Doctor Who Extra (2014–2018): Season 1, Episode 2 - Into the Dalek - full transcript
NARRATOR: The Daleks.
DALEK: Exterminate!
NARRATOR: Appearing in over
100 episodes, it's no surprise
that they managed to blast their way
into this series, too.
Cut!
Well we experienced this horrific
invasion first-hand during filming.
DALEK: 7 am a Dalek!
NARRATOR:
So I suggest you take a deep breath,
we're going to take you with us.
Filming for this episode started
way back in late January 2014.
It was to be in a cold aeroplane hangar
near Cardiff
that The Doctor's oldest foe would be
wheeled back onto set.
DIRECTOR: Cut!
NARRATOR:
Six months after writing the episode,
Phil Ford was excited to be here
for the big day.
Hello! Well, fancy meeting you here.
NARRATOR: So Phil,
what's happening here today?
Well, we're filming
the attack of the Daleks
on the spaceship Aristotle.
It's the last line of defence,
which is falling to the Daleks.
NARRATOR: And this is the first time
we've seen The Doctor
wandering around the insides of a Dalek.
NICHOLAS BRIGGS: Going inside a Dalek,
I mean, I don't think anyone's
ever had that idea before.
It's quite difficult to come up with
new ideas about the Daleks.
Let's do it, let's go!
Ooh, it looks like a Dalek!
Yeah, this is a really nice
little concept, actually.
NARRATOR: Well done Phil Ford, I say.
Actually, it was Steven's idea.
NARRATOR: Okay, well done, Steven.
Many years ago, we were discussing
computer games for Doctor Who.
They were asking me,
"Have you got any ideas?”
So I said,
"How about you get miniaturised
"and you go inside a Dalek?"
And they all looked very happy
and I said,
"No, no, no. Stop. Stop."
I'm having that for an episode.
You're not getting that one.
FORD: Steven said,
"How do you feel about doing it?”
And I just leapt at it straight away.
Every writer that does Doctor Who
wants to do a Dalek story
and I just feel really lucky
to be doing this one.
NARRATOR: And as much as Phil enjoyed
writing for the Daleks,
Peter has relished the opportunity
to come face-to-face with one.
I wasn't actually supposed to be filming
until after lunch,
but I came along this morning because
I knew there was this classic
Doctor Who scene of
that door will never hold,
as the Daleks we know are behind it
and are boarding
this spaceship
that they've been hunting.
NARRATOR: Yes, with The Doctor's most
feared enemy on set,
it's guaranteed to get a little messy.
We've just had lots of explosions
and thrown up lots of fragments
of former human beings,
turned them into clouds of dust.
CAPALDI: It's been fabulous.
BRIGGS: Exterminate!
So the question now is
where are the crew?
NARRATOR: Time to find out how the crew
got on filming inside a Dalek.
We caught up with our locations manager,
who had to check out
the best places to film.
Well, they had to shrink me
first of all,
which was an amazing experience.
I did ask the boys if there was
any chance of, er,
making me a little bit taller
but they couldn't do that,
unfortunately.
NARRATOR: And what did our guest cast
think about having to be shrunk down
to film this episode?
LAURA DOS SANTOS: Pretty amazing.
ZAWE ASHTON: I'm going to try and
climb into a custard cream later.
(LAUGHS)
-That's... Mmm.
-Mmm.
NARRATOR:
They may have been miniaturised
but they were both absolutely thrilled
to be on Doctor Who.
Ahhh!
ASHTON: It's so exciting
but at the same time
it's quite scary as well.
-You don't know where it goes.
-Yes, I do! Away from here.
It's amazing. Like,
our costumes are wicked, aren't they?
ASHTON: Many gadgets on us as well.
DOS SANTOS: It's quite good fun.
Wearing your stuff. (LAUGHS)
This is probably the coolest job
I've had, I think.
Very cool.
NARRATOR: And the excitement
didn't stop there.
Zawe also got up on wires.
Don't look worried, Zawe,
it was Jenna's first time, too.
-CREW: Whoo!
-I was suspended quite high
and then we had all the wind machines
blasting on us
and just had to be really
close, clinging on to this little prop
as if we're flying, on a carbonite rope.
Action!
Yeah, it was good.
I just wanted to go higher.
NARRATOR: And with all the excitement
on set,
sometimes, our cast can get a little
carried away.
We broke the tiny prop
that was supposed to...
supposed to be supporting the two of us.
