Moffat's Revenge (sketch)

## *Moffat's Revenge*

### Doctor(s)

Peter Capaldi, Patrick Troughton, Peter Davison, Paul McGann, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, William Hartnell, Christopher Eccleston, Sylvester McCoy, Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt

### Featuring

Chris Chibnall, John Simm, Michelle Gomez, Mark Gatiss, The Penguin, Lookysee, Anthony Ainley, Jack Reeves, Doctor Who Fan, The Joker

### Main Villain(s)

Steven Moffat, Rassilon, The Mad Hatter, Sherlock Holmes, The Scarecrow, Sydney Newman, Costume Wizard, Santa Claus

## Other

### Next Sketch

The Three Hartnells

**Moffat's Revenge** was the twelfth and final sketch of Doctor Who Road: Phase 2.

## Synopsis

After 3 Years of Sketches and 55 Years of Doctor Who, the ultimate evil (Steven Moffat) escapes his prison, and builds a team of The Doctor's enemies to reap his revenge. Can the Doctors, not only survive, but possibly escape Doctor Who Road?

## Notes

* This was orginally meant to be the conclusion of Doctor Who Road overall, but since Jack has many more ideas, it went on.
* The opening scene with Capaldi, Davison and Troughton was present to do two things, set the scene, and show off some more of my drawing skills which Jack was working on at the time (Which was made a part of Davison's character in Costume Wizard).
* The shot of Davison over Capaldi's shoulder was done by putting Capaldi's jacket over a cushion. The same technique would be used later with Troughton over Davison's shoulder.
* The Costume Wizard wasn’t originally going to be such a big part of the first act as that sketch wasn’t the most popular, but it worked its way so naturally into the script and Jack always have had a soft spot for it (check out the ranking video, it's at number #10), so it stayed.
* The shot of Capaldi in front of the big screen with him silhouetted was a semi-recreation of Thor from the “Avengers: Infinity War” trailer that would later parodied for the “Moffat's Revenge” trailer.
* ”Avengers: Infinity War” was a huge inspiration for this sketch, cementing Moffat as the Thanos of the sketches and inspiring the poster/thumbnail and more.
* Capaldi references cybermats getting in the wiring, this is a reference to “World's Had Enough of Chris” where Moffat had turned all the villains (bar John Simm) into Cybermen.
* The whole scene of Capaldi and Moffat on the screen was a parody of the scene between Amy and the Weeping Angel in “The Time of Angels”.
* Troughton was set up to know what was happening with the costume dimension at the end of “Costume Wizard” as he’s seen behind the portal. Originally he was going to be evil with this information, but it worked out differently.
* The triple split screen shot of McGann, Davison and Troughton in front of the portal nearly didn’t make it in as I wasn’t happy with the result, but it was a lot of work to film so I didn’t want to waste it.
* Jack was happy with the shot of Davison walking into the portal that it was posted on it’s own on Jack’s Facebook page and twitter. Still proud of it now.
* The Costume Wizard's wand is just a shiny pencil Jack happened to have.
* The 2 scenes featuring all of The Doctors (With Simm and Chibnall) in the conservatory were the second most challenging scenes to film, requiring a lot of splitscreens and such, taking nearly 4-5 hours to film just those two scenes.
* The ”Ecclesword” mini-sketch was made before “Moffat's Revenge” just to have this moment between Eccleston and a ghostly Moffat where Chris stands up to his darker/self centered side to help out.
* Ghost Moffat was inspired by Emperor Palpatine, who would later be an inspiration for Chibnall’s role in Phase 3.
* Smith's story about being in Moffat's Suicide Squad was a set up for “Joker's Revenge” in Phase 3, a sketch Jack was at that point really hoping to make, but not being confident enough to say for certain.
* Adric makes his first appearance in Doctor Who Road in this sketch.
* Rory comically dying then coming back to life is in reference to “The Answer to Rory's Deaths”. John Simm and Michelle Gomez’s love connection is also in reference to that sketch.
* The short scene between McCoy and Pertwee was added to give them more screen time, as they were rarely ever used at that point.
* The scene in Arkham Road was the second and so far last time that was filmed outside and at night, the first being the opening of “Sherlock's Murder Mystery”. It was also the first time you actually see a different Road (Other than the Costume Dimension).
* The Whittaker costume that was used only in this sketch was cobbled together at the last minute as her costume reveal happened during filming.
* Jack went to great length to ensure this sketch would have the highest character count of all my sketches, including random one off characters like Mark Gatiss and Anthony Ainley and bringing certain characters back from the dead like Terrance Dicks and Santa. To this day, ”Moffat's Revenge” has the biggest character count for a sketch.
* Rassilon was always intended to return in his own sketch, but Jack never got around to it, so he returned here in a major role.
* Moffat exiting a portal into Doctor Who Road holding the writer's pen was a direct homage to Thanos exiting a portal with the infinity gauntlet from “Avengers: Infinity War”.
* Eccleston changing jumpers came when Jack bought a new jumper that I liked better. Yep that’s all.
* When the Costume Wizard takes away Davison and McGann's fancy clothes, they revert back to how they looked at the beginning of “Costume Wizard”.
* Sherlock was originally going to have a bigger role to play, with him having 2 sketches with him as a main character “Sherlock's Murder Mystery” and “Sherlock's Revenge”, but I couldn’t find anything for him to do, so gave him a smaller role.
* Jack Reeves appearing in the editing room is the last time we’ve seen him in a sketch, but he was originally going to appear at the ending, talking directly to the Doctors begging them to stay (This was the original ending where Doctor Who Road ended).
* The Mad Hatter being stuck in Davison's wardrobe was forgotten until "Joker’s Revenge" came around and was then used.
* The ending with all 13 Doctors and John Hurt saving the day was always going to be the outcome of this sketch, It originally intended for them all to be in the same shot, but deep down Jack knew that was never going to happen.
* John Hurt was originally going to return in a defunk sketch called “Moffat's Bastard Bomb”, but it wasn’t very good, so It was never made.
* When Moffat refers to Tennant, Smith, McGann and Eccleston as “The VS Gang”, that's referencing them being the 4 Doctors who took him down all the way back in “Doctor Who VS Moffat”.
* The two that cameo after tall The Doctors go through the portal at the end were two old friends of Jack's: blueboxengine and creepersayshi who happened to come down to visit at that time. Jack regret putting them in as they ruin the emotion of the scene.
* The final scene in the garden took 2 full days to complete and was the last thing filmed for the sketch, as most of the sketch was filmed in order.
* The final shot of Jack by a river was when he went to Scotland and was filmed after a video that is no longer up with Smith and Capaldi (Jack playing Capaldi), It put at the end of Moffat's Revenge for the confusion it might bring.