Dr Who Marrying Mum and Dad

Marrying Mum And Dad is back! SHE SCREAMS

LAUGHTER

'Get ready for more crazy parents handing over total control

'of their wedding day.'

You are not funny, young lady.

'The kids are in charge.

'They really can do whatever they want.'

We let a 12-year-old loose on a tank. What are we doing?!

'Mum and Dad have no idea what's about to happen.'

-Watch out behind you, Mum!

-Behind you!

'They have to wait till their wedding day to find out.'

It's a massive risk.

'And we've got less than four weeks to organise everything.'

Are you ready for a huge surprise?

THEY SCREAM

'On today's show, we've got a brother and sister duo

'who are setting off on the adventure of a lifetime.'

I now pronounce you, Rory and Lois, officially, 100% in charge!

CHEERING

'Will they time travel their way to a wedding day success?'

-BOTH:

-Smash it!

'Or will their parents just want to exterminate them?'

What have the kids done?

We are about to find out...

because we're...

-ALL:

-..marrying Mum and Dad.

CHEERING

This is Marrying Mum And Dad,

where the kids are in control of their parents' wedding.

But today we're marrying Mum and Mum.

Yes, that's right.

This time, it's Mum and Mum getting married,

so off we go to West Yorkshire.

Taking on this tricky task are brother and sister Rory and Lois.

My brother Rory, he's just obsessed with football.

My sister's really creative and she loves playing music.

The kids are planning a big day like Earth has never seen

for their two mums, Julie and Amanda.

That's easier said than done!

They'll need to be creative to plan this wedding.

They've only got four weeks to do it.

But they're hoping that time, or rather the Time Lord,

will be on their side.

The theme of our wedding is...

-BOTH:

-Doctor Who!

I've always thought we were a bit like the Doctor and his companion,

-you know.

-Really?! How?

Well, they travel together through time and space helping humans and

we travel together through the UK helping humans plan their wedding.

Yeah, it's hardly saving the planet from the threat of extinction, is it?

Maybe not.

And I'd swap you for a sonic screwdriver any day of the week.

At least one of those would be useful.

Rory and Lois don't have long to plan all the crucial

elements of the big day.

The cake is going to be red velvet.

But they have loads of ideas about everything from outfits to transport

to turn a traditional wedding on its head.

Out of the Tardis, Mummy will be waving out.

With all this secret planning going on, though,

Mum and Mum are starting to panic.

-We don't know what's going to happen and...

-Yeah.

..the fact that we're not in control.

-I think I'm feeling terrified, to be honest.

-Oh, are you?

You're right to be worried.

Just wait until you hear what these kids have got planned.

The wedding is going to be definitely different.

They won't be wearing white clothes.

Sounds like our kind of wedding, there!

Let's get cracking.

For the past 50 years, Doctor Who has travelled through time and space

meeting a galaxy full of alien life forms.

So, there's plenty of choice for Rory and Lois

when it comes to their mums' big day outfits.

What are you thinking of for outfits?

Mum Julie, she's going to be a Madame Vastra.

She's basically like a lizard.

ALARM BLARES

Hang on a moment.

You want mum Julie to look like an alien called Madame Vastra?

That's a pretty crazy look for a bride.

What's Mum Julie actually hoping for?

I think I might go for something sort of bright

and jolly, like a soft lady suit or something like that.

Right. Not looking like a giant lizard, then?

-What about mummy Amanda?

-She's the assistant, Jenny Flint.

In the programme, those two are, like, married.

That's a good idea, actually, that makes sense.

Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint are a cool crime-fighting couple from

Doctor Who who sometimes lend a hand when the Time Lord is in trouble.

Vastra is a Silurian warrior from prehistoric Earth,

which explains her lizardy look. And Jenny is her wife.

If Rory and Lois can pull off Mum Julie's transformation,

it should be an outfit classic.

To do this properly, we're off to Cardiff where Doctor Who is made.

And where we've got special access to one of their green

and scaly transformation experts.

This is Becca. She works as a make-up artist on Doctor Who.

Awesome.

'Becca is going to use all her Doctor Who experience to show

'the kids how to transform a human into something a bit more Silurian.

'We just need a guinea pig for all this gunk to go on their face.'

-Ed.

-Right, me, apparently.

You should have seen that coming.

