"It is the 31 st of August, 2007." "I am in a car with the lovely Julie Gardner." " Hello, here I am." " There you are." "Being driven by the equally lovely Kevin." " There he is." " Oh, hi." " And where are we now, Kevin?" " We're in Staffordshire." "GARDNER:" "Trouble." "TENNANT:" "Staffordshire." "Why are we in trouble, Julie?" "We are in trouble, David, because we are going to Blackpool to turn on the illuminations." "When I say we, I mean you." " I'm there to hold your bag." " Yeah." "Sure." "And we left Cardiff slightly late because we were locking the special effects of the Christmas episode, Christmas '07." " And I was filming Planet of the Ood." " And you were filming Planet of the Ood." "What time did we leave?" " We left at 2:40." " Yeah." "It is now 4:45." "We're passed Birmingham, but there's a massive pile-up." "And so we're in a little bit of a pickle." "I think we're at about Junction 12, and the exciting news is that if we're really, really late, by the time we get to Junction 29, we will be able to have a police escort" "to get us in because Blackpool City Council is very worried that you won't be there to turn on the lights." "But you want us to get stuck because you want the police escort, don't you?" " I'm only here for the police escort." " Yeah." "I'm not remotely interested in the lights, or you turning them on." "But I really want the Miami Vice moment." "Yeah." "I am quite interested in meeting Natalie Imbruglia." " GARDNER:" "Yes." " Who's also playing tonight." "We're now moving quite smoothly, though, Kevin." "We've picked up a bit of pace since I turned the camera on." "Bit of pace, yeah." "TENNANT:" "We may not get to see the blue flashing lights, unfortunately." "No, I'm sorry, Julie." "If I can help it, you won't get it." "GARDNER:" "Oh." "TENNANT:" "It's now 5:00 exactly." "We're supposed to be there in two hours." "What's the SatNav predicting now, Kev?" "It's predicting 6:40." "Oh, well, that's still promising." "Mind you, here comes a traffic jam." "TENNANT:" "It doesn't look good out there." "KEVIN:" "It's not good out there." "I'm gonna phone Phil now." "Shall we find out where Phil is?" "TENNANT:" "Yeah." "He's gonna be in trouble, isn't he?" "'Cause he's gonna be way back." "Phil Collinson, our producer, was still at the UNIT base outside Cardiff at 3:00." "He's not gonna get here at all, is he?" "I wouldn't have thought so." "Hey, I think you're in trouble because we're in trouble." "There's a massive snarl-up of traffic." "Whereabouts on the M5 are you?" " He's just joined the M5." "Is that bad?" " Just joined the M5?" "That's very bad." "Okay, you're in very bad shape, apparently." "So, hold on, I'm just putting you on speaker-phone so David can ask you a question for the diary." "Hold on." " What am I asking him?" " COLLINSON:" "Hello." " Hello, how are you?" " I'm all right." "I'm not sure whether I'm gonna make it, 'cause I'm going very slow on the M5." "And I'm not long on the M5, 'cause there was a hideous accident outside Cardiff." "As there always is whenever I get in my car." "What's going on?" "TENNANT:" "And how are you feeling now we've announced that the end is in sight?" "Just, well, very weird." "It was a really weird thing to be sat there saying, actually, because, of course..." "I know how kind of..." "I'm not really gonna be involved in that, so it felt very strange," " I have to say." " TENNANT:" "Mmm." "And a real kind of..." "I don't know, it's not gonna be easy to drive away from, but there you go." "TENNANT:" "Yeah." " GARDNER:" "We'll see you later." " Keep in touch, yeah?" "BOTH:" "Bye!" "Stop to ring me if you get blue flashing lights." "GARDNER:" "Okay, we will." "TENNANT:" "We will." "We'll film it." "The report just said basically 18 to 20 on the M6 is completely and utterly at a standstill." " That's where we are now, right?" " That's where we are now." "And then the bit where we've got to really go is from Junction 28 to 32, they reckon it's gonna take you an hour and a half to drive that little bit." "So, we are in deep, deep trouble." " Julie, what just happened?" " It was really exciting, David." "Graeme phoned me from..." "On this phone." "Graeme phoned me from the Blackpool police service to give me instructions on how we're now going to be police-escorted into Blackpool." "I think the issue is that the traffic is gonna build up going into Blackpool..." "TENNANT:" "The motorway's actually clear now." "Despite the traffic reports, we're actually racing it