Doctor Who: 17 Cool Details Steven Moffat Just Revealed About The Eleventh Hour
7. The "Phone Me When You're Done" Scene Was Shot In A Single Take Due To Time Constraints
When you take this entry into account - and then add the prior one about the village green sequence being rained off - it sounds like the production of The Eleventh Hour was a battle against nature itself.
According to director Adam Smith, the scene where the Doctor, Amy and Rory stand in the middle of Leadworth after Prisoner Zero escapes down a drain (which concludes with Matt Smith's line "phone me when you're done") was shot in a single take.
This is because it was getting to the end of the day and the natural light was slowly beginning to fade, meaning that the crew was running out of time. So, the trio of actors had to try and get the scene right within a limited window of time.
Clearly, they were successful!