'It's going to take hours while gallons of rubber

'and make-up glue are slapped on my face.'

I know Madame Vastra's your mum's favourite character but do you think

she actually wants to be dressed as a lizard on her wedding day?

I don't think she'll mind.

'Don't think she'll mind? On her wedding day?'

While Becca finishes working her make-up magic,

Rory and Lois are checking out some of the other prosthetic masks

used on the show, including the Doctor's archenemy, The Master.

Stop it, stop looking at me!

This will be revenge! Mwah-ha-ha!

'And seeing my transformation gives the kids a glimpse of exactly

'what Mum Julie will have to endure on the wedding day.'

I can hardly move my eyebrows.

I can just do this.

Two hours later,

and the kids are up close to the newly created Master Vastra.

-That looks cool.

-That's what I wanted.

-So you're happy for your mum to look like this on her wedding day?

-Yeah.

I'm not sure how happy she'll be.

'With Rory and Lois booking Becca to do Mum Julie's

'Silurian inspired make-up on the big day, it looks

'like this part of the kids' Doctor Who plan is in the bag.'

-So we're agreed? Outfit sorted?

-BOTH:

-Yeah.

Outfit sorted.

Let's hope Mum Julie likes the colour green.

And scales.

Rory and Lois are still in Cardiff, the home of Doctor Who.

Now they're on the hunt for the ultimate in Time Lord

transport for the wedding.

We're deep in the Doctor's HQ.

And another one the team has offered to help pull off this big day.

Derek's one of the producers of Doctor Who.

Do you want to tell him about the transport?

-Tardis.

-Tardis.

-Ta-da!

-DEREK:

-Oh, that's fab.

Can you think of a better way of getting to a Doctor Who wedding?

It's the only way to fly. Let me speak to the Doctor.

If he's got one spare...

we might be able to lend you it.

It will be the best wedding in all time and space.

Definitely.

How amazing is this?

The offer of a Tardis from none other than the Doctor himself.

How would Mum Amanda and Mum Julie choose to get to their wedding?

-For transport...

-Maybe like an open top car or something.

-That would be quite good, wouldn't it?

-Yeah. Or a carriage.

Horse and carriage? How about an actual time machine instead?

They're not easy to come by but Doctor Who producer Derek

has arranged for Rory and Lois

to access some top-secret Doctor Who set storage.

So this is the actual prop store for Doctor Who.

They store all the props here. The general public aren't

allowed inside so if we're going to find a Tardis, I think

-this is the place, don't you?

-Yeah.

There are thousands of genuine items from the show kept within

these four walls.

A word of warning, though,

the security used here is out of this world!

Life forms detected!

Exterminate!

-THEY SCREAM

-Run!

Once we've dodged that Dalek, Rory and Lois get a VIP pass

to some props that have actually been used in the filming.

He goes, "De-ee-le-ee-te!"

Yeah. Don't delete us. We've got a wedding to plan.

All hail the Gallifrey Lord.

This is the original light from the top

of Christopher Eccleston's Tardis.

-BOTH:

-Cool!

-Can I touch it?

Maybe we're getting close.

We most definitely are,

as just around the next corner lurks the very police telephone box

we've been looking for.

-Oh, hello.

-Wow. That's awesome.

The Tardis!

If we can actually borrow this Tardis that has been in Doctor Who,

how do you think you'll use it on the day?

They get in where they get changed and then they come out at

the venue with, like, everyone crowded around them

and saying, "Surprise!"

So they actually travel through time

-and space to go to their wedding?

-Yeah.

-Wow. What an entrance.

Doesn't get much better than that if you are a Doctor Who fan.

-Do you want to have a go?

-Yeah.

Wow! It is absolutely...

tiny inside.

Pull the other one, Ed.

We all know it's much bigger on the inside.

So, is that wedding transport sorted, guys?

-BOTH:

-Yeah.

Great. But we've got loads more planning to do, so let's go!

Actual Tardis? From the Doctor?

Make that a big yes.

Only three weeks to go now until the wedding.

Mum Julie and Mum Amanda first met 15 years ago and the family have

been looking forward to their big day ever since marriage between

two women, or two men, became legal in England back in 2014.

Mummy and Mum are in a civil partnership,

which is a bit like a wedding but not as official.

They've been wanting to get married for a while.

And they'll have a ring on their fingers.

