Bernard Cribbins would have a been a phenomenal Doctor

That little "turn left" reference was absolutely sublime. Cheers....

Ian Flemming isn't the only link between 007 and Doctor Who. You have Timothy Dalton, who play Rassilon in the End of Time. On top of that You had Pierse Brosnan. Before he took over the role from Dalton he was best known, here in the states, for playing the title role on Remington Steel, a detective show where he starred alongside Stephane Zimbalist as his business partner/love interest. In the second season finale of Remington Steele Tom Baker shows up as a rogue interpole agent turned theif. On top of that Jon Clease took over the role of Q during Brosnan's tenior as Bond. Prior to that Clease cameod in the City of Death.

3:37 WOW! Tom Baker worked on dismantling a Chitauri Leviathan and other Chitauri technology from the battle of New York! No wonder he was perfect to play the Doctor 😳😆

I had absolutely no idea Troughton was the blind guy in Jason & the Argonauts, mind blown!!

Loved seeing clips of previous acting jobs for the first four Doctors. A whole lot there I'd never seen before. Thank you!

“John Pertwee keen to play a more serious role”. My primary memory is of him being attacked by a curly telephone wire.

But how did we end up with a John Hurt war doctor?

Yes I love these types of videos I find them so interesting

As an American the Doctor character to me has always been as British as Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes. An American cast as the Doctor would utterly destroy the magic the show has maintained these past 60 years. I'm really loving this new Gatwa era so far and the NP Harris and J Monsoon villains were next level !

The original name for the doctor was dr.who if you look at the credits of the first episode.

The odd light background music had me thinking I was going crazy. Was checking background tabs, listening to my surrounding etc only to realize some ways into the video its PART of the video.

Remember: Matt Smith's Doctor is the ONLY incarnation to take on the Borg! (In an under rated graphic novel...)

I always knew the 8th doctor’s casting had a lot of candidates, but every time I hear about it, I learn about another big actor who was almost the Doctor

For anyone interested Troughton's suggestions of dark skin and a turban, along with a few other things as I recall, stemmed from him being nervous that the whole regeneration thing would backfire, and wanting to be unrecognisable in the role so his face wouild not be assosiated with killing Doctor Who, I suspect there was an element of joking in said suggestions.

Oh, this was needed. Thank you.

7:15 McCoy and Janet Fielding had something in common, in that he and Fielding had been members of Ken Campbell's Roadshow, albeit not at the same time.

I totally forgotten that Tom Baker was in the Golden Voyage of Sinbad.

All great actors that took on such a phenomenal character

Interesting that Philip Hinchcliffe said 40 years ago that anyone playing the Doctor should be able to "go dark" and most on this list are able to do this and could have been the Master for example. Patrick Troughton did get to do an evil doppelganger in Enemy of the World.

Maybe another video could be ‘how each doctor was announced’

This channel rocks !!! Long live The Doctor !!!

Wendy Padbury was my first young teen crush. I watched in everything she did.

This is interesting

0:18 don’t bow down to the casual fans… his name IS doctor who!

It'd be interesting to hear similar accounts for John Hurt, Jo Martin, David Bradley, and the First Doctor actor from the Five Doctors whose name has completely escaped from my brain cells as I type! Hurdall?

Patterson Joseph would have been interesting.

Baker and Peter Davidson, 2 of my all time favorite Classic Doctors, glad they appeared back too back

So the current RTD is RTD2?

The collective phrase is Doctors Who.

I think I love Tom bakers the most. What a feeling that must’ve been for him being able to leave his tiring labouring job to be THE DOCTOR. What a guy.

The people in the comment section saying Whittaker and Gatwa were hired because of gender, race and DEI and not because of their skills don't know what they're talking about. This video proves it and it's been proven before this video was even uploaded, and a female Doctor was planned back in the 80s.

thank you for the infos! I was wondering, though... with Doctor Who coming to Disney +, I understood that the previous seasons would be added to the platform when the new season will air. is it known weather or not it includes the classics? (or do I have a wrong understanding and only the brand new season will be aired on Disney +)

I'm just glad that we got Bernard Cribbins in an important role anyway. To think that he could've been the Fourth Doctor 👀 Would he have been as popular or more so popular than Tom Baker? I feel he may have, but I'm not too familiar with his work in the 70s.

We could have seen phoebe waller bridge as the 13 th doctor. Iam never going to get over this information.

The last two were box ticking exercises ✅✅✅

I was absolutely desperate for Paterson Joseph to get the nod as 11, I adored him in Neverwhere.

