I love how although this is a funny skit it's also cosmically horrifying, no matter what the doctor does he cannot stop the dalek and actually contributes to their existence an immense amount
The Doctor allowed their creation to continue as 4, saved a child Davros as 12, and now accidentally Bootstrap Paradox'd the name Dalek and contributed to the plunger lol
I love the subtle Bootstrap Paradox. Doctor named the Daleks because he knew what they were called in the future. Davros was dismissive of the anagrams otherwise.
Fun fact: Russell T Davies had originally written for a younger pre-Genesis Davros to be seen in Journey's End through flashbacks, but had to cut it from later drafts of the script due to an overlong runtime and to cut the budget. Nice to see Julian Bleach finally play out a scene as Kaled Davros!
I am a bit confused. I was under the impression that Davros was very much already blind and borged out when he started the Travelling Machine project. I mean, Timey-Wimey is as Timey-Wimey does, and he's every inch Davros in spats as he is in a Hoveround, but I feel like the Doctor would evert himself in surprise if he realized Davros made it that far into his timeline able to handle stairs. I bet the Mark III has lift technology to deal with stairs since Davros probably still uses the things.
Thats a point actually. In Genesis he is in the chair. And his early Daleks are based on the chairs design. Hence all the kids in our infants school when Genesis was first broadcast thought that Davros was what was inside a Dalek and someone had taken the top part off. It took me ages to convince them it was a man, and he was the designer of the Daleks and the Daleks were what the race of men would become. Yes I was so into Doctor Who even at five years old. Maybe ol Davros was designing away and coming up with this...then he gets splattered in the rocket attack and builds his chair and life support and then continues with the work till Doctor 4 shows up to put a spanner in the works....and dynamite in the mutant lab....
@@kimchi_b This is a time travel show, people. It takes place before Davros became disabled. Events are constantly getting scuffled around in this show's timeline, i don't think the TV show itself ever says Davros DIDN'T start the dalek project before his accident, and the lore has never been consistent anyway.
I love how once the Doctor realizes what event he was interrupting, he knew that he had to reluctantly participate in the Dalek's development in order to prevent the established timeline from being disrupted.
A mate of mine who sadly isn't with us anymore loved the Tate Tennant duo, we watched nearly every episode together during that season and it is some of my fonedst memories of the DrWho series as well. I'm so happy to see they're back if only for charity, I just wish Mikey was still here to see it. I'll be watching this one for you buddy.
Sorry about your mate. But if he is anywhere, I'm sure he'll get to watch it. I am sure they must have BBC in one place, and they'll have Disney in the other place.
I’m in the exact same boat, my fiancé deeply loved Tennant’s doctor. My fiance had me watch every episode with him (from Eccleston to Smith’s)! He was said when David left, but Matt is my favourite doctor. When I had the chance to go to england I made a point to go to the shop for them. It was so cool! My fiancé passed away 2019, I wish he was here to see him back as the doctor! He would have been so happy! It makes me cry seeing David back!!!
@@PanicLedisko I’m so sorry to hear that, at least he got to see the best of the doctors in their prime eh 😊 Eccelston to Smith was elite DoctorWho. He’ll be watching it right beside you in spirit.
The original reason why they had a plunger instead of an actual claw cause a claw was the original design for the Daleks is because all they could afford on BBC was a sink plunger just a normal red and tan sink plunger but it was black and white so nobody would notice
It's even better when you consider that the sucker he grabbed was probably salvaged *from* a Dalek at some point and has just been lying around the TARDIS for years.
@@splat-trainproductions nah because that design canonically is one of the very late Dalek designs, whereas this design is canonically the first, as seen in Genesis of the Daleks
@@splat-trainproductions Well the grey Dalek is accurate to what we saw in Genesis which implies that design came first and the 1963 one happens in the Daleks' future.
The idea of making it so the toilet plunger hand was always kind of an accident is such a genius way to address how ridiculous it is, and also brace an audience for a potential change to something more menacing and practical, while still retaining most of the Dalek's overall silhouette.
Excuse you but do you not remember what it can do? The sucking to death? The snatching of memories. I think its perfect the way it is. Plus, nothing wrong with a comical little feature.
I don’t think they will change it, nor that they should, it’s far too iconic now. But also, it’s always been kind of an accident in real life too! It WAS supposed to be a claw with which the Daleks could grab stuff, in the original design. Except they couldn’t do it, by lack of means and time, and so they plugged a plunger in the Dalek as a last minute resort and called it a day. And then it became legendary. Like, this episode is just an in-universe reenactment of the real life story and it’s BRILLIANT!!
At first I had mixed feelings about the Dalek casing coming first before his crippling, but then I figured it was just like Davros to model himself after his own creations.
@@YourFriendlyNeighbourNope it's been confirmed that it is really Peter Miles' voice, taken from a deleted scene that was cut from Genesis of the Daleks. RTD confirmed this in Doctor Who magazine.
I remember the first time I saw one back with the 9th Doctor. I was baffled by how ridiculous it looked. I remember thinking, "how can these ridiculous things be any sort of threat to the Doctor? They can't even handle stairs!" Then it came upon stairs and hovered, and I was like, "oh. I see they thought of that."
"Sixty minutes ago I was this really brilliant woman. And now I've got this old face back again. I mean, why?" David Tennant's continued baffled confusion at his regeneration is still absolutely bloody hilarious.
@@tandemyeti2515 Facts aren't pessimism. The show tanked after Smith. Capaldi was ok.... but otherwise it just went so far down hill so fast. Jodi's doctor sucked. I could barely make it through, the writing was so bad, the stories were bland, the visuals were over saturated. It all just sucked. But then we get this and the specials with Tenant and Tate... The doctor Donna. The most Iconic duo. And then they'll be gone.... And I've watched all of Sex Education and I just don't see Ncuti Gatwa being a good doctor....But maybe he'll surprise. Tenant and Smith are real character actors. They MAKE the role their own and bring a real personality to it. You can see it too with David in Good omens and Matt in the House of the Dragon. They MADE the role. Doctor who was amazing because of those two being so good and having such long runs. So we'll get the good doctor back for a few episodes and then it'll likely be trash again that fades from my memory instead of episodes I desperately crave seeing every week and monologues I can't help but memorize and constantly quote and feel a rush of adrenaline and power every time. I didn't get that from Capaldi or Jodi except for 1 or 2 scenes with Capaldi.
@@jairusstrunk94 WHile I agree with most of what you said hell I didn't even continue watching after the whole CyberTimeLords and the hybrid shit(IMO master should have been hyrid it would explain why he killed them all and destroyed gallifrey but I digress), I have to disagree wheh it comes to Capaldi. Some of his stories where great, the whole zygon speech... Come on that's brilliant! I'm excited for these specials, I'll be cautiously optimistic with what follow it though.
It's quite interesting to see a younger Davros from before his accident, and the Dalek's plunger arm being an accident after the Doctor destroyed the original arm was hilarious!
@@Rjgxxxugh. Why would anyone think "they're cripple. That makes rhem evil"? even evil people get crippled just like good people. He's trying too hard to please the morons complaining about things. Either political correctness or those overbearing Moral Guardians
This was completely brilliant. And 100 percent Doctor Who. I loved how they switched from dead seriousness to comedy on a knife’s edge. Absolutely brilliant!
This scene takes place in the FAR past for the Daleks. I wouldn't call it "recent" relative to other Davros appearances lol. Remember, the Doctor is a time traveler.
The plunger is actually capable of grabbing onto anything and never letting go. A Dalek once crushed a man's head with its suction power. It's a funny skit lol but Davros legit had a hard on thinking of the engineering posibilites that a murder plunger provides
Well, would you look at that. The Doctor interfered with the Daleks' creation in such a way that they were made less dangerous. He finally fulfilled the mission set for him by the Time Lords in Genesis of the Daleks. I properly cackled at the ending. Something about the cinematography and Davros' utter bemusement giving way to approval, backed by the swelling choir, just got me.
It’s the way the music gets all dark and the choir rises that you think Davros is about to LOSE his shit and then it calms down and he is like “I like it…” I was laughing
Genesis of the Daleks is one of the best stories of all time, and this was a wonderful little tribute to it. Julian as Davros again! And was that Nyders voice? Amazing. ❤
It can't be lore, because the Kaleds will move towards racial purity, including minority Kaleds with the wrong skin colour will be removed from Kaled society. Any prequal can't change what's established in "Genesis of the Daleks".
There's an aspect of Thirteen's in Fourteen's mannerisms, particularly Thirteen's friendliness. The way he calls the guy a new friend doesn't feel like something Ten would say to a stranger, but something Thirteen would.
