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Doctor Who 1x3 The Unquiet Dead PATREON VERSION

🕑 Added 2025-12-21 03:43:56 +0000 UTC

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Fizzbuzz

I have lost count of the familiar faces that show up on Doctor Who in one-off roles all the time lol. But wait am I missing something? I didn't know we'd seen any familiar faces yet.

Michael

Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi is peak Doctor Who for me but man I love me some Christopher Eccleston he's such a good Doctor!

Queen Naga 🌶️

There are at least 10 people in doctor who who’ve been on taskmaster (tiniest hint there) including NYT

I like Bobby Fish… but he’s got this fish gimmick

We primarily have Nigel Kneale to thank for the long running bleak tone to British sci-fi. He popularised the sense of impending doom and bringing heavy elements of horror into his sci fi tv with shows like Quatermass and The Stone Tape. He was a major influence on Dr Who and you can really feel Russel T Davies echoing Kneale at times. Loving rewatching this series in reaction form here btw

Emma Samuel

Dickens was not the greatest to his family - had a lot of affairs and was extremely horrible to his wife - while portraying himself to the public as a wholesome family man. Plus he near worked himself to death and was obsessed with money (having grown up in poverty). So the idea of a man full of regret is pretty close to the mark. Part of the BBC's legal job is 'to inform, educate and entertain' and Doctor Who was originally envisioned as a way to teach history to kids. So while it wont be 100% historical (what with all the aliens) the show is usually pretty well researched.

Adam from FWCI

A man in a purple suit showed up at my door and now I'm just compelled. Can't quite explain it

Krista

Depressing? ...Well now you pointed it out, you're not wrong. It livens up...at times 😂 A lot of sci fi gets very deep and dark and address political and societal issues beyond the aesthetics, it's something I personally love about it but I also understand why it's not something everybody seeks for relaxation, however I think Doctor Who isn't too far on that scale where you can't just have fun watching (most of the time). Some episodes are more ridiculous than others and even make *me* cringe (my fav sitcom is Peep Show) and some episodes rip my heart out, it's good for variety especially if you're not into scifi (yet 👀) since a lot of episodes are set on earth to ease you in. Anyway looking forward to seeing most of your questions answered in the future eps 👌

Fizzbuzz

I don't know much about Dickens either but the actor, Simon Callow, has written several books about him, so they brought in the expert to play the role. Doctor Who has a real world connection to Cardiff, where they accidentally landed in this episode. This series was produced by BBC Wales, which is headquartered there.