Doctor Who Confidential — S03E04 — A New York Story
2007 · 11 MIN · IMDB 7.1
Overview
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of Doctor Who episodes. Daleks in Manhattan is set in New York in the 1930s and writer Helen Raynor goes Stateside to capture some inspiration by looking out at Manhattan, walking through Central Park, and seeing exactly how people lived in tenement buildings in the 30s.
Dialogue Timeline — 162 lines
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00:00:02 NARRATOR: He's travelled the galaxy through space and time,
00:00:28 We've had the Daleks in the far future. We've had them in the present day.
00:01:25 and they're just taking one final little detour in the Tardis
00:01:45 Work in progress.
00:02:01 They would have a clear perspective all the way up Manhattan
00:02:33 Because it's always nice to try and tie the stories
00:02:52 Then all of a sudden, it made complete sense to use that building.
00:03:59 -The lines. Then nip in. -The lines. That's your cue to nip in.
00:04:19 It's set in a theatre, Tallulah's vital to the plot.
00:04:36 It's all about showing the audience different worlds, and I think,
00:05:11 so long as there's still a story ticking away underneath it all.
00:05:30 before a performance starts, I think that's very crucial.
00:06:31 in a very brown and sad world. Brilliant.
00:06:51 and you're gonna immediately believe what's going on on the stage
00:07:29 ♪ One and one and one is three
00:08:09 I think the whole script really came alive
00:08:26 and therefore easily exploited and easily taken by the Daleks.
00:08:45 I want to run this city, whatever it takes.
00:09:05 I'll take that as a compliment.
00:09:22 I fought in the Great War, a lot of us did.
00:09:46 He's very damaged, I think. He's a war-damaged man.
00:10:06 So there was a nice parallel throughout the story.
00:10:29 to recruit in Hooverville.
00:10:58 It's a great episode.
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Dialogue Record
Lines indexed162
Dialogue density14.7 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:10:58
Production Record
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
Doctor Who Confidential, season 3, episode 4: A New York Story.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1056/season/3/episode/4
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