Here Come the Girls (CON episode)

Here Come the Girls
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	Turn Left
Broadcast date:	21 June 2008 (Full length), 22 June 2008 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	42'34" (Full length), 7'37" (Cut Down)
Key crew
Narrator:	Anthony Head
Doctor Who Confidential
← Previous	Look Who's Talking
Next →	Friends and Foe

Here Come the Girls was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Turn Left.

The title is a reference to the 1970 Ernie K. Doe song of the same name.

Aspects of production covered

• The SFX explosion and sparks work for when the TARDIS is pushing Donna back through time.
• Location filming for the Shan Chen market, and how heavy rain made it a difficult shoot.
• David Tennant talks about his single day of filming on Turn Left.
• Redressing of the Shan Chen market with Bad Wolf markings for the climax of the episode.
• The animatronic Beetle prop, and the use of it in filming.
• Catherine Tate discusses her difficulties of keep track of the parallel worlds and timelines involved in the arc at this point.

Additional topics covered

• The return of Rose, and the attachment of Bad Wolf to her as a warning.
• How Donna has, in a way, become a pivotal point of history due to her connection to the Doctor.

People interviewed

• Danny Hargreaves, Special Effects Supervisor
• Russell T Davies, Head Writer, Doctor Who
• Susie Liggat, Producer, Episode 11
• David Tennant, The Doctor
• Graeme Harper, Director, Episode 11
• Chipo Chung, Fortune Teller
• Jon Moore, Senior Prosthetics Technician
• Neill Gorton, Prosthetics Designer
• Catherine Tate, Donna Noble
• Billie Piper, Rose Tyler

Music list

• "Here It Comes" by Doves, Album: Lost Souls
• "All Sparks" by Editors, Album: The Back Room
• "Dare" by Gorillaz, Album: Demon Days (also used in CON: One Year On)
• "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers, Album: We Are the Night
• "New Born" by Muse, Album: Origin of Symmetry
• "Live and Let Die" by Guns N' Roses, Album: Use Your Illusion I
• "Here Come the Girls" by Ernie K Doe, Album: Here Come the Girls (Single)
• "I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie, Album: Plans
• "Sea Song" by Doves, Album: Lost Souls

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, Hannah Williams Production Accountant - Elaine Stephenson Production Co-Ordinator - Tors Grantham Production Executive - Paul Williams Production Manager - Kirsty Reid Production Team Assistant - Amanda Buckley, Rachel Evans Researcher - Ian Hay, Nathan Landeg	Camera and lighting department Camera - Andy Clifford, James Daniels, Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Aled Jenkins 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 - Paul Symonds Editor - Rob Franz Sound Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda Sound - Rob Craig, Kevin Meredith, Jon Thomas

BBC Wales
© BBC MMVIII
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.