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  • Опубліковано 26 лют 2024
  • Go back in time (and forward again) with some highlights of the Doctor's former companion Mel!
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  • @jackking1900
    @jackking1900 5 місяців тому +139

    Love how we needed to include the killer Collin Baker quote less than a minute into the Mel compilation

    • @kyrauniversal
      @kyrauniversal 5 місяців тому +10

      Yeah but that literal quote, "Why? There's nobody to tri anymore!" Giving common sense to Timelords.

    • @MichaelJohnson-kq7qg
      @MichaelJohnson-kq7qg 5 місяців тому +8

      It's a high point of 60 years of Doctor Who. And proof that not all the really great speeches were written by Moffat.

  • @AuroraButterflyx
    @AuroraButterflyx 5 місяців тому +77

    Whatever what we thought if Mel back in the day, Russell did an excellent job on her return and she felt so at home in the first few minutes

  • @matt0044
    @matt0044 5 місяців тому +67

    Part of me hopes we get a story of how Mel met the Doctor. It's weird how every other companion had an introductory adventure besides her.

    • @Drekal684
      @Drekal684 Місяць тому +6

      By that same token, I hope we find out why Ace stopped travelling with the Doctor. That we can, one day, see that specific adventure.

    • @ceoofwandaism7380
      @ceoofwandaism7380 Місяць тому +2

      @@Drekal684I thought that was explained in an audiobook

    • @timewyrmrevelations7700
      @timewyrmrevelations7700 23 дні тому +1

      @@ceoofwandaism7380it was explained in one of the new adventure books she actually left him twice but the second time was for good. The books also explain what happened to Mel after she left him as well and they are canon as far as the BBC are concerned but they are really expensive to track down now because they are from the early nineties.

  • @mikaelastefkova
    @mikaelastefkova 5 місяців тому +37

    I love Mel, she's so underrated 🥺💗💗

  • @tsr207
    @tsr207 5 місяців тому +26

    My friend and his accordion band travelled down to Leeds for a television programme called "Junior Showtime" - He came back praising a(very) young girl who was the one person who would talk to him and his band - Bonnie Langford. Always followed her career after that and so glad that she achieved remarkable success on stage and screen. And watched the Mel figure being made at the Dapol factory in Llangollen years later !

    • @angelafewell3734
      @angelafewell3734 5 місяців тому +1

      Loved the Dapol factory and Dr Who museum in Llangollen. The kids and I had great fun there!

  • @bobhellier
    @bobhellier 5 місяців тому +30

    great to see Bonnie Langford back as Mel bush in Doctor Who hope we see again soon not just a one off appearance

    • @Gemma-Majoran
      @Gemma-Majoran 5 місяців тому +8

      good news for you but shh spoilers

  • @warrennewman5325
    @warrennewman5325 5 місяців тому +19

    Ive met bonnie a few times is lovely meeting her

  • @kyrauniversal
    @kyrauniversal 4 місяці тому +5

    The quote from Dragonfire literally sounds like it made its way into Series 1 Episode 2, End of the World.
    "Danger. Unfiltered Sunlight."

  • @swag-a-dellaman6555
    @swag-a-dellaman6555 5 місяців тому +30

    She was always such a screamer!

  • @badwolf2331
    @badwolf2331 5 місяців тому +29

    I've always loved Mel in Doctor Who

  • @swiftbird4846
    @swiftbird4846 5 місяців тому +9

    I'm so happy that she's back.

  • @johnroberts524
    @johnroberts524 Місяць тому +2

    Love the way her character is written now way more than how they use to write her

  • @rowanc88
    @rowanc88 5 місяців тому +21

    Bonnie is a national treasure, and has proven how great she truly is as Mel through the Big Finish audios and her appearance in 'The Giggle'. I'm really looking forward to seeing her again in the next series.

  • @DigiRangerScott
    @DigiRangerScott 5 місяців тому +37

    I genuinely feel like Mel’s writing was on the floor in her original run. She had nowhere to go but up in present day. If the writers want to make her a new Sarah Jane-type, go for it. Adopt that spirit. I’m just glad she’s here.
    I felt similarly about Beverly and Troi on Star Trek Picard.

  • @warhaver123
    @warhaver123 Місяць тому +1

    the fact that you can completely tell it’s the same actor even though it’s well over 20 years apart

  • @replimatreviews
    @replimatreviews 5 місяців тому +10

    You open a Best of Mel vid with a clip in which she has three lines??!! Wow.

  • @notavailable2590
    @notavailable2590 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the new podcast.

  • @user-qq4ii3xl4k
    @user-qq4ii3xl4k 5 місяців тому +13

    Old Doctor Who episodes are really iconic

  • @LowCountryMatt
    @LowCountryMatt Місяць тому +1

    Came to this since Mel is gonna be back next week. I'm glad she's getting some proper screen time.
    Maybe we fan get some for Peri next

  • @user-lo4tm3xw9q
    @user-lo4tm3xw9q 4 місяці тому +3

    Mel was a lively lovely girl❤
    She is now elegant lady still so lovely❤

  • @yee-raplantar-maximoff4318
    @yee-raplantar-maximoff4318 2 місяці тому +3

    I was pretty neutral on Mel when I first discovered her episodes but along came the Giggle and now I adore her

  • @kanton4108
    @kanton4108 5 місяців тому +6

    You might want to rethink your title. There's not a lot of Mel in the video.