now." "But, essentially, the instructions are to drive for six miles, we then approach a junction, there will be two motorcyclists placed strategically on top of the bridge." "And we are going to flash our lights at them, and then they are going to escort us in." "Is this a disgusting waste of police resources?" " I don't believe it is, David." " Shouldn't they be out catching muggers?" " I think they're doing that as well." " Are they?" "Okay, good." "I believe in Graeme, who just phoned, because Graeme is very sensible." " Yeah, sure." " And I think, clearly, he doesn't want to have a riot on his hands on Blackpool seafront when you don't arrive and Dale Winton has to turn on the lights without you." "We did get message that Natalie Imbruglia's band had been escorted in" " via Preston, didn't we?" " Yes, we did." "So, obviously, there have been problems today, but maybe now because we're a bit late, they've..." "Well, certainly this motorway is deserted." "We're about to turn off." " Is that right, Kevin?" " That's correct." "Yes." "We've..." "Are you excited about the police escort?" "Definitely not." " No?" " No, no." "You seem slightly nervous, have you got something..." "No, not at all." "Not at all." "Kevin, why are you not excited about the police escort?" "I just..." "Don't you wanna be Starsky and Hutch or Miami Vice?" "Definitely not." "I'd rather be low key." "GARDNER:" "Oh, well, welcome to our band." "We're taking you in." "You're like Crockett and Tubbs." "I'm 007, I do it undercover." " Ah." "Oh, right, okay." " TENNANT:" "Yeah." "I think we should be flashy." "Let's go for the flashing lights." "We've got to." "We've been told to by the blooming police now." "GARDNER:" "Yeah, but Kevin, Kevin could sabotage it." "TENNANT:" "By not flashing?" "GARDNER:" "Because Kevin has to flash." "If Kevin doesn't flash, we're gonna miss our police escort." "So he might actually scupper the whole thing." "TENNANT:" "Don't do it, Kevin." "It means too much to Julie." "She's foaming at the mouth back here." "There they are!" "GARDNER:" "Police dogs!" "Police dogs!" "Maybe they're there for us as well." "TENNANT:" "It's a van of police dogs, not actually any police." " TENNANT:" "We're now a two-camera unit." " We're are!" "We're double-banking!" "TENNANT:" "This is it!" "GARDNER:" "I'm second unit." "KEVIN:" "I think you can see..." "That little bulge up there, I think that's the police officers." "On top of the bridge, you can see..." "GARDNER:" "Kevin, are you getting ready to flash?" "KEVIN:" "I'm getting ready to flash." "TENNANT:" "There they are." "There they are on the bridge!" "Oh, I can't even focus." "There they are." "GARDNER:" "Do you think..." "You think..." "I've got problems on my phone!" "TENNANT:" "There they are." "Are they seeing us?" "GARDNER:" "Are we flashing?" "KEVIN:" "Yeah." "GARDNER:" "Do we think..." "TENNANT:" "Are they flashing back?" "KEVIN:" "No, they've got us." "GARDNER:" "They got us?" "They're genius." "TENNANT:" "There they are!" "They're waving at us!" "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "GARDNER:" "Hello!" "(BOTH LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)" "TENNANT:" "Oh, they're gone in a flash!" "They're off the bridge!" "GARDNER:" "Are they there?" "TENNANT:" "They're off the bridge, they're coming to meet us." "Look at this." "(GARDNER EXCLAIMING)" "GARDNER:" "Oh, I missed that." "I missed the drive by." "TENNANT:" "We are being escorted down a completely empty road, though." "It doesn't feel like it's quite necessary." "GARDNER:" "But Graeme says there are 10,000 people there, David." "TENNANT:" "Oh, I see." "Once we get into the actual Blackpool..." "GARDNER:" "We're gonna hit a few problems." "I'm phoning Russell." "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "I'm phoning everyone I know." "Look at this!" "Oh, we're passing a sign for illuminations." "TENNANT:" "Oh, I missed it." "GARDNER:" "David clearly can't speak, because he thinks he's Michael Mann here." "(ALL LAUGHING)" "At one point, we were doing a two-unit operation because... (BOTH EXCLAIMING)" "TENNANT:" "There's flashing lights!" "GARDNER:" "The lights have gone on!" "GARDNER:" "There are flashing lights!" "TENNANT:" "I think the illuminations have begun." "(DAVIES LAUGHING ON MOBILE)" "GARDNER:" "Oh, my God above!" "That is completely mental!" "So, David's taking photos with his video camera, and I'm taking photos for you with my phone." " So, we are a two-unit crew." " TENNANT:" "Julie's second unit." "GARDNER:" "Yeah, I'm