So I think that might a be
a little bit of CGI.
Oh, this is what's left of the prop,
look.
The prop hasn't really been
our friend...
Let's just imagine it's there.
NARRATOR: Jenna was also impressed
with some of the clever
camera techniques
that the director used during filming.
Yeah, we had loads of tricks.
All of the climbing scenes that we had
were actually were just on the floor,
crawling like a baby on all fours,
straining as if we'd been
climbing a mountain.
NARRATOR: Well, if scaling
a Dalek's innards isn't tricky enough,
Clara's love life is also about to get
a bit more complicated, too.
So there's a new man in Clara's life.
It's Danny Pink, who is another teacher
who she meets at the school.
He is a guy with a past.
He's a man who needs healing.
He's a man who maybe needs a Doctor.
So all the questions on page 32
except the last one
and then everything on page 33.
Any questions?
NARRATOR: Just one question.
What can you tell us about Danny Pink?
SAMUEL ANDERSON:
My character is an ex-soldier
who has become a schoolteacher,
mathematics.
NARRATOR: Okay, be honest,
are you any good at maths?
I was alright at it, I was okay.
I was terrible at fractions.
I think I passed at GCSE level, though.
NARRATOR: But it seems like this part
is taking its toll
on our newest cast member.
Thank you! (SIGHS)
I've been hitting my head on the table.
I've got an ice pack
for this lump.
I don't know if you can see the lump.
But for the love of the art,
I went all the way in.
(CREW MEMBERS LAUGHING)
ANDERSON: Yeah, we tried a little packet
of tissue.
I had a feeling as well, actually,
because after the make-up went on,
it's a bit sticky.
So that didn't really work,
we had to revise that plan.
NARRATOR: Well it's not going so well
for poor Danny.
I wonder how Clara is dealing with
this budding relationship?
Is the wooden sound you or the desk?
Oh, my goodness. The most awkward start
to any kind of relationship possible.
How long have you been there?
Longer than you would like.
COLEMAN: Danny and Clara
take a little while to get it together,
they just have hilarious dialogue
that actually is quite painful to speak
because it's just so awkward
between the two of them.
Totally uncool, it is.
(LAUGHS)
NARRATOR: Yes, it wasn't just Clara
who got a bit tongue-tied.
Yeah, my character's useless
with the women.
Want to watch yourself around him,
bit of a lady killer.
He's kind of the two-left-footer
of the womaniser world.
NARRATOR: So was it love at first sight
for Danny, then?
Oh, she's beautiful. He was like that.
Yeah, I don't know about love.
Doesn't really know her yet.
He's the romantic type.
He has to get to know them first.
NARRATOR: So Samuel,
are you anything like your character?
No...
No.
NARRATOR: Will this relationship
blossom?
Will they go out for that drink?
Will they kiss?
Better ask the writer.
Kiss?
Who says they're going to have a kiss?
I don't know.
You'll just have to wait and see.
NARRATOR: What a spoilsport.
(LAUGHING)
NARRATOR: Anyway, Daleks have been
terrifying children
for over five decades.
And no matter who you are,
you'll never forget
the first time you encountered a Dalek.
My first memory of a Dalek
is a Dalek toy that I had.
Images of the Daleks
coming over the bridge in London.
"The Genesis of the Daleks"
is probably my favourite Dalek story.
NARRATOR: And Peter still remembers
when they first appeared
on our TV screens
back in 1963.
So I lived through the whole
Dalek craze.
I had a little toy Dalek
and it was fabulous.
I remember coming down one day
and finding the poster for the movie
Doctor Who And The Daleks
and just loving seeing
the shape of those Daleks.
A classic piece of '60s design.
NARRATOR: Yes, it was
such a striking appearance
it's no surprise that they've endured
for such a long time.
But not all Daleks are the same.
The Daleks first hit
our television screens
back in 1963 during a visit to Skaro.
But it wasn't long before we saw
a few minor modifications.
By 1964, they had these little discs
on their back.
This helped with their mobility,
allowing them to travel underwater
and through the River Thames.
The familiar gauze slats
around their midsection
first appeared in 1965.
And aside from some minor tweaks,
this look remained unchanged
throughout the eras of the Second,
Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors.
Then, when The Doctor encountered
his old enemies on Necros,
he found himself up against
the visually striking
Imperial Daleks.
But when the Daleks returned in 2005,
the Doctor was in for a shock.
These new Daleks were more versatile,
better protected
and could even fly through the air.