It is interesting now that we are in a post-13 era, we can now look back more objectively on her personality, persona, etc, and can now say how future doctors are influenced by her, rather than simply saying she is a copy of 10 and 11. I binge watched the 3 seasons, so time crunched a bit for me and I didn't notice these changes as drastically as if I had watched the 13th doctor live, but she really came into her own character and it is actually quite a cool character! I wasn't a fan of Jodie's over-animating of the doctor's mannerisms (sonic screwdriver for example) in the first season, but the actress found her stride and I love the 13th doctor's personality now! I do wonder if maybe the writing is better than we give it credit for and will only find out as time progresses, but regardless of the writing and everything else, the 13th doctor herself was a great doctor. Excited to see the 14th doctor's mixture of 10 and 13! (and experiences from between)
10 grown up a little, with all of 11, 12, and 13's experiences. Remembering how they looked at his "vanity issues", and also now not dealing with the weight of destroying gallifrey since he can now remember saving it. Along with going back. He's still 10 at heart but a bit of a changed man with time. And all of that is already coming through in this short video
Image if Tennant got to keep his Scottish accent this time since 10 and 14 are meant to be separate incarnations. Wouldn't exactly have been the first time the Doctor went Scottish lol
So the doctor gave his greatest enemies, their name, their signature catchphrase and one of their defining physical traits. Stellar work as always doc.😂😂
You can definitely hear it in Tennant's voice, having done two seasons of Good Omens... He's still channeling a bit of Crowley's sass and tone. Imagine if they got Michael Sheen on board for an adventure, even if it was just one, or a small cameo! That would have been brilliant.
They already had Michael Sheen on doctor who. He tried to kill Matt Smith's Doctor and the destroy the TARDIS he said to Smith "Fear me I've killed hundreds of timeloads" to which Smith replied "Fear me I've killed all of them"
Tbh, I never watched Good Omens (I got put off from it because the fandom made it all about shipping, and that's exactly what pulled me away from Supernatural), so it just feels like the same old, very missed Tenth Doc to me 😅
This skit provides so much lore and could set up a potential future young Davros storyline, whilst also being incredibly funny. Russell T Davies story writing is just absolutely brilliant
I understand and share the love for David and Julian's acting here, but don't leave out Mawaan's part, very well done by all three, hope there's more from Mawaan to come.
Perhaps not! The Kaleds are on a path to racial purity and anyone eventually regarded as a minority racial Kaled, like darker skin, will be removed during the ongoing war with the blond Thals on Skaro. RTD is messing with official canon just for the sake of it because he believes he not offending wheelchair users!
@@goodspell2705 series 1 has such a low budget with Chris but they made it work, you can see they put more budget into certain areas and episodes but it was fun. Old Who operated with a shoe string though but it has this charm to it for that too.
Instead of a hydraulic-mechanical action, he can integrate a nano-matrix to the plunger to not only extract elements, but act as a rapid-response pneumatic.
I love how a Human Adult Davros is basically like some German mad scientist from WW2, makes perfect sense with the whole Dalek thing and the ‘supreme’ race. Absolutely top notch.
@@drewfriend3368 i would not even mind if it was 1 to 1 the Dalek are nazis it what they based on as a reminder the dalek / nazi mind will always be waiting for a shot to stike
I love it! David Tennant is clearly slipping right back into the role, and bringing some new flavor to this different incarnation of the doctor, and it’s absolutely amazing. So excited now!
@@MisterHeroman Call me non-Who-vian, but I prefer it when people are smart enough to take a step back to analyze what's gone wrong with the latest iteration of a project, instead of persisting in their claims that "everything's fine, nothing is wrong" while they keep burning the clothes off their backs to stay warm.
@@MisterHeroman Gonna be a new guy after the Anniversary specials or whatever, so just sit back and enjoy David Tennant in his Dream Role please. Besides, Baker told Smith that "you’ll find yourself revisiting a few but just the old favourites" and well......here we are with one of the All-Time Best ones
Klade are an actual species in the expanded universe, insinuated to descend from the daleks. Despite looking human. Why are the writers so obsessed with anagrams, or is there an actual in-universe explanation fpr Davros naming his creations "kaled" backwards and the daleks' descendants anagramming "dalek"?
Oh was that David Tennant? I thought it was just a new guy who happened to look a lot like him. Huh, funny. I'm sure the casting director will feel like a right old fool when they realise they accidentally cast a previous Doctor as the new one.
I thought this was going to be a serious dramatic clip and it turned out to be hilarious in the best way possible! Lovely to see Julian Bleach as a pre-accident Davros, and the old Dalek eye stalk. Kudos to all involved this this wonderful little piece of fun!
@@thefishwillbearmed7391 I don't think that's what RTD meant. The crippled Davros we have seen throughout the series' history will always exist but he'll probably be looking like the one we see in this special in his next appearances. And it should easily be explained with him getting the 12th Doctor's regeneration energy in A Witch's Familliar/A Magician's Apprentice.
Yes. Pretty stupid of him to leave in the first place. He was still very young and should have done a couple more full seasons. He had plenty of time to do other roles still. Its not like he has had worldwide success since. He went to America and his tv show failed there (Rex is not my Lawyer) and his film remake of Fright Night did not do well either. He ended up back here doing more kitchen sink dramas like that one where he played a serial killer and then his role as that demon in Good Omens, which he played EXACTLY like Doctor Who with the same accent and manner and even some of the lines and phrases he used! Still he is a huge fan of the show and always gives 110% unlike Whitaker that hated the classic era and had nothing but contempt and ignorance for it. She just turned up said the lines and went home and it showed onscreen. Worst performance as the Doctor I have ever seen in the worst era of the show with the lowest ratings and popularity of the 2005 - era....it says a lot.
@@Simon-xc5oy bruh lmao david tennant is a critically acclaimed tv and stage actor (outside of doctor who and good omens he's most known for jessica jones and broadchurch) and is one of the most well known british actors today??? one cancelled tv show and a mid movie (which frankly, he stole the show there as just a side character) is nothing when you look at the rest of his filmography. and tbh i think you need to watch good omens again if you think he played crowley even remotely similar to the tenth doctor, his physicality and attitude and tone of voice are completely different (if you want a comparison, watch the clip of crowley in the burning bookshop and compare it to the doctor watching the master die in his arms. similar element of "losing your centuries-old close friend", but they're completely different characters and performances). he left doctor who at a really good time with RTD and i would take his three seasons of quality over it being drawn-out and extended past its time. i can't say anything about whittaker, since i've never watched her seasons past a few clips, but even in this 5-minute special i recognized tennant reflecting some of her doctor's mannerisms. clearly the two actors are friends and have a ton of respect for each other and their work.
I agree with some of this. But Tennant did leave too early in my view. He wanted to break America and get bigger roles and as an actor I cant blame him for that. But it never took off for him there as he wanted, not because he was bad, it just never happened. He has been in a lot of other things since, but did not get the big American break. Neither did Matt Smith or Martine McCutcheon after Love Actually. Yet Karen Gillan did and made the most of it with Guardians and Jumanji...such is the acting game.....
Technically he didn't, the TARDIS did since its controls were locked up at the time. Read Liberation of the Daleks for more details. I'm curious how he managed to leave though since it's controls were technically locked up. Might have just used some other sort of control.
"Why, I ask of you my brand new friend, why?" Immediate friends with a random stranger all while pondering the mysteries of the universe like it's just another afternoon tea. No questions asked. That's The Doctor that I know and love! That charisma. That charm. That lack of social etiquette with a dash of boundless wonder. He's still got it! I'm so excited for the 25th!🥳🥳🥳
@@TristanHathaway I definitely see a little bit of each of them in 14, and Tennant embodies it all beautifully! He did the same thing with his performance as 10, evoking bits and pieces of all the previous regenerations in one charismatic package, all while still doing his own thing. It's marvellous!
@@draw2death421 What makes a bad episode is… inconsistent characters, unsubtle dialogues, predictable development… You could perfectly have a good a good woke episode. (Most Dr.Who episodes, i would argue) What makes you a bigot or not is your ability to separate valid criticism of the writing and critism of the « wokeism »
@@draw2death421 The worst of offenses was race-swapping Isaac Newton. The pronoun lecture and male denigration, although salty, did fit Donna's and her daughter's characters. And as far as the Doctor being gay, well, just cope. 14 did say he was a billion years old and that leaves a lot of time for exploration.
@@narcozero8410 FYI, I will also criticize woke-ism in that it does spoil the suspension of disbelief. It takes real talent to write that dogma into a story without tearing the page.
This scene alone gives me so much confidence in the specials. Every character in this is so well considered, and it breaks the rules of screenwriting in all the right ways.
@@gregevigan exactly my question. As a student in a film university getting a degree in screenwriting I can confirm that this short story hasn't broken a single rule. In fact, it's done quite rather academically.
Man has no social skills but is goddamn intelligent. You think he is about to blow a gasket at seeing the plunger and the choir picks up as if he is going to start having the poor intern killed, then it stops and he likes it and it’s all kosher. Man doesn’t know how to NOT put others on edge. Could’ve just said he liked it but had to stare ominously for 10 seconds.
Might be me getting older, or seeing the people I love around me age, but these last few years I've become so nostalgic. TV things like Picard with the old TNG gang, and now David back. I just get teary eyed. And no one does nostalgic better than Russell. So I'm happy!
That was incredible. We see how the Doctor first meets the Dalek and where the plunger came from. This still has it's comedy and Mawaan Razwan was a great guest star 😀.
