Doctor Who Recap: EVERYTHING You Need To Know Before The 60th Anniversary
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- New to Doctor Who? Watching for the first time on Disney Plus? Or just need a refresher? Here's EVERYTHING you need to know before the 60th anniversary recapped and explained!
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There also is that bit where the fourth doctor actor shows up as the museum caretaker, who is in fact the same doctor, as he tells his younger self “sometimes you visit the old favorites”
Yeah I never really got how the curator was even there in the first place, the doctor knew he was on his last regeneration, in the next episode 'The Time of the Doctor', he is about to die of old age because he's on his last regeneration, until Clara persuades the Timelords to grant him another regeneration cycle.
So, why didn't the doctor question the fact of the Curator even existing in his future timeline???
And then don't even get me started on the Timeless child BS 🤣🤣
@@RicStorm616there's a really simple solution to this:
As always, he assumed that he was gonna win.
Well technically they left who the curator is a mystery
So he can be whoever you think he is
@@RicStorm616it's pretty well established, now, that The Doctor can't always remember, or think about experiences involving their future selves, when those thoughts might cause a paradox. It's also kind of obvious that they had no way to know that The Curator even was a true future self, and not any of a wide spectrum of possible fakes, cons, parallels, or other anomalies that might seem similar. And the Timeless Child reveal actually explains some past discrepancies, restores the mystery of the character, and expands the scope of the show. You might want to get used to it, as Davies has essentially made it clear that he likes it.
And that incarnation then regenerates into an incarnation played by 6th doctor actor Colin Baker (who also plays an unbound 5th doctor, after the 4th doctor actually went through with wiping out the daleks in genesis and is killed along with Harry and Sarah Jane), this incarnation is creatively called the curator 2.
Also interesting to note that Peter Capaldi _did_ feature in a Tenth Doctor episode as a human character. When the Doctor takes Peter Capaldi’s face, the show addresses the reason as being a constant reminder of the man the Doctor wants to be, which was a key theme throughout Thirteen’s storyline. Obviously I’m unsure if this will be relevant to the 60th, but this is an excellent and succinct recap nonetheless!
Amy Pond was also in that episode lol
I prefer the platonic relationships. I liked how Donna was able to hold him accountable because she didn't have stars in her eyes.
Oh yeah 10 and Donna are my favorite pair in all of the new WHO. It was practically a joke with how many people fell for 10 but Donna, who was quite the man chaser herself, never saw the appeal.
I felt the same dynamic with Rory, as well. He wasn’t enamoured of the Doctor, so often he was able to be objective where many companions couldn’t.
Ata a 69 year old woman , it will be great to see The Toymaker back in Dr Who. They were my favourite episodes when I was growing up.
Youre kidding right?
The Runnaway Bride was my first ever Christmas special and holds a very special in my heart. I know it’s flaws but it’s one my favourite episodes of all time. “Your friend, did she trust you?” “Yes, she did, and she’s not dead, she is so alive”
Wilf is probably my most favorite character in all of Dr. Who, I'm a law enforcement officer and security contractor and have seen combat and have been shot twice but I cried when Wilf died.
They should give Kate Stewart an episode where she travels in the Tardis like her father did.
But this time it actually IS Cromer!
I can't recall the Brigadier ever travelling in the TARDIS! I've spent the last 15-16 months watching the entirety of classic and modern Doctor Who. Every episode of every serial from 1963-1989. The 1996 TV movie. Most all of the Eighth Doctor audio adventures. And every episode from 2005-2022. The only instance I CAN recall of the Brig and the TARDIS is in the tenth anniversary serial The Three Doctors. But he declined to travel when offered by the Third Doctor.
@@jarrodnewman0514The Three Doctors - he travels to Omega's dimension.
@jarrodnewman2013 There was also Mawdryn Undead and Five Doctors with the 5th Doctor, Peter Divison. I believe he was just dropped off in his regular, however.
That would be fun. Can only imagine where that adventure will go
It's going to be interesting how they approach the 14th Doctor not being the same as the 10th Doctor. They've been through quite a bit as the 11th, 12th, and 13th Doctors so they've changed as a person, even if they remember who they were before each regeneration.
As I said above, stop using the fucking “they” pronoun for the Doctor. It sounds AWFUL.
