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and D-dimensional de Sitter space.

I preserved it in a 1% solution

of polyvinyl acetal resin.

Oh, my God!

That's the most romantic thing

anyone's ever said to me

that I didn't understand.

And now we have Mayim Bialik,

who is a, you know...

A neuroscientist... neuroscientist.

So she tells us

when we're wrong in that area.

When it comes to neuroscience

and neurobiology,

I guess

I'm the unofficial authority.

Come on, tumour.

Mama needs an aggressive

little glioblastoma.

Did you ever think that you would

start using your neuroscience again?

In this way?

No.

'Since getting my PhD,'

I never thought I would be acting

as a neuroscientist, no.

Amy's at the dry-cleaner's

and she's made a very amusing pun.

"I don't care for p-chloro-ethylene

and I don't like glycol,ether."

Personally, I like that physics is

out there and incomprehensible,

but I really like it when it's

what we call freshman physics.

We don't need strength...

we're physicists.

We are the intellectual descendants

of Archimedes.

Give me a fulcrum and a lever, I can

move the earth. It's a matter...

I don't have this.

I don't have this!

It's something that people

have been exposed to in some way

and so there's

a chance of knowing what's going on.

Ah, gravity,

thou art a heartless b*tch.

And, frankly,

if people disagree with the science,

they can send a letter

to Dr Saltzberg or Dr Bialik.

There's nothing wrong

with the science.

Perhaps you mean a different thing

than I do when you say, "Science."

Fashion's probably not

the first thing that springs to mind

when you think of

The Big Bang Theory,

but for a show that's about

pretty unfashionable guys,

they do all have

their own distinctive style,

from Sheldon's T-shirts

to Howard's...

eye-wateringly tight trousers.

They do stand out in a crowd.

So I assume this is all divided up

into different characters?

Yes, we call them character closets.

Sheldon, staring with

the plaid pants, of course.

Yes.

And then all of his T-shirts

back here.

He's got his Green Lantern

and Flash shirts.

He has a lot of T-shirts. They all

have a lot of clothes, to be fair.

Oh, yes.

'Do you have a favourite

Sheldon piece?'

I like this.

Yes, that's nice...

the evolution

of an into a robot is nice.

It screams Sheldon to me.

Wow!

Wow!

I really like Raj's outfits.

I like the fact that I think

he looks quite cool.

They all bridge cool,

except I throw something else

that just ruins it all.

I think he thinks it's cool.

'When Raj first came to America,'

he was dressed head-to-toe

in Miami Vice clothes,

because that was a big popular

show in India at that time.

What about arguably

my favourite character,

dress-wise and otherwise, Howard?

Where's his stuff?

He's got a room to himself.

Of course he has.

Hey, qu'est-ce que s'up?

Look at that!

Very eclectic. I know.

Look at that.

If this is missing when you leave...

I've got my eye on it.

You're in trouble.

There is one outfit he wore with

an eye patch and leather pants...

The guy's a hero.

'And a flowy blouse.

He pulled it off.'

Hello, boys.

I would say he's a clothes... horse.

Whore or horse? I don't know.

I think horse.

I think for him, let's say whore.

I want to blend in.

To what?

Toy Story?!

This is Leonard.

I recognise these cords.

Yes.

A muted rainbow.

Yes, muted. He's got a bit of

a bucket of water thrown on him

compared to some

of the other characters.

Is this all stuff you want me

to try on?

No, this is stuff

I want you to throw out.

When I had to dress up as Supergirl,

that was especially liberating.

I don't know about you,

but I feel empowered.

Come on, I made that look good.

Yeah.

I'm Batman!

Camera... Action!

Does anyone have any wood?

Oh, come on! I just want wood!

Why are you making it so hard?

OK, we've got the writing,

the science,

the wardrobe and the actors.

But the world of the Big Bang Theory

wouldn't be complete without

the incredibly detailed sets.

Designed by legendary

production designer John Shaffner,

who designed the famous Friends

set amongst others,

the sets each have their

own special charm.

Actually, my favourite set is the

hallway between the two apartments.

The producers wanted this walk

and talk in the stairwell.

Well, we built the set and Chuck

and Bill came down and they looked

at it and said, "We really need

to see the stairway go down."

So I was like, "Oh, dear,

I'm not authorised by the studio

to cut a hole in the floor.

So then we went to the studio

and said we need to cut

a hole in the floor.

So that's how we came about

building the staircase that actually

goes down about six feet.

If you get to the bottom of the stair

and make a corner,

there's dirt and there's a wall

full of gum on it from the actors

who wait to go on

and put their gum on the wall!

So it's sort of starting

to look like the underside

of a table in a cheap diner.

Obviously as soon as I got

onto the set

and walked downwards I was amazed

at how little the gap is to fit in.

Once you've got down you just

sort of stand there against a wall.

Um, and the other thing about it

was trying to give them enough

space between the two apartments so

there'd be working space for a scene.

Um, I put this elevator in the middle

and I showed it to Chuck

and Bill and they said,

"We don't want the elevator

"because why would they walk up

and down the stairs?"

And I said,

"Because it's always broken.

The landlord has never fixed it."

Give me that.

What did you do that for,

I had plenty of time?!

So, this is it, I've chatted to

the cast and crew, I've poked around

behind the scenes, I know exactly

how the Big Bang Theory gets made.

All I've got to do now is

take my place in the audience

and watch them

actually record the show.

This is about as exciting as

it gets for a Big Bang fan.

In a way, I wish you could be here.

In another way

I don't cos you'll be in my seat.

What I can promise is that I'll

really enjoy it for you.

Excuse me. Sorry.

OK, hold the over, Richard.

Ladies and gentlemen,

round of applause,

are you ready to meet our cast?

Let's hear it!

It's just so electric in here

on our take nights.

It's very exciting to have

that energy from the audience.

Give it up!

Oh, it's amazing, I love it.

It's great, it's sort of like a short

play every week.

I wouldn't be half

as happy as I am here

if we didn't have that

live audience.

Here's Sheldon,

the incredible Jim Parsons!

It does add that element of

surprise and adrenaline.

Cameras A, B, C, X.

On the mark.

Here we go, and action!

I don't think I could ever get

a massage from a guy.

Really? What was I doing

to your neck last night

while you were playing Xbox?

Not much, it's still killing me.

We always get comments like,

"OH, my God that laugh-track

is driving me crazy,"

but it's not a laugh-track,

it's real people!

Where's Howard?

No, "Hi, Raj, how are you, Raj?"

Straight to,

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