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The '''BBC Upper Boat''' studio was where ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was filmed.
'''Upper Boat Studios''' was a TV studio complex located in Upper Boat, Treforest Industrial Estate, [[Pontypridd]], north west of [[Cardiff]]. It was the largest studio complex in [[Wales]].


Two [[ITV]] employees once boarded up the entrance to the studio in an attempt knock ''Doctor Who'' out of the ratings. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 381 comic story)|Doctor Whoah! 381]]'')
From [[2006 (production)|2006]] until [[2012 (production)|2012]], Upper Boat was home base for the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' franchise, as the [[BBC]] leased the studios in order to centralise production of ''Doctor Who'', ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.


Rehearsals for a [[Time Crash (TV story)|Children in Need special]] featuring [[David Tennant (Tonight's the Night)|David Tennant]] and [[Peter Davison (Untitled 6)|Peter Davison]] took place in [[October]] [[2007]]. [[Tom Baker (Doctor Who?)|Tom Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who?)|Sylvester McCoy]], and [[Paul McGann (Doctor Whoah!)|Paul McGann]] tried to infiltrate it by disguising themselves as the [[Fifth Doctor]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 388 comic story)|Doctor Whoah! 388]]'')
In [[April (production)|April]] 2012, ''Doctor Who'' moved to [[Roath Lock]]. Its last day filming at Upper Boat was [[11 May (production)|11 May]] 2012.<ref>https://twitter.com/edwardrussell/status/201010324659388417</ref>


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== External links ==
* [http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/bbcupperboatstudios The Locations Guide to Torchwood - '''BBC Studios Upper Boat''']
 
== Footnotes ==
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Revision as of 22:36, 3 September 2020

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Upper Boat Studios was a TV studio complex located in Upper Boat, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, north west of Cardiff. It was the largest studio complex in Wales.

From 2006 until 2012, Upper Boat was home base for the Doctor Who franchise, as the BBC leased the studios in order to centralise production of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

In April 2012, Doctor Who moved to Roath Lock. Its last day filming at Upper Boat was 11 May 2012.[1]

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/edwardrussell/status/201010324659388417
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