mizgnomer:David Tennant’s Contributions to Doctor Who Episodes“Hand in a Jar” Edit
mizgnomer:David Tennant’s Contributions to Doctor Who Episodes“Hand in a Jar” EditionFrom the DVD commentary for Utopia with David Tennant and Russell T Davies:David Tennant: The hand in the jar there is actually a cast of my hand.Russell T Davies: At last!DT: At last! Which we did just before this episode, because the hand that you’d had on Torchwood and elsewhere had been… I don’t know who it had been.RTD: I used to know who it was. It’s one of the Millennium FX guys.DT: One of the Millennium FX guys’ hands.RTD: I can’t remember which oneDT: It was a good bit bigger than mine. And when you put that in water it looked bigger still! RTD: [laughter] DT: So I thought, if my hand’s going to be right next to it I think we might need to address that.RTD: Oh, did you ask?DT: Yeah! Yeah, yeah… and they ignored me for about three weeks, and then I said, “Please!” So we did it about two days before…RTD: [more laughter]Orig.Poster’s note: This post is part of a series on some of the contributions that David made to episodes of Doctor Who, because he sometimes gets questions about ad-libs or input he may have had to episodes, but he tends to not take credit for his various additions/suggestions - so I figured I’d list some for him. David’s hands are quite distinctive. With his extraordinarily long, thin fingers it was quite noticeable (to those paying close attention - and to those who are fans of David’s hands) that the original hand-in-a-jar didn’t look much like David’s hand. I find it impressive that it was David himself who kindly asked (multiple times) if a cast could be made of his actual hand, so the hand-in-the-jar would be more believable & accurate. I’m thankful for his attention to detail and his desire to get things just right.Semi-related Bonus (from Turn Left’s Confidential Episode):Other David’s Contributions Posts: Bigger on the Inside Edition Walking on Theatre Chairs Edition Scanning a Planet Edition Shakespeare Code Bedroom EditionInterrupting Jackie EditionSarah Jane Smith EditionThe Stone Arm Edition -- source link
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