“River, you know my name. You whispered my name, Shaniqua, in my ear” 😂😂😂😂😂

I work in the IT department of a UK TV company not even remotely connected to the Beeb.. but we all love the Doctor, don't we? To mark the start of the new Doctor (Matt Smith), there was a Dr Who themed day around our offices... and one of my colleagues made a 6ft Weeping Angel, frozen, snarling and fingers outstretched mid pounce... it was a masterpiece.. and put about 5 ft inside the door of our office - it scared the life out of more than a few folk who weren't paying attention to things as they wandered in....!

I was at the convention in Columbus. Georgia (Magnum Opus Con) where Patrick Troughton died. I saw him Friday, and by Saturday morning he was gone. I saw Anthony Ainley that morning in the merch area, and he told several of us about the actor's passing. Around 12pm, the con-organizer--who was clearly in agony--finally broke the news to everyone. It was an incredibly surreal and sad experience, and I truly resent those who have decided to turn speculation about his cause of death into a game. I feel that it is a shameful thing to do and really disrespects Troughton's memory.

Not sure if it counts as a secret but it is definitely worth mentioning, that time that Sylvester McCoy saved Sophie Aldreds life for real in the Battlefield storyline.

Love the background story of the inspiration of "Blink". After watching that episode, for the longest time upon seeing a statue, a chill would run up and down my spine!!! hat episode is absolutely brilliant!!!

Not surprised David Tennant stayed in character, when Alex Kingston whispered in his ear, because he's so good an actor, he'll probably be an knight of the stage one day....just watch him in the television version of Hamlet opposite Sir Patrick Stewart.

9:22 Actually it's not as simple as hide from the plunger by running round the back of a Dalek. In new who it's been shown some Daleks the middle section can rotate.

Be honest, we all get just a little bit scared when we see a stone angel now

Additional Fact: Kate Winslet was originally considered to be River Song

That's a weird thing about Pertwee supposedly being uncomfortable with Walker's height. He was like 6'2. Was she going to be wearing insane platforms or something?

Elizabeth Sladen MADE Sarah Jane Smith into the role of a lifetime...who knows what any another actress may have made of it.

Ok, I think Ellie is the only person on youtube who can consistently make me laugh.

At first, I thought this meant that he had a cardiac arrest due to falling asleep in the same room as a ceiling fan 😅

I had to do a double take when Ellie said April Walker was taller than Jon Pertwee! I mean, not impossible, but Jon Pertwee was 6' 3" (191cm) tall. But then I saw April next to John Cleese, and he's only about an inch taller than Jon Pertwee. No way Ms. Walker was taller than Jon. I checked (and there is some variation depending on the source, so I went with the largest figure), and she is about 5' 8" (173cm) tall. So not short, but not the giant implied by this video, and certainly not tall enough to overshadow Jon. Elizabeth Sladen was 5' 4" (162cm), which is definitely shorter than April, but not significantly (although, the difference in height between April and Elizabeth is about the same as between Jon and April). I can't imagine Jon Pertwee feeling threatened by April's height, it doesn't really ring true, although I wasn't there, so I honestly can't say. Jon certainly wasn't lacking in the confidence department, unless I've truly missed something fundamental about the man. The only thing I can imagine is that April, being taller on average, may have had more confidence and presence than Jon was used to, and a "she's too tall" comment may have been bandied around as a "joke", but even that doesn't ring true. There were few performers at the time with more presence and confidence than Elizabeth Sladen, she could go toe-to-toe with the best of them. My guess is that the chemistry wasn't there (as stated in the video), and Jon made an off-hand comment in that mischievous way that he had, not intending it to be serious, even if it did smack of chauvinism, and then, like today, it got blown way out of proportion. Apparently April Walker was paid for the full season in any case (again, according to internet sources, so I'm not certain if that info is 100% reliable), something to do with having already been cast, contracts and union rules, etc. And no guarantee that her portrayal of the character would have been as iconic and beloved as Elizabeth Sladen's. Companions come and go, and generally only the die-hard fans, and fans of that era remember them or know who they are. But everybody knows Sarah-Jane Smith, and that is entirely down to Ms Sladen's portrayal.

