Tuesday Set Report

Went down there today and saw some interesting stuff! The set was under a railway bridge and involved a burnt out car, which they are setting alight when it gets dark, some soldiers in modern (I think, but I am no expert!) cammo, sand bags and a barrier, some old looking street lights and Mickey!

The dialogue was as follows...

Army truck with gun turret moves along the road and is ushered under the barrier, which closes behind it. Camera moves to Mickey who is moving up the road, following the path of the truck.
Mickey: " sorry mate" (or words to that effects, couldn't quite catch it)
Soldier: "no problem mate, curfew doesn't start till ten"
Mickey: "Curfew? There's a curfew?"
Soldier: "yeah, where have you been living? Up with the toffs? 
Mickey: "I wish". 

I overheard that the bridge above and the backdrop will be CGI'd to show the "toffs" part of the city. On the fence next to the burnt out car is a sign saying "Cybus Industries", and underneath it says "commercial properties to let". The sign has a logo for Cybus on it, it is a stylised "C", in grey, with a circle around it. On the bottom left hand corner is another very small circle attached to the larger circle, a bit like a chain link (looked like you could make the logo into a necklace and link it to a chain with this circle, although it would be hanging upside down and askew if you did. This is for descriptive purposes only!)

I recognised the "C" on the logo as being the same "C" as displayed on the chest of the Cybermen, so I am pretty sure they are filming the Cybermen episode! Very exciting!

On the set I was lucky enough to have a good chat with Julian Luxton, who directed 8 episodes of the first season [as assistant director], and is apparently doing ten this season! He had a lot to say for himself. He has confirmed that David Tennant will NOT have a Scottish accent! He will sound as he did when we saw the regeneration. Julian said "it is possible to tell he is from Scotland, but he is not using his speaking voice. Sometimes you can tell where he is from, but it is only occasionally." This is essentially what RTD has been saying, but Julian confirmed absolutely that it is not a Scottish accent, more of a slight lilt.

So that was my afternoon! I spoke to Noel, met some lovely people in the way of set designers etc, and had a great time chatting to Julian, who was incredibly nice and I even got me a bit of the set! I am now the proud owner of a genuine Doctor Who prop, from the set of the new series, in the form of a piece of fake barbed wire! Not exactly spectacular but I will treasure it all the same.