I mean... I watched this when it was released and I totally thought American. So, I guess not everyone else.
Her accent was weird.
@@zoeherriot Wait a minute...your name isn't Cliff, is it?
8:02 - Despite K-9 not appearing in City of Death, there is a brief moment where the Doctor enters the TARDIS and before the door closes, you can hear him say: "Hello, K-9," which I don't know if this was scripted or an improv by Tom.
Unit started in the second doctor era
They could make a much better K-9 now, considering Boston Dynamics' "spot". But it would be more endearing to base it on OpenDog of UA-cam fame.
Is it me or did McGann's wig look a little orange? Which would mean for one moment he was ginger.
When showing peri, did you notice you had professor Jericho?
Peri was my favourite companion before Amy Pond.
Peri meeting Amy Pond… that would be interesting
@@danthemeegs8751 Would be good but it feels doubtful.
@@danielwilliamson6180 nothing is doubtful in audio/comics xD
@@danthemeegs8751 True. But, it's doubtful cos of Karen Gillan's busy Hollywood career.
Say it with me humans! FEZZES ARE COOL.
My text message notification message isn’t a tune. It is Matt Smith saying, “You have a text message. Text messages are cool.”
FEZZES ARE COOL AND NOBODY CAN SAY OTHERWISE
You know what else is cool? Bow ties!
FEZZES ARE COOL
Bow ties, fezzes and stetsons are cool!
I've got a Jammy Dodger right here...
Fezes are cool.
Bow ties are cool.
Those spoons are silly.
McGann is cool.
That scarf is cool.
The UNIT is cool.
tell Ms Bryant that putting a kind of "nnna-" sound at every sentence is nott an American trait. "nna-ow what 'r we gonna do?" She also tended to Valley-Girl-whine a lot...a fad that went away in like a week.
I miss K-9, you would think with present advancements in technology they could create a similar device to the doctor's next companion. Just have to watch robotwars to be inspired.
But at least the UNIT family got one last story together-
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
The doctors recorder
Tom Baker is THE Doctor, but Ace is still my favourite companion.
*Here's my Timeless Child theory:*
After John Simm's Master lasers Missy with the full blast of his laser screwdriver in "The Doctor Falls," Missy regenerates anyway into Sacha Duan's Master. He somehow then makes his way to Gallifrey when the Timelords Reveal that he is the Timeless Child, causing him to go insane realizing that he would never die and have a limitless regeneration supply, which explains his insanity during his return in Spyfall. Later in Season 12, the Master's insanity increases, leading him back to Gallifrey where he uses The Moment, determined to discover any survivors. (If any did survive, he would not be the only Timeless Child and therefore not alone, but Gallifrey falls.)
This is how the Master could destroy Gallifrey in "one night." Furthermore, if my theory is true, Ruth must also be an incarnation of the Master and therefore could be the true reason as to why the Judoon were pursuing her, meaning that there should be a big reveal that she is another incarnation. Because of her sanity, it would make the most sense for her to be the incarnation right before Derek Jacobi's Master.
A good plot of the Season 13 finale would be Ruth's reveal, the Doctor discovering the true story of the Timeless Child, and a final conclusion between the Masters' two incarnations. Because Sacha Duan's Master still desperately wants to die, the Doctor, after her and the Master's arcs are completed and they have sympathy for each other, somehow gives the Master the ability to die. However, Ruth's Mistress doesn't understand the Master's arc yet just like how John Simm's Master didn't understand Missy's perspective in "The Doctor Falls" when she stabbed him. Ruth therefore tries to prevent the Master from killing himself by locking him in the Matrix. Eventually, after battling his previous incarnation along with saving the Doctor and her companions from Ruth for an interval of the finale, Sacha Duan's Master begins to realize that he's turning good; He's saving people like the Doctor's companions that didn't need to be saved in order to get him what he wanted. By the end of the episode, the Master tells Ruth that he will live through his last incarnation (because he now has the ability to die) and help people like the Doctor instead of continuing to be a bad person. Unfortunately, Ruth still hasn't turned and decides it's better for the Master to die than to stand with the Doctor, so she blasts him with her laser screwdriver (Which wasn't revealed that she had one until this moment), taking everyone by surprise as the Master slowly lies down and rests. The Doctor is pushed to the edge; She uses [some weapon that has a reason to be present] to kill Ruth's Mistress, following even more shock from her companions and everybody who previously acknowledged her hate for violence. The Doctor then seals Ruth's identity in the pocket watch once she regenerates into Derek Jacobi's Master which is then later opened during Season 3, allowing the Master to continue his tasks and then jumps back in the tardis with Yaz and her other companion/companions. Horrified by her decision, Yaz and the others leave the TARDIS fam in a peaceful and farewell manner, leaving the 13th Doctor to go on her last New Year Special episode journey alone.
