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|image = CharlieDay2.jpg
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|series number = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|6]]
|series number = [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|6]]
|broadcast with = A Christmas Carol (TV story)
|broadcast with = A Christmas Carol (TV story)
|presenter = Charlie McDonnell
|presenter     = Charlie McDonnell
|broadcast date = [[22 December (releases)|22 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|broadcast date = [[22 December (releases)|22 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|channel = BBC Red Button
|channel       = BBC Red Button
|runtime = 2'54"
|runtime       = 2'54"
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|series = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|series         = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|fullvid = Charlie and the TARDIS - Doctor Who Confidential - BBC Three
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}'''''<ref>Although the episode had the on-screen title of simply "Day 2", ''{{StoryTitle}}'' is what was given on the official [[BBC Three]] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyhsz website]</ref> was one of several short episodes of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast via [[BBC Red Button]] in the run-up to ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''. Like all in this special series of ''Confidential'', it featured young internet film-maker [[Charlie McDonnell]], giving his thoughts on his ramble round [[Upper Boat Studios]]. It was thus a kind of video diary, but one nevertheless produced by, and released under the banner of, ''Doctor Who Confidential''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}'''''<ref>Although the episode had the on-screen title of simply "Day 2", ''{{StoryTitle}}'' is what was given on the official [[BBC Three]] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyhsz website]</ref> was one of several short episodes of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast via [[BBC Red Button]] in the run-up to ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''. Like all in this special series of ''Confidential'', it featured young internet film-maker [[Charlie McDonnell]], giving her thoughts on her ramble round [[Upper Boat Studios]]. It was thus a kind of video diary, but one nevertheless produced by, and released under the banner of, ''Doctor Who Confidential''.


== Aspects of production covered ==
== Aspects of production covered ==
As the title suggests, the major focus of the episode was to have Charlie examine the interior and exterior of [[the TARDIS]]. He notes with mock disappointment how the exterior TARDIS prop is not, in fact, bigger on the inside. He goes on to de-mythologise the [[TARDIS console]] prop, pointing out that the buttons and levers don't actually do anything. Then, after watching one particular TARDIS scene being filmed, he comments upon the boredom that can result from seeing the same scene filmed over and over again.
As the title suggests, the major focus of the episode was to have Charlie examine the interior and exterior of [[the TARDIS]]. She notes with mock disappointment how the exterior TARDIS prop is not, in fact, bigger on the inside. She goes on to de-mythologise the [[TARDIS console]] prop, pointing out that the buttons and levers don't actually do anything. Then, after watching one particular TARDIS scene being filmed, she comments upon the boredom that can result from seeing the same scene filmed over and over again.


== People interviewed ==
== People interviewed ==
Though Charlie was never seen actually talking to anyone in this episode, he managed to get ''Christmas Carol'' [[Director (crew)|director]] [[Toby Haynes]] to perform a couple of cheesy self-introductions.
Though Charlie was never seen actually talking to anyone in this episode, she managed to get ''Christmas Carol'' [[Director (crew)|director]] [[Toby Haynes]] to perform a couple of cheesy self-introductions.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 23:04, 28 January 2024

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Charlie McDonnell - TARDIS[1] was one of several short episodes of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast via BBC Red Button in the run-up to A Christmas Carol. Like all in this special series of Confidential, it featured young internet film-maker Charlie McDonnell, giving her thoughts on her ramble round Upper Boat Studios. It was thus a kind of video diary, but one nevertheless produced by, and released under the banner of, Doctor Who Confidential.

Aspects of production covered

As the title suggests, the major focus of the episode was to have Charlie examine the interior and exterior of the TARDIS. She notes with mock disappointment how the exterior TARDIS prop is not, in fact, bigger on the inside. She goes on to de-mythologise the TARDIS console prop, pointing out that the buttons and levers don't actually do anything. Then, after watching one particular TARDIS scene being filmed, she comments upon the boredom that can result from seeing the same scene filmed over and over again.

People interviewed

Though Charlie was never seen actually talking to anyone in this episode, she managed to get Christmas Carol director Toby Haynes to perform a couple of cheesy self-introductions.

Home video releases

As of August 2020, no version of the episode is available commercially.

Footnotes

  1. Although the episode had the on-screen title of simply "Day 2", Charlie McDonnell - TARDIS is what was given on the official BBC Three website