Charlie McDonnell - Decorating Bus[1] was one of several short episodes of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast via BBC Red Button in the run-up to A Christmas Carol. Like all in this special series of Confidential, it featured young internet filmmaker, Charlie McDonnell, giving her thoughts on a ramble round the Upper Boat Studios. It was thus a kind of video diary, but one nevertheless produced by, and released under the banner of, Doctor Who Confidential.
Unlike the previous two episodes, however, the dress of the people on camera clearly indicate this episode was filmed in cold weather. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that this episode was filmed around Christmas itself, rather than during the July production of A Christmas Carol. McDonnell's appearance is also radically more mature than that seen in the earlier episodes.
Aspects of production covered[]
This episode covered no aspect of production whatsoever. As the title suggests, the major focus of the episode was to have Charlie decorate a bus — in this case, the crew's lunch bus. It featured a video of her going to a local store to buy Christmas decorations, and then showed her putting them up in time for a few members of the crew to arrive.
People interviewed[]
Charlie is shown conversing mainly with her cameraman, who is never seen in this episode.
Home video releases[]
As of August 2020, no version of the episode is available commercially.
