Doctor Who- Unleashed - Season 2 Episode 05- The Story and the Engine
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00:00And three, two, one...
00:02In this episode...
00:03We're in Lagos!
00:04We'll show you how we built a Nigerian market in Wales.
00:09I go to Barry to reveal what's occurring between Doctor Who and Gavin and Stacey.
00:15And, spoiler alert, we've got you that exclusive clip from the next episode.
00:21Welcome!
00:30Here we are, then, just over halfway through the series.
00:38So far, we've had an angry AI, creepy cartoons, an unexpected sequel, and caught up with an old friend.
00:46Incredible.
00:48But despite the Doctor's best efforts with his vindicator, we're still no closer to Belinda getting home.
00:54And we're still no nearer to finding out who Mrs Flood is.
00:58Tony!
01:01Ag!
01:02For this instalment of Unleashed, we're heading behind the scenes of the story and the engine.
01:08A hair-raising episode set in a Nigerian barber shop on the back of a giant space spider powered by stories.
01:17In other words, just another day in the Hooniverse.
01:20Well, if you put it like that...
01:22So just where did the idea come from?
01:24I'd always wanted an episode set in Africa.
01:28And me and Russell have been speaking about Inua since the minute that I got cast.
01:33And actually...
01:34I just really wanted him to be a writer on Doctor Who.
01:38And Russell was so up for it, and I was like, yes!
01:41Well, I've been watching Doctor Who since I was a kid in Nigeria.
01:44Since I was ten years old, quivering behind the sofa, watching Daleks run rife everywhere.
01:51I've been toying with the idea of a Doctor Who episode or series, primarily because Nigeria is a very superstitious people.
02:02And the Doctor flirts around with superstition, but also magic and where that meets science and science fiction.
02:09So in my head, I've just been playing with this.
02:13Wait, you're on the missing posters?
02:16All of you?
02:17I'm a huge fan of Russell's work.
02:18So I just slid into his DMs and Instagram saying,
02:21Hi, Russell. I'm excited about what you do next.
02:24Welcome. I've been expecting you.
02:27And Russell responded within an hour saying,
02:30Inua, I'm a fan of your work. Come and write for us.
02:32Inua, the great joy of working with Inua Ellams.
02:35I went to The National, I saw his play, The Barbershop Chronicles,
02:40and I went to see that and I loved that play. I loved it so much.
02:44So the trick was to take the show to him and say,
02:46there we go, put that into your world.
02:48And I just thought, I couldn't stop thinking,
02:50what about if a Doctor walked into that barbershop?
02:52I told you he would come.
02:55What is it about The Barbershop as a location for storytelling
03:01and sort of its part in sort of Nigerian culture?
03:04Yeah.
03:05When I was researching the play,
03:07I travelled across Sub-Saharan Africa,
03:09just interviewing barbers and their clients.
03:11But the same pattern of relationships between barbers and clients
03:15kind of came up.
03:16And what The Barbershops tended to represent,
03:19to give to these men is a place to hold court,
03:24to tell stories, to relax, to be beautified by other men.
03:28And there are many other places where that can happen.
03:31You know, where men can hold each other, touch each other's necks,
03:35look in each other's eyes through the mirror.
03:37And there are these subtle shifts in power and dynamics
03:40that unfold naturally.
03:42And it's like peeling off layers.
03:44The more you do so, the more you get to the identity
03:47of the person in the chair.
03:48Yeah.
03:49And therefore men can be really open.
03:52Barbershop?
03:53But the TARDIS does your hair.
03:55It does.
03:56It does.
03:57I don't go there for cuts.
03:58It's hard to explain.
04:01You go there to be free.
04:04To feel like you are part of a community.
04:09Those spaces are such community spaces for black people to do exactly what the doctor wants to do in that episode,
04:16which is go chill, laugh, joke, catch up on life events.
04:21We laugh, we tell stories, they treat you like one of their own.
04:31Yeah.
04:32And I think stories in general is a very like, it's a very human thing.
04:35But they're very, it's very important to African cultures.
04:39There's always a tale being told in the barbershop as someone's, someone's got something to say.
04:45Once upon a time.
04:51While the doctor spends most of this episode hanging out at the barbers with the boys.
