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The Big Questions was a recurring video feature of the official BBC Doctor Who website that began at the start of series 4 and continued on throughout series 5, when it was slightly renamed Big Questions.
A series of short video clips, it featured the lead actors — and occasional guest actors —answering written questions from viewers relevant to particular episodes. The series frequently displayed the off-screen chemistry between the actors, as the two actors usually were in the same room. However, some editions were clearly drawn from two or three separate interviews later cut together. Typical questions ran along the lines of, "Given that x is a part of this episode, how would you react if you had to deal with x in real life?"
An edition of Questions was made available for virtually every episode from Partners in Crime onwards.[1]
The Big Questions (Series 4)[]
| Episode related to | Title | Details | Runtime | Originally available | File name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partners in Crime | Part 1 | David Tennant and Catherine Tate discuss partnerships. | 2'05" | 5 April 2008 | s4_01_w_01.flv |
| The Fires of Pompeii | Part 2 | David and Catherine discuss the course of history. | 1'36" | 12 April 2008 | s4_02_big_01.flv |
| Planet of the Ood | Part 3 | David and Catherine discuss what it would be like to serve each other, Ood style. | 1'43" | 19 April 2008 | s4_03_big_01.flv |
| The Sontaran Stratagem | Part 4 | David and Catherine discuss having a clone. | 1'29" | 26 April 2008 | s4_04_big_01.flv |
| The Poison Sky | Part 5 | David and Catherine discuss global warming. | 2'08" | 3 May 2008 | s4_05_big_01.flv |
| The Doctor's Daughter | Part 6 | David and Catherine discuss parental advice. | 2'07" | 10 May 2008 | s4_06_big_01.flv |
| The Unicorn and the Wasp | Part 7 | David and Catherine discuss detectives. | 1'35" | 17 May 2008 | s4_07_big_01.flv |
| Silence in the Library | Part 8 | David and Catherine discuss children's books. | 2'43" | 31 May 2008 | s4_08_big_01.flv |
| Forest of the Dead | Part 9 | David and Catherine discuss virtual reality. | 1'24" | 7 June 2008 | s4_09_big_01.flv |
| Midnight | Part 10 | David and Catherine discuss holidays. | 1'57" | 14 June 2008 | s4_10_big_01.flv |
| Turn Left | Part 11 | David and Catherine discuss changing decisions. | 1'38" | 21 June 2008 | s4_11_big_01.flv |
| The Stolen Earth | Part 12 | David and Catherine discuss working with the Daleks. | 2'30" | 28 June 2008 | s4_12_big_01.flv |
| Journey's End | Part 13 | David and Catherine discuss working together. | 2'15" | 5 July 2008 | s4_13_big_01.flv |
| The Next Doctor | The Big Questions: David Morrisey | Watch an Interview with the Next Doctor. | 2'44" | 25 December 2008 | s0_05_bts_01.flv |
| The Big Questions: Dervla Kirwan | An interview with the actress who plays Miss Hartigan. | 2'39" | s0_05_bts_02.flv | ||
| Planet of the Dead | The Big Questions: Michelle Ryan | Watch an interview with actress Michelle Ryan. | 2'20" | 11 April 2009 | s0_06_bts_07.flv |
| The End of Time, Part One | The Big Questions | ...with David, Russell & Julie. | 3'44" | 25 December 2009 | s0_09_bq_01.flv |
| The End of Time, Part Two | The Big Questions | ...with John Simm. (Adventure Calendar) |
2'17" | 28 December 2009 | s0_09_bq_03.flv adventure_091228.flv |
| The Big Questions | ...Part Two, with David, Russell & Julie. | 2'03" | 30 December 2009 | s0_09_bq_02.flv | |
| The Big Questions | ...Part Three, with David, Russell & Julie. | 2'42" | 1 January 2010 | s0_09_bq_04.flv |
Big Questions (Series 5)[]
| Episode related to | Title | Details | Runtime | Originally available | BBC PID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Eleventh Hour | The Big Questions 01 | Matt Smith and Karen Gillan spill the beans and demonstrate their impressions of each other! | 1'58" | 3 April 2010 | p00765d8 |
| Victory of the Daleks | Big Questions 02 | Matt Smith tells us about his personal heroes and arch enemies. | 1'20" | 17 April 2010 | p007dv5y |
| The Time of Angels | Big Questions 03 | Matt Smith and Karen Gillan answer more Big Questions, this time discussing New York and mind control! | 1'48" | 24 April 2010 | p007j8qw |
| Flesh and Stone | Big Questions 04 | Matt Smith and Karen Gillan answer more Big Questions, this time relating to Flesh and Stone. | 1'18" | 1 May 2010 | p007njj7 |
| The Vampires of Venice | Big Questions 05 | Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill answer more Big Questions, this time spilling the beans on everything from blind dates to big spiders! | 1'26" | 8 May 2010 | p007rxnr |
| Amy's Choice | Big Questions 06 | Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill speculate what they're doing in alternative universes! | 1'16" | 15 May 2010 | p007wggp |
| The Hungry Earth | Big Questions 07 | Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill share their love of Wales and reveal what it takes to wake them up! | 1'43" | 22 May 2010 | p00801mk |
| Cold Blood | The Big Questions 08 | Matt Smith and Karen Gillan admit the things they'd like to forget… including Matt's jungle pants! | 1'52" | 29 May 2010 | p0083k6p |
| Vincent and the Doctor | Big Questions 09 | Art is for Everyone! | 1'37" | 1 June 2010 | p0084rvz |
| The Lodger | Big Questions 10 | Matt Smith and James Corden are in the hot seat for The Lodger's Big Questions! | 1'00" | 12 June 2010 | p008bbrb |
| The Pandorica Opens | Big Questions 11 | Matt Smith and Karen Gillan answer big questions relating to the series finale. | 1'23" | 19 June 2010 | p008fwgp |
| The Big Bang | Big Questions 12 | Matt Smith and Karen Gillan answer big questions relating to the series finale. | 1'15" | 28 June 2010 | p008l8bn |
Music list[]
- "Lucinda's Locket" by John Dankworth, Album: Big Band, 1920s-1970s ANW 1090[2]
- "Soft Focus Bossa" by Paul Mottram, Album: Latin Jazz ANW 1261[3]
- "Mars Bar" by Mat Andasun, Album: Vintage Sci Fi ANW 1227[4]
- "Bossa Negre" by Paul Mottram, Album: Small Jazz Group, Piano, Boogie ANW 1157[5]
- "Easy Bossa" by Christopher Ashmore, Album: Jazz, Boogie ANW 1257[6]
- "Strictly Come Cruising" by Alexander L'Estrange, Album: Jazz ANW 1246[7]
- "Swing That Shoe" by Terry Devine-King, Album: Big Band, Jazz ANW 1030[8]