Look Who's Talking (CON episode)

Look Who's Talking
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	Midnight
Series number:	4
Broadcast date:	14 June 2008 (full length) 20 June 2008 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	45 minutes (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

• Camera - Mark Chandler, James Daniels, Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Huw Walters
• Sound - Kevin Meredith, Brian Murrell, Jon Thomas
• Runners - Poppy Chandler, Scott Handcock, Stuart Laws, Robert Wootton
• Edit Assistant - Sam Jones
• Researchers - Ian Hay, Nathan Landeg, Jamie Lynch, Robin Owen-Ellis
• Assistant Producers - Paul Giddings, Paul Symonds, Hannah Williams
• Production Team Assistant - Amanda Buckley
• Production Accountant - Elaine Stephenson
• Production Co-ordinator - Tors Grantham
• Production Manager - Kirsty Reid
• Production Executive - Paul Williams
• Editor - Mike Crawford
• Colourist - Jon Everett
• Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda
• Edit Producer - Ailsa Jenkins
• Executive Producer - Mark Cossey
• Executive Producers for Dr Who - Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner
• Producer - Zoë Rushton
• Series Producer - Gillane Seaborne

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.