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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The character mostly pretends to be [[Gwen Cooper]] and, hence, | * The character mostly pretends to be [[Gwen Cooper]] and, hence, was never named in the ''[[Aliens Among Us]]'' audios. "Ng" (pronounced "eng") was the way she was presented in the cast lists. In interviews, it was mostly treated as an abbreviation of "not Gwen", and at least once as "new Gwen". The name Ng (with this pronunciation) was used in-universe starting from ''[[God Among Us 1]]''. | ||
* [[James Goss]] and [[Scott Handcock]] said that the character was pitched by [[Russell T Davies]], who helped to develop ''Aliens Among Us'' for [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the only way to include Gwen Cooper in ''Aliens Among Us'' due to the unavailability of [[Eve Myles]] for most of the recording sessions for the ongoing series. However, Eve recorded a few lines in a single day, which were used throughout the series, and the final monologue (written by Davies himself) for [[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|the | * [[James Goss]] and [[Scott Handcock]] said that the character was pitched by [[Russell T Davies]], who helped to develop ''Aliens Among Us'' for [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the only way to include Gwen Cooper in ''Aliens Among Us'' due to the unavailability of [[Eve Myles]] for most of the recording sessions for the ongoing series. However, Eve recorded a few lines in a single day for the real Gwen, which were used throughout the series, and the final monologue (written by Davies himself) for the final episode, ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]''. Though unavailable for the ongoing series, Eve returned to play Gwen for many standalone stories for Big Finish. ([[BFX]]: ''[[Aliens Among Us 3]]'') | ||
* According to Goss and Handcock, [[Alexandria Riley]]'s performance as Gwen "fooled quite a few people", who, upon listening to [[Changes Everything (audio story)|the first episode]] of the series, thought that it was Eve Myles playing Gwen. ([[BFX]]: ''[[Aliens Among Us 3]]'') | * According to Goss and Handcock, [[Alexandria Riley]]'s performance as Gwen "fooled quite a few people", who, upon listening to [[Changes Everything (audio story)|the first episode]] of the series, thought that it was Eve Myles playing Gwen. ([[BFX]]: ''[[Aliens Among Us 3]]'') | ||
* Russell T Davies suggested that "Not Gwen" should kill [[Andy Davidson]], but Goss and Handcock felt it would be too much, as the character is very much loved by the whole team and the fans, and replaced Andy with [[Mary Cooper|Gwen's mother]]. ([[BFX]]: ''[[Aliens Among Us 3]]'') | * Russell T Davies suggested that "Not Gwen" should kill [[Andy Davidson]], but Goss and Handcock felt it would be too much, as the character is very much loved by the whole team and the fans, and replaced Andy with [[Mary Cooper|Gwen's mother]]. ([[BFX]]: ''[[Aliens Among Us 3]]'') | ||