I hate to be “that person”, but the First Doctor was the first Doctor to meet the Daleks. That was when he didn’t know what they were or capable of. The Daleks were primitive and needed a metal floor to power them. They could be disabled by insulating them. This Fourteenth Doctor knows the Daleks all too well and this is much much later in his relative timeline.
I kinda love how friendly 14 is, and how he even "helped" his new friend with the multiclaw replacement when he got called out on it. Its all silly of course, but still, kind of him.
It's so surreal having David back after nearly 20 years and having him still fit perfectly into the role, plus more Julian Bleach as Davros. This was brilliant and I'm so looking forward to these specials, it's gonna be Bananas!!
I just saw this segment on Children In Need a couple of minutes ago and I really liked it!!! I never expected to see a younger Davros make an appearance in it, nor did I expect it to be very funny either. 😁 So the Doctor was the reason why Daleks have sink plungers for arms! 😆
Oh man, seeing Tennant as the Doctor again, even for just a couple minutes is super fun! Getting emotional seeing my favorite doctor back, it's going to be difficult waiting for the specials!
what an amazing short, i couldn't stop smiling throughout!! and to see david tennant as the doctor once again feels so perfect and right. it's as if he never left the role behind, fitting right back into it with the same energy and quality delivery as always. i know this is subjective and in reality all actors playing the doctor are wonderful in their own right, but to me personally if there was ever to be an actor gifted with the chance to return and play the role once again, then i'm perfectly glad and satisfied with it being david tennant. i am just so overjoyed for him to be on our screen once again as our beloved doctor. i don't think most fans will ever let go of the love we have for him in this role and the thing that makes me happiest is that i know he carries the same sort of intense love for doctor who as well.
I have watched Dr Who since 1963, David Tennant is my favourite and it is thrilling that he is back for the 60th anniversary along with Donna (Donna Noble has left the library, Donna Noble is saved).
you're the people they want to appeal to. "Doctor who" is a literal, untopppable, undying GOD who can travel anywhere anytime including it's own timeline and history. so.... of course you like it. you're the idiots who would likely forget the whole story has been destroyed by idiots who think they know what's best for idiots that have the memory capabilities of a goldfish. if you can forget you're watching an undying god, then sure it will be interesting as far as interesting goes for idiots.
I know a lot of fans have complained about the able bodied Davros but I think he was brilliant. As a stand alone sketch this was RTD giving fans a gift, the opportunity to see Davros before he became disfigured. Remembering "Genesis" from 1st broadcast the Authentic Kaled uniform was a joy & with Julian Bleech playing the role I instantly bought into this being Davros. Great how the Doctor is responsible not only for the name but a sophisticated claw arm being replaced with a plunger!
It's just people finding something to complain about for the sake of finding something to complain about. I haven't an issue with it, I think it's a great take on it and gives a great opportunity for a new path for Davros' story to go down.
I like seeing 14 in action I like them coming up with Dalek I like Davros pre chair But one thing I also like is the voice-over from Nyder summoning Davros away.
@@r0bw00d Damn so poems written with 1 sentence per line or even cut off in the middle of the sentence show that the poet doesn't understand how language works I guess, huh? We aren't writing essays here, we don't need to conform to a strict writing style. It's a youtube comment
all three actors were so good!! younger davros is perfect, high-key in love with mr castavillian and this has got me SO excited for david in the 60th. 14 actually feels really distinct from 10, and I love the subtle 13 mannerisms in there too.
He's not you get davros this is the genesis of the daleks and he was already in a chair by this time, he was injured and mutated by the war on skaro the daleks were his vengeance on the thals and kaleds due to his bitterness and anger Davies says he will now be able bodied
David Tenant's unbond energy is clearly the fit for Doctor Who. It's hard to imagine anyone else as him. While the last few were good, they unmatching in many charismatic ways.
Tbf, 11 was literally the embodiment of the doctor even if he wasn't the most popular. Not to mention that 12 had the older more serious vibe that the doctor can't exist without.
@@EmiWi honestly i don't think there's been a bad nuwho doctor actor yet. nine is my personal underdog favorite doctor, and of course john hurt is john hurt. i haven't seen most of jodie's run so i may find myself wrong about her, but from what i've seen and heard she largely did the best she could with subpar material no?
@@ace-smith Yeah the newer doctors have all been great including 9, but 13 was slightly disappointing even though I did overall still like her run, she really was held back by the writing.
Wait so not only did the Doctor accidentally help make the Daleks (before he was supposed to even see the genesis of them) but he also sent them forward a few hundred years?! 😂
To anyone complaining that this somehow "makes a mockery out of Doctor Who", this is just a skit for charity ("Children in Need", it's a big thing here in the UK). The actual show won't be this "loose". That said, this does provide a good insight into the excellent general quality of the writing we can expect, and for that this is an amazingly optimistic preview.
@@PerovNigmathey should watch the Rowan Atkinson skit as well. Very fun take on Doctor who which was designed for children in need. Either way more David Tennant is always welcome.
Yeah Children in Need has always been a bit more on the nose with some humour mixed in, first 10th doctor scene was Children in Need and that was hilarious with the manic acting.
1:09 Honestly, the part of this that gives ME the most joy is hearing the gunstick be called a "ruby ray blaster" - I remember reading that term in _Doctor Who Files #7,_ and I've never seen it used in any story since!
When Dr Who first started, the most common type of laser used a ruby crystal, which had been the first functional laser design. It produced a ruby-red, visible light.
I know it was played for laughs. But it's a relief to see good writing (and a great Doctor) back again. Let's just hope RTD continues this into the main series.
so true, but taking one of the most loved doctors does seem like a lazy move, they could easily write the doctor with someone new if they just put more effort in it and have a emotional filter for the character instead of (insert comedic relief here). to quote Alfred Hitchcock "a story should be told once and only once"
@@sabersight908 I'mma be honest even though I'm glad to be a Doctor Who fan again and it's nice to see Tennant, I kind of wish they delayed Whittaker's regeneration to the 60th so she could've gotten a sendoff episode with actually good writing.
Nice to see this link to the Liberation Of The Daleks comic by the fact that 14 still has Jodie’s interior and the fact that he’s gone to Skaro which was teased at the end of the comic
I agree completely. Matt smith and capaldi were ok but i didnt love their seasons and i didnt watch whittaker not that i think shes not a good actress or she couldnt be good in the role but i know chibnall is bad and i just never came around to the doctor as a girl just doesnt fit the character to me but im definitely gonna start watching again now that davies is back in charge.
I have the same thoughts to a degree. I HATED Whitaker in the role. And after seeing some of her interviews and reading some of her thoughts in articles in magazines I started to despise her, as she showed her true ignorance of the show and the character and its history. To her it was nothing more than a job, and one always held by a male actor. So she took the role (though she was not first choice) so she could stick her fingers up to the fans, and push the hardcore feminist angle. Every interview was full of her going on about herself and what it meant to be a woman and to be in that role etc. I was so glad to see the back of her and RTD back in charge. Sadly in 2023 its going to go even more Woke with Nguti. So I wont be back to see any more or the specials. I might watch some in a couple more years if they prove its all about story and the Doctor in Ngutis first season. But with an openly gay Doctor (as mentioned many times in interviews leading up to Nguti on screen) and a trans and a drag queen etc in the cast, It seems more like pantomime to me. I just cant see it working out, and yet I hope I am wrong....
Fear not, RTD has already stated in an interview this isn't a young Davros, per se, but rather a complete rewriting... RTD was crying about how people in wheelchairs don't get a fair show... so he's relied on the good ol' reliable "white menz am evul" standard that seems to please vocal minority.
I love how although this is a funny skit it's also cosmically horrifying, no matter what the doctor does he cannot stop the dalek and actually contributes to their existence an immense amount
such a great analysis
but to be fair the daleks could have had CLAWS instead of plungers so he does some good with them
The Doctor allowed their creation to continue as 4, saved a child Davros as 12, and now accidentally Bootstrap Paradox'd the name Dalek and contributed to the plunger lol
@@z0mb1fied39some still have claws though
Their like his joker, no matter what they will always come back
I love the subtle Bootstrap Paradox. Doctor named the Daleks because he knew what they were called in the future. Davros was dismissive of the anagrams otherwise.
Call back to 12s monologue about it too
Interesting how it was to do with the daleks then too and now as well. Love the meta commentary
I mean the Cybermen are based on the 5th Doctor. Soooo.
He also called them Daleks in Genesis of the Daleks (Tom Baker) aswell before the name was adopted
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay in the future..
Fun fact: Russell T Davies had originally written for a younger pre-Genesis Davros to be seen in Journey's End through flashbacks, but had to cut it from later drafts of the script due to an overlong runtime and to cut the budget. Nice to see Julian Bleach finally play out a scene as Kaled Davros!
I am a bit confused. I was under the impression that Davros was very much already blind and borged out when he started the Travelling Machine project. I mean, Timey-Wimey is as Timey-Wimey does, and he's every inch Davros in spats as he is in a Hoveround, but I feel like the Doctor would evert himself in surprise if he realized Davros made it that far into his timeline able to handle stairs.
