Earlier today we discussed the brilliant Cultbox interview with Simon Fisher-Becker—but only in terms of Mark Gatiss's return to acting on Doctor Who. But while he only had six lines as Dorium in "The Pandorica Opens", Simon is at the center of "A Good Man Goes to War".
Now, building off of a Doctor Who Spoilers article, let's examine what he has inadvertently revealed and what we can learn from this.
Do you have quite a substantial part in Episode 13 too?
"Yes, it's already been filmed. It's the last episode of the series and, what I will tell you, is that in Episode 7 Dorium is a hero and in Episode 13 he's more of a tormenting mentor. Again, lots of answers - everything will be answered in Episode 13, but then something else will be asked, so you've got the cliffhanger to the new series."
Presumably, this "new series" refers to Series 7.
When asked whether or not he had a complete script (Moffat is known for divulging only relevant plot details), Simon said he did, because "my character is in it throughout". But he lamented that he did not get to work with Alex Kingston (River) this time.
. . . Which was a shame as I wanted to say thank you - the way these things work, you don’t always get the chance to say goodbye properly. So I didn’t get to work with her this time, but you never know!If River doesn't introduce him to Team TARDIS, how does Dorium become part of the plot? Perhaps the Maldovarium is attacked in the Battle of Demons Run? Maybe the Doctor comes looking for answers about the hooded men seen in the Prequel?
Evidently Dorium lives long enough to potentially appear in Series 7.
Would you like to come back next year if they asked you back?
"I'd be delighted to, but it’s all up to the imagination of Steven Moffat. I'd have no hesitation whatsoever!" . . .
What’s your favourite memory from filming your three episodes of Doctor Who so far?
Is she his guard?
"There’s so many! I think, because I do follow Doctor Who, the fact that I actually got to be on the set of the TARDIS..."
So Dorium becomes just the latest random character this year to show up in the TARDIS, along with Canton, Avery, and the "Almost People" survivors.
Some other interesting bits follow.
Were there many special effects involved in your scenes?
"For me, there were a number of special effects, for reasons which will become apparent when you see it. I'm dying to see the special effects!" . . .
You’re also in the prequel for Episode 7, how did that come about?
"Again, that was something that came out of the blue too! I was right in the middle of filming Episode 7 and one of the producers came over and said that Steven had asked if I'd like to do an extra scene with three other characters. So I thought 'right, three other characters, excellent' and Steven was writing it at the time we were speaking.
"By 11 o'clock, when I got into the trailer, I found that there were three other characters, but they were mute! So I had to learn this monologue by the following morning, so that was fun. I'm very pleased with the result. And to be the main shot on the official website at the moment, that's extraordinary, I'm very chuffed!"
So many fascinating bits were left out for the purpose of streamlining this post, so read the full interview.
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