History YMMV / DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans

** Within the special itself, Colin seems very protective of Gareth, putting a protective arm round him as Savile steps closer, and seeming utterly disgusted by Savile’s presence. This works on both a meta level and an [[ThrowItIn (unintended)]] in-universe level. On a meta-level, Colin clearly has an strong instinct that something is very wrong indeed with Savile, although obviously he has absolutely zero way of actively knowing just HOW horribly right he is, he still wants to keep Gareth safe and secure with this person in the room. On an in-in-universe level, a fan theory that has been recently gaining some cult popularity through various forums holds that this entire story was created by a fiendish plot by some enemy who taken charge of [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber}} The Land of Fiction]], and was attempting to turn the Doctor into a cliché fictional character version of himself played by Colin Baker (which doubles as explaining the inanity of this story as well as why they so abruptly and without warning [[BreakingTheFourthWall break character]]). However, as the theory goes, there was still just enough Doctor left in him to make sure that Savile didn’t get the chance to do anything to Gareth (because, of course, as a time traveller, he would be aware of... the sort of person Savile was).
* OvershadowedByControversy: The special was previously remembered as a hokey one-off story done to appease the wishes of a young Whovian who was eager to appear on ''Doctor Who'', but since 2012 has become primarily known for the close involvement of Creator/JimmySavile, revealed after his death to be one of the most prolific celebrity child predators in British history. The revelations motivated the BBC to {{ban|nedEpisode}} the episode from re-releases, with later DVD releases of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors "The Two Doctors"]] excluding it (the original 2003 DVD having thrown it on as a special feature).

** The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific sexual abusers ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot [[AdultFear more appropriate]] now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

** Within the special itself, Colin seems very protective of Gareth, putting a protective arm round him as Savile steps closer, and seeming utterly disgusted by Saville’s presence. This works on both a meta level and an [[ThrowItIn (unintended)]] in-universe level. On a meta-level, Colin clearly has an strong instinct that something is very wrong indeed with Savile, although obviously he has absolutely zero way of actively knowing just HOW horribly right he is, he still wants to keep Gareth safe and secure with this person in the room. On an in-in-universe level, a fan theory that has been recently gaining some cult popularity through various forums holds that this entire story was created by a fiendish plot by some enemy who taken charge of [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber}} The Land of Fiction]], and was attempting to turn the Doctor into a cliché fictional character version of himself played by Colin Baker (which doubles as explaining the inanity of this story as well as why they so abruptly and without warning [[BreakingTheFourthWall break character]]). However, as the theory goes, there was still just enough Doctor left in him to make sure that Savile didn’t get the chance to do anything to Gareth (because, of course, as a time traveller, he would be aware of... the sort of person Savile was).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight: In the "Built for War" featurette found in the 2006 DVD of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]", Creator/ColinBaker commented on the special, saying he found Creator/JimmySavile "much more frightening than the Sontarans." (Following the special's banning, the version of the featurette found in the 2018 Season 12 Blu-Ray box set cuts out all discussion of it.) In context, Baker referred to how he had found working with Savile a somewhat unpleasant experience, due to Savile's "self-congratulatory" and non-inclusive demeanor, but some years later the revelation of Savile's lifelong sexual abuse spree came along...

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Colin Baker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile never showed any interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode, removing a nasty bit of ParanoiaFuel.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: For all of this special's issues, Creator/ColinBaker and Janet Fielding manage to make at least the first half entertaining (before things get ''really'' off the rails) with their surprisingly good chemistry as two brash personalities constantly bounce off of each other. Many fans note that the special actually makes one wish Six and Tegan could've been a real Doctor-companion dynamic in the show.

** The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific sexual abusers ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot [[AdultFear more appropriate]] now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: The special was previously remembered as a hokey one-off story done to appease the wishes of a young Whovian who was eager to appear on ''Doctor Who'', but since 2012 has become primarily known for the close involvement of Creator/JimmySaville, revealed after his death to be one of the most prolific celebrity child predators in British history. The revelations motivated the BBC to {{ban|nedEpisode}} the episode from re-releases, with later DVD releases of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors "The Two Doctors"]] excluding it (the original 2003 DVD having thrown it on as a special feature).

** Within the special itself, Colin seems very protective of Gareth, putting a protective arm round him as Savile steps closer, and seeming utterly disgusted by Saville’s presence. This works on both a meta level and an [[ThrowItIn (unintended)]] in-universe level. On a meta-level, Colin clearly has an strong instinct that something is very wrong indeed with Savile, although obviously he has absolutely zero way of actively knowing just HOW horribly right he is, he still wants to keep Gareth safe and secure with this person in the room. On an in-in-universe level, a fan theory that has been recently gaining some cult popularity through various forums holds that this entire story was created by a fiendish plot by some enemy who taken charge of [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber}} The Land of Fiction]], and was attempting to turn the Doctor into a cliche fictional character version of himself played by Colin Baker (which doubles as explaining the inanity of this story as well as why they so abruptly and without warning [[BreakingTheFourthWall break character]]). However, as the theory goes, there was still just enough Doctor left in him to make sure that Savile didn’t get the chance to do anything to Gareth (because, of course, as a time traveller, he would be aware of... the sort of person Savile was).
* OvershadowedByControversy: Almost all discussion of this special nowadays revolves around the involvement of Jimmy Savile, due to the now-infamous posthumous uncovering of his lifelong sexual abuse spree.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: For all of this special's issues, Colin Baker and Janet Fielding manage to make at least the first half entertaining (before things get ''really'' off the rails) with their surprisingly good chemistry as two brash personalities constantly bounce off of each other. Many fans note that the special actually makes one wish Six and Tegan could've been a real Doctor-companion dynamic in the show.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the Built for War DVD Extra found in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]", Creator/ColinBaker commented on the special, saying he found Creator/JimmySavile "much more frightening than the Sontarans." In context, Baker referred to how he had found working with Savile a somewhat unpleasant experience, due to Savile's "self-congratulatory" and non-inclusive demeanor, but some years later the revelation of Savile's lifelong sexual abuse spree came along...

