ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 07/04/2007
Three years ago today, the Doctor and his new companion Martha arrived in Elizabethan England, where they met the famous playwright and poet William Shakespeare. However, trouble lay just around the corner, as the witchlike Carrionites plotted to end the world by placing a code in his new play. This story starred David Tennant as the tenth Doctor, and Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones.
This story includes several references to the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise. At one point, Martha says “It’s all a bit Harry Potter”, which prompts the Doctor to claim that he has read the final book in the series, which would not have been released until three months after the original transmission. He refers to it as ‘Book 7’ because the title had not been made public at the time of filming. At the end of the episode, Shakespeare, the Doctor and Martha use the word ‘Expelliarmus’ to defeat the Carrionites.
The vast amount of CGI work required was mainly for the climax of the episode, where the Carrionites are seen flying over the theatre. One shot of the Doctor and Martha looking at the Globe Theatre was changed between the preview at the end of ‘The Runaway Bride’ and the final episode. In the final version, the edge of the Globe Theatre has been replaced with a CGI shot of the village.
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2 comments:
I think the line Trust Me i'm the doctor was reshot after the series 5 trailer because it didn't sound the same in the eleventh hour
I don't think it was reshot, but the sound was dubbed, or used from a different take.
Similarly, the Pyrovile voice changed significantly between the series 4 trailer and the episode.
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