03x06 - Monsters Inc

[bunniefuu]

What is a monster? I prefer to call
them "creatures", myself.

A monster is generally something
that isn't human.

Moxx of Balhoon.

The best monsters terrify you.

What you want is a combination
of suspense... Hello. ..and then
something that doesn't disappoint.

The Face of Boe. Weird and wonderful
characters for the Doctor to face.

I dunno.
What do you think of monsters?

'Safely behind that sofa?
Then we'll begin.

'Join Doctor Who Confidential as we
take another look at Lazarus

'and celebrate the monster mayhem.'

Perhaps it's more politically
correct to call them "creatures".

'Doctor Who's creatures come
in many a monstrous form,

'but none more beastly
than Mark Gatiss.'

It's brilliant. A dream part.

It's kind of three villains in one.

It's a joy to cast Mark. He's on our
radar cos he's worked on scripts.

He's a fundamental part of the team,
is Mark.

And we've always wanted to cast him
in the right thing.

This is only the beginning.

We're not just making history.

We're shaping the future, too.

It was very easy to direct Mark

in old and young,

cos he does it so incredibly well.

I'm going to perform a miracle.

It is, I believe,
the most important advance
since Rutherford split the atom.

I'm going to change from to .

You will watch and wonder.

And tomorrow,

you will wake to a world
which will be changed forever.

It's a bit strange.
I look quite nice in the blond wig,
but it's a bit weird to be...

I like to think people are looking
at me oddly because I've shed
years, not turned into Brad Pitt.

He's a human who only wants
to be young.

I'm with him on this. A fantastic
idea, if only it had worked.

I'd give my eyeteeth for
my own genetic manipulation device!

I am Richard Lazarus.
ONLOOKERS GASP

I am years old...
CRIES OF AMAZEMENT

..and I am reborn!

'It may be Mark's dream role,

'but sh**ting the show
has literally put years on him.'

With any prosthetic,

Onto that cast,
we model the whole look.

It's all done with wax and then
we make moulds of that which we
fill with a silicone gel material.

It's really fleshy, really stretchy.
The majority of the prosthetic

is one large piece,
so that gets pulled on.

He's covered in glue
and it's all glued down

and the edges blended in.

It's three hours in total
to get it all on.

It's really quite freaky
talking to you like that!

To me, this is old man at BAFTA.
THEY LAUGH

That's what I asked for.

Probably slightly too old to attend,
but I'm gonna come anyway.

It's sensational. I'm over the moon.
And really thrilled...

to work with David properly,

because we've done a few things,
but we've never had much together.

We've got some scenery-chewing parts
in this one.

[ That's great.
Are you looking mean and moody?

Yeah! Good.

One thing that's hard to find
in South Wales

is things that can work as
science-fiction

but modern-day settings.
You want something sleek

and sophisticated
and shiny and gorgeous.

Right on our doorstep was the Senedd
building, the Welsh parliament.

This is where the guests
at the party first see the creature.

They turn round and see the creature
leap from the top up there and
crash down on one of the tables.

The table is rigged to explode.
The legs will buckle and, hopefully,
it will collapse.

The guests flee, basically.

SCREAMING
Everyone downstairs, now!

Don't push!
Into the foyer. Keep moving!

Lazarus, in a rage,
starts throwing tables,

one one way, one the other.

Get back!

Having a stunt man is great.
Somebody else can get
smashed in the face...

..and then collect his man-points.

The tables flying, one of which
hits Leo, have to be lightweight.

Because we can't damage this
location. It's rather precious.

The Welsh Assembly wouldn't be happy
if their slate was cracked. Cut!

I knew that Lazarus was
going to have Mark Gatiss's face

in some way,
kind of at the centre of it.

Um...but beyond that,

I'm slightly making it up
in my own head in those scenes.

Whenever there's a monster
in Doctor Who,

we always want to make it CGI.

The Mill...

I never cease to be amazed

by the size of the team.

There's about
full-time people sitting at computers

and it's like a hive with each person
doing a different thing.

The first versions that we did,

we took a load of photos of him.

We built his head fully in CG.

And then, when we put that
to the model, it looked too much
like a human head stuck on.

