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I watched the commentaries last night and one of the most interesting things was when they talked about the TARDIS internal set. Apparently the guy who created it didn't want to do it and did it all at the last minute - which is pretty impressive when you consider just how much of that original design has lasted right up until now! He came up with the idea for basing it all on hexagons - the hexagonal console and the round/hexagon-shapes on the walls.
Interestingly, because I'm used to the console being in the centre of the set, this first set for the TARDIS actually it offset to the right, with another hexagonal area just inside the doors, so there was more playing space there. There was also a lot of stuff over on the right hand wall that I haven't really got a good look at yet, apart from the monitor showing what's outside, which seems to have remained all the way through the series.
They were also (of course) short on money building the set and since they were talking about set I was looking about that and not the characters and noticed that one part of the wall, behind the console, was just a painted backdrop instead of an actual built wall!
Also, I found it interesting that they kept talking about DW as a children's programme (apparently it was originally aimed at 8-12 year-olds), because it definitely doesn't come across as one. As they commented themselves, the scripts are intelligent and don't talk down to anyone, and I'd definitely go with 'family viewing' rather than just 'children'!
Oh, and another thing I didn't know: it was actually signed up at the very beginning for a whole year. Which is an incredibly long series by today's standards! There were actually 42 episodes in the first series! Wow!
Interestingly, because I'm used to the console being in the centre of the set, this first set for the TARDIS actually it offset to the right, with another hexagonal area just inside the doors, so there was more playing space there. There was also a lot of stuff over on the right hand wall that I haven't really got a good look at yet, apart from the monitor showing what's outside, which seems to have remained all the way through the series.
They were also (of course) short on money building the set and since they were talking about set I was looking about that and not the characters and noticed that one part of the wall, behind the console, was just a painted backdrop instead of an actual built wall!
Also, I found it interesting that they kept talking about DW as a children's programme (apparently it was originally aimed at 8-12 year-olds), because it definitely doesn't come across as one. As they commented themselves, the scripts are intelligent and don't talk down to anyone, and I'd definitely go with 'family viewing' rather than just 'children'!
Oh, and another thing I didn't know: it was actually signed up at the very beginning for a whole year. Which is an incredibly long series by today's standards! There were actually 42 episodes in the first series! Wow!