I had also heard MiB bit actor Michael Jackson mentioned as a possibility for the Eighth.

I can't believe I'm an American asking about this, as the show in question never aired in the US, but I'm curious why you didn't mention John Pertwee being in the kids' show "Nigel Gummidge".

That "other actors" comment. The other actor was Oli Alexander. I know someone on the production team and they had started work with it being him, then Ncuti walked in

I think it was good that Bernard Cribbins wasn't cast as the Doctor because we probably wouldn't have Wilf

Interestingly, Sting as the Doctor might not be the strangest not castings as I've read that Mr Pastry! was close to land the role of the 4th Doctor!!

I always wonder how Ellie will mention River Song in the video 😂

Richard Griffiths would have been incredible

you should do the same kind of video but with companions instead

Ejiofor would have made a magnificent Doctor. I hadn't heard he had been offered it.

The thumbnail is making me laugh and idk why

Title is annoying but incredibly better for SEO

david tennant is the pikachu of doctor who.

Hartnell there with Hugh Laurie from Dads Army...and in a Carry On film... Troughton as in...Clash Of The Titans or is that Jason And The Argonauts? Ah, Pertwee...He was really good. Possibly the BEST Doctor ever. Tom Baker...would you like a Jelly Baby...? Second candidate for best ever. Davison's Doctor always dressed weirdly... Colin Baker's Doctor was VERY strange looking. McCoy was very good. He made he character his own. McGann, the missing link reinserted, leading to John Hurt... Eccleston in the revamp was a VERY good idea...it kickstarted the newer Doctor Who. Tennant was the best modern Doctor Who, everyone loved him. Smith was bluddy good, and kept quite close to the Tennant-style cheerful Doctor. Capaldi was very much like some of the older Doctors, but was a tad playful at times. Whittaker is a great actress, but the series for her was really bad. Can't blame her though... Not seen the new "black" Doctor yet. But can't wait for them to explain why The Doctor is now black...

It's telling how many hoops Jodie Whittaker had to jump through, despite even a working relationship with the showrunner, compared to the other Doctors.

le falto mencionar al war doctor

How could you not include John Hurt?

I would be a GREAT "Theta Sigma"...

And the war doctor?

They forgot john hurt 😢

Can we go one video without a marvel reference?!

Speculation today is fine. In the 1990s it seemed like anyone who'd ever been on TV was under consideration. It's strange to think of how many members of the Monty Python team were rumoured. It says a lot about the public perception of the series that this was considered even vaguely plausible. Although we do know from Phil Segal that Michael Palin was approached. I can kind of see him doing like a manic version of 11, somehow. There should be another one of these on lost companions too.

The first two comments on this video both contain the word "interesting". How interesting.

everyone who understands the turn left reference at the end 👇

John Nathan Turner

Clive Droig? Doig. Oh, and Fulton Mac-eye, not Mac-ay

I guess John Hurt was never really cast as the War Doctor...he never even acted in the 50th. He was Bowfingered. But really, I kind of wanted to hear his story.

WhoCulture of ALL channels calls The Doctor "Doctor Who" in a video title no less. I want to cry. For shame!!!

i think bill nighy could make a good doctor actually, would be nice to see that one day David Tennat a phenomenal actor who was wishing to be the doctor since he was a kid.... says it all dont it, how many of the other doctors had that passion and love. maybe thats why he played it the best.... then we had "was always going to choose a female and hey i know this person" casting a female im ok with but would have been nice if it was because of all the candidates, male, female,black,white,gay or straight it was because that actor was the best! maybe then people would have been happier with the news? im sure if they said Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock or Sigourney Weaver just quick examples were mentioned people would have been more excited for a renown good actor than a random woman that acted pretty badly in a show not many cared about. and we know a dimilar decicion was made for Ncuti, good or bad, all those in the running for the part was of the same color and sexuality like that was all that mattered. again. Will smith, Wesley snipes, rupert everett, wentworth miller, laurence fishbourn, ian mckellen, ..... mix of gay and black (not both i dont think dunno) we would have been very hyped for instead of again.... a person nobody knows from a show not many saw because of his personal traits.

I think Richard O'Brien would have been a good Doctor.

The greatest Doctor Who ⏳that never was is 🥁.. Benedict Cumberbatch ❤🎉

What about top 10 actors who turn down the role off the doctor

I do hope we get another female Doctor soon, there are so many great actrecess that would be amazing at this role, they just need better writing than what Jodie got.