04:55Belinda is stuck on a highly alarmed TARDIS about to undergo a journey of her own.
05:03Are we under attack?
05:05TARDIS!
05:06Hello!
05:07From reluctant companion to a time travelling champion.
05:11A good moment for me to catch up on set with Arada.
05:15That stuff, you know, you're just filming it now and you have to be scared and all the lights are changing and stuff.
05:21Was that, that was a bit different for Belinda?
05:23Yeah, it was quite interesting because the whole scene where the doctor's saying, this is my favourite place, I love coming to the barbershop.
05:30And Belinda has a moment where she can, you know, all she wants all the time is to just go home.
05:37Yeah.
05:38And that is her intention, her motivation for everything is get me home, I want to go back to my life.
05:43But this is the first time that because she's gone so attached to the doctor and, you know, actually really cares about him and his happiness.
05:51Yeah.
05:52And she wants him to have that because she loves him, really.
05:55Yeah.
05:56She's like, no, actually, I really want to go home, but all right, fine. No, go, go have your moment.
06:02So they get separated.
06:03Yeah.
06:04And it's really nice to see Belinda come into her own, actually completely on her own in this episode.
06:12Because it's the first time they've been separated and then things go wrong and then she has to rescue the doctor.
06:17Yeah, that's quite a nice dynamic change, isn't it?
06:21Yeah.
06:22When you have to do that.
06:23Yeah.
06:24I mean, she doesn't even hesitate.
06:25He's in danger.
06:26I'm coming for you.
06:27Yeah.
06:28She's taken the, the, what's the word I'm looking for?
06:32Impetus.
06:33Impetus.
06:34That's the word.
06:35It's a good word that, isn't it?
06:36Yeah.
06:37I don't know why that popped in my head.
06:38That's what I was looking for.
06:40Yeah.
06:41Yeah, I know.
06:42It's just finishing the sentences.
06:43Finishing the sentences.
06:44That was awkward, isn't it?
06:45Yeah.
06:46Yeah, she takes the impetus to, to go out and save him.
06:49Yeah.
06:50Um, she's got enough self-confidence and, and also, obviously the other motivation is without
06:56the doctor, how is she going to get out?
06:58Yeah.
06:59I'm saving you, but also, I'm saving me.
07:00Yeah.
07:01Exactly.
07:02Yeah.
07:03So yeah, it's a, it's, it's just really nice to see her come into her own, her own confidence.
07:07Every episode of Doctor Who has got something unique about it.
07:15And with the story and the engine, it's the fact that this is the first ever episode of
07:19Doctor Who set entirely in modern day Africa.
07:22In the Nigerian city of Lagos.
07:25To keep everything looking and feeling authentic, the team explored filming in Lagos.
07:30But to fly 200 plus cast and crew all the way out to Africa would have been eye-wateringly expensive.
07:37So it was decided that if we couldn't take Cardiff out to Lagos, then we'd have to bring Lagos back to Cardiff.
07:44And except for the drone shots at the top of the episode, which were shot in Lagos, everything else was created here at Wolf Studios.
07:51How important was it to get that story done right in the sense that it was so authentic so people were watching it in Nigeria, people with Nigerian heritage feel like it's a story for them?
08:04Um, I think it's really important. I mean, I come from a Caribbean background, but obviously hailed from Africa.
08:10Yeah.
08:11I have contributed quite a lot to conversations about how we could make it authentic.
08:14Yeah.
08:15Um.
08:16And how, how do you do that?
08:17I think it came down to making sure that we had some flavour of Lagos and that, you know, the market would actually be true to that.
08:25Yeah, that set was amazing, wasn't it?
08:26So, yeah.
08:27So, yeah.
08:28Absolutely brilliant.
08:29Absolutely brilliant.
08:30But also that it would tie in.
08:31So, working closely with art department, with director, with, with all the whole team of producers,
08:36deciding that we would, you know, make sure that there wasn't, at the very least, a connectivity between Lagos and our set.
08:43So, is there an added element of pressure to make it work?
08:46Well, yeah.
08:47I mean, with any, any Doctor Who or with any story you're telling, you want to make sure that you get it absolutely right.
08:53I think that's really important.
08:55For us, I mean, we've brought in consultants.
