I hope there's a gag reel.
I have no idea if someone’s already put this up, so I apologise in advance if I’m covering old ground.
I just brought the June issue of Doctor Who Magazine and there’s a really nice piece in it that makes me hope and pray that there’s a gag reel on the box set.
Spoilers for Boom Town.
Segment from Doctor Who Magazine, issue 357, Panini Comics.
Benjamin Cook and his account of some on-set antics.
“OKAY! PLAN OF ATTACK!
We assume a basic fifty-seven/fifty-six strategy, covering all available e-e-exits… uh, exit what? Ooh!”
Captain Jack has fluffed it. The Doctor, Rose and Mickey look on, trying not to crack up. “I can’t say the word exit!” shrieks the Captain, falling about laughing.
The Doctor coughs a cough that sounds like a very naughty word. Everyone laughs, except for the director. He’s staring at his watch as if his gaze might make it run backwards.
This is the big, epic, hero shot. Our four hero’s march up the stairs of Cardiff Town Hall, all determined and brave, and probably in slow-mo. They’re on a mission…
“According to intelligence,” says Captain Jack - on the second take - as they reach the top of the stairs, “the target is the last surviving member of… a criminal sect from, erm…the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius, masquerading as a human being” He stops dead. “I can’t think of the next word,” he enthuses, apparently delighted. “And it was going so well!”
It’s early February 2005 (actually it’s late March by the time they finish shooting this scene), and Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke, and new boy John Barrowman, alias Captain Jack Harkness, are on location in Glamorgan House, one of the university buildings in Cardiff. They’re filming a sequence from the beginning of episode 11, Boom Town.
The scene is reset and they go for another take. This time, the famous four make it halfway up the stairs when - “Oh sorry,” John giggles, “I don’t have my gloves on. I had them on before. I have to have my gloves.”
“Ooh darling!” mocks Chris, gently. He walks back down the stairs, pretend-limping like an old man. “By the time we finish this,” Chris says, “I’ll be dead.”
The next take is interrupted by someone’s phone going off in the background. “That was John’s agent.” Chris deadpans. “What?! What you laughing at?”
John takes off his scarf and whips the back of his co-stars legs with it. “I’m loving it!” he sings. And my gosh, isn’t he just?
Eventually, the shot is in the can. I lost count of how many takes it took. Chris is so delighted that he slides back down the banister! Next up, close-ups - but now everyone’s all giggles and goofy smiles. On John’s close up, he chews up his words, and then he mispronounces ‘Raxacoricofallapatorius’, casually inserting a rude word into the middle.
“This close-up is only of Billie,” announces Joe Ahearne, the director, before the next shot. “Then what,” Chris teases, “is the point of it, one may ask?”
In between takes John practices his impression of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Jackie Stallone. “I’m Jackie,” he drawls. “What’s a bin?!” Billie looks bemused.
“Hey! Huh? I was trying to give you the Jackie vibe,” John beams. “Oh, right,” Billie smirks, “thanks!”
Now there better be a gag reel, because judging from this, there is going to be a hell of a lot of material to use. LOL
I just brought the June issue of Doctor Who Magazine and there’s a really nice piece in it that makes me hope and pray that there’s a gag reel on the box set.
Spoilers for Boom Town.
Segment from Doctor Who Magazine, issue 357, Panini Comics.
Benjamin Cook and his account of some on-set antics.
“OKAY! PLAN OF ATTACK!
We assume a basic fifty-seven/fifty-six strategy, covering all available e-e-exits… uh, exit what? Ooh!”
Captain Jack has fluffed it. The Doctor, Rose and Mickey look on, trying not to crack up. “I can’t say the word exit!” shrieks the Captain, falling about laughing.
The Doctor coughs a cough that sounds like a very naughty word. Everyone laughs, except for the director. He’s staring at his watch as if his gaze might make it run backwards.
This is the big, epic, hero shot. Our four hero’s march up the stairs of Cardiff Town Hall, all determined and brave, and probably in slow-mo. They’re on a mission…
“According to intelligence,” says Captain Jack - on the second take - as they reach the top of the stairs, “the target is the last surviving member of… a criminal sect from, erm…the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius, masquerading as a human being” He stops dead. “I can’t think of the next word,” he enthuses, apparently delighted. “And it was going so well!”
It’s early February 2005 (actually it’s late March by the time they finish shooting this scene), and Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Noel Clarke, and new boy John Barrowman, alias Captain Jack Harkness, are on location in Glamorgan House, one of the university buildings in Cardiff. They’re filming a sequence from the beginning of episode 11, Boom Town.
The scene is reset and they go for another take. This time, the famous four make it halfway up the stairs when - “Oh sorry,” John giggles, “I don’t have my gloves on. I had them on before. I have to have my gloves.”
“Ooh darling!” mocks Chris, gently. He walks back down the stairs, pretend-limping like an old man. “By the time we finish this,” Chris says, “I’ll be dead.”
The next take is interrupted by someone’s phone going off in the background. “That was John’s agent.” Chris deadpans. “What?! What you laughing at?”
John takes off his scarf and whips the back of his co-stars legs with it. “I’m loving it!” he sings. And my gosh, isn’t he just?
Eventually, the shot is in the can. I lost count of how many takes it took. Chris is so delighted that he slides back down the banister! Next up, close-ups - but now everyone’s all giggles and goofy smiles. On John’s close up, he chews up his words, and then he mispronounces ‘Raxacoricofallapatorius’, casually inserting a rude word into the middle.
“This close-up is only of Billie,” announces Joe Ahearne, the director, before the next shot. “Then what,” Chris teases, “is the point of it, one may ask?”
In between takes John practices his impression of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Jackie Stallone. “I’m Jackie,” he drawls. “What’s a bin?!” Billie looks bemused.
“Hey! Huh? I was trying to give you the Jackie vibe,” John beams. “Oh, right,” Billie smirks, “thanks!”
Now there better be a gag reel, because judging from this, there is going to be a hell of a lot of material to use. LOL