@@derpmanaveragegamer7791 yup. The "catch" is what he wanted them to believe ;) so the doctor cannot believe he was "responsible adult" ;) hence wavy lines
Honestly, after watching through Classic Who on iPlayer and seeing the Doctor get thrown into jail or going “c’mon trust me!” dozens of times, I am more and more grateful for the psychic paper’s existence.
"Yeah, it's shorted out. Finally, a lie too big." The fact that Eleven thought anyone would assume on meeting him that he's a "mature and responsible adult" is hilarious.
The psychic paper has become such a staple of the show that I was shocked to learn it wasn't in Classic Who at all. At this point it's almost as iconic as the sonic screwdriver.
The paper is such a natural evolution and streamlining of the doctor who formula that I’m genuinely surprised that it wasn’t thought up during classic. The doctor doesn’t have to waste time trying to earn the trust of every person he meets like he did during classic, most people can just be tricked by the wave of a paper so they can trust the doctor by default and the plot can move at a faster pace. And also it’s a literal get out of jail free card and that’s always helpful
Oh my god watching the classic stories now, and that storyline has gotten OLD. Legit every time they land they’re always arrested or mistrusted for the first half of the serial. Like it gets tiresome.
It's also a great gimmick since sometimes the Doctor isn't even certain what's going to show up on it & injects a bit of comedy as the Doctor has to play along with whatever ends up being the resulting reaction.
It's also a great tool of quick character establishment because what they see on the paper and how they react to it actually informs us on their personality. I really love how this and the sonic screwdriver essentially exist to gracefully jump over plot hurdle.
@@ashleybrooke2087 True that, and ontop not being such a strong mcguiver device, that it's a guarantee to get him out of the situation, let alone that it always works, while at the same time being quite believable when it doesn't
@@bdletoast09 That too. It's a very clever prop in that regard. It's actually more dynamic to the story than the sonic screwdriver, which tends to be more of a plot device.
i never knew it was psychic paper i always just thought the characters were so baffled the doctor would show them a blank piece of paper that they just never stopped him
I love whenever the Doctor flashes the Psychic Paper without actually fully consciously thinking about what it's going to say, and does a double-take at what the other person says is on it.
The Doctor doesn't control what's on it. Psychic Paper shows what the target wants to see. The Doctor usually prompts them though. Like if they say they work for the police, then the recipient will expect to see a badge or ID.
I’ll be honest I have no idea what a mystery shopper is and I think it’s funnier if I don’t look it up and instead rely on other comments to tell me what it is.
13:22 I love the little detail of Caecillius not understanding the Spartacus joke because of Pompeii burning 6 years before the Gladiator war. Quality writing.
@@derkylos yeah, it's part of his journey to becoming "a good man" again. He eventually understands that he has that face to remind him that he can always do something, can always save someone, even if it doesn't seem like it.
I miss Capaldi's look of incredulity whenever someone annoys or simply disappoints his Twelfth Doctor like he's the exhausted babysitter for the entire galaxy.
11th doctor using the physic paper, ling about being a universal mature babysitter. The kid: Thats just scuigily lines. That doctor: finnaly a lie to big.
"I'm not a passenger. I'm your worst nightmare." "A mystery shopper? Oh, great." "Really? That's your worst...? Okay, I am mystery shopper..." oh my god
People don’t give Nine enough credit since he was the first incarnation to use the psychic paper. Edit: the same way people don’t give Eight enough credit for being the first incarnation to kiss a companion onscreen (TV movie in 1996) or for being the first incarnation to have a column-shaped time rotor on his Tardis console (which eventually became the norm from 2005 onwards).
It feels like such a timeless thing too. It feels like the perfect low-tech, low-budget prop to get the Doctor into situations where people are far more willing to work with them. It very much feels like a refined version of some one-off thing that a writer from decades ago wrote into a story because they couldn't be arsed to write in a way for the Doctor to be working with a certain party.
2:00 I never watched jodie's run because of the widely negative reception, but stuff like this is why I hope she gets a second chance with better writing someday.
That it hasn't been explained in over a decade is hilarious, because new fans will just see them shove a blank piece of paper in someone's face and have it work.
That thumbnail looked like the 15th Doctor wanted to casually present his psychic paper and the 10th Doctor felt compelled to push through to present his own psychic paper
Ive got no one else I cant tell this about so I gotta just put it here I guess. I sat next to Ncuti Gatwa in an airport lounge for like 30 mins and it was the most surreal thing I have ever been through. I still dont know how but yeah... so thats pretty cool ig.
