Doctor Who: 14 Cool Details Revealed In Steven Moffat's Wedding Of River Song Commentary

8. Both Instances Of This Scene Use The Exact Same Take

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The moment where the Doctor has a final conversation with the Teselecta before heading to Lake Silencio is used in the episode twice.

The first time, it's edited to fool the audience into believing that the Doctor has gone to the lake in full acceptance of his death, but later on, the scene is played once more, only this time, it's extended.

Here, we see the Doctor walk through the door, face all glum... before he springs back into frame, eyes gleaming, a light bulb suddenly being turned on in his mind: he's going to use the Teselecta to fake his death. Easy.

It wouldn't have been unreasonable to assume that each instance of this scene used a different take - after all, the majority of scenes in film and TV production are shot more than once - but according to Webb, in this case, the same take was used for both.

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