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|name = The Writer's Tale
|image = DWCON The Writer's Tale title card.jpg
|image =  
|season number  = Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)
|series number = 2
|series episode number = 7
|broadcast with = The Idiot's Lantern
|broadcast with = The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)
|narrator = Mark Gatiss
|narrator = Mark Gatiss
|uncredited narrator =
|broadcast date = [[27 May (releases)|27 May]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] (Full length)
|director =
|broadcast date2 = [[28 May (releases)|28 May]] 2006 (Cut Down)
|producer =
|runtime = 27'06" (Full length)
|broadcast date = [[27 May]] [[2006]]
|runtime2 = 11'08" (Cut Down)
|runtime = 30 minutes
|prev = From Zero to Hero (CON episode)
|prev = From Zero to Hero
|next = You've Got the Look (CON episode)
|next = You've Got the Look
|series = ''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|series=''[[List of Doctor Who Confidential episodes|Doctor Who Confidential]]''
|channel = BBC Three
|channel=BBC Three
|clip = Writer on the Set with Mark Gatiss - Doctor Who Confidential - BBC
}}
}}{{you may|The Writer's Tale|n1=the reference book}}
{{confidential stub}}
'''''The Writer's Tale''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast in conjunction with ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]''.
'''''The Writer's Tale''''' was the episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' broadcast alongside ''[[The Idiot's Lantern]]''.


== Aspects of production covered ==
== Aspects of production covered ==
''to be added''
* Filming the climatic climb up the TV transmitter.
* Reworking of the climax to adapt the Doctor being repelled by the Wire for practicality.
* Filming of Maureen Lipman in period clothing and sets for her Wire insert sequences.


== Additional topics covered ==
== Additional topics covered ==
''to be added''
* The history of early BBC Television broadcasting.


== People interviewed ==
== People interviewed ==
* [[Phil Collinson]]
{{IntervieweeList
* [[Ron Cook]]
|1=Mark Gatiss|r1=Writer, Episode 7
* [[Russell T Davies]]
|2=Russell T Davies|r2=Head Writer, Doctor Who
* [[Jamie Foreman]]
|3=Ron Cook|r3=Magpie
* [[Dave Houghton]]
|4=Euros Lyn|r4=Director, Episode 7
* [[Maureen Lipman]]
|5=Dave Houghton|r5=Visual Effects Supervisor
* [[Euros Lyn]]
|6=David Tennant|r6=The Doctor
* [[Steven Moffat]]
|7=Steven Moffat|r7=Writer, Episode 4
* [[Billie Piper]]  
|8=Toby Whithouse|r8=Writer, Episode 3
* [[David Tennant]]
|9=Maureen Lipman|r9=The Wire
* [[Toby Whithouse]]
|10=Phil Collinson|r10=Producer, Doctor Who
|11=Jamie Foreman|r11=Eddie Connolly}}
 
== Music list ==
* "Rebellion (Lies)" by Arcade Fire, Album: Funeral<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105182917/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/confidential/?episode=s2_07&action=musiclist|title=Episode 7 : The Writer's Tale|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=5 January 2019}}</ref>
* "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, Album: Urban Hymns
* "Jeepers Creepers" by Mel Tormé, Album: Rediscover The 50s: 1952-56
* "Talk" by Coldplay, Album: X&Y
* "Our House" by Madness, Album: Divine Madness
* "Dancing in the Street" by David Bowie & Mick Jagger, Album: Best of Bowie
* "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley, Album: ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits
* "Rule Britannia" by The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Album: RAF Brass Bands 2: Anthems
* "Half Light" by Athlete, Album: Tourist (also used in [[CON]]: ''[[Allons-y! (CON episode)|Allons-y!]]'')
 
== Crew ==
{{BTS crew
|Camera=Stuart Brereton
|Camera2=Eric Huyton
|Camera3=Aled Jenkins
|Camera4=Andy Smith
|Sound=John Foakes
|Sound2=Steve Hoy
|Sound3=Kevin Meredith
|Runner=Rhian Arwel
|Runner2=Alia Bianco
|Researcher=Alexander Gratton
|Researcher2=Hannah Williams
|AssistantProducer=Zoë Rushton
|ProductionTeamAssistant=Bethan Evans
|ProductionTeamAssistant2=Claire Jones
|ProductionCo-ordinator=Hannah Simpson
|ProductionManager=Zoë Scott
|ProductionManager2=Natalie Street
|Editor=Dan Ablett
|Colourist=Simon Meek
|Dubbing=Mark Ferda
|ExecutiveProducerForDrWho=Russell T Davies
|ExecutiveProducerForDrWho2=Julie Gardner
|ExecutiveProducer=Mark Cossey
|EditProducer=Geoff Evans
|Producer=Adam Page
|SeriesProducer=Gillane Seaborne
|URL=bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential
|BBCWales=[[BBC Wales]]
|CopyrightYear=BBC MMVI
}}


== Elements retained in ''Cut Down'' ==
== Elements retained in ''Cut Down'' ==
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''to be added''


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
''to be added''
[[File:Series-2-boxset.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series'' DVD cover.]]
The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the ''[[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series]]'' [[DVD]] box set released on [[20 November (releases)|20 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]].


== Footnotes ==
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