Friday (September 7) was the first rehearsal for the play at a secret location in Portsmouth. This was a run through of Block One, which takes us up to the first appearance of the Doctor.
As extra people are needed at the start, for reasons that I can't say, then this is my chance to be seen out of costume (so to speak) as a Dalek. In fact, after David (who is playing Marc Cory) I'm the second person to appear. Excited doesn't even come close to it!
The rehearsal went very well, with lots of laughter and some serious brainstorming to make the scenes flow better. I hope that all the rehearsals will be as much fun as this and look forward to the next one, which will be covering Block Two... and the appearance of the Daleks.
In the tradition of "Production Notes" in "Doctor Who Magazine", Dalek Spy will also be slipping you a selection of words from the script to tease you with. Block One contains:
- steam
- evacuate
- statues
- Start of Act One, with me in a Hong Kong Phooey t-shirt
- Nick Scovell (The Doctor) finds David Bickerstaff (Marc Cory) and Helen Stoddart (Katarina Taylor)
- The Doctor checks on Katarina
- Tim Skedge (Bret Vyon) confronts the Doctor
