To add more context, Coupling had four series spread out by four years, and had a total number of 28 episodes. The last season was during 2004, which was after the announcement that Doctor Who would be returning, which also might explain why there were a bit more mentions of it during that series. Queer as Folk, however, had two series which had a total number of 10 episodes. *10 EPISODES.* Coupling doesn't even last a third of the way through the video, and I imagine that even with the clips from the first episode of series 4, it still wouldn't reach a third of the video. RTD was obsessed with Doctor Who, back then and still now (have you seen his collection of Doctor Who figurines he posts about?).
Clips from S4E1 of Coupling were removed for copyright reasons. They included a character mentioning The Daleks' Master Plan and a character talking to a Dalek (as seen in the thumbnail).
Press Gang had an entire episode about an actor from an old sci fi TV show that was basically Doctor Who. Also had lines like the plankton one from Silence In The Library. Jekyll has "are you my daddy?" instead of "are you my mummy?" Joking Apart has the line ""Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh." which gets reused in The Doctor Dances. Jekyll also has a two-way conversation in real time with a recorded message like in Blink.
Then there's actors from Press Gang who turned up in Moffat Doctor Who: Julia Sawalha - Press Gang, Doctor Who, 'The Curse of Fatal Death' Lee Ross - Press Gang, Doctor Who, 'The Curse of the Black Spot' Clive Wood - Press Gang, Doctor Who, 'The Pandorica Opens'
RTD's first bit of TV drama was the kids sci-fi show Dark Season in 1991, which I really enjoyed when it was first shown. It has a lot of similarity to the last couple of seasons of McCoy's era, with an eccentric, mysterious girl and her two classmates / companions investigating strange goings-on. It's got a couple of really direct old-school Who references and went on to influence the Sarah Jane adventures to some extent. The plot of School Reunion is also very similar to the first Dark Season story, both involving brainwashing computers in a kids school. And Rose says the line 'Where am I gonna go, Ipswich?' while trapped behind a door in The End of the World, the same line and situation were used first in Dark Season.
@@MJN_SEIFER More than that. Geoff and Patrick are also Steven, just better hidden by having different names. Joking Apart's Mark is much closer to Moffat.
Coupling is actually what got me back into Doctor Who - I started watching it in 2018 and found out about Steven being a fan of Doctor Who since childhood, and later writing for the new era, and becoming the showrunner. I love it when fans become writers and/or showrunners, so I checked out Steven's era in 2020 and loved it, which led to Steven being my favorite showrunner, and Matt being my favorite Doctor. For the record, I'd actually stopped watching Doctor Who around 2010, which is actually when Steven's era started, though it wasn't because anything was wrong with it, in my mind, I just lost track of it being on, due to not really watching BBC channels that much at the time.
Press Gang had a couple references to Doctor Who; one was a thinly veiled episode called UnXpected with the main character Colonel X which had the eccentricity of Doctor Who but the plotlines of John Steed in The Avengers. Might be worth double checking that!
HOnestly, I forgot how funny coupling was. Moffet should have stuck to sitcoms because he's much better at writing them then he was at writing Doctor Who.
Neither Moffat or Davies, but just for the love, GBH has a whole episode set in a Doctor Who convention going on in a hotel at the same time as a political meet.
Press Gang has a few. There's an entire episode that's a vague allusion to the show with Michael Jayston (actor who played The Valeyard). And there's a sign in, uh, Episode 1, I think, that says trespassers will be exterminated. Or something like that.
I can't say I'm surprised that a piece of music by Murray Gold from 1999 sounds like a piece of music by Murray Gold from 2015.
Yeah, he is a rather bland and repetitive 'composer'.
@@rnw2739don’t fix what ain’t broke
@@rnw2739 couldnt be more wrong
Coupling was basically Queer as Folk for straight men
To add more context, Coupling had four series spread out by four years, and had a total number of 28 episodes. The last season was during 2004, which was after the announcement that Doctor Who would be returning, which also might explain why there were a bit more mentions of it during that series.
Queer as Folk, however, had two series which had a total number of 10 episodes.
*10 EPISODES.*
Coupling doesn't even last a third of the way through the video, and I imagine that even with the clips from the first episode of series 4, it still wouldn't reach a third of the video. RTD was obsessed with Doctor Who, back then and still now (have you seen his collection of Doctor Who figurines he posts about?).
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John Hurt isn't a reference to Doctor Who, it's a reference to Alien. They even say as much in the entire scene
Clips from S4E1 of Coupling were removed for copyright reasons. They included a character mentioning The Daleks' Master Plan and a character talking to a Dalek (as seen in the thumbnail).
the best Dalek episode
Those one episode in Waterloo Road ahead, teacher mentions Doctor Who
Man I knew they were nerds but I didn’t realize they were NERDS!!! (affectionate) The K-9 birthday clip is adorable
The clips of K.9 are better than the whole of the K.9 spin-off show
There's a scene in It's a Sin (RTD) where they film them fighting actual daleks and I've always found RTD to be such a nerd for that
That music definitely does sound a bit like The Shepherd's Boy, I can also hear parts of A Dazzling End in there.
