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Look Who's Talking was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Midnight.

The title is a reference to the 1989 film of the same name.

Aspects of production covered[]

  • The complexity of David Tennant and Lesley Sharp doing their lines in near-perfect sync with each other for several scenes within this episode.
  • The difficulties had in doing the sound post-production for this story, as it's self-contained and had little in the way of typical monster sound work.
  • Shifting blame between the characters in the story, and what that might say about human nature.
  • The SFX and camera work required for the shots of the cabin been shunted back and forth.
  • Heavy work required of Lesley Sharp, having to recite near enough every other line within the script, and how autocues were carefully placed at times to aid her.
  • The requirement of actors miming in certain takes whilst other actors are recorded clearly, so that the sound team could later take the individual tracks and effectively mix them together.
  • Some of the foley sounds used within this episode.
  • The stunt work for the Hostess and Sky getting sucked out.

Additional topics covered[]

  • The work that goes into sound editing and sound mixing Doctor Who.
  • The purpose of Automatic Dialogue Replacement within Doctor Who.

People interviewed[]

Music list[]

  • "Sound & Vision" by David Bowie, Album: The Singles Collection[1]
  • "Boozy Nights" by Igor Dvorkin & Duncan Pittock, Album: 1980s ANW 1106
  • "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop, Album: The Best Rock Anthems Ever
  • "Wearing My Rolex" by Wiley, Album: Wearing My Rolex (Single)

This song was in the music list on the Doctor Who website, but does not feature in the episode:

  • "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" by Dream Warriors, Album: The Very Best of Jazz Moods

Crew[]

General production staff Camera and lighting department


Special and visual effects

General post-production staff
  • Edit Assistant - Sam Jones
  • Edit Producer - Ailsa Jenkins
  • Editor - Mike Crawford

Sound

BBC Wales
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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[]

to be added

Home video releases[]

Series-4-boxset

Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD box set released on 17 November 2008.

Footnotes[]

  1. Episode 10 : Look Who's Talking. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 5 January 2019.
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