DESIGNING DOCTOR WHO

ecause was a six-parter, we knew that sets would be coming back, but we didn’t actually know when. So it was a bit difficult, to start with, with our organising. Usually when we do an episode we just build for that, then strike the sets and go on to the next one, so it was more of a juggling act than usual. I was really impressed with how the production dealt with Covid. We shot for nine months, and I don’t think we stopped filming at all. The impact on us, art department-wise, was cost: massive. Throughout the year, timber went up by 37%, so it was really