Doctor Who Confidential (2005–2011): Season 6, Episode 5 - Double Trouble - full transcript
No, what are you all?
Like identical twins?
NARRATOR: Confidential
does a double-take,
as the cast come face to face
with themselves.
Are you two twins?
We get to kind of do
all the "Oh, my God!" stuff.
NARRATOR: But how similar does
a look-alike need to be?
Of course, I'm better-looking but...
Yeah, he does all right.
(LAUGHING)
NARRATOR: As the UK is gripped by
the coldest winter in decades,
the country grinds to a halt.
It's so cold.
I can't tell you how cold it is.
NARRATOR: But there's still no stopping
the Doctor Who crew.
-I've got a sneaky one.
-You've got one.
You've got one and
you're stealing mine, Gillan!
-I can't leave her out there.
-Rory!
-I know you understand that.
-Get in here. Get in here!
NARRATOR: And watch out, Amy.
Rory has his eye on another woman.
Amy's kind of strong
"I don't care" facade
is starting to crack a little bit.
I think if Jennifer had any taste,
she would fancy Rory!
(LAUGHING)
-Amy's a lucky girl.
-Yeah, she is.
NARRATOR: At Caerphilly Castle,
snow has fallen on the set
of Doctor Who.
But despite the freezing temperatures,
the cast and crew are soldiering on.
We've been very lucky. The snow
came down quite heavily on Saturday
and we managed to get the crew
through the snow.
Fortunately, we've been inside
for the last couple of days,
so despite the cold temperatures,
we've managed to keep filming.
Today's interesting
because we hadn't imagined
shooting these scenes with
the castle snowbound,
but actually, it looks lovely,
so we're going to go with It.
Gloves, I've got a couple
of heat packs on my back.
I haven't got any heat packs.
I should get some.
Hand warmers in my socks.
That's funny. That must be lumpy.
It's lumpy and bumpy but it's warm.
I don't have any room in my shoes.
Hi, guys.
(ALL LAUGHING)
I've got sheep skin...
-I've got them! Yes!
-You've both got them.
It's created a lack of space
in my shoes...
Claustrophobic toes. I can't do that.
And therefore my feet are colder.
-Really?
-Yeah.
Oh no.
-Taking it away.
-No!
One of the problems we get with
weather like this is the worry
that the cast might end up
under the weather.
Because it is a gruelling schedule
and Matt, Karen and Arthur
are at the brunt of it.
You've got one. You've got one
and you're stealing mine, Gillan!
I've got multiple layers. Ooh.
We try and look after them but
they're all young, they're all fit.
They're hopefully coping well.
What Karen does is this,
she puts it on her silly old nose,
her big red conker.
That's because it gets really
cold and runny.
Because it's massive.
-Don't take it off!
-WOMAN: Please take your coats off.
Come on.
GILLAN: This is what happens in checks,
with Arthur.
Come on, Arthur. Do it.
Ahhh!
(GILLAN LAUGHING)
-It's okay, Arthur.
-It's okay!
-Man up, old bean.
-Okay, I'm doing it.
(SCREAMS)
If we want to live,
then it's time to go to war.
WILSON: The main monster of these
episodes are the Gangers,
and they're a modern take
on the kind of Frankenstein idea
of creating life.
I don't think there's
any getting away from the fact
that the Gangers are scary.
I'm very aware that this goes
out on Saturday evenings
and I'm very aware
that this is a family show.
But Doctor Who was always scary
when I was a kid,
and this is certainly
going to scare people.
I wanted it to be scary,
and I wanted it to be icky
and nasty and cool to watch,
but I didn't want it to be about,
"T want to take over the world
just for the sake of it."
GILLAN: You can really sympathise
with them.
They've got this vulnerability to them,
because you can really see
their point of view, I guess,
because they're just trying to
protect themselves and each other,
and, you know, they think
of the humans as the enemy.
Where's the real Jennifer?
I am Jennifer Lucas.
I don't think the Gangers
are evil, necessarily.
No. It's...
They're just fighting for survival,
and people do extreme things
in extreme situations.
