doctor who presentation
TRANSCRIPT
Trailer for the
'Weeping
Angels'
We chose this clip because we both thought it was an episode
that was really memorable and scary.
• Special effects man Mike Tucker (who is
responsible for the model work), director
Graeme Harper and costume designer Barbara
Kidd are the only crewmembers to have also
worked on the original show.
• When the first series was being made,
television pirates were desperate to acquire
the preview tapes. One of the people in the
office had the idea of labelling the tapes with
the anagram "Torchwood" rather than "Doctor
Who", as a security measure to disguise the
tapes when they were delivered from Cardiff
to London. Writer Russell T. Davies liked this
idea so much that it later inspired him to use
it as a title when creating the spin-off series,
"Torchwood"(2006).
• Except for obvious scenes, most of the
location shots are done in Cardiff, Wales in
place for London. The one show set in Cardiff,
"The Unquiet Dead," was filmed in Swansea,
mainly due to the fact that no buildings
currently in Cardiff were built during that
episode's time, 1869.
• The series is recorded on single
camera video and then in post
production it is 'filmised', a digital
process designed to make it look like it
was made on film.
• Each 45 minute episode takes
approximately 3 weeks to shoot. The
hour long specials can take up to a
month to shoot.
• It’s interesting and funny. I like the sci-fi genre and so this
is the main reason why it appealed to me in the first place.
I also like how each episode, although continued on from
the previous, is completely different so I never get bored
when watching it.
• I like it because it has a different storyline every time and
it’s not predictable.