Backstage at Christmas (CON episode)

"" was a special mini-episode of Doctor Who Confidential that was included on the series 1 DVD boxset. It served as a preview for The Christmas Invasion, and is the only behind-the-scenes material about that episode made by the Confidential production team.

It technically did not go out under the Doctor Who Confidential banner, ostensibly because it was a preview of an upcoming episode, rather than a review of an episode that had already been broadcast. However, the episode did have enough commonality with Confidential — including theme music, narrator, and production team — for most to consider it a part of the Confidential series. It was Simon Pegg's final act of narration for the series. David Tennant, having previously narrated the Confidential team's "preview" episode, Doctor Who: A New Dimension, made his first appearance in front of the cameras for the DWC team.

Aspects of production covered
The main scenes covered by the episode were:
 * Jackie and Rose Tyler trying to nurse the Doctor back to health in their apartment
 * The Roboform attack on Mickey and Rose in an open-air market, with particular emphasis on the felling of a large Christmas tree
 * The choreography of blood controlled extras in a suburban Cardiff street

Additional topics covered
This episode focused exclusively on the production of The Christmas Invasion.

People interviewed

 * director James Hawes
 * David Tennant
 * Noel Clarke
 * visual effects supervisor Mike Crowley
 * producer Phil Collinson

Home video releases
to be added