Richard Clark has been updating his Twitter account with vague references to the two Doctor Who episodes he's directing. He first talked about the filming schedule for Series 6.
"Takes 13 days (nights) to shoot one ep. Each director shoots 2 eps back to back. The Xmas special gets longer to shoot."
Episode 4 of Series 6 is expected to have been written by Mark Gatiss (most recently the scriptwriter of "Victory of the Daleks"). The story is finishing up filming and ought to be completed by around Monday or Tuesday.
"First night shoot. One of many. Final location. 3 more days and ep4 is done. Well, shot at least."
Better yet, after talking about reading Neil Gaiman's script over again, Gaiman himself replied with an even more preposterous reference.
"Finally," said Richard. "A day off. Still only 5hrs sleep. Why can't I sleep late? Frustrating. Time to read and get me head round Gaiman's ep."
Neil Gaiman Tweeted back, "if it's the water ballet sequence you're worrying about, Richard, we could always make them centaurs. Or vampire teddy bears."
"The water ballet's fine, Neil," Richard replied, "but do your sabre-toothed cockroaches really need to be the 'size of a house'?" Then about two hours later Richard Clark added, "Just finished re-reading Neil's ep. The simple truth of the matter is that Who fans are gonna flip."
Richard Clark also made frequent reference to a character he calls "Bob".
"Just shot a wonderfully funny 2 hander. Great performances from Matt & 'bob'. When Dr Who sparkles it's magic. Just rehearsed finale. Never laughed so hard as when 'bob' prepared to do battle. . . . More of the same today. 'Bob' wielding his weapon as the forces of darkness close in. All hope lost.."
After mentioning that "there is of course a giant foot", Richard Clark finally acknowledged how obscure he was being.
"If I could reveal more I would. I can tell you filming IS happening. Scripts are great and mid season climax a marvel."
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2 comments :
I have a re occuring nightmare about a vampire teddy bear...swear I do...although I haven't had it in a while.
"Giant foot" a reference to the opening on Monty Python's Flying Circus? Thptpt.
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