Doctor Who: Top 5 Christmas Moments (CON episode)
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Doctor Who: Top 5 Christmas Moments was the second episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with The Next Doctor. It was almost entirely a clip show made up of material from previous episodes - TARDIS Tales, Backstage at Christmas, Music and Monsters, Kylie Special and Confidential Christmas 2008 - though a small amount of the material had been previously unseen.
Aspects of production covered
This episode went through the five episodes of Doctor Who that were set at Christmas - The Unquiet Dead, The Christmas Invasion, The Runaway Bride, Voyage of the Damned and The Next Doctor - previously covered to great extent in prior Doctor Who Confidential episodes.
Additional topics covered
- The difficulties of placing fake snow during production of The Unquiet Dead, and of the horses on location.
- The SFX work on the RoboSanta attack of the Christmas market for The Christmas Invasion.
- SFX work and careful camera placement on the climax of The Runaway Bride, to make it look as though the Racnoss was being sunk in water and explosions.
- The Doctor's admiration and interest in Astrid, as well as the introduction of Wilfred Mott in Voyage of the Damned.
- Filming the Doctor's swordfight with the Cyberman in The Next Doctor.
People interviewed
- Phil Collinson, Producer
- Euros Lyn, Director
- James Hawes, Director
- David Tennant, The Tenth Doctor
- Noel Clarke, Mickey Smith
- Russell T Davies, Head Writer
- Kylie Minogue, Astrid Peth
- Andy Goddard, Director
Music list
- "Dracula's Castle" by New Order
- "Chocolate" by Snow Patrol
- "Rough & Ready" by Phillmore Oakes & Matt Backer, Album: Indie Rock X-SERIES XCD014
- "Guitarmageddon" by Barry Jamieson, Dan McBean & John Sutton, Album: Brit Rock X-SERIES XCD096
- "So Far So Good" by Gavin Griffiths, Album: Rock Positiva ATMOS203
- "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi
- "Shut Up and Let Me Go" by The Ting Tings
- "You Could Be Happy" by Snow Patrol
- "The Unforgiven III" by Metallica
- "L-O-V-E" by SugaRush Beat Company
Crew
| Executive Producer Mark Cossey |
| Executive Producers for Dr Who Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner |
| Series Producer Gillane Seaborne |
| Producer Zoë Rushton |
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| General production staff | Camera and lighting department
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| 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. |
Home video releases
Top 5 Christmas Moments is available as part of BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse catalog of Doctor Who content
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