Confidential Christmas 2008 (CON episode)

Confidential Christmas 2008
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	The Next Doctor
Series number:	4
Broadcast date:	25 December 2008
Runtime:	56'19"
Key crew
Narrator:	Anthony Head
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Confidential Christmas 2008 (also known as The Next Doctor Confidential on the DVD) was the first episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with The Next Doctor.

Aspects of production covered

• How the set for the Torchwood Hub was borrowed and redressed for use as another set in the special.

Additional topics covered

to be added

People interviewed

• Susie Liggat, Producer
• Russell T Davies, Head Writer
• David Morrissey, Jackson Lake
• Andy Goddard, Director
• David Tennant, The Doctor
• Guido Louis, Lasso Trainer
• Ruari Mears, Cyber Shade
• Danny Hargreaves, Special Effects Supervisor
• Paul Kasey, Cyber Leader
• Dervla Kirwan, Miss Hartigan
• Tom Lucy, Stunt Co-ordinator
• Richard Harris, 1st Assistant Director
• Tom Langford, Frederic
• Velile Tshabalala, Rosita

Music list

• "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay, Album: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
• "Music Takes Me Up" by Mr. Scruff feat. Alice Russell, Album: Ninja Tuna
• "Chickens in the Yard" by Chris Norton & Frank Mizen, Album: Blues, Country ANW 1051
• "Banjos at Dawn" by Terry Devine-King & Ray Duffy, Album: Acoustic Country, Bluegrass ANW 1271
• "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon, Album: Only by the Night
• "Jingle Bells" by Helen Jane Long, Album: Cozy Christmas ANW 1117
• "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes, Album: Elephant
• "Snow (Hey Oh)" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Album: Stadium Arcadium
• "Mercy" by Duffy, Album: Rockferry
• "Come with Me" by Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page
• "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" by Jay-Z, Album: The Very Best of Pure R&B - The Summer Collection
• "So What" by Pink, Album: Funhouse
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Coldplay, Album: Mince Spies

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 - Ian Hay, Hannah Williams Production Accountant - Kevin Rickwood Production Co-Ordinator - Tors Grantham Production Executive - Stan Matthews Production Manager - Katy Cartwright, Kirsty Reid	Camera and lighting department Camera - Mark Chandler, James Daniels, Dewi Davies, Justin Davies, Alex Hansen, Eric Huyton, Aled Jenkins, Andy Smith, Huw Walters Runner - Stuart Laws, Claire Riley, Robert Wootton Special and visual effects Colourist - Jon Everett	General post-production staff Editor - James Brailsford Online Editor - Matt Mullins Sound Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ferda Sound - Steve Hoy, Kevin Meredith, Brian Murrell, Wil Planitzer, Jon Thomas

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

There was no "Cut Down" version of this episode.

Home video releases

Doctor Who: The Complete Specials DVD cover.

The full length version of the episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Specials DVD & Blu-ray box set released on 11 January 2010.

The DVD & Blu-ray packaging notes that "for contractual reasons certain edits have been made to The Next Doctor Confidential".