Brief Series Updates
Sunday, 11 September 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Russell T Davies appeared at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff on September 6 as part of the Mardi Gras Fringe Benefit. While he didn't reveal much in the way of spoilers, he did note that "School Reunion" sees a sort of "ex-wife meets girlfriend" type of encounter between Sarah Jane Smith and Rose Tyler. Davies also mentioned (perhaps jokingly, perhaps not) that in an episode set a few decades back, "a nun falls down a lift shaft." Meanwhile, reports elsewhere on the Internet suggest that actress Annette Crosbie (best known as Margaret in "One Foot in the Grave") may be playing Queen Victoria in series two.
To sum up the filming we know to have taken place recently, it appears that the production team have filmed at Fitzallan High School, Cardiff; Duffryn High School, Newport (where filming occurred approximately August 22 to September 2); Belle Vue Park, Newport; and Da Vinci (a restaurant/cafe), Newport. There is no word as to whether there was studio filming involved in "School Reunion" but it appears to have been mostly shot on location. Filming apparently also occurred at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff last week. In contrast to the first series, the series production team has kept a very low profile this year.
Some websites are still insisting that Anthony Stewart Head will be playing the Master in "School Reunion". Really, he's not...!
As reported by the DWAS, Mike Tucker, formerly of the BBC Visual Effects department (now defunct), confirmed at the recent "Dimension Jump" Red Dwarf convention that his new company is working on the effects for the second series, including the Christmas special.
John Barrowman isn't in this season... officially? Barrowman hinted at the recent Invasion convention, and in his recent appearance on BBC Breakfast, that while the character isn't back, he might have something going on this season. A cameo appearance or flashback, perhaps....?
Also, there's a brief outdoor filming report from our correspondent "Myrrdinthemage" which, as usual for set reports, we've put in the spoiler tag, as well as a couple of brief spoilers about things we've heard about recent episodes; click on it to read.
They were filming DW in Belle View Park in Newport tonight (They were filming as I came back from physiotherapy in the Royal Gwent Hospital and I almost walked straight into shot.) They had a good deal of security blocking the nearest entry to the park, but not all of them! Which was a bit daft (So I may appear as an un-credited extra!) It seems that they had been turning away people from the entrance/exit to the park
As I walked past they were filming something just outside the TARDIS, which had landed on a sort of upraised bandstand/flowerbed effect. (It's the one nearest the tennis courts for those who know the park) Some girl (I would have said it was not Billie as she had long dark hair) was getting a hug from someone in the shot I saw.
The TARDIS was set up with a silver backdrop on the far side, so the interior will be composited in by the looks of it.) I didn't hang around for long, as I was in shorts and t-shirt (and looked tatty)
--"Myrrdinthemage"
Other Potential Spoilers:
Rumor has it that at the start of "School Reunion," the Doctor and Rose are already undercover at the school, the Doctor posing as a teacher and Rose as the "dinner lady". Lucinda Dryzek, who played the younger version of the character Keira Knightley played in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," Elizabeth, is said to be in this episode as a schoolgirl.
"The Girl in the Fireplace," set in 18th century France, is said to possibly feature the mistress to the French king (the legendary Madame de Pompadour?). Writer Steven Moffat says it features "a side to the Doctor you haven't seen, or not seen a lot", and is "quite a personal story, about someone he meets and his effect on her life."
As I walked past they were filming something just outside the TARDIS, which had landed on a sort of upraised bandstand/flowerbed effect. (It's the one nearest the tennis courts for those who know the park) Some girl (I would have said it was not Billie as she had long dark hair) was getting a hug from someone in the shot I saw.
The TARDIS was set up with a silver backdrop on the far side, so the interior will be composited in by the looks of it.) I didn't hang around for long, as I was in shorts and t-shirt (and looked tatty)
--"Myrrdinthemage"
Other Potential Spoilers:
Rumor has it that at the start of "School Reunion," the Doctor and Rose are already undercover at the school, the Doctor posing as a teacher and Rose as the "dinner lady". Lucinda Dryzek, who played the younger version of the character Keira Knightley played in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," Elizabeth, is said to be in this episode as a schoolgirl.
"The Girl in the Fireplace," set in 18th century France, is said to possibly feature the mistress to the French king (the legendary Madame de Pompadour?). Writer Steven Moffat says it features "a side to the Doctor you haven't seen, or not seen a lot", and is "quite a personal story, about someone he meets and his effect on her life."
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