Collinson talks Voyage to SFX
General TV Series News
December 14, 2007 •
Posted By Josiah Rowe
Doctor Who producer
Phil Collinson has given an interview to
SFX, in which he discusses plot elements and behind-the-scenes details for this year's Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned". Spoiler-phobic readers may wish to avoid the interview, as it gives details about the Doctor's encounter with the Titanic and its crew. Some excerpts from the interview can be found in the spoiler box below; the full interview, including Collinson's comments on
Kylie Minogue and other guest stars in the special, can be read on
SFX's website.
Thanks to Ian Berriman of SFX.
SFX: Last time we saw the Doctor the TARDIS had been hit by the Titanic. So on the face of it you might think this Christmas special isn’t gonna be Christmassy, because the Titanic sailed in June [sic]
... so is it Christmassy?
SFX：在上集末，我们看到博士的TARDIS被Titanic撞破。对于这个，大家可能想到这次的圣诞特别版并不是圣诞的东西，因为Titanic沉没于六月。。。所以这是圣诞的么？
COLLINSON: "It's jam-packed with Christmas -- it's full of it! So it does feel very much in the spirit of all our other specials. It’d have to be really, on Christmas Day -- I think it would be odd if they were basking on the beach somewhere, y'know! I'm a traditionalist, I think you've got a bit of Christmas about it, a bit of snow somewhere and some tinsel and some angels and a Christmas tree thrown in there and a bit of Santa Claus, and we've got all of that.
Collinson：这是为了挤在圣诞播出——全都是这一个原因。可能这次特别版不会像另两部那样，让大家感到很强烈的圣诞气息。他必须真实表现圣诞节——我觉得如果大家在沙滩上晒日光浴，这可能非常奇怪。我是一个传统的人，我觉得你必须有点圣诞气氛在里面，一些雪，一些彩灯，或者一些天使和一颗圣诞树。
"It's Christmassy because it's not the real Titanic. It's a spaceship that's full of aliens and is hovering above Earth and they're doing a bit of an experience cruise to the planet Earth, basically, so they've built their spaceship to be a replica of a famous Earth ship. And they beam down onto the planet secretly and have a little look round and stuff so... yes, it's their Christmas cruise and they're celebrating an earth Christmas. It's a theme cruise."
这当然是圣诞性质的东西，因为这不是真正的Titanic。他是太空船，充满着外星人，在地球上放盘旋，他们做了些诅咒地球的事情，基于此，他们复制了地球上著名的轮船而建造了他们的飞船。他们秘密潜藏在星球里，窥视着星球。。。所以，当然，这是他们的圣诞漫游，他们庆祝地球的圣诞节。这就是主题。
In your tone meetings you have key phrases you use to sum things up -- what’s the key phrase for this one?
在一次会议上，你们用一个关键词概括了整部剧——哪个关键词是什么呢？
"I think the phrase Russell used for this was 'disaster movie' and that's really what it is: all's not good on the spaceship Titanic. It runs into dangerous waters -- or airspace, or whatever you like to call it."
我想这个关键词是Russell用的，‘disaster movie’(灾难电影)，这点的的确确：所有在飞船Titanic上的好的一切。最后都落入浩瀚水肿——或者说太空中，随便你愿意怎么称呼
竟然只是Titanic的复制品，我想咋在空中飞呢
