Off the top of my head

I would suspect that the locals of East Hagbourne are a bit tired of Doctor Who fans on location pilgrimages stopping here:


and taking pictures of each other pretending to be tied to the monument in the intersection here, just like the Doctor is in The Android Invasion.

Ambassadors of Death Location

After trying to escape a couple of baddies Liz Shaw ends up dangling from a weir:

You can see it here.

I challenge myself for the new year

Off to the side, you can see that the labelling scheme that I've chosen will create a handy episode list, but only after I've posted on every single episode at least once.

So my new goal: Fill the list out by the start of the new season. Expect lots of short posts.

Rollright Stones

Just about here, by my estimate.

Here's the location from Stones of Blood


And today (well, a year-ish ago):


You can learn much more from the official Rollright Stones Website.

A sentence I never thought I'd see:

From icWales:

THE nation's obsession with Doctor Who and a love of 10-pin bowling and films has established the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay among the nation's pre-eminent beacons of tourism and entertainment.

Here's the link to the Doctor Who Exhibition. And here's one to the bowling alley.

I think the person who is in charge of the publicity for the bowling alley deserves a large cash award.

A unique Numeracy Trail ties learning in with the family fun of bowling - who said maths couldn't be a laugh!

They are operated by a group called Hollywood Bowl. Hollywood bowl seems to be running some sort of contest/event called "The Pirates of Pinzance" where (if I am understanding this correctly) they dress the bowling pins up as pirates and instead of rolling the ball at them, you get to fire it down the lane from some sort of cannon. Or it's a scratch-off game. I am certain that I am not alone in hoping for the former.

Location Spotting

I figured that if I was going to go location spotting in earnest, I would probably like to start at the beginning. The Totter's lane junkyard in An Unearthly Child was all on set, but it has been seen as an outdoor location a couple of times, the first being in Attack of the Cybermen, filmed around Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith.

The alleyway that the Doctor and Peri are seen walking down to get to the junkyard is here:


The junkyard entrance that the Doctor uses is here, a few blocks away:


I'm not sure if the yard is on the north or south side of Cobbold Road, the old fan-desiminated directions presume that the user will be on foot and able to recognise the location. It looks like there is a yard of some sort on both sides of the street, but from what I recall of the episode, the yard on the north fits better.

A different location was used as the entrance when the evil fake policemen show up, and most of the actual junkyard filming was done along this street. Once again, I'm not entirely sure where.

Not all spiders lie on the back...

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