#doctor who behind the scenes

[greyhoundone]

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.

#Doctor Who #Heaven Sent #Rachel Talalay #Chicago TARDIS #Peter Capaldi #Steven Moffat #New Who #Twelve #Twelfth Doctor #The Doctor #The Veil #Doctor Who behind the scenes #Dr. Who #Doctor Who cast #Doctor Who conventions #Jenna Coleman #Clara Oswald

[thesilverrarrow]

no I will NOT apologise for all the Toymaker posts. plus this outfit is criminally underrated :)

#doctor who #doctor who behind the scenes #fourteenth doctor #doctor who 60th anniversary #the giggle #the toymaker #the celestial toymaker #nph #neil patrick harris #hes so pretty #hes my lil silly

[badxwolf]

Billie’s 23rd birthday during the filming of Series 2!

#happy birthday billie <3 #davids video diaries are the best bts content #doctor who #billie piper #doctor who behind the scenes

[leiathewarrior]

David Tennant very nearly kisses his own face, then thinks better of it (x)

#david tennant #doctor who #doctor who unleashed #wild blue yonder #doctor who 60th anniversary #david tennant kiss #doctor who behind the scenes #my edit #my gifs #worth watching the video for the way he says 'oh jesus' lol #and the bit where catherine comes in at the end

[oswincoleman]

Jenna Coleman filming Doctor Who's "The Bells of Saint John" in London

#jenna coleman #jenna louise coleman #doctor who #clara oswald #behind the scenes #doctor who behind the scenes #helmet

[ncutigatwadoctorappreciation]

#doctor who #doctor who series 14 #ncuti gatwa #bonnie langford #doctor who behind the scenes #doctor who Finale

[whovianderson]

ABXJSKOZHCUSOLXJXKL l’M SCREAMING INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW!!!

I JUST SAW THEM FILMING SEASON 14 OF DOCTOR WHO/NCUTI’S CHRISTMAS SPECIALS IN BRISTOL?!

I SAW MILLIE GIBSON AS RUBY SUNDAY!!!

THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER!!!

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! #doctor who #doctor who behind the scenes #doctor who spoilers #doctor who filming #doctor who series 14 #millie gibson #ruby sunday #ncuti gatwa #fifteenth doctor

[alex-iltempo]

Throwback to the 30th Birthday of Matt Smith! - Doctor Who - Series 7 (2012) - BBC One

Where is his Caraxes-shaped cake for 40th birthday?

#matt smith #doctor who #11th doctor #dw #doctor who behind the scenes #daemon targaryen #hotd #house of the dragon #happy birthday #happy birthday matt smith #Youtube

[vivvision]

Sherman Circular Gallifreyan sheet compared to a pic of Ncuti Gatwa’s trailer… everyone who learned circular gallifreyan in middle school might’ve just gotten some nice canon validation

#Doctor who #ncuti gatwa #15th Doctor #fifteenth Doctor #Ruby Sunday #Doctor who leak #Doctor who spoiler #Doctor who behind the scenes #millie gibson #russel t davies #rtd #rtd2 #circular gallifreyan #Gallifrey #timelords

[lonelyzarquon]

David Tennant’s tour of the new TARDIS [x]

#this video made my day #he's so excited to push all the possible buttons :') #dwedit #doctor who #david tennant #dwgif #dtedit #timelordgifs #dw behind the scenes #mine #my gifs

[tylerposey]

DAVID TENNANT & NCUTI GATWA "The Giggle" — Behind the scenes of 'Doctor Who'

#david tennant #ncuti gatwa #dwedit #doctorwhoedit #doctor who #dwgif #timelordgifs #usertennant #userveronika #usersugar #tuserpris #behind the scenes #whoniverse #gif #mine #*

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant and Catherine Tate having fun on the set of Wild Blue Yonder / Doctor Who 60th Anniversary

(and Bernard Cribbins too)

#david tennant #catherine tate #doctor who #how adorable are they!?! #behind the scenes fun #doctor who 60th anniversary #doctor who spoilers #dw spoilers #bernard cribbins #fourteenth doctor #donna noble #I'd already started making this set #and then they released that tik tok vid with all the little snippets #which were perfect for the post I'd already started #bless them for sharing the silly #this is a big part of what I'd been missing #I adore all of these people #stuff i posted #whoBts #this looks like fun!

[thesilverrarrow]

he's such a little cutie 🫶

#doctor who #doctor who behind the scenes #fourteenth doctor #14th doctor #the doctor #doctor who 60th anniversary #the giggle #the toymaker #the celestial toymaker #nph #neil patrick harris

[badxwolf]

Everything about this photo is incredible oh my god

#i love that they’re just hanging out with the meep #also david’s face #doctor who #dw spoilers #doctor who spoilers #(just in case idk if this counts) #doctor who behind the scenes #beep the meep

[dwgif]

DAVID TENNANT Behind the Scenes of "The Power of the Doctor"

#david tennant #doctor who #dwedit #dtedit #behind the scene #userteri #userveronika #usertoph #userdiana #userlanie #dwcastedit #cast #our edits #tom

[oswincoleman]

Rachel Talalay shared this lovely behind the scenes photo from the filming of Hell Bent, of Clara's final scene in her diner TARDIS, taking The long way round!

#jenna coleman #jenna louise coleman #rachel talalay #doctor who #clara oswald #hell bent #doctor who series 9 #behind the scenes #doctor who behind the scenes #tardis #the long way round