10 Doctor Who Bloopers You Need To See

by Ellie Littlechild

1. "WILL YOU 'EFFING STAY STILL!"

Doctor Who Survival Sylvester McCoy blooper
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It must be very frustrating for the Doctor to so often be ignored when giving out serious, life-saving instructions. "Don't follow me under any circumstances" usually results in a companion following him, and very nearly dying.

Of course, in-universe, the Doctor usually responds to this ignorance in a calm and forgiving manner, but in reality, that's not always the case. Just ask Sylvester McCoy.

During a scene in his final serial, Survival, the Seventh Doctor instructs Ace and everyone with them to "Stay still!" so as not to provoke an attack by the Cheetah People. Of course, nobody listens, and they all start to run away.

In one take of this sequence, McCoy can be seen, rather humorously, losing his temper at the fact that nobody is listening to him and begins to ad-lib his lines, adding some rather fruitful language before throwing his jacket (and then himself) onto the floor.

This goes on for a good 20 seconds too. His commitment to the bit is admirable, and even earns him some applause from the cast and crew at the end. Marvellous.

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Ellie has been part of the WhatCulture team since 2021 where she began as a freelance presenter for the WhoCulture channel. As a diehard Whovian with a BA (hons) degree in Drama and Acting, this role was the perfect opportunity for her to combine her screen presence training with her extensive Doctor Who knowledge. From there, she branched out to various other WhatCulture channels, including TrekCulture, and became a full time Content Producer/Video Presenter in 2023. Ellie is now a regular fixture on both WhoCulture and TrekCulture and has become a well respected public figure within both fandoms, building up a substantial following across her social media platforms and being given the opportunity to represent the channels and the wider communities at several industry events. Her favourite Doctor Who character is River Song and her favourite Star Trek character is Captain Janeway - which tells you everything you need to know about how she approaches her role within a generally male dominated field.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!