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Around 2003, the BBC successfully untangled the rights issues surrounding ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which had plagued the possible return of the program for most of the 1990s. BBC Wales became the production base for a new, televised version of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its behind-the-scenes companion, ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''. After these shows proved successful, BBC Wales added the spin-off shows ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', ''[[Torchwood Declassified]]'', ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. | Around 2003, the BBC successfully untangled the rights issues surrounding ''[[Doctor Who]]'', which had plagued the possible return of the program for most of the 1990s. BBC Wales became the production base for a new, televised version of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and its behind-the-scenes companion, ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]''. After these shows proved successful, BBC Wales added the spin-off shows ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'', ''[[Torchwood Declassified]]'', ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]'', ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' and ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]''. | ||
This heavy output of material related to the [[Whoniverse]] prompted the largest expansion of production facilities in the division's history. In 2006, BBC Wales leased [http://wikimapia.org/11998795/BBC-Wales-Studios-Upper-Boat a site] at [[Upper Boat]] in Pontypridd, where they constructed studio space entirely dedicated to the production of ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. Called simply "BBC Studios", the site is ten times as large as the rest of BBC Wales' studio space in Cardiff and the largest studio complex in Wales. | This heavy output of material related to the [[Whoniverse]] prompted the largest expansion of production facilities in the division's history. In 2006, BBC Wales leased [http://wikimapia.org/11998795/BBC-Wales-Studios-Upper-Boat a site] at [[Upper Boat]] in Pontypridd, where they constructed studio space entirely dedicated to the production of ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. Called simply "BBC Studios", the site is ten times as large as the rest of BBC Wales' studio space in Cardiff and the largest studio complex in Wales. In 2012, BBC Wales' studio space moved to [[Roath Lock]], in the [[Cardiff Bay]] area. | ||
BBC Wales has not restricted the production of ''Doctor Who'' and its | BBC Wales has not restricted the production of ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs to Welsh facilities, however, as both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'' have utilised other British Isles locations and BBC Wales-sponsored ''Doctor Who'' production has also taken place abroad. To date this had included the United States (for second unit work on ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'' and primary shooting in ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''/''[[Day of the Moon]]'' and ''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]''), Rome (''[[The Fires of Pompeii]]''), Croatia (for the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] episodes ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'' and ''[[Vincent and the Doctor|Vincent and the Doctor]]'') and even the United Arab Emirates (''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]''). | ||
Despite the centrality of ''Doctor Who'' to BBC Wales' production output, the division has turned out a wide body of other work, mostly for consumption in Wales itself. As of 2009, its Welsh language soap opera, {{wi|Pobol y Cwm}}, had been on the air for 35 years. Its longest-running English language drama, {{wi|Belonging (TV series)|Belonging}} — co-starring [[Eve Myles]] for a time — lasted ten series. | Despite the centrality of ''Doctor Who'' to BBC Wales' production output, the division has turned out a wide body of other work, mostly for consumption in Wales itself. As of 2009, its Welsh language soap opera, {{wi|Pobol y Cwm}}, had been on the air for 35 years. Its longest-running English language drama, {{wi|Belonging (TV series)|Belonging}} — co-starring [[Eve Myles]] for a time — lasted ten series. | ||
