My favorite part of this video is hearing Ellie say "golden shower"
@whovian35 Жыл бұрын
And then the uh sorry what
@marktaylor655311 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie... I was a wee bit titillated myself.
@AHoyHere0111 Жыл бұрын
I remember Matt Smith saying that after his first episode broadcast, he was approached on the street by none other than Peter Capaldi who commented on what a great job he did. Future 12 goes back in time to talk to encourage himself?
@williamjosephprice Жыл бұрын
Then 11 rings forward in time to encourage Clara to help 12 and repays the favour!
@SeaDevilYT Жыл бұрын
And so on and so on!
@Pub2k4 Жыл бұрын
Nope. It was Caecilius from Fires of Pompeii thanking him for saving his life.
@DavidRay39 Жыл бұрын
@@Pub2k4 Same actor, different character. We know.
@chrisleneil Жыл бұрын
It was John Frobisher, frighteningly.
@femmefuntime Жыл бұрын
“Matt Smith wrote a doctor who fanfic” David Tennant: “are you challenging me?”
@greendinoplush394 Жыл бұрын
I would've never, even in my wildest dreams, imagined an ABBA / Torchwood crossover. So wild.
@cam52391 Жыл бұрын
Papa jack here we go again my my weevils in the sewer
@erikagough683 Жыл бұрын
But that would of been doppe
@mournwood Жыл бұрын
Initial reaction to a musical episode was "Eehhhhhh" but turned to "...but then again John Barrowman singing and dancing, hmmmmm", then all the way to "music by Benny and Bjorn? You bastards, I'm in."
@billywhizz09 Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad it never happened. Abba shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near doctor who
@mournwood Жыл бұрын
@@billywhizz09 Benny and Bjorn have done quite a lot of music outside of ABBA. They've done quite a bit for the stage, including the musical Chess (and it's hit, "One Night in Bangkok")
@Raggmopp-xl7yf Жыл бұрын
The one line #11 (Matt Smith) said that will forever cement him as one of my favorite Doctors was when he exclaimed, "Dinosaurs On a Spaceship!" with absolute delighted glee on his face. It was SUCH a Doctor thing to say! Super old dude still able to view the universe with childlike wonder. That's what Matt Smith brought to the character (right from the beginning in Amelia Pond's kitchen) and that's what I'll always love about #11.
@DanBrizuela Жыл бұрын
Same
@ecksdee_xL9 ай бұрын
My favorite doctor
@pocklord5 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@SaraCVT3 ай бұрын
I always felt that episode was written like a 5-year-old boy’s fantasy. I mean DINOSAURS on a SPACESHIP? Even for Doctor Who…really???
@a_diamond Жыл бұрын
I'm glad Alex Kingston is River Song. Nothing against Kate Winslet.. but I *love* how Kingston plays her .. ❤❤❤
@Pub2k4 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s one of those roles that, after a certain actor puts their own spin on it, you can never see anyone else being that character. It’s kind of like how we now know that Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Mattix. After seeing Keanu Reeves as Neo, it could never have been anyone else.
@rsienicki Жыл бұрын
I think if they had cast Kate Winslate as River Song then she would probably be a one-off character, because I don't think Winslate with her movie carreer would have this much time in her schedule to appear in more episodes.
@triforceofcourage1008 ай бұрын
Not to mention even if she was free she would have been an extremely expensive hire considering the fact that she’s a famous oscar winning actress
@ValerieG3 Жыл бұрын
A Torchwood musical? Wow. Yeah, I would have loved to see that. I'm sure John Barrowman would have loved getting to make that, but all the other actors would have hated it.
@NeilCWCampbell Жыл бұрын
Springtime for rassilion
@ericgjovaag79585 ай бұрын
Maybe not. Naoko Mori has also done musicals, notably "Avenue Q" in the West End.
@dmitriiglass5 ай бұрын
Gareth David-Lloyd is also a lead singer in a prog metal band.
