Yes, it seems even someone who has the whole Universe to choose from, enjoys visiting South Wales.
Records show Dr Who spends much more time here than would be required just to vanquish the odd alien or two.
A recent South Wales Argus article to mark the 50th anniversary of the science fiction TV series listed numerous haunts around Gwent which he particularly seems to like and has revisited over several years.
Tredegar House, has been used several times of the years. It has masqueraded as the HQ of the British Rocket Group, a dungeon, a London street on Christmas Eve 1851, a school (which it genuinely had been in an earlier life), and a stately home visited by Agatha Christie in 1926.
Cardiff Bay houses the Dr Who Experience and was the home of the spin-off series Torchwood, starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness.
Dr Who fans can walk in the foot steps of their hero by visiting around 70 locations in Gwent alone, including:
Newport Cathedral (visited 2008),
Raglan Castle
Chepstow Castle (50th Ann edition)
Tredegar House
Diverse Records, Charles Street Newport (Nov. 2006)
Duffryn High School (Aug 2005)
Gaer Infants & Nursery School, Newport
Reportedly, one of the scariest locations used was Fields House, a link to photographs of the Newport listed building are given below:
http://www.doctorwholocations.net/album/fieldshouse
http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk
Records show Dr Who spends much more time here than would be required just to vanquish the odd alien or two.
A recent South Wales Argus article to mark the 50th anniversary of the science fiction TV series listed numerous haunts around Gwent which he particularly seems to like and has revisited over several years.
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| This Dalek in the stable block of Tredegar House awaits his return... |
Tredegar House, has been used several times of the years. It has masqueraded as the HQ of the British Rocket Group, a dungeon, a London street on Christmas Eve 1851, a school (which it genuinely had been in an earlier life), and a stately home visited by Agatha Christie in 1926.
Cardiff Bay houses the Dr Who Experience and was the home of the spin-off series Torchwood, starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness.
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| Tredegar House, a haunt of Dr Who |
Dr Who fans can walk in the foot steps of their hero by visiting around 70 locations in Gwent alone, including:
Newport Cathedral (visited 2008),
Raglan Castle
Chepstow Castle (50th Ann edition)
Tredegar House
Diverse Records, Charles Street Newport (Nov. 2006)
Duffryn High School (Aug 2005)
Gaer Infants & Nursery School, Newport
Reportedly, one of the scariest locations used was Fields House, a link to photographs of the Newport listed building are given below:
http://www.doctorwholocations.net/album/fieldshouse
http://www.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk
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