Rise of the Chibb (sketch)

## *Rise of the Chibb*

### Doctor(s)

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

### Companions

Donna Noble, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Susan Foreman, Jamie McCrimmon, Wilfred Mott, Ace, Tegan Jovanka, Peri Brown, Adric, Sarah Jane Smith, Clara Oswald, Rory Williams

### Featuring

Terrance Dicks, John Simm, Costume Wizard

## Other

### Previous Sketch

Chibnall Presents! - Doctor Who Road OOD!

### Next Sketch

A New Beginning

**Rise of the Chibb** was the fifth and final sketch of Doctor Who Road: Phase 3.

## Synopsis

Over the course of Phase 3, Chris Chibnall's plan to take over Doctor Who Road has been going according to plan. Whittaker is slipping further to the dark side and her trust in her other mentor, Christopher Eccleston, has been truly shaken. Will she slip or can Eccleston, and her lover David Tennant, help her see the light?

## Notes

* This is where the “Star Wars Prequels” influence becomes the most obvious, the opening directly parallels Obi-Wan and Anakin's fight with Count Dooku in Revenge of the Sith (Dooku swapped with the Costume Wizard).
* The Costume Wizard was supposed to return in another sketch devoted to him, but he fit the role of Dooku too well and Jack love playing him, so he returned here.
* Originally this was going to be a Part 1 of an epic 2 Parter finale. The second part would’ve taken heavy inspiration from A New Hope with it set in the future and we have an unknown character (Possibly Jack as himself) as Luke Skywalker with the remaining Doctors Eccleston and John Hurt (Obi Wan and Yoda respectively) which would then lead up to the Reboot (As opposed to blowing up the Death Star). This was changed for time and resource reasons as well as liking where it ended in Rise of the Chibb.
* All effects were done by Meticulous Broadcast (Lightsabers, Time gun and more) and for those and help with ideas and such throughout the years he got a special mention in the credits.
* The Ood were supposed to appear in the background of most of the shots, being a constant creepy presence but the obvious issue arose of having so many split screen/green shots, so instead Jack had them appear every once in a while as a reminder their still there before their big moment.
* The sonic lightsabers were always going to appear ever since the idea for the Star Wars prequels as inspiration came up.
* The “He was too dangerous to be left alive” line spoken by both Chibnall and Terrance are lifted straight from the mouths of Palpatine and Mace Windu from Revenge of the Sith.
* You were originally going to see The Costume Wizards decapitated head on the floor after the beheading. There was no idea how to do that in a way that's taken seriously, so It didn’t happen.
* Behind Hartnell when he appears you can see a Christmas tree, as much as Jack tries to hide it with his body, it doesn't hide the fact most of this sketch was filmed in December.
* Eccleston's shed appears in only 2 of the 5 sketches in Phase 3, this one and Joker's Revenge.
* John Simm's ghost appearing to Eccleston came about because Jack wanted more of Simm and Eccleston than what we got and it seemed like a perfect idea to use this Star Wars concept to make that happen.
* The fashion show scene is only in there to get some last fun moments with The Doctors we hadn't seen much of in this phase before their later demise.
* The Brigadier having no moustache is only because the other one couldn't be found. So It was made part of his “given up” look.
* In the scene sat outside between Whittaker and Eccleston Jack was losing his voice, which you can really hear when Whittaker says “That's exactly what I thought!”. In this scene Fred the dog makes one of him many Doctor Who Road appearances.
* Whilst dressed as Pertwee's Ood in the garden, the neighbours saw Jack in the window. They’re used to it.
* In the flashback where Eccleston traps his Ood in the garage, you can somewhat see that it’s completely empty. That’s because (as you’ll see in “The Time Anomalies” in Phase 4) it was part way through being remodelled. That start shortly after “Joker's Revenge” was finished. Good timing considering where the finale of “Jokers Revenge" is set!
* Terrence Dicks' return was for 3 reasons. 1) Because he fit the Mace Windu role. 2) We hadn’t seen him since “Moffat's Revenge”. 3) With his death in real life, I wanted to say goodbye to the interpretation Jack did of him, which It felt was a tad harsh in hindsight.
* Originally all the figures on Chibnall's desk would fall whenever a Doctor would die towards the end, but It was forgotten to be filmed and it worked fine without it.
* The Companion House Massacre mirrors the slaughter of the Younglings in “Revenge of the Sith”.
* John Hurt was originally going to die in a defunk sketch that was never made called “Moffat's Bastard Bomb”.
* The fight between Whittaker and Eccleston at the end was very nerve racking when writing and filming, it was a big fight with emotion at a very important part of the plot.
* The reboot was always going to be at the end of Phase 3. Jack wanted to reboot to refine all The Doctors (especially the classics) as It felt they could be quite similar and needed a fresh start to feel separate. Plus, continuity is fun, but a bastard to keep up.
* Eccleston's final walk to the shed pre-reboot was the first time storyboard scene happened Doctor Who Road. It needed to be right.
* Jack had all of the reboot Doctors costume before filming “Rise of the Chibb”. Having them sit in his wardrobe unused for months was sad, but exciting since they were finally being used in a sketch!
* The end credits for all of The Doctors were inspired by “Avengers: Endgame”.