And how do you know these scenes weren't part of the budget for series five?
Actually, the two scenes could well have been financed by 2 Entertain, seeing as they were produced specifically for the DVD/BD, and all.
As it is, it's made pretty clear that the Video Diaries, as well as the blooper reel, fell under Confidential's purview, so they might well have paid for those.
On a side note, I've been seeing people complaining about there being no Children in Need mini-episode this year (though there's been mixed signals about that as I read here!) - but the fact is we've had an embarrassment of riches in terms of non-series "special projects" this year. We don't really need a CiN as well.
The list (more or less in order they came out):
1. The David Tennant BBC idents (which aired after last year's CiN so they count)
2. The BBC Radio cut-ins that promoted Series 5 (Matt Smith, as the Doctor, interrupting several programs).
3. The Doctor Who Adventure Games which are considered canon and feature Smith and Gillan (3 so far, the 4th my prediction is will be out by Christmas).
4. Amy's History Hunt, the online game with original footage of Gillan.
5. The mini-adventure featured during the Proms.
6. The Doctor Who Live material.
7 & 8. The Meanwhile in the TARDIS scenes from the DVD.
- And I think Smith and Gillan recorded new voiceovers for the DS and Wii games coming out in the UK this month, too. AND there's a very good chance (though this won't count towards the BBC total) of Craig Ferguson getting Smith to do some sort of DW-related skit on Tuesday night.
Yes, granted, not all of these are available worldwide. But, still, compare this to past years where the most you might get is a CiN short, and an oddball like Music of the Spheres, and that's it. They've been plenty busy, so I can forgive them if they don't get round to doing a CiN short this year.
Alex
