Neil Gaiman Gives an Update on his Doctor Who Script (with Bonus)
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Dante,
Posted on: 2010-08-21 06:30 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
And, of course, the BBC's official site has other updates of its own...
Gaiman's updated his blog with another post about his Doctor Who episode and has managed to keep it free of not merely spoilers, but virtually content as well. He does at least confirm that it will air as the third episode of the new season and will feature Amy and Rory. Other than that, the table read was "pretty amazing", the notes were minor, and Moffat, asking him to clarify a point, told him, "Look, you understand that, and I understand that, but we're Science Fiction people. The other 100% of the audience may not get it."
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Other than that, the table read was "pretty amazing", the notes were minor, and Moffat, asking him to clarify a point, told him, "Look, you understand that, and I understand that, but we're Science Fiction people. The other 100% of the audience may not get it."
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Yesterday Neil Gaimain updated his blog with the news that his script for the next series of Doctor Who is ready to go to the show's script editor prior to the table read in a week and a half. At this stage (somewhere around the tenth draft), he claims he's streamlined it considerably, discarding "interesting chatty background conversations" in favor of advancing the plot nonstop.
AMYIs it something people can eat?
THE DOCTOR Why would I scan food with my screwdriver?
AMY See if its safe?
THE DOCTOR Some unusual trace elements, smidge too much background radiation, but, yeah, very yummy.
THE DOCTOR (contd) No. Dont put it in your mouth.
AMY Not for humans?
THE DOCTOR Not for you. Tastes like Marmite on socks.
Just to tantalize the audience, he's posted a short scene he had to delete but that he swears has no spoilers. Read on, as the Doctor and Amy inspect a bowl of something "possibly ... alien" that they've been given to eat...
(to Doctor)
Shouldnt you scan it with your screwdriver or something?
The Doctor leans over, dips his finger into his bowl, tastes it.
Amy is about to try some of his food... he stops her.
The episode, which originally had the working title "The House of Nothing", is scheduled to be the third in series 5 to air next year. Between Gaiman's blog, twitter feed, and MSM interviews, he's clearly going to maintain a constant level of anticipation until then.