** Within the special itself, Colin seems very protective of Gareth Jenkins, putting a protective arm round him as Saville steps closer, and seeming utterly disgusted by Saville’s presence. This works on both a meta level and an [[ThrowItIn (unintended)]] in-universe level. On a meta-level, Colin clearly has an strong instinct that something is very wrong indeed with Jimmy Saville, although obviously he has absolutely zero way of actively knowing just HOW horribly right he is, he still wants to keep Gareth safe and secure with this person in the room. On an in-in-universe level, a fan theory that has been recently gaining some cult popularity through various forums holds that this entire story was created by a fiendish plot by some enemy who taken charge of [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoS6E2TheMindRobber}} The Land of Fiction]], and was attempting to turn the Doctor into a cliche fictional character version of himself played by Colin Baker (which doubles as explaining the inanity of this story as well as why they so abruptly and without warning [[BreakingTheFourthWall break character]]). However, as the theory goes, there was still just enough Doctor left in him to make sure that Saville didn’t get the chance to do anything to Gareth (because, of course, as a time traveller, he would be aware of... the sort of person Jimmy Saville was).

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Colin Baker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile never showed any interest in him (that he's aware of anyway) throughout his involvement with the episode.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Colin Baker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile seemed to show no interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Almost all discussion of this special nowadays revolves around the involvement of Jimmy Savile, due to the now-infamous posthumous uncovering of his lifelong sexual abuse spree.

** The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific sexual abusers ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot ''[[AdultFear more appropriate]]'' now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

** The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific sexual abusers ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot ''[[AdultFear worse]]'' to see now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

** The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific child molesters ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot ''[[AdultFear worse]]'' to see now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]
** The famous WakingNonSequitur line of the Fourth Doctor, and later, Twelfth Doctor, "Sontarans! [[UnfortunateImplications Perverting]] the course of human history!" At any other time on ''Doctor Who'', it's amusing. Apply it to the context of ''this'' story with actual Sontarans and an ACTUAL pervert and you get a ''football field'' of FridgeHorror attached to it.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the Built for War DVD Extra found in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]", Creator/ColinBaker commented on the special, saying he found Creator/JimmySavile "much more frightening than the Sontarans." In context, Baker referred to how he had found working with Savile a somewhat unpleasant experience, due to Savile's "self-congratulatory" and non-inclusive demeanor, but some years later the revelation of Savile's sexual abuse of several child victims came along...

* OvershadowedByControversy: Almost all discussion of this special nowadays revolves around the involvement of Jimmy Savile, due to the now-infamous posthumous uncovering of his lifelong child molestation spree.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the Built for War DVD Extra found in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]", Creator/ColinBaker commented on the special, saying he found Creator/JimmySavile "much more frightening than the Sontarans." This was some years before the revelation of Savile's sexual abuse of several child victims.

** The famous WakingNonSequitur line of the Fourth and later Twelfth Doctors, "Sontarans! [[UnfortunateImplications Perverting]] the course of human history!" At any other time on ''Doctor Who'', it's amusing. Apply it to the context of ''this'' story with actual Sontarans and an ACTUAL pervert and you get a ''football field'' of FridgeHorror attached to it.

** The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins, a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific child molesters ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot ''[[AdultFear worse]]'' to see now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

** The famous WakingNonSequitir line of the Fourth and later Twelfth Doctors, "Sontarans! [[UnfortunateImplications Perverting]] the course of human history!" At any other time on ''Doctor Who'', it's amusing. Apply it to the context of the story with actual Sontarans and an ACTUAL pervert and you get a ''football field'' of FridgeHorror attached to it.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins, a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific child molesters ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot ''[[AdultFear worse]]'' to see now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Colin Baker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile seemed to show no interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and ColinBaker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile seemed to show no interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Creator/ColinBaker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile seemed to show no interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode.

* FunnyAneursymMoment: The Doctor and Tegan react in a FauxHorrific way when Creator/JimmySavile shows up and gives Gareth Jenkins, a [[DeathRay meson gun]] to defend himself from Savile with after he kisses Tegan's hand. In 2012, Savile (one year after his death) was revealed to be one of the most horrific child molesters ''ever'', and suddenly Tegan and Six's FauxHorrific reactions are a lot ''[[AdultFear worse]]'' to see now. After the allegations became more fully known, Creator/ColinBaker later [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230497/Colin-Bakers-verdict-Jimmy-Savile-His-eyes-cold-behaved-like-child-indulged.html#ixzz2BvNqgs96 wrote about the unsettling experience of working with Savile on the sketch.]]

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Colin Baker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile seemed to show no interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode.
* HarsherInHindsight: In the Built for War DVD Extra found in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]", Creator/ColinBaker commented on the special, saying he found Creator/JimmySavile "much more frightening than the Sontarans." This was some years before the revelation of Savile's sexual abuse of several child victims.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the Built for War DVD Extra found in "The Sontaran Experiment", Colin Baker commented on the special, saying he found Jimmy Savile "much more frightening than the Sontarans." This was some years before the revelation of Savile's sexual abuse of several child victims.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://sixthdoctorcostume.blogspot.com/2013/01/close-encounters-of-sixth-kind.html Gareth Jenkins and Colin Baker met each other again in 2013, over 28 years later.]] Gareth revealed that he is now a campaign director for the ''Save the Children'' charity, and also assuaged everyone's fears by stating that Savile seemed to show no interest in him throughout his involvement with the episode.