21/08/2014 The One Show

Hello and welcome to the One Show with Alex Jones.

If you're a fan of Doctor Who, do not go anywhere because tonight's

Yes, we are joined by the 12th Time Lord himself!

Yes, we are joined by the 12th Time Lord himself! And is. Peter,

welcome. Lovely to see you again. When you well? Very good. Have a

seat. So you and Jenna Coleman have been raising the milage in the

TARDIS. You have been everywhere, promoting the new series. I'm just

back from Rio, on Copacabana beach. I think that is South Korea. We were

treated like the Beatles. This looks like Mexico. We have sombreros on.

And TARDIS came with you, nice to have your accommodation. And in

which country was the reaction most extreme? In every country, it was

like that. It was absolutely extraordinary. People told me that

the show was popular abroad, but you do not imagine it until you step on

stage in Mexico with thousands of people going crazy. The same in New

York and Rio and Sydney. Sydney was fabulous. They have had Doctor Who

since it began but apparently they have never had a current Doctor Who.

I'd guess that was a certain amount of anticipation, walking out there,

to see the reaction. Luckily, what happened was we would do these

events and they would screen the first episode, which goes out on

Saturday. So they got to see me. So they thankfully were responding.

They seems to quite like me. And will you be sitting down in front of

the telly to watch it on Saturday night? Where will you be? I will be

at the Empire, Leicester Square. There will be a big screening there.

I will be attending that. The traditional place is behind the

sofa, of course. To celebrate the launch of the new

series, send us your photos of you and the family watching from behind

the sofa. Coming up we've got Dan Snow on a

gripping air to air mission and 15 First though, Gyles has an

'exclusive look behind the scenes', Planning for this epic new series

started in 2013. Since then, over 200 people have been working flat

out to make this the biggest and best series ever. Last year, Peter

Capaldi was announced to the world as the new Doctor. And he is now

living his childhood dream. But this is not the first time he has

appeared in the show. Five years ago, he got a guest role starring

alongside the 10th Doctor. The script came in and I thought, I will

just do it. I'd didn't even need to read the script. I love it. I could

do this forever. It is a delight. His wish has definitely come true.

We caught up with him and his very first read through to see how the

job has been going. It seems to have been a long time that I have been

the new Doctor Who. People say, how is it going, what is happening, but

I have not done anything. It has been seven months of getting on with

it. You know who I am in. It is quite an extraordinary position to

be in, to say, hello, I am Peter and I am Peter and I'm playing this

iconic character who has been around for 50 years. It is difficult to

know how to phrase that, other than to say... I am Peter Capaldi and eye

and doctor. What an exciting moment. But what did Steven Moffat, the lead

writer, think about it? The most exciting thing for me was that it

was the very first time we saw him together with Jenna. It was the

first time we saw the new team in action. That was properly exciting.

The dynamic, it is an unlikely friendship that totally feels

natural. That is how I'd feel, that we get on really well like that. A

new doctor also means a new costume, which has been a challenge for

designer, Howard. I have had nightmare dreams for the past two

days. Designing the costume for a brand-new doctor is not easy, but

the look is now complete. Fantastic. A great relief. Peter said early on,

you realise I will have to wear this for the rest of my life. No

pressure(!) I think you looks fantastic. He seems very happy.

After trying out the new costume, what does Peter think of the new

look? I love it. I love the way that it is very modern but at the same

time, it evokes the past. And yet it also propels the new doctor into the

future. I love it. It is sharp and minimalist. Everyone will find

something different in the look. It will have a 60s feel for some, and

Edwardian feel for others. I'd try not to be stuck in any genre or

period. I wanted it to be contemporary with a hint of

something different. It was not deliberate but I think I always

wanted something connected to the darker tone of the early adopters.

It is stark and it means business. And I've lead it. -- the early

adopters. It is the thing that makes me feel most like Doctor Who.

APPLAUSE. That footage Gyles was narrating,

was specially shot for the first of a new behind-the-scenes series, with

exclusive access and interviews. 'Doctor Who Extra' will be

on iPlayer, after each episode of Brilliant for the fans. A little bit

extra. I love the costume you have chosen. As Jenna said, very sharp. A

lot of thought went into that, and you referenced wanting to

incorporate the darker tones of the early doctors into yours. What

defines him? I think I had always seen the doctor dressed in black,

and I think that is probably because they used to see him on a

black-and-white television. I think what defines my Doctor, we do not

know yet because he grows as he goes along, but certainly he is a little

bit more fierce. He does not really care what people think of him. He

has a whole cosmos to explore. He does not want to hang around waiting

for you to give him your approval. That said, he is also very

passionate. He loves this gift that he has been given that he can travel

through time and space and go anywhere. And he is very

enthusiastic about it. Is someone who is very joyful. He sees great

joy in star is being born and nurseries of Andromeda, or seeing an

empty car park with litter floating around. You can find beauty

everywhere. And has he turned out as you imagined he would? Obviously, he

has developed, but what you finished with, is he what you expected? You

do not arrive with a specific idea of how you Who to be. You just

arrive with a lot of enthusiasm and ideas and ideas and you get given

this fabulous script. Steven Moffat is an absolutely brilliant writer.

