1 00:00:03,671 --> 00:00:07,608 While there may have been nine Doctors, there's only one Tardis. 2 00:00:07,708 --> 00:00:09,543 What's a police public call box'? 3 00:00:09,610 --> 00:00:11,879 But if a big blue box landed on your doorstep... 4 00:00:11,979 --> 00:00:13,047 Does it fly'? 5 00:00:13,147 --> 00:00:15,449 ...wouldn't there be a few questions on your mind? 6 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,818 The insides bigger than the outside? 7 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,605 130, take 1, A camera. 8 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:40,340 Action. 9 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:41,942 You've got such a great planet... 10 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:43,744 It's 3:30 in the morning 11 00:00:43,811 --> 00:00:47,781 and Christopher Eccleston is shooting his first scene with the Tardis. 12 00:00:47,848 --> 00:00:49,883 I came around this corner, 13 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:52,920 I just glanced to my left, and there was the Tardis. 14 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:55,289 And that's when it dawned on me, kind of, what I was doing. 15 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:59,827 And I also realized how much the Tardis is part of our cultural lives. 16 00:00:59,927 --> 00:01:03,430 I didn't say police telephone box, which is basically what it is. 17 00:01:04,131 --> 00:01:06,800 I thought, "Tardis, there's the Tardis." 18 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:10,003 The interior of the Tardis, from a technical point of view, 19 00:01:10,104 --> 00:01:15,209 and for Doctor Who fans, who are legion, is a, you know, an important area. 20 00:01:17,144 --> 00:01:19,079 On this production, we've really gone for it. 21 00:01:19,146 --> 00:01:22,416 The design team have created a massive space. 22 00:01:22,483 --> 00:01:25,219 I was so overwhelmed by the size and the scale of it, 23 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:27,621 how beautiful it was, as well. 24 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,223 And... 25 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:34,428 you know, there are no limits in that Tardis. We can do anything in that thing. 26 00:01:34,495 --> 00:01:37,431 Right. Where do you want to start'? 27 00:01:38,065 --> 00:01:40,901 - The inside's bigger than the outside? - Yes. 28 00:01:41,368 --> 00:01:43,137 - It's alien'? - Yeah. 29 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:45,739 It's quite daunting at first for Rose. 30 00:01:45,806 --> 00:01:49,710 And, obviously, it's a completely alien experience. 31 00:01:49,777 --> 00:01:51,278 It's something she's never seen before. 32 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:59,086 The Tardis has changed over the years, so many times 33 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:04,057 so I wanted to make it feel as if it had arrived at this junction in history. 34 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:08,629 So, we looked mostly to nature, to organic structures. 35 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:11,899 Things like coral were quite a nice idea. 36 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:16,503 So, the main metal structure of the Tardis has been covered in this coral-type effect. 37 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:21,008 So, you've got a range of ceramic, glass, wood, metal. 38 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:23,010 It's all, sort of, living things, really. 39 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:27,147 We've got some Gallifrean text, 40 00:02:27,214 --> 00:02:31,852 which spells out all the different information that's relevant to flying the Tardis. 41 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,789 Because the Tardis is nigh on 700 years old, 42 00:02:35,856 --> 00:02:39,827 it's really made up of an amalgamation of lots of bits and pieces. 43 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:44,264 There's very few of the original switches on it anymore. 44 00:02:44,331 --> 00:02:47,568 So, it's what the Doctor's cobbled together over the years, 45 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:50,370 which are all relevant to making the beast fly. 46 00:02:50,437 --> 00:02:53,173 Hold that one down. I'm holding this one down. 47 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,009 Hold them both down. It's not going to work. 48 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:58,445 I promised you a time machine and that's what you're getting. 49 00:02:58,545 --> 00:03:03,083 That Tardis that we see is actually supposed to be manned by six or seven Time Lords. 50 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:06,887 And he does it all on his own, hence his energy and his chaos. 51 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:10,457 -1860. How does 1860 sound'? - What happened in 1860'? 52 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:13,093 I don't know. Let's find out. Hold on, here we go. 53 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:25,939 The Doctor loves the Tardis. He speaks very admiringly and affectionately about it. 54 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:30,043 I did it. Give the man a medal. Earth, Naples, December 24, 1860. 55 00:03:30,611 --> 00:03:36,049 And he loves it and he kind of treats it as if it's alive. 