0:00:00 > 0:00:02Welcome to behind the scenes.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'Who'd have thought the job of a school caretaker
0:00:09 > 0:00:13'would be so dramatic? On top of his daily rounds,
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'the Doctor has to clean up quite a big mess,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18'from a robotic soldier from the future,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20'a rocky relationship...'
0:00:20 > 0:00:21You wouldn't go out with PE teacher.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24'- And, of course, the odd spillage.' - Ah, yes.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26'So, grab your mop,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30'it's time we showed you how much elbow grease went into this episode.'
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'Being that this episode was set in a school,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40'it was no surprise we headed to Coal Hill Secondary.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42'Clara's day job as an English teacher
0:00:42 > 0:00:45'was set to become a lot more complicated.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48'And one student who had appeared in earlier episodes was excited
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'to get the call to come back with a starring role.'
0:00:51 > 0:00:52My mum called me, she was like,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54"Ell, you might have some more stuff."
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I was like, "Oh, my gosh. Never! Fine, you know.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00"Maybe I'll accept it. I don't know."
0:01:00 > 0:01:02'Ellis was also looking forward to
0:01:02 > 0:01:06'meeting her first Doctor Who creature - the Skovox Blitzer.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Everyone keeps telling me about it and I'm just like, I want to see it.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13I want to be part of this gang, just see the Skovox.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'Time you found out how our team created this fearsome warrior.'
0:01:18 > 0:01:22From start to finish, it was about four weeks.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26That's from the beginning of the sculpt for the top section,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29the model making for the bottom section and all the mechanics inside.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31We had a little issue with getting the legs as close to the ground
0:01:31 > 0:01:34as we could so it didn't look like it was hovering too much
0:01:34 > 0:01:36which we've done, but because they're not weight bearing,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39you know, we can't have him walking along on his legs.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41What we've got right in the centre,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43right in the bowels is an electric motor.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46That's linked up to our little control box here
0:01:46 > 0:01:51so it's just a simple on/off switch, forward and reverse and leg speed.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54'But this killer robot isn't all machine,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57'there's someone inside operating the top half.'
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I'm basically sitting crouched inside
0:02:00 > 0:02:02so if they want it left or right,
0:02:02 > 0:02:07I've got to scrim that way, scrim right that way.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09'Some of you at home may recognise this veteran of Doctor Who
0:02:09 > 0:02:11'from past episodes.'
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I've been the alien pig, the Graske,
0:02:15 > 0:02:16the Groske,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Bannakaffalatta in the Christmas special with Kylie Minogue.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24'How does being inside a robot compare to being a spiky red head?'
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Slightly easier being inside to work here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I've got to be there to make sure the head, the arms,
0:02:31 > 0:02:35the guns, you know, the movements are there.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Inside the Skovox it gets very warm.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Very warm.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43The guys have rigged a small fan that can draw air in, you know,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46but we don't keep it going because it is cold.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49'While Jimmy cools off
0:02:49 > 0:02:52'we should catch-up with Coal Hill's new employee.'
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I'm the new caretaker. John Smith.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57'What does Peter think about his new career?'
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I think there's a part of the Doctor that quite enjoys being a caretaker.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Thanks.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05I think that his skill and understanding of the world
0:03:05 > 0:03:08is put to good use by being a caretaker.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09I think he likes showing off.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13So I think he's happy to be seen in a position where
0:03:13 > 0:03:17he can suddenly surprise people with his spectacular skills.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20JENNA: I find it hilarious that the Doctor
0:03:20 > 0:03:24in The Caretaker has the worst disguise you've ever seen.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I'm a caretaker now. Look, I've got a brush.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And the way Peter plays it as well, he thinks he's being so, so clever.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Nobody's going to know because he's the caretaker
0:03:31 > 0:03:33and he's just wearing a jacket.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35'But it's not the first time our wanderer in time and space
0:03:35 > 0:03:38'has briefly settled down and got himself a job.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42'In fact it's not even the first time he's worked in a school,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45'having once been a physics teacher in a modern day secondary...'
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Good morning, class.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50'..and serving as a master at Farringham School for Boys in 1913.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54'The First Doctor started it all, serving as a lawman in Tombstone
0:03:54 > 0:03:58'after he was deputised by the legendary gunslinger, Wyatt Earp.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01'Years later the Eleventh Doctor became a marshal in Mercy,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03'Time Lord with a badge.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06'The Eleventh Doctor also spent time as a rapper,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08'toy maker,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10'a caretaker for the Arwell's
0:04:10 > 0:04:14'and even another job that came with a badge - a shop assistant.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16'On a grander level the Fourth Doctor became
0:04:16 > 0:04:19'the President of the Time Lords which technically made him
0:04:19 > 0:04:21'one of the most powerful individuals on Gallifrey.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24'But the job he held down for the longest period
0:04:24 > 0:04:26'was working as the scientific advisor for UNIT.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30'The Third Doctor took the position and the Fourth continued it
0:04:30 > 0:04:33'and, years later, the Eleventh Doctor implied he'd never resigned.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35'But the Doctor's number one job and, let's face it,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37'pretty much his full-time role,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40'intergalactic time-travelling hero.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42'Speciality - saving planet Earth.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46'This episode was created by a renowned Doctor Who writer,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48'Gareth Roberts.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50'Peter was not only impressed with his Skovox impression...'
0:04:50 > 0:04:53MECHANICAL VOICE: "Helicon source, targeting, pursue."
0:04:53 > 0:04:55'..but his fantastic skills with a pen.'
0:04:55 > 0:04:58"Stop! Skovox Blitzer-superior-Skovox Artificer-stop-analyse-stop."