08:57So, we've had a specific Nigeria consultant who's been able to sort of give us a guide different departments, make sure that they understand what would be authentic.
09:08So, where did the Doctor Who team come to find their expert in Nigerian culture?
09:13Well, Barry Island, of course.
09:15Gavin and Stacey isn't the only tidy thing to come out of Barry.
09:21Born and raised in Lagos, Taie Omocore now lives in the well lush Welsh seaside town, and has been the team's main Nigeria consultant.
09:30This episode is very specifically Nigeria, very specifically leaders.
09:34Yeah, exactly.
09:35It's not, it's, it's not broader than that.
09:37Yeah.
09:38It needs to feel rooted in those communities.
09:40Absolutely.
09:41Market is a big part of Nigeria, you know.
09:44That's why it was really important to get the details right, because I've seen other movies or other series or other, where they will shoot something about Africa or Nigeria that doesn't really feel African.
09:57Yeah.
09:58And I guess that is where Doctor Who is coming in to, you know, say, you know, we want to do something different, we want to make this better, we want people to feel like, you know, they're connected to this.
10:08We don't want Nigerians to see things and be put off.
10:11So, and I think they've done a good job at that.
10:13Yeah.
10:14For a story to be authentic, it needs to be told by the people that have lived there, that have experienced it, that have, you know, gone through this.
10:20So, I think it was important for someone from Nigeria to do that, and I'm honoured to be in that position, to be able to, you know, represent my people back home and, you know, raise the flag, yeah.
10:32Yeah.
10:33Taya wasn't the only consultant.
10:34Aryan Bakari, the actor playing the barber, needed to learn how to cut hair.
10:39Welcome, to my establishment.
10:42Your establishment.
10:44The man to train him, F on Ye Bule.
10:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:49This man right here is going to be an evil barber.
10:52I am going to be an evil barber.
10:53Don't look at the face.
10:54He's an evil barber.
10:55So, basically, I've been barbering for over 21 years.
10:59I started when I was a little boy, at the age of 11, and I also teach people in the film and TV how to do afro hair, just like we're doing today.
11:08Arya needs to learn the art of cutting afro hair, as he'll be doing it for real, in camera, as part of his role as the barber.
11:16It's not easy.
11:18The pressure's on to get it right.
11:20You see?
11:21So, you just have a bit on this arrow.
11:24So, if you do that, you want to bring it this way in.
11:26Spend him in front.
11:27Spend him in front.
11:28Spend him in front.
11:29Go that way.
11:30One slip of the clippers, and he could scalp one of his fellow actors.
11:34Glide from here.
11:36It's like you're doing that.
11:37Think away from you now.
11:39Yeah.
11:40But it seems Aryan is a natural.
11:43So, if anybody wants to come to my barber shop in the next couple of weeks,
11:45Yo, you're ready, man.
11:47Be a bit posh.
11:49We met a barber in one day.
11:52Yeah, true.
11:53That was incredible.
11:54And he done that all by himself today.
11:57First time handling the clipper and the trimmer, he was able to do that.
12:02I think I kind of...
12:03He's ready.
12:04I hope I'm ready.
12:05Sign him up.
12:06But how would Aryan and his clippers fare on the big day?
12:11And stood at the door with the hosepipe spraying and spraying until all the fires went out.
12:21No sweat.
12:22Still to come on Doctor Who Unleashed.
12:23This isn't their first appearance in the Hooniverse, but can you guess which characters Sule and Aryan have played before?
12:37I'll be serving up some hot stuff on my work experience.
12:42Did you want a hash brown as well?
12:44Of course.
12:45And spoiler alert, we've got an exclusive clip from the next episode of Doctor Who.
12:52But first, just like you'd expect with any season of Doctor Who, there's been quite a few creepy characters so far.
13:01A.I. Allen, he was pretty creepy.
13:03Join with me in ecstasy and freedom.
13:07I'm Mr. Ring-a-Ding.
13:09Mr. Ring-a-Ding, he was A-Star creepy.
13:11The unseen creature in the well.
13:14Well creepy.
13:18I think you're amazing.
13:21And then there was Conrad in Lucky Day.
13:23Super smug, gaslight creepy.
13:25But for me, there is nothing creepier in the whole known Hooniverse than spiders, okay?