He presents this wonderful material to you. Your job is to inhabit it

and bring it to life. We have had fabulous scripts this season Mark

and we have largely... The Doctor is, I am always concerned when

people say he's dark because I do not know what that means. Matt Smith

was quite dark, and I thought he was fabulous. And Christopher Ecclestone

as well. They all had elements in them that were quite dark. But he is

the same man, the same guy. He is perhaps a little less, he might not

be someone you want to bring home to Michu mother but he is still fun.

And in the press, we have been reading that you and Jenna get on

incredibly well but sadly it has been announced that she is coming to

the end of her reign as an assistant. It is rumoured. What will

you be looking for in a new assistant? I am not looking for a

new assistant. I do not know where these rumours have started. I have

read that she might be reading at Christmas but I do not even know if

she will get to Christmas. You have to watch and wait and see what

happens. But I can say that she is absolutely fabulous. The work she

has done this season is extraordinary because she is called

upon to do things that they do not think any other companion has had to

do, to show an emotional range, and she has done it brilliantly. She

has. But tune in and see. Everybody will be. The first episode goes out

on BBC One this Saturday at 7:50pm. Straight after Tumble.

Ebay was launched in 1995 but the first ever UK purchase

on Ebay was made 15 years ago this week, and since then,

millions of items have gone 'under the virtual hammer' - from Princess

..to a 10 year old toasted cheese sandwich bearing an image

Shopoholic Carrie Grant is primed, logged on and ready to bid...

I am bidding on a gorgeous pair of shoes which I hope I will win.

Thankfully, the auction ends in two minutes which gives me long enough

to tell you all about the world's larger sales website. It started out

as barely more than a glorified junk shop. Starting with shoes, the site

sells one payer every seven seconds. The best thing I've ever bought on

eBay was a replacement cushions plus covers for my sun lounge. Every

year, they sell 3 billion items, generating ?65 billion in sales. It

was founded by this chap here, on the 3rd of September, 1995. The

first ever item to be bought on eBay was a laser pointer. A broken laser

pointer, but that did not matter because it was bought by eight

collector of rock and laser pointers. EBay is great because I'd

design wine glasses and I'd buy all my glitter from them. Without them,

I would not have a successful business. Our turnover was ?1.4

million. We have reinvested the money and we have kept buying more

stock. We now have a ?1.3 million turnover. You cannot sell your soul

on eBay, but you can sell just about anything. EBay also states that you

may not sell body parts. There have been some big items sold on the

site, old and new. Even aeroplanes. In 2001, a Gulf Stream private jets

sold for the bargain price of $4.9 million. I've bought a piece of

laconic equipment for $20, and it was worth $200. 19 million Brits use

the site. They include Paul McCartney, Harry Styles and Clare

Balding. It is called eBay but it was going to be called Echo Bay, but

that name was already taken. Finally, a bag is sold on eBay every

nine seconds. And that is exactly what they need to go with those

shoes. -- what I need. Think you could find a better match,

that is my personal opinion. As we were saying, you can imagine there

are lots of weird and wonderful Doctor Who memorabilia on sale on

eBay. Some of it is worth a fortune on some of it not so much. It, how

much you think this was sold for? This lovely piece of memorabilia is

a time brain last seen alongside Sylvester McCoy. How much did itself

for? 500 the ?5 or ?5,000? -- ?565. 565. You write? Yes. Very good.

Let's have a look. It gets weirder. This is an empty packet of cereal.

With Jon Pertwee on the front. The question is, how much did itself

for, ?60 or 306 to pounds? I cannot remember what I've paid for it. 360.

You have gone for 360. Who got themselves a bargain? Very good.

Uncanny. The last item is a second-hand Cybermen outfit. How

much did you pay for it? ?5,000 or ?500? Can I see the exit? -- outfit.

It is quite good. All intact. I would say ?5,000. I would of

thought, but let's look. Bargain! What a bargain.

We have a little prize for you. We took a gamble, from eBay. You are.

Doctor Who and the Xavi. I am not sure how you were supposed to

pronounce it. And this one is you. I have not got this. This is my first

action figure of myself. It is an articulated action figure. If I was

articulated this evening, that would help. Give it in the box and it will

be worth more. Another question, when is an allotment is not an

allotment to make good question. If at least one local council gets its

way, when it becomes a car park or a hospital extension. Lucy has been to

meet the green fingered growers who are digging in for a landmark

battle. Fresh air, tick, exercise, tick. Five a day, tick, tick, tick.

