"Confidential goes down to the woods today to join the Doctor Who cast and crew." "Amy faces her darkest moment yet." "basically." "it's coming." "I can feel it." "I'm going to die! and he kind of has a habit of doing this." "I always come back." "Can you imagine walking through a forest of Weeping Angels with your eyes shut?" "It's hideous!" "That's as bad as it gets!" "MUSIC: "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga" "And Miss Pond puckers up as she prepares to land one on the Doctor." "And then they have a little smoochie!" "Which we call..." "BOTH: ..smoochie-smoochie time!" "Doctor... it's all about Amy." "the heavenly host still have her in their sights." "MUSIC:" ""Bad Day" by Blur" "Part of the mission statement of writing a script for Doctor Who is "How bad a time can you give Amy Pond?" "What's it going to do to me?" "just listen to me!" "' but she actually says a different number to the number that he tells her." "Spin it clockwise four turns." "Ten." "How long have we got?" "Five minutes max." "Nine." "Five." "right." "Yeah." "Why did you say nine?" "I didn't." "Eight." "What did you say?" "Seven." "Seven?" "what?" "You said seven." "you did." "Angel Bob makes her aware that she's actually counting down." "Six." "here's what I want to know." "What have you done to Amy?" "'There's something in her eye.'" "What's in her eye?" "'We are.'" "What's he talking about?" "I'm five!" "I mean...five." "Fine." "because imagine saying something else to what you mean to say." "It's a really strange situation for her to comprehend. she's getting closer and closer to death." "MUSIC: "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies" "Four." "Three. we're just doing it for fun." "they're killing Bob and inside Amy's mind and all that." "Bob?" "Why are they making her count?" "but why?" "What for?" "sir.' and the Doctor will always confront that which is just inherently bad. that stirs him." "in a good way." "I can beat these things." "What's the matter with Amelia?" "Something's in her eye." "I'm scared." "Of course - you're dying." "Shut up!" "let him think." "When the Doctor encounters Amy in the clearing simple Doctor." "He hasn't got time to comfort Amy." "I've got to think. just let him think." "Just do it." "wakey-wakey." "and..." "The image of the Angel IS an Angel." "'Of course he cares -' but he's got to not let that get in the way." "He's not got to let his compassion drive him away from the right answer." "and be the as he does with seconds to spare." "How would you starve your lungs?" "close your eyes." "I don't want to." "it's the Angel inside you." "It's afraid." "Close your eyes." "and she's also really smart." "more than a second - then." That'd be Amy's response." "she's in permanent danger of making herself one." "What are you doing?" "Point me at the light." "You can't open your eyes." "I can't open them for more than a second." "That's what the Doctor said." "I've still got a bit of countdown left." "you can't." "I need to see it." "Am I looking the right way?" "I have to be quick." "Very quick." "OK..." "It's the same shape... as the crack in my wall." "she's a seven-year-old and she's very scared of a crack in her bedroom wall." "it is an emergency." "There's...a crack in my wall." "And she doesn't know why." "She just knows there's something sinister about it." "your aunt." "Where's she?" "She's out." "And she left you all alone?" "I'm not scared." "You're not scared of anything - man eats fish custard." "And look at you - just sitting there." "So you know what I think?" "What?" "Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall." "And that's kind of all we learn about the crack in Amy's childhood." "It's a really big thing for her to face." "This is the one thing that she's been and then it's right there in front of her. this crack?" "and not even the Doctor knows the relevance of the crack at this point." "So they're both trying to work it out." "I guess we'll find out." "It's the same shape... as the crack in my wall. and you will see them just about every single week in different forms and in different ways." "Two parts of space and time that should never have touched... pressed together." "It's like the crack from my bedroom wall when I was a little girl." "Yes." "Hello...!" "Hello?" "!" "What's that?" "Where the crack comes from is above my younger son Louis's bed." "There was a crack along the wall. he'd never have slept again." "cracks in walls." "We should do cracks in walls." "But I'll tell you something funny." "because the crack isn't in the wall." "then?" "Everywhere." "In everything." "It's a split in the skin of the world. they categorise monsters as two things - "cool" or "scary"." "like in Fires of Pompeii." ""You might be frightened of this." "that's cool." "with her horrible skin and ran behind the sofa." "is genuinely scary." "That's the scary part of Doctor Who." "'Steven draws tremendously' and upon all the things which but somehow he makes real." "a monster under the bed." "And all those children's games like "I'm coming to get you"..." "That whole hide-and-seek thing from Empty Child becomes something which is suddenly terrifying." "It's like he's sort of taking the childhood he sees under his nose really severe twist." "Are you my mummy?" "actually. 