Producers of the BBC's new Doctor Who TV series are scrambling to find enough little people to perform in the show as tiny blue aliens, because most have already found w**k in the currently shooting movies Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, according to the Web site of the Daily Mirror, the British tabloid newspaper. In the Harry Potter film, the diminutive actors play the goblins who run Gringott's bank. Both Charlie and Potter are shooting in and around London.

"It's very difficult to employ persons of restricted growth when, as our producer Phil Collinson says, 'Bloody Gringotts and The Chocolate Factory are filming at the same time,'" Doctor Who's executive producer Russell T. Davies told the site.

Insiders at the BBC drama admit the shortage of short actors has proved a headache during shooting of the 13-part series, due to be wrapped up next month, the site reported.

Peter Burroughs, whose Willow Personal Management is one of just two British agencies for dwarf actors, admitted to the newspaper that he had been unable to supply Doctor Who with a 3-foot, 8-inch actor. "That was very difficult to find, especially with the other productions going on," he said. The new Doctor Who hits British airwaves in March.

Blimey - is this story still going on ? :)

From what I remember, it just came from a side comment in RTD's Production Notes in DWM, and has escalated into a crisis!

Wow! These guys are really in Short supply :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Oh I'm sorry, it was just so obvious I couldn't resist :blush:

LMAO @ Jamie

You mean they haven't actually shot that many eps, blimey, isn't it starting soon :lol: :lol: