This is why I love Peter Capaldi as an actor in a nutshell. He becomes the role. And by God, he bacame a Cossack leader there. The very fact that these letters are real makes it all the more hilarious and incredible.
@@aisinbiya some shit historian you are. a couple minutes of research will tell you that the historical consensus is that it's almost completely made up
Peter Capaldi is amazing ... he reads so well, and allows himself to immerse himself in the character. Love that his natural Scottish accent is on full display here.
This people (cossacks) weren't under any state power during centuries. So, every attempt to demonstrate the mightiness of foreign sovereign in front of them was treated like bad anecdote. They just didn't get all this vanity. It could explain a bit the character of the letter. And by the way, English translation is quite close to the Ukrainian original.
The only difference is that the original text is more rhythmic and full of internal rhymes (yes, most of these curses are actually rhymed, which makes them even funnier and more caustic).
@@andreivylinski1862 pray tell, what original text? the one that historians have concluded was translated into Russian way later from a European anti-Turkish leaflet?
@@vadimgalimov2576 Which so-called Russian 'historians' concluded that? A letter copy was found at the beginning of 19 century by Ukrainian researchers Novitsky, Simonovsky and published by historian and ethnographist Dmytro Yavornitsky
@@vadimgalimov2576 in this case, 'original' means the source text for the English translation. I don't know which of the versions, the Russian or the Ukrainian one, was used, but it doesn't actually make any difference since both are clearly built around similar devices, internal rhymes the most expressive of them. If you were going to argue with that, you better stop or you'll look stupid. If you were going to argue about the authenticity of the letter, you better stop all the more since this issue is completely irrelevant here.
Wikipedia lists major versions and history of the discovery - looks like they used #4 for this reading, as one of the most popular Quite possible that curses were inserted later and not a part of the original letter en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_between_the_Ottoman_sultan_and_the_Cossacks?wprov=sfti1
As a huge fan of both Matt Berry and Peter Capaldi, I never thought about a possible exchange between them, but, now that I see it, it makes a lot of sense, they fit so well together! That was extremely hilarious and wonderfully executed! (Obviously I freaked out when I saw them cursing at each other).
So, if we assume that's a real letter as it was written, it was sent and received. Chances are, the letter wasn't written in the same language sultan read. So it was, basically, a translator saying to him "They refused". I highly doubt anyone would actually read it to him.
This is the true art of cursing. Sadly the modern youth has forgotten this once great art. The insults of today pale in comparison to the ones from even a century ago let alone older. :(
I am now picturing Twelve, three sheets to the wind on whatever the Cossacks are passing around. "Bill, Bill! Get over here!" Bill is none too sober herself "What is is, Doctor?" "These fellows we've been drinking with? Well, the Turkish Sultan just sent them a message. Seems he wants to take over their lands and make these..." He throws his arms around two BURLY horsemen "Upstanding gents into his vassals." "What we gonna do about it?" "We're gonna write him a strongly worded letter, of course! Come over and help. We'll need a few good insults."
It is not that far from the original and considering the letter was not written in English it is also quite close to the message sent in the original language (I believe it was Ukrainian but dont remember)
The Zaporozhian's really did not like the Ottomans, as evidenced by their 1676 reply read/reenacted here... however, this letter doesn't do their dislike justice. For in ~July 1624 150 Zaporozhian ships carrying 7,500 warriors sat off the coast of Istanbul; with some Ottoman sources reporting that further Zaporozhian reserves had been swimming along with the 150-strong fleet.
At 1:50 lazlo Cravensworth just realised that that this isn't Malcome Tucker! But The Doctor! The one who stops the monsters and creatures of the night!
It would have been REALLY funny to have had the 12th Doctor go all Malcolm Tucker in an argument with the TARDIS console when he thought he was alone, only for Clara to come in halfway through and just stand there quietly watching, until finally he noticed her by chance, almost jumped out of his skin, and hastily reverted to his usual 12th Doctor characterisation.
Mr. AnselmTheWeird0 I still had to find it interesting that he used his true accent when in Paddington Mr Curry was speaking in a silly voice telling the browns about Paddington
I think my ancestors were a little too far south for this but darn it I’d like to believe they were at the meeting that drafted this reply. It’s not even out of character.
yeah, years ago I understood that back in the day when Kyiv was under siege my Mongols, Ukrainians of that time were probably singing offensive but funny pamphlets to the horde. This is why Kyiv was not spared, as were cities of Moskovia
Technically speaking, they weren't. An agreement signed on March 1654 was not even a union. Cossacks had their laws still acting on their territory, and Tsar's governors were not allowed to intrude. More than that, they still had their 60k army and the elections of the Hetman.
