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|image =  
|image = DWCON The Valiant Quest title card.jpg
|series number = [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|3]]
|season number   = Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)
|broadcast with = Last of the Time Lords
|series episode number = 13
|broadcast with = Last of the Time Lords (TV story)
|narrator = Anthony Head
|narrator = Anthony Head
|uncredited narrator =
|broadcast date = [[30 June (releases)|30 June]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] (Full length)
|director =
|broadcast date2 = [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] 2007 (Cut Down)
|producer =
|runtime = 43'14" (Full length)
|broadcast date = [[30 June (releases)|30 June]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|runtime2 = 7'02" (Cut Down)
|runtime = 45 minutes
|runtime3 = 4'33" (Vodcast)
|prev = The Saxon Mystery
|prev = The Saxon Mystery (CON episode)
|next = Children in Need Special (CON episode)
|next = Children in Need Special (CON episode)
|series=''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|series = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|channel=BBC Three|original to DVD=
|channel = BBC Three
|original to VHS=
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast in conjunction with ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]''.
|executive producer=
 
|writer=
A condensed 5 minute version of this episode was made available to download in .mp4 format for seven days after broadcast, as part of a BBC trial of video podcasts or "vodcasts".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410190221/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/radio/waystolisten/podcasts/guide/|title=Ways To Listen: Podcasts & Downloads: Guide|date of source=10 April 2007|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=18 January 2019}}</ref> It was later uploaded to the BBC's YouTube channel. Both of these were cropped into 4:3 aspect ratio.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast in conjunction with ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''.


== Aspects of production covered ==
== Aspects of production covered ==
''to be added''
* Filming of the opening' "I Can't Decide" scene, and the strenuous nature of it for John Simm.
* The execution of the laser screwdriver sequences.
* The CGI work of the small aged Doctor.
* Wire work for Tennant filming the return of the Doctor to normal.


== Additional topics covered ==
== Additional topics covered ==
''to be added''
* The Master's need to torture the Doctor and see him suffer, rather than kill him.


== People interviewed ==
== People interviewed ==
''to be added''
{{IntervieweeList
|1=Russell T Davies|r1=Head Writer, Doctor Who
|2=Colin Teague|r2=Director, Episode 13
|3=David Tennant|r3=The Doctor
|4=Freema Agyeman|r4=Martha Jones
|5=Barney Curnow|r5=Visual Effects Supervisor
|6a=Adjoa Andoh
|6b=Gugu Mbatha-Raw|r6=Francine & Tish Jones
|7=Peter McKinstry|r7=Concept Designer
|8=Will Cohen|r8=Visual Effects Producer
|9=Phil Collinson|r9=Series Producer, Doctor Who
|10=John Simm|r10=The Master
|11=Julie Gardner|r11=Executive Producer, Doctor Who}}
 
== Music list ==
* "How to Save a Life" by The Fray<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102130024/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/confidential/music/music_313.shtml|title=MUSIC LIST EPISODE 13: The Valiant Quest|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref>
* "I Can't Decide" by Scissor Sisters, Album: Ta-Dah (also used in [[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
* "Revolution" by Jools Holland & Stereophonics, Album: Small World Big Bang
* "Rewind" by Stereophonics, Album: Language, Sex, Violence, Other
* "All the Small Things" by Blink-182, Album: Enema of the State
* "I've Got the World on a String" by Frank Sinatra, Album: Classic Sinatra
* "Lift Me Up" by Moby, Album: Hotel
* "What I've Done" by Linkin Park, Album: Minutes to Midnight
* "Invincible" by Muse, Album: Black Holes and Revelations
 
These songs were in the music list on the [[Doctor Who website]], but do not feature in the episode:
* "Vide Cor Meum (from 'Hannibal')" by Patrick Cassidy, Danielle Di Niese & Bruno Lazzaretti, Album: Hannibal Soundtrack
* "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by The John Morris Orchestra, Album: Dirty Dancing
* "God in the Beginning" by Jah Wobble, Album: Take Me to God
 
No licensed music was used for the "vodcast" version, instead it used the following pieces of stock music:
* "Discovery" by David Motion, Album: Creation X-SERIES XCD001
* "Phretburn Phrenzy" by Freddie Funk, Jasper Dagger & Badger Flap, Album: Cyberfunk X-SERIES XCD043
* "Seduction" by David Motion, Album: Creation X-SERIES XCD001
* "Atlantic Exile" by Ian Parker & Raymond John Stiles, Album: Celtic X-SERIES XCD027


