In the final scenes of Castrovalva (1982), the script calls for Adric to look pale and sickly because hes recovering from the effects of the Master kidnapping him. But on the day of filming, makeup was not needed thanks to a certain magic ingredient: Campari. The night before these scenes were shot, Matthew Waterhouse drank too much and was hungover during filming. Not only does he look as pale and sickly as the script needs, but in a conversation between the Doctor and Tegan that appears in the final edit, he is off-camera vomiting behind a tree. Despite this distraction, Peter Davison and Janet Fielding remained in character so as not to ruin the take.
6. Harry Potter And Doctor Who Almost Meet
During the shooting of The Fires Of Pompeii, Russell T. Davies began preparing ideas for the 2008 Christmas Special, with the two foremost ideas being what would eventually become The Next Doctor, and an episode where the Time Beetle from Turn Left latches on to J.K. Rowling and converts her imagination to reality. The main plot of the episode would have been the Doctor having to battle his way through a fantasy world of Victorian magic brought to life so that he could get to Rowling and remove the Beetle from her. This idea was later dropped because of concerns over whether or not Rowling could act and would agree to appear, and because of David Tennants concerns that it sounded more like a Doctor Who spoof than a real episode.
JG Moore is a writer and filmmaker from the south of England. He also works as an editor and VFX artist, and has a BA in Media Production from the University Of Winchester.