@@petermcalpine1643Nope. You are the awful one. "They" is a perfectly-valid singular pronoun.
I wish they'd give Peter Cushing's doctor a mention. After all Bernard Cribbings was in Doctor Who and the Daleks.
The Doctor and Donna’s plot has been absolutely incredible so far. I remember the heartbreak I felt at the Doctor wiping her memories, and my jaw hitting the floor when Wilf knocked. I have a strong attachment to Rose and the Doctor, but Donna had some of the best stories IMO
I somehow want them to do a "previously on" again but maybe just a short quick one with William Hartnell saying "There will be other meeting at another time" and Tom Baker saying "You might find yourself revisiting a few but just the old favourites"
Ellie actually did a much better job than the official Doctor Who channel... but, that's our Ellie for ya'! ;-)
The official channel's version was basically JUST the basics!
Basics will do that. W doctor who video
Very thorough! I’m ready for the exams!! Thank you for a helpful refresher. ❤❤
Are we not going to mention Bernard Cribbins met the Doctor in the 1966 cinematic movie 'Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD' with Peter Cushing as the Doctor?
Brilliant synopsis and excellent way of reminding me how insane this show really is, lol. You just go blindly along accepting Doctor Who's craziness without question UNTIL you try to actually put it into words and rediscover how bizarre and wonderful it is!
OMG yessssssss
That was amazing. It's really going to help on the 25th, and I'll likely watch a few more times just to be safe.
Always enjoy that perfectly timed editing - "Ouch!"
Concerning the sonic screwdriver, you left out the part where it doesn't work on wood, and just now realizing that in a recap that's hardly relevant so I'll move on. Ahem...
Concerning chips, chips are good, so I see no problem there.
Concerning the kiss between Rose and the Doctor, the clip shown wasn't actually Rose at that moment. That was Cassandra. But it was funny, so well done.
Unit Tower, or whatever it ends up being called - Silly is an understatement for an organization that is supposed to be at least somewhat undercover. They're not technically secret, but they've always tried to avoid too much notice. And a big honking tower in the middle of London sort of undermines that.
Ellie's "WHAT?" - better than the Doctor's, and the definitive version in my tiny little mind. Good job, thumbs up. It's almost here, I'm so excited!
So if the Time Lords got their regenerating ability from The Doctor.
Then Donna received Time Lord regeneration energy during the Meta crisis, but her body couldn't handle the mental strain.
But at that time, The Doctor wasn't aware of the whole Timeless Child stuff.
So my question is: does The Doctor's evaluation of Donna's situation actually have merit? Or was he operating on insufficient data, and will there wind up being a way to allow her to survive internalizing that energy?
oh, that's a good point!
Oh.
OH WOW.
Oh that sounds brilliant.
-Gonna keep an ear and eye on that during the special.
So basically the Timeless Child is the reason he now knows she can survive? I'd believe that!
they didn't. all of 13s shit shouldnt be canon. exise that thing asap
Here in the U.S., the Anniversary Special with David is the ONLY reason anyone would ever subscribe to Disney+. I bet their subscription numbers soar in late November, then plummet in January. I even bit the bullet and paid extra not to see any ads. I’m not going to wait this long to see my favorite Doctor only to be interrupted by a breakfast cereal commercial.
Thanks so much for this recap. Really helps.
It is neat that The Curator from the 50th Anniversary said that "And in years to come, [The Doctor] might find yourself revisiting a few. But just the old favorites, eh?". As for Donna surviving getting her memories back, perhaps The Doctor, who now has extra regenerations, will give one up to heal her (or at least use enough regeneration to heal her like he did when he was shot by that Dalek).
I was about to say about Tom
You know until watching this recap I had completely forgotten about particles that Donna was fed leading up to her original wedding. What if those somehow turn out to be the key to saving her she's been soaking in them for years now.
The Racnos Empress did draw the Huon particles out of Donna (and Lance) in The Runaway Bride, tho, to feed her children (and then was about to throw the two into the pit as well as a meat snack, with Lance falling in and Donna being saved by the Doctor).
She was only dosed by Lance having given her spiked coffee.
No soaking and she's been drained of the particles a long time ago (it's unlikely the Empress would have left anything in Donna when she needed the particles to resurrect her kin).
