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Original subtitles

And three, two, one. Action!

In this episode...

We're in Lagos!

..we'll show you how we built a Nigerian market in Wales...

..I go to Barry to reveal what's occurring

between Doctor Who and Gavin And Stacey.

ALARM WAILS And spoiler alert -

we've got you that exclusive clip from the next episode.

Welcome...

AIR GUSTS - ..to - Unleashed!

CREW YELL

Here we are, then, just over halfway through the series.

So far, we've had an angry AI,

creepy cartoons,

an unexpected sequel,

and caught up with an old friend.

Incredible.

But despite the Doctor's best efforts with his Vindicator,

we're still no closer to Belinda getting home.

And we're still no nearer to finding out who Mrs Flood is.

Tell me!

Action.

For this instalment of Unleashed,

we're heading behind the scenes of The Story And The Engine,

a hair-raising episode set in a Nigerian barbershop

on the back of a giant space spider

powered by stories.

RATTING, MUFFLED YELLS

In other words, just another day in the Whoniverse.

Well, if you put it like that...

So just where did the idea come from?

Uncle!

I'd always wanted an episode set in Africa,

and me and Russell had been speaking about Inua

since the minute that I got cast.

And action.

I just really wanted him to be a writer on Doctor Who.

And Russell was so up for it, and I was like, "Yes!"

Well, I've been watching Doctor Who

since I was a kid in Nigeria,

since I was ten years old,

quivering behind the sofa

watching Daleks run rife everywhere.

DALEK YELLS

I've been toying with the idea of a Doctor Who episode or series,

primarily because Nigeria has a very superstitious people

and the Doctor flirts around with superstition,

but also magic and where that meets science and science fiction.

So, in my head, I've just been playing with this.

Wait, you're on the missing posters.

All of you.

And I'm a huge fan of Russell's work,

so I just slid into his DMs on Instagram saying,

"Hi, Russell, I'm excited about what you do next."

Welcome.

I've been expecting you.

And Russell responded within an hour saying,

"Inua, I'm a fan of your work. Come and write for us."

Inua! The great joy of working with Inua Ellams!

I went to the National.

I saw his play The Barber Shop Chronicles,

and I went to see that and I loved that play.

I loved it so much.

So the trick was to take the show to him and say,

"There we go, put that into your world."

And I just thought... I couldn't stop thinking,

"What about if the Doctor walked into that barbershop?"

Omo! Doctor.

Ey! I told you he would come!

What is it about the barbershop as a location for storytelling

and sort of its part in sort of Nigerian culture?

Yeah. When I was researching the play,

I travelled across Sub-Saharan Africa

just interviewing barbers and their clients,

but the same pattern of relationships

between barbers and clients kind of came up.

And what the barbershops tended to represent,

to give to these men, is a place to hold court,

to tell stories, to relax,

to be beautified by other men.

And there are not many other places where that can happen,

you know, where men can hold each other,

touch each other's necks,

look in each other's eyes through the mirror.

And there are these subtle shifts in power and dynamics

that unfold naturally.

And it's like peeling off layers.

The more you do so, the more you get to the identity

of the person in the chair.

Yeah. And therefore, men can really be really open.

Barbershop? But the TARDIS does your hair.

It does. It does.

Er, I don't go there for cuts. It's... It's...hard to explain.

You go there to...

To be free.

To feel like you are part of a community.

Those spaces are such community spaces for black people

to do exactly what the Doctor wants to do in that episode,

which is go chill, laugh, joke, catch up on life events.

We laugh, we tell stories.

They...

Treat you like one of their own?

Yeah.

And I think stories in general is a very, like...

It's a very human thing. Mm-hm.

But they're very...

It's very important to African cultures.

There's always a tale being told in the barbershop. Yeah.

Or someone's... Someone's got something to say.

Once upon a time...

While the Doctor spends most of this episode

hanging out at the barber's with the boys...

ALARM BLARES Argh!

..Belinda is stuck on a highly alarmed TARDIS,

about to undergo a journey of her own...

Are we under attack?

TARDIS? Hello?

..from reluctant companion to a time-travelling champion.

A good moment for me to catch up on set with Varada.

VARADA YELLS

That stuff, you know, you're just filming it now

and you have to be scared and all the lights are changing and stuff...

