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The World of Who was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Bad Wolf. The working title for this episode was The Cult of Who.[1]

Aspects of production covered[]

  • Russell T Davies talks about each game show and how the Who team managed to have three of them.
  • Channel 4 granting permission to feature Big Brother and designing a logo variant specifically for this.
  • Millennium FX, who created the game show robots, explains how they made them and their designs.
  • John Barrowman and Russell speak about the nude scene; originally John's buttocks were to be seen in several scenes, but the BBC asked Who to remove these scenes. Russell states he has seen people's bums on Neighbours, a show which is on earlier than Doctor Who. John Barrowman also jokes he was upset that his bottom was cut out!
  • Russell explains the Bad Wolf story and the Daleks' return.
  • The difficulties of the Anne Droid costume, and ensuring that Alan Ruscoe was in good health throughout filming the Weakest Link scenes.

Additional topics covered[]

2005 CON Webpage Image S1 Ep12

2005 promo image.

People interviewed[]

Music list[]

  • "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" by The Dandy Warhols, Album: Essential Soundtracks - The New Movie Collection[2][3]
  • "Battle Without Honor or Humanity (from 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1')" by Tomoyasu Hotei, Album: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Soundtrack[3]
  • "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Andy Williams, Album: Bridget Jones Diary Soundtrack[3]
  • "Devil in Me" by 22-20s[3]
  • "A Cup of Coffee" by Eddie & The Eggs, Album: A Selection of Smouldering Deep House Grooves[3]
  • "The Sea" by Morcheeba, Album: Big Calm[3] (also used in CON: End of an Era)
  • "Ready to Go" by Republica, Album: The Best Album in the World - Ever![3]

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

  • "Do What You Want to Do" by T Connection, Album: The Best Disco Album in the World - Ever![3]

Crew[]

General production staff Camera and lighting department


Special and visual effects

General post-production staff

Sound

BBC Wales
© BBC MMV
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-1-boxset

Doctor Who: The Complete First Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete First Series DVD box set released on 21 November 2005.

Footnotes[]

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