During a bit of random surfing today I came across this site, which has lists of places Doctor Who has filmed. I already knew The Curse of Fenric beach scenes were filmed at Lulworth Cove - not that you can tell because they never point the camera directly out to sea, which makes it recognisable - although I didn't know that the Russian sailors came in through Stair Hole.

I've also been to Winspit aka Skaro from Destiny of the Daleks. Not that I've seen the episode though, but I've seen the episode of Blakes 7 it's in and it's very weird to see.

And I also knew that The Android Invasion village was actually East Hagbourne, which my satnav thinks is the best way to get to the A34 (it's not). So I've driven through it, but that was after I saw the episode this time and I was too busy panicking that I was driving through a small village with narrow roads to notice much.

But what I didn't know was that The Invasion was filmed in Wallingford! I knew Midsomer Murders has it as Causton and Rosemary and Thyme filmed part of an episode there (which I haven't seen) - I walked past Pam Ferris in the street. The part where The Invasion was filmed has since been built over with a housing estate (I nearly lived there...) and the tall building that might have been recognisable was pulled down a few years ago (at which I took no notice since it wasn't as interesting as the Poole Power station towers coming down).

So there you go.

And on a different note I am really excited at Redemption 09 is going to be in Coventry. OK, so I don't live there any more, but it still feels like home.

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