Behind the Scenes


One of the most popular scenes in the first episode of The Dark Dimension was the set of Dorothy's bedroom! Alas not all the detail of the set managed to work it's way into the final shots (not unlike the TARDIS interior in the TV movie!). Here we see the wall that faces Dorrie's bed as Miss McShane raises a glass during a publicity photo session...you'll see the rest of these photos plus some re-creations of infamous Doctor Who publicity shots and more at Christmas!

Here is a cheeky intruder about to plunge an extra character into shot! Mr Hunt recalls: "Mr Rayner is setting up another publicity still just out of shot, and I wandered in and decided to add the Brig to his carefully positioned set-up. Completely ruined his shot of course, but I had fun! Then I curtsied and said "Good morning Vicar!""


A faceless one assembles the impressively large Hawkspur HQ set. Note the Art Attack glue and Hawkspur's Evita style balcony awaiting its usage.


Above we see the semi-constructed of the raft that the dead 7th Doctor rests upon in the very first shots of the story, while Mr R gives some candlesticks (from a soon-to-be-seen set!) a golden coat of paint...

Above we can see a studio technician beavering away taking shots for the first episode. Note the Doctor Who video's being used to support the walls of the set!  Fans, however, will be most excited by the utterly horrid jumper sported by the busy bee. A spokesman explains: "The jumper was actually donated to the production by the Su Pollard Foundation for Distressed Knitwear, and our cameraman raised fifty seven pounds for charity by wearing the stinking item for the whole day. The reason he is sporting such a heavy garment is due to all HaRpi's money going into making the story. The crew were therefore without expensive luxuries like hot beverages and in-studio heating for the duration of recording."

Here we can see another handsome stage-hand carefully fashioning some lurid walls for a different set. The loaf of bread on the left of the picture indicates that the crew probably had beans on toast for lunch. The recently scissored red garment seen  above was in fact a brand new £79.99p waistcoat from Harvey Nicholls and not, as thought when it was ripped to pieces, an old dishcloth. Much hilarity ensued amongst the cast and crew when the mistake was realised. The red cloth will be seen playing a pair of curtains in the first episode of the new story, the cloth's first dramatic role but hopefully not it's last.