Bernard Cribbins attended Doctor Who anniversary specials read-through weeks before his deathDoctor Who
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00:00 Right, we're here today at the read-through.
00:02 This is the first proper gathering of all of us
00:05 for the read-through of episodes one, two and three.
00:07 And it's very exciting,
00:09 because we've been working on this for months, for years.
00:11 But this is the first day we all come together.
00:13 Scene one, London, exterior night, London at night,
00:17 coming down to an alleyway.
00:18 Scene two, where a wind picks up and a wheezing, grinding noise.
00:22 And there's the TARDIS, hooray! It fades into being.
00:25 And this doctor, look, there he is.
00:27 This doctor steps out.
00:29 You come into a room, you've got David Tennant,
00:31 you've got Catherine Tate, you've got Bernard Crippens.
00:33 I think the whole room sighed
00:34 when Bernard Crippens said his first line.
00:36 All the words and all the scripts are just irrelevant
00:38 until you give it to the actors.
00:39 They're just what it's all about.
00:40 We have notes now. After every read-through,
00:42 you're going to have notes.
00:43 It's like some lines are going to be tweaked,
00:44 some bits don't quite work, some bits could be better.
00:46 I had a bit of this, that could have laughed, that didn't.
00:48 So every single read-through in the world
00:50 always has a note session.
00:51 There'll be a new draft then delivered in the next few days.
00:53 But really, we start filming in six days' time.
00:56 Oh, oh, hold on, hold on, let me help.
00:58 He takes down the top box, he takes down the second box,
01:00 and he sees Don and Obi.
01:02 Thank you very much.
01:04 He puts the box back.
01:05 Oi, do you mind?
01:07 Quite frankly, I have a good time on these days
01:08 because no-one likes my scripts more than me.
01:10 Everyone else can have them, I'm going to pick away at it.
01:12 I love them. So I'm very, very happy.
01:14 Properly, though, I'm genuinely happy
01:16 because we've all put a lot of work into them.
01:18 The words are just the beginning.
01:19 All the visuals, the directors are working on
01:21 are design teams and effects teams.
01:23 So this is just the beginning, but I'm properly excited.
01:27 I can't wait to see these. I'm thrilled.