Showing posts with label Bradley Walsh. Show all posts
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Monday, July 16, 2018

Series 11 News from Radio Times Magazine

A new issue of Radio Times cam out this week with Jodie Whittaker on the cover.

This is what Chris Chibnall has to say about casting her as the Doctor:
"I felt the time was right for a female Doctor – I felt the audience were really ready for it. I think if we hadn't done it, we would have been really behind the world – and Doctor Who has to be out front leading the world, showcasing all the amazing things out there. So it was never a question in my mind. It was time."
"The 13th Doctor is incredibly warm, funny, energetic, inclusive – she's the greatest friend you could wish to have as your guide around the universe."
 Jodie Whittaker added:
"And now it isn't just attainable for half the population. The Other half can be the Doctor as well. Girls will no longer just think, 'Oh I can be the companion.' Being the first female Doctor and showing children that their heroes in shows don't always look the same is a huge honor for me."
"The pressure on any actor coming into the role – man or woman – is huge because they're big boots to fill. And for me, there's been 12 pairs of boots."
Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole are interviewed as well. The interviews were recent because they were nearing the end of Series 11 filming after nine months of filming, which began in November.

There is a new photo of Graham in a fish and chips shop with a fictional newspaper in his hands called the Sheffield Advertiser. It's the same restaurant set as seen in the teaser which was just released.

Radio Times is officially scheduled to hit newsstands and digital editions Tuesday, July 17.
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Friday, July 13, 2018

New Series 11 Information and Photos from Entertainment Weekly Magazine

Photo by Simon Ridgeway

Photo by Sophie Mutevelian


This next photo is from South Africa filming. Note the photo credit given to the South African photographer, Coco Van Oppens.


Photo by Giles Keyte

Note each of the production stills are by a different photographer, which suggests that a unique stills photographer was employed for each filming block, which would mean they are not from the same episodes. The change of costume for the companions would suggest this as well.


Series 11 Information from the Issue

The thirteenth Doctor's costume has some "hidden attributes" yet to be revealed which will "delight longtime Whovians".

Chris Chibnall said casting Jodie Whittaker "was the easiest decision I made in my whole career" because "She was just so compelling."

Graham is a "regular bloke from London who's ended up living in the north of England and gets taken away on this journey," according to Bradley Walsh. "It's like Jodie is Captain Kirk and we're the rest of the guys on the bridge. I'm like, Lieutenant Uhura."

Jodie Whittaker said the TARDIS rejected the Doctor, kicking her out at the the of Twice Upon a Time.

Whittaker was interviewed by the magazine five months into filming, sometime in March, so likely during the third filming block.

After a set visit during the filming of a scene, the thirteenth Doctor is described as "excitable and ebullient" and Mandip Gill describes her as having "a similar energy to Matt Smith's Doctor. Very high energy."

Jodie Whittaker herself describes her Doctor as "hopeful and fizzing with wonder." "This Doctor goes in all sorts of directions but essentially, I think the big theme is hope." "There are no rules, and it's liberating. But it's equally terrifying."
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Thursday, July 5, 2018

Doctor Who Christmas Special is in the Works with a Familiar Director

After months of rampant speculation and debate that either there would be no Doctor Who Christmas special or that the Christmas special would be filmed as part of the ten Series 11 episodes, I'm happy to report that there will be an additional filming block for the Christmas special directed by Wayne Yip.
Wayne Yip directed two episodes of the Doctor Who spinoff Class before directing two episodes of Doctor Who, Series 10, Empress of Mars and The Lie of the Land.
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Friday, June 22, 2018

Filming in a Quarry Again

On June 6, a group of extras reported to Tredegar, a town near Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, to portray hostages. I'm aware scenes involving this same hostage situation were also filmed at Roath Lock Studios the week of July 18-22.

I will share some social media posts from the filming but be warned that the posts may be deleted once they are given attention on this blog. I will share the text of the posts and describe the images but will not edit this blog if the posts are deleted. I will not include the identities of the extras in my blog text so their posts will be the only way to identify them.

First, my reason for knowing the scenes filmed involved a hostage situation from an instagram post with a Tredegar location pin.

"Selfie Setlife #blackeye #location #acting #hostage #behindthescenes#anotherone #Wales #valleys #model #smize#journey #continuation #KWL"


Another post with the Tredegar location pin:

"That moment you get on location to find the entertainment is throwing rocks at a dead sheep #onset🎥🎬 #actorslife #rockthrowing"


Another post from the same person, this time, the location pin says "Llandefalle, Rhondda Cynon Taff, United Kingdom".

"Bunch of [******] SAs , gotta love the #onsetlife #actorslife #onlocation"
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In this case, SA stands for Supporting Artistes, another term for extra. A group of ten extras are sitting on the side of a road with automobiles and a typical aqua location truck in the background. They are all dressed identically in black baggy black pants, tan short-sleeved t-shirts and, curiously, black water shoes. I'm aware there were more than ten extras hired for this shoot.

The location is in a quarry in Brecon Beacons, according to this same person:
"Who knew quarries were so cool #onset🎥🎬 #salife #justchillin #breconisserious"

There was also an Instagram Story with the hashtag, #trefil.