Let me just say, I'm kind of glad the doctor is the only time lord left. Him being such a kind goofball and all, "we're" lucky he's not just another monster, but instead of robots and aliens, just an average looking guy (relatively).
I'm thinking here: if Sutekh traveled all the time with the TARDIS, doesn't that mean that when the 14th and 15th Doctor after the intervention of the Toymaker and the separation of the TARDIS, did Sutekh split up too?
I _think_ it's accepted so far that when Fourteen finally does properly regenerate into Fifteen (maybe after regeneration sickness, as well), he's pulled back into the bi-generation. Family hops aside, Fourteen isn't doing anything. And having the possibility of two of _Fifteen specifically_ running into each other is more of an issue than multi-Doctor in general, so it wouldn't make sense for him to wait any longer than he has to. His dialogue while shooing Fourteen and Donna out of his TARDIS implies he hasn't yet seen the universe as Fifteen yet, as well.
Sutekh likely was not split I would imagine he just decided to hop onto the tardis that was actually going to be traveling But on the other hand, it would be interesting if Sutekh somehow killed his other self by accident, by bringing death to Death
I love the original psychic paper wallet, but personally the newest version looks like a cosplay replica / eBay version of it. Looks like it's suffering the same treatment as Thirteen's sonic screwdriver. I also wonder why it was temporarily switched out with the smaller wallet for a handful of episodes.
That corrections officer from Flatline must be a really special case - so unimaginative that the psychic paper doesn't work on him, quite a feat, given that it works on the Judoon, and they're renowned for being incredibly dense and having small brains.
It's interesting that Pyschic Paper was invented in New Who. Mostly used to get to the action quicker and tell stories that don't involve having to escape capture.
"Every time the Doctor uses the Psychic Paper"? So at 3:08 that confirms Clara Oswald is ALSO the Doctor (whatever the paper works or not). I KNEW it. :)
Little did y'all know, the 4th Doctor had psychic paper, too. I cosplayed as him at Anglicon (Seattle) that had Sylvester and Peter D, and I had my psychic paper & billfold.
"...It shorted out. Finally a lie too big."
One of the best lines in the entire series. lol
this implies that not even the doctor believes he is mature and responsible, which is true
What time was that in the video
@@thecontrollerwolf1585 1:10
@@lukusblack6442 ah, so I just didn't hear it the first time around, thanks.
@@derpmanaveragegamer7791 yup. The "catch" is what he wanted them to believe ;) so the doctor cannot believe he was "responsible adult" ;) hence wavy lines
Honestly, after watching through Classic Who on iPlayer and seeing the Doctor get thrown into jail or going “c’mon trust me!” dozens of times, I am more and more grateful for the psychic paper’s existence.
"Saves a lot of time" The 9th is certainly talking from experience!
It was good until they butchered its use.
Nope. Watching now seeing the Doctor shrieking while running away from villains, I see that New Who is garbage.
The classic doctors somehow didn’t need the psychic paper.
This is so good
I just have to say, I find it funny whenever the Doctor looks at the Psychic Paper to see what he says. Either before or after showing it to someone.
Or he responds to what the others say
@@novawolf_gaming yeah but he keeps checking as if he thinks he'll be able to see it too
@@adt4864 Its funny for sure
"Yeah, it's shorted out. Finally, a lie too big." The fact that Eleven thought anyone would assume on meeting him that he's a "mature and responsible adult" is hilarious.
Love that the psychic paper can fool a bus's card reader - BUT NOT A GUY WHO'S JUST SOUL-CRUSHINGLY BORING.
@DoctorpooandtheTURDIS You are soul -- crushingly boring? Sorry to hear it. Ncuti is a breath of fresh air!
@@WhoDoctor-u2eI believe this is in reference to the foreman in Flatline, not Rogue
3:08
15:51 used as a bus pass
@user-ms1pg2ok4i nucti is easily the most boring uninspired doctor
The psychic paper has become such a staple of the show that I was shocked to learn it wasn't in Classic Who at all. At this point it's almost as iconic as the sonic screwdriver.
The paper is such a natural evolution and streamlining of the doctor who formula that I’m genuinely surprised that it wasn’t thought up during classic. The doctor doesn’t have to waste time trying to earn the trust of every person he meets like he did during classic, most people can just be tricked by the wave of a paper so they can trust the doctor by default and the plot can move at a faster pace.
And also it’s a literal get out of jail free card and that’s always helpful
Oh my god watching the classic stories now, and that storyline has gotten OLD. Legit every time they land they’re always arrested or mistrusted for the first half of the serial. Like it gets tiresome.
