Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu play 'Slash or Pass: Doctor Who Edition'

Christy Puchko, entertainment editor at Mashable.com, here with the cast of Doctor Who

We're going to play Slasher Pass, which is a Mashable game in which I will name a classic

Doctor Who villain and sometimes just a sci-fi villain. And you'll let me know if you think your characters from Doctor Who would take them on in a fight

or if they would try to find some way around it. Because, you know, the Doctor's not always about conflict

Yeah, you're right. Okay, I hear that. I hear that. The Weeping Angels

I've got four in this game. I would defeat them, because I have done time and time before

I feel like Belinda would just be very confused, and I think she would just take herself out of that situation

I was like, um... I'm removing myself from this. I'm going home. This isn't anything to do with me. So... Ah

I could only defeat them if I had Belinda, though, so you can't..

That's true, you need somebody watching your back, like, quite literally. Like literally, you can't, yeah

Okay. And you do. Yeah, I mean, if you asked me to, I'd have to, so

How about the Cybermen? Yeah, again, yes, absolutely. They, I know they're really terrible and terrifying

and canon Doctor Who villain. Canonically formidable yeah But they I think I make light work of them I think I make light work of them easily This Doctor 15 would make light work of them

Sorry. Yeah, I don't know why. I think Belinda would as well. Okay, okay

Sorry, let me stop speaking for you. No, no, no, maybe she would. But I think you would make light work of them

These, I think Belinda would finish. Okay. Easily. Yeah. You faced off against some tech before in your earlier incarnation

That's so true. Yeah, okay, yeah. She can. Missy. Now. A very specific incarnation of the master

Yeah. Surely that's going to be passed. You could, you could, as in, not just kill, right

This is our, we have, yeah, we have to do, we have, no, we can't, no, you can't kill Missy

Yeah, exactly. But, like, let's sit down. Yeah. And just hash this out

Yeah. What's going on? Let's have a conversation about this. We're one in the city

We're family almost. Let's talk about this. She's so fabulous. Your doctor's so fabulous

I feel like there's common ground there. There's common ground. We've got to have a resolution to this

Classic, the Daleks. Smash. Slash. Smash. Sorry, sorry, sorry

Sorry sorry sorry I meant slash I said Slash There no Slash in this We keeping it PG

Yeah, I would say Slash. Slash. No, we're slashing. This one, not so much a villain, more an anti-hero

but someone who's definitely had words with the doctor numerous times. Jack Harkness

Smash. Sorry. Sorry, Smash! Sorry. Big save, big save. Oh, no, this is pass

This is pass. This is pass. We have the other conversation. This is pass. We love

We love. I'm always looking for Jack to come back. Yeah. That torch with energy is very intense

Oh. All right, so we're going to go outside. If Doctor Who were to travel outside of his immediate canon, how would he face against Thanos

Oof. Has to be pass. I think Thanos is someone who Has just been led astray

I don't know The vibe I always got about Thanos Is that

I think it comes from a place of hurt And I feel like He just needs some therapy

It could come from A compassionate place I think Because it's You know

He has daughters And he It's The destruction comes from A place of anger and hurt Really be oh I a Scorpio rising I get that I love that angle So I quite happily Pass

I was surprised, but I like it. I like the way you talked it through. That all made sense to me. Another epic sci-fi villain, Darth Vader

Slash. Slash. Slash. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Slash. Do you need to do that again for editing

Okay, I think we got it. We got you saying slash. We're good. I appreciate that. And then same franchise, different vibe, Kylo Ren

Pass. Again, it comes from a place of hurt. He's just an emo kid that needs to be talked through

Right. He's just been led astray. I think there's a, you know, as they talk about

there's a balance of light and darkness in everyone, and he's someone who is leaning into the darkness

because he feels hopeless and he's in a world of pain and you need to have a conversation

This is the son of Han Solo in Princess Leia. So, you know, he's got good in him

Yeah, he was a bad at one point. Mars Attack Invaders. I remember

No, well, slash, slash, slash these lots. Slash