Later, when a colourful new range
of Daleks were born,
the Doctor quickly ended their reign,
aided with the use of a biscuit.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Over the years, we've had a stone Dalek,
a special weapons Dalek
the Dalek Emperor, a glass Dalek
and perhaps most terrifying of all,
a human-Dalek hybrid.
Well no matter what type of Dalek
you come face-to-face with,
it's sure to be a petrifying experience.
So let's find out how Peter got on
working alongside
these cold-blooded creatures
for the first time.
CAPALDI: Tougher than I had imagined.
DALEK: Are you my doctor?
All things in Doctor Who are tougher
than you imagine.
Because you've been a child
and you've probably played at
being Doctor Who and stuff,
-that you can do it all.
-What would I do now?
As an actor, you're so used to
people's eyes
and responding to their body language.
But with a Dalek, it's a prop.
You have to work sort of doubly hard.
NARRATOR: Someone working hard
to bring them to life on set
is the man behind
the distinctive Dalek voice.
Doctor!
Normally when I'm doing a Dalek voice,
there are Daleks around on set.
But this time it's just people
clambering around sort of
inside me. That's a bit weird.
I did think there was a possibility
I could do,
when the Dalek's good,
to make him sound all good and nice.
Rusty, talk to me.
The malfunction is corrected!
BRIGGS: I think that would be
a bit twee and cute.
(IN SILLY VOICE) Destroy all the Daleks.
There is a slight softness and a little
bit of more human characterisation
but only a tiny bit.
DALEK:
All systems are functioning.
BRIGGS: He's conflicted a lot.
Rigid sort of brittle performance
with that where you're feeling like
it could go one way or the other.
Weapons charged!
NARRATOR: So then, Nick,
do you think Daleks can ever be good?
Anything's possible.
Something weird could happen,
there could be an alternative dimension.
The Daleks will be victorious!
The rebels will be exterminated!
I think it's unlikely.
They've got "exterminate” written
all the way through them
like a stick of rock. (CHUCKLING)
Rusty?
NARRATOR: Well, The Doctor didn't manage
to find any good Daleks after all.
The Daleks still remain one of the
most feared villains in the universe.
And you're guaranteed that
this won't be the last time
we bump into this fearsome adversary.
Exterminate!
DALEK: Exterminate!
NARRATOR: Appearing in over
100 episodes, it's no surprise
that they managed to blast their way
into this series, too.
Cut!
Well we experienced this horrific
invasion first-hand during filming.
DALEK: 7 am a Dalek!
NARRATOR:
So I suggest you take a deep breath,
we're going to take you with us.
Filming for this episode started
way back in late January 2014.
It was to be in a cold aeroplane hangar
near Cardiff
that The Doctor's oldest foe would be
wheeled back onto set.
DIRECTOR: Cut!
NARRATOR:
Six months after writing the episode,
Phil Ford was excited to be here
for the big day.
Hello! Well, fancy meeting you here.
NARRATOR: So Phil,
what's happening here today?
Well, we're filming
the attack of the Daleks
on the spaceship Aristotle.
It's the last line of defence,
which is falling to the Daleks.
NARRATOR: And this is the first time
we've seen The Doctor
wandering around the insides of a Dalek.
NICHOLAS BRIGGS: Going inside a Dalek,
I mean, I don't think anyone's
ever had that idea before.
It's quite difficult to come up with
new ideas about the Daleks.
Let's do it, let's go!
Ooh, it looks like a Dalek!
Yeah, this is a really nice
little concept, actually.
NARRATOR: Well done Phil Ford, I say.
Actually, it was Steven's idea.
NARRATOR: Okay, well done, Steven.
Many years ago, we were discussing
computer games for Doctor Who.
They were asking me,
"Have you got any ideas?”
So I said,
"How about you get miniaturised
"and you go inside a Dalek?"
And they all looked very happy
and I said,
"No, no, no. Stop. Stop."
I'm having that for an episode.
You're not getting that one.
FORD: Steven said,
"How do you feel about doing it?”
And I just leapt at it straight away.
Every writer that does Doctor Who
wants to do a Dalek story
and I just feel really lucky
to be doing this one.
NARRATOR: And as much as Phil enjoyed
writing for the Daleks,
Peter has relished the opportunity
to come face-to-face with one.