It's also a great gimmick since sometimes the Doctor isn't even certain what's going to show up on it & injects a bit of comedy as the Doctor has to play along with whatever ends up being the resulting reaction.
It's also a great tool of quick character establishment because what they see on the paper and how they react to it actually informs us on their personality. I really love how this and the sonic screwdriver essentially exist to gracefully jump over plot hurdle.
@@ashleybrooke2087 True that, and ontop not being such a strong mcguiver device, that it's a guarantee to get him out of the situation, let alone that it always works, while at the same time being quite believable when it doesn't
@@bdletoast09 That too. It's a very clever prop in that regard. It's actually more dynamic to the story than the sonic screwdriver, which tends to be more of a plot device.
i never knew it was psychic paper i always just thought the characters were so baffled the doctor would show them a blank piece of paper that they just never stopped him
Hahahaha
Knowing Steven Moffat, that may have absolutely been the beginning of this gag before evolving into psychic paper
@@dingus4260 but the paper started during Russel T. Davies' era.
@@seth8395 oh, then I’m an idiot. Disregard!
I love whenever the Doctor flashes the Psychic Paper without actually fully consciously thinking about what it's going to say, and does a double-take at what the other person says is on it.
The Doctor doesn't control what's on it. Psychic Paper shows what the target wants to see. The Doctor usually prompts them though. Like if they say they work for the police, then the recipient will expect to see a badge or ID.
1:43 Twelve doesnt seem to understand the horror and annoyance a mystery shopper is on service workers
I’ll be honest I have no idea what a mystery shopper is and I think it’s funnier if I don’t look it up and instead rely on other comments to tell me what it is.
@@Bliffenstimmers they are someone who goes into a business and secretly evaluates the employees and reports back to their boss
@@Bliffenstimmerssnitch-for-hire, basically.
"Finally, a lie too big." I die of laughter each time at that line
19:27 "Is it?" love how the psychic paper sometimes surprises the Doctor lol :)
13:22 I love the little detail of Caecillius not understanding the Spartacus joke because of Pompeii burning 6 years before the Gladiator war. Quality writing.
is that 12th actor?
@@DanielLenrdyes
@@DanielLenrd IIRC, he makes a call-back when he regenerates into that form.
@@derkylos yeah, it's part of his journey to becoming "a good man" again. He eventually understands that he has that face to remind him that he can always do something, can always save someone, even if it doesn't seem like it.
Actually Spartacus' rebellion was over 100 years before the destruction of Pompeii
13:15 12th travels back in time and dresses up for fun, realises 10 is coming and has to act the part.
I miss Capaldi's look of incredulity whenever someone annoys or simply disappoints his Twelfth Doctor like he's the exhausted babysitter for the entire galaxy.
Exhausted babysitter of the entire galaxy is best description of Twelve I’ve ever seen
The best part is that makes Clara the exhausted babysitter of the exhausted babysitter. Beautiful.
“I’m the Doctor.”
“Doctor What?”
“…If you like.”
"It takes a real lack of imagination to beat the paper"
The next scene: Shakespeare beats it.
I guess both too much & too little imagination can do it
No, he was being channeled through a psychic link
@@kendrixhavlik3051Both of them seemed sceptical and bored, I think it's just more that they had no expectations and so there was nothing to display.
"Sorry, what exactly is your job?"
"I'm an undercover constable from Scotland Yard."
It shorted out. Finally a lie too big - still my all time fav line.
"There's a bounty on your head, £20!"
"£20? That's it-?" Said the doctor in almost an insulted tone, the guards looking confused by his comment
11th doctor using the physic paper, ling about being a universal mature babysitter.
The kid: Thats just scuigily lines.
That doctor: finnaly a lie to big.
A universally mature adult. Yeah that is a lie too big.
The way you wrote 'Squiggly' took me out
@@Poisonator I'm dyslexic. :,)
I love the subtle burn of us as audience members, that none of us are creative enough for the psychic paper to work
Well no, it doesn't work on geniuses either. It didn't work on Shakespeare for Christ's sake.
@klauds6375 Sounds like copium 🤔
Maybe it doesn't work for different fans for different reasons
"I'm not a passenger. I'm your worst nightmare."
"A mystery shopper? Oh, great."
"Really? That's your worst...? Okay, I am mystery shopper..."
oh my god
Hilarious lol
I love that at least half of the people see the paper, and their immediate response is “oh dear, an inspection” 😂😂
"who's hot doctor?" love that scene!😂
People don’t give Nine enough credit since he was the first incarnation to use the psychic paper.
