02x13 - Finale

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The end of series two
sees the Doctor and Rose
suddenly part company.

This heartbreak is set against
the Doctor's biggest-ever battle.

Both the Cybermen and the Daleks
are on the att*ck.

EXTERMINATE ALL LIFE FORMS BELOW!!!

Follow Doctor Who Confidential
as we go behind the scenes

of this series finale, one which
rocks the Doctor to his core.

This was the first show ever

with a Cyberman and a Dalek
in the same frame.

So it's very exciting.
A bit of TV history happening here.

It's just a bummer when the Daleks

come back, they're just so annoying!

They're fantastic to be around,
actually. They're such
sturdy constructions.

They really come in
and rain on our parade!

It's tricky to work with a Dalek.
There are guys inside...

This is Dave. Hello, Dave!

You can't see the guys inside
or even up close...

When you see them...
And their lights flashing...

When you hear them...
YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!

Nick Brigg's voice comes crackling
through huge speakers... It's awful!

YOU WILL BE NECESSARY!!!

HE GROANS AND ROARS

We're in the middle of the sequence
towards the end of episode ,

where I've opened the void
in reverse.

Press the red button!

BREACH ACTIVE! IT IS THE DOCTOR!

EXTERMINATE HIM!!!

The final scene
in the lever room....

To explain that, was a bit like
putting a jigsaw puzzle together.

Action!

For us, it's kind of hanging onto
metal bars and being blown around

and screaming when you're told to.

Looking at explosions
which may or may not be there.

DALEKS SHRIEK

COMPUTER: Online and locked.

In order for Rose to fall,
I had to have a set built that was

turned round,
so she's physically hanging.

By the time we've finished,
she'll think she's horizontal.

The way we continued her
flying horizontal

was put her onto a studio trolley.

SHE SCREAMS

I used a slow motion camera
so she screams,
looking up towards the camera,

screams and slowly falls away.

We then cut, as the second part
of the jigsaw puzzle,

back to scenes we did
in the lever room.

Rose!!!

I thought the artistes were terrific
in it. I thought -

oh, it's going to make me cry -
when Rose screams

her death scream
as she knows she's about to die,
going through that void...

..it is terrifying,
it is absolutely tragic.

COMPUTER: Systems closed.

It broke me up. Their performance,
the reality of the way

they played that sequence
was absolutely extraordinary.

You can see they almost look
at each other, but they're
only looking at empty space.

It's extraordinary.
I think they performed
that absolutely truthfully.

It was a brilliant piece of work.

You must not forget
you've got actors who need
to be allowed to perform.

They take on board
the technicalities
of what you want to do,

they've rehearsed the technicalities
and then there's a moment
when they want you to shush

and allow them to perform.

And it is the artistes' moment.

VOICE OVER WALKIE-TALKIE:
OK, thank you.

Good, we've cut.

Cut!

Smashing. I'm absolutely thrilled.

I was never tempted to k*ll her.

We're here to tell
optimistic, positive stories
about the human race.

There are sci-fi stories
where you could have k*lled her

but Doctor Who is
about survival and optimism

and it is never, ever, ever
an option to k*ll her.

There's kind of an inevitability
to what happens at the end.

We've known Billie was leaving
from the very start of series two,

right from the set up,
so there was a chance to sort of
layer that in slightly.

Something in the air,
something coming.

The monster's in the Doctor.

It seems you cannot have one
without the other.

A storm's approaching.

VIBRATING VOICE: The valiant child
who will die in battle so very soon.

I'm very afraid. You will die.
You and I both know, don't we, Rose?

The Doctor is worth the monsters.

Said I was going to die in battle.

And I will live.

It lied.

I did that job once,
I was a dinner lady.

Are you eating those chips?
Yeah, they're a bit...different.

I think they're gorgeous.

Having experienced
this crazy, supernatural stuff,

it's just heartbreaking,
the thought of not having the chance
to do that again,

with the man she loves.

Am I ever going to see you again?

You can't.

In the end,
it's not really her choice.

It's been decided for her.

♪ Ache

♪ Can't watch you break...and shatter

♪ Saved

♪ New lives to make...us better

♪ I'm letting you know

♪ Cleansing my soul... ♪

You know what?
They keep on trying to split us up
but they never, ever will.

Never say never ever.

♪ Turn over everything

♪ Time can heal us again

♪ I'm tender in your arms... ♪

I think it's very sad when
he finally has to say goodbye.

♪ Bringing the love I need

♪ The loneliness has gone... ♪

But it leaves the Doctor
in a very sad place,

when suddenly he turns around
and the Tardis is empty again.

She really was deliberately
designed as a character

to be a touchstone, to be somebody

you could sit at home
and imagine you might be.

She's a hard act to follow
and we're really going to miss her.

See you then, Doctor.

You look at this man,
with his wandering, restless nature

and he almost HAS to be like that.
That's the format of the show,

that's what was created in
and now to take that, to look at it
and make it real,

the events of his life have to keep
propelling that lifestyle forward.

I love you!

Quite right too.

The moment you think,
"He might settle down now",

you've got to break it up
and move on.

Rose Tyler...

♪ Oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh

♪ The loneliness has gone. ♪