I bet the Mark III has lift technology to deal with stairs since Davros probably still uses the things.
Thats a point actually. In Genesis he is in the chair. And his early Daleks are based on the chairs design. Hence all the kids in our infants school when Genesis was first broadcast thought that Davros was what was inside a Dalek and someone had taken the top part off. It took me ages to convince them it was a man, and he was the designer of the Daleks and the Daleks were what the race of men would become. Yes I was so into Doctor Who even at five years old. Maybe ol Davros was designing away and coming up with this...then he gets splattered in the rocket attack and builds his chair and life support and then continues with the work till Doctor 4 shows up to put a spanner in the works....and dynamite in the mutant lab....
@@Simon-xc5oy No, this is the new Davros now...RTD doesn't want a disabled evil mastermind :(
@@kimchi_b
This is a time travel show, people. It takes place before Davros became disabled.
Events are constantly getting scuffled around in this show's timeline, i don't think the TV show itself ever says Davros DIDN'T start the dalek project before his accident, and the lore has never been consistent anyway.
Did anyone else find it hilarious when the Dalek did the slow turn "look" of "well, how ARE you going to explain this to Davros?"😂
It's the exact same look that Muppets give when something fishy's going on.
More like WTF am I supposed to do with this.
Never thought I'd see a Dalek manage to give someone a side--eye
@@VBArtPlace lol
When was this?
I love how once the Doctor realizes what event he was interrupting, he knew that he had to reluctantly participate in the Dalek's development in order to prevent the established timeline from being disrupted.
i'm glad They're Called Daleks Thanks to him but He Also Nerfed them by Breaking the Claw
I sense a bootstrap paradox...
@@MachiasCastle It's Dr. Who, it's full of Paradoxes.
@@MachiasCastle It wouldn't be the first time
Let's not forget the Guinness of Daleks where 4th doctor got involved.
This was the most creative way to bring Davros back since 2015. Thank you, Children in Need. 💓
It's not like he returned to the series after 2015
Completely disagree, he was brought back brilliantly in Capaldi's run as the doctor.
@@TomH24297 That was in 2015
And also, the only time
@@TomH24297Who are you saying this in response to?
And now we know, David Tennent's still got it. The moment he stepped out of that box he was the Doctor.
Fr
100%
I haven't followed Doctor Who in years. Is this an upcoming special or skit?
@@cmdunk8391he's returning for 3 special episodes as the doctor alongside Catherine Tate as Donna!
@@cmdunk8391 this video in particular is a skit for children in need and unrelated to the up coming specials he’s in
A mate of mine who sadly isn't with us anymore loved the Tate Tennant duo, we watched nearly every episode together during that season and it is some of my fonedst memories of the DrWho series as well. I'm so happy to see they're back if only for charity, I just wish Mikey was still here to see it. I'll be watching this one for you buddy.
condolences 😢
Sorry about your mate. But if he is anywhere, I'm sure he'll get to watch it. I am sure they must have BBC in one place, and they'll have Disney in the other place.
@@lhpl lol that made me chuckle, that's a good one. Thanks.
I’m in the exact same boat, my fiancé deeply loved Tennant’s doctor. My fiance had me watch every episode with him (from Eccleston to Smith’s)! He was said when David left, but Matt is my favourite doctor. When I had the chance to go to england I made a point to go to the shop for them. It was so cool! My fiancé passed away 2019, I wish he was here to see him back as the doctor! He would have been so happy! It makes me cry seeing David back!!!
@@PanicLedisko I’m so sorry to hear that, at least he got to see the best of the doctors in their prime eh 😊 Eccelston to Smith was elite DoctorWho. He’ll be watching it right beside you in spirit.
the way they finally explained why daleks have plungers is brilliant 😂
The original reason why they had a plunger instead of an actual claw cause a claw was the original design for the Daleks is because all they could afford on BBC was a sink plunger just a normal red and tan sink plunger but it was black and white so nobody would notice
@@William_afton169the original BTS reason yes, but that’s nowt to do with an in universe reason
@@DBProductions12345-m Ohh yeah I was just giving the original explanation I didn't mean anything by it sorry
@@William_afton169dr who fans really need to learn to relax. It’s just a tv show!
Does that mean the plunger is technically a bootstrap paradox?
There's just something brilliant about the Doctor being the one responsible for the Daleks having a sucker
Just wish they used the original 1963 design and colors, but I get why they used the…ugly grey and black with unconvincing pupil.
It's even better when you consider that the sucker he grabbed was probably salvaged *from* a Dalek at some point and has just been lying around the TARDIS for years.
guys its called a plunger
@@splat-trainproductions nah because that design canonically is one of the very late Dalek designs, whereas this design is canonically the first, as seen in Genesis of the Daleks
@@splat-trainproductions Well the grey Dalek is accurate to what we saw in Genesis which implies that design came first and the 1963 one happens in the Daleks' future.
The idea of making it so the toilet plunger hand was always kind of an accident is such a genius way to address how ridiculous it is, and also brace an audience for a potential change to something more menacing and practical, while still retaining most of the Dalek's overall silhouette.
Excuse you but do you not remember what it can do?
The sucking to death? The snatching of memories.
I think its perfect the way it is.
Plus, nothing wrong with a comical little feature.
I don’t think they will change it, nor that they should, it’s far too iconic now.
But also, it’s always been kind of an accident in real life too! It WAS supposed to be a claw with which the Daleks could grab stuff, in the original design. Except they couldn’t do it, by lack of means and time, and so they plugged a plunger in the Dalek as a last minute resort and called it a day. And then it became legendary. Like, this episode is just an in-universe reenactment of the real life story and it’s BRILLIANT!!
@@tikimillie 'What it can do' comes from the writing and directing, not it's visual look. And it's always looked stupid.
These children in need shorts aren’t canon though, are they..?
This is the correct comment.
1:20: "Yeah the claw looks cool and all, but have you ever considered a PLUNGER?" :D
Awesome seeing Julian Bleach without his Davros makeup for once. What a voice!
I can't believe they got him back, amazing
I liked that touch but the rest hated
@@markcolgan3262why?
I thought he was Nyder until I heard him over the tanoy 😊
It's the Nightmare Man!!
Oh man I've missed Tennant's energy in this role
He was always the best Doctor.
So true. Whittaker was definitely low energy.
Guy got into acting because of the series in hopes of one day playing the MC and he was so good at it they decided to let him do it again
Julian as a younger Kaled Davros just - works. I really hope we see more of him like this!
At first I had mixed feelings about the Dalek casing coming first before his crippling, but then I figured it was just like Davros to model himself after his own creations.
I think Big finish, might snatch him up and give him some things to do
Doubt we will tbh
Only if you get to see the transformation
Young Adult Davros!?!
The voice at 1:57 being an impression of Nyder from the original Genesis of the Daleks is a really nice touch.
Nope I have seen Genesis Of The Daleks and it's Archive Audio of his dead original actor.
@@MediaArchive2-z9f NOPE its Nick Briggs. As Nyder (Peter Miles) never says these words in any of the 6 parts of Genesis
@@YourFriendlyNeighbourNope it's been confirmed that it is really Peter Miles' voice, taken from a deleted scene that was cut from Genesis of the Daleks. RTD confirmed this in Doctor Who magazine.
@@HOTD108_ ah, thats very interesting to hear. either way, im glad we get more Nyder. underrated character, still.
Did not expect to Julian Bleach back as Davros. Such an amazing actor and I loved this minisode ❤
He had some makeup on specially around the eye sockets.
This was both brilliant and hilarious. How they made Davros both funny and somehow fully in character was genius.
I love the Daleks because they are both completely terrifying and completely ridiculous. Just like the Doctor himself.
I remember the first time I saw one back with the 9th Doctor. I was baffled by how ridiculous it looked. I remember thinking, "how can these ridiculous things be any sort of threat to the Doctor? They can't even handle stairs!" Then it came upon stairs and hovered, and I was like, "oh. I see they thought of that."
@@kickedwhendown247 the fuck?
@@kickedwhendown247 Daleks don’t have knees or genders. They’re just a boring, sad blob calling for the death of anything different. A bit like you.
@@kickedwhendown247no need
It's one of the reasons I've always preferred the aesthetic of the Cybermen. At least they are _mostly_ practical.
"Sixty minutes ago I was this really brilliant woman. And now I've got this old face back again. I mean, why?"
David Tennant's continued baffled confusion at his regeneration is still absolutely bloody hilarious.
Why does the Fourteenth Doctor look just like the Tenth Doctor? Maybe they're stupid.
#ripdrwho
Lol he the 13 doctor wasn't brilliant no matter how often the bbc try to say it as proven by ratings
To bait fans back and use tenant as a straw man to lecture the audience on identity politics.
Nah, remember on the day of the doctor when 11th was talking to the caretaker (Tom Baker)? he said he might revisit some old faces.
The Doctor is often the very embodiment of the saying "One often meets their destiny on the road they take to avoid it."
Wait is that an oedipus reference?
