Arthurian Legend (CON episode)

Arthurian Legend
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	Amy's Choice
Series number:	5
Broadcast date:	15 May 2010 (full length) 16 May 2010 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	45 minutes (full length) 14'26" (Cut Down)
Key crew
Narrator:	Alex Price
Doctor Who Confidential
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Arthurian Legend was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Amy's Choice.

This episode was presented by Arthur Darvill.

Aspects of production covered

• The introduction of the Dream Lord into the Doctor Who mythos.
• Send-out of scripts, and the readthrough for Amy's Choice.
• Steven Moffat discusses the casting of Arthur Darvill, and his great ability to add comedic touches & gel well with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan.
• The reworking of Rory's hair for this episode.
• Karen shows her fake baby bump for the Leadworth dream world scenes.
• Location filming in the village, particularly the challenges of getting all that needs shot in one planned day of shooting.
• The amount of VFX work required for even short moments within this story.
• The redressing of the TARDIS interior set for the scenes set in the cold sun dream world.
• Filming of the scenes where Rory hits one of the old people, and how the fake plywood panel had to be altered slightly after it broke on the first take.

Additional topics covered

• The real-life friendship between Matt, Karen and Arthur.

People interviewed

• Arthur Darvill, Rory
• Steven Moffat, Head Writer
• Simon Nye, Writer, Episode 7
• Matt Smith, The Doctor
• Karen Gillan, Amy Pond
• Ray Holman, Costume Designer
• Toby Jones, The Dream Lord
• Crispin Layfield, Stunt Co-ordinator
• Gordon Seed, Stunt Performer
• Danny Hargreaves, Special Effects Supervisor

Music list

• "Stand Up" by The Prodigy
• "Sleep" by The Dandy Warhols
• "Whatever You Want" by Status Quo
• "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by The Mamas and the Papas
• "One Foot in the Grave Theme" by Eric Idle
• "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
• "(Nice Dream)" by Radiohead
• "Cold as Ice" by M.O.P. (also used in CON: Lords and Masters)
• "Dream On" by The Chemical Brothers
• "Mister Sandman" by The Four Aces
• "American Dream" by Jakatta
• "Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell On You)" by Aqualung

Crew

Executive Producer   Mark Cossey

Executive Producers for Dr Who   Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis

Series Producer   Gillane Seaborne

Producer Zoë Rushton
Title Music - Slam & Saw Productions

General production staff Assistant Producer - James Brailsford, Hannah Williams Production Accountant - Kevin Rickwood Production Co-Ordinator - Rhiannon Dew, Megan Pinches Production Executive - Stan Matthews Production Manager - Katy Cartwright Production Team Assistant - Emma Chapman Researcher - Matthew Andrews, Stuart Laws, Robert Wootton	Camera and lighting department Camera - Aled Jenkins, Jon Rees, Steve Webb Runner - James Bowen, Claire Riley, Lee Wood Special and visual effects Colourist - Matt Mullins Graphics - Component Graphics	General post-production staff Edit Producer - Paul Symonds Editor - Nick Kershaw Online Editor - Jeremy Lott Sound Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda Sound - Rhodri Browning, Cheryl Jones

Not every person who worked on this episode was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Elements retained in Cut Down

to be added

Home video releases

Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD & Blu-ray box set released on 8 November 2010.