The next task is for the kids to find a place to put on the big day.

-What about the venue?

-We've found this museum.

It's kind of really space-like.

We were hoping to make it look like the Tardis with, like, a Tardis

console in the middle.

You want to build your own Tardis console?

The console is the crucial bit of the Tardis

that makes it travel through time and space.

No, we can't crash the Tardis!

'Back in Cardiff, Rory

'and Lois saw how this complex kit was developed from the very first

'to the latest version.'

Matt Smith touched these pumps.

I'll never wash these hands again.

So, building their own won't be easy and they've called in some backup -

their friend, Charlotte.

Come on, Rory!

With our extra helper onboard, it's time for the team to meet up

with the Doctor's companion to talk Tardis consoles.

Hang on, are you saying I'm the companion and you're the Doctor?

Yes, yes, I am. And this console won't build itself so hurry up.

What kind of things do you want on your console?

Buttons and levers and things to drive the Tardis around.

If we can't find the things in here that we need,

-we're not going to find them anywhere.

-Yeah!

-Shall we get going?

Just like the real Tardis, our wedding team will use bits of scrap

to make their console, and there's plenty of it in this workshop.

-Lots of different computer chips.

-Perfect.

-What about these?

-Oh, look!

-Hello. Lever.

-Awesome.

-Look at that.

-We have to have that.

Soon, each of them are working on a panel of the central control board.

Yes!

CHEERING

-Is that a sonic screwdriver you're using there, Charlotte?

-Yeah.

'After some serious engineering, the centrepiece for the wedding

'venue is looking like it's ready for its first voyage across the galaxy.'

Can we say this is venue decoration complete?

-ALL:

-Yes!

-High-five.

Yes, excellent.

Now the console is created,

we need a suitably sci-fi venue to put it in.

So the planning team are off to check out a museum

that they think fits the bill.

-Come on in.

-It's massive.

-It is massive.

-It's really high.

It's really Tardis-like.

It is quite like a Doctor Who feel to it, hasn't it?

Like a film set or something.

'This museum was once a steel mill and it's just the sort of dark

'industrial space where Doctor Who's enemies might lurk.'

Do you think it might work for your Doctor Who theme?

-ALL:

-Yes.

-RORY:

-Should have, like, the Tardis console in the middle.

Is there anything else we could do to this room to Doctor Who it up?

A little light, like, spraying out all different colours.

Yeah, get some lighting effects going on, that's a really good idea.

Can we say that this will be the perfect venue

-for your Doctor Who wedding, then?

-Definitely.

-Yeah.

-Sonic high-five. ALL:

-Zz-zz-zz-zz-zz!

Sci-fi venue sorted, including a cool console to put in it.

So far, our planning team have sorted some outfits,

transport and a venue.

Now it's time for a wedding cake with a difference.

It's, like, Planet Gallifrey with the Tardis on.

-That's where Doctor Who is from, isn't it?

-Yeah.

There's, like, this bubble, like, protecting Gallifrey.

Instead of having to chop the cake, they'll have to smash

the dome open to actually, like, get to the cake.

-And is the dome edible?

-Yeah.

'A Planet Gallifrey cake encased in an edible glass dome is a really

'ambitious idea. Glass isn't usually edible.

'I think the kids need the help of my companion again.'

'Hey, watch it, you!'

Got your cake design with you? Yes.

'Cake maker Haley has something that might just help us.

'It's a sugar substitute called isomalt

'and it's used for making edible decorations.'

Teamwork making the dream work. Good.

First we heat this stuff up in a microwave until it melts.

-Oh, here it is. Here it is. Is it very hot?

-It's very hot.

'Next, Haley coats this jelly mould with the melted isomalt liquid.'

So is it drying as it's going round?

It'll coat it and then it will get thicker as you keep on going round.

How big is this cake sphere going to be?

-LOIS:

-It needs to be big enough to fit the cake in it.

Big enough to feed 50 people.

Once the liquid has cooled down and solidified,

it's ready to pop out of the mould.

Moment of truth.

-Wow. That looks super.

-That's amazing.

-Do you think that's going to be clear enough?

-Yeah.

It looks pretty strong as well. That will hold, won't it?

It feels pretty strong.

It looks like the kids' big idea for the cake is a winner.

Wedding cake, smash it!

Yeah.

This should be cracking. Good work, team.