@@louisjohnson628 no kung-fu panda, wrestle with that for the rest of the road.
@@TheNewton The saying, in various forms, is much older than Kung Fu Panda.
I was quoting Oogway, though, so spot on!
Terry Pratchet, *is that you* ?
I love this!
Glad that they got Julian back. Dude's perfect for Davros.
Hello Ntom and crew
@@jstarwars360 Yo!
No, Michael Wisher was perfect for Davros...
@@Nuttybott The whole being dead for nearly 30 years does put a bit of a damper in that though.
He's got a lot of tension in those shoulders though. Should probably do some guided meditations
Honestly, being a Doctor Who fan right now is like Christmas in November, just 5 minutes and you know the specials are going to be amazing 👏
Couldn’t agree more!
@@_MyNameIsAJ_
Won't last forever.
@@wispa1a why so pessimistic. not complaining just curious
@@tandemyeti2515 Facts aren't pessimism. The show tanked after Smith. Capaldi was ok.... but otherwise it just went so far down hill so fast. Jodi's doctor sucked. I could barely make it through, the writing was so bad, the stories were bland, the visuals were over saturated. It all just sucked.
But then we get this and the specials with Tenant and Tate... The doctor Donna. The most Iconic duo. And then they'll be gone.... And I've watched all of Sex Education and I just don't see Ncuti Gatwa being a good doctor....But maybe he'll surprise. Tenant and Smith are real character actors. They MAKE the role their own and bring a real personality to it. You can see it too with David in Good omens and Matt in the House of the Dragon. They MADE the role. Doctor who was amazing because of those two being so good and having such long runs. So we'll get the good doctor back for a few episodes and then it'll likely be trash again that fades from my memory instead of episodes I desperately crave seeing every week and monologues I can't help but memorize and constantly quote and feel a rush of adrenaline and power every time. I didn't get that from Capaldi or Jodi except for 1 or 2 scenes with Capaldi.
@@jairusstrunk94 WHile I agree with most of what you said hell I didn't even continue watching after the whole CyberTimeLords and the hybrid shit(IMO master should have been hyrid it would explain why he killed them all and destroyed gallifrey but I digress), I have to disagree wheh it comes to Capaldi. Some of his stories where great, the whole zygon speech... Come on that's brilliant! I'm excited for these specials, I'll be cautiously optimistic with what follow it though.
It's quite interesting to see a younger Davros from before his accident, and the Dalek's plunger arm being an accident after the Doctor destroyed the original arm was hilarious!
Davros will no longer be portrayed in his support unit. This decision was taken to remove the negative portrayal between disability and evil.
@@RjgxxxRTD never said that he wanted to unwrite the entire story of Davros.
where did you all get that?
@@kandi3361 He says as much in DW Unleashed. I mean, hopefully he didn't intend it as a retcon, but it's basically what he says.
@@GrandHighGamerI guess clone body or the regeneration energy he stole from Twelve healed him back to this.
@@Rjgxxxugh. Why would anyone think "they're cripple. That makes rhem evil"? even evil people get crippled just like good people. He's trying too hard to please the morons complaining about things. Either political correctness or those overbearing Moral Guardians
This was completely brilliant. And 100 percent Doctor Who. I loved how they switched from dead seriousness to comedy on a knife’s edge. Absolutely brilliant!
@@triplejazzmusicisall1883Isn't it lovely to have him back? I have missed his writing.
You can tell everyone had fun making this. Nice to see Julian and David on screen together again since Journeys End too.
This is brilliant, I also really like the idea that Davross’s accident was far more recent then what we have had previous believed.
Not that it was recent - this takes place way in the past.
This scene takes place in the FAR past for the Daleks. I wouldn't call it "recent" relative to other Davros appearances lol. Remember, the Doctor is a time traveler.
@@obiwankenobi687RTD said it's meant to be taken seriously. Edit: Yes he did, go read his interviews again.
@@HOTD108_ No, he did not. It's a 'Children in Need' skit.
Absolute rubbish not funny at all. Goes against everything in genesis of the daleks
I absolutely love how after 60 years the answer to what the toilet plunger on the Daleks is supposed to be is that… it’s a toilet plunger 😂
Only made deadlier.
The plunger is actually capable of grabbing onto anything and never letting go. A Dalek once crushed a man's head with its suction power. It's a funny skit lol but Davros legit had a hard on thinking of the engineering posibilites that a murder plunger provides
@@satanus_369I'm having a soft off imagining davros with a hard on
2:40 I just realized, his "This really brilliant woman" comment could also be a callback to 13s first words. "Ah, brilliant!"
Well, would you look at that. The Doctor interfered with the Daleks' creation in such a way that they were made less dangerous. He finally fulfilled the mission set for him by the Time Lords in Genesis of the Daleks.
I properly cackled at the ending. Something about the cinematography and Davros' utter bemusement giving way to approval, backed by the swelling choir, just got me.
Dunno about less dangerous…
@@iwillheadlockyournan731technically yes, but it’s like removing a hand full of sand from a beach.
"I like it!" I love the way he said that line!
I think the some of the actors filmed it at different times which is why it a bit disjointed but... I like it.
It’s the way the music gets all dark and the choir rises that you think Davros is about to LOSE his shit and then it calms down and he is like “I like it…” I was laughing
David Tennant and Julian Bleach is just phenomenal. Doctor who is truly back and what a time to be a fan
Wish they'd met, it'd have been awkward lol
We are so back.
@@DanTheMan2150ADwho’s we? the real fans never left x
@@EternalPayneand he knows that but is saying that the TRUE fans never left the show.
@@EternalPaynecouldn’t have met, would break the canon of GoTD
Genesis of the Daleks is one of the best stories of all time, and this was a wonderful little tribute to it. Julian as Davros again! And was that Nyders voice? Amazing. ❤
Wasn't expecting lore that's both hilarious and unnerving in a Children in Need special. but there we go! Thrilled to see David Tennant again!
It can't be lore, because the Kaleds will move towards racial purity, including minority Kaleds with the wrong skin colour will be removed from Kaled society. Any prequal can't change what's established in "Genesis of the Daleks".
60 seconds of 14 and already you can feel he has a different persona to 10. Well played Tennant, brilliant. 😁
There's an aspect of Thirteen's in Fourteen's mannerisms, particularly Thirteen's friendliness. The way he calls the guy a new friend doesn't feel like something Ten would say to a stranger, but something Thirteen would.
It is interesting now that we are in a post-13 era, we can now look back more objectively on her personality, persona, etc, and can now say how future doctors are influenced by her, rather than simply saying she is a copy of 10 and 11. I binge watched the 3 seasons, so time crunched a bit for me and I didn't notice these changes as drastically as if I had watched the 13th doctor live, but she really came into her own character and it is actually quite a cool character! I wasn't a fan of Jodie's over-animating of the doctor's mannerisms (sonic screwdriver for example) in the first season, but the actress found her stride and I love the 13th doctor's personality now! I do wonder if maybe the writing is better than we give it credit for and will only find out as time progresses, but regardless of the writing and everything else, the 13th doctor herself was a great doctor. Excited to see the 14th doctor's mixture of 10 and 13! (and experiences from between)
10 grown up a little, with all of 11, 12, and 13's experiences. Remembering how they looked at his "vanity issues", and also now not dealing with the weight of destroying gallifrey since he can now remember saving it. Along with going back. He's still 10 at heart but a bit of a changed man with time. And all of that is already coming through in this short video
Image if Tennant got to keep his Scottish accent this time since 10 and 14 are meant to be separate incarnations. Wouldn't exactly have been the first time the Doctor went Scottish lol
@@AndrewChapmanI wish they did that now.
So the doctor gave his greatest enemies, their name, their signature catchphrase and one of their defining physical traits. Stellar work as always doc.😂😂
That's Dr. Who for you... The cause of, and solution to, all of the universe, time, and space's problems...
Yeah, though I do guess he didn’t really have a choice
What, did you want the timeline to go all Belgium?
He also rescued their creator as a child and accidentally left behind his sonic for him to study
"No no no no no no! You see, I never gave them those things, because I was never there, alright! Never! There!"
-The 14th Doctor, probably.
Julian Bleach, god what a joy to see him back in a nice deep cut of continuity for fans. This was the warm up we needed. Bring on the 25th
You can definitely hear it in Tennant's voice, having done two seasons of Good Omens... He's still channeling a bit of Crowley's sass and tone.
Imagine if they got Michael Sheen on board for an adventure, even if it was just one, or a small cameo! That would have been brilliant.
No thanks
They already had Michael Sheen on doctor who. He tried to kill Matt Smith's Doctor and the destroy the TARDIS he said to Smith "Fear me I've killed hundreds of timeloads" to which Smith replied "Fear me I've killed all of them"
@@jchan6736 You make it sound like DW has never re-used actors in different roles before...