Actually, it's not only Ukrainian. At the time of this letter (1670), the Cossacks were under Polish (even though they later did the uprising and defected to Russia) rule.
@@SjahalNooriThe uprising u speak of happened in 1648, the letter was written during their brief period of full independence. Even if it wasn't, its still neither Polish nor Russian history. It can be part of their history as a neigbhourly entity, that's about it. Also they did not defect to the Russians. THey signed a military union, an alliance. Which the Cossacks hoped would save them from Poland, but Russia little by little began softly invading and annexing them. Russia then made a pact with Poland to divide the Cossacks to further weaken them, Eventually completely destroying the Zaporozhian host in 1775!
Capaldi: "You want me to read a historic letter for culture promotion? Oh, I know just the one!"
Just the look on Capaldi's face before he ever utters a single word is hilarious. Oh boy - here it comes...
When you are reading the book in front of the class and the line coming up has a swear word
Yeah he's just a punk rock star...
Scottish Cossacks would have been an absolutely terrifying force had they existed for real...
Universes where this actually happened imploded due to too much concentrated awesome....
Nobody expected the Scottish Cossacks!
Might I allow you to enjoy yourself. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Russians
Just play CK2 or EU4, i am sure you could make it happen lol.
@@Thegreatoneification Cossacks aren't Russians. In fact, they emerged as an anti-Russian force.
"He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master."
Ha-ha! The lightbulb in the leg lamp went off!!
This is why I love Peter Capaldi as an actor in a nutshell. He becomes the role. And by God, he bacame a Cossack leader there.
The very fact that these letters are real makes it all the more hilarious and incredible.
Mashallah
these letters were actually fake tho
@@RabahJam They were not
Letter writing is a lost art
Dunno. Trump's letters to foreign leaders sound similar (see the Erdogan letter).
Matt Berry does such a great job with that pompous, entitled, yet bewildered look.
the accent makes it more amazing XD
IKR?
I think a medieval version of Malcomn Tucker has possessed Capaldi... XD
This actually is historical. It was written in 1676 by Koshovyi otaman Ivan Sirko. I tracked it down -- good historian that I am. :)
@@aisinbiya Awesome ! Thank you, I'd not heard this ever before
@@theresechristiansen9769 Always happy to help. Teaching history is my passion.
We live in a Society omg yes Malcolm Tucker lol
@@aisinbiya some shit historian you are. a couple minutes of research will tell you that the historical consensus is that it's almost completely made up
You can’t hear images...
*shows painting of the Cossacks writing the reply*
If you CANNOT hear Slavic laughter, you are deaf...
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No one:
Absolutely no one:
Peter Capaldi - "pig. Pig! PIG!!!!!"
Peter Capaldi is amazing ... he reads so well, and allows himself to immerse himself in the character. Love that his natural Scottish accent is on full display here.
This people (cossacks) weren't under any state power during centuries. So, every attempt to demonstrate the mightiness of foreign sovereign in front of them was treated like bad anecdote. They just didn't get all this vanity. It could explain a bit the character of the letter. And by the way, English translation is quite close to the Ukrainian original.
The only difference is that the original text is more rhythmic and full of internal rhymes (yes, most of these curses are actually rhymed, which makes them even funnier and more caustic).
@@andreivylinski1862 pray tell, what original text? the one that historians have concluded was translated into Russian way later from a European anti-Turkish leaflet?
@@vadimgalimov2576 Which so-called Russian 'historians' concluded that?
A letter copy was found at the beginning of 19 century by Ukrainian researchers Novitsky, Simonovsky and published by historian and ethnographist Dmytro Yavornitsky
@@vadimgalimov2576 in this case, 'original' means the source text for the English translation. I don't know which of the versions, the Russian or the Ukrainian one, was used, but it doesn't actually make any difference since both are clearly built around similar devices, internal rhymes the most expressive of them. If you were going to argue with that, you better stop or you'll look stupid. If you were going to argue about the authenticity of the letter, you better stop all the more since this issue is completely irrelevant here.
Wikipedia lists major versions and history of the discovery - looks like they used #4 for this reading, as one of the most popular
Quite possible that curses were inserted later and not a part of the original letter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_between_the_Ottoman_sultan_and_the_Cossacks?wprov=sfti1
Matt Berry and Peter Capaldi have such synergy
They couldn't have chosen a more perfect thing for Capaldi to read
As a huge fan of both Matt Berry and Peter Capaldi, I never thought about a possible exchange between them, but, now that I see it, it makes a lot of sense, they fit so well together! That was extremely hilarious and wonderfully executed! (Obviously I freaked out when I saw them cursing at each other).