Edit: the same way people don’t give Eight enough credit for being the first incarnation to kiss a companion onscreen (TV movie in 1996) or for being the first incarnation to have a column-shaped time rotor on his Tardis console (which eventually became the norm from 2005 onwards).
Didn’t 7 use it in battlefield to get he and ace on to a unit base?
It feels like such a timeless thing too.
It feels like the perfect low-tech, low-budget prop to get the Doctor into situations where people are far more willing to work with them. It very much feels like a refined version of some one-off thing that a writer from decades ago wrote into a story because they couldn't be arsed to write in a way for the Doctor to be working with a certain party.
@@benlevy9091Nope. He used his and Liz Shaw's old UNIT passes.
15:51 used as a bus pass
I would have sworn Tom Baker (Four) used the psychic paper but Google says I'm wrong.
“I’m so sorry, Your Holiness, I didn’t realize.” Matt Smith says “No worries, you were just doing your job” and makes vague blessing gestures. 😂😂😂😂
2:00 I never watched jodie's run because of the widely negative reception, but stuff like this is why I hope she gets a second chance with better writing someday.
She's getting some audio adventures with Big Finish, so hopefully they have better writing there!
She got her second chance and it ended up worse than the first sadge
Would The Doctor trust the word of a critic?
Yep, tbh Judy was the best part of 13th era, she actually tried to make the horrible writing somewhat work with her acting
13:47 I love that both of these guys were The Doctor xD
12’s face is a reminder of Donna and ten “you can’t just let them die come on doctor just one please save one”
No way Danese from Mineplex
1:12 The young actor here who played the young Kazran Sardick (Laurence Belcher) also played Charles Xavier as a child in _X-Men: First Class_ (2011).
He met little Chuck
@@Babbling_Wizardand Chuck was the name of one of Kazran Sardick’s footmen.
6:12 the music transitions perfectly between clips
For some reason this video filled me with joy, it is always fun to see Psychic Paper being swung around ☺
I love how it works only half of the time
I like that they randomly have it not work to keep it fresh
“He’s blue.”
“Yeah.”
“Okay.”
Stupendous performance 😂😂😂
10:50 “why is there all this swearing” is my favourite one
He was once Malcolm Tucker, so the swearing makes sense.
"Another government inspection... why is there so much swearing" - Proof that the Doctor's real name is Malcolm Tucker!
Has anyone noticed that 12’s psychic paper looks different from the others
New wallet paper probs same.
That it hasn't been explained in over a decade is hilarious, because new fans will just see them shove a blank piece of paper in someone's face and have it work.
That thumbnail looked like the 15th Doctor wanted to casually present his psychic paper and the 10th Doctor felt compelled to push through to present his own psychic paper
Ive got no one else I cant tell this about so I gotta just put it here I guess. I sat next to Ncuti Gatwa in an airport lounge for like 30 mins and it was the most surreal thing I have ever been through. I still dont know how but yeah... so thats pretty cool ig.
Lol 7:41 the doctor hit the physcic paper like a malfunction tv
Let me just say, I'm kind of glad the doctor is the only time lord left.
Him being such a kind goofball and all, "we're" lucky he's not just another monster, but instead of robots and aliens, just an average looking guy (relatively).
love how it works like 40% of the time
"That says 'Grandmistress'."
[smacks it against the mirror] "Oh, catch up."
Can't help it since you just regenerated in less than a day
"I'm the doctor"
"Doctor what?"
"If you'd like"
😂
1:16 “eat crisps and talk about girls” love Matt smith
I'm thinking here:
if Sutekh traveled all the time with the TARDIS, doesn't that mean that when the 14th and 15th Doctor after the intervention of the Toymaker and the separation of the TARDIS, did Sutekh split up too?
THIS is a great question, why is no one talking about this?
I _think_ it's accepted so far that when Fourteen finally does properly regenerate into Fifteen (maybe after regeneration sickness, as well), he's pulled back into the bi-generation. Family hops aside, Fourteen isn't doing anything. And having the possibility of two of _Fifteen specifically_ running into each other is more of an issue than multi-Doctor in general, so it wouldn't make sense for him to wait any longer than he has to. His dialogue while shooing Fourteen and Donna out of his TARDIS implies he hasn't yet seen the universe as Fifteen yet, as well.
Sutekh likely was not split
I would imagine he just decided to hop onto the tardis that was actually going to be traveling
But on the other hand, it would be interesting if Sutekh somehow killed his other self by accident, by bringing death to Death
7:39 appreciate more subtle jokes like this than the ridiculous overt ending we got.