'and what an extraordinary story it was' and how the combination of those completely terrifying children..." "That and Captain Jack and Billie in her Union Jack T-shirt and..." "What more could you want from Doctor Who?" "A lot of the things he does are incredibly simple and effective. and there's something horrible about it." "it..." "And particularly the image of a child in a gas mask." "and gas masks are hardline Doctor Who because they take away a person's face." "very simple thing that Doctor Who often does is make people faceless." "What was the cause of death?" "There wasn't one." "They're not dead." "Instead of something very slight." "the phone in the door of the TARDIS ringing is incredible." "really not expecting it." "Hello?" "It's also the use of things like loudspeakers..." "CHILD: 'And I can hear you!" "'Coming to find you!" "'" "..little taps on the window..." "TAPPING Mummy...? the flicking noise." "That kind of thing is great." "Steven sets himself certain tasks when he's writing." "He loves a good cliffhanger. as if there is no way out of what he's seeing." "because it's where he's having everybody very best." "It is genuinely extremely scary." "Mummy..." "CHILDREN CHANT:" "Mummy..." "Mummy..." "Mummy..." "Mummy..." "What's happening?" "I don't know." "Don't let them touch you." "What happens if they touch us?" "You're looking at it." "it's one of those things that of course that's how you get out of it." "Go to your room!" "very angry with you." "very cross." "Go...to...your...room!" "or in most shows." "The obvious answer to "Are you my mummy?" is "Go to your room". clever way was just astonishing. you realise how incredibly simple it is." "Has anybody had this idea before?" "why haven't they had it? they are everywhere. and you see a statue in a park - run!" "And don't blink!" I think that's wonderful." "Don't turn your back." "Don't look away." "And don't...blink." "Good luck." "but it took everybody else to tell me that I should be." "but I remember reading the script of The Girl in the Fireplace and thinking it was incredible." "because it's got more of the Doctor in it." "and done a thou... #" "Have you met the French?" "they know how to party!" "look at what the cat dragged in." "The oncoming storm." "you sound just like your mother." "when it first follows the Doctor through." "There's something lovely and mad about the idea of this horse wandering between different dimensions." "Will you stop following me?" "I'm not your mother." "on a giant white horse... the kind of... but then undercut with an element of humour." "Madame de Pompadour." "You look younger every day." "What the hell is going on?" "the King of France." "I'm the Lord of Time." "you think about big emotions." "So many questions...so little time." "you know where it's going." "and the Doctor hasn't done the sums... and it's over before you can properly acknowledge that it's happened." "but for him it's in one giddy afternoon on a spaceship." "My lonely angel." "Stuck on the slow path with me." "the slow path." "Here's to the slow path." "SHE LAUGHS" "The utter deadness with which he reads" "Madame de Pompadour's letter..." "He doesn't even cry." "it's just so awful." "it's so awful for him to read that letter." "'My dear Doctor." "and yet I fear I am nearing its end. 