They're NOT mates! That was very clear when she said "You're not matin' with me sunshine!" 😂
"Matin" = Having sex, not being mates
Doctor: The last time, with Martha, it got complicated. And that was all my fault. I just want a mate.
Donna: You just want to mate?
Doctor: I just want *a* mate!
Donna: You're not matin' with me Sunshine!
Doctor: A mate! I want *a* mate!
Donna: Well, just as well, because I'm not having any of that nonsense! I mean, you're just a long streak of nothing, y'know, alien nothing!
For those of us in the US and elsewhere, *a* mate = a friend. Not someone you're trying to have offspring with.
@@marvelljones72 thank you for getting the lines, I wanted to explain in more detail but didn't want to sound like a 40 year old Karen with nothing better to do 😅
@@marvelljones72 I misremembered the pronouns on the quote, but otherwise I knew what mate meant, it was just a funny reference to that scene. Thank you anyway though! And if I remember correctly, I think Thirteen makes a reference to this situation, to her fam not being her mates or something.
Hi Ellie! thank you for keeping me up-to-date on all the Doctor Who info. Loved watching this video, helped me remember a few things I had forgotten.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this Ellie, because I thought I forgot everything important leading up to the 60th anniversary, but I remembered that Who Culture can help me remember what I forgot.
I just realised that Tennent has technically played 4 doctors: the tenth doctor, the 11th, the meta doctor and the fourteenth doctor.
This is such a different video to what you normally do, but I like it! It's a great telling of Doctor Who history!
I really want the 14th doctors last line to be something like - I’m ready to go now
Donna Noble is my absolute favorite companion.
Great job Ellie and team! Even as a veteran fan I really enjoyed how you put this video together!
Thank you for this recap. I couldn’t get into Doctor Who until I saw they drop an episode of Neil Patrick Harris as the toy maker and it was available on Disney Plus. I really like Ncuti Gatwa. He has this presence about him. ❤❤ I would like to see new episode but I don’t have the BBC.
The new series ( the 15th doctor if you want to call it that) will be on Disney plus not BBC
@@Kerndog04 thank you for confirming.
It will be on disney+ for people outside the UK and for people inside the UK (not sure about outside it) it will be on bbc Iplayer.
Great video Ellie and Who Culture! Also I loved the children in need scene, the kaled davros was genius and the 14th doctor was brilliant! So excited for the 60th anniversary specials, russell t davies is amazing! 😊😊
great video! finally got caught up on the newer episodes yesterday, and i'm so excited for the specials!
Thank you! I needed that after not seeing it in forever. I fell off with Jodie's run... the whole new episodes every two years caused me to not pay attention... and I barely saw that last regen into David again. So cool. And SO unexpedcted. Cant wait to watch the next bit
Amy/Rory and Donna were always my favorite companions because there was no romance in their relationships. Just love and friendship.
All these years later and that unfilmed scene called P.S. makes me have a breakdown till this day.
Great puzzle episode of explaining and keeping up!
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Its a wonderful day when whoculture posts a video (Thank you for keeping us up with doctor who knowledge)
I’d really enjoy if the nod to the timeless child that Russell has mentioned in interviews revolves around Donna. Like the doctor being able to use the knowledge of Tecteun (spelling?) to save her from death while keeping her time lord/human mind. Hope is a dangerous thing with RTD but it’d be fun to think he’d do that. He likely won’t 😅
I have this horrible feeling the Doctor will save her one last time, only to have her sacrifice herself to save her family and the rest of the world.
@@marvelljones72I would prefer that, as I don't want them to undo her exit, nu who has almost no stakes and undoing the only actual companion death (no Clara and Bill don't count, they're literally immortal) just makes the situation worse.
Timeless child storyline.
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Wow! Thank you. That was informative, concise and interesting. And it was just the refresher I needed. Well done.
Glad it was helpful!
I just made homemade jelly babies and stored them in the fridge till this special, and forget popcorn! i'm having fish sticks and custard... It's really not that bad, I find it similar to french fries amd shakes 😋🔷️🩷
-Adam
3:20 --- Of course there was a good reason why Donna Noble materialized on the Tardis. she was enriched with atron energy and was attracted to the tardis. a kind of temporal magnetism.
yeah but we didn't know that at the time and neither did the Doctor, that's why she worded it that way
That is an excellent summing up. Thank you.
