In the new edition of Doctor Who Magazine, showrunner Steven Moffat has shared one of the not-to-be-filmed audition scenes written for potential 12th Doctors. Why not grab a friend during this morning’s coffee break, make haste to the stationery cupboard, argue over who’s going to be Clara, and act your TARDIS socks off. It’s what we’ll be doing. “I had to make up some scenes for the auditions, cos I haven’t written the real script yet. So here, in an exclusive, as a big old tease, is one of the imaginary scenes I wrote. Couple of things. Nothing to glean about what’s coming in the stories – this scene will never appear in the show itself. Also, you’ll learn very little about Number 12 – naturally, this was written before the casting began. And anyway, the scenes we use for the auditions are designed more as obstacle courses than ‘proper’ scenes. Fairly generic Doctor stuff, for someone to spin into a new version of the Time Lord. So, with the proviso that there’s nothing to learn here (won’t stop you trying, I know) here is – sort of, kind of, not really – the first scene for Number 12…” INT. TARDIS THE DOCTOR: Right then, eyesight. Not bad, bit blue. Ears – not pointy, right way up, more or less level. Face – well I’ve got one. Oh, no – French! CLARA: French. CLARA: Are you all right? THE DOCTOR: I don’t know, do I look all right? CLARA: I don’t know. THE DOCTOR: How’s the face? Seems all right from the inside. Nice action, responsive. Bit less heft on the chin. How is it? CLARA: It’s… okay. CLARA: It’s a bit… you know. THE DOCTOR: No I don’t, I haven’t seen it yet. THE DOCTOR: Have you changed height? CLARA: No. CLARA: It’s you, your height, you’re the one who’s changed. THE DOCTOR: And look at your nose. THE DOCTOR: It was really cute, I loved your nose, you should’ve kept it. CLARA: I did, it’s the same nose, it’s the same all of me. You’re the one who’s… regenerated, whatever you call it. CLARA: Do you mean perfume? THE DOCTOR: Yes, I suppose it could be perfume. THE DOCTOR: No I didn’t, that was the Doctor. CLARA: You’re the Doctor. CLARA: Yeah, it really is. Thanks for that Steven Moffat, now if you could just see your way to releasing a fiftieth anniversary special trailer too, that’d be grand.