'but I think I shall not listen to reason." "and know that all things are possible." "my love." "and I am so very weak." "my lonely angel.' I knew it had to have some really good monster hits in it." "I've got to do that." "HE MAKES TICK-TOCK NOISES and it works absolutely brilliantly." "TICKING because the monster under my bed will grab it." "Reinette...don't look round." "stay exactly where you are." "Surely someone in Doctor Who before now has put a monster under the bed?" "But I think that was the first time we've had a monster under the bed." "And I was delighted with the idea." "I was so excited when I thought of it." "But I can't claim I INVENTED it. where the Doctor met this time-travelling professor for the very first time." "I'm a time traveller." "I point and laugh at archaeologists." "Ah." "Professor River Song...archaeologist." "really." "it's just the ultimate dysfunctional relationship. but he's not yet met HER." "I'm going to be someone that you trust completely." "But I can't wait for you to find that out. the time paradox is about River Song and the Doctor encountering each other him seeing her...sort of death right at the beginning of their relationship." "And doesn't that make that a fascinating relationship?" "to see where that extraordinary thing goes." "There's only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name." "There's only one time I could." "Hush now..." "Spoilers." "I think Steven has that great ability to combine very intricate plotting with huge emotional moments. where the Doctor is suddenly realising he will always know about her death even before she has now met him." "There's an enormous emotional impact there." "to be honest. then topping it off is in some ways not hard." "because the emotion that comes out in these moments is a result of everything you've seen to date." "Steven Moffat has got the most extraordinary imagination." "I would love to spend a day in his brain." "but completely and utterly believable. but he's also willing to take risks along the way. very witty man." "So it was..." "He is the only man for the job." "Oh!" "Hello!" "Sorry to burst in on you like this." "I'm on fire!" "Ha!" "Are you my mummy?" "and don't blink." "Run!" "Are you my mummy?" "Doctor!" "Give me some Spock for once." "Would it kill you?" "it doesn't do wood?" "!" "I'll give you moves." "Everybody lives!" "very scared." "Sally!" "Are you my mummy?" "Donna Noble has left the Library." "Donna..?" "Show yourself." "ROSE SCREAMS and nothing in the world can stop it." "Always a death at the end." "You need a good death." "Or there'd only be comedies." "I'm the Doctor!" "And I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!" "HE LAUGHS TRIUMPHANTLY" "Jack Harkness." "I've been hearing all about you." "Mr Spock." "Mr Spock"?" "sweetie." "Please tell me you know who I am." "it's not over for you." "You'll see me again." "That's how you do it." "The future is looking bleak for Father Octavian." "and he's pre-occupied." "I get caught by an Angel." "But Steven can't resist a bit of comedy." "the line sets it up to be funny." ""Aaagh!"..." "In his mad sort of way." "you idiot." "Doof!" "sir. and I think what's going through his mind... he's beautiful in that scene." "Let him go." "can it?" "Not while you're looking at it." "Can't stop looking at it." "It'll kill you." "It's going to kill me anyway." "Think it through." "He very quickly knows there's only one way out of this - the Doctor is quite a pragmatic man." "go for the best result if the perfect one is not available for him." "So he knows he's going to leave him. he knows this guy's going to die." "I wish I'd known you better." "sir... you know me at my best. the Doctor knows she'll face a similar fate - unless HE can rescue her. if you're surrounded by Weeping Angels?" "obviously." "I thought first of all blind." "surrounded by Weeping Angels and walking like you can see." "That would be cool." "being blind." "What if you were in a situation - you'll die? you'll die." "where Amy has to That's a bloody brilliant idea that Steven Moffat just came up with." "you're facing the right way.'" "Follow the sound." "You have to start moving now." "and you have to stay ahead of it. and kind of work out a route through them." "And action rehearsal." "they're not that interested in you." "They'll assume you can't see them and their instincts will kick in." "All you've got to do - walk like you can see." "MUSIC:" ""A Forest" by The Cure it was a muddy place." "And I had to fall over a step at the end - because it was just sort of throwing myself into the unknown. we're OK." "your instincts tell you not to do it.' so erm..." "so that was quite a challenge." "Doctor?" "I can't find the communicator." "you kind of channel a lot of emotion into your eyes and out of your eyes." "you kind of have to up your performance and make it and you have to be a bit more animated to convey the emotions that you want to get across." "is struggling to keep HIS emotions under wraps." "I think the Doctor does feel bad that he's left her by herself." "because he knows he's got to get her out and he's got to be very brutal." "Turn on the spot." "Just do it." "Turn on the spot." "Can you imagine walking through a forest of Weeping Angels with your eyes shut?" "It's hideous!" "That's