The Ultimate Guide (CON episode)

The Ultimate Guide
Broadcast on:	BBC One
Broadcast with:	The Parting of the Ways
Series number:	1
Broadcast date:	18 June 2005
Runtime:	45 minutes
Key crew
Narrator:	Simon Pegg
Doctor Who Confidential
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The Ultimate Guide was a special documentary by the Doctor Who Confidential production team broadcast before The Parting of the Ways.

Like its precursor, Doctor Who: A New Dimension, The Ultimate Guide was broadcast on BBC One prior to its related episode rather than on BBC Three after it. This special was not shown under the Doctor Who Confidential banner, though it has been generally considered an episode of the series due to the presence of Confidential's production team as well as then-narrator Simon Pegg.

The Parting of the Ways was followed by its own standard Confidential episode, The Last Battle.

Aspects of production covered

• Nighttime location filming for Rose.
• Different VFX tests done for the TARDIS materialisation effect in the new series.
• Filming on location for Boom Town.
• Designing of Captain Jack's spaceship.
• Murray Gold's score for the Daleks.

Additional topics covered

• The return of the Daleks (TV: Dalek, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways)
• The strain of Mickey Smith and Rose Tyler's relationship after the arrival of the Ninth Doctor (TV: Rose - Boom Town)
• A short look at the previous eight Doctors
• Re-designing the Doctor's TARDIS
• Re-designing the sonic screwdriver
• The Doctor's battle with the Slitheen (TV: Aliens of London/World War Three, Boom Town)
• Rose's trip to 1987 to save her father (TV: Father's Day)

People interviewed

• Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, BBC Wales
• Russell T Davies, Head Writer
• Christopher Eccleston, The Ninth Doctor
• Clayton Hickman, Editor, Doctor Who Magazine
• Lucinda Wright, Costume Designer
• Peter Davison, The Fifth Doctor
• Tom Baker, The Fourth Doctor
• Colin Baker, The Sixth Doctor
• Sylvester McCoy, The Seventh Doctor
• Will Cohen, Visual Effects Producer
• Ed Thomas, Production Designer
• Billie Piper, Rose Tyler
• Andrew Collins, Critic & Broadcaster
• Noel Clarke, Mickey
• Shaun Dingwall, Pete Tyler
• John Barrowman, Captain Jack Harkness
• Phil Collinson, Producer
• Steven Moffat, Writer, Episodes 9 & 10
• James Hawes, Director, Episodes 9 & 10
• Yasmin Bannerman, Jabe
• Alan Ruscoe, Anne Droid
• Neill Gorton, Creature Effects Designer
• Paterson Joseph, Rodrick
• Corey Johnson, Henry Van Statten
• Simon Pegg, The Editor
• Murray Gold, Composer

Music list

• "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop
• "Halcyon and On and On" by Orbital
• "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" by The Killers
• "Blister in the Sun" by Violent Femmes
• "In-Between Days" by The Cure
• "Two Rocks and a Cup of Water" by Massive Attack
• "Technologic" by Daft Punk
• "Come with Me" by Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page
• "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis vs. JXL
• "Main Title (from 'Capricorn One')" by Jerry Goldsmith
• "Mass Destruction" by Faithless
• "Excalibur: O Fortuna (from 'Carmina Burana')" by Carl Orff & City of Prague Orchestra
• "I Am Home" by Massive Attack, Album: Danny the Dog

Crew

• Camera - Mat Bryant, Paul Cox, Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Aled Jenkins, John Podpadec, Johnny Rogers, Andy Smith
• Sound - Paul Baker, Peter Eason, Steve Hoy, Richard Maxwell, Kevin Meredith, Les Mowbray, Graham Ross, Maz Tagaki, Phil Turner, Roger Van K, Ryan Windley
• Runners - Nic Britz, Bethan Evans, Maxine Hughes, Lucy Lutman, Hannah Williams
• Artist Contracts - Lesley Longhurst
• Copyright Contracts - Robert Bruce
• Junior Researcher - Alexander Gratton
• Researchers - Geoff Evans, Zoë Rushton, Stephen Thomas
• Production Co-ordinator - Hannah Simpson
• Production Manager - Zoë Scott
• Insert Directors - Tony Lee, Adam Page, Griff Rowland, Rebecca Sanderson
• Insert Editors - Ian Hunt, Sven Brooks, Caroline Lynch-Blosse, Tim Dawson, Rob Mansell, Sara Jones
• Programme Editor - Tom Appleby
• Colourist - Chris Packman
• Dubbing Mixer - Steve Hudson
• Titles - Rheea Aranha
• Executive Producers for Dr Who - Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Mal Young
• Executive Producer - Mark Cossey
• Produced & Directed by - Gillane Seaborne

Home video releases

As of March 2019 no version of the episode is available commercially.