Doctor Who’s scariest trip to Mars was almost very different indeed…
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Intrigued to see how Wall-E and a Sci-Fi horror show like the Waters of Mars coincide.
The Waters Of Mars is truly creepy especially the Flood given how is irreversible.
My favourite episode, let's go! Brilliant list as always team!
this was my favourite David Tennant episode
Had a lot of fun putting this one together!
Ok, I feel like this Adelaide (Mia and Yuri's daughter), who should have never been born and only exists due to the actions of 10 Victorious, could be at the centre of a future episode.
I can see many storyline opportunities branching from that event.
20 facts about the waters of mars and yet you still can't get your gf wet 😢
I often feel I'm the only person in the world who doesn't really love this episode – I found the whole "Time Lord Victorious" thing a little too "Emo" for my tastes (up there with his "I could have done so much more" speech) – but fair play to anyone who gets a thrill out of the episode. Each to their own, I guess.
I like The Waters of Mars
December 19 is my dad's birthday. Not seeing a connection. Oh well…
When I saw the title, I thought, "Bet there's more than that." I think I watched this one once. Suoer creeped me out.
Ice Warriors – chilling foes – Nice!
I really like these deep dives Good work, y'all.
mars might not have water that turns you into zombies
In an interview on DWM, Christopher Hamilton Bidmead, Doctor Who script editor, claimed he used to date with Helen Mirren. But then, he said so many things…
i love this episode
Gagit it a rip of Nigel from the 1998 Godzilla cartoon series.
Please do more videos like this 😅
The Waters Of Mars is in my top 5 of NuWho. It is a cruel and cold slap in the face to let him know that no, Doctor, you DON'T get to decide. Cheers….
Is Ood Sigma "Brian the Ood" from "Time Lord Victorious"?
Hold on. They considered the waters of mars as the least important out of the specials??? They either just weren’t sure which episodes were better than others or were crazy
The Stolen Earth and Journey's End is still better
Least important? LEAST IMPORTANT! If it weren't for that one line, you could completely skip Planet of the Dead. How was this considered the least important?
The purpose of this story, IMO, is that it shows that The Doctor needs companions to sometimes pull back on the reigns when he's bound to go too far.
State to your name, rank and intention.
The Doctor
Doctor
Fun?!
Love a good quarry!
Please do unicorn and the wasp next!
I know it's sacrilege, but I never much cared for The Waters of Mars. It just felt too much like a knock off of the zombie subgenre for me to see anything original or interesting within it. The "Time Lord Victorious" angle got me excited for the whole five seconds it lasted before being undercut. That would have been an interesting premise for the last two specials: The Doctor, corrupted by power, tired of losing people, taking their lives instead into his hands. How like the Master he had become! Having him slowly realize that, and slowly understand that it was time for him to go– that would have been a compelling arc. Instead, all we got was "I am the Time Lord Victorious!" BANG! "I've gone too far…!" sigh What could have been….
Considering all the changes to production, story, cast etc. this is a standout episode in Doctor Who for me, it’s shocking how much could have been different but I’m so glad it isn’t. The Waters of Mars is a masterpiece that deserves all of the credit and respect. It’s what very few Doctor Who episodes can attest to being – a thrilling blockbuster style story. I’ve loved The Waters of Mars since it first aired!
Not that it especially matters, but Lindsey Duncan was absolutely beautiful for 59 years old.
Thank you, Ellie!
My favorite Doctor Who episode. Loved all of thee tidbits! well done!
6:20 * ancestors = descendants
To this day, this episode still creeps me out! 😨
Hardly a random date, at least not for my daughter, as it was her 20th birthday!!
The hotel in "The God Complex" I know very well….why? Because I used to work there! The foyer, bar and stairs shots were all shot at The Seabank Hotel in Porthcawl. Considering I used to work there as a barman and a night porter, seeing the hotel in Doctor Who was a huge OMG moment for me. Oh…and Porthcawl can be seen in the background of shots from Bad Wolf Bay and those emotional moments with David Tennant and Billie Piper. Local knowledge 😉
One of the best stories. This is how doctor who should be, dark and gritty as that's when in my own opinion is when the show is at it's best as you only have to look at the early Tom Baker years to see why that was the golden era. I just hope the show returns to stronger stories from this year
When it comes to number 14, I'm glad they didn't scrap the best story in the specials (it's the only one that I really like, planet of the dead is fun, next doctor is alright and end of time has its moments, really it's just wilf, I normally skip the episodes and just watch a super cut of his scenes) and the cgi water creatures don't sound as cool as what we got, which had a more terrifying aspect to them of anyone could be infected at any moment by the smallest drop of water.
Also end of time 1&2 could probably have done with having their runtimes cut down from an hour to 45 minutes.
3:10 This is incorrect, there was one comment on Christmas in the bio-dome when the Doctor noticed they were growing veg.
Something that annoys me about this story despite it being one of my faves is the Captain repeatedly pleads with the Doctor to save them but he knows he can’t and tries so hard to resist but his instinctive need to save people takes over and he can’t help himself. It must be so hard to meet these people knowing they are going to die and knowing you can’t do anything about, then having them beg and guilt him into saving them & when he finally does they treat him like some sort of evil overlord, I know why saving them is wrong but she literally begged and begged him to do so.
Descendants go on to greatness. Ancestors would be deceased.
This episode always makes me feel uncomfortable.
I hate having to walk around in wet clothes, the sensation makes my skin crawl so this episode holds extra icky factor
To be honest water of Mars was not an episode i enjoyed!
Sorry????? Do you eat Brussel sprouts for Christmas??? Is it an Irish custom or a British one? Either way, yech!!!
My grandma's Christmas pot-pourri was the most delicious food in the world, and the leftovers were good for Boxing Day cannelloni!
Alan also played Lute in the episode, The End Of The World. Feel like that role also was worth mentioning
Making the monster a parasite was actually brilliant. The monster you can't see is scarier than the one you can. Besides, the people who were transfirmed were pretty scary themselves.
adelaids descendants not ancestors…
At 6:20 : descendants not ancestors. Timey wimey! Aside from that thanks -as usual entertaining and well thought out!
It wasn't filed on Mars??? I AM SHOCKED!
If NASA discovered jelly on Mars, would we have had evil Jammy Dodgers? Or would we have had to wait for Matt Smith to be in that one?
Oh my gosh, my suggestion was turned into a video! Woooh!