I pity the guy who had the task of delivering this letter to the Sultan. Is there any record of Mehmed reaction to it?
No, because this letter was actually never written
Well records of the past are always incomplete, even when it was only 400 years ago a lot is lost.
Yeah, there's a Buzzfeed video "Sultans react to Cossack Letters"
So, if we assume that's a real letter as it was written, it was sent and received. Chances are, the letter wasn't written in the same language sultan read. So it was, basically, a translator saying to him "They refused". I highly doubt anyone would actually read it to him.
Дуже дякую Капальді за виконання листа. Як і всім - за їх коментарі. Бальзам на душу. Особливо - у такий час.
The Scottish accent makes this perfect.
The doctor and Douglass Reynholm in one place! It must be Christmas
Capaldi could read the phonebook and I'd enjoy it.
Nice how Peter, after giving this monumental rant, he friendly nods to Matt, and Matt just points to him as to say 'Come on, applaud this man.'
Peter is actually enjoying it!!! :-) that makes it more awesome! :-D
The guy at the start is one of my favorite actors ever. I lived his character SO much in the IT Crowd.
I never knew I needed to see Peter Capaldi and Matt Berry on the same screen before now
Peter looked like he had alot of fun hahaha
This is exactly, what we are saying to putin today, here, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Take care, we are with you
Slava Ukraini
I absolutely love Matt Berry his part was just absolutely amazing
This is the true art of cursing. Sadly the modern youth has forgotten this once great art. The insults of today pale in comparison to the ones from even a century ago let alone older. :(
LOVE Capaldi!
Oh I had no idea what this would be when I clicked the link! This is probably my favorite historical letter exchange of all time!
someone needs to send an updated version of this to Putin!
Malcolm Tucker vs Douglas Reynholm
the battle of the bosses.
When Berry started talking, the first thing I thought was, “Douglas, now that we’re alone, I can speak frankly.”
I'm a big doctor who fan so I think that speech should go in an episode!!
Somehow I don't think the language will pass. But I did love that fact that he was SO Scottish.
I am now picturing Twelve, three sheets to the wind on whatever the Cossacks are passing around.
"Bill, Bill! Get over here!"
Bill is none too sober herself "What is is, Doctor?"
"These fellows we've been drinking with? Well, the Turkish Sultan just sent them a message. Seems he wants to take over their lands and make these..." He throws his arms around two BURLY horsemen "Upstanding gents into his vassals."
"What we gonna do about it?"
"We're gonna write him a strongly worded letter, of course! Come over and help. We'll need a few good insults."
imagine if he delivered this in place of the famous zygon inversion speech
I just love to watch this.
Peter Capaldi... Can do anything.
I died at "pig".
Pig, Pig, PIG! 🐷
I'm hearing The Twelfth Doctor's theme as I watched and it sounded and made this video awesome
What Peter speaks is a modern version of the letter, to verify a better understanding for people nowadays.
It is not that far from the original and considering the letter was not written in English it is also quite close to the message sent in the original language (I believe it was Ukrainian but dont remember)
"The worst thing she can say is no."
Her:
Capaldi is just amazing.
idk whats going on but hearing peter curse is making me vibrate
The Zaporozhian's really did not like the Ottomans, as evidenced by their 1676 reply read/reenacted here... however, this letter doesn't do their dislike justice. For in ~July 1624 150 Zaporozhian ships carrying 7,500 warriors sat off the coast of Istanbul; with some Ottoman sources reporting that further Zaporozhian reserves had been swimming along with the 150-strong fleet.
And the Ottomans erased them in history books for forever. Cute.
@@UltraSonic666 wow - they did a SHIT job of that erasure if we're talking about those cossacks 'from beyond the rapids' NOW. B)
Lazlo Cravensworth vs 12th Doctor be like
Peter Capaldi is an absolute treasure
Give credit to Matt Berry too. Excellent work!
I'm here from Kyiv after Medvedev's open letter about Ukraine, just being petty as all hell. It's silly but satisfying :)
I hadn't seen this yet, Wow now that was Amazing, Just Amazing coming out of My fave Actors Mouth! :)
This video is underrated.
At 1:50 lazlo Cravensworth just realised that that this isn't Malcome Tucker! But The Doctor!
The one who stops the monsters and creatures of the night!
This just in Malcolm Tucker actually 17th century Cossack
That was fantastic bring us some more live letters.
I love Peter.