@EA_TheWatchman7 Жыл бұрын
5:22 Not an Ellie video without River Song reference
@WhoCulture Жыл бұрын
It’s actually in her contract
@Northcoastrails Жыл бұрын
Because River song is awesome 👍
@EA_TheWatchman7 Жыл бұрын
@@WhoCulture 😂 Gives a whole new meaning to do what you love
@EA_TheWatchman7 Жыл бұрын
@@Northcoastrails I agree
@zaarthwren Жыл бұрын
@@WhoCultureis that a joke because I actually totally could believe that to be true
@GabePuratekuta Жыл бұрын
Who says River Song can't be the fairy godmother?
@gamemasteranthony2756 Жыл бұрын
Given how goofydoodles the plots can get, I would not be surprised if River Song had to be the Fairy Godmother to someone. I mean, heck...the Eleventh Doctor literally became the ghosts of past, present, and future to a version of Scrooge.
@thetruesora Жыл бұрын
she's said about various cases of wizards in stories turning out to be the doctor so its not really "out there" to suggest that River has done some kind of fairy godmother scheme. also, we saw at one point she pretended to be cleopatra so what other kind of identities might she have used?
@fionam776810 ай бұрын
I think she'd be perfection: it almost writes itself!!!
@AmyKozerski9 ай бұрын
With a sonic screwdriver as her magic wand.
@davidkirby9234 Жыл бұрын
Nope, can't imagine anyone in the role other than Alex Kingston. I certainly wouldn't have a cat today named River Song. Goodbye, sweetie.
@DoctorVell Жыл бұрын
Albert Einstein did appear in Doctor Who before Matt Smith's minisode. He was in Time and the Rani.
@Northcoastrails Жыл бұрын
K-9 is a good boy🐕
@GabePuratekuta Жыл бұрын
Except that one time when he had a terrible voice.
@timrob12 Жыл бұрын
3:49 - With RTD having his official headcanon of Harriet Jones (Yes, you know who she is) having actually survived the Dalek attack, I'll wonder if has plans to bring her back in his second era.
@DittoGTI2 ай бұрын
I don't know who Harriet Jones is. Probably not a former prime minister
@Unbreakable1986 Жыл бұрын
I honestly cannot imagine Kate Winslet as River Song, I'd genuinely like to see her give her take on a few iconic River Song moments to see what her version would have been like
@nevinhernandez448 Жыл бұрын
The Torchwood musical could have been either the greatest or worse thing ever made, but I would've watched it either way ❤❤
@cardinalhamneggs525310 ай бұрын
If _Torchwood: the Musical_ had been approved, casting anyone other than John Barrowman as Jack would have been a crime against humanity.
@brainlock72 Жыл бұрын
Torchwood: the Musical? I can only guess something along the lines of Buffy’s Once More With Feeling? John: singer Gareth: punk/rock band Naoko: Avenue Q Kai: The Full Monty (stage) Not sure about Eve or Burn, but they don’t all have to be affected.
@SenileOtaku Жыл бұрын
Well, there was the musical/opera episode of 'Xena' that was much better than I would have expected it to be. And Ulvaeus and Andersson (from ABBA) had created the musicals "Chess" and "Mamma Mia", so they've had some success at it before. Now, let's see a musical version of 'Space Battleship Yamato' first (kind of like the musicals of 'Sailor Moon' and "Revolutional Girl Utena').
@emmysgaminghub79785 ай бұрын
Owen would be the one character unaffected because he hates musicals with a passion.
@DrFranklynAnderson Жыл бұрын
9:57 “There’s no gay Scottish-American actors on Doctor Who, Kathleen! John Barrowman’s just a song and dance man!” 😂
@michaeltortorice9876 Жыл бұрын
Yeah! That's the voice I heard in my head when I read the article! I'm a by-God spellbinder... "...the Doctor can't be bothered with..." Wow I like the idea of Kate Winslet in the show, but not as River. I have something of a relationship with Alex Kingston going back to ER (a very young cousin thought I looked like Dr. Greene; I don't, but she insisted on calling me by that name, and Dr. Greene married Dr. Corday). I didn't know any of these things, so good job, Jacob. Good video all around.