56 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:40,287 And that's part of the mystery of the Tardis. Maybe it is part organic. 57 00:03:40,387 --> 00:03:44,491 And it's nice to see in the new series that it does take the Doctor to the wrong places. 58 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:48,629 It does get him embroiled in the adventures by just being a bit rubbish. 59 00:03:49,029 --> 00:03:51,732 - I got the flight a bit wrong. - I don't care. 60 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:54,935 - It's not 1860, it's 1869. - I don't care. 61 00:03:55,002 --> 00:03:57,571 - And it's not Naples. - I don't care. 62 00:03:57,838 --> 00:03:59,573 It's Cardiff. 63 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:01,808 Right. 64 00:04:01,909 --> 00:04:04,811 Episode three is designed to show off, you know, 65 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:07,447 the range of the program, to go back in history. 66 00:04:08,282 --> 00:04:11,051 And I decided the template for the entire series 67 00:04:11,118 --> 00:04:12,919 right at the beginning of it so it was like... 68 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:16,023 I wanted to go back to the Victorian, I wanted an episode set in Cardiff. 69 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:19,893 'Cause I think it's quite important that we made it in Cardiff, we put Cardiff on screen 70 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,929 and get a Welsh cast in there. And I wanted Charles Dickens in there. 71 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:26,466 Charles Dickens, you're brilliant, you are. Completely 100% brilliant. 72 00:04:26,533 --> 00:04:28,902 I've read them all. Great Expectations, Oliver Twist. 73 00:04:28,969 --> 00:04:31,004 What's the other one, the one with the ghost'? 74 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:33,540 - A Christmas Carol? - No, no, no. The one with the trains. 75 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:35,542 The Signal Man. That's it. Terrifying! 76 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:38,078 The best short story ever written. You're a genius. 77 00:04:38,178 --> 00:04:41,281 - You want me to get rid of him, sir'? - No, I think he can stay. 78 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:43,116 And set. Set on A. 79 00:04:43,984 --> 00:04:47,788 If the Doctor is going to go back in time, he has to do it in style. 80 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:53,260 But the challenge of creating a 19th century scene is not as easy as some might think. 81 00:04:54,061 --> 00:04:57,364 Cardiff in 1869 was a relatively small place 82 00:04:57,464 --> 00:05:00,901 and not much of Cardiff from that period has been left behind. 83 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:03,437 So that meant that we had to go elsewhere. 84 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:06,640 So we ended up going to Swansea, which is where I'm from. 85 00:05:06,740 --> 00:05:08,909 So it was fantastic. 86 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:13,680 And the director wasn't the only one pleased to see Doctor Who come to town. 87 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:17,284 I was born in Swansea and always, as a little schoolboy, I loved Doctor Who. 88 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:19,920 I used to walk around dreaming of Doctor Who being in Swansea. 89 00:05:20,020 --> 00:05:22,122 Now it's actually here and it's not the episode I wrote, 90 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:24,825 which is, like, so close. So close and yet so far. 91 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:26,660 It seems so unreal. 92 00:05:26,727 --> 00:05:29,796 I never really thought it was happening. It seems like a strange dream. 93 00:05:29,896 --> 00:05:32,499 'Cause I waited, honestly, all my life to do this. 94 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:37,604 And I was quite overwhelmed for a few moments. I had a few tears. 95 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:42,042 It was like... I got the kind of Saturday night feeling again. 96 00:05:42,142 --> 00:05:44,878 First time, I don't know how long, it just felt amazing. 97 00:05:44,978 --> 00:05:46,980 It was not only I was watching Doctor Who being made, 98 00:05:47,047 --> 00:05:49,182 I was watching my Doctor Who being made. 99 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:10,170 Bringing the period to life is a massive task 100 00:06:10,237 --> 00:06:14,708 so the first job of the night is to recreate a scene that Dickens would be proud of. 101 00:06:14,775 --> 00:06:18,278 Obviously there was gas in Dickensian time, 102 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:22,449 but mostly fire-lit and oil lamps and candles. 103 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:28,255 The way I'm making it warm is a combination of putting color filters on lights 104 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:30,824 and putting filters on color. 105 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:34,294 Please turn on the CTO on the inside. 106 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:35,862 Sixth light as well, please. 