"How Doctor Who Came Back"

"How Doctor Who Came Back" - Documentary

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From cancellation to a rebirth of a TV Legend - this is the story of how Doctor Who came back!
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0:00 Introduction
0:47 How Doctor Who Came Back
0:53 HIATUS
3:03 THE DOCTOR SYLVESTER MCCOY
3:18 FALSE STARTS
4:04 COLUMBIA PICTURES
5:24 UNIVERSAL
5:41 DOCTOR WHO 2000
6:57 BBC Films
8:29 SHARKS IN THE WATER
9:47 THE END OF THE BEGINNING
12:21 DOCTOR WHO IN THE 21ST CENTURY
13:03 THE HORNS OF NIMON
16:28 HUGH GRANT IS THE DOCTOR
19:49 THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
21:18 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

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@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

CORRECTION: 🌸 The final episode was not broadcast on the 23rd of November. I confused the dates. The final monologue was recorded on the 23rd! NOTE: sometimes I make mistakes, since I’m working by myself. Thank you for bringing to my attention :)

@tinascousin 2 жыл бұрын

You do amazing work Josh. Keep it up please! 😊

@davidaston5773 2 жыл бұрын

I always find it ironic that the BBC put Doctor Who on (coughs bullshit) hiatus yet during the 90s and early 2000s you either had new versions on new mediums OR talk of a film or new show. And that's before to include Big Finish. Doctor Who wasn't dead... it was merely having renewal problems... PUT SIMPLY BOTH the TV audience AND TV land missed Doctor Who. 2003 Michael Grade put Doctor Who in room 101 and said he hated it ect Two years later he had to eat humble pie. NOW THAT WAS FUN. Curious though that it waas women who were the ones who had fond memories or at least saw a show that had way more potential. Which is odd when you hear feminiists claim it's sexist? RTD proved that with the right creative vision and a lot of RESPECT for the original - ANYTHING can be made a success. SOMETIME IN 2005 Daleks are throwing popcorn at the TV as the Doctor comes back

@davidaston5773 2 жыл бұрын

Micheal Grade: 1985 Got Doctor Who put on hiatus and slowly helped kill it. 2005 The same man trries to sabotage Doctor Who and get it cancelled. Isn't this man meant to be a professional? He acted like he had a personal vandetta against the show? Fitting that 20 years later Doctor Who turned the tables on him and made HIM look like the out of date joke who was living in the past. Doctor Who and all those wonderful people who BELIEVED in it were the new blood moving things forward. Not living in the past and trying to ruin everybody's joy in the present.

@thehillbillygamer2183 2 жыл бұрын

Here's a new pronoun what's someone looks like this person and at a glance you can't really tell what they are IT what is IT supposed to be male or female or maybe mixed like all mixed up I think I prefer it

@thehillbillygamer2183 2 жыл бұрын

@@tinascousin yeah so amazing so brave and stunning 🤣🤣🤮🤮🤮

@williamhumes7332 2 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story: Don't cancel the Queen's favorite TV show.

@karlkammer3050 2 жыл бұрын

"try not to over complicate it." When it comes to Doctor Who, that is The understatement of the century. I remember in 1996 videotaping the TV Movie and thinking, "This isn't too bad, but why did they have to make it so American?" I live in the USA, and for quite a large number of us, the 'Britishness' of Doctor Who is why we like it so much. Great job Josh, another triumph!

@Cortinaman63 2 жыл бұрын

As one of the cast members in "SURVIVAL", (I played one of the "Defence Lads") and a fan of Dr Who since the 1960's I really enjoyed this, working with Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Julian Holloway, Antony Ainley, Will Barton, Lisa Bowerman, & Sakntala Ramanee, and other cast members was great fun, the entire cast & crew on the location shoots were lovely, I have vivid and fond memories of filming the scenes in the Hall and on Horsendon Hill, and although I have worked on so many productions and with an amazing list of big stars in TV & Film, it remains one of my personal all time favorite Acting jobs from the many years I spent in the industry, growing up watching the show I never thought that one day I would get to be a part of Dr Who History, I would like to say a massive thank you to all the fans of the Series, for your love & support of the show, and thanks to Josh Snares for this Documentary, I have a few nostalgic videos looking at fellow Stage School Friends, Stars I got to work with, and some of the many productions i worked on, like Grange Hill, etc, on my channel, if anyone that see this is interested in looking at them.

@Shew28 Жыл бұрын

So which one were you?

@Polavianus 2 жыл бұрын

"I wonder if Russel would use that idea later on" -Josh Snares, 2021

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

it was time for a new catchphrase

@Jim_The_Fish Жыл бұрын

I laughed every time he said it. It just kept getting funnier.