I'm aware that Bradley Walsh was not there on June 6 because he was at 10 Downing Street in London for some publicity photos for Soccer Aid. Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole and some of the crew members went to the Beyoncé concert in Cardiff on the evening of June 6. The following week, July 11-15, the production moved to Granada Provence, Spain.
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Thursday, June 21, 2018

Lizo Mzimba and Bradley Walsh Give More Series 11 Details

Lizo Mzimba has today released his interview with Bradley Walsh from last month's BAFTAs.

During the interview, Mzimba revealed that, as of May 13, there were the "final few" episodes left to film. I would venture to guess that the finale block is currently being filmed.

The Doctor is Graham's boss, apparently.
"Well, she's my boss now so whatever she says, I have to do."
Walsh went on to describe Series 11 as "fantastic", "extraordinary", "epic" and "big, really big!", even by Doctor Who standards!
"It will double it! It will raise it to a completely different level. Higher than it's ever, ever been!"
Here is the interview in full:
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Monday, June 4, 2018

May 11 Doctor Who Series 11 Character Shoot

Stills photographer Simon Ridgway was busy with a Series 11 character shoot at his new studio space at the Pinewood Wales studio complex on May 11.


I know this shoot was for Doctor Who because he said as much in his blog here and here.

I realize there isn't much to see here but it tells us two things; Simon Ridgway remains the stills photographer for Doctor Who, and a character shoot occured on May 11 with an unspecified prop crucial to the shoot.

I'm sure we all look forward to seeing the official photos of the characters along with the "crucial" prop once they are released.
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Monday, May 14, 2018

Three Things I've Learned About Doctor Who Production from the BAFTAs

Jodie Whittaker and Bradley Walsh attended the television BAFTAs Sunday night, May 13. They were both interviewed by several media outlets. First, the filming is "midway through now," according to Jodie Whittaker at 1:28 in this BAFTA video.



Second, According to Lizo Lizo Mzimba at 0:25 in another Jodie Whittaker interview for the BBC, "We spoke to Bradley Walsh earlier. He said Chris Chibnall is giving it just a huge cinematic canvas."



Third, in a Reuters interview at 0:15, Jodie Whittaker said "I'll be probably regretting my night out tomorrow when I'm on set running about but yeah, it's really good." So production resumes today, Monday, May 14.

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Monday, April 30, 2018

Doctor Who filming in South Africa

The Doctor Who cast flew into Cape Town on January 2, 2018 for filming of Episode 2 and 3 with director Mark Tonderai. The filming continued to January 19. The film crew consisted mainly of people local to the Cape Town area of South Africa. According to a few crew CVs, it is believed that the two Series 11 Episodes filmed in South Africa are Episodes 2 and 3, with Episode 2 featuring aliens in a desolate landscape and Episode 3 based in in 1955, with some Cape Town locations standing in for Montgomery, Alabama. Episode 3 will feature some situations and characters related to Rosa Park's arrest after her refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger, sparking a bus boycott.

Before they began filming in January, there was some recce (location scouting) in August of 2018. This is from the Instagram account of Danny Hargreaves of Real SFX.

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Two of the people on the local crew, props fabricator Lovell Southey and visual effects artist Fir Suidema tweeted their ethusiasm.





Bradley Walsh heads to South Africa

And lands in Cape Town

Mandip Gill visited Boulder Beach in Cape Town where there are African Penguins. While she was in Cape Town, she celebrated her birthday.

From local props fabricator named Lovell Southey:


Actor Gareth Marks, who is playing a police officer in the busining boycott episode names Marak Tonderai as the director.


Tilo Poulakakis is the Director of Photography and his CV states that  he is working on Episodes 2 and 3.

Props fabricator Lovell Southey is excited to see the new TARDIS.


And here it is:

The production team filmed at Macassar Beach Pavilion, an abandoned water park southwest of Cape Town, January 10-18. You will notice some figures on the structures. The consensus is their silhouettes most resemble Sontarans with their helmets on. Jodie Whittaker seems to be visible in one one of the photos. I won't say where I found these photos.








On January 14, there was some action at the Kimberley Hotel in Cape Town, standing in for 1955 Montgomery, Alabama. Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh were present. The set dressing sign at the Kimberley Hotel says,"We Cater to White Trade Only" This type of sign was commonly seen in the USA during segregation.

A wide shot of the Kimberley Hotel with a 195o3 American police car in the background.



Director Mark Tonderai continued to film in a desert location.


And the props fabricator had her portable workshop with "COLORED" signs consistent with 1955 Alabama.




Then back to the Cape Town area for more filming.


On January 17, there was a scene filmed which I believe depicts the night Rosa Parks refused to yield her seat on the bus. Barrack St. in Cape Town was set-dressed as Dexter Ave. in Montgomery Alabama. A neon sign for "CLUB LUNA" was also added to the set dressing of the street. A 1950s bus was given the same paint job and markings of the famous bus which now resides in the Henry Ford Museum.




And last, a photo from January 18 which ties it all together. A car with an Alabama license plate on an Instagram post with hashtag #1955.
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Monday, April 9, 2018

Doctor Who Filming Cardiff Bay Barrage

A Doctor Who crew filmed on Cardiff Bay Barrage today. According to onlooker Helen Wilkins, not only Jodie Whittaker and Bradley Walsh were present, but also Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole. This is a photo embedded directly from the Facebook post below.

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