10 Doctor Who Scenes Actors Hated Shooting

The volcanic rock formations of Lanzarote provided a striking backdrop to Series 8's Kill the Moon. But not everyone was over the moon (pun intended) to be there.

Temperatures stuck at around 40 degrees for the duration of the shoot, and to make matters worse, the episode’s lunar setting dictated that the actors had to wear some form of spacesuit.

Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, and Ellis George got off fairly lightly, wearing loose, fabric suits of the type first seen in The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, and then again in episodes like Hide. But since the other characters were actual, proper astronauts, they needed bulkier costumes to match.

This resulted in much discomfort, and even panic attacks, for actress Hermione Norris, as she recalled to The Mirror:

“It was one of the hardest jobs I've ever done. It was incredibly heavy, you couldn't get the visor on or off by yourself, and I couldn't help but panic when it was down. The sun on your visor was like having your head stuffed in a greenhouse.”

Shooting on the real-life Moon wouldn’t have been much easier. But by the sound of it, Lanzarote came pretty close!

Still, it was all worth it in the end, as Kill the Moon went down as one of the most beloved episodes... no wait, everyone hated it. All that for nothing!