13:31I think I've got an actual genuine phobia.
13:33I don't trust the way they move and the way they look at you with their eight little beady eyes.
13:36So the fact that this Hulep is set on a spider's back.
13:40Ach a fee.
13:41Anyway, surely I'm not the only person here with a phobia?
13:44I wouldn't say I've got a phobia, but I really, I hate flies.
13:49There's something about flies that just make me feel ill.
13:53No, no, no.
13:54Maybe some, I think snakes.
13:57Oh, snakes.
13:58Snakes.
13:59Because they slither funny as well, don't they?
14:00Yeah, and like they just look evil.
14:03Toads.
14:04Toads?
14:05Yeah.
14:06I've got a phobia of toes.
14:07What?
14:08Toads, not frogs?
14:09Or towards and frogs?
14:10Spit both, really.
14:11Yeah.
14:12Why?
14:13The texture and, yeah.
14:14I remember, I think the phobia started when I was on a caravan holiday.
14:17And I stepped up the caravan and there was one that landed on my foot.
14:21And now you're scared of them?
14:22Yeah.
14:23They're probably scared of you as well.
14:24Yeah, they probably are.
14:25Mice.
14:26Mice, yeah.
14:27I remember when I was really young, there was a mouse underneath my pillow and I hated
14:31it.
14:32Well, I screamed and so I just screamed my head off.
14:34But also, I remember at work, not recently, but let's just say about the last five years.
14:38Yeah.
14:39There was a mouse in a workplace I was working in and I stood on the chair.
14:41It was a proper classic, like, Mickey Mouse.
14:43Screaming.
14:44Like, ahh!
14:45Maybe spiders?
14:46If they're running at you?
14:47At you?
14:48Yeah, yeah.
14:49If they're living in the house, that's okay.
14:50If they're in the corner and know where they are, that's okay.
14:52When they start moving towards you, that's an issue.
14:54Yeah.
14:55So maybe, maybe.
14:56So you're going to struggle with this episode as well?
14:57Yeah.
14:58Yeah, big time.
14:59It's a really irrational one, but it's like crabs and lobsters.
15:04What's wrong with a crab?
15:05Oh!
15:06I just hate them.
15:07I hate, I hate that they...
15:09They're little nice little happy little claws and...
15:11Yeah, that's...
15:12No?
15:13It's not for me.
15:14No, you're back.
15:15When I go to the seaside, I genuinely struggle to relax fully, even if I see one that's like
15:21miles away, because it's like, oh, they're crawling underneath me.
15:24Oh, right.
15:25So you didn't, you haven't read episode...
15:26That episode with the...
15:27No.
15:28Okay.
15:29No.
15:30No.
15:31These lips are sealed.
15:32There's no way you've read a scope that I haven't.
15:33These lips are sealed.
15:34He's playing me.
15:35It's Friday the 16th of February 2024.
15:41Today is the calm before the storm.
15:44Because on Monday morning, 80 supporting artists will be brought in to film the bustling market sequences.
15:50It's clever, isn't it, how they get it to look like the sun in Africa, with all those lights.
15:57It's actually in there.
15:59It feels different than out here.
16:01I'd quite like to trip to Nigeria.
16:03Can I win them all?
16:06The Who crew are adding the final touches.
16:09And director Michaela McPherson is preparing for the shoot.
16:13So Michaela, this is Friday, end of the week.
16:16Yes.
16:17But you're back here on Monday, filming for the first time on this set.
16:20Yes.
16:21So what's your job today then?
16:22Basically, just to make sure, you know, just to come and see the sets.
16:25So it's not, you know, a surprise on the day.
16:28A surprise, yeah.
16:29There's nothing more beneficial than walking through the sets.
16:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:33And being able to walk it, breathe it, see it.
16:36It really helps when you're trying to visualise your ideas.
16:39Does something change sometimes?
16:40We're like, oh, I thought we would do it like this, but now...
16:42Absolutely.
16:43Now I've seen that lettuce there.
16:44You know what I mean?
16:45All the time.
16:46You might want to get those computers or whatever.
16:47I always say it's good to have a plan, and I'm a big planner.
16:50But ultimately, you also have to be prepared for that plan to be thrown out the window.
