 On this episode of Doctor Who Road Confidential, we go behind the scenes on Doctor Who Road, the musical, and we have a rough look on how a sketch goes from up here to the screen. Doctor Who Road, being in its fourth phase, has gone through many evolutions on how I create sketches. In phase one, the scripts could be a couple of ages long, very basic, not much thought gone into continuity, because I was writing the continuity. Phase two got a bit more serious, you know, I like the odd callback, but it's phase three where I really started thinking about it as a phase, as a series of interlocked sketches. Phase four has followed that suit, and here's how I've been doing it. Whenever I get an idea of a villain I want to do, or a storyline I want to do, or just any rough idea like that, I'll jot it down in a Google Docs document. And then when it comes to making a new phase, I'll just pick and choose ones I want to do, and sort of structure them, and put them next to sketches that are not like each other. For phase three, I had them all interlocked in a more serious way, like they all come back. And I'm doing a bit of that for phase four, but it's more a case of trial and error, in the sense of I want to try a lot of different things. So for instance, this time it was something I haven't really done before, at least in the mainline sketches, a musical. Nice. Do you want, do you need to get your cock out? Ah, I've jumped perfectly. A nice apartment, whatever that guy just said. Uh, no, shouldn't do. Uh, later. That's going to Doctor Who Confidential, I'll tell you that much. Oh, good, good, good, good. Welcome to Doctor Who Confidential for Doctor Who Lord the Musical. Painous. Painous. Advertise yourself. Pussy. Oh, I'm ready. Oh, I'm ready. Ready? Ready? Three, two, one, flip. Do it again. Do it again. Do it again. Do you want to do it to the music? Yeah. Do it again, ready? Yeah, ready. I don't know when she does it, but it doesn't matter where the music. It does. It does, it matters. Ready? Yep. We're doing it, we're doing it. I want to see it. Once they're in an order, it's a case of actually writing them, and this can take between like a couple of weeks. Uh, I mean, it took me like an afternoon for Phase One, for example, for any of those sketches. But now it can take me between like a couple of weeks to three months. For example, Moffat's Avenger and Rise of the Chip, I think. Both three to four months to write and plot out and yeah. Doctor Who wrote the musical took about a month or two to write, because it went through a lot of iterations. Most importantly, I feel like this is quite an important note to hit. It changes so much from your initial idea to the final product. It's for the script wise. It's because of a few things. One of them is that when you think about how it will fit in with the rest of the sketches, or especially this one just just before it, you think of how it can interlock. And I did that by opening this sketch in unit with Brigadier of Pertwee, because you know, it's a nice through line. I don't usually think about script length. It will be as long as it needs to be. But the usual length these days, starting from Phase Three onwards has been about half an hour. Finale is especially when you get to the water at the end of the phase, like Joker's Renge and Rise of the Chip, where they were quite a lot longer. I'm looking forward to the finalities of these sketches. But they seem to be half an hour. Like three doctors, 25 minutes. Doctor Who wrote the musical about 35 minutes. So they're quite close. You know, my favourite character for the film was Eccleston for the longest time, and that shouldn't be a surprise. But I'm starting to feel like Capaldi is, because I don't know, every time I'm filming with Capaldi I talk more to camera. Anyway, I'm about to embark on a very tricky shot. So the musician is going to be starting here. Capaldi, he's going to be starting here, and then Pertwee, he's going to be starting all the way over here. Now, easy in process, but I've tried it twice. This is my third time twice. The first was in Moffat's Provenge, where they were all starting from the portal, which looked absolutely rubbish. And then I've tried it again since then attacking the Dream Lord, where it's Dream Lord, McCoy, Pertwee, but Pertwee's involved. And that was pretty good. So I'm going to try it again, different POVs, you know, ones in the back, ones in the foreground. I'm exhausted every time I do this. All right, worst part is I just have to stand in for Capaldi's bit. Just fucking stand in. Whilst I'm quiet for a minute, I'll quickly hop in. I wanted to use more green screen and split screen stuff in this sketch, and I hope that comes across. Just because whenever I use them, it's usually sparingly and it's usually quite impressive. I always want to use more stuff like that, but it's sometimes the case of laziness that I don't. So I really wanted it this time. Hopefully it paid off. Let me know if it paid off in the comments below. All right, so that was Pertwee's now. That was Capaldi. So now I need to swap to Pertwee. That doesn't bother me getting fully. The best part is I can keep the wing on, so I just look weird done with it. Oh look, I'm Capaldi from Hellbent, ready? Ready? Ready? Where's me flipping guitar? I'm going to stand around to do nothing for the ages. Get it? Gosh, I'm too funny. Now, as tempted as I am for you to see my naked body, it won't be happening today. So if you excuse me, I'm going to get naked off here. Thank you. Goodbye. I just realized that the clothes I need to change into are over here. Stop looking your pearls. The current time, the current length is about two and a half minute, but there's nothing. God damn it, my wig fell off. She's not bad necessarily, but the longer it is, as I'm filming on as high a quality as I can, the more space it'll fill up on my laptop, which means I won't be able to feel that much. Well, you know what it means. I don't need to. What