Tbh, I never watched Good Omens (I got put off from it because the fandom made it all about shipping, and that's exactly what pulled me away from Supernatural), so it just feels like the same old, very missed Tenth Doc to me 😅
I was literally thinking the same thing.😂
This skit provides so much lore and could set up a potential future young Davros storyline, whilst also being incredibly funny. Russell T Davies story writing is just absolutely brilliant
Nope - this is intended to be the Davros for Current Year and Modern Audiences - Davies doesn’t want to associate disability with evil anymore.
@@edwardcatt2399which is total bs
@@edwardcatt2399
August 23rd, 2047
@roguexxrenegade - my statement itself or Davies’ motivation?
@@edwardcatt2399 who ascociates davros with disability...
2:34 I love how since the regeneration is still settling in, the Doctor is talking like a mix of 13, 14 and 10 here
A bit of 12 also.
this proves that davros is an artist
no ordinary person just looks at something absurd like a plunger arm and goes "that's a good idea!"
To be fair the plunger arm would be brutal, imagine it sticking to your face and sucking it off
@@Jiub_SN Didn't that happen to one of the old Torchwood employees?
@@cyboisteveyep
@@cyboisteveyes, it was grotesque and terrified me as a kid!
Yep
I understand and share the love for David and Julian's acting here, but don't leave out Mawaan's part, very well done by all three, hope there's more from Mawaan to come.
Perhaps not! The Kaleds are on a path to racial purity and anyone eventually regarded as a minority racial Kaled, like darker skin, will be removed during the ongoing war with the blond Thals on Skaro. RTD is messing with official canon just for the sake of it because he believes he not offending wheelchair users!
I loved Mawaan. I adore henchmen who aren't very good at being evil 😂
😂😂
I LOVE this short low budget fun, we should get more special minisodes like this! They could easily include any character from the whoniverse as well!
Depends on your definition of low budget lol
@@wheatley9601 well this is probably 1/10th of a full episodes budget or less, so this can be made super easily
@@wheatley9601it used to be quite low budget but now its gotten so many fans and dtuff that they r putting more money into it which is good fun
@@goodspell2705also disney money will now be helping this show.
@@goodspell2705 series 1 has such a low budget with Chris but they made it work, you can see they put more budget into certain areas and episodes but it was fun. Old Who operated with a shoe string though but it has this charm to it for that too.
I like how Davros looks mad when he's actually thinking about soft robotics and how much more effective it could be then a claw.
Instead of a hydraulic-mechanical action, he can integrate a nano-matrix to the plunger to not only extract elements, but act as a rapid-response pneumatic.
@@lumberlucThis guy gets it
Yes, now imagine if they'd kept their actual hands! The Daleks may be geniuses, but they're also complete fools.
This is worse than Steven Moffatt attempting to be funny.
He's thinking, "It can extract brain waves. Yes, yes!"
I love that inclusion of Nyder's voice! Gorgeous sketch. I am so excited for the future of the show.
I wonder who did that? Briggs?
Edit: hearing it again, it's clearly Briggs. Good impression though.
Thought they forgotten him, I was about to complain but re watched it and It is him! So glad they included the best henchman in the short.
I love how a Human Adult Davros is basically like some German mad scientist from WW2, makes perfect sense with the whole Dalek thing and the ‘supreme’ race. Absolutely top notch.
Crazily close knowing that they are based on that bunch of people.
it almost like the Dekl was based on the Nazi or something shocking that
That uniform did a good good job of evoking naziesque aesthetics without being a pallette swap
@@drewfriend3368 i would not even mind if it was 1 to 1 the Dalek are nazis it what they based on as a reminder the dalek / nazi mind will always be waiting for a shot to stike
Daleks are pretty much space Nazis, hate everyone who isn't them, racial superiority, mass extermination of everyone they don't like
I love it! David Tennant is clearly slipping right back into the role, and bringing some new flavor to this different incarnation of the doctor, and it’s absolutely amazing. So excited now!
I can tonally see all three of the last doctors in his personality here.
Should have been a new actor. BBC seems desperate.
Yal easily come back to nostlagia bait
@@MisterHeroman Call me non-Who-vian, but I prefer it when people are smart enough to take a step back to analyze what's gone wrong with the latest iteration of a project, instead of persisting in their claims that "everything's fine, nothing is wrong" while they keep burning the clothes off their backs to stay warm.
@@MisterHeroman Gonna be a new guy after the Anniversary specials or whatever, so just sit back and enjoy David Tennant in his Dream Role please. Besides, Baker told Smith that "you’ll find yourself revisiting a few but just the old favourites" and well......here we are with one of the All-Time Best ones
Smiling from ear to ear. This was so much fun to watch. Scary, funny, and a great explanation of the plunger. 10 out of 10.
14 out of 10
Don't you mean 14 out of 10 (I'll show myself out for that joke)
Yes, 14 out of 10, clever boy!
Settle down......
*Obviously* 14 out of 10! 🙂
I missed this type of storytelling so much! It adds to the lore in a humorous way while leaving room for more stories. Brilliant!
I love the way Davros pauses to consider the anagram names.
To be fair, "Klade" wasn't bad.
I, Davros gives a reason for the name
Klade are an actual species in the expanded universe, insinuated to descend from the daleks. Despite looking human.
Why are the writers so obsessed with anagrams, or is there an actual in-universe explanation fpr Davros naming his creations "kaled" backwards and the daleks' descendants anagramming "dalek"?
You can tell just how much fun David Tennant is having back in the role XD
Oh was that David Tennant? I thought it was just a new guy who happened to look a lot like him. Huh, funny. I'm sure the casting director will feel like a right old fool when they realise they accidentally cast a previous Doctor as the new one.
@@HOTD108_ I was a bit confused as well at first but I looked it up and it's definitely him!
And he did this all on his birthday so you can tell he was having some fun there!
Nider's voice calling Davros was a nice touch.
How is calling a character by their name a "nice touch"? I think that's just standard procedure when it comes to characters talking to each other.
@@HOTD108_ he means because it's a callback to a classic who episode, and he meant it's nice to include nyder in the episode.
@@HOTD108_ The actor who played the part of Nyder is dead. They got someone to impersonate him (I assume?) for this sketch.
@@HOTD108_ The poster isn't saying it's nice that he said Davros' name they are saying him being in the short at all even if it's just over a tannoy.
@@TotallyFknAliens Neighderr
Doctor Who has always done the best bootstrap paradoxes, and I'm glad David Tennant got to be the Doc for this one.
Seeing David Tennant as The Doctor really brightened my day
I love how he's basically paradoxed himself into the naming and partial creation of the daleks haha
Bootstrap Paradox
@@lyle_waddellyou have to ask yourself "who wrote Beethovens 5th"
I thought this was going to be a serious dramatic clip and it turned out to be hilarious in the best way possible! Lovely to see Julian Bleach as a pre-accident Davros, and the old Dalek eye stalk. Kudos to all involved this this wonderful little piece of fun!
It's meant to be hilarious but looking into it more, the Doctor just can't stop contributing to his enemies' creation, can he?
@@claytabulusshogunThat's pretty hilarious, if you ask me.
The British really have mastered that humor that's at once dead serious and completely silly.
It's not pre-accident Davros. RTD has retconned his life support unit.
@@thefishwillbearmed7391 I don't think that's what RTD meant. The crippled Davros we have seen throughout the series' history will always exist but he'll probably be looking like the one we see in this special in his next appearances.
And it should easily be explained with him getting the 12th Doctor's regeneration energy in A Witch's Familliar/A Magician's Apprentice.
Gosh I love having tennant back. It's such an unexpected joy.
Finally, a REAL Doctor again. 11 and 12 were also fantastic. That is all.
13 wasn't a real Doctor? what a stupid comment from a Fake Whovian@@Patrick-pv9pe
Should been a new actor.
@@MisterHeroman its going to be. Tennant is only back for the specials and then we move on to 15.
Shame that it just to pander and being back the old fans
"I was never, ever here. The timelines of the canon are rupturing."
Such a brilliant line.
How?
"Its a canon event, Doctor"
Holy crapola is it a hoot to see Tenant back in the driver seat. You can tell he's missed being the Doctor.
Yes. Pretty stupid of him to leave in the first place. He was still very young and should have done a couple more full seasons. He had plenty of time to do other roles still. Its not like he has had worldwide success since. He went to America and his tv show failed there (Rex is not my Lawyer) and his film remake of Fright Night did not do well either. He ended up back here doing more kitchen sink dramas like that one where he played a serial killer and then his role as that demon in Good Omens, which he played EXACTLY like Doctor Who with the same accent and manner and even some of the lines and phrases he used! Still he is a huge fan of the show and always gives 110% unlike Whitaker that hated the classic era and had nothing but contempt and ignorance for it. She just turned up said the lines and went home and it showed onscreen. Worst performance as the Doctor I have ever seen in the worst era of the show with the lowest ratings and popularity of the 2005 - era....it says a lot.