If there are villains in this story,
the villains are the humans,
who have been maltreating
this sort of slave class
they have, albeit accidentally, created.
We have the advantage now.
The one thing I've always wondered
about any of these creatures
that perfectly
duplicate human beings is
don't they feel they have rights, too?
Don't they take on some of
the qualities of the human being
that they're impersonating so well?
In a lot of Doctor Whos you'd
have a situation where somebody
could outguess the monster,
but how do you outguess yourself?
It's one of the most challenging
things you could try and fight with.
SIMPSON: The doubles that we used
for the actors, you don't need
them to look the same.
They are going
to be completely replaced.
There's two real essentials,
they have to be the same height,
because if you're looking at
your double
and I'm shooting you from
over here, I need your eyeline
to be exactly where it will be
when you're looking back at yourself.
So the height's incredibly important.
Also, to get around having to do
a lot of special effects,
the back of the head, bizarrely,
becomes quite important, the hair,
because then I can put a camera
over someone's shoulder,
looking at another person,
and as long as the back of the head
of the double looks fine,
you've got a clean shot and you don't
have to worry about replacing anything.
From the back,
you're not really sure who it is
and then they'll turn around and have
a completely different face.
So, it's really funny, actually,
to see who they choose to cast
as people's doubles.
I had a double once,
for something else,
and she just looked nothing like me.
I mean, I am ghostly white,
but this girl was really tanned
and they just put a ginger wig on her.
Are you two twins?
Well, I think
we're pretty good doubles.
-I think we look pretty similar.
-We do. We've got similar features.
A similar nose.
Yeah. Almost quite a similar
accent as well.
Crinkles around the eyes.
Of course, I'm the better looking,
but he does all right.
I think he's slightly more handsome.
(LAUGHING)
Slightly more grey. Result!
And he's got
a slightly better physique.
I think there are some similarities.
My hair's now a lot longer
than what the wig is.
Um, but yeah, it's really good
to have them there.
Not just for eyelines and stuff,
but they actually give a lot
as well in a scene, so it's great.
147, take 1, A camera.
B camera.
-Action!
-Jennifer? Jennifer.
-It hurt so much.
-Hey, it's okay. It's over now.
NARRATOR: Despite an episode of freezing
temperatures
and icy conditions,
things are definitely hotting up on set.
It's a really interesting twist
in this episode,
for the relationship
between Rory and Amy.
-Yeah.
-You take a wee shine to Jennifer.
-Rory? Listen.
-No, you listen. Nobody touches her!
Rory does fancy her a little bit.
I think he does.
I mean, he's noticed that she's
an attractive girl, as men do.
We can tell the truth now
Karen's not around.
We have a weird
and wonderful relationship.
-There's nothing dodgy going on.
-No, nothing dodgy at all.
JENNIFER: Rory?
It's the white stuff, isn't it?
It's the fact that you're
made of toothpaste.
It's because I'm unique.
(LAUGHING) Yeah.
I've never seen anyone like you,
like a big eyeball before.
I think if Jennifer had any taste,
she would fancy Rory!
(LAUGHING)
And he's a really sweet and lovely guy.
I think Amy does have
reason to be jealous, you know.
But I think Rory can't help
but help a damsel in distress,
too, and that's his soft side.
-Amy's a lucky girl.
-Yeah, she is.
I've got to look at it
from Amy's point of view
and you have taken a bit of a shine
to this girl in particular.
Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely
protective of her.
Yeah. Is it because she makes you
feel like a man?
Yeah, in a way, in a sense.
Amy doesn't make you feel
like much of a man.
No.
Where's the real Jennifer?
The real?
I am Jennifer Lucas.
I remember everything that happened
in her entire life.
Every birthday, every childhood illness.
I feel everything she has ever felt
and more.
I'm not a monster. I am me!
There's talk of a love triangle
going on,
but I think for Rory,
it's more of a triangle of trouble.
I think she really likes Rory
and he's a really sweet and nice person
and he really takes her under his wing
when he sees her
at her most vulnerable.
Help me, Rory. Help me.