Love this breakdown. So great and concise for what has happened.
Its literally just dawned on me, i despise the timeless child storyline but the whole thing with the 'timelords' stealing the regeneration energy from the doctor as a young child could be how donna is saved, let me explain my thinking
Donna is human and a human cant contain a timelord mind (or so we're lead to believe) but if thats the case how did the species that became 'timelords' after stealing the ability to regenerate from a very young doctor manage to survive, how are they compatible but a human (apparently) is not
What if the doctor (14) or any of his past selves in the edge remember how the 'timelords' were able to make themselves compatible with regeneration energy and thats where Chuti comes in, his incarnation (15) is in the edge but has remembered how the 'timelords' were able to make themselves compatible with regeneration energy and he forces 14's regeneration so he can save donna?
Its an interesting theory and i could be miles off the mark but it would somewhat make the whole timeless child arc a bit more bearable and would be an interesting way to address the past while also using it to save donna but also introduce 15.
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Needed this, Thank you!!!
Overall I'm excited about the 14th doctor. the one thing I wish would happen, but probably won't happen, is the 14th doctor meeting river song. it would explain her comments in the library about him looking young.
Actually Bernard Cribbins also met the first Dr back in 1966 when he was a young policeman in London, going uder the name of Tom Campbell, in the film "Dalek's Invaion of Earth 2150"!!!! Such a pith that they did not find a way to weave that into the story line - that would certainly continue the "theme of destiny & fates being intertwinned!!!!" 🙂
Amazing summary of what people need to know before the 60th specials - Great job Ellie,
Still can't get over how episode with The Curator was a foreshadowing for the repeat face of David Tennant. One of the best episodes in my opinion besides the Van Gogh one.
Hahaha I shouted out TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSIONS IN SPACE the same time she did,except I'm at work,and ppl looked at me weird 🤣😁✌️🍻
Dimension
An extra bonus of all this new Doctor Who anniversary stuff is that we get to see Ellie on a regular basis. :)
When people say, we havent seen these characters in 10 years, me on you tube that cant go a day without some sort of video showing dt and kt
Brilliant Ellie, thanks for reminding me about everything.
Brilliant - thanks :) I've started watching the 60th specials with my son who is now of an appropriate age to watch DW. My own viewing had long lapsed, so this is a super handy essential catch-up! The only thing I don't get and don't like is the timeless child thingy? That just feels like a silly distraction and unnecessary retcon (a new showrunner trying to make their name or leave a legacy?). Anyway, I'm going ignore that as you more or less have :) On with the show!
That was quite needed and quite lovely
I don't care if he loves them or is just friends with them, I care about a good script and direction because that can make any story good, excellent.
Nicely done team. that's a lot in 15 mins.
Never watched this channel before and Ellie was brillant in her summary. Certainly has helped me out before the new series.
I feel like the 10th's meeting of Riversong deserved a mention.
I think that the 14th Doctor will sacrifice his life for the safety of Donna, thus regenerating into #15
We dont talk about the timeless child.
This is incredible!!!
I think you guys are skipping over a big obvious reason for Tennant returning. It's likely similar to the reason Capaldi existed. Something is telling him something through his physical form. Something he needs to remember or something he needs to do. My guess is that something is likely requiring him to reabsorb the lost energy from Donna.
Remember that The Curator did say that the Doctor would revisit old faces before ending up as The Curator.
thx, that helped a lot ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Really useful video 😁
What a perfect, fun wrap up!!
You should to a breakdown of every doctors story
My favorite Doctor AND Neil Patrick Harris?! Ok I gotta see this.
Thank you!
Ive never watched an episode of Dr. Who but CZcams has recommended Dr. Who videos to me for the past 8 or so years. Im honestly suprised how much of the story i apparently knew just based on that. Took until the toymaker stuff for it to be new info for me
THIS IS THE VIDEO I NEEDED!!!! AINT NO WAY I SLUGGING THROUGH ALL THEM EPISODES🤣🤣🤣
That was an excellent recap.
I miss Wilf 😭 R.I.P. Bernard Cribbins
Just for one episode they should bring back Alex Kingston aka River Song.
Ha ha! Loved your "Hi, Rose!" mid-stream.