16:56Sometimes it's nice to be organic and just see what happens on the day.
17:00And that's what's exciting about it, I think, also.
17:02Well, good luck on Monday.
17:03It's going to be fun.
17:04It's going to be hectic, isn't it?
17:05Yes.
17:06It's going to be great.
17:07Fast forward to 7am Monday morning, and the studio is already buzzing with people.
17:13We're in Lagos!
17:14And it kind of feels like it, too.
17:16I feel like I'm in a hot place, even though it's freezing in the studio.
17:20Like, I don't need my coat right now.
17:22The Who crew have only got today to film the market scenes.
17:26Tomorrow, the whole set needs to be taken down to make way for the alleyways and barbershop exterior.
17:32So the pressure's on.
17:33So we've got 80 essays today, which is a lot of people to get through quite a small space.
17:38But it's good because it makes it look really busy, and it looks great on camera.
17:42And they're all brilliant.
17:43We've got the best set of essays that we have ever had on this show ever.
17:47Responsible for making sure this small army of extras get through hair, makeup and costume, and onto the set on time, is Crowd's second assistant director, Rosie Pepper.
17:57So, for our team today, the majority of us started at half five this morning.
18:02We have 25 makeup artists with us today.
18:05We have about eight costume members.
18:07Some about quarter to eight, I'll know if we're running behind or not.
18:10But so far, so good.
18:11The teams are working so hard and so well, and we're on track to be on time.
18:15Just to add to the market madness, Pepper is also expecting a VIP who will be making a cameo appearance in the market scenes.
18:25On that note, has anyone had eyes on Inua or a writer?
18:28Yes.
18:29It was, I don't know whose idea it was actually, but basically Inua is actually going to be playing a starring role himself as our main trader today.
18:36I sort of made a joke in one of the script meetings that I, you know, I could play a trader.
18:44I just thought it'd be funny, but they all capitalised on it, and here I am.
18:49I'm being treated as, as an extra, which is perfect.
18:52There's no, there's no specialist treatment or anything.
18:56I'm just busting around, um, sitting out, being told, stand here, do there, go there, say this.
19:02It's nice.
19:04With Inua and the essays all good to go, there's just enough time for some last-minute checks.
19:09If I can count, I think this is about 60-odd.
19:13Yeah.
19:14I'll see if I can count.
19:15But no, we are ahead of schedule, which is fantastic.
19:17So, yeah.
19:18That's what I love to say is a proud second of my head.
19:20So, we will be travelling you down.
19:22You head back, take your belongings, meet the team by the doors.
19:25We'll start travelling over under the brollies.
19:27Thank you very, very much.
19:28Let's do this.
19:30Right, time to get those 80 essays wedged onto the tiny market set.
19:36Talk about sardines.
19:38There's a lot of people in a small space, but it looks really busy.
19:41I think it looks really good.
19:42It's really fun.
19:43Lots of colour, lots of energy.
19:44Yeah, it's exciting.
19:45With the set jam-packed and everyone ready.
19:48Okay, look, you've got the time.
19:50The clock is already ticking.
19:52Time for some action.
19:53Stand by.
19:54Turn in.
19:55We are rolling, everybody.
19:57Enjoy.
19:58Have fun.
19:59And action!
20:00Madam, what are you doing?
20:01I'm in a rush.
20:02Sorry.
20:03Ah, madam, you must pay for this, though.
20:04Sorry, I have no money.
20:05That's your problem, though.
20:06You don't have to go anywhere.
20:07Not me and you today.
20:08I've never been on a set before.
20:09And I've never been on a set of this size before.
20:10Two things.
20:11So, there are lots and lots of moving parts.
20:12But it's exciting.
20:13Yeah, it's amazing.
20:14Back in the same position again, please.
20:36It's that time in the episode where I roll up my sleeves and take on some work experience.
20:42And today, I've got a particularly early start.
20:45Now, obviously, actors are important.
20:48You know, the directors are important.
20:49The camera crew is important.
20:51Et cetera, et cetera.
20:52But, probably, the people that keep this whole show on the road are the catering staff.
20:57And that's what I'm working with this morning.
20:59The catering team are led by Leon.
21:01Hello.
21:02Hello, Stefan.
21:03Hiya, Shumai.