Yeah! ..that was a bit different for Belinda.

Yeah, it was quite interesting,

because the whole scene where the Doctor is saying,

"This is my favourite place. I love coming to the barbershop,"

and Belinda has a moment where she can...

You know, all she wants all the time is to just go home.

Yeah. And that is her intention.

Her motivation for everything is, "Get me home.

"I want to go back to my life."

But this is the first time that,

because she's gotten so attached to the Doctor

and, you know, actually really cares about him and his happiness,

and she wants him to have that,

because she loves him, really.

Yeah. She's like, "No, actually,

"I really want to go home, but, all right, fine." Yeah.

"No, go...go have your moment."

So they get separated. Yeah.

And it's really nice to see Belinda come into her own,

actually completely on her own, in this episode,

because it's the first time they've been separated.

And then things go wrong and then she has to rescue the Doctor.

Yeah, that's quite a nice dynamic change,

isn't it, when you have to do that? Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, she doesn't even hesitate.

It's - he's in danger. "I'm coming for you." Yeah.

She's taken the...the...

What's the word I'm looking for?

Impetus? Impetus! That's the word.

It's a good word, that, isn't it? Yeah.

I don't know why that popped in my head.

That's what I was looking for.

Thank you. Yeah.

We've spent too much time together now.

Yeah, I know! This is...

Finishing each other's sentences!

That's awkward, isn't it? Yeah.

Erm, yeah, she takes the impetus to go out and save him.

Yeah. She's got enough self-confidence and...

And also, obviously, the other motivation is,

without the Doctor, how is she going to get home?

Yeah. That's the other thing.

"I'm saving you, but also..." "But also..."

"..I'm saving me." Yeah. Exactly. Yeah.

So, yeah, it's just really nice to see her come into her own...

Yeah. ..and her own confidence.

ALL LAUGH

Every episode of Doctor Who has got something unique about it.

And with The Story And The Engine,

it's the fact that this is the first-ever episode of Doctor Who

set entirely in modern-day Africa -

in the Nigerian city of Lagos!

To keep everything looking and feeling authentic,

the team explored filming in Lagos.

But to fly 200-plus cast and crew all the way out to Africa

would have been eye-wateringly expensive.

So it was decided that if we couldn't take Cardiff out to Lagos,

then we'd have to bring Lagos back to Cardiff.

And except for the drone shots at the top of the episode,

which WERE shot in Lagos,

everything else was created here at Wolf Studios.

How important was it to get that story done right,

in the sense that it was so authentic,

so people who were watching it in Nigeria,

people with Nigerian heritage, feel like it's a story for them?

Mm-hm. Erm, I think it's really important.

I mean, I come from a Caribbean background,

but obviously hail from Africa. Yeah.

I contributed quite a lot to conversations

about how we could make it authentic. Yeah.

Erm... And how do you do that?

I 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.

Yeah. That set was amazing.

So... Yeah. So, yeah, absolutely brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant. But also that it would tie in.

So, working closely with the art department, with the director,

with all the whole team and the producers

deciding that we would, you know,

make sure that there was at the very least

a connectivity between Lagos and our set.

So is there an element of pressure to make it work?

Well, yeah. I mean, with any...

Any Doctor Who or with any story you're telling,

you want to make sure that you get it absolutely right.

I think that's really important. For us...

I mean, we brought in consultants,

so we've had a specific Nigeria consultant

who's been able to sort of give us -

guide different departments,

make sure that they understand what would be authentic.

So where did the Doctor Who team come to find their expert

in Nigerian culture?

Well, Barry Island, of course.

Gavin And Stacey isn't the only tidy thing

to come out of Barry.

Born and raised in Lagos,

Taiye Omokore now lives in the well lush Welsh seaside town

and has been the team's main Nigeria consultant.

This episode is very specifically Nigeria,

very specifically Lagos? Yeah, exactly.

It's not... It's not broader than that. Yeah.

Because it needs to feel rooted in those communities.

Absolutely. Markets are a big part of Nigeria, you know.

That'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.

Yeah. And I guess that is where

Doctor Who is coming in, to, you know, say,

"You know what? We want to do something different.

"We want to make this better.