@theniceorganization Жыл бұрын
If anyone's interested: Wilhelm Reich was a real person, and he was Sigmund Freud's pupil, albeit the wacky one Freud disowned somewhat (as opposed to Carl Jung). Cloudbusting was inspired by a book called A Book of Dreams, by Reich's son Peter, about their relationship and Reich's treatment by the FBI. I'm not going to say whether or not it's actually possible to induce rain with an orgone gun, but I don't think they should have thrown Reich in prison and burned his books.
@Hyper_Fixation Жыл бұрын
It honestly doesn't sound too far-fetched for the Doctor to have married a fairy godmother on some other planet at some point. I wouldn't be surprised, considering all the other dalliances
@jwb52z9 Жыл бұрын
Even as an American, I think if anyone could make a Torchwood musical work, it would be the members oof ABBA.
@jonathan.palfrey Жыл бұрын
I was pleasantly surprised by these, firstly because I quite liked them, and secondly because I don’t remember hearing about any of them before.
@GrahamPointer1972 Жыл бұрын
I see you refer to a Harriet Jones. Sorry, I have no idea who she is
@andrewmurray1550 Жыл бұрын
Harriet Jones, MP for Rydedale North of course (as in Aliens of London - the aliens that took over Downing St) and later on :"Harriet Jones "former Prime Minister"
@galaxygirl1504 Жыл бұрын
“No, we don’t know who you are”
@theemmjay51309 ай бұрын
That leaves you in a very small minority. Even the Daleks know who she is!
@Charlieclark-wq4bf Жыл бұрын
I've been obsessed with doctor who since2018
@sarahglover3286 Жыл бұрын
Please, I want the Torchwood the musical! Please Russell!
@fionam776810 ай бұрын
While I *love* the 'ABBA-fication of Who' concept, I have to point out that the two 'B's were the driving force between one of my all-time favourite musicals, 'Chess', which did brilliantly world-wide, so it actually could have been IRL-great as well as crazy-great...
@veggiet2009 Жыл бұрын
Oh I really want to see a Doctor Who musical. Abba would just be the cream on the top!
@k01295711 ай бұрын
I *WANT* Torchwood: The Musical!
@timothyweers8054 Жыл бұрын
I the second original series, there was a story called Planet Of The Giants, where the tardis did rematerialize on Earth in miniature form leaving your travelers to a host of situations that a regular sized human would not necessarily encounter.
@aoinatafanboy84 Жыл бұрын
Kate Winslet isnt actually wierd at all since a decade prior Trek already ran with that idea. Guinan was very much the Trek equivalent since Whoopi was huge at the time and the creators were more confused why a big name wanted to be on their meager sci fi show
@HeidiSholl Жыл бұрын
No, stop! How the heck did I not know my favourite person on the planet Benny almost wrote a Torchwood musical!! ABBAomnibus, you let me down 😂 If it had been anything like Chess, it would have been wonderful! And, imagine Benny and Björn working with Murray Gold! I need to know more! Was this around the time of Kristina? Would BAO have gotten involved? What do you mean they're Torchwood fans!!!!??? I can imagine something similar to the sound of Inga Theme working really well for a Torchwood score. Would Björn, a man with a better grasp of the English language than most Brits, have written the lyrics? Did B&B start to work on any of the music? I need to go through their entire discography and put together what I think a Torchwood musical would sound like 😂 Russell, please can we make this happen with Ncuti's Doctor!?!?!
@HeidiSholl Жыл бұрын
Ok, so this was 2007, BAO 3 was released (a very folky, brass band-esque album indeed), and they were likely working on Mamma Mia the film (which was a year away from release) and their absolute hit single Story of a Heart!
@cannedmusic10 ай бұрын
Benny and Bjorn did the title song for The Visitors. Until I learned about its underlying meaning of Russian dissidents, I thought it was about Frida being abducted. It came across like the Barry abduction scene in Close Encounters.
@HeidiSholl10 ай бұрын
@@cannedmusic The Visitors is my favourite album ahah! I definitely feel like we missed out on a good thing here!