@@Simon-xc5oy bruh lmao david tennant is a critically acclaimed tv and stage actor (outside of doctor who and good omens he's most known for jessica jones and broadchurch) and is one of the most well known british actors today??? one cancelled tv show and a mid movie (which frankly, he stole the show there as just a side character) is nothing when you look at the rest of his filmography. and tbh i think you need to watch good omens again if you think he played crowley even remotely similar to the tenth doctor, his physicality and attitude and tone of voice are completely different (if you want a comparison, watch the clip of crowley in the burning bookshop and compare it to the doctor watching the master die in his arms. similar element of "losing your centuries-old close friend", but they're completely different characters and performances). he left doctor who at a really good time with RTD and i would take his three seasons of quality over it being drawn-out and extended past its time.
i can't say anything about whittaker, since i've never watched her seasons past a few clips, but even in this 5-minute special i recognized tennant reflecting some of her doctor's mannerisms. clearly the two actors are friends and have a ton of respect for each other and their work.
I agree with some of this. But Tennant did leave too early in my view. He wanted to break America and get bigger roles and as an actor I cant blame him for that. But it never took off for him there as he wanted, not because he was bad, it just never happened. He has been in a lot of other things since, but did not get the big American break. Neither did Matt Smith or Martine McCutcheon after Love Actually. Yet Karen Gillan did and made the most of it with Guardians and Jumanji...such is the acting game.....
Did you steal holy crapola from Takin over the asylum?!
@@bluevortexpng1211except for the fact that he’s scottish😂
This was GREAT, such a laugh, but also adding clever bits of lore in. Love tennant and davros ! oh man, Russell's writing just GLOWS.
This was fantastic
We need Terraria x Dr. Who tbh
@@cbaff482411th doctor has some vanity items(+the fez has 'fezzes are cool' as a tooltip)
wrong doctor, that is ninth doctor
Love that chippy likes doccy who
Chippy!
Davros 4:41 hold it hold on a second this man is a GENUS
The Doctor just casually unawaringly traveling to the creation of the 1rst Dalek…..hilarious 😂😂😂
The last time ... He was under orders from the Time Lords who took over the navigation circuit
Love the way the TARDIS made its entrance 😂😂😂😂
Technically he didn't, the TARDIS did since its controls were locked up at the time. Read Liberation of the Daleks for more details. I'm curious how he managed to leave though since it's controls were technically locked up. Might have just used some other sort of control.
Bootstrap Paradox
@@anamorphosys85 Two of them, in fact, within thirty seconds. Fourteen really should be a little more careful.
13th Doctor: “Half an hour ago, I was a white haired Scotsman
14th Doctor: 60 Minutes ago, I was this really brilliant woman.
Yes! Someone else caught on to that! Also I don’t care what people about Jodie’s Doctor. As David says, “a really brilliant woman”.
I really loved this line 💙💙
60 minutes - 60 year anniversary hehe 😅
Ah, Brilliant!
@@aroacecreatureYes, aimed squarely at the angry manbabies
"Why, I ask of you my brand new friend, why?" Immediate friends with a random stranger all while pondering the mysteries of the universe like it's just another afternoon tea. No questions asked. That's The Doctor that I know and love!
That charisma. That charm. That lack of social etiquette with a dash of boundless wonder. He's still got it! I'm so excited for the 25th!🥳🥳🥳
His 11 & 13 was showing so hard here. Love it
"my brand new friend" was VERY 13.
@@TristanHathaway I definitely see a little bit of each of them in 14, and Tennant embodies it all beautifully!
He did the same thing with his performance as 10, evoking bits and pieces of all the previous regenerations in one charismatic package, all while still doing his own thing. It's marvellous!
25th?… 😂
@@c0nvict_pleb174 The first special drops on the 25th of November. :)
The writing, the pacing, the 'subtle' addition to the Dalek lore . . . I missed all this so much. Welcome back, RTD!
Aaaand its woke carbage as we told you but everyones just calling us hateful bigots when we have said this whould happen so many times and it has.
@@draw2death421
What makes a bad episode is… inconsistent characters, unsubtle dialogues, predictable development…
You could perfectly have a good a good woke episode. (Most Dr.Who episodes, i would argue)
What makes you a bigot or not is your ability to separate valid criticism of the writing and critism of the « wokeism »
@@draw2death421 The worst of offenses was race-swapping Isaac Newton. The pronoun lecture and male denigration, although salty, did fit Donna's and her daughter's characters. And as far as the Doctor being gay, well, just cope. 14 did say he was a billion years old and that leaves a lot of time for exploration.
@@narcozero8410 FYI, I will also criticize woke-ism in that it does spoil the suspension of disbelief. It takes real talent to write that dogma into a story without tearing the page.
The very, VERY distant humming that we always hear in Dalek encounters, especially during Journey's End... so well done.
This scene alone gives me so much confidence in the specials. Every character in this is so well considered, and it breaks the rules of screenwriting in all the right ways.
what rules of screenwriting does it break?
@@gregevigan exactly my question. As a student in a film university getting a degree in screenwriting I can confirm that this short story hasn't broken a single rule. In fact, it's done quite rather academically.
I adore how Davros was always just a weird guy.
Man has no social skills but is goddamn intelligent. You think he is about to blow a gasket at seeing the plunger and the choir picks up as if he is going to start having the poor intern killed, then it stops and he likes it and it’s all kosher. Man doesn’t know how to NOT put others on edge. Could’ve just said he liked it but had to stare ominously for 10 seconds.
4:29: dalek: *raises plunger then slowly looks at them* ......
Might be me getting older, or seeing the people I love around me age, but these last few years I've become so nostalgic. TV things like Picard with the old TNG gang, and now David back. I just get teary eyed. And no one does nostalgic better than Russell. So I'm happy!
Nostalgia was better back in the 1970s.
@EllieFour it's one of the main components of RETCON Type D. ;-)
That was incredible. We see how the Doctor first meets the Dalek and where the plunger came from. This still has it's comedy and Mawaan Razwan was a great guest star 😀.
I hate to be “that person”, but the First Doctor was the first Doctor to meet the Daleks. That was when he didn’t know what they were or capable of. The Daleks were primitive and needed a metal floor to power them. They could be disabled by insulating them. This Fourteenth Doctor knows the Daleks all too well and this is much much later in his relative timeline.
@capap507 Wasn't that the Fourth Doctor in the aptly named "Genesis of the Daleks"?
Can't believe they got Julian Bleach back, this was Fantastic!
I kinda love how friendly 14 is, and how he even "helped" his new friend with the multiclaw replacement when he got called out on it. Its all silly of course, but still, kind of him.
It's so surreal having David back after nearly 20 years and having him still fit perfectly into the role, plus more Julian Bleach as Davros. This was brilliant and I'm so looking forward to these specials, it's gonna be Bananas!!
its only been 13 years
@@excelup5358 cool 👍
Im going nuts over this!!! LOVE IT!
@@excelup5358only 10 even
it's 13/14 years.
New who hadn't even started 20 years ago, though it is bewildering how close it is to that threshold.
Honestly masterful to provide so much lore in such a short clip.
Love it
Including that Jodie was great.
This is everything I could have hoped for. Tennant is back in top form, a few cheeky winks and nods, and an overall delightful little short.
Bravo!
It's so awesome having David back. He's my favorite Doctor.
I just saw this segment on Children In Need a couple of minutes ago and I really liked it!!!
I never expected to see a younger Davros make an appearance in it, nor did I expect it to be very funny either. 😁
So the Doctor was the reason why Daleks have sink plungers for arms! 😆
4th Doctor: Do I have the right?
14th Doctor: OOOOPS
Tennant: So yeah, that's what happened.
Baker: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, YOU MORON?!
4th Doctor: "MY 14TH INCARNATION IS AN IMBECILE!!"
14th Doctor: "Wot?! WoT!? WOT?!"
Oh man, seeing Tennant as the Doctor again, even for just a couple minutes is super fun! Getting emotional seeing my favorite doctor back, it's going to be difficult waiting for the specials!
Don't gotta wait too much longer, buddy! I'm dying of anticipation right there with you!
@@electricblade5Same
you got a week basically to wait
cant wait for the 15th dr tbh
2:18 Subtitles say "TARDIS vworping."
and?
@@Escape_Game It's vworping
This is perfect! I never realised how much I want pre mutated Davros to be more of a thing
This was a treat, and hearing David do the TH-cam channel prompt at the end was the cherry on top. So excited for the specials!
what an amazing short, i couldn't stop smiling throughout!! and to see david tennant as the doctor once again feels so perfect and right. it's as if he never left the role behind, fitting right back into it with the same energy and quality delivery as always. i know this is subjective and in reality all actors playing the doctor are wonderful in their own right, but to me personally if there was ever to be an actor gifted with the chance to return and play the role once again, then i'm perfectly glad and satisfied with it being david tennant. i am just so overjoyed for him to be on our screen once again as our beloved doctor. i don't think most fans will ever let go of the love we have for him in this role and the thing that makes me happiest is that i know he carries the same sort of intense love for doctor who as well.
I have watched Dr Who since 1963, David Tennant is my favourite and it is thrilling that he is back for the 60th anniversary along with Donna (Donna Noble has left the library, Donna Noble is saved).
This scene ALONE beats any of the episodes of the previous inferior female doctor.
@@googleuser4720That is a personal opinion
you're the people they want to appeal to.