This is a perfect setup. Please share this idea to as many people as you can, no need to give credit, just so this plot shines out among the Doctor Who Community. Thank you for taking your time to read this and have a nice day!
mmmm Sargent Benson
Erm, just a quick question WhoCulture. Why do you have a thumbnail with my favourite Doctor and an arrow pointing to his iconic umbrella if you then fail to even MENTION it, let alone explain it?
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i wouldn't say Hinchcliffe and Holmes killed off UNIT. Nicholas Courtney was unavailable for The Android Invasion and Seeds Of Doom and that really finished UNIT as Graham Williams didn't want any UNIT story's. Hinchcliffe went on to write The Valley Of Death and Helm Of Awe which both have UNIT elements in them. Had Hinchcliffe and Holmes started Season 15 there may of been more UNIT stories to quote Hinchcliffe we would of done 1 or 2 a year and the narrow mindness of Letts and Dicks with UNIT stories ment the same type of story was used. Only Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Robot were different
When I watched Genesis of the Daleks I immediately fell in love with Toms incarnation as the Doctor. Always thought no one could beat David and the other NuWho incarnations (Till Jodie came along sadly) until I began to just start watching classic who and now I am immediately in love with the fourth Doctor! Guess I no longer have A favourite Doctor anymore
Never even knew that the 8th Doctor wore a wig?? WTH?
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Wait... Peri was supposed to be American? With *that* accent? :/
John Pertwee and Tom Baker are the definitive Doctors. Eccleston, Smith and Tennant are close but not as brilliant or fantastic as Baker or Pertwee
I'd say Tennant & Capaldi are the T Baker & Pertwee of NuWho
@@tristansteinbomer3256 I will pay that!
What does 'I will pay that mean? I assume that it means you agree - but I haven't heard it used before.
I have watched since the first episode - in my opinion, the most iconic was Tom Baker followed by Peter Capaldi who I think will become more appreciated over time (as will Jenna).
There is nothing wierd about Nicola Bryant being beautiful in skimpy costumes, Louise Jameson too.
And anyway, Peri started traveling with the Doctor while she was on vacation on the Canary Islands, so her available wardrobe was probably all built around going to beaches & nightclubs.
Tom Baker is and always will be the Doctor. Although David Tennant and Matt Smith come a close second. And if you really think about it, their Doctors where allot like Tom Baker's. They only differ when the show runners and the writers moved away too much from canon. David Tennant's long coat and timey whimy logic. And Matt Smith's love of gadgets and spontaneity. My favorite Doctors in order, are Tom Baker, David Tennant/Matt Smith, and Sylvester McCoy. Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee are great actors outside of Doctor Who, but their Doctor was a bit off for me. Same with Peter Davison, he was in many ways the first modern Doctor. His Doctor had a better budget and better special effects. But his Doctor always seemed like he was about to cry or have a nervous breakdown. If you're going to travel with the Doctor, and face evil that will kill you, or some part of the universe, you don't want a Doctor that seemed more likely to fail than the companions.
Jodie Whittaker should be wearing a giant question mark, because most of us are confused as to why shes there too.
@GamingWithChu because she's a bloody awful doctor , and that stupid expression on her face half the time doesn't help either.
Fezes are cool
Bring back k9
Tom Baker IS the Doctor. 😎🧣
Disbanding UNIT especially the throwaway fashion of budgetary reasons just made me so angry with Chibnall, that was a tough time.
2:47 What the hell are you on about? Using the Nazi comparison, Sec was the one Dalek to actually realize that: "Hey Nazism is kinda eh when we are the last 4 beings in the galaxy we need to evolve"...only for his subordinates to go "Hail Daleks" and kill him :/
Even as recent as Revolution, the doctor's plan to defeat a Dalek invasion was to get pure Daleks to see the human based daleks to get rid of them :/
If anything the Nazi allegories actually came to a bigger forefront with time.
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Did Bryant's accent fool any Americans? As a kid watching, it didn't even occur to me that she was supposed to be American.
I knew, it was clear from the script, but that was the worst American accent. I hated it and her whiny delivery.
The concept of the Doctor being able to change gender is actually a statement by the writers against transgenderism. The writer is saying that a non human character can change their gender. The change is at a genetic level where they are fertile and able to mother or father children. This is not the cosmetic change offered to humans! In other words the writer advocates that humans can’t do it, only a fictional alien character can! I suspect that subsequent writers in the show didn’t realise what was being written into the show’s lore.
Such an amazing and beloved character .... now look at what they've done to him and his show with number thirteen. Unlucky number indeed 👎
Wait!….Peri wore “normal clothing”…😮
Oh…less revealing…😉
Filming in English weather, not Spain, or the C’ Isles.
I was 11 years old when Doctor Who started and I though then that it was for a much younger audience that would not notice the poor sets and sloppy writing and acting.
When the 2nd doctor arrived it was stupid and hard to watch. It never really got much better.