1. In this episode,
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3. That is so cool.
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4. .. some cosplaying aliens
are having a hoot...
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5. Me, me, me, me, me!
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
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6. ..I've been learning about
the phrase,
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7. "The early bird catches the worm..."
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8. Welcome to Doctor Unleashed.
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9. Coming up...
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10. How does one go from this...
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11. ..to this,
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12. to this?
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13. Looks how I feel.
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14. Guest star Jonathan Groff
reveals what it's like
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16. Took me to a completely
different place with him.
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17. Like, we were in the stars
together dancing.
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18. .. and spoiler alert - we've got
an Unleashed exclusive clip
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19. from the next Doctor Who episode.
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20. Honoured guests,
you are cordially invited
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22. the show that gets you
behind-the-scenes access
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23. to the Whoniverse.
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24. In this episode,
we lift the lid on Rogue,
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25. the seventh adventure
of Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor
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26. and his companion, Ruby Sunday.
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27. OK, great.
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28. But be prepared for spoilers.
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29. So without FEATHER ado...
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30. Action.
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31. Set against a Regency-era backdrop,
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32. this episode might have
a familiar feel if you like
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33. another television series set
in a similar historical period,
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34. which we are most definitely
not allowed to mention.
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35. Bridgerton. Bridgerton.
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36. Oh, my Bridgerton!
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It's brilliant, isn't it?
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that everyone talks about.
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42. Sexy.
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to say that.
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and passion.
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and talk differently,
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playing with that.
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and make-up departments,
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the fact that we love them
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52. So there's steam coming out of
their ears because we're going,
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53. "Let's do the Regency,
let's have a ball.
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and the staff
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55. "and the full pomp and
ceremony of that period."
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the choreography, the style of it.
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body-snatching,
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of a Doctor Who classic.
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between the Doctor
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bounty hunter...
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64. .. Rogue.
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65. My name is Jonathan Groff
and I am playing Rogue.
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66. The multi-award-winning star
of shows such as Glee,
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Jonathan Groff comes
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superstardom.
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where they say,
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70. "Shall we send the script
to Jonathan Groff?"
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waste my time."
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72. And he read it and loved it.
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an alien bounty hunter.
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about Han Solo from Star Wars.
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meeting in this world
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a common ally.
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open up to each other,
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we're having an adventure.
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I'm the Doctor.
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for the Doctor to sizzle.
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but it's like he meets someone
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enemies, then they're friends,
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classic rom-com structures,
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and the falling out,
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and then the sacrifice.
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meeting that happens
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I was really moved by.
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to the Doctor.
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executive producer of Loki,
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Briony Redman,
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107. "Well, look, I love romance.
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108. "Like, can we do,
like, a queer romance?"
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109. And he was like, "Absolutely."
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extroverted, so we were like,
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you know, opposites attract."
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our kind of chemistry read.
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by Kylie Minogue
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the right man for the job.
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that had to sizzle
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between Rogue and the Doctor.
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choreographer Jack Murphy,
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lovable rogue of a man.
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like, through the steps,
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the dance steps clinically,
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artistic intent.
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was very much about
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the two characters.
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where the lights go out
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of us dancing and I...
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in the room but Ncuti.
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different place with him.
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together dancing.
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but electric.
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Who's going to be surprised?
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who live on drama,
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and scandal.
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to create a scandal.
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remotely scandalous.
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beautiful to watch.
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himself for Ruby.
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love interest?
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we're seeing Rogue again.
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end of the episode to find him,
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so to speak.
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takes place across one evening,
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of night shoots
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and early finishes,
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to prepare themselves
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starting the night off
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a good cup of builder's tea.
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three o'clock in the morning.
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of the afternoon.
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When we knew that
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three weeks night shoots,
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Are you?
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Look at that.
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written all over it.
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the wisteria, the flowers,
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I was disappointed with that.
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Don't worry. You'll be fine.
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actually.
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brought my hat today
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pretty cold right now. Yeah.
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Active. Awake.
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keep going with it. Yeah, yeah.
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a boost, maybe 3am...
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vitamin C tablets and oranges.
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still doing me justice.
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to yourself, you know,
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your acting career...
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some pretty big shows.
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I've seen myself dead before.
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Not in this... But not like this.
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drawing to a close,
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have paid off.
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the most sprightly, mate.
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saying the whole Tom Hardy,
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with his tactics?
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vitamin C plan.
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through the final hour
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Indira Varma
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to turn into a Chuldur...
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to take it all off.
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for my work experience...
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who was living 200 years ago.
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is all about the look,
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and party animals
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and tail coats,
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the prettiest I've ever felt.
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our costume designer,
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always works with blondes,
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in yellow
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in yellow and
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because it was quite dark,
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and, like, period stuff,
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and talk differently.
