 And welcome to the pilot... calm down, audience. Hello and welcome to the pilot episode of Doctor Who, The Community Show. Not to be confused with The Pilot, the Series 10 opener. This one has far less Pete Capaldi in it, which makes it worse. Wait before you click away. You want beer? You want beer buddy? You want the beer? That's right. Happy? Got your attention? Good. In all serious though, I have to give a big thank you to everybody who was extremely supportive of the idea when I first announced it. The general love and amazing responses to the Twitter account and the announcement video itself was more than I was expecting. Your excitement for this project only elevates my excitement to get this thing going, so let's hope this first episode isn't rubbish. The expectations are weighing down on me in unimaginable ways. Oh, before I forget. And a very happy Pride Month to all of you at home. You know, some people, I don't want to call out people, but some people, i.e. my inner thoughts are telling me that this show is all hype. It's going to be pants. It'll just be listing names and projects with no rhyme or reason just to promote. Well inner thoughts, have I got news for you? It's that and like extra bits. In fact, I'd go as far to say as this show is going to be the great... Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for. Been searching in the dark, your sweat's spoken through the floor. Buried in your bones, there's an ache that you can't ignore. Taking your breath, stealing your mind. Another was real, he's left behind. Don't fight it, it's coming for you, running at you. It's only this moment, don't care what comes after. Your fever dream, can't you see it getting closer? Just surrender, because you feel that feeling taking over. It's fire, it's freedom, it's flooding open. It's a preacher in the pulpit and your blind devotion. There's something breaking out, the brick of every wall. It's holding all that you know. So tell me, do you want to go... Let's start with the Purple Doctor himself. No, first, and I should probably turn off that washing machine, shouldn't I? Noisemaker better, won't I? Let's start with Dominic, the Purple Doctor himself, known for spreading love in the community, the colour purple, and obsession with the Czechs. As some of you already probably know, he's been releasing audio adventures, and another one's on the way. On June 12th, he'll be releasing his latest audio adventure into the eyes of the disciple. And I have been blessed with an exclusive clip from the audio. Give it a listen. System overload, system overload. Ah, so this is how it ends, eh? Oh, I expected more of a twist. Awfully simplistic. Ah, control panel, good. Places filling with carbon monoxide pretty quickly. Can't think straight. But I've got to input the code and the nuclear core will stabilise, and then the world will be saved. That's the loss of me, of course, but that doesn't matter. Right. Now, if I remember the code correctly, it's alpha, delta, bravo, something. Oh, I'll wing it. Hot stuff, I know. Thank you to Dominic for the clip, and everybody else be sure to go and check out the audio on June 12th when it releases. Oh, I should say every one and every project and trailer and whatnot I'm going to mention in this video will all be linked in chronological order in the description. Speaking of already popular Hutu personalities, Doctor Who Velocity. About a week ago, they released a trailer for episode seven of their Doctor Who Velocity series titled The Silence, featuring, of course, the Daleks. No, it's The Silence. People who have followed my channel for a while will probably know that I'm a bit critical when it comes to fan films and especially my own stuff, but with Doctor Who Velocity, I always have to be impressed by how different it feels with their virtual backgrounds. So definitely go and check out the trailer for episode seven, The Silence. Now we get to a tricky place, because I want to promote upcoming projects, but I'm from the past as you're watching this. I'm filming this on this date. There are things I want to talk about that are upcoming for me, but not necessarily upcoming for you. But who cares, it's promotion and I want to talk about these anyway, ha! First of all, the hit or miss podcast has a new episode coming out, and it's looking to be a big and ambitious one. This will feature an almost ridiculous amount of guests. Some of them I'm sure you'll already know, ranging from Dominic, the Purple Doctor as mentioned, Tharys, Zander Grogan, and even yours truly for a segment. The guys who run it are absolutely lovely. I've worked with them in the past, so definitely go and check it out when it comes out. Or if it comes out. It may have already come out. Do you see the issue? Mondas Productions is releasing another one of his figure adventures, titled Restoration of the Cybermen. I adore his figure adventures, easily one of my favourites that are still making stuff. And funnily enough, it also features another good friend of mine, Luke Lane, who is voicing the Cybermen. And I can tell you, his impressions of both Cybermen and Daleks he's done in other things, incredible. Yeah, Nick Briggs better watch out for Luke Lane. He's after his job. The Cannon Champion ready in five, four, five, you recognise me? You are the greatest enemy of the Cybermen. As of recording this, that's all the upcoming projects that I have been made aware of or that I just knew about. If you have a trailer or a teaser out about a project you're very excited to show, please respond in the comments to it. I would love to feature it in an upcoming episode or tweet it at me at who community. Without further ado, let's move on to other stuff. In the church. Expect a lot of moving around as I