Local politicians here in Hertfordshire have other plans, they

want to concrete over this patch of green and the coalition's community

secretary is supporting them. The residents here have challenged his

decision and have taken it to the high court. They say that the

information that was given to the Secretary of State by the council

was misleading and therefore he was not in a position to make an

informed decision. And should they win, councils across England at

least will find it a whole lot harder to build over allotments in

the future. Sarah-Jane is the lead campaigner. What did you understand

that the council's plan was for this land? Originally, they said they

needed the land for a new hospital. Of course, we weren't going to fight

that, because we understand the need for hospital facilities but it soon

became apparent in fact what they were going to build were flats and

houses, and a car park, in particular, we wanted to fight it

every step of the way. There will be some people that argue we need

houses as much as we need a new hospital The housing estate is

viable. They don't need to use the allotments.

The allotment act 1925 means local authorities can only sell or build

on sites if they have Government permission. They need to meet

certain criteria, including giving exceptional reasons why the

development is needed. They need to provide alternative allotments which

the council has done, but these guys aren't satisfied. I am going with

the gardeners to see one of the sites the council wants them to move

to. Two-and-a-half miles across town. An allotment needs to be

tended daily and you need to be able to get there easily. I cannot see

any logic in concreting over what I would call the best soil in

Hertfordshire to put a car park there? If you move anything out of

its normal catchment area a few people may move with it but the

majority won't because of the distances involved. I won't be

walking two miles with my wheelbarrow. The council promised

?810,000 to invest in allotlet, including 110 new plots to replace

the ones under tele. Some have agreed to move to the site S or the

other alternatives on offer. How would you feel to move to a -- feel

about moving to a plot here I would be devastated. I don't think the

land is viable. Our plot was very fertile soil took us a

year-and-a-half to turn over and get going. I can't imagine how long it

would take to get going here. If the judge finds in favour of these guys

it could have a real impact on the future of all allotments. Councils

would in effect have to make a stronger case to get rid of any and

drop the land. That would mean being much more

specific about what they plan to build and where. And if you have an

allotment here is why it is important. In the last seven year,

there have been 132 applications by English councils to build over

allotments. Only four were turned down. Ladies and gentlemen, I have

good news and bad news. So we did ask the council if they

would meet with you all. Up fortunately, they said no. --

unfortunately. What a surprise! They have, however, agreed that I can

spoke to the mayor. But all you guys will have to stay on the bus, I am

afraid. The mayor of Watford asked me to meet her on a piece of waste

land which is part of the council's development land. The community from

the allotments claim they were misled. First of all the allotments

were needed for a ho, then housing, then a car park mysteriously

appeared in the proposal. The hospital, the jobs and the homes

have always been part of the planningful I think of this as a big

chess board. To get all the piece ops the board you might move some

things round. So yes, it might be a car park on the allotments. It might

be 70 family house, with the allotments out it gives us a blank

canvas for the site. We have to move on and get on with turning this into

something that is fit for people to live in, and not this blot on the

landscape it is now. The lady is not for turning and neither are you. The

question is how far are you guys willing to go to save your

allotment? We hope we win the court case, if we don't we will take it

all the way. We will tie ourselves to those rails and stop the bull

dozeners from going in. They haven't seen anything yet. There we are.

Thanks to Lucy and we will follow that story with interest. As we

mentioned earlier Peter, you and Jenna have been all round the globe

promoting this brand-new series, and meeting fans. In different

countries. You couldn't answer every question from everybody round the

world, so we thought we would offer you a bit of help. So, we asked some

far flung Whovians if they had questions for you. Let us see where

the TARDIS will land first. Off we go. Australia. In the entire history

of Doctor Who what have been your favourite episodes and the episodes

that have influenced your portrayal the most? Favourite in the entire

history? That is not a choice I care to make. I have been influenced by

the entire history and even who has worked top show. I wouldn't be here

doing this if it hadn't been for the 12 actors who brilliantly played the

part, often in times when it wasn't as easy to be Doctor Who or as

welcome to be Doctor Who as it is now. I stand on their shoulder, so I

don't want to separate anyone out or any episodes out. Have any got in

cop tact with you? Yes, both Matt and David have been incredibly kind

and helpful and supportive and I often am in touch with them. Because

they can give me advice about things that only we know about and Peter

Davidson has been lovely too. But strangely I have met a number of

them in the past, Tom Baker, who was extraordinary, great, Sylvester

McCoy who is lovely, and so I have met a few of them. It is nice they

have given you advice. Shall we fly off again? Let us see where it is

taking us this time. To Moscow. Hello, when did you first feel you

are the doctor now? When you got the part, when it was announced on the

live show or when the filming started? When did you feel like the

doctor properly? You know, the moment Matt regenerated into me, I

felt like the doctor. Did you? Yeah, I mean it takes a while for

everybody else to believe that, I guess, there was another moment, I

felt like Doctor Who when someone threw me against a wall and it

shook, the set shook. I thought "Now I am Doctor Who." You were an

intense fan as a boy, to come with that baggage, that must have filed

-- piled the pressure on. I didn't spend my life grieving the fact I

wasn't Doctor Who, you know, I had been a huge fan and loved the show.