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and my hair
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and the breeches are cream
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deep, almost wine colour,
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was quite luxurious.
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of velvet jacket.
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an old Doctor.
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like I'm rich and I own land,"
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and so it was good.
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artists in this episode.
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73 pairs of Regency shoes,
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of corralling this army
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the dancers lined up.
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we've got lots of crowd,
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a very big opening.
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three hours' time,
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and dancers to get ready,
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charged with getting
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ready for filming.
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running the costume department,
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further, who's doing make-up.
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the dancers today.
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having enough time
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people today.
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as well, it's pretty good.
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on the top of their game.
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build in breakfast for everyone
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Did someone mention breakfast?
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is you have to feed all the SAs
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always a bit of a hustle
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as quick as possible.
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these lovely, lovely costumes.
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aren't they, guys?
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very good at our jobs.
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artists come from.
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get a script and it will say,
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"40 people in this, roughly..."
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and make-up departments about,
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That's a really important thing...
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costumes aren't made here.
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fit into those costumes. Yeah.
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that we use. Yeah.
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street casting involved as well,
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different dancing schools
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supporting artists.
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Yeah. There are people that,
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the past on other productions
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them on the street and be like,
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everyone's really kind of
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they think I'm some weirdo
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to them being stood
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in these costumes,
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Yeah. That is cool.
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Bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
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Thanks for the wrangling. Pleasure.
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There's wrangling in action
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Into our positions, friends.
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just making sure
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at the right time.
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notes from the director.
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the assistant directors,
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choreographing the extras,
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performances out of them as well.
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472. And sometimes that's explaining
to them in a big room of people
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473. and we go, "Right, this is
what's going to happen today.
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478. Standing by to rehearse, then.
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480. "Can you be a bit more sad?
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to start rolling.
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really good. Yeah.
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489. Pulling off.
This is wonderful work.
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the Whoniverse has brought us
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the Chuldur.
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Doctor Who of using animals.
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had cats, we've had pigs,
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498. and here come the birds.
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in alien prosthetics
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"I will kill you, Doctor."
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"Please can we do that?"
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506. And I just thought birds
were a lovely chance.
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their feathers as quite showy,
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that they go from feathers
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It makes perfect sense.
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Course they do.
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a very rare opportunity,
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alien species looks different.
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different to each other,
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It's a family of birds.
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Duchess of Pemberton,
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Indira Varma.
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Duchess of Pemberton
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Chuldur Duchess of Pemberton,
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they reveal their true selves
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537. Oh, not long. Just maybe
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538. three and a half to four hours.
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539. And then about 45 minutes
to take it all off.
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540. And don't I look fabulous?
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brought to life?
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technicians with them -
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assistant for each of them,
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to practical sculpting,
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from birds of prey.
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including the colour
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you know, for the claws,
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little gloves on.
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555. Yeah, yeah. And a mammoth
amount of feathers, no doubt.
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556. Oh, my God, we're covered
in feathers.
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a giant nest right now.
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when people ask me
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to be in it,
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563. because it's glued on to my skin.
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565. my skin and it
to start getting itchy.
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566. Well, it is quite
disconcerting
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when you look like this.
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570. And you've got the hands on
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571. Yeah. Um, the hands...
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572. Yeah. It's, look, it feels,
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comfortable feeling. Yeah.
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575. I want to be you.
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576. It's been great.
It's been very funny.
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584. You enjoying being a baddie?
I am, yeah.
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as an actor, to play a villain
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that side of humanity.
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So you're going to...
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I'm not going to sleep tonight.
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supporting artists were in it.
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It's the measuring tape
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Yep. Straight away.
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under your shirt now
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your natural waist.
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I've actually got
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wedding coming up.
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Just so I can make a note.
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arm length.
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quite short arms.
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length of arms.
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breeches will probably sit,
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623. I'm really interested in the idea
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clothes on people.
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creating characters.
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626. Exactly. And you can see I've got
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here that I've pulled out.
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628. Yeah. So this might be a good first
option to try. That's quite cool.
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flamboyant aristocrats
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we are. Could be the first.
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You might feel very differently.
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the aristocratic look?
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these were all the rage back then.
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showing the shapely leg.
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640. Want to show off your calves?
You want to show off your calves.
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was really common at the time.
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642. So, it looks very baggy
and voluminous,
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we're used to. Yeah.
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644. You're building them sort of
from the layers up, right?
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645. You build foundation,
yeah, inside out. Foundations?
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652. Totally different.
Socks, shirt, trousers.
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who was living 200 years ago.
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weight recently, but...
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I'm enjoying the shirt.
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How's it feeling so far?
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How does it feel to you?
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I feel a million dollars.
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Absolutely, yes, please.
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