  • @raffausfaus
    @raffausfaus Місяць тому +1

    Things: happens
    Mel, in the 80’s: * scream *

    • @timewyrmrevelations7700
      @timewyrmrevelations7700 23 дні тому

      It’s why she was hired they wanted someone who could scream like her and she hated it because it’s not what she was expecting to be doing.

  • @mrdoctorgilmore
    @mrdoctorgilmore 5 місяців тому +21

    I feel Mel worked best with the 6th Doctor, she's a more active presence in the Vervoids and pushes the story forward whilst in s24 and the 60th doesn't have much to do. Plus her bubbly personality brings out a more endearing side to the 6th Doctor, where he's less pompous and loud, rather he's more loveably grumpy.

  • @johnclay7644
    @johnclay7644 5 місяців тому +3

    Good extensive montage

  • @The_Umpteenth_Doctor
    @The_Umpteenth_Doctor 5 місяців тому +2

    Hey BBC, release 'Torchwood: Absent Friends'

  • @Jim_mears
    @Jim_mears Місяць тому

    Bonnie Langford, absolved by history. What a world!

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 5 місяців тому +13

    Mel was a perfect fit for the sixth doctor, more so than the 7th. You're trying to keep the doctor in shape with exercise and carrot juice was great.

    • @timewyrmrevelations7700
      @timewyrmrevelations7700 23 дні тому

      The funny thing is that Bonnie personally can’t stand it which is why if you watch her she never actually drinks any of it she just pretends.

  • @user-st5hh2fd5m
    @user-st5hh2fd5m 5 місяців тому +1

    🤩🤩🤩❤adoro Classic doctor❤

  • @AndrewChapman
    @AndrewChapman 5 місяців тому +1

    Love how years before joining EastEnders, Bonnie Langford got to play Mel on the Walford set in "Dimensions in T-- Oh wait, we're not allowed to talk about that without getting moaned at, are we? I'd better shut up then.

  • @c0smiccupid
    @c0smiccupid 5 місяців тому +2

    MY QUEEN

  • @aemiliacarolphonetube9749
    @aemiliacarolphonetube9749 Місяць тому

    Young Mel reminds me of one of Cinderella's step sisters.

  • @halimmatacem3430
    @halimmatacem3430 5 місяців тому +1

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @traceybradbury5022
    @traceybradbury5022 5 місяців тому

    💙💙

  • @AmazingWorldoffanboy0278
    @AmazingWorldoffanboy0278 5 місяців тому

    Wow that was when she was young but when you see her now shes in her 60s

  • @JBDazen
    @JBDazen 5 місяців тому +3

    Doctor Who used to sound pretty posh :P

  • @BALMATECH
    @BALMATECH 5 місяців тому +3

    Gracias 🫂

  • @itcu185
    @itcu185 5 місяців тому +3

    She looks way better now! that perm was too much

    • @justthehari
      @justthehari 5 місяців тому +1

      80ies fashion created by TimeLords, cant blame her

    • @montelhelem8707
      @montelhelem8707 5 місяців тому +3

      Nah that perm was EVERYTHING she pulled it off so well

    • @itcu185
      @itcu185 5 місяців тому

      @@montelhelem8707 maybe , but she is hotter now

  • @jayejaejjjeijay5648
    @jayejaejjjeijay5648 3 місяці тому

    Whenever people on the Internet say 'unalive' i can't help imagining them as Kangs...

  • @vortechsci-figadgets4603
    @vortechsci-figadgets4603 2 місяці тому

    People think Who is camp now, the early McCoy era was off the scale bonkers 😄

  • @ChazaMazza_
    @ChazaMazza_ Місяць тому

    then: AHHHHHHHH
    now :
    🗿

  • @minicle426
    @minicle426 5 місяців тому +1

    Now can we have Jamie make a return perhaps?

  • @matthewbolitho-jones
    @matthewbolitho-jones 5 місяців тому +4

    I like Mel Bush

  • @TZER0
    @TZER0 5 місяців тому +5

    I always preferred Mel over Ace. With her paired with the 7th Doctor, they made a cute couple.

    • @AndrewChapman
      @AndrewChapman 5 місяців тому +2

      7th certainly gave Mel a SWINGING time on their first encounter when she thought he was a stranger after he changed from 6th's costume lol

  • @user-xe9wh3op2j
    @user-xe9wh3op2j 5 місяців тому +1

    👍

  • @2429Ryanspeer
    @2429Ryanspeer 5 місяців тому +6

    Myth myth myth Mel what do you think?

  • @F5ss
    @F5ss 5 місяців тому +2

    😮😢

  • @The_Lost_Subrosian
    @The_Lost_Subrosian 5 місяців тому +2

    Even the 15th Doctor hates the taste of carrot juice because of her.