I don't want to go....man it still hits hard to this day
THANK YOU
Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
So is the 60th anniversary just going to be one episode? And is it only available on Disney plus? I believe last time I watched doctor who it was on hbo max
okay but where can i find the list of the ten episodes to watch beforehand
Excited for the 60thy. Really intrigued by Tennant's return. Everything is definitely not as it seems. The regeneration from 13 changes the clothes too. Normally they regenerate keeping the clothes of the previous doctor.
Regarding the timeless child arc, could the other dimension the doctor comes from be just another time? I have this head canon idea that the doctor is a 'human being' from an extremely distant future, and is somehow a 'collection of lives' made from all the experiences/stories they had travelling in the Tardis, this would be why the doctor regenerates, has slightly different quirks to their personality. So they are sent back to be found, and that completes the time loop. (I will say, that it was mentioned in the video here that humans are based on timelords or something, so perhaps I am missing a piece of Doctor Who lore).
Anyway, VERY excited for the 60th!
You mean, like a human version of Testament?
....i like that!
very interesting and almost makes up for that arc existing!
It would also fuse the timeless child/the other with the whole half human line in the movie.
I would prefer if the Timeless Child story was just made up by Rassillon because he couldn't kill the Doctor who was actually The Other and tried to stop Rassilon from taking over the Time Lord race as a Dictator. So when Rassilon tried The Other (or as we call it now The Doctor) was wounded and lost his memories because of a serious almost death and after that he always just got away from Rassilon. The same way he lost his memories before actually becoming the first Doctor (maybe another assassination attempt from Rassilon?). So Rassilon was mad and made up this story to cover his ass since the 3 of them came up with the regeneration together which guaranteed the 3 of them with endless times of doing it but Rassilon gave it on with the 13 as border for the others. And while doing so tried to get rid of the other two. And we know the rest.
They need to retcon that shit out of canon like they did the half human thing. just a stupid idea all around
thank you, thank you, thank you!
My favorite character is River Song!
Ellie, thanks for this video! You're awesome.
Thanks! I fell off watching DW during Jodie’s season and it’s been a bit since Ive seen David Tennant’s season.
13s first 2 seasons could easily be skipped. I would encourage you to watch the flux season, and her final special. If Chibnal wrote all his episodes like the flux and the power of the doctor his run would have been genuinely great.
Doctor and Donna are actually brother and sister, they argue like brother and sister
Or you know you could just watch the 60th anniversary ep cause at the start they already did mostly a catch up then sure does leave up moments but overall the bits it reminded you of is all you do need to remember for the 60 anniversary ep anyways.
If being conceived and gestated on the TARDIS turned Melody Pond into a Time Lady, what affect has Donna's meta crisis energy had on her daughter, I wonder?
I think you misunderstand that a little. The Tardis was able to change Melody's DNA because she was still an unfermented child there - and Amy became pregnant in the Tardis. But Donna was already a grown woman and the regeneration energy did not change Donna's DNA. So she can't pass this on to her daughter.
@@schmabi9625 Definitely possible that I misunderstand it.
Then again with Doctor Who, explanations get retconned and re-explained all the time, so only time can tell.
@@ryadinstormblessed8308 yeah pretty much everything is wibbly wobbly as 10 would say. Chibnal proved that :D
last night i just finished my month and a half long rebinge of NuWho to get ready for the 60th and this is the first youtube video i see this morning. 😂😂
I finally understand now! After all of these years!
i so can't wait for 60th Anniversary
Can we remove the 13th doctor and the new law from the time line and just stick to the real WHO cannon, maybe put in an alternate universe clause so that we can all ignore the mess that was made and return to what was actually the story of the doctor!... just a thought
The 14th doctor looks like the 10th doctor if he had been left out in the rain too long 😅
or the sun, more likely, it can cause more wrinkles
-- on an aside -- For those in the States who may not have heard yet, the TUBI streaming channel just picked up ALL Classic Doctor Who. Fantastic, and Would you like a Jelly-Baby?!
the children in need 2023 came out 4 mins after this came out
Does anyone living in Germany has any news about The Doctor on Disney+ ? I can't find any advertising or announcements
I really don’t want to be the awkward one to bring this up but we lost the great Bernard Cribbins in summer last year and i don’t expect him to be in the show.
Awesome! :)
So if the writers make the sonic screwdriver do whatever, then it's a literal plot device😂