Some things I found interesting from Rachel Talalay's live commentary of Heaven Sent at Chicago TARDIS:
- The story was originally set in a haunted house with weeping angels.
- Sometimes a single line would be shot across a mix of three locations: two actual castles and a set.
- The script was clear that the castle should have no interior lighting except for the fireplace where The Doctor dries their clothes. Rachel got some pushback from the crew on a shaft of light coming at an angle from outside, asking where the light came from. Her response was, "It doesn't have to come from anywhere. It comes from 'It looks good.'"
- Rachel worked to give more of a horror vibe to certain scenes. She did things like add a spooky wind, have Peter play the tone more for horror, and even consult with Murray Gold to keep the tone consistent. She also pushed for a “creepy garden” as opposed to the formal garden Moffat had scripted.
- Jenna wasn’t available for most of the shots where Clara is writing on the TARDIS chalkboards. They originally used a double, but the double was too obviously not Jenna. It was actually the person who did the colour grading who found other usable shots of Jenna from behind and put them in the final episode.
- Everyone was very worried about Peter hurting his hand punching the wall, especially since he had hurt his hand punching the TARDIS console in "Death in Heaven." They were going to have Peter just fake the punch and get a stunt person for close-ups, but Peter insisted on doing the punches himself because of the importance of the moment for his character. Rachel agreed on the condition that, "If you hurt yourself, you're the one who tells your wife." (He did not hurt himself again.)
- When the Doctor burns themselves and their hand dissolves away to nothing, the hand was sculpted out of Lush bath bombs. Rachel had the idea and suggested it as a cost-effective solution. So they just sculpted Peter's hand out of bath bombs and poured some water on it.
- When the Doctor breaks through the wall and the Veil collapses, the collapse was achieved by filling the Veil costume with helium balloons and then popping them.
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Every interview with The Sandman cast is like watching a big group of nerds get together to rant about their favorite thing in the world and I love it.
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I hate how I look in this picture but I’m overjoyed to have met her!
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Ruby Stokes literally look so much like Florence Pugh AND Jenna Coleman....I need them all in a movie or show together....and they're all such strong actresses
Or better yet cast the other 2 as Lucy's sisters if we get them in the show
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Went to Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner's play "Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons". 8/10 ⭐️
A few weeks prior, saw David Tennant in "Good". 7/10 ⭐️
Alex Kingston is currently in "The Tempest" in Stratford-upon-Avon but it's too far for a day trip from London for me. (plus, train strikes)
A Doctor Who reunion going on in England. 🥳 Anyone else going?
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Here's my two cents/two penny worth on the potential casting of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London (if it ever reaches the tv). If you'd rather not know, then please don't read the rest of this post. However...I can't decide...
Thanks to @corainne for advice as to how to do an under-the-cut on my phone!
Thomas Nightingale -
Either the lovely dry-witted Mark Gatiss, or the equally lovely David Tennant. I think either would do it justice, but my bet is Mr Gatiss would carry off the old fashioned gentlemanly values, although I think Mr Tennant looks closer to the description.
Although, and here's another thought, Mark might play Dr Walid quite well, described as a spry, gingery man in his 50s, as long as Mark can manage a Scottish accent. He took the name on converting to Islam when in Medical School, so Mark might fit the bill quite well.
I think Alfred Enoch would carry Peter Grant's cheeky humour well.
And Sofia Boutella would make a deliciously creepy Molly.
Jenna Coleman would make an excellent Lesley May. She's got the ability to be both snarkily ambitious or treacherously dangerous.
I can never decide whether it is a good idea to film a series like this, as we all have our own ideas about what the characters look like, but if it does come to pass, I think I'll still be eager to see it.
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