@AvengerVincent 2 жыл бұрын

I had zero idea the Shalka team signed their own death warrant. I'm really impressed at the quality of these documentaries. There's information that the Dr Forever DVD extras left out and I'm glad it's included

@RainbowWarrior71 2 жыл бұрын

JN-T biographer Richard Marson wanted to make it clear that Doctor Who was cancelled in 1985. What changed the cancellation to a 18 month hiatus was fear of negative publicity over fans protesting the government. Marson is very clear about this in the biography and in an interview he did on Radio Free Skaro.

@AdamMartyn 2 жыл бұрын

Another marvellous documentary Josh! You're such an engaging host and the ways in which you present the information is so unique! Big love bud ❤ x

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam! 💕

@benmiller3252 2 жыл бұрын

Doctor who was facing the dark age period during the eras of the sixth and seventh doctors. The television networks at the time started to focus on doing soap dramas and reality TV shows. That's how it lead into the BBC pulling the plug on the show for 16 years.

@alexfletcher5192 2 жыл бұрын

I continue to feel that fandom in the late 1980s (and I was in the Appreciation Society at the time) made a rod for its own back by conflating its love for the show with the public's view of it. My sense was that, from about 'The Five Doctors' onwards, it started to become a much harder sell. The kids I knew wanted the big budget American shows, the action movies. I remember talking to a not-really friend, Alex Tuplin, and he said something like 'I've got nothing against it, but-' and that was the best reaction I got. By the time of the TV Movie the culture had moved on a bit, into post-modernism, so it felt like you could go back and revisit these things.

@Thenesrookie 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh I'm so excited to watch this! BBC NEEDS to contract you to do some documentaries for the 60th!

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

That's very kind! I enjoy having full creative control though! 😂

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgelewis6568 💕💕

@paulscottrobson 2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshSnares Seems fine to me :)

@paulscottrobson 2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgelewis6568 Just don't let him write the jokes ... terrible last name :-

@paulscottrobson 2 жыл бұрын

Having thought about this, probably every other documentary would be about Nyssa, which might be a problem ....

@drew_wadd 2 жыл бұрын

Ah! The tone drop when mentioning G.R was gold… combined with the flick of the photo, it held the right amount of disdain.

@petefischer3820 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I have to tell you, it felt like forever during the wilderness years, holding onto Doctor Who Magazine and always hoping for something to move. What a journey....an adventure worthy of The Doctor himself with villains and allies to finally both help The Doctor come back.

@eshbena 2 жыл бұрын

Kids today telling me how having to wait a year or two for the next Marvel movie is so awful and I just glare at them and say "I'm a Whovian and you will NEVER know my suffering!"

@5roundsrapid263 2 жыл бұрын

@@eshbena The wilderness years… no streaming, no KZfaq, no DVD or Blu-ray. There were only a few VHS tapes and rare reruns. When a show was cancelled, it was really cancelled!

@ThatIronsideGuy 2 жыл бұрын

These documentaries just make my day and are so professionally made. Thanks Josh!

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 💕

@davidaston5773 2 жыл бұрын

I think the BBC should hire Josh to do a documentary about the show for the 60th. And yes I know that would take months or even a full year but... WHO knows?

@tomsalinsky1 2 жыл бұрын

As poetical as it would have been for Survival Part Three to have gone out on 23 November 1989, it was actually shown on 6 December.

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Oops!

@tinascousin 2 жыл бұрын

You can get away with it Josh. Kinda. It was the first ep of the last story after all, so… 🤪

@tomsalinsky1 2 жыл бұрын

@@tinascousin Episode One went out on 22 November. One day out.

@tinascousin 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsalinsky1 OMG it did too! I’m usually the one who’s anal retentive about all these things, but I thought I’d cut Josh some slack, if it was the 23rd for Part 1. But no, not so. Oh dear. Josh, love you and your content… but *YOU MUST FIX THIS!* I’m afraid it may be far from being all over if you don’t. (No I don’t know what that means either, just wanted to work one of your favourite phrases into this)

@SometimesCreator 2 жыл бұрын

the ending monologue was recorded on the 23rd; myth plausible

@DoctorWhoAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this!!! :D Such a cool story (and I had no idea Michael Grade attempted AGAIN to stop Doctor Who that close to the air date!!! :O)

@alexfletcher5192 2 жыл бұрын

The only time I remember a new companion having a 'profile' on the series that led to heightened publicity before 2005 was when Bonnie Langford was brought on board. And that was inevitably coloured by her association with song and dance and a rather well known clip of her that probably doesn't bear repeating today. Billie Piper felt like the most absurd pick, because the one thing the show had not been for the bulk of my life was 'cool'. And in that it must be remembered that words like 'Cool' had stopped being 'cool' for part of that time also! If you started waxing lyrical about the latest series, it was like that scene in the original Superman movie where Clark Kent gets a dressing down for using the word 'swell'.

