Heartbreak Hotel (CON episode): Difference between revisions

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|series number = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|6]]
|series number = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|6]]
|broadcast with = The God Complex
|broadcast with = The God Complex (TV story)
|narrator = Russell Tovey
|narrator = Russell Tovey
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|broadcast date = [[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (full length)<br>[[18 September (releases)|18 September]] 2011 (Cut Down)
|broadcast date = [[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] (full length)<br>[[18 September (releases)|18 September]] 2011 (Cut Down)
|runtime = 45 minutes (full length)<br>15 minutes (Cut Down)
|runtime = 45 minutes (full length)<br>9'04" (Cut Down)
|prev = What Dreams May Come (CON episode)
|prev = What Dreams May Come (CON episode)
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|next = Open All Hours (CON episode)
|next = Open All Hours (CON episode)
|series = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|series = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
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}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast in conjunction with ''[[The God Complex]]''.
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast in conjunction with ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]''.


== Aspects of production covered ==
== Aspects of production covered ==
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== Additional topics covered ==
== Additional topics covered ==
* A Day In The Life of a Writer.
* A Day in the Life: Writer.
* The importance of costume fittings.
* The importance of costume fittings.
* Script To Screen rehearsals for ''Death Is The Only Answer''.
* Script to Screen rehearsals for ''Death is the Only Answer''.
* Toby Whithouse brings his children on-set for a tour of the sets alongside his first reactions to the completed sets.
* Toby Whithouse brings his children on-set for a tour of the sets alongside his first reactions to the completed sets.



Revision as of 17:56, 13 May 2021

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Heartbreak Hotel was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with The God Complex.

Aspects of production covered

  • Readthrough for The God Complex.
  • Discussion about the hotel sets.
  • The dummies' sequence, and that there were so many dummies that many of the crew had to be hidden amongst the set and puppeteering them.
  • The prosthetics design and fitting process for the Minotaur.
  • Discussion about the Minotaur and his backstory.
  • The similarities between the Minotaur and the Eleventh Doctor, and how that informed the development of the plot.
  • Guest cast discuss their characters and the fears within the hotel prison.
  • Toby Whithouse and the guest cast visit the TARDIS set.
  • Writing stage directions about the TARDIS.

Additional topics covered

  • A Day in the Life: Writer.
  • The importance of costume fittings.
  • Script to Screen rehearsals for Death is the Only Answer.
  • Toby Whithouse brings his children on-set for a tour of the sets alongside his first reactions to the completed sets.

People interviewed

Music list

  • "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" by Arctic Monkeys
  • "Guilt" by Nero
  • "Fire in Your Eyes" by Chase & Status feat. Maverick Sabre
  • "Feel It" by The Bongolian
  • "Secret Robes (Alternative Mix)" by Matthew Corbett & Mike Wilkie, Album: The Movie Soundtrack ATMOS229
  • "Count in Fives" by The Horrors
  • "Civilization" by Justice
  • "That Face" by Frank Sinatra Jr.
  • "Plague of Angels" by The Delta Fiasco (also used in DCOM: Open All Hours)
  • "I Will Stay But You Should Leave" by Skunk Anansie

Crew

Elements retained in Cut Down

to be added

Home video releases

Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series DVD & Blu-ray box set released on 21 November 2011.