"We want people to feel like, you know,

"they are connected to this.

"We don't want Nigerians to see things and be put off."

So... And I think they've done a good job at that. Yeah.

For 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.

So 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.

Taiye wasn't the only consultant.

Ariyon Bakare, the actor playing the Barber,

needed to learn how to cut hair.

Welcome to my establishment.

Your establishment?

OVERLAPPING CHATTER

The man to train him - Eph Onyegbule.

This man right here is going to be an evil barber.

I am going to be an evil barber.

Don't look at the face. He's an evil barber!

So, basically, I've been barbering for over 21 years.

I started when I was a little boy at the age of 11,

and I also teach people in film and TV how to do Afro hair,

just like we're doing today.

Ariyon 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.

Not easy. BOTH LAUGH

The pressure is on to get it right.

Can you see? So you just have a bit on this area.

So to do that, you want to bring it this way.

Stand in the front. At the front. Stand in the front.

Go that way.

One slip of the clippers

and he could scalp one of his fellow actors.

Glide from here.

Slightly doing that.

Go round from here now? Yeah.

But it seems Ariyon is a natural.

So if anybody wants to come to my barbershop

in the next couple of weeks, yo, you're ready, man.

Be a bit posh!

You can see. We made a barber in one day!

Yeah. That was incredible.

And he's done that all by himself today.

First time handling the clipper and the trimmer,

he was able to do that.

So, yeah, I think I kind of... He's ready.

I hope I'm ready! Sign him up! BOTH LAUGH

But how would Ariyon and his clippers fare on the big day?

..stood at the door with a hosepipe,

spraying and spraying...

..until all the fires went out.

No sweat!

Still to come on Unleashed...

This isn't their first appearance in the Whoniverse,

but can you guess which characters Sule and Ariyon have played before?

I'll be serving up some hot stuff on my work experience.

Did you want a hash brown as well? Yeah. Of course.

ALARM WAILS And spoiler alert -

we've got an exclusive clip

from the next episode of Doctor Who.

But first...

Just like you'd expect with any season of Doctor Who,

there's been quite a few creepy characters so far.

AI Alan - he was pretty creepy.

Join with me in ecstasy and freedom.

Mr Ring-a-Ding -

he was A-star creepy.

The unseen creature in The Well.

SCREAMING

Well creepy!

I think...

..you're amazing.

And then there was Conrad in Lucky Day.

Super smug, gaslight creepy.

But for me, there is nothing creepier

in the Who-le known Whoniverse than spiders, OK?

I think I've got an actual genuine phobia.

I don't trust the way they move and the way they look at you

with their eight little beady eyes.

So the fact that this Who-le ep is set on a spider's back...

..ych a fi.

Anyway, surely I'm not the only person here with a phobia.

I wouldn't say I've got a phobia,

but I really... I hate flies.

What? There's something about flies that just make me feel ill.

Just - urgh, urgh! No, no, no.

Maybe, erm, some... I think snakes.

Oh, snakes are creepy. Snakes.

Cos they slither funny as well, don't they? Yeah.

And, like, they just look evil.

ALL LAUGH

Er, toads. Toads?!

Yeah. Got a phobia of toads.

What, toads, not frogs, or toads and frogs?

Just a bit of both, really. Why? Yeah. Just the texture and...

Yeah, just don't like it. I remember...

I think the phobia started when I was on a caravan holiday,

and I stepped out of the caravan

and there was one, like, landed on my foot.

And now you're scared of them? Yeah.

They're probably scared of you as well.

Yeah, they probably are. Probably, yeah!

Mice? Mice. Yeah.

Yeah. Why mice?

I remember when I was really young,

there was a mouse underneath my pillow, and I hated it.

Well, I screamed, and started to scream my head off.

But also, I remember at work - not recently,

but let's just say about the last five years... Yeah.

..there was a mouse in a workplace I was working in,

and I stood on the chair. I was a proper classic, like...

Screaming? ..Mickey Mouse, like, "Argh!"

Maybe spiders, if they're running at you.

At you? Yeah, yeah.

If they're living in the house, that's OK.

If they're in the corner, and I know where they are, that's OK.

When they start moving towards you, that's an issue. Yeah. So maybe...

So you're going to struggle with this episode as well?

