Episode to be filmed in Spain?

[23skidoo]

The Doctor Who News Page is reporting that the online CV of an actor signed as a guest star for a Series 7 episode indicates the episode is being shot in Spain.

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn170212170008-production-spain-gillan.html

It's not too surprising to hear about foreign filming for Doctor Who since at least one episode each year since the 2007 season (when a second unit went to New York City to shoot plates for the Daleks in Manhattan storyline) has been filmed outside the UK.

I think this is a more or less complete list of where outside the UK the Doctor Who production has gone so far:

City of Death: Paris
Arc of Infinity: Amsterdam
The Two Doctors: Spain
Doctor Who TV Movie: Vancouver, Canada
Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks: New York City
Fires of Pompeii: Rome
Planet of the Dead: Dubai
Vampires of Venice: Croatia
Vincent and the Doctor: Croatia
Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon/Wedding of River Song: Utah

Am I missing one?

Alex

 

[OmahaStar]

Oh, that Rob is pretty cute. Nice.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Have they ever filmed in a gravel quarry abroad, or only British ones?

 

[captcalhoun]

only British gravel pits are good enough.

 

[StCoop]

Take with several pinches of salt but apparently Spain will be standing in for America/Mexico and the episode will be a Western. (And is Toby Whithouse's script.) Let's hope this one doesn't have a song...

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Have they ever filmed in a gravel quarry abroad, or only British ones?

Well, that would defeat the point, now wouldn't it?

 

[28VulcansLater]

I think this is a more or less complete list of where outside the UK the Doctor Who production has gone so far:

City of Death: Paris
Arc of Infinity: Amsterdam
The Two Doctors: Spain
Doctor Who TV Movie: Vancouver, Canada
Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks: New York City
Fires of Pompeii: Rome
Planet of the Dead: Dubai
Vampires of Venice: Croatia
Vincent and the Doctor: Croatia
Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon/Wedding of River Song: Utah

Am I missing one?

Alex

Planet of Fire: Lanzarote

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Have they ever filmed in a gravel quarry abroad, or only British ones?

Well, that would defeat the point, now wouldn't it?

I wasn't certain there ever was a point.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Have they ever filmed in a gravel quarry abroad, or only British ones?

Well, that would defeat the point, now wouldn't it?

I wasn't certain there ever was a point.

Cheap and convenient. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[OmahaStar]

Cheap and convenient. Nothing more, nothing less.

Are you describing the filming locations ... or Peri?

 

[23skidoo]

Planet of Fire: Lanzarote

Yes, thank you - I knew I'd forgotten one!

I hope the rumors of it being a western are true - that could be a fun episode. And I just got an image in my mind of Amy in cowboy gear.

Alex

 

[Stevil2001]

Will the Doctor, Amy, and Rory be "cinders floating around in Spain"?

 

[Cutter John]

Take with several pinches of salt but apparently Spain will be standing in for America/Mexico and the episode will be a Western. (And is Toby Whithouse's script.) Let's hope this one doesn't have a song...

Having a scene set in a saloon with that "song" on the piano in the background would quite possibly be the greatest thing ever.

 

[Nerys Myk]

A Western shot in Spain? Makes sense, after all the Doctor is a man with no name.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Now I want, no, demand a Clint Eastwood cameo.

 

[Stevil2001]

I'm assuming that it's a sequel to The Two Doctors until proven otherwise. I look forward to remeeting Anita, who is undoubtedly managing Botcherby's now.

 

[CaptainMatt]

You beat me to the punch, friend. I was also going to ask if this was to be a sequel of the only other DW story to be filmed in Spain. I was less serious, of course, but ah well...you can't win them all...

 

[StCoop]

Confirmed in the new DWM.

And even if it hadn't been MS & KG were spotted getting on a plane to Spain this morning. (Funny how they always seem to travel together. You don't think...)

 

[Starkers]

The two stars of the show travel together? Yeah shocking that...

And if they were I suspect we'd know by now...

And if they were, so what?

 

[StCoop]

The two stars of the show travel together?

It has three stars. Poor Arthur never seems to get any fun.

In fact he's still stuck shooting in rainy Cardiff while the other jet off to sunnier climes.