Look Who's Talking (CON episode)

Look Who's Talking
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	Midnight
Broadcast date:	14 June 2008 (Full length), 20 June 2008 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	42'48" (Full length), 13'24" (Cut Down)
Key crew
Narrator:	Anthony Head
Doctor Who Confidential
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Look Who's Talking was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Midnight.

The title is a reference to the 1989 film of the same name.

Aspects of production covered

• The complexity of David Tennant and Lesley Sharp doing their lines in near-perfect sync with each other for several scenes within this episode.
• The difficulties had in doing the sound post-production for this story, as it's self-contained and had little in the way of typical monster sound work.
• Shifting blame between the characters in the story, and what that might say about human nature.
• The SFX and camera work required for the shots of the cabin been shunted back and forth.
• Heavy work required of Lesley Sharp, having to recite near enough every other line within the script, and how autocues were carefully placed at times to aid her.
• The requirement of actors miming in certain takes whilst other actors are recorded clearly, so that the sound team could later take the individual tracks and effectively mix them together.
• Some of the foley sounds used within this episode.
• The stunt work for the Hostess and Sky getting sucked out.

Additional topics covered

• The work that goes into sound editing and sound mixing Doctor Who.
• The purpose of Automatic Dialogue Replacement within Doctor Who.

People interviewed

• Russell T Davies, Head Writer, Doctor Who
• David Tennant, The Doctor
• Tim Ricketts, Dubbing Mixer
• Paul McFadden, Supervising Sound Editor
• Alice Troughton, Director, Episode 10
• Lesley Sharp, Sky Silvestry
• Phil Collinson, Series Producer, Doctor Who
• Daniel Ryan, Biff Cane
• Colin Morgan, Jethro
• David Troughton, Professor Hobbes
• Lindsey Coulson, Val Cane
• Ayesha Antoine, Dee Dee Blasco
• Paul Jefferies, Sound Effects Editor
• Julian Barber, Camera Operator
• Julian Howarth, Sound Recordist
• Julie Ankerson, Foley Artist
• John Fewell, Foley Artist
• Rakie Ayola, Hostess

Music list

• "Sound & Vision" by David Bowie, Album: The Singles Collection
• "Boozy Nights" by Igor Dvorkin & Duncan Pittock, Album: 1980s ANW 1106
• "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop, Album: The Best Rock Anthems Ever
• "Wearing My Rolex" by Wiley, Album: Wearing My Rolex (Single)

This song was in the music list on the Doctor Who website, but does not feature in the episode:

• "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" by Dream Warriors, Album: The Very Best of Jazz Moods

Crew

Executive Producer   Mark Cossey

Executive Producers for Dr Who   Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner

Series Producer   Gillane Seaborne

Producer Zoë Rushton

General production staff Assistant Producer - Paul Giddings, Paul Symonds, Hannah Williams Production Accountant - Elaine Stephenson Production Co-Ordinator - Tors Grantham Production Executive - Paul Williams Production Manager - Kirsty Reid Production Team Assistant - Amanda Buckley Researcher - Ian Hay, Nathan Landeg, Jamie Lynch, Robin Owen Ellis	Camera and lighting department Camera - Mark Chandler, James Daniels, Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Huw Walters Runner - Poppy Chandler, Scott Handcock, Stuart Laws, Robert Wootton Special and visual effects Colourist - Jon Everett	General post-production staff Edit Assistant - Sam Jones Edit Producer - Ailsa Jenkins Editor - Mike Crawford Sound Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda Sound - Kevin Meredith, Brian Murrell, Jon Thomas

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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 Fourth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD box set released on 17 November 2008.