don't know quite how I want to format this yet. Please let me know what you like or if you think I'm just a bad host. Well, don't say that, I'll cry. Next, I want to show off some other Doctor Who projects that have already been released and you guys have actually sent to me. Yeah, these ones have actually been able to watch in its entirety before filming this. So, you know, I guess the other ones I've already spoken about could also just feature bad, unspeakable things. Oh, God! What if one of them says heaven sent is bad? Anyway, the Disused Yeti, which is, I mean, a perfect name, if we're being honest, he has released an illustrated Doctor Who short story titled Making History. This follows the first Doctor and no more spoilers. I will say though that the atmosphere and the illustrations that accompany the audio really do its job brilliantly at making it feel like an authentic Hartnell episode. Nothing will stop the war now. What war? Oh, Steven, we've never been one for subtlety. All I looked at him is how he'd been mad. Are you insane? What do you mean, what war? What my young friend means is we've been away. It was a lame finish and the old man was left rubbing his fingers together as he tried to summon a more convincing follow-up. TARDIS GLITCH earlier this year released Restoration of the Master, an excellently voiced audio series following, you guessed it, the Atraxie. That joke funny yet? No, it's the Master. Different incarnations of the Master. The terrific cast here are fantastic in each of their roles, ranging from the wonderful War Master to the brilliant Missy. The outstanding impressions mixed with the already great script makes for a terrific listen. Oh, I thought something like this would happen if we didn't dispose of the body-stealer first, because you know his face. Always funny how no one listens to the girl of the group. Oh, do be quiet. Listen, Master, you need to remember that this war requires you to be there. Many things will happen differently without you in the mix. Next, an obvious shout-out to the Who Knows podcast. Who knows, eh? A lot yourself. You'll never take me alive. Oh, yeah, what was I? The Who Knows podcast is part podcast, part interview series, although it's more popular than I currently am, so you probably knew that. Just in case you don't know, their guests range from who-to personalities to people directly connected to the show, and for their season two finale, they had to go and flex some muscles and get Sophie Aldred. Ace herself. On a side note, by the way, I have actually met the wonderful Sophie Aldred, pictured here, and let me just say that she is a very lovely person and is very small. She's small. End of side story. Link to the full podcast above. Below. Just kidding. I subverted your expectations, didn't I? I'm a genius. So what was it like beating up a Dalit with a baseball bat? Oh, actually it was more fun in rehearsals, because again, there was only one chance to do it. So we rehearsed it a few times and then we did it. We went for it. It was one take possible. Another short video I thought was really cool was from the user Mario Bowser. I think he likes Xbox. He has made a fan trailer for a potential season five box set. Speaking of, I've only got one of those classic era box sets. Should I get more? Can I get more? Well, isn't it like a limited run? Have I already missed out? Oops. Oh well. To be honest, the only one I want to see is the one where the companions are cooking something or baking something. I've only seen little bits of that, but that looks just like they should do a great bitch bake off of Doctor Who. The great bitch who off? You know, like they used to do with that weird weakest link episode. Ah, the best. I'll host that. Dude, if someone wants to do that, I'll host it. And finally of the ones I was sent anyway, Rassilon Productions, who I'll be honest, when I first heard I swear it was Sam Davis. Anyway, he has done a comic dub of The Nightwalkers. The cast again is excellent. I like how they used the comic panels. Wait a minute, Hogan. I'm not one of those who laughed. Take me to your farm. This Scarecrow affair interests me. At last, a believer. I come with me, Doctor, and I'll show you sights that will chill your spine. And before we get on to the next section, this! Select Audio Navigation. Press Enter now. People say that art is subjective. That a piece of art can neither be objectively good or bad. It is up to the audience to decide for themselves what they think. Except for all these pieces of art I'm about to showcase, and all the artists involved, they are all objectively good. Don't at me! Don't at me! For example, Lee Binding makes me feel things. His Doctor Who art is genuinely incredible. It holds so much beauty and emotions, and it captures those emotions from the show excellently. Two of his most recent ones I'd love to show off is this one from The Doctor's Wife. Oh wait, how long? There you go. This one from The Doctor's Wife, which shows Idris' final moments, and this one from The Ending of Journey's End, which shows Donna's fate. Both moments in the show that make me deeply upset. No, it's alright, I haven't cried in years. If you do not already follow his work, fix that. Another creator who got linked to me was Rome Twin. Rome Twin is an illustrator for a fan-made comic, which isn't necessarily Doctor Who centric, but features many, many references. That she was very kind as to send over some examples via DMs. If you want to go find some more, please use the link below to go and read her comic and tweet at her every time you find a reference. Be like, look, I found one! That won't get annoying fast. Another who I simply must mention, who also got featured recently on the Doctor Who official Twitter