This Doctor Who wedding is now just days away.

Most of the plans have been sorted

but there's still one vital part left to arrange.

The entertainment's very important at a wedding.

-What are you thinking of?

-Like, this slimy thing.

You want this slimy thing?

Like, you can walk across it and you can change its colour.

We thought we could get Mummy

and Mum to dance on there for five minutes as a dare.

It sounds very Doctor Who to me.

Rory and Lois are talking about creating some special effect slime

for the wedding day -

the sort of stuff we might see in an episode of Doctor Who.

Yeah!

But for that to happen, the planners and their friend, Charlotte,

will need to work out how to produce something gloopy.

It's so simple, this. All you need is cornflower and water.

This should be easy.

The team are soon busy mixing up a real mess.

This is like porridge.

But it fast becomes clear that to get enough of this made quickly,

we could see use some serious help.

Ta-dah!

A mixer.

We will get this done in no time.

Alien goo, ahoy!

Before too long, the planners have a test batch of the slime

Mum Amanda and Mum Julie will have to face.

This gloop is called a non-Newtonian fluid,

something that's both a liquid and a solid, perfect for alien goo.

You can't get your feet out.

When you bring your feet up, a lump comes with it.

Look at that!

-That's awesome.

-It crumbles and then it runs as well.

Definitely walking on that at the wedding.

So, is that this wedding's

very weird and wonderful entertainment sorted?

ALL: Yeah!

I hope the mums like alien goo.

A wedding day slime walk?

This could get messy.

With that final part of the master plan being ticked off, Rory

and Lois are almost ready for Mum Amanda and Mum Julie's big day.

Awesome.

From time-travelling transport...

It doesn't get much better than that if you're a Doctor Who fan.

..to awesome outfits.

Outfit sorted!

These planners have worked flat out in just four weeks to turn

their Doctor Who wedding ideas into reality.

Exterminate!

But the team aren't done just yet.

At home, they're busy designing and making their own outfits.

-How does it feel?

-It feels awesome being a box.

And they are also planning something a little special for me and Ed.

-Lois, are you going to get like grey face powder for Naomi's face?

-Yeah.

I'm going to give her grey cheeks.

In the next room, the happy couple have no idea that Julie is set

to spend her wedding day looking like an alien.

I suppose the outfits are a bit kind of...

Yeah, a bit worrying as to what they might actually put in.

I think we are going to have to go for it, aren't we?

Just be bold and go, "Oh, yes. This is hilarious,"

even though you're crying inside!

Come on, Julie, it's not that bad.

Well, actually, this time, maybe it is.

The wait is over and, at last, the day of the Doctor is upon us.

It just seeps through.

Over at their sci-fi style venue, though,

someone forgot to book the cement mixer for the alien goo.

So the kids now have to make around 700 litres of stuff by hand.

Oh, wow. You really are stuck.

Meanwhile, in a nearby hotel, I'm about to give Mum Amanda

and Mum Julie their cosmic costumes for the big day.

Good morning!

A very special delivery, it's your wedding outfits. No peeking!

OK.

You're going to be separated

and someone will help you get into those.

-Right, thank you.

-See you in a bit.

-Thank you.

Back at the venue, we've been joined by a familiar face.

The most terrifying wedding guest of the day.

And with the kids' Tardis console in place, we're ready at last.

Which is more than can be said for Mum, Julie,

whose two-hour transformation into the Doctor Who character,

Madame Vastra, is in full flow.

What's going through your mind at the moment?

I'm imagining something like a hairy werewolf at the minute

because things have been put on my ears.

Not even close.

Next door, the time Julie is spending getting her make-up done

has started to ring alarm bells for mum, Amanda.

What are you hoping Julie might be looking like today?

I hope I will recognise her. That would be good, that would be good.

-Are you worried you might not?

-Yeah.

You might be right, Amanda.

I'm not sure she will even recognise herself after this.

OK. So a lot of brides do spend a lot of time

on their make up on their wedding morning but not many brides

end up looking like a lizard.

What have the kids done?

It's time for us to change.

Lois emerges as the Doctor,

Rory, the Doctor's companion, Rory Williams,

Ed is now a Cyberman

and I'm a creepy Weeping Angel.

So let's kick-start this journey through time and space.

-Pretty happy with your costumes?

-Definitely.

