Doctor Who: 12 Cool Details Revealed In Steven Moffat's Blink Commentary

7. David Tennant Recorded His Lines By Himself, To Make Them Sound More Authentic

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Once again, the majority of Tennant's screen time in Blink is limited to the DVD easter egg. Within the context of the episode, the Doctor is sat in a room by himself (with Martha nearby), speaking into a camera, recording a message that will slowly make its way into the hands of Sally.

Basically, he's trying to have a conversation with Sally, without her being in front of him. All together now: wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey.

And so, to make the Doctor's half of the conversation feel as authentic as possible, it was filmed in an authentic manner: David Tennant sat in a room and spoke into a camera, all by himself, with no Carey Mulligan to bounce off. Poor fella.

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