"Doctor who" is a literal, untopppable, undying GOD who can travel anywhere anytime including it's own timeline and history. so.... of course you like it. you're the idiots who would likely forget the whole story has been destroyed by idiots who think they know what's best for idiots that have the memory capabilities of a goldfish.
if you can forget you're watching an undying god, then sure it will be interesting as far as interesting goes for idiots.
@@swanclipper Need 9's story with 10's acting, 11's twists, 12's self references, and 13's effects
I know a lot of fans have complained about the able bodied Davros but I think he was brilliant. As a stand alone sketch this was RTD giving fans a gift, the opportunity to see Davros before he became disfigured. Remembering "Genesis" from 1st broadcast the Authentic Kaled uniform was a joy & with Julian Bleech playing the role I instantly bought into this being Davros. Great how the Doctor is responsible not only for the name but a sophisticated claw arm being replaced with a plunger!
No complaints from me. It's fair to reason he wasn't *always* stuck in that wheelchair thing.
@@iahonz Technically we have seen that before.
Nothing to complain about, it's long established that he mutated his body across various explosions and cell donations to keep the Daleks going.
It's just people finding something to complain about for the sake of finding something to complain about. I haven't an issue with it, I think it's a great take on it and gives a great opportunity for a new path for Davros' story to go down.
No one complained about this. What we're complaining about is Russell's decision to completely ditch classic Davros
I like seeing 14 in action
I like them coming up with Dalek
I like Davros pre chair
But one thing I also like is the voice-over from Nyder summoning Davros away.
Well aint it obvious what comes next? .........
Why did you make every sentence its own paragraph?
That's not how paragraphs work.
You know that, right?
@@r0bw00d it's just a style choice. We're not writing essays here, we can play with the language if we want.
@@gtapanda1296All it shows is that you don't know how language works.
@@r0bw00d Damn so poems written with 1 sentence per line or even cut off in the middle of the sentence show that the poet doesn't understand how language works I guess, huh?
We aren't writing essays here, we don't need to conform to a strict writing style. It's a youtube comment
all three actors were so good!! younger davros is perfect, high-key in love with mr castavillian and this has got me SO excited for david in the 60th. 14 actually feels really distinct from 10, and I love the subtle 13 mannerisms in there too.
You're right! He played that 90% as if Jodie was delivering those lines. Good spot. And good acting /directing.
@@Rex_Stuph were (it's a conditional clause as 10 once pointed out) /j
He's not you get davros this is the genesis of the daleks and he was already in a chair by this time, he was injured and mutated by the war on skaro the daleks were his vengeance on the thals and kaleds due to his bitterness and anger Davies says he will now be able bodied
David Tennant just has sensational energy as the Doctor. Can't wait to see my favourite incarnation back in the role.
David Tenant's unbond energy is clearly the fit for Doctor Who. It's hard to imagine anyone else as him. While the last few were good, they unmatching in many charismatic ways.
Every Dr had their own personality
Tbf, 11 was literally the embodiment of the doctor even if he wasn't the most popular. Not to mention that 12 had the older more serious vibe that the doctor can't exist without.
@@EmiWi honestly i don't think there's been a bad nuwho doctor actor yet. nine is my personal underdog favorite doctor, and of course john hurt is john hurt. i haven't seen most of jodie's run so i may find myself wrong about her, but from what i've seen and heard she largely did the best she could with subpar material no?
@@ace-smith Yeah the newer doctors have all been great including 9, but 13 was slightly disappointing even though I did overall still like her run, she really was held back by the writing.
@@EmiWiThe minute I saw 13, I knew she was The Doctor. Tom Baker will always be my Doctor, but she is one of the great ones
It was such a treat to hear Nyder’s voice in this Davros’ right hand man in the genesis days
I spotted that too. Shivers up the spine :)
Yes I wonder how they did that. As the actor is sadly dead now. Its either a very good sound alike or an A.I. recreation.....
It was Nicholas Briggs
@@heat000 spot on impression by Briggs I thought they used archive recordings
The fact the Doctor is responsible for
A: the Daleks name
And B: the Plunger is absolutely hilarious
no to mention, 12, could have left Davros for dead as a child
Don't forget using EXTERMINATE as a weapon command.
And Genisis of The Daleks
Wait so not only did the Doctor accidentally help make the Daleks (before he was supposed to even see the genesis of them) but he also sent them forward a few hundred years?! 😂
Oops.
You know what they say: Wibbely wobbely timey wimey
He sent them forward a few hundred years, only to then set them back a few thousand years in Genesis. I think it evens out.
Nono, this was not before he saw their genesis, from his point that was far in the past. You have to be considering what timeline you speak from.
@@lhpl as in, his 4th incarnation saw them at a later, slightly more developed stage, no?
I just came back to see David as "The Doctor" again. He was the best.
To anyone complaining that this somehow "makes a mockery out of Doctor Who", this is just a skit for charity ("Children in Need", it's a big thing here in the UK). The actual show won't be this "loose". That said, this does provide a good insight into the excellent general quality of the writing we can expect, and for that this is an amazingly optimistic preview.
They should go watch _The Curse of Fatal Death._ Now *THAT* makes a mockery of _Doctor Who_ (in the most loving, hilarious way).
@@PerovNigmathey should watch the Rowan Atkinson skit as well. Very fun take on Doctor who which was designed for children in need.
Either way more David Tennant is always welcome.
@@coraldiamond1922 Yeah, that's what I was referring to.
Yeah Children in Need has always been a bit more on the nose with some humour mixed in, first 10th doctor scene was Children in Need and that was hilarious with the manic acting.
Complete nonsense
1:09 Honestly, the part of this that gives ME the most joy is hearing the gunstick be called a "ruby ray blaster" - I remember reading that term in _Doctor Who Files #7,_ and I've never seen it used in any story since!
When Dr Who first started, the most common type of laser used a ruby crystal, which had been the first functional laser design. It produced a ruby-red, visible light.
0:44 You can really feel the madness brewing in Davros
I know it was played for laughs.
But it's a relief to see good writing (and a great Doctor) back again.
Let's just hope RTD continues this into the main series.
so true, but taking one of the most loved doctors does seem like a lazy move, they could easily write the doctor with someone new if they just put more effort in it and have a emotional filter for the character instead of (insert comedic relief here).
to quote Alfred Hitchcock "a story should be told once and only once"
@@sabersight908 I'mma be honest even though I'm glad to be a Doctor Who fan again and it's nice to see Tennant, I kind of wish they delayed Whittaker's regeneration to the 60th so she could've gotten a sendoff episode with actually good writing.
Except for the first special, so far, with the second special, we're back to Doctor Who writing and pacing.
Nice to see this link to the Liberation Of The Daleks comic by the fact that 14 still has Jodie’s interior and the fact that he’s gone to Skaro which was teased at the end of the comic
I just love the "60 minutes ago" line, so much meaning in just 3 words. Fantastic.
@@csukarobert249 60 minutes for him, we took the long way round.
@@csukarobert249 i didnt read the story yet, i was waiting to have it in full, did it happen in a 60 minute period?
@@Monocheto1 Yes. It's a pretty interesting story, and I even have some theory how RTD can connect it to the Specials.
OMG he has ovaries!
"The timelines and canon are rupturing!"
This is hysterical, I love it XD
If only the plunger detail could be made cannon, it's so Doctorish 🙂
And that is how you get an old fan(me) back into doctor who.
Well done. its got fun, mystery and charm
I agree completely. Matt smith and capaldi were ok but i didnt love their seasons and i didnt watch whittaker not that i think shes not a good actress or she couldnt be good in the role but i know chibnall is bad and i just never came around to the doctor as a girl just doesnt fit the character to me but im definitely gonna start watching again now that davies is back in charge.
I have the same thoughts to a degree. I HATED Whitaker in the role. And after seeing some of her interviews and reading some of her thoughts in articles in magazines I started to despise her, as she showed her true ignorance of the show and the character and its history. To her it was nothing more than a job, and one always held by a male actor. So she took the role (though she was not first choice) so she could stick her fingers up to the fans, and push the hardcore feminist angle. Every interview was full of her going on about herself and what it meant to be a woman and to be in that role etc. I was so glad to see the back of her and RTD back in charge. Sadly in 2023 its going to go even more Woke with Nguti. So I wont be back to see any more or the specials. I might watch some in a couple more years if they prove its all about story and the Doctor in Ngutis first season. But with an openly gay Doctor (as mentioned many times in interviews leading up to Nguti on screen) and a trans and a drag queen etc in the cast, It seems more like pantomime to me. I just cant see it working out, and yet I hope I am wrong....
Huh? What mystery? It's a simple retelling of "Genesis of the Daleks" in 5 minutes
Fear not, RTD has already stated in an interview this isn't a young Davros, per se, but rather a complete rewriting... RTD was crying about how people in wheelchairs don't get a fair show... so he's relied on the good ol' reliable "white menz am evul" standard that seems to please vocal minority.
@@km76 RTD is not the one crying here lol
The Davros actor is phenomenal! I hope we see more of him.
He played Davros in all his new who appearances.