I have always loved it. Watched it, I think it is fantastic, but I

wasn't sort of waking up every day saying "I have to get through

another terrible day of not being Doctor Who, I will go and be Malcolm

Tucker." I arrived with knowledge about the show and an instinctive

grasp of it. I also think that probably Doctor Who made me the kind

of actor I am. In the sense that if I was as a kid, you know, copying

William Hartnell or Tom Baker. When I became a professional actor I was

probably still invoking them in roles that weren't the doctor.

Always prepared for it. That is good. Thank you to all our Who fans

from round the globe. The TARDIS doesn't have to refuel as it careers

through time and space. But the RAF hasn't cracked that technology yet.

With the deploy of our war planes back in the news Dan looks at the

history of the air borne petrol station.

In today's global military, there is a need for speed. Planes might need

to be scramabled and sent anywhere on the planet. Fast. The last thing

pilots want to have to do is stop to refuel. The answer... Take the

service station with you. Pilots rely on air-to-air refuelling

so planes get to destinations quicker, and stay in the air longer.

Voyager is a multi use converted Airbus A 330. It is based here in

Brize Norton and I am going to get a ride on one of the most expensive

petrol pumps. One man-made it possible. Sir Alan Cobham. He was a

real celebrity of his type. He was the first man to fly to Australia

and back and the first man to fly round Africa, while on these long

distance flights he's discovered that when landing it was a dangerous

pursuit and also it takes a lot of fuel so get up into the air, so how

could you ao void this? Don't land. Almost as soon as man could fly,

aircrew tried air-to-air refuelling The '20s, people literally clambered

from plane to plane to fill the tank. It was as dangerous as it

looks. By 1939 a more sophisticate and safer system was developed but

it was primitive. A tanker plane lowered a hose that would be caught

by the crew of the plane that needed to refuel. Later the hose was guy

guided in by a line. His technique was used by airways and it allowed

them to make flights non-step to America. In 194 the first pilots to

circumnavigate the globe had taken almost six months to do it. The

advent of air-to-air refuelling was one of the reasons the trip dropped

to four days. It was when a new system was developed used today that

air-to-air refuelling became widespread. Probe and drogue. A

probe could fly into the basket. From the 1950s on wards the Cold War

meant fast jets and bombers became the focus for technology. Americans

had planes circling the Eastern Bloc frequently. Kept in the air for long

periods. Today, due largely to cost it is used by militaries round the

world. We are about 20,000 feet in the air. We are travelling 400mph

and two typhoons are about to come along side and we will refuel them

from this tank. We have two hoses we can use from

the wings. They are about 90 feet long. A valve will open that will

allow fuel to flow from us to them. That is the original system. Lieu --

Ance absolutely: Thousand they are connected. The fuel is being

transferred from us to them. How much are we giving them? . We have

programmed it to give two thousand tonnes. If they pull away does a

that play fuel every? There are suitable systems in place, it a

little spray but they will move back in a controlled fashion and take it

from there. In recent conflicts the fighters

don't have the range to get to without refuelling, so we extend the

time they have on target and what they need to do before they return

to base. Not a million miles away from going to a service station in

your car? That is what it is like. There is more skill in getting the

probe into the car or the aircraft as you like. It is all done and the

jets simply unhook. Cobham was knighted and died in

1973. The invention of the long distance

show man still plays a vital part in our Air Force's global capability.

As it does for dozens of other Air Force, all over the world.

Goodness me. A very big thank you for the RAF for allowing our cameras

along, we asked you to send in photos of you watching us from

behind the sofa in true Doctor Who style. So I am off round the back.

Here we go. Say when. The first is from Lee Pike. He is behind the sofa

watching us this evening. Well done. The second one is Paul and Nathan,

they are aged six from Coventry. Next one. And the last one, is Ruby

and Ed. There you are. Who can't wait for Doctor Who on Saturday.

That is all for tonight. Thank you and good luck on Saturday with your

Doctor Who debut. and good luck on Saturday with your

Doctor Who All the very best. You can go now. Tomorrow at seven Paul

Hollywood and from the bake off and James Martin are among Chris and

Fearne's guests. Good night.