am I saying? Pertwee's new shirt. Well, fabulous went on. First of all, looks ridiculous without the jacket and all bollocks in his trouser stomach. Every time I think I'm prepared for one of these, I will move that obviously or from comedic effect. I got to start talking like Pertwee, don't I? Yes. There we go. What was I saying? It looks a bit ridiculous with the blazer on. Very comfy though, but also the bow tie doesn't quite work with it. It's very odd. I'll show you what I mean. It doesn't seem to agree with the collar. Exhausted to talk like Pertwee. You'd think being exhausted would help for Pertwee, but you'd be wrong. Works for Hartle. Sorry if you hear any bannums. That's discord. You're going to see the jacket. This green jacket is quite small, but it does look bloody fantastic. You can see what we need. The collar doesn't really go down properly. It's very odd. All right, back to it. Now I have to stand super duper still. Last change, the man himself. The musician is a nasty customer. Oh, who needs continuity, eh? Have to try the trousers again. Do excuse me a moment. We little teasers aren't I? You want the ultimate tea? Well, first of all, six minutes in the solution. Trousers. I'm now just wearing pants and socks. How sexy. I'm bollocks. I just realized something else. I need to set up the music going, but thankfully I've got that mostly set up. Got a laggy again, you bastard. Good. Set up. Anyway, exhausted. I've non-stopped filmed this morning since about 10 o'clock, and now it is nearly half two. So I've taken very, very quick breaks just to give my battery and for my camera some charge, which it looks like I'll have to do again after this very long shot. No, it's a long shot. Ah! See, I'm going with the solution. He wasn't going to have a wig, the musician. He wasn't. But when I made the switch to the musician being Colin's brother, it wasn't that original. He was just a villain. When I swapped it to be his brother, I realized it only made sense for him to have blonde hair as well, just in sort of strength and that connection. Obviously he didn't have to. You know, brothers can have different colored hair, but fun little details, you know. Plus, I don't think I've had a blonde villain, have I? Right, he can't really see us in the back anyway. Okay. Didn't even go for it then, so. That's literally it. That's the shot, ladies and jelly beans. Once filming is done and filming usually takes... I only usually have Saturdays and Sundays to film because I work five days a week for most of the day when I get out from work. Ooh, daddy's tired! But anyway, I digress. So after filming takes however long it does, some sketches are easier to film than others. For example, three doctors, I said at the last confidential that it was so easy to film. Small cast, mostly the same location. It took a couple of... a few weeks, like a month maybe, and this one took about a month and a half. After I'm done filming, editing on this laptop here. It used to be my computer but it broke and so I sold it for parts. I'm not a big fan of editing. I've talked to a meticulous broadcast about this and he's a big fan of editing but I don't like it very much. I like it when it's done. The biggest thing I don't like about editing is picking the music. Now, I've gotten smarter about it over the years, especially in phase three and now, where I select it purposefully. I select them depending on who's in it or what's happening. For example, this sketch Colin Baker was the star and I hadn't used a lot of Colin Baker tracks before. So, I went on the 50th anniversary soundtrack playlist, which is on YouTube if you want to look, and I selected a few six-doctor tracks and I think it really helped make it feel a lot different in between the musical sequences. It's a musical so obviously the song sequences will stick out in your head more than the Colin Baker tracks but I think it works either way. I really like the Colin Baker stuff. Another example is in the three doctors, I used obviously Hartle, Trout and Pertley stuff and that worked to sort of set the classic who toned I really wanted out of that sketch. Oh, another good one is at the end of this sketch when the chameleon arch and the pocket watchers used. I used specifically music from Family of Blood. I found on YouTube a Family of Blood suite using all the music that was in it and it helped set that tone, you know, because he's like, I thought we've all seen Family of Blood by now. And it works. Standing over here to show off my new shelf, it wasn't in the sketch because I built it after the sketch was filmed, same with the desk. Anyway, I'd like to take a moment to go through the songs that never were. You see, the idea going into the sketch and here's a good example of when sketch ideas change was it was going to be like the dream lord sketch or the physician's fears where each doctor has their own song sequence. But in the end I decided that's A, too much work and B, just not necessary, you know, pad the sketch. So here's some of the songs that never were. William Hartman was supposed to sing Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins. No particular reason. I just thought he'd shoot a quieter song. But here we are. Also, it isn't weird seeing me do a doctor voice without the costume. I feel like it could be. Before there was going to be a villain, before the musician was a thing, originally it was absolutely unexplained or some sort of unit malfunction. There was going to be an intro song where all the doctors joined in and it was going to be This is Halloween from Nightmare Before Christmas. There was so much opportunity for all the doctors to take part there. I thought that would be fun. Maybe I'll do that again for a Halloween special of some of these days. Have fun. Some of these days? One of these days. Well, you get it. Before Smith was going to come in and save the day, I was going to have Smith sing a SpongeBob SquarePants song called Best Day Ever because