MOFFAT: She's in genuine trouble
and clearly likes him.
And yeah, there are moments
when he thinks, "It would be quite nice"
"if Amy could ever own up to the
fact that she depends on me a bit."
So he's absolutely ripe to be
exploited by someone who's saying,
"Oh, you're so great.
You're a real comfort to me."
Because he's never heard those words.
He hasn't heard those words, ever.
He's known Amy since he was a tiny
child, so he's just used to scorn.
I really like this in the story.
I'm glad that it's taken this turn.
Because it's given me, as an actress
playing Amy, something new to play,
because she's always had Rory
in the palm of her hand,
so to have this happen
just opens up loads of new avenues.
It's really weird for Amy as well
because she's obviously had
a roaming eye in the past herself.
Are you not going to turn your back?
Nope.
So, yeah, she's obviously
not too possessive like that
because she wouldn't expect Rory
to be that possessive over her.
So, it's an interesting one to get.
I think Rory has to try
not to be possessive.
I think he really has to keep it back.
He actually just wants to be going,
"Hey!" all the time.
-But he has to play it cool.
-Because Amy doesn't dig that.
Yeah. Rory just wants to be cool.
-Action!
-What about the flares?
Rory?
Jen's out there.
She's out there and she's on her own.
Well, if she's got any sense,
then she's hiding. Rory!
-I can't leave her out there.
-Rory!
I think that he wants to go out on
a mission and prove himself, almost.
And if he does that,
he can prove himself as a man to Amy
and the Doctor, I guess.
Come on, get in here, get in here!
Close the doors. Rory?
I think just naturally,
as the man in the relationship,
he wants to assert himself a bit more.
He's got to man up and finally
he's doing that, which is good.
And as Rory and Jennifer get closer,
it seems to pull Rory
away from Amy,
physically and emotionally.
And hopefully, that sets us all up
really nicely
for the big wallop at the end.
Show yourself. Show yourself!
The game-changer for this story is
what if the Doctor is duplicated?
What on earth happens then?
The most powerful
player in the whole story,
what if there's two of him?
What will he be like?
Trust me.
I'm the Doctor.
Like identical twins?
NARRATOR: Confidential
does a double-take,
as the cast come face to face
with themselves.
Are you two twins?
We get to kind of do
all the "Oh, my God!" stuff.
NARRATOR: But how similar does
a look-alike need to be?
Of course, I'm better-looking but...
Yeah, he does all right.
(LAUGHING)
NARRATOR: As the UK is gripped by
the coldest winter in decades,
the country grinds to a halt.
It's so cold.
I can't tell you how cold it is.
NARRATOR: But there's still no stopping
the Doctor Who crew.
-I've got a sneaky one.
-You've got one.
You've got one and
you're stealing mine, Gillan!
-I can't leave her out there.
-Rory!
-I know you understand that.
-Get in here. Get in here!
NARRATOR: And watch out, Amy.
Rory has his eye on another woman.
Amy's kind of strong
"I don't care" facade
is starting to crack a little bit.
I think if Jennifer had any taste,
she would fancy Rory!
(LAUGHING)
-Amy's a lucky girl.
-Yeah, she is.
NARRATOR: At Caerphilly Castle,
snow has fallen on the set
of Doctor Who.
But despite the freezing temperatures,
the cast and crew are soldiering on.
We've been very lucky. The snow
came down quite heavily on Saturday
and we managed to get the crew
through the snow.
Fortunately, we've been inside
for the last couple of days,
so despite the cold temperatures,
we've managed to keep filming.
Today's interesting
because we hadn't imagined
shooting these scenes with
the castle snowbound,
but actually, it looks lovely,
so we're going to go with It.
Gloves, I've got a couple
of heat packs on my back.
I haven't got any heat packs.
I should get some.
Hand warmers in my socks.
That's funny. That must be lumpy.
It's lumpy and bumpy but it's warm.
I don't have any room in my shoes.
Hi, guys.
(ALL LAUGHING)
I've got sheep skin...
-I've got them! Yes!
-You've both got them.
It's created a lack of space
in my shoes...