4:40 Two actresses who made the shortlist to play a 3rd Doctor companion - specifically Jo Grant - were Rula Lenska (Dennis Waterman's wife and guest star in Resurrection Of The Daleks) and Shakira Baksh (now Shakira Caine, wife of Sir Michael Caine). In the event, Katy Manning landed the part.

I'm watching a video telling me these are 10 secrets I didn't know, yet I have a DVD with both pilots which I've owned for several years, and a VHS tape even older.....and I watched the transmitted version on Nov 23 1963, while my parents and grandparents were still processing the assassination of the American President..... Also love the rapid side step "I'm not going to discuss (Susan) but it's too complicated..." No, it's not, really. The Timeless Child nonsense is just Chibnall's conceit. He had no knowledge of, or respect for, the early canon of the show. The only way to resolve the Timeless Child's created plotholes is to airbrush Susan out of the canon altogether, Or airbrush the Timeless Child out of continuity, just as the "half human" comment has been disregarded by subsequent writers. I know which I would prefer.

I live in a village that has no statues, we have a couple of monuments, but no statues, I picked well it seems....for now.

Love this! I really hope the weeping angels aren't real, or I'll never be able to walk past a statue again! 🙈 Also in the series 2 episode School Reunion, there's a bit where the doctor walks into the computer room at the school and sarah jane and rose start laughing uncontrollably because they've been swapping embarrassing stories about the doctor. In reality, a make up artist painted a fake moustache on david tennants face without billie piper or elisabeth sladen knowing. So when he walked on set to film that scene they both started laughing uncontrollably! 😂😊

Come along Pond!

Imagine if instead of the angel disappearing, it was sitting/lying down in the exact same place.

Regarding the budget comparison with Star Trek, in the 1960s the exchange rate between the US dollar and the pound was about 2.5 so $1.9 million dollars was actually the equivalent of about £750,000 at the time.

“It’s not kind to speak ill of the dead” - then why even bring it up? That’s just tacky.

Was that "before they were famous" comment a subtle reference to a forthcoming 'Who Culture' video?!! I'd be more than happy if it was! Must be a fair few.

The irony about Karen (and Amy) being Scottish is that "young Amy" is technically....Irish, since Caitlin Blackwood is Irish.

Russell T. Davies has already scotched the notion of £10 million per episode in the new series. In DWM he says it's a lot better than it has been in the past, but nowhere near that good. They still have to figure out how to make three monsters look like a hoard and other classic lack-of-money moves.

@7:14 in case anyone is interested, on KLF''s KZfaq channel they have a song called "Doctorin' The Tardis (Official Video)" by The Timelords . You'll love it🙂

I just watched the Doctor In Distress song video...I can never unsee that! Why, Hans...just why!?

I love it when you say "goodbye sweetie" at the end of your videos!

Well, weeping angels ARE real - duh! But great episode - the song one (Hans Zimmer) was a new one for us

Mickael Jackson, Peter Capaldi, and Robin Williams were in the running for what became the 1996 TV Movie "The Enemy Within" a role that went to Paul McGann, at one point Leonard Nimoy was attached to direct, but the studio would only permit him to do so only if he agreed to play The Master as well, this did not sit well with the producer and Nimoy left the project. Paul McGann also hated the wig he had to wear in the production and in marketing photos as it was very itchy, this would not have been needed had he not been fresh off the set of Alien3 where he had a shaved head.

I've always wondered why the TARDIS is smaller on the outside.

Yeah, I already knew all of that, but it was nice to watch the clips again.

There's an angel in the churchyard of my local Anglican parish church, it's not a weeping on, it's on a huge plinth and says Peggy on the plinth. 😁😱

10:19 , yeah, Ra Ra Rasputin...

The Weeping Angels. The scariest thing I’ve ever seen. And I’ve been married 😂

Considering the number of times those little round things are taken off like panels so various characters can work on the TARDIS (6 fixing the chameleon circuit comes to mind. There was also an episode where Turlough was messing with something and another where Kameleon was hooked up to the wiring via one), I figured they were…ya know…panels that could be removed so that parts of the TARDIS could be worked on. I swear. Do they actually watch the show? XP

Although I'm sure most people know this - Patrick Troughton served in WW2 as an Officer in RN Coastal Command on a Torpedo Boat - one of his fellow Officers was Patrick Macnee who went on to star as "Steed" in "The Avengers"......and John Pertwee was a Gunnery Officer on HMS Hood - fall ill and missing her fatal encounter with "The Bismark"!