I always figured he's such an upbeat and happy doctor. It would make sense for him to sing Best Day Ever. If you know the song, I think it's from the musical, which I guess makes sense. And I figured it would suit Smith beautifully. And I'd love to revisit this idea. So maybe I'll have Smith have an excuse to see it. Because, spoiler alert, this is not the last time you'll hear a doctor sing. I'm not claiming it's Smith, but one of the doctors does sing a song later on in the phase. Completely. It's not connected to this sketch at all. It's not connected to the musician. It's just fun. Before being absolutely shabbated in the sketch department, as he's not really appeared much at all, especially not in this sketch, he, Peter Davison. I've lost the voice. Christ, I really haven't done them in a while, have I? Peter Davison was going to do 500 miles and I would walk 500. I have no reason for this. It's just, I've got no reason for this. Here's one that was actually very close for being in. And there's a reason I joke about it in the sketch about it being cut. It's Tom Baker specifically. He was originally going to have a song from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the most famous and probably one of the best villain songs ever for Disney. Hellfire. I actually did record it, but it just didn't sound right. The karaoke version of the song that I found, it was so slow and maybe it was as slow as the actual song, but I found it very difficult to sing to. I thought it would be suitable. Very well to Tom Baker's deep voice. Beata Maria. You know, I thought it would work, but it just didn't, so I cut it. Last but not least, Mr. Vanity himself was going to have a song. What two vain filled songs, both from Moana, Shiny and You're Welcome. Gosh, I wanted to put these songs in, but they just didn't fit. Plus Tenen has a big part to play in the next one, so it only made sense to cut this one. Yeah, no reason why. I really wanted to put them in. They suited Tenen perfectly. Unfortunately, I had to cut them. Again, maybe it's an idea I'll roof as it another time, because again, it just suits him. Do you like it? It really fits my classic Koo DVDs well. Good stuff. Last but not least, when editing is all done, I will render it out, I'll export it, and at the moment, I'm having to steal my mother and father's internet. So whenever I pop around to dox it or for a family gathering, I'll take my laptop and I'll upload the sketch. I did that for the three doctors, and I'm on Monday, so it's Saturday today, and it's Monday in two days. That's how days work. I'm going to go dox it. Lovely Fred. We all love Fred. Mr. Cameo himself. And I'm going to upload the musical. I haven't actually done it yet. I haven't even made the thumbnail. No! If, and I wouldn't be surprised, this didn't quite quench your behind-the-scenes look into how things are made or how Doctor Who Road specifically is made. Drop questions in the comments below and I'll either answer it there or I'll feature it in an upcoming confidential. That'd be quite fun to have like a Q&A section, wouldn't it? But I've got an even fun away for the lovely community to grow and chat. I think it's time we talk discord. I have one. I've had one for a little while now, a couple months. I started it during lockdown to sort of, you know, a nice little place for people to be social and chat and, you know, share things about Doctor Who Road and what other people are doing. It's quite nice. I like it. We've currently got 25 people in the discord. I'm going to have an invite link in the description and in the comments. So if you want to come and join in this, there's a fan art area. We can post sort of different fan arts like this guy. There's a new releases where I post pictures of upcoming sketches and the links to sketches that have just been released. There's a share your channel. So if you make Doctor Who stuff or if you make anything really, it doesn't just have to be Doctor Who, you can post it here. Like quite a few people do. I haven't seen that one yet. There's a Q&A, so if you've got a question about any sketches or what I'm doing, you can post it there. There's challenges. We sometimes do little challenges like cosplay challenges and building challenges and prop challenges and bloody bloody god. Lots of fun stuff if you want. There's a memes one. It's pretty self-explanatory really, isn't it? There's a Minecraft one. I'll get to that. And there's a trivia one. So whenever I've got a fun bit of trivia about old sketches, new sketches, these current sketches, I'll pop it there. For going back to this, I've also with thanks to Jimster. Thank you, Jimster. We have a Minecraft server now. It supports Dalek mod. When I say it supports Dalek mod, it's got Dalek mod on it. Currently, we are building unit. HQ is like the sort of town hall hub. And if you are keen on that, it's sometimes open. But you'll have to be in the Discord to join it because you'll need the IP and it's in there. Oh, and one last thing. Speaking of people in the Discord, there is a man. I'm assuming he's a man called Fat, who has very kindly made, and I shall get it up on the screen, who has very kindly made a Doctor Who guy Wikipedia page on the fandom wiki. And there's lots of different fun things on there. And this is also where some of the trivia goes. So if you go on the Moffat's French one, there's a whole list of fun little trivia and cast and stuff. So if you want to be part of the Discord, part of the server, comment down below, join the link. We'd love to have you. This one, I feel, is getting a bit long. And me chatting away must get boring. I hope you've all enjoyed this and found it somewhat informative. The last combat adventure didn't do terribly well, but, oh well. I'm still going to make them. I enjoy making them. So, with that, I bid you, have a good day. Bye bye. Next time, Doctor Who wrote Confidential. We take a look behind the scenes of Super Smash Dogs. See you all there. Turns out.