@Pub2k4 Жыл бұрын
5:23 I didn’t know that fact about Kate Winslet, but it’s really interesting. Funny enough, she wouldn’t have been the first Oscar winner on Doctor Who. Several Doctor Who actors had been nominated through the years, but the very first academy award winner to be on the show was Peter Capaldi in 2008’s The Fires of Pompeii. He won an academy award in 1995 for Best Short Film. Later, Olivia Coleman, who played Prisoner Zero in 2010’s The Eleventh Hour won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2019.
@Potato987658 ай бұрын
I really wish we had seen more of the subwave network. My favorite part of series 4 and it's finaly was how big the group had gotten. Of course he still had his main companion but on top of that he had Jack, Martha, Sarah Jane, Torchwood team, unit and Donna's family all on earth ready to help him. It all felt so much more connected knowing that whenever he returned to present day earth he could run into old companions. We did get a similar thing when Vastra connected people through a dream but Clara and River were the only big characters. I just wish we had seen more of Martha and Jack meeting and helping the doctors older regenerations. It would have kept the world more connected. Now whenever the doctor loses a companion or regenerates it feels like starting from scratch but in Tennants era we always had Jack and Martha to keep in connected.
@LordBiffingtonEqs8 ай бұрын
The uhh sorry what got me XD
@DreamLionViolet11 ай бұрын
Why does ‘fairy godmother chasing the Doctor though time’ gives me Missy vibes
@hollymatton474 Жыл бұрын
Great video, really interesting! Thanks Ellie and Who Culture! 😊😊
@zachh68684 ай бұрын
WOAH a Torchwood musical would've been crazy! John Borrowman proved that in The Flash and Supergirl crossover musical two parter
@Vim-Wolf Жыл бұрын
Bit late commenting on this - but don’t forget Benny & Bjorn wrote the musical ‘Chess’. I’m not really a fan of musicals but I did see this on the stage and it was awesome.
@igorschmidlapp698710 ай бұрын
I bet that asteroid IS a TARDIS with a working chameleon circuit... is it the Master? ;-P
@agranero65 ай бұрын
ABBA and Torchwood! I didn't know that I wanted to see that until I heard it.
@salerio615 ай бұрын
ABBA meets Torchwood
@12thMandalorian Жыл бұрын
Kate Winslet would’ve made an incredible River Song
@davidgould9431 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! But, alas, probably only the Library two-parter: she'd have been too busy filming to have done any of the others. Probably.
@Pub2k4 Жыл бұрын
Indeed, she would have. But I’m guessing that after she won her academy award, the BBC couldn’t afford her anymore.
@ashleyklotz376210 ай бұрын
Ok Kate Winslet could've been good as River, would've been interesting for sure
@CaritasGothKaraoke Жыл бұрын
At one point there was talk of crossing over Blakes 7 and Doctor Who.
@adquilantang5 ай бұрын
7:31 i like how that was thrown in there. I almost didnt catch it.
@ernestoyepez5103 Жыл бұрын
You have ruin my life, I would go in life without having a Doctor Who Musical by Abba. Never new I need it so much.
@davidmorgan53125 ай бұрын
Ellie, please can you help me with this question that has been going round in my head for years. Doctor #1 had a granddaughter (Susan). As far as I can remember there is no reference to a Wife or Daughter? . The first reference to a wife is when #11 and River get hitched (as far as I can remember, but I am getting old) please help, not with me getting old but with this conundrum I have.
@PDComicBookNetwork3 ай бұрын
Okay, but I demand a Torchwood musical now.
@KingOfDoma Жыл бұрын
I'd have LOVED to have had Elton on for the series 4 finale! Imagine! An episode where we don't have to think too hard about his relationship with pavement slabs!
@Lewis.l25 ай бұрын
If Torch would the musical did happen, we would have talked about it like the timeless child.
@VictorSwindell Жыл бұрын
Torchwood Musical would be right up there with Star Wars Holiday Special!
@WhoCulture Жыл бұрын
That makes us want to see it even more!