@paulosborne6517 2 жыл бұрын

As much as encyclopedic knowledge, in depth research and all the rest are essential, your videos have one thing a lot of people seem to forget in their fan-channel presentation - a sense of fun that carries it all along. Your videos are never dry, which implies that you make "moist" videos and well, that's a whole other thing entirely... The whole history of Doctor Who is littered with comedy, tragedy, lunacy, irony... and affectionately 'taking the piss' out of the BBC / Doctor Who is part and parcel of enjoying it to the fullest. Well done, Tiger! Keep it up - the good work that is, up... Err, taxi???

@supersonicsjm 2 жыл бұрын

Just an added point, in 2005, most of the UK still hadn't adopted HD yet and the vast majority of the population still had SD TV's. Given Doctor Who is a British production, it stands to reason that they would go with SD over HD as most of the home market for the show wouldn't be able to watch it in HD anyway.

@occono3543 Жыл бұрын

It doesn't really make sense why they couldn't film in HD and do the effects in SD though. That's completely possible and would save them regret later.

@supersonicsjm Жыл бұрын

@@occono3543 it was an added expense that the BBC would have needed to fund. Remember, the BBC operates on license payer money, not advertising revenue, so their budget is more limited than more commercial channels. If most people didn't have HD at the time in their home market, there's no point paying for it yet as there would be little to no benefit. I don't even think BBC even had HD broadcasting available as of 2005. It's short sighted in retrospect, but sadly that's the way the cookie crumbles.

@occono3543 Жыл бұрын

@@supersonicsjm Were HD cameras really that much more expensive in 2005? Broadcasting/streaming may have been but there's lots of shows from that era on Bluray. Torchwood was filmed in HD from the start.

@supersonicsjm Жыл бұрын

@@occono3543 Torchwood started a couple of years later, so it allowed time for the BBC to invest in HD. Doctor Who started in filming in 2004 and BBC didn't start using HD until 2006. So yes, Torchwood would have been HD because that's around the time the BBC started investing in it. Doctor Who however, was before that. It also took time for the BBC to move its programming over to HD, so not everything moved straight over to HD once they actually started using it.

@TheMameBus 2 жыл бұрын

Ngl I'm going to be so pissed if this show doesn't outlive me

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Doctor Who will never die! Even when it’s cancelled, it still goes on 😂

@JAProductions494 2 жыл бұрын

Well, this was a wonderful surprise. Well done Josh, absolutely loved it

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@RossParker1877 2 жыл бұрын

Two Josh Snares videos in a week? We are being spoiled by the best, most adorable Doctor Who person on the Internet. Keep being awesome ❤

@Frank-Einstein-Madman 2 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome retrospective, you make the best Doctor Who videos on KZfaq!

@hereticosjc 2 жыл бұрын

I completely understand why you don't do many uploads but honestly I love when you do. Your stuff is always interesting, and fun to watch.

@Kaoruishere 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful handling of the Roberts photo! Yes, very wonderful handling indeed, huhuhuhoo.

@SFMPlayz 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Josh! Excellent as always. You inspired me to create my own Doctor Who Docuseries based on the early years of Doctor Who called "The Creation of Doctor Who". It comes out tomorrow so hopefully it goes well!

@user-fu7zf4ck9z 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny to think that David Tennant would've had the shortest run as The Doctor (the last 20 seconds of Parting Of The Ways) had the first series not been picked up.

@JanRademan 2 жыл бұрын

Strictly Come Dancing making a surpise appearance during the first broadcast is one for the ages.

@rosemaryfarell5264 2 жыл бұрын

BRILLIANT watch and the only person ive seen mention the Paul WS Anderson rumours back in the day. I remember reading in 2000 he was linked as Director and wanted Larry Fishburne for the Doctor.

@LukeNyul Жыл бұрын

An excellent documentary Josh! It's clear that Doctor Who never went quietly in the first place, and although it took over 15 years to get it back on telly properly it wasn't through lack of trying! Brilliant video :)

@DoctorWhoHome1 2 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant! It'd be cool if you made a video like this for the Season 7 relaunch, or even a more in depth look at the compliacted origins of the TV Movie!