“5’4” just… and that’s still not answer!”

Urgh to 2 being on the list. Claiming to be respectful while doing the opposite just doesn't cut it.

Was that a clip of Gallifrey One at the beginning? Do you attend the Con in LA in SoCal USA?

this title is literally impossible

Doctor who is just a perfect show it's wacky it's fun it's scary the twists are good (minus the timeless child) I'm sixteen and been watching it's since I remember

I love that the first thing to talk about things everyone knows but you don't is something that we don't know about and everyone trying to ignore. lol

Host says "With that in mind", DRINK!

I watched the original pilot and was shocked by the doctor we could of had I feel like it was way ahead of its time and definitely works him being more serious and even more human like with faults and all instead of the perfect grandfather u get a more realistic one

Did you miss anything? Probably, but I don't know, off the top of my head, what. What impressed me though was you caught a couple of things I didn't know. As always thank you so very much for the videos. One thing I do knowm some of, is the family members who've been in the show. Tennant's wife, Davison's daughter, of course. But also Troughton's sons, Sladen's husband, and probably more.

BBC channels in London are like the US PBS channels - the shows they show have no commercials

As always fun and informative video, some I knew, some I didn't and others a nice reminder.

Why no one talks about how Timothy Halton created the Weeping Angels?

"Hello -- shamone! I'm the -- HEE HEE -- Doctor!"

I'm sure it has to do with continuity and my brain now associating statues with Weeping Angels, but there's been several shows and movies I have watched where there's a statue one second, then inexplicably vanishes the next.

Weeping angels are not a thing in our universe. Many others things that might look like a weeping angel, however, are a thing in our universe.

I never tire of hearing The Moody Blues name anytime it pops up. I do have to wonder what a difference would have been made had Elton John and Holly Johnson been involved. Ok it's not the most exciting song but well meant. As to Michael Jackson, I actually recall hearing that rumor back in the 1980s, possibly coming up because of Captain EO. I cringed then and I cringe now to even be reminded.

I did not know any of that. Cool. Thank you. O.K., I knew some bits. Still cool.

Fun stuff!

I felt personally attacked by the title

Roundels. The round things are called 'roundels'. I wish I could claim credit to this, but somewhere in a Target, Virgin or BBC publishing book, the term is used...

Could you do (or have you done) a top ten celebrity cameos/guest appearances in Dr Who.

1980's Michael Jackson would have been an awesome casting as The Doctor and 1 hell of a watch!!!

The round things are roundels. We were told that as Doctor Who Lockdown attendees

This is not Doctor who related, but butterflies are not made of butter 😮

I knew about the twin pilots. I didn't know about the whisper thing. I knew that the budget for doctor who must've been low but not exactly. I didn't know about the prop of the tardis, I knew about the original sarah jane smith, I didn't know about micheal jackson. I didn't know about amy pond's voice. I didn't know about hans zimmer (I don't even know who he is.), I didn't know about the pactrick's death rumors. I knew about the story but in my opinion: Since it was years later it could've gotten removed.

There are medicine that will effectively stop you from blinking for a while (sometime, a long while). One would expect that in the world of Doctor Who someone could use such or even more improved drug to help themselves fight the Angels. I mean, such a drug and a good sledge hammer would be all that you require, really. Such a drug and bulldozer would equal angelocide.

Allons-y! Greetings from Spain! ❤️🔷✖️

If everyone knows but the person, then not everyone knows

moffat witnessed the aftermath of a theft, thankfully, or the weeping angles wouldent be

I though he got the idea for the angels based on what’s the time mr wolf game

If a weeping angel sent me back in time I would be happy, just so long as it was close to 1965

I was scared of angles before but now I'm Terrified

The only thing about the angels I am curious about, is why sometimes they can touch you and you are fine, and other times they send you back to the past...like when...SPOILERS...river has her hand in the angels grasp and has to...seriously SPOILERS. break her wrist to get it out. or when Octavian on the Byzantine ship had their arms around his neck...but other times they get transported back in time like...Angels take Manhattan...I really wish we could get an extra length episode so we can really say good bye to Amy and Rory...though...Rory is a robot centurion who has waited over a thousand years, why does he start aging now? Shouldn't he still be young by the time they are looking at the head stones in that cemetery? if it only had 2 pilots, then it did not go through a few before broadcast..it went through one and was redone, the second went to broadcast which means....only 1 incarnation before broadcast which is a whole 2-19 LESS than you insinuate, as a few is 3-20 and a couple is 2(sometimes 3). Literally not even a couple or a few...lets just start using any word to mean whatever we want. whats the point of English being so strict, when they still don't use the proper words? Maybe they can stop using the U in words too?

