First Day Photo Gallery
Monday, 19 July 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Outpost Gallifrey has been sent these photos from the collections of OG forum readers Rob Stradling (website) and Dave Shuttleworth, both of whom captured these images in Cardiff during the first day of production of the new Doctor WhoTV series. (We've tried to put these together in better order after the haphazard posting of the images all day long as they came in!) Captions for each of the photos is below the set of images themselves. Our special thanks to Rob Stradling and Dave Shuttleworth for the world's first glimpse of the new Doctor Who series in production!
Photo Captions courtesy their respective photographers.
1. A genuine Saxon APC of the British Army. Arrived at CRI location 3pm Sunday 18/07. Used to film an exterior scene involving a news reporter. Also used in this scene were several mock-up police vehicles. Local 'real' vehicles couldn't be used even were they available, as all Welsh police cars and vans sport the Welsh word 'HEDDLU' ('HETH-lee' = 'Police') in large letters, and therefore couldn't pass for English / Scottish police.
2. One of several impressive facades on the old CRI buildings. This shot was taken purely for atmosphere, and there is no indication of filming here. My choice of atmosphere shots has led several OGers to come to the same thought as I immediately did - i.e. this looks very reminiscent of 'Spearhead From Space'!
3. A disused church backs onto the site directly adjacent to the crew entrance on Orbit St. No indication that it has been used, but it would make good location atmosphere material...?
4. The entrance to the still-functioning portion of CRI. Note the lettering on the lanterns - 'Albion Hospital' - suggesting some fairly close camera work goes on here.
5. The main crew access area, on Orbit Street. Several crew caravans, a coach, and a catering van are visible. Oh, and the crew had "Honey Nut Loops" for breakfast on Monday! No, that's NOT Billie in the red leather, though for a moment I wasn't sure either!
6. Close-up of one of the 'Albion Hospital' lanterns in front of CRI reception. Despite having been through these very doors on proper, grown-up business only a few weeks ago, I can't say for sure if the lanterns themselves are props, or have always been there. They certainly suit the building perfectly.
7. At the end of Orbit Street, fifty yards from the entrance to the BBC set, is the rather impressive St. German's church.Vicar: Rev. Lionel Fanthorpe (no, there aren't two Rev. Lionel Fanthorpes!) Even ignoring the genre connection, it would be a shame not to use an exterior shot of this very impressive building. Churches were something of a speciality - some might say a preoccupation - of Victorian Cardiff. The equally impressive 'Church of St. James the Great' sits directly opposite CRI reception.
8. Blacked out window on the north edge of the hospital complex, facing Newport Road. Presumably this is to facilitate internal recording.
9. Third-party arial shot of the entire CRI complex - included to give an overall sense of the location, not really possible from the ground.
10. A van. With some stuff in it. Woo-hoo!
11. It's that van again. I only took these in case anyone doubted that this is a genuine film crew. The side says 'Lee Lighting'.
12. Another view of the rear entrance on Orbit St. Crew caravans can be seen, along with a lorry marked 'NGP Film Services'.
13. Shot of a production sign on a local lightpost.
14. Mini-Cooper vehicle in dock.
15. Scaffolding around the "police station" set.
16. Security van for the production.
17. A "military police" vehicle.
18. Red-bereted military soldiers, or rather the actors that portray them.
19. The front facade of "Albion Hospital"
20. Soldiers again.
21. The finished Albion Hospital sign.
22. An alternative view of the 'police station'
23. Dirtying down the Albion Hospital sign (Paras in the background)
24. A wider shot of the APC, but this one includes, in the foreground, some detail of one of the police vehicles. Part of the legend "Military Police" can just be discerned on the roof bar. This may not necessarily indicate that MPs feature in the plot - from more than a few feet, the cars look just like regular "Panda" cars.
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