107 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:39,366 This is the productions biggest shoot to date, 108 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:42,102 where time is money and the pressure is on. 109 00:06:42,169 --> 00:06:44,971 It's always very complicated, but it's doubly so tonight 110 00:06:45,038 --> 00:06:48,175 'cause we've got special effects, we've got horses and carriages, 111 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:53,447 we've got something like 70 extras all in period dress this evening as well. 112 00:06:53,547 --> 00:06:56,817 And so it's an enormous thing to coordinate. Terrifying. 113 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:58,618 Here we go. Stand by, then. 114 00:06:58,685 --> 00:07:00,720 And action. 115 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:05,025 From the very beginning of that night, we knew that we were up against it. 116 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,060 Not only were they mooing against the clock, 117 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:09,362 they were battling against the elements. 118 00:07:09,463 --> 00:07:14,701 There was a wind kind of howling and the snow is actually made of paper 119 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:18,572 so it kind of gusts it up into the air and the horses were terrified. 120 00:07:22,576 --> 00:07:23,610 Action. 121 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:25,445 Keep her knees up. 122 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:31,451 The whole central idea of Doctor Who, the time, the time travel things, 123 00:07:31,518 --> 00:07:37,057 means that you are always really dealing with matters of life and death. 124 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:40,293 Hey, I saw the fall of Troy, World War V. 125 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,731 I've pushed boxes at the Boston Tea Party, now I'm gonna die in a dungeon. 126 00:07:44,998 --> 00:07:46,366 In Cardiff. 127 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,034 But in his latest adventure, 128 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:51,238 all the Doctor has to worry about are the ghostly Gelth. 129 00:07:51,972 --> 00:07:55,175 They wanted the make-up not too long really, not hours. 130 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:59,779 So, really, we just ended up shading it, really. There's no prosthetics on it. 131 00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:03,016 It's just, like, light and dark and shade and color, really. 132 00:08:03,083 --> 00:08:07,020 And just, basically, shading in the temples and jawbone 133 00:08:07,087 --> 00:08:11,224 and all those things that sort of give us that skull and that eye socket look. 134 00:08:11,291 --> 00:08:13,059 Zombie look, really. 135 00:08:13,126 --> 00:08:15,662 And then just really adding veining in, 136 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:18,698 big veins and broken capillaries and brown teeth 137 00:08:18,765 --> 00:08:22,102 and everything very unflattering really, for a grandmother. 138 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:34,247 In episode three, set in Victorian Cardiff in 1869, there's a visual effect, the Gelth. 139 00:08:38,051 --> 00:08:41,555 It was decided to shoot a live action plate 140 00:08:41,655 --> 00:08:46,026 of a lady called Zoe Thorne, who was playing the part of the Gelth speaking. 141 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:47,561 We descend. 142 00:08:50,130 --> 00:08:53,400 There's a 3-D apparition for her body that sort of hovers around. 143 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:56,670 And then there's a plate of Zoe shot against black 144 00:08:56,736 --> 00:08:59,172 with a red light, a green light and a blue light... 145 00:08:59,973 --> 00:09:03,877 so that we could actually control light direction on her face. 146 00:09:06,346 --> 00:09:08,248 You've come to help. 147 00:09:08,315 --> 00:09:12,986 So, actually, it's quite convincing, sort of one 3-D looking model. 148 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:16,356 But the head speaking has been shot live-action. 149 00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:35,609 As the dust settles on this Dickensian drama, 150 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:38,011 where will the Tardis take the Doctor next? 151 00:09:39,446 --> 00:09:42,916 I shot episode one, and that was set in the present. 152 00:09:43,016 --> 00:09:47,854 And there was aliens, first ingredient of Doctor Who, the aliens. 153 00:09:51,558 --> 00:09:54,094 When we got to episode two 154 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:58,498 and we're suddenly transported into the future, I realized that was another element. 155 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:01,234 This is the day the sun expands. 156 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,205 Welcome to the end of the world. 157 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:08,174 And then episode three with Dickens, we went to the past. 158 00:10:08,241 --> 00:10:11,177 And, by then, I was getting to know the territory. 159 00:10:11,845 --> 00:10:13,980 Nice to meet you. Fantastic. 160 00:10:14,047 --> 00:10:15,682 Bye, then. And thank you. 161 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:19,886 Part of the fun of the series is each time you turn on at 7:00, 162 00:10:19,986 --> 00:10:24,491 you just don't quite know where you're gonna be, past, present or future. 163 00:10:31,731 --> 00:10:33,933 Oh, that's just not fair.