It would have been REALLY funny to have had the 12th Doctor go all Malcolm Tucker in an argument with the TARDIS console when he thought he was alone, only for Clara to come in halfway through and just stand there quietly watching, until finally he noticed her by chance, almost jumped out of his skin, and hastily reverted to his usual 12th Doctor characterisation.
this is a brilliant, Capaldi makes this so much better.
The Doctor got up to some strange stuff between season 8 and 9...
i love to see Jackie Daytona working in this kind of things even tho it was hard to recognize without his toothpick but the blu jeans give him away.
I rarely say stuff like this unironically, but they truly did roast the sweet loving fuck out of the sultan.
Oh The scottish accent!
Mr. AnselmTheWeird0 I still had to find it interesting that he used his true accent when in Paddington Mr Curry was speaking in a silly voice telling the browns about Paddington
THIS WAS EPIIIIIIIIIICCCCC
you dont even imagine how it sounds in Ukrainian :D
lot`s more agressive - we have a sharp "R" sound, as many other slavic
@@FlarGarg oh yeah but it's also rhymed and just ultimately badass
Bless the genius organizer at Live Letters who thought, "You know who we should get to read this one? Malcolm Fucking Tucker."
I love how Tucker-esque this dialogue is.
Possibly the greatest wig-snatch in human history.
as a Canadian this is amazing to me. Stephen fucken toast!
Malcolm, please come back... For me!!
Matt Berry starting, along with Peter Capaldi reading one of the most historic burns ever is something I never expected.
I suggest you to listen to native speach (even if you won't understand anything), because original sounds great!
This is unbelievably awesome!! :)
Todd Rivers is such an amazing actor!
Ah, if only there had really been Scottish Cossacks!! The Sultan looks like "What the F... just happened??"
Who knew the Zaporozhian Cossacks were Scottish?
Same spirit,definitely. As evidenced by the perfect fit of the accent
I think my ancestors were a little too far south for this but darn it I’d like to believe they were at the meeting that drafted this reply. It’s not even out of character.
My two fave peeps!
The "and f**k yar mother!" always gets me
I like his emocion 🖤🖤🖤
Mehmed IV: ... I'll take that as a no, then?
1:50 I died
WHO WON? WHO'S NEXT???? YOU DECIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!!!
Doctor visited Sirco?) That's awsome!))
Фанфік сам пишеться:) the fanfic writes itself
Now today we understand where ukrainians are coming from
yeah, years ago I understood that back in the day when Kyiv was under siege my Mongols, Ukrainians of that time were probably singing offensive but funny pamphlets to the horde. This is why Kyiv was not spared, as were cities of Moskovia
Je kiffe Peter Capaldi (alias Le Docteur 😉)
Peter and his Scottish accent just make me so happy!
And that's why Ukrainian history is so great XDD
Russian* Technically speaking, those Cossacks were under the Tsar's rule, in which they respected the Remanovs.
Technically speaking, they weren't. An agreement signed on March 1654 was not even a union. Cossacks had their laws still acting on their territory, and Tsar's governors were not allowed to intrude. More than that, they still had their 60k army and the elections of the Hetman.
Actually, it's not only Ukrainian. At the time of this letter (1670), the Cossacks were under Polish (even though they later did the uprising and defected to Russia) rule.
@@SjahalNooriThe uprising u speak of happened in 1648, the letter was written during their brief period of full independence. Even if it wasn't, its still neither Polish nor Russian history. It can be part of their history as a neigbhourly entity, that's about it. Also they did not defect to the Russians. THey signed a military union, an alliance. Which the Cossacks hoped would save them from Poland, but Russia little by little began softly invading and annexing them. Russia then made a pact with Poland to divide the Cossacks to further weaken them, Eventually completely destroying the Zaporozhian host in 1775!
@@imallears6264 There were different cossacks in Ukraine. Zaporozhe cossacks were a separate entity from the rest.
Doesn't get much better than this
They need to do aTV show or film together.
The doctor drank too much
Glorious!
If the template to the Clone Army was Malcolm Tucker - we'd get the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
Ilya Repin's masterpiece will bring this to life.
2:34 Came for *PIG PIG PIG*
Come On Peter Capaldi Let's Go.
Scottish spirit!
The 12th and 14th Doctors.......
Wdym 14th???
@@BlueStar4040 Wish-casting ;p
@@stonebaxter sorry im dumb who do u wish to be 14???
@@BlueStar4040 Matt Berry, the guy reading opposite Capaldi (the 12th Doctor)
@@stonebaxter ok thx I'll look him up
I know it's speculated if these letters even existed, but I would like to think they did.
Dude why is toast of London reading a letter to the sultan
So... this is one of those episodes of doctor who...
I bet Capaldi actually just improvised the whole scene...
0:37 now THAT is a great look