@chrislakin8712 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant telly 😊😊 0:11
@jaybell46638 ай бұрын
Omg what evil galactic empire did Mr Hamill conquer??? He's always been a stand up guy in my book
@tonydurran80212 ай бұрын
Would have loved to see if Torchwood: the musical could have stood up to Buffy: Once more with feeling.
@dylanmcwilliamАй бұрын
I absolutely love kate bush, now tell me, how after listening to cloudbusting for so long and watching the music video so many times did i not realise until this video the Dad was played by Donald Sutherland, one of my favourite actors
@andrewlaidlaw7975 Жыл бұрын
Scarry fact is that the new erth hospital might not be all that far away in the future. All depending on cloning and genetic donations legality depending globally.
@Chuckf66Ай бұрын
Yay! Preacher clip!
@gordonhotchkiss646 Жыл бұрын
Ian Mckellen (voice) and Michael Gambon have both been in Doctor Who.
@RealUlrichLeland Жыл бұрын
Who were they cast as?
@Quirderph Жыл бұрын
@@RealUlrichLeland Ian Mckellen was the Great Intelligence. Michael Gambon was Ebeneezer Scrooge in space.
@gordonhotchkiss646 Жыл бұрын
@@RealUlrichLeland Ian Mckellen voiced the Great intelligence in the episode The Snowman. Richard E Grant later played the character in future episodes. Michael Gambon was in the Christmas special A Christmas Carol. Which also featured Katherine Jenkins
@gunnhildk62993 ай бұрын
I would have loved to see an ABBA / Torchwood crossover.
@theaussiebackflipboy Жыл бұрын
With the way that a lot of American series have incorporated at least one musical episode into their seasons, a musical Torchwood episode doesn't seem that far fetched - alien brain parasites that make people sing and dance? Why not?
@Flytrap Жыл бұрын
Torchwood the Musical? Sounds like a good sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
@inspector2363 Жыл бұрын
The New Earth Hospital is a literal copy of the hotel design, but JUST different enough.
@peterq19782 ай бұрын
now now, i know about mastoids and spacial inclinations in star systems.
@jennifermiller1042 Жыл бұрын
I don't care who else they may have considered to play River. Alex Kingston IS River Song.
@TheBlindDyslexic Жыл бұрын
In the adventure 'Pyramids of Mars' Mic Jagger's home was used as the backdrop
@sabrinatirabassi3529 Жыл бұрын
Dark season was Kate Winslet first TV job. She has recently come back to her role for the Big Finish audio revamp of the series, I'm sure she would gladly be River Song if RTD asked her at the time.
@BeeWhistler Жыл бұрын
The Doctor nearly married the fairy godmother? My first thought when I heard that was, “Jennifer Saunders?”
@JoeThornhill Жыл бұрын
6:38 But, how? Just, how did Sarah Jane get K-9? He stayed in E-space with Romana!
@dannyayala3462 Жыл бұрын
Not trying to kiss up but agree Alex Kingston is perfect River song out curiousity would like to see the alt reality version
@daisysunshine13249 ай бұрын
If Kate Winslet has been River, do you think they would have written the character differently? Honestly I can’t imagine anyone other than Alex calling the Dr “sweetie”
@DAYNURSERY Жыл бұрын
Any chance of Matt's fabrics getting published?
@MartinInBC Жыл бұрын
Your Autocorrect has let you down terribly.
@user-co8uy5rb2s8 ай бұрын
Hahahaha! She said golden shower!
@triforceofcourage1008 ай бұрын
Oh no if Kate Winslet had played River we never would have seen that character again. Oscar winning actors demand outrageous prices and are not just something you can causally hire.
@Cherish-11 Жыл бұрын
I've heard about The Doctor being with Albert Einstein already.
@igorschmidlapp698710 ай бұрын
I hear that the Doctor had lunch with Albert Einstein, and left "E=mc2" written on a paper napkin... ;-P
@davidponseigo8811 Жыл бұрын
Another great video from the beautiful Ellie.
@igorschmidlapp698710 ай бұрын
I hear that River Song is being recast with some unknown named Ellie Littlechild to say goodbye to 14 before he regenerates... ;-P
@Dragonfly-0010 Жыл бұрын
MORE CRISPY !!