@chrise7359 2 жыл бұрын

Another great vid Josh, thanks again! I was waiting for the tidbit on the Daleks though. There were some hard negotiations going on early with the Nation estate. Russell T even came out and told fans that if the Daleks weren't used then there would be some other great new foes instead. I'm SURE this idea would be reused elsewhere!!! Seriously, I dread to think of the finale to S1 with the Slitheen! It was a tense time for sure. To think Grade could have blown it all! Still would have loved to see a film with Donald Sutherland though!

@TheFlankFrustrater 2 жыл бұрын

I think the toclafane were intended to be possible Dalek replacements originally.

@chrise7359 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlankFrustrater Ewwwwwww!

@jeffhall1364 2 жыл бұрын

Another great production, Josh. Well done that man!

@KatzePiano 2 жыл бұрын

A great documentary, as always. I love learning all the little details about things. There was certainly a rocky path to the show coming back, but I'd say it all worked out for the best!

@joelakat 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic and fun documentary! A lot of information I'd heard before -- but I'd rather hear it from you because you always offer such a unique perspective (and as you said -- you leave out the boring bits). Love the background lighting by the way -- very Galaxy 4!

@alangroves7066 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you worked in the phrase "far from being all over" at the end of Chapter 1 xx

@timthememer2785 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Also, I like how you yeeted the Gareth Roberts photo off the table immediately like that 😂

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

he HAS to go

@D4dodge 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Another beautifully crafted Dr Who documentary (easily worthy of being featured on Blu-Ray boxset's). Clear and concise, yet you also managed to include a few details I was unaware of. Thank you so much!

@tonyparker7349 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the grandfather & friends idea is what they're doing in the Big Finish 9th Doctor box set, Old Friends???

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh! Imagine that!

@whovian59 2 жыл бұрын

Loved your video, Josh. Really entertaining and informative! Great to have you back and looking forward to the next one. XX

@RT2000 2 жыл бұрын

Marvellous work! I love these documentaries you do. It's clear that a lot of time and research goes into these and it's hugely appreciated. Also, I love the tribute to Matty at the beginning ❤

@anthonyrobinson2964 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video Josh! Thanks for doing all these!

@jasonotoole1822 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Josh! Another awesome piece of work in both research and production. I always enjoy your content and I even learned a few new things about the series out of this video too. Thanks mate!

@armana1404 6 ай бұрын

This might be one of the best Doctor Who documentaries I’ve ever seen. Excellent editing and cuts! Everything is laid out so well and it’s so well organized!

@3ddoctorwho 2 жыл бұрын

I love how stylish your documentaries are!! This is so fantastic!

@DoctorWhoFan132 10 ай бұрын

I've only came across your channel recently, but I just wanted to say how amazing your videos are. So comprehensive and engaging. Thank you for your Doctor Who content.

@epsilon_281 2 жыл бұрын

i cant even tell you how happy i was to see another one of your amazing videos uploaded today! i truly believe you are an essential part of the fanbase Josh!

@jaygent2836 2 жыл бұрын

Love that casual flicking away of Roberts' polaroid

@w_7571 2 жыл бұрын

This is genuinely one of the best channels on youtube

@50doctorwho 2 жыл бұрын

Damn you Josh Snares! Releasing a video right when I'm going to work, now I'll have to spend my whole day waiting to watch this masterpiece, the suspense is killing me already!

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry! 😂

@just_a_carl 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed how you told this story. Fantastic work again!

@SquintyDork 2 жыл бұрын

That "subtle" photo swipe was chef's kiss.

@PirateNovelist 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for these videos! I am preparing for work at this time. It’s helping make my week start off right (I’m in the us). I always learn something new!

@lloydmelville435 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as usual, Josh! Really enjoyed :)

@nathanjarrett728 2 жыл бұрын

What is with this Michael guys problem. It seems like he acting out of pure spite with trying to cancel the revival. It's like a child coming back and wrecking things because he didn't like how the other children were playing with the toys

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

When it did come back, he thought RTD and the team did a good job! So a happy ending, eventually. I forgot to put that in the video!

@paulscottrobson 2 жыл бұрын

It might go back to Liza Goddard again, who was his girlfriend and had a messy divorce from Colin Baker. The suspicion is that was the motivation, but if he supported it when McCoy took over it might be too obvious ?

@docskywalker51riftstudios58 2 жыл бұрын

Famstastic documentary, it’s amazing to see all the trials and tribulations of my favourite show and it’s impressive to see all the people in the background of doctor who who make this excellent show happen!

@edith2002100 2 жыл бұрын

A magnificent video yet again, although is that a surprise at this point? Always so lovely to see all the effort you put in pay off so wonderfully!

