It's Showtime (TV story)

It's Showtime was a two-part holiday-themed story that aired on BBC One over the Christmas period of 2012. It promoted seasonal programming on the channel.

It featured Matt Smith as the Doctor and his TARDIS also appears.

Synopsis
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Episode One
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Episode Two
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Cast

 * Rob Brydon - himself
 * Sarah Alexander - herself
 * Agnes Brown - Brendan O'Carroll
 * Lee Mack - himself
 * Craig Revel Horwood - himself
 * Pudsey the dog - himself
 * Jenny Agutter - Sister Julienne
 * Jessica Raine - Nurse Jenny Lee
 * Pam Ferris - Sister Evangelina
 * Tyger Drew-Honey - himself
 * Daniel Roche - himself
 * Ramona Marquez - herself
 * Miranda Hart - herself
 * The Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Prime Minister - David Walliams
 * Kat Slater - Jessie Wallace
 * Patrick Trueman - Rudolph Walker
 * Tanya Branning - Jo Joyner
 * Max Branning - Jake Wood

Crew

 * Writer, Copyrighter, Art director - Algy Sharman, Al Brown, Steve Moss, Jo Finch
 * Executive creative director - Toby Talbot, Mark Roalfe
 * Business director - Duncan Mcrobb
 * Account director - Josh Harris
 * Account manager - Dan Zell
 * Producer - Keeley Pratt, Carrie Hart, Dafydd Upsdell
 * Production company - Red Bee Media
 * Director - David Kerr, Hotspur and Argyle
 * Editor - Simon Wilcox, Loaded Dice
 * Director of photography - John De Borman
 * Typographer - Tivy Davies
 * Planner - Lucy Hurst
 * Music - Benny Goodman
 * Post Production - Electric Theatre Collective
 * VFX - Fasa Oyibo, Andrew Stewart, Remi Dessinges
 * Sound - Arge, Envy
 * BBC One clients - Lindsay Nuttall, Aoife Liyanage, Sarah Bold

Animated films and characters

 * Sarah tells Rob that the princess has arrived, but that they have mislaid the frog. Rob says they can't have the princess without the frog.
 * Sarah and Rob walk out of the Queen Victoria to find the balloons from Up.
 * Sarah and Rob go to see Shrek in his dressing room.

Story notes
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 * Apart from the Doctor's presence promoting The Snowmen, the story contains direct references and nods to various other programs from BBC One's Christmas 2012 line-up:
 * A "princess" and a "frog" are mentioned, evidently implied to be Tiana and Naveen from the Disney film, The Princess and the Frog, which was to have its terrestrial UK television premiere.