page, which on a side note, thank you for finally making a Pride post. Give it long enough, we were all worried for a second there. But, sorry, Bo is who I'm talking about. Made this piece of art of a few of the doctors just straight chilling in the field. It conveys such chilled vibes that it just automatically makes you feel chilled out for looking at it. I do believe phone war paper versions of these are either coming out or have already come out. Go and find them for yourselves. If you'd like one, I know I do. Speaking of, Bo, she was kind enough to let me interview her. So, over to that. So, hello, Bo. Hi. This is going to be incredibly awkward. I can already tell. No, it's going to be fun. Fantastic. That's why I like to hear. First of all, straight out of the gate, I've got to say a congratulations for getting featured on the official Twitter account of Doctor Who. Thank you so much. How did you feel when you saw that? Good. I was at school and I couldn't believe it because they approached me. I was reading through our messages and suddenly it was like, oh, the official Doctor Who. I was like, wait, hold up. Is this real? So, yeah, it's really fun. That's awesome. That must have been a conf- I bet you thought it was fake. Like, no, surely not. Yeah, I was reading it through it. I was like, what? Is this real? Are you sure? But yeah, it's official and we're super nice. And yeah, it's just really fun. What would you say is your first memory of Doctor Who? Like, what got you into the show? I'm a fairly new fan because I actually started watching Good Omens and I was like, oh, this David Tennant doing it. What else he's done? I was like, oh, wait, Doctor Who. I heard it somewhere before. So I started watching it and yeah, I just stumbled into the whole fandom and now I'm like a super fan. I'm like, oh, yes, this is perfect. Yeah, Doctor Who is one of those shows where if you watch one episode then you're like, oh, okay, I've got to watch the other like thousand episodes now. Yeah, it truly is. I was like, whoa, okay, there's so much and I need to have it all. So yeah. In addition to that, what got you into drawing and doing this art? I did game art before this. I did like four years at school game art and development. And I really did that like concept art already. And now I'm at film school. So I want to continue in concept art and I just started drawing Doctor Who figures. And I was like, oh, that's kind of fun. I might post it to Twitter. And yeah, that's how it all kind of blew up over there. Which is really fun. Like it's very unexpected. It's such a brilliant style though. I mean, as soon as I personally saw it, I mean, it was the little details that really stood out like nine holding the rose and the little small bugs and bees and butterflies. It just oozes this chilled out mood. I was in a very chilled out mood myself so that that kind of flowed into the drug. Like, oh, yes. It feels like it should be the background to one of those like chill vibes to chill and relax. Yeah. What gave you the idea to make this one in particular? I'm in a group called Spectral Horizons and they do audio stories. And I'm an artist for them. And every Wednesday we get together and yeah, just kind of vibe. And I always do like an art stream, like just doodle. And this just happened. So I was like, oh, I'm going to draw a very cute five and a very cute eight. That just, yeah, it developed as a whole thing. So when the black and white version just blew up, I was like, okay, I'm going to pick this into a full color one and phone back. Well, I've got another question for you. Are you open to commissions or are you looking for a career in making art? Definitely a career. I would really want to continue in concept art and just go to different studios and work there because yeah, that's kind of my thing. But yeah, commissions, I might think of doing that, but I don't have a particular really like style that I have right now. It's like, yes, I'm going to doodle something and it just happened. So I don't have a particular thing I do. Yeah, if people are up to it, I definitely want to do that. So yeah. Oh, I'd totally get one. I'd pay top dollar for one. There's no doubt about that. And final question is this is going to be the tricky one. You better watch out for this question. Favorite Doctor Who story? Go! Oh, Enemy of the World is my absolute favorite. Oh, that is a good one. That's a good share. Yes. The second Doctor is absolutely lovely. And when I saw because at first I was kind of skeptic because of the recorder and like, I wasn't going to like this guy. And then just the whole season just went so fast and I just I just loved it. Yeah, Trouton is one of those doctors where you don't expect to like him as much as you're going to. But then as soon as you watch that first episode, it's like, oh, yes, I had that. And the companions are great. It's just great stories. Yeah, it's just wonderful. I like him so much. Well, thank you so much for your time. And I certainly look forward to seeing any and all art you do in the future. Yeah, I will definitely post on my Twitter. So if for everyone who is listening or watching or what have you, definitely go and follow at both the original on Twitter. Check out anything and everything that comes out of it. Yes, thank you again, Bo. Yeah, no problem. What's fun? I don't know why I felt like talking into a mirror for this bit. I think it just felt more artsy and with the rain gently pitter pattering on the windowsill. Chill vibes, man. Before I leave this mirror dimension, if you are an artist or if you are a fan of an artist that I didn't mention, please link to them again at Who Community or on the comments of this video. I'd love to see more. Did somebody say happy