as bad as it gets!" "Steven gives you a lot to learn." "And some of it's just bonkers!" "it's a proximity detector." "It'll beep if there's something in your way." "then you've got a clear path." "this is important." "'The forest is full of Angels.' and the quickness of the Doctor's brain." "you'll never have been born." "It will erase every moment of your existence." "You will never have lived at all." "and the rage of this Doctor as well is all Steven." "You're going to have to walk like you can see." "what do you mean?" "just keep moving.' that time energy..." "What's it going to do?" "Keep eating." "How do we stop it?" "Feed it!" "Feed it what?" "complicated time/space event should shut it up for a while!" "for instance?" "Like me...for...instance!" "And the Doctor is trying to hold it together for her sake and trying to make her feel assured and safe..." "But I know you can do it." "The Angels are scared and running." "they're not that interested in you." "They'll assume you can see them..." "and their instincts will kick in. and you see him start to crack a little bit." "You're not moving." "You have to do this." "'Now!" "'" "You have to do this!" "there were moments and he was so angry." "because I've never seen any former Doctor be quite that sort of angry and passionate and vulnerable all at the same time." "And slightly lost." "keep your eyes shut and keep moving." "It's never going to work." "WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT?" "tell me!" "because it's... and then his brilliant moments are even more brilliant." "the Doctor's grand plan CAN save the day." "it's just a matter of holding tight." "and some of them got on better than others." "I wasn't the greatest at the wires!" "actually." "where the gravity sort of flips over. and then they would just suddenly pull us up." "And there'd be a big wind machine blowing air on to us." "a jolly painful experience." "you're really hoisted and supported from your nether regions." "it can be tough." "But it's good fun." "It requires a lot of strength to keep your body rigid and straight... and I was kind of bent!" "and Crispin the stunt co-ordinator had to hold my ankles up sometimes." "I tried!" "every last bit of it." "And you know what?" "I think they've forgotten where they're standing." "I think they've forgotten the gravity of the situation." "Angels... night-night." "lift!" "but crap legs that time." "What - in terms of being straight?" "Your straight was a bit too straight." "Yeah." "It was Matt's legs." "guys." "like a cowboy." "And erm..." "I like to think it's like a cowboy." "And I think I had to put them together or keep them as straight as I could." "But you have to keep them straight and not let your bum basically sort of ride up... if that makes any sense." "So that's your bum." "And what they want is that." "And I think I was doing that." "maybe." "got a bit of feet and leg" "I guess." "at the same time." "That's a day in Doctor Who! you know? he's not particularly pleased to see her." "I'm nobody's taxi service." "I'm not going to be there to catch you every time you feel like jumping out of a spaceship." "And you are so wrong. and almost looking forward to their next meeting." "this notion that she's sort of on release and that she's killed somebody. who did she kill?" "'Octavian says...'" "A good man." "A hero to many." "Who?"." "Which got us all talking." "because she made a deal with him." "She absolutely promised that she would toe the line with him." "because you're the only one who can manage this guy." "But that only works as long as he doesn't know who you are." "and I might just tell him." "Understood?" "Understood." "' promise that he wouldn't reveal first of all that she had been in jail..." "And he does." "Dr Song's in my personal custody. and I am legally responsible for her until she's accomplished her mission and earned her pardon." "Just so we understand each other." "'And I think she's very angry that he' because of course then the Doctor wants to know why." "You were in Storm Cage." "and the whole planet is just one enormous prison." "And it's probably pretty awful." "And she's been there for a long time." "really rather terrible." "River Song?" "If you like." "But where's the fun in that?" "I think there are certain things she cannot tell him." "in terms of the erm... she's probably not allowed." "And..." "I have my own theories about who she's killed. because...spoilers!" "Octavian said you killed a man." "I did." "A good man." "A very good man." "The best man I've ever known." "actually." "you CAN trust me"." "She's still keeping him on his toes." "you