"Finally, a lie too big."
Arthur’s acting in the Vampires of Venice scene always kills me. So perfect, not a word spoken but he nails it.
0:52 the doctor played David Tennant
I love the original psychic paper wallet, but personally the newest version looks like a cosplay replica / eBay version of it. Looks like it's suffering the same treatment as Thirteen's sonic screwdriver.
I also wonder why it was temporarily switched out with the smaller wallet for a handful of episodes.
I love the running joke that inspectors have universal access to everywhere 😂😂😂
I like how it only works about 60% of the time or less but the doctor still expects it to work every time
10:32 Ummm…. Better not tell Clara that.
“We’re here to. Address stress” one of my favourite capaldi lines with the deliverance too
That corrections officer from Flatline must be a really special case - so unimaginative that the psychic paper doesn't work on him, quite a feat, given that it works on the Judoon, and they're renowned for being incredibly dense and having small brains.
It's interesting that Pyschic Paper was invented in New Who. Mostly used to get to the action quicker and tell stories that don't involve having to escape capture.
And with all the glitches it's easy to write around
It hurts me so much to wait for more doctor who, It’s getting very painful to have to keep watching old episodes, I know so many of them word for word
I hope i'm not the only one who likes the psychic paper more than the sonic screwdriver
My favorite uses of the paper are when it screws up in a funny way. Like adding hot and mistress
The psychic paper hasn’t been explained in the show in over a decade
it's slightly psychic
9 did
Which is HILARIOUS
And I hope they never do, these sorts of things feel dull when you know the how of it.
@@pug8714 yeah in 2005
When the name isn’t enough the psychic paper just might do the trick, no guarantees though
1:25 Finally a lie too big 😂
I love that in the 60th anniversary it “outed” him as non cis to someone with a trans kid, like the universe knew he’d be accepting
I really wish there was a few scenes of the dr not trusting the paper and warming up to it before actually fully trusting it
"Every time the Doctor uses the Psychic Paper"? So at 3:08 that confirms Clara Oswald is ALSO the Doctor (whatever the paper works or not). I KNEW it. :)
Her face even appeared in the opening credits once (instead of Peter Capaldi's eyebrows)
A practical device. I could do with one of these for certain situations. Great compilation.
It's a shame you could only get official psychic paper with Sonic Screwdriver toys from RTD era merchandise.
"Saves a lot of time" exactly why RTD wrote the thing into existence
Little did y'all know, the 4th Doctor had psychic paper, too. I cosplayed as him at Anglicon (Seattle) that had Sylvester and Peter D, and I had my psychic paper & billfold.
I've been meaning to look for this.
10:47 Nice reference to The Thick of It :)
What?
James McCrimmon okay is that a reference to Jamie McCrimmon
Yes
I always wondered how can people read the psychic paper from such distance
They can probably read it from a distance or a glance _because_ it's psychic.
I love how "the paper is slightly psychic" echoes in the room and you can still hear the footsteps of the host
I love how Rose started with being unimpressed by the psychic Paper to jumping for joy for it.
I could guarantee there are more than just these moments. In fact... perhaps I shall dig them up. If I can muster the energy...
I need Psychic Paper in my life
The music not being just makes the doctor sound crazy
"Ham and cheese toastie and a pumpkin latte?"
Great to see you uploading compilations!
the transition at 4:13 is smooth
3:52 His face 😂😂😂😂
Honestly, I think the stand out use is the Oyster Card element. You don't need to top it up or anything. 😹😹😹
“It says you’re hot?" Also at 13:29 I feel like it’s just twelve having fun
I hate that this is out of order 😭😭
"Of course, brother and sister. You look very similar." "Nah, I wish I were that ginger..."
Im sorry but flirting with the doctor at 2:45 SENT ME
13:17 Nobody expects the Doctor v Doctor crossover!
This was before Peter was a doctor, so this is cool to see that an actor that appeared in previous shows can be made into a doctor
I looked away from the screen for a moment when this scene came up and only heard Capaldi's and then Tennant's voices and I was confused for a sec. 😂
That thumbnail is going to make the fanfic authors go nuts
I'm still SO UPSET about what happened to Rogue.
10:48 Cheeky reference to Malcolm Tucker there.
@18:58. Technically he is, right? the Doctor was on their payroll for quite awile?
"Finally a lie too big" 😂
13:41 isn’t he also a doctor
"He's blue."
"Yeah. :]"
Does he see what they see on it after looking at it aswell?
This is so good