I wasn't actually supposed to be filming
until after lunch,
but I came along this morning because
I knew there was this classic
Doctor Who scene of
that door will never hold,
as the Daleks we know are behind it
and are boarding
this spaceship
that they've been hunting.
NARRATOR: Yes, with The Doctor's most
feared enemy on set,
it's guaranteed to get a little messy.
We've just had lots of explosions
and thrown up lots of fragments
of former human beings,
turned them into clouds of dust.
CAPALDI: It's been fabulous.
BRIGGS: Exterminate!
So the question now is
where are the crew?
NARRATOR: Time to find out how the crew
got on filming inside a Dalek.
We caught up with our locations manager,
who had to check out
the best places to film.
Well, they had to shrink me
first of all,
which was an amazing experience.
I did ask the boys if there was
any chance of, er,
making me a little bit taller
but they couldn't do that,
unfortunately.
NARRATOR: And what did our guest cast
think about having to be shrunk down
to film this episode?
LAURA DOS SANTOS: Pretty amazing.
ZAWE ASHTON: I'm going to try and
climb into a custard cream later.
(LAUGHS)
-That's... Mmm.
-Mmm.
NARRATOR:
They may have been miniaturised
but they were both absolutely thrilled
to be on Doctor Who.
Ahhh!
ASHTON: It's so exciting
but at the same time
it's quite scary as well.
-You don't know where it goes.
-Yes, I do! Away from here.
It's amazing. Like,
our costumes are wicked, aren't they?
ASHTON: Many gadgets on us as well.
DOS SANTOS: It's quite good fun.
Wearing your stuff. (LAUGHS)
This is probably the coolest job
I've had, I think.
Very cool.
NARRATOR: And the excitement
didn't stop there.
Zawe also got up on wires.
Don't look worried, Zawe,
it was Jenna's first time, too.
-CREW: Whoo!
-I was suspended quite high
and then we had all the wind machines
blasting on us
and just had to be really
close, clinging on to this little prop
as if we're flying, on a carbonite rope.
Action!
Yeah, it was good.
I just wanted to go higher.
NARRATOR: And with all the excitement
on set,
sometimes, our cast can get a little
carried away.
We broke the tiny prop
that was supposed to...
supposed to be supporting the two of us.
So I think that might a be
a little bit of CGI.
Oh, this is what's left of the prop,
look.
The prop hasn't really been
our friend...
Let's just imagine it's there.
NARRATOR: Jenna was also impressed
with some of the clever
camera techniques
that the director used during filming.
Yeah, we had loads of tricks.
All of the climbing scenes that we had
were actually were just on the floor,
crawling like a baby on all fours,
straining as if we'd been
climbing a mountain.
NARRATOR: Well, if scaling
a Dalek's innards isn't tricky enough,
Clara's love life is also about to get
a bit more complicated, too.
So there's a new man in Clara's life.
It's Danny Pink, who is another teacher
who she meets at the school.
He is a guy with a past.
He's a man who needs healing.
He's a man who maybe needs a Doctor.
So all the questions on page 32
except the last one
and then everything on page 33.
Any questions?
NARRATOR: Just one question.
What can you tell us about Danny Pink?
SAMUEL ANDERSON:
My character is an ex-soldier
who has become a schoolteacher,
mathematics.
NARRATOR: Okay, be honest,
are you any good at maths?
I was alright at it, I was okay.
I was terrible at fractions.
I think I passed at GCSE level, though.
NARRATOR: But it seems like this part
is taking its toll
on our newest cast member.
Thank you! (SIGHS)
I've been hitting my head on the table.
I've got an ice pack
for this lump.
I don't know if you can see the lump.
But for the love of the art,
I went all the way in.
(CREW MEMBERS LAUGHING)
ANDERSON: Yeah, we tried a little packet
of tissue.
I had a feeling as well, actually,
because after the make-up went on,
it's a bit sticky.
So that didn't really work,
we had to revise that plan.
NARRATOR: Well it's not going so well
for poor Danny.
I wonder how Clara is dealing with
this budding relationship?
Is the wooden sound you or the desk?
Oh, my goodness. The most awkward start
to any kind of relationship possible.
How long have you been there?
Longer than you would like.
COLEMAN: Danny and Clara
take a little while to get it together,
they just have hilarious dialogue
that actually is quite painful to speak
because it's just so awkward
between the two of them.
Totally uncool, it is.
(LAUGHS)
NARRATOR: Yes, it wasn't just Clara
who got a bit tongue-tied.
Yeah, my character's useless
with the women.
