Looking for Pudsey[2], later released online as Fantastic Beasts Special[3], was a one-part 2016 minisode on Children in Need that featured the Twelfth Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi. The programme was later added to BBC iPlayer in a whole story format.
Synopsis[]
Eddie Redmayne is searching for Pudsey so he gets into contact, assisted by Mel and Sue, with many famous individuals, the Twelfth Doctor being one of them.
Plot[]
Eddie Redmayne sits filming his Fantastic Beasts film, while drinking, until a crew member shouts “cut”. He then walks over to another seat to watch Tess Daly hosting a Children in Need appeal.
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Cast[]
- Eddie Redmayne - himself
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Mel Giedroyc - herself
- Sue Perkins - herself
- Alan Sugar - himself
- Mary Berry - herself
- Paul Hollywood - himself
- Tess Daly - herself
- Jonnie Peacock - himself
- Simon Cowell - himself
- Craig David - himself
- Graham Norton - himself
- Tim Peake - himself
- Bruno Tonioli - himself
- Len Goodman - himself
- Sophie Raworth - herself
- Gary Lineker - himself
- Alan Shearer - himself
- Jamie Dornan - himself
- Nick Grimshaw - himself
- Britney Spears - herself
- Sister Julienne - Jenny Agutter
Crew[]
- Director - Ed Bye[4]
- Director of photography - Alan Almond[5]
Worldbuilding[]
- The Twelfth Doctor appears on the TARDIS phone.
- The Doctor mentioned several different Pudseys: Pudsey - a green fellow with five tentacles that's always screaming, Pudsey a semi-invisible, bearded and squirts ink out of his belly button and Pudsey a Gelatinous with a large hat and loves custard. As well as a yellow, fury, spotty eye patch wearing Pudsey that destroyed three galaxies with his mega sonic death ray.
Story notes[]
- During the Doctor Who scene, the intro theme can be heard playing.
- This story had a laughter track.
- This is the first freshly filmed Children in Need special since 2012's The Great Detective.
- This is the second of three televised stories broadcast in 2016 with Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. The previous one was For Tonight We Might Die and the next one would be The Return of Doctor Mysterio.
- Pudsey was originally the Twelfth Doctor's companion in Doctor Who Game Maker.
Continuity[]
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