Yeah. Yeah, big time.

It's a really irrational one,

but it's, like, crabs and lobsters.

What's wrong with a crab?

Urgh! I just hate them. I hate...

I hate that they're...

Their nice little happy little claws and...?

Yeah. That's... No?

It's not for me. You have... Not your bag.

When I go to the seaside,

I genuinely struggle to relax fully if...

Even if I see one that's, like, miles away,

cos it's like, "Oh, they're crawling underneath me."

Oh, right. So you didn't... You haven't read episode...

That episode with the...? No! OK.

No! No.

These lips are sealed.

There's no way you've read a script that I haven't!

These lips are sealed. He's playing me.

It's Friday, the 16th of February, 2024.

Today is the calm before the storm,

because on Monday morning,

80 supporting artists will be brought in

to film the bustling market sequences.

It's clever, isn't it, how they get it to look like,

erm, the sun in Africa with all those lights?

Actually, in there, it feels different than out here.

I'd have quite liked a trip to Nigeria!

Can't win 'em all.

The Who crew are adding the final touches,

and director Makalla McPherson is preparing for the shoot.

So, Makalla, this is Friday, end of the week.

Yes. But you're back here on Monday

filming for the first time on this set?

Yes. So what's your job today, then?

Basically, just to make sure...

You know, just to come and see the sets,

so it's not a, you know, a surprise on the day. A surprise!

There's nothing more beneficial

than walking through the sets...

Yeah, yeah. ..and being able to walk it,

breathe it, see it.

It really helps when you're trying to visualise your ideas.

Do some things change sometimes?

"Oh, I thought we would do like this, but now..."

Absolutely. "Now I've seen that lettuce there..."

You know what I mean? All the time. All the time.

Or you might want to get those computers or whatever.

I always say it's good to have a plan, and I'm a big planner,

but ultimately, you also have to be prepared

for that plan to be thrown out the window.

Sometimes it's nice to be organic and just see

what happens on the day.

And that's what's exciting about it, I think, also. Yeah.

Well, good luck on Monday.

Thank you. It's going to be fun. It's going to be hectic in here.

Yes. It's going to be great.

Fast-forward to 7am Monday morning

and the studio is already buzzing with people.

We're in Lagos! And it kind of feels like it, too.

I feel like I'm in a hot place -

even though it's freezing in the studio.

Like, I don't need my coat right now.

The Who crew have only got today to film the market scenes.

Tomorrow, the Who-le set needs to be taken down

to make way for the alleyways and barbershop exterior,

so the pressure is on.

So we've got 80 SAs today, which is a lot of people

to get through quite a small space.

But it's good cos it makes it look really busy

and it looks great on camera.

And they're all brilliant.

We've got the best set of SAs

that we have ever had on this show ever.

Responsible for making sure this small army of extras

get through hair, make-up and costume and onto the set on time

is crowd second assistant director Rosey-Pepper.

ROSEY-So for our team today, the majority of us

started at half five this morning.

We have 25 make-up artists with us today.

We have about eight costume members.

At about 7:45, I'll know if we're running behind or not,

but so far, so good.

The teams are working so hard and so well,

and we're on track to be on time.

Just to add to the market madness,

Pepper is also expecting a VIP,

who will be making a cameo appearance in the market scenes.

On that note, has anyone had eyes on Inua, our writer?

I 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.

I sort of made a joke in one of the script meetings

that I, you know, I could play a trader.

I just thought it'd be funny,

but they all capitalised on it and here I am.

I'm being treated as an extra, which is perfect.

There's no... There's no specialist treatment or anything.

I'm just bossing around.

I'm sitting and I'm being told, "Stand here, do there,

"go there, say this." It's nice.

With Inua and the SAs all good to go,

there's just enough time for some last-minute checks.

If I can count... I think this is about 60-odd.

Yeah. That's if I can count.

But, no, we are ahead of schedule, which is fantastic.

So, yeah. That's what I love to say as a crowd second...

So we will be travelling down.

If you head back, take your belongings

and meet the team by the doors.

We'll start travelling over under the brollies.

Thank you very, very much.

BUSTLING CHATTER Let's do this!

Right. Time to get those 80 SAs wedged onto the tiny market set.

