Doctor Who: 13 Cool Details Steven Moffat Just Revealed About The Girl In The Fireplace
6. The Clockwork Droids Originally Had Hair Covering Their Faces
The clockwork droids are one of the most memorable monsters in the show, largely thanks to their mechanical sound effects, unsettling masks (that thin smile and those dead eyes... nightmare fuel) and their penchant for blades.
It's hard to imagine them looking, sounding or acting any differently, but at one point in time, Moffat wanted them to be a little bit... hairier.
In a Twitter exchange, Davies and Moffat discussed how, early on, the clockwork droids had hair covering their faces (like Samara from the Ring movies), which might have actually been creepy, depending on the lighting of the scenes and the colour of the hair. We'll just never know.
In addition, Moffat hinted that the final masked design of the droids was producer Phil Collinson's idea.