0:04:58 > 0:05:01It's quite a difficult gig to try
0:05:01 > 0:05:05and make a Doctor Who story work in a school
0:05:05 > 0:05:07and I think he did that very successfully,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10but with great humour and vigour.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13"Human beings have incredibly short lifespans.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16"Frankly you should all be in a permanent state of panic!"
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I like the fact that we have kids who are quite tough and quite lippy.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23"Hello, Miss. Love to the squaddie."
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And I think the Doctor, being as he himself is a rebel,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30I think he enjoys Courtney's insolence.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35Hello? Mr Smith. There's a spillage in Geography, I need paper towels.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Very good.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I've just done my first scene, fun, very hard,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42harder than you think, but it was really fun.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45'But that wasn't the most exciting thing Ellis had
0:05:45 > 0:05:47'when she came back to Doctor Who.'
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Who was it that came up to me? They were like,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52"Ellis, come. You've got your own chair. It even has your name."
0:05:52 > 0:05:53I was like...
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I was like, "I saw it! It's got my name, it's like Ellis George."
0:05:56 > 0:05:58And I was like, "Oh, my gosh. That is so cool!"
0:05:58 > 0:06:00I just keep taking pictures.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Obviously I didn't react like that. I was like calm, average,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05it happens to me everyday. Yeah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07'Ellis, what do you think of your character?'
0:06:07 > 0:06:10She's very...
0:06:10 > 0:06:13big for her boots, shall I say.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I think I'd be a bit scared of her.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Good to meet you. - And you.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Yeah, now get lost.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25'Honestly, give us the gossip. What's Clara like as a teacher?'
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Yeah, my teacher Clara's quite good. She's quite nice.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I feel bad for her. I'm not a very nice student.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Ell is so cool.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36She takes absolutely everything in her stride, so easy,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40so chilled. She's very funny in the series as well I think.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Yeah, she's got a lot of talent.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Oh, Ellis is great. She's a gas.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48So funny, so full of energy and just so perfect for this
0:06:48 > 0:06:50and she'd just been doing her drama exam
0:06:50 > 0:06:53on the first morning that we were working together.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56I would have given her full marks and I hope they did too.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58'Well, Clara's pupil may have got full marks from the Doctor
0:06:58 > 0:07:02'but I don't think Danny will be getting any gold stars any time soon.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04'He's managed to sneak onto the TARDIS.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Today, I've been given an invisibility watch.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Well, all it does is make you disappear, it can tell the time too,
0:07:11 > 0:07:14but, you know, I've got a mobile phone for that now.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17'And you were told you'd never make it onto the TARDIS?'
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I honestly did not expect to get onto the TARDIS
0:07:20 > 0:07:21but, yeah, it's finally happened.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I said it never would. Here's to many more times.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I've tried to resist, but there's a child in me
0:07:26 > 0:07:29that just wants to see if I can make it take off.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32'What would you do with an invisible watch?'
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Oh, if I could be invisible...
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I mean I'm already a little bit of a prankster
0:07:36 > 0:07:40but I'd have the world believing in ghosts for sure.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Actually all this talk of disappearing,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I might go and get into some trouble now, boys. Cheerio!
0:07:46 > 0:07:48'While Samuel's off causing trouble,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52'we should go catch up with Clara and see how this relationship is going.'
0:07:52 > 0:07:53He's my boyfriend!
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Him? - Yes, him!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57When the Doctor finds out about Danny, it's a huge turning point
0:07:57 > 0:08:01in the series because it's always been Clara and the Doctor.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04This is the point where actually you can kind of see
0:08:04 > 0:08:07how protective the Doctor is of Clara.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09It's quite moving and very sweet.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12There's a mistake. You've made a boyfriend error.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14The Doctor has been around the block.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Every time there is a new relationship in his life,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19within it are the seeds of doom.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I think Danny is someone to be...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23watched.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Time Lord! I might have known.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28The Doctor doesn't know this about himself
0:08:28 > 0:08:31but he shows off to women and insults men.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Do you have to salute those? - Definitely not.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36He doesn't particularly like it when there's another bloke
0:08:36 > 0:08:40in the room that the girl he arrived with wants to talk to.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42It's not straightforward jealousy,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44it's just, "Hang on, hang on, who's the alpha male here?"
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- And you can get out of my TARDIS! - Oh, immediately, sir!
0:08:47 > 0:08:50'Time to find out what's happening back at Coal Hill School.'
0:08:52 > 0:08:57OK, well, today we are in sunny, sunny Wales blowing up the school.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08An action hero, me.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11And then we're just about to set-up, in a minute,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14a load of additional mayhem
0:09:14 > 0:09:17with big fire balls happening inside, so a bit of a tricky one.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19As you can see, it's quite a small building,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23but, yeah, it's going to be an exciting day.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28'So what was your favourite subject in school?'
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Yeah, chemistry was my favourite and also probably my downfall.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34'Well, that figures.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38'Whilst you're eager to blow it up, our Samuel is busy saving the day.'
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I feel brilliant! I just saved the world.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's all in a day's work really for Danny.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44He's more than a math teacher.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47'Sounds like the Doctor has some competition.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49'Do you think you're a match for the Doctor?'
0:09:49 > 0:09:50No way.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52That's a tough one. I'm trying though.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55He did just make a mess up, so I think I fixed that one.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Good start.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59'Well, that seems to have cleaned everything up quite nicely.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01'Danny and Clara's relationship is back on track,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03'the Skovox Blitzer is back where he belongs
0:10:03 > 0:10:05'and someone even got to go on a special trip.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08'So there's nothing left to say other than this...'
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Thank you for watching. Good night!