I love Dr. Who but Star Trek was a much better show at the time but Who has definitely caught up.

ALLONSY!!!

Thankfully, they didn’t take the other girls. They kept it with Elizabeth Slayden it wouldn’t of worked in Elizabeth Slayden is Sarah Jane there’s no question she is the character.

What if Jenny from the doctors daughter had a child which was Susan & the first doctor is taking care of her for jenny

How could I possibly share "anything [you] might have missed" when the theme of the video is things everyone but me knows?

I really don't care if anyone disagrees but Freema is downright beautiful. Her, Liz Sladen, Jenna Coleman, and Billie Piper(sometimes)

Amy Pond wouldn't have been the same without that sexy Scottish accent.

With Pertwee at 6’2” and Walker only 5’8”, something doesn’t seem right

Regarding the "missing" angel, I can offer an explanation. My late father was for many years head groundsman / gravedigger at our town's main civic cemetery. He was extremely upset and angry to arrive at work one morning to discover that vandals had destroyed an elaborate memorial of two angels "watching over" a grave. As there was no one to pay for the repairs (they too, were long dead) the angels were simply made safe and removed

8:58 - "...rumoured to have been caused by him sleeping with a fan at the convention..." How would air circulation cause a... Ohhhhhh... riiiiight.

Number 2 is true. Verified it with a friend of said fan.

Enjoyed the video very much but it has a misleading title LoL

well, an english pond doesn't matter to me because i saw it in german :D

Michael Jackson has tried to wriggle into any childrens franchise he could get his hands on 😬😬

The TARDIS is not bigger on the inside It’s SMALLER ON THE OUTSIDE Figure out the reference

Surely it's not about the money.That may upgrade the visuals but if the story behind it is poor then no amount of shiny CGI will help.

I think the only US product coming close to Doctor Who is the 80s movie 'Buckaroo Banzai'

So the doctors name is shaniqua ok wow ,me and my brother always joked it was something like brian or dave hahahah

The biggest secret is that the original series was so much better than the current one.

Or the Doctor's name is Sheneequa

I’ll be straight up, Sara Jane Smith was 10 kinds of hotness.

You said "bigger on the inside." I said "smaller on the outside"

well the weeping angels... are they that bad? i mean... you know that even though their super defense mechanism they're still just made of stone right? can't you just kick an arm of it? or use metal to hit it or so? and what's the worst thing they do to you? they offer you a free ride in the past... people would pay MONEY to live in the past. "hey guys... i wanna buy microsoft courses for 50€, thanks" what a terrible destiny...

If everyone know them how can they be secrets?

Don't want to speak ill of the dead or get sued? So why even bother to bring it up

Anyone else get sefers down there spine after number hearing number one

You cannot slander or libel a dead person.

david bowie would have made an interesting dr.who...

£2000 ? is that old money? if so, then thats a lot. Old money is 240p in the £ so would be £4800. My Dad bought a semi detached in 1966 in london for £3500 (old money). Yearly wage was for average workers was £750 per annum, I think the mini brand new was £500. So really more like £60,000 per episode.{edit: In todays money}

Going back the unearthly child. Yep the very first doctor who and sorry to say I liked doctor who better once his granddaughter left. But every now and again, thinks to the over used of her screaming (yes I know she was a teen - but do not forget she is pose to be smarter then humans) the writers made Suzanne - doctor who’s grandchild, into a older teen that was scared of almost everything. Yes I do get sh)tty with how people scream to much in movies. See a dead person ‘scream, yes it is scary and yes I could very well scream - but I hope I would not for if that person was killed - the killer could still be there, and I do not think that so many people would scream on laying eyes on a dead person. O that screaming - was so over done and did not seam to have any realistic reason for it.