21:04What's the plan?
21:05What are you doing?
21:06It's five o'clock in the morning, Leon.
21:07What are you doing?
21:08So, we're getting ready for breakfast.
21:10Yeah.
21:11Then, we will have four hours turn around to lunch.
21:14Yeah.
21:15So, we've finished breakfast, eh?
21:17We need to be ready by twelve o'clock.
21:19So, you're all ready prepping.
21:20It's five in the morning, but you're all ready prepping lunch.
21:22Yeah.
21:23Yeah, we have to.
21:24Yeah.
21:25Because we haven't got the time to.
21:26Today, we've got 2.40.
21:28It could go up to 2.80.
21:31The day goes really quick.
21:32Yeah.
21:33So, on the menu today is chicken teakers.
21:38Yeah.
21:39So, we've got chicken legs.
21:41You're lucky.
21:42We've done the bulk of it.
21:43So.
21:44We've done the hard work of you.
21:45Yeah.
21:46Good.
21:47Right then.
21:48So, if you chuck that in here.
21:50Right.
21:51Any particular...
21:52I mean, this is a dark question, Cleo, but I feel like this is a safe space and I'm allowed
21:55to ask super questions.
21:56Yeah, please do.
21:57Thank you very much.
21:58It doesn't matter how I shove these chickens in that sauce.
22:01Um.
22:02No.
22:03There we are.
22:04All we need to do is massaging.
22:06I'm just going to massage this chicken into the incisions.
22:10Other meat-free options are available.
22:13How's that, Leon?
22:14Yeah, great.
22:15What's the best part or the funnest part of working in catering and TV in particular?
22:20You open the kitchen hatch and there can be a different view every day.
22:24Yeah.
22:25And you're in a different part of the country.
22:26You know, like we've worked across Britain, really.
22:29Have you ever had a time where just like somebody dressed up half as an alien turns up and...
22:34Yeah, yeah.
22:35We've had a job where I opened the hatch and it was naked extras.
22:40And it was...
22:42They were having a party in the forest and nobody told me.
22:46So the hatch opens and they're like, hi.
22:49Like...
22:50OK.
22:51Good morning.
22:52Yeah.
22:53You're doing a good job here.
22:54That's fine.
22:55Thank you very much.
22:56Just speed up quite a lot.
22:58And if there was like someone watching this who loves cooking, loves working on TV, is this something you'd encourage them to come and do?
23:06Or do you think...
23:07Yeah.
23:08You know, it's...
23:09I think it's good for your confidence and stuff.
23:11You're mixing with...
23:12From your builders to your sparks to, you know, actors, creatives.
23:17Yeah.
23:18It's a broad spectrum of different people.
23:20Yeah.
23:21Different backgrounds.
23:22Yeah.
23:23So I think it's a great melting pot of a workspace.
23:26Yeah.
23:27OK.
23:28So lunch is ready to go.
23:29Should we get on with breakfast then?
23:30Yes.
23:31Nice.
23:32Lovely.
23:33Fantastic.
23:34It's almost 7am and I've offered to help Leon with the breakfast rush.
23:37So here's the serving section.
23:39You pack a lot into a tight space, don't you?
23:41There's a lot of options.
23:42There's a lot of options.
23:43Yeah.
23:44Are you ready?
23:45Yes.
23:46Do you mind if this...
23:47Oh, hello mate.
23:48Do you mind if I serve you today?
23:49Is that alright?
23:50It's his first day, so...
23:51If things go wrong, these are the pros, right?
23:52So they can tidy up after me if I cock it up, which is a distinct possibility.
23:56What would you like?
23:57Can I have one sausage please?
23:59Yes.
24:00Smoked salmon cream cheese bagel coming right up.
24:04Do you want any toppings on that?
24:05Do you want a hash brown as well?
24:06Hiya.
24:07You alright?
24:08Morning.
24:09Morning.
24:10How can I help you?
24:11Two brown toast here.
24:12A bit of scrambled egg.
24:13Two poached eggs.
24:14Two poached eggs.
24:15It's a mushroom twist.
24:16Yeah.
24:17There's a flow, what I've noticed is when it's working, like one of you swaps in and out.
24:20It's like, you've got to feel it, you know?
24:22Happy Friday.