@draggo69 Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@NileSWPhotography Жыл бұрын
3:32 .. yes lol, we know who she is.
@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars Жыл бұрын
I'm extremely relieved that Harriet Jones not Elton Pope was the face of the Subwave Network, that would have been beyond Horrendous 😮 His character annoyed me right from the very beginning before he got dodgy with the paving slab.... 😮🤢 On the other hand, Torchwood the musical, I cannot for the life of me picture Owen merrily singing away 😂😂😂 Fascinating compilation this, and thank goodness too for Alex Kingston over Kate Winslet, she wouldn't have been right for River Song ❤
@Viltris Жыл бұрын
The best thing about re-using Harriet Jones is that we already know who she is.
@DJB0X3R Жыл бұрын
Well, a musical episode of Torchwood as a possibility. I don’t have much details worked out.
@BaccarWozat10 ай бұрын
I was expecting stuff like "Jacqueline Hill discovered Sean Connery" or "(then-) Prince Charles almost had a cameo", etc. In fact I could probably find ten more interesting facts. Eh, never mind.
@xayax7920 Жыл бұрын
How about the time the doctor shut down Guantanamo Bay? Oh wait..
@DanBrizuela Жыл бұрын
We missed out on an abba musical
@MrMann0123 Жыл бұрын
Some day we will have someone actually try to do a musical and possibly do it well. Until then Once More With Feeling must be a terrifying yard stick to live up to!
@doctorjohnsmithchloecharlo6711 Жыл бұрын
Yay I'm early
@williambryce4630 Жыл бұрын
*Hello "Early!"*
@michaeltortorice9876 Жыл бұрын
@@williambryce4630 Dad jokes always welcome
@MrSashaSmith9 ай бұрын
I WANT TO LIVE IN THE WORLD WHERE THERE IS TORCHWOOD THE MUSICAL!!! 😢
@lozD83 Жыл бұрын
Another slab reference. What a surprise.
@GabePuratekuta Жыл бұрын
It's mandatory when mentioning Love And Monsters.
@lozD83 Жыл бұрын
@Gabe Puratekuta I could also have said "Another Love And Monsters reference. What a surprise"
@BooBaddyBig5 ай бұрын
There needs to be a Tardis cat. Why is there no cat.
@andrewmurray1550 Жыл бұрын
Yet another Disney IP they couldn't use...The Fairy Godmother? Along with Pluto (originally planned for the real dog companion until the "tin dog" K-9 ended up being the final character?)
@angbald Жыл бұрын
Disney may own the design of that specific fairy godmother (the one in blue in cinderella) but they don't hold copyright on the term fairy godmother or the concept overall. Just that specific design.
@libby_b0145 Жыл бұрын
Please continue the ranking episodes from each season. It’s interesting to see how much people’s rankings differ
@olirothers Жыл бұрын
If someone told me Matt Smith wrote "The Lodger" (which I'm convinced only exists as an episode just so Matt could show off his footballing masterclass) I would accept that as fax. Also an excellent excuse to bring in the amazing James Corden.
@miarachelroseАй бұрын
OH MY GOD STOP I WROTE A TORCHWOOD MUSICAL NUMBER FOR PERFORMING ARTS CLASS NO WAY I WASNT THE FIRST??
@sophroniel11 ай бұрын
To be fair elton pope would've been a good choice
@jb888888888 Жыл бұрын
Colin Baker is Tom Baker's older brother.
@igorschmidlapp698710 ай бұрын
or his bastard son... ;-P
@user-co8uy5rb2s8 ай бұрын
Cate Winslett would have made a better looking River Song.
@1derss Жыл бұрын
wait what? Mark Hammil did whatnow?
@DerekGregg83191 Жыл бұрын
You straight up lied on number 4 giving him a different name and having a person in a dog suit wasn’t him almost being a real dog.
@scubasteevo7013 Жыл бұрын
What? What!?
@anumeon Жыл бұрын
That motion camera spacestation looked an awful lot like a model of Midgar from FF VII.. :)