History Blooper / DoctorWho

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield "Battlefield"]]: In a much less funny example, at the end of the {{cliffhanger}} where Ace is stuck in a water tank you can faintly hear Creator/SylvesterMcCoy shouting "get her out!". This is because the special effect had malfunctioned, the glass had cracked and the water was approaching some exposed wires taped to the floor. If [=McCoy=] hadn't intervened, Creator/SophieAldred [[FatalMethodActing would have been electrocuted]]; as it is, she escaped with just some cuts to her hands from touching the cracked glass. The whole incident was filmed and later used in a BBC studio safety film.

''Series/DoctorWho'' [[{{Blooper}} suffered from many of these]], especially during the Classic series, due to limited budget and hasty scheduling. First Doctor stories often included glaring line flubs as the episodes were shot on tape almost if they were being broadcast live; editing on the kind of tape used was cumbersome and very expensive (as the high-cost tapes could not then be reused), so the scenes were committed to tape in order and scene cuts were done by switching cameras. Editing remained expensive up until the early 80s, something Creator/TomBaker notoriously exploited to [[WagTheDirector force his various adlibs and scene-stealing into the show against a director's wishes]]. Listing all the bloopers would require its own wiki. Ignoring virtually omnipresent VisibleBoomMic, visible strings on the special effects, and wobbly sets, some of the funnier ones:

''Series/DoctorWho'' suffered from many of these, especially during the Classic series, due to limited budget and hasty scheduling. First Doctor stories often included glaring line flubs as the episodes were shot on tape almost if they were being broadcast live; editing on the kind of tape used was cumbersome and very expensive (as the high-cost tapes could not then be reused), so the scenes were committed to tape in order and scene cuts were done by switching cameras. Editing remained expensive up until the early 80s, something Creator/TomBaker notoriously exploited to [[WagTheDirector force his various adlibs and scene-stealing into the show against a director's wishes]]. Listing all the bloopers would require its own wiki. Ignoring virtually omnipresent VisibleBoomMic, visible strings on the special effects, and wobbly sets, some of the funnier ones:

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]] rewrites the [[DifferentStatesOfAmerica map of the continental US]] in one scene by [[https://www.moviemistakes.com/picture297797 omitting]] Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Perhaps it's part of Canada in this universe? The same map also merges the New England states apart from Maine.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]] rewrites the [[DifferentStatesOfAmerica map of the continental US]] in one scene by [[https://www.moviemistakes.com/picture297797 omitting]] Upper Michigan (the state is divided into two peninsulas, the southern shaped like a mitten and the northern shaped like a boot). Perhaps it's part of Canada in this universe. (The same map also merges the New England states apart from Maine.)

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler "The Time Meddler"]] offers a unique example of Hartnell correcting someone ''else''[='=]s flub: when Peter Purves, playing Steven, talks about the TARDIS landing on "the pebbles" (he should have said "on the beach"), the Doctor, [[ThrowItIn very much in character]], demands, "On the what?!"

* William Hartnell's dialogue fluffs are the stuff of legend; many of his serials are graced by at least one, many memorable for as much for his attempted saves (born of his training in theatre and live television) as for the miscue itself. Many ''Who'' books and websites recount these in detail.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler "The Time Meddler"]] offers a unique example of Hartnell correcting someone ''else'''s flub: when Peter Purves, playing Steven, talks about the TARDIS landing on "the pebbles" (he should have said "on the beach"), the Doctor, [[ThrowItIn very much in character]], demands, "On the what?!"

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber "The Mind Robber"]]: The Master's[[labelnote:*]][[OneSteveLimit Not]] ''that'' [[{{Archenemy}} Master]], the Master of the Land of Fiction[[/labelnote]] OminousMultipleScreens were real screens showing the live feed from the cameras. In the scene with him at the end of Part 1, you can actually see the ending credits of the episode are cued up on one of them. Since the episode contains moments of NoticingTheFourthWall, it works beautifully.

** When Morbius is [[DisneyVillainDeath run off the cliff]], Stuart Fell couldn't see what he was doing due to the limited visibility the Morbius [[PeopleInRubberSuits suit]] gave him, misjudged his fall and collided with the camera.

* It was normal in ''Doctor Who'' production to use liquorice allsorts instead of jelly babies when possible, because they were substantially cheaper and to give Tom Baker a break. This unfortunately leads to several shots where the Doctor offers people jelly babies that are visibly allsorts, like in a prominent closeup in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl Image of the Fendahl]]". The ExpandedUniverse suggests he does this deliberately to confuse people.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield "Battlefield"]]: In a much less funny example, at the end of the {{cliffhanger}} where Ace is stuck in a water tank you can faintly hear Creator/SylvesterMcCoy shouting "get her out!". This is because the special effect had malfunctioned, the glass had cracked and the water was approaching some exposed wires taped to the floor. If [=McCoy=] hadn't intervened [[FatalMethodActing Sophie Aldred would have been electrocuted]]; as it is, she escaped with just some cuts to her hands from touching the cracked glass.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]":

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E5TheHornsOfNimon The Horns of Nimon]]" has a legendary scene where a MauveShirt is blasted by Graham Crowden as Soldeed and falls to the ground writhing in agony, his trousers splitting open. Later, Graham Crowden, whose performance in this story is pure HamAndCheese, manages to [[{{Corpsing}} crack up]] during his ''own death scene'', although he just about manages to rescue it by turning it into a crazy EvilLaugh.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase "The Chase"]]: A classic Hartnell fluff when the Doctor is refusing Ian and Barbara permission to return home in the Dalek's time machine: "You'll end up as a couple of burnt cinders floating around in Spain... in, er, space!"
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" offers a unique example of Hartnell correcting someone ''else'''s flub: when Peter Purves, playing Steven, talks about the TARDIS landing on "the pebbles" (he should have said "on the beach"), the Doctor, [[ThrowItIn very much in character]], demands, "On the what?!"

