Doctor Who: 17 Cool Details Steven Moffat Just Revealed About The Eleventh Hour

9. The Village Green Sequence Was A Production Nightmare

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Right in the middle of the episode, there's a long sequence that takes place on and around the Leadworth village green, with the Doctor meeting Rory, coming face-to-face with the man and his dog (again), and destroying his sonic screwdriver.

It's hardly the most complex scene that Doctor Who has ever had to shoot, but sometimes, it's the simple things that prove the most trouble, an annoying truth that very much applies here.

As tweeted by Moffat, the filming of this entire sequence was cancelled due to rain. After being rescheduled for a different day, it rained again. As a result, the production team was forced to cancel some of their plans for the scene, but Moffat didn't elaborate on what those plans were.

It's also hard to guess them, considering that the sequence we did get feels very much complete.

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