-Are we scary enough for you today?

-Yeah.

Well, if we're not, you are about to see Mum Julie.

I think she might scare everybody. Are you ready?

Remember, the happy couple have no idea how they look.

Just there.

Lovely.

Will Madame Vastra and her assistant, Jenny Flint,

think this wedding is just what the Doctor ordered?

Or will it leave them wishing they could rapidly regenerate?

Three, two, one...

Oh, my...

I wonder if it's Doctor Who?

What do you think of that for a theme?

Yeah, fantastic.

How do you feel about looking like this on your wedding day?

Are you happy to kiss me?

Rory's not so sure about it.

Mum Julie might still be getting to get to grips

with becoming Madame Vastra, but there's no time to waste.

Rory and Lois need to reveal the transport,

on loan from the Doctor himself.

You can open your eyes!

We went all the way to Cardiff to borrow

-the Tardis off the Doctor.

-Brilliant!

We know you are enormous fans of the show.

How is it going to feel getting into the real Tardis on your wedding day?

Fantastic!

As Madame Vastra Jenny Flint board the Tardis,

they are about to pull off a Marrying Mum And Dad first.

We've had wheels, wings and water before but nobody has ever

got to their wedding via a time-travelling police phone box.

Over at the venue, the transformation is complete.

Even a couple of unfriendly faces are lurking in the shadows.

Exterminate!

Luckily, they're outnumbered by the wedding guests,

a who's who of Whos, ready to welcome Mum Julie and Mum Amanda.

I wish they would...

And it's not long before we hear that familiar sound.

TARDIS SWOOSH

Enter the happy couple.

Give us a kiss. You look gorgeous.

So, now that you've arrived, are you ready to get married?

BOTH: Yes.

Amanda can't bear to look at me, but yes.

They've spun through space to get here,

but now, witnessed by a roomful of time lords and assorted aliens,

it's time for Mum and Mum to say their I dos.

May I ask you both to affirm that you come together to be

married as free, equal and loving partners?

BOTH: We do.

I declare you are partners for life.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

15 years since they first met and all thanks to their kids,

at last Mum and Mum are married.

I'm really happy as it makes us more of a family

and it means a lot to me.

We're never going to could forget this, are we?

-We'll always remember this day, our wedding day.

-Yeah.

Plenty more memorable moments still to come, though, starting with

the first-ever Tardis trip powered by our planners' console.

ALL: Oh! Oh!

It's a bumpy ride but this new console is working a treat.

Oh, maybe we spoke too soon.

It looks like YOU'VE broken the Tardis console.

As a punishment, you must face the alien goo.

Oh, no!

Rory and Lois are ready to unveil their very messy entertainment.

We want you to walk across the slime.

And then if you get stuck, it will take a while to get you out again.

-Do you accept the challenge?

-I do.

The slime walk is on.

Somehow, Mum Amanda and Mum Julie

have to walk across this gloopy sludge to pass the dare.

But because it's a liquid and a solid,

it can swallow you up like quicksand before you know it.

And Mum Amanda is about to find out what happens if you go too slow.

Oh, no, Amanda.

But in the nick of time, her new wife, Madame Vastra,

comes to the rescue!

That daring rescue deserves a treat.

Time for our planners' final surprise.

All the way from Gallifrey, it's your wedding cake!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, brilliant!

But remember, this wedding cake is covered by the kids' edible

fake glass dome and it needs to be smashed rather than cut.

ALL: Three, two, one... Smash!

Oh, look at that, brilliant.

As Doctor Who's home planet is revealed,

let's find out whether this big day

really has been the best in the whole of time and space.

I had a really amazing time.

Everything went as it was meant to go.

It's been amazing, hasn't it?

Fantastic. Unbelievable. Out of this world.

If we'd have planned a wedding, we would never have dreamt of all this.

It was brilliant. Yeah. Super.

The best bit of today was probably

when Mummy got stuck in alien goo and Mum had to lift her up.

Now we can say that we're married and we've got the rings,

a constant reminder.

The kids have done a really amazing job.

We were the best wedding planners ever. Success!

-Another crazy wedding and another happy couple.

-Absolutely... Oh, no.

What?

Well, I can't remember who's supposed to be returning

this Tardis to the Doctor.

-Well, I suppose we could always do it. Fancy a spin?

-Yeah.