Press Gang had an entire episode about an actor from an old sci fi TV show that was basically Doctor Who. Also had lines like the plankton one from Silence In The Library. Jekyll has "are you my daddy?" instead of "are you my mummy?" Joking Apart has the line ""Life is nature's way of keeping meat fresh." which gets reused in The Doctor Dances. Jekyll also has a two-way conversation in real time with a recorded message like in Blink.
Then there's actors from Press Gang who turned up in Moffat Doctor Who:
Julia Sawalha - Press Gang, Doctor Who, 'The Curse of Fatal Death'
Lee Ross - Press Gang, Doctor Who, 'The Curse of the Black Spot'
Clive Wood - Press Gang, Doctor Who, 'The Pandorica Opens'
RTD's first bit of TV drama was the kids sci-fi show Dark Season in 1991, which I really enjoyed when it was first shown. It has a lot of similarity to the last couple of seasons of McCoy's era, with an eccentric, mysterious girl and her two classmates / companions investigating strange goings-on.
It's got a couple of really direct old-school Who references and went on to influence the Sarah Jane adventures to some extent. The plot of School Reunion is also very similar to the first Dark Season story, both involving brainwashing computers in a kids school. And Rose says the line 'Where am I gonna go, Ipswich?' while trapped behind a door in The End of the World, the same line and situation were used first in Dark Season.
Coupling is just a depiction of Steven Moffatt's actual life, I'm convinced.
It is in places, at least - it's inspired by Steven's life with his wife Sue, hence the characters Steve and Susan.
@@MJN_SEIFER More than that. Geoff and Patrick are also Steven, just better hidden by having different names. Joking Apart's Mark is much closer to Moffat.
I think Steven Moffat and Russel T Davies might be big doctor who fans 😂
Chris Chibnall too! All three are and you can definitely tell!
@@friendlyotaku9525nah Chris chibnall didn't love doctor who
@@HaydnMills-yn6cqNeither does RTD by pathetically claiming Davros and the Daleks are an insult to wheelchair users ffs.
@@friendlyotaku9525He definitely is, I only mentioned those two because their shows are featured
@@HaydnMills-yn6cq that's just factually untrue.
2:54 WHERE IS THIS MAN
Damn haha I knew queers as folk had a few references in it.. I didn’t realise it was basically a show about gay dudes that love k9 😂😂😂😂
Coupling is actually what got me back into Doctor Who - I started watching it in 2018 and found out about Steven being a fan of Doctor Who since childhood, and later writing for the new era, and becoming the showrunner. I love it when fans become writers and/or showrunners, so I checked out Steven's era in 2020 and loved it, which led to Steven being my favorite showrunner, and Matt being my favorite Doctor.
For the record, I'd actually stopped watching Doctor Who around 2010, which is actually when Steven's era started, though it wasn't because anything was wrong with it, in my mind, I just lost track of it being on, due to not really watching BBC channels that much at the time.
Why they do my boy Mcgann like that tho
That joke should have been about Peter Cushing
2:46 - lol I literally watched Planet Of The Daleks Episode 3 (In Colour) yesterday.
Press Gang had a couple references to Doctor Who; one was a thinly veiled episode called UnXpected with the main character Colonel X which had the eccentricity of Doctor Who but the plotlines of John Steed in The Avengers. Might be worth double checking that!
8:23 Russell has 100% circled back to this style of dialogue.
Yay!!! Some I have never seen before!
Thank you!!!!
The music sounds like "Dazzling end". Tell me you hear it too.
You forgot about the John Hurt moment.
4:44 That actually happened to me
HOnestly, I forgot how funny coupling was. Moffet should have stuck to sitcoms because he's much better at writing them then he was at writing Doctor Who.
Well he’s just done a comedy series called “Douglas is cancelled” which no-one has seen because it’s on itvx, that hell-site.
Neither Moffat or Davies, but just for the love, GBH has a whole episode set in a Doctor Who convention going on in a hotel at the same time as a political meet.
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Press Gang has a few. There's an entire episode that's a vague allusion to the show with Michael Jayston (actor who played The Valeyard). And there's a sign in, uh, Episode 1, I think, that says trespassers will be exterminated. Or something like that.
Dracula mentions the Rose and Crown + Clara in it.
3:55 Amateur! I had my wardrobe painted as the TARDIS.
How is the "I'm looking for Steve Taylor" bit a Doctor Who reference?
Steven Taylor was one of the first Doctor’s companions.
@@EditedAF987 although, this was the character's actual name, named after Steven Moffat.
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ok but this makes me really want to watch queer as folk
What shows?
Good grief... Queer as Folk really is cringe with all the Doctor Who references.
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@@brigadier-tc8565 I could... but I won't lol.