Talk about sardines!

It's a lot of people in a small space,

but it looks really busy. I think it looks really good.

It's really fun.

Lots of colour, lots of energy. Yeah. It's exciting.

With the set jam-packed and everyone ready...

Ken, have you got the time?

..the clock is already ticking. Time for some action!

Stand by!

Turning!

And we are rolling, everybody. Enjoy it. Have fun.

And action!

BUSY CHATTER

I'm in a rush. Sorry.

Ah! Madam, you must pay for dis-o.

Sorry, I... I have no money.

That's your problem, though. You never go anywhere.

Now, me and you today...

I've never been on set before,

and I've never been on a set of this size before.

Two things.

So there are lots and lots of moving parts,

but it's exciting.

Yeah. It's amazing.

Back in the same position again, please.

Thank you.

It's that time in the episode where I roll up my sleeves

and take on some work experience.

And today I've got a particularly early start.

Now, obviously actors are important.

You know, the director's important,

the camera crew is important, etc, etc,

but probably the people that keep this whole show

on the road are the catering staff.

And that's who I'm working with this morning.

The catering team are led by Llion.

Hello. Hello, sir.

What's the plan? What do you do here?

It's five o'clock in the morning, Llion.

What are you doing?

So we're getting ready for breakfast. Yeah.

And then we will have four hours' turn-around to lunch.

Yeah. So we finish breakfast at eight,

we need to be ready by 12 o'clock.

So you're already pr... It's five in the morning,

but you're already prepping lunch?

Yeah. Yeah, we have to. Yeah.

Because we haven't got the time to...

THEY LAUGH

Today we've got 240.

Erm, it could go up to 280.

The day goes really quick. Yeah.

So on the menu today is, erm, chicken tikka.

Yeah. So we've got chicken legs.

You're lucky - we've done the bulk of it, so...

You've done the hard work, have you?

Yeah. Good. Ha!

Right, then. So if you chuck that in here.

Right. Any particular... Is there...

I mean, this is a daft question, Llion,

but I feel like this is a safe space

and I'm allowed to ask stupid questions.

Yeah, please do. Thank you very much.

Does it matter how I shove these chickens in that sauce?

Erm, no. Is there...

No. There we are.

All you need to do is massage it.

Just going to mass... Massage this chicken into the incisions.

Other meat-free options are available.

How's that, Llion? Yeah, great.

What's the best part, or the funnest part,

of working in catering in TV in particular?

You open the kitchen hatch

and there can be a different view every day.

Yeah.

And you're in a different part of the country.

You know, like, we work across Britain, really.

Have you ever had a time when just, like,

somebody dressed up half as an alien and turns up and...

Yeah. Yeah. We've had a job where

I opened the hatch and it was naked extras.

THEY LAUGH And it was...

They were having a party in the forest,

and nobody told me.

So the hatch opens, and they're like, "Hi!" I'm like...

"OK, good morning!" Yeah.

You're doing a good job here.

Thank you very much.

Just speed up quite a lot.

THEY LAUGH

And if there was, like, someone watching this

who loves cooking, loves working in TV,

is this something you'd encourage them to come and do?

Or do you think...? Yeah. You know, it's, erm...

I think it's good for your confidence and stuff.

You're mixing with...

From your builders to your sparks to,

you know, actors, creative side. Yeah.

It's a broad spectrum of different people

with different backgrounds. Yeah.

So I think it's a great melting pot of a work space. Yeah.

OK, so lunch is ready to go.

Shall we get on with breakfast, then? Yes.

Is that next? Yeah. Lovely. Fantastic.

It's almost 7am and I've offered to help Llion

with the breakfast rush.

So here's the serving section.

You pack a lot into a tight space, don't you? Like...

There's a lot of options. I mean, there's a lot of options. Yeah.

Are you ready?

Yes, please. Do you mind if...

Hello, mate. Do you mind if I serve you today? Is that all right?

No worries. It's his first day.

It's my... If things go wrong... These are the pros, right?

Hopefully, yeah. So they can tidy up after me if I cock it up,

which is a distinct possibility.

What would you like?

Can I just have a full English, please?

Can I have one sausage, please?

Yes.

Smoked salmon cream cheese bagel coming right up.

