Bernard Cribbins attended Doctor Who anniversary special read-through weeks before death

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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.

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