Bad Blood (CON episode)

Bad Blood
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	The Family of Blood
Broadcast date:	2 June 2007 (Full length), 3 June 2007 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	43'00" (Full length), 12'04" (Cut Down), 4'59" (Vodcast)
Key crew
Narrator:	Anthony Head
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Bad Blood was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with The Family of Blood.

A condensed 5 minute version of this episode was made available to download in .mp4 format for seven days after broadcast, as part of a BBC trial of video podcasts or "vodcasts". It was later uploaded to the BBC's YouTube channel. Both of these were cropped into 4:3 aspect ratio.

Vodcast thumbnail.

Aspects of production covered

• Filming of the Scarecrow attack, including small SFX explosives within the suits of the Scarecrows.
• Paul Cornell discusses the responsibility that Martha has within this story, and the difficulties she faces as a black woman within that time period.
• David Tennant going in for the application of heavy facial makeup to make him look considerably aged.
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster discusses Timothy, how he feels and the way in which he deals with the situation.
• Filming at the memorial with old Timothy, and the battlefield scenes with Timothy and Hutchinson (including the SFX required for the latter).
• Harry Lloyd discusses his surprise when told that a real explosion would be used for the destruction of the Family's ship.
• The dark consequences for the Family of Blood at the climax.
• Wire work for Mother of Mine being sucked out of the TARDIS.

Additional topics covered

• The general health and safety considerations and concerns for both the SFX team and for the director when it comes to making a show like Doctor Who.
• Why the Doctor can never have an ordinary life, and what the 'What could have been' montage means within that.
• A Next time on Doctor Who Confidential... trailer for the following episode.

People interviewed

• Charles Palmer, Director, Episode 9
• David Tennant, The Doctor
• Richard Harris, 1st Assistant Director, Episode 9
• Paul Kelly & Danny Hargreaves, Special Effects Supervisors
• Russell T Davies, Head Writer, Doctor Who
• Paul Cornell, Writer, Episode 9
• Freema Agyeman, Martha Jones
• Thomas Sangster, Tim Latimer
• Susie Liggat & Tracie Simpson, Producer, Episode 9 & Production Manager, Episode 9
• Rory Taylor, Director of Photography, Episode 9
• Faujja Singh, Armourer
• Rebekah Staton, Jenny
• Harry Lloyd, Jeremy Baines
• Neill Gorton, Prosthetics Designer

Music list

• "Hung Up" by Madonna, Album: Confessions on a Dance Floor
• "The Man in You" by Faithless, Album: To All New Arrivals
• "Heartburn" by Alicia Keys, Album: The Diary of Alicia Keys
• "I Still Remember" by Bloc Party, Album: A Weekend in the City
• "Once Upon a Time" by Air, Album: Pocket Symphony
• "Porcelain" by Moby, Album: Play
• "Take a Bow" by Muse, Album: Black Holes and Revelations
• "Love Train" by Wolfmother, Album: Wolfmother
• "Dani California" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Album: Stadium Arcadium
• "Through the Dark" by KT Tunstall, Album: Eye to the Telescope
• "Everybody Looked the Same" by Groove Armada, Album: Vertigo (also used in CON: Lords and Masters)

No licensed music was used for the "vodcast" version, instead it used the following pieces of stock music:

• "Phretburn Phrenzy" by Freddie Funk, Jasper Dagger & Badger Flap, Album: Cyberfunk X-SERIES XCD043
• "Herbal Remedy" by Thomas Teufel & Ian Tregoning, Album: Nu Acoustic X-SERIES XCD073

Crew

Executive Producer   Mark Cossey

Executive Producers for Dr Who   Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner

Series Producer   Gillane Seaborne

Producer Zoë Rushton
Produced & Directed by Ailsa Jenkins

General production staff Assistant Producers - Geoff Evans, Hannah Williams Production Accountant - Elaine Stephenson Production Co-Ordinator - Tors Grantham Production Executive - Paul Williams Production Managers - Kirsty Reid, Natalie Street Production Team Assistant - Amanda Buckley Researchers - Nathan Landeg, Jamie Lynch	Camera and lighting department Camera - James Daniels, Nick Jardine, Oliver Russell Runner - Scott Handcock Special and visual effects Colourist - Jon Everett	General post-production staff Edit Assistants - Sam Jones, Christopher Moore Editor - James Brailsford Post Production Co-ordinator - Vickie Mansell Sound Dubbing - Mark Ferda Sound - Kevin Meredith, Brian Murrell, Maz Tajiki

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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.

Elements retained in Cut Down

• Interview with the make-up artist who applied the elderly John Smith's make up.

Home video releases

Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD box set released on 5 November 2007.