#also i was surprised ncuti said he had no background in singing because he killed it

[ovenproofowl]

it was a really charming surprise to find out that the song ncuti and millie performed wasn't pre-recorded and that they literally just had to sing it on the fly while dancing around. most sequences like that would have just been lip-synced with the done up vocals being played in the background which always feels a bit inauthentic, but this just adds to the chaos of the scene and makes the stakes feel a bit more genuine, that ruby and the doctor are actually struggling to come up with this song to offer a proper distraction.

I know we talk a lot about how doctor who will always pick practical effects and costume over 'cgi-ed to a buggery', so I feel like this also deserved some acknowledgement

#doctor who #dw spoilers #dw bts #the church on ruby road #ncuti gatwa #millie gibson #ruby sunday #fourteen #doctor who unleashed #i also love that the goblin king was fully real and being controlled by like. five different people. #and that the goblins were all real and had just had cgi extentions for their expressions like the meep #just. prosthetics work and puppet work getting the recognitiion it deserves always warms my heart. #and yeah i'm sure they cleaned the singing in post a bit but the fact it was done in-scene is shockingly rare #also i was surprised ncuti said he had no background in singing because he killed it