birthday? I did. Just then. Were you listening? Okay, maybe this is common knowledge, but I found out through Google that Colin Baker and Carol Anne Ford share a birthday. Why did no one tell me this? I met them quite recently at a lovely Phantom Films event. They were both next to each other. I forgot to turn off the washing machine again. So on June 8th, I hope you all join me in wishing Colin Baker and Carol Anne Ford a very, very happy birthday. And if either of them are watching this, hi, you're my collab. Ooh, grandfather! Did you know we share a birthday? Last time I'm not your grandfather. I'm actor Colin Baker. Now, help me pack for my next seven back-to-back conventions. Now, little did I know in my YouTube bubble, but there is a whole Doctor Who ecosystem thriving on TikTok. And where I may not understand TikTok, I would still love to promote these very, very lovely people. I feel it only makes sense to start off with the two people that pretty much made me get TikTok or at the very least convinced me. This being Luke Lane or, hey, it's Luke Lane on TikTok and Joe, also known as Lizzie Joe 221B on TikTok. These two people are now very good friends of mine. They are lovely people. And Joe especially does this character called Venus Flint. She does many TikToks as this character. I will not explain any further. If you want to find out more, please go and follow her. And follow Luke. He is a very lovely human being. Another to mention is Abby of Abby of Trarkin on TikTok. She does many, many different cosplays ranging from Jenny to Rory Williams. That was the one of Rory Williams in his pants being a personal favorite. So again, go and check her out. And if there's any other TikTok creators that you know of or maybe you are one and you'd like to promote yourself, let me know and I'd love to feature you next time on TikTok Corner. Should I have names for these sections? Should I have like, I don't know. This is a pilot episode. We're figuring things out. We're learning together. Also, I'm just going to put this here because I didn't know where else to put it. I'm not going to use this series to promote myself. Other than this show as a whole, I'm not going to promote anything I make or my social medias because it's more of a thing of the wider community. The whole idea behind this show is to show off the best and brightest from all different corners. And I mean, this show is already vain by me being the host, isn't it? You don't need me promoting myself. But anyway, next. This is a weird angle. The final section I was going to do was a cosplay section. Obviously, cosplays are a vital and huge part of the Doctor Who community, myself partaking many, many times. But honestly, I don't know who to promote. So if you are a cosplayer, if you were just getting into cosplay, if you already do it for years, please let me know. I would love to show off photos from photo shoots and particular people in the community that you think are vital and big and awesome people. Please let me know. I want to do more. The end of that. Wow. And with that awful cosplay section I did over there, that wraps up the pilot. At least everything I can theoretically do with this pilot. I hope you really, really enjoyed this, or maybe you got a kick out of having your name mentioned. That is the kind of positivity I want to spread out. But I know, gosh darn well, that there is so much more I can do with this show. Whether it be how-to's of how to cosplay characters or make props, whether it be challenges, I really want to do a challenge. Or like, you know, like a fan art challenge or cosplay challenge or whatever it be. And if you have any ideas of segments I could do, please let me know. I am open to any and all ideas. If maybe you run an event and you'd love me to come along and film segments for it. That is the dream. Phantom events calling you out. I have many, many things I want to do in this lifetime. I would love to do a live sketch show based around Doctor Who. I would love to interview actual people from the show in person. I want to go to conventions and talk to fans face to face and ah! There are so many, so many things I'd love to do. But I cannot do that without your help. Now what usually follows that sentence is a Patreon link. I'm not doing Patreon. Not only because I've tried that before and it really didn't work, but I don't look to make a profit here. I mean, I'd love to. Like if there was a way to make money off it through, I don't know, merch or something, I would love to do that. But right now I just want to make cool stuff and promote some happiness. I think this goes without saying with sort of the mission statement of this show. But I don't aim to talk about things like the John Barrowman and Noel Clark situations, shall we call them? I don't want to talk about that. I want to specifically focus on the community, the people, and just cool stuff that's happening with the show in general. Also that doesn't include, you know, the sort of leaks from the actual show itself. I just, I don't want to be spoiled. I want to be surprised by season 13. Come on now, stop giving me, like I've seen the pictures of the people on set. That's fine if you're into that, but like it's not for me. But before I ramble on too long, thank you again to everyone who was supportive of me making this project. Thank you to everyone who has watched all the way through. Thank you to those who have shared this video. I want to make more. I want to make a proper episode one and hopefully use this episode and your response to it as a way to make it more sense and hopefully use this pilot and your response to it to make it the best it can be. Thank you again. I hope to see you in the future for episode one. That's all for now. Bye bye.