We had to make him more threatening.

We added bits
like the mouth that opens up...

..kind of wrinkling up his face
till it felt right,

like it was sitting nicely
on the model.

I thought it was time to ask
The Mill for a really lively, big,

cumbersome but lithe creature
that could move like lightning

and strike people down and have a
huge presence on the sets, so that's
what they did and he's brilliant!

Oh, God!

Now!

ROAR!

No! Get away from her!

SLURP!

Lazarus! Leave them alone!

And cut!

Very good!

'In the past, the Doctor's faced
some frightening foes.

'Just what is the secret
behind the scare?'

What is a monster? That's a very
big, general question, isn't it?

Waaa-ooooooow!

BANG!

It's the way it's always been -

the monsters and the Doctor.

It seems you cannot have one

without the other. Tell me about it!

You've dabbled with aliens.

Now meet the genuine article.

There aren't any essential
ingredients for a monster.

A "monster" is
a very pejorative term, isn't it?

A monster is generally something
that isn't human,

but human beings can be monsters.

HISSING SCREAM
We say "monsters".

You'll never hear the Doctor
use that word.

Nice needlework.
Shame about the face.

Oh! You are beautiful!

To him, they're not. They're aliens.
I don't think the Doctor

would call them monsters,

because when does an animal
become a monster?

They're generally characters
that provide a degree of jeopardy
and thr*at

to the lives of the people involved.

I think the more rooted in humanity
they are, that's the scarier thing.

What are you?

I'm The Wire, and I'm hungryyyyyyyy!

FIZZLING

The broader implication is evil
and something to be feared.

Um...and I think, as ever,
it's more interesting if you think
of each creature on its merits.

You've got to be careful
that to be alien isn't to be bad.

That's not what we want
the show to say.

♪ One, two, three, four, let me
hear you scream if you want some more

♪ Ah, push it, push it
Watch me work it... ♪

We are the Slitheen.

SCREAM CUT OFF

'Back in the studio, it's not Lazarus
that's putting the fear into
the Doctor.

'There's a stunt being rehearsed
which is leaving him rather...

'hot under the collar.'

This sequence is tying in with
where the Doctor...

is trying to make the lab explode
by turning on the gas.

David! Whose idea was it
for you to do this stunt?

I was never consulted. I just looked
up the schedule and I saw I was
there doing it myself.

It could've been mine and I don't
remember that at all.

It was yours. It was assumed
it'd be best if he did.

There's this whole thing about
actors doing their own stunts and if
you don't you're in some way, er...

I don't know, wanting in manliness.

But the truth of the matter is...

I wouldn't be allowed to do it
unless it was completely safe.

This is usually...

a stuntman's job, but they asked if
I could use David, which made me...

a little nervous, cos
it's your lead actor doing it.

I tested it myself.

We set the heights of the fire
and the safety distance.

I needed to gauge it with the heat
and everything else before I could
put my main actor in it.

Have you done one before
with a fireball?

No. No... Action!

Cut!

Thanks, Tom. You're welcome.
Well done, Tom. Cheers.

Monsters going to eat us!

What sort of monsters, sweetheart?
Is it aliens?

♪ I could be wholesome
I could be loathsome

♪ I guess I'm a little bit shy
Why don't you like me?

♪ Why don't you like me
without making me try?

♪ I could be brown
I could be blue

♪ I could be violet sky

♪ I could be hurtful
I could be purple

♪ I could be anything you like
I could be green

♪ I could be mean
Gotta be everything more

♪ Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?

♪ Why don't you walk out the door? ♪
Perimeter! Agh!

♪ ..I could be blue
I could be violet sky

♪ I could be hurtful
I could be purple

♪ I could be anything you like

♪ Gotta be green, gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more

♪ Why don't you like me? Why don't
you like me? Walk out the door

♪ I could be brown
I could be blue

♪ I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful

♪ I could be purple
I could be anything you like

♪ Gotta be green
Gotta be mean

♪ Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me?

♪ Why don't you like me?

♪ Walk out the door. Ooooh... ♪

Agh!

Ching!

What do monsters have nightmares
about? Me! Ha!