24:23That's okay.
24:24How you doing?
24:25This would be argue.
24:26Yeah.
24:27If I choose incorrectly, then cut me some slack.
24:30Hey chaps, thank you very much for letting me in and getting in your way.
24:33Appreciate it.
24:34Thank you, lads.
24:35Thank you very much.
24:36Diolch i ti.
24:37Diolch i rawn.
24:39Diolch.
24:40If you want to come back.
24:41Are you going to be serving me now?
24:42No.
24:43Stop it.
24:50For a lot of the cast, working on this episode was a bit of a reunion.
24:54Michael, who plays Obioma, and Sule, who plays Omo, both appeared on stage in Inua's play The Barbershop Chronicles.
25:02And for Sule, being in Doctor Who brings back some other memories.
25:07It's especially special for me because this is the first time I was on here, on the show as an SA.
25:12Yeah.
25:13It was 20 years ago.
25:14Like apparently I spoke to Russell.
25:15It's like day one of filming.
25:17Sule was there on the first day of filming when the BBC and Russell T Davies brought back Doctor Who way back in 2005.
25:25He appeared as a supporting artist in Aliens of London, confronting a space pig in a hospital.
25:32So like it's come like full circle.
25:34Full circle.
25:35Yeah.
25:36And believe it or not, this is Aryan, or the barber to you and me, playing Leandro the Leonian, battling Peter Capaldi's Doctor.
25:44So it seems the barbershop is the perfect location to catch up and hang out with old friends.
25:50The four of you, there's a real like team spirit, real comrade, because obviously you've been in there for five years in the show, but also working together intensely.
25:57Yeah, I think it's, we're quite lucky actually because a couple, some of us, we know, we know each other before.
26:01A lot of us know each other before.
26:02Yeah.
26:03And I know Sule as well.
26:04And it's quite, you know, that item was quite small, but that, I think that really helped and we've got quite a nice energy, you know, as ourselves.
26:10Yeah.
26:11As just as friends.
26:12Yeah, I think.
26:13So it kind of translates on the screen.
26:14Yeah.
26:15Yeah.
26:16And individually, I can, you can tell that each of us individually is really excited to be here.
26:19And so when you bring that in and already that energy is going to be like 95% the job is done for you.
26:26Yeah.
26:27It just gives it that extra edge and makes it so much easier to work.
26:30Yeah, it does.
26:31Yeah, it does.
26:32Michael's a good friend.
26:33Spola's a good friend.
26:34Be reunited with V that I worked with before.
26:37I'm meeting Jordan, who's now going to be a good friend as well.
26:40He noticed he's got that in there.
26:41Yeah, he's got that in, you know.
26:42He's the only one, he's the only one I've not met before.
26:44Yeah.
26:45So, you know.
26:46I was a newbie.
26:47It's always fun.
26:48I mean, it's always a pleasure, never a chore.
26:50I mean, I've been back quite a few times for different episodes and, I mean, I love the whole franchise of Doctor Who.
26:56So it was a riot.
26:58I knew from that first read through that it was going to be a very loud, very energetic episode.
27:04And indeed it was.
27:06Each actor literally just like left themselves on that set each day.
27:13They gave everything they possibly could give.
27:15And that was very, very special.
27:17The cast are just amazing.
27:19Like, we've had so many jokes.
27:21There's been so much laughter.
27:23And it's like being with my brothers, it's been great.
27:26Even though they're a bit annoying.
27:28It was so fun, this particular set.
27:38We all bonded loads in those three weeks.
27:41We enjoyed each other's company.
27:43But actually, when we finished, I felt bereft.
27:46I felt really sad.
27:47I felt like I'd lost family members.
27:49It was a very strange experience.
27:51Lovely to chat to you.
27:52Thank you very much.
27:53Really good.
27:54Nice one.
27:55Nice one.
27:56Thank you so much.
27:57See you guys.
27:58Cheers.
27:59In the next episode of Doctor Who.
28:04I watched with my mum and dad when I was little.
28:07Best night of the year.
28:09They'd let me stay up late for voting.
28:12As long as I brushed my teeth and got into my pyjamas.
28:16Look at me now.
28:18I'll see you next time.
28:19I'll see you next time.
28:20Bye.
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