* William Hartnell's dialog fluffs are the stuff of legend; many of his serials are graced by at least one, many memorable for as much for his attempted saves (born of his training in theater and live television) as for the miscue itself. Many ''Who'' books and websites recount these in detail.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]": Classic Hartnell fluff when the Doctor is refusing Ian and Barbara permission to return home in the Dalek's time machine: "You'll end up as a couple of burnt cinders floating around in Spain... in, er, space!"
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" offers a unique example of Hartnell correcting someone ''else'''s flub: when Peter Purves, playing Steven, talks about the TARDIS landing on "the pebbles" (he should have said "on the beach"), the Doctor, [[ThrowItIn very much in character]], demands, "On the what?!"

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" offers a rare example of Hartnell correcting someone ''else'''s flub: when Peter Purves, playing Steven, talks about the TARDIS landing on "the pebbles" (he should have said "on the beach"), the Doctor, [[ThrowItIn very much in character]], demands, "On the what?!"

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet "The Web Planet"]]: A Zarbi runs towards the camera and unexpectedly bumps into it.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek "Dalek"]] rewrites the [[DifferentStatesOfAmerica map of the continental US]] in one scene by [[https://www.moviemistakes.com/picture297797 omitting]] Upper Michigan (the state is divided into two peninsulas, the southern shaped like a mitten and the northern shaped like a boot). Perhaps it's part of Canada in this universe.

''Series/DoctorWho'' suffered from many of these, especially during the Classic series, due to limited budget and hasty scheduling. First Doctor stories often included glaring line flubs as the episodes were shot live and the BBC could only afford (at the beginning, anyway) one edit. Editing remained expensive up until the early 80s, something Creator/TomBaker notoriously exploited to [[WagTheDirector force his various adlibs and scene-stealing into the show against a director's wishes]]. Listing all the bloopers would require its own page. Ignoring virtually omnipresent VisibleBoomMic, visible strings on the special effects, and wobbly sets, some of the funnier ones:

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E1TheThreeDoctors The Three Doctors]]" has a creepy reveal when Omega takes off his mask and he has no body underneath it. Omega puts his mask back on, and flies into a VillainousBreakdown in which he's ChewingTheScenery so much that his mask flips up, revealing the actor's face, ''in closeup'', just before the camera setup cuts to another angle.

* [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky "The Poison Sky"]]: When the Doctor and Clone!Martha are in the ATMOS factory, just after the Doctor tells Donna over the phone that he's coming, the camera can be seen reflected in a door in the background.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]" features the character Beta being in both the Underhall and the lab simultaneously, as dialogue intended for another character was reassigned to him to save money on another speaking part.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E7TheWheelInSpace The Wheel in Space]]" has the Doctor confidently announcing "We'll all be killed unless we switch over to sexual[[note]]sectional[[/note]] air supply." Neither he nor the other actor visibly react at all.

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet The Web Planet]]", a Zarbi runs towards the camera and unexpectedly bumps into it.
* In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E3TheIceWarriors "The Ice Warriors"]], the Ice Warriors have finally penetrated the base. They come in through the door in a fairly dramatic scene. One Ice Warrior, near the back, bangs his head on the doorframe. Another Ice Warrior sees this, ducks slightly as he enters to avoid this fate and then bangs his head anyway.
* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web of Fear]]", the villain rants about his plan and the characters SecurityCling to each other in fear. Except for Chorley, who, trying to hold Victoria from behind, accidentally touches her breast, and quickly adjusts his hand.

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber The Mind Robber]]", the Master's OminousMultipleScreens were real screens showing the live feed from the cameras. In the scene with him at the end of Part 1, you can actually see the ending credits of the episode are cued up on one of them. Since the episode contains moments of NoticingTheFourthWall, it works beautifully.

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath The Seeds of Death]]", the Doctor comes bursting in through the door on a wave of foam, skids and goes flying onto his face. Zoe's actress [[{{Corpsing}} absolutely cracks up]] for the whole of the rest of the scene.

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]", Sutekh rises from his throne, revealing the hand of a production assistant holding the seat down.

* The Doctor wears a flashy pair of buccaneer boots throughout "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis Logopolis]]", but upon regenerating they transform into brogue shoes. This was because the shoes were an original part of the costume as designed and thus owned by the department, but the boots were a pair of Tom Baker's own personal shoes that he'd appended to the costume himself, and left the show with him.
* At the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]" you can ''just'' about hear a hungover Creator/MatthewWaterhouse throwing up at the back of the set while the Doctor and Tegan are discussing the plot.
* In a much less funny example, at the end of the {{cliffhanger}} in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E1Battlefield Battlefield]]" where Ace is stuck in a water tank you can faintly hear Creator/SylvesterMcCoy shouting "get her out!". This is because the special effect had malfunctioned, the glass had cracked and the water was approaching some exposed wires taped to the floor. If [=McCoy=] hadn't intervened [[FatalMethodActing Sophie Aldred would have been electrocuted]]; as it is, she escaped with just some cuts to her hands from touching the cracked glass.

* In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon Day of the Moon]]", a production assistant is clearly visible in a long shot. Creator/StevenMoffat apparently had a {{Retcon}} to this to make this into Clara, but this didn't end up going in the eventual episode.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsOfDeath The Seeds of Death]]", the Doctor comes bursting in through the door on a wave of foam, skids and goes flying onto his face. Zoe's actress [[{{Corpsing}} absolutely cracks up]] for the whole of the rest of the scene.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]":