llywela: (DW-11Tardis)
llywela ([personal profile] llywela) wrote2011-09-11 05:27 pm

Doctor Who location spotting!

Okay, so last night's episode of Doctor Who was good (aside from an ongoing quibble I shan't get into just now because I am brain dead - someone else has touched on at least a bit of it for me here, although I'm not in tune with everything they say) but I found myself very distracted from the plot every time we had a scene with Amy in the garden because I was too busy going 'ooooh, that's Dyffryn!' to concentrate on what was actually happening. They seem to have filmed quite a significant chunk of the episode at Dyffryn Gardens, just outside Cardiff.

Here's Amy stepping into the garden


And here's the garden she is stepping into (from a reverse angle, unfortunately - alas, I don't have a shot from the same angle; doesn't ever seem to have occurred to me to stand on the terrace and take a shot out across the croquet lawn. If you click for a larger view you'll get a better look at the terrace to compare)


From this angle you get a better look at all the bushes they CGI'd so dramatically


And then we saw Amy (and later Rory) enter a Roman-styled garden



That's Dyffryn's Pompeian Garden



What? Location spotting is fun! And they aren't always quite so obviously recognisable as in this episode!

[identity profile] catsdownunder.livejournal.com 2011-09-11 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
When I watched this I felt as if I had been there before ... something familiar about it. Love comparison shots. Thanks Agent 1.3.

[identity profile] llywela13.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
They have filmed at this location before, that could be why it seemed familiar to you!

[identity profile] catsdownunder.livejournal.com 2011-09-12 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It definitely felt familiar.