Do you want any toppings on that?

Did you want a hash brown as well?

Hiya. You all right? Morning!

Morning. How can I help you?

Two brown toast, yeah.

A bit of scrambled egg.

Two poached eggs. Two poached eggs.

Some mushrooms, please. Yeah. There's a flow.

What I've noticed is when it's working,

like one of you swaps in and out,

it's like you've got to feel it, you know?

Happy Friday. That's OK? Are you new?

Two sausages for Biagi. Yeah.

If I choose incorrectly,

then cut me some slack.

Hey, chaps, thank you very much

for letting me in and getting in your way.

Appreciate it. Thank you, lads. Thank you very much.

Diolch i ti. Diolch yn fawr iawn.

Thank you. Diolch. If you want to come back...

I will, I'm going to...

You're going to be serving me now. I'm starving!

THEY LAUGH

For a lot of the cast,

working on this episode was a bit of a reunion.

Michael, who plays Obioma,

and Sule, who plays Omo,

both appeared onstage in Inua's play the Barber Shop Chronicles.

And for Sule, being in Doctor Who brings back some other memories.

Especially special for me, cos the first time I was on here,

on this show, as an SA, was 20 years ago. Yeah. No way!

Like, apparently, I spoke to Russell, day one of filming.

Sule was there on the first day of filming

when the BBC and Russell T Davies brought back Doctor Who

way back in 2005.

He appeared as a supporting artist in Aliens Of London,

confronting a space pig in a hospital.

So, like, it's come, like, full circle. Full circle!

And believe it or not, this is Ariyon,

or the Barber to you and me,

playing Leandro the Leonean - battling Peter Capaldi's Doctor.

So it seems the barbershop is the perfect location

to catch up and hang out with old friends.

The four of you, there's a real, like,

team spirit, real camaraderie.

Cos obviously you've been in there for five years... Yeah, yeah.

..in the show, but also working together intensely.

Yeah, I think we're quite lucky actually,

cos with some of it, you know,

a lot of us knew each other. We knew each other before.

Yeah. And I know Sule as well.

And it's quite... You know, the acting world's quite small,

but that - I think that really helped.

And we've got quite a nice energy, you know, as ourselves. Yeah.

As... Just as friends.

Yeah. So it kind of translates on the screen. Yeah.

Yeah, and individually, you can tell that each of us,

individually, is really excited to be here. Mmm.

And so when you bring that in

and already that energy is going to be like 95%,

the job is done for you. Yeah.

It just gives it that extra edge and makes it so much easier to work.

It does, it does. Yeah. It really does.

Michael's a good friend.

Bola's a good friend.

To be reunited with V that I worked with before...

I'm meeting Jordan, who's now going to be a good friend as well.

Yeah. Notice he got that in there.

He got that in, you know. He's the only one...

He's the only one I've not met before. Yeah.

This is the thing. So, you know? I was a newbie.

It's always fun.

I mean, it's always a pleasure, never a chore.

I mean, I've been back quite a few times

for different episodes and...

I mean, I love the whole franchise of Doctor Who, so...

It was a riot.

I knew from that first read-through

that it was going to be a very loud,

very energetic episode.

And indeed it was.

Each actor literally just, like, left themselves

on that set each day.

They gave everything they possibly could give,

and that was very, very special.

The cast are just amazing.

Like, we've had so many jokes.

There's been so much laughter

and it's like being with my brothers. It's been...

It's been great, even though they're a bit annoying!

MICHELLE LAUGHS

That is a massive thank you to Bola!

CHEERING

It was so fun, this particular set.

We all bonded loads in those three weeks.

We enjoyed each other's company.

But actually, when we finished,

I felt bereft. I felt really sad.

I felt like I'd lost family members.

It was a very strange experience.

Lovely to chat to you, man. Yeah, you too. Take care. Yeah.

Glad to meet you. Thank you very much.

Really good to meet you. Guys, thank you so much.

See you, guys. Cheers. Whoo. Well done.

THEME SONG PLAYS

ALARM WAILS In the next episode of Doctor Who...

I watched with my mum and dad when I was little.

Best night of the year.

They'd let me stay up late for voting,

a long as I brushed my teeth and got into my pyjamas!

Aw! And look at me now!

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