Claustrophobic toes. I can't do that.
And therefore my feet are colder.
-Really?
-Yeah.
Oh no.
-Taking it away.
-No!
One of the problems we get with
weather like this is the worry
that the cast might end up
under the weather.
Because it is a gruelling schedule
and Matt, Karen and Arthur
are at the brunt of it.
You've got one. You've got one
and you're stealing mine, Gillan!
I've got multiple layers. Ooh.
We try and look after them but
they're all young, they're all fit.
They're hopefully coping well.
What Karen does is this,
she puts it on her silly old nose,
her big red conker.
That's because it gets really
cold and runny.
Because it's massive.
-Don't take it off!
-WOMAN: Please take your coats off.
Come on.
GILLAN: This is what happens in checks,
with Arthur.
Come on, Arthur. Do it.
Ahhh!
(GILLAN LAUGHING)
-It's okay, Arthur.
-It's okay!
-Man up, old bean.
-Okay, I'm doing it.
(SCREAMS)
If we want to live,
then it's time to go to war.
WILSON: The main monster of these
episodes are the Gangers,
and they're a modern take
on the kind of Frankenstein idea
of creating life.
I don't think there's
any getting away from the fact
that the Gangers are scary.
I'm very aware that this goes
out on Saturday evenings
and I'm very aware
that this is a family show.
But Doctor Who was always scary
when I was a kid,
and this is certainly
going to scare people.
I wanted it to be scary,
and I wanted it to be icky
and nasty and cool to watch,
but I didn't want it to be about,
"T want to take over the world
just for the sake of it."
GILLAN: You can really sympathise
with them.
They've got this vulnerability to them,
because you can really see
their point of view, I guess,
because they're just trying to
protect themselves and each other,
and, you know, they think
of the humans as the enemy.
Where's the real Jennifer?
I am Jennifer Lucas.
I don't think the Gangers
are evil, necessarily.
No. It's...
They're just fighting for survival,
and people do extreme things
in extreme situations.
If there are villains in this story,
the villains are the humans,
who have been maltreating
this sort of slave class
they have, albeit accidentally, created.
We have the advantage now.
The one thing I've always wondered
about any of these creatures
that perfectly
duplicate human beings is
don't they feel they have rights, too?
Don't they take on some of
the qualities of the human being
that they're impersonating so well?
In a lot of Doctor Whos you'd
have a situation where somebody
could outguess the monster,
but how do you outguess yourself?
It's one of the most challenging
things you could try and fight with.
SIMPSON: The doubles that we used
for the actors, you don't need
them to look the same.
They are going
to be completely replaced.
There's two real essentials,
they have to be the same height,
because if you're looking at
your double
and I'm shooting you from
over here, I need your eyeline
to be exactly where it will be
when you're looking back at yourself.
So the height's incredibly important.
Also, to get around having to do
a lot of special effects,
the back of the head, bizarrely,
becomes quite important, the hair,
because then I can put a camera
over someone's shoulder,
looking at another person,
and as long as the back of the head
of the double looks fine,
you've got a clean shot and you don't
have to worry about replacing anything.
From the back,
you're not really sure who it is
and then they'll turn around and have
a completely different face.
So, it's really funny, actually,
to see who they choose to cast
as people's doubles.
I had a double once,
for something else,
and she just looked nothing like me.
I mean, I am ghostly white,
but this girl was really tanned
and they just put a ginger wig on her.
Are you two twins?
Well, I think
we're pretty good doubles.
-I think we look pretty similar.
-We do. We've got similar features.
A similar nose.
Yeah. Almost quite a similar
accent as well.
Crinkles around the eyes.
Of course, I'm the better looking,
but he does all right.
I think he's slightly more handsome.
(LAUGHING)
Slightly more grey. Result!
And he's got
a slightly better physique.
I think there are some similarities.
My hair's now a lot longer
than what the wig is.
Um, but yeah, it's really good
to have them there.
Not just for eyelines and stuff,
but they actually give a lot
as well in a scene, so it's great.
147, take 1, A camera.
B camera.
-Action!