@jodefawud1520 2 жыл бұрын

Great documentary, amazing eye for quality and detail as always 😁

@nicholasdickens2801 2 жыл бұрын

According to the BBC (Puttup) wasn’t cancelled, it was just ignored. They didn’t have the balls to admit that they cancelled it. A great video.

@robalexander8065 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video, Josh! Really enjoyed it.

@loftus4453 10 ай бұрын

Great work on this video. Had some information I wasn’t aware of. Subscribed! ❤

@LicencetoWho 2 жыл бұрын

Your documentaries are brilliant!!! the high quality, lighting and cinematography is just 👌

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@Notev3n 2 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful video, great job!!!! Also love Ur hair

@ptolemyclarke 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh i loved this !! Well done !!

@Cybermanalf 2 жыл бұрын

This video is something else! I love the orange lighting as well!

@portaldevice5110 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this video, as always. It was really interesting hearing about some of the earlier proposals in the early 2000s.

@SammyShipp1 2 жыл бұрын

amazing as always 💓

@friendlyotaku9525 2 жыл бұрын

And to think modern Doctor Who is STILL running to this day, and with no signs of stopping anytime soon! What RTD, Gardner, Tranter, Young and Eccleston did for this silly little show is brilliant! Long Live Doctor Who! And I'm very excited to see what further developments will occur what with the rest of Flux, the specials next year and RTD back in 2023!

@lashed34 2 жыл бұрын

Another fabulous video Josh.

@JMGaming-no6zl 2 жыл бұрын

Every documentary on Doctor Who that you do is so informative and fantastic! Keep it up! Love to see more! 👌 🔥

@TomLednorMusic 9 ай бұрын

Really well explained. Loved this!

@rossmclelland 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic! A great surprise to see this up already, and a perfect start to Monday morning as I upload the necessary caffeine. Loved this video, keep making them whenever you want, nae pressure like. I wander what happened next…

@robvegas9354 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome as always Josh!! it felt like an eternity from 1989 onwards. They used to show the 1970s and 80s episodes at about 4 in the morning on the ABC in 1993 and we would set the timer on the Video to record them LOLs. good times

@louise_8546 4 ай бұрын

Interesting that the story from The Sun (newspaper) from 1985 suggests scrapping Doctor Who was a 'plot' to hike up the licence fee (at 1:18). But, of course, the tabloids make it up as they go along!

@goldinthebox8504 2 жыл бұрын

Josh snares documentaries are so high budget in my opinion great work

@shimonyoung7633 2 жыл бұрын

I guess it never got out that Douglas Adams was approached to do a treatment for the late 90's film project, which came about from a chance meeting on a plane. Douglas was keen to have Tom Baker to come back in the role. However, seeing as Douglas never managed to even complete a script for his own Hitchhikers film, the chances of him actually finishing the Dr Who script were pretty low.

@LaresGothic 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful documentary. High quality at the all aspects.

@oldmediaguy3194 2 жыл бұрын

I'm always happy when you release a new vid. Keep up the good work!

@Telly_1 2 жыл бұрын

If I may add to your notes on the broadcast dates of the TV Movie, it was also shown 4 years later on the 1st of May 2000, on TV3 in Ireland which (according to broadwcast) is the only Doctor Who related thing they've ever aired

@captaincodpiece3263 2 жыл бұрын

Best documentary on the subject, detailed , well put together and engagingly presented

@jbear4433 2 жыл бұрын

Man this documentary was great, I really enjoyed it, well done Josh.

@THIRV 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, as always. Keep well Josh 👍😎♥️

@williambullimore5270 2 жыл бұрын

another brilliant josh vid xx

@josephpitman1850 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant no one has ever kept my attention that long such a great host/KZfaqr/ documentary person whatever you call it your great at it

@Scaroth1979 2 жыл бұрын

Epic! I love your documentaries

@marcos-ll2yr 2 жыл бұрын

High quality documentary. I loved. Many hugs for you.

@twokidsandatripod 2 жыл бұрын

lmao at the way josh says "DOCTOR WHO" so emphatically (in italics) every time

@JoshSnares 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t notice until I started editing! 😂

@Schluffy 2 жыл бұрын

9:11 killed me 👏

@LIONFACECAT 2 жыл бұрын

TaKe a drink every “i wonder if Russell would use that idea later on”

@calculator17 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Very interesting!

@joeporter5972 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for such a thoughtful and passionate presentation. Been watching The Doctor since Tom Baker and you've captured the mirth and irreverence very well.