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
{{BTS crew
|Camera=James Daniels
|Camera2=Alastair Evans
|Camera3=Nick Jardine
|Camera4=Aled Jenkins
|Sound=Paul Baker
|Sound2=Kevin Meredith
|Sound3=Will Planitzer
|Sound4=Mazyar Tajiki{{!}}Maz Tajiki
|Runner=Scott Handcock
|EditAssistant=Sam Jones (assistant editor)
|EditAssistant2=Christopher Moore
|Researcher=Nathan Landeg
|Researcher2=Jamie Lynch
|AssistantProducer=Geoff Evans
|ProductionTeamAssistant=Amanda Buckley
|ProductionAccountant=Elaine Stephenson
|ProductionCo-ordinator=Tors Grantham
|PostProductionCoOrdinator=Vickie Mansell
|ProductionManager=Kirsty Reid
|ProductionManager2=Natalie Street
|ProductionExecutive=Paul Williams
|AdditionalEditting=Marius Grose
|Editor=Sven Brooks
|Editor2=Rob Franz
|Colourist=Jon Everett
|Dubbing=Mark Ferda
|ExecutiveProducerForDrWho=Russell T Davies
|ExecutiveProducerForDrWho2=Julie Gardner
|ExecutiveProducer=Mark Cossey
|EditProducer=Hannah Williams
|Producer=Zoë Rushton
|SeriesProducer=Gillane Seaborne
|BBCWales=[[BBC Wales]]
|CopyrightYear=BBC MMVII
}}


== Elements retained in ''Cut Down'' ==
== Elements retained in ''Cut Down'' ==
''to be added''
* The CGI work of the small aged Doctor.
* Wire work for Tennant filming the return of the Doctor to normal.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
The "Cut Down" version of the episode is available on the [[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Complete Third Series]] DVD box set.
[[File:Series-3-boxset.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series'' DVD cover.]]
The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the ''[[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series]]'' [[DVD]] box set released on [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]].


== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:CON episodes]]
[[Category:2007 documentaries]]
[[Category:2007 documentaries]]

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The Valiant Quest was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Last of the Time Lords.

A condensed 5 minute version of this episode was made available to download in .mp4 format for seven days after broadcast, as part of a BBC trial of video podcasts or "vodcasts".[1] It was later uploaded to the BBC's YouTube channel. Both of these were cropped into 4:3 aspect ratio.

Aspects of production covered[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Filming of the opening' "I Can't Decide" scene, and the strenuous nature of it for John Simm.
  • The execution of the laser screwdriver sequences.
  • The CGI work of the small aged Doctor.
  • Wire work for Tennant filming the return of the Doctor to normal.

Additional topics covered[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Master's need to torture the Doctor and see him suffer, rather than kill him.

People interviewed[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music list[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • "How to Save a Life" by The Fray[2]
  • "I Can't Decide" by Scissor Sisters, Album: Ta-Dah (also used in TV: Last of the Time Lords)
  • "Revolution" by Jools Holland & Stereophonics, Album: Small World Big Bang
  • "Rewind" by Stereophonics, Album: Language, Sex, Violence, Other
  • "All the Small Things" by Blink-182, Album: Enema of the State
  • "I've Got the World on a String" by Frank Sinatra, Album: Classic Sinatra
  • "Lift Me Up" by Moby, Album: Hotel
  • "What I've Done" by Linkin Park, Album: Minutes to Midnight
  • "Invincible" by Muse, Album: Black Holes and Revelations

These songs were in the music list on the Doctor Who website, but do not feature in the episode:

  • "Vide Cor Meum (from 'Hannibal')" by Patrick Cassidy, Danielle Di Niese & Bruno Lazzaretti, Album: Hannibal Soundtrack
  • "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by The John Morris Orchestra, Album: Dirty Dancing
  • "God in the Beginning" by Jah Wobble, Album: Take Me to God

No licensed music was used for the "vodcast" version, instead it used the following pieces of stock music:

  • "Discovery" by David Motion, Album: Creation X-SERIES XCD001
  • "Phretburn Phrenzy" by Freddie Funk, Jasper Dagger & Badger Flap, Album: Cyberfunk X-SERIES XCD043
  • "Seduction" by David Motion, Album: Creation X-SERIES XCD001
  • "Atlantic Exile" by Ian Parker & Raymond John Stiles, Album: Celtic X-SERIES XCD027

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

General production staff Camera and lighting department


Special and visual effects

General post-production staff

Sound

BBC Wales
© BBC MMVII
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[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The CGI work of the small aged Doctor.
  • Wire work for Tennant filming the return of the Doctor to normal.

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD box set released on 5 November 2007.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Ways To Listen: Podcasts & Downloads: Guide. bbc.co.uk (10 April 2007). Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
  2. MUSIC LIST EPISODE 13: The Valiant Quest. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 30 December 2018.