Albert Embankment (filming location)
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The Albert Embankment was a filming location used on multiple occasions for Doctor Who, beginning with the season 2 story The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"].
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Location filming at the Albert Embankment for the third episode "Day of Reckoning" occurred on the first day of filming for the serial on 23 August 1964.[1][2][3] Taking part in the day's filming were Jacqueline Hill playing Barbara, Ann Davies playing Jenny, Alan Judd playing Dortmun and Dalek operators Robert Jewell, Gerald Taylor, Nick Evans and Ken Tyllsen.[1] The Embankment was one of several locations at which filming took place that morning, with director Richard Martin arranging the schedule in order to get as many shots as possible of the deserted, Dalek-invaded London. The south side of the Embankment was visited for the shoot immediately after filming and a press photocall was completed on Westminster Bridge.[3]
The sequences shot at this location depicted Barbara, Jenny and Dortmun spotting Daleks on Westminster Bridge.[2] The Houses of Parliament, across the River Thames, were used as a backdrop.[3] A point-of-view shot of a Dalek examining the Embankment steps was also filmed[2][3] by Martin with the help of a circular camera mask. After work at the Embankment had been finished, the production team left for further filming at other London landmarks. By 10am, they had arrived at the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park.[3]
