The largest brick build building in Europe, this Grade II listed “power station” can be seen in many films and tv shows. Constructed in the 1930’s but closed down in 1983, this iconic building was very suitable for a mystery in “Sherlock” (tv show), many episodes of the Original pre 2005 “Doctor Who” (which was […]
Doctor Who – Neath Abbey
If you have ever watched Doctor who and thought a you had seen that abbey before, it must have been Neath abbey. It was used in numerous episodes, “Beast Below”, “Vincent”, “Rebel Flesh”, “Almost People” and “Power of three”. Neath Abbey
Doctor Who – Cosmeston Medieval Village
Why build a whole village, while there is one around anyways? That’s what the designers for Doctor Who, The Robots of Sherwood must have thought. The tourist medieval village of Cosmeston was used as Sherwood. Sherwood/Cosmeston
Doctor Who – Stradey Castle
Stradey Castle is a very popular location for weddings and photoshoots, no wonder the Doctor Who production team used this location for “The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardwrobe” officicial site
Doctor Who – National Museum of Wales
The National Museum of Wales is a popular location for the Doctor Who team for filming. It has been used for such episodes as “Dalek” (2004) , “Planet of the Dead” (2009), “Vincent and the Doctor” (2009), “The Big Bang” (2010) and “The Lazarus Experiment”. This means that so far the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctor […]
Doctor Who – Dunraven Bay
The Tenth Doctor (and his clone) return to Bad Wolf Bay in various episodes of “Doctor Who”. In the series the location of this beach is in Norway, but it was filmed only 20 miles to the west of Cardiff. The Tenth Docter uses Dunraven Bay in “Army of Ghosts”, “Doomsday” (2006) and “Journeys End” […]
Doctor Who – Llansannor Court
The building used for Agatha Christie’s house in the Doctor Who episode “The Unicorn and the Wasp” is Llansannor Court. Another nice movie fact is that the father of David Tennant (the Tenth Doctor) has a very small cameo appearance in this episode. Also, Felicity Jones stars in this episode. Much later she will play […]
Doctor Who – Margam Country Park
When the ATMOS device is about to take over the world, the BBC is filming at Margam Country Park, where the lovely countryhouse is used as the Rattigan Academy. Margam Country Park
Doctor Who – Morlais Quarry
It is hard to film an episode in a town before total destruction takes place, like in the town of Pompeii. For the “Fires of Pompeii” episode of Doctor Who, the production team went to Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, where Morlais Quarry was used for the background of this historical Italian town. Morlais Quarries booked […]
Doctor Who – Wells Cathedral
The “Lazarus experiment”, where Dr Lazarus discovers the secret to eternal life…in Somerset. Wells Cathedral was used for filming. http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/
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