“What we wanted to do was a heist movie for Doctor Who. I've watched virtually every heist movie there's ever been, and incorporates things into it, but because it's Doctor Who, time travel is involved.
There's a real time travel twist to it that's quite amazing - it starts with the TARDIS in Clara's flat, and the TARDIS phone starts ringing - very few people have that number, so when he picks up the phone, that's when the adventure begins.
In traditional heist style, you get a gang together and each has a skill. One of the big things is, when the phone goes, they all arrive in this place and none of them can remember how they got there. They have to discover that as they travel, as they've involved in a bank raid but they don't know what they're trying to find.”
“Flatline involves different types of CGI creatures. I've still got some work to finish it off, but it's looking good.”
"It's Steven at his peak, and Listen is one of the best things that he's written - ever. Even if I didn't have the privilege of directing it, I'd still say it was amazing. Although it travels big time, through time and space, it has a big conclusion to it. It's a bit of a love letter to the show itself and really explores the Doctor in a particular way. And it's got a message for children and adults, that's beautiful and poetic.”
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