  • @popescu15iuliana
    @popescu15iuliana 5 місяців тому

    Me name is Melanie

  • @darbexcl
    @darbexcl 4 місяці тому

    Rrrock that talks😅

  • @CaptainGuluGulu
    @CaptainGuluGulu 5 місяців тому +3

    Whenever ı see mel it reminds me of carrot juice

  • @bradugar
    @bradugar 5 місяців тому

    0:16 looks like Mel is making out with a cheap fursuit

  • @amyclarke41
    @amyclarke41 12 днів тому +1

    D gs ❤85 D C M B

  • @hopebgood
    @hopebgood 5 місяців тому +3

    Mel Bush, when first introduced was the worst companion ever. The Worst. Just a really badly written character with no thought at all behind her creation. A real shame cos Bonnie Langford is such a nice person, but when her character was re-introduced it was totally different. It was a pleasure to see Mel again.

    • @shemdellashemygd29
      @shemdellashemygd29 5 місяців тому +1

      Going on like big finish didnt improve her character.

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks Місяць тому +3

      Badly written character and, let's be honest, Bonnie really overacted back then.

    • @hopebgood
      @hopebgood Місяць тому +1

      @@dlxmarks Overacted? Absolutely! I'm trying to forget those early scream scenes 😉

  • @somethingsomething7205
    @somethingsomething7205 5 місяців тому

    Bush? lol no.

  • @harryturner8701
    @harryturner8701 5 місяців тому

    I wonder if she can still do that scream

    • @TONES44
      @TONES44 5 місяців тому +1

      She briefly does it when she gets spun around by the toymaker during that music segment

  • @ExtravagantEthan
    @ExtravagantEthan 5 місяців тому

    Wait so there was a doctor between tennant and smith?

    • @stevenlord4751
      @stevenlord4751 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@brewster_4 Tenant technically regenerated into his hand causing the birth of the metacrisis Doctor. There is also the War Doctor

    • @BlakeGamer-qy6ve
      @BlakeGamer-qy6ve 5 місяців тому

      the war doctor never called himself the doctor so it stays 10, 11 etc and the metacrisis doctor is not an incarnation he's a regeneration so it stays 10, 11 etc again. I think they are talking about incarnations instead of regenerations.@@stevenlord4751

    • @timewyrmrevelations7700
      @timewyrmrevelations7700 23 дні тому

      @@stevenlord4751except the war doctor comes before eccelstone.

    • @stevenlord4751
      @stevenlord4751 22 дні тому

      @@timewyrmrevelations7700 yes I'm talking about the metacrisis doctor

  • @davidstankiewicz2049
    @davidstankiewicz2049 Місяць тому

    She screams too much lol

  • @serenityenderson
    @serenityenderson 5 місяців тому +1

    Well, I love the reboot, but I think all the dreadful 80s stuff was why it got canned... 😂

    • @serenityenderson
      @serenityenderson 5 місяців тому +1

      Don't get me wrong - I love Bonnie! It was including the creepy Ken Dodd in an episode (even briefly) that doomed the first incarnation...

    • @minicle426
      @minicle426 5 місяців тому

      Not really. The BBC were trying to cancel it for years anyway. Mainly to push out Soap Operas. So any excuse for them would have sufficed.

  • @chaserseven2886
    @chaserseven2886 5 місяців тому +3

    Ewww what was Thant alien gonna do with its tongue?

    • @TONES44
      @TONES44 5 місяців тому

      Paralysed her.

    • @TONES44
      @TONES44 5 місяців тому

      They are called Tetraps, they have eyes all around their head too.

  • @vincedc71
    @vincedc71 5 місяців тому +3

    One of my least favorite. Nice but, all she ever did was scream.....several times per episode. Got old fast.

    • @shemdellashemygd29
      @shemdellashemygd29 5 місяців тому

      So. Big finish fixed that.

    • @BlakeGamer-qy6ve
      @BlakeGamer-qy6ve 5 місяців тому

      bold of you to asume that everyone has seen big finish.@@shemdellashemygd29

    • @timewyrmrevelations7700
      @timewyrmrevelations7700 23 дні тому

      That was the reason she was hired John Nathan Turner wanted a companion who would scream on cue and she hated it.

  • @RobertJones-st3wj
    @RobertJones-st3wj 5 місяців тому +3

    Dunno why their bringing her back when Ace was a much better companion typical RTD and his bad decisions

    • @shemdellashemygd29
      @shemdellashemygd29 5 місяців тому +1

      L take

    • @BlakeGamer-qy6ve
      @BlakeGamer-qy6ve 5 місяців тому +6

      Chris already brung back ace. And in that same episode where they brung ace back they said unit was recruiting people who know how to deal with the monsters first hand (which implies of course, companions) so it makes sense for her to be there.

    • @minicle426
      @minicle426 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@shemdellashemygd29Oh no!
      Anyway...

    • @shemdellashemygd29
      @shemdellashemygd29 5 місяців тому

      w mel

  • @replimatreviews
    @replimatreviews 5 місяців тому +1

    You open a Best of Mel vid with a clip in which she has three lines??!! Wow.

    • @diamondaxe4133
      @diamondaxe4133 4 місяці тому

      To be honest, there wasn’t much for them to work with.