Music and Monsters (CON episode)

Music and Monsters
Broadcast on:	BBC One
Broadcast with:	The Runaway Bride
Broadcast date:	25 December 2006
Runtime:	58'35"
Key crew
Narrator:	Anthony Head
Doctor Who Confidential
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Music and Monsters was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast alongside The Runaway Bride.

Unusually, this episode bore a subtitle. Instead of just Doctor Who Confidential, it went out under the banner Doctor Who Confidential Christmas Special.

This episode, similar to the previous year's Backstage at Christmas, had a limited amount of information regarding production of The Runaway Bride as it was broadcast several hours before the Christmas special; instead its focus was the 2006 Doctor Who-themed Children in Need benefit concert, Doctor Who: A Celebration.

This episode was co-produced with BBC Music.

Special logo used for this episode.

Aspects of production covered

• The origin of the concert from Julie Gardner and Murray Gold.
• Rehearsal of the orchestra and the camera crew.
• The challenges of being the composer for Doctor Who.
• Choreography for the monster actors, and rehearsing the different styles of movement for them, as well as rehearsals for the people who would be 'possessed' by the Sycorax within the concert
• Murray Gold discusses some of his pieces, and his reasoning for designing them in the way that he did.
• Bringing a Dalek onto stage for the concert, and Barnaby Edwards discusses the rehearsal process for the production.
• Nicholas Briggs discusses improvising for the concert, as he had no fixed script for the Dalek.
• Having Cybermen within the audience, and the logistics of that.
• First day of filming on The Runaway Bride.
• Catherine Tate talks about the character of Donna, and the excitement of being part of Doctor Who.
• Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner discuss the positive reception of the concert.

Additional topics covered

• The tight timeframe (half a day) between getting into the Wales Millennium Centre to set up and the actual performance.
• Discussion of the history and effectiveness of the theme for Doctor Who, and some of the different versions of it through the classic run of the show.
• David Tennant talks about his nervousness at presenting the event.
• Presentation of some of the music pieces performed at the concert.
• A excerpt from The Runaway Bride, shown at the concert as a sneak preview as it had yet to be broadcast, along with orchestral accompaniment.

People interviewed

• David Tennant, The Doctor
• Julie Gardner, Executive Producer, Doctor Who
• Murray Gold, Composer
• Russell T Davies, Head Writer, Doctor Who
• Paul Bullock, Concert Producer
• Ben Foster, Conductor
• Nicholas Briggs, Dalek Voice
• Paul Kasey, Cyberman
• Catherine Tate, Donna
• Phil Collinson, Producer, Doctor Who

Crew

Executive Producer   Mark Cossey

Executive Producer for BBC Music   David M Jackson

Executive Producers for Dr Who   Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner

Series Producer   Gillane Seaborne

General production staff Doctor Who Confidential Production Team - Rhian Arwell, Nicola Brown, Rhiannon Cooper, Will Dennis, Geoff Evans, Tors Grantham, Scott Handcock, Ailsa Jenkins, Sam Jones, Donovan Keogh, Nathan Landeg, Stuart Laws, Jamie Lynch, Mark Procter, Edward Russell, Zoë Rushton, Natalie Street, Hannah Williams, Robert Wootton	Camera and lighting department Camera - Mat Bryant, Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Aled Jenkins Special and visual effects Colourist - Perry Gibbs	General post-production staff Editor - Tom Appleby Sound Dubbing Mixer - Damian Reynolds Sound - Kevin Meredith, Brian Murrell, Will Planitzer, Phil Turner

Concert Production Team
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales Senior Producer - Tim Thorne Orchestra Manager - Byron Jenkins Chorus Manager - Osian Rowlands Engineering Manager - John Eynon, Hugh Davidson Camera Supervisor - Mike Goodman Show Caller - Kate Salberg Vision Mixer - Alison Bartrop	Production Runner - Eryl Ellis Lighting Director - Mark Henderson Production Team Assistant - Charlie Smith Production Manager - Jo Marks Producer - Paul Bullock Director - Rhodri Huw

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

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  The Complete David Tennant Years DVD
  Region 1 US cover

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  The Complete Series Three DVD box-set

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  The Runaway Bride DVD Cover

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  Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Four DVD box-set

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  Doctor Who: The Complete Series One to Seven DVD box-set

The full length version of the episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride DVD released on 2 April 2007; and the Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD box set released on 5 November 2007.