Untitled (The Lily Savage Show)

An unnamed sketch aired on the British comedy-variety series The Lily Savage Show featuring Paul O'Grady as alter-ego Lily Savage, portraying the Doctor.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS materialises on an unknown planet, and the Doctor exclaims that it’s “on the blink again”. When the Doctor and Gayle step out, they begin examining their surroundings to work out where they’ve landed. They find themselves on a desolate, low-gravity planet, with concrete structures and no signs of intelligent lifeforms. Gayle suggests they’ve arrived at Milton Keynes, but the Doctor reveals that they’re on one of the twin planets of Gonad. They decide to explore some more, and bring K-Y along with them.

The trio visit a shop, where they meet some old cyberman friends. K-Y makes a mess on the floor (in this case a pile of nuts and bolts), and the Doctor apologises on his behalf. Gayle suggests the Doctor could do with a makeover, and takes her to the beauty counter where they seek advice from a female Dalek. The Dalek tells the Doctor to “Exfoliate! Exfoliate!”.

Back at the TARDIS, the Doctor and Gayle look at what they bought from the shop. The Doctor suddenly gets a pain in her side, and suggests they head into the TARDIS for a cup of tea. As they go in, the pair discuss where to head next. They both agree to visit Majorca, and sing to each other as the TARDIS dematerialises.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor got her sonic screwdriver from the planet Argos.
The Doctor notes that the planet they've arrived on is rich in magnesium silicate and televivium.
Gayle suggests they can work out where they've landed using an A-Z map.
The Doctor jokingly refers to K-Y as "tintits", a pun on Tintin (who famously had a dog) and a slang word for breasts.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This sketch arguably marks the first televisual appearance of a female Doctor, pre-dating Joanna Lumley's incarnation by two years.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

There is discussion over the destruction of the sonic screwdriver, which was destroyed onscreen in TV: The Visitation ^[+]Loading...["The Visitation (TV story)"].
The Doctor's costume incorporates elements of her predecessors'; the Doctor wears her scarf, which was worn by the Fourth Doctor in the majority of his televised episodes, and she wears question marks on her lapel, something worn by the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors before her.