Want to watch yourself around him,
bit of a lady killer.
He's kind of the two-left-footer
of the womaniser world.
NARRATOR: So was it love at first sight
for Danny, then?
Oh, she's beautiful. He was like that.
Yeah, I don't know about love.
Doesn't really know her yet.
He's the romantic type.
He has to get to know them first.
NARRATOR: So Samuel,
are you anything like your character?
No...
No.
NARRATOR: Will this relationship
blossom?
Will they go out for that drink?
Will they kiss?
Better ask the writer.
Kiss?
Who says they're going to have a kiss?
I don't know.
You'll just have to wait and see.
NARRATOR: What a spoilsport.
(LAUGHING)
NARRATOR: Anyway, Daleks have been
terrifying children
for over five decades.
And no matter who you are,
you'll never forget
the first time you encountered a Dalek.
My first memory of a Dalek
is a Dalek toy that I had.
Images of the Daleks
coming over the bridge in London.
"The Genesis of the Daleks"
is probably my favourite Dalek story.
NARRATOR: And Peter still remembers
when they first appeared
on our TV screens
back in 1963.
So I lived through the whole
Dalek craze.
I had a little toy Dalek
and it was fabulous.
I remember coming down one day
and finding the poster for the movie
Doctor Who And The Daleks
and just loving seeing
the shape of those Daleks.
A classic piece of '60s design.
NARRATOR: Yes, it was
such a striking appearance
it's no surprise that they've endured
for such a long time.
But not all Daleks are the same.
The Daleks first hit
our television screens
back in 1963 during a visit to Skaro.
But it wasn't long before we saw
a few minor modifications.
By 1964, they had these little discs
on their back.
This helped with their mobility,
allowing them to travel underwater
and through the River Thames.
The familiar gauze slats
around their midsection
first appeared in 1965.
And aside from some minor tweaks,
this look remained unchanged
throughout the eras of the Second,
Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors.
Then, when The Doctor encountered
his old enemies on Necros,
he found himself up against
the visually striking
Imperial Daleks.
But when the Daleks returned in 2005,
the Doctor was in for a shock.
These new Daleks were more versatile,
better protected
and could even fly through the air.
Later, when a colourful new range
of Daleks were born,
the Doctor quickly ended their reign,
aided with the use of a biscuit.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Over the years, we've had a stone Dalek,
a special weapons Dalek
the Dalek Emperor, a glass Dalek
and perhaps most terrifying of all,
a human-Dalek hybrid.
Well no matter what type of Dalek
you come face-to-face with,
it's sure to be a petrifying experience.
So let's find out how Peter got on
working alongside
these cold-blooded creatures
for the first time.
CAPALDI: Tougher than I had imagined.
DALEK: Are you my doctor?
All things in Doctor Who are tougher
than you imagine.
Because you've been a child
and you've probably played at
being Doctor Who and stuff,
-that you can do it all.
-What would I do now?
As an actor, you're so used to
people's eyes
and responding to their body language.
But with a Dalek, it's a prop.
You have to work sort of doubly hard.
NARRATOR: Someone working hard
to bring them to life on set
is the man behind
the distinctive Dalek voice.
Doctor!
Normally when I'm doing a Dalek voice,
there are Daleks around on set.
But this time it's just people
clambering around sort of
inside me. That's a bit weird.
I did think there was a possibility
I could do,
when the Dalek's good,
to make him sound all good and nice.
Rusty, talk to me.
The malfunction is corrected!
BRIGGS: I think that would be
a bit twee and cute.
(IN SILLY VOICE) Destroy all the Daleks.
There is a slight softness and a little
bit of more human characterisation
but only a tiny bit.
DALEK:
All systems are functioning.
BRIGGS: He's conflicted a lot.
Rigid sort of brittle performance
with that where you're feeling like
it could go one way or the other.
Weapons charged!
NARRATOR: So then, Nick,
do you think Daleks can ever be good?
Anything's possible.
Something weird could happen,
there could be an alternative dimension.
The Daleks will be victorious!
The rebels will be exterminated!
I think it's unlikely.
They've got "exterminate” written
all the way through them
like a stick of rock. (CHUCKLING)
Rusty?
NARRATOR: Well, The Doctor didn't manage
to find any good Daleks after all.
The Daleks still remain one of the
most feared villains in the universe.
And you're guaranteed that
this won't be the last time
we bump into this fearsome adversary.
Exterminate!