know?" "That's the flirt." "can't I trust you?" "I'm intrigued." "but I don't." "it becomes exciting again. that this is the future missus..." "I think that's quite boring." ""She could be a major criminal." "Maybe she killed someone." "Me...?" "now we've got a game." "That's exciting." That's his idea of fun." "all right." "She IS coming back." "to set that up." "Who are you?" "University of..." "To me." "Who are you to me?" "Again - spoilers." "Wouldn't it be nice just once to deliver on a promise like that?" "Rather than have all these fabulous but rather convenient hints about some fabulous future... that man and me." "Just not this far back." "what?" "He hasn't met me yet." "you will see and what she is to the Doctor and why all this began." "To actually make that promise and deliver on it - to actually do it and make it consistent and make it fit." "because I didn't start out with this intention." "that River Song mentions in the Library episode." "All I can say is..." "Pandorica." "Amy's up for returning home to share something with the Doctor." "Perhaps a bit more than he was expecting." "So Karen is on set checking out Amy's bedroom." "this is my bedroom." "Amy's bedroom. old and cool." "And I love the blue." "to kind of have lots of blue because it kind of symbolises the colour of the TARDIS and Amy's love for the Doctor." "Hi!" "No-one cares about your silly bedroom." "chilling out." "Usually they're being chased by an Angel or a Silurian or something." "And we're just kind of having a normal conversation without the fear of... "A normal conversation"!" "Shut up!" "That's how I talk!" "Let me do that again." "We're just having a normal conversation." "We're just having a normal conversation... will you shut up!" "which is really nice and refreshing for us to do." "I'm getting married in the morning." "Why did you leave it here?" "Why did I leave my engagement ring off when I ran away with a strange man the night before my wedding?" "aren't you?" "and Amy decides to come on to the Doctor!" "so it's quite funny." "let's hope so." "Well...!" "As funny as HE gets." "Yeah." "and then they have a little smoochie!" "Ooh!" "Which we call..." "BOTH: ..smoochie-smoochie time!" "that's enough." "MUSIC: "Pumpkin Soup" by Kate Nash kiss boy" "# I just want your kiss kiss boy... # this generally rather good-looking man - but generally good-looking - passionate and kind bestest human being - apparently - you'll ever meet." "And all those girls didn't notice?" "he's quite nice"? Karen actually subconsciously put her hand on Matt's inner thigh." "Subconsciously(!" ") I've been batting her off for months." "And denied it afterwards." "wasn't it?" "God!" "in one very simple word even you can understand... weren't you?" "You were." "I seduced you." "You didn't seduce..." "Ohhh!" "the Doctor... 900 years..." "They've been through a tough time." "haven't they?" "Yeah." "So why does that make her want to kiss him?" "They've shared something together." "She was going to die." "sometimes you do things in the heat of the moment." "she certainly does. you know..." "Will you stop?" "And he hasn't tried it on yet." "Yeah!" "Amy can't understand why this man hasn't tried it on with her." "We know from episode one that Amy isn't restrained in thinking about those things." "I heard you on the radio." "You called for backup." "It's a pretend radio." "But you're a policewoman." "I'm a kissagram!" "why not?" "Amy isn't offering that at all." "we've got some time!" "why not?" "listen to me." "I am 907 years old." "Do you understand what that means?" "It's been a while?" "And the Doctor isn't very good at facing off that at all!" "which I love about the Doctor." "but he's tripping over his shoelaces the moment a woman is behaving that way." "But you're human!" "You're Amy!" "You're getting married in the morning!" "In the morning..." "Doctor..." "It's you." "It's all about you." "Everything." "It's about you." "Hold that thought." "But possibly the single most important thing in the history of the universe is that I get you sorted out right now." "That's what I've been trying to tell you!" "Come on." "Doctor..." "And for those of us who can't read the base code of the universe...?" "it's time." "Next time on Confidential:" "Venezia!" "Why has Matt Smith come to Venice?" "There's something about it that is just unlike anywhere else on the planet." "I start to feel an alien!" "And what is he doing with a Venetian count?" "Looking for vampires in Venice." "Vampires of Venice!" "Where do his ancestors come into it?" "The scroll that Pietro da Mosto..." 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