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3. The Third Doctor/ Jon Pertwee- The Stranglers, Glasgow City Hall, June 1977.

The Third Doctor accidentally turns up at the infamous gig that got punk ‘banned’ in Glasgow after some curious city councillors attended the gig on a ‘fact finding mission��� to see if punk really was worthy of a moral panic and witnessed a stage invasion which they took to be a violent riot.

The Doctor, on his own er… ‘fact finding mission’… stands at the back (ever the gentleman at 6”2) so as not to obscure the view. He’s wearing a tartan ensemble to blend in to Glasgow which the young punks are impressed by and ask if it’s Vivienne Westwood.

He leaves before it gets messy but is a fan of ‘Down in the Sewer’ and makes Jo and Clifford watch Survivors (1975) to mixed results.

(The Master later points out that he might well enjoy being strangled a little too much…)

‘Which iconic historical performance would each Doctor go back in time to watch?’: a chaotic thread 🧵

(In no particular order)

1. Twelfth Doctor/ Peter Capaldi- Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, June 1976.

The infamous birth pangs of British post-punk.

Twelve would enjoy rubbing shoulders with Howard Devoto, possibly try to snog Peter Shelley, try to ‘accidentally’ spill a pint over Morrissey, miss and drench a furious Mark E Smith instead (scarier than the Daleks) and make awkward eye contact with a familiar looking man who he only realises is Ian Curtis several days later.

Mostly he enjoys catch out all the people over the years who lied about being there. Turns out Mick Hucknall missed most of it standing outside having a fag.

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2. Fourth Doctor/ Tom Baker- the recording of Dexy’s Midnight Runners performing ‘Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven when you smile)’ at Top of the Pops in 1982.

The Doctor repeats the story of the BBC accidentally broadcasting a photo of the darts player Jocky Wilson instead of soul singer Jackie Wilson on TOTP so often that Sarah eventually gives in and lets him pilot the Tardis there but only if they can drag Harry along as well.

Initially confused- “well Doctor, I have to say I have no idea they were miming along to a backing track all these years”- Harry ends up having the time of his life and spends the next year or so whistling the chorus around Unit HQ, much to Sarah’s annoyance.

She puts her foot down when the Doctor abandons his scarf and tries to start wearing a jaunty red neckerchief like Kevin Rowland instead by threatening to get the Brig involved.

Later, Thirteen ends up being a Hozier fan after Yaz puts her Spotify on shuffle and ‘Jackie & Wilson’ starts playing. She has to ask her what a Lexus is though.

‘Which iconic historical performance would each Doctor go back in time to watch?’: a chaotic thread 🧵

(In no particular order)

1. Twelfth Doctor/ Peter Capaldi- Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, June 1976.

The infamous birth pangs of British post-punk.

Twelve would enjoy rubbing shoulders with Howard Devoto, possibly try to snog Peter Shelley, try to ‘accidentally’ spill a pint over Morrissey, miss and drench a furious Mark E Smith instead (scarier than the Daleks) and make awkward eye contact with a familiar looking man who he only realises is Ian Curtis several days later.

Mostly he enjoys catch out all the people over the years who lied about being there. Turns out Mick Hucknall missed most of it standing outside having a fag.

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‘Which iconic historical performance would each Doctor go back in time to watch?’: a chaotic thread 🧵

(In no particular order)

1. Twelfth Doctor/ Peter Capaldi- Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester, June 1976.

The infamous birth pangs of British post-punk.

Twelve would enjoy rubbing shoulders with Howard Devoto, possibly try to snog Pete Shelley, definitely try to ‘accidentally’ spill a pint over Morrissey only to miss and drench a furious Mark E Smith instead (scarier than the Daleks) and make awkward eye contact with a familiar looking man who he only realises is Ian Curtis several days later.

Mostly he enjoys catching out all the famous people over the years who lied about being there. Turns out Mick Hucknall missed most of it standing outside having a fag.

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Doctor Who UK Press 2004-2005

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rose tyler is a true modern woman yes girl go forth with your jealous streak and clumpy mascara you have my unwavering support

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i think it should be tradition now that in every finale battle the doctor is rescued by the strong arms of a dyke and comforted by the power of lesbianism i think it feels right and correct

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"Nine and Donna would've hated each other" WRONG they would ADORE each other they would be the two cattiest bitches in the book club. Donna would lean over and tell him "honestly sounds like Rassillion was a bit of a cunt" and he snorts so hard he almost regenerates right then and there

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My brain wouldn’t let me go to sleep until I made this

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Happy Out of Touch Thursday, Whovians.

More here

[Video description: a series of shots from various episodes featuring Roger Delgado's The Master compiled with the song "out of touch" playing over them. /end video description]

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Bringing this one back now that cursed sculpture of buttplug Mussolini is doing the rounds on Twitter

So I recently re-watched The End of Time and:

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Just re-watched The Green Death (1973) and was delighted to find that Mark Gatiss’ Brass Eye-esque spoof documentary into Global Chemicals called ‘Global Conspiracy’ which was released as a DVD extra in 2004 is available freely online.

It’s only 10 minutes long and made me cackle, well worth your time!

Mark’s husband Ian Hallard is also in it as a faux-victim and the thought of Mark going “darling can you do a bad Welsh accent for this Doctor Who thing I’m making making” right before his very Welsh episode The Unquiet Dead aired in the relaunch in 2005 is pretty funny too…

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hy4bw

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‘Doctor Who and the IRA roadblock’ has got to be one of my favourite Malcolm Hulke stories from the 70s

(Courtesy of the BBC Archive social media feed)

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christopher eccleston do you know that i would die for you (1 2)

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60 years later and Barbara’s hair still looks as iconic as ever

#BarbaraWright #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoIs60

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Imagine being Rose Tyler, 19, and working a shitty retail department store job. One day, you get attacked by weird mannequins and meet this weird dude with a buzzy stick. Your job fucking explodes. Then you find the guy who blew up your job shows up at your cat flap and thats not even the weirdest part of your day

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top stories about weird shit that happened behind the scenes of doctor who

those anecdotes frazer hines loves to tell about patrick troughton secretly taking off his pants while in the tardis during rehearsals and then coming out and doing the whole scene in his underwear

paul mcgann runs into the cast of the x-files in an elevator while filming the tv movie and is too intimidated to say anything to them because they are more famous than him

“we accidentally left colin baker tied to a pole alone in the middle of the woods for half an hour, oops”

there are probably a lot more that i’m just forgetting right now. how did they ever even get anything made

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My recent Google search history:

‘Colin Baker 1985 charity single’

‘Wikihow: perform a lobotomy from the comfort of your own home’

‘Did the Brigadier and Ainley’s Master explore each other’s bodies’