I was rather hoping you'd include John Hurt and Jo Martin as well. I want more Doctor Ruth SO much... Just not the other thing.

Christ, the amount of gammon in these comments. Didn’t like 13, thought she was very poorly written - though I do think Whitaker’s performance was lacking at points too. Nothing to do with her being a woman. I’m sure we’ll get another soon. Enjoyed what we’ve seen of 15 so far.

Benedict Cumberbatch would be a great Doctor.

Well if STing had gotten the role they could have named the companion Roxanne.

The 2nd Doctor was the blind guy harassed by the Harpies in "Jason and the Argonauts"? Very kewl... ;-) The Fox TV-movie was a mess, so, of course, the casting had to be as well... Wasn't Hugh Grant "The Doctor" for about half a sec for charity? I STILL want Rowan Atkinson as The Doctor... ;-P I think that the less said about Chris Chibnall, the better... ;-P RTD is full of sh!t, as always...

Aneurin Barnard was also in line for The Doctor but was tipped by Matt Smith. Aneurin will be playing Jimmy White in a new film about his career.

John hurt?

Oh dear as usual. You just mention the usa actors as not from the uk but show Liam Cunninghams photo whos Irish and not from th uk.

SPILL THAT TEA Who Culture, as you always do!!!

I hope I’ll get cast as the doctor too some day (I’m trying to become an actor just to play this character)

I’m pretty sure I know why/how the last Doctor got the job.

Patrick Troughton was not the first choice. Just so you know.

Love the ' turned left ' quote. ❤

The grumpy and gentle Hartnell The clown-ish and comical Troughton The tall and shocking Pertwee The mischievous and sciency Tom The heartthrob and humane Peter The arrogant and proud Colin The jokey and dark Sylvester The sad and charming McGann The lone and hardened Chris The triumphant and dual Tennant The quirky and speedy Matt The kind and wise Capaldi The bubbly and hopeful Jodie And now, the emotional and open Ncuti

A parallel universe where Tilda Swinton was the Doctor... I want to live there

I feel like RTD would have cast Olly Alexander as 15 if Nucti had never come along as they'd just worked together in It's A Sin like with Eccleston and Tennant and I feel Olly Alexander could have played the 15th Doctor very well.

Reverse the polarity of the newtron flow

hugh laurie as doctor who

Never came to pass was cruel

GOOD OMENS MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

I'd really like to see Joe gilgun or micheala coel as the doctor. I was nervous about ncuti at first due to sex education being the only time I'd seen him before but the Christmas special he was great and! The new trailer looks phenomenal.

In 2013 Misha Collins before the Capaldi reveal toyed with people in a Twitter post

Phoebe Waller-Bridge!?! We dodged a bullet there.

u said the characters name is the doctor not doctor who - this is an ongoing debate among hardcore fans in the classic series, three stories refer to the character as doctor who wotan in the war machines says "doctor who is required" in the highlanders the doctor introduces himself in German that translates to doctor who and in the underwater menace he signs a note "Dr w" (altho this was changed in the animation) more famous there's the scene in series 10 episode 11 "world enough and time" where missy refers to the doctor as "doctor who" and alludes to him previously going by that name and ofcourse during the 1st,2nd,3rd,4th&9th doctors eras they were credited as "doctor who" I'm not saying "the doctor" isn't an acceptable name, but "doctor who" is too and its not as clear cut as some people think.

Casting the Doctor has now become a tick box exercise, forget the acting... Just tick the box, this has now become apparent since Jodi, and Nciti, as they don't have the presence of the Doctor on screen like Bill through to Peter, and there are many other actors out there, even female or ethnicity which could be great for role. Jodi got the job because of Chris, which for probably other reasons,, wink wink, and she was female, tick the box. Russell chose Nciti because of the gay camp acting and he was black X2 tick boxes .. But neither of them to seem to have that Doctor presence. And it's a shame that today's compliance has to interfere with what was a great Sci-Fi drama.

Not as if both Tom Baker and Christopher Eccleston were both on screen credited as Doctor Who is it?

This is an "interesting" comment section

imagine Jeff Goldblum as the Doctor...

Tennant 2 being humiliated by Donna as a "male-presenting Time Lord" who "knows nothing" whilst in the company of a trans-woman tells you all you need to know about this show in its current form. If you're a man, you'd better be black or gay, otherwise you have no chance. RTD sought a new audience and told the old audience they weren't welcome anymore.

Ncuti Gatwa = DEI diversity hire

Ncuti got cast because Russell keeps hiring people he wants to sleep with