-Jennifer? Jennifer.
-It hurt so much.
-Hey, it's okay. It's over now.
NARRATOR: Despite an episode of freezing
temperatures
and icy conditions,
things are definitely hotting up on set.
It's a really interesting twist
in this episode,
for the relationship
between Rory and Amy.
-Yeah.
-You take a wee shine to Jennifer.
-Rory? Listen.
-No, you listen. Nobody touches her!
Rory does fancy her a little bit.
I think he does.
I mean, he's noticed that she's
an attractive girl, as men do.
We can tell the truth now
Karen's not around.
We have a weird
and wonderful relationship.
-There's nothing dodgy going on.
-No, nothing dodgy at all.
JENNIFER: Rory?
It's the white stuff, isn't it?
It's the fact that you're
made of toothpaste.
It's because I'm unique.
(LAUGHING) Yeah.
I've never seen anyone like you,
like a big eyeball before.
I think if Jennifer had any taste,
she would fancy Rory!
(LAUGHING)
And he's a really sweet and lovely guy.
I think Amy does have
reason to be jealous, you know.
But I think Rory can't help
but help a damsel in distress,
too, and that's his soft side.
-Amy's a lucky girl.
-Yeah, she is.
I've got to look at it
from Amy's point of view
and you have taken a bit of a shine
to this girl in particular.
Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely
protective of her.
Yeah. Is it because she makes you
feel like a man?
Yeah, in a way, in a sense.
Amy doesn't make you feel
like much of a man.
No.
Where's the real Jennifer?
The real?
I am Jennifer Lucas.
I remember everything that happened
in her entire life.
Every birthday, every childhood illness.
I feel everything she has ever felt
and more.
I'm not a monster. I am me!
There's talk of a love triangle
going on,
but I think for Rory,
it's more of a triangle of trouble.
I think she really likes Rory
and he's a really sweet and nice person
and he really takes her under his wing
when he sees her
at her most vulnerable.
Help me, Rory. Help me.
MOFFAT: She's in genuine trouble
and clearly likes him.
And yeah, there are moments
when he thinks, "It would be quite nice"
"if Amy could ever own up to the
fact that she depends on me a bit."
So he's absolutely ripe to be
exploited by someone who's saying,
"Oh, you're so great.
You're a real comfort to me."
Because he's never heard those words.
He hasn't heard those words, ever.
He's known Amy since he was a tiny
child, so he's just used to scorn.
I really like this in the story.
I'm glad that it's taken this turn.
Because it's given me, as an actress
playing Amy, something new to play,
because she's always had Rory
in the palm of her hand,
so to have this happen
just opens up loads of new avenues.
It's really weird for Amy as well
because she's obviously had
a roaming eye in the past herself.
Are you not going to turn your back?
Nope.
So, yeah, she's obviously
not too possessive like that
because she wouldn't expect Rory
to be that possessive over her.
So, it's an interesting one to get.
I think Rory has to try
not to be possessive.
I think he really has to keep it back.
He actually just wants to be going,
"Hey!" all the time.
-But he has to play it cool.
-Because Amy doesn't dig that.
Yeah. Rory just wants to be cool.
-Action!
-What about the flares?
Rory?
Jen's out there.
She's out there and she's on her own.
Well, if she's got any sense,
then she's hiding. Rory!
-I can't leave her out there.
-Rory!
I think that he wants to go out on
a mission and prove himself, almost.
And if he does that,
he can prove himself as a man to Amy
and the Doctor, I guess.
Come on, get in here, get in here!
Close the doors. Rory?
I think just naturally,
as the man in the relationship,
he wants to assert himself a bit more.
He's got to man up and finally
he's doing that, which is good.
And as Rory and Jennifer get closer,
it seems to pull Rory
away from Amy,
physically and emotionally.
And hopefully, that sets us all up
really nicely
for the big wallop at the end.
Show yourself. Show yourself!
The game-changer for this story is
what if the Doctor is duplicated?
What on earth happens then?
The most powerful
player in the whole story,
what if there's two of him?
What will he be like?
Trust me.
I'm the Doctor.