second unit." "DAVIES:" "Brilliant." "TENNANT:" "Is that a siren?" "Did I just hear a siren?" "KEVIN:" "You did." "TENNANT:" "Yes, the sirens are now going." "GARDNER:" "Oh, my God." " The sirens are going on." " TENNANT:" "It's blues and twos." "(BOTH SQUEALING)" "TENNANT:" "We just went through a red light!" "There is so no need for this." "The roads are empty." "Look at this!" "Oh, they're just having a laugh, aren't they?" "(ALL LAUGHING)" "Oh, my God." "No, but look, there is a build up of traffic." "TENNANT:" "Oh, stop pretending." "GARDNER:" "Oh, there's the tower." "The Blackpool Tower." "TENNANT:" "There it is." "(LAUGHING)" "(SIRENS WAILING)" "TENNANT:" "What's with the sirens?" "KEVIN:" "It's this geezer here." "This geezer coming up, see?" "GARDNER:" "Well, he can get out of the way." "TENNANT:" "He's been told off for getting in the way of our charabanc." "(GARDNER GIGGLING)" "GARDNER:" "This is one of the funniest things I have ever experienced." "That's all I can say." "This is absolute lunacy." "David, do you feel like you're..." "Oh!" "We're going through another red light." "TENNANT:" "Oh!" "Lights mean nothing to us." "GARDNER:" "Look." "Look, they've stopped the traffic." "TENNANT:" "They are stopping the traffic." "GARDNER:" "Oh, my God." "(GARDNER LAUGHING)" "TENNANT:" "I feel ludicrous about this." "GARDNER:" "Oh, I wish Russell was in the front seat." "He would be dying." "Illuminations traffic." "Can I just point out there isn't any traffic?" "TENNANT:" "There really is no traffic." "GARDNER:" "No." "I'm starting to doubt your popularity, David." "TENNANT:" "Ooh!" "We nearly crashed!" "(GARDNER EXCLAIMING)" "TENNANT:" "What kind of use is that as an outrider?" "Who's this?" "GARDNER:" "Well, maybe that's..." "TENNANT: (IN DEEP VOICE) You pull over!" "Pull over, mate!" "You're next!" "GARDNER:" "Maybe that's Natalie Imbruglia." "Right, shall we phone Phil?" "TENNANT:" "Is he at the Hilton?" "GARDNER:" "Yeah, he's coming down to escort us in." "'Cause obviously we can't do anything by ourselves any more now." "TENNANT:" "Quite." "I'd like one of these going down the shops." "GARDNER:" "Oh, so would I." "That'll be perfect." "We'll be ready at 8:00." "Yeah." "Okay." "Okay." "Thank you very much." " TENNANT:" "Hey, Edward!" " The funniest thing I've ever seen." "TENNANT:" "Look, we've got a police escort!" "That was..." "That was the most exciting half hour of our lives." "Thank you very much, indeed." "That was great." "Thank you." "And look." "Blackpool, baby." "So, we're about to leave and switch on the Blackpool illuminations." "A little bit under-rehearsed." "There was..." "I think there was supposed to be a little conference with me and Dale Winton beforehand." "That's gone for a Burton now." "So, we'll just have to busk it." "But I'm sure it will be fine." "This is Jean." "Jean, what do you do?" "I run the tourism department in Blackpool." "So, are you now going to get us police-escorted through the city?" "Four police motorbikes." "Come on, come on!" " We are loving the police escort." " Four." " GARDNER:" "We're loving it." " It's fantastic." "Yeah." "Two of them downstairs, two have just arrived." "TENNANT:" "Brilliant." "GARDNER:" "And how many people are there?" "Oh, God, 20,000." " 20,000, David Tennant." " JEAN:" "I'm not kidding." " All for you." " 20,000, all for you." "I think they're mostly for McFly." " Yeah." "They're all leaving after that." " Exactly." " It'll be fine." " Straightaway." " TENNANT:" "Let's go." "Let's go." " We'll go." "Come on." "It's so exciting." "Mum, did... (ALL LAUGHING)" "BOY:" "I think I know him!" "TENNANT: "I think I know him." JEAN:" "Oh, bless him." "Did you see that?" "He was like..." " TENNANT:" "Caught mid-sentence." " Yeah." "Door closing." " JEAN:" "Bless." " Well, we're off." "GIRL:" "David's here!" "(CHEERING)" "(CROWD SCREAMING)" "Oh, my Lord!" "Are you ready?" "(CROWD CHEERING)" "Sorry." "Are you ready?" "(CROWD CHEERING)" "Okay, you're gonna help us." "We're gonna be counting down from 10." "Are you ready?" "CROWD:" "Yeah!" "BOTH: 10..." "CROWD:" "Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!" "(ALL CHEERING)" "Yeah!" "(WHOOPING)" "Will you please put your hands together for David Tennant?" "(CROWD CHEERING WILDLY)" "David Tennant!" "(WINTON CHATTERING)" " A big fan, big fan." " Lovely to meet you." "How was that, David?" "How was it?" " Mental!" " GARDNER:" "Mental!" " Absolutely mental!" " Right, now what are we gonna do?" "Let's go." "Whoo!"